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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20

TVS idea of the intellectual" fauna of the city
and their lads and ways and fancics:
When she's well dressed she has sort OF styl,
about her; but isn't it merciful that we none OF
us know how really 40 look? If We did ~
wouldn't risk bein alone with ourselves i've MN
utcs without gun.
us that one for Miss BEScCm
NO, ought moi to say a word against NirsihN
Bascom. She's good sort accordin' to her II2h's,
ard then. too she IS disconncction OF mine ~
marriage removed.
"liow do YOU calculate that relationship"
ooh her mothers rrothc~ married my sister.
She suspected that h" "as guilty OF ncompatipH
ity and she proved it, and 20. divorce. II that
don't make dscoanccton OF Ginty BaScom, then
| don't know wha; does. Virginia vas born IN
Boston, though she was brought up here. Ii mus;
10 terrible to be born in Boston, and have to Ii''
~ TO it,. when you spend your whole iiie IN
Race like Durford. But Gnty does her very best.
though occasionally she forgets.
"You can hardly blame her for that. Memory is
tricky, and Boston and Durford are about as ur-
like AS two places well could be-
"Oh no; don't blame her. Once she formed
club for woman's suffrage. She set out to form
my mind if my mind wasn't pretty thoroughly
formed at this time OF day and get me TO pro-
test against the tyranny of the male sex.
didn't sec that the male sex was troubliH her
much; but | signed petition she got up to send
t. TIC Governor or somebody. asking for the
l'ght 10 vote There was - OPPOSITION socictH
that didn't want the ballot. AID they got up an
ether petition
and you signed that too. | expect" laughed
Donald.
"Sure thing did. I'm not narrow minded. and
! like 10 be obliginr. Then she tried what she
called sllmm;a', which, as rs can see, means
walkin in where you amt wanted, because peopi"
are poorer than you are, and lcavn' little tracts
that nobody reads, and currant jelly that nobody
eats and clothes that nobody can wear. But an
Irshman SHE'D cabbage at her head while she
was trying to convince him that the bathtub
wasn't really a coabn, and that his mental att
tude was hindsde before
"Then she got 10 be Theosophist. and used
"a sit in her upstairs projecting her astra!
body out Of the window into the back yard, and
pulling it in again like ball on a rubber string
didn't last long
"Sre seems TO be very versatile young woman,
hut she doesn't sick TO one thing very long
"a rolling stone gathers moss. you know,
Mrs Burke replied. That's Of the advantages
of bcin' rolling stone. 1t must be awful to get
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n,ssy: nd there isn't any moss on Virginia Bias,
CON- w,c.cver faults she may have; not moss
Gradually the yourg clergyman whom Frank
Wa,tcot. sends Up 20 "Durford" becomes sur
rourded with the agglomeraton Of conglomeratc
1o;r:s of view OF which every community is com
posed. There are small tragedy and gentle comedy
in a thodsand situations. Human nature in the
.hapc OF the boys of The parish runs rampant
;r.crgr the pages. Here and there the tale is
.o"ahcd lightly With romance. All Of humanity.
e, foibleg its hroics its tragedies and its comics
i've in ,hc pages Of this book which nearly
ct Is y.ri,c" his life
Although David Harum still lives within the
covers Of cnly ore book, and the author is dead,
his brother has written into a new book the same
fun The sane charm, the same gentle pointing out
or the frailLies and the eccentricties-call them
foults f yor wish-of men and women, all OF
which are woven into harmonious story as mirth
provoking as it is thought provoking and whole
SCmc.
Frank Nash Westcott, brother of Edward Noyes
Westcott and author Of "Hepscy Burke" IS the
son of Amos Westcott. at time Mayor OF
Syracuse " Y. Mr. Westcott was born in Syria
cusc an! WIS educated at tho Syracuse Classical
Echoo after which he lpen: d year in business
life He then decided to study for the ministrY.
and vent 10 Middletown, Conn, where he was
graduated from Berkeley in 1884
lie spent nearly year in charge of st. Johns
Church. Syracuse, after which nc became rector
Of s.. Johns at Skaneateles. where he was up
20 the time Of His recent retirement owing to i'll
health.
Mickey who in the novel is the of Hepsey,
in real lie is an individual VINO, though not ider-
ticay mothered as in the novel, is quite as inter-
csting. In moment Of thoughtfulness he con-
Gdcd TO Mr.. Westcott recently that he intended
20 study for hpiy orders and enter the ministry
and preach TO the rich what stole melons and
'corn and ate 'cm or the shore where they built
bonircs wher they went swimmin' in the lake
or Sundays"
Throughout the book there ruLs I graceful and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
CABOT WARD HOPES TO ADD TO CITYS SCANT PARK ARE

