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Drizzle Thins Easter Parade In 5th Avenue Crowds There to See, but Feminine Finery Display Is Confined to Bewildering; Variety of New Silk Hose Fashion Seen in Churches Rain and Gloomy Skies Rob Annual Procession of Usual Colorful Features Prospective Easter paraders battled with ran from hour to hour yesterday, only to give up at evening in despair. Thousands of new bonnets and silk hats did net even see the light of the frown? ing clay. New York abandoned .-.boat noon its eforts to take the annual stroll on Fifth Avenue, and only here and there from Washington Square to 110th Street could a daring young thing in lace stockings, summer apparel and csv hat be seen. The others were wear? ing overshoes and raincoats. Where an Easter hat did appear, how? ever, it was one to dazzle the eyes. One young woman, very pretty, and stepping along in lavender French shoes, lavend r hose with a? lavender bow just below the knee yes. the slit in the lav? ender gown was that high?lavender wrap and lavender hat with lavender feathers and plumes, lighted up the forlorn avenue shortly after the con gregpt cus began pouring from the churches. ?? Beside her, wearing white spats, walk? ing suit, s Ik '. at and carrying a enow white cane, walked a man, trying as best he could to be unconcerned, even with the rain dripping onto his waxe 1 mustache and with the curious onlookers trailing in his wake or craning necks, from the passing automobiles and basses. Display of New Hosiery There were many, many pairs of lace . s an ! black silk stockings and flesh colored ones, and even pink ones, to be seen. !' appeared after the noon Ji jr that ome of those who had feared to bring out th? ir smart headgear had chesen to coree out anyway, displaying their new hosiery instead. Standing at Fifty-ninth Street one saw scores of ankles strikingly clad. And the corner ' was crowded. A reminder that plaids are popular this season was emphasized by six young women of a theatricrl c? mpai y, who appeared ?a kilts. Going six : breast down the drizzling lane, they won the ?.-.??a:.:, n of all, an ! police men at tii ? ? were forced to drive the gathering crowds onward. Insidi th< hotels that f ce the avenue, away from the splash of mud and the constant rain, there was much f c loi to be seen. At the Waldorf, St. Regis, PI nd Savoy the visitor ? ? id into s fashion gallery a.- he entered from the street. In the hope that the weather man might be wrong and the day bright, the authorities had decorated the slender framework supporting the new traffic towers in green vines and flowers, and the street was swept as clean as a dance floor from om- end of the thoroughfare to the other. Merchants fli w their flags after the fashion of Armistice Day, and window trimmings were in keeping with the occasion. Avenue Churches Filled The after-church crowd' was sma'l, but all the edifices were filed and tho Collegiate church of St. Nicholas; Forty-eighth Street and Fifth Avenue, had signs on the doors "Church Full." The throng in St. Patrick's Cathedral was so dense that it seemed as though not another person could be wedged in. St. Bartholomew's Church w.is taxed to capacity with its own congregation an: visitors, i.:.d at the morning serv? ice there was the usual number of fashionable worshipers. Mr,j. Oliver Harriman, Mr?. Fdwin Gou.d, Mr. and Mrs. J. Shillito Rogers and their hoy, Mrs. W. Hart?n French and her sister, Miss Marie Louise Emmet. Miss Ethel Carl,art, Miss Kate Cary, Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Osgood Field. Mrs. J. Nelson norland, Mrs. Frederick Pearson and Miss Lesley F. Pearson, Mrs. Philip A, g. Franklin, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. V. Hoppin, Mr. and Mrs. Edmund S. Twining >r , Mrs. J. Lee Tailer, Mr- G. Howard Davison and Mr. and Mr . R. A. C. Smith were ir. the congreg it or.. Miss Rachel Litt eton ar.?l her fiar.ee, Cornelius Vanderbilt jr.. wer,-- at the 11 o'clock Bervice at St. Thomas's Church, where they ;;re to bt married onApri! 29. Misa Littleton looked very attractive in :. frock of daik blue cl ?th and a small r< tl turban. Others uX 9.X. Thomas's were Mrs, Samuel A. Valentine, M sa Genevi?ve snd Misa Florence Clendenin, former Senator Wi liam A. < lark, Gen ral Charlea Francis Roe, Mr. and Mr . Iwar ?cock, Miss Marjorio Curtis, Mr. and Mi C incey M. De :? ?w, Mr, and Mrs, Bradish J. Carroll jr., Mr, and Mrs. James I. Brcese, Dr. ?<? Mrs.L itherfu ?'' rr .-. Mr. an I Mrs. Frederic T. Fi i ghuy ? . l - ? McK. Twomblv, Miss Evel ?) , Mr. and Mi \Vil am de F ?Ii ad Mi s. G? orge R- ': " and Mrs. George K. Scbiefl . Robert Goelet, Mr. and Mrs. ? I , iii.pe Wi.1 ?an. -.. ?rede: -: '?'