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A Spectacular First Might at the
Metropolitan.
• AKMIPE " AN ANCIENT NOV
ELTY. BY GLUCK.
The e^dier, c whl. I aatherei in the Mct
-opolixan Opera House last r,i ht to take
Mt ••• a brilliant social function 8ls»o as-
M the French say. at an artistic
event of extraordinary intereFt. An opc-ra
u-hJcfc ha* be*n recognized as a masterpiece
for more than a entury and a quarter had
Its first r . presentation in New York. It
„« Cluck's -Armide- The likelihood of
«a. hsctasa has occupied the opera house
r,=sips from the time when Mr. Conned
midertook the administration of operatic
Kfrairs. Why was the opera chosen? The
question is interesting and its answer
«»!TX=ive. -. is not a little- significant that.
boastful-is the present day ••- of its crea
tive BLliHiillSMailn and insistent on the
r«e<l cf progress, opera managers are quite
fr Tnuch occupied hi reviving old things as
creating new. Until "Orfeo" was resur
rrcted the Metropolitan Opera House
last season the oldest Italian opera on the
lo^al list BS Mozart's "Nozze di Figaro."
which has now reached the ripe age of Ui
'«irs. "Orfeo" is r.car'v a quarter of a
rmtary elder. Our oldest German opera
(th«ugn it is practically ■ stranger in its
-atlve tongue) Is "Die Zaaberfloie," which
r,as lived lit year^. The spers which was
pr^er.ted 10 public notice last night was
f.Tf-t fcroogfct forward in Taris in 1.. T. and
js therefore IH3 years old, and its libretto
ever ninety years older, for Gluck ma.>
t:j* of a book which Quinault had written
for Lolly In I*S6.
T. t»0j1.3 be a diverting, perhaps aiso an
Instructive, occupation to inquire more ex
hWustlvely into the motives which prompt
ed this production. Are we turning back
to the masterpieces of Use past because
■»'.:? creations of tlve present leave unsatis
fied lrngir.s? within us? Are inherited
tastes of which we lia-.e long eea uncon
tclousl inakixig themselves felt in obedience
to a law of progress the nature of which
»* ...... . ireelves to nnder
v.and? Ordieitrai composerß are storming
the citadel of heaven with serried ranks of
rij-er* and blowers and drummers, making
pbrnrous proclamation of small ■ Dughta,
jet archaic instruments are coming to the
fore and archaic mposei ire bcitic re
nored to their rtgtiu Affectation Is every
where ob«»rvafcle musical culture, yet
r\« art turulns more and more to simplicity
*nd finding it satisfying and lovable. Is
ih*T also only sn affectation? Are we
«gaiTi Playing at Ehepherds sn-1 shep
h«!rdesses?
■\n answer does not seem to be at hand.
fa- a* last night's operatic . - menon
is concerned it may easily be ■■ tf ned that
it wt.= the outcome of a number variety
«.f motives and purposes. For one thing.
"Armi-le"' invites an opulent Investiture.
The history of opera differs srcatly from
th*t of the ppoken rams. As an art form
it ha.« appeakd to them neec rather than to
the intellect and emotions from the begin
ning. The further Be gsa back in its
r«-.-ords the more amazing are the stories
of the Pl e:iic splendors. French opera had
Its r.<=plnr.iusr in ... entertainment which
minded spectacle, dance, pantomime and
music Henri 111 procured "Circe, nu le
ballet comique de la reine."* by the Pi»-d
rr.or.tese fiddler Baltazarini. at the Palais
<!u Petit Bourbon, in October. ISBL In honor
of the marri-ace of the Queen's sister.
The performance, which began at " f
r,v-iock in th« evening, lasted till Z& the
next morning, and cost 1.300.000 ftcus:
whether sold or silver • •:= is not stated
111 the accounts. If they arerc ecus of silver
lb^ Fum was the eojuKralent of PMN: if
of soJd. of tUMjsla. Even in Mannheim It
ru nothing unusual to spend r20,(»'0 on :
ntlne a single opera at about the pertnd i
■which saw the original production of "Ar
mHe" in Paxie
There ras »>\id«?nce in Blgawr Toscaninl 1
reverential attitude toward the music cf
«;i-i-ks opera last night Ihet i large hn
pulse in his rase was admiration and love
for the old work. Perhaps this was paired
•m Eienor Ganls mind with a hope that a
brimant »=ho^- -would add to the bistre of
his administration. "W" can easily hnag •
that the Fce-erv. eostumeß and other para
vhemaJia wh!*-h Pisnor Gattl provided for
-•. rot t the modem equivalent of
tv,o Mannheim operas which •>- Burne.y
t»HF about, and \r may have ea*elled tnesn
iU to beauty and .■■-.- the orig
inal jiroduction in Paris. It had an excel
lent modem model. Arid while encaged In
this fanciful speculation we might go fur
t-^j- and ea; too. that in — • partJcuaars
■"*= imasrine that it vra? Fung etter laat
r.ishr thsn it was w hen Gluck rin •<=-nd d
!:« produ^Tion „- ■ tol-1 Man* Antoinette
how 5-jpr»melv admirable bis | era was
jrorng to be. Tb«* French singers were not
rrmarkaM" nx the Grand Op*ra bn Gluck's
<^y. and. indeed, have never be*>n remark
?V> for beauty of voice ccept in th«
j^rieds °f Italian domination. In some ■*-
»;>e»ns. however. It is to be imagined that
th« eighteenth century representation? «ur-
Tatse<s that of the twentieth. It '■an safely
*v> asF'jmed t>iat th«r«» was c-"ar«r on
nrteney and unity of style in the perform
unce <ac there sti'l is at the Grand Opera
11 spite of its lenoeK a larger eafec
tiveness in the dramatic Reclamation (i. e~,
* • ••••'- iinA much more meantnjr
r-.rA charm in the ballet. No doubt the re
<"«=r.t—we dcubt if it fan be called preseal
f Thib;ii<3n of interest in danring had some
:hlng to do with th* production of Gluck's
nf«en which Is. aj» full of dancing ac were
JHe pers which excited the ridicule o"
Rnussea;;. Rtrosseau jo%-»i<j Quinault. had a
sincere s<Jmirai)on for Gluck and despised
Fr<=r.rh rinsr.rg. He Irv.ked with forgiving
«>e on th«» darif-{r.g diversions in Quir.ault's
'■pera.c: P , Jt thought the ballets of his buc
cessors absurd. "In everj- act the action i"
eeneraily inTerrupted at the most interest
iTis moment by a dance given to the actors,
who are Ft-av:,^ while the public stand up
tt> look or.. It thus hai p< thai the
persona* ar< , ab^olut^ly forgotten.
« ■*»:•■ •• which these f«tes are brought
hout 1? way simple. i« the prince joyous?
H;i wuni«r« participate in Us joy and
canoe. Is he sad? He must be '.e^red up,
:^ they fiance again _ . Priests dance.
*?^ ICtr * danr *- coo- dauc-i. devils dance;
"rf: is dancing eVr-ne V r-n at intermenis—
:ng Bfiropos el everythaag.** Last season
patrons cf the ••• house waxed so
••nthusiartic ove r the dancing of Ifaae. Pav
»»a aad SI Mordkin, whoso dancitig was
wholly extraneous to the p.'ay. that it
'■*'"-j<J T)ot b* surprising- If Mr. Gattl had
conefcnted that the iteae was ripe for a ts>
*+ral of tome of the Bid apetaa in which
■^ ballft took part in the action, even
tnocgh the part w is as little essential as
lio-jf,s*.a;i- 6 description implied. But INS
-an<-y that ' '■■ •-- even a greater differ
""* b««;e«i the terpsichorean composi
a<ww of the Vestris family. H a,n as their
' S 7 l!on< &nd thof^ ot th * Metropolitan's
Mllet master and his ootv. as • «re was
betmeea the French or the E m~ Prs .
