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Women's Political Union Offers
Optimistic Programme.
CLOSES WITH A "VISION"
"Woman Enfranchised" Ends
Afternoon After "Bobbies"
Invite All to Parade.
London "bobbie?--" requesting suffragettes
to march In a street parade'.
This is the truth that is stranger than
Action. The amazing deed really took place ,
yesterday afternoon at the Republic Then* '
tre between the acts of the En?ter matines !
given by the Women's Political Union, j
Yea. the "bobbles" were converted by the
suffrage oratory to such an extent that I
tbeir enthusiasm had to find vent in r-.ctlon. I
and they threw themselves upon the audl- |
?nee, demanding signatures to pledges to j
inarch in the suffrage parade. They must
tase been extremely susceptible to reason. '
these John Bull "bobbles," because it could |
not have been the feminine charms and
graces that converted them. The scene was
Tra.alg.ar Square during a militant meet?
ing, nnd Mary Keegan. looking none the
better for the rioting through which the
had passed non-unsc_-iifcd, had harangued
the hooting crowd.
Xo. with her hair in horrible wisps be?
side her face, her hat askew, her ill fitting
waist and bedraggled skirt hanging pre?
carious iy hy two Bafetypins, she was
obliged to have recourse to logic. The parts
of th. policemen were taken by R. C.
Beadle and F. Friedman. Harold brown
was an extremely irritating dude of the
rnonocled type. He stood superciliously on
the outskirts of the crowd, but all of a
sudden be had a clever idea.
"Oh. I say. now!" he called to the suf?
fragette 'Don't you wish you were a
man?"
"Yes, don't you wish you were?" was the
awful retort. The dude slunk away
crusied. p.rd he did r.ct appear later in the
aisles soliciting parade pledges. H. C.
Jackson and O. A. Rogers were art stu?
dents in the crowd, with flowing locks and
hair and huge sketchbooks, upon which
they record ?d their impressions of the suf?
fragettes, presumably for the edification of
the London comic sheets. They were not
popular with the "Honest Working Man in
the Crowd" (Harold Herts), or with the
"Suffragette Paper Sellers" (Rheta Childe
Dorr and Anna Friedman).
In startling contrast to the London suf?
fragettes were the tableau? in "The Vision
of Brave Women," which followed, Mrs,
Otis Skinner, wife of the actor, herself a
star of no mean magnitude before her mar?
riage, read the poetical devices wh'eh ac?
companied the pictures. The poems were
written by Mrs. Wilfred Lewi?.
Mrs. James D. Livingston was Margaret
Erert. the first "brave woman" In'America
to claim the vote, or, as the old Maryland
record has It. "Came Mistress Margaret
Brent and did demand both place and
voyce." Mrs. John Rogers, sister-in-law of
Secretary of War Stimson. represented
Abigail Adams, the first woman who threat?
ened militant methods, proving, as one suf?
fragette hotly said to the. other, that
there s nothing new, by George, even in
the methods of the modern suffragettes."
Abigail was the good wife of John Adams.
lhe found time between darning his
rocks and caring for his children while he
was off making a government *o write him
thas:
*y* have ro vole? in the law. you __-k?
"*.'.?.at wonder If unjust law? we break
Now look that you to our cause be Croe,
Or we'll foment s rebellion, too.
But John (continuel the poet), who'd have died
at Freedom's need,
Just laughed at the letter and paid no bead.
?One of the most charming pictures was
?hat of Deborah Logan, a Pennsylvania
ne and model mistress of a Colonial
household. She sat In the midst of her
maids, with their spinning wheels an_
n.edlework, around the great old fireplace.
They all wore real old heirlooms, full
skirted gowns, and 'kerchiefs, with crisp
white muslin caps on their curls, and they
workei as they listened to fair Mistress
Deborah reading aloud to them from an
Instructive hook. "What a contrast," sighs
the programme, "between these girls,
workinz under the care of this gentle
lady, and modern women tolling in swestt
?
The climax of the tableaus was the vistos
of "Woman Enfranchised." showing lilts
Inez Milholland In a classic white robe and
blue velvet cloak, with one arm protect*
li__iy around the little children at her *<-et.
and the other mercifully sheltering the
"scarlet woman." The children were little
'?lies Fre.ericka Watrous and lisster Will*
lam Chanler. the son of William Astor
Chanler. Miss Vida Milholland, sistet of
Miss Inez, was r flgnr?? in the
group.
There were sixteen tableaus in all, show?
ing Pocahontas, Prlscilla, Margaret Brent,
Hannah Penn. Abigail Adams, Lydia Dar?
rach, Molly Pitcher, Deborah Logan, Eliza?
beth ?Cadi Stanton. Suesan B. Anthony.