. Ba iwin and Misa Lucy Freling! .-. .? ?Mi's Vanderbilt Attractive Miss Muriel Vand. who attend? ed on? of th? < rlier servicea at St. Patrie ' athcdral, ead of joining *.-.o?e ?,- the avenue sidewalks, took a spin . ? . ? tomobjle, and n her n?w ?Prlng frock and hat, with a fur coat, ?ai o? of the prett it '. r r j seen ?-?ve.-?- ?; tailored, her frock was ? f pal? jjraj -, green cloth and her hat, * small ? .-. ???.. -. ? - : med with y-'l" '?r?th oi tri< f a h< rs, dro< ped all aronr?(i her face and mingled with her - -*y h- bb< -.' * -, ' h ch -.-. a turned up ? bit if the back iler short full back coat was of eop ; ?kin, und the yel? low and brown mark ngs blended har? moniously v.- ?-. the new shades of green, Frellnghuysen'g wrap, a long ? mono-shaped coat, was quite hh strik ' '. in its v.-gy a*. Misa Vai derbilt' It y-n of dark b ic cloth, the color of ati frock, which was almost complet? ly '-'??' It was brocaded with gray I flowei ? ? -.- ? : I '.' d? signs. Me wore a b! ? I rbai trii ? ? I with '? - I -.- ? . , '>??'? - ? black dress Mia Marjori? a 1 o'.?/ bla< k cape, 1 ned . ? ' ck an?! red plaid Sh< wore a r el hat, Man) Attend Grace Church t Gtacc, ' - ." In ' ? <? ''??? ' ? art or '" ' ? ?' attracted mai y of Wi . '?'?'."?'>t ?? ??. and ?1 pai ????-., ?'?''>???? < -, ?j ?-,. up) ,,-... rnove '"'' Mrs. Frederick W Whitridge ? ? - ' no daughters with her, Mrs. , '"?? ? ' Graban '! :- v .. t< - and Miss ?'?'?? '?; ? ;?:?., Mi Francis ( H . ? -.. ''?V.',- I. I. . ;.,,.. . , ,<v | ,. { w(/r| f - -'?'? and M? J I red K< n oi ? ?, '?"-.? . ? :.../.';? ; ' " v and Mia ' . W Ke/no '"'?r-, ' ? ? ' ' era. Mr. nr.fi Mr ?.. Kd *??4 '.'. )', lidia wara at Grace < h irch *:th ,'<-.r daughter, Miss ' hristin? r'*><'?* also At% ??' ' I ard 1 A iclynuty *'o?,? place on Univei y Placa i? t.,'.? **t ?i? the fine ,, ,\ r,. ?;, ,,, , ,?n that ?**?*t r,t formet home?. Other? there ***? Mr, and Mrs. l/?'iw H?iKr,t, Mr *M Mr?. Lawrence B. Elifmen, Mr. and &'?? 0, De Lanr.ey Ooeter, Mrs. F. H pMtrijt* and her, deojt/hter, Mrs 'JMnv-g Duncan MSHt; Mr?, ?"? org?i *>' Wvtat, Mr?. B. hyir.sxr Hbi.'i?, Mrs Bridesmaid at Vandcrbilt Wedding '''??JWSi?liS???*?, Miss Minnie Littleton She will attend her sister, Miss Rachel Littleton, as maid of honor at the lattcr's wedding to Cornelius Vanderbilt jr. on April 29 in St. Thomas':-. Church. William Lanman Bull. Mr. and Mr? William B. Bolton, Poter D. Barlow Mr. and Mrs. David Dows, Mr. and Mrs Samuel X. Hinck?ey and her brothei i.. Gordon Hamersley; Mrs. Cornelhi H. Fcllowes, Mrs. Adrian Ise?n, Mrs George Bend, Mrs. Pierre Mali, Mrs Robert Remsen, Lispenard Stewart William Rhinelander Stewart, Mr. am Mis. Hamilton Fish Kean, Mr. and Mrs J. Magot- Ellsworth, Mr. and Mrs. Dal las Hacho Pratt and their daughters Hiss Beatrice Pratt and Mrs, Walte X. Stillman; Dr. and Mrs. Robert Abb. and Mr. and Mrs. Cortiandt Fieb Bishop. John D. Rockefeller jr. was seen 01 the avenue after church, as were alsi Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steele, Mr. am ?1rs. .s. Stanwood Menken, Dr. W. Gil Wylie, Miss Laura Shannon, Mrs. Ber .".aid M. Baruch and ber two daughter Miss Bell W. Baruch and Miss Rend W. Baruch, and Mrs. William H. Force Display Dimmea On Boardwalk Hotel Corridors Beconu Peacock Alleys When Feminine Finery Reigm Special Diepatch to The Tribune ATLANTIC CITY, April -1.?Rain ma' havo spoiled what prumistd to be th' greatest Easter pageant the Boardwall ever has known, but it couldn't keej the crowds away. Showers that started in early hour; put an end to hopes of the annual out eicor promenade and kept visitors ma rooned in hotels and homes. The re suit was confining, but not. as disma as it sounds, for matrons and maid: had come to the shore determined t? :; ?play their new spring finery, an nothing i-hort of a deluge could hav? : r- ,-ented the exhibition. Consequently, the corridors an. lobbies in all the hotels on tue Board walk or side avenues were transformen ii.to temporary peacock alleys, when the new styles wer? to be seen in ai their glory during the forenoon, set of ? gainst a. back: round of floral bank: instead of being resplendently reflect to in the sun's rays. But a good half-hour before noon tht fickle weather god decided to cease tor looming. What had threatened to I. ;.n ail-day downpour ceased. Soon i h. ..