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OLD POINT.

OLD POINT. Va. April Following
the theatricals on Wednesday evening
by an all star cast Of officers and
ladies II Fortress Monroe Col. Ira
Haynes, L. S. A.. commandant OF the
post. and Mrs. Haynes, John y. Grim
Minis OF New York. who 10 taking the
cure, and Major G. A. Nugent. L. s. A.,
and Mrs. Nugent were among those
entertaining supper parties.
Mrs. r. W. Forbes gave a bridge tea
in the palm garden Of the chamberlin
on Wednesday afternoon with fifteen
tables playing.
Major and Mrs. Harmon p. Read. who
have been spending several weeks az
the Chamberlin, were Joined this week
by Miss Marie de Carron.
Samuel r. Browne arrived from New
York in the early part OF the week to
Join Mrs. Browne and Miss NJ, Wander
poel.
Arrivals from New York this week in.
clude Mrs. Clarence NJ. Hyde. Mre. T.
Ellery Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs. Rafael
r. Gown. Miss May Gown. Rafael r
Gown. Jr.. Edward de Lima and Mr.
and Mrs. A. II. Strong.
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METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

Serge de Diaghileff and his Ballet
Russo will begin an engagement OF
four weeks at the Metropolitan Opera
House tomorrow evening. Az this en-
gagement OF the Ballet Russo is in
cluded in the regular opera season.
subscription performances will be
-iven on Monday, Wednesday, Thurs
lay. Friday evenings and Saturday
afternoons. At the general request
there will be special performances on
Wednesday afternoons and Saturday
evenings. No performances Will be
given on Tuesday evenings.
Since leaving the Century Theatre
Nr. Diaghi eff and his famous organl-
zat.on have been on tour during the
past nine weeks and they have APP
peared in Boston. Albany, Detroit. Chi
sage, Milwaukee. st. Paul, Minneapo-
lis, Kansas City. ST. Louis, lndianapo-
lis. Cincinnati. Cleveland, Ptttsburg,
Washington, Philadelphia and Atlantic
City.
\ number of new ballots will be pro-
duced by Mr.. Diaghilem during the
engagement of the Ballet Russo at the
Metropolitan Opera House. The list
of novelties will include the first per-
Torrance on any stage OF "Sadko," a
fantastic poem in one act with music
by RirpSky-korsakof.
In the list OF new works will also be
"Papillons," a romantic poem in one
scene based on the music of the same
name by Schumann; lie Dieu Bleu.'
a Hindoo tale in one act with music by
Reyna,do Hahn; lie Spectre de la
Rose a romantic tableau based
on a poem by Theophile Gau-
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MUSIC TEACHERS AND PUPILS

A concert OF unusual interest musi-
cally and socially was given by the
artist pupils of Mrs. Jessie Fenner-HNN
of the Metropolitan Opera House STU
dos. II took place in the Bergen Ly-
ceum in Jersey City. and a handsome
sum was realized for the benefit OF the
Society OF Prevention OF Cruelty TO Chill
dren. The money Is to be applied
directly 10 the construction Of FIRE es-
capes so that the little tots may move
into their new and more commodious
quarters. Those taking part were Mime.
Zayonchkowski, Isobel G., Klemyer, Julia
Herman, Michael Zazulak and Robert ].
Mills, assisted by Mile. Lucille Coilette.
>loliniste, and Maurice Lafarge. pianist
and accompanist. The local press re-
ports were highly c~ommendatory Of the
artistic rendition Of the programme.
Nine. Buckhou. gave tho fourteenth
composers musicale at her studio, 265
Central Park West, corner OF Eighty
seventh street, or Thursday evening.
March 80. The entire programme was
ri the COMPOSITIONS Of James 7, Dunn.
The artists we're James Gallagher, barry
tone John Ingram. violinist William
Moerlander. %celiist, with the composer
at the piano. Nine, Ruckhout sang nine
songs, including the bitterness Of Love"
and a new dramatic song. "Serenade."
which Mr.. Dunn has dedicated to her.
