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New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
WHAT is GOING ON TO-DAY.

Free admission 20 the metropolitan Museum
% Art The American Museum - Natural
History and the geological Garden
Devotional meeting of the ladies' christian
r-niou chapel of the collegiate Church,
Fifth avenue and 4sth street, "a d. m-
Meeting Of the RAIN Day club. Hotel As'or.
?. n.
Meeting OF me Long Island Society Daughters
Tsutterick. 80. 4"6 Franklin avenue. Brook
lyu. $50 p. m
waist makers - the colony Club 30. l.e
Madison avenue. . .. m-
Bazaar for the benefit % - Johns Day Nurs-
@r. 80. 223 East 65th street, afternoon
ana evening.
BAZAAR Tor the benefit u the Lebanon Hospital
dispeusary building fund. Waldorf Astoria.
afternoon snc evening
.n,,sl bazaar u the Professional Won1an's
League. No. 1898 Broad~ay- afternoon
and evening.
Bazaar for the benefit Of The relief work Of
fhe Ahawath Chesed shasr Hashomayim
sisterhood u Personal service Tuxedo
Hall Madison avenue ana 18th street.
afternoon and evening
Public Education Association Conference.
home of Miss g. H. LoweA Np- ia East
Sith street. . IA.
Dr. Anna Howard shaw or Ihe Effect q
Woman Suffrage on working People" :"
Fast side Equal Rights Association. No
r,Dner OF the Hungarian National Democratic
cub. cafe Boulevard. evening
Annual dinner Of The Speakers Bureau OF
Tammauy Hall shanle3s g. Broadway.
near s2d street, evening
Pre- lectures of the Board Of Education. ..
IA Public school IG5. l0sth street and
amsterdam avenue, "Wayslde Flowers. 90
EdWard J. Rogers. Public school Is6.
14.fb street west of Amsterdam avenue.
~fBur south American Aelghbors." DR.
William L. shepherd, East Slae House
serfIemenr. T6th street aud East River.
..s4itzerland" ". Terrence Stuchell:
cope Union. Third avenue end sth street /.
..-,atbtsnd. th@ Beautiful" Frank II.
Raugher. Public librar2. 80. 90 Leroy
-T-aer Life iu the Congo William A.
ne Public Library. No. 43l East I0tn
street. ~Hysiene ~ th@ Eyes IN school
s-Fndr~n" Dr. william \ 'arharts r.
t.-,t.lorneu's Hall. 80. 2u5 East a.d
srreet Richard III Mrs. Minnie l. b..
s.rtugsr. sunshine chapel 80 go West
.o+b street. Life in the Great sahara. ="
Ntss Anna speed Brscketti Young Men =
.st-isfian Association liali, No. West
,@-.b street. irrigation" Dr. j. Russell
s-,tfh. Young Mems Institute Hal. No.
.ssa Eoxery The Austrian Tyroi." Francis
,. {. Moran
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
MUSlC
THE KNEISEL QUARTET.

