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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORK. SUNDAY. NOVEMBER 27. 1910.

800,000 WORKING WOMEN PLAN TO FORM A UNION Trades in New York City May Be Affected by Scheme. AGITATION HAS BORNE FRUIT. Protest Against Bad Conditions Leads to Organization of Laboring Girls. Officers Are Chosen. If you are a working woman, or if you are a woman at all, you are interested in the unionizing of working women.

You can't help being; and if you are a man, you also are interested, for the working girls of to-day are the wives and mothers of to-morrow. Whatever concerns working girl concerns the family, home, the chilthe dren that are to be, the city, the state, the nation. In New York the Woman's Trade Union League of 43 East Twenty-second street is planning the organization of the 000 working women in the city. Are you a white goods worker, stenographer, milliner, finisher, garment worker, neckwear maker, corset maker, human hair worker, bookbinder, cigarmaker, hat trimmer, dressmaker, paper box maker, laundry worker, clerk, musician, telephone operator? If so, you are directly interested in the efforts of the York organization to unionize the girls and women that work. There is to be a big central committee of the league and district leaders throughout the city to work in every assembly district--there is to be, but there isn't as idea yet.

has But been the well plan is planted under and way; the union movement will go ahead. Woman's Trade Union League Has Its Officers Chosen. The officers of the Woman's Trade League are Mary E. Dreier, president; Leonora O'Reilly, vice president; Rose Schneiderman, vice president; CarWoerishoffer, treasurer; James P. Boyle, auditor, and Helen Marot, secretary: Mary Corsalen of the gold-leaf layeis union: Elizabeth Dutcher, the Brooklyn society girl; Maybell Garside of the textile workers union; Annie E.

McNally, bookbinders union; Susie Morgan, gold leaf layers union; Mamie Murphy, bookbinders union; Violet Pike, the Vassar girl; Rose Sashon, capmakers union; Melinda Scott, hat trimmers union; Hilda Svenson, commercial telegraphers union, and Fannie Zincher, ladies waist-makers union. are the executive board. Rich women and women of medium circumstances, wealthy girls and working girls, all find a common interest in this cause that has attracted the independent, earnest, far devotion of the young women of the city. Talk to any one of the women about the cause. Take them aside-they become instantly earnest and alive with the big subject; eloquent of the abuses to be corrected, prudent but determined on the corrections advanced.

When they speak in public, their faces take on an earnestness which there is no mistaking. They are heart, body and soul in the work. They know what the lack of organization means, and they know the rectifying power of organization. Hear one of them speak: Women Have to Work Twelve Hours in Factories. "Do you know that women work ten, twelve and thirteen hours in the New England cotton mills; that they work under vile and unhealthy conditions: that in Rhode Island they are now advancing legislation to prohibit girls from working at night because the unspeakably bad conditions in the mills; do you know that child labor and woman labor go hand in hand, and that both destroy the man labor market and make the poverty which, in an endless chain, draws more women and more children into the pit? Is your life worth anything to More still, is the life of womankind worth anything to you? Then will you defend yourself by organization and make possible through yourselves conditions in which others can benefit you and you can benefit yourself?" Suppose you are on the outskirts of a eyed, earnest, impassioned, speaking alcrowd as you hear speaker -darkmost fiercely in her savage denunciation and in her appeal to primal forces of self-preservation.

You take from pocket, perhaps casually, any confidential quotation book and turn to the mills she mentions. You on will find that they pay big dividends, and that, without exception, their stock is at a premium. Shares of stock, par at $100, sell at $400. There's a big coinage of human lives, the working girls will tell you, in the New England cotton mills. Twenty or twenty-Ave years ago Emma Goldman, then a young girl, led the garment workers of the East Side in the first organized strike of women workers in the history of New York.

For a speech in which she advised the strikers to take bread if they were starving and couldn't get it otherwise, than was tried, convicted of inciting to riot, sent to prison for a year. Emma Goldman has become a commurist- anarchist and is, so to speak, beyond the pale, but the spirit that she instilled into that first strike has been shown in every East Side strike since. It was shown but recently in shirtwaist strike. fostered and encouraged by the very Woman's Trade Union League of which speaking. Spirit of Emma Goldman's Early Crusades Still Lives.

When thig strike was on, the headquarters of the league in West Twenty-second street became the rendezvous of the striking girls, and their leaders. There re the conferences were held, there measures were decided on and there the successful resistance was planned and shaped into action. The partial success of the girls in the shirt-waist trade was the of the league. "The story of the strike of the waistmakers and the great personal sacrifices which were made will never be fully told." states the year book of the Woman's Trade Union League in an article entitled "The League and the Strike of the Thirty Thousand." It is untrue to state that the league financed and led the strike. The strike was financed and led by the union, Perhaps it is more nearly correct to say that it was Ananced by a the union and led up to a certain point-the point of compromise.

