THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.Kleanor Robeon and William Faversliam will ap-

pear In the balcony scene from "Romeo and Juliet"at the benefit to be given at Wallack's Thsatrap onMarch 5 for Mrs. Lester Wallack.

Two ;pecJaltlea were presented yesterday as feat-ures of the regular bill at Blaney'a Lincoln SquareTheatre. Howard Hall appeared in a condensedversion oT "The Man Who Dared," and MaudO«!e!l. assisted by several charmers, posed as "TheWater Carrier." "Spring." "Winter," etc.

The first performance .of J. Hartley Manners' scomedy. "The Majesty of Birth." will be, giver inPhiladelphia on March B. J. E. Dodson, ThomasFlnlay. Jeffrey Lewis, Mabel Roebuck and RuthChester willbe In the cast.

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IV (Tart I), and Mr. F. R. Benson Prince Hal.Mr. Matheson Lansr will play Hamlet, and MissHutin Britton Ophelia.

The Birthday play is to be "Cymbeline." TheMystery Plays will include '-The Salutation." "TheShepherd's Play." "The King's Hay." and "TheSlaughter of the Innocents."

This is the first week's programme:ipril19—"Julius Oe.^ar."April I'O—"Much Ado About Nothing." . .Aprii 21 Afternoon)— "Corialanus"; (evening) "A

Midnight Bridal*! and "The Belle's Stratagem."'April 22 (afternoon) ester Mystery plays;

(evening) "Hamlet."April

—"Cymbeltae.*"

Aj)!l! 21 (afternoon)—

"Ifenr-.- V"; revenlng)"liichprd III."I a ;

"A Woasa's Way."The sportive, piquant, rnisohif-vous; fabric of good

eld theatrical tricks ami sensible satire, called "AWoman's Way," that w\i.« presented yesterday af-

t'Tn rTCn at tlw? Ha<-k'-tt Theatre, with Miss GraceGeorge as its central personage! kept a large audl-fzc* its a condition of Interest anil mprrirrunt from

tfee first word to th" lest, and, if an auspicious re-o-pti'1^ nieaufJ anylh<s«i its .«uccv«*Fful continuancecan be confidently c:ri>«-ote;l. Itproclaims it?elf to

be a comedy, but It demonstrates no titlf to tht^tpericu? <icsisnati«m. It is a farce that hovors ontlie brink of t^rioys domestic drama. The basicpostulate of !t is 3. distortion of nature, made forthe r'^JTos*" of stifftainir:? a structure of comic in-

cMents, and the conduct of Us f!mp!c plot, whileInvolvingan occasional moment of true feeling, isopenly fantastic. The .... a husbandan<l wife. Howard and Marlon Stanton, mcml*rsof wealthy, fashionable society, as temporarily es-tranged from orw another.

—the husband having

tak'n a fancy ta a sray tridow and become, quitemapvßdaUy; wrary of the society of the wife, who,OfveriAelcgg. continues to love him. The pay widow.Mrs. Elisabeth Blakf-more. as by and by it appears,has. unknown to Stanton. been ....t'.ons with povr-ral men of his circle. Mrs. StantonInvites Mrs. Blakemore to a «!inner and assemblesnot only her family relatives and those of her hus-band, but the several men who have at differenttimes I>ern danpling after the widow, and adroitlycontrives a. sort of verbal duel with that charm-er, and the eventual disillusionment of herv ....... his jealousy and thenYy ejUMMjug the fickleness and triviality of his pu-tative idol. \u0084The movement is brisk, the personaare clearly discriminated, and the colloquy is lijrht.

rapid, and sometimes pungent with..tart, incisivelines. The :ext would be improved by eliminationof a!l allusion to God. and there is a latent andcompletely unnecessary element of coarseness in the£tory—namely, an intimation of ir.tripue with thewidow— which easily could be. and certainly shouldbe, exSirpatea. Miss Grace Oeorße. IXDjMrsonatingthe -wife, pave a charming presentment of gentle yet

pjiritc-d womanhood, contriving, even in farcicalsituations ard Indialogues of banter, to convey adecisive Impression of sweet, earr.ost. almost pas-

Ek-r.ate feeling. The case, fluency, and rparkle of

the performance, in speech no Irss than action.•were, indeed, quite in the vein of comedy. Signifi-

cant facial expression and a doft use of acute em-

pbasls combined with an ar.-'.i demeanor, not wholly

concea'lin's tenderness, still further commended this

blithe achievement to public sympathy. It was ad-

mirable, and It was much admired. Mr. FrankVtoVthlttE.' warmly welcomed and often heartily

applauded; acain manifested that innate refinement

EC personality an.l that artistic skill with which he

can make a flimsy and censurable character seemradically innocent and strongly attractive.

Taken seriously, Howard Starton would be con-

temptShl*. Impersonated as an amiable farceur and

made eraeiou? with an ingenuous softness and as- v,« K^r*r»»>-»^«: i-i this rare coniouian s

trea'tm-nt of him. plausible, attractive and dtl:-

ciou^lv droll. Mr. Worthing appearance on the

locai stage is always an auspicious incident, for he

is on- of vhc most accomplished comedians of our

a~e ma art is titat of the Impersonator, and. at

£on with character is perfect. A look, a move-ment, a an intonation are, by

vers ulto convev a world of meanlnß- A %er> <Ut

fICoK part, that of Oliver Whitney, an hon-

l"i-over cf Mrs Stanton. who is. in a clumsy

earner, caused to interject real pasdon into a

mesa of farcical perplexity, was made aciua..i

SSaV^Jfl decidedly sympathetic by Mr. Robert

Warwick. The all-fascinating widow. Mrs. ElaKe-more whose character U so composite and dubi-

ous, found a pleasing representative in Miss Doro

ttv Tenranr. who expressed coquetry without

Sr^ness and n,3de a capital foil to the Rentierwomanhood of Miss Georpe. -With but little duall-Lccuon "A Woman's Way."-wntten by Mr

Taorer^ Kuchanan.-is a good farce exceedlngb

well acted. It Sires pleasure and it deserves the

putlicregard.

C\£T OF "A WOIIAXS WAY."

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EE-ENTRANCE OF CARLOTTA NILLSON.

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Married.Marriac;e notices appearin* In THE TRIBCXE wfl

be repablished In the Trl-Weekly Tribaae wUhooftextra charge.

MARfH—

FETTRETCH—

On Monday. February 22. at th»residence of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph!Fettretch. Edith Berrell Fettretch to H. Stanley Marsh,of Boston. Mass.

