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IE BUY RESIGNS Actor in Farewell Appearance at Comedie Francaise. AIDS CARTOONISTS' FUND President of France, Ofter Carica tured. Sends Donation. OLD WOMAN BRUTALLY SLAIN Woodranger Sentenced to Death. Curious Point of Law in Divorce Case. to Th* Star. PAIllS, June 15.?Two o'clock Saturday morning was a solemn moment, destined to be historical in this town, where the av-tor is a more Important person than anywhere else in the world. At that in fant M. lfc Bargy trod the boards of the Comedie Francalse for the last time. The curtain fell on the farewell benefit per formanc? to which every m< mber of the House of Mollere is entitled by right ?n leaving. and M le Bargy finally < eased to belong to the Comedie lie had been threatening on and off to resign, and now he has done the deed. Half Paris is much busier with M. la Bargy's future plans than with the Euro pean political crisis. M. le Bargy's situa tion is peculiar. He does not intend in the . ist to retire, and lie is engaged at mi enormous salary to appear at the port' Saint Martin next season. But the by-iaws of the House of Moliere, 'rf'hich th? ?!*? .it Napoleon himself was at pains to sup* i vise, and which he picturesquely signed at Moscow just before the retreat, torbid a retired number to act in any uthei Paris theater. Hence, the Comedie Francaise will be compelled by its own constitution to prosecute M le Bargy, as it has prosecuted other rebels, such as Mm? Sarah Bernhardt and Coquelin. M. le Bargy, according to precedent, will b* ordered to pay ? norniou* damages. But the peculiarity of these actions brought iiy the House of Mollere against its ex inmates is that the verdicts of the courts invariably remain platonic. The rebs are sentenced to pay, and never do pay, and the magnanimous Comedie dots not press the point President's Generous Act. The president of the republic, who?it is useless to disguise the fact?is made the butt of jok< i s and caricaturists to an ex tent unthinkable In other countries, even the United States, has just done an ex ceedingly humorous and "Parisian" thing. An association of humorous artists has j Started a fund to support a home for de ? . ayed comie cartoonists. The plight of a funny artist who falls upon evil days, after having made, or tried to make, the public lau-,h all his life, is peculiarly pathetic. It touched M. Fallleres, and he lias sent a handsome donation to the fund . , This seems a mere ordinary act or generosity, but the point is that these very same humorists have been persist ently offensive toward the president. They never get up a show but what he is ridiculed fifty times over in a style that has long since forgotten v. hat good taste is. M. Fallieres- dona tion. which they have accepted grate fully, ought to make many a cari caturists conscience smart. Autoists Bun Off With Boy. Lille is exercised over a mysterious affair which occorred at midnight in the town. A pale little boy of ten, in rags, had been waking people up by Kinging in the street and a good many persons were at their windows invok ?? ing anything but a blessing on his head, when suddenly a large motor car dashed round the corner and halted. Two men. who were in the vehicle. , called to the lad, who hesitated a moment and then, apparently thinking , that he was to have a present, ap proached the vehicle. He was promptly seized by two strong hands and thrown into the automobile, which went off at j full speed, while the boy cried for help. A passerby ran after the car, but was soon distanced. He was, however, able to take its number, which he com municated to the police. The investi gation has thrown no light on this ex traordinary adventure, as no child is reported as having disappeared, nor have visits to the different garage^ led to the discovery of the black mo tor car. The number of the car Is not on the list at the prefecture, but the theory is that the small bey may have left his home to roam about, and that his relatives, having at last succeeded it: tracing him. were carrying him back. This, however, does not appear probable, as when he was seized he called out for help. Slay8 Woman of Sixty-Three. The assize court sitting at Blois has sentenced to death a woodranger named Dalivoust. a young ma|, twenty seven years of age. who has been con victed of the murder, under peijuliarly atrocious circumstance*, of a woman ? ?f sixty-three. She was with her mother, who is paral^need. The crime was committed January 13, on the evening ut" which day the woodranger j went to the cottage. The door had ' hardly been opened when he sprang on his victim, threw her down, and finally battered her head with a heavy club until she was dead. The shocking scene was actually witnessed by the victim's mother, who was lying par