Lc__.fc-.ia Mott, Ida Lewis, a "Daughter of
t_,e Confederacy." Julia Ward Howe. Clam
Barton and "Woman Enfranchised."
Among tho?e In the audience were Mrs.
Caroline B. Alexander, Mrs. Wlnthrop
Burr, Mrs. Herbert S. Carpenter, Mrs.
Lewis L. Delafle'd. Mrs. John Dewey. Mrs.
Magee Ellsworth, Mrs. Cyrus W. Field,
Mrs. Albert Herter, Mrs. Wallace Irwin.
Mr-a. Ethslbsit N? ?in and Mrs. Ansel
Phe.ps. The affair was under the direction
of Mrs. Raymond Brown.
JERSEY WOMEN CAN'T VOTE
B-prerc. Court Decision Against
Female Franchise.
Trenton, X. J., April 1?.-Women in
Jersey cannot vote at the state election or
register at ttu polling places In the state,
?eeordlng to a dad-ion of the Supreme
-?ourt filed here to-day. The decision was
written by Justice Kalisch. It holds th*t
*o female Is entitled to vote at the state
?lection in this state, and dismisses the
??plication for a writ of mandamus t>
compel an election b.>ard in Morris County
?* retfster a woman resi?ent of that rlace.
Th* case was virtually a test, and tbou?
rn?? of women all over the state were
awaiting the deckten anxiously.
Miss Harriet F. Carpenter, a resident cf
(r^arjlZuno^ Ln ?orrls ( ?""ty. ?ad?
Wtct m,,0/ t0 lhe Supreme Court for a
bo?'d of vwa?.-6 t0 COn'i"il too ????ton
thst ?hi A/?" tCJLUnty to rsTJter her. so
yit fan Thl _?*k* Pl*rt ln lhe ?1?ctl0 '
??y is that ??SV'r'm? Court decision to
OPEN MISSION HEADQUARTERS
Methodist Women Interested in For?
eign Work at Dedication.
Between one and two hundred women
2rr?t_,?,,'r?ly ??ternoon at the!
optnln** of th? new headquarters of the !
,^n * Fore-Kn Missionary Society of j
???__. _*. thodi,t EPtocopsl Church at No I
tth avenue.
<Jer\^C*t0r[y **rV,Ce? W'r? PMOOauSal
eve by Mrs. winum I. Haven, president ?
of the ?i.? Tork branch, snd were par?
ticipated in by Mr.. Addlson W. Hay!,
IS. r0'' r,,am T ?"*?** M?- John
.and the Rev. Dr. r. Msr?on North
Brief addresses were made by the Rex.
I?'. ?m*r c 8tunt* and Bishop John F.
Wfmsm. of Ionia. who arr)ved from
his week. At the close of the
me afternoon tes was served.
A-mcns those present was the Rev. T. 8.
?pohobugh, a missionary to India snd son
w-tew of J. F.d?at- Leayera.t. of this city,
*?ho s:rived with Bishop Robinson.
MABEL LEE
Thf* vniinc Chinese woman who want?*, a vote.
CHINESE GIRL WANTS VOTE
Miss ? ee Ready to Enter Barnard, to Ride in Suffrage
Parade.
Regarding her as the symbol of the new
era, when all their women will be free and
unhampered, all Chinatown is proud of
little Miss Mabel Lee. daughter of the mis?
sion pastor, Dr. Lee Towe, and her
brilliant accomplishments. Her parents
brought her to this country seven years
ago, and she learned quickly so much of
English, Latin and mathematics that she
is now prepared to enter Barnard College.
Miss Lee inherits from her father a
strong mind and an admiration for Ameri?
can institutions. The mind is. indeed, so
strong that it compels her to look through
what she considers the one defect in the
institutions?namely, the limited franchi;.?
She thinks that should be extended to
women. Therefore she intends to march in
the suffrage parade on Mav 4 Xo, not
march, but ride on horseback, in Miss
Annie R. Tinker's brigade of horsewomen
who will head tr.e procession. She will be
clad, like the rich and fashionable suf?
fragettes around her, in a tight nttinic
black broadcloth habit and a tri-cornered
black hat. with the green, purple and |
whi'e cockade of the Woman's PolPlcat !
Union.
When the Tribune reporter saw her yes- '
terday at her home, Xo. 53 Bayard ftr?-et,
however, she was in her school dress?a
plain Chinese Jumper, similar to the Amer- ;
lean middv blouse, a blue serge skirt and ?
very American hlack patent leather pumps
Clinging to her skirt was a baby sister ln a
red Chinese Jacket, and the long straight
pantaloons which most Chinese wear In
their homes, e'^n in New York.