Notices of tnaniairro and deaths most be tador—<with fullname and address.

Died.Death notice* appearing- in THE TKIBfSE willbe

repablWhed in the Trl-Weekly Tribune without extracharge.

Bfrtoiino. BHssC M«ade, Alfred IX'

8.-.»-en. Edward H. Nimmn. WHliam H.DlBull. WilliamT. Post. Alice \u25a0»*.. .. - ..P!.;k(if.n. MaryY. Potter. Wiillam A.Gr»ene. Rachel B. Robinson. Stewart D.Oultck. Chariot!*. Sh«-.-i. Anß»rira B.Irvin.Rev. Dr. William Willcox. Amelia. A.

BERTOLINO—

On Sunday. February 21 at T:3;> ** ra"»Mrs. Ellse Contl Bertolino. widow of Carlo Bertplino.Funeral at her late residence. No. 215 East 61st St..on Thursday. February 25. at 10 a. m. Solemn r-<VJ!«mmass for th» r»r'

->">f her soul at Church of St. vTr.ceac

Ferrer. 65th «t. an.i Lexlnarton are., at 10:30 a. m.Interment at Cal»arjr Cemetory.

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BOWEN—Sudd-nly. at his home. No. 9Bf>- FT. -Mark'sav#.. Brooklyn, on Sunday. February 21. E«l«axd-Ha«-cock Bowen. beloved husband of Pauline Flak Bo<*eO-Funeral at h!s late residence on Tuesday at 5 p. ta.

BULL—Pr William Tillinsrhast Bull, on February 22:190», at Isle of Hope. Georgia.

DTCKSON—Mary Youn* IMckson. beloved -wife ofJoseph B. Dickson, passed away Sunday. February

21. Funeral services at her lat» residence. No. 33East r>f»th st. New Tork Cl'.r. Tu«sdar mornlns.February 23. at 10 o'clock. Int»rm«nt. at conven-ience of the family at Morrlitown. N. J. Kindlyomit flowers.

GREENE— At her home, at Belvldera, K.J-. on February20. 1900. Mrs. Rachel Blair Greene, daughter of th»late Robert Blair and Mary Tennis, la her 63d year.Funeral on Thursday at 3I• o'clock.

GULICK—

On February 20. CBaitotta^ daughter of Dr.and Mrs. Luther HaJ«»y Gulick. Burial In Srrtnrfeld.Mass.. en February 21.

IRVIN—

At Berlin. Germany. February 22. 1909." Re*;

William Irvin. D. D.. eldest son of the lato Richardand Mary Froudflt Inin. in his T-*>rh year, •"•"\u25a0;

MKADF.- On Sunday. February 21. of pneomwila,- AlfredE!v. yourifrest son of Helena Rutherford Ely a»«l Richard

.r=am M«-n<-1~, a«ed » months. Funeral private.

MMMO—William H. D. on February 20. 130*. at hislate residency No. .VW Mvrtle are.. Flushing. N T-.son of the :at« Rev. Joseph and Harnah DlcksoaNimmo. in the T9th year of Miajte. Funeral eervJcesfrom the Reformed Dutch '"hurch. corner AmitySt. andBowne ave.. Flushing. K. Y.. on Wedr.eaKiay. February

24. at 3:30 p. m.

POST—

On th<» morning of Soaday. February 2' AJlc»Matilda wife of George B. Post Funeral service*willbe held at her late residence. No. 21 East «Otr»St.. at 10 a. •-.. on Wo.!ri---s.ia'-. February -•*- Member*of the family and friends are invited to be present.

POTTBU—In Rome. Italy, on Friday. February 19. Will-lam Appl»ton Potter, son of the !at» Right Rev AtonxoPotter. Bishop of Pennsylvania.

ROBINSON—

Suddenly, on February 21. at Cambridge.Mass.. Stewart Douglas, youngest son of Douglas andCorinna Roosevelt K -blnson. in the 3Tth year of h!sage Funeral on Wednesday mornlne. February 24. at8 o'clock at the Church of the Hcly Communion. Sixthave. and "0:h st. Interment at the convenience of thafamily.

SHED—

At Rratt!rbor-\ Vt.. ?im.*ay. February 21.\rg«"lira Barracl.nißh Shed, widow of Hon. Geors*Sh<nl aged t*3 years. R»latlvfs anrl frien.is are r»-spectful); Invited to attend th« funeral services atChurch of .-1' Man" th* \u25a0Virgin. West 4«rh <<• . NewYork City, en Wednesday. Februar>' 2*. at 2 p. m

WIIICOX—

On Saturday morning. February '.•" at th»home of her son. Henry C. WDtCOX, No.

**West

End ave.. Manhattan. Amelia Antoinette, widow ofEdwin Willcnx. in her 91st year. Funeral servicesat Westminster Presbyterian church, . corner of Clin-ton St. and First Place. Brooklyn. Tuesday afternoon,

February 23. at 2 o'clock.

Pister Catlerino Vera. of th* Community or SaintMary, daughter of the late James Payn Sills, BBB>. of

London Kngland; departed this life pa the twentieth cfFebruary. lJ>o!>.

The funeral win V» he' lon Tuesday. February twenry-

third. at »:ai a. m.. at Saint Mary's Convent Chapel.

Peek*ktll N YTh/» train '•\u25a0•'\u25a0 \u25a0•« .the Grand Central Station at 7:33 a m.Itis requested that no flowers be sent.

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FRANK E. r*MPBKI.'.241-3 West 94 m. Chip*!*.priva'te Rooms, private Ambulances. TeL 1324 Chelsea.

A Coo«h •> Pore Throat should not be neglected"Brown's Bronchial Troches" give relief. . -vj

FUNERAL OF MARQUIS DE NOAILLESIB.—The

-Rmmanue!

Henri Vletumlea <?e XoaJitsa, si tkis city

last week, was burled her- th military

hUBSfa Tli«> gathering at

Included representatives of the French government.Ambassador White an. rn its. Wreathewere «ent by the Sultan of Turkey and the Em-peror of Germany.

FUNERAL OF S. D. ROBINSON.The body of Stewart Douglas Robinson, who wasj

killed by a fall at Harvard on Sunday, reachedthis city early yesterday morning and was taken to

the home of his father. Douglas Robinson, at No.422 Madison ave:

The funeral willbe held to-morrow morning at »o'clock at the home. There will also be a servicein the Church of the Holy Communion. No. 33f>Sixth avenue.

