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Urns Women- PUPILS WHO TITE CHTXESE KIN'PEROARTEN TX MOTT-ST HOW THE POOR LTVE. ROBERT ERSKIN'E ELY DISCUSSES TENEMENT HOUSES, THEIR PRESENT CONDITION AND POSSIBILITIES. Of twenty-seven large cities In this country there are only five In which the housing of the poor Is a problem, and New-York offers the one with the most Insuperable difficulties, said Robert Erskine Ely in a lecture on "The Housing of the Poor" before the League for Political Education yesterday. The other places where the question is a vexatious one are Boston. Cincinnati, Jersey City and Hartford.

Mr. Ely explained that the law defines a tenement house as any house occupied by three or more families who do their cooking in their apartments. Two-thirds of this city's population. he said, live in tenement that is, of the 1.600.000 persons here. 2.500,000 live in such homes.

He confined his remarks to the houses of the poor, whom he classes as families living on yearly salaries ranging from $600 to any sum above charity. The average seven story tenement house, he said, has eighty-four rooms and from one hundred to one hundred and fifty tenants. There are four apartments on a floor. One room in each receives light either from the street or the back yard. All the other rooms in the house are supposed to be lighted and ventilated by the airshaft.

which is often bo narrow that two people could easily shake hands across it had they any disposition to do so. The rbaft Mr Ely characterized as "a foul air shaft." He said the most sensible tenants make the best use cf It by boarding it up to keep out the unwholesome odors of cooking from their neighbors' homes and to secure a greater degree of privacy in their own rooms. If by any accident a ray of sunlight finds its way into such a ehaft it lights the place so little that It stays only a short time. The average tenement house Is 90 feet long and has a diminutive area, or backyard. 10 feet square The evils of life In such a house are so many on the physical that It is not easy to obey the laws of health, declared Mr.

Ely. The tenement boose dweller finds as great difficulty in following the mandates of the physician and providing sufficient sunlight and air as he would In obeying an Injunction to take an annual trip to Mars. Hot water in abundance, as well as cold water and sanitary plumbing, are also beyond his attainment. His manners and morals suffer from intimate contact with neighbors. Dark hallways are a fruitful Bource of evil.

As to the health of dwellers In tene. dent bouses, Mr. Ely said that statistics of a recent year, which showed that eight thousand deaths had occurred from tuberculosis, speak for themselves. There are now probably twenty thousand cases of tuberculosis In this city. "ACCOMMODATION TENEMENTS." Mr.

Ely described some of the improved tenement houses which have been built In recent years, and said that while they have by no reached the Ideal, of dwellers in have been greatly Improved, and commercially the bouses have proved successful. One such block on the East Bide is Inhabited by the -killed class of laborers. It is not the steam heat, the supply of hot ani cold water, the light and airy apartments and scientific plumbing that have caused these houses to be known among the people of the neighborhood as the "accommodation tenements." but It is the kind woman Janitor and a rent collector with a heart. ay -'-'l that experiments nave proved that philanthropic investments in Improved homes for the poor may have absolute security and pay 4 per cent interest. New-York is destined to be a city of tenement and apartment bouses, but It may yet be a aty where there is a constant and strenuous pursuit of (rood for all Its people.

In reply to the oft repeated remark, "If only the poor would go to country how much better It would be for them." Mr Ely said: "Like the rest of us. they like what they like. Th.re develops a sort of tenement house state of mind which enjoys and hearing a good many things going on. ii more Interest where there Is an occasional without the clang of the fire engine and fun of going to an occasional fire life is not rL orUl living." In reply to a question, he said that natural gregarious human Instinct is respon- i in a large measure for the herding together I Sv-SJSP 1 ln cities. But.

on the other hand, living I conc.ncmi In the country are not no well adapted i jo Poor as they are in the cities, and work is lees sure. An apartment, although it may is a tenement house of the worst class, affords ecsler solution to domestic problems of the very than does a home by Itself in a rural district. companies and societies offer inducements homes for those who will forsake the bat they have no defined plans for families on an income of less than 000 a year. Their I are intended for the aristocratic letter 7 and policeman, not for the unarlstocratic Bohemians and Italians 6eek neighbor- t- 2 a whlch their languages are spoken, th present administration Mr. Ely looks IS: vi eat improvement in the tenement houses of "ie city, although he does not expect the advent of a new Jerusalem.

