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OFFICIAL rAPKK OF FKEEPORT
THE NAsSSAt POST, FREEPOBT, N. Y., FKIHAV. FK.BRIAKY '.'3. 1J)17.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF >A'4SAr COOTY.
PRICE TWO CF.!rrs
ABOU BEN BIFF'S BUDGET CAPT. JAS. HANSE, A
Wherein Is Contained An Account of Some of f ALUCJi U1U.LH
The Ha|>s and Mishaps of His Belov-ed Fellow Men
PoMttoe may soar iike a Zeppelin and egga rise to Ui« |>oint of crack¬ ing, we AmericaoB still have some lulvantages over our fellows. TaUo the Germans for iasiauce, elcrnally pulling on ihelr btills and dreaminK of tbe good old suinnier times, all for a Kaiser wham they mistook for Fatherland. What a frightful com¬ mentary it all is on our boasted civi¬ lization.
Pressed for his views concerning the land of bis birth and the people thereof, th* editor of ihe -New 'i'ork Kvening Post, .Mr. O.swald (ian ison Villai'fl, eminent as a pacifist arwl ne- grophilc, i.s at last on record.
"1 ask you categorically," demand- «d an American citizen, "whcUitr you would resist the invasion of Am ericA?"
"1 reply catcKorically, no," was his answer.
"Would you rt'si.si (lie violaiioii of American women'.'" persistid liis <|iii>Hti(iiiei'.
"I refuse to answer a h-Vpoihiii tuil question," was hi.s reply.
Shades of William (ullen Bryani, John Binchjw, Carl Schiuz, iJoiaic \\hite and other meal Aiiici icaiis who oiicii ('(lite4j tho I'o.stI
According to tbe cnrollnunt of Oy¬ ster Bay jUFt issued hy the .Nassau County Election Board, there is only one Republican in the Koosevcll faiii- ly over ou i.'ovc Neck. His name Is Kermit Roosevell. In the column dedicated to party fealty, love and affection, appears opposite the names of Theodore Roosevelt, and Archie Roosevelt the work "blank." Now what do you suppose that means.' If it had been blanketty, blank, our dull wit would have understood that the Colonel was in an objurgaioiy frame of mind that morning, aud all polilical pari ies could so far as he
was concerned, go plumb to ,
well, you know where. Bui "blank!" WTtienever, wherever before in an eventful public life spanning thirty- »ii years did blank ever for an in¬ stant expreas the Colonel's frame of mind? Alas, that he never learned like President Wilson to Joggle a typewriter, and had had Impressed deep In his mind thai immortal -sen- ti'iu'c ever laid before beginners for alphabetical iiiaalery, ".Now is the time for all good men lo come to the aid of iheir parly." Blank? Oui daui-ned word; An evil practice once coiintoiianced, 'tis said, may be¬ come a habit, lixcd by very familiaT- ity. Let us hope that there will be no such couse(|iu-nce in this instance, even if tien. Wood did fire 42 blankii in the Colonel's honor over at Gov¬ ernor's Island the other day. Wp prefer to believe thai this was one of Colonel Uoo.scveli's merry politi¬ cal jerits, devised lo keep us doing the very thing wc have been doing tjver since we eneouiiicied that hid¬ eous "blank' ' jiues.-viiii;.
It i.s of no chronological importaxice which of those two bright minds dis¬ covered the insuperable obstacle flrst. Evidently they hit upon it slmultaneoufily, as It were, for they both thereafter dropped their crow¬ bars, removed tbeir overalls and sus¬ pended operation.'*. The aay, nay Pauline, which they encountered ia known as section 38 of the Election Law of 1916, running thus in sub¬ stance i
.Members of the State Committee shall be elected biennially iu each even numbered year at fall primaries except Ln jiresidential years, when tbey shall be elected at tbe spring primary.
