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MUSICAL MATTERS.
WOMEN'8 MU8ICAL CLUB8-A QCESTION OF
AGBNT8-MR. MACDOWELL AND AMERI
CAN CONCERTS-THAYER APPRECIAT
ED IN VIENNA-A HYMN FOR THE
QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY-NOTES AND
unfuimi aaiiiiii
Several hundred women lntereated ln the ad
Tancement of muslcal culture In the Unlted States
met ln 8t. Louls twelve days ago and apent many
bourg ln dlacuaslng plans for the pursult of thelr
work. They were delegates to the second annual
meetlng of the Federated Muslcal Cluba. an or
gr&nlaatlon whlch had Ita lnceptton In New-York
&t the meetlng of the Muslc Teachers' Natlonal
Aseoclatlon tn 1S97 nnd was eatabllshed at a meet?
lng ln Chlcago ln 189S. Concernlng the algnlflcance
Of theae clubs The Trlbune has frequently apoken.
and a atudy made on the ground durlng the meet
lngs from May 8 to May 7 conflrmed the attltude
adopted by thls journal at the bcglnnlng of the
tnovament and malntalned ever stnee. The move
xnent la much stronger ln the West than ln the
Eaat, bot thla ls only natural. The need of the
clubs Is greater tn the Weat than in the East.
Thelr prlmary mlsalon la to cultlvate muslc praetl
cally and study its hlstory. sclence nnd sesthetles.
Where concerts by professlonal artlsts are plentl
_ul amateur performers are relegated to the prlvate
rlrcle and there Is consldernble dlscuaslon of musl?
cal hlstory and phllosophy to be found In the bet?
ter class of newspaper crlttclsm. In thls manner.
too. each of the large cltics of the East Is a cenfro
cf lnfluence whlch extends over a wlde area wlthln
?whlch Intereat and thought are kept allve. In the
fmaller and more lsolated towns of the West these
Clubs not only make the bulk of the mualc whlch
|s heard but also provlde opportunltles for hearlng
ltlnerant artlsts. The hlghest class of orehestr.il
and chamber muslc ls fosfered in a number of
cltles by means of the clubs whlch assume the
rlska attendant on publlc concerts. Clubs that can
brlng the Chlcago Orchestra or the Knelsel Quflrtet
to thelr towna annually nre not many. but they
cxlst, and thelr value ln the acheme of artlstlc edu?
catlon can scareely be overestlmated.
There are about 3flo women's muslcal clubs ln the
"Cnlted States. About elghty of them were repre
aented at the St. Louls meetlng, delegates belng
preaent from the followlng towns and cltles: Alton,
111.; Boulder. Col.; Chlcago, Cleveland, Ohlo; Co?
lumbla. Mo.; Danbury. Conn.; Davenport. lowa;
Dayton. Ohlo; Decatur. 111.; Denver. Col.; Engle
?wood, N. J.; Fergus Falls, Mlnn.; Fort Wayna.
Ind.; Grand Raplds. Mlrn.; Independence, lowa;
Jndlanapolls. Jacksonville. Fla.; Knoxvllle. Tenn.;
Llncoln. Neb.; Llttle Rock, Ark.; Mattoon. II!.;
Memphls, Tenn.; Moblle, Ala.; New-York Clty.
Owensboro, Ky.; Rockford, 111 ; Sodalla, Mo.; St.
Louls, St. Paul, Mlnn.; Topeka. Kan.. and Tyler.
Te_. It was announced that from forty to flfty
other clubs had lndlcated an lntentlon to Joln the
federatlon. The tlme of the delegates was oceu
pied forenoon. afternoon and evenlng wlth buslness
meetlngs, receptlons and entertalnments, the latter
provlded by loeal organlratlons The generoslty
?whlch mnrked some of these entertalnments. as
well as the prosperlty of the hosts. may be rend ln
auch facts as these: The I'nlon Muslcal Club, of
6t. Louls, engaged the Knelsel Quartet for two
concerts whlch were glven In honor of the vlsltors,
no tickets being placed on sale. The Wednesday
Club. a llterary bocly. lnvlted the delegates to hcar
a lecture by Mr. Krehblel on "Folk-Song ln Amer
!<_.?? lllustrated by Mrs. Krehblel. and Alfred
Robyn. the latter a much-admlred local planlst,
and entertalned the audlence afterward wlth re
freshments. The professlonal muslclans of St.
Louls gave a concert. and every meeting was en
Uvened with muslc contributed by members of the
federatlon.
Three practlcal echemes for extendlng the useful
ress of the clubs cccupled the greater part of the
attentlon at the buslness meetlngs of the federn
tlon. One of these. and perhaps the most Impor?
tant one, as It turned out also to be the most
troublesome. was the questlon of agents ar.d ar
Uats. It was thls consideratlon. lndeed. whlch was
chlefly InstrumentaJ ln calllng the federatlon Into
"belng. The fee of an artlst of flrst-class Impnrtance
ls, as a rule. prohlbltlve to all but half a do.en of
the clubs and lt was thought that by comblnlng
ao as to offer a larger 11st of engagements than
could be expected under ordlnary clrcumstan^e*
both small and large towns mlght beneflt The
report of the commlttee to whlch the subject had
been referred was dlscouraglng. and ln the dls^us
alon that followed lt arpeared that a conslderable
r.umber of the delegates were In favor of taking
the matter out of the hands of a commlttee to
whlch lt had beon suggested that the engagement
of artlsts he Intrusted, and placlng It In the hands
of a slngle member. who would thus be actlng as
mj> agent for the club. A slmllar proposltlon had
O THOU, IN WHOSE ALMIGHTY HAND.
SIR FREPERIfK BRIPOE. Mt'S P.
OrganlBt anj Mastrr of the ChorlM.r* "f \\>?tmtn*ter Abbey.
Rather slow and with dionity.
Copyrlght. 1898. by Novello A Cbmpany. IJmlted.
(May be nir.g ln unlson lf Oealrpd )
A HYMN FOR QI'EEN VICTOI.IA'S EIOHTIBTS IJIRTin)AY.
-caused comlderable dlscusslon at the Chlcago
meetlng. Flnally It was decJded to leave the mat?
ter ln the hands of a commlttee.
