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giving Ichor" does Indeed go out of our public schools, even in their present imperfect estate. And, seeing- how steadily and rationally they are being Improved, he will believe that, while they may never "conquer"" ignorance, poverty and crime, they will win victories greater tnan any that have yet been won or can yet be ror-s.->en In the eeenelesa battle that Imperfect humanity must wags against these three terrible foes. Surely it Is foolish tt> lose faith and courage because in les* than a. century the American free school has not done all that the home and the Church, active ever since the birth of civilization, have failed to accom- plish. But a cautious person may well shrink from predicting what it may do, even within the next hundred years, lest he he accused of airy optimism by those who have fallen into the mistake of blaming popular education for many of the social evils and shortcomings which. In fact and in truth. It Is doing more than any other agency to uproot and to cure. Pass tt on. THE OR(^HID FOR WHICH ?20,000 WAS PATD. WHERE TO GO TODAY. if.rfts by liean James Karl Russell, of Teacher* Col- >£re. befrre the New-York Association of Sewing Frftools, tn the parish hOUSS of the Church of the Kt.iv Communion. No. 41* West Twentieth 9t.. 3:30 p. m. Subject: The Aim of Education." Privrte benefit DUMdeal at the home of Mrs. Jerome Elliott Bate*. No. '* Washineton-ave.. Brooklyn, 6:ii r- m. Lidies' Christian Union meeting in the chapel of Broad- way Tab'rr.aclf, sixth avo. and Thirt>-f§Amh-st., 11 \u25a0 m. Mrs. C. E. Valentine addresses a ireetlng on "Practical Poultry Raisin*" at the Berkeley Lyceum, Nos. 19 and 21 West Forts f urth >-t.. 2 p. m. Oiipntns of tfc» three days' exhibition of fancy canaries and cape Mrcis und?r the auspices of the Xew-York Ornithological Society, at Majestic Hall, No. 117 to 12-". Ea.»t One-hun<".red-an<3-twenty-fifth-st., from 10 a. 111 until 10 p. m. I Repalar mwtlni? of Barnard Literary Association. Room X. 422. Library Building. Columbia University. S p. in. Reception of the Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Ontury at the Pouch Gallery, Brooklyn, from S until 11 p. m. Rerular meeting of Civlta». at JCo. 160 Joralemon-et.. Brooklyn. ;; p. m. Babjeot: "The New Industrial Con- dition?." Miss Jean Palmer, chairman. CULTIVATION s OF ORCHIDS. A FIFTH-AYE. FLORIST THE FIRST TO INTRODUCE THEM IX A COM- MERCIAL WAY. MANT VARIETIES COME FROM THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS—THE ORCHID DINNER IS A FAVORITE AND PRETTY FAD THIS -WINTER. The famous orchid collection belonging to Major Mason, of Warwick, England, was sold recently at suction and brought only $15,600. The price paid for two specimens of the "Cypripedium Lawrence" \u25a0was 5735. Perhaps the highest price ever paid for an orchid was by the late Frederick L. Ames, of Boston, who gave $20,000 for a single specimen of the Leila, anceps. His collection was one of the first made in America, and had cost over $1,000,000 up to the time of his death, some years ago. Twenty years ago orchids were regarded as rare and expensive flowers, but now they are being cultivated in eueh quantities that the use of these blossoms among floral decorations Is an everyday occurrence. A Fifth-aye. florist was the first to introduce orchids in a commercial way to the florist trade of America, and In 1878 suggested their more general cultivation, with a view to rendering them popular and plentiful. At a gathering of florists during a convention of the Society of American Florists, held in Philadel- phia some fifteen years ago, the advocate of the orchid presented the claims of his flower with great , enthusiasm, and ventured the prediction that orchids and orchid flowers would in time become the flowers for the millions. That his prediction in a great measure has been realized the florists' windows of to-day attest, although the prices these flowers command are still sufficiently high to limit their use to the well to do class. The Cattleya variety of orchids, also known as the Fleur de Mayo, brings from 50 to 75 cents a bloom. Fine Cattleyas must pell for SO cents a flower in order to be profitable to the grower. • A popular fad nowadays is to give "orchid din- ners." at which all the floral decorations are wrought out . in orchids. The green orchid and the delicate white green and royal shading are mu'-h sought after this season for this form of decoration. These are known as "slipper orchids," end are valued for their long keeping quality. Th* green orchid is a terrestrial orchid, and takes Its sustenance from a sandy soil, just as the celes- tial orchid, which is a para.-it\ draws its life from air. A great deal of moisture Is required to cultivate the orchid, consequently it Is almost im- possible to raise it outside of greenhouses. If great care is given to th":- - flowers they will last for forty or fifty years. / Laelias. dainty and beautiful, in shades of rose pink to royal purple, may be obtained at prices varying from 20 to 2.". cents a flower. The East Indies Molt orchids are popular, and many varieties of this class come from the Philip- pine Islands. The late war with Spain has had the effect of reducing considerably the price of these blossoms. From the Philippine Islands, Luzon .-tnd Paiiay are shipped large quantities of the variety abounding in those localities. Until recently it was not considered possible that orchids could be cultivated in America, but as the result of many experiments the florists have suc- 0«d In raising these flowers under glass, and million! of orchids are being produced in this country: in fact. America is becoming the greatest orchid market la the world. A short lime ago the Flcur de Mayo species were fo plentiful that the prices f<*l! from 75 to 25 cents a bloom. Orchids are also becoming popular for personal adornment, and small bunches of them, tied with a ribbon to match the blossoms, are now worn by many women, instead of the bunch of vio- lets formerly so popular. A single orchid fastened in the hair is a fashion adopted by some to com- j-If-t* an evening costume. These blossoms are also chosen for wedding decoration. Bridal bouquets made from blossoms of the palest Shades ere very effective and