New York In
Fact and Fancy
Mektaway No Longer Regarded as Good
Form An Effort to Stimulate
a Declining industry.
yrom Our New Ydrk Correspondent,
I ROM the view
point of a mid
dle aged celibate
who does not re
gret bis condi
tion, but Is a
fearless a d v o
cate of the mat
rimony that In as
It was designed
to be, one of the
most regrettable
things about the
life of Gotham Is
the growing dis
taste for mar
riage among tho
socially promi
nent. Some one
with a predilec
tion for statis
tics has made
thedlscoverythat
there Is a falling
off of 20 nor rant
In the number of Now Yorkers who
mado the leap during 1008. This Is
not only flying In tho face of Provi
dence, who, according to all reliable
records, has planned otherwise, but It
Is a direct metropolitan slap In tho face
for Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, who Is at
one with his Creator on that point and
Is not afraid to say so.
It Is an American habit to seek for a
cause of this decline In one of our most
promising Industries. The statistician
referred to Is of the opinion that finan
cial depression had much to do with It.
That Is exquisitely absurd. Financial
depression, on the contrary, Is the very
thing which constrains the typical
Knickerbocker to embrace matrimony
in spite of Us possible sequences. Some
other reason must be found for this In
creasing aloofness from matrimony.
Ordinarily one would not expect to
bo made wise In this matter by Ja
cobus Datum, who makes no denial
that In some way a little Knickerbock
er blood has got Into his system, but
the other evening at the tuberculosis
ohow I put It to him squarely. While
I am at It I may as well confess that
I did so In the hope of putting an end
to his sotto voce remarks anent bac
teria. I do not believe too firmly In
the existence of these mysterious or
ganisms myself, but I do not avow my
disbelief In tho very presence of their
scientific promoters.
"Tell me why It Is that marriages
In this town are becoming fewer
among the smart set," I broke In.
When Jacobus had convinced him
eelf that he was not being victimized
he replied:
"Because it's no longer considered
good form to marry. About the only
way a man can be exclusive nowadays
Is by remaining single."
That this decline In society matri
mony Is attracting the attention" of
those who have more than a statistical
Interest In the matter Is made evident
by the vigorous effort of certain indi
viduals to stimulate the Industry. One
of the most notable attempts of this
nature has been made by George C.
Boldt, presiding genius at the Waldorf
Astoria. What this astute boniface
has done is to provide a bridal apart
ment consisting of four rooms en suite,
with walls and ceilings of plate glass.
"Now, If that doesn't clip the wings
of this nonmarryiug bug I'll lie awake
and invent something that will," Mr.
Boldt declares to those who have been
permitted to inspect this novelty,
which is on the second floor, adjoining
the royal apartments. The suit is so
arranged that the waiters who servo
the newly wed need not be seen by the
honeymooners as they enter und de
part. So far it is not quite clear
whether this latter provision inures
most to tho beuetit of the servants or
to that of the served. Matrimony Is
a novelty and nn experiment, uud Mr.
Boldl's plate glass apartment does not
make it less so. It muy do Its part In
tho revival of a decaying iudustry, but
I hope that no one will bo tempted to
commit matrimony just for the oppor
tunity to occupy It. As an extra in
ducement It Is promised that the iden
tity of those who are lodged In thin
plate glans apartment shall never, nev
er be revealed. I do not see how that
Is going to be managed, but modern
ingenuity Is equal to it, I suppose.