Had the delegates known of a professlonal con
trorersy by telegroph whlch was ln progress at the
very momcnt when they were talklng about agenta
and artlsts and thelr demands It may be thelr
actlon would have been more emphatlc. The
Xnelael Quartet's rtfuaal to vlolate a promlse glven
to tha Women'i Mualcal Club of Portland, Ore.,
coat the quartet a Paclflc Coast tour upon whlch
lt had already started. The contract for the tour,
whlch left the quartet fre* to glve concerts lnde
pendent of the manager. whoae ninw la Frt?d
lander. was slgned wlth the eapllclt understandlng
that tha quartet would glve a conoert ln Portland
for tho club under whose ausplcea Mr. Knelsel and
bls fellows were lntrodueed to the Portland com?
munlty a year before. After tbe contract had been
made Frledlander demanded that the promlse glven
to the club bi: wtthdrawn, ln order that he mlght
sell the OOaoatfl to a local ager.t. lielng men of
bonor. Mr. Knelsel and hls assoclates refused to
braak thelr agreement, whlch was a verbal one and
contlngent on a vlslt to tha Paclflc Coaat taklng
place. The quartet than offered to play a seconl
ooncert ln Portland for Frledlander gratls, but waa
anet by- aa uitlmatum that unlesa th? concrt for
tha club was abandoned he would break hls con?
tract for the entire Paclflc Coast tour. and from
thls he refused to recede. Thereupon Mr. Knelsel
and hls assoclatea Informed the Portland club that
they felt In honor bound to keep thelr word. and
that If a second concert could be arranged to cover
the expenses of the trip to Portland dlrect the
quartet would vlslt that clty. glve the two con?
certs and return to the East. an offer that the
Portland club accepted. wlth an expresslon of re
gret that the quartet should feel called upon to
make so great a sacrlflce. The Incldent OteWJ
plalnly enough how much consldcrntlon women s
clubs may expect from agents and managers of
the Frledlander strlpe.
Other plan. perfectlng by commlttees of thffed?
eratlon contemplate the creat.on of ?iM. of
flrst-class muslc. from whlch amall <",u* ? *'?
p.ece. at a nom.na. prlce; also the "**%**?
talented amateurs wllllng to vlslt OtBOa ta?t 0X0
unable to pay the feea of expenslve ??*??"?*
and Play and slng for them at nomlnal -hargta
Thls latter plan m.y not be wlthout III 1"ncn ?_
(,anger to muslcal culture. a. Clara A. Korn polnt
out ln an article In the current number of Th
F.tude" publlshad ln Phlladelphla. Thls wr ter
appeals wlth great earnestness to the federatlon.
whlch. she fears. "ml.takenly magnlflrs tho lm
portance of the amateur ln our muslcal develop
ment." to "devote more thought ar.l purse to tho
llvlng Mruggllng. asplrlng. professlonal musl-lan.
and let the dead and the abnorrr.-lly successful
take thelr own course. Appreclate the lntter," she
savs, "aimlre them and revere them. but do not
make ldols of them. and at the same tlme trample
others of equal merlt In the dust of obllvlon."
Mrs. Edward F. Thl, of Grand Raplds. the presl
dent of the Federated Clubs. ln an address on the
flrst day of the meetlng devoted a great deal of
nttentlon to the oplnlons of Mr. K. A. MacDowell
on the aubject of Amerlcan muslc.
The oplnions, whlch had been conveyed to Mrs.
I'hl In a letter. dealt chlefly wlth the questlon of
oi."ra and COOOatta of Amerlcan composers. On the
latter polnt Mr. MacDowell relterated expresslon.
whlch have alrcady appeared In prlnt. but they ac
qulre .peclal slgnlncance Just now from the fact
that he has entered a protest agalnst the per
formance of hls "Indlan" sulte at a concert pro
Jected by Mr. Van der Stucken for the meetlng of
the Muslc Teachers' Natlonal Assoclatlon ln (in
clnnatl next month. Hls protest wlll probably be
respected and hls muslc wlthdrawn from all the
illstlnctlvely Amerlcan proirrammes. Mr. Mac?
Dowell has been npplauded ln these columns re
peate.lly for the stand whlch he has taken agnlnst
the undue coddllng of Amerlcan composers (a prac
tlce whlch has been unduly affected by the wom
en'. clubs, let lt be sald ln passlng), but lt ls not
easy to follow hlm wlth approval In all hls utter
ances, or In hls actlon In the Clnclnnatl case. when
a dlstlnctlvely cducatlonal purpose wns almed nt
ln the plannlng of the concerts. Thls ls what he
wroto on the subject of Amerlcan concerts:
Anoiher matter that I thlnk has \>rvn to the det
rlment of lndlvldual effort ln compositlon for many
rear. Is tha! kln.l of Americ.inisni In art that be
Ueves ln "Amerlcan" concerts and the llke. An
"Amerlcan" concert is, ln my eyes, an abomlnatlon. |
for the slmplc reaaon that lt ls unfair to the Amerl?
can. Such a concert offf rs no standard of judg
ment, owlng to our want of famlllarlty wlth the ,
work. presented. Then, If our work Is preferred to
another, lt onlv dors harm to the waakor work,
wlthout helplng the atronatr one to aay flxed
value. Added to thls, an "Amerlcan" concert s a
direct bld for lenlency on the part of the pubbc, i
whlch, I need hardly say, ls Immedlately recognlzed
bv lt. Amerlcan muslc must and wlll take Its im.hI
tlon ln the world of art by comparlson with the
only standard we know?that of the work of the
world's great masters, nnd not by that of other
works equaily unknown to the world. In othor
words we crave comparlson wlth the best In art,
n..t onlv the best ln Amerlca. If our muslcal socle
tles would apree never to glve concerts composed
exclusively of Amerlcan works, but, on the other
hand, woiild make lt a rule never to glve a concert ;
wlthout at least one Amerlcan compositlon on the
programme, I am stire that the result would Justlfy
my posltlon ln the matter.
As to the other questlon. we can only marvel at
tba attltude of Mr. MacDowell. the meanlng of
whlob ls dlametrlcally opposlto to that expressed j
ln the last paragraph above. Amerlcan muslc c^n :
only be appreciated If brought Into comparlson wlth
Europran muslc; but Amerlcan slngers must not
be permltted to hear the greatest Europonn slngers. j
lest our Inltlatlve be d illed, our hunger be satls- i
fled and we be prevrnted from developlng our own
laauuiua And thls notwlthstandlng that of the [
thlrty-stx slngers announced ln Mr. Orau'. pros- ;
pectus for the last season of opera at th-? Metro- j
politan Opera House. slngers drawn from all over
tba world. seven at the top of the llst were Amerl
cans by blrth and aneestry. Forelgn opera com?
panles do not seem to have stood much In the way
Of the advancement of Ulllnn Nordlca, Emma
Fames, Marle Engle, Suzanne Adams and Davld
BIspham. of the last New-York company, to say
nothlng of such "forelgn" slngers as Emma Albanl,
Clara I*>ulse Kellogg, Annie I,oulse Can'. Mlnnle ,
Hauk. Emma Thursby, Antolnette Sterling, Marle
Van Zandt, Emma Nevada. Emma Abbott, Blbyl
Sanderaon. Ella Ruasell. Charlea Adam?, Jules
I'crklna anl many others. Hut lrt Mr. MacX>owell
have hla any?he would not have sald lt wlth
mufh dlfference lf he haa wrltton lt for a traJ.>
Journal whlch dnmna whe.revrr It cannot colle.-t
trlbute. We quote "The St. fdillle flUtllO TBBBOtllgl".
