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name of each has been a monosyllable,
"AM," "Ed." or a Hke abbreviation. Whenthe first of the well favored gentlementook the place he paid the hotel man theround sum of J#>.o'o. it Is said, for thefurnishings. Men who outfit to know es-
timate the value of that furniture at from$4,000 to JS.CKXX The rent was $1(0 a monththen. Ever since it has been $1,230 a
month. "Tom" says the interest in bowl-ing among his liver patients is something
remarkable, bo great. Indeed, that the
well favored gentlemen make a good thing
of it after paying their rent.
The jackals in human form who wish to
bar "Tom"' from his longed-for Senator'schair dragged that suit from its fouryears* sleep in the Orange County courts.They had witnesses by the dozen ready to
swear to seeing and playing roulette, faroand other games of chance in the casino.One rash person swore that he saw Thom-
as Taggart himself play $I'> Mia roulette
table and lose it. The properties that werecaught in the haul of 1906 were called to
mind. The jackals insinuated that rou-lette tables "might have been used forplaying roulette, and when the manhoodof Orange County the other day revoltedat the thought and rendered a verdict forthe hotel they took an appeal to the Su-preme Court of the state, and then Gover-nor Marshall announced that the appeal
would be dropped.
BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS.BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS.
APRAHAM«\u25a0» STgAUS. I
Overflow of Monday Values
10 Minutes Jersey City to Ho\t Street, Brooklyn—By Tunne! and s_--:
BROOKLYN
A memorial window to Henry Chadwick.the "Father of .tall." was unveiled
alter The morning services last Sunday at
the Church of Our Father. Grand avenue
end Lffferts Place. The funds for thewindow wore raided by a committee headedby Charles EL Ebbets. president of theBrooklyn Ba.<ebail Club. Mr. Ebbets was
personally thanked at the service for 1I"efforts. The services at the unveiling were
conducted by the Rev. Thomas E. Potter-ton, pastor of the church. Money for the
window was contributed by a largt» number
of persons. Only email sums were ac-
cepted from imeb. as the committee wished
to make the tribute as general as possible.
The window Is a reproduction of HolmanHunt's painting. "The Light of the World."An Inscription on the window reads:-Father of Baseball, by His Friends."
The efforts of the irembers of the. FourthAvenue Sletbodist Episcopal Church, ex-Tending: over the past decade, to clear theirbuildingof debt culminated a few evenings
aso iv the burning of the mortgage for
J29.00Q. Through the campaign of the Rev.
Dr. A. EL Barnes, the pastor, £15,40) of theamount was raised In three years. Themeeting at which the movement began washeld In t3ot Controller Bird S. Coler pre-sided and contributed S3OOL Since then thechurch hus had three ministers. The two
who preceded Dr. Hurras were the Rev.Robert Jones and the Rev. John Rlppere.
At the meeting at which the mortgage wasburned the members bade farewell to Dr.Burae*, who goes to I>anbury. Conn. His
successor willbe the Rev. Arthur J. Smith,
of l>anbury. Dr. Burnes's new church is
the largest Connecticut church in the New-York East Conference. The Fourth Ave-nue Methodist Church was established !nl»>7* and has a membership of 1.-""', with aSunday school membership of 1.750. Itschurch property is valued at 170.006. Thechurch building seats 300 persons, and theSunday school 750-
Only hymns composed by Brooklynites
-trill be sunp at the coming Anniversary
Day ration by the Sunday schoolsunder the control of the Brooklyn Sunday
School Vr.ion. The hymns were distributedto the churches last week. Six different
one* have been selected for the celebration.They -were composed iespwWTy for th«» oc-
casion by Samuel A. Baldwin, organist ofthe Church of the Holy Trinity; JohnHyatt Prf:wr, orpanist of the Lafayette
.Avenue Presbyterian Church; O. Waring
Etebbins, organist of the Emmanuel Bap-
liEt Church; R. Huntington Woodman, or-paniFt of the First Presbyterian Church;
Dr. Frank E. A. Stoney \u25a0\u25a0i Charles O.Beck. The coming Anniversary Day will
be the eipfcty-first celebrated by the Brook-lynchurches. As a special honor to Fanny
Crosby, who recently has celebrated herninetieth birthday, all the primary depart-
ments of the Sunday schools will sing her*ong. '"Our Anniversary Day." She wrotethe words in :-3. The music is by Dr.Stoney.
"What kind of vkwhr was asked."Why. those wheels they turn around,
with boles In "«n and \u25a0tots.""What do you call those wheels? Tsn't
that the game of baccarat?""Inever saw baccarat.""Weren't they really roulette wheels?""Well, thai .- i!,e thing. Isn't It?"
