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)tfardi Gras Ball
Brings Back
Carnival Spirit
Society Makes Gay at Bene?
fit Papeant for the South?
ern Educational Associa?
tion at the Kitz-Carl ton
?Curtain for Frivolities
fish Wednesday Ushered In
With Many Brilliant En?
tertainments for Charit)
Shrove Tuesday, the gayest night ol
the gayesl season since before the
ktiT, found the carnival spirit abroad,
sud even-where Mardi Crus was cele?
brated with oldtimc zest. There was
?feasting galore before the curtain was
rung down on frivolities and the days
pf penance >ei*e ushered in with Ash
Wednesday. There was dancing and
?merry making generally at the Ritz
Csrlton, where the king and queen of
the carnival held court, surrounded by
hll their re? nue, their lords and ladies
in gorgeous apparel, heralds, pages him!
testers. Miss Madeleine Shepherd was
the queer, at the M a id r C ras ball given
a: the RiU for the benefit of th
Southern Educational Association, am.
?Stafford Reid was king. An ermin<
trimmed robe and crown, velvet mantle
*r.d gorgeous diadem, jeweled sceptre
lend all the paraphernalia of royalty
marie an Old World picture, as interest
Jng as it '?? ? ? ? - ?'?- ?
The Queen's Attendant*
? .-?? : * - - ion *a as preceded i>>
flower gii a --*: o scattered roses during
the re;;.', pi igress. These girls were
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Mrs. Frederick K. Harbour
She was married yesterday in St. James's Church, Madison Avenue'and
Seventy-third Street. She was Miss Helen A. Carrere
Miss Betty Wolcott Merchant, Mis
Juliet Longfellow, Miss Louise Cuti
ningham and Miss Lee Phillips Fowlei
The queen was attended by her ladi.es
in-waiting and maids of honor, Mis
Edna Hoyt, Miss Marie Leary, Mis
Eleanor Prancke. Miss Marie Clapr.
Miss Ada Heinze, Miss Adelaide Bed
dall, Miss Cameron Edson and Mis
Mad< li .:.-- Reece. In her train wa
also a dignified grand duchess, Mis
Muriel Oakes, who not onlv wa
Iressed to fit the part, but looked i
as well. The king's pages were Mis
Grace Crossman and Miss Virginit
Sterry, a, d his knights, who rangei
themselves around the throne, wer
Robert Adams jr., Stephen T. Hodgman
John Newington, Henry W. Cohu, She:
''?? ' ' " Em irsoi MacMillin, Barn
well Elliott and I.. P. Hollander.
rhe coronation took place in th? ball
which was the scene of thi
geant, and^jf several attractive fea
ures . ing the evening by pro
fessioi ils. These included number:
from "Aphn i te" a; well as the Zieg
feld Frolic . The Columbia Hniversitj
.' and, ma.le up of fraternity men
played for the dancers, and there was
<?.,. i- orchestra, which furnished th<
more formal music, including that fo>
the court minuet, in which the knight:
and court ladies took part.
Patronesses of the Ball
Virs. .lames Harmon Dinwiddie wa
man of -?-h entertainment com
ittec, and was assisted by a numbei
other well known women, .includinj
Mrs. Donald Jenks. The bal! was undei
?he patronage of Mrs. Algernon Sydne;
. president of the Southern In
ustrial Educational Association; Mrs
William Nelson Cromwell, Mrs. Jess?
Hoyt, Mrs. John Henry Hammond, Mrs
Frederick ( ourtlandt Penfield, Mrs
Richard 1. Auchmuty, Mrs. John Bowni
Mott, Mvf John Ames Mitchell. Mrs
William H. Moore, Mrs. Samuel Pro
basco, Mrs. Henry li. Rogers, Mrs. (i;l
bert Hoyt, Mrs. Cleveland H. Dodge
Vlr, and Mrs. L. J. Robertson, Mr. anc
Mrs. Louis Stewart, Mr. and Mrs
Theodore Price, Miss Katherine Di
Bois and Miss Anne II. Van Ingen.
Programs were sold by Miss Marioi
Tifian . M - Genevi?ve t lendenin
.' ? i.iiYt ? Mel ook, Miss Grace Hen
drick, Miss Adela de Kelly, Miss Isabe
MacMillin and Miss Zillah Thompson
who vva? '! e q ? ?n of the carniva
several seasons ago.
Kdv ird ;; mmons Hall was chairmai
of the floor committee and had the as
ista ice of I . Gilbert Schermerhorn
Arthur S. Schermerhorn, Mortimer P
A mold R. ( ' ? 1 " jersoll B rown, -I ere
rniah Beall, Alexander Hamilton jr.
