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'Don Carlos'o? Yerdi Given-at Metropolitan Spectacular Settings and Elab?rale Ballet Among Distinguishing Features in Production of Novelty De Luca Wins Honors _!_ Work First Produced in '67 Built on French Model; Has Some Real Melody Verdi's "Don Carlos" was givep for the first time at the Metr?poli an Opera House last evening. It is a vast < glomeration of musical styles, for Verdi, wnen lie wr >te ?t, to adapt himself to the Fren lea of grand opera. Ln its four acts and n ?cenes there is en to make three operas. There is .-ist? drama t> suit every last', including the p ma ah?.! pageantry o:' ': : pa) during i : Ina ti on, : ii il c:t affair, a brutal murder, a ba let and the appearance of a bei3evo!ei3i and royal ghost, who. in : Unge spiritual:.- 3, "g ? rum "th-j other side-' in I ? time to s v ? the hero from a disastrous quarter of an hour with the Grand Inquisitor. '1 in? story c-'-nes ? ? i in i ace incest, but this Phedre-like touch is dispelled, i'or Elizabeth is only a step? mother. Verdi was not the first to set to music the adventures of the m heir to the Spanish throne. The ? subject was previously treated in "J Carlo," text by Giacchetti, music by Pietro Bona, Milan, 1847; in Carlo," text Ly Beninzone, a '??? Allieri's "Fi?ppo," music by Ferrari; in '"Don Carlos," opera seria in thi acts, text by Tarantini, music I y ? Her Majesty's Theater, London, June 20, 1844; in "Don Carl?.-." in sic by Vincenzo Moscuzza, Teatro San Car] . Naples, May 23, 1862. Verdi's "D m Carlos" was written ' ?r the Paris Opera, where it w given. March 11, 1867, during the Uni? versal Exposition, with M. Morere ; ; Don Carlo?, M. Obin as Philip, M. Faure as l'osa, Mme. Sass a*; ii' beth, Mme. Guymard as Eboli, Mile. Levieille as Teobaldo, M. Belval as the Grand Inquisitor and M. David ; s the Monk. It was given for the first time in London at Her Majesty's Theater, June 4, of the same year. The first performance in the Unit i States was at the Academy of Music in t'ni? city on April 12, 1877, Max Maret :*ok was manager and conductor. T : cast was as follows: Philip II, Dal Negro; Don Carlos, Celada; Marquis de Posa, Bertolasi; The Grand Inqi for, Gfirini; A Friar, Bacelli; El '^eth, Mme. Palmiere; Princess l". ??Iiss Rastelli (lier first perfors nee Teobaldo, Miss Persiani; Herald, Bar? ber?a. Opera Popular Only in Italy The opera was n.;ver a success either n Paris or Loii?1":!. Onlj in Italy did ;t achieve some little measure of fame, ?*.nd tiiis was parti;' due, no doubt, to -?he fact that Tamagno appeared in the title r?le. Here, with the exception of the alia "O Don Fatale," which has now and then appeared on a co?icert | program, the work is practically a novelty. Few remember the ear.1er per? formances at the Academy of Music. Two reasons other than the work's novelty iray have induced Mr. Gatti to introduce the opera i-t the Metropoli? tan. There is the opportunity for a '. uge spectacular display; I ? re ii also , *.he fact that amid t) I clutter if the score Verdi > mele ; eeps iut fr m time to tune in undimmed .pierdo.*. "There are three editions of the opera. That u:.?ju at the Metropolitan is a ,. mr site f the three. S ?me cut; have beer, mercifully made. ( tue -'y in aught have gone on for twenty-four hours. Since the dress rehearsal twenty minutes i saved. Based on Schil er's tra many scenes of the play have bee n retained, although the loca y.j leen changed. Posa i ?'