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THE EAST HAMPTON STAR, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3, 1938 THE a Published Every Thursday Main Street __________ E- H- 477 Entered at the Post Office at East Hampton, N. Y., as second-class matter Subscription Rale A Year, in Advance.......................$2.50 Single Copies .............................. 5c Editor A r n o l d E . R a t t r a y Associate Editor JEANNETTE RATTRAY The East Hampton Star does not knowingly accept false or fraudulent advertising or other advertising of an objectionable nature. Readers will confer a favor by promptly report ing any failure on the part of an ad vertiser to make good any represen tation contained in the East Hamp ton Star. Letters from Readers of The Star The Star welcomes letters for publication from all responsible per sons, who may feel free to express their views on public matters, but 'reserves the right to reject letters wholly or in part. The Star cannot assure the publication of lengthy letters. Communications must bear the name and address of the writer, which will be withheld if the writer so desires. Dewey Wages a Fighting Campaign As the campaign nears a close it is apparent that New York State will long remember the fighting and fearless campaign which Thomas E. Dewey has made to wrest the gov ernorship from his Democratic op ponent Herbert Lehman. Virtually unknown a few short years ago Dewey has established himself as a fearless fighter who is sure o f his ground before he starts and never lets up once the battle gets under way. Those who heard him speak to Suffolk County voters at Timber Point, L. I., on October 22, and who followed his radio talks later have marvelled at the simple and direct manner in which he drives his ar guments and damning evidence with the relentless attack of a machine- gun. Unlike many speakers and . candidates he is not an actor; but his speeches are Drama itself for they are delivered with the fervor and enthusiasm which are bom of honesty and high principles. His election to the governorship next Tuesday is problematical, de pending upon how high the tide of public opinion has risen against racketeering conditions as revealed by him. Thomas E. Dewey is a new type in the political field; one that is badly needed and deserving of the support of all those who feel that it is about time that the link between racketeering and corrupt party poli tics was broken once and for all. the only certain and well-safe guarded means to immediate accom plishment. The Atlantic Avenue street-level tracks of the Long Island Railroad are the greatest single crossing men ace in the city, with the Rockaway line a miserable second. Then there are scattered crossings, dangers to life and liabilities to property values, throughout Staten Island and Queens. They have been the sub ject of complaint and agitation for thirty years, and they’re still here. Back in 1925 the State undertook a broad attack on the grade cross ing menace by authorizing a bond issue of $300,000,000. From this the State was to contribute 25 per cent to each elimination, the localities also to put up 25 per cent and the railroads 50 per cent. But the plan worked fcadly and progress was disappointing. Dis tribution of cost was revised, until now the roads stand to put up 50 per cent, the State 49 per cent, the locality 1 per cent— and still the worst crossings remain. About $170,000,000 of the authorized bond issue has not been spent. And the roads’ weakened financial condition is a denial of hope that they can be made to co-operate on any further expenditures soon. Proposed Amendment No. 3 tailored to fit this problem. It auth orizes the State to pay the whole bill itself, at once, out of that un expended $170,000,000. The State would pay necessary “ incidental improvements,” in order to avoid those quibbles which have delayed progress in the past. Where there is net benefit to the road for im provement to its property the State is authorized to recover up to 15 per cent of total cost. And $50,- 000,000 of the money is earmarked for New York City, providing a com plete solution here. When the plan first was presented a clamor went up against this “raid on the treasury,” against giving the roads something for nothing. Fur ther consideration shows answering arguments which, we believe, out weigh the objections. Alternative plans, faithfully at tempted, have failed. The State has come to this plan deliberately as the only way to break a thirty-year stalemate. For the sake of the people and their children killed every year that the crossings con tinue, for the sake of the proper development of the city we recom mend a YES vote on Proposal No. 3. It’s An 111 Wind . , . Long Island will never forget the Hurricane of 1938 but as devastating as it was we see a faint speck of sil ver lining. All over Long Island workmen are back at work with saws, hammers, trowels and paint brushes as the work of rebuilding gets into full swing, after long months of unemployment. The tragic loss of life cannot be restored . . . that loss must be borne silently. But buildings and