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The Washington times., 1920-02-01

Everything Becomes Habit, the Wife Especially.
1t Takes an Earthquake to Lift the Ordinary Man Out
of Some of His Habits. 1t Takes Sickness, Death
Theatening to Make the Average Husband Realize
That the Wife Beside Him Is the One Who Has
Subordinated Her Life to His, Working to Make Him
The Washington times., 1920-02-01

Something, While She Is Content to Be Nothing But
His ShadoW.
Read on This Page Short Story by Mrs. Bwle-
son, Wife of the Postmaster General of the United
States. 1t Is Pleasure to Put This Useful Story To-
day Into the Hands of Several Millions Of Husbands;
a Good Many Need 1t.
The Washington times., 1920-02-01
BusinesS---And The Wife

Sermon in Few Words By the Brilliant Wife of
the Postmaster General.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Philharmonic Society
Gives Russian Program

The Philharmonic Society gave an
all.Russian program last evening,
which included soloist of the same
nationality, Serge Rachmaninoff, who
played Tschakowsky's B fiat minor
Concerto. The other works were Nous
sorgsky's Symphonic Fantasy, "a Night
on a Bald Mountain" and Mr. Rach-
maninoff's beautiful second Symphony
in minor. 1t was the Russian com
poser-pianist's second appearance with
this orchestra within week. He gave
an intense performance Of his coun-
tryman's concerto, taking the first
movement at an unusually rapid pace.
In other respects his playing was
thoughtful and sensitive, often bril-
liant in the solo passages.
The effective orchestration Of Nous
sorgsky's excursion into the region
Of the macabre, "a Night in a Bald
Mountain" is Rimsky Korsakoff's. This
delightfully."- eerie picture of the Black
Mass and revels held by the followers Of
the Black God Chernobog- is terminal
ed by the coming of dawn and the
sound Of the church bell, which puts
the spirits to flight.
Mr.. RachmaninofPs symphony, aside
from its Importance as q piece Of SYM
phonic writing, contains extra aordinar
lily appealing music. 1t runs the whole
gamut of emotions, and many pages
are so full of human JOY and human
suffering, eloquently expressed. that
the instinct is not to. dissect but to
enjoy
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Stotesburys Open New
Home at Palm Beach
$50 Guests at Housewar1ning
and Birthday Luncheon
at Ell MirasoI
specta! Dispatch to The Tribtns

PALM BEACH, Fla, Feb. 26.-Mr.
and Mrs. Edward 7. Stotesbury gave a
luncheon to-day at their new home,
81 Mirasol, for $50 guests, the affair
being the largest and most important
socially of the present season.
1t was in honor of Mr.. Stotesb bury's
birthday and also served as a house
warming, the villa, which is one of
been completed. In receiving they we're
assisted by Mrs. Cromwell Brooks,
Mrs. Stotesbury's daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard s. Brown gave
q dinner dance tonight at the Ever
glades Club. Their guests were Mr..
and Mrs. Preston Pope Satterwhite,
Mrs: Alexander Biddle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Z. I. Stotesbury, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Rogers, who Joined the Palm Beach
colony yesterday and are living at the
club; Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Pargny, Mr.
end Mrs. Peter Cooper Bryce, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Kaufman. Mr.. and Mrs
whose husband left yesterday on a
fishing trip; Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Kid
der, Mr.. and Mrs. William Lawrence
Green, Mrs. David Coddington, Mrs.
Rawson Wood, Mrs. Frederick E. Guest
Mrs. Lorimer Worden, Miss MilIicent
Rogers, Michael P. Grace, Henry T.
Sloane, Conde MAST Lytle Hull, John
c. Bell and Vernon Brown.
Miss Joan Whitney. who came down
few days ago with her parents. Mr.,
and Mrs. Payne Whitney, will return
soon to get back tc school. Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitney are remaining at the
Poinciana for their usual stay Of three
weeks. and will then join Mr. and Mrs
Harry Payne Whitney on cruise. In
Mr.. and Mrs. Payne Whitney's party
here are Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hay
and H. Sheppard. of New York. They
have their houseboat Captiva here.
Clarence Mackay arrived yesterday
on board his yacht, on which he has
been entertaining Captain and Mrs.
Frederick Freake and Miss Olga Leigh
ton, of London. Captain Fr6ake is q
well-known British polo player.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27