? '.: i as in the play. But .ve pt into th* tcmb by'his u- est i Chai V instead of being turned oser to th.9 Inquisition. The strengest note in the dramatic version ir the friendship between Car? ies and Posa. In the opera the ?' lo's love for i isized. Politics is some ? ? lund and thero ??' freedom for the o] ? ? ' I But the oper dull. The chas ;er the ??rand figures of Schiller's tragedy, but the pompous puppets of opera, with at least one aria apiece. Work Is on French Model The opera was not only written to a i French libretto by Mery and Du Locle, although the Italian version ig used ut the Metropolitan, but according to the 1 model which, during three-quartera of' the nineteenth century, had been known j dietinctively as French grand opi ra, of which "La Juive" and Meyerbeer's operas are famili r examples. In this school, lengl ment of greati Verdi 1 the other essi tial, a tnd spectacular, m h neglected. B ssion i to Frer.cn art and the homage p;;:d to | t!.e traditions and c ve t French opera, France : ing "Don Carlos" as the tui of his career. Hut it was not his first French opera. "Les V?] li nnes" : ad appeared twe ve - rlier. In reality "Don Car!?..-" be! ?nirs to I Miller" to "Un Pi ra" ai : including "Rigolet to." The increased ri in orcht tra tion which win to c m? : glory in "Aida." ? afterward, i?. ah the influence of 4 "???er. The ' but the second i ch ? Prol ably the ti i Lined Gloves For Men and S?SsSfr Women Th? Won?'? OrmUti LMthn n??r<M 404 fifth A?r.. V. V. 283 It w?j Uoa/'-in?140 Trcmont -r,?? lxitiilou?-S!> li^e? .in Mrrat Vl ?forest Otila 3nn Forett Hill* Gardent, L. 1. . /5 M'tnatct (actual running tim>-) From P?ann?yl???nia Station i Long lalnnri K li. Electric I faint '/f.? v; i/i? m .-,< ?-.,.. , r? - ? ?i hATi* I? ?a? ra/ M'.f? ,.?-i <-.-> if?.ru e?:,t M - i "- ? ? n.J. -.'?? m? o'r,., {fit ti.r V% f.y. ; , F. J HAWI.EY, Mg,. T?l?(,l.on.. fSvuK/tM (2<M A rmrty trlrrru.r K?Ult 1,,r thr \,?*j PHus Ii?t?</?atto4 ?r.<i-,,.-..?,.. f,?? tia?*? ( I ? ind of t I .euer after one - is that wh eh typifies the hip between Carlos and Posa and their common devotion to the cause j of freedom. It is typically Verdian. ? An example of the uneven merits of the %core is the ?I fferenco between the j two marches for which Verdi uses aj band in the third scene of the j tii rd act. The first, the march of the condemned, has character and distinc? tion. The second, the signal for the entrance of king and court, again de- j scends t?? the region of the common-? place. This scent? is largely an affair [ of ensemble. Some of the most effectue i3iimbers j in the oncrn are the duet between Posa and Don Carlos in the second act, | Philip's soliloquy in the fourth, Posa's ? air. and the duet between Carlos and El leth, also in the last act. Spectacularly the performance is a : ph f"r Mr. Gatti's management.! Nothing has been spared in the way of costuming or mis? - en - scene. The see ui's in the clo ster of San Giusto.in the Queen's Garden, in the Rquare be? fore Nostra Donna d'Atocha,,all are : table achievements. The marine ballet in the third act, one of the most elaborate ever staged at this opera house, with human pearls and oysters disporting themselves among the waves is another evidence of Miss Ro sina Galli's brains and Inventive genius. Sh In*; self has ample opportunity to charm the audience with her dancing II. She has never been more ex