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Commander Booth Stirs Throng With Salvation Tales Explains Secret of Army Suc? cess ill War Relief; Does Not Ask for Money, but $700 Is "Thrown at Her' Before ?in enthusiastic audience thst filled every seat in Carnegie Hall ?nd crowded the aisles. Commander Evangx'line Booth of the Salvation : Army yesterday morning: pave a ?Ira- j matic recital of the experience of her workers. The unstinted praise she freely bestowed on soldiers of the Sal- I vation Army, and particularly to its women, drew frequent hursts of ap plause. Although Commander Booth had previously announced that she was not ] ?peaking for money a half dozen or more baskets, hats, bags and port- | folios?anything that could be used as receptacles?were filled to overflowing with coin. Men and women fairly I mobbed the platform to throw upon it j bills and silver and shake the hand of j the commander. "This popularity is a very beautiful change," exclaimed Commander Booth, smiling in the midst of tears. ''I am not quite used to it, but 1 hope it keeps up!" More Than $700 Donated After the last person had left the i liai! the Salvation Army officials with- ? drew to the green room, where the un- j solicited offering was piled upon tables j and counted. Seven hundred and j eighty-six dollars had been received. ; Among the notes was a ton-dollar bill to which a card had been pinned, upon which was written: "I am seventy years of ago. but you ! have given me the first satisfactory explanation of Christianity that 1. ?is a Jew, have ever heard! " 'PI? ise, will you thank the people for me," Commander Buoth ar-k?'?l The j Tribune reporter after the meeting. "Thank fhem not only for their gen? erous financial help but for the lavish way in which they have shown their earnest appreciation of Salvation Army ? service at the front." The success of the Salvation Army and the new recognition of its work] have been due to three things, accord- j ing to Commander Booth. She said: '?When the war cloud hurst the Sal? vation Army was ready ready with what was needed most, the human ? mechanism, trained men and women. We could have sent more workers to the fronts, but we preferred to run the risk on quantity rather than on quality. The Army was not ready with money, however, and we had to borrow $26,000 to send the first group ov-ir. l.n'.i-y we borrowed $100.000. But our credit has been always good, and within a year the money had been all pa:d back. * Trained to (?he Life, if Necessary "The Salvation Armv workers," she continued, "are trained in devotion, in j sacrifice; trained to obey orders, to] h-'lp those incapable of helping them- j selves; trained in the fine, attractive j in.:retries of the round, brown dough- j mit and trained to sea! their service I '?.'.'? their life's blood, if necessary. ! "We have not been making our way j to heaven on a flower-strewn path," she ! said. "We call ourselves an army, in which every man and woman is a sol- i dierfigh'ing in the world for the great- ' est of ell causes. We have met with j opposition, slander, abuse, starvation, | cold and hunger. The cold wvnds that swept over Fladers were at the first ; which stung the faces of my biave ? women. "I am c'.-d? to stand before you and le able tu tell you they did not fail. If my women had shirked their duty just because of the danger of death they would have proved unworthy of the Salva! n Army and its splendid women." She told of 'he women's decision to provide A'ho were risking their 1'ves with unlimited supplie- of fresh doughnuts, hot cocoa and apple pie - but prin? . the doughnuts. "They ?new i ? hours," she said. "Our dosing hours arc when the need is ! relieved.'' One ing American officer! came to a Salvation Sally and offered ! her 1,6 ra ?-. which he said the '. boys had collected. "Your uniforms ; are shabby," he said. "You sleep in ; an unsheltered place. We want you to get tu .?, uniforms and a better shel- j ter.' worker, appreciating the J jympfc' the "boys," hesitated about ttx'r ing the money, .but finally i ?he reo and said: "We'll put; ft asid?