DAILY SATUBDAY. MAY - Chronicling...

AX AMKHICAX LIBRARY QPEXED BT THE

WIFE OF COLONEL GKKENLKAF.

Washington, May 2.".— Mr?. Qreenleaf, wife ofColonel c. R. Qreenleaf, has succeeded In openingan American library In Manila for the ns;> ofAmerican soldiers, sailors and citizens in Manila.There are about four thousand volumes In thislibrary,many rfthem worn and soiled, but greatlyenjoyed by both officers and men. About ten papersar^ sent regularly from the United States. whLMiare rend at the library and then sent to the troops

In the field. It is the earnest request of Mrs.Qreenleaf that copies of papers from every part cfthe United States be sen; to this library. Whilecontributions of book:- and magazines nre mostacc°ptabic. ;he financial quettl »n is tho serious prob-

lem which confronts the library. The salary of t'.ielibrarian :md the rent of the building, as w<?II asother expenses, have to be met rach month, anda letter from Mrs Greenleaf, dated March 20. states

that they have only enough money to keep thelibrary open three months longer at the most.

Unless aid corr.es from the United States they willbe compelled to close the library, which has beena poiiree of pleasure to the men who are enduringthe hardships of war in 8 foreign country.

The Woman's Army and Navy League, an organ-isation composed mainly of the wives and daugh-

ters of officers of the United States Army andNavy, hDF bee;i appealed to by Mrs. Greenleaf ar.uwill act np her representative In this country.

Contributions will be received by Mrs. MarshallLudlnpton. vice-president Woman's Army a:;d Navy

A WOMAN*S WORK WVWILA.

A XKW BRANCH.Miss Mildred Reid, of No. 1.">2 West Sixty-fourth-

st., biis ju«t organised Manhattan Branch Xo. 3 of

Isonp as thine Art shall love true love,Long aa thy Science truth shall know.

L'm;: as thj Kaglo h;rm:: DO I>iv \u25a0•.Long ;ip thy Law by law shall grow,

I<onp aa thy God it God above.Thy brother every man below—

So lonp. dear Land of all my love.Thy came snail shine, thy fame sinli glow.

—(Sidney L-uiier.

"As the duty of every day requires." Thai is \u25a0

simple rule. Let it be pondered well. Rfso'v \u25a0 whenyor. awake rhai it shall be to fwif f-iinful purpose,and that your renovated powers shall b>' obedientto Him who baa renewed th^m. Ixtnot the oppor-tunity that la bo !ie* t-iiur and yrt so full pas-;- iietr-leeted awa y.—

(Fn >t fa1ngrham

AT THE LADY EDITOR'S OFFICE.\u25a0\u25a0MY DEAR MISS JONES, WHA7 IS IT WFVE LOST NOW?"•\u25a0OH. THE RESULT OF THE I7BI4.TNESS C»MPETITION."—(Tba King

rorn.AU ENGLISH BTiX-fiS.

WHEUE to no to-day.i~

Mer.thly meeting of the Woman's Press Club of NewYork City, in [be chapter room. Carneßie Hall, SevSB h avo. nri'l Fifty vevonth 2":20 p. m.

Reception to M-> Maria KrnUs-!>c.elte. Riven by theKraut A!-:n-.nipKindergarten Association, to celebratethe con-ri>tlon of her fortieth year of kindergartenwork, at the Ilr.tel Pan Rfr/.. Ontra! Park Westand Seventr-flfth-w.'. from 3 until 0 p. m.

Ar.sna! luncheon of the Mount St. Vincent Alumnte atthe sessaany. Mount PI. Vinc<=nt-on-the-Hudson.

E*rur»!'-in of th» Women's Municipal League through theCity Hull,m«ftlrp In the rotunda at St:3o a. m. Mr«Frank V. K«=!!ey in charge.

Tr'.p up '!.<\u25a0 Hudson, under the aucplces of the OftontzAlumnre Association, for the benefit of the OsrontcFree 'nderynrtc n, BftentOOß. Steamer leaves the;tar at \Vcft Thirty-fourth-st.

CHILDREN OF TIIE SLUMS.

CLASSES OF THE GOSPEL SETTLEMENT

ENTERTAIN THEIR FRIENDS.

The children of the Gospel Settlement classes atNo. 811 Clir.trin-st. gave an afternoon and even-ing entertainment yesterday at the SettlementHcuse. for the benefit of their fresh air fund.

The afternoon entertainment began at 4 o'clock,

\u25a0with a bright faced gathering in spring attire.Those who were to take part were eager andhappy. Those who were to look on were a weebit envious, but happy, too. The first numberon the programme was an exhibition by thekitcbon garden. Golden curls and black curls.rosy faces and pale, thin and plump forms, werethere, but all wielded their small brooms andhandled their blue dusting cloths with anenthu-Flnsm that accorded well with Use fresh whitepinafores and Gaps in which they were arrayed.Looking at them, In their apparently spotlessneatness, it wbs difficult to realize that many of

them live Insuch squalor that they seldom removetheir clothes when they go to bed. The Settle-ment workers keep the aprons and Ms that thechildren may present an external n^^iess andgradually acquire an appreciation of it.

The songs of the kitchen class permitted themto illustrate sweeping and dusting, breadmaklng.dishwashing and waiting on table. The degree ofdramatic expression infused into the songs andtheir accompanying movements was astonishing,

and one found herself wondering if a potential

Rachel or Bernhardt were to be found amongthose bright faced little Jewesses.

