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MORXIXG FBOCK. OR rT.OTTT "TERRB ed with black s-elvet. caught with gold buckles; pelerine of ilpure. and a hat of burnt 1 Madame. CLASSES FOR JANITORS" WOMEN TO INSTRUCT THEM IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD LEAGUE'S FIELD OF WORK BROADENS.

The Woman's Municipal League of New-York City is constantly enlarging its sphere of influence. The latest district to organize is that bounded by Central Park West to the North River and Sixtieth to One-hundred-and-twentieth st. Mrs. Edward Curtis is chairman of the committee and Mrs. Batteries Swartout is secretary.

This is known as the Riverside district, and the district committee has raised funds for a fountain, which Is to be put place immediately. The committee is also preparing a syllabus for a janitors' class, to be started In the fall, on the jiian contemplated by the league. In all tenement house sections of city. It is hoped that the class, which aims to Instruct janitors in tenement house laws, sanitation and general will so dignify the occupation that in a fewyears the average janitor will be as far above the present type as the trained nurse is above the Sairey Gamp" variety Miss Rhodes the secretary, said yesterday tnat the committee is receiving every courtesy from the heads of departments, who act upon its representations with all possible promptitude. The City Hall committee has joined in the woman Health Protective Association crusade against tuberculosis and has asked for an ordinance against spitting on the walks of the small parks where -h'ldren play.

Commissioner Lederle has promiVed that the practice shall be stopped, order to protect the little The committee Investigated reports made to it sewers that w. stopped up. an.l called the attention of the Commissioner to them, with the result that they i- immediately put In order. some instances it was found that the sewer was built under a special contract for keeping it in repair, and the- contractor, when notified, baster.ed to do his duty In the matter. The headquarters, near the City Hall, nave many visitors who fail to understand exactly what the rue's purpose is.

and seem to fancy that it a new and potent branch of the city govern- woman Last week applied there for a VOMtion at the City Hall as laundress. Another. already employed in a department, complained that tile salaries in her department had been reduced and the working hours Increased, and the league to "do something about it. Even funnier was the case of the colored woman who urged the league to use its Influence In securing position for her in a department store. man who came in with something to sell waxed extremely confidential, and told the secretary: "if you want to find out anything about police, "just come to me:" Work has begun on several fountains, and it is expected that four or five will be ready for use .1 week or two.

The May party debris regulations adopted for Central Park at the request of the committee were a decided success, as there never was so little litter made by the picnickers. COLGATE'S Violet Water Refreshing in the Basin and Bath. Delicately fragrant on the Handkerchief. IVo Mien's, Mali's. Children's -ff ildmi RATX COATS lOR ALL.

OUTING PURPOSES. will neither wet nor spot them." ins fob TRADEMARK CIBDUIAH Looped I nY LAwi! mi mym IAEK NONE GENUINE WITHOUT IT. For talr hj him! All the world is brighter, ELECTRQ JT SILVER POLISH silicon makes woman's work lighter. N- v. Gl ANTS Gtnti Dacbei-ee.

Albert. Unique I- Exclusive Sltnlii Jewelry. Mournlnr Jewelry, JAMMED. 87rh m. 6th VIEW 3Sd STRAWBERRY TIME RECIPES THAT INCLUDE Till? DEUCIOUS JUNE FRUIT.

There is only one criticism of which the strawberry is deserving its season la all too sad strawberry lovers would do well to the most of the luscious fruit while it can be had. For breakfast no Utter way has ever been invented for serving large, perfect strawberries than the good Old method of arranging them, stems upward, on Individual dishes around mounds of pulverized sugar. Wher. strawberries ar-- served with creams, jellies or other mixtures it is usually best to cut them In two or slice because they are so sour thai the contrast between them and a sweeter accompaniment Is not usually pleasant. Not only strawberries bought in the market, but most others, are bettter if the sugar com.

in direct contact with the inside of the fruit. The oldtime rich, sumptuous shortcake, reeklnp with juicy delidousness. is too little known in these days, but it as far surpasses the thin cake concoction spread meagrel) with whole berries and dotted sparingly with whipped cream as a strawberry excels a wild cherry in flavor. The only way to make a shortcake worthy its name and noble ancestry is to put the washed and bulled berries In a bowl, cut them up with a silver knife and Bweeten them to taste. Then, while the sugar is saturating the fruit and extracting its juice, b.ik.- a rich Mscuil crust, split it open, butter the Inside ol both erously and spread one of them with berries.

