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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
PIANIST AND CONTRALTo
HEARD AT AEOLIAN HALL
Miss Ethel Newcomb and Miss Mary
Jordan Please Audiences

Jordan Please Audiences
There were two recitals yesterday az
Aeolian Hall, a pianist in the afternoon
and a singer in the evening. Miss
Ethel Newcomb Is no stranger. She IS
a well grounded musician, possessed Of
an ample technique, and what she does
is always worthy of consideration.
She chose a difficult task yesterday,
playing an ali Beethoven programme
three sonatas. the Op. 20, No. u; the
Op. ., No. 3, and the Op. 81, No. 20. On
the whole she accomplished II with
credit. If her playing was unlighted
with any particular briilisnce Of color,
IL was sound, unaffected and well con
sidered. A good sized audience showed
warm appreciation.
Miss Mary Jordan is remembered
from the days when she was one Of the
contraltos Of the Century Opera Com
pany. Her voice il excellent, rich Of
timbre and Of goodly range. It's chief
fault lies in a lack of equability Of pro-
duction, with resultant breaks in her
scale.
But. all in all, she is an excellent
artist, and deserved the applause and
flowers she received. Interesting feat
ures Of her programme were two
Brahms songs with viola, in which Sam
FRANKIE assisted, and group Of Rus
sian numbers. Kurt SCHNEIDER fur
nished throughout sympathetic accom-
paniments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
mot Discouraged"
at Society's Rebuff
Threatens TO Make Public Lett
ters About Historical
Body's Activities

There arc several points at which
Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer, and
the New York Historical Society are
not in perfect accord, and one Of them
is in defining what the old Knicker-
booker organization needs most.
The executive committee believes
that money is the prime essential. and
it said so on Tuesday night IN the re-
port answering Mrs. Van Rensselaer's
criticism of the methods Of the soci-
ETY.. Mrs. Van Rensselaer, has an en-
tirely different definition, and she said
so yesterday at her home, l34 East
Ninety-ffth Street.
at isn't money the society needs.
It's brains brains and education. The
committee members may know all
about law and bonds, but they know
nothing about the antiquities and
curios in the society's cases. ia Ike
20 ask them just one or two ordinary
questions about the history OF their
own New York"
Mrs. Van Rensselaer, is far from dis
heartened by her experience on Tues
day night. when she was defeated IN
her attempt 20 take the floor and read
some letters which she described as
interesting and referring 20 the con-
dition Of the society
"Why should feel disheartened?
she asked. smilingly. "Of course, /
was rudely treated, but the committee
report actually recommended severa!
innovations had suggested. OI
course. received no credit for the
suggestions, but ! am satisfied II my
efforts have borne results
HAS the committee asked 70 read
the letters 20 which you referred
the reporter asked. .,,
NO." said Mrs. Van Rensselaer,, still
smiling. II am afraid the committee
doesn't want 70 read them. II the
committee hasn't the courtesy TO let
me know in few days that 1t is ready
20 read them, shall give them to the
press without warning"
Then Mrs. Van Rensselaer, referred
again to the eventful ending Of the
tuesday night meeting, when a mo-
ton 20 adjourn prevailed over her at
tempt 20 take the door.
81 dislike the thought" she said,
"but really believe / can see evidence
Of deliberstion IN the arrangement OF
tina. meeting. Else why was the usual
custom reversed and the lecture OF
the evening placed first, and ahead OF
the whitewashing reportI After the
whitewashing report had been read, OF
course a motion 20 adjourn was IN
order. Unfortunately for me, that was
the first moment was able 10 ask for
me AoOr.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
Plays and Players

Lloyd Osbourne, representing the
estate Of Robert Louis Stevenson, has
sold the right. to "Macaire" 20
Charles Hopkins, and the latter will
produce it eventually at the Punch
and Judy. "Macaire" is a melodra-
matte farce by Stevenson and W. L.
Henley.
Harrison Rhodes and Benrino,
whose first name was lost in the San
Francisco earthquake, are the authors
of a play placed in rehearsal yester-
day 0y Conan & Harris. II is en-
titled "The Willow Tree"
Sallie Fisher is about TO plunge into
vaudeville with A Choir Rehearsal
a sketch By Clare Hummer.
Il is announced that Lawrence
Grossmith, of Love o. Mike" has be-
gun work upon a biography Of the
Grossmith family. 1t is not consd-
cred likely that the volume will be
completed before 1920 or whereabouts,
since Vernon Castle is a member Of
the family.
Amelia Bingham will return TO the
stage next week, after an absence Of
nearly two years. She will be seen
at the Palace in the customary big
Moments from Great Plays
Florenz Ziegfeld and Charles Dill
lingham. who naturally have the free
dom Of the Century's Cocoanut Grove
at all times, have gone to Palm Beach.
q. 5. X.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
Goldfish Would
Rid Film Industry
of UndesirableS
Story, Rather than Star, Coming
Into It's Own, He Tells In
vestigating Committee

