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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
8
A fragment reflecting on moral balance and restraint in life. It quotes Alice Cary and muses that justice grows from a narrow path. The piece contrasts similar paradoxes of giving and receiving and hints at ethical integrity for all people.
The annual T. S. meeting and luncheon tomorrow at the Hotel Aster is expected to be large with a program of speakers guests and artists to be published in The Tribune. Donations listed include Miss J Ida Dodd Newark $1 Miss Saunders Yonkers $1050 Mrs Horace Fox Asheville $9 and others for luncheon tickets badges and the emergency fund. A Yonkers branch meeting April 16 at No 20 Warburton Ave Yonkers showcased an active membership of about forty and formed branch officers and directors to support welfare work.
Miss Mary Proctor gave an illustrated astronomical lecture titled Other Worlds Than Ours for the benefit of St Marys Kindergarten on West 4th Street. A longtime member of the T. 865 and a Daughter of the late Richard A Proctor she plans a lengthy lecture tour abroad, promoting Sunshine and the work of the T. BSSS and forming branches. She sails for England soon and will lecture in various cities over two years before traveling to Australia and returning via South America and San Francisco.
Governor Broward of Florida names Dr. Joan E. Ennis of the Narcoossee Sunshine Home for Consumptives as a delegate to the International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington from September 21 to October 12, 1908.
The Bronx circle thanks the T S S for generous contributions as a young couple’s home is furnished and groceries supplied. A janitor at a neighborhood mission earns 212 a month while extra factory work aids them. A dramatic benefit for Chrystie Street House is planned at Carnegie Lyceum May 5 with notable patrons. Responses pour in for a gown for a graduate and requests for wheelchairs and clothing for families in need. Death of Nelson McCartney noted in Manhattan.
Letters of grateful acknowledgment recount Easter aid that lifted the desperate. Gifts included money, clothing, shoes, books, and cards, with recipients from Gate at Washington to Vermont, Maine, New York, New Jersey, and Montana praising the cheerful assistance and prayers that accompanied each package.
An afflictioned man paralyzed from the hips seeks $25 to buy cobbler tools and start a trade. Donations and gifts from various supporters including Mrs Wiley of Catskill and others in New Jersey and Connecticut arrive to aid wheel chair repairs and provide clothing books and household items.
A humorous column sketches elevator life and gender norms, with a fresh air girl voice critiquing guards who ban platform riding. It imagines a mind-reading machine exposing manners, and riffs on vanity, marriage, clergy, tailors, dentists, and fat men in corset belts as urban foibles.
Very pretty and new jabots are crafted from fine plaited lawn with colored hemstitch resembling handkerchiefs. They come in black and white with pale blue mauve and yellow edgings, designed for washing fabrics.
The Tribune Pattern presents a new one piece garment as a standout for the season. This shirtwaist, made from striped madras, features a simple design that requires little labor or time to construct and is likely to win broad approval.
Advertisement for tissue paper pattern No 5 980 offering a one piece shirtwaist pattern at 46 cents. Includes material yardage for medium size about 3 yards 2 inches, pattern sized for bust 32 34 36 38 and 40 inches, mailed on receipt of 1 cent with pattern department address in New York Tribune.
In a letter to The Tribune, William Henry Knox discusses the Central American Peace Conference in Washington, the Lake Mohonk gathering, and the Peace Society protest. He notes five nations forming a Court of Justice, proposals for federation, and calls for arbitration before force. He also analyzes The Hague outcomes, the role of the Mohonk conference, and naval policy debates.
A Tribune reader laments a non tipping barber shop where persistent small talk and upsell lines spurred irritation. He recounts shampoo requests, a sharp poke about hair loss, an ear nick, and excessive head shaving, concluding with the shop’s no tip stance and his departure.
The narrator recalls vowing to pay his way like a grown man and seek value for money. He imagines the shop as an educational venue to teach tipping etiquette and expose the mistake of the frugal buyer. Dated New York May 2 1508.
Mrs Matthew Bland Harrison of Brookneal Virginia writes to The Tribune to correct widespread reports that Montvale the home once linked to Patrick Henry was to be destroyed for bat infestation. She states Montvale was built about 25 years after Henry's death and that the only Patrick Henry home still standing is Red Hill, which houses his grave and is guarded by the family.
Washington May 3. A grand international tuberculos is congress committee of over one hundred fifty members is named to arrange Germany s role for the Washington congress next September. Notables include Prince Hohenlohe Ratibor and Von Bethmann Hollweg. Prizes total 3500 with four prize tiers and medals for exhibits and competitions.
Washington May 3 The Tribune Bureau reports medical officers at New Fort Lyon Colorado have treated tuberculosis with mercury. Preliminary results show rapid general improvement and potential cures in advanced laryngeal pharyngeal and pulmonary lesions with injections. Thirty of thirty five patients improved and a further report will detail the remaining cases.
The body of John P. Heins a Park avenue saloonkeeper was found in the Central Park Reservoir yesterday. He disappeared on October 28 after a period of odd behavior and his widow believes he fell in accidentally while taking his usual morning walk around the reservoir. Heins had run a saloon at Park avenue for sixteen years and had sold out in May 197 for health reasons related to a nervous disease described as saloon sickness. He had recently returned from Germany and restarted business before quitting again due to health issues.
The Sixth Avenue Hudson and Manhattan tunnels progress fuels strong activity in midtown Manhattan. Deals include Alliance Realty and Daniel B. Freedman purchasing 454 456 and 458 Sixth Ave and related property near 28th Street. Other major exchanges involve 518 Fifth Ave leases, Riverside Drive plots, and several West Side and Bronx transactions signaling a booming, infrastructure-driven market.
At the Educational Alliance Legal Aid Society bureau a special court handles deserted wives and children. Bern hard Rabbino leads the effort, sending agents to locate absent husbands and urge amicable settlements. He argues for a dedicated court to reduce desertion and keep families together.
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