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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
Maternity Bill Is
Passed by Senate,
Z Voting Against
Measure Giving States Fed
eral Help in Caring for
Mothers and Children Is
i'm Committee in House

From The Tribume's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON. July 22-The wide
ly discussed Shepard Towner bill,
known as the maternity bill. was
passed by the Senate this afternoon,
SO to 7. Senator's Borah, Moses and
Warren, Republicans, and Broussard,
King. Reed and Watson, of Georgia,
is in committee in the House
The purpose of the measure is to
bring about a system of cooperation
between the Federal government and
the states in promoting the care Of
maternity and infancy. The children's
bureau of the Department of Labor is
charged with carrying out the provi-
sions and the chief of the children's
bureau is to be the executive officer.
The bureau will cooperate with such
agencies as the states may designate
For the purpose of carrying out the
work on the part of the Federal gov
eminent the bill makes permanent
appropriation of s480,0o0 a year. of
which each state gets $4,000. Also
there is authorized to be appropriated
mainly for the use of the states 81 000,-
600 annually. The appropriations of
$1,000, 900 annually are to be appor-
toned among the states in proportion
TO population, after deducting a small
percentage, not more than 0,000, for
the expense of administration in
Washington.
1t is contemplated that there shall
be established a nationwide system of
instruction in the hygiene of maternity
and infancy through public health.
consultation centers and other suitable
methods. An amendment to the bill
provides that no official or agent of
the state receiving Federal aid shall
enter any home over the objections of
the parents or of the person taking
the place Of the parents. The same
provision applies to representatives of
the children's bureau
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
AIonzo N. Burbank Dies:
Merged Newsprint Mills
Former Head of International
Paper Go. Began Career in
Fathers Shoe Factory

sNa1ECE 3 A011OG 4 SZSbA1TF
PORTLAND, Me, July 22.-Alonzo
N. Burbank, seventy-seven years old.
one Of tie founders of the information
al Paper Company and formerly it's
president, died at MS nome here to-
day. He was treasurer of the corpora
ton for many years. Burial will be
at Somersworth, N. H.
AIonzo Norman Burbank was born at
Franklin, N. H., October 8, 1913, the
son of Peleg NJ and Sarah A. Burbank.
lie received common school and acad-
envy education in that village, and went
to work early, stringing shoes in his
fathers factory. Later he served as
clerk in country store, telegraph
operator, brakeman and station agent
before taking a position as bookkeeper
IN paper mill and starting his rise to
leadership in that industry.
At various times he served as treas
urer of the Fall Mountain Paper Com
Pany, the Winnepesaukee Paper Com
pany, the Green Mountain Pulp Com
rany and the Mount Tom Sulph1te Pulp
Company.
During the ZOOS the competition
among paper manufacturers became so
keen lnaC "lChln ten years the price of
newsprint dropped from to / Il cents
a pound. In 1898 Mr.. Burbank took
the lead in the formation of the Inter
national Paper Company, which bought
up fifteen mills. It's capitalization was
S45,ooO,000
Mr.. Burbank was member of the
Metropolitan and Colonial clubs of this
city, the Algonquin, Temple and Ex-
change clubs, Of Boston, and the West
minister Club, OF Bellows Falls. He
married in 1885, at Andover, N. Il, Ann
M. Gale. They had son and three
daughters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
JOHN &. LANDER

Former Police Justice John B.
Lander, of West Orange, died Thurs
day night as a result of an operation
for cancer performed at the Broad
Street Hospital here. His body was
taken to his West Orange home yester-
day and all the flags on the municipal
buildings there were lowered to half
mast in tribute to his memory.
Mr.. Lander was for thirty-fve years
one of the most picturesque figures in
the community. He attained celebrity
by the verdict of you're bum SPORT
which he handed down in the case of
young dentist who brought suit
against his tormentors after a severe
hazing, and the sentence of mo Christ
mas" subsequently revoked, which he
passed upon three boys.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
Many Notables to
Depart To-day for
Europe ON 6 Liners
Celtic, Finland, Saxonia,
Rochambeau, Drottning-
holm and Gull Djemal Will
Garry Full Passenger Lists

