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New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
MR. sPALoINe,s EIRsT RECTAL.

Albert Spalding. the American violinist who
Effected his debut on the local platform AT a con
cert Of the Symphony Society ON November s. and
has been heard several times in miscellaneous con
ccrte since gave his first recital in Carnegie Hall
Yesterday afternoon The young artists share "f
the proceeds OF the concert VAS contributed by
him in advancc to the fund for the relief "f the
sufferers from the earthquake in Calnbria and
Sicily Unfortunately, the audience, though cred
itahla in numbers and kindly disposed toward Mr.
SpadinC did not more than half fill the lars"
hall
Mr. Spalding was assisted by Alfredo Oswald.
who not only PLAYED his accomplishments. hut took
mart at the outset in performance of Heeth"Tena
.E[rcutzar' sonata and later contributed several
pjanoforte solos He showed himself a neat ana
faciIe player and his performance IN the sonata
was discreet and tasteful As for Mr.. Spalding'
though his performance in the sonata was IN II"
wise remarkable (sonatas require greater intimacy
between players and listeners than IS p"Sslh" III
such room as Carnegie Haln. II vas highly cren-
table 90 the youthful artists feeling ana "stheuc
sense He rose 10 greater heights in the 'ha'ohhe
nv. Rach which followed, and in which c"mpoSIt"h'
despite It's greater difficulty, his int"natl"n was
much plIrer and his bowling frmer. II was. indeed
most agreeab bly, played. and with very considera
BILE breadth and dignity
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
AHEARN TO PRESIDENT
COmmendS Increment IN Behalf Of
Dependent Children.
rFrom The tribune Rureau-T

Washington. Jan. l6.-John r Ahearu. president
Of the Borough Of Manhattan. New York, has writ
ten the President letter highly commencing his
purpose in calling conference at the White House
on January q 20 consider dependent children. Mr-
Ahearn says that in 1885, when member of the
New York Senate. ne introduced and urged bills
bearing on this subject In the letter which was
presented 10 the President to-day by Bernard Down
ing secretary of the Borough Of Manhattan. Mr.
Ahearn says:
it Is tlsr never have witnessed anything ssdder-
THAN mother whose only crime was her FoyeEy
excepting perhaps, th% sperasI" OF the unfortunate
c1tIdre1 themselves in th~ same hour Of distress
WcI tht SEPARATION Of the children from one an
otle- and never 70 be reunited on earth Or In Ig-
' H. III SI-Hn32J 81 10 De 5etnlted .s~-
meant thar thereafter and after most rigid inyes
venton Of Cruelty to Children. or such other soc-
brief or Commission for any ~ them and was with
cHt al pre- udiees IN The matter. the depepdeng
.ae institution as then and is now the law.
visicns CONDITIONS 9T,5 rssTrforiars as applied 70
he institution to which otherwise it would have
be revoc5be On The withdrawal of the approval Of
Nv b 3assdd ,1 both B5rses 5 fGe New York
Legislature. bur it was not accepted by the then
Mayor Of the city of New York. on the ground
that the financial condition would have been af-
InstitUtionaI rearing Of children, dependent but
not DEL &delin4gent is not only not the best but at
doubtful If in ts results it he justified at all
especially in such cases where there more
than one child in a dependent family. No institu-
ton reared child have the opportunity
as the child bred and reared in the atmosphere
and amid the surroundings Of the home, 1t lacks
initiative and independence- It must remain. ex-
cept in extraordinarily exceptional instances. back
ward and 50 often finds - into penal
institution. the outcome Of conditions and cir
cunstauoes which because Of Iark of even
chance in early life. # vas unable to control or
combat
The President told Mr.. Downing that he was IN
hearty agreement with the views Of Nr- Ahearn-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
MANY BIDDERS FOR GREEK VASES.
Sale from H De Morgan's Collection Brings
S5.5O2-Highest Price Paid $3.50

