PROMISE OF $100,000.

SMART SKATING COSTUMES.

CONTRIBUTION&A large express box from Fort Hancock, New

Jersey. containing women's and children's cloth-ing, shoes, hooks, toys, fine games, etc.. has beenreceived The contents were contributed by Mrs.Brown. Mrs. White and the Sunshine children. Ed-die and Marie Brown. Another box filled with chil-dren's coining and hats came from Mrs. John R.I'hurrh; a good plush coat from H. B. F.. "AFriend of Sunshine." of New-Jersey; a daintyflower

-Isr, from E. A. H.. of Luk-

N J. : a package of cards, stationery, pictures,rflce without a name; scrap pict-

ures, cards and booklets, from Miss Buckmaster. ofYonkers. N. V.. and reading and calendars fromftlisa S. Marie Bevin, nf Manhattan.

WOULD LIKE LETTERS.Miss Amy Thompson, of North Dana, Mass.,

twenty-four years old. Is a new member of theT. S. S., and an Invalid, confined to her bed. Shewill be pleased to receive cheery letters frommembers about her own age. "But few realize,"writes another invalid, "how much genuine pleas-ure comes to us who are cut oil from the activityof life to receive a message of sympathy andcheer, even if th« writer is unknown to us per-sonally. Such letters prove how divine a thing lakindness and fraternal Interest. And what wouldour lives he without the manifestation of thisspirit

REQUESTS.Mrs. F. I. Lan«\ of Was* Jatasy. asks that some

of the wools at the office be forwarded to her foran aged woman who likes to knit shoes and mit-tens. The articles when completed willbe returnedto the office to be "passed on" where needed. An-other will complete unfinished fancy work as Sun-shine dues and return to the office. Maggie "VVelgal.of Cromwell. Ind.. Rural Route No. 1. asks forsome pieces for patchwork for her own special use.Being a partial Invalid and unable to go out muchduring the winter. she finds piecing patchwork anenjoyable is well as a helpful pastime. Ifany on<»has .1 second hand adjustable rolling chair for anInvalid to "pass on" will be or she please com-municate with the office? The chair Is needed forone who was formerly a teacher, but now a helplessInvalid for four years from articular rheumatism.

CHEER FOR AGED COUPLE.Mrs. M.. of Connecticut, has sent 12 to be used for

th*» benefit of the aged couple who are In need ofthe actual necessaries of life, as stated in thiscolumn: H. B. :-' . 11. to help paas on sunshine:Miss J. C. Holmes. 20 cents la stamps, as dues forthe coming year.

Nelson McCartney, of Perm Run. Pern., a crippled

member of the T. S. S.. writes feelingly of thepleasant cheer that has reached him from theSuashlr.* members. He gays: "There was no turkey

ln my ltaa.l»lllM or Christmas, and mv dayswould have been gloomy. Indeed, had it not beenfor the T. S. S. My tver good friend. Miss Spiro.sent mo $'.. and other cheer came to me from theK*nern! nffl.-e. from Miss Rankln. Mrs. .1 C. Bell,Mrs. Shedd. of Plttsfield, Mass.. and A. C. Sutton.of New-Jersey."

.-\u25a0'\TTERINO 'MIEER.

It would BBfbla to report the constant

streams .if sunshine being sent In all directions by

hut when invalid^, who miss all

the busy world outside, remember other\u25a0

-:n generous measure It la worthy of

nvalld n ?r \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 -L.yn. confinedror yean : '.. with tha aid of her

\u25a0 reen ninety and one hundred- sunshine to others. Anotherwh'> has not left her

ir«. personally rememberedthen w'.th ravj of holiday bright-

SNOW

Like fairy mi«;. without a sound.The white seclusion wraps us roundIn isolation 3w<-et. profound.

The old, familiar landmarks passAs faces from a looking <lass.As dew the sun lifts off :he grasp.

And childhood memories awake.A 'iream for every starry flake.And hopes no stress of frost may break.The world fades out; how trivial showItiempty joys, tta hollow woe,Beside this vision of the snow!—

(By Elizabeth Roberts Macdonald.

REPORT FROM VIRGINIA.President of the T. 3. 3. :Idon't know where to

begin to thar.k you for the quick response to my

request for rays of sunshine to distribute amongthe poor -hiMren in this '\u25a0 >"gion. The response wasmost generous, too. One box and a second largepackage .-ame from The Tribune office, and many

small bundles by mail. A box came from Maple-

wood. N. J.. with a little note 3aytng it waa from

"AFriend." Iwish she had written her name, thatImight send her a note \t thur.k.s. Her gift was 90beautiful and generous

—ten "Elsie Books" and

many cards and pictures. Ihave distributed thelast two mentioned with the parcels Ihave sentout. but the books Ithlr.k best to hold as a littlecirculating library, for a time at least, as there arequite a number of young girls who will be glad to

borrow and read them, and Iam sure they will doa great final of good. I im so porry that all who

Bent articles by mail did not also send their ad-

s. Please return my thanks to all. and to•h".se whose names Ihave Iwill write very soon.i 'anno! ..eg'.r. to leil you how much gladness the

\u25a0.'ion of thia Christmas cheer aas giver..Borne lonely cabins on

Ins, when even .1. right -ard means sotwo extremely ragged little

about ten or eleven years old, were Initreet trying to sell their bundles of flno

kindling. Isent my rr.aid out to get the plnea andBg the boys to me. and Ihastily made up a

little package of Christmas cards and books ami

toyi and candy and gave it to them. Oh. If >•\u25a0"«could h.ive seen their joy! Ishall never forgethow their tittle faces brightened up. Ihad notmet those but Ifound they lived awaya;> on a. part of the mountain where Ihad not yets. Bl na Ish ill1mk out for them here-after, tor Idon't think they ever heard of a Christ-mas gift oefore they received this little package

. ly, Iw.r.iier If 1 nave said enough to as-sure you all

'my thankfulness. And now, dear

-f-s..ient. please put my name down onIne Want Book for unfinished work.

silk pie - md pictures. Ishould like to begather: rear SO -us to be ready when the

\u25a0 m-s anmnii once more. Trulyyours In Sunshine work. JESSIE H. RUPERT.

