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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Plays and Players

Wedekind's drama. The Awakening
Of Spring" is TO be produced in this
city at a special matinee on the final
Friday % March. Godfrey C. Stein is
~ present organizing a company. and
The Medical Review Of Reviews will
lend it's moral support 10 the under
taking. Following the special per-
Torrance. If a sufficient number Of peo-
pie demand the plays instant suppress
SION. the piece will PROBABLY be put on
for q run.
Sardou's "Diyorcons" has been boiled
down TO a single act by Thompson
Buchanan. and the residue viii be seen
AZ the Colonial Theatre next week IN
der the title Of Let Us Divorce Alex
andra Carlisle will make her vaudeville
debut the piece.
Word from the hospitals IS 20 the
effect -ha. the various .ncapacItaJed
performers hereabouts are all DONG as
vel. as could be expected. Louise Ores
L
The performance Of Have d Heart ON
Tuesday evening. will return 70 the
cast Id about two weeks, and mean
while the role will be played by flora
ZabeIle. Nance O'Neli victim OF
broken ankle, Will be seen again ID
The Wanderer" next week, and Leon
Enrol. whose trouble was also N the
ankle. rejoined the Century production
last night. All Of the managers are re-
ported 20 be well.
Nine thousand children VIII be IN
v.ted 20 see Submarine FL az the
Winter Garden on the afternoon OF
March II, when half dozen per
formances viii be given between the
hours Of and >.
Tom Richards. barytoue IN Her Sol
der Boy and fellow countryman Of
David Lloyd George, yesterday re-
celved cablcgram from the Prime
Minister congratulating him upon his
success. He IS now awaiting Beth
mann-Ho.iweg's reply.
4 performance Of THE Honor Sys-
TEN" was given ~ the Lyric Theatre
Yesterday morning before 1900 mem
bers Of the New York Theatre Club.
A gala Gallo matinee viii be given
az the Garrick Theatre tomorrow for
the benefit Of the members Of the local
French company
Floronz Zicgfe.d. who is going in for
the drama or a huge scale. yesterday
instructed his local force 70 ascertain
the measurements Of Madison Square
Garden and the list Regiment Armory.
C.. :. K.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Reitman on Trial in Birth Case

Rochester. Feb. 2s. Ben Reitman
was placed ON trial here to-day on the
charge Of circulating birth control
literature He was represented by
Harry Weinbcrger, attorney for the
New York City Free Speech League.
Emma Goldman and Mrs. Anna Sloan.
of the National Birth Control League,
were present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Nine. Barrientos
Pleases as Lucia
At Metropolitan
Large Audience Shows Old
Favorite Is Still Popular
Opera Here

Lucia iii Lammermoor." beloved Of
three generations of operagoers, is evI-
IDENTIFY not 20 be neglected by a fourth.
The Metropolitan Opera House was
filed last night with an audience that
seemed bent on showing that 1t loved
the old work. and showing it in no IN
certain manner And. after all. "Lucia
has life. movement and a wealth Of
melody. while the seNtct ls 10y any
standard "a superb piece OF concerted
music. Lucia" has yalue not only m
an historical sense; 70 is work OF
genius. arlstocratlc Ia spirit. often
poignant ir expression.
The Lucia Of Nine. Barrientos was no
many respects delightful especially IN
the second act Despite the small vol
ume o. her voice. she carried her part
in the seNte-. and informed the scene
throughout with a thrilling sense OF
it's fra gedy. In this she was ably sec
onded by Mr MartiEe.l. whose Ed
gardo possessed romantic fire. and who
aalE the music DO style little 100
explosive. it is true. and yet effectively.
Nr. De Luca and Dr. R0tnler were
admirable as Ashton and Raimon1o. for
20 both these artists bel cGHtO IS not
on unknown tongue. Mr. Papl con
Quoted with q sense of the elegance
innate Ia the music.
T. was a spirited. even dramatic
performance. one Of the most success
full reviva.s Mr. Gatti has given ls this
year. Nine Barrientos is not perhaps
q perfect Lucia. but she makes the
part interesting and sings most Of 70
with rare skill; Mr. MartueiL has
things vet 90 learn. but he is learning
them, u. De Luca and Mr. Rothier are
always admirable and well sc@oolet
artists. This was the cast:
I..a .... Mara Barren
A.. Minnie Erarar
T. sarII Giovanni Al-...re 8
Iarl Er-.o Ashton. .till-.Ire Ue l.I.a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Clubbed TO Death by Robbers

