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Anglo- American Memories
CLV.
SOME RECENT AMERICAN IMPRES J|r M 5
(Copyright, 1912. Cieont* W. Pmality.
London, January
A? the recent gift of votes to wor
? v California has been much discus
?n England. I asked some questl
?lout it while in America Hut I s
poee 1 asked tho wrong people, for I
??th whom I talked seemed to think
matter very important. Once or tw
?he lAfwer was, "Why should they
jjare the vote?" If I suggested that
more pertinent question would be, '"v\
should they?" I was set down aa un
?neratc, and prayers were offered
for my conversion. I found, moreo?,
g belief prevailing among vote-want
?tornen tha* in England the mlliti
?uffraglS'i' *"?? winning, and th
thanks U> them, the nine or ten milll?
of Englishwomen would soon have th
?Tights."
This was no new belief. It waa ch
Ished by tho little group of fashlona
women in New York who embarked ur
a suffrage crusade of their own two
three yen.-? SfO. A friend wrote mo
the time that they based their mo'
ment up< n that theory. I answered tl
th?ilr theory w;ts an Uluelon, In that t
women who broke windows and mobt
the Prime Minister and assaulted t
police were compromising the cause th
meant to support; that they were po
ponlng the possibility of woman suffrn
for a generation or more, and that ai:
llar tactPs in America would proba,
have a similar effect. If they wanted
start a suffrage campaign, nothl
would be gained by basing it on the f
luslon that the cause in England h
been advanced by the proceedings of t
extremists.
Presently I received a circular or pi
ipectus of this new movement, with,
think ? copy of the constitution of t
Equal Suffrage Association, and a forn
Invitation to become a member of it j
there documents, instead of being Jv
prlctei, as usual, were elegantly e
graved, as If they had been invltatlo
to dinner. I had to decline this propos
?plaining that I could not Join an ass
dation for enlarging the suffrage b
cause I thought too many people h
votes rlready. This view was dlsa
proved of, but is nevertheless the oplnl
of a great many Americans who thli
seriously on such subjects and are co
Tlnced thai political rights were grant
to the negroes too hastily, and are gran
ed too carelessly to some classes of 1mm
grants, and that the privilege of nat
rtllzatlon is systematically abused. .
any rat?-, my answer was resented ai
a friendship of years came to an en
There can be no greater loss than tl
loss of a friendship unless it be the su:
render of a conviction. But feelings ra
high, at that time. I was told that Ne
York society was at once divided im
two vamps; that intimacies were broke
up. and that women who wanted the voi
would not dine with the women who dl
not want It, but were content with th
rower and influence they had; bellevin
it to be greater and more useful tha
the right to drop a ballot Into the ball?
box for Tammany to play tricks with.
But when I asked last Novem>e
whether these animosities stlil existed
was told that If they had ever existed a
all it was only between a few women wh
had other grounds of quarrel. The feu?
if there were one, seemed to have die
out, and the suffrage fanatics had grow
more tolerant. I could not dlscov?
Whether the seal of these suffragists ha
grown .old or whether for the momer
other topics had conn? to the front. N?
did it bppaat that these charming cham
pions of social disorder were undul
elated by the success of their Callforni
sisters. "?"aMfornla." remarked a Ne?
York lady, sententiously, "is a long w?
off." But in England New York als
seems a long way off, and the* Knglis
do not ahrays remeenber that it is as fa
New York to San Francisco a
from London to New York. Some of th
-uffraglsts cried out with Jo
that they had won a great victory 11
California, and proclaimed in the paper
that it was an omen of their early tri
un.ph en this side the Atlantic.
The valus of the victory, as so oft?i
happens, was in proportion to its re
?lateness. These zealots do not perec?v
that to argue from California to Grea
' Britain Is of no avail. The dragging ?.
?omen into politics is a cause f??r whirl
American precedents have often been It?
voked. But the English do not discrlm
Inat*. nor stop to consider that the flv.
or six American states which hav.
adopted woman suffrage are all on t ?.
1 IflC Ceo or on the Pacific Blof < . li
of these states, government, ho far ai
the ?tates themselves are concerned, b
? n an e: ; - rimental state. They hav?
embarked on other poUttcal adventure!
In the same spirit of easy, confidence
The English need reminding that *M
loo*? is th organic structure of th?'.??
Ps'ifie s'.'-l.-t!?? that fine or anothei
P?rt of the fabric may be disturb?
without mu.h Impairing th.; cohesive en
er*y at the whole, it is idle t<> draw
analogie hetweoa ?-?miiiiunltlcs still r
th? cradle and u country like England
bt nhfch the institutions ore the delib?
erate growth of centuries. Tin- falla**?*)
I? evident enough to thOSS of the ?Bng?
BSh who rially apply their minds tl
Questlona For an ex**onure of the
?W*l und -riving tbe ? itatlon of th?sf
???teglcaa excursions Into uncharted
?Has I n?f.' only refer t.. Mrs. Humphry
nerd's Impregnablo letter? to "The
Tin..
The truth is thai in England the suf
fnigiait? ,r,. much mere likely to wreck
? ?ahn.ft than to get the vote. Th*
division In th?- CnNnot yawns wide. Thf
?^rirne Minister is on one side, affirming
?n Uw I Commons his conviction
that to confer, the franchise on women
*ould be a political disaster of tN first
?nsagnttude; yet avowing his readlnpss to
PI lh. v. rdlcl ot ? majority of the
Bouae tV Ik supposed to lead. On the
"'l"r 1? Mr Lloyd Qoorga who is for a
****? p.;i.y of Thorough more mena? Ing
?han ItmhTord's. Vet him, whatever ?x
?*ts asist? lo i I, and anything
la good (UMUgh to rebuild with, provided
h has nev.-r i? ..,, tried.
! to in" that opinion on
rd ;>h well as by the
- ?>? th? p?, n? -rag \,\ a fluid state;
?" this hi,man quest!??!! only,
1 In physli al iii-wnea? of
., m i new
i Th ?t is 100 large
* ?ul.j. a i . Mtoj upon toward the end
at lb1!?**' n0r CEn 1 ** ?>~e ^an
kan women and the suffrage; of it
a topic requJrlng unlimitpd apft^ |
?with ?' k nnf1 Wa8h?nston I tal
Witt women whom I may call repref
??at this subject of votes was not
subject on which they seemed most re
to renverse. U was not the Mh
which lay nearest the surface, nor
was it to be sought In the depths of tl
nature. They appeared rather surprl
that it should be mentioned. If they
press??,! ?in opinion it was an opinior
Indifference it did not seem urgent,
the course of a two hours' talk at lu
In Washington with a lady who hold
brilliant pita in that brilliant Poclft>
was not mice referred to. Everyth
but that was discussed, and there 1
no opening for a queptlon unless I m
the opening, which T did not part?cula
enre to do. The theoretical and snecu
tlve had given place to the practical,
to the personal.
