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New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
MUSIC
The Symphony Society.

1t was made very plain, not only by the
care and enthusiasm bestowed upon the
performance by Mr.. Damrosch and his men,
but also by other evidences, that Rach-
maninows Symphony In minor was
looked upon as the chief feature or the
symphony Society's concert in the Century
Theatre yesterday afternoon. 1t certainly
was in the matter of length, for 1t con-
sumed more than half of the tine devoted
to the concert but even a most amiable
disposition must be pretty hard put TO II
to explain why the contents Of this work
should require a full hour in their eXposl-
ton and illustration. Both the Boston ana
Russian orchestras produced 1t here last
year. and in its home city the former or
ganiZation felt called on to play 1t twice.
If the Boston public really cared so much
for this music as the bald fact Of the repe-
tition indicated. 1t is either a keenly dis
cerning public or one easily befooled; Dut
In any case a patient one. Such honesty IN
the choice Of thematic material as Mr.
Rachmaninow has manifested is praisewor-
thy admirable even thrice admirable; such
willingness to exploit the material by the
cheap device of mere repetition is simply
deplorable Who OF the listeners with
lingering memory OF the "Eroica" symphony
Of the day before, with its demonstration OF
what development of theme really means.
could endure the half hour of itera-
ton and reiteration Of theme with pa
tience? Who, intelligently appreciative
of what Tschaikowsky did with the
descending scale I'm his so-called Pa
thetic" symphony Coward the close or each
movemenD could fail to be impatient OF
Rachmaninow's effort during the last ten
minutes OF his work to give it a symphonic
significance. instead Of the probably poetic
or programmatic purpose which II had In
the mind of the Russian, who was incom-
parably greater as creative genius than
the very admirable, very ingenious Mr..
Rachmaninow But though the music was
wearisomely long. and though ii might have
been wished that the composer had either
begun or ended preferably the latter
when he so plainly indicated a close in the
slow movement Ia really noble flight the
symphony. which Mr. Damrosch read elo-
ouentIy and his men uttered vitality, made
a fine impression and .will. no doubt, go
down on the records as a significant incl
dent of the season.
Between this opening numDer ana Ber-
lioz's overture to "Benvenuto Cellini," Miss
parlow and the orchestra played Bruch's
fantasia on Scottish airs, a trfcksy and
troublesome piece always, and doubly so
yesterday with the meteorological condi-
tions so subversive to pure intonation as
they were. The weather stood in the way
of perfect enjoyment Of the music, but so,
also did the lady's ultra-sentmentality In
the proclamations Of the good old tunes.
II. Il. X.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
OBITUARY..
DR.. RICHARD M. WYcKoFF.

DR.. Richard Morris Wyckoff, a member
of the Department of Health during sew
eral municipal administrations and writer
on medical subjects. died on Saturday
evening from angina pectoris after an Ill
ness of several months at his home, NO.
532 Clinton avenue, Brooklyn.
Born in Brooklyn seventy-three years
ago DR.. Wyckoff received his early educa-
ton there. Later he entered Amherst Col
leee. from which he was graduated In lSo9
and from Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
lege five years later.
After the Civil War DR.. Wyckoff received
a commission as assistant surgeon In the
United States navy, remaining for several
years. and was then retired at his own re-
quest Shortly afterward he went back TO
his home town, where he took up the prac-
tice of his profession, and had been ac-
lively engaged since.
DR.. Wyckoff was at one time Register OF
Vital Statistics. Assistant Sanitary Super
intendent for Brooklyn. secretary ana
Deputy Commissioner Of the Department
of Health and Deputy Commissioner op
Health For time he served In st. Peter
Hospital. He was a member OF the Kings
County Society and editor OF It's pupilca-
tions. also contributing to other medical
publications
The funeral will be held at his home To-
morrow afternoon, and the Rev. Cleiand
r. McAfee. pastor of the Lafayette Avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church, will ofhclate' Inc
burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
The AcIands in America.

