NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26. 1900.

NO DESIRE TO MAKE A CHANGE.Uncle Bam.— "You want McKlnley's Job? Well. Iguess not. You are the chap who prophesied four years ago that unless Ihired you

the country would go to the dogs, and here we are at the old stand doin' more business than ever. 1'

ahaaaaa in pressure as in<li-at«d by The Trlbaaa'a srtf-•eordtns; barometer. Th« dotted Un*« sh^w th*teinp«r»-•\u25a0*•

••recorded at Perry's Pharmacy.

Trlbnn* OfiSe*. Oct. 38, 1 a. m —The weather JsafFSajwaa fair and warm. The temperature ranged between S3•M «7 lieareea. the av-ra»« <OS itgr***}bein« 5*4 da-

tfc^t'h^,111?" that of w«fc»«»<s»yw «fc»«»<s»y and 2 decrees bl<!»«•S?. I"*'1"*'.°.f th*

4*"—g"*^»»a date of la»t year.Ta« weather to-day willbe partly cloudy.

and Ev A.Na is the rafor-

MARRIED.BEST— LOMBARD-On Thursday. October 23. Miss Elba*Ayre» Lombard to Ralph Weaterveld Bert.FERWERDA— WOODRRIDGE—In New-Brunswlek V J

bridge. D. D., LL. D.. assisted by the 6Vv. M K.tZSSK&SSm?* 7********«**"*•

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K?r°^LT?Ni~BT"?R^~<>a Wedne^ay. October »4. atSt. Bartholomew-, Church. Brooklyn, by the Rrr TttP-ner B. Ollv«r. Gwendolyn. dau«hteT of Mr and Mrs,3B?WSfi^ °"fW wi:nara Kn.wlto^JrTcr

VALENTINE—HARPER— On Thursday CV-tober 23. at„ M^dison-ave.. by the Rev. Wlfflto M. Groswaaar.: ' 'Mr. an. y-« j w^-^ m

-ftor 3». ISM.at the chapel of tre Archi?piscopal re«i3enc<» in this cttyby His Grace th« Archbishop of New-York. CliarlssiJames Welch Esq.. of 3an Francisco. Cal.. to EllzabwhSiS£t£^sg-;£- of » -»*Mrs Van Brush

Notice? of marriages and deaths must be in-dorsed with full name and address.

DIED.Bloodgocxi, Eliza A. Marnrvt U.w <*r. Frasier.

ate H.

BLOODGOOD—On Thurcdar. OctoNtr 23. Elixa, A. (CortiaVwif>of Freeman BloodxooJ. axed 70 years.

Funeral services from h»r late residence. WestSeia. SI. J.on Saturday. October £7. at 4 o'clock p. m.Carriages willmeet train leaving foot of Liberty-*!..MsW-

Tork. at 2:30 p. m.CORNELL— Thursday October 23. Alice

—is»ji—.only daughter of Edward Shelton and Eleanor Wttber-spoon Cornel], aged 11 years. 0 months.

Services at her late residence. No. .•• Waahlnftoo-av*..Brooklyn. Saturday. October 27. at 11 a, m.Interment at Derby, C^nn., en arrival of I:C2 p. m. trainfrom Grand Central Station.Connecticut papers please copy.HAGEN—Wednesday, October 24, Henry O. HtfU.so* of. the late Matthew T. Hafcen. a«*l 2?* yeara.Funeral services Friday. October 2«. at 2 p. m.. from If*,

IJ> New-York-aye.. corner sr-n-st.. Brooklyn.Interment private.

HALsiTEAD—On Wednesday. October 24. 1900, D. B«rT.eaHaistead. of Brooklyn. N. Y. •—•*.«»

Funeral sarrte willbe held a: his home. No 337 Waafc-ington-ave.. atip. m.. on Saturday, October 27.HX-'NT—Suddenly, la Buffalo. N. V.. on "Wednesday Cutsber 24. 1900. Margaret May, widow of :t*lat» HerSandford Hunt. D. D., aged 72 years.Funeral and Interment at EuSalo.SPEAKER

—At the residence of his son-la-!a.w WUUmsiG. took*. No. 87 Han-ock-st.. Brooklyn, on Thursday.

