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ART. EXHIBITIONS. ji Collection of Work by American Craftsmen. in the railerles of the National Arts Club there jj,« Jiwt been opened an exhibition, arranged la collaboration between the members of that body and the members of the National Society of Crafts men. H contains a certain number of antique ob jects, but it is made up very largely O f things de fclsced and executed by Americans of the present aaj.. In c sense there is nothing new about the «how. Tiie Architectural League has for years given "Pace in it* annual exhibitions to exempts of applied art. Nevertheless, this display stands for an Idea which in different parts of the country ha* only recently come to be developed with special enthusiasm. The minor decorative arts have been petting themselves organized, and as one society or another has come before the public there has been a steady Increase In the number of young men and women keen on showing what they can unK* of textiles, pottery, jewelry and so on. The exhibition at the National Arts Club gives a kind of demonstration of the progress made in nearly every direction. Its character is peculiar. The visitor is both en couraged and depressed. He sees at once that a lot of clever people have been at work, but when he mam to examine, piece by piece, the things they ha'-e done, he has regretfully to observe that the really interesting work of artistic craftsman ship Is. after all. pretty rare. Take, for example,, the Jewelry In design and in execution it strange-* ly misses the note of exquisiteness for which .one looks as a matter of course In objects fashioned out of the precious metals. The absence of origi nality is not especially to be deplored. To create a beautiful netting for a Jewel is a prodigiously diffi cult task, and the development of an individual touch in this field is necessarily Blow, save when sheer genius is active. Our young goldsmiths are not to be blamed if they Fit with docility at the feet of Lalique. In time they may easily arrive at a style of their own. But meanwhile their crafts manship is weak; their productions convey an im pression of amateurishness, of an uncertain and heavy handed manipulation of the metals. They must make much more progress ln manual skill, as well as in taste, before they may expect to be taken terlojsiy. It is in respect to taste that the. exhibitors of pottery here need most to be strengthened. Their cups and jars need greater purity and grace of form, as they need greater delicacy in color. It if curious to observe the type of design which seems to be most popular among the designers of dinner plates and the like. They v*=? in their borders heavy motives, which belong rather to the domain of ws.:ipaper than to that of china. At many points in the exhibition this same deficiency makes itself felt. The craftsman is clever, but he seems Is lack the instinct for the particular object he Is producing. He does not seem to know precisely the key in which to design his cup or brooch or leather bag. as the case may be. Is it because he has still to learn the last secrets of his material, to gran- th« very spirit of leather or silver? Cer tainly the bulk of thl.s work suggests the crafts man looking about him for something "pretty"" to make, not the artistic temperament expressing it eelf in pottery or Jewelry, becauso It is driven by an irresistible impulse to work in those materials and in no others. Yet the exhibition is, as has been raid above, encouraging. Why? Simply because it show* that scores of zealous Americans are try lnc their best to produce beautiful things for familiar use. That they should try at all is a good sign, considering th" tendency of our youthful ' artists to imagine that art consists exclusively in [ the painting of pictures and the carving of statues, i It Is a useful work that tho Arts Club and the j National Society of Craftsmen have embarked [ upon. It v ill bear good fruit as it is taken the ' more seriously and the craftsman Is brought to j realize that he must make haste slowly. He must I ground himself in all the practical elements of his | craft, pondering deeply the mysteries of design and ! execution, before he, tries his wings in public. Dur- j ing the great epochs in Italy. Germany and France I the guilds of craftsmen exercised high authority. 1 The cabinet maker who sought admission to the j company of his eiders and superiors was compelled i to submit to their judgment a piece of furniture that he had made with his own hands, and If It did not roire up to the mark It might b» publicly burned before hip dwelling. The rising goldsmith •wa* only permitted to execute a rich commission after he had passed through an arduous appren ticeship. The crafts In America, to be put upon a firm basis, must be fostered !n the same disciplin ary and devoted spirit. The local galleries are filled with "one man" ex hibitions. One or two additions are to be made to the list recently traversed In The Tribune. At the New Gallery there Is a collection of paintings !