Washington, Feb. 22.— President Roosevelt wasInformed at Hampton Roads to-f!ay by Secretary

Loeb of the traffic death of his n»phew, StewartDouglas Robinson. It is not known at the WhiteHouse whether the President will attend the)

funeral.

Mrs. George J. Gould Hostess at Dinner andMasquerade Ball. .-

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[By Tele«rra?h to The Tribune.]Lakewood. Feb. *«.—Mrs. George J. Gould, as ft

Grecian princess, was the hostess of a boose- partyat Georgian court. Lakewood. to-night. The dinnerdance was limited to forty-six guests of Miss Mar-jorle Gould, and was the first affair at which th9

debutante presided. She wore the ccstumw of ft

Castillian queen. •. •-' -:'

Miss Gould led members of the younger set at ft

masquerade ball which followed the dinner. -.Miss

Vivian Gould wore a cvstume of a dancer,

and Miss Dorothy Randolph appeared in a.'. Directstoire g«.wn. Jay Gould was recognised as a Scotch-*man among the costumed men. ;

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The party was planned by. Miss Marjorie Gould.who attended to every detail of the arrangements.Among the guests wer-» Miss Beatrice Clafiin.Beatrice Benjamin, Elsie Nicoll. Harriett Alexan-

der. Beatrice Pratt. A. J. Drexei, H. A. Oei-rlchs, C A. Richardson, Newton Rae and Ben-

lamin Nicoll.

E!Ms. Mark Smith. Josephine BrowrC TiulTne Do^field and C F. Howard.

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MARY MANNERiNG IN NEW PLAY.[By Telegraph lr> The Tribune. ]

New Haven. Feb. 22.—

Mary Mannering appeared

here this afternoon in p. play by Langdon Mitchell,

entitled "Stop by Step." She was warmly applaud-ed by an audience that packed the Hyperion Thea-tre to the doors. The supporting company includeMarion Ballou, Frank Sylvester. Helen Macßeth.Arthur Maitland. Austin Webb, Addison Plu, A. W.

Pr. Bull was always willing to of -rate on a d^-serving charitable patient Few persons kn*>w theext-nt of his work without remuneration. H* w:is

an hadefatigablS operator and never spared himself.I>r. Full had a sptensad physique, clear cut.

str.ms: fare and well poised head. I'ntil afflictedbj his fatal malady he was the picture of health.Among ali those with whom he was associated.patients, physicians and aursea, he was greatly ad-mired because of his skill and gentleness. He wasthe anther of nuaserona articles which appear?.] :nm.-cliral publications in this country and abroad.moat of them on the subject of cancer. He was a

member of The American Surgical Association, theIttonere' Society, the Academy of Medicine

and the JCeW York County Medical Society. He1 •M office i;iueaily every organization with whichbe was co;: Iwas a member of the Har-

vard. Century, Vniv«rsit .-. Baeoajet, Zeta I'si andNew York ilube. In 'S9^ he married Slary KevfcMriaine, who was formerly the wife of James G.Blalne. Jr. Eesides his *vife Dr. Bull leaves a son.

In ISVB he left the Chambers Street Hospital andbecame consulting surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital

and attending surgeon at the New York Hospital.

He was also consulting surgeon at the ManhattanHospital and the Orthopedic Hospital and Dispen-

sary, and surgeon In charge of the Hospital for

the Ruptured and Crippled and other institutions.

In 1555. in company with Dr. John B. Walker, he

started a private sanatorium at No. 33 East 33d

street and conducted it until 1597, when the PrivateHospital Association was formed to conduct thesanatorium, having "as Its members, besides Dr.

Bull • "rs- Virgil P. Gibney, Clemen! Cleveland,

William M. Polk and John B. Walker.The Private hospital Idea, which was then new

in this country, was a great success, and this

sanatorium became known all over the world.

In 1906 Dr. Bull was appointed chief surgeon at

Roosevelt Hospital to succeed Dr. Charles Mcßur-ney. and was also consulting surgeon at J. HoodWright Hospital for a time.

Though a cancer specialist. Dr. Bull did not limit

himself to operations of this kind. In fact, he was

considered one of the pioneers in operating for ap-pendicitis. During his connection with St. Luke'sHospital he performed an operation for appendicitis

on Captain Temple Edward Ro«e. of I»ndon. which

attracted the attention of the medical world.

Another difficult operation performed by Dr. Bull

was on a twelve-year-old girl named Lillian Des-mond, In November. 1393. The girlbecame the vic-

tim of catarrh in 18S7. Because of lack of proper

treatment her nose was finally destroyed. When

the youngster was brought to the New York Hos-pital* a* an experiment. Dr. Bullcut a heart shaped

flap of skin from her forehead. Then he scarified

the edges of what was left of the old nose, brought

the flap of living skin forward and inserted be-

neath it two roll" of oiled cotton to guard the nos-trils. The skin grew together an.l within a fewmonths her nose was almost as good as ever.

For a long time he believed that he had discov-

ered a cure for cancer, for which he di.l years ofresearch work. By his method the surgeon first

operated on the growth, and then introduced thegerm of erysipelas.

Dr. Bull numbered among his patients many ofthe best known people in all parts of the country.

He was physician for the family of the late Will-iam C. Whitney, on whom he performed an opera-

tion. Among some of his other patients were Mrs.Reginald C. Vanderbilt. Kingdon Gould, the Duchessof slarlboroogh, the wife of ex-Senator William A.

Clark-, E. H. Harriman, George Crocker, of SanFrancisco; John D. Rockefeller and William M.

Rice.

CAREER OF DR. W. T. BULL.After a gallant fight of nearly a year against the

ravages of the cancerous growth on his neck. Dr.

V. T. Bull left this city for Savannah on January

29 on a private car. He was accompanied ifMrs.

Bull and Dr. John B. Walker, besides two nursesfrom his sanatorium, In Bast "3d street.

Dr. Ball was in a hopeful frame of mind. He

snid to Dr. Walker: "Iam in splendid condition.Ihave every confidence that the Southern sun, with

its warmth and strength giving properties, will

make me a Whole man again."Dr. Bull was born in Newport, R. 1.. May IS, 184».

It was in. 1888, while he was connected with theChambers Street Hospital, now the House of Re-lief, that Dr. Bull first came into prominence.

