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Familv Favors
Second "Will9
Of Woolwortli
Incomplete Document Will
Bo Followed as Far as
Possible in Distribution
of Estate, Say Relatives
?30,000.000 to Widow
Beraube of Incompetency
Changes Are Planned
to Make Charity Bequests
\'o complications are expected in the
,tion of the estate of Frank W.
Woolworth by reason of a will that
was unfinished at his death, and which
?nade provisions other than those con?
tained in his will made thirty years
ago.
Mr. Woolworth, who died practically
,olo owner of the tallest building in
the world and the largest stockholder
in the corporation OW1 ing nearly 1,000
5-and-lO-ccnt stores bearing his name,
M0CUted his first will July I. 1889,
when he was a small merchant.
jn thi '' ; ' "' ' entii"c
estate to ,vifc, Mrs. .Jennie Wool
worth. Onl> a few months ago Mrs.
Woolworth was declared menially In
ompet ; i heriff' jury, her prop?
erty and affair? now being controlled
by Hubert T. I'orson, as her commit?
tee, Mr. Parson it vice president and
general manager of tho F. W. Wool
worth Company.
The unfinished draft of the document
which Mr. Woolworth intended to make
his last will, but which ho had not
fully approved bi fore his death or ex?
ecuted, makes numerous bequests to
charitable institutions, to friends and
relativi ociatos and em
Estate More Than $.'10,000.000
It is understood that the estate of
the merchant will amount to between
$30,000,000 and $40,000,000.
Charles E. F. McCann, a son-in
law, announce,! "that the intentions of
Mr. Woolworth, as expressed in the
paper left incomplete by hi3 unex?
pected death, will be carried out by
his family in sa far as it is possible to
do under the decedents' estate law.
"I desire to say that the family will
carry out Mr. Woolworth's intentions
as they are expressed in the later'doc?
ument," said Mr. McCann.
"We are not prepared to make pub?
lic the contents of either will. The
matter is a personal one, but we shall
see that his wishes are respected."
There is one possible obstacle to the
plans o? Mr. Wooiworth's family.
That is the will which it is understood
Mrs. Woolworth has made.
To Arrange Settlement
It is likely that she has left some ot?
her estate to blood relatives, which
property now must include the estate
that will come to her from .Mr. Wool
worth. In these circumstances, it will
b.' necessary to make terms with ibese
beneficiaries if they are inclined to
object to the distribution of the large
estate of Mr. Woolworth according to
'?:- wishes, rather than in conformity
with the only legal formula in exis?
tence. In any event, the relatives of
Mrs. Woolworth would be well pro?
tected.
As in the estate of .Mrs. Ida .'. Plag?
ier, an incomp?tent, whose income
from a trust fund of : .ral million
is greater'than . equired for
her care and comfort, application
could be made, if needed by relatives of
Vlr . Woolworth that part of i rr in
be paid to ?hem.
I hat Mr. Woolworth had in mind the
naking of a new will and a different
listribution of his estate than is pro?
vided in the thirty year old will was
indicated when he had his wife's dower
nterest in his estate judicially com?
puted a few months ago. Whatever
.share goes to .Mrs. Woolworth, it will
nave to be placed in the care of her
committee, Hubert T. Parson.
Parson Probable Administrator
Mrs. Woolworth was also named as
sole executrix its the will of her hus?
band. Because of her letra! status she
I .able to qualify in this ca?
pacity. Therefore, the procedure likely
to be followed will be an application by
Mr. Parson to the Surrogates' Court
'"r '?'? ? ? of letters of adminis?
tration, with the will annexed. The
cation will be made in Mine?la,
? -?- - ' inty, where Mr. Woolworth
ed, and it is probable that .Mr. Par
II be one of the administrators.
Mr. Parson, who was associated with
Mr. Woolworth for many year . i vice
' '- ai i! gi neral manager of the
i'. W. Woolworth Company. For three
?"?',: nducted the affairs of
'?'?" cor] i i robably wa bi
? ? m than the h<ad of
. . who, becau e of illm
' ' '."n ati active part in the
? ral *years, spend ?
ing much I .? his health.
: ' ??? i orn i - g i mmit tci of the di?
rector?, will hold its annual meeting on
Apr;! 23. Mr. Parson, it was said, is
* ' loeical iccessor to the presidency.
The findings of the committee will be
submitted to ? ? ockl olders at a
r'"! ' ng on the third Wednesday in
May.
