London Theatricals
THE "SLUMP." THE REGENERATI ON. MR. GRANViLLE BARKER. MR.
BERNARD SHAW. SHAKESPEARE AND RAGTIME.
(Or-pyrtgfct, 1P1-?. by r, w. Bmslley.)
London, irch
\\ h-'ii |n English newspaper flndi
?elf driven to ta'k of a "slump In tl
tres" the stat? of things must reall*
:<i slump has nom
that elegance wo are taugh! to
? and sometimes find, In the 1
presa Lowell ami Mr, How
thoritiea for
r.yc, still; Il h branded In the die!
arit.3 a-- obaoleb**, colloquial, 61 Am
can Protesta were at once he
Friends of the drama though! the
n unfair, even if im? An ?
? manager remarked tha
tinned shame t.? gaj >
' thing the whole riiie?*
of criticism in relation t.. plays
' - "i- taro of tbejK au|
tl - maelvoa inter? ? a \
qui tit.-in order to
.. wha' vet- might bo t
ir own theati
n .'is- admitted In
I nal statei 11 nt that the sin
though ?general, wat t -?t universal,
of tar? . -, ,,11 but
war? said to be In trouble; und <>f
all aren at their !?? b!.
came the phil??sopl . -
seal
found thn-e:
I ; ? thora of had playa
2. Lent.
3 The I 'xi atrlks
So doubt the strike k< ?ps- many p
I ? I hume, u bas lasted two mon
and during all that time you co
never bo Bure of getting n hud al
theatre; and cannot now. T
Ity affecta mainly the public
Ih and boxes. Pu and galler
sre content, now ns g*. ? r
or motor-b?a: A man can alwa
rnr liimselt; hi*-- trotibl. : .
look aft? r. I
deterring Influence ??f i^-nt may rm
methlng; and of the weather. T
playa must be a?lmltt?.
and of their production.
. manag? rs b< gan to *
m't they r.'uid no longer forocaai t
? ps or failure of th?
? hem. Th? an vei
men of bustneos, these managt
tl.. y are g? 1
? of the public 1
?
? s not depend wholly on t
^ of lb.' ;
? ether 11 happ? i
r" the town at the nv?mei
do much toward bleu
tl Ighl not.
a.-kei) what did.
But I
? . ;. , ' to each oth
?
-
1 have known s of th
in about the sale of ?book*
we ha
? .
awe the regeneration of the
?
? ' ? imp?
1 think of Mr. . <*ne
(a a S
? on th platform and an Ai
? on tbe stag?. ?Can 11 be th;
r.- . ?!- ( 1 y?- ? ? nae. ?
1 think of Mr. Granvllh Barker. 1
.'hi. a tor, arni mar . I
' 'an ho ho a 1 BUS tt Ar- pl,v
he attained the distinction 1
? ? naored; < 1 en before
libio ?guardian ?"if th" public mo
'
! ?ear < >'
? a<i !.o<-!i appointed Joli
1 of plays by the Lord ?"hambei
Mr. Barker - ' Wast. " turned,
abortion, ami dealt pr?
? L- al efferl
? ^i. a! proooas. A pr
*.??.?? performance of ?;.
?.?.-??
Which 1 wa*: not privilege?! to witUOS
What i say Ihi
!naTt'r of common notorl?
n Mr. Oranvlll
barker-- "TweMlh Night" al the Bavo
Theati?. a play originally written b
Ifi
? ' ? ? ruction diffe
trot 'I til?' ;
?A-i.ich Bhakoopa |hl Uve act
? 'i many, Mr- Barker alh
' ? Whether he hold;; that Baooi
nroU - ire 1 know m t, but b
tl ?? he. Barker, know
better than Shakcsp?*?".r?i knew in wha
f'rrn thi- comedy of Twolftb Night'
' The change fron
fl'.'f a (j to three many be one Item li
ration of On Elhabethai
drama and rf th? Mace in general.
Th?re are other Items. The Savo?
I tself has been not only rogOfl
*rrat.i] but whltewa-thed; or I sur?!1??*--?
wir i. The enlarged pro?,
cenium l? a splaah of white, dasallni
*hite. The curtain has been Ml ba'k
f-.-.ti.Kl ts am
BO much broad'-r as *A
?? th? winga t" begin In rk
the audience; as if Profeaaor U< In*
It'a methods bad Influenced Mr
-er. There is a broad dah or atei
In !? ? , eurtala: which itaelf is
..or ..r,re h..-! been, ahito; now a dirt:,
?hite; Ump and wrinkled; a rag of a
be acton passed it
fr< n* ?.f t; ?r,nle behind When 1'
Wrinkled Itself up. yon behold a set
scene: whlte-walled, plnk-tetnphd, with
I"*'" y |r woodi ? ' ?''"'?
two ,.. iamid.?i ..<" ahrubbory Iu green
tmrdboard cylinders, dhnlnlahlng M
they tov.er<--d alof!. This I underatood
bs were to accept s onventional
treatment of scenery; and conventtonal
Ina sense it 1?.. of th<- kind one b?. aine
familiar with ? n life, in the
'"'oah'-i Ark*- provided for the enter?
hhment of embryonic youth. On this
??nd (,\k ,,r i\<?i ?.Hit scones the dirty
*rinkled white rurtaln kept Koing up
? ?nd down; the change? ho frequent that
->H notion of continuous dramatic: move
n.**nt wan lout, and on n??cnied to be
y Wing on at a peep-show.
to this impression the actor? and tt?
htsse? contributed. They popped on
?nd off the stage casually, a? if fr??m
,tln-s to tune it occurred to them to ap
**** or disappear. Once there, yon
i wondered who they were and a
came, \\h<> is this None? formlst Min
tatet In solemn garb and of solemn
peet h who talk pi I Thi
ime telli you It la Mai? olto
It is ii"! on r. cord that Malvollo I ? ?
ed from ;i Convcntl? le i" ? ?'
