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New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Ball TO Raise Fund
For Virginia Nursery
Directors of Affair, Expect to
Kealizc $4,000 for Noted
New York Charity

The Virginia Day Nursery, charity
OF New York that dates back nearly
half d century, will be the beneficiary
OF the entertainment and dance which
"lH be given at the Ritz Carlton
wednesday evening. Among the box
holders arc Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Mrs. William Douglas Sloane, Mrs
Charles Is. Alexander, Mrs Ogden Mills.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Samuel
Sloan, Mrs. George f. Baker. ir.. Mrs
Oliver Jennings, Mrs. Seward webb.
otto II. Kahn, Mrs. Walter =. Nhss.
Mrs, Charles Steele. Mrs. c. Lcdvard
hlall, Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn.
MIS- Devcroux Milburn, Mrs. John n.
Mlllys, Mrs. Joseph Walker, 3D.. Mrs.
Richard Colt, Mrs. Herbert l.. Sattei-
lee, Mrs. William V. S. Thornc. Mrs
Shepard Krech, Mrs. Charles W. MIC
Alpln, Mrs. Alvin w. Krech and Mrs
Warren McConihe.
The lower floor OF the Ritz Carlton
has been reserved for the dance. and
there will be tables reserved for
parties Some Of the hostesscs win
be Mrs. Newbold lie Roy Edgar, chair
man OF the dance committee; Mrs.
George f. Baker, jr, Mrs. Walter
lanes, lanes w Mrs. RS, o!lyer Jennings, Mrs.
-" "'HNA (, 'N, MI sodlnucl Sloan,
Mrs Henry Fairfield Osborn, Mrs.
Shepard Krcch, Mrs. Charles Steele.
Mrs. c. Ledyard Blair and Mrs. WIN
lam Clark
Mrs. Osborn, who is the ball's chief
executive and the first vice-president
OF the nursery, hopes that the even
ing will clear over $4,000 Mrs. Sid
ney Fish has charge OF the table res
e1rvations and Mrs. Perry Osborn of
the boxes
Ihe entertainment which will pre-
cede the dance has been planned by
Mrs. Shepard Krcch, who has obtained
the cooperation Of the following art
lists: Blanche Dufieid, Beatrice Her
1ord, Paul Reimer and Michio Itow and
Evan Burrows Fontaine.
Miss Mary Colt and Miss Miriam
Harrlman have recruited as programme
girls and ushers Miss Lucille BALDWIN
Miss Marie Louise Blair Miss Bea.
trice Byrne, Miss Sheila Byrne, Miss
Lanler Comfy, Miss Geraldine Graham.
Miss Mary Hurd, Miss Helen Krcch,
Miss Helen Lee, Miss Katherine
Mn!a;ckay, Miss Edith. Pratt, Miss Audrey
Rlker, Miss Lowrie Sage Miss Caro-
line Stevens, Miss Katherine Van In
gen, Miss Melissa Yuillc, Miss Kath
crime Kent, Miss Ruth Ogden, Miss
Cynthia Baldwin and Miss Mabel Sat
terlee.
Tickets for the hall may be had
from Mrs, Henry Fairfield Osborn, $50
Madison Avenue, and at the Ritz
Carlton Hotel
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Aviation Ball Boxes
Are Nearly All Sold
First of Series of Entertain
ment TO Raise sl,000,O0O
For Air Service Fund

Most of the boxes have been sold for
the Aviation Ball to be given next Sat
urday evening at the Ritz-Carlton the
nrst of series of entertainment IA
raise S1,000,000 for the Air Service
Memorial Funds, designed to commcmo-
ratc ne important part that aviation
prayed IN beating the Hun. Il is
p'ahhed to nave the memorial take The
form Of q clubhouse for a.latore
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, ir., is
CHAIRMAN of the entertainment commit
zee, and associated with her are alrs.
Herbert /. Satterloc Mrs Charles Cary
hiumsey, Mrs. Frederick W. Whitridgc,
MIS- Benjamin Jhaw, Mrs. Warren Nc
CONNIE. Mrs. John purroy Mitchell.
Mrs. William Woodward, Mrs. John Z
preXel, Mrs. George +. Baker, ir., ana
others
There will be unique scheme Of
decoration employed in the four larpc
rooms to be used ut the Ritz. The
squadron emblems Of the various pur-
SUIT and bombing sQuadrons will aforn
ane e, walls and captured Hun airplancs
WI be suspended from the ceiling.
Many Hlers stationed within 0vinr
distance of New York plan to come TO
the city by airplanc on Saturday after
noon. The pilot flying the longest dis
tancc Will receive 4 handsome silver
loving cup offered by Major Clifford B.
Harmon '>'
On the programme committee, Of
which Miss Marion tiffany is chair
man, arc Miss Gcnevieve Clendenin.
MISS Audrey Hoffman, Miss Symhorosa
HrIsted, Miss Grace Bristed. Miss
Julie Lrntlhon, Miss Sheila Bvrnc.
MSS " S hatnerine Mackay, Miss Margaret
Ncki im, Mis- Geraldine Adcc, Miss Mr.
Kueritc Caperton, Miss Theodore Tif-
l%ny, Miss Katherine Kent. Miss Ger
aldlne Adoe and many others.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Weddings Set for Week a
New Record for New York
Since First Rush After
L. S. Entered the War
Tablealls at Rainbow Ball
saerican Aces Will Take
Part in Entertainment for
community Centre Benefit

