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A KT EIBIBITIONS
A Yri Paintings % Various
American Artists.
vialsture painting it easily lost fight of
TaTSy-burly of the winters *xhibi
§?,£ but when, once a year, it is brought
, VVthe foreground, it makes a special ap
5 .. those who keep careful watch of
£ progress of American art-and It «
**?..,„ a peculiarly strict accounting. If
*£« is any painter who is on his honor
r«ke his work seriously and avoid the
£np»tiens that lead to a cheap popularity.
|; „ the painter whose particular field has
La overrun by the amateur. Too many
Situilstf forget that they practise an
rTitleh was ennobled by Holbein. Hilli
mi Cooper. Cosway. Isabey. Rochard. Slal
aM and other brilliant men. The secret
Tf the old schools is, perhaps, lost beyond
Hall but It iP at least worth while to
Zrsut it. It Is always. interesting in a
irvtv of the annual show of the American
Itadetv of Miniature Painters to look for
"-ES that this pursuit ie not neglected.
JET rear it seemed to have been almost
JhiWosed. At any rate, the collection ex-
HMted at the Knoedler Gallery left a
Sfitar impression. The one now open at
fame place is very much better and
wives hope of stronger work.
The tesr of a good miniature is not al
,-gethf- as- simple as it seems, and some
ltsl t5 n remains a mystery to the very in
<2als who ought to know most about
„' it i« a little puzzling to see. for ex
-arle why the artist of talent who has
■—umably studied these things should re
main blissfully ignorant of. or • indifferent
in the d ; *tinction between a miniature and
Taortratt thai is simply a painting executed
ma small scale. A miniature, strietlv
mlstae is not simply a diminutive 'plct
'^ It is a work of art by itself, the
rAxiuct cf a speciflc technique, as an etch
!L ie or a piece of sculpture.. Yet the
jSjjwtortet is prone to ignore this fact,
j" * k a , yais Martha S. Baker's little por
t^it "Mio Bime Knight." It is a charm
.' l.' e ' ',-•■ work, a good illustration of the
■ jJunsent 'often advanced in this place,
"ha* breadth of handling is not incompatible
'„; the .jjnJatartet'a restrictions. But the
rtEt artist proceeds in another portrait.
"Mr E. S- Bcbell." to throw overboard all
the "•me characteristics of her art and to
wo^the kind of portrait that is merely
; redutt jon of the conventional canvas.. The
•ran«ition from the authentic ideal to one
mm to factitious i? made with unhappy
'a-ilitv The truth is. that the line divid-
Ktbe wo is delicate almost to tenuity-
But^our really gifted miniaturist recog
- - .-. "i t by insUnct and never crosses it.
For proof the observer may turn to the
* : <rk cf ■>■ La-- Hills, who from year
to year ■•*■*■ her primacy in these
exhibitions, or -.- the work of Mrs. Lucia
Fuller •*• likewise steadily maintains
Y.rr Sigh rank. Miff Hills is commendably
hroad in Her "Master T. L. Shipman." in
fpirLip the hfpe that she is learning to let
herseJf jr 0- as w have always wished she
•xovld. but the portrait remains a minia
ture, with all of that indescribable polish
and precision which belong to the art in (
its purest estate . The Other work she ex
hibits, a portrait of a man, is equally
■DC in touch but a little harder, a little
less personal in style. Mrs. Fuller's min
stures arc of notable Ficniricance. in that
ther preserve the integrity of the art
■where it is especially difficult to save it
in ' portraits of essentially linear quality.
On the other side of that scarcely visible.
barrier to which we have alluded she
T3i£bt miftly decline upon a thin pretti
t+ss. But in such portraits as her "Miss
>arab Adam." '"Miss Grace Wrcnn" or
"Miss Frederlea Peterson," her drafts
tnanship is Epleadidty firm and as full of
knowledge as it is of exquisite refinement.
To see what x\ eight as an artist Mrs. Fuller
has, look also at the modelling of the
"Miss Robert Stevenson." It is work like
tijis that gives importance to the exhibi
tions of the Society. Very encouraging,
too, it the blend of suavity arid nervous
force It the. three portraits by Miss Alice
B^ckinrton— though one of these, the por
trait of a mri!i, goes very near to being
a small picture rather than a miniature—
and there are other testimonies to right
principle and able craftmanship in Mr.
B>er'i "Nannette Liebert." Miss Stream's
"The Lao Shawl" and Miss Turner's
"Oriiia." There is. in short, quite enough
in the collection of legitimate miniature
paintings to counterbalance the various
pieces which spell convention, or disclose
the mistaken conception of the art at
vhich we have glanced. /
Apropos of convention, by the way.
tb«re is on«> point on which the miniaturists
invite a moment's reflection, Why is it
that even among the beat of them there is
•vtfcntjy rot, on the whole, much con
cern for character? Here and there you
catch glimpses of it. Mrs. Marsh, for ex
aaple, appears to have made the most of
n interesting: profile in her "Portrait
Study." But many of these miniatures,
including f-oine of the good ones, look ca
riojf-ly alike, tls there something about
the art to render the student of character
helpless? That would hardly Mem to be
the case, in view of the evidence supplied
by the old masters. The problem Is one
our school would do well to con
?i<S«?r.
Th^ exhibition which Mr. Charles Austin
Needham i? holding at the Salmagundi
Club discloses ■ charming talent, which
!eavi> a more favorable impression
if this artist were to develop a firmer
fctnidation on •• Men to present his very
engaging id^aF. Evidently nature is. for
• fcim. only co much material for subjective
treatment, a theme not to be studied for
its own pakp. but as a means toward the
express-ion of imaginative emotion. His
Tenures have pretty titles. Ho calls them
'Kills of Dream/; "Melody in Gold." "la
f.rt-.an AiFl*>F." "Cathedral Twilisht," "Gar
tfeii of the Houl." "Faraway Land," and
won. The phrases are pugsestively enough
illustrated in masses of deep lone or In
rich g'.e&ms of color, but when we look
closely Into .Mr. Keedham'a work he seta
*i wondering as to whether he could really
<!ra**- a flpure or a tr»»e, or could model
* cloud, with the ■Jll and truth tO b*;
jspected as a matter of course in a good
otitimaxC A romantic gesture is ail very
'"■II, tux. as Stevenson has it in one of
&* amtifltis stories man cannot live by
Almavfvary alone, and In landscape paiiu-
' C F. b* it never so poet! .we want to
*«1 the solid earth undfr our ff- I Mr.