promise to take the place of the lilies of the valley that have heretofore been popular as a completion of the bridal dress. Although fragile in appearance, orchids are hardy and by clipping the stems night and morning they can be kept in rood condition for several weeks. Among the orchid enthusiasts in America are H. MeK. Twombly. who has a valuable and exten- Flve col'.ection: Mr. Klmble. of Rochester, and Hlckfi Arnold, of New-York. The accompanying illustration Is reproduced from a painting by Charles Storer, of Boston, who de- voted five years to painting pictures of the princi- pal crchifls in Mr. Ames's collection. A TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF WOMAN'S SHIRT WAIST. NO. 7.57R, FOR COUPON AND If) CENTS. . There is at present a strong tendency toward close fitting garments. Some of the most fash- ionable tailor made costumes have plain, beautifully moulded basques, and one of the latest models lor shirt waists is fitted per- fectly plain across the shoulders, back and front, with slight fulness at the belt. As Illustrated, this waist is made of shell pink Henrietta, the sole decoration consisting of shaped bands of the mate- rlal, machine stitched with heavy 8 of the mate- in a c h i n c •d with heavy black silk. The back is smooth across the shoulders, with the fulness drawn down snugly at the waist NO. 7.6TB.— WOMAN'S SHIRT line in centre. The WAIST, fronts are plain, with fulness that may be drawn straight down or slightly Moused above the belt. A fitted lining is given, over which the waist may be arranged, or it can be undcrfaeed to scalloped yoke depth back and front and with or without the machine stitched shaped bands. The closing is accomplished invisibly down the centre front under an applied box pleat Waists of this kind may be made of cashmere, fine serge, Venetian or Any of the beautiful plain or dotted French flannels. When figured materials are used for the body the bands are usually of plain goods to match, or they may he made of silk or velvet. To make this shirt waist for a woman of medium size will require three yards of material twenty- seven inches wide. The pattern. No. 7.878, is cut in sizes for a 32, 84. 36, 38. 40 and 43 Inch bust measure. _*, _^ A. Mrs M. McClary reports that she received Christ- mas greetings from Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Robotham. Mils M. Bently and Miss Lizzie Stone, but she fails to send the names of those Who were remem- oered by her. There are many, as her hands are ever bui-y with sunshine work. PERPETUAL COPYRIGHT BILL. Miss Margaret Lee's petition to Congress for legislation granting a peipetual copyright to authors, a full account of which has appeared in The Tribune, has received these additional signatures: Anna U Ward. ! Katharine Schuyler Baxter. Kogfr rdan ' hleanor Kirk. John Hump* '\u25a0;'- " "jj'? I ,^' \u0084, Anne H. Wttarton. j Elean r H. ' \u25a0• >ell. William J. Gaynor. ! r,«,r K *\\. h.i«ard* Harry 8. Edward*. s Eyjr WlUlatn*.-^ Ruth Hall. Maiy '\u25a0\u25a0 VUlMns. Violette Hall. Nix n \\ aterman. Richard s. Starrs. Ms T. Thurston. Edward R. Smith. ' Mabel Neteon Tfaurstoa, Ijiurenoe Hutton. , Horace B ».»'"• Harvej P. Layi Frank r*e tainell. . \u0084,. D >\u0084. ,.,. Genevleve Brown Farnell. James Meeker Lu«ow. :Lnani Morgan. Mrs. BurtCß Harrison. I George 11. EUwaager. Mrs. Fiances Hodgson Burnett writes from her home in Washington as follows: My Dear Miss Lee: . j append my signature to your document witn the greatest pleasure, l cannot imagine any claim for a right more obviously Just than this one. I congratulate you or. having taken the matter in hand. Yours jataMrcj^ HODGSON BURNETT. No 1770 Massachusetts-aye. 1 , Washington, D. C, Jan. 6, ICOO. \u25a0 » THE TRIBUTE PATTERN. He doth good work whoe< heart can liuu The Bpitli 'neat b the U tt< r; Who makes bis knui of happier mind, L «vi - wisei m i. and better. mes Russell Lows*! REPORT OF THE T. B. B. MAINE SALE. The report of the December sale tor the bent-lit of the T. B. S. fund of the Maine Division of the T. B. S. has b?en unavoidably delayed. Mr-, F. W. Quimby. State president, will that the net proceeds of tha tale were >:\u25a0">. besides $13 received for work sent in by Sunshine "shut-ins." to be sold for them. A certain portion of the proceeds, together with a package of articles left over from the sale, were forwarded to each branch president, to be used for Christmas work in the branch Mi-. Quimby writes gratefully of the deep interest taken in the sale by the proprietors of "The Lewiston Journal.' Tae use of its handsome new ball was generously given tor this 1. fa. a. oc- casion, and everything that kindness could prompt was done for the society. ... , v The Presides! General desires to iMite with the State president in expressing gratitude to Mr. and Mrs. Dingky for the kindly aid reader eo. CONTRIBUTION'S. The following articles have been received: An account book, a dainty veil case and an embroid- ered needle book from Miss Amelia Thorn; two booklets from Mrs. Charles H. Ramsden and Miss Florence Ramsden, as dues for 1900; an overcoat, a flannelette skirt and \u25a0 package of papers from Mrs. .1. A. Resch; paper dolls from Annie Merz; a. writing set calendars, cards and a book without name; a bundle of clothing from Mrs. M. E. Bar- nard, a large package of reading matter without a. name, two funny little dolls from Miss Guss Bol- ton, leaflets from Annie McCoy, two plnballs from L. R. D. books and cards from Mrs. J. K. Boucher, calendars from H. T. Dutton, a booklet from airs. F. Hogeboon and two pairs of mittens, cards ana calendars for the "Little Mothers" from Mrs. \\ . I. Wood. MON'KV RF.CKIVED. Mary S. Keys has sent $1 as dues for the year; Mrs. J. J. Kluge, 28 cents in stamps for \u25a0 T. S. S. !;ailK>' f1 -r a n>'W number. A VOLUMH OF TWF.LYF. CHAPTERS. The volume of the Xew Year with Its pases pure and white. Vnsolled Ny sin or sadness. Invites us ra^h to write All the record of our living,all the sunshine or the shade. All the -windings of the pathway where our way- ward feet have strayM. Till Christmas with its me^sape of peace and joy and love Birds the wondrous book together, and so bears from earth abm-e Our yesterdays, to-days, o-ir hopes of a to-mor- row. Far from earth's clouds and sunshine, its gladness and Its sorrow, To realms beyond time's portals and the scene of our endeavor, Into the peaceful vastness f>f Love's own grand Forever. —(By Maud H. Moe. