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5 T EVERYBODY REFORMS Ann Swinburne and Peggy Wood in the "Madcap Duchess" at the Globe HE PUTS OUT FIRES didMimauiiu daaic BY SINGING TO THEM -www "So rarely anything nev emerges from beneath the mass of contam- i'Tlic Mnn Tnslc,', Produced Twist Niirlit, Melodrama of Thieves' Life. v4....niicf i.n.o porary fiction that the open-eyed wonder with which many of us will California Naturalist Shows rectMn Birmingham's stories may well be pardoned. He obviously How His ''Bird Voice' Can knows the wavs of man and of the world at large, and his understanding of the life about him is both constructive and reflective." Boston Transcript. "The only thing to do, in fact, fa to rend the Birmingham books all of them. Ths Now York Times. The Novels of G. A. Birmingham, whose play General John Regan is a pronounced hit, predi cated upon his success as a novelist. Control Flame. r.VKKATi. BUT EFFECTIVE FIHE CHIEFS IN AUDIENCE Siono" in Chinatown nnd Trosc filter's Office Third Peirreo Too. Also Extinguishes Light by Vi brations of Violin Row and Aluminum. THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1913. k'clllflfljillEI f"The Mitn In.ldr" At Thentre. the Criterion I Mr Tnlner A. Hum Hsanlcy , 'im 1'nnr Ch.irlri Unltnn liti'url (Inrdon Milton S 1 1 1 I!-. I d'Ke V. i:. Anson n. k I'l.mlc lldnurd II, llobln. I I 'P " !" Jolin Cops t. .! II iyes John Mllum I am tlii- kid ....Joseph llnm To urn I h'-ji-rlntc UHey Unrrnrr Wood ' .firl Ilrroll Dunbar ' ' i.ifi. Icretne Kennedy I nnl" Helen I'rreman I larle Uouc Wrlilon l..tlt ttcrtrudu Davta With his two theatre occupied by sue. rfful productions th:it nrr not likely to If me them for h long time David Hclasco nan compelled lust night to take quartern In the Criterion Theatre, which has been msoclatcil with at leant one of his greatest aticressrs of nil earlier period. There he produced "The Man Inside." a melodrama ct criminal life by Roland llurnham Mo- 10rlnc m, d(M, a , llneux. who has not hitherto bevn known ev,,r ,,, nlnrrv milr!a lu,r ,UVVI. ,tlfl)rIn,.,, M a playwright, although other and for pood he had voluntarily surrendered ivirller experiences hnvo prepared him to himself under tho "As a man. Ac. Kc." write a drama on this nubjeet. So the argument to twelve years Imprisonment irfre announcement of his name In such moved all the crooks to repentance and l connection was sulllclent to plejuc the then given himself up for his assistance ourloilty of that part of the public which to the heroine In Fli'tcherUIng the check, attends tlrst nlKht performances. It was a powerful doctrine nnd It lm- Hut there was one bight missing Inst parted to the closing minutes of an al right. The author did not appear. After together shameless crook pi y the moist the second act Mr. llelnsco, gray lock In piety of an experience meeting In a Sal nntid. thanked the audience on behalf of ration Army barracks, the absent playwright. All these characteristics nre bound to As It was, th spectators found ample Wotk for the popularity of this imlo- In this melodrama of life among thieves drama which Mr. Helasc'o has so adroitly and thtlr pursueis to Keep their intciesi . Ahscrlied, Tho new play has all the absurdities mid sentimentalities necessary to popul u kuccets, It has Its thrills nnd Its sermons. i.nd the latter are siiltlclcntly banal and jamiliHr to sound wise fiom the mouths of well trained actors such as Mr. Uelafco Ahwijs enlists In the service of his play wrights. Herormnt Ion ll Arounil. Whllo there Is a riot of crime nnd t.,ices argot during tho first seven- Vlf"" "L. IIa.?.7,r.i"::... . w i; hii aruunu .it 1111. vim ,,.,. .. - - criminal goes to prison with a halo of I .Khteousntss and a smile of satisfaction 1'. a sense of duly well pel formed that c .ulcl not have been excrlled in the case a Chtlstlaii martr matching con te: 'edl Into the arena Tlv -cnt'm.ntal effectiveness of these 1l.11iu.il tetgiv.rh.'itlons was not in the. ! ,,st diminished tiecaue they were so, so ib n. Ko there was the redeeming . 'a of piety to w.nd up the evening's . 