- discharged their human conten; ;. volcano coughs up lava. The Board ? alk took on an apptarar.ee of activi;;. ? arp contrast to its previous air > de ertion. Ii sprinkled again later--it sprinkled r?verai time intervals-nu*. th< i.;,, rdwalk neve, entirely lost its ncv. But instead <>? unhampered strollers the appearance of the human throng viewed i rom a distance above the walk wi i that ? a bobbing stn an loi umbrellas, resembling nothing sc mush as a vast stretch of huge black hroom . The dominant feature of Easter at the hore, however, was the fashions If hotel corridors and the promenades fun shed an accurate index, it ap? peared as if fashion designers had run the gamut of all the modes. Not that freakish clothes were plentiful. They were markedly absent, with, of course, a few extremes. Take, for instance, the appearance of a fur parasol which rep resented a value approximately of u coBtly coat. It was of brown net en circled with bands of brown squirrel an I was carried by a matron in brown duvetyn suit with sabio scarf and a brown sailor trimmed with grupos. I he fruit? of the orchard were in profusion as ? features of feminine adornment. Hats of bather were ap pl?qu?d with bright colors represent in;: peaches, plums and pears, just as la t Easter they appeared with imi? tation vegetables, and in both instances the effect wan not at all bad. The frocks were mostly of crisp taf feta, made with loose panels und flounce in such a way as to give the v. i ; i ? i the appearance of being quite ? ready to ?oar ah ivo. ' On the boardwalk most of th" gowns were topped with cloth wraps, fur i wraps or iiken cloaks. There were a :?? .-.? coat* of white leather, and also a liberal sprinkling of white costumes. There were many smartly tailored com. Lurries In which one color formed ??he keynote of attire. Shades of sand 7,1 ?o much favored. Several costumes ?n< r.'i.d suits or Jersey cloth with ? ixcdo collar?, sailor hats, low Khoei -..: i spats all in one tone with the ? x ceptlon of the white tailored or Un? g? i blouse. Visitors are h?ilin^ with delight th? opi - ng of the 8ch .*/. Hotel restaurant on the Boardwalk. In the center of the largo rcutaurnni Is an immense oval dance floor. The cuisine I", under the direction of Mr. J is) er, widely known chef. Th? environment and surroundings, and particularly the decorations and ; pain tinga, make the, restaurant one of ; th?: moat beautiful piucos In Atlantic ' City, Archduke's Daughter to Wed S20-a-Year Bank Clerk BUDAPEST, April 4.?Tho youngest daughter of Archduke Frederick, the Archduchess Mary Alice, has become engaged to marry Baron Frederic Uald bot, who is a scion of an old Prussian family. Frederic is thirty years old and is employed'in a commercial bark in Budapest. He has a salary of 15.000 kronen annually, which under the pres? ent exchange rate is worth about $20. The father of the bride-to-be *,vas the richcsj; man in the former mon? archy. Faith Revived By War, Easter Sermon Theme Catholic a 11 d Protestant Cathedrals and Churches Filled to Overflowing With Paschal Thrones Archbishop Pontificates Bishop Burch Preaches at St. 'John the Divine, Dr. Manning at Trinity Confidence that the upheaval of war and its consequent social unrest has not. diminished the world's faith in Him Whose resurrection was celebrated yesterday was voiced from Easter pul? pits throughout the city. Congrega? tions that packed every corner of the Cathedrals of St. Patrick and St. John the Divine and of the various Roman Catholic, Episcopal and other Protest? ant churches throughout New York lent 'orco to the word of the preachers. The V^ry Rev. .lohn E. Wickham, Superior of the New York Apostolate Fathers, delivered the sermon at St. Patrick's. He said in part: "The fear of the Lord is the begin? ning of wisdom for nations as well as men. World reconstruction is a myth if governments do not base their foundations on the eternal principle of loving the Lord our God with the whole heart und also tne's neighbor as one's self. Moral sanctions must enter every diplomacy which honestly desires per mnnen\ peace and there will be no steady structure of civic institutions if faith in Christ be ignored. It is sheer? est folly for a people to sell their spirituality for material pottage; it is poor bargaining not solely from a di? vine viewpoint, but a human viewpoint besides. No Half Reception "Men and nations will find peace if they will listen to the Risen Christ and obey Him. There can be no half-re? ception 01 His teaching nor option of belief. No neutrality, nor divided al? legiance is permissible; one is with Him or against Him entirely. Religion is not interpreted by a mental attitude or lip service and God despises a coun? terfeit Christiani v. "The Church founded by Christ re? ceives, preaches and practices every ?ruth delivered by our Saviour. Gaz? ing into the face of the Lord 0f the I!, surrcct mi . s he has I bo sola ?