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OFFICERS. Orange, X. J. Jan. 9 (Special).—At the annual meeting of the Orange Memorial Hospital held yesterday the following officers were elected: Presi- dent. Mr* Edward W. Ashley; vice-president. Mrs. Paul F. Gerhard; secretary. Mrs. Horace Stetson; treasurer. Mrs. H. J. W. S. Cooke; corresponding secretary. Mrs. Coleman E. KiEsam; assistant treasurer. Miss Alice Pierson; members of the Board of Governors. Mrs. William Barr. Miss Adeline C. Eelknap. Mrs. Oliver S. Carter. Mrs. John Davey, Mr*. Charles R. Griffin. Mrs. Charles H. Gillespie, Mr*. Pail F. Gerhard. Mrs. Georpe R. Howe. Mrs. Colemar E. Kicsam. Mrs. George Merck. Miss Amy C. Lo*rle. Mrs. Jacob Mersereau. Miss Ruth March. Mi*s Alice G. Pierson and Mrs. Stephen Palmer. Wllberforce Freeman was elected a member of the Advisory Board. COUPON ENTITLING TO ONE PATTERX. ANT SIZK. OF NO. T. 878. , Cut tMs out. fl!l ln with name and address, and mall it to THE PATTBRN DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIBUNE. FIRS! FIRS! COATS. CAPES. MIFFS. SCARFS. Sealskin. Persian Lamb, Mink. Otter. Russian and Hudson Bay Sable, Fox, Ermine. Chla- cbilla. &c. Sealskin Caps and Gloves. MEN'S FTTR-uxED OVERCOATS. . Large assortment, all sizes and styles* at lowest possible price* for reliable goods. Sleigh Robes. Bear. Otter. Bearer. Mink and Sable. Esquimau Do?. $25: Japan Goat. |M A food Black Goat, handsomely lined, $10 to $15. Coachmen's Outfits. Largest Assortment C. C. SHAYNE, Manufacturing Pur Merchant. 42d it. between Broadway and 9th at. REPORTS RECEIVED AND DIRECTORS ELECTED FOR A THREE YEARS' TERM. The annual meeting of the New-York Zoological Society was held last evening at the Waldorf-As- toria. Levi P. Morton, the president, was In the chair. The. attendance was large. The feature of the session was an Illustrated lecture by Professor W. T. Homaday. descriptive of what has been done in the new Zoo in The Bronx Park. Professor Henry F. Osborn read the Executive Committees report. L. V. F. Randolph, the treasurer, reported a balance on hand at the beginning; of the year of (MOM ~r». The receipts were $t¥».- 02*04; expenditures. $150,308fi2; balance on hand. 54.360 07. Since the new Zoo was opened in No- vember ninety thousand people have visited It. The Executive Committee reported that the city's appropriation of $40,000 Is utterly Inadequate. Directors for the term ending 1003 were elected, as follows: Levl P. Morton. Andrew Carnegie. Morris K. Jeaup. John L. Cadwal&der. Philip Schuyler. John 8. Barnes, Madison Grant. William White Nlles. Samuel Thome. Henry A. C. Taylor. William D. Bloane and Hugh J. Chlsholme. A.V URBAX AFTERNOON. Th* regular study meeting was held yesterday afternoon at th* bom* ot Mra. A. J. Parry, No. M ANNIAT. MEETING < F THE HOSPITAL SATVRPAT MISS GOULD AT THE NATT YARD* HER PARTY VISITS THE SAILORS* BESS ESCORTED BY REAR ADMIRAL PHILIP. Miss Helen M. Gould and a party of women paid* a visit yesterday morning to the naval branch of the Young Men's Christian Association. No. -IST Sands-st.. and were entertained at the quarters of the marines. Rear Admiral Philip, commandant of. the Brooklyn Navy Yard, at a meeting held recently by the Ladles' Auxiliary of the International committee on such work, at Miss Gould's home, ia FUth-ave.. Manhattan, referred to the excellent work being done by the naval branch of the Young Men's Christian Association in Brooklyn, and invited Miss Gould and others associated with her to visit the institution. The invitation was accepted, and yesterday morning Admiral Philip sent the fSSJ Narkeeta to East Twenty-fourth-st.. Manhattan. where Miss Could and party were taken aboard ana carried over to the Navy Yard. They were met by Admiral Philip and his wife, and were escorted to the naval branch, or Sailors' Rest, as Itis familiarly known. The premises were inspected and then refreshments were served. The sailors have enjoyed a great deal of comfort and pleasure at the Rest. A music box. games and reading matter hae been provided by MUs Gould, who. with the members of her party, took a special interest in at least two of the men there yesterday. One was Randolph Clausen, who was with Hobson at the sinking of the Merrtmae at Santiago, and the other was Rudolph Mehrtens. chief quartermaster of the flagship Olympla. who was with Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay. They are members of the naval branch and have first rate recojtis. The Navy Yard tug took the party away fro the yard at MOB*, With Miss Gould were Miss E. C. Ewing, Mis 3 Grace S. Macy. Miss Ella A. Sanders. Mrs. William C. Church. mm Stella M. Miller 3 . Sophia M. Nichols. Miss Carrie E. \iacy Mrs' %U Ono , n - ;\ ! - ~ Mrs C \. Edwards, Mrs. Jo^tph Eastman. ' Eît- inlck. Miss F. Kail Haln. W. B Millar and Com- mander Clifford H. West. DIRECTOR OF \ F.W CHICAGO IXSTITUTS. Chicago. Jan. 9.-E. R. Boyer. a former assistant to Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, superintendent of the Chicago public schools, has accepted the place of director at the new Chicago Institute, founded by Mrs. Emmons Blame. Mr Boyer will have the general business administration of the school and oversight of buildings and equipment. He will at the same time be a member of the teaching faculty. W. K. VAXDERBILTS TRIP. W. K. Vanderbilt and seven or eight friends sailed Monday afternoon on the Valiant for South- ampton. Some friends yesterday naid that Mr. Vanderbilt would make Parts his main headquar- ters after he reached the other side but that he would doubtless visit a number of Mediterranean ports. He will be gone for two or three months, tt is expected. An interesting reunion took place at the Murray Hi.l Hotel January •'. wh?n the first meeting of the Ingle?ide League was held. It is composed o* graduates and special students of Ingleside School, Nf w-Mllford. Conn. Covers were laid for thirty- two. Mrs. Black, patroness of Ingleside. received, assisted by the officers of the league. After a business meeting luncheon was served in the tea room of the hotel. A silver loving cup was given to the league by R. C. Black. The organization i,jt.