Having successfully run the ."vprinp naiinllet of l!iu;. .Stale Coiiuiiitti.'e- man Gardner w'l 11 placidly occupy th<^ party pedestal till along in the | •Ja"'e-'« Hanse. lilll Ol Iill- iie.xt even-niiHibered year, | Captain James wili'b HI Ibis instance happens to be 1918. There was a rumor that . w(. ,1'! HsiRn in favor of Harry Orr, but some of the Soutli Shore Democrats are mean enough In insist liiul tl.iii^ Slate ('oniiiiilleeiiian niust be a Democrat who voted for Wilson. There isn't any doubt about Bert's vote. There isn't any doubt about bis i-OHliniiuiice as Slale Coiiiiniliei'- man.
Has Done Much to Im¬ prove Realtj Condi¬ tions in Freeport
(Fust of a series of Special Ar¬ ticles on Prominent Freejiort .Men.)
Freeport's pre-eminence among I>oug Island villages is largely due to the influence in this community of its builders and real esiate men, bolh giassitted under the appellation of developer. The beautiful Bay View seciion owes its position in vil¬ lage aliraciion to the Onslow-.MfXjre Developin>; Company, throu^th Alvin A. Sealey, l-'reeport practically owes il eoiiimeicial growth lo the Johir J. Kanrlall Company and the easterly part, that abandoned, neglec¬ ted section lias coiiie into its own solely thill the personal, iiilliielice of
I.o.It; Isliirifl's a(()iiainiaii( (' with the TeiitMis antedates that of most sections of this country. A hundred and forty years or so ago a lot of them wearing the uniform of King GeoTKe Ul, were quartered in this eame a resident
Hanse -now you have it and this article is ser\iii>; llie purpose of telling auoiil old Capi. Hanse, .lioofl fellow, liiinioi i.-il, jiliilo.s- opbe., orator and phiiantiophist. It would be bard, indeed, to nieniion the name of Fieeport without speaking of Captain Hanse, but it seems per- fecily sate in iiientioiiing the influ¬ ence of one on the other.
ll was about tifteen years ago when Hanse went to Lou« Beach lo stay for the summer. During hiis visit Ihere he made several trips over to FreeiKirt ..ml liked the people anri the village. He saw great possibili¬ ties here, (.ommeicially. He pur¬ chased a small hoiiie heie and be- .atcr he acquired
veiieiable lown and their forays up on the pigs and poultry of our fath¬ ers are a matter of history. If they should again descend upon us in this day of comiiiuling hen-keepers, what a paradise thej would find.
In the inoituai-y record of Rock¬ ville Centre, last week, appeared the name of the Rockville Centre Herald. That hebdomadal passed out quietly, conscious to the last, the chief mourjjei's al ila bier btiing its owner. .Mr. Nelson L. Seaman, a former Democrat, 'ind his aller ego, ex-un- der Sheriff Jaeger, al.=»o a former Democrat, who is under charges about to be iiivesligaled by the Demo¬ cratic County Conimittee of disloy¬ alty to .the |»arty last tall. Natural¬ ly in such au almo.sphere, it was im¬ possible for an editor of even Mr. Wilson's 'bsiinguishi'il joiiriiallstiL' achievements and marked personality to rehabilitate the Herald and make it an organ of "pure Denioci acy. " .Naturally the K. V. C. Democrats were siispicioii.s of any "uplift" from SIK h Sources Jaegi'i. Ihey say. willi < no longer have the neck of a sympa
itie to all that land in the south easterly section of the village owned by the lale Alexander Rhodes.
When Captain Hanse took posscrv- sion then the assessed valuation of the flve acre tract was ^2,',in(). He be¬ gan developments and today the as¬ sessed valuation is close to $100,000, due exclusively to the persistency of the indefatigable Ilanse, whose will id of the nevei'-say-die kind. He has erected a number of beaiuiful homes here- homes that do credit to the vil¬ lage and has made a section of that once, forgotten section, that is sec¬ ond to none in Freeiort. Indeed, it has advantages that are lacking in other pans of the village.