A bright young clergyman who was
waiting for something to turn up,
which It did within a year or less,
"S-SHl MUTE HUSBAND IS HERE I COMB
TOMoitnowi"
took temporary service in one of the
chapels of Trinity parish. The chjef
feature of ' his curacy was a nevsr
him m
ending series of house to house visits
In the nearby tenement district, from
Which much of the congregation was
recruited. In the discharge of this
Important duty the newly made dom
inie had many experiences, somo of
them amusing and some of them oth
erwise. At the time he was uncertain
as to which class the following be
longed: s
It was near the close of a long sum
mer afternoon devoted to numerous
parochial visits. Although foot weary
and almost stifled by the heat, the
young curate determined to make one
more call before ending the day's la
bor. The object of his ministerial so
licitude was a big German woman
who lived at the very top of a tene
ment house, and by the time the cler
gyman bad climbed the five flights
' between her abode and terra flrma he
was fit only for an armchair and a
I palm leaf fan. But neither of these
aids to his physical resuscitation was
I forthcoming. Instead the door was
opened cautiously on the jar, and
through the aperture came a whisper
that must have been heard In the
streot below:
"S-sh! Mine husband Is here! Come
tomorrow!"
1 For a moment the exhausted man
lost sight of his honorable intention and
felt lllio the guilty creature he knew
J ho was not. Then he mado his way
to tho earth. Somo tlrao afterward he
I found out that be had escaped some
thing which might hnvo been exceed
I lngly disagreeable. Ills parishioner's
husband was not only at home, but
was In that stage of Inebriety which
rendered him no respecter of persons.
' Until recently I had been skeptical
as to the sincerity of the theatrical
managers In the crusade against the
ticket speculators. Although the side
walk nuisance has been abolished by
ordinance, there has never been any
legal provision to make collusion be
tween the box office and the sidewalk
an impossibility. On the evening when
the new municipal fulrainatlon against
the speculators became operative I was
a believer for almost five minutes In
tho elllcacy of the new ordinance.
.Leaving my companion in a secluded
corner of the vestibule, I proceeded
to tho box of
fice window and
asked for two
tickets.
"Hbw many?"
inquired the po
lite seller.
"Two," I re
peated very dis
tinctly. "But I see only
one of you," he
returned smiling
ly. "Why need you
see more than
that?" I demand
ed severely.
"Pardon me," he
replied, with ad
mirable suavity.
"We are obliged
to take every pre
caution against
the tricks of the
speculators."
"Is there any-
"I SEE ONLY ONE
OF YOU."
thing about my person to suggest that
I am other than I should be?" I de
manded rather positively.
When I rejoined my companion I ob
served, "I guess they've got the spec
ulators on the run this time."
"Stuy," said my friend, "you are
really almost too easy. Just as you
left that window I saw a speculator 1
know walk up and buy a bunch of
tickets without a question."
"But he took me for a speculator," I
Interposed.
"Not at all," laughed my companion.
"He sized you up as a possible 'spotter.'
If you had been a speculator there
would have been no questions."
Tho "door privilege" Is a courtesy
extended by theatrical and operatic
managers to accredited members of
the press and admits the latter to the
floor of the theater or opera house at
any tlmo during tho performance. It
does not provide a seat, but It Is a
privilege highly esteemed by jcrarnnl-
IT BID NOT YOBK.
lsts because It may bo made to include
tho admission of one or two friends.
The abuse of this latter feature has re
cently been the cnuso of the withdraw
al of tho privilege In one instance by
the management of one of Gotham's
big opera houses. A Journalist to
whom it had been extended delegated
It to his sister, a young woman of
highly specialized musical und soclul
capacity. This bright young person
saw In It an opportunity to square her
self socially with her frlendH, and one
day an even dozen of them received I
I tho following invitation: !
Just for a lark I am giving a stand up '
upem jjuny m me oaiuruay mattneo at
the Opera House. We are to rendez.
vous at Mark Down's parlor and all go
over togethor. Don't fall to put in an ap
pearance If you love me.
It was a Melba afternoon, and the
first thing that confronted the leader
of the enterprise as tho party entered
the vestibule was n placard bearlnc
I tho crushing legend, "Free List Sus
pended!"
She tried to argue the matter with
the doorkeeper and was referred po
litely to tho business office. It did not
work. Thirteen Imblttered young wo
men boarded n crosstown car, and
twelve of them mado occasional re
marks. The thirteenth was silent.
Next day that "floor privilege" was
abolished.
