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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY', FEBRUARY 18, 1912. TO SATIRIZE 1 Why Did His Mayor Gaynor Slight Former Friend, Epictetus? New Publication Will Keep Public Informed of Progress of Work. point, to learn what things are our own and what belong to others." "Concerning such as hastily assume the philosophic dress" is the caption of another section of the Hierapolitan's teaching.

"Never commend or censure any ipi MISS DEMOCRACY WOOED AT GRIDIRON CLUB DINNER Distinguished Guests Entertained by "Stunts' of Psstido Candidates. Washingtoa, February 17 Miss Democracy was the belle of the midwinter dinner oe the Gridiron Club tonight, while numbers disguised to represent the several candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination entertained with their 'vooing a distinguished company, including President Taft. some of the candidates in prominent members of Congress of all factions und guests from a number of States, Louis Garlhe of the Baltimore American was initiated as president of the-club and was subjected to a grilling by ten presidential candidates in order to test his fitness. The tuneful opera of "Robin Hood" was the vehicle for the presentation of a number of prominent Progress Ive.T, Most of them had sought the. shades of Sherwood Forest for the sake ot its tail tim ber.

hence they fell easily Into Robin's merry crew. There was "Little John I and "Will Scarlet La Kollette," and "Friar Flncbot" and good I lame nesioes Kobin hoou, who. Introducing himself as an outlaw, sang "But outlaws you are men ot wealth and rank am; pedigree." The "Court of met tii'opeh' ses-dio "before rive-guests "to settle all questions requiring, arbitration, sanitation and- This august tribunal came to grier-when ajiked woat it had to say about the runiored struggle between Taft and Roosevelt, Each member threw up his hands and walked out witnout saying anything, and when the "Press Vneiir teiltlire of the COnri i Peerless Leader Will Be Asked to Decide Numerous Nonsensical Matters. DROLL DEMOCRATIC DEVICE, House Wags of "Tell-Us-How-to-Vote Club" Aim to Stop Meddling. Eagle Bureau, tit iS Fourteenth Street.

Washington, February 17 Some of the Democrats in the House of Representatives are deliberately preparing to make fun of William J. Bryan. Until quite lecently these Democrats were angry with bim and were prone to give voice to cries of rage and protests whenever he attempted to dictate what they should do as members of the House. But now they have come to the conclusion that Mr. Bryan is merely amuBing and they are ready to laugh.

So they have organized the "Tell-Us- How-To-Vote Club." The avowed object of this organization is to consult the wishes of the Nebraska leader on matters concerning the disposal of waste paper and other trivialities, and to forget to consult him on such things as the taritf, the trusts and appropriations. The president of the Tell-Us-How-To-Vote Club is Representative Frank Clark of Florida, who started the Everglades investigation, and the corresponding secretary is Representative Garrett of Tennessee, who is a member of the rules committee and one of the most prominent of the younger Democrats. A number of members on the majority side of the House have signified their inten-lion of becoming members. President Clark is a pretty Independent citizen. He does not hesitate to lock horns with the leaders If it suits him to do so.

Time was when fellow Democrats and Republicans thought it was good sport to engage in verbal controversies with the man from Florida. But he soon developed such a faculty and enthusiasm for rough and tumble debate that now they let him alone. Aims to Keep Bryan From Meddling With Legislation. "I realize," said President Clark of the Tell-l's-How-To-Vole Club, "that the aim of the club, to make Mr. Bryan quit meddUng in legislative affairs and trying to divert and direct the legislative policy of our party in Congress, must seem chimerical.

Many movements have endeavored to squelch the Nebraskan, but like the brook and the volcano, he runs and erupts forever. We Intend, however, to do our very best to accora-j-lish our patriotic purpose." And Mr. Clark, with a wide smile, ambled off to talk with some Democrats who love Mr. Bryan just as much as he does. The plan of the Tell-l's-How-To-Vote Club for putting Mr.

Bryan out of business is very simple. The members are pledged to ask Mr. Bryan's advice on every possible occasion. By working in relays and sometimes all together, they propose to keep his attention occupied. "For instance." says President Clark, "we will say that, ihe House 'consideration a resolution from the committee on rules proposing 'to permit the committee on interstate and foreign commerce to employ a janitor.

