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OF HISTORICAL OPERA

sisted by r. Romaine Simmons at the
plano, will give a song recital at
Aeolian Hall tomorrow afternoon. The
programme includes operate airs by
Verdi and Massenet. airs of Bossi and
Brogi and French and American songs
with Homer's THE Paupers Drive"
A concert authorized by Major-Gen.
J. Franklin Bell for the benefit OF Gov
ernors Island Auxiliary of the American
Red Cross will be given tomorrow night
in Aeolian Hall by the United States
Army Music Training School Band. Gov
errors Island: director, Arthur A.
Clappe, Captain, U. s. A; assistant d.
rector, William c. White. Lieutenant, Y.
8. A.; solo pianist, Percy Granger. as
sistant band leader.
The programme includes numbers for
the band, for clarinet choir, for male
chorus and for string quartet. Mr..
Granger and Corporal Ralph Leopold.
at two pianos, will play Mr.. Graingers
new arrangement of his children's
march, "Over the Hills and Far Away"
Mr.. Graingers plano solos are an Eng
lish morris dance tune. set by himself,
called Country Gardens" his new COM
position, "Lullaby." and his paraphrase
on the Flower" waltz of Tschaikowsky.
be given Attic first concert Of the Ora
torio Society's forty-sixth season on
Tuesday evening. December at Car
neg1e Hall. Reinald Werrenrath will
take the part OF Dante and Resale Mill
Ter that OF Beatrice. The chorus OF ESQ
voices will be assisted by the boy and
girl choir of St Michaels Church. A
novelty will be two chorusee, which
Walter Damrosch. the societys con-
ductor recently brought back from
France, Hymn to the Sun" and ION the
Burial of a Soldier" The composer is
the newly discovered LII Boulanger.
who, as is announced, is conceded by
some to be the greatest woman composer
the world has yet produced.
The Lett Quartet will give the first OF
their series OF concerts at Aeolian Hall
on Tuesday evening, December 3. The
quartet's season was to have opened
with n concert on October g. but owing
to the influenza epidemic 1t was post
poned. The programme planned for Oc-
tober % will be given later in the sea-
son. The works to be offered on De-
cember 3 will be the Mozart quartet in
G., Koechel 3S7 Beethoven's quartet in
r fiat, opus "A. and Tschaikowsky's
quartet in F. opus %.
with a FIRST hearing on Tuesday night
The Gondoliers" Is the opera announced
for this week In the Gilbert and Sullivan
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CONTINUED From Preceding Pa0e.)

(COntHued FROM Prece0WQ PdOe'J
ter, Miss Lenore Gunzendorfer. to
Leonard Oppenheimer. son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. Max Oppenheimer. Mr.. and Mrs.
GunZendorfer will give a reception for
their daughter and her fancc at the st.
Regis on January ~. The wedding date
has not been set, but it will be some
time I'M April.
Mr.. and Mrs Ely Stroock of 255 West
End avenue announce the engagement OF
their daughter, Miss Helen Marguerite
Stroock, to Zion de Frece Bernstein. son
OF Mrs. Louis ]. Bernstein. The we'd
ding viii take place early in January.
Mrs. c. Bromberg OF 206 West Ninety
second street announces the engagement
of her daughter, Miss Florence Brom-
berg, to ], j. Shearer OF Baltimore.
Miss BrOmberg was one of the youngest
official Liberty Loan speakers. and be-
longs TO the Patriotic Service League.
the Stage Women's War Relief, the
National League for Woman's Service
and the Red Cross.
Mrs. Jules Reese OF 220 West Ninety
eighth street announces the engagement
OF her daughter, Miss Madeleine Lucette
Reese, TO Myron b. Levy. Miss Reese
is the daughter OF the late Jules Reese,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Schenker Of $50
Park avenue have announced the en-
gagement OF their daughter, Miss Esther
Beatrice Schenker, to Samuel J. Kaplan.
The engagement of Miss Clara Louise
Myers to Lieut.. Jay y. Whipple, L, S,
y. r.. OF Evanston. ILL.,. has just been
announced by her mother, Mrs. Horace
street.
The engagement of Miss May Adelaide
Burke OF 1853 West Fifty-seventh street
TO Capt. Charles \. Volz. Engineer Corps.
u. S. A.. is announced by her brother.
James J. Burke Capt. Volz il sta
toned at Camp Humphrey. Virginia,
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Why Efforts Along Such Lines Are
Boresone, the Lyric Drama Best
Lending Itself to Portrayal
of Human Emotions
By w. J. HENDERSON.