>y Mr C. Austin Needham. At the Schaus Gallery there are a number of etchings of New York scenes by Mr. Mielatz. PrlntF, Indeed, arc everywhere on view. The WTv.stlers at the Wunderllch Gallery ani the Rembrandts at tho Kep[>el Gallery have already been noted. Announcement has also been made of the collection of etchings by Jacjurrnart, which has been placed on exhibition at the Lenox Library building. He wan a technician of remark sUe dexterity, and his plate*, though lacking in charm, have a brilliant quality which makes them very Interesting to the student. A little supple mentary exhibition has been arranged at the li brary, one of wood engravings by Alfred Pruna're, recently added to the Awry collection by the late Mr. Avery'B old friend, Mr. George A. Lucas. Pru r.alre has engraved many a subtle passage, but his style Is chiefly notable for its boldness and sim plicity. It is his own style; he Is an original artist, and this display of his work is welcome. It was characteristic of Mr. Lucas to make it possible. Throughout his long career in Paris as a collector he ha? always been quick to appreciate the men who have made genuine contributions to the mod ern movement. Bevefal years ago Mr. Robert Reid practically c*aeed to occupy himself with easel pictures or mural decorations, giving all his time to the pro duction of an elaborate series of stained glass win dows In the Rogers Memorial Church, at Fair hav«i. Ma». Last spring he took up his brushes sgain and Is now hiving an exhibition at the Bt. Boto!;.h Club, ln Boston, of twenty-seven paintings a&tcuieJ durir-s the summer. This exhibition will presently be repeated ln New York, where It will be received with interest, for Mr. Reid was from the start conspicuous among the Ten American Painters and new work by him has been missed. Mr Down* writing In "The Boston Transcript," cays trat "he has, apparently, found new colors on his palette, or. if not new colors, new combinations Of solar, which are not only novel, piquant and per sonal, but thoroughly harmonious and satisfying. 1 The new pictures are mostly landscapes, but the Ikjkf. Is introduced into two or three of them. Some month. ago reference was made in The Tribune- to Dr. Bodes Justly severe criticism of Miss Cruttwell's clever but too dogmatic book on the I'oUaJuoli. and attention wa» later given In this journal to the controversy over the matter that ensued in "The Burlington Magazine. Mr. ■fIX, Colvln and Mr. Claude Phillips came to Mia. Cruttwell's rescue with what the German critic not unfairly calls "eac.sslve chivalry, but a* M showed at the time, they left hi« argument untouched. Dr. Bod* returns to the subject In the ■mat number of "The Burlington, paying Ms compliment, to Mr. Colvln and Mr Phillip- In words full of Interest to the student. It »■ -«P"cl"> ly phasing to note what he says »n regard to cer tain attributions with which be has identified him eelf. •was $sg£ %UB&g«2£& th, M^l«.,na- In tlij Muni;!. '-•""™; 11 " ",,„",. S M».1.,r,i.a- (n til; »<"«£ VjJ Kkl Sill" v, ■FE youn« M^»' rt » n^ |o i. n I -uS* jS« « much actlr.g in th« Intercut of (J n f ■« "v -U r as" 11 c acalnst a. in .Weodln* Crow* an l, nf Moiflll the on<*:««ln<»sa and J"Bonal at tacKs noways and hip school. I '.'.link « ££,„*"& y on Mo to rarAfnls> th*t nil of ""• i tn va lh V foundation t*\\i and *:r. Berensor... s^nd «>n tn« fl ic^ laid by those dlMUifruKned * r! - tl * ho '" *te«l the criticism of Italian painting. It 1. rood to «~ a man like Dr. Bode thus pay taK tribute to Crowe and Cavalcade. »ho ren «*»«* priceless «4»rvle«»s to Bc-ur.h,i. but a*ve b4n rr.de the objects of th« ■»"««^ at " < *>■ by Morelllan criticaster.. Everybody who «»r*» for the study at art desires, a. does ur. Baa*, "an Impartial criticism, objective and de . v«d qi oersooal 111 will." and every one of U+ interested feeling must Join him 'in protesting against the Intolerant way In which some follow ers of Morelll . . . refuse to acknowledge any difference of opinion." Take, for example, that ■Profile of a Lady- in the Ambroslana which Dr. node gives to Leonardo. It Is difficult to Bee how it could be given to anybody else. Morelir* at tribution of it to Ambrogio Is a mystery, for this mfdiocre painter gives elsewhere no sign of pos sessing ev;n a tithe of the ability which muit have gone to the painting of It. Let it be admit ted, however, that there Is room for argument, that Leonardo may not have painted It. What then? The Morellians have no thought of arguing the matter. They plump for Ambrogio and go about their business with an air as of having settled the problem once for all. It is this sort of thin* that Dr. Bode is- Justified in fighting whenever oc casion arises. In this same number of "The Burlington" Mr. Herbert Cook has an interesting paper on the por trait of a man in the Ambroslana, the attribution of which to Leonardo he succeeds in making stronger than aver. In the course of his analysis be alludes to the fantastic efforts which have been made to lift Ambrogio to the level of Leonardo, the master whom he Imitated, and he says: "We are too busy nowadays In exalting the humble to positions of honor for which they are not fitted. and r.-duclng the lx-onardoß and their kind to mere Ehadows of themselves. To rescue Ambrogio from oblivion, as Moreltl did, was one thing, but to place iiim in the seats of the mighty, as Morelll did BOt but others are busy doing. Is a Bad blun der. Leonardo will come into his own in time, and it would not bo rash to predict that in a very few years the meagre ljjt of his reputed paint ings will enlarge Its borders." The student will be interested to observe Mr. Cook's skilful strengthening of his hypothesis as to the Leonar desque origin of the portrait in the Ambrosiana by comparison of it with the "Portrait of a Young Man" by Ambrogio, which he reproduces for the first time from the collection of Sir Frederick Cook. This critic does more in his liberal paper to help along the cause of art criticism than is done by Mr. Colvln and Mr. Phillips