Society enters tomorrow ON the
busiest and gayost week it has had in
.our Years, and the calendar is crowded
with entertainments for the next six
sa9s. Most Of the larger affairs have
been arranged for charitable institu-
ions and they take the form of ta-
besus, dancing, cards and amateur
.heatricals
Weddings figure prominently in the
wea.'s dongs and more marriages will
take place in the next few days than
IN any.@eek since Just after the United
states entered the war
The first Of the large entertainments
viii be the "Rainoow Ball" tomorrow
night at Shorrys for the benefit of the
st. Ambrose Community Centre, set
ement in Little Italy" on the up-
'par East side of the city. Six tableaus
will be snown IN the intervals of dane
inc. Gerome Brush Is posing Eternal
noyalty.' in which thc figures will be
rueens. kings, aces and kuaves. The
aces vii be represented by the Ameri-
can Ace Of Aces Captain Eddie
Reserbacher. Major Philip Roosevelt,
fnsigu ingalls, and Captain Douglas
Campbell Mrs. f. Penn Smith. the
former Miss Carol Hartman, will be
Gueen Of hearts; Mrs. Stephen Clark.
queen OF diamonds; Mrs. Courtlandt
Nicoll. queen Of spades. and Miss Eliza
beth fmmet. queen of clubs.
3 another tabieau. "Victory,' will be
posed by Mrs. Jasper Bayne, who will
yecite "The He'll Gate of Soissons."
Mrs George McNear jr. viii be "Vic-
tory and officers Of five Of the Allies
vii form background for her.
Mrs. George 7. Baker, jr., will be
Jeanne dare in George de Forest
brush's Jeanne dare at Prayer"
I'm Albert y. Sternor's tableau. the
subject Of which is TO remain q secret
anti the curtain goes up, some Of those
taking part win be Miss Dorothy
Thomas, Miss Mary Brush, Mrs. Luke
Thomas and Murray Hoffman.
feature o. the entertainment will
be the "Rainbow Girls" who will dis
irblte programmes. They will wear
siifeTent shades Of chiffon beautifully
blended, and viii have rainbows Of
PAINTED eau2e over their heads. Among
!fsm Will be Miss Sheila Byrne. Miss
ttHh Pratt, Miss Margaret Flint. Miss
'eenevlefe Clendennin and Miss Betty
Jackson.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
A. E. Society Dance
To Aid Hospital Fund
Annual Affair viii BE for Bene-
fit of Bed Backed by the
Organization
Organizatio

The A: E. Society will give dance
at the Ritz-Carlton Monday evening.
fund.
The A; E. Society supports bed in
the children's ward Of the orthopedic
ward Of the POSTGRADUATE Hosnital
and also contributes toward the after
care Of the children.
The officers of the society are Mrs.
Lewis Bassett Moore, president; Miss
Etlth o'Gonnor, secretary, and Mrs.
Grandln Tracy Vought, treasurer.
Among the members are Miss Ger
trude Della Tore, Miss Carolyn Rose,
MISS Alma Bennett, Miss Maud Bleier,
Miss Valerie Underwood. Mrs. John
Riddell, Mrs Samuel Mabon. Mrs.
Thomas Wnslow, Mrs. Robert Sire
bcigh, Mrs. Albert f. Franklin. Mrs.
Robert Arnold and Mrs. Erwin Vogel-
sang.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
English Housewives
Also Collide With
''SS Servant / roblem''
Mary James Wages Nearly
Doubled as Result of War;
Scores OF Mistresses
Doing Own Housewor|S
New Yorh Tribune
Fare an Prcsq B3r,ru

