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CARUSO WILL Be
HEARD AS SAMSON
TO Sing Role for First Time
in His Operatic
Career.
GATTI = CASAZZA'S PLANS

Giulio Gatti-Casazza. general man.
ager. announced yesterday the repertoire
OF the initial week Of the Metropolitan
Grand Opera season--the eighth under
his dlrection-which will begin Monday
evening. November 10. Not only will
the two new conductors, Artur Bodansky
and Gaetano Bavagnoli, make their first
appearance. but four singers Of the
organiza tion-Ida Cajattl. Edith Mason
Julia Heinrich and Henri scott-wili be
heard for the frst time.
A already announced Saint Saensa
'Samson ct Dallia," sung in French.
which has not been heard here for twenty
years. will be the opening opera. Carnso
will sing the role Of Sdmson for the first
time In his career. Margaret Matzenauer
will be the DGliid. PasQuale Amato the
High Priest. Leon Rothier the Old He
Others in the cast will be Messrs. Bloch,
Audlsio and Reschiglian. The incidental
dances will be done by Rosina GALL and
the corps de ballet. Giorgio Polacco will
| conduct the work.
Boris Godunof'' will be heard on
Wednesday evening with the usual cast,
including Adamur Didur Mines. Ober,
Delaunois, Duchene. Mattfeld and
Sparkes and Messrs. Althouse. schlegel
Bloch. Rothier. De Se9urola, Bada and
Roesi. with Mr.. Polacco conducting.
| wagner's "Die Gotterdammerung,
which is set down for Thursday evening
will introduce Mr.. Bodansky to the pub
lie as conductor. Tho opera will be
sung by Mines. Kurt. Matzenauer. Helm
rich Cher first appearance). Sparkes
Fornia and Robeson and Messrs. Urlus,
We'll and Braun.
La Boheme" will be given on Friday
evening with cast including Mines
Aida. Cajat,i and Messrs. Caruso. Scott,
he SeKurola. Tegani. Leonhardt. Res
chiglan and Audiso. Mr.. Bavagnoli,
the new Italian conductor. will lead the
orchestra for the first time.
The bill scheduled for the Saturday
matinee will be "Die Rosenkavalier.' 81
with Mines Hempel. Ober. Mason (frst
time). Fornia, Mattfeld. Braslau, Cox
and Van Dyck and Messrs. GoriZ. Well
Althouse. Reiss, Schlegel. Ruysdael
Bloch. Audisio and Bayer. Mr.. Bodanzky
| conducting. Alua 10 10 De tHe pOpuidt
priced Saturday evening Offering. II
will be sung by Mines. Rappold and
Sparkes and Messrs. Martinelli. Amato
Scott, Rossi and Audisio. Rosina Gall
and the corps de ballet will lead the
incidental dances. Mr.. BavaSnolt will
conduct.
Among the special announcements oi
performances Is the usual production ol
'Parsifal' at the Thanksgiving Day
tv,N1 do
Kurt and Messrs. s,embach. Well. Braun
Goritz and Ruysdael, Mr.. Bodanxky con-
ducting.
The Brooklyn season OF the opera com
pany will open at the Academy of Music
on November Is with a performance o
'Tl Trovatore" with Mines Rappold ant
Ober and Messrs. Martinelli. Amato
Roihier, Reschiglian and Audisio. Mr.
Polacco will conduct.
Mischa Gilman will play at the frs
| Sunday evening concert at the Metropol
tan Opera House on November 81.
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PHILADELPHIA MAY
LOSE WIDENER ART
Financier, to Be Buried To-
day, Resented City's Apathy
Toward His Offer.
PAINTINGS ARE VALUABLE