In their ef fort to scold Dr. Bode for his righteous indigna tion. R. C. THE DRAMA. A NEW PLAY AT THE GAEBICK. "The Toymaker of Nuremberg" is here to dispute with "The Top o' the World" the honors and the emoluments of the holiday season,— and with an honest appreciation of the importance of the at traction at the Majestic Theatre, it may be said here that the homely play presented at the Garrick Theatre last night has charms that cannot fail to please both the young and old. Of course, you laugh when the author expects you to weep, but the laughter is not scornful. The play as euch can hardly be classed as a contribution to Ameri can dramatic literature, but Mr. William J. Fergu son's fine impersonation of the unworldly, innocent and confiding Toymaker will be remembered an one of the best things that player has done for somo time. The play was written by Austin Strong. You must bring to it your simplest moodp; forget Broadway until the "firstborn" makes liis nppear anoe In the last act. Briefly the play unfolds the story of the love of a toymaker's son for the daughter of his employer. Th<s son's only occupation in life is playing a flute and paint lnp eyelashes on dolls. The second scene of the first act shows the Interior of the shop and the homely toymaker employed In making dolls. His world is that bounded by the four walls of the workshop. When he tells his employer that "love is wealth" you get an honest estimate of his character. The demand for quaint little dolls, with perfect eyelashes and round throats Is on the wane The children ory for Teddy bears and women compel their husbands to buy them, you learn from the toymaker's master. But the tnymaker had always made dolls. He would never make a "Tedrly bear." he told the employer. Why? ■'He cause there's no beauty in such a b*a»t." The em ployer threatens, but the toymaker swears b« will never make such "beast." for children. When the employer learns that the toymaker's son is in love with Ills daughter he becomes enraged and discharges the toymaker, who decides to bo to America with his son. At the moment of depart ure however, t!ie savior appears In the form of a long lost son, "the firstborn." who has made a fortune In America manufacturing Teddy liears. Mr. Harrisan Armstrong revoftl» thU "firstborn " as a typical curb broker in Wall Street. Miss Ma thilda Oottrelly personates the toymaker's wife. Leo Herbert White the son, and Miss Consuelo Bailey the girl. Mr. Carl Ahrendt gave a boister out characterization of the Sergeant. MR. OLCOTT AT THE LIBERTY. Mr. Olcott, making his re-entrance in New York. •fter ■ OOOSlderaWe period of absence, appear.fi last night at »h«- Liberty Theatre, in a romantic drama, by Mr. Bayre, called "CVXelll of Derry," and h" was cordially welcomed by a numerous and sympathetic audience. The part that he plays, that of Kryan O'Neill. l« «• kind of lrish D'Artatman.— a dashing, humorous, devil-may-care soldi, r. -and it proved equally appropriate to the actor and agree able to his admiring auditors. Bryan 1m happily instrumental in saving a good young fellow from being entrapped and slain by a treacherous, tyran nical ruler, the English governor of Londonderry, and he evinces courage and expedition, droll humor ami much kindness of heart; and thus ho Is a charming presence. Mr. Olcntfs voealism has long been known and admired. He Bang several new songs, eacta one of which was heartily applauded. The return of the favorite actor brlphtens the as pect of 'l» r I°' :il s" a *f A - ' or hfi brings cheer and good feeling and his influence tends to make other persons happy. Ho is indeed welcome. FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE. "In the Bishop's Carriage" had yesterday its fir»t stork production, at the Fifth Avenue, Theatre and Mas Edna May Spooner assumed the character of Nance Olden. The play depicts the effort of a young girl, of bad association?, to redeem her Iff*, and it concludes with the ac complishment of that effort. Miss fipooner ap peared to advantage, making much of her oppor tunity She was supported by Augustus Phillips. Arthur Bvere. Harold Kennedy, Olive Grove. El eanor Wisdom, and Josephine Fox. HARLEM OPERA HOUSE. At the Harlem Opera House yesterday the play called "Genessee of the Hills" was acted, and Miss Beatrice Morgan and Mr. John Craig appeared In it« central parts. The piece Is well set. the scen ery provided for Us original production at the Astor Theatre being used, and the capable stock company was cast to advantage. Miss Morgan and Mr Craig were assisted by William Norton. Dudley Hawley. Louise Randolph. Ray Beveridge. and Louise Brouelle. GRAND OPERA HOUBE. Sam Bernard began a week's engagement at th» Grand Opera House last night in "The Rich Mr. Hoggenhelmer." a musical farce, that had a suc cessful career at Wallaces last season. He Is as sisted In the merriment by Mortimer H. Welden. I>avld Torrence. Miss Georgia Ca.ne. Miss Kirk wood and Miss Marion Garson. There will be an extra performance Thursday afternoon. SHUBERT COMPANY DISBANDS. Pater.on N. J-. "*»■ 25.-"Tho Earl and the Girl" company, which has been playing here, dis banded Saturday night on account of poor business. the Messrs. Shubert deciding to take the play off. ••The Earl and the Girl" was performed six hun dred nights In London, and it ran for several weeks at the New Y..rk Casino PENNSYLVANIA MAN DEAD AT 105. pittsbuw. Nov. ».-W. R. Chambers, perhaps the oMMt resident of Pennsylvania, died yeeterday at Ms home in Cecil, Washington County. Mr. Cham bers was born at Derby. Ireland. 