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The age-herald., 1900-12-06

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour dull and steady. No. spring wheat 67BQ TOE; No. 2 red 726D74. No. 2 corn 371s@37A; No yellow STA No. 2 oats 23; No. white to choice malting. 50@57 No. flax seed, $1.67d1.6S; No. 1 northwestern $1.71. Prime timothy seed $4. 100l4 30. Mess pork, per bar rel, $11. .121a@11 25 Lard, per 100 pounds, S.2O Q7 .2212. Short ribs sides Qoose), $G.5046.75. Dry salted shoulders (boxed), 57s@6sc. Short clear sides (boxed), $6. 55@6. 65. Whis- key, basis of high wines, $127. Glover, con- tract grade, $10.
 On the produce exchange today, the but ter market was dull; creamery 15424c; dairy 13@2Oc. Cheese active, 10Aq1115c. Eggs active; fresh 24c.
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PLANT SYSTEM.

Effective February 1e. fss6. Pullman sleep Ing car service was inaugufated between savahhah, da., and MoHtedthery Ala. ph the following schedule: Leave SsvA<Sah, leave Montgomery. 7;4s p. In. i; arrive Say an nah 10:ao g. n.
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"BI0 FOUR"
FOUR GREAT TRAINS.

FOUR GTEAI THAINS. SOUTHWESTERN LIMITED" between Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York and Boston. "NEW YORK AND BOSTON MORNING
 SPECIAL" between Cincinnati. Columbus, Cleveland. Buffalo, New York and Boston. "NEw- YORK AND BOSTON LIMrTEp" between Cincinnati, Dayton. Columbus, Cleveland. Buffalo. New York and Boston.
 NIGHT EMPRESS between Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleve- land Best line to Indianapolis and Chi. cago.
 S. J. GATES,
 General Agent. Louisviile, KY. W. J. LYNCH, VIM. R DErTE c. F. & T. A.. Asst c. F, As
 cusaa1Ah 2. . .@
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Dry Good |.

New York, December 5.-Business today in cotton goods has shown 70 change so far as the home trade is concerned. hut in brown cottons there have been some sales for export to China, probably several hun dred bales. Prices are without change in any direction. Print cloths inactive through out Mems wear woolens, worsted goods dull, and low prices being accepted By sell CTS.
 New York Cotton Futures
 By Private Wire to II. D. Cothran C Co.
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Save a Day.

By using the popular Queen and Crescent Route (Alabama Great Southern Railroad)
 when going to Texas and the Southwest. Quickest time by twelve Q2) hours. Par t!culars at No. 2019 First avenue. 12-4-tf
The age-herald., 1900-12-06

Go where the crowd goes, to Dunker's Saloon, 2O8 and 21O North 2Oth Street, between Ed and 3d as enues.
The age-herald., 1900-12-06
DIR. Y. E, HOLLOWAY,
 Physician and SargeoR.

Young ply ysiciaiis end the lesser liz hts Of the medical pro- fesslon, probably for the want of other practice, try to ere ate the impression that they are expert in the treatment of priv t e diseases. They delight in tell ins people that doc tors who advertise are ouacks and lm-
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Treasury Statement.

Washington, December 5.-Todays' state ment of the treasury's balance in the gen. eral fund exclusive of the Sl50, 100000 gold reserve in the division of redemption shows available cash balance $l37 ,690 450; gold $95- 2S7 4S6.
The age-herald., 1900-12-06
Financial Agent, MontevaIo, Ala.

recovering all the early decline. Liverpool closed to points eiower than last night on futures, but unchanged and steady on spots; sales, 5000 bales. The approaching bureau report is attracting much attention again and is likely to furnish violent mar kets between now and the day of its birth
The age-herald., 1900-12-06
Local Staple Groceries.