'isipie slumming. "The Man Inside" and It mlclit be e 1 .ml that the title s to be tak.m more or 1cm subjectively aa meaning what ii ! I tie man and not 1h.1t be happen, t bu inside Is lu three acts. 1. An opium den In Chinatown. V .0 lorfully teallstlc Vene revealed on ' e stage to an audience fitting in Inky il rines-s. Victims of the habit githered 1 "Ut on the Urths built alongside the ilia Chinese propiletor and assistant" t anting assent and complain;, peering jt.ously thiotwh the peephole in the 1 iu'i door and bullying the ir com ' i-rb.ts smoklnr In another compartmtnt. l'"P pipes passed about. Women rave In " ,e'r delirium to ! hushed up by their r ghbnrs. Thieve", ouna and old, plan tf-e1- labors uptown. One unidentified oung man suspected by the regula-s. I'ollec Until lien. Enter two well known cronk wanted for a foigery on .1 bank in llronwillo Oldr man sends word to his daughter that he Is safe. She comes lo him and her love r. who Is tht other forger, a well known Westein crock. Thieves' talk fiom nil hands. Every second won! seems to I., "cuy" Forgers are taken bv the police who raid the place. Then It appears that the young man i.nriT suspioion Is an nsslstant dltilct at torney. More surprise on the part of the utors than the audience, who seemed pio p.ired for his presence. Says he is study I .is the real wny of reforming criminal and Is there to help anybody who neroJ 1 1 r-roinises 10 neip lorger s oauguier 1 e her parent if he Is really Inuopcnt SMe lays he Is nnd the curtain falls. et II. Scene In the District At t irtiey's Office Trial of two forgers has I een hurried forward as the bank cam p'alns. District Attorney and his as f. Hants are looking for evidence. They want to prove that tho Wetsern forger wa associated with the other man. Inter v ew one of the habitues of tho opium dm He refuses to peach although they I ive a skeleton he Is supposed to have 1 ft behind him after a Harlem robbcrv. Old crook, who appeared In tho first act and Is a friend of nil implicated, Is hi "'tight In. The daughter of the forger i' r es and the two conspire coinfort nbly for a few minutes, while all the staff retires to leave them nlone. Old nan puis on a pair of spectacles and Bays he Is blind, but will Identify anybody the nfl, - wants him to. Olrl decides to steal iaerk out of the tin box, put Into nn open r. ife, by means of the skeleton key. Fleteherlses (be Taper. Persuades youthful Assistant District Tiiey to allow her to do It. I'uts It I: " her mouth and Flctcherlzrs the paper f carefully that the audience laughed out r t. rit H was sorry for her when she ne In with her clothing disarranged 1 d, overwhelmed with grief and mortid 1 i. in, diclaied that the police officer had ( 'ni" lied her to strip herself In his pres. ' ' with no matrem near her. She goes t t'n House of Detention, Youthful assistant suspec.led nnd It Is biided to release the girl at night nnd 'low hltn to see If he goes to her house. ' I dutlng tho act he talks eloquently 1 "ut the real way of reforming the ' iin'ial classes Bnd at every opportunity t 1 tlMeati'H on tho subject, neslectlng no 1 miliar argument against picvalllng con d lloiis. He waa a very seilous young n m V t III, Home of the girl In a tene ment Father nni her lover out on bail. S ii' decides to marry him that night and I 1 1 away. Father nt first objects, hut liter consents, Whllo Hhn packs her hags, ' uthfiil District Attorney turns up. She b is him her plans, says she never meant ti 'etiirn tho check when she took It and urns her real character. Ho Is ills appointed. A word from her to the effect it all crooks thlrlk they nie doing right ."ii they commit a crime they want to ' the reformer off nn a trnll blazed ine two yearn ago by another dramatist. II all depends on hoiv you think. Melted Heart of fluninnn. "A. a man, &c, &c" is his slog in from that moment, He heard It lati hut he. manipulated thut theory with such effect that In the ten minutes before curtain fell ' had melted the heart of the Western (tunman who waa Jealous and on the I'otet ot slMotine him up, made Um ' - i 1 vlsuallred for the spectators. The tlrst ait was 11 mancl of mysterious and par teutons play of llsht and darkii-v. tho tenement rooms In the last act an eitialK veracious real zatlo i of altogether com monplace plctutes. The playing through out served to throw every strength of the piece Into