- ? ' more cocoa and more ! doughnut; for you!" Practical Religion Its Success There w\? long applause when the eommander gave as ?? hird reason 'or the the army its prac- ; tical relig ? "Tl e army has reduced *he the iristianity to action," she said. "It. ha? applied faith to deeds, ?t has brought down Christ 'rom i rone to the mu?l walks, of life; it has given the 'sheen' to the doughnut, has made women : "'?pe the blood from the faces of the ; wounded and from tiroir feet. ?cation of Chris? tianity that ban made the Salvation Army what day." Comma i di ?aid that her mal' te ? i'rmn mothers ?nd fathers of boy? at the front ex? pressing their deep gratitude. , ba;vat:<jTi Army work is carried on | ,n 8?X': thn ? countries and in thirty ***??> There were 100,000 '"'>'??? th? international organiza? ron m cj, rv;f., during ,?,lC. W?r> 10,000 Women to Canvas ?ill VJiit Every Home in City to Rai*e $6,000,000 for Near East Alexander J. Hetnphil] announced yesterday that the final ?tag?- of the Campaign to ra??e $30,000,000 for th? relief ij( the million? o? destitute peo Pies in the Sear Kant will begin in thi?s \fty '"' Maren '.; and termina ???day March 10. New York will be ?MM to contribute $6,000,000 during Ira period. Mr. ?HemphiH, who is the chairman on tu A''r-,;ric*n Committee, ?aid that mLl ?P*n'n?' ,J"y of the drive 10.000 *?*<?'. undei the direction ol Mr?. .',:r "arriman wi!) visit every "griment and privat- home in the el.H iUnt *i* th"y M* in th? '"'"' mge card campaign. Local head 1wI.,T ""' '?":" ?>P?n?d at 124 Kasl gwty^ighth Street, with Harry G. Wi?i *s d| *?**>? general. W.iham O. ??LZ" **1l ?>? In charge 1;t Btaten W!yn*nd Jrjh" K' ?reighton for to??'V". r"*">^''? "t the New York ju"'^?" Mr?. t',wr%t. Vanderb.it, Vil'i?m u *? Murr*y Butler, Mr?. Iseli ???rka Cockttn, Mr?. Adrian Or? \ Mre (iMA--n ,t'"). M". C'wl' *fr?. William Guggenheim, M?* r' ,?"a'?' 'MU* H?len l?OKwell, "?fir'?. ?" McCa,f' Bi*h"P ('ri"fi ?ST? ?i* Jlu?he?' ??W Wine is CU?i*" j*- ^P?*"?- The traaeurer Women to Picket Battery If Aliens Are Deported Plan to "Face Goddess of Lib? erty" in Protest Against U. S. Action A silent pieket line of protest will be established at the Battery if the fifty-four undesirable aliens now await? ing deportation from this country fail to win their light in the courts for a stay. Mrs. Neumann - Zilbermann outlined the plans for the picket, in an an? nouncement yesterday, in which she said the women who participate in it would "face the Goddess of Liberty." "We will take this means," she said, "to bring to the attention of the au? thorities the sentiment against de? portation. There is a strong body of women in New York who are awake I to the menace that now threatens the fundamental rights of the people in the Republic, and they will act to call the attention of the officials to the inhumane manner in which these fifty four persons have been shut otf from the outer world." Mrs. Ncumann-Zilbermann was au? thorized by the People's Leauge of Brooklyn to attempt to obtain a per? mit to visit the prisoners, she says, and when she tried to see them she was forbidden to go to Ellis Island. The People's League, she added, had simply wanted to provide the fifty four with clothing and other articles they might need. Associated with her in the plan to organize the picket of protest arc: Mrs. Bertha Wilfe, F.mma Mayer, Agnes C. Watson. Mrs. Altman, Mrs. Farnel, Jessie Wallace Hylan, Mrs. Kapport, Virginia Tr?be, Mary Marti? ne/, and W. D. Watrone. Fran Ebert Expects To Reina i 11 True lo Caste of Workers First Lady of German Re? public Says Sbe Is Going to Keep Family on Plain Basis: Resigned to Fate BERLIN', Feb. 13 I By The Associated j Press). The mistress of the German Presidential residence is a comely "hausfrau," of medium height and slender, who up to the present time has always ?attended to her own household duties, done the family cooking and has even been her own dressmaker. Frau Luise Liiert, wife of the President of the new German republic, was born forty-five years ago in a working man's home in Bremen. She views her new social environment with resignation. "I know we must be prepared for at? tacks from the right and the left," she said to-day in discussing the new po? sition in which the Ebert family finds itself. "Those coming from the left will probably be the worst. They will charge us with attempting to extricate ourselves from the caste in which we have been reared, but that will never occur. Whatever may come, we are go? ing to