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Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Indefinite Liability.

A true story about u citizen whose
daughter is about to be married. and
who has been trying to get line on
what the expense Of the rather elab-
crate ceremony will be. He approach
ed friend Of his, seeking informa-
ton.
NORRIS" he said, "yOur Oldest
daughter was married about five years
ago. wasn't she7 Would you mind tell
ing me about how much the wedding
cost your
"Not at all, SAM" was the answer.
Altogether. about 5000 a year,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Sun Bean for Him.

Mother was having home Sunday
school services. A song suitable for
the kindergarten worshiper was Sc
lected. Spying Uncle Harry driving up
the other children at once "cut serv.
ices" but Nancy Jane continued her
wavering solo, "Sun bean. sun bean,
Jesus wants me for sun bean. I'll be
sun bean for him."
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Fame.

Little ick came home with quite
n air of Importance the first evening
4 his existence In the new town to
which his parents had moved.
The boys In this town must have
heard all about me before we came
here" he boasted.
but, Dick" said his mother, there's
no one In this town that knew u.s."
That don't make any difference"
the boy persisted. "'Cause when I
came down the. street this morning a
whole bunch Of boys yelled. Hello,
Sorrel-top! just the way they used to
do at home. e."-Harper's.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
An Easy Matter.

telling each other wonderful things
which had been done in their respec-
i've countries.
81 guess we have the best jumpers
In the world" said the American.
why, one Of our men ran thirty miles
and then jumped over 5-barred gate"
"Sure, no wonder he did," said the
lrishman. Look at the run he took" /"
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Royal Greeting for Wilson.

London-"President Wilson will re.
ceive the greatest reception we ever
gave any guest. No progress any EN-
peror ever made will equal his" says
the Observer in and article discussing
the coming visit of the President to
England. 1t adds: I'VE rejoice that
an event we have so urgently advo-
Gated is now assured"
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Iha Proof.

"Tush |" said Dubbs cOntemptuously.
"A woman never knows what she
wants."
That's true enough" said Mrs.
Dubbs. II wanted you once. but II I'd
known you"
The pause then ensuing was so chilly
that the mercury In the thermometer
on the wall broke through the glass
and fell to the floor with dull. sicken-
Ing splash.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Yanks Pound Reds In Nav York.

New York.-Hundreds Of soldiers.
sailors and marines broke through a
Gordon of police surrounding Madison
Square Garden and attacked Interna.
tional Socialists. who had attended a
mass meeting at which Bolshevist doc.
trines were expounded.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Dark.

'Don't you know toP yo' not to go
swimmin' wild no white trash chillun.
eh?" sternly asked Sambo Johnsing.
"But he want white before he went
in," replied Sambo's small son.-Boys'
Life.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
MInht Have Been.

II see where man fell dead while
waiting in a restaurant to have his din
ner served"
"What was the causeT
"Apoplexy."
"Then it wasn't the price listr'-
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
No Wonder.

what a smooth look the convict
yonder has,"
Naturally. He has just been
troned."
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28
Why They Are Cheerful.

''Those aviators all seem to be cheer
full fellows"
"Why shouldn't they be? Don't they
all have a chance to see the clouds
silver linings?"
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

Leaves are gathered four times I
year from the tea plant after Its thirt
year.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

aeadachss. Bilious Attscks. Indigestion, an
into Pleasant Pellets GDr. Piercs's,. zdv. -''
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

There are about 1900 square miles
of coal fields In the United Kingdom.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

The Universal shipyard at Houston.
who works nine hours every day.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

Red Cross Bag Blue, much better. goes
farther than liquid blue. Get from any
grocer. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

important to N00th0vo
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that II
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

st. Paul. Mlnn. has union of fur
workers composed of women.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-28

Pas Predicament.
Jimmie-Say, pa, thought you told
me person has only five senses.
Pa-SO did, son what of it7
Jimmle-Why, teacher told us thai
some people have six.
Pa-Of course, but one of 'em h ths
war taI.
OF the great quantity Of silk pro.
duced by China and Japan, twO-thirtia
Is retained for home use.
The cherry. peach and plum Origt
mated In Persia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Trenton Principal on
Trial as Pro-German
Sought to Justify Lusitania
Sinking, but Denounced
Belgian Crime

