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4 SUNDAY MORNING, OAKLAND TRIBUNE. MAY 16, 1909. EVERYONE TO VISIT IN IS IDEAL PARI! SITE AMUSEMENTS. Irish Condemns Public School LA.TvTD System at the Dedication of banLeandro New Free Library I ABITJSEMENTS. INVITED TODAY MOSSWOOD, WHICH 1 tH Sunset Phone Oaklaad 711 Home Phone A3o33 Trad Which the Late City Attorney John Mlroy Tentatively Bid In for Gly by the Aid of Public Spirited Bankers City Wants to Arrange for Its' final Purchase as a Park.

1 2th and Clav: Sts t3 W'EEIt SUXDAT MATINEE, MAY 16 i MATIN KE EVERY DAY. ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE ri imrnn nii.JiiiiiutauLJiLXj.jL iTiiiri-iii-iiiiii ii ii iiiniiir r-lHiiiMwi a i a "A Festival oi Feminine Beauty" -Z2 vfe Sx Ml- EVENT EXTRAORDINARY! Limited Season of the "World Famous Prima Donna, MLLE ZELIE DE LUSSAN Principal Soloist Metropolitan Grand Opera House, New York. Slgrnor ANGELO FItONAM at the Piano. assistance of the iclty In its effort to gain municipal control of Mosswood. Four banks, the.

Oakland Bank, of Savings, Union Savings Bank, Central Bank and the National Bank made up the sum of 165,100 with which to back up Gould's bid, and then turned the property over to the Bankers' Trust Company as trustee, pending such time as the could arrange to pay for It. Since then, incidental expenses, such as taxes, will probably bring the: cos up to about $75,000. It is proposed to include the purchase price In the next bond Issue, which will be submitted to the people in twp or three months. To Be Bought Later The park will be open on Sundays from New Public Library at San Leandro. ANGELA DOLORES And Her Company in a Satrlcal Comedy, "CUPID AT HOME." I trustees to serve a an' adjunct to your system of public education that those who so desire may come here and( equip MELNOTTE TWINS-CLAY SMITH tnemseives with additional knowledge.

vV iJvo A-JAv yn KAJSTiC. SAN LEANDRO, May 15. The San Leandro Carnegie library building was dedicated yesterday afternoon with appropriate and Impressive' ceremony, witnessed by a throng numbering approximately 3000 people. Six hundred, children from the public schools contributed to the Interesting exercises by the singing of patriotic songs; there were vocal qe- Students, keep yourself In history. In biography, in literature.

In art and In science that "you will sheltered here 1 Artistic Nonsense. The -Dancer of the Kirmess In San Francisco, i ILA VALERA i I (Mrs. Horton F. Phipps.) In this library erected for the great pur pose of Andrew Carnegie and the citizens of this fair cltv." System at Fault! lectloAs by Mrs. C.

L. Best and music by the San Leandro band. Speaking of the tendency of the pres ELISE SCHUYLER 'I Singipg Comedienne. ent schocfl system ln: California, Irish" The which Is of the classic (BY EDWARD J. TYRRELL.) said: "Here In California our Dublic style of architecture, was built at a of close upon $20,000, Including the vaMpo of the site upon which It stands.

Of school syntem is being deteriorated Into a mere preparation' for a university course of instruction. There is no point In our common school curriculum in LILLIAN MORTIMER And Her Players In 5 "PO' WHITE TRASH JINNY." this amount $12,000 was domnated i-by R-hlch the pupil msvy be qualified to step Andrew Carnegie. The library trustees who have labored for the completion out mio tne world and make foi; him- ir a piame In life. The whole system the building are: A. A.

Rogers, president; Dr. C. H. Miller, secretary; B. Cary, O.

J. Lynch, Mrs. J. H. Garcia! i is made to point toward the university.

Our public school system sAould be so FOUR SISTERS AMATIS European Piano Virtuosos, and Vocalists. I I NEW ORPHEUM MOTION 1'ICTT'Kl IS. Charles Dawbarn acted as presldentipf arranged fhat the' pupil who reaiches his point of departure from the curriculum the day and- Introduced the various speakers. He confined his opening remarks to a short history of the gre'th ot the public school has eauiDDed him YOU may you may not know where Mosmvood in. IVrlutps you may know it location, but the chances Are you Ifuve n-vT liad the opportunity of wandvllns' along its sinuous paths and enjoying tlie beauty of this truly- mw nlflcent purk site, for while situated' in practically the heart of ourclty, it lias ben In private ownership for many years puMt, and then again, the very' appearance of the dilapidated and unsightly old fence mirroiinding it lias no doubt damp-" ened the curiosity of passers-by, for fvrcly, if ever, I believe, has such a wonderfully' cultivated piece of ground been surrounded by such an uninviting Inclonure.

