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New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
MRS. JOSEPH DRExEL.

Philadelphia, Jan 2j.-Alrs Joseph Drex-
eI widow Of Joseph Drexel and member
of the we'll known Philadelphia FAMILY
died this morning at her city residence
No 1907 Pine street. Mrs. prexel had been ~
excellent health and her death came with
ont warning. She had returned from her
country home. Pen Ryn, near Torresdale
at the beginning Of this week Her death
came so Unexpectedly that not ono of her
four daughters-Mr Harry S. Lehr. Mrs.
Duncan Emmett and Mrs Eric r. Dahl
gren, of New York, and Mrs. Charles Bing-
ham Pcnrose. Of this city-was able to
reach her bedside before the end came.
Mrs. Drcxel before her marriage was Miss
Lucy Wharton, OF this city, and or the
third generation of descent from Governor
Thomas Wharton of Pennsylvania. Her
late husband was brother OF Anthony j.
DreXel and Frank DreXel and was mem
Der OF the banking firm of DrcXel e. Co
These three brothers were sons of the orig
inal Anthony j. Drexel, who founded the
DreXel banking house.
Mrs. Drexel had long been known in this
city for her philanthropies and as a col
lector of paintings and all other forms Of
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
PAYS $3.50 FOR JADE VASE
Sale of Art Objects at American
Art Galleries Brings S14,065.

IL was a tall gray Jade ring beakcr, Of
hattcned trumpet foIm with narinC neck,
slender body and spreading base, that
brought the top price yesterday-$75O-
the first session Of the sale at the AmcrI-
can Art Galleries Of the imperial jadcs and
other art objects I'm rock crystal. agate"
Iapls-laZuli and coral, mostly from the col
lection of the late Captain j. i. Peel. of
London. +. r. KaldenberG was the buyer
after some keen competition in the bidding
It was stated that many Of the important
objects, chiefly coming from palace colec-
tiOns, were designed for ceremonial uses
in temples or for private shrine worship
and were produced in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, while a few are as
cribable to the great Ming dynasty.
G. rockingham paid 200 for an elaborate
rock crystal vase. with cover fashioned, as
massive fiattened oviform with two gro
tesque heads and open looped handles and
loose rings, from one fiawless block of rock
crystal. The same buyer paid $40 for a
large, buiSh-gTay agate vase with cover
and $3.50 for a green jadeite incense bowl
and cover.
lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences bought
for $500 a quadrilateral green and white
iadeite vase, with cover, and for a large
white jade vase of ovate form he paid $3.50
Mrs. j. w Schiller obtained for $500, a
large rock crystal vase, with cover and
Mrs Henry Clews bid $3.50 for greenish-
white Jade water dish, with grotesque mask
handles Mrs. +. G. Havemeyer bought a
white iade bowl with cover for 500, and
Miss Jennings paid $50 for Tibetan Jade
Ruddha Mrs G. Is. Alexander obtained
for $3.50. light green jadeite perfume jar
with a gold cover. and large agate vase
and cover went to C. Field for $500
THE total OF the session was $liO6j. The
sale continues at p. m to-day
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
The Wife Of Lord Fitznauriee.

Few will recognize under the name or
Nine Filippi. whose death has just taken
Mace at Rome the lady who was at one
time the wife of Lord Fitzmaurice, younger
brother of the Marquis Of Lansdowne. In
her obituaries she is described as gifted
English woman She was nothing OF the
kind. having been the daughter Of w. j..
Fitzgerald, Of Litchfeld, Conn. She mar
,icd. I'm 1889. Lord Fitzmaurice, who, when
his elder brother deserted the Liberal
cause. in connection with the Home Rule
controversy. and became one OF the leading
figures of the Unionist administration, re-
msincd an adherent of Mr.. Gladstone and
figured as Under Secretary OF State for
Foreign Affairs in the Campbell Banner
man administration, afterward receiving
scat in the Cabinet as Chancellor of the
Duchy of Lancaster
In 1895 Lady Fftzmaurice obtained from
the courts, not divorce, but an annulment
of the union. and some years later married
Dr. Filippl. scientist, who is principally
known to fame by his association with the
Duke OF the Abruzzi on the occasion OF his
trip TO the Himalsyas. Filippi wrote
very clever book about the expedition, and
it was his wife who translated it into Eng
lsh.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
NOW FOR A "MOULlN ROUGE"
New York Theatre To Be Re-
named and Managed by Ziegfeld.

