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New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Opera
Puccini and Verdi Furnish
Thanksgiving Music at
Metropolitan

Thanksgiving at the METROPOLITAN
was expressed by seduction and suicide
IN the afternoon, by murder and sudden
death in the evening. The matinee
opera was "Madama Butterfly" with
Nine. Geraldine Farrar in the title part.
Here there was genuine cause for
thanksgiving. Nine. Farrar had recently
oeen on the vocal tohoggan, and had
succeeded in emitting some of the most
painful sounds ever heard on the Met
ropolitan Stage. Yesterday she gained
control of herself, and while in former
years she had sung with more luscious
tone her Cio-Cio-San was none the less
a loving ant musical little body. Paul
Althouse, though slightly indisposed,
was excellent as Pinkerton, Mr. Scotti
thrice admirable as Sharpless, and Nine
Forma as Suzuki excellent as ever. Mr..
Moranzoni conducted with fine spirit.
La Forzo del Destino" was sung for
the second time at the evening per-
torrance, and huge audience mani
tested It's delight in no uncertain man.
ner. The presentation was even more
perfect than at the opening. Mr..
Caruso was in golden voice and Miss
Rosa Ponselle, freed from the nervous
strain of debut, found her voice in
liquid glory.
Miss Ponselle may not as yet be a
perfect singer, her upper tones have
not quite the ease which they will later
attain, but hers is none the less the
voice of a generation. 1t is a dramatic
soprano of great range, and in the
middle and lower regions already of
surprising beauty. The upper tones
are vibrant and powerful, though at
times little constrained Moreover,
she has that rarest of operatic possess
ions-taste. She knows the value of
mezza-voce, of color, of nuance, and
her native fire she controls to an ex-
tent truly extraordinary in so young
an artist.
Gentlemen-a new prima donna is
among us
Mr.. De Luca sings the music of Don
Carlos with his accustomed skill,
though the part is really beyond his
range. Of the others high praise
should go to the magnificent voice of
Jose Mardones and to Thomas Chal-
mers's little masterpiece of the ridicu-
lous-his Father Melitone. In Mr..
Chalmers the Metropolitan possesses
an artist of unusual and growing versa
tility, who is in addition one of the
finest singers and the possessor of one
of the most beautiful, if not one of the
most powerful, voices now to be heard
on the operate stage. Mr.. Papi con-
Quoted with great enthusiasm. ".
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Drama
"A Place in the Sun" Is Seen
at the Comedy
By Haywood Broun

Such merit as "a Place in the Sum
possesses is limited almost entirely to
the acting OF the author and the writ
ing of the part which he plays. Un-
doubtedly Cyril Harcourt did not set
out on an adventure in personal glori-
t!caton. for the character which he as
sumes should rank not more than
fourth or fifth in order of Importance
1t Is comparatively short part, but in
at least one act it was played with q
brilliancc which quite blotted out the
other members Of the company, and in
later scene, when the playing was
merely good, it still sufficed to make
the other members of the cast seen
clumsy.
The new play at the Comedy is moi
good play, but it deserves better
performances were disclosed las
night. Miss Peggy Hopkins, the lead
ing woman, was hugely inadequate
She also played the piano badly. She
IS pretty and wears very fine ermine
coat. The lart entrusted to George
Fitzgerald was conventionally drawn
but it need not have been as dull as
he made it.
In many places the play discloses
very earnest effort to get away from
the conventional. The wronged WON
an, for instance, says, at is | who
shall have to pay" This is strikingl,
different from the usual, at is | who
shall nave to pay, and pay, and pay!'
OCCASIONALLY the author has achieved
an actual note Of novelty in character
drawing and in dialogue. but more
OFTEN ne mas been led merely into
the conventional unconventional. Nor.
man Trevor. for instance, played the
part OF man who tried to be rude
but ms effort to say biting things was
so OBVIOUS that they seemed merely
camoufiaged compliments.
we understand that the plot of the
piece was foreshadowed in naive
urama of another generation called
Inc Farmers Daughter" but Mr.. Har-
courts development of the theme has
added sophlstication The sister of q
commoner is ruined by the son of a
hooleman VINO refuses to marry her
even when her exposure becomes in
evltable. The daughter of the noble
man loves the commoner and offers to
put herself in his power in order that
the wayward lordling may be coerced
INTO dong what is known as "the right
thlng." The commoner refuses to take
advantage of her, but happy ending
IS acnleved just the same by a sudden
repentance upon the part of the Young
lordling. .
There are elements of interest and of
lronlc humor in the young masters de-
fence OF his own position, but the dia-
locgue which is built up around the
CHARACTER is impaired by Unnecessary
elaboration. Even smart artificial talk
should have at least a semblance Of
simplicity.
There are few moments in "a Place
IN the Sun which may remind the au-
dlence that its author wrote "a Pair Of
SILK Stockings" but for the most part
1T seems the work Of playwright who
Knows ms craftsmanship we'll enough,
but is just a little tired.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Wilson Asked rIot
10 Name Woman as
Peace Delegate
New Jersey Ants Write
Him Mrs. Gait Doesn't Rep
resent Sex in America

