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NINE. sTOFFREGEN's RECITAL.


4 piano recital gwen by Nine Eifri~de
Stoffregen at Mendelssohn Hall last
night showed again that desire OF players
TO leave the beaten track which is 50
often displayed in the selection Of pieces
seldom played. Nine. StoTregen began
her programme with a short and not
especially important prelude and fIizue
in c minor by Bach She followed this
with Beethovens six variations. opus
So and then three German dances by
the same composer adapted freely for
piano by Isidor Seiss.
Thee dances are taken from a set
published in December. 1895 They were
originally written for orchestra. but
Beethoven made a piano arrangement
Of them himself. and II "a pianist must
needs play them (which does not seam
to he sstablishedI then the composer 8
own version should he at least a. good
A. that of the distinguished Mr. Salss
who in this case does not magnify
Nine. Stonregen's more important num-
beers followed They w~ra th.. great r
minor sonata of Brahms and Schumann's
-Papillons. Weber's -Polacca Brlliiante-
brought the recital to its end. The pianist
deserves praise for serious artistic pur-
poses TO which her technical equipment
was not fully equal.
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HEATED ROOMS FOR THE 81 SSH.
ssagg-r,nE fIans~ In the Contract for the
RussiaH Orchestra.

When the Russian imperial court
Balalnika orchestra received permits
SION ~ come to this country the stipula
tons in the contract wer. carefully drawn
mp. " " Andr--f the conductor. IL a
wealthy amateur who has for years de
voted hi- time and fortune to introducing
the Balalaika TO countries outside "f
Russia He made very strict conditions
with Klaw a Erlanger. who are To- intro
duce this Balalaika orchestra Tomorrow
night az Iarn.gi. Hall Among the
particulars are on. dressing room for
Andreef the conductor "A dressing room
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PROHIBITION Law UPHELD.
Tennessee supreme Court Declares STATE.
Wide statute constitutional.

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Nov, iS-The Ten
nessee Supreme Court to-day held the
stat. wide prohibition law Of the lase
Legislature to be constitutional and re-
strictng wholesale as well as retail selling
The decision makes 10 illegal to sell within
the State except for medicinal or sacra-
mental pu rposes.
Justice ID. l.. Londsden delivered the
opinion of the court. He went into long
resume OF the States liquor Ia VS. from tho
beginning OF the four mile statute to the
Statewide prohibition act
Jus;ic. A. ID. Beard joined with his
colea CUES as to the constitutionality OF
the Law a. regarded retailing. hut dis
sented as TO who.esaling
In another opinion Justice NJ l.. Neil
affirmed decision quashing an indict-
m"nt against Kelly h Co. OF Chattanooga
for filling AN order for Ave gallons OF wills
key from New York. that being Interstate
commerce. b.
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known he would hs shown to have set out
the depnts a. directed and the returns
would he satisfactory In addition he had
bought sen- sioreho,ises In Nome
ThcIchargr against Cutter had fo do
meE-iy with the matter Of the $751; nn and
IN" fur stations. II did not go into the
purchs,s. OF IN. mine az the storehO,lss,s,
hat nevertheless the police were told of
them. Cutler told Inspector Russell tina
The company had been mismanged grossly
and he talked uf counierchargss. The
Inspector said he would pat the whole
matter in the hands OF the District At
torn"v tomorrow. Cutler was locked up.
Cutler lived at IN" Long Acre Hotel
ia West Forty seventh street. but the ar
rest WIS iuade in the Metropolitan Build
ing
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for tn srIpist and q large r,bon for the
member, ~ the orchestra 70 was while
Ny hlaN Was looa ing over the cousract
on ridav that no came IN this haNinG
term III Tn. accommodation tina. must
~ T.-ov.!-t.:
One small and very we'll heated room
Tor the rnIssli"
his was siicklcr tor Mr. Klaw He
calied in his otfic. stan and there was
"A vari.ty ut opinions a. l., mat a gusss!l
might b" Mr.. kla~ wanted to telephone
Ia BronN Park on IN. theory that it was
som. sort Of animal that might have
been brought her. a. pet But a.
Russian animals are all provided with
long fur II was decided that Mr. Andresf
would more probably haze insisted on
a cake OF ice for the benefi, Of his gussli
r Anderson. who designs cos,um es
for kla~ Erlanger. thought that a
Su-SH might be- something worn in a
Russian ballet. But none OF these ex-
plantations seemed plausible. and MIR
hlaw finally sought out an authority
on Inc Russian language as 10 the identity
OF gussh He wanted to know whet her
the floor OF that small and very we'll
heated room should bee covered with
tanbark or carpet
IL was then that he learned the nature
OF the mysterious gussli IL was not
an animal or member Of a Russian
ballet or even remotely connected with
the animal kingdom II was not even
nything alive II proved to be- a member
Of the dulcimer family dulcimer IL
III. piano used by Hungarian orche~t ras
which Ia played with hammers on metal
Stats.
So the gussli is already stationed in
small and very well heated room in
q rgaR fyt.a Hal1 tv.r~ kx -
the conductor TO awaken the mysterious
harmonies
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CHICkAsHA. Okla. Nov. 10 All cases
against Gov. {. y. Haskell were nolle
pressed in court ,o-day on request Of the
Federal Prosecutor.
The action ended The legal figh; against
Haskell and others in come ,tion with
the MuSkogee lot charges. which had
been waged IN IN. Federal courts for
several years.
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Joseph \ Kn-rrm who ran IN William stree
for some SeaTs Tr>taITen of ~ hich Johann Mos
vas patron. recovered a Judgment for 81. An
asains, me Ne" ORR t,nt r1l from lurE before
supreme Court Justice Page yesterday. knt-rcn
and his vife we're IN a railroad accident al Paw
ling lu 1872
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y. =. Csn,mI.s,sa~r McC.rrou 10 We'd.