Stores' Policy Unaffected
Mr. Parson made it known yester
day that the death of Mr. Woolworth
*nd t bution of his estate
would in no way change the manage
r the policy of the ? and 10 cent
?tores scattered about the United
pate:; and Canada, with : orne in Eng?
land. Also the present head of the
corporation wanted it known that,
widely circulated stories notwith?
standing, there was not a dollar of
'?rfrign capital invented In the Wool
worth Building, which ?s controlled by
the Broadway-Park Place Company.
Mr, Wool'Hforth was practically the
Wie owner of the building," sa.-I Mr.
Person. Thi? edifice cost with the
??"?<>, ?bout $13,000,000. With the in
treated value of property it today
?Mw a much greatei value. Just what
real value under present real
eetat? and building conditions, Mr.
rarsoa did not care to vento- even
8 guess. Besides, Mr. Parson was au?
thority for the statement that the
World fame,! structure which Mr. Wool
Worth erected a? his monument has no
Mtaebtedness again? ?t, standing trim
?Bd citar.
. "Mr Woolwor?l'ii ambition was to
'*??'?? this building go down to poster
?y without a cent of Indebtedness >.?
* monument to his name," said Mr.
' urton.
Kl* Ambition Realized
"Wan this ambition realized? It
was and there Is today not a cent of
gpebtednes? on the bu id na. Mr,
?X","rA: ?>?"??>?* ' ly out>
,??/'. ,'"rn'"' fxp]?ln?d how the im
S.??. *,.*" er??ted thet fore,,,,,
*it,!^ had invested in the prop
^??W**r! ,Mr' Woolworth was ar
*???C?ng for Ut? erection of the build
Woman Selects Help
For Five Big Hotels
"It Is Just Like Moving Pawns
on a Chess Board,*" Says
M Us E. M. Woods
Miss H. M. Woods is holding down
a man's and a woman's job at the same
tin,o in her capacity of employment
manager for the Biltmore, Commo
'? ? don-, Ansonia, Man?
hattan, Belmont and
Murray Hill hotels.
She picks every one
f rom .' crubwomen to
managers, and is an
adept at knowing
11 o 1 s h e v i k i and
strikers at sight. In
the course of a I
month she gives the
"once over" to any-?
where from 1,500 to
2,000 men and wo?
men.
"I'm a university
woman." said Miss
' ' Woods. "Four years
envers my period of
employment experience. I used to do
this work for the Association of Stork
Exchange Firms. Then I took it over
for Mr. Bowman's string of hotels. I
speak French, German and some Italian.
and I can pick out an agitator at sight.
Success in this sort of work lies in
one's nhilitv to estimate character and
classifv tvpe. 1 find it fascinating.
I feel "as if I have n great big chess?
board in front, of me and am contin?
ually nutting tho pawns where they
belong."
ing French capitalists sent n represent?
ative here with an offer of $7,500,000
capital toward the consummation ol
the enterprise, The over-sanguine
Irene', agent had 110 doilbl about the
ucci ", ni-; mission. He gave out
stories to newspapers thai read as
though th" papers hrd already been
signed. Bul the Frenchman reckoned
without Mr, Woolworth. 'I'!"' mer?
chant wanted no outside capital.
Mr. Woolworth hit two daughter?,
Mrs. Helena W. Md'ann. o?' ?) West
}? ightietli Street, and Mrs. Jessie W.
Donahue, of (I Fast Eightieth Street.
While they will receive a large part
of the e; tato, they are already wealthy
in their own right. Another daughter,
Mrs. Edna W. Ilutton, died about two j
years ago from suffocation in her
apartmen! at the Hotel Plaza, She
left a young daughter, who also will
be well provided for.
The sons-in-law of Mr. Woolworth
will confer, in the course of the week,
with the attorneys of the decedent to
determine the next procedure in the
carrying out of his wishes -mil the
administration of his estate.
Edward V. Bit ?Iiv
Named Warden of
Si up Sing Prison
Former Police Judge- at Port
Chester Appointed to
Succeed Mover; Will Be
No Immediate Changes
OSSINING, April'14.- Former Judge
Edward V. Brophy, of Port Chester,
well known in Westchester County
politics, was appointed warden of Sing
Sing this afternoon by Superintendent
of Prisons Charles F. Rattigan, Mr.
Brophy will succeed William II. Moyer,
who leaves to-morrow.
The new warden said he would con?
tinue the Mutual Welfare League for
the time being, at least, and will not
attempt to introduce radical changes.