-rs m various cities, already with a large membership. * .4 LARGE COLLECTION EXPECTED. .Mrs. Harriot, of No. 4."l West Twenty-third-s.t.. has sent no cards ant this season. Mrs. Harriot will he at horn.- informally the first and third Fridays until sailing for Paris. The marriase of Miss Alice Louise Abell. a daughter of the lite William H. Abell. of Buffalo. N. V.. to Eugene Nugent Robinson, of this city, will take place at noon to-day at the Roman Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament, in West Seventy-f!r*t-st. The wedding breakfast will be served at the home of the bride's mother. Mrs. De Lancey Treadwell Smith. No. 222 West Seventy-flrst-st. A large number of invitations have been issued for the church ceremony, but only the relatives an.i the. r>er3onal friends will attend the festivities at the home of Mrs. Smith. The marriage of Miss Gertrude Isabel Ptowler, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Qeorgc B. Fowler, of No. is Basi i';fty-eishth-st.. to Dr. Henry F. Owsley. will take place this afternoon in the Collegiate Dutch Reformed Church. Fifth-aye. and Forty- eighth-st. After the ceremony thnre will be a reception at the home of the bride s parents. Tht marriage of Miss Madeline E. Day. of East Orange. N. J., to Vincent Strong Mulfoni. of Mont- elair. N J.. will be celebrated in (Jr.«ce Church. Orange, this evening. a wedding of interest in Washington, D. c. to- day will be that of Miss Miles, the only daughter of • Miles, the Commanding General of the Army, to Captain Bunnel A. Reber. of the I'nlted States Army. The ceremony will be performed at noon in St. John's Protestant Episcopal church. There will he s number of quests from this and other cities at the cerentonj anil hn%ltfnsi Another incident of Interest was the second of the Informal at homes by Miss De Forrest and Miss Callender. given In their apartment In the Tiffany Apartment Building. No. 27 East Seventy- second-st. The hostesses provided a musical programme, which included a rendering of the comp- osition "In a Persian Garden." the soloists being Miss Marguerite Hall. David Bispham. Mackenzie Gordan and Mrs. Seabury Ford. The concert was followed by a buffet supper. At the third Fortnightly dance last night at the Waldorf-Astoria the cotillon was led by Emory Hawes. A supper followed the dance. The young people were received by Mrs. DelaflfM. Mrs. .lohn Clarkson Jay, Mrs. Robert Abbey and Mrs. H. C. Iôcmis. Some of the dancers were Miss Josephine Drezel, Ml?s Marie Antoinette Dart* Miss Angelica Church. Miss Dorothy HlgKlnson. Miss Dorothy Schieffelin, Miss Agnes C. Adams. Miss Georgette Kldd. Miss Uur,i D. Ireland. Mi«* Ix)ui«e Gallattn, Bftsa Janet De Kay. Henry Cameron. A. T. Douglas. Ralph Moneli. Henry I?. Cameron. Banyer Clarkson and Lawrence Elliman. THE EFFECT. a TO REMOVE THE SOCTETC FROM THE JURISDICTION OF THS STATE BOARD OF CHARITIES. Albany. Jan. 9.— The Court of Appeals to-day de- cided that th» New- York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children is not a charitable institution within the meaning of the Constitution, and that ft does not come within th* Jurisdiction of th« State Board of Charities. This is the end of a Ions; controversy h^tw**n Elbr!d?e T. Qerry. the head of the society, and the State Board of Charities. The decision of th* Court of Appeals was rendered by a vote of i to 3. Those who voted to sustain tbs> society in its contention that It was not under th» jurisdiction of the State Board of Charities were. Chief Judge Parker and Judges Barton. Gray and O'Brien, and those who believed that It should come tinder the jurisdiction of that Beard were> Judges Martin. Vann and Haiicht. Judge O'Brien wrote the prevailing optnlon, and Judge Martin thm dissenting opinion. The title of the case was State ex. rel. the Stat« Board of Charities a<?ain = ; the New- York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. This case has been in the courts for nearly a year. Th» Gerry society tried to show that the State Board of Charities had no power to visit and inspect it, the legal question beinjr whether It was a charitable or eleemosynary Institution. Tfie State Board of Ckarttln sought jurisdiction over this society under the revised legislation which •ays the Legislature shall provide for a Star*. Board of Charities, which shall visit and Inspect •'all institutions, whether State, county, municipal, Incorporated or not Incorporated, which are of a charitable, eleemosynary, correctional or reforma- tory character." and under Section 10 of the Re- vised Charities act. The Gerry society originally procured a mam damns restraining the Board of Charities from ex- ercising its functions, but this decision of the lower court was reversed by the Appellate Division la a unanimous decision, the opinion being written by Justice Barrett. The society contended that It was not "a charitable or eleemosynary institution" within tha meaning of the Legislature or the Charities law. The effect of the decision, of course, is to remove the society from the jurisdiction of the Board «t Charities. f JUDGE O'BRIEN'S OPINION. The opinion of Judge O'Brien in part says: The powers of the State Board of Charities over charitable institutions originated in the abuses sup- posed to exist in the appropriation and expenditure of public money for charitable purposes. Therein Is to be found the \u25a0«••«\u25a0 for the law. and it i 3 safe enough to assume that a corporation that does not fall within the reason of the enactment is not a charitable institution, even though engaged in a good and laudable work without gain or re- V --- .I 11 * Board was empowered to deal with charitable institutions not in the broad and gen- limited and whlch l nave referred, but Inthe more limited and restricted sense in which those terms are used in the Constitution and the statute Th» scheme of State supervision was not intended to apply to every institution engaged in some good or commendable °. rk for the relief of humanity from hTnn'; he f various ills with which it is affected, but onl> to those maintained in whole or in part bv- w£l tat £ nr some ot its political divisions through whsoh chanty, as .such, was dispensed b-y public e™si?v of 'flJ^t ha^ S a clalm u P° n the gent tions that the state. These are the only ir^'itu- tlons that are within the reason or policy of th* law and when thu* limited and rest ricTe.ft here it £ V mP l> SS H Of>e for i: n - wui appl* to all institutions, pub. 