new-york daily tribune. sunday. jam'ary …...$10,000 doggies are reported there. only the...
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ATLANTIC CITY AFFAIRS.
people seem to think that the police are able andready to out-Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes atany hour of the day or night. No loss Is tootrifling: to send the victim on the run to the po-lice station, and the sergeant is called some hardnames because he won't order out the reserves.
Aman who said he lived in Hoboken. N. J.. wentto the station house not long ago."Iwant you pollcemens to find my dog which is
stolen from me already."He said the dog was worth $300. but the sergeant
decided that this was decidedly a sentimental valuewhen he heard the description and mixed pedigreeof the missing canine. He seemed to have theblood of the entire canine tribe in his veins. Thelimit was reached when the. sergeant asked th*man where the dog had disappeared.
"It was in Weehawken, New-Jersey, yet." hesaid promptly.
He Is probably wondering yet why he was toldto "chase- himself." .•
There is a large settlement of negroes in th*vicinity of the Tenderloin station, and they con-tribute in no small degree to the sergeant*troubles. They are not the only persons who lookupon the police a* ever ready bill*collectors, butthey are more persistent about It.
An elderly colored woman went Into the stationone afternoon crying bitterly. Her woe seemedso sincere that even the sergeant was touched, andshe received more consideration than usual.
"Send out the policemen quick." she said, betweenhusky sobs, "l want a lot of cheap negroes runin."j"What's the charge?" asked the sergeant."They robbed me. 'she declared, and she handed
over a paper which she said contained the names•nd the amounts they had stolen.
The sergeant had some difficulty in making outthe scrawl, which told how "Peg Leg" Johnsonhad stolen 1170. "Craps" Sullivan $3. and so onthrough a long list. It was some time beforecross-questioning developed that she ran a boarding
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At this point the desk sergeant got to the endof his line of patience.
"Get outer here!" he roared, and the minstrel andthe cabman got.
A few weeks ago, when the captain of the Ten-
derloin precinct was using every energy to closeop gambling places and disreputable houses, threewell dressed men. evidently strangers in the city,
walked into th* station house.
"Good evening. Cap." began the tall man of the
party, who wore a wide brimmed slouch hat anda flowing frock coat. "Have a smoke?
"
The desk sergeant looked ui> with a scowl. Thesight of a fifty-cent Havana modified It and heaccepted the cigar. The growl was still in his
voico when he asked: "What is It?""It's lust this way. Cap." continued the big man.
"We are up from North Carolina on a bit of a whirl
and we want to do the town. Now. this old York
town is proving just a bit of a puaxle to us. There's
a trouble feel ln the air. but we can't Just put
jur fingers on It. Can't you loan us a copper for
half an hour or until he gets us planted ln some
cosey place where we can hit ud the faro bank?"
Hardened to all sorts of surprises, as the desk
sergeant soon becomes, this request was too much
for his callousness even. Half of the precinct Jorce
was doing extra duty trying to run down, locate
and get evidence against Just such places, and here
comes the "sparty Southerner with a request for
a personally conducted party.
"Of course, we'll pay all expenses," the Scuth-
en-?r added when he noticed the surprised look
on the sergeart's face.\u25a0you wIU. will you?" the latter manage to gasp.
"Will you have your guide in uniform? Perhaps
you'd like me to call out the reserves for a body
guard or send you around in our fine new patrol
sarcasm was utterly lost on the man who
wanted to gamble.-How soon willyour man be ready?" he asked.-Did you really think you'd get a guide to
gambling houses at a police station?" the sergeant
asked with growing amazement. "Why. man. its
against every rule of the department."
"Well then, couldn't you give us a card that
would pass us in somewhere?" he continued, un-
abashed. ."Now you get out of here." ordered the sergeant
gru*ffly 'He had found himself again. "If1hear
of 'oil 'gum shoeing' around this precinct looking
for trouble I'llhave you run in. Git!"The Southerners went their way. wounded la
feelings and convinced that they had had a very
"crooked deal.""Our money must not look good to them." wa*
the way they figured it out.Actors looking for press notices and actresses
who wouldn't be In the papers for anything oftentry la use the Tenderloin station as a go-between
with the reporters. Nearly all of the fake Jewelrobberies and stories of the lost, strayed or stolen$10,000 doggies are reported there. Only the other
day a minstrel drove up to the station in a cab.still wearing his stage clothes and make-up.
The cabman, who could not keep from smiling,
mildly protested to the sergeant that the funny
man wouldn't pay his fare.•Some one. slipped into my dressing room." the
minstrel began, "and made off with my street
clothes. Icalled a cab an.l asked to be driven
home. On the way the cabman demanded his fare.
Ihad no money— not even stage money— in my
stage clothes. Iwent to a restaurant, where I
found a number of friends. They liked the Joke,
and while they bought us many drinks they wouldnot advance me any money."
Desk sergeants have th* reputation of being un-civil, snappy, grouchy, czarllfce individuals fromwhom one rarely gets consideration and who don't
know how to make a civil answer. There is somefoundation for the impression, but any one whohas spent a few hours in the station house andlistened to the flood of troubles that come his way
will be Inclined to be charitable and give him thobenefit of the doubt. They feel that way about It
at Police Headquarters and charges have to bevery definite and serious before a desk sergeantIs called into the trial room.
No one place In New-York has more right to berailed the trouble centre of the city than the Ten-
derloin police station, on the north side of West
Thlrtieth-st.. between Sixth and Seventh ayes. 9omany troubles crop out there that the newspapersof the city have established an office, across thestreet and keep a man constantly on duty thereduring the busy hours, which are generally from 2p. m. to 5 a. m.
Of all the official quarters used in carry'-n* on
the government of this treat municipality, there
are no rooms more severely plain than the police
pr. clnct station house*. The main rooms of all
tho station houses in Manhattan are praetteljßralike, save for a few variations indimension*. One
entora this room directly after passing; under the
sign of the twin green lamps. It is clean but car-
BOttoaa, .md the kalsomined wall* are entirely lacfc-
Ine ln decoration.Two-thirds of the room Is empty of furnltur*.
Thero tho police platoons line up for rollcall and
Instructions when their respective tours of duty
bcpln.The other third is set apart by a railing, and in
the middle of this exclusive part Is a high «•»•••srvprely plain as its surroundings and grimly Judi-cial in outline. The desk holds a huge blankboolt.or blotter, a copy of the city ordinances and a
volume of State statutes. Behind it are several
high chairs, hard and comfortless Uke the rest or
the room. Even the blinds on the toll, churchhke
windows are blue and add to the general severity.
These are the surroundings of the most pestered
men in New-York, the desk sergeants of the Police
l>ppartment, for from eight to ten hours every day
an unferllng. foolish public pour the most Inane
and inconsequential questions into their long suffer-
ing ears, and make demands and claim rights to a
most absurd degree.
That popular saying of the street, which has
be*n current for years—"Tell your troubles to apoliceman; Ihave troubles of my own"'—should
read "desk sergeant," for he is the man New-Yorkers go to first of all. It has been said thatthe most sunny temperament would wear a cloud
after presiding for a week over the station housedesk, and certainly all of the philosophy of tha
tribe from Socrates to Mrs. Wiggs would not serveto answer all the cases that would come up in
that time.Some one asked Police Commissioner Murphy
what he considered the essential quality In a desksergeant.
"Patience." he answered, without a moment's
hesitation. "He can't have too much, and then he'llprobabiy be reported to the Commissioner a couple
of times a month."
