The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-15

This authority was given by an act Of
Congress approved n -. 1874. and
light vessel No. 20 was accordingly
placed on the station on September 10.
1874. being relieved by light vessel No:
20 m December /. 1873. Light vessel
No. 30 was continued on the station UNI
Ill 1880. when light vessel No. I took
her place. Light vessel No. Z was re-
lieved on December 2. 1902. by light ves-
sci No. IL. which Ia still the regular
station ship at this location.
while the wreck Of the steamship
Scotland was an obstruction to naviga-
ton. the light vessel maintained to mark
her position was known a. the Wreck Of
Scotland light vessel. After tho wreck
had disappeared and another light vessel
was placed there by ar act Of Congress-,
not to mark the obstruction. but as an
aid to ~navigators desiring to enter the
port Of New York. the light vessel was
known as the Scotland light vessel.
which name is still retained"
Thanks are due the acting Commits
sioner Of the Bureau Of Lighthouses and
the captain commandment of the United
States Coast Guard for these facts.
Replying to the questions regarding
the practice OF medicine by homeopathic
graduates, asked by T.. H., July IS.
may I be permitted to state that no
one is allowed to practise In any h's-
| pital. public or private. unless he has
been duly elected to the stan Of the
hospital. either as visiting or consulting
physician or by the governing
committee or the trustees. Usually only
~ailopathlc graduates are elected TO the
stafYs OF the allopathic hospitals and
homeopathic graduates TO the homGo-
pathic institutions In New York city
the Flower. Hahnemann and Metropoli-
tan hospitals and In Brooklyn Cumbcr-
land street and Prospect Heights are
entirely under homeopathic control.
Every graduate OF the New York
Homeopathic Medical College Is re-
Quired TO take exactly the same four
years course OF study as Is followed In
the other medical colleges and to pass
examinations before the Board Of
Regents on these subjects. and In ad-
dition 10 taught the homeopathic treat
ment OF disease. the law Of s!milia
sim'libus c%urantur. as laid down by
Samuel Hahnemann. Therefore the
homeopathic graduates are better
equipped for medical practice thar the,r
allopathic conferees.
Many homeopathic graduates are oc-
cupyins positions In the Department OF
Health and other public departments
and are accepted for their educational
qualifications. and many homeopathic
surgeons have been elected on an equal
footing with their fellow practitioners In
the American College OF Surgeons the
only requirement In that they shall have
the proper skill and experience as sur
Reons. l.. II. BRouGHroS, NJ. d.
The Red House was located on the
northeast corner of l05th street and
Second avenue. II was a three story
frame building. about IS by rs feet. with
a large veranda extending around the
structure.
II was used originally as a ho,e, and
roadhouse. During the civil war Il was
a recruiting station and when the
cholera epidemic was here Il was n hos
pital, For some years after that II was
used as a residence. About 1879 the
property was bought by Cardinal,
McCloskey and st. Cecilia's parish was
formed. The Red House was used for
a chapel and rector's residence. At the
rear a church was built.
About 1883 the property was sold. as
the church authorities decided 10 build
a larger church at l0sth street and
Lexington avenue. A short time there
atter the ted House was torn down and
Hats were built on the property.
A. n. CHURCHILL.
notice n request for the words NJ
AN old Irish song prohably entitled
Tn" Man That Cleaned Up odd Eel
lows Hail"
I'D Irish song is good. especially
your auotht'on marks. The piece con-
not claim great antiquity nor any mar.
/ tlrnl1f intimacy u-fh tho Iepa.,I -
Tie correct title Is. The Party at Odd
Fellows Hall" and 1t was written by
j Wendell, Jr.. Of the class OF 1891.
Harvard. and set to music by r. w
Atkinson OF the same class. The who,s
Is copyrighted by the Oliver Ditson Com
pany, 80 ! refrain from giving the
words. which are In fou stanzns, with a
chorus.
Your correspondent can find both
words and music In IA volume called
Harvard University Songs pubisred
by the Olive Ditson Company IN 1902.
The ballad must he 'olerabiy familiar
to all Harvard men OF 4 e last twenty
five years. and II doubtless appeared In
later collections OF songs than the on.
above mentioned. G. O'G. I. y.
Abort Matthews, Grays Inn. jackson
". H., IL anxious to get into communica-
ton with ~. f. A." of Louisville. Ky
whose letter to THE SrN discussing the
origin OF the song Dixie" wos pub
lished on January 10 last.
Ever since I can remember I have
heard the saying. AT 10 a man Ia
either a fool or a physician" Without
questioning It's accuracy can any OF your
readers tell the origin OF the saying?
FoRry-ODD,
Edward Youns's line In Glove of
Fame: "A fool at 40 Is a fool In
deed must he the corollary OF Forty
Odd's proposition.
r. s. s. in THE Sun OF July lS asks
with whom and when the expression
man milllner" originated. At the Re-
publican State convention AT Rochester
In 1877 tho late United States Senator
Roscoe Cpnkling applied II to George
William Curtis in the beginning OF the
break between the Stalwart and Half
Breed factions. II created a great deal
OF at the time and became a
catch expression for years after In deal
ing with persons who profsssed unusual
political morality.
W. 8. vosBuRGH.