V'dham is to beguiling in his dreamy
PfUStoraU, he is so pleasing a ootortot, that
. *« traverse his exhibition with the utmost
tUpainy. but •ii he leaves us difsatis
- «t In one or two pi. rums, such «>> th«»
'Melody in Gold" or the "Flush of Dawn,"
h * bms inclined to give nature a chance.
s<J'5 <J'- mostly hf, is occupied with schemes
*fcJch eai-or !nr.r«» of etudio artifice than
** *he jMng world. He has his precedent.
p.W may find it, to name only one itnpro-
Mator, in the v.ork of Monticelli. But
Jlr Keedhanj has not cjuite the originality
** that matter with which to justify his
arbitrary excursions. It is to be
•**re<l th&t h« thinks more of sobm va-
Pant fancy than of the things that can
-*« seen. Along witlt his pictures, lie shows
■ * '•!• f'ieres of m ;!pturc-. among them a
argfc chet» table with all the ligures in
JT**' old little manikins, five or six
high. One can understand how lie
j^-nci Bmusenteot in this performance, but
*vT lc ' oul<l have conceived It as making,
_«*:< completed, a thing of l.eauty, rc
.^9in s a n.vstery. The discipline of direct
i - J| , " v wit » Batorc, a. nature with no non
. ** about her. i« Us greatest need.
AioUitr painter to whom similar counsel
'n t\ offf - !y>d •* ««•. I d lard J. Su-ich
. „. V ' '° ha »> a» exhibition fjt his paintings
The I ' hot ° era - ' hs a ' the Muntross Gallery.
c*««T >te fctruck li " ! ' ! i again ait<-L- ■■ r
PotMir and ' I>y U ' e fc3me token ' disap-
, U lias been said ot/tho*a modern
i- : -«Mputat.jt« of the camera who reverently
approach Photography as, "an art", hat
they do mWk the camera wha t the painter
does with the brush, with all respect for
he sincerity of Mr. Stephen's purpose in
the handling: of color we are. nevertheless,
constrained to remark that he does with
the brush precisely what he does with the
oamera-save. that he does not do it -quite
T TL Glantln&G l antln & the hypothesis on which
he builds his photographs, the latter are
undeniably effective. Witness the three
plates he has made of Rodin-. "Balzac "
reproducing the famous statue in the open
air. under melodramatic conditions of
light. The fantasticality of the piece is
superbly 'emphasized. It may be noted in
passing that these photographs expose with
innocent malice the very quality Which led
to the rejection of the statue by the men
of letters who sought a monument for the
great writer. Balzac had his histrionic side,
but thus portrayed he would never have
recognized himself. But the key to his
genius was none of Mr. Stephen's affair.
AH he had to do was to raise Rodin's
amazing figure to the nth power, and this
!v- has unmistakably done. In the circum
stances he deserves only praise. To paint
pictures from the same point of view, how
ever, is another thing. Mr. Steichen ar
ranges his landscapes with something of
the deft artfulness that he shows in his
photographs. The composition in a picture
like his "Nocturne at Chateau dv Doux"
suggests a clever stage setting, and in this
the work mentioned Is typical. Every
where the painter wakes the same theatri
cal memories. Some of his carefully bal
anced-harmonies raise a surmise that he
has sat at the feet of Whistler, and oc
casionally he gives us a hint of the decora
tive ingenuity of Japan. Not once does he
give us the savor of the soil, the sense of
wood and field interpreted with loving sim
plicity. His work, like Mr. Needham's,
though immensely clever, seems done
wholly from the outside.
It is interesting to turn from these por
tentously ••modern" things to the land
scapes painted by the late Alfred C. How
land, which have been placed on exhibi
tion in the little gallery at the Century
Club. No doubt the young men of the
present day, trained in impressionism and
the like, would find' them old-fashioned.
Mr. Howland, an old and loyal member
of the Academy, was a young man when
he came under the influence of Corot. and
in the company of that master felt the
play of ideas that went on among the
painters of Barbizon. He did not imitate
them. When he came home and spent
his long career in the portrayal of the
American countryside he aimed merely
at painting with truth. If he remembered
Corot in his handling of leafage and kept
to a quiet tonality he was nevertheless
too sincere and workmanlike an artist to
repeat stereotyped motives. He had a
genuine feeling for landscape sentiment
and a special appreciation of the pictu
resqueness of our scenery. He had. too.
a firm grasp on the art of composition,
and among the many examples shown at
the Century Club there are few that lack
pictorial unity and charm. Something of
the sweetness of nature which made him
a lovable personality got into his work.
It was true work, with an atmosphere of
beauty in it. and it is good that it should
be honored by this memorial exhibition.
At the Madison Art Gallery there is a
double exhibition, Mr. Edmund Greacen
and Mr. Karl Anderson both showing a,
number of paintings. They are clever
men, who care for light and air and color,
making pictures which, if not especially
memorable, have at least an exhilarating
vitality. Mr. Greacen, an uneven painter.*
is at his best full of promise. His winter
scenes particularly are delightful in tone,
and show a positive gift for the denote
ment of atmospheric effects. The most
ingratiating element in the work of Mr.
Anderson is a certain easy vigor, which
comes out in broad brushwork and ex
cellent, though not at all distinguished,
draftsmanship. His solid achievements
lie, we dare say, before him. Meanwhile
there is much to excite appreciation in
his fluent modelling of the figure, his
somewhat violent and yet not crude color,
and the vivid but quite unforced luminos
ity in which his subjects arc bathed.
These young painters are on the right
track. They are studying nature face to
face, learning a large freedom in her
presence, and learning it the better be
cause they arc playing no tricks with
technique, but are proceeding in careful,
straightforward fashion.
Only one exhibition of old masters calls
for comment to-day, but that one, at the
Cottier Gallery, is of substantial value. It
is made up of half a dozen Dutch por
traits, good examples of Jan Ravesteyn.
Jan Verspronck, Nicolas Macs and An
thony StevaertF. better known as raiame
des, a large landscape by Van Goyen and
a bit of genre by Cornelius Dusart. The
portraits, especially those by Verspronck
and Ravesteyn, admirably illustrate tho
staid realism of the school, its rectitude in
matters of draftsmanship an«l model
ling and its skill in extorting a handsome
effect from a narrow scale of color. The
Van Goyen, a spacious composition and de
lightfully picturesque, in also one of the
finest of the master's studies of atmo
sphere, and in the Dusart there are quiet
beauties of light and color, as well as a,
certain delicacy of touch, not often en
countered in Dutch tavern subjects. At
the same gallery there may be seen a study
of swimmers by Millet, one of his early
nudes. It is a little gen*.
At tiie Clark Gallery there is an exhibi
tion of water colors by Mr. Charles S.
Forbes. Few of bis figure pieces arc so
good as the study of a girl (No. 4*), but
nearly all of his open air sketches have a
winning Eprightlir.ess. The Venetian so w .-,
especially, spontaneous and clever, make
the exhiDitlon north a visit. At the gal
leries of the New York Co-operative So
<ietj. Mr. Jo Davidson is showing a'num
ber of sculptures and drawings. Painting
by Mr. Aloysius O Kelly arc on view at thf
Bnedecor Gallery. The Katz Gallers •
huns with paintings by Mr Harry 1., Hoff
man and etchings by Mr. Albert Worcester.
Engravings in color after the eighteenth
century English n;ast«-rs may be sr>*n at
the Tooth Gallrry. and at the kraußhaar
<;al!ery an exhibition of modern masters,
such as Jakob Mar's. IConttcelll and Fanti.i
Latour, has for its central feature a re
markable painting by Whistler, "'The Coast
of Brittany," ■ souvenir of his <"- a rly period.