I XPECIA.L UMDVCTIOW GOWNS. A special reduction of 40 per cent on all orders Is by Haas Hro? Tailors. No oppoelte the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The offer is made for the purpose of keeping their of at Work surin the dull eeason nnd to dispose ma lrider of their fine Imported cloths. Such Ppo unit should not be neglected by any who taii ore) gowns RECEPTION TO MISS BIBSELL.

Mrs. John G. Mllburn issued over a hundred to the women of Buffalo for a reception rv on Monday In honor of Miss Emily P. Blssell, llmlngton. and of Mrs.

Phillips, secretary tV. the State Association Opposed to Xt ot th Suffrage to Women. Miss 11 8 made several addresses on the subject Women Should Not Have the Ballot." Colgate's MONAD VIOLET PERFUME Delightfully Fragrant .4 CHINESE KLXDERGAIUEN. TINY PUPILS IN QUAINT GARB I. TO SING AND PLAY GAMES.

It was nearly 11 o'clock yesterday morning when the first tiny pupil strolled with a leisurely air into the long, narrow room where a Chinese kindergarten is held daily at No. II 1 Mott-St This little school, which was opened a short time ago. Is probably the only one of Its kind in the city, for the children who attend It wear the quaint Chinese garb. Business in Chinatown is transacted In the and the children, who stay up late with their parents, are not early risers, 11 o'clock being the usual Dreaktast hour. yester- day some of the early arrivals had to be taken home again because they had come without food, i The pupils range in age from three to seven years, and the smallest girls were brought to the door by their fathers.

Miss A. S. Richardson, who is the Instructor, said, referring to the absence of the mothers: "Chinese women never go out in the daytime under any circumstances, so we call for the pupils or the fathers bring them. Some of the children have ler.rned the way, and after school go home alone." When about twenty ot the twenty-five pupils had assembled they all Joined hands and, forming a ring, danced around, singing a "good morning" song. They seemed to enjoy the game as much as any American child might, and were not at in- convenienced by the Chinese footwear In which I some of the small feet were Incased.

Tim girls showed a partiality for bright colors, and wore long, full trousers of colored cambric, with a loose waist of silken brocade, or In some cases of cloth. I Each had her glossy black hajr in a braid, which toward the end was woven with strands of heavy silk in various colors that extended to the floor. Around the head -was a band of gold embroidered silk, with little tabs on each aide partially covering the ears. After they had danced and sung the children played finger games. In which they held up one finger at a time as representing members of the family, beginning with "This is the mother, good and i dear," and holding up the whole hand saying, "This is the family, great and small." But that they enjoyed most was making furniture for a doll's ho For the older girls there were lessons leading to i the primary class in the public school Gum Vuk.

I a little tnisa attired in black trousers and blue jacket, when asked what liked best, replied, All the pupils speak English well, but some have I difficulty with the sounds of "th" and and one small pupil thought he was progressing finely when he said. "American kins me" for "Merry Christmas." The children Interpret every- thing they hear literally. a.s when the other day i Ley heard the teacher sing "Land wliere my fat In rs: he went home and told his mother thai the teacher's father had Just died, and the mother to condole with her on her supposed bereav-nricnt. i The chi.r.tr-.:. re most affectionate, it is said, toward Kin, their tea 'her, but at tno siicl.t of a tli'-v behind rubles and chair? in wild to fro any ranger.

I use of the roors where the kindergarten is held was granted to the Ftev. Hul Kin rent i by the Presbytery of bat kinder- garten is dependent upon voluntary subscriptions I for runnlns: expenses. Miss Charlotte Chambers Hall and members of the Fiftn Avenue Presbyterian Church are those interested in the work, which In Its present stage rfi-v be considered experimental. Some of the pupils Gum yuk. Gum j.oii.

