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THE SUN, BALTBIORE, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 20, 1909. 16 Hoen Mr. Carrere explained how the scheme was financed, saying that most of the A CRITICAL TIME FOR THE LITTLE FELLOW MRS. MAHOOL AS MAYOR Mrs. Wm.

M. Ellicott Suggests Wife As Husband Substitute. TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY Plans Approved At Notable Gathering In The Mayor's Office. FAMOUS ARCHITECTS SPEAK I 8 1 Drink. a.ndBnmy ill 0 MM I 3 JJ J) ilvUy PI UNCJjE SAM: If you're sure he deserves it, Bill, lay it on.

The Cup Favorite I- pie MIGHT ACT WHEN HE IS AWAY Women Victims Of Unscrupulous Trade In Fashions, Says President Of Equal Suffrage League. Declaring, among other things, that the women of today have become victims of "an unscrupulous trade in fashions" and asking why when Mayor Mahool is out of town Mrs. Mahool cannot act as Mayor in the interim, Mrs. William M. Ellicott, president of the Equal Suffrage League, spoke last night before the Educational Society of Baltimore in theLauditorium of the Baltimore Business College.

Mrs. Ellicott, as a prelude, said that the woman suffragists of Baltimore desired to obtain the right of municipal suffrage for women from the coming and she urged all Interested to join the movement. She -declared that there would be no recourse to the rather strenuous and striking methods used by the English suf fragettes, and added "We are going to make-J our fight by peaceful methods, by reliance on the righteousness and Justice of our cause and by an appeal to the fairminded-ness of our citizens." After thus outlining the campaign Mrs. Ellicott opened her talk on "The Menace of a Disfranchised Class to a Democracy." At the outstart she said that while men. discussed the dangers of giving w6men the right to vote, she was going to gpeak of the dangers of not doing so.

She said that it was not fair to exclude the intelligence of the American woman from an influence upon public affairs. 1 Women As Victims Of Fashion. Mrs. Ellicott then drew a word picture of the present condition under which women of America, as -she sees them, go about their dally duties and live their lives. "I will ask your attention," she said, "to the waste of money and time and ability which is going on in what is called the leisure class.

It may be said that this class is not 'Harge or representative, but it is increasing in its influence, especially in the faults and tollies which it fosters and which are felt through every stratum of society. It is through this class that all women have become th victims of, an unscrupulous trade in fashions whose violent changes and absurdities are designed not so much to enhance the comf o'rt and beauty of women as to promote a trade which flourishes on the vanity -and weakness of women. None of us are free from its exactions, and only famliiarlty blinds us to its depravity. Beauty is desirable and necessary, but is it promoted by having no pockets, or dresses that fasten In the back, or big hats?" Mrs. Ellicott then spoke of the necessity of giving women something else to think about besides their clothes and getting a husband who would be able to give them money enough to buy expensive trifles, keep a servant, a carriage and other luxuries.

She said such ambitions in women "drove some men to She also mentioned the numerous socie ties, such as the Colonial Dames, Daugh ters of the American Revolution and others, which she said showed that women while they are organizing one they diversify their interest and in that way cripple their influence. With the ballot she declared they would be able to exert their power at the fountain head of political influence. Those Who Achieved Greatness. As a prelude to short discussion of what tasks were undertaken by women of earlier times Mrs. Ellicott said: 'The freedom of the American women, her cleverness, her her-superiority have become the boast of -the popular press, but humility rather than pride should be the sentiment of the student who compares herself to the feminine representatives of other periods, when the normal woman of ability was far more an injtegral part of her tim and generation." Mrs.

Ellicott then cited the achievements of many historic women, mentioning the Lady Abbess of Fontevrault, who ruled monks and nuns as well Lady Tudor, "The Bloody Queen," but, said Mrs. Ellicott, possessed of great statesmanship Elizabeth of England, Catherine de Medici, the Queen of Navarre, who ruled France Isabella of Spain, who financiered the nation and the expedition which discovered America of (Austria, the diplomat who prepared the way for the reign of Charles and a number of other women whose public services she recited. "Tfie talents of these women," she then observed, "will be remembered in all ages, and yet if they lived today in this free land they could put their talents to no better use than to be presidents of women's clubs or arbiters of fashions. Had they lived I am sure they would have been ardent suflragists." Why Not The Mayor's Wife? Mrs. Ellicott devoted the remainder of her lecture of a description of those achievements or positions which women in her judgment are excluded.

She made these observations "President Roosevelt appointed many commissions. ScHare of the subjects of investigation vitally interested women. Did he ever appoint a woman on a commission No. "Women believe in peace, and yet at the time of the Interposition of the United States in the war between Russia and Japan no woman was put in any influential position. Had he been Emperor in name as well as fact a clever sister or wife would probably have been sent to negotiate the terms of peace.