Put the other piece on top. with the butt. inside uppermost, and pile the fruit until It will not hold another berry nor a teaspoonful more of Juice. If any of the juicy berries are left serve them as a Bauce with the shortcake. Many people prefer them to cream, though the latter could not be scorned by the veriest epicure.

If a taste cultivated city culinary habits prefers the mod. -m shortcake, make a sponge cake In a layer tin. split it open, spread it with sweetened berries and serve with whipped or plain cream. With the cake it is best not to cut the berries, because the luice will soak Into it and make it undesirably soft Homemade strawberry Ice cream Is delicious if the fruit is thoroughly mashed and the seeds and pulp are strained out. Mash two boxfuls of berries, cover with sugar, and lei them stand an hour 01 two.

Then press them through a fine sieve Idd to a pint of rich cream and a pint of milk Sweeten to and freeze. It is well to bear In mind that a mixture loses sweetness in freezing. For strawberry sherbet masb two boxes of berries and add to the juice one lemon. Make a syrup by boiling together four cupfula of water with two cupfula of sujjar until it spins a light hair Cool the syrup, turn It over the and rub through a sieve. Just before patting the mixture into the freezer add the well beaten white of an egg or a tablespoonful of gelatine previously dissolved In water.

The syrup Is preferred by most good cooks to melted sugar because it tends to give more body to the sherbet. The gelatine Is used for the same purpose to prevent the undesirable watery appearance and easy melting Strawberry charlotte may be of the fresh or the canned fruit, although the former will make it more delicious. Une a mould with lady Angers. Soak one-half box gelatine. In a cupful of cold water for half an hour.

Then stand it In hot water and stir until the gelatine is thoroughly melted. Wash two boxes of strawberries, and mash and them through a sieve. Add and a half cupfuls of powdered sugar and the gelatine and stir until th' mixture begins to thickem. Then fold In one pint cream, whipped stiff. Turn carefully ir.to the ladyflnger lined mould.

Cover the top with 'and stand on ice. Just i.eforc serving turn from the mould ami serve with whipped cream. A drop- of cochineal ad. led to the fruit mixture before freezing will give a brilliant color. The filling maj be chilled In a mould packed in cracked Ice and rock Bait, and served without the cake In this case it is a Bavarian cream, and -nay appear upon the table in the form of the mould, or for variety may tie arranged by tablespoonfuls on a broad, rather deep dish.

F. C. A. OUTDOOR "GYM." An outdoor gymnasium is to an adjunct of the work Of the Rochester Xoung Women's Christian Association during the coming season. An athletic Held at RiversMe Park is to be equipped with ha-skethall.

tennis, tether ball, volley hall, and possibly golf links. A little clubbouse of the portable variety will contain dressins rooms, lockers etc. All the youhu women of the city will receive invitations to share its privileges. The admission fee for the summer is The grounds will open daily at i and will not close until dark. LITTLE MOTHERS To ENTERTAIN.

An entertainment will be given on Friday June 6. for the T. S. B. branch at the Uttle Mothers' Aid Association and for the sewtng class, at the house.

No. ZM Second-aye. The friends of the "Little Mot hers" art- Invited to attend. IKiXTS FOR SUMMER Don't ask for Ice water. The well water Is as cold as any self-respecting stomach will ask for.

Don't expect half a pint of cream on twenty-nine strawberries. Don't ask for a glass of milk at every meal. It is not Rood for you. One homespun cow equals eight quarts of milk, equals one quart of cream and three meals a day for eight people! Apd where does the baby come in? Don't ask for Ice cream nine times In seven days. The Icehouse is four miles away.