The sale Of terra Gotta Greek vases and other
art treasures which We're collected by H. De Morgan
while hc was engaged in scientific exploration in
Fevpt and elsewhere attracted 10 the Fifth Avenue
Art Galleries No. 545 Fifth avenue, yesterday, a
critical -hr0ng OF bidders and buyers
4 sixteenth century r. g. amphor7. with its
cover from VuIci-a rare example of the archaic
Greek s+v1e-broughr $3.50 the highest price of the
sale which totaIIed $5.5o2 so L was bought by
J. 3 walker Of Minneapolis. who also obtained.
for $3.50 a Steru0os vase from Southern italy. 'f
The fourth century 2 c. Another 4 NI-- Walk"rs
purchases for which he paid 5000 was a sixth
century z c. KeIebe vase from Etruria-
A fourth century r. G. amQhOra from No-a was
bought for n. O Mills for $40 Nr. Mills also OBJ
tanned for s165. a 22-tnch amphora OF the sixth
century T3 c. from Vulri. i'm Etruria-
The Brooklyn Museum Of Fine Arts was repre-
sertcd by Dr. Woodward and Mr. BIoodSood- They
bought a S-crlnos fourth century vase for $3.50. a
Ieleha of the same period for 1913. and another
for s135 W. Abbott vas the purchaser of four
specimens three Of them Gree vases at S2l"- Sl2'
and SIS and an frfdescenr Greek glass goblet for
which he paid 800 \. Alexander paid S2eo for
a Torohe FIFTH century r c. vase
The other buyers included George W. Oicot-,
Thomas E Clarke r :. Chapin. Garret Pier. F. IT,
Sargent. John n. Sterry. IT Behr. J. calm and
n. : Rr0kaw-
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
ARREST SPECTATORS.
Theatre Ticket Sellers on Side7cdIk
Charged zcith DisOrderly COnduct.

Two separate attacks were made on theatre ticket
specuIa tors Yesterday, ono by the police acting on
their initiative. and the other by the manage
uent Of Keith & Proctor's Fifth Avenue Theatre, IN
conjunction with merchants who occupy stores near
the theatre. In all seven men were arrested.
When Keith & Proctor's opened in the afternoon
in addition 70 the employees who stationed themselves
bout the sidewalk. utnEli1E with the dozen or
moro spectators. Whenever a person purchased
from the spectators. an e0nplove would
notify the holder that the tickets would nor he
accepted the door. This euraKed the spe"uIators
and several arguments arose.
Finally the management secured the consent ~
tho merchants whose stores adtoin the theatre
and complaints were made Manager Irwin. of the
theatre made the complaint against the five pris
oners. who gave their names as Israel Robinson,
Abraham Levy. Charles Marcus. Samuel Marx
and George r Hartman. All furnished hail
Two more arrests We're made last night by de
tectives attached TO Inspector Walsh's star The
prisoners said they were Fred Tridkin and BAR
noy" ArIrs<v- Tridkln was picked up ~ rhe Hip
podrore and charged with peddIing without a II
cansa. Arutz<y was arrested IN front Of the New
York Theatre and charged with dizorderIy conduct
Magistrate House held each man in 500 bail
The NTessrs. Shuhert have announced that they
intend 20 put an end to specializing their various
houses There were groups Of Spectators in front
Of the lyric last night They 10 be found
wherever a permanent attraction is housed. and
The Blue Mouse" is one Of them The Shuberts
advised patrons NOT m purchase seats from persons
selling them on the sidewalks.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
Els OLD Boys HONOR GEORGE WHITE.
More than $50 Members of Alumni Association
Cheer Teacher at Dinner.

More -.a- one hundred and ffty members Of the
Se'-se White Alumni Association and their guests
attended rre ninth annual dinner ~ that society
. he Savoy last night Jacob a Cantor was
toss-mae'-r
Preceding r-e dinner business meeting of the
ass7oia.'o- vas held n which the secretary an
-9'l''1 me reelection Of the following officers,
f-ss.a'n- Mcdaniel A Elsherg. rice-president-
,aSTes j. Ea4srdorf. secretary Perry A Wen
'7fS- treasurer John ] Cody
Nr- Wh.'a has been . teacher in the New York
sf'7.s since So. beginning his pe6agogic career
= ts ola TEfh street school and holding now, &c
= Eas for many wears. rhe post Of principal Of
Ns ''fh street. grammar school
Ar- White referred iu his speech 10 the fact that
N hi'rfhrea years his salary had been reduced
sht lines. lis work doubled. and that he now re-
'-ffa less than the CITY "a ia him thirty years
me other speakers were Edward Lauterhacn,
H'raHar0 Grpher. Thomas J Higgins Judge Mul-
E~een and Patrick J. NacCirsth
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
ORlTIIARY NOTES.