The following letter from the New
Jersey Anti-Suffrage Association has
been sent to President Wilson:
~, November 25, 1918.
Hon. Woodrow Wilson. White Houso
Washington, L. C.
Dear Mr.. Presidents: We resnect-
1uliy urge your consideration Of
the fact that the clamor for vour
appointment of one or more Ameri-
can women as delegates to the peace
conference is not in accord with the
sent1ments or the judgment of large
'uai1et Az OF your countrywomen.
AL American women who have r;van
themselves unreservedlv to tho sar,;on w.,
or their country must regard with re1
gTet and modification the demand Of
Mrs. Gait and other suffragists that
women should have a representative Of
tnelr own sex at the peace table. Mrs
Gait is neither qualified nor author;znd
10 be spokesman for these women xyho
would leave the settlement of the con.
oltlons OF peace to the men who. bv ev-
petlence and training, are fitted to have
aol loi.e III iuatVers pertaining to racial
ana s'ioro International l,e relations. They de-
pro'e pn .ne demand for recognition, in
one form or another, that has baan
sounded al! too loudly during the vears
OF war whose deepest lesson m has bean eas .
fee. anu seil-sacrl-
Even if it were conceded that women
should have part in the peace con-
ference, 1T Is not the women Of America
VINO have the prior claim to that honor
out the heroic women Of those countries
"a LHat nave entered most deeply into tho
bitter experience of war 'N '"0
., me 1nclosed authentic record Of
the two women who have been most
loud IN demanding the appointment IT., of
women delegates to the peace confer-
81 ence &c; is such as to destroy any influence
she,r she,l,d request guest might otherwise have, and
InoIia lovsl u,saualify them ever to pose as
interests; Respectfully submitted 'S'
NEW JERSEY AssO CIATION Op-
POSED TO WOMAN SUFFRACr
Margaret X. Bassett, President
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Merry Christmas for
Service Men Planned
Woman's League at Work
Already on Holiday
Preparatious

The National League for Woman's IS
Service is already making plans for
seeing that Christmas is merry af-
fair for soldiers and sailors in New
York. On December Ia, at the Plaza
Hotel, symbolic one-act play called
"The Spirit OF Christmas" will be
presented by members of the league
Chalif's pupils will be feature, and
music will be furnished by the Navy
Recruit Band. Secretary Daniels has
telegraphed the league his APPROVAL and
consent for the use Of the musicians
for the performance and the dance
which will follow
The posters advertising the event
VIII be drawn by Sergeant Alvan C.
Hadley and others of the Marines.
Tickets will soon be on sale at the
Plaza. and at 257 and 261 Madison
Avenue. The proceeds will be devoted
to making Christmas happy day for
enlisted mon.
Through the courtesy Of the United
booking Offices the league has arrang-
cd for hundred men to attend the
matinee at the Colonial Theatre on
the day before Christmas. Afterward
they will go to dinner at the Trans
portation Club. in the Manhattan
Hotel. At the Soldiers. Sailors and
Marines Club. PSI Madison Avenue s'
there will be open house, with a
Christmas tree and presents and
minstrelsy
All who wish to aid the soldiers
and sailors Christmas may send con-
tributions to the "Christmas Fund /"
National League for Woman's Service.
257 Madison Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Obituary
Theodore J. Chabot, Bronx
Merchant and Rorke~ M.

theodore J. Chabot, merchant Of Tho
bronx. diod yesterday. following brief
Illness. He was sixty-thres years old
and lived at 1908 Washington Axenue.
Tho Bronx.
Ar Chabot was born in Canada Ha
came to New York In 1876 In 1899 10 10
built tho first drygoods store north np oS
laSth Street. ana
besldess organizing and acting for q
time as vice-presdont Of the Bron% "a
Mas'onal n Bank. Mr.: Chabot was one Of
the organizers Of the North Side Sav-
ings Bank. He was n member ~ tbo
Schnorer Club, the Now York Zoolo~' %
ical Socisty, the New York Georran5
zeal Society and the Brownson Catho
Club. '"'''c
Mr. Chabot leaves a wife and two
morrow.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29

