im i i mc> of -?iNikir.i'.iMi.
It is BBWlse, It, it is unethical to regard contrihhing
-.pr,'.. ai sa ?*r?. of merely as a profession, or merely ? i
sion. very Unjust, unfair, and unethical, indeed. For while it is
each anil all of these, it II SMBOtldng mora- it is a privilege, and
r him who dot th! AU h
lumBWard . . -, and?he
'/mg, I should run this paragraph up to about
500 words, but contrihhing-?this i- i
: ?m who in the pure love of literature Ml trusty
csligrt-P-. and hies him to a ?juiet nook in the attic, if, fortunately,
"house, then* to compose one of those ?1?*
llehtf,;'. Hi - that chaiac? ? favorite column,
?nd help to make it the success it is. . r two.
are now about to enjoy the highest Privilegs allowed to the
fagaslsr I " :?? "? ara about to cut tri1'. Time was. and that within
your r- *?-?, if you can recall the name of the candidato fot
V P.. ru Uting with T, K.? when eontribbing was as sordid a task
as pickling cabbage, or scraping green hide?-? H was a If and cts.
prop*'!*!.1''-- ?Tom s. to f.?you arrota, you mailed, you waited;
?ooner OI later you got a letter from the god of the machine to
which you wished to offer your brains an a lubricant, asking you If,
at-reeii g to a chango in eight of the ten lines of your poem, you
?arid care to accept a year's subscription to tho said mag in pay?
j_f| ? nome. That's the way you used to contrib. Hut now
how thai gad is the manner! Sunday you effuse, Monday you
trDr?; I not later than Saturday you peruso, if you have,
indeet.. racceedad la belling the cat. (This pnrngraph is nothing
if ncf Si sry ry. It is merely a leaii-up to my first
ethic, which 1 at.)
it. is the s. of w., but much more is it the s. of c.
tare you know what you nre going tc write about before you
itart llaphazarding is a prerogative that belongs solely to the
Boss.
Bave a good pseud to tack OB to the trifle after it is writ?
jf r id go And ono. And find a good I I Half the leeret
of sue ftf?ful eontribbing lies in '? :.g of a happy nom de
plume. Don*1 takl a punning name-!.' hat never land do
that. Ii .- f "Sandy- Soyla,""Ina Bird," "Ksta Kodd,"
"Timothy Hay." - you will be guilty of a mOBt-MSI phiifiantrr.n
tj,at ! you as an amateur. Choose something nifty and
nippy, like ".iamblicus," or "Omnia Ciiil?a," or "Bombay Duck,"
thing like that. This ii sound aihicc.
Do y ? -'and the art of paragraphil gl TOO many para?
graph- n a contribution i I are for eating up
8rjfci-t I'ltting so much a line? that you are trying out
B bit Of ?Tl
T t pai m I good.
I* I ??!. but listen:
rant to get in.
Don't hog.
As ' ilion?some contributors are born punctuators,
gome achieve punctuation, and some have punctuation thrust upon
them. If j aw ? ( ths last, ai you probably are, don't pout if your
commas are changed to hyphens, your exclamation points to intcr
rogati'.n msi U can't get a
colon through, blame no one but the printer. Old Ted Robinson
explained that once: "The linotypcr," he said, "knowing that a colon
is twice as long a pause as a semicolon, is obsessed with the idea
that he can make a semicolon in half the time he Beads to make a
colon."
Is talk on punctuation might be worked over into a
slight exegi 11 on changes in general in a contribution, but it is
hardly : * - iry to take up more space now. Hen's the chief thing
to remen.her: You give that contribution to the Boss; it is his to
whaf I ? pli as, i with?and he will just do that. If your ballade
? ; if your lestins shrink.? to a qua
tin, be glad; if your prose poem appears a metrified monstrosity,
. n't that your goal?
' rtuous, ; I, obscure
and ambiguous sentence that never gets anywhere, lolling and
lingering like a lif< . ? 'id. wardering whithersoever it will
like a wnp with the willies, wearying and burdening, and irking
and nauseating and disgusting the reader, causing him to wonder
wha- ed the mi- living him, when
throuph with ing just what the whole thing was about,
whether | : ion on r? l - a resume of the antics of
the r of which subjects he cue? a v.hoop for,
since he I I Lamb and, being of a non-political
nstur?-, he never intends tor? cord, in fact,
doe.-.-. ? t publication, the si me being sold f??r
three . ear, if my men a1 fault.
an (our di a Bcsotii
neu the bility of which it were exceedingly difficult to
. purity, :? cinnity, euphony
snd can never expect to obtain.
well the tumiii.
pomp' .?, stilted, sententious, d? . John
Mali writing. v? tha nice,
short ones - th? m that have a pop and zing to them, and you will
lull BMU
? * ? ?
Her. n mit the unpardonable sin of
sending p. contribu' > columnists the same year. In fact,
it's _
ng him who you are and why.
tot why should he care? It'.-, a big .world. And those little po
?trial ? al will lomet nek on?"If this
thi .????" ?
"* I P i think he will do with
'?ame it and
?Bag .ir?
; on him . to.