<? I hat : hough su?.' has had many :. goi I lighi to light, she i a ki pt S e fait h. She teaches evi .. ? trine of Christ; die cannot do otherwise. Christ was <'n><i and what was of sufficient worth for Him to preach she believes is of suf? ficient worth for her to pn ach ai ' also hold -, ' .' ?uliicicnt worl h for -non to acc< pt i :: ful i integrity." Archbishop Patrick .1. Hayes was cele By Thornton \\ . Burgess Jolinny and Tolly Chuck Have a Joke on lieddy Though you are *mart, pray don't forget That others may be smarter yet. Reddy Fox had decided that the time? had come for him to try his clever ; plan to catch Johnny Chuck. Roddy ! had done his best to appear friendly ' and he felt sure that Johnny no longer suspected him. What Reddy was plan , ning to do is called treachery. When ? anyone pretends to lie a friend and i then does something that only an en? emy would do, it is treachery. Reddy wasn't really friendly at all; he had only been pretending friendliness. It. i was just to hide his real purpose. It was done just to make Johnny Chuck i less suspicious and watchful. "Johnny Chuck isn't much afraid of I me any more," thought Reddy. "He won't be as watchful as he used to be. He'll be careless. The time has come , for m? to catch him. Just before sun? up I'll go over and hide just back of his house. When he comes out in the was impatient, lie lay dore without moving, his eyes fixed on that doorway just in front of him, and his black tipped ear1?, cocked forward to catch the first, sound to warn him that Johnny Chuck vas coi.,ir;; oil. AU Ids im? patience he kept right inside him. After a win!" the very last Black Shadow disappeared, li was broad day? light. Reddy didn't know what to make of it. for (;?? hadn'l 1. rd a sound from inside Johnny Chuck's house. Johnny ought to have come out long before. Something was wrong, but what it could he Reddy couldn't even guess. He wondered if something had hap? pened to Johnny and Polry ('hack. He remembered Did .*,!..;> Coyote, and the thought that (I'd .Man Coyote might have, caught Johnny Chuck tiie after? noon before popped into his head. The longer lie waticd tho more sure he be F */>'} 1&? r . M ?-. ?? Johnny Chuck had been sitting with his head out of their secret back door wider a certain little bush ! morning to look around I'll cntch him." So just a little while before sun-up Roddy Fox went over to Johnny Chuck's new home and lay down just back of Johnny Chuck'? doorway. Everything was just as he had hoped it .would be. Th?? Merry Little Breezes ?wen; blowing in his face, which meant that his scent was being carried back 1 of him. If the Merry Little Broca? -, , he?! been blowing the other way iteddy would have put oil trying to catch 'Johnny until another morning, for Johnny would have been sur.- to smell i him the inntant ho put his head out of his doorway. Roddy made himself comfortable an?! Bottled down to jyait. One by our the 1 ?us.t twinkling little ?tar faded away. Gradually tho Black Shadows, began to creep back towards the Purple Hills. On all side? thn bir?in began to chirp. and ''nine of them to hiln;. You know id'), i ?if the bird.a art? very early riser:!, H. grew lighter and lighter. Ri ddy km sv that jolly, round, r<'<\ Mr. Sun had I "?;..'! nil his rosy blankets ami begun hi" daily climb nn in the blue, blue sky. ft wu8 time for Johnny Chuck to como oui. Hut Johnny Chuck didn't, come out. Neither did Folly Chuck. "My, but they are lute sleeper?," thought Reddy. "They must be getting lu/.y." Reddy was beginning to got impa? tient, hut ho Is one who hns learned not to lot impatience load him to d'> anything foolish. Oould you have aoen him you wouldn't have known thut he came that something must have hap? pened. But Roddy continuued to wait and watch, until at last he saw Farmer Brown's boy coming down the Long Lane toward the cornfield. Then, dis appointed arid very much puzzled, Ri ddy got to hi ? fe? t and trotted off towards i he Old Pasl ure. Now, all this time two pairs of bright eye - had bi n v. itch i : Reddy Fox, and two little p oplc '? ad been ' chuckling and chucklii . to then .. ? ?, bin lak ing ?vi ? at care that I ho- , buckles shouldn't be heard. One was Johnny Chuck and the other Was Polly I '.b Johnny Chuck had been sitting, with hi? I .owl on' of their s< ret hi ck door, under a e. i i : little bui h, and Polly Chuck had $ itl i-i!,-, wall hi r head out of their oti: ?/ secret back door, hidden in a clump o '.' grii i?, *. m they had gtto ised ???? hnt !: bly |- ,x )Huj b< e i planning, Just ai . aa Roddy started tor the (Ud l'a ture, Johnny Chuck i i iml led bn : down into his I.ono', end o fi '?'? Il Ci lid ! |, | poppe I .