Mr. AInley, who act, ? -
an a lor of ??apacity, which 1 Judge he
has eubdued t" the Barker gtandard.
Of la .i thai h-- meant thi g i it? re Mal
? "li?> to be a prot? I the bul -
foon? i? ,-,f Mr Horhrrt Tree's Imper?
sonation? Whatever the reason, he
pla? ed it ? under i om ti aint ol
kind, xt mi acaree .1 fia h of humor.
' ?? ??t lin- ? nd had a mo?
ment a glimpse of lie. real AInley an!
the r? al Malvollo, a Ith his tragic ? ; j
of revei ge.
The . otnedy, ind< ed, has ' ? 'ome .1
? Duke of lllyrl 1
i? ht i 'le- ? ?'? o; v\ hit?
w b?, ? Boom : , ? ' lian,
Antonio, Sir An?t? a Agu ? h< < Y
j aro all rag? ncrating h ' Into
the Barkei mould. Sir Toby Belch wa
the 1 xception, in; t< ad of reg?
he was hont on presenting to
real Blr Toby; steh a Sir
Shakt - ;?? in dren . h S Ir Toby ""ho
re dl) might have been Olivia's ?tin -
man; never too drunk nor too nol?) t..
1. 1 ii< -, ,?? i. g .- ound and Int? ? 1
ting.
Tho Viola 1 ? en h' fOW
Lilian M< ? forth] 'a a as the \ loi
Misa Phyllis Neltson-Terry; 1
.' in corned). a girl of a? ? teen.
-. ? ed it with
I natural grace and ? wll h 1 1? b
tiue feeling for el. such
-?*;,. with 1 m fa rape In hot n
. .-'otilo.-, as if she had always
worn t hem. und with ha] rcep?
Uon of red!'- valuea aa In a 11 ?
were astonlahli
puld 1 ave been thi ?
admirable. Ml M< Cau
ir. -. ni us ? Ith a mature, d
. ,11 green pyj
with the stamp of the nursery still "?
. 1- of tho nursery maid. ? Hit
whom Bhakeapeare gave youtfa
? nough to ? nthrall the 1 ?
now ! ? com? 1 a mlddli -aged
dame, Maria, one of the
In all Shak<
?1 Quak? r la* a.
if the , ... ho
. .,-h of in* en?
1 ? r of
? Il?en ir t beta 1 en pi 0 -? and
no on? pi rform?
? g
? al values; nor of 1 b)thm; n
- ten?
I a form, is tl en th? . to be
.- v* ith the art
?cutlon and 1 . ... 1 \ ? th.
IHouse of Moli?re, In Paris, tl
?
al i" the ren I? rtni
tlon and cm- \
position .-.ro r?-. kon? d the 1
1 ? ramal
?
have ..?: through this "Twelfth Night"
... .,. ? ag* ff
I am giving you a pure! , lm
preasion. Tl ? ? ority
i th?- other way. rker
'Twelfth Night" haa kep
for more than g ;
it hag been pralied by tho , 1 ?ti.
by some ol them. The fi i. nd ? h?
with m>? chose it as the on? 1
Lon?
inn-, " as half empt; and cold
an exceptional night.
Mr. Parker ha: made f in
timos pat ? a conald man?
eg? ? and product r oi plait, B .
tan? oui a Ith Shi e he 1
laic senting, as , ften i-< foi ?
.Mr. Bernard Shaw; who luper orlt:
to siiak'-spoat-r we have Mr.
tin.1-1! I ?? : BCC4 ptillg. M ; . Bai k?
1 \en v\?n '," the height ? ; 1 om
should he not with
menta and a ? ?
;..-.'
Th? ?' tt* other n g n< 1 t<
Mr. Barker and Mr, Shaw.
the ra
Ig mor, the n. 'han the ?
but Bin '? almost all th
a-iors and a'-tr?ism i now m
1 to ;ho halla that la no repi
Tho opportunltlei for ragtime ar. nat?
urally greater In tin- halla than m the
ar theatres; In gome <>f which
playg without muaic are atill
foi m? d. Thli inn"' al Ion must be an
ath?-r form of rageneratlon, suco it
comes to London from America.
\V< brought soin?- of 'i with us ine
other day on the Luaitania. There
".oro ragtime |" rformor;- on thai nobli
??hip: both colored and while. I h? ,
were fished out from ihe second cabin
and gteeragfa, und for two evening)
lighted and ?icaf.ned the saloon pg
Bengera In the l-mnge: "f whom the
Atntrlcati Ambaasador to France was
one,?indeed, he food naturedly presided
one evenlhg ovar tin- entertainment,
for chant.-ft ake, with Mr, Haddon
eh.n.,la rg as in at lieutenant An
American gin aal ent*rnnced on lh
game hencfa with ih?* piano ragtime
player. Blr "fahe**naa Llpton looked on
ami listened. go did the . aptaln,
That Wag tWO month;* ago. T
J'agiirnc and !he Moving Picture shows
ar, the m"; 1 profitable things going
In London. Neatl come the Musical
?oni'd:.;, Bast, paynavm, g different
sort of picture show at IP- .Maj. I
Theatre ''Drake,'' with I man
nights' run to Its 1 ; ? Mi. Bai
ker's "Twelfth Night" al th? Savoy, if
Did be not regeneration, what la? it
is a toanciaj :wr Bhall not tl e finan.
rial t. .* t of .*??.- pt< d ? it
may be unfoi tunat? ; hat, tri? -i b
this t< : t, Ragtime and Pageant p?? ?
and Mr. Bernard Shaw arc more -u,
?,o;,.sfri] than Sha le pear. . But, itn
fortunate or not, the fa ts must ha
faced. ,; W. ft
RED CROSS FUND ??1,560.000.
-j?/nshlngton, April i-'?' '??"? n i.j 11. .n.
atnountlug t" aVS,SSt raceived to*da) h?
ti,. \in' ri.-au Red ?'to;.- brought Hi
fund fW tho relief yf tho Hood silfl. 1.1 -
up to J!,>",'???.