We Democrats of the House, in our trusting simplicity, would, under ordinary circum1 Munres, favor a revolution of that sort, once we were convinced ihat the services of the janitor -were necessary to the comfort and cleanliness of the commit ter. But our experience lias been varied and bitter. We pause. hub in a hick on ine pert Ihe vested Interests. If may be that the money devil is lurking In the janitor's! shadow.

He may be an emissary of the nnanciai octopus. i ne enemies or tne initiative and referendum may have him on the pay roll. The opponents ot the recall may have hired him to stifle true Democracy with his janitorial dust. He may light a fire under the direct election of Senators." A Great Wag Is This Odd Club's President. President Clark of the Club paused und shook hiB head gravely.

"In such a crisis as this," he said, "the ignorant membership of the House should i have advice. Where else should we turn 10 get it but to Lincoln, the home of notions, the zoological park of political curiosities? So we propose lo consult Mr. Bryan. The members of the Tell-l's-How-To-Vote Club will unite in a wire something like this: "'Tellers ordered on resolution giving Interstate Commerce Committee additional janitor. Great excitement.

Sinister design suspected. Tell us what to "Mr. Bryan's patriotism could never resist an appeal like that," Mr. Clark con-ilnued. "He would surely answpr our tcl-igram, if he didn't beat us to it." So the members of the Tell-l's-How-To-Vote Club, sharing Mr.

Clark's views, propose to ask Mr. Bryan's advice on all matters of as great moment as that concerned in the resolution referred to. They intend asking for instructions on nil things connected with the disposition of useless executive papers, the activities of ihe committee On ventilation and acoustics, the hour of convening on Sundays and the denominational content of the chaplain's opening prayer. But. not wishing to annoy the Peerless Leader too much, they propose.

Clark says, they v.ill vote according to their own inclination on all minor matters, such as the l.iriff. appropriations, amendments to the pure-food law. Panama Canal tolls and Ihe pursuit of the money trust. Times Seem to Be Changing in the Haunts of Democracy. That a collection of Democrats, even In fun, could organize such a band as the Tell-l's-How-To-Vote Club and talk and laugh about its ends and aims is considered remarkable.

If any Democrat had hinted at such a thing some few-years ago he would have been drawn and nuartcred. his quivering heart exposed to public view at the city gate and his ancestors deprived by edict of the honors they had enjoyed throughout life. It Is ouite apparent that the times are hane- ine and that the Democracy is out to I we'j 1 the Dcrt. Of say, as many do, 'What! shall these execrable and odious wretcnes dare to act And Epictetus adds search-ingly, "Whence have you so suddenly learned a question that the press has asked the1 cynic's modern follower. There is a note on the "Right Treat ment tit Tvrants aa follows: "When pergon is possessed of some personal ad- vantage, either real or -imaginary, he will necessarily be puffed up by it unless he has been well Instructed.

He openly says, '1 am supreme over But are your own aims infallible. When came you by that privilege?" Here is a pithy bit of conversation. "What would you have, oh man? Why do you walk as if you had swallowed a spit?" 'Because I could wish to have all who meet me admire me, and all who follow ma rtftr 'IVknl rt rrpaat nil InBnnnpr me cry out, nat a great Would Tou Be Admired by Madmen vvno are mose uy wiium yvuu, be admired? Are not they the very people who used to say you were mad? What, then, would you be admired by madmen?" Epictetus makes also this comment on the would-be philosopher: "Some will come, and will shake his head and say, 'Hark ye, child, it Is lit you should learn philosophy, but it is fit, too, you should learn common The first step toward becoming a philosopher, remarks the Sage, is to be sensible in what state the ruling faculty of the mind is; for, on knowing It to be weak, no person will immediately employ it In great attempts. But some who can scarce digest a crumb will buy and swallow whole treatises. Indeed, It is easy to convince an ignorant person an far.