Miss Lee's mother Is the link that holds
her and her missionary father bound to the
eld era. Mrs. Lee Tnwe has feet about two
Inches long, encas?M in red suppers, am*
she seldcm goc-s out of the house i^he
would have to descend four flights of stairs
tc- do so, but it Is not a question of ? om
fort only. She Is high caste, and It frould
not be seemly for her to walk in the streets,
observed of men.
Miss Lee means to learn .11 she can of
American ways and to go baek to China
to teach her sisters there. She believes
that woman's rla'-e In ln the heme, and that
her education should b? prt-rarll-- f^r the
satisfaction Of 1er husband.
"How can a marriage l.e happv*"' she
asked, "anlese th? wife l?< ?d'i'-nied ennueh
to understand and sympathize with her
husband in his business and Intellectual in?
terests" Thp.t seems to be the great differ?
ence between the American and the Chinese
Ideals of education. The Chinese Ideal Is
to mike the trlrl a comfort and delight to
her parent?- and later to her husband The
American Ideal is to help the girl toward
h?-r . wn improvement f.ir h?-r own pleasure.
"It serns to me that each nation has
something to l?-arn (nm the other"
A MAI ANTOINETTE FEIE
Dancers Transported to Garden
of Versailles in Sherry's.
DINNER SERVED ON LAWN
Mrs. Rodman Wanamaker Sur?
prises Her Friends by Won?
derful Scenic Effect.
Mrs IWman Wana?naker took her
guests last night to the garden of the
Pa!a<-e of Versailles, where they danced
surrounded by floral effects and the
scenery -?mid which Queen Marl?? In?
totoatta was wont to prora? antury
and a half rico
The ballroom at Sherry's was trans?
formed into a perfect replica of th?; fam?n>s
Preach garden, and the one hun?ired ?-rue-????
of Mrs. Wanamaker din?d there lu ?he
moonllaht, served by men liveried aa
the royal aarrltsura of Louia XVI, while
men in th?* uniform of the famous Bwlsa
Guard stood around the gardsn as If k?? :??
lng watch ov,r the safety of ths gussta
The arrangement waa brought to th?
Kuests as a complet?? BUrprtsa. They -A?r?
recf-lvcd In the Marie Antoinette dranln--;
room, and when Mrs. Wariamnkf-r l?d th?-m
into the supposed dtninpr room the r
tlon of the gorgaotu aeena waa not ant.?***?
poAed by any one.
There was ths Palao ol Vsrsalllss, tits
painted baekcroond ths rear
facade of the famous structure Tttore ?waa
tbs tall boxwood h?di:?- separating the ?jar
?en from the orang?uie, thera mere the
ras of nymphs ai l aoddassas, and
above than all tower<k! th? high Mor?
mandie poplars.
Over gravelled paths the guests were led
to the tablis that had been placed on the
grass plots, and here they sat and dined
and admired the. famous tapis vert, and
away beyond l<-s Grands E'aux, on which
trie lights flarhed illusions of the rain?
bow.
The fleur da iys reigned s'^preme. In the
corners of the garden plots the lilies of
France were reproduced in white pansies,
the intertwined "L. L." so familiar to
visitors of Ver-at'les were outlined with
pansies of a deep purple hue. and above
thera rested the crown of violets.
The menu was consistent with the
milieu. There were dishes a la Trianon,
a la Marie Antoinette, and in everything,
najne, time or manner of service, the age
of Louis Seize was recalled. And when
the dinner was over and colored attendants
In blue liveries had served cigars and
cigarettes, a pierrot and pierrette danced
Into the garden, and, to the accompaniment
of a guitar, sang "Au claire de la lune,
mon ami Pierrot."
Then came Marie Antoinette herself.
Four Swlts guards ?jarried the huge sedan
chair, from which she alighted to execute
her "Danse des fleurs."
The minuet, too. came into lta glory,
danced by ala Utile court ladies and two
Imposing courtiers, to be followed by Rus?
sian dancers. Then the guests themselves
sought the ballroom in the chateau be?
yond, and here they danced, interrupting
their pleasure only for a short time for
siipper.
m
RICHESON COST STATE $7,030.
Boston. Apr? 12.?It cost Suffolk County
91,030 to investigate and prosecute Clarence
V. T. Rlcbeson, the slayer of Miss Avis
Llnnell. according to bills made public by
the clerk of the Superior Court to-day.
Governor Foss will give a hearing next
wetk on a p*tHkm to commute the sen.
tence of death to imprisonment for life, i
DIVORCES HALF-SISTER
_____
| Couple Wedded in Ignorance <
Blood Relationship.
THEIR MOTHER KEPT SECRE
Tv/o Children Born to Them Be?
fore They Are Told by Court
That They Are Kin.