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. THE art col
lection Of the late Peter A. Il. Widener,
representing in value great fortune.
has probably been lost to Philadelphia
"Mr. widener virtually promised at
one time to give the major part OF his
Invaluable art collection to the city,
said an intimate friend of Mr.. Widener
to-day. His only condition was ina.
the city erect building suitable Tor u
and other collections with which It would
he combined. The city did not fuihi
its condition at the time. nor during Mr.
Wideners life.
"Mr. widener was offended and con-
cluded that the city had not SHOWN
proper appreciation OF his oncr 90
not believe that Mr.. Widener has be-
queathed a single painting to Philadei-
phia. OF course. | may be mistaken.
He may have relented, and decided that
after all such "A gift was due the reo-
pie. but hardly think 50"
The widener gallery is held by some
experts to be the first in America, not
only for its masterpieces but also for
It's general excellence and the perfect
representations OF the greatest European
schools. Every painting IL representa-
tiye--tll others were discarded In recent
years-carrying ono back to the days
when art hourished at its height in
Italy. France. Holland. Germany. Spain
and England.
The funeral OF the nnancier Will be
/ held az 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon
! from the Widener mansion. Lynnewooo
! Hall II will be private, The burial vii
he In the Widener family plot in l.aure
| Hill Cemetery, where son ana
grandson were hurled after the Titanic
disaster, In which they perished. There
also Is buried Josephine Widener, wifi
! Of Peter A. B. Widencr.
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CHANGING BIDDERS
AT ART SALE SUED
Executors Of Williams Estate
Want Dealers to Pay S9,-
OPS for Paintings.

A suit will be tried In the supreme
Court soon to determine the genuineness
OF two paintings sold for s9,0J. Tes-
,!mony will be offered as to whether
the paintings are the original work of
the artists or only copies The suit
has been brought by the estate of Icha-
bod T. Williams against Scott & Fowles,
art dealers.
Mr.. Williams. who was a wealthy
lumber merchant. died on March l, 1899.
lie was director In the Peoples Bank
and member OF the Manhattan Club
He spent large sums In buying porce-
lains and paintings and had one OF the
largest private collections in the city
of the works OF Corot. Diaz. Dupre.
Rousseau and Millet. He left all his
art treasures to his wife, Elizabeth II.
williams.
Mrs, Williams died on June y. 1914
and the executors under her husbands $
will, Thomas and Henry X. $. Williams.
decided to dispose OF the paintings at
auction. The sale took place at the
Plaza Hotel on February and last
under the management of the American
Art Association. Before the sale the
paintings We're exhibited publicly. The
defendants allege that the paintings were
guaranteed by the Williams estate TO
be precisely as described in the cata-
logus and that the two they bought.
"Flowers." for ss25, and "a Gala Day"
for sS,200 were falsely represented to
be the work Of Varcisse Vingile Dia
de la Pena and Adolphe Montcelli re-
spectively.
The defendants refused TO take the
pictures. When sued for the amount
bid they put In the defence that they
relied on the description given OF the
paintings in the catalogue. They say
that the paintings are worthless,
The proceeds Of the Williams sale
amounted to slS5.SS5. In addition to
the two paintings named in the suit
the defendants bought Landscape and
Figures" by Monticello. for $500. Other
prices were: 1.-THE Quarters" Millet.
$4,000 THE Woodsman's Cot" Corot.
$4,000: "a Tiller OF the Soil" Maris,
1000. and Cattle at Sunset" Diaz.
a. 100
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MANY HOT SPRINGS PARTIES.
Mild Weather brings Out Riders
and Drivers.

Hot SPRINGS, Va, Nov. Luncheon
parties at ;carby resorts and after
noon trips by motor carriage or buck
board were popular In to-day's mild
weather
Mr., and Mrs Frank s. Witherbee
gave n motor party to White Sulphur
Springs for luncheon, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Stelle Brown and their son
MIR. and Mrs, Louis N. Leggett, MIR.
and Mrs, ,iill II. Lyford. Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel NJ Vauclain and a. w. Austin
enterta ned Mt Fassifern Farm. Mr. and
Mrs Austin II. Niblack. who were mar
ried In Chicago last week and are pass
ing their honeymoon here. also went
there for luncheon. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Musgrave Hyde. Mr.. and Mrs, Ernest
I.ongfellow, Mrs. Emory a. Lawrence
and Mrs. william Bullitt were among
those who went driving.
Capt, and Mrs Kelly Evans have
gone to New York. but will return ia
their cottage here at the end of the
week. Mr.. and Mrs Josiah c. Tha W.
Mr.. and Mrs. Connor Lawrence, Mr.. and
Mrs John &. Tappin and Miss Juliana
Cutting started this evening for New
York
To-day's registrations here included
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Il. Smith. w. e
Stevens, F. r, Crocker A. l.. Doremus
OF New York II. G, Pretty. Fast Orange
and Mr. and Mrs, frank L. Newboid
Jr, Philadelphia. -
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SISTER, SO; BROTHER. 76, DIE
Mrs. Ph.rbc smith and Robert
Valentine Not Long Parted.