au enncorna tneoPV so far as concerns theory There Is nn assertion of phliosopnerg which may perhaps appear a paradox to many" but certainly not to this erst while disciple "that it is possible in all things to act with caution and courage." There is one nasty chapter heading which is here quoted without comment: "That some persons, failing to fulfill what the character of a man requires, assume that of a philosopher." The First Business of One Who Studies Philosophy. "What Is the first business of one who studies philosophy?" asks Epictetus a little further on In his book. "To part with self concell. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he thinks ho already knows." The Cynic also takes It out of another Imaginary antagonist after this fuahiou: "Vou have been lighting with your manservant: you have turned the house upside down ind alarmed the neighborhood; and do you come to me with a pompous show of wijdlm and sit and criticise how I explain a Bentence, how I prate what ever comes into my head." Can it oe possible that Epictetus was thinking of the Board of Epictetus is defining the character the true philosopher or cynic and bear in mind, the word cynic here his not the slighting meaning usually put upon it as he sees it in the various relations of iife. "For there Is this fine "Circun-stance connected with the character of a cynic or philosopher, that he must be beaten like an ass, and yet, when beaten, must love those who heat him, as the father, as the brother of all." There is another fruitful chapter so long and eloquent that it can hardly be quoted.

Its title, however, 'is enough for the (thoughtful commentator. It deals with "Such as Read and Dispute Ostenta tiously. A Wise and Good Person Avoids Quarrels. Another concerns the "Quarrelsome and reruciuus It begins: "A wise and good person neither quarrels himseir nor 'as far as possible suffers another to do so and wisdom consists in this very down on the east side of Manhattan, under the East River to Brooklyn. There is machinery run by electricity which propells the drills, runs the elevators up and down the shaft, and supplies the workers with air.

There are resting places for the men when they are off duty, a bathtub, with every convenience, and last, but not least, a hospital. The latter is fully equipped for aiding the workmen when suffering from ills which are peculiar to those who are employed so far from the surface and where it is necessary to use large quantities of compressed air. Dr. E. B.

Smith In Charge of Hospital at Big Shaft. A regularly graduated physician Is In charge of this workmen's hospital. During the last few days Dr. E. B.

Smith has been appointed to this position as an "ftant to l'r- William Shroeder. jr wnn nns thf RiinprvlHion of nil thrpp of the shafts being sunk in Brooklyn. Dr. Smith Is a native of the City of New York and a graduate of Cornell Medical School. The arrangements at the shaft where Dr.

Smith is serving, which is known as shaft No. 23, arc very complete, and include almost all the ailments which the men who are engaged upon such work are liable to suffer from. It is the purpose of the contractors, the Holbrook, Cabot Rollins Corporation, to keep all the men In Burh physical condition that they will not be likely to require much medical treatment. The principal trouble which Is feared is what Is known in colloquial language as the "bends." It is a difficulty which Is encountered by men whose work is done under compressed air. As the hole is dug for the shaft a concrete caisson is let down, and when this reaches solid rock it is cemented to it.

and the work is continued through the rock by means of drills. Compressed Air Necessary to Keep Water From Shaft. In digging through the earth streams of water are encountered, and these have to be kept back by sending into the hole quantities of compressed air. The men who work In the excavation are familiarly known as "sandhogs," and they have lo do this work in the compressed air. A man works one hour and lays off five hours.

He then goes on again and works another hour, and that completes his task for the day. The work proceeds night and day. but none of the men is obliged to work more than two hours out of the twenty-four. It Is claimed What of Epictetus? Ever since William J. tiaynor ceased to be Judge and became Mayor, we have had all our public affairs and private likes and dislikes heard and settled In accordance with the maxims of the old Cynic.

But lately the Mayor, succumbing to the recent craze for giving out lists of the "twenty best" things of all sorts, has set his mind to work at giving the public the result of his years of pondering upon literature in still one more list of the "twenty best." It is a varied and noble company he gives of geniuses who have enriched the thought of the world by their writings: I The Bible, of course, and equally, of Shakspeare; then a long array, Euclid, Hume, Homer, Milton, Cervantes, Rabelais, Franklin, Plutarch, Benevenuto Cellini, Gibbon and many others. There are some unusual inclusions and some decidedly important omissions. Poor Old Epictetus Given the Cold Shoulder by an Old Friend. But the omission which has most scandalized and set agog New York for two years lashed and sermoned with the wise words of the old philosopher on every subject from subways to the proper" temperature of street cars, is the omission of Epictetus himself. Has the Mayor lost faith In his guide, philosopher and friend? Or is he playing a characteristic, sardonic joke on the eager readers I oi me eonaemnea newspapers, woo ex pected without question to read tne name of the cynic in the list? Did the Mayor pay, "They expect him, therefore, they 3hall not have him?" But Isn't it possible that the Mayor has found in Epictetus statements and opinions which put to shame some of his actions, and fearing lest folk should read therein and so huve the laugh on him, he has omitted the old gentleman from his list.

