Fine Arts Ball
Is Pageant of
Dazzling Gayety
Ajtor Hotel Ballroom Is
Transformed Into Bit of
Old France a? Revellers
Reproduce Historic Acts
Event Largely Attended
The Society of Beaux Arts
Architects Will Aid Poor
Artists With Proceeds
Franc? through the ages was seen
list night in one of the most beautiful
ipectacles New York has ever wit?
nessed, "A Pageant of Ancient Franco,"
vhieh tts? given at the Hotel Astor by
the Society of Beaux Arts Architects,
fais ball of fine arts was even more
b?auiiful than any of the previous
ones given by this group of well known
architects for the benefit of deserving
students, who receive free instruction
in architecture, painting and sculpture
at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design
Even the wonderful Venetian fete
which they gave some years ago, aiu
the BaH of the Gods, were eclipsed ??y
lut night's efforts, which, in tabloaus
dancing and scenic effects, pictured the
history of France from the Middle Age;
through the period of the Regency
Even the audicr.ce was part of the won
derful panorama, for every one was
in costume and the great bal'.room. ir
whieh one of the most distinguishes
?nd brilliant audiences gathered, wa?
made part of the great picture.
Five Hundred in Pageant
Lloyd Warren was the chairman
James Munroe Hewlett designed an<
executed the scenery and Henry Daven
port staged the production, assisted b;
George S. Chappell and Howard Green
ley. Their combined efforts were s?
perfectly interwoven that they mich
have been the result of the genius o
one man, and fitting into the artisti'
moFaic was the music arranged b;
Kenneth M. Murchison, which begai
wtih "Les Pompiers," sung by the stu
dents in the Latin Quarter of Pari;
for the last 100 years.
In the pageant, which began with th
Middle ^ges, about 500 persons too
part. It ?> devided into throe episode?
tn the of which was the Court o
Lev;'. ided over by Raymond d
Toulouse and the Queen' of Beaut}
The Jester, who personified the imagi
natic;; >f a passionate lover of the grea
old days and whose memory called int
being -; pictures it suggested of cei
tain pei . - E French life, was the on
character that ran through the entir
pageant. Aided by Beauty and Ro
inane . Miss Ruth Price and Miss Viole
Kearns, he introduced tho scene i
which Raymond appeared suiTour.de
by his lords and ladies and character
typical oi th?.* Middle Ages.
Geor?^ S. Chappell was the .Teste*
and in th picture were magicians an
astrologers who performed their won
? dcrs; troubadours, who sang the ol
?ove songs of France, and the fair cat
tives from the Far East taken by th
Crusaders and presented to Raymon?
before wh >m and the assembled corr
par. y they danced. The captives ir
eluded the Saracen Queen, whqm fou
?great si i'-*"-1 boro on a gorgeous litte:
while in her train came dancing gir!
from O- ? Oi ent, Moorish princesse:
attendu : with their gifts o? jewel
and s tuffs t iken from the iniidel
r. : . the Jester passed assist
..,: ? reception of Raymond an
annoui nj e arrival of the Queei
At i the episode he is almo?
w the gay crowd, bt
the Fn horns sounding the "Call <
the Huntsm< n" suggested a new pictui
to bun.
"Leaguers" and Reformers
With ? ? spirit of mischief h
brought ?? '.' er the Duc <ie Guis
with : rs and the Prince d
Cond? wit] ? ?** Reformers. The timel
arrival of Cat] erine de Medici avoid?:
ttoubli , for ? bade -the:;*, sheath
their s.She," it ? hould be n
marked, was Donn Barber, who made
most wonderful queen, and his cap!
vation by Don Quixote was capital!
shown, < atherine was surrounded 1
her maids of honor, when a dt*putatic
from the Guild of Master Builders a]
proached her with designs they ht
prepared for her inspection. Her con
placency annoyed the Jester, who sun
moned Jean Goujon to show his late
statue of Diane de Poitiers as Hem
II appeared. Catherine, of course, w?
infuriated, but was finally persuad?
to join the others and receive the ma
riage procession of Marie Stuai
which approached while a group
revelers sang.
Then camo a hawking party wi
huntsmen and their companions;
coronation group and Polish courtie
With their ladies, all of whom pa
weir respects to the Queen. Perec?
?ng the Wanderer, no other than Di
Quixote, galloping down the All?e d
Petes, followed by his faithful squl
Sancho Punza and an adoring rabb
we Jester hit on the happy idea th
Catherino too Bhould have a romane
anu brought the Don forward and pr
sented him to the Queen Mother wi
great ceremony. He captivated Cat
??he, and the* last seen of them w
their vision silhouetted in the ere see
moon.
Regency Pictured
Jester?' moods change and so c
lieorge F. Chappell's in his delight!