VALOR SHOULD HAVE REWARD.They say In the Middle West that the
dweller in Frew b LJck who would tella court he didn't know the difference be-
tween roulette and baccarat should be li-
censed to run a rt-sort for liver complaint
as a mere reward for valor.casino has been rented to four or
five !ifferent tenants since "Tom" Tag-part started to put < >range County on themap, some ten years ago. They have beentali, well f.iv<>reil geatlaaaen, for the mostpart, and it is remarkable that the first
HOW THE CALUMNY STARTED.This is how that foul libel started. One
of the most persistent and excited of the
casino visitors a few years ago was arising young politician, who was then the
State Treasurer of Indiana. Toward the
last of his term he spent most of his timeat the French Lick Hotel. There came
rumors that the affairs of his office were
not as they should be. The reports grew;
then came an investigation, revelationsand a trial, which made an ugly scandaLThe man was convicted of embezzlement.He broke down and confessed, He saidhe had been driven to steal because he
had lost his own money In the gambling
house on "Tom" Taggart's hotel lawn.All this was early in 1906* On the even-
ing of July Iof that year the agents of
the State Attorney General broke Into thecasino and ransacked it as if it had beena common gambling dive. They seizedfour faro layouts and three or four rou-lette wheels and tables, with chips, cards,
dice cups and other suggestive things tothe amount of several wagon loads. Thestate authorities brought suit at once to
have the charter of the French LickHotelrevoked, charging that gambling was per-mitted in the casino.It id history now how the trial brought
out a pathetic sidelight on "Tom" Taggarfs
educational defects. When they asked himwhat furniture was in the casino, he re-plied that, there were chairs, tables andwheels.
out a bark floor and sent him to his> room.
The lai cauprht tho midnight train for Cfcl-cago with the money that the manager's
Me irr would not M him leave in
th* .-nsin«.-- not at gambling, anyway, as
"Tom" said.
BROOKLYN ADVERTIS MENTS.
"Son, you go along home," he said.
"Let me In," the boy pleaded. "I want
to take a chance for &o,<X>o and a record.""Record, your eye." the manager prowled.
"Ypu hump yourself out of here. This Is
a square game, but you know it's dead
sure. We'll get it all ifyou stay in, andstay you will if you go lack. You for theflat an' the kiddles."
He led the young man almost by force
Nest evening he came hack. The man-a^pr rret him at the door and laid a. large
\u25a0hand or. hia shoulder.
It \va« 7:30 o'clock when h© walked up to
the table with Ji'O In his pocket. At 9
O'clock he had $700. At 11 he had $15. At 1he rushed out of the casino -with 535.0 Minbanknotes and pold.
,\ ; tie young man walked into the casinoone evoninp not lonp apo. He lived Wttkhis wife in a Chlcego flat on $33 a month.
Wben h» apkf-d for leave of absence he didnot tell his employer that he had liver com-plaint, nor that he was Roing to French]J~k to cure it.
THE MAN AND HIS BUSY RAKEThe well flurnDrill men and women always
do have money when th<y go to the tables.
When they como away they sometimeshave money and sometimes do not, but
not once in ten thousand times does one
of them go out with the precise sum with
which he came In. Always the keen facedman sweeps his table with the rake after
the whe«>l lias whirled, gathering a heap of
coins ami yellow backed bills; often he will
push across a pile of money as bright as
a bonfire to one of the ex-ited ones. Bat, as
"Tom" Ta^gart fay?, there cannot be any
gambling at the casino, for he knows of
none and he lives In the hotel a Rood part
of the year. The French I,ick Hotel is aresort for liver cmnplaii t. which is curedby the famous springs there. The casino is
rented oxpressly for the management ofpor.l tables and bowling alleys. It says soin the lease.
Of course there Is no gambling- in thecasino, and there never was except once.••Tom" Taseart swore to that in the trialonly the other day. That one time he wasMshocked he had it stopped immediately.
True, everybody in the Middle West issupposed to know that French L,ick has
the "squarest" tables, the most fashionableclientele, the most richly furnished playing
rooms and the biggest game to be foundbetween Chicago and New Orleans. Menand women, dressed as if for the opera,
do saunter into the casino of an evening
and gather excitedly before tables wherethe cloth is marked on* and lettered in red
and black, where ther« is a bowl shaped
wheel sunk in each table and a keen facedman in evening: clothes with a rake and aready voice who now and then sets thowheel to spinning.
The French Lick Hotel is a largo, loose-
jointed structure, with the wide doors, wideverandas and dark, enormous parlors that
made hotels impressive when photographalbums were in fashion and Josiah Allen's
wife visited ar Saratoga. Nowadays smart-
lydressed crowds chatter on the verandasand automobiles bray In the drives, butsomething of the hospitable quiet of other
days still hangs about the old hotel. There
is a neat village to left and right, a flatcasino on the lawn and a newer hotelacross the road, all settled into the bottomof a valley as if they had been shakenthere. On either side the hills are green
and low. the last ridges of the Cumber-lands, where tl7 range breaks and sinksaway into the flat farmlands of Indiana.
But on this happy valley the breath of
carping calumny has recently blown, a
moan conspiracy has reviled it. the serpent
of slander has spit venom on its heel. For
"Tom" Tasgart. the hearty, self-made boss
of IndianapOlis, Democratic state chairmanand twice the national chairman of his
party, is the owner of the hotel and thegenial despot of the country round. Asthey say there. •Tom" Tasgart put Orange
County on the map. Now "Tom" Taggart
wants to go to the United States Senate.
So petty politicians have sneaked behind to
stab him in the back, declaring that he has
allowed gambling in the flat casino on hislawn.
