MRS. J. 11. SCBIFFS fiIFT.

IfLLB. VIANZOXE.Of St. Petersburg.

HERE TO STUDY AMERICA.

i"HE EMANU-EL SISTERHOOD HOME.At No. 31S East Elghty-secood-«t.

She Is an Inveterate smoker, having acquiredthe habit in childhood by lighting her mother'spipe, and her clay pipe is her constant comj>;u;i'in.

She seldom, allows it to get cold, except duringthe time she sleeps, which Is eight hours out of thetwenty-four.

When asked as to the causes of her great a«e.Mrs. Cox eaid that she knew of no particularcause, except that she had always worked hardenough to have a keen appetite, avoided medicine*and eaten what aha wished and all of it that sh«liked.

"It's 'eat this and don't eat that," and 'be care-ful not to do so and bo.' that kills people." shebays. "My way Is to live human— what youwant to eat, and plenty of It. Don't be too fuasjabout yourself and don't fret yourself about thingsyou can't help. Most of the men und about all ofthe women nowadays Just worry themselves oft'nthe face of the earth."

The memory of this aged woman la a lllll*. de-fective when she Is first questioned about pint

In spite of her years this remarkable old woman,

who Is now Mrs. James Cox, is in the enjoymentof good health, eats three meals a day with relishand sleeps soundly every night. She boasts thatshe can eat a good sized slice of !>• \u25a0 fsteak anddrink a bowl of strong tea and then sleep assoundly as a child, and she declares that, if herdaughter woold allow her, shu could still chopwood and bring in water from the well at the door.As for dying, the has not thought of that. She is

much more Interested in living, and reads the

newspapers regularly to find out what the worldis doing.

Mrs. Jame3 Cox, of Maine, Still Eats ThreeMeals a Day and Smokes Also.

Tha eighteenth century bad nearly two years oflife left when a girl baby was born to S.iim:.\u25a0: ail I

Rhoda Ann Tinney, of Coiumljla. Me. The new-comer was named Lorica, and is celebratiiiK her105 th birthday to-day. Lorica Tinney was the.youngest of a family of six, and ail htr brothers!and sisters huve long since died. Two centurieshave died also since her birth.

SHE IS 105 TO-DAY.

The work of Use W< Uestey Alumnae Association andits efforts toward securing th< en lowmi nt fund inhonor of the l.a< Mri Alice Fr< man aimer willbe described by M -\u25a0 Elvn Hubbai

Mrs. Mary Sfce| r Kuf Mary L.W'hoeler and other m mb< lub will par-ticipate in a brief musical programme.

MRS. LORICA COX,Of Harrington, Me., 106 Years Old To-day.

Yesterday, at the Hotel Martha Washington,

Mile. Vianxone confessed that her purpose In com-ing to this country was to gather materials for abook about it which she expects to publish nextautumn.

"Ithas seemed to me that French people, as arule, were very Ignorant of America and the Ameri-cans," she said, "and that the books that arewritten by Frenchmen do not do Justice to either,so Idetermined to come and see for myself. Ihave been here two months. Iwent first to Wash-ington, where Ispent a most delightful month, and\u25a0was most kindly received by President and Mrs.Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt Ilike very, very much—so much that, with her permission, Iam going todedicate my new book to her."

Here Mile. Vianzone turned to her writing tableand from among the papers on It selected an en-velope containing the photographs of Mrs. Roose-velt, President Roosevelt ("With the respectful re-gards of Theodore Koo*evelt">, Cardinal Gibbonsand Charles Joseph Bonaparte. A group photo-graph of the Roosevelt children will also adorn thenew volume.

"Although Ihave spent very pleasant days inBoston and Philadelphia. Istill like Washingtonvery much the best of any American city. It isbeautiful beautiful, like a park, a great garden.

•'New-York? Ido not like It bo far. only Ihavebeen here but three days, and have done no sight-seeing, so Iought not to speak. ItIs too big, toogreat— cour

—quickly, quickly" and here

Mile. Vlanione made a swift gesture with herhands which embraced the chimney pots of thaEast Side, the Kast River and half of Harlem.concludii with a gyrating, churning motionaround her head to indicate the seething maelstromof life in New-York.

"What has most impressed me in America is thehospitality of the people. It If extraordinary. Inan my experience Inever saw anything like It.In Washington Iwas in such a whirl of receptionsvisits and teas that— Ihad to come away toNew-York to get rested, to be tranquil. Later Ihope to go to Chicago and Canada.

One of Mile. Vlanzone's mmt cherished experi-ences in America thus far is the five days shespent at Wells College, Aurora.

"Oh, but Iwaa sorry to leave!" she said. In avoice full of regret. "I came really to love thoseyoung girls. Istudied the American Jeune flllethere, and Ifound her charming:. When IleftAurora Use plrls of tie college filed out two by twoand presented me -ith a huge bouquet of redand white flowers, the college colors. They alsofear fr their college pongs."