Pom»'of th»» Happy Hour Club, composed of

girls from twelve to eighteen years of age, gave

variety to the programme. Dora Rabinowitch sing-

ing "Kentucky Babe" In character, with a largeblack doll tor baby; I— 1* Kantowitch recitingBryant's "To- \u25a0 Fringed Gentian." and Molly

Schweitzer Tennyson's "Crossing the Bar." Allt.T-<-<= performances won warm applause.

The members of the Delsarte Class showed whatthe) had learned of the poetry of motion, and theCl'y History Club displayed an acquaintance withth* practical and historical phases of civic lifethat wtfuM astound an average City Father.. The Gospel Settlement Is rejoicing in the pros-fwt.of increased facilities for Its work. Mrs.Oorpe Jrr.-.esp has recently bought the house inwhich It is established. and this summer will add\u25a0pother story and an extension, so that moret!tssrs can be accommodated. Between 800 and 000Children and young people come to the differentKsiis every week. The kitchen garden alone hasIftots learning a housekeeping system that mustrevolutionize thflr homes in its lessons of neatnessend order. The settlement has ten residents. Mrs.Sarah J.- Bird is called the mother of the settle-ment. Mlfs Harriet Irwin Is head worker. Mrs.•Rallyea ii« trained nurse and pianist, and the corpsis completed by Elizabeth Prior. Grace Spear. ClaraHepburn. Nellie Woodnll. Mrs. Emery. LillianDuryea. Mrs. Avery and Caroline Winwar.l. Mrs.Rallyea was a professional pianist and has playedwith well known orchestras, but. like all theothers, gives her time freely to the settlementwork.

The officers of the settlement are Thomas G.\u25a0Merman, president; Edwin Lang. lon. vice-presi-dent; Robert M. Boyd. jr.. secretary, and ThomasS. wadding, treasurer, No. SB Fulton-st. TheHoard of Directors Includes Dr. Josinh Strong,Thomas G. Shearman. Dr. Louis Klopsch. KdwlnLangdon. Jennings licComb. Thomas B. Gladding.Charles W. Anderson L.M. Chapln and Robert M.Boyd. Jr.

Chicago is to have a new summer garden. Theonly remarkable feature in that circumstance Isthe fact that it will be strictly "temperance" |n. baracter. Lemonade, iced tea, e<iff t-e and choco-late, sarsaparilla. Ice cream and sandwiches winbe m rvfd at cost, nnd concerts willbe given by alocal orchestra and :i graphophone. The gym-rnsfum of the Ravenswood Young Men's ChristianAssociation will »c the seat of the entemprine.

Louisiana Is one <.f tho progressive SouthernStates, being the only <-:;e to employ a woman ascensus enumerator. Mrs. Theodosla OgUvie lastyear took the census In one of the lnrgest wards InWebster Parish, and bad the work completed with-in the time allotted. The other enumerators weremen. and seme of them had to ask for an extension<if time.

A family in New-York possesses a particularlyhandsome Angora cat. Not long ago its owner be-came BOmewhajt anxious, as Its health seemed tobe less robust than usual, and various attemptswere made to give It medicine. In no way could itbe persuaded or coerced into swallowing the ob-noxious stuff, and it became steadily worse. Itr-hnncfd that a new Irish maid wns added to thehousehold, and, hearing of the difficulty, promptlysettled it by mixing the medicine with lard andsmearing it liberally over pussy's sides. Of coursethe cat licked it off with neatness and dispatch nsoften ap it was applied, and soon recovered herordinary health.

Mrs. Fuller, an English woman, suggested in apaper read before the Central Poor Law Conferencethat the happiness of the large class known as theaged deserving poor might !*\u25a0 greatly Increased byallowing them greater privacy in the almshouses.She thought thru if large wards were subdividedby rcreens or movable semi-partitions into littlerooms the Inmates would have a more homelikefeeling and rex.'iir. th« sense of individuality thatis lost in ordinary Institution life. It was statedtli.it "among th.- privileges granted to some of thewell behaved aged poor in workhouses, one of themost highly prized la the possession of a locker.The bald fact that It should be so valued is a hor-rible commentary upon the cast iron rules to whichall must conform when once they enter upon th-itfinal stage of a poor man's life. If we wish torecognize what workhouse life really means w*-must think of what It would he nt "the end of alons life to have nothing of one's own— no I'ttletreasures, no little mementos— and. If one did pos-sess such things, to have r.o place In which to keenthem."

Mrs. Mary Klwell, of this city, has found a newway of doing good. Being a lover of mythology. Itoccurred to her th^t the little children of theslums might be entertained and incidentally In-structed by hearing the stories of Greek andScandinavian gcd:i and heroes. Being a.150 anartist, she mode Illustrations for use In a magiclantern, and several evenings in every week thelast winter she has gone to the different missions»nd told stories to throngs of eager listeners. Shetells of the Trojan war and the wanderings ofUlysses, of the Golden 'Fleeco and the temptressCirce, of Clytie and the flower myths, of Odin,Thor, the Norns and Erinyes. Kipling's "JungleBooks" and "Alice In Wonderland" have becomefamiliar friends, and Hans Christian Andersen'sfairy tales as household words. Mrs. Elwell in-tends another season to teach her little friends tosing old English, Scotch and German songs, andhas Illustrated a number for slides.