105 years ago and came to this country when fifty-six years old. In addition t 0 leaving a sister In Ireland, who Is 103 veara old. Mr. Chambers leave, two sons and one daughter, each of whom !s over seventy year. old. and more than one hundred descendants. FUNERAL OF W. L. MATHOT. The funeral of William L. Mathot who was Third Deputy Police Commissioner, and who died o • cowumptum at Spring Valley. Rockland Coun ty V V list Saturday, was held at the home of his nether, at No. 415 West Uoth street, yes terday afternoon. Before the body was taken to Woodlawn for burial services were conducted by La lancerlte Lodge. F. and A. M.. at the Masonic Tetnpfe. Sixth avenue and 2Sd street. Police Com mUsloner Bingham «nd Deputy Commissioner Bert Hanson were present. NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 20, 1007. MUSIC. _ — — — —~ — MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE. Miss Mary Garden and "Thais." The title of the opera which Mr. Hammerstein hrought forward at the Manhattan Opera House last night to signalize tho first appearance in America of Miss Mary Garden Is an Index of its contents and Its character. The Thais of Messrs. Gallet end Massenet Is not th« Thais of clasFio;il story who Induced Alexander to burn the palace of the Persian kings at Persepolls— who "like an other Helen fired another Troy"'— but she. Is of her tribe. Also of the tribe of Phryne, I^ais nnd Messa llna, who live in history and in art because of their beauty and their pruriency, their loveliness and licentiousness. The operatic Thais l.s t!i«s Invention of Anatole France, who borrowed her name for a i courtesan of Alexandria Borne centuries after the historic woman lived. With the help of son«stlons borrowed from the stories of Innumerable saints who fled from the vicious worl.l Into tho divert and industriously cultivated sanct!ts and bodily nith of converted trollops and holy Anthonys be con structed a trtle of how one or these desert saints, filled with nrdor to save the sou] of a Cyprian who had the gay world of Alexandria at her feet. went to her, persuaded her to put her sinful life" behind her, enter the retreat of a saintly .sister hood and die in (race, whilo he. falling at tii last into th»« dutches of carnal lust, repented of his good deed at the end and wrought his own damna tion. Changing the, name of the unforunate zealot from Paphnuce to Athanael M. Lo^is (iallet made an opera book out of Prance's ptory and Massenet Ret it to music. it is a delectable story, but it f . 11 into the hands of master craftsmen, ami the admir ers of "art for arfs lake" aad st any cost have caus« to rejoin at the treatment which it received Glimpses into the life of the frowsy fraternity of cenobltes nnd fragments of their doleful canti.les arc not engaging in themselves, but they are fine foils to pictures of antique vice and th" songs and dances of classic voluptuaries. There are splendid dramatic potentialities for those who like such thing* and those who find profit In exploit ing them in the Juxtaposition^ cheek by Jowl, of laliMHneaß and sm; of Christian hymning arid har lotry; of virtue in a physical wrestle with Vice and coming out triumphant, but handing the palm over to the real Victor at the end: In the picture of a monk sprinkling the, couch i.f Venus with boly water, and then decking his cowl with rates. There was a large personal note in the original creation of ""Thais" and there is a large personal note In Its reproduction. It is not altogether a pleasant one f.,r the lover of real art to listen to. Had there been no Sybil Sanderson it is doubtful if Massenet's thoughts would over have been di rected to tha subject True, ho had shown a predilection for frail women ob his heroines before, as witness Marls Magdalen. Eve. Herodlaa and Manon Lescaut; but in the works which exploited i these women the personal equation did not enli r bo far as the world knows or ihn printed page dis closes. Hut when he wrote "Thais" It was neither histrionic nor musical art that he aimed primarily to exploit, but the physical charms of an Individual. Something was needed for the Jaded boulevardiers of Paris to leer at while they feebly clapped their hands and piped, 'Ah! Charming!" "Ravishing!" It may be that the flno com mand of Oriental color, which is supposed to hay.< affinity in the Idioms of music with voluptuousness in all Its forms, had something to do with the case, but tho whole strurturc of the pleoe, superb as it Is In its contrasting elements and theatrically In genious and effective, points nevertheless to the unfortunate Sanderson. And In the. same way its Parisian revival points to Miss Garden and Mme. Cavalier!, and Its American production to the former. For the sake of gifted singers and accom plished actors merely the. opera was not created and will not be kept alive. It rests for Its success on the kind of argument which Phryno of classic Btory presented to her austere Judges. The brilliancy of the play, Its masterly handling of contrasts, equally gratifying to the scenic artist, the actor and the composer, challenge admiration and won it in large measure last night. From the ordinary theatrical point of view it would not be easy to pick a quarrel with the drama. It would be almost churlish, when there is so much to be grate ful for. to pick flaws in M. Massenet's score. In the first place, compared with the vast volume of stuff poured forth by his younger colleagues of Italy and even by some of his confreres of France, It makes appeal for approval by its