BTUYVESANT BROWN.
The Head of
Taft's Cabinet
PMander Chase Knox, Who Will Succeed
Root as Secretary of State.
His Home and Family,
IN the choice of Philander Chase
Knox as the head of his cabinet
President Elect William H. Taft
has conferred an honor upon one
of his rivals for the Republican presi
dential nomination. It Is understood
that Judge Taft Is especially desirous
of surrounding himself with men who
are recognized to be of signal ability
in their several fields so that his ad
ministration may have tho counsel
of men who Individually and collec
tively can be of the greatest possible
assistance to him In the satisfac
tory solution of the problems to be
met. The office of secretary of stato
has come to be regarded as one of
high honor, second only In many re
spects to that of tho presidency. It
has been bold often by men of presi
dential size, among them Sherman,
Blaine, Hay, Olney, Root and Seward,
Lincoln's secretary of foreign affairs,
not to mention Thomas Jefferson, who
occupied the post under Washington.
Judge Tuft gave unusual thought to
the selection of an Incumbent of tho
post of secretary of state not only be
cause he wanted In It a good foreign
affairs secretary, but also because ho
desired that the head of his cabinet
should be a man capable of advising
him on matters outside of that depart
ment calling for serious consideration.
As attorney general in the cabinets
of President McKlnley and President
Roosevelt, Mr. Knox became famous as
a public man several years ago. As
the occupant of that position he initi
ated some of President Roosevelt's
SENATOR PHILANDER CHARE KNOX.
most noteworthy suits against trio
trusts. He began his cabinet career
under President McKlnley shortly be
fore the latter was assassinated, hav
ing been appointed to fill the place of
John William Griggs of New Jersey,
resigned. With the accession of Presi
dent Roosevelt to the White House
he was chosen to continue in the cabi
net. He resigned the attorney general
ship June 80, 1904, to accept his
Pennsylvania senatorshlp appointment,
which was tendered by Governor Pen
nypacker. He took his seat In the
senate Dec. 0, 1904, and is at present
serving a term which expires In 1911.
Senator Knox was born at Browns
ville, Pa., May C, 1853. He graduated
from Mount Union college, Ohio, In
1872 and subsequently took the degree
of LL. D. at the University of Penn
sylvania in 1905 and at Yale In 1907.
His career at the bar began In 1875.
He became assistant United States dis
trict attorney for the western district
of Pennsylvania in 187G and held the
post for a year. Ho then entered the
practice of law.
Senator Knox acquired a fortune
through his law practice. Ho owns a
beautiful homo in Washington and has
a fine summer place at Valley Forge,
Pa. On his farm there ho breeds trot
ting horses and gets a great deal of
pleasure out of speeding them himself
over his half mile track. lie Is nlso an
automobile enthusiast and owns sev
eral large and powerful cars. There Is
nn especial bond of sympathy between
him and Mr. Tuft in their mutual fond
ness for golf.
The wife of the future secretary of
stato Is a daughter of one of the pio
neer Iron manufacturers of Pittsburg,
Andrew G. Smith. She is n very nc-
MRS. KNOX AND A VIEW OP THE KNOX
COUNTRY HOME AT VALLEY VOBOE.
compllshed woman and has retained In
an unusual degree her youthfulness
and comeliness. Three sons and a
daughter have 'Jean born to tho dis
tinguished couple, and there Is now a
little grandson In tho household.
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THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. D ARROW, Chatham, K. Y,
Prtm Corrapondtnt New York State
Orange
STATE LECTURERS' WORK.
Model 8yatem In Vogue In Massachu
setts 8tato Grange.
Tho advantages of putting grange
work upon a thoroughly systematic
basis, so that exactly what is being
done can be positively known and defi
nitely recorded, is shown in Massa
chusetts, where the state lecturer,
Charles M. Gardner of Westfield, has
so systematized the work done during
the lecture hour that at the end of the
year a complete total can be drawn off
exactly as the large business concern
draws off Its annual balance sheet for
tho Inspection of Its stockholders.