Six passenger vessels will sail to-
day for Europe. They are the Celtic,
OF the White Star Line, bound for
Liverpool; the Finland, of the Red
Star Line, for Antwerp; the saxonia,
Of the Cunard Line, for Danzig via
Plymouth; the Rochambeau, of the
French Line, for Havre; the Drottning-
holm, of the Swedish American Line,
Tor Gothenburg, and the Gul Djemal
OF the Ottoman Line, Tor CONSTANT
neple. The latter vessel is the only
passenger ship that is running between
this port and Europe flying the Turkish
flag.
Saloon passengers booked to sail on
The Celtic are: Mrs. Eugene Hodenpyl
and Eugene Hodon2yl jr~ DR.. and Mrs.
John A. Hartwell, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Ogden, Miss Helene Ogden, Miss
Gertrude Ogden and Miss Mary F.
Ogden, of New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry +. Labouisse, Of New Orleans;
Mr.. and Mrs. f. S. Meade, of Brook
line; Arthur D Call, of Washington,
executive secretary for the American
group of the Interparliamentary Union,
and Mrs. Call, Mrs. Frank Farqua-
harson AMI W. A. Wheelock
Returning home on the Celtic is a
party of Scotch professional football
players who have been touring the
chief cities OF Canada.
Others passengers are j. M. Bridge
ford, Guy O. Carleton, Mr.. and Mrs
Kenneth Durward, A. D. Griffin, Mr.
and Mrs. Roger J. Hudson, Mr. and
Mrs. D. 3. Murray, W. E. Parker, Mr..
and Mrs. II. S. Whiting and L. W
Wild
Colonel Deane C. Howard, of the med
ical Corps, United States Army. D. S.
NJ, will be passenger on the Finland.
Other passengers booked to sail on the
Finland are Harold L. William son,
secretary of the legation at Warsaw
John Day Jackson, of The New Haven
Register; Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Holden
and Mrs. Roswell Miller, of New York;
Mrs. Arthur Biddle and Miss Edith
Biddle, Mrs. John NJ. Oakley and Mrs.
It. Hcwson and Miss Katherine Hewson.
Of Philadelphia; Horatio Rogers, OF
Providence and Chestnut Hill, Mass.
c. A. Morse jr., of Boston; Mrs. Z.
Hewson Bradford, Miss Katherine
bradford, Mrs. D. L. Chambers, Mrs
William M. Crofton and child, Miss
Dorothy Ely, Miss Edna Griffin, Mr.. and
Mrs. F. Hutchinson and children; Miss
Dorothy Middleton, Harvey Patterson,
L. A. Sherwood.
Prominent among those sailing on
the Rochambeau are Mrs. F. A Adams,
Mrs. R. Brooks, DR.. L. M. Blayer, M.
and Mrs. G. Bernard, A. S.
Bigelow, A S. Bigelow jr, Major
D. Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Du-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
MISS ANNA WILLIS ALLEN

Miss Anna Willis Allen died Sunday
at her home at i'll Monroe Street,
Brooklyn. She had been resident of
The borough for nearly fifty years, liv-
ing at ass Greene Avenue for a large
part of that time The funeral was
held Tuesday at the Central Congrega-
tional Church, which she left the So
ciety of Friends to join, and was fol-
lowed by interment in the Friends
Cemetery in Prospect Park.
Miss Allen was born in 1S48, the
daughter of Isaac b. and Susan H Al
len She is survived by two nephews,
Allen Hartly Seed, of Winfield, N. j.,
and Edward C. Seed, OF Red Bank and
Montclair. For many years she was
a teacher in the Friends School
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
Lenox Visitors Guests
On Dana's Anniversary
Younger Set Dances at Brook.
side; Labranches Entertain
for Their Son
Special Dispatch to The Tribune


LEMON Mass. July 22-Mr. and
Mrs. Denison D. Dana entertained $50
members OF the younger set at
dance at Brookside in Great Barring
ton Tonight in observance of their
tenth wedding anniversary. Mrs.
William Hall Walker, mother of Mrs.
Dana, assisted in receiving. Guests at
lBrookside for the week end include
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando N. Dana, Mrs
Albert Carlton and Harold Webster, of
New York.
The large living room. where dane
ing took place. was decorated with
garden flowers and the guests found
much of interest in the beautiful Ital-
ian garden. Dinners were given be-
fore the dance by Mr.. and Mrs John
H. c. Church, DR.. and Mrs. John Dodge
Peters and Mr.. and Mrs. John Shepard
Miss Susan L. Kean and Miss Janet
Fish, Of New York, are at the Berk-
shire Inn, Great Darlington.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Labranche, of
New York, gave a trout dinner at the
Inn tonight for their son, George La
branche jr, who is to sail Tuesday for
London
Arrivals at Heaton Hall in Stock
bridg include Mrs. Estrada Palma
widow of the one time President of
Cuba. and her four children, and Mr.
and Mrs Clarence H. Eagle, of New
York. Mr.. and Mrs. David Ives Mackie
have as guests at Pinecliff, Great Bar
rington, Benjamin Dewitt Blocker, of
New York, and Colonel and Mrs. Hugh
W. Ogden, of Boston. Mrs. Augustus
Van Cortlandt who was with them.
went to Sharon, Conn, to-day.
Arrivals at the Red Lion Inn, Stock
bridge, include Mrs. Alfred Seton, Miss
Marie Seton and Miss Minnie F. Rich
ards, Of Tuxedo PARK. n. Y.
Mrs. L. c. Bates Dana has offered
prizes for women in q thirreen-hole
Wyansenuck course at Great Barring
ton tomorrow.
At the Aspinwall Hotel are Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
EDWARD HARTWELL KIDDER