happens. Once I reach the old stone
wall on the edge Of the Old Orchard
Will have nothing to fear. There are
ever SO many places in that old wall
where can find safety. In fact, that
oid wall is quite as safe as the dear
old Briar-patch."
AS matter OF fact Peter felt quite
carefree. He had been over to the Old
Orchard so many times without run
ming into danger that he no longer
thought of the possibility of danger
lurking there 1t was good to stretch
his legs. For three days he had hardly
put his nose outside the dear Old
Briar-patch, and in the dear Old
Briar-patch there was little opportu-
nifty for getting any real exercise. So
Peter scampered along, lipperty- Upper
ty-lip, lipperty .lipperty-lip, across the
snow-covered Green Meadows toward
the Old Orchard and wondered if he
would be lucky enough to find frozen
apple on the ground. He hoped he
would. 1t would be a welcome change
from bark which had been his chief
food for some time.
Peter was about two-thirds of the
way to the Old Orchard when a sudden
and terrible sound caused him to stop
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Calli-Curci as Violetta
Is in Admirable Voice
Huge Audience Hears "Travi.
ata' at Lexington and Caruso
Charms METROPOLITAN Crowd

1t was "Traviata" again last night
at the Lexington, with Nine. Galli-Curci
as Nioletta. Nine Galli-Curci was in
admirable voice, and her singing was
nearly impeccabe as to the pitch. Un-
der these circumstances the praise that
she has received in the past can be
renewed. The Alfredo was Tito Schipa,
whose voice, while lacking in color and
warmth, is always fine one, but who
rarely sings with much sense of STYLE
tie sang better yesterday than had been
the case since his opening night. Ger
mont was undertaken by Carlo Galeffi,
who once sang the part at a single
performance at the Metropolitan. He
sang the music somewhat roughly, yet
with certain effectiveness. The audi
ence was huge and hugely enthusiastic.
At the same time Mr.. Caruso was
Staying the Phlistines at the Metro
politan. He was in glorious voice, as
was Nine. Matzenauer, whose Dalila
was opulent of tone and of tempera-
ment Mr.. Whitehll was admirable as
the High Priest, and Mr.. Mardones's
superb voice was admirably displayed
in the music OF the Old Hebrew. Mr.
Wolff conducted with his usual spirit
and delicacy. The audience was equally
as large as that at the Lexington.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Prall for $1,000
Minimum Paw
For Teachers
l."w Wage Limit Up to and
Including 6-B Should
Be Fixed, He Says, Back
ing Fight for Raise
Many of Best Resigning
Need Shown for Salary
Legislation in City Be.
fore State Takes Action