In hla oplnlon, the brlnftlng of forelgn opera cum
panlea to thla country frorfia unutterablo harm to
the poselble development of natlve talent, aad
untll our gr.-at cltlcs have thelr own permanent
opora companle. there can he llttle hope for our
mnt'y drnmatlc alnaerB and compoaera. And, as 1m
ported operas aattafy our hunger. dull our ltittlatli-a
and keep ua from developlnfc- our own reaourrea, so
travelllna concertB, glven by our two or three or
chestraa, make lndlvldual effort on tho part of our
cltlea aeem unneceaanry Amerlea la the greateHt
mualca) marked ln the world; but none of the vaat
auma apent on artlats. operaa. et/-., goea toward es
tabllshfng anvthlng permanent.
The need of a women'a mualeal club haa not
been felt ln New-York In the degree that It haa
In the Weat, but a club haa recently been or
ganlaed, nevertheleaa, and lta progresa hna been
eucb that lt promlaes aoon to rank among the
largeat In the I'nltcd Statea. It la called the
Women'B Phllharrnonlo Boolety of New-York. waa
organlsed In January of thla year, and haa estut.
llahed Itaelf at No. 810 to Sli" Camogle Hall. Tha
mambarahlp roli of tha boc!MB aUaadv _ur_bsra
over two hundred. and a clrrular recently laaued
by Mra. M. Fay Pelrce, chalrman; MrB. E. Benja
mln Rnmsdell. treaaurer, and MIbb Jtilla E. Hard.
enrolment aecretary. on behalf of the Organt_ng
Committee. stated that a women'a choral club.
atrlng orchcatra and plano amateur club. a toach
era* aodallty, atudenta' advlaory board. loan fund
ar.d concert bureau are ln contemplatlon for the
nenr future.
The May Issue of "Tho Etude." a mualcal Journal
of ah educatlonnl chnracter. referred to ln the
lnaiieflllH nccount of tho women'a cluba. la devoted
almoat wholly to Amerlcan tntere?ta. Of lta many
artlcles we mentlon aa notnble "Amerlcan Oom
poserB." by Rlchard Aldrlch; "The Fnundntlona of
Mualcal Amcrlca." by W. S. B. Mafhewa; "Wlll
Amerlcan Composltion Evet Poaaeaa fl Dlstlnctlve
Aecent?" by K. I. Stevenson; "Womnn's Work In
Muslc In AmerlcB." by Fnnny Morrla Smlth;
"Woman'B Muslcal Olnbs." by Clara A. Korn;
"The Muslcal Ouflook for Women." by H. T. Flnck,
and "Tbe Kvoltitlon of Amerlcan Muslc." by I/Otils
C. Baoa.
An extra supplcment to "The Muslcal Tlme*," of
I.ondon. puhllshed by NovpIIo. Ewer _ Co.. con
talnB three, hymna wrltten for Queen Vlctorla'a
elghtleth hlrthday, whlch wlll be eelebrated on the
24th dny of thls month. Ono of the hymna la re
SIR FRKDERICrt BRTDCin
Orgnnlst of Westmlnstex Atl.-v
prlnted herewlth, through the klnd coiirtesy of
Novello, Ewer A Co., together wlth a portralt of
the composer. Slr Ftederlck Rrldge. The, nthers
nrp "Fathpr. In WIiobp Almlghty Hand." by H. D.
Rawn?ley and Slr Oeorge M.rtln, MBB D, and
"O Thoti. Above the Orcatest Oreat." by W. St.
Illll Boane nnd John E. Wrat.
O THOU IM WHOSE AT.MIOHTT HAND.
(Mv "tlmes" are ln thy hand..? Paalma xxxl, 16.)
O THOU ln Whoap Almlghty hand
Are "tlmes" of all the llvlng.
Th'v stand or fall nt Thy command,
Thoii all thelr portlons glvlng:
?TIs Thlne to ke.-n all frouls ln llfe
Thelr brenfji and strcngth ac?ordlng;
Thmi dost sustnln ln dnllv strlfe,
To each hla lot awardlng.
A Stny and Sticcor Tboti haa been,
Our Monarch'a llfe uphoTding,
Through fouracore aummera for our Queen
Thy grcat designs unfoldlng:
In perils aafely she hua BPOd,
Thee for her Quardlat) tnklng,
Th.... bleaatnga pourlng on her head,
Nor lii her ne.i] fors.iklng.
A gratpful Natlon. whlle to-day
It proffers gh.dsome greetlng.
Thee. KINO of kings. wottld ht.mbly pray,
For her true weal entreatlng.
Her llfe Intrustlug nt 111 to Theo
8o long ln aafety holden?
That her la?t daya may euccor'd b?.
Her sunset calm aml gnldtn.
All England now her Empresa Queen
1>.,th hall wlth (xiiltatl.ii),
RecaKIng how her llfe hath been
Devoted to the Natlon.
O ever-blessM TRINITT.
To Thee wa Btln corame?d her?
Crown'd wlth Thy marcy may ahe he.
Abundant bleeainga s.-ml her. Amen.
-lS Chlida Clarko.
In a recent lasuo of "Wa Neue Frele Prease," of
Vlennn. the entire feuilleton waa devoted to the
Beethoven anecdotcs publlshed In Mr KlwbMef
lRteat book, "Muslc aml Mannera In the Cloeaical
Perlod." The revlewer apeaka thua enthuslastlcally
of the late Alexander W. Thayer. from whoan note
booka the anecdotes were ctilled:
On .lune. 1R, 1897, the Amerlcan Conaul, Alexandpr
Whecloek Thayer, dled ln Trleat. Hls calllng waa
that of a blographer-nothlng more, and nothlng
laaa. Tru>- tboee who were frimlllar wlth hla llfe
Btory knew that ln e?rll*-r yeara he had beea
llbrarlun. fMWepajMV p'tltor, aecretary to an em
baaajr. and consul; bm lt may M aufely aaaumed
that. t.y all theae aetfrittoa nelther bibiiography,
jourhallsm. dlplomacy nor commerce, was materl
ally pronoted. All these professlofis. were for
Thayer only laborloua crtisadea umlertak.-ti that
they mlght le.id hlm lnto the promlsed land. And
thla promlsed land waa the world of Beethoven.
