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New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Caruso Sings at 2A8th
Ba gby Musical Mornin 6. 8.
Toscha Seidel, VioIinis,, Ar
other Soloist, at Waldorf
Astoria Hotel

The 24Sth musical morning under
the management of Albert Morris Bag
by, was held yesterday in the ballroom
of the Waldorf astoria The artists
were Enrico Caruso and Toscha Seidel
violinist. Richard Iiageman and Sal
vatore Fucito were at the piano.
Mr.. Caruso sang an aria from La
Boheme",; an aria from "LElisir
d'Amore," and songs by Stradclla and
Adolphe Adam. Mr.. Seidel played
"Gipsy Airs" by Sarasate: "Chaconne,
by Vatali. and other numbers by
Brahms, Sinding and Kreislcr.
Among those in the audience were
Mrs. Charles S. Whitman. General Hor-
ace Porter, Mrs. James Lowell Putnam
Miss Alice DreXcl, Mrs. William Doug
las Sloane, Mrs. Newbold Morris, Nj
and Mrs. r. Burial Hoffman, Miss
Alice Van Rensselaer,, Mrs. Charles A
Childs, Mrs. J. Allen Townsend, Mrs
John J. Wysong, Mrs. John Clinton
Gray, Mrs. karrick Riggs, Miss Louise
Iselin. Mrs. Hamilton Mex. Twombly
Mrs. William II. Sands, Mrs. Elisha
Dyer, Mrs. Hamilton Fish Miss Elsie
Stevens, Mrs. Arthur j. Cumnock, Mrs
Cumnock Wagstatf, Mrs. William,
Wickham Hoffman, George Ledlic, Miss
Genevievc Clendcnin and Mrs. Samuel
A Valentino.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Listen, Lester,'' Pleases

Abraham Lincoln was once asked 70
lndorse certain brand of susnenderc
and he did it thus: "Anv one Who
likes suspenders will like these sus-
pendcrs." (" N''
We feel like that about "Listen
Lester" which opened at the Knicker
booker Theatre last night Any one
who likes musical comedy will surely
IKE listen, Lester" And we will 90
sun further and say that it might even
make some converts.N
1t has to reconmend f. first of oil
extreme smartness, the lack Of which
IS as fatal TO musical comedy as it
is to womanNs hat. The girls are
smart, the gowns are smart, the dia-
logue is smart, the music is smart as
we'll as original. To the casual hearer
there is nothing reminiscent in any of
the tunes.
Added to this there were at least
seven other reasons why we thorough
ly enjoyed "Listcn, Lester" Thew are
Johnny Dooley, Ada Lewis, Clifton
Webb, Gertrude Vanderbilt, Hansford
Wilson, Ada Mae Weeks and Eddie
Garvie
The plot is negligible In fact it is
as indiscernable as the nose OF a
King Charles spaniel 1t concerns
some letters which Eddie Garvil had
written to Gertrude Vanderbilt. who
bears the lovely name of Arbutus
GUILTY, and the struggles of Johnny
Dooley and Hansford Wilson to re-
cover said letters. Also the efforts OF
Ada Lewis to marry Eddie Garvie. Let
us say briefly that all were successful.
Wilson is the Lester Of titular fame
The show is a John Cort offering
written by Harry Cort and George
Stoddard. The music is by Harold Or
lob. ii. u.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
On the Screen

