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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS. March 20-The cot
ton market was unsettled In the first half
hour OF business today. first losing ] to
points from Saturdays close and then
rising to net advance of 1 to points.
Drought in Texas was with the market,
but cables were poor. The census bu-
reau's final ginning returns for the sea-
son were about as expected
May, 11.S2: July 100; October, 1907
asked; December. 12.17; January, IL 80.
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Money Plethora General.

That the money plethora indicated in
Washington by the responses of the
various banks to the recent call OF
the controller of the currency EXISTS
also in other centers is shown by the
sharp competition in the market Tor
desirable investments and the rapid ac-
emulation in investments.
Five national banks i'll New YORK
had increased their investments IN
bonds and securities sls,'23.ooo on
March as compared with December
~ 1915. and by nearly s60,o00.o00 when
comparison is made with investment
holdings March 4, 1915.
The National City Bank. employing
It's funds in large operations. oid not
increase it's investment holdings
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NEW YORK,

NEW YORK, March 20.-Butter-
Firmer: receipts. 5.041 tubs. Creamery
extras (s2 score). 3S; creamery (hisher
seconds. 34a36.
Eggs-Firm; receipts, 1927 cases
Fresh gathered extras. 231za24; extra
firsts, %; irsts. 22a22hs seconds, 2115a
ia Nearby hennery white. fine to
fancy, -; nearby hennery browns, 24a
rs
Cheese-Firm; receipts, 1886 boxes
State. held, specials. 1sA; do. average
fancy. IS: current make. average run.
17ka1712; Wisconsin. twins. held, 1sa
1871.
Live poultry-Weak; No prices set
tied Dressed firm; chickens. 15a30:
fowls, 14ha1911; turkeys 26a3O.
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Sugar Market Is Easier.

NEW YORK, March 20.-Raw sugar
centrifugal. $50; molasses
sos: refined, steady; cut loaf, sos;
crushed, 40; mold A, 40; cubes. 40:
MIX powdered. 705: powdered,
100; fine graduated. $50: diamond A,
6 80; confectioners' A. $50: No. /. SIS.
Sugar futures were easier under con-
tinued liquidation. brought about by the
lower ruling of the spot market, where
offerings are little more liberal. At
noon prices were 6 to S points lower
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To Meet at HAS AM.

The Governing committee of the local
stock exchange today voted on the
proposition 10 change the hour Oh the
daily call. the result being Il compro-
mise, effective Immediately. changing
the hour from Il midday to ll:A' am,
prompt Heretofore the sessions start
81 about 1915 pm. and occupied al
most the entire noon hour.
some of the governors were opposed
10 any change and others wanted the
daily sessions at II O'Clock am. but the
compr omise as voted for seemed to suit
all parties.
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Elected Commerce Club Director

Charles e. holster of the disbursing
once, Commerce Department. today
was elected a member of the board of
directors OF the Commerce Club at a
meeting Of the employees of the various
divisions composing the secrstary's Of
nee. held In the ONCE Of Chief Clerk
George c. Havenner today.
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DAIRY MARKETS.
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. March Neutrality-suspicious..
creamery. 30a36.
Esgs-Steady; receipts. 1856 cases:
hrsts. 19a19A; ordinary firsts, 18a18A
at mark. cases included, 1Sa19
Potatoes-Lower; receipts, thirty
seven cars; Michigan, Wisconsin. Min
nesota and Dakota white, 88a97; Min
nesota and Dakota Ohios, S8a95
Poultry-Alive, unsettled; fowls, II;
springs. 171z.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. March 90. = Cotton
Spot steady; good middling, sos; mid
ding, 1872; low middling. 1855. Sales,
5000 bales; for speculation and export,
500 bales: receipts, 1000 bales. Flu
lures quiet. March, 7.63; March April,
1921; April-May, 7.61; May-June.
7.601s; June-July. 7.5s: July-August,
7.57 "; August-September 1904: Sep
1927: October No
vember, 1888; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1854 December-January, 1881; Jam
uary February, 1919; February
March, 7.31 Y March-April. 49,
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D. A. R. CHAPTER to Be at Home.