«*« far. then. Hi , | t was th« l,op« of
• :eat,r.c an interest in the old ope ra hv 'ts
•racing div*n:;on which ed to tlie tardy
J-rfonnanc* of "Armide.,-. it i. to ' reared
TOM .iajr. Gatti »in i*: disappointed Such
s capering- ■s w,,. indulged in oy
-ie ballet n«*nt la.st nizht •ar charm
r.o cultured person, and before we can
bC the Und wMco m
. n rk , S 8T ha<i » ,eh Potency that the
ttl o. %estris was paramount •' that «>f
•i.c <*oir.i.o.ser we rr. U& t hstsa *. hailet » islii
«?acfcted in the Basse tradiuons and a.
twi« of *si eta trained in fimoefaj an <j
pantomime.
A U-ger jastincatioa for Oie opcr^ was
f "ud jr. u s opportunities for j-cenic iftire,
sad her« "th«s 'introdurdon of <-!*-nirnts
vfcKh have fceccrn*; EaaaffXai through more
j modem works helped in the estanllPn
ment of a sympathetic Httltude between
'•'■** old opera «nd the modern spectators.
"Annide" Is a romantic opora. Ciiivairy
and supernaturalism play a laree part Sn
It. and it -was no doubt agreeable to find
i how devices in modern s=tapo meehanisni
could be employed to make it delectable to
tnodern taste. The enchanted garden •"£
the Damascan «:ori-erej:s recalled niemorie
°f KUn^sor's maple realms; the naiad «H">
moved gracefully about in the placid
■Raters of the brook recalled memories lf
VTajrner'B Rhine nixies— the ■eplijlil that
carried off Rinaldo and hi? charmer "n
their couch of ropes would n>^ver have be "
had not M. QiiiMllnwiia made an oi>era out
of Berlioz's "Damnation de Faust" *"> !
that the sylphs misrht float throuph t" e j
dreams of Faust sl^epin^ on the bank? ■ f
the Elbe. That Armida shotiM suR^ 5 '
Venus n , 1( i Kundry was inevitable
for they are of a tribe, and though there j
came a temptation to smile at the insenu- \
ousness of poet and composer in having an
exorcism of one Kundry follow hard on tlie i
heels of another in the fourth act, these
thinps were not made a bit Inconsruous by
the archaism of the musl<\ On the oon
trary, a Kreat3r charm went out Onom the
music of the scenes of enchantment than
from the accents, which oujjht to have
stirred the emotions and hnaginations of
tl-.e audience in the scenes of trasrie im
port— •■ c alternattn« tempests «J love and
hate which tore t!ie heart of the i»iay'«
heroine. H*>re- ;t must be confessed that ,
the music of the open Bounded less moving ;
than that of • Orfeo." which our peopl« j
linr»w from rvpr^sentations In the opera i
house, or •'Ai.-estis •• which might be known
from the excerpts which used oasionall] '
to be heard in our concert rooms. There is j
a superb chorus at the close of the first j
act of "Annide," but it pales its tirep in '
th<» presence of the choruses in the two j
lyric, dramas in which Gluck celebrated
the j-.assfon of married lovers. So there Is
strong and splendid dramatic utterance hi
the scene, hepinnmer "Enfta il est dans ma :
puisranre." in vnich Armt<!a empties her
heart cf hatred in the presence of the,
sleeping Crusader, but it scarcely reaches
The height of Alcestis's invocation of the i
Stygian divinldee. As for the rest, there is
far too much song anu spectacle in the .
onera in proportion to Its dramatic action, j
and we .-ha"! be surprised if Signor roeca- .
n:n:. i.aving: own his devotion to tlie \
work by giving it in its entirety, does n<.-t !
promptly poloo lo work to eliminate »oni. of
its uuessentfals.
If "Armifie" was Incorporated In the local
list to widen the opportunities! of Signor
Caruso tli-ei purpose was accomplished to
the exrr-nt of one-half. Its music is a
splendid vehicle for the sim?er" matchless
voice, and he paid it honor d.ie by singing
it in a noble and diJiniried manner to the
complete forgetting of the extravagant
pathos which be has so long affected in th«
operas which have brought him his great
est popularity and worked the greatest
harm to his voice. But the hero of Tasso's
iiiHMhinmri Llberta" is a sorry tipure as
ragjiiii Caruso embodies him for tf.« eye.
The tenor baa grown stout in figure and
aJmost ludicrously awkward in movement.
When he disposed himself for sleep in the
enchanted garden last night it was im
possibie nor to feel an apprehension that
ih^ smiles innumerous spread over the
a-;d!*>nce mijrht become audible. It was
really a painful moment, aJid that the de
=:-e to laugh was suppressed was a higher
tribute to the singer than an outburst of
applause at the end of his entrancing Bong
would have been. There Is no way out
of It: if Sipnor Caruso wishes to embody
physically the romantic hero or the first
crusade who bifcfl inspired bo many poets
ar.d composers, he must at least put him
self toto the hands of an Ingenious and
leßwnueful dreaaer.
Madam Fromstad was happier than li»r
Bonmanlon lr every respe. She looked.
acted and tang her part convincingly and
triumphantly. Tt was she who dominated
th« work so far as the. too loquacious ;
Qutnautt. who had to spread a paucity of ;
dramatic actloii over five acts In order
to conform to the laws of the Acad£mie r
would permit her. She was much ham- !
pered by her female companions, who;
would be singing, and her gorgeously clad
retinu". who danced in and out of sea
son; yet some of those companions were
abl- coadjutors and deserved well at the
hands of the aadience Especially was this
true of mas (Huck. who, as Bhe had done
In "Orfeo" last season, proved herself to
r- The best stylist in the company. It was
a pity that f=h» was not permitted to sing
more! t=ince the two characters in which
■be appeared had bo little to do with the
action that It was toconsequentiaJ how they i
were impersonated. Tt would have been a
further ravishment "f the sc-->re had she
sunc the pong of the naiad, with its ex- [
fjuisite echo effect (a device already archaic
in the- time of Gluek t which Mrs. Rappold
spoiled by her Impur« intonation. Signor
Amato al«=o distinguished bimsetf by his |
melodic delivery. Impassioned but pure, and
Mr. I>?nh Gilly by his exemplary diction.
Nor should the tasteful singing of Miss
Fparkes b* passed without notice or the ■
zealous effort of Mm* Homer, in the trying
role of Hate- But here a discussion of the
■trie called for by Gluck's music, for which j
there i;- neither time, nor space to-cay, is
invited. If OM operas are to be revived.
perhaps in the fulness of time we shall
also experience a revival of the old art
of singing, which they call for as they rs il
for iritenitr.?rst attention to the ballet. Com
ment Bpon the t-umptuous and effective
adornment of the opera may be reserved.
with other things, for a later day. The
production of 'Armi'le" was an Interesting
incident in looai musical history, and the
names of those concerned in it deserve to
be preserved. Here they are:
Armlde Oliv- FT-m«ad
P™aud'". ■■■....- BnrfOO ' arus.>
Hidrart Pasquale Ama.ro
La HaVne.V r.Loui^VHom.r
sidonie ■ ■ Lennra Sparken
. .JfsnriH Maubour*
" ' Alma. Stock
T-bSdS I'M" r>lnh Gllljr
U. Chevalier EftHMlB An«vlo Fa^
Art-mldore „• ' " ' Albert K<"l«s
i— „♦« . ..::. Andrea de S^Rurola
f> Naiade.V Marl. Kappnld
UxHlHaMr Aln^ ul " ( c) 5
Conductor Arturo ioecar.ini ;
SOCIETY AT THE OPERA
Fashionable World Well Repre
sented at the Metropolitan.
