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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
PUCCINI'S "MANON"
AT METROPOLITAN
Aida in Title Role First Time
Hcrp-CaruSO as Dps
GripuX.

Pucyims "Mauon Lescau;' had -
first performance OF the present season
at the Metropolitan Opera House last
evening. The opera is a familiar one
In the repertoire OF the house. but its
winning power OF attraction In the past,
and this even with MIR. caruso IN the
east as Des Grieur, has always fallen
short when compared with hat enjoyed
by the musical version OF the Able Pro-
vost's ale found in the "Manou'' OF
Massenct.
That the score OF "Manon Lescaut' H.
an earlier work OF It's ompose might
TO some persons lessen In
the qualities OF excellence contained In
its score. But this Is IN no sense the
case While the libretto of Puccini' $
work IL perhaps without the greater po-
tency Of ease and grace Of action found
in thai OF Massenet, the Italians music
can assuredly lay superior claim both
In originality OF style and the power
OF a broader dramatic eloquence.
The performance last night was heard
by a very large audience even n not
as great as is often seen on "A Caruso
night and in merit Il was one that
reflected credit generally upon those con-
cerned In IL. Nine. Aida appeared as
the Mdnon. this being a part that has
now for several years past come TO he
associated with the name OF Miss Bori,
II was the first time in her career that
she had ever sung the role and OF her
impersonation 1t car be said that II
was in many respects happy. she looked
charmingly attractive II no little OF
her music she sang well. There WEI"
occasional moments when her tones
lacked smoothness and were not IN tune
though this deficiency was in part oh
yioualv due TO Aside from
these defects there was much in her
work to be- admired both In loneliness
of voice II dainty charm In action.
Mr., Caruso AS Des GrtsuG finds MN
self IN one OF his best approximations IN
the matters OF style, Last night his
voice was in excellent condition II h"
sang with an opulent display OF ~Deautltui
tone and finish such az served. ana
Justly. 10 evoke much enthusiasm THIS
feature followed especially his work done
throughout the first act, though later
there was frequent opportunity Tor mani
tested delight from his hearers
Mr.. de Luca was for the first time the
, Lescaut. His portrayal OF the part Was
we'll defined in characterization and
added value TO the whole. Miss Perrin
was heard as a Musician. and she SANG
II credltably. Mr.. de Segurola was again
admirable as Gcronte. Mr.. Bavagnoil,
one OF the recently engaged conductors,
directed. and he showed himself thor
oughly familiar with the melodlous score.
He obtained in 1t in detail an excellent
variety of color and finish throughout,
while the parts belonging to orchestra,
solo singers and chorus as an ensemble
We're handled In "A manner bringing re-
suits at once artistic and often brilliant.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
Plays aud Pln YER

Elsie Janis leaves the Palace Theatre
on sunday to begin her second vaudeville
week at the Orpheum Theatre, Brooklyn.
The Geraldine Farrar picture ''Tempta-
tion,' now being slown at the broadway
Theatre. Will be continued for another
week.
The Messrs. Shubert VIII present Eugen-
Walters new play, Just a Woman" a,
the Forty eighth street Theatre on Mon
day evening. January IL.
George NJ. Cohan's new revue Will be
seen at the Aston Theatre early mex
month and III the Trail Holiday" viii
probably be moved to another theatre for
u continued run,
The programme for the second Pavlowa
ballet matinee at the Forty fourth Street
Theatre this afternoon VIII consist OF
~ Ecole en- Crinoline" and 'Coppelia. ;"
IN" hrst OF which IN new to the New York
public.
"Itevivais ANA Innovations II the sub,
iect for discussion at Il meeting Of the
Drama League to he held next Tuesday
afternoon al the Playhouse. Among th'
p-akers win he Il. II, Sothcrn, Lnuii
calvert, Luoien H. Bonheur, Miss Grace
Griswold, Mira, NJ. Morgenthau, Jr.
manuel Reicher. Elisabeth Valentine
stuart walker and Allen w Mccurdy.
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MRS. EDITH w. BURROUGHS.
Was sculptor and wife OF Metro
politan Museum Director.