evidences of consummate technical mastery. It never trickles; It never grows stagnant; it never gropes; it never fails far want of matter nnd manner in, utterance. Its current is smooth and self-reliant. It carries action and score along buoyantly and unceas ingly, even if it does not always " expound them deeply or give them adequate external adornment. When it has no real warmth It simulates It admirably. Its texture Is well knit. There Is purpose, not deep, not long sustained, but bo far as It goes logical, in the composer's applica tion of the system of typical or representative phrases. There is, too, a measure of appostteness In the structure and character of his themes— themes of asceticism, of Athanael. of Thais (which approves like a haunting memory of tho life which he led before his renunciation In Athanael's recital in the first act), of the monk's missionary real. There is mastery of local color, which makes his use of Oriental tints as dramatically appropriate as It Is engaging in all the scenes of ancient profli gacy which fill the centre of tho artist's canvas. M. Massenet's orchestra is an active agent in tho development of the drama, and the episodes in which it became dominant are not FRU^ 8 ln tno action created because of a felt need for some thing besides .in undercurrent for the inane chat ter of dialogue; they carry on the psychological action— the concealed drama which Is playing en the stage of the hearts of the people concerned In the story. There is fitness ln the Inter lude in which Thais disposes herseli to re produce the loves of Aphrodite and Adonis, and a pretty touch of significance in tho reminiscence of the music which had disturbed Athanael's Bream in the first act. There Is more than mere musical charm in the intermezzo which follows the scene In which the monk wakes into life th© conscience of the courtesan. She has de fled him to the last, but the struggle in her soul has begun, and while he sleeps on the steps of the portico of her house the progress and out come of the struggle are portrayed in the instru mental number which Massenet has called a "Re ligious Meditation." In itself It Is not unlike scores of pieces similarly' Intituled, but it is made significant by its Introduction of the theme of Thais in a chastened mood, in the garb of solemn gravity, and the melody of the violin solo, borne up by almost Indefinable har monies and floated by harp arpeggios, recurs again before the death scene of Thais to delineate her JOHN BIGELOW, EX-MINISTER TO FRANCE. "Who celebrated his ninetieth birthday yesterday. ecstacy and AthanaPl's despair. The composer's design was spoiled last night by the applause, which Interrupted the music, so that Miss Garden, could present . herself before th« curtain (as eh« had don« half a dozen times after the first act) In the diaphanous *rarl> of a priestess of Venus, but after the intermezzo hnd been played with splen did and passionate Intensity, It was redemanded with nn enthusiasm equally complimentary to Mr. Campaninl. the conductor, and Mr. Rlesfeld. the conoertnmster, who played tha solo. Though the Intermezzo, thus admirably motived, marks the highest flight of M. Massenet's genius, there are many pa^es In the srore which might be chosen for praise. Enough that while the admirers of his "Manon" and "Werther" are not likely to find the music of those operas equalled, they will yet find much to fascinate them In "Thai's." Miss Garden's triumphant entrance upon the American stage by means of a vehicle which many serious lovers of opera will deplore has lif-«!i sacCWted. It cannot be said to have been won by her staffing, for In trut^ her voice had little .-harm last night and her manner of using It less. At times Its tlmhro awoke pleasant recollections of some of her predecessors— an echo of Calve, a hint of rromstad and when she put it at the service of pathos It became at (fence truly moving, us did her action when It fr'fvl itself from the exaggeration of posture and movement which she seems to think essential to the portrayal of the priestess of Venus, Dut thero whs little in all this pantomime to suggest what tiio classical dance was- that pantomime more eloquent than speech— *nd little in h r song to entitle her to Inch rank upon tho operatic st.i^. The floe dramatic moments were those dominated by M. Renaud as Athanael, and they were fin" indeed, strong in feeling, vital in intel- nee, compelling In their expressive power. His was the notable artistic achievement of the even ing, and it was finely seconded by M. Dalmores. H. E. K. With a lilt and a swing which brought mem ories of lonic ago and further downtown, "Er mlnle" rwrMted Broadway last evening, being presented by the Aborn opera Company at the Lincoln Square Theatre, to a highly appreciative audience. Th" feature of the »-vonlng was the "Jay Bird" sonx. l" which Grace On Myers, as ,!avott«\ had the sta^o to herself. "Ravvy" and "Caddy,** played by Robert Lett and Ar thur Wooley, were as villanous and comical as the parts called for, and .I. <". Hartlett, a new comer, made an much as was passible of the small part of Ernest de Brlssac, who was betrothed to Brmlnie. Th" "Dicky Bird" *onk r . th« lullaby, "Good Night." and the other number, were all well received, and the chorus was t'ully up to tho mark set Jn previous product'oas. Miss ]"'••!■ 'Wentworth as Krmlnie, Harry Luckttone aa tho Marquis, Philip Branson as the Chevalier and Harold Kink.