Charles S. Butler. P. Gibert Thebaud
Lawrei.ee S, Butler, < harles Ellio
Warren, J. Perns Simmons and Mar
eel Steinbrugge.
Society and the stage joined force
earlier in the day at the Longacn
Theater, where Oscar Wilde's play
"The Importance of Being in Earnest,'
which was recently iriven ? for charity
was repeated by several of society';
:. vi r amateur actressi s, who had pro
fessional support. The affair was fo
; the benefit of the SeaclifT Home fo
Convalescent Babies, of which Mrs
( liarles Steele is the active head, am
the Fresh Air fund of the Church o
the Heavenly liest. Mrs. Herber
Shipman, the wife of the church'
rector, appeared in a curtain-raiser
"The Ninth Waltz," with Norman Tre
vor. Mrs. James Lowell Putnam, Mrs
Joseph. P. Thomas, Mrs. Xewell W
\ Tilton and Miss Eisa Maxwell, wh<
comprised the original cast of the per
formance on February 1, repeated thei
previous success, with the assis.tanc
of Ernest Glendinning, T. Wigne;
Percyval, Reginald Mason and Eri
Snqwden. The program committee wa
' in charge of Miss Marion Tiffany, wh<
was assisted by Mrs. Anthony J
Drexel Middle jr., Mrs. Dave 11. Cod
dington, Mrs. Rawson Wood, Mrs. Join
Wanamaker jr., Mrs. Angier B. Duki
; Mrs. Craig Biddle, Miss Elsie Everet
and Miss Genevi?ve Clendenin.
The Carry-On Tea Room was busie
I than ever yesterday afternoon, for il
! addition to providing good cheer fo
I Fifth Avenue Bhoppers who dropped ii
for their Orange Pekoe and crumpets
there was a sale for the benefit of th<
! Social Service Committee of thi
babies' ward's of the Post-Graduat
Hospital. Everybody had rummage.
through her books and silver, pict
ures and bric-a-brac for the occasion
?and in addition there were useful arti
; cles on sn!e. Women's frocks am
i hats, men's cloth* s, even shoes, wer<
' disposed of at attractive prices for thi
i bent it of the deserving charity. Mrs
J. Henry Alexandre jr. was chairmai
: of the entertainment committee, whicl
included music and dancing^ and as
: sisting her were Mrs. Courtland
! Nicoll, Mrs. Lewis Gouverneur Morris
Mrs, N. Thayer Robb, Mrs. H. Pendle
ton Rogers, Mrs. M. Orme Wilson jr.
, Mrs. Charles do Rham jr., Mrs. Henr;
I R. Hoyt, Mrs. Postlethwaite Cobb. Mrs
i Hamilton Fish Benjamin, Mrs. Charlei
; C. Auchincloss, Miss Margaret A. Stew
ard, Miss Helen Rives, Miss Katherine
; Porter, Miss Eleanor L. R. Lawrence
; Miss Ruth Kitie;, Miss Dorothy Kam
? und Mi?? amt***MB* ?selia.
Miss Carrere Wed
To F. K. Barbour at
St. James's Church
Bride Is Given Away by
Her Mother: Reception
With Dancing Follows:
Richardson s Give Dinner
Shrove Tuesday, in its train of fes
' tivities, brought an interesting wedding
in St. James's Church, Madison Ave?
nue and Seventy-first Street, where Miss
Helen A. Carrere, daughter of Mrs. L.
Sidney Carrere, of 137 East Seventy
third Street, was married to Frederick
K. Barbour, son of Mrs. William Bar
hour. The ceremony was at 4 o'clock
and was performed by the rector, tin
Rev. Dr. Frank Warfield Crowder, It
was followed by a reception with dan?
cing in the marble ballroom of the
Hotel St. Regis. The' bride, who was
given away by her mother, wore a
gown of white satin, made with a court
train, trimmed with some beautiful old
family rose point lace which had been
worn by her mother and grandmother
at their weddings. lier veil of net was
edged with rose point, and fastened
with a wreath of orange blossoms, and
she carried a shower bouquet of lilies
of-the-valley and white orchids. Her
sister, Mrs. Maynard Dickinson, was
her matron of honor, and wore jade
satin, with a pale green hat to match,
and she carried orchids and sweetpeas.