One Of the Aclands, John by name, COM
manding an English regiment In the Amer
ican War Of Independence, was accom-
panied 10 this country by his wife, Lady
Harriet. daughter of the Earl of Leicester.
and lust before the surrender at Saratoga,
when Colonel Acland was lying dangerously
wounded. Lady Acland obtained a permit
from General Gates to pass through the
lines and to visit her husband, after al
most losing her life during a fierce ice and
snow storm I'm an open boat on the Hudson.
The story Of her devotion and Of her ad-
ventures was recalled to mind on the occa-
sion of the visit to this country of the late
Sir Henry Acland. the famous scientist and
oxford University professor. who accom-
panied King Edward throughout his Amer
lean tour forty-five years ago in the capac-
itv of mis- medical attendant 10 prevent
him from being banqueted to death. So
Great were the services which Sir Henry
rendered to medical science that he re-
ccived a baronetcy on his own account, and
that is why there are two baronetcies now
belonging TO the Aclands.
one of them belongs TO Sir Charles Ac-
land the head of the family, and to whose
dignity his younger brother the Right
Hon. Arthur Acland, will succeed on his
death as thirteenth baronet, while the
other Acland baronetcy. created In 1880. Is
now held by Admiral Sir William Acland.
v,bose wife a daughter of Viscountess
IIanbIeden. is novelist of considerable
,o,ne one of her best known books being
.Tbo Lost Key" the scene OF which Is
,aid IN Malta, where the admiral spent
co r.anv years with her while connected
With the English naval forces In the
Mediterranean AS her brother. the future
ord Hambleden, IS the head Of the great
r,,blisbing house OF w. II. Smith & Sons.
.,,rich enjoys the virtual monopoly Of the
gale of books and publications In all the
,ou,oad stations Of the United Kingdom
bcr novels naturally have a large sale.
Anotber member OF the Acland family
It,gh vivian AclanG. great-gfandson or
the ,en,b baronet. came rather prominent
" before the public some time ago In CON
ncction with an amusing breach OF promise
case among the features OF which were
NOT only written pledges of matrimony' Dut
! O. Us for 100000 kisses The Judge
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
URGE ARBITRATION TREATIES
Many Men in Public Life Join the
National Committee.

Men of prominence in many professions
throughout the United States compose the
Citizens National Committee in support or
the general arbitration treaties with Great
Britain and France. Joseph II. Choate, for
mer ambassador to Great Britain, is chair
man of the committee, while the vice-chair-
men are three former Vice-Presidents Of
the United States-Levi p. Morton, Adai
F.. Stevenson and Charles W. Fairbanks
and judge Alton B. Parker.
The object Of THIS organization is 10 pro-
mote the ratification Of the arbitration
treaties pending in the United States Sem
ate. 1t is absolutely non-partisan, and has
no other object than to advocate the cause
Of humanity by securing the peaceful set
tlement of international disputes.
Seven Governors of Southern states have
accepted membership on the committee
Cole l.. Blease. South Carolina o. b. Col
quit, Texas; Lee Cruce. Oklahoma; Albert
w. Gichrist. Florida; Herbert S. Hadley,
Missouri William Hodges Mann, Virginia,
and Augustus f. Wilson, Kentucky.
Other Governors enrolled are Simeon f.
Baldwin of Connecticut. Joseph NJ. Carey
of wyoming. John A. Mead of Vermont,
William j. Mills VI -NtN -htAlNO,
w. Plaisted OF Maine and Aram J. Pothier
of Rhode Island
Among the many who have accepted in
vitations TO serve on the committee are the
following: DR.. Edwin a. Alderman, Clifton
II. Breckenridge, DR.. T.. b. Craighead.
George Hutcheson Denny, Frederick r..
Coudert. John ID. Crimmins. Andrew Car
negie, Walter J. Damrosch, Chauncey NJ.
Depew. Or. Charles w. Eliot. Lyman J.
Gage. Harry y. Garfield. T. H. Gary.
Samuel Gompers, Major General Frederick
Rev. David II. Greer. Lieutenant General
Nelson A. Miles. L. S. A.; the Rev Henry
van Dyke, John Wanamaker and Andrew
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
A FUTURE vISCOUMTESs
Miss Antoinette Heckscher to
Wed Lord Eshers Heir.