For flx months of the year Mile. Vianzone live*In St. Petersburg, where she ha.« a salon. Among-her American friends are Mrs. Thomas AlexanderRellley. of Philadelphia: Mrs. Delafield. of Boston;Herbert H. D. Peirce. one of the assistant secre-taries sf state, who mot her or th« dock of theLouraine or. h«r arrival In this (ountrv; andCharlem«CDf Tower, formerly nmba«-sndor to Rus-*la. rrAnow accredited to Berlin. Mr. Pelice. whowas for some time in ohaore of th« United State*ltfat:°n in St. Petersburg entertained her InWashington, where her lectures at th" Russianembassy were attended by members of the diplo-matic corr* nnii Tinny of The best people in Wash-lnptr.r. In New-York eh*, will lecture at thr houset Mr« Ooiri on Monday at 3 p. m.. m "French

torrertv In ihe Revolution and the Empire." OnThursday the last of the series will be civen at-n»* house of Mrs. Charles Moreen, No. 6 GramercyPark, on "Rachel and Qno,u*Hn. #<

The story of Mile Vfansone's fonn^r.tlon withth* •i -,,,.,, to Th. V." is interesting. Fiather"loon h«<l been h»-r spiritual director for over.werrty year* -bH through h«r girlhood nnd wo-ittanr<v..l r>urlne this r^rioil the preacher corre-«P^#kl fv>r!!ni:o!]*ly with her, «<ldrf««!ng to her*| ior.g series of letter" ch«mrteri7«d by deep re-w,,ou<r, f^-r.r I'rtori his death, three years ago,2* I. V!»r:zone liter? and nubllsh.-rt these letter!"

2"rk na"

pn^jx-d thr<ueh thirty-fly*.editions"JifJ Is now out of print. The substaml-U receiptsrrom the *nl<> of the "Letters" have been devotedBe the erection of a monument 'n their author.

Mile. Vianzonc to Write a Book ofAmerica n CCharacteristics.

While New-York has betn receiving inlate yearsa succession of iTomintnt Frenchmen, who havecome here to study this country and at the samatime teach Americans about tln-ir own, it is doubt-ful If co prominent a French literary woman hasever addressed v New-York audience as Mile,Therese Vianrone. who yesterday gave a lectureon "The History of the Comodie Francaise" at thebouse of Mrs. J. D. Goin, of No. iS2 Fifth-aye. Asthe "Th. V." to whom were addressed those cele-brated "lettere" of the Dominican Pere Dldon, ofthe Madeleine. Mile. Vlanzone has a peculiar claimupon the interest of a large circle.

In personality. Mile. Vianzone is distinctly im-

pressive. Nearly six feet tall, she is of command-

Ing stature, with mild, blue eyes and a quantityof blue-black hair, which she wears smoothlyparted on her low. broad forehead and bralde.d in

the back.

Mary «*« on the window FeatAr<? pushed little Willie Into th* street.Wi)!!< n-at wattetcd \u25a0 \t- the area,An'! Mother h"!d up her finger at Mary.

•**' :' ':v;s. !'\u25a0\u25a0• l-ct ;r»r !-:ild. were very de»*rr!»t:- ,- :ir,a ought not to be tolerated.

CONDEMNS SOME TRAINING SCHOOLS.The methods of the average kindergarten traln-'•| • iool were w»v»r*ly criticised by Miss Susan

Blow In a lecture given yesterday la the AmericanTh«*itr Hall under th» au*p>e» of the New- York\u25a0md- TR-arTen Avs«v-iat!on. the Alfred Coming ClarkNe'rhh^rh'Kxi '.:*» and the Froebel League.

"The students are stuffed with an elaboratetheory." raid Miss Blow, "and then turned looseto learn the practical application of It by practis-ing or. the children. In other words, the training

\u25a0Sheets tj.ke the easy work and leave the hardwork to their frraduat'*s, for It Is much easier to

EMst'-r \u0084 theory thin to put Itin practice."Miss ];;.,w also expressed disapproval of many of

th«- hooks placed in the hand* of children, and<juct*d the following specimen from a "nor.sen(?e*nth--,!'

WELLESLEY CLUB LUNCHEON.I>.< Wellesiev . tub if New-Y^rk will hold Its

J***-"! luncheon at th" Park venue Hotel to-day."\u25a0• Caroline Hazar.i. president of Wellesley. will"Mr*,,

th.- Hull on "WeHesley of To-day"

*UwMary ?: \v.,. :).v. president of Mount Hotyoke

•"Si* wi:l fl!'"

w.Mi*" Hnjwni la n dlaeimtoa "f_ '* "*'»man'B Police*' of the Twentieth OpUsry."

\u0084 PERLEB NINON NECKLACES.fici.KV'"\»aunt*d with Pn-ln Ninon have the liutr«.*Hrc,",,•"''•' "r R«al Pearto and ure Urn perfect

A. F. JAMME3,—*»» »I« -*VF... N!'.AK 42D ST.

"Tha Palace Beautiful and tho Chamber CalledPeace" will be the subject of the Rev. Dr. DonaldSage Mackay'a address to-morrow at 3 p. m. in th*Collegiate Church. Flfth-ave. and Ferty-eighth-st..

in oonnection with th» anniversary of tha Bowery

Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association.E W Booth, assistant general secretary of thaNew-York City Young Men's Christian Associa-

tion will speak on "Helping Men Upward WhoWant to Help Themselves." Dr. Mackay will twopreach at 11 a. m.

The Church of the Puritans. One-hundred-and-thlrtleth-st. and Flfth-ave.. willbe open to-morrow

for service morning and evening. The pastor, th»

Rev Dr C J. Young, will preach at the morn ;

service and the Rev. A.L. Hail-Quest in th« even-ing

The theme of the Rev. Dr. Robert S. Mac Ar-

thur's evening sermon at the Calvary Baptist

Church Flfty-seventh-.st. and Slxth-ave., will be."John Milton—Poet and Statesman." in his series

on "The Famous John* of Church History.'

On Friday evening there was held at the par-Isonage of St. Andrew's Church. No. 120 West Sav-

enty-slxth-st.. a men's night, at which the Ray.

Andrew Gillies gave a brief talk on "IfIWere *Layman."

The usual services at 11 a. m. and at 3 p. m. willbe held to-morrow in the Rutgers Prssbytertau

Church. Broadway and Seventy-third-st.. by th»Rev. Dr. Robert Mackenzie.