remain true to our traditions as. a plain workingman's family." Lived in Berlin Suburbs The eldest son of the family, Fried rich Ebert, jr., has taken up newspaper work. The second son, twenty, was re? cently discharged from the army. The only daughter, Amalie, nineteen, until a short time ago was-4 employed as a clerk by a downtown firm. She now rides in the presidential motor car. President Ebert lost a son in the fighting in Macedonia and another in the CheiT|in des Dames operations. The family up to two weeks ago had been living in a suburb of Berlin, but now is installed in official apartments of the Department of the Interior, in : the Wilhelmstrasse, which formerly were occupied by high officials. The permanent official residence of the new President has not been determined upon, and President Ebert has ex? pressed aversion to the Bellevue Palace ; as such resilience on the ground that! it is "too imposing." Fear Jeffersonian Simplicity ?lust how the newly elected Presi? dent and the first lady of the land will approach the solution of the various complex questions facing them in their new status has not yet been developed. The question of official receptions is j worrying certain circles in the capital, who contemplate with some concern the I shift from the splendor of the Hohen zollern levees to the threatened Jeffer sonian simplicity of the new r?gime. The new position to which Frau Ebert has attained has already caused her to be beset with offers from Berlin modistes and tradespeople. New Law Assures Free Filipino Education L?gislature at Manila Passes Bi<_; Appropriation to Extend Schools in Islands WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Passage by the Philippine Legislature of m act appropriating .".0,000.000 pesos for the extension of universal free educa? tion in the islands is regarded jy Acting Governor General Yeater as thi mo8l : inking development of the legislative session In Manila ju it. closed, ?(.cording to a long cable re? view received to-day by the War De? partment, The measure will extend primary education to all children of school age for a term of years under a systematic educational plan whien can be extended over the entire field, he said: Summarizing other acts, Governor Yeater ?aid the Legislature provided for an ?ricrease of rood products, for a geological survey of projected com niercial "il field?, for extension of the govcrnm nt railroad, for an income tax, for a metropolitan district, of Ma? nila with comprehensivo water and sewer systems, and for the erection Ol a mausoleum at the grave of William A. Jones, of Virginia, commemorating the recognition by the Filipino people of his work as author of the existing 1 hilippine organic act. in closing hi? report, Governor Yeater Bald he wished to "attest the patriotism of the Filipinos and their loyal attachment to the United States government.' _ Maine Sunk 21 Years Ago To-day Is Anniversary of Loss of V. S. Ship in Havana Twenty-one year? ago this morning American! were horrified at the new? from Havana that the battleship Maine had been blown up in the harbor of the Cuban capital, causing the death of two officer? end '?M ?"?f'ri ot the crow. The destruction of the battleship was one of the prime factor? in causing the Linited States to declare war on Spain The explosion took [dace at. 10 o'clock at night. Effort? made by boatmen in i the harbor to rescue the.?ailor? prove j of littl? ?vail, f'>r most of the men we I asleep when the shock came. League Says Women Are Overworked at Traction Stations Recommends Shorter Hours, ! Less Days a Week and No I Night Work as Impera? tive to Conserve Health The Conspmcrs' League has com? pleted an investigation of conditions under which women are employed by. transportation companies as ticket choppers. The study has shown, ac? cording to the league, that girls under twenty-one should not be employed in this work, that shorter, working hours are needed, also a reduction of the number of work days per week, and that the abolition of night work is im? perative if the health and the morals of the women in this occupation are to be conserved. The results of the investigation have been set forth by the league in a state? ment showing that to-day about half of the t'ubway and elevated stations in New York have women at