At the second concert Of this season BY
the Kneisel Quartet IN Mendelssohn Hall
last night the organization was aided in
two numbers OF it's programme by Messrs.
Josef Kovarik viola. and Leo Schulz. vio-
loncello. with whose help two sextets We're
playable Passeur d'eau." by Charles NJ.
Loeftier. and T.schaikowsky's Souvenir de
Florence" Neither OF these works
new, though the former, with its unwOnt-
ed title. looked Ike a novelty on the pro-
gramme- II proved 20 be the second move
ment or the sextet in A minor which Mr..
kneisel produced as lately as April ;. 1907.
and which had its first hearing In New
York as long ago the time when Mr.
knesel gave his concerts for the deiecta-
ton OF small audiences in the chamber
music room Of Carnegie Hall. II seems 10
have been extended into an independent
composition since we heard II last and to
have acquired descriptive title which fits
II very well, however tJ may be inter
preted. though we fancy that II would have
been more acceptable 10 all who are IA
miliar with Russian folksong II II had con-
tained suggestion OF the native purpose
OF It's theme. This Is the most pervssive
OF all folk tunes I'm the compositions of the
Russian SchOol-the heavy hearted shan
ty which Is. or used 20 be. sung by the
hlNu v no loNed vessels upstream IN the
Russian rivers-'Ay ouchnem." Mr.. LOef-
ner's treatment OF II is very ingenious and
very beautiful, though II dissipates much
OF its essence in the animated portions Of
the composition The fine euphony Of his
composition. however. SIS harmonic Va
riety and the delightful manner in which
the true voice OF the strings is preserved
exert fascination which was felt by
last nights audience and which received
hearty applause
The grayamen Of the concert however,
lay in the opening number. which was Bee
thoven's Quartet in r fiat. Op. 80. one OF
the group Of five Quartets which are the
holiest OF holy things TO the lovers Of
chamber music. Here is where the finest
qualities Of Mr. Kneisel and his companion
artists ought 10 have been brought into
largest evidence Unfortunately. they were
not The full effect OF the wonderful cava-
tina vas not permitted TO reach the con-
sciousness of the hearers because OF an
unaccOuntably perverted tempo. The cava-
tina is the transhgured instrumental hymn
which Beethoven himself recognized as his
most inspired uttsrance. and OF which he
said that he-who thought that music
20 strike fire from the souls OF men-could
not recall without suffusiOn OF his eyes.
II is an adagio motto, II ever one was writ
ten; but last night it was played in a tempo
which carried but light burden OF pathos,
though its heavenly beauty vas not all
obscured. Il z X
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
CANADA FRIENDLY
THE BUDGETS TERMS.
Mr. Taft's Message Praised
To Begin Gold Coinage.

ottawa. Dec. 14--Canada's annual
budget statement was made 20 Parlis-
ment to-day by the Finance Minister.
Mr.. Fielding.
II Is taken as significant that no tariff
changes were announced or foreshad-
owed except those already Incorporated
in the Frenco-Canadian treaty. Mr..
Fielding intimates that Canada would
enter into negotiations with Germany.
Belgium and Italy for better trade re-
lations
OF the United States Mr.. Fielding said
that. next 70 Great Britain. that coun-
market There had been some anxiety
and perhaps unnecessary alarm In the
minds OF some Canadians, he said. as 20
possible friction arising because OF
recent tariff legislation in the United
States. But" he continued. after
reading the most admirable message OF
President Taft 10 Congress a few days
ago think We can feel that the United
States government has a very correct
appreciation OF what is due TO other
countries and 20 Canada in particular.
think the terms in which President Taft
has addressed Congress on that subject
give abundant assurance that he and
his Cabinet are desirous OF continuing
the close and friendly relations which
prevail between the United States and
Canada. and We for the present are not
going 10 assume that there is any cause
for anxiety as to any friction arising
between the two countries"
Mr.. Fielding said there was some hope
that the British West Indies would ex-
tend preference TO Canada
The Canadian revenue for the present
year vas estimated at S97.5OO. 600. which
would give a surplus OF s16,5OoOoo.
There would be an increase in the Do
rninion debt Of s17.775OOO. due to ex-
penditure connected with the National
Transcontinental Railway.
He announced that Canada would be-
gin the coinage OF gold during the year.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15

soerer 10 hope from the fortune left by
me diamond Duke OF Brunswick
On iearning this he straightway left his
we declining 20 have ANYTHING more 10
20 with her. She followed him TO Ger
many, and. discovering his residence. took
possession thereof without any opposition
as the count. on hearing Of her arrival
had sought safety IN flight. His family
I"olshiy entered upon negotiations with
her' Offering her a sum OF money. as much
as 5000 marks. IL she would abandon an
further claims upon him as her husband
ana consent TO a divorce. The money was
about 70 he paid over when the woman
vas by mere chance recognized as A Ber-
IN adventures. whose real name was
kathie Schulz. and who for 2 time had
inquired In Berlin vaudeville as a show
girl under the name OF Cyssv Civre. The
Durekheims were likewise shown that the
woman could not possibly he a vicomtesse
oe OiVry' or a granddaughter Of the "Dia-
mond Duke" OF Brunswick. seeing that the
only daughter OF the late Countess de
OiFry. that is to say, Of the natural daugh-
Ter or the Duke OF Brunswick. died unmar-
ried two years ago
This being the case. il yvorI5 no intarss+
ing to learn just who the lady Is who has
arrived in the United States under the
name OF Countess Colmar. who declares
hersef 70 be the daughter OF the only
daughter OF the Diamond Duke OF Bruins
WICK, and therefore the latter's grandchild:
who insists that she is heiress 10 his great
fortune, and who claims. according 10 the
interviews attributed 20 her in New York
newspapers. 20 have married a Duke Bar-
l'urckhein, that Is TO say. a duke OF whom
no one has ever heard before. since there
has never been any duke Of that name.
The Countess de Comar. before being
received by any one over here in America
shouid he required TO explain these mat
tefs' which certainly need elucldstion. The
very faet that woman who. although she
styles herself a countess. claims 10 b.a the
we OF a fictitious duke and the grand
oaushter OF formerly reigning sovereign
should suddenly be seized with a desire TO
nave her son educated by Jesuits here in
America country with which she has
hao no previous connection, instead of Al
lhe FAMOUS jesus colleges in England.
SOUNDS quite as queer as the story that she
mas already spent $4,000 IN fighting the
ciiy OF Geneva, the Duke OF Brunswick
ana the King OF Saxony for the possession
OF OF her royal grandfather's fortune OF $50
""'c"o' and that she expects a decision 70
Oe rendered by the courts in her favor
within the next six months.
MARQCIsE DE FoNTENOY.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
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New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
PLAYS TO PLAYERS.
Forbes Robertson and Company Give
Professional Matinee.