alyzed in bed. The murderer reVirned 'luietly to his abode, where he washed his uniform, which was stained with blood, and on the following day he at- , tended a dejeuner given by some friend*, doing ample justice to the viands. Suspicion at last fell on Dalivoust. who, when arrested, declared he had yielded to an impulse against which he had struggled. He was examined by a medical expert, who reported that he regarded him as responsible for his acts. but as being. all the j -ame. Inclined to hal!u?inatlons His mother had been a drunkard, and had twice attempted suicide. a<id a first cousin was in a lunatic asylum. When in terrogated at the trial by the presiding judge, the woodranger. who. since his arrest has manifested the utmost peni tence, said that his mind had been un hinged bv trouble and also by drink. He had been haunted by the desire to com mit the crime, though, strange t<j say. hi* victim wa> the i t-rson In the villaxe with whom he was least acquainted, but he had not intended to kill her. Dalivotist did not utter a word when sentence of death was passed on him the Jur\ hav ing pronounced htm guilty without ex tenuating circumstances. but it is thought that a petition will be drawn with a view to a commutation of the penalty. Novel Point of Law. An American divorce case in Paris has disclosed a curious point of law An American woman brought a twit for di vorce against her husband, residiiig in Paxis. The husband, through counsel, pleaded that in the first place the moti\? alleged would not be sufficient for a di vorce in his itate (New York i, and, sec ondly. tl?at French law could not ap?>Ty to him. a foreigner. Tin* court, how ever, decided that as both parties had *>een residing in France for a long period, something like twenty years, they had their real domicile here, and could no longer be supposed to have a home In Amarira. French law, therefore, could b?> applied to th*m. and as the cause al leged by the wife, namely, desertion and incompatibility of tamper, were sufficient iaus?? in Fr?n<-h law, the divorce was granted at the request of the wife, and in her favor. It pays to read the want columns of The Star. Hundreds of situations are ailed through theii}. Club Books Open Tomorrow, June 17, Applications Recorded as Received c O-OPERATION is the spirit of the age. Co-operation means economy. Co-operation means elimination of waste effort. Every body knows a "Club" or a "League" can do things that are impossible to the individual. It is upon this principle that the W. F. Frederick Co-operative Piano Club plan is founded. We make ourselves the center of a large group of people who agree to take a certain large number of instruments in a short time. We act as their agents. We take this great membership into the market places and with the tremendous power it gives us we secure the maximum advantages in buying. The distribution of this enormous number of instruments is practically assured us in advance. The cost of selling is cut to the minimum. So these 1,000 friends of the Club profit both in the buying and the selling. The saving all goes to the members of the Club. Of course, we may quite truthfully say that our knowledge of Piano values and our acquaintance and standing with manufacturers count for a great deal. Besides, we have 60 stores and agencies, in a half dozen states, and Club members everywhere in our vast field have the Club instruments almost at their very door, if they want to examine them. No other house in the country is in position to help the members of a Club in such a material way. No other house could undertake to place an order for 1,000 Pianos and Players, for immediate delivery. No other house in the country could be assured of getting 1,000 members to a Club, nor could any other house, we verily believe, handle the distribution of so great a number of instruments in so short a time to the profit and satisfaction of the Club members. A co-operative Piano Club is peculiarly a Frederick institution. v.rss vcr: i * mm* ? mm m s z:n m ? wm%m i ? mm m : :: "s ? i m/l m i $5 Membership Fee $1.50 Weekly The House of Frederick We say "The World's Largest Piano House." That Is a fact. We say of our Pltsburgh store: "The largest building: in the world exclusively devoted to 6elllng pianos." That also is true. We say of oar Cleveland store: "The most beautiful store In Cleveland." So it is. and the same could be said of our Washington store. Our twenty other stores In five States are the real musical centers of their respective cities. We have sixty agencies that are fast growing into stores. Ours Is undoubtedly the largest Piano business In the United States. It Is growing constantly and at an astonishing rate. We offer the >publlc choice of nearly a half hundred world-famed Instruments. We hold exclusive