the ticket boxes and tending the gates. A year ago, says the report, employment of women in this capacity was almost un? heard of. Some Work Fourteen Hours a Day The women who are tilling these positions, the report further shows, find that the good pay cannot compen? sate for the disadvantages of the work. It points out that on most of the lines women arc on duty seven days a week, twelve hours each day, with a half hour for lunch, from 7 a. m. to 7 p. m., or vice versa. If their station is a busy one, those on the night shift must arrive at 5 p. m. and be on duty four? teen consecutive hours, with only a half hour's relief at midnight. "You mighr. ns well bo dead," said one woman interviewed by members of the Consumers' League. "It's dark when you leave home in the morning and when you get back at night. You can never do anything but wash and tumble into bed." Beginners are generally placed on night shifts, regardless of their age. Some were physically unable to stand night work. They were unable to sleep during the day even after weeks of night work. Unfit for Young Girls According to women interviewed, it was agreed that the work is unfit for a young girl. The younger girls ad? mitted they were annoyed by men. "It's not only the drunks," said an English woman who has been in this country three years. "I don't mind them, but everybody is so rude! I've never seen or imagined such rough, un? civil treatment as the American people give their women ticket choppers." In spite of the generally mild win? ter, many complained bitterly of the cold, and several traced cases of bron? chitis, grin and heavy colds to expo? sure and dampness of the subway sta? tions. This was in spite of heavy cloth? ing and the. utilization of arctics, lan? terns, hot. irons, blankets, boxes and mats to warm their feet. "Great Jewel Robbery" Only a Woman's Whim After Police Hat! Worked Hard Mrs. Henry Prince Recalled Where Her Gems Were The absent-mindedness of Mrs. Henry Prince, of 1295 Madison Avenue, gave detectives of the East Eighty-eighth Street police station an uncomfortable night Friday, when she reported to them the loss of jewels valued at $20. 000. The complaint to the police stated that Mrs. Prince had the jewels in her handbag and had boarded a Fifth Ave? nue 'bus at 145th Street and Riverside Drive on her way home. When she reached her room, she said, the jewels were missing. There was an immediate search of all Fifth Avenue 'buses and the street over which Mrs. Prince had journeyed, and late Friday night the detectives called at her home to report that they had made no progress. Then the de? tectives were shocked. Mrs. Prince told them, she had found the jewels under her pi i low where she had left them, forgetting to take them with her. Mass for Vietims of War | Services Will Be Held Feh. 22 at St. Peters' Church A solemn high military mass for the safe return of America's sons and daughters who have offered their lives in defence of their country will be cele? brated at St. Peter's Church. Barclay and Church streets, on the morning of Washington's Birthday. The services, which are being held un? der the auspices of the Surveyor's Cus? toms Welfare Association, will be cele? brated by Mgr. James II. McGean, rec? tor of St. Peter's. The deacon will be the Rev. Thomas C. Conboy, chaplain of Base Hospital No. 3, and the Rev. j Thomas B. Brown, chaplain of the ;i7th | Artillery, at Newport News, Va., will be subdeacon. The sermon will be preached by Mgr. I John P. Chidwick, former chaplain of I the battleship Maine. The Rev. John F. ! White, chaplain of Camp Cordon, Ga., will be the master of ceremonies and the choir will be under the direction of Arthur S. Somers, president of the Board of Education. War Home To Be Improved Colonel Olcott Explains Ahoul Kearny Institution's Heat ORANGE, N. J.. Feb. 15. Colonel George P. Olcott, of East Orange, presi ? dent of the board of managers of the | Kearny Home for Civil War Veterans, ; to-day replied to the charge of B?r? de tie C. Lewis, Commissioner of Char | ?ties and Corrections, that the home ? "was a disgrace to the state," "After an examination with the State ! Architect we decided on the improve? ments needed following my appoint, - | merit in July," said Colonel Olcott. "I j went to Trenton and obtained an $8,000 I appropriation. The new heating b.vr ' torn boilers were ordered last spring, but were not delivered until six weeks ago. Then the State Architect: decided to wait for suitable weather to make tho change." 