Don't wear too many starched things. SU-um laundries are not found on ever farm. Don't think any old thing will do to wear on the farm, but don't "dress" too much. Both extremes are in bad taste. Don't imagine that became country fare and ways are different they are not so good as city things and ways.

They may be better. Don't ask for things you don't see or for out of season. It's two miles to the store Don't try to be a superior person. It may irad to mistakes. Don't indulge in improving you need it.

Don't sit up late or be late to meals. Both are unsanitary. Don roninlain because there are no links; life is more than eolf Don't ask for sterilized milk for the unless you bring your own sterilizer. There are other "don'ts." but they can all be condensed into the Golden (The Prophet's Chamber. NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE.

TUESDAY. JUNE 3. 1902. IMMIG RAM'S IX SCHOOL. YOUNG FOLKS FROM OTHER LANDS LEARN ENGLISH "STUDY IN PATRIOTISM.

The immigrant classes of the Baron de Hirsch School of the Educational Alliance. East Broadway and are one of the most interesting agencies for "citizen making" in the city. There the children of the newcomers to the United States are placed to acquire a sufficient knowledge of English to enter the public schools, and there are usually several hundred in the classes who have been here from a week to three months. "The hardest thing that the quick witte-1 youngsters and their parents have to learn is that the Educational Alliance means well by them; that it is not working for its personal advantage and aggrandizement and for their harm." said Mr. to a Tribune reporter.

"Russian persecution has taught the Jews to regard all public institutions as instruments of oppression. "The observance of national holidays produces one of the first difficulties. 'We people. what do we have to do with the Christian is an oft repeated query, for Russia has no national holidays that are separate from the Church, and the are consequently barred from all public celebrations." To overcome th- prejudice and make the immigrants understand that patriotic and Church observances in this country are in no way connected, great stress is laid upon legal holidays, and all are made occasions of general merrymaking and rejoicing, and parents as well as children invited to the celebration. When the children first arrive they are usually unkempt, quaint looking morsels of humanity, but they issue from the hands of the barber and other restorers furnished by the society full fledged American children, with seldom a mark of foreign birth or lineage.

There are wee, dainty maidens with flaxen hair and blue eyes; small boys that the Emerald Isle would claim for its own. and youngsters with every feature of the up-country Yankee. Not a child in the throng is homesick or has any wish to return to his or her native land. When asked the other day why he did not want to go. back to Russia, a little lad said earnestly, "Because I can't co to school there." Another said: is better here.

We can live where wo want to." Others explained that in Russia or Rumania they could not go to school because their fathers were not soldiers. There was a chorus of "Because America is free" when a class was asked why their parents came to America. At least once a week the bright, airy rooms ring with "My country, is of the. and "The Star Spangled Banner." Every child owns an American Hag. for it is his first gift after being enrolled as an American student.

(Hie of the features of the weekly patriotic exercises is the salute to the flag. As the children wave their banners of red. white and blue, they recite in unison: "Flag of our great republic, inspli in battle, guardian of our homes, whose stars and stripes stand for bravery, purity, truth and union, we salute thee. We. the natives of distant lands, who find rest under thy folds, do pledge our hearts, our lives and our sacred honor to love protect thee.

our country and the liberty of the American people forever." As an evidence of the results of patriotic instruction and of the loyalty with which Jews regard America, Mr. Blaustein stated that of 1597 young Hebrews of the alliance who volunteers in the Spanish-American War. 0 per cent of then had run away from El is la to avoid military service. it two-thirds Immigrant me Russian, and the others mainly from They are as bright, every one of them, as the proverbial dollar, and the way they acquire English Is amazing. Their readiness to learn a language is explained by their teachers as the result of their knowledge of tWO tongues to begin Hebrew and the speech of their native land.