'the 0 adS °£« efcaSSTSS r£ ' !W 5 that f^ rm '•omrnonlv caned from the State, though they may be engaged te shsus in li l eiT own S that rSfh? be called charitable in the sense that it is unselflsh and voluntarily assume. There is such lvs&l v 5& dstlnet.on between the charity which the Stat». 2l^H Se ,f £ V sta , tute an * that which is voluntarily "tended iby private benevolence, either through Individuals or societies with a corporate nrganlaa- in Vint th"!. W « < ? UW J* "'*'* Pîcal *«£«£. DECISION OF THE COT'RT OF APPEALS IN ITS FAVOR. One of the most Interesting social happenings yesterday was the dance given at the Metropolitan Club Annex, which has been used several times this winter for small dances, by Miss Delia Ournee for her nieces, the Misses Gurnee. one of whom is the debutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter 9. Gurnee. Jr. The cotillon was led by Elisha Dyer. Jr.. who danced with Miss Gurnee. The guests included Miss Paullre Robinson. Miss Edith Clark. Miss Mildred C. Dlx. Miss Helen Domlnlck. Miss Ethel Clark. Miss Julia Clark. Miss Dlx. Miss Rob- inson, Miss Mary Moran, Miss Cecil Boardman. Miss Harriet Deiafleld, Miss Margaret Iselln. Miss Anna Dodge, Miss Laura Low, Miss Ella De Peys- ter. Miss Juliet Stnnton Adee. Miss Evelyn Par- sons. Miss Amy Oiyphant. Ml.»s Jean Brown. Miss Ethel Dv Bois. Miss Hopeton Atterbury. Miss Clara Bryee.Miss Mildred Stokes., Ml«« Josephine Will- iams, Miss Mary Was-- iff. Alexander M. Hadden, Phoenix Ingraham. James W. Gerard. Jr.. Herbert Parsons, H. MoDougal Hawkes, Erskine Hewitt, Robert Hoe, jr. Goelet latin. De Courcy Ire- land and Lansing Satterlee. GERRY SOCIETY WINS. First Placs. Brooklyn. Interesting papers open \u25a0Italian Cities" were read by membVrs. a»d art attractive musical programme consisting sfirotsr and tenor and contralto solos was given. No. T.BTB. Boat.. in, Nam* •—••---—..,..... Address. ....._.. — ..-.•••••••.•».._....... Incise* 10 cants to par miDtec and haadllns •spans** for each pattern wantad. We should be unreasonable If we applied an ob- solutel; Ideal test to our public school system. But, on the other hand, we need not judge It by the lowest test. Indisputably, the blessings it has bestowed far outweigh the curses, If we try to fancy what the condition of our land would he if it had no free schools the imagination shrinks from the first outlines of the picture. Mrs. Davis's real contention, however, was that our educational system does not work as well as it might and should. This may be acknowledged. Vet it is dangerous to dwell exclusively upon its defects without Indicating how they may be cured. It is dangerous, also, to lay upon the broad back of the public school all the responsibility for condi- tions that spring from a variety of causes. And !there is a growing tendency toward both these mis- !takes. Mrs. Davis think.- that the sc-hoolhousp is a "fetich" in our eyes- that we believe wherever it stands "a life giving Ichor goes out of it which will conquer not only Ignorance, but poverty and crime." Perhaps all Americans once felt thus. But I now. whatever the faults and the shortcomings of a community, whatever the folies and the sins of its young people, many persons lay the whole blame upon what they call our craze for "overeducation." Because of this craze, they tell us. the hill towns and even the valley farms of New-England are abandoned to nature or the Immigrant, while the sons and daughters of the soil flock to the towns. Because of it good servants are hard to find even in our largest cities. Because of it early marriages grow fewer, and simple, strenuous home life is de- spised. Because of it our men are becoming in- sanely ambitious and our women morbidly discon- tented, the professions are overcrowded, the trades suffer for recruits and public life is contaminated by the domination of the unfit. In short, if our school system is still our fetich, we have relapsed Into a barbarian way of treating it. We praise and thank it sometimes; but often we beat and spurn it because the rain does not fall, the fish will not bite or the hunter breaks his leg. Mrs. Davis is not by any means the first who has pronounced upon an American village such a ver- dict as she passes on the one she calls X. By the clearness of her description 1 recognize X. as a place in which I lived for six or seven summers as Mrs. Davis' neighbor. But Ido not think that its condition is due to the presence of "the three huge schoolhouses and the free library," or even to the fact that they are not as good of their kind as they ought to be. The whaling and coasting trades that once nourished X. and fostered activity and self-reliance in Its Inhabitants are dead, but they were not killed by overedueation! It is dangerous to exaggerate the share of blame that should be laid upon the public schools, because we may be led into one of two opposite errors. We may come to despise our school system, and so neglect to maintain it properly, or we may expect too much from it and lay upon it burdens that it ought not to bear. Mrs. Davis's article is a sign that the first named danger is a real one. The second is illustrated by the people who cry out that the public schools should teach some dogmatic form of religion, or declare that they should teach the manual trades. Ifso, logic demands that they should also tea the professions and the arts, the highest forms of specialized knowledge and the simplest handi- crafts—that they should assume the whole work of secular education. But even to think of this is to mistake the real reason why our free school exists and Is supported by general taxation. It eoclsts primarily for the sake of the State, of society, of the public, not for the sake of the individual dhild as such. It is bound to teach him such things as are needed to fit him for active and honorable life In the Republic, but not, specifically and complete- ly such as may be desirable to prepare him for the conduct of his personal career. And even in fitting him for life in the broader sense It demands the intelligent co-operation