The Richard Arnold Chapter. D. A. r.,
is to be at home tomorrow afternoon
from $3.50 to $40 o'clock at IA Jack
son place. Mrs. Alexander NJ Cor
man is regent of the chapter
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General Conditions Soft.

The general market appeared soft
early IN the afternoon. Brokers con-
sidered that the technical position had
been weakened by the liberal covering
OF the shorts, removing one of the
main supports of the list
This weakness developed quite gen.
orally other than in Mexican Petroleum
and few other stocks mentioned
above.
Midway in the second hour of the
afternoon the entire list turned weak,
Steel common breaking to s51a and the
rails and industrials following
The bears tried the market, and find
ing it yielding. put on more pressure,
causing half-point to point and two
point declines.
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LANST0N SHARES FIRM,
GAINING TWO POINTS
Generally Believed That Dividend
Will Be on 6 Per Cent Basis.
Payable in April.
Railway and Electric Preferred very
Firm at S2-Demand for
Washington Gas 5s.
BY I. A. FLEMING.

Ianston Monotype shares made new
high on this movement. at IS, ana the
closing was with -. bid. and us asked.
The general opinion on change is 'hal
the dividend to he declared March y VIII
be on a s per cent basis.
Railway preferred showed better tone
and made l. point advance when II soid
1T So. seventy-four shares selling IN lots.
with the strength maintained until the
closing.
Other utilities and securities generally
were neglected.
Washington Gas IS were wanted ana
sold at 1868.
Elsewhere will he found condensed
report Of the Bethlehem Steel Company
for 1915.
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, March 20.-Flour-Low-
er to sell; spring patents. 5.75a6 o.;
winter patents. 1.soa1.93, winter
straights, 5.55a5.15; Kansas straishts.
3.70a5.a0. Pork-Firm: mess. 235oa
24.00: family. 23.0Oaa500; short clear.
22-00a25.0o. Beef-Quiet: mess, 17OOa
1880; family, 1S.50a $50. Lard-Firm !:
middle west. 11.20a11.30 Moasses-
Firm: New Orleans. open kettle, 4Oa50.
Hay-Steady; No. l, 1.35a140: No >,
l.23a 40: No. 3. 1.00al.05: shipping, goa
80. Leather--Frm hemlock frsts, 33a
"a: seconds, 32a33. Hides-Steady; Be-
gotta. 33a34; Central America 80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-03-20

Truancy has been reduced to a mini
mum in the schools of Los Angeles by
means OF the telephone. AS soon as q
child's absence is noted his parents are
called up.
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French Bourse Is Active.

PARIS. March 20.-Tradng was
active on the bourse today. Rentes,
60 francs. - centimes. Exchange Oh
London, IS francs, 50 .centimes.
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MARKET BECOMES WEAK,
WITH GENERAL LOSSES
Mexican Petroleum. Strongest in the
Early Trading. Becomes Soft
in the Afternoon.
Decline Is Attributed to Technical
Position Having Been Changed
by Shorts Covering.

NEW YORK, March 20.-The week in
the stock market opened with some
striking gains in those specialties
which recently claimed speculative at
tention. but elsewhere the undertone
was irregular.
United States Industrial Alcohol made
an initial gain of more than . points.
and Crucible Steel Studebaker, West
inghouse. Mexican Petroleum and Dis
til1ers' Securities rose to 3.
Metals were fractionally higher. and
equipments made similar advances.
United States Steel manifested fur
I restraint. and Canadian Pacific fell
4 point.
Union Pacific and Erie were the only
rails to show firmness.
Anglo French bonds were strong.
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LONDON MONEY.

LONDON. March 20.-Bar silver.
21% per ounce.
Money. 4a4h per cent. Discount
rates-short bills and three months,
SIS per cent.
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New York Lead Market.