Bridgeport, Conn, Feb. IS Lucian
" Humphreys. Of Cambridge. was
found dead on the street here to-day
The police think that he was dubbed
20 death by robbers Humphreys came
mere 20 seek employment in q mum
lions factory and carried little money.
lie vas twenty-nine years old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
THE MAD. MAD WAGs

Sir: G.. s H. and sitting Bowling
there little red that
park the House? Well all sudden got
idea said G. s. H., II enemy drop bomb
right steps Of the Custom House would be the
Marquis Of Q1eensberry rules
And darned he didn't right back: Yes" he shot
that would be a blow below the belt line MORAN.
poetry always said. and he
would print any Globe when edited paper
but he has apparently for Edgar Lee Masters for the
current of his he writes Potato Hill Anthology"
from which these lifted:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Stotesbury Buys Portrait

Edward r. Stotesburv has purchased
Sir Henry Raebur7's Portrait Of Lady
Pumilly" from che RaIs-on Galleries
The painting. which dates from lsll
recently graced the collection Of Lord
Pitmillv. sheriff OF Fife, Scotland, and
was recently brought TO this country by
Louis Rzlston.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Wedding to Take Place at
Country Home of Bride
Elects Parents
Theatre Party Given
In Honor of Miss Lorraine Al
len, Fiancee of Allan
MacDougall


Mr. and Mrs Richard C.. Colt. will be
married to Charles b. D.ckey. jr., on
Saturday, May y. at the country home
of her parents, Curry Farm. Garrison
IS. I. The engagement was announced
iu May last year Mr. Dickey is a son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Charles d. Dickey, OF
81 East Fifty-frst Street. Mr.. and
Mrs. Colt are at 43O Park Avenue for
the winter.
Louis Keller gave "a theatre party
last night for Miss Lorraine Allen. the
dcbutante daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs
George Marshall Allen, whose engage
ment TO Allan MacDougall was an.
rounced last week. Mr. Keller took his
guests TO see William Gillette in A
Successful Calamity" and afterward to
the Club de Vingt for supper and
dancing. In the party we're Miss Mar.
ion Tiffany. Miss Maud Kahn. Miss
caryl Hackstatf, Mss Genevieye Glen
denim, Mrs. Allen. Allan MacD0ugall
Robert Adams, Rodney Williams, Ed
ward Sykes and Raymond Z. Cox.
Under the auspices of the Nationa,
Special Aid Society. a lecture on per.
so1al experiences on the European wal
fronts and their lessons of prepared
ness 20 America viii be given this ar
-cru0on by Miss Carita Spencer ut Ma
tonai Headquarters, 259 Fifth Avenue
The general committee Of the society
is composed Of Mrs. Henry ST. Alexau-
der. Mrs T. Stewart Barney. Mrs Will
lam Allen Bartlett Mrs. William h
Bliss. Mrs l. Townsend Burden. Ir.
Mrs Frederic Foster Carey. Mrs. Fred
eric r. C0uiert. Mrs. Frederick Y Dal.
zieI Mrs. William X. Dick Mrs. George
JAY Gould Mrs Edwin Gould. Mrs. p
Cooper Hewitt, Mrs. Charles Frederics
Hoffman. Mrs John A. Logan. jr., Mrs
John G.. Mi.burn. Mrs. John Purroy
Mitchell. Mrs Frederic Ne. sou. Mrs
Pau Norton. Mrs. James Brown Potter
Mrs. Alexander d. 3. Pratt Mrs. TheO
dor- Roosevelt. Mrs. Charles S. Whit
man. Mrs ". Drme Wilson. Mrs. Franz
Spencer Witherbee and Mrs. Henry A
Wise Wood.
meeting Of the War Relief Sewing
Class organized by Miss Mary Len.
Hayden and composed Of members o.
the Junior Al-i-Sufrage League Wa.
held Yesterday Among the member,
are n ISIS Ruth and Miss Faith Hayden
1f.-- y %. -+rrrore Me- L'shaf TahFfe
sic. Miss Louise Holmes Miss AdelaId,
Wiimerd.nC, Miss Louise Holmes. Mis-.
PHYLLIS Brown. Miss Glory Thomas
Miss Marion Townsend. Miss Dorothy
Darrell. Miss Harriet Moore. Miss Mar
ior.e Wainwright, Miss Geraldine Adee
Miss Lorraine Allen. Miss Constance
Wickersham and Miss Candace Hewitt
A piano recital viii be given thi.
evening by William Read Hersev. ir
the old First Presbyterian Church
Fifth Avenue and Eleventh Street, fol
the benefit Of the Te Deum reredo.
fund.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick r. Frelng
huyseu have gone 20 Palm Beach. 10 re-
main unit. the end OF the month.
SIR. and Mrs. Joseph Earle Stevens
have gone 20 Palm Beach TO spend ,
few weeks.
SIR. and Mrs. II Fairfield Osborn. jr.
are receiving congratulations on the
birth OF a daughter AZ their home, -
East Seventy Street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Pledges Conditional