R C.
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.
Free admission to tb« Metropolitan Museum
of Art. the American Museum of Natural
Hictory and the Zoological Garden.
"-ninth anniversary of i3i« Woman's
i'r.ion Missionary Society.. manager's room
of th* American Bible Society, Blbli
House, Fourth avenue and St ii street, 11
a. m. and 2 p. m.
Mating of the Rainy Day Club, Hole! Astor,
2 p. m
Annual matting of the New York Kinder
ssrtefl Association, No. 924 West 42<1
■trtet, 3:30 p. m
Annual dinner of the American Society of
Moating and Ventilating Engineers, Sew
Grand Hotel. « p. m.
Dinner of the Karat Club, Hotel Astor, 7 p. m.
Dinner of the Stationers' Association, Hotel
Astor. 7:15 p. m.
Meeting- of the Women's Medical Association
Academy of Medicine, No. 17 West 13d
Mrcei', S:ls p. m.
Annual business m*eUoc of the American
t>o.;Dlc and Historic Preservation . (Sorictv
New York Historical Society, ;; y 0 j;,,
Central Park West, evening.
Free lectures of the Board of Education B
p. «n. : Publlo School 1&«, I4. iih «tree»
west of Amsterdam avenue, "EJrynt anri
Mio Nile,*: Arthur Stanley lllmi' «Si
Si'io Settlement Hour*. TtJth street ',■,.)
I'iiKt River, "Five Months in \ifi\.' r .' ••
Miss M. Elizabeth Crouse: Cooper Instltuui
, Third avenue and BU| street. ••The c'Jiai '
, ten of nialtespearc't TruedieH." i,,,,.,
V. Wi!kin«on; Public Library No 6iJ iIT
roy Street, "The Making of a C?oiisiaV
tlon." Dr. Holland Thompson; Public m
l.r.i.y. No .H.'U Hast 10th street. "Pooular
„ ..-of American Poetry," Dr. G 'j i,i,
ton Flbley; h=t. Bartholomew's Hal v
SOS East. 4l'-1 »tr«r.t, "Mukden ' '«;,,
.-huria and th« Wett." Dr. TovokYr.hl
!-.;in;iKa. .Sunshine Chapel. No .Vni \vJJi
IMB street. "Poiilria Diaz." Dr. Tlioiuat l-
Connery: Vounp M-li 1 * nirietlan Asso, latloii
Hall. No. C V. ••-• ILTitli street, -s ia V "
spe*r«'a Cradle and Spool." Dr. Homer „'
H|irngu<-. VrMjnic Men's Hebrew Assoriail, n
• Hall. W2d street and r^evinston \,, , a , 1 , "
••Hchumann: Piano Works/ Daniel <„>».''
Ifeasj*
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY, LtMWJAIrtf 10, 101f.
MR. (ROCKER'S WILL.
Bequests for Cancer Research
and for Relatives.
[By Telegraph* to Th« Tribune.] '
Trenton. N. J., Jan. IS.— The will of George
Crocker, in which provision in made for a
trust' fund for research into the cause and
prevention or cure of cancer, was proved
before Chancellor Pitney as ordinary of the
Prerogative Court to-day. Mr. Crocker had
lived in New York and at Darlington, K.
J.. which is given In the will as his legal
abode. He was himself a victim of cancer.
The will provides? that the fund Is to be
derived from the pale of the two estates,
and is to be known as the George Crocker
Special Research Fund. It is to be admin
istered by the trustees of Columbia Uni
versity. It provides that should ? the prog
ress of science make the prosecution of
further researches In regard to cancer un
necessary the income may be used as the
trustees shall determine in the prosecution
of other researches in medicine and surgery
and allied, sciences, with a view of prevent
ing and curing diseases and alleviating
human suffering. Under no circumstances
can the fund be expended for any building.
Under the will bequests of $100,000 each are
made to Mrs. Sarah Stedman, wife of
Frank L. Stedman, of South Bend. Ind., a
cousin of Mr. Crocker, and to Mrs. Jennie
P. Childs, wife of Charles A. Childs. To
his three step-children— W. Kearny.
Alice Erving and Alexander H. Rutherford
Mr. Crocker left only $100. the will declar
ing that this was because of large gifts
made to them during his life. To each of«
his servants in his New York and Bergen
County houses Mr. Crocker left ' $100 for
each year that they had been in his employ.
To his Oriental servant, Lee Sung Young,
Mr. Crocker left $25,000.
. The residuary legatees under the will are
Mr. Crocker's brother and sister. William
H. Crocker and Mrs. Harriet C. Alexander,
and his nephew and niece, Charles Temple
ton Crocker and Jennie Adaline Crocker.
The brother and sister are each to receive
one-third of the residuary estate, and the
nephew and niece one-sixth. The executors
are Nelson C. Thrall. Mr. Crocker's private
secretary; John . Hays Hammond, of
Gloucester, Mass., and Edgar C. Bradley,
of Berkeley. Cal.
MR. TWOMBLY'S WILL.
Practical!}/ Entire Estate Goes
to Widow Absolutely.
The will of Hamilton McK. Twombly.
ron-in-law of William H. Vanderbilt, who
died at Florham Park, N. J., on January
11, was filed yesterday for probate at the
Surrogates' office Practically the entire
estate is left to the testator's widow, Mrs.
Florence Adele V. Twombly. she. being the
residuary legatee. The Twombly home is
at No. CB4 Fifth avenue. The formal and
tentative statement is made In the peti
tion for probate that the real and personal
properties are valued at more than $10,000.
Mr. Twombly left to his brother. Arthur
B. Twombly, and his sister. Alice Williams
Jones, equally all interest he might have
at the time of his death in the estate of
their father, Alexander H. Twombly. and
which the testator might be entitled to
dispose of. Mrs. Jones died on July 5»
1906, six months after her brother's will
was executed. Her share In her father's
estate, as provided in Mr. Twombly's will,
£roes to tue brether, his share being valued
at $70,000. exclusive of some lands in Vir
ginia. The entire residue of the estate is
bequeathed to Mrs. Twombly absolutely.
The testator directs that no legatee or
devisee should be held accountable for
any gifts or advance made by him in his
lifetime. The will also contains this par
agraph: \
T release and forgive all relatives and
friends BUCh sum or sums of money as I
may have advanced to them or any of
them at any time, it being my intention
that all personal obligations of this nature
shall be cancelled; but this provision shall
not apply to business loans made in the
regular course of my business, whether
secured by collateral or not.
Mrs. Twombly sots forth in her petition
that her husband's only heirs-ai-law and
next of kin are his two daughters, Mrs.
Florence Twombly Burden, widow of W.
A M. Burden, of Xo. & East 73d street, and
Miss Ruth Vanderbilt Twombly. Hamil
ton McK. Twombly, jr.. son of the tes
tator, was drowned in July. J9otf. Mr.«.
Burden and Miss Twombly waived service,
of citations upon them and consented to
tlir- probate of the will. Mrs. Twombly is
named as executor. The witnesses to "th«
will were Francis Lynde Stetson and Rob
ert J. Doherty.