"Why, if Mayor Mahool went" out of town, could not Mrs. Mahool act in his stead Under the conditions of former ages she would have naturally looked after municipal affairs, and who can say that some Italian town thus administered fared worse than many of our municipalities when the chief official is taking a holiday, "The women form the majority of readers at the Mercantile Library Have they ever thought of placing a woman on the board? "An Imperial democracy such as we are fast becoming has recognized no place for women, and yet, it needs them." There was much applause at the conclusion. Subsequently those in the audience were introduced to Mrs. Ellicott by Prof. James H.

Van Sickle, Superintendent of Education, who had presided. SUNDAY SOT will be a complete newspaper of 24 articles, including the following: Conservation, the Nation's New Patriotism. An exceedingly interesting article by Mr. B. N.

Baker. The New World's Cluster of Quaint PCcket Republics. Our Central American neighbors and how they live. The Dainigo's Mother. A legend of Old Japan.

Heraldry of the Totem Pole. Significance, of the Alaskan Indians. Tribal insignia. The Last Duel Arranged For ov Maryland Soil. Story of the Cox-Posey controversy and how it ended.

Care of the Baby in Winter. Be careful the little one doesn't get pneumonia. Planting Seed Indoors to Get Plants for the Spring Garden. About the Theatres. New plays and those who will play them.

II- lustrated. Is Baltimore Shops. Tips for the woman buyers. The Field of LiTEEATfcRE. Reviews of recent books.

Plans fob a Suburban For the man of moderate means. A Page for Little Folk. Puzzles, stories, pictures. Cartoons and Drawings. By McKee and Tom Barclay.

Financial and Commercial. The Sunday Sun- makes a feature of complete and reliable financial and commercial reports, and a tabulated statement of the transactions in the Baltimore stock market. Sunday Sun sells for 3 cents. money was raised by special appropriation. Major Venable Suggests Loan.

Major Venable took the- floor ad said he felt sure every sensible man in, Baltimore would approve of the plan If, he were acquainted with its details. "I would suggest that you get an enabling act of the Legislature for- a $3,000,000 loan," he said, "then pass an ordinance charging $2,000,000 of it to the Park Board. By this means It would not cost the city a cent. It would only be neces sary to pay the interest on $1,000,000 and that could be paid out cf the sinking Mr. Hendrick explained his ideas oir the conversion of Jones' lls into a driveway, and said the difference in the increase on taxes from adjoining property would more than pay for the interest on the bonds.

"The rear of the houses along this drive way," said Mr. Hendrick, "would be made Into the front of business houses and a sinking fund could be established which would eventually wipe out the loan." Mr. Hendrick said the following associa-, tions and individuals have written him Indorsing the Jones Falls' improvements Jones Falls Boulevard Association. First Branch City Council (19C6). Board of Trade.

Merchants and Manufacturers' Association. Credit Men's Association. Old Town Merchant and Manufacturers'' Association. i Northeast Baltimore Business Men's Association. West Baltimore Improvement Association.

Walbrook Improvement Association. State Mutual Building Association. Govane Permanent Building Association. Baltimore Chapter, American of Bank r. McKim's Hill Permanent Building Montebello Building and Loan Association.

Mount Royal Improvement Association. Harlem Improvement Association. Ex-Got. Edwin Warfield. Ex-Mayor Ferdinand-C Latrober Mr.

John B. Ramsay. Mr. Frank S. Hambleton, Major N.

H. Hutton. Mr. Thomas W. Jenkins.

Mr: Theodore Marburg paid a glowing tribute to the work of Major Venable when president of the Park Board. He referred also to the efforts of the Municipal Art Society 'to have the railroads establish a union station here. Air. Josias Pennington said that if the civic center plans had been perfected before the fire, the building up of the city would have been greatly helped. "If there is a public desire for the work and the proper co-operation by the city departments," he stated, "we cannot but feel that it is perfectly practicable to commence and carry out the work at once." At McCoy Hall.

When the field of action was transferred to McCoy Hall at night a large audience listened to Professor Morse's lecture. After he had concluded Messrs. Carrere and Brunner explained In detail the civic center plan. The visitors, with a number of members of the Municipal Art Society and leading citizens, who had been guests at dinner of Mr. Theodore Marburg, were a little late in reaching the hall.

Mr. J. Hemsley Johnson introduced Professor Morse. Mr. Marburg, in introducing Messrs.

