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The sun., 1918-12-02
MADCE KENNEDY IN
COMEDY ATSTRAND
Five Reels None Too Long for
Her Drama Of lee Cream
Cabaret Dens.

Madee Kenredy's new picture al
the Strand, "a Perfect lady shows
hat length Of five reels imposes no
Undue strain On comedy. TO he sure
1t might be cut in two like an angle
worm and st.ll seem complete. bu: It
IL entertaining in all its wriggles to
the veri;able and authentic end. Il j.
no; keyed UP to the rapid fire pitch Of
brief bu.rtsQues, and il has n back
ground Of story that might be taken
seriously II e were not for the ever
reCurrert spIsms OF frolic tempo.
The comic spirit ia the saving grace
without which the story would DO In
d!ctable on the grounds OF convent.cN-
ality. however dear that that element
may be to the filum fan, and then Il
has Madge Kennedy in an infnitude Of
poses and closeups OF hert bew!tch!ng
eyes. which in itself ~ course is
enough to justify The whole star sys-
tenn. Tho pla" furthermore serves to
remind goddess Gotham OF the sur
vival Ot communities perchei with
Puritan.sm where m ice cream cabaret
Is den Of iniqulty and Stern parents
disinherit their offspring at mo-
ucuts notice.
One should hesitate to say that the
cinema serves n unique purpose in
eriHCing such situations before the
eye for the nim Ia based on Charming
Pollocks and Rennoid Wolfs popular
Stege play OF the same name. In the
story Lucille lie Jambon is forced to
fight an entire town 10 prove that al
though n dancer she is az good II not
better than those who ioin to perse-
cute her. She wing. ard so does the
film.
Rex BeaclI's comedy drama TOO
Fat 10 Fight" with Frank Mcintyre
in the leading part. is the feature OF
the Rialto programme. In this play
the war finds Norman Dalrymple or
"D!mples. once an athlete, too heavy
to qualify for the army. He goes to
gymnasium and labors with little
success to reduce, but his enbonpoint
proves a valuable asset to him as a
cheer leader. and at last he wins a
decoration and the girl. The scenario
and direction were clever and the COM
edy Is OF tho best fat man type
AT Il Pee lway After the War
deal" CO.. problems that Will be OF
.ntercs. s. 4 great many people. 1t
takes D. .he question cf what will
become a. lie mother whose child is
the oifSp. ne of the German invader,
asking WaLt the mother shall do with
her Unwclcome child. This IS bal
anCed by the uproarious Chapl.a
vehicle Shoulder Arms"
Under -Four Flags" last OF the
official war pictures, has begun re-
turn engagement this week at the
Riyoli. The picture is being presented
exactly as before. in seven episodes,
embracing the battles that led up to
the collapse of the Germans.
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NOTES OF THE THEATRES.

Walter Ilampden, who played 20 capacity
business In Hamlet Last week. will give
his final performance next Friday afternoon
In Macbeth on Saturday morning Henry
Herbert, formerly OF this Benson company OF
Stratford- on-Avon, will play Duncan.
Grace George has in rehearsal The widows
Might a comedy by LEONARD HusllInson and
Christ opher sandeman.
In the . o'clock frolic atop the New
Amsterdam Theatre Y. Ziegfeld Jr.. will pre-
seni . sketch adapted from J, A. Mitchells
Mr.. Nalcntine's Christmas supper" In which
Holbrook Blinn will appear
Herbert Gortell will succeed Alexander
Clark in "Gloriannn" as the pessinlistic law
yer,
On the afternoon of December 4 Prank
Bacon will address the Century Club at the
Hotel Aston on Why Wrote IAghtuin'"
Alice Brady will give her Tooth perform
ance in Forever After" nj the Central The
atre tonight.
Arthur Hopkins has accepted by cable n
play which Alexander WoOllcott former
dramatic critic of the Times. IA writing in
Frame. Its title Is TO be world Without
End
So great Is the success OF Good Luck.
SAM" the Camp Merritt soldier show at the
Lexington Theatre, that efforts are being
made 10 extend the engagement beyond two
weshs and to md a Broadway theatre.
On Tuesday special matinee OF Tea for
Three" viii he given az Maxine Elliotts
Theatre for pupils and graduates OF The
Iiegler Institute for the Blind
tomorrow night 81 the Park Theatre by
the soc.tty OF AmcriCGl singers. has not
been saSp ~ Sew Y9Tx for twenty Ave years.
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NEEDS "A FRIEND" AT
NEW AMSTERDAM
Widows Pacifist Son Butt of
Action in NeU Play.