Every Jewish boy 'earns Hebrew. and begins the study of Scripture: and the Talmud at an early age. Eagerness to 'earn and promptness in attendance characterize the children throughout the school. and the percentage of afcenct'S is remarkably small. Th- records show th.it ninety-eight every hundred are in ir daily.

The Rumanian children have had better educational advantages, as a rule in their own country, than the Russians, nut the latter. it is said, "catch up'" speedily. Patriotism Is a sentiment unknown to them when they come to America. Few of them know Rusaian hymn or can trl! the color the Russian flag but they soon acquire the enthusiasm fiee'dom that pervades the school. Indeed, the fundamental studies In the school patriotism, cleanliness and morality.

A new id. the summer irate w.ii.^r is to have the front embroidered In vomc rid design, leaving resl of the waist absolutely without trimming Women who are expert with their needles enjoj working out beautil il on er goods. It is now th-- fashion to one litlit I orchid slipped In the side of the bunch of violets worn with evening or walking gown Another fad is to have the flowera tied with wide ribbon of moussellne de sole, or .1 vlolei silk cord with little silk halls or tassels al the end--. The "dropped" shoulder effect is observed on many of the lace yoke costumes, and promises to he almost as popular is It was last summer. oak leaves and acorns form some of the new "foliage hats' that have sprung Inti sudden popularitj Nightgowns for summer wear are cut square at the neck and have fitting elbow sleeves.

Many of these finished with a beading of embroidery through which Ugh! colored satin ribbon is drawn, and the usual edging of embroidery Is dispensed with. The latest thing In separate skirts Is close fitting to the knees and finished with a wide graduated accordion pleated flounce. In skirts of liu-ht colors the portion where the flounce loins the skirl Is finished with white or ecru lace in medallion or si rpentlne design. XOTES OF U. f.

II ORKERS Mrs Susannah M. Walker, who has been president of the Nebraska State Woman's Christian Temperance Union for eight a -aule nd of who resigned from her office ntly because of her removal to Canada, was born In Buffalo Mrs. Nettie Purdle llershlstr. president of the Nevada Woman's Christian Temperance Union, was horn In Cleveland. She was president of the Huron (Ohio) County Woman's Christian Temperance Union for seven years, and later president of the Hast End Union, In Cleveland.

Mrs. Laura E. Marsha, president of the Indian Territory Woman's Christian Temperance I'nion, i- 1 native of this State Before her marriage she was teacher In the Indian school at Okmulgee. I ml. THE Tin It I A TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF GIRL'S FROCK.

NO. 4,131, FOR 1" CENTS. Pretty Frocks with gored skirts and full baby waists an- always becoming to little girls and are much in vogue. This excellent has the advantage of being wearable either with or without the gulmpe, and can so be made available for both the extremely warm and the cool days. As shown it is made of pale blue dimity with trimming of (i embroidery, but all washable materials art- appropriate is well as cashin albatross md simple wools.

The giilm i- is preferably white, can be of lawn, batiste wash silk. To cut this frock tor a girl eight years of age yards of material 27 Inches wide, arils 32 inches wide, or yards 44 inches wide will be required Tilth yards of wide and 11,5 yards of narrow embroidery nnd yards of KO. 4 GIRL'S FROCK. insertion to trim as illustrated. The pattern.

No. 4,121, is cut. in sizes for girls four, eight, ten and twelve years of age. The pattern, will De sent to any address on receipt of 10 cents. Please give number and years distinctly.

Address Pattern Department, New- York Tribune. If In a hurry for pattern send an extra two-cent and we will mall by letter postage In envelope. GETS $150,000 FOR Y. M. C.

A. LAST SUBSCRIPTION FOR EASTERN DISTRICT BRANCH SECURED WITH ONLY MINUTES TO SPARK. Frederick D. Fagg, secretary of the Eastern District Branch of the Toong Men's Christian Association, Brooklyn, was highly elated yesterday when he announced that he had succet led in raisins the $150,000 necessary for a new building. Many of the pledges were made on the condition that they were not Rood unless the entire amount was subscribed by June 1.