Mr. and Mrs August Heckscher, of No.
622 Fifth avenue, who yesterday announced
the engagement of their daughter, Anto-
nette, to the Hon. Oliver Sylvan Baliol
Brett, eldest son and heir of Viscount Esher.
came from Philadelphia few years ago to
live here. but belong to the New York
family of the same name which emigrated
from Germany to the United States in 1880.
The first TO become a citizen was Charles
Augustus Heckscher, consul of the Duchy
of Mecklenburg- Schwerin. who founded the
New York mercantile house Of Heckscher,
Coster & Co. and became prominently iden-
titled with the development of the anthra-
cite coal industry of Pennsylvania The
late John Gerard Heckscher one of
the founders of the New York Horse Show
Association, and while one of his daughters
married former Mayor George b. McClel-
Ian, another is the wife of Egerton H.
Winthrop.
Miss Antoinette Heckscher's English
fance has a strain of American blood in
his veins, for his grandmother, Baroness
Van der Weyer. wife OF the diplomat who
for so many years represented Belgium at
the Court of st. James's in the reign or
Queen Victoria, was the daughter OF
Joseph Bates, Of Boston, the American
partner of the London banking house Of
Barring Oliver Brett's younger brother,
Maurice, created stir some years ago by
marrying the we'll known English actress
Zena Dare, while his sister Sylvia is vir-
tual queen of an important sovereign state
in the far Orient her husband c. Vyner
Brooke. being regent and heir apparent OF
the Borneo sultanate OF Sarawak, or
which his father, Sir Charles Brooke, Is
ruler. subject to British suzerainty.
The first Lord Esher was raised to the
peerage. as SUCH in 1885 for his services as
Master of the Rolls His son. the second
and present vscount, is Deputy Governor
of Windsor Castle. trustee of the British
Museum and permanent member or the
Committee of Imperial Defence. He is
credited with having on two occasions re-
fused Cabinet office, was intrusted by the
late King with the compilation and editing
of Queen Victoria's diaries and letters, ana
was generally recognized, by reason or MS
Intimacy with Edward VII, as the most
influential man of the late reign on sew
eral occasions he was, indeed, held UP 10
renroach as such in Parliament, In the
newspapers and in the leading reviews as
exercising unconstitutional. and therefore
ulepitimate. influences at court"
He is reputed rich. through having been
associated with Sir Ernest Cassel as one or
the sleeping partners Of his firm.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
BUYS NOTABLE PAINTINGS
Sir William Van Horne Purchases
a Murillo Here.