Mrs. Edith WooGmau burroughs.
; ulptor and wife of Bryson burroughs.
"a director of the Metropolitan Museum
OF Art. died YESTERDAY at her horne in
Hillside venue. Flushing. T.. !
Mrs, Burroughs Nas - wears old
She was educated at the ART stu lents
League in New York under saint Gau-
dcns and in Paris under Inglebert She
devoted the greater part OF her time
To mailing busts Of children IN marble.
IN recent years she made 4 number
Of fountains FOR estates on Long Island.
Among Nrs, H~urroughs's latest works
were TWO fountains which She exhibit. Il
ar the Pauama-Pac,tc ENpoS.tI n Ia san
Francisco. uue OF these she called The
Fountain OF Youth and the other The
Arabian Nights
Besides her husband a son and a
daughter survive
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07

CNMBHlpGE, Mass. Jan. 6,-Archiba,i
81 Howe. a prominent lawyer, died early
to-day OF "A knife wound In the throat
and a hruise on the head which the DO
lice and hospital authorities say were
sclf-iltl!Ctcd, lie had been IN for some
time and WAS picked up IN the street IN
his night clothes Mr.. Howe wal born
In Northampton May IS, lStS. and wa
graduated from Harvard in 1869 and
from Harvard law schoo two years
later. He was secretary to Representa-
tive Henry l." Pierce from 1873 to 1875
snd for two wears thereafter was a mem
her ~ the Cambridge Common Council.
lie was a 'lvil service examiner In Cam.
bridge, a member OF the Massachusetts
General Court in 1891 and formerly IL
rector Of the American Unitarian Assoc
citation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07

Isaac Goldberg. prominent in organized
Jewish charities and we'll known on the
Fast side for mis- generous personal gifts
to families in distress, died yesterday at
his home. IS East Eighty-slxth street.
He VAS 63 years old and came to this
country In 1887 with his wife and chill
drm. Among the charities in which he
took an active part are the United
Hebrew Charities, the Hebrew Maternity
Hospital and the Montessori Home He
was treasurer OF the Peoples Relief
Committee for Jewish War Sufferers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
Theodore NJ. RVger

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 6.-Theodore NJ.
Roger. secretary OF the Franklin Fire
Insurance Company of Philadelphia, dice
suddenly last night at his rome here.
Mr.. Roger was first treasurer Of the
original Athletic baseball club OF Phila-
dclphia and was formerly keenly inter-
csted inr athletics. He was well known
as an authority on historical events and
facts dealing with old and new Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Roger is survived by a widow.
Mrs. lama Longstreth Roger two
brothers and a sister.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
MRS. FISKE M JAN. IS.
Viii he seen In play Called "Erst-
while Susa n

MiS. Fske's first appearance in New
York IN two years will oe made at the
Gaiety Theatre on Tuesday. January is.
IN her latest play. called "Erstwhile
susan" under the management Of the
new theatrical firm OF Corey, Williams
& Ritter. She has not appeared here
since the production Of Mrs. Bumpstcad-
Leigh The new play OF Mrs. Fishes
has TO do witt The Pennsylvania Dutch
Marion de Forest wrote II, founding
il ON a novel by Helen 4. Martin, en-
titled "Barnabetta." Mrs. Martin is said
to ha been one OF the first writer's 10
put the Dutch of Pennsylvania between
the covers OF a book.
Supporting Mrs. Fiske will be John
cope, Madeline Delmar, Edward Robins.
John II, Murphy. Robert Stove GIN and
Hugh Ch!lvers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
$662,7 3l PAID TO LEGATEES.
Trustees Of Cadwalader Estate Re.
port Collecting S2,S8s,5IO.

The trustees Of the estate OF john c,
Cadwalader. the lawyer. filed an ac-
counting in the S~urrogate's Court yes
terday showing that they have collected
n total of $2.5sS,5 $40 and paid Out SSH
$50, of which s662.73l went to legatees
The trustees reported that they have
paid s44,s95 TO finish an addition TO the
public library at Trenton, ~. j.. and
under an agreement by the legatees they
have increased AN income OF $500 for
James Horn, Mr.. cadwalader's coach
man. TO $500 each for Horn n his
wife.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07

Mr. and Mrs, John l.. Eustis OF 1885
N''rNI.k avenue have the
s'g"mcut Of their daughter, Miss
.i"."n Itustis, to the Rev. Francis
.'l on Edwards OF san Iaolo, Brazil.
I" ~ lh" pastor of IA Baptist church In
Aa' Miss Eustis met her in
".l"d husband a yea q when she
49, missionary work for the Baptist
''jf'h lu that Iart OF the world.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07