Cincinnati, April 1.- . Mrange stnr
which result... in John P Ruch. Jr.. age
twentjr-tWO, being >di**oreed from his hu?'
sist?r. Helen Hoffmann Roch taren! I
old ? is related In th? [naolrenc
t h??*- ?o-(ia>. Th" ebrother nnd list?
were married on >October IS, i'?i", ndthf
Si eth? til - 1- :,., v ?. i ? ( _r of lite l.le-eexl relatlor
shije between th ?
The ?' .f th- retetioashlp wi
n:-Tie a tew ??.???k?. ago. an-l tli? aetion fo
s dlvorc. followed, ti" Innhsad f??rri._?ii
slteains negli :t Th.- decree w;.? >granto
r.n that pr'i'mrt for th?- purpose "f proteci
i?iK th? ? Miple in th?- r?'i?r.] .is far a
ible. N'. itti'-r thflr f.-itn? r n-.r moth?
? was In court to*dS)
It was explained te the .-curt that tl.'
mistake bail been possible because the
mother ii-.ii hidden front the children th?
fad that th--? ?were half brother nn?i
sllowins them to ?believe th.?? th" rlri ??>."
onljr f-n adopted child
The relationship e,f the . oung ht
snd wife was tii?rio,..fi to" them \" Jod_.
!**vnn*m Lu?**ders of the Probats Court, i
few weeks ? fo in th<? presence of tbei*
I mother, Mrs. John I* Ru?*h. NHghl.or.-- A
the Ruch f.iini'v Informed Judge Loedsti
that they believed IN couple were half
brothrr end half-sl?-te- H? learned SftSI
Investigation th.t the two had grown ur
together under the belief th.t the girl w_.
only an adopted daugh'er of Mrs. Ruch
The youngest of their children is only
t. f'-.w weeks old. In .cnirlng the marrl*?
llcense Ruch gave the young woman's name
I as Helen Hoffmann.
"This young in.n came to the Probate
I Court ln 1.10 and secured a license to
| marry this young woman, who, it since has
| been discovered, 1s his half-sister." said
1 Judge Lueders to the court. "That was be
I for? tho recent law wss passed requiring
' both applicants for a marriage license to
l appear personally. The young man gave
, his name, age and address properly. He
gave the young woman's name as Helen
Hoffmenn and told her age and address.
"I am informed?In fact, I have Investi*
? gated the matter carefully and feel certain
?that he did not know at that time that
this young woman was his half-sister. Tho
discovery was not made until a compara?
tively short time ago. I had them in my
office, and we tried to arrive at some eaolu
tlon for the problem presented. They have
two children They still love each other
and love their children.
"I explained to them that, although they
might be able to keep the secret for year?,
there would come a time, as surely as any?
thing human can be certain, when some one
would discover it, and It would be ex?
posed, possibly in their declining years.
! Or. If the disclosure were not to come until
1 after their death, it would be left as a
heritage to their children. Now they can
come into court honistly, to explain an
honest mistake and do the only thing In
their power to rectify that mistake."
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SUNDAY'S NEW-YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhsrs in ths United Ststes
1 for 12 50 s year. J
?NE mm PLAYERS
Says She Found Them Charming
and Made Them Work.
AND THEY LIKED IT. TOO
Despite Belasco, Actress Says
American Plays and Actors Are
Good?To Sail To-day.
With a'l the r it ri?*iott8 snUraslasn cf
thoroughly Parisian t..-mr--rament,
Mm--. S'i--.or--, an a- tress who his i e?en giv?
ing N"ev\- York ,1 taste of mercilessly m?"i
arn naturalistic an ?luring the last se-i
son. demolished past hope the r?-c?-nt ?n
nounceni-nr of David '??' ->-? that ths
???. ?_- A-tmrtean a?*tor dldp'l kno*s bia Job,
>".' What v.ps -vor?..., didn't care to. The
demolition came on ths ara of h??r ?
for London, where she ?prill pla? ?
Frou" and "Th.? Return from ;
until the summer puta
dramatic work
The rtracloua ntti?? w?**man was sitting
i on a throne in il??? studio ol Mrs Benjamin
Outnntsa painter of portraits, clothed In
a Iuiir and envsloplng fur coal an i <? spa?
doua Wach h.it. from under which a tr,-ss
like polished gold l osped hero arid there.
An ancient tapestry and a cardhoard pl?ir
behind her ' ?i-y torn n to ?
ness ci th.- studio
"Do yo?] ?r,Vf.? Wj,h fgjf r,, - ?f.0 u^i our
younger aetot - do not know l
s??,n '.'" sh?? was aak?-?d.
"Mais, non; mais, n??n." she responded
.piickly. "You must not complain about
your actors. In the way of my rompan-'
vrre the most char'nlti?? and delicious
people imaginable. And work? I mad;?
! thr-m work?oh. harder than ever !>? f,?r<<.