relief and hide the wiakness ot the bast piobible i-ceiies. Dl.pliljril Klilolliinul I',,,,,.,, Helen Freeman, who wns said to be acting for the ilrst time. plaed tlie thief's dauchter with strong emotional powir anil an unusunt control of the I'"" - '1""! - "f her art, Then sin. Iiml il,.. iiio,iiens;ii,i,. joutnruimsr. Charles Dalton was an imposing as- 1 slitant district attorney so f.u- UM ,s phMcnl foice was conccnud and acted the part with all the brutality tradition nil as-viclated with sueh settles as tho-e in which he tiguies. Then he woie u wonderful necktie. Yet picturesque as this neckwear was. It seenml much more appropriate to a pianist, let us say. or even a violinist than to a burly oilie. r of the law. He was a dominating llgute in his scenes, however, and bullied his prisoners with obvious pleasure In the game. Milton Sills was Just the tMie of serious oung American manhood to add plausl- uiiiiy 10 me pari or tlie young sociologist who found himself so out of place In the otllce of tho District Attorney. I Jonn 1 opu, a.i the old tlnef, made a nui-t amusing study of a type. Hut there were many admirable type?, from the -runtlng Chlne-e In the opium, ib 11 and the thief that Miucalcd to the stern fac, d officers of the law. , John Mlitei'n gave a M1I1I portrayal of one opium smoking thief with a sense of IUofihsloii.il hmioi. 1 only A K. Anson as the foinmg father j was unhappy. Mr. Anson seemed sadiy1 out of place and nobody M emeil to realize 1 it moie keenly than he. F.very quality in his acting which at other times adds to Its effectiveness was a drawback to Ills sii"-1 c.-ss last night, lie apparently cannot lie! an Amcilc.in crook, own an cld'-ily one. $3,000,000 VAUDEVILLE SUIT. i:oullsli Concern Sna It Wu Italned by "TruM" Here. Clint Res of conspiracy to monopolize the production of vaudeville In tills coun try and In Canada are made In a suit, tiled In the Flitted Ktatea District Court esterday against the United Hooking Offices of America, the Central Vaude ville Promotion Company, lleujnmln F. Keith, A. Paul Keith, Frederick F. Proctor, 12dward F. Albee, John J. Mur doch, Morris Muyerfold, Jr., and Martin Hick. The plaintiff In tho action Is II. B. Marine.ll, Ltd., a- lvondon corporation, with branch offices In thla city, Paris ami Hciiln, which Ib engaged In the business of airangltiB Itineraries for vaudeville performers. Through Ita attorney, former United States Attorney Henry A. Wise, the plaintiff asks treble damages of 13,000,000 under the Sherman law, on the ground that Its business was ruined by tho discriminative acts of the defendants. The plaintiff asserts that on August 1, IMS, tho defendants banded together to drlvo 11. II. Mnrlnelll, Ltd., and other Independent booking concerns out of bus iness and to that end agreed to blacklist all vaudeville prformers who had con tracted with the Independent booking concerns. Another White Slave Ploy. At the Prospect Thcatro In The Hronx thero will be acted next week for the first time a now play, "Little Lost Ulster," by Virginia llrooke. The play Is said to deal with the same topic that formed the basis of "Tho Fight" and "Tho Lure." giiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiHiniiiiiiiiiiyi EE Don't confuse graphite S3 with lead. It is a form 3 of carbon. Dixon's Be- ss lected flake graphite Is S3 just about the smooth- 5 est, softest substance in jSj the world. Tho more it jjj is rubbed the smoother 5 it becomes. It cannot 3 ball up or pack. This ja flake is the basis of s I DIXON'S I StIi 1 Automobile Lubricants s that save bearings from gs wearing out. , s A$k yur JtaUr for 33 IMiin'i 7anamfi'on SB and DiffirtntimtGrtaf !9E No. 77. S3 Made in JERSEY CITY, N. J., br ! 33 Jo.eph Dixon Crucible Co. jg , MhUiM la HIT SB S3 eiumiiiiiuiiuuiiuimuuuuuiiUJiis i "MADCAP DUCHESS" SCORES AT GLOBE New Herbert Piece ns Sweet ns Old Fnshioneil Har den Posey. PI.KASKD , r.KJ AriUKNTE Ann Swinliurne Ciirries Off tlie Honor-;. 11 ml (ilenn Hall Siii"S Well. 'The Madcap Ihtehe" At the (ilutie Theatre. Itenaud.. . . .... Vldsme de llethune. . St do SecherM r.lenn Unit Hlle-ell Powell (lllbtrt e'liytnn 1 IIarr t.ieleniiui;li 1 Percy Helton 1 . . . I'ram l K l.l.