of the home and of pro- fessedly ethical institutions. If it does not get this its own work will be hampered; the home, now considered the foundation stone of society, will lose its value by abdicating its Influence over the young and thus losing its cohesion and stability, and the churches will deserve to be abolished as cumberers of the ground. Of course, no system of education, although avowedly and necessarily based upon what Mrs. Davis calls "book learning," is sensible which confines itself to the information drawn from the printed page, and no kini of secular education is good which cultivates nothing except the mind. Yet there Is a valid distinction between courses of training for the mind, for the body and for the conscience, heart and soul, end some specialization In the manner of giving them Is needful. I must say a final word from the standpoint ot one who, during the last five years, has had a personal acquaintance with the New-York public school, and. outside its walls, with those classes of the population that most deeply need its help. The more I have studied it. the more distinctly I have come to understand the difficulties with which it has to cope and the way in which it in often isolated In Its effort to cope with them, the more clearly I have realized the difference between the average child that it now turns out and the average parent of foreign or even of American birth, the longer I have reflected upon the picture our crowded and polyglot poorer quarters would present If it did not exist—the more I have been impressed, not by Its defects but by its merits; not by Its failures, but by its successes; not by the deficiencies of Its teachers but by their unselfish devotion and the educational intelligence they often display, even when their scholastic equipment is not of the best. Any reader who will take the same practical nmhod of inquiring Into tns question will soon b« •-ought. X think, to •**— wltb me thai * "VU» MRS. SCHT'TI.KR VAN RENSSELAER'B REPLY TO STATEMENTS MAPF. BY MRS. REBECCA HARPING PAVIS. In the public excitement now prevailing regarfl- ing the appropriations for schools and the fitness and duties of certain teachers the views of thoughtful people on the subject of education in general are of special interest. The different points of view possible are shown In two successive numbers of "The North American Review." Mrs. Rebecca Harding Davis says, in part: Has the public school done Its work? Has education been always an unmixed blessing to Amer- ica and Americans? This question cannot be answered so easily and positively as loyal sons of the Republic may sup- pose. Two or three facts which come up in my memory seem to me to have a bearing on It. First— the table before me lies the annual report for 1893 of the inspectors of the Eastern Penitentiary In Pennsylvania. Here Is one Item: Ninety-one convicts who were in the prison last year had served one or more terms in it before. Of these hardened offenders only nine were unable to read and write. Of eight no record had been kept; but as the majority of them were forgers and counterfeiters they evidently had received some mental training. The remaining seventy- four were all educated; having attended school for from two to nine years. Another fact: Three years after the opening of free schools in London a marked Increase was noticed In the number of Juvenile offenders in the city prisons and reformatories. There was, too, a change In the kind of crimes committed by them. The number of boys and young men convicted of forgery, grand larceny and Intricate swindling schemes was more than doubled, while the number of sneak thieves, drunkards and pickpockets was lessened by one-half. As years passed the proportion of educated criminals largely Increased. "Are we to understand, than," demanded a zealous humanitarian In Parliament, "that our graded schools are breeding houses of crime?" But this was too pessimistic a view. Education did not breed crime in the pupils; education only gave crime tools to use. The three R's never be- got a desire in the mind of a boy to work harm to his fellows; but, finding the desire there already, they taught him to forge a note instead of picking a pocket. Without education, he tramped barefoot In the mire of the broad road that leads downward; with it, he drove In a chariot, but on the self-same road and to the same dark end. Take another community, one in a remote corner of New-England. Fifty years ago X. was a live, prosperous village. The heads of the families were whalers— mates and crews. They could read and write; they were keen wilted, quick eyed men, who withered knowledge on their long voyages, and brought homo. too. histories and news of far off countries. Sometimes, indeed, they took their women folk with them on their voyages; and thus continually windows were opened through which glimpses of the great outside world came Into the lonely hamlet. The life In it was full of hard work, but not without its fun; it was active, healthy and human. But the whaling Industry is dead ir- X. now. and so are the old seamen who followed it. The generations that succeeded them have not found any industry to take its place. The swamps re- main undrained. the fields unfilled, the flsh disport themselves by millions in the bay undisturbed. The old people in the village keep themselves and their children alive by renting their houses to summer boarders. Hut the children have but one ambition —to be educated; their feeble energy finds its only outlet in an academy and college course. Nothing could !>.