fMUy-Vwiflft^NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY. JULY ?>. WOO.

UP TO DATE DRTVTNG AND TRAVELLING COATS.

HOME FOR INCORRIGIBLES.ever, repented before the third day arrived andreturned. Some of the others were captured bythe boys themselves, who were pent out in squadsafter the truants, and the rest by the authorities.

A CELL FOR THE RXTNAWAY.In Bayly Hall, which contains the offices, the

sewing room and a dormitory, there are two steelcells, such as are used in prison. They are aboutfix feet square and contain only a cot. Light andair are admitted from the top and the daily rationsfrom a small opening in the door. Here such cul-prits are placed and must liveuntil their bankbookshows a surplus of mills. Running away costs twoor three weeks usually. The prisoners go to workand to school as usual, but they sleep and eat inthe c*£e6. A caretaker sleeps in the pleasant roomin which the cells stand. The boys learn printing,carpentry and shoemaklng, besides doing the gen-eral work of the house and farm, and mending theirown clothing. The day begins with the rising bell,at 5:45 o'clock, and closes with the last bell, at8 o'clock. An hour of each day is spent in militarydrill. At 7:30 o'clock each evening all gather Inthe pretty chapel for short devotional exercises,

after which there are frequently interesting talksand entertah ments. There are twenty-three bellsduring the day, and at stated intervals the boy*line up for review to see that none have disappearedfrom the ranks. On Sundays there is a chapelservice in the morning, followed by an hour forletter writing. After that comes dinner and Sun-day school, and the rest of the day is spent Inrambles through the fields and over the hills.

Mrs. Mayo, wife of the superintendent, is theconsoler of new arrivals and the source of manyof the good times."Ialways thought tears was for girls, but they

keep comin' and comln' and Idon't know wherethey come from." sobbed one of the newcomers oneday, and then submitted to the sympathy thatMrs. Mayo knew how to give him. Now, he is oneof the happiest boys there.

Into Mr«. Mayo's ear» are poured all sorts ofconfidences. A rather email boy said to her oneday: "Some grown up people don't know much.That lady visitor Ishowed around patted me onthe bark' and said, in such a silly way, "You're areal good boy. What did you get cent here- for?'Of course Ididn't tell her all about It. Ijust »aidIwas sent here to help the other boys be good.""Ihad not the heart to rebuke him," added Mrs.

Mayo as she told the story.Each boy on his birthday is Invited to dine at

Mr and "Mrs. Mayo's private table, and everySunday night two of the boys are invited to sup-

per Once a month there- Is a party or generalfrolic and all the boys who have had birthdaysduring the month act as hosts, while every boy onthe place is invited. Even those who are underban of debt are admitted to these merrymakings.

Once a week eight of the boys spend the night Ina little house on the side of the mountain, wherethey cook their supper over a big fire and tellstories around It.

PETS OF THE BOYS.

One of the pleasures of the farm In which eachboy chares Is the pets, and by paying a license In

mills each boy may keep his own. There are cats

and rabbits, squirr^s and chipmunks. Tony, the

old horse, and just now three handsome dogs-two

Scotch collies and a bird dog. The dogs arc volun-tary "inmates. All came on visits w[th their re-spwtive master- and forthwith refused to go away.

To-morrow the boys are all going to turn thesolemn mountain into a Coney Island of the deep-

"st dye They are to have peanuts, hokey-pokey

Ice cream pink lemonade and frankfurters, if they

can "be found, end hawk these wares with a perfect

freedom of lung and voice. A -nerry-KO-round isbeing improvised, nnd the graphophone will fur-nish the music. The Chlneiie giant and other curi-ositlea w'!l be on hand. Every boy will have at

bunch of flrecrVwker. and after & o clockn the morning their fun will begir and will only

"rid wit!, the last fireworks of the- evening.

'Mr Burnham la about to convey to the farm two

hundred acres more on the mountain, which hehap iUFt bought for the purpose. .

The hirge-t building on ih« grounds is (.ilpin

Hal which waa built by two women of Morris-town v J It contains the dining room, dorml-tortea kitchen, rooms for the workers and thesuperintendent's private apartments.

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THE TRIMXE PATTERN.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUNNY ACTS.Many letters reach the office from far away mem-

bers asking for directions for fancy work, knitting,crocheting or pretty designs for cushions or bu-reau toilet sets. Those responding to these requestswillbrighten many an hour for these Isolated ones.

FREE LUNCHEON FOR TRAVELLERS.When the remodelled Grand Central Station Is

opened to the public, which Is expected to occur onAugust 1, it will boast one really unique featureIn its liberal arrangements for the comfort of thewomen who patronize It. In addition to the usualsitting and toilet rooms, all most luxuriously ap-pointed, there will be a tearoom, where womentravelling will be served with tea, coffee and cakesabsolutely free. Women will be In attendance atAll hours, day and night, to loak after the comfortof those who are unattended In their travels.