That X of Course. People
Amused Themselves At
French Lick.
GAMBLING? THL IDLA!
How Mean toMalign Tom
Taggart So.
BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS
ilits Beatrice Herford viill pive four
rnonolOhUcs in the music hall of theAcad-rmy of Music under the auspices of theBrooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, onWednesday evetalng. Her topics are: "TheOnly<"faiM," "ACockney Lady," -The Taleof the Train"' and "The Country Store."Frederick Monsen will lecture in the hallon Saturday evening on "The Great South-west-* The lecture \u25a0wjII be Illustrated.
FOURTEEN ERRORS OF LIFE.
Th«> fourteen mistakes of life. Judge |
Ber.tnul told the Bartholomew Club, are:
(lard ofright ajid arrang and everybody to
conform to it.To try to measure the enjoyment of others
tyour own.To expect uniformity of opinion in this
Vfrid.To look for Judgment and experience In
vr'.sth.*To endeavor to mould all dispos!tions
\u25a0Not to vicld in tribes.T<» look lor i-eift-itions In our own ac- ;
lions.To wGrry >ursrlv^s and others about ;
•w hat cannot i>e remedied.Not to alleviate if»« can all that needs
filk'viaticn.Not t<> n;ak«» a'lowances for the weak-
Xir>ses ofothers.To <onsid*r anjthin»: im;x)sslble that we
(
C?.r.not <>ui-s*-Ive« perform.To Ixli'-veonly whut our finite nr.nds can
a.c if the mornr-nt. the time, the<Jhv \iere to in<i»ortaßt that it would liveJcrever. .. ,
To *-Mirnn:r jieopl1? r»y sotpe outside qual-ity for it is that witinu whicti inakti llifmVn.—London Evening Standard.
These Pianos, taken in exchange for the STERLINGPLAYERPIANO, will go on sale to-morrow morning. Somehave been used less than a year, while others, "t course, haveboon in use for longer periods, but they arc all in perfect condi-tion and equal to new in musical quality. This is an opportunityto secure a standard make Piano for much less than usual and anopportunity you cannot afford to overlook.
; Sterling Piano, with Simplex, (^^fift\u25a0 Cabinet Piano Player, the 7^.1HI
combination worth $650, %s\Jl\j ;
Bargains for To=rnorrow
SterlingPianos
Sterling Silver Teaspoons, va!i:e<»75c. and Ssc. each 50c
(None C. O. D.)Onr Fan Wearwel! Suits for
Boys, with two pairs of Trou-ers.$4.95
25.-. Women's Embroidered Lir?nCollar?. 2 for 25c
$6 to $10 Lily of France Corset-;.52.5S
Silk and Tinsel Garni* va!t?e S3each, at $1.24
Infants* White Pique Coats, vafcse$7.58, at $4.38
25c Embroidered American Sv.i-sMuslin 9c
Clinical Thermometers 39c73c. to SI White Silk Fans 4"cBoys* 25c. Underwear 19cWomen's 20c. Stockings 12Mc
Store orders only.)Men's 20c. Half Hose.. ..... A2T zc$1 to $1.25 Velvet Carpets, yard.
79c.. 89c. "and 5!The Fan-: ma After Easter Glove
Sale, pair 47c$15 to $17 Batiste Flounce Robe.
$-.«8Spring Dres? Fabrics, new, stylish
and desirable. at. yard ..49cMen's and Women's" $1.50 Umbrel-
las . 9Sc$1.35 to $1.05 Untrimmed Ha:s..B9c
(None C O. D.ISpring Sale of Metal Beds and Bed-
ding at prices that court compari-son.
$5 and $6.50 Mercerized Tnpc^-ryPortierts. pair $2.19 and $3.19
83c. to $2 Raffled Muslin, striped 2ndf:gt!red Curtains, yard.
49c.. 89c. $1.15 an,! $!.35Water Spotproof Satin Foulards.
rosriilar 85c^ it 55c$2.50 to $9.50 Silver Bags.
$1.47 to $4.65Women's $16.50 Full Length P.m^e
\u25a0\u25a0 Coats $11.95$25 Haviland China Dinner Sets.
$17.49$3 American Cut Glass Fruit BortL
SI.9S
Rabats 25cIrish and Scotch Satin Damask Ta-
ble Cloths, values up to $7.35, now,
each : $4.49
White Cotton and Wool Flannel. 27inches wide, regular 30c. quality.to-morrow at. yard 23c
Lawn Kimonos 35c
Lawn Sacques 29cMillinery Flowers at little prices.29c. Moire Taffeta Percaline. yd. 18c51.25 Black AllWool Panama, yard,"
69cLingerie Waist $2.98$7 23 to $5.40 Watches at
$1.19 to $4.24Crystal Domino Sugar. 5-ib. carton,
sold here usually at 41c, to-mor-row at 37c
(Quantities limited.)
Priscilla Brand Coffee. 1-lb. carton,24c; 5-lb. carton. $1.14; 25-lb.sack $5.73
Montauk Chop Ten. 1-lb. carton.37c; 5-lb. caddie, $1.75; 10-lb. cad-die $3-40
Muslin Gowns 49c$4 to $5 Taffeta Silk Petticoats.s2.9B<"Xo mail or telephone orders filled.)Hardy Three
-Year-
Old Roses,each 20c
(None C. O. D.)