EOCdT Flcur-Bcst patent, s4 s5;-Fennessee~ pat ent, S4. .25; half patent, s3.T5.
 Sugar-Granuistcd, 5Hc. r. C., Sc. Coffee-Grecr, l2Qp13ikc, ArbuckIe's pack ages, sl2 3oi Lion packages, $11 30. Cheese-Ncw York fuli cream, 13Mc. Lard, SNo basis.
 Mcats--Clear rib sides, TAG; bacon bellies. oc:-dry salted bellies, Sc; best hams 113.c; coi,r hams. 1o3kc; California hams, Sc; breakfast bacon, 111sc
 Molasses.- Centrifugal I5d35c; sugar house. sod3sc: Georgia cane, 8zkc. Rice--4Hc; fancy, 10.
 Corn, mixed. 54c; white 57c.
 Msal-Jim Dandy. soc; Joe Dartes, S6c. Hay-Choce timothy. slSb0; No. 1, S75o; clover mixed. s1s50; prairie. S115Q Oats-Mixed. 34c; white. s6c. Bran-Mixed. sl7.09: pure wheat, s;S.50 Cotton seed meal. S23 .00.
The age-herald., 1900-12-06
Chicago Change.

Chicago, December 5.-At one time today the wheat market showed good gains on strong cables, but later reacted on local selling, January closing a shade lower. oats improved.
 The leading futures ranged as follows:
The age-herald., 1900-12-06

No. 3 solid vestibuled train carries Pull man Drawing Room Sleeping Cars Bir- mingham to Cincinnati and from Birming- ham to New York without change. Cafe and observation car Attalla, Ala. to Radford, Va, and Chattanooga to Cincinnati
 No. carries Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car Birmingham to Louisville and Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Car Chattanooga to Cincinnati also free Re- clining Chair Car Chattanooga to Cincin- natl.
 No. Solid Vestibuled Train has through Pullman Drawing Room Sleepers. Birmins- ham to New Orleans and Birmingham to Shreveport. Dining car, serving meals la carte Vicksburg to Shreveport. Direct con nection at Shreveport with lines diverging for Texas, Mexico, California and the west
 J. M. Calp. Traffic Manager. Washington, D. c.
 Frank s. Cannon. General Manager Washington. D. c.
 W. A Turk. G s.P. A.. Washington. p. c.
 c. A Benscoter. A. G. P. A, Chatta- nooga.
 R. M Ellis. T. P. A.. Birmingham. Ala.
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COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN,

All purchases and sales arc made direct on the Exchange Tor which tne sorder is given
 Corresnondents-..5. H. Parkyr 6 Co.,: c. w. Lee 6; Co.,; Purrell. Hagaman & Co, New York; Fairchild 6 Hobson, New Or- Jeans; Ware & Leland, Chicago
 Eeferences-First National Bank of Bir- mingham; First National Bank of Rome, G.
 TELEPHONE No. 1145.
 Special attention given 10 orders over telephone and orders sent fioIn out of the atx ,~--
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Bonds.

U. s. refundlng 2s, regular ............. .104h U. s. refunding 2s, coupon ...............105
 United States 3s, regular ........ ...... .109% United States 3s, coupon ........... ..... .1O9A United States new As, registered ....... 13SB United States new As, coupon ......S... 13SB United tSates old Is, registered 114A United States old 4s, coupon ............. .115A United States 5s, registered .............113
 United States 5s, coupon ................. .1fS-- Virginia Centuries ......., ....... ........ 92Z
The age-herald., 1900-12-06

Fine, pure tobacco and no flavor make Texie Cigar a magnificent smoke.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, December 5.-Cotton quiet: sales, 3,7OO Ordinary, 8 3-16c; good ordina- ", 8 1916; low middling. g 7-16; middling, 9 13-16p good middling, 10 1-16;; middling fair, 10 B. Receipts, 25,S14; stock, SS2, ,296.
 Consolidated statement: Receipts, net, 204, 4,229; exports Great Britain 50,699; France 23,635; continental 53,319;; stock, S67, 161.
 New Orleans, December 5.-Cotton fu- lures: December, 960@9.64; January, 9.5S asked; February, 9.5799.59; March, 957q- 95S; April, 9.56@9.5S May, 9.55q9.56; June, 954Q955; July, 9.5349.55.
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Birmingham City Bonds.
Fruit and Produce.