: I tasds them rom?? to niy hotel and re
hear.se wi;h me. They told me that tiv-y
I were not accustomed to work like that, but
; they were nio.-t willing. I found them en?
chanted with their work.
"The book they gave me?you should have
seen the wonderful book with ths sllror
thing* on It upon which they all anararsd
their names and presented it to me at Ihe
fiftieth performance of "The Return from
Jerusalem." That play was played just the
same as in Paris. I staged it myself, and
there was not a particle of difference."
The tain turned to American auilU-nces.
"They like comedy," said t?>?- a? trena,
"They don't care to see a woman * ;
her heart Strings through four nets un.I a
man dying at the end. 1 think I gave them
the wrong plays at rlrM.
"But they have great possibilities of at?
tention, much more th^n the French peo?
ple. The French like quick action, as In
'The Whirlwind.' They say the a
will teil us what kipd of character the
heroin? i.->. But you Amerfcana like ?
character developed, lour critica declare
that a play like 'The Whirlwind' is not
aincero, though the French conalder it the
most sincere of Bernstein's -?ri
Mme. Simone was asked whether she
thought America ?would ? ;? na?
tional drama.
"How can you say the American drama
?s not rational""' she exclaimed. "I have
seen The Rainbow.* The Return of Pete?
Grimm." 'The Bird of Paradise. Bought and
Paid For." They are all typically Ameri?
can. And how do you know they will not
he pla ved a hundred?two hundred-years
!rom now? Ph?dre,' which ?he Fren? h
prople now consider the greatest of Ra?
cine's works, was taken off aifr a run r?f
fourteen rights. I.eca'i??? your cri?!
these are only play?? of the hour, ?ha? dots
not m an anvthtng."
All the plays which eh?? had seen Muk
Slm??ne de?*lar?"d charming, adorabl?, but
she r ? apealad to
her most it was against the ethics of h?r
profession, ehe maintained Henrv Miller,
she remark??!. r??mlnd*?d her forcibly of
Un, but of the other actors she ha?l
no commenta to make, rx?i? th.it they
wars ail deiiirhtfui
In speaking of h?r school of acting, she
??-??.?i i? was not new She DMrelj tri-d. she
explained, to be as true as poseible to lif?,
I?. make people fot Ket thai eh? was acting,
ihe ?-?-lit? s ha.i ?? onfuaed. she ob?
a?r\ed. b?s*ause they ?xp-'i-i Bomethinf
differenl ? i arrisad They re?
ferred t?. her us a second Bsrnhardt
i i?? ro? Hat,ib Bernhardt, she said,
was Sarah Bernhardt BhS was a gi
end eh? represente?! n?> BCl.I ,.f acting, be
, ., one COXtld ev-r hi- t0 be I'.ke
her
Mm". .Sinvn? ?le'iarei httrseR m-?hantsd
with everything in New York ex-ept the
f.,,Hl, and said she would be r,?- k In tiie
fall
"1 have bscotae tborougrhlj Amertean,"
she r??n?ark?-d. la'ighlng. '1
forgolt-n I shall n?-v? ? play hi
SVTFRAGF, COMEDY FLAYED
Given at Lyreiim Theatre a? Benefit for
Magdalen Home
"The. I,ions and the Lan
fhe them-? of whl.'h was based "ti 'he pos
sihllitles that lie nn-re <?r 1? M dormant In
the ruffrag?: question, w.is a?*.en a single
perfonnaracc ai the Lyceum Theatre ves.
terilav afternoon for th? h.n.-tit -,f the
nursery of the MaR<lal?n ll?>in??. A?la
Bterhng was th? author of th? comedy,
which to?'k s?> well with yesterday's audl?
et,ee thai Miss Bterltng war- called for ii>
sistenii? hi the tinai curtain, but unlike
most playwrights sh?- ran sway.
ti?, answer to ths proposition, Could the
ii,ma ?i?? without ?lie lambe? ?aus distinctly
given by th?- littl- <-oni.-?l> Ii was. So!
Those who a-U-d vv-l! In smusing !
were Joseph Meri*l?-k, J. Malcolm Dunn,
?Trank Wecito, Qeorta Kelly, St
Bayneld, Vloletta Klraball, Ruth Holt Bou
clcttult. Lot ta [atathlcun, Helen Orn
and Henrietta ?"?.???lu-ln.
Frank Vfotlta, of Lewis Waller'a "Mon-1
-riera Besueali ' company, staaed the
pl? re
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PURSE ATTACHMENT FOR HOSE
Bachelor Gets Patent for Woman's
Pocketbook To Be Worn on Stocking.
Philadelphia, April 12 ?Arthur If. Pres
mont, a student of law at the University
of Pennsylvania, has obtained a patent '
upon a purse or pocketbook attachment
for women's stockings. The pocket is
about six inches deep and four inches
wide. A long flap coverlni? the top fastens
securely outside the ?to? king, and the
wearer mav put a little jewelled lock on
It if she wishes. It is to be worn at the
top of the stocking.
