Evening star., 1902-01-31

Ine place LOT fTlnCey Henry IS the middle
of the grand tier"
Details of the Entertainment
After the liberals and conservatives had
exhausted their ideas, arguments and sllg-
gestions, Mayor Lows opera committee
stepped in. They met representatives of
the Metropolitan Opera and Real Estate
Company. At that meeting the liberals
won. Parterre boxes from numbers 81 to
3d.. inclusive, have been set aside for the
use of the prince The gala performance
will be given, according to the imperfect
plans of the present, BIZ the mayors COM
and it will not be per f9rmance for which
tickets will be sold in ,f1e usual way, but
the privilege of att9ndanGe Will be given by
invitation PersoHs, wing have left orders
or requests for seats or boxes are wonder
ing how this plan win afect them '''3'A
Parterre boxes 81. SO, and 80 are owned
by Mrs. Vanderbilt ttnT Thoihas Hitchcock ard
IssRaat II a1bat T4s % VIII be
Of the, gala .perfQrmanfe The mayors
Smith, Gustav; H. Sehwab, w Bayard Gut
Wad tng c9 Dans sada r pau apa and EsT Mr
Hirsch to arrange the program for the
notable performance. Although no definite
plans for the gala perfornance have been
ceived,z It is repofted, efhat the perform
the first act Of Tpheh srii..,, and the. sec
,ond act of Carmen Viii, be given, with
other popular opfratie episodes.
The Launching Program.ss..-~-
The Townsend & Downey Company have
their plans now wen III hand for the
launching Off the, German emperor,s new
yacht Meteor on February 25. Today's
snowstorm means some delay in the work
ON the yacht, but Wallace Downey. says
hot @lo,, 10 l..
by, working overtime; and Sundays, and
that unless extraordinary storms should
come up. the vessel Will be readyFto slide
into the water long before the appointed
date. The yacht is building under a good
starmpreof shed. and the only hindranee
the work suffers from, heavy falls of snow
is in the handling of material in the yard.
1t has been rumored about town that a
for the use of the general public on the day
of the launching, and that the privilege of
putting up stands and settings seats COM
manding view Of the function had been
sold to a c0nceSSionaire.
This, Mr.. Downey says, Is not true. The
island is private property and on the day
of the launching no boats except govern
iment craft will be allowed to land there;
and no one will be allowed on the island ex-
cept those to whom the firm sends invita-
tlons. Between two and three thousand in
vitations will be sent out to special guests
exclusive of the official visitors. Beside the
iio "int" dS, uo"u WniCH tHe yacht Will
slide into the water. will be stand COW
cred over to protect the prince and officials
from the weather in case Of rain.
The $3oo,O00 given last week to Cooper
Union by Andrew Carnegie, to which
other $3O0.OOO was added by the heirs of
Peter Cooper, is not to be devoted to any
enlargement of the already wide scope Of
the institution. Owing to the fact that
Cooper, his sister, Miss Sarah Amelia
Cooper, and ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt
and his family gave s300,090 to the Union
as an endowment fund, there was some
confusion in announcing the new gift of
100000. and in some reports it was given as
100000
The Cooper Institute Gift.
Mr. Hewitt explains the matter as fol-
lows: -.-
'The Cooper familys gift is of $500, ,00O
1t had been the intention of the family that
this gift would revert to the union upon
the death of the children OF its founder,
but the Gift of Mr.. Carnegie prompted the
Surrendertng of the annuities enjoyed from
this sum of $500, 600, which becomes avail
able at once. 1t is merely anticipating the
gift. Within the last three years the ag-
gregate received by Cooper Union amounts
to 81 coo. $500, 1000 of which came from
MI Carnegie and 5000 90 from the Cooper
be needed in contIpui1M the Work of the
qnion and does not permit. OF any enlarge
ment. I have, repeatedly, asked the city for
the armory building OF the Sixty-ninth
Regiment across the street from Cooper
Union: proposing r. oeohyert It into work
shop for students fplIoN1ng the mechanical
courses of the institnte, but if It were to be
turned over to ua dloWoWe should have to
appeal for funds u support and equip it.
The t$6Q0,O goo just AcaulEed cannot be de-
voted TO Innovations. ST The necessity of
such q donation has been long evident for
the purpose Of adequately following the
program set out bg the founder" .
Miss Van Aleln:srTsngagement.
Miss May Van Aisnts engagement to Rob-
,ert Reading Remington Of the Calumet
Club which has been &5equently rumored
during the past winter, Is at length def
nitely announced .1Fhe1Hews will create no
surprise to those who observed the marked
good will displayed toward him by Mrs.
Astor on the occasion of her ball a few
weeks ago, when she introduced him to her
friends and acquaintances In a manner that
gave the impression that he was about to
enter her family circle. and to become her
grandson by marriage. Miss May Van
Alien Is now, in London with her father and
sister, staying at the Hotel Coburn. and 1t
Is probable that the wedding will take place
during the course Of the summer at New
port. Miss May Van Allen il very rich in
her own right, having jointly with her
sister Sarah and her brother inherited the
large fortune Of her. mother, who was
daughter OF Mrs William, AAtor: Being of
age, she is entirely dependent. and al such
A perfectly free to giye her hand to the
man to whom she has accorded her hearr.