Catholic D*S*BSsStr. Wa*h'.n«ton 2S'<Tulene rnlvereity iS'^Harvard rnlvarait) S'2sBoston University ?^',Cornell University oJ*.«nJo
Conservatory of Music New-York ow.iA'OClark Institute. Worcester.. 4»,WJ»Columbia, University ::;;£:::;:::: : JJSkSKTUflkeirc* Institute , SSKCKi, T|, University :\u25a0\u25a0'•\u25a0\u25a0<*>Vale University .".'.. *SrS!BWltte&bore Colleca. Illinois »«(».080
Following this total of riS.ISS"S3 given to educa-
tional institutions, come galleries, museums andhistorical societies with SS.KW.OOO; churches andallied branches of religious work, with HJsthospitals. C545000; libraries. 81.453.000, and miscel-laneous chanties. t16.003.000. These six generalItems, taken from the total which represents themoney dvrn by Americans in 193* to charitable\u25a0works of every sort, leave a balance of $5,94C,7^3.This went out of trie country to do its good; $52,-
009.753 stayed at home.ItIs of interest to see how the gifts of 1304 com-
pare In these bulk items with the benefactionsmade by Americans In ISO3. In four departments—hospitals and miscellaneous charities, churches,
galleries and gifts made to causes outside theUnited States— there lias boon a gain, but the loss
found in the stillI two a little more than offsetsthis, bo that the twelvemonth closes its record just
,Sr.S.;:i7 behind that left by Its cider sister. IK-reare the comparative figures:
19J4. UW3. Gain.Hospitals *nd mlsc-ollar.e- ,
cm, Slg.C4S.onofU.SJKJ.2lGri.23l.7i4Educa'JorjU 1«.1S-S,7«2 27.1143, «67 n>.0:.4.v54Out cl tt.-. l"n!t« t-'tatrs.. H.t»4a183 «..%.'!. 4o<» 3*«.r.<3Galleries «-tr KK*».o.m 6.621.030 2.<x2).000
Churche*. etc j.SOK.tKW 1.571.5itn 3.•.-->.'.<MlLibraries l^sa.otrt 2.D(C.000 •l.UCwoo
».iho Mi$C2.ICS,Tf3 •$21)1.-17
•Loss.
From the complete tables given below severalfacts of interest may be drawn. In the first place,
nine donors have given from SVjOO.OCO t° nearly
5n.000.000 each, the total of their gifts rising to
WC.857.500. and three others tread so closely upon
the million line as to demand admission to this roll
of honor with aggregate beuefactions of $;.«2,000
niore. as was •0 have been expected. Mr. Carnegie
leads the list—still livin? t;p to his announced be-
lief that a private fortune is merely a public trust.
Andrew Carnegie- tS*»* \u25a0\u25a0»*»*•\u25a0. five colleges.t*o clubs, a oo*vale*o*nl home, a her.) fundand tor excavations at Rome) ...fJ",»»..j*k»
Mlsa S. C. Tracy, cf New-York (to generall•\u25a0\u2666\u2666I*s) •-• O.» R I»,I_.'HJ
Marshall F:«-<'1 'to ttm Field Uasttam. Chii-aeo 6.«ioO.OOODr. T. w. K.*a« ef PhuadstttWa, <to a, museum
\u0084.. u _, |of dentistry)
••••• 3.-A>.uw
Mrs. Amanda Heed, of -'«\u25a0-•» (to Bess) Us- ostltute. Oreconi ;•••;;\u25a0•; 7-v7xk>
James 3 Hillho religion nnd ejuoation) i.k.-.uuo
J. A. Woolsor.. of Be*! (to education in the,-./.,.«
SK_4|'
I,*»'U.^AF
Henry W. Olr.W.' of pitteburg (to gcr.eml c'.:aii-..M.OO
Henry II." \u25a0**)\u25a0- 'ti"Ne>
;-Tork «o *\u25a0 *o**DQria\
1>000>0(X)M?slUr&lra.h '
Potter* "ot"ProV i'denVe"•'.various
'.'M^Eastern charit!e*> ,V""V."i
•""'•"""
John D. nockcfelUr (Johns Bopldaa ilcsp-.tai
A-*c! IlutchiSon." "of'
Gecrtfa Vto Vduratlcn inthe Scuthj
' _ 12__
TtoUl*43.470.:.00
Other names. BMC* or less household words in
this laad, which figure in the roster of sJ^Ifactors, are J. O. Armour, of Chicago, with KW.OOO
to bis credit; C M. Schwab and George Foster Pea-bodv. each of whom Rave away DOM* former
Major Grace of New-York, and John Hays Ham-
mond the well known engineer, each $100,000; W. .Astor with $70,000; J. Lowber Welsh, of Philadel-
phia'and Zenas Crane, of Dalton. Mass.. each
550,000, and James Stlllman and Henry Phipps. each
January seem* to have been the best month for
riving, its total of $14,i2«.000 easily leading April's
$12,761.X«). November takes third place, with J9.945,-
6>>o, and February trails along No. 12. with only $1,-
087,783 to her credit. The detailed lists follow:
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. $:5,158,753.
Mir*Harriet Ri- hares. Philadelphia. Theolod' —-^g-
Hudson Hook-land.' Hampton Normal Institute.. 3- JJ'JJLculs C. Vanuiem. Prir.ceton University JK'JSSJohn Lvnan. Syracuse. University •• •• 1"-'-mwjimwA. Wooli-oii. Boston University «f«OU.OOO),
Kadcllffe College ($300,000). Vesleyan Acod-ray. Ems 4tM.«s| I>t^'!^
James J. lielden. bimcaac Vniv<»rjltv l3V'rs!Miss Helen Gould, New-York University „-• ,lir Simeon Bell. University of KonsoE ».OWWilliam K. i>od«e. Teachers College. New-York \u0084,...
City 60.000Thomor D. Lowther. lUlnols School of Acri-
culture C.WJU
J. O. Armour. Armour InnltuU of Technologj"- • -*~-)SKMrs. Charles W. Henry. Princeton University 5.(M)
Bt*: Tierney. St. Thomas's Seminary\u0084 V.r5!»Johns Hays Hammond. Yale University U• «»
ii'" A. E. Moor*1 Tusko«te Institute '-'•"
Alva A. K»e*t. \VeUo*l*v College ..... ..... *W.OOO1 B and W. O. Korea, rnn.-eton University.. 10.CK»J
Edward ft Uml*n. Yale University -JJ'SDavid Scars. Ilarvarfl Vniverslty » ™0John A. Creighton. Crelg-hton tnlveralty -\u25a0•>< ".<"
Mrs Hfi-n 3. Banker. Columbia University .... 10,000
Morris K. Jesup. Prtnceton University 1.. '•«•
Percy 11 P>T.e Prtnceton University 5.000Ardiew
'Cs.rne«l*. Kenyon Collese <$SO.O00).
Berea College (J30.0U0). Carrrgifc Institute<$^.«)0.000», American Educational AUlar.ce
_(I26.OO0). Dickinson Colk-re (SSO '«X» 6'l^^26'I^^2George Eastman. University at Rochester 60.0&0
air* Sarah Toppan. Columbia University ..^... 3.000
John IX RockSeU.r. Vassa.- Collef. (|200.000i.'University of Nebraska .s67,uutr, SCT.O^OXT R- Grace, Grace Institute 100.000
ei«on Ooldenberr, Hebrew Technical InsUtut... 8M0.OO.)
A C Hutchlnson. Tulaae Medl.-ai College ..... .50.000KnlintTolColumbua. Washington Catholic Inl-
Johr^rti.' Willis'c«iiei;:;Pennsylvania 80.000
i^j^^r^vv^nJ^^"^io".\u25a0 -,:;:;
Mr*: Lyola Choate. Mas.achu^tta Institute of
Scr U
G*ul« column v^veViitV:::::::::.:::: io.OuoThe Rev? Charte* Buoua. Wlttenbor. ,CoU*c*.