Mrs. Phnbe Smith. So years old. and
her brother, Robert Valentine. 76 years
old. died within few minutes OF each
other about O'Clock yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Smith. who was the widow
OF Curtis NJ. Smith. died at the hone
of her nephew, Curtis l.. Smith, In
brooklyn Manor, and Mr.. Valentine died
at his home In Freeport, l.. l.
Mrs. Smith had been i'll for some
weeks. but she became suddenly worse
yesterday at the time that Mr.. Valentine
was stricken with apoplcxy. Word of
her death reached his home few min
utes after he had succumbed to the
attack. They We're born AZ Snithville
l.. L. the children OF Robert and Eliza
beth Valentine. and had been close COM
panions for many years. Up to five
years ago Mrs. Smith lived in Seaford
and her brother resided there with her.
They will have a doublefuncral and will
he buried in Greenfield Cemetery, Hemp
stead
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NEW ORCHESTRA PLAYS.
Max Jacobs and His Men at Harris
Theatre.

The Orchestral Society OF New York.
conducted by Max Jacobs. gave the first
OF a series OF subscription concerts at
the Harris Theatre yesterday afternoon.
The programme consisted Of Goldmark's
"Sakuntall" overture. McDowell's I'm
dian" suit, the Tschaikowsky violin con-
certo and Slavonic dances by Dvorak.
The solo performer was David Hochstein.
The audience was one Of moderate size,
but 1t was determined in its applause.
II Is difficult to imagine what New
York wants of another orchestra. but
this new one may serve purpose as a
training school for orchestral players.
The town certainly needs one. for its
orchestral forces are no thoroughly
dominated by the labor union spirit that
unconquerable mediocrity reiGns. But
more may be said of this at another time.
At present 1t is necessary only to say
that Mr.. Jacobs's little body OF players
performed creditably In the circum-
stances. Finish could hardly be expected
and great beauty Of tone Is yet In the
future. But there was vigor In the play
ing and there were evidences of knowl.
edge OF routine. New York orchestral
musicians do have routine, no matter
what else they may lack. and 1t Is an
extremely important possession. Mr.
Hochstein ,ias warmly applauded for his
presentation OF the concerto.
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MARY HALL AGAIN A BRIDE.
Actress Becomes Mrs. Frederick T.
Bryant at Minister'S Home.

Mary Hall White, known on the stage
as Mary Hall. was married last night to
Frederick Il. Bryant. an actor manager.
at the home Of the Rev. Charles Il. JEFF
ferson. l2l West Eighty-iitth street. Or.
jefferson. who is pastor of the Broadway
Tabernacle, performed the ceremony.
Miss Hall was attended by Miss Helen
Lowell. There were present only "A few
friends. including Mr.. and Mrs. q. NJ.
Holland, Mrs j. Armstrong and Charles
w. White, the brides brother,
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Bryant have been
divorced twice, Mrs. Bryants first hus-
band was Smith B. Hall of st. Paul,
from whom she separated in 1911. She
later married William r. Antisdel and
was divorced from him in 1918. She
has appeared with T.. II. Sothern in 1.-THE
Proud Prince" and other plays. Her
father was Henry Il. White, a Federal
Judge in Kansas City. Mr.. Bryant was
divorced from his first wife In 1904. lie
married Julie Power, an actress, in 1907
and divorced her last September,
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Stuart Johnson, A. years old, an actor,
was found dead in his bed at the Globe
Hotel, 400 West Forty-fourth street,
yesterday afternoon, According to Or.
Simpson OF Polytechnic Hospital, who cx-
amined the body, death was due To
natural causes. 4 maid. who gave her
name as Mrs Long, found that Mr..
Johnson was dead when she went to
clean his room.
Mr.. Johnson left "A wife. known on
the stage as Anna Lashelle. who was
playing in No. . company OF "A Full
House" in Jersey city. According to
her, johnson called on her Saturday
night and complained of feeling badly.
Recently. she sail. he had Il severe at
tack of pneumonia.
Mr.. Johnson WAS born in England and
came to this COUNT. when IA years old.
lie played in amateur performances
until he was "discovercd" by William
A. Brady In san Francisco. He ap-
peared in several Brady productions
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COLD STORAGE EGGS
SOON TO BE BRANDED
No Lenicncy to Be Shown to
Dealers After Nov. Is, Says
Food Commissioner.
POINTS OUT INJUSTICE