GIFTS FOR HOSPITALS.
Will of John Stem me Enriches
Institutions.
The will of John Btemme, wiitm was tiiea
at the Surroputc-s' office yesterday, gives to
charitable and philanthropic institutions
bequests aggregating jw>.'»oo. Mr. Ktcmme
died on January 10 ai his home, No. 41 West
SJth street.
The Institutions receiving bequests are:
German Women's Society for the (arc or
Indigent Widows. Orphans and Sick, HU.OUO;
German Hospital and Dispensary, $10, two;
Wartburg Orphan Farm and School of tha
Lutheran Church, Mount Vernon, $10, UW;
Wartburg Homo for the Aged and lntlrm.
East New York. $5,000; German Society or
the Borough of .Manhattan. 9&.MV; St.
Mark's Hospital. $5,000; St. Francis' Hos
pital, $3,000; Monteflore Home, $5,000; Mount
Sinai Hospital, $5,000; German I'olikiiniK.
$6,000; Isabella Homo. $5,000; German Hos
pital Society of Brooklyn, $6,000, and Kilt*
Renter Home for the Aged, Union Hill.
N. J., $5,000. '
After several other bequests Mr. Stomme
leaves to his wile, Mrs. Anna Sophia
st'-ninio, the residue of his estate in trust
to be converted Into money, of which she
is to receive $350,000. He increases tins
amount in a codicil to $300,000. The will
also gives to Margaret he Och and Lena
Och, servants in the household of the tes
tator. ■ $■-'..")"<! <'uid $2,W0, respectively, which
in each case was increased in the codicil
to $xono. To Henry Ste.mme, of No. 45 West
96th street, a brother, the testator gives
$25,000, and to Mrs. Henry Stemme, widow
of another brother, $5,000. The residue,
after th«» payment of the $300,000 to tho
widow, v.ill go to twelve nephews ana
nieces^
SECOND MARGULIES CONCERT.
Trio Received with Enthusiasm at
Mendelssohn Hall.
■(hf Adele Margulies Trio gave th* sec
ond concert of their present season last
night in Mendelssohn Hall before an audi
ence moderate in size but ample in enthu
siasm. There were three numbers on the
programme— Beethoven's trio in E tlat
major, Xo 2, Op, 70; Chopin's sonata in
«"J minor. Op. 6fi. for piano and 'cello, and
Brahms-? trio in B major. Op. 8.
The trio showed its excellent quality.
especially in its ensemble work, though at
times notably in the case of the Velio,
there seemed little warmth of tono. This
waa specially evident in tho Chopin so
nata for piano and 'cello. The playing of
the trio in tlip Brahms selection showed,
however, a marked Improvement, th<» exe
cution iitiiiK finished and the tone of ex
cellent quality.
ASSOCIATED DAILIES MEET.
Alliany. Jan. 18.— At the annual meeting
of the Associated Dallies of the State of
New York, held here to-day, the following
officer* wcrf elecied: President, G. S. Orts
wuid of "The Batavia News"; vioe»presi
.i. ut \V. n. Collins, pf "The Oloversville
," and secretary-treasurer, <;ardn«*r
Kiln*. Of "Tlih Amsterdam Democrat." The
publishors attended a banquet to-night at
,tel Ten Ey.ck.
EX -JUSTICE PATTERSON ILL.
J. Edward' Patterson, former presiding
lustlce of tho Appellate Division -of the
Supremo Court In tins, department, is *<*i''
ously ill at his home, N<». m East 39th
street Ho Is suffering from kidney trouble,
with heart complications, and his recovery
in not looked for
DRAMA
"A Lurkii Star" at the Hudxm
Theatre.
A rolllckine farce was acted last night la
Dutch. Scotch, English, hroken-English and
Manhattanese. The scene was Holland, and
the theatre the Hudson. And. in spite of
the fact that it is called a farce, it is
funny. Farces are sometimes as lugubrious
as William Collier's manner when he is
making a house roar. But "A Lucky Star "
Is really funny In its lines and its stage
bu.«iness. The lucky star if= Collier himself,
whatever notion may have seized the mind
of the person who named the piece. Mr.
Collier is one of the luckiest stars in the
theatrical firmament. He has all the
strength of a superstition. People have
come to believe that Collier means success.
There is firm ground for their faith. They
also believe that he is always funny, and
funniest when he is least so. He is a
fortunate man. Well may he call himself
a lucky star.
Anne Crawford Flexner wrdte last night's
farce. May she write another as funny as
this one. for It is clear that managers will
run after farces now as eagerly as they
have erewhile avoided them. The farce
fever has set in. and, like other severe
fevers, must run its course. It is well,
then, that there is so clever a farce writer
as Anne C. Flexner to prepare the pre
scriptions for the fever. Last night's audi
ence laughed once in each act, but the
laugh lasted throughout each act. Needful
rest was taken when the curtain fell.
Mr. Collier appeared as an American holi
day-making in Holland. He hires a motor
houseboat for a tour of* the canals. The
ownership of the boat is suddenly claimed
by two young ladies, one of them an
American, the other English. Mr. Starr
(Collier), as the charterer. in%ites them to
be his guests on the trip, and telegraphs
to Scotland for his aunt, Lady McNalrn,
to join the party as chaperon. I^ady Mc-
Nairn cannot be found, and so Starr ad
vertises for an aunt, wlio must b© middle
aged and charming and who must speak
with a Scotch accent. He is besieged by
burly Dutch applicants for the auntship.
But presently a youngish middle-aged Eng
lish (or American) woman, with suspicious
spectacles, is chosen. And the party starts
with a Dutch military cousin of one of the
young ladies and a fine-looking Dutch gen
tleman, who must have been born and bred
in Piccadilly, as additional guests. Starr
pays all the bills, and while hesitating
over his choice of his fair guests his new
Dutch friends make love to the latter with
their sweet consent. Uncle Sir Alec Me-
Nairn, who has read in the society news
that his wife, Lady McXairn, Is with the
houseboat party (for the "aunt" of the ad
\ertlsement has taken her name) suspects
his spouse of elopement with the handsome
Dutchman from Piccadilly, and he inter
rupts the course of the happy excursion,
with the result that the identity of Starr's
"aunt" is disclosed to the young ladies, who
become engaged to their Dutch escorts. The
"aunt" of the advertisement, discarding a
wig and the suspicious spectacles, proves to
be a young woman of such attractions that
Starr's affections immediately leap to her.
and the play ends with the happy pairing
of the several enamoured cquples and a
clearance of all misunderstandings, which
are the approved and impossible misunder
standings and confusions of the realm of
farce.
The play is as bright as tho polished
rails of the houseboat. The lines and the
situations carry it quite as much as the
acting. They axe rather better than the
acting, but that will serve. It is sometimes
difficult to know whether the actors are
speaking Dutch, Scotch or English, but
even in plays not farcical this difficulty has
been encountered. The actors, however,
appear as themselves. There is not much
of an attempt at impersonation. William
Collier plays William Collier with his usual
high spirits and monotone and his cus
tomary success. The others reveal them
selves with similar assiduity. The farce is
admirably staged, the (scenic effects being
quite attractive. The minor characters are
sufficiently Dutch to produce an effect of
local color which Is well sustained by tho
scenery and properties. The fun Is brisk,
and anybody's aunt may laugh at it.