Eugene O'Brien is a busy man these
days. Last week we saw him in sup
port Of Elsie Ferguson and this week
ne is appearing with Marguerite Clark
III Little Miss Hoover" at the Rialto.
The story Is about rich girl who
suddenly became poor and decided to
raise chickens for living.
SO she set out to purchase eleven
white Leghorn hens, and when the man
asked if she wanted the rooster, too,
she said, no, she wouldn't bother with
him.
But" persisted the owner of the
fowls, ut is customary, miss"
"Well, then" said Nancy, give me
eleven rocsters, too"
And eleven marriage certificates %
he asked sarcastically.
But when Nancy found out that the
rooster was the famous Golden Bird,
valued at $1,000, she decided to take
only one CT him. And at the end of
the season she counted up and found
that the eggs she raised had cost her
only 1886 apiece.
So she turned her attention to farm
ing, and here she succeeded beautifully
and make two blades of wheat grow
where only one had grown before.
Eugene O'Brien is perfectly stun
ming as Major Adam Baldwin. For a
while he travels around in mufti Just
to look the land over and see that
very man is doing his duty, and while
he Is thus incog. Nancy meets him and
accuses him Of being a Stacker.
She never is very harsh, however,
and we are sure that she planned to
marry him from the start
Miss Clark is charmingly natural in
the title role
Alfred Hickman plays an important
part We thought at first that he was
going to be the villain, but he lust
turned out to be a nice man. who mar
rles the postmaster's daughter.
The comedy is called "a Son of a
Hun" and there is a picture called
"Nacation Land" and the Rialto ami
mated magazine.
Adolf Bohm has staged a Christmas
fantasy called THE Music Box" It
was written by Anatole Liadoff.
The kialto Male Quartet sang "Holy
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24

Puccini Operas Given First
Presentation to Regular
Audience

The three Puccin operas al Tabar-
ro," "Suor Angclica' and "Gianni
Schicchi,' which received their first
presentation ON any stage at the
metropolitan Opera House on Saturday
evening, December ID. were sung last
night for the second time.
The first performance had been be-
fore special audience; last nights was
in the regular subscription series. and
the usual Monday night subscribers
were enabled to Judge of the effective
ness of the three little works.
In popularity they will undoubtedly
run with "Schicchi" first, al Tabarro"
second and "Suor Angelica" a bad third.
Indeed, If each work were called upon
to stand on its own feet, it seems i'm
probable that "Suor Angelica would
be able to stand at all, despite Ger
tain charm Of atmosphere and a moder-
ately effective final tabeau. The sub
lect is essentially undramatic, and Puc-
cni is not the man to illuminate still
ality and the idiom which is distinctly
his. He becomes an eclectic, and his
music fails in pungency and in spon-
taneity. In a subject calling for spirit
uality he is merely masquerader, and
not an interesting one at that
al Tabarro" is different matter.
Here Puccini is at home, though never
before did he descend to a subject re
quring quite so brutal a treatment To
be frank, his Paris might better be
Naples, but he succeeds on the whole
in giving tie sordid story an effective
musical treatment, and when the lyric
moments come he bursts into song in
quite his oldtime fashion. There IS
nothing new in "Tabarro," much OF
"Tosca" and his other works, rem
iniscences Of Louise" The work is
rather too long in approaching the
business in hand. but once it gets there
/ things move swiftly.
"Gianni schicchi" is by far the most
interesting work, though the form, bor-
rowed from a. hint of Dante, is what
carries it to its success. Puccin here
shows himself the splendid theatrical
craftsman that he is. His music is
/ sparkling. expressive. but never in
trusive; it floats and colors the dia-
logue, it carries the story at the head
long pace required. "Gianni Schicchi'
viii probably live when the other two
are long forgotten.
OF the singers last night first honors
vocally went to Nine. Florence Easton
the Lauretta, dramatically to the
Schicchi of Giuseppe De Luca, and the
Simone of Adano Didul-all of these
artists appearing in Gianni Schicchi
In "Suor Angeica' Nine. Farrar die
her utmost to make the part interest
ing, while two new and fresh voices
We're heard in Mary Ellis and Kitty
Beale. Giulio Crimi both i'll al Tab
AFRO" and in "Schicchi' sang better
than he has been wont to sing, Nine
Gentle made vivid characterization
Of the part OF La Frugola, and Mis-.
Muzio sang ana acted the part O
Giorgetta with color and passion. Sig
nor Moronzoni conducted all three
operas most ctrectivelv G. Y.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Bobby, Orphaned
By Influenza, Begs
Santa for a Mamma
Foster Mother Found Cor
Him and Little Sister, but
There Was Only Room for
One So He Was Sent Back

