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Corsets Raise
Trade Dispute
On Luxury Tax
"Are They Underwear?"
Merchants Ask Internal
Revenue Officer in Ef?
fort to Keep the Peace
Premium on Keeping Dry
Few I nibrellas F o ii n tl
Under Free Price; Spec?
tacles Raise Question
Umbrellas costing more than $4 be?
came a luxury yesterday taxable at 10
per cent of their price and it rained
sbout Si.95 cents' worth, according to
the estimates of haberdashers^ who
leally had nothing in any of the newer
shapes under $4.50.
To be sure the student of the luxury
tax law with a taste for hair-splitting
might select an umbrella that was or- j
namented, mounted or fitted with pre- |
eious metal or imitation thereof. In j
which case he had a perfect right to
declare to the haberdasher that such
an umbrella, falling within the articles I
enumerated in paragraphs 2 or 8, in- j
elusive, already had paid a tax.
But after the student had gone to |
all that trouble, perhaps even quoting
the list of articles enumerated in para?
graphs 2 to S, inclusive, he was just
as likely as not to find that the haber?
dasher belonged to an anti-taxation
society or was a metallurgist or else
had studied the law himself and would
quote from Appendix K and explain
that this was a sectional umbrella and
while the handle had paid a tax, the
cover, being of silk or a fibrous imita?
tion thereof, had not, and ask, besides,
was he buying this umbrella as a work
of art or for utilitarian purposes.
A Dispute on Corsets
Tt really was cheaper and more satis?
factory to pay the $4.95 right off and
get satisfaction by listening to the
plaint of the man or woman -who had
to get a new pair of glasses or corsets
or something. Both cornets and glasses
are among the disputed points in the
tas law.
The difficulty with corsets is?are
they underwear or aren't they under?
wear? In one New England town one
dealer held that corsets were under?
wear and taxable at 10 per cent if
costing more than So, while all the
other dealers were selling corsets as
a kind of intermediate garment and
tax free. At the request of the lone
dealer Lew Hahn, executive secretary
of the National Retail Dry Goods As?
sociation, sent the following telegram
to Daniel C. Roper, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue:
"As an indication of difficulties re?
tailers face in attempting to admin?
ister luxury tax, Section 904, without
specific interpretation from you, may
I cite typical experience of one mer?
chant. Acting on unofficial ruling of
your department, that corsets are tax?
able as underwear, his store is col?
lecting tax. All other stores in his
city are selling corsets without col?
lecting tax. This creates an intoler?
able condition of unfair competition.
May we have definite decision regard?
ing corsets, also may we again "urge
importance ear!;,- issuance of all in?
terpretations concerning taxable mer
ehandise?"
The question as to glasses is whether
the o per cent tax applicable to "pre
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should be levied merely on the frames
or upon tho price including the lenses.
Most of the large stores in the city
; put the luxury tax into effect yester
? day with little confusion, having de?
cided for themselves, in the absence of
| specific rulings from Washington, what
i particular merchandise was taxable.
i The smaller stores were more or less
confused and were kept busy telephon?
ing retail associations for information.
In a majority of the larger stores the
tax was shown along with the price of
the merchandise. One prominent hos
i levy shop is paying the tax for its cus
' tomers, but this is an exceptional case.
j Only one of the large stores, Best
& Co., was said to be collecting signa
. tures for an appeal to Congress to re?
peal the luxury tax.
Soda Fountain Men
Meet To-day to Seek
Luxury Tax Repeal
The first meeting of the Soda Foun
i tain Association, of New York, which j
| is organizing sentiment to repeal the
luxury tax on their products, will be
held this afternoon at the Hotel Mc
i Alpin.
Not all of the soda fountains in
| greater New York made the public
"pay the freight" when the tax on !
I sodas, ice cream and soft drinks went I
? into effect yesterday.
Several candy merchants in Brooklyn I
j announced they would not charge their I
i customers the luxury tax. They will
I pay it themselves.
j According to M. L. Morgenthau, of
I the Mfc-ror Candy Company, it is the
intention of the law that the cus- !
tomer must pay the tax directly at the I
time of purchase. He quoted the fol- ?
lowing Treasury Department ruling
sent from Washington by Commis- !
sioner Daniel C. Roper in support of
his claim that the dispenser is not
to absorb the tax:
"The tax on soft drinks, under Sec?
tion 630 of the Revenue act of 1918,
is a consumers' tax which the statue
prescribes shall be collected from the
purchaser by the vender at the time
of the sale. The vender is merely the !
instrumentality through which the tax
is to be collected. It is not levied on
the soft drink dealer.
Prohibits Profiteering
"As a matter of fact the dealer is
prohibited from using the tax as a
means of unduly increasing the price
ami representing that such increase is
due to the tax. The price of the drink
and the tax are two separate things.
The purchaser pays for his drink to
i the dealer and pays the tax to the
government through the dealer who
'< is accountable to the government for ,
I the tax collected and for the collec
j tion of the tax."
Opponents of the tax yesterday
; pointed out several inconsistencies in
i the law. Grape juice straight is not
! taxed, but suffers if mixed with either
plain or carbonated water, they say.