Xot so on other eubjects. The Am*
can mind has not turned away ir<?m
region of conjeture nor lost It*? inter
In problems which, so far as they i
problems at all, are problems of
future. Men of business were looking
ahead; men of politics, or I will say n
concerned in pcJltlcal affairs and n
to whom public Interests came bei'
I riva te??they aleo were busy with
?julrles into the future, both near a
remote. The characteristic Amerlc
activity of mind was everywhere visit
and not seldom showed Itself In a pi
phetlc form. The lawyers, to whom
look for steadying Influences, wore thii
lng of ot ? things than clients a
courts. The Attorney General was r
example, and there were many others
On the Sunday evening before I sail
for England I went with a party
friends to the Metropolitan Temple
hear Mr. Bnurke Corkran. His subje
or one of his subjects, was econom?a
the Increased cost of living In Amerl
and elsewhere, and why it had lncreas?
Mr. cockran may be trusted to take ,
original view, and an emotional view.
whatever subject he touches. He soug
and found Hie cause of the burease
the enormous unproductive expenditu
of the Great Powers on naval and ml
tary armaments. Then, casting about f
a remedy, he finds it, logically enoug
in abolishing war. Nor did he shrii
from explaining how war Is to be abc
Ished. At once hie discourse became
discourse on the Millennium. It i? t!
arrival, and the Immediate arrival.
the Millennium which is to put an end
war by land and sea. He sees clear
how this new heaven Is to be created
a new earth. The new Golden Age Is
be a reign of Justice, and that Tea.
may sui?ersede War men have only
think Just-ce a better weapon than ba
tleshlps mid turn their conning towr
Into pulpits.
But In Mr. George Peel's lately pul
llf'.K-d book on "The Future of England
?a piece of concise thinking plcturesqu?
ly phrased?Mr. Cockran will find
sentence worth his considering. M
Peel is no lover of war, but be exan
IOCS both sides of even* great nnestle
and he asks himself what England
to do "in that danger zone where argi
ment dies away and only might flou:
labes." And he invites us to remenib?
that:
"Of all the gods and goddesses onl
one never lays aside her spear ar
shield and helmet, it Is the goddess <
wisdom."
The deep dream of peace in which M
Cochraa'S soul lay buried was set fort
with an eloquenco none the less imprei
sive because you believed neither In tt
doctrine nor In the coming of the Mi
U-nnium in that particular form to thi
particular end. But prophecy Is a cor
venlent form of dialectic, for to proph?
ey there Is no answer but a negativ
answer, and an attitude of mere disbr
lief. 1 asked the friend next whom I ea
?a woman of rare gifts:
"Did you ever know Bourke more elc
quent?"
Never."
"Do you agree with what he said?"
"With every word. I suppose you d
not"
"No."
"Then I am the more certain he i
right."
And that, presumably, is the kind o
?ninned weapon women win still ampio
when they get their "rights"; includliii
the right to vote, which they only car
for while It is denied. Q. W. B.
BRADY STAGES 'LITTLE WOMEN
? '
; Wilke&Barre Audience Defies Mcasle
to See Alcott Tale Acted.
luv Tfl<-Krauh Ir. The Tnliure. I
Wllhee-Berre, Psnn., Jan. 20.-Th? ?iram
atlaation of Louisa If, Alcott's fatnoui
story. "I.lttle Women," was produced b]
William A. Braiiy at the dread Open
House here this afternoon f??r the first tim?
(SB say -?tage, and sttraotod an sudieu? 1
that crowded the theatre in spite of at
epidemic of measles tliut cause?! ualliln*.
placards to be posted at tlu- entra?ne.
The play Is In four acts, three of which
ere laid in the living: room of the Maid
family and the fourth in tin- orchard a(
Plumfleld. The oharaeters transferred fron
l.i.i.k te stage are Mi. anil Mis. March,
Meg. Joe, Belli. Amy, Aunt Man Ii. Mr.
liawrence, 1-aurle, Professor Bbsar, John
Jlr'-oks and Hannah Mullett. The per?
sonatlons were effected with such fidelity
that each was received with applaUSS as
),e or she came upon the scene. All the
most vital incidente, of Mis? Alcott's home?
ly and touching narrative have been pre?
served
- 1 m
BACHAUS GIVES RECITAL
Audience Not in Proportion to Merit
of Pianist's Performance.
William Bachau? gave his second piano
recital ?/eStSSief afternoon In Carnegie
Hall before an audience of nowhere n? ar
the proportion? deserved by the playing of
this fine artist. New York is getting at
Messet a surfeit of piano playing, ??d ?*
In hut natural that the result ahould be
?SOU in the *? of the audiences
Mr Bachaus yesterday showed once
again his An? artletry. his feeling, his
?try of ?nterpt-'Utlen. Beautifully played
Lh Beethoven? ****** Al.passlon.ta.
with a wealth S? poetic- In-lsht and great
clarity of both ??'?? *** '
Sther numbers?! ?he programme were
Ba-h'J "Italian Concerto, I?huntann's
"arneval" and a oW*** of <:h0l"n ***?
tlona. 1
Merry Comedy with Pretty
Music.
A New German Opera to Enliven
a Somewhat Stale Repertory.
A new Cern?an opera was added to the
repertory of the Metropolitan Opera House
restesdsj Puch an occurrence is n??t to
be passed over without enlllng out an ex?
pression of special wonder. Our opera I?
not addicted to novelties, but to so much
of the old list as employa Caruso for the
sake of the boxholders and either Caruso
Or Farrnr for the sake nf the subscribers
It 1b Ptrlklng. It Is only when a con?
cession la made to the puMIe In general
that we get auch refreshing things as "Le
1'onne Curi?se," In the Italian department,
nnd "Versiegelt" in the c.erman Perhaps
a sermon might be preached on the text
that both of th?? operae had been some
time on the list of promised things and
were therefore due to the public; and also
that Mr. T'MppcI may possibly have de
servcd better treatment than he received
at the hands of the Metropolitan directors
?with a big D. But that Is a small mat?
ter: Mr. Plppel 1? making his way In Chi?
capo, nnd (as it would appear! very ma?
terially Influencing local affairs In New
Toril without being In physical evidence.