The other attendants were Mrs. Ruth
erford Lane, Mrs. Le Hoy Jones, Miss
Elizabeth Carrere, Miss Elizabeth Pope
and Miss Nathalie and Miss Beatrice
Wilson. Following the English fashion,
there were two children in the bridal
cortege, the little twin daughters of
Mrs. Graeme Donald, Anne aijd Jane
Donald. They wore quaint little frocks
and the other attendants were in orchid
colored satin, with straw hats to cor?
respond, and carried bouquets of sweet
pea.-.
The bridegroom's brother. Thomas
Barbour, was his best man, and two
other brothers, Koben Barbour and
William Warren Barbour; bis cousin,
' Prescott Le B. Gardner; Maynard Dick?
inson, Daniel F. Kellogg jr. and James
Symington were the ushers. After
' their honeymoon, which will be spent
, at Palm Beach, Mr. Barbour and his
bride will live at 11 West Fifty-third
1 Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. P. Richard
son, who were married late last sum
: mer in Newport, gave a large dinner
? last evening at the Metropolitan Club.
,lt was one of the most brilliant affairs
I of Shrove Tuesday and brought to
. gether many of the younger set with
: whom Mrs. Richardson, who was Miss
! Charlotte Pell, and her husband were
j identified.
The Hon. and Mrs. Alfred Anson
; gave a dinner last night, and afterward
took their guests to see "Apple Blos?
soms."
By a special decree of January lf<,
1920, the French government conferred
; I upon Mrs. Charles B. Alexander, the
11 medal of the Reconnaissance N'a
, j tionale. Mrs. Alexander was active
?'throughout the war in relief work and
. I especially for France.
M Under the auspices of Miss Ruth
" Vanderbilt Twomhly, Mrs. .lames A.
r Burden jr., Mrs. Cornelius \'. Bliss,
! j Mrs. Oren Root and Mrs. Herman Biggs
[a benefit matinee will be given Febru
' ary 23 by the Chicago Opera Asso
5 elation for the Society of Prevention
'land Belief of Tuberculosis. The bill
"will include tho only performance in
'New York of John Alden Carpenter's
new ball ballet, "The Birthday of the
.''Infanta,'" with Adolph Bolm, the fa
I mous mime and art director, as Pedro
I the grotesque, who will be supported
?by several artists and the opera ballet
' | corps. Ravel's one-act musical comedy
"L'Heure Espagnole'' (The Spanish
n Hour) Will follow, with Yvonne Gall,
?Alfred Maguenat, Desire D?f?re, Edou
[ aid Cotreuil and Edmond Warnery; in
J the cast, und Louis Hasselmans con
', ? ducting.
i The society for which the entertain?
ment will be given, has its headquar?
ters at the Hotel St. Regis, where
tickets may be had.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren E. Dennis have
left town for Miami and Jekyl Island.
Mr. and Mrs. James W. Gerard will
give a dinner at the Ritz-Carlton Feb?
ruary 2 a.
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astor. who
were to have sailed on Saturday for
Bermuda, have postponed their trip.
They are now at their country home
Ferncliff, Rhinebeck-on-the-Hudson.
Mr. and Mrs. Edson Bradley enter?
tained at dinner last evening "at their
home, 99S Fifth Avenue, after the per?
formance of "The Ninth Walt,:," the
curtain raiser for the dramatic per
formance given nt tho Longncro Theater
for charitv, in which their daughter,
Mr?. Herbert Shipmnn, took part.
Mr. and Mr?. Philip Rhln?lander 2d
has joinud tliu LalMWOOd colony und
will remain at the resort throughout
Lent. Mrs. Rhinelander is convalescing
from an attack of pneumonia.
Mra. Archibald Rogers ha.s arrived
in the city from Hvde Park und Is at
the Hotel St. Regis for fortnight.
-,?-?.-?-?
Babbi Silver Reinstated
Rabbi Maxwell Silver, of the Con?
gregation Shaare Zc.dok, in Brooklyn,
lias been reinstated and welcomed back
to the New York Association of Re?
formed Rabbis. The Rev. I>r. Joseph
Silverman, president of the associa?
tion, issued the following statemenl
yesterday!
"After Rabbi Maxwell Silver, of tho
Congregation Shaare Zedek, of Brook?
lyn, was dismissed, the Now York As
seciation of Reformed Rabbis pointed
out that the trouble was due to an
unfortunate misunderstanding, There?
upon the congregation decided to rein
state Rabbi Silver."
Going On Today
American Museum of Natural History; ud
?i-lssiorr free.
Metropolitan Museum of Art; admission
free
American Museum of Safety; admission
fren.
A ;ui Cortlnndt Park Museum; admission
free.