The last pledge was received only a few minutes before the stroke of midnight on Saturday. On that morning the fund was short. Secretary Fasp: began raising money for the new building in October. 1900. On J' in lI 1 I 7 1902, there was a celebration because In subscriptions had been received.

The work (lone by Mr. Faerp ellipses anything of the kind ever accomplished in the Eastern District. The new which will be begun aa soon aa possible, will be one of the finest of it? kind in the country. PAT FOR PLAZA HOTEL. SYNDICATE GIVES J3.T00.000 FOR TT WITH AHJOINING PLOT BUILD NKW HOSTLERT.

The A. Fuller Construction Company, in conjunction with the Central Realty Bond and Trust Company and Hallfrarter. purchased yesterday the Plaza Hotel on the block front on the west side of between Fifty-eighth TIIK PLAZA HOTEL. Sold yesterday to a syndicate, comprising several well known corporations, which will erect nn the 1 twentj storj hotel, to cost abo.it $7. and Fifty-ninth and a vacant plot, by 100 Fifty-ninth-si adjoining the I.

for J3.00i sh. from the Sew fork Ufe Ins Comp Golding was the broker in the xhla is said to be the largest --ash in this city. On the present well knowi I vacant uill one Of the thlS win be twenty stories high and will cost Tl is the pun of the Sand and th- proposed hotel will represent an outlay of H0.000.000. When the work ol building the hotel Ail! be begun will depend on aeveral things. leased at presenl to A.

hiase will not xpire Mr. na th. Of the hotel will he delayed years. The present sil 0.10 feet and of 175 feet il nlnth-st. and of 1: fty-eighth-st The of ew hotel will same, with thl the frontag.

Klfty-nlni stead ol nal the pai 1 egui in th. Henrj propert) This, report the 11 joj o- .1 contract 1 The 1' "i Hot. this ell the of whl tl Justice Du ro block north of the On th. block fn.nl 1 th. between Klft use which manj veiir? up to th.

tin oi his ath. The ii Hot. 1 was till bj .1 rtrm 1 -ok. srou; The prop, rty then passed Intel I posses the New-York Life given a I irge the pr. mis.

s. rhe leased it to Hammoml. The stories huh of brick and brownston. terra otta and lished mar le trln ng architecture Is Italian Renaissance A iirge parl of rh. main lloor ia finished with marble mosaic pay.

m. Nts bronze of Mexican onyx, Iwork of mahogany, and fine painting The main dinii feet and has gru I 111 1 iirrhed rool thirt; I high re ar. vi vi hundr. I rooms for guests 1 Sod only in 5 Bb. Sealed Boxes.

"Crystal Domino Sugar- is packed in neat, sealed boxes, full net weight of sugar, is neverZhUn hulk, It pXd at the refinery and opened in the household is no intermediate handling. Hence, no dirt, no waste, no possible adulteration. Every piece alikc-and every piece spark es like a cluster of diamonds, tie result of its perfect crystallization. Convenient in form perfect in qi brilliant in appearance, no shgar made cat! equal it in excellence. When buying this sugar remember that the scaled package design of a "Domino' Mask, "Domino Crystal Domino," as as the names of the manufacturers.

You will be pleased the moment you open a box You will be better pleased when you have tried it in your tea, coffee, etc. It is sold by all first-lass Elder Sugar Refinery, Neu? York. CONFER ON CONSUMPTION. AMERICAN CON6RKJS OF TUBERCULOSIS IN JOINT SESSION WITH MEDICO LE SOCIETY. The third annual meeting of the American Congress of Tuberculosis, in joint session with the Medico-Legal Society, was opened yesterday at the Hotel Majestic.

It is to be continue. to-day and to-morrow, and there are to be meetings of the delegates representing medical, legal and sri-nMfle bodies In various States. Canada, and the Central and South American repobHcs. The eamgress has th" Indorsement of the partnteni of State, and invitations to foreign goveraawats are Issued through United States ambassadors and ministers. The federal government is represented in the congress by Captain Henry D.

