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New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
Minister i'm Vain Orders
Soft Drinks i'm Saloons
Wearing Pink Tie and Palm
Beach Suit, He Gets ''Some-
thing More POTENT

Camoufaging his ministerial identity
with a pink necktie and a Palm Beach
suit, the Rev. DR.. James Emprngham,
national superintendent Of the Episco-
pal Church Temperance Society, has
discovered, so he declared yesterday,
that prohibition has made it more diff
cult to buy soft drink over the bar, a
call for a soft drink now being con-
sidered a substitute for the wink.
For some time Dr. Empringham has
been quietly making study of the
local operation Of prohibition for the
benefit Of the Every Name campaign
Of the New York Episcopal diocese as
part of the Church's nationwide cam
palgn to muster the resources of the
Church and devise substitute for the
saloon.
"People say that prohibition has
made no difference in the liquor bust
ness. That estimate is false. Before
July | never experienced difficulty in
getting alcoholic beverage in any
saloon, except, perhaps, in some of the
dry states. II | called for ginger ale
or birch beer the barkeeper got me the
first time. Since July all is different
| no longer get the innocuous beverage
for which call. It's always some
thing more potent"
DR.. t.mpringham also reports that
from the conversations he has over
heard in saloons since July the prin-
cipal subject Of discussion is denuncia-
tion of the Church and religion for
having brought about prohibition.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
VIM. ]. Homer, Warden
Of Great Meadow, Dies
One of Americas Leading Pc
nologists, Victim Of ParaIyiic
Shock, Following Address

GLENS FALLS, n. y, Oct. 5.-Wiu-
lam j. Homer. warden of the Great
Meadow state prison at Comstock, died
at O'Clock this morning. He was
stricken with paralytic shock at Ii
O'Clock last night. just after he had
made an address 10 Jewish prisoners
IN celebration Of Yom kippur. and
did not regain consciousness.
Mr.. Homer, who had gained rank as
one Of the foremost practical penolo-
gists Of the time, was born at Elmira.
\. y, on February l, 1869, the son OF
William II. and Mary Haight) Homer
and was educated in local schools for
a business career. Governor Din ap-
pointed him warden OF the Great
Meadow prison in 1911. He there put
INTO successful practice some theories
ef prison administration which seemed
startling and revolutionary to old
fashioned penologists
he honor system was established.
Armed guards, dark cells and corporal
punishment were abolished Farming.
numbering. quarrying. road building
and similar operations were su5sti-
tuted
Mr. Homer was married in 1870 to
Miss Margaret J. Earl, Of Brooklyn.
\. y. who survives him, together with
one daughter. Mrs. Henry Nauman. Of
Leonia, n. j., and sister, Mrs. Edward
tgleStone. Of Oxford, \. y. His body
Will be taken home to Elmira for IN
terMent
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
PHILIP HAMILTON MCMILLAN

DETROIT. Mich, Oct. 5-philip
lll.i9t' Hamilton Mcmillan, a well.knewn
Detroit Free Press" dice yesterday.
He was born in Detroit on December
IS. 1872, the son Of James and Mary
(Wetmore) Mcmillan. and was grad
uated from Yale in 1894 and from the
Harvard Law School in 1898. In June.
1890, he married Miss Elizabeth Ander-
son. of Washington. who survives him
He had been, since 1902, trustee OF the
McNlllan family estate, and was presi-
dent Of the Detroit and Cleveland
Navigation Company, a director of the
Detroit Savings Bank, the First and
Old Detroit National banks, the De
troit Hotel Company, The Detroit
Free Press the Monarch Steel Cast
lngs Company. the Packard Motor Car
Company, and the Detroit Creamery
Company, and a trustee of the Grace
Hospital and the y. NJ c. A. His home
was at Crosse Point Farms, Mich.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
Anderson Tells Drys to
Enroll as Republicans
Wants to Keep Party Respon.
sive TO Rank and File,
He Saws