Milk alone is duty free, but with an ?
egg in it is taxable. Hot soft drinks j
are not taxed as yet, although identi- I
cal with other taxable drinks except j
in temperature, it is claimed.
A flaw in the law was pointed out by
W. C. Watts, vice-president of Lig- |
gett's.
Points to Discrimination
"The law does not tax ice cream
served at hotels or restaurants," said
Mr. Watts. "There is the injustice of
that provision. Tho East Sido young?
ster, with a nickel or less to spend- for
a small soda or ice cream cone, must
pay one cent tax on each purchase,
which makes a tax amounting to 25
per cent.
"On the other hand the man who can
really afford to pay a tax can go into
a hotel and pay 40 cents for a dish of
ice cream with his dinner and he is
not taxed at all."
Theological Seminary
Has 100th Anniversary
Bishop Tuttle of Missouri Out?
lines Work of Episcopal
Institution Here
The Right Reverend Daniel Sylves
| ter Tuttle, bishop of Missouri, and
| presiding bishop of the Protestant
I Episcopal Church in America, preached
the "thanksgiving service."
"The founding of the General The?
ological Seminary in 1819 was not the
' only thing that made that year mem?
orable in the annals of the church,
he said, "as it was in that year that
: the missionary expansion of the
church really began."
Eight missions were first established
in the middle states, Bishop Tuttle said,
and these spread in 1825 to what was
then the Far West. The Women's Aux?
iliary was not established until 1868.
The 100th anniversary of the found?
ing of the General Theological Seminary
; of the Protestant Episcopal Church
was celebrated yesterday in the Mem?
orial Chapel of the institution on
Ninth Avenue between Twentieth and
Twenty-first Streets.
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| Society Ball for Charity
Benefit Planned for Grosvenor
Neighborhood House
For the benefit of the Grosvenor
Neighborhood House, which maintains
a children's playground and settlement
at 411 East Fiftieth Street, a "spring?
time ball" will be given this evening
at Sherry's. It will take the place of
the usual musical comedy given for
this charity by members of society.
The board of directors of the settle?
ment includes M?bb Caramai Carroll,
president; Mrs. Charles D. Dickey, jr.,
vice-president; Miss Cornelia Van A.
Chap?n, treasurer, and Miss Elizabeth
R. Thompson, secretary. Miss Audrey
Riker is chairman of the dance com?
mittee.
Mar,y dinners will be given previous
to the dance.
Miss Fleischmann to Wed
Will Be Bride of Alfred Maclay
on May 7
Mrs. Maximillian Fleischmann, .12
East Sixty-fourth Street, has an?
nounced the engagement of her daugh?
ter, Miss Louise Fleischmann, to Al?
fred Barmore Maclay, of 50 West
Fifty-seventh Street, son of the late
Robert Maclay. The Rev. Dr. Wilton
Merle Smith will say the "ceremony
May 7 at the home of the bride.
Wedding of Miss Litton to
C. K. Ledger Is Postponed
The wedding of Misa Elsie Litton,
daughter of the late George (ireenhall
Litton, of England, and Claude Kirk
wood Ledger, which was to have taken
place yesterday, was postponed on ac?
count of the illness of Mr, Ledger. It
will take place within the next t< n
days. Mihs Litton'is staying with Mrs.;
Harry Guggenheim, 870 Park Avenue.
Ml?? Laura .Sutherland
Engaged to War Veteran
GREENWICH, Conn., Muy l. The1
engagement of Mi?? Laura Suther
land, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hilan
Satherland, of Woodland Drive, ?md !
Corporal Pr-ntinn W. H/ithawny, for?
merly of Battery K, Mth Artillery, of
OrtOttWich, han been announced.
Tho wedding will take place at Chriwt
j Kpisconnl Church here May lii. Tho j
1 lie v. M. George Thompson will officiate. I
Sothern and Marlowe
To Return to Stage
"Twelfth Night," "Taming of
the Shrew" and "Hamlet"
To Be Their Vehicles
Playgoers received with satisfaction
yesterday the announcement that E. H.
Sothern and Julja Marlowe had recon?
sidered their retirement from the
stage, and, beginning next October,
would tour the country in "Twelfth
Night," "The Taming of the Shrew"
and "Hamlet."
The retirement of Mr. Sothern and
his wife was announced nearly five
years ago when Miss Marlowe was
stricken with a malady which physi?
cians declared would keep her from
the stage permanently. However, her
health has been regained.
"We have selected the three plays
mentioned," said Mr. Sothern, "because
they embody the romantic, the comic
and the tragic, and the r?les of Viola,
Katherine and Ophelia give Miss
Marlowe her greatest opportunities
and widest range.
"The matter simply resolved itself
into this. There have been so many
?ffeCtionate calls for Miss Marlowe that
she now feels herself able to take up
her task once more. When we left the
stage so suddenly it was sad to think
that she was even unable to say goud
by. And without Miss Marlowe' beside
me I felt unable to continue. Obstacles
now have been removed, she has come
into excellent health and we are glad
to know that it will not be long before
we are again before our friends."
Plays and Player*
B. S. Moss completed negotiations
yesterday for the erection of a vaude?
ville and film house at Prospect Ave?
nue and 161st Street, The Bronx.
This addition to his string is to con?
sist of a theatre seating 3,500 persons
and an amphitreatre seating 3,000.
