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Show A LUXURIOUS HOME FOR OLD MEN Ifavta for Thoie at c'nltnre aad R. When Col. llrnrd of Nrw York dlrj a few yrara since he left a delightful boina st PoughkrepMe to be unrd for said mrn of culture and refinement who bsve been unable in their days of labor to save a competency for thrm-selvrs. thrm-selvrs. It Is known ss the Prlngls home, Is luxiirlottaly fitted up and ai Idral place for tboae who are privileged privil-eged to enjoy lis homelike surroundings. surround-ings. For a long time there wrre no occupants, oc-cupants, but at the prrarnt time Mrs. DiitKiin. the matron, haa a family of slg talented old men. The latest arrival ar-rival I Prof. Albert O. Iiirlencr, I muelclan of rare acrompliahmenta. The Pol Inn count, Cnaimlr Podgovlakl, who waa the gueot of Paderrwakl oi hla recent visit to Poughkrrpale, hi another of the aeitct. On the ocraelon of the vlalt of tht Euterpe Mimic club to the horn recently, re-cently, Podgovlakl looked upon then as his ipri'lal giirats. Being a tbor ough mualrlnn. he took down his old Tloiln and gave a nocturne with sweet touches. "The Cuckoo end the Wanderer" Wan-derer" and "In the Mill." by Volk-munn. Volk-munn. Aa an encore he gave Ooti-nod Ooti-nod a beautiful "Ave Maria." with devotional de-votional effect. Podgovlakl waa at on time profeasor of mimic and French at Hmlth College, Northnmp-ton, Northnmp-ton, Mar. A third mrnibrr of tho family Is Philip Knydrr, who was for years an editorial writer on the Philadelphia rreea. He la well poated on the current cur-rent happenings of the day and has a room that Is a genuine sanctum, with hooka of reference, typewriter and drak. James MrClunkcy of Peterson Is No. 4. lie Is a Hcntrhman oy birth, a lover nf rtiottlah wrltnra and a grnt lover nf Pnterann. V. II. Foreman was once the dramatic dra-matic critic of a New York dally. He haa loat hie hearing, but his eye Is still bright He occupies the circular riK.ni thut was once lb pride of Col. Ileurd. rprncer W. Cone Is the last of th sis occupants of tho nome. He waa a friend for years nf Charlre A7 Dana, am dellghta In telling anerdotea and Inrideiita in the great editor's career. While the Knlerpra vere at the home, aaya the New Yor' Times, th comt exhibited his workahop. which is tilled up with carpenter's and up-holmrr'a up-holmrr'a tools. lie learned the trade whllo In the military service at tit. Petersburg. |