With a permanent musical stock company
10 produce a constantly changing musical
entertainment. the New York Theatre. after
being remodelled and renamed, will open
on Washington's Birthday. February q. as
the Moulin Rouge" under the direction OF
Florenz Ziegfeld, jr. Smoking Is to be per-
mtted at all evening performances, but
not at matinees
Prominent players now appearing under
the management OF Klaw & Erlanger and F.
Zlegfeld. jr.. in their various musical com
edy companies will appear with the perma-
nent organization TO be formed. Among
these will be Anna Held. The productions
will be staged by Julian Mitchell. The en-
tertainments will be patterned after the
Ziegfeld "Follies."
The new productions will not conflict with
Mr. Ziegfeld's regular production of The
Follies" at the Jardin de Paris on June l.
The concert hall in connection with the
New York Theatre. which was feature
in Mr.. Hammorstein's regime, will again
be opened, and refreshments will be- served
there. The scale OF prices for the Moulin
Rouge will be g for the ground floor seats,
81 a scat for the entire balcony and % cents
a seat for the entire second balcony. Nov
elites will be introduced in the programme
each week.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
Mrs. A. Bryce an Island Queen.

Mrs. Amman Bryce. frequent visitor to this
country and known to every one at Wash
lngton through her stays with her brother
ln-law and sister-in-law, Ambassador and
Mrs Bryce, at the English Embassy there
has lately Joined the ranks OF the island
queens through the purchase of an islet off
the coast OF Ireland near Glengary, where
she is building a country house. AMMAN
Bryce. the ambassadors brother. is liberal
Member of Parliament for Inverness, and
while he is vigorously opposed to the wom-
an suffrage movement, his wife and younG
daughters are among the most enthusiastic
supporters of the cause
AS it is. Mrs. Bryce, and not her husband
who has purchased the island in question, 1t
may be assumed that her politics, rather
than his, will prevail in their dimnutive
kingdom, and that the women will have so
muoh 10 say in connection with its govern
ment that IL Amman Bryce shows any signs
Of serious rebellion against the order OF
things he will be quietly deported as an un-
desirable alien.
MARQUIsE DE FoNTENoY.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
OBITUARY..
REAR ADMIRAL l.. C. HEILNER

Rear Admiral Lewis Cass Heilner. l. D
y. (retircd), died yesterday at the Navy
Hospital, Brooklyn, after an illness OF hve
months He lived at No. lS9 Prospect ave
nue.. Brooklyn. and was taken from there
to the hospital last Tuesday.
Rear Admiral IIeilner was born IN Penn
sylvanla sixty-three years ago, and entered
the Naval Academy in 1856 After being
graduated he served as lieutenant IN
Asiatic waters and also at the Naval %
servatory He rose TO the rank OF leu-
tenant commander in 1898 and was the naVl-
gator OF the battleship Texas during the
blockade Of Cuban ports ands the battle OF
Santiago lie was made commander snort
~ after the close Of the war, and then heIu
tho post OF commandant OF the Navy ara
at Pensacola, Fla. He commanded the pat
tleship Ohio when she was the nagship OIL
the Atlantic feet. and in 1909 he was maze
supervisor Of the naval auXiliaries at INC
Brooklyn navy yard. lie reached the rank
of rear admiral last year, when ne was
placed on the retired list on account OF
lite
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
JAMES MAHONEY.