. another: It is _X
cu*?-> ? tnbution ' "i-morrow and no
other day in the coming year, and nay be the mea: g the
And t II ivy,
T PLAGIARIZE. If thing
o, w. of our?, it will be found in
* P,aR-;- i the
"*ve a Little0
D Iota, I molecule?
?l .
***?'? '?> lid Wear an iron
ww* I ng a flv, did h- DONT PLA?
GIARIZE!
ibbing, and it is,
first:
Tin.;:. ;.,
I
y. If Th) r [tes has a watch, and
entm ??? ' a chain or a booh
?'
it be
'?'?ma'?"
'. off.
T~v' I wire while tha thi turns about
ural art- ticked ?.it. Ii
___? ' . u our
*wh*t esems,
y I. I'. A.
TWO DEBUTANTES
DINNER GUESTS
Mrs. W. Sewar-d Webb
Hostess for Miss Markoe
and Miss Howard.
MRS. BACHE GIVES
DANCE FOR DAUGHTER
Dinner, Theatre Party and Danc?
ing in Honor of .Miss Fitter,
of Philadelphia.
? i Webb, of MM Park
Avenue, gave e dll "er last nij-ht at
Sheri Markoe and
Elisabeth Howard, two of the de
burant' loasen.
The | 0 were seated nt four
? decorated with, fen ?
cut flot led Mr and Mrs i
? in Harne?, Mr. and Mr- V
?-."i.rd Webb, ;r., Mr. anal Mi?. George
irk, jr., Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bt ?
?Mr. and it Roomo, Mr. and
Mrs. t barloe 8 Sargent, jr., Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Pulitsor, Mr. and Mrs. i? ^
? . Mrs. John Jat ob
Astor, Mrs. WYliam A. If. Bordea, Miss
Mary Jay .Schi.tfelin, Mis? Mary Pvae,
Paulin? Bacon. Mise Adrieni
lit.. Miss Audrey Hoffman, Mies Gabri
, elle Warren, Mies Mary Alexander,
on, Miss Ruth <
Mai i i ? aise I i
i met. Miss Prances Morcan. Mise Irene
Langhorne Gibson, Miss Anna Alosan
; barloe H. Marshall, Howard
, Harold S. Vai ginald
i Auchincloss, Wadaworth Lew.*, R,
Thornton Wilson, Charles Lanier, Cd,
John Munroo, Hi
1'ulitzer. Gi Cecil Howard!
Peter Cooper Brace, Robert w. Morgan,
Shelton i an*. Root rl w. Goelet, Newton
Rae. James Cunningham, R ??'? srd Gam?
?nd Frederick Kin*?:. The dinner
? d bj* a dance, which was at?
tended by utlditional gUi '
Mrs. Jules II. Hache, of 8 Fast Sixty
j seventh Street. |
ight for her daui Kath
? ry room ? as
i used fur the dancing, and about mid
I night a buffet ??upper was served.
Among the young poo* ,num-'
boring shout one hundred, wore Miss
Rosalie G. Bloodgood. Miss Margaret
: Thomp.on. Misi Beth Leary, Miee Hoe*
te. Barrows, Hisi Marie Jordon, Miss
Dorothy Battle, Miss Margaret Dl
; Miss Mabel Alker, Miai Maude 1
? Miss Florence ??ilbert, Miss Jean
art, Misi Helen D. liter, M il Mar
' jyjio Stewart, Miss Clara MeConnell,
i, Miss Pre ? ?
i i y, M >n Gilford, Miss Hell .
?Milbe '?' Maude O'Brien, Miss
Almy Gilford, Miss Wealthy Lewis,
Mildred Holmee, Misi A?ln N'or
? " - t'laudia
Johnson. '?' voi Bergen and
Mice Edith Adam-.; also, Horace Hotch
Bache Brown, Paul Inccacci, Fred
trie Cunningham, Lindeil T. Bates, far
roll Alker, C'oleman McGovern, Albert
II. Fly, jr., Thajror laccaeei, Horatio
Kir.?* Gray, Frederick C. MncDonell,
?. Looram, I.yman Cunningham,
Hardon, Ruesell Dougherty, Mor?
ris Pryor, Harold Content, Hoy Floyd?
bert Meyer, Esmond P.
n, Samuel Barlow, Cord Meyer,
Brown, Juan Ceballos,
rl T. Adams, Vf. Sergeant Bonner
and Harry t". Cashing, 3d.
Mr?. Ira Barrows |*ave a dinner la?t
er home, 521 Turk Avenue, for.
Mis? Kan the debutante
daughter of Mrs. William W. Fitter, of
Philadelphia. After dinner Mrs. Bar
? . to 'he Hippodrome
and later returned with them to her
home for dancing. The puests included
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stevens, Miss Elise
? i Marion Townsend,
si T. Rlker, Mlei Sarah H. B.
riel Wiggii '
Wur' . Miss
her, Miss Fredl
Miss Genevi?ve Mangam, Gilbert Dar
Ham B. Rich, jr., Maury R.
B. Paul, John Jay Ida, R gei Y
? . .Y.Im Meyerkort,
ir. Johnfritl Achelis. Stuart
H. Johns...-: G. 1
G. H About thirty add!?
me la for the supper
and d 11
' Simmons cave n re
on at h"r
home, 777 V I ? .? , 10 I rod It I
her daiif-hter, M il Ethel Homer Sim
g line wer.