Tho "hero button" mania so prevalent in thiscountry during the Spanish war has extended toEngland. Photographs of all the military heroesappear in miniature on buttons and pins, and thesule is said to be marvellous. "Pobs," Kitchenerand Baden-Powell are the favorites, and nearlyevery woman In London wears at least one of theheroes over her heart. Sometimes she is impartialand wears all three. The shoppirls aver that mostof the purchasers imprint enthusiastic kisses onthe unresponsive button of their choice beforefastening it to the corsage.

GATHERED HERE AND THERE.

ItIs said that even In the "seeming simple" moth-balls danger lurks. They are a preparation ofnaphthaline flakes and coal tar, and their storageshould be under the same precautions as are usedwith naphtha, benzine and kerosene. A few days

ago a house in Providence, R. 1., caught fire fromthe explosion of a quantity in a basin. It was rotknown how they caught fire, whether from a care-lessly thrown lighted match or cigar ashes, but ;heresult was wreckage of the bowl, disjointing ofplumbing and a blaze.

METHODIST CONFERENCE.

AMUSEMENT QUESTION CONSIDERED IN

COMMITTEE—TO BE DEBATED- TO-

DAY—ELECTION OF EDITORS

AND SECRETARIES.

[BTTKX.EORAMI TO THE TRinU.XE.}.Chicago, May 2.".—lndulgence in theatre Ing,dancing, card playing and kindred amusementswillno longer be In direct violation of the Dis-cipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church Ifareport by the Committee on the State of theChurch is accepted by the General Conferencewhen submitted to-morrow.

This question between the liberals and con-servatives has been considered the most Im-portant proposition before the Conference nowin session. It was only settled by the commit-tee after prolonged debate. Announcement ofthe result was made this afternoon by ex-Gov-ernor R. E. Pattlson of Pennsylvania, who willpresent the report. It Is predicted that the bit-terest fight of th» Conference will take place

when the recommendation is submitted to thodelegates for their decision.

The report of the committee takes the mootedparagraph out of th- arbitrary laws of theChurch and transfers It tn a section of the Dis-cipline, where it v.lll form merely a mild sug-gestion to the Individual minister. The matter

of reprimanding members who violate theseregulations is l»ft entirely at the discretion ofthe minister This action coincides with theviews of ||m ra.'.lea's.

" who desired to have thequestion left to the conscience of th» Christianand not have it P.xed by a number of specifleSr-tions and restrictions.

THE AMUSEMENT PARAGRAPH.The paragraph of the Discipline referring to

amusements reads as follows:

Section 248. In case of neglect of duties ofany kind, imprudent conduct, indulging sinfultempers, liquors as a beverage, signing petitionsIn favor of granting licenses for the sale of In-toxicating: liquors, becoming bondsmen for per-sons engaged insuch traffic, renting property asa 'place In or on which to manufacture or sellintoxicating liquor, dancing, playing at games

of chance, attending theatres, horse races, cir-cuses, dancing parties, or patronizing dancingschools, or taking such other amusements as areobvlousiy of misleading: or questionable moraltendency, or disobedience to the order and dis-cipline of the Church— first, let private reproofbe given by the pastor or leader, and if therebe any acknowledgment of the fault and properhumiliation, the person may be borne with.

On the second offence, the pastor or leadermay take one or two discreet members of theChurch.

On the third offence, let him be brought totrial, and If found guilty and there be no signof real humiliation he shall be expelled.

Ifthe report of the committee passes the Con-ference to-morrow It willgo down in the annalsof the Church as one of the greatest concessionsever made to laymen. All the leading parlia-

mentarians admit that it Is the principal eventof the Conference, and many young 1 ministersare prepared to make Jointly their maidenspeech and their name on this question.

CANDIDATES FOR SECRETARYSHIPS.Editors for the official Methodist publications

and general secretaries and assistants for theorganized benevolences were nominated andvoted for to-day by the Conference. Great in-terest was attached to the balloting-, and the re-sults were awaited with Interest throughout thedenomination. Especially close was the race forthe secretaryship of the Missionary and theFreedmen's Aid societies and the editorship of"The Northwestern Christian Advocate" and"The Centra! Christian Advocate."

There was an -unexpected number of nomina-tions for the secretary of the Missionary So-ciety, the chair receiving the names of W. F.Oldham.

'Homer C. Stlntz. Luther B. Wilson.

A.B. Leonard. Thomas M. Boyle. H. K. Carroll,

a layman; Wilmot Whitfleld. W. T. Smith andFrank M. Bristol. Dr. Bristol withdrew hisnarqe.

FoV secretary of the Freed men's Aid andSouthern Education Society there was thelargest field of candidates, the list containingthe names of S. O. Benton. W. P. Thirkleld. P.S. Merrill. I* H. Stuart. G. E. Akerman. P. A.Cool, M. C. B. Mason, J. M. Carter. J. E. C.Sawyer. L. G. Adklnson. H. G. Jackson, W. H.W. Reese, J. J. Hill and Robert Forbes. Dr.Forbes withdrew his name.

•The nominees for secretary of the Church Ex-

tension Society were J. M. King. W. A. Spencer,

ManKn- S. Hard, W. F. Cockran. T. C. IliffandRobert Forbes.

For the Sunday School Union and Tract So-ciety secretaryship H. M. Hamill, Thomas B.Neely and J. L.Hurlbut were named.

There was no opposition to W. F. McDowell'sre-election to the secretaryship of the Board ofEducation. It was decided that in the cases Inwhich only one secretary and one assistantwere to be elected the man receiving the highestvote 'should be the general secretary and theman with the second largest vote the assistant.

EDITORIAL, CANDIDATES.While the votes for the secretaries were being;

counted the balloting for editors was begun.

