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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
MOTHER OF A. G. SPALDING
DIES IN BROOKLYN AT So
Went Through Middle West when 'h'
cayo Had 1000 People

Mrs. Harriet Irene Spalding, mother
~ the late A. G. Spalding, baseoaIl
plaver and sporting goods merchant
died Yesterday, in her ninety-seventn
vear. at the home of her daughter vi ,.
William Thayer Brown, l'2 froSpe''
Street. Brooklyn. =,
Trt;l the last Mrs. Spalding was III
possession of her faculties ana tooA "
teon interest in everything, despite the
fact that her last five months Meie
spent IN bed. Until her last Illness
came. she was vigorous and active.
Mrs. Spaldng was born IN ba1avla'
Y Y. and was married 10 AUSTIN NUM-
Wright at the age of nineteen. Sh9ttly
artar her marriage she travelled oy
WAGON and boat from her home TO has,
Trov Wis. On this trip she passed
through Chicago, which then had a'ooo
Five wears later her husband dled'
ud Mrs WRIGHT moved to ROCKFORD.
iii where. in 1913, she became the we
of lanes l.. Spalding, farmer lie
died in 1853. II. . old
Mrs. Spalding accompanied her son III
his trip around the world. ohul ,ne
last she was a woman OF remarhhpI!
attentive memory and loved to recount
bor evperiences abroad and tell OF tns
time when the Middle West was wiz
and Indian infested.
One son, a daughter ana seven
,randchildren-one Of them Aloert
Snaidirc the administrative her.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
Master Proves He Can Be
Supremacy Dull at
Will
"OVERRULED" PLAYED
WITH SLOW PACE
New One-Act Preface to
Great Catherine" Proves
of Little Joy
By HAYWOOD BROUN

Shaw is always the master. When
he decides to be dull he can excel all
competitors just as he does when he
wills to be brilliant. There Is q thor
ough and sustained quality to the
tedium of Shaw lacking in less skilful
bores
With characteristic modesty Shaw
has described "Overruled7 as "a trifing
experiment. but the audience which
heard its first performance in America
at the Maxine Elliott Theatre las:
night found it the weightiest OF farces.
The play is study in polygamy, and
concerns itself chiefly in an attack on
conventional, old Fashioned immortality.
Thus. the character wnom Shaw would
blast states:
81 may be doing wrong; but I'm
doing il in proper and customary
manner. You may be doing right; bus
you're doing it in an unusual and ques,
tionablc manner. am not prepared
to put up with that. ! can stand belng
treated badly; I'm no baby and can
OF course | can stand being wen
treated. But the thing cant stand
is being Unexpectedly treated. It's
outside my scheme OF life. SO. come
now! You've got to behave naturally
and straightforwardiy with ne, You
can leave husband and child, home,
friends and country. for my SAKE anu
come with me to some southern Isle
or saw South America where we can
be ali in all 10 one another. Or you
can tell your husband and let MN
Jolly well punch my mead II ne eahi
Bat I'm damned il I'm gong 10 sLanG :.
anv eccentricity. It's not Respectable.
The play, which was written apou'
four years ago, is built accoroine 10
the Getting Married formula, Wnere-
by the characters are enmeshed III
situation so complicated that theIc
seems TO be no possibility oil getting
them out. One longs FOR some oiesSeu
beefeater in the queens name 70 soi'e
the difficulty. but there is no solution
only curtain
"Overruled" should be played fast:
In fact. the Mack Sonnet tempo woulo
suit us better than any other. IL was
allowed to drag last night more IMAM
the author intended, because the actors
did not know their lines. Even oau
Shaw has an individual quality when
makes it impossible for the forgetiu,
player to put in something just as gooa
and move on. Undoubtedly the play
will 90 better when the prompter Is
quicker at picking up his cues.
Nobody won any great honors IN the
performance. Walter Bingham was the
worst offender in forgetfulness. but Co.
lin Campbell was also far from letter
nerfect. Gertrude Kingston and Mary
Lawton we're the other members OF the
cast. Miss Lawton played 70 the best
advantage. bat the opportunities oil nef
uart are doubtless the greatest.
Yet, after all, "Overruled" IS not so
very long, and Great Catherine
which follows it. remains one of the
most amusing plays and, in our opin-
ION. the. best acted play in New York,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
NEW HOME TO BE BUILT
ON FIFTH AVENUE CORNER
II. a. {. Taylor Sells Property at
Seyelty-hrst Street