James Mahoney. Assistant United States
Shipping Commissioner, died yesterday at
his home at No. 456 Classon avenue, Brook
Iyn. He was born in Brooklyn sixty-eight
years ago and on the outbreak of the Civil
War enlisted In Company II, 5th Regiment,
New York Volunteers. He was severely
injured at the battle of Gaines, Mills, and
was mustered out In 1853 After the close
of the war he served some time In the
auartermasters department. and then be-
came Assistant Shipping Commissioner, an
office he held three years.
Mr. Mahoney was past president of the
Veteran Association of the 5th Regiment
and also quartermaster of Encsmpment
No IS, Union Veterans Legion. Military
services viii be held at his home this even.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

Free admission TO the American Museum OF
Natural History and the New York Geological
Park.
Meeting Of the Post Parliament Club. Waldorf
Astoria, ii a. m.
Meeting OF the Century Theatre Club, Hotel
Astor, p. m
Meeting Of the Iowa New Yorkers Hotel Astor.
2:30 y. m.
m,.tipg OF the Committee on Amusement Re
sources OF Working Girs. with conference
on the standards OF Public Dancing" Del
rnonico's. o p. m.
Dinner OF the Bowdoin College Alumni Associa-
tion OF New York City and Vicinity Hotel
Martinique $50 p. m.
Dinner OF Middleburg College, Waldorf Astoria,
p IN.
ue.ting and reception OF the Committee on
Women's Organizations OF the New York MIX
Committee In honor Of the Commission on
National MIX Standards. Hotel Astor, even
iTg
trict Attorney, on The Judges and the Peo-
ne at the meeting OF the James G. Blaine
cub clubhouse. No. 237 Lenox avenue even
ing
.,ess meetings under the auspices Of the Allied
uousing committees OF Brooklyn TO adyo-
cate better homes IN Brooklyn Young
Tomeu's Christian Association Fiathush
s,enues and Schermerhorn street Brooklyn
S p. m.
n,nn.r OF Belts Academy. Hotel Astor. 8 n m.
,,,,Inx Of the Murray Hin Republican A,so-
cia1ion. No. 12s West ilst street, s o. m
,,..,,nr Of the washington Heights Tsx,.,.rs.
Assotistion No. b5e West 15sth Ftrset s
D. M.
p.,,.v and reception Of the Ciason Poin, MIL
N'' tsTy Academy cadet Cogps. sch Regiment
Ar1nbry. g 80 p, &c.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
SING FOR EMERGENCY FUND
Opera at Metropolitan Attracts
Duchess and Princess.

Those who dote on operate salad had
their filI of It yesterday afternoon, when
the Metropolitan opera Company gave It's
annual benefit for tho emergency fund
The audience was n huge one and hundreds
were turned away, the attraction Of Mr..
Carusos appearance in the first act Of
"Pagliacci'' being 10 doubt largely respon-
slble for the attendance. In addition, 1t
had been announced that the Duchess of
Connaught and the Princess Patricia would
be present, which announcement undoubt-
edlv added to the audiences interest.
The afternoons programme opened with
the first act of "Boheme," with Miss Gluck
as Mimi. Mr.. Smirnoff as Rodolfo and
NM. Scott, Didur, de Segurola and PINT
Corsi. Then came the second act of Han
sci ind Grete." with Miss Alten, Nine.
hatfield and Miss Smelling, followed by
the first act OF "Pagllacci,' with Miss
Destinn and NM. Caruso Amato, Gilly and
Bada. The last number was the third act
Of "Faust," with Miss Farrar and NM.
Martin and Rothier
II was announced at the end of the per-
formance that the benefit had added about
$4,000 to the emergency fund.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
MRS. HOMER AS 0RFE0
Singer Returns to Metropolitan
Stage in Gluck's Opera.