The engagement Of Public Service Com
missioner William McCarroll OF Brook Ign
TO Mrs. Grace j. Johnston OF ia West
yesterday. and the marriage il to take
place in June next. The couple met for
the first time IN July last at Lake Placid.
y. Y and the engagement soon followed.
Mr. McCarroll il So years old and has been
a widower for twenty years and has six
children. Mrs. Johnston. who IL much
younger. has been widow for about
four years and has three daughters.
She 10 a daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs j. ii.
Johnston Of New York avenue.
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FUR scars anu MuuS.
Black Fox Scarfs, $3.50 and $3.50; NUNS,
$3.50 and $3.50.
Black and Blue Wolf scarfs, $3.50 and SIS;
MufYs, 81. 80 and SIS.
Pointed Wolf scarfs, $3.50; Nuts, $3.50.
Natura. Skunk scarfs, s1A.50, $780, s25;
Nuts SIS. 80, $3.50 and $3.50.
Mink scarfs. s3s. 50; Muffs. $3.50.
White Fox Scarfs, $3.50 and $3.50; MufYs,
s24 80 and $3.50.
Pointed Fox Scarfs, s2s. 50: Mufis, $3.50.
Natural Raccoon scsrfs, $3.50 and S2S; MufRs,
SIC so and SIS.
Black Lynx scsrfs, SIS. 80 and s3S; Mufis, s22 so
and $50. 80.
Persian Paw Sets, s7.6o and ss.75 set.
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The Following Special
Offerings are in the
Subway Store.