FLAGLER ABLE TO SIT UP
Condition of Railroad Magnate
Greatly Improved.
? ? Palm Boa? h, Fla . \? rj
Hi nt M. Plagier, th. railroad mag
!i" ha ; been n hen
week?, ? . |0 ??
? Improved to day.
I.'? II :- stated tl ? Hi
Plagier sal up for s I -? ? ? ,
BIG CATHOLIC SALE OPENS
Local Societies Join in Monster
Exhibit at 12tli Regt. Armory.
. . the United
>' orl ?.ned last i Ight by
lh Rea
ry, ?t Columbus avenue snd ?
? ooti - an i
, .-?
n ti?. Hi -.'. \ orii .i
?? I] .. in '.i..L-... for the ti' ?X
n th? high ? ? ?
will sel
i .in i.
?:?'?'
fault '. ? ? ? wit
oth full of i >*our ret
tve i
no more
'ii smiling,
? : ? He? . Into parting
But the show l Ind
i ? Marquette
i , ? . i man?
ain|i
?
Ulut-I ' Catholic m i
throughout I ??
\V< ?i. ? 'hin? ?? mal ? I ?
? -i ..r tii? . ?
I . t lo n.J.lit
und > \' Ibllt "i i nt I Ihe .*-' mth,
f the French, ?
i
The < 'athollc i Hind s ii""i li
- nled bj f.x. nty?one ehlldn n, wh?
with tl . . production "f their m Bool
room \ i it"?:- to this ? ihtblt ma]
tin tt:- blind pupil: v?.c.iviiik baskets,
i.-.pealitlng?.hetlni and doing .?
? ?r other ?i i ti i. ull varieties ol work
t ? An i- nt . ?..o r of 1 lib? i nh.n a in
by the hundred, bul
? . ol orangeade to
iur llf? i ou e h it, s
v. Ill I, ?ml '.?m a
MISS WILSON WON'T TELL
Suffr.i^ists at Richmond Can't
Learn Ker Attitude.
; ? r. "i I. \ . ' r !
? ?
?
? r 1 .
? ? t nt all th?
- n?.
.
lion hs ......
f 1
I
family 1
? ? ? . ?
Because of rsfn 1 '
I the world hi
I M Harriet Ti?
ALL-DAY SESSION AT OPERA
"The Huguenots" and 'Butter?
fly" Have Last Presentations.
Mm? i '?
and Alten and M M
Rol ' ite aft
.
ist of M r and MM M
and .-? -??? the < packed t
? '..IIU
sson
Mr. i ... ? ?? th.iti
: . '
D >,ro\ id '.' L fil
.. i the Met I red The
?: with
? Hon.
?
r . . .
l'a,-, n,, s mont | ? .??"i her
comp i ? ? frd
? ?tample
led.
-.-??
BOYS IN "AS YOU LIKE IT"
Banuurd School Pupils Give a Sue
cessful Performance.
Th? Iu -it'' ''hih, of Ban
?. . o? i very
o? manee ol -?"???? it" na i it
.ta night, at the schoolhoui -, In
244th sir? ? t ii. Idston, '! hs Broi
Edward H Weaver vas Orlando
.i i i oh the part of Rosalind.
n ,'-. Brown did son i I itllng
it c ' ? ? ' ive to
i, if, i Irland.. In lh? I Bd Th?
of 1 oucl -i on? as dlvld? <i betw. Alan
i . i mnn snd < i:i ster Boll? . < 'ha? le ?
Fowl? r (?-ii ars Raynoi Hal?
. Shlpman, pr? sld? Bt ol ths < I ib
as Idem
DOBBS TEA SWELLS FUNDS
Adds Hundreds to Resources of Nur?
sery and Neighborhood Hor r.
hm..(it of Ihe Ms :? ? ho ! ?.. Nui -
and the i ' boi hoo i 11
held ? ' t. i o.i .?It- 11...',- ,,t the
Panel m ti- '
on sali I do!?
d. Mia uolly Best
mono!? l*t* ?
Among ,n chargi ol I
. , : " - Ros Mrs.
m, m,. ? I i Mrs. Livingston Platt, Mrs
i ; . ? Hollli ' Mi - ' '? ' ?'? i:"
W j \?...... it? r Mn '?ci bert w i.- "\.
;,,,.i th? m ?es Lydia Colt Batter, Anns
.,,,. \.?.i Northfl ? Marjo Han?
i.; ii. i \\ ret Loe a,
-,? | erite ? Bt? '?'" t Talmadge, i
? ; ie of
? g h?
-, ii Young,
.. !?, . '-"?? k, Kllsabeth Ken
lefen II ' ,; !n"1"
? !.' < ?i? t.i R. noon
Rutlei II and
Motile
?.' H:'' '? 1',._
COLONY CLUB TO GIVE BENEFIT.
,,., h Int rated In tbe b? neftt
????,!. |??;-int" ?vblCh ?ill hM Riven at
th? coloay 'i'1, "" T".,v i,f,,r,in"!'
. und, ,- tl "?"? ot Mr,
\ Wright and Mrs Qeorgs Btb?
i ,i ,, itu ??? ol the affair ? ; i
; ^AtM^bt.e*???mfi5 "frS"?
Fifth iivrnu?
CALLS CUBISTS THIEVES
Have Stolen Our Stuff, Says
President of Art Fakers.