many car5|,asI may be necessary and in
short order.
The servicibility Of the Motor Corps
IN emergencies was proved at the time
Of the munitions explosion. With New
York and Brooklyn supplying the
nucleus, we found it possible to mo-
blise at Newark, N j., in a remarkably
brief time large number Of am
balances and cars driven by our uni
formed women. From Newark we were
able to proceed to Perth Amboy with
ample facilities to handle the situation.
"Of course, the great immediate SER
vice Of the Red Cross Motor Corps is
IN aiding the government in transport
ing wounded soldiers from piers to hos
pltals or to ferries. Our corps within
the past week has transported more
than thousand wounded soldiers in
thls way Under oor new Arrangement
1T will be possible to even more
promptly meet any requirement Of the
government"
Or. Smyley explained that the routine
work of the Red Cross .1otor Corps
Will continue. AS an illustration of
what the Red Cross Motor Corps does.
Dr. Smyley showed that last month
me Nassau County chapter had covered
e1'oao miles in its work; Westchester
county chapter the next highest,
showed 1886 miles, and Montclair
chapter had run up 1914 miles.
Inc total mileage Of eleven chapters,
and other chapters in the greater citv.
was 962S7. '''
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29

stand as play by itself In the Sec
ond act there were vague betraying
symptoms. that the play was not the
thing, that it was merely the vehicle
tor theory-whether eugenics, femi-
nlsm or new thought was not plain. In
the third act the play turned into pull
lit drama in the most literal sense
Little Rollo and Elsie Dinsmore were
dramatized and were far more dread
full than they ever were between the
covers Of book. In each act the
speeches heightened and the action
shortened. Somewhere midway it ceased
being play altogether and became
exhortation.
The four acts are each set at in
tervals of ten years apart and show
the sins of Puritan father visited
upon the children and the family's sal
vation by New Thought Louise Carter
did fine piece of acting in the first
TWO acts as the suppressed wife.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Plan to Aid Women i'm War Work
Women Form Motor Corps
For Emergency First Aid
Eighteen Red Cross Chapters With 839 Drivers Enrolled
Ready for Service Night and Day-Immedate Work
Will Be Transporting Wounded Soldiers

The Red Cross Motor Corps an
nounces the organization OF a Metro
politan District for Motor Corps Work
with eighteen Red Gross chapters rep
resented and an active membership Of
S39 women drivers.
The resources of the Metropolitan
District Corps includes 500 private
cars, 63 ambulances and Is trucks
Headquarters were opened yesterday at
IT Park Avenue, formerly the residence
of John Flagler.
There will be q squad of Red Cross
Motor Corps officers on duty at these
quarters night and day, ready to re-
ceive calls from government officials or
others, and to send out an order for
Der of vehicles.
by means Of this system it will be
possible promptly to mobilize as many
cars as are necessary in any local
emergency, without depicting entirely
the motor service at the chapter sta
tions represented in the district" said
DR.. Dorothy c. Smyley, head of the
corps. "The new organization, we
think, will be particularly serviceable
III sues emergencies as the munitions
explosion disaster at Morgan. N. j. Bv
telephoning to the eighteen chapter
headquarters we can requisition as
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29

the father Of the bride, assis.1 -.
the father of the bridegroom
Miss Emily Linnatd Cobb, - +.
a student at Vassar College, W.. |
her sisters maid of honor and on}
bridal attendant. Lieutenant Ea- .
G. Bailie. U. S. A, O. Minneapolis, ill
act as best man AIN the ushers W.
be Lieutenant Russell H. Kctteli. u
s. A, of Lexington, Mass; William G.
Iausslg, of Cambridge, Mass Robex,
g. Benchley, of New York, Norman
n; r. eturgis: OF Albany N. Y; Allen W
Clark, of Boston, and Elliott D. Smith
Of Chicago. A reception will b, held
at the home Of the brides paints
S70 West End Avenue.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Paintings Exhibited
By Younger Artists
Adri de Groot, Dutch Artist,
Is Represented at Mac
Dowell Club

