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WILLS A. ~

MRS ELEANOR ! pEtkEE who dici
IN BronhlNn On October &, loft , net eStst,
of ~S&s.Sl.. Of which S3s. ioc goes 10 A
daughter. Ida l. Decker.
Mrs. EMILE RENDEE who died in
Brooklyn on o,inucr 30. lcft = net estate
Of S,l. a55. Of which $4,000 goes to a laugh
tor. Anna Fletcher, and $3.50 to her hu.-
band. Rudolph Bend +.
EMMA : DONALD. who died IN rrook-
lNr. March Il ltsf. lcft an "s'tt" or HhpG:
,lor. 600. hut no viii Mr.. Emma Scineri,
hcr mother, and Frank y ANA iiohcrt T..
= iu'rt, hrr brothers, hr" th" only living
relatives Th' hro,h,s applied Yesterday %
Surrogate kctrham for letters os admins
ttliutI,
CHARLES VI GOULD. head of tho Could
coupler 'umpanN, who died October %.
1914. lot an -stHt" appraised AZ s>thlI.
he gave ts3. - 10 his widow, Mrs. Lille
Bcll could, aud Sl@,?:J each 10 four chill
mI--ions "f Sl-.>3i In" from tn Gould
Coupler 'riupauN, H. owned ., 500 share,
81 stock in tn" Could storage Battery
Company, worth $1,000.
THOMAS POTTS. q member ~ IN" 'iucu
irm of ! u Locke n Potts. who d1"d IN
BronklNu, January : last, left (, not estate
nl sl,.i;iIi,ni, according I" tho appraisal
p~"rs"ualty. with the exception OF tho hou,"
at 1885 Dean street, valued AT $4,000
Auung the holdings are loo bonds Of thu
Luck. and rotts lrm. valued AZ 400.
tho sam" firm. $50, 900; 1853 shares Of
tn" stock If the Merchants National Rank,
iiI9, sb%, % 100 bonds Of fh' Anglo-Fr"nch
loan. tHI,IGb. 81, - bonds Of the CITY Of
Sew york, fit.tj,l6, and a not. Of James
VI Sprrrs, Ss1,jNtS0 charms t.. Potts. n
son, tho principal heir, receives si.o50,-
loa a.. ANA four graudsuus and one grand.
daughter each rrcr,v" Sl9."lo
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WILDE MANUSCRIPT
Is SOLD FOR $500.
Top Price at Conclusion VI the
Bixby-H umtingtOn-Chur
Book Sale.
S63.OO0 TOTAL REACHED