Illinois 'p.""crC«naor.''TrtaitV*Coliei»!'wMh- oVU.wuJudge M. P.* O'Connor. Trinity College. W«*h-
6010S00 i«eV.' «üb4' ox s*sßW*s* in'itmHtmit so. oooM«. Reuben' HI»us<juehar.na Unl; ersi v>• .-
\u25a0 \u25a0•• 1*783jTtrfeaaor Msjrwei: 6omm«r\-tne. University of
. rNraF«B.' University of
'Vermont . JlS^
Jam** U>eb New- Conrenotory of Music. BOO.OWjJri. t<rdl», Ladd. Academy at EvrlnK. N. 11.... 150.000CDarleTu. lUckley. MuWegon Manual TratnlnK
schocl \u2666*','»< *JH W V»n»ntnr Columbia University 60.000£'
R. Bhlpley. H*ve-f ro College • 3.00 v)jlrs H. X- Bheddon. Brooklyn Ucivertity of .__..
Mualc W.tKJOC. © psj-ton."M«.cAlllsteT College, Minnesota... 100.000Jorcei J^Hlll Mae 4Uteter College. Minnesota... 60.U00!»n. Ataaadi need. Heed Institute, Oregon.... 2.0U0.000Mrs' E. B. Cox. Pennsylvania Mining and
Mecbonleol Inatltuteumv^ity:::::::::: Jrl 0
\u25a0A6o« L«wlsohn. Columbia University SsO 'isSJame- B. Duke. TrinityCollege, North Carolina, 100.000
Henry Whitman. RodclifTe CoUe « (SIOO.-000) Tu«keE«» Institute (1*0,000.. 1&0.000
Mrs Ele*nor Cooper. Columbia University 10.000Mr. iw Clarlc. Clark Univer5ity......... .... 423.000belvetor* PU«*.tl. Industrial School, N.w-Or-iri-_ ..........••*•.•.....-•• lo.OWI
W A XtoiwinK.rtensie!aer Polytechnic in*titu'« 10.000Thoma* E. \V*ggarnan. Wa*fcingiuB Catholic
»•»•
\'#»r#!tv •• •- •••••- \u2666..- cii#uw
James R Wiilet*. Friends' education in l*>nsj_i_nrt •
.•.«..•\u25a0.••\u25a0>••••••••••>>•»*,*»"o
Mrs Barati 'Potter. Har\aro Unlv#rsitr fiO.ouoL™:arc. Smith. Syrocu*. University IW.OOwtSt 3 W* King, Cornell University JH^V0C. 'M* Schwab Tuskege* Institute*ir» M R Ctx«rr. Tempi., C011ege....- ......... 10.000&• D. K. Pearson. Bare*. College (|150.0»J0). .
Park Coller*- Missouri <«25.00«.>- 1.3.000Professor D. W. Flake. Cornell Uriverslty 000.000A V~Vifkl*.J»rtnce.on -rtlty 28.W0Tames Collahan. Tuake»«* Institute il^f"!*li-vlr Velts Yale University 200.'.*W»Ir« «' C Triwy WTiftlng indusiHal Schoo!... 200.000Mrs' M A Terry Bere. Colleer I .000). Trin-
ity Colleire. Conne-tlcut «»!'.'•" •-•-••••- -- -SO.OCK>
Jotm 8. Ke«»<!y New V School of Pbil-aati'>-<py B « ZaO.OOO
••-"'w'b BJjOard. University cj North Coro-'i-m
'•r.'.ia' \u25a0urtv«T«;i7*'*6.(<'-(>( > »"i
fi.oooKvvnyrroi* Col-imiila Ur.lv«r«ltyJ<W.«o and
fSO.COO). *^*r\-r,<e University (JS.OOO) ar;d
Ya!« <3m.0 t3.000GALI-ERIE3 AND MUSEUMS. JS.BSO.OOO.
21m. I" O. Hitlrtesxi rii-trcpc.l'sn Jilt *t.Mum, New- Y'il: 88.000
Dr TLocnas W. E.- «-.«. E~'*n» Museum vtl'i*".tJstry PhllartelpMa .. 3.250.000
Thoma* V. isowUter. Nt-w-York Mua^ara cf Nat-ural History
' 0.000{lies fi. M. SpooDor. Ecu I'ranclsro Memorial
TJuce-jm-
'5.0C0affcrehall V*'\u25a0&\u25a0 Field Museum of Science and a- 8.0-tO.oo;!Mrs »tber Bye:* Andover <Meai.) Art Sluseura 4rt.Of*>Koloiaon L>oeb. two Chicago histories! societies.. fi.OOOEbbm Crone.. Berkshire Mueeuni of Art 60.0CUA. M Hur.*lii«tou llls»ar.ie Museum. New-Tork
City ' 20&' »
Oft* hundred and seventy-two thousand five hun-dred «id sixty-four dollar* and !w»r.ty-flvecents aday for charity! That is the record of the year
Just drawn to a close.Ei-cn this vast sum— to educational Institu-
tions of all kind?, as well as to the more strictly
humanitarian needs of hospital* an.l "homes." andet a rate of CIS64 for every minute of every twen-ty-four hours— even this is rot fully complete, in
tr-al account has been tmr.i of no gift of less thanS3.O(X>. Such a record as this can be only closelyapproximate, the total betas $6I.XQJoX
Colleges ani schools have received J18.155.753. ornearly a th'rd of this evidence of the generosity of
America's successful ores. Again its founder hasplaced the Carnegie Institute (Pittsburg) at thehead of the list by dropping another $5.0c0.0u0 Into itsvcasury. Next to it comes the Reed Institute, ofOregon, which Jumped from nothing at all to a very
biff something through the 52.0W.000 generosity of awoman of the Pacific Coast. The next dozen inorder are:
MrE. James G. Batterson entertained a coterie ofbridge whist players at luncheon this week, and, ofcourse, bridge was played afterward. Among theplayers were Mrs. John Moller, Jr.; Mrs. Mary A.Worth, Mrs. W. R. Bynner, Mrs. "W. F. Smith,Mrs. Howard and Mrs. Francis D. Beard. Anotherbridge gathering this week was entertained byMrs. W. R. .Bynner.
'Her guests were Mrs. Ed-
ward Ernest Matthews, Mrs. James G. Batterson,
Mrs. Mary A. Worth. Mrs. Mary Kingdon, MissAgnes Davis, Mrs. George A. Ellis and Mrs. Hub-ble.
In honor of Mrs. George A. Ellis, who was oneof last season's brides. Miss Agnes Davis gave atea one afternoon this week.
More than four hundred life'Insurance agents,
each of whom has written at least $200,000 worthof insurance In the last year, are to be entertainedat the Lakewood Hotel next week at the expenseof one of the big companies as a reward for"hustling." They will gather In New-York fromall parts of the continent, and some from Europe,
next Tuesday. Special trains willconvey them toLakewood on Tuesday afternoon. Three floors ofthe big Lakewood Hotel have been reserved forthem. It % will not ba all play for the Insurancemen while they are here. The company has ar-ranged various entertainments for them, but mostof the time will be devoted to serious work. Thereare to be three business sessions each day In theassembly room of the hotel, .which has been espe-cially decorated for the occasion, and at these ses-sions the agents will listen to lectures by officersof the company on insurance problems.
Patrons of the Lakewood Hotel gave a glad wel-come to the new year at the annual holiday ballon Monday evening. Tho ballroom decorations wereIngreen and red. The cotillon was danced, CharlesMunter. of New- York, leading with Miss Cyrille
Aroneon. The favors In this dance were fans forthe women and fancy hats for the men. Supperwas served at midnight in the main diningroom.
Amateur theatricals afforded pleasant entertain-ment for the Lakewood Hotel's holiday patronswho were ker>t indoors one stormy day this week.The hotel theatre held a crowded audience on thisoccasion. Miss Rose Namm. daughter of Mr. andMrs. A. I.Namm, of Brooklyn, who is a talentedelocutionist, contributed monologue* and recitationsand also took part in a one-act conjkriietta whichSol Bloom, a song publisher, concocteS^for the oc-casion.
John D. Rockefeller came to Lakewood this weekto play golf and to visit his Infant granddaughter,
Muriel McCormick. who Is staying here with hernurse at the Dashiel cottage, in Slxth-st. The Mc-Cormick baby has not been well, and it was at thesuggestion" 1 of Mr. Rockefeller that her parentssent her to Lakewood. Mr. and Mrs. MeCormlck,who Are staying -in New-York- this winter, maketwo or three visits to Lakewo'd each week, andthey have noted. a most satisfactory Improvement
iin the baby's health."
