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New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
THE MANNES QUARTET.

nice sense of artistic balance, decorum and
dignity marked the second concert Of the Names
Quartet, which took place in Mendelssohn Han
last night. The programme inspired respect by the
mere reading and the performance brought
ward. There were but three numbers: Schumanns
quartet in A major, op. Al, No. 3; the same COM
poser's "Stlicke i'm VoIkston' for violoncello and
pianoforte, and a new pianoforte quartet in z
minor, by Louis V. Sara local composer, whose
confirmed habit Of carrying off prizes here, there
and everywhere. has several times occupied the at
tention of local recorders of musical doings- The
interesting of these numbers, despite the dig
nifty of its authorship and the virtuosoship OF the
performer, the middle one. played by Leo
Schulz, with Miss Katherine Ruth Heyman to care
for the almost inconsequential pianoforte part
Compared with the show pieces written by violOn-
cello virtuos these pieces, with their honest ol-
rectness and want of affectation, refreshing;
but their musical stature is not great and thelr
mission in serious concerts not obvious. But cello
players must be humored-
In the string quartet which opened the concert
Mr.. Names and his associates put the prettiest
mark TO their credit that they have yet reached
There was little left of the timdity which charac-
terized the playing az their first concert in Men
deIssohn Hall, but sense of surety which was IN
keeping with the individual reputation of the mem
hers of the organization and told of honest and
Intelligent preparation. 1t was thoroughly en-
joyable performance, if not a finished one In
Mr. Saar's quartet Miss Heyman also cared for the
panoforte part. The composition has many adml'
rable elements. 1t is frank unaffected procldma-
ton of It's composers artistic ideals. To Mr.
Saar melody still has its primitive place in the
musical world. and form is its proper vehicle
Modern harmony, too. has its rights but he does
not believe that the needs to be brUtaly as
saulted IN order to awaken interest He believes,
evidently, that modern conceptions of an art work
require that unity be impressed upon the OBJ
server by devices which shall perforce fall into the
cognzance of all but the idly careless; but ne VIII
not disturb logic and symmetry to crafty those
who think that classic forms have lived out their
day He has ideas feeling. conviction and techni-
cal skill sense Of beauty ard propriety IN al the
departments of composition. and his quartet, with
o1t disturbing conventions is a thing of beauty.
1t met with warm appreciation.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
OPENING OF THE MAJESTIC.
"The Wizard Of o."