The Aquarium; admission free.
Zoological Park; admission free.
Opening of annual convention of National
Retail Drj Ooods Association, 1 Kit el
Pennsylvania, 9 n in,
Convention of American instituto ol Mln
inii und Metallurgical Engineers, I-'iigl
neerlng Societies Building, 10 a. in.
Convention of National Association of
Clothier?, Hotel Aator, Jn:.*t0 a. m.
Lecture by Miss Katherine I,ocke on
"Washington arm Lincoln' and "Jtussla
.Lr>-i ill" Entangling Alliance" ai I ho
residence of Mrs H nry P. Davison, t'.SO
I'n r!; Avenue, 11,
Luncheon of the Kiwania t'lub, Hot?l Mn
Alpln, 12:30 p. m.
Conference on th( Realm of spirit: "Test?
ing tiro spirits,'' conducti-d lo Dr Hills
Cole at 11??? I'ahnl Library, 415 Madison
.\\.-nu<-. ; |i :*.
Lecture by I'r (Miarles Seymour on "The
Background of the Conference," Brook?
lyn Institute ol .\i*ls and Sciences, Lec?
ture Hall, Academy of Music, Brooklyn,
?I p. m. '*
MIGHT
Notional testimonial by th-? Civic Forum
m Herbcri Hoover, with brief addresses
by representative speakers*, Carnegie
Hall, 8:15 p m.
Dinner of the Society for American and
British Friendship, .Hotel Commodore, 0
p. in.
Meeting of the First rhurch of Divine
Science, Waldorf-Astoria, 8 p. m.
Dinner ro Will. 11 Hays, chairman of the
Republican party, Waldorf-Astoria. 7
p. m.
Lecture by Adolph Kruhm on "Growing
Vegetables from Seed" before the Hot*
II ultural Society of New Vork, at the
Museum of Natural History, Central
I'mk West and Seventy-seventh f*tn-<-t,
S .M i), in.
Led uro by Nathaniel Phillips on * The
Duty o? the Nativo lo the Foreign
Born," Wesl Side ?ranch of tho V. M
C. A., SIS West Fifty-seventh Street,
"The Wonderful
Thing" Says Good
Word for Love
Acting of Miss Jeanne Eagels
j Is Brightest Feature of
the New Comedy Given
at Broadhurst Theater
THE CAST
I Donald Mannerby.Gordon Ash
Laurie Mannerby.Henry DutTey ?
Captain Career.Fred L. Tiden i
I Thomaa Koedick.Edward Lester j
1 Untos .Georfte Sehaefler
Tabers .Philip Duruilnfr !
Jacqueline l.aurentte.Jeanne fcuwls
Mrs. Mannerby.Olive Temple '
! Mr?. TrueadoJe.Gladys Maude;
Angelica Mannerby.Jane Marbury I
. Dulsie FuHdick.Eva Leonard lioyne i
By Heywood Broun
"The Wonderful Thing" which Mr?.
! Lillian Trimble Bradley had in mind
j is that when it is spring, and sunset,
| and the last act, and a bird just off
i stage is saying "tweet, tweet," any
! wronged wife just has to forgive her
husband. The scarcity of birds be?
tween Columbus Circle and 125th
Street makes the lesson of the play
somewhat less comforting than It
might otherwise be.
The new comedy, which was pre?
sented at the Broadhurst Theater last
night, is an implausible, shambling
affair occasionally illumined by the
vivid acting of Jeanne Eagels. Miss
Eagtls plays a liberally accented r?le
which in many of its light comedy
scenes seems to have been fashioned
expressly for Laurette Taylor. There
was no dearth of charm or humor in
the work of Miss Eagels at any stage
of the evening, but there was an oc?
casional absence of ease. She rather
? tended to pound certain moments which
provided substance only fora definitely
: light touch. We liked her best in the
! third act, when a tearful scene was
; put into her hands, in which she did
! splendidly. It was a sincere, a skilful
'end a moving pice-- of work, which was
; worth twenty times the play itself.
Of "The Wonderful Thing" it may be
; said that the natural moments were
! those contributed by Miss Eagels. Tho
| play is built around the success of a
blackmailer in extorting money from a
family by signing the son's name to the
mother's check, a situation which we
believe might have been easily solved
by the mother's acknowledging the sig?
nature as her own. It also concerns
the legitimate but now academic ques?
tion of how a young man may save
himself from strong drink.