Newmarket, v.i.

A THOUSAND BABIES CARED FOR.Eefore the serving of tea. on the top floor, a

neetlr.g was held in the son parlor, and Dr. Roosa.the Rev. Dr. Donald Sage Mackay and Dr. GeorgeX. Mii:er. secretary of the corporation, all mad?addresses. Dr. Roosa called attention to the factthat the Post-Graduate Hospital was the first hos-pital in this city to provide wards for babies, an 1\u25a0M thai as a result hospitals in London are fol-lowing its example. Although more than a thou-sand babies have been cared for In the Post-Grad-ate Hospital taring the last year, only 12,500 hadt*sn received from the city for the purpose.

"'\u25a0 takes just such an old fashioned thing as a***>>. said Dr. Mackay. "to counteract the re-raed se;r.?hr.ess of New-Tort City." Dr.Mackay*ad* one of the crosses of pastoral work the dim-e=Uy of remembering the sexes of the congre-gational infants. He visits a parishioner's nursery*ad remarks, "What a charming little fellow:" andlie mother replies reproachfully, "It is a little'"•' Then he recalls that he baptized it.

CHIEF AILMENT STARVATION.The ir.:er*st in childhood. Dr. Mackay said. is

characteristic of Christian countries The carelesstrwtmest cf children in heathen lands is one of the'Swt pitiful spectacles to be found there. He re-

the days of Rome. waen. he said, "childhood••ad to Zghi its way upward." Even Pliny urgedJsiaatici<ie as the best way to decrease population.T!>c sight which greets the visitor to the babies'*a''dS> Se i<rCiared. is a revelation of the conditionJLtJSS 11

*"of °'-her J us^ such little children Inwe tenements of this city. Itita tremendous flash-

th^r ,1n awful struggle for existence whicheiskhl' m**^gagainst iliy ventilated rooms - - --"m£ n ?\u25a0' lhll? g and poor loo<l - The doctors call it!t i» ny.nuon

"that alls 8O -:- - of them, when"J

*P«iin sta^-vaHon

c<*-o-«x?'Lrl<'nee «ajaed by the six hundred young

JET!. *?"

udied child :*'e »» the wards lastlarV^' Jacka >' believed to be a mighty factorSC". 1" many f?arts °flhiß land. He ai«o com-fcT~," tee -asUtution lor the opportune v for tram-*-\u25a0-•/* lIJ nurses, and in tnis connection re-(*££! some interesting statistics and drew witty55225" k^ween the Sarah Gamp of IMS andesaSr'' da7 lraineJ nurse, who is herself theSTr- nt °v >'outh and health. In the year

BfcSn-fcfK' T,here were twenty-live thousand sick-aujT» tn»?'and. and of the number oniy a thou-«*ere under thirty-fiveyears old. Sixteen thou-*«*h£«. m°re

«ltliLr

-nily years old and the rest&?tv **n 6lxt>' ar'J Hghty-flve.

SWwv*'*?'?11 committee were Mrs. James A.«fiaa vIvl J10^"J10^" Clarkson. Mr- J. Borden Har-ssLA?^k"in.ry Hoyt. Mrs. Goodhue Livingston.M. h hii>£4 Mackay, Mrs. Sidney Rlpley, Mrs.itfcr. a j>

R jb- Mrs- X- Li'man Short and Mrs.

£&'.:: h<i «* the Ladies' Auxiliary*Sf.';,;: v,- Mrr John Jacob Asl"r-Mrs. Henry

a»SV.'' \» V- James A- Burden - Mr- W. D

Sfefflß VUaon. Mrs. Donald SageS£.dr . H V B Kennedy.fc ill ,?. :i

-last year the Post-Graduate Hospital

<*2dr»r, v partments> including both adults andHrT«. received 2.62S patients. Of these 2.095*efc^; patieat«: 1«.*» persons were treated free.tHtt*' ?*£*1-spfnsa

ury

'v The Ustrjct PhysicianktSlMri^ :'-":'-" '\u25a0'\u25a0 the -"-"mt-« «f free patients.«BBt m-.r tr> tr'la nuniter '•"\u25a0\u2666 women in confine-

ls .**" In their own homes.\u25a0ajati' frKaTPI Fahnestock Training School fora«a£T'., *'\u25a0\u25a0'\u25a0' r. lB on<s of the departments of the*"*«» work, there are sixty-eight pupils.

j B.ECEPTIOX BY DR. JARRFTT.-.* !NpVi''n tO Th* oncers of '•••- Associate Alum-lyj^,l^ formal College will be given to-morrow

\u25a0taß,t aB,-

h?;Hzab^t)-. Jarref. president of the society.

<>^ aome. No. 1West One-hundred-and-first-st.

POST-GRADUATE HOSPITAL TO RECEIVETHIS SUM IF PRESENT DEBT IS

LIFTED— BABIES' "ATHOME."

Dr. D B. St. John Rocsa. president of the Post-Graduate Hospital, announced yesterday that afriend cf the Institution has promised $100,000 whenthe balance of the present debt of somewhat morethan »>O.<JOO Is wiped out Since the promise waamade last Saturday, two other gifts have been re-ceived, one for $25,000 ar.d The ether for IlO.ao. Thenames of ail the doncrs aie withheld.