October 25. l'Joi». Fraaier Spruker. of Palatine. Bnd.s.

TIiVPP'*~OSOS, Thur*day> Octob"25. »t fcer resKHae*. 185Berkeley Piace. Brooklyn. Ar.nle Hamet. <!au«!£ir ofthe late Samuel O. TUden.

Funeral private.

Special Xotir.esNotice of ISrrooial.

DUXSTAN.DRESSES AND MANTLES,Care removed to their newly built premises.-\u25a0 WEST 34TH ST.

Tory Iexpect to see moat of the large Industrialcorporation* controlled by the workmen, whohave thus secured the ownership of the commonstock at a low price and under favorable cir-cumstances, When this era is reached the pre-ferred stock will be in the nature of a loan onirfclch no dividends willbe paid unless the busi-ness earns them. In other words, the preferred*tpck will represent capital, and not debt, andth* capital will be at the risk of the business.

Common stock, on the other hand, will repre-sent the control of the property and will veryproperly find itself inthe hands of the executiveofficers and of the workmen, who actually con-duct the business. When times are good theworkmen will thus share in the prosperity. Whentimes are bad the capitalist will have to go•p-lthout h!s dividends upon the preferred stock,

There will be no conflict between capital andlabor when this beneficent system shall havedeveloped into the general ownership which Iexpect to see as soon as the working classes ofthis country are sufficiently educated to takeadvantage of this new and favorable situation.

TRADES UNIONS MIGHT CONTROL.Iam somewhat surprised that so intelligent a

mas as Mr. Mitchell has shown himself to bef.as not already used the funds at his commandto secure the control of one of the great coalcompanies, some of which are organized on thebasis cf preferred and common stock above de-scribed. Ihave no doubt that he will sooner orlater adopt this policy, and be and his associatestrill then be able to understand what the diffl-cultJes are inconducting large miningoperations,and if they be as profitable as he thinks theywill be able to secure these profits fcr the mem-bers of the trades unions which he represents

with so much ability.—

IfIam right in these views Itis evident thattie nostrums proposed by Mr. Bryan for theregulation of trusts are quack remedies. Theyare not founded upon knowledge, but springfrcia an entire misconception of the nature ofthe problem and of the trend of modern progress.The great corporations which have sprung intoexistence within the last ten years are due to anevolution which ro more can be arrested thanthe flow of the rides. They are not injurious tothe community or tc the working classes. Theygive mo.-4 steady employment and a greater de-mand for labor. The wages have been raised,and the price of the commodities produced havebeen lessened. All classes of the communitytare been benefited by their growth, except suchas have been disabled for a time, only to re-appear in the form of consolidated organizationsmere profitable and more advantageous to thecosantmlty.Itdoes not follow from what Ihave said that

these great corporations do not need regulation.They have developed evils, which can readilybe corrected by proper legislation, but the or-ganizations themselves cannot be abolishedwithout injury to the growing interests of theAmerican people. The limits of this letter donet admit of going Into any detail as to thelegislation required, but, in a general way. i:may be said that the taking out of a charterought to Involve inspection, supervision andpublicity In the same manner and by the Gameagencies as we now regulate banks and insur-ance companies. This can be done by the gen-eral Government without depriving the Statesof the power of supervision of local corpo-rations.Irepeat. In conclusion, that the right of as-

coclation is the most important possession of theworkmen of this country. and Ishall be very

much astonished when the matter is properlybrought to their notice IfMr.Bryan's views andcdvice shall recei\

-e their support in the coming

«-l<=-ctlon. The future is full of promise for thej"reductive interests of the country, but the elec-tion of Bryan on a platform which is at warwith thp principles of Democracy would destroythe confidence which now prevails and abso-lutely arrest the progress toward industrial andcommercial supremacy now possible and rapidlyapproaching for the United States in the mar-kets of the world. Very truly yours,

ABRAM S. HEWITT.