call for New Workers of all politi-
cal beliefs who stand for prohibition
to enroll in the Republican party in
order to keep the state IN control of
the "drys' was issued yesterday by
William H. Anderson, superintendent
of the Anti-Saloon League of New
York.
Mr.. Anderson's call, which is based
apparently upon the assumption that
New York State will go Republican in
1920, Immediately followed plea made
Saturday to the Catholic clergy Of
Brooklyn to vote against Representa-
tive Reuben l.. Haskell, candidate for
county judge on the Republican ticket
because of his anti prohibition stand.
The statement said in part:
"a Governor, the whole state Senate
as we'll as the entire Assembly. to-
gcther with Congressman and United
States Senator, Will be elected in New
York State next year. No dry en-
rolment anywhere else than in the Re
publican party can have any part in
the selection Of the candidate1 who will
probably be elected.
For the dry element to get con-
tro! of the Democratic party is impos-
sible in this state because of the grin
be nominated in the Democratic party
with hope Of success only in very
few rural sections
ALREADY some liquor Democrats are
DONG IN New York what the liquor men
do in every state when the majority
party gets out from under liquor con-
tr9l. Ihey are shifting their party en-
rolmcnt to the Republican party for
the express purpose Of participating
the wet Republicans nominate wet
candidates on the Republican tickets,
even though they may intend them
selves to vote the Democratic ticket Mt
the election
with the clear-cut liquor issue in
volved next year in the candidacy Of
Mr.. Wadsworth for denomination to
the United States Senate there will be
every sort of additional inducemcnt
offered this fall by renctonary Old
Guard wet Republican party workers
TO wet sympathlZers to get them all
to enroll IN the Republican party in an
effort to steer it wet in the future and
thereby use it as a vehicle Of nulll-
tication.
'ln the face of this enrolment by
any believer in prohibition enforcement
in any other party than the Repub-
lican party will help jeop&rdize the
gains of the past, the needs Of the fus-
ure and the whole status of the Re
publican party in this state with re-
spect to the liquor traffic The fact
that wet Republican politicians will at
tempt, as they have actually done in
the past, to discourage the enrolment
Of prohlbitionists as Republicans is all
the more reason for doing it in order
to keep the Republican party respon-
slve to the conscience and intelligence
of the rank and file of its membership" 3"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
OBITUARY NOTES

WILLIAM H BUslNC. jr.. th.r.r-o,e
member Of the firm Of Chl.r < Co w.oor.'
merchants. is Cesd at his home 36 Rilrs,s,,,
Avenue. White Plains He is survipp~i h, h'
wife. his father. 4 brother. Csp,sin - -
Busing. I. : a. ard thre" sisters.
CORNELIUS F. MLoUcHllN. for ,,,..
ty-tNe years an emnioye 81 the Aueric,a
Can Company. died Friday "a. has hors -.
Sixth Avenue. BROOKLYN Re is survived 49,
ms wife, i daughter and hro;hef
CATHERINE FARRELL. widow Of lar,..
tar'eli. Veteran of the Civil War. diss
Friday at the home Of her daush-er NJ
Mary Feely. 404 Greenwood Avenue, Rrnnk.
lyn. 0N'
Ell RIlLINGHAM forty-nine. om7loye,
at the Robins Dry Dock as blacksmith das
Friday at his home. iee hinr Stfcet. Rroet.
lyn. lie was born in England ARD had been
= resident oi Brooklyn for Niriy-two years
PATRICK HANBURY. for man, Years
cutter Tor the Grossman shoe Company died
.riday At his home. - Ten N.ck S,res,
BROOKLYN lie Is survived ly son and tv,
daughters
HOLLAND LEE RRowNE. scycn.y-tuo
for thirty-fvc years an insurance broker ,
de&d at has home. 5oo W. lisa street
after long illness.
MISS PHEBE MILLER SMITH ei,b.,
one. died Saturday at her home "a Grow.
Street. Montclair. N j.. whore she was horn.
WILLIAM TAGhK. ffty-feur vce-presi-
dent Of the knickeibocker Leather and Nov
city Company. ~ Fifth Avenue. died sa,ur.
dny at mis- home. IS East Eght>-siHtn Street,
he Was director IN the Bank Of ths United
State
JAMES CORBFrT. for -hnry-;ive Years an
empioye of the Eric Railroad and Tor the
iast SIX cen years superintendent oi the Akron
g Barbertcn Bolt Line died FRIDAY AT hs
home in Barberton. Ohio. A son Dr. j. c
Corboit resides in this city
CLARE W TROWBRIDGE. ihir,y-four
wife of James X. Trowbridgc. controller #
the Franklin savings Bank died Saturday at
her home in Englewood. =. J after brief
illness she is survived by her husband and
three dauehters
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06