Work is to be completed January 1.
The cost of the land and building will
be about $1,000,000.
Alice Brady, who is playing "For?
ever After" at the Playhouse, will play
forever after in a real house which
she has bought at Allcnhurst, N. J.
The house is said to live up to its ad?
vertisements of "every modern con?
venience."
Tho Messrs, Shuhert will start to?
day rehearsals of "Bing, Bang, Boom,"
a musical play which is to be presented
this summer at the Nora Bayes The?
atre when "Come Along" will move
along. Book and lyrics are by Edgar
Smith and music by Jean Schwartz and
Al Bryan.
Among those with May Dp- griev?
ance's against landlords is .ne Stage
Women's War Relief whose "Jumble
In" has been moved unceremoniously
from 13 West Thirty-ninth Street to 24
Wrest Forty-seventh Street. There will
be a house-warming auction at the
new store at 2 p. m. Monday.
"Look and Listen," the first of A. H.
Woods's spring productions will be
presented in Atlantic City, N. J., be?
ginning Monday evening, May 19, for
one week. It will reach New York
later in the month.
The opening of Duncan Macdougall's
Barn has been postponted for one week
to Friday evening. May 0.
F. Ray Comstor'.< is starting at once
rehearsals of "V bicorne Home" by Guy
Bolton. It v il have its first per?
formance Mi> 19.
'"A Little Journey," "Listen Lester"
and "East is West" will have their
150th performances to-night.
Oliver Morosco yesterday contracted
with Richard Dornoy, executor of the
Austin Daly estate, for the rights to
make "The Lottery of Love" into a
musical play.
"She's a Good Fellow" will start the
spring and summer season at the Globe
Theatre Monday night. Charles Dill
ingham will present it for the first
time.
The Winter Garden's Sunday con?
cert will include: Frank Fay, William
and Gordon Dooley, Esther Walker,
Mae West, Clayton and White, Gar?
diner Trio, Stan Stanley, John Burke,
Jennie Middleton, Leo Beers, Rath
Brothers, Holt and Rosedale, Phil
Baker, Nathan Brothers and Slayman
Ali's Arabs.
'"Everything" at tho Hippodrome
started its tenth month yesterday.
'Church Seeks New Home
Greek Catholics Lose Their
Hold on Leased Building
The priest and most of the 1,000
members of the congregation of the
Greek Catholic Church of St. Nicholas
began a .search yesterday for a build?
ing to shelter their services. The
! church became homeless when a three
! year lease on the premises at 183
; Greenwich Street expired.
According to Themis Tragidis, w-ho
| has dealt with the owners of the build
? ing, the new lessees will leave the
! altar in the room, but the church will
] not be allowed to hold services.
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Miss Anthony Leaves ?1,500
Legacy for Suffrage Cause
WASHINGTON, May 1.?Alice Paul,
chairman of the Woman's party, an?
nounced to-day that she had received
a check for a legacy of $1.500 from the
executors of the estate of Miss Jessie
Anthony, of Los Angeles, Cal., a rela?
tive of Susan B. Anthony.
This sum was left to Tier, Miss Paul
says, to be used in securing the pas?
sage of the Federal suffrage amend?
ment. It will be devoted to the cam?
paigns which are being conducted in
the states of four Senators?Senator
Keyes, of New Hampshire; Senator
Dial, of South Carolina; Senator Har?
ris, of Georgia, and Senator Harrison,
of Mississippi.
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"The Unpardonable Sin" to
Have First Showing To-night
"Tho Unpardonable Sin" will be
shown at the Broadway Theatro to?
night at 8:30 o'clock. Only one per?
formance will be given, but, beginning
to-morrow, the picture will be shown
continuously from noon until 11 p. rn.
"The Unpardonable Sin" is a Harry
Carson production of Major Rupert
Hughes' novel. Blanche Sweet is the
?tar, Marshall Neilan the director and
the picture is presented by L. Lawrence
Weber and Bobby North.
Under the new management of B. S.
Moss the Broadway Theatre hus been
renovated and redecorated. :
Cttclj
14th Street, near Third Avena?
Sale of Tolentino Collection
Brings In $34,140 on First
Day; Saito Sale Slow
The total for the first day of the sale
of the Tolentino colleection at tho
American Art Galleries yesterday af?
ternoon was $34,140. Individual sales
were as follows: Roman votive bronze,
lamp of the first century A. D., L. R.
Orselli, $400; Tuscan bronze bust of the
fifteenth century by C.vitali, Leon
Riqci, $450; Venetian '.ronze candle?
sticks, Mme. Keller, $800; Greco
Roman bronze vase of the first century
A. D., Leon Ricci, $1,500; Roman bronze
?statuette of the first century, R. II.:
: Laurents, agent, $500; pair of Italian
bronze statuettes of the sixteenth cen
| tury, rearing horse, L. ,R. Orselli, $440;
Florentine "(?ire-Perdu" bronze group
of the sixteenth century, by Bernini,
Leon Ricci, $1,500; French stone stat?
uette of the fifteenth century, W. W. ?