There he invented a new method of treating gun-

shot wounds in the abdomen. Formerly 87 percent 'of the operations of this kind had been fatal.To-day all surgeons use hs methods, and the

chances of success are greatly In favor of thepatient His ability as a surgeon was soon recog-nized, and patients came to him from ever}" statein the Union.

Dr. Joseph A. Blake, of No. f.ol Madison ave-nue, who was In charge of the case for a lons

time and performed the operation, said lastnight that the present was n.> time to discuss

the death of a surgeon as great as I>r. Bull.

I>r. Nathaniel B. Potter, of N<>. 4* West ."Ist

said he felt in no mood to say anything

concerning the death of his friend.

siu'geop. Ithink he would have developed can-cer.'

Dr. Francis Delaflt'ld, another of Dr. Bull'?

physicians, when seen at his home last night at

No. 5 West .",4>th street, said he had received atelegram from Mrs. Bull announcing the death

of Dr. Bull. He said that death was inevitable.

an.l snared the view of Dr. Wynkoop that Dr.

Boll's period of illness was not so long as In theaverage case of cancer.

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A PROMISING YOUNG PIANIST.A pianoforte recital was given in Mendelssohi

Hal! by Mile. Germaine Arnaud, a French maidei ,who, we have been told, carried off the grand prize"for pianoforte playing at the competition in theParis Conservatoire two years ago. Mile. Arnau 1presents a picture of youthful beauty and unaf-

fectedness on the stage which her playing does not

L*on Rains, the American bas»o, who willmakehis debut at the Metropolitan as Hagen l:i "<*,;:\u25a0

terdammerung" to-morrow evening, will he h«-a- 1later during his eagagement as Mephistopheles ia"FauM."

Verdi's "Requiem Mass" will be repeated at theconcert next Sunday evening at the MetropolitanOpera House, with the same soioists as last Bwwday

nisht.

Mr. Hammerstein will relieve Mr. Constants ofrom all appearances in opera next week in orderthat h". may have plenty of time to prepare him-

self for the role of Morly, which he will ereaUhere in the forthcoming production of Jan Btockx s"La Princesse d'Auberge," the next novelty to BS

presented by Mr. Hammerstein.

In compliance with revests for an evening per-formance of "Parsifal," Wagner's "sacred festi-

val play" willbe given at the Metropolitan < >peiaHouse on Saturday evening, March 6, in place of"Don Giovanni," as originally announced. Theperformance will begin at 7 o'clock and end at mil

-night. Tickets purchased for "Don Giovanni" wi1

b« valid for the substituted attraction, or money

willbe refunded.

The performance of "Salome" at the ManhattanOpera House next Saturday afternoon wl'.l

promptly at 3 o'clock, instead of 2:15, as heretoforeannounced.

Miss Gerviiie-Reache will sing the rolo of Ani-neris for the first time at the Manhattan OperaHouse at next Saturday night's performam f"Alda."

Giuseppe Sturani, musical conductor of the Phila-delphia, Opera House, Is to be the principal music tl

conductor of the season of "educational grand o;i-

era" to be given at popular prices at the Manhat-tan opera House prior to the regular season, whi. hit is announced will begin on August 16 next.

NOTES OF THE OPERA.

MISCHA ELMAN AT CARNEGIE HALL.

Mlscha Elman, the violinist, lias rained a largenumber of admirers, and these, with the addttii nof a holiday outpouring of music lovers, formedthe large audience which gave him unstinted ap-plause and demanded encores at. Carnegie Hallyesterday afternoon. His programme inciudi dSaint-Saens'e Concerto In B minor, Bach's l*Cha-conne" (for violin alone), Wleniawski's "Pausffantasle. Wagner-WilhelmJ's paraphrase "Preis-lied" (Metsterslnger > and Hsra salt's "Habaßera."

HOLIDAY BILLS AT THE MANHATTAN.

French opera of the more recent character heldthe ijsage at the Manhattan Opera House yester-day afternoon at the special holiday performance,while In the ev -ni:i« two works by Italian com-posers

—one of the older florid school ami the other

of the class which is still repanlrd as Rn outpjt

of one of the "young Italians." nl'liougli the firstperformance was given nearly \u25a0 score of yearsago

—were offered.

—The afternoon's opera was Charpentter's

"Louise." In this—its second performance of theseason

—one of the important characters, that of

the father, was taken by Mr. Vieuille, one of theuseful men singers added to the Manhattan com-pany this season. Heretofore in New York thispart has given opportunity for one of the most

convincing and Impressive Impersonations of theopera— that of Mr. Qilibert IfMr. Vieuille. whohas sung the part many timer in Europe, did not

eradicate all Impressions of his American prede-cessor, his was in general a compelling and vitalportraiture". Vocally he made the best of hi* op-

portunities."IjB. Sonnambula" and "Cavalleria Rusticana

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with casts beaded by Mme. Tettrazlnl and MissI-abili, were the operas of the night. in the form-rMr. Arlmondi replaced Mr. de Segurola as CountRodolfo; Bellini's music Is. of course, a show piece,for Mine. Tettrazlnl.

The performance of the Mascagni opera did nottake rank among the great ones.

Mr. Campanlnl conducted the Charpentier opera.,and Mr. Parelll those of Bellini and Miscagi I.

Then were large audiences present on both occa-sions.

"THE BARTERED BRIDE" ONCE MORE.If "The Bartered Bride." which had its second

performance last night at the Metropolitan OperaHouse, falls to make a record for popularity dur-ing the remaining weeks of this season, it will be

a surprise to accustomed observers of operaticdoings in this town. The joy of living, the charm

of simplicity, the captivating humor of Bohemianpeasants in festival mood are set before the eye

and poured Into the ear in this merry opera ofSmetana's, and the level at which the presentationmoves is s""'- that scarcely an iota of -what fie

librettist an. composer intended is lost to the spec-

tators. The enthusiastic scenes attending thepremiere of last Friday w> re repeated last evenir.g.

and it is fair to assume that the polka concludingthe first act. as danced by the Bohemians especiallyengaged for this production, will be r«i"mand d

every time the work is given. It provides by farfind away the most beguiling spectacle of its

kind seen at the Metropolitan, and Its success maybe declared sensational. The other dances, esre-daily the furlant, take their places as integralparts of the little drama, and so does every choral'episode, as well as the sprightly intercourse of theprincipals.