The most preclous thlng whlch the world eotild do
for hlm nrd be fnr lt waa to penetrate further lnto
th>' Ilfn and dolnga of Bepthov.-n than any one
had pver done. to follnw the myrlad stlrrlngs of
genltiB through the most trlfllng detalls of tbe llfe
of the most hlghly glfted of all musleians. Not
glfted hlmself wlth a i>ec.illarly llne art-under
Btandlng, hls researehes, BQtially nmaxltig bacaoaa
of thelr evtilences of lndustry and Btirccaa, went
more to tho man than to muslc. It was emotlon
rather thnn c.mprehenalon that lnipelled hlm to
work. ltut ln tbe death of the author of "I.udwlg
von BeaMhovpn's I^-I*n" thp world of art lost lta
most devoted, trustworthy nnd enilnent Be.thoven
blograj.her.
Georg Henschel'B opera "Nubra" wlll be pro
ducpd at the Royal Opera Hoti.ie at Dresd?n next
aprlng, under the personnl dlrectlon of tho com
poaer. Thls wlll neceasltate hls staylng In Europe
thls year. and compel the nancellntlon of a tour
whlch waa arranglng for MrB. Henachel and hlm
by Henry Wolfsohn.
The last In the aerlea of choral, song and vlolln
r<-. it.Us arrang.d by the Inatltute of Arta and
Bdeacee Wttl be glTca ln Aasoclntlon Hall. Brook?
lyn. on next Wadneadajr evenlng. The Brooklyn
Bangerbund. under lyjula Kommenlch. conductor,
Wlll slng, and thero wlll be aolos by Mra. Alexan?
der Rihm, aoprnno; Henry Bartela, barytone. and
Max Kurger, vlolln.
Samuel A. Bnldwln wlll glve a aerlea of elght
free organ recltals at the Church of tho Intercee
alon, O^hundred-and-flfty-elghth-Ht. and Broad?
way, at 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoona durlng
May und June,
Vladlmlr de Pachmann wlll mnke an Amerlcan
concart-tour next eeaaon under the managrment of
Henry Wolfaohn.
A muslcal wlll be glven at the residence of Mra.
Thomas F. Qoodrteb, No. 418 Cllnton-ave., Brook?
lyn, next W?Klnesday evenlng. for the purposo of
eecurlng funda to provlde a summer home for the
crlppled chlidren of the House of St. Ollea The
muslclana who wlll thk*e. pdrf drd Mlaa'O.-rabllne
Morgan, Mlaa I.lda Fr.ink ITIce, Charlea Stunrt
PhllHpB, Henry S. Br6wV Panl'Morgan'and John
Hyutt Brewer.
Mra. Agnen Staberg Hall and Mra. Oretivllle
Bficlllng wlll glve a aoof redtal ln Carnegle fhnm
ber Muslc Hall oo to-morrow afternoon. wlth tho
followlng progra?uaai
Scarritnavlan a.oaa:
etMU Ad-Ilne. w ?,.?.
Voaaevlaa . ' 8'?nh?^irn?r
Tlll MaJ.raa 1 . l?engi..r?
Tltanla 1.IVteraen-Hert-r
Aft.n.t.mt,lnf .RMBH
,n'r,,uv'-.iul-w-C.??????????'^8
I'rel.llad ("Melat.rslnaer"?. fi* vlolln. .W.yner Wllhelml
bponlsh I Bjaoa f_ vlolln.Hehfei.u
_ art. Martlna Joht..t..ne
Freneh tuiip:
Autavle . uui_..
{':rn"l.,0eU'.7e,r. .V..BbSTS-S.
L_-L """'".Th !?? I.
ySv^LZasT*"*.'-hamlnad.
ni.es d. (adix. i^iii^.
Par un Matln 1 _....i??lloes
"Maman. dlte_-raol" J.BBTa*t-tt*B Lnui, XVI
Mra. BnBlllna;.
-a
BABILJ DIAOXOREP.
From The Buffalo Courler.
"My wlf.-'s got a cold ngaln. Doctor," he aald
Klke a man who for grle\ance haa cat.se;
"Dpsplte all my proteatB, she would go last niaht
To the bnll ln a dreas mado of gnute."
rhough the doctor trled hard to look grave, on hla
Waa ? amlle not ao hard to detect
Aa he anawt-red: "Tnat aattlea tha mbttar at onca.
lta a pialn caao of gauao aad affact,"
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
The last week of MIs* Julla Marlowe's eng.ge
ment In "Collnette" at the Knlckerbocker Theatr*
beglns to-morrow. It has been a phenomenal en
gagement ln every way. Mlss Marlowe ha. been
enthuslnstlcally appreclated In the part. The Knlck?
erbocker Thentre wlll present no oth*r attractlon
thls aeason.
"Hls Excellency the Oovernor" wlll contlnue only
untll next Saturday nlght at the Lyceiim Theatre.
Thls ls only carrylng out the arrangements wlth
Danlel Frohman to flll the tlme held at the Eyceum
by Jnmes K. Hnckett, who is now playlng Mercutlo
ln Mlss Adams's produerlon of "Romeo and Jullet."
Mr. Hackett was to .-ontlnue ln "Rupert of Hent
iau" untll next Saturday nlght, when hls seasoo
would end.
"We-ITns of Tenneesee" wlll to-morrow nlght
hegln the second week of Its run at the Amerlcan
Thentre. Slnce Its produetlon last Tuesday nlght
the dramn has nttracted a suceesslon of large nndl
ences. The east Includes Robert Drouet, Archle
Royd, Theodore Roberts, Mlss Vlctory Hateman,
Mlss Georgla Waldron. Mlss Jesslo Mno Hall. Burt
d. t.lark. Stephen Wright, Ravmond Hltchcock,
Mlss Ann Wnrrington Mlss Marlon I^ster, Mrs.
ihnrles O. Crnlg, Charles K. French. Plerce Klngs
ley, George Pauncefor;, Master McArdle, John Ince,
1r.. Kobert Ellot, W. S. St. Clalr an.l Churles
Raphun.
The last week of "The Cuckoo" at Wallack's
Theatre ls announced In nccordance wlth Mr.
Frohmnn's orlgloal pluns eoncernlng "The Cuckoo,"
thla play wlll go to Phlladelphla for the week l>e
glnnlng on Nfay 22. and after thnt wlll move to
Chlcago. where lt wlll be Installed nt the Columbla
Theatre.