At any rate, the eldest, son, in order
to protect his younger brother from
disgrace, marries a rich French heiress
who loves him. His ooject is money,
but later he learns to love her. How?
ever, he finds it hard to prove this
when she discovers that his original
motives were mercenary. If it had not
been for sunset, and the spring, and
; the last act and the off-stage bird a
satisfactory ending might never have
been reached.
The play follows the somewhat old
fashioned device of alternating serious
seems and then others of what is
known as comic relief. None of the
incidents of tho play were particularly
convincing nor were the characters
Ishrewdly drawn. Life seemed always
ja distant cousin of everything which
I ueut on.
Fred L. Tilden was excellent as the
Bedtime Stones
By Thornton VX . Burgees
Peter Looks for a Way to Eseape
When there's a way in there must be u way out,
So ?n'rt'r (??re. un. oiul don't Inirhor <i doubt.
Peter Kabbit han h?td so many nar?
row escapes, has wriggled out of dan?
ger so manv times when it seemed that
there wasn't a chance in the world for
him, that he fully believes thai little
saying "It's the run* who doubts who
loses," says Peter. "If he doubts there
is a way out of his troubles, he is al?
most sure to lind there isn't; but ii
he has faith, and in spite of everything
keeps right on believing that he will
tind a way out. he will."
But for once Peter Rabbit came very
near losing faith. There he was righl
mit in the middle of a little open spaei
?"where the snow had incited from tiu
brown grass, ami Reddy Pox was
headed rieht straight toward him- 1'
would hav* been bad enough if ther?
had been <. bunch of tai!, dead grass u
hule under, but there wasn't. Then
a way of escupe. If there was he
mustn't overlook it.
So a., best he could without ?loving
Peter looked this way and that way in j
search of a way of escape. He didn't
turn his head because he knew that .
Reddy had not yet seen him. That is, ,
he hadn't seen him to recognize him.
. But if Reddy should .see even the least
teeny, weeny movement he would be
suspicious at once and would waste no
time in getting over thore.
Not ten feet away was a big bunch
' of dead grass. In the summer that
grass had stood straight and tall, taller
than Peter even when he sat up. Now
. it was bent and broken, just splendid
; to hide under. "If I could creep under
I that," thought Peter. "Reddy could
| almost step on me without seeing me.
I 1 believe I'll see if 1 can't creep over
There is nothing for Peter to do but to ait right where he was* perfectly
Still, and hope that Reddg Fox would turn aside
wasn't a tiling. Way behind him. such
a long way. was the Green Forest, the
shelter of which he had so carelessly
left without first making sure that the
way was safe. Way in front of him,
such a long way, was the dear Old
Briar-patch, and between it and him
was Reddy Fox. Do you wonder that
Peter nearly gave up hope and that his
heart seemed to turn right over?
"I can beat Reddy for a short dis
. tance, but just as sure as crickets hop
he would catch me before I could reach
the Green Forest if I should start to
run," thought Peter, and shivered. "If
only I were a little nearer there I
might risk it, but it is useless to try
from here, lie would see me and be
after me at the first jump. It's a won
! der that he doesn't see me as it is,
sitting right out here in the open. He
: will when he gets a little nearer. He
can't help it. Oh dear, what was I so
careless for?"
Thump, thump'! The sound came to
Peter along the ground from the dear
| Old Briar-patch. He knew who was
; doing that thumping. It was little
i Mrs. Peter trying to warn him. Some?
how it made Peter feel better. Mrs.
? Peter was doing what she could and
he must do no less. Therr might be
there when his head is turned." ,
But it seemed as if Reddy didn't m
j tend to turn his head. He trotted
straight toward Peter and there wasn't
? the smallest chance to creep to the
safety of that big bunch of grass with?
out being seen. There was nothing
? for Peter to do but to sit straight
where he was, perfectly still, and hope
that Reddy might turn aside- And
Peter did hope. He hoped with all his
might;. And the more he hoped the
m -re certain he felt that there must
be some way of escape, though he
couldn't see the least sign of one.
Once more Mrs. Peter thumped in the
j dear Old Briar-patch. Reddy Fox
I heard it. He had heard the previous
! thumps and he understood them per
fectlv. He knew that Mrs. Peter was
' trying to warn Peter. He didn't turn
? to look back. Instead he raised him
i self a little, the better to look over the
! green meadows, now brown and white.
I He was looking for Peter, and Peter
I knew it. He knew that Reddy knew
) what those signals meant and that ;
Peter must be somewhere near or Mrs. ;
I Peter wouldn't have thumped.
{Copvriaht, 1920. by T. W. Baraessl
The next story: "An Anxious Mo- ?