Actors now playing In New York and
vicinity filled Maxine ElliOtts Theatre yes
terday at a professional matinee OF THE
Passing Of the Third Floor Back by Mr.
Forbes-Robertson and his company.
This performance was given az the re-
quest of John Drew. who represented the
players Of New York Mr.. Forbes-Robert-
son expressed his thanks for the honor
conferred upon him by hts brother and sis
ter actors. He recalled the fact that ne
had given a similar matinee OF Hamlet
when he was here last. Mr.. Forbes Robert
son and his company received most fat
tering reception.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
JACOB KIRKNER.

Jacob Kirkner, a New York stock
broker and q thirty-third degree Mason,
died al his home, IN West sth street.
Plainhelo, y. J., yesterday He was sew
enty years old and had been a resident Of
Plainheld for forty-five years. during
which time he served for twenty years
as member OF the Plainfeld Board Of
Education. he vas a member OF the New
York Stock Exchange for thirty-six years
and for the last eleven years senior mem
Der q the stock firm OF J. Kirzner & 20.
IN lsS5 he served IN the New Jersey state
Assembly Mr- Kirkner vas active in Ma
sonic circles. He leaves wife. one dauch-
t~r and three sons.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
THE GRENFELLS
Hare Joined Forces 1cith j.
PierpoRt Morgan iR London.

scopvrseht 1919. BY tho Brentwood Company
The Cirenfells. who have Just soined
sorces with the firm of ]. :. Morgan a co.
N London. the 1nal negotiations having
.,,a~n completed by Arthur Greufell during
,,,s recent visit 10 !. Pierpout Morgan in
N.u York sre ono OF those families which
Ike fhe Glvns and the BsrinEs may be
said 20 constitute a species % bridge be-
-we.n 'le hsute finance" In the City and
ths great world in the West End OF Lon
snn Like them. they are related by mar
-isS. % half the houses OF the British
sr'Srocracy. and are as conspicuous and
influential IN English society as they are IN
me financial world.
The family Is Of Cornish origin. and
s,rings from the Cornish village OF ST
lust Indeed some OF their race stiu exist
,r re usmoter districts oc the duchy. one
~ tho Grenfeils. Pasco Grenfen. a sue
ressful merchant at Penzance. migrated
70 London In the eighteenth century and
rounded the great London banking house
~ hich has been IN existence ever since.
TIE firm stiu bears the name OF Pssco
-renfeI a sons. and the name Of Pasco
is perperusted In each generation OF The
family For time the Grenfells were as
socisted ~ business with Levi p. Morton.
WREN he maintained = banking house In
ordou under the name OF Morton. Rose
a Co.. buf this arrangement ceased when
- former Vice-President of the United
states withdrew from business in England
The house of Grenfen has been extensive
~ Interested IN South American affairs
having contributed IN no small degree 10
ne railroad development Of both Brazil
snd The Argentine Republic. while one of
re C7renfells. John Pssco by name, al
tsined the rank Of admiral IN the imperial
Brazilian navy.
The family is represented by two of its
members IA the House Of Lords namely
F1eld Marshal LORD Grenfell and Lord
Desborough. the famous sthleIe. who twice
swan ACROSS Niagara. rowed across the
English channel rom Dover 20 Calais. and
fo- number OF years coached the oxford
University crew Zach generation OF Gren-
feIls has contributed governors 10 the Bank
~ England, and the family is connected
~ marriage with the ducai house OF Mari
borough, with the St Legers. the Bulteels.
v-rh the family OF the Governor General %
Canada. whose daughter. I.ady sybil, is
married 20 Arthur Grenfeil: with the ducal
houses OF Portland and 81. Adams while
literature and science may Re said 20 have
been represented among the kfnsfolk ot
- family BY the late Or Max Muller. by
F-oude and hy Kingsley.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
PRINCESS STUNNED.
Louise Sheds Tears at Buda-
pest-AppeaI Unanswered.