Here it is the day before Christmas.
and Bobby seems to stand a mighty
small chance of getting the only Christ
mas present for which he has asked.
Bobby IS boy whose parents wero
among the Influenza victims of this
CITY, and when the epidemic wave was
past, there was Bobby. small and
bright and altogether appealing for a
boy, and Marjorie, his sister, smaller.
The State Charities Aid Association,
100 East Twenty-second Street, moth
cred them for while but an institution
isn't like flesh and blood person with
lap to cuddle in, 50 a real home was
found for the two children Then Bob
by's new foster-mother was taken i'll
and found she couldn't care for both
children; and Marjorie was a girl, and
pretty, and had curls, and-wcll, Bobby
was sent back to the association
Miss Sophie Van S. Theis, superin >
tendont of the State Charities Associa-
ton, looked down at him and swal-
lowed. Bobby swallowed. too, but
managed TO work up grin.
"lt's all right" he said. "Shc could
only be a mother to ono OF us. and
sister was litter. Only only-oh,
madam. l did want mother If ! don t
asked for anything else, don't YOU
s'pose Santa Claus would send me one
for Christmas
Miss Theis can't remember what she
said, but she thinks she sort Of prom
ised. But the days went by, and though,
IN answer to an appeal published IN
The Tribune while ago, several re-
quests were sent in, they proved un-
suitable.
"Two,' Miss Theis said. "were from
men who lost their heads when they
saw Bobby and wanted to take him, but
forgot to consult their wives first. An
other was from family unsuited to
bring up son, and u third was from
body who wanted younger boy.
II guess the disappointment was too
much Tor Bobby, Or Sc7se Christmas
with his mother and father dead and
his sister gone was dreary outlook
for he caught pneumonia. Illa case is
light. though, and am still HopinG
somebody will be found III time TO save
his faith in Santa Claus.
"Meanwhile, if any family is without
a boy to buy things for this year,
hope they Will remember Bobby. Some
thing that he could use IN bed would
| be best-a drawing box with crayons
rather than paints, building toys OF
any description. or clocks. II they are
sent TO the association, Will see that
he gets them.
But | nope he finds mother. That's
what he really wants.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Al't
Holiday Exhibition of
Paintings Now On at
Mich Galleries

An annual holiday exhibition Of
paintings is now on public view at the
Mich Galleries, 10S West Fifty-seventh
Street. The canvases, though limited
III size, are representative Of many OF
our prominent artists at their best
North Conway" by George 1nress,
IS painted low in tone and shows a
mysterious landscape with sombre
mountains looming III the background.
IN contrast is a colorful IMPRESSION
Of gay shipping port by William
Chase
"rhe Matinee" a charming landscape
with gaily colorcd groups Of figures
IN the foreground, is by f. Ballard
Williams while Il spontaneous impress
sion Of Washington Square by Paul
Connoyer makes brilliant color note
among the many landscapes shown
Four pastel sketches by Robert Henri
are handled in the artists inimitable
manner, and Albert Groll again gives
US the poetry of the Far West in "The
Desert, Arizona"
Paul Dougherty's favorite subject,
the sea, dashes- and foams in a green
ecstacv against black rocks in "Thc
End of the Cliff" The sea also draws
Edward II. Potthast. but in a gaver
mood, with scintillating sunshine,
bathers, children, yellow sands, and all
the other gayetes which make his can
vases so cffervescent.
Among other artists we'll represented
are G. II. Broustle, George H. Bogert
Emil Carlsen, Bruce Crane, Edward
Dufner, Charles p. Grippe, Childe
Eassan, Winslow Homer, Francis Muir
ply, H. w. Ranger and A. H. Wyant
The exhibition will close January IS.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Somebody's Stceetheart'' Has
C0sianefs and Spanish Music

Somebody's Sweetheart,D at the Cen
trail Theatre, is mildly Spanish, which
is in its favor. A castanet or two and
a couple of fandangoes have an al
firmative effect in any musical play
The matadors and troubadors and
Sevillian maidens in the newest Ham
merstein show help to buoy up the
United States consuls, Chicago packers
and wandering millionaires that the
plot carries. Maybe some day the con
sular service will be abolished, and
then what Will the musical comedy
book writers do? Anyway, that's too
far off for comfort.
Alonzo Price wrote the book and
lyrics and the music is by Antonio
Bafunno, who writes not unlike Ru-
dolph Friml. Some of the people sing
what sounds like Spanish, the costumes
are bright and the scenery is pleasant.
Walter Scanlan's voice overtops his
companions. but most of them sing &C
ceptably 1t isn't very exciting, any Of
1t, but in the present dearth of musi-
cal plays 1t ought to have a run.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Muratorc to Quit U. S.