For Editor of "The Christian Advocate" of New-York Dr. J. M. Buckley and Dr. Silas C. Swal-low were nominated, and the former was sureof re-election to his present place. For "TheNorthwestern Christian Advocate," the officialpaper published in Chicago, these were nom-inated: Dr. Arthur Edwards, the Incumbent;

Dr. Polemus H. Swift, pastor of the EnglewoodFirst Church; Dr. J. H. Footer. Editor of "TheMichigan Advocate." and the Rev. C. H. Zim-merman. The race was between the first three.

For "The Western Christian Advocate." pub-lished at Cincinnati. Levl Gilbert. E. D. Whlt-lock, David W. Clark, R. J. Cooke. Samuel H.Plantz, George Elliott and F. G. Brown -wereproposed. Dr. W. V. Kelley was renominatedfor Editor of "The Methodist Review." and hadno opposition: but for "The Central Advocate,**which will be moved from St. Louis to KansasCity. J. W. Van Cleve. Edwin Locke. T. McK.Stuart. J. C. W. Cox. Henry 3. Jackson. W. B.Slutz an C. B. Spencer ran with Jesse BowmanYoung, the present editor.I.B. Scott, colored, had no opposition in his

race for the editorship of "The SouthwesternAdvocate." and George B. Nash will edit the"Christlich? Apologet«V" Freiderich Munz,"Haus und Herd." and Dr.Joseph F. Berry hadno opposition for re-election to "The EpworthHerald" editorship. Charles W. Smith was theonly nominee for the editorship of "The Pitts-burg Advocate."

Taxation of legacies bestowed upon rellsr!,-iuaand charitable lnstitu*' ms was made the sub-ject of a protest addressed to Congress by theConference. The provisions of the War Revenueact which impose these taxes are declared to be.contrary to public policy, and In effect the tak-ing of money dedicated to public use.

Colored delegates occupied some of th-» timeof the General Conference to-day, to reifnrmtheir loyalty to the Methodist Church and todeny the report that because a bishop si Af-rican descent was not elected they would leaveand unite with the African Methodist EpiscopalChurch. Not a few delegates asked •\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0It. to beexcused for the remainder of the Conference.This tendency led Bishop Mallalieu, the presid-ing ofilcer. to warn the delegates that so in theywould have no quorum remaining.

WHITE MOUSE CHINA AT AUCTION.Broken china from the White House commands a

hiph price. Unless it is broken it Is not supposed tobe outFioe of the Executive Mansion, and posses-sion of a perfect piece Is \u0084rima facie evidence oftheft by the possessor. ]',:;\u25a0 v.hen nicked or brokenthe china Is disposed of by the steward at pubauction. Then collectors, professional and other-wise, buy It up and mend it, and add It to theircollections or dlspos-e of it acata at a profit.

There is a White House set for nearly every Ad-ministration. Whenever it seems to be necessaryCongress appropriates $3,000 for a new state dinnerservice. The master and mistress of the WhiteHouse select <I*-«!irn£, and then the service is madeby Borne well known firm. When a new service isbrought In the one which has been In use Is put Ina cabinet and is kept for show purposes alone.The Lincoln. Grant Hayes and Cleveland sets arerow thus preserved. The Hayes set Is said to bethe handsomest.Mrs. Fairbanks recently bought at an old curio'Hop a Lincoln, a Grant and a Hayes plate andconsidered herself fortunate to get them \u25a0? a'price

•"hJpfc would have bought \u25a0\u25a0< smull bouse.There is never any question about the genuine-

ness of these specimens, as they all bear the gneHW White Houm> mark, which l.« copyrightedThere is other china used at th«? Executive Man-sion on ordinary occasions which has no marksM it Is not particularly choice and Is not Bought

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MANHATTANCOLLEGE NOT TO MOTE YET.It was reported yesterday that the Roman Cath-

olic Church of the Annunciation, at One-hundred-and-thlrty-flrst-st. and Broadway, would be saidbecause the Manhattan College would also soonbe sold, an 1 It was thought that a better pricecould be obtained for both properties, comprisingthe v.-hole block. If they were sold together. Itwas also stated that the rapid transit viaduct whenbuilt In front of the church property would ruin It.

At the Manhattan College a Tribune reporter wasInformed that there was no intention to move thecollege, and while the property would be .sold If afair offer were made, no offer had been received.

\u25a0 There was certainly bo intention of moving on ac-count of the viaduct.

Father William L. Penny, of the Church of theAnnunciation, said it wan dfsltvd to have a better*it<- for the church, and negotiations were In prog-ress to obtain lots In One-hunisred-und-twenty-slxth-st., between Amsterdam-aye. and Broadway.All the members of the pnrlnh whom he had spokento on the subject seemed to be pleased at the pros-pect of a change. Under Archbishop Hughes thechurch was organized in MM