Not until the pr<>mi*n of the opera at
the Metropolitan doe> the fashionable world
here in New York feel that the so-ial sea
boh Ib thoroughly under way. The initial
performance P always regarded as one of
the red (e;ter features of the winter's cal
endar and constitutes the occasion for the
first great s;atherinK of the smart Fet after
pummers epent abroad or at American
mountain and seaside resorts, and atter
autumne given up to suburban and country
hous^ nr>. The opening of the opera shows
more eff«ctlwely than anything €is« that
society has returned to town and baa »ei
tled down to the business of the season
that is to Bay. to a long round of festivities
In honor of som>- threescore young grirlo
who ar« makin« their debut in society.
Society waj by no mean? confined to th«
parterre row, but was scattered in the
grand tier, the etal! boxes and in the or
chestra seat*.
Mr ai:d Mrs. Edmund U Baylies, the. lat
ter in hla-k velvet, with a diamond tiara
and necklace, ha<J wlrli them in their grand
tier Box B as their guests Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert Itobhins, .Mrs. Alexander Van
Rensselaer and Moncur.- Robinson.
Mrs. Ogden Qoajet's party in Box 1 in
cluded Mr. and Mr* Robert Goelet and Mr.
and Mrs. Craig Biddle.
With Mr. bjil ii rfi . a. It. .Tullllard in Box
2 were Mr. and Mrs F. A. Juilliard and
Mr. and Mr*. Robert Glllespie.
Mrs. George 6. Bowdoin. gowned In gray
satin, entertained j n U<)X 27 Charles I^anier,
Itlm Belsrav*. of London. In white .satin;
Mr. aai Mrs. tvaaji, Bowdoin, the latter
in blue satin, and Mies Bowdoin, [„ pink
batin.
■In Lssrls I^li n Ttrr tn(l Box ,- tx»
lonsing to Columbu* o'l^brm*" T^eliQ. «tnd
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ir>. VMO.
hß d with her Miss Kate Brice and M-s.
John aleCullWajh.
Mrs William I'ougla., sioane; In a pearl
gray chiffon and K atin dre . wearing assas
beautiful emeralds, had with her her dausrn
j t*>r. Mrs. James A. Burden, jr anii Mr and
I Mrs. Francis K. Pendleton. the latter in a
gown of pray chiffon.
Mr. andMn.. J. Pierpont Morgan were
I in their Box n... and had with them Mr.
I Morgan's sister. Mrs. Waller Burns o{
I London, whose son-in-law, Lewis Harcourt,
baa just been appointed Secretary-of State
for the Colonies. Another occupant of the
box was Mrs. Herbert L. satterlee. in a
dres? of peach colored velvet ami lace
Mrs. Ogden Millss box. No. 20, was oc
rupied by Miss Gwendolyn an.l Miss Evelyn
Burden, the latter in white sa tin and tuile
an-1 the former in a gown of black jetted
cliifToti.
Miss Dorothy Whitney, ■„ whUe brocade d
crepe, trtmmed with silver, and wearing a
diamond comb in her hair, was in Mrs.
Charles T. Barney's bo X . N o . 9, with Miss
Beatrice Bend, in emerald velvet, and Mrs.
George G. Haven, in black velvet, ha.l with
her her daughter. Miss Leila Haven.
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt were
in Box 6, and had with them Mrs. Fred- i
crick C. Eiavemeyer Miss Barbara
Rutiierfurd. Mrs. Vanderbilt's dress being
of black satin, with silver trimming to the
bodice.
Mr. and Mrs. George F. Raker, In Box 10,
had with them their son-in-law and daugh
ter. Mr. and Mrs. w. Goadbj Loew.
Mrs. M. Orme Wilson occupied the Astor
box. and had with her Mr. and Mrs. M.
Orme Wilson, jr.. and Mr. and Mrs. Cort
landt Field Bishop.
.Mr. and Mrs. bridge T. Gerry were In
Box SS. w-iih Miss Mabel Gerry, in green
v»lvet. and Miss Angelica Gerry. !
Tn Box \ were Mr. an<l Mrs. August Bel- \
mont. who had with them Mr. and Mrs. !
Kdwin D. Morgan and Mrs. Sidney Dillon
Kipley.
With Mr. and Mrs. James Speyer tn Box !
16 were the German Ambassador, the
Countess Bernstnrff and their daughter.
Countess Luise. Bernstorff. The ambas- !
sadress wa= in indigo blue satin and chif- i
fon. with silver trimmings! while her jewels '
(onsipted of a diamond tiara and diamond
necklai-'
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer occupied
Mrs. Seward's Ko.x 22. with hfiss I.aura
\« ebb and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pruyn.
Mrs. Lloyd Bryce's party, in Box 13. com
1 rised Mr. a;nl Mrs. .1. Sergeant <*ram.
Miss Bryce, Ltspenard Stewart and Robert
Sands.
\Vith Mr ami Mrs. Clarence Slackay In
their b«x. No. .'4. In tiie centre of the grand
tier, were Mrs. W. K. Vanderhilt. Jr..
Stephen Klklns. jr.. and Dr. Joseph Rlake.
Mrs. Ma''ka>''? dress was of silver lace over
white satin, while Mrs. Vanderhilt's gown
was of hlack satin and .i«>t. relieved by a
number of diamonds i>n th* <orsace and in
the iiair.
Mr. and Mrs, Luther Kountze. in Box 32,
were with Mr. B id Mrs. DeLancey Kountze
and Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Douglas.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Alex,ander, in
Box '2-. had with th^m Miss Harriot and
Miss Janetia Alexander. Captain Kincald
Smith and Roger Poor.
Mrs. George Henry AVarren. who is In
mourning. i>la.-ed iier box at the di-~pus.il
of Mr. ari'! Mrs. Oliver Harximan, who iinA
•with them Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Oakley
Rhinelander and Miss Constance "Warren.
Mrs. Payne Whitney occupied the Harry
Payne Whitney box with Mrs. Henry W.
Bull.
Scattered elsewhere in the boxes of the
grand tier, in the stall boxes and in tht
orchestra seals were Mr. and -Mrs. Fred
erick W. Whitridge. Mr. and Mrs. G«oise
EL Sheldon. Mrs. Charles A. Childs, Mr.
and Mr?. George T. Wilson. Mrs. Howard
Page and Miss lotie Page, Frederic Grand
d'HautevUle, Mrs. Wilbur Bloodgood, Mr.
and Mre. William Curtis Demorest, Henry
Rogers Winthrop. fieneral I'.rayton lyes.
Harrj- Harkne^s. Mrs. H. B. Mollins, Mr.
and Mrs. John Warne. Herbert, who had
with them Mr. and Mrs. John B. Quinby
and Mrs. Charles D. Strater. of Louisville;
Itr. and Mrs. .lohn I'ratt. l>r. and Mrs.
N. B. Potter. Philip Carroll, Mrs. Benja
min Griff e:-.. Miss 'Ira^ Blgelow and Mr.
and Mrs. E O. Richards.
AUDIENCE PROVES PROMPT
Traditional First Night Throng,
but Larger than Usual.
