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$4,000 IS PAID FOR
OLD FRENCH PRINT
3aninet's "L'Aveu Difficile"
Sets American Record at
the Halsey Sale.
TOTAL REACHES $192,489
Kilkarnock Edition Of Burns
Poems Sells for $3.50 at
Art Association.

All American records for French
prints were broken in the Halsey sale
Of eighteenth century engraviues last
night In tho Anderson Galleries. ia
ninsts engraving "L'Aveu Diniciie' sold
to n. Robinson Of New York for Gil, 900.
This Ia the highest price ever reached
by a French engraving In America. A
Rembrandt etching sold some years ago
In Europe at public auction for $4,000.
but the Janinet engraving will now hold
the record for America.
Janinet was one Of the first to intro
duce color printing into France. and he
has alwa ys ranked among the leading
engravers. His "Aveu Dif'cile'' has
been considered by all critics as one Of
the finest examples Of eighteenth century
French color printing.
The interest shown in his work last
night by the American experts WAS in
tense. and all his plates were holly con-
tested for, t%hirty-hve engrivinEs by him
fetching s32.o32. The engravings made
after the designs Of LAWRENCE. who. al
though "A Swede. was one OF the most
typical Parisians OF his time. were also
much sought after. Thirty-two enRrav-
inss after LAWRENCE brought Sls.195.
The second highest price Of the eve
ming was $1,000. paid by Joseph Duveen
Tor NO. 40, Jan!netS 'lnulscretiOn.
Mr.. Duveen also gave 81, 700 for No. 4s2.
"Nina on La Folle par Amour" and
S1.70O for No. As4. l. Comparaison,"
both by Janinet
NJ. knoedler & Co. paid $3.50 for No.
So, lie Collin Maillard." by lie Cpur
attire LAWRENCE: $4,000 for No. SIS. lie
Joli Chen" by an unknown engraver after
LAWRENCE: $500 for No. Az. Janinet's
Toilette de Venus; $500 for No. 476.
venus en- Reflection and $1,000 for
No. Az. Venus Desarmant rAmour,"
by Janinet.
Kennedy 4 Co. gave $1,000 for No.
4s1. Janinet's LA r'olie," and 81. 200 for
No. 552. Les Trois SPurs au Pare de
Ste. Clare" by Chapuy after Lawrence.
George ID. Smith got No. $50. Janinet's
Glamour" for si.425; James +. Drake
paid SI,l50 for No. 496, Janinet's Mad
emoiselle du T." and a buyer giving
the initials NJ. l.. $. gave $l.400 for No.
~, 'L'Assemblee au Concert" by De-
Quevauvilles after LAWRENCE.
The total for the evening sale was
95<,72S. making the grand total. includ-
ING two former sections OF the sale,
@iS3.4s9. The sale continues tonight.
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PLAYS M PLAYERS.

Two shows roach their 15oth performance
to-day. They are David Belasco's comedy
, .cS. Chs8 cSs ana Mag . Msrein,. 1:..:
viii go TO Philadelphia at the end OF the
week. leaving Cheating Cheaters' with
the distinction OF the longest run OF the
Little Women i. to be given y special
Christmas production. At the Park Thea
direction OF Jessie Bonstelle and under the
management OF william A. Brady
two S0 saul BAY, ,on nor her IN, e1 ni,ln1s Th.,3 @,
on Christmas Eve promises to sing the
kind of songs for which she Is already well
cert ic,d proves succes.tul she viii con.
tinue her Sunday night entertainments.
"Gamsl.,s Ar Il; to be ProGu'ta by
shuSerts at the Maxine Elliot Theatre on
s s%aniS:Fy and 4 M Tars ! s,srr N M'', IL. pr hSnpsG
seat. for shirley Kaye" Elsie .Fsrsu,
; Eao,n new viii fss BE placed .ri'' ON Sy sa'U sSs
Hudson Theatre on Monday.
King Arsimene. and the Unknown War
given FOR the sTst' time IN New YORK at
the Princess Theatre by Stuart Walkers
Pcr,mants.S p'sysr; c,r,,,m., Marty
csmbsr IS. after the ,psreormanee. with no
Sssy 'h :ns '1f SsSlo ch.rl': ch Di!I'i.ss.m b, y:
DIsii:rup. Toto. ~"Jsnnls," John Philip
members Of the companies OF "Ths Big
show. and Hip Hip Hooray"' last yser's
Hippodroms show weiSh will b passing
r.: strand .rhsstr. promises. n fol-
's.!cs IN 'e%'lss asS WHITE: :s.'i ssui,n. n sI.S:sis;
T. ;.rn ;,e s,:ss hs'.; a,.. Louie h...a ass s"a
Eann,s ward In Betty 70 the Rescue
Bsbsp In "Hi:. s~wssthssrt" Lsonors IN
IL ""rn. Black Volt" Xs.r.u.riis ciari in
wsrd nth. Villains o. sally r.mpis'"
. MARY. Piekford has secured tbs screen
I S;sS u IT, . .Siss x: ;s:iai .1sl ss:' 4. l'i T.;
Fort Lss stHllss- :.
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DIED.