TRENTON, Cept. 3.-Dr. William A.
Wetzel, principal of the Trenton High
School, was put on trial before the
Board of Education tonight as a pro-
German. Testimony was given that he
had declared the sinking of the Lusi-
tania to be justifable if the vessel car
ried munitions for the Allies.
Francis Johnson and Milton Stefan,
former pupils in the school, testified
to that statement. Stefan added that
Dr. Wetzel had denounced Germany
strongly, nevertheless, for it's conduct
in Belgium, saying that it had set back
the clock of civilization q thousand
years by the invasion.
Stefan said that the spirit of patriot
ism in the High School was not so
high as in the other schools of the
city, and that there was a neglect of
the salute to the flag. Johnson, who
was in his last year in the school in
1915, said that while he was there
"Die Yacht am Rhein" had been sung
more frequently than "The Star
Spangled Bancr,' and that this circum-
stance was due to directions given by
Dr. Wetzel
The charges were preferred by
Mayor Donnelly and were prosecuted
by Charles H. English, formerly AS
sistant County Prosecutor. He was
unable to produce evidence of any dis
loyal utterances by =. Wetzel since the
United States entered the war. The
trial will be continued tomorrow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
The Tribune
Fresh Air Fund

The Tribune Fresh Air Fund vaca-
ton season will end for 1918 on Sep
TENDER II. AS the fund sent its first
group OF children to the country on
juno IL. when the season closes, two
weeks from yesterday, it will have COW
ereo period of thirteen weeks.
D"r'ng these Thirteen weeks the fund
mas kept constant stream of boys and
girls flowing from the tenements to the
country and back again. All told. an
proximately 10000 children have been
given outings.
yesterday about 700 youngsters were
stlll IN the country enjoying their Trib-
une outings. Six hundred and sixty
nine were definitely counted in the
various Tribune Fresh Air Fund homes
AZ ieast q score more-and probably
tnreescore-were scattered about in
widely separated places. where they are
oelne entertained by private hosts.
All OF these children are to remain
IN their vacation places for the 70.
tha OF the present week. Most of
t .hem VIII nave to return to the citv
snen, however, in order to be ready ~
oegin school on Monday morning. "
twenty-five small girls, on the other
nano, got their first taste of the coun-
Try Yesterday and will not be brought
LACK 70 the city. until the 18th of the
snond me children in this party are
Windsor Fresh Air Home near M. Wv
burgh, N. Y. 'e"A New
Yesterdays party will probably nrove
TO be the last group of children r. he
sent OUT as group this year. But the
.,;I, VIII continue to send out indi-
vloual children or grown UPS "a Il dis
covers especially needy cases for wbon,
a change to the country is necessarv
inns phase of the funds work has
ueen gwen greater Importance this
y 49, tnan TOR some years past
t tnirSougnout the summer the fund has
nelu lesei1 ready to act to meet emer.
envy g. cases-cases where it was neces-
cary 10 get children to the country
within twenty-four hours or IessNins}
as soon as the urgency of the nsed
could be shown, VIC neeo
IN some instances people have heen
on the road to the country within tvn
hours OF the time the case was rero,.t
ca 70 the office of the fund. Scarcelv
hss Jay ~ mas passed in which the fund
las has not oeen ASKED to. provide for at
Ieast one case demanding almost in.
slant action for some child. In no such
case mas the request been refused.
a. I = Ts;s are in the country at present
nave been there for eight weeks SLOWLY
recovering from illnesses which n ntymly
carried them off early in the summer
r Fney WEI were reported to The Tribune
fund one day and sent to their vaca-
ton places the next. There are MN MN
per of other children who have been
the funds guests for almost as lone
as these and for similar reasons.
1t IS for this sort Of case that most
OF the work undertaken during the re-.
malnder of the summer will be done.
Contributions to the Tribune Fresh All,
Fund
Previously acknowledged ..s49e sa o.
IN memory of Juliet Underhill "a.
w. L. S. : e' ny
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
New York and Brooklyn
Branches Ordered to
Fort Totten
ToLearn How to Cook
Special Course Will Prepare
Recruits for Ambulance
Service for Army