EXHIBIT OPEN TO-MORROW
A. Mizrakjian's "Butterflies"
Wins First Prize-$5, 3 Cents
and Pie for F. Ncitzert.
ihr Society of Ameri?*aa faker., tho
being thai portion of tho Art Stu?
dents' i.oac-iio thai gets an acute attack
of tha fnnny-bone at,out this timo on.-ii
year, c.iio H private vt<ew of It? annual
Matteawan of Art y?Mrt?*rday in thi
tionai Aeadem] al Deatgn, g( No. HS I
.'..th str.-M, for the benefll of thi ,
The deal opening will eatas to?mo*-r-*w,
when the -,?? neral publia wit* be allowed t.,
? nter tha wards of the ? ahlbitle?
pari ? Itb 'i - .?!'? for the privilege of
?air ?!io \arlous forms "f ait mania >"n
there. Th? pui*pose la i?. raise funds
fer ? for *,?"!-th*- .- tudi nta who
? to i- coi ? irttsl lust like th*
v on* i through tins ? '..
art," said at i' Pridley, ni of
th.ittvrrak, ''?me should l>?ar In n
? ' twenty-second aun ial ? ?
hltrftlon of un.- ?^?p ?f ;,tt. My next
? I? that during iho last two or three
? - i-? thi re baa at Frai
tain p tint? i who call Um m
. BO forth.
"Their ..- balled at the r<K?*u<
national Exhibition ?*>f Modorn Art In
tho '.otii Regiment Aratorj thing
v a mat lei ol fact, I i
al all Thi ? of American Phi
? - i.- .a, doing the
taentj -two *-? srs, onlj betti i Th?
tuff?anybod) can
??o<? thai
There are aixty?foui i*eaulta of u many
Collision t-.i,^;, ?...?i oil |?aint and
In the exhibition, no le a
four of iiiom i"?inK prise wlnnera
The prise winning was dorn trie! iintter
tho rules ?a tho a aso rlstlon of fakera,
which call for burlesque on ihr works on
? ii. ?la- doarnstaln In tho ?gallery uf the
National A ...!? m ? of i ? g
Whi n the publl ? i admlttt d t
i it v? i . that 1 first | : !
r ? ''Rutterflii ?," i ?? a Ml
. ? of the wo
i amot tit of i ised In '?"'ni- it.
to i ist what mu le
-
\ !" Bradley, jr II i I
rlt ? a Hod "1 .
er and I - - Ir. 1
?
'and
en the I
"fi a
a ?hile th<
? >i the worst f i'..
.' ?
?. ? m In?
. ? ? rha Loaded
?
? Th? Pew 1 India : ? addition
....
? a
of t
it i . ? that I
will i ? ; : ?
1 ?
I to ?pit '
.
i ?
rade there 4
. . -i Will he o;
. f ,.m to-morrow until
Thu . night I
old at auctloi alghi
r|il wind p with a dam a
CUBIST MAKES A -KICK"
! Picture of Dogs Barking m
Saloon Puzzles Health Board.
A ' " ? received at the
11. partm? nt of Heall
i ever ? ame In stiel
a form and had there nol been mu-*h
_ In a letter th I
com] ? ' ??
knot plaint bureau
loped" < ul the i i lui a to I a
Ma. be it's ? ? about n ?
ng <!,,?? nsl dra i aid one "f the .tt
expert of tht d< p n Intent, who knoa s
bla? K c? ?? m b< II or can recog?
la/a a
, oi ..n you i tld a nol liei
'thai , rd ? ling op."
The complaint however, i found to
. ? do a "i t" o lai ge doga In i he
i of a aaloon on the low? r Weal
Bide Th? a
keeper had placed "two extremely lai fa
canines" In the rear <>f the -*al?*?ou, and
ti , th? a dot larked all night, "as
? i plctui a "
? '1 | .?t do? in'l l""k like a saloon to
i,,. ,;. a . i a doubting Themse, aftaj
h . ? ctlng the picture 11< 11],
A anitai ' ?raa d? talli d t.. and
th.- offending d
1 BAC HELORs"f ARE WELL HOSTS
; John Dyneley Prince, Jr., and Louis
S. Week:; Give Dinners.
John Dyneley Prince, Jr, ?ho will
mai! - Ml? Mai lai de F m en
w . ?!-. -.i.?. m g! TI rch, gave
-, ?. n bach? 1er dlnnei la I nlghl
? i ib His gu??ats In? lud. d
Ph-enla It-graham, Bi tuna Hewitt Ftmi
T Frt linghu -? n. Le ??.and B. Cai
i r. . . potti ?? R laan II, William '-?>
Ht hli ffelln, I" . I 'hart? n Rui sell, |r ,
Qammcll, Qrnttaw W Mloot, H
|*i... .lohn Mutilo. . ' li'-fit' r
i..,.i.i. Ki ham Bmlth Emarat and <; orge
p d? Veau.
!.,.,iis ?-Valoir? Wo? ks. who \slll man?
Miss laabel Uli ? ' '"???? "" Tut id i
Ils faiew-ll hacluloi- dinier laat
nigh! al the Colvmbla Club. Among hi?
. ro Arthur I' Wtt ko? Jr.. \V.n
,i,ii i? Blagdt-n, F. Burrall Hoffman, jr..
? (; .,, . :? \\ lUttun N. Taylor,
j Henn i: Be? kmaa, ?'? sidra Pi II, Citarte ?
. . : 11. i Ralph ?v Orar
isTOWELL TO SUCCEED MOORE.
Philad? Ipl la, iprtl i- U ?raa an?
. to da) thai Dr. 1
ol Interna?
lional aa In the \%'ii??? t..t, .'?'. iiooi. Uni?
?,., it] of P? nnaylvanla a euld go to I 'a
lumbta i rU? ? ratt* ? ? ? ? ar t,. take ap
lh? work of John Ba ? " Mo ' " nom
counsellor for th? Depa-rtunenl of State,
Washlngtoa.
SUBWAY CELEBRATION PLANNED
Alton B Pai-hee trill be taaa-tnaaster
at ?t .Itiiiicr to colehrato tho gggnJag "f
the BUbway contracts, at the VY.il.lot f-An?
nula II?.1.1. on Monday, April 21. The
dinner will ba att.ii.iod by ariany pelt?
tic|;,ns. hankort?, m?-r< limits, o lit? tais and
otbera a laes-sttoa ba the A-itor tsasatty
will be hold bmtOte th?? dinner.
JOHN e. HENDERSON DEAD
Former U. S. Senator and Au?
thor of 13th Amendment.