The manuscript OF Oscar wilde's The
True Value and Function OF Criticism /:
a Dialogue containing his ingenious de-
renee of the paradox and many Of his
epigrams. was the feature Of the conclud-
Ing session of the sale Of the Hunting
on-Bixby- Church autographs at the An
derson Galleries yesterday afternoon. II
was bought by Rosenbach & Co. of Phila-
delphia for $500. The work liz entirely
IN Wilde's handwriting and contains In
Vulnerable crasures and alterations,
clearly indicating the uthor's extreme
care In the choice Of his language.
Another item Of unusual importance
sold was a treatise OF the horse. the
sheep n the goose by John Lydgate.
printed in 1893. Here %begynneth a
lytell treatyse OF the horse. the shepe and
the Coos" says the title page. Only one
other copy of this volume Is known and
that Is in the University Library at Cam
bridge. 1t was bought by George ID.
Smith for 1855. Another antiquity Of
fered was The Wonder of Women, or
The TraSedie of Sophonisba. as IT hath
beene sundry times Acted at the Blacke
F'ricrs." by John Marston. 1906. Tho
nrst edition copy was bought by c. r.
Walters for $3.50.
A first edition of Sir David I.indsay's
"Ane Dialog Betwix Experience and ane
Courteour. or the Miserabyll t.stait OF
the Warld." 1854. supposed to be the
earliest work OF Sir David printed in
Scotland. was bought by George d.
Smith for $3.50.
"Catharos." by Thomas Lodge. 1891,
was bought by George -. Smith for s4s5.
II was a Frederick Locker copy contain.
ing the famous Jester %bookplate. For-
taine's Fables Choisies.' first edition
declared to b- one OF the fines,
and largest copies known and Illustrate
with l15 brillian; yisnettes. was bough.
10y j. +. Drake for $3.50. a copy OF the
first AID only edition OF "t.verie Woman
IN Her Hunor.' 1909. was bought by
4. j. CORTLAND for $500.
J. +. Drake bought The first edition
copy Of WESTWARD Hoe" by Decker
and Webster. London. 1907. for siu,.
TIE play Is inrudcd in Furnivall's AL
lnsions to Shakespeare" Songs Of
Sundrie Natures by william Byrd.
1879. one Of III" rare complete sets. was
purchased by Walter N. Hin Of Chi
cago for scs5.
A large paper oopy Of The Com
plete Angler" Isaac Walton aud Charles
Cotton. one Of a limited edition Of 100.
extended 10 eleven volumes by the inser-
ton OF 1900 extra illustrations. was
bought by George II. Smith for St15.
a manuscript by Giuseppe Verdi OF
an aria from his opera Jerusalem"
written especially for the celebrated
tenor Duprez. Wa purchased by Walter
NJ. H!ll for &e?5.
An Anthony T'rollope manuscript Of
the complete novel The American Sena-
tor" was bought by q. Weis for $3.50.
The total sales for the day were
sii.3sI.jO. bringing the total for the
Huntington Rixby-Church collection up
20 s63. 90? so.
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CIRCUS HAS ARRIVED:
WILL OPEN THURSDAY
Barnum 4 Bailey Show Moves
Int0 Madison Square Gar
den for Stay.

The circus came 20 town Yesterday.
Barnum and Bailey's. remembered As
the Greatest Show on Earth. rolled ard
'Nmp!ed and wrigeled and roared II
grunted and Owed its way into Madi-
son Square Garden sometime between
wound up Thursday night and when it
wen, of Friday nothing.
Quietly and unos;enta;iouSly. no, to
advertise themselves, the lions and tigers
and beautiful ladies OF the Greatest. etc.
were paraded down from the New Haven's
yards AZ Mott Haven through the streets
70 The Garden. u. will take them a week
To- get settled FOR the big opening mex;
Thorsday afternoon AZ : o'clock.
The press agent. after prophetic ref
ci"ices 10 the sacred bu'l not usually
associated with press agents Of ely
ruses. describe, the grand entree into
Manhattan in deathless prose. There
were the usual i~ncidents-no room for
the CRATES neck. the holy cows wouldn't
bulge until their Hindu keeper made
certain peculiar noises he says. and
so on and on and on, even to the brainy
animals like Babe. the pet elephant, rec
ognizing the Garden as soon as they saw
II and walking right into their old
stalls.
However, the circus really has come 10
town and pretty soon father il going To
suppose he'll have To take the boy to
see IL and the hoy IL going to lie awake
three whole nights beforehand thinking
about those Lions and tigers. and well.
anyway, one can see for ones self next
Thursday Afternoon AZ : o'clock"
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JUMEL L SOLD.
Gen. Putuam's Iron COOkinr Kettle
Brings Only SIG.

Low prices ruled yesterday at the sal.
Of the Junel collection of relics in the
Silo Art Galleries. Fifth avenue and
Forty-ffth street, The days sale
brought s299i.
Among the sales Were a Colonial
bureau once "wncd by Mari Phillips.
$3.50, Gen. Israel Putnam's iron cooking
kettle. SIG $40 for "A set Of Colonial
dining chairs In carved oak s33 for an
old carved Venetian chair So FOR an
old mahogany lowboy SIS for four
simply made Colonial mahogany side
chairs with zane seats 5000 for a set
OF three Empire candeiabra in bronze
and crystal with lotus leaf and wing
design Sjs for two curious brass candle
sticks with cut glass drops; Sl53 for
a Louis XVI. secretary cabinet in white
mahogany inlaid and ormoiu mounted.
Among the purchasers were T. Fuchs.
Homer Lee. William bradley. Mrs. J. l..
Hartwell. Mrs. Crawford Moore. r.
Lin,hicum and 4 j. Keller. Among
others present were Mrs. T.. \. Beard.
Creighton Webb. NJ. VI. Strauss, Mrs.
Walter iiowne, Mrs. =. p. Colt. Mrs.
A. IL Brewster and Mrs. Keenc Taylor.
The sale will conclude this afternoon.
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD.