Paris. Dec. 15.-Princess Louise. daugh-
ter OF King Leopold. when seen by
the "Matin's' Budapest correspondent
yesterday. bitterly complained that the
only answer which she received 70 her
kilograms 10 Baron Gofhnet, the Kings
secretary. asking that she be allowed 20
come 10 her dying father was the brief
announcement that the operation was
successful and that the danger seemed
10 be over.
The princess wept as she recalled the
sorrows Of her existence, particularly
her treatment at the time OF her moth
er's death. She sent another urgent
message 10 Baron Goffinet. asking for
plain answer.
The princess announced that she in
tended 10 write her memoirs. which
would throw a dazzling light on num-
Der OF mysteries Of the courts OF Eu-
rODe
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
TIE ~comrEssE' DE coLMAR HERE.

TIE "coMTEssE' DE COLMAR HERE.
with regard u the soi-6isant Comtesss
GO Coinar. who arrived the ether day from
Europe by the French Line and who has
leer staying a. the Park Avenue Hotel.
r New York, preparatory 20 a trip 70 New
orleans. where she announces her inten-
zion % having her boy Robert educated az
re Jesuit College. ] notice that she claims
-o - the daughter OF Elizabeth Viii
7e'1ila, Princess OF Brunswick. the only
daughter Of Duke Charles II q Bruins
sick" She also declares that she was
married 70 the Due de Bsr-Durckhein."
Now tins story merits investigation.
Duke Charles II of Brunswick. who was
uopuisr'v known az the Diamond Duke.
s7s who was renowned through all Eu-
~ope for his vices and eccent-icities. was
driven into exile by his subjects and forced
- sbandon The throne of Brunswick 20 his
brother William. Before his deposition he
he'd contracted an intimacy with a Miss
seymour, the daughter of an English
sdulirsl, BY whom 10 had dsugh
rr- who was duly chrisrened -
brunswick and invested by the duke. who
scknowledged himself 70 be her father. with
~ title % Countess % Colmar. There is
no proof n existence that the duke was
ever married. even morgsnaticallv, 20 Miss
seymour. snd 70 The end of his dsys he
-vavs Insisted that The Countess Colmar
.ss merely an nlsgitirnate daughter He
-rovided for her education a. Paris. nut
fi-ovned her when she became convert
20 70 Roman Catholic Church and married
zLsinst his wishes sn ir1pecunious French
noble of The name Of the Con1te de Civry-
When the ouke died a. Geneva he lett
--e hulk q his fortune 70 TIE city OF Gen
era which vas enabled thereby 10 build
z~z erdoU irs handsome opera house ana
lumber a other institutions. IS well as
-o raise = monument 70 It's be1efactor. The
.or-resse de- Civry Immediately instituted
r-scC cdiugs Tc recover q portion n not al
~ MS enormous fortune. part of which had
gone -1 Geneva and the remainder 20 his
-rotrer William. the late duke on whose
-evfsc IN lsss MS inheritance was divided
.arVeeu the late King OF saxOny and the
present Duke ~ Cumberland. The pro
r-adin-s occupied the attention Of the Ger
nan. the swiss and the French courts for
ears. ana the Contesse d. Clvry was able
fr lrdIee quite 3 number OF crrdulous peo-
H.e -5 furnish the funds for her night or
rHe understanding thai n victorious they
1.-ud receive hack the.r money hundred
.1d
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
THE DRAMA
Mrs. Dakon" at the Hackett
Theatre.