Ijiidlnw& Co $50 00Horning Sunday School of St. James Protestant

Episcopal Church 25 0011. Hentz & CD luOOO\u25a0\V O Whltcomb. -Haven, Conn 10 00Mrs Paula Warrack 200E L Storm Rye Lake Farm 10 00"B 8 H." 10000"J. i:.' T." 10 00••I. I.c;." iooA. I). Juilllani& (V 2.V><»>Through 11. A. Sohenok. Controller 10 00Citizens of Liberty. N»b., throuirh G. L. Me!s«ner. 80 13Presbyterian Church. (Jreenlawn. N. V 450Through "The -Mall ami Express" 30 00John !>-\u25a0 Witt. Princeton. N. J 25 00KlKnn Naumberg SO 00Miss Keltha F. Blanchanl-. 500"1* M. J." 100Jay U'llson. Philadelphia. Perm 100"J. E. C." through "The New- York Press" 100Mr. anil Mrs. Henry Schenck. Brooklyn 3 00L#hman Brothers 100 00Thomas 11. Keir 10 00Georgt Au*tln Morrison lOOijoFrancis H. Wall 25 00William H. Hvln 25 00W. M. Kern 10 <«Charles Mason Dutcher 10 00A. B. Hepburn 10 00"11. H. P." 2l>ooBertha I>. D^ane, treasurer 500Contribution from some churches and Sunday-

schools of Reldsvllle. N. 0 70 31"B. P. (•.• 200Mary K. Itashfonl. I'.inijhampt.in N. V 500ii. K." 000

W. F. Sebert. Brooklyn 00;)J. Byrne Jr InjElizabeth and Drayton 300\V. C, Wyman, Dublin. N. II 10 00

The Executive Committee met yesterJay after-noon at the Chamber of Commerce. There werepresent William E. Dodpe, Spencer Trask, A. S.Frissel, W. H. Parsons. J. Kennedy Tod. JohnCrosby Brown. Frederick B. Sehenck, L. T. Cham-berlain. Darwin R. James, William F. HavemeyerRobert C. Ogden and E. Francis Hyde. The treas-uier reported contributions to date of 142 Siw 09

The following additional banks and bankinghouses have consent tv to receive contributions andforward the same to Messrs. Brown Brothers &Co.: Central National Bank. Hudson River BankMechanics' Bank. Brooklyn; the Hanover NationalBunk, the National Bank of North America, theChase National Bank, Fourteenth Street BankContinental National Bank. New-York County Na-tional Bank. Phoenix National Bank, the BowerySavings Bank, the Schermerhorn Bank, Brooklyn-rrnnklln Trust Company, Merchants' Trust Com-pany. Continental Trust Company. Central RealtyBond and Trust Company. Zimmerman & ForshayLehman Brothers. Redmond, Kerr & Co., Laldlaw* Co., H. Amy & Co., Vermllye & Co. and F. SSmlthers & Co.

TRKASI-RER OF COMMITTEE REPORTS CONTRI-

BCTtOtNa NOW AMOUNT TO $42..i4rt.

The Committee of One Hundred on India FamineRelief reported the following contributions receivedyesterday:

INDIA FAMINE RKUEF F!\D.

Savannah, Ga.. May 23 (Special).—Announce-ment is made of the coming marriage of ClarkHowell, Editor of "The Atlanta Constitution," to

Miss Anni« Comer, of this city. The marriage will

take place on July 12. and the couple will sailfor Europe on July 18 to spend six months. MissComer Is the daughter of the late H. M. Comer,who at the time of his death was president of theCentral Railroad. For thirty-five years he hadIeen one of the leading cotton merchants of theSouth. Mr. Howell's prominence In the politicaland newspaper world is well known. He Is a mem-ber of the Democratic National Committee andone of the directors of The Associated Press.

The engagement is announced of Moses H. Oross-man to Miss Lillian Viola Berliner, daughter ofHenry Berliner. There willbe a reception at thebride's home. No. 10 West One-hundre.l-ani-thlrty-flrst-st.. on June 3 from 3 to 6 p. m. The wedding1

will take place In July.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Bnspford opened theirnew house. No. 20 West Seventy-slxth-st., onWednesday evening with a reception. Mr. andMrs. Bnssford received their friends in the hanl-sorre drawing room on the second floor. The even-ing was enlivened with vocal and Instrumentalmusic, and at midnight supper was served. Amnrc:the guests were ex-Judge and Mrs. Ernest Hall.Mr. and Mrs. John J. Brady, Mrs. Thomas W. Mc-Knight, George Hughes, ex-Senator and Mrs.Charles L. Guy, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jasper.

Mr. and Mrs. luring M. Black. Mr. an.l Mrs.

Frederick A. Holly. Mr. and Mr*. John Bannon.Mr. and Mrs. Prank Stanbrr.uiih. Miss Julia Holly.It.and Mrs. J. Lee Morrell. Mr. and Mrs. Nicho-las Bruel, Mr. anil Mrs. D. Edgnr ('lose.' MissE.lna B. Hall, Miss Estelle Koewlng. Mr. andMrs. Charles A. Berrlan. Dr. and Mrs. John Ken-nedy. Dr. Ernest McNeil. Miss Clara M.Neil. Dr.and Mrs. Charles D. Kline. James A. Newman,John J. Egan. Bernard Ounther. Charles W. Tar-box. Mr. an.l Mrs. William C. Orr. Mr. an.l MrsCharles F. Naethlng. Joseph R. Kenny. FranklinT. Crops. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Totten and Ed-mund L. De?aulnlers.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert S^dgwlck, Mrs. EdwardKing.Mrs. .William Post. Miss Daisy Post nnd Mrs

Maud Bararer-Wallacfl are among the latest ar-rivals at Newpor*..

The engagement Is announced of Miss Clara Wolf-sobn. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry TTMlfsStlll.to Georg- Washington Hammers'-hlag. of this city.

The marriage of HJn Grace Tully,second daugh-ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Norton Tnlly, to Dr.Charles Ward Cramptnn, son of the late Dr. PsfJE. Crapton, of this city, will take place on Mon-dny, June 4. at the home of the bride. No. 211West One-hundred-and-thlrty-first-st. It will bea small wedding.