It is ap ideal park, modeled after hc grounds of English country. homes, every nnn of which Is a park. Unfortunately In this country, a park too often means a lawn In whlh some trees have been planted aqd some flower beds placed, while the natural beauty has been marred by conventional arrangement. self sufficiently with the rudiments of of the public system from its inception knowledge to by practical application make himself perhaps the superior of the and the organization of the first library university graduate who has expended i Last Weei of the Beautiful Spectacle, GRIGOLATrS FAMOUS AERIAL BALLET Ititroducing the Latest Novelty, Butterflies and Doves. years in gpmg through a University course.

Home a University Superintendent of Schools W. P. Frick (ox- PRICES Evenings 10c, 25c, 50c, 75e. Box Scats Matinees in the United States in N. to the present day.

-j. Criticizes School System i Colonel John P. Irish delivered! the dedicatory address with his usual; eloquence. He spoke of the great edupa-tioifal value the public library was to Jthe residents of a city and particularly to the growing generation which, he statedf wjajs the foundation for the future greaAneais of any nation. Irish spoke at length jipoh the present system of common scoli calling attention to he considered was the next speaker.

He pointed out that the fireside was a good univprsitv cept Sundays and Holidays) 10c, 25c, 50c. if used right, and urged the reading of good books by the child and student as a r'' Needs of a Park means or education and broadening of views on all problems. It was not th multitude of books one-read, he said, but the quality, and tho choice of the-books' il 4 V. faMACpQNOUC wio rciiuusuess wiin wnicn one i some of the shortcomings. He thofughjt that the present idea, as carried oiit ijji.

read them that counted. Abraham Lin- the public schools of preparing he sa'd, had three books when he nivii a-nA wlthoiifv rfi was a young man. his disnoKal ti young man. his disposal, and 1 To make a park, one must have, above 11 other things, a feeling for natural beauty, and an appreciation of the jhar-mony of natural arrangement. This Is what makes the parks of the old world no beautiful and this is" what makes Mosswood so desirable.

It Is unique In that It Is a park in which the natural beauty has not been destroyed by cultivation, but rather enhanced. Long residence abroad made the former owners familiar with the small parks which sur yet he gave the Gettysburg speech that view to the fact that the students-iedu CHAS P. HALL. Sou Por. Mavacf.r lf.

htMtaunk w-iu go down in history. I think If you will wisely select from this library. and make yourselves masters of a few good books rather than dive into cation might be cut off before he refcehed the higher school, was productive Of much evil. He said that the common school would have to change its coe In this respect before it could accomplish the good it was Intended to do. He said In parft "It is a distinction to the library and sklnj over a multitude of round English country honies, and the tnem, its purpose will have been sub Ideas thus gained have been Incorporated served and you will have derived some real good by the erection of this mag stand in the presence of the men and women who, by their enterprise, their nificent building." energy and tneir seii-sacrince, nave The Rev.

M. S. Woodward of the San Leandro Methodist Church, was next on created this magnificent and beautiful library; and the distinction is Increased by standing in presence of their children who will come after them and; build the program, his being Mayor Receives Keys rat A. A. Rogers, president of the board Into Mosswood.

No conventional lines mar Its Artistic setting. The trees 'look jaa If they belong there -had always beenf fhere. Winding paths give beautiful vistas: everything Is In Its i prima The rones are fairly blooming themselves to desth and the hawthonw and wistrla make brlllhuit the grove ef eucalyptus. ITer we have thp beautiful combination of a garden with a park. The flowers nre not I In.

beds In the center of a lawn or along the borders- In the usual conventional manner, but scattered here and there amid the trees and shrub In "the way In which flowers grow In the natural woods. BEGINNING MONDAY, MAY 1 24 JoXE WEEK MATJNEE SATURDAY. I NM C. GOODWIN EDNA GOODRICH i AND THEIR COMPANY. Tuesday and! Wednesday Evenings Their Latest Success- 1 1 THE EASTERNER (By George Eroadhurst.) Thursday, Friday and Saturday Evenings, aild Saturday Matinee The Farcical! Hit I THE GENIUS (By William O.

and Cecil DeMille.) Elaborate Productions A Company of Merit--Artistic Performance--. 'v vj Beautiful SEATS READY THURSDAY. of library trustees, presented the keys of WlfV.v up'on the foundations they have laid, and who, by their energy, to continue the good work that was begun by their fathers and mothers. i "We are here to dedicate a public li 1 building to the Mayor of the city. J.