William }. Guard, general press
representative for the Metropolitan
Opera Company, yesterday denied the
report that Lucien Muratore, of the
Chicago Opera Company, has been en-
gagged by Manager Gatti-casazza for
the rest of the season. "There is moth
ing in it," said MIR. Guard.
NJ. Muratore and ms et w1fsi Toisat;o Ina cSss
terday m morning. M. Muratore gave
nervous prostratioIn as the reason for
his fight from Chicago ,,i1 IN m,a-sess1n: SCI 1i:
mind ie ~SS and hs' he has just lost his father.
As soon as comfortable, aceommoda, conn. )" !
tons can be obtained the tenor ana
his wife will go to France for com
plete rest. , r
re said, 'T have had offers tSom Iovens ovens
Garden, Buenos Ayres, the FSris Opera
and from the Metropolitan, boa can,
not sign contracts until I'm well again
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Women Seek Better DIET Co-,a;+;-7...

so,vu'ed milk could be sold for six
st"ts st.; a quart, and through her efforts
ss.ations have been established
.hroughout the city for the purnose
o.. or delivery. Mothers come and bring
,ne'r own milk bottles -"thcn they are
lesS & apt 70 break thcm"-and ret the
mi'k from the stations. delivery
sSS,em mas been established and milk
:? pe'ng sold at cost to mothers of
SieN'y oaoles ~ the slums. Miss Cau-
ole mas sacrificed her own chauffeur
TO tae cause. and is Watching cher
paoies' as she calls them. get fat
necks., '''' """
The principal stations where this
mllk is being tried out are located at
oil East Goth Street, at Union Settle
ment, Greenwich House, at half
u"1en day nurseries and some of the
pubic health stations for the after
care Of influenza cases
"Fo revert to the question of milk
and the present exorbitant prices"
Miss Cauble concluded, every woman
should pledge herself to careful
study of the food conditions. There
should be proper legislation for the
coordination and control of the forces
operating. | believe that a system of
monthly reports should be established,
whereby is listed the number Of dairy
cows in each county giving milk. the
amount produced and the cost Of pro
duction. and think that every farmer
should be compeIIed to keep these
blanks. Then if we find that the
farmer is losing on the production of
milk, his pay should be increased.
IN this way we could check UP on
the statement made by some producers
that the OOaNtitV<of milk Falls oF +ro
mendously in the winter months. when
the COW is dry 1t is we'll known
tact that in many dairies the manager
keeps q certain per centage of COWS pro
ducing milk during the winter months
and lets them run dry in summer,
when milk is cheaper-mcrely because
they can ask more in winter This
system Of monthly reporting would be
an absolute check on such things"
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24

Milk Stations
Will Be Opened
,,;.s Laura Caublc Plans
Campaign in Behalf of
Poor Against MiddIeman
and Asks Aid of Women

condition will have to take care
;,sef for awhile. so far as Miss
'.nra caublc. Deputy Commissioner of
onA1c Markets. is concerned.
spscause." declared Miss Cauble,
~, out for milk! I have spent al
.s, This whole day at milk hear
and after learning what the mid
,,snsn-the chap who skins the
.rmer and then roasts the consumer
!. aoing. I'm going to turn this situa-
.on inside out and I hope every
,.man will help me. 1t is essentially
rcman's job, and that is why q large
.,ouu of interested women have
',-nsd themselves into the Plenty
;ocd League.
The members of this league arc
.lsdced to support those officials who
- against prohteering who are for
..... control of milk and other such
,ommodities, and TO oppose all those
mi in favor of such a plan. More
way
md experimenting of her own.
Here said Miss Cauble, as she
..sned a drawer in the large mahog-
nv desk which occupies q sunny
amer of her office on the twentv-third
aaor of the Municipal Building, and
rev out half dozen cans of varying
s,es. "Eevr taste any reconstructed d
gilk'"
Miss Cauble opened can. and into q
lass OF water shook a bit of cream
i.ted powder. It Immediately dis
Owed. The water became misty and as
,ors powder was added assumed the
,Ovearance OF milk. "It is milk" Miss
',uble affirmed. Taste it,
Il was, and no one who hadn't seen
skat produced it would have has any
joubts. Having seen, however, the
ext thing was to find out how it was
iane.
1t is simply milk-pure milk
issn soon after it leaves the COW ant
eut through a process whereby the
rster is evaporated and the butter fat
smoved. The grade of the resulting
reeonstituted' mill. is determined BY
he amount of butter fat left in.
"Yeu know" Miss Cauble added
Tia. water is carrier of bacteria
A this process of drying, however
.N milk can be kept indefinitely with
es: spoiling, or without the number O.
Mseria increasing. Moreover, think
ma commodity, how much more con
enient milk is IN this form. We dc
away with glass bottles. and it can b,
sessd to the capacity of a treigh
ar and shipped without loss Of any
and"
Miss Cauble found that this recon
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Back 10 Earth" Onens