| Pony Goats. $3.50.
| C.racul coat, $3.50 and s35.
| placL and brown corey coats
$40. 80 and S32.60.
| Hudson Seal Goats French
ldyct ConcNl. $66.
>.cu Mink Goats trlink-dycd
Imarrnor $49.60.
Cloth COa'S with fur lining and
| fur collars. Si7.60.
Scarfs and Muffs
Black and Nluc vol scsrfS
ss.25; niuhs. se.26.
Black fox scarf $9.55 ard
Sil. so: muffs. ss.7S anG $3.50.
White Iceland Foy scariS. $3.50
and $3.50; rufs. $3.50 ard
$3.50.
skunk and sable eolorcd Oros-
sun, scarfs SS.78: Tuffs. s6.7b.
BLACK hare scarf, $3.50; m ffs.
$3.50.
Caracul Paw sets. 1886 SCI.
Subway Store Balcony.
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Fur Coats
Pony Coats at $3.50. Two models. One
plain Of superior quality skin. Other with long
shawl collar Of Skunk Opossum.
Pony Coats 1t SIS. New model with decided
swing 20 the side whore It fsstens. Lined with
changeable silk
pony blouse.
Caracvil Coats of full skins. Reinforced by
hand. Three qualities plain ut s59. so, $76 and
500. Trimmed with various contrasting furs,
Sl26.
Arctic Seal Coats lFrench-dyed Consy; plain,
SIS and 500. Trimmed with pointed fox, black
fox, skunk and opossum, $96 and f125.
Persian Lamb Coats, Leipzig dyed; 80 i.iches
long s14s. 50 ~ inches long SlT5 so and 81 inches
long, S197 so.
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this was for the ameliCration of the con-
dition of the poor and the promotion Of
education among the Parsees.
| drove today past the Jamsetjee Jee-
je ebhoy Institute, which was founded
sixty years ago by Parsee OF that
name He began life a poor boy and
died worth S1O.O0o,tOJ. great part OF
his wealth Went to charity. He gave
81 coz 600 to hospitals. colleges and rest
houses and about $100.0tO to this school.
The government of India took charge
of the gift and agreed to pay & per cent
upon il as loan. Since then other Par
sees have added to the endowment. and
the capital of the institute is fourfo.d
as large as when started. The Parsees
of Bombay are building sanitary houses
for the poor of their communit 'es. Their
scheme is about the same as that of the
George Pea body trust fund, and they ex-
pect to make only per cent on their
money.
Such charities are not confined to the
men They are pushed and aided by the
women as well. They have rich widows
who compare in their gifts with Mrs.
Russell Sage. and girls who might stand
side by side with Helen Gould. OF the
Ia tier character is Miss Hamabai Framji
Petit. who has just given her jewelry,
va ued at 1,2W.OC0 rupees. for founding
a Parsee girls orphanage. where it is
proposed 10 teach the various arts and
so that the graduates. upon
leaving. may earn their own living. Miss
Petit has given this money over to trus-
tees, and committee OF influential Par
see gentlemen. are now laying out the
plans for the institution.
One of the Parsee givers of the past
whom we might compare with certain of
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An Explanation.
WASHINGTON folks are chronic col

