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THE BURLINGTON,

Vermont ave. and Thomas Circle ,
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

back Tarnopol she admits with little color
and trace Of shyness she would prefer 10 stay
in this country because she is engaged.
A we'll built lad in knickerbockers. with color
in mis- cheeks and slightly curling hair enters. 1t
is sidor. He is serious faced and inclined to look
on tho business Of living with a practical cyc.
There is nothing Of the humorist in his makeup
The smile seldom comes to his lDs. "For men
must work" is his motto.
How did YOU chance 10 become interested m
art? ?" is the natural question.
"Soon after came TO this country" he replied,
II noticed the sunrses and sunsets and thought
! would like to put them down on paper"
But whore can you see the sunset" One never
thinks Of getting attractive gimpses of the sun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
\ SCIENTIFIC COMMISSION Is APPOINTED
TO INVESTIGATE.

In 1904 first scientific commission was ap-
pointed to investigate the accomplishments Of the
horse II discovered nothing suspicious. but did
not hazard an explanation. A second Hans
mission made up. among whose member fig
ured the psychologist DR.. Oskar Pfungst. Of Der
lin. The latter, after careful investigation, pub
lshed bulky. crushing report, in which he
serted that the horse did not possess the least in
tellgence. that he recognized neither letters nor
numbers that in point Of actual fact he knew
neither how to calculate 10 count. and that he
merely responded TO certain involuntary sign
end imperceptible movements made to him by hs
master This scandal caused sudden revulson
IN public opinion. A slight relief Was felt at the
vanishing Of a marvel that seemed destined to
create some disturbance in the small circle o.
those satisfied with the known truths. In vain
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

rise and sunset from East Side apartment
Il ,an see the sunset down the street" answers
lsdor rising and going to the window overlooking
tho fire escape.
descend INTO the Of roof tops across the way,
and apparently they we're not more than couple
Of feet above the rea. horizon.
Evidently he had not done very well with his
,upscts for he said: 1T is not good painting out
on the hre escape. The dust and ashes from over
head drop down on the picture. would like to
20 TO the country TO a sunset
Then he went to tho shelf and took down a still
lie canvas. The fruits. bottles and glasses were
we'll arranged, the glass glinted and the drawing
was excellent. It looked like the work Of stu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

dent Of ia" greater experience and maturity than
its author.
at only needs to be vanished" said the lad.
handling the picture in the manner of the initiated.
What kind of painting do you PREFER"
"Portrait painting
why do you prefer this kind of art"
$50 mary people around and say. Won't
you make my picture?' | think there would be
more in II. Art does not pay early" ne con
tnued "A living is very far of and must work
would like to learn something else and
use the scholarship afterward. They say you can
learn civil engineering quicker than you ccn
anything else / hear il is easy. | must get
job right away. would like permanent posi-
ton and then have the fellowship"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
THE MASTER AZORES HIS PUPILS WHO
RESPOND By LEARNING PLUS ?.

His method Of education differs essentially from
that employed by Won Osten. He' adores ms
punIls and the love with which he surrounds
them has As it were. humanized them. Al the
end of two weeks after the first instruction
Muhamed could execute some simple additions
and subtractions He understood the signifcaton
of the plus and minus signs Four days later he
started to multiply and divide. few months
ater he could extract square and cubic roots and
gradually he learned how to read and spell with
the aid of a simplifed spelling table of kralFs
invention This table. at first sight, looks quite
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

possessed by the fixed idea: the intelligence of
animals He set himself to work to develop what
seemed to him the rational faculties in his horse
bat obtained rather uncertain results. In 1900
he purchased a Russian stallion that went by the
name Of Hans. to receive the well merlted
Homeric epithet. "The Clever" for he called IN
question all our science OF animal psychology and
raised the most unexpected and fascinating ques-
tons ever met by man. Owing to Osten's patience
the clever Hans made rapid. nay, amazing prog
rtss Not only could he perform some rather
difficult mathematical calculations. but he could
read he was a musician. able to distinguish har-
monies and discords. and had remarkable mem
ory; he could tell, or. rather. stamp with his foot
the dates of every day in the current week In
brief. he mastered all the problems which good
pupil of fourteen is capable Of solving, and even
more.
These strange experiments soon became known
ard numerous visitors came to the small yard III
which Herr Won Osten educated his unique pupils.
Long and bitter controversies arose all over Flu
rope between those who believed in the genu-
ineness Of the phenomenon and those VINO saw IN
i. only barefaced imposition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