Carrere and Brunner, told of the move ment for the civic center, after which he dwelt at length on the park system. "The people of Baltimore," he said, "hardly realize the debt of gratitude they owe to Major Richard M. Venable for his wisdom and farsightedness in providing broad, expansive and beautiful parks for the citizens of today and tomorrow. It is doubtful if the same good results could have been accomplished had any other man been president of the Park Mr. Marburg told of other activities of the Municipal Art Society.

He said the society had plans made to solve the grade-crossing question In South. Baltimore and for a Union Station. The latter plan he said would have added much to the beauty of the city, and should have been adopted, but was blocked by the railroads "because the city has no adequate supervision over these corporations." "We have failed in some of our attempts to beautify the city," he added, "and expect to lose in others, yet we propose to continue in our fight for the Ideal and the beautiful. For four years the most noted landscape artists in this country have been studying at our suggestion plans for the future development of the city along artistic liqes, and nov they come to us with their suggestions. This plan only involves some improvements in the heart of, the city, yet ultimately we hope to take care of the whole city." Mr.

Carrere was Introduced by Mr. Marburg as the first architect in the country. He told the audience of the plans, for the civic center, using practically the same arguments that he advanced before the city officials. Mr. also made some general observations on the scheme, covering the same ground that he had in the afternoon, the idea of Mr.

Marburg being to begin a campaign of education and Instruction so as to acquaint as many citizens as possible with the plans. MONUMENT TO U.S.CONSTITUTION Mr. Brady Erects Companion Piece To The Memorial To Adajn. Mr John P. a well-known contractor, who erected a memorial shaft to "Adam, the First Man," some six months ago at his country place, Hickory Ground, near 1 Gardenville, and which attracted widespread attention abroad as well as at home, has recently completed and unveiled another monument at the same This shaft, of sculptured concrete, is surmounted by a scroll, which bears the Latin inscription "Campus Veritatis," meaning "The Field of Truth." A large recessed panel on the face of the shaft bears the following in sunken letters: In Memory of the Constitution of the United But Not Forgotten.

Though Intended to be taken somewhat in a Pickwickian sense, the Inscription expresses Mr. Brady's opinion that the Constitution as conceived by the forefathers, and before various amendments constructions and interpretations that have been added to it in later years, has indeed passed away. Mr. Brady, who takes much Interest in history, both ancient and modern, In a conversation called attention to the fact, probably little known, that among the amendments added to the Constitution of the ancient Egyptians, which finally perished, apparently by excess of amendments, was one under which an Egyptian might pawn the body of his father, failure to redeem the pledge was attended by much disgrace, It became a very popular means of raising funds, as ancestors in those days were all properly mummified and were in every sense of the word, portable property. The inscription is derived from the traditional history of Crete, wherein Is described an established tribunal which passed upon the lives and acts even of kings and princes, as well as upon national p'ollcies.

The location of this tribunal was termed 'The Field of Truth." SECOND COUSINS NOT ENTITLED Judge Lehmayer Gives Decision In Harvey Will Case. Judge Lehmayer, In Circuit Court No. 2, decided yesterday that the second cousins of Mrs. Rose Anne Harvey are not entitled to any share of her estate, which is valued at about' $1,500,000. The decision was given upon a bill of complaint filed by Mrs.

Lula W. Soman and Sophie J. Day, two of about 40 second cousins of Mrs. Harvey, who claimed to be entitled to a share of her estate. The case came before the Court upon a demurrer to the bill of Mrs.

Harvey's executors and helrs-at-law. Judge Lehmayer rendered his decision at the conclusion of the argument, sustaining the demurrer and dismissing the bill. Those supposed to be entitled to the entire estate are "four first "cousins of Mrs. Harvey Mrs. Amelia Boyd, widow of Jas.

Boyd Mrs. Henrietta Watts, wife of Benjamin Watts Mrs. Barbara C. Gettier, widow of John Gettier, and Mr. Charles F.

Wells, living in Pittsburg. Mrs. Harvey died August 8 last. In her will she directed that her property be sold and the proceeds distributed among those entitled to the money under the laws of Maryland. The Safe Deposit and Trust Company and her step-grandson, James W.

Harvey, are the executors. Suit was instituted in Circuit Court No. 2 recently by the executors to have the estate administered under the jurisdiction of the court because of the possibility that there may be other heirs besides tile four first cousins who are supposed to be the only heirs-at-law. Attorneys Hughes Benson and Thos. Mackenzie appeared for the second cousins at the hearing yesterday and Attorneys Charles McH.

Howard, Joseph C. France, Vernon Cook and Maloy and Bradv for the I executors and first cousins, Again At McCoy Hall At Night A Large Audience Is Impressed With Possibilities. I Plans Involve Much. Important improvements, Including rthe proposed civic center, were advocated by Messrs. John M.