John J. Dillon, state Commissioner OF
Foods and Markets, has announced that
on and after November IL no lcnieucy
will he extended by his department TO
any dealer In eggs. wholesaler or retailer,
who persists In violating the law which
provides that all cold storage eggs must
be branded and sold accordingly.
This means that any person settling
cold storage eggs must post "A sign an.
nouncing that they are cold storage
product Dealers who continue to OF
fend Will b. compelled to submit to the
department their books for inspc ytiou
at public hearing and those against
whom violations are shown Will be
prosecuted.
Commissioner Dilloif says his depart
ment is In possession Of information
that not less than 5000 cases of cold
storage eggs are being sold and con
sumed in New York city weekly as
strictly fresh ,ggs. and Il corresponding
number in other sections OF the state.
This means u total Of $1,000. 900, or more
than 1--WE strictly fresh refrigerated eggs
for each man. woman and child IN the
city each week.
The Commissioner says his informal iou
Is tnbt IN" eggs are lll'tl III '''lu Sl'l
age III March, April and May at prices
ranging from Is to - cents a duLe..
They could he sold at this time with
reasonable profit At % TO - cents a
dozen wholesale and at 30 cents "A dozen
retail, he SAYS, hut instead they are hc-
Ing sold to the consumer at prices rang
ing from 80 to CO cents "A dozen. THIS
excessive price works 4 hardship to the
average family, the Commissioner says
and restricts consumption aAd directly
dscourlges the production OF eggs.
1T Is to the interest OF all concerned
the Commls ssioner continues, that when
there is surplus and prices are low
eggs should be placed III storage for con
sumption in times Of scanty production,
and the investor must be allowed fair
percentage of profit for his investment
thiuG Ike public utilitlo-, and exc ssiN e
! speculation In stored products is an In
. Justice to the consumer nrd cv"u ~
/ doubtful benefit to the deal r..
/ Commissioner Dillon insists tuu u -
} no; the purpose Of his department to
cause any sudden confusion or hard
| ship to any dealer who may hay" fol
! lowed I'm the wake OF general custom. .
but he makes it plain that II cold stor-
/ November 10 next prosecutions viii fol-
| low. He advises retail dealers To require
! wholesalers to state plainly on bills and
/ receipts whether deliveries are fresh"
| or "cold storage" eggs.
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James Gl1n our.

James Gilmour civil war veteran.
died yesterday at his home. 164 West
1eOth street. after n short illness. He
was born in Glasgow, Scotland. April
IS, 1886. After the war he engaged In
the plumbers supply business at 50 We1t
Sixteenth street with his father-in-luw
Gen. David Morrison, who was also a
member of the Seventy-ninth New for:
Iighlanders. He retired from business
ten yeacs ago. Mr.. Gilmour was mem
ber of the Caledonian club. AT the
funeral services tomorrow morning a'
the Lenox Avenue Reformed Church. oi
| which he was long "A member, most OF
1 the surviving members OF the seventy
ninth Highlanders will be present. The
( Rev DIR. Edgar Tlton, Jr., Will have
charge Of the services. Mr.. Giimour IL
survived by his wife. son and
daughter
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EXPLORERS WITH BIG
FINDS EXPECTED SOON
Museum of Natural History
Will Receive Specimens
From All Over World.