"The Seat of Authority In the Church" will be

the subject of Dr. Elmer A. Dent's morning dis-courses at the People's Sixty-first Street MathodiatEpiscopal Church. In the evening ha willspaa*

on "Steps of Providence."

The Rev. C. B. O'Reilly, pastor of St. Martin of

Tours Roman Cathollo Church, expects that the

new church and parsonage will be ready for oc-

cupancy by Easter. The structure, which is bessjfbuilt at a cost of about J73.000. is at One-hundred-and-eighty-second-st. and Cambreung-ave.

The membership of the United Presbyterian

Church. One-hundred-and-eishty-seventh-st. and,

Lorillard Place. has be-n largely recruited underthe pastorship of the Rev. John Shaw, and the.congregation is among the most active in the bor-ough.

In the third week of the evangelistic campaign of

the Presbyterian churches of the city, at Assembly

Hall Presbyterian Building.No. IMFifth-aye.. th*

Rev.' Dr. James M. Gray willgive Bible lecture*daily, except Saturday, at noon. At Central

Church. Fifty-seventh-st.. near Broadway. Dr.Gray will preach to-morrow, at 4:30 p. m.. and

daily except Saturday, at 5 p. m. At Park Church.Anuterdam-ave. and Elghty-sixth-st.. will be heldunion services of the Rutgers, Park. Fourth.Scotch and West End churches, on Monday. Tues-day. Thursday and Friday, at

* p. m.. the Rev. Dr.

John F. Carson, of Central Church. Brooklyn, willpreach. The Rev. Dr. Wilson D. Sexton willpreach

to-ir.orrow. at 4 p. m.. at the Bohemian Church,No 347 Baal Seventy-fourth-st. At the MountTabor Church. No. 122 East One-hundred-.

-fourth-st.. the Rev. C. A. Paris will preach to-morrow Tuesday and Thursday, at S p. m. Unionservices of the East Harlem. Mornlngside. Harlem.Puritans'. New- York and Lenox churches will boheld in the Harlem Church, One-hundred-and-twen-ty-r'.fth-st.. near Madlson-ave.. the Rev. Dr. J.Wilbur Chapman will preach to-morrow, at 11 a. m.and 5 p. m.. and daily, except Saturday, at

-p. m.

At Bethany Church. East One-hundred-..S»*«f»th-3t.. near Wi'li-i-ave.. the Rev. Dr. K. A.Walton will preach to-day at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.,

and daily, except Saturday, at % p. m. In thaFourth Presbyterian Church. West Enri-ave. andNlnety-fir*t-st.. the Rev. Dr. Plea-*. Hunter willpreach at both services to-morrow, speak: In thaevening on "The Man Jesus Sees Back of the Manthe World Sees."

The feast of St. Agnes will be celebrated by sol-emn Pontifical mass to-morrow at St. Agnes'sChurch. Lexlngton-ave. and Forty-third—<t.. at 11a. m. Archbishop Farley will preside: BishopDonahue, of Wheeling. W. Va.. will celebrata the-mass, and the Rev. William O'Brien Pardow willdeliver the sermon. Solemn vespers will b-» h*ld.at 7:30 d. m.. at which the Rev. John A. O'Gradyof St. Peter's Church, New-Brunswick, N. J., wtllpreach. The collection at all the masses is to helpbuild a new sacristy for St. Agnes's Church and inew rectory for the priests of the parish. Th»church has no sacristy, and the rectory la dilapi-dated and unsafe.

At the Church of the Holy Name. Nlnety-sixth-st. and Amsterdam-aye., an enlarged choir will mr.fGounod's "Mease Solennell* (St. Cecelia)" tor thefeast of the Holy Name.

At Bloomlngdale Church. Broadway and Sixty-

elghth-st.. the Rev. Dr. Stlnson will preach

a m to-morrow on "Neglected Teachings of ('hrisi

on Health and Hope," and at 3 p. m. on "The Pur-suit of Happinecii

Th* Rev. Dr. Duncan J. McMillan will preachIn tha New-York Presbyterian Church. Seventh-ava.and One-hundred-and-twenty-eighth-st.. at 11 a. m.»on "The Sale of the Earth." and at 3 p. m. willparticularly address women.

In the series of union services which the fiveWest Side Presbyterian churches have been hold-ing nightly In the Park Church. Amsterdam-ar*and Eishty-sixth-st.. the Rev. Dr. William Patter-son, of Bethany Church. Philadelphia, la thepreacher for to-morrow evening. The Alah* ilj.*Quartet, with a large cho.-us. will sin*

The leaders for the Fulton Street Noon Meetingfor next week will be the Rev. Dr. Percy 3tickn«yOrar.t. the Rev. Dr. D. G. Downey. th« Rev. L>rHenry Mottet. the Rev. Dr. O. D. Case JudgeThomas O. Lowe and the Rev Dr. J. Elmeadorf.

At the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church to-morrow the Rev. Dr.J. Ross Stevenson will preachat 11 a. m. on "The Christo-centr'ie Life," and at8 p. m. on "The Profit of the Christian Life."

The Rev. Dr. Joseph Silverinan will lecture to-morrow at Temple Emanu-El. Flfth-ave. and For-ty-thlrd-st.. at 11 a. m. on "The Scientific Basis) ofEthics.

"and on Sun.: . January 24. "Shall W«Have Universal War or Peace?"