J. GUI. In doing so he touched, uuon the building of the structure from its Inception to its completion. brary building. A building erected by money partly furnished by an American Mayor Gill's response was in part as "As chairman of the hoarr? nf Kan T.r..

CCK2 OV 3T3E, SHT5IVVXC2x4-MOSSWOOD andro trustees" and on behalf of the citizens of our city; I accept with pleas Its Natural Beauty citizen, himself an alien born, born to poverty and to burden bearing. i To Educate Young Mr. Carnegie gave me once his reason for foundling these free libraries. He had a hard childhood and no time for edu ure the keys of our public library. The one to five p.

m. from May 16th, in or Henshaw, with the assistance' of Mr. Oould and our late city attorney, B. trust reposed in. our library trustees by der that the -people may have an oppor the board of city trustees Is no light McElroy, decided to enlist the help of tiinity of becoming acquainted with it.

matter. And how well you have fulfilled the bankers of this city, to; the end Real estate experts say that the land that trust Is shown by this beautiful cation. His schooling was meager and what he learned was learned in the hard that Mosswood might preserved intact and pass under municipal control. building which we now dedicate. To Beautiful pines, cedars, firs and Kpruces, both native and foreign, thrive here.

Flowering shrubs and blossom-, ln Tines make Mosswood a veritable bower of beauty. Orlolea, song-sparrow and groixheaks fill the air with their floods of melody. Our own native oaks give thr park dlgnliy and repose that enhnoes Its charm, while a beautiful grove of se- you Is certainly due the thanks of our Several of the prominent bankers YOUNG VINCENT ASTOR people for the manner in which you have conducted your work. AN EXPERT CHAUFFEUR authorised Gould and McElroy to endeavor to secure this property' when It waa put up for sale In court. They were given authority to bid not m6re The movement i for a free 'public library originated in out- board of trade.

NEWPORT, May! 11. Vincent Astor, Jlonwood especially dear (o every true than $65,000. Bids were received and a school of experience. His great desire was for books to read that he might educate himself by reading: in books what other men had accomplished. It was.

a hard matter for him to get. books to supplement the meagerness of his education In school. Then he made up his mind that if eiver he made a fortune he would spend a great deal of it to the erection of free public libraries so thijt the youths placed as he had been as a boy should not wish in vain for books knowing that Mr. Carnegie would generously donate the money necessary pro- alpne Is worth much more than scf for park purposes its value must necessity, be greatly In excess of that figure, as It would take much more than $75,000, and many years, to bring1 a bare piece of ground up to such a splendid development as now exists In Mosswood. In addition, there are many rose bushes shrubs and.

small plants there that can be transplanted In other parks throughout the city, thereby saving considerable money. It Is to be hoped that the general public Ttfill avail themselves of the opportunity of viewing Mosswood. I John Jacob Astor'a only son and heir, private party offered $63,000, being the lover of the beautiful In nature. But It would be presumptuous on my viding they could secure a site to erect recently passed most creditably the quar-the same. Our thanks are certainly, due ifi st- ripore'a nri- part to attempt an elaborate descrlp mwdmum amount McElroy and Gould Wta-e authorized to bldj but McElroy, with that rare discernment which Carnegie for the generous donation 3 t- Uof 112,000 for the erection of this build- vate "cnooi.

tlnn of the grandeur of nature' ac-fomnllnhments an contained In Mosswood. The accompanying pictures i will convey' a better Idea of Its heretofore to the citizens of our oity for their reward him, His ratner gave vincem. in donating the furnishing to is 1 seventeen yearsr jold, handsome au- acterized all his actions, influenced -by a appreciation of the great value of the site to the city, took a chance on exceeding his Instructions and made tne same, ana tnejj are more especially tOTn0oile. recludrd beauty than anv word pictures Then do not miss one due to Mr. A.

B. Cary for his donation I might trv to Tmi must. ihoW- The boy, like his father, is already an of the land upon which this library now ever. setinlly see it before you can ob an 'offer on behalf of Gould of $55,100, at which price the property was ordered sold to him. chauffeur.