These conflicting statements and conjectureswere being made and the mysterious interest ofthe Chigi Botticelli was being considerablydeepened fnr the general public while CountPlunkett's monograph on Sandro Botticelli, pub-lished In London in the present year, was wait-ing, unnoticed, but ready to afford the follow-ing account of the affair:

About a year ago the Botticelli "Madonna" inthe Chigi Gallery, long celebrated and disputedabout, became the o^ntro of a small sensation inthe world of art. At that time Prince Chipi.hav-ing let it be known that he was willingto sell thefamous "Madonna," which few critics had hesi-tated to ascribe to Sandro Botticelli, receivedan offer of ,<3".,000 from some foreign collector,whose namp has not been published. Upon thisoffer other? followed, somewhat after the fashionof an auction, only without its publicity. Atlast the picture was sold for $63,000 (thY exactamount of the fine imposed two days asro uponthe Prince)—to an agent of the Rothschilds, re-port said at the time. In accordance with theItalian law, th» purchaser's card, with a decla-ration of purchase, was banded to the Ministerof Public Instruction, but while these prescrip-tive formalities were being observed th- pictureitse'.f disappeared. It ha? Fin"- re ithe collection of Mr?. J. L.Gardner.

This Is. in substance. Count Plunkett's storyof the disappearance, in the light of which thesn'utlor of tho problem of the present where-abouts of th« cr.lv P.otti^ei:; known to have beenIn the Chigi collection should not be far to seek.The picture referred to by Count Plunkett andthat owned by Mr. Widener are not the same.The former contains no figure of St. Joseph.

The law under which Prinze Chigi has beenconvicted, and. Jointly with his purchaser,mulcted to the full amount of the pur-chase money. Is that by which the sale of"antiquities" (u?ing the term in a classicsense) Is r- : those parts of Italy whichwere the Papal SI mber, 1870.This law, known as the Pacca Edict, afur theCardinal who first devised it. is. a relic of Papalrule, which the Italian Government has been inno hurry to abolish. Itprovides for the grantingof permits to sell outside of the Papal States"antiquities" falling under the description of"precious,

"which description has been defined

by the Roman Court of Appeals as meaning "ofexceptional value." the export duty exacted asa condition antecedent to the granting of thepermit being 20 per cent. The Chigri sale was,by all accounts, completed and the picture sentabroad without any such permit, and in thisprobably lies the gravamen of the offence forwhich Prince Chigi now has to suffer. ThePacca Edict was. In substance, embodied In anmet paesed by the Italian Parliament In 1871.

The conviction of Prince Chi# on the chargeof unlawfullyselling out of Italy a valuablework of art ha? given rise to a degree of mysti-fication which would hardly have been supposedroasible in regard to a picture so famous asthe -Madonna" of Botticelli, long reckonedamong the chief jelorioe of the Chigi Gallery atHome. The first telegraphic announcement ofthe conviction carr.e to this country a few daysago without any particulars of the transactionby which the distinguished culprit had incurredthe penalties of the law. Next appeared In"The Philadelphia Record" a brief interviewwith P. A. B. W.dener. the Rotticelli amateur ofPhiladelphia, in which he expressed his opinionthat the "Madonna" sold by Prince Chigi incontravention of Italian law was not that whichhe (Mr. Widened had recently purchased inLondon, which includes, be it noted, a figure ofSt. Joseph, and which, its possessor is made tosr.y, "|« the only one in the United States."

Mr. Wldener Is quoted in the same interviewto the effect that Prince Chlgi's customer wasprobably Agnew. the well known London dealer.A later cable dispatch from Rome, telling thatthe punishment of the offending Prince hadbeen fixed at a fine of 315,000 lire ($6&G00), Inci-dentally states that the Botticelli "is now InLondon," while "The New-York Times" of yes-terday, apparently unaware of Mr. Widener"sstatement, appends to its publication of thesame t?le«rram a corrective footnote to the effectthat the purchaser in the case was P. A. B.Wldener.

PRINCE CHIGT LOSES BOTH PICTUREAND PURCHASE MONEY. AND

-MADONNA" DISAPPEARS.

A BOTTICELLI MYSTERY.

HE PRESENTED THE NEW RELIGTOT'S HALL.TO COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.