Carrere and Arnold W. Brunner and indorsed at a meeting at the City HalL Mayor MahooV presided and res- olution was adopted asking tthe Mayor to appoint a committee to carry out the plan suggested. At night in McCoy Hall Messrs. Carrere and Brunner explained the plans to a larse audience after a lecture by Prof. S.

Morse, of Salem, Mass. In introducing the speakers Mr. Theodore Marburg said the art society's plans comprehend the ultimate improvement of the whole city. I I The plans for a civic center, as prepared by the landscape artist Messrs. John M.

Carrere- Arnold YE. Branaer and Frederick Law Olmsted were enthusiastically received, following a detailed explanationof the improvements suggested, in the Mayor's reception room in the City Hall yesterday afternoon. The plans were indorsed and a resolution was adopted asking the Mayor to appoint, a committee to carry out the plans as suggested. At night Messrs. Carrere and Brunner again explained the plans at a lecture on the industrial arts by Prof.

Edward S. Morse, of Salem, Mass. At the City Hall meeting the landscape artists suggested the following improve ments: Construction of a civic center eastward from the City Hall to Jones falls, and sweeping around to Center Market Place, as site for future municipal buildings. Covering of Jones falls from Baltimore street northward and construction over it of a gradeless boulevard to the northern section of the city. Extension of Howard street northward (from Richmond Market to Mount Royal avenue and development of the dlstryt through which the new thoroughfare will run.

Further extension of the city's boulevard and park system along the lines of the original Olmsted report. Construction of a sculpture garden 'in Wyman's Park. A number of the city officials, the mem bers of the Municipal Art Society, sculptors, artists and men prominent in every walk of life followed closely Messrs. Brunner and Carrere as they-explained how the city of the future should be developed along artistic lines. Hopes To See Plans Carried Out.

Mayor Mahool presided over the meeting, and in taking the chair said the object of the. gathering was to receive from the Municipal Art Society the plans for the civic center. "These plans we hope will be carried continued the Mayor. "They have been approved by a number of the city officials." Mr. Arnold W.

Brunner was the first speaker. He read a telegram fromMr. Olmsted, expressing regrets at not bein able to be present. Mr. Brunner said there was a general misunderstanding about the meaning of the civic center, as the opinion prevailed that it meant only a city beautiful, when it means also a cltj sensible.

"The science of city development," said Mr. Brunner, "is absolutely definite, based on commercial considerations and plain common sense. lit all cities there-- are streets and avenues leading nowhere. They have been opened "without system. There should be as much of- a plan in the building of a city as there is in the construction of a house.

The average American city grows just like Topsy, and, like her, is. not very beautiful." Mr. Brunner added that buildings were constructed in a hap-hazard manner, with no consideration as to their surroundings. "A city should regulate Its buildings," he continued, "just as it regulates Its traffic and its railways. It is just as essential to regulate the growth of the city as it is to reflate a crowd.

A crowd unorganized Is a mob, organized it is an army. "All of our cities are left to work out their own salvation, with the possible exception of Washington and Savannah. There yire two sensible methods of planning cities the formal and the In the scheme for the future development of this city Mr. Brunner said the artists had taken Into consideration the individuality and personality of Baltimore, which, he said, Is unlike any other American city. These features have been incorporated in the plans.

Increased Properjty Values. The practical side is uppermost in our minds," said Mr. Brunner. "We take the stand that the adoption of these plans would be economy In the end, as the surrounding, property would double in valuation and the taxable basis would be materially Increased." Mr. Brunner referred to the civic center plan of Cleveland, which was recently adopted.

That city, he said, presented more difficult problems than Baltimore. He also adverted to the work that is being done at Grand Rapids along the same line. In detail Mr. John M. Carrere by the use of maps explained what is proposed by the experts.

He said the plans were entirely practicable. "We proceeded on the theory," said Mr. Carrere, "that whatever we do should be the outcome of conditions and within physical and financial means of the city. We not only considered the city of today, but the city of the future. These improvements could be gradual, but should be directed along sensible, artistic lines.

"The Custom House is a beautiful building gone astray. It has no relation to the tberbuildings In the city, and its location is Inadequate except for a slight commercial advantage. If you had conceived this civic center plan 15 years ago this building would have fitted in well with the scheme, and I have no doubt that the Federal Government would have approved the plan and that the building would show np to much better advantage." Mr. Carrere also contended that the adoption of the plan would greatly Increase the taxable basis of the adjoining property. Referring to the civic, center plans of Cleveland, he said Bridging: Of Jones Falls Urged, "This scheme has done more to advertise .1 that city and has been of more material benefit than anything it has done in years." Referring to the local scheme, Mr.