beaches, gardens and roadways can be re stored and this work is going for ward rapidly. The cheerful sound of hammers and saws a pleas ing melody after a long absence is heard once again. Many properties were in need of repairs long before the hurricane hit Long Island and now we find that men are back at work on jobs that will keep things humming here through the winter. The Big Wind was indeed the proverbial “ 111 Wind” as it has swept jobs aplenty for all who want to work on Eastern Long Island. Editorial Comment Back lo the Farm [New York Herald Tribune] After fourteen years of residence in France Mr. Louis Bromfield, the talented young novelist, has decided to come back to this country and settle down on a farm in Ohio. He is the latest of a long list of novel ists, playwrights, artists and other professional people who, after sampling life in New York or abroad, have been drawn back to the soil. Some were products of farms or very small towns; others were not. Although Mr. Bromfield during all these years has been a part of the French literary scene, much of his work deals with the things he observed earlier, and he writes of the farm with fondness, understanding and fidelity. The pull of the farm is not dif ficult to understand. Armies are on the march. The affairs of nations pass through one crises only to ap proach another with the inevitabili ty, apparently, of doom itself. The munition factories are busy; there is a sense of apprehension every where, and taxes are going up. This country, at the moment, looks like the safest place, and of all places the farm somehow seems most cure. This idea may be partly il lusion, but it exists. We may de ceive ourselves with the notion that a tranquil way of life is possible in such a city as New York, but to al most every one, sooner or later, comes the yearning to get away— away to the acres in Vermont, the little place in Connecticut, the se cluded farm on the Eastern Shore, the stone house hidden among the trees of Bucks County, Pa., or that small ranch in Wyoming. All these places, and others, are being taken over by sensible persons who, while not exactly attempting a retreat from reality, are possessed with the perfectly sane and laudable desire to get a measure of peace out of a threatening and unsatisfactory world. Why Yes for No. 3 [New York World-Telegram] Elimination of railroad grade crossings from the streets of New York City and at many death traps throughout the State has been a pressing need for much more than a generation, emphasized by con stant inconvenience to the public and frequent loss of life— and still the peril remains. Proposed Con stitutional Amendment No. 3 offers Looking cThem Cher William Bradley Otis, co-author, /ith Morriss H. Needleman, of “A Survey-History of English Litera ture\ just published by Barnes & Noble, Inc., of New York, is of that Otis family w h o were pioneer sum mer residents of the old Montauk Association, in the 1880’s. Mr. Otis (or perhaps he is Dr. Otis?) stopped in at The Star office not long ago and bought one of the little Montauk histories. I wish that I had been there, and could have asked him about the family’s Montauk years. Mrs. W. Sterling Peters has handed me a copy of the Women’s National Political Review (“The Guide” ) for September in which Faith Baldwin had an articcle on good citizenship. Faith Baldwin, the novelist, is as you probably know a sister of Mrs. Bruce Bromley of Brooklyn and Wainscott, and visited in Wainscott this summer. It seems to me that with election day in the offing, this is a good time to quote from her remarks. Good citizenship, according to Miss Baldwin (and who can dis agree?) includes taking a vital, ac tive interest in the citizens who are to come. She says: “Good citizenship is training yoUr children to understand the rewards and obligations of citizenship. Citi zenship is larger than any political party. It often happens that we are enrolled as a member of one or the other party because our parents were. This doesn’t make sense to me. I feel that once you have reached the voting age you should be intelligent enough to choose, by examining the platforms, policies and past performances of each and all parties, and the records of their candidates. My father was a Re publican as his people before him. But he did not hesitate to split his ticket on occasion when he felt that he should do so, when, knowing the men who were candidates for the office, he believed that the man who was not of his party was the bet ter man. I know this is rank heresy but it is common sense. My father was a lawyer who never sought or held a political position in his too brief and brilliant life, although he was often approached by his party to represent it in important places. He never voted lightly. And if he voted for a man who was not of his party he did so because he was sure that that man was the right man. “Children who are trained to take an intelligent interest in the work ings of their city, state and federal governments, who are taught to seek answers in records and not in prom ises w ill be able to vote the way they should vote— not by inheritance but by conviction. . . . “Good citizenship is work for your country, as you seek such work and find it. It is clear undeluded think ing. It is realizing that no party or party man has ever been able to live up to its, or his promises, all things being equal, and human nature be ing what it is. It is realizing that there is a dark side to all politics, that there are dishonest men in every walk of life and in almost every place of power. And that there are honest men, as well. “Unfortunately many honest men say, ‘being honest we have to keep out of politics.’ So it is a vicious circle. “Training boys for statehood is a very fine act of good citizenship. If there is a child in your family who has the brains and power to become a leader some day, then by all m^ans train Y\im. Let him think for him self, and for the good of the ma jority. Give him history to read. Let him see it written there, good and bad, the superb, heartbreaking story of human endeavor and hu man understanding, human failure and success. Let him see how al most always a man’s reach exceeds his grasp . . . And ask him if he is willing to go to work for the good of his country, not for the rewards which such work may bring but for the good of that country and its people. If he’s willing . . . Well, there’s a good citizen for you, and you’ve helped create him.” William Oliver Stevens, author and artist, who visited Arthur W il liam Brown here last summer, has been back again recently to do some research for a new book on Long Island. He has been working in the Pennypacker Long Island Col lection at the East Hampton Free Library, and looking over our old houses and old cemeteries. Mr. Stevens’ “Nantucket” published in 1936 by Dodd, is in the library. It is a delightful, informally written guide of Nantucket, with history, biography and description; done in a chatty and charming manner and il lustrated with pen and ink sketches. The Long Island book will be done in the same way. I am grateful to Mrs. Hugh Filer for sending me a clipping from the New York Herald Tribune, used in last week’s Star. Also to Mrs. Geo. Topliff of Garden City, L. I., who sent us an editorial from the New York Times, after she had made a brief visit here since the hurricane. Mrs. H. V. Brower of New York is another friend of The Star, who has kindly sent us a poem which, she feels and we agree, is especially ap propriate for East Hampton at this time. The poem, “Planting a Tree,” is by Alfred Noyes; and is quoted below: “Plant here, for other eyes, that kingly tree Whose reign we shall not see. Choose well the spot, that other eyes may bless Its natural loveliness. Let them not guess what loving pains we took, Or how we paused to look From every knoll, and every vantage ground In all the landscape round, That one invisible tree one day should fill Its place upon the hill, Give to o y : vanished thought its perfect rorm, And stand against the storm, Playing its own true part when we are gone, For you, my little son.” The Star is very lucky, I think, to have just at this particular time the very interesting articles writ ten about fourteen years ago by the late Joseph S. Osborne. Mr. Os borne seems to have had a personal acquaintance with all the old trees in town. “One of Ours.” Quoting Briefly: ‘The people of Suffolk, the people of the whole state are proud of the freedom and tolerance on which this country was founded. They will not stand for any affront to our traditions or any attempt to plant the seeds of foreign hatreds on our soil.” —THOMAS E. DEWEY, Republican candidate for governor, speaking at Great River, L. I. ‘The man most awed by the single-handed docking of the Queen Mary by its skipper is probably the fellow who is never able to get his car into the parking space at the curb without bashing up two or three others and his own in the op eration. —H. I. PHILLIPS, New York Sun. Typewriter supplies— Star Office. “The German people are no dif ferent from any other people. Hu man beings are all very much alike and in the general run react in the same way to the same stimuli. The Germans were suppressed as a re sult of the war. The republic made a valiant effort to lead them aright. Had the world met it half way, had it been more sympathetic to the demands of the government of Ebert and his successors, there would not have been the turmoil that exists in the world today.” — DR. THOMAS MANN, noted Ger man exile, interviewed by S. J. Woolf, New York Times. “People should not buy what they cannot pay for.” —GLEN CRAIG, of Muncie, Ind., head of the “ typical American fam ily” selected by the National In stitute for Straight Thinking. “We Chinese are weak on man agement. We are great on making elaborate plans and poor on carry ing them out.” — MME. C H I A N G KAI-SHEK, China’s “First Lady.” “The next thing we’ll be hearing about will be tests to see if radio candidates have a microphone face. Before you know it you’ll be sitting beside your radio exclaiming ‘Does that woman look as awful as that or is a wire loose in the set?’ ” — DAVE BOONE, New York Sun. “It looks as though in spite of his original protests the British have taken Mr. Kennedy as they took Mr. Page in 1917. Maybe not, but there ought to be a law against speeches by American Ambassadors in England.” — GEN. HUGH S. JOHNSON, New York World-Telegram. “Well, the W orld’s Fair is to have the biggest restaurant and bar in all the world. How about the big gest glass of beer in the country for five cents?” — H. I. PHILLIPS, New York Sun. Celery leaves, or finely shredded outer leaves of cabbage or brussels sprouts, can be used for a garnish when parsley is not available. Varied fillings for baked apples might be: brown sugar, jelly, jam, maple sugar, raisins, nuts, figs, prunes, dates, coconut, mince meat or sausage. Long Island R. R. Sets 10-Cent Fare to Fair For hungry children who feel they must eat between meals, it is probably better to have milk, bread and butter, apples, bananas, dried fruit or nuts, easily available after school, than it is to have them fill up on cheap candy and useless foods. The Long Island Railroad an nounced yesterday that it would operate trains from the Pennsylvania Station to the station at the World’s Fair grounds, a distance o f eight and a half miles, at a 10-cent fare throughout the exposition. The 10- cent rate will become effective when the fair opens, next April 30. The station at the fair grounds is adjacent to the Administration Building. The tracks on which the fair trains operate are on the Flushing-Port Washington line. In rush hours twelve-car trains carry ing 900 passengers will leave every two minutes and make no stops be tween the fair and the station. WOMEN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY On Wednesday, October 19, the Women’s Missionary Society were the guests of Mrs. Charles de Graff of Georgica for their regular month ly meeting. Mrs. Robert Cheney opened the meeting with a short devotional service, followed by re ports of the secretary and treasurer. The program \W hy I Believe in Missions” was in charge of Mrs. Louis Vetault and Mrs. Earnest Eells. Mrs. Eells gave a fine talk and answered questions from the members. Mrs. Jay Mulford played the portable organ for hymn ac companiment. At the close of the meeting re freshments were served by the hos tess. The next meeting the Society will be guests of the Springs members on Wednesday, November 16. Pictures for children’s rooms can be made washable by covering them with white shellac. But It’s True _____ \The e t c PH A n t WHUH PM66CD A BARN FOUR mues • P/JfflS, KeNTUCKt/, JUL</,/920. I I I piSco</eR6R o f HAD S£(/£AJ T o e s © vmi s«rvict OAj M S £6FT f o o t f The elephant, owned by the Phillips-Manhattan circus, became ill and was left in a barn on the farm of one Frank Simms. It broke down a door, failed to snap a chain, dragged the barn four miles down a road, bowling over fences and trees, before it was stopped by police. A RECORD OF OUR BEAUTIFUL TREES AS WRITTEN BY LATE JOS. OSBORNE Editor Star, Dear Sir— At this time it seems to me that an article written by my father, Joseph S. Osborne, relating to the trees on Main Street in the Village of East Hampton would be especially interesting. My father was bom in East Hamp ton, February 11, 1852, and died here March 2, 1926. He was a resi dent of East Hampton during the whole of his lifetime. He was in tensely interested in the town, a keen observer, and a careful histor ian. If this does prove .of interest and you think it is desired by your readers, I have addition material which I can furnish you from time to time. I was intimately associated with my father from the time of my birth until his death, having lived together in our home until my mar riage in 1921, and for some twenty years worked with him in the room where this is written and which has been his office and mine for over sixty yegrs. During the twenty years in which I was associated with him in business, I became closer to him than could have been the case had I been employed elsewhere. Due to an unusual affection and respect for each other, our interchange of thoughts was unrestricted and I was granted the privilege of knowing his feelings and reasoning processes as well as his conclusions. I have never known him to take any action without a good motive. He was strong minded, but reasoning and kind, and, as I see it, the most won derful man I have personally known. What I have written above is re lated to the text o f the article only by reason of its source, but I have in mind that if a series of articles should follow they will be read by many who do not know Joseph S. Osborne, although there are many in the community who did know him personally. Sincerely yours. Nelson C. Osbome. Trees [B y Joseph S. O sbom e] The trees, set for shade in our streets, I will mention as when I first knew them, say from Rackett’s corner south on both sides of the street. There were practically no trees on the north side below New town Lane except a couple in front of the Dominy place and a large w il low in the yard close to the street, two willows, I think, in front of J. N. Osborne’s (now property of D. W. Talmage). Charles D. Hedges had a few elms planted when I was a boy, one or two