Seaman, agent, $750; Pisan marble
portrait bust of the thirteenth century,
by A. de Cambio, P. P. Berrezi, $1,500;
Florentine glazed terra-cotta statuette ,
of the sixteenh century, by Giovanni
Delia Robbia, G. F. Crowley, $475;
Florentine colored stucco bass-relief of ?
tho fifteenth century, by Rosscllino,
Leon Ricci, $3,100; pair of wrought
?iron Italian candle brackets of tho four- '?
j tecnth century, L. R. Orselli, $980..The :
! sale will be continued this afternoon.
The sale of the contents of 1009
| Fifth Avenue, under the management i
j of the Fifth Avenue Auction Rooms
i Inc., began yesterday afternoon. The
j total for tho day was $9,265.50. Tho
j following lots brought ton prices: Two
I Louis XV arm chairs, Mrs. M. Newman,
$110 each; twin bedsteads. Empire
| period, Mrs. Locke, $125; old English
! chest of drawers, English Antique Com
; pany, $95 Louis XV secretary in tulip- ;
j wood, Lan s Curiosity Shop, $1,525. The ?
: sale will be completed this afternoon. |
Prices ran low at the sale of Saito
collection of Chinese and Japanese ob
| jects of art at the Anderson Galleries
j yesterday afternoon. The total was
| $1,289.50. The sale will be continued
I this afternoon.
Sharp bidding marked the fourth ses?
sion of tho Venetian art sale yesterday
afternoon at Silo's Fifth Avenue Gal?
leries, 40 East Forty-fifth Street.
Competition was strongest for owner?
ship of a Point do Venice table cover,
which was finally obtained for $2,200 by
Mrs. G. W. Howard, of Mount Clemens,
Mich. This fabric is said to have rep?
resented the labor ot a year by a group
of Venetian Women who worked in a
shop supported by the Association of I
Venetian Industries during the war. Its j
price, together with other proceeds ofj
the sale, which continues for the re?
mainder of the week, will be used to
restore to their homes and workshops
Venetian artists and artisans who were !
driven away by the Austrian invasion. I
By far the most important and val?a- |
blc objects of the collection, including!
the famous "Peacock Gate," by the
noted master craftsman, Calligaris, will
be offered to-day and to-morrow after?
noon.
Among the articles sold yesterday
were the following:4 Filet lace counter?
pane, Mrs. W. II. Jackson, $110; centre?
piece with Burano lace. C. T. Sherridan,
$375; lace table cover, Mrs. G. W. Wall
ingford, $300; filet and Venice point
table cover, H. 0. Cummings, $450; filet
Venice point centrepiece, A. J. Altaian,
$450; embroidered table cover, -Airs. M.
B. Frey, $170; lace table cover, C. E.
Mason, $325; large table cover, filet,
C. W. Ingram, $550; lace table cover,
R. II. Backus, $350; table, cover in
zodiac form, C. W. Lawrence, $300;
beaded bag, Mrs. John B. Donchian,
$90; beaded bag, Mrs. Frederick Hous
mnn, $235.
The total of yesterday's sale was $15,
239, which brings the total to date to
$55,073. The sale will end Saturday.
National Plan to Give
Business Women Homes
Federaion Aims at Ereeion of
Apartment Houses in all
Large Cities
Apartment houses exclusively for
business women are to be erected in all
large cities of the United States if
plans of the Federation of Professional
and Business Women arc realized. The
question will be one of the first taken
up at tho annual convention of the or?
ganization in St. Louis on July 14.
"We plan to develop the natural hom?
ing instinct of business women instead
of eliminating it, as business condi?
tions have a tendency to do.," said Miss
Lena Madesin Phillips, executive sec?
retary of the National Business Wom?
en's Committee, yesterday. "We are
working on practical plans for apart?
ment houses for business women which
not only will provide them with the
necessary home atmosphere and con?
genial companionship which is needful
to their wellbeing, but will return
good interest on the investment."
Miss Phillips said the apartment
houses would not only make ?posible
housekeeping that lessens expenses for
the worker of moderate salary, but also
would provide for the higher salaried
professional women who desire more
pretentious surroundings.
Jesse L. Lasky presents
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S of
Catherine Calvert, Eugene
3'Brien & Ruby de Remer.
COMMANDER EVANOELINE 11O0TII
APPEARS IN AUTHENTIC SCENES
OF SALVATION ARMY ACTTVlTJliS.
Produced 'ny
Famous Plnyers-Loaky Corporation
Directed by Edward Jose
Scenario by CUAS. E. WHITTAKER
A love story of the most popular
service organization of
the Great War.
All receipts given to Salvation Army
$1:1,000,(MM) llonf?' Service Fund.
Begins NEXT MOMIAV NKillT
HARRIS
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MATS. AT 2:20. ! EVES. AT S:20.
25c & r.'jc. | 26c to ?1.
CARNEGIE HALL TODAY at 2:30
NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
sl^sjms Bodanzky C0N0UCT0R
Tli'ltel? TOO to ?2, Box Omvo. NO WAR TAX.
Ainu 20 Tickets Q.l for TO DAY.
77<h DIVISION PARADE
T?EHDAV, MAY Otll.
i ira tul Stand
1!. view New York's < Iwn
FROM BEST LOCATION ON BTH AVE.
TICKETS 11.50, *2 00 and f.1.00.
