Nassau County Review 19100304

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Freeport Official Paper
FREEPORT, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 4, 1910
Vol. XV, No. 19
Village Trustees
All the members of the village Board
Village Primaries
The annual primary of the   People's
^ Single copies of the  Nassau  County
Review can  be  securetf of  Willet  C. ^^^ mc mcnucio i.^ n.cv.na
Raynor at the depot; Wm. Greenblatt, nf Vnis'tpeRw'pre'nt^esent'a't"thp's^^      ^^^
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the Review office. Main St.; DaSilva's, A^eUerLs received  from  Andrew ^ f'"*'"' "* ^° «' ^^«" ^^^ following nomi-
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'   '"^ f^'^^ his sidewalk be raised   to   the   p.^.j^^^t  j^^n D. Gunning; for  trus- grade fixed for the road in front as h.s p^^^ (^^^^„ ^^^ ^  R. Collard; for
walk had previously been  accepted  by . ,...„.,„„„„„    t i...   -c    n i.i;„„    .,„a  tr,*. I   T   T    1     u ..        AC ,.        cu       -11 u -I   u        • I.   1   iu-   'treasurer,   John   E.   Golding,   and   for
.J.J.  laylor has returned from a two   the   vjllage;   he   said   he   wished   this °
weeks' sojourn at a convention   of  ce-   done so he could grade   and fill   in   the
Local Topics
News of the Churches
FREEPORT NEWS
Collector, D. Frank Seaman.
Vil age President Daniel Morrison was chosen chairman of the conven¬ tion, Sylvester P. Shea and C, Milton Foreman, secretaries, and Trustees William H. Patterson and Chas. A. .Sigmond, tellers.
Messrs. Morrison and   Foreman were
„      -tf iifnii'      1,-c        appointed a committee to fill vacancies
Prof. A   E. Barnes- neice. Miss Alice   „,£""elrtTd'lllfction    <::f'1<50 7" , ^^^t'f L^lLliV''"\^ '°!J11f„*  il^L
ment block manufacturers at  Chicago,   lawn
111. ;     The report   of   the   Hartford   Steam
Boiler Insurance and   Inspection   Corn- To meet the demands of their   custo    pany was received, reporting the   l)oil- mers,   Ross   and   Randall     Company's   ers in good order.
store   will   be   open Saturday evenings       Vernon   Combs   was   approveil   as   a commencing March 5. member of Bay View Hose Co.,   No. 3.
The village Board of Trustees took a |     Mrs. C. H. Scholey is  announced  to step in the right direction   when   they < lead the Young People's meeting  Sun- lowered the minimum rates for electric i day night at  the Presbyterian Church, lights at thein meeting last Friday eve-1 Subject, "Christ Our Guide." ning.   This minimum rate is somewhat ]
of a humbug anyhow. Private concerns An Easter novelty sale wlil be held supplying the same commodity charge ' at Mrs. L. D. Amerman's, 252 West only for what is used and we are glad Merrick Road, for the benefit of the the time is not far off when the village ' Church of the Transfiguration, on Sat- can do the same and give everybody a urday, March 19. chance to use the electric power if   the
Yvish. '^^^   young ladies   of   the   Episcopal
: Church will give an entertainment   the Trolley Franchise Hearing   second week after Lent, particulars   of
The   public   hearing   by the   village ' ^'^''^^''*'"'^'»""°""'=ed later. Trustees Tuesday evening on the appli cation of the South Shore Traction Com
WANTAGH
Mrs. Birdsall Jackson and Frank C. Young are ill.
The monthly meeting of the Wan¬ tagh Gun Club will be held next Mon¬ day evening, and the next regular shoot of the Club will be held on Saturday of next week.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered next Sunday morn¬ ing and the subject for the sermon which will be delivered just prior to the communion will be  "The   Two   Cups."
Kelley of Newark, N. Y., has returned home after a two months' visit with her uncle at his home here.
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If you are  not acquainted   with   the merits   of   the   article   mentioned Smith & Bedell's adv, try it, like it. It
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which he had turned  over   to   the Iage treasurer.
Kobert  McConlogue    made   applica¬ tion for a plumber's license,   with Sid¬ ney J. Welch and  I. H. L'Hommedieu y"^"   .','.' : as sureties; granted.
' President  Morrison   reported    there
was some question   with   the  Sheehan Company, which has  the  contract  for
The inverted oyster shells were chosen as the emblem to represent the "People's Party" as usual.