A search through the writings of Epictetus reveals many sayings which do not altogether accord with the Mayor's. Hear then the words of Epictetus, Slav of Epaphroditus, freedman of Nero, the exile under Domttlan to Nlcopolis and see the possible reason why, after all his faithful service, he was left out of the Mayor's list of "best!" The Story of a Man Who Failed to Betire. To begin with, there Is a paragraph on "Those who seek preferment at Rome," of a man who returning from exile met the philosopher and promised that should lie go to Rome he Would apply himself to nothing," but' to spend the remainder of his days in repose and tranquility. "Vet after all how did he act?" says Epictetus. "Before he entered the city he was met by a letter from Caesar.

On receiving it be forgot all his former resolutions and has ever since been accumulating affairs on himself." There is another dictum which comes rather near home, when we remember some of the Mayor's remarks about those who disagree with him. It is entitled, ''That we ouBht not to. be angry with the -and says: i ''Why-Bhould one who professes philosophy be angry at the multitude, saying 'They are thieves and What do i -luean by. thieves and robbers? They are in an error concerning good and evil. Ought you then to be angry, or, rather, pity them? Do but show them their error and vou will see that they will amtnd their faults; but if they do not see their error they will rise not higher than their conviction i Vield not to hatred and to anger; nor Recently Smith Graduated, E.

Keeps "Rickets' B. From Workers. DANGER IN COMPRESSED AIR. Only Men in First-Class Condition Can Work in Aqueduct Bore. Of the thousands of Brooklyn people who everyday pass the junction of Flat-bush avenue, Third avenue and Scher-merhorn street, very few probably are aware of the mighty work which Is proceeding there, day and night, within the temporary frame inclosure.

This is one of three localities In Brooklyn where shafts are being sunk for the purpose of tapping the tunnel which Is to bring Dr. E. B. Smith. Catskiil Water into Brooklyn.

The other shafts are at the plaza, on the Myrtle avenue side of Fort Greene, and at Flushing avenue and Bridge street. sites for these shafts were located on property owned by the city, so the 'Purchase of land could be avoided as Well as ine expense ami iusm oi nine in condemnation oroceedings. It thus hap I was appealed to he exclaimed, in grea. Hirnrien' "Via I've, Znl nntllitllT to R3T. surnrise $50,000 HAS BEEN RAISED.

Brooklyn's Latest Venture Promises to Meet With Decided Success. Free to Public. The Brooklyn Botanic Garden of ths Institute of Arts and Sciences has so far progressed toward full realization, as to Issue what is to be a regular publication, and to be known as Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record. Volume 1, No. 1, has just appeared.

On the first page is this foreword: "The Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record, inaugurated with this number, will, until further notice, be Issued quarterly. It is purely an administrative organ, and is Intended to serve as a record of the de-, relopment and progress of the garden, and as a medium of communication between the garden and its constituency. One of the numbers of each volume will contain the annual report of the director of the garden." "A Trip to Western Cuba" is the first article In this number. It describes a botanizing lournev and is Illustrated. The I article is written by Dr.

C. Stuart Gager, who is the director of the new botanic garden. How Brooklyn's Botanic Garden Was Provided For. The main portion of this initial nura-' ber of the Record Is filled with the terms of the agreement between the City of New York and the Brooklyn Institute of. Arts and Sciences concerning the Botanlo Garden.

agreement was entered into on the 2th day of December, 1909. It provided for the establishment of a botanic garden and arboretum on park lands in the City of Brooklyn, and for the care of the same. Under the head of "Private Endowment" it Is stated that the Institute has raised by private sub scription the sum of $50,000, the principal of which Is to be used exclusively by the Institute for the purchase of plants, Bowers, shrubs and trees to be set out in the botanic garden and arboretum. Boundaries as given In the agreement and published in the Record are given as "the park lands lying between the Eastern Parkway on the north, Washington avenue on the east, the line of division between the old town of Flatbush and the old City of Brooklyn on the south, and Flatbush avenue on ths west, (excepting therefrom lands re served for the Prospect Heights Reservoir); lands leased to the Brooklyn Institute' of Arts and Sciences for museum pur poses; lands designated as a site for a public library and for an astronomical observatory. The agreement further states that definite plans for the garden and arbore tum shall be made Immediately after the agreement is signed and these plans must be approved by the Board of Park, Commissioners of the City of New York.