The new pocket is Intended to be the \
temporary repository of such valuables as
a woman may not desire to leave at home
and which may not be safe In a handbag. I
The inventor is a I-achulo:" twentv-three
years old.
HEBREW WOMEN RAISE FUNDS.
The committee in charge of the work of
raising $25O.?*X0 for a new home for the
Young Women's Hebrew Association report?
ed yesterday that up to noon they had
raised $74,215. The receipts tor the twenty
four hours from Thursday to Friday '
amounted to K615. The committee expect? to .
collect the full amount needed by April 2C
Of the amount received yesterday JJ.000 !
came from Henry Dix, of No. I6tf West Htb
street R. Fulton Cutting and Miss Grace ,
Dodge, who is interested in the Young I
Women's Christian Association, were also ?
among the contributors.
IN-ER-SEAL EMPLOYES DANfcE.
The In-er-seal Association, which ts com?
posed of employes of the various depart?
ments of the National Biscuit Company,
celebrated Its twelfth annl versai y labt
night. After witnessing a performance of
?'Oliver Twist" at the Empire Theatre,
which was decorated for the occasion, a
reception, ?ianco and short musical concert
took place ?tt Louis Martin's, the entire
fourth floor being rcserv-d for the associa?
tion. Theodore E. Belts is the pr?sident of
the association.
W. & J. SLOANE
WASHINGTON
/YO."?
SAN FRANCISCO
A Superb Collection of
Floor Coverings and Fine Furniture
We take pleasure in announcing that we are now occu?
pying our new building, which ?3 exclusively devoted to the
purpose, of our own business.
We are showing a remarkable col'ection of Oriental Rugs which has
tiken u. several year, to gather together. These rugs have never before
been displayed to our patrons.
The second and .hid fl.ors of our building contain a collection of
Fin. Furniture such as has never been seen in this city.
We have prepared a large njmocr of new patterns in Carpets of all
qua'ities, while the ran;e of co'ors in the Pain Carpets has been greatly
augmeoted
Our stocks or Domestic Rugs, Summer Porch Rugs and Linoleum
are unusually complete.
Prices remain the same.
Inspection of the merchandise and premises if cordially invited.
New Address
FIFTH AVENUE AND FORTY-SEVENTH STREET.
MRS. GAGE ADMITS ERROR
"Threat" Against Banker Not
Justified, She Says.
BELL IN COURT. SMILING
Woman Tells Jury She Took
Mrs. Grade's Remarks About
Daughter Too Seriously.
(From The Tribune Bureau. 1
Washington. April 11?Witt social lines
closely drawn and a breach In strictly local
I society, 'he lunacy proceedings against
Mrs. M'.rv ti ?'.age. the widow charged
; with threatening the life of Charles J.
Bell, a prominent banker and clubman.
I are likely to prove sensational If th? au?
thorities ?succeed in compelling Mrs. Archi?
vai?! Orad-, of New York and Washing
; ton. to testify against the woman, who
\ claimed that a plot existed t.-> bar her from
I ?fashionable socl-ty.
I lira, Qrad? 1- sought to break down th?
; defe.ice ?if Mrs. Gage that she based her
threat? to horeewhlp Mr. Bell on informa
Itton given her by Mrs. Oracle and that
she li.'e! BO "delusions" on the subject.
but rather wae mistaken. She was sub?
poenaed to refute Mr? Gage's testimony
that she had said Mr. Bell, who Is the
lent of the American Security and
v.l.- the head of the MO*
| Bpira,-' | in bet ?'MOeiOl ostracism,"
? but failed ? !
j .., cnn ?... 1 .tl tOOfe Mrs. Grades
l remarks too I am* *hat really there
e wa? ,. . < >n for them." testified Mrs.
tO-day Mr. Bell never took the
? mind that h.-> was
not peraecuting me and my daughter, but;
hatj | . told me half M much as he has ;
,.,,1 you, i-ntl-men ol the jury, i would i
not ,, . . .la finger. I beH_v_ what
.., reallsi now that I was mis- I
y,., i never did say I would kill :
him bacauM under no drcumataacea ?
would 1 do that Th? only 'threat* I made ,
\mmg that i would horaewhlp him In publlo
1f t," did no! ?top Injuring
Daughter Told Same Story.
j^vt week the daughter. Mt.s Margaret
i , tlcollj ?le- mme
to the J?. - ? ?lso declared that Mr.-.
i;r;,,,.. had I rnlahed the tof->nnatlon
again? Mr. Bell end that her motehar"?
