The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-19
HE LOVED CHIMES So
TESTIFIES mrs. LYLE
That's Why She Put Those Ten
ally Bells Near Happy Land.
Husbands Other Hobby.
SURE FOLKS LIKED THEM

Mr.. Julia Gertrude Lyle. who in
herited millions from her husband. John
&. Lyle. thrice her age. was witness In
her own behalf before Vice-Chancellor
Lewis in the Chancery Chambers, Jersey
CITY. yesterday afternoon in the irjunc-
ton suit brought by number OF neigh
bors in an effort to hush the chimes
erected in tower on her Tenaiiy estate
as a memorial to her husband.
Her presence attracted a throng TO the
~hancery Chambers and when court re-
convened at 10 o'clock the court room
WAS filled with Tcnahy neighbors and
curiosity seekers. Mrs. Lyle. dressed In
black and purplc-shc has not yet come
out OF mourning-was seated beside her
counsel, Chauncey Parker. except when on
ne witness stand
Nine bells. the largest weighing a ton
and the smallest 400 pounds. are hung in
tho top of tower flfty feet high. 1t Is
located AZ the entrance to the estate and
within $50 feet of Happy Land. the home
10 which fifty girls of the New York slums
nave been taken every two weeks from
June TO september for the past twenty
three summers.
Happy Land was Mr.. Lyles hobby"
ssid Mrs. Lyle between tears. For
nineteen years ne conducted 1t as vaca-
ION home for the children OF the slums.
Since he took sick. four years ago. ] have
Kept il up. Mr. Lyle also loved chimes.
So put the two things that my husband
loved most together"
Asked by her counsel IL she thought
people enjoyed the bells. Mrs. Lyle said /:
II; seemed so to me on sunday after
Moons when hymns are played at sun
down II attracts automobile parties all the
way from New York. ! have seen as
many as dozen near the chimes tower
at one time In fact there are so many
that II is often embarrassing
Mrs Lyle said that she gave the con-
tract for the memorial in February. 1918.
and that the work commenced on March l
following. The tower was finished and tho
chimes installed some time In August OF
that year. But nobody. excepting Henry
I Trenton, one OF the complainants In the
Injunction suit, complained about the bells.
She said she told Mr.. Brcnton she would
DO all she could TO hush the bells but that
she could not he expected to stop them
ringing altogether.
Joseph @. Z. Kennedy the chime ringer.
Told OF his experiences with the neighbors.
He said that when Mr.. Brenton COM
planned to him the latter said:
You know. Kennedy, came to Tenany
to have quietness. | am 80 nervous that
even the rattle Of teaspoon makes me
Jump"
kennedy told Of meeting John Brew
ster. one of the complainants. and ask
.ng him why he had signed against tho
bells He said he told Brewster he was
worse than an old woman. Kennedy
said that Brewster replied:
Well Kennedy. the bells don't disturb
ne but Il does seem TO me to De a non
senslcal bit of - fooiishness."
kennedy said that he plays abide
With Me" every night and that ON sun
days at sunset he plays Lead. Kindly
l.ght" and "iIov Firm Foundation"
lie testified that automobile parties
-rutored out to hear the chimes As a
parting shot to Mrs. Alice May Bailey ard
Ter father, Charles i. Buckley, the prin-
opal compliments. Kennedy said that
they live right on the corner OF two well
'-avelled roads and that automobiles arc
required TO toot their horns when APP
preaching the crossing.
Frank II. Pike. professor IF physiology
at Columbia University. said that until
recently he lived across the street from
tie Lyle chimes.
More than twenty other witnesses testi-
fed that they thought the bells were very
pleasant. Among these were J. Weller
Noyes. president of the Tenary National
Bank; T.. stanton Clark a retired mer-
chant living near by. and Miss Lucy F.
Nelson OF 53s Bergen avenue. Jersey City,
who frequently visits Mrs. Lyle.
Next Monday counsel will appear be-
fore Cice-Chancellor Lewis. when he will
set the date for hearing Argument