The.artist pupils Of the Helene Mai
ellie American school OF Bel CantO gave
u SONG recital In the concert room Of the
Hotel Majestic. Seventy SECOND street
and Central Park West. last Tuesday
evening. Those taking part were Clark
Evans, basso c%antante: Mrs. Franklin
/" Hutton, soprano Miss Dorothy May
nard. sopranO: Miss siiilda Kathryn
schultz, c%ontralto. In tho absence OF
Miss Corinne Schwartz. mexxo-contralto.
MIR. Dodd sang an extra number. Hast
ingss Red, Red Rose" Miss Louise
l.iebegWan played the accomplishments,
The Nry high quality OF this concert
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. w. Va.
April LADY Williams-Taylor of Mon-
treal has come here from Havana. where
she went from Palm Beach, and Is ac-
companied by her daughter. Miss Brenda
Williams Taylor. who has been doing
hospital work In France. They were In
terested listener at the lecture given
by Miss Manly, formerly of Montreal.
upon her work among the wounded
French soldiers In France. and a large
collection for the benefit OF the French
War Relief Society. under whose aus
afterward. Miss Anne Morgan. who IL
an officer OF the society. was among the
audience. with Miss Maude Wetmore
and Miss Elsie de Wolfe.
$. r.. Breck Trowbridge has arrived
from New York.. and others to register
are Mrs. q. r. Drew. Miss Ettinger, Mr.
and Mrs. +. Paats de Frers. Mr.. and
Mrs. Alfred Seibert. Mr.. and Mrs. George
Bullock. Miss Ames, who came with
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G.. Clark Mr.. and Mrs.
| REYNOLDS Albertini. who Joined Nine.
| Diaz Albertini DR.. ]. ". Markoe. who
Joined his family Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
! erick Bode, Mr.. and Mrs. T Richard
Denzer. George B. Perry and Charles A.
Theriot.
James II. Mckee OF New York, who il
n pedestrian, Of great attainments. In
1 tSDlDTlnS an tI' '"''' ~ wv
| vicinity. and Mr.. and Mrs. jacques Car
| tier of New York have sent down their
automobile that they may tour among
the hills.
Mrs. John wanamaker arrived on
Wednesday and was accompanied ny her
daughter. Mrs. Norman Mcleod. Mr..
Mcleod and Mrs. John G. Clark OF
Philadelphia
Arrivals here from Long Island are
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Maxwell, Miss
.Abernethy. Il. L. Maxwell and Master
J II. Maxwell of Glen Cove. who will
remain during the Easter season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Crawford Clark,
John Sloan and Eliot Cross have re-
turned TO New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. william W. Alexander.
| who are here for the season. are ac-
companied by Miss Helen Yuile Of Mon
,reaI. Canada.
Mrs. r. n. Babcock and Mrs. Henry
Roberts will arrive here from Hot
Springs. Va. this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. JAMIE A.. LorinG. Jr..
Mrs. John A. Logan. Jr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. HOFFMAN. Col. Thomas Den
neg and HORACE r. Andrews are among
golfers playing daily.
Mrs. David Stevenson of New York.
who Is taking the cure. Is accompanied
by her sister. Miss L.atrobe Of Balti-
more. Mrs. A. B. Fenno and O.. Z.
others Of the latest arrivals an Mrs.
J. A. Tweedy. Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando A.
Dana and b. Y. Field Of New York.
Mrs. Richard Cochrane OF the Hotel
Berkeley has left for Atlantic City. ". J.
Enjoying golf here have been j., Fl.
Smith, j. Lawrence and r. :. Darling
Of New York.
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from the Dutch days down to 1925?
During that period refuse was thrown
into the streets, where IL vas disposed
Of by hogs. which We're permitted TO
roam at will for that purpose. II was
estimated that In 1920 thirty thousand
of these animals were performing this
work-for their board.
Despite visitations of yellow fever
and other diseases II was not until
1923 that the Common Council d.
rected that carts should be used to re-
owe garbage and that the swine
should be sent to the public pound.