Mss Zane Selma Elkus, a daughter OF
ibrdm l. Elkus. died yesterday at Red
Bank. y. J. Sh( was IL years old. Sh.
Is survived by her parents. two sisters
and a bother. Red Bank, y, j., where
she died. Is the country home OF In.
family and their town house il az 70
East SiXty-first street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07

MISC H. Cordelia RAY. daughter OF
the late Rev. and Mrs, Charles Is. Ray
and who was noted for her literary work
and interest in women's clubs. died on
Wednesday at her home, 443 Gates ave-
nue., brooklyn. She was for twenty
years secretary of the Walton Kinder
gtrten Association OF New York city
and for thirteen years secretary OF the
Woman's Loyal Union of Brooklyn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
Frank Curtis.

Frank Curtis. for more than thirty
years a member OF the Stock Exchange.
died yesterday at his home. l55 West
FIfty-eighth street, after an illness OF
tNo months. Mr.. Curtis. h was the
son OF DR.. Joseph Curtis, a well known
physician of New York. was born In
this city in 1876. He was for many
years a member OF the Stock Exchange
Arm of W. u. Moor n Co, but retired
sight years ago. He il survived by h!a
wife. who was Miss Louise Asten. and
four children, Frank L.. Harry y. Eliza
beth aud Margaret Curtis.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07

Mr.. and Mrs. Efrem Zimbalist (Alma
G,uck) gave a reception yesterday after
noon at their new home, 3l5 West l00th
street. II WAS Informal and among
their guests were persons OF prominence
who arc patrons OF music and many OF
the leading musicians OF New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07

dermatology at the Harvard medical
school from 1871 10 1902. retiring from
active practice three years ago. He
was graduated from Harvard in 1853
and three years later from the Harvard
medical sChOO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
defendant with the se,is p~oiyscops Com

pany.
II is alleged IN the complaint thai
Beach on November II. 1911. entered
latter We sole right to dramatize The
Ne'er Do Well and that in violation Of
his agreement the novelist some tims
before April 10. 1915, made a second con
tract with the Selig people giving them
the dramatlzation rights. The plaintiffs
ask for an accounting Of damages ~
we'll az an Injunction.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
Harrison S%t~adunnu.

THUApELrHI, Jan. 6-iiirrison
Steadman of Cleveland. a member OF
the cast of "On Trial now playing at
the ,iarrick Theatre. died suddenly to-
day at the 81. Francs Hotel OF heav,
disease.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-07
In New Work TO-daS.

'lIal Suffrage l.earue, meeting, Hotel
Af'0r, -la I. "
.hrdl Estate tssolation of The Slate OF
New f"r. conference, Hotel McAlpin,
pioplo's Institute. lcCAurc. The Future
~ n"mo'ra'y Franqp Nelson, NJ, p,
copper Imon, : =. NJ
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09

In adopting resolutions protesting
against the diversion of water that
morally belongs to Mountain Home to
lands in other parts of the state the
local commercial organization has
taken a step In the direction of solv.
ing for all time the water problems
of this community. Ii there be water.
shed enough on Bennett mountain to
water 10000 acres or II the supply
from that source will water less or
more, 1t viii only begin the process
of reclaiming the desert that lies all
around US. There must be at the
least $4,000 acres Of arid land well
located for agriculture around Noun
tain Home and possibly the figure 10
much higher. 1t is estimated that
the surplus water from Arrow Rock
would water 10000 acres. BY pro-
per presentation Of the subject the
reclamation service might be induced
to conserve that water for us on this
land which will never be watered
otherwise. With an additional $50 900
acres of land In cultivation Mountain
Home would enjoy the growth and
prosperity to which It's location en-
titles It.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09

VIII occupy ne Hrei nristmas Gays.
The most pupulur and simplest one
Is that in viii h one child represents
the beDeficent saint and the rest ~
the family 20 to he'd after hanging the
stockings The = lint fills the stockings
and makes what other preparations
his Imagination can compass. then usu-
ally becomes child again and goes to
bed himself. not Wishing to lie left ont
of the Christmas morning fun So soon
to follow.
All Christmas stories may be drama
tiZed. The story Of Gretchen. who set
her shoe by the chimney and found u
poor sparrow In the toe, viii be acted
out with a. many embellishments as
the story teller has been able to add.
There is a story of two children who
awoke to find Santa Claus In their
room. They accompany him 10 toyland
and back with many adventures on the
way This lends itself well to play
also. Relieving the distress Of poor
family on Christmas morning is pref
ty play The generous Samaritans go
laden with toys to the unhappy ones.
and play ends in joyous dance.
While the dramatizing spirit Is on
the children will not stop with Christ
mas tales, but will play Cinderella,
Goldilocks, Squire Nutkin and any 9th
er simple story which is familiar to
them.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09
Where Did
Santa Claus
Come rom?

