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J. ASPINWALL HODGE.
Noted Lawyer Faila 10 survive u"
Operation.

! Aspinwali Hodge, LAWYER, died
early Yesterday following an operation
for gal! stones performed at the Pres
byterian Hospital. lie had been i'll one
week.
Mr. Hodge was a member OF the law
firm OF Murray a. Hodge. Nassau
street HIS home was Al 3l6 West loSth
street. He was born IN Ph.lade.ph!,
tifty-tve wears ago and was the son oi
J A1,inwall Hodge and Mrs. Charlotte
Gebhard Morse Hodge. He was fradu-
ated from Princeton in 1853 and three
years aflerward took the law degree at
the Columbia University law school Ee-
fore TINS he mad served one year as mas
ter OF mathematics and athletics at the
iawrencevile school.
Mr.. Hodge pract.sed law IN this CITY
ever since his admission to the ba'
He was prominently connected with The
legal affairs OF several large corpora
tons He was "A member of the Amer
can Bar Association the New York stat"
Bar Association, the New York County
Bar Assoc alton. tn. Reform club and
the University cub. He wrote many
articles on legal subjects.
HIS wife. vino WAS Ms GeneNlsVe
Edrr. and ,h-ee daughters. Mrs John T.,
Peters. Ir. Mrs Frederick II, Lahee of
Boston and Miss katherine a Hodge.
survive
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50 MEN OF LETTERS
TO Pen YALE PAGEANT
Taft Among the Graduates
Who Will Prepare Descrip-
tive Material.

NEW HAVEN. Conn. March 90 With
thirty-iive Yale graduates, only four of
whom are not to be found in WHO'S
Who in America" enlisted for the writ
ing of the scenes and incidents Of the
Yale pageant, Chairman Wilbur'l.. cross
OF the literary committee feels justified
in saying Perhaps n, drama in the
history Of the country has ever been
written by so many distinguished men
Prof. william Howard Taft. most dis
tinguished OF the contributors Ia the
pageant book, will deal with Yale in the
Spanish wa Yale College. VIII be
written by Dean Emeritus Henry i.
Wright. and the sheffield Scientific
School by its director. Russell II. chit
tenden. yale in Medicine" will he re
,ealed by Dr. Harvey Gushing, Yale in
Divinity" by Prof Benjamin bacon,
yale In Forestry" by clifford Pinchot
George r.. Vincent president of the
University Of Minnesota, will contribute
..yale in Education" to the pageant man
uscript. GrosyeEor Atterbury will sketch
the architectural features of the univer-
sitys history. PIof Horatio Parker,
dean OF the Yale school OF music and
composer OF prize operas, VIII write
Music at Iale.'
Some OF the other contributors WIZ
he. The Library" by Addison Van
Name. librarian emeritus or the uniVe' :
s,ty; yale in Literature, pN lroi'
william Lyon Phelps, "fales feriodi-
Gals" by Prof Wilbur l." Cross editor
OF the Yale Reriem: Indian ana run
tan scenes" by Lee Dodd: INVASION OF
New Haven in l119. by Frof. simeon
= BALDWIN, Ex-Governor OF Connecticut
"Washingtons Entry INTO New Haven
Howard Mansfield Nathan Haze by
George dudley Seymour Town ana
Gown" by prof. Henry 4. Beers; Burial
OF Euclid" by Arthur Cotton "Hoopskir'
Prom" by Prof. Edward Bliss Reed
yale Since the civil war by Frederick
Trevor Hin Finale by Brian Hooker
and "Envoi," by William Rose Benet
Gouvernenr Morris. writer OF fiction
will also he "A contributor. Prof George
II. Nettleton will edit the pageant book
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PRAISES BREAD LINE IDEA.
tontributor writes THAT Charity
L. Efficient and Timely.