NEW YORK, March 2O.-The metal ex-
change quotes lead, 775 bid, spelter, not
quoted. At London, lead, f36 Is Cd !;
spelter, f92.
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Personal Mention.

Nathan 4. Scott. former senator from
the state of West Virginia ana now
president of the Continental Trust Com
pany, returned Saturday from Califor-
MIA, where he wintered. Mr.. Scott de-
clares that he has loafed long enough
and that he intends TO buckle down to
work in the interest of the Continental
with renewed ardoT.
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Sunday After Church.

From Judge.
Mabel don't think much Of the close
Of that sermon, father.
Father-No? You were probably think
ing more Of the clothes Of the congrexa-
tfon, my dear.
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Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES.
Washington Gas IS. 5000 at 1851. $500 at
washington Railway pfd.. % at 81, 20 at s.
At So. % at 81.
Ianston Menetype, 10 st IS. 10 at IS, 10 at
-, 10 at IS.
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Slump More Serious.

to the close of the session. The in
dustrials were more severely affected
than the rails, declines in the former
extending to two and even to four
points. the war shares suffering most
severely.
Rails were off about a point
Steel common sold off IS to sac.
Mexican Petroleum ia. WESTINGHOUSE
Electric 23s. Studebaker Corporation 4
points. Crucible Steel So and Butte
Copper 35s.
Declines less severe were noted gen.
orally in the industrials
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. March on-wheat-
Spot No. | Manitoba 13s 10d: No. ., 13s
Sd: No 3. 13s 4d; No. hard winter
gulf, lis l0d: No. hard winter choice
i3s: No. 2 red western winter. l2s:
northern Chicago, lbs Cd; No | Durum
lbs Sd.
Corn-Spot American mixed. new,
los sd.
Flour-Winter patents. AIS.
Hops in London (Pacif1c coast). "a
15saf5 15s.
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CURB STOCKS.

Quotations furnished BY ". B. Hibbs n
members New York Stock Exchange.
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Recessions Recorded Early.

Rccessions extending to a point or
more were recorded before the end of
the first half hour
Offerings became more extensive dur
ing the forenoon. the heaviness of
Steel Reading and a few other leaders
having its effect on the general list.
Not only were most early gains
effaced. but prices of the more active
specialties were a point or more under
last weeks final quotations.. Bethle-
hem Steel fell IA to $50.
The decline seemed to be based in
part on intangible rumors dealing with
the foreign situation, but Mexican
affairs, so far as they were pronounced
those issues. were not pronounced
factor.
Business diminished at midday and
some stocks scored substantial recov-
cries.
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new YORK COTTON.

Quota tons furnished by ". Il. Hibbs 4 Co
membefs New York Stock Exchange, New YORK
Cotton Exchange and Chicago Board Of Trade
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Selling T., Dividend Today.

Selling T., Dividend Today.
Mexican Petroleum preferred. >: Sloss-
Sheffield preferred. ia: Underwood
Typewriter. l. and preferred of same.
IA; Homestake Mining. 65 cents: Con-
tinental Can, / 4. and preferred, / q:
Texas Company. pig: Phelps. Dodge &
Co. 2ia and az extra: Tobacco Prod
ucts preferred. Ia; Chicago. Burling
ton and Quincy. 9: American Agricul-
tural Chemical. l. and preferred. Z.
Crucible Steel preferred. ia: Cluet-
Peabody preferred. IA: Loose Wiles
first preferred. p Republic Iron and
Steel preferred, pa. and Western
Union a
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Condition of the Water.

at 8 am: Great Falls-Temperature
80 condition, so. Dalecarlia reservoir
Temperature, So; condition at north
connection, so: condition at south con-
nection, so. Georgetown distributing
acknowledgements "a: condition
at inf1uent gate house, so; condition at
efluent gatehouse, 40.
Weather in Various Cities.
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Records for Twenty-Four Hours.