THE musical observer of the Tribune discussing the
Torrance of Boris Godunof suggested the preparation
Of performances of historical celebrating all
from Catherine the Great down. all that Mr.
will not undertake thing What
bore a historical opera?
whose "Rienz" his experiment this line,
the details of historical
operate composition Naturally right The
music is the
play only in situations developed conflict
passions between individuals, peoples
background of period episode history
successfully employed In the amusing charming Dadd
produced by Mr. Baco furnishes
which the fundamental situation all
itself and its history do person
the audience All that interests the
ebly mpeed adopt orphans they
made the victims of various humorous complications
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METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE.

"Manon Lescaut" and Marta" will be
added to the Metropolitan Operas roper
toire this week. the fourth of the sea-
son. Meanwhile rehearsals OF the three
new Puccini one act operas which will
have their worlds premiere Saturday
evening. December II, are progressing
satisfactorily.
Operas this week will be:
lie Prophetic" tomorrow night, with
Mines. Muzio, Homer, Mellsh, Tiffany
and Arden and Messrs Caruso, Rothier
Mardones, Diaz, Ananian, Malatesta,
Audisio, Schlegel Reiss and laurent.
Miss Call and Mr.. Bonnglio will dance
Mr.. Bodanzky will conduct.
"Thais." on Wednesday evening, with
Mines. Farrar, Delaunois, Braslau and
Egener and Messrs. Diaz. CouAnou,
Rothier and Reschigllan. Miss Cali
and Mr. Bonfiglio will dance Mr.. Mon
teux will conduct
"Manon Lescaut," on Thursday eve
ming. with Mines, Aida and Perrin. and
Messrs. Martinelli Montesanto. De
Segurola, Bada, Reiss, laurent. DAN
gelo, Audisio and Reschiglian, Mr.. Papi
conducting.
"Tosca," on Friday evening, with
Mines. FarTar and Ar"en and Messrs.
Crimi. Scott. Rossi, Pal,rinieri. Reschig-
liam. laurent and Malstesta,
Marta" at the Saturday matinee
opera with Mines. Hempel and Homer.
and Messra Caruso Didur, laurent.
Malatesta and Reschiglian. Mr..
Bodanzky will conduct.
Josef Hoffman will play Nine Rap
pold and Mr. Althouse will sing at to-
nights opera concert" The orchestra
will be led by Richard Hageman.
"Marouf" will be sung in Brooklyn on
Saturday evening this week by Mines.
Aida and Howard and Messrs de Luca-
Rothier. Bada, Chalmers, Ananian,
Segurda, Rossi. Peltrinieri. Reiss and
Audisio. Miss Call ana Mr.. Bonfiglio
will dance. Mr.. Monteux will conduct
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S=-S>%S-@=