Mrs Louise Homer. whose domestic a.
fairs have detained her from the operate
world during tho prcsen. season, made her
appearance at tho Metropolitan Opera
House last night Mrs. Homer chose for
tie occasion the character which perhaps
marks the summit Of her artistic achieve
menI. Orfoo. IN Gluck's "Orfeo cd Eurid-
ice" II was a splendid audience that
gave Welcome to tho popular contralto.
an audience and welcome tnat must have
proved 20 her. had she still any doubt. The
affection i'm which she is held by the Amer
lean public
The singer was i'm splendid voice and
gave = performance that both vocally and
dramatically was worthy of the highest
praise. The dignity of her hearing and tho
poetry with which she informed the
character made her conception cue Of cx-
qusite beauty. The others in the cast
were the same as at the previous Uer-
formarcc Mrs. Rappod singing Euridice
Miss Sparkcs Amorc and Mrs Gluck the
Happy Shade. Mr. Tnscanini conducted IN
his usual mastcrly fashion.
"Orfeo" was preceded by Leo Rlech's
"Ncrsegelt." the onc-act opera. which had
it's first American performance on Satur-
day afternoon. The audience appeared to
enjoy the little work exceedingly. especial
~ the acting of otto Goritz. who. in this
part has placed to his credit ono Of the
most amusing approximations OF his roper
tory High praise. too must again he tho
portion Of Nine. Gadski. OF Mr.. Jadowkcr.
Of Miss Alton. of Mr.. We'll. and an added
word be said for Nine. Mattfeld an artist
whose consistently excellent work has too
often been forgotten amid tho pother raised
by the doings of more advertised singers.
Mr.. Hertz led tho orchestra with sympathy
and spirit "Nerscgelt." as given at the
Metropolitan, Is largely Mr.. HcrtZ's produc-
ton and he has succeeded in instiling into
the artists the spirit which animates him
self
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
WAS THE DUKES A. D. c.
heath of Lord DeSart'S Brother
caves Him Without Heir.

,,-.,,r,rbt. 1912 by the Brentwood Company
ord Desart remains. through the sud
So, death AT Fremantle, Australia. of his
~. surviving brother. Captain the Hon.
D,rav Cuffe. without any heir 10 his Irish
.a-ldom. two viscounties and two baronies,
IN of which will therefore become extinct
- HE demise one of the baronies Is
,a,tad kingdom peeTage and carries with
, a seat in the House OF Lords Lord
1,csart is principally known in this country
- ore Of the British members Of the in
.,rnational court of arbitration at The
IIaeue and also through the marriage or
HE daughter. Lady Sybil Cuffe, TO the late
1ym,am Bayard Cutting. jr. of New York.
We was for many years public prosecutor,
,oioices I'm the altogether appalling Chris
,,sn maine OF Agmondisham, which was
horne nv the father OF the first Lord De-
~, and also by the latter's maternal
,,randfather, Colonel Agmondisham Mus
cbarn. OF Cromwells Roundhcad army
through whom a considerable amount Of
landed property in Ireland came into the
family.
The Cuffes originally hailed from Somer-
retshire. but since Tudor times have been
settled in ireland, Henry Cuffe receiving
Grant of 5000 acres OF land In County Cork
from Queen Elizabeth.
The late Captain Otway Cuffe was for a
number OF years aide-de-camp to Field
Marshal the Duke of Connaught, saw active
service in the Rife Brigade in the Ashanti
war and other campaigns, and, despite his
rronounced sympathies with the Home
Rule party, was gentleman in waiting, sue
cessfyely to Queen Victoria, TO Edward
VII and to King George. In 1907 Captain
CuTe was elected Mayor OF Kilkenny by
the unanimous vote of the corporation,
every member of which was a Nationalist
lie vas also president of the Kilkenny
branch of the Gaelic League and took a
leading part in the cultivation of tobacco
in ireland, being, in fact, the managing
director of p tobacco growing company, in
which his widowed sister-in-law. the dow
ar,r Countess Of Desart. is one of the
principal stockholders.
This dowager Countess Of Desart ls
daughter and heiress of the late Henry
EIschoffshelm. the we'll known London
fnancier and owner of The Daily News
of London Some time ago the town OF
Kilkenny voted her its freedom in recog-
milton OF all the good she had done for the
Icople Of the district, this being the first
instance of woman or OF a member Of
the Jewish race ever being honored with
the freedom of a city or town in the Emer-
aid Isle.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
JUST A PARTISAN SOlREE.