Dorothea Camp,
Mary H irts
Mar?
. Misi
Mis- Kuth Simmons,
neoln, Miss Helen Bar
Mi--. Hope
Porter, Misi Lilly
W. Rupert!, Miss Mary t'*.:shman, Miss
Anno Hathbone, M?SS Marion Perry,
Miss Elisabeth Jennings, Mis? Crace
. Holt, Misi Box
anna Bowen and Mi - Doris Taylor, of
SprinrY
The reception was followed by a din?
ner and dance which wai attended by
rho Included W'illiam
?r. Jumes M. Beck, jr., J.
? i Jr., Allen MacDougall,
.. i ? : ? lerson,
? Kuhnhardl
ilallory, W'illiam
rome, jr.. M , Ray?
mond Hoagland, George Van Sielen,
','. erlernt Cl r, C. V.
R. I? . ' on, Falrfai
J, Frederick Fn?-!e.
Mrs. Philip B. .Tennint't ;-nve n Inneh?
at bor home. 87 West
er daughter, Misi
n
. i Misi Mai " rti end Misi
? PI t :? ? ?
i ? ? Lillian
. Mi?s Mar
rae? Franklin,
M.-.rio'i
R ithbone, Misi
Fosephine Bodle
Ine and Miss Virginia
: all.
|r., gave a dance
and si
; Fifth,Avenue. There were moving plct?
Orel ? ville entertainment.
Mr? L ? Kee pave a rerep
... al 1 or home,
"??.-,. tvei if. to Introduce her
? " Kee.
fourth of the Friday roorninf
? tei
were Mme.
Mme. Ri 11 II ika, Leopold
er .the muai*
? .
"
next m ?j ?? i <--i i
will'
Mabel Garrison,
1 einet and Le IIrrell.
| last r.i?"ht nt the
Bl dley Martin ami
Mme. Pavlown antl several other art*
siament
' Mr* Jobs
Jan m' ?? " y
? St rblan Ri ?I
Fund " ' t 110 <
! si .1 . tl
Grace Rerth
It Mr?. Deuglai Robin
Miss M WU.AKKT THOMPSON.
Daughter of Mrs. William B. Thompson, who will be presented to society
nt the Ritz-f'arlton to-day.
en, Mrs. Herbirt !.. .?-atterlee, Mi*-.
T. Terrv, Mrs.. Nicholas Murray
Butler, Mrs. \V. Seward Webb and Mrs.
Peter Cooper Heu ??
Mrs. Hugh N'. CaSSf trill Rive a th.?;
ni this afternoon at Sherry's to
introduce her daughtei. Miss Dorothea
tamp.
Mrs. Robert Hartshorre will intro?
duce her daughter, Miss Mary Mmturn
Hartshorn?*, at a reception this after?
noon at her home, 419 Park Avenue.
Mrs, William B. Thompson will pre?
sent her daughter. Mi si Margaret
Thompson, at u reception at tho St.
I'egi* thi* afternoon.
Mrs. George Marshall Alien will give
a luncheon to-day at 'he Rits-Csrlton
for her debutante daughter, Miss Lo*|
raine Allen.
Mrs. Warren F. Dennis, of 110 Fast
Fifty-seventh Street, fives s dinner and
theatre party this evening for '
Mildred Dennis.
Don and Donna Marino del Torlonia,,
of Kome, have arrived In New York
atid are at the Ritz-Cnrlton.
Mr*. John Clinton Grav It at the
Hotel Gotham for a few days.
Jam?* J. Van Alen is at the Ritz
Carlton for a few weeks.
Ftuyvesart Fish has returned to'
town from his country place at Garri?
son, N". Y..*alni i- al I
Seventy-eighth Rtreo? for the winter.
WILSON-G?LT
WEDDING TO-DAY
< iiiiiiiiu, .1 frnni page 1
polirr will he on duty ahout her house
all day to-morrow and trill he lill?
as the hour for the ceremony ap
bos.
Ths friends of M I in Wjrthe
ville, Va., ' town, have had
painted miniatures of Judge and Mrs.
.iron's
of Mrs. Gait Mrs. Boiling herself se-l
the pictun Bs knew her
daughter 1 ' i in wh'ch the
nroi ked, sad I he prod
? .i iplendid
? is. being handsomely framed in
.
Si.me of the hsndsOmSSt gifts tiought
for Mrs. ?lai* will reach in-r for Christ?
mas pre sntl tuther than BS wedding
rns in various parts of
nntry d?lave?! their arrival here.
Mr and Mr?. Rolfs Boiling brought
their pr?tent from Panama, and it Is
under-* .ii to be sons of ths most.
? ful handiwork of the women in '
ountry. Th? silver loving cup
bought iiy the Virginie d?l?gation in
? Bt to Mrs. .
home fllle ' with An irinu; Heauty rOSOS.
It stand? about ' on aa
bese, and Ii plain, ? scent for
ornamentation of Roman beading, The
inscription le rea '? '. "Edith
Dolling Gait, December 18. 1915." On
side is iascrlbedi "From the
Mem). Virginia Delegation in
x'y ( lurtfa l ongress," sad under
neatb are the names of
the twelv men who presented it. One of
t'..em, Renn I!. ? . . D, Flood,
I i eousin on 'In Boiling
Side, Had there heen a larger wedding
Representativs and Mr-. Flood would
! a? *? been gin*?''?