But there Ip no need to repeat what was saidwith enthusiasm after the firs' performance. It is

enough to lay stress upon the splendid size andquick appreciation of th« audience last right, a;idto account for the latter quality by the altogetherdelightful sk'i! and vivacity with which the singingactors*' entered upon their tasks. Miss Destlnn. Mr.Jorn, Mr. TMdur. Mr. Reias. Mr. Bliss. Miss Matt-feld and all the others concerned, Including Mr.Mahler, who conducted, have made this a labor oflove, and the results are memorable.Ifthese things are possible, why not a revival of

Peter Cornelius*! "Barber of Bagdad"?

As a whole, the performance did not occupy theimpressive plane on whfch It moved In the pre-ceding representations, except in the second a itwhich aroused rapturous applause. Impertinent

noises on the stage. Including pluckings on a vlo In

to give -Mr. Miihimann the pitch, disturbed tlact. and there was a general Kstlessaess on t1 |of the. chorus which hindered the lofty pteasorewhich the drama ought to give. Mr. Amato's sf-fort was obviously sincere and his vocal equipmentIs well suited to the music of Amfortas's poignant

speeches ; but the delivery of those speechesspirit of the drama requires much more, than voice

and sincerity, and In all except those qualities t )>\u25a0

Italian singer was deficient.

A HOLIDAY "PARSIFAL."The last representation of "Parsifal" for this \u25a0 a-

son took place at the Metropolitan Opera Houseyesterday. It was both a forenoon and aa after-noon performance, beginning an hour before lunch-eon and ending an hour before dinner; and, thoughthe arrangements left the audience nearly two keanfor rest and refreshment after the first act, the per-formance consumed too much of the holiday to meetwith popular approbation. That, at least, might beoffered as one' explanation of the comparativelysmall attendance

—the smallest In several years, as

it looked. ~ No explanation was offered by the cast,

which Fan at least excellent enough to satisfy allbut the most fastidious, or the devotees of local tra-

ditions which grow up rapidly in connection withworks of an unusual character. There was only oneFigniricant change, and that one which was calcu-lated to excite curiosity. An Italian singer essayedone of the most Important roles

—that of Anifortas.

It was Signor Ama to, who has been gem-rally rec-ognized as the one really significant and valuableacquisition by the Metropolitan for which the newmanagement is to bo credited. (Miss Destlnn1- out of the Question, for she Is an inheritancefrom the Courted regime, as Mr. Caruso was fromthe regime of Mr. Gran). Miss Fremstad asagain the Kundry. Mr. Burrian the Parsifal (as Inthe preceding performance on Lincoln's Birthday),and Mr. Goritz the Klinsrsor. Mr. Withers:voice was missed In the music of the InvisibleTiturel, being replaced by that of Mr. Miihlmann,

but for that there was compensation In the euphonywith which Mme. Homer (speaking for the also in-

visible oracle) flooded the last moments of the firstact.

OLDTIME ACTOR DROPS DEAD.Camden. N. J. Feb. 22.

—William Muld>on, bet-

ter known as "William Carroll." who has been onthe stage for more than forty > -ars. dropped deadto-night In the Broadway Their re here. Muldoon,who was formerly a well known Irish comedian.was the manager of a company which was aboutto present "June" at the Broadway.

OBITUARY NOTES.i;i>\VAßl> HANCOCK BOWBN dtted raddenry on

Sunday from apoplexy at bla home, Na11-.rks avenue. Brooklyn. He was editor of 'TtieTf'.«-Kraph Ase

"The funeral will be held at the

home at 5 p. m. to-.lay.

WALTER G. BTOKS, editor and presets tor of"The Camden (N. Y.) Advanee-JoarasU," died yes-terday, in his stxty-aecood year

LEONARD W. SWEET.IBy Telegraph to The Tribiroe )

Waterbury. Conn.. Feb.' 22.—I>eonard W. tweet,president of L.- W. Sweet & Co.fi dealers in dia-

monds nt No. 3!' Maiden Lane. Manhattan, and

No SSI Fulton street, Brooklyn, died here to-day

from Brtght'S disease at the age of sixty-twoyears. His death Is the first to occur in his fam-ily in sixty-five years. He was a director of the

Giant Banana Company, treasurer and director of

the Moler-Smith Lead and Zinc Company, di-rector of the Oppenheimet Institute, the Prentlss

Clock Improvement Company and the Water

and Auburndale Land Company. His funeral will

be in Mansfield. Mass.

Eugene Tompkins was born in thia city In UsTAHe began bis. career as a theatrical manager un-

der ills father-. Dr. Orlando Tompklna, wh.before had brought out Edwin Booth in the Bos-

ton Theatre. The elder Tompkins dying IEugene Tompkini ed to the amnagement

of the Boston Theatre, which he continued to di-rect until June, iwi. when h« reUred. In UK he

leased the Fifth Avenue Theatre, in New York,

and fi little Sate,-, with K. «. Onmore, be secured

the Academy of Musk-, ta N-:w Tork. On the

stage Of the Academy of Musir Mr. T< mpkins first

produced "The Black (Took." That and "Babes

In the Wood" wore two of his biggest swIn 189* he leased the Park Theatre. :n this city, for

a period of five -ears.

Sin.-e his retirement, in t*», Mr Tompkins had

lived Quietly, a frequent visitor to the numerousclubs to which he belonged. lie was twice mar-ried, his second wife survivlnc him.

EUGENE TCMPKINS.Boston, Feb. B.—Kugens TompUns. prominent for

many years as a theatre manager ami owner, diedto-night at his home. No. OS Commonwealth ave-nue, after a long illness.

Mr. Delmar had entered the annual championship

tournament of tlealtfa was advised to with-

draw from the contest wit I ptstfng his5,.],,„> . ea Tne veteran maintained splen-

did form up to the very last, winning the first prise

m ii rapid transit tournament at the ManhattanChess Club barely two weeks igo-

Mr. Delmar was m his sixty-seventh year. He

was ;:native of this city. The cause of his demise

vas heart trouble. Funeral services will i.e held

at his home Wednesday morning.

EUGENE DELMAR.The New Tork State Chess

nual meeting In the ballroom of the Hotel West-minster yesterday evening, received word of thesudden death of 1 '..-•• •

•\u25a0 Dt Imai at i •\u25a0 home of hisson-in-law. Dr. A. !.. Coldwater, No. M West 119thstreet. On Saturday, at day's play of the

g, \i: Itelmar, who had bt • n one.- American .less pla

eetlng !•• th.gress, regretting his InabU '\u25a0 '• Thenews yesterday came, I to the

• J. H. Wat-play was promptly suspended for a short

period in honor of his memory A meeting of theadvisory board was called, at which resolutions ofcondolence were passed, and H. Helms, former

state champion, was Instruct. I ill them tothe family.