2 Mutteawan Fugitives Caught COLD SPRING, N. Y., Feb. 18. Guard? of the Mattcawan Asylum for tho Criminal Insane recaptured two young prisoners who escaped from that institution early this morning. The men are William Murray and Alfred Kaplan, both of Manhattan, who wero serving sentences for burglary. Murray arid Kaplan escaped from their ward, climbed to tho roof of the building, dropped to the ground and got. away. They were caught near the Htorm King station, four uuluu from tho asylum. Woman Enlivens Election Peekskill Voters Stirred Up by Feminin? Candidate for Treasurer PEEKSKILL, Feb. 15.?Residents of Peekskill are in a nutter over the com : ing village election, to be held Tues-! day, March 4, with chief interest cen : tring around the candidacy of Mrs. Henrietta Lane Barmore, nominated on the Democratic ticket, for Village ; Treasurer. Mrs. Barmore is the only woman in the field. She is the widow of Louis Barmore, a volunteer fireman, who lost his life at the Fleischmann Manufactur- ! ing Company's plant last summer. Her, brother, Major William Lane, jr., is in'; France. Max Saloman is pitted against; her as the Republican nominee. Eben A. Woods, a lawyer, was named ? by the Democrats for Village President i against President Leve re tt F. Crumb,! Republican. The village will also elect! an A<sessor. two Village Trustees and! two Water Commissioners. Suffragists to Fight On WORCESTER, Mass., Feb. 15.?The Massachusetts State Suffrage Associa? tion had its winter conference here to? day, and delegates expressed a deter? mination to continue their fight for passage of the suffrage amendment by the national Senat?. Mrs. Charles S. Bird, of W-lpole, presided, and de? clared that, in spite of the failure of the Senate to adopt the amendment, they have morally won, but were tech? nically beaten. A petition, bearing the signature of 16,400 Worcester women, urging the passage of the suffrage amendment, was presented to Mrs. Alice Stone Black well by Sirs. Clifford S. Anderson. mrrrrmnrrrrmmm^ Si/effer/rom HAROLD BAUER The Aeolian Company. New York, October 22\ 1918 Gentlemen: ? It has taken me several years to decide to play exclusively for the Duo-Art. My hesitation was not due to any doubt as to the superior excellence of your instrument, but because, in view of still further improvements which the future seemed to promise, I thought it advisable to wait before taking an irrevocable step. It is indeed a matter of the most serious importance to an artist ? to determine the selection of an instrument which, through the means of a recorded roll of paper, will reproduce his playing and carry it all over the world. Where one person will hear the performance of the artist himself, thousands will listen to the music-roll reproductions of his playing, and his reputation will gain or suffer according to the quality and fidelity of these reproductions. In the last two years significant improvements have been made in both the recording and reproducing devices of the player-piano, and The Aeolian Company has carried these improvements to their highest development in the Duo-Art Piano. It is difficult indeed to see in what direction further progress can be made or suggested. In fidelity of production, in brilliancy, power, delicacy, quality and variety of tone the vast superiority of the Duo-Art over all similar ' instruments is now definitely established. The Duo-Art stands supreme among reproducing pianos and I need no longer hesitate to identify r- myself with it and to entrust it with my reputation. I am most happy to avail myself of such a wonderful means of leaving to posterity a record, as nearly perfect as can be conceived, of my interpretative art. Yours very truly, oAnd the Great Pianists cpaderei?vski Last November, The Aeolian Company announced that under the terms of a special agreement Ignace Jan Paderewski would in the future record his interpretations in the form of. music-rolls, exclusively for the Duo-Art Piano. It also published in this announcement a letter from Paderewski in which he congratulated the Company upon the "splendid achievement" of the Duo Ait and expressed his appreciation of the "manifest fidelity" with which it reproduced his playing. Josef Hofmann A few weeks later a second announce? ment was made that Josef Hofmann would also make music-rolls for the Duo-Art Piano exclusively in the future. In the letter from Hofmann accompanying this announce? ment, he called the Duo-Art a "wonderful instrument" and stated that "its reproduc? tion of his playing was so sup?