Witch-Russlan folk lore, L.adofr
piano concerto, No. /. first performance,
Prokofeff. composer and orchestra
Caucasian Sketches, Ippolitof- Ivauoff
Programme for December IL: SYM
phonic picture. "Hyrcus Nocturnus,"
Fassilenko, after the poem by
Morcjkorski. Gods Resurrected" Sym
phony No, /. f. minor. Scriabine piano
soil, first performance. ProkofeG
classical symphony. new. Ms, prokofcff
conducted by the composer.
The Allied Grand Opera Company.
which has been formed under direction
e Edward Ritt, will open season at
the Garden Theatre on Monday eve
ming. December 16. with "Cavallcria
Rusticana" and "pagliacci." The casts
will include some singers who are known
here The role of SontH:r in "Caval-
.eria' will be sung by Francesca Marni,
"a singer who Of Russian and French
parentage, was horn in New York
John Charles Thomas, harytone. as
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other. her most popular programmes
This evening the programme will be
devoted to the Chansons des Giants
Noirs and ultra modern songs
The Russian symphony Society,
Modest Atschuler, conductor, will give
the first Of five pairs of concerts in
Carnegie Hall on Tuesday evening De-
cember 10. and Wednesday afternoon.
December II. Serge Prokoheff, pianist
will be the soloist. The programme for
December 10: Symphony No ., r minor
Rachmaninoff Nuance, for strings
first performance, Scriabine: Humor-
esque. for four bassoons, first perform
ancc. Prokofieff BAHIA Naga" The
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he opera came to busy itself so con-
tinuously with historical doings. Much
comfort and intellectual satisfaction
may be derived from the irrefutable
deductions OF the Count Francesca AL
garotti. who wrote an essay on the
opera about 175 years ago. CLEAN
from a handsome English translation,
published by the honored Mr.. Vrie of
Glasgow, in 1868. The author informs
us that in the beginning of this art
the poets confined themselves TO the
doings of celestial and NEUROLOGICAL
personages whose actions were neces-
sarily surrounded with scenic splen-
doris Of the most expensive kind.
This state belonged to the opera
so long as II was performed only in
the palaces Of the great who had
abundant treasure to expend on its
Glories. But presently II emerged
from its seclusion. and, occupying the
stages Of public theatres. offered itself
to all sorts and conditions OF men at
a price OF admission.
Complains of High Salaries.
But in this situation" says the
learned Algarotti. las must obviously
occur to whoever reflects. 1t was i'm
possible that the pomp and splendor
which were attendant on this enter
tainment from its origin could be con-
t!nued. The falling off in that article
was occasioned principally by the eN-
crbitant salaries the singers insisted
on, which had been but inconsiderable
at the first outset of the musical
drama. AS for instance, a certain fe-
male singer was called La Centoventi,
the Hundred and Twenty, for having
received so many crowns for her per-
Torrance during a single carnival. A
sum which hath >been amazingly ex-
ceeded since. almost beyond all bounds.
Hence arose the necessity for opera
directors to change their measure and
to be frugally economical on one hand
as they found themselves unavoid-
ably profuse ~: the other. Through
such saving the opera may be said to
have fallen from heaven upon the
earth, and being divorced from an in
tercourse with gods to have humbly
resigned itself to that OF mortals.'
Thus we learn the first cause of
operas descent. From morn till noon
II fell. from noon till dewy eve, but
even in those almost prehistoric times
the singers demanded huge salaries
and the cost of production had to be
cut down, just as 1t did in Maurice
Grau's day. - the use OF poor scenery,
chorus and orchestra.
We have changed all that. Now We
have the chorus. the scenery. the
ballet, the orchestra, the costumes and
other gorgeous accessories which have
lifted the price OF opera from s. to IS
a seat. But this is another story We
have formulated a protest against pos
sibilities in the domain of the his
torical opera and have called the
famous Count Olgarotti into court to
testify as to its origin. Let that suf-
flee for to-day.
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ON THAT IDEA OF A

Symphonic Espagnole." The orchestra
Will give three old Belgian (F1emish),
folksongs by Arthur De Greet, Mozart's
symphony In @ minor, revived by Mr..
Damrosch last season, and the 'Istar''
variations by D'Indy.
The programme of the Philharmonic
Society concert this afternoon in Car
negie Hall, with Hulda LaShanska,
soprano as eoloist, will be: Tchaikovslty,
symphony No. 5, in 4 minor Bellini,
aria, Romeo and Juliet" for soprano
and orchestra Sibelius. tone poem, The
Swan of Tuonela" Smetana, symphonic
poem, "Vltava": Massenet, aria, "Pleu-
req mes yeux.' from lie Cid" for So
prano and orchestra: Villiers Stanford,
tone poem, "Verdun."
At the society's concert in Carnegie
Hall on Friday afternoon, December 8.
Mary Jordan, contralto. will be the
soloist The programme: David Stanley
Smith. Symphony in d, Opus ~. first
time in New York. conducted by the
composer; Bloch, two songs. Poems of
Autumn" for contralto and orchestra,
new; 1ppolitow-Ivanow, Caucasian
Sketches: John X. Paine, aria from
"Azara," for contralto and orchestra
pukas, scherzo, The Sorcerer's Appren-
tee"
The Saturday evening series OF Phil
harmonic concerts will open on December
In the same hall with a festival con-
cert in celebration of the foundation OF
the Czecho-Sovak republic. Conductor
Stransky, himself a native OF Bohemia,
Will offer a programme selected from
the works of his countrymen as follows
Dvorak. Symphony No. 8, The New
world"; smetana, "Vysehrad." From
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CONCERTS, RECITALs, NOTES OF
MUSIC.