quisite, more seductive. Martinelli in Title R?le Mr. Martinelli's Don Carlos is vo cally sound, hut histro33?cally unro ? iai ? *? certainly never Byronie, a ten tjency of tins unfortunate princeling. The character awakens no particular sympathy. He was only hal a man, a neurotic boy who whined a good deal but accomplished nothing. Mr. Diuur's Philip, admirable in make-up, was the must royal figure on the stage. He was vocally on his mettle, and carried the trying scene in I t ;?? last act with telling effect. By far \ tue i3iost distinguished impersonation, ' oth as to singing and acting, was Mr. I De Luca's Rodrigo, Marquis de Posa. He san?.; and acted wkh consummate j skiil, grace and authority. Altogether , ?. De L?ea ?.; th?-? mast human, m.ist 1 sympathetic figure in the opera and the nearest in artistic stature to the char acter of Schiller's play. Miss Ponsel.e's velvet voice was! poured out with ceaseless tonal opu-: ience in Elizabeth's music, but not un- j til the last act did she succeed in; h tiding a touch of regal dignity to her j sonation. .Mme. Matzcnauer did) her best to j a sume the airs and graces of a' col- i oratura singer in Eboli's florid aria that opens the second act. The part iies high for her. But the coquetries, of !.3ve. are not her affair and she was1 better suited to the more tempestuous ! cenes that followed. A large audience was interested and j duly impressed with the scenic gran- i deur and the beauties of the ballet. Chamberlain to Go Under Knife WASHINGTON', Dec. 23.?Physicians ! attending Senator Chamberlain, of Ore- ? gon, who has been ill in a hospital here ? ince early in the week, decided late' luut an operation would be nec? essary. The operation will be per- : formed, it was said, either to-morrow . or Saturday. I Great Performance By Lionel Atwill In "Deburau" Artificial but IntcrestingPlay by Sacha Guitry Splendid? ly Produced by David Be lasco at Belasco Theater TUB CAST Jean-Gaspard Peburau.Lionel Atwill Marie Dupleselfi.El.il? Mackay Monsieur Bertrand, the dlreotor Bernhard A. Retnolrt Robtllarcl.Hubort Bruce Laurent.Joseph Herbert Laplace.Rowland Buckmone Junlino.Margot Keliy Mme. Bebard.Paulino Merriam Clara.Marl? Br.var I lor.orine.Isabel Lelghton Clement.Edmund Ourney Thp "Barker," the Man with I he Big Drum.Sidney Toler The Money Taker.Helen Reimer The Cnltnown Lady.Lylla Burnand A Journalist.St. Clair BayfielJ The Lady with the Lorenmte. Eden Gray Charles Deburau.Morgan Farley A Doctor.....J"hn L. Shine By Heywood Broun "Deburau," an adaptation by Gran ville Barker of a play by .Sacha Guitry, was produced at the Bciasco Theatre last night It is not a great play, but it is a work of such distinction that some such statement must be made at the outset. Particularly the state? ment is necessary because there are moments when "Deburau" seems a great play, moments in which a thing | now dead, which we call the grand manner, is animated so eloquently that ; it seems to be again the one true and perfect mood of the theatre. This, we realize in our cooler mo? ments, is rank heresy. Such piays are among the lesser things which the theater cat? do. But though "Debu? rau" is a ghost it is an apparition of sufficient stature to strike awe to all beholders. If it had lasted until cock? crow, and for a time we thought it would, we haven't a doubt that with a shriek of anguish play and players would have di "appeared. And yet, 1. r its little time