It Is, at leapt, a surprising, even a
startling, fact that German opera has of
lato assumed large proportions in our
operatic activities. Including the opera
"Vefiesen." which had Its tlrst publie pro?
duction In America ycMcnl.-iy. we have n?w
almost as many Oerman operas in our cur?
rent list as ?re have Italian. The French
element. Insignificant In fact, has been
more neglected than any oilier?which I?
one of the sign? of our real artistic pov?
erty in spite of our apparent operatic
wealth. The decadence of the French ele?
ment dates lack t<> the retirement of (Jrau,
and has a reason wimh in not at all to our
credit. The Metropolitan Is a proud Insti?
tution, but It if not quite equal to the de?
mands of an Ideal "Prophets" or ?'Hugue?
not?." or even h "?'armen, ami there are
still a large number of opera-iovers so
Unsophisticated?If you will us to wish that
"Le Proph?te," "Lea Huguenots" and "Car?
men" might once In a while be performed.
They used to heat them when severe Cer?
n?an standards ruled. Why, then, not now?
The artistic roMcr give? the answer, In
part; the taste of the stockholders and the
limitations ot Fipnm ?'nrusn the other
part. Including yesterday afternoon's per?
formance, Signer Cameo has sung seven?
teen times, but four occasions have bsea
wasted on "La Fanclulla del West" (which
would not endure a day without hlmi. (our
on "Pagllacrl," which ne\er would be
missed (dther with or without him); thre?
have been devoted to "Alda" (always -?el
come for its own sake- not alone his); three
to "La Glseoada" 'a negligible quan?
tity); one on "Armide" (whl< h even
he cannot save because of the lack
Of popular appreciation of Its loveiv
archaism), one on "Tosca" Hnd one on
"Cavalleria Rusticana" (in?tan.-es of dir?
nsoeesltjr on the part of the management),
t'nder the circumstances It mist be a
matter of pride on the part of the lover?
Of Cern?an op?ra to point to the current
list and to realise that to the nine lyric
dramaa which have been produced in their
tongue there are ?till yet half a doien
("TldellO," "Die Verkaufte Braut." "Dsf
Frrlsehtltg," "IMe K?nigin von Saba" and -
a beautiful posslMUty?"Eurjranthe") which
might le prnd-j -e l without Borloueljr dls
turblna the routine of the establishment.
Herein, too. reOU ? ICSSOU which will
sooner or later have to he leaned by the
M? tropoiltan management. Caruso will n-t
laet forever; In the last two Reason? he ha?
not even lived out the active period fer
which he wan engaged.
But we are forgetting "Vendegelt." the
new German opera brought forward yester?
day. "Verriegelt" la much more in
lng as a comedy than as an opera, and
while listening to it the wish would not
doom that a cempneer with a talent like
Wolf-Ferrari's, rather than one like LsS
Blech'a liad undertaken Its musical setting.
There la something too suggestive of his
.1 manner m the name of the com?
poser. "Versiegelt." as a spoken comedy,
Is more than three quarters of a century
old. All of Its elements and all of It?
i haracterR are familiar, but they are ever
fresh, and the combination has been In?
geniously made by the librettist on th!? o?*
CSSloa. The story, In brief. 1.- this: An old
widow is attached to a wardrobe which is
an heirloom In the family. 1'nable on the
?pur of the moment to pay her taxes, she
appeals to a friend, u younger and more
fascinating widow, to harbor It for her. so
thai it may not be ?JoJd fST tax's. She wins
oneent by tollina bsf friend that the burgo?
master is in love with her. The second
gossip is more anxious than anything else
to become the wife of the burgomaster. 00
she not only gives a place among her fur?
niture to pis wardrobe *4 her friend, but
als?, undertakes to promote the love affair
between her friend* son and the hurgo
tar's daughter. The wardrobe Is trans?
ferred to ber apartment, where h t? dis?
covered by the altogether too vigilant chief
of police. While he Is gone to discover
whether or net there !s a double of
the wardrobe which Is become his legal
gtay, the burgomaster comen to make love
to the ? harming and ??bilging widow. He I?
about to embraie ber when tin- chief <?f
police enters. The burgomaster Is hastily
Concealed In the wardrobe. Wusp.ctlng a
fraud ugalnst the tax law, the chief of
police affixes seals on the wardrobe and
goes out to investiga!? Knter the daughter
of the bwiemestor and her lover, Bfilnst
nllOSe union the burgomaster had set his
fa?.- like adamant. The merry widow, de?
sirous more than all <-l*-e to become 'Frau
Bui sei mc?stertn." teils the young people
that the mayor is under seal In the ward?
robe, and go? s ?.ut to call in th.- inhabi?
tant! <?f the village ?most of whom are
? ii!-'.ip'*d In B "ichOtacnfSSt*'), The burgo?
master's daughter sees an opportunity to
break down the prejudice of hor father
against her lover. She makes violent love
to him, and ho (properly instruite.)) r?.
pulsee her because of his reverence f?r ber
father. All this In front of the wardrobe
and v?ry lou'lly. At last the burgomaster
calla out f??r rslseae from Ms confinement,
Lut the cunning ?laughter make? it condi?
tional ?'l'on his Hlgnlng a marriage con
trait between her and the man he has r?
pulsed. giving a generous dowry. He signs.
through S hole In the wardrobe door, und
gets hi? liberty, but insista upon their
taking hi? pla?'*. so that he may at once
have amusement Hnd revenge.
M?anwhlle the villager?, headed by th?
??chuteen ICfinlft" r,n "?Bed in by th?
merry widow to witness how the burgo?
master ?i?? uwuprsmlssd hhnsslf. The root
make merry at the expense of the burgo?
master, but when the door 1? opened the
lovers, who have apparently enjoyed their
< .ptlvltv, step forth In the midst of the
consternation enter? the chief of pollco
with a tale that the burgomaster and the
young people have obviously been mur-,
dered. sln<'e be an find no trace of them.