few weeks ago a comic opera came to Broad
way out Of Chicago, and Wellack's Theatre has
been full since. for the Sultan OF suu proved
delightfully."- fresh and amusing Last night another
musical piece came to New-York from Chicago. and
made its bid for approval as the opening attrac-
ton of the new Majestic Theatre in the Circle at
Fifty -nnth-st. but whether It viii be success
ful the Ade opera would hesitate long to
predict. The Wizard of Oz is called an extrava-
ganza, and nobody is likely quarrel with the ap-
pellation. The thread of story might, indeed from
the forecast, have been thought TO promise quaint
and charming bit of entertainment; it is not every
day that little Kansas girls get blown away by
cyclones into magic kingdoms where tin woodmen
and scarecrows come to nfe where lions walk with
pet calves in perfect peace, and motormen are
kings. But the promise is not fulfilled Julian
Mitchell, for time the stage manager for
Weber Fields, has very nearly buried this thread
of story in his kaleidoscope array of shifting
choruses ballets, marches and elaborate trans
. formation" scenes in the fashion of some years
ago. And perhaps, if the story were dug up again,
it has been told, it would not prove OF absorbing
interest. On second thought one is quite sure that
1t wouldn't.
So there left for amusement the tin wood
and the scarecrow, played by Montgomery
and Stone. and Mr.. Atchell"s stage pictures and
dances. Montgomery and Stone are very funny
in their broad fashion, and Mr. Mitchell is effec-
tive in his. Indeed. 1t is a question If he does
not out-Belasco Belasco That manager never sue
ceeded in getting the peculiar shade of tomato red
into calcium which Mitchell call on at will
And his chorus girls dainty and charming, with
few costumes which allow them opportunity to
conceal the fact If to the tin woodman and the
srarecrow should be given about twice as much
more to do for the general entertainment, and the
other members of the cast twice little for the
general depression. with the scenery and costumes
TO help. The Wizard Of or should live and pros
per. The music will help it.
a large audience last night praised the comfort
\ ont of tbn now U
sha low and wide auditorium and no pillars under
: Tha hale
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
A KENTUCKY VIEW OF TILLMAN.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The recent shooting affair In Soutn Cdrolili
has its lesson: let US not neglect it few points
are worthy of analysis
First of ALL the shooter was politician; secohu
he heard that his victim prepared 10 shoot
him .o1a
Living as I do, in Kentucky. had L Deen 'o,u
these facts the night before the shooting Would
have known as accurately what would take place
on the next day as if Informed that there was
hale of excelsior in the cellar of pant Store ~
which at noon the proprietor was to touch Oh
hox of parIor matches. Knowing then as we uo
+ba carses that lead to such unfortunate results
ebo,Id there not be brought to bear the same means
m relieve them that exist in regard to duelllhs'
Rriehv this would be statute that "oulu Ienuot
Il irnnossible for any to hold puonG oIlSe Ne
rrbo had violently taken attempted 70 TAKE tie
I;fa of fellow man, except to the dlScdI Se a.
fSoiol \ nv SeIf-defence should be no eXCeptloI
The result Is quickly seen: the poitIGldH Soad
of sending his adversary WORD tnat ne - d
pJ 1fm Shoot him on sight, will get just the oppo
rite message TO him. He will lei that d9Vei So
know that he is armed. ana tIldt II dteI ta3
the adversary should attempt 70 sLLooI
NJ Il beaones attempted murder, pure ana SIN
rie without any eXtenuating clrcuiIsC1lIS 8: -
Piea IF seIf-defence would be considered IN suc
pc caee and the prediction is that the pohu@GIan @
oIT1d no more go cunning for his adversary wI.en
te esv in addition to the chance OF d It,i
aronn5 his neck the absolute certainty tudt ne
o,,id No longer be eligible for any office thah ne
IyoIid commit any other suicidal act anu iIe my
apIlation Is that politicians DO not comInt
They unfortunately, take Inep d pII ENAP
on somebody else. ~ MOf1fN10 D.
louisville. Jan. II, 1SJ3
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
HEWITT FUNERAL PL4NS
aldermen Pass Resolutions and Id
journ ont Of Respect.

Further indications Of the high esteem in
which ex-Mayor Abram S. Hewitt, whose funeral
VIII be held at Calvary Episcopal Church at 10
o'clock this morning, held in the financial
and commercial world were given yesterday by
the following resolutions adopted by the Board
of Aldermen:
Whereas. Abram S. Hewitt. fun Of years and
exorabe decree of fate. after career replete with
hope. Inspiration and suggestion 10 the American
Whereas. While conspicuous as national char
ecter by his broad BAD @ ms d cS 1yea at
rnenf of every public question, he pre-eminently
t par IF SewYork q t during the most important and
progressive of its history; as Mayor OF the Tor
OF his official duties aim single for the better
men and welfare ia aned o. 6 6m as one m of the
aster minds of this republic, and his efforts We're
eI,nTer5acv e. OF his beloved New-York the com
nerciai and FINANCIAL centre of the Western Hemi-
Hew-YorE His life of labor and usefulness {Hill
be lesson to al manknG @ S S hogay dS,bfs 10 G1d nd
trouble assan His end was all patriot could de-
Resolved That the Board of Aldermen Of the
city of NewYork. mindful Of the services OF APram am
S. Hewitt TO the city state ana Ila'i9h @ dIla @ de-
sirous of paying proper tribute TO ms memory;
hereby record their appreciation OF his splendid
manhood and their sorrow a. ms tI aedlisJ a e
president of this board appoint speClaI
ne ex officio member. to attend the funeral That
a copy Of these resolutions signed by the Mayor
fi fI enrrossed and duly authenticated by the City
Clerk be transmitted TO the family OF the deceased
nd be further
Resolved That as an additional mark OF respect
this board 90 adjourn
President Fornes paid a glowing tribute TO the
memory of Mr.. Hewitt The following were
designated as the committee attend the
funeral: Vice-Chairman James H. McInnis Al
dermen Herbert A. Parsons, Elias Goodman
John T. Mccall. James Owens Franklin B. Ware
and John J. Haggerty
In addition to the delegations mentioned IN
Yesterdays Tribune. the Merchants Assocla-
ton and the American Institute Of Mining En-
g;neers Yesterday appointed representative com
9oittees 10 attend the funeral. Many Columbia
tri,stees and members of the faculty will also
be present -. -. .ba
exercises held in celebration OF the eighteenth
anniversary of the Young Mems Institute,
Young Mems Christian Association, No. -
Bowery Job E. Hedges said the life or Mr.
Hewitt was an inspiration.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
MUSIC.
hiss lMetcalfe's Recital.