He is a believer in rational prison re?
form. Sneaking of his plans to-day
he said:
"1 believe prisoners are human be?
ing? and should be treated as such. I
believe in being humane and treating
them fairly so long as they behave.
If a prisoner misbehaves, I believe in
more stern treatment. 1 have no fads,
but I believe prisoners should be per?
mitted plenty of athletic exercise.
State Prison inquiry
?s to Follow Naming
Of Two New Wardens
ALBANY, April 14.?With the ap?
pointment to-day of Edward S. Brophy,
of Portehester, as Warden of Sing Sing
Prison to succeed William S. .Moyer,
and of Colonel Edgar R. Jennings, of t lie
27th Division, as. Warden of Auburn
Prison, the investigation of the pris?
on-, of the state will begin in earnest.
Governor Smith, at the beginning
of his term, announced that he in?
tended to have a thorough investiga?
tion of the state prisons following re?
ports of inhuman treatment of con?
victs and trafficking in drugs and
lifjuor, particularly at Sing Sing.
After Charles F, Rattigan was
named as Superintendent of Prisons
the following committee was chosen
to conduct the inquiry under his su?
pervision; Adolph Lewisohn, Mrs. Helen
Ilartlv Jenkins, John S. Kennedy,
Bishop David 11. (.ir,.y, al' of New
York, and Adelbert Moot, o;' Luffalo.
The conne.iti.ee has just organized, with
Mr. Lewisohn as chairman, and will
begin work immediately.
Although Warden Mover resigned,
he did so only after it was known that
he was slated to go. The appointment
of his successor, Mr. Brophy, who is
a do;.' friend of Michael D. Walsh,
State Tax Commissioner and Demo?
cratic leader of Westchester County,
follows a period of political wire pull?
ing.
Miller Not a Candidate
Syracuse Ex-Judge Won't Seek
Governorship Nom i nut ion
SYRACUSE, April 13. Former Judge
N'athan L. Miller will not be a candi?
date for the Republican nomination
for Governor. This ?a the word Ins
closest friends have conveyed to Re?
publican leaders heic with the request
that they drop the whole campaign.
The leaders have been told that while
Judge Miller appreciated the efforts
In his behalf he did not feel that he
was so aituatcd financially that he
could make the sacrifice. In spite of
hi attitude there is a tendency here
tO keep the boom goi.'ig.
Prizes Offered to Authors
Writers of Best Fiction During
1919 To Be Given Awards
The two American authors who pub?
lish during 1!)J!) what the Society of
Art? and Sciencen believes aro tho best
two short stories of the year will re
ceivo prizes of $500 ?rid $250 rewper
tively when tho award is announced
January I, 1920.
HOTELS
when in SPRINGFIELD Ma? Qn t0
HoleiBRIDGWAY
| flit (, ?ill a08Mg4 MIKU1 fM?. Mat ?461?
Seder Feast Turned
Inlo Victory Fete
For Jewish Troops
PassoverCeJebration Opened
by Special Services of
T li a n k s for Victories
Against the Germans
Thousands of Jewish soldiers and
sailors throughout the Cnited States
began the observance of Passover last
night in Jewish Welfare Board huts
and centres. The "Seder" feast, which
marks the ripening of the eight-day .
celebration commemorating the libera- :
tion of the Jewish people from Egyp- :
tian bondage, was turned into a feast
to mark the liberation of the world
from Teutonic despotism.
With prominent rabbis officiating .
Seder "Services were held in Jewish
Welfare Board buildings in every'tamp
in the country and at all Jewish com- :
munity centres. The ceremonies will
be repeated to-night. The Jewish sol- :
diers have been supplied with Mat
zoths (flat cakes of unleavened bread), i
for the eight days of the celebration, j
To enable Jewish soldiers and sailors |
tf> mark the two Seder nights in the
company of their coreligionists the ;
War and Navy Departments awarded !
two days furloughs to all Jewish men
in serv.ee. As a consequence the '
seoi'rs of thousands of Jewish boys
in the service of Uncle Sam are en?
joying the holidays in 166 cities where,
the Jewish Welfare Board maintains I
branches.
Men in debarkation hospitals and
camps and on shipboard wen' not over?
looked by the Jewish Welfare Board.
Tables containing all the ceremonial
honday foods wore sol for hospital
patients and rabbis and Jewish Wel?
fare Hoard workers read the Seder
services. A rrangonicill n for Seder
services on hoard warships were abo
carried out.