Samuel Goldfish. president Of the
Goodwin Pictures Corporation, told the
legislative committee appointed to dis
cover whether the motion picture in
dustry could support a tax yesterday
that the business needed an investiga-
ton. not for that purpose, but to clear
il Of persons who did not belong in 1t.
Il was a speculative business, he de-
clared. asserting that he did not eX-
rect a paying proposition for two
wears. but widows and orphans we're
investing their savings in it, while Wall
Street capital was holding aloof. The
profitable life OF film. even Of the
$500 900 production Of Carmen IN
which Geraldine Farrar starred at an
imposing salary. was not more than
two years, he declared.
at is my private opinion that before
long the story. rather than the star
will come into its own on the screen
lust as il has on the legitimate stage.
I believe that the author Is not getting
what he is entitled to to-day. But II
will come some day.
AIN nv concern we do not look 10
make any money for at least two years
because of the salaries paid to stars 20
establish our company, but after that
il we succeed in establishing ourselves
it may be different"
Mr.. Goldfish was founder OF the
Jesse L. Lasky Company. which was
merged with the Famous Players Cor
poration. lie and Mr.. Lasky, ne sara,
had received salaries Of $4,000 year
each. Carmen had brought IN ABOUT
$4,000, he said.
The hearing, wnlch taxes, pace IA
The Murray Hill Hotel, will be con-
tiuued to-day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
Music of Yesterday
Holman Playing Marks
Climax of Philhar-
moniC Concert

Last nights concert by the Phiihar-
monte Society, interesting Throughout
because Of its programme and me
splendid voice of the orchestra, reached
its climax at the end, when Josef Hof-
mann played the solo part Of Rubin
stems D minor concerto for pianoforte
and orchestra.
It seems to be part Of Mr.. Hof-
mann's mission TO keep I'D an interest
in this concerto, and he performs II
with an efficiency and splendor that
indicate rs much devotion 10 his mas
ter as " his music. There are fe~
things that Mr. Hofmann does which
recall the pianOforte playing OF RUBIN
stein as wildly as does his perform
ance of this concerto his virIllty, MS
appreciation of melodic beauty, the
sensuous quality Of pianoforte tone and
especially his recognition Of rhythm
which the solo instrument, because OF
its nature, borrows from the orchestra!
instruments Of percussion.
II was interesting last night, though
also a bit saddeninC, 10 note the differ
ence between his enunciatiOn Of the
concerto's themes and that Of the or
ehestra under Mr.. Stransky's direction.
The orchestra knew nothing about the
value Of musical commas and semi
colons, despite the example which Mr..
Holman set.
But this is a characteristic Of the
Philharmonic Society's playing Of a.!
music, and 10 robbed Strauss TIL
Eulenspiegels Merry Franks Of its
humor as completely as il did Brahms =
symphony in + minor eve can SPEAK
only of its last movement of its dig
nified eloquence. Yet there was much
TO compel admiration for the orches-
tra's tone and precision IN the strauss
piece and the symphony. II. Z. K.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
By HAYWOOD BROUN