country. Isdor Spciser came to TINS country
from Tarnopo Gaicia, with his father mother
and an older sister. about four years ago. A.
Stein. the other was brought TO this country with
his four brothers from the neighborhood OF
Odessa about seven wears ago. These boys were
the winners Of the gold and silver medals offered
for the best pictures in the life section Of the
Boys Club annual exhibition. They were, there
fore. the winners Of the two scholarships of the
Academy. and incidentally they shared in the
glory bestowed upon the club by the judge, Mr..
Alexander. who declared that the stuff" was 100
per cent better than last year.
One afternoon the writer sought out the homes
Of these prizc winners Were they geniuses?
How did they discover their love of art? What
obstacles had they overcome in the effort to eN-
pross themselves in this fashion? From what low
beginnings had they sprung?
The storage battery successors OF the Az
norsecars penetrate regions unknown to the in
nabit.nts of Firth av Why the sth s.. cars
should continue their iOurneyings to the high
numbers OF East 10th st. the brink Of the East
River is a mystery to the shoppers Of East Orange
and Nontclair. At the intersection OF these two
lines is the northeast corner OF Tompkins Square.
one o. the East Sides ever throngcd Fairgrounds.
Turn east TO NO. AZ East 10th st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

aid poor Won Osten protest; he no longer was
lis tened to; the thinking horse" business was
done with He did not recover from this public
blow. and died. embttered and desolate in June.
1909 at the age Of seventy-one.
But he left a disciple whom the general deser-
ton did not parayze Herr Krall. wealthy jewel
ler Of the town of Elberfeld. mad become greatly
interested in Won Ostens work. and in the last
years OF the old mans life carried on the stall
lions education: nay very often even directed IT,
Won Osten bequeathed Clever Hans to him. and
krall for his part. had purchased two Arabian
stations Muhaned and Zarif, whose accomplish
ments by far eNcelled those of the inherited
horse.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
Wonderful FeatS of the ELberfed "7hmk-
ing Horses" Converted Belgian Poet
and Philosopher to Belief That Ami
mails Are the Equals of Mankind.

And now comes a message. new and auda-
cious SO far surprising the most exalted antici-
pations of the friends of animals that does
not know whether to take it as poets dream or
the account Of actual fact: whether 10 reject II
as a bad scientific joke receive il jubilantly as
q revelation. the announcement of a dispense
ton. The animals. our friends il reads we have
never known at all Everything which hitherto
science claimed to know about them Is error. For
centuries and millenniums they have been living
among US a, cur ntlmates, and suspected moth
ing OF heir great secret. OWNED not that they
are beings as ourselves. familiar with language.
endowed with reason. imbued with dreams hopes.
pass ions and desires as ourselves; that they dis
tirguish weight ard odor. form and color; that
they answer Us. if We only learn to understand
them; that in many endowments they by far
excel US: in short, that they are mans equals,
thus confirming the words Of the preacher: They
have ali beasts and the sons of mem spirit,
so that man nath no pre-emincncc above the
beast"
This message comes from Maurice MaeterIinck,
IN, Belgian poet and mystic and is the conclusion
drawn from his experiments with the famous FL
bcrfeld thinking horses" What he saw and how
solupuously he proceeded in his investigation ne
tells us in an interesting essay published in the
"Neue Rundschau."
The essay is prefaced by retrospect Of the so
called "Elberfeld horse problem" About twenty
wears ago. we are told, there lived in Berlin Will
helm Won Osten, an old misanthrope, who was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
THE MANNHEIM DOG-HIS DEFINITIONS AND
HIS SENSE OF HUMOR.

He distinguishes the various colors of nose
gay counts the contents of purse and separates
the marks from the pfennigs. He seeks for and
finds the words for object or picture shown 10
him. Thus. when shown a bouquet in a and
asked what it is. he will reply: "A glass with lit
tie flowers" His answers at times of pc
culiar independence and originality. In reading
exercise the word autumn CHANGED to attract the
dogs attention Professor Mackenzie asked him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

Thus for instance, TO indicate the letter the
horse stamps once with the right foot and once
with the left; the letter l. is indicated by stanp-
ing three times with the left foot and twice with
the right. etc. The horses have the alphabet so
well in memory that they almost never make a
mistake. and stamp rapidly with both feet
that at the beginning one has difficulty in follow
ing them. Muhamed and Zarif (the latter max
ing almost as good progress as his fellow pupil,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