Un the Screen
I Wulluce Heul Shows Ability to
Do Comedy in Latest Auto
Thriller Film
"The Roaring Road" is a clever
little comedy, well directed and ex?
ceedingly well played. It is the feat?
ure picture at the Strand this week,
and Wallace Reid is the star.
Has Reid always possessed this gift
of portraying humor, or has it been
suddenly acquired, or have we missed
it heretofore or has he a new di?
rector ?
We always have regarded Wallace
Reid as a rather good-iooking leading
man, who wore clothes such as one
never finds in real life on real people.
But in the new picture we are bound
to admit he displays a facility winch
is most interesting.
And Theodore Roberts, who never
has given an inartistic performance
in his life, is cast as the father of the
girl. This was another thing which
added to the enjoyment of the occa?
sion.
The stellar role is that of "Topdlcs"
Waldron, an automobile salesman, who
desires to be a driver of racing cars.
So, when his boss's three- cars are
smashed in a railroad wreck, Toodies
takes the remains and makes one per?
fectly good racer out of them. He
enters the synthetic car, drives, it
himself and wins the big mile race.
He also wins a promise from "the
cub" to be his bride.
Ann Little is the cub, so called be?
cause lier father is known as "the
bear.' '
But, being a bear, he refuses to part
with his "cub," and he kidnaps her and
starts on the tram for San Francisco.
"Toodies" jumps in a motor car and
follows the train, thereby hanging up a
: new record for a stock car.
That is all. But every one cooperates
in making it an entertaining film, and
Reid wears some real human clothes,
and his hair so that it looks like hair
and not like a shiny skull cap.
Two artists from the Park Theatre
were heard yesterday at the Strand.
They are Herbert Watorous ill "The
Armorer's Song," from "Kobm Hood,"
and Cora Tracy, who sang "An Irish
Love Song" and "My Little Sunflower."
Another "Analysis or the Motion Pict?
ure" was shown. It. is called "Stunts
and Thrills," and ?g the most amusing
of the series. It shows horses racing
and cowboys throwing the rone, all
slowed down to one-eighth the normal
speed.
The comedy is a Mack Sennett called
"The Foolish Age," and there are the
Strand "Topics of t he I ?ay" and an Out?
ing Chester called "Up in the Air After
Alligators." The overture is from
"Faust," with Carl Edouardo directing.
Mae Murray is at the Broadway this
week in a picture which we regret to
say is called "The Delicious Little
Devil." But the titular evidence is
only circumstantial and not sufficient
to condemn the film, which turns out
to !"? a delicious little farce.
Miss Murray plays the title role with
a keen appreciation of all its possi?
bilities. She is Peggy O'Brien, who
applies for a position as hostess at
the Peach Tree Inn and. calls herself
Gloria de Moines, the paramour of
tile Duke de Sauteriiie.
We arc a little shaky on the names
because there were no programmes
ami oui- mind cannot grasp so much
so quickly.
Peggy i.- asked by the manager to
show him what she can do, and when
she gets out on the floor she slips, and,
to save herself from falling, does a
weird sort of spin, ending with a flop,
not unlike that used by cabaret dancers
as a demonstration of appreciation of
applause. As such the manager accepts
it, and when Peggy assures him that
she has a past winch insures her fut?
ure he offers her $100 a week to come
to the Reach Tree inn and bring her
following of wino buyers with her.
Peggy goes, and what follows is very
amusing, especially her meeting with
the Duke. The juvenile's name we do
iK/l. remember, but in the film he is
Jimmie Calhoun, and Peggy preferred
him to the scion of the house de Sau?
te rue. So did we!
One scene showed the reporters at
tending China's performance in a
body, all with their notebooks, etc.
It reminded us of the night that Tom
Oliphant and S. J. Kaufman and we
all went un to see Dnraidina. The
picture was directed by Robert
Leonard.
There is also in the programme an
old picture of Charlie Chaplin's. It
is a Mack-Sennett arid Charlie's lead
; ing lady is little? Mabel Normand. It
lias been renamed "The Jaaz Waiter,"
I and seems quite up-to-date otherwise.
II. U.
Miss Marshall to We<l
Returned Naval Officer
Mr. and Mrs. James Glffonl Marshall,
of 850 Seventh Avenue, have announced
the engagement of their daughter, Miss
Margaret Gilford Marshall, to Licutcn
, ant Franklin King, li. S. N., ?on of Mr.
and Mm. Samuel Gclston King, ?if Bos?
ton. Lieutenant King Is a graduate of
\ Harvard, class '14. He recently re
1 turned from service in European
J waters?,
"Bonds of Interest" (iiven by
Theatre (?uild at the
irarriek
By Heywood Broun
The first production of the Theatre
Guild is alwaj agreeable and often
something much more stirring than
that. Jacinto Benavente'a play. "The
Bonds of Interest," is a type of dra?
matic entertainment rare to the Ameri?
can stage. It may best be described
as a poetic farce-comedy. Not since
"Prunella'' have we had such a play.