Dock Fong, Ah Gum, Ah Guv, Ah Gong. Kee Bom Kee Guie, Choy Cum. Chu Yui.fc, Kin Yeuk, Marr.le Toy and Frances Toy. "These children ore just like other children." said the teacher, as with whooim of joy four tried to pqueeae through the narrow doorway at one time to I get home. But to that they were versed Ii the.

rules of etiquette they back and made little bows and eang a song, "Goodbj be always kind and true." EUCHRE FOR "LITTLE MOTHERS." A progressive euchre for the 'benefit of thf- Little Mothers' Aid Association to bo 1 under the direction of Mrs. Charles E. Bprague, No. 116 at the Waldorf-Astoria this VIOLETS FOR THE QUEEN. The Canadian Woman's Historical Society and the Daughters of tho Empire are asking all women to wear violets on February '22.

the anniversary of the death of Queen Victoria. Thla Is said to be the desire of the King, and suggestion has been received with gem ral approval. HEART INTEREST. She Oh, Jack! I do hope your wins tho game to-morrow. I am glad you are on our side Yes.

indeed I think the other team wears such unbecoming colors. -(Brooklyn Life THE TRIRUXE PATTERK. A TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF WOMAN'S BLOUSE WAIST. NO. 4.025.

FOR 10 CENTS. The favor of the blouse waist appears to increase as each new variation is offered. This effective model, while simple In the extreme, cun bo made to glva an Kde to give an orate effect by Judicious handling of ma- rials. The la made of white Henrietta, with a embroidered edge. A narrow vest of white taffeta, and trimming of narrow black velvet ribbon and jewel buttons.

To cut this waist In the medium 84 yards of material 21 inches wide, 3 yards 27 inch I wide or yards 44 inches wide will be required. The rattern. No. 4,023. is cut NO.

OMAN'S for 22, 31, 36. BLOUSE WAIST. 38 and 40 inch bust The pattern will be sent to any address on receipt of 10 cents. Please Rive number and bust measurp distinctly. Address Pattern Department, New-York Tribune.

If in a hurry for pattern, send an extra two cent stamp, arid we will letter postage in sealed envelope. NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, JANUARY Ib. 1902. WAYFARERS. Wayfarers we from dawn to distant dawn.

Treading the route unnumbered feel have trod, The sunned and shadowed highway leading on Throueh flowery fields o'er tangled wastes, to God. From early spring, with bloosoms overhead. To summer's fulness bending on the tree. Neath autumn's embers failing gray and red. And winter's chilling snows, wayfarers we! (C.

H. In Good Words, NOTICE. All it- mi nnd Intended for the T. S. S.

ahonld to The Tribune Sunshine Society, Tribune Ilulldinis. York City. the above nddresH la refill I olioerved. eoiimiiiiilfatloiiM Intended for tin- T. S.

S. will be less likely to nMrny. LETTER FROM THE PHILIPPINES. President of the T. S.

Having received considerable reading of late, and two boxes of books and. magazines yesterday. I take great pleasure in sending you these few lines of thanks. I am very thankful to the members for their kindness, and all the "boys" appreciate the reading greatly. have formed a reading and debating club, and hold meetings every evening.

A few of the. "boys" select various articles, and read them to the rest of us. and to make it more interesting we debate on the subjects. It is very lively for a while There are also five of the "boys" selected to act as fudges, who render a decision on the debate of preceding- evening We quite a attendance, most every one. off duty Is there to JlKirn the arguments.

Owing to the of the army the 14th FleVI Battery v. Some eighty of us were transferred to tcm tw- new batteries. Or. October I we. mana Battery Held Artillery, now fully as a mountain 1 ustjifT M3.xir'!'N«>r'J«nf«-lcJt i',) r- in in g-uns i for it all I'tixea ib( They are p.i'-iv.

but 'and orrlrward packing, Cor "He mule fcr tbe entile. to: i i iciil, foi 1 the wheels and for the ammunition, tt Is the hardest branch nf service In the i States Army. Thankins you nil mi tr.e members for your kindness, 1 will to from you In the near futlUC, i Toms sunsMne, LEBBEUS FERGUSON. Twenty-fifth Battery Field Artillery. I'asay Cavalry Barracks, Philippine Islands.