The tearoom is twenty-five feet square, and willbe furnished with small tables and comfortablechairs, and a general prettiness suggestive of a"5 o'clock tea" at home. This is one place wherewomen will have the advantage of men, as thefree luncheon Is provided only for the former.

MONUMENT TO EMILY GEIGER.The proposed monument to be erected by the

South Carolina chapters, D. A. R.. Melvlna S. War-Ing, State regent, to Emily Gelger, the eighteen-year-old girl who ate the dispatch General GreeneIntrusted to her care for General Sumter, ratherthan have It fall Into the hands of the enemy, andwho, when released by the British, pushed on to

Sumter's camp and delivered the message verbally,has assumed the form of a mural tablet In therotunda of the State Capitol at Columbia.

Mrs. J. Salmon, of New-Mexico, writes:How Ido thank you for the answer you sent tomy appeal for worsted and velvet pieces. They

are lovely. The green plush can be used for pho-tograph frames.

A pleasant letter of appreciation of the Sunshinework done by the Tribune Sunshine Society hasbeen received from Mrs. T. F. Bliss, of SpringP.eld.onlo, and *he expresses the hope that "such goodwork will be greatly increased and blessed."'

Muriel Fulner, of Pullman. Wash., writes thatshe Is nine years old. an1 she takes pleasure Incutting out colored doll pictures, some of whichshe has sent to the >fnce to be given to little sickgirls, with the hope that "they may love them,too." This thouchtful act entitles Miss Murielto the rank of a Junior Sunshlner.

MONEY ACKNOWLEDGED.Mrs. Dane E. Rianhard has sent 50 cents forbadges for new members; Grace A. Lewis. 25 cents

for badges; Geraldlne 1.. Bennett. 25 cents foreS../lnd sn,p(Mal funrt: Canning ML Stahl. 50cents, "the savings of a little boy."

Mrs. H A. Burtls. of the Cammack (Long Island)Branch of the Tribune Sunshine Society, acknowl-edges the receipt of a pretty pair of baby socksfor th" Sunshine fair, which is to be held on JulyJ. rrom 'A Tribune Sunshine Society member ofWestchester." Any contributions of fancy workwillbe gratefully received by tha Sunshine branch.

A letter addressed to Samuel F. Marjory. No. 300West Flfty-eighth-st.. has been returned un-claimed. Ifcorrect address Is given it will be for-warded again.

Mrs. Sallie Kerr, of Indiana, acknowledges sun-shine received from Mrs. Bernstein. Mr. Hlbbard.Mrs. Hilton and Mrs. Alzina Davis. All this goodcheer has helped to brighten the life of this In-valid member.

THE BIRD WITH THE BROKEN PINION.Iwalked thro' the woodland meadows.Where sweet the thrushes sin?.And found In a bed of mosses

A bird with a broken wine:.Ihealed its wound, and each morningIt sang Its old sweet strain:

But the bird with a broken pinionNever soared as high again.

Ifound its young life brokenBy sin's seductive artAnd, touched with a Chrlstlike pity,I took him to my heart.

He lived with a nobler purposeAnd struggled not in vain

But the life that sin had strickenNever soared as high again.

But the bird with the broken pinionKept another from the snare.And the life which sin had strickenKept another from despair,

Each illhas Its compensation-There is healing for every painBut the bird with the broken pinionNever soared as hlch again.—

(Hezekiah Butterworth.So many letters have come to the office asking

that "The Bird with the Broken Pinion" be pub-lished that the poem Is given herewith. Mrs. Rosswho received the verses through the courtesy ofMiss Strong, writes:"Kindly thank Miss Strong for the copy of theknow

Just received. ,Perhaps she -would like to

fEET .iat thos ? words have helped some "to risehigher things.™ St°neS

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SIMMER SESSION AT COLUMBIA.About one hundred and fifty st'.;.!«nts. most ot

them women teachers.first summer session of Columbia I'nlverslty. Th«enrolment will continue to-day Thursday will bethe last day of registration, and the first recitationswill commence on that morning.

in» 1900Columbia College 173 2D9Schools of Applied Selene* I'JH 227liarnard Colle«»

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WTotals 471 »n

_Chalrman Thomas R. Ftske. of the Committee onEntrance Examinations, announced yesterday thefollowing statistics in regard to the number ofstudents who took entrance examinations thisJune:

SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED AT COLUMBIA.The award of the five competitive scholarships

given every June to the five students who passthe best entrance examinations to Columbia Uni-versity was announced yesterday. The AlumniCompetitive Scholarship was awarded to OscarRempel Houston, of the Brooklyn Polytechnic In-stitute, whose examination percentage of 91.7 wasadjudged the best among the 108 candidates. The)

Harper Scholarship, endowed by the bequest ofJoseph W Harper. 48, open for competition tograduates of the New-York City high schools, wasawarded tr> J. Cuthbert Sweeny, of tha Boys' H!g*iSchool, who attained an average percentage of BS.ILThi? Hrooklyn Scholarships, founded by the trusteesIn 1595. !n recognition of the gift to the universityby President Low of a memorial building for theuniversity library, were awarded as follows: Max-well Francis I.awton. Adelphl Academy, averagspercentage, $0.5. Paul Gerhard Gravenhorst. Brook-lyn Polytechnic Institute, average percentage. 80.4,ani BdwaH I»er.burger. Boys' High Schoe',, avsr-ajre percentage. 79.7.