From the moment that tho curtain
disclosed the presence OF Richard
Bar bee on tho stnge Of the New Am
sterdam Theatre last night in the role
OF the pacitist son OF a dashinG widow.
il was perfectly apparent that the
title OF Claire Briggs cartoon series,
borrowed for good cause had been
happily selected. For the play was
called when "a Fellow Needs
Friend" Harvey O1IigRins and IIal-
rict Ford wrote 1t so amateur talent
could present II IN various sections
under the auspices of the State
women's War Relief for the benefit
Of the orphans OF our allies.
II was star cast that appeared in
the opening presentation. Viola Allen
as the dashine widow with tho turn
tho other cheek soh, started right ut
the beginning TO leave her offspring in
Il situation where he needed friendship
the very worst way. 4 set OF myster-
ious papers found their way into the
action early. CLOSELY following them
came the secret service operatives and
the widow hid the papers among the
effects Of her peace loving son with
the injunction to him that they con-
tanned something that would be hurt
full 10 her. She insisted that he pro-
tect the papers. SO Of course son
pacifist was at once brought under
the dread eye Of the secret service
as u potential spy.
Shelley HUI. as an army captain,
added color to the scene. and .. T.
Heggie, who cherished notion that
he could get the boys out OF the
trenches by Christmas and end the
war by the simple process OF dropping
brlbcs behind the German lines, IN
Guiding the promise Of a homestead in
the West for each man who quit the
war business. added gaiety Helen
Wesley, doing tho comedy part of Il
colored maid, and Mackl.n Arbucklc.
III Tho role OF = purtly and somewhat
clumsy GarkY hutler like wise appealed
TO ths audience.
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CONTRACTORS. SO, DIES
ON A BROOKLYN CAR
Abraham Du Boiss Vigor Sur
prised Friends.

Abraham Du Bots, SO, president of
the Henry Du Bois Sons Company,
dredging contractors, died at noon yes
terday on Union street car in Brook
lyn. IIo was on his way homo from
church. where he had partaken OF
communion but a half hour before.
Death was due to old age.
Mr.. Du Boiss strength and vitality
had been a matter of keen interest TO
friends long time. Despite his years
he attended business regularly. Each
day at 8:i5 A. NJ. he was at the COM
pany's Office, II Battery place. Sell
dom did he leave before 4 o'clock in
the afternoon.
He was a devout and generous
churchman and familiar figure at
Methodist gatherings in Brooklyn. He
appeared early yesterday morning at
the First Place NJ r. Church, on
Henry street, es was his custom, and
talked with his pastor, the Rev. Will
lam Hamilton.
"I'il ind IL hard 90 get down when
the snow begins to n.y." he said.
He then partook OF communion and
slowly passed out. shaking hands with
many who stayed 10 greet him. Max
ing his way TO the car, he assembled
it with difficulty. At Nevins street
his head dropped and he fell TO the
fiooS A Long Island College Hospital
doctor pronounced him dead.
He was a member of the board of
managers of tho Methodist Episcopal
Hospital and is survived by two sons.
lnterment will be in Greene-W Wood
Cemetery. Mr.. Du Bois lived at 900
Garfield place.
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LIEUT.. EDWARDS TO WED.
Romance of War, ne Bride-to-be Ia
French.
Seec.ai Despstch 20 TINS sry.