KtUST PHK.SHYTKH1AN CHURCH,
Firth Ave., between Util anil 12th .Nts.
Proceeds Dietrlbutod War Adivine?.
CCi? IIMRlA n'niy * t;ihi pop i Mom?
V.Vti'JlllOlrt Twlio llallv iPrliv? Wlllliim.A
Mrs. FRANCES FREEDMAN
,3i???f
Only Woman Hospital
Druggist Here Resigns
Mrs. Francis Freedman, of
Bellevue, to Join Husband
With U. S. Marine Corps
After having filled more than 375,000
prescriptions during her term of office
as pharmacist of Bellevue Hospital,
Mrs. Frances Freedman, who enjoys
the distinction of being the only wom?
an in the history of New York to hold
such a position, has resigned.
Mrs. Freedman is known to thou- j
sands of the city's poor. It was to
her they went when they had sought]
free medical advice to get their pre-1
scriptions filled. Six months ago she
forgot her arduous duties long enough
to marry, and she will leave New York;
to join her hushand within a few days.
He. is Joseph H. Freedman, of Mem?
phis, Tenn., a member of the United
States Marine Corps.
In 1916 Mrs. Freedman was grad?
uated from the Brooklyn College of!
Pharmacy at the head of h?r class and
was awarded a prize for efficiency in
pharmacy. Her duties at Bellevue
Hospital began in February, 1917. Mrs.
Preedman's parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Max Levine, of 70 Somers Street,
Brooklyn.
Music
New Symphony Orchestra Gives j
Another Concert, and With
New Conductor
The New Symphony Orchestra, that j
mysterious organization which sud
; denly was born with a French con?
ductor, whose very name was un?
known to the great majority of con
cert goers, and which, after a single
pair of concerts, changed its French
conductor for an Hungarian one, gave
j its third concert last night at Car
: negie Hall. Mr. V?rese having de?
parted, Mr. Bodanzky took bis place,
; and it may well be doubted whether
there was a single regret at the cnange
on the part of any in the audience.
With the change in conductors went
also an equally complete change in
policy, futuristic music giving way to
universal music, and because of this
' there was likewise little lamentation.
In short, it was in every way a jour?
ney from singularity to sanity.
Artur Bodanzky is remembered as
a symphonic conductor by his armira
ble direction of the works of Ernest
Block at the concert given of the com?
positions of the Swiss composer two
years ago, and also by several small
concerts given by the Society of the
Friends of Music. It is not, however,
: too much to say that his real measure
! was never taken until last night, when
? he chose the Brahms First Symphony
for his pi?ce de r?sistance.
Not many conductors can make
Brahms exciting, yet this is precisely
what Mr. Bodanzky accomplished. De
'' spite the fact that his orchestra was
I by no means one of the first order, at
i least in the brasses and the wood
! winds, he gave a reading of the sym
? phony of great clarity and distinction,
in the andante of exquisite poetic
beauty and in the finale of extraordi
l nary brilliancy. At the conclusion of
| the symphony the audience called him
out again and again in thunderous ap?
plause. Though there were moments
in the symphony when the slowness of
his tempi might be questioned, it was
none the less a performance of a high
order, and gave rise to the hope that
we may hear Mr. Bodanzky more often
in the symphonic world.
The overture to the "Benevenuto Cel?
lini" of Berlioz was equally finely
played, Mr. Bondanzky bringing out
with gusto the work's splendid sonori?
ties. Then came the Debussy Prelude
to "L'Apres Midi dien Faun," the
scherzo from Mendelssohn's "A Mid-?
summer Night's Dream" music and the
overture to "Tannhauser."
It is understood that Mr. Bodanzky
is willing to remain with the orchestra
and to give a few concerts next sea?
son after his labors end at the Metro?
politan. It is certain that the lym?
phatic orchestra, which appeared un?
der Mr. Varese's baton, has under Mr.
i Bodanzl ', come to life, though it will
probabl> require a further purging be?
fore it gains tho polish and finish
needed for a great metropolitan or
i ganization. But Mr, Bodanzk?''s band
A M EH IC.VS FOU EM OST
THEATRES
LEE & .
AND HITS UNDER THE DIRECTION OB
,1. SUURERT
1
VA
M
MATINEE TO-MORROW AT
?T
'ADiamond Mine of Entertainment
?Stephen Rathhun, Eve. Hun.
.??ENTUfiy GROVE ROOF Of CEM?RY TMEATR?
?ge?
S ? ? - - - -
H ,V?s* AT 11:3a-A SeN5ATI0M-l>rtQNE COL 6?00
AAtU <iT Theatre W. of B'way. Ergs.
4HU10 1. xiais. To-morrow and Wed.,
tST
Breeziest 'fakC It tPOITb 1
Musical T'lay
Mats" TOro'w~&?We?r,
FOREVER
AFTER
I VPtr 42d St., W. of B'way. Evgs. 8:30.
ljII-t.1V/ Matinees To-morrow and Wed., 2:30.