Dec. 1501. Those who send cheer to Mr. Ferguson to distribute will please not? the change of battery nddress. The president hopes that the soldiers may be pleasantly remembered at Easter time.

To this end, will porno of the hranrhes volunteer to aid in ir cheer to the "Boys In Blue" on this happy festival day? All contributions. even by mail, must be sent four or five weeks in advance. CHEER FOR MRS. CHADD. Mrs.

'-i L. 8.. of New-Jersey, has sent 19 for tho cf Mrs Chadd, whose great need of sunshine wan stated In the column by Mrs Booraem. Other money received wes hf) cents from Mrs. Libble M.

Spencer, to pay express on cheer to a crippled boy: 25 cents from 8.. of Manhattan, for and 50 cents yet.t by three littl. girls and their teacher In the I Baptist Sunday school si Lakewood, N. J. Tin- are Miss Bmlly Fielder teacher, and Flovroce Ward, Leila and EJva ii.

laman. and contribution entitles the to membership in the T. P. i ADDRKBB Through typonraphlcj-l rror. the number of the member who asked for autographs should have read No.

1.506 N. Washington, D. Instead of No. 161 RESPONSE'S. Mrs.

9. K. Unwell and Mrs. Rinehart will respond to two calls for reading natter for Invalid members: Mrs. M.

L. Roberts, of Kllendale. wishes to acknowledge with thanks generous response to her request for reading matter. has on" a number of the papers and to her neighbors, bo the cheer hits lone doiibU Mrs W. Smith, of Pennsylvania, report! a box of helpful sunshine received from setae unknown friend.

The contents were "Just what waa cd." Miss K. 1.. in sending the Pages to Miss of Florida, nnd Mtss of New- Jersey. REPORT OF FLATBUSH BRANCH. The president of the Flatbush Juniors reports that tho children took beautifut of Fcrai'books they had made, toys, picture books and prventy-five cards as Christmas sunshine greetings to the King's County Hospital, and another collection was taken later to the children's ward in the Consumptive Home, in Klngston-ave.

Cards and other little remembrances went from bo'-s and girN to distant places whet, ionely children were looking for Bant 3 to Cullforria. some of New-England and even uown to British Guianti South America. Mrs. Roberta nan written Sunshine her branch anc set it to music, and th words so completely emphasize the Sunshine Idea, one of the verses Is published bi low Won') Join "lit Sunshine Joyfully, oh! merrily, oh! Hi us brighten this fair land? Cheerily, merrily, oh! Forth we go. To fro.

Hoping to some, Cheerfully, Joyfully, oh! IX OLD NEW-ENGLAND DAYX. The days when servants In rural families lived of equality with their were cUscusaed yesterday at Deliinoriico's by Mrs. Ignatlua Qualey In her papsr on Economy of the! Colonists," road before the National Society of Now-Brgland Women." In thoM dajs," tic servants sat at the table, went to Pr.i. church, and not lr.frequently finished by marrying into the family. Our grandmothers held the of the household industry in their own skilful bands, and the won by the young git Is for spir.nitig meet then; happy as the daugnters of Vassar ana ara to-day." The cooking, too.

by the speaker, who contrasted mush with many of the fancy of to-day, to the detriment of lutUr. and t'sa: cooked on tho spit the open constantly basted, as then, had a. flavor ripening and hot-air cooking livery article of home comfort literally homo made la those 1 Mir. Samuel 13. till.

ho spoke on "Connecticut the Btrthplact of Constitutional Law," Cornelia K. Caiiy, a paprl on Vtrcnitecture and Portraits of tiio Connecticut Colony," with the aid of churls described the homes of the colonists lii Connecticut. Musical numbers rendered by Mies Henry and Mr. Springer, Mrs. John M.

ilcoinb, regent of Rose Wyllys Chapter, the guest of honor, and liad a paper on "Tin- Old Hartford Burying Ground :ir.ii Its Restoration." Johu T. Van Sickle, di of the boclety, annou.uced death Ruth Hardy, one ct thfc oldest oiembers fni mother of William Gerry Siaut-. sirs. P. H.

chairman, Picons those present were Mrs. J. C. Mrs. Augustus C.