The Beekman Wheelbarrow,$3.32 and $4.17
Popular Music 9cBoys' Baseball Suits 9ScMen's $15 to $20 Fancy Suits. .$12.50Men's Shoes $1.79Men's $1 Shirts 59cMen's 50c. Underwear.. 29cFlor de Merodes, usually sells at
$3.25 for box of 50; our price is
$2.49; to-morrow, special, at $1.98(None to dealers )
Natural color Irish Linen Suitings.27 inches wide. at. yard 15c
$2.25 Crepe Chiffon Veils $1.9321c. Taffeta Ribbons, yard 14cWomen's Shoes $2.59
DESTROYING THE INSANITY PLEA.
A resolution in criminal procedure— the
abolition «>f tbe Insanity defence— b** been
recommended to the New York State Bar
AsMcSalioa WT*« BpeeUJ committee. Theland uuTidcj thal th<J 'Jli*" iSi""
Je for tJleI*Ut <urv should be: Did the accused ....the forbidden act? IIlie <lid not. he is ln-noecu; if l;e <l:d. he is puilty. and v.ith the\u2666-taif of mind s»t 'lie i.me the jury is to
have nothing to <10. At lirst jrlan«-e onlythis i^^mi*»harsh. The insane per-
»-o'i ivjjo tlayj: i.is :«!I<jw- is not to tori*Ms life,a-* vvouid be the case vre he fan«;
but r*H-aus<« he is insane, ard therefore am»:aa«.f to sc>ci*-ty in ih«* rature, l;e la tolorf«-it 1:15 abcrty.
Mary who have never oorr.^ited crimeare :;<endins their days in institutions*«>r tlie instuTK-. Ix-oautt to be »t iHr^e'•o'jld endanger society. AVhat objection.i}i*-n,<an f»r,!4 when the ca!«o is of the fame
j-orl
'«»l p*r»on who enjoyed his liberty
v*"lhits Insanity burst forth into < rim*-.a^'d '.'.ho is ti.en j:\ar+<l in an institution"ot thi' in order that he may nota »--eecr.d time prey uj.on the peace of to-ejftv? The report recommends further, a«tate lunacy commission to Inquire intotne defendant's state of m!nd when hefecks« h:s freedom f.om a state institutionio utich he ha? thus been pent. lieforeh+ ran po bcf-»jo air.- jud^-*- and ask forH.« freedom. th<^ c«mirjjssJoner.« raufl firstdecide that the man is tar.c.— Leslie'sM'^ekly. -2_
Extraordinary Tuesday SalesGood quality bleached ready nude
Muslin Sheets. 2'ix2' '•- yd*.', ta .49cStandard Fruit of the Loom, hcra'd
Muslin Sheets, 1'.\-v •. >da .ea., 65c
Fine quality Bleached Muslin, readymade Pillow Cases, 45.\56 inches,at. each 12^c
Good quality yard-wide unbleachedMuslin, yard 6c
John J. Clark's soft finish Spool Cot-ton. black or white, 200 yards ona spool; value 27c. \u25a0 doztn, as. adozen 19c
Black- Sewing Silk, letter A. 100 yds.on a spool 5c
Black or White Darning Cotton onspools, each lc
Large rolls of Cotton Tape, valueBe. at 5c
Fancy Hose Supporters, assortedcolors . . . 8c
Allover Real Hail Nets, assortedshades: value 15. at 10c
Craven Dress Shield Pins, 12 on acard; value 5. . at 3c
Smyrna Rugs, from 18x34 inches, at$1.00, to 60x96 inches, at . . $10.00
Tapestry Brussels. 9x12 tVet. $15.00Axminsters. Oxl2 ft.. $19.50 & $21.50Body Brussels, 9xu ft $25.00Wiltons. • .:_• ft $23.75Fine>t Wiltons made. OX I2•• $43.00Tapestry Brussels, ox 9ft $7.50Sin yrnas. r\\Q ft $5.50Body Brussels. 6x9 ft.sls ami $16.50Wiltons. r>x9 ft $19.50Finest Wiltons made. r>\o ft..529.50Tapestry Brussels. S'i^lO'i ft.$12.50Axminstei $s£xloH ft..
$16.75 and $19.50Body Brussels, B^xlo*3 ft..
$21.50 and $25-00Finest Wiltons made. S^xlO'j ft.
$39.50 mi 542.5025c. to 75c. Embroideries, at. yard.
12c. to 35c80c. to 98c. Allovers at, yard 59c$1.25 to $1.49 Waist Fronting^ yard.