The forty-five tables of the babies' wards wereat home during: the entire afternoon to the Ladies'Auxiliary Committee and its friends, The one toreceive the zzosi attention waj a tiny waif weigh-ing only three pounds. Ithad just come from an-other hospital, where It began the struggle forlife three weeks ago. ItIs beir.^ cared for In an In-cubator. The babies of the eight wards were mostof them convaJescer.t. a_id. dressed indainty whitegowns and pink and blue knitted sacques andshoes, they won no end of admiration arom thevisitors

All that were abie to sit up in their cribs hadred balloons and other toys with which theyamused themselves. The pretty white rooms weremade still more attractive by bowls of flowers andthe Christmas greens, which had not yet been re-moved.

TEX IM'H H'F n T OV THE I V.'\u25a0atskill. N V. Jan. 7 —The first Ice of the JTud-

wn River crop this winter was cut here to-Jay.Itis ten inches thick and of good quality. Bs»aiafhundred thousand tons of last winter's Ice were-iarried over, and in consequence the harvest will

COVGHS. /4S2^Bronchitis, Hoarseness, iilpTyr^EiTSore Throat, WDtiflßSy

Effectively Relieved. X^HSy

Colgate'sMonad violet

PERFUMEfcl'ghtfullv Fragrant

Sir: Iwish to register a public protest against

the foolish and Insolent attitude taken toward thepress by Sorosls at the memorial meeting for Mrs.Croly. Iconsider It an Insult to "Jenny June."who was first, last and always a newspaper wom-an, to refuse to admit newspaper women to report

what was designed to be a public tribute of re-spect. If the Press Club, that first projected themeeting, had understood that Sorosls proposed to

make it an exclusive Invitation affair. Iam quite

sure it never would have waived its right in favorof Sorosis. The open declaration made in the most

discourteous ejectment of reporters to the effectthat "the Press Club has nothing whatever to dowith It" was an Insult to the Preps Club, underthe circumstances.

Sorosis prides herself on being the oldest ofwomen's clubs, but age is venerable only when ithas dignity and wisdom— ln both of which Soroslson Monday showed herself conspicuously lacking.Iwas an Indignant but powerless witness of thescene when a newspaper woman who asserted herright to stay and report a public meeting wasthreatened with forcible expulsion. Yours truly,

A MEMBER OF THE PRESS CLUB.New- York. Jan. 7. 1902.

"Aim LOUISA" BETTER."Aunt Louisa" Eldrldge. the veteran actress, who

for ten days has been critically 111 with pneumonia,was slightly better yesterday. Mrs. Eldridge is amember of the Professional Woman's League andseveral other organizations, in which she holds of-Jsters

ato

as chairman of visiting committees min-isters to the sick.

"THE mXUTE MAX." BY MISS WILSOX.A copy of Miss Melva. Beatrice Wilson's bronze

statuette, "The Minute Man." has been bought asa prize for the National Rifle Association of Amer-ica. Miss Wilson is a young sculptor who has spentseveral year- In New-York. She Is in Washingtonfor the winter.

THEIR EXCLUSION OF NEWSPAPER WOMEN

FROM A PUBLIC MEMORIAL MEET-ING to -JENNY JUNE" SE-

VEREST CRITICISED.

To the Editor of The Trihun*.

INDIGNANT AT SOROSTSTERS.

Hebrews were referred to as models of honesty,cleanliness and thrift. One drawback In their dietwas said to be the peculiarity of their kosher rules,which makes itnecessary for them to extract muchof the nutriment from meat before cooking it. He-brews as a class are of the few who attempt togather at a supper tabk< as a family once a weekon Friday night, when their Sabbath begins. Otherpoor families seldom attempt this. The table Istoo small, there are not enough chairs, or thehours of work for different members of the familyrender such an arrangement impossible.

Instruction in cooking a.- conducted in the pub-lic schools the speaker considered of the utmostImportance. "But it is only a drop In the bucketcompared to the need of widespread knowledge onthis subject." said Mr. Ely. "The notebooks keptby girls twelve and fourteen years of age Indi-cate a scientific knowledge of cooking thai Is re-markable, although one child in writing of breadstated: 'You take some flour and sift it Into a yel-low bowl.'— the color of the howl having. In hermind, something to do with the making of bread."

Another pupil, who. the speaker said, was a "per-fect terror" under other condition*, loved to cook,and her conduct when so employed could be truth-fully described as "saintly." Doughnuts, a staplearticle of food, the speaker characterized as "abom-inations." The remedy for present conditions amongthe poor, he said, was not to show them how tospend less, but how to live better on the moneythey now spend.

MR. ELY CONSIDERS THAT A NORMAL

LIFE DEPENDS ON GREAT

NEED OF KNOWLEDGEOF COOKERY.

"If cattle were not better kept than are themajority of wage-earners. It would be better r.ot tokeep cattle." said Robert Ersklne Ely, yesterdaymorning. In opening his address on "The Food ofthe Poor," delivered before the League for Politi-cal Education", at No. 33 West Forty-fourth-st.

"When we realize that food Is one absolute neces-sity of life." continued the speaker, 'and that alarge percentage of wage earning people spendmore than half their Incomes on food, we get someIdea of how essential itis that It should be wiselychosen.

"11l health, bad temncr and kindred discomfortsare often due to an 111 fed or underfed condition.The people who are eag*r to do away with theuse of alcohol would do well to find out what kindand quantity of food is consumed by those whotake alcoholic liquor. On the question of food large-ly depends the possibility of a normal, happy life."