The following were the readings of
the thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty-four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
mometer-Yesterday, PM a.
pm, "a: 2 midnight. 90: today. 4 am,
IS: am, "a: IL noon, "a: pm, So
Maximum, a., at pm. yesterday; min
imum, %, at go am. today.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum, 81 minimum. 80.
Barometer-Today, IL noon, 1898: 2
pm, 30.34.
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WEATHER..
Increasing Cloudiness, Warmer To
night: Tomorrow Rain. Warmer

For the District of Columbia. in
creasing cloudiness and warmer to-
night: temperature slightly above
freezing. tomorrow rain and warm
er: moderate winds, becoming south
east and south.
For Maryland and Virginia, west por-
tions-cloudy and warmer tonight and
tomorrow, probably snow or rain
East portions-increasin cloudiness
and warmer tonight. Tomorrow rain
and warmer; moderate winds, becom-
ing southeast and south.
For West Virginia, cloudy tonight
and tomorrow, probably rain; warmer
tonight
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THE A THAT LAST.

The plays that continue in New
York are 1.-THE Fear Market" at
the Comedy Theatre, 1.-THE Little
Minister" at the Empire Theatre,
"The Boomerang at the Belasco
Theatre. Common Clay" at the
Republic Theatre. 1.-THE Pride Of
Race" at the Maxine Elliott Thea
tire, "Hit the Trail Holliday"atth the
Harris Theatre. "Just a Woman"
at the Forty. eighth Street Thea
ire. THE Cinderella Man at the
Hudson Theatre, 1.-THE Greatest
Nation" ut the Booth Theatre.
major Barbara" and 1.-THE
Earth" Mt the Playhouse, Treas
ure Island" at the Punch and
Judy Theatre. Macbeth" at tho
Criterion Theatre. "The Melody
of Youth" at the Fulton Theatre.
1.-THE Great Lover" at the Long
acre Theatre, PAY Day" at the
Cort Theatre, "Erstwhile Susan"
Mt the Gaiety Theatre. "Fair and
Warmer" at the Eltinge Theatre.
"Abe and Mawruss" at the Lyric
Theatre, Margaret Schiller" at
the New Amsterdam Theatre.
"The Unchastencd Woman" mt
the Thirty-ninth Street Theatre,
and the Washington Square Play
ers Mt the Bandbox Theatre.
The musical plays are Every
Good Eddie" NJ the Princess The
atre, "Alonc at LAST al the Shu-
bert Theatre. Pom Pom" at the
Cohan Theatre, THE Blue Para
disc" NJ the Casino Theatre,
"Svbil" at the Liberty Theatre.
1.-THE Conan Revue 1916" ut the
Astor Theatre. Robinson Cru
SOC. Jr.," at the Winter Garden.
"Stop! Look! LISTEN" ut the
Globe Theatre, and "Katinka" mt
the Forty-fourth Street Theatre.
The H%ippodrome is open with
Sousa's Band, Hip Hip Hooray"
and "Flirting at st. Moritz," q
big spectacular offering.
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here. I want to see you. Sit in the
light
II obeyed her. and as soon as the
light fell on my face her whole cx-
preston and n changed. She
might have been my mother looking
ct me. from the tenderness which
came into her eyes. She came across
the roo ana almost with petulance
laid her hand upon my hair. Running
her hand through 1t she exclaimed:
oh! Why--why haven't you got curly
hair. could have loved you II you
had
II looked up at her entirely non.
plnsed. and being proud of my sleek
locks | asked her. just u little as-
grieved. what was the matter with
them. My dear boy she said. and
there was a sob In her voice. has no
M ever told you that you look like
him.
"'Iiim? who?' I blurtcd out. why.
the greatest actor this country has
eve known. Except that your hair
In straight and his was curly you are
the living image OF Wilkes Booth
7 loved Wilkes Booth she Q on.
as her Eyes filled with tears. when
they showed ms my picture In n locke,
placed ovcr his heart. and----' she put
her hand into her bodice and drawing
out II locket showed me the hand
some face of President Lincoln's MUIR
derer.
"'If II wasn't for the hair she said
as she gaaed lovingly at the picture.
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feTmore. Well. YOU know how anna.
tours are. I hadn't a trace Of stage
fright. ! just pranced on and played
my first scene admirably. Came on
fully convinced that I was the zeal
thing. and evidently I was. for the
moment. for Miss Heron came to me
in the wings and exclaimed: My dear
boy. you were superb.
That was my finish. A moment
later l had to so on again to play
a very important scene with Miss
Heron.
whether II was the compliment
she had paid me or the awe with
which the great actress inspired me
| don know; anyhow. something had
hoodooed me. couldn't remember a
line. n a. Tor cues. every one OF them
LETT me. TIL" ecene ended in a fasco
brolght aooN entirely by me. When
OFT the stage Miss Heron
was close upon my trail. You little
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went in for amateur tl,oatrlCais. |
came to meet Miss Heron in this way
After several performances with the
Amaranth and other iironklyn clubs
] was cast to play Il role in The Lit
tie Treasure which was To he pro-
duc"d for Il benefit at the old Masonic
Temple at sixth venue and Twenty
third street. Miss Heron, who was
then in retirement. was to play 4
role. and sh" VAS also the stage lii
rector. shall never forget the day
| met her first. She sent me word
to call at her house on East Twenty
first street. WIS an nervous as a
cat and on entering her drawin room
sat down on the first chair that /
saw
1.-The moment she entered she cast
one look mt me sitting humbly in the
shadow and with commanding ma.
jestic gesture exclaimed: Sit ovss
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Vaudeville and Burlesque.