A. W.
CAST OF "A LUCKY STAR.
£;T! dd LL £ 6te J S *? i William Collier
Kudol[>h Brederode Reginald Mason
Robert Van Buren Wallace Worsley
« r / A J e £ MrNairn Frank H. W^stertoh
! ; inr . i • • ■ M 1,. „ eck m
Otto \an Hassen Bichurd Malchlen
'J 2 /" 1 • Thomas Martin
SchultM • John B. Adam
He " na , M. a Kelly
A, } „ .Tames Sherman
A Lockkeeper William Norton
■rritz "Buster"
Su",,y L Buren ......Paula Marr
Phyllis Rivers. Katharine Mulkins
Fn-uleMenela Van Ber Windt Phyllis Young
Fran Schmidt Elizabeth Johnston
A laundress Mrs m , lrl
The Mother HeTen VaPs . ( ,.
t haperon ; Marjorie Wocl
An Aunt Anna Pii.*>
An th . cr Aunt Blanche Price
And Another Aunt £ va iiev
One More Aunt ..".'.Ruth Hale
The Last Aunt Kdith Knight
NEXT WEEK AT METROPOLITAN.
Trovatore" will be next Monday night's
opera at the Metropolitan, followed by
"Bolveme" on Wednesday evening, •'L.'Elisir
u'Amore" on Thursday, "Germanic" on
Friday, and ■ "Hansel und Gretel" and
"Cavalleria Rusticana" on Satur.lay night.
Mme. Delna will make her New fork
debut on Saturday afternoon in 'Orfeo ed
Kuridice."
In addition to the regular performances
there will be afternoon performances of the
first three operas of the Ring. "Das Rhf In
gold" will be given on Monday. "Die Wit
kiire" on Thursday and "Siegfried" on Fri
day. "The Bartered Bride" will be given
on Tuesday evening- at The New Theatre/
and "Pafliacci" and "Histoire dun Pier
ret on Saturday afternoon.
"ELEKTRA" POSTPONED.
The first performance of Richard
Straupsa opera. "F.lektra," which was t->
have been given at thr Manhattan Opera
House on next Tuesday evening, has been
postponed until Tuesday evening, February
1 It has been found impossible to get the
opera ready for production for next week.
"GrineMis" will be repeated on Monday
evening of next week and at the Saturday
matinee, and "Boheme" on Wednesday
nipht. Saint-Saens's "Samson et Dalila"
will receive the first production ot the
<-<saF<">n on Friday evening, and "Trova
tore" OB Saturday night.
ILLNESS POSTPONES FIRST NIGHT.
Would-be patrons of Wallack's Theatro
suffered a disappointment last night when
they went to see the opening performance
of H. B. Warner and his company in Paul
Armstrong's "Alias Jimmy Valentine."
They found tho theatre closed, and were told
that, owing to the illness of Joseph Tuohy,
who plays the part of Red Joclyn. the first
presentation of the play had been post
poned until to-night. If Mr. Tuohy. who
has strained his vocal cords, is unable to
play, Joseph Kaufman will take his place.
THEATRICAL NOTES.
Harrison Grey Fiske announced yester
day the engagement of Edwin Holland for
the cast of "None go Blind." Ernest
Poolers new American play, in which John
Mason will soon appear in New York.
Other members of the cast will bo Mabel
Roebuck, Ivy Troiitman, David Gould
Proctor and Thomas P. Jackson.
Charles Frohman's production of "The
Brass Bottle," which was to have followed
Otis Skinner at the Garrlck Theatre, has
been indefinitely postponed owing to Mr.
Skinner's success in "Your Humble Ser
vant." in which he will appear for th« re
mainder of the present season.
Mystic Shrinera, fifteen hundred strong.
six hundred of whom were members of tin-
Arab Patrol of Mecca Temple, attended
the_ performance at the Hippodrome bust
night. The »' r red fezes v.ere very notice
able throughout the big auditorium. They
warmly applauded -a Trip to Japan."
vTl'fh-fiffh/ ''•*•»•" and "inside the
Karth. the thre* hp UL . I " i Cb ln thj " [ ™ o '
drome programme. * *
OBITUARY.
MRS. MARY ANN SMITH.
Mrs. Mary Ann Smith, widow of Matthew
Smith, one of the organizers of R Hoe &-
Co., died yesterday at the home of her son,
Eugene Smith. N- ■ VfM MQI str-»t.
Mrs. Smith, who was in her ninety-seventh
year, was born in WUUM, ronn . the
iJaughter of Nathan Davenport, whose
lather, John Davenport, was on« of th<^
founders of Xew Haven
After being graduated from Miss Dut
tou's school, at New Haven, at the age of
nineteen, she was married to Matthew
Smith. They cam<° to this city soon after
ward, and, with Richard and Robert. Hoe.
Mr. Smith established the firm of R Hoe
& Co.
Nearly all of Mrs. Smith's family we r «
long lived. Her mother, Mary Davenport,
died when she was ninety-three years old.
and two brothers died when they were
eighty-eight and ninety-five, respectively.
The funeral will be held at her son's home
to-morrow at 3 o'clock.
MRS. MARGARET C. GRAHAM.
Pasadena. Cal., Jan. IS.— Mrs. Margaret
C. Graham, author and magazine witter,
died at her home here yesterday.
Mrs. Margaret Collier Graham was born
in Van Buren County, La., in ISSO. She re
ceived her early education in the common
schools at Keokuk. La. Later she entered
Monmouth College, Illinois, from which
she was graduated in ISS?. Four years
later she was married to Donald M. Gra
ham. Mrs. Graham was the author of
"Stories of the Foothills," "The Wizard's
Daughter" and "Gifts and Giver?."
MRS. ANNETTE HUNSSERGER.
Mrs. Annette Hunsberger, returning from
five years at a mission station in Bombay,
died on Monday on the steamship Moltke.
of the Hamburg-American Line. Her
daughter Helen, eighteen years old, was
with her. The body was taken to Potts
town. Perm. Mrs. Hunsberger's health was
broken down by her work at the mission,
and it was not expected that she would
survive the voyage by many weeks.
MRS. CHARLES STILLMAN.
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Stillmar, widow of
Charles Stillman. died yesterday at her
home, No. 21 West 48th street. She was
Miss Elizabeth P. Goodrich. Mrs. Still
man leaves one son. Charles Stillman and
two daughters. Miss Clara F. and Bessie G
Stillman.
ALEXANDER J. REID.
Appleton, Wis., Jan. 18,-Alexander j.
Reid, sixty-four years old, editor of "The
Appleton Daily Post," died to-night from
anaemia. Mr. Reid was formerly consul at
Dublin Ireland. He was a member of the
staff of General Charles King during the
Philippine insurrection.
OBITUARY NOTES.