89c. and 98c59c. to $1.25
—22 and 21 inch Flou.i-
cinjjs, yard 39c. and 75cHemmed Muslin Sheets, very heavy
round thread linen finish. 2>4 x 1̂sjrards, at. each 65c
ISterling Piano c°Largest Exclusive Piano llousa in Greater Sew York
518-520 Fulton St., Cor. Hanover PI., Brooklyn.Open .1111till Evenings Until to o'clock
Original Price. Sale Price.Sterling Upright - - -
300 $185American Upright - - -
250 120Jacob Bros. Upright - -
275 180Horace Waters Upright - -
350 215Bailey Upright - - -
275 190Mathushek Upright - - -
375 175Huntington Upright - -
300 270Mendelssohn Upright - - 225 175Sterling Upright - - -
425 290Sohmer Upright - - -
500 295Armstrong Upright
- - 275 190Claflin Upright - - -
300 200
We willmake liberal terms it you do not wish to pay cash.
Phone sags Main for all Tuning, Repair or Moving Mm
Announcement ha* been made of thp en-gagement of MJ
-Vivian L'Hauretuc,
daughter of Mrs. <;eorge 11. I.jf ureux.Of No. 1217 Dean street, to Irving C. L.te,
STr?. Calvin Edwards Mull, who lias notmls^*"! a p<rfoimam-e o? opera at »li*-Academy of Music this winter, had as herKiK-sts <in Monday eveninß Mr. and M:IJohn Bullwiiikle, ';\u25a0•• latter gowned Inblack lace over white satin. Mrs. Hull'scostume was of blue satin, made princess
fashion. an<l embellished with old point
lace. Her Jewels were diamonds.
As Mr nnd Sirs. Harry C Rogers havegiven up th«-ir boiise on Putnam avenueand are livins at the St. Mark .•\u25a0 AvenuoHotel, the weddlns of th^ir «!auKht* r. Ml—[rebfl Blanch* Roscrs, in to be ii very «|u!^t
affair. Sli*- ia to be married to Harold Rob-erts on Wednesday, April M Her sister.Miss Helen Rogers, will he her only at-tendant.
University, took a three years' course in
law and will receive her degree this Juno,
when Mr. Dradsfleld. who has been study-
ing civil engineering, will also toe gradu-
ated from Cornell. Miss Caldwell is a
cousin of Mrs. Calvin Edwards Hull, of No.
£31 Washington avenue, with whom she
makes her home, and a stater of Dr. IsabelOaldwell. of No. CSS Nostrand avenue, who
is also a Cornell graduate.
The floral decorations at th* wedding of
Miss Delia Minton and Atherton D. Con-verse on Wednesday evening were uncom-monly beautiful. A profusion of Easter
lilies filled UN home of the bride's parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Minton, No. Iff
Washington Park, whore the ceremony was
performed at Io'clock by the Rev. Dr. 1-.
Mason Clarke and the Rev. Dr. I.yman
\bbott. Two rows of tall standards topped
by larce bunches of lilies formed an aisle
down the centre of the drawing roomthrough which the bridal party passed to
the bower of palms and white blossoms in
the dining »oom, where the clergymen
awaited them. Miss Minton's gown of
white charmeuse satin wa= made with a
court train heavily embroidered in pearls
and crystal and trimmed with duchess and
point lace. Her veil of old point lace was a
family heirloom, and she carried a shower
bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley. Miss Flor-ence Martin, the only attendant of the
bride, was also attired in white satin char-
meuse Her gown had garnitures of gold
Iand silver bugle lace and she carried pink
iroses. The bridegroom, who is the son of1
Mr. and Mrs. Morton E. Converse, of Win-
chendon. Mass., bad as his best man Fred-
!(.r,. Davis, of Winchendon. Nelson D.
1 White, who was to have, served as an
usher, was prevented from attending by ill-ness, and his place was taken by Dr. Iv.jis
Cross, a brother-in-law of Mr. Converse.
The other ushers were George C Beals.also of Winchendon; Carl Weston, Of Will-
lamstown. Mass.. and Ogden Minton. the
bride's brother. A reception followed theceremony. Mrs. Minton received In a gown
of gold colored satin, with a tunic of white
lace and gota bugles, and wore a corsage
l-ouquet of orchids. Mr.and Mrs. Converse
sailed on Thursday on the Carpathia forNaples, and after spending a couple of
month! in Italy. Ft- and Switzerlandwillmake their home in VYlnchendon. Mr.
Converse was graduated from Harvard in
19*) and Is president of the Massachusetts
State Automobile Association. He is also
!Interested in rial navigation.
Mi*s Marjorie Commiskey, daughter of
the late Francis M. Commiskey. was mar-Iried to Lieutenant Walter Schuyler Grant.C S. A., aid •\u25a0• General Charles i:Hodges,
;Department of the Dakota* St. Paul, oniTuesday afternoon. The ceremony, to
Iwhich only relatives and a few intimate
!friends hud been asked, was performed by
|3loss!gnor EL W. McCarty. at the Com-
!mickey home, Xo. IKJ Sixth avenue. Miss
IGrace Commiskey was her sister's maid
|of honor, and tl:e bridesmaids were Miss!Agnes HiitM and Miss Estelle Constlyea.