- as Kugeaa ful filled all the expectations which their work here tofore, would naturally arouse, and Hattlo Arnold mailo an Imposing Princess de Grampenaux. im posing and ponderous, her scene* with "Caddy" keeping the house In a constant laugh. "Er minte" seem, booked for a prosperous week, and will t><- followed by Victor Herbert's Bostonlan success, "The Serenade," with the same cast as in "Robin Hood," Including George B. Frothing* ham, and an augmented Chorus, CONRIED DENIES OPERA HOUSE PLAN; Not Interested in Reported $8,000,000 Berlin Project and Doubts It. Berlin. Nov. 25.— The •"isour.^ n Courier* 1 published a statement to-day from whaj it declared to ho a trustworthy sotuhe, that an American company has acquired a hlrtrk at the western end of Inter den Linden, upon which tt is purposed to en'ct a new opera house to cost 18.006.06 ft Tim new build ing, it was asserted, will have a. si'dtinp capacity of four thousand. According to the paper ground will be brok.-n in the spring Mr. Conrled. director of th« Metropolitan Opera House, of New York, Is said to be interested In the enterprise. Mr. < 'onri»-d denied yesterday that ho was inter ested in any way In the reported opera house proj ect In Rerlln. H>> added flint h<> doubted whether any sin-h movement us was Bi<t forth In the Berlin dispatch wns under way, as the lund described was crown property and therefore not on the market. THE WEATHER REPORT. Official Record and Forwusfc — Washington. Nov. 25. The Atlantic roast storm of Sunday has moved north ward to the Main.' ooast with somewhat increased do velopment, anj rains and hluh winds continued In K»w England and local rains and Knows In Eastern New York. A Northwest disturbance has also moved rapidly eastward to th* upper lakei, over which local rains are falling to night. Tver* «us also nor*. . »ln In the Northern Paelfto ••:.it'-» and Western Montana. Elsewhere the weather was generally clear. Tcnii'< ¥ raturen have changed but little except In the Ohio, middle MUsiastppl i!id Arkansas val leys, where they are considerably higher. They also con tinue high for the — asnn In the Missouri Valley. The two northern illsturlian'-^n have practically merged Into one R»-n»>ral dßpfMsaon extfniiliiß from the upper lake regl'in eastward, and unsettled weather, with occasional ralnn. may lh«r*for« ho stpatlttd Tuesday from lower Mlclilgnn eastw-Hiil Into New Eniclan.l and followed by fair sjaethar WTaOiiasJav. Another disturbance on tha Northern Pacific coaal will ''liu-s. a r.nHnuance of th« ram In thnt section. Imt over the Interior of the country and the Houth and Southwest generally fair weather will pre vail for the next two or thre^ days, as the prevailing high ur«»sure will control conditions. It will b« some what warmer Tuesday In t'n> Middle und Southern Atlantic states, but no really derided temrerature change* are In dicated for tho next two days at least. Forecast for Special I.ociilltles.— For the District of Columbia and Miiryl.ir.d. fair and warmer to-day We<ln«Bday. fair and t-lUhtiy colder. Hpht to fresh west to northwest winds. For Delaware, fair trv-uay and Wednesday, light to fresh west winds. For New Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania, partly cloudy to lay. local ruins in afternoon or night In north portion; Wednesday, fair and slightly colder, light to fresh vest winds. For Eastern New York, local rains t >-,iay or by night; IVedriesd.'ty. fair, slightly older, fresh, shifting winds. though mostly goutrwest to west. For New England, partly cloudy to-day; rain or snow In stain*, , -older In Eastern Value, rain by nlkht in south, rain or snow In north portion; Wednesday, generally fair, fresh to brisk variable winds, though hif;h northeast to north this morning 09 Maine coast. For Westers Pennsylvania and Western New York, occasional rains to-day; Wednesday, fair; fresh brisk southwest to west winds. Loral Official Record. — follow-In* official record from the weather bureau shows th» changes In the temperature for the last twenty-four hour* in com parison with the corresponding date last year: MM 1007 1 1906. 1907. 3 A. M 37 3t»l « P. M 4t> 41 CAM M 4 3l« 0 T. M .'. 45 40 9 AM 3rt 4" 11 P. M 44 40 12 M 44 . 4212 P. M 44 -• 4 P. M 51 431 Highest temperature yesterday. 43 degrees; lowest. 80: average, 41; average for corresponding date last year. 42; average for corresponding date last thirty three years. 40. Local Forecast: Local rains to-day or to-night. Wednesday, fair, slightly colder; fresh, shifting wind* mostly southwest to west. LINCOLN SQUARE THEATRE. "Erminie." MR.BIGELOV KEPT BUSY Ninetieth Birthday Brings Uninter rupted Procession of Friends. The stranger at No. 21 Gramerey Park would have had difficulty yesterday ln persuading himself that the tall and straight man in a brown velvet house Jacket, who moved so busily about his study em ploying himself with his books and papers when he could put off his friends was really ninety years old. Mcny out of the hundreds of callers who made It a daylong procession of bearers of con gratulations and gifts to the home of John BlgV low were years younger than their host, but few of the visitors who had two. or even three, decades the advantage of him could boast fewer traces of fleeting Time on their persons than on that of the former American Minister to ' France. Age, ln Itself. Mr. Bigelow refuses to take seri ously. It was no wonder then that he laughed heartily yesterday as his guests marvelled at his wonderful vitality. No vo'ce was cheerier than hi" and no handclasp stronger or heartier, though tho man of ninety had good reason yesteraajr to beg for special consideration