Carrere said the experts found that the. costly buildings located in the heart of the city made it prohibitive to open up a plaza in the heart of the city and that they were obliged to look eastward, where land and property cpuld be acquired at a comparatively small cost. "At the end of the open plaza," he continued, "we -would meet Jones' falls. The suggestion made by Mr. Calvin TV.

Hen-drick to convert this, into a driveway appealed to the committee strongly and we have incorporated it into the plan. We wonld make it a driveway from the harbor to Mount Royal avenue, where it would connect with a driveway leading to the north. At the opening of the falls flowers and shrubbery could be planted." Speaking of the plan to extend Howard street, 'Mr. Carrere said that at the north end of the street" there was a confusion of car tracks, and that in order to carry out it" would fce necessary to make sotle changes in the tracks, yet their general direction would be the same, so that they could serve the same territory. "Our plan' he added, "is to extend this street to the railroad plaza, then to connect with Mount Royal avenue.

This would facilitate traffic and would add much to the beauty of the city. The plan is feasible and reasonable." Mr. Carrere also called attention to the suggestion of the Municipal Art Society to establish an outdoor museum of art and sculpture In Wyman's Park. "The scheme Is simple," he said, "practical and capable of development." At this point Mr. Marburg asked Mr.

Carrere to give a fuller account of the movement to establish a civic center In Cleveland. "It was begun by a few public-spirited men," Bald Mr. Carrere, "and now nearly all the land needed has been acquired." To a question asked by Mr. Frank N. HDRT IN FOOTBALL GAME Mr.

Willis Woodward Marcus Dying 1 At University Hospital. WOUNDED AT WESTMINSTER Operation' By IJr. Frank Martin Is Apparently- Successful, But Blood Poisoning' Endangers Life. Football again proved its horrors in Maryland Tuesday, when Mr. Willis Woodward Marcus, of Atlantic City, a student at Westminster Theological' Seminary, was so seriously injured in a game that he was brought to the Maryland University Hospital.

Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Frank Mar-i tin operated on him and had hopes of his recovery until late last night, when peritonitis set in and the doctor said death seemed Inevitable. All day yesterday the father, mother and sister of the young man were at his bedside hoping that the life of their loved one might be saved. The physicians were doing all that science had taught them to save the young student's life.

Late In the afternoon he gretv brighter, and the mother and father went to 4heir home in the "city by the r.ea," thinking there Was a hope for their son's life. sister decided to stay until there was some greater change. She left the hospital in the afternoon, but returned later to be told that her brother's condition had grown worse and there was only a slight chance for his recovery. Young Marcus graduated from the Western Maryland College In the class of 1909 with high honors, and decided to take a course in the Theological Seminary. He was considered a bright young man and seemed to have a brilliant future before Late Tuesday afternoon Marcus was on the athletic field with a number of students of the college when the football squad came upon the scenes A few minutes later a "scrub" team was organized, and Marcus decided to play on that side against the regular team.

It was a practice game, and the "scrubs" did all in their power to a. touchdown. i MarcrrS: succeeded In getting the ball and was on the point of making a 20-yard dash, when -some one on the other side tackled him, and in doing so butted him in the abdomen with his head. Both men fell, with several sjQthers on them, and when the excitement cleared it was found that Marcus was injured. He complained only a minute, however, and went back into the game seemingly as fresh as ever and remained until the end.

That night he complained of pains and. a physician was summoned. Dr. S. Luther Bare examined him, but did not think the trouble was of a serious nature.

Marcus told him about having eatthi some apples and cinnamon buns just before the gapae and he thought that had caused the trouble. Later Dr. Bare diagnosed the case as appendicitis and decided to bring his patient fo this city for treatment. It was not until a few minutes before boarding the train for this city that Marcus told, the physician and his friends about the accident on the football field. Even then they did not think it was of a serious nature.

When he reached the hospital here Dr. Martin was called in and soon found out that the trouble was in the abdomen. He performed the operation and discovered that the intestities had been ruptured. The then injured parts were sewed up and the operation was declared a success. The physicians did all in their power to avoid peritonitis.

At midnight the doctors issued a statement that the young student had small chances of living through the night. The news has been received at the seminary and college with great sorrow, and it is doubtful if any more games of football will be played at either of the institutionb this season. TOMORROW'S The Sunday Suit of tomorrow pages, with 10 full pages of special How the Big Reservoir at Forest Park Is Being Bcilt. Description of a big work that is going on in the northern suburbs. What It Means to an American to "Go Broke" in Paris.