-U . . . l.l Id An.lrvla . . Kdtnund Muli all)' Henry Vincent . .Herm.m Hi.lland J .Josephine Whlttell I'eggy 'ij Ann Swinburne J Matter Hard!. I. nil. XV lidllp of Orlein. W'JtKflu Due de Pont5 ible CimlllHr .... Paimrhe Hlephnnle eilliMte Siraphlna "The Madcap Duchess." the new Victor 1 Herbert comic opera produced last night at the tllnbe Theatre. ! as old f.ihioned 1 as a bunch of garden pinks, ami as sw. !. In these days of rapid tire imuical com edy, when the model changes as often i the stles In ladles hats. It Is a n freshing experience to spend an evening at a musi cal play deoid of a tango, a scene in Tliuis Square and a chorus of "Hroadw.ij beauties." The ultraciitle.tl might find man faults in " t- Madcap uucnes". nut lis iie.it.ni"" and w hole.-um in-n. tts g.tety. Its freedom from that loading with detail that makes many mu.nc.il pleies like noth- , lug so much as an overdecoiatcd 1 etau-1 rant, and above all the charming person-1 nllty of Miss Ann Swinburne, were more than enough to cany the play over the occasional shallons of ltslnok and semi ., Tlie stoiy of the piece was culled from 01111 of the novels of Justin lluntly Mc- Carthy, whllo tho lyrics and most of the I dialogue were supplied by David Stevens. - lie committee win continue its near The music was obviously by Mr. Herbert : Ingu this morning and nftemoon. neither his name on the programme nor his piesenco at the conductor's desk was necessary for Its complete Identification. ThM storv Is the kind that was the good old war horse of musical comedy before the tango and the scones in limes hquaie wero Invented. Story of the Piece. A gay little duchess eludes her guar dians unci, disguising nerseii as a man, sets out to follow to raris tne ioer who. j without naving seen nai. se.us .... nm, rrKBtrntlon n(OT,; from Kmott Si' 11 "rZ JU,lKC .of.,l.7',,.' who in turn Is following no less a pcison!n the morning of the general election In than the Itegent of France. Tlie Duchess 1 1910. Witnesses for tlie State alleged changes clothes with 11 serving maid and ' that tho theft took place as Itepp was the lover with a clown, a whltu satin I eating breakfast In a restaurant, clown, and no one by any chancu peue-, jn t1R clulo 0f Hugh P, tlenoe, tax trates these disguises until the pioper time I nssissor of Atlantic City, anil Harold arrives. ' can, charged with Illegally placing the The boon is not pariiciiiari i.i.i.m.ic lint th lvrlcs are considerably above the average, some of them being especially pleasing when taken In connection with the music Mr. Herbeit has given to them. Of tho music them is not much to be said that has not been said of tho Herbert music for many years. It is obviously the work of an experienced music maker, who knows what his public likes, and gives It to them. Some of It is banal, and some of It Is so slightly rehashed fiom previous offerings that It was no wonder that people all over the bouso wero humming the familiar airs along with the singers. Hut, on the other hand, there was much of It which, while not es peclally fresh and Inspired, yet was tune ful nnd musiclnnly and more than de lighted the big audience, Ann Nwlnliurne the Mtnr. Of the cast thero wns never any danger that tho honors would be stolen fiom Mla Swinburne, Miss Peggy Wood was sweet and winsome and very, very pretty as the real seivlng maid, while Miss Josephine Whlttell as a Moreiulso In pow der and patches looked as though she had Just stepped In from Hroadway, Miss Swinburne has alirady been warmly wel comed to the ranks of musical comedy actresses, Shu has lost nono of the win ning charm and unconscious grnco that won her her earlier success, whlle'.her added experience hns served to Increase the Intelligence and sincerity with which she approaches her work. The costumes In the production were nnt espcc-lnHy becoming to her, but her mobile, face is so much moro than merely pretty that she could easily bo Indepen dent of these aids. She sang delight fully, while her danro with tho shepherds and Hhcplii'idesses In the second act stood out in every way musically nnd scenlcnlly as one of tho gems of tho pit CO. C.lenn Hall, at one time connected with the Metropolitan Opera Company, Mang the numerous tuneful numbers that rell to his lot with Intelligence and