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Draugas. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-current, 1919-11-17
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BolSevika; Paeme Yamburga
LIETUvIAI ATMUsE voKIEcIUs- -RUsUs.

COpENIIAGEN, Ia]kr 15-lctuvo> generals Stabas pa
>Ih huG jirt2lvV karuomrnG i Panrnn@lio II Sa>lSku
i;uuI>t pulk .\vaIovo kariuomruG> buriu>.
Draugas. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1917-current, 1919-11-17

Brussels, lapkr. Is. - IS
Brest cia parkeliavo karalins
Albertas, karaliene ir sosto i
p6dinis.
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Daugiau kareiviQ neilei-
DIANA.

Kokir NudcniGo karriviai
EStoniio.i uzSilikr, items nicko
ncdaroma. Bet daugiau jQ .iau
neiIciIziama. lIeidziami Mar
Won tik >uzeiSti kareiviai, ku-
rie ka>dicn vczimaiS i$virn till
vrzami.
Tarp paduodamQ oStamS
bol$evikV taikoS SqlygQ yra ir
ta>, kad eStai atSiSakytQ rem
ii YudpniGo kareiviuS, kad W.
drau>tQ iiemS naudotieS Reve-
Ito uoStu ir geIezinkeliaiS. Jei
Estonija priimtQ taS sqlygas,
tuomet rusp kareiviai turGtQ
prazuti, neturddami prieglau-
dos. Nebutu kur jiemS IT. pa
bigti. Gi taS gall ivykti CANA
greitai.
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MONARCHIsTAI TRUKs-
MAUJA BERLYNE.
Neleidzia Hindenburgui liu-
dyti prizes komiteta.

6erlynas, IapNr' 10. - ana
dlrnQ monarchiStaI StudentaI
aplpuoI" automoblII" praVa,
zIuolant! Workmanship lllI!"eh-
burgq IT. neIeldo Jam eltl
rrlchSta%o r'nnuS' Kau l'hal
llll'lH II 'IlVS pau l"iI'''''"' IL!
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Sauksmai uz kaizeri.

Kuomrt >tudcntai SulaiEG AL,
tomohiIiV ~u IIindrnburgll, mi,
nioic pasi@irdo SaukSnal: Sa,
lin zvdiSkoii vaIdzia! Mes Horl-
me tik virnui vi2no kaiErrio il
inprrijoS! Mes mcl"isim" save
garbin@Qiam kaizrrIW but SUI
tcptam!
Nituo&c buriuoSc paSl@'rdc
nacijonaIiS voEicGiV himnaS II
kitoS patriio;Ir1S |lcSm1S.
IIimdcnhur%aS tue aNSlrcl&kI-
nu iautiQSiS Iahai pat"nklntaS,
Mes .ji> mato, jog vol;IecluoSc
dar nrprazuvuSi mln'arln|
dvaS!a.
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PRASALINAMI GAISRININ.
KAI UNISTAI.
Jersey City, N. j., lapkr. 15

Jersey City, N. j., lapkr. Is.
-Vakar Gia is tarnybos pra-
Salinta tvys gaisrininkai, kat
RE daugiauSia veik6 tarp gals
rininllQ isteigti unija.
43 kit gaiSrininkai sumai-
nyti vietomis. Daugelis kitu
pirmiau buvo perkelta j kitas
vietas.
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Trieste, lapkr. -. = Gauta
ziniQ, jog lakunas d'Annunzio
apleides Fiume. Sp6jama, jis
iSkeliaves Ryman konferuoti
$u premieru Nitti.
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DRArGAS Publishing CO., Inc.,
1900 W. 10th ST., Chicago, Illinois.
Phone Mckinley Gill. EStabl. 1905
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
Social Activities