How effective appeal fine intelligence good
taste and correct musical instincts can make to
sound appreciation was convincingly demonstrated
at the song recital which Miss Susan Metcalfe gave
at Mende!ssohn Hall yesterday afternoon Miss
Metealfe has a voice which is neither voumlnous
nor or great sensuous charm. 1t has a naturally
pure tTnbre. however, which gives il great carry
ing power, and her enuneiation and diction are so
admirable as to leave her without a rival in these
respects in the local field. Her programme was
comprehensive one-somewhat too much so. For
the deep pathos OF the characteristicaly great
songs Of the German school she lacks both emo
tional and vocal material. and the pleasure which
she gave audience OF refined appreciation would
have been less afloyed had she not essayed the
songs OF Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, SchuUlann
and Brahms which were In her list. Her artistic
excellence shows brightest in such pieces OF simple
clarity and lovely contour as Reichardts "Hor-
nUng,' Hooke's 20 Listen to the Voice" and Ra-
meau's "Rossignols Amoureux,' which sung
with exquisite perfection She did not quite reach
the ingenious 'Innigkeit'' of Mozarts "Veilchen.'
the quiet exaltation of Schubert's Die Sterne or
the dramatic ecstasy of Gretchen Spinnrade-'
But. such is the charm of Miss MetcaRe's art,
there not dull moment in her entertainment.
For all local song singers she is model within
the limits set by nature
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
ECLES BLUT.

Ferdinand Bonn presented his three act comedy
''Edles Blut'' at the Irving Place Theatre last
evening before a well filed and friendly house.
The play is a comedy of incident, giving the star
a double opportunity in the character Of a travel
ling pedler and as Napoleon Bonaparte. The action
reyolves upon the danger of a Prussian officer who
has ventured within the French lines in Berlin, and
the efforts to save his life from the sentences of
the court martial The situations of the usual
conventional sort in such story, and pathos is
subordinated the light comedy touch. Bonn
played the pedler with unctuous cunning, shrewd,
subservient merchant of small successes. In dry
comic asides he rarely failed the audience
to laughter. In the part of Napoleon he presented
the imperious. domineering side of the character.
making him incisive, vigorous, somewhat fretfui
and with a suggestion of much reserve. John
Feistel acquitted himself well in the rather ncon-
sistent part of the French major, who serves the
purposes of the plot by successfully making dis
honorable advances to the Prussan's wife and fall
ing in love with her sister. AS the Prussian him
self Otto Ottbert was pleasantly bluff and down.
right. The performance will be repeated for the
rest of the week.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
DIED.