-While his hired cnaui- stands, thus refhoving the great obstacle tsln a proper appreciation of Its wortder- eur sat idly in car, Vincent Astor, with a chum beside him. drove the- ma- which confronted ouir board. Thanks arei id development. know of no one who has visited the park who did not come away thoroughly convinced that the city must acquire it. At the same time.

It Is expected that the visitors will appreciate the confidence reposed in them by the Bankers' Trust Company and not pick any flowers or injure the trees and buildings in any they needed. "The library is an institution that has very much to do wit.h our system of instruction. Your chairman has stated that the first of tliese libraries was founded in the thirties in Peterborough, N. H-. by a clergyman.

I congraOlate that clergyman. That, a 'preacher ever acquired money enough to found a public library is cause tor congratulation as well as wonderment. Hel did well. "This library that we are dedicating todayrls to be filledwith books by your also due our HbrarisSn, Miss Mary Brown, Loyalty of Bankers This was In October, 1907, when the chine with the greatest skiu, circling ui Open This Afternoon the best' vaudeville kills ever presented on any I whose mind also conceived the idea of the cottage drive with a library building in San Leandro and i financial depression was aomewhat This afternoon, from one to periect control who also strove toward the common end alarming, but to the credit of our bank- through the courtesy of the Bankers in view. ers be it said that tHey came to the" manner.

The exercises ended with the singing AMUSEMENTS. Trust Company, the Park Commissioners of the city of Oakland invite, the of "America stage; We've got a pro- FIGHTS POET STEPSON AGENTS INSURANCE public to visit Mosswood, and for the benefit of those who do not know Its location, Ir would state that it Is hounded by Broadway, Moss avenue and Gold II JT "THE PARK rn BEAUTIFUL" LiU OAKLAND that will nlease II gram MtreeU, and contains nearly twelve RTHDAY ON 100TH acre. 5 A short history of the events which resulted In Its being thrown open to the BIG, FREE SUNDAY BILL public for Inspection will not, perhaps. WILL FIGHT PLAGUE Company Offers Services Of Its Force to State of Penn-: sylvania uninteresting. Centenarian 1 Wants Bricks i The former owner of this wonderland Ten Feature Attractions for Hen Cents, A Cent an Act and Patrick Conway's you.

It really can't be improved upon. Try it. You will, enjoy it. roses, vines and trees, Julie T. Moss Laid and No.

Dallying With the Muse th widow of one J. Mora Moss, both I flilmnre's Band Hotel St. Mark Grill The Place Where to Dine Sundayv-May the 16th. Table d'Hcte Dinner from 5:30 to 8 p. $1.00.

MENU. St. Mark Appetizer Toke Point on the Half Shell' Added: for Good Measura. WHT SPKND MONKY FOR AMUSE- HARR1SEURG. May 14 A.

Wade, of Pottsvllle, district superintendent of the Metropolitan Insurance Company, has notified state Health Commissioner Dixon that the sevlcts of his Entire force would be placed at Cie disposal of the Pottsvllle tuberculosis dis Ten: Cents No other charge Ten Cents whom will be remembered by most of our old residents, died October 20th. 1904, in Perchtesgaden. Bavaria, and In her will directed her executors to sell this piece of property, long known aa Mosswood. i In the due course of administration this asset of her 'estate was appraised at the very moderate sum of $46,000, with the result that several shrewd real estate experts, appreciating the real value of the property, endeavored to, Vurchase same from executors. A 51.324 people visited Idora last tounaay.

NEW. YORK. May 13. Arrested on the complaint of his 100-year-old stepfather, Francis Poprioreski, 40 years old, of Soutii Brooklyn, was arraigned on a charge of assault. The centenarian said that his name was Anton Wysti and that he was born In Poland May 1, 1808.

His wife died twenty years ago, and when he was 95 he decided to celebrate his birthday by another marriage. i "Your -honor," said Wysti, "my step THEATER BROADWAY pensary. I The offer was made to the state Both i Phone 2795 through Dr. L. T.