John II. Burke, of the Goth, who made
the notification address Lieutenant
iatrlck Neary, another member of the
famous regiment. is secretary of the
party and G. f. Loughrcy is chairman
o. the executive committee.
In France Major Kelly was gasscd
whlie leading his men at Sedan and
his bronchial tubes were affected. Yes
terday morning he suffered a relapse
and was unable to respond to Lieutcn-
ant Burke's speech Of notification at
the mass meeting. The speech that ne
had planned to make, however, outlin-
ing the platform of the new party, was
read By John McSweency, organizer of
the Brooklyn Liberty Club. Maj jor
Kelly is chevaler of the Legion of
Honor and has the Distinguished Serv-
ice Cross and the CroiX de Gucrrc with
palm.
81 am opposed to the league of ma
tons, with or without reservations, p"
said Mr.. McSweeney, reading Major
American cabal aiming at the sub
iugation Of the United States under
British domination. The sovereign
State OF New York, with its popula-
ton Of more than I0,000,00O, is a
greater democratic Institution than
Canada. If Canada r. to have a vote
in the league, why not New York,
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts,
Ohio and the rest?"
Other planks in the Liberty party's
platform, which were taken up in
Major Kellys speech, are:
Free speech md free press; with
drawal of American troops from Rus
sia; recognition Of the Irish repub-
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
Major Kelly Gets
Formal Nomination
of Liberty arty
liz Only Candidate, He Will
Kun for Aldermanic Pres
iGeni: Cassed at Sedan.
Has Officer Read Speech


Major Michael A. Kelly. better known
as "Dynamite Mike Kelly, of the old
Goth, WAS formally notified last night
at meeting in the Lexington Opera
House of his nomination for president
Of the Board of Aldermen BY the newly
formed Liberty party More than half
of the 5000 persons in the audience
were women and every mention of
ideals, for which The party stands, was
cheered. Lloyd George, Viscount Grey
and mention Of Tammany Hall and of
the league OF nations were hlsscd
Major Kelly will be the party's only
candidate at the election next month
Major Martin II. Mcaney, also Of the
seth, is chairman Of the general com
mittee of the Liberty party. He was
chairman Of the meeting and intro
duced the vice chairman, Lieutenant
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06

after short illness. Services vii, !.
conducted this afternoon at , O'Clock " ~
the Campbell Funeral Church nr a.
Nathan Seagle. rector of ST. Stepbsn:,
Protestant Episcopal Church otfciatinc
Burial viii be IN Evergreen Cemetars.
Mr.. Frost IS survived by his wife >
Mr.. Frost was born in Maine -
1874, and after a countrv school;rm
came 20 this city. After short oy
perlence in the newspaper business he
entered the news service bureau worp
and founded the United Press Svnd;N
cate twenty-five years ago His or-
ganlzatlon serves newspapers ;hroucb-
out the country with biographies %.
noted men. y
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
MARRIAGES

AMBURGER-NEwF,E ID-Mr a,3 N..
G. Newhed Wi 10 announce -fa ,n.'r-
r'age Of their daughter Harret Ross TO
samuel y Hambirger. of Long Island
Cltv' at p West 12Ist 81. New York
City, October D. 1919
LANp0N-BALnNIN On October 4. 1917
by the Rev. Dr. William 6 Thavsr. a.sj-t,
Cd ny the Rev II. A. Prichard Cvn.hia
hsadl4y Baldwin daugn;er of Mr.. and
mrs. Joseph Clark Baldwin. jr. 10 Ma
,haniei Ruggles iandon. son Of M and
Mrs Henry u. Landon
THoMAS-TEOMAS- v ednes d., 0,,o-
Der |. 1919. at Christ Church. New Favon.
Conn. by the Rev. William Osborn Baler'
louisa Carroll Thomas. daughter of tie
laic Oswald jackson and Ella Willing
JaeNSon' to Theodore Gailiari 1homas
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06

lie; establishment of a bureau of for
cign investments; opposition to ma
tional prohibition without referen-
dun; six months pay for discharged
soldiers, sailors and marines, and s.
cent car fares.
representatives. of various liberty
clubs. organized to help Major kelly's
campaign, seconded the formal nomi-
nation Of Major Kelly.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
Hoover to Aid Scout Drive