PALACE THEATRE--1rene Bor-
doni and Melville Ellis will be
the particular attraction this
week in a series Of piano.
logues. Others include MrA
Thomas Whiffen in 1.-THE Gold
en- Night" by Edgar Allan
Woolf. 1.-THE River Of Souls"
by John r. Golden. Ruth
Roye, MARITIME tombstone, Pal.
frey, Hall and Brown and the
Gomez Trio Of Spanish Dancers.
COLONIAL THEATRE--Albert
Whalen, an English monol-
ogist and comic singer, will
be at the head Of the pro-
gramme. Othes will be Clare
Morton, Paul Morton and
Naomi Glass. Charles Evans
and company, Santley and
Norton, Howard. Kibbel and
Herbert. Bernard and Scarth.
Myrl and Delmar and Vow
= Hwa and Moey Yuen. Chinacs
singers in American songs
ALEXANDRA THEATRE--Belle
Baker. Odiva. George Sidney,
Savoy and Brennan in ION the
Rialto." Lucy Gillette, Cor.
coran and Dingle. 1.-THE Inter-
national Girl; Lew and Mollie
Hunting and Col. Marc Dia-
mond and Nine. Grant and
others make up this weeks pro.
gramme.
COLUMBIA THEATRE--"The
Gypsy Maids" which is the
latest addition to the list Of
advanced burlesque organiza-
tions. will present a new two
act %burlesuue called "On the.
Trail at the Columbia Thea
ire this week. The principal
characters are played by win
J. Kennedy and Jack Miller.
There will also be a large
: chorus of girls.
YORKVILLE THEATRE-"Ths
Follies Of Pleasure" a combi-
nation of burlesque and vaude-
vile in which there will be
featured an up to date revue
Of current stage successes,
comes to the Yorkville Thes.
tire this week with a strong
cast Of comedians.
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M.zzl Hajos. who is ore e the
mos; beautiful ot the feminine low
comedians on the stage. Is returning
10 New York tomorrow night for the
irst time s.uce she was seen here IN her
delightful performance Of the heroine
Of "Sari," Tom Ma cNaughton will be
associated with Miss Hajos in the
leading role Of Pom Pom" which IS
who has put other successful works
to his credit. is the composer OF the
new work. while Anne Caldwell. the
successful woman playwright, is the
author of the libretto. The heroine
has the opportunity "a appear in turn
As n prima donna, n pickpocket. d jail
bird ana ultimately as n hostage.
Among Miss Hajos's associates viii I've
Carl Gantvoort. Tom Walsh. William
Ev!lle. Eiith Day and others, An or.
chestra of ,hirty-two will be conducted
by Max Berdiy.
"Thc Greatest Nation" by Marion
Creighton and william Elliott, viii he
acted at ure Booth Theatre on Monday.
wi.h william Elliott in the leading
role. Concerning the play tn" follow
.ag information has been volunteered:
The story has to do with the dlplo-
matte relations of the Kingdoms of
Adlon and Thor, between which there
has long existed Il traditional jealousy.
The Young Prime" of Donau, Crown
Prince IT Thor. Is mentally progress.
sive ana Il man OF considerable en-
gincrrlnr ability. In the last year ~
his .uth@r's rem he superintends
great works, which eventually give
rise To- the suspicion vn tho part OF
l,ndow IT Adlon that he is planning