cooPER No 16s West 4h 1a is "a fh sO year Of
Monday afternoon aoper ate Of Brooklyn. NewYork
City. Funeral private.
a5s s James G g Bsayon "a sed l
Funeral eortege viii arrive 1rT al an 1so O'Clock
sunday u.s. in afsF the 4 ofet year Of
his age Of sarah and aRdr5eomew fne as Ghureh 4th
r. a3d Madison-ave on Wednesday. January e. at 10
a. m. Kindly omit flowers
be1s are raGssted to attend funeral service Of Will
L Fanagan ISec2nd SoIpy my at 10 ST. BarthoioraeWs
Church. 44thst and DIMoNb. President
,,- A. No q 1ex,neton-ave. New-York City. on
Sunday S in. II the sl s1s y2r 2Tce Of wis hi
age AOFr "a csvar Church OF 4thave. and 21st
ST at 10 O'Clock Wednesday morning Ihtertneht
private. Kindly omit flowers.
THE MORTON TRUST COMPANY. at its meeting to-
day. adopted the following re5glGt3n t the or,nitv has
sustained loss which viii not - sqSn be sqpPea pn
licIst and PhanhroPissI s| %e5e SO M 20
render his career an inspiration and an example ThEougs
his long fe the Pib Po Of public po!icy or Of busi-
hess he welfare Of the STATE and Of al classes %
gard gar p''''-'
BARNARD co11DGE-Menbers of the Board Of Trus-
gsra 9s Of Hon Abram Hewitt their late chairman and
fTeh fso% 4tha9e and 2is;st viii members
OF our DOaf'' FREDERICK s. WAIT. Secretary.
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. OF MINING ENGI-
NpSE,TyS of its members as pos
sihs attend the funeral Hon Abram Hewitt. past
Isr.sfSent dlsting leader. honorable citizen.
THEO. DWIGHT Acting Secretary.
JAcKsoN-on Tuesday January 20 1903 sarah u; Iaea
law Edward H. Purdy No 1I2 West IIth-st. on
Thursday I'D inst. at o'clock Kindly onit
fowers.
u,FTCr4TTN-At Saugatuck, Conn, Monday. January
Ie Isabella Jones. wife OF Landon Kechum Funerai
Wednesday January u. leaves Grand Central
a a returning. leaves Saugatuck At
los p m. Intermeat convenience Of family
NASSAU No. 81 Madison-st. Brooklyn. on sunday;
january Theodore Barren. widow or tercinAnd
Nas-a in Funeral from the Churen OF
the Incarnation Gates-ave near FFankin-aNe-' jan
IL m
PAIMER-In New-York City, Monday morning Jan1-
arv 10 1908. Soon Palmer. Funeral serves VIII oS
his residence, No. 622 West End-aVe. At
z osciocA on "wednesday afternoon InteFInent private
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL
THE HUNGRY SUPERINTENDENT AND
THE LITERARY AND MATHE-
NAUTICAL ASSISTANT.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir; The report of the Superintendent Of Pub
lie Education Mr.. Charles r. Skinner. made
public to-day. contains treatise on what he
terms some Of our mock high schools" He
says that the Horton law is forceful illustra-
ton Of the necessary evil resulting from at
tempting to do the work Of the State in public
education through two distinct and separate de-
partments. Not one in ten Of certain so-called
high schools, he thinks. would ever have come
into existence were 1t not for the annual bounty
Of S100 offered by the Horton law. He says
further that no State appropriation for nom
resident tuition is necessary, but that the legis-
lature should authorize him to divert from the
free school fund S150,000 or so much thereof as
may be necessary for this purpose.
The S15OOOO or thereabouts which Mr. Aims
worth, over the name Of the amiable Super
intendent, proposes to devote to nonresident
tuition from the free school fund is the amount
distributed among the counties and cities on the
basis of population. He says that the cities al
ready receive about 10 per cent and the counties
about 80 per cent of this amount, and that when
it is divided among the 11,000 school districts of
the State it is so infnitesimal in amount that 1t
is practically of no hep to any of them
The logic of this proposition is amusing. 1t Is
argued that because a district is so weak that
fits proportionate share of the fund is very small
therefore it will not feel the deprivation. The
larger districts receive 20 per cent of this
money and it is the larger districts that will re-
ceive pay for giving instruction to non-residents
We viii therefore compensate these larger dis
tricts by depriving them of the 40 per cent or
the S150000 which they now receive on the
basis of population and return 1t 10 thefn on t,ie
basis of non resident instruction, with the addi-
ton of the 80 per cent taken from districts that
are so poor that they will not feel the loss OF
the nfnitesimal amounts heretofore appor-
toned on the basis of population. The financler
who could pay debts in that way, and relieve
the poor by taking away from them the @ 1ttle
tbev have should be a rnulti-rnillionaire. Why
is he wasting his time a subordinate in the
Department of Public Instruction? Yours re
A RESIDENT OF A poor DISTRICT"
Albany Jan. 20, 1903.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
cALLoUs TO SUFFERING.

