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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

By breaking Eia Own lex n motor
cycliat has reversed the usual order
Of breaking other peoples bones
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

Rhgtime music, It Is said, Is respon,
siR@e for the turkey trot and other
such eontortions, but VIC are inclined
ia lay tho blame on ragtIme morality,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

An American Rirwoman has now
hown across tho English Channel.
This leaves the sexes stIll equal In the
modarn race OF achievement
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

The modern yyguEs'or would rath-
sr have a baseball pass that be pTea
!dent.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

A Pennsylvania Judge hAH decided
that q voters home Ia where bis wife
liyea, What more can tho sufrrGgetteg
ask
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

The increase u warmth "a the st
mosphoro has been quit" c~onyiHc!uRly
accounted for.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

New Y0rEs latcst acIIcacy 's pen
gain eggs. aI tho way from lhe south
pole.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
Wisdom.

Always think twice before you
speak once and then be cure that you
talk TO yourself.--Pucg.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07

this the Washup laundry7" he inquired
more mildly.
NO." responded the voice, this is
a private apartment"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
NIEpNGTlONhI
LESSON

tBy E.. o. SELLERS, Director q, ~
ing Department, The Mood ~ 81 Even
stitute Of Chicago) 10
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-06-07
LESSON FOR JUNE 9
HEARING NJ DOING.

LESSON TEXT-Luke 6:&-4s.
GOLDEN TExT-"Be ye doers q, N.
Word, and not hearers only, salnasas
your own selves. '-James 1:22,
The evening world., 1912-04-06
MRS. L0RlLLARD A SUICIDE.
THE CORONER DECIDES.
Mother Testifies at Inquest Her
Mind Was Impaired by Run
away Accident.

Coroner Feinberg held an Inquest to-
Day into the death OF Mrs. Kathleen
Ierillard ut the Holland House March
After taking the testimony OF
DeeokmAn LSorillard. the husband, and
Ma Anna Augusta Doyle. Mrs. Lorll-
. 1ar4's mother. a record OF suicide was
entered upon the minutes.
4 Mr.. Loriilard testified that he and
MS wife lunched together and he then
escorted her TO her room. where she
was TO put on = heavy coat 10 80 auto
mebiiing with him. lie went downstairs
- ran about the automobile. On
returning he found his wife In the bath
con hanging from a trunkstrap that
he'd been Topped around her neck. Loril-
lard cut the strap with a razor and teie-
phoned for DIR. A. II. Moore, house
phtsacian. who worked over the womaa
for several hours but could not restore
1ite.
Mrs. Doyle said her daughter had
never been quite right mentally since
she was injured IN q runaway acciden,
At Asheville. N. c.. last yea
SEBASTIAN Summers. one Of the hoteI
mana produced a note he fount
lu his 1t read:
u do this by my own hand. Tn
tired OF this world. No one else 10 4
!hiame in the Observation-Disclosures"
The fact that Mrs. Lorillard hat
signed her name as Katherine insteat
OF Kathleen was considered by the cor
0aer additional evidence OF her abnor
NAL mental condition.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
BUTT FROM BRIDGE STARTS
CONFEDERATION AFL0AT.
Falls Squarely Into Barge Load of
Hay and Tug, Longshoremen
and Firemen Hustle.

a cigar butt tossed ove the rail- Of
Manhattan Bridge to-day landed In the
centre of 1000 bales of straw and hay
on the barge F. d. Love OF Newark.
belonging to the white Star Tug Com
pany. The barge was moored at Pike
street. 1t wal only . little while be-
fore a squirt Of smoke and flame from
the pile Of bales brought Capt. Charlie
Johnson on the. jump. with a dozen
husky 'longshoremen. The pier was
loaded with hay bales also. SO the tug
Scotia lost no time In yanking the barge
load Of burning hay Into the stream.
The longshoremen worked frantically.
tossing the blazing bales overheard.
Tom Jennings and Joe Mccarthy. botn
OF No. 2t5 Water street. labored so en-
Enthusiastically that they fell overheard
with a couple OF bales and were picked
up by the fireboat New Yorker. which
hustled to the blaze.
Meanwhile Engine No. . and Truck
No. 9 had rolled to the pier and the fire.
men found a handy job. Several blaz-
ing bales of hay that had been tossed
over the barge's side had hoated into
the piling Of the pier. The firemen
hung head downward and poked each
burning bale under the water with their
pixies.
The ireboat and the stream from the
engine on shore made short work Of the
blaze on the barge. The liver front was
crowded with thousands OF spectators.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
ARTHUR NIkiscH AND
the LONDON ORCHESTRA.