It Is safe to say that few larger audi
ences have srraced a premiere at the Metro
politan than the r>r.e that Ea.thered at
"Armide." last night. Tt wn.<» an audience,
too. that, at least in the body of the house,
was for the greater parr in its seats when
the curtain ro^se at B o'clock.
Tiic traiflc reg-ulatlons were excellent.
Though Bmadwav fr>r half an hour befor©
the opening of the performance had rarely
seen a longer line of carriages and automo
biles, the police kept order in exemplary
fashion.
It was Just R o'clock w-hen Mr. Topcantn!
ascended the conductor's ntand The or
chestra greeted him with a. rattle of ap
plause, which was taken up by a portion
of the audience. The parterre boxe? were
at this time only passably filled, but by the
end <'f the act most of the boxliotderp had
arrived and tiie diamond horseshoe glit
tered as 1t glitters only on first nights.
The audience, taken as h whole, was an
exceedingly brilliant one: one that arrived
quWJy and departed quietly, that was en
thusiastic In a mild manner— fact, that
wan quite the traditional Metropolitan
gathering of Metropolitan first nights.
There wrs little trouble with speculators,
&f> practically all those arriving had ob
tained their tickets beforehand.
A word of commendation should l>e Mid
for the programmes, which were far neater
and generally more attractive than those
of former years. In addition, they con
tained a synopsin of the opera, an innova
tion that it is to be hoped will be. con
tinued.
DUTCH SOPRANO SINGS TO-DAY.
>lm«- Jeanne Jomelli, the Dutch soprano,
will King at Carnegie- Hall this afiernoon
at 3 o'clock., The recital will Include twenty
number? on a two-part programme, one
of the songs to he sung is the composition
of Charles Spras^.
GRACE GEORGE IN NEW COMEDY
"Sauce for the Goose," by G«raJdine
Bonner, Presented at Middletoxm.
Middletown. N V , Nov. H.-Grac*
George presented her new comed>', "Sauce
for the Goose," by Oeraldlne Bonner, the
author <>t ■'Sham," for the first time on
any stag<*. at th* Stratt>>n Theatre to-night
The scene of the jiiay is laid in Manhat
tan and the plot cut res about the efforts
of a lawyer an>l a resourceful wife to re
gain tiie wavering interest of her husband,
firet by arousing his Jealousy and then by
making his own actions seem absurd.
There ar^ four important figures in the
plot -the wife, the husband and a male
and a female friend. The theme of the
play is lne much discussed question as to
whether the wife h a s the same privilege
h* the husband to violate the conventions.
Mjsfl George, who played the role of Kitty
Constable, the wif.-, added a delightful
„,,.,!*-:•. part to her repertory. J-Yunk
Worth"*? played the role of John Con
t-ixble tlir husband. Frederick Percy and
7-race' Heyer played the two other im
rwirtani psrts. Tiie remedy had a fiat
tertnC reception
ER NEST HUTCHESON'S RECITAL.
Ernes* ffutckeeon gave a piano recilal
in 'Men del ROlin I|B V'-sterday afternoon
that brought out an audienoe of moderate
nroP° rt ons ' Mr lllllPheson proved to be
a pian!s< possums il of a f; -i!e technique
an considerable delicacy of touch. This
waii adm*raWy shown in his playing of the
<rheT7.o from Mendehwohn'i "Mldsunu»er
vi«ht« I'r.-Hm Jnitne deeper quality of
nofti.- bttUght an.l feeling nailed for by
Vwthoven's Sonata in r minor. Op. 111
',fr Hutcheaen wan perhaps Urns satisfac
tory.
JOHN IA FARGE DEAD
Artist Expires at Butler Hospital,
Providence.
Providence. Nov. 14.— After an illness of
j several months, following a minor opera
j tion performed In New York lan spring.
John La Farge. the artist, died at the But
ller Hospital here to-night. H e | lad at
, the hospital stace last July, but it was only
I ivHhta the last two weeks that h»* had been
j -ontined to his bed or even to his room.
I Death wns to general nervous break
■ down and v eompßcalioa or diseases.
During the tune that Mr. l,n Farg»
was in the hospital here his wife was his
I frequent companion. Sh^ was with her
I husband when the end came to-night. None
I of the children was at the bedside.
No arrangements have yet been made for
\ the funeral, and w ill not be until after the
! arrival of the elder son. Christopher Grant
! La Farge. an architect, of New York.
John la Farge was born on March 31,
1535, in N pxv York City. His parents wore
of French descent. Jean Frederic I^a Farge.
! his father, having been an ensign in the
I FYeneh navy Touring General Leclerc's ex.
! pedition the young officer was captured In
; Santo Domingo, but he succeeded in eecap
! !he to the United States. Here, where h«*
| was at one ilnie proprietor of the La
| Farge Hotel, now the Broadway Central.
! he acquired a small fortune, and played an
I even, comfortable part in the life of this
i city. His son John nttended Fnrdham
' i "olleße. and then studied at Columbia,
only to leave in a few months for Mount
St. Mary's School, at Baltimore. He re
ceived a classical and l«»gal education, and
It was first intended that he should prac
i tise law. but this idea presently stiffered
i a change. In 1856 he visited his grand
father in Paris There he met Paul de
I Saint-Victor, a kinsman of his; Rainte-
I Beuve. and many of the notabilities of the
j romantic period in French arts and letters.
I It was the turning point in his life.
He studied with Couture in Paris nt a
i time when most of the young painters of
; that day were under the latter s Influence,
j but his master recognized in him an mdi
I viduality for which he could do little, and
|he was advised to study by himself. Fol
! lowing this suggestion, he for a time ab
' stained from work in color, occupying him-
I self instead with the making of drawings
j from the old masters in Paris. Munich,
I Dresden and the chief Italian cities. After
this disciplinary experience he visited Eng
land, and there came for a while under
th« influence of the Pre-Raphaelite paint
ers. This gave some impetus to the de
\elopment of his ideas as a colorist, and
he always preserved appreciative memories
of Rossetti and his group, hut he was in
no wise inclined to commit himself to their
general method. In fact, at this time he
was not yet absolutely certain of his artis
tic vocation, and on his return to the
I'nited States he resumed his leeral studies.
Xeverth<=less. the feeling for beauty was
already strong in him, and he felt the stir
rings of a creative artist. He now gave
morf and more attention to the study of
drawing, and finally became a pupil of
William Morris Hunt, at Newport, start
ing anew upon serious and resolute labor.
His work was interrupted by a long illness,
due to an attack of lead poisoning which
he suffered in 18fi6, but even while incapaci
tated his enthusiasm grew, and during his
convalescent period he returned to his
work. It is to this early period of his
that "Paradise Valley" belong?, that and
other remarkable landscapes; and then. too.
he made a number of hi.s most famous
drawings, notably "The Wolf Charmer."
The years 187 C and IST3 he spent In Europe,
where he made close observations of the
stained glass of the old masters and the
methods of the modern manufacturers. He
was interested in both the artistic and the
practical sides of the subject, and on his
return to this country he approached the
making of his first window with a feeling
that he would have to practically invent
a new art for America. He himself once
described the situation confronting him.
•There were no good painters on glass,
even of a fairly low degree," he said, "and
the choice of glass wa.« extremely limited.
yv> received here only the poorer and less
artistic samples of material, the better be
ing carefully culled by the good European
workers; and, moreover, as all Importations
WPI -* commercial they were made, as they
ar e always made, to appeal to the largest
and widert mediocrity of taste." Bringing
to his task not only an extraordinary sense
of color but deep knowledge of the very
genius of his material, he revolutionized the
art of stained glass on this side of the At
lantic, and. in fact, in after years had the
satisfaction of peeing his work honored in
Part? an f l elsewhere in the Old "World and
th«re accepted as n previous influence.