Hope that the Investigation to be
started next week into the salary de-
mands Of the city's public school
teachers will justify further increases
IN the pay for elementary grades was
expressed yesterday by Aiming S. Prall.
president of the Board of Education
Mr.. Prall suggested that no teacher in
the grades up to and including GB
should receive less than $1,000, and
declared too much emphasis could NOT
be laid on the Importance of the o1o.
mentary teacher in the scheme of edu-
cation
Mr.. Prall commented on renort
mace 10 nm yesterday by Eugene A.
NlIenecker, the assistant director of
reference, research and statistics, on
the prevailing teacher SHORTAGE. which
shows that during the calendar vear
1917 1856 elementary teachers here
turned IN their designations out of a
total OF 1911 who resigned, retired
DIED or were dismissed from the snrv,
ice. The total number of actual res;y-
nations, both in the elementary and
high school grades, is given as l,O21.
All Need Increase
AS for increasing further the nav Of
teachers IN the higher grades, Mr..
Prall thought the investigation MIGHT
warrant that also. He intimated how.
ever, that their cases were not nearly
so urgent as those Of the elemonta, w
teachers.
II do not think the number of res
lgnatlons among the teachers of HIGHER
grades" said Mr.. Prall, "is due to the
pay they receive. One thing that has
not been sufficiently taken into account
is the tact that women the last two or
three years are more generally enter
.re business careers. Some professions
are more attractive to persons of me-
culiar fitness than are others" ~
MIR. Prall thinks the teachers gen.
orally should seek salary legislation
from the city first, before going to AL
bany with their demands. He believed.
tco, that the complaint Of teachers of
the lower grades that their salary re-
quests were being used by teachers of
higher grades to influence legislation
IN the latter's behalf was based on
facts.
The tabulated report of Mr.. Nife-
necker shows that there were 1850 ter
limitations of service in different posi-
tcns and types Of schools during 1919.
~ thls humDer, says the report,
"25O comprised individuals who we're
appointed TO higher positions or other
positions within the system, so that
technically such cases are not with
drawals from the system. At the same
time, they represent positions which
had TO be filled anew. The designations
totaled 1921, distributed as follows:
From elementary schools, 99G; from
high schools, 12l; from training
schools. three. and from vocational
schools, eleven.'
Gain in designations
The report then gives comparative
figures for five years back. 1t shows
that the total number of designations
has been rapidly increasing since 1915.
The fall Of 1919 shows a great in
crease over the spring months of the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27

same year. In the eight months from
January to September / there were er.,
49,, ~ ir,es'gnations. In the last four
aniohths of the year there were 746-
Slihost three times as many withdrew
rom the service as in the preceding
eight months. fAeseu'"e
, . According to the report there were
20 designations in the first twentv-
iour days of the present month. "a
compared with nnety-two for the
entire month Of February. 1910
ne January figures are: One hun
9peo Iaeo ana forty seven in January,
' io1o' and seventy-five in January,
l'I?. The grand total of rcsir-
nntaons for the present school year OF
l'll9-'2o, thus far, is lob.
lhere were l21 high school teachers
who resigned during 1919, of whom
ioroy-eight we're women. In the ele-
mentary grades there were III men
,eachers who resigned and IT'S women
me ngures 60 to show that the princi-
pal dlscontent is among the elementary
leachers, or the lowest paid
Inc majority of designations. both
men and women teachers. during 1919
was among teachers between the ages
OF OF twenty-six and thirty-five. More
lnan % per cent of these had ratings
winch showed them to be of more
than average ability.
The largest proportion of resigna-
sions ls found in the groups of from
tour to six years of service, "the span
or greatest efficiency"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Mrs. E.. I'll. Hartman
Civ $4,000 in
Barnard Fund Drive
Memorial Chair i'm DIR. Shaw's
Honor Planned; DIR. But
Ter Wants Columbia Law
School Open to Women

A gift of $4,000 from Mrs. e. II.
Hartman toward the Barnard College
endowment fund was announced yes
Ieroay at luncheon in Students Hall.
Mrs. Harriman's gift was made through
hcr daughter, Mrs. Charles Cary Rum
sey. who as Mary Hartman was a
member Of the class OF ga.
MRS. James Lees Laidlaw explained
the plans of Barnard's daughters for
establishing memorial chair in poll
TICS in honor of the Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw.
, 'lnasmuch as the latter years OF
Dr. Shaw's life were spent in New
YORK and as Barnard College women
were associated with her in the triumph
OF her life work." said Mrs. Laidlaw,
1T IS most fitting that we should erect
memorial to her here, where young
women can be trained to carry out
those high ideals of public service to
which she dedicated her life"
One hundred thousand dollars will
be needed to establish the chair of
politics. The first pledges taken at
yesterdays luncheon were from women
who worked for suffrage with DR.. Shaw
in New York. Mrs. William X. Belknau
gave $500; Mrs. Alfred Hess, $500: Mrs
James Lees Laidlaw, $40O; Mrs. Henry
hoyt Cannon and Mrs William II.
Wadhams, $500 each.
Miss Lucy Anthony announced that
$1,000 from DR.. Shaw's estate would be
donated toward the fund. This an
nouncement was the first information
the world has had of the disposition
made by DR.. Shaw Of the 100000 fund
gwen to her many years ago by suffra-
glsts for her personal use. A meagre
income from the sale of her books and
her lectures was supplemented by the
interest from this $4,000 fund, but
she never touched the principal, leav-
ing 1t to the furtherance Of the cause
after her death
Nicholas Murray Butler president of
Barnard and Columbia, made an ad-
dress, in which he urged the women to
press their demands for the opening OF
Columbia Law School to women.
THE law school is the only depart.
ment of the university which is still,
sL closed to women Students" he said
Il have talked with its officers in vain
Perhaps you women can move them
better than T."
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Going On To-day
DAY