ioIttH" I 5fSS b'FtNU
''The Westminster Gazette" prints
gloomy statistics about the servant
question:
Even before the war came troubled
housewives cast a gloomy eye toward
the domestic servant problem of the
(uturc. Existing difficulties were great:
they were to increase with time. The
effect of the war was merely to accel-
crate the trouble. Doubtless the les
sons of the war have taught MANY
women, mistrcsscs or small households
how to adapt themselves to the new
conditions-havc largely cmancipated
them from Mary Jane. They do not
want the old Mary Jane, and they
realize that they cannot have the now
Mary Jane on the old terms.
at is now possible to form some
rough estimate Of the value that the
new general sets on her labor. The
general who was paid from $40 to S1OO
a year before the war can now obtain
from $12O to $3.50; these wages, Of
course, carrying with them board
lodging and laundry.
Daily servants in the London area
are receiving $3.50, $4.32 and S504
week with meals.
"Mistresses who ask The labor ex-
changes for domestic helpers at lower
rates than these ask in vain. a recent
investigation has been made into the
wages offered to resident domestic SER
wants for vacancies notified to the
labor exchanges. Figures were OBJ
tanned from seventy districts, showing
a total of 1858 vacancies-1,3 1878 for
generals $40 for cook generals, 276
for housemads, 254 for parlor maids
and 120 for cooks. An average of the
wages offered worked out at $13O96 &
year In eighty-two instances the wages
offered to cooks were more than $3.50
year. The following table indicates
the trend of wages offered:
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Mozart Juniors to
Give Dance April 28
Officers of Fleet viii Be Guest,
at Breton Hall Enter
tainvuput

Miss Hazel May Rogers will give a
Breton Hall for the Junior Cabinet
and the Junior Juniors Of the New
YORK Mozart Society, Of which Mrs.
Noble Mcconnell is president The
members Of the Junior Cabinet are
Miss Hazel May Rogers, chairman:
Miss Grace Adriancc. vice-chairman:
Miss Marie c. Carr, Miss Grace A. Hes,
sion, Miss Katherine NJ. Holt. M;ss
Florence NJ. Hadley, Miss Maude A. NJ
James, Miss Fricda KrollpfcifYer. Misa
Vivycn II. Levctt, Miss Marie 3. Len,lv
Miss Gcorgina McTcrnan, Miss Flor.
cnce McCullagh, Miss Claire l.. Petelcr
Miss Gladys Pray, Miss NJ. Jnl;a
poiricr. Miss Marion A. Storey. Mia
Bessie w. Stevens, Miss Marjorie Stcv.
ems. Miss Grace Strasburger. Miss
Kathryn Schcercr, Miss Irene Trun.
pun, Miss Grace r. Varian and Miss
Martha Whitefcld.
Many Of the officers from the fleet
now at anchor In the Hudson will bc
guests. Nv
The last evening concert Of the sea-
son Of the New York Mozart Societv
WI be held Tuesday ut the Hotel
hstor. The programme will be fol-
lowed BY dancing and supper.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Concert To BE Given Saturday
For Music School Se;flenert

The annual concert for the benefit
of the Music School Settlement viii
be held on Saturday morning, April
70 Almost all the boxes, the price
for some talented child, have been
taken and the affair promises to be n
brilliant one. The officers Of the or
ganization are Mrs. Frank B. Rowell
presidents; Mrs. Charles II. Ditson'
Mrs: A. A. Anderson, and Mrs. Willard
D. Straight, vice-presidents and Frank
II. Simons, treasurer.
Some of those who have taken boxes
are Mrs. Charles r. Barney, Mrs. J. f.
D. Lanler, Mrs Frederick Trevor Hill.
Mrs. Arthur II. Scribner and Mrs.
Charles G. Goodrich.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
DR.. Lent To BE Guest of
Eiznira College Club