feeling. but ho looked very, very sad even when he filially got ur round In falling in lne. with the right lady, ami for thn most part acted like nothing so much iih a tenor, Illissell Powell and (illhert Clayton hud a good comedy number, while Hurry Mil Ponouch get rcr.l ftm wit of the cut nnd drlt d role of an actor. The piece was beautifully mounted and the company so well rehearsed that the i uiin luccr em nun II Hiinii nun iwiiik that had much to do with the success It NEW LINKS AT WHITE SULPHUR. l.nylnR Otit 1H Hole Connie l.nttrnster Kntrrtnlits, -Mil. White Sfi.i'ili'R Srnisos. W, Va., Nov " 11 Wotk was begun to-day on a new 1 ighteeti hoi" golf course in the valley between I.oer' I.eap and the Ilrst range of (in eiilirler Mountain. Mrs. Thomas Laneastor gave a luncheon at lllmhiirst rarm tn-dav for a i buckboard party. Including Mls Uincas- tir ami Mrs. Jean H. 12. Saint Cyr. I liobeit It. Sweem and Mr. Saint Cr, who ' went oer on horseback, were entertained alo. Mr. ami Mrs. Albeit II. Kerr went to the farmhouse for luncheon nfter a long horseback ride. I Sum" of thoe driving to-day Included , Mis. 1! U. Fell, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney S. I Hlaikwell, Mine, da Cmma. Mis. Morris , Volck. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McMll ' Ian Welch, Mrs. Kdward S Harkness, (' Ml" S. S. Oreenway. .Mr. and Mrs W F. Hellly. Mr. and Mrs. Marlln Nixon Miller and the Premier of Canada and Mrs. Itobert I.. Itorden. Decatur AMell arrived, as nlo did Clifford It. Hetidrlx. Mrs. F Mutphy and Miss Hena C. Kelly of New York. FIRE INSURANCE MEN HEARD. inn Tbelr Objections to lint Ins llntra Mode h the Male, Hepiesentatlves of the National Hoard of Fire I'mlerwriters, tho Association of Mutual I'omp.iiile" and other Insiitauce Intetests were heanl yestetday by tl. spicinl ciimnilttee of Stat,. Insurance i"om ! mlssloners on lire insurance rate making 1 at it" sessions In the Until Astnr. I 1 ne insurance men iirnwi mm in cie, tin- State power to make Insurance lates would be dangerous and unreasonable, and msistnl tl at tlie late making should be left to Insurance uuderwrlteis because ll.iy ate better fitted by ixperienee to do ...nrk The sentiment of 'those ri presenting the insurance Interests was 111 favor of th" M.issachuets law. which piovldes for an advNory board to hear enmp!. lints m too high rates and to recommend adjustments, Willis O. Itolih. manager of tlie New Yoik State Flro Insurance l-2xclianse. urged the commissioners to await the outcome of the experiment being made in New York under th" present Insuiance law before- making any recommendation. GUILTY OF ELECTION THEFT. Harry Jietr nf Atlantic City Con victed of MenllnK foil Hook. Mais Lanpino, N. J., Nov. 11. -Harry (let, of Atlantic City was convicted to day In the Atlantic county Court of Qunr,cr unions of tho larceny of a f W11.lam A iC en. Jr.. on the regis- try list, the court directed the Jury to acquit. Dr. Francla B. Call, Indicted ' on a charge of assisting as an election officer to pad a registry list, will be tried be fore Judge Clarence L. Cob- to-morrow. Plays nnd I'lnjer.. Tho Woman's Auxiliary Hoard of the Polyclinic Hospital will have a benefit performance of "The Temperinental Journey" on November IS at the Hepublic Theatre. Tickets will be each. Boxes will be $100 and 150, Tickets may be obtained from Mrs. 1-2. 12. Malcolm of 2CG West lOSth street or from Miss Foley of 341 West Fiftieth street. Itecause of Illness, Sam Ilernard h.n withdrawn temporarily from the pro gramme at the Forty-fourth Street Music Hall, His place will bo taken by tho Atchison F.ly Company In "Hllly's Tomb stones." Klaw & F.rlanger will give a (-pedal exhibition of the new motion pictures rf "The Life and Works of Itlchnril Wag ner" on Friday afternoon nt the New Amsterdam Theatre. Tho pictures will bo accompanied by n descriptive lecture and nn organ recital. It Is planned to show tho pictures nt matinees nt tho theatre, hut admission on Friday will be by Invitation only. A business meeting of the entertain ment committee of the Professional Woman's League will be held ut the dun house, Hroadway nnd Sixty-eighth street, this afternoon to complete arrangements for tho benefit matinee nt the