When that point was reached, the strikers themselves turned leaders, continuing the strike to one of the most remarkable victories in the history of trade And here is the last statement from the League concerning the general progress of the trade-union movement among the women of this city: League Issues Statement 011 the Trade Union Movement. "The last annual report predicted new life among women's trade unions in New York City. The prediction has come true. The first five years of work of the New York League was given over to persistent endeavor to break down the barrier which kept the working women from extending their sense of personal obligation to industrial responsibility. For five years the League hacked continuously at a hard crust of indifference, encouraged here and there by the heroic efforts of individual trade union women and a few splendid examples of successful organization among them.

It has now, on the contrary, become almost 3 weekly event to hear from a new group of women representing a new trade. Among the trades most recently heard from, and to which the League has not. had Portunity to respond, are the Shoe Fitters, the Straw Hat Makers, the Petticoat Makers. Be- sides these new groups, the activity and Interest and increased membership are most remarkable evidences of 1101 lite In unions in the following tradoo: Dreesmaking, waists, hair goods, white goods, children's jackets, cloaks, men's hats, silk ribbons and bookbinding. "No one who has been intimately associated with the League can question the large part it has played in having brought about this awakening; but it can never be repeated often the credit for the new strength belongs to the women themselves.

This seems like a truism to a trade unionist who realizes that the foundation of the union depends upon A live membership. But In the early days many unionists feared that the League might not recognize this, and that it would undertake to control or dominate the women's unions. Now the weakest as well as the strongest unions have found that the League is in the field, not to dominate or control, but to work with them hand in hand. Such strong unions the Bookbinders, the Hat Trimmers and Cap Makers have more to give than to take the League. Through the medium from.

League their training and experience may be used for the benefit of workers in New York. In this way they may become the League's strongest asset." WEDDINGS HOOLEY-BURGER. The Church of Our Lady of Good CounBel, on Putnam avenue, was the scene 2 very pretty Thanksgiving morning wedding. Its bride was Miss Agnes Burger, daughter of ex-Coroner Anthony J. Burger of Decatur street, and bridegroom John W.

Hooley Boston. The Rev. Anthony Kaul of Lancaster, performed the ceremony. Father Kaul the bride's uncle and married her parents twenty-seven years ago. He was assisted by the Rev.

F. Rickard of the Church Our Lady of Good Counsel. The church was handsomely decorated and the music was direction Miss Elizabeth Fraley of Father Kaul's church in Lancaster, assisted by an orchestra. The matron of honor of the occasion was Mrs. Marie Keffer of Reading, and the bridesmaids Miss Mary, Larkin Brooklyn and Miss Caroline Latzke Paris, France.

The best man was Michael A. Hooley of Boston, a brother of the bridegroom, and ushers Anthony Burger, of Brooklyn; Harry Ford Manhattan, Thonas H. Gill of Boston. Little Helen McDermott of Brooklyn acted as flower girl. After the ceremony a reception was held at the home of the bride, where Thanksgiving dinner was served to the immediate friends of both families, numbering fifty.

Among the out-of-town visitors were Mr. and Mrs. T. Hooley, father and mother of the bridegroom, and the Misses Mary and Margaret Hooley, his sisters; Thomas H. Gill of Boston and Miss Mary Kaul of Lancaster, Pa.

The bride wore a gown of white satin trimmed with duchess lace and white fur. Her veil was fastened with a wide bandeau of pearls and orange blossoms. She carried a bouquet of bridal roses and lilies of the valley. The matron of honor was in white duchess satin, heavily embroidered, and she carried a very large bouquet of white chrysanthemums. The bridesmaids had gowns of white satin over which were robes of pale pink embroidered chiffon.

They carried -shower bouquets to match their gowns. MAC DERMOTT-ABBERLEY. A pretty home wedding was held at the residence, of Mr. Putnam and avenue, Mrs. on John J.

Wednes- Abday evening, when their daughter, Fannie Adele, was married to Edward MacDermott of 263 Patchen avenue. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr. John F. Carson, pastor the Central Presbyterian Church.

mine parlors were decorated with yellow chrysanthemums, palms and autumn leaves, and the dining room with pink Killarney roses and ferns. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a gown of white princess satin, trimmed with point lace and pearls, and a tulle veil, fastened 1 with orange blossoms. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. Her mail of honor was Miss Ethel Louise Kent, who wore gown of pale yellow messaline de' sole, and carried yellow chrysanthemums and autumn leaves. Lester S.

Abberley, a brother of the bride, was best man, and the ushers were David Clayton Johnson and Charles Cudlipp. Music was furnished by a string orchestra. A wedding supper was served, after which the bride and bridegroom departed for a wedding trip through the South. On their return they will reside at 1524 Union street. TOWNSEND-KARRMAN.

home wedding was held on Thanksgiving Eve, at the home of Mrs. D. 465 Sterling place, where George K. Townsend and Miss Alma Karrman were united in marriage. Palms and white chrysanthemums were the decorations and green and white the color scheme, which was carried out in the dresses of the bridesmaids and the arrangement of the supper table.