If the quality Of imagination which
projected the idea for Back to Earth y
presented at Henry Millcr's Theatre
last night. had been coupled with a
deeper gift of satire, we should have
had II really distinguished comedy. By
the very twist of its plot it put soci-
ETY. into that objective position which
forms the ideal approach for the satir-
lst. But though it barely does this, the
freshness Of the idea is such that
merely by scratching at the surface
comedy William lie Baron has pro-
uuced mover and an amusing comedy
It's theme is the cntertalninr of an
anger unawares by q purposeless bacho-
Tor or a more than ordinarily purposeless
croSs-sectlon of society. And the comedy
IS the more plquant that the angel is
chtertained literally. and in no symbol
'cal sense. The angel makes his ap-
Peorance after party at which the
pachelor and some friends have been
Trying to amuse themselves tv n
spiritual seance and explains thai he
mas received two weeks leave of
absence from heaven during which to
observe unrecognized the changes
"nlch nave come upon the earth.
IN the two weeks that follow he
samples many aspects of New York
i'1e-Coney Island, the races. Jacks
ana by his sublime simplicity and
nave Ignorance of taboos he thorough
~ upsets all those With whom he comes
IN contact. And the more he sees Of
human lmperiection the more the
angel desires mortality.
Wallace Eddinger played the role of
the angel with a fine combination of
aDsurdlty and authority. Ruth Sheplev
played the rather colorless part of 1he
girl Tor whom the angel finally elects
TO choose mortality which he is
punished. Charles Cherry is the plav-
wright hero Of faultlessly conventions
II there is no profound quality to
th's comedy. it has, at least, neat
ana surprising cleverness.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Obituary
dudley G. Cautier, Prominent
Steel Man, Dies at Age of Z

dudley Gregory Gautier. well known
in he steel and wire business, died OF
pneumonia yesterday at his apartments
IN the Carlton after brief illness. He
vas seventy-one years old.
Mr. Gautier began business with the
Cambria Steel Company. and after
thoroughly familiarizing himself with
Is details, formed opartnership in
he steel and wire business, under the
name Of D. G. Gautier & Co., with Of
ices at so Church Street. He was also
president of the Tacony Steel Company
Of Tacony, Penn. and ce-president OF
J. H. Gautier T. Co., crucible makers, of
Jersey City. He had home at 80 Fifth
Avenue, and also country home at
hampstead. Long Island. He was a
member of the Union, Metropolitan,
Down Town and New York Yacht clubs
aud the Huguenot Society. He was un-
carried, but leaves two sisters. Fu-
asral services will be held At the
hapel of st. Bartholomew Church,
Park Avenue and Fifty-frst Street,
thursday morning at 10 o'clock.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
First Junior Dance for
Girls Is Held at Plaza