A black eat which has haunted the
vicinity of Ml Galt'l home for a week
ek and forth
to-day in the drittle of rain, and twice
curled itself up quite comfortably on
?1 ? baaeaieal stens until some *?
man came along and frightened it sff,
It is pointeii out that Mrs. Gait evi?
dently deems II good luck a?? it has not
he..n drive!, away.
When Mrs. Gall bogiui her honey?
moon to-morrow nigh* bi '?lis Wood?
row Wilson she wlfl b ivi behind her
Christnua gifte for each membei of
her family, a f *w for intimate friends,
and at bast a half hundred simple toys
or warm gamoatl for the needy chil
iiiei, win.m ehe bai remembered for
some years pas! E|i< has also given
freely to ?II the local charities which
the is accustomed to help.
PHILHARMONIC PLAYS AGAIN
Thursday's Programme, "Symphonic
? \ i It*," Itepealed in Carnegie Hall.
The Philhatasoaic Society repeated
it? Thursday evening programme yea*
ti-niuv afternoon before another ?u
that sn) i i Carne?is
Hall. Bmetaaa's ijrmphouie cycle, "My
? ' v," was, of SOS SOS ?Is
resistaace. Ol the six pieces in the
I eyrie, the S?rka. I'alior and Hlamk
York, and the
whole composition was receiving m
perfenaaaee. The new
; puces are 441 i in the same vein of mutie
n? the ones already heard, and proved
to bs mslodlous snd all rethsi pleai
iaa_
?econd half si the programme
? .-to la
1er, Played bj Prltl Kreisler, and
1 iirinhauser" overture.
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
James K. Hackett Plans to
Play Falstaff for the
First Time.
Jame? K, Hackett, who doesn't con?
sider it a regular day unless he makes
an announcement or two, is going to
take unto himself the part of Falstaff
for the first time in his career. Mr.
Hackett, a? has been announced, con?
templates a lengthy Shakespearian sea?
son as an antidote for his million-dol?
lar inheritance. One of the earliest
will be "The Merry Wives of Wind?
sor," in which Viola Allen will play
Mistress Ford.
The date of Mr. Hackett'? first ap
earance in Now Tort iias not yet
een announced, but it is said that if
the million doliere steads the wear anil
tear he is certain to come.
Lou-Tellegen, the author, orator
and fencer, is said to poSQOBO am?
bitious plans for popularizing the art
of the last named In this country.
Andreas do Segur?la, of the Metro?
politan, is pressing Mr. Tellegen hard
for versatility, however. He has writ?
ten and sold a tilm scenario, and. ac
COrdlng to the announcement, "has
thu. added to his list of accomplish?
ments, whiCB include such thing! as
good bueinesi ability and achievement
m the law and other art< "
"Buggies of Red (lap," en route to
the Pulton, has been moved forward to
December M te give "Stop! Look!
ListentM a clear track on Christmas
night.
EltrS g NtU Year's
nreeh continue to be announced in large
numbers. "AY.ne at Last." "The Blue
I'_rad:-e," "Hobson'l ? Loire," "Ka
" "Rug-flt I Of Red Halt," "The
Ware Case" and "The ITnchastOned W'o
man" will be performed on the
noon of December M, and "The i? em?
eratiu'" will be matmeed on December
n.
The t'hri.tma? night party at the
Hippodrome, according to a decision
1 yesterday, will break up at 6 ;
o'clock in the morning, or just when
the erowd around the all-night boxoffiee
iS tbla-:
"David Garrick" will MOB be placed
in reheai a] by E. H. Sothern. and will
"Lord Dundreary** at the Booth,
it will mark Mr. Sothern'i Bret ap- ;
i seranee ia the role.
In accordance with the film axiom 'hat
no sums containing less than four cl-i
i hor-t are worth mentioning, Billy B. >
Van ha?; signed with the Equity Film,
ration for ten years at $50.000 a,
\. ir. He will not be seen n vaude?
ville ft.r at lca?t that [leriod.
Fmanuel Reicher*! company no long?
er is given Moaday ereaiagi iff to
see other performance?. "The Weav?
er?" will be played nightly and twice
on Saturdays.
Yesterday's meet noteworthy dra?
matic announcement was that Gladys
Hanson, of "The Ware taso." sold a;
Montgomery Flagg drawing for;
? at the* Sr. Mark'l Hua-aar.
$15.107 MORE FOR RED CROSS
Large ( ontributions to Other War Re?
lief Funds, Also Reported.
The Kew York State Board of the
American Be.I CrOSI announced yester?
day that additional contributions to the
Furopean War Relief Fur.i amo
to 51.".. 107.7t. Of * li?t unit.un! |10,.'
. ran by the S? rbian Relief
..avmg here for
Bnglaad and France between Decetn
bei 11 ami 14. it wa? stated, several
thousand tons of cotton, gauze ba'
an.l hospital supplies were forwarded
'to field hospitals and to institutions in
England and on the t'ontinent.