Henry A. c. Taylor, leader in the
movement to protect residential Fifth
Avenue from apartment houses. sold
the old house on the upper corner Of
Seyenty-irst Street and Fifth Avenue
yesterday TO a ellen; of the Douglas
Robinson, Charles s. Brown Company.
The plot is block above the home Of
Henry {. Frick and the new owner Will
erect a private dwelling on il.
Mr.. Taylor. whose home at East
seventy-hrst Street adjoins it. bought
he property last February when II was
offered for sale by the Nathalie E. Bay
lies estate for unrestricted use. He was
represented in the transaction yester-
day by Frederick Winant.
A luyuriously appointed apartment
house, one suite of which already has
teen leased for long term at an an
nuai rental Of $4,000, j. being erected
on the lower corner % Sevo1ty-second
stree: and kind of vigilance commit
tee has been organized among its
neigh bOrs 10 prevent further encroach-
ment. The principal objection to such
structures is their height, which dark
ems the windows of adjoining houses.
The Seventy-second Street house is to
be twelve stories high.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
WOMEN RAISING
FUND TO SUPPLY
ICE TO WOUNDED
Cities to Help Provide Machine
for Front-Sl2O,OOO Raised
at Meeting

Tho American Ice Flotilla Committee
n new relief organization, Of which MISS
Pohinson Smith is president and Miss
Ammo Morgan secretary, has started 10
collect n fund for the purchase OF ma
chimes 70 manufacture and supply ice to
tho field hospitals on the French front.
So far. $4,000 has been raised. The
undertaking is national in scope, al
though. IN 90 the present, most OF the
work has been done in New YORK CITY.
Tho amount mentioned above was
pledged at a luncheon held &C lndia
House several days ago. Announce
of the establishment OF the fund was
only made yesterday.
A. soon as they can be purchased and
forwarded twenty "hotillas' will begin
their work in France. IL is the hope
that Al least fifty OF these units VIII be
in the field by the beginning OF sum-
mcr. a.,
Besides fotillas pledged b. irdiyid-
uals. several cities have promised TO
supplv one or more. New York CITY
viii give five. Cleveland one and New
Haven one. other cities have taken up
The work Of forming committees.
Each fotilla will consist OF ma
chine for manufacturing ice. and mo-
tor truck capable Of transporting two
tons. The ice machine viii also be
-. haunted on motor chassis and may
he moved from place 20 place. one
unit. il is said, can furnish sufficient
lee for twenty field hospitals each day
Surgeons here and abroad say that
ice not only will make easier the last
hours Of the mortnlly wounded, but
will also help TO save countess IlVes;
Thorapeutlcally. ice has become one OF
,be most indispensable needs Of mod
ern hospital The difficulty of pro
cn,ing +, in proper quantities has been
orc Of the most pressing problems
which war hospitals have had 70 bat
tie with.
h. cent 10 the Offices Of the American
Ice Flotilla Committee. 3s West Thirty
ninth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
Rival Factions Will Plead
Cases Before LegiS-
Iature on Monday
HUGHES TO GIVE
ANOTHER OPINION
Estimate Board Opposes
Putting Bill in Hands of
Service Body