Two notable paintings have just been
purchased by Sir William Van Horne. Of
Montreal. through the Enrich Galleries. Of
this city. One Of these paintings is "Por-
trait OF a Man." by Murlllo.
This painting was acquired by II. L..
Enrich while in England last summer. and
is said to be the portrait Of a Spanish
nobleman. The subject is represented
half length in profile, the head turned to
three-quarters view. He wears a black
tunic with white lace collar and cuffs.
The other painting was brought by Mr..
Enrich from Germany, having been for
merly in the collection OF Sir Charles
Robinson in England. 1t shows a group
Of monks seated upon the floor Of a Span
ish interior. An evening light pervades
the monastery.
Although no price is given, it is said
that a large sum was paid by Sir William
for the two paintings
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Free admission 20 the American Museum OF
Natural History
Celebration Of the tooth anniversary OL e,1
founding of Public School on It's present
size. Henry and Rutgers streets
Meeting Of the New York city Mothers Ciuo'
Hotel Astor 2 80 p m
Meeting Of the Government Club Eo'ei As'o''
,,ee,i,~ of the clio club, Hotel Astor, p. m.
p,blio hearing on Jamaica Bay improvements
Pier A. North River, Manhattan p i'
Dinner in honor OF the directors OF ihe ciSs NS
York state Federation Of Women CiuoS'
Hotel Astor, p. m.
ompl0yes Marble Collegiate ChniCh'
Fifth avenue and 2oth street evehl"s.
Dinner Of the Canadian Club Of New YORK.
Hotel Astor, evening.
Illustrated address by Calvin Iomklns, On ~
missioner Of Docks and Ferries on '.9
nroDosed waterfront improvements, AT
meeting Of the West End Assocla '!O,I, t,,L =
street, evening. -
Public lectures Of the Board OF Eaueatio" 1Ii5
p. M: Manhattan-StuyN NSSan' t,SsIi ayen'7a,
Effects OF the Electric Current T1o,J9S TptiSc
sor William Clarke re. Iecks"mT6i dY T6,,d ave ave-
Duc Music study as a New keynote IN
Tdncation." Mrs. Mary Gregory Murray :
Public school &C. 55otin ,,as slregT Fie15s GI" and
Forests" Edward i. Bigelow. IN. -; .
Public school 81. no. 523 WesI 49.h pudJ
: I'zzeIl. Public school 30 No. IS Eass
s7tb street .'Thc bourgeois Monarchy ana
the Rise of the Moncyed classes ItO TO
fessor AdoIphe COhn: Public Schooi %,
Hester Egscx and Norfolk streets h"sic
H. ,be Home. part ]. vocal Pc'ei w
Dvkcma. public school 1lS, 1880 street,
ass1 90 eighth avenue. Richard III, DUKE
OF Gloucester. Alexander l. BoEks; T.s, 1qth I'm
ffc school 15s, Avenue and East stLh
street Irish and scotch BALLADS Mss
F+kei e Geutsch: Public school lJ1 no
94i rast 110th street. The Golden Gate
c,,,t~yH Mrs Winnifred Harper Cooley /.
pubItc school lG5. 1OSth street. west OF
a'etordaro avenue, Egypt: stella ana
pavrns (" Charles IL. Gillett l. H. -. .
I,ltitc School ISS, LOWS ana East nous
ton streets. Modern D'nhaih' p,.ie
s strandvold, New YORK PUBIC L1odAiS Li1t,,I,, =:
SO no Fast o6th street ''Patflck Hthi y.
EredarIci "a Robinson. Ph. D.; ST Luke ;
Hsu No 4g3 Hudson sirtci bouiH
AZ street 'The Volcanic Isles or
~ Coribbees" Mrs ". Claire Finney. ~
xsl,,~'s fI.II Doth street. west OF flkhu
t.,,,. s.IVonders OF the Heavens John
TIrr-, ,sroruc. 81 Columbia HaN, No so
49, 5s,h street THE Unique Lhltu
e,atee . charles samuel 1aloE Inc bIoh1
Worris High school. lOolh sti.et a.'H W -
Eosfon Road Early Spahisn gis,i1i', ii,-
ciarits D. Horne Pm. D., IuDir, etr.., Tfi9os
Kiu@sbrtd sf avenue and ZjZd ~ lio.t, 'N..I-s p,
49,, stEongs ana stories OF Am n'4lca y
,-' - Di''-' III Teunessee Mountdlnecfs.
80 lcrti. x ShfUiey. Pubhc H'h'yi -.
80. synpuo ands iiSth street ~"
ctr,. % t,isyiuq Bruhst Laiayrle -
Ate,au6er Avenue and l3Itl S.I,N'' s, 80
Iiees of IRON and steel IN la3timtf .'iI' !,
and BrG.cs ana Cfhcf - - -, estourhton
strhctures.' Professor Bradley D'O''
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
TAFT IN CAPITAL AGAIN
Ends $1,000 Miles Journey and
Takes Up Message. :.
AWAY SINCE AUGUST 22
Two of Tariff Board Discuss Cot.
ton and Wool Schedules and
Possible Revision.