This result Is mado possible by a
carefully prepared report system
whereby every subordinate and Po
mona lecturer In the state sends to tho
state lecturer once In three months a
complete summary of all lecture hour
work In that grange, how many peoplo
helped do It and how many persons
attended the meetings. At the end of
tho year tho entire work of each
grange in tho state Is summarized and
shown on a large chart that Is ex
hibited at the annual stato meeting.
By this system the astounding fact
was brought out of last year's work
that over 40,000 persons bad contribut
ed something o the lecture hour pro
grammes In Massachusetts and that
the total grange audience of tho year
was 245,000 persons.
This system affords more than a
mere record of results. It provides the
means of comparison one year with an
other; It furnishes every three months
a correct idea of how each grange Is
getting along, whether holding Its own
or not; it also gives tho local lecturer
added reason for urging his members
to do their best In order that that
grange shall make the best possible
showing on tho year's chart at the
state meeting. A record Is also kept
of the leading topics discussed during
the year, and this also Is presented to
the state meetjng to show along what
lines grange thought !s being especial
ly directed, while the distinct grange
efforts in behalf of town improvement,
good citizenship, better schools and
other matters of civic betterment are
carefully recorded.
Few people realize the power of the
grange organization or the influence
that it is exerting along such a variety
of important lines every year. Such
a system as that in vogue In Massa
chusetts, which puts Into actual and
easily understood figures the total
work done In a state during a year,
aids greatly In bringing a realization
of the magnitude of the work and In
fluence of the Order not merely to those
not Identified with It, but even to its
own members' who do not always ap
preciate the scope and power of the
Order of which they are a part
GRANGE CO-OPERATION.
A Profitable Business Enterprise at
Vlneland, N. J.
Vlneland grange of New Jersey, In
connection with the Farmers' Clnb
and Fruit Growers' union, formed an
association about six years ago under
the name of the Grange Co-operative
society. Nine directors were chosen
as a board of managers. Persons be
came members by buying stock at $5
per share, but two-thirds of the mem
bers must be Patrons. In July, 1904,
a grange store was opened, which car
ried a full line of groceries, feed, etc.
The co-operative plan provided for the
payment of 5 per cent on each stock-
i holder's Interest In the concern at the
end of the year; also such a percent
i age on all goods he had purchased as
his sales would allow after paying the
expenses. All sales must be for cash.
I Tho business amounts now to over
$30,000 a year. Last April the store
1 building was burned, and a new one
Is now being erected. This will con
1 tain a grange hall with all modern
Improvements. Tho membership of
this flourishing grange is 304. It has
1 become one of the most popular so
cieties in Vlneland.
Connecticut Patrons Helped Celebrate.
The Patrons of Connecticut took a
prominent part In tho bridge celebra
tion at Hartford. The grange features
of tho parado were a touring car con
taining tho officers In full regalia and
a float representing colonial agricul
ture drawn by throe yoke of oxen, fol
lowed by floats representing Flora,
Pomona and Ceres. A big automobile
farm truck loaded with farm machin
ery of the latest pattern was last In
the grange procession. The nnlmals
drawing these various floats wero
blanketed nnd marked "Connecticut
Stato Grange P. of H."
Pushing the Work.
Tho work of organizing new grange
will bo pushed with vigor after tho
election Is over. State Master Godfrey
of Now YorUutato will put out one or
two special organizing deputies in the
field. State Master Pierce of Vermont
has also secured tho services of two
organizers for like work.
A Novel Meeting.
Tho grango located at Swanzey,
N, H., recently had a novel meeting.
The admission was 7 cents, and every
seventh person was admitted free.
Seven "old ladles from Lavender
town" sang seven old tlmo songs.
Theto wero tableaux and recitations.
Nearly every grango In New Hamp
shire has purchased a flag for Its hall,
as a voto passed at the last annual ses
sion of the state grange requested.
W. B. HOLMES, Vice Paes.
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