BosToS. Dec. 1.-The cngageu' NTt IS
announced by cable o: Lieut. T0hn
Winthrop Edwards, United state n!er
in France. and Mile. Marcelle Moch,
daughter of French merchant and
Consul for Paraguay at lie Havrc.
Lieut.. Edwards is son OF the late
John Copper Edwards O! Boston and
Washington. He left Harvard IN his
junior year for training in the air
service. lie is a member OF the Aero
Club of America. Ills clubs at HRr-
ward were ID. X. e. Institute o! 17T0.
lroquois and Hasty Pudding.
The social side OF the visit OF Miss
Anne Morgan here this week f. i'm
portanL Among those prominent on
the committee selected to entertain
her arc Mrs. Il. ". Lovett, Mrs. James
Lawrence, Miss Dorothy Forbes, Miss
Alice Lowering, Mrs Horace Binney,
Mrs. George T. Rice, Mrs. Bayard
Thayer Mrs. II. 4. Lamb, Mrs. Rus
sell s. Goldman, Mrs. Curtis Guild, Mrs
James G. Mumford, Mrs. Harvey Cush-
ing, Mrs. George X. DeHlois and Mrs.
Frederick S. WhI,well
Mrs. Linhe Prescott received yes
terday by Gable from Europe an
nouncement OF the marriage OF her
daughter, Miss Edith Clifford Prescott.
to Major Theodore Calcord Baker, L..
S. A., on November IS. The ceremony
took place in the American Church OF
the Holy Trinity in Paris.
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BUSY SEASON AT GEDNEY.
Many VisitOrs Have Arrived at
Winter Colony.

Mrs. &. W. Bennett Of Cooperstowr
and Detroit. Mich, arrived at Gedney
yesterday. where she will spend the
winter. Mr., and Mrs. Herbert Lederer
are spending n week there.
Mrs. William c. Allison and Miss
Mary c. Allison of Rosemont, Pa.
have Joined the all winter colony at
Gedney. Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Wilmot,
Montclair, n. j., motoring, are at Ged-
ncy for few days.
DR.. and Mrs. J. r. IIosee were
among the over the Thanksgiving so
journers there
Over the Sunday sojourners at Cied-
ney included Major and Mrs. II. C.
Fowler, Mr.. and. Mrs II. T.. Cole, Mr..
and Mrs. III. G. Hemming, Mr. and
Mrs G. W. Stall. Mr.. and Mrs. A. T..
Wallbridge. Mr.. and Mrs. Joan II.
Wright, all of New York.
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SERVICES FOR MRS. GATES.
Men Prominent In Fins nciRl
World send Flowers for Funeral.

Funeral services for Mrs. Dellora r.
Gates. widow Of John w. Gates, were
held yesterday afternoon in the Madi-
son Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church, SlXtleth street and Madison
avenue. They were conducted By the
Rev. Or, Ralph W. Sockman, pastor.
assisted by the Rev. DIR. Wallace Nc
Mullen. Testimonials of the regard in
which men prominent in the financial
world held Mrs. Gates appeared in the
display OF floral offerings.
Among those who attended the ser
Vices were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J.
Baker Of 81. Charles, H.. brother of
Mrs. Gates. MISC Dellora r. Angel
Mrs. IL, J. Baker. Mrs. Angel, DR.. and
Mrs. Brownson. Gatos Williams, Mr..
and Mrs. John A. Brake. Nathan Ben
metz, c. l.. Briggs Mr.. and Mrs. c. d.
Hermann. Mrs. John A. Black. Mel
villo Morton. Mr.. and Mrs. George C.
Scott, Mrs. George Scott. Mr.. and Mrs,
A. L. Humes. Mrs. Wheeler, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Winter. Mr.. and Mrs. II. l..
Judd, Mrs. =. L. Hopwood, Mr. ana
Mrs. {. c. Smith, Mr.. and Mrs II. l..
Jones, Mrs. Augusta Tuttlc. Mrs. l..
+. Shane. Mr.. and Mrs. W. s. Crcve-
ling and Mr.. and Mrs. c. c. Lott.
Burial was at Woodlawn.
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many more Of them past and gone,
was asked where he was wounded.
I'm the Anyone Forest" he replied
as he looked up smiling.
You're n Southerner, aren't your"
"Yes, sub. Aim from M-er-bam-er.
How'd jew know"
Just guessed it"
IL do say"
Now that tho war is over, how do
you feel about it?"
Wall, I'm kinder glad was over
thar. los my han, uv course, but
bits the ier wun"
After much hcsitancy he was in
duced to give his views.
"Ah guess the artill-ry was the mos
dang'rus. That's how All got mine. or
shell.
hit wus tho fo'teenth NV. July
That's French holiday. you know.
The Germans figgered all the French
mems and Englishmens would be
drunk; they didn't know we wuz there.
SO they wuz going to raid US on that
day We capshud some NV them
Huns out in our wire the night befo'
and made 'um tell us whut they knew.
our Cap'n took us outen tho
trenches the next day and put us In
The wah. We laid down one NV them
barraghes on en-, en- didn' we Civ 'em
hell! Boy. howdy; we shore did
There was right smart NV 'em,
though, and they laid down one NV
them barraghes on us. / got mine
about mile befo' we reached the
woods. Hit knocked me out and I
didn't know nothing until one NV them
fine Red Cross nurses WIZ givin' me
a drink NV watah"
The sun., 1918-12-02
DIED.