You must say Great Divide" 20 join
the little band Of Gilead which fights
for the future Of the American drama.
We can't say it. We stand with the
Ephraimites or the wrong side Of
Jordan and seek 70 conceal our chaGrin
by throwing rocks. Not TO like THE
Great Divide" is monstrous, and there
fore this review is in no sense a criti-
cIsm. but a defence of one who IS in
capable Of accepting Moody's play as
masterpiece
William Vaughn Moody sought 10
build a play around the clash between
New England conscience and one from
the West which could forget and rise
above sin. fight is interesting only
when the contestants are well matched.
That Is why the meeting of Willard
and Jack Johnson was better than the
bout between Johnson and Jefries. II
IS also the reason why The Faith
Healer is an infinitely finer play than
The Great Divide"
You may remember that the heroine
Of "The Great Divide is forced 20 ac-
Cept a drunken cowboy when he offers
her marriage TO protect her from two
other ruifians who have broken into the
lonely ranch house. One of his com
petItors he buys off with a chain OF
gold nuggets and the other he shoots.
Ruth eventually learns to love her
rough woOer, but she shows it only by
making his existence hell. She eX-
plains: "When | tore down with bleed
ing fingers the life you were trying 20
build for US, | did 1t only-because-I
loved you."
We confess our inability TO grasp
this point of view. Although we have
seen three actresses play Ruth, the part
always seemed 20 us preposterous.
Ruth is not a human being She is not
even a New Highlander.
To say that there are such persons
proves nothing That might do for SCI
ence, but artistic truth rests on some
thing more than mere existence.
The thing which continually burdens
Ruth's mind is the thought that she
was bought for chain Of gold nuggets
The fundamental wickedness Of her
marriage preys upon her TO such an ex-
tent that she cannot look kindly upon
her baby when 10 comes Nothing in
her life is so triling that she may
not twist 10 about until it seems sim
ful. Now long before the last act the
spectator must realize that Ruth Is
better subject for a doctor than
dramatist. The morbid interpretive
cropping for sin Is. we understand, one
OF the common clinical symptoms Of
neUrasthenia. IL IS probable that the
physician, who is finally summoned in
the third act. finds that his patient is
also suffering from scattered anal
gesia, cardiac palpitation, emotional
Indigestion and possibly a phobia or
two. At any rate, he admits that she
is sick.
The clash, then, comes down to q
point where the playwright IS asking
his audience TO interest themselves IN
the divergent views Of normal man
and an abnormal woman. II is true
that the hero is a reformed alcoholic.
but even that leaves him ever so much
better Off than a confirmed neuras-
thenic. Such "A struggle can come out
IN only one way. Naturally the man
wins. but he ought 20 win IN less than
three acts. Stephen Client has made
his case even before he indicates the
family portraits with one sweep OF his
arm, and says:
Ruth. it's these fellows are fooilns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
THE CAST

you! It's they who keep your head
set on the wages OF sin, and all that
rubbish. What have We got 70 do with
suffering and sacrilee! That may be
the law for some. and I've tried hard
70 see il as our law. ard thought | had
succeeded But | haven't Our law
IS JOY, and Selfshness; the curve Of
your shoulder and the light on your
hair as you ait there says that as
plain rs preaching
Mr.. Moody could easily arrange the
prettiest nip and tuck fight imaginable
concerning stephen Clients theory that
law IS JOY and selishness. In fact. he
did consider a phase Of the opposition
20 that theory in The Faith Healer
but there's no kick or fight left in the
New Eng. and conscience. A national
drama cannot be built on so petty a
subject.
Sometimes we have wondered what
would have happened il the Pilgrims
had &C. d their visions and their dreams
20 Freud. He might not have pre-
scribed a sea voyage. but something
else again. This, however, Is foreign
TO the subject, which is Henry Miiler's
revival % "The Great Divide at the
Lyceum Theatre.
OF course, every intelligent theatre
gocr ought 20 see "The Great Divide
again and again. IL has style and a
lit rare enough in American drama
and. barring the second act, 1t IS an
absorbing play. The first act in par
ticular is capital melodrama, better
than the movies, with its blood and
dice and gunplsy.
Henry Miller gives an excellent per-
Torrance as Stephen Client, although
he is not quite as effective as in the
original production. He is little less
vital, that's all. Gladys Hanson is
adequate in the difficult and migrate
fuI part OF Ruth Jordan. Mrs. Thomas
Whiffen plays again with fine art her
old part of Mrs. Jordan, and Alice
Lindahl is a sufficiently merry Polly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
New York Bankers Estate
Must Pay Inheritance
Tax of S220,54S
FOUR CHARITIES =
GET $4,000 EACH
Testator Owned Paintings,
Gems, Autos and Horses
Worth S22S,74S