Tile last for this eason of the Metro
politan Dances will be held Tonight at
Shcrry's.
AZ the home of Mrs. Roche. IS East
Sevent! seventh street. Yesterday after
noon. John Cowper rOwys gave a talk
on Byron
The last for this season Of the Colony
Dances for girls not vet out in society
was held last night at the Colony Club.
These dances will bc resumed next
season on December 81.
Nine. Jeanne Roulct Pavey began a
course Of French readings yesterday
morning at the home OF Mrs. Warren
Dclano. 80 Eas ThirIy sixth street.
These reading = continued on FRI
day mornings W Nnril %.
For the benefit OF the Purple Cross
Service. an organization which aids
tournament will he held at the home
OF Mrs. William NJ. X. Olcott. IS West
Eighty-fOurth street, on April 10.
A dance for the benefit OF Belgian
orphans will be given at the Plaza OF
April 81. Among those interested are
Mrs. Henry Clay Adams, Mrs. Charles
II. simmons. Mrs. William ~. Woodin,
Mrs. Robert Hartshorne and Miss Kath-
crime l., Heard.
Mrs. Benjamin Wood gave a recep-
ton with music yesterday afternoon at
her home. il6 Fast SiNty-third street,
when Miss Amy Murray sang folk songs
Of the Hebrides. accompanS ing herself
on the primitive harp. The songs were
sung In Celtic and were interpreted in
gestures by Miss Beatrice Wood. daugh-
ter OF the hostess, who also executed
Grecian and Egyptian dances. Miss
Ethel Brown was at the piano for Miss
Woods dancing.
Theodore Kearny Wilmerding gave a
dinner last night in the ballroom of the
Gotham for his daughter, MISS Adelaide
Wilmerding, who IL president of the
senior class of Miss Spence's School.
The dinner was c|haperoned by Mrs,
william FlOyd-JOnes. an aunt of Miss
Wilmerding. The guests included mem
beers OF the graduating class OF Miss
Spence's School. Dancing followed the
dinner. Miss Wilmerdlng will he intro
duced to society next winter.
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ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED.

Mr.. and Mrs. II. Fulton Cutting an.
nounccd yesterday the engagement, OF
their daughter, Miss Ruth II. Cutting. to
Reginald l., q. Auchincloss. Miss cut
ting has been out in society for three
years,
Her parents, who live al - East
SiAty-seventh street, also have a place
in Tuxedo, Mr.. Auchincloss is a son
Of the late Edgar :. Auchincloss and a
grandson of the late Samuel Sloan, lie
was graduated from Yale in 1913 and is
a member Of the Racquet and Tennis
club, The wedding will take place next
month.
Announcement was made In Mont
clair yesterday Of the engagement of
Miss katherine X, Jones, daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. Charles 5. Jones OF 324
clarcmont avenue, Montclair, and KEN
meth Milcy Jones, son OF Mr., and Mrs.
Milcy Jones of Harrisburg. Pa. Mr.
Jones will he graduated from stevens
Institute of Technology in June. No
date has been set for the wedding.
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NEW AND OLD ART SHOWN
Paintings At AndersOn's lncIud.
Dutch Collection.