John D, Gunning had no opposition as nominee for President. For trustees the following results were shown: Fred Ortell. 475 ; E. R. Collard, 275 ; Edward Thompson, 116; George B. „   „ „      ,„ .     .  ,      Patterson, 105;. J.  Huyler  Elfison,   2;
The Greve Piano Company has   rent-! Sn^;::''SJ:?^n" toX^^iw^r ^-2"-   '^""""'   ''   ^"' '•   ^^
I the vacant store   in   the   Messenger  k„.,o„    „„   *„   .„„t»,:„i   f i„i,J>      a   Kiefer, 2.
The most excitement of the primary was for the nomination of Treasurer. There were five candidates and the two highest were John E. Golding and Oscar W. Valentine. Golding defeated Valentine by one vote, the former getting 145 votes and the latter 144. "The other candidates were Walter B. Cozzens, 104; Frank Ashdown, 68, and John L, Raynor, 57.
There was no opposition to the  nom¬ ination of D. Frank Seaman for Collec¬ tor. About  forty  residents attended  the
pany for a franchise to build and oper¬ ate a trolley line through this village by routes from the Hempstead and Babylon turnpike, to Broadway and Brooklyn avenue, skirting the Long Isl¬ and Railroad from its station west,   or
1 A cake sale and afternoon tea will be held at Mrs. Chas, Milbank's, 2J1 Pine St,, Saturday atfernoon at 2 .o'clock, for benefit of Episcopal \ Church, under auspices of the Altar Guild.
„  ,,,. ,      .,, . ,"^^'! house,   as  to   material   fumished.    A
Building  and   will  open   a   branch  of resolution was  passed   requesting  the their New York Store -i b
Freeport Enterprise Band will have a dance at Firemen's Hall. Roosevelt, next Saturday evening, March 12. The Band will furnish the music.
I President to advise the contractor to ' proceed according to contract, to pre¬ vent his job being given to someone else. '
Application   of    Geo.    S,    Boynton,
  Dean St., for water, and  I. H. Baker,
Bedell St., for electric light were The Long Island Express Company ; granted, is planiiir% to put on a third delivery A petition was signed requesting the wagon as soon as the Spring season - Board to submit to the voters at the opens up and will make Roosevelt de- ' election on March 15, the proposition of liveries from-Freeport depot then. ; appropriating $2000 for the  road  fund
special, to be used for improving While running, home from achool streets by the process of the Eastern |^*«« J?*?^'"? of the Citizen's Party Thursday afternoon Mortimer Post, son Petrolithic Company, where petitions held W^nesday evenmg m Fraternity of Mr, and Mrs. Seaman Post, of North are presented by abutting property | "all on Railroad Avenue. Thenpeet- Grove Street, fell against a stone gate owners, the village to pay 2-3 of the !"g was called for the purpose of talk- post on Grove Street and cut his head cost and the property owners the re- '"g «ver the political situation in the badly, so that the services of  a  doctor  maining one third. village and during-the evening  a  Citi-
were required Also petition presented to submit  at  zen s  ticket  was  decided  upon, with
  i the same time a proposition   to  appro-   three of the candidates selected by   the
, .    „.•>        * A-. .priate  $3500  for    macadamizing  Bay  People's Party, also nominated on  this
rrt^^Zll   t ^h   T ih'<rf' Z ""   i View Avenue from Merrick Road south '' one
manager of the bouth Side  Messenger,   ^^ Atlantic Avenue '•     The meeting was called to  order  by
has moved to his home in Smithville I Both these propositions will be sub- Jan^^s Keenan. after which R. A. South with his wife and baby daugh- , ^j^^^^ ^^ be voted upon, the Board Mansfield Hobbs was elected permanent ter after spending the winter m Free-1.^^.^^^ no option where k petition is : chairman. Harry O. Smith. Secretary, ""' I presented. 1 *"**  Charles J. Betzig. Treasurer.    In
I     About   thirty   bills,   totaling  about  the absence of Mr. Hobbs. Mr. Keenan ! $600, were  audited   and ordered  paid, ' acted.
thus closing up the fiscal year. ;     After Candidate Thompson  had  ex-
The Board adjourned to  meet  Wed- I plained   the work done by the Party up
.,      , r. .       I     Harold Brown is leader for   the   Ep-
from the turnpike along Seaman Ave- .^^orth League Sunday night M. E. nue. and thence to the westerly limits, : church ; topic. "Mixed Service." This brought out a large number of inter- jg ^^ ^e a missionary topic, conducted ested citizens. The traction connpany by the mission-study class on South was  represented by  Counselor  Hume America
and Engineer Weaver. 	