New complications were injected
into the proceedings involving the
Riverside Drive project yesterday, when
the Board o. Estimate adopted resolu-
tons formally opposing the Ottinger-
Ellenbogen bill. which contemplates
putting the question in the hands OF
the Public Service Commission. The
Mayor was empowered TO send COM
mittee TO Albany on Tuesday to make
fight against the measure.
But Borough President Marcus Marks
was far from agreeing with the other
members of the board. He not only
voted against the resolutions, but
hintcd that he would accompany the
delegation to Albany.
As result OF yesterdays meeting it
is likely that two big delegations OF
these interested in the contemplated
West Side plan-opposing and favoring
twill carry the entire fight before
the Legislature in the first public hear
ing to be held since the publication OF
the boards new contract.
Controller Prendergast introduced
the resolutions, which set forth that the
proposed bill was an attack upon homo
rule. II said, in part:
ut Is subversive Of the principles OF
home rule, transferring the jurisdie-
ton over a city question to a state
body, and IL is opposed to public policy
for the reason that the board, through
its committee on port and terminal Ia
cilities. has prepared for submission to
the public form of agreement with
the New York Central Company
M. Marks offered a counter resolu-
ton calling upon the board to ask
Charles T.. Hughes, in his capacity as
special counsel for the city, whether
the proposed 0ttinger- Ellenbogen bill
or the act Of 1911 would best safeguard
the interests of the city. The resolu-
tions were looked upon as move 10
involve the former Governor. since IL
has been repeatedly urged by opponents
of the bill that Mr.. Hughes aided IN
bringing the PuDlic Service Commits
sion into being 10 pass upon Just SUCH
questions.
Mr.. Marks's resolution was voted
down after q heated argument. The
board did adopt resolution, however,
under which ex-Justice Hughes VIII be
asked for an opinion as to whether the
Public Service Commission has any au-
thority on the West Side question:
Mayor Mitchell answered requests or
Charles l.. Craig, representing cppo-
nents of the contract, that Mr. HI ghes
be asked for advice concerning the OF
-Ellenbogen bill.
1.-THE board has been advised by ex-
Justice Hughes on every phase of this
question already" said Mayor Mitchell.
"The entire contract has been practi-
cally rewritten within the last eight
weeks"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
Gotham Gleanings $


ae*Looks like in for awar is the opinion here
sbouts.
s*sFrancs Hackett invited out TO dinner Thurs
day eve
.*sroe Johnson OF Bound Brook in town one day
last week
ssaMiss Louis Sachen OF Kansas City. Kans. is still in
or busy midst.
qe@Waly Eaton the k. poet is making another adj
dress tomorrow about the drama
s~aBil Moore OF Brooklyn has bought him new
travelling bag Ivy Kaplan engineered the deal.
se~Ouite cold which came to town Thursday
NIGHT Worrying those whose have watercooed sys-
tens. Ha ha say We
se*Freddv Steele is longer the worst pool player in
the world he being able after seduous practice to defeat
We scribe without much trouble.
ae*Nost everybody except the folks who ride on the
subway is down in the sunny cmes OF Florida and environ
Ted Shonts is down at Bellar Hts
ss@Art Woods the genial and efficient police commr
has given We scribe police card for the current year
Thanks Art is feeling about it.
*@@Mrs F. p Adams OF here who contemplating
10 90 to South America the ls pro% with VIII Beebe
NAV not 20 e OF the paucity OF boats leaving here
In the papitant subsoar novelty dgGers
neart Charlie Chaplin buthus the Spectator March TO- llO
rbe moral of Mr. Powell drama is violated confess, by
punchs national reflections the French and King Henrys
LAYING his leg upon the Queens lap in too ludcrou manner
before so great n assembly,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
WHAT Is GOING On TO-DAY