Nationality, the speaker said, had a great effectIndeciding the diet, and many foreigners are un-influenced In this respect by residence In this coun-try The Chinese eat the same foods and in thesame quantity that they do in China. Italianssubsist on macaroni, breadstuffs, olive oils andfruits In"Little Italy" as they do In their nativeland, and even In their tenement rooms they m.iketheir homemade wines during the summer months.from graphs bought from pushcarts. Germanshave a generous diet. Bohemians were spoken ofa.* an isolated race, whose language Americansfind' as much difficulty in mastering is Bohe-mians do the English. Their dietary Mr. Ely con-.slderpd abundant— too much so In the matter ofdrinking. In these households it Is usual for aboy about twelve years of age to do the cooking.This is because the girls under fourteen can hlraout as household servants.

HAPPINESS AXD FOOD.

A TISSUE PAPER PATTERN OF MISSES*WAIST, NO. 4.022. FOR 10 CENTS.

The waist shown is specially adapted to slender,growing- figures, and can be. made sultablp forschool or \u25a0 ir«n*nc wear, as It Is cut hUh or

low neck, withplain or fancy

sleeves. Theoriginal formspart of an en-tire costume,

ml Is made ofpale pink woolcrepe de chine,

with trimmingof narrow blackvelvet ribbonand simplecream lace, theelbow puffs be-ins of -pinkchiffon.

To cut thiswaist for a

miss ••: four-teen years 3yards of ma-

terial 21 Inches wide. Z>% yards 57 Inches wide or ISyards 44 Inches wide will be required, with 4 yardof chiffon for elbow puffs, S4 yards of lace Inser-tion, 10 yards of velvet ribbon to trim as illustrated.The pattern. No. 4.1122. is cut In sizes for misses oftwelve, fourteen and sixteen yearM.

The pattern will be sent to any address on re-ceipt \u25a0•'. 10 cents. Please give number and yearsdistinctly Address Pattern Department. New-York Tribune. If in ihurry for pattern send anextra two cent stamp, and we will mail by letterDostace in sealed envelope. .;:«;

THE TRIHVSF. PATTERS.

FEAZT IN HAWAII.Ina letter from Frances E. Owens, an American

woman who Is livingin Hawaii, the following ln-Ing account of a Hawaiian feast is given:

'Members of two of the richest families In Hono--re present, and. besides them, a few natives

and several white people One of 'he Hawaiianwomen prener.t owns a big sugar plantation, andhas an Income, Iunderstand. Of H' \u25a0.->• a year. Thet'l'l!'- '\u25a0 Igh from the flcor on a large

Hawaiian mat. We sat on the floor, and disposedof our feet according to their size and our tncttna-tion. The tablecloth was hidden by ferns. At the

•I iv-re .ilsneK innumerable, (tiledwith poi, taro, eoaoonut, sweet potato pudding:.cocoanut and taro pudding, shrimps, dried Ssh,

a, taro tops and pork, also:In leafy wrappings; sweet potato a« a ve«»-

\u25a0 saucemade from nuts, and other things which 1

i-r It was a temperance affiir. and root: ice water were the only drinks.the • it china, and th<• .id have done credit to any

metropolitan home.1 the pri\llt-ge of attending

Ird birthday annl versa rj of ex-QueenHer nephew, Prince David, r<fw I young Haw i. wed her into

Lling ::\u25a0• Hawaiian flag and the°ther • • md Stripes, and both knelt andThe white people greeted her with

»\u25a0 led in good taste and isa fine man.\u25a0ml. like most of the members

of the Hawaiian royal family, is munlc al For manyyears she played the organ in the large native. Which Is built of coral. At tre closing ex-ercises last summer of the Kamehameia School for<iiris two of 'he songs were composed by her."

HAARLEM PniLHARMOXIC MUSICAL.'

The next musical of th« Haarlem PhllharmonloSociety, to be given on January 16 at the Waldorf-Astoria, will be followed by a breakfast to themembers ar.l their guests. Mrs. Hamilton Hlggln.s,who is chairman of the committee of arrangements,states that It is expected six hundred will attendthe affair. The artists engaged for the musical arei-lllson \an Hoose. tenor; Miss Iflab*«i;« 80ut..-.crntralto, and Misa Martina Johnstone, th* Swedishviolinist.

THE SOCIETY PLANS TO WORK HARDERTHAN EVER FOR PROTECTION

OF HEALTH.

Work In abundance was planned by the Women'sHealth Protective Association at Its first meetingof the year, which was held yesterday at 2 p. m..in the Academy of Medicine. No. 17 West Forty-third-st. The first business was the election oftwenty-nine new members, and the motion to waivethe usual month's consideration and accept thecandidates en masse was carried with enthusiasm.

Mrs. Sydney Rosenfeid rfported that the directorshad voted that any director who shall be absentfrom three successive meetings without goodcause shall ho dropped. It was even proposed tostimulate any lagging interest by imposing a fineof 10 cents or members who should be late in reach-ing -he meetings, but that motion was defeated.

Mrs. Ralph Trautmann. the president, read a let-ter from Dr. Lederle. the new president of theBoard of Health, assuring the association of hisinterest In its work and invitingit to call on himat any time for consultation.

The new features of the association's meeting-chat and cheer— were successfully introduced. Mr.Minners, president of the New-York Retail Gro-cers' Association, had the honor of being the firstInvited to talk to the Women's Health ProtectiveAssociation, and his address was received withgreat satisfaction, as it proved his organization tobe in close accord with the women In the specialobject that now is interesting them. This objectIs the securing of an ordinance forbidding the ex-posure of fruits and vegetables on the sidewalks.Mr. Minners said that when Mr. Murphy was onthe Board of Health the Grocers' association askedfor such an ordinance, and Mr. Murphy expressedhis approval of the Idea. Bernard York, however,objected strongly, and accused the grocers of"wanting the earth" and desiring to prevent poorvenders from earning a living.