There was al.->o a little flower girl,' Miss|Elizabeth McEviily. Robert Penwick Jack-son was tJie beet man. 'The bride was given
away by > • r brother, Ueutenant ArchibaldIV Commiskey. ''
.\u25a0 A. She is also a sis-
ter of Dr. I>'O J. J. Commiskey. Lieuten-
ant and Mrs. Graiit will make their homein St. Pa .1
THE HAIR AND DYSPEPSIA.Dyspepsia Is not only one Of the most
common diseases, but It la also one of themost common causes for the loss of hair.Nat . • is very careful to guard and pro-tect and supply the vital organs with theproper amount of nutriment, but win shecannot command a sufficient quantity ofMood supply for all the organs she verynaturally cuts off th« supply of parts leastvital, like the hair and nails, no that Hiemost important organs, like th« heart,lung.", etc.. may be better nourished andperform their work more satisfactorily. Avery conanon cause of Indigestion Is irreg-ularity 'ii meal hours. The human sys-tem tteemii i" form habits, and it per-forms it* functions to a great measure inaccordance with the habits, forired. Thisseems i«> ho particularly *o in regard tileating, and you might say drinking, tooTh« tUomach gel into the habit of accept-ing a •
I.-11 hi a \u25a0 <\u25a0! lam hour everyday, and at that hour it is reads for itIf/however, meals be taken at irregularhour?, the stomach la taken by surprise,and M dora not know when to expeel mmeal, aid it i.- not in thai state of readi-ness for prompt .\u25a0!!.•: perfect performanceof its work. Be more careful about whatyou • \u25a0!. when you eat it, and there winbe less dyspepsia and fewer bald heade.—Family To f.or.
INTERESTING PEOPLE.Many a fashion among French dandies
was set by the late Due de Sagan. fatherof Anna Gould's present husband. Amongother fashions was that of wearing a singleeyeglass with a very wide black ribbon
—a practice followed for many years byParisians who "wished to look "smart." In<)!)<• respect, however, his most faithful ad-mirers refused to follow '!;<• duke. Thiswas when be took to carrying an umbrellaon horseback, ii first indulged in this ec-centricity at a race meeting. When ashower came down and the leader of fash-ion was seen to be holding an umbrellaover himself ami bis horse the sensationwas Immense. So one ventured to imitatehim. however, and ultimately he abandonedthe practice.
The pious wish lately expressed by Sen-ator Jefl Davis that Mr. Rockefeller mightbe burnt eternally with hla own oil recalls.1 petition presented to the United StatesCongress In the early days of the Standardtil Company. The petitioners prayed thata stop alight be put to the irreverent andIrreligious proceedings of the trust in draw-ing such enormous quantities of petroleumfrom tl>«> earth and thus checking th'» de-signs of the Almighty, who had stored itthere with a view to the eventual destruc-tion •\u25a0\u25a0 ihe \u25a0\u25a0: id.i
-iii.:\u25a0 f£ang-hu, rin official In I',kin, has
originated the "National Disgrace Society.*!which is designed to keep the Chinese peo-ple In mind of their national discrace, witha view to awakening and stimulating theirdesire to reform. It La intended to builda tower in which will be exhibited relicsor pictures of events and incidents whichhave brought China to her present humil-iating and critical position.— Chicago News.
Mr and Mrs. Frederick J. Van Vrancken,of No. 1300 Albemarie Road, Flatbush,pave a. dinner of twenty covers Mondayevening for Miss Helen Seaverns and herfi?.nc£, Benjamin Peabody, and Miss ElsieKing, whose engagement to Fortesque
Metcalfe was recently announced. Killar-ney ro.^es and smilax were effectively com-bined in the decorations. The table ap-pointments were In pink, satin hand paintedboxes and bon-bon baskets being given asfavors, the men receiving carnations asboutonnieres and the women corsape bou-quets of roses. Cards were played afterdinner.
As the Crescent Athletic Club's playerswill occupy the stage of the opera houseof the Academy of Music next Saturdayafternoon and evening a larpe and repre-sentative audience is certain to fill thehouse for both performances. The 'res-cent men will have to work hard to liveup to the standard set by those in theirminstrel show last year. However, theybelieve that "The Ice Maidens," writtenespecially for them by D. Parsons Good-rich, willafford them an .excellent chanceto make the most of the club talent andexceed oven their effort of last year. Theprincipal parts are to be taken by RalphK. Sears, Ernest F. Dunham and DarbyMcCahill. Others In the cast will beCharles M. Bull, jr., Charles Switzer. Will-iam Pell, <;. L. Schellngr, Edwin Bigelow,Leicester Collins*. Elliot Pope, Lewis Huntand William Scarboro.
In St. Mary's Church, West New Briph-
ton, on Wednesday afternoon. Miss NoraShelby Calchings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Silas F. Catching* was married to AbnerHunter I'latt. son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C.riatf. of No. 123 St. Mark's avenue. Thebridal party comprised a m<itron of honor,
Mrs. Malcolm Graeme Bruce, of Richmond,Va.; a m;iid of honor, atiM Mary Rogers;f<»;ir bridesmaids, Mi.-.* Marjurie Catchinga,Miss Kiel Thirrel, Miv Elizabeth Gallaherand Miss Eielea Parker, the best man.Cathbert Flatt. in<\ four ushers, StanleyI-iaton, Stuart Hunter, Richard Gordon andLeonard Snedecker. Th^ Rev. l)r. FrancisL. Frost was the officiating clergyman.