All contributions made IN the last
year were conditional upon the entire
100000 being pledged. The Carnegie
Corporation appropriated s324,745 10
make up the interest on deferred pay
ments. also on condition that the whole
amount was raised
The additional amount which the
campaign obtained viii make it posi-
bic for the fund 20 assume the obhga-
tons of the General Clergy Relief
Fund. which was consolidated with 10
yesterday.
The fund will also take over certain
diocesan moneys and apply the benes-
fits without delay 20 all classes lnclud-
ed within the original plan.
Bishop Lawrence yesterday explained
the workings Of the Church Pension
Fund:
Each parish" he said. Twill contrib
ute % the Church Pension Fund sum
euua. 90 rs per cent of what 10 pays
It's clergy. The maximum pension 70
which any clergyman will be entitled
will be figured by taking his average
salary for the total period Of active
ervice and applying 20 il an annual
percentage equal 20 one and quarter
times the number Of years assessments
have been paid on his behalf By the
parishes he has served since March !,
1917. II this does not reach our mini
mum figure he viii be paid that any
way
widows to Get Pensions
Widows VIII receive one-half the
sum 20 which their husbands would
have been entitled. the only difference
being that the percentage will relate
70 the number Of years of marriage
IN the event Of disability a clergy
man will be entitled 20 a minimum OF
5000 a year and d maximum represent
ed bv 20 per cent of his average salary
FOR the five years preceding disability.
An allowance will be made 70 all de-
pendent orphans of deceased cierymen
a. the rate of 500 a year FOR each
child under seven years and 500 a
wear for each child between seven and
fourteen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01

for money of this departments articles Of
faith; incline believe that the size of last nights mail
which nocea5y small due yesterdays far from elem
rather than fact that all conrbs-moe of
whom the subway than RoRoyces busy making
income-tax schedules
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
The Coming Tower
BA1LADE or SWELLING CROOKS


., ..r.. o.. a. .a.- .l.r.- se-r. ''
view dramatic literature
Without particular oisrsy.
And what 1 find I can't endure
I'm shows I 20 today
bear It's seldom I nvega;
Few plays 7 scorch, burn, shrivel
But ths is where I grill and fay
A plague O all these crooks who snive
The treacly troIop I'll endure;
I'm stand the girl who's overgay
Iu bear the dame sweet and pure;
IT stood Jane Cowl IN Common Clay
III stand the talk of Bruce McRae;
But rising from my chair Ga swivel
yell loud as I can bray
a plague on all these crooks who SWIVEL
A curse on clowns that seem too sure'
pox idols matineel
death ladies who would Lure
Me the primrose path to stray
But be the drama grave or say
And be it art or be it drivel
veil with al the viii to STAY:
A plague all these crooks who snive
LENVOI
Louis, I'm with you every way;
I, too, get nader man the dive.
And / simply had say
plague on all these croois who SWIVEL!
Armed neutrality is slang for speaking softly and carrying
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01

Speaking Of grand opera and music We were only eight
years ago Tiffany offer watches and wrist watches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
OUR FAITH TRIUMPHANT

Thou. too, sail on, on Ship Of State
Or preferably, hesitate
For fear the German submarines
VIII blow thee into smithereens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
THE FLAGS

I wonder how many contri5s have been trying
To set down their deep, feeling
A. the sight Of the flags,
The scores Of flags along Fifth Avenue
And all the lesser streets
Perhaps like myself they have tried prose
And rhymed and free verse.
But these forms are like old bottles
Which cannot hold red wine that Is 50 new TO us
And yet back in the days Of the little Spanish war
some one wrote something Ike BarracN- Room Ballad
Whether 10 was only printed in a newspaper
Or really sung by the boys in Cuba
! can't remember,
But it runs in my head 0 a funny little tune
And rays for all that feel
As walk to-day down Fifth Avenue
"And me IN me throat
When squ The Siars and Str7pes at GnoHtanamoF
T.
An athaletie agent Tor casualty insurance offers
When one Of these accdenw causes a 1888
The protection you receive will Offset the ren'f'e
Those who are n danger Of not remembering Inc Lao"
should read NJ Fd Gonss story Of the it seems even l" U.s.
act ft cured l Of our recentest attack Of pahsm
Enter March Ike the proverbisl lion.
President Wilson please copy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01
Raise S6,5C0,Oo0
Fund to Pension
Retired Clergy
Episcopalians End Years
Campaign, Making Plan
Effective To-day
Will Care for Widows
Minimum Distribution To Be
$500, with Maximum Fig
ured Upon Service