The making of stained glass necessarily
Involved, of course, some feeling for archi
tectural design, and as I^a Farge's genius
unfolded he rapidly came to exercise im
portant functions in the adornment of mon
umental buildings. His first decorative
work was carried out in the interior of
Trinity church. Boston. This was followed
by similar undertakings, similar vet with
substantial elaborations, in St. Thomas's
Church. New York, and Trinity Church.
Buffalo. His work in Boston was instantly
recognized as of high importance, but his
paintingP in St. Thomas's stamped him as
the master. It was at this period that he
did some memorable painting In the house
of Cornelius Vanderbilt, in this city, and
steadily thereafter he executed mural deco
rations of ever Increasing signiflcance.
Perhaps the most beautiful of them all la
the great canvas filling the space above, the
altar in the Church of the Ascension in
Ken- York, a painting magnificently re
viving the power of the Renaissance in the
illustration of a religious subject on an
heroic scale. For the landscape back
ground of this masterpiece he went, by the
way, to Japan. It was characteristic of
him to do this, characteristic in that it
marked his habit of using nature, life and
all the elements of design, as so much raw
material out of which to create a unit of
original art. Important decoration%<* his
are also in the Capitol at St. Paul rfhd
in the Supreme Court Building at Bal
timore, the last of his designs for the sec
ond of these structures being completed
when he was seventy-three years old.
Within a year of his death he had designed
■ stained glass window for the. New York
home of George Bliss, in 68th street, and
only last winter this indefatigable worker
pair. ted several water colors in the- studio
he had occupied for years at No 51 West
10th street.
His activities were, indeed, almost im
measurable. The list of his decorations,
his windows, his paintings executed in
Japan and among the Pacific Island?, his
landscapes and flower studies, would make
an amazingly voluminous one. Until Illness
finally overtook him he had been engaged
upon various literary tasks, among them,
it has been hoped, the writing of his remi
nlsoences, which, covering a span of two
generations and recording intercourse with
hundreds of the eminent personages of his
time, would be not only of absorbing in
terest, but of permanent value. His work
with the pen delighted him, but his physi
cian had to forbH continuance of it when
it began to overtax tils strength. In more
healthful years he had put many a page to
his credit. Back in the 80s. while on his
travels in th« Orient, he wrote an "Artist's
letters from Japan." first printed in "The
Century Magazine" and then gathered to
gether in book form, and besides a volume
of "Considerations on Painting" he, pub
lished also, under the title of "Great Mas
ters." a series of studies on Michael An
gelo. Raphael. Velasquez and other salient
types.
He died fall of years and honors. He was
a member of the National Academy, the.
Society of American Artists (of which he
was president at the ttme of Its absorption
back into the Academy) and the Society of
Mural Painters, and he was made an hon
orary member of the American Institute of
Architects. }\,. was at onP time an art
commissioner of the city of New York. The
FVench made, him a member of the Legion
or Honor, and late | n his life. In 1909. Nt a
dinner given by the Architectural league
Of New York, that organization bestowed
oaea him its <rand nien - al of honor. He re
ceived degree? from Yale and Trinceton
universities. Hjs c ,, jb ,. w< , r<> tho , entury.
Grafter, National Arts and New York.
Mr. La Farge was married In 1861 to Mar
garet Mason Perry, daughter of < ommo
dore Terry, who opened Japan to the West
ern world. Besides his wife he leaves seven
children -Miss Margaret La Farge, who
lives with her mother in Newport; Mrs.
William R. Claxton, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
FJdward H. childs. of Woodmere. Lo n y
Island; c Grant I* Farge. the architect,
of this city. wi, o wlth thp ]atP oastajß L.
Efetas, designed the I athedral of St. John
the Divine; Bancel La Farge. a painter.
who is nor living in Switzerland; Oliver
H. P. La Farge, who is in business in
heattK and Father John I^. Farge, who ;s
!t" aa k h jjd *° the Jesuit Colle S e at Wood-
ALEXANDER HARVEY TIERS.
Morristown. N. j.. Nov 14 . -Alexander
Harvey Tiers died to-day in his apartments
in the Morristown Inn. He suffered a
stroke of apoplexy last Monday. Mr. Tiers
was born on August IS, ISiB. and was a son
of FVancis H. Tiers and Esther Lowndes
Harvey. He lived for a time in Madison.
bat came to Morristown nearly thirty years
ago He was a special partner of the New
au, sto '" k brokerage firm of Taylor
Au.-hinclnss & .Toost. and was a director
the Morristown Trust company He was
closely asso.iated in a business' way with
the late Hamilton HeK. Twombiv. Mr.
ners leaves a wife, n son and a daughter.
MRS. JANE WiLDES HOLYOKE.
Mr.-*. .Tane Wild°s Holyoke. widow of
Georgo Osgood Holyoke. a member of the
family to which belonged the founder of
Mount Holyoke College, died at her home
hi West New Brighton, Staten Island, yes
terday.
Mrs. Holyoke was born In Boston seventy
two years ago. Her father wa.<= .lam»s P.
Blake, a merchant, and a member of the
class of 7)6. Harvard. She was educated in
Boston and married Mr. Holyoke there In
18K1. A year later they came to New York.
The funeral will be at 12 o'clock to-mor
row from the Staten Tsland home. Burial
will he in Mount Auburn < 'emetery. Boston.
ALBERT C. COMSTOCK.
Troy. N. V.. Nov. 14.— Albert C. Comstock.
a widely known lawyer, died at his home in
this city to-day at the age of sixty-five
years. He was a member of the Assembly
from Rensseia?r County In LS?9-"S0, and In
1883 he was elected to the State Senate from
this district. In ME he was a member oX
the famous committee to investigate the
administration of New York City, and a
bribe was offered him in connection with
this Investigation, which he refused.
LINUS E. FULLER.
Linu.« E. Fuller, who died at the Hotel
■ReinioTit on Sunday, wa-s born at North
Bennington. Vt.. sixty-six years ago. He
came to New York when a young man and
engaged in the hotel business. He was
proprietor of the Hotel Buckingham for
twenty years, retiring from business in
1895. He was an official of the Society of
MayfloTver Descendants, a member of the
Society of the Cincinnati, the Colonial
Wars, the Sons of the Revolution, the
Huguenot Society. New York Historical
Society and the Metropolitan Museum of
Art. li!s wife survives him.
JOHN HOWELL.
Denver. Nov. 14. — John Howell. for the
last twenty-five years one at the leading
figures in the mining world, is dead at St.
Joseph's Hospital here. Mr. Howell be
came famous in the West through his de
velopment of the Comstock properties, in
Nevada.
EDWIN J. HULBERT.
Houghton. Mich.. Nov. 14. — Edwin J. Hul
bert. discoverer of the Calumet and Hecla
copper mine, is dead in Rome, Italy. He
was eighty-one years old.
VARIETY HOUSES.
This is a banner week at the vaudeville
houses. The most pretentious bill is offered
at the American Music Hall, where an en
tertainment of twenty-two number? is pre
sented. The most popular Individual at
traction If Mis? E.va Tanguay. who 1? ap
pearing at Keith &■ Proctor's Fifth Ave
nue Theatre. An excellent programme Is
offered at Hsmmerst^in's Victoria Theatre.,
where Sam Mann and his company of seven
present a humorous Hct called "The
T-eador." Arbuckle Is the chief
drawing card at the Colonial Theatre, in an
excellent little, sketch by Robert H. Davis
called "The Welcher." Miss Ullian Shaw,
comedienne, is the "headltner" at the Al
hambra Theatre.