Arthur Nikisch, n OF the world =
foremost conductors. who for some
years led the Boston Symphony Orches-
ira. Is brinsing to America the London
Symphony Orchestra. one hundred
strong, for a concert tour Of three
weeks. The first concert Is to be given
at Carnegie Hall next Monday evening.
The orchestra. nearly all OF British
birth. ds due to arrive to-day on the
Baltic. The organization is said to be
insured against accident for two and a
half million dollars. II Is under the
patronage Of King George.
Mr.. Nikisch Is coming on the Caronia.
which IL due tomorrow. II may be ac-
cident. but Monday nights programme
seems to invite comparison between
the London symphony Orchestra and
the Boston and our own Philharmonic
and Symphony Societies. 1t consists OF
BeehOvsn's 'Leonora' overture No. 3.
Brahms's first symphony in e minor.
Tschaikowsky's symphonic poem Fran
cesca da Rimini" and Wagner's 'Tann-
overture.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
TUTORS MIND GIVES WAY.
David Murphy Taken 10 Fordha. ,
Hospital for Observation.

David Murphy. twenty-seven. who e.
some years has been an instructor e
st. Joseph's Institute for the Deaf an ,
Dumb at West Chester. was taken to thp
Fordham Hospital this morning. He Ia
been i'll for some time. and II was feare.'
he mad become insane.
Several weeks ago Murphy's health
gave way under the strain Of his dew
ton to his work. Last week he bega
to suffer from Authorizations. the natu,i
of which changed almost every hour.
His condition became worse Yesterday.
and though he showed no sign of bein.
dangerous a guard was placed ever him
lest he might harm himself.
About ) o'clock. after having a ha,,
night, his actions caused 50 much alarm.
that Policeman Stack was called IN
Stack sent for an ambulance, and Ir
Foreman, after much difficulty, sue.
ceeded in taking him to the hospital g.
observation.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
GAELIC sociETY's
ANNUAL MUSIC FESTIVAL,

The thlrty-fourth annual Irish musical
festival OF the Gaelic Society takes place
at Carnegie Hall tomorrow evening.
Among the members are Cardinal Far
ley. DR.. Thomas Adds Emmett. William
Bourke Cochran, Morgan J., O'Brien,
Col Louis d.. Conley. Victor Herbert.
ID. Crimmins. the Right Rev. Jo-
seph +. Mooney, the Right Rev. II. \.
Brann and James Byrne. Alice Nielsen.
one Of the leading sopranos OF the Bos-
ton Opera Company. will be the principal
soloist. She will sing a number of Irish
melodies and operate selections. Mary
Louise Wallace, mezzo-soprano will sing
Sweet Harp OF the Days that Are
Gone" the words OF which were written
by Samuel Lover, and the music com-
posed especially for the Gaelic Society
by Victor Herbert. Samuel Lovers
grandson. Wilmot Goodwin. baritone,
will sing Irish songs, including 1.-THE
Vests Awake" and "Avenging and
Bright" Other artists who viii appear
are Mrs. Helen O'Donnell and Edward
IO'Mahoney. A band OF Irish harpists
will accompany Miss Nielsen and the
The evening world., 1912-04-06
NegfeM's Moulin Rouge 4
to Open Thursday Night