The following letter was received yes
trrday by Tom Merry and DICK Bright
of THE SuN bread line
I enclose 81 for bread for your Free
Bread Depot. which charity | believe
10 b.. the most efficient and most SEN
sihl. way OF relieving immediate dls-
tress and poverty hy giving II man or
woman something Just when they need
Il most. and not waiting until they are
dead from starvation, while dozen
or more Investigations are going on TO
nud out il they are really in need OF
some hing 10 eat
Was inspired to do this pN reading
in the newspapers about the SALVATION
Army closing its free bread line, sup
nose few men do get d loaf occa-
sionally vino do not actually need II
to keep them from starvation" such
things happen in every charitable
work Yours very truly. \. VI.
other contributors yesterday were
Maresre, B Harris, 81 Mrs, Z \ Nc
MickIc, Elizabeth, 81 X. +. 81 7. W
T.. Waur.gan. conn, 81, q. ON. r.
Ossining, $40
For a few more ioaves OF thai bread
said an unsigned letter from No,r-
Dame, Ind. enclosing 81,
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$340 FOR A MERY0N ETCHING
,. =. Sabin's Auction At Art AssO-
citation ReaIises $1,000.

Charles Meryon's etching OF IL Ahside
de Notre Dame de Paris" brought the
highest figure yesterday at the auction
held by the American Art Association
by the order Of J. =. Sabin. II was sold
to Mrs. Oesterline for $40. The auction
realized ss.704.50.
The greater number of sales were Of
the mezzotint engravings OF :. Arlent
Edwards, the American artist. His
Princess Beaujoiais." after Natter.
brought SEES from Arthur Swami, agent.
Mr.. Swami also bought Hedley Fitton's
The Alsles OF Chartres' for $s5. Robert
Nanteu!l's Cardinal Antoine Barberini''
for $40 and william Wards The
Farmers Stable" for $40.
A. Ackerman bought Edwards's mezzo-
tint of william of Orange" for $500
and the Louise de Bourbon" by the
same artist for sos. W. W. Seaman.
agent. bought Edwards's Lady Dud-
geon" for $3.50. his Mrs. Lloyd" for
S95. so and francesca Rartolozzi's 'Shep-
herdess OF the Alps" for sll5. Max
Williams got the mezzotnt OF "Sir
Charles Cockburn," by Charles Turner.
for &l25
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APRIL CHALLENGE OUT
MUCH MILDER IN TONE
Editors Assert II Is Not So
cialiStic-Want Only Read
able Articles.

TauH,uJs. much more conservative in
,,,. yriu Ia o, s,i, a., ,,l,,rh.. I.ri.
.,..
'''H"N ""' "''"' ''N'.''''N" '"'N NV IT,
'nS Amen me second n3Uhr' oi We new
est oc intercollegiate rragazirrs makes
t., a,,,,.r,,,-o rr,t.t,,, ,,.,,,., ,,..
shof" OF 'he ''sl issue ""''h S''rr'd
Columbia Cniversi'! has not yet sub
sided. an even worn viols.t c~us,on was
o,,,o,
b"' the second n"mh-r = 't'a'> more
than mildly Interesting even in its
brightest spots. WHICH ~" ah article on
"Acsdomic Inbr.eding by Milton Woiu-
handler. and one entitled The Thinking
Bayonet" bv Preston Slossou IN n fore
word the editors ondcavor IN make clear
their aims Tie editorial board is in
tac, Tns : what Chuilcr0e saws for
uss,f
fhGH'u0' !, essentially an iutercol-
leEiate magazine. T. ~ not partiCu-
larly Interested IN any local campus
as such, Il desires 10 give expression
tn the intelligent student opinion of
America which, IL believes has ,
deNGite message TO the people of the
nation. Chuii,n1c Is not throwing
down the glove to all existing lus,i,u.
tons II is "A challenge 10 IN. Am,ri.
can college man to say something. IL
he really has something worth saving
and CbalIeuge beli,ycs me h,.
f'baiI,n1c H. NOT , snri,Iis, r,,or.
neither is If r,li,,I. sn,n i'm so f', 49, :,
is willing to give , hearing IN ia. r.,.
resentatiy.s of mn borcs, n,,,,r,n
Radica, and ronserx,,iva or,bod,>x
and uuor,hod,x y,o,s ,,,. ,c,.,,o.I =,
,hev mako ,boir uotr,s IN ro,d.,I.
f,shio,
'"''"N'e "'s"''' p''' TOT
preparedness in which the United states
| 10 uryed f., establish a r,,,,,,,,, stand
,..,.
"'' VI "''"s |" insure he"''h ana
| strength sImplncation Of the polit-
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ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED.