OMTVAKY.

President Hadley of Yale Speaks at

Johns Hopkins.(V.y Telegraph to The Tribune ]

Baltimore, Feb. i~i.—At the exercises here InVsjjcommemorating the thirty-third anniversary ofthe founding of Johns Hopkins University, Dr. W.n Welch announced that the joft of Hea>ry Phipp?,of New fork, to the psychiatric clinic of the hos-pital was considerably in excess of $1,000,000. Thisannouncement came as a complete surprise, as ithad been believed that the gift was nracb teasmunificent

As originally planned, th^ cost of the proposedbuilding, which would be devoted to the treatmentof incipient insanity, would have been (Mmparatlvelysmall, but, after a study of methods used AbroadIn construction and equipmeari of such buildings,Mr. Phipps, said Dr. Welch in making the an-nouncement, decided to ituiM the best at JohnsHopkins.

Coincident with the foundation anniversary to-aay, the midyear commencement took place. Or.Arthur Twining Ha.li.y, president of Yale Univer-sity, delivered the principal address

Declaring that the "consumers" ao not show de-velopment proportionate to that of the "producers"In the present field..of medical science. PresidentHa.li.y recommended modlncati >ns in the extremesof spedallzation in elective courses .«f university

study, in pointing out overspedalizattoa as themost Immediate danger that lies before American'

'ms of U arniDg, lie said :

There is, I suppose, no profession, unless it b«that of the mechanical eng I baa beenmarked bj such extraordinary Improvement as thatof the physician or surgeon. When we comparewhat can be done to-day with what was done ihundred years ago, when we the scientific

re In Baltimorewith ihe lies; that was offered ta) Berlinnfiy years ago, we are tempted to think that th^human race should be on the eve of the millenniumso far as concerns the enjoyment of its physicallite and physical faculties. Bui has thethese Improvements kept pace With I \u25a0

• possibili-ties? Have the consumers of medicine snown anImprovement proportionate to that which has beenoffered by the producers?

To this question I fear that we musi return anegative answer. Few Indeed, relatively speaking,are the people who know how to avail them-selves in .i!.\ practical way of tl •\u25a0 results of modernmedical discovery. For one man who Intel-ligent medical treatment, there are probably ten

Ither dose themselves I medicinesnr rush to the opposite Hug scienti-fic medicine altogether and trusting to a systemof faith cur* under any one of a doaen different

Now, where things are left in this condition,the work Of a ill:'versify is less than half done.I? Is not en. ugh to teach the i ith: vou must get

ichlngs accepted • • • retlcally,our American unlvers I /.•• this »« part

\u25a0 \u25a0 They try to provide for the apprecia-tion \u25a0•'. science and letters n i !••-- tl an fordevelopment. But, in practice the •\u25a0\u25a0!! <iS'.thine; I In itscourse IFrom it In its aims, isr i have the which it nug

-1 upon

\u25a0 e and lettei - In Am

At a mass meeting • ersitythe formation of

an alumni I I :«'cps

In advancing the Inter* I I \u25a0 university wereadopted. Tl \u25a0 cr.T'l-

[ I \u25a0\u25a0 ...

alumni a I , ex oil o the former to serve•h and to be elected In groups of•\u25a0; By electing by mail it is <=x-

IIplan In operation ,th -

PIIIPPS GIFT GROWS. .

spoil. It.is still ingenuously redolent of »he class-room, stillunsophisticated by emotion, stillas neat,

facile and pretty as any adjudicator could ask forfrom a talented conservatory 'pupil. Higher promisethere was no evidence of yesterday until shereached Schumann's symphonic studies, and thena nice appreciative talent and fine technical abili-ties, accomplishments beyond mere digital facility,were also in evidence. She Is a young player -whomit Is a refreshment to look upon and hear. Morethan that ought not to be said of her now. Sheplayed a prelude and fugue by Mendelssohn ashundreds might play It in New York's musicschools, a Chopin waltz with great speed andlucidity, but little charm; the Schumann studies,Liszt's transcription of the finale of "Tristan undIsolde," an arabesque by Debussy, an impromptucaprice by Sehleslnger and a toccata by Saint-Saens.

ETEATFOED SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL."

The annual SSa3ceiip«supe Festival, consisting ofperformances at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre

fa StratTord-upon-Avon. will, this year, as hereto-for*. te directed by Mr.F. R- Benson. The follow-

In* particulars concerning it are furnished by "The

Btratford Herald" of Fr-bruary 12:

The i<erforraanct-s will commence on Monday,April is, the <njonir.g P'ay being "Julius ca-sar.Fifteen plays cf ShaUespeire will be presented in-

cluding the HLstcrics of "Ksng \u25a0''.'\u25a0!''•\u25a0 ,/ li'c»\".rdII,""Henry IV" < r̂t J>. ""<nr V v- . ]iPt.\u25a0>; xL,•<Part II). "Richard III,"ar> a s?ene from Henry\IU"

The oroeramme will also include lour enes-SSI V .>'•";'•'\u25a0\u25a0 I'.;' V - "The Bale's : \u25a0\u25a0':•••!

" by

.Hannah Crm-ley;' -nichHieti/- by •.••id I.yti A

MliiiiphtEridsl." a play in one act adapted fromthe «Vyof Hailiwell SuU liffe by Mrs. J-. R. Ben-• see and 11. O. Xicb.cl.-on. and "The Passing of theThird Floor Back." by Jerome. K. J"?"1*- ,*

The following \u25a0•i.-t- have consented to take part*« the festh-nl: Msss Genevicve Ward. Mi- Mathe-sob l.r,ng, Mi Henry -Ainley. Miss Constancy t ol-Her. Mr7Forb*« llobertson. Miss (Gertrude Klliott.Mr. Le»-fe Waller. Mr. Matheeon Uang. Miss HutmBritt-.i.. Mr. liobert I^raiae. and Miss Kthel Irving.

Wrwil "Th,. i^^sing of tba Third Floor Back isPrfsented. the cast will comprise Mr. hordes Rob-cruor. Mifs Gertrude- Ell.. the Misses Kata

\u25a0 Keith Lytton. ASTJes Thomas, and HaideeWright, jiniMefxra. Wilfred Forster. Ernest Hen-drie. ten Hobert»oo, and Kd^-ard Sass. This playy... b* pre.f.-eded by Scene LAct 2. of Henry Mil.