Dexter, Mrs. J. Woolsey Shepurd'and Mrs. George P. Lawti INDIGNITY INTENDED." To the Editor of The Tribune.

Mj tlon has been called to a letter recentlj publls in The Tribune registering "a public proUsl against the foolish and insolent attitude I ti ward the by Sorosis at the memorial Mrs. Croly." It was my tirst the mentioned, and upon Inktion whatevei reparation an apology could promptly made to the representative of Tribune. The memorial was an ting, t.i all clubwomen were bidden, and to winch the ordinary of reporters on social ili.l n')t apply. Kspecial courtesies were extended to the Press Club in placing its president and two. of its members upon the programme, and the president of Borosis can for the chUi mid herself in regretting deeply that an indignity should have been offered any woman at service in loving memory of om- whose most admirable trait was her unfailing kindness and helpfulness to all women.

Yours truly, Mr- UIMIKST. DEXISON. New-York, Jan. 12. 1902.

WO TALKS ART. "Painting in Flanders" was the subject of a paper by Mrs. C. W. H.

Eltinft read before the Clio Club at its meeting this week. Miss Elizabeth Reid read a paper on David Teniere, and Mrs. David Banks Rlckels talked on the tapestry deafens ef Tenters Mrs Kdward Gay took Rubens is her suhject. and Miss Julia Pauline Leavens spi.k-' on Van Dyke Mlhs Cornelia Ensign Cady discoursed on symbolism In art, and Miss Rosamond Van Buren GOOD CHEER. Have you had a.

kindness shown Pass It on. 'Twas not given for you Pass It on. Let It travel down the years. It wipe another's tears, Till In heaven the dee.l appears Pass It on. GIRL RAN AW AT TO GO 0V STaOF SHE AND A SCHOOL.

COMPANION CAME HERB FROM NOW HCL.D BT THE CHILDREN'S SOCIETY. A runaway girl from McKees Rocks. was taken to the Jefferson Market police court yesterday r.y a detective and remanded in the care of the children's society until her father shall arrive to take her home. Her name is Jean Kirk Barr, fifteen years old. and she is struck.

Her father. Dr. John A. Barr. is a well km.wn physician of McKees 1 Rocks, a suburb of Pittaburg.

The girl left home on January 7 with a schoolmate named Mildred Miller, fourteen years old. On their arrival In. this city the next morning the Barr girl went to the Jefferson, in East where she registered as Dora Hurford. which was to be her since name Mildred Miller, she says. weni to the home of her aunt ln Harlem.

The Barr Kirl a pleasant time for the week foliowinp. She went to the theatre every day. and isited theatrical agents in quest of an engagement. She wanted to play tragedy, but could not get a position. TTTE POULTRY SHOW AT THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

She bad COB when she left home, and her first rude shock was sustained when she lost $4S In Keith's Theatre. She says she thinks she dropped the money. Bhe had no baggage when she reached New-York bui carried her schoolbooks under her arm tock them to court with yesterday. Nobody the Hotel Jefferson appears to have made any Inquiries about h--r. until the r.

Chatfleld, returned to town. Boon his Captain Titus received a request from the Plttsburg police to arresi the Detective Sergeant Barlow on the hotel yesterday morning, and found her without money and ready to uo home. A visit to Police Headquarters was the pn-lude to her appearance in court. There Magistrate oimsted placed her in the custody of Agent o'Donnell. the childn n'a societj VIADUCT 'JO BE OPENED THIS WEEK riIESIUENT V.

OF THE PARK BOARD SAYS THS C.Nt: iN RIVERSIDE WIM. SCON' READY FOR VEHICLES. President of rhe Park Board announced yesterday thai the new viaduct In Riverside Drive ever would be opened near the end of -this week. The announcement was made after a conference with A. C.