From the beginning of the perform?
ance it was evident that all concerned
had brought enthusiasm to the work
in hand. In some cases this fervor
was translated into beautiful results.
In other eases the results were not so
beautiful, unless one is disposed to ae
cept sincerity itself as a treasure to
be cherished. Rollo Peters has put
his hand to the scenery and costumes
and made them exquisite. Perhaps
nothing in the performance is quite so
successful as the setting, but then not
more than one production in New
York, or perhaps two, has ever brought.
such beauty to the stage. Only the sets
of Robert. Jones ?n "The Jest" are to;
be compared with those of Peters, and
any such exercise would be futile
since different moods are in the mak?
ing.
"The Ronds of Interest" is fragile,
fast, romantic and a little pensive. It
is a difficult play since it, gives the
actor no sure scenes. There is never
a chance for a player to set his teeth
into a situation and worry it. Now
there is no one in the company who
brings io the play a touch as light
and as sure as Peters brought to the
painting of the scenery. But there is
one ndmi rabie perform? nee jusl t he
name. Augustin Duncnn, tho Croat
Ancestor of "The Betrothal," showed
surprising versatility by playing a
part of the utmost sprlgluliness. He
? played it with amazing gusto and ?
I physical grace reminiscent of other
? I luncan <. It would have boon n perfect
performance but for an occasional fail?
ure io change the key in some of tho
lunger scenes. It wan always an en
livening and merry piece of work and
quite the backbone of the play. Wo
ought not to forget, that the merri
! (less of the pari was compromised with
an occasional note of something not
BO gay ami this was splendidly indi?
cated ?by t he [ilayer.
Henry Herbert as the Doctor was
also exceptionally good, and Dudley
Digges was an excellent Polichinelle.
The l-est of the company did not al?
ways maintain the proper pace and
spirit of this ever so charming and
! ever so difficult play. There were
times when they were too conscious of
the charm and others in which at least
? one or two bellowed as if in a melo
I drama. Now, "The Ponds of Interest,"
? for all its prosy title, is an imagina?
tive skit about puppets who come to
: life and carry through a spirited story
of comic intrigue and true love. The
audience had fair warning that these
players were to be puppets and there
were at least two, who shall b( name?
less, whom we would hav? yanked off
' the stage and put hack into the box
when they began to belabor the ears
of the audience in a manner which is
generally reserved for regular actors.
It is true that Crispin was not in?
fallible in his prologue speech. He in?
formed the audience that all the wires
would be visible, but at the end every?
body realized that another thread had
been introduced to govern the puppets
in their play. This was true love, and,
of course, it was quite invisible. Pup
j pets, as everybody knows, have a habit
of getting out of hand at times. "Pe
trouchka" is a case in point, for in
| stance. The most careful puppeteers
cannot, avoid such, accidents.
If anything in this review seems
harsh it is a criticism of tilings which
are not altogether vital, for the Theatre
Guild production <>f "The Ronds of In?
terest" is in its general effect a note?
worthy production of a charming play.
John Carre:: Underbill's translation of
the Spanish text is one of the factors in
the success of the entertainment.
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i
Music
Schumann <!lnl> <?i\?\s an All
Amcrican Programme al
Aeolian Hall
The Schumann Club, under the direc
I tion of Percy Rector Stephens, gave
: its second concert of the^Season last
| night at Aeolian Hall. This organi
| zation of young women has steadily
developed its ensemble until it now
presents a chorus, small but admirably
trained and composed entirely of fresh
voices. Mr. Stephens deserves abun?
dant credit for the success of his train?
ing and for the programmes he pre?
sents of compositions as a rule little
likely tu oe heard in concerts of the
larger choral organizations of the city.
Past night's concert was devoted ex?
clusively to American composers, and
from them Mr. Stephens had culled a
number of works which did credit to
their nationality.
Mr. Stephens's aria, "To the Spirit
METROPOLITAN OPERA
CLOSING WEEK OF THE SEASON
Wed. .e H !."? Mireille, Harrleiitos, llowurd; Hack
til. Wliltchlll. Udlliler. Cond., Montmix.