Wie !a?t night, for next his imagit
?on pictured the daintiness and bi
jiance of a later period, the davs of t
Regency. Shepherds and shephei
e?3Bj of Boucher entered and circ!
?im in a gay dance. He threw hi
Wf into trie spirit of the fiew episc
*wi delight and, directed by Boucl
and the other great painters of the d
J>o helped dress the scene for tha <
krtainment which followed. The I
fent, Philip of Orleans, and 1
uuchess of Orleans, arrived, viewed 1
arrangements and admired the grc
J?*ed by the master artist.
Meanwhile there was a little si
seen?, for Mme. de Chateauroux, on 1
jyay to church, accompanied bv 1
'?uta curate, was embarrassed by ?
attentions of tho gay group in carni
lit,St,ume' w-10 teased her until !
anally succumbed to their gaiety s
"T*nt forward through the Avenue
'{?9 Proc-jtsionals, to be received
the Regent and bis party. Then W
teau asked her permission to show
.?test picture. After it had been
mired the Chinese Ambassador
peared and was received with befltt
oonor? and ceremony.
. A *err* cott* group by Clodlon ad<
? th? charm of the picture and C
htt? maidens in the Ambas(sad<
?o.te danced for the entertainment
Me guests. A group of S?vres poi
J?m was presented to tho Reg?
Henry HI witli his ladies Mid figu
?* tho Polish court came next to
'?w ?ia tho merry-makil,s tnat :
?lust as the Jester began to won
??ether all the gayety in which
?ad shared was about to fade int.
?r-py memory his two faithful guh
naauty and Romance, drew the c
wins and disclosed to the aasen,
w "Spirit of French Gayety '.
Wlia-ot Over Time." It was a won*
m final?, arranged by Ben AU B
IF? torgeooa In color, which ran :
^? th? stage, aiduth? climox of
! ' ".' '"".l
; the pomp and pageantry, the beauty
: and glory of French history and art,
was heard "La Marseillaise/' sung by
j Mrs. Edith Chapman Goold, with a
fervor that thrilled the audience,
1 stirred those who took part in the
pageant so that some of the men joined
in the chorus, and with a waving of
the Tricolor the pageant passed int?
history.
A General Ravel
Then there was a general retal, ir
which those who took part in th? en?
tertainment and the audience joined
and as they were in costura? of th<
various periods through which the epi
sod?s ran, in gorgeous broeades, lace!
and jewels, the scene was one of al
most unimaginable splendor.
Raymond , de Toulouse was Arch i
bald M. Brown and Mrs. Joseph B
Thomas was his ward. The Court o
Love was arranged among members o
the MacDowell Club, by Ernest C. Pelx
otto, and Mrs. Benjamin Morton, wa
the Queen of Love ad Beauty, t
wonderful Troubadour was Franci
Rogers, who wa? in his element, sing;
ing songs of ancient France, and Mr?
Rogers, Miss Malvina Hoffman, Mr.
Benjamin Prince, Mr. and Mrs. F. Lui
Mora. Lucien Tyng 'and Miss Hele
Wright were in tho group of courtier
and men at arms. Members of th
Amateur Comedy Club formed th
group of rustics, civic dignitaries an
Crusaders.
The Saracen Queen was Mrs. Bror
son Batcheler. Mrs. H. Le Roy Whr
i-ey was the leader of the Reformer
with the Prince de Conde (Henry Ivf
Cobb jr.) and Admiral de Coligny (Thi
odore Crane) in her company. Tl
Leaguers were led by Mrs. Ethan AH?
Denison. James L. Br?ese was tl
Duc de Guise and Lawrence G. Whi
the Due di? Montmorency.
Kenneth M. Murchison led the Re
elcrs. Mrs. A. Stewart Walker wi
La Belle Ferroniere, Mrs. Walter Char
bers the Duchesso de Lorraine ai
Mrs. Henry Davenport and Mrs. Julii
Clarence Levi were Marguerite i
Valois and Elizabeth de Valois. Artis
of tho Court of Henry II were imp?
sonated by James W. O'Connor, Jol
Boyd, Harry A. Jaco and Frederick
Hirons. Henry himself was portray?
hy George S. Hellman.
Mrs. Greey as Marie Stuart.
Mrs. George D. Greey was Marie St
art and Mr. Greey took the part of t
Dauphin. Miss Dorothy Leary w
Diane do Poitiers. Her Huntress
were some of the prettiest girls in t
younger set?the Misses Betty Frai
A ico Davison, Margaret Wallace, Hel
Johnson, Beatrice Strauss, Frances B
!ard, Marion. Hodenpyl, Amy Spar
Constance DeLancy, Dorothy Cla]
Marie Leary, Janet Ross, Barbara K
sel and Olivia Erdmann.