The burgomaster confront? him, orders him
into the wardrobe, whii h Is carried ha.-k to
the horn? of lt8 nwrur w,lh U8 ,lvln*
f eight, and both pairs of lover? are caught
UssmftMdfc other, a? the curtain falls.
An old comedy, sf an old kind; but in?
geniously I'"1 **9*tM*r, .leverly n* to
Ic by ? youthful and not too adept dis
'" . 0- Wagner (had he been more adept
i -would not have BOOB so monotonous In
us.e of the bras? instruments), und so
Mdmirably perform? d yesterday that It
?sited mlOSlsd Isughter and applause
?rani beginning il "r"' Of course, as may
r"-iv be itii.it?'"?*l those in ths setUsese
Understood German were most de
* h'ted ky *lr' GeittS'S comical character
i M0H; but there was a naturalness und
A SCENE FROM THE NEW OPERA "VERSIEGELT," AT THE METROPOLITAN.
The two y?-m? leers .Mm? Baila Alten a n.l Mr. Ja.ilowker? discovered in the cupboard by the two widows (Mme. Oadskl and
Miss Marie Mattfeld).
beauty of ?.?ion In Mine. Cadskl andMnie.
Alten to command ??.uni admiration, a?
there was in the singing of Mr. .ladlowkor.
in fa.-t, a more perfect distribution of
parts than the following could scarcely
Ii.ivh boea imagined:
Braun, Burgomastti Hermana w>u
EUI?, hi? daughter . -, Hella Alt-n
rinn Gertrud, a vouns wl-low . . Johanna <";?.Ih'hI
VVaiii Wlllrners . Marie *a*"attf?l<1
hei ? >n .Hermann .ladlowker
1 aiMi|??. .-unatabla.. Htm limitl
N< ighlmr Knot? .Ml?r?l R?lner
?ti.iinpien Marksman Bat>u ituvpdaei
? itizens. ?harr'.'ieeiers, artisans, toTraspeople,
maids ef honor
BS ? r. Alfr?d Herts.
Heir Hie-h s music rests on "D.S MsJS*
terMnger" wh'-n the action is In progress
?nd Millocker? operetti? ?hen a halt Is
made for a lyric movement There hi mu.'h
cleverness and humor in it? or? he?tration.
but would that ht had learned th* old les?
sen ot how to compose for comedy from
Mosart an ?"Volf-Ferrarl did. After the gam
work cama Taslla. .1," of -which It Is a
weariness to write ?I K. K.
ORIENTAL SCENES AT DANCE
Mrs. Robert Qoelet's Entertain
ment an Arabian Night.
Mr? Rnh*art Ooelet. arrayed In a wonder?
ful Oriental coMtime. entertained a select
party of Arab sheiks. Turkish pnchaa Prr
*4o> khan?. Ottoman sultanas, Kgvptlsn
prltireme? and In-linn rhane.? at a dinner
*? her hou** In fifth avenue la?t nigh?. It
was followed hy an InvaMon of about two
hundred other r-lmllarly arrayed people
who cams In from other dinners given hy
t.er fr>ndf?. Mrs Cornelius Vanderbllt, win
ha? Just returned from Hot Hprlnge; Mrs
Jamen A H?rden, Jr , Mr?. William Post
a?id Others
*>Vhll* the costume? and eelff-ires were
distinctly Orient?la the ?Ian-In? which en?
vied ?a.? ? hnracterl**tl?ally Occidental, and
th? contortion? Indulged in hy Miss Ruth
Ht l?en|s and oth.-r exponents of the tei |>
sl.horean art of the Kast mere conspicuous
by their absence.
Vet Mrs Amos it Plachot appeared a? a
Hindu woman to the very llf?, with rohe of
green ganz-- and diamond serpent srir.vts.
her haabaad figuring a? a Japanese nobl?
in.m of ancteoi rathw than modem times
Mr* Richard BtevenS*! Turkish ?1res.? wa?
of cloth of gold, nnd there w?re goldSO
blral of pnradlne plumea in her hair. Mr*
J Stewart Harney was m typl-al Syrian
la'ly, all In white ??tin and gold.
Numbers of the women ptroaeat took ad?
vantage <if the oci-aslon to r.ppear In the
v?.luminous Turkish form of that particular
garment which Is SMPPSSSd t.. M indicativa*
of ?he rulcrshlp of th? household, and the
yashmaks, or face veils, which In the mys?
terious Kast are meant to conceal the feat?
ures of th? fair from the gaze of the pro?
fane last night mere worn In such u. fash?
ion s? nier? ly to render the featuies they
tren suppose*! to conceal more pl<-uant and
more attra? tlve.
Aa far as the men were ? onccrijed, ?her?
wen- ho many Ksroun*al?ltaacluds ??>s to'
?ugg.-st the Arabian Nlghta while /.oroas
tan rubhsd shoulder.? with ??mar Khay-1
yam? in ?-very dir?. 11--n. In fact, the scene
during the latt?-r part pf th?- evening, when i
all ?he gu?stta had arrived, wa? of the most]
p|< turesipie description, and would have i
transported th? onlooker to the Orient had
H not been for the altogether American
dancing, which seemed QUlt* ?"it of ke? ?lng j
with the (?iBtumes of the mystSTtOUS, per-1
fi.me lad? n, languonius Kast
GOVERNOR BASS^ MARRIES
Miss Edith H. Bird Bride of New
Hampshire Chief Executive.
Baal Walpole, Mass., Jun M. In a tem?
porary ? hapel, Hi?- walls of which win- OOV
? i. with hanging? of blue ?Ilk, Hohert
PerklftS Hi.-s, ?iov-erner of New Hampshire.
marri. -1 Miss Kdlth Harlan 1 irai, daughter
.f Mr. and M?*, ?'liarles K Mini, lo?d0J
Tin- marriage was |>cil?>riii<-d at Kndi-an,
Hi?- SpOfdOUS home of th<- Mid family, hy
th? Right Re*/. Kdwar-1 M. Parker. Rlataop
Coadjutor <-f ihs r*i?tsstani Kplacopai l?i>.
cese ?i N.-??,- Hsmpahire, "Uknlsted by th?
Rev James A Thomps-in, recter <.f ihs
Church of the Bplphany, walpole. only a
t. w gajesti ? im. - -i the ri remony.