Herbert Hoover telegraphod his ac-
ccptancc last night of an invitation
TO be honorary head Of weeks cam
paien of the Girl Scouts for funds
and members which viii start October
25 Mrs. Y. tverit Macy is active
head of the national campaign com
mittee and of the Manhattan commit
tee.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
DEATHS

blEGEN- On October 4. 1912 Gerard
Hle9en. of 332 East l52d St. beloved SON of
Aloysius Z. and Margaret j. Beaen 1nse
Grady, also beloved brother of Marie
BLANCHARD Emma A.. wife or ,obn :,
at st AntoNy's Hospital W0olnaxsn
l. lns.rm'nt Il. Cakwood Cemetery. Syra-
ouse. n. Y. Monday
BRA NERD Saturday. Octoter I. Ann.
seth ear. Funeral from the ro.iao',,a -,
her son. Edwin 4. Rrairer.l. 50l Wos.e.,5
"v Westheld, n j., Monday. Oc3aber q
at 80 p. IN.
BnYoN Suddenly on Thursday. October
9i' f.dSnr Is. Hyon. in his sd year
Nneral services at his late home. 4.2
Macon st.. Brooklyn, on siondag. 1ctober
t, al y. IN.
BUDD Suddenly on Friday Octobe. . 4.,,
I'2h 5ucd. al The reside lc, CT her so..-;,,
law, Edward NcCann. Funeral service ~
- Lincoln Road Broohlyn. Mondav. o.
toper o. at 30 +. m. Interment Iver-
CRkiCH ION-On Sunday. October 2 1ala
at Mcrris,own. \. j. F]izahoth \v,f.,'.'
creie lton, widow Of ths, laf. Rear in,;..,i
=, DiaNeiey Creighton. Z. 5. n and daagh-
Yer Oh the lafe Seag Admiral $ H. s.r'.Is-
hsnl. Z. >. \. Funeral from h..l. lt+a ,.s;
dencc. II Elm ST. on 'faos3a, O,-oh1r
g" arrival Of N;l3 train from New Yo,l<
ih'e"hent Greenwood Cemetery. Brool1I,r,
CROSS A the residence Of her SON R.l.
mar. n J. Julia l. Gross uidom Of Wili-
lam m H. Cross Services at the chapel of
greenwood Cemetery. Brooklyn. raesdas
October !. al II T. M
fEDa Ie,,, i iarry Howard. Services THE FU-
HhkAL CHURCH frank T. Cam2beln.
broadway. dGth ST, Monday. r ~.
GIMBs On Friday. octob.r 1qlq ,,3.
ward Gunbs. beloved husband Of Lillian :
1umbS 'ree jones'. in his 18th year. Flu.
neral services at his late residence liz
l5leecker St. Brooklyn. on Monaav eyeri,r
October : at o'clock nter,ncnt AZ
,,donnt oliNet Cemetery Tuesday. Octo-
Der {. at =. IN.
JANhS0N-on Thursday October - Caro-
llne Weltemeyer. widow OF Dr. Goor,e =,
Jack son, IN the 65th year of hey lre -.
neral service viii be he'd at the We.t Era
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06

try. Robert c. Benchley, '12, will di-
rect a short skit, and Lambert Murphy.
'0S; Francis Rogers. 81; Frank Han
cock, ~, and Paul Hollister. IS, Will
sing. Robert p. Perkins, 'S4, president
Of the Harvard Club viii give a dinner
during the evening IA few special
guests and the divisional chairmen.
He will preside at the meeting.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06
HARRY II. FROST

Harry II. Frost. president and found
r. fthe United Press Syndicate Of
his city, died at his home on FRIDAY.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06

bEl ION. Suddenly, on Thursday. October .
,Ai' tdgar Is. Biyon. in his 45d yea1.
unerAl services at his late home. 44s
Macon st. Brooklyn, on Monday. 0ctobcr
e. at p. m.
New-York tribune., 1919-10-06