The gayest city In the world is a hard place for those money. Story or William Walker. The greatest of all filibusters. The lit- tie man who made himself President of a Central American republic. Stories of Maryland Politics.

Rail- road fight which- resulted in Oden Bowie becoming Governor of the State. Why He's Going to Celebrate Thanksgiving. The chief clerk of the St. Reckless gives many and varied reasons 'for being thankful. A Debutante Luncheon.

It reveals the perfidy of Tommy. An Argumentum ad Hominum." Editorial sermon. By Rev. John I. Yellott.

"As a Little Child' A song from the Scriptures. By the Bentztown Great Battle of the Peers Against the People. Graphic account of the contest in England over the budget andlwhat means to the poor. Gladstone's Spirit in the Fight. William T.J Stead calls up the great Commoner from the spirit world an Interview on the English" budget.

EUSAPIA PALLADINO, THE PUZZLE OF the Scientific World. Sketch of the peasant woman who has set" the scientists of two continents to wondering. his' cross" with true Christian courage. When it became evident that sight was leaving him he wrote this poem, which is remarkable for its philosophic acceptance of a condition which to most men Is worse than death GOIKG BLIND- Back to the primal gloom Where life began, 4 As to my mother's womb. Must I a man Return: Not to be bom -But to remain; And in the School of Darkness learn What mean "The things unseen." Following close upon the public knowledge of his affliction, a movement was started to pension him.

This movement coming indirectly to the poet's attention, called forth this characteristic letter to The Sex "Messrs. Editors: "Please let me make to my friends, through The Sux, the following statement: My sight nearly gone, iTemain where I am not, as the faculty would generously have me, a pensioner of the college, but paying, as I am able, full board. It is only to keep me from seeking some asylum that the faculty consents to my having my own way the greatest kindness it can do me. "John B. Tabb, "St.

Charles' College, Ellicott City, Md." His Published Poems. Among the dead poet's published works are the following volumes "Poems," "Lyrics," i4An Octave to Mary," "Rules of English Grammar," "Poems Grave and Gay" (fo children), "Two Lyrics," "The Rosary in Rhyme," besides numerous contributions to American and English magazines. One of the nfbst beautiful verses by Father Tabb is the following, called "Evolution Out of the dusk a shadow, Then a spark; Out of the cloud a silence, Then a lark Out of the heart a rapture, Then a pain Out cf the dead, cold ashes, Life again. Some Of His Friendships. Father Tabb and Sidney Lanier, another of the State's singers, were fast friends, the friendship beginning during the war, when he and Lanier were fellow-prisoners at Point Lookout.

He was in the Confederate service, for which he always maintained a warm spot in his heart, oftentimes referring to himself as "an unreconstructed rebel." There was also mutual respect and admiration between Cardinal Gibbons and the poet, though neither saw much of each other in recent years. Father Tabb loved Poo, Coleridge and his "beloved Shelley and Keats." I'oe, he always contended, never had an equal. RECORDS GO AT REBATEBUREAU Shoppers Eight States Here For Baltimore Bargains. At the Retail Bureal of the Merchants and Manufacturers' Association yesterday previous records fell like autumn leaves. The record for the number of certificates presented was broken, 218 being registered.

Another record to go was that for money returned to shoppers in payment of their transportation to this city, the amount being $528.42. Still another record to go was for the number of States represented by the shoppers, the buyers coming from Washington, Maryland and seven other States. The records for shoppers from the greatest distances North and South were likewise shattered, one coming from Florida and another from Massachusetts. The certificate showing the largest amount purchased came from a Maryland town, but a shopper from Virginia ran a close second. Six certificates were presented showing purchases of more than $50, and of the otaers on which round-trip transportation was collected the average of purchases made was between $30 and $40.

A lady from Harrisonburg, stated that while Washington is a much more convenient shopping center for her, she will hereafter come to Baltimore because she has found such a favorable difference in the prices in this city. A party of ladies from Port Deposit, Perryville and neighboring places said they have hitherto shopped in Philadelphia, but that they will come here in future: they especially like the con- I centration of the shopping district in this xity, ana saia tney iouna prices nere lower than in the Pennsylvania city. There were 16 places in Virginia represented among the shoppers. They were, Harrisonburg, Bloxom, Cricket Hill, Stonebridge, Hampton, Harding, Lees-: burg, Warrenton, Onancock, Tasley, Fredericksburg, Winchester, Reedville, Kilno-nock; and Fairport. Others were from Shepherdstown, Summit Point, Romney, Martinsburg, Charlestown and Moorefield, W.

