Show + + o + oo + + + r G mPffi iiHi1 I I I + + < 4 M > + co + i ii i Peary Tells of Hos Arctic Experience Experi-ence Christian Meeting in July Notes New York Jan Lieutenant = Robert Rob-ert E Peary the Arctic explorer for nearly two hours last night entertained enter-tained a large audience at the Academy Acad-emy of Music in Brooklyn with his I new lecture embodying his observations observa-tions in his trip to Greenland last summer I sum-mer None of his previous lectures have been more replete with instructive instruct-ive and picturesque description of the home of the Arctic Highlanders and their habits and manner of life I From the beginning the close Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Peary illustrated the scene and i incidents and people of the north with remarkably fine lantern slide pic beautifully col I i tures many of them ored and all of them as he assured his audience true to life with regard to the origin of the Greenland Eskimo Lieutenant Peary is inclined to adopt the theory of President Clements Markham of the Royal Geographical society of Great Britain that they are the remnant of an ancient Siberian tribe the Onkilon which was driven to the Arctic ocean by the waves of TaI Ta-I rat invasion passed to the pew Siberian Si-berian Islands and thence tb the northern Greenland archipelago He described the Arctic Highlanders I as resembling children in disposition and temperament simple kindly cheerful and hospitable In their ability abil-ity to make use to the fullest extent of the few possibilities of their country coun-try they were in his opinion ahead of any other aboriginal race He could find no trace of any religion among the people although holding the superstitions su-perstitions customary among savage races I At the close of the lecture the stage I curtain was raised and an Eskimo village vil-lage revealed with its 12 inhabitants with their dogs and sleighs moving about in their native costumes and engaged en-gaged in their usual occupations The Eskimo huts and kayaks and the other Arctic surroundings made a pretty scene I SALVATION RlIY In General Booths annual report Ion I-on the work and prospects the Salvation I Sal-vation Army he says that while we I have not accomplished air expected from us in this dark I England of ours I we have gone beyond all expectations in other dark corners of the earth I Perhaps the United States is one of the other dark corners to which he I refers the next sentence reading thus It is true that we have been so far I thwarted with respect to the oversea colonv part of our Scheme the one link wanting to complete itby the selfishness and greed of men I He followed by the suggestion that a final effort will be made from which I much is expected Have still however j how-ever one bold generous offer awaiting I further inquiry which is not likely Ito I-to be defeated by selfish and ignorant prejudice Should that prove another I disappointment I must reconsider some of the generous offers that have been made elsewhere The reference here is understood to be to an offer of land in Rhodesia which the general received some time ago from Cecil Rhodes who has been a hearty supporter of the Salvation Army in South Africa The troubled I state of affairs in Rhodesia has so far stood in the way of action in this direction di-rection CUT RAILROAD RATES Itis now practically settled that the railway fare from New York to San I Francisco during the national convention conven-tion of the United Societies of the Christian Endeavor which meets in the latter city in July of this year is to be 75 The passenger agents have been consulting for the past week but could come to no definite conclusion I owing to the nonaction of the western west-ern passenger agents It may be that a rate of 70 will be agreed on at mother I m-other meeting during the coming week Whatever the rates agreed upon tickets will give an option on all lines including different ones going and returning re-turning Secretary Baer has sent letters to all trustees of the United Societies asking for suggestions as to topics and names of speakers and hopes to make this the best programme ever arranged The reason for going to the Pacific coast this year is to help Endeavor work I there At first it was thought that the I San Francisco meeting owing to the distance might prove less largely attended I at-tended than usual but it is found that I many of the brightest men some of whom have stayed away from recent conventions because of the great I crowds attending them are planning to go to San Francisco where their presence felt and eloquence are sure to be I NOTES The certificate of incorporation of I the Holland Dames of the New Netherlands Neth-erlands was filed yesterday with the county clerk The purpose is to found I a society of women of honorable Dutch descent to perpetuate the memory of early settlers to collect and preserve all records relating to the Dutch in America and erect some monument to their memory The directors are Levinia H Dempsey Jesse T Bogs Margaretha Rheinlander Mary J Holland Hol-land and Annetta J Van Orden Michael J Egan of the Jersey City Handball club is the champion amateur ama-teur handball player of the United States and Canada He won this distin n i shed L Kuiaueu honor and a gum medal emblematic em-blematic of it in the courts of the Jersey City club yesterday afternoon by defeating Napoleon Lavier of the St Roche Athletic association of Que bec the amateur champion of Canada and William Schmidt of the Brooklyn Handball club in four straight games each I |