Ben Ali Haggin led the group
huntsmen and Pleasants Penningt
! made a realistic Don Quixote and W
I son M. Washburn was his faith
| squire. The group, which included
! Spanish rabble, was led by Mrs. P<
| nington. At Versailles in the eij
teenth century episode John Muni
was Philip of Orleans, Mrs. James
?Stillman was the Duchesse d'Orlea
Miss Mary Kingsley was charming
the Marquise du Barry. Mrs. Ha:
H. Duryea was a fascinating Duche
de Richelieu and Mrs. David Dows v
La Dame de L'Escarpolette, M
Frances Fairchild was the Marqu
de Tencin, Miss Grace Henry
Marquise de Parabere and Mrs. Ed;
J. Auchincloss the Marquise de Prie
Mrs. Gordon Knox Bell led the 11
ian comedy group, in which were M
.Sidney W. Fish, Mrs. Robert Le R
Mrs. B radish G. Johnson, Miss Mei
?ios d'.A-costa, Miss Elizabeth Crn
Miss Mary Alexander, Miss Carol
Duer and several well known men.
The Watteau characters were led
Mrs. Reginald B. Rives, and am
those representing the charming t
gerettes were Mrs: Scribner, A
Henry T. Fleitmann, Mrs. Kenneth
Schley, ?Mrs. Joseph W. Burden, J
Lewis* E. Clark jr.. Miss Muriel ^
throp, Mrs. Charles Scribner, 3V
Frances Fairchild and, of course, ?
Rives herself and several men.
Miss Potter Leads Group
Everett V. Meeks was Chinese
bassador. The Teira Cotta group, a
Clodioa, was led by Miss Ethel Po
The nymphs and satyrs included Miss
Potter, Miss Helen Cameron, Miss
Elizabeth Moffat, Miss Elizabeth I.
Lockwood, Lea S. Luquer, Jerome A. Q.
Franks, John De Witt Peltz and Nelson
Fell. In the group of Stanislas and
the Polish Court, led by Mrs. Bradley
Delehanty, were, among others, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert J. Akin, Mr. and Mrs. Ar?
thur Whitney, Mr. and Mrs. Delehanty
and Witherbee Black.
Mrs. J. Dyneley Prince led,tho Sevres
porcelain group, in which were Miss
Lucile Baldwin, Bruce Post, Mrs. Amos
C. Schermerhorn. II. C. Sonne, Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Clark, Grafton . Minot,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Casimir de Rham jr.,
Mrs. Bigelow Tilton, Mrs. Walter Rosen
. and Mr. Mclvoy.
1 The Society of Beaux Arta Architects
: was founded twenty-seven years ago by
; several young men who had recently
roturned from their studies at the
Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. Moved
i by an enthusiasm for the life of the
: Latin Quarter and the art of France,
' they formed themselves into the above
! named organization to "cultivate and
perpetuate the association and princi?
ples of the ecole and to found an acad?
emy of architecture." The proceeds
' from their wonderful pageant last night
will be used for the education of de
I serving student3.
Katharine Porter
To Become Bride of
Robert Lyon Hamill
Mr. and Mrs. H. Hobart Porter, of 405
Park Avenue, announce the engage?
ment of their daughter, Miss Katharine
Delano Porter, to Robert Lyon Hamill,
of Chicago, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
W. Hamill, of that city. Miss Porter
Bedtime Stories
By Thornton W. Burgess
Chatterer the ?ted Squirrel Becomes Saucy
A saucy tongue is dangerous to possess;
'Tis sure some day to get you in a mess.
Reddy Fox sat staring at Grand?
father Chuck's old hole under the
stump of a tree in the Green Forest.
Peter Rabbit had been there; Reddy
was sure of that. But when had Peter
been there? Had it been before or
since Reddy had driven Peter and Mr?i.
Peter out of the bramble-tangle into
the fallen hollow tree-truuk? Reddy
didn't see how it could have been
since, because for the life of him he
couldn't see how Peter could have
reached that hole without being seen
by Mrs. Reddy or himself. At last
he gave up and trotted away, but all
night long as he hunted he kept think?
ing and thinking and thinking and the
more he thought the more puzzled he
became.
this way when it struck me as queer
that this hole isn't all filled up with
snow. It struck me that some one
might have dug It open. You haven't
seen any one about here lately, have
you ?"
Chatterer chuckled. "Do you sup?
pose I would tell you if I had?" said
he. *I never tell what I know. I
didn't suppose that there was anything
going on that you didn't know about.
By the way, what are these stories I
hear of how Peter Rabbit has fooled
you until you are the laughing stock
of the Green Forest and the Green
Meadows ?"