White Plains, y. Y. Feb. s.-Aeeord-
ing TO the report Of Transfer Tax APP
praiser William c. Clark, fled to-day
with Surrogate Sawyer Of Westchester
County, William A. Read, New York
banker, who died at his country home
at Purchase on April 7, 1916. left an
estate worth S6,ss7 ,279.5s. or this
amount s6,s02,l2l0s represented per-
sonal property consisting principally
Of stocks and bonds Of railroad COM
panios ard other corporations
The total tax which the estate will
pay under the inheritance law is S220,r
5fs5l.
Caroline Seaman Read, the widow,
inherits s2.57s.2o7, and her tax is fixed
at SS6,42s.2s. The total Inheritance Of
the seven children, who are taxed as
class. amounts to s3.131, 0s2.5O, and the
Inheritance tax is s1Os,543.Ss. A large
Request is sl0s.l00 10 Mary Elizabeth
Read, a sister. Nephews and nieces re-
ceive legacies Of between $4,000 and
SoU'vOU each. 80
The following charitable orgsniza.
tons get $4,000 each East Side House
of New York, Children's Aid Society,
New York Association for Improving
the Condition of the Poor and the Char
ity Organization Society
In addition TO the many stocks and
bonds, the interest of Mr.. Read in the ,
banking house of William A. Read Il
Co. aggregated 81, 700 900. h
The funeral expenses. debts and ex-
penses Of administration aggregated
S533,96925, leaving the net value OF
the estate 70 be $685., 3l0.33.
Among the personal property owned
by Mr. Read were paintings, jewelry,
automobiles and horses valued AZ S22s.-
1850; 100000 Anglo French fve-year
external bonds and 800 Crescent Ath-
letic Club. of Brooklyn. per cent
bonds. Among the stocks held by Mr..
Read and declared 70 be valueless by
the tax appraiser we're one share in the
LenoX Club, fifty shares Of Manursing
Island Association and five shares OF
the Westchester County Horse Show
Association
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
BILLY SUNDAYS EXPENSES
HERE WILL TOTAL $3.50, 900
Finance Committee Arranging CAM
paign Makes Plans TO Raise Sum

Billy Sundays expenses while cam
paigning in New York CITY will amount
TO $l50,000, according 90 the finance
committee. The sum will include $685. z
600 70 cover the cost Of building the
tabernacle at 16sth Street and Broad-y
way, rental of the site, care Of ths4
grounds and insurance. FOR the work
Of conservation following the can't
paign $4,000 is allowed
The preparatory campaign work.
running expenses OF the tabernacle and
TIE living expenses Of Mr.. Sunday and
his staff Of twenty assistants while III
New York, and two-thircs OF their
salaries, will be paid with the remain
ing 100000. Mr.. Sunday as usual. viii
pay the other third Of these salaries. "'
Tabernacle collections and a pre-.
liminsry contribution OF $4,000, given
by persons interested in the evangei-"
ization OF New York, will make up thsr
$3.50, coo. After this amount has BEEN
raised. no further collections will be
taken Mt services unless for some spe-
cial chsp.able purpose. Mr Sunday
will be compensated by the collection
taken up at the tabernacle on the last
day of the campaign. -c7
Contributions toward current ex-
pense funds may be sent 20 the treas
urer, Z. Z. Olcott, 142 Metropolitan
Tower. r.4
On the finance committee arranging
the campaign are Arthur VI. Harris,
chairman; John D. Rockefeller, jr,
William B. Millar. John T. Andrus,
George Arnold, Stephen Baker, George
Gordon Battle. Edwin B. Cragin, Morti-
mer c. Hewlett, Henry W. Jessup. Jor-. p
dan L. Mott, George W. Perkins, James
b. Speers, Edwin J. Gilies and Will
lam J. Stitt
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
THE DIARY OF OUR OWN SAMUEL PEPYs

Febr4ry Up by times hard work all the morning;
where all day tasks, firing but OF the
Industry rather than work To Mistress Aces for din
strawberry pases thence with her to the play
house Lilac Time which deemed meretrclou piece
Mr. Cecil Yapp Mr. Henry Stephenson did excellent
acting news Germany horrendOus warfare goes on
Abatement think shall be at with her.
think Will Spain and most of the other neutral nations
sA the office doing this and that and talking great
DEAL hearing talk than off To Pelham to IT,
Rgers played poker with c. Briggs and Darling haV
my usual luck and they the typical luck Of cartoon
The British has stipulated that Bernstorf should
Halifax which baseball editor the second base
Of supplies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
MARCUS ROSENSTEIN
Superintendent of Hebrew Educational
Alliance Dies at Sixty-four

Rabbi Marcus RosensteIn, superln-
tcndent OF the Hebrew Educational Al
lance. Of Brooklyn, died from pneu-
monia on Wednesday at his home, 10
Van Alst Avenue. Long Island City.
He was sixty-four years old and was
born in Poland. lie came 70 the United
States twenty-four years ago. and for
eight years had congregations in Man
haitian and Brooklyn.
Then Rabbi Rosenstein went 20 Nom
treAl. where he remained for three
years. going next 20 Poughkccpsie and
from there % Willimantic. Conn. Hc
came TO New York nine months AGO and
had been superintendent Of the Brook
Iyn Alliance for four months. His
nidoY and jhrss sons survive him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
CARE FOR FEEBLE-MINDED
URGED BY JOSEPH H. CH0ATE
Lack of Buildings Causes Public Men
ace. Says State Charities Aid Head