William Artus gave the bride away. Miss Elsie Karrman was bridesmaid and E. Bickel best man. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Paul Lindemann, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church.

During the evening the company was entertained by piano solos, songs, recitations and impersonations by various friends. After the wedding supper, H. proposed a toast to the success and happiness of the pair. The couple left for a wedding tour. Among those present were Mrs.

G. Karrman, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kempton, Mr.

and Mrs. William Artus, Mrs. Stafford, the Misses Linette, Mary and Irene Karrman, Harry Karrman, the Misses Virginia and Flora Kempton, Walter Stafford, Theodore Stafford, Misses Jennie and Elizabeth Stafford, Mrs. L. Langbein, Mr.

and Mrs. William Langbein, Edward and Emil Langbein, Mr. and Mrs. Gonzalas, Mr. and Mrs.

Berner, Frank Jones, Elsie and Nellie Jones, Mrs. M. Steisil, Mrs. L. Weldon, George Wilson, Miss Helen Harris, Miss Julia Biggar, Miss S.

A. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. F. Weber, Miss Frieda Weber and H.

Artus. RIEDMANN-KAEFTEIN. Miss Theresia. Kaeftein became the bride of William J. Riedmann, at St.

Aloysius Church, Onderdonk avenue and Stockholm street, on Tuesday evening. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Hauptmann and was witnessed by a number of relatives and friends of the couple. His uncle, Joseph Riedmann, and Edward Greulich attended the bridegroom The bridesmalds were the Misses Marie Seltz and Julia Schneider, with Miss Oliva Eisenhauer flower girl. Jacob Lutz and George Sussmann were the ushers.

After the ceremony a reception was held at Jefferson Hall, Woodward and Gator avenues. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riedmann, Mr. and Mre, Anton Riedmann, Mr.

and Mrs. George Steinhauser, Mr. and Mrs. C. Larsen.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Schneider, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Grevlich, Mr.

and Mra. Dunzinger. Mr. and Mrs. Lorenz Elsenhauer, Mr.

and Mrs. Joseph Stock, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jr. Mr.

and Mrs. F. Marquardt, Mr. and Mrs. H.

Baidweg, Mr. and Mrs. A. Greiner, Mr. and Mra.

Theodore Martinus, Mr. and Mrs. A. Neubeck, Mr. and Mra.

A. Neubeck, Mr. and Mre. G. Hoff, Mr.

and Mra. L. Spitzer, Mr. and Mrs. F.

Bauer, Mr. and Mrs. A. Hettrich, Mr. and Mra.

J. Moosbrucker, and the Messrs. Bock, Mers and Sander. Phil Igel, A. Wurmstick, Herbert Sorten, Mrs.

Caroline Igel, Miss Frieda Wohlhuter, Miss Itos2 Vianti, Mrs. George Passel and Mr. Worthington, CANE--GOULD. On Thanksgiving Eve a pretty wedding coremony was performed by the Rev. Mr.

Halley, in Hackensack. N. J. The bride was Miss Winnifrid Gould, formerly of Brooklyn, and the bridegroom Arthur T. Cane of this borough.

Both young people are very popular in Flatbush and Hackensack circles. The bride wore a cream satin and pearl gown, with veil and orange blossoms. The matron of honor, Mrs. H. Thoma, was attired in white lace decolette gown.

The bridesmaid8-Miss Anna Gould of Hackensack, and Miss Gertrude Jennings of Brooklyn, both wore blue silk gowns. The best man was W. A. Titterton of Brooklyn. After the ceremony the couple departed on the an South.

extended On their automobile return tour they through reside in Manhattan. LODGE FACES HARD FIGHT FOR POSSESSION OF TOGA Governor-Elect Foss Emphatic in Hostility to "Paragon" of Senate. INSURGENTS ARE IN CONTROL. State Legislature, Though Republican, May Cast Vote Against Party's Rock-Ribbed Stand-Patter. Henry Cabot Lodge, the senior Senator from the state of Massachusetts, with all that the title implies, is the hardest fight of his career re-election.

le facing, Cold and haughty and aristocratic as he is, it will probably grieve him considerably to have to enter into a rough-andtumble political contest to hoid his seat in the Senate, but. from present indications, he will have to take off his kid gloves and get down to work, for he has an antagonist who believes in that sort of a campaign. His antagonist is not an Henry Cabot Lodge, Whose Political Career Is Threatened by Eugene N. Foes. opposition candidate for the United States Senate, nor a disappointed offce-seeker.