Men and boys, according to Stephen
jenkins. offered such resistance to the
attempt to catch the hogs that the
ordinance was a dead letter for sew
eral years. There was no thought Of
White Wings In those days.
There are many points Of similarity
between the cas- Of the dentist DR.,
Arthur Warren Waite and that Of
Or. Bennett Clark Hyde. the Kansas
City physician. accused Of the murder
October 8. 1910. of his wife's uncle.
Col. Thomas II. Swope. a wealthy
philanthropist. In indictments DIR.
Hyde was held responsible also for the
death of Chrisman Swope. another
relative by marriage, and was accused
uf mansiaugiiIer in ''ncsiiscntiy hill.
ing" Col, Moss Hunton "by bleeding
him to death" Col. Hunton was Ia
have been one Of the executors OF
Col. Swope's estate
Yet other indictments charged the
poisoning with typhoid germs Of Lucy
Lee Swope. Sarah Swope and Stella
Swope, sisters Of the Mrs, Hyde: Mil.
dred Eek, q visitor Ia the Swope home;
George Compton and Dora Belle Dick.
son, seamstresses employed by the
family. and a negro servant. Frank p
Walsh. more recently chairman Of the
Federal Industrial Commission. was tho
physicians chief counsel. and United
States Senator James A. Reed ap'
peared AZ special prosecutor.
At the Arst trial Tor the sltsgsd muir,
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rope. largely under DR.. Walter Cour-
voisier in Munich, He was abroad FOR
two years. and during his stay there
Sr"in opera ne Suhhen IVY ~
MornmSs Iah'asS' ne is",n".nt .. -
,toSc' mas peeh pr"uuee" j" "'s ''u'
"! twNe, -
NIIn'uih ,lS Vn'et .n,e.
c"c"''d. "pt'. wy" IaF'i-usr -Hipls
'n opeiS' ne "%o ~ ~
So"Ss' WHICH WIN We 'stsely repIesse..i
on MS iroSialine az M eo,n'ns .,..,
nele I, "ni'.l'n w Z "e paa'
on" W NE "e"'7' "".hH' " ft"n" '""
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John Mccormack, tenor. will give his
eighth New York recital next Sunday
evening. April .. AZ Carnegie Hall. The
programme will include III MIC Tesoro,'
from Mozart's Don when
Night p~escends' or R~achmaninov. a
number or request selections and
Blaet .Ashus i'e,' 'he i''ter neihs
sung WIN piano. 'loi'h anu IA ac-
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auspices Of the Italian Relief Commit
tee. of which his Excellenry Y. Macchi di
Ccllere. Italian Ambassador is honorary
president. will he given by olga Carrara.
soprano. on Tuesday evening. April 4,
In Carnegie Hall.
\ programme. of Italian selections
will he offered which will include old
airs. modern operate airs. and songs
Chevalier Astolfo Pescia will he at the
piano.
Mime. Regina Hassler-Fox. con,ralto,
will give her first New York recital
In Aeolian HAL Thursday afternoon.
April s. Her programme is made up Of
air by Haendel n Gluck, several num-
bers in French. a group OF songs by
Schubert, Schumann. Franz and Brahms,
a group by Richard Strauss. Richard
Trunk and Rachmaninov and a group
BY Rogers and Bartlett. Richard Ep-
stein will be at the piano.
Harriet,e Cady, pianist, vii, give two
r~ecitals OF pianofor,e music AT the Band
box Theatre. on Thursday afternoon.
April s. and on Sunday evening. april
l6. The programmes respectively will
comprise compositions OF Chopin and
works by Russian writer's.
Al Acolian Hall on Friday afternoon.
April Z, Craig Campbell. tenor. will
1--WE his second song recital Of the pres
ent season. The programme includes
numbers by Franz. Brahms. Schumann.
Wilson. II. T. Burleigh, MacCarthy. Ru-
dolph CAM, Thomas. Keochlin, Coquard.