is great that many wOrkmcn have to be taken
from their regular occupations about the place
TO clean up the rubbish Even il broad daylight
flowers and small trees have beer pulled up by
the roots and carried away. The sod is also
torn up and injured on many occasions. while
disordery groups have practically driven the
public from certain parks This condition. he
suggests. is due to tho lack of any separate po-
lice force for tho larger parks. An effort is be-
ing made TO correct these abuses much
possible by means OF an appeal to settlement
. associations, ncighborhood societies, taxpayers
associations and the like, as we'll through the
influence of the schools
Scientific planning and intensive use of
sources have enabled Commissioner Ward to
accomplish IA number of important improvements
First of these has been financial saving. Since
January 1 $4,000 has been saved in the pur-
chasing Of park supplies.
by giving close personal investigation to
the necessity of all acquisitions presented" says
the Commissioner. 81 We been able to produce
a saving amounting to $12.267 20 on open mar
ket orders alone during the cst five months of
my administration. The total saving amounts to
$4,000. This is all the more noteworthy in view
Of the fact that the total appropriation for the
Park Department proper is only Sl091,54 30
being saving on the total appropriation of 2la
per ceat. cannot help but call attention to the
fact that if this proportion Of saving should be
carried out in other and larger departments 81
the city the saving would be most substantial"
Barren spots and gules in number Of PARKS
"otably Rive side have been file and sodded
It practically expense. Thousands of yard
Of dirt and sod have been obtained free of charge
from the site OF the additions to the Metropoli-
tan Museum. Free material has also been OBJ
tanned from many private excavations.
H. the matter OF park vendors an imPortan:
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change has been made. Many of these sold
candies ana cakes which constantly exposed
to flies and dust, besides being Of doubtful quail
'ty. The soda fountains also unganitary in
most cases. Commissioner Ward has incorporated
in all licenses clause requiring the strictest OBJ
servance of all sanitary regulations of both city
ari state, with penalty of immediate annul
mcnt Of the license for any violation. The Health
Department has examined the doubtful goods and
mas barred injurious impure articles. In n
port Just made by that department conditions are
stated to be satisfactory in all of the parks.
Another important move has been The incrcas-
ing OF the efficiency OF the present Fairgrounds
b. the installation of electric arc lights, which
make playing after dark possible. The first OK.
pertinent was made in John Jay Park. Il was IA
pronounced success, and now basketball and other
games are played after dark for the hrst time in
the history of the city's Fairgrounds. The
ing musical entertainments in Central Park have
been notable for their excellence and the quality
of the musicians who have taken part in them.
series of open air choral is being planned
for next season. .-.~.-.--- .
Many more trees have been set out than have
been lost by old age or disease in all II ,444 have
been planted, against 9l6 removed Important
work has also been done along such streets as
have shade trees, and the loss of hi: yea. n,
we'll as that of 1918 has heen made Up.
Commissioner Ward describes al some length
the way in which the park laboc problem has 5cen
handled. The men have all been giver definite
lines oC work and each has been placed where t
is believed he can be most efficient while prizes
have been offered TO section forcmen for the best
kept sections campaign for much needed
pension system is also being pushed. There ale
a considerable number of old men who have spent
their lives working Tor the Park Department and
are now helpless and almost pcnriless. .....
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MARITAL LAW AND MILITARY Law

3y an Order in Council Great Britain =, - 4
placed under modified form OF n'i ~ d
which. however, mus, not be eOnfoan''
military Law.
Martial Law may be defined. "IA.p'' 10
that military rule or authority wnlen .
time of war and is conferred BY the n' -
in relation to persons and things ~''n'D "a 9
of active military operations, anu -.
tinguishes or suspends, for the TINE ~
rights so far as this may be necessary y. 50
pose of he war. In other words, II y v. .irf
ton of military government to per'0"'
erty within its scope -
Military law. on tic other HAND ~
rules and ordinances prescribed 10, -
mcnt of the military state eonslderse !. !. nd
community. The objec, Of the ree'n ..;.. ~
Council is 20 give the military sutn'.' .,,,sf|
siyc powers over individuals and ''sa -
Building. may be destroyed. lands AIs
be occupied, inhabitants may DC reesN, 80 a
given areas as necessity dictates sOsss,l,t
trespass on railways or loiter sooe' ..pel
is an offence to publish infOrmS''lO.. ,,s
movement of troops, while the sP. - ~
ports calculated TO cause disane's
may bring the offender into grave
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
WHEN MARY SAN, HER SISTER lN-LAN
VISITED.