"Is the World Growing Better or Worse?" willbe the subject of an address to men by Dr. JamesHulme Canfleld. the librarian of Columbia Univer-sity, at the Majestic Theatre, Broadway and Fifty-nlnth-st.. to-morrow, at 3 p. m., under the auspices)of the West Side Young Men's Christian Associa-tion. The music willbe by the Misses Kieckhoefer.At 4:30 p. m., following the theatre meeting, in th*Parliament of Personality. Dr. Walter L. Herveywill speak on "Concentration and Character." Bothmeetings ara free to all men.

At the Church of the Messiah. Thlrty-fourth-st.and Park-aye.. the Rev. Dr. Minot J. Savage willpreach to-morrow morning the fourth sermon in the.series on "Eight Great Affirmations of Our Faith."His subject will be. "The Hell Wo Fear."

In the absence of the pastor, the Rev. Dr. DavidO. Wylle. the Rev. Dr. A. C. McKenzle. presidentof Elmlra Women'j College, will preach at theScotch Presbyterian Church. Ninety-sixth-st. andCentral Park West, at 11 a. m.. and at S p. m.

At the Church of All Souls. Fourth-av^. andTwentieth-st.. the Rev. Thomas R. Sllcer will to-morrow morning begin a series of sermon* oa "OurAttitude Toward Life."

A sermon In the Interests of the Church Asso-ciation for the Advancement of the Interests of.Labor willbe preached at the Church of tha Bo-loved Disciples. No >57 East Elghty-ninth-st.. at Sp. m. to-morrow, by the Rev. Robert S. Padctock, otthe Church of the Holy Apostles.

Tha Rev. C. H. Paxkhurst will preach to-morrow

at 3 p. m. at the Madison S ;';.tri» PresbyterianChurch, on "God's Responsibility for the 'J^ilc&goHorror." Dr. Paxkhurat will also preach at Ua. m.

At the Metropolitan Temple, SeTenth-ave, eJJdFourtPenth-st., the morning sermon willbe by theR»v. Herri Merle d'Aubi^ne, a member of t^.<» • m-mittee of direction of tha McAll Mission, France.The pastor, thrt Rev. Robert Eagnell, will preachIn the evening on "The Essentials of True Re-ligion."

A series of special gospel services Is now laprogress in the First Fr>»«j Baptist Church, Keaj>-st. and Marcy-ave., Brooklyn, of which tha Rev.Dr. Rlvlngton D. Lord la pastor. They will con-tinue until further notice every evening of theiweek, except Saturday, at 8 p. m. Tha Rev. W.A. Dunnett. the "Canadian Evangelist." wKI apeak,Congregational singing is led by a chorus choir. Mr.Dunnett'a theme to-merrow. at 10:45 a. m.. la"OsKtly, but Dismissed by the Judge." an] at8 p. m., "Choosing a Partner in Life." The Gospelservices begin at S p. m. with a song service lut-ing atout fifteen minutes.

Tha R*v. Harry P. Nichols, of Holy Trinity, otHarlem, will speak on "What's a Man Worth?" a*the men's meeting of tha Harlem Branch, YounfMen's Christian Association, No. 3 West One-hua-dred-and-twenty-flfth-at.. at 4:30 p. m. to-morrow.

An address by tha Rev. Dr. M. H. Harris willb«given this morning on "Gentle Words." at theTemple Israel of Harlem. Fifth-ava. and One-hun-dred-and-tweaty-flfth-it.

CHURCH NEWS AXDXOTES.

tto.vul Thrift. How citraviijiimf oa the part of

the r»-!^:ii:ic ln.uw» of l.iiri>|>«- hat* given way to uni-

versal wimuiuj la described by "Cx-Attacbe" la to-mociuw'i Tribune.

AN URGENT APPEAL FOR THE HOSPITALSThe small attendance at places of worship on

"Hospital Sunday." owing to a severe storm,affected the annual collection for the hospitals Inthe churches so seriously— reducing th« customaryofTering of leading congregations .'ullyone-half andnearly all appreciably— that the representatives of

the forty associated hospitals at their annual meet-

ins requested the president of the Hospital Satur-day and' Sunday Association to Issue a special andurgent appeal for generous gifts to enahle the hos-pitals to meet the pressing demands for free worknow being made upon them. "Unless this com-munity is aroused to take the situation into seri-ous consideration." said Mr. Miller, "and Indi-viduals are moved to give freely and largely for thesuccor of the unfortunate beings Reeking to be ad-

mitted to the hospitals, and barred admission be-cause the means are not provided to care for them.there will arise a crisis In the lack of care for thasick, which the association feels this communitythrough this appeal should be called upon to avert.The association calls attention to the great prev-alence of typhoid fever during the last threemonths, as well as the great increase in pneu-monia, both diseases requiring prolonged expensive

t-iit. Kindly send your contributions toCharles I^inler. No. 53 Cedar-st.. the general treas-urer of the associated hospitals,."

INFIRMARY'S GOLDEN CELEBRATION.Dr. William H. Welch, of Johns Hopkin3 Uni-

versity, willspeak at the celebration of the fiftiethanniversary of the founding of the New-York In-firmary for Women and Children, which will beheld this evening in the Waldorf-Astoria at 8:15.Other speakers will he Miss M. Carey Thomas,president of Bryn Mawr College: Dr. EmilyT-Mackwell and Dr. Annie S. Daniel. Dr. Black-well willgrva a history of the Institution, from itafounding in 1803.

That's President Ahearn's Idea for PortableBuildings to Relieve Congestion..

Borough President Ahearn said yesterday thathe favored the plan proposed by Mayor MeClellanto erect temporary schools in small parks."I long ago advocated the use of portable

schools." he said. "Let them be made up some-thing like the voting booths. Th«*y could be madeto hold three classes of flfty pupi's eaoti and withsewer and water connections could be made quicklyavailable. They could be placed on the parks, onpublic squares, on street corners, vacant lots, putin many places. They would be right on theground and safe from tire and panic.