"\HESE post Christmas days shine
with a light softer but perhaps
more comfortable than that of
the great feast itself Partlcu-
Iarly Is this true of the first day after
Christmas, especially when that day Is
Sunday In England, Of course, as In
the time of the late Samuel Pickwick
Esq, who brought about the renais
sance of Christmas this is called box
Ing day, not because 1t Is the occasion
Of fistic encounters, but because 1t is
the time appointed for the distribution
of those more or less spontaneous ex-
pressons of good will which are called
Christmas boxes. Its more orthodox
title Is st. Stephens day. 1t Is, you
know, the day on which the illustrlous
King Wenceslaus, with the assistance
of his page, did his noble almoning,
We are not old English kings, so In
stead Of having our page bring flesh
and wine to the poor man on st
Stephens day we give dollar to the
youth from the still vexed Bermuthes
who chaperons the elevator in our
apartment house, and for weeks be
fore Christmas we affiX to the flaps of
the envelopes containing our letters
little stamps bearing 80 called por-
traits Of st. Nicholas Of Bari Theo-
ret,cally this last process provides a
p,nJio,,,, nP rh,ictnoS nhaor for
tain carefully selected and organized
poor people.
However this may be, the fact re-
mains that the day after Christmas Is
a very good day indeed, The excite
ment Of giving and receiving has pass
ed away; there remains the quieter JOY
of sober contemplation. And when
the day after Christmas Is Sunday this
contemplation will not be disturbed by
the arrival of the postman, who, re.
lentless bill bringer, is, like the Greeks,
to be feared even when bearing gifts.
And, in spite of the remarks of every
humorist who ever borrowed from his
mother-in-law 2 cents to put ON an
envelope which should carry a joke
about her to an editor, this post Christ
mas meditation nearly always is pleas
ant. 1t is assisted by the consumption
of wife bestowed cigars, which again
despite the humorists) are better than
a man buys for himself. 1t is pleas
ant meditation, for its subjects are
things given and things received, good
deeds done and good things expert.
enced.
1t also contains, this day after Christ
mas feeling, a quality of reconcilia ton.
not of reconciliation with ancient enc
was all orthodoxy attended
to on Christmas eve--but of recOncilia-
ton with affairs of readjustment
Cheering Him Up.
Yes, I'm sixty years old"
well, you don't look it."
And married forty Of those sixty
years too, my boy"
MY dear chap, you don't look that
sither"
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09


Holy Night is German In its
origin and Is considered by
many persons to be the most
beautiful Of all Christmas carols 1t
has sometimes been ascribed to Martin
Luther but the consensus Of expert
opinion is that 1t is much older than
his time and Is one OF the oldest Of
German folk songs.
The carol God Rest Ye Merry, Gen
tlemen," is English in its origin and
dates back to about the beginning Of
the seventeenth century, although the
author Of the words and the composer
old melody sung to this poem pos
sesses all the best qualifications Of
sterling hymn tune and will probably
last as long as the verses with which
1t Is always associated.
Originally the old carol was sung In
polyphonic harmony with the melody
placed In the tenor, as was the invari-
able custom Of the seventeenth cen
fury. Modern prescriptions Of 1t,
however, have placed the melody In
the upper voice part instead OF the
third voice part, as formerly. This
carol, too, Is one of the most popular
and most beautiful in the entire range
of Christmas music.
The carol Draw Nigh, Emmanuel"
Is one of the oldest pieces Of coherent
music In existence, and both the words
and music far antedate any Of the
others. The music Is an old French
melody, dated from the thirteenth cen
fury, although, of course. 1t has been
harmonized to conform with more mod
ern standards.
There is most curious but beauti-
full musical effect at the close of this
carol The words of Draw Nigh, I'm
manuel" are about 100 years older
than the music, Icing taken from the
MoZarabic breviary of the twelfth cen
fury, and 1t is generally believed that
they were taken from the liturgy Of
the early Christians at Toledo. Spain,
where the Mozarabic breviary was for
mulated
Another carol, 1.-The First Noel" has
traditional French melody and prob
ably originated IN Breton, although the
exact origin of this fine old song Is
somewhat In doubt
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09

there have been several foreign born
residents admitted to the final rights
OF citizenship, and more have made
their first application for citizenship
papers. This denotes that the west
at least still has healthy ideals and
that the man coming to us a stranger
wants to feel the full fellowship OF
Uncle Sans protection without any
hypenation whatsoever.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09