Clssl. I?f?us beglns an engagement at Kelth's
to-morrow, whlle Roso Melvilln opens at Kelth's
Thentre, ln Roaton. ('hlng Llng Foo Is retalned |n
New-York for another week. and hls frequent
changes In hls manner of dolng hls remnrkable.
conjurlng have kept up the mystery of hls per
formanco. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hldrran wlll pro
duce. for the flrst tlme, a eketoh called "Back
Home," nnd the iist of aatartalaera wlll Include
Watson nnd Ilutchlngs, Falke and Semon and
the Vllona sl.ters The Cbtnaaa Conaul went to
sen Chlng I.lng Foo on Wedtiesdnv ev.-nlng, and
had the wlzard In hls box for ;i short tlme
The Rogers brothers nnd "A Relgn of Error"
wlll contlnue nt Hammersteln's Vlctnrla for a
short tlme longer. The new burlesqiie on "Zaza"
Is an attrscflve feature of the p.rf..rmance.
"An Arablan fllrl nnd Forty Thleves" goes nlong
merrlly at the RaraM Iqaara Thentre. and to
morrow nlght will enfer on the thlrd week of Its
run. ronstant efforis are l-ing made to add to
the attrnctlveness of the prodectlOB. A new feat?
ure Is nromlseil r,,r to-morrow evenlng ln the
shape of nn aatial ballat and n 681*68 of tnbleius
represrntlng eplsodes ln the recent confllct wlth
Spaln.
The Rlack Pattl Troubndours. an organlzntlon
of thirty colored promoters of mlrth and melody.
come to the Orand Opcr.i House to-morrotv for
an engagement of one week. ln addltlon to the
Itl.ick Pattl. the prlma donna. the company In?
cludes Jubllee slngers, cakc-wnlkers. speelalty peo?
ple and operatlc slngers. Stuart Robson beglns an
enja*ement at the Orand Opera Houae on May 22,
appearlng In "The Maddlcr." For the flnal w.*-k
of the season Mr. Pltou wlll present Chauncey <>l
COtt In hls romantlc irlsh dramn "A Romanca ?f
Athlone." The ?enson of .Mr. Olcott and the Orand
Opera House ends on Saturday ever.lng, June x
Mrs. I>esl1e Cnrfor wlll contlnue to play "Znzn"
at the Oarrlck Theatre T111 the beginnlng of June.
On June S the 150th performance wlll bo glven,
and souvenlrs will ba dlstributed.
Mlnnle Sellgmnn returns to New-York thls wrek,
nfter a y<_r's abaance, and wlll appenr at Proc
tor's Twenty-thlrd Street Theatre to-morrow ln a
one-act play orlglnally done by Sarah Bernhardt
ln Parls. It Is entltled "Therese," nnd has never
been performed ln New-York. In .upport of Mlss
Seligman are Walier Hale, formerly of W. H.
t'rane's company, and Horaca I/ewls. The purely
vnudevllle numbers are Praa* Eldrldge, in his mono
logue; Van nnd Nobrlga and thelr plckanlnnles:
Kmma Carus. voeallst: Rosco's pfgs. th" Muslcal
Johnstons nnd a scor.- more. To-dav's concert wlll
present Iflldred Holland. I.illle Western. Illn-s
and Remlngton, the Mlmlc Fmir. Sevmour and
Dttproa, Coulter and Starr and others.
Marshall P. Wllder head. the blll at Mr. Proc
tor s uptown house. the Pleasure Palnce, thls week.
Hls monologue see.ms to nmuse better thnn ever.
E. J. Ilerop nnd hls company wlll be seen ln a
new 661601 alta, nnd others ln the long programme
are IfMtaavajjuid West. the Flood brothers, the
Mlmlc Four, \\ ilsnn and Leicester and Anna Cur
ran. To-.lay's . oncert wlll offer (Jllmore and I/eon
ard. Rosco's plra, Webb and Hnssan. Rryant nnd
Savllle, Joo o'Hare, Flsh and Quigg nnd others.
"The Man ln the Moon" has had three weeks nt
the New-York Tb.-atre and the ballets have proved
popular. To-morrow- nlght a shi.rf burlesqiie on
"Romeo nnd Jullet" will be lntrodueed.
A new and elnborate wnx group ls ln preparatlon
at the Eden Mnsee, to be entltled "Celebrated Peo?
ple of the Stnge." Mrs. Mlnnle Mnddern Flske
gave the Muaae artlata a long slttlng a few days
Bgo, and also allowed one of her gowns to be cod
led.
The Fourteenth Ktreet Theatre reopens to-mor?
row evenlng. when an Engllfh mllitary drama
called "Tho Vlctorlan Cross' wlll bo glven. The
play 1. now In Its stxth year In England. There
ls a bsttle sceno in the thlrd act. Wlth thls en?
gagement Managar Raaaaaaaat beglns summer
prl.es, plnclng slx hundnd orchestra nnd balcony
seats at BO centa each. A beneflt will be glven Jo
60pk Edmonston, the treasurer of the Fourteenth
fc'r.et Theatre, to-nlght, when the foUowtng volun
teers wlll appear: Mathews and Hulger. VTaltar
Jones. Oao_a Moaroa, Baruay Ferguson. Jamea
Thornton, Zelma Rawlston, Oeorge Fuller Golden,
Ifaaart, Dolaa and Eenheer. Kltty Mltchell. Cherl
dah Slmpson. Mltchell and Welch. Frank Tnnue
hlll, Lllllun Swaln. Hnrry Mestayer, Burt Hnvr
ly, Octnvla Barbo, John Kernell, Tlm Oonln, Jose
Yureden Herg. Hnrry an.l Fhv. the Stewart sist-r*
Annle Lloyd. Elsle Martena, Mnrty O'.NVIl, I);liid
Bllmbcrg. Cotiroy nnd McFarland. Huhert leara,
Wolter Hodges, Mae t'rossley and the TtOUbadour
Four.
Tony Pastor's programme for the comlng week
conslsts of the Russell Rrothers. In "The Irlsh
Hervant Glrla"; Jones, Grnnt and Jones. Celeste,
slnck ftnd tlght wire performer, who has Just
arrtved from England; Edwln I.ateil. Swan and
Unmbard, as the Kecrults; Forresfer nnd Floyd,
Derenda and Rreen. Mlss Rnchel Renard, asslsted
by J. A. Prr-aton. ln the farce "A Husband In
Cwver;" I.ew Klmmons nnd ('lnrk Oibba, <Jrlftltha
and Hastings. LattO nnd Della, Slgnor nnd Mlie.