Nor is Ueg,ey. where cEpedicncy demands given
70 tempori2inc or hcsitatnG in adopting practical
courses Of conduct. a5 her experience with Mary
sam viii indicate The clergyman. unpackne MS
things a. the parish house under her SUPERVISORS
says:
..yon cel,ainly Ioo& the picture c. health, Mrs,
Burke" ;,,
Tn inst recovcrin' from "A visit from Mary sam
"Wbof soy, Of . visitor is hate asked Max
well, Laughing; .;..,r.ir.Io,y She spends a
month with me every year on her own inViIalloi.
She is what you'd call hardy annual. She Is
the most stingy and narrow-m1nded woman ! SoC'
saw The bark o. the frees hangs IN douoie Do"
pIaits as compared with Mary sam But Gott
tLe hest of hey last wear. While ! was cleanlh
fhp attic | camC across the red pasicbCarG SIpI
with Scarlet Fever painted on IT. that me poaLu
ne Health pu. on the house when NlcEey had '"c
fever three years ago. The YER next da% Wss
yratchn' the bus comm up Main st. when Sa"
MARY Sam solfprno bonnet bobb,n up ana uV"I
inside Before she got to the house Sheaheo
ont and rinncd IN the sign right by the front
door She 20, onto III" piazza. bag p$Egast anu
brown paper bundles, before she caught Sighl o.
it. Then | wish you could have seen hcj I"'u
wouldn't have believed 30 much could be done VIII"
"she didn't linger long," laughed the parson
who continued arranging his books while MS
"Iinger? Well. not exactly She turned tail
and run lickety spindle back for the bus as II shr
had caught sight of a subscription paper IoI TOT
cion missions heard jim Anderson, who drive2
the bus smoker as he helped her in again; but
he didn't give me away. Jim and are good
friends. But when she got home she "rote 10
Sally Ramsdale to ask how Mickey was; and Sally.
not bein' on to the game, wrote back that there
was nothin' the matter with Mickey that she knew
ci. Then Mary Sam wrote me the impudehteSI
letter | ever got: and she came right back, and
stayed two months instead of one, jus. to be
mean"
Hepseys opinion of Boston born relative who
il living at the town is worth considering s. on
pressve of the other side of the shield the cOun-
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allowed to every 637 persons, or
space Of eight feet square for each individual
Philadelphia there is an acre for every 800 per-
sons, and in st. Louis acre TO every $50 per
sons; while in Indianapolis, with 100000 inhsbi-
tants, there is more park acreage than in the en-
tire Borough of Manhattan. With congested
population and every other city reaching out for
more park acreage, our duty in New York IS
clear"
The above statement is made by Park Commits
sioncr Cabot Ward in his report to the Mayor
The report covers the work of the Park Depart
ment in Manhattan and Richmo I'd during the
present administration.
Commissioner Ward has made strenuous efforts
to bett playground conditions and has met with
much ccess. The sc of large number of va
cent lots as recreation centres has been obtained
and in addition to this property under the con
troll other city departments has been PLACED
at the disposal of the Park Commission. Borough
President Marks has allowed the use of the cor
porstoa yard at Rivington &C. and the East River
while Dock Commissioner Smith has done The
same with humorous bulkhead properties, the
most important being those at East 18th ST. and
West SD st. Various open SPACES under the jurs-
diction OF the Department Of Water Supply, Gas
and Electricity lave also been made available for
pl aground use.
Next sumner Commissioner Ward hopes to 'r-
range for the use OF part of Pslissde Park, on
nesr Mountain He believes that some of The
steamship companies will agree to transport
mothers and children from the crowded districts
TO the Hudson resort free of charge.
One Of the greatest troubles that Commissioner
Ward has encountered has been the lack Of civic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
DISHONEST AND INCOMPETENT CAPTAIN
WITHOUT RECORDS.