RECEIPTS OF LAST FISCAL TEAR AMOUNT TO

ALMOST $3,300,000.

In the Auditor's Department of the PostoSlc*yesterday the figures for th* last fiscal year, whichended June 30. were made up. They showa considerable increase In business. For the yearjust ended the business done amounted to $9,480.-434 56. against $3.811.351 24 for the previous year,which shows a gain of $SCS,SS2 32. or about * percent.

For the last quarter of the year the businessamounted to J2.355.331 IS. against $2,177,427:5 for th»corresponding period in ISS9, which is an increaseof £»7,963 93. or about 10 per cent.

For the month of June the business amounted to$780.419 B*. as compared with $713.452 25 for themonth of June. ISa*, which is an increase of $68,-957 59, or about 9 per cent.

COLUMBIA LIBRARY*GROWTH IX A TEAR.The statistics of the growth of the Columbia Uni-

versity Library have just been compiled for the-year, from July 1. 1839. to June "X 1900. Inclusive.The library has acquired 20.200 books, making a totalof 294.90) volumes, as compared with 274,200 lastJuly. Of this number 8,48; were purchased, and1,343 were exchanged. There were 8.115 books givento the library, but of these only (5,150 are countedas library possessions, because the remaining vol-umes were duplicates. Some 9.964 pamphlets werealso obtained, but these are not counted In the suratotal of the library's holdings. The number ofvolumes secured by binding pamphlets was US).and 2.976 were acquired from among the duplicatesIn the library's collection. The largest number ofnew books purchased during one month of the yearwas 964, In February last. The Avery Architect-ural Library added 275 volumes to Its collectionduring the year. With the already extensive pos-sessions of the library, this number of works on tbssubject of architecture alone Is considered large.The new books were acquired as follows: 96 pur-chased. 2 exchanged. 98 given. 68 bound and 11 fromduplicates. Eighteen volumes was the largestnumber purchased during one month, and that laApril.19CO.

ASSESSMENT AGAINST CENTRAL ANT> NISW TOB^N'KW-HAVEN ANT* HARTFORD MT3T BI

STRir-KKN OUT.

Justice Bischoff In the Supreme Court yesterdaysaid that he would grant the application of th*>New-York, New-Haven and Hartford and New-York Central and Hudson River railroads for amandamus compelling the Tax Board to strike oatthe assessment of J7.«50,0rt> against the property ofthe two roads.

The assessment in question waa levied againstthe real estate, roadbeds, etc., of the two com-panies. Subsequently the Srate Board assessedthe property in the amount of $1«">.192.000 under thoSpecial Franchise Tax law.

Ina decision in the case Justice Bischoff says:

The respondents may not he compelled to strtk*from the assessment rolls the assessment madeby the State Board, since the law required them toInsert that assessment Itappears, however, from,the allegations of the petition, -which must betaken as true, that th- property assessed for thospecial franchise tax w.ts also assessed by thorespondents tn :he course of an additional assess-ment, and the fact of a double assessment is thusestablished. As a matter of law this property wastaxable under the Franchise Tax law and waa nototherwise taxable. Therefore It was not the sub-ject of assessment by the respondents, who wer»authorized to assess or <~ause tr> he assessed bytheir deputies only taxable property within thodistrict. The assessment being without legal au-thority the act of the respondents in making It wasan act which they should have done on demand.and they may be compelled to undo It by man-damus. The remedy by mandamus in an anaJogouscase was upheld in People ex rel. Nostrand vs.Wilson (119 N. V. 515i. Motion granted aa Indi-cated.

INCREASE IN POSTOFFICE BUSINESS.

EIGHTH ANNUAL, MEETING OF SOCIETTFOR THE PROMOTION OF ENGI-

NEERING EDUCATION.The eighth .-nnual meeting of the Society for thai

Promotion of Engineering Education began yester-day morning tr. Fayerweather Halt of Columbia,University. In the absence of President Ira OtBaker, of the University of Illinois. Vice-PresidentRobert Fletcher, of the Thayer School, Dartmouth.presided. Professor Edgar Marburg, of the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, acted as secretary.

Professor James M. White, cf the University efIllinois., read President Baker's annual address.In it were recorded the achievements ma.le In th«science of engineering In the past and an outlinekLi

futur*. which was declared to be full ofbrilliant prospects. As future topics for discussionthe address suggested "Why So Many Institution*\u25a0ran to Instruct in Architecture" and whether ornot the number of graduates of the »everai schoolsIs keeping the ranks of the profession filledThe paper said that there were elshty-nlne insti-tutions which had classes In 189*-'» while th»total -'\u25a0i'l»nts were 9679

-with graduates for theyear ISDB-'99 numbering 1.413.