"This opposition took the wind out of our sails,and we could not do anything more," said Mr.Min-ners. He then stated that these hucksters aremostly under the control of a syndicate "composedlargely of city officials," and are seldom in businessfor themselves.

This was a point that was brought out In theNovember election, when it was learned that push-cart men of the East Side vere compelled to buyof certain dealers or suffer constant persecutionfrom the police.Mr. Minners suggested to the women that In

working for such an ordinance as they advocatethey should soecilically exempt the market menfrom it3operation "The city needs -i much larger

market." he said, "and In the limited space avail-able to the dealer he could not possibly work un-less he could use the walk. This use. how-over, would not affect the convenience of the gen-eral public, as the market district is so small andremote."

He warned them that they must expect the sameopposition from the same element as had beenoffered to tne association of which he is president,but thought that It might have less weight withthe new administration.

"Th<» only success that we had." he said, "wasthe passage by the Board of Aldermen of an ordi-nance that no one could keep fruit and vegetableson the sidewalk without paying 110 and getting per-mission through the alderman of his district. Thiswas very far. Indeed, from meeting the situation,and or: resulted In an Illegal traffic In city prop-erty, as It is unconstitutional to grant the use ofthe public highway for money."

At the conclusion of Mr. Sfinners's address Mrs.Tmutmann said that It was a revelation to her. asshe had never thought of the existence of a push- ]cart syndic-ate. "We are not to be frightened fromour effort." she asserted. "We worked eight yearsfor the passage of the 'spitting ordinance.'

"Mrs. Frederick Nathan asked Mr. Minners the

Tuition of the a.nsoclation that .\u25a0\u25a0 represents onthe question of early cloning for grocery shops.He answered that the association as a whole wouldheartily favor 6 o'clock closing for all but two orthree nights In the week. "Allthe better class ofKrorer?." he asserted, "WOUld be glad to let theirlerks have their evenings, if concerted action could

be secured."Tea and cakes were then served In the banquet

room, with Mesdamea Sydney Rosenfeld. HerbertKr.owles an :K. A. Spencer as hostesses. Dr. Jacob!having kindly placed room, dishes and employes attheir disposal. The Innovation seemed to bo ex-tremely popular, as every one remained.

MRS. RUy'KLE'B MEMORIAL SERVICE.A memorial service to the late lira. Elizabeth

Runkle. of Asbury, N. J., who died on November24, was held In the Presbyterian Church last Sun-day evening. The Rev. Floyd L. Cornish, pastorof the church, delivered the address, and letterswere read from the following : .rmer pastors: TheRev. Dr. F. E. Miller. Paterson, N. J.; the Rev.Robert A. Bryant, New-York; the Rev. Dr. Thorn-ton A. Mills. WKkesbarre. Perm.; the Rev. PhineaaB. Kennedy, Easton. P«nn. The Rev G. F. Ill-man, of the Methodist Church, also participated inthe services. Mrs. Runkl« was the Widow ofDaniel Runkle. one of the wealthiest men inthat section of New-Jersey. A year ago. while

'doing some brlstmaa shopping in New-York, >ht>was accidentally knocked down by a cab and re-ceived Injuries which hastened her death Shewn.« seventy-seven years old. Her only children.%\iniam and Harry Runkle, livein Plalnfleld. N. J.

SEW LIFE IN •• W. H. P. A'

COLD SLAW.Ingredients: One small cabbage, the yolks of four

hard boiled e.«?gs. one tablespoonful of mustard, oneteaspoonful of salt, one cup of cream, half a cupfulof vinegar and one tablespoonful of sugar.

Cut the cabbage Into small shreds, removing allthe hard portions. Put all the other Ingredients, ex-cept the vinegar, In a saucepan, rub together, andwhen they are slightly heated add the vinegar. Letthe whole boil for three minutes and pour it overthe cabbage.- When the mixture cooks put Itonice and serve cold

CJUBAMBD CABBAOK[ngredlents: < >ne small cihbage. one pint of milk.

two table apoonfals of butter, enough flour tothicken the sauce, and pepper and salt to season.

Prepare the cabbage aa In the foregoing recipe,and after it has been chopped fine add a tablespoon-ful of hutter and put in a double boiler to keep hot.Scald 'he milk, add sea^oninjt and a tahlespoonfulof hutter. and thicken with Mie flour Put the ,-ab-liir>- in a heated dish and nour the sauce over it.

IMPRISONED FAR OUT IX LAKE ERIE.Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 7.

—Five days have elapsed

since a tug has been able to reach crib No. 3. sev-eral miles out in the lake, where- a big force ofmen are at work digging the new waterworks tun-nel. Owing to the heavy formation of ice thetugs which run between the harbor and the cribshave found it impossible to get through. Prepara-tions are now being made to blast a channel. Thetunnel workmen are not suffering for food, but anumber of them, according to reports telephonedIn, are in great need of medical aid.

XEW TRIAL FOR CAPTAIX KIXG.New-Orleans, Jan. 7.—Captain Cyril W. King, the

United States volunteer army officer and assistantquartermaster under sentence at Mobile for accept-ing bribes in connection with the erection of bar-racks at Fort Morgan, near Mobile, will have anew trial, the United States Circuit Court of Ap-peals having ordered it.

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FOR ALASKA.Chicago. Jan. 7.— Alaska and Seattle may soon

be connected by a line of wireless telegraphy.Seattle capitalists are negotiating with Chicagofirms for equipment for the proposed line and thepromoter* believe that with the ouening of thesummer season the line willbe in operation betweenNome City and Seattle.

MANY USES FOR PEANUTS.From The Philadelphia Post.

There are reports of a wonderful new kind ofpeanut, lied the Japanese White Mammoth,grown in Matagorda. County. Tex. It is of giantBias, and is said to yield eighty-seven barrels to theacre.