- ul of hi ?' fi onl dooi way and m up ,?, his doorstep. Then In ?.? bi tb d Reddy Fox turned, but he I dn'l dnre come back, becaiisi Farim i I'.i v. n'? hoy wna coming. "I h'l t just t.oop," mut tend Reddy, "but I'll cutcli him to-mor row morning." (CopyrUli'. ,!,20. by '['. w. Burgas?) The Next Story*?Reddy Fox Olvaa Up In Dibguat. brant of the solemn pontifical mass at St. Patrick's. The Right Rev. Michael J. Lavelle, rector of the Cathedral, was assistant priest; the Rev. John Richard Carroll, deacon, and the Rev. J. Warren Hughes, sub-deacon. In the proces? sional, escorting the Archbishop, were W. Bourke Cockran and Heury J. Heide,? papal chamberlains. Great Crowd at St. John's The largest crowd ever to attend a service at the Protestant Episcopal Ca? thedral of St. John the Divine was present at the celebration of Holy Communion at H a. m, yesterday. The Right Rev. Charles Sumner Burch, Bishop of New York, preached the ser mon, saying in part : "Th.- outstanding need in ail the world to-day is faith, in human life. Th" mlrvi of the world needs greater illumination than it can get even from education. Educational remedies will help if they are wise, economic reme? dies will help if they are wise, but the most ?ndespensible remedies are spirit? ual. "But, unless thiiu-s, fundamental things, are changed, it is perfectly vain to talk education to the peo] le. "Thank God, this church of ours and an overwhelming majority of the peo I 1'- ?i1' tl ,: country stand undaunted in their loyalty to God, to God's truth and to the laws and institutions of our beloved homeland. "To-day we contemplate a world seething with restlessness, but we are confident that. God will not permit any great tragedy to visit His children. "The forces of selfishness arc not succeeding, although their voices are hear I. The religious spirit, is gaining a liiiner hold." Dr. Manning's Sermon The Rev. Dr. William T. Manning, rector of Trinity Church, preached the aermon at that historic edifice on low? er Broadway yesterday. It was the first Paster in the history of Trinity thai the pews were five, ami never has so vast a congregation worshiped there. "There are three great messages which Easier Day brings to each of us." said Dr. Manning. 'It brings to every one of us the message of a renewed and strength? ened faith. The certainty of thai mes sage from the empty tomb speaks to all of us at Easter. "Sony people tell .us ?that faith in Christ is declining.- Those who say this are strangely blind to the facts. Tiie fact is that more people on tins earth are thinking o? that empty tomb to-day than on any other Easter Day since Christ cam,' forth from it. "'I he second great massage of Easter Day to me is that my life here lias a purpose. Death is not the end of it. "That empty tomb tells me that I shall he the same person on the other side of death that I am on this side of it. What I am making of myself here 1. shall he there. This nature, tais char? acter I cannot leave behind me. "The third great message of Easter Day is that the love which blesses and consecrates our lives here is not a mockery and a betrayal. The holy ties, the noble affections, th?: .sacred friend? ships of ill s ?ife are not formed mere? ly to he shattered and destroyed. "As we come to the aliar to make our Easter communion the veil between us and those in the other life is almost h 'ti 'i, for here in the Eucharist wc touch the hand of the risen Christ, whose hand touches them also." Cross a Sitrn of Triumph The Rev. Thomas Francis Burke, Superior General of the Paulist Fathers, delivered the sermon at. the Paulist Church. He said, in part: "Until the coming of Christ the ?ro 5 was a symbol of disgrace and !i honor. When the people desired to how their condemnation of a deed committed by any person they, in their ?p nion at that Lime, could show it no la tter than by crucifixion. "Since the coming of Qhrist there is no :_--n ' r symbol regarded more highly than the cross, which tells the story of His suffei ing for I umanit y. Tho cross is now regarded as the iugn of victory and the symbol of triumph and of joy." Opera Benefit April 12 Special Matinee To lie (when for Emergency Finul General Manager Gatti-Casazza an? nounced yesterday that a special mati? nee will be given Monday, April 12, for the benefit of the Metropolitan Opera Company's Emergency Fund. The bill will be as follows : "La l-'oi'/.a del Pesti?o," second act, with Mme. Ponselle and Messrs. Mar dones and Malatesta, Mr. Papi con? ducting; "Rigoletto," third act, with Mines. Barrientos and Borniggin and Me.?srs. Harold, De Luca, Dua, Picco, IN ichiglian and Ananian, Mr. Moran zoni conducting; "Tosca," second act, with Mme. Parrar and Messrs. Marti nelli, Scotti, Paltrinieri and d'Angelo, Mr. Moranzoni conducting: "Samson et le!,la. third act, chorus and ballet, Mr. Wolff conducting. Going On To-day DAY Metropolitan Museum of Ar!. Admission : '. i ?Mit m. Ai .h Museum <>f Natural History. !.. etui le I.? un !!. \ :i " ' ', nn " fli His !? m. itlii-uti ?if I '.?? Johns Manvlllo Com? pany, Hotel Hiltmore. Orel ",i r< heat-sal "f tfte NT? ?v York km liony .