The New York and Brooklyn branches
of the motor corps of the National
League for Woman's Service yesterday
were ordered into military encampmcnt
at Fort Totten for one week, beginning
September 10. The orders came
through General ]. Franklin Bell, COM
mandant of the Department of the East.
and affect approximately one hundred
women.
The barracks of Company will be
occupied by the women during their
stay at Fort Totten, and army officers
have been detailed to give them spe-
cial training. This will consist chief
~ OF litter drills, ambulance driving,
first aid, and cooking. Several of the
tions in army cooking. While ali the
women will be quartered together in
barracks, the officers of the motor
corps will eat their meals at the OFF,
GERS Club. and the privates will have
their own mess hall.
Captain Katharine Richards, of the
New York Corps, and Captain Louise
Ruxton, of the Brooklyn Corps, will be
in charge.
The object Of this intensive training
is to improve the ambulance service
which the women have undertaken for
the Surgeon General. Every member
of the corps has been notified to re-
port before the end Of the week at
either the New York or Brooklyn head
quarters of the league. The equipment
for each one is one suitcase, toilet
articles, heavy coat, raincoat, two pairs
L
changes Of apparel, three sheets, two
pillow cases and towels
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Miss Isabel G.. Smith Will
Wed Sergeant F. NJ. MacDuffie

Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Isabel Crompton
Smith. Of Worcester, Mass, daughter
OF mr.. and Mrs. Harry Worcester
Smith, Of Lordvale. North Grafton
Mass, to Sergeant Francis Marbury
MacDuttle, U. S. A. Sergeant Mac
Duffie is son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus
l, MacDuffie, of 81 East Forty-ninth
Street, nephew of Miss Elisabeth
iMarbury, CT this city. He was mem
per OF the class of 1920 at Harvard
He enlisted with the LIST Massachusetts
Field Artillery, which became the 1Olst
Field Artillery. He has been in the
nghting in France and was in action at
Chateau Thierry. He is now in the
army candidate school at Saumur,
france. and has been recommended for
a second leutenancy
Thn wedding will take place as soon
as Sergeant MacDufie can obtain a
furlough to return to this country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
School Registration
Will Begin To-day

Public schools will open on Monday
and the registration of new pupils
starts to-day. Registration at evening
elementary and high schools, having
sessions on the same days as the day
schools, will start tonight. Registrar
ton at the other evening high schools
and trade schools will start on Monday
evening.
The teachers will use the methods
taught during the summer at the
"Teachers' Plattsburgs," conducted
throughout the country, to instruct
their pupils in "Americanization."
Registration hours for day school
pupils will be from 8 to ~ a. M, and
from l to 3 p. m. to-day, tomorrow
and Friday. Evening school registra-
ton Will be from p. m. to $50 p. m.
Children less than six years old will
be admitted to kindcrgartens, but no
child less than five will be re gistered
until all older children have been pro-
Vided for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
John Jacob Lawrence WEEDS
Miss Edith McIlvaine Bond

Announcement has been made by Mrs.
William Edward Bond, of 119 East
Nineteenth Street, of the marriage of
her daughter, Miss Edith McIlvaine
Bond, to John Jacob Lawrence, of this
city, on Saturday last in the chantry
of Grace Church. The wedding was
hastily arranged, as the bride and bride
groom are both busy in Red Cross
work. Mr.. Lawrence is field secretary
of the society and is stationed at
Washington. The bride also is a
worker with the Washington chapter of
the society and is a member Of it's
woman's motor corps branch
Mrs. Donald Washburn, of Washing
ton, was the brides only attendant
Clarence Fay served as best man.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
All-Star Bill Gives
Palace Fans a Treat