? ment." I
villain and he and Miss F,agels shared j
practically all the acting honors.
?-:
Maftefield's "Tragedy of Nan"
Played at 39th Street Theater \
Thirty-ninth Street Theater-"The !
Tragedy of Nan," a play in three acts !
by John Maseiield. ,
THE CAST
Jenny Pargetter.Mis? Beatrice Noyes'
Mrs. ParycttcT.Miss Annie Hughe* |
William Partieller.Harry Ashford
Nan Hardwick.Miss Alexandra Carlisle
Diek Gurvil.Philip Merivnle
Gaffer Pearc*.lohn Harwood
(Kind perraknion the Selwyna).
The Rev. Mr. Drew.Walter Kinjrsiforti
C'apt*in Diion.Charles Francis
The Constable.John Smith
Masefield'g grim little tragedy of life
in the north of England was given here
some years ago with Miss Constanc?;
Collier in the title r?le. Miss Alexan?
dra Carlisle, who has played the part
at special matinees on the road, notably
in Boston, was seen in New York for
tho first time as Nan yesterday after?
noon at the Thirty-ninth Street Thea?
ter.
The play belongs to the literary thea?
ter. When Maseiield was last in Arm-r
ica he said that he wrote it as a change
from his sea stories. Certainly great
gifts as a dramatist were latent within
him, for "Nan" has the dignity and
tenseness of Greek tragedy. Further?
more, he has ?iven lines to the lovers
that recall the poetry of those in
Synge's "Playboy." The story of a mis?
carriage of justice and the girl's dis?
illusionment is simply told. Nan's
father was hanged?or, as the dialect
of the play has it, "'oong"? for sheep
stealing. But he was innocent. Years
after his execution officers of the law
tell his daughter of the confession
made by the real thief and seek to com?
fort her with a gift of ?50 from the
government.
Meanwhile she has been taken into
the household of her uncle, William
Pargetter. The Pargetters, father.
mother and daughter, are incredibly
unpleasant persons. They make a
household drudge of her and taunt her
continually with her father's supposed
crime. Mrs. Pargetter, too, is jealous
of Nan's suitors, fearing that the
thief's daughter will stand in the way
of her daughter Jenny's happiness.
Jenny, a spiteful little hussy, worms
out a confession from Nan of her love
for Dick Gurvil. Already pledged to
Nan, he changes his mind when Mrs.
Pargetter tells him her origin and
adds that his father is to take him
into partnership and give him a hand?
some present on the day that he
marries Jenny. But with Nan's father
cleared of the charge and the prospect
of sharing the ?50, matters look differ
ent. He wouid like to turn back to
Nan. But she stabs him and throws
herself into the sea.
The least absorbing character of the
play is old Gaffer Pearce. lie is "away
in the mind," prattles too much about
his dead wife, his "white Mower," and
is generally a good deal of a bore. But
he has his use, for, as Glut i - John in
"John Ferguson" suggc-sts the murder
of Jimmie Ca?sar to young Andrew. Gaf?
fer suggests to Nan the thought of
committing suicide.
There is another minor defect in a
great play. The tragic force of Nan's
act in killing the young trifler with
hen. affections is weakened because'she
is not permitted by the playwright to
do so from purely personal motives,
but made to cloak her deed with, the
moral purpose of ridding the world of
h philanderer who might make other
women suffer. Now. protection in such
matters is a mistaken kindness. The
sooner young women face the facts
about sex and abandon the foolish no?
tions of romance as conceived by the
average novelist the happier they are.
I'nquestionably the finest perform?
ance of "Nan" in this country was given
by Miss Horniman's company from
Manchester, when Milton Rosmer
played Dick, and his wife. Miss Irene
Rooke, was Nan. Miss Kooke hail
a wonderful voice, an irresistible per?
sonality, real tragic force. Unfortu?
nately these plavers did not visit New
York.
Miss Carlisle made her most poign?
ant appeal as the drudge, the victim
of the dreadful Pargetters. She was
not seductive in appearance and hi r
scenes of passion were febrile. She
was successful chiefly in suggesting the
girl's starved affections, her loneliness.
Mr. Merivale is a most attractive
scoundrel who wooed in the convincing
manner of cavemen. Mr. Ashford and
Miss Hughes were excellent as the Par?
getters, and Miss Noyes gave valuable
support as Jenny. Mr. Harwood as
Gaffer Pearce and others in minor r?les
gave effective support in an interesting
performance.