The wedding of Miss Marion d. Paige.
daughter of Mrs. Allan w, Paige ana
Lawrence Marshall Cornwall will take
place on April 20 In the United Con-
eregatlonai Church, bridgeport Conn
Dr. Titus Is the son of DIR. and Mrs
Edward Coddington Titus, He was grad
uated from Yale in 1910 and from the
College OF Physicians and Surgeons In
1914. He is attached to st. l.uke's Hos
pitai.
DIR. and Mrs g. T.. Law,on OF this
city have announced the engagement
of their daughter. Mrs. Esther l.. Sey-
fert OF Westfield. n j. to John u. Barr.
also Of Westfeld. The wedding will
take place In the early part OF May.
]. Hornblower DE Witt will give a
dinner tonight at his home 40 West
Fifty-first street, when announcement
will be made OF the engagement Of his
niece, Miss Anita de Witt. to DIR. Nor
man u. Titus. Miss de witt is a daugh-
ter OF the late William T. de Wit She
was introduced to society two years ago
and has made her home with her uncle
at 20 West Fifty-frst street,
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NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

a.. .,a A., rrauford Rur,op are a I
ar, ,,, ."o Co., hr,ar v,sI,
'"e -
"a honsowar,,iug lac, night AT
,, 80. "". .,,,d,n ~ IVES, Six,y.seventh
rer "e" s'u''o'
~
'one OF tne dihhef oahceS
by Miss Juliana Cutt'ng WIN pe s'ven
Tonight IN the pe"a No""'" ''o''' VI
the vanderbilt
Mr. and Mrs. John j. Watson, Jr.,
have returned from faim heaeh anu
are at the PIAZZA unti' may !; w"en
they Will go 10 the'r cou"'r! P'"ee a.
Brookvilie, il. L.
Mrs George Lee Rready will give an
other of her talks or the Wagner iiIng,
illustrated by music, this morning at
The home of Mrs Benjamin Nico,l, ~
West Fifty-fourth street.
Under the auspices Of the young
women of the Semple School an enter
tainment and dance will be given at
the Plaza on April :. The proceeds viii
he devoted to the permanent endowment
OF free bed In the Polytechnic Hospital
The Colonial Danes Sewing Class will
mao, this afternoon at the home OF
Mrs. f. de Peyster Hosmer, s63 PARK
avorue THE class tina, works for
Rel,eyue uospital will NEE, this morn.
inp az The home OF Miss I.eary. lO3c
| Eif,h avenue
w,,ua, o,,,,.,o -, puenos Avye,
d,nnsr las, ni.ht M the ritz.
Cari,on Among his guests were Mr.
and Mrs charles de l.. Oelr.chs, Mr.. and
| Wrs Morgan Belmont. Mr.. and Mrs
| Eric g Winston. Mr. and Mrs, William
y Erhart, Miss Angelica Schuyler
prown Mrs Cornelius H. TanRemar
and Francis and Maurice Roche.
49,. 49,. s,,,,.,,I
| saie OF ar',e'es az. 80 ., go,
| Tor chiidreh VIII ne he,"
until oc!ocN AT the "ouse Vi ~. ~
charles b' AieNahoer: W." .
eighth street, IN a'G OF .ns ,,,nnn nn,,u'em en u
Loving service anu iva, t s samn,
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VENETIAN PAGEANT
TO AID WAR RELIEF
Italian Sufferers to Benefit by
Century Theatre show
Tomorrow.
MI-CAREME FETE PLANS