Waahtagton, April 12 i"1-'! B.?
Hendereon, formerly United Btatea Isna
t< r from Mlssonr!, and -?nthor of tbs Tbtr?
teenth Amendment t?> the ?""institution ot
tbe United r-t.it.->, ?ji?_d hers al s hospital
t"-nicht from ? complication ol dloord?:- ?
n<- \?,is eighty-els years old.
Mr, Hender on was t ii<- n -?
Monday, and bia pb**alctans had him re*
moved to a hospital. Mrs. Henderson
who bad been with hba oonataatly. and
ins only wn, John h. Hend?nreon, jr., ar? ?
ar his i?'i.-i'i' when death ramo. ?
?If'hn B. ll?.ndcrf">n was horn in
?ylvanla County, Va. November It, ,s'''
ami erben s mail boy removed arlth bis
family to Lincoln County, Mo. There
h. r? '.'i\.-fi a common school education.
wtili-h was supplemented by his own sf?
forts with g thorough training in math? -
mattes ???"! .. ?,.i knowledge of ?the
i ;? n. )<? fon he s Mr. Hen
d< rson )?? e -i" ? sch? "! t< icbi r, ? ??
a bile thus ? ngagi d s! dl d las Hs was
tted t?. thi i.ir m Matoric Plh?
i fas Loulsis?a,
Mo
Ho ws elected to tl ? lature
from I'd? ' ? .... ? . ?
tied many i
-?i snd imnkinc laura, in
;-'"? 1, i.-d for the national
llOUfK ??' t.- ! Ml was ..?
:? !
Mr. 11. nd? i son n i ? oppo?
, . ! t . 11 rrlng das
ih.' Civil Wa: If? WS ?'
Bncl sideatl ?i ? i> tor, snd In
? the tlo* I
Ml ouiI f?. Bt? phi A Doui ?
lent i ' ? er of
?ni convention to determln? I
? ol
\- ih ..f th?- < " i \ ; i War ti..
provisional tlovernor ol Ml.trl appotnl
. d Mr. 'i. nd? i - fen? ral ol
the Btats militia, and ha organised a bri?
ll is pronounced '
i m i -i.i carried him lato th?' Republican
t , and in UM he eras appointed
t'nit' ?! Btat lA* itenaal
Oovernoi 1! I to fill th? vacs caused
th? ? tpul .?"n o? 'ir laten Polk, a
Hunt:. r, following ti il
tlon, I ? Ml ourl I gl ilatun m
ti i
1 I ? memorabl? u i
toi i' ai singti set of 1 ? life
ol ?.'.:? Thlrtot nth Amend
?'.'.;? ?? ? ; ?
ivery.
lalrman "i I on
? - commis?
? th i i
? - .
: I . . P . ? ' ?ill. I?
i ..:? .i a" treaty n it h the
: ? that
' " ??'.'.:
. ounli?*? li. .i ? . reimburse
r war ex?
i- nd ? "
?i." of th'*
:
? ' ? ini
i ll".
If? ' ? ? Johnson, snd
? ?
? | refused
?
ited 1
Bhort end
..r hi- Senatoi
? . ?
? ? ?? hi
' ' ? !': ? .-.
r-clal United
tti ths whiskey
In ISM hs was chair?
n -m Ol '
that i
?
n tin ?! from th? i
nd with
rife and
... ? ?
t Henderson hoi
at.d I'ith str. - the
ol wai hing ton and
rtsh entert I In J
.
til ' ? I ? ' immoned
to court 1 '"i
ront ol
? , ? . -. r ti
' t he poll ? led gu 11 ty,
Henderi Washington
. , ? In Ma* ? tying I
? -liar in
at In front ol i ?-?
choicest
the < lid w
: nd her hun?
den! ? irder ol
Re? bal " I ? ilaatlon
, alii .1 "Hend? ft on T? nt"
m mbers were Invit? - In th?
tlon of "th tuff" that
i ? n Brathering obw? b b< lo? stair
COMMANDER WALTER J. FEARS.
Commander \\ alter .1 Peai ?, I B IS
.,. tired), ? I? 'i st the Saval I :
Brook!] :
Hs bad i eon III for boom Urn?. snd wa ?
taken to tbs boeptt u on W11
Conmaader Pears sraa appointed t" v
napolis In MU, and was retired In IM6
n. beeame superintendent of municipal
In ""'i", .-un? heM tha! ot?ca up t..
the tiiif ot his ?!?? ith He lived at tbs
Hotel ? k rard. He I? av? i ? wXtt
CLARENCE W. AYER.
M .pill i.' Clan
A; er, librarian ol I hs ? -ambrtdge
I'n-iii' i nee Itot snd sn suthorliy
.. : ,? ? administration, died suddenly
from ? out? 'i '?'-?'' i '"H i" dai
Mr, Ay? r was born at Hav? rhlll flftj -
,. ,? ? I I' r .. I Im? I '
-, if E rllsh .?t Wittenberg ? oil? go,
gprlnad? d, Ohio, later belna connected
with Wi ? '? r
Mr. Ayer attracted attention by his
srorh at the ?
Library and nt tbe New y/ort Publie
Ubr i. ?
OBITUARY NOTES.
IRA i: B \kKit. d< rl of ths Pr? port
(Long Island) police court died > ?tcr?i?v
In th- Hempstead Sanatorium. He was
horn in Brooklyn fifty-nJos >?
had ii*."i on tbs south side at Long
island for twenty-five yeara ?ot years
hs sras superintendent of construction at
Long Beat ? He leai i *nfs and an
adopted daughter.