Mrs. Ella Frances Haisry and lienryHiteman ary tf> be ciuietly married at noonon Tuesday, April12, at the home of Judgeand Mrs. James ('. Church, No. 64 Eightha\muf, with whom Mrs. Halsoy lives.
Mrs. Frank K. L.upton. of No. S3? St.Clark's avenue, lias issued cards f->r an"hour of music" at her home next Thurs-day morning. The musical is being Rivento present a younu Itll—\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 j.ianist, MischaIyf-vitzki. AHhougli he is scarct-ly in histeens, he has played before distinguished
audieneea in St. PetersbarSi and those in-t*rested in him have great hopes for hisfuture.
An organization which is doing no endof good in a quiet way is the Society forthe Public Good, which was started by
Mr. and Mrs. A. Judson Powell early In the\u25a0winter. It was through the vote of thesociety that the series of Shakespeareanreadings by Mrs. Xeuville were arranged.
Mrs. Powell has loaned the "Little Thea-tre," at So. 915 President street, for thereadings, the. first of which willbe given onTuesday evening. April 5. The remaining
dates are Tuesdays. May 17 and June 7.
At the last meeting of the Public Good So-ciety, Mrs. Calvin E. Hull, the first vice-president, presided in the plare of Mrs.Powell, who appeared in her condensed ver-sion of "Martha," after the business of theevening.
A home wedding on Wednesday evening
was that of Miss Mary Elizabeth Davis,daughter of Mrs. Kate C. Davis, of No.
352 Elalaejr street, and Edwin Steward Hill-
yer. son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hillyer, of
No. 371 McDonough street. The bride wasgowned in white satin messalinc. trimmedwith pearls and duchess lace. She worea tulle veil and carried roses and lilies-of-the-valley. Miss Henrietta Weigan was
her only attendant. She was gowned inwhite chiffon cloth over pale pink, andcarried roses. The best man was RomerW. Kinp. The Rev. Robert Rogers offlc-dated. Pink roses, carnations and palms
were used in decorating the rooms.
Miss May Corbett. whose engagement to
the Rev. Frederick Budlong, rector ofChrist Church. St. Paul, has been an-nounced, is to be married on Wednesday.April 20. Miss Corbet! is the daughter ofMr. and Mrs. Charles H. Corbett. of No.1111 Dean street.
St. Paul's Church. Flat bush, will be the
scene Wednesday, Juno 1. of the wedding
of M m Knld Rice, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. George Trowbridga Rice, of No. 829
Flatbush avenue and Charles StantonHiggins, son of Mrs. Anna Higgins. of New
Haven. Conn. Miss Gertrude Rice Is to be
her sister's maid of honor, and there will
be six bridesmaids-Miss Edith Warburton.Miss Lilian Howard, Miss Adelaide Wes-
trrmaye. Miss Anna Given. Miss MaudBosworth and Miss Maud Rice. Harry
Higgins, the bridegroom's brother, is to
act as best man. and named as ushers are
Gordon Case. J. Adams Johnson. WilliamGriffen, George Coudren. Robert Thomp-
son and Walter Gallagher. The ceremony,
which is to take place at I*o'clock, will
be followed by a reception at the MidwoodClub. Mr. Higgins was graduated -from theYale Law School In 1908.
son of Mr. and Mrs. Whltford J. L#e, of
No. 96 Monroe street. In compliment to
her daughter. Mrs. LHeureux gave a
luncheon of sixteen covers recently.
SMOKY FIREPLACESHade to Draw or no Charge
Examination* and Estimates Frer.
T>»«r«-nce«— V.'m VF. A**or. <-•!\u25a0 If Choat*.TThSK'aii- Itejd ••:<! irar.y other prominent
JOHN WIIITLEY,lin-,£ineer and Contractor,
titF«lt«c it-.Brooklyn.IV. Tel. IGI3 .Main.
\u25a0HOOttLVW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW-YORK DAILY TRTBIM-. SUNDAY, APUTT. •"• 1^
BOROCGII GOSSIP
Vosiofjlcc Changes Planned—
Methodists to Burn Mortgage.A big upheaval is now taking place In
the postofflce. K. "W. Yoorhies. the newPostmaster, Is busy changing the officesystem to suit himself. In a few days he
Intends making a number of recommenda-tions to the Postmaster General for localImprovements. Mr. Voorhles considersunion? his xrost important chances the re-vision of the routes of more than one
thousand letter carriers. The revision will
•nab!* meM of the letter carriers to savefifteen minutes a day— hours— which themen will be able to use for sorting mail•nd takingcare of details that have proved
troublesome in the past. Further, the sav-in makes it possible to send more men to
districts that have been neglected. Insort-Ing the mail .«ach man is oxpected to
handle on an average of sixteen pieces of
mail a minute. The extra time allows eachman to tort 2*o pieces more than he other-\ris«? would have to handle. If the plans
tre fourd to work well in Brooklyn. It istaid, they •willbe adopted inother cities.