The Protestant. Episcopal Church s
oue-year campaign to raise SJ,0OO.0OO
as a pension fund for It's clergy ended
yesterday. At least S6,5OO,Ooo has been
subscribed. This means that every
minister Of the church who retires al
sixty-eight or thereafter VIII receive a
minimum pension Of $500 a year. The
fund becomes effective to-day.
Bishop Lawrence of Massachusetts,
who was relieved for a year from ac-
tive work in his own diocese in order
to conduct the campaign, said last
night:
Reports from all the sIxty-eight
dioceses are not yet in. and 10 viii
probably be at least two weeks before
a inal statement can be made as TO the
amount raised It is possible, however
to announce at this time that at least
$500 GOO has been subscribed"
J. P. Morgan has been treasurer OF
the undertaking, and many other M
fuential laymen in the country have
been active in the work. The money
has been raised almost entirely through
the efforts of laymen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01

When the weather IS bad.
There Is no amusement IN this town
Except 10 listen 20 George Buck
Tell Of his trip TO New York.
Where he heard the Opera, and
Saw nearly everything.
He says Kate Brown,
WAC waits on table
At the restaurant is as good looking
A. Nile. Lima Cavalier,
And O. good deal easier
-0 get acquainted with
Ben Bradford
Ben Bradford. known 20 be q little gay,
Says the first time he kissed woman
Other than his wife.
He felt al eneakIng
A. be did when he first began buying
of Montgomery Ward & Co.
Bl, Ber gradually became hardened,
And many say
He now trades with Sears-Roebuck, too.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-03-01

Armed neutrality slang for speaking softly and carrying
big stick
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-29
Topeka Plumbers Reaping a
Harvest at Fort Riley.
They Are Given Sc a Day and
S12 for Overtime.
ONLY TEN PLUMBERS HERE
City Has Been Raked of All
Available Material.
They'll Come Home When
SCrOps Have Been Gathered

Uncle Sam couldn't rub AIaddin's
lamp for Topeka plumbers. But he
could declare war on the kaiser and
build army environments. And the
army cantonment at Fort Riley has
been an Aladdin's lamp for Topeka
plumbers.
A miser's dream of avarice hasn't
anything on the wages Uncle Sam has
been paying plumbers working on
the cantonment. Think of it, Some
of them have made $100 a week
Uncle Sam is paying them Sc a day
and double pay for overtime. He's
rushing things and is willing to give
them all the overtime they want to
get in.
AS result Topeka's plumbing pop
ulation has dwindled to proportions
too small to mention, according to II.
e. Shaffer. a plumber with a shop at
III East Eighth street. There were
from thirty-five to forty plumbers in
Topeka before the construction of the
army cantonment begun. Now To-
peka plumbers number ten.
In working at Sc day Topeka
plumbers are getting 81 a day over
the Topeka union scale and $50 n
day over the Manhattan scale 1t was
thru the efforts of the Kansas City
union that the Sc scale was obtaine>--
They secured the contract to do the
work at their scale which is higher
than the Topeka and Manhattan
scales, according to local plumbers
Unless prices of plumbing materials
drop materially, the plumbers Will
find that they needed this extra
money. according to Mr.. Shaffer.
Plumbing work is next to nothing
these days of high cost of materials
and the few Topeka plumbers left in
the city have been able to handle the
work.
Then, too, Uncle Sans Aladdin's
lamp is about thru burning out its
treasury of gold. The plumbing work
will soon be completed at Fort Riley
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-29

grow should he plant them, so he put
them carefully away and when he
went home to the country where he
lived, far across the sea, he planted
them in his garden. The soft rains
fell upon them and the sun gave them
warmth and soon little green leaves
began to push themselves up thru the
ground. After a little time buds APP
peared and one bright day when the
traveller woke up in the morning, there
in his garden, was a bed of the pref
test red flowers you could wish to
see.
l cannot tell you the name of the
flowers for no one knows the name
not even the traveller who found them.
They were different from any flowers
he had ever seen. He wondered
very much about them, and the other
flowers in the garden wondered too
SO they thought they would ask them.
Now this will seem very odd, they
did not even know their own name.
One of the flowers spoke up and said:
1--WE really have forgotten, it is all so
long ago. we can only remember that
one day a pretty little boy came into
the garden where we lived and said,
Why here are lots of seeds, 1 think
l will put them away and then we can
have another lovely garden next year
l remember he put US all into a vase
and we went to- sleep-such a long,
long sleep-and when. we woke up we
were in this beautiful garden. But
have never seen a flower like you be-
fore, won't you please tell me your
name?" The flower answered: My
name is Poppy, and since you have no
name, and you are to be one of my
friends, 1 think 1 shall call you The
Flower of Long Ago
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-29
HE PREFERS TOPEKA
Frank, the Furniture Man, Came from
Chicago, Too.
Il like Topeka"