-?" ?i ty, Wuldorf Astoi la, t Ml.II 1 Concert and daneo ?if tho Church of St. Gregory thu Great. Wald? rf-Aalorla : n m. Mi : and dinner ??f the Slgnpy Hollow Country Club, Waldorf Astoriu 8 n m. Mi ting ni : In; < 'm holte I nil > I.- aguo, Ho li I As!or, X p. m U , : of Ih? National Executive Com ? i tee, Aldine ''lab. 8:15 p. m. Da i- ol th?: Amori an Legion Post 691, Hotel Bossnrt, 8 :30 p. m. Dan-.-" of 'ho rit. Agnes Church, Itotrl Commodore. Dan.: the Hrl'lah War Veterans, Hotel i om iiiiidoi ", n ; :<0 p. in. Dlnni r of "? Winchester Repeating Arma ? i -. ; ., a v, ' ?'. ; t lommodore, Rube Ham Dance and Minstrel Show of the 60th Infantry, N Y. ?!, at the Armory, 68 Lexington Avenu?' Lecture, by Bliss ferry, o:\ "Pilgrims and l an || i ns In Tin lr R? latlon to Twc ntluth ' .? :? a m.a i a." Academy of Music, Hrool iyn, 8:16 o in. p< : I! ibbli Hull for the 11 ? ???:? : . Mourn-, I! ? I'arlti n Hut? !. I" p. m ,, ? . of i h M .' ;U": ? ' 'luh, I loti i Plaza. li?Altl) <>1 lilH'C-VTION It.* 1'I !ti;s MA Nil A'l l'A N ??i'.,v. ?,, Kat," by I'rol i i Mar; .- Roa i ...??,... ; ! i fooil exhibit al Wash ?.?? ii lr\ ?'.a High a ml, Ii \ ing l'.aia'. Sixt? nth i 'i '-? k'' ,!!' ' '?' h al i ??? i - ??Th? ' l Nail mal lit a, ' 1?. Wlili u i livinll. t nl?. Ph. U., ?it Public .-?? In ?I 16, ; .,, i, si rei ' fin?I St. N hola A v nui ??I' ,.., m h und ' a ' l'a:- im Shoi o b> i ir i biimns lid \ a? a Pol icrloii 1 llus i,,, ', i iv ,?;? . iptlcon view! at Public I, ,,| . ? i. ? ?? i .; ; h v?-nth Si el nbin," bj t'b m? nu.nl .1.11 II Mull i,, , |( is ai I'uulii .- I.: ',.'.. I i a, r, ', ,.? and Nurfoll? Hin els. ???i |?. iiai'kgi " in<l "f ''? ' " "I I '?' y Russia," I, , ,, , B?i i /.. Iiuorg, M I? , la, I ' . al i.i. . ( -, h.,,.. 16 ;, St. N ic.Uolaa A\ ? nuo nuil U'?lh ?. ' - i i, , ;,, i la ad ' i-1 m? nls I icbl a nn 1 In '., .- b ^ m ?m R Gulhn?-, l-l, |i ?i Public "??-' huol lu.",. .'. . A - .a. HlSI I. rill' ? i ?i,i,i,.i,i Invents," 1> v Nnl.ion p. Mead, l-l, ii m Pilgrim Hall, Flfij sixth Ni,,.,! ?nai Hrouilwny. Publia Forum. ? In,I, ami scotch Hii?IihIh," by Mr I.-aih \\ Arm*.iK IIIUHtratod by songs, ??t Hi (Joluinbu Iia.ll. 343 VV.-at Twenty-lUth riu. ol "I'm nn! HlHtory," by Mr. ?Ii-org-i A. Hauling?. French governmant motion iiuiiii?? will b? shown, at Public t?ohool fi,l. ltlllh ?tr??t. Fludiay ?mil TalUr ?v?. tmei, Publia Forum. Solemn Mass by Rossini Attracts Throng to Concert Metropolitan Filled at First Presentation of Work That Fails to Measure Up to Composer's 'Stabat Mater' Cy H. E. Krehbiel A great crowd gathered in the Met tri o tan Opera Ho ?se last night, at traci i thi her by the announcement than 1 o; ini's Solemn Muss was to be !1"i formed. The .', rk never having been ;.: ? at Su ?day operatic concerts. for reasons which wi I scarce.y r.Q:d expiai i ' on to those who listen? ?; to it las - - ;ht, ai d h . : .< 1er a ' ; in all cl Mein-.- disposed to obey the Papal nai dates prom . gat? d ?'?'? er ? ?".! over :?;: tt interva as long as w e can ????m? mber, the curiosity or' music lov? ers, esncciallj of the patrons of opera, 0 hear it n?. as natural. Many, no doubt, expected to hear something akin in excellence to the ".-''aha' Mi ter " If so, they were griev? ous y disappointed. It is much easier to rail against Rossini's netting ? :' the old hymi ! eci i?e of its secular -,,:r t than to close one's ems to it: nui al ?harm. It was comnDsed lona after Rossini had entered on that . .?? . .' luxurious ease and indolence - h ich grieved the admirers of his genius; but its bounteous flow?of melody suggests the thought that whatever may nave been the external reasi ns the real im ul ?? to write it came from the fact that something which he could not, cr would not c ntro had opened un the springs wl ich he himself thought had been dried up after the production of "Guillaume Tell." Why after another period of artistic drought he wrote the mass we do not know. He composed it some time bout 1.86-1. At least, it. was in that year that he had it sung for Meyerbeer. Auber and other friends -though he 1 ? o not taken the trouble to orches? trate it. We fancy that neither he nor they thought it of much consequence, for he dallied with the instrumental accompaniment for four years and com pleted it only a few weeks before he died, in November, 1868. An orchestral .. ;k of to-day would have done the ? rk as well as lie did :t in a week - for it is without distinction of any sort. Rossini called the mass a "Petite Messe Solennelle," and that it is, though smaller in solemnity than in dimen? sions. Much of it. particularly