Following the reading of the appli¬ cation. Counselor Hume made a state¬ ment to the effect that pa.ssengers to and from Freeport would be carried from and  into Manhattan for 15  cents
At the Methodist Episcopal Church next Sunday at 10:30 a. m.. Dr. W. A. Richard will take for his theme, "An Honest Church."    At 7:30 p.   m.
[rom anu   into muiinaiutii ior 10   cento   u„ ...-n „_„„„i, .< a    rr, .    „„i    e^„..A
J ..L   *      J.   -r,    t   -tt   r,    . ij  be will preach on    A  Text not .round
and the fare to Rockville Centre would   j^^ ^,    Bible "
be  5  cents.    He pointed out that  the
only objection to prior  applications  of
the  company  was that of building on
Brooklyn  avenue.    He  said   the com-
"Reasonable Wastefulness" will be the Sunday morning sermon   theme   of
pany was not asking the same thing' the Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey at i in the present application, but the priv-  the First  Presbyterian   Church.    Th;
ilege of coming into the village, and i subject of the evening sermon .will be I would get the consent of the city to go  "The Lord's Blessings."
through the Brooklyn   Avenue  section 	
of their land, which had been informal-1     The services will be as usual on   the
ly sought, to build and operate on the Lenten program during the week, in I aqueduct property. the Episcopal Church of  the Transfig-
I Justice Norton made an inquiry uration. The preacher next Thursday jof Counselor Hume concerning the evening at Evensong will be Rev. j provisions  of connecting the  easterly , A^nfield  Scott   Baer,    rector    of  St.
section between Massapequa and Free-  George's Church. Brooklyn.
port, and learned that over 75 per cent. ¦ _	
bLtVJlSLlS^ualnd'Fre^eiT*^^'      At Christ  Lutheran  Church    there Harold  Brown  of Brooklyn  Avenue  ^.''li'LP^^^';^'"^ '^'Z'^^' ".^^! ^'i').^')^^
port.
This Saturday  evening  at   the  Sig¬ mond  Opera  House  there  will   be   a
vaudeville  and moving picture show as       	
uaual.    The masquerade and civic  ball ^ nesday afternoon to  audit the  annual j to the present time, Charles Lang made by  members  of  Wide Awake  Engine j report of the Treasurer. ' I *  motion to endorse John D. Gunning.
Company   occurs     at Wednesday, March 16.
this    hall B. on
The will of Jacob B. Smith, late of Freeport, was pffered for probate in Nassau County Surrogate's Court last week; The widow, Mary Emma, is be¬ queathed property on Smith Street and similar bequests are made to daughters Ada F. White and Annie E. Patterson. A ¦ trust income is fixed for son, Ulysses G. Smith.
The annual budget and notice of I ^u* Chairman Keenan suggested that election appear in our advertising 1'" ^'^^ o^ the fact that they were go- columns. I '"£!  to nominate two trustees that  the
 —-"- j party would do well  to nominate out-
SchOOl   Notes : right and not endorse any of the candi-
Miss Ella Bedell has given up her j dates of the other party even if they position aa school stenographer, to-day I chooae the same men. The suggestion being her last day with the school. I waa acted upon.
The L. C. Smith and Underwood!. ^ 'L''*''„°L"^H*M'""r T^'^'t^. typewriters  have  arrived and are now ! ^^l^  Mr  Hobbs, and Mr.   Cartwright
in use. These new machines ^ere ^^*«'" "'*''¦"« ««Tn ^T^T"**"^ .v.^k ..r*r.A.*A «., r*.,.*^....* .** *i.„ t** remBrks IH fsvor of Caudidatc Gunuing much  needed on  account 01  the    in-' ^ j ^i. ^ ¦*..      a is      u
crease in size of  the  commercial ^e-i ""««*"*!:? *^t f/T"""**.°^ ^"^-.t partment of this  school  in  the pa^t I fPf»"'*??^*« ,»'.°''^ "'f "•="" *° «>°»'f'" !L '^    j the  qualifications  of several  men for
wanted  to  know  if  the traction com-
I at 10.30 in the moming and at 7.30   in
Counselor Elvin N. Edwards was ohe uf the after-dinner speakers at the Bayshore Board of Trade banquet ~ held
at   the    Cortland    Houae.    Bayshore,                     	
Wedneaday evening. The Counselor's The following High School pupils re-j chiiriesTang"and ifr. Reynolds, v?ho subject waa "What the Inland Water- ceived merit cards: Benjamin Abrams, Lfter a few minutes discussion re- way of Long Island will mean   to  the  William Andrews, Peter Beck, Petrina 1 turned  the  names of Charles  Conners
Report Cards were given out Wednea¬ day afternoon for the paat five weeks.
the nomination of trustee. The chair appointed Alexander R. Rhodes, chair¬ man;   Mr.    Fleming,    Edward    Rice,
Villages of the south shore."