Martini. Ssint-Saens, William Fox. Hal
ley and Horsman. Hector MacCarthy
will ne at the piano.
Max Gegna. v~ioloncellist. will give a
first recital here OF Friday evening,
April :. in Aeolian Hall. His pro-
grammc will include the II major sonata
Of R~ubinstcin. Dvorak's u minor con-
ccrto and shorter pieces by Bach. Beck
or, Saint-Saens and Pepper.
Mischa Elmau's violin recital in q
ncgic Hall on Saturday afternoon. Apr
s.. will mark his last appearance in
this city for this season. His programme
includes Handel's n major sonata and
Bach's sonata in q minor, Rruch's r
minor concerto m a group OF smaller
pieces comprising a nocturne by Chopin,
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Auer Voice Of the Woods by Paga-
nini-vogrioh a omance by Roger Hun
garian Dance" No. Z. by Joachim IN
a Gondola," by Mr.. Elman himself, and
the ''Jota" by Sarasate.
Pablo Casals. cellist. and Susan Met
Calfe-Casals. soprano will give a second
Joint recital in Aeolian Hall Saturday
afternoon. April S. The programme will
include the sonata In q minor Of Handel.
old Italian airs. an aria from Gluck's
''Orpheus' and Mozart's 'Das Veil
chem; the suite In G minor Of Bach. a
group OF songs by Beethoven. with vio-
lin, cello n piano accompaniment,
and the Stuecke in vo'kston of Schu-
nan Jean Verd will be at the piano.
Harold Bauer will give q farewell re-
cital at Aeoiian Hall Sunday afternoon.
April 2. when he will present an all
Chopin programme. II will include
among other numbers the sonat in Il
minor, the F-sharp minor Polonaise, the
waltzes in a minor and G-hat major,
the Scherzo In C-sharp minor n the
n%octurnes in C-sharp minor and r.
sharp major.
The concert which Fritz Kreislcr is to
give in Carnegie Hall next Sunday az
ternoon. April Q. in aid Of musicians,
music teachers and music tuden or
all n~ationalities who are stranded in
Vienna by the war. will mark the TWEEN
tieth time he has played in New York
this season. The entire receipts OF this
concert will be devoted 10 the cause for
which the concert is given. Mr.. Kreisler
will play Bach's Suite In r major Tar
TINS 1.-The Devils Trili' sonata Wieni-
A A. q H. =
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AIKEN.

AIKEN. $. c.. April l-iaf.l 4, c.-.
tres at present in the effort i.
winter c%olonists and the p"rmt.,. ny
dents to raise the $50, 900 r,.ir a
complete the $4,000 nect"i
ground can be broker early u..t ,,,t
for the Aiken Hospital Duf,rr ',
three weeks 100000 has boo. So.
through the efforts of Nit auu Nj
oliver Iselin. Miss Mary :. Nu,. NJ,
John Magee, Mrs. Cltrenc" ~ Id,r
and u number of others. y lt,ac .,r
was raised las, Saturday cNcr.us d. ,.
Hofmann cottage occupied b.. Mis-.
Ames, where all the members %, the CO..
tage colony assembled to p.t. Il.
auction and bridge tournam,n' ora.
entrance fee was 81 and H., proc.
were divided between the hpsp.tI. '
and the Aiken Relief Society wa f.
for the Allies.
Richard NJ Colgate. WIp ia n
spending the season here. &C. ,rlllod &
week his sixty-secoiid btthIa..
pla yed eighteen holes OF golf. t'i Ir d.
afternoon took a long hor>"ba rl,
Mrs. Henry Idppitt OF ", tJreo
formerly Mrs. Thomas is laI-ll. 20
sister Of Mrs. William Illu..I "a.
who has been visiting Mt .l M,
George Won J.. Meyer At M costa.
has been entertained - j,lnd n.
luncheons. dinners Il M tea 900 oil, cc.
tage colony and at WILCOX y Wac.
ington arrival of SATURDAY wl- ,|.a',.,
Joseph Gizycka. Mr.. and NJ 49,.
gave one of the largest d'nr'. OF.
week in compliment to coult,-. ,.2
and Mrs. Lippitt.