Ju?t announced is the engagement of MissMary F*ater Caidwell and Thomas Dr.ids-
n>!d. jr.. of BuiAlWtW. N Y. Mi?s Cald-
well. after lur praduation from Cornell
A dinner and small informal dance for thereceiving party followed the reception whichMrs. Francis Eupene Waibridge pave onWednesday for her daughter, Miss EdithWai bridge. The drawing rooms of the Wai-bridge home. No. 19 Prospect Park "West,
were decorated with American Beauty
roses, and in the dining rooms white flowersmingled with ferns and palms. Receiving
with Mrs. Walbridge and the debutante
were Miss Margaret Pratt, Miss Elvla Za-
briskie. Miss Grace Allen, Miss Edith Jar-
vis. Miss Ethel Dahn. Miss Helen Ford,
Miss Gertrude Coleman, Miss Elizabeth de
Selding. Miss Katherine de Selding, ofBrooklyn, and Miss Edith Holden. of
Greenwich. Conn.
The most Important bit of news that hascom© to hand this week is the announce-ment that Theodore Pratts wedding Is totake place in early June. As Miss LauraMerrlck, Mr. Pratt s fiancee, makes her
home in New Orleans, the wedding will, ofcourse, take place In that city and Is to be
a church ceremony. Mr. Pratt Is th" sec-ond son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles WillardPratt, of No. 241 Clinton avenue. MissMerrlck wa? the guest <>f honor at the re-ception which Mrs. Pratt gave in I>ereml>erto introduce her daughter. Miss Margaret
Pratt.
BROOKLYN SOCIETY
Pratt-Mernck Wedding in
June—
Other Annou necmen is.
MRS. CALVIN EDWARDS HULL.
ipoint In the gambling law. and V the stateshould -wv'n. Tacarart would Just reorganize
his company with more power la his ownhands than Man."
WATCHING INTENT PLAYERS.But whatever ItIs they do in the casino,
\u25a0 \u25a0 place* has a breezy. Western "harmthat draws those who would be caught asunwillinglyat a game of billiard as atroulette- Reverend clergymen have beenteen to stand watching the little- fcali onIts Journeys In the whirling bow! and•canning the drawn faces and r!enrhedgloved hands waiting on Mi blind decision.
\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"-are almost always women In these
groups. They are all beautiful; often theycome alone. They show uniformly tb»woman's love for a bargain, choosing taput their money on the "numbers" wherethey have a chance to win large an nna small stake. And with losses come tears•nd hysteria, sobted vows that "he mustnever, never know" and not seldom appeals
for aid from honorable looking strar.gers.
Each of the keen-faced men who wieldthe rakes carries a revolver Ihis hfc>pocket- He is not careful to conceal Jt ncr,unready to tell why he goes armed. Every-
ibody knows that there are hundreds of
thousands of dollars lying loose in. thecasino every night. Th^se wild hills ofthe Cumberland range have- shelled ban-dits time out of mind; the famous Archerboys once lived at French Li<-k Itself;
three determined men could walk In andtake the money away In the face of the
whole crowded room If there were not aguard with a turn for fighting there. Acd.for some reason the management do*- not
look to the state to protect MIbowling
alleys and pool tables.At the door to the casmo ctts a baga
native of the region, long-limbed, awk-ward, with hands like hams, yet bearing
himself with the courtesy that marks th*people of his mountains. He scans every
corner. To those who are not dwellers Intr.ecounty is given a card entitling the- holderto the privileges of the French L,f^k Clubfor one week. The man at they door knowsevery man. woman and child In ing*
County.
THE CITIZENS INTERESTED.That provision 13 part of "Tom" ~aa;garr*»
benevolent despotism. Th» man who could,
tecome the boss of Indianapolis can becounted on to take care- of the p->*fcet-
books and the consciences of any coi:r.t7he might decide to put on the map. Ther^is hardly a household in the county thatdoes not sell to the hotels <?egs or milk orchickens', or has not a son or a brorfter ora daughter employed in them, or dof>s nAthope to take boarders who will patronlza
their liver springs and their casino. Thatfriendly interest is worth keeping, if oniy
to meet the day when juries must bedrawn to refute sneaking politicians. M^nfrcm the .rich and wicked cities do leavemoney behind in the casino, but not anative of Orange County will do so If"Tom" Taggart can prevent it.
Even the- outsiders are generously taken,
care of. Many a poor fellow who re"i?<lfrom the tables without a cent has beenclapped on the shoulder and received aticket home and an invitation to come baci
to settle and get his revenge, Even atthat, the outsider is not always content.
One morning at daybreak, not rr.ar.y
months ago. the belch of a dynamite blastshook the valley. rattJins the village win-
dows. The casino was found st»am:n^with the bluish haze of the KuIZ. thedoorway hanging in splinters and a hoi©in the ground where the veranda had teen.
"Discharged bellboy." "Tom" Taggart ex-plained, tersely.
"Bad loser." whispered the men of aalrakes.
Even that deed. "Tom" says, was not somean and back-handed as the- plot falselyto accuse him because, depending oa hU
1 merits, he aspires to be a Senator.
MISS MARY FOSTER CALDWELL.Whose engagement to Thomas Drads-
field. jr.,has just been announced. "There is no money to pay for it," hesaid. "The case can bring out no new
BROOKLYN,NEWS.
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