THF Season'? I With Richard 1 |ftti' Big
HIE, H(t I Bennett I ???? Month
U Relam? West's Thriller of Thrillers If"*
NKNOWN PURPIX
SEATS NOW ON SALE
WINTER GARDEN ?X?oat S:15
A WONDERFUL ARRAY OF TALENT
HORA BATES 2&EA-?cw Kr^r
3RD OF A SERIES OF SOPHIE TUCKER
SPECIAL SUNDAY NIGHTS
P.FNTHAI TH??TRE. iVw'ty & 47th St.
uCBlnAL at 8:15 'Phono Bryant 17
BIG AIX-STAR H11.1,
Maw. To-m'w ?: Wed. at
U?Tn?fiN West 4-ttti St. Erenlngs at 8:15.
nUU?Ull M,h To-m'w & Wed. at 2:30
bam BERNARD & IOC,s MANN
MPi\ir\<im West 45th St Eves, at P 30.
iYlUKUouU Last Matlneo To-mor'w at 2:30.
t;v>yRTENAY&W?S&
LAST 3
TIMES
ri fill TDM West 46th St. Evgs. ai 8:30. s./
? rULIUri Mats. To-mw & Wed. at 2:30. <M?
Oliver Morosco'J Whirlwind Fares lr
Ik PLEASE GET MARRIED j
HJfo, with Ernest Truei and Edith Taliaferro. JwH
O?TU CT Theatre, near B'way. Eros. S:20.
?Vltl ?i. mata. To-morrow and Wed., 2:30.
:::v m, m ma
Smarteit and Brightest
of All
Musical ffuecc
GOOD SEATS
PI, S1.S0, $2.00.
L^^aa^????JJjJ^??AI?3-^i^^
?rh Henrierha Cr-osrnan
'Besr Play ^ince Paid in Full "fv-c w*vV
. PgLWUrj I Eves g M Hat? WM. 3, ?al- 2 *Q
Marjorle Ramhe.iu in
Mat. Sat., 25e to 75c. "The Fortune Teller."
Nxt \vk: Qourtenay & Wise in "Cappy Ricks"
A Wonderful Array of Talent. .
PB. F. KEITH'S i BLANCHE ( I.IFTON'
A f ATP HINti [CRAWFORD
rl L. Si U & ( H.VKI.KV GRAFEVt IN I
K'way & 4,'th st. "Hunds Across the Sen"
MnLi. Daily. 25-?1 loi?., HAI G & EOCKETT
RB. F. KEITH'S I AM, FAVORITES' IIIIX
IVFRStDF GeorireM?cFurlane.Four
lt-w?j 4 B8th 'St. I G?orgie Price, other?.:
AEOLIAN HAM,, TUESDAY EVE.? MAY 0
Nn?-??'.'.i'"6IANNINI
Tickets T?5c to J2..-.0 n| Hoy Office.
? HAS. RAY In
"GmiHcrt Llahtnliifir."
Cornedv, si l< ts
ni_VHU ORCHESTRA
CECIL I?. DiMIIXK'S
'For Heller. Fur H or?o'
Soloists, Scenic.
KIYI.TO OK( HESTHA
rPITCWU/irH Vlllaa? Thea..<ih Ht ft rtli Ato.
?KttlNWILn j.;,., I so, Mats Wod.&Sal 2 30
7'h Avr-nuo ?Subway to Christopher Street,
SHAKUNTALA "tf&2?>
GERALDINEFARRAB
I "Tin? Stronger Vow,"
I Sennett Comedy.
*i^Rwjy?f4r?-sti>r?? ntrandorchestra
%imm
Rf??lTH Tima., 45th, W. of B'way. Evs. 8:30. '
UUUlU Matinees To-morrow and Wed, ll^O. I
A now farce comedy by WJL LE BARON.
"Evokes spontaneous a.id rib-warm
Ing laughter."?W. Y. Tunes.
Rrn^rJJiiirar 44Ul- w- c' ""way. Evos. 8:30.
?roaanum MaUi To m?w and rturs.
Rachel I
Crol hers'
Newest ' !oir.edy
With Ilfiiry ilull and Constanco Biniu
;!39 East"
Mats. To-m'w & W d., 2:;:0
graiclu??. A LITTLE JOURNEY
With Cyril Keigrhtley and Ethel Dane.
I50TH PERFORMANCE TO-NIGHT
Nora Bayes ^-Aorrowof&BVdTN8;?55:
Mus^alCom- CQME ALONG
P? YMf??TTH 4r,t"- W. of F.'y. Evs. 8:10 sharp
ILimuuinlw, To-ru'w & Thurs.. 2:10.
JL?oHNNELnd BARRYMORE ?V
: GARRICK
i Theatre
Guild
i Comedy.
TOBY'S BOW
With NORMAN TREVOR
REAL COMEDY
at tha Comedy Theatre,
-lint St., near B'way.
. S:iif>. Muts. Tii-m'w &.Thurs.
?Rfli ST Theatre, E. of B'way. Evgi. 8:.'|0. I
II Ol. Mats. To-morrow &? Thurs., 2:S0.
COME-ON CHARLEY
with ARTHUR BY1?CSI,
K'.V.GARFJ LAWRENCE
FREDERICK PERRY
and Others at
tfAXINE ELLIOTTS
Thej|r?\i/?9 5tTv?6 50
Mats Wad &5eLetM0
FOR DIANA
Wit, Charm and Itomance, with
M A Ii T 11 A 11 E D M A N
O
EftST is WEST
with FAY CAireTER
AST0R3&T5&/S?.g&
Aeolian Hall, To-mor'w (Sat.) Evg. at 8:15.
