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EDITORIAL SOCIETY I LETTERS CLASSIFIED COMICS MEVS behind Bm the ya- Daily me NEW kPAUL MALLON Eagle Ml NEW YORK CITY, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1935 En Route, San Diego to New Orleans, Oct. 8. ROOSEVELT TREND President Roosevelt would be re-elected today. Anyone silting 'the surface and sub-surface condition through 5,000 miles of country from coast to coast and around to here will reach that conclusion If his mind is unprejudiced. If T1CTORY We had Initial trouble the other day when we called at the Remsen St.

office of the Brooklyn Union Gas Company to get a growler of gas or two for our new apartment. "Name, please?" demanded the clerk. "Muffin," we said, V. O. Muffin." The clerk was sorry, but he needed a full first name.

We weren't sorry, because we have no first name. Only initials. The clerk repeated he had to have a full first name. It was a rule. We stood pat on our right to use initials, so th 112 DBCBKLYH INTITUTE CHADL Xf D.

ATKIN" Director anti-New Dealers think differ ently, they are not doing them selves any good by deluding themselves. But what will happen next year may be another story. Everywhere Republicans are bestirring themselves, raising money, getting ready for the hottest opposition campaign this country has seen in a long time. They can get real money from the influential elements Paul Blalloa ta cltles where Mr Roosevelt's most recent business reassurances have not accomplished their purpose. With a well run, well financed campaign and a good candidate, they stand a fair chance of upsetting Democratic domination during the next 12 months.

The best-informed Democratic leaders know It, and are preparing. clerk went to consult the legal department of the company. He came back looking very grave, saying he was sorry but Our backbone was wobbling when a stranger, who had been listening, handed us a card showing he was F. C. Johnson of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and said, "I've lived in 14 States of the Union and never encountered such petty regulations as In this city." Encouraged by the unexpected support, wa scowled at the clerk: "Do I understand you formally reject the application?" We tried to imply that in case of rejection our lawyer would be around shortly with an Injunction, or something equally vicious.

Looking scared himself now, the clerk went off for another talk with his legal department, returning reluctantly to accept our application and Initials! MISTAKEN IDENTITY Mrs. Rita G. Chaplin, who runs a better than average restaurant out In Fort Hamilton, sailed for Bermuda about a week ago. Neatly settled in her cabin and having located the life preservers and all that, she was summoned to the door by a knock. The photographers poured In therewith, all ready for their task.

"What," Inquired Mrs. Chaplin, "will this cost?" A couple of the bulb-squeezers eyed her curiously, the others laughed, as at a good Joke. Tri jliff I rfHE following leritt of articlei of which this is the second has been prepared at the request of The Eagle by Charles D. Atkins, director I Academy of Music wilfc 1 I i 'V'fc'Wiwi an overhead pattagetcay on i I hiij A Montague St. at the time the fi iMMiWM 1- Sanitary Fair opened on Feb.

ill wmMmmi the Department of Education of the rooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci ences since JVlf. Mr. Atkins has written these articles as a contribu Prof, Franklin W. Hooper tion to the present efforts "to save the Brooklyn Academy of Music" f' undertaken by a citttens committee of lflOO, headed by Borough President Raymond. honorary chairman, and De Witt A.

forward. ACHINE The national Democratic machine is as good as advertised, and better. It still needs repairing In some States (Iowa, Colorado, California), but the Federal Government has the money and the political astuteness to do it. In general, the cogs connecting Washington with the various State governors, bosses and dominant political organizations are working smoothly, oiled by public works allotments, Federal patronage, relief organizations. It will be very hard to beat.

POPULARITY Yarns you hear about the decline of Roosevelt popularity are true in a general way, but do not tell the whole story. Everyone knows of the antagonism among city business people, manufacturers, professional people, groups heavily burdened and fearful of taxation, the Townsendites, etc. Beyond this, there seems to have been a change of sentiment among white collar classes. Not that they are against Roosevelt now. They seem to be merely less enthusiastic about him.

They no longer cancel engagements to hear his radio speeches. They no longer applaud everything done in Washington. Their collective state of mind seems to be one of sympathetic searching analysis, without general approbation or disapprobation. INTEREST That is why there Is greater interest in economics and politics than there ever has been. Every, shopkeeper will argue economics with you.

Every clerk has his own political ideas, which are not necessarily those he reads. The people certainly know more about what Is going on in Washington than they ever did, and each has his own View. Consequently, the decline of interest in Mr. Roosevelt's words seems to indicate only a decline of interest In him personally, but not in his New Deal. That is an Important political distinction.