In the past dishonest and incompetent espnih
have wandered from scow to barge and from @7l
to lighter. hired and fired, without knoWleds'
their records and without any attempt on the rs
OF one yictimized owner TO warn others sssl'l
them The association has large pereenhr
the captains card indeXed, 50 that If man pi''o
himself sober. industrious and trustworthy be q
almost always be are Of position.
The association is perfectng plan BY VAC ,
fund will be raised through subscription ~,
each member and from the captain OF each ~
which will be used 10 detray the expenses o. !"
illness Of any captain and in case oil desn'
his proper burial. 1t is also the INTENTION =
association in this way 10 usurp the nea ''..
might otherwise recommend to the eap'S'a =
professional organizer who had been eng.s"
forming locals" with more or less imposing '-'-
Since the formation Of the association INC -
fessiona organizer has disappeared
intention OF the boat owners so to treat th'" =
rloyes that he will not appear again.
The association has about one hundred 10.
bers. among whom are some OF the moss P'-
rcat towing, coalbost, contracting ehsh'' :,
Grydock and shipping concerns IN the P0,s
names Of 4 few are the Moran Towing S"o
pcrtation Company, Jacob Rice Sons ~.
steers. me; SchoonmaHer-C onners ~
Goodwin Gallagher Sand and GrAHel IN -
Anthony O'Boyle. Thomaf Howard ~ .,..
Company, John II. Fldnrcry, Cleary =.
NcHtown Geek Towing Company KeieA', oo,.
ing Compar., Fgcrton Towing Company r~
BROTHERS King Transportation and supp
pany. Jacobus { Grouvicr, Merritt 80 -
Derrick and Wrecking Company ana 'ne
Transportation Company. o.,,A,,.
The officer, Of the association are' u..,a
joseph Nora; vicc-prcsident. Thomas n' rrs
treasurer. Anthony o'Boy Ic, and seere''i"
S,avcy.
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merchant marine. foreign or coasC"lSc'
And vet The tonnage of this feet its incessant IN
Gustry and It's importance to the community are nor
at all incorsiderabe. To begin with, 1t consists
cf more than 5000 units--tugs coal boats, decN
scows and lighters, representing a good many
millions of investment ard army-a small
army, to be sure, in these days of Armageddoh-
of employee. And if for some reason the actlVi-
ties of this fleet chould suddenly be suspended al
Lave those Of the Oceangoing merchantmen our
distress would not be altogether Incompatible
With that wnich we have already experienced as
the result Ct the stoppage of foreign trade
ccal barge Of 400 tons carry tremendous
LOT Of the auel of civilization from Perth Amboy
+, Manh.ttc- in a month. The huge deck scows
that go rolling down to Barren Island with the
city's refuse every day form an invaluable link
in the chain that supports our comfort and
tath.
Tie Development of what might be called the
scow marine Of New York has kept pace with the
uort's expansion and with the growth of all trans
pcrtation agencies Twenty-Five years ago barge
Of 500 tons was considered something colossal
too big for either comfort or profits. Now those
OF three times this tonnage are commonplace
and. of course they have grown in numbers az
wei as in size. The rivers about the city are full
OF them. greet ugly, square things rolling heIp-
lcsglv in he wake of 4 tug the gondolas oil com
ncrcc tho "a. cars Of the river highway.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
5000 BOATS IN NEW YORK'S SCOW MARINE

about New York Harbor, realizing the necessity
Of q closer relationship with each other for tAes
mutual benefit and protection. formed and incs,
porated an organization called the Boat 0vaaf
Association.
"For years the membe,s OF this new oEgsniu'
ton have suffered from the theft Of lines ira
their boats. Their captains have been beaten az
robbed BY the waterfront toughs. and the cabins
of the scows. coal boats and lighters have se.s
broken into and ransacked.
I'm the past, when any of the gear Of ~
has been stolen the owner in nine cases out u
ten has let the thief go UNPUBLISHED. This has II
to very slack condition, which the Association >
changing. The association has prosecuted fr'A
fifteen to twenty such cases during the las; "
months; also many cases where the captains Aa''
been threatened. assaulted and robbed OF N
cases prosecuted by the association ptnana
ranging all the way from discharged with Iepn
md to not less than five nor more than "a
years have been inflicted on the culprts. IN
assistance rendered by the Police COmmissiohs'
Arthur Woods, and by District Attorney VIZ
mans Office has been invaluable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
| NsHAPEIY, UNINvITING AND CLUMSY, But
4 VALUABLE INVESTMENT.