F.eo sImi..ion to The Am.-i-an Museum o.
Ts,arsi History Metropolitan Museum q
Al Ioologicsl Park Van ,orutrdt Park
Museum and The aquarium
Motor Boat SHOW. Grand Central Palace.
Luncheon Of the Cornell W0neE's club. Hotel
Aston. | =. m
D,.cusslon on Industrial Peace and Justice
al tho luncheon 81 the P.Tub can ,iub OF
New Ycrk clubhouse. q West tortleh
street. 10 y. M
n,,ce, ard dance q, me Ioya society q
New NorL. Ho,el Bilimore ! p IN.
Dinner o. The Real E.si, Board Of New YORK.
waldorf Astoria, ! >. ".
Dinner - the Steub-n County Society. waldorf
Astoria : .. IA
Dime, 81 the siik Association ~ America.
Hotel Aston. p III.
Dinner Il tho Railroad Mems improvement So
DiI1,f q, d. Zcta ri Fraternity. Hotel Aston.
y IN.
Meeting and dinner OF the New Rochelle Yacht
club. Hotel Asto- : p N.
Addres. by Ms'or General Leonard Wool
GA "Pr,paTedne-. and tho Pla''sburg lies
a, ~. dir0rr u the University ~ PsnnsYi-
rania club OF Nov lofs' Delmonicos
p. m
rrptrC LrcrrREs or TIE BOARD OF
EDUCATION SIS T. NJ
Manhattan
..pr,.ir,l and chemical Changes" b, ". T.
F.t.brn,ke Phi American NIsrum ~
Natural Hl,to.y, seventy seventh street ana
Central Park West.
Tn. Hazards Of Labor" hy Professor Jane,
Water CrooA Io,ger IIsututc Eighth street
and Fourth Avenue
''Pinero and Jones. b. Professor J. q carter
r.o-p. New iors Public L.brAry. III East
FINS eighth Street.
"A Leaf from G-osrsphJs wonderh0os. by
Az.i Hui Fish New YORK Pubic LihfaD,
5oj Wet lijih Street.
'pyron Tue Etsmal spirit ~ the Chainls.'
Niad +" by Professor Christian Gauss. Y "
!. A, 3 Wet i2jth STREET
The BfcsI
..u,,,tIn,l Raj" by D. George n Van de
Wr.r. +. g ~. ii5'h Street. east ~ willis
Avenue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
ENGLISH PIANIST
PLAYS OWN PIECE
IN RECITAL HERE
Philharmonic Heard at Carnegie
Elena Gerhardt at Comedy
-"TrOvatOre" at Opera

The musical performances OF yester-
Lay offered some interesting features
though none strikingly important. The
Philharmonic Society gave concert IN
the afternoon in Carnegie Hall, at
which the appealing features were
Widor's Symphony in f minor for or
chestrs and organ, In which the organ
part was played by Charles Gilbert
Spross, and Grieg's pianoforte con-
certo. in which the solo part was played
by Miss Guiomar Noyees.
Widor symphonies for organs alone
belong TO the familiar and admired
things in the music for that Instrument,
but the work performed yesterday does
not belong in the category. AS SOLO
instrument the Carnegie Hall instru-
ment is still lacking in efficiency, IL
has been better placed than 1t used 10
no and augmented in the matter OF
gtops. but the improvements do not yet
som TO be at the service OF the per
former. There was nothing beyond the
ordinary words Of commentator called
for nv Miss Novaes's performance.
Lucid and sensuously charming. but
not eloouent i'm its characteristic fea-
lures.
Mr.. James Friskin gave a pianoforte
recital! in Aeolian Hall in the evening
He is an English musician VINO mas
been with US for two years or so with
out forcing himself upon public atten-
ton. 49,,
In a nocturne OF his own which he
played last night he disclosed the tact
that he has something 20 say IN MS
own behalf which is well worth hear
ing; in his playing of the music OF
other composers he showed that he IS
familiar with their styles and moods.
commands a technic which meets ali
demands and knows how to recTeate
their works by sufficient infusion OF
himself (as an artist must DO II ne
wishes TO deserve the name 10 vi'allLe
them. His recital was thoroughly
artistic affair.
The Comedy Theatre is an auditorium
admirably suited TO the art OIL song
singing. and Miss Elena Gerhardts re
citsl there in the afternoon gave ne"
proos 70 the fact. Miss GerhardtS pro-
@ramme was devoted 70 three composers
Schubert. Schumann and Brahms.
The German sopranos art has, per-
haps, never shown 10 bette ADVANTAGE
especially in Schumann's "Du DIST VIE
zinc Blume," and "Des knaben Berg
lied" which the audience forced her 70
repeat. The audience was of good SIZE
and warm in its enthusiasm.
At the Metropolitan in the evening
al Trovatore" was repeated to a typ
zeal "Trovatore" audience. The cast
had only one new member, Signor De
Luca. who performed the part OF Count
Di Luna for the first time in America.
Ills beautiful style was most grateiu!
in III Balen." Miss Muzio was a hand
some and dramatic Leonora, Mr.. Mar
,inelli . resonant voiced Manrico. but
Nine. Ober has many things to learn
in the art of Italian song.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
MISS M'NAMARA, HEROINE
OF KINGSLAND, LACKS JOB
Girl Who Plugged in Explosion Calls
Wants Switchboard