\ collection OF pictures now on en-
hibitiou in the Anderson Galleries. pre-
paratOry to a sale beginning April =. has
a distinct and unusual character owing
20 the inclusion in il ~ a collection OF
antique pictures. never previously shown
here. belonging TO William Macbeth. the
we'll known dealer.
They We're purchased as long ago as
lS9j by Mr. Macbeth In The Hague. hut
'he specialization of the Macbeth CAL
l"iics In American art has caused the
present sal. OF the collection al auction.
The former owner VI. Muijser, has
placed definite attIibutions upon his cam
vases which Mr.. Macbeth has discarded,
referring. he says. to leave the deci-
sion As to the authenticity OF the works
- the local connoisseurs. \ number Of
'he more interesting pictures. however.
are accompanied by the guarantees Of
the critic. br. Hofstede de Groot.
u;'eat names are plentiful in the col
lection. Among them are Goya. Hogarth.
l.orIaiu. Nicolas Macs. Foussin. Sir
Joshua Reynolds. I,ubens. Ribera. Jan
Seen, III Greco. Tiep"lo and a Van
u-tlde.
The Poussin is the Battle OF Rephi-
DIM illustrates a passage from Exodus
and also illustrates the special horrors
" ancient hand to hand combats. The
composition is "A spirited one and is be-
lieyed by Theodore Chartran to belong
10 roussin's best period. Two small
circular panels by the Flemish artist
Abel Grimmermfwyp ufwy wyp wyppu
tive a still life by Desportes. the 'Mu-
%s'raic,' 10y Philip var Dyck the "Theol-
oglst and His Daughter by Moro "Eliz-
ahe'h Spiegel," by D.. u. Santvoort, ana
10 Portrait Of a Lady, ny q. Ter
burg merit the same commentator.
Nmong the modern works in the other
part of the collection is a large Twacht-
man hndscape called March Weather"
Ernest Lawson IL represented by a pic
tire ~ a waterfall. There Is an anus
'rg portrait OF Whistler by his pupil
Walter ircaves, ana the Watering
WAGE by %'iuguet, is an attractive pic
iuro ~ Moors and horses at a wayside
io"' There are by Blakelock.
G"orr" H. %l'oughton. Wyant, Innese.
Thomas Moran and other Americans.
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MISS ELSA KELLNER
GIVES SONG RECITAL
Western MeZzo Soprano in
New York Debut at
AcOlian Hall.

Elsa k.llu"r. mcz2o soprano. CAV" y
song recital in Aeollau Hail last eveuing.
Miss kellncr is "A Western singer and had
not previously been heard here. She Of
fered A programme in which schubert.
Brahms and Wolf Were the chief masters
Of the early part, pebussy the central
contributor and English and American
larry well planned programme. but proba-
bly, IL was arranged 10 disclose the best
qualities OF the singer.
Miss KeIlner has a meIzo soprano
voice Of far range aud duality. TN"
seal. has not much bottom, because the
low register lacks body and hrm pose,
The whole voice - only tolerably placed.
II wants resonance n il not aunt" a.
well equipped with overtoncs as il should
he. The medium production is the hest.
but the upper tones are by no means
bad. They suffer from want Of head
quality.
But on the whole Miss Kcllner has a
scIViceable voice and in the elements
OF her art a technic which might quickly
be brought to a state of finish. Her
higher teChnic. that which creates vocal
variety or tone color as 1t ~ hSuratlNeiy
called, is far from complete. Her de-
livery became monotonous last eve
because songs by several composers
sounded too much alike and three
Languages disclosed almost no differences
in style.
The Young woman showed understand
ing of her lyrics and an acquaintance
with the routine of sons Interpretation
Bu, there was no revelation of creative
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Plays aud Players.