The neanest woman in The world had a
drama written around her by Kate Jordan
The drama was tried yesterday afternoon
st the HaclSett Theatre. and will be seen
there again this afternoon. 10 IL. with one
exception. one long sustained note Of
melancholy. II il called Mrs. Da<on' 10
might be called The Lar II Is about
a woman who n1srri@s the wealthier Of two
suitors. wilower with millions. The un-
successful voo-r has only s30.000 a year
The husband loses his fortune and goes
TO live in a seven-roon frame house Tn a
manufacturing town The wife rebels. An
old phrase cannot be used 20 the effect
that she eats her soul out. for she has no
soul. no sense OF honor. not a shred cf con-
science. She leaves her husband and seeks
the man who has fS0. .00o a year. telling ths
former that The latter has sent for her.
This is one of her minor lies. TIE husband
kills himself The man who has $50. 900 a
year has also conscfenc~. and upon dis
covering what Mrs. Dakon has done de-
elines 20 have anything 20 do with her.
Hs had not sent for her. and did nor want
her He goes 20 South America and leaves
her In New York with an allowance Of
$4,000 annually. which is kind Of him con-
later he returns and falls IN love with the
voman's daughter. a girl of twenty The
girl loves him Then the woman lies 20 the
girl about the man. accusing him of having
killed the girls father and 81 having ruined
her own life. Their. Is not a stitch Of truth IN
the whole fabric % her utterance. But Oe
course all ends with the proper degree %
happiness, II for no other reason than that
FFr,T rFaz
fully forever.
-Four acts OF this drag down the spirit
There Is not an instant IN which the audi
ence can sympathizs with Mrs. Dakon. She
Is nercenary. a coward. without a principle
OF any sort The play needs cutting and
pulling together. II Is not without merit.
whatever may be said Of its principal char
acter. or. ore should say. the character
which the author meant 20 be foremost
Really. the chier character Is the daughter.
Ruth Dakon. a circumstance due % the per
sonality and skill OF a remarkable little
actress. Laurette Taylor. who looks n
she were as young as Ruth and who PLAYS
with a charm and discretion all her own
Whatever interest the performance has
centres upon her. This young artist has a
future. What she most needs now Is the
cultivation OF her speaking voice. She Is a
real actress.
Miss Dorothy Dorr appeared "a Mrs
Dakon. as thankless a part as ever fell TO
a capable artist Mrs. Dakon Is always IN
the shadows. and Miss Dorr could not get
her out. Nobody could Mr.. Robert War
wick was stiff. heavy and unconvincing.
The rest OF the cast did very well what
they had 20 do. but one Is not at all clear
why some OF IL was done AT all The
honors are entirely with Miss Taylor.
Yesterdays matinee was given. as to-
days will be. for the beneft Of the Associ-
alton FOR the Aid OF Crippled Children
But. OF course. the producers OF the play
are hoping 20 find for II regular place IN
New Yorks bill OF entertainment A W.
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
TO AID YALE THEATRE PLAN.

The profits from the performances OF Dion
Boucice ult's comedy, London Assurance 90
10 be given bv the Yale Drematic Associa-
lion al the waldorf Astoria on January
2 and l. viii be devoted 10 the fund
for tie Yale theatre, a. will the profits
from The ten DAYS tour which the Yale
actors win make before appearing In New
York The theatre fund already amounts
ta s. 5oa Preliminary plans provide for a
structure seating fourteen hundred people
with q completely equipped stage. club and
library ruoms for the Dramatic Assocla-
tion. the musical clubs and the Yale Or
chestra-
New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
OBITUARY NOTES.

HARRY a PERRY. known m Chicago
as partner in the Smith Perry White
combination which operated the pool
room boat. City of Traverse, UP 10 two
years ago. died IN thar city yesterday.
He was wealthy.
u. p. LEE. publisher " The Toledo
Chronicle" - Toledo. Iowa. aged fifty
i've. and one of the best known editors in
Iowa. dieo suddenly AZ Des Moines from
heart disease to-day
JAMES MALCOLM. former chief Of the
Rochester Fire Department and for nifty
one years a member Of H. died Al the
Homeopathic Hospital. Rochester. yester-
day. after a long illness. az the age OF
seventy-four years. He was one OF the
best known fremen IN the state.