"There are several excellent locations available.The open space under the Manhattan end of theWHliamsburg Bridge tapping a very much con-gesttd neighborhood would serve for several. Theseportable schools are not an entirely new thing. Iunderstand that they have be«n used with successin Brooklyn. As temporary expedients. Iam surethey would be practtc.il."

President Ahearn ridiculed the talk of some mem-N-rs of the Board of Education of cutting teach-ers' salaries In case the Hoard of Estimate andApportionment diil not give more money for theBoard of Education. "The teachers need not worry:the Board of Education cannot reduce any sala-ries." he declared. "It can be done only wi'hlegislative sanction, and they are not apt to getthat."

SCHOOLS LIKE VOTING BOOTHS.

Will Occupy Morris High School Buildingand Obviate Many Part Time Classes.

Associate Superintendent O'Brien yesterday saidthat the Board of Education was about to organ-ice new Public School No. 38. Third-aye, and One-hundred-and-flfty-seventh-st.. In The Bronx. Thisschool Is now the Morris High School, but its pres-ent occupants will leave It at the end of thismonth to go to their new building. Shortly after-ward nine hundred pupils will be moved In fromPublic Schools 10 and 27. doing away with morethan forty part time classes. The teachers alsowill be transferred from neighboring schools, th*organization of the school requiring the appoint-ment of not a single new teacher.

NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL FOR THE BRONX

Condition Is Normal, but She Cannot BeAroused

—Operation May Be Needed.It waa said at Christ Hospital. Jersey City, yes-

terday that there was no change in the condition ofMrs. Sophia Sonderland. who has been asleep sinceJanuary 7. The doctors are inclined to think thatsome growth on tha brain is the causs of thewoman's condition, and that an operation willbenecessary.

Mrs. Sonderland fell asleep while sitting In arocking chair at her home The doctors at thahospital say that her temperature is normal andher re.sjlrii.tion regular. Klectrlcal shocks havebeen used In similar cases, but the doctors fear toapply this treatment in the present case. Mrs.Sonderland Is forty-four years old and has ulxchildren. She has always enjoyed good health.

St. was opened there waa a mortgage on thebuilding. Various schemes had been suggestedfor raising the requisite amount of money, andseveral members of the Jewish community hadalready expressed their willingness to contributetoward that end when Mrs. SchifTs liberal giftwas announced.

The Sisterhood home, with Its kindergarten.creche, employment bureau, mother's club andclubs for young people, its cooking and sewingclasses and Its library, has gained an enviableplace among metropolitan charitable Institu-tions, and workers In the field of charity willbe glad to know that It is now the Sisterhood'sown. The president of the organization Is Mrs.William Einstein, and the donor Is one of itsvice-presidents.

WOMAN SLEEPS FOR NINE DAYS.

Velvet bracelets have been revived with clasps

of pearl or enamel, or Jet inlaid with gold, and aremost becoming to a pretty wrist.

Little gold tortoises, studded with rubles, sap-

phires and emeralds, are quaint and modish.

The latest article of up to date adornment Is aquaint little brooch designed *o hold the photo-

graph of a favorite motor car. ItIs a dainty thing,

surrounded with pearls, and In the absence of a fa-vorite motor it may Inclose the dog or cat of thsowner's affections.

A pretty fashion Is to inclose a ball of sweet

smelling herbs tn a gold or silver case, and at-

tach it to the chatelaine or bracelet. This ball is

the pomandes which used to exhale perfume fromthe persons of oldtime beauties. In the time ofDlaeues the sweet smelling herbs us»»d to be re-placed by what were regarded as disinfectants Inthose days.

The gown worn by Sarah Bernhardt in "LaSorciere" is considered to be particularly charac-

teristic. It Ib a transparent tunique of grayishwhite, bordered with silver, and confined at thewaist by a Moorish belt of curious workmanship. inbronze "and silver, closely lining at the back, andpulled down in front well below the waist line.Many chains of pink coral fail below the waistline, and OB wither sMt of the head are grwat goldMowers, while a blue ston* falls on the forehead.

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Brooklyn, but tbt»» will *tm hetweea In.liiuiai>oli»

llsuLi *a4C«lambu» (Ohio). la *t-morroW» Tribune.

THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.

Mrs. Martha J. Co ton Dead —HerRemarkable Career.[nM>H Till:TllimNK lIIRKAf.)

Washington, Jan. 15. Mrs. Martha J. Coston,

whose funeral took place in this city yesterday.became famous more than a half century ago forher M.are In the Invention of the Coston Blgna]Lights, which she sold to the United States andother governments, and which are acknowledged tobe the best In tho world.

Mrs. Coston waa a bride at Klxteen and a widowat twenty-one. Her young husband was appointeda captain In the navy in recognition of hia In-ventive. genius. H* had Invented a number of \u25a0\u25a0••ful rices which wero adopted by the navy, andhad begun to work out his Idea of night signals

when death put iistop to what had promised tobe a most brilliant and useful career.

During their brief married Ufa they lived at th«navy yard here and made many friends Itwas atan ofßctal ball that they met "Dolly Madison Ina white brocade, stiff with huge gold roses, and awhlto crepe turban Bet gracefully on her graycurls." Mm. Madison took a wonderful fancy totho young couple and frequently visited then latheir little home. At another rormal ball Mrs.Coston went through a quadrlllo with Henry Clayand "sat out" a waits with Daniel Webster. Atanother, the received a compliment from GeneralWlnllcld S<:ott, which sht> "returned with another."