"The enemy" is no less a person than the Governor-elect of Massachusetts, Eugene Noble Foss, Democrat. Foss has come out with two defances of Lodge and the Lodge caste, telling the people of the state that now is the time for them to rid themselces of a pluto-crat of privilege, and a framer of the iniquitous tariff. Foss was elected, he declares, as a result of his opposition to Lodge, the tariff and all that Lodge represents. The, Legislature is Republican by a small majority, but it is insurgent, and Lodge is far from being insurgent at present. Foss calls upon the independent Republicans in the Massachusetts Legislature to choose some other man to succeed Lodge, and he promises his aid and the aid of enough Democrats to defeat the present Senator.

Lodge's Careful Creation May Prove His Lodge is in 2 very peculiar position. The one thing for which he labored and maneuvered in the Senate, and assisted in creating, has now evolved into a sort of Frankenstein monster, which threatens to end his political career. Lodge was the cool and clever fencer in behalf of the high protective schedules In the tariff, and he managed, with the help of Aldrich, another of the old-line of New Englanders, to secure the adoption of the woolen, cotton and leather schedules, among others, which have raised such a storm of criticism. He did this to help the manufacturers of his own state, who have benefited so greatly by all the highly protective features of the tariff. By so doing, he evidently thought he was making his seat in the Senate more secure, and he made the effort of his life to accomplish his purpose.

But Foss is one of these protected manufacturers of Massachusetts. And Foss made his campaign on the evils of the high schedules in the tariff. He strode from one end of the state to the other, holding up Lodge to ridcule and scorn as an enemy of the people. and saying that, while he himself benefited from the tariff schedules, he did not want these unjust privileges at the expense of the people, and that it was not honest to receive them. As a result.

Foss was elected, and the tariff schedules were repudiated by what Lodge thought were its chief beneficiaries. Now Foss claims that the job should be completed, and that the Legislature should carry out the plain will of the people by refusing to senl Lodge, tariff-maker, as the representative of the state of Massachusetts, to Washington. Frigid Senior Senator Hides Behind Mask of Dignified Silence. Lodge maintains a dignified silence. That is his chief asset, in his own mind, dignity.

The idea that he, who has served in Congress for so many years, should be retired to "blatherskite," private life at he the is dictation of A as said to have called Foss, pains him bewords. do He served four terms as a Representative in Congress, from his home district of Nahant, and has served since 1893 in the Senate. During his term as Senator he has the close associate of at least one President. Roosevelt called him and used him as his mouthpiece in the Senate. When "Cabot" arose during ing in Roosevelt's his incisive way, metiincumbency and began speaksharp, culous exactitude, as to his phraseology and pronunciation, his fellow Senators knew that they were listening to the views of the President.

He called Roosevelt "Theodore," and the man of restless energy and sla methods and the Senator of ice and dainty aloofness, made a curious combination. Personally, owing to his feline disposition, his insistence on correcting Senators who were not scrupulously exact in their English and their minor facts, and his air of supreme condescension, he is very unpopular at Washington. His hair is rather wavy and he wears it back from his forehead, with every hair in place, exquisitely groomed, H's mouth and jaw he conceals with a skimpy beard, which is also trimmed with the most minute particularity. His clothes are always faultless in cut and accurately pressed, but his figure Is slight and small, 80 that he does not stand out from his fellows for bulk, but only for extreme neatness. "Literature" Is the Occupation of This Senatorial Paragon.

Should Lodge be defeated he will probably go back to writing books. He gives "literature' as his occupation, in the Congressional directory, and his specialty is historv and historical essays. But there is a strong chance that he will not be defeated, because the rich manufacturing interests of New England, which he has protected to the utmost of his ability, will come to his rescue. Winthrop Murray Crane, junior Senator from Massachusetts, and as suave and slick a manufacturer -politician as ever lived, has joined forces with Lodge and will aid him in every possible way. Crane has come to be the dominating force in Republican politics in the Bay State, and his efforts are being directed toward the elimination of Republican aspirants for the position who might seriously endanger Lodge's chances.

Crane is a master hand at getting rid of opposition, and he may be able to fix things in such a manner that Lodge 1 will be the only candidate of his party. It is expected that if this happens, even the independent Republicans will be unable to vote for anyone Lodge will be sent back to Washington, BOOKS AS CHRISTMAS GIFTS. They Are Most Valuable if Selection Is Good -Pratt Institute Will Give Advice. The Pratt Institute Free Library endeavors each year to fulfill a special obligation in behalf of Christmas shoppers. Its aim is to relieve booklovers and givers of books at Christmas of some of the burden of uncertainty, bewilderment and weariness incident to Christmas shopping, and at the same time to promote the interests of the best literature for the people.