Zarnes and Mr. I ?stor hlmself.
The Harlem, Opera House will be closed thls
week. Next week Mlss oiga Ifatberaole will pluy
tho engngement whlch .cl -kness compelled her to
glve up several weeks ago. Her repertory will be
a. follows: Monday and Tuesday. "The Prnfllgate;"
Wednesday, "('arni.ti." Thursdny "The Hecond
Mrs Tanejiieray;" Frlday, "Camllle;" Saturday
matlnee, "The Second Mrs. Tnnqueray;" Saturday
nlght. "Tho I'r..f11gate."
At the Academy of Muslc the sensatlonal melo
drama "Tho Klng of the Opltim RIng" will be
contlnued thls week. Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll
wlll thls evenlng glve hl. lecture on "Thornas
Palnc."
Alfred E. Anrons pre.ent. at Koster A Hlal's
Muslo Hall for the current week another vnrled
programme, Includlng Mr. nnd Mrs. Sldney Drew,
ln "Wben Two Heiirts Are Won"; Joaie Dewltt.
LaOBldH nnd hls troupe of cata and dogs. Kthel
I.evey, serlo-oomlc; th>' tlrlftlths brothers, ln thelr
Blondln donkey act, the Frederlcks troupe of
ileiii..n acrobats, the Heaumont Slstera. the Fred
erlc t'larenze Icboolboy atid Schoolglrl Qulntet, the
Phnsey troupe, Slh'.-rn and Emerle nnd Johnson
t,nd Deun. The Sunday concerts presente<l at Kos?
ter & Hlal's have becume a flxture. Tlie programme
nrrangc,! for to-nlght Includes I/ottle Gllson. Mon
nd Mmk, l.izzle RnymontK Ed I_itell. Truly
Shatttick. Slmms and tlrahain, T.>m Hrown, Maude
Courtney, tba oViaoman Quartat, Mr. and Mr.. Sld
rey I)r.-w. Joola Dewltt, tn?- Hullnes the Heaumont
slM.-rs. the Pbaaay troupe. Etln'l I.evey, Johnson
and I>.-.in and i liir.-n/i?'?, yulntet.
STORY OF FLW FRFSFXTATIOSS.
The work of I_ifayatta Poet No. 1*0. O. A R. ln
provtdlng slx hundrod Natlonal flags for the
achool. of Porto Illco and .emllng them by a spe
clal comml.sloner. hn? been fully told In a neat
book arranged by Adjutant W. F. Rrown. The
volume I. dedlcated to Junlor Vlca-Commander Al
l.i:i i". Rakewell by hls comrades of I_ifayette Po.t
"a. a te.tlmonlal of thelr appreetatlon of hl. .er
vb-e. a. thelr representntlve In presentlng In per
aon the Natlonal flag to the .chools of Porto Rlco."
Braldes Lleutcn.itit-i 'olonel Hakewell's raOOtl to
Oeneral Danlel Ruttt-rrleld. commander of the po.t,
OOfe contalna all the correapondence between
(reiieral Mlles, Oaearal I'orhln and other offlclal.
and the po.t. the address whlch Colonel Rakewell
dattvarad to the authorltle. ln Porto Rlco, letter.
from .ome of the I'orto Rlcatt teachers, a por
tralt of Ctdonel Rakewell and several other plct
ures. The book ls handaomely hound and wlll ba
a valuabla addltlon to th. war llbrary.
Slightly Used
AEOLIANS
At Reduced Prices
WE WILL offer during the coming week a large assortment of
Aeolians at reduced prices. These instruments have all
been in use, having been returned to us in exchange for
higher-priced styles. They have been remodelled and re
finished, so that in a majority of instances they can not be dis
tinguished from entirely new instruments. They are guaranteed
to be pcrfect mechanically and musically.
The cost of the Aeolian causes many of its appreciators to deny
themselves the constant source of pleasure which comes with the
possession of an Aeolian. It deters others from investigating it.
This sale alfords an excellent opportunity to obtain a first-class
Aeolian at a greatly reduced price.
// will continue for one week only.
Among the instruments offered are :
Reaular Bpe^UI Raciltr Apa^l.i
Prlce I'rlee. Prl^e prl -e
Orchestrelle.HVsl $1000 Aeolian, Btyle 14.V).?M0 $_?
Granda . 7.V) ?O0 Aeolian. Btyle I2SO.?r>0 300
Aerlot Planoa. 730 BOO Aeolian. Btyle lOftO.271 1*0
CMppaadala. **> ?** Ae.iian. style aoo.210 i.?
Aeolian, Styla l.W>, .... f.00 Nt Prln?-e?a. 7.1 (0
We alao have teveral planoa of well known makee, taken In exrhana* for Aeollana, wnleh wa wlll aall at- ta
dure.1 i.rlres. A dlsrnunt of 10 per rent for raah wlll be allowed from the above fia'Ur.a Bt the Inatrumenta *B
be sold on moderate m..nthly payment*
T II E AEOL1 A N COMPA N Y
18 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET
In the summer home the Ae-.llan haa sperlal utefulnets anl la an Invaluahle ally to the BMBaBa It alwars
knowt how to play, maklna BfBBiHlla at nnv tlme the masterv!e<'ea af the areat a n ;. ?rrt, the popular tlra of
the day. arvl both aona and danre mualc.
Pr. E H. Tt.rpln. Prlnripal of LondOB CuUBge. * rltea:
"The Ae llan may be a practl-al stere or I'brary af ?ood mualc, lt may be a toun-e af edu-atlnal plaaa
ure. an.l It may .aerve aa an effectlve BBpOBBJll "f mualc under all the ron.lltl na In BBM mualc Is a a-lare or
a ilellght "
YACHTING.
DtMBNaiONfOF the shamrock as QIYEW
HY AN F.NGLISH VVKEKLY PAPER.
Notwlthstnndlng that Slr Thomas .1. I.lpton has
several tlmes sald that the dimenslons of the
Shamrock would not be known to any one excepl
hlmself and one or two more untll she appeared In
the drydock .11 .Ww-York, the current nutnl^r of
"The Yachflng World" glve*. accordlng to yester?
day'. dlspatches, all the plinotpal measurements
of the challenglng yncht. In thls clty yesterday
several yachtsm.-n were Incllned to belleve In the
llgures thus glven, because. they sa'.d, the pnper
thus publtshlng them could not afford to be wrong.
addlng, also. that tho paper would probably not
recelve much thanks for the dlscloeure. as Eng
llshmen dld not wlsh the Amerlcan. to know the
facts.