oRADSHAw-Sarah A., widow OF Capt.
Albert NJ. Bradshaw. at her home.
Lakewood. y. j., December 10. 1915.
peacefully. after a lingering illness.
Funeral services Saturday morning. 1880
o'clock. at All Saints Church. Lake.
wood.
8RAiNE-Suddenly. on December -. at
Norr's,own. y. j.. Theodore Brains. In
the seventy-third year OF his age.
Funeral services at Grace Church chantry.
Broadway and Tenth street, on Friday,
December IS, at 10 o'clock.
Observation-Disclosures q. Funeral from
THE FUNERAL CHURCH" Broad
way. sisty-sixth and sixty-sevcnth
Frank l.. Campbell Buiidtns). Time
later.
FULLERTON Wednesday. December -.
1915. at his home. 235 West Seventy
sixth street. william Bono Fuller. In
the seventy ninth year Of his age.
Funeral service will be held at the Yves,
End Collegiate Church. West End ave-
nue. and seventy-seventh street. on Fri.
day, December Is, 1915. at 80 7, NJ.
HAIGHT.--suddeniy. on December ~, Of
pneumonia. at Presbyterian Hospital.
Arthur Watson Haight, son Of cornelia
and the late Louis Haight.
Funeral services at 10 o'clock In the
morning OF Friday, December Is, at
the Church OF 81. Mary the Virgin.
Forty-sixth street. between sixth and
Seventh avenues. New York. Inter-
ment at Woodlawn. 1t Is requested
that no flowers he sent.
LEANENs.--Julis Pauline. suddenly. at
Roosevelt Hospital. December ~,
Funeral services at All Souls Church,
Fourth ayenua and Twentiefh atreet
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Rehearsals will 1901 begin for the an
nual entertainment Of the Junior League
to be given In the grand ballroom OF tho
waldorf-Astoria on January %. ~ and
%. II will be called Around the Clock"
and will consist OF pantomimes and
dances arranged by Mme. lnga Sontum
Lie. who will have the direction OF the
AFFAIR. The officers this year are Mrs.
John W. Cross. chairman Of the enter
tainment committee Miss Janetta Alex
ander, secretary. and Miss Louise Dixon.
treasurer. The committee will include
Mrs. Courtlandt Nicoll, Mrs. II. Pleas
ants Pennington. Mrs. Orine Wilson. Jr.
Mrs. Courtlandt Dixon Barnes. the
Misses Helen Hoadley, Beatrice Pratt.
Mildred Gilbert Townsend. Angelina
Krech. Grace Henry. Winifred Chlsolm,
Frances Iiikcr and Constance De Lanoy.
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country from Scotland when 10. He
played under the management Of David
Belasco m the late Charles FrohmAn.
appearing with william Gillette In Sc
cret Service" with Blanche Bates In
Under Two Flags" with David Warfeld
in THE Music Master" and with Mrs..
Leslie Carter in "Du Barry"
As a motion picture director Mr.. Col
Ian had charge Of the making Of "Glo-
ria's Romance" In which Billie Burke
red.
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Four new one act plays will be pre-
sented at the Friars' fnrst winter frolic.
which will take place in the Great Hall
OF the new Monastery Sunday evening.
The plays. which were written for the
occasion, are: ~"Friendship." a one act
drama by Friar Eugene Walter: some
Warriors" a satirical play written by
Clara Lipman and Friar Samuel Ship
man THE Hit Of the Season." a musical
piece. with book n lyrics by Friai
Maurice +. Marks and music by Friar
Louis A. Hirsch. and a buriesque on
Turn TO the Right called Turn to the
Left" by Friar Thomas J. Gray. who
proposes to disclose some Of the secrets
OF winchell Smith and John r. Hazard.
After the performance a supper will be
served In the grill.
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JOHN GRAHAM.
Old Theatrical Manager Who Gave
First sunday Concert Here Dies.