The MacDowell Club will open its
third exhibition this season with an in
teresting display of paintings and
sculpture by the younger group of
American artists, incruding twelve por-
traits by Dutch painter of some re-
nown, Adri de Groot, who has just ar
rived here from Amsterdam. MIR. de
Groot shows varied technique in his
art, handling his portraits of men with
q praiseworthy freedom and giving to
those of women an almost Meissonier-
like care in detail
Miss Gertrude Pay Lathrop, who
comes from California to take her place
in the New York circle of painters.
uses refreshing brilliancy of color in
her still-lifes and flower studies. Her
portraits, in contrast, appear rather
dull and affected in manner. Loosely
handled landscapes by W. a Patty
strike happy notes of color. and in
Sunshine and Shadow" fine luminous
quality Of light is attained.
Greenwich Village holds many sur
pAlSeS DACh druS III GHeSuWlCu V IL
lage," by Ruth Hammerslough, shows a
gay sun-bathed spot with brightly col
ored walls and swinging green shutters
which one would expect to find only in
sunny Italy.
A reclining nude, entitled "The jap
anese Print" is painted with charm
and dellcacy by the same artist
Bertrand Rasmussen has studied the
emotional side of human nature, and in
Hitting the Trail" he has caught the
sordid Salvation Army hall, with it's
group of soul-rent men and women, lit
only by the cleaning red banner in
the background, on which is written
Blood and Fire.
Roland Rood exhibits capable por-
traits of well known personages, among
them Professor C. A Chandler Other
artists exhibiting are Belle Bennett, G.
L. Berg, Arthur Edwin Bye and Violet
Mege. The closing day for the exhihi-
ton is December 8.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Plays and Players

Cohan & Harris will present durine
the holiday season new operetta en-
titled "The Kings Double" The book
of the piece is by Stephen Ivor Szinn.
yey, the lyrics by William Cary Dun
can, author of "Fiddlers Three" and the
music by the Bohemian composer An
selm Goetzl.
The Stage Woman's War Relief enter
tanned eight h-ndred soldiers and sail
ors at the holiday performance at the
Hippodrome yesterday. Other crgan-
lzatlons that made reservations in large
numbers for men in uniform were the
X. Of c., the Mayors Committee for
Women, the Salvation Army, the Lambs
Club and the Hebrew Sheltering AS
sOclation.
The present Century Grove Midnight
Revue will cloe on Saturday night, De-
cember Z, and the new revue, entitled
The Century Midnight Whirl," will be
presented on the Century. Roof on
Thursday. December 12.
The date set for the opening of the
new cluck LleGIeld FrOllc and Mid
night Frolic on the roof Of the New
Amsterdam Theatre has been set for
Monday. December 8. Some of the
principals in the new show are Bessie
Mccoy Davis, Lillian Lorraine, Fanny
Brice, Bird Millman, Bee Palmer, Eva
Lynn, Bert Williams, Hal Hixon.
George Price, Yvonne Shelton, Jessie
Reed, Dolores and Simone d'Herlvs.
The cast of "The Invisible Foe" the
play by Walter Hackett with which
Thomas Dixon will assume control Of
the Harris Theatre, comprises percy
Marmont, j. H. Gilmour, Elmer Grandin
Frank Andrews, Flora Macdonald
Marion Rogers, Mabel Archdall and
June Congreve.
Next Sunday night Florence Nash
Wi wlll appear in Remnant at the Morosco
Theatre and Mary Nash, her sister, viii
appear in "The Big Chance" at the
Playhouse to audiences composed of
men in uniform. Both performances
have been arranged by Miss Grace
George, chairman of the Stage Woman's
War Relief.
The title of the new Mark Swan farce
which George Broadhurshwill soon pro
duce is keep 1t to Yourself" The plav
goes into rehearsal next Monday.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Mrs. Borg Would Save
Civilians as Incurables

Mrs Sidney C. Borg, whose particu-
lar task it is to find jobs for the dis
abled civilians discharged from the
Montefiore Home for Incurables, would
have legislation pertaining to disabled
soldiers and sailors extended to in
clude civilians.
Every woman" Mrs. Borg urges,
Should urge the passage of the Smith
Bankhcad bin, which authorizes the
Federal Board for Vocational Educa-
ton to arrange with the various states
for vocational rehabilitation of their
own manned victims Of industry and
their return to civilian employment.
This is a reconstruction problem as
much as any other and should receive
immediate attention"
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
First Hylan Concert to
Honor Italian Grenadiers

A concert arranged by Philip Be-
rolzheimer, the new Park Commits
sioner, in honor of the Royal italian
Grenadier Band will be given at the
Goth Regiment Armory on Saturday
evening at 8 o'clock. The New York
Military Band of sixty pieces, under
the direction of Edwin Franko Gold
man, will play an interesting pro
gramme which will consist chiefly of
Italian music in honor of the dis
tlnguished visitors. Nine. Alma
Clayburgh. soprano. and David Bis
pham. barytone. will be the soloists.
Judge Victor Bowling will deliver an
address and make a presentation to
the visiting band. This will be the
nrst OF the winter series to be known
as the Mayor Hylan Free Concerts"
ne public is cordially invited.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Congress May Be Called
Upon to Provide Trans
portation, He Says
ais e for Services
Secretary Wilson Plans Reas-
signments for Those Who
Wish to Stay