Mrs. William Everard Strong and her daughter.Miss Massie Strong, who went abroad last fall, areexpected to arrive in New- York next week. Theywill occupy their country home, the Point, at Sea-briK'it. N. J.

It Ifannounced at Newport that the marriage ofMiss Charlotte Whiting, daughter or the late Au-gustus Whiting, to Henry (). Havemeyer. jr.,a sonof the late Theodore A. Hrivemeyer. will take placeon Wednesday, July 11, at Swanhurst. the villa aflMrs George L. Rives sj| the Rhode Island reaMfiJlr. Havcmeyer, t'ir young briderrroom-eleet. whoIs a sophomore, wiil in accordance with the oldrules of Yale I'nh ersitv. which proclain that nostudent shr.H marry during his collejre course,ler. ve the university at the end of the presentyear. Soon after the wedding Mr. Havemeyerwill take his bride to Europe.

The passengers on the public road coach Pioneeryesterday on its run from the Holland House to theArdSley Casino, at Ardsley-on-the-Hudnon. wereStuyvesant I.c Roy. Hamilton W. Cary. Craig wWadsworth and Joseph M. MacDonough. ReginaldW. Rives tooled the conch. Mrs. J. H. Watson ha 3engaged the coach for to-day.,

The Good Times coach last evening on Its tripfrom the Waldorf-Astoria to Inwood-on-the-Hud-son carried as passengers E. P. Walker. A. J.Nutting. S. E. Vernon. J. M. Fuller William Beard.W. W. Henshaw. C. W. Provost. N. J. Thayer. G.D. Provost and F. M. Hoagland.

Hiss Mary Mott Low. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Joseph T. Low, whose marriage to Henry G.inse-voort Sanford. a son of Robert Sanford, of Pough-ltcepsle. Is scheduled to take place on Tuesday af-ternoon next. May 29, In St. James's ProtestantEpiscopal Church, Madlson-ave. and Seventy-flrst-\u25a0t., gave a dinner party 'last evening at the homeof her parents. No. M West Flfty-secon<i-st., forthe members of the bridal party. There were pres-ent her sister. Miss Laura Low; Miss Mary B.Sanford. sister of the bridegroom; Miss EleanorKeyes. Miss Mary Van Nest. Miss Josephine BlssellHoe and Miss Florence Miller, who will be thebridesmaids: Frederick De Peyster Town«"nd ofBoston; Thomas F. Bayard. William H. M.ielay.Robert McKean Thomas. .Howard K. SherwoodDavid' Thomas Moore and Gordon W. Burnham.Mr. Sanford will to-night give his farewell bache-lor dinner at the University Club.

JXCIDFNTS IX SOCIETY.

M Leoty mB^ST (JORSET jjous^ INTHU

Purveyor to Foreign Court* rParis'

BEECHAM'SIT^ 5 1 f C Parity the Blood.iL# H N 3 \^ *«!•••\u25a0 lllotrhra. ini-

1 M. M-4 M-4kJ -io cent*—23 rents.

ADVEHTISEMFNTS and \u25a0übacripMotis for Th« Trloua*. re.«iv»o at their Uptown OKW, No. 1.2t2 »r^«iw<»»Zd door north of aist-m.. until »o'clock p. m advertise^ments received at the foiiCwlr.c branch office* at rerularetnre n»'»» until S o'clock p. m.. vlt.: •_'."» Mh-ave V. •cor. raj-it.;''\'"" \u25a0"" cor. IJth-si.: *• 1

-fitn-ave*

arui Uth-st.; 112 Columt>u»-av«>.. near West i'.<U.V»t-

1092&EJf%*S n'?r Hth-art 02 Ea.t Uth-»t.; 237 \V«»t«4-»t.. b»iw«et> ,th and Sth aye».; 13» East «Tth-»t.; 1 33»B<l-av«,, b«twe«n 7«t:i and 77:h »is . I.OC* ;V1 a\«.' sear2!*s~*J':l-^?8.i>t"t"*Vo".A**£B»th-st.: 630 3d-a,v«.. near*!«-«.; 6&4 3J are.. 210 Blewclwr-M.;K3 Bltecier-at.

LETTERS FROM TENNESSEE.President of the T. S. S. : Iwish to notify the

members of The Tribune Sunshine Society whohave so kindly sent me reading matter that Iamabout leaving this place, and will let them knowlater? where Ishall locate. Iwish to thank themfor their kindness, which has enabled me to dis-tribute sunshine among the homes of people herewho are poor and Isolated. May God's blessingrest upon the T. S. S.! Yours truly__

\u0084„ c. L. KNIGHT.Hollow Springs, Term., May 21, 1900.

MORE FLOWER SEEDS NEEDED.There was not ground enough for each child of

the Home Garden T. S. S. branch to have a little,plot, so the president suggested they should have abit of bloom in their own honi"s. This idea wastaken up with enthusiasm, and soap boxes, oldsaucepans, anything and everything that wouldhold earth has been brought into requisition. Themothers of these tenement house children are talc-ing Interest i.i the matter. More seeds are neededas the work is spreading and many children arestill unsupplied. ihose who can respond to

vthis

sunshine want will please send their contributionsdirect to Miss Anna C. Ruddy, the president of thisbranch. No. 322 Pleasant-aye., New-York CityMiss Ruddy desires to thank Miss RedtMd. of Gar-den City, and "Interested" for the seeds receivedthrough the general office.