It I. sald that the over-all length of the chal
lenger ls 130 feet, whlch would make her nearly
If not all of two feet shorter than the Columbla
ln thl. dlmetislon. The water-llne length ls sald
to be 89 feet. Thls may be the cnlculatlon of the
deslgner, but, as a matter of fact. no deslgner
knows exactly where boats of this slze wlll float
before they are launched, and lt may be taken for
granted that both Fifo and the Herreshoffs Wlll go
aa near the 90-foot llmlt as they dare. It wlll
be remembered from the evldencc at the Dunraven
lnoulry that an extra inch. more or less, in the
riotatlon of the hull as a whole makes a vast dlffer
ence In the water-llne le*igth. The flnal flotatlon
llne ls obtalned through using further inslde bal
last.
The Shamrock's extreme beam ls sald to be 24
feet, whlch probably means that her water-llne
l>eam !s about twenty-two feet. Thls wns the
water-llne beam of the Defender, as measured oy
Hobson, and as the Defender was a proved mnrvl
of apeed at thls wldth, there ha. seemed to ba
no reason for Flfe to deslgn larger ln thls dlmen
M<?n. S,.veral reasons for supposlng that the
Shamrock would be no wider than thls at tbe
water-llne have already been prlnted ln these col
umns. The Columblu's beam has been vouched for
by a Boston paper as 24 feet 2V_ lnches, though it
waa not said whether thls was the extreme or the
wa;er-llti_ beam. If thls be her wldth at the water
llne lt aeems probable at thls stnge of the lnforma
tlon that the condltlons exlstlng between the De?
fender .-uid the Valkyrle III wlll be reve'rsed, and
that the Engllsh boat. wlll now be tho narrower of
the two at the water-llne.
The welght of the lead keel as east for the Sham?
rock Is glven by the same authorlty as elghty-nino
tons whlch aeems to brlng lt wlthln about flve
tona of the welght of the Columbla'a It is also
sald that the launch of the Shamrock need not be
looked for tlll well on ln June.
WORK ON THE APHRODITR
Colonel Ollrer H. Payne's new .team yacht
Aphr>ltte wlll not be ilntshed before June 15. The
boat ltself ls all ready. but the intertor decoratlon
necessart.y takes tlme There Is a large amount of
wood-carvlng to be put ln. All the deck beams
across the blg dlnlng-room have to be Incloeed
with hnnd-carved teak caalngs and the w.l lai of
thls long deckhouse have to be flnlshed artlstl. ally
after thelr Interlors have been packed wlth min
eral wool." Workmen are now engaged for nlght
work to hasten the yacht's completlon.
-a i
MR. MORGAN'S CORSAIR.
The new steam yacht Corsalr, whlch la to be tbe
flagahlp of the New-York Yacht Club. la atlll at
the Fletcher ynrds, 'n Hoboken, where the lntarioc
work Is belng attended to. The forward part of
thls boat has been tlnlshed, and It la thought that
she mav be ready for her speed trtals by the flr.t
weak Of next month. Owlng to the absencelOf J.
lierpo*u Morgan. her owner. the < orsolr WU1 not
be requlred for use for somo tlm6
THB CRAFT AND THOSE WHO 8AIL THEM.
The slxty-seven-foot schooner-yacht Fenella ha.
been sold through the Mannlng agency to Edward
J Horgen, of the Atlantlc Yacht Club The Fenella
has a waier-llne of more than flfty-three feet. and
she 1. a good addltlon to the Atlantlc fleet. She
ls now rlttlng out at the Erle Ba.ln.
A. Van Santvoord. of tho New-York Taabt Club.
la havlng hla slde-wlieel steam yacht, the <ier
mont, overhauled, calked and palnted at Tebo's.
under the charge of Captaln Greenlaw.
Fredertck M. Hoyt. of the Stamford and New
Y .rk yncht clube. Is havlng hls cutter-yacht, the
Svce of the nftv-one-foot rnclng class, flttod out
at (Irvenport, under the supervlslon of Captaln
Dennls.
Blnce tho arrlval of the steam yncht Sultana
from (iibraltur she has been lnld up. by tbe order
of her owner, John R. Drexcl. ut South Brooklyn.
Tho yawi that tho Herreshoffs are building for
H V. R. Kennedy, of th-, New-York Yacht Club.
Is 78 feet long over all. 66 feet on tho water-llne. 16
feet 4 lnches beam. and 9 feet drnught. She wlll
ba nnuu'd the Petrel, and wlll be sent on to N>w
fort B6 soon as posslble. Her spars have been
mude wlth those of the Columbla at Boston.
Andrew B. Wheeler, of Norwteh. Conn., haa
bought tho keel schooner-yacht Falcon, whlch Is
63 feet long, from a Provldenc.e yachtsman.
When rnclng wlth the Mvonta. Columbla I enr
rbd less than twenty men. Thls year Columbla II
wlll carry between flfty-flve and slxty when she
mects the Shamrock.
Nella Oleen, auperlntendent of the New-York
Yacht Club, datee back qulte a whlle. He wa.
llrst offlcer on Columbla I when she beat Mr. As
bury's challengtr. That was In 1871.
Bannlster A Co., of Cowea, wlll .upply the Sham?
rock wlth all her runnlng rlgglng.
W. Ofeldt A Sona. Twenty-flfth-st.. South Brook?
lyn, have built for Garrett B. Elndeman, of Beth
lehem. Penn.. a twln-screw cabln crulslng launch,
(6 feet long, 10 feet beam. 8 feet 6 lnches draught.
She wlll have two 16-horse-power engtnes and a
apeed of twelve mlles an hour.
The .chooner-yacht Halcyon. recently purcha.ed
by George Work, of the New-York Yacht Club,
wlll have auzlllary power for her crulslng thl.
? unimer.
The .team yacht Electra, owned by Elbrldge T.
Cerry. of the New-York Yacht Club, haa been
flftlng out at Tebo'a under the charge of Captala
Wtcka.
Former Commodore Oeorge J. Gould. who r?.
eently gave the Atlantlc Yacht club a handaomo
30-foot launch for use at 8ea Oatp. ls havlng hla
blg steam j-.icht. th" Atnlanta, thoroughly over
haiiled al thp Etie B.iBln.
Twenty gnlvanlze.l-lron berth frame. for the 0a>
lumhla's tender ware ahlpped yeaterday from tba
Ib-rreshoff fotindry to C. Ollrer Iselln. ln Nrw.
York. The Columbln's crew wlll be Qjuartorei oa
the tender.