:, The Elmira College Club of Now
York, of which Mrs. Leon T. LIE Wald
IS president, will hold its annual
luncheon at the Hotel sylvania
Saturday. DR.. Frederick Lent, prcsi-
dent of the college, and Mrs. Lent will
be guests. Dr.. Lent will make an ad-
dress on "Thc College Woman in the
Light of Today" Mrs. Eva Whiting
White, recently appointed heaclworker
OF the College Settlement in First
Street, will speak on "Americaniza-
ton" Mrs. Frederick Smith Bennett,
of Englewood, will also speak. Miss
Annie Gaunt will sing.
The luncheon will be preceded by n
business meeting, at which the officers
for the ensuing year will be elected
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Military and Navy Ball
For Benefit Of the Blind

The Military and Naval Ball for the
benefit of the New York Association
for the blind, will be given on Thurs
day evening at the Hotel Commodore,
and promises to be brilliant success.
The committee on arrangements in
cludes Mrs. F. Ashton de Peystcr, Mrs
Gardner w. Millett, Mrs Lewis Gouver-
neur Morris, Henry Morgan Post. Louis
S. Treadwell, E. Coster Wilmerding and
Charles Stewart Butler Tickets at IS
each may be obtained from Mrs. NJ. r
Sherwood, Henry Morgan Post, or the
committee on invitation at Ill East
Fifty-ninth Street
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Vacan-

1t might be observed that although
the labor exchanges do not work mir
acles, mistress has not exhausted
the means of obtaining a servant until
she has applied at one of them.
Domestic service, of course, is not
the only form of 'vomen's work which
has risen in value since the war. In
unskilled occupations a similar increase
MAJ be observed. London rag-sorters
are obtaining from $3.50 to $3.50 a
was 1886. In Bermondsey there are
vacancies for wood d-choppers at % cents
and 32 cents per 100 bundles, and the
average weekly wage works out at
about $7.20.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Weddings and
iIU1pnipufS

si'ss Adele Quar,lev Brown, dauch-
Ter OF Nr aud Mrs. James Brown, was
married az lour o'clock yesterday after
1904 az the home Of her parents. 789
,9rS avenue. 10 Robert Abercrombic
tpVets son of lr. and Mrs Robert :.
99hhs%ett The house was beautifully
ae..s0ratee with spring flowers, palms.
Terms and Easter lilies The ceren,on,
-8as performed By the Rev. Charles
linton :, n Oh Locust Valley, Long Island
sna & reception followed. The h,.;do
Nas IN gown Of white satin and
ae9Non' wore < tulle veil arranged with
,s.-lg ,ss..s-4ge eiQssoms and carried q bouquet
" 'gereenlas. Her only ornaments
'~sse Two strings OF pearls. one qiyen
x y ner ny her sister, Mrs. Peter C0onor
e orgee and the ether by the bridegroon,
NJ. Bryce was her sisters foatron
~ ,AoAS and only attendant. She was
el,ssea II PIX chiffon over satin. with
~..o,de sash wore 4 blue hat and car
FIssd pink roses.
K99er' S. Logctt served as best man
- ly' MS son and the uehers were Henry
II; Il; -,aneo@, Be- Charles P. Taft. Alien
lo-5 =, -'''.s.' r.. H0oert Barr Deans, J. San
'039 Gus and 4. l. Gates.
s-l. ana Mrs. Ioyett will spend the
r-t''.. inner IN California and on their
nm urn last will 20 TO Cambridge,
,srso gnyfe They 1aey have taken l. house for
wsra ~'oqg si the. guests at the wedding
n, ~ Vt. y, and Mrs, D. Hunter Brown,
and M eiu W1 MIs. Gardner W. Brown, Mr..
Ti.~ E.r~.' o'IS. - vernon H. Brown, Mrs. f.
" sul hartman, Mrs. r. Penn Smith,
and Tr1 ar1 S, 4rs., Robert L. Gerry, Mr..
dir I1ts, cs,,. oharies Cary Rumsey, Briga-
derb;,, ee'sIai and Mrs. Cornelius Van
Mis- M NJ; slIS' ". K. Vanderbilt jr..
PAM ni,'~t9e1 n Nanderoilt, Mr.. and Mrs.
y A@rsin, Mr.. and Mrs. Irvjnc Drota,y .
~; ..' asd ~, Mrs. Martin W. LittJeton NJ
'''1 Mrs otro Il. Kahn, Miss Maud
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Floral Festival Planned
For Children of Nursery

A floral festival will be given by the
Little Mothers Aid Association, Of
which Mrs. Clarence Burns, is presi-
dent, on Saturday afternoon at Web
ster Hall. Mrs. Edward Lessing and
Mrs. II. f. Kiddle, viii he in charge.
There will be fancy dances, songs
and recitations by stage children and
the cooking and sewing classes and
the nursery children of the association
will contribute their share by commun-
ity singing. AS each child leaves tho
hall she will be presented with a
blooming plant,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20

A. Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. James Nj. Beck
Miss Beatrice Beck and Mr.. and Mrs
Henry II. Landon
Miss Dorothy Rcnnard, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Clifford Ronnard, VIII
be married to Lieutenant Henry Rog-
ers Benjamin, Aviation Section, Z. S
n. on April %, in st. Thomas's Church.
she has chosen for her attendants ms
Charles Edward Adams, Miss Edith
Webb, Miss Dorothy Battle, Cynthia
Pratt and Natalie Coo. Lieutenant lie
Grand B. Cannon viii serve as best
Elliot c. Cowdin, Lieutenant Roger Nj.
Poor, Lieutenant John Warburton.
Lieutenant Dave Coddington, Licuten-
ant Stanhopc Nixon and Lieutenant
Robert l.. Brown.
Miss Mary Litton, daughter Of the
late George Graenhall Litton and Mrs.
Mary Grange Litton, of Fernhead, War
rlngton, Lancashire, England, will be
married to Claude Kirwood Ledger,
british vice consul i'll New York. on
May l in St. James's Church, Madison
Avenue. Frederic Watson. acting Brit
ish consul general Will give the bride
away. Lieutenant Horace Radmore. K.
N. r., will serve as best man and The
ushers Will be NJ. NJ. Richardson, G.
harrington, Lieutenant Commander II
Rowley, r. NJ. and Lieutenant C.. A.
Whitfield, r. \. r. The ceremony win
be followed by reception at the home
Of Mrs. Harry F. Guggenhem. $40
N Aad!son Avenue, where Miss I.itton
has been staying. 'e-
Miss Litton is niece Of Major John
litton Of Sankey Han, Warrington.
- the war. Mr. Ledger also had three
brothers IN the service, one Of them
being killed after having been twice
mentioned in dispatches.
MISS Marion Ernesse Werhau. 6augh-
ter Of Mrs. George E. II Wcrhan. Of
Gramercy Park will be married on
thursday, IN Grace Church, to Robert
SIMON Wormser, son Of Mrs. Maurice
Wormser, Of 45 East Eighty-second
Street 1t viii be the second wedding
Wormscr. On March 81 Miss Gwendolyn
/. Wormser, sister Of Mr.. Wormser.
was married to Harry K Guggen-
heimer. Mr.. Wormser returned to New
York from Italy 4 few months AGO
after nearly years service with the
American ambulance unit in Red Cross
service. Miss Werhan also was a
worker Tor the Red Cross and other
war relief branches in this city
Announcement has been made of the
engagement Of Miss Ruth Steinthal. Of
1913 East Ninety-frst Street, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Steinthal. TO
George Rowland Walker. Miss Stein
thai is a graduate Of the Villa Maria
Academy. Mr.. Walker is q graduate
of Bowdoin, class '02, and of the Har-
ward Law School. He is a member of
the Lawyers, Harvard, University and
Ardsley clubs.
Mr.. and Mrs, Hugh Grosvenor Cur
ran. of 1855 Corona Avenue, Pelham,
~. Y, at a reception which they gave
yesterday, announced the engagement
of their daughter, Miss Pearl Elizabeth
Curran, to Harlow Hardinge, Of 41O
Riverside Drive, New York.
Mr.. and Mrs S Edward Miller. Of
Albany, \. Y, have announced the en-
Fagcment of their daughter, Miss
Louise A. Miller, to William Flock
hart Drysdale, of Montreal. Mr.. Drys-
dale is mechanical engineer, having
been graduated from McGill Univer-
sity in 1904. For the last three years
he has been in France engaged in
transportation work for the Allies.
Miss Ethel l.. Morrow Engaged
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas P. Morrow, of
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20

from the French Minister of War. Civ
ing the Duryea War Relief charge of
Lille and the surrounding territory.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20

ell, Miss A. J. Greene, Miss L. Greene,
Miss Harriet and Miss Helen Phillips
and Miss Marie Haskell, Of New York.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
Miss Ethel l.. Morrow Engaged

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas P. Morrow, of
l80 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, announce
the engagement Of their daughter,
Ethel L. Morrow, to Harold West Scott,
also Of Brooklyn.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20
NssN1 r~As