'lhe lionie.4 arc stucco, and frame, with lai'ge sunny rooms, and every modern convenience. They are ideal¬ ly siiuaied oiil\' two blocks from the liciiii of tlic \illa.t;e. I'art of his jirop- eit.\ there, now known as Hanse I'ark. loiicties on the .Merrick road. .Since the Ilanse developments be¬ gan, such institutions as Charles l.ushs sinn works, the .-Vrconaiitical iiip.iiiy of .America, maniifaciurers
^... .„ I of iitTDphiiK-s, of which the Heiiiiich
Iheiir edjior upon which to fafl .I'ml j broilicis iirc leaders and the Vail au- wcep, and there is growing; concern '" '""!> miiniil'actiii ihk coiiiiiaiiy have
located there,
,Nor has Capt. Ilanse lieen iiierely il buo.-iicr of the soutii easterly sec¬ tion of Freepoit. He is il booster loi- lhe entire \iilaKe iind n here'ver
I half suspect that Ihe most of my Democratic friends read the elec¬ tion law about as much as they do the Koran, hence an uiicomimmly wide iiiiiH e.^sion that tlieir party will presently bo called upon to elect a Stale ComiHilleeiiian. The two hap¬ py Felixes of the party, according to all accounts, had this idea right away after the last election day, and prepared to pry Bert off his penh.
Don't Pay $5 a Bushel For Potatoes
Eat rice instead and use the money you save in buying a
New EDISON
for your home.
An investment you will never regret
Cliubbuek's
EcoMmical Drug Store FREEPORT. L. I.
that ihi^ir own iuiatoiiiics will be in liiHlated ill ( iinseiiueiuc .-Mils, th ' reliietaiice of iiiiilikind lo share one aiiolher's sorrows and tejirs. Peace to Ihe Herald's ijfFttt'R:>«4L *"y such wei".' left for the conteiiVDIation of erediior.v, and if the late editor pro¬ poses lo t ry again, may he he more fortunate in Ihe choice of paily a.i- sociates, and havo the sense lo tie up with men of character rather than with party oiiiiasts
Over ill Kockville Cenire there is life also as well as death. A Ger¬ man, Joe Riiss, long a vlllage trus¬ tee, aspires to be village president. A Frenchman, Capt. Carty, resigned the office of village trustee espec¬ ially to po out and give Russ battle, and now comes along an American. Counsellor- al-law, ^..ij. Wright., wno at the earnest reiiuest of mauy vil¬ lagers, win go to the mat with them bolh. Wright is progressive and ag¬ gressive. Village improvement is his motto and according to some of his fellow men, this Is badly needtxl. The vlllage hoard reminds them of a socletiy ^f leldcrl/ women who do their knittins In public, but have never yet flui.shed a single sock. If they are to be believed, the Board has gotten into a rut and an infu¬ sion of new blood Is demanded. 'VNlth a delicacy so characteristic of Ger¬ man diplomacy, Mynheer Russ has stated in a printed interview that village affairs were In bad shape when he look hold several years ago, so all his predecessor trustees con¬ ceiving this to he gratuitously per¬ sonal and unkind, are after the "mod¬ el of !»obriety" as they characteri-iie him. The village canines are yet to be heard from, (^aptain Carty was ever at their heels with his spring resolutions concerning their misbe¬ havior in the public thoroughfares, and the employment of a much needed dog catcher. Village pride received a terrible blow once when the trustees introduced a talented dog | chaser, an lUhiop from the purlieus of -Manhattan, and fastened him to the pay roll. "You unscrupulous nigger" chorused those natives; whosip Fldos and Brunos and Dldoe the stranger had beguiled from home porches aud netted under the very eyes of weeping households. Next to woman suffrage the right of dogs • to live, move and have their being I withoui being trampled on by "a j nasty New York nigger" is a burn- ; Ing queiBtion in Rockville Centre, The
! lie goes he is a sure advertiser of [ l'"rei'port. lie never loses an oppor- i I unity of siieakiiig of the tiiany ad- I vaiita;;es m business life offered in Freeport and the Captain is a coii- ! \incing speaker, so the siib.iect is i well liandled.