the "Kyrie eleison," is dull and fearfully rep titious of small ideas. Of the j fervid melodic fancy which glows in the I "Stabat" there is no trace in its, score. <';-? un prescribes that the "Cum Sancto Spirito" shall be fugal and when the choir bi can the learned form last night we were reminded of the old story told about the closing section of the "Stabat" which some (if Rossini's contemporaries attributed to the pen of a much lesser musician than he. "1 don't like fugues," said the com? poser of "I! Halbiere" to Cherubini, and the great contrapuntist retorted: "And fugues don't like you " The performance last night was gen? erally spiritless. Mr. Setti, who con? ducted, had evidently labored zealously with th.e chorus and i( sang with credit? able energy and precision, though little ben iiy of tone; but the solo singers - M.i Ponselle, Mme. Matzenauer, Mr. Hackett and Mr. Mardones?with the exci ?it ion of the last, seemed to be feel? ing their way through the score. It wns plainly unfamiliar music to them and music which had failed to interest them. ?Ysaye and Elman Play Together at Hippodrome lui gene Ysaye and Mischa Elman in played together at the Hippo du me yesterday afternoon. Thor, were i ; four numbers on th.e program Mozart's Concertante in A major, Bach'.t Concerto in D minor. Molique's Con c? iiimfe in K nit jor, with a cadenza by Ysaye, and Moskowski's Suite for two ??:? in -'. Op. 71. Of coure, from the point of view of .: earnest student of ensemble play? ing,' the most important piece whs L'.ach'i Concerto, in which both violin i-t.i -.vero tolerably successful in sub tidinating their individualities to th : ds of '. hi music. Still, so well defined is the personal? ity ' :' - uh arti it, so easily may i ne or ';.. other slip beyond t he border of : dual effacement which makes for law i ei emblo, that ' he e recitals have become rather an occasi? n to ?tudy two famous violinists in friendly li \ Iry, in fascinating contrast, than an , ?rtunity to admii e a superlai iv ? ' ii i con? i'dnred in this light, th ? most exciting moment of the concert ?. i ' : day, as well as th ?r :no -t spec? tacular tilt, occurred in the cadenza supplied by Eugene Ysaye foi Moiique's ( lonci rtan te. Heifetz (rives Recital Jascha Heifetz gave another recita' y? ? rday afternoon at Carnegie Hall before an audience which defied all laws of space. The public was packed upon the stage, in the auditorium and . ?: tin aisle beh ?ml t he seats, and : to 1 ad ' ir und discomfort it re .' : inei ? i fughout spellbound. Mr. i5 :ifi :.-. ?Vas at ins best, and in Hie opening Preludio, Menuetta, '?Hire, Gavotte and Rondo iron* Rach's. "Sonate VI," for violin alone he gave a truly magnificent perform? ance . n the classic manner. Jule's ' inus's ? m nor concerto is lighter stuff and was, of cause, child's play for Mr. Heifetz, as were the two pieces by Godowsky, Paul Juon's Berceuse, and Wieniawsky's caprice in A minor. ti d ed, aside from the Bach niiiii bei ?. th? pr gram was unwortl y of i. : powers of an artist of the stature I" Mr. Heifetz. Samuel Chaiziuoff fur ed admirable accompaniments. Estelle Bass Gives Piano Recital in Aeolian Hail Estelle Pass, who gave a piano re? cital ar Aeolian Hall yesterday after? noon, did little to convince the audi i nc< th '.' her a; pearanco was well ad? vised. The meagerness of her re? sources was apparent in the opening number, Beethoven's Sonata in A flat m:.' ?'??. op. no. A certain metronomic precision on the part of the player transformed the music oddly into so many yards of Czerny, while her per irmance was as amateurish as it was i.-i. red. The other composers on I'nc program were Chopin, Scarlatt ?ig, 'i tick Brahms, S. humann ,. Rachmaninoff, Moszkowski and l..- ??. _?,-? - Actress and War Fiver Wed Secretly in White Plains An airplane romance was disclose i yesterday in the announcement that id ir? neo' John >, now playing "Abraham Lincoln" at the Cort T h fa? ll i, had lie? : m in ied on March is to M. Coleman Jackson, formerly a mem? ber of Captain Kddici Rickenbacker'i il-lth Aero Squadron The mnrriugc has boon kept a secret even from Miss Johus's most int iinatii : ri. : d -. Shu and M r. Jac .son n ?????. ed to White P?a o ; and w ere marri? d by the Right R. .. ?)< on Si mm? nds o? ' i : ?ico Church, The bride will continuo her prof? - s louai C ire. f. Ilutt'iilo Girl Engaged Mr. and Mrs. Laurence H. Gardner, of Buffalo, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Lydia Gardner, i to JameH Booth Lockwood Orme, son | of Mr. and Mrs. William B. Orma, of Washington. The Stage Door As John Barrymore's condition is one that cannot be benefited by a curtailed rest, Arthur Hopkins decided Saturday to take otf the production of "Richard 111" at the Plymouth Theater until n xt autumn. Openings to-night are "Florodora" a; the Century. "Ed Wynn's Carnival" at the New Amsterdam, and "Three .