SpREws.--Horaee e, suddenly. OF pneu-
monIa, at his residsncs. 20 East Fatty.
second street.
Notice OF funeral later.
% LAMAR-on Sunday. December !. at
Roosevelt Hospital. after q brisf III
meas, Capt. Joseph r. De Lamar. In
The sevsnty-sirth year OF his age.
runsrai services at his tate residence,
W Aediscn avenue. New York city.
on Tuesday morning. December 3, at
II o'clock
pAAoSp-on Friday. November 20.
1913 OF pneumonia, Edith Wand srbilt
Diamond. wife OF tho late William
Carroll Diamond OF Nutiey. y. j.. and
daughter OF tho late Aaron Vanderbilt.
FUNERAL services a. Zoar at the residence
Of John Bernard Diamond. Gathers
burg, Nd. on Sunday. December /. at
o'clock
aELLRCNG.--on December /. AxeI Hell.
runE. at his residence. 200 West Fifty
eighth street, In his sixty sixth year
Suhe'ai service wednesday, December 4,
p. NJ. at Trinity Danish Lutheran
Church, ii79 Hoe avenue, Tho Bronx
hEhYER, Services THE
FUNERAL CHURCH" (campbelrsJ
broadway and SIxty-siKth street, a:aO
iAis afternoon.
N lao--In Buffalo, november 30
lalS, William Henry. husband OF Mary
Benedict HotohlElss. father OF Mrs
E'd"rlcE Potter of Buffalo and Mrs
Raymond r. STREET. of New Canaan
Coma
h!NsLEf--on December I. 1918, a,
MverdAie-on-HudsOn, Edgar Lyman
R!nsisy.
As'Y!ess at Mount Auburn. Cambridge
Mass, a. convenience of family. BoS.
toh papers please copy.
FALMER.-Anna Culbsrt, wife OF the late
huclus \. Palmer. NJ. o., on pscsmbsi
l. After a short illness. at the home
her daughter at VassAr College
FoughkespSie. ". Y.
~ funeral will be private.
"Ds ENBERG -OGear Rosenberg, Chiaa 70
I'', beloved husband OF Sadie ?. Rosen.
berg, father Of Richard D., Ernest and
Edwin.
'.'"rni Monday. . p. NJ. at s!nal
, -Inpis. interment RosehiIi
'"NI"Hr,-Ma1or willard. OF lnnuenzu
pneumonia, in France. December 1. IN
~, no service of his country.
'SDbER.--ln tho service Of his countrv
so'neShers In France, November 9
sergeant Harmon Boultbes Vsdder
'ompany X. lo7th Infantry, sEo ?.
''Ar'' eldest son OF Harmon A. ant
Hfie Boultbeo vsdder
hEbi-on sunday. December ]. 1918
Mary MInturn de suzzara Verdi.
TAhsrai private.
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WILLARD STRAIGHT
DIES IN PARIS AT 50.
Had Remarkable Career as a
Diplomat and Financicr,
Notably in Orient.
LEFT INTERESTS FOR WAR
Organized Risk Bureau and
Was Assigned to Col. E.
NJ. Houses Mission.