Bums,   Ruth  Carlson   Fannie  Devlin, j and Edward Thompson who were nomi Myrtle Gissel, Winfield Raynor. nated as were Messrs. Golding and Sea-
Next Friday, March 11, the prelimi-  man for Treaaurer and Collector, nary prize  speaking  conteat for    the      The officera of the party  were  ap- Freeport school will be held in the High  pointed a committee to fill  any  vacan- School  room.    There will be four boys 1 cies.
and  five  girls  aa    follows:     Edward I     Mr. Conners informed a representa- Boyce, Arthur Jones, Howard Aldrich, | tive of this  paper  Thursday  morning
"The Twentieth Century Shoe Re- paring Co." has been and gone. The proprietor who gave his name as Pas¬ tor, hired S. A. William's building, formerly occupied by Kriegler's laun¬ dry, and put in a machine for electric . . . _ shoe repairing. After it was installed i Edward Tree. Astrid Nygren. Mildred i that he utterly refused to run on the he found, so he claimed, the village 1 Humphrey. Delia Cheshire, Elsie Pond. | Citizens' ticket. He said his name current was not heavy enough to run Beatrice Vail. i was used without his consent and he his machine, and he moved out.                                                                                      '• intended   to use his influence for  Fred
  w . HVMKNEAL Ortell as he had said he'would.
Mr.   and  Mrs.   Morris   Miller  were
The  W.   C.   T.   U. meeting for  the ! married  36 years ago March   1.    They i 	
election of officers was held at the home ; quietly observed the   anniversary  Sun-'     At the reg-ular meeting of  Excelsior of Mrs. W. A. Richards. , (jay evening, serving a dinner to a host  Hook and Ladder Company  Wednesday
After  singing and the reading  of  a  of friends from Manhattan and  Brook-; evening William H. Sammons was  en-
paaaage from the Scripture by the pres-   lyn.   I dorsed for Chief Engineer of the  Fire
;?p::l'ts''o7-thYTecSt.^;'l';a:uTe: I'd       Eben Padgett-^araB. Post were 1 Depaytm^it^ a_t the annual election^ to various committees. married last Saturday evening by Rev
„ * J   *..,„ t„= (.1 u  n,„  the evening; the Sunday School  meets
pany  wanted  two  routes through  the 1   . 9 30 n  m     Lenten services will  be village and expressed some doubt as to  *^ a    .a    V   b , ^       services will  be u iu      .u    T.i        u„j   „ _-_v.*. t   (conducted  at  8.15    next    Wednesday whether  the  Trustees  had   a right to i .      .    „ a       r:, -a
grant both  routes.    Ex-Village  Trus- ' evening in German and on Friday eve- tee  Frank  H.   Stevens  and Albin   N.   "'"« '" English.^ Johnson  also  asked    about    the    two 1 ..
routes. j     A.t  the  Baptist  Church. Rev. Fred-
Counselor Hume said he thought the | erick J. Soule will speak Sunday morn- Trustees had the right to grant a fran-! ing on the topic "Essential Things in chise for one or both routes. It was | Religion," the first of two discussions made plain by the company representa-1 on the general subject of Religion, tive that the Brooklyn Avenue route, j The evening topic will be "The Well- reaching the Long Island Railroad sta-¦ Rounded Life." The annual ofTer- tion, was the one the company desired i ing for Home Missions will be taken most \ March 13.