.\ftei^ speiKling about ten years in Ihe villiiiie, Caiitaiii Haji.->e had for- iHiilaied iiiiiiiy ideas of villaj;e iiov- erniiient. He is president of th" Freepoit liiiproveiiient assoeiation that sti'()\(' successfully to get tlirii the bond issue for $,''iii,H(i() for the im¬ provement of the village streets with Peekskill mavel and for their main¬ tenance. In l'.ll2 he ran for villime pi'i'sidcnt, defeating John 1). Gunn¬ ing, who hild held the odUe a ye.ir.
Wlu'n Capt. Hanse was elecled he went in iiiider trying cii (¦iimstauces. The laxpayeis had been paying an¬ nually large appropriaiion.-i and hav¬ ing been biirdem^d with the $.')0.(iOO bond issue the year before, they vot¬ ed down every appropi i.it ion suhmit¬ ied This was a handicap lo work I wilh, hut then the village was en- ' abled throimh law to raise one-half of one per cent of Ihe assessid vail- iiatioii, whicii was siifTicieni with which to cairy out the village affairs. | What Capt. Hanse did is history j He obtained a fifteen minute schedule on the trolley line during business I hours, by makin;; It possihie to .ue' j a switch iKiir the jioul offlcei be ob- alned throimh the vote of the people, | the liKht lo use a fifteen acre tract j in the south easterly section its a I park; he invented the police signal j system and reorganized the iiolice j force for eood and he obtained the i largest franchise ever obtained of any j sniiir, corporation, when he got $|ii,-' HOII from the Freeport K. R. com¬ pany foi- the villaire.
The $10,0110 was paid for the fran-i chise, but in lieu of Ihis the village | agreed fo Jkeep Grove street in repair, i Ollierwise the coiniiiuiy would have' use $f.HO annunlly, or (i per cent of the $l(i.nOii, and believing that this' migbt be con.'^trued jis a lein aeainst j the corporation by prospective bond- ' holders, the company ofiicials handed j over the *10,0(>0, j
Prior tn the installation of the red | light signal systeiu for police work it was impossible to keep properly in touch with the police on riuty. Hav-j n« already put the police under a
AMATEUR AaORS GIVE GOOD SHOW
Freeport Proves It Has
Considerable Histronic
Talent
ALL STAR CAST IN MASK AND WIG PRODUCTION
SHOWS NEED OF A NEW TOWN HALL
i:ditor The Niissau Post:
1 note with much interest that the first gun has been fired regarding the much needed new town ball. 1 note iliai a petition has been filed with the Town Board requesting thai a proposition be submitted to the tax payers for the expenditure of $75,- 00(.) for the election of a new town hall buildin.;;.
I desire to express through your paper to the tax payer- my opinion as to the importance of having new quarters for housing of town docu¬ ments for the largest, richest and most progressive town in the State of .New York.
My official position as one of he Town Assessnr.s probably impresses llie liiore fo'cilil.v than the tax p;iyei who is not io closely connected wilh the lown government. The present town hail is one of the worst Fire traps and most dangerous buildini^s of any iiiiiTiicipal biiildiu.i; probably in tne Slate of New 'York. The tax payers of ihe Tovvn of Hempi^tead have much to be thankful fnr in that this building has not caught fire If a fire (icciirred, conditions being ,1tist right, every town record whicb happeneil to be outside of the vaults would be i-nlirely desI toyed. The protection of 'he asse.-ismeni roll is nf the moi-ii importance because with¬ out it the town governtiient would cease to run Tlie good roads, the scli'iols, Ibc special districts such as light, water, :;as and electriclt." woiild all In- iiffected in as Hiuch as the assesii'cnl roll is the iiioans of providing for the collection of taxes and moncv to run the town govern¬ ment. Now It may be said that if the assessment roll burned the as- seOTors could make a new roll, but my tiitn b(v|icf is (hat it would take p.ll of ten year.- to complete all the data to propeily comiilele the tax roll. There are some I.l7,'),<i0ii par¬ cels in the Township of Hempstead with over $fiS,00n,000 assessed valii- iiii'i'i. ill tlic (jiHuiion of preparing a new assessment roll In case of the town hall burning and these books ¦were destroyed Is a very seriou,'? one.