August Belmont, treasurer of the
Committee of Mec>. reptarte.I large
contributions to that fund, ami also to
the Armenian Fund, one gift of 111,000
being made by H. D. Forbes. To the
ih American War Relief Fund
11,294 wa? donated since the last in
nient.
The days mail brought the Serbian
Relief Committee $.'?**?'.m, while Mr?.
Whitney Warren, treasurer of the Se?
cours National Fund, acknowledged
contributions of $..'(. Huring tl.
?rook |?77 soared lato the .-.itfers of
I the National Allied Belief t'ommittee.
according to an announcement last
night.
The t'ommittee of American Girls'
I Ail issuetl an appeal for funds with
I which to purchase ..ne .ir'irle of elotfe
' ing foi each of 111 war ha?tien being!
eared for in a chateau at Yvetot,
Pisaos. ,\ I
!
SANTA CLAUS
WAR SUFFERER
Christmas Charity Here
Hampered by Demands
from Stricken Europe.
SMALL COINS GIVEN,
INSTEAD OF BILLS
Organizations Making Strenuous
Efforts to Provide Cheer, De?
spite Lighter Contributions.
Chanty, groaning under seventeen
months of war, is a bit deaf to the
pleadings of Santa t'iaus this ?ear
Chanty is not saying "No" to Santa,
but it i* not going quite as deeply ;
into pockets as Christmas Spirit is i
wont to do. The tinkle of Christmas
bells is still echoed by the jingle of
coin; but this year it is more jingle
and less quiet fluttering of banknotes
a: I gold eertlflcatee into the Christ*
mas pot.
Ten dol?an and seventy-three centa
is the grand total to far tossed into
the scarcely lukewarm Salvation Army
Christmas kettle at Wall and Broad
Streets. Pennies make up S?.Yl of this*
t4 is in nickels, and the largest coin
that any newsboy or multi-millionaire
has droppetl into the kettle is a dime.
"But they'll do better yet," said the
pretty collector with an optimistic
smile. "Last year when they t-uul that
timei were much worse, than now there
were Baa y bull in the kettle before
i hristmas arrived. We svea had a few
|10 lulls."
The Wall Street kettle, however, was
the emptiest of all the 400 which are
distributed around New York. The
most impoverished district? of the Fast
Side have all dene better than Wall
Street with its billions, it was said at
Salvation Army Headquarters last
night, but no district has done as wall
as last year.
Desires to Feed 50,000.
The Salvation Army BrOMOes IS pro
vide dinners for 10,000 destitute per?
sons m New York this year, but unless
a more generous response develops be
fore the remaining week before Christ?
mas ends, many ordinarily fed by th?
Salvation Army will go hungry this
year.
The Volunteers of America have like?
wise tripped on the financial stumbling
block this year in their etfort to ?end
baskets to needy families on Christmas
hay In an appeal for contributions
issued yesterday General Balhngtou
Booth said:
"Could you read some of the hun
dredl of letters, investigated anil found
worthy, bespeaking poverty, distress
and almost dlepairtng circumstances,
you would, I am surt, understand in
fuller degree the necessity of our en?
deavor at this time, a comparatively
small sum will provide a basket.
"Plea*e make check? payable to Gen?
eral Balliagtoa Booth, M West Twenty
eighth Street, New York City."
A new attraction announced yester?
day for the International Child Wei?
fare League festival, December 20, at
the Hiltmore, will be the tableau
"Columbia."* Mrs. Herbert S. (arpen?
ter, wlio led thl suffrage parado this
sear, will pose as "Columbia," the en?
tire tableau being under the. direction
of Edwia H owl a tul Hlashtield.
The league calls this the Children's
Magna Chat ta Christmas Tree. Adolph
Y. ieohn has tlonated to the l'estival a
part of his prize winning plants and
flowers, and has promised a donation
of $."',000 ?f the league raises that sum
at the festival.
Te Aid Tuberculosis Victims.
That tuberculosis sufferers may not
?gotten at the ChlistSUS time
the Ked Cross Christmas Seal Fund
has ma le an appeal to chan'.v. Ked
Cross stamps may bo purchased at
hundreds of booths nnd stands through?
out the city.
Besides the local appeals for Christ?
mas charity, the war has put in a big
order lor Chri-'ruas presents. Miss
Anne .Morgan, chairman of the Vaca?
tion War Relief Committee, report? s
total of ft,020.06 contributed in the.
?reeh ended December iB. which, to?
gether with the Flotilla Fund, make?
? grand total te date of 1181.716.28.
Mrs. Ethelbert Nevln, chairman of the
America:-. Fund for French Wounded,
reports receipts last week a ounting
to 86,099.41, making a total of
The La Fayette Fund ha? forwarded
more than 1,000,000 articles for the
ft of soldiers fighting on the
buttleflelds of France. General Joffre
recently wrote to Ambassador Jusse?
rand, who gave the message te Frond i
Roche, secretary of the Fund, that the
"comfort k."s" of the La Fayette Fund
were making the "hit" of the war, and
were in great alemand among the sol-'
diers. A special appeal to raise funds
for in,nf,o comfort kits to be shipped
On Christmas Day has been sent out
by the La Fayette Fund.
Four Benefit Performance*?.