American Museum of Natural History
Metropolitan Museum OF Art; admission
free.
American Museum of Safety; adn1ission
Van Cortland Park Museum; admission
The Aquarium; admission free.
Geological Park; admission free.
Lecture by the Rev. Alden Hyde Clark on
THE Occidental Missionary and the
3Isnt" 3non ssmnar St lsSG
Lecture it by saliis B. Tannahili on Letter
ing In Decorative and Commercial Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, p.
Rehearsal OF the National Opera Club,
=, Waldorf dsar -Astoria. 4, tSt 10 a IN. m ,.
ciety. Waldorf Astoria, p. III.
Show OF the American Spaniel Club,
Waldorf - ASTORIA tor 10 a m. to 10 p m
chinery Manufactures Waldorf Astoria,
all day.
Meeting OF the Sterling silverware Manu-
facturers, Waldorf Astoria, I p. m.
NIGHT
OF illustrators, Waldorf Astoria p m.
Dinner of the Sterling Suverware Manu-
facturers, Waldorf Astoria. 80 p. m.
Dominican Independence, Anniversary
meeting and reception. Waldorf Astoria,
Lecture by Professor William Starr Myers
on 'EOpular current history ACADEMY
OF Music, Brooklyn, S:l5 p. M
Concert Of the Mayor Hylan People 9
Series, De Witt Clinton High School,
Fifty ninth Street and Tenth Avenue,
- Heights Taxpsyers' Association. SIS
Address BY, 81. Sidney Goldsssin on
GROUNDS for Divoree-Is the State Law
Harlem. l2oth Street and Lenox Avenue.
Annual dinner of the New York County
Lawyers Association. Hotel Astor. 80
County Woman's Republican, Club.
knights of Peythas Han. 14sth Street
an Impersonal Principle OF ECONOMIC
Evolution Underwrite the Hope Of a Co.
operative Commonwealth" 2" Cooper
Lecture ttiG by George E. o'pen on David
Lloyd George; Woodstock Library. 1853
Lecture BY Henrietta {. Bartlett on Eng
FISH Literature and the Book Colector'
The Anderson Galleries, Fifty ninth
Street and Park Avenue.
BOARD OF EDUCATION LECTURES
Manhattan
Sonata for Violin and Piano" by Arthur
Rowe Pollock, Wadieigh High School.
1l5th Street near Seventh Avenue.
illustrated by violin and plano music
What Shall We Do With Our Railroads ?'
by Professor James Walter Crook
Public School So. 22S East Fifty seventh
Street.
"Giacer National Park" by Rober. G.
Weyh; Public School ss. Eighty ghth
Street near First Avenue.
Napoleon" by Frederic Dean; Public
School 1872, 1920 Street and Wadsworth
Avenue.
Our Next Door Neighbor: Mexico" by
Dr. Allan MacRossie, Public school II
Fordham Street, City Island illus.
trated.
Folk Songs of the American Negro" by
Mrs. Nellie NJ. Mundy, Public School
2s. Anthony aad fremont avenues, the
Bronx. illustrated by vocal selection
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
British admiral Guest
OF Daniels at Dinner
Sir Treuylyan Napier to Tisi,
annapolis To-day; Other So
cinI functions ut The CnpitGl