It makes li'tle difference where the new town hall Is located The mntter of location should not be con¬ sidered by the fax payers, hut a new town hall should be provided and provided with the least possible de¬ lay. It Is true that Freeport would like to have the town hall, Ftockville (""entre. Lynbrook, or possibly other villages feel the same way, but as fiv IS f ;i! 1 )icisnTinllv concerned l think Hempstead probably is the logi¬ cal place in as much as the tnwn ball has always been located there.
I sincerely hope that the tax pay¬ ers of the Town of Hempstead will realize the importance of thia pro¬ position and give It their profound consideration so that the records of this town can be properly guarded by a proper and up-to-date flre proof tnwn hall.
CI...\RENCi: A. EDWARDS.
FLOOD CONDITIONS ANDY FANJOY HAS ALONG SOUTH SIDE REGULAR MUSEUM
City Shuts Down Pump¬ ing Stations-Men Out of Work
TAX SALK .NOTKF.
So much interest has been shown in Ihe County Tax Sale, a complete list of which is printed weekly in The Post, that copies of the paper con¬ taining the notire have been placed on file at the newspaper offices in the vaiious villages of the county.
From authentic reports it is said that the pumping stations that drive the water through the a()iiediici in¬ to the city will bc .sliul down on .\piil , I. 1 our Ol the stalious have already , beeil closed up or disiiianiled, but in I a little more than a mouth, all bin 1 three stations, it is said, will Ik I closed lip tight. The .Massiipeqim, I the Wautag'i iinil lhe .Milburii piiiiip ' ing stations will be kepi reiuly fm ; ciiiergeiicy iisi . Out only in this I I'leiil .
The Calskill wiiiir .^iipiilv is sn,.| II) lie sutllcienl lm Hie accmiiiiii.(iiii lni. of Ihc gicalir ciiy, iuiil the suppl.v fidii, l.ong li-laii(l as a coiiseiiuciic, . will he atiaiHioiied. What the out- i-oiiie of llns (-oiidilioii will lie is pio- 1 bleiiiiiiical., I'nless .-killful engineei- ing work is resorted to the land iij^ jacent to the icsiervoii s. vvIih h iii. now. :-i^i tilling il)). Will somi be iii- iindaled. II Ihis coiidilKUi iiblini's lie (IIV 1,1 .\, w Vork vvill l,i lliiDili-d, , llscll, Iiol u Hli Wilier. I,iii w illi diiiil-
¦ ilgc sililii.
I The I'lty has shut down .Smith's I Pond station and Watts Pond sta- ^ tioii. Till Iiisl IS iieiii' l.yiibiook and i the second inai' \';illey Stream The 1 reservoirs iii both places have ai-
ieady ovei(l()W((l uud small lakes.
I wliiih when frozen over make iioiids
I for il.e yoiilhs. are now located
I here. The Kockville Centre slalioii
has been totally (lismanlled, even in
the couiilings of the engines.
.Moie Illilll a hundred men will be
I thrown out of vNork by the closing of
! the stations The ¦stations affected
1 will be \li!ssaj)e(iiia. WantaKh, .\l;ila-
j WH. .\lei-iic1<. .\(|Uaiii ( Freeport i. .Mi!
I burn. Maldwiii. Rockville Centre
I Smith's Pond, l.vnbrook. Watt's pond.