Kennedy, chief of the dispensary at pottsvllle. Commissioner 11 VA aclotansXA rf Olives Its First Sale Radishes son is a very good bricklayer, and a very MATINEE TODAY AND TONIGHT LAST TIMES OF The big scenic' comedy-drascja A HIDDEN CRIME agenU will -be- Invaluable la collecting data and otherwise furthering thecanv poor poet. He never gets any money for his writings, but keeps right on doing paign. i Cream of Fresh Asparagus Consomme Brnnoise A STORY OF LOVE AND JLN 1'Kiuu tu. ALL THE BROADWAY FAVORITES IN TODAY Matinee and Nlgjit LAST TWO TIMES' OF "The Prisoner of Zenda" Potatoes Croquettes In 1905 this magnificent park was tentatively sold to private partle for the.

sum of $50,005, when, one H. A. Williams appeared In court, claiming th right, under the terms of a lease froili the decedent, to have a conveyance of the property made to him at the highest price bid by any other party. His contention, as well as final confirmation of the sale to the other parties, lingered 'it' court for some months, and Medallion of Halibut Olga THE. CAST; NEXT WEEK "A TEXAS SHERIFF." Coming.

Burns-Johnson Fight Pictures. it, the same as if he couldn get over it, like rheumatism. He wanted to write a poem about me on my birthday, and that made me mad, and we fought. He hurt me so that I had to go to Seney Hospital." After hearing both sides, the magistrate discharged the (Stepson. Evening Matinee EVENINGS AT 8:20 25c, smjc and 50o "FOOL SOLDIER" BOND WILL HAVE MONUMENT CHICAGO.

May 13. After the lapse of well nigh half a century, the band of young Sioux Jndian. kAown as the "Fool Soldier" band, which in November, 1862. at great personal i risk to themselves, rescued at a spot near the Missouri river. MATINEES AT 2:30 iUC, ac.

BOX OFFICE i OPEN DAILY. 10 A. M. tO 10 P. M.

TOMORROW NIGHT TENNESSEE'S PARDNER A strong drama the Kocky lountaina. In what Is now Walworth county. South tracization and the enmity of not only their own tribe, but the entire Sioux nation, at that time powerful aaid warlike. i A ttr- rnnpfiivtnr ti. Hen nf av1 tbe Dakota, two women ajid four cliiliren.

whites, who had b-ea abducted by a Filet Mignon Financiere Maraschino Sherbet Cigarettes Poularde a la Broche Roast Prime Ribs of Beef au Jus Succotash New Potatoes in Cream Salad Lorette Biscui-duCouvet Glace Assorted Cakes Ipemi-Tasse Remember cur daily unexcelled 40c? lunch the Ritz-Carlton Dejeuners a la Fburchette, the favorite of every epicure. 1 ELMER F. WOODBURY, manager. DIEHL'S HAIR STORE Largest Stock of Hair Godds Pompadours, Switches, Psyche-Knots, Old Ladies Half Wigs, Pin Curls, Wigs and fToupees at lowest prices. I Shampooing, Halrdresslng, Marcel Waving? Scalp Treatments and Facial Massage.

i 1 1 Full line pf Perfumes, Soaps and Burton! Holmes Travelogues Next Wednesday jat 3:30 LONDON. Popular prices, 1000 good sats at 6(fc. In the meantime a new appraisement of the land waa ordered by the court, which resulted in its being i re-appralsed at $60,000, the enhanced value being attributed to the completion and operation of a car line out Broadway, whifh, of course, made It more accessible to the business center of the city. Confirmation of Its sale for $30,000 was refused by the court, and then WllUam O. Henshaw i and Wilson S.

Gould, now a park commissioner, began to devise some ways and mean thereby the city might acquire the park. Mr. McElroy's Work When time for its; f)nal sale approached, and It waa found the city hfd money available to purchase It. Mr. white captives the young braves watched with unceasing vigilance Until the opportune time "came, when secured possession of the captives, and rushed them to a white settlement, whence they were returned to their homes.

Walworth county was at that time to-tall unsettled by whites, but the whites settled the country the members of the band were always welcome guests tally unsettled by whites, but after the Walwcrth County Old Settlers' Association was formed the survivors of the band were features of every reunion of association. roving of Slotix from their homes art Lake Chetek, are to be remembered and their heroic behavior com-memorated by a suitable Under the auspices tp South, Dakota Historical Soclett and the South Dakota Pioneer a granite shaft will bo erected a mile from 8. whefe tle rescue was effected. The "Fool Soldier" ban consisted of eleven young Indian braves, ttnd their act was one of th? exceptional deeds of the aborigines In which te whites were befriended at the ribki of incurring os Powders. rowuers.

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