Basil Duran, and Margaret Hawkes..
worth viii make their debut IN ysuJevili.
at the Palace Theatre the week ~ Aprii 10
May Thompson. who was operated IN
rec.ntIy for appendicitis. will again appo,r
as the dancer IN 'kaiinka when IL opcne
at the Lyric Thcatr" nest Monday might "
The United Krakaucr Charity and Ala
Society will give n bcncnt performance n,
tho Lyric Theatre sunday night. 4 vaud..
vile programme has been arranged
Mrs. Henry ". Harris has again on.
tered the producing Held and viii prcson,
this month a play entitled playing Tho
Game by Sada Cowan and TraHsnn
whitney.
Alice Claire Elliott! last season leading
woman In "a Pair Of Sizes" has rrplarrj
Ethel Valentine In Richard Lambert's pro'
duc,ion of "Tho Blue Envelope AZ IN.
Cort Theatre.
Marc Kiaw has lott on an extended tour
TO look over the theatrical situation. He
will visit Chicago, Denver, Salt Lake City'
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honoluil''
Portland. Seattle, Mime polls and 81 PAU,
John cort has placed In rehearsal an
operetts eniItled 'Gloris." book and lyrics
by Harry u. and Robert n. smith. and
music BY Carl Moesr, The cas-, Include.
LeMis and Donal6 MeDonaid.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01
ETHEL LEGINSKA PLAYS.
pianist whose StrOnR Personality
Creates interest.

Ethel Lcginska. pianist. was heard
i'm another recital in Carnegie Hall last
evening. The more important numbers
ON her list were the Bach organ toccata
in y minor transcribed by The indefatl-
gable Mr.. Busoni. Beethovcn's \ major
sonata, Opus .. No, >: Chopin's u
minor scherzu and I.cschetitzky's "tFudc
Ueroiaue.' There were also two Bach
inventions and some Liszt. The hall
was illcd. The stage was darker even
than when l'adcrewski plays. Mime.
I.eginska wore much black n had her
back partly turned 10 the audience.
It was a depressing outlooh,
But Nine. Leginska has not o to
demonstrate the Importance of her
gifts. She IL a pianist OF strongi!
marked idiosyncrasies, hut she mas IN
dubltable talent and temperament. she
is especially skilful in her treatment OF
dynnmics and ,onal color, 1t may he
said that her personal equation plays
a large rpie in her distribution OF these
matters and also in her rubato. which
III sometimes disConcerting But she
II always interesting.
Her performance of the t%occata. for
instance. was one of wide range of
tonal mower and it had moments OF sin
gular witclicry IN the blending OF over
tones by cunning use of the pedals.
Nnu aDoNe All u ""S " '''h'hs' wv I"
mere performance. II would perhaps
not bc difficult to quarrel with /, as an
example of sly IT,, but Nine, I@ginska's
STYLES are II complete embodiment Of
her peculiar personality. and II there
fore has it's well defined excuse for cX-
ia,rnce.
This player has n highly developed
technic and a kccnly sensitive tcmpcra-
ment. Her intelligence IL unaucstion-
able. hut her point of view frequently
incomprehcnsible to the ordinary lis
tener. However. she " all in all a
woman OF unusual force and originality
and her art commands unfailing atten-
ton. y
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ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

Alguuqain-C q, sheffield, william "
Warner, Rosi"n,
Maicstlc-r Erman, Berlin; Mr. and
Mrs \. =, Gray, Boston.
Brsslin BENJAMIN Kidd. III, ersidc. ca,
:. I Busscy, New Haven.
prince Georgc--J. X. RcvnOlds, chicago:
T. \. cornell, san Francisco
Nr,herland ". q, Robbins, Philade. phia
l.. whitney, Nnrristown y. \,
,0,ridgr--W \. TYSON. Jr, Norfolk i
Mrlhuusld, bSM"go r =. Luther, White
sulphur springs
,;u'hum- Thomas - Riahcmar, Mel,
,llc. Mon, lr. and Mr. \ T.. saunders
rhirsgo, Mr.. and Mrs Wl.'ium l., Cochran,
baltimore.
Waldorf Astoria Mrs ,Iohu \. White
Nllult, CITY, NJ, aud W. - =. Henson.
Miss Dorothy Benson, Montreal, MIR. and
Mrs ,;rorg" H. M"trtlf, Erie, IA,
Ansonia-I u Ahclos - Louis: Stu,r,
p Dodg". Colorado Springs, Cot.
Woodstock Mr.. and Mrs. +. !. Jennings
Philadelphia. Mr.. and Mrs. Il, r Elmer,
Montreal
Say",--Mr. and Mrs. Charles 4 RIri
Sew London. Conn, MI, ami Mrs II G..
Flynn, Runalo.
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ART EXHIBITIONS.