For instance, the newspapers off Mr. Roosevelt's particular path gave little prominence to his speeches on his Western trip, althougb many of those same newspapers are ardent New Deal supporters. They displayed relief and tax news from Washington, the Ethiopian situation and even Interviews with Mickey Cochrane more prominently than the President's speeches. That Is an accurate reflection of the current Interest trend. chairman.

The Brooklyn Institute is in sound From 1833 Yd 1890, When the Apprentices Library Became the Brooklyn Institute Of Arts and Sciences financial condition and the movement to secure SfiOO additional members is designed to give it the additional income necessary to take over complete ownership of the Academy, pods were set up. "Now then, Mrs. Chaplin, this way, please "Just one moment," said Mrs. Chaplin, "who do you think I am?" The boys waved their passenger lists, pointing to the name, and the truth came to Mrs. Rita Chaplin of Fort Hamilton.

"You're looking for the former wife of Charlie Chaplin, the actor, aren't you?" she said. "Well, next time, remember her first name begins with an It's Lita, not Rita." which is an entirely separate and dis tinct corporation. day after day, Winter and Summer. Standing before the open grave of his beloved teacher, Agassiz, Frank ROBERT SNOW, the first president of the Apprentices' Library Association, died In 1833. Interest in the library waned, the building was sold lin W.

Hooper had made a young Gen. John B. Np'. wot inttrumental 'ry Hooper i0 MM 1 the Institute. kPWt 7, it LlT I man's Impassioned vow to devote his life to the building of a great museum.

The Institute, with the power and influence of General Woodward, gave the opportunity to realize this ideal. to the village and the books were boxed and stored. But with the incorporation of Brooklyn as 4 city, in 1835, Augustus Graham The Institute was immediately completely reorganized. The work 1 NEE-ACTION The most intriguing racket we have yet heard of and this is not to be construed as indicating sympathy for rackets is practiced by a man with a deformity of the knee, which, to all outward appearance and even under the scrutiny of careful examination, appears to be fractured. This man snares unwary but ambitious taxi drivers by promising them huge rewards for a little co-operation.

He orders the driver to proceed to a quiet street, where he himself lies down in the gutter, rolls over several times until con Right Interior of the Academy of Mutic, draped was subdivided into departments representing almost every branch rallied his friends of science and arts. The Brooklyn Microscopical SO' and obtained for clety Joined the Institute in a body and became the Department of Mi the library space in the Lyceum croscopy. Building. The American Astronomical So On the failure tc i gorgeoui bunting and filled with article offered for sale during the Sanitary Fair In 1864. of the Brooklyn Lyceum the ciety, most of whose members resided in New York or Brooklyn, became the Department of Astronomy huilritnfr woe nnr.

M. Kkl. The Brooklyn Entomological united with the Institute and -chased bv the Ad. I became the Entomological Department, with 41 members. The Linden Camera Club became prentices' Library Association for $18,000 and a mortga-s of $12,000 held by Graham.

The first lecture in the spacious hall of the new build ing was delivered by Prof. James D. the Department of Photography. Departments of Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology, Zo uana and soon afterward the asso. as a boy, the General had often given out books.

The General found that the property ot the Institute In tlon of drawings, which was begun with the Interest from Graham's $5,000 legacy, formed the nucleus of ology and Archaeology were formed elation changed Its name and was incorporated by act of Legislature 1887 consisted of the Institute build lng and land valued at $80,000, a 11 within the year and began holding monthly meetings. brary of 12,000 volumes, a collection The annual circulation of books in the library increased from 28,000 to of paintings valued at $10,000, and endowment funds of $46,000. These last comprised $27,000 bequeathed by 46.000 volumes. as me arooiciyn institute. For a full generation the Institute was the center of the intellectual and social life of the young and rapidly growing city.

From its platform were heard such eminent scientists as Agassiz, Grey, Henry, Torry. Guyot and The classes in drawing were en vincingly filthy, ties a bandage around his trick knee, then directs the driver to take him to the nearest hospital. On tine way to the hospital he tells the cabbie to look frightened and Inform the hospital authorities that he had Just knocked over the man with his cab And had taken him to a drug store where the bandage had been applied temporarily. At the hospital, the cabbie, a huge reward beckoning brightly, repeats what the man has told him. The receiving physician, usually an interne, examines the knee and finds it apparently broken.