To this end there has been instituted at the library the annual exhibit of books suitable for Christmas gifts. The 1910 exhibit is now on view. It consists of two parts. In the children's room, opposite entrance, is attractively displayed the books for boys and girls that the careful test of the library's work with children has found to be choicest in children's literature. There are pictures and picture books a for the littlest, books of fairy tales and true stories for those who have learned to read, and entertaining history, travel and science for bigger boys and girls.

A list of books for Christmas for the children has been printed for distribution. A separate exhibit of books for older people is shown in the general reference room on the second floor. Here is a selection composed largely of the best books of the year of all publishers, supplemented by holiday catalogues of great variety. The books are all new copies, generously loaned by the publishers for this exhibit. They are not for sale at the library but all books are priced and booksellers' addresses are given to intending purchasers.

All the people of Brooklyn are invited. The exhibit will continue until New Year's Day, daily, from 9 A.M. to 9:30 P.M., except Sundays. The library 18 on Ryerson street. midway between DeKalb and Willoughby avenues.

STUDENTS MUST EXERCISE. New Orleans, November 26--On the ground, it is said, that students of the university have not heeded his appeals to participate in college athletics as they should, President Craighead has announced that hereafter Tulane will have a taste of compulsory athletics. Every freshman and sophomore at the university will be compelled to take a certain amount of exercise prescribed by the faculty. Outdoor work will constitute the greater part of the physical requirements. EUGENE N.

FOSS. Energetic Massachusetts Demoorat, Who Is Looking for Lodge's Seat in the Senate," EXILED FROM FRANCE, NUNS FIND HAVEN HERE Driven From Home, Charitable Organization Carries on Relief Work in Brooklyn. PATHETIC STORY OF TRIALS. After Working Years to Build Up Institution, Sisters Are Disbanded by Governmental Order. Exiled from France, a trio of Roman Catholic nuns forms the nucleus of the order of French Nursing Sisters, located in the Convent of the Infant Jesus at 439 Henry street.

The three nuns who came 1.0 America five years ago, seeking a land where they would be free from religious persecution, are still toiling in this city. They are Mother Marie Antoinette, and Sisters Marie Stanislas and Marie Emma. They have established themselves into a charitable institution of nurses who lend medical aid to the sick poor. For their efforts they are not permitted to take any money or other remuneration. The order is under the guidance of the Rt.

Rev. Dr. William 7. White, pastor of Visitation Church. The story of their troubles and flight from France is told by the Mother of the local convent, who is the head of the order.

Their home was in Le Mars, France, about three hours journey from Paris. After many years of the hardest kind of labor, a beautiful of buildings was completed. Work was going along nicely, set, when everything was halted by decrees of the government directed against the Catholics of France. The institution which the nuns had organized was the biggest in that country. The religious community included a church, a chapel, a convent and hospital in the center of which lay a beautiful garden.

The buildings occupied a full square block. The hospital was its feature. It had become famous throughout the neighboring country for its work in relieving distress. Poor rich were cared for alike. The latter paid for their treatment, while the former were never asked for money.

The offerings of the wealthy supported the institution. The work of the institution was spreading. It was seen that a new wing would soon be required. Mother Marie Antoinette had felt the hand of the French government long before it fell, and she said that she did not think that a new debt should be contracted unless assurance was had, that they would not be molested. It was decided, nevertheless, that the new work should be undertaken.

Scarcely a week later the impending doom fell. The sisters were served with notice that unless they were willing to renounce their vows. and wear secular dress in the streets, they would have to leave the city. If they answered the question in the negative, they would have to leave the place within fourteen days. Nuns Decide to Leave France.

The decision was unanimous that the nuns should take the alternative of leaving France, for they they would never renounce their vows. Most of them left the French domains immediately. Others went to the outskirts of Paris where they could continue in hid: ing. The three, who finally located here determined to cast their lot together. They spent some time in the suburbs of Le Mars.

Mother Marie Antoinette journeyed to Germany, England and Belgium, but found that there were too many sisters in those countries already. The sisters remained in the outskirts of Le Mars, still wearing their habits, for about six months. They saw the fine buildings which had cost over five hundred thousand francs, sold. for one-fifth of that amount. The went at public auction under of the Properties government.

In telling her story of the exile Mother Marie Antoinette said: "All the sacred relics of the church, including a set of the Stations, which were my personal property, the gift of a friend, worth in the neighborhood of one thousand francs, and which I cherished more than my life, went with the sale. They were bought by those who are not only ignorant of their value, but desecrated them. Nothing could be done, however. We just had to stand by and let the vandalism proceed. "Since landing here I have written several times to the Bishop De Bonfils of Le Mars asking him to plead with the buyers for the set of the Stations.

offered to pay whatever was asked. In his reply the bishop told me that I might as well abandon hope, for it was impossible to regain the relics. "After the sale of our beloved buildings we three nuns could stand the strain no longer. We determined to go far away. One day I met Father Aubien, a priest from Texas, who was visiting Le Mars.