Professor John p. Brooks, of the State CollegeSL> v.c,nt -ck>;- dead a paper on "Personality InTeaching . Arthur L. Rice, professor of steam en-gineering in Pratt Institute, read a paper on "Busi-ness Methods In Teaching Engineering."In the afterroon Professor J. B.Johnson dean ofthe College of Mechanics and Engineering in th«University of Wisconsin, read a report for the

Committee on Industrial Education.Professor Johnson describe*! the demands at pres-

ent for a specific industrial training for particularemployments, and the present agencies In Americafor meeting the demand. These consist of manualtraining schools, art Industrial schools, textllaschools, engine-ring schools, agricultural lieges.night schools, correspondence schools, and schoolsmaintained by large manufacturing Industries.>>hue these were al! to be commended, accordingto the report, It pleaded for more specific trade ormonoteohnlc schools, similar to those of Germany,In which other things besides the manual special-ties should be taught.

A general discussion of the report followed. IIwas ''?\u25a0 \u25a0•.()"\u25a0] to continue the committee for a year.Before the close of the meeting a paper on "9eo-ondary Technical Education In Mechanical andElectrical Lines" was read by Professor A. I*.lillston, director of the department of -telenetand technology in Pratt Institute.

DECISION ON BIG RAILROAD TAX.

EXGIXEERB IX SESSION.

ANNUAL MEETING AT BERKSHIRE IN-

DUSTRIAL FARM— ISLAND

ON THE MOUNTAIN.

"It is always the woman who Is behind the greatmovement," paid President Franklin Carter ofWilliams College at the Berkshire Industrial Farm,formerly known as the Burnham. Farm, at Canaan,N. V.. last week. President Carter is a memberof the Board of Directors of the institution, andwas one of the speakers at the annual meeting ofthe society, which followed the yearly dinner. Thedinner was held In the picnic woods on a hill backof Gilpin Hall, overhanging beautiful QueechyLake. At the long table were seated officers andfriends of the farm from this city, New-Jersey

and Massachusetts. Frederick G. Burnham, presi-dent and founder of the institution, presided.

Dr. Carter began his address by congratulatingboth Mr. and Mrs. Burnham upon the success oftheir great undertaking, the Idea of which origi-nated with Mrs. Burnham.

Dr. Carter believed that there could be no noblerwork than the. redemption of boys whose Ideas oftruth and right had been deadened and who wereon the way to become- a poison to society. "Thereis nothing that crowns culture, nothing that glori-fies humanity, like the uplifting of humanity," hejiald. "The State will do nothing for an institutionlike this. If a child Is deficient In any sense

—he

is blind, deaf or dumb—lt will care for him; but IIbe Is morally lacking the child must be saved bythe voluntary effort of those who love character."Dr. Carter paid a touching tribute to the late

Charles L. Brace, his friend and Mr. Burnham's,

whose work for boys in the Children's Aid Societyhad been so far reaching, and to whom Mr. Burn-ham had first gene for counsel regarding the kindof an Institution that was needed.

Fifteen years ago Mr. Burnham bought of theShaker*, for a country home, the six hundred acresof valley, mountain and stream which comprise theplant. Upcn it at that time there were seven oreight buildings, some of them large and com-modious, and these had formerly been occupied by

a Shaker community.

MRS. BURNHAM'S IDEA.Upon Mrs. Burnham's first visit to the place 6he

exclaimed to her husband: "Do you know whatyou ought to do with this farm and these greatbuildings'1 You ought to give them for the use ofboys." That was the "mustard seed" from which '\u25a0has sprung the Institution that has helped to a |

noble manhood hundreds of boys whom parents, Iteachers and in many cases the State had pro-nounced Incorrigible.

Three j-ears 1& the usual time for \Ctjlch theyare committed, but while a good boy may be ableto earn his way out in fourteen months, a boywho has always spent "out never earned finds the Ithree years none too long. A boy's standing at thefarm is entirely dependent upon and determinedby his own exertions, which find obvious expres-Ficn In the "mill system." By this method Jus-tice Is swift an! each day brings Its sure lewardof an Increased or decreased bank account. Thisis shown in a literal "book of judgment." whichIs kept for each one separately, and when submit-ted to a boy every Wednesday Is a cold but unde-niable record of deeds good and bad. The latterinclude unwashed hands, uncombed hair, unblack-ered shots and carelessness generally.

For infringement of rules, such as disobedience,running away, stealing or lying, large debts are jincurred, which sometimes represent a thousand or |njore mills, and which must be settled by denial ofall pleasures until the obligation Is paid.

A guest who was visiting the dining room atsupper time the other day said to one of the boys,"Why, you have no cake on this table!"