An interesting marriage took place in New
York Yesterday, when Miss Marjorie Brad
shaw, daughter of Captain John Bradshaw,
of the Lapland, became the bride of Lieu
tenant Herbert Gray Foster, u. s. A, of
Jenlxintown. The ceremony was performed
by the bridegrooms father, the Rev. w. II.
Foster, at the Hotel Majestic, New York.
The bride was attended by her sister, Miss
Alison Bradshaw and the best man was
Mr. James DAILY Miss Bradshaw has been
serving as a Red Cross nurse in France.
Lieutenant Foster Is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania in the class of 1910.
After a wedding trip through the South.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Foster VIII live in this
city.
Among the guests at the small dinner
which Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Hepburn, of
Orchard Lee, Vilanova, will give this eve
ming in honor of their son. Mr.. Brackley
at Merton Cricket Club. are Miss Hope Mont
gomery, Miss Dorothy Clothier and Mr. Har-
rison X. Colket
Among the Philadelphians who attended
the golf ball at the Hotel Breakers Palm
Beach, Fla. last evening, were Mr.. and
Mrs George D. Widener, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
widener and Miss Fin wideper. Mr. and
Mrs, E. T. Stotesbury. ~Mrs. Barclay War
burton. Miss Mary Brown Warburton. Mr.
and Mrs. Craig Biddle, Mr.. and Mrs Eaton
Cromwell Lieutenant James ii, Cromwell
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Dixon,
Mrs. John wister. of Belield, German
town. 10 spending some time at the Royal
Palm. Miami. Fla.
Mrs. r Penn Smith and her daughters,
Mrs Alexander Brown and Miss Kitty Penn
Smith, of Bryn Mawr, are In New York.
where Major r. Penn Smith, Jr., arrived
yesterday on the Leviathan.
Mrs. Richard Mills Pierce OF 2114 De
Lancey street, her mother. Mrs. John III,
Musser, Miss Agnes Pierce and Mr.. John
n. Pierce have returned from a ten-day
stay in Atlantic City.
Mrs. William Coleman Freeman, Of asa
nouth Twsnty-second street, has como home
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
MEETING OF WOMAN'S CLUB
Women Of Bala and Cynwyd Hear Interest
ing Talks on Child Problems

Dr. A. T. Smith, of the West Chester
Normal School. was the principal speaker at
the meeting of the Woman's Club of Cynwyd,
on Wednesday. which was devoted 70 the
consideration of the problems of the child.
Doctor Smith said that after thirty years
experience with thirteen thousand children
he felt that he was making no mistake In
calling obedience the first law of life. This
was the subject OF his address. Self-preser-
walton, which is usually called the first law
OF life. is the personal side OF the problem
or which obedience is the social side Social
contact Is absolutely indispensable TO COM
plete development, and the child must receive
training that will prepare him to live among
his fellow-fnen successfully. Obedience was
defined as doing what you have been told
by righteous authority to do because you have
been told so to do II implies recognition
OF the worth of maturity and experience 1t
is not a cardinal virtue but means TO an
end which Is to open the way for the
person in authority to meet his obligation
and responsibility. 1t Is a necessary pre-
paration for the time when the individual
must consciously subject himself to the gov
erning principles of life.
Doctor Smith gave four rules for the
guidance of those who have the direction of
children: % Issue commands only when
absolutely necessary. To the mind of the
child the eternal imperative soon becomes
the internal imperative Substitute sugges-
tion and cooperation for command t2)
When directions issued see that they are
responded to at once. Repetition Is danger
GUS t3) Never argue as condition of
obedience. Explain the purpose and reason
ableness of the demand after the heat and
friction is forgotten. (D Aim for sense
Of cooperative endeavof that will as soon as
possible make direction unnecessary.
Richard Shoemaker scoutmaster Of Bala
troop, No 2, spoke on What can be
done by a scoutmaster and what he cannot
do" He told of the work and organzati ton
of the Scouts and urged that the parents
take real interest in what their boys are
doing. An efficiency contest is being con-
Quoted in Delaware and Montgomery coun-
ties. Points are awarded for the various
Scout duties. such as kindness to animals
assistance in the work of the home, ana
school averages. Any Scout winning $50
points will be awarded blue bar, and the
boy receiving the greatest number of points
will be given a red. white and blue bar
Doctor Kennedy, medical examiner for the
Bala, Cnywyd and Ashland schools, explained
the purpose and methods of her work and
begged the assistance Of parents in making
1t effective.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
PAINTINGS FOR VERNON PARK
Germantown Society Gets Valuable Por.
traits Under Will Of Miss Turnbull