The buildings provided for are plant houses, and rooms for Instruction in botany. The managers of the gardcu are authorized to exhibit photographs, or publications relating to botany, in this city or elsewhere, in the public schools or otherwise, for educational or scientific purposes; "provided, however, that all the net proceeds, any, of such exhibitions shall be iK voied solely to the benefit or increase, of the library, the apparatus and equipment of the botanic garden and arboretum." It is further in the agreement that the Institute "shall so far as surplus resources will permit, furnish plants and botanic material for use in teaching botany in the public schools In the City of New York, and in case the supply of plants and material for Instruction is not exhausted by the demand of the public schools, of the city, such plants and materials may, at-the discretion of the Institute, be furnished to other educational institutions within the city." Botanic Garden to Be Open Without Charge to Public. The botanic garden and arboretum Is to be open to the public without charge on a portion at least of every day in the year, under such regulations as the Insitute may make. But it Is expressly understood, says -the agreement, that the Institute shall have the privilege of closing the plant houses or rooms for instruction to the public until 2 o'clock in the afternoon on two days of the week for the purpose of scientific research, and for the cleaning and rearranging of collections and apparatus. There is a clause In the agreement which provides for expeditions for the purpose of collecting botanic specimens.

Thus there is an excellent prospect that this new Brooklyn institution will have botanic treasures from foreign lands, and It will become still another magnet to draw the scientific, as well as lovers of the curious, the interesting, and the beautiful, into the Prospect Park r-glon. TO FORM ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Effort to Reunite Graduates of Old Nazareth Hall in Penn. A movement, in which many Brooklyn men are greatly interested, has been started for the formation of an alumni association among the graduates of Nazareth Hall, which is located in Northamp ton County, Pennsylvania, not far from Easton. and Bethlehem, in that State. Steps were first taken in this direction in the early part of this month, when a dinner was held by the trustees at a restaurant in Manhattan, and the Brooklyn graduates were largely represented.

Plans were undertaken to bring all the old students together again in an organization be called the Nazaretn nan tibn of New York. Nazareth Hall enjoys a unique distinction in that It iB without a doubt the for boys In this eat IJttl OLUl 3 country. It was founded by Count Zinzen- dorf of the Barony oi and has been in existence nee umhf supervision of tne time, with the exception of a few months in the early during the depredations of the Nazareth Ha has sent lonu nence in the nation. It had scholars in Revolutionary and Civil wars and its I historv shows that 2fi2 have participated In the war between the States, and of I 27 met death on the battlefield. Tmong the men of note, who are Included in the list of scholars of Nazareth i-ore.

the late James Rldgway. former District Attorney of 1 conntv: George B. Cortelyou, At torney General George P. Wickershaitl. Stephen K.

Colgate, Stephen S. Palmer, Edward Mln-turn and many others. A CONFIRMED JAIL BREAKER. Spokane, February 17 Robert wanted at Moscow, Idaho, for jail-breaking, arrived here today from Buffalo, N. witn a recoru oi tniee e-canes from jail since he -was convicted of having robbed a postoffice.

Bradbury, who is 19 years old, cscaps-J Mnacnw lail and was not heart of again until arrested In Louisville, Ky. Within a day or two ne suppeu um the Louisville jail, and was next captured in Buffalo. While waiting for the officers who were to take him back to Moscow, Bradbury made his third escape, but was recaptured by the Buffalo polio. one for common actions (such as desiring heat in street cars), thus you will alha fnA hnth aahnaeu onH Ill-nature yov they who only have such inclination toward philosophy as weak stomachs have to some kind of food, of which they will presently grow sick, expect to hasten to the scepter and the kingdom." In any edition of Epictetus, after the body of longer discourses, the reader may And the Enchiridion, or handbook, in which are many paragraphs and short sentences of pith and moment. There are also some fragments worth studying.

follow: not that Vent9 hanDen you wish; but wish them to happen as tV. Unnnnn A n.lll nr. moll "If you would Improve, be content to be thought dull and foolish with regard to externals. Do not desire to be thought to know everything; and though you should appear to others to be somebody, distrust yourself." One Philosophy Overlooked by Good Mr. Epictetus.