from the Winter Garden and the Hip
podrome.
VAUDEVILLE ATTRACTIONS. u
IN The Man From the Metropole.
Joseph Howard and Mabel McCane III
songs. Frank Fogarty. Daisy fIarcour,.
Ned Weyburn's English Pony Balic:.
Harry ,Breen and others.
Among the features at the Colonia
Will be Ned Wayburn and company III
h Producer" Ethel Green In new
songs. Ryan and Richfield in Mag Has.
gerty's Reception" Stepp. Mehllnge'
and King. and Mile. Valleclta and ht'
Jungle pets.
The Alhambra Will have Louis Smcr
and Kathryn Osterman in "A Persian
Garden" Harry Fox and the Millersh.r
sisters, May Tully in THE Battle CrN
or Freedom" THE P~ianophiend ME-
strels.' Ben Linn and Ida Grannon, ali!
Edie Leonard and Mabel Russell.
On the till at the Bronx Theatre "
he The Opening Night" the Rolfoniar e.
JACK Wilson and others In 1912 Rcvus !"
"a: Morton. Hayward and Hayward. ~
Holding out" the Robins troupe
cyclists. and Kaufman Brothers.
The bill at the Fifth Avenue Thea.fq.
VIII include Nine. Olga Petrova in sons
and rec!tatlons. II. A. Roberts in "Dic';
Turpin." The Antique Girl" isabelle
D'Armond nd Frank Garter in British
Bits and "Fup In n Turkish Bath
AT the American Theatre will be Mur.
ray and Sun. Karlton and C1ifYors.
Grace Benedict. Oliver Twist, Willisgi
j. Coleman. the Ahlbergs. George ".
Garden, Ralph Stewart end company.
and Curtis's BOOSTERS. I
The evening world., 1912-04-06
YOUR STOMACH HEALTHY }
and Have NO MORE HEADACHES

Many people nowadays arc apt to use
drugs for quick relief every time they
have an ache or a pain. This is only
temporary treatment and is bad for the
system generally. II persisted in it will
lead to scores Of complaints and even
serious illness that might have been
avoided. Take the common complaint
Of constipation-every one knows or
should know that every dose Of a cath
artic gives relief only for the time being
and in reality it %aggravates the trouble.
II you take cathartics continually you
are liable to have chronic con stipation.
II 10 the same way with stomach trouble.
headaches, dizziness or liver and kidney
disorders. II you have gas on the
stomach n pains after eating and take
a pcpsin tablet. bicsrbonate Of soda.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
EXCUSE,
IN FEAR Of ABUSE,
FROM Mr.. CARUSE
Next Time Ship News Gives a
Spread He'll Open His
Melodic Head.

sisnor Enrico Caruso. after promising
faithfully to be present at the first an.
nual dinner OF the ship News Reporters
Association. held at the waldorf-As,or,a
last Sunday evening. disappointed the
meinoers and their guests at the las,
moment. sending Billy Guard. the
metropolitan press representative. 10 the
banquet room while the dinner was I'm
progress 10 say that the singer had been
X suddenly III. Their amentat,o,s
must have reached his ears. for to-day
ne SENDS a characteristic apology In the
shape OF a cartoon. drawn by himself.
The Official poet OF the good shin
W@hble Immediately produced the foi.
lowing:
The evening world., 1912-04-06
CHEATHAM'S
ANNUAL EASTER PARTY.

N!tty Chatham viii give her annual
Easter matinee at the Lycelm Theatre
on Monday afternoon. Spring viii he
the keynote OF her programme. This In
defatizable worker. az wei. as most
charming and popular Of artists. an
hounces no less than seventeen new
songs ana stories that she will present,
Tor the first time. She has uIeartheA
conc nlnplo nursery rhy mes when
brahms wrote for Schumann's children.
weren't YOU a bit a~stonished." she
siid TO the writer the other day. ito
see The name OF the austere Brahms on
my programme? But all really great
have hearts that are ch!ldllke ana
there IL no reason for surprise" Miss
cheatham Will not cut us of from the
old favorites. II she weren't willing to
us some OF the tried and true
the grownups. as well as the
children, would be sure to make a fuss.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
CONCERTS AND REcIrAls
OE TIE COMMA WEEK