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•' •' '.Mr. -Rockefeller played two -rounds- of golf at
his private links on the Ocean-aye. Boulevard onSaturday with his friend. K. M. "Johnson; a New-York lawyer. Mr. Rockefeller .was .beaten by 2down at thirty-six holes during the morning; buthe defeated his opponent in an eighteen hole matchIn the afternoon. Mr. Rockefeller attended serviceat the First Baptist Church on Sunday. Tiny MissMcCormick, carefully bundled up' in her perambu-lator, was awaiting htm in front pf the churchwhen the service was over. The child clapped herhands at sight' of her grandfather, and his. face re-laxed into a smlio at the greeting. Mr.MeCormlckand a nurse were with the baby, and Mr. Rocke-feller accompanied them home.
afme. Stofrregen and Claude A. Cunningham, ofNew-York, gave a piano and song recital at theCountry Club on Monday. Itwas the second enter-tainment in the series »'or the season. Tea wasserved after the musical by Mrs. Henry A. James,Mrs. Charles L. Lindley and Mrs. .Kearney, whowere the hostesses at the- entertainment.
Mr.and Mrs. A. Sidney Carpenter, of Philadelphia,spent the holidays at the Laurel House. Theywere Joined by their son, Henry Dlsston Carpenter,over Christmas.
The New Year's ball at the Lnurol House wasattended by a large gathering. The ballroom wasdecorated with asparagus, ferns and floWeis.Music was furnished by the Laurel orchestra, andsupper was served in the diningroom.' Among thedancers were Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Gallatln, Mr.and Mrs. Elbridge Gerry Roberts, .Mr.' and MrsFrederic C. Potter, Robert G. Cooke and CharlesC. Bull, of New-York.
Among the Brooklyn people who spent the holi-days at Lakewood were Mr. and Mrs. I.O. Hortonand Arthur Horton. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weil-baoher and F. S. Wellbacher, who registered atthe Lakewood Hotel; Mrs. E. W. Thayer and N.T. Thayer. Jr., and Judge and 'Mrs. James C.Church, who were at the Laurel-ln-the-Pines. andMr. and Mrs. George T. Moon and Miss GladysMoon, who enjoyed a sojourn at the Laurel House.
Bartlett Inn enjoyed a thriving holiday patronage,and many applications had to be declined. Mr.and Mrs. A. W. Rosengarten and Henry Dlsston,of Philadelphia, were among the arrival*.
The Palmer House, Oak court, Manhattan, Cara-ealjo and the Towers were among- the smallerhotels which were filled win holiday visitors. Theboarding cottages shared in the general prosperity.
Mr. anJ Mrs. George J. Gould have returnedfrom Tuxedo, where they spent New Year's. Theywent up on Saturday for the tennis match, betweenCecil ("Punch") Fairs and Frank Forrester, theGeorgian Court professional. Forrester was de-feated.
Max Pam, of the United- States Steel Corporationhas Joined his mother and sisters, who are spend-ing the season at the Lakewood Hotel
Mrs. Edward Ernest Matthews entertained ahouse party over New Year's in honor of herniece. Miss Natalie K. Hawley. Her guest* wereMiss Violet Falrbairn. Miss Natalie Bishop, GeorgeEdwards, Wilmot Wheeler and Nell Benham ofBridgeport. Conn.
Mrs. Clark-Culver, of New-York, and her daugh-ter, Katherine. are visiting friends at the Lain 1House. Mm. Culver Is the daughter of SenatorClark, of Montana. ...
A. Paul Keith, of Boston, Joined his parents Mrand Mrs. B. F. Keith, at tha Laurel House' thisweek. Mr. Keith received as a birthday gift from
j his father the BIJou Theatre, in PhiladelphiaAs an appreciation for his services for many years
as secretary of the Country Club of Lskewood theboard of directors presented William A. Hamiltonwith a handsome diamond horseshoe pin this weekThe presentation was made Informally by ShepardKnapp de Forest and Captain A. M. Bridshaw
Mr. and Mrs. Elbridse Gerry Robert* of New-York. grave a dinner at the Laurel House on Mon-day for Mr and Mrs. PhilipRhinelander. WilliamysjfS!1 B-
Jenkins and Mr- and m™-
I^nte arrivals from New-York and Brooklyn atLnk««wood hotels Include the following"Lakewood Hotel—Walter Lcwinohn! FrederickLewisohn. Mr and Mrs. If A. Kayser. Martin H.\osrel, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Tooker. Mr. and Mrs HAlexander. Mr. and Mrs. Sol Bloom. Henry" M*
GoldfoKle. Mies Stella Freeman. Mr. and Mrs a'| Wallach. J. W. Chrystle. Mr. and Mrs. J. Wiener, Miss Lois May, Vincent Lewis May, Mr. and Mrsj John Bogart. Jerome C. Mayer, M. J. Cclgan Lewis|H. May. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Warren, Mr andMrs. N. D. Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Nor-den. S. T. Jackson. Mr. and Mrs. I. O. HortonArthur llorton. Irving L. Ernst. Mrs. D. ArnoldMrs. Emma Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kerry Mriand Mrs. 8. L. Moore, Henry Sonn, Miss Natalie:Abram, Max Byck, Mr. and Mrs. John Vincent. Mr.;and Mrs. Daniel L. Koons, Charles W. Plumb Miss;Carrie Dumont. Miss Dora Harmon, Samuel Schrier,'Mr. nnd Mrs. Howard Goldlng. Mrs. Pauline Stern-
j berger, Mlhs Sternberger and Sidney Nordllnger.Laurel House— Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Brown
Mrs. Clark-Culver, Miss Katherine Culver. Mr: and Mrs. Thomas Dimond. Miss Dlmond Mr and*!Mrs. R. M. Van Arsdale, Mr. and Mrs. William C.j Demorest Mr. and Mrs. W. P. O'Connor, Mrs
Charles Sprague Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Mr; und Mm. David McClure, Miss Marjorle Vreeland. Miss Mary W. Schwartz, Miss L. A. Trowbrldge1 Miss Trowbrldge, Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Harper'i Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Potter.! l^iurel-la-the-Plne-i— Stewart. . R. G. Me-!Gusty, J. M. Greßor/, Mrs. S. R. Poole, Miss Hark-iness, Mr. and Mrs. Victor R. Morris, James G.IShaw. T. L. Bailey. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Baconj Mr.and Mrs Henry Blichoff.Miss Betty Collamore'; Miss Helena Fisher. Mr. and Mrs. Archer V. Pan-; coast.1 Btirtlett Inn-Judge Alfred P. W. Seaman. JudgeI W. H. Kelly.Mrs. J. H. Durkee. Hugo Winter. Mr.
\u25a0 and Mrs. W. E. Relyea. Mrs. J. Connell. J. T.Sweeney. Julius Meyers.
'The Lenox— H. Carlisle. Mr. and Mrs. M. A
Hay*, Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Ahlers. Mr. and Mrs.<) Uirber, Mrs. Williams. AlfredM. W«U.
Chief Event of Midwinter Season toTake Place This Week.
Lakewood, N. J., Jan. 7 (Special).— The ice carni-val, which promises to be the chief event of themidwinter season, is scheduled for next Fridayafternoon and evening. The cold snap this weekhas made a new field of ice on Lake Carasaljo, andwhen the work of clearing away the snow is fin-ished everything will be ready for the carnivalevents. The children will have a part in the after-noon programme. A hockey game, quadrilles andfancy skating events have been arranged for theirbenefit. In the evening the lake will be illuminatedwith electric lights, colored lanterns and Greekfire. The event of the evening will be th« fancy
costume quadrille, in which more than one hun-dred skaters will liartlclpate.
LAKEJVOOD'S CARNIVAL.
of for principle, because you have been doing sotor years. . ,.
To be grossly .Ignorant in these days of irea
pchpoU. chrap newspapers., iieriodlcals an-1 circu-lating libraries. .
To lx? so controlled by any appetlto or passionthat one's us.fulnews and standing in tho com-munity aro Impaired.
To be totully Igti.uant of natural history, ta koownothing of the science which underlies the beautiesand thy marvels of nature.
Not to h&\<y an Intelligent Idea of the countryIn which wo live, not to kinw Its history, its in-dustries and the condition.B of tits people.
Not to know anything of the movements forhuman betterment, and not to help them along tothp extent of our ability In time or money.