It waa learned yesterday that the giver of EarlHall, which 1« to b« the centre of the religiousactivity of Columbia University and under the con-trol of the Young- Men's Christian Association, laWilliam Earl Dodge, whose gifts to Christian as-sociation work have been large. Work <^n the newuniversity chapel may begin soon. Taking the east

WILLIAMEARL DODGE THE GITER.

the collection w&e to be delivered in Rome, andthe Metropolitan Museum should get It out ofItaly as best might be.

"He said Imight have all the time Iwantedto pay the purchase money," said the General,"but Itold him that Iwouldn't take his collec-tion on those terms Ifhe would sell it for onemillion.

"

As to the equity of the Pacca Edict and almi-lar enactments when they first came into force,th»re seems to be something to be said in theirfavor, as well as ag-ainst them. Several of thegreat Roman families, such as the Chlgi,Borphesi. Masslmi. Colonne and one or twoothers, reckon among their lineage, direct orcollateral, many Popes and still more Cardinals,and it has been argued, with some show of rea-son, that many of the art treasures of the greatpalazzi came there by the exercise of officialpower ag-ainst the strict rights of the public.Thus, even apart from the wider sen=e in whichthe works of the great masters are regarded asthe heirlooms of Italy, there may weil be someserious doubt as to the right of these heirs ofmediaeval despotism to sell their historic collec-tions as they would sell furniture nr bric-a-bracpurchased at a last year's sale. Owners of gTeatworks of art in Italy can hardly complain if,while they share the distinction of ownershipwith the great families, they are oblige'] to sharetheir restrictions, for every law must workhardship to a minority. The more Just ground ofcomplaint seems to be that the Italian Govern-ment plays the dog in the manger in prevent-ing owners from selling th^tf- work? of artabroad when Itremains I«*p<v9slble to seH thoseworks to the nation.

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Sir: Iask the courtesy- of space in your paperthat 1 .-.ay deny a statement that has appeared InsesT o* the newspapers to the effect that Ishallvote for and support McKlnley and Roosevelt, andto ex;.lain my position in regard to the action ofthe Social Democratic party in asking me to de-cline .-_• nomination for Attorney-General.

Is March 1900. Iwrote an open letter to Mr.Bryai:. Btatlng that Icould no longer support himon account of his attitude or. various ImportantQOestto&i, aofl declaring that Ifavored the SocialDemocratic party. This party, without my solici-tation, did me the honor to nominate me for At-

torrey-GeneraJ last June, and Iaccepted. Earlyin the fail Idesired to make public my views onthe question of expansion, which views did not

epre* with rrv party, and to enow the vast supe-riority of the Republican over the Democraticparty and the disaster that would Inevitably fol-Icw Mr Bryan's election.

Fearing that the expression of these views wouldnot be thought consistent with my candidacy, al-though Ikr.ew that they were nrft entirely antago-nistic. Iee-t word to my part] offering to with-draw, fc'jt Iwas asked by it to remain on theticket, and Idid bo. Ithen gave public expres-p:or.s cf my views from time to time, and did notheslta'.e to applaud freely the Republican partyar.c :o show the errors and weaknes=9»9 of Mr.J-rvar's economics, believing that Iwas under norestraint and that It was my duty to tell the plaintruth. Ihad not deserted my party, had not de-clared for any other party, and had nothing butgood words fof our principles, party and ticket. Myarticles, however, conveyed the id«?a to some that Ihed suiSer.ly changed my views and that Iwas aRepublican, and naturally the State Committee ofmy partr was requested by these persons to asksi for an explanation. The committee decided toaccept my resignation, which it did. Iam stillmorally committed to Eupport the party, and Ihavein r.o wp.y intimated that Iwould sur^rt any etherparty.Icanr.ot conscientiously support m: friend Mr.

Bryan, however much Iadmire him, and my firstirf'.ir.stlon was to remain silent and not vote atall. Iam placed -. an extremely embarrassing po-Firion My reason urges me to vote for McKJnley,By heart 'for Brvan and political duty for Debs.McKinley certainly has the logical side of all theprest c'Je«t!oi;s Bryan the humane and Illogicalarr2 D«^-i= the Idealistic though, perhaps. Impracti-cal. IfIthoupht there was any danger of Mr.Brvan b*=insr elected Imight feel It my duty tosupport McKir.ley. hut McKinley's election beln?EFFur^d, Ican s<^*» no oth»>r course for me than torapport the ticket of the Social Democracy.