"No. sir." replied one of the boys, meekly, "wedon't get cake, 'cause we're In debt." That wasthe table for bankrupts, but Its occupants are al-ways changing.For the opulent boy there are many pleasures. In

summer there Is berrying on the mountains, ridingto the neighboring village*, playingball in the big,beautiful meadow, which is the boys' very own:camping several times during the season upon themountain, and, best of all, there are bathing andswimming and boating on the lake. In the fallthere are no end of nut» to be gathered, and In thewinter coasting and skating.

WHY BOYS ARE COMMITTED.The boys are admitted to the farm by commit-

ment of State Magistrates, and by contract withparents, guardians or institutions. They are com-mitted only between the ages of seven and six-

teen years. After sixteen, if still unmanageable,they are sent *o the Elmlra Reformatory. Thespecific causes lor which boys are sent there aremany; but theft, truancy and intemperance arethe most usual. They arrive with distorted ideasof life, which have left traces upon their youth-ful faces and figures. But with wholesome occu-pations cf work and play, and under the healingand beneficent Influence of Mother Nature, they

learn right thinking and living, which is soonshows In brightening eyes and a growing intelli-gence of expression. The present Inmates repre-sent all grades of society from the gamin of thestreets to petted eons of rich and Influentialcitizens.

"Every mother's son of them wants to get away,end every mother's son wants to come back oncehe is away," bald Mr. Burnham. Running away

Is not Infrequent, and a large percentage of theboy« at one time or another, have tried It. Re-cently seven boys ran away. Three of them, how-

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TEMERITY MAT COST WHEELMAN'S LIFE.Frank Butler, thirteen years old, the youngest

son of Michael Butler, a talior. livingat No 590Columbus-aye.. attempted to ride his bicycle Infront of a northbound Columbus-aye. cable car at

Elghty-nlnth-st., yesterday morning. The car wasrunning fast on a grade. It hit the boy. threw himfrom his wheel and made scrap Iron of the ma-chine. Citizens carried the unconscious lad Into anearby drugstore and a short time later Dr. Hitch-cock took him to the J. Hood Wright Hospital. Thelad has a broken arm and a fractured skull. Hisrecover* is improbable, the doctors said. JamesWeir of No. 765 Eighth-are., the motorman. washell by Magistrate Hogan in the West Side Courtpending the result of the boy's injuries.

MEDICAL ASSOCIATION WINS SUIT.

Judgment was delivered yesterday by Justice

McAdam In favor of the New-York County MedicalAssociation In a suit brought to compel the City

of New-York to turn over to the plaintiffa penalty

of $50 paid by a person who was prosecuted foracting as a physician without a license.

The Medical Association supplied the evidence onwhich the man was convicted, but the money waspaid Into the city treasury. The plaintiffcontendedthat as It was a :ounty medical society, entitled torepresentation m a State society. It was entitledas complainant, under the laws of 1535, to the fine

Inflicted on conviction of the offender.The city answered that the aot of 1896 did not

apply to the plaintiff,but to older societies.Justice McAdam says the plaintiff did the work

and "should have the .ransom."

ALL ARTICLES OF FOOD MUST SHOW WHAT THET

ARE. BIT COMMISSION INDORSES NONE.

Chicago, July 2 (Special).— The food authoritiesare Incensed at the statement sent out from herethat under the new Pure Food law, which goesinto effect to-day, they will put their stamp of ap-proval upon the alum baking powders as healthfularticles of diet.

So far as is known there Is not a Food and DairyCommissioner nor Hoard of Health in the UnitedSt.Ue.s that approves Of alum baking powders, and

the Food and Dairy Commtesioaer of Illinois is v.oexception to the rule.

Under the new law the Commissioner has di-rected that all baking powders be labelled to showtheir active principles, as •ream or tartar pow-ders/ "alum powders" or "phosphate powders."This is in respect to the demand of the public, who

have been In the put deceived by the makers ofulum powders into buying alum goods when, know-ingly, they could not be induced to use such arti-cles" The" law In question is the first step in thisState as slmi:.ir laws have been in other States,

toward the suppression of alum baking powders,which are weK understood to be detrimental tohealth.

The manufacture and sale of alum baking pow-ders are attractive to some unscrupulous people be-cause of the cheapness of alum and the slight cost

at which they can be made. Such powders are pro-duced for two cents a pound, and selling at 25 or30 cents they give a large margin of proilt.

Most of the States are adopting laws to regulatethe sale of alum baking powders. InMissouri theirmanufacture and sale are prohibited. Congress hasrecently investigated upon this line of food, and itscommittee reported that tt found the opinion ofscientists overwhelmingly against the U9« of alumIn baking powder, and recommended that the sale

of such powders be prohibited by law.The principal manufacturers of alum baking

powders are located In this and adjoining States,

and they are making efforts to overcome the law

or to evade the retirements of The Commissioner,

who insists that such powders must be labelled, aswell as others, to show the public their actualcharacter.

XOT FOR ALUM POWDERS.

STATION OF Mini.AND RAILWAY AT CONCORD

BURNED.