Instantly Reddy's quick temper
flared up. "Peter Rabbit, has been
lucky, that's all," he snapped.
"You mean Peter has been smart,"
"Hello, Chatterer." said he, "you gave me a start'
Reddy hunted all night. He hunted
until broad daylight. Then he started
for his home in tho Old Pasture. His
way led him near that old hole of
Grandfather Chuck's and the fallen
tree-trunk near the bramble-tangle.
The mystery of Peter Rabbit's escape
still bothered Reddy, and he went over
! to have another look at Grandfather
Chuck's hole under the old stump. As
i he sat looking at it something hit him
| on the head. It was a pine cone. He
f looked up to see where it had come
? from. There, peering down from a
limb directly over his head, was the
| grinning faco of Chatterer tho Red
'; Squirrel.
Reddy started to snarl and then
j thought better of it. Instead he grinned
jback at Chatterer. "Hello, Chatterer!"
said he. "You gave me a Btart. I
I might have known where that cons
, came from. What's tho news over here
; in the Green Forest?"
Chatterer's sharp eyes twinkled mis?
chievously. "Hollo, Reddy," said he.
"You seem to be very much interested
in Grandfather Chuck's old hole.
Dont yon know thst no one has lived
there for ever and ever so long?"
"Of course, Chatterer. Of course,**
reolied Reddy. *"I was just passing
chuckled Chatterer. "I saw him over
here yesterday and Mrs." Peter was
with him. He didn't seem at all wor?
ried. He seems to go about just as he
pleases. You may be smart, Reddy;
you may be smart,- but you've got to
be smarter than you've ever been yet
to catch Peter Rabbit."
Reddy Fox suddenly swallowed his
temper. He grinned up at Chatterer
in the most friendly way. "Well,"
said he, "I guess I'll have to admit
that Peter has been smart. I still
think he has been lueky, but I guess
he has been smart too. I think, how?
ever, that you were mistaken about
seeing him over here yesterday. I am
very suro ho couldnt have been here.
You must have seen some one else and
thought it was Peter."
"No such thing!" sputtered Chat?
terer. "I guess I kaSNt* Peter Rabbit
j when I see him! Ha and Mrs. Peter
I came out of that very hole of Grand?
father Chuck's yesterday afternoon. I
was right up in this very tree. Don't
try to tell me that I don't know Peter
Rabbit when I see him."
(Copyrtsht. 1830, by T. W. Burgsss)
The Next Story: Reddy Feas Fiada
Oat Bear Peter Got Away,
is a d?butante of the season and has
been extensively entertained through?
out the winter.
i She is a member of the Junior
? League and chairman of its provisional
; committee. . She took part in the
! league's entertainment given last week.
Mr. Hamill is a senior at Yale. No
? date has been set for the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Ives Gilman,
1 of Boston, have announced the engage
[ ment of their daughter, Miss Edith
Gilman, to William Adams Brown jr.,
of New York. Miss Gilman is a stu?
dent of medical social service in New
York. She is a granddaughter of the
late James M. Dunbar, of this city. Mr.
Brown is a Yale graduate and is now
with Brown Bros. & Co., bankers. He
is a son of the Rov. Dr. William Adams
Brown and Mrs. Brown ami a grandson
of the late John Crosby Brown. It is
expected that the wedding will take
place in September.
For the benefit of the Darrach Home
for Crippled Children, a bridge party
will be given' at the Plaza this after?
noon. The institution was founded by
the late Dr. May Darrach, and has
carried on its splendid work for twenty
five years. Like many other charities,
it feels the burden of increased ex?
penses, and now makes an appeal for
funds.
Dutch Minister's Wife
"At Home" To-morrow
M. and Mme. Cremer Will
Spend Summer in Europe;
Burlesons Are to Entertain
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 11.?The Am?
bassador of Argentina and Mme. La
Breton will entertain at dinner Monday
evening, and again Friday evening.
The Postmaster General and Mrs.
Burleson will entertain at a dinner to?
morrow night. The affair originally was
planned in honor of the Vice-President
and Mrs. Marshall, who are now in Ari?
zona.
Mme. Cremer, wife of the Minister
of the Netherlands, will be at home Sat?
urday afternoon, when she will be as?
sisted bv Mme. Grouitch, wife of the
Serbian Minister; Mrs. Houston, wife
of the Secretary of the Treasury; Mrs.
Breckenridge Long, wife of the Third
Assistant Secretary of State, and the
ladies of the legation.
The Minister and Mme. Cremef are
planning to give up the residence at
1401 Sixteenth Street, which they are
now occupying, and will spend the sum?
mer in Europe, returning to the United
States in the fall.