PARIS. Dec. 1.--Major Willard D.
Straight, New York financier and dip
,orat who several days ago was
stricken with pneumonia, died in the
night.
Major Straight had been detailed at
che request OF Col. 2. NJ. House to
take up duties with the House mission
AZ soon as hostilities ceased. The
Major had begun work several days
before he fell Ill. His loss Is deeply
felt by Col. and Mrs. House and the
Members Of the American mission.
Seldom has any novelist evolved n
character Of moro compelling interest
than Is reflected In the career Of Will
ard D. Straight. 1t contains all the
elements that writer's OF best sellers
like 10 weave about their heroes.
Still on the sunny side OF 40. Willard
Straight by sheer force and ability,
coupled with great personal attrac-
tfyeness, rose from comparative OBJ
sourity to international recognition in
finance and politics, acquired a pri-
vste fortune and q partnership in one
Of Americas greatest banking con-
Germs Then he won as his bride one
If Americas wealthiest heiresses, and
while az the height Of his career, at
unquestioned sacrifice Of his personal
interests. enlisted when the war broke
out in the service OF his country and
creditably filled a place for which his
experiences peculiarly qualified him.
willard D. Straight was born in Os-
weSo in 1880, the son OF the late Prof.
Henry H Straight, for many years n
member Of the faculty of the Oswego
State Normal and Training School
That he should have entered the army
when war broke out was natural, as
no prepared for college at the Borden
town Military Institute in New Jersey.
Neither was It surprising that he
shcgld have sought TO make his mark
IN tks far East, because he inherited
from his father a keen interest in the
affairs Of the Orient, and It was there
he went when he was graduated from
Cornell IN 1901. His father had been a
missionary In China, and much OF
young Straight's boyhood was passed
thsrs.
Studied Chinese Problems.
After his graduation from Cornell
Straight received an appointment on
the star Of Sir Robert Hart, who was
at that time administering the Chinese
Imperial Maritime Customs Service.
He served In this capacity for two
years, most of the time at Marking
and Pekin. gaining valuable experience
and knowledge OF Chinese financial
problems. In 1904, when tho war be-
tween Russia and japan began.
straight's love OF adventure asserted
Itself and he quit the customs service
10 become a war correspondent. He
went to Manchur!a for the Reuter-
agency and later Joined the staff OF the
Associated Press.
In 1908 what he considered his first
real misfortune after the death OF his
parents came TO him. He contracted
typhoid and was ordered home. That
II Gas no misfortune was soon proved.
On Tire way home, at st. Petersburg, he
met George Won l.. Meyer, then Ameri-
can Ambassador TO Russia A warm
friendship sprang up between the two
men and in April Of the same year Mr..
The sun., 1918-12-02
WOoD-GROSS.
special DespotcA 10 Tur Su>

STANFORD, Dec. Miss Selma
Gross. daughter of Mrs. Rudolph
Gross, was married to Lieut. Clayton
l.. Wood. L. s. ", this afternoon ri
tile home OF her mother here. The
Rev. Paul q. Steup performed tho
ceremony. The couple were attended
by DR.. and Mrs. Herman Il. Mantell.
After a honeymoon tour in New
England. Lieut.. and Mrs. Wood will
live at Norfolk. where Lieut.. Wood is
stationed. He IS the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles l.. Wood OF Stamford.
and was graduated from the Univer-
Sity Of Virginia Medical School last
June
The sun., 1918-12-02
WRIGHT BABCocK.

Wright Babcock, former Mayor and
Councilman OF Fanwood. y. j., died
there Saturday. He was born in New
York sixty-nine years ago and had
lived in Fanwood twenty-five years.
Prior to retiring from business ten
years ago he was a member Of the firm
OF Babcock G. Cox. oil brokers. Wall
street, New York.
lie leaves a wife. daughter and two
sons, one OF the latter, Henry Bah
cock. Icing In the service in France.
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PUCCINI REGRETS HE
WILL MISS PREMIERE
One Act Operas to Be Sung
Here December Ia.

General Manager Gatti-C asazza OF
the Metropolitan Opera Company has
Just received a letter from Giacomo
Pucclni in which the composer re-
peats his regret that he cannot he
present at the worlds prcmieres" OF
his three one act operas Saturday eve
ming, December IA.
Gould l have foreseen the sudden
collapse OF our cnemles.' wrote Mr.
Pucclni, 81 certainly should have been
helping to celebrate the glorious Vic
tory in New York"
Mr.. Gatti announced yesterday the
cast or the three operas In detail as
follows:
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100000 I. =. Women at Work.