BosToN. Dec. l3-John Graham. ar
old time theatrical manager and pro.
moter OF sporting and athletic events
died OF heart disease last night In y
doorway Mt r Square. He was one
Of the earliest members OF the Boston
Lodge OF Elks.
Mr.. Graham gave the FIRST successful
vaudeville sunday concert in New York
In 1898. his bill including Lew Dock.
stader. Maggie Cline. j. W. Kelly. L.ottis
ellison. Richard Jose. the Tuxedo Quar-.
tette. Libber OFT. Thomas f. Glen
Hushey Doherty. Joe Flynn. NJ. j
Burns. Tony Hart. Jr.. the Gotham Trio
with Dave Fitzgibbon as pianist and
J. Bernard Dyllyn as stage manager
He paid $500 gross 10 the performers.
He managed Sousa's Band success.
fully for q time.
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National Sports Of Great Britain" for
1900 J. r. Drake gave $500 for No. 81,
Alken's Some Will and Some Will Not"
n $2l5 for No. 50. Allingham's Music
Master" v. T.. Swind paid $40 for
No. -. Alken's 'some Do and Some DO
Not" and q. ID. Smith rave SITS for
NO. 1876. Q library set of works by Bacon.
The total for the days sale was
$l7.403. The auction continues this
afternoon and evening.
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VIII Read Pinero Play To-day.

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's latest play.
The Big Drum" is to be read to-mor-
row afternoon at the Princess Theatre
at $3.50 o'clock by Miss Mannheimer.
Though produced with success at the ST.
James Theatre In London September l..
1915. THE Big Drum has not yet had
an American hearing. and the author is
having 1t read to the critics and public
with a view to getting expert public
opinion upon its suitability for produce
ton here,
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VAN BRUNT.
Retired Life saving Captain. Drop
Dead In lakewood

LAKEWOOD. y. j. Dec. l3-Benjamin
Van Brunt. retired captain OF IN" United
states Life Saving station IN Deal
Beach. dropped dead here to-day when
on the way to his home in Allenhurst.
He was 6S years old.
Mr., Van Rrunt came to Lakewood last
night to visit his daughter. Mrs. Lester
II. Sparks. DIR. Sparks. son-in-law OF the
captain. was IN another stree. whcn he
fell and was drawn 10 the scene of his
death by a crowd.
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Mr.. and Mrs. J. Amory Haskell have
announced the engagement OF their elder
daughter. Miss Mary Riker Haskell. to
Joel Ellis Fisher. son Of the late Joel
Ellis Fisher. Miss Haskell was intro
duced two years ago. She Is a grand
daughter OF the late Mr.. and Mrs. John
]. Riker. who for many years lived at
10 West Fifty-seventh street. Through
her father she Is related to the Amory
family Of Boston. Mr.. Fisher was grad
uated from Yale In 1911. His sister.
Miss Vieva Fisher. was married to ].
Lenox Banks, Jr.. In oyster Bay. L. l..
last September. No date hat been set
for the wedding.
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Rev. Frank n. Lane.

New B~RuNswIcx. N. j.. Dec. 13.-The
Rev. Frank Il. Lane. a membe Of the
Anderson evangelistic campaign party,
at Millville to-day after a brief
illness. He was formerly one OF the
most active Baptist ministers In southern
New Jersey. but he gave up the pas
torate Of n large church TO take w
evangelistlc work. lie In survived by a
widow and two children.
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CLOSE RACE AT PNEHURST.
Chase wins 0uests' Purse-Aut'
Races ON Christmas.

PINEHuRsr, N. c.. Dec. 13.-Nat Hurd
Of Pittsburg. mounted on Chase. won
the Guests purse to-day at the Pine
hurst Jockey Clubs meet OF the three
eighths mile track. Leonard Tufts Sand.
with Whitlock up, was a short head be-
hind the winner. Jessie G. was third.
She was ridden by George II. Croker OF
F%itchburg. who. as n passenger. was In
jured on the Sussex when II was tor
pedoed.
The steeplechasers will a here al
the Christmas Day meet. Rodman
wanamaker of Philadelphia 10 expected
to be on hand with a string OF six hunt
ers. Automobile races. a new departure
for Pinehurst, will also he held oh
Christmas Day.
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JOHN ROTH.
Was chef Mt DelmonicO's SeRvcr
stree Restaurant.

