New-York tribune., 1922-10-20
Surgeon Saves
wv oman at Sea
By Operation
DR.. F. HI. Albee, Passenger,
Called Iii by Ships Doc
tors, Succeeds Without
bringing Homeric TO Stop
Theatrical Folk Arrive
French Conledienne Says
Harbor Air Is as Invig-
Grating as Champagne

DR.. r. Fl. Afbec performed an opera
tion for appendicitis on Mrs. Alice
Williams, missionary returning after
swenty-nine years in the lower Congo.
vhiie the White Star liner Homeric.
which arrived here yesterday, was
threading a passage through the fish,
ing feet on the Grand Banks last
Monday. Owing TO the fact that the
engines were throttled down because of
tho presence of small craft on all sides,
the surgeon did not make the usual re-
Guest to have the steamship halted for
the operation. 1t was entirely success
fui. Mrs. Williams ard her husband,
the Rev. DR.. A. Il. Williams. soon viii
b. able to start for their home in San
Bcrnardino, Calf.
With Mrs. Williams was three
fnonths-old Gordon Merrill Kromhad-
l.e!m, son OF Ellis Gordon Krombad-
helm, also missionary. The young
ster's mother died shortly after he was
born in the African jungle. some 200
miles from the seaboard, and arrange
ments were Immediately made through
the Christian Mission Alliance, of 100
Eighth Avenue, TO have Gordon brought
{, this country TO be reared. The child
will be taken care Of BY Mrs. Bailey,
in Nyack.
Taken III on Sailing
Constant attention to the child had
an i'll effect on Mrs. Williams's health,
and shortly after the Hon,eric left
Southampton she became seriously i'll,
with the result that DR.. Re- s. French,
the ships surgeon, and his assistant,
Or. Llewellyn r. Davis. summoned DR..
Albee. passenger, for consultation,
and the operation was decided upon.
When tffe vessel arrived here Mrs Will
iiams was removed to the Presbyterian
Hospital.
DIR. Aibce, VINO was g colonel in the
American army during the war, went
abroad about month ago to address
the French Surgical Congress in Paris.
He declared that there were still about
10000 men in France requiring the at
tention of orthopedists. These sur
geons are now employing power driven
instruments for cutting and cniseling
hone. method that DR.. Albee has sad-
yocatcd resulting in decreasing the
time of the operation as we'll as the
severe mental and physical shocks to
the patient.
Nine. Jeritza Arrives
Prominent among the number Of
opera and theatrical folk arriving on
the Homeric. was Nine. Marie Jeritza,
the Nisnese soprano, who is coming
here for her second season with the
Metropolitan Opera Company. She is
scheduled to sing in Puccini's "Tosca"
II the opening performance or Mon
day night, November 13.
Otto We'll, assistant manager OF the
Metropolitan. was also among the pas
sengers with Nine. Jeritza and her hus-
band. the Baron Leopold Pepper. Nine.
leritza has for new roles this season
Elizabeth in "Tannhauser," 0ctavia in
der Rosenkavalier' and the title role
IN "Thais"
Mile Cecille Sorel, of the Comedie
Frsncaise, and one of Frances most
prominent actresses, who has been en-
deavoTlng to come to the United States
for many years, was also a passenger
and was very much impressed by her
first glance at the Statue of Liberty,
which she declared appeared to me
like a conductor of the orchestra of
the world beating time to the march
OF the future onward and upward"
Ihe air over the harbor, she added,
was rs invigorating to her as bottle
Of champagne, and all the auditors in
hailed deep breath. Mile Sorel, who
ia accompanied by Jeanne d,Orleac.
French poetess, will go to Montreal for
an engagement and Will later he seen
on Broadway.
Loag Skirt Failure
Margaret Namara, soprano Of the
Chicago 0pera Company and wife of
Guy Bolton, playwright and producer,
who met her at the pier, returned
altcs triumphs in England and France.
wren in Normandy, Miss Namara said.
she discovered that she had another
artistic ability that of painting. She
expects to give an exhibition of her
work here this winter.
Ihst The long skirt fad in Paris was
fsilure due primarily to American
wonsen, VINO prefer the shorter gowns,
Hallmark, who writes under the nen
= meme of Anne Rittenhouse.
francis de Coppiens, prominent here
IN musical circles, was also q passen.c,