Caslnn Theatre on November IS, Preparations are being made to offer a woman's minstrel show In which Christie Mac Donald, Nora Haves, Amelia Hlngham, Lauretta Taylor, lCugenla Peiirsnn. Hello Hold, Floience and Mary Nash, Magglo Cllue, Dorothy Jordan, Mazzl I In Jos. llattle Williams. Hmlly Stevens; and other prominent actresses are expected to tako part. ( Ii itaries Frohman bns postponed In- iliilnltely the production of n new unilerstood the trial lunl Is en set for to Slanley llaiighton comedy In the (larrlck 11101 row. She has studleel law for four Theatre anil will continue, the production enrs, she sale!, in older to act iih her own of "Miidnm President" In the theatre j attorney, It Is bolltvtd shu will start an until January. jotbtr ult. A new nrlncinle Inl extlnrtiilshlng fir has presented Itself. Hrlefly It Is this; MZui&rjr 8 " " The principle I- based on the sclen- ! tllle proiluetlcm of sound waves. It has not yet teached a point where Tiro com- ml's'loner Johnson will put male quartettes In the lire Iioiimm re.nl' to dasn to a lire and render a popular ballad. Hut Charles Kellogg, di scribed as a California naturalist and "nature singer." demonstrated to a large audience on the stage of tin- I'alatv Theatre on Monday night after the rtgular show that he can put out a gas llame b singing at It. or even bv drawing .1 bow similar to a nolin l"nv ae,,,-s ,.,..s o, metal In th" aiiilbtiee were diputv I'lre Chiefs .tolm ltow ami nlvaii, i:rii'st Tliomp- mi -SUon, the n.iiurillM' members of tho Can-.P l-'lre Club and the Arctic Club, several phjMc,., and ncsp..p.r men Among the scUntfls iiimkm to in. pri- vat, ptifoi-ii.ioei were I'lof. William Kox. 1 i. 1... I,-.. Mm t-l It. .nicer. I i I IKli I iu.ii.-n,, , 1 ..in . x. i,uii t nilrnu' .if H tthlilncr lVof. vine, i'l 11 1111. 1111 .- ' ' ...... ton Ining High School. Dr. John Den- ' Li, ,.V l r u lliuh School and C B. I blgli of .Moirl.t lllkh -cnooi ami W Wlnlow. J . , , n Bu.a " the singing of a bird U sas, .Ml'. I0il0gg can mam" 11 iii-,,iiik , In- does not whistle this noise, nut sings it In the same manner that a bird Mtig. It Is thla song which affected the Hume. lie made a short sharp noise and the llame bobbed down as If some one had blown down on it He stood ten or twehe feet away and made this noise In quick succession The ilanie bobbed down each time In accompaniment wun ms souk. ..... ... .... 1 .. ...... t lit., fliimt, . , i-i., ,,uK,.red Ilium fnr a moment nnd then died Ollt. Then he tooit his bow .md 11 piece of aluminum He stood fifty feit away from tin. Hume nnd drawing tin bow across th,. m,.tnl nnd sln:lng hi bird song the tinmo acted In the same way, finally going out His version of the causes Is tills The human voice lannot pro-'uee more than 4,0(iu sound vibrations a second This Is not enough to affect a flame These different pieces of metal I hne arranged to ptodme different numbers of vibrations (hie is tuned to gle forth T.ono vibration" a second, another 14,000 lhrntlmis, another Sl.imo and another 3:',nnn vibrations. That last one makes the air puis" Just eight tunes as rapidly as any human voice can "A whistle cannot ptoduee a large num ber of vibrations; a violin produces fewer than H.UOo vibrations. My bird olce has been measured and at its top pitch produces iri.r.t'.o ihratlons a second" One of the guests was successful In affecting th- flame by drawing .Mr Kel long's bow across one of the pieces of metal, tuned to give Il.tnni vibrations. Mr Kelloug exhibited a divining fork with which, he sold, be has located wnter In fifteen dlflcient places on his ranch In California. Tlie fork 'was cut from a prune tiee and each prong Is about twenty Inch long. He also demonstrated the Indian method of making tire by friction with two pieces of redwood sirel OPEN PRICE SOCIETIES." Mini Testifies In eminent Villi-TeiiKt ol. The exist, me of "upon price s-ocletli sc anning steel matiUf.iet'itets In addition to the alleged price tixii i- meetings which followed tlie Hary dinieis, was. (nought to light esterd.i when the hearings In the ciovc inun nt's anti-'.nist suit against the United Statts stud Corporation were resumed at 71 ISmadwav. John C. Jay. Jr. general manager of th'' Pennsylvania Sle.l Company