Butter-White clover, pound prints. Hc; Elgin (standard), 23c; best creamery, 25c; Mississippi best grade, 22c; good country, 20c; mixed country, 13G15c.
 Irish pota toes, 65c per bushel.
 Sweet potatoes, S1. 25GD1.50 per barrel Apples, &. .75d3.50 per barrel. Bananas-Culls, SocQpS1; stra1ghts $1.T@2 per bunch.
 Lemons, so.50@4 50.
 Poultry-Bcst friers 20c: medium, 16c; hens 25630c; ducks, Fekin, 30635c; puddle, 15(D21c: turkeys on fcot, 10c: drawn, head and feet off, 121sc.
 Eggs-Cold storage, 21c; fresh, 29c. - Onions, 2@21kc per pound.
 Cabbage 1hc per pound.
 Rutabagas, 1c per pound.
 Lima beans, 7K01Sc per pound.
 White peas, s2.25 per pushel Dried apples, 2i2@5c per pound.
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Try 9 Texie for a good smoke
H. D. COTHRAN & co.

Members of Chicago Board of Trade and New Orleans Cotton Exchange. Rooms 1 and Alabama National Bank
 Building. Private leased wires to New York. New Orleans md Chicago.
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PLANT SYSTEM

Schedule in Effect October 1, 1900.
 No hR Mo a
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RAILW AY SCHEDULES

In Effect Oct z, 1900, at 12:01 a. m. Arrival and departure of all trains at Union passenger station. Birmingham. Ala. Louisville and Nashville Railroad
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OFFICERS-N. E. Barker, Preside Harding. Second Vice President; Tom Cashier.
 DIRECTORS-T. T. Hillman, E. ert Jemlson, Erskine Ramsay. T. II ] F. Barker. F. NJ. Jackson
The age-herald., 1900-12-06

New York, December 5-Tin easier, s27. 62 @27.65. Futures weak with December off, cred at $27.35 and January at $27.2O. Copper quiet, $17 Lead quiet, $4.S7h Spelter easy, $4. 25Q4.3O
The age-herald., 1900-04-24

the members of the association. For the purpose two rch-toned grand pianos were placed in the drawing room and the pro gramme taken in charge by MT. and Mrs. Eilenburg, Montgomery's famed musicians. The programme was as elaborate as its execution was faultless. MT. and Mrs. Eilenburg as artists rank with the highest in the south Their dual rendition of the Mozart sonata in F major was so perfect and in such sympathetic accord that the two pianos sounded as one. Their playing was the brilliant performance of true lists who have studied under the greatest masters abroad. The pleasure that they furnished and poetic music afforded was such that they were repeatedly encored.
 Miss Elizabeth Winter who as a vocalist has made her art a profession also gave the guests the pleasure of hearing her magnificent soprano voice, which for vel vety sweetness and purity rivals that of a nightingale Her audience was composed of many to whom the beauties of Miss Winters voice was an exquisite revelation and her every number was greeted most enthusiastically.
 Miss Fannie Marks was the fourth in the musical programme. She is a young Shi niO HdS cllOStI llle NlOiln as lile H. strument through which she charms the world with melody. She played a violin accompaniment to Miss Winters songs, and also a solo which was loudly ap- plauded and encored
 Mrs. NJ V. Moore Betsy Hamlton) who is a member of the association was present and very gracousy acceded to the request for recitation. She rendered Bate" and as an encore "Ketchin' de Chicken" Her comic and perfect imitation of the country negro added a touch of humor to an already perfect evening.
 The beautiful home of MT. and Mrs. de Cottes was handsomely decorated with palnis and other potted plants. Wild flow CTS, dogwood and honeysuckle were used in the pink and white color scheme and pink tapers glowed in silver candelabra. Punch was served in the study, and on the table Was a pink embroidered cloth and a vase of pink carnations. After the programme delightful refreshments were served. Assisting Mrs. de Cottes as hos tesses were Mrs. W. w. Screws and Mrs F. F. Glass
 The press women of Alabama will ever hold in grateful memory the honor and beautiful compliment paid them by the Advertiser and its editors, Major Screws and MT. F. P. Glass.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
ADMIRAL AND MRS. DEWEY
Will Leave Washington on Their Wes-
 tern Tour