A,,is,s of the Metropolitan opera
House have promised to appear al the
Venetian pageant. which Is To be held to-
morrow night in the Century Theatre.
for the beneiit OF ;he Italian War RelsG
Fund. Among the artists Will be Nine
Maria Barrientos. Enrlco Caruso and
Andrea de Segurola, all OF whom Will
wear Venetian costumes. Mile, Rosina
Cali and the ballet from the Metro
politan Opera House will give several
dances. The stage will he set 20 repre-
sent a Venetian garden.
Artists of note will vote on the cos
tuines, and some OF them have promised
to paint portraits of the wearers OF the
more original costumes. Among these
artists are Cecel!a BeauN. Howard cush-
Ing, Paolo F.nocchiaro, Robert Henri.
Janet Scudder and Prince Pierre Trou-
betzkoy.
The executive committee ~ the
pageant includes Mrs. W. Astor Chanlor.
Mrs. W Bourke Cochran. Miss Diane
Del Monte. Mrs. W. Adams Delano, Mrs.
Charles T. Greenough. Miss Elsie de
Wolfe. Mrs. NewOold lie Roy Edgar.
Mrs. otto II. Kahn, Mrs. III. Lawrence
keene and the Duchess di Torlona.
Under auspices OF chapters OF the
Daughters OF the American Revolution
Mi-careine 1esliNal Will he gwen AT
the Rllimore next Monday afternoon and
evening for the relief Of war sufferers
In France, Belgium and Poland. The
ballroom suite Oh the nineteenth floor
of the hotel will he used
In the afternoon there viii be an ex-
hibition Of war relics, fashion show.
room for bridge and tea. and there
will also be dancing. At night there
Will be "A masquerade OF nations, and
among the prominent actresses to ap-
pear will lie Blanche Bates, Rose
Coghlan. Ada Lewis. Katherine Grey,
Katherine kidder and Edna May.
Among the patroneses are Mrs
Junius :. Morgan. Mrs. George J. Gould,
Mrs Harry Harkness Flagler Mrs. Al
fred Norris. Mrs. Horace r.. Andrews
Mrs, James A, Trowbrdge. Mrs James
bartholomew and Nine. Paderewski l.
Tickets may be obtained at 33O Fifth
! avenue and 80 West Forty-second street
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WuLET ESTATE ACCOUNTING.
Eaecutors Have s83,sas Left After
Paying All Eapenses.