Edward Hartwell Kidder, widower of
the late Mary Lincoln Hathaway, died
last night. He was in his eighty first
year, and had lived for several years
at the Metropolitan Club. He was also
. member * the University Club and
the Harvard Club, having been gradu-
ated from Harvard with the Gloss of g.
Funeral serices will be held at ST.
Bartholomew's Church, Fifrieth Street
and Park Avenue, at l1:3o o'clock Mon
day morning.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
British Rector TO Preach
Three Sermons at St. James,

Three sermons will be preached by
the Rev. ]. Stuart Holden, D. D.. rector
of St. Paul's Church, Portman Square,
London, at St. James's Church, Madi-
son Avenue and Seventyfirst Street, at
the services Tomorrow, on July 81 and
on August r. DR.. Holden is the reccg-
nized leader of the Evangelical Church
school in England and is the editor of
Thu Christian. On the afternoops of
the days he breaches at st. James's he
will preach at the chapel of Columbia
University.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
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MRS. ANNA NJ. SHOEMAKER

ATLANTIC CITY. July 22.-Living
only few hours after the funeral Of
her husband, William Hitchner Shoe
maker, formerly OF New York City,
but for the last twenty-three years a
resident of Chelsea, this city, Mrs Anna
Mitchell Shoemaker died this morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
William Il. Moore.
Mr.. Shoemaker died AT the Atlantic
City Hospital on Sunday from compll-
cation OF diseases and following seven
operations. He was buried IN Pleasan.
vile yesterday
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

ALBANY, July 22.-The retail price
of peaches in New York State will be
reduced considerably, in the opinion
of the Public Service Commission, by
an order issued by the commission to-
day directing approximately forty rail-
roads to amend their tariffs covering
the transportation of peaches in car
load lots within the state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
Heads New Thought

DENVER, July 22.-James A. Edger-
ton, of Washington, to-day was
unanimous elected president of the
International New Thought Alliance in
convention here. Mrs. Melva Merrill,
also of Washington, was rechosen sec
rotary. Others elected were: R. c..
Douglas, of Boston, auditor, and
Charles Watts, of Philadelphia, treas
lJrer
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
Going On To-day
DAY

DAY
American Museum of Natural History Al
mission free
Aquarium. Admission free
Metropolitan Museum OF Art Admission
free
New York Historical Society. ITO rantr,,
Park West. Admission free -
Van cortlandt Park Museum Admission
1ootogieai Park. Admission free
NIGHT
Convention entertainment Of rhe Nstton.4
Conjurers Association, 1903 West Fifty
&ssxs6 Street. s O'Clock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
Funeral Of Harry kasiowitz

Funeral services will be held to-mor-
row at his late home. at 206 Madison
Street, for Harry Kaslowitz, whose
body was recently returned from
France on an army transport. Kaslo-
WITT was a member of Company D of
the 310th Infantry. He participated in
several major engagements with this
organization, and died on September
81, 1918, from wounds received in the
St. Mihiel drive.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

900. Think Of the funds bill for rail-
road ticketsl But think also that
Fresh Air railroad tickets cost only
one-quarter as much as tickets for
regular grown-ups.
Consider, too. that for at least two
thirds of these vacationists the rail
road fare is the sole expense to the
fund of the fortnight vacation
They are cheap vacations, but even
SO the fund will need lot of money
to pay for them.
Who wants to adopt a whole party
and pay. its railroad fares? Figure
will be furnished on request.
Or you can pay the fare Of single
child.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

pont, j. A Deering. Miss E. Fairchild,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Gallagher, ]. c. Hend-
erson, A. E. Henderson, Mrs R. Os-
borne, G. Ricard, Mrs. L. B. Smith and
child, Mr.. and Mrs. A J. Todd, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Winston and Mr. and Mrs. J.
o. Wilson.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
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CAPTAIN FRANK VERA