Thurs. m ?> Aida. Murin. Miitzenaiier: rariiso.
s...in. Scott, D'AngcIo (.'.I Mornnzoiil.
Good Frl. Alt. e.t J Special Concert i.o,- to $2).
(?ounoil'fl (?allln: Palralrlna'a Mlisa Brevls; Itos
sli.l'fl Stttbat Mater. I'onaollo, Matzrnauor, Sunde
Iltis; Uiu'kull, Mani?nos. Choni? and Orch. L'oml.
Hull I
Frl. al S 13. Amoro. doi Tim Re. Muzlo; Mortlnelll
Dldur, Chain? rs. Hada (.'one! . Moranzonl.
' Sat. ni ? Buttrrtlv. l-'arrnr. l-'.irri 1 a. L?zaro,
. Seoul, I'allrlnlerl. fond . Moranzonl.
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:--,:,",:: HOBOHEMIA
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v1 ;'.?;..',Y;,?. To-day & Friday at 2:30
SHAKUNTALA
THE (b.VSSK HINDU LOVE DRAMA
It.? KlllltlllHIt.
Every day is a
oliday at the
?p.
Hippodrome, Next Sun. ?SA Matinee
ai :: Onlt Joint Kecitol Thin Season
GLUCK & ZIMBALIST
Tickets Now on Sale at Boi Office.
AEOLIAN HAIL. To-night ut 8:15.
Letz Quartet
Hruliltl*. KreUler ( l?t time), TriineU
OhhIii Oalirllowltsch. AsslMtlnii Artist
Tickets m H"v OUI''1'
Aeolian Hall, TIlUW. Eve.. Apr. H, at 8:l.r>.
??S??. Robert SCHMITZ
Dir. Catharine A. ?tanimmi. Stolnwaj Piano.
ppiMPpCC Thatre. 10? W. .l?tli St.
rlMnibOd April 17. M A M.
THE SERVANT PROBLEM
Ticket* ni Box Office and Tyaon'a.
rwajf A trth I Top ! All New
1 next ITMDIA H'wav A Kill rnp ! ?u New
4 COLUMBIA TwktUall? ll'Mc-e [BON TONS
of Music," which opened the evening,
was not among the most inspiring of
these, nor was the new work on the I
programme, Harry Reginald Speers's
"The Island." This work is to a pcem
by Thomas S. Jones, jr., inspired by
Burkina's well known painting, but
neither the words of Mr. Jones nor the
music of Mr. Speers appeared to add
anything to an understanding of the
Swiss painter's work. But W. Franke
Harling's "The House and the Road."
?o a ditty by Josephine Prt^ton Pea
body, possessed considerable charm and
variation of cqfor, and Howard Brock
way's arrangement of two Kentucky
mountain ballads "The Nightingale"
and "Frog Went a-Courting," went over
most delightfully, while D< ems Taylor's
"The Chambered Nautilus." heard three
years ago at a concert by the Schola
Cantorum, is a work of rea! beauty.
There was one number not of a choral ?
nature -John Powell's variations and
double fugue and a theme by F. C.
Hahr played by the composer himself.
This was a splendidly constructed piece
of writing, a trifle too long and writ?
ten on a theme which of itself seemed.
of no particular importance, but be- ?
cause of Mr. Powell's fancy and power :
of coloring, a work i .' striking interest. '??
Several of the variations were of un?
usual beauty and rhythmic feeling, an.! I
the double .'neue was built un with
tine effort. iVr. Powell played it well,.
despite its difficulties, which were of
no mean order. It 1; ;< composition
which ought to catch the fancy of other '
pianist-, than its composer.
Mr. Powell later played Daniel Greg
ery Mason's "The Whoppoorwill" and
"The Quie< Hour" .and Edward Mac
Dowell's "Hungarian," The evening
closed with the singing of five negro
spiritual.-; transcribed for women's
voices by II. T. Burleigh. G. V.
Plays and Players
Lew El ilds i to ;. ? pea r i n a new
m u i en i play entitled "A Lonely
Romeo," Harry B. Smith is the author
of I he I.I; and lyric-', and Robert Hood
Bower list he compoi i r
The cast of "Through the ,\y<- ." a
new drnma by Cuy Bolton and George
Middleton, which I I to b(! )ifnii]ri.,\ early
nexl mon! h, Include i Pedro de < lordoba,
Km1j.Ii Kellard, Jane Cooper, Clara Joel,
Helen Chandler, Charles Crampton,
i'ai-1 Anthony, Henry Stcphcnson, Her
hert I irm'i' and Lcsl 10 Palmer.