One reason for being Interested in this news is thefact that the peanut crop of the oldtime peanutgrowing region of the South has been diminishingalarmingly of late years, large areas that formerlyprouueed from fifty to one hundred bushels anacre now yielding not more than twenty bushels.The cause of the trouble Is careless farming—neg-lect to fertilize the soil, and lack of rotation ofcrops. Virginia, however, still has an annual out-put Of something like three million bushels; Ten-nessee and North Carolina come next.

The finest peanuts in the world come from Vir-ginia, and In that State is the greatest peanutmarket, at Norfolk, where are a number of large"factories."' In which the newly gathered \u25a0"goo-bers." as they come in from the ruraldistricts, arewinnowed and screened to clean them, and sortedand shipped to Jobbers in other cities.Itis now believed that the peanut was originally

a native of Brazil, and that it should properly makea fifth in the list of plants of great commercial im-portance credited to America, the others being thepotato, tobacco, maize and cotton. As far bark asthe seventeenth century it was extensively culti-vated in the Old World, and had become such anImportant article of food In Africa that the slavedealers loaded their vessels with it. using It asprovender for their cargoes of captives.

African peanuts, which are small and nearlyround, and contain a single kernel, used to be Im-ported largely Into this country, but they have beendriven out by our superior varieties. However theAfrican nuts contain \u25a0 greater percentage of oilfor the sake of which immense quantities of them'mostly rained In Senegambla and along the eastcoast, are shipped to Marseilles for conversion Intopure "olive oil." The poorer peanuts are employedfor soap: the residue, after pressing, la known as"cake." and brings J3O a ton as cattle fodder, andthe shells are utilized as material for paper

Recent experiments by dietetic experts haveshown that one pound of peanut meal containsnearly as much nutriment as three pounds of leanbeef. The meal, which is obtained by grinding the•cake coses four cents a pound in hulk, and theGermans have prepared from It several agreeablearticles of diet—such as "peanut jrrits" and "pea-nut flour." this latter being ground and bolted likeordinary flour. Palatable crackers have also beensiada from this crude byproduct of the oil mIU

TRAP SET rOm ALLEGED AGENT OF HAMMOND

PACKING COMPANY.

Detroit. Jan. T. -A special to "The News" fromKalamazoo, Mich., says:

An attempt to brihe State Food Commissioner"• B. Snow, of this city, in order to prevent prose-cutions for the sale of oleomargarine made by theHammond Packing Company, of Hammond. Ind..ended In the arrest last night of Charles H. Thomp-son, of Chicago, in Commissioner Snow's house.Snow was approached some time ago by an allegedrepresentative of the Hammond company. Withthe knowledge of the Prosecuting Attorney andGovernor Bliss a meeting was arranged last night.Snow, so It is said, agreed to accept as i bribehalf a cent a pound for all the Hammond oleomar-garine sold In Michigan. The Hammond man saidtheir sales ran from 25.0X) to SO.OOO pounds a month.Thompson went to Commissioner Snow's house byappointment on Monday evening and handed hima check for $13). With it in his hand Snow openeda door to another room as a signal to Sheriff Ship-man, who stepped out. Thompson was immediatelyarrested.

ARMY BOARD TO TEST ORDXAXCE.South Bethiehem. Perm.. Jan. 7 (Special).— General

Nelson A. Miles and members of the Board ofOrdnance and Fortlcatlons willvisit the BethlehemSteel Company's proving grounds near here to-

morrow to witness the test of gun shields and theMeigs patent five and six inch guns. The visit 13significant, for it Indicates a confidence on the partof judges of ordnance in the ability of the Beth-lehem company to manufacture from, its own de-signs guns worthy of inspection with a view toadoption for the army.

THE MEETING IX WASHINGTON TO HAVE AN IN-

TERNATIONAL CHARACTER.\u25a0Washington. Jan. The meeting of the National

Woman Suffrage Association, to be held in this cityFebruary 12 to 13 Inclusive, will assume an Inter-national character. Fourteen nations have nowwell defined woman suffrage movements. The or-ganizations In each of these countries have beesInvited to send delegates to this year's convention.and seven already have accepted. Those countriesfrom which delegations have been promised areEngland. Canada. Australia. India. Russia. Ger-many and Sweden. It Is expected that Norway,France and Holland also will send delegates. Th,?opening night will be devoted entirely to the "pio-neers." when the speakers will be Elizabeth CadyStanton. Susan B. Anthony. Mary A. Llvermore.Julia Ward Howe, Isabella Beecher Hooker andCarolina Hallowell Miller. Other evenings havebeen dedicated to the "new woman" and the "newman,'" respectively.

ATTEMPT TO BRIBE MICHI'iAX OFFICIAL.

captain TITUS BELIEVES THAT ROB-BERIES IN THE DRY'' 'OPS DIS-

TRICT ARE ACCOUNTED FOR.Captain Titus, of the Det»otlve Bureau, an-

nounced yesterday that his nun had arrested onMonday night two Hebrews whom he believesto be professional "fences." and who. he also be-lieves, are guilty of disposing of a large quantityof goods stolen from trucks in ttc ~v goods dis-trict.

For some time complaints hay* been -\u25a0.:•» ti>Captain Titus that nu-uero us. robberies have been,made from trucks, and Detectives Prases andO'Rourke were detailed to hunt down the thieves.

On New Year's Da'- Joseph Lori, a boss truck-man at Prince and M rcer sts.. complained that acase of trousers, valued at $125. wiich he had re-ceived from a customer at No. \u25a0 Cortlaadt-et.had been stolen from a truck dnven by WalterNorton.