.Spring Creciv, Rosedale. .laiiiiiica, .Ni w
York avenue, Okonee and A(|iieduct
111 the vi( inity of .Merrick, the south
I westerly seciion. near Die Hanse de-
I velopment is threatened with iininda-
' tion. hut thus far the tanks are no'
I full and engineering work may Ik
j pcrfoi'iued here to make it possible
to carry the overflow down into the
' Freeport river
¦ An order to the effect thai the hi-- system will be shut down has been received by the men. Even al this date only one flfth of the usual siipp-
: Iy nf water is being driven into the , citv By dei;iei-s the service will be (lit down until the supply via the aqueduct will be a thing of the pa.st. The south side land covers a series of springs und the water is constiitit- ly shooting upward. I'nless the city engini?ei's make suitable provi¬ sion for takinj; care of the waste wat¬ er the south'side will be reduced to a veritable swamp along the line of the aqueduct
.'. IC you interesled in colleiiiiig rare coins and anli(iiies'.' Haiid.v Andy Fanjoy, of 531 South Bayview avenue has as fine a collection of coins, petrified wood, etc., and divers otiier articles as might be found out¬ side a museum. A Post leporter had the pleasure of seeing some of Mr. Fanjoy's coins. One of them is from the iclgn nf Ceasar.
He has a coin with the head of Ceasar on It. While it is a great sirei(h of imagination to fionder on the suggestion, let alone the beliel. it gives .Mr. Fiinjoy pleasure in won¬ dering if the Ceasarian i oin in his possession is lhe oiic iliai the Phari¬ see .¦ihiiwcd C|iii.-;l, whcii he ci-siiyed to tr.v lhe Cliii.'-l
It Will lie leiiieiiili. led Ihal Clili-l took the cmii iiiid Inolvi'iL- al it re¬ li. . 'i lllii' h' '.v il. 'II I illdel- Illilll
Ci^a.-^iir lhe things that ;ire In.-, iind irn'i C.id. il'c iliHi!.-'^ lllill are (,ii<i.. Hi.wevi 1. the coin ll.H'^ been ;i fiiiiiilv
lieirlDoiii and came to .Mr. l-":iii.io,. ihroir.ili a loiig .v--iicce-;.v--i(iii of faiiiilv
" ills . Having n .loy mav [i.-ii-s lli
IIIIISI lIPl .
Another coin "Peter's Pcnci '
siipjiosed 111 hav
hildi.ii. Mr. r'aii-
rillll liver lo SOIIH
of iiiK rest hi a Pope (iregmy is caused ihe distri- liHiion ol the cdiii in (Iiiestion to th( poor ill Itjil.v He has a niimbei of Ivgypiian coins, an liali Welliiigtoii balf penny, issued Jit the time of Na- polean's Waterloo, a .lenity l.ind brass penny, a copper coin, one-lialf iiii-b |i.ick and si/e of ;i silver .lollai, issued in the time of George III. or in Revolutionary days.
.Mr. Fanjoy'.s coll(>i-tinn takes in many countries and dates back froiii three to nineteen (-enturies He in vites people to visit hltii and see his collections together with a i razy (|iiilt on which he has been working fnr ten ye.ars. .Mr F.-injoy is now aged seventy-five and is the invento'' of any army cot on which he has taken out pat(nts in this countiy and in Canada
r.i'J?f!,..?!:*"lt7 7^L»f,J/'.1. ^!« ! ^'iandardiied 7ala".-7 ba'^^s.^ and"'"full
Wednesday and a hot time ia pre dieted In the old town tbat night
re-organlzatlon, he worked out a scheme, with assistance of Charles
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LKrTlBF ON (ROOK.S.
Dr .-\lyn K. Foster of Brooklyn. N. Y., will "lecture on "Crooks I Have Known." in the Baptist Church. Free- port, Tuesday. Manh 6, at 8 p.m.
Dr. Foster is pastor of the Wash¬ ington avenue Baptist Church. He has a great story to tell. Is a win¬ some and attractive speaker, and no one can afford to miss hearing him
TALK 0\ TKIKPHOM;.