Beethoven Association
Gives Fourth Concert
Large Audience in Aeolian Hall
Accords Mme. Zeisler En?
thusiastic Reception
The fourth subscription concert of
the Beethoven Association was held
last night at Aeolian Hall, and another
large and musically distinguished au?
dience testified to the interest, aroused
by these concerts.
Taking part last night were Mme.
Fannie Bloomfield-Zeisler, Pablo Casals
and the Flonzaley Quartet. The Flon
zaleys gave a polished reading of fhe
F minor Quartet, op. y~>. while Messrs.
Pochon, Bailly and Casals gave the C
minor Trio for violin, viola and cello
Mr. Casals and .Mine. Zeisler played
with an exquisite balance and feeling
for ensemble the Variations in K flat
from a theme from Mozart's "Ma ?
Flute," while Mine. Zeisler gave .>'.'
C minor Sonata, op. 111. a cold, de
tached performance, but one informed
with a fine intelligence.
The audience's reception of ?VI tie.
Zeisler and Mr. Casals was especially
enthusiastic.
Caruso Still Too 111 to Sing
As Mr. Caruso has not completely re
covered from his' cold, the r?le of Des
Grieux in this evening's performance
of Puccini's "Manon Lescaut." at the
Metropolitan, will be sung by Mr. Mar
tinelli.
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Cortot Pleases
In 3 Concertos
i By Beethoven
French Pianist Givi'S Ambi?
tious Prop-am of Master's
Work, Lmiu<lin>*? Number
N o v e 1 to Concert^oiM-H
By H. E. Krehbie!
About the most deadly thine that
1 can be said of a concert or of a
musical composition is that it had a
historical interest. Music or perform?
ances that invite such interest only
ar<? for students, not for the average
music-lover. It makes no difference,
either, whether the music belongs to
\ history that is made or making, or,
? speculativoiy, to bee made. Concert*:
. Hhould have contemporaneous humar
: interest. This means, of course, thai
they should do something more thar
pique curiosity, whether that curiosity
goes to the music performed or th?
::!! of the performer. Feats ol
memory, or technical dexterity are nr
more admirable than feats' of endur?
ance.
That a pianist should be able to plaj
'? three concertos at a sitting is no mon
remarkable in any way than that hi
: should be able to play twelve or frf
teen compositions of smaller dimen
-ions. When a pianist sets himsel
such a task, therefore, he lays himsel
(?ti: to tiie suspicion that he is on!;
.seeking to -jo something out of th<
usual order of things for the sake o
creating a stir, and by causing com
ment to draw attention to himseli
From this he can only be saved by th
character of the music, its performance
and himself. His act must bear th
stamp of sincerity; must show a pur
pose to do something for art, and it
appreciation by the public. U'e do no
believe that when Mr. Hutcheson, som
weeks ago, played the three piano'"*!:
concertos in C minor, (! major and ]
fiat in Aeolian Hall ii was in a spiri
of vainglory, though, the music all be
i a g familiar, it seemed a work of su
pererogatitm. We shouid have bee
quite as much convinced of his soun
musicianship and devotion to hig
ideals if he had played one of the thre
.a a Symphony or Philharmonic cor
cert. But There doubtless Mas the rul
Neither Mr. Damrosch nor M
Stransky had invited him to play
concerto, and being sufficiently dr
rous to play one to hire an orchestn
tie utilized the band to ,v*e full.
To Plaj Five Concertos
So Madame Bloomfield-Zeisler a fe
days ago, and so again M.-Alfred Co*
* '* la * ni| tl Tl ? French arl
ever. v. no has planned a second cor
cert to take place to-morrow aftei
* noon, is pursuing a purpose to pla
five of Beethoven's concertos, not on!
the three which are familiar to oi
cencerf lists; and by giving two whic
unknown to the public, wHich 1
last night, his appeal seems large!
direct ! to the curiosity of connoi:
seurs, and as such will be mi re profi
able to them than to bun. The cot
:1 ast ni ght we*
?et ??"?.' n as : hi first, < econd and thi r
he las bi aging as u] on well-know
ground witl the C m iy>r. Bad histoi
cal accuracy been followed in tl
announcement the concertos wou
have been numbered the third, secoi
and fourth, and it would probably ha
better served the purpose of illustra
ing the development of Beethoven
genii:* in this field of composition h
the chronological order been follower
The ? major com er1 . I ough :
n ter's set ,-. h ? ;
published, was the third in order
composition, having tuen preceded
a work in E flat, composed wh
Beethoven seas a lad of fourteen yea
iu Bonn. This concerto, though pr
served in autograph manuscript, w
not publisl ! until included in t.