There are almost 100000 women
now engaged in industrial pursuits in
this country. The National War Coun-
ell of the Young Womens Christian
Association made this estimate yestcr-
day in the course OF an announcement
that IA study of Americanization is be-
ing made FOR the purpose OF directing
the organization in its future welfare
work. The advance estimates that
have come TO the council show that
the number of women engaged in in
dustry Is being augmented rapidly.
The sun., 1918-12-02

Thirty-six Jewish welfare workers
Wi! be overseas within thirty days TO
take part in the work attending tho
Generalization Of the various armies
and in the reconstruction work in bel
!iger"nt countries. said an announce
mcnt Yesterday from Col. Henry Cut
len, chairman or the board. The work.
ers will, incidentally. conduct religious
services for the members OF their own
faith who are still n service
The sun., 1918-12-02

A division of opinion
leads to a multiplication of
argument. Why argue?
Our jobs to please-to
make good clothing-or
make good if the clothing
doesn't.
We make the clothes, so
have only ourselves to
blame if anything goes
wrong.
It's seldom any man or
boy wants his moneyback.
but it's nice to know it's
here if he does!
While our furnishings.
hats and shoes are not of
our own manufacture they
conform to our idea of
quality and are worthy of
our name.
The sun., 1918-12-02

Ever make comparisons
Wish you'd try it with
the silk plated Isle socks
we're selling for SOC.
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COmmi ssiOned n Major.

October l. 1915, Mr.. Straight severed
his connection with the Morgan house
TO take u special course In interna-
tional law at Columbia Law School. but
when America entered the war he ac-
cepted a commission as Major and took
over the supervision OF the overseas
branch Of The War Risk Insurance Blu
reau. Prayious to that he had acted
as chairman OF Mayor Mitchel's Com
mittee on National Defence.
A few years ago MIR. Straight built a
handsome residence at Fifth avenue
and Ninety-fourth street. Ho also
maintained a summer home at West
bury, l.. I. Ills business connections
since leaving tho Morgan firm have
been with the National City Bank in
terests and the American Interna-
tonal Corporation, OF which latter or
ganization he was vice-president. He
was n member OF the Delta Tau Delta
fraternity. OF tho Cornell and Univer-
sity clubs OF New York and the Metro
politan Club of Washington.
When Mr.. Straight entered the army
with the rank OF Major Immediately
upon Americas entrance lie was sent
first to the Adjutant-General's Office
at Governors Island and later TO Fort
Sill, Oklahoma. From the latter post
he was called TO Washington TO under
take the installation and administra-
ton OF the war risk insurance act
and sailed for France In December,
1917, to direct that branch OF the work
with the American Expcdtionary
Force abroad. When he completed
that task he entered the General STAFF
college and had since been serving
with the combat troops.
He is survived by his widow and
three children. Whitney willard, G.;
Beatrice, I, and Michael, ..
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-12-11
WILSON TO VISIT POPE
ON 33D OF DECEMBER

Pans. Dec. Telegraphing from
Rome, the Temps correspondent says.
President Wilson'S reception by Pope
Rcnedict probably viii take place the IL
ternoon 0f December -, rs the Pontif
will receive the Sacred College in the morn
ing for the Christmas reception.
Assurance has been given that no
obstacle of any kind will be raised with
regard to the visit Of the President. Hc
may leave the Qllirinal, where, he is to
he the Kings guest and 20 directly to
tic Vatican. where he viii be received
with sovereign honors.
The Nassaggcro SAYS the visit OF Mon
signor Boaaventura Cerreti, Papal Tn
der-Sccrctary Of State, TO London to meet
President Wilson and his desire to arrange
an interview with President Wilson can
have no political meaning III the Presi-
dent ) eyes.
Thomas Nelson Page, the American
Ambassador 10 italy has issued q state
mont denying he called at the Vatican
10 convey the information that President
Wilson would visit Rome December -
lie said
No such visit was made by me, no
was any such announcement made l,y mr.
or hy any one connected with the Eue
tassy in Rome IN fact no annouuce-
mont that the President would visit ital-
ever has hecn made BY me or by any one
speaking for me.