some sort Of strategic aggression
ngains, tlc interests of Adion \, the
very omc when these suspicious
come 10 the ears of the Young Prince,
his father, the king of Thor, is as
susslna,rd while travelling near the
frontier Of AGlon. The excited popu-
lace Immediately point the finger ~
suspicion AT Raiow If .\d!on. This
develops the dramatic climax, which
il said to hC Of unusual power and
originality.
The scene production is by Joseph
Urban. Mr.. Ell!ott's role is that ~
the Crown Prince of Thor and the
character If the King ~ Adlon is
Played By Hal I'orI". The leading
feminine roles are played by olive
Wynd,mm and Mm2. Yors<a.
In addition til. cast contains ~"
names Of Rowland i'uckstone, tord"lia
Macdonald. Sydney Mathers. Edward
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test Of Miss Adams's popularity in this
country.
She is Of course the most admired
OF all American actresses. But as the
mother ~ six children who has pushed
out Of the door Of her compartment n
man who would keep the window open
and thus endangered the health II her
child, he had a severe task 10 please
her public. The first act, which was
written as a one act drama, showed
Miss Adams at her irresistible hest.
After Sir James had. however, added
the scene from "rria! by Jury" to make
his other acts and wound up with an
inconsequentiai final episode the
famed Barrie "whinisicality' had been
submitted To a severe test.
IT Is I be hoped therefore for the
sake Of the public. for the actress and
the author that the Barrie brand Of
"whimsicality" Will resemble the earlier
vintage.
DO the prima donnas who depart
from o~pera-grand opera they always
call it--act after all with wisdom"
How about Frltzi Scheff with her bank
rIptcy and her vaudeville and the rest
of the circumstances that mark the
easy artistic descent? Would she not
after all have been more successful
from every point Of view had she re-
maincd in the genre in which her
career was begun" Ernestire Schu-
.plann-Feink al wise enough to de-
part from operct.a after a year. She
a one Of the few who benefited IL
all by the experience. She acquired
in that way admirers who might other
wise never have he.rd Of her and yet
continued loyal.
Marguerite sylvia san in "Glpsy
Love for II year. accumulated as
much as three seasons in opera
abroad would have required AMI wen,
back to Europe. Certainly Emma
Trentini has not been in receipt OF any
considerable profits during recent
months. Her case was similar to Miss
Schetr's In that she could only sing
certain roles In opera--indetd her
repertoire was even more limited.
But 1t Is announced that Mile. Tren-
Uni will come back here after her
labors in nursing the soldiers Of the
Italian army are at an end. II was
always supposed that she devoted her
time In Italy to the conduct Of "a large
cheese business which she controls in
Mnntua. This wise investment IN SAID
to he the source in normal times of u
considerable income to her.
but she u coming back to sing In
0peretta. This will doubtless b. Q