The Board of Trustees,  after  listen-1 — 	
ing to a thorough discussion, adjourned 1     The annual meeting of  the Woman's the matter Friday night. ! Missionary Society of the Presbyterian
  1 Church was held Wednesday,    "rhe  re-
OBITUARY ! port of the  treaaurer showed  an  ad-
T  i?..,.L. ir;.o.....>r. i vance from last year.    A   letter from
J. Frank E.semen. ^ ^^ ,^^^ ^ Buraham of Valigo,^1.,
J. Frank Eiaeman, of Brooklyn, who l congratulating the society on the was married to Miss May Cameron of 1 twenty-five years of work, waa read, this village at the Catholic Church on j a letter from the Normal and Col- June 27 last, died at his home m Brook-1 legiate Institute, Ashville, N. C., was lyn Monday. Funeral aervices were : r^ad by Mrs. Scholey. A letter from held from ^t Martin's Church, East, glat, Africa, waa alao read. Letters New York, on Wednesday. j from personal frienda    in  China  were
read by Mrs. Wicks
MRS. SARAH GILDERSLEEVE Mrs of John Gildersleeve, died at the home
,    .     _,.,,     , ., A short devotional aervice  was  con-
Sarah A.   Gildersleeve.   widow , ^^^^^ ^y the Preaident after which the ASS      /^^^®^*,!! Study  "From Darkness to Light" was S««'\t"«'*"ai    .        Valentine  at  ^^^^^ ^ fine paper on   the
70 North Mam Street on Monday even-, reUpoua  tendencies of the negro  race
ing, of old age and heart trouble, in her 84th year. She is survived by a son and one daughter. Funeral aervices were held at the house Thursday after noon. Rev. W. A. Richard officiated. Interment was in the Freepwrt Ceme¬ tery.
JOHN WESLEY BEDELL
was given by Mra. H. G. Clock.
Well attended meetings were held in the Presbyterian Chapel last Thursday to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniver¬ sary of the Woman's Missionary Soci¬ ety, connected with that church. There were over  100    delegates    from   the
It -waa_iound that during the past Charles Herbert Scholey. This is Mr. year $105 had been distributed to varj Padgett's secondjmatrimonial venture, ious  causes    to  the No-license   cam- CORNELL—BEDELL
paign.   Shell   Island Mission,   Wayside      William F. Cornell and  Miss  Leone Homo. Bedell were united in marriage Thurs-
A rising vote of thanks was extend- | day at high noon at the residence of ed to Mrs. Carman, our Superinten-1 Mias Bedell'a aunt, Mra. Kate Paff, dent of Relief Work. She haa dis- j North Main Stieet, with whom ahe had tributed toys among the poor and  over I resided    since  early  childhood.    Misa
a hundred garments
Mrs. W. A. Richard was appointed chairman and the following officers were elected for the year 1910: Presi¬ dent, Mrs. Wm. G. Miller; first vice- president, Mrs. H. L. Crandell; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. A. E. Barnes; re¬ cording secretary, Mrs. Clinton M. Flint; oorrssponding sacsetaiy, Mrs. Jara K..Brown; treasorer, Mrs. Chas. I/. Boa. V
Ella Bedell, her sister, acted aa brides¬ maid and Stephen W. Hunt waa best man. The house was prettily decorat¬ ed with palms,' snd after the ceremony a wedding dinner waa served by Cater¬ er Ketcham of Hempstead. Mr. and Mrs. Cornell left on an early after¬ noon train for a wedding trip to Wash¬ ington and points in Virignia. The hridt was gownad in a tan travaling suit, witii Une bat
be held next month. First Assistant Chief Van Riper waa also announced as a candidate for the position. Fred i Greavea was nominated by Ever Ready Hose Company for second assistant chief and endorsed by the Excelsiors.
At the annual election of officers of the Freeport Mutual Benevolent Asao¬ ciation Wedneaday evening of last week the officera were elected aa fol¬ lowa, to take cluurge at tbe next reg¬ ular meeting: iSreaident, B. Frank Post; vice-president, James Goad, jr.; treasurer, John T. Post; sec'y, Wil¬ liam H. Poat; collector, O. W. Valen¬ tine ; chaplain. Sinith S. Bedell; war¬ den, Joseph Lang; conductor, Wm. H. Pattarwin; trustees, Ernest Ed¬ wards, Qaorge M. Smith and Jacob Williams.
At the home of his daughter, Mrs- | South Side Group of the Presbytery of J. R. Wood, 111 Broadway, John Wes- Nasaau, which includes churches at ley Bedell died Tuesday night after a Brentwood, Islip, Babylon, Bellmore, third stroke of paralysis from which Ocean Side, Rockville Centre and Free- he had been sufTering since last Satur- ' port and following the afternoon ser- day. The deceaaed. who was a retired vice refreshments were served, farmer, was 85 years of age and was Besides the regalar program re- bom in Brooklyn. Little over a year sponaea were made by Rev. Mr. Hot- ago he suffered hia first stroke, follow- 1 chinaon. Dr. and Mrs. K. P. Ketcham, ed by a second a few months ago. He ! Mrs. A. E. Baraea, Mrs. Frank Rogers, only survives his wife by about four Rev. A. G. Russell, Mrs. H. H. Mor- months, she having died on October | ton. Rev. W. A. Richard, and Rev. 24th of last year. j Charles Herbert Scholey.
