The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-04

Wttkly. NJ, NJ. Nj.
A complete list OF homes for the aged
with detailed descriptions is contained
in the New Fork Charities Directory for
1915. issued by the Charity Organization
Society, los East p~wcnty-second street.
New York.
Is the following legend or history?
Can you help me identify the chief char
acter Of the incident? A soldier Of for
tune condemned to death In common
with several others Of his fellows. while
on his way to the block was compelled
to wait his turn. As this came he found
the head OF one OF his predecessors In
the way. so he kicked II aside. This
act 80 impressed the monarch. who was
present TO see his sentence carried
out. that he %pardoned the man and pro-
noted him. F. H.. ".
I wish you would kindly let me know
whether Eliza Proctor Otis played In
The Henrietta" with Robson and Crane.
KARL NEUHoFF.
Miss Otis never appeared in The
Henrietta with Robson and Crane. The
part Of the widow in that play was acted
by selena Fetter.
What was the cause OF the recent
controversy regarding the passage Of
ships through the Panama Canal In
which England lodged a complaint with
the Government of the United States?
Was England the only foreign Power IN
terested or did England act as spokes-
man for others? BY that I mean, did
the treaty In question exist only be-
tween the United States and England
or were any other foreign Powers IN
cluded? Did any other foreign Power
lodge a complaint with the United
states regarding the treaty besides Eng
land' How was the matter adjusted?
l.. A. o. d.
The Panama Canal bill passed by
Congress in 1912 contained a provision
exempting American vessels in the coast
wise trade from paying tolls at the cana.
Great Britain submitted that this was
in violation OF her treaty with US OF
November IS. l901-the Hay-Paunce-
fote treaty. which provided perfec;
equality for the ships of both nations at
Panama. Other countries were inter-
ested. as the proposed exemption wou,i
have affected their shipping. None Of
them protested. however. for the treaty
was purely Anglo-American. The matter
was settled by the repeal OF the ex-
emption after a hard fight. led by Presi-
dent Wilson urging repeal. This was
Just a year ago.
As to the retort: NJ gentleman
would insult me. none other can" I
have been informed by an old employee
Of the House OF Representatives, who
was a personal friend of Thaddeus
stevens. that Stevens. upon being Bit
terly attacked on the floor OF the House
In an extended speech by a Democratic
opponent. merely replied "Mr. Speaker.
what no gentleman would utter no gen.
tleman would answer" T. S. C.
) With regard TO the inquiry of A. II.
concerning the saying: mo gentleman
will insult me and no other can" my
father used to tell the story as of Will
lam II. seward. After the assault on
Sumner southern sympathizers threat
ened to insult Seward 30 that he COufn
either fight or show the white feather
In response to these threats Seward
made a speech in the United States
Senate in which he used the words
quoted. Perhaps somebody better &C
quainted viii Stewards speeches can
furnish the da.e of this particular one.
LINCOLN DoTY BROWN.
Where was the Red House located?
II had a half mile track. 1t was near
the East River between l04th and 10th
streets. When was II torn down?
SAMUEL GIBSON.
A Harlem veteran says that the Red
House stood at l06th street n First
avenu as lately as forty-fve years ago.
When II was demolished he does not
recall. II was a tavern with big veran-
das. Inside the half mile track there
was a baseball ground used by the
Baltic Baseball Club. The Red House
was in its heyday in the early sos. when
II was the headquarters OF the St
George Cricket Club. then newly formed.
The club afterward moved to Hoboken.
Since writing to you about Brlllat-
Savarin's Edward" ! hav come across
the following information about that
monster In "A footnote to page PSI of
Fayette Robinson's translation, The
Physiology of Taste philadelphia.
1880. of Savarin's book MANY per-
sons in New York remember the per-
son referred to. The translator has
| neiTu tTdt AS late as 1919 ne was ire
quently to be seen at the door OF a
house near where the Atheneum Hotel
tevidently the New York Atheneum,'
"a Chambers street, corner of Broad
way) was. B~rillat-Savarin is said
scarcely to exaggerate." You state that
according to Larousse Brillat-Savarin
stayed ten years in New York and re-
turned to France in 1896 !" this, how
ever. Is an error. According 10 his own
deposition the celebrated gourmet ar
rived here from Switzerland in 1874.
He lived at first in Hartford, Conn. sub
sequently returned to this city and sailed
for Havre, France, in August, 1895, ar
irving there the following month. CT.
lean Saint Martin, "Brillat-Savarin O.,
sa vie politique" in LA Revolution
Franchise" vol. 81, Paris, 1911, PIP.
505-52l. \. b.
The mistake was ours. Laroussc
says: Pendant un sejour de deux ans
a New York. . Two years, not
ten.
What office did Lawrence Maxwell Of
Cincinnati hold in the Mckinley or
Roosevelt Administrations c. c.
Mr., Maxwell was solicitor-General of
the United States. 1s93-lS95. He was
general chairman of the committee on
revision Of the equity rules of the SUI
preme Court in 1911.
May | ask the name OF the author
and title of a book humorously describ-
ing the adventures OF a young man who
deposited with much mystery SIS in
"a al -.l