The brida won- ? gown of whit.- ?atin.
with i.o-tl-??? ?>f hand-wroughl Irish la.-e, (
embroidered with seed pearls Hh? aras,
accompanied by her sister. Mrs. I?uis
AgBSSil Hhavv. as matron of honor. The ?
bridegroom was attended hy hi? brother,!
John Raw, ?f Chicago The ushi rs w? i
Francis \v. Pir.l Aporalsei of I he Porl ?>f '
New fork, and Charles H Bird, jr, hr-.th- |
ei* .,f the bride; fleorg? Dutton, of New
York, and the members of Oovernoi Ilas.su
military starr.
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VIOLA ALLEN IN NPW PLAY.
N?vv I^mdon, Conn , Jan. 2H.?Viola Al?
len app.-ared here to-night at the l.yc.imi
Theatre in a inedim ?\mertctMi play hi an
American author. II was Rachel ?j*othet*s's
tlir?-.--H< t drama <>f woman'? ambition tor
a career veraUS mother love, entltl<'?l "The
Herfords." The story Is of a sculpt
whose absorption In her work causes un
Intentional ncgl-ct of her young daughter.
who is meanwhile, ie?l into fonger. The,
ai.dlen.e seemed specially Interested In Hie
scene between Mrs. Herford (Viols Allen)
nn.l her daughter (Beatrice Prenne-, wh.n
the molh.-r realizes her mistake in putting
art before parental obligation The play
will go to the Plymouth Theatre, Koston,
on Monday.
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THEATRICAL NOTES.
In ?he testlmonlsl to he given hy the Na?
tional Alllan?? tbtt the Protection of Flag*
children at the Century Theatre on Fri?
day afternoon, February ?, nearly one thou?
sand children will participate In a ?ketch
written for the occasion. The benefit per?
formance will begin at 1 o'clock and end In
the neighborhood of 5. It 1? etpected that
all the prominent a? tor? then In the city
will IctBaj their aid and ?cene? from the
leading plays will be given
A. I'aldwin Sloan?- will ? omp .-?? several
numbers in the Weber A Fields production
or "Hekey Pokey'' and the burleso.ue of
"Runty hulla and Strings" K Kh.v|
<;."ti win write th? lyrics for Mr t?loane's
music i
OBITUARY.
INSURANCE PIONEER DEAD
William H. Dexter, Philanthropist, Ex?
pires at Worcester, Maus.
irty Tfl?sraph to The Tribune ]
Worcester. Mass . Jan. 20 ?William H.
Dexter, elghtv-nlne years old, originator of
the first national Are InsurantfiS company,
?hn ha-? given half a million to different
charities, churches and the Worcester
Ai H.leniy, died to-day at his home, on
Chariten street, from pneumonia. He was
born In Chariten, Mass, and was a direct
descendant of ?iregory Dexter, a companion
of Roger Williams when he founded Provi?
dence, in ?M,
After receiving a common school educa?
tion In ?'harpon Mr. Dexter started as a
clerk, and In IM* establUhed a flour and
grain business In Worcester*, which he con?
ducted until 1*77 Front t,lflt Htne until
shortly before his death he devoted his time
to re?l esta'e Interests, whhh netted him
a big fortune Mr Pi-vter for twenty-live
veare was treasurer ?nd trustee of the
Won ?Ster A- ademy. to which he gave
large sums, and his name Is perpetuated at
the ?eademv bv the dormitory known as
Dealer Hah.
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DR. BENJAMIN C. LIPPINCOTT.
The Rev. I ?r P.. riianiln ?lispln I.ipplnotf,
one pf the oldest and most prominent cler
c\m?ii of t!?? New Jersey Conference of the
Methodlet Kpt* i pal Church, ?ll.-d early yes?
terday morning at Ocean Qrova N. J. lie
was born at HaddonfleM, N. J., on July 22.
1S27.
He retaired ?n acad?mie education at
I'ennlnrton fiemlllBIJ. acting at the same
time as Instructor In the English depart?
ment. In I III he was graduated from
filrklnson Colltrge, and two years later re
COlved the deL-ree of Master ?>f Arts After
serving an prie I pal Of the Cumberland Val?
le v institute for one year he was trans?
ferred to the (?recon conference by Bishop
Ames, where h? became principal of the
I'uget Sound Institute.
In 1 si!;.' he was elected by the Legislature
of Washington Territory as the first Super?
intendent of Fuhllr instruction. While on
? he? pa. iiic i ?.. i-t he tan ed as pastor ?>f the
Ifetb-adlsl Episcopal churches at Olympia.
Dalle? City nnd Portland, at the latter
place building the large Taylor street
< hunh. in i*?f. Dr. Upplncott was trans*
Cerred tO the (few Jersey conferen?e, in
? which he since held a notably prominent
j position.
His charges were at Glasshoro, Dennis
vllle, ??.?danille, Keyport, Pennington, As
bury Park, Camden, Long Bramh. Wnod
j bury. New Brunswick. Vlneland, Mllbille,
I Farmmgdale, Pennsgrove and Rlaikwood.
i For many yean Dr. I.lpptti? ?>tt ?as a trus?
ta Of l'ennington S> initiai y end alvo of
i Dickeneon college. He wan a member of
I'll Bete Kappa and occupied a prominent
position in the IfBSWIle fraternity. For
tare yean be wag dean of Pennington Sem
Inary lie retired from the a<ti\<- ministry
In lflO"? Resides his wife, who was the
daughter ?>f th? late Judge Jesse H. Dlverty,
[Of Dennlsrtlle, N. J.. Dr. Llppincott leaves
three sons an?l a ?laughter, the Rev. B. C.
I.lppln.ott, of Matawan, X. J ; Jess? J).
Upplncott, of Newark; James Bradley Lip
plncott, of Log Ang?!?s. and Mrs. V. O.
McQueen, ef New Rochella s. y.
The funeral of Dr. Llpptnaott will take
I la. . !? -morrow In St. Paul's Methodist
Episcopal Church, Oooaa Orove. and the
I ?rial will he on Tuesday at Cam<ien, N. J.
EARL OF CARLISLE.
London, Jan 3*.?Charles Jame? Stanley
Howard, tenth Karl of Carlisle, died to?
day. He was forty-five yeara old and su?
ceeded to the title on the death of his
falber la May last.
