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Show fBBBfl ubbbj -j I Gleanings of Gothapv B , fcllb In the Great Metropolis I 'Mirrored for Our Readers I FAMOUS '"SPITE CHURCH" H ABOUT .TO BE .TORN DOWH' " flEW-YOKK.-Brooklyn's famous I 11 "spite church" U about to-be dls-Bl dls-Bl mantled and It In tt matter of conjee-J conjee-J tore no to what use tho small piece of mm ground upon which It stands will be mm wand. Tho little spite church Is on tho J Lenox rond, near Flalbush avenue. It BJ is In the center of a district Inhabited H y some of Brooklyn's most fashion-J fashion-J able families and many of 'tllem will BJ bo elnd when the church has been BJ rated for It It a reminder of a "trick" H that they do not Uke particular, prldo BJ in. The church was built by well-BJ well-BJ meaning people In order to prevent BJ -the Installation of a saloon on Leno J road. Suveral years ago a large struc" BJ urtt with stores on the ground ifloor and Ants nlwve was started on the BBf . southwest corner of Flatbush avenue and Lenox road, Members of the Park V Sldo church, then In tho hands Of 'a BY y Methodist congregation, learned that BJ a Qerman Intended to put a saloon In BJ tho corner building. There was no sa- BJ loon on Lenox road then and most of BJ the residents of the street did. not BJ . want one on It Particularly did the BJ inembors of tlio I'ark Sldo church, BJ ninny of whom lived on the Toad, ob- J Ject. After "trying by appeals and pro- BJ tests to prevent tho opening of tho sa- BJ loon they decjded to start on a now BJ tnck. According to the' laws of New BJ York stuto a saloon cannot bo opened J within 200 (cet of a church. Tho Pnrk BJ Side church was farther down tho A H MISS GUDY9 MOORE VANDER- B HI HILT will be tho central' figure BJ next month at ft birthday party to be Bj given .In her honor at The Breakers, Bf the Newport home of 'Mrs. Alice G. Vanderbllt Miss Vanderbllt will at BJ k that time attain her legal age, and a BJ ' B pleasing feature of thef function will I be the delivery of her Inheritance from BJ the estate of her father, tho late Cor- Bj iiellus Vnderbllt. This inheritance BJ amounts to $13,000,000, and will mako her America's richest girl. BJ When Cornelius Vanderbllt died in 1893 ho tequeathed $7,000,000 to each of Uie fire 'Children, except Cornelius, Jr., tho money to be paid each heir fl upon Teaching legal ago. . Cornelius, Jr., waictit off with a mcro $1,600,000, becauso lie mhrrlod contrary to bis father's wishes. Bj Alfred was designated head of tho family, and it wus provided that tho H bulk of the estate should bo given to H htm In. Installments. Certain funds H wore placed in trust with tho provlB- H ion that they should be distributed H -whon die youngest child, Miss Gladys, H reached her Jegnl age. I KEENE'S HORSE TRAINER I AN INTERESTING FIGURE B i 1 lll'S far this season James R. H 1 Krone may be accounted tho most I rupcl'SbIiiI innn nn the American turf. B The winnings of his racers alreudy H are well beyond tho 1100,000 mark, B ud Saratoga and tho fall meetings. I with the richest stakes, aro yet to I come. Kcene hnn 42 horses In his I string, oil ' 11,8 nwn breaking, and I knows all or Ihem ae intimately as a I shepherd knows his dogs. There Is I one man, however, who knows mora I about Ihem than Keone does, and Is I more responsible for their perform- I mice. "Is nniuu is James Howe. He I kuowa his charges as well ns a mother I knows her children, und nros for them collcltlously, I Howe Is one of tho most Interesting I figures In racing circles. Ho has gone I up the ladder from stable boy and I has been jockey, starter, trainer and owner. At one Btago or his enreer ho I igCAltDKO street curB given by W ) the New York City Hallway com- imny " l,e'nB uso'' to construct " inmmcr hotel for working girls within (,,,, miles of Now York city. About B "0 of them have been transported to B rhe rhoscn epot and volunteer work-B.' work-B.' nlpI1 f,om the ranks of tho east sldo I Ketllement workers aro putting them j shape for occupancy. H Undertaken by two or three young women