To live In the midst of schools, libraries, mu-;eum.=, lectures picture galleries and improvementclubs, and not to avail one's self of their advan-tages.—(Success.
To kick over the ladder upon which wo haveclimbed to our position.
To be grossly Ignorant in these days of freeusage* of good society.
To ignore the forces which are improving; civili-zation in your own country.
Not to t)» able to carry on intelligentlyconversa-tion upon current topics.
To shirk responsibility In politics, or to be Indif-ferent to the public welfare.
To knov/ nothing of the tilings we see, handle.::.'i enjoy every day of our lives.
To be Ignorant of the general history cf theworld and of the various countries.Not to know romethlng of the greatest leaders,
reformers, artists and musicians of the world.Not to have Intelligent knowledge r>f th« general
affairs of the world and the Interrelations of na-tious.
Not to know enough about the laws of health,about physiology nna hygiene, to live healthfullyand sanely.
To vote blindly for party, rljhtor wrong, instead
DISGRACEFUL DEFICIENCIES.Itis a disgrace:To half-do things.Not to develop our possibilities.
To bo laxy, indolent, indifferent.
To do poor, slipshod, botched work.To give a bad example to young1 people.
To have crud«». brutish, repulsive manners.To hide a talent because you have only one.To live a half W* when a whole life Is possible.Not :o be scrupulously clean In person and eur-
roundlng*.To acknowledge a fault and make no effort to
overcome it.To be ungrateful to friends and to those who
have helped us.To go through life a PJgmy when nature Intend-
ed you tor a giant.
Henry Dexter. New-York Historical Society 300,000
CHURCHES. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS, ETC., 5J.600.000.
W. W. Kendall. Kansas City Methodist Episcopal .Church 1250.000
Mrs. Henry Sharkey, Philadelphia Diocese. Ro-man Catholic Church i,.W
E. K. C Young, Uo'.moiu (N. Jr Methodlit ••
Episcopal Church •• ls.oooMrs. \V. li. Dodcc. Young- Men's Christian Asso-
"\u25a0j-
nation University of Virginia 4U,uuoHudson Ht.aKl.uiJ, Pr*«byt*rlan \u25a0work, New-J«r- „.,„
sey and New- York C".ocoDavid It.rtumry. Lutheran home mission* 6,300Mrs. iXi-».fcetii Y. \Vrl«ht. Gl*a Cove (X. T.)
I'roustant lipiscopal Churcn \u25a0•••• V'JSMMrs. I-yilAChoate, Unitarian home xnltslons. ... «o,oouBareaess do VauKrigneusn. Episcopal churches in
N*«w-Yorfc City... 30.000Ml»« Jan* it Keat&er, Lutheran objects InFenn-
•>-lvaaia 10.COOMm. lilwtrdKlngr. Roman Catholic Church of '
St. John the Divine 100.000Thomas W. Synnott. Wenonah (N. J.) l'resby-
lertan Church 60.0"0S. I*.Kussell, Dunne (N. V.) Methodist Episcopal
Church , 800. 000Mr?. Eleanor Cooper. Presbyterian home missions 10,000James J. Hill. Roman Catholis Cathedral, St.
Paul 1,800,000Miss Ann» E. Pugrh. St. James Protestant Epls-
copal Church, L,vanehur P«nn 10.000Mother Katherine (Drexel). Indian churches
through Nebraska 800.000Jena L. Devereaux, Methodist objects in Phila-
delphia ; 83,000Miss Mary L.Phelan. Catholic home missions... 10.000P. M. Sharpies*. Young Men's Christian Associa-
tion at Chester. Perm 12.000Mrs. Egbert L<eake, Presbyterian Church, Vine-
land. N. J 8,000Anrirew Alexander, Reformed Presbyterian
Church objects 20,000Benjamin F. Teller. Phlladelphln Synagogue 00.000H. 11. Rogers, Memorial Church. Fair Haven.
Corn 1,000.000John D. KockefeHer. Young Men's Christian As-
sociation at Cleveland 50.000William V.'yman. Episcopal churches In Balti-
ii,. -. V. 83,000Mr? W. B. iihepard. St. Matthews, HUlsboro.
K. C 8.000An<-.nyrp.->u*. Roman Catholic (|110.W00), Episco-
pal tfaooioooi 4i0,c00
HOSPITALS. $2,543,000.
Louis C. Vanuxem. Jefferson Philadelphia $25,000Henry Phipps. Johns Hopkins. Baltimore 20,000Jam** Bperer and ten others. Mount Sinai. Mew-
York Ci*y 105.000Miss B. a. Watson. Orthopedic. New-York City . 830,000Louis Cans, t.i four New-York Hebrew charities 29,000Thomas D. ivtbcr. The Augustan*, Chicago. . 20.000Ulshop Tiernav. St. Francis. Stamford. Conn 7,500Mm. l~;iiaL>etli Y. Wright, Nassau Hospital As-
Foc'.ailcn 50,000John D. Rockefeller. Johns Hopkins. Baltimore.. 600.000William H. Sprurit. Memorial. Wilmington. N. C. 10.000Jor.n (pan). Massachusetts General. Boston... 8.000doiomoa Loel>. Hebrew hospitals. Ohio and New-
York l",500Maxwell So;nn-.ervii!e. The Pennsylvania. Phila-
delphia 10.000Mrs. .1. B. To-.vrsend. to two Philadelphia Insti-
tutions 10,000Miss Harrift Richards, Roman Catholic hospitals
'in Philadelphia 10,000
Balvatorc I'izzati. Italian Hospital, New-Orleans 230.000Colonel William Auslir.e. The Strangers, Brattle-
boro. Yt 600.000Mrs. Eleanor Cooper, hospitals in Philadelphia
and Elmlra 25.000Sylvester 6. Battin. three Newark. N. J.. hos-
pitals 12.500Mis. I rae.Ua Thompson. The Presbyterian. Phil-
adelphia 15.000J. Liowber Welsh. Th« Episcopal. Philadelphia.. 80,000
Mrs. Cornelia l>p\Vint. St. John's. Yonkers. N. Y. &.000i!rs. \u25a0ah Potter, two Boston hospitals 100.000lira. Mary A. Terry. The Hartford 80*.000Charks Parsons, The Maine General. Portland.. 5.000Otto Your*. The McCormlck. Chicago 100.000colomon Hoth. three Hebrew hospitals. New-
York City 7.000Anonymous. The Kahnemann. Philadelphia 60.000
LIBRARIES, J1.453.000.Andrew Carr.ejle at Clark* University, Sara- .
nae L«.ke. Taliadega College. Mount HolrokeCollege. Uucknell University and at Westfleld.>;. j $243,000
C. C. Worthington at Shawnee. Perm 80,000Charles E. Doo. at University of California 700.000William Jennings Bryan, at Salem. 11l 16,000R. D. Brnson. at Titusvi'.lP. !>tnn 25,000
William B. Koss. at Yale University 230.000Francis 6 Wililncr. at Manchester. Vt
'10.000
W. i. Bancroft, at Wilmington. Del 20,000Moses R. Btevena. at South Anflover. Mass 20.000jlrs. Sarah Potter. Bostoa Medical Library 150.000
MISCELLANEOUS charities, $16,005,000.Color.el Moses Wet'more, to Democratic party.... 76,000Captain Dcnlel Parr, Old Woman's Homo • 400,000Lo-jls tana, various Hebrew charities. New-York
City 20.500Thomas V. Lovtber, five Chicago charities 64,000Andrew Carnegie. Horwick Relief Fund ($52,000).
Home for Engineering- Societies .$1,500,000).