From The Tribune's washington Bureou
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-The Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs. Daniels
entertained at dinner this evening in
honor Of Admiral Sir Trevylyan
Napier.
Vice Admiral Napier will lunch to-
morrow at the Naval Academy, where
he will be the guest Of the superin~
tendent, Admiral Scales, and in the
afternoon will be the guest of the
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy, Frank
lin K Roosevelt, at tea.
Ronald Lindsay, Charge d'Affaires
of the British Embassy, will be the
host at large dinner tomorrow even
ing given for the admiral and his aids.
Nine. Cremer entertained the board
of governors Of the Washington Club
at box party at THE Last of the
Crusaders" to-day and at tea after
ward at the legation, whore Mrs. Me
bane, the guest of Mrs. John Lindsay
Morehead, gave, in costume, charm
ing account OF her visit to the Queen
of Rumana Nine. Cremer will be at
home informally Tomorrow afternoon
from 4 TO G.
Senator and Mrs. Warren G. Harding
entertained at dinner this evening.
Vicente Blasco Ibanez, the Spanish
author, was the guest Of honor OF
Tulio Cespero, Of Santo Domingo, at
dinner at Wardman Park Hotel this
evening Among the other guests were
Nine. R. D. Morel, Miss Morel and
Colonel and Mrs. Clarence Ridley.
Miss Genevieve Johnston, daughter
of Colonel William II. Johnston, has
returned from Newport News. where
she visited her uncle and aunt, Colonel
and Mrs. George Williamson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Pinckard, who
have been the guests for several weeks
of Mrs. T. Septimus Austin, have gone
to Lakewood, where they will spend
some time with their children before
going to New York.
Among those who have acepted invi-
tations issued by Miss Biddle Porter
for dinner dance at the. Cafe st
Marks on Mi-Careme for the benefit
of memorial to be erected at Somme;
Py, France. in honor of the United
States marines arc the Minister OF
Switzerland and Nine. Peter, Mrs
Mahlon Pitney, Mrs. Hennen Jennings
General and Mrs Andre Brewster, Will
lam Phelps Emo, Mrs. Charles Rough
ton Wood, Mrs. Marshall Langhorne
| and Miss lydia Biddle-
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Store Employees Rewarded
Best & Co. Host to 200 Persons
at Theater Party

Two hundred employees Of Best &
Co.'S store at Fifth Avenue and Thirty
fifth Street were guests last night at
the performance of "The Magic Mel
ody' in the Shubert Theater as re-
ward for achieving the highest average
increase in sales in that store in the
last year. Their employers were hosts
The entire personnel of the prize
winning departments, from the BUY
ers and aisle managers cow, aa;t;on TO '4e 4e
the reward they received last night
these employees, as we'll as those in
other departments, receive cash com
missions on sales and sick and health
benefits. =.
Ancell H. Ball and T. A. Ball, presi
ident and vice-president of Best & Co..
attended the theater party
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Bedtime Stories
BY Thornton W. Burgess
Why Peter Rabbit Changed His Mind
Plain stebbornness yoarH ollUays find
In one 4Uho will not change his mind.

Peter Rabbit was scampering ahead
of the Black Shadows across the snow
covered Green Meadows straight to-
ward the Old Orchard. Peter was in a
hurry to get there. He always wants
to hurry across open spaces because
he never feels quite safe where there
is nothing to hide under. He had
stolen away from the dear Old Briar-
patch unknown to timid little Mrs.
Peter. She had been on the other side
Of the dear Old Briar-patch and Peter
had taken the opportunity to slip away.
You see, he knew that she would think
him foolish and reckless to leave the
dear Old Briar-patch
1--WE done it any number Of times
before" muttered Peter as he hoped
along. lipperty-Npperty-lip. "I've done
it any number of times before and
there isn't any reason why shouldn't
do it again. Mrs. Peter is altogether
too nervous and timid. | guess l can
take care of myself, no matter what
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
French Visitor Denies His
Daughter Is 10 Marry Here