/ior to that of any other instrument as to furnish no real basis for comparison." And Now Harold Bauer And now comes the announcement that Harold Bauer, another of the small group of world-famous pianists, has made a simi? lar agreement with The Aeolian Company. Bauer's interpretations in the form of music rolls will also be made in the future exclus? ively for the Duo-Art. His letter, repro? duced above, explains fully his reasons for taking this step. And also why musicians of such pre-eminence and attainment, select the Duo-Art for such significant approval. Paderewski,Hofmann, Bauer?names not only of international celebrity as denoting musicians, but also as designating men of broad mental calibre and influential stand' ing. The dictum of these masters, regarding matters pertaining to their art, is absolute and final. Their enthusiastic approval of such an instrument as the Duo-Art is suf? ficient to arouse the interest and awaken the spirit of investigation of every musician and lover of the art of music. What the Duo-Art Piano Is The Duo-Art Piano is fully worthy such unprecedented endorsement. Its value to the art of music and to the music-lover is beyond computation. By means of the special music rolls referred to in connection with these great musicians, the Duo-Art Piano will reproduce their playing with such absolute fidelity of detail, that the reproduction is not to be distinguished from the original performance. This means, nothing more nor less, than that the possessor of a Duo-Art Piano commands the services of Paderewski, rjof mann, Bauer and all the other famous musicians who are making Duo-Art Music Rolls, to play for him at his will, for his pleasure, benefit and educational advantage. No such privilege has ever been accessibl? to a music-lover before, because no such instrument as the Duo-Art Piano has ever been hitherto available. Three Great Instruments In One Besides its wonderful reproducing feature the Duo-Art Piano is an instrument upon which anyone without musical skill can play practically all piano music, and play it well. For it is also the original Pianola? providing a wonderful technic which you may employ for self-expression in music The fascination of striving for the same effects that the great masters display in their Record-Rolls, the wonderful privilege of the Pianola, may be imagined. Also, finally, the Duo-Art Piano is a pianoforte of highest excellence. Its desirability as an instru? ment for hand playing is entirely unaffected by the two Arts which 60 greatly enhance its value, and broaden its scope. The Duo-Art Pianola Piano is obtainable in the Steinway, Steck, Stroud, and cele? brated Weber Piano at prices ranging from $975. Some of the artist-contributors to the Duo-Art Library of Piano Masters are : Adriano Ariani Harold Bauer Carolyn Beebe Magdeleine Brard Ferruccio Busoni Winifred Byrd Percy G rain per f - Enrique Granados Mark Hambourg Josef Hofmann , Ernest Hutcheson f Albert Jonas t Charles Wakefield Cadman Alexander Lambert Teresa Carreno Ethel Leginska George Copcland Tina Lerner I Alfred Cortot Guiomar Novaes Walter Damrosch Ignace Jan Paderewski Carl Friedberg John Powell Arthur Friedheim Rosita Renard ?ssip Gabrilowitsch Camille Saint Saens Rudolph Ganz Xaver Scharwenka Aurelio Giorni Ernest Schelling Leopold Godowski Arthur Shattuck Catherine Goodson Manna Zueca And oiany others Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday after? noon, at three o'clock, Duo-Art Recitals are grven in the beautiful Salon on the Fourth Floor of Aeolian HalL The Aeolian Company extends a cordial invitation to all music lovers to attend one of these Recitals and hear the Duo-Art Piano reproduce the playing of Paderewski, and the other famous pianists who are recording their interpretations for this wonderful instrument. 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