it trod the earth with surety and confidence, and passi in soared on outstretched arms and folk spoke verse and souls were soared and hearts broke in rhymed couplets. There are, we have heard, no actors now living who can pay these, parts in the drama if the old school, even though the play be by Sacha Guitry, who is, perhaps, a little more alive than any of us, since he lives in Paris. Then it must be that Lionel Atwill is also a visitor who has been away in some island of the Hebrides, for it seemed to us that he was surely one of the ?magnificent.?? whose names we hear when p.aygoers of fifty-odd thump upon the flagstones in the chimney cor? ners and chide che young, saying, "Ah, but then you never saw''- But now we can answer, "'Why, grandpa, how you do go on. You forget that we watched Lionel Atwill in 'Deburau.'" "Deburau" is a play by an actor, about an actor and lor an actor, and accordingly falls short, acco?ding to our notion, of the most important function of the theater, which is to deal with life and people. Within these limitations set by the theme ?-..-? and manner of the dramatist, and still more by the verse medium of the adapter, Lionel Atw.U without ques? tion gives a great performance, a performance, it seems to us, which is secosid to nothing see? in New York in lecent years except thoftiphard III of John Barrymorc. Atwill is always graceful, eloquent when opportunity is offered, and in the final scene, above all others, profoundly and deepiy mov? ing. We di/1 not th^nk of him very often as a man, because evei, though he spoke the verse of Granville Barker, some of which is decidedly awkward, with great skill and ease and a per sur.sive air of not Viing conscious of verse, we are always a little doubtful of the authenticity of all men whose feeling can be encompassed in rhyme. Naturally, we have not the courage to say that verse has no right in the theater. But we do believe than any? thing less than great verse is a handi? cap. Some of Barker's ver?o is ex? cellent, but too much is just pretty gocd. Here certainly the poet in the theater 6tarts from scratch or behind : it, in competition with his moie literal competitors. Pretty good prose may even serve the purposes of great drsma. Pretty good verse cannot. Yes, without doubt we regret the verse of "Deburau." It has at stretches an exciting quality, but as the evening goes on it beats against the ears line imprisoned sea wnter. It hurts. Every now and then a rhyme fairly leaps out at the listener and hits him. We wish they didn't do it. The greatest glory of the evening belongs to Mr. Atwill. When we say that he gives a great performance we have no intent of granting a grudging tribute merely to a fine technical achievement. We snean that it is ac? tually one of those stirring and ex? traordinary things which happen in the theater now and again. And of the play we hope to convey the im? pression that, a'though it is not with? out very evident traces of artifice, it rises now and again, indeed often, to situations and cxprfssiots which are glorious in thrilling beauty. Dav d Belasco is the producer and i "Deburau" is the finest of his achieve? ments within our experie3ice. He is always shrewd in the production, ami in the last scene he ts Inspired. On the strength of this evening he belongs | at tho top or thereabouts. We mean | for the moment. After all, before the ? month is out there may be a little more , fire from