With the coming OF Christmas
there Is a general Frightening up OF
the business houses of every town
and new good Will goes into bust.
ness. Everybody La buying, and not
OF the things they need for them
selves but to show their good will to-
their family and friends. Everybody
Is getting more and more of the
Christmas spirit and more interest
and excitement every day until at the
last it becomes one mad merry rush.
The churches and schools are prepaT.
Ing their entertainments and every
body fears they have forgotten Aunt
Mays slippers or something equally
important Without regard to the
sacred significance OF the day it does
the world untold good 10 have short
seaosn OF the year When everybody ls|
thinking OF the happiness OF some |
one else rather than their own gain.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09

The scramble for political pie does
not stop with the election. There are
appolntiye positions in Idaho, under
the state and national governments,
that viii pay their incumbents more
than hall million dollars annually.
1t Is the prospect OF being rewarded
by one OF these positions that makes
the politician get out and leg for the
man who Is candidate lor an cleo
tive office. And it should be the duty
of the good citizen to Insist that only
capable and competent men are ap.
pointed to these positions.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09
CHRISTMAS PLAYS In THE
HOME THEATER.

The dramatic Instinct Is strong In
most children and should he enCourag-
ed, says Mrs Blanche Cole Rosedale in
the New York Evening Sun To the
young child Its exercise serves to while
away many rainy hours to the older
child 1t can he made source of nspi-
ration to noble deeds and means Of
gratifying the longing for romance and
the desire for adventure.
Where there are two or more young
children Santa Claus plays Of all sorts
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09

A general reconstruction of the
local telephone system, to include new
poles and cables in many places
where individual wires are now In
use was begun this week with a
crew Of eight telephone linemen from
Boise under the foremanship of H. c..
Klein. The job will take about two
months and when finished will give
Mountain Home vastly improved tele.
phone facilities
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09
Grant land Value Held $3.50 an Acre

Grant land Value Held $3.50 an Acre.
Portland, Or--Grantees of land un.
der the Coos Bay wagon road grant
are entitled to value of $3.50 an acre
in tee property and no more
This is one Of the principal provi-
sions OF decree in the United States
court in the case of the government
against the Southern Oregon com.
pany, owners of 10000 acres of land
In Coos and Douglas counties.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-12-09
Four Ancient
Christmas
Carols

~vHE ancient Christmas carol
holy Night is German In its
origin and Is considered by
n Ia thu
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-05-03
St. Johnsbury's Exposition

The merchants and manufacturers of
St. Tohnsbury are arranging for big in
dustrial exposition there May 1920,
and the space is all engaged in a big two
story manufacturing plant for the .exhib-
1t Of St. Johnsbury products and the
wares of St. Johnsbury merchants. A
number Of interesting features are sched-
uled for the week, including an automo-
bile parade, a civic parade. procession
of antiques and horribles and two ball
games. Over 100 exhibitors have en-
gagged space for this show and many in
teresting features will be seen from day
to day. The Exposition building will be
decorated by PROFESSIONALS and filled with
a varied exhibit of home products, as
well as many others from all parts of
the country. 1t is planned to make this
both educational and entertaining and
thousands are expected to visit St.
Johnsbury that week.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-05-03
Public Horse Sheds

If Morrisville wishes to get into the
good graces of those who come here to
do trading and transact business she can
do it in no better way than to provide
some suitable place for people to put up
their teams. The Methodist church sheds
and few other places are used, but In
variably they are crowded and 1t Is al
most impossible to find place in the vii
lage to hitch a team for a short time.
The sheds that are available are in
dilapidated condition and it would not
be surprising if the Health Officer should
get after them and pronounce them un-
sanitary. A string of sheds, properly
built and properly taken care of, would
not only be the means of drawing trade
here, but would incur the lasting praises
OF those who now find it impossible to
get their team under cover while here to
trade. Let there be move in this d.
rection.