The waiting room and transfer station of th»Midland Electric Railway Company, at Concord,Staten Island, was destroyed by fire early yes-

terday morning. The building was a two storyframe structure. Frederick Dacey and his wifeand child, who lived on the second floor, wereawakened by the smoke. Mrs. Dacey and thechild were taken down a sort of human ladderfrom a rear window. Dacey, in trying to save someuf his property, nearly lost his life. He Jumpedfrom a front window after being scorched.

The burned building was owned by WilliamCurry, who also owns the hotel across the road.There were about forty guests in the hotel, andfor a time there was excitement.

ALMOST A RriJ FROM DEPOSITORS FOR MONET

FOR THE FOURTH ANT) VACATIONS

Nearly all the savings banks of New-York de-clared semi-annual dividends yesterday. The usualannual rate was 3H per cent, although severalbanks declared 4 per cent. The banks were keptbusy by depositors who drew on their accounts forpocket money for the Fourth of July and In manyeases, perhaps, for the means of taking shortsummer vacations. The rush on the banks was dueto the fact that depositors do not like to disturbtheir accounts until the dividends have been de-clared, so that th« interest on their savings may beas large as possible. They are forced to wait un-til July 1in order to get the fullbenefit of the half-year's business.

WO VAX AXD CHILD SAVED FROM FIRE.

SATIXGS BAXKB DECLARE DTTWEXDS.

Miss Anna Sands, who returns from Paris atthe end of this week, will go to Newport, whereshe will remain for the summer. The Count andCountess de Langifr-Villars. who are on the sameship, will go to Bar Harbor.

Dr. and Mrs. Clement Cleveland have left Paris,en route for America. They have been the guestsof Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould, and crossed theocean to Europe on the Niagara.

Newport will have a great celebration of theFourth to-morrow, with the parade In the daytimeand the yacht race and the fireworks in the even-ing. Society will have the entertainment givenon the Electra by Commodore and Mrs. ElbridgeT. Gerry and the first dinner of the Clam Bake.

Southampton will have the Meadow Club dinnerand dance and fireworks. There will be enter-tair.ments now each week at the Meadow Clubduring the season, which has not yet properlyBegun. It Is never In full swing before August.There willbe golf and polo at many of the otherresorts, and at all fireworks and a dance in theevening. There is a special programme being pre-pared at Tuxedo, and there will be games andcontests of all kinds, some of them for handsomeprizes. The club will be illuminated and therewill b« fireworks in the evening.

The chief Interest In social matters yesterdaywas in the suburbs The golf content at GardenCity drew a large gathering, many of them fromthe Rcwlyn-Westbury neighborhood, and the spec-tators at the polo games In Prospect Park, al-though Meadow Brook was In the contest, were notas representative as they had been during- the lastweek. The Rockaway Tournament begins to-diyan<l to-morrow Lakewood WlB be one tho conltending teams Mr. •nd Mrs. George .1 Gould wincome down ihia mornlni froa the Catskllls MrOou (1 wLll play on the Lakewood team, and MrsGould wfll so to Newport for a few days.

For some time there have been various darkhints in various publications M to the matrimonialInfelicities of a young couple who have a countryplace near Westbury. Yesterday one of the news-papers came out directly with a dispatch fromParis stating that these rumors were positivelytrue and that Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Gebhardwere about to seek a legal separation In the courts.It is not in the province of this column to makemention of any matters of that kind. Butsince the statements have appeared In nrlnt. It isonly simple Justice to say that up to the presentmoment no papers have been filed in any such suit.Mrs Gebhard has been in Baltimore with herrather. J. B Morris, and has engaged rooms atNarragansett for the summer. The house at West-bury is closed. Fre.leri^k Gebhard has been Int>wn. ana he has varied the monotony of lifeIn thec'ly at tn:s time of the year by a visit to the farm

of Pierre Lorillard. Itis true that there have beenrumors in circulation, but up to the present writ-ing both Mr. and Mrs. Gehhard have always deniedthem.

Ex-Governor and Mrs. I.cvi P. Morton and theMisses Morton will sail this morning on theKaiser Wllhelm der Grosse for Cherbourg. Theywill visit the Paris Exposition and travel on theContinent. Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard goes on thesamo ship. She |3 accompanied by Mrs. ErnestoG. Fabbrl. sr., who came over to America somemonths ago on a visit to her son and daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. William Jay Schieffelln.who had waited for Mrs. Shepard's return from herUUtmore visit, went up to Bar Harbor. Other pas-sengers on the Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse are Mr.and Mrs. Court.amlt F. Bishop, who go for a longContinental tour; Mrs. W. Storrs Wells, who willremain In Europe until the autumn: Guy Dodgaand Walter Phelps Dodge. Beeckman Lorillard.the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lortllard; E. C.Lamed. Albert C. Lamed, E. P. Hammond andth» Misses Hammond, and Mr. and Mrs CharlesStewart Smith.

Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Oakley Rhlnelander willleave town to-morrow for New-London, wherethey will be the guests of Miss Serena Rhine-la.Trier. Llspenard Stewart has as his guests atNewport General and Mrs. James M. Varnum.General and Mrs. Varnum sail soon for Europe.

INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

TEA.CBERB ARRIVE FROM CUBA.Host. in. July 2—The United States Army trans-

pot Bedgwick, having on board more than fourhundred female teachers from <'üba and the thirdof the fleet bringlni the Initruetom tn this country

fora season ol Itudj Si Harvard University's sum-mer school arrived here this morning.

The run to Boston was without Incident. Ihe

ship arrived without sickness «m board, with thoexception of One case of malaria. There are yettwo more vessels to arrive, the Burnslde and the

SI UMER HOME FOR WORKING WOMEN.

For several yeara many orphans from respectable

families have been cared for at the Thecla Orphan-

age at Upper Nyack, N. T-. where they have re-

ceived throughout the entire year not only educa-

tional advantaees. but In addition all the com-

forts and privileges of a real home.

The Thecla Annex has been opened this summer,

and last week a party of thirty went there. Theobject of the Annex is to provide a pleasant sum-mer vacation or winter rest for young women whoare self-supporting and have small incomes. Thehoused pleasant lv situated, and the guests haveth^s advantages of the ordinary small summer hotel\u25a0ueh as safi water ba'hlng. outdoor games andpTano for tie sum of W \u25a0 we.-k. Applications mustbVmade by letter to Room No. 823, United CharitiejBuilding Fourth-aye. and Twenty-second-at.. andthe secretary will call. Only those willbe receivedwho have the testimony Of their employers thattV v are respectable and industrious and earn lessthan $S a week. Two weeks at the Annex are a*-

lowed.

,1 MATCHLESS COMPLIMENT.

Adelina Patti tells of an Incident which occurredduring her last visit to San Francisco, when she

received from a little child, what she considers thefinest compliment of her life. One morning a mancalled upon Mme. Pattl at her hotel, bringing with

him his little daughter. After chatting for a whilePattl asked the little maid if she would ilk.- asong and sitting, down at th*- piano, accompaniedherself to "Coming Thro' the Rye." The childstood by Paul's side all through the «ong, drinkingin the melody with wide blue eyes fixed upon thesinger's face. At its close the little maid drew Inher breath and clasped her hands, exclaiming: "Oh!that is lovely. You sing it almost as beautiful asmy mnmma does!"

The principal speaker on this occasion was MissMary L. Birtwell. general secretary of the Asso-ciate Charities. Cambridge, Mass. She said

It was of the utmost Importance that all charityworkers, both professional and volunteer, should

understand the relation of curative to preventivemeasures, the relation of relief to the whole fieldof charitable endeavor, and unless the givers andworkers In any community—individuals, churchesrelief societies and public relief officers— hold soundprinciples tn common and work tn accordance withcommon convictions, they would Inevitably work at

cross purposee and defeat the ends at which all

were aiming.Relief should be aammlstered in accordance witn

the following principles, she said:First—Relief should be part of a plan for the

permanent improvement mt a family aided anelastic plan, a plan of concerted action, including

the co-operation of the family Itself.Second— Relief should be adapted to the highest

needs cf the family aided. The form of aid givenshould be determined by its Influence on the habitsand character of the recipient; it should not bebased on "worthiness" or "unworthlness. but onthe course of action best calculated to lead to im-

provement. \u0084

Third—Relief should come from one source, ir

possible, or through one channel. Natural re-sources that is. relatives, fr(.pn<l*. neighbors, em-ployers should be drawn upon to the utmost. T.he

permanently Incompetent, the Incorrigible "bouMbe cared for by the State Institutions, tho morehopeful by private charity in th.-ir homes.

Fourth—Belief should be adequate. The mos.etr-nuous efforts on the part of every member orth« fnmllv shoul.i be expected, however, and es-pecially should widows and children be aided ade-

quately for frail women can hardly be expectedto be both breadwinners and hon: '-maker*.

Planning relief, and friendly aid for families ne-cessitate ca operation at every *\»v. and as we"work together over smiill talks' w.« are lea Btep

by Htep to unite In the larger movements forsocial »«>ttiement. -a\v

Through the personal contact of our friendly

visitors with the problem of individual poor fami-ad throrgh the conference of many w-.i-Ke.s

along different llros among the poor, a kn..w!.-'iir<»of ih* .•haritnble work of a city is gain.-.l which laInvaluable The growth of evils, unsuspected per-

y the individual cltiKn. may be revealedand measures may be devised to r-wk frowthwhiih would otherwise never have been thought or.

\u25a0\ general survey of the whole fleld of, charitj may

«=.->, ini forces the eympathy and friendship inai

ditiona to future tz> neratloi

"THE FORM GIVEN SHOULD BE DETER-

MINED BT ITS INFLUENCE ON THE

CHARACTER OF THE RECIPIENT."