Snydei and Surgeon W. C. Bra is ted, of the navy, and ns P. M. Carrlngton and Preston H.

Ballhache, of the Marine pita! 9 rvfci There was a large attendance of delegates at a. when Dr. A. N. Bell, of Brooklyn, made an address of welconv Dr.

Henry Holton. president of the congress, read his annual address, urging legislation for the suppression of conditions tending to spread the disease of tuberculosis, a disease which, .1 is estimated, afflicts one-seventh of the world's population. President Holton quoted Professor Behring. who held that tuberculosis in man and cattle was propagated by Identical bacilli, and that the seeming differences between human ami bovine bacilli resulted from the capacity of the bacilli to accommodate themselves, to the organism in which they lived It had been that inoculation with bovine bacillus would produce the disease in other animal species; this was corroborated by the cases of accidental Inoculation of human beings by bovine bacillus, as reported by Ravenel and others. Numerous cases had reported where persons had used for food milk from cows affected with bacilli, and ha.i developed Th( consensus of opinion seemed to be that the bacillus of tuberculosis was not transmitted from parent to child, but there were certain inherited conditions which predisposed the child to tuberculosis, such as nervous temperament, sluggish gland secretion and narrow chest.

Among the most active predisposing causes were intemperance. Insufficient clothing. living in filthy, damp localities, overcrowding and improper food. EDUCATION OF MASSES IMPORTANT. As to what means should be adopted to prevent th.

continual Infection of the human family. Dr. Holton said he believed the most important was the education of the masses in better methods of living. They must understand the necessity of clean, well ventilated houses and properly cooked food, and avoid all excesses which reduce vitality. Influences must be brought to bear to Improve the condition of the tenement houses in large 1, mil health boards should have the power to enforce compliance with sanitary requirements.

Compulsory notification of cases of pulmonary tuberculosis should be insisted upon as In any other contagious disease, not for the pur pose of quarantine, but that the family md all who bad associations with such persons might be able take smh precautions as were necessary. With proper care patients might remain In their own family without of infecting them, but In nun cases, especially oong the poor, this was hot practicable, and for them should be opened. New-York. Massachusetts, Connecticut and a few other States, already had such vanatnriuins of private character, but they should be multiplied, and others should be established by the State for the use the poorer classes of society. Clark Bell, secretary of th congress, welcomed the delegates on behalf of the Medico-Legal On the roll call the delegates briefly of what the authorities in their sections had done toward preventing th( spread of tuberculosis.

Several papers to I. read later were announced. Monty Benedlkt. of Vienna, read a paper in which he discussed the need for legislation in regard to heredity declaring that State should enact laws to prevent the marriage of persons who could not pass an examination for life insurance. MAY BECOME RARE DISEASE SOME DAY i A paper on "The Conflict with Tuberculosis" was read by Dr.

Nils R. Flnsen. of Copenhagen, who said it was not improbable that tuberculosis might become a rare disease some day. Speaking of the treatment of tuberculosis of the skin, particularly lupus vulgaris. he sjld: "In the light treatment, that is to say.

the treatment with exceedingly strong concentrated rays of light, we have a method which is able to cure disease in most cases. My experience, which more than six years and more than ci nt hundred cases of lupus vulgarls. has taught me that nearly -til cases, even the severest, are favorably Influenced, because only two of our cases have not been influenced. As particular circumstances of the treatment 1 must emphasize its painlcssness and the good cosmetic results. The inert as.

of patients from Denmark to the light institute culminated few ars afro. The method is now in use in Berlin. Paris. London. St.

Petersburg. Vienna and in many other towns. At the afternoon session Dr. J. Barrlck.

of Toronto, submitted the following resolution, which was adopted after there had been considerable it Is the duty of every government, pality and individual citizen to adopt organized I methods for lessening the spread of a disease Which is causing directly or indirectly, probably one-fifth. of the total deaths in almost every country of the Dr. Charles O. Probst, of Ohio, said that overcrowded tenements and factories were the chief causes of tuberculosis, and wag of the opinion that the prevention of the disease ought to be taught Li i the public schools. He said that if the course of study weakly children In school was cut down saw-half and the time devoted to physical culture, there would be less tuberculosis in the community.