Four portraits by Charles Wilson Peale.
valued at $4,000, have just been presented
to the Site and Relic Society OF German
town and will be hung in the museum of
the organization in Vernon Park
The gift is made In accordance with the
will of Miss Grace Patterson Turnbull, who
died November II. 1917, at her home, 31s
South Twenty-irst street. Miss Turnbull,
far as known, had no Germantown con-
nections and was not known TO have been
interested In the Site and Relic Society. That
she should bequeath these valuable oil paint
ings to the museum, rather than TO an art
gallery, is explained only on the ground
that for a time Peale lived in Germantown.
The four portraits are life size and have
been restored and attractvely framed. Art
experts state that they are worth 325o0 each
and they will be insured for $4,000. The
portraits were sent to the museum by David
Milne, executor of the estate of Miss Turn
bull. The former believes the portraits were
painted between 1850 and 1875. The nor
traits are those of ancestors of Miss Turn
bull
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
THE READERS VIEWPOINT
Letters to the Editor on Topics of General Interest

dren and. through them. for the sake of 80.
ciety and the future welfare of the nation.
Chiidren are entitled to tho care and afs
fection OF both their parents, II is neither
natural nor desirable that they should be
denied the right OF growing up in the shelter
or the parents home. \ childhood passed in
making periodic visits to the divorced father
or nother, or spent exclusively within the
walls OF an institution designed 20 take the
place OF the home, does not tend 10 develop
tho best sort of citizens. Under such cr-
cumstances children cannot be expected to
FORM very high ideals for their own future
lives in the community.
II the present barriers to divorce should
he too freely removed and the divorce laws
made too lax, 1t would be but a short step to
free love" and the shifting Of personal care
or the children onto the shoulders OF the
state. Such condition would prove to be
tho ruin Of the nation that embraced 10
with the breaking up of the family as an In
stitution would come the downfall of mans
civilization itself
No true woman would. If she could pos
sibly avoid IT, leave her children TO be
raised by the state nor would any true man.
except in unavoidable emergency. shift the
responsibility of providing for and protecting
HIS helpless offspring onto other shoulders
than his own
instead Of divorces being made easier to
get in this country the divorce laws OF every
state should be made the same; and the
divorces granted not quite so freely In the
cases where there are children who have
rights to consideration.
little more thought and Judgment exS
ercised before marriage would, in thousands
OF instances, tend to lessen the easons for
divorce afterward.
with divorce made so easy that marriage
as an institution would come to resemble too
closely the entirely selfish code of free
love" this nation would not be headed for
progress. but for downfall
Maria Botchkareva is an exceptionally
brave and heroic character and her ex-
ploits have helped to explode many a man *
theories that woman has reached the
heights Of bravery when she can attack a
mouse with a broom without shrieking Z
Nevertheless, divorces cannot be made
easier solely for the benefit of the exceptional
individuals. Laws exist for the welfare ara
protection of the many, and as such must
be upheld, EMILY l.. BOOTH.
MerChantvle. y. J.. March g. 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
FINDS SOLDIERS BRAVE
UNDER DISAGREEMENT
Mrs. Ladd Tells Artists Here Of
Making Art Masks for
Wounded Heroes