The man asks to go home but agrees to allow a plaster cast to be placed around the knee. The interne's report is made out and the man is dismissed from the hospital on his own request. No sooner does he leave the hospital than he flies a suit for damages against the cab company for whom the cabbie drives. the magnificent collection of art in the Brooklyn Museum. The specimens of natural history have multiplied until they fill to overflowing the many galleries of the museum devoted to science; the collection of American fauna is one of the finest on the continent; and scientific research is pursued daily in the splendid laboratories in the Botanic Garden and at the Biological larged, lecture courses in science Augustus Graham, the William H.

Cary fund of $10,000 for the support Cooke. There Samuel Morse demon of the library and $9,000 realized from premiums on the sale of bonds, bonds. strated his Invention of the tele were revived ana were iuuy attended. Through the co-operation of Eugene G. Blackford, the Biological Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor was organized as a part of the Institute work.

graph. 'Professor Becomeg Director The great divines Dr. McCosh. Laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor, which for years was a division of Richard Salter Storrs and Dr. Bud-dlngton were among the ministers who preached there.

GENERAL WOODWARD'S first step In reviving the Institute the Brooklyn Institute. Fight for Museums The lecture program has expand In the years before the Civil War the in the mechanclal and architectural departments. But the city was growing away rapidly from the Washington St. neighborhood, the building was becoming old-fashioned despite alterations made at a cost of $30,000 by the trustees. Cultural interests throughout the country lagged and the Institute lagged with them.

This was the period of the Whiskey Ring, of the cornering of gold and of the open pillaging of great fortunes. For two decades American intellectual and spiritual values were submerged beneath the waves of unparalleled material expansion. The Institute did little more than keep up its circulating library, classes In drawing, and provide an annual address on the 22d of February. It was suddenly brought to life again by Gen. John B.

Woodward and Prof. Franklin W. Hooper In 1888. Gen. John B.

Woodward was elected president of the dormant Brooklyn Institute in 1887. Its rean-imation the following year was sudden, dramatic and complete. The General had long been familiar with the Institute, for his father, Thomas Woodward, had been a friend of Augustus Graham and had helped in the founding of the old Apprentices' Library where. walls echoed the passionate invective of William Lloyd Garrison, the IN December of this eventful year a committee of members of the ed to include the vast list of subjects in the 118-page Prospectus of the Institute's Department of Education; lectures on arts and sciences, on politics, economics and travel; Institute was appointed by the Council to promote the formation motion pictures, plays, symphony concerts and chamber music the of Museums of Science and Art in Brooklyn. Public meetings were held and under the driving leadership of General Woodward and Professor magnificent oratory of Charles Sumner and the persuasive phrases of Wendell Phillips.

From New York and from all over Long Island came audiences to hear the wit of George William Curtis, the wisdom of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the rounded periods of Edward Everett and the explosive eloquence of Henry Ward Beecher. whole galaxy of cultural activities now conducted by the Institute in the Academy of Music Building on Hooper support was gathered for the wah to persuade Franklin W. Hooper, a middle-aged Harvard graduate and pupil of Louis Agassiz. to resign the post of teacher of biology In Adelphi Academy and become director of the Institute. That there might be no delay the General paid out of his own pocket the new director's salary for the first year.

No choice could have been more fortunate. Franklin W. Hooper was a remarkable man, a natural leader, with a marvelous power for organization and a noble enthusiasm for the cause of education and human advancement. He possessed, too, an unresting, tireless spirit, supported by a stalwart body that enabled him to toil with ceaseless intensity all day and much of the night, project so quickly that on March 11, Lafayette Ave. ECOVEBY Business was 8 to 40 percent better in the 15 or more communities visited and hastily Investigated during this trip.

Only one exceptional city was 40 percent better (San Diego). The average improvement of the western half of the country was found to be about 10 percent over last year. This is a far better condition than the Washington figures show. It is due partly to Government spending, partly to sectional subsidies by the Federal Government (AAA, silver). But even beyond those factors, the natural undercurrent of business Is definitely fixed and strong, much more so than In the East, where the lagging heavy goods manufacturers are centered.

The depression is physically over, but the trouble is it has not been forgotten. Business people are uncertain, inclined to keep in their shells. Some refuse to tell how good their business is. They prefer to talk in doubts. If all were suddenly to start talking business up Instead of down, an entirely different national feeling would be created without any material change In the basic situation.

PROFITS Outward appearance of the country Is excellent. There are few manifestations of depression. Auto traffic is heavy on most highways. Tourists are traveling and spending money. Trains are not generally crowded, but well filled.

Few vacant houses or stores are seen in most cities. Businessmen are advertising energetically and competing sharply for business. Where the existing condition apparently differs most from normal Is that, while nearly every one (the upper three-fourths of the country) is making a little money, profits are not what they were in 1923-25. Furthermore, the high-pressure groups, the promoters who made money out of financing new enterprises, are not now making anything at all. Their wall Is loudest.