in comparison with his visitors. All morning he was kept busy ex changing friendly grips and did It in a way that would have excited even the admiration of the handshaker in the W. ite House. The stream of visitors began to arrive at the house at 8 o'clock, for Mr. Bigelow is still an early riser. There was plenty doing also for all the household, for visitors and messengers kept them busy receiving and unpacking hundreds of boxes containing flowers and other gifts. So many were they that the recipient himself did not have time to look over half of them before a delegation of friends from the Century Association, of which M^r. Bigelow is president, arrived to bear the congratu lations of that organization. The delegation was headed oy Edmund Clarence Stedman, hla compan ions being J. Howard Van Amringe. of Columbia University; Thomas Hitchcock. r*harles Colllna, Alfred Roelker and Theodora Weston. With them they brought an engrossed address, which bore the autographs of more than two hundred members of tho association. The address reads as follows: Hon. John* Bige.ow. Dear Sir: The approach of your ninetieth birth day moves us to express to you the gratification which the auspicious event affords us. A life cannot he too long, which, like yours, has been one of constant devotion to the Interests of your country and to the welfare of mankind. Tour public career has been marked by patriotism, z<»nl In defending the right, and eminent literary and diplomatic achievements, while the multitude of your friends and admirers, of whom we are but a small portion, attest the excellence of your social gifts. Wishing you many happy returns of th© coming anniversary and continued health and ctrength to enjoy them, we have the honor and the pleasure to subscribe ourselves, yours, affectionately. Among the subscribers, besides the committee who presented the address, are J. Q. A. Ward, first vice-president of the Century Association; Bishop Potter. Dr. John Q. Billings. Jr.. Henry Holt, Edward M. Shepard. John W. Alexander. George Haven Putnam. Dr. Austin Flint, Frederic R. Poudert. Samuel Parsons. Nicholas Murray Butler. Franklin H. Oiddlngs. John O. Milburn. Arnold W. Brunnei. T. dft Thulstrup. the Rev. Dr. Robert Collyer. Julius Sachs, Charles Au gustus Stoddard, Beverley Robinson, Brander Mat thews, William H. Maxwell. Robert C Ogden. Frederic Crownlnshleld. Thomas A. Janvier. Dr. John H. Finley, Stuyvesant F. Morris, Frank Dempster Sherman. Henry W. Cannon. W. O. Van Home. Robert W. de Forest, ths Rev. Dr. "W. Montague Geer, Robert W. Othson. Dr. E. G. Jane way, Robert Underwood Johnson, Hamilton W. Mable. Dr. George F. Kuns. Judge George C. Holt, Francis Hovey Stoddard. Charles Falrchfld. Will lam Conant Church, J. Alden West. Lockwood d« Forest. John Tatlock. the Rev. Dr. Hugh Black. George McAneny and William M. Sloane. The address was presented by Mr. Stedman. Mr. Bigelow made a reply full of reminiscences of his long and busy life, and marked by wise and Tvitty reflections. The nonogenarlan was much affected by the token of friendship and affection of h'.s fellow members ln the association, of which he has been a member since IS6S. Mr. Bigelow Joked and laughed all day long with the friends who had come to see. as' he put It, "how a man looks who is post the age of usefulness." Nevertheless, he will bs up and at his desk this morning at 9 o'clock, and expects to put ln his usual seven hours before he calls It a day. MR. CARNEGIE AN OPTIMIST AT 70. Tells Birthday Callers That World Is Grow ing Better All the Time. Scores of messages of congratulation from all parta of this country and from foreign countries were received by Andrew Carnegie yesterday, when h« celebrated Mi seventieth birthday at his h<->m>?. Fifth avenue and 91st street. Borne of the messages came from strangers, expressing good wishes and commending the work that Mr. Car negie has done to bring about universal peace. Mr. Carnegie spent most of tho day quietly at home. In the morning he devoted some time with his secretary to answering his correspondence. la th« afternoon he took a drive with the members of his family. Standing on the threshold of his eeveaty-Arst year, Mr. Carnegie's attitude is one of optimism. In spite of the suffering ln the world Mr. Carnegie says he Is "satisfied that this is a good world, because it is becoming better all the time." A number of Mr. Carnegie's friends ln the city sent flowers, with their congratulations, while many called ln person to offer their good wishes. Mr. Carnegie showed his preference for things Scotch last night by inviting to the Waldorf- Astoria, where he celebrated hla birthday ln con ne.-tton with the reception to the St. Andrews So ciety of New York State. Harry Lander, the comedian now playing at the New York Theatre. Mr. Carnegie sent hla automobile around to the theatre immediately after tb.3 performance, and the comedian departed ln full Scotch regalia. FINAL WEEK AT JAMESTOWN. Norfolk. Va., No«. J6.