EUGENE V. BP.EWSTER.Brooklyn. Oct. \u25a0 1900.

EUGENE V. BBEWSTEB*B POSITION.

>:x:NLErs ELECTION being ASSUHED, HE

WILL VOTE. AS A POLITICAL

DTTY. for debs

To the Editor of The Tribune.

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THE CHIGI BOTTICELU.(Said to be in the collection of Mn. J. L. Gardner, of Bogton.)

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TRANSATLANTIC MAILS.FRIDAT

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Transpactilc mal'.s are »arded to port of aaiiing dailyand the ich*-!u!e cf closing is -ii-ranged on the presump-tion of their uninterrupted overlanl traatit. tn-j:»ter»\S maU close* at d r<. m. previous day.

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FORECAST FOR TO-DAY ASV SATURPAT.

For New-England, fair to-day and probably Saturday;

wanner Saturday: fresh easterly wind*, becoming south-westerly *ySaturday.

For Eastern New-York. Eastern Pennsylvania and Dais-ware, partly cloudy to-day; Saturday fair and wmnner;

fresh easterly winds, shifting to aotithwestarty, by Sat-

"fot New-Jersey, partly clondy to-day and probably Sat-urday; fresh «ast to southeast winds.

For th« District of Columbia. Maryland and Virginia,

fair to-day and probably Saturday; fresh southeast lasouth winds.

For Western Pennsylvania, fair to-day and probablySaturday; fresh southeasterly winds.

For Western New-York, fair and warmer to-day: Sat-urday probably fair; fresh southeasterly wlnda.

TRIBUNE LOCAL. OBSERVATIONS.

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YESTERDAY'S RECORD AND TO-DAY'S FORECAST.

Washington. Oct. 25.—

The relative position of the highs

and lows has not changed materially during the, laat

twenty-four hours. Rain has fallen along th« TexasCoast, in Arkansas, Mississippi, Eastern Florida, Eastern

North Carolina. Georgia. Wyoming and on the North

Pacific Coast. The temperature ha* fallen In New-Eng-

land and risen in the extreme Northwest. Generally fairweather is Indicated for all districts, except portions ofthe s»>uth Atlantic and Gulf States and Western M<->ntar.a.Important temperature charges arc not anticipated. Oathe Atlantic Coast the- winds willbe fresh northeaster^-,te'oming southwesterly on the New-England and Middle\tlantie 'oast by Saturday. On the. lakes fresh to brisksoutheasterly wind* willprevail.

STORM EMANS.

Pnughkeersle. N. T.. Oct. 15.—Storm Emans. oneof the rest known Democrats in the Hudson RiverValley, died at his home here last night from anabscess of the lungs. He was forty-four years

old He had been County Clerk of DutchessCounty, member of the Assembly from th? IstDistrict of Dutchess and a member of the Demo-cratic State Committee for the XX!" SenateDistrict. He leaves a widow and one child.

THE WEATHER REPORT.

»OHN G. "DF.N. JR.

John G. So*en, Jr., died on Thursday at his home.No. 334 Martlson-st., Brooklyn, from a disease con-tracted while serving with the -st New-Jersey Vol-

unteers in the' Spanish War. He was twenty-sixyears old. H? leaves a widow. The funeral willhr- h»ld to-morrow at •>'\u25a0 home.

DR. MOSES C. WHITE.

New-Haven. Conn.. Oct. 23.—Dr. Moses C. White,

a professor emeritus In the Tale Medical School.die,! at his home in Crown-st . last night. age.ieighty-one. His death was due to heart failure.

He left two sons— Dr. Caryl S. White and Eugene

H White, president of the Graham Manufacturing

Company, of Derby. Dr. White was born in Paris,

Oneida County. N. T. He was a graduate of Wes-

leyan University and studied for the ministry, and

for six and a half years was a missionary inChina.

He had been a professor in the Tale Medical School

for many years, and continued his active dutiesuntil last June, when he resigned and was madeprofessor emeritus. Dr. White had been pathol-ogist at the State Hospital for years, and caveliberally to that Institution. He was likewise amember of the New-York Medico-Legal Society.