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, July %
he death of Frank Vera, an oldtime
whaling captain. at Oak Bluffs, late
last night became known to-day. He
mad gained local fame years ago with
an account OF the finding Of blond
Eskimos in the Arctic The story WAS
secuted at the time, but confirmed
later by Stefansson. the Arctic ex-
plorer. Captain Vera was sixty FIVE
years old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Katherine Post Newbod, of Tuxedo
Park and Mr.. and Mrs Andrew
Stewart, of New York Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred B. MacLain, of New York, are
at the Curtiss Hotel.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Birth, Engagement, Marriage,
Death and In Memoriarn Notices
ray be teIephoned TO The Tribuns
amp time UP 10 midnight fer n.
scrion in the next days pap~.
Telephone Beckman 5000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
When will the
Railroads Start Buying?

WHEN railroads are buying loco-
w motives, cars, steel rails and all
the other equipment that in normal
times they spend millions for condi-
tions generally are improved.
The Tribune has asked the presi-
dents of the principal railroads when
will the Railroads start buying?"
The answers of the railroad presi-
dents to this question and specific data
what individual railroads are doing
to improve their services will appear
in to=morrow's Tribune.
AS the activities of the railroads
widespread in their effects and
as their financial condition indicates
the condition of the country as
whole this symposium will be of i'm
terest to every one. 1t will appear in
the Financial Section of
T0-moryoaU's Sunday
Net1, 1)ork Tribm1le
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund

What is all industry clamoring for
to-day7
Sales
Industry ought to come take look
at The Tribune Fresh Air Fund to see
now it's done. Nc trouble selling
FRESH AIRS" these days. By way of
proof of that statement The Fund sub
in'ts herewith it's shipping schedule for
,he next two weeks. Destinations are
SHOWN and the numbers of parcels, the
latter ali live freight.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

74e'1' '145 - III S+2,-ZJ. a
Contributions, preferably bv check
or money order, should be sent to The
Tribune Fresh Air Fund, The Tribune,
New York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

al!1 guns AZ n stan!s 16-dav Tss
fund hopes-and fears-it will be
added to before the two weeks are his
tory-hopcs, because thousands of
needy lads and lassies of the tene-
ments are longing for a glimpse of the
country; fears, because the schedule
as it stands will tax to near the limit
the powers of the funds city statF.
But let the additions come-they
will be cared for somehow.
The fund has made no effort to csti-
mate the number of miles these boys
and girls will travel on their way TO
and from their vacation places, but
the number probably will exceed 1,000-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

KIDDER-Oa July 81, 1921. in his srss
year, Edward Hartwen Kfdder. husband
of the late Mary Lincoln Hathaway
Funeral services at St Bartholomew >
Church, 50th st. and Park av-, Monday,
IL 80 a r
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Wednesday, July "a at
her residence 51l West 1S1st st. Mary
F. knickman. wife of c. b Knick1nan
and sister of Sarah Nugent, Eliza BETH,
Frank, Daniel and Gregory A solemn
requiem mass Saturday, a m, Church
of the Incarnation, $40 West I75th st
Interment at Calvary. Auto eortega
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Mrs EUGENE Hodenpyl and her son. Eu-
gene Hodenpyi. of 81 East Sixty-third
Street, will sail for Europe to-day on
board the Celtic and will remain abroad
until early in the autumn Mrs. Charles
". Ogden and the Misses L. Helena and
/. Gertrude Ogden, of IA East Seventy
ninth Street, viii also be passengers on
the Celtic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

II. and Mrs. Clinton Gilbert, who
were married on July Is, in Quebec,
sill sail for England to-day. Mrs.
'1ilbert was Mrs.. Magdalene S Mench,
laughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Furman
Dexter Speer, of this city,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Mr. and Mrs. Willard c. Fitch. of
this city. are the guests OF Mrs
Francis Z. Sisson, of All Park Avenue,
1t her cottage on Eastern Point, New
London, Conn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

GoLDSTEIN-Jacob H. beloved husband
o. Belle, and beloved father of Maurice,
Richard and Billy. after lingering III
ness. Funeral from his late residenec
5b2 West 164th st, Sunday morning at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Ms " Gordon Crawford, of
7sst Fifty-sixth Street. is the guest of,
alss. Stephen 2 Elkias AZ the Essex
and Sussex Eotel, Spring lake, N. J
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Mrs Theodore A. Havemeyer, Fred
Prick T Frelinghuysen and A. j.
Dreyei Biddle jr.. were among those
who entertained friends at luncheon
yesterday at Dclmonico's.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23
LOCKWOOD-At Tarrvtown N