DOLL SALE A SUCCESS.The doll sale which took place last Saturday

at Dunfobin,, the home of Mrs. Frank 1.,. Mon-tague, Dobba Ferr;-, proved most satisfactory tothe committee of Zion Church, which had the af-fair in charge. In spite of the storm, there was alarge attendance, and nearly S3OO was realized.

Mrs. Montague. In expressing her thanks for TheTribune dolls, which were lent for the occasionadd?: "They truly helped to make my doll sale asuccess, In spite of thn awful day."

'

RICHEST WOMAN IN ENGLAND.The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who recently cele-

brated her eighty-sixth year, is still in full posses-sion of all her faculties, nnd enjoys excellenthealth. It was In the year 1537 that the Baroness,then Miss Burdett, inherited from her grandfather,Thomas Coutts, the fortune of £1,800,000, a greatportion of which she has throughout a long life ofphilanthropy devoted to the cause of helping thepoor and afflicted. The grandfather of the Baron-ess, it will be remembered, married the Duchess cfSt. Albans, who had been Miss Mellon, the actress,and it was she who bequeathed the fortune ofclose upon £2.000.000 to Miss Burnett, who there-upon assumed the additional name of Coutts.

It was stated in the newspapers at the timethat the weight of this enormous sum in gold, reck-oning GO sovereigns to the pound, is thirteen tons,

seven hundredweight, three quarters and twelvepounds, and would require 107 men to carry it,sup-posing each curried 29S pounds— the weight of a,sack of flour.

All her life the Baroness has been a wonderfuladept with figures. While people wen shriekingabout trie capacity of women for business, she wasquickly demonstrating it, A partner in Coutta'aHank, she grasps the balance sheet with admir-able celerity. In her enormous benevolent laborsall through the Queen's reign she has set a splen-did example to other charity promoters by alwaysattending to the financial department herself amiby publishing balance sheets. The Baroness hasbe, 1. all her life a constant playgoer, and burshrewd advice often guided sir Henry Irving in hisgreat career. She la also a clever judge of pict-ures, and has. perhaps, 'never missed the privateview of the Royal Academy during the Queen*reign, except during the Crimean War period,on politics she will talk with admirable discrimina-tion, slightly tempered with prejudices agutnat theold order changing.

77//; TRIM XV PATTERN.

A TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF WOMAN'S

FANCY SHIRT WAIST, NO. 8,009, FOR

COUPON AND TEN CENTS.

This stylish shirt waist Is fashioned in shellpink dimity, with plastron, collar, revers and cuffs

NO. 8,000-

\V I)MA.V SKAN V BHIBT WAIST.

of tucked white lawn. It

Is mounted on a glove-fitted lining of batiste,

which fastens in the cen-tre front. The back Issmooth across th<; shoul-der!", with slight fulness,

drawn down straight at

the belt, a close adjust-ment being maintainedunder the arms. Thetucking is applied "n thelining fronts in Y-shapedoutline. The fronts arereversed to form lapels,which are faced wit.itucking and edged withfine embroidery. Th cwhite kid belt, overwhich the blouse infront Is arranged, fast-

ens with a buckle of dullgold. The jaunty tie andneck trimmings arc oflawn, c d g c d with em-broidery. The correcttwo-piece sleeves haveBlight fulness at thft

shoulder, and are finished with a stylishly roundedcuff if tucking.

Dainty waists of lawn, nainsook, silk, muslin andehambray may be developed in this mode, anil areInvariably trimmed with white. It is also appropri-ate for wash silk, foulard. India or crtpeiine, withplastron mid rever.s of flirured silk, cream lace orvelvet. To make the waist In the medium size willrequire three yards of KMncb material, with one-half yard of tucking 22 inches wide for shield,revera and collar. The pattern. No. B,<r>9, is cut int-lies for a 32. 34. 36, Ss, i"and 4*Inch bust measure

Mrs. A. T. F.: The correct r.arae Is Mrs. SarahJohnston, who formerly lived in Pacific-st., Brook-lyn.

No Invalid could do more in the way of sendingbrightness into the lives of others than Miss EllaM. Harrison, who now lives at No. 134 South-st.,Mount Vernon, N. Y. Several cf the T. S. S cor-respondents have asked for a birthday Utter partyfor her on May 28. She Is sure to receive manywords of love, kindness and appreciation.

My heart overflows with gratitude for the klnd-nesa shown to me by the dear T. S. S. members."C. G. S." and each fine who has nlded us wouldhave to be in our places to understand how deeplyfuther an«l Iappreciate their goodness, for our lifeIs sad. May all the good cheer which has beengiven m*. be returned a hundredfold to the givers.Ihave received reading and many kind letters, butam not able to answer all personally, and so desireto thank the donors through the column.

WORK OF SPECIAL FVND.The distributions from the Special Ten Cent Fund

during the last week went to four "shut-in" mem-bers livinginNorth Carolina. Missouri, Indiana andNew-Hampshire. The four members selected as re-cipients were in urgent need of substantial goodcheer, others willbe partlcipat. rs next week, andthe work will stop only when the fund is exhausted.

GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.Miss Mattie Spencer, of Clinton, Mich., has re-

ceived the cabinet bath she so much desired, andsays:

SUNSHINE FOR A LITTLE GIRL.A T. S. S. member livingat New-Roehelle, N. V.,

baa kindly offered to give .1 two weeks' outing inJuly to a small girl belonging to the society. Abranch president in the tenement house district willselect the child who is to enjoy this pleasant visit.