He advised me to take the sisters to America and establish a convent in the West, where sisters were in demand. A short time after that I heard that Father McHale, the president of St. John's College of this city, was in Paris. I went there to see him, but when I arrived he had gone. He left word, however, for me to take the two sisters to Brooklyn where we would be taken care of.

"Time was rapidly passing and our position was growing more dangerous "every day. We knew that America was 8 free country and now that we had a definite destination we resolved to go there. "Upon landing in New York we went direct to Bishop McDonnell's residence on Greene avenue. He found a home for us with the Little Sisters of the Poor on Bushwick and DeKalb avenues. Here, we tolled with the other nuns for six months.

During this time we gathered a few hints as to the English language and American customs. On March 22. 1906, just one year and eleven months after the day that brought the notice of exile, we went into a home of our own at 226 Clinton street. The furniture and household effects of the new abode consisted of one chair. Good Samaritans Come to Sisters' Aid good Samaritan, Miss Elizabeth Shea, who had the house next door, happened in to see her new neighbors.

She found that we had neither beds, nor food. Straight away she procured us both. Gifts from other convents, and generous Catholics of the city came in until two weeks our house was fairly well first case came after we had been located at the Clinton street house a week. It was in Hudson avenue. We could not express ourselves in English, nor did We know anything about the streets.

However, I undertook the task, found the place without much trouble and rendered help without any great ditfaulty, although sign language was my only means of communication." Case after case came in and the sisters were 8000 working regularly. Some of their experiences were very trying. One sister in returning from a call on Union street took a car going In the wrong direction and landed at Coney Island, then in full blast, for it was summer. On the way down the conductor approached her for the second fare, but finding that she was unable to speak English and was without money, he paid the fare himself. When the car reached the Island the nun realized that something was wrong and would not move from the car.

By some means she explained to the conluctor where she wanted to go, and he took her back home. Other sisters had similar expertences in Anding their way. After the order was permanently established at the Clinton street home, the, mother, asked the Bishop if she. could not send to France for more nuns. He granted the request, and four more came here.

One returned on account of poor health, but since then three more have been added to the corps. With the new sisters came more work, and a new home was necessary. The house at 439 Henry street, a substantial brick building, was purchased, and the nuns are still gathering funds to pay off the debt. The order has been reinforced by fifteen American women. The scope of work had likewise been enlarged.

It is planned now to purchase the adjoining house, 441 Henry street, for the original home is now inadequate. At is expected that they will be nabled to enter the new house before Christmas. As to the work which the sisters do, Mother Marie Antoinette said that often they receive a call to do housework when there is no one sick. These calls, the mother, are made under a mistaken impression, for while they are experienced nurses, the nuns do not do housework. As for other calls, it matters not whether the sick person is a Catholic or Protestant, the sisters go just the same.

The first duty of a sister on a case is to find out if the family can afford to pay a nurse. If they can, she leaves the place and sends a trained nurse to take her place. Should they have no money, she starts to work. Sisters Aid in Care of Sick. If there is no one who is able to do the housework, she does it, and at the same time waits on the patient.

Should there be a girl who is capable of taking care of the house, the sister shows this girl how the place should be kept, while she devotes her entire attention to the patient. When the family is without I necessaries the nun begs among the neighbors or the grocer, butcher and baker. Clothing, too, is given the poor people. If something wanted that cannot be got from friends, the nun returns to the convent, where the required things are made. The sister never stays over night in a home, except in cases of life and death.

She usually leaves in the evening as soon as a member of the family comes in capable of caring for the patient, and comes in the morning in time to assist in getting the children out to school. This order of sisters receives no help from the state. They are maintained by donations and the proceeds of social functions given by the Ladies Auxiliary St. Vincent de Paul's Society for the nursing sisters. The annual fair given by this body and which was held last week, is its biggest help.

Records are kept not only of the cases, but of every act done or gift received by sisters. Bishop McDonnell said of them: "The Nursing Sisters carry on one of the greatest charitable works of this city. They invade the homes of the lowliest and there render aid. If more people understood the good done by these sisters, am sure that more would be interested in the work and lend them a helping hand. The fact is that few people really know what a great the nuns carry on and that the are without any definite means of obtaining funds." The sisters said that some time ago.

the demand for help-that is, food and clothing--was in excess of the supply. notice of this, given to The Eagle, brought wonderful results. CROOKE-HOPE. or the late fall weddings, one of the most prettily appointed took place Wednesday afternoon, at the Sumner Avenue Methodist Church, the Rev. Don Colt, pastor of the church, officiating.

The bride, Florence Adele Hope, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Hope, and granddaughter of the late Thomas Wildes, was married to Charles Beresford Crooke of London, England. She entered escorted by her brother, William W. Hope, who gave her away. The bride's gown white chiffon and crepe de chine was trimmed with old rose-point lace and she wore a tulle veil, held in place by orange blossoms.