SAMUEL H. GRITTON.Samuel 11. Gritton, who was one of the oldest

member? of Typocraphtcal Union No. 6. died at hishome. No. 657 Macon-st.. Brooklyn, on Tuesday, at

the ape of eighty. He was born in Scarboro. Ens-land. In IS2O. and came to this cltv fifty years ago.He leaves a widow and four daughters.

DANTEL B. HALSTEAD.

Daniel B. Halst»ad died at hi? home. No. 33"Wasnington-ave.. Brooklyn, on Wednesday. Hewas a director of the Fruit Auction Company, atrustee of the Irving Savings Institution and adirector of the Lloyds Plate Glass Insurance Com-pany and of the New-York National ExchangeBanK

In189C. Sims Reeves married, much to the surprise

of his friends, a young girl. Miss Lucomba. anithen started on a sinking tour through Australia.

'he was declared a bankrupt ar.d a receiving

or lar was issued against his property.It was announced on April1 of the present year

that Queen Victoria had approve-! a civil list pen-sion of £100 annually for the old sinaer. who thuswas t-avt-d from destitution. He was always agreat favorite with the English public, producedadmirable and touching effects and was splendidlr. certain roles of oratorio, but he was too easyiroing to make a fortune, and as an artist did notgain the rank he deserved.

SIMS REEVES.London, Oct. 25.—Sims Reeves, the veteran Eng-

lish Finger, died to-day at Worthing. gaaMMX.

John Sims Reeves, the tenor singer, was born atShooter's Hill. Kent, on October 21, 182. He re-eelvpd his musical education from his father andfrom T. Cooke. Hobbs. Bordogni. Mtzzucato andother professors of singing. He first appeared onthe stage at Newcastle in IS3S. He appeared atLa Scala in 1543 as Edgardo in "Lucia di Lamme--moor," and in "Ernanl" anO othrr opera 3. Heappeared at the Drury Lane Theatre as Edgardoin 1847. at Her Majesty's Theatre aa Carlo in "Lindadi Chamouni" in IS4B. In royal Italian' oppra at

Covent Garden in IS4S, and ha made his debut inoratorio in "Judas Maccabaeus" in IS4S, and after-ward created the tenor parts In oratorio by Costa.Horsley. Moligue, Sullivan anil others at HerMajesty's Theatre In l>6o. and appeared In balladoperas until ISSS. At the Birmingham Festival hereceived In days gone by 11.250 for each oratorioand a share in the profits, which usually broughthi* receipts up to $3.w a nisht. But. owing to hisvoice being uncertain, he had to decline in his wholecareer many fees, which, it Is said, aggregated

about $375,000.

OBITUARY.

FUNERAL OF SIR RODERICK CAMERON.London, Oct. 25.—Funeral services over the body

of Sir Roderick Cameron, who died at the HydePark Hotel here on October U. were held In thiscity this morning. Joseph H. Choate. the UnitedStates Ambassador, and the Canadian representa-tives In London were present.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.Mr». Vandernllt $500 COJosephine Zuierman 3£0Birthday box of the primary class of the First

Baptist (lurch of th« Oranges, .through MmIsabelle A. Reimer . 350

Charles and Kitttiarine NUM. Calumet. Mich limHiPr*-vtourly acknowledged 17,737 89

Total. October 25. 1800 IIS.274 83

the TRinryr frfsh atr Frxn

Many well known persons occupied boxes at thehorse show of the Rldlne and Driving Club, atEast Orange, last evening, among them being

Mrs. John Wllmerdir.a:, Mr. and Mrs. DougliaRobinson, Mrs Stephen Van R*»ns<»elaer, Mrs. IraA. Kip and Mrs. Samuel Campbell. The showcloses on Saturday.

Mrs. Frederick Neilson. in a frock of blacktaffeta, a bla'-k velvet and Jet toque and a gray

feather boa. and Mrs. William F. Burden. In avery chic frock of black and white foulard,

trimmed with black satin ribbon and white lace,

were among those taking luncheon yester.:the Waldorf-Astoria.