WILLIAM H ARCHER Of No. 42a Fifth avenue
Frool,lvn died AZ his home early yesterday morn
ing from a complication of Diseases FIe was ON
Moved bv II F. Archer & Co. printers and book
binders. in MauhaI.ar, for 'ho last twenty h'e
years. Nj. Archer was born IN Manhattan Sky
ro,,- -aa~s ago He leaves wife one son and On"
daughter Burial viii take place IN Greenwood
Cemetery on Monday
CHARLES H VESSELS member Of LaiaF-
cite post @ A r and teller in tho Produce EH-
change. died from pneumonia on Friday At ms
home 10 21T West lslst street Mr- Vessels vas
,r rfe sirtv-sixth wear. He served during the
,.fzil War in a New YORK. regiment, and later h"-
came a broker He vas member ~ the Society
of the War 1sI2 Nj Vessels leaves two sons
and one unmarried daughter.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
MRS. AND MISS TAFT YALE GUESTS.
Attended Dramatic Association Play Last
Evening-Week S Programme
lUy Toleerarr 70 The Tribune ,

New Haven. Jan. 1s-Mrs. William II Taft. her
daughter Miss Helen Taft. and her niece Miss
Elizaueth Anderson Of Ci0cuuati arrived here from
AuRustc Ga to-day o. attend the functions of Ynes
social week They went 10 the home of NJ. and
Mrs. William Farnam. on Prospect Hill. and will
there TIL the promenade season closes next
Wednesday. Robert a Taft, the oldest son Of the
Presidout-e}oct IS q member Of the junior prom
enade committee
The party was present At :he annual play given
by the Yale Dramatic Association In the Hyperion
Theatre this evening. which was the only formal
event OF to-day The college actors produced SeIhys
The Fire Eater and Sheridan's The Critic The
theatre was crowded and the affair success.
The chief dramatic houors We're Won 10y Maxwell
O. Parry. T. VI. Evrues. A NJ Hartwel, l. T.
Bates. r. L. Riggs and VI g. Hannah.
Indications tonight pointed 10 an unusually brill
liant social week, and every prominent hotel In the
city is crowded To morrow the prom guests Will
attend the college chapel and on Monday the series
Of fraternity teas and receptions and germans Will
begin. In the evening the GIee Club concert Will
be held in WooIsev Hall The promenade win take
place in the armory ora Tuesday evening
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
NEW METROPOLITAN TENOR HERE.

RinaIdo Crass one OF this seasons additons 70
the roster OF teuors at the Metropolitan opera
House arrived here yesterday on La SaVole- MT.
Grassi Is only twenty-five years old. He was
nineteen when he made his debut at Novara In
ia RohAne" From there ne vent 10 Rergamo
E,arrara. Treviso. Venice, Naplet, Milan and fa-
lermo.
M Grasei who is a personal selection of the
nresent general manager OF the Metropolitan. MI
Gatti-Casazza wandered around to the opera house
Yesterday afternoon and, after greeting Mr Gatti-
Casazza. went behind the scenes. one OF tne
vfeflant stage attendants detected the stranger
Who unab bIe to speak any English. was in imme-
diate danger Of being shown out In no over
gentle manner when he rescued by the ar
rival Of his old chief.
Mr. Grassi viii make his first appearance in
o,ara i'm this country st the Academy Of Music.
RrookIvn on the evening Of January S, when he
viii he Tlriddu in "Cavall4ria Rusticana."
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
HENRY PROSPER BOOTH.

Henry Prosper Booth, former president Of the
home, No. 326 West 56th Mr.. Booth was
born here in 1896. He a OF Alfred Booth.
who was prominent in the iron business in New
York Mr.. Booth vas educated at the Mechanics
institute in Chambers street In his early life he
was clerk IN shipping Office. In 1856 he became
partner with James T. Ward IN the shipping firm
OF J. ( Ward & Co
Mr. Booth vas director in the American Mail
Steamship Company. the Brunswick Dock and City
Improvement Company. the international Express
Company. the New ork and Cuba Mail Steamship
Company CNard Linep. the Federal Insurance Com
pary. the United States and Porto Rico Navigation
Company ana the Interna tional Coal Company. Of
which he was vice-president. He married Miss
Angie NJ Rowan in 1857. He was a member II
the Manhattan and the Colonial clubs
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
HARTMAN FOR COLLEGE EDUCATION.
Tells Yale Men About Opportunities in Rail
road Business.