?I feeling toward th? banker datad from,
thai tin,?-, which wae lu? i.?nber. It
, ,, ,-?, ,,. ttrancth -f tbU teatlmony that
,?, ?sort wae mad? to locati Mi* Oracle,
as it WM reported that she did not make
m attributed to her.
Mrs Oage Bleo told the jury t..-day that
.jly, ,-. . i made "an unpleaaanl iug*
,,'? about her daughter being end
.., no attach? o_ th? J<apaaeae embaw ?
rumor thai wm wholly unfounded, accord-,
inK t.. the wltnoM. "I PU the love light,
to tout eyes." was the playful taunt di?
rected at the daughter, testltled Mrs. (Jage.
The report Of the engagement had been
nrtnted to ? society pap? in Washington,
she said, and it had operated against her ,
daughter. _
?lr,> praetM statement of Mrs. Grade on i
which M? Gage says she based all her
animosity against Mr Bell "???*?? ?
??Mrs Gage, it is a sin and a shame for
vou to keep that girl in Washington as
.h. will have an awful time getting along
?. ?tally ? any other way with Mr. Bell ,
1' 8 vou as he does. You should take j
Zr back to Sew York-anywh?r_-but
Ae,?'t keeo her here."
Mr- Se said It was "a terrible blow"
to her and she pondered over It for more '
than a month before mentioning the matter
o any one. She stated that she then told
. i d_ of Mr. Bell "to frighten him. per- ;
haps " that she would horsewhip him if ,
hluirMrTGage's recital the hanker '
7 only a few feet from her. occasionally
?mllln? although in the main sitting quiet*
k with his eyes riveted on the witness. ;
v'r Bell ?as represented by counsel In |
?he nroceedings over the vigorous orotests
. Mnrnevs for Mrs. Gage, the claim be
to/i?S ?h*t\he lawyer. A 8. Worthing
" ?ne of the leading members of the local
Dar' should not take part In the examina*
i r the witnesses. The court permitted
Mr" worthlngton to take an active part In |
?he, nroceedlngs. / I
An adjournment was taken this after-|
.?ntii Wednesday morning, and In ,
Toite of efforts to obtain her release on ?
bond P*<*dln* the ?UtCOme ?f the P_"rtCeed"
_____! Mrs. Gage was sent back to the gov?
ernment hospital for the Insane.
SUNDAY'S NEW-YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere ?n the United States
[for |2 50 a /?*?**?
j GATINS WEDJVIISS WATEI
1 Couple Eloped While Her Fam:
Was Denying Engagement.
No time was lost by Miss Dorothy ^
I ters in marrying Benjamin Gatins af
she got home last Tues?lay on the No*
German Lloyd liner Kronprinz Wilhel
The next day Miss Waters left the ho:
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Jason ^
ters, at No. 274 Madison avenue, and w?
to the Citv Hall with her fianc?, wh?
they described themselves as:
Dorothy Philips Waters, twenty-c
years old. of No. 274 Madison aven
born in Atlantic City, daughter of Geor
Jason Waters and Bertha Fox.
Benjamin Kiely Gatins. twenty-thi
years old. of No 71 Central Park We
occupation, gentleman; horn In Atlan
son of Joseph Francis Gatins and Kai
erlne Thomas
The record In the City Hall shows th
they had Intended to be married ne
Monday In the Church of the Blessed Si
rament, in West "1st street, but on Thui
day .?Ir. and Mrs. Waters received a 1?
ter in which their daughter inform
I them she was Mrs. Gatins. It was wrltte
? on Hotel Manhattan stationery. Mr. G
i tins is a Roman Catholic, and It Is unde
i stood the pair were married by a prie
I after obtaining their license.
The Waters family had opposed tl
j marriage, and even denied the engagemer
I although It had been rumored for a ye?
: In sodety.
! FINDS LOVE IN STEERAG!
! Italian Count Goes to Ellis Islan
with Girl of His Choice.
The CoiAt Gustavo B_rsottl had no Ide
of takir.g unto himself a wife when h
left Naples, two weeks ago. on the Italia
liner San Giorgio. But when the vessel ai
rived here ye. terday I e was head o e
heels In love with a younsr girl of th
steerage, and went to Ellis Icland with b
vext. rlay, when he found that she woul
have to pass through the lrr.m gra'i'
channels with all other lecond ..lass ane
steerage aliens.
Th? San Glorslo had only a handful o
saloon passengers, and the count grer.
?weary before reaching mid-Atlantic. On
'..iv. according to one of the dozen version
of his romane?, he met his futur, fianc?e
by chance as she stood on the forecastle
head looking at the spray thrown up b?
th?? stem as It cut the water. A euddei
gust of wind blew her shawl aft. and sN
hurried after It. Th? count saw it an
caught It first, and rafter that he wasn't
long in catching t i i<-- heart ? t the youn?
woman.
egtgnorlna Elvira Plnanl is the haprj
girl's name. She was tr.mMllng to this
eountry with her mother, and. according
to the Immigration officials, Is of the high
type of peasant. She was not allowed to
visit the count on the sah on deck, but,
having the freedom of the ship, the count
was free to visit her In the steerage quar?
ters.