Several exploring expeditions are
about due 10 return TO the American
Museum Of Natural history with
valuable data and specimens gathered
In various quarters OF the globe
The Crocke. Land relief expedition
which started from New York last July
in quest OF Donald B. Macmillan. who
was marooncd In Greenland, is now a
month or more overdue and tidings are
expected daily from Or. Edmund OTIS
Hoyey, chairman of the expedition. Sew
eral letters have been received trom Mac
MILAN reporting progress in the Green
land work, but no definite word has been
received recently regarding the return
Of the relief expedition.
Barnum Brown. fossil hunter. who has
been prospecting since last July FOR
moro dinosaurs, is expected to return
soon also. Brown discovered the
tyrannosaurus recently mounted at the
museum Brown has been prospecting
along the banks of the Red Deer River.
Alberta Canada, and also along the
Alberta Montana boundary, where new
"finds' were traced late last fall
Already the Red Deer country has
yielded the greatest collection of creta-
ceous dinosaurs in the world.
The third and Anal shipment of specl-
mems gathered by the Lang-Chapin ex'
petition in the Congo arrived at the
museum several months ago and advices
have been received from the leader OF
the expedition, Herbert Lang, that his
work had been concluded.
Or, Robert VI. LOWE of the depart
ment OF anthropolgy returned recently
from an expedition 10 Arizona. where he
Investigated the social organizations OF
the Hops and their elan systems.
A survey and an excavation or the
Gallsteo ruins have been completed by
". c. Nelson of the museum staff as
sisted by L. w. Morris Of the University
of Colorado. At San Marcos. one of the
largest ruins south of Santa Fe, Mr.
Nelson excavated 475 rooms.
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John W. Weed. lawyer and member
Of the recent Constitutional Convention,
died yesterday Of heart disease at his
home. 81 Sanford avenue. Flushing. l..
I. He was born in Savannah, Ga. on
July S, 1s+5. When 1s years old. when
a student in the University of Georgia
he Joined the Confederate army and
served throughout the war. At the close
Of the war he went to Germany. Re
turning to America, he began the study
OF law. In 1890 he became senior mem
her OF the firm of Weed. Henry q
Meyers. with offices at SO William street
Two years ago the University OF Geor.
gia conferred upon him an honorary
u. A. He leaves two sons, the Rev
H. Weed of Duluth, MINI: Richmond
Weed. n lawyer OF this city. and two
daughters. Mrs. L. Murray Franklin and
Mrs. Samuel NJ. Dorrancc.
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DANCE TO AID KINDERGARTENS
"eid IN tOnchhOuse Of Mr.. and
Mrs bradley Martin, Jr.

- subscription dance for the benefit
tA' NtfiOnal Kindergarten Associa-
Won WtS hold on saturday evening In
"' roorn house of Mr.. and Mrs. Brad
.y h.r' n, Jr,, at Old Westbury, L. J..
,S1At y ruluont men and women have
.e''Hg Interested in the association,
,E"lH Wos formed about six years ago.
~ lE'i's" is TO have provision made
,r N'ha~raa.,ons in every public school
,' 'Uc country Dr, John Dewey
'.''. 'vl Is president.
"'".+ hose who attended the dance
u''' NJ Henry phipIn, Mr.. and Mrs.
,'''"' j.. Pratt Miss Adelaide Shafer,
~ Mrs Clarence Steele, MI And
,' ;y Griswold Mr. and Mrs, r.
" NJ, -an Mr and Mrs, +, Skiddy
gh r''.r Mr. and Mrs, william r.
lA iu. W.. oud Mrs. NJ II, Wiborg
NIa David bows. Nj, and Mrs
'' n, SIR, and Mrs, August Hell
Mrs Harriette u. Pratt
inups Nh and Mrs. III, &,
#. Harold Pratt and MI aud
al ... iratt
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Mrs. Martha Il. CornweIl.