Miss Tcssie Mcnamara, heroine OF
Kingsland in the recent munitions eX-
plosion, hasn't yet found other work.
IL is engrossing, of course, and not
without interest. to be an American
heroine. but it is underpaid. She has
received ever so many gold watches
but one can't live upon gold watches
either. especially II they have been
suitably inscribed.
Her former switchboard was de-
s.rovcd with the rest Of the Canadian
Car and Foundry Company's buildings
az Kingsland, leaving her a heroine
without a niche. She is such compe-
tent switchboard plugger that being
without work has presented no qualms
TO her, as yet. But for the benefit, OF
business men. it is well TO state that
Miss Mcnamara at present lacks a
switchboard.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
WINGDALE PLANS APPROVED
Prison Commission Appoints Advisory
Board of Physicians

The State Prison Commission, which
met yesterday IN the office Of Ebert II.
Gary. at II Broadway, approved the
plans drawn by l.. +. Pitcher, State
Architect, for the new prison at Wing
dale. Charles Bulkley HubbelI, chair
man Of the commission. appointed a
committee of physicians to net In an
advisory capacity durtng the construc-
ton md equipment Of the institution.
Tho mon chosen are pr. Walter Bel
khan James, II West Fifty-fou.th
street; DR.. Thomas s. Salmon, 50 Union
couare. and Or. George r. Brewer, IS
East Sixty-fourth Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
HENRY L. STIMS0N TO AID
MAYOR IN DEFENCE WORK
Major Landon Also Appointed to Exec
utive Committec-N. e.. Lauded


Henry l.. Stimson, former Secretary
of War, and Major Francis &. Landon,
formerly of the eth Regiment Of the
National Guard, were appointed yes.
'erday by Mayor Mitchell as members
Of the executive committee OF Ihe
Mayors Committee on National DEF
fence. Both men accepted.
Willard ID. Straight, chairman oil 1he
executive committee. announced jna'
the committee had adopted a~reso!u-
tion commencing the work OF the va
tionai Guard Oh the Mexican border,
The committee emphasized, IN the
resolution, its belief that the GUARDS
men had earned debt Of gratitude
from the nation; that they had given
the best performance that could ne
expected under the system, and that
"a considerable part Of the confusion
and delay that marked the mobilization
was due to conditions as EQUIP
ment shortages and detective methods.
Of distributing cquipment-tor when
the state organizations were IN no way
10 blame"
The resolution also says that IN any
military system devised in the future
the talent developed IN the Guard
should be recognized and used.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
ENGAGEMENTS