ARTHUR W. RATMOMD, known on
tbs Baal ***** ai "Tbs Boy Tragedian,"
di?-d yseteriay imm pneumonia at his
home, .s.?. 271 Third avoaus Raymond
waa algbtsen years old and s gradu?t? of
iMiiiic school ta, ?Maas al IMA n?* leavaa
a iiiotiict and a . 1st? I
MR1 CATHRRIrtl ? BROUWMR, a
widow, sevsaty-two yeara old, died on
Prlday frotn heart dlsca.???-? at lnr h?im?\
Ko, 171 Oraad street Wlltbunsbuig. iior
fatbei Henry l> Witt ram? fr,.in Hoi
land almo.st sixty years ago to Btng In
otic of tha first companies t.. produos
Brand opera In this country She leaves a
son.
BURKE stonk. ? well known r.-ai Ba?
tata broker, ?lied yeaterday from paralysis
al his bens la PondfleM Road, Br<-?n\
\lllc. lie was born In Chteagg slxty-ntn?
years a?;o. n.* leaves one son
MKS anna W. ABBRNETfff died
yeaterday al hcr borne, Ho 77:; Moi-tgom
ery street Jeraaj City. Bhs araa the
widow of Hnch ii. Abernethy, e/he aras
colon, i of th. ith Regim? nt, N'-w Jersey
National Quard, and president of tin 1er
Bey City Pottos Board when P. ?, Wan
par aras Mayor. Hit" leaves two daugh
:
WEDDINGS.
BOWER?BUNKER.
Katherlas May Bunker, daughtet
ot Mi and Mrs Albert Banker, of Ko
:<7 Hudson Terrace, Fonkers, was married
In St. John's Episcopal Church In that
la) aft? t oon to Rrnesl Tur
fil Bower, i lawyer, of Manbaf*en Ih?
Rev. John Mark Eilcaaon, rector af the
? bureh, offl? laied.
Hai Ban I Bunker a a* meld of
honor and thi brldi imaid wars Mi ?
ISdgards Robinson and Mi-s Helen Kiting,
"l % ??nk? r:-. MISS .Ian- Torran -. of I tl
I'urgh. and Mlas May Connor, of Tenafly,
N. .1 Charit R ol Hartford, Conn.,
ws ti' beat man. and the ushers were
gi Bunker and Archibald \\ 11 ?
of fonkers; Edward Barber and Robert
H. Mead, of Ardmore, Penn . Trow bridge
Marston, "? Brooklyn, and Wilfred B.
: Waterbory, ? 'onn.
Mr. Bunker, who i, ?rloe-presMent <?t"
t!?' Psjardo Bugar Company? of rort'?
Rico, gave his daughter In man 14 s
Is a graduate of the Halstad Bcbool and
loll? g< - Ml '-;''" Val
man.
?
CLARKE?NEWMAN.
Noah inner Clarke, of Albany, son of
lohn M. ?'larkc, m,,t?- Oeologlst, and
Madeline spar Newman, daughter <?f
Mr? and Mrs. Howard Newman, wen
married last nicht at th?- home ,,{ tiK
i'M'ic-s- parents. No. !>i Pallaad? avenue,
. oaken*.
The fXtff, fu*. !. Mason "'lark?*. past .r
or the Pira! Preebyterian Church uf
Brooklyn, an uncle of the hri?ic. per?
formed ti.rereony. Hs araa as : ted
by the it- v Dr. William P. Bl venson,
th? PIrst Pn :?':? I? t Ian ? ihurch
ol fonkera
Mil s Elsa Han kers,
tbe ?ride's only attendant Warren
Waldo flaw-ley. Jr., of Batavia, H. Y.,
the baa! man, Edith 1; "
- - . and Walt? P Qetty
11| ell were 1 Ibbon bean 1 s
o
KING?FORD.
Moi ' ? N ' April 1 ! Ml Ro
Pord xx.,:, married to Arklay Km?-*,
? ?' Qarrlaon n. y . In the ? !hurch
Rede? mer, at r,? ?? ?.? to ds The
was pi ?form id bj the n
the i;, i ,, ?. ? !? 1 The bi
.itt. ? ren Mi Henry I
Men york of honor;
Emily Ward Pi.of 1 is bi
j maid "f honor;; Miss 1 r in ? Bun. ' '
! Isabel iioyt ar-?i Miss Elisabeth E
' ? ?.' . ork, and M
of Boston, brldeatr
Archibald Oracle King was his brother's
1 were Kredi rick H.
Clarence ? '1 imm ns, ? lallatln
.- all of N' a
and
Heno W. Pord, I b I? brother.
After tbs - bureh oerem ptl >n
ws given it "i "ni Pat m, the It me of
th.- bride's parents? Mi snd Mrs, u.
. 1 "ni m \'. 1 renui
-.
MISS ELSIE E. GRIDLEY TO WEp.
M '. Isabeth Qrid ey, d.? ighter
? n Mr and Mr ? 1 idws o m id ?Iridl '
to Edward Hinman, ir..
'?' ? : .* the
? of b? r pan nt.-. No. 1 Bedford 1 '? ??
att? ndant a III
sist.-r of the
bridegroom, ?? d 11 nry Brevoort Ren
. i to be 1 ' tat Al | ?
1 ?eor-jr?- I!, r.: ??. Wat Ten,
? ? Ferdinand Zogbaum, Id
? ? ' i?:v. .- v. I .it ,it the
? mony at 1*30 p. m . bul B fea ;: tl?
e been s iked to the 1 ??
? ?n.'n. which win follow half an
I itei
m [fan ? e son of Mr and Mr?. I
Hinman, ot No IM R? -ri-' B
. treet, Brooklyn
- u ?
MISS OGDEN TO WED MAY 7.
Arrangements have been complet d for
th? wedding of Miss Helen Ogden, daugh
Ml snd Mrs. Alfred "sden. of
N... 117 \\'St ..Mil stre.*t. and Andrew
Which is tO taise j-'ri".?