Lucy Gates. soprano. will be the soloist
with the Symphony Society in Aeolian
Hall this afternoon. She will sing the
aria, Best of Lads" from Mozar $
"The Impresario," and the air Hymn
to the Sur" from Rimsky- Korsakoff' s
lie Coz dor The orchestra will play
the New World symphony. the entr'-
acte and passe pied from LA Basoche."
by Messenger. barcarolle by Saint
Saens. and for the first time here. a
fantasy OIL two popular Angevin tunes,
by Lekeu.
For the Symphony Society's concert on
Sunday afternoon, December 8, in
Aeolian Hall. the soloist will be Toscha
Seidel, violinist. who will play LAlo's
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revival series now in its eleventh week.
which is being given by the Society OF
American Singers at the Park Theatre.
Louis Graveure, BARITONE at the HUI
manitarian cult concert on Wednesday
evening, December 4, in Carnegie Hall.
will sing four groups OF songs made up
OF French, Irish. Arabian and miscel-
laneous English numbers.
Or. Henry Flick announces La Bo-
heme' for the ninth of the series of ten
free operate nights given at Hunter Col
lege urder auspices OF the American Art
Education Society on Thursday evening,
December 5. at s 80 o'clock. In the audi
torium Of Hunter College, Lexington
avenue and Sixty eighth street A spe-
cial cast OF artists will take part, with
Clenente de MacChl at the piano.
The third Biltmore musicale will be
held Friday morning, December G. in the
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Rutherford y. j. The wedding was
hurried owing to the fact that Ensign
Boyd had been ordered abroad at once
The ceremony was performed by the
vicar, the Rev. Dr. w. W. Bellingcr
Miss IIilda Woodbridge Reese was her
sisters maid Of honor and the bride
groom's brother. Frederick Boyd at
tended him as best man Only relatives
were present at the marriage.
To celebrate their golden Wedding Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Lowenstein of AZ East
Seventy-fourth street gave a dinner and
dance on Thanksgiving at the st. Regis
Their guests. members OF their family,
relatives and intimate friends, num-
bered about seventy-hvc. and among
them were their seven children and ten
grandchildren.
.Nf;or the morning service at the
Church Of the TRANSPORTATION on
Thanksgiving Miss Silyl Wilbur of Al
Gramercy Park WAS married in the
chapel to John Stone. The ceremony
was performed by the rector. tho Rev.
Or. George Z. HouGhtOn. and was fol-
lowed by ~ breakfast and reception in
the studio of Ernest Ipsen In the Ma
tional Arts Club
The bride, who was given away by
John r. Tillotson, wore IA gown OF violet
crepe de chine trimmed with lace and
silver embroidery, Her large hat was
OF black velvet and she carried a
bouquet of orchids and lilies of the
valley. Mrs, Rockcliffe Fellowes was
her matron Of honor and was dressed
in brown velvet, with a hat TO match.
William Il, Hutchinson was the best
man.
The bride Is a magazine writer and
author of the Life OF Mary Baker
Eddy" Mr. Stone was graduated from
Columbia University. He has IA degree
from Johns Hopkins. ia n fellow Of the
American Academy of Art and Science
and belongs to the Army and Navy and
Cosmos clubs of Washington, st.
Botolph's OF Boston and the National
Arts OF this city.
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THE WEEK OF OPERA.
METROPOLITAN Opera House.