The wonderful courage of soldiers dis
figured by wounds and their childlike
gratitude when attempts are made to hide
their mutlation are vividly described by Mrs
Anna Coleman Ladd, one of the leading
woman sculptors OF America.
Mrs 1.add spoke before 200 members of
the Academy of the Fine Arts yesterday
afternoon
Mrs Ladd has returned from France where
she has been making art masks TO cover the
faces Of soldiers who suffered mutilation in
the war She was the first TO establish
studio in Paris where soldiers we're brought
and where. they lived until the masks were
completed.
She estimates that 300 American soldiers
today need these masks, while France has
5000 wounded men whose disfgurements may
be hidden. The French Government already
has taken up her work, appointing two
scu.ptors and allowing them $4,000 year to
carry on the work.
THE gayety of the French soldiers who
came to my studio" Mrs. Ladd said, was
wonderful Secretly they might be planning
to commit suicide. but nothing OF this would
be suggested in their talk. They joked about
their ghastly disffgurements But when
they received their masks their gratitude
was touching. II seemed TO revive hope that
they might go among humans without shock
ing them"
When Mrs. Ladd began her work at the
instance of the French Government she
necessary TO make the masks. Soldiers who
had been wounded were the only persons
who could be found TO help in the work.
II had to work out most of the problems
myself" Mrs Ladd said. land then teach
the men. I even had TO learn something
about electricity, and had to show the men
how to paint an artificial mustache, They
learned quickly and were enthusiastic, for
they understood what their work meant to
their wounded comrades
The masks, Mrs. .Ladd explained were
made OF galvanized copper, tinted to the
color of the soldiers flesh and moulded TO
conform with the rest of his face. In order
that the moulding might be as perfect as
was humanity possible the soldiers faces were
studied day after day irerepose and anima-
tion, and all photographs possessed by them
were brought into service to help In the
work.
Lower faces, brows noses, eyes and cars
the latter fastened en- with spirit gum-were
made for the dishsured men.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07

To rhe Editor Of the Erening Pubhc Ledger:
Sir-The most impelling argument against
The so-called league of nations lies in the
obvious fact that our sailors and soldiers are
almost unanimously opposed TO IT, They
know that the league is an alliance for war
ana are not anxious 10 fight for the saliva ton
OF Englands $ empire or any other decadent
nation of Europe. The fact that over nifty
senators are against the league is proof that
our representatives know the feelings OF the
boys. OF course, President Wilson may tell
us that II is Our business to look after for
eign nations first and our own people last,
nut it is difficult to convince our boys that
u is democratic or humanitarian to change
America first TO America last"
y canvass or straw vote would show over
~ per cent of army and navy strongly op-
posed TO the league. That is one of the chief
reasons why II failed and will fail again in
lts present form Our boys ire tired of war
ana foreign lands and not anxious to
hght Englands battles--even though Mr..
wilson so desires l am navy man.
Ihlladelphia March & l.. V T.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
ART ALLIANCEP PLANS
Big MARCH PROGRAM
Painting, Music and Patriotism
Features Included in Latest
Announcement

Painting, music arc patriotism enter in
tho Art Alliance.
"Batik," the new medium for the artist,
signifying the Japanese painting in wax. by
which a charm in transpa rent coloring
is brought out--such as can only be seen
in the delicate texture and subtle minglins
Of colors in howers-is taught by Edith Wal
lace each Thursday Of the month.
On March 2S, at o'clock, tho music COM
mittee will present a program of Earliest
italian Music in songs and violin selections.
On the same afternoon the committee on en-
cravings will exhibit Italian posters
Commencing March "a to April s. an ex-
hibtion of miniatures will take place by
members of the Pennsylvania Society Of
Miniature Painters. ON the opening evening,
at o'clock. John Frederick Lewis. president
OF the Pennsylvania Academy OF the Fine
Arts, will give "a Talk on Miniatures"
Henry Hadley, the eminent American COM
poser. will be given a reception at the Must
cal Arts Club In the latter part OF this month,
exact date TO be announced later. Mr. Had
ley will render q number of his own com
positions
The annual exhibition of the Fellow
snip or the Academy of the Fine Arts opened
March and will continue TO March
20. 1t will include water colors black
and white. illustrations and sculpture
On March II. at p m, Miss Emily Exley
and Miss Anna Hicks will lecture on and
illustrate with color sketches the Pictorial |
Succession in the Flower Garden" The pro .
ceeds will go to the fund for planting tribut.
trees In the city 10 the heroes who died or
were wounded In the recent war
The annual meeting OF the Art Allianc,
will be held on March rs at 3 O'Clock
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
PLAN FUTURIST DECORATIONS
Cosmopolitan Club Will Give Novel Dance
at Bellevue.Strstford on March %