Lord Carlisle, more widely known under
his former title. Lord Morpeth, was for
more thun six years I'nlonlst Member of
Parliament for South Birmingham, sitting
until he was called to tho House of Lords
M hi? father*! SOOth. He was a captain of
the Sd Battalion of the Border Regiment,
whhh served In South Afilia during the
latter pari of the Boer war, un?! gain?-?!
'the Queen's m?*?iui with three despe
Although a convinced Unionist, his
ninth? r .nul listen are pr??noun??ed Radical'*.
Bad the political campaigns of the |u-t fif?
teen year? have found him ?-anviiHsing one
side while his f? mlnlne relativ?m have can?
vassed his rivals His mother is president
of the British woman's Christian Temp?r?
enos Association, Hnd a prominent suffra?
gist, but h? r views on neither of these -?iies
tlons were shared by her son. The dowager
Lady Carlisle signalized her succession to
tho title In IM by destroying the contents
?.r th.- preriOOl earl's cellars and smashing
all the bottles Of rare old wines and spirits.
Th?- esrl whose death is announced
married In 1MM Rhoda. daughter of Paget
W L'Estrange. There were one son and
three daughter! by the marriage, the heir
to the title being sixteen yeara old.
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BROTHER I8ID0R.
Brother Isldor. treasurer of st Francis
Monastery, in Baltic street, Brooklyn, died
nt 2 o'clock yesterday morning. He had
been ill since last June. He was horn in
the parish of Pardeen, in the diocese of
Umerich, Ireland, on February 2. 1860. His
name before he entered the order was
Patrick J Garvey. He studied at St. Al
phonsus College, Limerick, and there found
his vocation. He came to Brooklyn in 1*?9.
and was received into the order two year?
later.
After teaching at several schools, he was
made principal of 8t. Ann'? School in 1873.
Seven year* later he took the prtnclpalshlp
of the school of St. Joseph'? Church. There
he founded the Blea-wd Virgin Sodality,
from which ?prang the Young Men'a So?
dality of that church
i Several years later he was promoted to
be master of the novices and treasurer at
Ht. Francis Monastery. He returned to
educational work in 1905, as principal of
the school of Our Lady of Mercy Church,
! nnd was afterward principal of the schools
' of Ht Paul's Church, and of fit. Mary Star
i of the Bea Church. On ass?imlng the last
j post he became again treasurer of the
I monastery. He leave? a brother and a
i nephew, Brother? Clement and Caplstrlan,
' of the Franciscan Order
A solemn r?*?,ulwm mass will be ?un** In
the chape! of the monastery, 1n Butler
sir? et. rit in o'clock Monday morning, and
the burial will he at Holy ?'ross Cemetery.
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WILLIAM S. MONTGOMERY.
?William H. Montgomery, a member of the
law firm of Burllngh^m, Montgomery A
Bescher, died at the New York Hospital
yesterdav morning after an operation for
appendicitis. H? wa? a KentiKklan hy
birth and was graduated at Annapolis in
Mg He served In the I'nlted State? navy
till 1*afii, rising to the rank of lieutenant
He wa? ?n ensign on the gunboat Petrel at
the battle of Manila Hay.
After studying law In Kentucky he ?ame
to New York ten years ago. and In 1SK*1 be?
came | member of the firm <>f Robinson,
Biddle i \\'?id, of which Henry Galhraltrt
Ward and Charle? M. Hough, who were
'subsequently appointed circuit ?nd district
JUdgggi were then members
Mr. Montgnnierv devoted himself largely
to railroad ?nd shipping interest? and Stab
wldelv known by those engaged In the
transportation business. He leave? a wife,
I daughter Of the l?te Fdward K. Poor, and
two children. His home wa? at No. HI
Kast Util street.
No arrangements for the funeral have
been m?de.
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ALEXANDER GARGIULO.
Constantinople, Jan. 20. ? Alexander Otr
gullo. ?who had for twenty years occupied
the post of first dragoman at the American
BmhSSSy here, ?lied to-?l?y.
Alexander GarglUlo flnat entered the ser?
vice of the American Legation In IM He
was appointed interpreter In 1873, and twen?
ty years ago became first dragoman. H?
had been of great service to a number of
American ministers and ambassadors at
Constant ?nop]? owln ; to his extensive
knowledge and Judgment In political affair?,
his linguistic ability and his great tact. Me
was born In Italy HI? sister, Mr?. Bridg
ham. formerly lived !n New York.
i.arglulo was wounded in ?he arm dur?
ing the fighting at Constantinople In April,
1900. at the Hm? of the overthrow of Sultan
Abdul Hamid.
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GENERAL JOHN J. M'DONALD.
Chicago, Jan. \%\ Osasrsl John J. Mc?
Donald, friend of Lincoln, ??rant and Sher?
man and a brigade commander In the ?"|vil
War, glad bars to-day. He was eighty
year? old
?ieneral M-Honald came West when eight
years ol?l from Rochester, where he was
horn. H-* was for years a Mississippi
Hiver steamboat employe, and from ?t
laouis, his home at the opening of the war,
he rale??d at his own expense the 1st Ten?
nessee Infantry.
JOHN GRANGER BAUER.
John Oranger Bauer died at St Vincent's
Hospital, Livingston, Staten Island, yester
dny. after nit Illness of some eighteen
rnoRths. Death was due to cancer. Mr.
Bauer was eighty-six year? old. He was
I urn In Kiigland, and up to the time he
was seventy year? ol?l mo?t of hi? life was
six-ill upon the stage. flu came to this
country early In life, and played all over
the I'nlted States with manv companies
HI? laM engagement was with the late
Stuart Itoi.son. For some fifteen years he
had been In the Actor?' Kund Home.
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ELIAS ALLEN FORD.
Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 2n.?Filas Allen Ford,
formerlv general traffic manager of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, died suddenly in
his bom?' here early to-day of heart disease.
Mr ?Tord w"** seventy-two years old ((.
cam? here three year? ago from Philadel?
phia. Three daughters, two of whom are
Mis Modisette. of St. Louis, and Mrs.
Hoadley, of Minneapolis, survive him.
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DR. WILLIAM A. WHEELER.
? Portland. Mi-, Jan. M?Dr. WUMOOJ A.
! \ViVel?r. ex president of the Hoard of
Trade, died to-night, ag?d tirty-?'lght year.