<e,r Haven Jan 1G.-''The Yale Daily %eV-'
nrnrs This morning an article contributed hy Ed
ward II Hartman on coeg" training as prep
araflo- for railroad men Mr., TIauimans advice
20 valrs men about TO enter the business is yes
and No" 4 high school boy. he SAYS is more
rizeI, 70 know arithmetic and 10 be able to pre-
mare p clear and concise statement. However. in
The long run the college men should pull out ahead
he .s,-s as hard work and continued effort viii
alone lead 20 success. while pun can't last MI
Hartman said further:
o., college education is, in the beginning. real
dt-al.:lutace and nave found that IN every cas-"
taa high school boy does better work than tie
college man for the first few years however as
soon as the college man has got back to first pr1n-
cirjes he rilI 60 ahead much faster than his less
educated rival His mind is naturally. better do
yeIoped and moro capable of graspiug the tine
,-,.rtz or the busines1 ON the other hand. the
high school hoy being younger, is more adaptahe
and has not in most cases. the irregular habits
of the college man.
NO matter how well educated a man may he. ha
must start in raiIroadiug at the very bottom
He has no fixed home he is like q naval Officer
alv-avs at sea and moreover, he is always work
ing % the limit II his endurance. II is the hard
est life I know, ard yet one Of the most pleasant
Il teaches knowledge Of men. and in this way
is the best training for any professIonr
MY advice to the college man expecting to enter
raf~oadIng and hoping to have easy life is
Don't: hut TO the man who does not mind the
hardest kind Of work who will quit under
carly disappointnents, and who wishes 10 have
the most interesting sort of career BY all
means do 80
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
MANTBLL COMING BACK TO TOWN
Booked for an Eight Weeks Engagement at
the Academy of Music

,iea7 10 he patient yet little while Robert
Nanteu. Acknowledged to he the foremost inter
nret4r Of Shakespeare now on the American stage.
VIII shortly return 70 town. His managers. VIII
lam A Brady and Joseph Grisner. have arranged
FOR his appearanCe at the Academy If Music for
eight weeks beginning the latter part Of March
II was At this old playhouse that Mr. Mante'l
nravsd Cre Of his most successful engagements
in the city. and the managers Of the Academy
exner+ tha coming one TO he equally prosperous.
The hooking" for the engagement was made
in the early part Of the season The repertory for
the first week has not been selected but during
the engagement IL is Mr. NanteIrs purpose 70 ap-
pear in a round Of ShakesPearian parts He viii
nrodrIcA the historical tragedy of King John and
the effective drama Of Louis Nj which
Gently added to his repertory- "OtheIlo. The Face
in the Moonlight" King Lear. Macbeth" "Riche-
lieu. The Romany Rye" and Julius Cesar viii
be revived.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
EDWARD SEYMOUR WOODRUFF.

Edward Seymour WooiruT died on Friday at
his home. No. = East 6Sth street. after severe
Illness. He the youngest Of Charles H.
and catherine Sanford Woodruff, and was thirty
three years old. He prepared for college at Phil
lips Academy. Andoyer: was graduated from Yale
in Iso9 and spent a year at Johns Hopkins Tniver-
sirv. taking post graduate course that uni
versitv- After spending q short time IN business
pursuits. he entered the Yale Forest School. from
which he was graduated in 1897. Nj Woodruff
then came 70 New York and took the post Of State
Forester which he held until his death. He con
trib,lted largely "a literature natural history
subjects
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17

Herod. Charles Dalmores. Jokanaan. Hector Du-
frame: Karrabeth. Adrien Wales: the Page, Miss
Sayerina: FIVE Jews. Messrs. Sellav, Venturint.
Montanari Daddi and Collin; two Nazarenes.
Messrs. de Seg1Irola and Malfatti; two Soldiers,
Messrs Crabbe and de Grazia; a Cappadocian. Nr.
Fossetta: a Slave. Sybn Tancredi Mr. Camp8nini
will conduct. In the orchestra II musicians will be
employed. The opera. rehearsals Of which have
been going on steadily since December 9. will he
sung French.
This afternoon at 40 o'clock in Harvard Hall.
at the Harvard Club, the Flonzaley Quartet will
play parts of the Schubert quartet in minor, the
largo and finale from LNcair TAines Sonata a
ire" and two movements from the Dvorak quartet
in z fat major Members of the club invited
bring their friends. Next Sunday, at the third
in the clubs series Of concerts Arthur Whiting Will
give a clavtchord harpsichord and piano recital
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
T. L. sHBvL1N TO WED MISS sHERLEY
Engagement of Former Yale Man to Kentucky
Girl Had Been Broken Of.
~ Telcgraph ~ n" TrIhune