and of the Matyiand Steel e'eimpali, testified that he belonged tn'foui nf Ibese so. cietles. "These societies do not fix prices," he said. "Tlie whole Idea is pet feet frank ness. We tell .nil either everything about our liusinesi, condition". We dl iiiss pi Ices with the ut:no"t fieeelom after they have been quoted. We exchange all the bids that we have made." .laiiiis Llpplncntt of Pittsburg, vice. president and general managaer of the West l.iechblllg Steel Cotlip.'lll, Was asked by Judge Dickinson "Have ou not declined to give counsel for the Hove rntiient any Information that nil might have in regard to thn ques tio'is in controversy lu tills case"" "Yes, sir, 1 declined," said the witness, and mill that the reason be refused to consult with the Oovernment attorni's was because his sympathies were witli the Steel Corporation. The bearing will be resumed nt 10.311 A. M. to-day. FEARS COLUMBUS RELIC LOST. blcnKO Worried (lirr nciior That tlie ni.ooi crrr I'sed. Ciiica'oo, Nov II. Chicago patriots were niousi'd to-day by the fear that the city Is about to lose what Is cnnsldereil to be a priceless relic, tho oilglual anchor that Christopher Columbus used when he 111 st snlli'd for America nnd the Ilrst an chor to be dropped on the Western Henil sphere. I he anchor was last reported to lie on ihe lepllca of the famous vessel Santa Maria, which Columbus sailed, and leports fiom Sunday's sloim are that the imiiucI Is pounding to pieces on a sandbar In Luke Ml le. The cinft was torn from Inr moorings at Kile and driven nut Into the lake In tho terrific gale. Although the tuns have tried to save the boat It Is said that they have been tiinuccestful and that the Santa Marin Is threatened with tlcsti action. WILL CHEER CONVICTS' HOME. Prl.on Assoclntlon Serku Aid In rill ing; Thn11km.lt Inn lliinkets. For a number of years the Prison Asso ciation of New York has (mulshed full Thanksgiving baskets to a number of families whoso bread winners are In prison. This year the association has foity baskets to fill. I Inch basket will cost $:. Ch'lldten and mothers depend upon this Thanksgiving basket. Checks for ono or moro baskets should be drawn to Alexander M. I bidden, chair man of relief committee, and sent to 135 I2ast Fifteenth street. New York. FORGETS DAY; SUIT DISMISSED. Mr. Ilnlril Kindled l.ntv to Prosecute f B.OOO Slander Cn.r, (tivKniiRAP, L. I Nov, II, Mrs. Arietta Kalrd, 7" years old, failed to appear to day to prosecute her IR.Oon slander suit iigiiinst her nephew, Krnest W. Tooker. a lawyer, and Justice Vnn Sliien dlsmlssi d the case, Mrs, ILilrel said to-nlL'ht she UmFerm tdition, IZmo, mr nacn GENERAL JOHN REGAN B ' w Who was oenernl innn Kegan f Why was so anxious to put Ilallymoy on the map ? is rou?ea into ,i trenzy 01 scu-.'ippreciainm inc sui;gc3iiuii in .1 imufci num across the Atlantic Hilarious scenes follow, in which Government officials play their part. Tho sheer comedy and hiKh spirits of both the novel and tne play are irresistible and tonic. THE ADVENTURES OF taiuiTTV tin. WHITTY A round ol mlve'itim o atisunl nd whlm.le.l th.t .re co.o.ncd nf their h,r..nlntf-ln SPANISH GOLD: ; . A Novel of Adventur TLe rjt ee n j.JXi .,lur..J;(,trtur,. LALAQE'S LOVERSl a l.Or wnr ..... . . In the tfon nt l.mnn.'. Itie IrUh inmbp. itho b- enme. iv.ediit relormnr'.ieal.Mr, lllrmlnf. nam bin created n eliarsrter M .weet the In kiiidi. aim te niniiini ..uov.,.u,. THE SEARCH PARTY t A Clover Story of Homely PoopU AUtire he.rtecl.Tli.flnuiiailgenl.lUKik, "herein one at .urd auu.tloti tre.d. elcM upon tb. heel, ot .Dottivr. GEORGE H. DORAN Publishers in America for (T Say '7880 Murray" to Central when you read or hear of any book you want immediately. CTHE NEW SCRIBNER BOOKSTORE is deter mined to five the best book delivery service in the city. Telephone orders are executed with accuracy and speed. THE NEW SCRIBNER BOOKSTORE, FIFTH AVE. AT 48TH ST. GETS $200 FOR WIFE'S LOVE. I'uriiier Nimt York Siilesmnn :.yn Luxuries Mlennteil Her. lit xiixri'is. ,i . .i 11 A jury to-d.t- granted ''.'im d.nniivi's m I s Dunn, a saleuvin. formerly ol New ork city, r hi -.ilt ag.iiiit 1! S I'riiidle, a wealthy ftirnitiim man for ono tl, imaged Dunn charged Prlnclle. vim married a si-ier ol Mrs. liniti. ith