CHARLES HERRING, County Clerk of
Delaware County, died suddenly last night
from heart disease at Delhi, N. Y. He was
sixty years old.
G. EDWARDS SINCLAIR, a well known
racing man and a native of Russellville,
Kjr., but in recent years prominent iii
ownership of Canadian track Interests
died from tuberculosis at his home in
Nashville, on Monday.
FUNERAL OF MR. NABUCO.
Highest Honors to Be Paid to Memory
of Brazilian Ambassador.
Washington. Jan. IS. -Arrangements for
the funeral of Ambassador Nabuco of
Brazil were made to-day. A requiem mass
will be celebrated on Thursday morning, at
which President Taft. his Cabinet, the
members of the diplomatic corps and
Washington official life will be represented.
In special recognition of the high char
acter and services of Mr. Nabuco, the gov
frnment will tender the use of a battleship
or an armored cruiser to transport the body
to Brazil. All available troops of teh regular
army near Washington have been ordered
to take part in the funeral ceremonies.
A warm tribute to the ambassador waa
paid by Secretary Knox at a special meet
ing of the governing board of the Bureau
of American Republics to-day, and the
dead diplomat was eulogized by his col
leagues.
In bis address Secretary Knox said:
"This is a sad occasion for the govern
ing board of the International Bureau of
American Republics. We meet to contri
bute to the universal expression of grief
our own sincere and personal tribute of
sorrow and affection invoked by the death
of the Brazilian Ambassador. Mr Joaquim
Nabuco. A noble man has fallen in the
midst of the scenes of his greatest use
fulness. The world mourns the death of a
high minded, just and liberal statesman.
All America has lost a wise and generous
friend: all of us a delightful and helpful
associate."
FUNERAL OF MRS. SIGEL.
The funeral of Mrs. Elsie Sigel. widow of
General Franz Sigel, was held at the home
Of Mrs, Lelia Schlel, her daughter, at No.
1090 Simpson street, last night. Only the
immediate members of the Sigel family
were present. The burial will be in Wood
lawn Cemetery to-day.
THE WEATHER REPORT,
Official Record and Forecast Washington,
Jan. 18.— Tlm Mississippi Valley storm has
moved rapidly northeastward with Increasing In
tensity, and Tuesday night its centre was passed
down the St. Lawrence Valley. This storm
caused brisk and high winds on the middle and
north Atlantic coasts, and westerly gales over
the Great Lakes.
The temperature has risen in the Atlantic
Mates, the plains states and the Northwest.
(.older ■weather is reported from the Gulf .«rates
the Mississippi and Ohio valleys and tho upper
lake region. The. temperature is generally above
the normal throughout the country. The Ohio
iilver is rising generally, on account of the
warm rains, but flood stages are not probable in
the near future, except in the vicinity of Evans
vine. Ind.. to the mouth of the Wabash River
and at Pittsbunr. where a stage of 34 feet is
forecasted for Wednesday afternoon
During Wednesday and Thursday the weather
will l.c fair in all districts east of the i?o,-kv
Mountains and In the middle and south plateau
lesions. It will De preceded, however Wednes
day by rain or snow, followed by clearing in
northern New England and along the lower
lakes. The temperature vrMl be lower Wednes
clay along the Atlantic coast an! Wednesday and
Thursday In the extreme northwest. Rising
temperature is Indicated for Wednesday In the
lower Missouri Valley, the upper Mississippi Val
ley and Wisconsin. The indications are that
there will be several days of fair weather ami
moderate temperature over the plains states, the
Mississippi Valley and the districts east thereof
The winds along the New England coast will
re moderate, to brisk west; along the middle
Atlantic coast, moderate west: alone the south
Atlantic, light to moderate west and northwest •
along the east Gulf coast, light variable; along
the west Gulf coast, light variable, becoming
southwest; on Lake Michigan, moderate to brl=k
west.
M earners departing Wednesday for European
ports will have moderate to brisk west winds
and fair weather to the Grand Banks.
Forecast for Special Localities.— For New
England and Eastern Xew York, fair in south,
clearing In north portion and colder to-day;
Thursday fair; moderate to brisk west winds
For Eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey
fair and colder to-day: Thursday fair, with mod
erate temperature moderate to brisk 'west winds
For Western Pennsylvania, fair to-day and
Thursday: moderate, temperature; moderate west
and southwest winds.
For Western New York, generally fair, except
snow flurries near the laKea. colder In east por
tion to-day; Thursday fair- brisk west winds.
Loch! Official Record. — The following official
record from the Weather Bureau shows the
changes in the temperature for the last twenty
four hours in comparison with the corresponding
date of last year:
3a. m 31 38 6p. in.. . 'is IQI .».
6a. in 32 20 9p. m i«> T?
Ba. >" -J. 74011 p. m. i,"» S
12 m SI *(i 12 p. m i oioi 0
4p. m H> 4S 10 —
Highest temperature yestenlay. 51 degree* ,at
8 p. in.): lowest, 3«. average. v average £.
corresponding date last year. 21; average ££
corresponding date last thirty-three year. *30
Local Forecast.— To-day, fair and colder-
Thursday, fair; moderate to brisk west winds.
Official observations of the United Ktnte«
weather tamu taken at S p. m . yesterday fol!
Ai'hTnv Temperature. Weather.
Atlantic City • « k';;n ly
a . '.'i 1 *
Cincinnati ,-,; [.%£
v,. v ,;.,„,........ g J
waeninsion 4^ \ Uia
HUGHES'S DECISION
Comments on The Tribune's
Announcement.
DEMOCRATIC HOPES.
From The Rochester Union and Advertls-r.
A political announcement of considerable
importance Is made -day by The New-
York Tribune, the leading: Republican or-
Ran. "Governor Hughes," it say?., "will
not under any circumstances be a candi
date- for re-election. This The Tribune >s
able to announce positively."
It Is doubtful that the Republican lead
ers of the Hughes and the. anti-Ituphes
factions will be able to agree upon a can
didate. The machine is fighting for 111 lif*;
to lose in this contest that will now b»
precipitated will mean ruin to the organi
zation and the blasting of the hopes of
many an ambitious politician. Hence the
battle is certain to be a hard-foueht on*.
and thus a Democratic opportunity will
be presented. The Democracy should be
prepared to take advantage of It by nomi
nating a man of the highest ability and
character, one who -will command the con
fidence of the people of the, Empire State
of all parties. It should be remembered
that Governor Hughes has not had merely
a Republican backing. l
A LOSS TO PUBLIC LIFE.
From The Hartford Times.
The New-York Tribune announce
under no circumstances will Governor
Hughes be> a candidate for a re-election.
His decision, it is declared, is prompted
by the fact that he can't afford to s'^;- la
oißce.
Retirement from office of such men as
Hughes and Spooner is a loss to public
life, but unless they are financially Inde
pendent they canr.ot be expected indefinite
ly to disregard the obligations of provid
ing adequately for their households Doubt
less the reputation gained by a great man
in holding a grreat offlce tends to enhance
his earning capacity and to enable him on
getting back to his priva'<» desk quickly
to repair any inroads which public office
may make on his fortune. A part of the)
compensation which a great man obtains
from office must take the form cf honor, of
distinction, of opportunity for service, for
official salaries cannot well te adjusted to
abilities of persons of the highest class.