John Roth. for the last twelve years
chef at Delmonico's Beaver s,reete res
taurant, died suddenly yesterday at his
home. los Orswaupum street. White
Plains. He ate breakfast in his usual
good health and was about TO leave for
New York then he suffered a stroke of
apoplexy which caused death within n
few minutes.
He was 63 years old. lie was born In
Bernc. switzerland. and leaves n widow.
two sons. Louis and George. and two
daughters.
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began work a. q copyhoidsr o. me New
York World, and for twenty-three year,
was a proofreader on that paper. Later
he Joined the stan OF the Press. and when
that daily was merged with TIL Sun he
went to The EVENING Sun. He was a
member of typographical Union Nc. 6.
He leaves a widow. five sons and two
daughters,
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METROPOLITAN cSsxs

TrIcphOnes lOO3l -lOOA2 Bryant.
Tonight : 81. Iohengrin. Rappold. Obcr
Irlus. braun. Goritz. Isonhardt tond Rodanzk,
Fri. Mt Double nm, (a,alleria Rust
cana. kurt. Perrin, Hotts. DE Luca. folld l.,
ragitac"t. Aiuzio, taruso, Amato Cond Papi
Sat. AT ? hOheme. Aida. Mason; Martinrf
SCOTT. Didur, SrsIrlls, Malatesta. Cond papi
sun. Eve. =, : 80 soc to si.5Ol. PUCCINI
VERDI CONCERT. Garrison. Mason. Oher
i,ott, De luca. Entire orch Cond Pam
Next Mon. At =. TrO,atorc, Muzio. Homer
Niart!nelli. AmAto:, ko,hier .Cond. Polaccn.
We'd, at = u. fideliO, Kurt. Mason, sem
Thurs. at \. samson Ct Daliia. Homer
Caruso, De luca, kothicr. Cond. Polacco.
HARDMAN PIANO USED.
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COL. ROOSEVELT GIVES PARTY.
/. whitman Also EntePtains
Friends At Theatre.

The Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt gave
q box party last night in the Punch and
Judy Theatre to see Treasure Island"
They occupied n OF the pigeonholo
boxes Of the picturesque little theatre.
and the Colonel was visibly pleased at
the thrilling episodes OF Robert Louis
S~tevenson's story. After the perform
c he was invited backxage to meet
Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins and to Inspect the
mechanics Of the good ship Hispaniola.
Gov. Charles \. Whitman ave a boz
party last night in the Forty-eighth
street Theatre to see Bsyard veiller's
new play, The Thirteenth Chair"
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CAMPBELL GOLLAN.
Actor and Motion Picture Director
Victim of Kidney Trouble.

Campbell Gol!an. formerly an actor.
but lately a motion picture director. died
yesterday at his home. $50 West Eigh-
ty-slxth street. OF kidney trouble. He
was so years old. lie came to this
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Mrs. Maria l.. Moody.

Mrs. Maria l.. Moody. 81 ear old,
widow Of Isaiah Moody n n sister-in-
law Of Dwight l.. Moody. the evangelist,
died on Tuesday I'm her home. 367 First
street. Brooklyn. A son n three
daughters survive.
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J. W. Comyns Carr was born in is4s.
He was art critic on the Pail Mall Ca
sefte and was q director and one Of the
founders OF the New Gallery. He was
also founder and late editor Of the Eng
lsh Illustrated Magazine. Among his
works a a damatixation Of "Oliver
Twist"
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A Correction.

Through an error THE Sun stated
yesterday In the obituary OF Michael
Nellany Of Buffalo that he survived his
daughter. Mrs. William F. Sheehan. by
only a few DAYS. Mrs. Sheehan is alive.
Miss Clara Neliany. another daughter.
died on Friday last
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Charlea Ill. ROhInaOn.

Charles II. Robinson died Monday In
his late home. l3 Webster avenue.
Brooklyn. Mr.. Robinson was born In
New York city forty-nine years ago. lie
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Horace A. Loomis. a dentist. OF 1 West
Thirtieth street. was found dead In the
bathroom Of his home yesterday. Death
was due to natural causes. DIR. Loomis
vas GO years old.
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Christmas Carol Recital Tonight.