Hero Fund .sf>.<Wj.ooO) 6.652.000M. li Clements, various charities in Maine iHJ.OOuHenry W. Oliver, general charitable purposes 1,000.000Mrs "Kl!ziit>eth V. Wright, three New-fork chari-
ties 12.000Mise H. O. Green, 'frenfon (N. .1 I pbllanthroplea io.tn)oMrs. Helen .1 [tanker. TJloomtn.<dale Asylum....- •
25.000Joseph Mll'.bank. Ptoplo's Pala<-e. Jersey City.. 60.000James \u25a0ark. various New-Jersey charities CS.AOOMrs. J. V. liowen. HillHouse, Chicago 20.000.Miss Jane"!!. Reamer. Pennsylvania and Mary-
land ..harill'-s \u0084... 6,000Bareness de Yaugrigneus*. American Geograph-
ical Society 30,000Mrs Ljdla. Ciioat**.homes at Wobura, Mass 37,600
M'-Conr.U-k Estate, to beautify Horrisburr.Perm 8.000
"Golden Rule" Jones, to his workmen 10.000Henry Phipps. Western Pennsylvania Peniten-
tiary gardens 8,000Mis. J. 15. Towntend, various Philadelphia, chari-
ties .' s.oooSo'.omon Loeb. New-York Hebrew philanthropies. 68.000Maxwell . [nervine, six Philadelphia charities. 18.0t.i0Jchn I*. I'l-.crcaui, various New-York charities.. 26,000Mrs M. A. Oir.ninghom, to beautiful Milton,
Mess eco.oooMr;- Bmlly Smith. Hcme for Aged Women. CM-
caga 150.000Mr.« Henry Whitman, various Boston charities.. 60,000}' T. !\ I<ov?Joy. Orphanage, Pittsburg 5.0*4Henry C. Krirk. Orphanage. Pittsburgh ft.oooCharles M. Btebblnt, Orphanage, Denver .. 800.Sylvester S. Battin. three homes In New-Jersey. . 12.600Tilly Heynes. Boulevard system. Springfield,
MiJf......... 10.000Miss U. M. Dolbeer, general philanthropies 80.000Miss Helen Gould, for rood roads Hoxbury. N. Y. 6,00<>Marcus Goldman, New-York Hebrew charities... 8.000Mr*. H. M. Parker, animal drinking fountains.
Philadelphia 11.000W. W. Astor. electroliers, New-York City 20,000Hear Admiral McCalla, club for Bailors and ma-
rines 62,000
Mrs. Sarah Potter, charities through New-Bng- .lan<i 613.000
Jp.mes Callahan. two lowa charities 40.000James R. V\i!>tß. Children's Home 6.000General W. J. Palmer, park for Colorado Springs 600.000Art If Lewlaohn, Hebrew Orphanage. New-York
City 25.000M. M. Frankenthal. Hebrew charities. New-York
City 6.000Mif*\u25a0 C. Tracy, general charities 8,000.000Solomon nothfield, six New-York Hebrew chari-
ties 6,500Miss Harriet Richards. Roman Catholic charities,
Philadelphia 10,600Simon Pfoelzer. Philadelphia Hebrew charities.. 10.0<V>Anonymous. Berkshire Industrial Farms 20.000
SENT OUT OF THE COUNTRY. $0,940,783.Andrew Carnegie, excavations In Rome fsr>.ooo.-
600). libraries at Perth. Canada, and IslingtonBorough. London C5207, 500|, National Con-valescents' Home (i3.750.000> and OOttennurjUniversity ($50,000) 19.007.500
Mrp W. H Crocker, archaeological work InMerlco 25,000
W W. Astor. to develop English thootlng 60,000Mrs. A. E. Mocr*. Presbyterian Foreign Mis-
sions 5.000MrF If.C Beguln. Royal Academy of Music.
London J 10.000Tteutwn Hill.Lutheran Foreign Mission* '18,783Mlps Helen O. Oreen. foreign missions 150.000Mr* Georglaaa Hubbard. foreign missions 20.000George Foster Peabody. dwellings for London's
poor • 200.000Andrew Alexander. Presbyterian missions 40,000Th» British Government. Yale's Chinese mis-
sions 40.000T 6. Adams. Presbyterian missions
'10.000
Mrs J. B Crane, foreign missions 60,000
Mr*' Mary A Terry. Syrian College. Beirut.... 15.000Ernest Otr Canton of JJerrce. Switzerland 280.500Solomon Loeb. Hebrew Hospital, Worms 8,000
Of this last total only $343,783 roes to foreign
missions— fact which, more than could any other,emphasizes the statement already mad« of the Im-
mense sums of money not recorded here because ofthe necessary omission of innumerable small gifts.Of such little sums are the millions built, and hadit been possible to keep record of them it la highlyprobable that 1004's total of $61,950,566 would be at
!least $60,000,000.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. JAM'ARY 8. 1905.4
NINE PERSONS WHOSE GIFTS AMOUNT TO A MILL-ION OR MORE EACH—MR. CARNEGIE RAISES
HIS TOTAL FROM $89,490,523 TO $101,488,633.
NEARLY s.i.'.t .OO.Ut'iO GIVEN AWAY IN 1904.FOOLISH KEQVESTS MADE BY CITIXKSS TO THE
SEHGEAST BEHISD THE STATIONBOVSM DESK
THIS POLICE OFFICER NEEDS PATIENCE.
Curee* come home to roost.A.—lfthe boy says he wants to- tie the water with
a string:, ask him whether he means the water *\u25a0the put or the water in the lagoon.
Answer \u25a0 fool according ta bis folly.A.
—Cowries are man.
E.—Money makes the man.A.—Cocoanut is not good for birds to eat.E.—Sour grapes. .'... kK
_A.—He runs away from the sword and hiUe»l*w
-self In the scabbard.
EX—Out of the frying-pan Into the fire. ,A.—A fool of Ika and an Idiot of Huka meat »»•
gether to make friends.B.—Birds of a feather flock together. „,.._-•A.—The ground-pig (bandicoot) aatd: "I**Bo,r
feel so angry with the man who killed in*«*J"VSthe man who dashed me on the eround \u25a0 '\u25a0>**•-
Adding Insult to. injury „.__\u2666_•Quick lovinga woman means quick not iothw
a woman. „.B.—Married In haste, we repent at leisure. fh.A-Three elders cannot all fall to proß^uajßitJi
word ekutu (an antelope); one may say eKOM. another ekulu. but the third willsay ekulu. \u25a0
—/tatYE.-ln a multitude of counsellors there. *£"£££;•-
E.—First catch your hare.A.-Full-belly child says to hungry-belly c*U*»
"Keep good cheer."E-We can all endure the misfortune of oth«»»A.—Distant firewood Is good flrvwood.Ek—Distance lends enchantment to the view.A—Ashes By back inthe face of him who thrw»»
them.
English—Habit is second nature.
A.—One tree does not make a forestE.—One swallow does not make a summer.A.—"lnearly killed the bin.." No on* can *•»
nearly in a stew.
Is Incombustible and Can Be Worked withlike Wood.
Have you ever heard of uralite? Probably not.for Itis a new invention. Yet It is w»4l worthy
of your notice, since it Is superior to anA^*>s* ofthe kind that has yet been produced- lit 1* th*Invention of a Russian artillery officer .ard chem-ist, named Imschenetxky. and its claim, to distinc-tion lies In the fact that It is absolutely fireproof.
Uralite is composed of asbestos fibre, with aproper proportion of silicate, bicarbonate ot sodaand chalk, and It Is supplied, in various 1.-<>**l.-< >**andcolors, according to the purpose for which It is
intended. Ina soft form a sheet of araUts Is like
an asbestos board: when hard it resembles finely
sawn store and has a metallic rlns. Besides betasa nonconductor of heat and electricity. ft Is practi-cally waterproof (and may be made entirely so bypaint), and is not affected either by atmosphericInfluences or by the acids contained In smoke I*)•
large towns, which rapidly destroy galvanized Iron--
Moreover. Itcan be cut by the usual cjjri>«:'.t«r*'or woodworkers" tools: it can be veneered to formpanelling for walls or partitions: it can be painted.grained, polished and tlued together like wood: «floes not split when a nail la driven throuca It.it is not affected when exposed to moisture orgreat ehanses of temperature, and It can De g.veaany desired color either lurln* the process pf manu-facture or afterward.— and ilyglenlo Mag**
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•- '* •"•\u25a0
SOME GUINEA COAST PROV7.RBS. \u25a0
The following comparison of our pr.-rverb* wttathose of the African* of the Guinea Coast to »**»nlflcant: \u25a0
African—Stone in the water-hole does not f**J!\u25a0•
cold
TJSEFTJI URALITE.