But for Ill its formessness, its CRIME and ITS
lack of motive power, a coal boat of l4OO tons
represents an investment of $4,000. good, SER
viceable tug IS worth something like $4,000 The
wonder is that with so much money invested IN
tie scow marine its growth has been so hap
hazard matter of individual competition with
very little realization, until recently among scow
owners and scow workers of the community OIL
interest that should bind them together.
For years the owners have been The vi:tims
Of dishonest captains, and both owners and cap
tains have been the prey of waterfront thieves
and gGngsters. Finally, however. tn" owners
have had it borne in upon them that they rlust
combine for protection if they wish to save them
selves from much of the constant annoyance ond
loss which their disorganized state has hitherto
invited Accordingly, they have formed this year
the Now York Boat Owners Association. Inc aud
already the members of this association repre-
sent about half the barge, scow ard lighter tom
mage in New York waters. To date the officers
Of this association have been able to oh''in from
fifteen to twenty convictions Of gan 'stcrs on
charges Of stealing lines, of Issaulting captains
and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
GANG INFESTED DISTRICTS WHERE THIEVES
PREY UPON CRAFT OF humber SORT

PkE1 OION CRAf l Of III MbLff -ORI
But their problem, while not complex will
probably always demand their watchfrl atten-
ton. Water craft of this comparatively humble
sort lies up at open public piers in gano-nfestcd
districts. single man, the captain, f. rms the
crew in each case, living with his family in the
cabin aft The police protection which the city
AFFORDS * VIGOROUSLY inadequate. Wet street,
from Cortland street 20 the Battery, for example.
is the beat of one policeman, although the piers
jutting out into .hc North River, and Ihe boats
lying in the slips, multiply the area to be watched
two three times The scow captain finds it
almost necessary to submit to petty differing to
placate the marauders of such a neighborhood,
whose sway seems absolute. And the captain is
himself tempted to try his hand at some o. the
easy pickings.
The association is undoubtedly emclying this
condition. K is making a card index OF all The
employees of its members from which it expects
later to form 4 bl2cklis: OF incompetent and lis
honest captains. As for The gangsters i; is going
after them ,ooth and nail in The hope that =
series Of convictions will dampen .heir ardor
and cut their depredatons down to a minimum
In this II is receiving the cordial supper of both
police and District Attorney, according 20 Ernest
Stavey, the associations secretary Mr. Stavey
thus explains the activities and objects Of the
association:
"ln January of the present year some of the
most prominent firms doing business in and
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beautiful love story which, it is said, reflects IN
laroc nag, the romance &C VI Westcotts lie.
lie is a bachelor. ard the original Of Mickey says
land he claims to enjoy the nOvelist's confidence
,rat i vas Geath which accounts for the tact that
Mr. Weg'cott is to-day bachelor.
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pride. which leads many persons to abuse the
privileges Of the parks. Whenever a large
number Of persons resort to any park, the re-
suting litter Of waste paper and other things
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-20
THE CHANGES WROUGHT IN THE NOVELIST
BY OVERWORK.

To-day Frank Westeott seems to be an old man.
lis beard, which was black, with just touch o.
iron gray. has become white The eyes which
we're of piercing quality of blackness, have be-
come dull. There is still the hint of good humor
aid understanding about the mouth, but its firm
lines have weakened through stress of soul to
ritter weakness and WEAKNESS of the flesh
II seems ;,most uncanny that the two brothers.
each gifted with human understanding and humor
in their writings should have each demanded OF
him such a price for his magnum opus as has
been demanded Of Frank and Edward Westcott.
Edward paid with his life. Frank has had an
oscape so narrow that, whereas his brother at
least was able to correct his own proofs before
diving. Frank has not been allowed to see or WORK
over single proof for fear that the additional
work entoiled would bring him the same fate
which It brought Edward.
In Frank Westcott's work, as in Edwards, the
same fascinating character drawing is to be found
the same Printable wit of the common man.
y has been we'll said that only educated people
ever are bores: The common people are always
interesting II is without exception, too, that the
most interesting books are about common men and
women, Of whom Abraham Lincoln himself said
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II MkrAoN M110uk az Msarey &~c<e" M III" o0TT
ar JIll7I0 1T JHozsyTAlgC

Perhaps {. was the thought, zone over and az
s.:ain through the long hours Of meditation ~
mucs!tion Vi the story, Of that lost girl, Of Ase
lost hours of happiness ard love. which to hr
decree caused the -uthor, breakdown At the al
Of the story.