Frank speaisht. interpreter Of Dick
ens's works. will give q holiday recital
OF Dickens's "A Christmas CAROL at
Aeolian Hall this evening. There will
be Christmas carols on the organ and
other holiday reminders. TIL entertain
ment Is being given under the auspices
Of the Pond Lyceum Bureau.
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]. W. C0MYNs CARR.

English Griffin and Dranatist
Dies In London.
LONDON. Dec. i'll. w. Comyns Carr.
the critic and dramatlst. died here yes
terday.
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UNDEnTAHEBS.
~ .fKANA Campbell tssssEIe
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Birds That Don't Fear War

the lines; while a kingfisher settled
by johnson hole within hv6 yards
OF the British trenches"
This most interesting account Is
followed by a letter from Lieut.-Col.
Deiagorce, who relates that b song.
thrush built It's nest on the branch
OF q tree which had been cut and
placed against the steel shield Of an
1S.poundef gun to conceal Il from
view. In spite Of the fact that the
gun was occasionally fired, three
eggs were laid; but the day came
when the gun was fired frequently,
and this proved too much to be en-.
dured. so nest and eggs were for
sakep.
That birds have suffered from the
devastating fire Of the opposing
hosts. however, there can be no quss.
tion. Capt. Crawshay bears testi.
mony Of this in a letter to the ROYAL
Society for the Protection Of Birds.
Harriers, he has noticed in France.
have come in for hot times" when
gun positions are located IN low bot.
toms which form the favorite hawk.
ing grounds Of those birds. ePatt.
ridges" he adds, Il sometimes see
scared by the bursting shells"
another reIates tho disttcss of
pair OF swallows that returned ii tho
spring to the cottage which had hifh.
erto Afforded thcn harbofaSe, only
to tnd II a heap Of ruins. After dis.
consolately flying round and round.
as II unable to behave the evidence
Of their own eyes, they eventually
discovered a suitable site fol theIr
nursery IN . small military hut d
great number Of such huts, It i
pleasing to learn, have been Used
duf.ng this summer for This purpose.
Al a 4 " d H.
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Beatrice Allen, Reported Engaged to John A. Hoagand
at Last.