It aeems lmprohahle that f'ommodore Mcrgag
wlll be prespnt at the launchlrg of the ('olumbl^
Word has been recplved at BrlBto] that Mr M"rgan,
Is now taklng the biths ln Eurr.pa for tha heneftt
of hls health. Aa he wlll not return thls month,
It l? thnught that the launchlng miy he delayed,
fhotigh at Hrlstol It Is aald thnt the Hcrreshoffa
nre nnxlous to gpt the f'olumbin out of the ghop
to make way for other work. and that they wlfl
launch her as soon aa they can.
Captaln Hogarth. who wlll sall the Shamrock. la
a blt of a humorlst In hls wav Whiie speaklr.g of
tho aecrecy ln the bulldlng of the cup enallenger
he sald to a newspaper cnrrespondent: "No one oa
thls alde, ao far as I know, has tha Amerlcan
faculty for lo-.klng at the outaMe of & shed and
calctilatlng from that how many se.-ords per mlla
the hoat Inslde wlll be faster than some other
boat."
At the monthly meetlng of the Brooklyn Tacht
('luh If was decided that the nnnual regatta ahould
be Bolled In .lune. and thp Rpgatta Committee la ta
choose a date that wlll not confllct wlth tha
fixturea sche.luleil ln other < luba. Or. Memorlal
I>ay the clubhouae wlll !i? formally opened. and
there wlll Ik> a revl?-w and aall ot the fWt to tho
Atlantlc Hlghlanda and return, followed by a re?
ceptlon nnd dance at tha clubhouae In tho evt
Ixvuts Bosaert, of Brooklyn. had hls new
acrew steam yacht launched yeaterday on tha
Ilarlem Blver. She haa been called the Maylta,
and ls 111 feet long on the wafer-ltne. 135 feet orar
all. beatn 16 feet. and 5 feet 1" Inchea draughU
Her sklpper wlll be I'.iptaln Wllllam ("arman.
About aeventy feet of the ateel maat now belng
bullt for the Columbla haa been completed. Tha
apar Is twenty-or.e Inchea ln dlameter.
fllnee the arrlval of the crew for the Defender
they have been put at the general work of refitttng.
The Interlor of the l>oat haa been palnted and tha
apara have been acraped. The alumlnum of tha
platlng on the aldee haa been lald bare by acrap
lng. and la now recelvlng freah palnt The yacbt
ls now at anchor. havlng to be removed from the
allp to allow room to launch aeveral yachta flntthed
by the HerTeahoffo. among othera the vawl far
Mr. Kennedy, of the Now-York Yacht Club.
Tha Seawanhaka Corlnthlan Yacht Club haa
adopted tho acantllng and Hasslflcafton rulea af
the Long laland Sound Yacht Raclng Cnlon. It B
aald that aome of the membera of the club wa
thla aummer try to frame a nvaauremrnt rule thAl
wlll be BAtlafactory to all. The oyster Bay houa
wlll be opened on May 26.
BETTl.EMEXT IDFi ETflMITlOX.
Tho League for Socla! Servtce, of whlch Dr JorUa
Btrong la presldent and Dr. Wllllam H Tolmaa a#>
rotary, haa been asked by the I'nltel Btataa Con^
tntasloner to the 1'arla Exposltlon <>f 1!** to arr*ni?
and take chargp of that part of the Cnlted 9tatei
aahlblt on the auhject of aoclal aeonomjf relattnf
to "Inatltutlona and movements for ao -ia! a.nd IB
duotrlal betterment." The exhlblt wlll Inclule tha
work of the church. the settlemeru Idea, clubs an4
organliattona, what large employers nre doln| fof
tholr operatorB, what rallroads are lolnf to ?n
courago work ln landacape gnrdenlng and many
klndred BUhJecta. The work of compiilng aad yr
ranglng the mattpr haa already begun. and It U be
lleved that It wlll be a hlghly tnterestlng and in
atructlve exhlblt, and one whlch I<r T-.'.m.in tmnaa
wlll further Uie alms of the Ix>ague for Porla. Bsf
vlca.
FIRST BIONAL COBPB AT WORK.
The Flrst Slgnal Corpa. under Its new commatidar,
Captaln Oacar Krlanaon, went to Cret I? 00f laat
Monday, and about B) per cent of the eommara
gualltled aa marksmen Mounted drllla have h#?a
resumcj at the Central Park RlUng Acalemy.
These wll' bo contlnued untll the annual IntpecttoB
of the corpa. whl'h wlll take place at Van Cort?
lat.dt Park about June 1. Tt..? meml^ra of tha ??<?
mand presented a handsome sabre and belt to <-ar'
taln Krlanaon after the drlll on Frlday evenlng.
BFAl TlFi l. WATCB WILL.
Among the New-fngland aunimer reaorta
whlch have l>een popular f..r many yeara becauee
of thelr t-harmir.g and healthful locatlon, Watcfc
HIII, R. I.. OeeapMB a conaplcuoua place. But ?B
imtural advanlages would never have becoaal
so well known lf the people had n?>t been a>
tracted to the BPOt by the beautlful and desiraMr
altuated hotela. amorg whlch the tk-ean H >"??
ls the moat promlnent. A guest of many yeaM
standlng aald: "It haa alwaya had a reputatk*
aeond to none ln the reaort fleld, H"d J *
patmnage of the laBt seaaon gave evldence tb
Ub flopularlty waa not merely nmlntalned. ??
on the Increase."
Wnt( h lllll U almoBt entlrely sutToundetl w
water, havlng the Atlantlc Ocean on thr ?**
Long lBlan.1 Sotind on the south and UtUa PJF
raganaett Hay and the Pawcatuck Rlver on to
weat. Malarla. the dlsturblng element at
many Biimmer reeorta, Ib unknown at Wata-aBaa
the alr la alwaya co->l and braclng. and the tt
perature la never oppresalve. Tho Ocean Ho""*
J. F. Champlln. proprletor. perfect ln lt? ??
polntnienta and faultlesaly manageil. ia not
only attractlon. A carrlage road ali mlWJ"J
connecta the penlnaula wlth the malnland. tna
la eacellent wheellng all about the P}*"}^
the MlBQuamlrut Qolf Club has a flne CWMOig
and a eoyrae whlch la only forty-elgh' ""
Bhort of two mllea. vew-VW*
Watch HIII may be reached from >e?
b) boat or by rall. The boa a on the Sjooiagj j
Llne atart from Pler No. W Nor th R\s er. ^
p. m . and Buflsengera reach the hotel g. ^' j
m. the next day. By rall the trlp takea t?J^"j#
a half houre trom the Orand Ceatral Station
BtonlBBta-, and thenco by boat acroee tae aa^
whlch takea another thlrty mlnuttv