Every one who knows anything of
that particular form of entertainment
called vaudeville knows that one NAV
consider that he has received his mon
eys worth if he sees one really good
act on programme. These are known
as headliners and usually go with a
lot of mediocre stuff which has to be
disposed of somehow. But at the Pal
ace this week all Of the acts are star
acts and are close to headline honors.
George White presents his annual
dance contribution. which is much more
elaborate than heretofore With him
are four delectable maids called Tot
Qualters, Ethel Delmar, Dorothy St..
Clair and Lois Leigh. Each can dance
nearly as we'll as White and each wears
stunning costumes, combining a maxi
mum of style with a minimum of ma
teria.
White still does his imitation dance,
by request, but the rest of the act is
new
Stella Mayhem has new one up her
sleeve, too. After doing her usual
coon" songs and her champagne mon
ologue she calls out Eddie Borden and
the Duke, who have done their act ear
lier in the day, and has them do it all
over again with her The novelty of
the thing pleased the audience.
Johnny Dooley, the funniest of all
the Dooleys, and Yvette Rugel have an
act which they call Getting Away
From the Old Stuff" Johnny's imper-
sonation of an acrobat and his Russian
dance are as funny as anything seen
recently. When he goes away every
one is still wishing to see more of him.
"An American Ace" the war melo-
drama that ran for at least two con-
secutive weeks last season, is being
presented in tabloid form, and while
it is not particularly convincing it is
noisy and speedy and seems especially
designed to please in vaudeville.
Other acts are Will j. Ward and his
five symphony girls and Herman and
Shirley, IN "The Mysterious Masquer-
adler" II. II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Mime. Galli-Curci's
Affections Basis
Of $25o,ooo Suit
Singers Husband Brings
Damage Action Against
Her Manager

Nine. Amelita Galli-Curci. Italian
prima donna, whose debut here last
winter caused Juror in music circles,
and her husband Luigi Curci, who is an
artist, have separated. The estrange
ment became known yesterday through
legal proceedings brought by both hus-
band and wife.
Signor Curci has begun, but not yet
filed, suit against Charles L. Wagner
and Homer Samuels, manager and &C
companist, respectively. of the famous
soprano, alleging that both men have
alienated the affections of Nine. CALI
Curci from her husband, for which
Signor Curci demands $250,O00 dam
ages.
Nine. CALI Curci, on the other hand,
from her summer home at Pine Hill,
N. Y, instructed House, Grossman &
Vorhaus, her attorneys, to proceed at
once for the replevining of all the fur
nishings in an apartment at q West
Sixty-seventh Street, where her hus-
band and his brother. Gennaro. have
been living. The attorneys acted
promptly, and writ of replevin was
issued.
Nine. Galli-Curci filed bond for
$4,000 for any damage that might
ensue by the seizure Of the articles.
simultaneously, Nine. GalliCurci
issued statement in which she said
that since she and Signor Curci were
married, in Rome, Italy, in 1908. he
has earned practically nothing. but has
lived on her earnings. Also, for the
last two years, she added, her hus-
bands brother, Gennaro. has looked to
her for support. She continues:
upon my return to the East from
my spring tour | ascertained that my
husband had practically depleted my
PEELED to change banks and revoke his
authority to sign checks in my behalf.
When l did this, in an effort to intimi-
date me into giving him money, and, if
that did not succeed, to humiliate me,
my husband sued my manager, Mr..
Wagner, and my accompanied, Mr..
Samuels, for S250,OOO for alienation of
affections. No one knows better than
my husband and his brother how alb
surd THIS is
She also declared to be "preposterous"
VIE IMPRESSION WHICH she Sdlu Nenn6EO
Curci has sought to create that he was
her operate teacher. The soprano stat
ed that she gave her brother-in-law
$1,000 for accompanying her while
studying operate roles.
Signor Curci says in his alienation
action that he and his wife lived hap
PLY until November, 1916, when Mr..
Sa1luels anc Mr.. Wagner conspired to
deprive him of his wife's affection by
making false statements regarding his
character. He complains that the pur-
pose of the conspiracy was to supplant
the affections of Signor Curci with the
unlawful affections of Homer Sam
uels"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Marines Need Women's Aid
Applications of Fair Recruits
Will Be Received TODAY

Applications of women stenographers,
clerks and typists for Marine Corps
positions will be received to-day at
the Marine Recruiting Headquarters,
"a East Twenty-third street The pre-
llmnary test will be given by Lieu
tenant George Kneller, and the final
one by Colonel McLemore, in charge of
the recruiting.
A physical examination also must
be passed by the women before they
Will be admitted. The positions to be
filled are in the adjutant's and inspec-
tors Offices, and resuire that the ap-
plcants be prepared to leave town at
once. The age limit is between eigh-
teen and thirty-fve.
Applicants are required to enlist as
privates, but whereas a private re-
ceives $50 a month, these positions. by
special allowance, pay S110 a month.
1t is said, too, that there is an ex-
cellent chance to become non-commis-
stoned officers, in which case the women
will be permitted to wear the regular
chevrons of their rank
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04