A meeting was held yesterday morning by the

Summer School in Philanthropic Work. In the

United Charities Building, in charge of William I.Nichols, general secretary of the Brooklyn Bureauof Charities. The subject discussed was "Co-operation In Securing AW and Attention for Fami-

lies."

AID TO POOR FAMILIES.

The Countess of Aberdeen pays an affectionatetribute to the late Mrs. Gladstone In a recentnumber of the English Journal "The Gentle-woman," saying In part:

For two years thousands of loving, loyal heartsnave watched with affectionate Interest for the briefglimpses which have been permitted to us fromtime to time of a lonely, pathetic figure waitingamid the scenes of an historic past the sum-mons to rejoin him who had been her all in allfor wellnigh sixty years. And at last the angelbearing the glad message has come.

And we—her friends— their friends— bow our headsIn thankfulness, and rejoice that they whom Godhad Joined are once morn together.

How can we do other than rejoice, who wereallowed into the sacred intimacy of a home lifethe impress of which can never leave those whowere brought in contact with it? It must be rareindeed in the history of the world that everyelement for a perfect union should thus be broughttogether. Beauty of person, unique gifts of intel-lect and mind, strength of character, marvellouspowers of sympathy and enthusiasm, the abilityto inspire devotion in others, the love of the beau-tiful, and all welded together and made effec-tive by a deep religious faith and by a common pur-pose to live for God and humanity.

As you crossed that thrasnold you felt that youcame Into no ordinary atmosphere. You mightnot agree with the opinions held by the head of thehouse, you might be !n actiire opposition to themain objects of his life, but no guest who wasentertained under that roof could come away with-out feeling that here could be seen family life atIts beat and at its holiest.

And to whom was it all due?Ah! ItIs In tne answer to that question that the

secret is found. Neither to tha one nor the other,but to the both.

You cannot think of them as separate. He neededher to complete him, ami she could not have beenherself but for him. They shared each other'slife to the full—she knew his secrets and keptthem— took an interest In relations of life whichto many husbands are as a pealed book. And so,although Catherine Gladstone may net be remem-bered by future generates as a personality byherself, she willbe given the glory of having madethat perfect home possible which made his lifepossible.

That perfect home! Yet. the thoughts of many

are turning now to those days spent In that hos-pitable castle In the lovely English park amidthe Welsh hills. It has all been so often describedMr Gladstone's morning walk, by the woodlandpath he had made, to the dally 8 o clock ser-vice at the parish church. Mrs. Gladstone gather-Ing her household together for family prayers the

rich and varied conversation at mealtimes, or dur-

ing walks and drives, the instant and regular re-sumption of work at the appointed hours the con-s'deratlon shown to every member of th« house-hold, each of whom seemed to be an object ofsolicitous Interest, the wide sympathies n°wing

out from that home to all who were In trouble and

sorrow, whether the sufferers awelt In palaces orin lowly cottages, the orphanage at the Castlegates, and the innumerable agencies for good in

which a personal share was taken by th« family,th" sense of duty first And pleasure afterwardwhich pervaded ail the dally routine the personaldevotion to the Queen and her service, shownwhenever her name was men t!or*drJ}1~-?thr« buta few of the memories which I

* left with usiofsnroundings which must have been lived among

to bo understood.

DESCRIPTION OF HER HOME LIFE BYTHE COUNTESS OF ABERDEEN.

IN MEMORIAM.CATHERINE GLADSTONE. JUNE 14, 1900.

Go, faithful heart! be his again once more!How brief the space of parting! Oh. bo free.Be giad again, where on the further shoreHe waits to welcome thee,

Mind conquers mind, and wit, a subtle spark,a

<-*rows «lm, and eloquence is soon forgot.And warriors die, and moulder in the dark.

And men remember not.

Thou hadst no thought for greatness; it was fameiMiougn for thee Ifone was reckoned greru ;Enough to keep from ne.y shafts of flame

One head Inviolate.God gave thee love whole-hearted, love to thrill

The colder, harder world that girt thee round,A silent speeding ripple, widening still

To life's extremest bound.—(Arthur C. Benson.

CATHERINE GLADSTONE.

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The American woman is showing with each sea-

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in her outfitting. Style Is not everything with her.

and first of all. she wants to know whether a thing

is becoming as well as beautiful. And when it

J^mners have a different creature to cope withtuners have a different creature to cope with£ day from the woman of a quarter of a century

ago who took anything that whs offered to her

because she ITU told it was stylish.

What used to he known as nankeen is revived,ris season to a large extent for children's every-

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shore dresses as for separate skirt, to

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Many of the bo called "wash" dresses for summer

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lnce, and seams are held together with bows ofblack velvet baby ribbon, as r^b™ a

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however color schemes are growing Z"*™**^™long sprays of hanging and drooping flowers scat-

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It would seem that the corset less woman la be-

ccming more and more In evidence In New- York.

Itis however, a noticeable fact that she is ever

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