\u25a0wS'Jr wllTplay Hotspur In -Henr,

"This Woman and Thi3 Man."The qualityof xaercy would have to be very con-

eid«rab!v stra'.r.ed before Intelligent judgment could

comment or patience tolerate such a spectacle of

foUy ar.a such a tissue of prattle and gabble «? wasdivulged yeFterday at the Maxine Elliott Theatre,

under the absurd title of "This Woman and This

\u25a0\lsri"

where Miss Carlotta Mlteon. a cleverlonian, with a moral lx-e in her bonnet, began an

encasement and was received with kindness bv a

much- enduring aud-.ence. This r.ow bore proceeds

from the p*r. of Mr. Avery HopwnoJ. and. like

Cissars Al!Gaul, is divided into three parts. Part

first makes known that Norris Townsend, a

Inns man with an active jaw and atlaricg voice, has seduced his father's gov-

emesg an« that the unfortunate young

woman- is about \u25a0• '\u25a0"""' : a mother. Also

It exhibits Ttownsend and his father as a pair <t

unmitigated blackguards, since they rrorose to

wnd the cirl into seclusion tfll her child is lx^rn

and then arrange to have the child adopted, and

ec be nit of both: Still further II shows the gov-

tme-s. Thekla Miller by name, to be a your.;?

•woman of. re^.urce. and that she sends for a par-

pon. and. at the point of h>^rPistr>l- compels Town-

tend to marry b«. I'art second displays her as aEcho"! teacher, at Shiloh. with her child, a Blx-

year-old boy-one of those precocious children

wh-.se presence inspires a feeling of reverence for

the memory <\u25a0' good Kinp Herod, and it presents

Townsend as a newly awakened parent in search

cf his offspring, and. incidentally, it delineates, at

8K awful length, the capability of boredom that is

Uussmi 1 l.v a loquacious hayseed, in no way con-certed with the proceedings, whose name is Johnson.Part third, a/ter aim' st interminable talk, unites

Thekla and Townsenu in the imminent prospect

of matrimonial bliss, precipitated by the aforesaidgifted chili. In short, the fabric is a diffuse con-versation ,about love, seduction, propagation.treachery, resentment, and bucolic bliss. Miss

Xilison. "indulKlr.K herself freely in sobs and Rurgi-

tatlon. rtarir.g and snivelling. Imitated very well

tbe physical condition of a woman bearing the

stolen of matcsnity. but beyond that did nothing

worthy of her well known talents: and the soonershe ar-akens from her dream of r^fonniiiß this

world the better it will be for her professional

achievement in the future. The attempt at acting

»ade by Mr.Milton Sills was abortive and afflict-ing. Mr.Howard Kyle afforded momentary amuse-ment-bur there is altogether "too much Johnson."The whole affair is melancholy. W. W.

CAST OF "THIS WOMAN AND THIS MAX"Go^Jard To«ns-nd Fra,?u, ruS?n rNorrls T.-wnsend I??"*? SSDavid Town-enrt ::' ' JaJ:«\vg™&**1Ms? ;::::::: vin^u?r .\u25a0.\u25a0."."""\u25a0;.""".... Cariotta Klllson

WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.Free admission to th« Metropolitan Museum of Art.

American Museum of Natural \u25a0 History -\u25a0 ana theZoological Garden.

"

The Rev Thomas R. Plicer on "Milton and His Times."league tat Political Etfncatlon, No. 23 West 44th

street. 11 a. m.Benefit performance of "Mary Jane's Pa." under th«'

ausnic«m of the Women's AuxiliaryBoard of th» NewYork Polyc'.inle Medical Pea— l and Hospital. NewAmsterdam Theatre, ofterr.oon.

Meetinc of \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 Council of Jewish Women. New York sec-^tion vastly rooms of Shearlth Israel Synagogue. No. 2".Vest 7Oth*street. 2:30 r- m.

M^g lielle r>e Rivera on "The Primitive Woman of theanli Century." Society for Political Study. HotelA:;tor. 3 {•• m.

f-onference SB "Ghean Amusements in the City" under theauspice, of the Ethical-Social League. Hotel Astar.3 p. m.

Meeting "f the Travellers' Aid Society, No, 4 West 40thstreet. S p. m.

KJward Howard OHkbb on 'The Meaning and Function

si Music. 1 Hudson Theatre. 4p. m.Social meeting of the College \u25a0 Woman's Club, horn* of

Miss Louis- M. BSJSBV .No. 23 West B<Jth street. 4p. m....

Mrs Laeta Ames Mead on "National Dangers and Na-tional r«noe" at mesting of the Pea Society ofthe city of New York. Thompson Chapel. Broadway

Tabernacle Church. 56th street and Broadway. 4 p. m.Address 1y President-elect Tnft at a meeting In the Inter-

est of the movement for Industrial education emong-

the negroes in the South. Carnegie Hall, evening.

Annual dinner of the Tennessee Society of New York.Hotel Astor. evening.

«,,, mtotliiß- In interest of the Zionist movement. Uni-versity Settlement House, No. 184 -Eidrid*e street.evening.

Annual ball of the Italian Fratenda .Society for the benefitnt the Italian earthquake sufferers. Grand CentralPalace, evening.

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I»r channlnr Rudd on "Advertising." West Side Young

Men's Christian Association, No. 318 West 57th street,s p. m

Meetlnir of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

No"29 West 30th street. 8:13 p. m.Meeting of the Conservative Republican Club, No. 2128

Broadway. 8:1& p. m.

Forecast for Special localities.— For Delaware. New

Jorpev and Eastern Pennsylvania, rain to-<lov or to-nlgjit

and on Wednesday: increasing south to east winds.

For Kastem New York, increasing cloudiness t-vdajr.

rain at night in southern and rain or snow in northernportion continuing Wednesday; south to eatt winds, ln-

'^'"wJ-^^Net^York. i.-creasing rioudfnes. to-day,

rain or snow by night and on Wednesday.

Ixtral Official R**-ord.— following official recordfrom the weather bureau shows the change* In the tem-,#rature for the last twenty-four hours In comparison,

with the rrespondlns date of last year: .1808. 1009.1 \u25a0

• 1908 19W>.,,„ 32 401 fl p. in 28 45ia » ::::::::: SO 3*l » - ™ ••• « 44

J a m 30 38111 P. m 21**

V2 n. ........... 31 4212 p.™ » —4~p. m \u25a0" 47i

Highest temperature yesterday. 47 degrees; lewest. 3.;

average. 42: average for corresponding date lort year,*>« average for corresponding date last thirty-three

\u25a0Jef,oc°al forecast.