SONG RECITAL.
EURE
\lKt. Antonia Sawyer, Inr. Stclnway Piano.
LEXINGTON
BIST ST., LEX. AVE.
Mntlnee Saturday, 2:16. Ev. 8:15.
THIS WEEK FRANCES FERNE
And BROADWAY 1'LAYERS.
Next Week FAIR AND WARMER.
YES
OR
NO
LOEW'S NEW YORK THEATRE fn.?
Con!. 11 A. M. to 11 P M. Hoof to 1 A.M.
HARRY CAREY In "BARE FISTS"
Bryant Wnshburii In "SOMETHINU TO DO."
Loin's American Roof ?^'s^.' * B8*??
ADELAIDE BELL A JAZZ B A N D | All Seat?
WM S. HAUL A CO.. BERT i Recurved
WALTtiN. SIX OTHER 010 ACTS. | 25, 35, 50
AM
Mat. Tmlay? R
Heal? (Ex. Ho?
KvMiintta '?t 8:IB.
AT THE?
WONDERS
1 NEVER CEASK
AT THE HII'l'O
DHOME."
?De Fot,
N. Y. World.
P??ii?m
will evidently not be new in the sense
that it is to produce only new and un?
tried works. G. V.
Wilson Lamb, Negro Barytone, j
In Reeital at Aeolian Hall :
Wilson Lamb, a negro barytone, gave j
a recital at Aeolian Hal Hast evening. :
He has a naturally fine, resonant voice, j
which is intelligently controlled, and j
?the inherently emotional nature of his ]
race. The programme included songs ;
? by Schubert, Borodin, Hahn, Lully, i
\ Rachmaninoff. Brahms, and other com- I
i posers, and an air from Verdi's "Er- !
! nani."
While the singer was technically at j
i li?me in the music of foreign compos- '
I ers, while he coped successfully with ;
! the French and Italian languages, he
gave the greatest pleasure in songs by |
Coleridge-Taylor, H. Lane Wilson,
Hughes, Mrs. Beach and H. T. Bur
t leigh's beautiful settings of the negro
, melodies "Go Down, Mose" and "Swing !
; Low, Sweet Chariot." K. W
-?
Mrs. Vernon Castle Says
l She's Not To Be Married
'.Dancer Denies Reported En?
gagement to Capt. Robert
E. Treman, of Ithaca
Mrs. Vernon Castle, whose husband
was killed in an airplane accident, de?
nied yesterday that she is to be mar
I ried to Robert E. Treman, who was I
I until recently a captain in the aviation j
j service and is now head of a hardware j
jobbing firm in Ithaca, N. Y., as was an- \
, ncunced in an evening newspaper.
Mrs. Castle said that, although the ;
i knew Mr. Treman very well, she h;u no '
| intention of marrying him or any one
i else at this time. Mrs. Castle is going
j to the Adirondacks to-day to finish a
, picture in which she is appearing for
: the Famous Players Film Company.
According to the story print.'':1 yes
j terday, a relative of Mr. Treman,
whose name was not disclosed, said in?
vitations had been sent out to friends j
I and relatives to attend the ceremony, j
; It was also said that the marriage ,
t would be performed at the Little ?
! Church Around the Corner.
Attempts to reach Mr. Treman or !
j any of his relatives, his father, Robert ?
i II. Treman, being deputy governor of j
I the Federal Reserve Bank in New
! York, proved unavailing.
Movie Men Defend
Films as Elevating
Deny Tregoe's Charge That
Pictures Stir Up Bitter?
ness of Classes
Producers "of moving pictures yes?
terday took issue with a charge made
by J. H. Tregoe. secretary of the
National Association of Credit Men.
that many movie plots "tend to stir
up bitterness between capital and
labor." Mr. Tregoo. in a letter to
28,000 members of his organization,
declares many pictures show an
"irreconcilable division between capi?
talists." Mr. Tregoe says:
"Some of these photo-plays make
inexperienced and unthinking folk got
the idea capitalists everywhere are
cruelly grinding down workers into a
condition of helplessness and despair.
Such pictures stir up hatred and sow
seeds of industrial unrest. They
should be protested against by every
right minded citipen."
"Moving pictures have had a big
share in bringing capital and labor
together," said Gabriel Heff, secretary
of the GoUlwyn Picture Corporation.
Adolph Zuker, president of tha
Famous Players Lasky Corporation,
said that to be successful movie plays
must be truthful.
Dr. Michael Pau Lonergan
Weds Miris Bertha Simpson
Dr. Michael Pau Lonergan, of Belle
vue Hospital, yesterday married Kiss
Hertha Simpson, of this city, in the
Catholic chapel of the hospital. Sev
eral physicians and nurses attended
the ceremony. The Rev. Francis T.
Otis, of the Paulist Fathers, officiated.
The wedding trip has been postponed
because of the large number of pa?
tients requiring treatment in tho
psychopathic ward, to which he is at?
tached.
Healy*s Summer Farm
To Have Opening To-night
Thomas Healy's May-November Farm
will open to-night at Hartsdale, N. Y.