Four theatrical performances wiil be
given next week for the benefit of the
Santa Claus Association. The receipts
of "The Fternal Magdalene," at the
Forty-eighth Street Theatre, Monday
night; of "Under hire," a*, the Hudson
Theatre, Tuesday night, and of "Roll?
ing Stones," at the Harr: ? Theatre,
Wednesday afternoon and night, will
be turned over to the association.
Yorkville at.ti Cheleen Village will
both have Christmas trees. The York?
ville celebration will bo in John Jav
I'ark. and is in charge of Miss If. de
Q, Trenboln. The Chelsea tree trill
sparkle in Chelsea I'ark. and 50,000
childra'ti hive been invited to join in
the Yuietide merriment.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to < hildren will give its Christ?
mas party at L'y? Fourth Avenue on
Thursday evening. December 23. Every
little boy sad girl in town is invited
illMleatiOB. and a preient is
premised to each.
Rants Claus will esahe hie tenth an?
nual appearance on the floor of the
ICO F.xchange Friday afternoon,
December 81, te delight about 2.000
rrippled and poor children of lower
New York. Distribution of tickets will
be nia!.? through churches of the dis?
trict south of Canal Street, the Salva?
tion Army, Volunteers of America and
* ami 8d Precinct police stations.
Santa and an oldtims circus will enter?
tain the guests. Fach child having a
trket wall receive a Christmas box
? ? ing ikatea, ?lolls, etc.
STUDENTS PLAY FOR RELIEF
Columbia and Barnard I lub Production
to Aid Secours Nationale.
La Soci?t? Fran?aise of Barnard and
Columbia eollegei will present 'T.e
Voyage de M. lYrriehon." at Brincker
hoff Theatre this afternoon and even?
ing The play 1- given for the benefit
?if SecOUn Nationale.
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EARL DE LA WARR DEAD
Head of Famous Family Succumbs
from Dardanelles Illness.
London, Dec. IT. Far! Do La Warr
died yesterday at Moseina from rheu?
matic fever followed by pneumonia.
He had been serving in the Dardanelles.
Gilbert Fcorge Reginald .Sackvi'.le,
Eighth Farl De La Warr. wa? forty-s-.x
years cd. Ha succeeded to the title in
Uli ?.:-., Lord Huckhurst, who it
fifteen years aid and a student at Eton.
is hi? heir.
Earl De La Warr in 1913 was sued
b] his wife, the CoeuteSB De La Warr.
for a restoration of her conjugal rights.
She charged that the earl had deserted
her. The cour.'.est obtatned a decree
and the following year obtained a di?
vorce from the earl.
The De La Warr family is one of the
oldest and mott distinguithed in Eng?
land, the first Baron De Im Warr hav?
ing received hi* title la l.on. The
ttate of I'e'.uware was named after one
of the Lords De La Warr
H. L. HORTON, BANKER
AND BROKER, DEAD
Born on Farm, He Won Fortune
in This City.
Harry Lawrence Horton, for ncarlv
half a century head of the banking anj
hrokernge firm of H I. Horton A Co .
Bt ?io Hroadway, and une of the belt
known - gares fa the financial district.
tlii-.! yesterday at his home, 144 WSSl
Fifty-seventh Street, in hit eightv
fourth year
Mr. Horton wat born on a farm, in
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. |a
He received a district ?chool education,
and at the ago of seventeen w??n' I i
work in a country store ai a clerk,
remaining there two vears. For three
years more he worked as a clerk in a
store in Towanda, Penn., turning hi?
footsteps then toward the West
After a short stay in the State of
Michigan, ha vent te Milwaukee. This
un? lu ISS. and the city was then only
a village on the outposts of northern
nsin, Fur eleven years he con?
ducted a commission business there.
Bt 'he end of that time coming to New
'.'.irk, where he spent the rest of bis
life.
Mr. Horton married twice. Two
daughter?, Mrs. E. F. Hutton, of Ml
IVeol Fifty-seventh Street, and Mrs E.
II, IrSekweed, Of 14*'? West Fiftv MS
enth Street, sunive him.
Among the clubs and societies to
?>.h:ch Mr. Horton belonged were the.
Union League, Lawyers? Manhattan.
New York Athletle, Bankers and Bs
i. i L?ncheos daba
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DR. HOVEY'S MOTHER DIES
Scientist in Arctic May Not l.earn of
Parent's Death I'ntll Spring.
Mrs. Helen I.avina Hovey. eighty
five, mother of Dr. Edmund ?His Hovey,
a director of the American Museum of
Natural Historv. dud ye?terday at her
home, n' ?ewburyaort, Mass. She eras
the widow of the Rev. Dr. Horace Car?
ter Hovey.
Dr. Hovey at pressai is frozen in by
the Polar seas near Ftah. having gone
North last summer to nn-et and re'urn
with the MaeMillan exploring expedi?
tion which was sent out to Bad Peary'l
mythical Crocker Land. An unexpect?
edly early winter overtaking the party
has rendered slight their chances of
reaching home before summer. It prob?
ably will he spring before mai! will
reach the party to inform Dr. Hovey
of his mother's death.
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VETERAN WHITE RAT DEAD
Tim McMahon, Primnme and West
Comedian, Lies in State To-I)av.