Kahn, DR.. and Mrs Walter B. James,
Mr. and Mrs. Franklin S. Richardson,
MI and Mrs. William a. Rockefeller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles u. Alexander
Miss Mary Alexander, Mr.. and Mrs
NJ Taylor Pyne, jr Mr.. and Mrs. VII
liam II. Osborn, Nh and Mrs. James
A: Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ. Beck,
Miss Beatrice Beck and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry II. Landon
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20

Mr. ana Mrs. S. Edward Miller, of
Albany, n. Y, have announced the en-
Fagemcnt of their daughter, Miss
Louise A. Miller, to William Flock
hart Drysdale, of Montreal. Mr.. Drys-
dale is a mechanical engineer, having
been graduated from McGill Univer-
sity in 1904. For the last three years
he has been in France engaged in
transportation work for the Allies.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-20

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Grosvenor Cur
ran. of 1876 Corona Avenue, Pelham,
n. T., at a reception which they gave
yesterday, announced the engagement Mt
of their daughter, Miss Pearl Elizabeth
Curran, to Harlow Hardinge, of 40
Riverside Drive, New York.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-21
Physician, Though Haggard
and Broken, Faces Ac-
cusers With Stout Heart
Withstands Long Grill
Detectives See a New Clew
in Victims Hat Which
Escaped Injury by Blows

STAFF Correspondence
MINEOLA, L. l., March 20.--The
great steel door Of the Mineola Jail
closed tonight behind Dr. Walter
Keene wilkins, of Long Beach, charged
with the murder Of his wife, Julia, on
the night of February 27. He was in
dicted this afternoon by the Nassau
County grand jury and will plead be-
fore Judge Seeger tomorrow.
The accused physician repeatedly as
serted his innocence to-day, as he was
interrogated by District Attorney
Charles r. Weeks and the detectives.
Since he was taken into custody on
Wednesday night in the Pennsylvania
Station in Manhattan, DR.. wilkins has
been subjected to an almost continual
examination. The inquisitors sought
by every means to draw from him d
new story of what happened on the
night when his wife's head was crushed
by the blows of hammer
New Clew in Victims Hat
The authorities are now working
on the theory that before Mrs. wilkins
stepped to her doom from the porch
of her home she removed her hat in
her own room. Detectives who exam
ined the crushed purple hat the woman
wore declare that the hat pins were
crossed as they would have been by
the slain woman if she had removed
her hat for the night. They also point
out that if she wore the hat when she
was struck down by the hammer it
would show some marks of the as
sault. There are none.
Former District Attorney Charles N.
Wysong of Port Washington, has been
retained to defend DR.. Wilkins. He
will appear for him tomorrow when
he pleads to the murder Indictment.
1t is expected that the physician will
be brought to trial some time in May.
District Attorney Weeks announced
that he would be ready to proceed
then.
During the long hours of interroga-
tion the only personal note struck by
the elderly physician was when he in
quired of Country Detective Plant:
"How are my doggies?"
DR.. Wilkins referred to the two
collies, pets of his murdered wife:
that he left behind him in the lonely
Long Beach house when he fled on
Sunday. Later, when accompanied by
detectives, he visited his home to
change his linen, he paid scant atten-
tion to the dogs. 1t was not until
New-York tribune., 1919-03-21
Former Child Inmate on
Stand at Nurses Trial
Tells of Being Compelled to
Tell Mother of Food Served
That Was Not

WHITE PLAINS, March 2O.-Helen
Barry, eleven years old, testified to-day
against Annie Murphy, former nurse at
the Yonkers Day Nursery, who is on
trial in the Supreme Court here on a
charge of manslaughtcr, resulting from
alleged neglect OF her charges. The
girl was at the nursery in 1917 with
her two-y -yearold brother William.
The defendant had compelled her,
she said, to write to her mother that
the children had meat and potatoes, al
though such foods were unknown at
the Institution. For breakfast, she
said, there was sour oatmeal or mush
without sugar or milk; for dinner
flavorless soup, and for supper cocoa,
without milk or sugar, and bread.
Once. when her mother visited the
place, she continued, there was bread
with the soup. She said she never
complained to her mother about condi-
tions because whenever her mother Wis
tied the place one OF the two nurse S
under Indictment always was around.
William A. Walsh, former City Judge,
testified that when he visited the nurs-
cry he had been impressed by the ex-
pressions worn by the infants there.
Their faces, he said, were those of old
men and women.