dramatic and musical Solree Parish
enne" attracted many French-Americans
and others to the Carnegie Hall Lycelm
last night, where several talented artists
talked. sang and danced for. their enter
tainment Rene Vermandele. recently with
Gaby Deslys at the Winter Garden: odette
81 Iys. Claude Benedict Maubourg, Nine.
Berthe Van der Berg and others made up
the programme.
Among those under whose patronage The
performance was given were Mrs. Herbert
hartman. Mrs. G. NJ. Chaplin. Mrs t. B.
peck ir.. Mrs. Rudolph schirmer, Mrs Il.
Roas Mrs. s. Stanwood Menken, Nine.
piathowska, Nine. Emmy Destinn. Nine
po,ia Alien. Nine Jeanne Maubourg, Comte
do Mantgelas. NJ. Dinh Gilly and NJ An,
drea dc Segtirola.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
EDNA MAY A STAR" AGAIN
Occupies Stage Box at Globe Theatre
and Divides Honors with Foy.

4 party which included oscar Lewisohn
and his wife. formerly Edna May. OF 'BelI"
Of New York fame. occupied a stage box
last night at the Globe Theatre. and the
management. having got wind Of the com
ing of the former musical comedy favorite'
made her the star" of the evening \
spcciaI song was composed for the occa-
sion and sung nv Peggy Wood. dressed in
tho Salvation lassio costume that Miss
NAV wore I'm "Thc Belle of New York.
When the chorus passed off the stage
they showcrcd the stage box with roses.
The audience chcered and demonstrated
with satisfactory vigor until Mrs. Lew
lsohn found herself Obliged to rise and
bow her acknowledgements
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
IRVING PLACE THEATRE
nDas Snesse Maedel. y

The Viennese light opera company
after brief and Illuminating expert
cnce in Broadway, returned to the IT.
wing Place Theatre last night for
second engagement. The operetta chosen
for the first performance was 'Das
Siisse Madel." by Heinrich Renhardt
a composer favorably known here through
The Spring Maid" an English YER
sion of which has proved highly success
ful. Two years ago a performance at thiS
same theatre made known TO the pubic
here the very attractive music and action
Of "Das Suisse Madcl.' 1t sparkles WIN
melody and humor. and furnished eXcellent
roles for the many competent singers anu
actors of the Niemese organization.
Mr.. Nerhcyn had part which suited
him exactly. and he sang with fine effect
his solo to Fortune being twice re-
demanded Miss Meyer was spirited and
dashing I'm the title part. as she can always
ne depended upon TO he, apd Miss Cont
was charming in the role Of a Niennese
masseuse Among tho men Mr.. NARROW
and Mr.. Robert deserved special mention.
No better example Of modern Niennese
light opera could we'll be offered than the
production now running at the Irving Place
Theatre. The piece ought to have a popu-
lar success.
The cast OF the operetta was:
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
OBITUARY NOTES.

MICHAEL. BARNICLE, who had been in
the tea and coffee business for more than
a quarter Of a century. died on Wednesday
at the home Of his daughter, Mrs. d. ID.
Johnson. No 1858 55th street. Brooklyn lie
was a native Of Ireland and was eighty
nine years old Mr.. BarniCle was a menu
ber of the Produce and Coffee exchanges
and the Boston Tea Company.
MRS. JULIA \. DAVIS, mother Of the
late Theodore r. Davis. a war correspon-
dent and illustrator, died on Wednesday
at the home Of her granddaughter, Mrs.
Cullen w. Parmeee. at Highland Park.
New Brunswick, y. J. She was in her
ninety-SiXth year.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
THAOKERAY EXHIBITION OPENS
Groiler Clubs Collection Of Mementos
of Novelist Biggest in the World.

a Thackeray exhibition was opened last
night at the annual meeting of the Grol'er
Club, at its quarters. No p East @2d suec'
The objects in the possession of the cIup'
consisting of original manuscripts ana
editions, besides objects of more personal
nature, such as German dictionary used
by the novelist and lock of his hair cut
when he was sixty years old, are said TO
constitute the largest collection of Thack-
cray mementos in the world. The collcr-
ton was made during 1911, the centennial
year Of his birth.
The manuscripts of Vanity Fair, The
Virginans," English 1fumorists,' Lowell
the Widowcr' and Of many other works
were shown, rs were also many original
drawings by him
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
GEORGE COCHRAN.