TY1ASHINGTON folks are chronic COM
w plainants against the local weather.
Visitors from other sections say their
local brands are just as undesirable and
lay all kicks at the door Of what they
term the Washington Crouch" But a
long-tim resident Of Conduit road, who
has lived about Washington since John
Quincy Adams used TO go bathing every
morning in the Potomac, insists that
Washington has the worst weather in
the country. especially in years OF hot
political campaigns. The reason, he says.
is apparent.
"Of course we get the worst OF
weather. he confided to a Star man
during the recent hot spell. land it's
nothing but human nature that
should The party in power wants to win
again. and so. to show the voters out in
the doubtful districts what a good gov
bureau to send all the good weather
there, leaving US nothing but the rag
tag and bcbtail of the climate.
You see IL doesn't make any differ
ence to them what sort of old weather we
have here. We don't have any votes
and can't even elect a constable our
selves But a good rainy spell while the
every time, and long succession OF
bright DAYS along in the fall will make
New England solid for the ruling party.
THAT leaves nothing for us but hot
spells and cold spells and billiards.
and IL looks like We get them. This talk
the weather man makes us about the
fault being the low barometric areas and
high-pressure districts and all that is
stuff: it's a combination OF politics and
human nature.
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ence of this parsonage. for a good many
people knew in vague SORT OF way that
there was such an official and some per-
sons who had. run foul of the strict reg
-ulations governing divorce in this coun-
try had good reason to know. but what
his functions We're or how he exercised
them seems TO have been Il mystery even
to lawyers. The writer asked at least
half dozen solicitors in general practice
In London who the kings proctor was
and what he did. but without exception
the only answer was that he had some
thing to do with preventing fraud or col
fusion in divorce cases.
Even a dilSent search of the rec
ords revealed only the fact that
there was apparently no mention at all OF
the creation of the office. The first men
ton of him is found in the laws known
'23 and n Victoria, passed in 1850,
when his duties with regard To prevent
ing fraud in divorce a re defined.
As an official he evidently was in eX-
istence at that time, however, and was
a survival from the middle ages, whose
original euties but not his salary, had
lapSed, and that in 1850. when the law
makers were hunting round to find man
10 safeguard the purity of divorce. they
fixed on the kings proctor as a person
who had nothing else to do. and gave
him the job.
Since then, however, the mystery sur
rounding this parsonage has continued TO
grew. No one has ever seen him in court.
although il is announced every now and
again that, owing To the intervention OF
The kings proctor. the judges have de-
Cided not to make absolute a decree nisi.
\ decree nisi'' means a decree unless"
and is the preliminary form i'll which
every decref OF divorce Is granted in Eng
land. 1t means that if no additional evil
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the existence of this mysterious official
One of them is the wide divergence
Of opinion in the English Church on
the subject OF divorce. Officially the
church takes the high Catholic posi-
ton that marriage is indissoluble FOR
any cause. and good many church
men still adhere to this. but apparently
there are more who are thoroughly dis
satisfied with even the present strict
divorce Jaw and wish to have divorce
made a good deal easier. Among these
are Canon Hensley Henson, the famous
preacher at Westminster Abbey. who
declared that the present marriage
laws Were danger to public morals
and absolutely medieval in their char
acter.
The Bishops of Birmingham and ST.
Adams. both high churchmen. declared
that they thought the best plan would be
10 make civil marriages compulsory in all
cases and allow the churches to make
whatever rules they liked for the further
solemnization of the ceremony. This
their remedy for the state of affairs
which compels a clergyman of the Church
of England to marry any one who is
legally free to enter into the marriage
relation. no matter what the laws of the
church may say on the subject
So far the two demands that seem to be
most inSistent that divorce shall be
made cheaper and that the sexes shall be
placed on equality as regards the
cause for divorce. There is a certain
limited demand for the extension of the
causes, but apparently public opinion
would be satisfied with the present Situa-
ton on this point if divorce were within
reach of all and the sexes had equal OPP
pOrtunities.
In Eng'a al present man may obtain
a divorce because of the unfaithfulness
of his wife. but for no other reason. A
woman, however, must not only prove I'M
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of England declared that he didn't
believe the kings proctor caught
tenth of the cases of fraud in the d-
vorce court. and. he added. he didn't
think anybody else could do any bet
ter. On the whole, he thought the
country was wasting $4,000 every year
that 1t retained this official. and that
the judges would probably be able to
catch just as much fraud unaded. The
day before the lord chief justice said
this Freke Palmer. the London So
licitOr who handles more divorce
cases than all his colleagues put to-
gether. declared that the kings proc
tor never prevented a rich man or wom
an from getting a divorce. but that he
did interfere often with poor litigants.
There was no charge of graft in this.
Mr. Palmer simply meant that rich
man could cover up his tracks better
than poor man. and had money to
reopen the case if the kings proctor
did interfere. while a poor man had
probably spent all he could save or
borrow in obtaining the original de-
cree. This. of course, called forth an
indignant denial. Earl Desart. who was
the kings proctor before Mr.. Mellor,
insisted on appearing and telling the
commission that he made no distinc
ton between the rich and the poor.
1t is considered not unlikely that the
commission. when it does report in a
few years from now, will recommend
the abolition of the office. and that
parliament may get around to acting
on the recommendation within the next
decade. This won't bother Mr.. Mellor or
his successor. however. for in England
when they abolish a public office they
have a pleasant way of capitalizing
the salary and handing the lump sum
to the last occupant as compensation
for disturbance.
The sittings Of the divorce commits
sion have brought forth a good many
other interesting things in addition to
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RO4SZER. X2EYARE
REFINED AND NZEZlM
GENT AND MN AS
N4NY RIGHTS AS TIE
I Nv ORR ODgNY2ZgT

that il has taken forty years to make II
rise TO five feet.
I shall never forget my visit to these
towers OF silence. None but the Parsees
can go close to them and il was through
Parsee of high rank that | gained ad
mittance. Climbing the hill with one of
the sections l made my way about through
the paths OF a garden comprising perhaps
sixty acres Of trees and MOVERS. ! was
shown the Parsee Temple and then taken
to a place where l could overlook the
groa at towers.
At first each seemed to me a huge
cylinder of white with a frieZe or coping
OF mighty black birds. AS continued -
look the birds sprang into life. The
raised their heads and craned their necks.
and | thought they ina gned corpse
bearers. A moment later funeral mad
its way up the hill. and I saw that they
were gazing at 1t. In front came the tw"
carriers of the dead and upon thei-
shoulders lay the corpse of a baby, wlicI
was clad in white. The carriers had the
faces covered. and behind them came
mourners on foot, in white clothing. All
Parsees walk to their funerals and they
dress much the same. There are no diff
ferences Of condition at the Towers OF
Silence.
Naked we came into the world AMI
naked we must depart from it," said nv
go into these reservoirs. and the flesh
of the rich and the poor feed the same
yultures."
AS the procession drew near the birds
grew excited. They tapped their wings
and few from one s. de- of the tower To
the other. The slope of the grating is
such that l could not see the little BODY
as it was stripped and laid in its place.
Such sights are visible only TO the car
riers. but I could tell the time of the
exposure by the flock of vultures which
came flying from the various towers ~
that part of the Enclosure. and by the
Tapping of the wings and the noise. The
sight was a horrible one, but when [
thought that those birds i'm two hours
would accomplish what millions OF in
sects and Shiny worms might have been
weeks or months in performing. I doubt
ed after all whether their method is net
better than ours.
FRANK @. CARPENTER.
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Parsee faith 1 want to tell you about the
ages it, This controls more property than
Trinity Church in New York. 1t has
charge Of all the church funds, amounting
to more than two million dollars, and
other holdings insreal estate which are OF
great value. The Punchayat has recent
ly figured in some trials here at Bombay,
which have created great excitement
throughout the Parsee world The ParSee
Church Is a close corporation. Its mem
bers are liberal to fault. and give more
to their faith than any sect | know. AT
the same time they are conservative and
want to control what they give by keep
of pure Parsee blood.
Not long ago one of the Tatas, a
millionaire member Of the community.
took unto himself French wife. She
became converted to her husband s
religion. protested the faith of ZOroas-
ter and was taken into the church.
ThereupOn the bigots Of the faith OBJ
tected. and the trustees of the Pun
chayat decided that they could not al
low any interest in the church money
to go to outside converts, nor would
they permit such converts TO warm
their souls at the holy fires or upon
their bo1ies by the vultures on the
towers of silence. The French lady
has insisted upon her rights. and she
has now brought suit to enforce them
before the courts at Bombay. The
judges have decided in her favor and
converts are now to have the right to
come into the church under certain re-
strictions. However, there was mi
nority decision. One of the justices
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MOBD4zN4# At, BQzzBW