— Army and Navy Day, with Admiral Winfteld Scott Schley. U. S. N.. re tired, and Brigadier General George B. Davis. Judge advocate general of. the United States army, as the central figures of attraction, was the feut ui« to-day ln the opening of the final week of the Jamestown exposition. Admiral Schley and General Davis, who spoke to-day, will take part in tho Fitzhugh Lee celebration to-morrow. PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS BRKSL.IN— Dr. W. C. Gorgas. U. S. A. GRAND— Ut'iierai G. P. Joselyn. U. S. A.; Dr. H. H. Bailey and Captain H. O. Williams. U. 8. A. GOTHAM— Senator Nelson W. AlUrich. Rhode Island. HOTEL. ASTOR— J. H. Tower. U. S. N.; Mr. and Mru. J. B Robinson. Oxford. England. HOFFMAN— Ex- Congressnian Nathan Frank. St. Louis. IMPERIAL — Clyde Brady. Colon, Panama. MURRAY HILL— Captain J. M. Dlck«*y. NVwburg; George Horton, American Vlco-Conpul at Athens, Greece. PARK \VENUE-H. Metcalf. Washington. PLAZA- Count de St. George. England; John A. Roobling. Trenton, N. J. PRINCE OEORGE-Judge J. J. Farren Albany; M. Crulkshanks. Providence; Ad miral Kiersted. U. S. N. ST. REGIS-Edwin Mor gan. Havana. Died. Death notices appearing la THE TKIBrNT) will be ronubll.-lied in the Trl-Weekly Tribune without extra chance. I at.'. Cornelia A. A. MeOrath, James A. Mcßherry. Edward J. Nelson. Robert H. Pratt. Lucia S. Smith. Annata. Bmtth. Mortimer F. Spear. Alfred O. Wilson. William O. Arnold. Edmund S. T. BrookfleM. Amanda M. Byrne. Mary C. Dickinson. Platt K. Ellis. Elizabeth A. B. Fltaaerald. Frank T. Hiran. Margaret. Ives. Susan F. Jameson. Mary E. S. Jenness. Jennie. ARNOLD— At Jacksonville. Pl*., en November 23. 1907. Edmund S F. Arnold. M. D.. la the 88th year of his as«- UFOOKFIEIJ>— On Monday. November 25. at the Park Avenue Hotel. Amanda M.. daughter or the late James M Brcokfleld. of Brooklyn. N. Y. Funeral service* at hotel. Park aye. and 33d st. Wednesday morning-. 27th lust., at l«:3O. BYRNE— On Sunday. November 24. after a brief Illness, Mary Clark, widow of John dderkln Byrne, a*ed 81 years. Funeral services from her late residence. No. *> West 3-lth St.. on Wednesday. November 27, 10 a. m. DICKINSON'— Sunday. November 34. 19*7. suddenly, of pneumonia, at his residence. No. 2T Walnut st , Montdalr. N. J-. PUtt K. Dickinson, son of the late John I! Dickinson. Services at 2:3u p. m.. Wednesday. November 27. IW>7. at Bt. Chrysostom's Chapel, 7th aye.. corner 30 th St., New York. , ELLIS— At her residence. No. -CO High §'... Burlington. N. J.. Sunday evening. November M. li>iT. Elizabeth " Anna Bytes, widow of Charles Ellis. 11. D., of Bur lington, and daughter of the late Belcher and Sarah Louise Lyde Byles, aged 98 years and 11 months. Fu neral from St. Marys Church. Wednesday afternoon. November 27. at 2 o'clock. Beaton and Halifax IN. S.) papers pleas* copy. Died. FITZCJERAL.&— At his residence. So. Ml RiTmta* Drtr% New York City, on Monday. November 35. 1907. Fran* T. Fitzgerald. Surrogate of the County of New York, Solemn m*ss of requiem at St. Patrick's Cathedral, tuts at. and Sta aye.. on Wednesday morning. November 27. at i'J:3" o'clock. Interment Calvary cemetery. PMa*a> omit flowers. THE SOCIETY OP THE FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK in the City of New York announces the death of Hon. Frank T. Fitzgerald. Surrogate of th* County of New Task, at his residence. No, 344 Riverside Drive. New York City. Notice of funeral hereafter WARHEN LESLIE. MICHAEL J. DRCMMOSD. Secretary. President. HAR(JA\-On Sunday, November 24. at her residence. !«». 292 Carlton ay».. Brooklyn. Margaret. (faturhter of the late Geor*e Hainan, of New York. Funeral from St. John's Chapel on Tuesday at 10 a. m. rYES— On November 23. Susan Farnum Ive*. wife of H. David Ires and daughter of Henry a. and Helen H. riffard. Funeral at the Church of the. Transfiguration Tuesday. November M, 10 a. m. Interment private. *UP"Bg-^M Tarrjtown. N. T. on Sunday. November 24 190.. Mary E. tkrlbner. widow of Robert Janus— an.l sister of the late Dr. James W. Scrlbner. l a «ne Mth year of her age. Funeral services at Christ Church. Tarrytown. Wednesday, the 27th lnst.. at 2.« p. m. JENNESS— Sunday erenine;. at « : * ft - Jennie, wife of <..or K <- A. Jenn««s and mother of Mrs. Val. M. Schmita. Funeral service, at the home of her daughter. No 174 o'clock " Place. Brooklyn. Wednesday morning at 10 I^ E^ >nn n a , t - r<1 < a> ' ""BE** 19<r7 - « •««• fsrtdtnce. *?.!,?» Hal *"i St.. East Orange. N. J. Cornelia Alelau* Appleton. , l " of the late »*■ Franklin Lane? L r K 'il« y ar O UISL "*•" Fu«»«H services at her i»te resld«no» on Wednesday. November 27 at 530 . p- m. Interment private. ' RATH— Saturday. November 23. IJK*7. James A.. Slaved son of Mary and the late James McOrata. Fu neral frMn his late resl.ienre. No. S3S Atlantic ava,. Brooklyn, on Tuesday. November 2S, at 2:30 p. m. M-PIIERRY— Suddenly. <>„ Sunday November 24. Ed ward J. McSherry. beloved husband of Rnm De A « tells anil beloved son of Luke, and Sarah McSherry. Funeral will be held from Ms late residence. Nos. got and 603 Eagle aye.. The Bronx. NELSON— On SaturJay. November 23. Robert H. Nelson. In th* 35th year of his age. Funeral Tuesday. Novem ber M. at 10 a. m.. from his late residence. No. 10* Johnson st . Brook! vn. Relatives and friends are in vited. PRATT— Sunday. November 24. at Montclalr. N. J.. Lucia Sutton. wife of Julius H. Pratt. Funeral ser vices at her late residence. No. » Union St. Mont clalr. at 1:30 p m.. Wednesday. November 27. SMITH— On November 25. Annata Smith, aged «3 years. Relatives and friends, also members of Dam* Meth odist Episcopal Church, are respectfully Invited to at tend the funeral services from the Methodist Episcopal Church Home. SStd st. and Amsterdam aye.. 00 Wednes day morning; at 1O o'clock. Interment at Omenwood. SMITH— At New Canaan. Conn.. Sunday. November 3*. 1907. Mortimer F. Smith. Funeral service, will be held .from the residence of his timer. Mrs. George H. Day ton. No. 4i« Fields Point Road. Greenwich. Cms.. on Wednesday. November 27. at 2:3 A p. m. 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