Washington. Nov. 12.-The White House
is occupied again. President Taft swung
down from his private car In the Union
Station here at GAS o'clock this morning,
exactly OH time at the end of his 10000
mile trip. Fifteen minutes afterward the
glass storm doors Of the Executive Man
sion had opened for him. II was the
Presidents first call there since August
22. excepting only for a stop between
trains two weeks ago.
There were few persons in the railroad
station when the President arrived. only
a few policemen and White House en-
ployes Mrs. Taft, who was expected
here before the President. reached here
tonight. The President had breakfast
and luncheon alone. attended church and
passed the rest Of the day in resting and
receiving callers He took long walk
through the streets Of the capital in the
rain late in the afternoon.
There are two questions before Mr.. Taft
that he regards as most important. His
third annual message is yet to be written.
and although data for 1t have been assem-
bled he has not written any part Of IT.
To Name Haran's Successor.
In addition to writing the message. the
President intends to give much consider
alton to the appointment of a successor
to the late Supreme Court Justice Harlan
and TO the naming of men to fill other i'm
portant judicial vacancies. For the Su-
preme Court vacancy alone there have
been more than forty recommendations.
but the President has made no determina-
tion as to whom he shall name. nor does
he expect to do so for several weeks.
AS forecasted in his speech to the Cham
ber of Commerce at Pittsburgh severai
weeks ago, Mr.. Taft expects to recon-
mend In his message Constructive legis-
lation" to strengthen and TO make more
certain the regulation OF trusts. Federal
which he has recommended
heretofore, probably will be put before
Congress. What additional legislation the
President may suggest he has not deter
mined.
Professor Emery and A. II. Sanders. of
the Tariff Board, were two OF the callers
at the White House to-day, and chatted
with Mr.. Taft for a half hour about the
report on the wool and cotton schedules
the board promised TO make by December
/. The tariff will figure in the President
message. and his desire to recommend q
reduction In the wool and cotton sched-
ules, If the Tariff Boards Investigations
warrant such reductions. was told on many
a platform on the trip.
Two other reports that may figure in the
message have been placed before the Presl-
dent. One is from the Railroad Securities
IT. ~
Yale is chairman, dealing with stock wa
tering and apitalization; the other
is from the Postal Commission, of which
Justice Hughes, of the Supreme Court, Is
chairman, and deals with second class
postage rates Those reports have not
been examined by the President
Among other subjects that may be dis
cussed in the message are conservation
currency reform. reorganization of the
navy and government economy.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS.

New yerk city wastes 600. 600 gallons OF wa
ter daily. says an expert, bat not by excessive
drinking-Detroit Free Press
To Judge by what the papers say about Tam
many. more than half Of the men In New YORK
must he unmitigated rascals. and far be II from
~. 20 enter a denihl on their behalf-Charleston
News and Courier.
New York now claims to be larger than Lon
don. People who have been to both places re-
mort that New York has certainly larger iao'i-
tiles. for separating visitors from their 'lons
rolls Columbia State.
We observe that a hungry citizen OF New YORK
has been thrown into jail for eating grass In a
public park Has New York grass trust tooF-
milwaukee, Sentinel
New York Citys budget for 1912 aroints TO
slS9. 100000 We are glad TO see city pave so
much money to spend. but the thought WAT the
greater part OF 1t is going to deviliSh ana de-
prayed Democrats hurts terribly spIinsheid
Union
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
THEATRICAL NOTES.

f. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe VIII
revive THE Merchant OF Venice" at the
Manhattan Opera House tonight They
will also present this Shakespearian play
tomorrow evening and at the Wednesday
matinee.
The Shuberts announce that the engages
ment OF the Drama Players has been ex-
tended another week. and the organization
will remain at the Lyric Theatre unui
November 25 Moliere's THE Learned
Ladies" will remain the bill throughout
the current week.
The seat sale for next Sunday nights
concert at the Hippodrome will begin this
morning. Miss Nielsen. Nine. Olitzka, AL
bert Spalding violinist; Oscar Seagle, Pau1
Norenzo and the Russian Symphony Or
chestra, conducted by Modest Altschuiers
are on the programme.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
NEW COURSE OF LECTURES.