Louisville Jan. l6-Nrs- Rrannn Sherley an
nounced to-day the engagement of her daughter
Eliza beth to Thomas Leonard Shevlin Of Mime
apos
Tom" ShevIin several years ago was the pride
OF Yale,s football squad Miss Sherley. who was
lust budding into womanhood had occasion 10 81
tend 4 session of the Junior Prom AT New Haven
p,rera she met Shevlin and Il case of love
at first sight Their engagement was reported
shortly afterward announcement was made by
Miss SherIevs mother that the engagement had
tear broken on account Of the extreme youth "f
49, da,,obtA- Miss SberIev and Mr.. Shevlin will
he married here early in February
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
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New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
LOAN ASSOCIATION LEAGUE DIMES.
Ex-Governor Bracket of Massachusetts, and
CLARK Williams Address Delegates.

ne Metropolitan League of Cooperative SAY
"ss aTc Loan Associations held its annual dinner
@aa Ineeii1e ar Nauguins. in Fulton street, last
----'- At"-t "a hundred and fifty delegates, rep
ltSeIl'--S some H1ery-1ve associations, Were pres
e0' Tie guests ~ the league were Ex-Governor
h'soHetr of Massachusottz- clark Williams State
s-T5Tl7'e1-oar ~ FankuE. Register PrenderCast
u Brooklyn. and Senator Gallagher
hh-'T6Eerr0- Tra-se'r. who was largely respon-
f'e Tor the or-arization of cooperative asso-
..alals 1 Naesa. f.eer'z. explained last night the
pan IN operation in that state 70 combine low
c.s' .te ---.-ar.e with cooperative mortgages.
Sls--'0r.e-r Williams spoke feucitously of the
"a.E and success of the associations.
--o-ras .. ~kIse president Of the league, who
'-fsdea- reviewed in his annual address the
t-.'7s - -re rEauizarion and quoted statisticay
ue 5a'sfa.Fn~E financial condition Of the 239 local
@Secl-at0aS Eerr York state.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
Personal. ASSESSMENTS.
President Purdy 4nnounces Tenta-
tire Total for 1919 OfSI.259. .085. .IS1.

President Purdy Of the Tax Department
nounced Yesterday the tentative personal assess
ments Tor 1879 The total amounts 10 H.259.9S5.1S7-
The tentative assessment for 1aS s. 425 ZOE go.
Of which S435.04.6u held Mr Purdy said the
reduction IN the tentative assessment was madee
prior 70 the making Of the rolls last year by the
cancellation Of assessments which were void. or,
for other reasons unConectibIe
He said the tentative roll this wear represented
larger amount which probably would he held on
the assessment roll than the testatve roll of last
wear The assessments Of resident corporations show
a slight increase in amount and large increase in
number. The tentative assessments by boroughs
for 1893 and 1919 follow.
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
OBITUARY.
JEREMIAH J. MCCARTHY.

hos'on Jan. l6.-Jeremiah J. Mccarthy of this
CITY. 4 prominent figure il Massachusetts politics
died at his homo in Charlestown to-day He had
been III for several months
Nj Mccarthy. who since 1899 had served as Sur
veyor Of the Port OF Boston. was active in Repub-
Ilean politics in the Bay State for many years. He
was born in Boston in 1852. He began his career
IN the Fire Department of his native city at the
or eighteen At twenty-one he entered active poll
ties as n member of the Republican City Commit
tee In 1880 he entered the customs service and in
lS% became member Of the State Board Of Fire
commissioners He instrumental in the move
ment that finally elected Henry Cabot Lodge to
Congress In 1886 He in the state Legislature
fo- seven successive years, finally withdrawing to
become Surveyor Of the Port
New-York tribune., 1909-01-17
MAJOR THEODORE K. GIBBS.

%au-0orr r +. Jan. ia telegram received here
+o-77y announced the death in Pasadena. Cal, of
Motor Theodore X Gibbs one Of the most promi-
,7en- citizens Of Newport He had been suffering
from Ilerrfsv for some time and went 70 Pasadena
n rores Of henefting his health.
Major Gibbs was born here Sixty SIX Years ago
- os . SON Of Governor William @. Gibbs Of
Rhode Island. lie Joined the army IN 1851 and
served throughout the war. being twice promoted
for gaffautrv in hattie He resigned from tho
army in $50 He VAS connected with many public
- @,,r-fa1 institutions He leaves wife.