The Minister of Cuba and Mme. de
C?spedes have gone to their home in
Havana, where they will spend a month
or more.
The Speaker and Mrs. Frederick H.
Gillett left Washington to-day, the for?
mer to go to Augusta, Ga., with a
group of friends to play golf and Mrs.
Gillett to Boston, where she will join
her daughters.
> Wagnerian Program Given!
Mr. Damrosch Delights Audi
ence at Carnegie Hall Concert
Since "Parsifal" is the only Wagner?
ian opera that has as yet found its
way back to the local stage, it is a ?
pleasure to take advantage of the op-j
portunities offered by orchestral con
certs to hear bits of the "Ring," "Tris?
tan und Isolde," "Tannhauser" and the
other's. Mr. Damrosch' provided such
an opportunity yesterday afternoon,
when a generous Wagner program was
played by the Symphony Society at
Carnegie Hall.
The overture to "Rienzi,'* the prelude
to "Lohengrin," portions of "Tristan,"
"the Mastersingers." "Parsifal" and ;
"Tannhauser" were among the num- j
bers, with the "Ring" represented by ;
"Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from ;
"Goetterdaemmerung" and the "Ride !
of the Valkyries" from "Die Walkuere."
Mr. GuBtave Tinlot's beautiful play?
ing of the violin solo in the "Good
Friday Spell" music from "Parsifal"
added much to the pleasure of a de?
lightful afternoon.
Church Forum Gives Lesson
On Mispronounced Words
An innovation was introduced last
night at the mid-week forum of the
Church of the Ascension, which is held
at the parish house. The session
started with ? the reading of words
"commonly mispronounced." The
words were then written on a black?
board and pronounced correctly. Many
of those at the mid-week forum are of
foreign birth and the purpose of the
gathering is to give them confidence in
the use of English. A suggestion made
at the church forum Sunday that speak?
ers whose views barred them from that
platform might seek the mid-week
forum appeared not to have been acted
upon.
Reception at Palm Beach
Charity Hospital To-day
New Yorkers Interested in Proj?
ect Started at Resort
Two Years Ago
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
PALM BEACH, March IL?A recep?
tion to persons interested in the Good
Samaritan Hospital will be held there
to-morrow afternoon, giving the first
opportunity to see the building, which
has been erected since last season on
the west side of Lake Worth, in a
palm grove a short distance north of
the aviation station. This is a charity
that was* started two ^years ago by
persons from New Yorlc.
Colonel James Elverson jr., of "The
Philadelphia Inquirer," who has been
spending the winter cruiiing in his
yacht, has arrived from Stuart and is
anchored in the Poinciana basin. With
him are Mrs. Elverson and E. E. Smith.
They will spend a week in Miami be?
fore returning North.
Peter C. Gallagher and party, of New
York, left Palm Beach for Miami to?
day on board their yacht, the Amuray.
? '? ' .
Going On To-day
Natural History;
admission
DAY
American Museum of
admission free.
Metropolitan Museum of Art;
irte.
American Museum of Safety; admission
free.
Van Cortiandt Park Museum; admission
free.
The Aquarium} admission free.
Zoological Park; admission free.
Luncheon of the Merchants' Association
of New York, Hotel Astor. 12:30 p. m.
Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of
the State of New York, ??3 Liberty
Street, 12' noon.
Discussion on, "The Americanization of a
Great American" by Mrs. Douglas Rob?
inson, sister of the lato Theodore Roose?
velt, at the St. George Hotel, Brooklyn,
10 a. m. Luncheon 1 p. rn.
Address by Princess Cantacuzene on "The
Birth of Bolshevism," Hotel ?Martha
Washington, 3 p. rrt.
Meeting of the Pennsylvania Wholesale
Hardware and Supply Company, Hotel
Astor, 10 a. m.
Social matinee, Drama Comedy, Hotel As?
tor, 2 p. m.
Meeting of the building fund committee,
1*. ?i. T. S., Hotel Astor, 2 p. m.
Lecture by ?T. Duncan Spaeth on "The
Meaning of ?Shakespeare To-day," Acad?
emy of Music, Brooklyn, 4 p. m.
Morning recital of the M?ndel Choral
Club. Tlotel Bossert, 10 a. m. Luncheon
1 p. m,
Meeting of the Post Parliament, Hotel Mc
Alpln, 11 a. m.
Conceit by the Muslo League of America,
Hotel Mo Alpin, 2:S0 p. m.
Display of paintings by tho Society of
Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, iO
a. m. to 10 p. m.
Rehearsal of the National Opera Club,
Waldorf-Astoria, 10 a. m.
Rehearsal of the New York Euphony So?
ciety, Waldorf-Astoria,-4 p. m.
Study Hours for Practical Workers, Miss
Grace Cornell, Metropolitan Museum of
Art, 10 a. m.