"Remember you must behave as at a banquet." Nothing is said, however, about behavior at the banquet, particularly as to the post-prandial remarks. "If you have an earnest desire toward philosophy, prepare yourself from the very first to have the multitude laugh and sneer and say, 'He is returned to us a philosopher all at unrh.n a r.n.. fa r. lllvintltlnn I remembe that know not wnat tne i event will be. "If you have assumed any character beyond your strength, you have both demeaned yourself 111 In that and quitted one which you might have supported.

"When any person does ill by you or speaks 111 of you, remember that he acts from an impression that it is right for him to do so. Now It is not possible that he should follow what appears to be right to you, but only what appears so to himself. "Never proclaim yourself a philosopher, nor make much talk among the Ignorant about your principles, but show them by your actions. Thus, at an entertainment, do not discourse on how people ought to eat, but eat as you ought. How to Treat People Whom You Meet.

"Consider him with whom you converse in one of these three ways; either as your superior, or inferior, or equal. If superior you ought to hear him and be convinced; if inferior, to convince him; if equal, to agree with him, and thus you will never be led into the love of strife. 'Give no Judgment from another trib- 1- before your have yourself been Judged at the tribunal of absolute Justice. "If you would give a just decision heed neither parties nor pleaders, but the cause itself. "It is scandalous for a judge to have to be judged by others.

"When you are going to attack anyone with vehemence and threatening remember to say first to yourself that you are constituted gentle, and by that doing nothing violent you will live without the need of repentance, and irreproachable. "Consult nothing so much on every occasion discretions Now it: Is more discreet to be silent 'than t'o speak and to omit speaking whatever is not accom- sense. oin.d.. reason. Here.

then, are certain maxims of Epictetus, once greatly favored by William J. Gaynor, now left out In the cold, debarred from the fellowship of best books. Perhaps in some of these citations one may see why the Mayor has changed his mind. pressed air and to watch over them and treat them when they are in the air When men apply for employment In the shaft they have to be very thoroughly examined, for only those who are In prime physical condition are accepted for this work. The heart must be very strong and the general condition must be fully up to par, or the man will not be able to endure any length of time.

Doing this kind of work is a business by Itself. There are men who prefer it to other employments and have been doing It for a number of years. The majority of those who adopt this kind of employment, however, are between 25 and 35 years of age. A peculiarity about working under compressed air is that the men are possessed of almost superhuman energy. They work as if their lives depended upon what they accomplish during the hour during which they were allowed to work.

Those who are unfamiliar with the sight of these men digging and shoveling. In such a desperate and determined milliner, are amazed at the sight, and it Is difficult for them to believe that they have not been dropped suddenly into the infernal regions. The Eagle reporter observed a number of men coming up out of the shaft. They looked perfectly normal. They looked particularly sleek and well fed, and as if their labors 141 feet below the surface had not In any way disagreed with them.

In about two weeks the digging of sand will be completed, for then solid rock will be struck, and the blasting with dynamite will begin and be continued until the total depth of the shaft will be reached, which will be 310 feet. P. J. Gray Is the superintendent of the work. Dr.

E. B. Smith is a son of Wilbur F. Smith, whose home Is at SOI Sterling place, Brooklyn. The latter has been an employe of the East River National Bank for the past thirty-five years.

On Thursday last he was held up by robbers while conveying $25,000 In bills in an automobile to his bank, terribly beaten and the money taken. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS. James McLeer Camp, Sons of Veterans, Celebrates Anniversary. The fifteenth anniversary and private Installation of officers of James McLeer Camp.i No. 19.

Sons of Veterans, took place Thursday evening at Hart's Hall, Gates avenue and Broadway. The Installing officer was Ralph P. Hollister of a. naat llintot vli-e stalled: Commander, Frank M. Marlow; senior vice commander, Cajus Leedham; junior vice commander, Clarence Van Wlcklen; camp council.

Robert H. Nor-bury, Frederick F. Stickevers, Frank M. Davis; secretary, James H. Mudge; treasurer, William Grosback; color bearer, David E.

Gladd; guide, Oscar A. Barck; Lee Dunbar; inner guard, William B. Dugan. The programme following consisted of orchestral selections by Miss M. L.

Brown. Mias E. A. Brown. Bertrand H.

Weber, Bertrand H. Weber, and John H. Brown, and vocal selections by Miss Lillian F. Marlow. The address of the evening was made by General James McLeer, in whose honor the camp is named.