heaven, though it has never | actually rained down w thin our time, I and it may light upon the head of some I one else. The cast is not remarkable ! throughout, but it is enough for any ? manager to have been wise and farsee ! ing enough to bring Lionel Atwill and j "Deburau" together. More than that l David Belasco would have earned ! trumpet calls and drum beats if he had I dene no more than to devise the han . diing of the final scene. Hubert Druce is excellent and so if j Morgan Farley. The rest are good ; enough and Elsie Mackay is beautiful tc 1 look at. The play concerns the life of Jear | Baptiste-Gaspard Deburau. clown and ? pantomimist. It tells how he loved anc 1 lost and how he left the stage and cam? i back. It shows how he finally came tc ! he hissed and how he put his son ir his place and stood in the wings whilt ' the announcement was made to the au ! dience that now they were to see a ne? i and greater Deburau, and he continuel ' to stand in the wings, thrilled anc maddened moved to "by and to tears, as i the same audience rises to applaud and to cheer the new Deburau, The* Stage Door Arthur Hopkins's production of "The Beggar's Opera," scheduled to open Monday evening at tho Greenwich Vil? lage Theate., has been postponed until Wednesday evening. Juliette Day has been engaged tc play her original r?le of Plum Blossom in the coming revival of "The Yellow Jacket." William Faversham will give a spe? cial performance of "The Prince and the Pauper" at the Booth Theater this afternoon for the benefit of the Sev? enty-ninth Street Settlement House Prince Philllppe of Bourbon, cousin of the King of Spain, who has just ar? rived in this country, saw the star's performance in the Mark Twain story last night. Pat Rooney and Marion Bent will make their debut as stars in a musical comedy when Wilner & Komberg pre? sent them in "Love Birds" at the Rajah Theater, Reading Pa., December 31 Seventeen years ago they made then d?but as a vaudeville team in the same city. F. Ziegfeld jr. will entertnin 35C wounded soldiers on the New Amster? dam Theater Roof this afternoon There will be a dinner and a special "?erformance of tho Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic. Last nfght the Hippodrome's annual Christmas tuee was illuminated and th( region around the big playhouse has now taken on a distinct holiday at? mosphere. There will be a conference on syn? thetic drama at the MacDowell Gallery ! next Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock j It will be illustrated by the Greenleaf Players. The Actors' Equity Association ic I making plans with a view to obtaining I remedial legislation re.7-arding the ex | ?"ting railroad rates, which the asso? ciation terms "excessive." It also i plans to seek a readjustment of thd in | come tax of authors, artists, play ? wrights, composers and others. Concert Swells Fund ! The first of three subscription con ? certs under the auspices of th? Alumni Association of the Institute I of Musical Art for the benefit of the Margaret McGill Scholarship En? dowment Fund was given last evening at Carnegie Hall by Mischa Levitzki, i pinnist, and .Sascha Jacobsen. violinist. I Both artists were in excellent form arta a large audience gave its support to this worthv cause. The prorram ii3 cluded "Brahms's sonata in I) minor. Op. 108, atifl C?sar Franck's sonata r* A 3najor. Each artist also contributed | a group. Mr. Levitzki devoted himself