having alienated h-r afleeiion-, bv meant ol tine clothes automobile" anil a lib- of luxurious ease. Mr I'riiidle on her deathbed made Mrs. Diimi piomis" to cue lor bet infant child. Dunn, who at the time was living ill N'ew oik. sold hi bui:ie there and with his wife came lo lluiiilnciton 10 stay with Pnntllei and care foithii bah. B Duin. deela-es he later found that ! I'liiulle was paying 100 much attention in Mis Dunn Finally the rich I'uriiltuto , man. with hi" baby and Mrs Dunn, wem 1 11 l harleston lo llw leavim; Dunn bote; 1 When Dunn asked his wile lo letiirn ho agreed 10 do so if be would supply bet miiIi luxuries He Pnnille was doing. Dunn then tiled his alienation Mil! I CONGRESS OF SURGEONS MEETS. I'lnn for -taiiilierillialliin of llii.pl.. Inl. I. Velopled. ' ClIICAOO, Nov 11 Delegate to the. Clinical Congiess of Surgeon of North j America in their fnuith annual mietiiii: .it the La Salle Motel to-night listened .0 annual reetrts and then broke up Into M-otlotw and listened to papeis on gep- ! eial surgery and siitglc.il specialties, Additional re-gistiations to-day brought the total muulH'r lu attendance almost to , 6.0011 Throughout the morning clinical progi .untile s wetc conducted 011 the sub jects of genoinl and speclil surui'iy at. various c nicaao ne.sp, ,s. f evera opera - Ileitis weio peiiormeel ill .Mlcn.li'i iteese Hospital. Dr. L. A. (oilman of l.n.i.m presented the ic-poit .if the committee tipisilnted a ear ago 011 the. s'.andardUatioti of bos- plt.ils. The i-e.pmt was adopted. Ili-n after e very hospital to be ncciedlted must conform to the iviiultcinents of the standaid. Can-fill Indexed reports must , be kept show lie. for every patient tlie diagnosis and the nattiie and lesults of tieatmcnt 1 The Carnegie Foundation hai content plated action along similar lines. H E A L T H H E A L T H Wonderful restorations to health follow the use of Duffy's Pur Malt Whitkty everywhere. This most valuable tonic- stimulant will bring you perfect health ana happiness. 1 1 y it. H H E A L T H E A L T H me mysterious ami gu-aiicaci uucrican nallytnoy. a sleeuy, sunlit Irish village, THE SIMPKINS PLOTi A Farcical Comedy Tim hlftnrr "I drell error and Its enniwiti.nee.la Uie further oilTenturet ot the eluilre J. J. Meldon. THE MAJOR'S NIECE 1 An Uncle's Exporimont On.otUie haprleit of Mr. lllrmtDfh.m'. tisvcla, (UneuMinr wiui sr.re.rKea jriui .rqrar in follr of .ptilrlnif .eleac. to th. npbrtnftnc ol (tmeuulnr wii grave. iKed lrt.li lUnrdltr tb tour or children PRISCILLA'S SPIES 1 A Yachting Adventure rr!clllii the Irrr.l.llMe.the .worn enemrf(n prletr nnd eedtienei., 1. nr. inrmiuf nam a InTlf nratlni? heroine. THE RED HAND OF ULSTER 1 An Irish Rebellion nun.runnlna nnleioelrcoan. fui itilo iTMfttfva. -ttt.wiaail in efaa hurlranue nli' with BrlUah mlliurr In ctner wun niTeramn. ronow 1 Amertr.n mllllna.lre to Ireland COMPANY, Nw York HODDER STOUGHTON The Boy I Champion torn-niiser M story is a new book of Hticri'rc oalli'd ".loo tlm Hook Farm er." It is so good a book that one) Mute board has neioptoel it for regu lar ronditiK, and moro than one other stato has pent it broadcast, (iiirrani Hnrrin wrote it and he lolls a real ftory. THIRTY PIKCKS OF SILVF.R ', Thirty piecew of silver was the price! of the great Hotrayal. Ono of these pieces slips from the greedy palm of iJudas sli down through the ages into our lifo to-day. The Htery is told in n new book called "Thirty Pieces of Silver." by Clar ence K. Holland. It is as dramatic as a play filled with the beauty and poetry of Christinas, too. THF. CiOLDKN" Rl'I.K DOLLIVKRS ' Your first automobile, like tho Dol livers', brought trouble, probacy, but there's a new book called "The Golden Rule Dolli vers" which tells of the fun and exciting adventures of trying to give other people a lift. Margaret Cameron wrote "Tho Golden Rule Dollivers," and in it tho fun bubbles up nnd spins along pant all cemnting by any sptHxlonietor. MARK TIDD ' There's a fat boy who is the coura geous and resourceful fender of four live country boys in a now book ailed "Mark Tidd." It's n story your buy will warm up to and there's no lolling, you might like "Mark Tidd" yourself Clarence B. 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