81 like Topeka"
That started the whole discussion.
The remark came from a well dressed
business mana new conner to the
city 1t was said with the greatest
simplcfty-no frills, no reasons, no
apologies for his home town. He just
liked Topeka.
The speaker was seated on one of
the high shoe shining chairs in one of
Topeka's many parlors and was her
aided by the hearers as a casual and
common remark.
Curious and interested William A.
Billy, treasurer of the Knights and
Ladies of Security, inquired where the
well dressed speaker came from-ex-
pecting to hear some one of the hun
dred small and unpopular towns Of
the state.
From Chicag 60"
That finished the discussion.
Dear Chicago, heaven of all Illinois
has lost one of its ardent residents
The praising speaker was S. Frank
who owns the furniture store at 626
Kansas avenue, and he is lin Topeka
to stay" ne declares.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-29
The Flower of Long Ago.


traveller in a far country went
one day TO a place where men were
digging deep down into the ground.
AS he watched them he asked what it
meant and they told him that under
meath all this dirt that he saw was
a buried city. Hundreds and hundreds
of years ago men and women and chill
dren lived in that city, and there were
beautiful houses and great parks, and
streets just as you see in the cities
today. They had gardens of flowers,
and butterflies and birds and bees,
just as we have them now.
The traveller was very much inter-
ested so he waited and watched them
many days while the men carted the
dirt away, and at last the houses be-
gan to appear, and the streets and the
places where there had been gardens
and parks. In the houses they found
many things which showed how those
men and women lived so t any, many
years ago Dishes and vases of earth
enware and curious pieces of hard
clay on which there was strange writ
ing, telling how men thought and felt
and what they did. These clay pieces
were their books, for they had no pa
per or printing press in those old old
days.
One day while the traveller was go
ing thru one of the houses he found
a vase and in the vase were some
flower seeds that perhaps some boy or
girl had put there ready to plant the
next spring. He was glad to find
them and wondered if they would
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-29
Jim TrOutman Not Ready To
Announce His Candidacy.
TOpekan Says Voters Are In
terested in National Affairs.
TAKES CUE FROM HENRY ALLEN
"Hen" Listened to "TumultuOus
Silence" of White and Stubs.
GubernatOrial Plans Must Wait
Until They Are Ripe.

James A. Troutman of Topeka stood
on the corner and heard some. of the
candidates for governor light" So
he will wait a few weeks. no doubt,
before announcing his subernatorial
plans. Troutman is convinced people
are more interested in national and
international affairs just now than in
state politics. So he does not plan to
hasten action.
In discussing the prospect of his
candidacy for the governorship, to-
day, Troutman made use of a popular
story in the statewide campaign of
1916. The story concerned the pros
pect of Henry J. Allen returning to
the Republican banner by deserving
his associates in the Progre ,Sive party.
Hundreds of letters were sent to Allen
asking him to forsake the Bull Moose
cause and return to help the thar
mony" cause of the Republicans.
Equally insistent Progressives appeal
ed to Allen to stay with the ship and
help keep the Bull Moose alive. One
day following the 1914 election Allen
was in Topeka and called on Trout
man.
why don't you get back in the
party, Henry?" asked Troutman. The
party needs you and y>u could help
iron things out if you took the stump
1t Was Such Thud.
mat was before Allen accepted the
party gospel and the nomination of
Hughes and came back to deliver the
state to the Republican party. Allen
crossed his legs, folded his hands and
looked real serious.
You know, Jim he said, 81 had
been thinking about that a lot. 1 had
sort of worked the matter around in
my mind and sometimes really made
up my mind that my duty was to help
clean up few things and put the
party right. l was thinking it all over
seriously when I heard Bill White
and Joe Bristow and Roscoe Stubs
and a few of the fellows light They
came back to the party with such a
deadening thud and awakened such a
tumultuous silence that 1 reckoned
maybe 1 had better wait awhile"
So Troutman, who heard other can
didates alight in the Republican guber-
Material ring, has decided to wait
awhile: 1t is probable he will make
formal statement of his plans before
the first of the year. Again. he may
decide to wait until the coming of
the Kansas Day club in January.