T-o the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: A sad and distressing accident occurred 70
little girl in East Observation-Disclosures n
CT between Third and Lexington aves.' ABOUT gov
o'clock this morning the interesting part OF "hlch
1,,os tho indifference on the part OF the employees
~ the telegraph company which occupies the
t,,,1dine It appears fnat the iron cap over the
curb water cock had been removed and the httle
girl innocently stepped over 1t and vent IGw tt 1o
right leg badly man Spoke tb to tpfer sfs and
IS grUf47It repIied 1--WE don't know anything ABOUT
it, we don't the building And tb tngg gave % T
tooI the little girl to her home. If she shonId
nToVe to be seriously injured, who would De re re
owner? 49, .oa,
New-York. Jan. II. 1908
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.

Mr sothern at the Garden Theatre. will lay
aside Hamlet" after this week has ended. and on
January 26 will present Mr.. Justin McCarthys
drama. ''If l Were King"
Miss Viola Aliens engagement at the Victoria
Theatre in The Eternal City will close Feb
ruary "A. and Mr.. Hall Gaines melodrama will then
be taken the road
Mr.. Mansfield appeared in Boston. Monday
evening presenting his splendid production OF
Julius Caesar" and he was cordially welcomed.
Mr.. Joseph Haworth and Miss Blanche Walsh
will appear at the Victoria Theatre. about the
middle of February in the Tolstoy drama of THE
Resurrection"
Mrs. Haines's play of Hearts Ahame' can be
seen at the Murray Hill Theatre and Mr. Gillette's
popular war play of Secret Service be seen
at the American.
Miss Mary Shaw will appear at the Manhattan
Theatre next Monday afternoon, January 26. in
Mr.. Ibsens odoriferous play called Ghosts"
Mr. a. H. Wilson. German dialect performer,
can be seen at the West End Theatre IN a farcical
piece called "A Prince of Tatters."
Mr. N c. Goodwin and Miss Maxine Elliott
acting at the Harlem Opera House in The Altar
of Friendship
Among the actors now to be seen in New-York
are Mrs. Fiske. Miss Blanche Bates, Miss Julia
Marlowe, Miss Margaret Anglin. Miss Annie Rus
sell, Mrs. G II. Gilbert, Miss Tyree, Miss Cecilia
LOTUS Mrs. Clara Bloodgood, Miss Maxine Elliott,
Miss Viola Allen, Mr.. John Mason, Mr.. Charles
Richman Mr. y. c. Goodwin, Mr. Jerome Sykes.
Mr. Tyrone Power, Mr.. Henry Woodruff, Mr..
George Arliss Mr.. E. NJ. Holland, Mr.. Robert
HilIiard Mr. Bonn Mr.. Crompton, Mr.. Fritz Will
Jams, Mr.. De Wolf Hopper, Mr.. Grant Stewart,
Mr. Louis Mann, Mr.. E H. Sothern, Mr.. Edwin
Varrey and Mr.. A II. Wilson. The list is in so
far instructive that it shows good names indicative
of talent and earnest endeaVor.
Mr.. Bonn be seen at the Irving Place Theatre
next Saturday afternoon in the well remembered
Dumas play of "Kean." Goethe's Faust is
among the plays in preparation there.
Miss Ellen Terry, according to THE London
Atheneum" is credited with the intention of pro-
ducing Ibsen's The Vikings and that paper adds:
I'VE suppose the piece thus indicated to be the
'aaermaendene paa Hegeland.' The Warriors
in Hegeland. which. after being rejected in Copen
hagen ana Christiania given, in 1861, at the
latter place, and is not included in Mr.. Archers
translations 1t is heartily to be hoped that Miss
Ellen Terry has intention of doing anything
foolish as to degrade her great name by associa-
ton with Ibsen.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
THE DRAMA.
Mme. Duse's FarereeH.