Each performance at the American Music
HaJl continued for more than four hours.
Prominent among the entertainers were
Mme. Victoria Galamberti. assisted by Mil".
Ovidla, in classic dances. Q. Molasso and
Miss Nina Paine, in "I>a Robe de Nuit";
Miss Adele Ritchie, Joe Welch. Hebrew
comedian; Fraulein DOra Martini. th«
Swiss gymnast, and Kingsley Benedict and
others in "The Futurity Winner."
At the Fifth Avenue Theatre Miss Tan
guay"s songs received the cordla! approval
of a large audience. Others on th» bill
were Ruby Raymond. In "Street Urchins at
an Amateur Concert": Harvey Tate. in
"Motoring": Monroe Hopkins. Ix>la Axtell
and company. In "Travel Troubles"; Ben
Welch, comedian, and Rlcard anii i»ner
gan, in "An Idyl of Erin."
•The Leader." Sam Manns Monday
morning rehearsal at a vaudeville theatre,
was comically presented at Ha.mmerste!:;'?<
Victoria Theatre. Other numbers that were
well liked were George Cohan's "The Gov
ernors Son." "The Girl with the Dreamy
Eyes," Yorke and Adams. Paula Edwaxtles,
Billy Gould and company in a musical
skit, and Edward Jolly. Winifred Wild and
Lex Neal in "P. T. Baxnum, Jr."
At the Colonal Theatre Mr. Arbuckie was
given a hearty reception in Mr. Davis's
play "The Welcher." in which Mr Ar
buckle played effectively the part of a
racetrack gambler whose heert was touched
by the tale? of poverty told by hi? little
niece. The latter part wa.* naively por
trayed by a young girl. Agnes Redmond.
Vaughan Trevor was very successful as a
butler In the sarre plec* 1 . Others who con
tributed to the pleasure of the day were
Elizabeth Bruce and Charles King. Jones
and Deely in "Hotel St. Reckless." Ed
ward Poland. Macey Harlem, Frank Syl
vester and Paul Dickey in •'The Man from
the Sea," a sketch of wireless telegraphy:
Barry and Wolford in topical songs and
stories, and Henry Clive and Mil Suirgis
Walker in comedy and magii
THEATRICAL NOTES.
Dustin Farnum began last night at the
Circle Theatre a week's engagement In
"( 'anieo Kirhy."
Miss Nance O'Neil. Charles Cai lWlaSkt.
Miss Julia Dean and the other original
members of David Belasco's company be
gan at the City Theatre yesterday the sec
ond and last week of their engagement in
"The Lily."
The Academy of Music Is offering this
week "The Fatal Wedding, 1 by Theodore
Kramer
Thomas A. Wise is at the West Bnd The
atre in "The Gentlemaji from Maataaajfl '
"A Fool There Was" ia this week's at
traction at the Grand Op«»ra House, with
Robert Hilllard in the leading part.
"Das Musikantenmaedel" ("The Musi
cian's Girl"), a new operetta by Bernhard
Buchbinder and Georg Jarno, will be sung
to-night by the Irving Place Theatre stock
company for the first ttni<\
Through the courtesy of Alfred 6. Van
derbilt. president of the. Horse Show Asso
tiation. th* children of "The Blue Bird"
company, n<>w playing at the. Majestic The
atre, will attend the hora« (how this after
noon.
M DRAMA
"The Importance of Being Earn
est" at the Lyceum Theatre.
It was the most enjoyable evening of the
season up to date. For the comedy Is one
of the cleverest In' many years. New Tork
had not seen it «ince 1902. and even then it
was seven year:" behind Londcn. New
Tork has waited another eight years for
the present revival — which should run till
next April or May— London having a*ain
given the cue, for there the play ran
through last winter and into the 'summer.
Perhaps some one will now be persuaded to
revive "Lady Windermere's Fan." By
careful searching an appropriate cast may
be found for it. Let the owner of the
American rights in that other brilliant
comedy by Oscar Wilde take the hint. He
should find it worth his while.
laughter all the evening long. And how
short the laughter made the evening seem!
Quiet laughter, no roars, no guffaws, the
laughter of contentment, the laughter of
the satisfied mind. There, is no mirthful
appeal to the eye. There a.r« no antics,
mishap.* nor ridiculous "situations" to stir
the crowd. An audience of blind m°n would
chuckle throughout the three acts of this
play. The appeal i«= from the dramatist's
wit. There is not a moment without its
delightful flashes.
"We live, as I hope you know. Mr.
■Worthing, in an ag» of ideals. The fact
!(■ constantly mentioned in the mow ex
pensive, magazine?." sa> s (Jwendoline
Perhaps the chief difference between 18y>.
when Oscar Wilde's play was first pre
sented, and 191<\ when it Is revived, may
be disclosed by the fact that the less ex
pensive monthlies, and the uplifting week
lies, now proclaim "the age of ideals."
The piay itself is as pood as ever, w hk-h
Is more than can be said of some earnest
persons who pursue high ideals in a rather
low fashion. Gwendoline's ideat. tf you are
to tv>neve her. had ' alway? r>een to love
some one of the name of Krnest."
not necessary that you should believe t
On the whole, belief in all that the divert
ing characters of this play say. or ir half
that they say. will put you out of the run
ning. You must tear yourself from your
Hteral-mindei world and pause for a whiie
j n a — well, if not a better one then in a
sunnier one, anyhow one in which f"w
things ar« tak^n seriously, in which heavy
things are mentioned lightly and aster
discussed. In which nobody makes speeches,
but everybody talks .-le'. er'.v. and troths
are coated with paradox, and the worst .
bad form is to be informing and to wear
a long face. Is there saeh a world?
are almost moved to a.*-k. De as* '-<*■
moved, or again you will be out of
running. If there !.« no such world there
should be one. Once upon a time there was
a world like this. It wa.<= anrastakg munch
And the persons who liked it best may
have been those who were n->t in it Ti^''
gazed at it from the public side r,f lbs
footlights and chucked with cont-ntment,
as others wil! again now that they have
the chance.
"Never speak disrespectfully of socletj-.
Only people who can't get into it do that."
pays Algernon's Aunt, a worldly-wise lady
who does not approve of mercenary mar
riages, and who, therefore, having no
! money of her own. married a rich aristo
crat because she could never dream of j
letting her own disadvantage stand tn the j
way. Algernon has nothing but his debts
to depend upon, but he sacrifices them
nobly and marrte an heiress, who is a
charming creature. She is ■ a ward or
Ernest's brother. Only there Is no Ernest.
NTevertheless the non-existent Ernest has
a brother whose name is Jack. And Jack
adores Gwendoline. John Worthing, you
remember, is John, or Jack, as the case
may be. ln the country, and Krnest in
town. The importance of being earnest is
! shown when Jack is Ernest and when
Algernon pretends to be the imaginary
person, who has died an imaginary death.
For. like Jack, Algernon I? loved by a
sweet creature who dotes on the name
Ernest. -. .... ...
Now. if this seems complicated to the
uninitiated reader, it |s not so to the spec
tator. "Story: Bles? you. there is none to
tell, sir." The telling of it is what carries,
you out of yourself and away from your
humdrum stocks and merchandise* and
daily stodgy disputations. "To lose- one
parent may be regarded as a misfortune—
to lose both 3ee ms like carelessness. Was
your father born fn what the radical pa
pers call the purple of commerce or <l'd
he rise from the ranks of the aristocracy?"