Executors Of John 7. Willet filed their
first accounting IN the Surrogate's Court
YESTERDAY II shows that since the death
Of Mr.. Willet on November 13. 1912, they
have received $l.o27.233.t0. and have
paid out all but $55.sis 80 to the leaa-
tees and for administration and other
expenses.
The estate goes TO the widow. Amelia
the son. Howard. and the daughters.
Mrs Lambert and Mrs Carson. in vary
ing amounts.
Mr.. Willet who died at the age %
IS was q New York banker and mer-
chant. a trustee of Swarthmore College.
ex-trrasurcr Of Iiahnemann Hospital and
the New York lnhrrnary and was active
in number OF other institutions lie
belonged to an old Quaker family OF
Long Island.
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,'tto' h"orge has engaged Hubert Druce
Gh'dN me- role OF Rankin. the missionary, IN
p,tp'a krassbound's Conversion AT the
fNhng-" on March %
~ Me:t"d Jr, has engaged W Horlick
va Nc Russian ballet for the "Ziee field Mid.
s,shl Ffpllc' over the New Amsterdam
'hta'" BEGINNING next Monday uight.
+, henrietta Crosman has Oeen added TO the
.sl OF s,srs who will appear AZ the Shake.
.peai1an ball az the Hltmore on April a
WWnf IN. auspices OF the Professional
"omrts League.
sthtois' W, Lederer, in conjunction with the
s,Io"i- ls planning a revival OF The belle
VI Nov York which brought Edna May intO
T,omln"nT The revival will be made ut the
~ ,ts'nn m May. and ANITA Stewart may play
Ih" engagement of Elsie Ferguson In Mar
faH schiller" Will come to IN end VI the
,ml.r' Ihca'rc on April I. and she will take
~ h.iore appearing ~ P0Ttia In Sii
n,,s'i Trees production Of The Merchant
" Nrmor' at the New Amsterdam Theatre
M Hin Hooray'' was 100 times old q,
IVY. t hlnrodrome last night. The occasion va,
..rofsl'i with the introduction Of severa
~. Nv features Copies Of the HippOdrom'
X We audience. The book has betn writer
ssure skating !
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state Demo'ra,ic Forum. meeting. H,,.i
Astor, ESQ T.. NJ '
Guaranty club dinner. Hotcl Aston. 80
p. NJ. '
Academy ot Medicine loriur, ~,
"Woman's Health IN Relation To- Her own
Field" $40 T. WV
Jewish Zig Brother Association. m.otir,
Spanish and Portuguese Syndgogur Sey,n
'i"th street and Central Park W.si.
Mayor Mitchell and Grn. Leonard wu,,
vii. speak AT Earle Hail. cnlumhil Itni,cr,
sitN, on military training camps. At noon
Discussion "f lh- pr"hl-n uf tn. rtr
delinquent. thur,h ~ the Messiah, purk
avenue and Thirty. fourth street :: 80 T. NJ
Ma ior-Gcn, bkyHn on "psychology oi
Discipline" seventh Regiment Arnnry
PARK avenue AND S.Aty-svsnih street. )
p, n,
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lIAcKEisACk. y. j.. March e2.--Mrs,
George Arthur Bancroft of 3s7 Union
street, Nackensack, to-day announced
the wedding of her daughter. Mrs,
Louise Bancroft Elder, tn capt Fred
eric Hamilton Ryan In baltimore on
January ~ last When asked why th,
announcement had been So long delayed
Mrs. Bancroft said Il didn't know II
myself unth few days ago" capt,
RYAN is nf the First Field Artillery OF
Sew York and IS IA member Of the Army
and Navy club
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Mrs. rhebe 4. wright.

Mis- Ph.be Cromwell Wright - years
old, widow Of james g. Wright. FOR
merly of Flushing and u prominent n!ru-
Der ~ the Society of Friends. died yes
terday at the home of her nephew
Daniel Willcts. 3Og Chestnut street
Trenton, y j She was an aunt Of
Mrs James r. IIllyer OF Flushing
Funeral services win be held from IN,
Friends Meeting House Flushing ON
Saturday afternoon
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IL PASu. March a:.-FeliN Martinez,
director Of the Dallas Federal bank.
died here Tonight OF pneumonia Mr..
Martinez had been prominent for thirty
years IN .he politics Of New Mexico
and poll.d the highest Democratic vote
two years ago for United States Sen
ator when the Il, puhl.cans elected \.
r. Fall He was "A comm.ss ,oncr from
the United States To the Pan-American
republics. asking them 10 participate n
the san Francisco exposition
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MRS. VANDERBILT BUYS HOME,
Purchases 400 Acres At L~a0x snL
viii Build There.

l.ENox. Mars. March 20 Mrs. Alfred
Gwynne Vanderbilt has signed prelim-
mary papers agreeing to purchase about
400 acres OF the Erskine Park property
OF the George Westinghouse estate In
Lenox. Titles now are being searched
and as soon as the work is completed
deeds will be signed,
Mrs. Vanderbilt's purchase will include
most OF the land on the west side oil
Laurel Lake. including II villa built by
the late Mrs. Westinghouse. ehe has
leased Ventford Hail. the George Hall
Morgan villa, for two years, and will
occupy II while new house IL being
built at Erskine Park.
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The Great Pursuit'-N the Shubert
Theatre.