Qildersleeve, the contractor la doing work. Mr. Willcox said that Mr. Gliders had promised to push the work to completion have the driveway ready for vehicles this JEWELLERS' PAPERS CONSOLIDATED. Announcement was made yesterday that "Tho 1 Review" bad been buught by the Jewelerj' Circular Publishing Company, and would be oonsolldated with "Ths Jewelers 1 Circular Weekly." eonsoUdatlon will be effected with ths Issue of February 6.

which will be the thirty-third annl-11l THE CROWD OF SKATERS YESTERDAY ON THE LAKE AT PROSPECT PARK, BROOKLYN. ary number of "The Jewelers' Circular Week- This means the final consolidation of the three old established weekly papers in the Jewelry trade. Jewelers 1 circular" was established In 18TO, Jewelers' Weekly" In ISBS and "The Jewelers 1 I.i vli In ISS7. LETTER A HOLT 01 FT OF CHIVESC BOOKS. The secretary of Columbia University yesterday gave out a letter In regard to tho gift of Chinese books and documents by the Chinese Government to Columbia.

whom and whom the letter was sent the secretary would not say. but it is supposed to have been written by LJ Hung Chang to Minister Conger several months uro. The letter follows: Our board feels that this project shows your countryman, the president of the university, to be greatly Interested In the extension of learning, and it is evident that a thorough Investigation of the four subjects (literature, language, religion and the would only greatly strengthen the friendly relations between China and the I'nited States, nu would cause the scholarship of both countries to become more thorough, and would unite the various branches of learning In one connected system. We were highly pleased read your excellency's and board has already written to the Superintendent of for the South (the Viceroy at Nankin. Uu K'uti-I) to His Excellency Sheng (the Director General Railways) well aa to Hi- Excellency ffn (Chinese Minister at Washington) charging bin select and purchase some of tin- most important Chinese hooks and various fine products of manufacture.

In order to assist in this excellent undertaking. As in duty bound we this reply for your information, and hope that you will forward the to the honorable president of the university. RECEPTION FOR MIBB ARSHEIM. Mr and Mrs. Marks Arnheim gave a reception last Friday, from i to 7 p.

at their home. No. 21 Bast to bring out their daughter. Miss Bephla Arnheim. She was assisted In recelvlng by Hiss irtna Kudwlg, Miss Florence Levt Miss Beulah Hydeman, Miss Tekla Levy, Miss Clara Tanenhaum and Miss Rose Ottinger.

Miss Arnheim wore pink silk and carried a pink bouquet. Mrs. Arnheim wore a gown of white silk, with diannn.l shaped point, and spangles, a string of pearls ami pearl earrings. The got sts weft received in the p-iie green drawing room, which was brilliant with electric lights. A quartet of mandolins ami guitars gave selections In the music room, which was decorated with pink.

Tho reception was followed by a dinner. COCK-A-DOODLE-DO WEEK. EXHIBITIONS AT THE POULTRY SHOW SAID TO EXCEKD THOSK OP PREVIOUS YEARS. It was like the days on the farm yesterday at Madison Square Garden. Whenever one of the thousand roosters was not crowing he was making up his mind to do so.

They began their music with the birth of the morning, and did not once permit the echoes to cease ringing until the lights of the hall were extinguished. One had only to open the door at the west side of the Garden yesterday to know that the thirteenth annual Poultry Show was on. Big Peking ducks, little Call ducks, tall Cochins and tiny blue and red nantams: fat Leghorns and slim all were there in their glory, the light of fresh country skies still shining in their eyes. Some were sedate and inordinately proud because they had lost no feathers during the trial of transportation; some of them were obstreperous. tempered from confinement and the staring of city visitors.

tho snowy Holland turkeys seemed downright melancholy. The "frizzles" cock 3 and hens, whose fe-tthers grow toward Ir were playfully frisky. They si-moil le kr.iw perfectly well that not every hen or rooster could have feathers theirs. The giant Lnngshan roosters the most though was one red Imsrtsri drake ir. the northeast corner of the hall whose lungs were a match for th? Lansshans.