The bridal bouquet was a shower of lilies of the valley and bride roses. Her sister, Mrs. Carl P. Schlicke, was matron of honor. The bridegroom was attended by Carl P.

Schlicke, as best man. The ushers were Austin Anderson, Joseph Cody, Harold St. Clair, and Edward DaVIes. Oscar Holly Hewlett, was master of ceremonies. The chancel of the church was beautifully decorated with palms and chrysanthemums, while in the ceater was an arch of similar flowers, beneath which the ceremony was performed.

On account of illness in the family the reception was The bride and bridegroom left for a short tour through the South, and upon their return will make their home in Brooklyn. BACON-PUTNAM. One of the notable weddings of the week took place Monday at the Chateau Du Pare, where Miss Hazel Putnam, daughter of Mrs. Aaron H. Putnam of 43) Sixteenth street, was married to Charles J.

Bacon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bacon of 417 Fourth street. The ceremony was performed by the Rev.

Dr. William Re. Wallace, pastor of the Baptist Temple. The bride wore a gown of ivory satin trimmed with pearls, and a veil of tulle fastened with a spray of orange blossoms, and carried a shower bouquet of lilies-of-the-valley and white roses. Miss Lucy M.

Bacon, a sister of the groom, attended the bride as maid of honor, while Miss Florence Bacon was flower girl. The maid of honor wore a gown of pale blue satin draped with pink marquisette, and carried an arm bouquet of pink roses. The little flower girl was prettily dressed in white and pink and carried a basket of pink roses. The best man was Joseph W. Valentine.

Fred Bacon and Wesley S. Bacon, both brothers of the groom, acted as ushers: The decorations consisted of pink roses and ferns. There was a reception and collation immediately after the ceremony. Many relatives and friends of both bride and groom were present. Mr.

Bacon is a well-known athlete, and was one of the winners in the Olympic games in London, 1908. He is a member of the Twenty-third Regiment and the New York Athletic Club. Mr. and Mrs. Bacon have gone South on an extended wedding tour, and will reside on the Park Slope on their return.

NELSON-PEARSON. In the presence of a number of relatives and friends, Miss Eleanor S. Pearson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.

Pearson of 427 Thirty-seventh street, became the wife of Arthur O. Nelson on Wednesday evening at the bride's home, with the Rev. Dr. Gray of the Shaw Avenue M. E.

Church officiating. The bride's father gave her away. Many handsome presents were received, and after the ceremony a reception was held and a pleasant evening was spent, with singing and dancing. The couple will go to Niagara Falls and Canada on the bridal tour. Tre bride wore a gown of white lansdown, trimmed with rich, lace and pearls, and wore a veil of white tulle and also carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley.

The bridesmaid, who was Miss Ruth wore. pink megsaline under white chiffon and carried a bouquet of pink roses. The two flower girls were Misses Ethel Nelson and Helen Adams, carried baskets of flowers and were dressed in white. The house was handsomely decorated with palms and smilax, the color scheme being pink and white. BRADLEY-RINTELU.

On Wednesday, at the Church of the Nativity, Miss Clara Rintelu, youngest daughter of Mrs. Mary Rintelu of 175 Putnam avenue, was married to Joseph P. Bradley. Miss Rintelu wore a robe of real lace and a large black velvet hat covered with white ribbon. Her only attendant was Miss May Lynch, who was gowned in layender satin crepe and cartied a bouquet of lavender orchids.

Mr. Bradley's best man was Jacques Lenard. The couple left on an extended trip to Florida and on their return will reside at 175 Putnam avenue. Mr. Bradley is a well known member of the Cathedral Club.

HALSTED-KIRKLAND. Miss Christine Kirkland, daughter of the late Alexander Kirkland, was married on Wednesday evening last to Frank Ryder Halsted at the residence of the bride, 248 Washington avenue, by the Rev. J. F. Carson, D.

D. The bride was given away. by her brother, Arthur Lesley Kirkland, The wedding was a very pretty, though quiet affair, as only near reiatives were present. Miss Elizabeth Halsted, a little niece of the groom, acted as flower girl. Mr.

and Mra. Halsted will reside at 353 Jefferson avenue. REMARKABLE CONGESTION OF GREAT PUBLIC WORK Paving Ocean and Parkside Avenues Being Done as Big Water Main Is Laid in Flatbush. TRAFFIC CUTOFFAT PARK GATE Three Municipal Departments Carrying On Operations at Same Place at Same Time. The lack of co-operation between ditferent municipal departments has never been more strikingly illustrated than in the present congested condition of public works at one of the most important traffic centers of this borough.