representation in our field of the very best Pianos and Player-Pianos. What does all this m^an to you, a prospective purchaser of a musical Instrument. It means that w have and hold the confidence of the people. Our Judgment is conceded the best, and our repre sentations are accepted without question. The foundation of our success Is the fact that the people believe In us. and their confidence has never been betrayed. It means that sou are assured of real lasting quality and a lifetime of service and pleasure in the Instrument you buy from u*. and that >v>u have paid only enough for It. Our purchasing is on so large a scale that we get ever)' concession possible on the regular product of the world's best factories. Every piano of the many thousands we buy cach year Is owned by us for the least price possible. We have developed a selling system that surely approxi mates perfection. We have eliminated needless expense. Our means of reaching the customer are as nearly direct as possible. The largeness of our dealings automatically re duces selling cost. Nothing Is lacking, but waste effort Is n voided and money Is saved. Every cent of the saving we make In buying and selling we give to you. We've been building for you these many years. We want you to Mnow us. We have g'.ven but an outline of the truly ?reat Institution which we call the HOUSE OF FREDER ICK. We trust you have thoughtfully read this brief ad dress. We hope It may Inspire In you a desire for a close acquaintance. Thla most notable club offers you an Ideal opportunity. Join this Club. GREAT PRICE & TEEPLE FACTORIES A composite picture of the great Price A Teeple factories. The giant consolidation of several factories, places It at the head of the list for capacity and equipment. These great factories are equipped with every modern appliance, and, best of all, are manned by the most skilled artisans known to the manufacturing trade. No house In the world stands higher In the esteem of dealers and the public. It is a very great pleas ure to be privileged to announce the name of the concern whose Pianos and Player-Pianos we offer to the members of our Greatest 1912 Cooperative Club. ? It Is very unusual that the manufacturers of old established makes of pianos can furnish as many as 1,000 instruments to one dealer practically In one shipment. The output Is usually taken up In the general course and distributed aJl over the land. But Messrs. Price & Teeple happened to be Just ready for such a big order. When we went Into the market, they were Just closing a deal for a great additional factory. Their capacity was all at once practically doubled. It was desirable to start the new plants going full blast. An opportunity for a quick distribution of a great number of Instruments was very attractive to them. They were also appreciative of the tremendous amount of advertising they would receive. All of these points had weight. We were careful to use them with full force. When it came to terms. Messrs. Price & Teeple wisely accepted an offer that meant to our club members a saving of flOO to $160 on every Piano or Player. And It is an actual saving?not an Imaginary one. These established, well-known Instruments sell at practically fixed prices. The saving is real If you want an instrument of the merit of these. And the merit of I'rice & Teeple products is beyond question. We know these goods. We have sold thousands upon thou sands of them In the past 20 years. We never heard of a dissatisfied owner of a Price & Teeple Piano or Player. Again we s.iy, club members will be fortunate in owning one of these splendid instruments and will be ahead $100 to $150. TO JOIN THE CLUB FOR THE PIANO?Sign the application blank if you have one, or call at one of our stores and get one. It takes but $5 to pay your entrance fee, and this is applied at once to the piano. $1.50 a week thereafter pays the whole cost to you. The piano is delivered im mediately, together with stool and handsome scarf, without cost of shipping, freight, or de livery, to your house. FOR THE PLAYER-PIANO?A $10 entrance fee makes you a member, and this like wise goes to your credit, and Player is delivered immediately. $10 thereafter monthly pays all dues and costs to you. With the Player goes 12 rolls of music, stool or bench, and hand some scarf, together with free delivery or packing and freight to your home. SPECIAL PRIVILEGES . LIFE INSURANCE, which provides a receipt in full for the piano or player, given to the family of a member in case of his death before completing payments. CASH REBATES?Every time you make a payment beyond the amount due we give you a cash discount amounting to 25c on every $1.50. That is, for each $1.25 we credit your account with $1.50. Your money can't earn a tenth of that in bank. EXCHANGE FEATURE, which