to ; Chopin. Mr. Jacobsen's number in ! eluded composhions by Rachmaninoff, j Godowsky, Grasse and others. -m-_ Senate Gets Treaty With Siam I WASHINGTON, Fee.''23. ?A new com ? mercial treaty with Siam was trans mitted to the Senat? to-day fry Presi? dent Wilson. The ExecutiT?, fa an? other message, asked for authority to call a world dairy con?jyess t? meet in ttasi.ir.gton at a date yet to be fixed. Chinese Yield to Consortium ? WASHINGTON, Dec 23.?Opposition fa China to the consortium recently ar? ranged has largely disappeared, Pe? king advices to the State Department! said to-day. 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LOIS WEBER Produotlon e i v ^l,Ito please one ^"?'way at 49t.h WOMAN A Paramount Picture RIVOLI CONCERT ORCHESTRA Special Performances for Chil? dren at 10:30 A. M. at the RIVOLI Commendnfl to-m'w (XnlW Day), 10:30 A. M. Choice Motion Pictures Christmas Fantasy?Chorus Daily to Jan. Is', Inclusivo Patrons ,:-,,,/ remain through first regu tnr pi-rfo m "i, . irhich bei/inn at noon. R1 AL i O Bt?t Daniels' Time? sq. Oh, Lady. Lady ! FAMOUS KIALTO ORCHESTRA METROPOLITAN SSSE TO-DAY MAT. at 2. BUTTERFLY. K-rraj. Kornla; Chamlee, S<*otli. Bad??Moranront, T0-N,("HT at S. LA JUIVE. Kajfm SiMtnej, i'. i aniso. Harrold, Ilothler?Bodanzity. SAT. at 2, MEFISTOFELE. Alda, l'criit? (debut) : Glitll, Mardonea, !<a?ta? Mnranzr.nl. SAT., H 3*. (Pop. Pri?es), AIDA. Destlnn, Lazztrl K i?:.-,- n llel.ii ?a..M"-'i" ? -Rimbwhpk SUN. Evo.. S:S0, Concert. 2IMBALIST, Vio'iin i.si; Peralta, Perini ; Zerola, Manlunss?llagema:?.. NEXT MUN. 8P L MAT. al 2 (?3 lu ..?i. BLUE BIRD. East?n. G rdon, Sundellus. EUis. It'.'lli.T. ?Tinlj ITS Wolff. MON...- Ir> PAGLIACCI. 1 icstlnn ?Caruso. Amato ? - Morui?onl. CARILLON M?GICO. Wahl?I'apL WLI).. ai r lj, TRISTAi?. Malzenauer, Uur mba II. Wit-' n i'.!a.>s Hnlanzlcv THURS., .it 8:15, TOSCA. Farrar; Olgll, i* i;l, Halatcsta, Ananiati?Mora?uoni. KHI. MAT. .i L. PAI33IAI-. i.-. il Gordon, Ru is; S mbach, V.iiltelill!, Rotiler, Dldur, i-tul-mi Liodanzky. F RI. al -.. MANON LESCAUT. Ai.la, Telva; Murtjielll, I)c I,uea, l'al-rinlerl?l'aid. IIAIIDMAN l'IA.NO USED. NEW YORK SYMPHONY I nnri-rrcsTRA WALTER DAlVlROSCH. c?durt.r AKOLIA.N HAI.I,, Next SUN. AFT. et 3. A Midsummer Night's Dream SHAKESPEARE ??lili Music 3>y MENDELSSOHN DAVID BISPHAM will r.'iul the play, assisted by I! \( III I. MOKTON liAKKltt, Moprano; Chorus of Women's Vo1c<?h frmn the OHATOIHO SOCIETY OF NEW YOBK. Historical Cjelc at ?Turnerl? Hull, Tliurn. An.. Dec*. 30- -Frl. Eve., Dec. 31. FIRST APPEARANCE IN AMERICA ALBERT COATES Gueat-Conductor l3"rom Hie 3?.?yal Opera. CoTent Warden, and Londun Symphony Orchestra. British Program, Including; . FliHi performnnce In America ui VAI (?HAN WILLIAMS' "London Symphony" Tlekots at lim Offices. Georgs Engies. Mgr. MAO. SQ. GARDEN, Sun., Dec. 26, ?? s 13. Tlckeln 25c tu 5-3UO Now at Box ofll.'o MALE SYMPHONY BAND MISS SOLLER... Conductor FRANZ KAI. PKXnoiiN. Violin: T.EAII LEABKA. S Min?. ItKltTA HIV1KHK. Umo: MILLO 1'li'e i). Baritone; SKROBI KADAMSKY. Tonur. -DIRECTION JI'JMl'S HuPP c 0LUMBIA ?S ITISVfXiREi." DE. LEE WROTHE & His Best Show PH F. Krilh'a ?LACE H? y *n I C.CO Mm Dally. !ltt! THE 4 MORTONS. ?MORTON A CLASS. CLARA MORTON. MME. BE8S0N A CO. Ilarr e'?"IIalf an Hour " WM. A UORDON DOOLf.Y A CO. KKW YORK'S LEADING THKATRKS AND Sl'CCESflBS CMDIDC B'way & 40lh St. Eves. S:3'?. Cifirinr. Mat,. Wed. & Sat., : FIRST MATINEE T0-M0I3R0W AT 2:15. "One of the plays all lover? of the theatre should see and see again." ? Timen. "The latest delightful product of J, M. Barric's genius."