HEMpsrEAD, l.. l., Nov. Mrs. Mar.
tina r. Cornwell. 55 years old, died
early to-Cay in the Mineola liospltai
after a short illness. She was tne "lle
of Henry T. Cornwell. diamond ex-
pert of Manhattan. She was mem
ber OF St Georges Episcopal Cnurch
here. of which her husband is one OF the
vestrymen. she was treasurer ot -.
Georges Guild, was Il member OF tne
Altar Guild and the Womens AuNl'l, ,
AIRY and on many occasions she had
been delegate to church and charity
conferences. Mrs. Cornwell is survived
by mother, her husband ana 'hFee
sons
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ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED.

Mr.. and Mrs. Albert L, Stratton of
Lawrence Park BronXville. n. Y, an
nounced yesterday the engagement of
their sistcr, Miss Dorothy u. Stratton,
to William r. May OF Sunshine. Miss
Stratton is Il daughter OF the late Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas c. Stratton Of this
city. No date has been set for the
wedding.
Mr., and Mrs, T. c. Bessellieu OF Will
mington. N. c., have announced the en-
gagemcnt OF their daughter. Eleanor
Lorraine. 70 George Paxton Russell Of
this city.
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New York Academy ~ Science. meet
ing Museum uf Natural History, N:lj a. VI.
Mayors Committ"" on TuN NItlpn. hear
Ing. city Hal. ESQ T., NJ
Labor Temple, debate IN "lrrr"as" ~
the Army and Navy" Fourteenth stgc't
and second avenue. \ ia T.. VI.
Woman'- Peace Parry 'o"'u'r On
"America'- Fu,uf. Foreign rotry" %
Fifth avenue. 4:3p +. VI.
West End Association. meeting, Hotel
Ansonia $50 y. VI.
society of Medlctl JlrN prlItn''' n''"'-
third street S:So y. VI.
ohio society Of Sew york. ro",inC. wal
dorf-AStorlt, i. VI
Natouf Round Table. meeting. iIp'ei
Astur. $50 f.. VI
clio club meeting Hotel A.tu- f.. "
IA /, VI.
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Mrs. whitney Warren Coming
Home.
Special cable Dsspatch to The sus

Special Gable Dsspatch to The SuS.
PARIS, Nov. Among those booked
10 sail for New York on the French
line steamship Espagne from bordeaux
is Mrs Whitney Warren, wife OF the
American architect. Mr.. Warren will
follow her in about a fortnight. Others
on the Espagne will include Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Bliss. Ferrer Picabla. j. w,
Garrett and Benedict Carter OF the
American Art School at Rome: Arthur
SchcIl. Martin Slosson, three officers rep
resen,ing the French Ministry OF war.
and MIR, and Mrs. Lee de Forrest
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MISS MARY AGNES LORD.
Niece of the Late Mrs. ~. ". Claf-
lin Dies In ErRmi u 4 ham.

FRAMiSGHAM, Mass. Nov. IN IS
Mary Agnes Lord, a niece of the late
Mrs. Horace Il. Clailn. wife of the
founder Of the II. r. Clahin Company,
died here to-day. Miss Lord. who was
in her SEVENTEEN year, was the daughter
of James and Mary Sanger Lord.
Although her home was in Framing
ham, Miss Lord spent much OF her time
with Mrs. Claf'n in New York before the
latter's death.
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SUFFRAGE CALENDAR

Thursday. Nov. II. at 3 T. NJ Meet
Ing IN Congressional UNION Hsn. ~
East Forty first street, for full Discus
sion of the Susan II. Anthony Federal
amendment. speakers. Mrs. Harriet
stanton Blatch. How to Attack and
Win Congress-; George Creci, "a Pro-
test Against Pussy Foot Methods:
Prof Charles A. Beard, The Federal
Day"
suffragists who will join the welcome
to the women ENJOYS from the West to
their names at this meeting to Miss
Doris Stevens.
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GLEN RIDGE, n. j., Nov Fifteen
new boy choristers sang In Christ Eps-
copal Church here this afternoon. The
rector, Dr, White, had special choral
service arranged for the occasion. Christ
Church has the reputation of having
one Of the best choirs In northern New
Jersey.
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and was last seen as the Hermit in
Seven Keys to Baldpate." lie was "A
prominent member of Elks Lodge No. ].