The enpa;«meit has been announced in Balti-more of Mis* Mary Gittirv-'s Dulaney. th»- daugh-

ter of the lati^ Wnlter Dulanpy. and John A.

Barker. Jr.. son of John A. Barker. Miss DulanevIs a cousin of the late Mrs. G. G. H.-wlanel. ofthis city.

A reception was given last evening at thp Stroll-ers for the patronesses of last year's entertain-ment. Another will bf cr'ven or. Saturday.

It Is to-nl;rht that the Tuxedo annual ball willtake place at the clubhouse, as alreadyIn these columns. Mrs, BtUTvesant Fish, aturned yesterday afternoon from Hot Springs. Vs..

where she has been for some weeks, will be one ofthe many eotta&e rtsMents who will give dinnerparties previous to the ball, among the others beln*Mrs. Grenville Kane. Mrs Pierreponi LorlllardRinalds and Mrs R. Fulton Cutting. The ba!!beglna at 13 o'clock, a-d promises to be a greatsuccess.

Mm. Leiter and the Misses LeltT havr «t;ienf!tholr house in T">upont Circle, Washington, fo.-tha season

Mrs. Yznaen. mother of the Duchess of Man-chester, has been staying with Miss Leary. at herhouse. No. 3 Fifth-aye.

Mr? Charles Francis Chtekertns;. vho baiat Newport and at Bar IIirbor this piimmer ha*returned to h«r homp. No. n Fifth-are.

What with the opening of the Horse Show atOrange and with meets of the hounds at RoslynBreakwater, on Long Island, yesterday was livelyin the suburbs. It was almost an ideal day, al-though it might have been a little colder. Withail the attractions elsewhere there were many peo-ple in town, and the restaurants and theatres werecrowded in the evening. The wedding of Miss MayHarper to Langdcn Barrett Valentine, at the Madl-6on-ave. home of the bride's parents. Mr. and MrsJ. Henry Harper, in the afternoon, brought to-gether a gathering of the sets on the South Shoreof Lone Island.

Very charming In the role- of a bride did MissMay Harper appear. She was gowned In whitesatin, trimmed with point lace, and wore a laceveil, carrying Instead of the customary bouquetan lvbry and sliver bound prayerbook. Her brides-maids, Mias UrlingHarper and Miss Susie Valen-tine, wore frocks of white point d"esprlt. with bluecollars and sashes, and carried bouquets of gar-denias. C. S. Stlllman was Mr. Valentine's bestman. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs.Marshall J. Dodge, Mr. and Mrs. W. Laffan andMr. and Mrs E. Adams. On their return from theirhoneymoon Mr. and Mrs. Valentine will live atLawrence, Long Island.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay have openedtheir house at Madison-aye. and Twenty-ninth-st. This is the homo of Mrs. Brockholst Cuttingwhich the Mackays have leased for the season. Mrs'Cutting and her son, William Cutting, will spenda part of the winter at the Cambridge! -*»«"

Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Gebhard are in town andare at the Waldorf-Astoria for the present. TheyIntend later to go abroad. Mrs. Gebhard still wearsblack, which is very becoming to her.

Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt are expectedin town to-day, en route for the Hot Springs ofVirginia. Mrs. Stuyv-sant Fish and party reachedtown yesterday and went to Tuxedo.

reacn *°

Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Jay have closed theirNewport cottage, and will be In town this winter.

Among the debutantes whose names have notalready been mentioned are Miss Caroline Winner-dlng, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Wll-merding, and Miss Louise Holllster, the daughterof Mr. arid Mrs. Henry Holllster. These youngwomen willmake their bows to society nt tea giventhem this winter.

Mr. and Mrs. George Bcbieffelin and Mr. and Mr?.Henry G. Trevor are in town for the season, andhave closed their bouses at Southampton. GeorgeSchleffelln jr.. has been 111. His condition wasalarming last week, and brought his pArents totown. He is on the road to recovery now.

Mrs. Frederick W. VanderbUl will give her an-nual Christmas dinner for the newsboys and mes-sengers of Newport, at Masonic Hall, In thatplace. It will be in charge of the King's Daugh-ters. The Mayor of Newport will make an ad-dress.