NIOHT
Meeting of the Marine Insurance Club,
Waldorf-Astoria, 8 p. m.
Dance of the New York Lodge. Waldorf
Astoria. 8 p. rn.
Meeting of the Beta Chapter Tau Epsilon
Phi Fraternity, Hotel Pennsylvania, 8
p. m.
'Meeting of the Alpha Mega Dental Fra?
ternity, Hotel Pennsylvania, 8 p. m.
Dinner and dni^ce of the Arturus Lodge,
Hotel McAlpin, 11:16 p. m.
Dinner and dance of the Rainbow Club,
Hotel McAlpin, 8 p. m.
Illustrated lecture by Frank Branch
Rlley on "The Luro of the Oreat North?
west," Academy of Music, Brooklyn,
8:15 p. m.
Meeting of the Women's Equal Opportu?
nity League. De Witt Clinton High
School, 8:15 p. m.
Greenwich Village Carnival, Hotel Astor,
10 p. m.
Dinner and dance of the Maine Society of
New York, Hotel Astor, 7 p. m.
Dance of the Sigma Nu Fraternity, Hotel
Biltmore.
Friday evening musicale at the Commo?
dore.
Address by Judge Alton B. Parker on
'Constructive Amerlcantsm" before the
Murquette Club, Hotel Plaza, 8:30 p.m.
Lecture by Everett Dean Martin on "If
Every One Looks Out for Himself, Will
All Be Looked After?" Cooper Union,
8:30 p. m.
Lecture by Dr. Kendall K. Smith on "E'eu
t herios Venlzelos, the Present Premier
of Greece," Grand Central 1'alace, S:!0
p. m.
Meeting of th? League of Foreign-Born Cit?
izens, 18ii Chryslie Street, 8:30 p. m.
Dinner and dance of the ' University of
Wisconsin Alumni, Hotel Commodore.
BOARD OF KDl'C'ATIOX IjECTDKES
Manhattan
"Hamlet, the Tragic Thinker." by Profes?
sor .1. Duncan Spaeth, Wadleigh High
School, 11 ?til Street near Sevoath Ave?
nue.
"Who Are the Russians?" by Professor
Paul R. Radosavljevlch, Publlo School
69, 220 East Fifty-seventh Street.
"Aida," by Dr. Clement B. Shaw, Public
School 66, Eight-eighth Street near First
Avenue. Miss Melanie V. Klainp at the
piano.
"Trade Union Policies," by Professor James
Walter Crook, Publlo School 132, 182d
Street near Wadsworth Avenue,
"Home Gardens for Profit." by Evrle Kil
patrlck, Publlo School 17, Fordham
Street, City Island. Illustrated.
"The Heart of Swltserland, the Cradle of
Demoo.raoy," by Dr. Henry Zick, Public
School 28, Anthony and Tremont ave?
nues, the Bronx. Illustrated.
Perpetual Purity!
It is surprising what conscientious
laundry methods will do toward
preserving the unblemished purity
of linens. For example, the Wallach
way of washing household linen is
designed expressly to preserve its
wearing qualities. It is a matter
of care?and conscience.
Telephone Plaza 185
for farther particulars
Wallach Laundry
330-332 East 59th Street
"A Branch Store or Route Man
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Major Schroeder
Expects to Go Up.
50,000 Feet Soon
Perilous Flights Prompted
By Desire to Measure Ter?
rific Trade Winds; Fuel
Only Factor in Climb
Major* R. W. Schroeder, official test
pilot of the United States Air Service,
who fell five miles in a few seconds re?
cently after establishing a new world's
record at Dayton, Ohio, said yesterday
he expected to reach an altitude of
50,000 feet within the next few months.
"The question of fuel is the only lim?
iting factor to the climb of the ma?
chine," he said.
Major Schroeder has just been re?
leased from the hospital and came here
yesterday to attend the Aeronautical
Show. Still suffering from his thrill?
ing experience, Major Schroeder told a
dramatic story of his fight against a
220-mile-an-hour gale almost seven
miles above the ground in a temper?
ature of 67 below zero.
For four days after the flight he lay
in tho hospital, his* eyes frozen. "Tho
specialist who attended me," he said,
"put cracked ice on the outside of
my eyelids and gradually thawed them
out. It was impossible, though, to keep
my eyeballs still, and as they moved
about they ground the ice inside the
lids, like the crunching of cinders."
After four days of this intense agony
h?3 eyes opened and, although still
weak, are practically unimpaired. One
of the valves of his heart refuses to
function properly yet as a direct re?
sult of the sudden change from a pres?
sure of three pounds to fourteen
pounds to the square inch, caused by
his five-mile fall.