ELDERS Similarly there is no prospect of a third party representing the large surge groups, Wealth Sharers, Coughlinites, Townsendites and EPICS. Mr. Roosevelt appears to have cut ground from under all these, except possibly the Townsendites. The old-age crowd will probably exert strong Influence on both major parties during preparations for the election next year. They are sufficiently powerful to warrant respect from any candidate for public office.

But they do not seem to be led by any one wise enough to whip them into a separate political entity (comparable to Buey Long, for Instance). Smart Republicans are making a bid for their support in California. 1889, the State Legislature passeo a 1,850 Members in 1868 bill setting aside a site in Prospect Park for the proposed Museums. Graham, the Benefactor Progress the following season was even more rapid. Eight new departments were formed, namely: Archi ON the Fourth of July, 1848, the mrtrtoaoa rf 10 nnft rn Tti.

GRAHAM died at the height of the Institute's Washington St. period. By 1868 there were 1,850 members, 12,000 books in the library, 40 pupils in art and as many tecture, Electricity, Geography. Political Science and Psychology. 11 ICJtO-PHOBIA De Wolf Hopper, the famous actor who died recently, became a radio star only against his better Judgment, we learn from Charles D.

Isaacson, who is associated with The Eagle's radio Back in 19B0 Isaacson secured a promise from Hopper to appear on a program to be broadcast from WJZ, then in Newark. All the way out the actor protested, "actually trembling and pleading to be released," says Isaacson. He continues: "The microphone of those days was big as a pumpkin. It nearly scared Hopper to death. Finally when the deadline arrived the actor turned and asked weakly, "Can I move my hands?" "This gave tlie announcer a cue.

'Surely, De Wolf, move your hands, smile, be free, think of yourself right on the stage 'Oh, The actor beamed. Then, I'm all "And he was. He changed of an instant, and out rolled the classic of the Mudtown batsman, 'Casey at the Bat' "When it was over he was so overjoyed he threw his arms around the microphone and hugged The membership was increased from 350 to 1,250 and the number stitute building was wiped out by Augustus Graham, who established at the same time a fund for an annual address on Washington's Birthday on the life and character of some great benefactor of of 1 ctures and meetings was more than doubled. The quality of the lectures and addresses Improved; among the speakers were such noted men as Dr. Five years later he died, leaving S.

Ely Jelliffe, Commander Robert UiW I BLOnG -biAe. BPGDKLYn insTiTure the Institute a permanent endowment of $27,000. The interest of $10,000 of this sum was to be used for free lectures and for the pur E. Peary. Prof.

Charles A. Young of Princeton, Garrett P. Serviss, Dr. Charles H. HaU, Prof.

Rossiter W. Raymond, and Prof. Alexander Wlnchell. Plans for the Museum were so far advanced that it was necessary to obtain a new charter for the Insti tute, authorizing its operation of the proposed Museum buildings. A bill to incorporate the new in stitution was passed by the Legisla chase of specimens of natural history; the interest of $12,000 was to support Sunday evening lectures on "The Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God as Manifested in His Works," and the balance of $5,000 was for a school of drawing and gallery of fine arts.

The Institute's founder and first benefactor was buried in Green-Wood and a picture of the Brooklyn Institute was graven on his tombstone. But a greater monument to the memory of Augustus Oraham than the Institute building on Washington of which he was so proud, was destined to grow from the seed he planted in his will. The collec- ture on April 14 and signed by Gov By Miss ANNIE C. ADAIR 11 S. Portland Ave.

nyHAT I wish is that more Brooklynites knew about the Institute and its wonderful programs. There are actually people living in Brooklyn who don't know there Is such a fine thing as the Institute, where one can pick from the cream of the world in music, art, literature, science and dozens of other subjects. "I have been a member for 25 years and I find something of interest there most every day. I like the political lectures particularly, but there are talks to appeal to the tastes of all types of people. I lik? the Olin Downes music hours.

In fact, the only thing I don't like are the movies, but that is because I don't find anything educational in films. "The location of the Academy, where lectures and music events are now given, is central to all parts of Brooklyn. I do hope that nothing happens where they would have to hold the Institute programs some other place. The Academy is the local settuig." ernor Hill on April 23, 1890. thereby creating the present corporation of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

it, insisting a picture be taken in that pose. Ail the way back to Manhattan, Hopper was like a small boy. He couldn't get over his triumph. He had conquered fear of the air, and thereafter en-Joyed radio and was a pioneer in amusement broadcasts." morrow: The Institute of tht '90s. i.