Washington, April 23.-Admiral and Mrs. Dewey will leave here in a special train over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Sun day, April 29 on their trip to Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville. They will arrive in Chicago at noon, Mon day, April 30. Wednesday morning, May 3, the Chicago and Alton railroad will take the special to Jacksonville, Ills, where three hours stop will be made. St. Louis will be reached in the evening. Sunday will be consumed in travelling over the Illi- nois Central from St. Louis to Memphis where two days will be spent. Wednes- day, May 9, the Louisville and Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroads will move the train from Memphis to Nash vile. Saturday will be spent on the trip to Knoxville and a rest taken on Sunday. The trip from Knoxville to Washington will be over the Southern railway, reach ing here May 16
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
Lieutenant Casey Writes
 From the Philippines

The young American officers who are at luxuriously that they will not be any too anxious to return to this country. With the war practically ended there are num- berless leisure hours when the pictur- sequences of everything may be enjoyed, and incidentally a passing irritation with the Philippine belles.
 Among the young officers at the front Is Lieutenant Roger Casey, of the Thirty first regiment, and I have been permitted to publish a few extracts from recent letter to his mother, Mrs. John w. Sibley, in which he writes Interestingly of the Philippines in times of peace.
 Upon the landing of Lieutenant Casey's regiment in Manila they were quartered in some old Spanish barracks just outside of the city wall, but at present the regl- ment is stationed at San Parplo.The off, cers are enjoying life in one of the mag nificent old palaces, which Lieutenant Casey writes is furnished with carved mahogany beds, tables and dishes, while in the court below there are many old statues of marble and ivory. On the trip through the country the regiment fre- quently had possession of the stone cas- ties, with the walls, towers and battle ments, draw bridges that were owned by the Spanish nobility. The whole country is a relic of the past and an exact repro duction of the pictures in medieval his tory, and while the lower classes live in bamboo and nipa huts, the homes of the wealthy are magnificent, with their floors, and, indeed, the entire wood work done in old mahogany. Many of these old houses have been abandoned by their in- surecto owners and are being used to quarter the soldiers.
 "The season just now Is delightful in the Philippines. It is paradise writes the young officer. "The natives are friendly, and as an evidence of their kindly feeling they keep the officers supplied with fruit, chickens, eggs Not far from San Paplo," continues Lieutenant Casey, lis cocoanut grove of ripe fruit, and with the abund- ance of fruit, together with the natural beauty and grandeur of the country one cannot really conceive of the picturesque ness of the Philippines. Nature has pro- vided everything that a could desire, with the exception of pretty women. The native women are far from being hand some. number of called the other evening on a Philippine belle. Her costume consisted of piece of cloth wrapped about her figure, lace scarf over her bare shoui- ders, and her feet quite bare. She spoke Spanish beautifully and played delightfully."- on both the piano and guitar"
 Lieutenant Casey, in referring to an un- conquered part of the island over which his regiment was sent, writes that there were twenty battles in less than two weeks Several of the fights were very hard, with whitening fire from both sides. We do not anticipate any more fighting, except possibly an occasional ambuscade, and we are resting now on our laurels at San Pablo"
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
OVERJOY
Caused the Death of Christopher Go
 lumbus, Negro Preacher

Huntsville, April 23.-(Special)-A tele- gram received yesterday announcing the sudden death at Washington of Chris topher Columbus, well known negro preacher of this city The cause of death was overjoy. Columbus was a veteran of the union army, having been member of enc of the negro regiments that fought in the civil war, and went to Washington short while ago to put in claim for a pension The claim was allowed, and back pensions to the amount of $500 order ed paid This sudden step from poverty to comparative affiuence had some strange effect and caused death.
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In SOcie,y.