Archibald HarI lsoh gay" q I,N noon
Willcox's this week for MI IuUu jacob,
Aston. the company includlus Mr. a'
Mrs. John Sanford. Mr.. and Nj. Go..
verneur Morris. Mr.. and Mr.. "
Whitehouse, Mr.. and NJ. John NJ y.
Mrs. Edward Livingston ~u th. "
George r. Smith, L. - L,,u.ii ana
Ernest a. Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mage. Wuu have
had with them Mr.. and Nh Willav
+. Whitehouse. have also entertained g.
number OF parties. As have Nj. jon
Jacob Aston. Mrs. W. Butler Duhga.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence ". boltr. NJ
and Mrs. William Payne Thompson. NJ
and Mrs. Joseph Sampson Stc,rus "
and Mrs. John X. Fell. Mr oui NJ,
Thomas Hitchcock. Mr.. and NJ. Oas.
leigh Thorne. Mr.. and MIR. Harry ~.
La Montague. Mrs. Adolph l.adonbure
| William Penn Cresson. Pierre L%o~lllari
Mrs. +. N. Horne. Mr.. and Mrs. + An.
brose Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. +. SkiIdv vo'
Stade. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert T.. straw.
bridge. Mr.. and Mrs. Philip " Lyes
| more. Mr.. and Mis-. &. Oliver l-ciin "a
| Mr.. and Mrs. Charles a. Mum :
Every one attended the annual 'n
given by at the Palmetto Golf club Il
afternoon by the officers and h9afd 70
governors ~ the club. As usual, 81.
I Celestine Eustis. who has always ors.
sided at these affairs, poured. MIS- E1r
tbs gave a tea OF her own a tho chS
yesterday afternoon and wa asis's.
by her niece, Mrs. Thomas Hitchcocs
and her grandrAce. Miss Helen %iiiic'.
cock. Mrs. Sheffield Phelps rou-ed ~,
Thursday afternoon. and Nj G v
Hinkle on Wednesday Mrs e olive
Iselin entertained ~ the tea ~ Mo-.
day and Mrs. Clarence ". po,an oa
Tuesday.
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STEAMBOATS,.

AVER at Fort Lee ~ 'a" J,'''
u side of the Hubs" 60" a''
dozen steamboats, attached
vice OF the Iron Steamoot. rps1
are tied Ia a dock lU q sH
awaiting the call of summer r,,
When you stand neal them '-u' a
al night. you cant hCjp f.o = ..
they are very much Hike gn.u.1'u '''
Titles. just hibernatlng for { . "u'.'
Not n soul is in sight u t.H
them Yet they daily carry .I-t-
in the season and earn for IT,. oa'o
dollars also TO be tailed p
the thousands. II You utl- 500 e.
big Rockaway boat loaded lt,
sengers on n Of its husic~' ~
take a look at II now the resent an
to the sleeping animal cono- 10 m.oi
II suggests a sort # s's'Woo,'
grounding. and the compar.sor ,1 7.
carried in some years 20 90, peep 'r-
woodchuck takes from ~ ~
to ascertain The outlook for pee r'
ming Of the business sclso N"'''
have been years when H.. on .'rs o..
the steamers have not oo,l A., use i'
the grounding. for they lava lT
the boats goinc long b"'ot t'
weather or patronage Narrar
There are scores OF stean"r. 0'f'
mating every winter In the Va OPS $50
rounding Greater New York ~ pa'
repair and put them III con $50
means an expenditure Of ~nn~ ave-
aEng annually over 500 .o0o
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ASHEvuLE.