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28.-To ade-
quately provide for girl war workers,
Secretary of War Baker has suggested
that it probably will be necessary to
have joint resolution passed by Con
gress appropriating money to provide
transportation home when the girls
are released.
Secretary of Labor Wilson has issued
statement discouraging any more
workers coming to Washington.
"Such available reports as are now
before me Indicate that more clerks
are in Washington than are needed"
he says. persons contemplating com
ing to Washington for work should
have assurance from some authorized
government officials in Washington
Stating that they will be needed"
In appreciation of the excellent SER
vice rendered by the girls, he said:
"They ell deserve much credit and
are truly civil veterans of the great
war"
Major General C. c. Williams, chief
of ordnance. announces that the re
department will be carried out so as to
impose the least possible hardship on
civilian employees. All untitled requi-
sitions for civil employees are to be
cancelled or filled by reassignment
from other positions no longer re-
quired.
If voluntary designations and re-
assignments do not reduce the per-
sonnel sufficiently, each employe
whose services are no longer required
will be asked to decide on one Of the
following courses:
To resign Immediately; to resign at
specified date in the future; request
for permanent employment with the
government in Washington; request to
be assisted in obtaining employment
near residence.
General Williams has directed that
in order to avoid unnecessary unrest
among efficient employees the greatest
calmness and consideration bo used in
handling each individual case.
Certificates of faithful service are to
be issued on request to each employ-
in service during the war when such
employe is discharged from ordnance
work after date Of November II.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Miss Farrar to View
Children's Handiwork

An exhibition of children's dresses
pett'coats, caps and other garments
made from worn stockings and mill
ends by the Children's Garment Ser
vice will be held Sunday afternoon
December 8, at the home Of Mrs. Simon
Frankel, 46 West Eighty-sixth Street
Miss Geraldine Farrar started this
work and appealed for the ms eri ais
some six months ago, and as result
many hundreds of garments have been
shipped to the children Of France and
Belgium
Miss Farrar will attend the evhibi-
ton, which will be =. en- from 4 until
6 in the afternoon
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
100000 Women Will
Stay With Railways

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-women
railroad employees, about 100000 in
number, who were added to the pay
rolls on account of the war, mainly as
clerks and stenographers, probably
will be retained permanently, it was
said to-day at headquarters OF the
railroad administration
Specific action in this regard will be
left to individual railroads, but admin
istration officials who have made a
survey Of the employment period, be-
lieve the demands for labor during the
readjustment period will be so great
that it will be not only desirable but
necessary to retain the women en-
ployes
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Differences in Gods
Revived at Bramhall

differences in Gods" with which the
Bramhall Playhouse opened again last
night, is not new play. 1t had a fort
nights run at that theatre in 1915. 1t
is the work of Butler Davenport, who
writes, acts and directs the plays given
at that playhouse.
At the conclusion of the excellent
first act fine background had been
washed in for the conflict Of vivid
human wills against the bleak rigidity
Of New England Puritanism. 1t is an
act so we'll written that it seems to
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
Lowenstein Golden Wedding

Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Lowenstein. of
az East Seventy fourth Street, cele-
brated their golden wedding last night
with a dinner and dance at the st.
Regis. In addition to their seven
children and ten grandchildren there
were about seventy-fve other rela-
tlves and intimate friend present.
Mrs: Lowenstein was Miss Fannie
Adolphus, of this city, where she was
born and always has lived. Mr.. Low
ensteln was born in Germany and
came to this country at the age of
thlr'een. lie was member of the
firm of Heyman Brothers & Iowen-
stein until few years ago. when he
retired. NV
New-York tribune., 1918-11-29
when a Feller Needs
A Friend" Adds to Cast
Emmett Corrigan and Hamilton
Revelle to Help Production
For Allied War Ornhans

Emmett Corrigan and Hamilton Re-
veiie are two important additions to
the cast Of "When a Feller Needs a
Friend" the play to be given by the
Stage Women's War Relief in aid Of
Allied War Orphans at the New Am
seeroam Theatre next Sunday night
under the direction of Arthur Hopkins.
The cast now includes Viola Allen.
Maclyn Arbuckle, Florine Arnold, Janet
Beecher, Emmett Corrgan. Robert
Edeson, Shelley Hull. o. P. Heggie.
Tim Murphy, Hamilton Revele. Char
lotte Walker, H. B. Warner and Helen
Westley.
Seats are now on sale in the box
office and at the Stage Women's War
Relief headquarters, 366 Fifth Avenue.