who have been for years iden-,,fiej iden-,,fiej with settlement work, the new H plan I we" um3er wa'' and wHhln BJ jwc. r'eeks It U expected thero wlli Bj; y0 j rulriixed colony of tba cur street, 'on 'Lenox ivoad, and did not come within the prescribed radius, bo no obejctlon could be madn to the German's Ger-man's snloon on this ground. So to forestall tho saloon-keeper it was decided de-cided to build u church on a narrow little plot which would bring the saloon sa-loon within 200 fret and thus prevent the opening. The church wns duly built. It wns complete In every detail, but was a Joke as to size, being merely a mJnlature. it Is about 15 feet wldo and about twice as long. When paoked to Its capacity it will hold about CO persons. It Is nevertheless a church. It has a steeple, 'Gothic windows and Jill the usual details. Hence, when the German tried to open his nnloon the matter waB carried Into court. Dut to tho chagrin of the church members tho Supremo court held thnt the 'miniature, 'minia-ture, religious structure was a church according to the letter of the law but not according to Its spirit, and that ns regular church services wero not nnd could not be held therein It was' a piece of spite and not a church at all. So tho German saloon opened In triumph tri-umph and tho llttlo church became known as tho "spite" church and na such haB often boon pointed out. Tho Park Side church Is now Presbyterian and sometimes uses tho little church na nn annex for niblo and Sunday school classes, but it is not really needed and Lenox road, as a whole, will be glad to see it go. MISS VANDERBILT SOON TO RECEIVE MILLIONS Under careful management her bequest be-quest of $7,500,000 has grown to $10,-500,000 $10,-500,000 In the seven years since tho death of her father. She will ro-colvo ro-colvo In addition $2,500,000 from other funds of tho estate, tho total of $13,-000,000 $13,-000,000 making her one of the richest unmarried Women in tho country. Reginald Vanderbllt will got $2,-500,000, $2,-500,000, and Mrs. Harry Payho Whitney, Whit-ney, who was Miss Gertrude Vanderbllt, Vander-bllt, will rcccivo a llttlo less than $1,000,000. Cornelius will gt nothing, but he Is not suffering in the least for money. Alfced gave him $6,000,000 after tho death of their father, and this amount, with tho $1,500,000 bequest received by Cornelius, has been Increased to $15,000,000. There is in the hands of trustees $25,000,000, half of which Is to bo paid to Alfred when ho reaches the ago of 30 yenrs and the other half at 35. Ho will bo 30 years old in October, Octo-ber, and thoy are preparing to give him his half at tho August festivities. festivi-ties. gained useful experlenco in theatricals. theatri-cals. Howe began riding whon 11 years old. After leading the lUt of jockeys joc-keys for two yenrs, Rowo took to circus riding, because thero was more money in It in those days Jockeys wore not spoiled by ridiculously, high snluries. Later he began training, and In 1880 was In churgu of the lata August Au-gust Ilolmant's then famous string. Soon after the death of Mr. ilolmnnt and the salu st his Btables, Howo be-cume be-cume a starter and won fame for his persistent fairness. Since IS!)!) Howe has been In chargo of Kcene's horses. Howe Is reported to bo a rich man, and probably Jio is., Ho seldom bets and always lies earned big money. Ho gets $15,000 from Mr. Kerne, and this, with tho regular 10 IKir cent, of the atuhlu's winnings, makes a very neat income. GIRL'S SUMMER COLONY IN DISUSED HORSE CARS dwellers. The young women have expressed ex-pressed much grutitudo at the willing cooperation y tho railway company. Thoy merely submitted their plan to Mr. Vreeland, when he offered to glvo them ns mnny of tho old style horsy-cars horsy-cars ns they wished. Only 20 will be used this season. They will ho divided Into suites of two cars each to an apartment one for sleeping and one for uso as a sitting room. There will be one devoted to kitchen uses for the entire colony, an'l It, will be. under the management nfa woman well known in settlement wdrk. |