;,r 4 p. tu . Wednesday, m..- I, In Grace
Church. An hour after the ? tretnony
there s 1 eeptlon al !>? Imonlco's,
r. (Bdlth Ogden),
m itTOn Of honor, and
Ml Katherine (?Rden, the five-year-old
? 1 o? Mr. and Mrs Alfred Ogden
Wisner), srtll att?*nd her aunr
as flower girt. Tbs best man win bs
Colonel Prenda |-? Caffey, formertj of
. " . 1. it a 'no i ? n? a living in Waah
? ushers are to bs John T
? ifden, : brother of ths bt We;
i..11.1111- ?? Ls Toun tt- Di Iggi
I i iklne B. Eestg, llarrie T.
?..en berg ami i?r Henry ? ??oi
.- : ..t Han I ??rk.
Mr. Williams was graduated from
* ? ? in.1 from tha Hi rvard
Lau School in 1MB. Hs la s member of
ths Princeton, Harvard and ?'
? ?labs and Squadron \ He and hta bride
i on ths Kronprinz? sain ? 'et
Thi y s til spend a month n oto***
II ? te "n the Continent, and aspee! to re?
t ,in on til" Imperator, .June it,
AT NEWPORT.
[Bj - ?. tm 1
011 April 12 some douM
Mi W lUlam B Lei da srtll sp-end
.-ire. portloi " the com! 1 mnmer here.
Bl 11 was ? \|.. t"d .it h? r estate? B
Point but it la u"w reported the! ?lie has
changi ?i h.-r ?im*?.
Mr. .?nd Mi 0 P. Ds Panel win
op. n their stummer home ?>n May t.
Mrs Hamilton MeK. TaromWy and miss
Twombly have bs! Juaa i si th>- .in. ot
th. Ir air:*. .1
Mrs Willi.un V. PrHtt was a dinner
this evening.
?.lid ?in and Mrs. Barnaul f Dallant
gave ?? small daaes ?it Von A.lams this
evening
*.? ? Joseph Harrlman and sans have
returned from Aik. .1
,;,,, g, p Hayarard, of Brookune, has
i. ;, . i Beech cottage No 1 for the coming
Mr. and Mrs 1 harJaa M. Oelrtohs have
retui nod from How York.
Mr and Ml>? M M- * an Muren, of New
. ork, have a BBB8-II hOUBS party at Sunny
ti.-ld Farm They were dimi'-r entertaln
? rs this svealag.
WILSON HEAD OF RED CROSS.
Waabingtoa, Aagh ?- Preatdaad fPOaaa
toid Mlas Mabel Boardasan la dar bs
would aeeepi th? presideney of ths Anear*
i.-.m National K"J One* to muc-ed ex
Preeldent Taft who relinquished the office
.,,, Bl ; Hin "??ii' i" pit* its life.
iPRAISES U. S. SCHOOLS
Rank with World's Best, Says
German Authority.
'AMERICAN NOT CONCEITED'
Dr. Kerschensteiner, of Munich,
Thinks We Are Too Ready
to Adopt New Ideas.
After ail tin? criM'-ism that has bean
heaped upon the Hoard of Edu atton tor
Its manaj-onienr ,,r th?? public ?ichoois.
Superinlendent. Wllthmi H. Maxwell
semis t" tho . vvspapors flat terina; ,\
fram a *-"rnrt polarisa**?-?? kg the
"Suddentesche lf?**natadiefteH and arrtttra
i.. Dr. Keraeh?*nstein?*r, Bupertntendent
Of BCaaOOia in M'inl'-h. Ha varia.
Dr. Kors, hoiisti-inoi, who ?s assjstaaesi
"lio of the hiKhefit auth'irili.a on I i
montar" ? du'-uttoti m Europe, thinks
"Ameriraa rabe?la <*ompare wiih the b.*st
in th-- world." Ho ha.? iu?l *omp|ot-?d &
?? P. - Of allai, s giving his views of
in 4 ?hoola
i l'a; ..f infrodu.tion l>r l<ers<?lie 1
i t.-inor sa]
? llar o buildings at?? inv.tio.-l py tr-i
noisj of tl ? atreei ind wi dged In b??
tween row** of four ?tori?-.! and fli'i?
storio.i tenements, wltese entire fronts
aro disflgun-d by imsightly Bra taewpet
There ?r.- no proud fa?ades, no gaonu
n.eiitai entrancw, an ?rar-'; pints extend
i Ing in front of them ? grlth It? i
...os .,r sculpture thai engend?** In on,- a
desire to tak< a peep !?? hind the
tain.
"An?l vet like a maf-not. nssg of thes?.
rtrornato, una,|..rne.| .s.-i,ool ?"itldlni;.s
drea me toward II again and again. In
'?> ! II attr...to<-| ni" mote than did tW
museums ?,|.,] ,.0|i,-.-tlons "f thin gtant
- Ity. 1 left it inva'-iahly in a devotional
frame "f mind.''
The Munich educator refer--, to tho ap?
pointment af ni.inh'T.s of ?oh.oo| board*?
by a Mayor, or their oleetion by th?? poo
pis direct. l?o doscrlho? a meeting held
by a 'ommttteo of the Hoard of E'iu..'H
ti'.n at whi.-h ho wa.? pffsont and at
which citizens not members of the boa-d
expressed their feelings fTeelj Dr
Ket*Kh-*nstein-?r claims that whUe such
Ire. .i,,.,] snd i . h prlvill ^'c.4 may al tin. ?
ho harmful and obstruct iv... yel the ?'
Uve parti-ipation of a v.hole people In all
St hool matters will prevent a peemtV
nent o-rarthrow or prostration of tho pub
llc school system
"In the mother totii-tio, ' Dr. KaiBChen?
Meiner writes, "(English Hteratura, eom?
? ?' Itloi api rugi, m mualc, physi? al
training, geoi i ?d lUstor:. tha am -
are i it I iras a : hi 0? rnmn). -
this difference?tiiai tiio well
plied Khool llb-*ariea and the free aupplj
-t.-.p, -, -*a?*?f?raphles and tz-ic-d r?a.|. r
tho children a tar better msiKht Into
are than the ptMM r*?*aders and piti
..-- librarlea do in Oennaay.