PLOWER&A bnx of beautiful pansles has beon received from

Mildred E. Washburne. of New-Jersey.

Miss Paula B. Himmllsbnch is the recipient or thehighest prize. PinO, from the trustees of the Penn-sylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It is for a

year's travelling scholarship, and for the secondtime In the academy's history it is awarded to awoman. Twj other women, Miss Ell;. Herges-

heiniL-r and Miss Clara Godwin, carried oft thefirst and second Charles To;.pan prizes for theircompositions, both of which were entitled \\ orK.

A party of young women astronomers left thiscity yesterday by boat for Norfolk, Va.. to observe

the eclipse which will occur on Monday. Theparty includes Miss Tarbox, M!ss Magill and MissHarpham, of the Columbia University staff; Mr.Woods and Mr. Jenkins, students of astronomy utColumbia; Miss Cunningham, head ot the depart-

ment of astronomy at Swarlhmore College, Penn-sylvania; Dr. Elisabeth Jarrett and Miss MaryProctor Miss Proctor intends making a study ofthe approach of the "shadow ban. ls" which pre-cede tiie totality. For this purpose she If carryingalong a large White sheet, which she will spreadout upon the ground in a suburb of Norfolk, lorthe purpose of correctly timing the shadows.

At the weekly meeting of the West End Wom-an's Republl-an Club, on Thursday, It was votedto contribute ?I."> from the treasury to Mrs. RoseHawthorne Lathrop'e work for the cancerous poorat No. 42tl Cherry-st. The suggestion came lromthe president. .Mrs. C. S. Robinson, who said:"AVhlle we are in no wise a philanthropic organi-zation. Ithink that every member here willagreewith me that all societies In this city should helpon the magnificent work that Mrs. Lathrop isdoing."

Miss Mary E. Byrd, professor of astronomy at

Smith College, Northampton, Mass., accompaniedby Miss Annie Young, niece of Professor C. A.

Young, of Princeton, and head of the departmentof astronomy at Mount Holyoke College, Mass.,have gone to Tunis. X. C, where they intend mak-ing special observations of the eclipse on Mondaynext.

The West End Woman's Republican Clubwill hold Its last social meeting on next Thursdayfifternoon, when a generally good time is antici-pated, it being The last occasion when its honorarypresident. Mrs. Clarence Hnrns, wiil be present.In July Mrs. Burns will saU for France as a StateCommissioner to the Paris Exposition, when theWest End women propose to give her a royalBend off.

RECITAL BY U/.S'.s BOWEy.

Miss Artemisia Bowen g:ive her last recital thisseason at Sherry's last evening. The programme

consisted of scener from "Kins John" and "TheSchool for Sen mini." and selections from Southernauthors. Miss Bowen was assisted by Miss Johns,pianist, and Miss Edith Calkins, soprano.

THE DAY'S GOSSIP.

the T. S. S. The other members are Mr?. J. 11.Moran. Miss Edith Granger, Mrs. F. Eshner. Mrs.

J. E. Murray Mrs. F. M. Johnson. Miss A. Rfid,Miss Lizzie' Gordon, Miss Kos:i Goldstein, Mrs.John Curtis, Mrs. Jennie Sulley and Mrs. E. O.Presby.

A small roll of sunshine from Mrs. Little wasforwarded to Mrs. Cheek, as requested.

league, care General M. I. Lndington, Quarter-master-General, War Department, Washington.

Apricots have arrived and are Belling fur Til centsa basket. Good strawberries are IS cents; limes,IWent) for 25 cents; pineapples, 20 cents each; or-anges, ag cents a dos*jn. ttf?M

Asparagus is SO cents \u25a0 bunch; green peas. 25cents a half peek beans. IS cents a quart; eatilj-Itower 20 cents a head; lettuce, 10 cents for a largebead; cress 5 cents a bunch: celery, three stalksfor 25 cents'; eggplant, £0 cents each; rhubarb, twobunches for 6 cents; new beets, four bunches for

2a cents- new turnips. 7 cents a bunch; new pota-

toes. 30 cents a small measure; summer squash,four for 25 cents; radishes, three bunches for 5cents; cucumbers, three' for 25 cents; spinach, 20cents a. half peck; new cabbage, 10 cents -a. head;'tomatoes, 20 cents a pound.

A PE£P AT THE MARKET.Spring: lamb is not y«t sold by the pound, and it

remains high In price. Hind quarters sell for fromJ2 to $3 each, and fore quarters from $1 25 to 12, ac-cording to choice. Spring broilers, dry picked, arealso high, at $1 40 a pair. Chickens for roastingore I<> cents a pound: Philadelphia chickens, 25cents; fowls, 12V£ cents; Boston ducks, 20 cents.

Native Spanish mackerel Is new In the fish mar-bis this week, Kennebec salmon is finer than formany yearn and soft crabs tire getting plentiful.

The latter are 00 cents a dozen. The season forshad is nearly over. Nice ones can lie had for 60cents. * Porgies and butterllsh are each 10 centsa pound; blueflsh, 12 cents; pea bass, 12 cents;striped bass. 20 cents; halibut, 20 cents; klngfish,

IB cents.

NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SATUBDAY. MAY 26. 1900.

GOOD CHEER.

Have you hn.l a Mndn»s3 showfltP.i?s It on.

'Twas not Riven for you alonePaps It on.

Let It travel down the years.Let it wipe another's tears.Tillinheaven the deed appears.

Pass it on.

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