NJ, and Mrs. Ethelbert Watts. OF
pbiladeIphia. announced yesterday the
engagement OF their daughter. Miss
Frances Watts. to Theodosius Fowler
stevens. of ll2 West Forty-fourth
Street. Miss Watts is the grand
daughter of the late Henry NJ. Watts
Who was American Minister to Aus
ria She made her debut in Phila..
delnbia in 1914, a year after she had
bonn nresented at the Belgian court.
The Wedding will take place in the
snrinc. Mr.. Stevens is chief counsel
70 The Bronx Pas. way Commission.
Tis father was the late Francis X.
stevens. of Castle Point. and his
oroat-uncle was the founder of Ste
vens Institute.
The engagement is announced OF
Mis- Loo Van Nostrand Marvin, daugh.
.er Of tho late DR.. George Howard
Marvin and Mrs. Marvin, 20 Charles
Ruler. son of the late Benjamin
Franklin Butler and Mrs. Butler The
wedding will take place az the nome
~ the bride. 1873 East Thirty-ninth
Street. on Saturday Mr.. Butler and
hi. bride will sail as soon as possible
for a short stay in Paris TO complete
the hospital planning work for inc
french army. on which he has been
engaged for the last year. as mem
her Of the American Relief clearing
House.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
CHARLES COuGHTRY

Charles Coughtry, Of Grand View,
y. Y. veteran yachtsman and design
er. died at Morehead City, n. C., last
Wednesday, when on Southern
cruise. He was the second oldest mem
Der Of the Knickerbocker Yacht Club,
having Joined it in 1880. He was for
many years employed by the Ameri.
can Express Company, having entered
it's employ in 1879, and retired in 1915.
He was owner Of the yawl Za!onis H..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
RIsBOP ALEXANDER WALTERS

Bishop Alexander Walters. of tho
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church. died Friday night at his home,
2Os West bath Street, from a compli-
cation OF diseases. He had been bishop
Of the New York and New England
dioceses for twenty-five years, and wss
known as an active worker for the bet
terment OF conditions among members
Of his race. Bishop Walters was born
in Bardstown. Ky, fifty-eight years
ago. He leaves a widow and four sons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
FIRST BILLY SUNDAY ISSUED
Magazine VIII BE Devoted to OrganiIa-
ton of Eyangeiist's Campaign

ttOn on ElangeiSts Campaign
The Billy Sunday Association of New
York issued yesterday the.tirst number
OF BILLY Sunday four-peye peri.
odical devoted 70 the preliminary or
ganization of the campaign which the
evangelist is to begin here on April /.
The little journal will be issued every
little while"
Plans for recruiting the two big
mixed chorus and the male chorus
which are 70 sing during the revival
will be announced at meeting a.
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
Monday night Each of the mixed
ohoruses is 10 De composed of 1000
voices. They will sing on alternate
days.
The subcommittee in charge Of the
work on Staten Island has divided
Richmond into four districts. and the
work in these will be developed along
lines similar TO those employed IN
Manhattan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
OBITUARY
DR.. ASA STONE COUCH

DR.. Asa Stone Couch, one of the or.
GAMERS of the New York State Hospi-
tai for the Insane at Middletown and
Tonawanda. died on Thursday. He
was eighty-four years old. and before
coming to New York had lived for
many years in Fredonia. n. Y. He
had been professor of anatomy in
Philadelphia and Chicago, president Of
the homeopathic Medical Society OF
the State Of New York, a speaker be-
fore the Worlds Congress Of Physi-
clans in 1891 and president of the
Stete Boards OF Medical Examiners.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
DEVICES FOR BLINDED URGED
Miss Holt Tells Hackcnsack Women
of Committees Offer

Miss Winifred Holt, representing the
Committee for Men Blinded in. Battle,
told the Hacksnsack Women's Cup
yesterday that the committee had ,do
fered four prizes ranging from slo0
to $3.50 Cor inventions which would aid
the blind TO make living. She had
high homes, she said, that American
in senuity would develop some device
Us the sightles men, rendered desper-
ate By their plight, were prone to SUI
eide. -, La,
taught "how to be blind" in the PARIS
Lighthouse. she said. and many oil
them were now self-supporting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-03
HENRY g. HYDE

Springfield, Mass, Feb. 2.-Henry ).
Hyde, seventy-nine years old, for many
wears director and vice-president or
the New England Telephone and Tele-
graph Company, died here this morn
ing. He was an organizer OF the
Springfield Telephone Company IN
1879 and treasurer of the Wason Man"
ufacturing Company since 1852.