WHAT NEXT?
From The Hartford Courant.
Governor Hughes "will not tinder any
circumstances be a candidate for re-elec
tion," according to The New- York Tribune,
which adds that It is able to announce this
decision positively.
If the Governor has really made up his
mind, it will be interesting to see what the
former bosses of the Republican party in
New York will do. Hughes is bo strong
with the people that his opinions will have
to be reckoned with even when he is not
himself a candidate.
INFORMAL BUT ACCURATE.
From The Springfield Republican.
The informal announcement that Gov
ernor Hughe* will not seek another term
doubtless represents his present attitude
toward continuance in public life.
THE EXPENSE OF OFFICE.
From The Auburn Advertiser.
The New-York Tribune makes the an
nouncement that Governor Hughes will not
tinder any circumstances be a candidate
for Governor again, and that at the. en.d of
his present term of office he will return
to the. practice of the law in the interests
of his family. From this we can judge of
the expense to an average Governor there
is in being Governor. The great State of
New York asks a man to serve it in its
highest oflioe for a sum that he cannot
afford to accept and which proves a loss
to him and his family's interests in the
struggle for place and for life.
SALARY TOO SMALL.
From The New York World.
The Tribune's positive announcement that
"Governor Hughes will not in any circum
stances be a candidate for re-election."
owing to the financial sacrifices that he has
had to make in order to hold that office,
again calls attention to New York's parsi
monious treatment of Its Chief Executive.
It is a very high honor to be Governor of
this state, and in the case of Mr. Hughes
the reputation he has won as Governor
will bring him in a vastly more lucrative
law practice than he would otherwise have
secured, but that has nothing to do with
the issue. A Governor's salary should not.
hinge on his ability to capitalize his otiiciai
reputation after leaving office.
ft is appropriate that the I>»gislatur«
should give serious consideration to th«*
question of submitting an amendment to
the constitution fixing the salary of the
Governor at $25,000 a year.
CONFIRMED BY THE GOVERNOR.
From The New York Evening Post.
Governor Hughes confirms from Wash
ington this morning the report that he has
reached a decision not to accept another
nomination for the Governorship. He puts
the matter in a way that has to be taien
as final.
NOT AUTHORITATIVE?
From a dispatch to The New York Times.
Albany. Jan. 17.— While it is known at
the Capitol that the announcement that
Governor Hughes would not again be ■
candidate for renomination cannot in any
way be regarded as authoritative or orh
cial, it reflects a general impression th<tr
has existed in political circles here for
many months, and which friends of the
Governor declare to be well founded.
[Washington, Jan. 17.— "The Tribune's
announcement this morning that I will not
be a candidate for the governorship to suc
ceed myself is entirely accurate."—Gov
ernor Hughes.]
A SOURCE OF REGRET.
From The Philadelphia Record.
The New-York Tribune was enabled to
print yesterday a positive announcement
that Governor Hughes "would not under
any circumstances te a candidate for re
election." This news will be a source of
regret to all friends of good government
and tidings of joy to political reprobates.
NOT MAYBE; IS.
From The Rochester Post- Express.
Of course, The New-York Tribune is not
authorized to speak for Governor Hughes,
but nevertheless it may be entirely correct
in its statement that he will not be a can
didate for renomination and would not ac
cept a nomination if mad--
IRREVOCABLE.
From The Buffalo Commercial.
Comes from The Tribune what it claims
to be an "authorized" statement that Gov
ernor Hughes win not be "under any cir
cumstances" a candidate for re-election.
The Governor is represented as saying that
with him it is an irrevocable determina
tion, for the comprehensible reason that
he has a family to support, is obliged to
return to the practice of his profession,
and simply cannot afford to remain in pub
lic life.
NO, HE CONFIRMS IT.
From The Watertown Times.
The New- York Tribune has published a
story that Governor Hughes would not un
der any circumstances accept another nom
ination. Governor Hushes promptly de
nies that he has made any such state
ment. Every one knows that Governor
Hughes does not desire to continue in
office. He cannot afford It: he will have
given four years to the public service, to
the detriment of his private interests, and.
not being a rich man. has probably found
1:1s private means depleted to an extent
which require recuperation; Notwithstand
ing all this, if Governor Hushes should
find, when the convention season draws
near, that his- continuance in office was
necessary to guard the interests of the peo
ple, we think he would not define
. '-; ■
FACT, NOT RUMOR.
From The New York Sun.
The rumor that Governor Hugh- will
not be a candidate again, which The Trib
une revives in its news columns, is too
familiar to excite much surprise. At this
time in the political year the Governor
has twice before declared against a gov
ernorship nomination, and nevertheless ac
cepted when a Saratoga convention offered
it. In 1006 and 190S the Governor's decision
was quite as fixed as it can be now. yet
circumstances altered it, and similar cir
cumstances are not now lacking.
WHAT DO THE PEOPLE SAY?
From The New York Evening Mail.
Of course, the Governor won, as every
public officer who regards hia office as a
public trust must win when he relics
wholly on the people. But. having won,
arc we to lose him? What have the people
of the state to say, in reply to Governor
Hughes's announcement?
NEW SOUTH AFRICAN COMET
Appears Brighter than Venus at Lick
Observatory.
San Jose. Cal., Jan. 18.— R. G. Aitken. as
tronomer of Lick Observatory, gave out
the following statement to-day:
••The comet discovered in Smth. Africa
a day or two ago is brighter than the
planet \ enus. It was easily seen/ at th«
Lick Observatory at noon to-day with the
naked ey*. It wus -about 4 degrees east of
the sun and one-half degree north of it;
and ■ ■-- moving toward th* northeast. In
■ i lew nky it would b* a brilliant object
for the ii. Xt few evenings, and should ba
looked for In the southwestern sky Imm*
dlately after sunset. Daylight observation*
j to-day showed that the »p*-fnim of th#
comet's nucleus Is continuous, crossed by
bright sodium lines •..•-- into th»
comet.
PRIMA DONNA CONTRACTS.-
Counsel for Sylva Contends That Hot*
band's Consent Was Necessary. ;
Justice Gerard reserved decision -.-••••r
day on the application of Oscar Hammer
stein for a permanent Injunction restrain
ing v .-_• — „ Sylva from singing fjM th«
Boston Opera Company, now in Chicago.
Hammerst-in said that the defendant • •»*
bound by contract to continue throughout
the'season at the Manhattan Opera Hou«.
Counsel for Mm*. Sylva argued that th<»
contract was signed In Paris, and that
Hammersteln faileJ to obtain the signa
ture of the husband of the piima donna.
as required by the French law. and that
therefore- the instrument was Invalid. H^
. said that his client's services were not
unique or extraordinary, and that Mom.
Sylva could easily be replaced In th» Man
hattan company. Although the. attorney
said the contract called for thirty-cn
consecutive weeks of employment. Ham
msrstetn laid her off several times without
ray. Then Miie. Sylva rebel - •
HENRY MILLER AT HARVARD.