-?lowers" ?t the Harris. "My Golden Girl" moves to the Casino to-night. Coincident with the production of 'Dorothy Dixie Lee," by Edward Locke, which George Marlon is stag ng with Edith 'Taliaferro in the title -, ?e, Will.ain "..'.orris announces his iti,< for the coming season, Direct . r the world tours of Sir Harry ' luder, who is now playing in S< it Africa, Mr. Morris announces the . urteenth annual Lauder toar of '. is c< intry for nex! season, following which he will present Lauder fv- the first time in Paris and on the Con? tinent. The Dooleys, William and, Gordon, will appear under his man? agement in a musical revue. Another play called "Uncle Dave," written i y Idward Locke, a play of to-day called ? II? ?ng," by Louise Carter, and w et! Tweet!" (?escribed as a Parisienne frolic, featuring the Arnaut Brothers, arc also scheduled for production in the Autumn. At Parson's Theater in Hartford to? night the Shuberts will produce "The Man Outside," a comedy by Kilbourn Gordon and Ward Howe. The comedy-drama which Guy Rol ton lias completed for Ruth Shepley. a pr?sent, appearing in "Adam and Eva at the Longacre, has been named 'Wild Cherry." F. Ray Comstock and Morris Gest will make the production. John Stokes, Constance Beaumar, Mark Smith, Barlowe Borland and Gertrude Waixel, have been added to ?le cast of "Kiss Her Again." which L7a Herrick will present out of town iuon. Van and Schenek have been engaged by F. Ziegfeld jr., for the new /. ??: fold Follies at the New Amsterdam Theater, which will open about June 1. Through the courtesy of Sam II. Mutis. William Collier has invited the members of "The Acquittal" company to the Faster matinee performance of '" he Hottentot" at the George M. C han Theater this afternoon. A children's matinee will be given at the Eighty-first Street Theater next Saturday morning ? ier the auspices of the Federation for Child Study. Bert Levy, Mrs, Katherine Burritt Doming, the Fee children and others ire scheduled to appear. George M, Gatts announces that he i s secured the producing rights of C iff Sterrett's cartoon, "Polly and II? r ?' ils," and will x.tui out, ihre? cor/1 p mes in Angus; presenting these characters as the central li^u'-cs in a musical comedy. John P. .Mulgrcw will writ ; tin.' book. Miss Katriiiu Van Wyck"s Engagement Announced Summit. N. J., Society (?irl Bc trothed to Hulbert Dymoke Rasselt Mr. and Mrs. Philip Van Rensselaer Van Wyck, of Summit, N. J.. have an? nounced the engagement of their daugh? ter, Katrina, to Hulbert Dymoke Bas sett, son o\ the late Charles Frunkilin Bassett and Mrs. Bassett. of Summit Miss Nan Wyck is a granddaughter id" George Bartlett Preacott, membei of the Prescott family of New Eng land. Her father for many years ha been connected with the telen* one terests in New York and is a dir'ect ? of several other corporations. Mr. Van Wyck is descended from t u old Dutch family which ha? be i promin n I e history of the st? t? an 1 citv since early I 'olonii I lay : am from the Mead?* family of Philadelphia. M iss ?... i ?'. vis i - .. gra ....-' ol >l - ! .Mien's school, of N'eut -, Mass. J' - ? the ??." wi ? net iv? Motor Corps of the National League for V? o . Servie? lier sisiei Mrs. Carpenter, wife of Colonel Wad . .1, mpti n ( arpenter, I . S, A. Mr. Bassett is the grandson of the ate Henry C. Hulbert, <>:' Lee. Mass ..mi this city. He is a direct descei d nt of William Prows,er. of Mayflowe ither prominent Ne?* Hi gland families. .'. ..- e member of the clas of ' S oi Harvard and served as In u : tenant in the United btates army d. r he war. !!,.? is a member of t m Union League ami Harvard clubs o ; New York and of the Hamilton Club o t Br< oklyn Mme. Povla Frijsh (?ives Recital in .Miller's Theater Mme. Povla Fri sh. the Danish so I prano, wies,- recitals always have been events of interest, trade an ; p pean rice last night :.t Henry Miller* Theater. In an nteresl ng program. which included six children's songs *? Moussorgsky and group-- by Fren :h 1 und Scandinavian con posers, Mi i ! ; jsh dis] layed her usual ?ntelligei c and temperament. Her audience wa of moderate size, bd? t showed marked ? enthus iasn . READ ROOSEVELT'S LETTERS TO KINGS AND THEIR REPLIES IN SCRIBNER'S FOR APRIL A PRE-EMINENTLY NOTEWORTHY m A FREE EXHIBITION AND ^i? UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE During Fifth Avenue Week te American art Galleries Madison Square South, New York ON FREE VIEW, 9 A. M. UNTIL 6 P. M. and continuing until the Date of Sale. 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