though seemingly less gifted in higher mathe'
maticsD repeat in this way the words they are
told. spell the names Of the visitors and answer
the questions put to them.
Occasionally they volunteer remarks of their
own, little independent thoughts and concerts
They have devised for their extremely ar
bitrary phonetic spelling to which they persls-
tently adhere and which very often renders quite
difficult the reading of their writing. As they
regard most novels useless they employ ex-
clusivey consOnants. so that, for example Fucker
sugar. becomes Zkr, Pferd horse Bfrt or Frt,
etc
After all these ever more conclusive expert
ments and especially since the publication Of
animas) the problem again appeared before the
public and could this time no longer be disputed.
There followed in Elberfeld commission after
another and the reports multiplied. Scientists
of all countries studied the spot the inexplica-
bic phenomenon which Professor Claparede char
acterzes as "the most sensational event that
ever occurred in psychology
In the conclusion of his preface Maeterlinck
incidentally adds that the of the Elberfeld
at all. In Mannheim, he says, there is dog Of
an uncertain mixed breed who accomplishes about
the same as his whole hoofed rivals He is less
far advanced in arithmetic, but correctly adds
subtracts and mutiplies numbers of and two
places He reads and writes by scrapng with
his paw according to alphabet of seemingly
his invention, and his spelling is likewise
very simplifed and phonetic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19

OR some time the old problem of animal
Il intelligence has been the subject of pro-
longed and bitter controversies. Do ami
mails possess the faculty of reasoning,
which heretofore we have believed constituted
mans claim TO superiority? 1t is well known tina;
,ciencc with the pos sbe exception of some natu-
ralists and The consistent believers in the theory
Of evolution. answers this question in the mega
tive Since Aristotle man has been distinguished
from the animals b. his endowment of reason.
The animal. asserts Descartes. the father of mod
ern psychology, is a mere automaton, all ITS ac-
tions and movements automatic; and man
thinks. animals act b. instinct" has remained to
this day what the majority of psychologists are
convinced i the final statement Of the facts.
True. phenomena have been observed in the
animal world which apparently contradict this
cruel solution. Many a reader will still recall the
great sensation created few years ago by the
6ret news Of Clever Hans" This horse. ac-
cordirg 70 the testimony OF competent observers.
had leaned how 20 read and write, and thereby
IN their opinion proved that animals were capable
Of independent rational thinking But the scien-
tito commission appointed at the time to jnvesu-
gate he case attributed the wonderful achieve
ments OF Hans. which, by the way, they did not
deny. TO his masters tricks rather than to the
cleverness Of the horse. and thus disappointed The
many lovers Of the animal world. who had hoped
fo~ he virdcation Of their best and trueSt
friends
Poor dog. you have no soul. Poor horse, you
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
MAKING AN ENTRANCE INTO ONE or THE
EAST SIDE CiVERNS

j. is ne ghborfood Of Jewish boarding stables,
sandwiched IN between. The entrance to No. Az
= a dark -mouthcd tunnel into six story house
with four apartments to the floor. The plaster
has fallen of in spots and the slate steps OF the
stairway, an evidence Of compliance with the
building laws, have been so deeply worn that one
almost pitches forward IN mounting them.
A. No Q, on the third floor. knock bring, 70
the door an elderly Jewish woman who has not
learned to speak English. She II hospitable. ard
one is glad to accept her sign OF invitation 70
enter. for the gloomy hallway - dirty and odorous
despite the activities Of the munic paliy and Of
countless private organizations. One marvcls
upon entering how rooms in such an environment
can b" so clean.
plump, rosy checked maid Of seventeen or
eighteen who speaks English leads the way
through the kitchen into the living room, which
Is practically filed by round table On a shelf
rest Two or three pfintirgs and couple Of hat
hang from the gas jets for want Of a better rack
"Sit down" says Miss Spciser. The brother who
has won the gold medal, she says. will soon he in
Then she recounts how the family, leaving all rcla-
tiycs and friends behind, departed from Tsrnapol.
GalicIa three or four years ago and settled down
here, how lsidor, who has just turned fifteen, has
learned 10 sneak English very well and is about
70 be graduated from fhc grammar school. In
cidentally, when asked # sbc would like to go
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
THROUGH THE STREETS or ELBERFELD TO
THE KRALL STABLE.

Through the crowded streets and squares o.
Elberfeld we together wend our way to the stable.
located a few hundred feet from his store. IN
the yard, overshadowed by linden trees, the horses
take fresh air before the doors of their stalls
There are four horses -Muhsmed, the most
intelligent and most gifted, the great msthena-
tcian of the small troupe his double, Ear
somewhat less advanced less trsctsble more mis-
chevous, but also more cspricious, spon-
taneous and full of astonishing whims. Further
more Hanschen little Hans) a small Shetland
pony, not bigger than Newfoundland dog, tie
gamin of the four. He is restless, pert, mad
cap, impetuous and distrustful, but, on the other
hand, Immediately executes with angry foo
beat the most difficult additions and multiplied.
tons Finally the latest acquisition. the fat
easy-gong Berto. a portly black stallion, con-.
pletey blind and deprived of the sense of smell
He has been only few months in training, yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
M EDUCATIONAL CENTRE FOR THOUSANDS
OF JEWS, ITALIANS AND POLES.