A Cosmopolitan Ball will be given on Sat-
urday evening" March %, in the ballroom OF
the Bellevue -stratford. The decoration
scheme will be of the futurst idea. Dancing
specialties and other novel features have
been arranged. The committee in charge con-
sists of Mr.. Joseph d. Goodman, Mr.. Louis
T. Sigel, Mr.. Harold Robinson, Mr.. Harry H.
Barber. Mr. Robert A. McMichael, Miss
Katherine H. Mees, Miss Helene Curley, Miss
Emma Kolb and Mr. Edward J. Nepley
chairman.
The Cosmopolitan Club has also made ar
rangements to give "A Night in Japan" on
Wednesday evening, April 9, in the Bellevue
Stratford ballroom.
Among those interested in both affairs re
Miss Ethel Allen Miss Sara Batten, Miss
Jean p. Barrett Miss Martha Bowman, Miss
Marion Boyd, Miss Elizabeth Castor, Miss
Dorothy Church. Miss Elsie Emerich. Miss
Marion Gill Miss Dorothy Goudy, Miss Ellen
Hastings, Miss. Rosemary Hallahan, Miss
Bertha Jacobson, Miss Eleanor johnson, Miss
Henrietta Kel. Miss Bertha Kessler Miss
Mary Kessler, Miss Syra Kolb, Miss Anna f.
Mees, Miss Ly More McNuty. Mish Alice Nc
Arigal. Miss Mildred Mohr, Miss Lydia
Palmer, Miss Eleanor Riebenach, Miss Eliza
beth Raynor, Miss Cecilia Tate, Miss Mar
garet Scolln. Miss Margaret Schaeffer Miss
Margaret Van Horn. Miss Evelyn vandevere.
Miss Frances Wood. Miss Elizabeth Young,
Miss Lucille Wescott, Miss Marion S. Wilson,
Mr.. Edward A.. C. Armstrong Mr.. Robert
Comerford. Mr.. Harry Gill, Jr.. Mr.. James
Haslett, Mr. Edward Herrick, Mr.. Thoma
Hurley, Jr. Mr.. Harry r. Jones. Mr.. William
Koehler. Mr. Frederick Kaiser, Mr.. Milton
Kolb, Mr.. Gilbert Nahm, Mr.. George Riegar
Jr, Mr.. Pauding Smith, Mr.. Bertram Wolfe
and Mr. Melvin s. Worthington
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy lynne Prophesies Another Engagemenrs. Hopkn.
son Asked to Garry On Her Mothers " ork Red Cross
AuxiliUy-PLdns for Horse ShotUs

from a fortnights stay in Hot Springs. Va.
Mrs Theodore Presser, OF West Johnson
street. Germantown, has gone TO Atlantic
City for two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs s. F. Cramer are spending
some time at the Hotel Chamberin, Old
Point Comfort, Va.
Mrs c. W. Scott accompanied by Mrs. G.
w. Poole. of Boston, is also staying at the
Chambern.
The marriage of Miss Grace Graf. daugh-
ter of Mrs. NJ. Graft of 553s Irvington street,
and Mr.. Raymond Hlbbs OF Audubon, \. j.,
took place on wedne sday evening at Z o'clock
at the home of the brides mother, The cere-
mony was performed by the Rev Doctor
Kane. of tho Audubon Presbyterian Church.
The bride was attended by Miss Elizabeth
Selfridge and Miss Elsie Hibbs. The best man
was Mr.. Jack Raymond. The wedding was
followed by a reception, after which the
bridegroom and bride left for Atlantic City,
where they will spend their honeymoon.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
MUST ASK FOR BONUS
DISCHARGED Service Men Must Write to Di,
bursing Officer for $50

Men who have been discharged from the
naval service or placed on the inactive lis,
previous to the signing OF the act which en-
titles them TO the $50 bonus must. in order
TO receive that amount, make application
only TO the disburslng officer, Bureau Of Sup
plies and Accounts, Navy Department, Wash
ington, D. c. Their claims to this amount
must be suostantiated by copies Of their
original discharge or orders placing them on
the inactive list This information has been
given out by the commandants Office of the
Fourth Naval District. owing TO the fact that
many have been under the impression that
their claims must be sent to that office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
Maria Boichkareya and Diyorc.