FAVORS PTBS AIR AND GOOD NOURISHMENT. Ex-Coroner Ellinger said that pure air and good nourishment were good remedies in cases of tuberculosis, and that the disease wii infectious, but not transmitted by heredity. Dr. C. W.

Peck. of Brandon. said that tuberculosis was a contagious disease said that if if were not for the power of resistance in our bodies the people of this country would be wiped out by consumption, because myriads of bacilli from the sputum of in- fected persons is daily expectorated in the streetj and public places. Dr. Paschal, of San Antonio.

said it would be unlawful to invade a home and remove a person suffering with tuberculosis to a sanatorium. He added that the United States Government, while prohibiting tuberculosis infected immigrants from landing here, did nothing to protect the millions of travelling people from consumptives, who are constantly going by train and boat from State to State. Late in the afternoon the committee on resolutions was directed to declare tuberculosis to be an acute Infect! disease, and to declare, as the cen- i sus reports or" this country and Canada show, that school teachers are. in a large percentage, suf- ferers from tuberculosis, and that the local author- i ities in the cities and towns be asked to provide the schoolrooms with more air space, so is to protect the teachers. PENSIONERS CAX HOLD OFFICE.

JUSTICE LEVENTRITT DECLARES UNCONSTITUTIONAL CHARTER SECTION DISQUALIFYING THEM. Justice Leventritt. in the Supreme Court, yesterday handed down an opinion holding that Section I. of the new charter, which disqualifies pensioners from ho Mi rig office under the city government, was unconstitutional and void. The decision was in a test case brought on behalf of the retired policemen and firemen through a petition filed by Alexander Price, a retired policeman, who applied for reinstatement as section foreman in the Department of Street Cleaning.

The case was argued In January by Roger Foster for the pensioners. Assistant Corporation Counsel Theodore Connoly opposed him. Justice Leventritt said, in part: I am of the opinion that this provision is violative of the State Constitution, and primarily of Article I. Section 1. which commands that no member of the Star- shall be disfranchised, or deprived of any of the rights or privileges secured to any citizen thereof, unless by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.

The provision strikes me. at least, as so obviously unconstitutional that I cannot omit, even at the risk, perhaps, of departure from an unwritten rule of practice, briefly to state the reasons of my conclusion. The theory, as well as the spirit underlying all democratic constitutions la to deny to no one living under them, to no xnein-. ter of the State, the right to hold office. The trusts, offices or employments within the gift or at the disposition of the conferring power.

whether by vote or appointment, are for all citizens. if we examine the disqualifications which are recognized we shall find that, barring arbitrary constitutional exclusions, they fall either within the class requiring certain necessary qualifications for all offices, or within that requiring necessary- qualifications for a particu- i lar office. It is difficult to see, however, how the receipt of a from a city department should disqualify one either generally or specially for the performance of all the duties of any of the thousands of the offices or positions at the disposal of the municipality, especially so in this case where old age or infirmity is not a factor. vismxr. kiuope THIS year 1 find The Tribune for sale at the- hoot of the lending throacbout continent of Korope and i.r- at Britain.

an vreH on the Renrtins Kuom tables. It may be obtained at I hr principal ritllrnnil FLAG DAT. JUKE Th Ping Pay Association, which was formed ft 1895 to promote reverence for the flag of the coun try. H.i« sent letters to various persons and ganuntions throughout the United States, callrnfi attention to the approach of Flag Day. June 14.

am urging a general and enthusiastic celebration of tilt'; 'lav This year a more general celebration thai usual is desired. In many public and privati schools exercises are conducted in celebration 1., and the association, of which Colon-; Ralph Earl Prime, of Vonkers. is president, til making an effort to extend this practice..