Joseph Brooks made another all star
,roduction at the Shubcrt Theatre last
evening The play was The Great Pur-
suit" an up to date version OF The
ldler" by Haddon Chambers. The au-
thor had come over from England es-
p.cially 10 supervise and rewrite some OF
the scenes. SO IL was somewhat differ-
.nt piece dhan old theatregoers remem-
hered from the days when the Lyceum
stock company In Fourth avenue -four
ished twenty-five years ago.
In it's original form The Great Pur-
suit had it's first performance on any
sage at the old Lyceum Theatre in 1890
under the direction Of Daniel Frohman.
in the cas-, then were Herbert kelcey,
Nelson Wheatcroft. Eugene Ormonde,
Georgia Cayvan. Effie shannon and Hen
r,etta Crosman. The first London per-
formsnce was given year later at ST.
Ia,ress Theatre. the principal roles being
then played by Sir George Alexander.
Herbert Warins. John Mason, Gertrude
Kingston. Maude Miile,t and Lady
Monckton In both countries the play
met with notable success.
To the list ~ illustrious players who
have taken part in the play MIR. Brooks
added last eeening some brilliant artists.
Il IL interesting to note that Miss Phyllis
Nelson Terry. who played the part of
Lody Harding last night. is the niece OF
Marion Terry. who took part in the
Hrs, performance of the piece in London.
Then there were Marie Tempest. w. Gra-
ham Browne. Bruce McRae. Charles
Cherry. cynthia Brooke. Jeanne Eagles
sud Montagu Love. to mention but few
o. those who assisted in last night :
revival
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Twelve undergraduate and graduate
students In chemical engineering courses
in Columbia University were elected to
the honorary society Of Phi Lambda
Epsilon yesterday. Those elected we.e
A. A. iialdenatein, =, MAILER, T., &.
Brueckman and I. Silverman. juniors,
and W. v. Evans, A. Riker. Jr., q. T..
Russell. X. +. Monroe. J. &, Andrews,
W. Il. Morgan, +. s. Granger and E. r.
Oakes. graduate students.
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william, Talbot.

GsEsNwlcu. Conn. March .. MI.
lam Talbot, lifelong resident of ihi-
town died At his home early to-day Il-
was 63 Years Old tie was one Of the
oldest fremen IN the community aud
had for the last ten years held the office
of Town Auditor here, BESIDES his WIFE
one daughter, two Sons ana 'wo hrothrrs.
one ~ whom ~ chief of Police rtihu'
survive.
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WILLS AND APPRAISALS.

SlGMtNp ArGSTElN. who died Scp
:, nhe- 20. 1913. left az estate or s6j,gtl
i,cprilng 20 an appraisal hlei yesterda \
IT, the transfer tax Office of tn" Surrogate
Court. IL consists ~ Si.3i5 in pcrsonalt. .
and ssSs2i interest In the arm ~ = Aug
stein S Co sweaters and knit goods Si-
Fourth avenue. The estate goes tn the
widow son. daughter and son.iu Law.
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Thomas u. S.,N man.

!. 'Nr'rlr. y y Mar ~ %" q .o..,
u. IeEmau. aged G>. w." 4r..,d .iS
Years az" from .'' r.,l--.- '.ti, ~
Ncw WORT. nrcd or ,.D-.1s 'o..,, ~
his hom" ir i'uN"oi 10" ..,,. .
dow. tWo daughter, q. % = ..-...
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THE SEAGOERS.