The death of Captain Coaton left his young familypenniless. Among his papers, however. Mrs. Costonfound his lutest Invention, a pyrotechnic signal

light. Intended tor tbu use of the navy at night

us Hag signals an> used by day. The widow, hav-ing shared her husband's enthusiasm, hnd Im-bibed, also, a good deal of knowledge of his work.and after a long Siege of official trials and failureseho at last sucee.tied In perfecting the Costonsignals, for which tho government paid hera largo amount.

When she went to Europe to introduce her Inven-tion to foreign powers she made the voyage withHarriet Beecher Stowe, then In the first flush of herliterary success. Charles Francis Adams, th6UnitedStates Minister to England, presented Mrs. Costonto Q teen Victoria, and "The Court Journal." in Itsreport of the Drawing Room, mentioned her as opeof th<- tivo belles present. While In Stockholm sh«attended a fete given by Admiral Farragut onboani the Franklin, and one of her favorite anec-dotes of late years wus the amusement Mrs. Farra-gut and herself got out of an order from the Kingand Queen of Sweden for Mrs. Farragut to appearat the royal palace. Being In mourning, she hadOnly black and white gowns, but. both colors beingbarred at court, the Admiral insisted upon her res-urrecting "the blue satin frock" she had worn at aGrant reception, and In which Mrs. Conton deckedher out, to the Intense admiration of the- Admiraland Illscrew.

When Mrs. Coston was presented to Napoleon 111and Empress Eugenic the Court Chronicle de-Bcntxid tl].: "beautiful American genius" as wear-Ing while satin beneath clouds of gold embroidered

lie, a !\u25a0\u25a0:.; train of vivid, rich green velvettrimmed with a tringe of green chenille and goldenacorns, ami a bodice of white satin and gold, und"jewels worth a king's ransom." It was whileHim wits being presented to King Victor Emmanuelthat she learned privately that Italy had adoptedthe Coslon signal, and she had to go home, fear-11 Ili-r1li-r that the court might notice that she waa"treading on air."

Mrs. Coston was born In Baltimore, but spenther girlhood in Philadelphia, and was married Inthat city. During her widowhood she lived foryours on Btaten Island, where she owned a homeand a large building for the manufacture of th«signals. It was there that her only livingson lostbis life by an explosion of the chemicals used.

Though Mrs. Coston lived to be over eighty yearsof age sim retained her splendid mentality untilthe last, and was bo entertaining a companion thather death caused widespread regret among herfriends in this and other cities.

PERFECTED SIGNALLIGHT

NAZARETH GUILD BRANCH.The president of the Nazareth Guild branch

writes as follows: 'Our guild has a very good re-port to make of its Christmas work, although a

mere list cannot contain all tho pleasure that thegirls have had in preparing the packages of cheer.Large parcels were sent to Virginia, Arkansas,Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, and a speciallylarge one to Unadllla, N. V.. to brighten the lonelylife of a girl who lias spinal trouble. Books, newclothing, toys, games, magazines, pretty china or-naments and candy were bought for these sunshinepackages, but the sweetest part of all was thehappy expression on the faces of the girls doingthis work for others who are "sitting in darkn»ss.'There was still much left to do. A wonder bag.workbox and doll went to the children In a hos-pital, und candy and toys to please the children ofa poor family. Not the least of the pleasant sun-shine acts was the visit paid to the Home for In-curables, where Christmas carols and hymns wereBung. A dozen beautiful dolls weie offered to th«guild to bo 'passed on' to those children who hadnone."

miNEY RECEIVED."Sympathy" has sent her check for $5. to ba used

for the need of some aged member; Mrs. A. W.Greenleaf. $3, to buy shoes for the two childrenof the invalid member whose needs were mentionedin the columns: Mrs. J. EL Miller,$1. for the samepurpose. Some new warm stockings have beensent from the office to these children- Mrs. JacobHay, $1, to pay expresaags in forwarding her boxof sunshine to an invalid member: Miss E. IsabelBrink, of Middl-town. N. V.. 25 cents, as Initiationfee for a crippled boy. and "K.F. 1.." 25 cents, forpostage.

GRACIOUS WORDS.We cannot tell how sweet must be

The heavenly speech they use above;What cadences deep as the sea.

What holiest phrase or tone of love.Yet human speech has many a word

More sweet than angel-lips can sound:Forgiveness, grace in Christ the Lord,

Mercy, with loving kindness crowned.They breathe upon our hearts like songs

That swell around, below, above,Immortal words on mortal tongues.

The words that tell God's wondrous love.We cannot want for words to men.

While still we strike the mercy chord:God grant us power to speak again

The words of life In Christ the Lord!—(Mrs. MerrillE. Gates, in "New-York Observer."

MUST GO TO HOSPITAL.A T. S. S. member InItahway. N. J.. has written

to th» office In behalf of a Southern member, whoin suffering from a tumor, and should be in thehospital at once. She has no means of paying forthe fix weeks she must remain in the hospital.The Rahway member offers t5. because, she says,"my h«ort aches for this woman in her pain andtrouble. Ifeel sure God will reward each one ofus for giving a helping hand to one in so muchneed."

A GENEROUS GIFT.Some friend, unknown to the office, has sent an

expensive wheel chair, with rubber tires, for anInvalid: also a rubber air bed. which will prove

rare comfort und sunshine to suffering ones. Who-ev.-r has been so generous in thought and deed willplease accept many thanks from the T. S. 3. forthis liberal contribution.

HELP GIVEN.