This is at the southeastern or main Flatbush entrance of Prospect Park. Three sorts of public improvements are in progress at the same time at that point, with a consequent disarrangement and disturbance of ordinary traffic that amounts to practically its entire stoppage save for street cars, which continue to be operated. But all vehicular travel into or out of Prospect Park at that point, and on either Ocean or Parkside avenues, is effectually stopped, and even pedestrians are seriously inconvenienced. For several weeks the work of laying the great four-foot water main from the Ridgewood reservoir to the New Utrecht region has been in progress in Flatbush, coming from the eastward through Clarkson street to Flatbush avenue and its continuation, Woodruff avenue, to Ocean avenue, and then down the latter for two blocks to Carlin avenue, and thence through that street past the Parade Grounds and in Coney Island avenue to Church avenue, and so on westward. Huge Piles of Dirt in' Ocean Avenue.

Ocean avenue has been torn up and' obstructed with huge piles of dirt within a block of the Park entrance for several weeks. Before the laying of the pipe was completed the work digging up the old macadam surface of Ocean avenue for the purpose of putting down the new asphalt block pavement, being laid in that thoroughfare from Dorchester road to the Park entrance, was begun as the work had advanced to that point. This effectually cut off the use of this main entrance to the park and chief thoroughfare of the region for automobiles and other vehicles, But this was not enough. The Park Department had let a contract for the repairing of Parkside avenue, which runs along the park from the Circle at Coney Island avenue to Flatbush avenue, with asphalt, and this work had to be undertaken at the same time Ocean avenue was doubly torn up and the open space at the Park entrance, at the intersection of Ocean and Parkside avenues, was ripped up with a huge steel plow drawn by a steam roller. The resulting conditions of the region may better be imagined than described.

Three separate and important public works are simultaneously under way by direction of three different departments. The new water main is laid by the Hasler Construction Company, acting under a permit issued by the Department of Water Supply. The Ocean avenue repaving is being conducted by the Public Works Department of this borough and the Parkside avenue work by the Park Department of Brooklyn. Had there been co-operation on in regard to the matter it would have been possible to have had only one sort of work go on at once and a roadway could have been kept open so that access to the park would not be denied to a large number of persons, unless they make a long detour to another en- trance. Work Being Pushed Forward Rapidly But the work on all these improvements is being pushed froward rapidly, the weather having interposed no hindrance so far, and in the course of a few days or a week or two at most it 1s expected that a clear way over improved roadways will be secured, greatly to the public advantage.

In an effort to secure information in regard to way in which all these public works happen to be in progress at the same time at the same point a Flatbush resident addressed a communication to Commissioner Pounds, head of the Public Works Department of this borough, who is in charge of the Ocean avenue improvement. In his reply, Mr. Pounds says: "I am acquainted with every step of the conditions of which you complain. It does seem almost incomprehensible to a citizen who simply views the state of things. The trouble, however.

at Ocean and Parkside avenues, is that the work is being done by different departments. Our own Department of Highways is paving Ocean avenue and the Park Department is paving Parkside avenue. Our operations on Ocean avenue have been held up by a necessary treatment of the trench (for the water main) between Woodruff and Center avenues. We have gone as far as the operations of the contractor of the Water Department would admit and it now looks as though we should only inconvenience the public a few days longer. The Park Department has been trying to have avenue paved all summer long, they having received their appropriation for it last spring.

They claim that the relaying of railroad tracks has delayed their work and it just happens that their work comes at the time that work of this department is in progress, which would not often happen. The very great inconvenience from laying the large water main on Woodruff avenue and other streets is also under the Water Department and each department is urging forward its own work regardless of that done by another department. If the weather will permit I think by the end of another week we, shall have Ocean avenue in good condition. I assure you we are doing all that anyone could do under the circumstances." Need of Testing Water Pipes Delays Covering Them. A great drawback to the region through which the new four foot steel water main is being laid is the huge heaps of earth left in the progress of the work by the contractor.

The reason for the failure promptly to fill up the trench and remove the debris has been the necessity of Jeaving the joints exposed until they can be tested before the pipe is concealed underground. The work of testing has, however, been completed to Ocean avenue and the dirt is being removed In Clarkson street and Woodruff avenue. In 8 few days it is expected that the tests will be completed as far as Ocean parkway, where the pipe crosses the great driveway alongside the tunnel for the Church avenue cars and then the street surface can be restored to that point. When the work of repairing Ocean and Parkside avenues is completed these two will be 48 fine roadways as can be found in any part of the city. The asphalt pavement on Prospect Park West and Coney Island avenue alongside the park '8 all practically new, and when the gection of Ocean avenue, extending from Parkside avenue, past the Lincoln road entrance, to the Willink entrance of the park is repaired with asphalt, as is promised, the city's great pleasure ground will be surrounded by fine roadways, comparing well with the beautiful driveways within.

MISS LAWRENCE BETROTHED, Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Lawrence of 412 Madison street, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Sophia, to Charles William Roper of 728 Decatur In..