LoCKWOOD--At Tarrytown, N z, July
q. 1921 E, D. Lockwood, husband OF
Carrie and father of Charles and brother
of James L. and r. a. Lockwood and
Mrs Isabel D. Herdrnan. aged 81 years
North Broadway, on Sunday, the z4th
inst, at 2 80 p. m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Mr. and Mrs. Henry James. of 10
East Tenth Street. who have been In
Europe for several months. will return
&c New York early in Septemb Der. Be
fore her marriage Mrs. James was Miss
Olivia Cutting.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Mr.. and Mr. T. Townsend Bur len
and tAeir son, ! Tawnsend Burden ir,
IRE NJ inc Broa ara cor Hotel, Colorado
aDri nrs Col
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

NEEt hAM-At ms nome. TOO North 9th
st. Newark, n. J., Friday, Jury 20
1921. George W. beloved husband Of
Mary Kennerdaie Ketcham in his $50
year. Funeral services will be held at
the Roseville Presbyterian Church Rose
Vile av., Newark. on Sunday, July "a. at
20 d m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. T. j Lucas of Evans
oa. Ill, kave aDrounced the enrare-
men5 OF their daughter. Miss Ethel
Lucas, u Oscar f. Mathiasen, Of Key
pert, n. J. The wedding probably viii
take place in the autumn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

GHSON-On Thursday. July 81. wfr,,ar,
Taina. only OF Harry W and Ethel
III. Gilson- months Of age Funeral
Saturday. July %, at 10 a. m, from the
residence of his parents SIS Fairyiew
av-, Jersey City. Relatives and friends
invited.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Miss Bertha Mabel Dickens, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Dickens, of
Richmond Hill, L. L. will be married to
Frank Henry Vonbriel, SON of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Yonhriel, of this city,
rcxt TUESDAY evening in St. Luke's
Chapel, Trinity Parish. Miss Edna
Eoda will he the only bridal attendant
and Harry Ccsgrove will act as best
nan. A reception viii follow at the
Noeel pennsy lvania.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

HFFFERNAN-On July FL John. infant
son OF Robert and Margaret HefYerran
(nee Moran). Funeral from the resi-
drnce of his parents. go West 24th 1T,
Saturday. July 25, at $50 p m Inter
ulent Calvary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew,
Who are at the Virginia Hot Springs, !
will go to Lenox, Mass, next week to
remain until Sentemher
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-23

HEEGAN-On July 81 Edward w. be-
loved husband OF Ireno c Heegan (nee
Burke) and member OF f and L Co.,
49, New York T. D. Funeral from his
late residence, 313 West 18th st. Sat
urday, July %, at 10 a. m, to st. Ber-
nard's Church, where a solemn mass Of
requiem will be celebrated Irteruenr
Calvary
The New York herald., 1921-11-25
Forty-ninth Street
Theatre Is Almost
Ready for Opening
Kew Playhouse of Shuberts
Neighbor of Ambassador
and the Ritz.

With hardly a word said about it o
new theatre is almost ready for OPEN
ing. 1t is 10 be called the Forty-ninth
street. Theatre. after the street in which
q stands. and is the third of six play
houses which the Shuberts are building
An that neighborhood, the others al
ready constructed being the Ambassa-
dor and the Ritz.
Although this is the first mention of
tho Forty-ninth Street Theatre. work
upon its construction has been going on
for the last three months. 1t Is directly
west Of the Ambassador. few steps
from broadway. Its seating capacity
will be ESQ, and by virtue of the con-
struction OF it's stage it will be suited to
either musical or dramatic productions.
The theatre will be one of tho hand
soonest playhouses in the Shubert group.
In architecture it is patterned upon the
Renaissance period. The square exterior
IL Of marble, featuring pilasters with
composite capitals, which are surmount-
ed by cornices of classical design and
proportion. The entire theme of the in
terror is handled in such a way as TO
give an intimate atmosphere suggestive
OF a drawing room in an old English
mansion. The walls are finished in
matched oak, which combine with tones
of antique blue, used in the chairs and
the drop curtain for an effective color
scheme.
Lounging and smoking rooms will be
located on the mezzanine floor. There
will be no boxes. The opening attraction
has not as yet been selected.