Fifteen hundred boys and youths every even
ing flock is social rooms. its classrooms and
rs gymnasium Located in one Of the most dense
ly inhabited regions Of the city, section occu-
pied by hundreds OF thousands Of Jews. Italians
and Poles,it draws many representatives of these
peoples 20 It's doors
Among the CLASSES is one for boys who are
Interested in art. 1t usually numbers forty. The
dues are 10 cents month, just enough to elm
mate any whose chief interest would be the de
struction Of paper and other supplies. The resid-
uum group Of East Side boys who have more
than the average love Of expression in pictorial
form and the ambition TO add power to their
pcncils. There may be no future Ciottos feed
ing al this pasture, but there is successor to the
role Of Cmabue, who passes by the class every
year and notes what the busy crayons Of the
youthful art students are doing. His name Is
John ". Alexander, and he IS the president Of
the National Academy Of Design. Every year at
the annual exhibition cf the class the winners
Of the gold and silver medals in the life section
receive Sctplsrshps IN the Academy from his
hand.
II has followed therefore that some boys from
,ne East Side tcnements are having an oppor-
tuniiy 20 demonstrate whatever talent they may
possers, q chance 20 obtain admission 10 a world
Of beauty beyond their darn halls, tiny rooms and
barren walls. Three or four have already attained
- the JOY Of study IN the Academy through their
proficiency IN the class a. the Boys Club. Two
Of them are jewish boys and brothers, one hav-
ing been IN the Academy a year longer than The
other. Zach Of them has won n medal. A third
n. Italian lad
Among the member Of the graduating class Of
Public School ~ thi, year two fifteen year
old Jewish boys, neither Of whom var born in this
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
A JUDGMENT ON AMERICA BY THE FATHER
or THE ARTIST.

Come IN says the figure reclining on the
couch in room fronting on ;be dirty, III smell
ing back court. His hair and closely clipped mus
tache are sandy. One can hardly imagine this
youngish looking man the father OF sons sp-
preaching twenty years Of age.
Nice boy, do all can for boy" he says. REFER
ring TO the prize winner, "but no money. No GO
much. America nice for poor man Cool
only for rich man."
III. art loving lad appears at this juncture. ne
has just returned from the closing exercises o.
the grammar school. Thus had he occupied h.
time while Isidor was looking for job. He ss
merry looking lad. somewhat taller than lsido'
How did you become interested in srt?"
Before we came from Odessa" said he, 81 vas
a good penman and became interested in drawing
with pen and ink. | did good work in school and
was encouraged TO do more. Two years ago an
other boy. named Silversten. who is in the sesd'
cmy now, told me about the art class and vent
! won honorable mention the first year and this
year / won the scholarship"
"You have a piece Of still life there on the wall.
II looks like Isidor Spcser's"
Yes, did II in his rooms. There is no room
to do stil life here, so went to Spcisers, where
there are only two children and lots OF room
ones point Of view.
"Whs; do you do for subjects.
~ copy pictures by C. d. Gibson" He pullse
out three in which he had admirably reprodues
;he spirit and technique Of the master in PEI
and ink. 81 60 to the moving pictures and studs
the action and then come homo and make sketches
from memory. Some day will so to the Metro
polish Museum and copy there"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-07-19
Continued on sixth page.

mere than eight months ago In his first year
he the first prize
The street numbers on the East Side no
sure guide. Because AZ East 10th st. is between
Avs. and d is no proof that the numbers in the
corresponding block East 9th st. smilar
When you look for 729 you will be surprised TO
discover that it also is between Avs and D.
IL is at this number that A. Stein, the lad Wto
the silver medal, lives.
The entrance is through the kitchen, as is usual
in the East Side tenements The mother is en-
gagged in ironing. She Hospitality sets a chair.
The rooms do not look quite so neat as did those
of the Speiser household, but it is more difficult
to keep things picked up where there are seven
than where the number is only four and when
the father is lying in adjoining room BAN
dagcd and i'll, following operation On the
wall of the kitchen are two or three paintings,
evidently done by the lad who has just brought
honor 20 the household. One of them, piece Of
still life, looks like the one done by lsidor
Speiser.