Two cases of need reported to the general officeduring the week received prompt attention. Aworthy woman. 11l with consumption, had beenwent to Use Catsklll region for th*» winter. Thefriend who had promised to pay th» expenses met

with sudden financial reverses, and was unableto continue her help longer. In order to remainIn th« healthful air the poor woman lives In on«room and doe» her own cooking, thus reducing herexpenses to a minimum. Ifshe can manage to re-main until spring arrangements will be made to

take her to Pennsylvania.Th«» other need was that of a Louisiana member,

a gentlewoman suffering with severe cough and forwhom the physician prescribed codllver oil, butthis Mho was unable to procure. Her unfortunatecondition was reported to the office by a Pennsyl-vania member, and tha necessary assistance given.

OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS.

There have been distributions of sunshine dur-ing the present week, as follows: Boxes of cloth-Ing, underwear, etc., to the Hill branch, Brooklyn;to branches In Connecticut. New-Jersey, New-Hampshire, Massachusetts and Manhattan Nos. 3.4 and 12, Avenue A and South Ferry. Each box wasgenerous In quantity, and willenable the branchpresidents to supply the needs of many. Mallpackages of cheer have gone to Virginia, WestVirginia. Michigan. Montana. Ohio, different placesIn New-Tors: State, New-Jersey, also Manhattanand Brooklyn. The sum of $75 was Bent out during'.'.-• week from the contributions for special casesund for the coal fund.

OONTRIHUTIONS.A large box containing articles of clothing,

games, t.ooks. sets of dishes and fancy articles

was an acceptable gift yesterday from Mrs. Hol-brook, of Jersey City. Another box filled withexcellent articles of clothing and gloves camsfrom Mrs. E. S. L.. of Brooklyn. Mrs. Jacob Hay,of Easton. Perm., a member oC the T. S. S. ad-visory board, has contributed a box of fine sample

wool pieces for the Invalid member to makaquJlta Mrs. K. T Galloway, president of theRutherford (N. J.) branc-h No. 1, brought to thooffice two prettily dressed dolls, underwear, shoesand rubbers, the contributions of branch members;

Mrs B F. Wood sent fancy work for invalid;Plainfleld, N J.. silk pieces: ft, F J.. a beautifulgift book "Good Cheer": Mrs. Gorton, of Mont-.l.iir ana M U W.. of fcUlsabeth, .V J sentblack and white wristlets; "Little Red RidingHood" also sent a i>alr. wnloh was her first at-tempt at knitting, and she offers to mak« a silkpair if thoy urn needed. As the one who request-ed wristlets is already supplied, the surplus oneswill be distributed among others. Sirs. Anna A.Baker, of Pawling, N. V.. has arranged rolls ofreading for Invalids who get weary In holding abook. The pictures nre for scraphooks. and ahrinht colored sorapbooll was made as initiationfee to the T. 8. S. by Marjorie Arnold, a little, girlof nine years S.v.ra. friends sent rolls of read-Ing matter without names: the Misses Doughty apackage of clothing, and M. R L.. of Manhattan,

woollen pieces; and from Troy. N. T-, came anexpress box of clothing, containing shoes, rubbers,shoulder cape and material to make up.

ABOUT TIIK BIRDS.For the benefit of the Massachusetts member

who asked for information regarding the best

books or papers on bird study, a friend In Harns-

burg, Perm.. sends the following:

"Hird I^ore" the organ of the Audubon Societies,Is publishing a series of colored r.lates of NorthAmerican warblers, accompanied by a surprisingarray of records ..f the dates of arrival and de-parture o< theso grea] M^J travellers The dataaccompanying the redstart, for example, repre-sent tl",-omblned work Of over fifty observers fora total of 427 years!

Ibuilt a chimney for a comrade old—T did the service not for bor>f or hire;

Ar.d then Itravelled on in winter's cold.Vet all the day 1 glowed before the tire

—(Edwin Markham.

To Decide Question of Trade School

for Amsterdam.,BT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRITirNB.)

Amsterdam, N. V., Jan. 15.—The executive board ofthe State Federation of Women's Clubs met In ex-ecutive session In this city this afternoon, and willcontinue to-morrow. The session Is being held inthe trustees' room of the City Library building, themembers having arrived yesterday and to-day. Theboard consists of the president. Mrs. Charles M.Dow, of Jamestown: the honorary president, Mrs.William Tod Helmuth. of New-York; the first vice-president. Mrs. PbUip Carpenter, of New- York; the

second vice-president. Mrs. Dore Lyon. of New-York; the recording secretary, Mrs. Harry Hast-ings, of New- York; th* corresponding secretary.

Mrs. Edward Addison Grceley. of New-York; thetreasurer, Mrs. George B. Baird. of Oneonta: thageneral federation secretary. Mrs. William East-wood, of Rochester, and eight directors. Mrs. Nor-man E. Mack, of Buffalo; Mrs. Edwin S. Jenny, ofSyracuse; Mr?. Smith M. Lindsley, of Utica; Mrs.

Charles K. Naething, of New- York; Miss Mary Ar-

nold Petrte, of Little Falls; Mrs. F. B. Whitlock,of Warsaw; Mrs. Charles H- Terry, of Brooklyn,

and Mrs. Henry C. Fiske. of Buffalo.Considerable interest willbe taken in the outcome

of to-morro.v's deliberations, as the board will thendecide the matter of a trade school for Amsterdam.At the conclusion of the State Federation meet, heldinUtica last November. It was voted to sanction theestablishment of \u25a0 State industrial school in thiscity under the auspices of the federation, provided

that on examination the executive board should ap-

prove such action. It is also believed that thedelegates from Borosls, of New- York, voted against

the Amsterdam scheme. The statement Is madethat members of the executive board are by nomeans siiewil as to the wisdom of the plan. TheObjections are largely on llnancial grounds. Theboard would be responsible for any deficit In themanagement of such school. The funds of thefederation are deemed insufficient even to make astart toward such un enterprise. The treasurer'sreport for last year would Indicate that the financesof ilihfederation are Inadequate for the support ofso large an undertaking unless it receives somefinancial support from the State.