Mrs. Walker Percy will give a card party this afternoon at o'clock for her guests Mrs Leroy Percy. Mrs. c. J. Mckinney, and Mrs. w. A. Percy.
 Mrs Cockrell of Little Rock, who has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Maxwell Coffin, has returned home.
 Mrs. Mark Myatt of Texas is the guest of relatives in Birmingham.
 Miss Brown pierce and Miss Roy Head have returned from Augusta, Ga.
 Mrs. John Raine left yesterday for At lanta, where she will spend the month of May, going on later to Kentucky, where she will pass the summer with her mother, Mrs. Bohun
 MT. Lee Wilson of New York is in Bir- mingham. MT. Lee was formerly manager of the tours of Meilba Nordca and other opera singers.
 The Jefferson Volunteers will give a dance this evening at their armory.
 Mrs Zac Smith has returned to the city. She was unfortunately detained the past week at Eutaw by the heavy rains. and was unable to go to Meridian, as was her intention. The meeting of the Mississippi
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
WHAT YIDDISH IS.
BY ISRAEL ZANGWILL.

Yiddish is lingual patchwork stretched on a frame of bad German. The corrup- tion of both pronunciation and gram matrical form varies with the locality. Since Germany is bordered by many countries wherein Jews reside, this dialect has naturally diffused itself among the Jews in all of them. It may be said rough ly that Yiddish is the mother tongue of the Jews of Europe. In, one respect I re- gard it as being more civilized than classi- cal German, for 1t does not worry about the infinite shades and declensions of the three genders
 In defense, moreover, of the apparent corruption of the German it may be said that it is only within century or so that German itself has become rigid and classi- cal and this under the guidance of pedan- tic grammarians and writers rather than as a spontaneous outcome of the life of the people.
 Thus Yiddish may partly represent an earlier geological stratum of German be- fore that language had crystallized to the rigidity of today. To this original stock Yiddish has added a wealth of idiomatic expressions and proverbs drawn from it's own peculiar experiences in the various Ghettos of the world; from the odd incl dents and odd characters Wnlcn the Gnet- to produced. Some of the proverbs could only be understood by Jews, others are universal in character, such as When is hunchback overjoyed? When he meets another hunchback" Or Loud drum ming in front, and no soldiers behind" The following, too, may perhaps carry home: Mine rabbbis cannot make a con- gregational quorum but ten tailors can" The tailor instead of being ninth part of a man. is full member of the brother hood of Israel while even the rabbi cannot count as more than one. How vividly this emphasizes the absence of priestcraft.
 Yiddsh is printed in three ways-in He brew letters, in German letters and in En' glish letters-and the spelling varies fear fully and wonderfully; yet a whole world of books and newspapers flows daily from the European and American presses ir this composite jargon and the most char acteristic output of the Jewish mind may be found in these Yiddsh publications. And in addition there is scarcely a book or a play that does not find its way sooner or later into Yiddish, whether through Yiddish books, Yiddish newspapers the Yiddish theater.
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federation, which Mrs. Smith was invited to attend was postponed on account of the continued bad weather.
 Mrs. George c. Ball returned last night from Montgomery.
 The Nineteenth Century club will meet tomorrow afternoon with Miss Annie Walker.
 It will be good news to the many friends of Mrs. James B. Head to know that her condition, which has been so serious, is regarded as decidedly more favorable by her physicians.
 The meeting called by MT. A. T. Lon don for Saturday evening, April A, was adjourned to meet in the Southern club rooms at o'clock on the evening of April 2S.
 Miss Anna May Phelan of Montgomery is the guest of Mrs. T. U. Walter at 112S Eleventh avenue, south. where she will be glad to have her friends call
 Mrs. A. M. Ebrenz has returned home from Atlanta, where she was called to see her mother, who was seriously i'll, but is now convalescing.
 Major and Mrs. Joseph Hardie will leave today for Talladega where they will be present at the marriage of their niece, Miss Rutelia Isbell, to MT. Lane, which oc- CUTS this evening at the First Presbyterian church. The wedding will be one of the fashionable events of the season.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
HE CARRIED S8,OOO
 IN ALOAD OF HAY