Ton sorARE GALLERY. W5rss
OF Modern European and American
:sth 81. and Fifth Ave. G5;'.
XooR1AN. R"markah!e lace of tee
Henry ~. period and Persian an
?sth St and Flsth Ave. t.sc,. KRAU.
sHAAR Paintings by Augustus YIN
sen; Tack Extended to .>pri!t
""th 81 and fi''h Ave. '2'i', STEAtS
group exhibition 90 pictures To Apr'
son st. and Fif;h Ave. t.e>. PHOTO
SECESSioN. Photographs Of New
York and other places BY PAN
asih st, - e.. KEppEL. Early en-.
sraIinss Of Nv. ana NNi centuries
to!h =. and Fifth Ave. a5op. MAC
beth Paintings. drawings and
Y,i'ptlre. by Arthur v pa,i"-. Jules
PaNcin and Wal kuhu and water
"'"rs BY charles H. Pepper. To NpfI.
4oth s. and Madison Ave ,.5n, Ar.
Recent pain. hs> ~
t!st 81. and Madison Ave. (3ool. LAW
i.ot, Paintings by contemporary
'oS.isn ana hn.r!san %srt!s,s
EAh'bi'ion OF modern sculpture b"
Mrs. A. Roosevelt. Miss A,ic. Morgan
Wright. Adolf Won. Modis liant and
i'dl'INl.
ij;h 81 and Msdlson Aye. A1MoNa
spring exhibition Of antiques. art
,,ohjrris ANA classic furniture
Madison Ave. ana tJth S.. t2S E.,
SYMONS Rare Old chinese porcc-
iains and historic English ceilings.
9Th ST. 80 W., GOIPlL GALLERY.
Color prints 10y Beatrice :. Levy 'cios-
ing today ana new productions In
EookWood Pottery.
t5,h -. and Firm Az. o5SO,. MONT
ROSS. Exhibition Of recent paint
inGs by Carl Melchers, Closing to.
islh 81. and Fifth Ave. t.5sl. KNoED-
l.ER. Exhibition by contemporary
English artists CLOSING to.dayb. Por.
rats by Irving H. Wiles. To April
ssh ST. ana Fifth Ave. tss7,. RAJ.
SToN. Exhibition Of ms2Xotints by
Elizabeth iulland complete sctl.
Opening Monday. April 3.
9th ST, g. W., DANIEL. Paintings
by Manigault,
i"tli -. "a - THUMB BON. IN.
precautions of childhood by Van Dear
ing Pcrrine
5Ith -. and Firh Ave. t8ds,. BOuH-
GEpIS Exhibition of modern paint.
ings.
18th st. and Firth Ave 900, ENRICH
Exhibition of paintings by Goys,
Greco and Zurbaran,
5Ith 81. and Fifth Ave. Gtlp. PART
RIDGE. Exhibition OF historic ar;
works.
57th IT. and Madison Avc. GOD, BUT
LER. Me2zotints In color, etcnings
and new designs In picture frames.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01
DEWITT G. SMITH DIES;
I'LL ONLY THREE DAYS
Retired Financicr Had Been
Liberal Giver TO philan-
thropic Institutions.

Dewitt G. Smith. n retired railroad
man and nnancier. died Thursday morn
ms at his country home. Gray Manse.
Lake Mahopac. n. Y. He had been III
three days Of an affection Of the spinal
cord.
Mr.. Smith was born at 81. Vincent.
n. Y. ffty-eight ear ago. After he
was graduated from Yale In 1886 he
came to New York and engaged In
financial work. specializing In railroad
development. In 1898 he represented a
syndicate which bought the Seaboard
Air Line Railroad and later was active
in efYecting the amalsamation Of several
Southern railroads with the Seaboard
Air Line. AZ one time he was president
Of the Richmond. Petersburg and Caro-
lima Railroad.
He was also active in the oil industry.
He retired from business several years
~ He gave to many philanthropic
and educational institutions. lie ave
Plymouth Hall. a dormitory, to Smith
College.
His wife. who was Miss Ida Nadia
Yates, and three children survive.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-01