The history of the various meihod- of communlcalion from the time of the Pharohs to itie presen;. was told in ;in intei-esting way hy .Mr. Phillips of the -New York Teletihone Company to an audience of Ifio jn the Grand Army hall last Saturday. Tbe lec¬ ture was under the auspices nf D ; B. Mott Post, and was illustrated hy a large numher of stereoptlcon slides. The Valley Stream troop of Boy Scout formed a guest of honor and the music was furnished hy their Fife and Drum Corps. '
Mr. Phillip's account of the in¬ vention and perfectioo of the tele. phone was most interesting.
STEAMER ASHORE OFF JONES INLET
.Many residents of Freeport went out from ¦¦.;ilis()ns dock on Wednes¬ day to see the British .'Steamship .¦\ii g!"-I'atogonian which ran agioiind off Jones' Inlet Tuesday niglii dm ing the heavy fog. The big ship :{00 feet long and of .^,on(l tons freightage, was lost in the fog and took Ihe inlet as a haven of pioiec- tion. There js scarcely six feet of water here and the ships bottom buried itself in the mud
The revenue cutter .Mohawk is now standing by ready to help iind tugs are also in readiiies;- lo lift the boall off the mild at high tidi Th" ship has just returned through the war zone from Bordeaux. France, whither | sh( had taken a cari-'n of munitions, i Life rtaveis ftoni Point l.x)ok()ut and I /.ach's inlet went nut to render any I assistance ;ie( essary, but the only ! poople iiboard an Captain Wescott , and a crew. !
The ship is easily di.sternable with field '^Jassps. , I
Not only was the American Thea¬ tre packed last Friday evening with the elite of Freepori when the Maak it Wig club of Freeport, under tho ' able direction of Director H. Brat- ', ton Kennedy. preHentiHl Frances Hodgson Burnett s charming comedy drama "Little lx>rd Fauntelroy' for the benefit of the .Neighborhood Workers, but the excellent acting of Miss Helena Kennedy as the little , l.ord was a revelation and delight to Ihose present. Poflsvsscd of a pleas¬ ing prcsexice and a musical voice I iiiiitiiiied with much dramatic abil¬ ity, she caymred tUv BUdiviice aL thvs
¦ very start and held it to the end of il.i; pia.v. (Viiking npiiitcd iipplaiise It is inteiesting here to obsi rve that
I much of her talent seems to have been inherited from her grand uncle i:ben I'lymptou. who luitil his re¬ cent demise was long recognized as one of the leading Kbakcspeaiean i actors of his day. and this talent ha.s I bun admirably developed by her fa- i ther. H. Bratton Kennedy, who has an enviable record as an actor under Hie iiiaiiilgeiiieni ol the lale CharUM Frohman, Daniel Frohman, William A. Brady, lhe Schuberts and other leading iirodiicers. , rroiii her re¬ cenl success, it secHis no exaggera¬ tion to predict thai from Freeport may come the ".Maude Adams" of tlu future in the engaging and talent¬ ed personality of .Miss Kennedy.