From the St. Louis Republic.
 Fearing that he might meet highway man on the public road, Rudolph Smith, farmer, living at Rosary, St. Louis county adopted a novel method to bring an ac- emulation of greenbacks to St. Louis for deposit in one of the local banks.
 After driving his wagon to his meadow Smith loaded it with half ton of hay. In the middle of the load he put small cigar box containing the money that he desired to bring to St. Louis. Then Smith put on his oldest suit of clothes, pulled slouch hat down over his face, put a homemade corncob pipe in his mouth and started to St. Louis. He met all sorts of persons on the road. some of whom, he thinks, might have been highwaymen, but his ap- pearance did not denote prosperity and he was not molested, except in the vicinity of his home, where his neighbors chaffed him over his careless appearance.
 When Smith entered the bank in the city he attracted very little attention from the receiving teller until he opened the cigar box and handed it to him. The teller counted the money and found that the box contained $S,000.
 Until last Tuesday Smith did not have much faith in banks, believing that 1t was safer to keep his money on top Of his wardrobe where he would run no risks of receiverships. On that morning he read in the Republic that Gottlieb De Forth, Of No. 5O16 Bulwer avenue, St. Louis, had been robbed on the Halls Ferry road, near Cross Keys, last Sunday. As this IS but a short distance from MT. Smith home he feared that the desperadoes might finger in the neighborhood and swoop down some night upon his property.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
SHE GIVES THE BE T DINNERS
Mrs. Audenreid Also Makes or Unmake:
 Eebutantes in Wa, hington

Washington Letter in the New York World
 That fascinating part of the capital pop ulation, the brass button contingent, the soldiers and sailors and their families, ac-> knowledge the leadership of Mrs. Auden- reid, a beautiful and accomplished woman, who has money, birth and an unassailable position to back her claims for supremacy. Mrs. Audenreid makes and unmakes the debutante. Her verdict is the final author ity about new people" who come to the capital No matter how high may be their official position, their social standing de- bends on the clever and magnetic Mrs. Audenred. The Hitchcocks, for instance, owe this lady an eternal debt of gratitude for having known them in St. Louis when her husband was in charge of Jefferson barracks. She piloted them carefully over the shoals and anchored them safely in the harbor of the very smartest set Trans versely, the daughters of the secretary of the navy, the Misses Long, were never al- lowed to enter this sacred circle for the reason that early in their Washington life they offended Mrs Audenreids amour propre at dinner party.
 Mrs. Audenreid has the reputation of giv- ing the best dinners in dsnlngton. She also ejoys the reputation of knowing how to get congenial people together. An invi- tation from her is accepted with avidity by cabinet ministers, diplomats and states men. Her salon is more on the social or der, but it means political power to have the entree to Mrs. Audenreid's house. This lady is the mother of that beautiful young girl who set all Paris wild over her loveli- ness, the Countess Divonne. Mother and daughter are much alike, physically and toll hAtI success in two of the greatest capitals in the world.
The age-herald., 1900-04-24
Brilliant Musicale in Honor of
 Press Women of Alabama

The recent meeting of the Alabama Woman's Press association at Montgom- cry was marked by number of brilliant social events, and while the literary sions were delightful, the cordial welcome on the part of Montgomerians contributed much to the charming occasion.
 The handsome compliment paid the press women by the Montgomery Advertiser was much appreciated by the Women's Press association. The occasion was a musicale given at the residence of MT. and Mrs. J. M. de Cottes for the entertainment of