A special dinner, consisting of the
"farm's best.'' will be served. Tile
(?olden Glades musical comedy show
will motor _ up during the festivities
and entertain. The inn, as in previous
years, will be under the manugemen
of "Nick." who has charge of th
Golden Glades at Mr. Healy's 60:
Street branch.
I * EW *? B ?1S_? 'l5 ? PIN ? THEATRES AND SUCCESSES
I EMPIRE ?'?r'^ir^?^ ??il: I NEW AMSTERDAM ???* ?4?
WILLIAM | B*JSESF'8 I DtAR matinees to-morrow and wed.! I,?!
BARRIK'S
CILLETl'K ! At <>;; < The Musical Show of 1000 LauBt.
TI HUP P.'WAT. 46 f?T. Errs. 8 20. ?LAST 3
ULuDL iJIlst .Mat. To-morrmv, 2-20. TIMES.
Times?"AN OVATION"?Herald
THE HONOR
OF THE FAMILY
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT?SEATS NOW.
CHARLES DILLINGHAM'S SPRING
(?LOBE THEATRE PRODUCTION
She's A Good Fellow
Muilcal Comedy by ANNE CALDWELL
Music by JEROME KERN
Company includes: Joseph Saiillcv. Anno Orr.
Iw Sawyer, Human Sisters. Scott Welsh. Olio
Tlowland & (?lobe Theatre Star Chorus.
THE
EKLAXGKR'S GALLOP
IN AMI Ml I.OIlY
MUSIC BY. VICTO? HE
?l?KRT
ROOF
SfcMllMlML(i}iJ.ffiQU<
? YrFIIM Wo8t 45th Sf- Evenings at 8:30.
Liiv.E.IJi.1 M.,,s. To.mor*w & Thurs. 2:30
DAVIT) BELASCO Presents
HARR!5'4B!G HITS
THEATRE VmlQZit.
Eve5 615 r?UWf du?! ?3
BIGGEST SUCCESS SINCE
*THt MERRY WIDOW'
A COHANIZEO OP?9A COMtQUE
*3* COHAN ???
fiEO-H-COHANS Great Character Comedy
I* PRINCE THEM WA?
S M wilh GR?MT MITCHELLS
"A Tailor MacI? Man" Farn?
MATINEE TO-DAY at 2:30.
LiGHTNIN
GAIETY ?'n?y? 4u:'> StjMAt.To-day.8at,
Unlu'?'i,1^ at U:30. a Wed. at 2:30.
SMiTH-GOLDEN SUCCESSES
3 W?SE FOOLS
; ~.-n*L,l1 M?ts To.m'w ? Wc(| 2;30;
| UBERTY
Henry Miller
Holbrook Blinn
VwSrAerb? "MOLIERE"
JVcst 42d St E?ci. Rt 8:?0.
Mals. T<> morr?n & Wc-!. 2 20.
Blanche Bates
Estelle Winwood
HENRY MILLERS ?WK
I fv?> ?30 Mats Thurj & S?t 23?
in ?IS NELLV^FWORLEANS
AComody of Moonshine'
nadn*55 end MrK? B??Ji?s-/e
L?N6ACRE ??3??iSart!fea
HOST FASCINATING MY?TCUY PtAY EV?E WiKTTEN
IREE FACES EAST
-imptt Cornean s Viol?t Metnmo
IJ-way an'! 3Sth St.
ygs. 8:15. Mats. To-mrrow & "Wed.. ?:13.
150th riCKFOKMAXCK TO-NIGHT.
John cours new mtsical comedy,
HARRIS }Ve8.' ?2 s? I:v-"' R ':n LAST ?
iirinni^ , ,.. Vat t-i-mw. : :;o.;TIMES.
Margaret Iiiington Wilton Lackaye
Robert Edeson Katharine Kaelred
gn,,(;^n, "A GOOD HD WOMAN"
M'Fires of Faith'^^ri? Spcclal
C0RT
W..st 48th St Ktip. g-i?.
?aw.Wed (Pop )AS?t .2:20
?3/ 'ere'jr ifo ^ . ^, ^
*$& a 1r *,irh MR.4V MRS. CObURN
At every performance of Tnny
Sarg'8 wonderful Marionet*???,
in Thackeray's "The Kose ?fr The
Klnf.-." ?it the Punch ?- Jurly Thea?
tre, 49th St., E. of B'way. That*?
the ? ngagement has simply
had to be ext? nded ' It's a triumph!
Matinee To-day at 3. Saturday A. M.
hi ll ami Matinee at 3. Every Evening;
at i'. Seats Now For Next Week!
|ll?iil^4-1H;JMpAR?c
To-in'-.v <fc TmUf.,
DAVID BELASCO
. presents A Comedy
% o? Irish Life
T!GER ROSE
BLANCHE SWEET
ism :-;: ?"'?.'?-?l;'~ :? .?,..,'-?'? ?.....????? :' ' ??'?'???'? ?.,.?,?.-,, .<-<.-..
'?? is ?? ;
k
AT
8 ?30
directed by
Marshall Neilan
THEATRE ? AT 41st ST.
Direction B. S. Moss.
THE MOST DAKINO PICT
t'KE OF AIX TIMES