A%sHrvnLE, y. e. April MANY Wis.,
tors are arriving in !Asneville. the
weather has been superb and II IL en-
p-cted thar the spring season Will he
the longest in years,
Preparations for an Easter ball. 10 he
given for the guests OF the Battery Park
Hotel and their friends. are under way,
and his will he the leading social event
Of the season. A thousand invitations
will be issued. and coming as It does
at the spring golf tourna men, At The
Country Club II viii neon much for ne
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A Deserted Farm. To q Water Lily,
Mcdowell Jubihte Amen A Festal
Postlude. Kinder. Wednesday. April 8.
at o'clock Concert Overture In c
minor. Hollins; Hora Mystica. Bossi
Prelude. Toccata and Fugue. In f. ma
5or. Bach Slumber Song, Wood A Shep.
herds Tale. Gillette Fiat Lux. In Para.
d.sam. Dubois Sonata. the ~S.no;y-tour;h
Psalm. Reubke.
In Aeo!!an Hall Tomorrow afternoon.
Arthur Friedheim. pianist. will present
the following programme Harmonics du
soir and Les Jeux d'eau de Ia villa
d'Este, Liszt; Motto perpetus. Weber /;
Barcarole in + minor, Rubinstein (:
Etudes. c minor, A fiat. q sharp minor,
ID Nat and Scherso In Il fiat minor.
Chopin Humoresque. Tremoio. La Cam
PAMELA. Paganini-Lisst.
Mr.. Friedheim will also speak on the
following subject. List as He Is Not
known"
Herber; Fryer. English pianist. will
give a second recital in Aeolian Hall to-
morrow evening. when he will play the
Chromatic FAntaisie and Fugue OF Bach,
W IntermezZos and a Scherzo Of
Brahms, the Il minor Sonata of Chopin
and a group OF compositions by List.
Mr., Fryer. who will return 30 Eng
land Immediately after his recital, has
definitely made w his mind to enlist.
He will 20 directly TO London and with
in the next few months he expects to
be at the front.
Next Tuesday afternoon Julia Helm
rich will give a song recital in A.eolian
Hall. Her programme will consist OF
three groups Of lieder by Schubert,
Brahms and Franz, followed by a num-
Der Of French songs. Her concluding
number is nv her father. Max Heinrich.
and Ii called Love In Spring" II is
in three parts, with titles. h First
| Green Leaves. Brush From Thy Brow
the Shadows Deep and And Though
| We Must Be Parted. Ellis Clark Ham
man
A recital for the benefit of the fam
| ilies of the Italian reservists. under the
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MONG other claims to distinc

MONG other claims to distinc.
~ ton which may he made by
n Nassau street. in which a his
tory recording tablet wa
placed a few days ago Is that II had
the irst theatre On Manhattan Island
Of which definite information remains.
Occasional plays had been produced IN
the settlement before the opening OF
this house. but the Dutch prejudice
against them ri deep rooted. and or
dinarily the amusements were con-
fined to games Of bowls and holiday
dances around the Maypole on "the
Plain" now Bowling Green. The
theatre, which stood near the head OF
Nassau street. seated only three hun.
dred persons.
The Weekly Post-Boy OF February
20, 1850. announced the arrival In the
previous week Of "a company Of
comedians from Philadelphia, who We
hear have taken a convenient room for
their purpose in one Of the buildings
lately belonging to the Hon. Rip Van
Dam. deceased. In Nassau street,
where they intend to perform al long
as the eason lasts, provided they meet
with suitable encouragement"
This advertisement appeared in the
same paper On March 6:
ny his Excellency's permission. at
the Theatre In Nassau street. This
Evening. will be presented The His
torical Tragedy Of King Richard ILL.,
Wrote originally by Shakespeare and
altered by Colley Cibber. Esq. Tickets
to be had Of the Printer hereof. Pitt.
81. Gallery 81. To begin precisely at
tIalf an Hour after 6 o'clock, and no
person to DO admitted behind the
scenes"
Many Of the streets of New York
have been in a filthy condition for
many months and complaints OF the
work Of the Street Cleaning Depart
ment. whether rightly directed or not,
have been frequent and i~nsistent. But
how many residents would b willing
70 return 70 conditions whieh obtained