The police watched Norton for a. few days andpaw him go to No. 155 Thompsons! . where he mettwo Hebrews. At other times they had seen otherdrivers call at the Thompsnn-st. address. Suspect-Ing that Norton was disposing of the goods to theHebrews, the detectives arrested him and tookhim to the Detective Bureau. After he had beanlocked up for a few hours Norton, itta said, oadsja confession, which resulted in the arrest of thetwo Hebrews. They described themselves as LouisSegloff. twenty years old. and Ker.ry Yursdlcky.twenty-six years old, dealers In drrgooda at thsThompson-st. place.

Their place of business waa searched and sore*of the trousers were found. Some goods stolenfrom Norton's truck last September a.-.d valued atJ*». and ilarge amount of goods stolen fromother persons, were also found.

The detectives were sent back to Thompson-st.to wait for other drivers, and on Monday nightarrested Isidore Eckstein, twenty-one years old. adriver for John Morgan, of No. SI llreene-st Eck-stein had taken a roll of cloth, value! at $03. fromhis truck, and was carrying It Into the buildingwhen he saw the detectives. He tried to getaway, but was caught and locked up. Joseph,Cavasrrnaro. twenty years old. a yinaker. ofNo. .2 Charlton-st., who was on thd truck withEckstein, was also arrested.

MAKES CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL.

MAN WHO IS SITING JTLIAN DE COR-

DOVA SATS 'BADGER'GAME WAS

WORKED ON HIM.

Detective Sergeant Joseph McKay told MagistrateOlmsted In the Jefferson Market court yesterdaythat extradition papers for Asa B. Foster. Jr., ofBoston, who was arrested on Monday on. a charge

of conspiracy and blackmail preferred by GeorgeE. Breckesrldge. of Roxbury. Mass.. were at PoliceHeadquarters, and Foster was held la COtO bailuntil this morning, when his case wi.l be trans-

ferred to the Supreme Court. 3recienrldge-s

trouble with Foster is in connection Tlth a suit

brought by Breckenridge against Julian De Cor-dova, of Boston, for $—". •."\u25a0 damages on account

of a charge that Mrs. Breckenrldge was found, inDe Cordova's company under comproraislns cir-

cumstances.In his complaint against Foster Brsckenridge

says that on the night of November 1las* a woman,

who gave the name of Mrs. H. M. Pike *« Intro-duced to him at the Elm. Tree Inn. la Mertden.Conn., and asked him. to be her escort to an en-tertainment In the opera house that right. Whenthey returned to the tan she requested Ulai to goto her room. There a bottle of cocktail was pro-duced and the woman turned her back when sh«poured out a drink for him. After dr?nV.ng It.Breckenrldge says, he knew nothing of what fol-lowed until he was awakened by blowi on Mshead. He alleges that he was then lyin^ on thefloor and a man who subsequently clalaisd. to be-the husband of the Pike woman was pounding?him. Foster and a man who said ha tv a de-tective from Boston were also there.

Breckenr.dge says he went to the Hotel Wlntarontwith Foster, who represented himself a* PlkS*Blawyer. There, according to 3reckenr'.d*a> Fostersaid: "You have a claim in Boston against a cart

named Julian De Cordova. Ifyou willassign andrelease that claim to me Iwilllet you, go. jITyoudon't Iwillhave you arrested."

Breckenridg* says he signed a release or assign-ment of his claim against De Cordova, and torn*sort of a release of the same person from an. ladledment foradultery in Massachusetts, but ha declares)he refused to surrender the papers. *

Another affidavit in the complaint is Tnitda. byMaurice Gloesner. a clerk at the. Elm, Trt» Inn.who says that the Pike woman came to th« hotel,made inquiries about Breckenridge and asked to beIntroduced to him.

Foster says he came tq New-York to find work.that he has been livingat No. 217 East E!^ht»enth-bi. for some rime and that he Is a. stenoi,-r;ipher.He made no statement incourt.

SALE OF A COUXTESS'S ART TREASURES.An exceptional opportunity is afforded to lwm

of the beautiful to obtain some line furnltur% pict-ures and other art treasures at the auction, aaJainow going on at the former New-York; homo ofthe Countess Stavra. No. 133 West Seventy-firstThe Countess Stavra, who now lives la MaidenheadCourt. England, has placed personal property, rep-resenting an outlay of over $100,000. inthe hand*, ofthe Standard Art Galleries, instructing them to selleverything in the house. i

The furniture and fixtures now on exhlblUoapossess much artistic excellence. A finely mlalitDavenport table was yesterday sold as low as 8.7 30.and a handsome San Domingo mahogany bedrocmset of two pieces was BBC ired at a proportionatelylow figure. A costly point d'Arabe and MarieAntoinette lice bed set sold for J3<s. Other beauti-*ful things In the collection are furniture, and fix-tures by Hertz Brothers and Duvene.* v *v<eo setof Aubusson tapestry for a five piece parlor sutuattracted much attention yesterday.

Etchings and a quantity of costly vases willbe :sold to-day. Th.- etchings include an artist proofof The Game of Piquet." etched by Bontara, andsigned by Meissonier. Others are 'The Har-vesters' Return.' etched by Leon FTamery and '\u25a0signed by Jules Breton: a landscape by Diaz, andthe "Newsboy." of J. Witkowski. Some excellent

*Turkish rugs, jewel boxes, miniatures and marblesremain to be sold. The sale begins again at IIa. m. to-day, and will be continued on Thursdayand Friday.

DELAWARE SOCIETY Diyyßß.