By Grenville Vernon

"Rigoletto" was the second offering
OF the San Carlo Opera Company, and
though last nights audience at the
ohubert Theatre was not equal to that
OF Monday, "Aida," it was Of ex-
ceilent size. The performance itself
was less successful owing to the fact
that "Rigoletto" is essentially a prima
donna opera in which the prima donna
Is the barytone. Now, the days of the
great acting barytones are in the sere
and withered leaf, with Antonio Scott
the last flower in the lapel of the
Metropolitan, and even signor Scott
vas never completely satisfying as
Rlgoletto. A great Rigoletto, the
greatest Rigoletto of all times, was
indeed present last night, but alas.
not on the stage. Victor Maurel sat
IN an orchestra seat. 1t would have
been interesting to have recorded his
Impressions.
Last nights Rigoletto was Angelo
Antola, who possesses good voice and
stage routine, but little tragic feeling
or sense of passion. Edvige Vaccar
was the Gilda, and aside from one
horrendous and appalling slip in into
nation she showed great skill, sending
a distinctly dramatic voice through the
hoops of coloratura. Her "Caro Nome"
was loudly acclaimed The Duke was
taken by Giuseppe Agostini, a friend
OF twenty years, who knows all the
tricks and how to turn them. EMO
bozzano was a Sparafcie more horri-
o!e than a Bolshivik. The men chorus
was small but excellent, and the orches-
IRA under the direction of Carlo Pc
ioAi' showed praiseworthy vigor. Mr..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Veteran Telegrapher
And Writer Is Dead

MAHWAH, N. j., Sept 3.-Thomas L.
Taltavall, editor of "The Telegraph and
Telephone Age" of New York, died
yesterday at his home here from heart
disease. He was sixty-three years old
and in the early '70s attained name
as one of the most expert telegraphers
in the country. He was one of the
operators on the first wire leased by
The Associated Press between New
York and Washington. In 1890 he re-
signed from the "A. P" to become edi-
tor of "The Electrical Age" In 1894
he became associate editor of "The
Electrical Wor Id" He had been with
"The Telegraph and Telephone Age
since 1911. He contributed many arti-
cles to technical magazines and was
the inventor of numerous electrical ap-
DlianceS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Plays and Players

The opening performance of "Some-
one in the House," which was to have
taken place tonight at the Knicker-
booker Theatre, has been postponed
until Monday night, September 8.
Seats sold for to-nights performance
will be good on Monday night next.
The Thirty-ninth Street Theatre
opens its season Thursday, September
II, with a comedy called "Another
Mans Shoes" by Laura Hinkley and
Mabel Ferris, founded upon story
by Miss Hinley which appeared in THE
Saturday Evening Post" Lionel At
will and Elsie Mackey will play the
principal parts.
A new musical play by Rida johnson
Young entitled fIiss / DON'T Know"
will reach New York via Stamford and
Providence some time late in Septem-
Der The music is by Augustus Bar
rett
After a short stop at the Lyric The
atre, "Maytime" is again on the march.
On Monday night, September 8, it will
move to Maxine Elliott's Theatre, it's
fifth New York address. The same cast
will, be heard as now appears at the
Lyric
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-04
Red Cross Planning
For Enrolment Week

Henry P. Dawson, chairman of the
Var Council of the American Red
Cross, announced yesterday that there
you'd be an enrolment week just be-
fore Christmas this year, in which it
was hoped that the whole nation would
write itself down on the membership
rolls. Mr.. Dawson in his Statement,
says:
From December 16 to % the list
Will be opened for every American in
every corner of the world, so that it
may be known that the whole nation
at home and abroad is registered for
the cause.
AT the close of the Christmas mem
bershlp campaign of 1917 there were
22,oOo,oOO Americans enrolled in the
Red Cross. There are also 100000
members In the Junior Red Gross y