small trees in front of what is now Dr. Edwards’ place, and the old elm still standing in front of the Huntting-Bams property. A large button-wood tree stood inside the fence o f Parsons’ property at the corner. Few ever green trees were used in the street or yards. Newtown Lane had a few weeping willows opposite the South com e r property and on the other side op posite the Jones Mulford place there were a couple of willows, while above there practically no trees were standing until the end of the lane f ’vas reached, where in front of the wo last houses there stood two or hree of the black locust or thom trees. I think the Ailanthus trees in :ront o f Jonathan Fithian’s were the irst trees on the East Side o f the street, a button-wood or two next in T o n t of J. M. Huntting’s, two or hree willows possibly, in front of he J. P. Mulford property, while •oung and small trees were set in ront of the lot of A. B. Dayton. Tien Capt. George Hand had sev- ral elm trees, one quite a stout tree, nd Mr. Nat Huntting had a button- vood or so, a locust and the fine old ;lm which now graces the front 'ate of the “Huntting” hotel, and ‘Uncle David” Huntting had a large [Continued on Page 7] Fifty Years A;o in The Star [From The StarNov. 3, 1888] Mr. Charles E. C. Homan i Bridgehampton, where we learn, having a two-story bow windov he engaged hoard gf Jtfr. J. B. erected onto his house, whic when completed, will greatly im prove the appearance of his resi dence. Boss John Aldrich ha charge of the work. The hall was crowded on Wed nesday evening by our peopli who wished to hear our Distrk Attorney, Wilmot M. Smith giv his views on the issues of the da; Mr. Smith delivered an addre: of great force, making plain tl Republican doctrine and belief regard to tariff. A gunning club has bei formed in this place by a nuh ber of our sportsmen, under te name of the East Hampton Gi Club. They have leased all t desirable shooting grounds in ts vicinity, and have put notices n the lands warning others tin members of the Club against tE- pass on the same. The following are the naes of the recently elected officerof Charity Lodge, I. O. G. T., ofiis village: C. T., F A. Cartwrnt; V. T., Mrs. DeWitt Talmage; ec. S. Henry Miller; F. S., Miss .lia Sherrill; T „ C. L. Edwds; Chap., F. E. Grimshaw; M .,/il- liam Grimshaw; S., Jame M. Strong Jr.; G., Miss Jennie 1Ed- wards. A few weeks ago a younfnan visited this village selling Vic tor’s Lightning EradicatorAfter “working” this place he wit to Worthington. After remaining there some time he disappeared, leaving Mr. Worthington “out” the amount of his board bill and owing another party for horse hire. Mr. W. traced him to Sag Harbor, however, and secured a portion of the amount due. How the “Eradicator’s” other creditor made out we have not heard. Southampton We are informed that Mr. and Mrs. J. W. F. Howell of this vil lage will spend the coming w in ter with friends in California. Mr. Cartwright of East Hamp ton, the ice merchant, and Mr. Fred McCann, head clerk in Van Scoy and Dayton’s store, passed through our village this week on the way to Pon Quogue for duck shooting. A road jury is to be drawn at the Town Clerk’s office on Friday of this week to decide on the mat ter of laying out a road from Cobb through the land of Mrs. Burnett and the late Samuel B. Halsey, and across the creek to Flying Point. Bridgehampton Dr. Levi W. Halsey has been in Syracuse during the past week, attending the Synod of the Pres byterian Church. A valuable colt owned by Na than Hedges broke through a plank covering a cistern and fell into it, breaking his neck. Twenty-five Yars Ago in The Star [From ThStar, October 31, 1913] Hallowe’en tonight. Ficeman Morford will have serai as sistants on the streets. R. Donoho has renteihis cot tage on Egypt Lane to )s. W. T. Morris for the coming mmer. Invitations have bo issued for the marriage of Mi:Florence Lillian Walstein to H?ld Stan ley Card, to take pie at the bride’s sister, Mrs. (orge In galls, on Thursday, Nember 6, at 7:30 o’clock. There will be a me<ng of the Sag Harbor branch the W o men’s Political Union: the home of Mrs. Ida Miles, Siolk Street, on Wednesday afternn, Novem ber 5, at 4 o’clock, [embers of the East Hampton>ranch are cordially invited to :end. An addition is big built on the second story o f George Hand’s cottage on lotting Lane. G. A. Eldredge is dig the work. Springs Mrs. Frank Smith of Brook- haven was visiting friends here for a few days last week. Captain and Mrs. D. A. Howard arrived home last week. Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards and Miss Bessie Parsons have gone to Bridgeport, Conn., for a few days. Miss Alice Edwards is staying with Miss Parsons’ par ents. Wainscott and Sagaponack Charles E. Hedges has had hot water heat and a bathroom in stalled in his home on Parsonage Lane, Sagaponack, by Andrew F. Acker of Bridgehampton. Mrs. Robert S. Pelletreau and Mrs. Dayton Hedges of Patchogue, both well-known here, are mem bers of a recently organized W o man’s Civic League of that place. Mrs. Pelletreau was appointed chairman and Mrs. Hedges on the nominating committee.