SAILING to-day by the Ward liner MORO
Castle. tor Nassau and Ha' ana:
Elbert R Duncan, Mr. and Mrs H. N
Oscar G. Sewal bradley.
Mr. and Mrs. Bethune u u, CARPENTER,
Duhield William &. Wood
Mr. and Mrs Welmore Mr., and Mrs J. H.
Hunt. Mitchell,
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Nathaniel j Mt,ln >i Years old tor
more than sat, years a resident Of
Rchmoud. Staten Island, and "rr of
the oldes, LAWYERS of New Work ,itN.
died at his home yes,,tda
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l.eut ia'ricn Henry MrCanc. 50
Nears odd OF the Fne pcpartneni. died
nn Tuesday, at his home. ,35 East Thld
su Get. FlStbush. Before joining the
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An Ella borate Production.

Tie revival was elaborately mounted
In manner which compared fdNorably
with Mr. Brooks's former productions.
The stage direction. so said the pro-
.-anme was in the capable hands or
Fred Latham. Previous to last evening =
.erformance The Great Pursuit" had
,een played in Toronto. having had a
brie: engagement at the Royal Alex
atdrl Theatre there.
The preparation and study which had
t<en laVished on the revival brought
u well deserved reward. Mr.. Cham
tiers had materially changed the d.a-
logue from the original. eliminating
many Of the long asides and solilo-
quies. lie doubled the number OF char
acters and altered the locale OF the
~ essential points was the same. This
0ad decided tendency to put more life
and Nigor into the play.
As there are many who did not see
Tho Great Pursuit" in its original
form word regarding the plot may be
C.epidh'e. The story is one of Sir
John Hdrdr0. who. as "Gentlema n
'ars' while sowing his Wild oats In
Western mining town accidentally
shot aud killed the brother OF Simeon
srouo, Now "Cientleman Jack" has
cone INTO an inheritance aud is mem-
h,r Of the House of Commons. Slime on
Nrorc. seeking vengeance. follows him
'o England and threatens to expose SIR
jom for what he believes to be the
murder NJ his brother. Mark crosby,
former sweetheart Of Lazy Harding.
.r,crposes his good offices in a settle
msrt ~ the difficulty and persuades
Nn'on Ia give up his plan
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When Sir John hears OF il he resolves
10 % back TO America and explain the
Matte. HIS declaration finally con-
vlnces both StrOn1 and crosby that after
o. the incident was one of accidental
of:n and the matter is amicably set
tsd. There are several comedy scenes
Wesen'lns the love affairs between the
dtefent characters. which end In the
mari of simeon to Kate Mercy
t'n'h'r and the marriage OF her father
to NiS. CrOSbU Mark Crosby. the origi-
nal 'Idlcr," is despatched Oh long
expedition purely to prevent him from
c'ogc."g the wheels of the melodrama.
Mss Terry played the role OF Lddy
Rardrp last night with feeling and a
src"r.t, which did her much credit,
As @o'on strong Bruce McRae struck
ne most human note in all the play
o. - unaffected acting Of the stroDs
snl healthy Yankee. Charles Cherry
sa8eI his bit by capable portrayal
o. the sutyr f.nglisnman Mark crosby
Marie Tempest was cast for one of
NOS" roles IN which she Is always seen
her ues'. In this instance she was
hrS GlvrH-Sidnmore. part In which
t"r inrmaklng proclivties were given
Zee ft.n. w. Graham Browne acted
Win IN e.oquence of manner and ses-
tufe the role of the rich English wdower
.ynthla Brooke was an engaging widow
Nonlaeu Love played Sir John Hardin Q
wa Ngpr, and Jeanne Eagles was
charming in the ingenue role OF Kate
h'rHW'nth'r, SO the role of stars ID
'aied and none was found wanting.
Tho Great Pursuit" provides an in
'''@'i'rg evenings entertainment. 1t Is
N'".'eu.ly acted by persons whose
itlnes Dpunt for something on the Amer
al stage. At all odds it IA n decided
uhWoNnnent on The idler," which in
N'fi s. sufficient commendation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-16
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