Counselor John MacCrate took for his theme "Abraham Lincoln." and Frank M. Davis spoke on "Fifteen Years Ago." The retiring commander, Robert H. Norbury, was presented with a handsome prairie grass rocker by the members of James McLeer Camp, the presentation address being made by Commander Albert M. Yacger of Huntsman Camp, Sons of Veterans, ot FRENCH PRESIDENT NEXT YEAR, IS SCHEDULE Fallieres' Probable Successor Stirs Up Political Gossip in Paris. Paris, February 10 President Armand Fallieres has now entered the last year of his seven-year term of office.

On January 17, 1913, the French Senate and Chamber of Deputies will convene In solemn seBslon at Versailles to elect his successor. Although the election date is distant, President Fallieres Will Betire to His Country Estate Next Year. the discussion of the question of' the next chief executive of France Is being taken up animatedly. It seems generally accepted that President Fallieres has no wish to succeed himself. He is tepre-sented as being well satisfied with his long term in office, which, if It has brought him a succession of the highest honors leads him to feel that he may now seek a repose from the oftentimes arduous dutiin.

He will retire, it is stated to southern France, where he is the proprietor of a large area of vineyards. Leon Bourgeois Prominent Among the Candidates. Many names are brought forward in discussion as possible successors to Mr. Fallieres. The most familiar is that of Leon Bourgeois, whose distinguished parliamentary record and long public service for his country must have suggested him as a worthy candidate.

However, Mr; Bourgeois has entered the new Polncare cabinet and, should he decide to remain there, it might Influence his candidacy for the presidency. Another much talked of candidate Is Antonin Dubost, the president Leon Bourgeois, Who May Be the Next President of France. of the French Senate. Many believe that the presidency is a natural Btep from the leadership of the Senate. Other names talked of are President Brisson.

of the Chamber of Deputies, and Paul Doumer, one of the younger Frenchmen, wno nas maae a kuuiik for himself In French national life. There is, of course, always the ehanci for the "dark horse." The next Presi-cent of the Republic may be a man who is little known now In the political world. Many Important Engagements Mark Fallieres' Last Year. The concluding year of President Fallieres' term will be tilled with Important engagements. At Belfort he will unveil the monument to be erected to commemorate the three sieges and he wiil also be present at the fetes to be given In the frontier region.

A tour of several weeks in Algeria Is also being arranged. At Paris the President will receive tho King and Queen of England on their official visit and will probably undertake a return visit to London toward the close of the year. Queen Wilhelmina and the Prince Consort of the Netherlands ere also awaited In Paris this year. Finally there is another visit calculated to be of a political and picturesque nature. Moulay Hafld, the Sultan of Morocco, which has recently been made a protectorate of France, will be the guest of the Republic in the month of July, and will be present at the great military review at longchamps on July 14.

I i started it jt remained for. the Pemocratic Pres-sklt. to bring out idential Steeplechase" the candidates in full force. A bookmaker appeared with his blackboard, sheetwriter and other apparatus, and announced the entries as follows: "Here is Woodrow sired by Jim Smith and damned by Henry Watterson; breezed out well on his last trial; going fast under a hard pull. "Next is.Judson an old campaigner; begot, by (irover a famous stake horse, and damned by V.

J. Bryan. "Here is Tom Marshall and J. W. Kern, entered by the Tom Taggart stable from the banka of the Wabash, and coupled in the betting.

"Next Is Champ and Governor Folk, entered by the 'show me' stables. "Here is William Jennings, who will be. ridden by W. J. Bryan, the only rider who has ever, been able to stick on his back.

"Next comes Oscar a. little conservative oyer the jumps, but a fast colt; J. Bankheail up. "Last, but not least, is Eugene entered inadvertently by Henry Cabot Lodge." The funniest kind of betting followed the horses got away, but unfortunately the Gridiron Club failed to enlighten its guests as to the identity ot the winner, for just as the ponies were bunched In the homestretch in an exciting finish the police raided the hall and "pinched" the bookmaker. FOR PRECIOUS BLOOD SISTERS Twentieth Annual Concert and Lecture Arranged.