>li-wnsa native of Kvansville, Ind. Ho ?vas
graduated from Harvard I'nlverBity ?nd
also attended the College of Physician? and
Surgeon? In New York. He was for a time
In charge of the medical department of
the Immigration service at Kllis Island.
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DANIEL M'COY.
Hackensack, N J., Jan. 20?Hnniel Mc?
Coy, sixty-seven, formerly assistant general
manager of the New York Central Rail?
road, died at the home of hi? ?on, \V. K
M<-< ?>y. at Bogota, to-night. He began life
as a telegraph operator on the Pennsvl
vanla at Pittsburgh ?nd aerved aa a ?'lv|l
War telegrapher on Oeneral Scott's staff.
His wife died last August.
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MUNGO R. PARK.
Manhattan, New, Jan. 20.?Mungo lt.
Park, said to have been at one time a
prominent musician of Boston, died her?
last night. He was a great-nephew of
Mungo Park, the noted Scotch explorer.
Although once wealthy, he died In want.
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JAMES M. TAYLOR.
Pittsburgh, Jan. go.?Jame? M. Taylor,
aged seventy-four, the last of the famous
Tvne River (I-.ngland) crew of oarsmen
which won the championship from the
I'nlted States at Saratoga Springs about
1870, died here yeoterday from pneumonia.
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BROWN FUND REACHES aV?00,130.
Provid? nee, Jan. 20.? To-day's ph-dgea to
the Jl.'JOO.OOO endowment for Brown Univer?
sity brought the total up to W00.130. Th?
acknowledgments Included one of |60,u?o
from Henry A. Laughlln, a Pittsburgh
alumnus
M? EXHIBITIONS
Old Brasses from China antt
India on View.
Old brasses of China nnd India, belong?
ing to the Mey? r collection, have been
placed on view at the Tiffany 8tudios, ard
will remain for a fortnight. The visitor
will find much to Interest him In these an?
cient mementos of the religious and the
record-keeping instincts of these Aslatl- H
and of their natuial gift of .?xpreeslon In
the working of metal. This collection tes?
tifies to the hii,'h development of the art
of alloying copper with the baser or. ??ften
er, the precious metals, in the centuries
corresponding to the medif-eval period In
Europe end to the earlv Renaissance. The
quality tf these alloys it? such that the
rifler and character of the dectgM into
which it Is cast count at their full value.
The surfaces have a lustrous depth and
beauty, and the pieces no??eas a dignity
and an appeal that are decidedly alluring.
Many of the old Chinese brasses are of
the sort that were used as oavments of
tribute by feudal princes to the Kmperor
In the early days. Both In thene and in
Um "xsmples from India Ol e ?lnda tho
forms Of gods and animals, executed with
the utmost variety, and yet w th the guid?
ing hand of tradition evident In their ar?
rangement nnd detail.
In the Chinese group there are five Ming
dynasty vases of considerable size and
distinction, which look the part they are
saW probably to have played, as ornament?
upon the Imperial altar. They are nlsa
stated to have been among* the objecta
taken aa loot from Peking at the time of
the < 'htrieEe-Japanc.sc war, and stored In a.
temple in Japan, whose priest afterward
sold them. Howeter this may be, tho
vases themselves are of aristocratic aspect.'
This quality Is seen again In the admirable
decoration of a fourteenth century bras?
censer, with a handle formed by a dragon'?/
head. The old masters of Chines*? art were
as supremely competent In their way sd
were their European contemporaries. Bowls*
Jars and lampe of Oinese origin are here.,
and the colleotlon al? contalna some hand-'
aome specimens of embroidery.
In the piece? from India, one not?e st
onco the heightened feeling for the purely
decorative qualities, for the enriching of
surface? by elaborate graving and for
regularity of shape. The mer. who con-,;
trived these old vessels must have h*A
ab?iut them, one feel?, sometning of ther
adept, the virtuoso. Her? are miniatura
modela of temples, used for/votive offer?1
Ings; here are tray? for houaehould pur?
pose?; "charity Jar?," into which aim?
were thrown to holy beggar?; sacred lotas,
in which water from a ?acred river was
carried to the dying. It la a curiously in-*
terestlng assortment.
DEAD AT AGE OF 100 YEARS.
Boston, Jan 20?Ann W. Pennlmen. 10fi
years old. a direct deacendant of Peregrin?*
White, who win born on the Mayflower,
died at her home In Brook?ne to-day.
DIED.
A' ison, Albert. Gunn. Alice
Balfe. Harriet. Hlnadal?. Mary p.
Bauer. John ?J Hjd?*\ Charla? T.
Blr-sing. Henrich W. U?u, Louise f.
Bullard. I.a\iraO. 1 ven. Bef?y
< '?rm ItJ?, --'ai ah M ? o>. Danl?! B.
Dillen, William P., Jr. M< iiigonierv, William St
Pixon. Phebe W. Perkins. E?iw?rd R
Ferrler, William W. Truilow, Kath?rln? L.
Fortunato, Mi. l.ael. red I.
(iallagher, J. Wetmore. Sarah S.
John ?Iranger iPa*idy> Bauer, aged sa
Funeral The Funeral rhiirch. No. 241
ALUeON i in Thursday, January IS. 1912. Al?>
bert Allison, In hi? 8?th veut. F-ineral ?er-?
\\ 1 '? si 1 ir, !a>e home. No. ?Of* Jefferson ave.*
Braoklya, Monday. January 22. at 8 p. m.
L'AI.KK Oa Friday. January 19, 1912. at the
realdtnc? of her son. No. 87.1 ist. Mark's *xt ,
Brneiljll. N. Y., Harriet Balfe. Funeral pri?
vate.
HAVER
Weit 2?a"'tt"tCamptoeli S'uli<iir.g'," fueaiay
afternoon, 2 30.
BISSIN-3? Heinrl. h W. Bl*?lt*g. on January if?.
1012. aged M Funeral ?fslt <? from Stewart
A Meen Chapel, Park ave , near Lexington ?t.,
Baltimore. Md . on Monday. Baltimore paper?
plea.-e ?'?! >*.
RVI.LARD?On Friday. January 19, at her
home, No. - West ^th at. Laura Curds
.id widow ef Enoch Patter?on Bullard
und dau?hter of the latM Jeremiah and Lucy
W. Curtis. Funeral s<.-\i>.? will b? h?ld at
iurth Preebyt-trtan ?'hurch. Slat at. and
Went End ave., (,n Monday, January 22, at
I M p. m. Interment at Mount Auburn,
Mum It Is kindly requested that no flower?
be sent.