Of Edmund T. Cheshire very littJ* ian be said tu add lo his already well known ability as an actor of varied parls, but as the Earl of Dor- incouii, he well sustained his lepii- tation and increased the interest of his auditors. His Inferpretalion of the part was convlDcing and ut the same time a truly arli.stic effort. Mm. Charles H^ Reach, as "Dearest" was extremely sympathetic and real ized fully the character drawn by the author. Albin N. John.son art I Silas Hohbs, the ignorant but great
¦ hearted corner gro< ery iimii. fiir- j nished a delightful comedy eharac- ! terizat,|on and at times his ilisiniei- j esti'd generosity evoked the tear that
lies sn near to liiughtei ,l:iiiics In ' land deserved mm h praise in his iii- lerpretatioii of the ilifficii|i jiiui of ' .Mr. I Illl vei sham, an English solici- tiii He looked the part and played ll. Mrs I'oirest S Dunbar as .Min¬ na held h( ! iiildiclH (', and wi II de- 1 served the iii iieroiis apphiiise oc- coided liel. wbile .Mrs. Joseph A. .'\si|i as .Marv was thoroiighlv di ' lightful Dick hv Frederick (;
I .loerisseii. Higgins by l^'oiiesl S. i iHinhar, WMkiiis hy (Ieorge W. West • (Illl, Thomas liy .loi,eph A. .\sch and ! .liiiiK s hy Cliiiibs Hall wen- Ililll (iiighlv sal ii-fai'Ol y and i-howed till line and disci inijnat Ion ixeni.-i- i id ill the select ion of a i iisi iiml pro- I duct ion of lhe pliiv
I -'IMie artistic niideiini nf thir, play ' was such ;is to iiuilvc the aii(li( iice ilieliivi- ll tn he lln work of profes¬ sionals ratliir Uiini amaleurs. The I .Mask Ji Wig lllill III h'leeporl has I rendered a niiiiihei nf prodiietions in a very (leditable ti.iiiiiier iind its as- j sistanee is eagerly sought for by ' worthy tn iiefieiai h s, not only m this t village but ,ii O.vster Bay, Bay Shore j and otliii Ididiiig villages ! The .N( ighh'ii hood Worker'., who hem liticd laiuely by ihis perform- j iii.ee. lire liiiHiK a woriilerfiil charit¬ able wmk >ii this vicinity. .M pres¬ en thev illl earnestly emleavoiing to lestiibliili 11 iieighhoi hood settlement ; house, and such movement has re- I'ccr.id It.' endor.^ement of the best ' |)eo)iii ill the village It Includes ill lis membership, among others, Mrs Krederick E. Storv, .Mrs. Hen¬ ry J Raymore, Mrs George H. llaiiHiioud, .Mrs. .\I. J Ziilzei. .Mrs. ^ H.ii'v E. Maxson, Mrs F Knee¬ land and .Mrs. (J J. Cummings
ROUTINE BUSINESS AT VILLAGE BOARD
s|M( !M MI.SSIONAHT TALK.
In 'he P.apti.-t 'hurch, Freeport, on Tiisday. I'lliMiary 27, at 8 p in .Mjs-s .^Tar'lla M Troeik, missionary on Ellis Islaml w-ill tell of her work there. This w-ill be a most interest¬ ing meeting and a cordial invitation is extended to the people nf Freepon and vicinity to attend.
i.'onsidei able rout Ine business was transacleii u the Village Board meet¬ ing on February Hi. .No bids were received for handling gaibagi The village was divided into distiicis for village ebiijoii with ixdiing plaie-i at Trmk llmii for Dist. .No. 1 and Hose Home No. :' for Diiit 2 Ifi- »;pectors .'ne as follows! .No. 1, W. B. Cozzens, A B Wiillaee, Ira Diir- yfil. Will Poinselieiii I ; .No 2, A. johii.sop. It Randall, I! Meamy, Jr., Fl A. l£i( (¦ |{< gistiai ion fioin noou to S p m. ol9^*lai(li JH
Police .Iiii-ijce l^'liiit 1" iiortei] tines of $r.T, and i2 (nv nvolvei permit. .Mrs. I.ydia P Siewiut, 'hroiigh hir atforney, H G Clock, filed a claim for ll'i.Odd (laiiiiiges as ihe result | of a fail on the sidewalk on Broadway in Janiiaty The Board endorsed Ihe Soiilh Sid( Inland \\'aterway. Stree* Comiiiissioner Bond tiled his annual repoi 1
The Hionihly n-jioit of firian'is Hhowed i2ii.i>iil.'2'.'i on hand, besides sinking fund balances of $:!.57!l.I4, water, and y2.itfiit.i>r,, light. There is n reserve if tf,,U'.if,M In the water fund and •«i:j.*;54.14 In the light fund.