Mr.   Bedell  waa   a  member  of  the |     During the  afternoon  gold  jeweled Freeport M. E.   Church,  of which he 1 brooches were presented to  tiie  Presi
was a constant attendant until hia health failed. He ia survived by two sons, Henry and Dr. Warren Bedell and two daughtera, Mrs. J. R. Wood and Mrs. William E. Golder.
Funeral arevices g/em held thia Fri¬ day afternoon at the Wood home at 2 o'clock. Rev. W. A. Richard of tfae M. E. Charch officiating, assisted by Rev. Charles Herbert Scholey of tbe Presby¬ terian Charch. IntenncBit was in Grasnfiaid Csmstery.
dent, Mrs. Bajtter and Secretary.   Misa A. G. Cornwell.
Board of Trade
Tlie regular monthly meeting of the Freepwt Board of Trade, wlil be held in Fraternity Hall, next Wednesday, March 9, at 8.15 p. m. Important basiness will eome befora tbs meeting. AU interssted in village iftiprovemsfits ara invitad to attsnd.
I The members of the Sigma Euchre j Club met at the home of Miss Annie L. I Smith on Thursday and the membera I of the King's Dauphters were enter- ; tained by Mrs. Harrison Young on ; Tuesday.
] The farmers are looking about their I property preparatory to commencing j the work for the spring. The damp ; weather of the past week has taken I about all the frost from the ground and I unless there is another freeze-up the I plow and harrow will be seen in a short I time.
I The regular monthly business meet- j ing of the Christian Endeavor Society ! of the Memorial Congregational Church j will be held this Friday evening follow¬ ing that of the regular Friday evening I service. The topic of the evening j will be "Christ. Our Guide," and the ' leader will be Miss Helen Jackson. I
i The members of the Whatsoever Circle of King's Daughters connected with the Memorial Congregational Church are arranging for an entertain¬ ment to be held in Ultsch's Hall on tne evening of Thursday. March 17. The program will consist of the second part to Mrs. Jarley's Wax Works and a farce comedy entitled "Never a man in the House." Dancing will follow the entertainment as will the sale of ice cream.
Last Saturday evening the Queens County Mutual Assistance Association ! held its annual meeting in Young's } Hall, when officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: President. William Schultz; viiee president. Fred Schaardt. Sr.; recording secretary. Charles W. Allen; financial secretary, John F. Jones, and treasurer, Frank C. Young. It has been decided that the Association will not hold its annua)-. blow-out until they move in their own building which will be vacated as a school as soon as the new edifice ia completed. The annual dinner is some¬ thing that the members of the lodge and their friends always look forward to.
A meeting of the Wantagh Hook, Ladder and Engine Company was held in their hall on Thursdsy evening, when the second test of the new gssoline engine was the principal discussion of the evening. This test, which wss held laat Friday, waa much more suc¬ cessful than the former one but it is stated that while many of the firemen were well satisfied, the manufacturera are not quite satisfied with the work¬ ings and a third test will be msde in the near future. Last Friday the suc¬ tion hose was placed in the man-bole of the pipe line of the Brooklyn City Water Department and the engine threw a good atream of water through 500 feet of hose ahd completely over the coal pocket in Young Bros.' yards, which is in the vicinity of fifty feet high. The <iate of the third test will be announced later.
TheSatrical Notes
THE HIPPODROME Several changes have been made in the circus at the New York Hippo¬ drome. A number of new acts have tieen added; amongst them may be mentioned Strongfort. who is billed as the perfect man and who justifiea his claim to the title, at leaat to the ex¬ tent of an extremely fine physique. In his "Boses Plastique" he shows to good advantage a splendidly developed hody and the culmination of hia act ia a tept of atrength of somewhat unusual ordnr, - i.e.; Strongfort holds up by means of hia body, a bridge over which a 40 horse power automobile containing six paasengera and a chanfTear pasaes st fall apeed. There are ten acts in tiM complete circus program; besides tba three big spectacles "A Trip to Ja¬ pan", "Tlie Ballet of Jewels" and "la- side the Earth." The tribe of llaiois are still on tbe Wll in their iatttPPtivg dances and on the whole tbe Hip|M>- drrane sbow has never bam bigfsr aear better tban this jrear, whidi is attestsd bjr continaad capacity boslnsss twfes • daya