Mime. Buse closed her present season In America
yesterday afternoon, at the Metropolitan. with
performance of the second act of "Magda," the
third ef 1.-THE Dead City" and the third act OF
1.-The Wife Of Claude and her acting appeared to
give pleasure te her many admirers, netwithstend-
ing the morbid and cherries character of all these
plays. Particular comment this subject does
not seem to be essential here present for these
themes have been abundantly discussed In this
place. and new word remains te be said. The
distinguished Italian actress has had season of
variable fortune. making known some of the worst
return to Europe.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
DIED.

sIPP-Ai Yorktown n Y. Monday. January 10 Lydfa
Ann Slpp aged IS years Funeral service viii oe aeid
Thursday from Yorktown Presbyterian Church AZ
.. m
STICKLER-PeacefuI1y entered into rest, at hts lats
15s Centre-s. Orange. ". J.. On Janu-
1903 Joseph Whipple Stckler IN his seth year
services will be held FiIs Presbyterian
Church Orange. Wednesday. January p. on shs
arrival OF leaving New-York go m. Dela-
LackaWanua and W. stern Railroad. kindly omtt
flowers Long Island papers please copy.
TREACT-On Monday. January 10. 1908. Mary z Carr
Michael J. Treacy. Funeral from her late resi-
dence No 45i-st. THURSDAY. thsncs
ST. Stephens Church. East 2Sth-st.. where
OF
wARD-on January 90 1903. Elizabeth Fowler nee
Warner. wife the WHet Goes Ward Funeral
Trinity Church. Broadway Wall-sE-,
Thursday January %. at u O'Clock
wARD-On January IS. 1908. bis residence No BIB
West 91st-st. Willer Coles Ward Funeral service
Trinity Church. Broadway. WalI-st on Thursday.
January ID u O'Clock
wILIIS-At Elizabeth. ". j.. January IS Ella Octavia-
wife Charles j. Willis and daughter Of
services viii be held Christ Church.
Wednesday. the 2fSt al o'clock D
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
"ERNANI" REVIVAL.

The promised revival of Verdi's opera, Ernani'
"a in active rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera
House, and this once favorite work will De pro-
duced on an elaborate scale on Wednesday evening
January IS Nine Sembrich will sing the part OF
Elvira, and Miss Bauermelster VIII De tne Glo
1,an,a Mr. de march, will interpret the title part,
while Mr. Scotti will appeal as Don Carlos ana
,Edouard de Reszke Don Ruy Gomez de silva.
The cast will be completed by Messrs. Begue and
yanni Mr. MancineIi will direct the performance
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
THE SWEDISH FAMINE.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Cannot we begin Immediately to raise money
for the starving Swedes? Let US not wait for the
nnilIionaires to head list with thousands OUT ie'
them come in afterward We gave freely FOR lhola
or5 1et ne not forget Sweden. In our great ana
fertile land we have no food famines, and our coal @
famine has been little in comparison W1In SiS
suffering sea. oo,. HUN i1>N
Hartford Conn. Jan. 16 1903.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
posfoncr NotIce

CShouId be read DAILY BY all interested as 049-7
may at any tine0 - .. ,aos vrfIy
Foreign waek ending January
promptly all cases) at the General s1 ths1
follows: Parcels Mails close nour
closing shown below Parcels post lialIs
a m Friday. s. s Feni1sy
Rcruar ana SUPPLEMENTARY mails close at ForelSn Sl-
ton Falf hour closing time shown oeoE
cent that Suppl Elementary Mails for Europe ana Sehah
America, via Colon. close hour later at EO-7lsA
Station.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
/ P. KEENE's RACING PLANS.

rordon Ian eO-,rhe statement is published here
that lanes R. Keene has leased Lord Roseberys
house at Newmarket and intends TO spend the
greater part of the year there. Mr.. Keenes Ameri-
can trainer Matt Allen, will arrive at Newmarket
with a string of horses in few days.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
NEW PRESIDENT OF HOBART COLLEGE

Geneva, n. Y. Jan. 20.-The Rev. DR.. Lang
don c. Stewardson. chaplain and professor of
philosophy Of Lehgh University, was elected
president of Hobart College at the semi-annual
meeting of the board of trustees to-day.