By the time the count made up his mind
that SlKiiorlna Fizzrmi would turely be one
the Countess Bursot I he asked ptrml son
to have her receive the freedom of the sa
locn deck, and thereafte- the eignorlna an.l
her mother were much in the count's com?
pany.
The count, who is twenty-two years old,
said he had come here to study Am .i lean
business methods, and would be with a
company at No. 10 Broadway. It la .alu
he will meet his fianc?e on her rehas. fr in
?Ills IslantJ tc-day, and the maniage wnl
be celebrated on Sunday.
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DIVORCE FOR FORMER MODEL.
Red Bank. N. J.. April 12 (Special).-j
Mrs. Vlila Schenck Meeker, a former
artists' model, received an absolute di?
vorce from her husband. Jesse T. Meeker,
a real estate broker, of No. 1170 Broadway,
New York City to-day. The divorce was
granted by Chancellor Walker on the
grounds of desertion. There was no det
fence to the suit. Mrs. Meeker has the
custody of her four-year-old son. Jesse T.
Meeker, Jr. Mr. Meeker had not lived
with his wife for about three year?. ?
GOING 10 SCHOOL AT ?
-
Baltimore Wcman to Take
Course at Cambridge.
i PASSION FOR LITERATUR
\ Mastery of the English Classit
the Aim of Widow of
Former Financier.
[Jay Telegraph to Th? Tribune ]
j Baltimore. April 12?Having been out
? school more than half a century. Mr
Francis White, of No. 1114 North Calve
street, who is nearly eighty years old.
planning to go to Lngland in June to ent?
I Cambridge University for a course in Em
tish literature.
A frequent visitor to Europe and to th
Sienes in England around which clust?
the lives of so many masters of literatui
whose works she has learned to love In
I lifetime of study, Mrs. Wh'te has decide
that no means of spending her lumrn?
would be quite so pleasant as a course a
the ancient university.
Mrs. White is the widow of Franei
White, a financier. She has three sen;
Richard J., Francis A. and Miles Whit?
and three grandchildren, the oldest c
whom Is nearly twenty-one years old. O
her trip this summer she will be accompa
nied by several friends, cne of whom wl
enter Cambridge with her.
Mrs. White's iamily on both sidee cam
from Virginia, although she was born an
I has lived all her life in Baltimore. 8h
i was a pupil at Miss Henderson's School fo
I Girls. This institution passed away, to b
6ucce?sd??d by the Misses Halls' School
which in turn is no more, but Mrs. White'
I studies have kept on. She took a proml
j nent part in Baltimore society at one tim?
I but since the death of her husband eh
i has lived In retirement.
I "I can't see why so much should be msA
of my little resolution to take i summa
i course at Cambridge," said Mrs. Whit
i to-night. Her hair is silver7 white, bu
I otherwise her nearly fourscore years res
i lightly on her shoulders. She smiled whei
I asked if she expected her teachers to b?
; severe with her, and declared that she wa?
| not going to school unless she could plaj
truant when she pleased.
j "I have visited the scenes In old Eng*
! land where so many people lived and 1
have learn??d to luve them," ?leclared. Mrs.
White. "In Scotland and the North ol
England are many beautiful spots immor?
talized in the lore of great men.
"Several years ago I went to Oxford to
see the university buildlncs. The old walla
and structures, treasured so that they
never will be changed whilt* they stand.
always had a peculiar fascination for me.
The queer old benches on which are carved
many illustrious names I remember still.
I am sorry the summer school is not ?it
Oxford this year, but it alternates with
Cambridge and this is a Cambridge year.**
While she will not go until June. Mrg.
White already is beginning to make h?8f
preparations. She expects to spend about
six weeks at the university and thsa am
return at once to Baltimore.
HELD FOR POISONING MOTHER
Inquiry Started by Half-Brother Leads
to Daughter's Arrest.
McAlerter. Okla.. April '2 -Mrs. Jul'a O.
Martin, of Evanston, 111 . was brought here
to-day and placed In Jail on the'chirge of
ravins- caused the death of her mother by
administering rois n
Mrs. Sophronia A. Moore became seriously
111 at her home here recently, and Mrs.
Martin, summoned by telegraph, arrived
three wetks ago. The mother, whose age
was seventy-tight years, declined rapidly
and died yesterday. J. W. lisr.ord, a half
bn tht-r ?>f Mrs. Martin, causea an investi?
gation to be made, with the nsult t.ist
Mrs. Martin was arrested.
Bel! and Wing
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