"At 30,000 feet," he said, "I first en?
countered the terrific trade.wind sci?
entists have declared existed at high
altitudes. It was blowing west to east.
1 It gradually increased in velocity, un?
til, at the peak of my climb (36,020
feet), it had reached a speed of 220
miles an hour.
?'1 was making an air speed of 100
miles an hour against it. but was actu?
ally being driven backward at the rate
of 120 miles an hour relative to the
ground. By the time I reached the
peak I was thirty mile;, west of Dayton.
"At 36,020 feet visibility was ex?
cellent. I commanded a clear view of
Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Vir?
ginia. I could see the Ohio River ovei
a distance of 20<^ miles.
"At this moment my oxygen tank
failed. The carbon monoxide fumes
from the exhaust of the engine hung
about the cockpit, in the thin air, lik?
a cloud of steam. I couldn't help breath
ing them, and I collapsed. I pushec
| tho joystick forward to come down
! and tried to shut oft' the engine, bu:
i fainted before I could reach the switch
| "I believe that I fell in a straigh
| nose dive with the engine full on. I re
covered consciousness at 2,000 feet, am
at that time was in a spinning nos(
dive. The sudden pressure brought m<
to. My eyes were frozen and I ha<
to force my vision to see the ground
"1 grasped the controls, and almos
automatically straightened the shi)
out, and then glided down to a landing
"The unfortunate part of it was th
knowledge that I could have reaches
50,000 feet that day but for the failur
of the oxygen."
Speaking of the object of tho nigh
Major Scroeder said: "Many, people
think I made the flight just to estab?
lish a record in altitude. Sueh is not
the cas?. As chief test pilot of the
engineering department it is my duty
to do research flying. ' These flights are
to determine the ability of an engine
to function at altitudes, and also to
verify the scientific belief that trade
winds of terrific velocity exist at high
altitudes. This will be of supreme im?
portance to commercial and military
aviation, if proved true."
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Chalmers in New Role
In Blue Bird Matinee
Sings the Dog Part Admirably;
"La Forza del Destino"
Presented in Evening
Thomas Chalmers sang the Dog for
the first time in Albert Wolff's
"L'Oiseau Bleu" at the special matinee
of that opera at .the Metropolitan yes?
terday. Mr. Chalmers's enactment was
admirable in every way, and his final
scene informed with a poignant sense
of pathos. The rest of the cast was as
usual, with Mmes. Delaunois and Ellis
as the children, and the composer in
the conductor's stand.
The evening opera was "La ForA
del Destino," sung to a huge and vo*
ciferous assemblage. Mr. Caruso wa3
in excellent voice, as was Miss Ponselle
and Mr. Mardones. Mme. Jeanne Gor?
don is the most effective singer who
has yet tackled the difficult part of
Preziosilla, and Mr. Chalmers, as the
stupid monk, Father Melitone, pre?
sents a veritable chef d'oeuvre in the
buffo art. Mr. P#pi conducted with
spirit.
Three Stuart Paintings Sold
One Portrait Brings $2,600;
Others $1,500 and $1,050
Part of a collection of old paintings
by English and European masters and
a number of early American portraits
were sold under the hammer last even?
ing at the Anderson Galleries, Park
Avenue and Fifty-ninth Street, tho
total sales amounting to $14,445.50.
The pictures have been on exhibition
since March 6. The sale will be con?
tinued this evening.
The Ehrich Galleries made *he larg?
est purchase of the evening. This was
a portrait of James Connor by Gilbert
Stuart, of the American school. It
brought $2,600. The next largest price
paid was $1,500 by M. De Bronjik, for a
portrait of George Washington, also a
Stuart. J. F. Lewis paid $1,050 for
Stuart's portrait of Mrs. Elizabeth
George, sister-in-law of Alexander
Hamilton in h?3 first marriage, who
was afterward the wife of Admiral
George of the British navy.
First Session at Italian
Art Sale Brings in $11,097
The first session of the three-day
public auction of the Ilario Neri col?
lection of Italian art at the Augustus
W Clarke art galleries, at 5 West
Forty-fourth Street, brought in $11,
097 for 1_5 items.
M. P. Villa bought a pair of six?
teenth century Italian wrought Iron
torcheres for $360; Mrs. Amos Pinchot
j paid $220 for a sixteenth century Flor
! entine walnut refectory table, and Mrs.
I F. de St. Phalle bought a sixteenth
? century Tuscan refectory .table for
I $210. The sale will be continued to?
morrow afternoon.