Charles Paris, of Epinal, France, who
reached the United States last Mon
day, has asked that The Tribune cor
rect statement made In the story tell
ing Of his arrival, and published on
Tuesday. February "a. In this connec-
tion Mr.. Paris says:
"Mr. Paris has not the slightest in
tention Of visiting Colonel Wild Bill
Donovan. whom he never has seen and
with whom he has no acquaintance Of
any kind. Neither are there any plans
for marriage or engagement between
my daughter. Mile. Yvonne, and Ser
geant Donaldson. who is simply a
friend of the family"
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27

short and crouch down perfectly still.
1t made him shiver and it set his
heart to going pit-a-pat, pit-a-p pat,
pit-a-pat. 1t was the hunting call Of
Hooty the Owl, and there is no sound
which strikes terror to the hearts Of
the little people Of the Green Forest
and the Green Meadows to quite the
degree that does this fierce hunting
call Of the one person they most fear
at night.
That call came from over on the far
side of the Old Orchard Right away,
Peter lost all desire to visit the Old
Orchard that might. He wished, with
all his might, that he hadn't left the
dear Old Briar-patch. His first thought
was to turn and scamper back there
as fast as his long legs would take him.
But it was long way back to the dear
Old Briar- patch, and not so much as
a bush, under which he could hide, in
ali that distance. The Green Forest
was nearer. On the edge Of it was
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Miss Simon Gives Second
Piano Recital at AeoIian

Rosa Simon repeated the pleasant
impression made by her first piano
recital, earlier in the season, at a sec
ond recital in Aeolian Hall yesterday
afternoon. She is among the most
promising Of the younger musicians
who have appeared this season.
Miss Simon has an agreeable touch,
an unusually we'll developed technic,
put more tnan that, she is an interest
ing pianist. Her interpretations are
not merely echoes of the schoolroom.
but the expression of her own ind
viduality in relation to compositions
and composers. Her program included
Beethoven's Senate, Op. 81, Schumann's
Fantasie stucke and group of pieces
by Bendel, Debussy, Brahms, List and
Chopin.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27

fine, old mble-tangle, where more
than once Peter had found safety.
Once more the terrible voice Of
Hooty the Owl rang ont. Once more
Peters heart went pit-apat, pit a~pat,
pit-a-pat, and lit.le shivers ran ali over
him. But this time he Is able to tell
Just where that dreadful sound came
from. "Hooty is in the top of that tall
fir tree just beyond the Did Orchard"
thought Peter. Even if ne should see
me running I will have time to reach
that old bramble-tangle on the edge of
the Green Forest"
He didn't waste anothe. second. He
started across for the Green Forest
in big jumps, and he didn't stop until
he was safely in the friendly bramble-
tangle. Reddy Fox, lying in wait for
peter behind the old stone wall, saw
him go. He turned and snarlcd angrily
in the direction of Hooty the Owl. He
knew that there was no chance now
for a Rabbit dinner that night. Quite,
without knowing it. Hooty had upset
Reddy's plan.
copyright. 1920. BY T. ". Buroess)
The next story: Reddy Fox Tries An
other Plan.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Miss Emily Cresser Gives
Recital at Aeolian Hall

Miss Emily Gresser, young violin
st Of talent and sound musicianship
gave a recital last night at Aeolan
Hall. A feature of the recital was
the appearance of Harold Bauer in the
piano part of the Cesar Franck A ma or
Sonata. Miss Gresser's tone was some
what dry in this composition, but she
played it fuently. Needless to say
Mr.. Bauer's part was superbly taken.
In her other numbers Miss Gresser
was accompanied by Maurice Eisner
and Rosario Scalero. The audience
was large and abundantly Interested.
New-York tribune., 1920-02-27
Sale Of Pepperdine Library
Brings Total of SO.7O4.35

The sale Of the library Of the late
George Pepperdine, of Springfield, Mo-,
which was held yesterday afternoon
and last night at the Anderson Gal
leries, brought a total of S6,704.35. G.
D. Smith, prominent book dealer, pur-
chased first edition Of the National
Dictionary of Biography for $81. An
edition de grand luxe issued by the
Burton Club of the Burton translation
of the Arabian Nights Entertainment
was sold to Harry Stone for $3.50.