William Morrison Ferns. for forty
years identified with Theodore u. Starr.
Inc, died of heart disease az his home.
3tb Union avenue, Mount Vernon. yes
,crday afternoon. lie was ~ years old
Mr.. Ferns leaves his wife. two Sons.
Itobcrt ". and Chester Is. Ferns. and
n daughter, Miss Faith Fern. Funeral
services will hc held AZ the family home
tomorrow afternoon.
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WAR PAINTING AT
S1,575 LEADS SALE
Art Collection Disposed OF for
2.931-&10. 745 Last
Nights Total.
LANDSCAPE BRINGS 1875

rhe concluding session Of the sale at
The American Art Association last eve
ming of pictures belonging TO Senior de
Mendonca and others brought forward
the most important pictures in the col
lection. The total for the evening
amounted to s1a,745. making a total for
IN. sale OF &32.931.
Perhaps because Of its relevancy 10
the questions OF the hour a military
picture - first honors. No. 275.
"Horsemen." by Berne. B%ellecour, sold
10 J. l.. Reiss for 1855. the ton price
Of the evening. The Chrysanthemums."
Q typical work by D.. Ridgway Knight.
sold to the Holland Galleries for 1880.
and an interesting winter landscape by
Thaulow went to Henry Srhultheis for
$50.
The list Of pictures that brought 5000
and upward follows:
':o-Georgc lnncss. I'm the Fields"
w. W. eaman agent... ScaO
::5-E Sanchez.Perrier Landscape
": W. Seaman, asent....'. ago
::s-J, j. Henner. "Jeune File
..-Brucc crane. The western "o
skv.. Moses %Tanenbaum. 80" sio
:S-Felix Elem. Venice ". A..
rH-Jan Gossaert Mabuse. per.
trait of john Moore" A.
it5-Ludwig knaus. The Poppies,"
y. u. g: Derry $50
:''-LeS Hermann. Taking Her 49,.
:St-J. q. Brown. 9Th Apple Boy
d., Joseph Gottschaik .;....:: ESQ
"-H' c. y; s.ase' %. w. vrhr ses Mni,s
SSH Bolton Jones. spring" {. go
s;e-r.iiix ziem. lin Italy W. i.
Coghlin $50
Gi~uIien Dupre Returning from 49,.
ia. A. L%esrel. "A Visit; TO the
TI-Aime Perret. The Harvester"
''5-E r Berne.Beiiecour. Horse.
-. men" J l. Heiss -. 1915
:S-E j. Nerboeckhoven. The
Hurrying Flock Holland
s's-J. H. van Mastenbrcek. win.
:s7-Georxes Michel. ~"Lsndscsp.
Near Paris A. RuJert. agent $50
IA "A i:eifSl; The Gam Of ,oo
N.-h' W Rsnser,. Evening on the ~
Little Riycr,' u. calvo 4 Son $50
Encanpment'" W. ". '"s Sea,
;'5-A II. Wyant; September
:0s-frita Thaulow, "Riycrsiie In
WINTER Henry Schultheis.. s55
1a-AleNandcr Harrison. summer
Evening 4. Eud-rt. .....,.. 400
S5-F. \ Briigman. ''Intcrios ~
Biskra cafe. Algiers." Joseph
Gottschalk 500
3D.. Il knight. The chrysau-
,hcmuins" Holland Galleries. 1850
~1is-Hueucs Merle. "a Modern
DIANA ". W. seaman. agent ego
ia. /. Groli, October" ". W.
canan gcnt...... 100
~SS-AIhcrt Bi.rstadt. "Th. Fails Of
s. Anthony Holland Cal
ltfles .... ....s's 49,. ..'''. -"o
A. Baumcister- 100