U'iiWTTH-A' Hnlsehamrton. I/?nr Island, on
mti'rdav, January 20. Sarah ''nrwith. In her
tmto ?.ar. Funeral service will be held at her
1 o;i Monday afternoon,. January 22. at 1
. ... k
DILLON -01 Friday. January 10. 1912. William
P. Dillon, Jr., in hi? 27th year, only ?en o?
William P. sr. i Mary Dillon. Funeral fren?
hi? late reside-? e. No. S61 Union it., Brooklyn,
on Monday, at 980 a. m.
DIX<"?N At Fa?? Oranae. N J. January 30.
ISia P!'.' I ?a William?, widow of tha late John
S lUxon. Funeral at h- r late residence. No.
21 North Walnut ?t., Kant Orange, S. J*. on
Tuesday, January 23. at 2;.? p. m
FEKKIER On Thursday, January 18. William
W Ferner, at hi? reiidence. No. 21 East
124th ?t. Funeral services at hi? residence
c.'. Sundav. January 21, 7 p m. Interment
Oreen wood CetOMterg? GI?igOW I Sic ?it Und)
palier* plea?? ?.upy.
FORTUNATO?Michael Fortunato. ?gcd 72
yooro. Funeral TI.e Funeral Church. No. 24l
We-t 23d it. 1 Frack E. Campbell Building),
Sunday, 12 o'clock noon.
GALLAGHER?On Janu?ty 18. 1912, ?l his
hon.?. No 8.M? Westminster Road, F.ath?i?h.
Join*. Oellegti?r "htlnrsj huiband of Catherine
I Ci^ilaslicr. Funeral service? on January 21.
at 8 i>. m.. by the R??v. 8. O J?ck?on. In?
let mem In Greenwood Cemetery, Mond?y. ?
(?INN On Friday. January 18, 1012. Alle? Gunn.
liclo\<"l witi> of Jame? Gunn. Funeral fren?
her late residence. No. 290 Prospect Tarlt
Weat. Brooklyn, Monday. January 28. 1913.
RINSDAUI At Weat Wlnated, tonn , JanuarT
1?. 1912, Ml?? Mary Pltkln HlnaSale.
HYDP1 -After a ?h?rt IMnesa, on Friday. Jaau
aiv 19, 1912, at hla residence, Charle? ThomaS
Hyde. Funeral private.
LEWIS-Louise Travers, at Roma, Italy, Jasu -
ary 'JO. of typhoid te\<*r, in the 4*th year ot
her aar. daughter of the late Oeorge Wa?hiS#
ton Lewlt,, of nark? County. Va.
LYON On January 20, 1912. Betay Lyon, la tse
?.ill year of her age. Funeral at her Mee
rosiden.-e, Katonali. N. t., on Monday. Jan?
ai:- fa\ at 13?? p. m.
M'?'i>V At the r.-aidciice of ti'.-i aon, W K.
Mc?'oy, Bogota. N. J , on January JO. 1912.
Daniel B. McCoy, aged 67 >eHra Funeral
fr"in hi? own home, Tarrytown, N. Y.. on
Tueaday. the 831 tnat.. at 2:80 p m. inter?
ment 8le?py H'llow Cemetery.
MONT?I? MWHY OS Sntuiday, January JO, 1912.
William ?-lack Montgomery, In the 40th year of
Ma age Funeral aervlce? from hi? late real
?leiK-e, No. IS? F.aat .V.lli ?t.. at 11:80 a. m.
dene?. Nu. 13? East 5?lli St.. at 11:30 g. m.
of family.
1'ERKlSS At Ea?t Orange, \ J , January 1?.
1918, Edward Kuhard PerVlna. helnved hu?
bsnd "f Befell? Anderaon p.rklna, In hi?
4Mh yeay. Funeral ?ervlcM will be held at
hla late home*. No. 120 North Arlington
aviv. Kuiu'ii v afternoon. January ||, 3
..-, 1.n-k. Tram leave? Hot?ok< 11. D . 1. A W.
Hallroad. ^ If, :u in Ina at BtUt <?ran?e at
2 IS, wliere carriage? will h? In waiting.
Train returnln? have? East Oranse 4 29.
TRl'SIvOW Os Siturdav mornlti--, January 80.
1012. at her late residence. Summit, N. J.,
Katharine L.. widow of Edward Tru?low. No?
tice of funeral hereafter.
VAI1 ?eddenljr. a! l'nuahkeep?e, n. v.. janu
urv V.l. IMS, Fi< 1 L-MTt? Vail. In hla 3?th vear.
Funeral aervlcca at hi? late re?id?>n?e. \o 23
lurlu? at . Mini lay, ?ie -'2d Inat.. at 2 g, m.
WKTlloHK- At Summit. N. J., on Januarv 20.
1912. Sarah Sterlin?. widow of Robert H. Wet
more, of New York, and eldest dauabter of th*
late Captain John W. .Sterling, of Stratford,
c,11,11. I"u:ieral aervlcca will be held at her
late residence. N>>. 800 Sprtngtlel ; ave.. Sum?
mit. N J . on Monday. January 22, 1912. at
;i p. m. Carriage? will meet train leaving
Hoboken at *':1."> p. m , Lackawanna RallroaC
Kindly omit flower?
< EMBTEBIXa.
THE WOOOLAWV (EMETERY.
233d St. Ry HarUm Train and by Trolley,
(?fll.e, u?l East 23d St.. N. Y.
I m*ii;mi,ii(?
FRANK T.. < AMPBE1.L. 241-3 Weat 23d 3a,
Chapel?, Private Room?. Privat? Ambulance?.
Tel. 1324 <*hel?ea.
H. ?I. MTKiXO'S Chapel and Show Room?,
8R1 Amsterdam ave. Tel. 293 Rlverald?.
OFFICIOS.
MAIN OFFICE?No. 154 Naiaau atreet.
11'1'iWN OFFICE?No. t:;?i4 Broadway, m
any American District Tele?raph Office
HARLEM ??KFIt'ES -No. 1.V7 Ea?t 12Mh ?treet.
No. 2?S3 Weat 123th ?treet and No. 21? Weat
I2nth ?tract.
WASHINGTON BUREAU?W??tory BslWin?.