The sun., 1916-09-10
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

When did Amos II. Emo start to build
the Fifth Avenue Hotel? About how
long did II remain unfinished after start
ing? When was It opened for busi-
ness? STocK EXCHANGE.
Work was begun for the hotel In
1853 and completed In 1859. The site
had been occupied for two years by
F'ranconi's Hippodrome. This was in
tended to be a permanent homo for a
Roman circus and was two story
brick structure 700 feet in circumfer-
ence. rooted only over the auditorium
tropical sky. It's initial popularity.
though great. did not last, and the own
ers Of the property were glad to make
room for the hotel.
Prior to the Hippodrome Corpora,
Thompson's Madison Cottage. q road
house, occupied the ground. This was
only . story and attic wooden building
with long roof sloping down over a
broad veranda, yet It was the inoss con-
spicuous structure OF tho neighborhood
In its time. The situation was a choice
one for such a house Of entertainment.
for Il was even then at the forks Of the
road. the Boston post road and the
Bloomingdals road there parting. All
around was . dreary waste Of empty
land whore in an early time the poor
were buried.
Between 1905 and 1888 . United etates
arsenal stood in the commons Here
in 1885 the first House Of Rafuge was
founded with six boys and three girls.
II was not until James Harper became
Mayor in 1874 that Madison Square was
laid out.
I believe that some years ago . fund
was created and endowed by Mr..
Carnegie TO render pecuniary aid to COL
lege professors who by reason OF age or
| disability were no longer able TO pro-
vdo for themselves and their families
comfortably In their professional call
ing.
Did not a certain DISTINGUISHED gen.
tieman formerly a professor and later
president Of n university make applica-
| tion while president Of the university q
| the trustees Of this fund for pecuniary
assistance such as other crippled" pro-
| fcssors had received and was not the
application refused? r. d. Brown.
Yes. Woodrow Wilson applied for q
pension from the funds Of the Carnegie
Teaching and the application was re
fused by the trustees OF the foundation
The application was made in the fall oi
1910. but after Mr.. Wilson had resigned
the presidency OF Princeton Universit,
and while he was a candidate for ths
Governorship OF New Jersey. II wa'
based on twenty-five years OF teachini
for which Mr.. Wilson seemed to thinl
a pension should automatically devolv'
upon him. Tho trustees decided tina
the terms Of Mr.. Carneg!c's Eift did no
permit them TO pension Mr.. Wilson ant
in addition his was not felt to be I
necessitous case.
What II the present German popusa
ton in the United States. Immigrant
and direct descendants in the first gen
Grafton here JOHN NJ. Roche.
There are no figures except those o
the 1910 census. These give:
German born. 2,soi,s33. or 1875 ps
cent. Of all foreign born and 81 per cent
Of the whole population. THIS was
drop from 1900. in which year there wer
cS13.scs German horn. constituting 81,
crease from c.sl3.62s to e.sol.s33 is II.
per cent Before 1900 the figures Shove
a steady increase.
Americans OF German born parents I
1910. s.sll.sl7. or so.3 per cent. OF a
with foreign born parents.
Americans OF ono German born ALI
one American parent In 1910, l,ss9,5et
or 3l.3 per cent OF all OF mixed parent
age. These were Increases from 1901
IN which year there were S.7oo.7o
Americans OF German born parents. cor
st.tuting $40 per cent. Of all with for
eign born parents; and ..5sS.s34 Amer
cans OF part German parentage. or 81.
OF all OF mixed parentasc,
Was n bomb thrown at Russell Sag
IN his office at le5 Broadway: Did h
have an Office at that address" In villa
year was his assassination attempted"
g. w.
, On December 4. 1921. Mr.. Sage. Will
| IN lis offices at -, no, 1875. Broadwa,
escaped instant death at tho hands
a madman. Henry l.. Norcross. no,
broker from Boston. Norcross galns
admit'ance on a p-ctcSt and savc NJ
= sage a tyrcwr,ttcn note IN which :
declared that II Mr.. Saga did rot INN,
dlately hand out $3.50 900 he wou,
n n!ng bag Of explosives at Mr.. Sagc
8 feet.
When the flnancier backed away No
cross dropped the bag. blowing hl,nsc
: TO pieces but not seriously wound,
Mr. Sage,
What par. o, tho ecclesiastical co
tune IL the cope" y. i.
= 1t Ia a Ncstment OF silk or other cost
d material resembling a cloak. Original
designed 10 protect tho wcarer again
= the weather. It was later worn only
o professions and at vcsners, during eel
bration Of tho mass. n ,henedctlon. co
:, secration or other ccclc.!astical fun
II ton. In form II II sem'clrcular al
II, sleeveless. and II is furnished with
hood and fastened across the brca
with q morae or clasp. Cones were oyn