IN" IoIlowlng are the concerts and
r%eci'als announced for next week:
sunday - Afternoon. Iiandel's "The
Messiah" at the Church OF the Ascen.
sioR Evening. Haydn's THE Crea.
tlon.' at the First P%resbyterian
church. and the annuai Irish Musical
Festival OF the Gaelic Society. at Car.
negie Hall.
MISUNDERSTANDING. Media Humphrey,
lyric soprano. at the Plaza. Afternoon.
NIFTY Cheatham's annual Easter matt
nee at the Lyceum Theatre. Evening.
Ilrst concert in America by Arthur
Nikisch and the London symphony Or.
chestra at Carnegie Hail.
TCESDAY-Noon, Victory Divine
an Easter csntata by 7. Christopher
Marks. the composer at the org an:
Cora Eugenia Guild, George Care and
TOM Daniel. soloists; Edmund jacques.
director; at st. Paul's Chapel. After.
noon free organ recital by r. II.
Ischudi at st. Paui's Chapel. Columbia
University. Susan Metcalt In recital at
itumford Hall. and Mrs. Arson Dudley
Rramhalrs fifth musicale at the Plaza.
Evening. the Kneisel Quartet's final
f'' cNaSot at lie IIOlRl Az
tor concert Of the Society for the Pro-
motion Of italian Concert Music az the
Waldorf-Astorla. concert BY Theodore
Won and Gertrude Bianco at
Carnegie Lyceum, second concert of the
Royal Athenian Orchestra at Carnegie
Han, ana free organ recital by Carl q.
Schmidt at New York Avenue NJ. T..
Church, Brooklyn.
Observation-Disclosures, free organ
recital by Prof. Samuel A.. Baldw win at
the City College. n free chamber mu-
sic concert at the Horace Mann Audi.
torium. Columbia University. Evening.
second concert by Arthur Niklsch and
the London symphony Orchestra at
Carnegie Hall. and free organ recital by
Eugene c. Morris at Grace Presbyterian
Church. Brooklyn.
Observation-Disclosures. free organ
recital by Frederick Schl!eder at The
Collegiate Church Of 81. Nicholas.
FItIDAY-Morning. Nine. Arnaud's
concert OF old French songs. assisted
by George Barrere. the eminent nutist.
at the Plaza. Afternoon. FIRST OF a
spring series OF violin and plano r~ecitals
by Mr.. n Mrs. David Names al
Rumford Hail. and a recital Of char
acter songs by Mrs. Curtis Barnley nj
the Belasco Theatre.
SATURDAY-Afternoon. last apeear.
ance In New York City for all time Of
Vladimir de Pachmann. the eccentric
but brilliant pianist. at Carnegie Hall.
and last afternoon concert OF the Mo-
Fart Society. Albert Spalding. the Ameri-
can viollnist, ~soloist. at the Hotel Aston.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
WINDSOR TRUST
ADMITS SHORTAGE
OF OVER $4,000
Clark Williams Says 1t Was
Discovered a Month Ago. but
Makes No Explanation.

Clark Williams, President Of ths
Windsor Trust Company and former
State Superintendent OF Banks. admit.
ted to-day hat there had been a short
age In his institution. The admission
was made In the face Of demands for
Information about a story to the enee;
that about 5000 In cash was stolen
from a tray In a telier's sage IN the
bank q week ago.
In reference to an item printed IN a
Newspaper said Mr.. Williams. regard
ing a shortage occurring In the COM
pany ! will make this statement Of
facts: The shortage occurred nearly q
month ago. Tit total amounted to
81, <67. which sum was Immediately
charged out OF the undivided profits"
Mr.. Williams would say nothing
further In answer to inquiries as to how
the shortage came about. None OF the
other officers Of the bank would talk.
the William J. Burns Detective Agency.
is working on the case. produced
information and the United States
Fidelity and Guaranty Company, which
bonds tho employees OF the Windso.
Trust Company. while admitting that
there had beer q shortage. professed
ignorance a. to the details.
The story that there had been a rob-
berry at the Windsor Trust Company
an inside job-has been current In Wall
street for q week. Mr.. Williams's statc-
ment does not clear up the case. That
tho shortage was occasioned by some
one connected with the bank II appa--
ent from the fact that II has not been
reported to the police.
The evening world., 1912-04-06