NOTEWORTHY
UNRFJ5TRICTED PUBLIC SALES
At The American Art Galleries
Madison Square South, New York
ON FREE VIEW, BEGINNING TO-MORROW (SATURDAY)
and Continuing Until the Date of Sale
?ntiqi
To Be Sold
Wednesday Afternoon Next
March 17th, at 2:30
FOR ACCOUNT OF THE
, ESTATE OF THE LATE
Mr. Rudolph E. Schirmer
AND FOR ACCOUNT OF
Mrs, Martha B. Schirmer
A Collection of
[ue
Chinese Porcelains
Famille Verte, Single Colors
and Specimens of Blue and
White and Numerous Cabi?
net Objects.
*?* Catalogue mailed on -receipt of
Fifty C'eut?.
To Be Sold Thursday and
Friday Afternoons Next,
March 18th and 19th
Beginning Each Afternoon
at 2:30 ?'Clock
The Private Collection of
Antique
Chinese Porcelains
Rare Old Netsukes, Inros,
Sat suma, Japanese Porce?
lains and Miscellaneous
Objects
BELONGING TO THE AMATEUR
Mr. Edward H. Drew
OF BOSTON
???Cat-alogue Mailed on Receipt of
FWty Cents.
TO BE SOLD FOR ACCOUNT
OF A PRIVATE OWNER
On Friday Afternoon Next,
March 19th
(AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE
SALE OF THE
E. H. DREW COLLECTION)
A Valuable Collection of
Important European Ob?
jects ill Rock Crystal,
Lapis-Lazuli, Carved
Ivory and Enamel, Orna?
mental Clocks, Jeweled
Watches, Miniatures and
Other Costly Objects.
*?*Uluatrated Catalogue mailed on
receipt of 75 Ont?.
To Be Sold
Thursday andfr Friday Even?
ings Next, March 18 and 19,
at 8:15 o'clock
A LARGE COLLECTION OF
Modern and Old
Paintings
BELONGING TO THE (ESTATE
OF THE LATE
William A. Sleicher
THE ESTATE OF THE LATE
E. W. Paige
THE PROPERTY OF
Edward H. Drew of Boston
& OTHER PRIVATE OWNERS
AND SEVERAL ESTATES
???Tllnstratfil Catalogue mailed on
receipt of 75 Cents.
To Be Sold
Saturday Afternoon Next,
March 20,
Beginning at 2:30 o'CIock
Costly Gothic, Adam,
French and Other
Furniture
Silver Gilt Bust and Ecclesi?
astical Altar Ornaments,
Paduan Bronze, Silver, Many
Fine Oriental Rugs, Chinese
Screens, and Miscellaneous
Objects of Household Em?
bellishment and Utility
TO BE SOLD FOR ACCOUNT
OF THE ESTATE OF
Mrs.MaryB.Harrison
BY ORDER OF
HENRY T. SCOTT, TRUSTEE,
THE PROPERTY
OF ANOTHER ESTATE
To Be Sold by Direction
of an Executor
AND THE PROPERTY OF
Mrs. Clara D. Hart
of St. Louis, Mo.
AND SEVERAL OTHER
PRIVATE OWNERS
*** Catalogue mailed on receipt of
60 cent?.
The Sales Will Be Conducted by Mr. THOMAS E. K1RBY
and his assistants. MB. OTTO BKKNET Md MB. H. H. PARKS
of Um
AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Mana???
Madlao* Sq. South. Entra?e? ? B. ?34 Street. .New Te*k.
Symphony Orchestra
trices To Be Advanced
New York Organization Plan?
Increase Because of High
Cost of Production
The New York Symphony Orchestra
will advance its prices 50 per cent for
single admission tickets and 25 per
cent for subscription seats, it was
made known yesterday.
This advance, it was said by Georg*
Engles, manager of the New York;
Symphony Society, was not wholly as
a result of what he believed to be an,
impending new scheduic of wages that
must be paid to musicians in the or?
chestra, but is the result of advance ?
in the cost of every department tha*.
has to do with the staging of the con?
certs by the great orchestra.
He admitted that it was probable
that the proposed demands of tn?
Musical Mutual Protective Union for
higher wages for musicians in the or?
chestra at the Metropolitan Opera
House would spread to all branches of
high-class music in the city, and said
it was expected in his organization
that a new schedule of pay would bu
presented the management very soon.
S. E. MacMillen. manager of the New
Symphony Orchestra, said:
""We have done nothing as yet with
regard to increasing the pay of our
musicians, and we shall do nothing
until the matter is taken up with ua
formally. I suppose the unions wail
see fit to consult with us, however, and
talk over the matter of how we are to
meet added expenses."
He said that there was a mistaken
idea among a great many persons who
believed that the scale of pay for
musicians in symphony orchestras and
opera orchestras was set and fixed an?l
did not vary.
"Different men are paid different
wages," he said, "commensurate with
their own personal circumstances and
the work they do."
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