Special Pcrfonnance Will Interrnpt
Run of ' ' The Faith Healer. ' '
Th 6 llrst professicinal representation **f a
modem play by a Harvard, graduate under
the auspices of Harvard University ejfj|
be given Monday evening at Sanders The
atre. Cambridge. vrh»n H»nrv Millar will
appear before the faculty and nt»<isn»e ht
\a:?ha Moody's "The Faith
Healer " To give thia ln\ntation perfomn
anc.e Henry Miller will Interrupt the run
of -'The Faith Healer" which begin* aft
the Savoy Theaftr* to-night.
This is the second time that Mr. nffJBM
has stopped a New York run to ajrve a
single performance in other cities. When
"Th© Great Divide" was in its first f»w
months at the Princess Theatre, with seats
selling eight weeks ahead. Mr Miller *»■>'*
the play for one performance to Washing
ton, where it was seen by a specially In
vited gathering of Senator? R»or«>3«ma
tive3. Cabinet officers ar.d diploma's.
MARRIED.
BAKER — FABER On Tuesday. .Ja?"ia.— IS,
1910. at All Souls" Church. Thaodor* Prieth.
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Lother Faber. *»
John Whitney Baker. ; . " SSjIB
BATNE BET-REV- On Tuesday. Janu
ary 18, at the residence of th« bride. No- 21
West 14th St., New York C:-- by the Rev.
Dr. William M. Hughe., of Moms'
N. X, Louise Davis van B«ur«n. daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. van B»ur»n. t«
Howard Bayne.
Notices of marriage* and death* mnat (m
Indorsed with full name and *ddr*m.
DIED.
Arnold. Carrie. Judson. Ertwar'i R.
Bemhardt. Gustavus H. Lester, Jane A.
Planke. Lucy R. Hdbbn A>x_ =?
Burrcwes. Mabel T. C. C Kelly. James M.
Church, Stewart. Picka!ay. Charles.
Conklin. Minnie B. F. - -aman. Frederic C.
Doyle. Charles J. - •-. Mary A
Elliot. Annie F. - mar E -a^eth P.
Hallock, sarah C. B.
ARNOLD— Monday. January 17. 1310. Carrl*
Arnold, eldest daughter of Joseph and Sarah
B. Arnold. Funeral service at her late horn*.
No. 143 West 1.---- St.. Thursday evening.
January 20. at 7 o'clock.
BERNHARDT— SuddenIy, on January IS. 1910.
Gustavus H. Bemhardt, at his residence. No.
3JV3 Prospect aye.. Brooklyn. Funeral service*
will be held on Thursday. January 20. at. 2
p. m.. in Church of the Atonement. 17th st..
near Fifth aye.
BLANK E— On Monday. January 17. 1010. Lacy
Reeve, wife of George C. Blanks. Funeral
services at her late residence. No. 115 Brook
lyn aye.. Brooklyn, oil Wednesday . January
19. at 2 p. m.
BURROWES Of pneumonia, on Monday. Janu
ary IT. 1910. Mabel T. Conover. wife of Thomas
Kurrowes. Funeral on Thursday from her lat»
residence. Keyport. X. J.. at 2 o'clock. Trains
leave Liberty st. 11 and 11.30 a. m.
CHURCH — Early Monday morning. January J7.
1910. Stewart Church. M. D. Funeral services
at his late residence. No. 236 Clinton St.,
Brooklyn. Thursday, at 10 a. m.
CONKLJN — In New York City. January I*.
1910. Minnie Buckingham Ferguson. I Urn of
Richmond Conklin and daughter of Mary J.
and the late George W. Ferguson. Funeral
services at No. 306 West 93d st. on Wednes
day. January 19. at 11 a. m.
DOYLE— January 15. Charles J. I>oyle. aged 50
Funeral from The Funeral Church. Nol -♦
West 23d st (Campbell Building). Wednesday
afternoon.
ELLIOT— At her residence. No. 301 Madison
aye.. Lakewood. N. J. Annie Furzer Elliot,
second daughter of the late Major Elliot. of
Windsor. Oat.. Canada.
HALLOCK — At Mllton-on-Hudson. N. T.. on
Third day. First month. ISth, Sarah Catherine
Birdsall. wife of the late George Hallock.
in the 82d year of her &g«. Funeral at her
late residence, 230 p. m.. Fifth day. 30th inst.
JUDSON — At Syracuse. N. T-. on Sunday even
ing January 16. 1910. of pneumonia, Edward
Barker Judson. in the 56th year of his IT-
Funeral services at his home. No. 822 James
St.. on Wednesday. January 19. at 2:30. ■ Is
kindly requested that no flowers be sent.
LESTER — On Monday. January 17. 1910. Jan*
A., widow of Joseph W. Lester. In the S3<i
year of her age. Relatives. lstlrcat« friends
and neighbors are Invited to attend the fu
neral services at her late home. No. 45 Plntard
aye.. New Roehelle, N. V.. Thursday after
noon, January 20. 1910. at 2 o'clock. Car
riages In waiting on arrival of the 1:08 train,
leaving the Lexington aye. temporary station.
It is kindly requested that no Cowers be sent.
M'KELVET — On January 18. at Plalnfleld.
N. J-. Alex. B. McKelvey. Funeral services
at First Presbyterian Church, Morrlstown.
N. J-. Thursday. January 20. on the arrival
of 0:30 train from Barclay st. Kindly omit
flowers.
O'KEI-LT — January IS. James M. O" Kelly. ag^<t
55. Funeral from The Funeral Church. No
241 West 23d st. (Frank E. Campbell Build-
Ing).
PICKSLAT — Entered Into rest, at his residence.
No. 1304 Pacific St.. Brooklyn. N. T.. Monday.
January 17. Charles Pickstay, eldest son of th«
late William Morton and Susan Mehetab!*
Pickslay. In his «3d year. Funeral services
■will be held on Wednesday. January 19. at 11
a. m.. at St. Mark's Church, corner Easter-
Parkway and Brooklyn aye.. Brooklyn. Inter
ment at Greenwood Cemetery. Kindly orr.lt
flowers. Sheffield (England) papers please copy.
SEAMAN— At Wilmington. IV!.. on Second da?.
First month, 17th. Frederic C. Seaman, of
Brooklyn. N. Y-. son of Valentine H. and
Rebecca C. Seaman, In the 30th year of hi*
age. Relatives and friends are Invited to at
tend the funeral at the residence of his father
in-law. <;eor«e G. LobdHl. Jr.. No. IMK
Broome st.. Wilmington. Del., at 3 p. m. on
Fourth day. 19th last.
SMITH — Tuesday. January IS. Mary Ann.
widow of the late Matthew Smith, In th*
J»7th year of her age. Funeral services at
the residence of her son. Eugene Smith. N«.
39 West tfSth St.. on Thursday, January 20.
at 3 p. m.
STILLMAN — Elizabeth P. Stillman. widow at
the late Charles Stillman. on Tuesday. Jan
uary 1«. at No. 21 West 4Sth st. Funeral
notice later. •:.•>•-
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