THE New York Theatre will become
the Moulin Rouge on Thursday
night, when +. Ziegfeld 1r. Is to
oner a musical comedy called "a Win
some Widow" The piece Is based on
IIoyt's "A Trip to Chlnstown," with
music by Raymond Hubbell. In the
company will be Emmy wehlen, Harry
Conor, Charles J. Ross, Frank Tinney.
Harry Kelly. Dallas Wexford, Elizabeth
Brlce. Charles King. Kathleen clifford.
Ida Adams. Mae West. sidney Jarvis.
Ethel Kelly. Mana. the Dolly Twins.
Hilarion and Caballos, Jack Clifford and
Irene Weston. Except at matinee per
%formances smoking will be permitted In
all parts OF TIE house.
On Tuesday evening at the Berkeley
Lyccum Messrs. GLAND and Burt will
present for the 9rst time In English
THE Father by August ~Strlndberg.
Sweden's noted dramatist. The scene
Of the play are laid In a small garrison
town. The persons concerned are a
captain OF cavalry. his wife. daughter.
a reglmental doctor. a minister, an old
family nurse and the captains orderly.
L ne tlOTy utdlN Wlpl tne tOUl1sCI Ut-
TWEEN the husband and wife. each pos
sessing a dominant personality which
for twenty years has caused in~cessant
strife between them. In the cast will be
Warner GLAND. Rosal!nd Ivan, Helen
Pullman, Rooert Kogerreis. Harry Dodd.
Louis Dempsey. Frederic Burt and
Joseph Bo.rdman.
Montgomery and Stone In "The Old
Town" will be the attraction at the
Grand Opera House.
Emma Trentini in Naughty Mari
eta moves to the Manhattan Opera
House.
"Everywoman" comes TO the West
End Theatre.
The Third Degree will be given BY
the stock company at the Academy OF
Music.
''Quens Of the Jardln de Paris VIII
be seen at the Columbia.
At the Murray Hill Theatre will be
OF the Boulevard"
The World of Pleasure" will be the
at ITartig & Seamon's.
Miners Eighth Avenue Theatre wIll
Miners Americans" The Girls
from Missouri come to Miners Theatre
IN the Bronx.
a special performance for the benefit
Of the Regina Angelorum Home will be
given at the Playhouse on Tuesday az.
.ternoon The programme includes Grace
George In a one-act play. the second act
Of Bought and Paid For" the second
act OF "Bunty Pulls thu Strings" nm
The evening world., 1912-04-06
cARUSO's LAMENT.

You know my good friend Carsei
Poor fellow, he playa do deuce.
lie tclla 10 mea las, night
lie gotta new trouble ALA right.
Then I uy 10 ms good friend Carue,
AHA TINA You Just q big goose.
What's data you dis TINA done.
Catcha a Woman who wsnta more mon''"
But he he ehaka da head vera ead:
"Dtssa troub' dat got 10 more had.
! mska . fool w1dda great newspaper man.
] scse Gstti gonna simma da can.
you knows das ship newsa man,
Wdi. DIS fellow. whenever ! Ian
In dss country from over da sea.
lie write Iaena fine thing about me-.
$50 7 say he my frienda. you bet:
Ne come heara me cling At da Met
lie gotta big Junia das man.
Like dA Malta on. In my Ian.
Mr.. Bouch Is do big president.
Bu, his whiskers da gotta all bent.
Just because ! can't sing iasta u
When those ship Dews rsporta make fun.
Dose fellows da eat vera swell.
Ia 70 down 10 da Waldorf Hotel.
Mr.. Bouch he com roun' 10 see me.
An he say We great friend. you an me.
"'Now you cone 10 dat dinner - fine.
An cling le~ttle song while We dine
I say. sure. ] coma sing. tres bien.
Dose ship news rporia ny fnen'.'
ESQ tell Billy Guard ia all right:
lie come getta me surz dat night.
And. Ivy the great Christie Columb.
I was getta all rcada to come.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
BLAZE ROUTS
THIRTY GUESTS OF HOTEL
Fat Boils Over in Restaurant Ne;
the Eliza, in Sixth AveAle, and
Does $1,000 Damage. +,

Fat that boiled over In the kitche'
started n fire early to-day In the bull
ing at Nos. i6o-i62 Sixth avenue, on II.
southeast corner OF Twenty-eigiT
street. occupied by George Demos /.
Co.'S restaurant and the Eliza Hotel.
George Edgerton. the night cler.s
managed to arouse the thirty guest,
who fled In a panic 10 the street ar
completed their toilets in the Clanmo'
Hotel. opposite. The fire was put o.
with a loss OF about $1,000.
The evening world., 1912-04-06

charcoal. or what not. you arc only az.
ting temporary relief. Tho same thix!y
applies in curing n headache with head.
ache powders. As a matter of fact you
are in a worse condition as soor rs tic
acute part Of the attack is over. y
Coopcr's New Discovery banishcs con
stipation because it is mildly laxative ana
removes the causc-stomach trouble. Il
stops pains in the stomach and gas bcllf-
ing because it drives away the catarrhal
inflammation which is causing the
trouble. II stops headaches. dizziness
improves digestion and makes await wifi
kidney and liver trouble because Il nut
the body in a healthy condition and there
is no longer any cause for disease.
Cooper's New Discovery is On sale Il
all druggists.l =
The evening world., 1912-04-06
HYDE JURORS NOT NEEDED.