Tim McMahon, one of tho original
members of the White Rats Actors'
1'nion of America and a veteran vaude?
ville actor, died yesterday. For many
years he was a comedian with the
Primrose ? West minstrels.
With his wife, under the team name
of McMahon and Chappelle, he toured
this country, Great Britain and Aus?
tralia for thirteen years. His
will lie in state to-day from noon until
1 p. m. at the White Rats' Club house.
127 West Forty-sixth Street. Fred
Niblo, Junie McCree. Mac Barnes, Louis
Frohoff and Harry MeUBtford will have
charge of the funeral services.
JOSEPH I). ARMSTRONG.
Mine?la. Pong Island. Dec. 17. -Jo?
seph I). Armstrong, farmer, known
throughout Nassau and Queens coun?
ties as "Uncle Joe" Armstrong, died
to-day at his home, on the Je
Turnpike. He was born in the hou?.*
la which he died on February B,
ALBERT STANLEY, M. P.
London. Dec. 17. Albert Stanley.
member of the House of Commons from
Staffordshire, Northwest, died ti
at Northampton. Mr. Stanley
born in 1862. He was secretary of the
Midland Miners' Federation and a mem?
ber of the joint conciliation board of
coal owners and miners. He was elect?
ed to the House of Commons in 1007 .
a labor member.
CHAMBER MUSIC CLUB PLAYS
New Society Live* Its First Recital in
Aeolian Hall.
The New York Chamber Music Bo?
ciety, a new organisation of piano,
wind and string instruments, founded
by Carolyn Hebe and Gustavo Pan?
tanas, gave its first concert last night
in Aeolian Hall. There was evidence
in the size of the audience that the
new organization will not lack sup?
porters, and from the playing of the
artists it was apparent that this sup?
port would not be misplaced.
The programme consisted of Mo?
zart's Quintet in F. flat major for
piano, oboe, clarine*, horn and ba
soon; the Brahms Quintet in B minor,
for clarinet, two violins, viola and
violoncello, and the Wo.f Ferrari Kam?
mersymphonie. The artists taking
part last night were Carolyn Beebe,
piano; Hnnarios (inn-son, first violin;
Herbert Corduen, second violin; Sam
uel Llfaehey, viols; Jacjues Renard,
violoncello: Ludwig Mar.oly. double
William Kincaid, flu'e; G |
Langenus, clarinet; Henri de Buss?
cher, oboe; 'go Bs*dbliui, bassoon, and
Josef Franzel. French B?
Theatrical Benefit Nets $2.100.
The "Lord Dundreary" benefit at the
Booth Theatre yesterday afternoon
netted more than 12,100 for the Hi ?
ish Relier' Fund, as well as an appre?
ciable sum from the sale of souvenir
programmes. Ihe play was presented
by K. H. Sothern and his company, and
was preceded by a one-act play, "A
Nocturne." in which Miss Haidee
Wright appeared.
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MUSIC IS GIVE
Excerpts from Incident.
Music to Euripides Dram;
Are Most Charming.
The concert vester.iav afternoon
the Symphony Society was an oceoeh
of much m;. m 'o the fir
New Ycrk presentation of excerpts tro
Walter Demnach'i Incidental music
"Iphigmia in Auhs " This m'ia?c M
?h wrote f<< r M in Margar
Anglin's production of the Fur-oidt
drama given in the open air Gre.
Theatre of the University o' Cal?fero
at Berkeley inst summer. In this mus
Mr. Damrosrh ver*, wiselv did not a
tempt to imitate tin* leitet ?>? primita
Greek music, but strove as a modern I
depict m music ' tioas e_ Il
characters and the general atmospbei
that surround? a! then ?Y. result W|
unusual tee BM
t.? ?'ni- tl St had the same composer
"Cyrano" possessed the freshness an
?weep of melody, the color, the fane;
live rhythmi ihown in the "Ai
lis" music, the opera mi_ht ?till hav
been m the rajpertorv ft the Metropol
tan Opera Henee i' was ? .
had the popular note without Ite usui
banality, and it was maeie which at
rairably luggeated the seen?? tt w?
intended to expreei With yesterday
?uil enee it was an mat
mifa-es? winch was by no means due \
the fact that its composer was also th
director of the orchestra.
The Prologue was sung by Mi?
Merle Aloof'*., a young contralto, ur
known to New York, who originally ha
sung the music Brhea i1 wit? presente
at Berkelei Hiss A
hoped. Will not remain ? stranger t
New York. Her voies is a beautiful oni
smooth and well produce.1, and hf
diction is anusuall) distlnet. The
: he Entra?es ef the Maidens ?
" II tllflod \ U\ .'11 tat thl
ng rhythm of the boni
This, and the bucceeiiing little mein
tiran?a for solo flute, on thi theme o
"The Maidens of Chalcio," were rei
lieh in melody and sustained i
There were three of these little melo
titanias, anil then came the Hymn t
Artemis, sung by Mini Alcoek. an<
"Iph . irewell,** ii which th
solo was played by Pabl<
C?sale us only Mr. Caeals eould ha?.