\u25a0 more laudable, according to ordinary public opinion. Visitors look with awe nt the three huge schoolhouses and the free library which tower over the village houses, until they discover that there la not a cobbler nor a tailor nor a drug- gist nor \u25a0 skilled mechanic in the Village. Then they begin to wonder whether book learning la the only wholesome and needful thing in the life of a community. The young girls of X. go through "the course," nibbling at a dozen sciences and philosophies and two or three languages long enough to learn the flavor of each, but not long enough to find any actual food for their brains; not louar enough even to teach them the first lesson of education— how little they know. They find no place as teachers, for New-England is filled with women competent to teach, standing in rows waiting for a vacancy. These X. "young ladies"— for they ire careful to give themselves that degree—settle down at home. They will not cook nor wash, as their mothers do; they are no longer of th» class of tradespeople; they are unfitted to marry the honest laborers on the farms: they mepe and look at the world In false lights through their tears, and join the great army of half-starved, hysteric morbid woiren in New- England— the most useless figures, perhaps, in the world's swarming myriads. The majority of the young men return and wait in vain for work In which their book learning will prove effective. They have no capltP.l to go into business; the professions are enormously overcrowded; they look down with contempt on the trades or any manual labor, in which was their chance for useful, earnest lives. One or two men of unusual power have gone to the West and succeeded; the others in the end. driven by dire need, usually take up some occupation which Rives them food. They have just enough education to make them loathe and despise the work on which they must depend for their livelihood. MRS. VAN RENSSELAER'S REPLY. Another issue of the same magazine contains a reply to the arguments of Mrs. Davis by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensseiaer. A portion of the reply reads: DIFFERENT VIEWS ON THE BLESSINGS OF EDUCATION. WORK OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. RECEPTION FOR MISS PECK. Mrs. Miriam Mason Greeley. of No. 23 West Nlnth-st., gave a reception yesterday afternoon at which Miss Annie S. Peck, of Boston, was the guest of honor. Miss Peck has become known as a lecturer on places of Interest through which she has travelled, and as the only woman and one of the few people to climb the mountain peak of Ori- zaba, in Mexico. Her first climbing feat to attract attention was her ascent of the Matterhorn some years ago. Since then she has travelled in Mexico, Switzerland and Greece, and her lectures are illustrated by slides from her own photographs. Miss Peck ha» lectured before a numbar or geographical and \u25a0cisntiflc •»• cieties. At the next meeting "The Alliance and the Women's Clubs" will be the subject, treated by Miss Emily A Lefleld. of Boston. This Is to be guest day. and all women Interested are cordially Invited. The meeting will be held on Friday. Jan- uary 19 at 3 o'clock, in the vestry of the church at Lenox-ave and One-hundred-and-twenty-flrgt-st. There will be music and refreshments. During the ensuing months the subjects of "Waste of Life and of Opportunities." "Hospitality in the Ho.ne and in the Church and "Literature will be taken up. The president of the Alliance is Mrs Sydney Rosenft-ld. and the secretary Mrs. Robert Emmett Clark. Mrs. Baldwin has visited mission fields in nearly every part o* the globe in the capacity of mission- ary, and was one of the pioneers in the work. She spoke at leng'h on the wonderful work accomplished by the missions in Foo Choo, China, and of the good that is resulting from stopping- the practice of binding the feet of Chinese women. This reform is one of the first results of Christian work there. Speaking of the sacrifices of missionaries Mrs. Baldwin stated that their lives are marked by great privations; many lack sufficient food, and habitually rise from their frugal meals without having had sufficient to satisfy the pangs of hun- ger. WOMEVS CXITARIAX ALLIAXCE. The Women's Alliance of the Lenox Avenue Unitarian Church meets evc-ry month for the dis- cussion of questions of Interest to women. The programme this season is an excellent one. Econ- omy, social responsibility and the legal rights of women ha\e been discussed. COXGREGA TIONAJ. MISBIONB. The regular monthly meeting of the Women's Guild of the Manhattan Congregational Church was held yesterday morning in Leslie Hall, corner of Eighty-third-st. and West Broadway. Mrs. Henry A. Stimson presided, and Mrs. C. Baldwin, president of the New-York Branch of the Women's Board of the American Board of Missions, de- livered an address on "Why I am Interested in Congregational Missions." HEALTH STUDY COURSE. The course of morning lectures on health now being given by Mi.-s K. Marguerite I-lndloy at the Murray H!!l Hn'el (• attracting the attention of many women, who are Interested not only in self- preservation but ir. the study for the sake of Sci- ence. Knowledge, not advice, is the aim of the work— knowledge that will enable one to recognize, her physical limitations nnd increase her resources. The first lecture given last week dealt with the nervous system as the connecting medium between the ego and Its dwelling place in the physical, mental and moral organism. The lecturer entered into a somewhat detailed explanation of the nervous system, dwelling more on the sympathetic, which presides ovt Internal tissues and circula- tion, than on the crrehro-sptnal. which controls the voluntary muscles and the organs of special sense. ' Slie touched briefly on microscopic research in Structural anatomy, illustrating by enlarged sec- tions, which revealed mysteries of the hidden self. The exercises nnd massage for home_ practice were specifically to Strengthen and stimulate spinal nerves. The next lecture will he given at the Murray Hill Hotel on Friday morning at 11 o'clock, and the topic will be the nervous system as it concerns muscular activity. The Iron structure, 01 "flask," which contains the mould for such a casting was naturaliy a huge affair. It rested In a pit eleven feet deep, eighteen feet long and twelve feet broad. Altogether there will be five bronze casll\gs. namely, the pedestal, the body of the horse. t\he tail, the body of the man and the uplifted sword. The casting yesterday was the culmination of five months' worK The bronze metal employed had been melted/ twice before, to injure its purity, and this/ was the third fusion. The furnaces were started about 4 a. m.. and the cast- Ing was made twelve hours later. It was begun a few minutes after 4 p. m.. and it took just eleven minutes. There were fifteen furnaces used. Ladles weighing750 pounds were used to convey the melted metal to tha mould, and the metal was pouring in almost continuously throughout