Va. Philadelphia, Mechanicsburg, Petersburg, York and McCall's Ferry, Pa. Rocky Mount, Winston-Salem and Spray, N. C. Seaford Hickman, Smyrna and Dover, Del.

Quincy, and Concord Junction, Mass. PLEDGES FOR AVIATION FUND Canvass In Business Section Results In Numerous The committee of canvassers headed by Col. Jerome H. who are working in the interest of the aviation fund, scoured the business section yesterday and obtained many pledges of subscriptions which will materially increase the fund. Colonel Joycetaaid he felt encouraged by the day's worf He.

said he had received promises from reliable men and that their pledges should encourage others to subscribed 'r "The people," sgid Colonel Joyce, turn their attention to the proposed aviation meet for this city. Those interested in the project wilj. exert every effort to bring the event to Maryland. Prospects are more encouraging than ever. The Washington people are enthusiastic, and if the Baltimoreans succeed in raising the guarantee fund the chances of bringing the contest here are hopeful." v- A meeting of the executive committee of the Aero Club of Baltimore will be held Monday afternoon at the rooms of the Travelers and Merchants Association.

On Tuesday a committee of five will join a similar delegation from Washington on a trip to New York to invite the' Aero Club of America to hold the international meet between this city and Washington. FATHER TABB IS DEAD The Blind Poet Expires At St. Charles' College: END CAME LATE LAST NIGHT Sadden Sinking: Spell Carries Off One Of Maryland's Most Noted Literary Men. Rev. John Bannister Tabb, the blind poet Maryland, died at 11 v6dock last night at St.

Charles' College, Ellicott City. His death, though expected, came suddenly, and only Dr. J. J. Farrell, the attending physician, was with him when he passed away.

Rev. F. X. McKenny, president of St. Charles', had left his bedside THE LATE REV.

JOHN B. TABB only a short while before and expected to go back before morning to watch until the end, but the aged poet took a sudden sinking spell a short time afterward and in a few minutes all was over. Nervous trouble and an affection of the throat, accentuated by his age and disability resulting from his a fillet ion of the eyes, is given as the cause of his death. He had been in a serious condition, for several weeks and though given every attention, medically and otherwise, respond to treatment. Father Tabb was a Virginian by birth and a Marylander by adoption.

He was born in Amelia county March 22, 1845, and was therefore 64 years old. He received a god education at the hands of private tutors, and when the Civil War broke out he entered the Confederate Navy. He was a-prisoner of war in 186-1 and 1865. The conflict ended, he came to Baltimore, where he studied music. Subsequently he taught at St.

Paul's School, Baltimore, and at Racine College, Michigan. In 1872 he became a Roman Catholic and studied at St. Charles College, later becoming instructor In J2nglish there. In-1884 he was ordained a priest. After the close "of the Civil -War Father Tabb was received into the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church and for a while labored in the Diocese of Maryland.

In Baltimore he formed a friendship with the late Bishop Alfred A. Curtis, who, like himself, afterward entered the Roman-Catholic Church. In appearance Father Tabb was slightly above average height, slender of figure and quick in his movements. In the classroom his original methods of instructing and his wonderful ability of fixing important facts in the minds of others made him an especially interesting teacher. Gifted with peneil as well as pen, he not infrequently illustrated his meaning by a drawing on the blackboard of the classroom, and he cared not how humble or humorous his illustration might be so that it emphasized the point which he desired t6 be remembered.

As A Humorist. Though well versed In. Latin and Greek literature, he taught the two lowest classes of English and a class of Bible history, bat nothing else. He wrote for the use of his class a small book called "Bone Rules or, The Skeleton of English Grammar." He was a confirmed punster. No day passed but one or another of his pupils waq "punned" by him.

He would meet a favorite in the corridor or in the grounds, and the hoy would hear something likeT this: Ho at upon a well, And leaning, o'er the brink, Down to the bottom fell, And died, they thought, of drink. But when they raised his trunk, To" dry it on the grass, They found the water drunk, But he quite sober was. -Or a play on words like the following If Harry Thurston Peck at Poe, His Peck-ability to show, Tis well for him that such a foe No longer can return the blow. Even his foreshadowed blindness he made matter for puns. "Who is speaking about my demise (dim eyes) he demanded, overhearing two of the students commenting on 'his bad sight.

"I am very much On one occasion he told the students that he Intended to go to Baltimore and take hi'-i two weakest pupils with him. The younger and smaller boys vied with one another for the distinction, but all were disappointed Father Tabb went alone to the oculist's. When Darkness Came. Blindness began to fall upon the poet in December, 1907, since which time the darkness grew steadily deeper and deeper. Bitter as the blow was, Father Tabb remained philosophic and cheerful, bearing xMWJ9.