The board was In session from 2 until 5 o'clockthis afternoon, but beyond the appointment of achairman and the reading and correcting of re-ports or the officers, nothing was given out.

Late this afternoon the board met the CenturyClub, of the city, at the Second PresbyterianChurch, where supper was served. Letters havebeen coming In from women club members In partsof the State to those members of tha executiveboard who are known to oppose the school, pro-testteg against any action that will Involve womenclub members In financial responsibilities that theycannot carry, or place them In the false positionof standing sponsors for the institution. Club and\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 ty women of Amsterdam heartily favor es-

nc the school bore, and. In the event of thaboard deciding in the affirmative, they would readl-

it in a financial way.*<!**\u25a0 Dort Lyon, the second vice-president, of

New York, .nthusiastloally favors the Amsterdam«cho 1 S. Mil-,nt among the members of the boardis s ii,!!,\u25a0 be evenly divided. Amsterdam la already

lining a cooking and pewlng school, and theexecutive hoard will visit both of these schools be-fore deciding on the industrial plan. The membersof the board .ire (..ii>^ entertained at the homescf prominent families of this city.

CLUB WOMEX IN SESSIOX.

events, but she warms up alter a few minutes'conversation, and talks with (treat animation. Sheremembers all the wars of the United States ex-cept the Revolution and her husbund, James Cox,died of fever In Virginia during the, Civil War.She remembers how the English prowled ulori£the Maine coast in 1812. and all about the "Water-Gruel War" in the 3Vs. growing out of the boun-dary dispute between Maine and New-Brunswick.She recalls the capture of Captain Stover Kines.who with a company of his men, took an invoi-unta'ry sleigh ride across the border to Kred-erickton, X. 8., under the escort of the "SassyHluenoses." and how General Wlnfleld Scott cameto Augusta and settled the trouble with GovernorHarray of New-Brunswick.

She also relates bow the militia from Down Eastwent to Calais, and tells what a fine looking set

of men the Cherryfleld Liszht Infantry were andthe attention they attracted while marchingthrough Columbia to the bloodless war. Ths com-pany was commanded by Captain Hiram l'.nrnham.who In succeeding years distinguished himself mthe Civil War. Mrs Cox retains a vivid memoryof the many amusing incidents connected witgeneral muster days, when the defenders of the

honor of the country would rather In Columbiaand other towns for their annual drill and inspec-

tion The day usually ended in boisterous merrl-n;ont ispired by generous Indulgence In thetypical tipple of those days- rum and molasses .

The birthday celebration is taking place at thehome of Mrs Eliza Shaw, of Harrington. Me., the

only surviving daughter of the centenarian, andherself a woman over seventy.

RECEPTION BY "LITTLE MOTHERS' AID."

XL- b i«rd of Managers of the Little Mothers'Aid Association gave a reception yesterday after-

noon from 3 to 5 o'clock at the (settlement house.No M prcond-ave., for the chairmen and mem-bers of the bazaar committee and their friends.Mr*. Clarence Burns, president of the association,paid that they had met to pat each other on the

back over the success of the bazaar, and she an-nounced that with the $4,700 which was cleared

the work can be doubled.Mrs. Hums Introduced Mrs. J. H. Johnston, the

fonadcr and honorary president of the LittleMothers- Aid. who gave \u25a0 brief review of the lifeof the association. Mr. Johnston read one of hiswife's poems, written to be sung by tne children.

Viw i:imbohm sans during the afternoon, andthe' Waloott Orchestra, which consists of membersof on« ramllr. played. Tea was served from 3 to~.\,'c\ic* The c:. i:rt;.-. at committees are Mrsj.-,,^.;,. 'Mnnsfll. Mr.;. (• F. Hooper. Mrs. SamuelAil- ns Wa ,-. H Maker. Miss Louise Scnroeder.\1 -s Li W. KasoH, Mrs. H. F. Kiddle, Miss Cam-.run Dr. IIScudder Mason. Mrs. Hattle Harm*.Mrs j Alexander Brown. Mrs. T. A. Smith. Mr*.

William Henry Oakley. Mrs. Charles E. Sprajfue.Mr". S. E. tieralsmes and Miss Graoe ParkerUsv* nursery wan optn for Inspection, and thetweity-fIW l«u there n*4 m*ny visitors.

K^To GET GOOD TREATMENT.

aj^"******\u25a0••»*«><« of food tr»»tinrnt If thrj will

<wtZJ|*** a" »M Umjt •«•» their advL la Xt«

XEW-YOPK DAILY TBIBUSIfi. SATURDAY. JAMAItY 1(5. 1904.

Society for Personal Service CanNan Be Clear of Debt.

The En.anu-El Sisterhood of Personal Servicereceived yesterday from Mrs. Jacob H. Schiff aSift of 515.:,,h.. u-hich will enable the managersof the Institution to pay the only debt withwhich it is burdened. The Sisterhood wasfounded by the late Dr. Gottheil. and from theday of its organization it did much good workamong the deserving poor and the helpless.

The women who managed its affairs receivedtangible encouragement from charitable peoplebut when the new home in East Eighty-second-

AIDS KMAXU-EL SISTERS.

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Have you had a kindness shownPass It on.

"Twas not given for you alone—Pass it on

L#t ;t travel down the years.L*tIt wlpi» another's tear*.Till la heaven the deed appears—

Pass it on.

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