the eleven minuter. The casting was made without a hitch, and without an accident. It was declared a success, and when th« experts present congratu- lated Eugene F. Aucaigne, who directed the work personally, he admitted that a heavy load had been lifted from his shoulders. The sculptor is Daniel C. French, j-r.d li ->. with a number of friend^, was present at the casting yesterday. The casting is that of the body of the horse, and It will weigh when finished about fifty-seven hundred pounds. Including the bronze pedestal, the entire ptatup will weiph about eleven tpns, and It will be fifteen feet eight Inches in height. The body of the horse was cast complete, except for the tall. Heretofore the legs have always been cast separately and joined on to tin- body afterward. BODY OF THE HORSE SUCCESSFULLY MADE— TO BE SENT TO PARIS. The largest casting for what is to be an equestrian statue of George Washington was cast yesterday afternoon at the foundry of the Ilenry-Bonnard Bronze Company, in West Sixteonth-st. The status Is to be presented to the city of Paris by the Daughters of the Revolution, and it is designed to be a return of the compliment to the American people conveyed by the French Government when It presented the statue of Washington which is now at the National capital. Mis? Marie, Herndl has taken up a somewhat novel profession, that of painting immense cathe- dral windows after the fa^hioi of the German school. The work has been greatly in demand for the last five years, and Miss Hf-rn.ll has Oiled many 01dors fcr the American as well as the German churches. Switzerland, though one of the .smallest countries in the world, is one of the largest book pro- ducers. From recent statistics It is loarned that out of the entire criminal population of the United States, numbering about ninety thousand, only 6 per cent are women. In regard to Insanity, it is shown that there i s scarcely any perceptible difference In number between the sexes, while the men paupers in the country outnumber the wom.?n by a slitrht mar- gin. * CASTING FOR WASHINGTON STATUE, INTERESTING FACTS. Colgate & Go's LATEST CREATIONS La France Rose and Vioris. ifEW-YOKK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1900. INCIDENTS TX SOCIETY. ONLYWOTIAN^PAdF 7 GOOD CHEER. Have you had a kindness shown? Pans It on. 'Twas not given for you alone— Pass It on. Let It travel down the years. Let It wipe another's tears. Till in heaven the deed appears. AND SUNDAY ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting of the Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association for the election of trustees, officers, standing committees and the trans- action of other business, was held yesterday In the United Charities Building, George Maceulloch Miller, the president, in the chair. It was largely attended. Among those present were: Jacob H. Scftiff, the Rev. Dr. George S. Baker, Isaac Wal- lach, Walter H. Lewis, William Alexander Smith. George P. Canunann. A. G. Agnew. Henry Halliard, Jr.. Robert Olyphant, A. H. Wellington, Dr. Leon- ard Weber. Julius 11. Seymour, Dr. James W. McLar.e. John 5. Bussing. Eugene H. Conklln, Marcus M. Marks. A. B. De Frece, J. A. Sturs- berg, Reinholt! Van tier Kn'o. Jacob Weil, Dr. W. Oliver Moore. Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies and Mrs. James Speyer. The old Board of Trustees was le-elected. with the addition of James Speyer and Henry Maillard. jr. J. A. Stursberg was added to the Auditing Committee. D. O. Mills. John Claflln, William E. Dodge and D. Willis James were added by unanimous election to the membership at large of the association. There being two vacancies on the Dis- tributing Committee, one by the death of Cor- nelius Vanderbilt and the other by the election of Morris K. Jesup to the presidency of the Chamber of Commerce, by reason of which he changes from a regular member to one ex offlclo, D. O. Mills and John Clafiin were chosen to these places. Much Interest was manifested in the report of Mrs. James Speyer, the treasurer of the Woman's Auxiliary. This auxiliary has set its heart on securing $10,000 in contributions from women this year, and the prospect is that with the efforts the women of the auxiliary are determined to put forth this mark will be achieved. Last year the "woman's fund" was a little over $6 000 and already nearly $8,000 has come to hand, and there are still many to be heard from who. having- given on former occasions, may be safely counted on to give again, to say nothing of many new subscriptions certain still to come in to swell the total F. F. Cook, the general agent of the association, reported upon the collection at large now In prog- ress, and predicted confidently that it would be the largest in the history of the association. CONTRIBUTIONS BY WOMEN. Mrs. James Speyer, No. 257 Madlson-ave.. the treasurer of the Woman's Auxiliary, reports the following additional contributions to the "woman's fund" of the collection: Mrs. YandM-bilt 500 : Mrs. .'. F. Hoffman .. |2O Mr,: MOD W. Hard... 50 Mrs. H. U Cl"C l" '\u25a0> Henry Whitehouse 50 Mrs. Robert Waller Jr. 15 Mrs. \\. B. Diaamore.. JO Mis.i Fannie Dudley '. 13 Mrs. Isidore Wonnttr . 23 Miss Laura F. Dudley!: io Mrs. \\. M. King Eland.. 25 . Mrs. Klltot C. r\>wain... 1O Mrs. K. V Lawrence... it, Mrs. Rufus P. Lincoln.. 10 Mrs. Chaft. T. Olmated. 25 Mrs. Butler Duncan .'.'. I<> Mrs. E. Aalel 25 Mr*. Charles Du«Kin... IO Mrs. E. C. Gregory 25' Mrs. Arthur Bissell ... 10 Mrs. Murry i,u<(fonheim 25 1 Mrs. Daniel P. Lord 10 Mr- George Crocker. ... 25 jMrs. Charles F. Ryan ' 10 Mrs. Grenvillß Wlntb- ; Mr*. W. H. Harris ' 10 rop 25 Mrs. Arthur M. Dodge . fc> Mrs. Frederic Cromwell. 251 Mrs. Francis Delan>l.l 10 Mrs. W. H. Otis 25! Mr*. Samuel A. Fink " 10 Mrs. Matilda B. Bella I Mrs Edward Window.'. 10 mann 25 iMrs. Jam** A. Moore '10 Mrs. J. A. Gelsenhainer 20 Mrs. Samuel M. Sch»fer 1O Mrs. Robert Olyphant.. 20: Mrs. Isaac Stern.. . jo Mrs. H. Neustadter. . ... 20! Mrs, Nathan Chandler.. 10 Mrs. Morris Leach 20 [ Mrs. Rebecca King . 10 Mrs. G. P. Williams Mrs. J. R. Kugelman . 10 Mrs. William Bryc* 2>)| Mrs. J. B. Bloomlngdale. 10 Thirty-three others gave less amounts. ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S MF.FTIXG.

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