V. Crawford, seeretarj of the New York Poultry. Piston and f- I Association, under the a-isplcea of which the show ta given, said that from of view the exhibit surpassed all previous efforts of the kind in thia country'- There are 5.0»> animals- and birds at the show. Thf Incubators ar.d brooders on the main floor proved to be rallying points for children. Turkeys, geese and many hSJkdBOSBS fancy fowl are placed, as usual, on the Fourth-uve.

side. There are some rine of cnvtas and rabbits. Among the exhibitors of cats are H. T. Draper, r.eviii Cnasspiea, Louis E.

Benejl. t. Mrs. Helena A Mix and Miss Elsie Morean. whose entries ar' 1 made under the name of "Ashton Kennels." The cats are in the concert hall, the cavLs and rabbits are on the main floor and the special exhibition of caged birds Is ln the restaurant.

Yale men are prominent exhibitors this year. The collegians, who have a farm at Simsbury. near Hartford, received congratulations from old poultry raisers for their fine collection of Kaverolles. These birds were Imported from France and England They are a combination of Houdan, Dorkmg Hrahma and Cochin. J.

T. Crangla manages the Valley Farm for the six Yale men who are Juniors and seniors. Near the i Is yard containing a representative from each of the leading breeds on exhibition. This yard is also owne.l by the Yale men. In constant charge of the collection is a large Russian wolf hound.

The dog Is Valley Werwolf, one of the prixe winners at the Pan-American Exposition. The bid fellow wanders about the eases and keeps guard over the birds. Awards In all classes were made before l't p. hundreds of blue, red and yellow ribbons being distributed. The show will continue every day this week.

WORK OF THE TRIRI FMMBM AIR FUNMK From The Outlook. In 1901 The Tribune Fresh Air Fund, the forerunner of all freak air enterprises, completed twenty-Arc years of service for the poor and sick tenement house children of New-York City. It grew out of an experiment of the pastor of a small church in Sherman. the Rev. Wlllard Partons, in the summer of 1877.

when, without thought anything beyond that summers worK. ne iook rrom the city to a of homes in nls parisn in tne course of the season sixty neeay tenement nouse children. Now it has Decome one 01 our prominent charities. The annual report of tne rund. made public.

exhlMts some interesting of its work. In the twenty-nve years children have received outings or two weens in me country, at an expense ot The average cost child Tor these outings ror tne quarter century has been 12 51. a very low price lor tne dt-tinlte pood done. One may gain an Idea or me widespread Interest In this work from the fact tnai mst summer children were Invited to ana entertained in 354 different places In the States or Vermont. Massachusetts, Island.

Connecticut. New-York. New-Jersey and Pennsylvania. Haseu upon a computation of the mileage of tne ehuorea eient out this year the total mileage ror tne years Is over sixty million miles. It is remarkable that not a child has been lost or Injureu wnlle travelling under the care of the fund.

lne low per capita Is made possible by tne humanity oi tne officials of the railroads naving termini New-York, nearly every one or wnicn transports tne children at quarter rates, special cars are attached to their trains, and unscnedulea stops made for the accommodation or the little travellers. trainmen look upon tne ennaren as special charges. The benefits are physical and moral. The fund takes a child out or nis tenement home of two or tnree close, aarte rooms and sets him down as an Invited guest Tor two fuu weeks In a real home, surrounded ny sunshine, nine sky. fresh air.

grten srasa. nowers and aii abundance to eat. A notewortny tact is that tne work has been supported oy voluntary contributions that are voluntary in Tact. Not a cent naa ever been solicited. The expenses of administration are paid by The Tribune bor many years a.

man withholds his name nas usea tne mai-nlnery of the fund to conduct day excursions on tne water mothers and children. The total number of beneficiaries of his generosity is XX.X.'i The Rev. Mr Parsons still continues "to oe tne manager of the fund, and much of its success Is due to his ut.tlring energy and his application of business methods to its conduct. JUDGMFST FOR EX HE RECOVKR3 CB.OOO FROM THE NATIONAL SURETY I Ml Ex-Sheriff Thomas J. Dunn yesterday, after a trial before Justice Fitgerald a jury, obtained a verdict against the National Surety Company for 08.000, the amount of a judgment against him with costs which he paid.