William Hallock. professor Of physics in
Columbia, will begin course OF six lect-
ures tomorrow night on "To-day's An
swers 10 the Fundamental Problems OF
Theoretical Physics" illustrated by expert
ments and stereopticon Views. under the
auspIces Of the Board OF Education. In the
NV lacrre centre at the Hebrew Techni-
cal Institute. No. s6 stuyvesant street
The subjects will be The historical De
velopment OF Theories of fhysieai Phe-
nomena." "Thermo-D Dynamics' optcs.
"spectrometry." our knowledge OF Eiee-
,ricitv." "Conduction OF Electricity In
Gaseg" and "Radioactivitp
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13

and fury did not estimate the latter at a
very high price. for they contented them
selves with mulcting him in $1,000 dam
ages the plaintiff being a niece of Sir
Arthur Sullivan. the composer OF comic
opera fame, who figured on the stage as
''FIorodora' girl under the name of Rosa
Keys, her real name being Rose Sullivan.
She had to remain content with the ad-
vertisement which she obtained by means
of her lawsuit. having been unable to col
lect the damages. for Henry Acland has
no money of his own. and although a sol
der is not n commissioned officer. but
merely a corporal I'm the Kings I'd Regi-
ment, or was so until short time ago.
His father. Captain Acland. also enlisted
as a private soldier. and won his commits
sion by promotion from the ranks.
Francis Acland, who is married and who
will in due course succeed his father in the
baronetcy Of Acland. now held by his uncle,
takes the place at the Foreign Office OF
Thomas Mackinnon Wood. who has been
there rather like square peg in a round
hole for in the first place. he was without
any knowledge Of French or OF other foreign
languages, and devoid of experience about
international affairs. Now transferred to
the more suitable post of Financial Secre-
tary of the Treasury, he is a self-made
man, who received his education at Mil
Hill School. and has chiefly been distin-
guished by his activity as a member of the
London County Council, where he led the
party in favor of the acquisition by the
municipality Of the water companies and
bulk electricity. There he obtained repu-
tation as being an extremely hard hitter and
a stranger to all the niceties Of debate. In
fact, he does not shine. either in or out Of
Parliament, by his suavity or by that pol
ished courtesy which one has always been
accustomed to look for in the high officials
and spokesmen Of the English Foreign
Office.
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
TO LECTURE ON INDIAN LIFE.

The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott. Cleveland
Dodge, William Loeb. George w. Perkins.
Robert w. De Forest. Mrs. Edward III. Har-
riman. Mrs Herbert l.. Satterlee. Miss Anne
Morgan. Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton.
Mrs. ]. West Roosevelt and Mrs. Douglas
Robinson will attend as members OF the
honorary committee at Carnegie Hall on
Wednesday evening, when Edward 8. Cur
It's will tell "The Story OF the Vanishing
Race" as he has studied IL In many years
OF field research under the patronage OF j.
Pierpont Morgan.
Mr. Curtiss talk will be illustrated by
photographs OF the Indians In their home
ilfe and performing their sacred rites.
Henry +. Gilbert has written several Indian
symphonies based on Indian songs and
chants. which will be played by an or
chpgtru
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
eIMENDoRF's "THE RIVIERA"

With screen picture and word picture
dwight Elmendorf called before the eyes
~ an interested audience last night in
carnegie Hall the colorful delights OF the
Riviera. From the Kuhn Of Porto F1no'
on the Italian side, to Nice. on the French
shore, the magnificent swing of cote de
grace. where flowers bloom In February
and oranges and lemons scent the air IN
carly March was described in all It's charm
Go tho apprcciativc words and well selected
mictures of this popular lecturer.
TO the traveller who mas trouueh tle
and as well as TO the one who wishes
Sa could and the one planning trip TO
,bese European cities and resorts. to all
alike Mr.. Elmendorf's lectures are pleas
New-York tribune., 1911-11-13
JAMES cOcKcROFT.

Northport, Long Island NOV. E'-'aile'
Cockcroft, for many years president Oh 'he
Edward Thompson Law publishing Coin-
pany, died at his home here to-day lie
was born in New York City sixty-nine years
ago After studying law he engaged in law
publishing with his uncle, Peter voorhees,
and later went to Chicago. where he estao-
lshed a law publishing house. one OF ms
best known publications. which he edited
was "The American and English Encyelo.
media of Law" He was one OF the Oldest
of the New York Yacht CluD.