?Post. "Br.rrie t his x ?Herald CHARLES FROH MAN Presents In tho New Play MARY ROSE J. M. BARRIE "The haunting beauty of 'Mary Rose' is felt after the theatre has been left nuies behind." ?Eve. World. "A spellbound audience." ? 2 t?f ?jram. "Barrie at his best."?Telegraph. FIRST" MAT." TOM'W." 2:15. MIXED MARRIAGE ES!MS?3B!G v. "HUDSON ?fJr's-V/i eSR'\m~ THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD H? CQ//AW jn the title role yP?WAN W$M$?V'-43** -4 K.-.TTivt^s.Wf" THE TAVERN #?f*TrsT MYmras-r of tms???, ARNOLD PALY as the Vagabond H KNOT MILLER'S THEATRE, 1:34 West 43 Si. Ergs. 8:20. Mats. Tom'W & Tlitire., ?l:-?\?. ?htW AMS?BiUAn Z??GF5L? production, le?m erbou _ NEW AftfTERDAH R??F^- -NfW II??;F?LDK!3N!OT FROLIC L?BERTY "BEST THAT THE Ml SICAI IHEATKI CAN I'ROYIDE" Patricia Coilinge c?mbdt JUST SUPPbSE 'LADY BILLY" ,*;;;.-? HIT ? . .. V.l...;.?.. I, .11-1 , JOHN OOI DEN prese*, i Lionel Atwill ?debwau"! by Sacha Guitry, Adapted? by Granrllle 3',;irker j LYCEUM &??T INA ME? HtShJ DnMmnALL MRts. tVe?!. and Sat.. 2:30. '?CO? &H?5? I sisfl LAST WEEKS CORT a \*? r TUE "?"-,'/.'.'"?. ' ' ' ?? T ^ FFED5T0I"TiP? top Ke*t* Now for Xtr? Holldaj Ma: Frt, I I Punch & Judy ffl???? ' |?|S DOLLO'S WILD OAT __ edy pa )! .\n VO Extra Mats. Wed.. Dec. 29. 4. T"?.-v. Dee. ? ^s??RI0^?TTES;.Ss Special Mats.?Final W'k : Today&Tom'w, u A.M. VA* ?NHATTAN ? x F H A ieS TO-MORROW AT 230 AND 20. ,;....?..- , "HAENSELAND ;RETEL. Marie MaUfelcl as ' MON. EVE.. DEC. 27. 1" of 1 ''3.*j'J Sen \ "WO DIE LEfiCHE SINGT" \ : ? i . ? . '?' DE& 27. 28. 29 at 2 0 "SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWAI.F3. ' 1' ??CNl ERELLA." 1 ' Now Selling All pei LAST 2 WEEKS w,tb HELEN HAYES PARK BEG'G \:y?A HOPPER N ?TIONAL SYMI>HONy arJ?R BODAN2KY ONon NEGIE; TO-MORROW AFTERNOON, n? 2:3 HALL ; Sun. Ev ning. Oec. 26. at 8:15 MOISE1WITSCH Prosrant?OI.I'CK, OTortnre. Iphlgenla In Aull?: ULIERE. 8Irena; RACHMANINOFF. Concern? V minor: WAGNER, Prelude. MaMerslnner*. TUES. AFT.. DEC. 28. at 2.80 SUN. EVE.. JAN. 2 (Ben. I*nM?V BosJ) l, st 8:13 Violin VDC?Ci CD Mende!??ohn Soloist J\l\E.l0LE.t\ Concerto THE KNA1?E IS. THE OFFICIAL I'IaNO. CARNEGIE HALL. Sun. Aft.. Dec". 26. At 3. BIPOLITO L?ZARO Aaaiated hy Mercedea fadroaa. Pianist (St/-in way); Uociot Cabrai, Violinist. AEOLIAN HAI.I.. Mon. Aft.. I> Guido AGOSTI PIANO RECITAL (Stelnway). C Alt N KO I E HAM. !._..,_. C wed. evo., at Has, January j ONLY N. Y. RECITAL?KRJKI)A HEM PEL Seata at Hot Office, stflnnay llano Co?mm??ir1nf Monday next in Bandet; Tu.. Jul.ua faenar; Wed ?UL. Mi-n-liaut of Venice. Wed. HIPPODROME NEXT SUN. NIGHT Al B IS ANCATHOLIC BIG BROTHERS^ GREATEST PROGRAM OF I'M!. VEA1 KREI$LEK~ALDA MAISSHA LEVITZKI DIAZ?CASIIII FRANK LA FOR ?NORM?N TREVOR? S Loew's New York Theatre and Roof V'. ut. 11 A M. 10 II 3*. M Rouf I '? A. ?? BUCK IONES In "JUST PALS. ? EDITH HOUEHTS In "WHITE YH3JTH. Loew's American Roof ??J!J fe? ?? i*i lituiikti Bros. Diirolti) Burton * ! All StsU i a.. M?\ ii? D?n -en. B oUu I R...,.iJ Ti-n.. ' iitok ??r t I? " Exwl v.'i i K???r?? M A It K ?* J VMBS ??1 mi 13 ri'R" T R A N H ^?W B w?y & 43 St. STRAND ORCHESTRA TOSCANINI CONCERTS Metropolitan Opera lloune. Tere., De?. ?4t| St*?)? all location?), $I.?M> to *ilK?3j i Normandie Hotel, Broadway & ?S-h StrM? [ JACOBS OPERA TICKET 0F?1????