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-ln the story OF Maria Botchkareva
there Is much that is heroic and magnificent
She Is one of the rare souls among women
who, once in a century or So appear to i'm
press the world with a sense of the great
ness and power that lies latent in a human
being considered ordinary. until some--ap-
parently--slght incident proves 10 be the
turning point in the life and development Of
the future genius.
Botchkareva, the Russian peasant woman
OF oauntless courage and remarkable achieve
ments, travelled very rough road to glory
and success. Even if the stones had cut her
feet at every step, she would ultimately, have
reached her goal. One of her rare spirit and
determination could not fail. To her Is all
honor due as a brave soldier and as an ex
traordinary character.
No one could blame her. as an individual, |,
for leaving the miserable ours who we're
her husbands during certain chapters OF her
career She was superior to them as day-
light is to candlelight. No one could possibly
begrudge her, as individual, the crumbs
of happiness she found in her civil agree
ment' marriage. The daring and masterful
spirit within her 1ourished in spite o. per-
haps because OF. tho very conflicts in her
daily life as woman However. Botch-
kareva is the exception among women, and
the divorce laws of country cannot be
founded entirely upon the viewpoint OF the
exceptions.
We, as nation do not need divorces made
easier TO get-as some suggest they should
be--but, rather little harder, for the future
good of the nation.
Judging from the daily reports of divorce
courts NJ this country, there are sufficient
divorces granted under the present laws
The ending of the marriage tics by law
where there are no children is, in many
cases, perhaps. a good thing for individuals g.
and possibly does not harm the nation or So
ciety in any way. Where there are chill
dren, however. the is Immediately
altered Individual wishes must then be put
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-07
CHICAGO OPERA STARS
SCORE SUCCESSES HERE
Barber of Seville" and Madame
Butterfly" Please Audiences
at the Academy
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE
Comic Opera by Rossini

Ameiita Galli-Curci. coloratura star of the
Chicago Opera Company. again filled the
Academy OF Music to overnowing at the
matinee yesterday afternoon, and as RosIna,
in The Barber of Seville" repeated her trl-
umph of Tuesday in Lucia"
The performance was the most brillian Mt
yet given by the visiting opera company. The
cast, headed by Nine. Galii-Curci. was an
exceptionally we'll balanced one. and under
the skillful baton OF Giuseppe Sturani, who
conducted. the opera was given with snap
and fervor that has not often been eoualed
in Philadelphia. ..
A. number OF members OF the cast made
their first appearance In this city in the
opera. Chief among these we're Fernando
Carpi as Almaviva. Vireilio Lazzari as Don
Basilio Hnd Riccardo Stracciari as Figaro.
All ehopVd fine voices and excellent ability
to act especially Messrs. Trevisan, Lazzari
and Stracciari in the three great comedy
parts
Mr.. Carpis voice Is a high, clear tenor,
and he is especially good in the arias OF the
lyric quality which Rossini delighted TO
write for his tenors. Mr.. Treyisan was fine
In the buffo part OF the doctor. The same
may be said for Mr.. Lazzari. who made an
exceeding funny Don Basilo and revealed
voice OF great depth and power.
Mr. Stracciari as Figaro, the barber, was
also excellent. He is much larger physically
than the average singer taking this part, but
II Is doubtful whether this is an advanta ge
or a disadvantage His voice has tremendous
sorority and power and he took the Largo
al Factotum at terrific tempo, giving It
great spirit but making clear enuncation all
but impossible
Naturally. however the honors of the
afternoon went TO Nine. Gali-Curci. She
made thoroughly Italian but altogether
charming Rosina and acted in the comedy
to better advantage than in the tragic tale
in which she made her PHILADELPHIA debut.