Complete Edition of Breitkopf ai
H?rte! ?n * *-*-K. The first com ei -
? he master's mai h.i w as I he one
B flat, which was, composed before th
major ougb publ ? *hed after
e two v :.-i'. I by ii'
thoven at Vienna and Prague, a
? ,. ? ;... ?ne :? < Be. ?* bo\
? ms to have made a deep impressi?
for Tomaschek, who heard it
Prague, has left an account of t
concert at which he says that Bi
thoven's playing i * ? irst so ovi
whelmed him that he did not tou
his own pianoforte for several ihiy
The e. idei ces of its priority to t
u in C were o'n\ iou ? las * night, i
only in the smaller degree of pith a
I ..._ nanci in it : '"as and the co
s- c wil h wl ich they ,vei e given o
bul al o '?? the m< re m desl orchest
? ompaniment. Clarinets, trump*
ni ; v'ie drums which are present
thi score of the C major concerto
absent in 1 he 8 fiat But we conf
-. ? - ? * large, tender, luminous
which looked out of the conclud
measured of the slow movement seen
tell more of the Beethoven who \
=rr
to come in the slow movement of the
G major concerto, which w* are to
hear to-morrow, than the confident,
scintillant Mozartlan Btrains of the
concerto m C.
The work which Mr. Cortot played
first last night he played at a concert
! of the Symphony Society on December
; 16. 1918. Before then it had not been
heard in New York,-to the best of our
I knowledge, since the boy Josef Hof
! mann played it repeatedly at his con?
certs in 1887-'88. , We do not recall
| that the concerto in B fiat has been
| played in public in New York in forty
years, and, indeed, we think it likely
"that to Mr. Cortot is due whatever
credk attach'-? to a first performance
! in the metropolis However, this is
dangerous ground to tread, for who
I shall speak with surety on such a
j matter? ?
What signifies is that last night's
audience was permitted to give ?t
?greeting, and that its sponsor pre
f sented it in a manner that was singu
I larly gracious and dehghtf il, if 'ess
confidently and debonarily than he had
I introduced the work which preceded it.
?Mr. Damrosch did his work like a pious
j duty, and the concert was one of serena
. beauty and dignity.
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iSakharoffs Dance for First
Time at the Metropolitan
Clotilde and Alexander Sakharotf
made their first American appearancp
at tie Metropolitan Opera House la-.
rht in a --ries of brilliant dance .
' eir program was varied in its scope:
' but as a rule their interpretations
?were characterized By nt-licaey rather
than by unrestrained exuberance.
Clotilde g kl ff ?:? - . ? i herself n
eminently an exponent of pure gracp
and beauty. Her 'nest efforts were
cl eved in a May Day dance by Km;*
and in a "Papillon" by Grieg. The lat?
ter dance, which might well be con
j sidered a hymn to youth and spring?
time, was received with such enthu?
siasm that she was compelled to repeat
i it. Her partner excelled in livelier
i and more grotesque impersonation!-.
In the Golliwog's Cake Walk he ren
dered a convincingly realistic interpre?
tation of Debussy's bizarre, fantastic
music. An excerpt from Rimsky
Korskaoff's Capriccio Espagnol, re?
splendent i% flaming musical color
; -Uid captivating rhythms, also gave
, him an opportunity to display his ari
, at it-' best.
Bakst's remarkable line effects and
I bold splashes of color were lacking in
the costumes and scenic backgrounds,
which nevertheless displayed many
??delicate and harmonious artistic ef?
fects. Some of the bluish gray back
, grounds were ('specially effective, and
a gorgeous cloth of gold costume worn
; by Clotilde Sakharoff was a noteworthy
i feature of one of the dances.
Both dancers showed remarkabe
1 skill in nosturing in the Moyenage
dances, wh ch opened the program
I Into the succession of attitudes v.-hi.--.
made up these dances they sueceede!
', in breathing the spirit of sacred, tran?
quil 1" tut? phich characterizes the
works of Giotto, Fra. Ang?lico, Bat
li and the other great medieval
? sts. As a con'rast to this some?
what sober opening they gave a
i ted rendition of
' pin's A Flat Valse, at the con
on of the program.
Th ? dancers were ably accompanied
by seventy members of the New
. j mphony < ?rchest ra, led by Dr. An
selm Goetzl. In addition to the ie
impaniments thi orchestra played
?eethi pen's "Egmont" overture and
Smetfcna's rolling, sonorous symphonic
.; played the piano accompani?
ment to the Chopin Valse
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