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T.thffrtw f. i i Specials uresa omriB, y.UU. 6 Domestic Madras, 6 Imported Madras, AGAIN KIDNAPPED 'TIS SALT Former Baltimore Boy Mlsaii From Home in Lynn, Mass. Word was received in Baltimore la night rom Boston to the effect Harry, the 14-year old son of "Mrand ill Josepli Berkowitz, of Lynn, merly of Baltimore, has been missing sin October 30. His father 6ald yesterday that four yea agok when the family lived in this cit the boy was kidnapped and he bellev that friends of the.man.who, he says, now serving a five-year sentence in Bal more for the kidnapping, are responsit for' the present disappearance of the be Mr.

Berkowitz believes'the disappearan of the boy at this time was accomplish in a spirit of revenge. The Berkowitz fai lly moved to Lynn from Baltlmora abo nine months ago. Gasoline Causes Blaze. A slight fire was started yesterday ernoon by the overflow of a gasoline tai in the house at 3 Brown's lane, occupi by Joseph Kossler. Mr.

Kosslerti milshed the blaza r- 16 N. CHARLES ST. WOULD PBIHT THE BILLS A Strong Sentiment For This Leg islative Reform. SAVING- OF MONEY TO STATE Senator Campbell For Dr. Ashby Advocates Modern Business Metliods.

That there Is a decided sentiment in favor of the passage of a bill providing for the printing of bills Instead of having them engrossed while pending in the Legislature was evident yesterday from statements made by some of the legislators. Without a single exception they are In favor of reforms intended to reduce tne expenses of the session. Mr. T. Leigh Marriott, who was reelected a member of the House of Delegates, announced several days ago that he would introduce such a bill to abolish the engrossing of bills, and this recalled the fact that a similar recommendation is in the report of the Governor's commission on legislative expenses and procedure.

A bill of the same character will be introduced by State Senator Frank Harper, of Queen Anne's county, who is chairman of the commission. Senator Peter J. Campbell, who has been a member of the Legislature for a number of terms, believes that some other system than engrossing of bills should be adopted, but' he doubts if It would be possible to have them printed, as he is uncertain if printers could keep up with the work during the last weeks of the session. He suggests that they be typewritten. State Senator Coady said that lie is in favor of the printing of bills.

"Under the old system of engrossing bills," said Senator Coady, "many serious mistakes occur, and at times it is difficult to remedy them. The Legislature should lio ervmnrntrnllir fnnrliictKl. anil think that much money could be saved the Stat by having all. bills printed. It is a reform in the right direction." Dr.

Thomas A. Ashby, a member of the House of Delegates, said that in his Judgment the expenses of the Legislature are too high. "We have got to abandon the antiquated methods of conducting the Legislature," said Dr. Ashby, "and adopt a modern systematic way of doing business. There should be a decided reduction in the force of employes, and every plan of reducing the Legislature's expenses should be adopted.

Bills should be printed instead of engrossed. This one reform alone I understand will Bave the State thousands of dollars in addition to providing better and more modern means of doing business." Mr. Allan C. Glrdwood, who was reelected to the House, said that under the present system bills were engrossed two and three times, wfcich Is exceedingly expensive to the State. He continued "At the last session of the Legislature I found some bills which had been engrossed three times.

By the present plans much legislation which Is styled as local legislation Is passed without the members knowing exactly what it stands for. This would, be done away with if all bills were printed, and in addition a vast sum of money would be saved the State. NEGRO BOY SUES F. S. E.

BROWN Hearing: Of Salt For $5,000 Dam agres Begins. Frank S. R. Brown, son of Collector and former Gov. Frank Brown, appeared before Judge Nlles and a Jury in Part 2 of the Superior Court yesterday as the defendant in a suit for $3,000 damages brought by John Combs, a 15-year-old negro boy, for Injuries alleged to have been received on February 17 last, when he was struck by young Mr.

Brown's automobile. The accident occurred at the corner of Mount Royal avenue and Cathedral street. The boy had been roller skating before the accident occurred. It is contended for him that be was stooping over in the act of removing one of- his when the automobile approached at a rapid speed and struck him. Thautomoblle, it.

was contended for the boy, was only eight seconds in going two squares. Mr. Brown said the accident was caused by the negro boy's own carelessness in attempting cross the street in front of the automobile. The trial was not concluded and will be resumed Monday. Mr.

James Fluegel is attorney for the boy and Mr. Robert Biggs for Mr. Brown. The Sunday Sun presents with each issue" a reproduction, in full colors, of a famous painting. These pictures are not cheap chromos, but excellent color prints, on good paper, reproducing every tint -in the original.

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