Out of these sparkling nothings and a
• plot" that is slender enough for a comic
opera 5s made a comedy renowned for its
brilliance through half a generation. The
skill of it, the wit of it. have no parallel
In the plays of writers now using our
abused tongue. What does if toa-h us?
OPks Mr. Matter-of-Fact at the breakfast
table. Nothing, thank fortune. It fills you
with the desire to hear it again. For.
mark you, the- proof of this comedy lies
in the ear of the hearers. And Its success
Monday night was as brilliant as the ap
peal for success.
Here, of course, hi a comedy that cannot
be performed by any company of player?
that may happen along in quest of an **-
gagement. They need not be. players of
I remarkable merit, but they must be players
with a certain gift «f manner and light
touch. All the- characters in this comedy
love nonsense, but they love clever non
sense, and they are mindful of the "form"
of their set, they have all the catchwords
of their set and the air-of-knowing-how.
The acting in this revival is what this
comedy requires. Beyond doubt, though,
j the best appreciation of Wilde's lines was
'shown by Miss Oaker and Miss Winthrop.
Mr. Revelle had somehow dropped the ease
of manner which he has imparted to other
characters that need lt less than John
"Worthing, and Mr. Matthews wore an im
movable countenance. Vocally, his expres
sion left nothing to be wished for, but even
Aigy Moncrieff must have had a pliable
muscl* or two in his face. Canon Chasuole
would have been more in the Wildeian
spirit had he been pompous Instead of
sweetly simple; and Cecily somewhat
taxed your imagination when she satd
ehe was eighteen. Oddly enough, the Eng
lish actors pronounced "The Albany'" as If
they were naming the capital of New York
State. Englishmen, as they cannot so
quickly have forgotten, speak the name in
quite another fashion. In the last act
Messrs Matthews and Revelle, for some
obscure reason, whistle snatches from the
"Merry Widow** waltz, a melody which, to
say the least, was unknown in the London
of 18S6. But. on the whole, the acting fitted
the play, very well indeed. Even Worthtng's
I butler was capital, and Miss Prism amus
lngly portrayed. The mounting of the piece
did not help matters much. Of the two in
teriors, one failed to suggest any bachelor
chambers that ever were in Half Moon
Street, and the other was more like a stt- \
ting room in a hotel suite than the morning !
room of a manor house tn any of the shires.
As for th* river, tt is pretty enough, and
English enough, but Hertfordshire knows '
no stream a? broad as this. But for the
greater favors be thankful! Here is a
comedy to delight in. You weleorm- it aa
you welcome an old friend with a laughing
voice. A. W.
CAST OF "THE IiirORTANCIJ OF IJF.tN'J
EARNEST." '.
John Worthing „ Hamilton R*\elle
Algernon Mon'-rt«ff .A. K. itatthe»s
R«v. Canon Cha-*uhi», r>. I> Albert Ta\erttirr
M'rrtman Frederick Itaymond
Lane Robert Rrew :
Hon. Owendol^n Fairfax Jane Oaker
l.aU- Bracknell Eth»l Wlnthr..p :
C<M-tly Cardew _ May Blayney
Miss i'riam Florence Kdney
K. W. KIRCHWEY WINS LAW PRIZE
Karl W. Kirchwey, a member of the
third year class of the Columbia Lav
School, has been awarded the Ordnoraux
prize in law. Kirchwey Is a Vale graduate,
of the 'lass of '08, and t* the son of former
Dean George W. Kirchwey.
•UNWRITTEN LAW IN LONDON
Laurence Irvin? Makes an Im
pression with His Drama.
fßy Cable to The Trlb>m<\
I>.ndon. N ■• It.— Laurence Irv lng's
version of th*> Russian novel. > rim»
and Punishment." originally produced in
America under th*> tltl*\ "The Unwritten
I,aw." made a profound Impression at
UM Garrick Theatre to-nijfht.
Gloomy and i«>i«nant v»ith tragedy M
■■ was. It held and d«>rply movH fIM
audienc**. Miss Mabel Hackney's per
formance a.-. Sonla proved that she ha«i
become an a«trps<! of emotional power,
with methods of homely realism and ad
mirable self-restraint.
T^aur*>n«p Irvine himj^lf acted with
sustained f<-r- • and .••-Ti>nish'*d his au
dience with Ida jrrrat in>prov*TT'- in
stajre work. He delivered a Ions: md
sprightly speech after th<» final fall of
the curtain, and supplied almost th«
only comedy touches In a grrwsomm
evening.
COLUMBIA THEATRE
"A Trial Marriage" and "DaffydiH3"
Presented by Burlesque Company.
"A Trial MarTia«<»' an<l "Da tils'* ar*
the nam*»s of the two one-act bur--- «
that were presentej at the Columbia The
atre yesterday by Hi Cracker Jacks Com
pany. The principal characters were p!ay«»<J
•y th« Misses Ruby Lv?oni. Lillie Vedd<»r
and Blanche Rosa and John J<*»3. Harr«y
Br<x>k.«. Fred Wilson and John William 1
A larg*> chorus of atrrai-" o:t- -nd
several effertive ballets w«»re eoaspteaoa*
features of the performiinco. An excellent
vaudeville bill was pr»s*nted by the Piro
scoffls family of junl«M • Molli" WiUiam.%
assisted by George Dillcn and Franli Fan
ning, in ■•].«» lian.^* rEnticem^nr." »n-1
Fr^nk Harcourt and others in "A Rube on
Broadway.'*
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.
Free, admission t-> the Merrnp*»i:' i" Mi»" ■ «*f
Art. •-• American f;«»i;-i- of Natural His
tory sr:<l the Zoological 'r*r<len.
Harvest festival and >al« for th» ben»f!t of th%
h'T" Industrial School for Ortppled CfaiV
dr»n, Waldorf-Astoria, afternoon and even—
in^.
Annual dinr»r o» tb« • "a^a-t'an Club of N*-»
York, Hotel Astor. X.20 p. m.
I'inn»r of rh» Picking Fello-TsJi!?. Howl
I^atham. evening. '
Meeting of the Greater v«-v Tcrfc T-»xp»7er»*
Association. Stuyvesant Casino, ev»n:ns.
Gotham «""lub s>a'on. Waldorf- Astoria. * p. in.
FICC lecture* of the Board of Education, B p. M.i
Wadleish High School, 114 th street air*
He\enth avenue. "Japan. Ita PacpV Custom*
and Ideals.*! Professor tieorse v.Hjiam Kan;
Public t?rhool 4. RJvin^ton and Rids* street s.
"Irish Music." Mm. Helen O'C'onn*;!; Pu&.is
School 1«. Madison and Jackson «tre^t*.
"Nuremberg and the Art of AlbTecht Tnzr-r."
l>r. William A. Braun: Public rchno! Zt.
Mott and .-^"'ns streets. "»Thin'»." I>r.
Rosalie S Morton; Public School 45. ttli
■tract, <»a«t of First a-.-- •- "static O»e
triclty," J. Newt-in Gray: PdMlc School I K 3.