ace, Says State Charities Ala mead
Joseph II. Choate. president, Of the
State Charities Aid Association. urged
the construction of more buildings IN
which to care For the states feeble
minded, at the annual meeting OF the
association yesterday Much had been
done for men IN prison, he declared
and for the insane. The states feeble
minded, he said, were as important a
charge, and under present conditions
steps could not be taken 10 segreSate
them.
az the state institutions for the
feeble-minded.' he said, are not badly
overcrowded, "a are the hospitals for
the insane, il is only because they
close their doors 20 those who ought 20
be admitted. This is a serious menace
20 the public
Let US hope that the Legislature
and the Governor will take up at o.e
and the same time this whole question
OF providing for the mentally deficient
and plan broadly and eomprehensively
for their care
Other speakers we're George T. Can
field, Homer Folks and May Vida Clark.
Mortimer y. Buckner was elected
treasurer, and Mr.. Choate and other
members Of the board OF managers
were reelected.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
Bayonne Breaks Coal Strike

Threatened with a coal famine be-
cause OF the strike Of seventy-two
drivers, which has lasted for several
days. residents of Bayonne yesterday
swooped down on the Jocks and carried
their own coal home in buckets and
baskets. Some hitched teams 20 the
idle coal wagons, loaded them, drove
them home and shoyelled the coal INTO
the bins themselves. Four OF the
drivers. who are demanding a raise OF
81 a week in wages, have been arrested
since tho strike began.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
LEWIS CASS WANAMAKER

Distant Relative Of Merchant Sur
prised Relatives By Marriage in 1917
Lewis Cass Wanamaker, distant
relative of John Wanamaker, died on
Monday at his home, II South Portland
Avenue. Brooklyn. He was seventy
three years old and veteran OF the
Civil War, having served with the lst
New York Volunteer Cavalry. He had
retired from the drygoods commission
business.
Last August his wife, who was forty
Ave years his junior, had him com
mitted 20 the Kings Park state Asylum
saving that he had threatened her me
After a week he was released on ~
application. His marriage 20 her m
1912 was surprise to his friends.
She survives him with daughter and
son. and he leaves two daughters by
his first wife.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
NEW HAVEN ENDS DISPUTE
WITH 1,4OO TELEGRAPHERS
Many Increases Granted, Says Federal
Mediator. Announcing Settlement

Settlement Of the wage dispute be-
tween 400 railroad telegraphers and
the New York. New Haven g. Hartford
Railroad Company was announced yes
terday by G. W. W. Hanger, OF the
Federal Board Of Mediation and Con-
ciliation.
Mr. Hanger said numerous wage IN
creases were granted the telegraphers.
The settlement holds good for one
vpar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
ELIZABETH MACQUoID

Mrs. Elizabeth MacQuoid. seventy
seven wears old widow Of William Mac
Ouoid and mother Of Charles W. Mac
Ouoid. former Mayor ~ Roselle, y. j..
died Wednesday night in her home on
Nadison Avenue. Plainheld. ". J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
THE W. u. MR.. GOODWIN

Of 1881
Goodwin. Well let remind you that well known IN
Washington in the newspaper fraternity and if call press
room it not necessary say "Who you say Earl Goodwin
What about ito" And he will recognize and say and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09

Commercial Candor. "Tbe Studebaker motor the
nexensvey repaired automobile motor the market
today u wonder Getty Square whether this is the
With non puncture proof tires"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
Mews of the Play World
The Great Divide" Is Re-
vived by Henry Miller
at the Lyceum

The Great Divide" by William
Vaughn Moody, at the Lyeeum Theatre.
With Henry Miller. Presented by
Henry Miller.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
z IC II A Z d

Ny son and heir grows like a tree
In Spring, when fresh wave Of glee
Rushes across the furthest hills
And laughs along the boughs, and fills
The tiniest twigs with energy.
The boy within me leaps to see
This echoing laugh of gayety;
Bridging the years, its vigor thrills
Ny son and heir
I dare not think how much may be
Growing in him. | know that he
Is part Of all my whims and wills;
The source beyond all joys and ills.
He is. more than mere life to me,
Ny sun and air!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09
LOUIS UNTERMEYER.

sister the Syracuse Journal which evil
IDENTIFY has its opinion the way these debutans act were
among popular Of the set previous to her DEBUT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-09

To-day George AIDES birthday and the American Magazine
nay as well change title Of that piece Looking Back from
Fftyone"