BtbD sqddenls'. on Friday octoher 3. Han
law, Edward Mccain. Funeral services ~
-9' Lincoln Road. BrooAlsn Mon,av. o.
toDer ., at 80 +. m. Internent liver
greens. --'e-
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-24
Seymour LAX

Henry Nygaard entertained Is
guests at dinner Saturday evening
at the Seymour Lake club. Henry
Windheim had II guests; Harry
Christensen, six.
Mrs. Grace Pool Steinberg has
charge of the Sunday evening pro-
gram. Those taking part will be
Miss Vie Harrington, Mr.. G. Alb
bolt, and Mr.. Willard Hoffman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Parsons en-
tertained a large party at the dance,
Saturday evening, at the Seymour
Lake club, in honor of their guest,
Mr.. Clyde c. Randall of Seattle,
who has just returned from over
seas with the Fifth marines. Their
guests included Mrs. A. D. Chap
man, Misses Marilla Case, Della
Nelson, Effie Cleland, Marjorie
and Dorothy Parsons, Lieutenants
John and Paul Selby of Odebelt,
Ia; Lawrence Simpson, Earl Haw-
kins, Mr.. Kenneth Hawkins and Mr..
and Mrs. r. D. Tedrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-24

Misses Gertrude and Elsie FINLEY
entertained at kensington Thurs
day for Miss Kinzel and Miss Emma
Warren, who is the guest of Miss
Clara Hart. A two-course lunch
con was served. Mrs. Horace
Ouren entertained so guests at a
kensington Thursday afternoon, and
Miss Mary Mitchell gave an Or
pheum party in the evening, fol-
lowed by a dinner at the Fontenelle.
Mrs. Robert Lindsay entertained
at luncheon Friday. This concluded
the delightful affairs given for Miss
Kinzel whose wedding took
place at $50 Saturday morning at
St. Paul's church.
Mrs. John Dewitt entertained at
] o'clock dinner Thursday If
honor of the 18th birthday of her
daughter, Anne.
r. D. Myers, new principal of the
West End school has arrived in the
city to arrange for taking up his new
work. His family will follow him
in a short time.
Mrs. T. Z. Gavin and daughter,
Mrs. A. R. Merrick, left Tuesday
for Chicago. Mrs. Gavin will re-
main with her daughter until Oc-
tober and will then 60 to California
to live.
Mrs. Ernest E. Hart, Miss Clara,
Miss Emma Warren, Mrs. Eldred
Hart and Mr.. Henry Hart were the
guests of Mrs. Eldred Harris
mother, Mrs. Laura Young, at Mace
donia, Wednesday, for dinner.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-24
2==z==z*# ZySSZkySHS
Country Club

Miss Mary Clifford entertained at
the Saturday evening dinner dance
the Country CLUB in honor of her
guest, Miss Frances Kellogg of Chi
cago. Asters were used to form the
centerpiece of the table. Covers
were laid for Misses Dorothy Col
lier, Ruth Hamilton, Catherine Has
tings and Ruth Carter. Messrs. Ro-
bert Ingwersen, Hardness Kountze,
Newman Benson and Willard
Newman Benson and Milard
Rogers.
DR.. and Mrs. c. A. Roeder en-
tertained a party of eight guests at
dinner at the Country club Satur-
day evening, and A. J. Cooley had a
foursome.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-24
Four Male Singers From
Sistine Chapel Choir
Are in America
>Allesandro Grabiell, the World-Famous Soprano,
Looks Like Caruso, but Sings Like
a Prima Donna