The v hundred talesmen who had
ben summoned to appear on Monday
before Justice Davis in the Supreme
Court. Criminal Branch. Is a special
paael from which to select a Jury to
try former City Chamberlain Charles
IL. Hyde were notified to-day that
ti0tr presence would not be required.
3he Hyde legal muddle has now been
shifted to Brooklyn and what will hap
pea 20 II after the Appellate Division
across the bridge gets through with
II no one short OF a Delphic oracle
caa tell. Anyhow. there isn't any sure
sHough trial looming even dimly on tho
haelxon.
The evening world., 1912-04-06

ing great havoc In the rebel force. zap
,ured a large amount OF arms. ammu.
milton and dynamite, according to tho
report which reached here to-day.
Col. Nestor Pin Suarez. brother OF
the Vice-Presldent. Jose NJ. Pine Sua-
req, has been killed In battle near PERL
cos, about forty miles from Culiacan,
capital OF the state OF Sinaloa. lie was
leading n force Of 100 Federals against
n large number OF rebels Of whom more
than one hundred were killed In the
night. while the Fede-als had fifty
killed.
The evening world., 1912-04-06

In aid Of st. AIMS Church. sawkiil.
Ulster County. N. Y. a bridge and
cuchre will take place on the afternoon
OF. Friday. April -. At the Hotel Savoy.
May prominent ladies' nj gentlemen
are Interested In the affair and hope to
make u . great success. Mrs. James
B. stephens II chairman OF the COM
p1iftee IN charge. and tickets may he
0beelned or crises sen 70 Mise u. r..
MY. No. ~ wsst One Hundred and
xYonty-third stxsst
The evening world., 1912-04-06

Collector William Loeb jr., his wife
and son. Master William Loeb 3D., will
sail to-day on the Hamburg-American
Line cruiser Victoria Luise for the
Panama Canal. Others going on the
same ship will be Mr.. and Mrs. r. A.
c. Smith. Miss Madeline II. Smith. Miss
Margaret 8. Smith. Commodore Leon.
ard Richards. Prof. Joseph Rohrsr.
Russell A. Alger OF Detroit. James A.
Gary OF Baltimore. and about 400 fellow
tourists.
The evening world., 1912-04-06
Kentucky Primary vOtiug.

LOUISVILLE. Ky. April 6.-Republl-
can and independent voters OF the Fifth
Kentucky Congressional District (Louis-
Vile n jefferson Counties) to-day are
expressing their choice for Taft or
Roosevelt In primaries by which they
will choose delegates to the State Re-
publican Convention, to be held here
next Wednesday. Mass conventions
will be held In the various other countIe
Of the State Monday or Tuesday 70
name delegates.
The evening world., 1912-04-06

HDN ns,'nss. at fos a dp pom, FF,GIy
large audience to the Metro
politan opera House yesterday after
noon and one that was essentially de-
vou and reverent. a few sporadic at
tempts at applause for the beauty of the
spectacle. evidently by strangers to the
"Consecrat!onai Festival Play" were
instantly suppressed. Tho performance
was a beautiful one. Amato. IN a toucli-
Ing impersonatlon o. Amfortas. set the
pitch for singing. with his voice In
proper subsection. and Olive Fremstad.
as Knndry. fairly r!valled MIN. She
never was more convincing. Karl Jorn
won fresh respect by his characterize
ton and singing OF the title part and
Herbert Witherspoon made the garru-
ious Gurnemanz less a bore than he 10
usually. Goritz's familiar Klingsor and
Hinshaw's Titurel were effective.
The flower maidens looked. acted and
SANG well. and the scene In Klingsor's
Garden passed without a hitch. The
hoodoo. happily. Is banished. In the
cast we're Florence wickham> Lenora
Sparkes, Rita Fornia. Rosina Van Dyck.
Bella Alien. Marie Mattfeld. Henrietta
Wakefield, Reiss, Lambert Murphy and
Julius Bayer. Alfred Hertz conducted.
and was heartily ~applauded every time
he entered the orchestra pit.
In the evening 'Orfeo ed Euridlce'
was repeated. with Louise Homer IN her
beautiful impersonation OF the hero.
Alma Gluck. as the Happy Shade.
charmed as usual by her lovely sing
ing. Marie Rappold was Eurldice and