.
Arthur Ifammerstein Is preparing to
produce a play by (?scar Hammerstein,
L'd, son of William Hammorstein and
grandson of the impresario. It is a
: serious drama and is entitled "The
| Light."
Marjoric Rambeau's engagement in
"The Fortune Teller" has been ox
. tended to Saturday evening, April 2fi.
"The Woman in Room Ci," now at the
; Booth Theatre, will succeed Miss Ram
beau at the Republic Theatre begin?
ning Monday evening, April 28.
The seventy-third annual spring show
by the Hasty Pudding Club of Harvard
will be given two New York perform?
ances in the Hotel Astor ballroom on
Saturday, April 19. The name of the
show is "Crowns and Clowns" and it is
the work of four members of the junior
class.
Adolph Kiauber's production of
"Nightie Night," a farce, had a success?
ful premiere in Wilmington, Del., last
night. The cast includes Francis
Byrne, Jessie Busley, lone Bright and
Malcolm Duncan.
Brigadier General Cornelius Vander
bilt has purchased the entire seating
: capacity of the Winter Garden to en?
tertain next Saturday night at a per
! formance of "Monte Cristo, Jr.," the
old 22d Regiment, New York Engineers
of the National Guard, of which he
formerly was commander.
In accordance with a custom inau?
gurated by William A. Brady when he
opened the Playhouse, the theatre will
be closed Good Friday, April 18. Ac
cordingly an extra matinee of "Forever
. After" will be given on Easter Monday,
April 21.
A r ?
Current gale* of Old and Mod?
em Pictures?Accessions at
Metropolitan Museum
There will be sold this and to-mor?
row evening?, at the American Art
Galleries, a collection of 223 paintings
from various estates. The most, in?
teresting group in the lot is that which
fills the main entrance gallery, a group
composed of old portraits which, if not
very impressive, are at all events
pleasai.". r.s decorations. A huge full
length of Louis XIV, by Hyacinthe
Rigaurd, dominates the room. It is
typical. Though not a brilliant work
of art it effectively fills its space. Sur?
rounding this there ara some really
charming specimens of the French
tchool.
The "Portrait of a Young Lady," by
Adelaide Labille-Guiard. is a delight?
ful work by an eighteenth century
minor figure. There are good pieces by
Drouais, Largilliere, Tocque and Ves
tier. The fragments of this or thai aid
school occasionally have merit. Witness
the portraits after Nattier and Boucher,
and the handsome "Spanish Princess"
(No. 105), given simply as of the six?
teenth century Spanish school. There
i? a single Italian rouvenir, the "Por?
trait of a Venetian Lady" (No. 185),
attributed to Paris Bordone, and what
vi r its origin, a decidedly beguiling
old canvas.
Upstairs the numerous modern pict?
ures make a miscellaneous array, with
here and there something of importance
cheerfully asserting itself. It is in?
ter? t n.. to come again upon the late
Ji ; -. i |i I 11 ' ge'fl "Malla," one of the
most brilliant of his South Sea studies.
It is the pot trait of a human bronze,
of a Samoun whose tawny skin is
made fairly luminous by the play of n
wonderfully diffused light. Over the
pcturesque figure is flung the glamour
of style a:' only a master like La Purge
would fling it. Americans are freely
represented in the modern contingent.
There are clever, characteristic pictures
by child Massam, u. W. Hawthorne,
George II. Bogert, Stephen Parrish and
several others. Among the foreign
painter" liarplgnies Is conspicuous. An
enchanting little water color by Boldini,
"Ail Occupation Ol Leisure," one of
those fantasies of fro,, trou in which
his virtuosity is displayed at its b"?t,
is catalogued as to be sold for the
benefit of the Amorlean Committee for
Devastated France. There are n num?
ber of pictures to which this legend
is attached, among them "The Violin
1 Girl," by Mr. H. Siddons Mowbray, a
j capital illustration of his earler per,id.
The 105 paintings at the Anderson
| Galleries are catalogued as coming
! from Mrs. C. II. Culver and other
I private owners. They will be sold next
Thursday evening. The modern schools
prevail, with American artsts Alden
Weir, Walter Griffin, Arthur Hoeber,
Charles P. Gruppe, Worthington Witt
redge, Guy C. Wiggins and divers others
figuring agreeably in the foreground.
The best of the foreign things are a few
accomplished pieces r>v Martin Rico,
Jean Baraud, E. L. G. Isabey and F.