\tMtabof] avemi* a--: 16J*rh «tr»rt. "\n An
dean '>!|-. Mr« M. iiaire Finn»r: iluwuii
•f Natural Htotorr. T";h str»^»t and ••■ntril
I'ark W»st. •"Twentieth Century SieUy_"t
Arthur ftanl^v Rie!T": FuMic Library. N'^.
lit: w»«t IS->*h atn - "TT" R?^l •"line
man." Elwood. G. TewkstNor; St. Ctndin
♦ 'hurrh. N- . '- West 4Ht*i «f»«t. "Th*
Healthy jma ■ Body," t>r. Henry B. »av
agp.
MARRIED.
FORD — SATES- H<»!en Marsi^-i'- •";*?•«« ar»4
Jtar. Stanley Ford, by lll« K*v. r»r. ■•"Tl»
R. Van Da Water, i Ni-v»mh»r It. at st.
Andrew's Church, Fifth avenue and l'J7th
f t. New \
Notice* of marriase« jn.l death* mn«t b«
accompanied by full name and addre**. - ".
DIED.
BoK»rt. Edward '' Hoiyok*. Jan» w.
Coaastaek. Albert C I.a Fargf. John. 1
Elchhom. Jtay f. l.»es»tr.. \r.-.« D.
Fabir. Philip H. Mawn. Thnmu
Koote, Kllzabeth May. Ptuart O.
Fuller. Linus E. t>eti?n. Anni» .*.
Hai?h. Har--- E Virgin. Isadora F\
Harrison, Florence.
BOrtERT— At hi* r»st<len.-». Nr>. 112 'East SPtSI
St.. New York ''Itv. on Saturday. Nor-mber 12.
IM<Y Edward Clark Bogcrt. BJ the *>.V! -ar ot
hts age. Funeral fr"m ht« late raaaSTl SI
Tuesday moralnsr at 1O o'clock, tatarmea* sa
tb« convenience o* the lamily.
COMSTOCK— In Lansln^btirg. Tror. V. T.
Monday morning. November 14 19t*\ •* hit
■eaMeae* So. .'24 jri ay» . \"— - C. Cora
atock. az'-d 65 years. Funeral services strictly
private.
EICHHORN — On M"n«lar. Sowmbtl I*. tOIP.
May p.. beloved wlf* of Adolph El^hborn.
jr.. at her residence. So. IT3I Benson ay«.
Bath B»-ach.
FABER— At Lawrr*n<-<*. n. T.. Hvrasshai *2.
I.M". Fhi'tp H. Fab*r. in th» 4Tth year of
h!<« asre. Funeral servtres on Tuesday. N« -
v»mVr 1.". at 1"> a. m., at St. Joachim*
r.nman Curholie Church, Cedariiurst. Lotj
Islan.i.
FOOTE — Enr«-r"d Into B*j »t»msl «ar • Mvn
av NorembeT H. at ■--> ■• - las • of *>**
pon-in-law. Mr. Low»Il M PaHnet FJtJsab-fr.
wife of the late Arthur YiWHnston Foot*
F-urrerHj aervfres will be heM at N». 20* Cttr»
ton aye.. Brooklyn, as TVedne^iar *tz*mo<rr\
at 4:30 <->'•-!■ --.Si. Th- 'nt-rn-.-- -will be SI flal
convenience of the family.
rfTIJLKR— At Hotel Bvtmont. on ? itim
noon. November IT 191<"> Lines E. Fur«r.
Funeral servte«* wtl! be held at St. Thomas*
Episcopal Church. 53d st. and sth are.. si
w.>-1t"-.«'3«'- NOl ember l<i a* 3:Z>J p. m. Tn
terment private.
Fl'l-I.ER —
THE SOCIETY OF MATFI.wrFiR t>s-
SCBNDAXTS IN THE .<TATK OF JfKW
YORK announce arttt creat r»sr«»? • '■« fi^f.^x
ot I.intjs X Fnll«r. of th» Board of A «9!sra-i-».
Members ar© requested la at»"Bd the fun»rsl
services ai >• Thomas's Er>iscops».l Oißrete,
USti at. and Fifth aye.. on We«in*s«lay. Novem
hor Irt. at I; 99 p. m. FRKI> ERICK *~. SKA-
Bt'RV. Governor. EDWARD S. ATWOOD.
Secretary.
HAIGH — On Sunday. November 1". ">'■'• Hit
ri»r K. Haieh. asßaKhler of M- sbm] M-i^
William H. Haish. Funeral oervfre* - -•-
dar evening at T o'clock. Interment Drt»
vat».
BABJUSOJi — Florence Harbison. Funeral •<"
ik M al Tb«» Funeral Ontnrb, M and -*3 'W.-ai
23d st. .Frank K. Campo^i BuLdlna-j Frtsaaal
invited.
HOLYOKE — On Monday. November Is. «t
West New Brtsntoa Staien I»!ami. Jana
Wildes Holyoke. widow mt Geor?e Oago-nl
Holyoke. in the 72ti year at her ac». Fu
neral at her late residence. No. 2S* Dsvn
aye.. Wednesday. N'<v«--r:r.»- M ai 12 ■oom
Interment at convenience of family. Bssasa
papers ple<ts<j copy.
LA FABGE— At Butler H'.»pltal. FtovMcoc*.
K. 1.. November 14, John La Farir*. in Th<
"Oth year of his age. Notice of funeral lac;t.
LEGGETT — At -- residence. No. "■4. B«
mt-nt avf.. \V»«« New B-'^tor. Staten Isl
and, a* November 13, IMA. Anna Dwijrht
I>*>gKett. wtilow of Mm late Rev. Theodora
A. Legpett. D. D. P-rvlc«-« a h«r lat* r»»j
dence. Wednesday, November Jf>. 1310. at
10:30 a. m.
MASON —
MILITARY ORPiai OF THE LOT AI, T.K
GION OF THE UNITED STATES. ■ 'Tnmand
ery of the S'a'e of Xew York — Compan!o-.»
are Informed of the death of CompanVia
Thomas Ma.s.>n. Funeral service* Xovenb#
1.'.. First ri-formod <'hurch. Main at.. Ea«t
Orar.g>\ N. .1.. at ■• p. m. Compasloit
pleas* attend- By order of th« roraraia**
A. NOEI. BLAKEMAN. Recorder.
MAT — Suddenly. Sunday. NovetrS*'- IS. If»liL
Stnari DooxlaJ only son of Georß" W.. Jr..
at-..! Isab*! Bergener. axed 3 r*ara, 6 month*
•n«i 3 days. Funrral v.-»* T-ioodagr
»mn* at kta late residence. No. 257 Mon
roe •• . Brooklyn.
OOJPEN-On und&y m rmn« No i ■ hi»w 't.
101«>. at Paw Mr.jr. V T., Annie Akin. wi.ior
cf willtl Hamilton t>«den and dau*!iter -rf
the late Julß- Albro Akin, of J-iak»- HH&
Funeral service ' r J'awHng Tue«da>. No\*ta>
ber 1" ■' - o'ctocli p. ni -
VIRGIN— On November 13. 1010. Isadora T.
Vlrn 1 - beloved wtta of ReT. Lt 3aini>*l R\
Virgin, in th« 6«th year of h*r a«». Funeral
■errice at No. 213 Lenox »v«.. Tvwadajr e\»n-
Ins at I o'clock.
CEMETEKIESL
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Grand Central -'.»tton. Wsbster and Jerom*
avenu«- trolley* and by carriage. Lot» 1130 up.
Telephone. 1*35 Graraercy for Book of Vtws
or representative.
Orftce. -'o East C3d St.. n-» York. ei.j
V ND KRT.I KJEKS.
FRtNh R < %MPBELL. S-tl-3 W« *M St.
Chapels. Private l.oonw, Private Ambulance*.
Trl 13-; Chelsea.
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