MONDAYLe Prophetic" Mines Muzio Homer, Mr..
WEDNESDAYThas" Nine. Farrar, Messrs Diaz
THURSDAY Sis P M-"Manon Lescaut," Aida Messrs.
Marineli and Monesanto.
FRIDAY sI5 P. M-"Tosca," Farrar Crmi and
Scott
SATURDAY 2 M-"Mara" Mines. Hempe Homer, Messrs
Caruso and Didur.
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CONCERTS, REcITALs, NOTES OF MUSIC.

SUNDAY-Phiharmonc Society, Carnegie Hail. P. M. SYM
phony Society Concert with Adam Ddur
barytone Hppodrome, M. Yvette Guber Maxine
Eots Theatre S15 p NJ Opera concert Metropolitan Opera
House, $50 p NJ.
MoNDAY-John Thomas, barytone Aeolan Hail. p NJ
Percy Granger pianist in Red Cross concert Aeoian Hail.
M.
TUESDAY-oratorio Society Carnegie Hail. s15 P. NJ Lez
wEDNEsDAY-Hum Cult Concert with Graveurs
Carnegie Hall, 815 P. NJ.
THURSDAY Symphony Orchestra Carnegie Hall s15 M
FR1DAY-Phharmon Society, Carnegie Hail. 2:30 p NJ Blt
contralto, Aeolan Hail. 8:15 p NJ.
sATuRDAY-Boon symphony Orchestra Carnegie Hail. $50
pianist Aeolan Hall, p NJ Joseph Bonnet organ recital
Aeoian Hall, 8:15 p. NJ
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The first Of the series Of Sunday
afternoon concerts at the Music School
Settlement, 81 East Third street. VIII he
given this afternoon at o'clock in the
school auditorium. The Senior orcheS-
tr., Melzar Cuarfee, conductor. will play
No7Ilt's Serenade in G major for
strings, and two melodies 70" strings
by Griog. Besides the orchestral rum-
uerS aolaists from each dcua 'meut ~
me school viii he heard. Thee oouc,r-s
are free to the public and all visitors
will be welcome.
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Bohemia's Woods and Fields" ''vltava";
Fiblch, AT Evening"" idyl for orches-
ira; Dvorak, Two Slavic Dances.
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The Society of the Friends Of Music
announces that it has been necessary to
abandon the concert OF the Orchestra du
Conservatoire. which was to have been
given in December under it's auspices
The late arrival in this country of the
French organization and the Subsequent
Influenza epidemic necessitlted many
changes in their tour and the canCelling
of many of their concerts. The society
hopes that in a few days It may be able
10 announce to its members ana the
public the programme which will re-
place this concert.
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ira Dvorak. Two Slavic Dances
The artists who will appear TO day at
the regular fortnightly Sunday after
noon concert at the Hippodrome are
Adam Didur of the Metropolitan and his
daughter. Eva Didur. soprano. and Leo
Ornstein. There will also he a sym
phony orchestra.
Yvette Guilberts season at the Maxine
Elliott's Theatre is approaching its final
stage. Before starting on her Western
trip Nine Guilbert will present in her
few remaining recitals, one after the
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grand ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel.
The artists who will appear on the pro-
gramme are Enrico Caruso. Nine. Mar
guerite Namara, soprano, and Aurelio
Giorni, pianist,
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grand ballroom of the Biltmore Hotel.
The artists who will appear on the pro-
gramme are Enrico Caruso. Nine Mar
guerite Namara, soprano. and Aurelio
Giorni, pianist,
On Friday evening, December 8, at
Aeolian Hall Jean Mccormick, a con-
tralto from Indianapolis. will give her
first New York recital, with Richard
Hageman at the piano She will sing old
Italian airs. an air from Tschaikowsky's
Jeanne dare" songs by Grieg and
French and American songs.
Leo Ornstein at his second piano re-
cltal, postponed from November 16, in
Aeolian Hall on Saturday afternoon, De-
cember Z, will play this programme
Ornsteln, Prelude, G sharp minor; Bee
thoven. Sonata, Opus 81, "Appassionata"
Schumann, Arabesque, Novelette, SChu-
bert, Moment Musical Impromptu; De-
busy, Reflects dams feau: Scriabine,
Poeme; Albeniz, El Albaicin; chopin,
Nocturne, B, Valse, A fiat, Etude, c
minor, Scherzo, B minor Rachmanlnoff,
Prelude, c sharp minor. Prelude.
minor; Liszt, Etude. b fiat: Verdi-Liszt,
Rigoletto Fantaisie.
Joseph Bonnet, the French organist.
Will give MS only new 1OIk TtClldl vi
tho season on Saturday evening. Decem-
Der 7, at Aeolian Hall The programme
Prelude, Henry Purcell In dulci jubio,
Christmas song, and Toccata and fugue.
in D minor, Bach; Sour Monique, Fran
co.'s Couperin; Fantasia and fugue on
lad nos ad salutarem undam.' List
Poeme d'Automne, Bonnet; Gavotte,
from the Twelfth Sonata for the Organ,
Padre Martini; Finale, Guilmant. NJ
Bonnet will return shortly to France to
resume the musical duties in Paris
come a soldier at the outbreak of the
which he discontinued in order to be
war.
Sunday afternoon. December S, at
Carnegie Han, Raoul Nidas Will be
heard in a second recital. Walter Golde
at the piano will accompany the viol!nist
in a programme which includes the
Bruch G minor concerto.
John Mccormack will give a benefit
concert at the Hippodrome Sunday
night, December Is. this time for the
tenor and his managers. All OF the con-
certs given by Mr.. Mccormack in this
vicinity since last March have been for
the benefit OF others. During the last
fourteen months Mr. Mccormack has
raised in actual cash more than 100000
for war charities.
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The third Biltmore musicale will be
held Friday morning, December G. in the
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Sunday afternoon. December S, at
Carnegie Han, Raoul Nidas will be
heard in a second recital. Walter Golde
At the piano will accompany the viol!nist
In programme which includes the
Bruch G minor concerto.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-16
POLICE NEWS