gives a member the benefit of a whole year in which to make up his mind whether the instrument is what he wants, with the right to exchange it, if he so elects, within that time for another of the same value?or higher priced if he wishes?without losing a single penny by doing so. QUALITY OF INSTRUMENTS The Price & Teeple Pianos and Player-Pianos are standard instruments of high grade. They are guaranteed?not for five years?not for ten years?but INDEFINITELY?for an unlimited length of time. The-pianos we are offering in this club sell for never less than $375?generally for $400. Their Player-Piano has never been sold under $600. Immediately this club is completed the regular prices will prevail. This club, there fore, provides the opportunity for you to not only save at least $100 on the piano and $150 on the player-piano, but it gives you EXTRA RIGHTS and PRIVILEGES which cannot be had at other times. A card from you will bring you our literature and a handsome book telling about the House oi Frederick. But call in person, if possible. $10 Membership Fee $10 Monthly Frederick Stores and Agencies Where Application for Club Membership May Be Made, and Club Pianos May Be Seen W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 1?12 Euclid Ave, Cleveland. Ohio. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 635-687 SmlthOeld ft, Pittsburgh, Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 1319 O St, Washington. D. C. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 218 W. Tuaeirawu Ave, Canton. Ohio. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 819 Booth Main St, Ahron. Ohio. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 046 Market St, Yonngotown. Ohio. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, F. A. Wheeler. Rev, Merror. Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, Prints Block. Franhlln. Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 223 Franhlln St, Johnstown. Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 1106 Eighth Ave, Altoona. Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, T. J. White, Rep, St. Marys. Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, C. A. Taller, Rep, Bradford. Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 1st Nat. Bank Arcade. I'nlontown. Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 324 Pleasant St, Morgnntovra. W. Va W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 615 Main St, Coausellsvllle, Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, J. T. SIIreus, Re?, Wnynesbnrg, Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 66-68 Baltimore St, Cumberland. Sid. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, G. D. Hnymoad, Rep, Grot ton. W. Va W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, C. D. Matthnel, Rep, Piedmont. W. Vn. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 423 Fifth Are, MeKeeeport. Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, U. Bnlrd. Rep, Ererett, Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, Poling Mnsle Co, Persons, W. Va W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 824 Pnrk Ave, Wllllsmsport. Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, C. Baldwin, Rep, Mjeradale. Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 226 Middle Are, Elrria, Ohio. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, E. T. J. Ebert, Rep, Meadvtlle. Pa. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 1808 Seventh Are., Bearer Falla. Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, P. D. Snavely, Rep, Bntler, Pn. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 206 North Mnple Are, Oreensburg, Pn. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, J. G. Alien. Rep, Minerva. Ohio. W. F. FREDEBICK PIANO CO, 8808 Atlnntle Are, At Inn tie City. N. J. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, C. A. McLonchlln. Rep, Petrol la. Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, M. A. Konkle, Rep, Snltshnrg. Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, P. W. Bloeher, Rep, Ell wood City. Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, J. T. Almon. Rep, Tltnsrllle, Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, G. H. Dnnnnm, Rep., Greenrllle, Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, 31S Penn Are, Warren, Pa W. F. FREDERICK PIANO CO, Miss M. Grlflla. Rep, Lornln. Ohio. DAVIS, BIRKHAM. TI LER CO, 1426 Market St, Wheeling, W. Va DAVIS, BFRKHAM, TYLER CO, Mottndsrllle, W. Va DAVIS, BCRKHAM, TYLER CO, Clarksburg, W. Va DAVIS, BIRKHAM. TYLER CO, East Liverpool. Ohio. W. F. FREDERICK PIANO COMPANY 635-637 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh 1212 G Street, Washington, D. C, And 60 Stores and Agencies in Half a Dozen States. ? a? ? o *V> k\Y" vVJ \\ % W1 ? % % 'Hi m 1612 Euclid Are., Cleveland /