The public can well believe that the desk ser-geant is not utterly without heart, feeing or oon-sideratlon. Remember that he is tried sorely andoften, and the wonder 1* that he has a* muchpatience as he often shows.
One good mark must be put down for the Ntw-York desk sergeants. Nearly all of them are con-siderate of the children brought before them. Be-fore the days of the Children's Court many ofthe sergeants virtually took the law in thetr ownhands in order that the youth of tender years
might not have to be brought up in tho general
court with prisoners of all stages of depravity.
•I didn't have th« heart to send them up," da-
clared one of the oldest desk sergeants Inthe city,speaking of the children's cases. "A good searing.
a short sharp lecture, did them, a lot more good.
Tve even taken the law In my own hands and ad-ministered a fatherly spanking for second ofiences.It generally effected a cure. Now that w*havethe Children's Court the situation has changed
and the Judges are better fitted to handle thenaughty youngsters."
house, and that the sums set down mm statist -wenreally the amounts due her for board. ?7»eOaa»to say. the police did not collect the indabtetoess.
One of the strangest complaint* on reoord can*the other day. when a little snarer. wit*bate t&«color of a California sunset, went Into the stationand sobbed out his woe* to the sergeant-
•\u25a0l want you to make 'em stop callln' zn* "RajTop.'
" was his demand."Em" was the gang to which th*boy fcelan**3.
and they bad been teasing him about th« color orhis hair. The sergeant, as It happened, has a,
tinge of red In his own hair, and his mind w«s«back to short trousers days. when Itwas decidedly
red. He had his own trouble* with hi* own gangs
In those days, and the troubled youth had hi* rjna-
pathy.m
"Never mind, ionny,' he said encouraging^
•it'll fade out in time. Why don't you pretend you
don't care IfItIs red? Then they'll stop teasta*you."
The little shaver said he'd try It. bat that hedidn't think Itwould work, "'cattse Ido care.- .
These are only samples selected at random feoathe unwritten history of the station house. Aay
police sergeant can tell one score* of others andin never ending variety. The eccentricities andhallucinations- of thos? who have taken too manycheering cups would furnish a hug© crop all by
themselves. The matrimonial difficulties which th»sergeant is expected to untangle are of woadertwvariety. There have been women who thought thatthe sergeant could grant divorces offhand, miwho have applied for their freedom In all sin-cerity.
The desk Serjeant at the Arsenal fa CentralPark has a line of troubles peculiar to tkat pre~cinct. Hardly a day passes that some, angrymother or father does not rush In aa*-«J*a|ttß<J.
the Instant execution of some one of the anUna*In the zoo. Their children reach Inside the rana*.and because Bruin objects to being poked wltSi astick or a monkey protests against having Ma
tail pulled, the child I*scratched and frighten*!
half to death.The real and never ending trouble of th* Ajmbsl
desk sergeant is with the poor mothers of theEast Side. or. rather, with their children who arejust bis enough to be charged carfare. Th»mother walks to the Park with her whole broodand spends the day there. When it comes timeto go home she takes the youngest of them andboards a street car. The others remain la thepark and presently begin to cry. The policeman
comes up and wants to know what is the matter.They declare they are lost. They are taken to»the Arsenal and the sergeant questions them. Bel-dom is he able to get any definite Idea where they
live or what their name.* are.When the father comes home from work and has
had his supper he strolls around to the nearest
police station and reports his youngsters as miss-ing. Presently they are located by the police anilsent home In a patrol wagon. This outcome hasbeen anticipated from the beginning by bothmother and children, and It is most satisfactory to
all concerned except the hardworking police.
A variation of the same device is often prac-
tised on, Sundays, when parents want to go toConey Island or some other place of amusementand do not care to be bothered with their young-
sters. They are told to go and lose themselves andthen hunt up a policeman. He takes them to thastation house. wher»> the matron and the sergeant
take turns at amusing them until their parents califor them. No way has ever been found of putting
a stop to this practice. It is almost Impossible to
get evidence that the parents really deserted theirchildren for the day. and, of course, the. childrencannot be punished, as it is not their fault.
The police stations to which the fewest etna-
plaints come are thos? in the Italian quarters ofthe city. The Italians have a way of settling theirown troubles and administering their own punish-
ments. The Hebrews, on the contrary, will rush,
off to the police station on the slightest pretext;and police sergeant on the East. Side has a hardtime of It. They are much more artful than th*Tenderloin negroes about wording their complaints.
and the police are often sent out on cases •whichshould have been taken to the civil courts ordropped altogether.
Trying to Get President at Banquet;_:—Winter Bathing Enjoyed.
Atlantic City. N. J.. Jan. 7 <Speclal).-A strong
effort is being made by a number of the members
of the Board of Trade and several of the repre-
sentative resident* of Atlantic City to"cure th*
presence of President Roosevelt at the; annual ban-
quet of the Board of Trade, which willbe held in
one of the beach, front hotels the present month.
The committee left this city early on Thursday
morning, and went direct to Washington, where its
members were met by all the New-Jersey Con ress.
men and United States Senators Kean and Dry
den. They visited the White House and con-
ferred with the President, and came away with
a fair prospect that Mr. Roosevelt will be able
to attend. On Thursday night the Atlantic City
delegation gave a dinner at the New \\ lllard
in honor of the New-Jersey Senators and Con
gressmen. They returned home on Friday night.
The committee has not fixed the date of the ban-
quet, and will leave that open until it hears
from Mr. Roosevelt. The other day the com-
mittee went to New-York «nd had a conferencewith Senator Depew. and secured a partiallprom-
ise of his presence at the banquet. State Senator
Edward S. Lee and Assemblyman Thomas C. El-
vins served on the committee, In addition to the
hotel men and citizens. 'J'l^ ». j
The district along the upper part of the board-
walk, which was burned a couple of weeks ago.
will not be built up this year, unless the City
Council moves the boardwalk out in that part
of the island so that the owners of the burneddistrict will be ablo to get about three hun-
dred or more feet in front of their property. An
effort was made by the owners to get permission
to rebuild the light frame structures, but the
Buildings Department declined to issue the neces-
sary permit. It willallow no structure to be builtalong the boardwalk any more unless it is com-posed of brick, stone and steel. Itmust be of fire-proof construction throughout. The owners of the
burned district say that it will bo only a matterof a short time when the city will be obliged tostraighten the curbs In the promenade, which willrequire its being moved oceanward at least three
hundred feet, and perhaps furthsr. Ifthey shoulderect expensive buildings on the present sitesthey would be the losers when the walk is movedfurther out.
Nobody could have wished for finer weather
than that which was enjoyed by the thousandsof visitors to Atlantic City last Sunday and Mon-day. The thermometer ran up pretty high, the
sun shone warm and there was hardly any
wind. The whole combination of conditions madeit seem like a June day, and a number of visitorsbad the bathing fever. As a result it is said thatnearly a hundred persons took a dip In the
ocean without experiencing any discomfort. They
dressed, or at least a large number of them did.at the Brighton Casino, where they had a warmbathhouse, and then took their plunge In thesurf. Some of the keepers of the bathhouses along
the beach are seriously considering fitting up
rooms in their establishments that can be heated
with steam and then keep open on pleasant days
for the entire winter. They have had a large
number of inquiries for warm rooms this winter,
and if they had been available there would have
been considerable winter bathing. >
H. C. Fownes. of Pitteburg, who won the No-
vember tournament of the Atlantic City Country
Club, and his brother. C. E. Fownes, have beenspending the week In this city. They are enthusi-astic golfers, and devoted the greater portion oftheir days on the links at Northfleld. A matchgame was arranged between the two Fowneees anda couple of other Pittsburg golfers who are visit-
ors at the Traymore. and H. C. Fownes won by agood lead. He captured the box of golf ballswhich was offered as a prize to the winner.
Charles B. Prettyman. owner of the Royal Pal-ace Hotel,, at the head of Paclflc-ave.. has Justfiled plans in the office of the Buildings Depart-
ment for the erection of a brick hotel in SouthCarollna-ave., at a probable cost of $30,000. It willbe six stories in height, fireproof, and will occupythe sito of the frame Hotel Victoria, which willbe set back as soon as several old structures inits rear can be razed. The new hotel will beknown as the New Victoria, and it will be thor-oughly up to date- and remain open all. the year.