"In drawing and In nature ?ttidy snrl
Brience the aims are also the same, but
m the United States, in tha nine cities 1
ted, wrong raetfiodg In tha ? ?a?'? of
drawing and Insufficient emiipment ht
! iijiur.' atudy ."ai BdesaM prevent tne
?seh....!- fro;:) i-, tchlng their alma This la
I all lh?? m?i;. IM it Waa
j !iot true of the high ach?M*la that ?rtica?
1 igte with the . lementary seta
??'?n the rantrary, the drawing method.?
I in th?- high schools were auch as to make
? ,i dole t" carry out r i ? ? - aims; and the
i . qulpment in many itui
1 study, for biology, for i>! ? !? i and for
chemistry Biirpass?-d In appropri?t.:.
In aiuu.tj.'i. ?? and In um anything that l
I )..i\?? . -?., r seen in l Muntriee,
not ei i ;? rman? that r have vis?
it. .1.
"In arithmetic end geometry the aims
In the American ?chootg ar. higher than
they an? in German schools, and I must
?ay that m the schoole In wklck r oh
? i tin? inatruction in tba upp? r classes
they accomplished tbe work a t f.?r thorn
? i he bett? r class "f acttool ? In th? '?
? ? Ically In moot branehea am
rn a.- ,<-a> K?"'l school in German)
n may, lnd-?ed, ;?? said of th.* amerlcai
that he Is too .asi',:. Indu?*ed to adopt
He la alwaj s ? liling to learn, t?
. anew ?t sn undertaking has pravae
a failure, and hi do ? that not only in
life, not only In buatneas, hut
also it. his schools. Its adopts the a>?*od
wherever he Anda It; h< la i?"t con<"*Tte-L
although hi .i 1er 'his schools
the besl "
MARRIED.
MARSH iii!.i.y>:i* it Orees ''hurrs,
? ? ? on Thursdsy
? Ko 44, Will
?i i ;ast ? irsng? to Thi odors M<
' -<r.>?h, ot
So. ? tee Be I "r.ng?*.
Nolle??* of gMWlWkgaa and death? most b.
1 ?, ? o in :i:?ni- 1 at full '???."? sod ?u.jre??.
DIED.
Balds Pa .1 Sanaa M
Ua ??. i ., P? ?? Oil' ? - H
, ,. ?:, lolph Caroline UP
, , .?'? ary..r.' J
??rant. Sarah '
n.\!.[-win On v.ri ti. ISU a- nil rea
l Eut Hit it.. after ? llngsrlng
tllne??.. .!ar"i G BsldwtB M D . in UM MM
| ' SI ut i.'.K Hg''
-,<??vi. .?n trisar, Itsri K- ,;;;|- ***** st
John Boyd. ?:> her ~li ?ear. Kuriers! ?ente?
?o Mot. ! m.. tntoli Mo lay, Ap*'?
; i ..t ; p m
BUCHANAN UlliM H.*?tr|. * Tern, ??rlov?-!
Of \\ :i it -r II. B'.i.h.iiiMri. l*un?*ral tob?
. . plainAeld,
N r., Tu?M laV] Api
<-\\ !'\- i m rit i ? pi 12, tail ""era
lughi ?'?* Oenoral
?? l'.-?-!l. Fil?
ai ;,< her lat? restdeacs N->
Mai lay Apefl i*. IS
..,-k.
ORANT On I'ti.ia?. *aP?tl ". M*. ?"?ra?'
? ,. . ? ?:-.?,', of i-Van--!? x:
..nirliter of the lat? lots - M
? ? rr?r la'..
?. ?ni a ? . Moods:
i | ; .m s? m rlS4*eratrsw II I i
,;, | ? fork pel art ri<?ai<. cap*
1. Martin Paul, at the
liara , Ko It I .?? IM M '''?
rntns. at 1 .?? b.
I -i-| K*, -a ii. r. ? a? ^?a^t"?B^, N .1 . on ptt?
i :? -i |?1| Olivet -: it Pi
?da ?? . ; .
lying Island, ae Monday, .\pi-u t?. si
i ?i . ? rtvsl of trHin lea? '.-'? Penn
,' , tstlofl SI 1:11 o SI. lnt-rnirnt pri
PI flower?
RANDOLPH ?I'-'1 '" tata in Pan?
. trotina l.ydla f-'ox ri.-inrioipfi,
I'r inklis Pit? Hando!|->h.
.ige.
SMI in -Os l**r*?le . tprll II, IMS, raroHn?
.loura ? ? ' Jsy I^-e ?-,?1,1, Fuii-ral
.,, , r 1..I.. ,. ||d< -i. ? Pto Ml '.'?'.?.?* 130? ?? .
i orh Clt! "i? M-atdS! a-, rll 14, mi?,
P m. in!?riinrii ?t Woodlavvn Cenio
? n _
\ * *."? N. BME.VT
? Birlsge? ?nd ? itoniobl?a? takins
... ?t| G? rge-.. fliiir. (i far
th? funeral of Mr KerfM on M"n
,U> n-arnltii* ar.- re*|tMSt.d to B|>
i r ..a I I be cliiir.-li by ?ii of .-'?
im si i 17th ?met Ae-????
front Thirt aesaa? ?in bo cut of
|. ihe poll. ?*. ?ri'l ?? in l"s will b.
\-nrWe<i. ?Ahilo w.ifinc. ?rounl
?tul ? ??an? .-vinar??
l>oj,|.. on fool. h?-ldlns .-ar.l? of
adn !.a?i'?ii. ma? reach the church
Irani Third avtrnu?.
tKMETr.RlK?.
THF. -JVOODLAWN fF.MKTF.RT.
I33d 8t. Pv Harlem Train and by Troll.y.
Ottos. SS l*a?t t$t St., N. T.
-JNOEKTAKF.R8.
FRANK T.. rAMPnELt- 24IB West SSd
Bt ?-hapela, rrl?a?e Rooma. Privat. Arabj
l.ne?.? Tel IT* I '!?r-,..,.