The Chief of Police of South AMI
boy telephoned to Chief Burke OF the
local police department last night and
asked TO be allowed to q de-
mented man to the local lookup 81
they could not control him and
thought 1t best for him to be placed In
a padded cell. He was kept there un-
til this morning when he was taken
to Trenton. His name Is John Vftak
41S Augusta street.
-Patrolman Muska was Informed
by a trolley conductor last night thai
there was a sick man lying In the
meadows near the plant of Henry
Maurer Sons at Maurer. An investi-
cation led II the fact thai the mar
was not sick but drunk. He had slept
most of It off. however, and was able
to get aboard a trolley n for Wood
bridge where he lived.
Mounted officer Hartung arrested
John Gaslgden and Mike Shomak.
both of Spa Springs late yesterday
afternoon. They were charged with
assault and battery and were held In
one hundred dollars bonds for a hear
ing tomorrow night.
Word was received at police head
quarters last night by Sergeant NULL
gan that a man In an auto coming this
had shot a policeman while the
machine was passing through liz
beth. The last number of the auto IL
cense was 425.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-16

PARIS. oct. 4: (By Mail)-"Farm-
er in the DELL" Hide and Seek"
Tag" and other games which have
delighted American children for gen.
erations are becoming familiar term.
In France. reports Miss Vesta N. Little
of $40 Second avenue, Detroit, Mich.'
a y. w. G. A. secretary at st. Etienne.
MANY OF the little war orphans"
Miss Little writes. have never. never
played games. or have had those they
once knew driven from their men,
cries by the war. Forty-fve of these
little waits were taken to the Pare
d'Artillerie, our Y. w. G. A. recrea-
ton field, the other day. and joyously
ran up and down the hills. In and out
of the kiosk and over the grass. l
taught them as many of our games as
I could. and Nine. Bernard. one of our
French workers. gave them choco-
late and bread.
Our bonfire heated the cafe au
labt,' and 1 will never forget the sight
Of those forty odd tots. each dressed
exactly as her neighbor INC all sitting
in a row on the hillside with a line OF
benches In front Of them for a table.
We have asked them to come every
Monday and Thursday afternoons ur-
ing the month of September. or until
they 70 to school.
Another day. we took fifteen lively
youngsters for a trip up Mt. PLAT We
left home about 4:90 a. m. In an m
nibus drawn by three horses. For six
we rode up and up and up. At