Until yesterday morning Allesan-
dro Gabrielle, the soprano Of the
world famous quartet of soloists
from the Sistine Chapel choir of the
Vatican, Rome" Ito quote from the
printed announcement of their COM
ing to America). supposed that his
exquisite falsetto notes were the
highest things on earth. When he
struck New York and took a look
around following his arrival from
Boston with his three fellow song
birds. he acknowledged his mistake.
He knows now that the Woolworth
tower is higher.
The contralto of this renowned
quartet is Luigi Gentili, the basso is
Augusta Dos Santos and the tenor
is LILO Cocchini, and September IA
in Carnegie hall the four will begin
the series Of concerts which are des-
tined to show the country what real
music is. At present they are at
the Hotel Chatham, digesting their
first impressions of this so strange,
marvellous and incomprehensible
country, where ones picture, taken
on the dock at 10 in the morning,
is at p. m. that same day on the
front page of the newspapers sold
on the streets a quickness not to
be understood-and where a govern
ment otherwise delightful and not to
be criticised by visitors who are re-
ceiving such courtesy, actually inter
feres with a gentleman's right to
have wine with his dinner. Yes,
prohibition is beyond the grasp Of
the Vatican singers. Not that they
expect to be Inconvenience. A lit
tie of the best with the meal is all
the throat of singer should have,
and that they are assured of having
during their four months stay.
Not a Roman Choir.
The coming of these solosis, who
are not be confused with the Ro-
man choir that is due later, is rather
an event in musical, as we'll as in
Catholic circles, for it is the first
time that America ever succeeded in
Turing the pride Of the Sistine chapel
away from Rome. Many times for
many years, from back in P. T.
Barnum's day and before, agencies
and individuals have made the at
tempt, but always vainly. The SOLO
lists Of the Sistine chapel had to be
on hand for all red letter occasions
to lead the singing when the cardi-
mails were ordained or at any other
special function that took place. And
now they must return to Rome in
time for the Christmas celebration,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-24

This institution is the only one
in the central west with separate
buildings situated in their own
grounds, yet entirely distinct
and rendering it possible to classify
cases. The one building being it
ted for and devoted to the trsat-
ment of non-contagious and non.
mental diseases, no others being adj
mitted; the other Rest Cottage be-
ing designed for and devoted to the
exclusive treatment Of select mental
cases requiring for = time watch
full care and special nursing.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-24
Dark Rings
Under Eyes

Omaha people will be astonished
how quickly simple witchhazel, cam
phor, hydrastic, ETC., as mixed In La.
voptik eye wash, relieves bloodshot
eyes and dark rings. One young
man who had eye trouble and very
unsightly dark rings was relieved by
a few applications Of Lavoptik. His
sister also relieved bad case Of eye
strain in three days. We guarantee
a small bottle Lavoptik to help ANY
CASE weak, strained or inflamed
eyes. Even the FIRST WASH
shows surprising results. Aluminium
eye cup FREE. Sherman & Nc
Connell Drug Stores.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-08-24

so they will sail before the middle OF
December.
Signor Dos Santos, the basso, who
served "a months in the Italian
army, was recalled from the front
to take part in the Easter service at
the Sistine chapel last year.
A representative OF the Wolfsohn
musical bureau went over for the
quartet and chaperoned them back.
He says he drew a long breath of
relief when he finally landed them in
Boston. Having never been out OF
Italy before, they have the naive
curiosity of children about every
thing they see, and to satisfy their
curiosity and at the same time safe
guard their threats from climatic
changes was considerable OF a strain
upon the escort.
Signor Gabrielli. who is the feshy
one of the lot and looks Ike a basso,
though he is the soprano. requires
the most care. His throat is said by
physicians to be constructed just
like a prima donna's whose notes
his resemble, and he is terribly
afraid of drafts. All the members
Of the party were holding shawls at
the windows when the reporters ar
rived. Gabrielli it appears, began
his career as boy soprano, and his
voice never changed; he looks a bit
like Caruso.
None Speaks English.
Signor Gentili, the contralto. is
the linguist of the party. When they
arrived in Boston none could speak
a word of English, but now Gentili
can say Thank you" delightful"
Charming" How do you do" and
several other things in real Ameri-
canese. These singers were accord
ed an audience by CARDINAL O'Con-
nell during their stay in Boston.
They brought with them letters of
introduction to American prelates of
the Catholic church from DR.. Ernes-
to Boezi, musical director of the
chapel at St. Peters, the Vatican;
from Basbiius Cardinal VicArius, the
de facto bishop of Rome; from Lo-
renzo Perosi. director of the Sistine
choir, who describes them as very
great musicians and for a long time
singers at the Sistine chapel" and
from various other Italian digni-
taries. These letters were shown to
reporters yesterday in proof of the
genuineness of the quartet. The
vicar general, Merry del Val, also
wrote for them a bon voyage. On
tour they will be accompanied by Al
bert Cammetti. organist and musical
director, at the Sistine chapel.