The first for this season Of the Fri
day Junior Dances, arranged by Miss
Georgiana Hartman Owen for girls
not yet out, was held last night at the
Plaza. On the committee of arrange
ments were Robert Carrere, Alan
Thompson, John Caspar Newington,
Leland Haywood, Leonard J. Cushing
Gregory N. Camp, Robert Ingersol
Brown, Rowland j. Pell, jr., and c.
Columbus Baldwin, jr.
The patronesses for this series Of
dances include Mrs Justus Ruperti,
Mrs Oliver Hartman, Mrs. S. G Scher-
merhorn, Mrs. B. Ogden Chisolm, Mrs
Willard S. Brown. Mrs. John McKes-
son Camp, Mrs. G. Howard Dawson,
Mrs. Dom Barber and Mrs. Cleveland
II. Moffett. The next dance will be
held on Friday.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
DR.. DONALD Fl. CURRIE

SROOKLINE, Mass, Dec. 23.-Dr.
uuonald H. Currie, of the United States
Paolc Health Service, Port Physician
VI Boston, regarded as one of the fore
most authorities on leprosy in Amer
"a died at his home here to-day of
Plssumonia, superinduced by influenza.
Ut. Currie was ordered to Boston
. ION Honolulu in August, 1917, after
.snt years spent in the Hawaiian ISL
ui mos IN the service Of the government.
ae research work among the lepers
va me Island of Molokai, the govern
%snt leper station, attracted the atten-
aon OF medical men throughout the
grid. He represented the United
saes at the Leprosy Congress at Ber-
w. Norway, in 1909. He is survived
widow and two children.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
\. ". G.. A. to Have Hostess
House Near Big UospitaI

To take care of the mothers and sis
ters or friends who visit the wounded
boys in the Grand Central Palace, now
d hospital. the Y. w. c. A. will open a
hostess house annex at 375 Lexington
Avenue on Christmas Day There will
be appropriate festivities at 1890 D.
NJ. and all guests will be taken through
the house. which occupies six floors
and has sleeping accommodations for
lftysiX persons.
There is q comfortable lounging
room, with books and magazines, where
relatives of the boys may sit about and
rest.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
Alfred Moves Will Read

The annual concert in aid of the
missionary work in connection with
the Diocesan Auxiliary Of the Cathe-
dral of St. Johp the Divine will be
given on the afternoon of January 9
at Aeolian Hall. Joseph Bonnet, or
ganist, of Paris, France, will play, and
Alfred Noyes will read some of his re.
cent poems.
Among the patronesscs are Mrs
William f. Iseln, Mrs. David H. Greer
Mrs. Morgan Wing, Mrs. Jchn S
Rogers, Mrs. William NJ V. Hoffman
Mrs. John r. Abncy. Mrs Whitclav
Reid and Miss Amy Townsend.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
OPERA

Xmas Day Mat. at 2 (Sl TO $5). CavalIeria RustI-
Eason. BTaslau Althouse. Chalmers Pae-
aco Muzio; Caruso, Monesanto Cond. Moranzonl
Wed. Xmas Might SIS. Daughter OF the
Regiment. Hempol. Howard: Daz. scoisl Cond. Papi.
Thurs. at SIS. Butterfly. Farrar. Forna: McCor-
mack. Chalmers. Bada. Cond Moranzoni
sri. at 8 Samson ct DELTA. Homer; Carlso.
Couznou nothler. cond., Montenv.
Sat. at .. First Tine oberon. ronselle- Gentle:
Martnelli. Reiss, Althouse, Rother Cond Bodanaky
sat. Mt SIS (75c to SO la Trauaia Hempcl
C.imi DE Lucn. Bada. Eoss Cond r..ranzoni.
Next Non. at SIS. Marta. IIempIc Homer.
caruso Didlr. Malatesta Cond. Badan slsy
MEW YEARS DAY. Wed. Ian. t. at 2.
SPECIAL MATINEE. Prices from 81 to S.
a I'D 2, M"4'o lI',nma. il9mer cFlm G Montesanto
Seat Sale begins To day at 8 A NJ
HARDMAN PIANO USED
New-York tribune., 1918-12-24
MRS. KATHERINE BUCKNER

at the Presbyterian Hospital Saturday
after a long illness, was the wife of
William f. Buckner, of Hollis. l.. l.,
and was active in church and char
liable work there. She was treasurer
of the Hollis Auxiliary of the Red
Cross. She was born in Brooklyn A
son. William F. Buckner, jr., has been
in the naval air service in France for
nearly year, and has just returned
TO this country.