Mr. Dunn when Sheriff executed a writ of replevin and seized goods bolonging to Lazarus Levy, a clothing manufacturer. it was chargeu that he levied on a wrong Lazarus Levy, who sued him to recover alleging that the Sheriff's men had not only taken away to which they had no right, but also that the execution was the result of a conspiracy. Mr. Dunn consented to a judgment for 3.000 with costs.

He then brought suit against the National Surety Company, his original indemnifies to recover amount of the Judgment, together with the costa and interest, the whole amounting to £.3.000. and has juu won the case. SKATINQ IX BROOKLYN. THRONGS KNJOY THE SPORT IX PROSPECT PARK -SKATING FOR TODAY IN CENTRAL PARK. Thousands enjoyed the skattng on the lakes in Prospect Park.

Brooklyn, yesterday. "While tha smaller in Prospect Park presented one ot the liveliest scenes of year, the crush was too great ln the nftStBJBOSi for comfort. The officials considered that the ice on the large lake was not safe. One feature BSrttesi was that most of people on ths ice were experts on the Steel runners. Of beginners and wabblera there were comparatively few.

The Ue melted near the bridges and the edges of the lake, but not enough to mar the sport to any great extent. Skating op the Swan Lake, in Central Park, will be permitu to-day for children under sateen years, and to-morrow Harlem Mere will be thrown open to the public. These are the onlyponds in Central Park where tha Is strong enough to allow skating, according to the. officials at the park. SVES CITY FOR WORK IN MOLINEUZ CABE.

PROFESSOR WITTHArS WANTS $0,800 FOR HXAMrNQ TiTE ORGANS OP HEJNrIY BARNETT. Before Justice Fitzgerald and a Jury in the Supreme Court yesterday tha trial of a suit brought by Professor Rudolph "Witthaus to recover from the city JS.SO>> for services rendered by Mm tm making a chemical analysis of organs of the body of Henry Barnett before the trial of Roland B. Mollneux was begun. Kx-Asststant District Attar. ney Unger appeared for Professor He safd his client charged for 366 hours' work at hour $250 for consultation, and isyu for Ex-District Attorney Asa Bird Gardiner was first witness.

He declared that Molmeui tlcally indicted as a result of Professor lttn aas 9 analysts. The case will be resumed to-day. TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY ELECTION At the annual meeting of the. stockholders of Title Insurance Company of New- York, held yesterday, the following directors were elected: Charles T. Barney, Cyril H.

Burdett. Edward M. Buxghard, John D. Crimmins. James A.

Deering. Ashbel P. Fitch. William H. (Jelshenen.

William F. Havemever William E. Harmon. Theodore F. Jackson Edgar J.

Levey. Theodore F. Miller Charlea Morse. Francis K. Pendleton.

Edward C. Schatfer Henry K. Bteele, Henry W. Taft. Caatmb? Tag John I.

Waterbury an. 1 George Zabrlskie. At the directors" meeting which followed, the lowing officers were chosen: Edgar J. Levey, president' Charles T. Barney and John D.

vice-presidents: Cyril H. Burdett. secretary, and Henry R. Steele. treasurer.

MERC HAMS' CLI DIRECTORS. The Merchants" Club held Its annual election of directors yesterday at the clubrooms. No. 10ft Leonard-st. These directors were elected: Ernest Mitchell.

George C. Clarke. Edward D. Page and Grlnnell Willis There are sixteen directors of the club, of whom four retire each year. At election the retiring directors were re-elected wuhout opposition.

The full board of directors will meet to-morrow and elect officers and committees. Sir Thomas Lipton says: "Your water w.is mucil appreciated by my guestt and myself on the Erin." Try a Pint of Sparkfing "3EAR-UTHIA" WATH TO-DAY. 7.