rendered a photograph, and, If he
has had any taken for private cir
culation the photographer would
Just as soon think of breaking into
his strong box and giving away his
securities as to give one Of the Hoag'
land photographs without permis'
sion.
This selfeffacemen may be con-
sidered q fine sort OF chivalry, for
"the photographed millionaire" Is
a modern courtier. with sentiment
and romance surrounding him on
every hand.
How, therefore, would # aid a
story OF beautiful talented women to
have enshrined there the face OF one
man?
1t may merely serve as casually
diverting contrast; and, then again,
It might inevitably arouse the com.
ment that Mr.. Hoagland is said to
have foreseen. Therefore, these
three ladies' may have the stage. in
the full glow Of the light, while the
millionaire looks on from the wings:
GRACE L. WEIR, who eloped to
Europe to be wed to him.
PAULINE CHASE, the famous
"Pajama Girl" to whom 1t was re-
ported he was engaged; but with
whom, 1t later developed, he was
merely acting John Alden mission
for a friend. How a midnight mar.
rage was prevented by watchful
mother forms climax not unworthy
Of the best romantic fiction.
What Billie Wants.
BEATRICE ALLEN. child m a
Texas ranchmen, feet Of foot as a
roe and transformed. through the
tutelage OF the Castles in Paris. into
d futtering butterfly Of dancer. ~
want to dance until I'm 25." says
she. "Then want to marry and set.
tie down"
The folks who make matches out
Of the noting Of form" declare
that the millionaire has courted the
Ira - IN xuaat for vaor. 10.
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wife-later the bride Of Arthur Ham.
merstein-once more became spouse
less through divorce. But he was
not speaking of the lady who was
one OF the players in the bachelor
marriage He was referring to the
dancer whose dainty, little feet have
played a love sonata on his heart"
as one Of the Broadway chroniclers
has put 1t.
Grace Weir became Mrs. Hoag.
land on Sept. 80, 1904, in London.
and six years later she obtained a
divorce. When the young million.
aires marriage was announced his
friends said 1t was not the union
they had predicted for him. All.
though his name had been men.
toned in connection with that OF
Miss Chase, because he tried to mar.
ry her to friend Of his, there was
a rumor that as matter of fact he
was very much in love with the
beauty. and that 1t was a sort Of
double-action courtship.
Shattered Romance.
That little romance was shattered.
however, when, after her mother
had learned OF Hoagland's attempt
to have Miss Chase marry George c.
Cannon, his bosom friend. at mid.
night. the mother in ft OF pique
took the pajama girl abroad and
frowned on the young men when
they went to the dock to see her of.
Hoagland did not follow Miss
Chase to Europe, but he did 70 in
the wake Of charming Miss Weir.
without saying a word to any Of his
friends. and for over week Broad,
way was questioning what happened
TO him. His cable announcement of
Ills marriage was the first answer to
this question.
On the death Of his father IA years
ago Hoagland found himself with a
fortune and very little to do. He set
about the task Of fitting up the fines:
bachelor apartment in the world.
Every corner OF the world contrib.
utod to the furnishings, and the best
works of many Of the worlds master
painters hung on his walls. He had
at one time $4,000 worth OF paint.
ings.
As a neighbor in the apartment
house he had the Earl Of Yarmouth.
and as his closest friend young Can.
non. who was the son OF Henry w.
Cannon, Of the Chase National Bank.
trimming over with lively spirits.
the two young fellows began a career
Of enjoyment. and frequently found
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tneir names in print, but, strangely
enough, not their pictures.
MISS Weir was for a long time a
protege Of Mrs. Wilton s.. Parker
at Brooklyn, head and organizer Of
the association that furnishes choir
singers to Protestant Episcopal
churches. From choir singing the
young woman took to the stage, and
was a success from the outset.
And the bachelor" one OF whose
sales Of paintings realized 100000.
with a $4,000 Corot leading the
values, gives as literally as he buys.
Adroit is he also, for. favcrite
though he is among women-as most
bachelors are-he is a shining mark
for the nets Of designing mammas
and OF others not mammas, and but
disdainfully free Of leading strings.
His first marriage didn't stick be-
cause he was a bachelor" is the COM
ment "and no man can be a regular
bachelor and still be real married
man."
When Il Bachelor?
When is a bachelor not a bache-
lor? When he is married. OF course
Everybody knows that
But when is a benedict not a bene-
dict? When he is a widower, most
likely.
You may figure out the answers as
YOU will, but you will not make the
solution measure up to the case OF
MIR. Hoagland. Being known as the
worlds most elegant bachelor, SO In.
sIstent is this acceptance OF him that
when he married the beautiful sing
or. he was still called bachelor.
The charming bride was proud, In
deed. to have captured a bachelor.
but what she most desired. accord.
ing to her own admission later on.
was a husband. Now obviously a
men cannot be a bachelor and a hus-
band at the same time. unless It Is
in such unique case as this.
Even DR.. Carleton Simon, who has
debated some battling problems OF
soclsl life, says that q man can be
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IN the outbreak Of the war
those interested in birds ven.
tured to predict that avian

IN the outbreak Of the war
those interested in birds ven
tured to predict that avian
refugees would flock to peaceful
shores in large numbers; but, so far,
this prediction has not been fulfilled,
nor does 1t seem likely to be. This
much Is to be gathered from the ac-
counts from the front as to the be-
hayior Of birds within the actual zone
Of the lighting. A letter has Just ap-
peared in the British Birds Maya
zine from Mr.. J. X. Stanford giving
the results Of his observations In
Flanders.
Behind Ypres,' says Mr.. Stanford,
things seemed quite normal -larks,
tree.pipits, yellow buttons and COM
mon white.throats being the COM
monest birds In the field. Even while
Ypres was being heavily shelled. ex.
cept when a gun was fred very near
them, the sparows, green6nches and
turtle-doves in the trees on the ram
parts were quite undlsturbed; while
swifts were nesting In the ruined
towers, and as many as 16 nests Of
house.martins werc counted under
q
THE wet meadows near HODGE
always seemed full Of corncrakes at
night, and in a wood near Hoogs
there was always a chorus Of birds
at dawn-and this in spite Of ride
fire on three sides.
Between the opposing lines birds
were naturally scarce. except swal-
lows and swifts,. and stray 1lhhets,
wastails, and starilngs. a pair Of
reesparrows were actually found
nesting IN q shell.torn tree between