Domingo.
The bulletin of ..ie .Metropolitan
| Museum of Art, published to-day, an?
nounces several important accessions
! and a number of new exhibitions, the
j most important of which is the Gustave
Courbet centenary exhibition which
opened last week with an attendance of
' over 1,200 persons. On April ?,\ there
j will be placed on view in the Prim Gal
i lerles of the museum an exhibition of
! decoration and ornament from Louis
j XV to the present day. containing both
? engravings and drawings made for the
j use of craftsmen, which will be illus?
trated, by a number of objects showing
\ the rinnner in which the motives ind
designs of the draughtsmen were ap?
plied in the shops. The old masters
did not disdain to originate designs for
lace, silver, furniture, etc., and many
I exquisite engravings and drawings are
' shown by Meissonnie, Piranesi and
I others.
In the room of recent accessions
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stands in solitary state a Lout? XVI
cylinder desk, a magnificent example
of French eighteenth century furniture,
bearing the royal arms oi France. This
was presented to the milseum by
Jacques Seligmann, of Pans, "in mem?
ory of J. P. Morgan and as a souvenir
of th? help which the Americans have
given to France during the war."
Another recent accession is a Chinese
votive stor.' tablet of the Wei period
decorated on both sidos. The iront lias
in the centre in full relief the B
Sakyp mini in the attitude of expound
ing the law, with the Bodhisattvas on
either side, all three standing on a
lotus flower. On the reverse side is a
Buddhistic scene incised in stone, with
an inscription which says: "Under
the great Wei Dynasty, on the
day of the third month, in the third
year of Yung Hsi" A. D. 534). Tho
stone, which is sixty-one inches high,
is said to come from Hwayin, m Shensi,
near the border of Honan.
There will he placed on exhibition
in the near future a collection of ancien'
firearms, the gift of the late ' liarles
M. Schott., .jr., containing more tl in
a hundred objects and mainlj co
ing ot a series "?' pistols oi
and bdmirablc workmanship, dating
from 17.'."i to 1820. \ rare Icwii li
amulet >f the Roman period has been
recently acquired by 'lie museum, and
now is nhown in the ela- deal wing with
the Roman glass. As gifts from Morti
mer I.. Schiff and Felix M. Varburg,
the museum has been fortunate m add
ing to the jirint. collection two little
groups of unusually important Rcnaia
naneo prints, among which are Mocel
t..'s "Judith With the II.'.id of Holo
fernen" and Lucas Cranach'R very rare
engraving of the Elector ?f Saxony
praying to Saint. Bartholomew, other
important prints acquired by the mu
seum are by Schongauer, Giovanni Pal
tista, Tiepolo, Durer and other masters.
Mrs. liaron Keqi.catliH
$175,000 to Charity
Harvard, (k>Iunil>ia and Barker
Memorial Hospital Are
Reniemhered
The will of Mrs. Virginia I'urdy
Bacon, patron of art. and granddaugh?
ter of the late Commodore Cornelius
Vanderbilt, was filed yesterday in the
Surrogates' Court. She died on April
Mrs. Bacon left $00,000 to Harvard
University, $50,000 to the Smithsonian
Institution, Washington, and $25,000 to
Columbia University for scholarships.
To All Souls' Church, Baltimore, the
testatrix left $50,000 to be used for
the maintenance of the Clarence Bark?
er Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Bacon provided that her in?
terest in the estate of Commodore
Vanderbilt shall go to her nephew,
Harold Oakley Barker, of 246 West
End Avenue. Cornelia Vanderbilt, of
Biltmore. N. C. and Florence Twom
bly, of 684 Fifth Avenue, cousins, re
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Alice A. Bacon McVeigh, it deceased
sister. Mrs. Adele K. Barker Schmidt,
? sister who lives in Germany, was
not mentioned in the will.
Phyllis \eilson Terry
it Palace This Vf eek
The feature of the Palace programme
this week is the singing of Phyllis
Neilson Terry, the young English act
r ress. The appears in a proirnimmo of
so :? - exclusively and s;ngs them
charmingly. Familiar vaudeville en?
tertainers make 'ip the rest of the bill,
which includes the drolleries of Wal?
ter i . Kelly in his well-known charac?
ter of "The Virginia Judge," Harry
Green and company in a comedy by
Aaron Hoffman entitled "George Wash
ington .Cohen," Bernard Granville,
Yvette Rugel, I'na Clayton and John
' Repay and the Lorraine Sisters.
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