—To-day increasing cloudiness: rain to-

nic'nt. continuing to-morrow; south to tast winds. In-creasing to—day.

Oili'-ia) R«"ord and Forwa«t.—

Washington. Feb. 22.

—Weather conJitlom and general forecast for Tuesday

a*"1!YVe<*.n«*sdav.' *

A marked turbans, central to-night over Kansas,

ha« caused rain? in the lower Arkansas., the lower Mis-souri and th<- middle and lower Mississippi valleys and

*now to the northward and westward into North DakColorado and New Mexico. There were also rains In thesouth AtUnilcand east Gulf states, while elsewhere gen-erally fair weather vailed. .

The »T«t»rn storm willcntlnue eastward, attended byrains over the southern and rains and snows over th«

northern distric-ts eant of the Etacky Mountains, reaching

the !wr lake region find the middle Atlantic states by

Tuesday rlst-.t and New England by Wednesday ni"rninff.Heavy >nuw Is prubaMe Tuesday in th.- tipper Mississippi

valiev and the central and southern portions of the upper

lak- rcpion The weather .willbe gen-rally fair Tuesdayci.J \V~ln-slay west Of the Rocky Mountains, except on

tlie rnrth Pacific coast and fair Wednesday tO the east-ward through the Mississippi 7... 1ey. It Will b- edl4«fTuesday in the Southwest, with freezing temperaturesx>robahlr Tuesday night in Arkansas. New Mexico and

kortfawest Louisiana, and colder Wednesdsv In the cen-tral \allevs and Oulf states Tuesday.

t-toarr.ef« depart Inb Tuesday for European ports will

have fouth to east winds, increasing by "Wednesdaymornlnp. to the •md Banks.

THE WEATHER REPORT.

MILLINERS DON'T USE SONG BIRDS.To the Editor,of The Tribune.

Sir: In the issue of The New York Tribune, ofFebruary 14 there appeared a dipping from "The.Boston Post," under the heading of "'Humming

Birds on Toast,"' in which there Is a paragraphthat reads as follows: "This winter one millionrobins have been, shot in the South for plumage,"etc. •.

The statement that these birds are used for mii-linery purposes is absolutely and unqualifiedly

false. No dealer in raw feather stock, nor any/

manufacturer of fancy then or any one en-gaged in the wholesale or retail millinerybusiness.will buy, sell or ur-e a rorMn or any other of oursons birds or any Insectivorous bird of any kind ordescripgen. It Is unjust to the milliners through-

cut the country for Audubon societies, leflssveeaand 'others constantly to make aspersions updh

then- character as law-abiding citizens by mien ac-cusations as that made in your issue of Feb-ruary 14. CHARLES W. FARMER.

Secretary National Merchants' Protective As-

sociation.New York. Fob 16, 1909.

PLAN TO PROTECT COMPOSERS.Washington, Feb. 22.—The Senate and House

Committees on Patents have agreed on the "canned,

music" se-nion of the copyright bill along the linesof the Currier bill, which has passed the Hoi:?*.

\u25a0\u25a0.-•. \u0084,t to-day Introduced • the bill in the

Senate. The provision for the protection of thecomposers of music la that they shall receive aroyalty of 2 cents on each disk or roll manufactured

for reproduction of the music on a mechanical

device.

MUSIC

XEW-YORK DAILY TRTBTTXE, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1909.

DR. W. T. BULL DEADContinued from Brat pace.

THE DRAMAGRACE GEOSGF AT THE HACKETT.

"Dr. Bull simply had the disease." said Dr.Wynkoop. "Had he been a broker instead of a

SECOND OPERATION IMPOSSIBLEDr. Wynkoop said that a second operation ->n

Dr. Bull woi.ld have been impossible and wouldhave proved fatal if attempted. He said thatany attempt at a second removal of the can-cerous growth, which returned so close to the

incision made for the first operation, would bedangerous. He did not believe that Dr. Bull

had contracted the disease through operating fOTcancer. That theory, he said, had been practi-cally disproved by the experience of surgeons

who have cut themselves while operating oncases of cancer.

again In some vital organ where an operation

Is Impossible."

PR. WILLIAMT. BULKWho died in Savannah yesterday.

GIRLS STAND BY THE UNION.To the Editor of The Tribune.

Sir: From time to time communications haveappeared In the press stating that the Hatters* As-sociation is succeeding in Its attempt to open itsshop? with non-iinion labor. it is stated, or atleast suggested, that the union men and girls arewavering, and many of them returning to work.

This is not true.- .

As this frtrßse involves some thousand of womenworkers, it has seemed advisable to the Women'sTrade Union League to ike a statement, to thepublic la behalf of the girls on strike. These girls

are members of the Hat Trimmers* r;^nn.

They went out on strike with the. men five weeksago, and not one Kirlis at work to-day In.an open

shop. They are determined to remain on strike till

the union label, their only guarantee of fair play

and good conditions, is put back on the. hats. Thefactories that have opened are attempting to runwith a few unskilled .enr's who are learning thetrade. MARY E. PRKIER

President Women's Trade Union League.

So. 6 Montague Terrace. Brooklyn. .. , .

AN ENGAGEMENT.London. i-.b.i -.b. 22.

—engagement is announced

of Talbot Anstnuher Stanley, of the army servicecorps, and Mr?. Reed, the youngest daughter of the

late Oliver Carroll Z. ;!, of Baltimore.

Harry Bulger and company are performing thisweek at the Alhamhr.i Theatre. Sam Chip" andMary Marble. Hill and WWttaker and Frank Fo-garty contribute to the amusement. '• \u25a0'• \u25a0-

THE BROMLEY LECTURES.New Haven, Feb. The second of the Bromley

lecture* on journalism for this year was deliveredto-nicht at the lampoon Lyceum by Hart I.yman,

editor of The New- York Tribune.

_\u25a0•\u25a0 IfMaxt heads the bill at the Colonial.Fernandez, William 1.. Uinpdon, E. V.

-.1. '.he Doherty Sisters and othor well knownvariety performer? appear.

]!\u25a0•\u25a0!.»\u25a0 Franklin and Bert Grsen ar° the leadersIn the merriment this week at Hamrr.f rstein's Vlc-

•rc. The Four Fords. Charles F. Sea-ntOD, WU'ard Simms and Scott and Whaley are Inthe lull.

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