Th« twelfth annual dinner of the Delaware So-ciety of New-York will take place on February 20next, at the Waldorf-Astoria. The president of thesociety Is Wl'.son Lee Cannon, who will b« titstoa«tmaster. Governor Hvinn, ex-Governor Trenailan Bishop Coleman. of Delaware, and. John Baa-sett Moore, of Columbia University, have, all ac-cepted Invitations to address the society on thatoccasion. Professor Moore will talk on the Clay-ton-Bulwer Treaty and the isthmian canal auaa*tiao.

THIXKS HE HAS GOT -FEXC-

|ITALIAN TAILOR DECLARES HE AND HI3j WIFE HAVE BEEN THREATENED WITH

j DEATH BY THE HOLY CITY.~Stefano Cainimlti. an Italian tailor, of No. W.

East One-hundred-and-flftletr-st.. tried to seeCommissioner Partridge at Police Headquarter*yesterday to make a complaint against an Italiansociety ca'led "The Holy City," from which. lasays he has received two letters demanding &.OOGunder penalty of the death cf Mmself and his wife.He says the society is persecuting Mm. The de-tectives «ay that they have never heard of such asociety.

Camimitl was at headquarter* in December 3)on the same errand, j Detectives Petrcslno andFlrnelsson were put on the ras=j. but have not dis-covered any trace of such an organisation or of,the letter writers.

'"amimiti says that on Jar.uarv 2. 1901. while heand his wife were out. his home was robbed.everything he and his wife had there being stolen.

\u25a0 He complained to the oolice. but says nothing was:accomplished by them. Four days later, he says,;his store, at No. 227 East On^-hundred-and-third-, st.. was set on fire and nearly destroyed. He re-!ported that to the tire Marshal, hut saya he could| get nothing done.I Camimiti was referred to Captain Kaughey. ofthe East One-hundred-and-fourt;i-st. station, for ai permit to carry a revolver.

RESIDENTS IX FORTT-SECOND-ST. AS3ERTTHAT ITS SLOWNESS IS HARMFUL TO

PROPERTY. STREET AND HEALTH.

Some of tie property owners and residentsaround the site of the old reservoir between For-tieth and Forty-seccnd \u25a0**, in Flfth-ave., are com-plaining that the tearing down of the westernwall of the reservoir, the only wall now standing,and work on the library building itself, are notgoing on as fast as they should They lay next tonothing has been done since fall. They declarethat for more than a year the streets have beentorn up. lor improvements, and now that those Im-provements are Bearing completion, and propertytaxes have increased as a result, the work on thenew library promises to make the neighborhoodunpleasant for a long time to come.

The contractors assert that the work is going onas fast as the weather will permit, and that whatis left of the old west wall of the reservoir will bedemolished very soon. Mean hi. three or fourcarts and perhaps a score of men may be seenlaboring here and there in the great lncloaure.The foundations for the library are already In.and the workmen are laying brick bases on themto receive the marble.Dr. Walter R. Gillette, who lives In West Forti-

eth-st., said yesterday:Why all this delay by the contractors? Stagnant

pools of water are collecting ail around the foun-dations already begun for the library. This waterIs dangerous to the health of our families whonow reside in the vicinity of the old reservoir. Isthis delay the result of a hoiduD on the part ofTammany? We property owners were of the opin-ion that our troubles would be soon ended whenthe excavations in Forty-second-st. were completedfor embedding the electric subway for the surface.-treetcars. and excavating the biggest kind ofa hole for the subway railway there, as well astearing up Fortieth-st., from Slxth-ave. to Park-ave., for laying down a great water main. Now itappears that we must endure unexpected and. wethink, unnecessary annoyance at the hands of thelibrary and reservoir contractors. We hope thenew broom, at the City Hall that promises so muchrelief for realty owners will give early atten-tion to the new library building adjoining BryantPark, and Mart the contractors at work there.

The architect in charge of the construction ofthe new building replied to this by pointing to thepools of water In the future basement, which werefrozen solid.

"Any microbes escaping from there?" he asked."You know." he continued, "that you cannot lay

marble with the glass below freezing. We are get-ting ready to lay the marble, but we can't doit in th: weather. As for that west wall, thestone has had to be measured, which took timefor it Is to be used in walling up the aqueduct inFortieth-st. The weather has delayed that work,too. Has there been any holdup by the city? WellIreally couldn't say. There may have been. Any-way. Iam assured that the contract will be de-cided and work begun on removing the west wallentirely and walling up the aqueduct in a tewdays. There is really no Just ground for com-plaints. "

WOMAX SUFFRAGE CONTENTION,

lATer-esjirvcr-\IS\V-XOKK DAILY TKIBU.NE. VYKDMISDAY. JANUARY S. 1902.

cojiPLAiyra ur library work. BATB BOCIETY is AFTER HIM.

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GOOD CHEER.Havt you had a kindness shown T

Pui It on."Twa» net riven tor you a.on*

—rasa it en.

Let it travel down rt-.» years.

Let It wlpo another* •tears.

TillIn heaven the deed appears—

Pass It on.

lEO^waaMr^gacrr

CABBAGE IX SEVERAL WATS.

Cabbages are among' the moat Inexpensive greenvegetables now In the market, and may be pre-pared in ivariety of ways. One of these Is:

BROWNED CABBAGE.Ingredients: One small cabbage, one tablespoon-

ful of butter, half a cupful of milk, two eggs andbread crumbs.

Cut the cabbage Into small pieces ami remove thehard centre. Wash the pieces In cold water, thenour boilingwater over them and let stand for ten

minutes. Drain off the hot water, and put thecabbage In boiling salted water to cook until tender.When it la done pour off the water, pressing tjownhard on thr cabbage, to be sure that all the waterhas been drained away. Chop as tine aa possible,beat up the eggs, add the milk and stir all the In-gredients and seasoning w.th the cabbage. Putthe whole into a buttered baking dish, and bake forone hour in .1 moderate oven.

household^