Philadelphia. Jan. 25.-George Cochran.
head Of an old Philadelphia family and
prominent socially. died at his home here
to-day after o brief illness. He was the
father Of Countess de Fernon, who mar
ried Count Georges Ginoux de Fernon. Of
France. three years ago. Mr.. Cochran was
graduated from Pinceton University and
was an extensive traveller He was seven
ty-three years old. The countess is on the
ocean, having been summoned home on ac-
count OF the illness Of her father
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
MISS MARGARET ANeLIN ILL.

(By Telegraph 10 The Tribunc.I
Baltimore, Jan. &-Miss Margaret AnGlin
who was to have appeared tonight at the
Academy of Music in Lydia Gilmore"
was so i'll from a nervous breakdown that
the performance had to be postponed The
theatre was filled when the announcement
was made. The 'play is a new one by
Henry Arthur Jones, and his daughter. Miss
Winifred Arthur Jones, is one of the cast.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
RABBI HocHHEIMER DEAD
With Carl Schurz He Fled from Ger
many in l849.

Baltimore. Jan. 25.-The Rev. Er. Henry
Hochheimer. ninety-four yearC old. died
here to-day. lie was rabbi of Hebrew con-
gregations here for forty-threc years. dur
ing which time he officiated at tiie weddings
of more than l,ooo couples.
lie fed from Germany to New York with
Carl schurz and others In lSis.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
DR.. SAMUEL SHORT.

DR.. Samuel Short OF No. l547 Madison
avenue, died In Bellevue Hospital yester-
day from septcemia, the result of wound
received five months ago when he cut his
foot on a rusty nail DIR. Short was thirty
nine years old and was graduated from the
Long Island Hospital Medical College nine
ago
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26

order to render her susceptible to their at
tentions. AS a rule, one can afford to treat
such creatures with contempt and with
shrug OF the shoulders But when one re
calls the fear which prevailed last summer
and fall of an international confagrauor
and the grave economic disturbances re-
sulting therefrom. one can hardly help
shuddering at the idea of having a man OF
such stamp at the helm Of the ship OF
state OF a great nation.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
FINED FOR DRAWING COLOR LINE.

Harry A. Levy. the assistant treasurer
Of the Lyric Theatre, in West 42d street
who was convicted in Special Sessions Of
excluding a negro from the playhouse was
fined $50 Yesterday by Justices Deuel., Nc
Inerny and Hoyt. The alternative was ten
days in the City Prison. Levy paid his fine.
The complainant was Louis F. Baldwin, a
negro real estate operator. OF No. West
121d street
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
MARQUIS De MIJANA.

Los Angeles. Jan. 25.-Carlos Alastaire
Raoul Gotesmani, Marquis de Mijana, Pro-
vence, France. died here to-day. He was
said TO have been at one time world s
champion fencer and duellist of note in
his home country. The marquis was thr-
ty-fve years old. He was known In Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh, where he resided
for time after coming to the United
States eight years ago.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26
SMITH NJ. WEED GOING SOUTH.

Smith NJ. Weed, sometimes called the
Nestor of Democracy in New York state,
who was reported III at his apartments in
the Waldorf yesterday, declared in person
last night that his indisposition was nothing
more serious than severe cold. lie said
that he was going to Summerville, $. C.,
this morning, with his sons wife, and
would remain there until he had rid himself
Of his cold.
New-York tribune., 1912-01-26

Eau Claire, Wis. Jan. 25.-H c. Put
nam. regarded as the best practical au-
thority on reforestation in the United
States died here last night aged seventy
nine years. lie began his work on rcfores-
tation i'm 1881. lie was long in the census
service in timber estimates.