The twentieth annual concert and lecture in aid of tim Monastery of the Precious' Blood. Fort Hamilton Parkway and Fifty-fourth street, to be given at the Montauk Theater. Sunday evening, 111, is a special appeal In behalt of the aiRters. who were compelled, by unavoidable necessity, to build a new monastery. The former monastery at 212 Putnam aveittue became unsuitable, u.d could not be adapted for present and future conditions without enormous ex- 1 isc, hence the building of th-- pi" tnt monastery, with its Inevitable i ucbtedncss.

Tin- sisters have every reason to hank tin generous friends who have stood by them since they first came to Brooklyn now they ask their friends-to show their interest again by contributing to the sue cess of the concert and lecture The lecturer this year will be Shand be exc eedingly His- cousin, til Right Churchill, the Ftrsi lord of the has shown interest in the' matter of Home Rule in the recent demonstration ai Belfast, and Shane Leslie is equally -Interested in all that concerns the welfare' and happi-ress of the people of Ireland. As usual, the musical programme will be under the direction of Miss Marie KiccliMoefcr. and the promises are of attractive array -of artists, and a pro gramme of superior excellence. SUICIDE IN FUNEHAL CHAPEL. Step- "Indianapolis.

February 17 ping from the office into the chapel of his undertaking establishment, Frank Planner committed suicide today by drinking carbolic acid. An employe found his body on the floor before the altar. LUSITANIA RESUMES THIPS. Liverpool, February 17 The Cunard liner Luitatiia. which lias been completely resumed h'r regular sailings tod iv.

when she left fork, with -u I. by the most expert engineers and con- tractors who have given much thought i commander Division of New York. His tr, the subiect, that none of the men would 1 staff were members of George C. Strong feel any ill effects from working In I Post, No. 534.

Grand Army of the Re-compressed air if they would carefully public, 'ihe following office were In- win. This intent is so plain that even Leslie. II is subject. "The Universities of lie who runs may read. Even those Dem- Oxford and Cambridge Past and Present," ocrats who still believe, down in their, is one of great historical interest, and hearts, thai Mr.

Bryan is inspired and given by him. a graduate of Cambridgc-r-who would welcome the opportunity tola convert to the Catholic faith is said to i rii dill iium win iiili, nui luai conditions too quickly. They hold that men who are working under a pressure of forty pounds should take from twenty to twenty-five, minutes in coming out of the shaft. When a man shows 111 effects from working In the shaft It is because nitrogen gas has got into the tissues of his body and has failed to pass off w-hen he has come out Into normal conditions. The afflicted person experiences great pain in the knees or in the elbows.

Under these circumstances men are said to have the bends. The remedy Is to get them back under compressed air as rapld1 as possible. They cannot be sent back Into the shaft, for they would be in the way if not able to work. So an air lock is provided. This Is made of iron of tubu- steam boiler in appearance.

A wooden bench is placed ion either side ot tnis metal moe. wnere the afflicted men may sit. Accommodations are provided for ten or a dozen men at a time. When the men are thus provided for the condition of compressed air can be gradually changed until finally normal conditions are reached, it is Dr. Smith's office to examine nien who show symptoms of being unpleas antly ahV'tcd from working in the corn- follow him anywhere, if they thought vould ever arrive, how admit that he is "in bad" with the people of the country as a presidential proposition -and party advisors, and express the hope that content with the nouiinatlonal and ran-didaloriai honors that have been showered upon him, lie will retire to the shades of Lincoln, there to spend a peaceful, happy old age.

playing with the prize call unl the trick mule, contem plating the cross of gold and crown, of i thorns, and soliloquizing in a whisper upon the glories of the Democratic picrty in the days gone by. The last time Mr. Bryan was Washington 'twas about the time of the Democratic dinner on January 8. when he spoke until .1 o'clock in the morning he laughingly remarked to some, of his friends that nowadays, whenever he saw evidences of extreme political activity, glimpsed the flare of the torches and iieard the blare of the bands, it maIe him feel sort of sad' and "out of it." This is only by way of indicating the fact that if Mr. Bryan had been in Washington last ujiesday night he probably would have Tied Hke a child.

For the pre-nomina-llonal campaign was begun In real ear-HSiL BRAINERD. .1,... nn.mii tTini.ilar form, resembling i. UUS1I alio limn niniuin i i tt cramped. But it is wonderful what a lot of things find convenient places within the limits of this little plot of ground, in the first place, ninety-six men are employed in the work ot digging the great hole, which every ('ay is npprcach- ing marpr the tunnel, Ihat is to start at limits of Youkers, come.