GOSSIP ABOUT SOCIETY.

THE TOUCHING THOrGHTFULXESS OF AN*

ACTRESS ON THEIR BEHALF.

How seldom does one see the old principles of

klr.4re£9. thoughtfu'.ness, the desire to bear others'burdens and the rest that were inculcated in the«>j:y books and contemporaneous literature, madethe working methods of real life! And how beau-tifulit Is when one does see It!

There Is probably not a dramatic critic in thiswhole land who has not been touched beyond ex-pression within the last tew dnys by the considerateattention which an actress has given to the dangers

o* the profession. Itoften" makes a dramatic critictre-mWe to think of his own Intrepidity In under-taking the perils of his calling. Those which read-ers of the comic papers know, the dangers fromenraged managers and actors, are but a small partof them. An expert office boy can deal with halfof those, and one or two porters in good trainingwith the rest. But what <\u25a0• \u25a0-\u25a0\u25a0 danger of being

suddenly overcome by a new play, which the criticshave to «« sometimes even before it is tried on thelr.hatr.tf.nte of places like Scranton and Stamford?And ex-en if th« play has no visible instantaneouseffect, may it not Inflict internal injuries which*111 develop into dangers before they are suspected?

Ana co this actress has sent to every dramaticeditor of whom she ever heard a free accident in-•urar.ce policy for V.

• Itmay have been a matterof Maaettaea with her, as well as of kindness.ass) is going to travel about the country herselfthis season, acting a. new play, and Itmay be thatfc-e wants to feel, as she looks back at the trailof helpless dramatic critics which she leaves strewnbehind her, that ehe is not leaving them quite

destitute. But the policies are just as good forcritic* he are Injured by other plays than hers;

>**.or by cable ears or street excavations or ice*^gor.s. And even if conscience were the onlyPrompter, it Is a notable fact that no actor before*ver had such a conscience, and there were alwaysHenty who needed it quite as much as this par-ticular actress. It was a noble and beautifulthought of hers. These little policies willbe to thewacl* dramatic profession what the Red Cross

and west axis of the present Library Building ofColumbia. Earl Hall is to stand on the west endof the east and west axis of the Columbia Library,

and the chapel on the east end. The architecture ofthe new buildings will resemble that of the library.

The material of Earl Hall will be what is knownlocally as Columbia College brick, with limestonetrimmings. The base will be granite. The groundfloor will contain offices, study, women's recep-tion room, special social and dressing room andlivingapartments for the person in charge. On thefirst floor there will be a reception room, a read-ing room, the secretary's office, a committeeroom, a Bible study room and a small hall at the

rear. The second floor will have a reference li-brary, a small hall, a lobby and an auditorium im-mediately beneath the dome. The auditorium willbe fifty-two feet square and will be planned to seatabout five hundred persons. The association build-ing will cost about JIOO.OOO and the chapel about

MMM.The Rev. Dr. Van De Water, chaplain of the

university, said yesterday that he was gratified at

the prospect of having an association butUlna", but

that it did not lessen the need for the chapel.There was a steadily increasing spiritual work

among the students. <"'hajwl services »<-<"<• betterattended this fall than ever for*.

The export duty on these "antiquities" varies indifferent parts of Italy, generally following theprovisions made in the different political di-visions before the era of unification.

The hardship of the Italian law In this respect,it seems, does not by any means end with the

exaction of export duties. Itdoes not seem at

all certain, according to General dl Cesnola'sview of the subject, that the required permis-

sion would have been granted to Prince Chlgi,

even ifbe had dutifullyapproached the Ministerof Public Instruction with one-fifth of his sixty

odd thousand dollars. "Stat pro ratione voluntas

mea" was the quotation which General di Ces-nola thought applicable in discussing the sub-ject. The Italian Government, in his view, holds

Itself perfectly at liberty to forbid absolutely

the exportation of any work of art which itmay

prefer should remain in Italy. As showing thestrength of his convictions on this point, he re-called his own experience of a few years ago,

when Prince Borghese offered to him, as repre-

sentative of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,

the famous Borghese-Torlonia collection for$8,000,000. The condition of the Bale was that

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