"William H. Morris, of Philadelphia, has justtaken title to the Hudson Hall, >In South New-York-aye, He will give it a thorough overhaulingand will make it an up to date house. He antici-pates having the improvements completed in timefor the reception of Lenten visitors.
Mayor Stoy has just returned home from a gun-ning trip in the South, and us a result of hisprowess with the rifle brought a couple of finedeer with him. He is preparing to give a dinnerof venison to a number of friends and the mem-bers of the Atlantic City Press Club.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Guggenhelmer and Mr. and Mrs.Louis Sonneborn, of New-York, made the run fromGotham to the shore last Saturday in their big
. touring cur. They have taken apartments at theHotel Rudolf, and will spend a couple of weeks attho bhore.
W. H. Halnes and William Murray, two New-York brokers, came over from New-York the otherday for the sole purpose of having a good game of«soff on links where they would not be obliged towear rubber boots in order to plough through snow-banks. They spent the day on the Northtteld links,which was entirely free from snow, and, whenthey were ready to depart, said they had neverplayed on any course which was in better condi-tion.Another party of New-York golfers who .have
been spending some time at Galen Hall is com-posed of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Travers, MissKatharine Travers, Miss Mary Travsrs, Miss Vir-ginia McGuire. Miss C. Limherr and John Travers.The Traverses are members of the Nassau Club,except John, who is a member of Fox Hills. MissKatharine Is the woman champion of the NassauClub, and Miss Llmherr is well to the front rankof players in the Deal Country Club.
The following New-Yorkers have registered atthe principal hotels this week:
Chalfonte— Arthur E. Bostwlck. Dr. and Mrs. G.L. Broarlhead. N. P. Parker. Mr. and Mrs. J. BGibson, Mrs. James F. Andrews. Mrs D Simmons,Mrs. W. L,. Love, Dr.E. C. Savtdge, Mr. an.l Mrs.Walter U. Lawson. Miss Belle Sanford, O. F. LeSorrenn. Mr. atid Mrs. William R, Montague, Dr.and Mrs. Chnr!»s S. Benedict. Mr. and Mrs. A, O.Crown, F. E. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Clerk, Jr.Mi6S Bertha Kuffner, Miss Susan R. Fleckner, J.K. Kirkland, O. 9. Thompson. W. H. Colburn. A.H. Broadway, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. King, Mr. andMrs. N. .Munoz, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Smathers, Mr,and Mrs. Henry Dale. Miss K.L. Dale. Henry Dale,Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Appleton, Mr. and Mrs.A. S. Richey, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Elllcott F. I*Stewart. H. G. Young. C. H. Hughes. Thomas J.McMahon. Mrs. M. F. Doyle, Miss E. O'Grady,T. B.;Regan. Mrs. M. W. Collert. Mrs. E. D. Simp-son. Miss M. Simpson. Lyman Hall. Mr. and Mrs.C. 8. Kent, Mr. and Mrs. H. Waters, T. Fitzgerald,Prentlss Andrew?, Miss Ida Ulrlch. Mr. and Mrs.F. D. Moffatt, Frank E. Moffatt. Mrs. H. E. Street,Mr. and Mrs. William H. Williams. Mrs. GroveButton, Mrs. M. 8. Woodman. J. D. McClure andJ. S. Hyatt.
Hotel Dennis— Mrs. A. Rathburn. Miss Ma PageS. R. Browne. Kate Brewster Comstock. Mr andMrs. B. W. Pierson. Miss Clarinda Plerson Mrand Mrs. T.L.Guild. John P. Carton, B. H. LamedMrs. H. M. Kelly. Miss Kelly,Mr. and Mrs B j"Conroy, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan. Mr.and Mrs W. HHarris and Mrs. William Murray.
Grand Atlantic— J. Foyer. J. G. Foyer FTardiey, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Pugh, J. E. Pat'tonMrs. J. A. Booth, Miss F. A. Devy, Miss J. ParksMrs. T. E. Schley. Miss H. Schley, Charles Schleyand I. Cope.
Haddon Hall—C. E. Palmer. Mr. and Mrs. E. HRichardson. Miss N. Prynne. H. C. Corson. Mr andMrs. L. J. Mage* and Mrs. A. Reynolds.
Marlborough House— T. Cozzens, Miss B. C. Coz-zens, Mr. and Mrs. Edcnr Close, 11. E. Randen, Mrand Mrs. C. H. Willlnms. Mr. and Mrs. J. Scanleeand Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pearson.
Hotel Rudolf—G. Miller. Mrs. J. R. Lord. Mr. andMrs. M. L. Grossman. R. M. Baune. Mr. and Mrs.M. R. Kaufman, Mr. and Mrs. M. Ldehly. Mrs.Ka?hmr, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Goldsmith. Mr. andMrs. R. Wllmer. Mr. and Mrs. 8. Heyman SHeyman. Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. William Rosenbaum,Mrs. A. Myers. F. J. Myers, F. R. Myers, C. Bar-dasch. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bernstein. Mrs. A H.Bchllley, M. Hammett. A. H. Prince. Mrs. E.Turner, Mrs. R. E. Danns. W. H. Danns, Mr. andMrs. G. S. Manning, J. McLochlln. Miss J. Mr.Lochlln, Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Kelne. Mr. and MrsT. Ryan. Mr. and Mr* S. Marcus. C. Underhlll.E. A. Underhill. S. G. Hecht. R. K. Chapman. D.Lawback. Thomas Kruny,Mrs. H. Cotton Charles8. Levy. Mrs. H. Levy. E. B. Marshall. B. D.Evans D. Jacobson and E. A. Tollman
Seaside House— D. M. Nichol. Mrs. J. Bean MrsC. I.v Warner R.
»UIV' W. H. Hammell. J. M.Murphy, HIM H. R. Jones. W. S. Carrigan andthe Rev. and Mrs. H. North.Hotel St. Charl*s— Walter Coleman, J E Stub-
bort. Miss Shea. Miss J. Shea, Mr and Mrs WHewitt. Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Ely. A. W. Hart WA. Haughton. W. S. Barnett, Joseph Fox. Henry8. Hes&mann. Sydney H. Hessmann. Mr and MrsGeorge S. William*. B. Lowenthal, Mr. and Mrs'George Schmidt. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. CaseMr. and Mrs. Theodore Ferjruson. Morris Joseph'Albert Pteiner, Mrs. H. G. Chatain, Mr. and Mrs'H. Walden. C. E. McCarthy. T. T. Monohan Mrand Mrs. Charles Fleck, Mm. O. D. Ludlow PercyC. Ludlow, D. A. Arrowsmlth. W. J. SullivanMrs. J. O. Borland and Mrs. S. P. Halaey.
Hotel Traymore—Mrs. 8. B. Marlmeen Mi*9Marlmeen. Miss Baron. W. R. Taylor, Mr. andMm. J. Hemperly. Miss A. Alexander. Mis* JJacob*. Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Prankhard. R. 8.Prankhnrd. Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Jacobs. T. MortlockJ. Westerner. W. A. I«ambrecht, C. A. Lambrerht*Mr. and Mr*. P. Oppenhelmer, A. N. Stein. MrsA. A. Stein. Mm. D. Sncllle. Mr. and Mrs. Ft«huro.Mr. and Mrs. L. Korn, Mr. and Mrs. D. Dlekel.spiel. L. M. Prince. Mr. and Mrs. Josephine. MissA. Josephine. Mlhs W. G. Shollle and J. Jneobson.• Hotel Wiltshire— E. H. Hanson. Mrs IH.Mott. Thomas Christie, Mr. aad Mrs. J. C. Solomon.Mr. and Mrs. R. Tombo. Jr., A. C. Wilson, MlasM.B.Lawler. Mrs. W. M. Lawrence, Mrs M. R.Reed, P. W. Henry. Mm. C. H. Jones. Miss Mac-key,. E. T. Oldham and M. Platlscher.