our millionaire widows was Mrs Bal
Motlibai Wadia. of the same family as
the man who has just left the 5.OOO.OOO
gold dollars. She was the wife of a mil
lionaire Parsee of this city, whom she
outlived more than thirty years. During
that time she gave away one million and
a half dollars in public charities. and
almost two mi lions in private aims. She
gave Bombay it's first hospital for native
women at a cost of over $2.OOO,0O, and
Notwithstanding all this. left a big for
tune to her descendants.
These gifts suggest the wealth Of the
Parsees The PetitS might be called the
Rothschlds Of the country, save that they
are by far more generous. One of the
men of the Petit family. to which belong
ed the girl who has just donated her
jewels for girls Orphanage. founded
boys orphanage to perpetuate the MEM
DRY of his son. who was cut off in his
prime. These PetitS have made their mil
lions in cotton. One of them erected the
first spinning and weaving mill for India.
This was over fifty years ago. 1t was
great success. and it's founder added.
of the country. A large part Of the
Wadia fortune was made in cotton, as
We're also those of the Tatas and the
JeejeebhOys. Other rich families con-
troll the Parsee banks in the various cities
of India and in other parts of the far
east. and a big steel industry has Just
been started by the Tatas. But of this |
shall write in the future.
Before mentioning some tenets of the
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q Strand, LOndon Which
Part of Enga Must BE Fried

and finding out something about him. The
present holder of the office is j. r. Mellor
and he gets a salary of $4,000 year
He has an assistant proctor a $1,000 and
staff of clerks to help him. He has an
office at the treasury in Whitehall. He is
supposed to inquire into every undefended
divorce suit, and for this purpose he can
call on the detective staff at Scotland
Yard. This is why people who think they
have fixed up nice, friendly little divorce
case which will go through without trou-
BILE and without publicity are surprised
to find themselves Swallowed by shrewd-
looking men in the most unofficial of
plain clothes, but with extremely broad
toed boots. and later on to find that some
one or other has informed the judge that
they really We're quite friendly and didn't
need a severance of the marriage bond at
all. 1t may also explain to husbands who
think that they have secured their free
dom from erring wives and who have
celebrated the occasion by spending an
evening in gay company why the divorce
decree that they were so sure of failed
to materialiZe.
AS matter Of fact, however, the king $
proctor seldom moves of himself. He is
usually set in motion by some busybody
or some person who is interested In the
case Thus, wife who has been adjudged
by a jury guilty of unfaithfulneSS and
against whom a decree nisi has been pro-
nounced may set the kings proctor on
the track of her complaining spouse with
the result that tine judge decides that he
is as bad as she and not entitled TO relief.
Or q spiteful neighbor may break up
nice little arrangement for change of
partners in a friendly and transformations
way by dropping line to the kings
proctor which has the same effect as
dropping a stone into a nicely adjusted
piece of machinery.
II will be understood from these facts
why the kings proctor is such a retiring
individual His works are secret and pub
licity would be bar to his usefulness.