? i it, The i eeerpts closet! erttl
"The Miracle ami Battle Song ef thl
Greeks." tti w 1. eh n ii depleted tht
substitution of the hind for Iphigenu
antl the march of the Greeks, It is ti
be hoped I day ere la Wei
York will be permitted te sritMas ?
production ef the drama with the ful
accompaniment of Mr. Damrosrh'?
music. It is music which should b?
heard again.
rhe programme i th a per
formones ef the Schubert "Unflnished"
Symphony, followed by the I.alo t'.tn
eerto in D minor, played b] Mr
Casals, .he sudience completely fllled
the hall.
CARUSO PLEASES IN "MARTA'
Makes t'p for Any Puiaihle Imperfec?
tions In Any fit hers of Cant.
Wha* "Marta" would be in New York
in this day anal generation without th?
voice of Enrico 1 il difficult t>i
tell- But with that relee la the con
dition it was last night, antl with Mr
Caruso singing in the style which hu
??ver Should have abandoned, Mi
' Qatti-Casassa need not fear for ans
lack of audience when Flotow'a old
'. work is given. "Marta" has had more
perfect fasts than the one that sang it
last eight, but Erieo Caroso'i ?i-gmg
of Lionel will at least be long remem?
bered.
Mme. Hempe)'! Lady Harriet and Mr.
De Luca's Plunket art- siso worthy im?
personations, if they tear no laurels
from brt ws that have gone before.
Mme. ober makes Nancy rather toe
mueh e' a "russian gendarme to pleas?
lieue taste, anil the muso- of the
old ftyle is not her?. Ye* ?he wa? m
far letter vocal condition than at the
first performance, anil she is always s
' delight to the . ?
HENRY ?. Hit KB?
.lenry R. HUks, eighty, one of
Vonkere'i (tret sldermen ami former
Poaice Commissioner ef that eity. died
yesterday at his home, 803 Sout'i
Broadway, Yonkers, from apoplexv. Ht?
rn in New York City and i ove 1
to Yonkeri when twenty-nine vears old.
During th" Civil War he was a chi f
c'.erk in the United Btatee Have De?
partment. Me was elected alderman
on the Republican ticket when Yonkers
became s fiv. in 1872, ami was presi?
dent of the board in 1*81 and IMS.
?Y? wife sad two daughters lervive
him.
DUD.
Adams. Emeline A. Lindley, Daniel A.
Armstrong, Joseph DPaulson, Leonard
Folks, Lalltha M. Pierce, Annie E.
Hicks, Henry B. Weber,John
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ADAMS On December 1?. 1915, Eme?
line A. Adams, widow ef Joseph II.
Adams, of I.itchfield. Conn., aged 61
yeere Funeral lervice Sundav at t
p. m. at the resitler.ee ef Charles
Adams, 646 We-t 168th it Interment
Monday at Tai I ? nn.
ARMSTRONG At Mine?la. N. Y. Do
cember 17. Joseph D. Armr-trong. Fu?
neral service will be held at his late
? ?da, N. Y., on Monday,
December 80, at 1 p. m.
1 FoI.KS ?Suddenly, at Madison, W is..
December 15, 11*16. Lalltha .Manila
Folks, In the 23d year of her age. Fu?
neral services at the residence of her
parent?, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Folks,
428 Hawthorne av . Yonkers, N*. Y.. on
lay afternoon at 2 o'clock.
HD KS At Yonkers, N. Y.. on I-'ridav.
December 17, 1815, Henry R. Hicks,
age 80 years. Funeral services a?,
his lat? residence. 30.1 South Broad?
way, Yonkers, N. Y. or. Monday
afternoon at " p. m. In'erment Oak?
land Cemetery.
HOVE. rburynort, Maas- De?
cember 1H. at 71 Lime at . _
ma Match; ef the late
Lev. Horace Carter Hooey, D. I. ,
aged h5 years, ? months, 18 days.
LINDLEY On December 17, at his res?
idence. 125 Ka-* 24th it, in li
year. Daniel Allen Lindley, son of
the la'e Rav. Daniel ami Lucy Allen
Lit-..y ?o Monday, Ue
1 a m.. in ?M
1 hui ? Incarnation. Madia.n
ami .'?5th st. Interment private.
PAULSON On Wednesday. December
15, 1.16, at Lincolnton. NY C , of pneu
mon-.a, Leonard Paulson, aged 67
?ears. Funeral services at St. Bar?
tholomew's Chapel, Madison Avenue
ami Forty-fourth Street, Saturday,
December 18, at 2 o'clock. Please
omit flowers.
PIERCE At her late home. South
Orange, N. J., on the evening of
Wednesday, December 18, 1818, Annie
Emery Pierce, daughter of the lato
William P. Emery, cf Flemington.
NY J., m her 70th year. Funeral aer
vices will be held on Saturday, De?
cember IX. at Flemington, N. J., at
the convenience of the family.
WEBER On Friday, December '0. at
Louieville, K>., John Weber. re?ident
of New York City. 848 West 72d st?
aged ' rment December Is ?..
t ave Hill Cemetery. Louis\-lle
i-cMrrr.niKiv
THr w?m?iii..%?v> i rMrrntT
, 111.1 St It? lUta-m Trim an. by T?o 1st.
_oi? ef ?mill ?it? for kale
uO.ee, ? _**i -1 .V K. I.