James Henry Smith has sh- in thaSouth and has announced his return t-> town forTuesday. March 7.

Several of the dancfn? classes willhave meetingsthis week. That of Mr*.David Dows has ita finaldance of Has season at Sherry's on Wednesday.Among its members are Hi Gertrude Sheldon,Miss Eleanor Hoyt. Miss Elena Havemeyer. MissRosalie De Forest and Miss Gladys Roosevelt. OaSaturday the dancing class for youn; g'rls rotyet out. of which Mrs. Charles B. Alexander. Mrs.Richard Mortimer and Mrs. Charles H. Coster artthe patronesses, will have the last dance of thaseason at Sherry's.

Another dance will* that for which Miss Bea-trice- Klnney has .issued. tovitatiQiu*. on Thursday

yJU,\hJOneeded to pay pensions unaer v.

FOREIGN.— The general situation appears tobe worse; me strike Has spread, to the rauiruadcin Russia proper, and lelegrajmers have jouieaforces with me employes; compositor at louzagain ceased worn, and there is an ominouslacK of news irom vie mining regions; twoofficials were murdered in Transcaucasia,

===-=No members of the Russian imperial familyattended tne state requiem mass tor the GrandDuKe tcrgius at bt. Isaac's

Cathedral; meponce, it is said, recognize their inaoility toprotect the rulers from attacks of the Terroristparty; there are rumors mat the impressL>o\Mi«er has received warning of assassina-tion ===== The Council of tne empire nas 01ensummoned in extraordinary session

'to consider

the situation arising from the grand duke smurder : Japanese dispatcnes from thearmy say that General Kuropat-in has changedhis base to Fu-tnun. and seems to be prepar-ing a general attacn.

=l>esp-- denials iromthe Foreign Offices at St. Petersburg and

fokio,

diplomats at the Russian capital maintain meopinion that the Czar will be forced to maketerms of peace.

== The Ambassadors ofGreat Britain. France, Italy and Russia pre-sented a note to the French Foreign Officedeclining to accede to Prince George's proposalfor the annexation of Crete by Greece.

DOMESTIC— Roosevelt has notabandoned the hope of obtaining satisfactoryarbitration agreements with foreign countries,looking for this result from the second Hagueconference. ==\u25a0 Admiral Walker explained theaction of the Isthmian Canal Commissioners inaccepting fees as directors of the Panama Rail-road. -—r= President Roosevelt received a por-trait of the Empress Dowager of China as atoken ,of the Chinese government's good willtoward the United States. =Five men werekilled and thirteen injured by a fallof rock in amine at Pottsville. Perm. -\u25a0 Representativesof sixty companies dealing in crude petroleummet in Chicago and took steps toward a perma-nent organization. - Dr. Harper, of Chicago.does not expect to survive the operation forcancer which he is to undergo next Wednesday.

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\u0084 it was said at New-Haven that the strikesituation was practically unchanged, althoughthe prospects for no strike were brighter.

- .. \u25a0Assemblyman Dowllng has introduced a bill atAlbany providing for automatic promotions inthe Charities Department in New-York City.r \u25a0 \u25a0 A Boston law firm announced a robberyof notes and bonds valued at $f»O,00; the de-tails were kept secret. == Three lightships inLong Island Sound drifted from their positionsowing to the pressure of ice; two were rescuedby lighthouse tenders; the third is lodged in theice. \u25a0- Itwas said in Boston that a generalprosecution of milliners in Massachusetts waslikely,because of a violation of the laws pro-,hibitlng the sale of song bird3for their plumage.

ClTY.—Stocks strong. ===== The Amen Cor-ner dinner was held at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.

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-\u25a0 Munroe & Munroe Issued a statement de-

nying that they had made "wash" sales. \u25a0An alarm was sent out for a young Mr.Gris-cora, a relative of the steamship man, who hadbeen missing for ten days. ==-= The State Rac-ing Commission made public its decision refus-ing a license for a running meeting to the Em-pire City Trotting Club. ===== An exceptionallybold hold-up and robbery occurred in Harlem.

THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest,25 degrees; lowest, 18.

BY RAIL TO KEY WEST.According to "The Scientific American," the

Florida East Coast Railway Company has de-cided to extend its line from Miami to KeyWest, a distance of nearly a hundred and fiftymiles. The project has been under considera-tion for two or three years, but the surveys onwhich a favorable decision rested were com-pleted only a short time ago. Doubts concern-ing its feasibility have beer, entertained by en-gineers because the route did not lie entirelyon land. Itfollowed a chain of small islands,and the aggregate width of the interveningchannels is upward of forty miles. Evidentlythe company's advisers do not regard the dif-ficulty thus presented insuperable. By bridgingthe gaps— some of them rather long— withan ele-vated steel structure which will stand in shal-low water, they think it willbe practicable toprovide safe transit by rail to the southernmostextremity of the State of Florida.

Key West is known principally for two things.Itis the centre of a big production of cigars.Itis also a winter resort, which is steadily, ifnot rapidly, growing in popularity. Visitorsreach itnow only by boat from Miami, Havanaor Northern ports on the Atlantic Coast. Sit-uated on one side of the strait from which theGulf Stream issues, Ithas a warm, moist cli-mate that is notably uniform, but is espe-cially enjoyable when cold weather prevailselsewhere. Famous stories are told about theabundance and cheapness of flowers there andthe good fishing which may be found In ad-jacent waters. Any improvement in the facili-ties for getting there would undoubtedly befollowed by an increase in winter travel.

Whether the attractiveness of the place it-self would remain unaltered, though, Is an-other question. Tastes differ, and it is impos-sible to set up a standard that is equally ac-ceptable to everybody; i-ut more than one de-lightful spot in the mountains and by the seahas lost its charm for a certain fastidious fewwhen itlost its isolation. The change may beindirect rather than direct, but it is not infre-quently discernible. Sometimes", for instance,an invasion works a subtle alteration in thecharacter of the permanent residents. Theirsimplicity diminishes, ifItdoes not vanish; theygrow mercenary, and In other ways they 'seemto be spoiled by contact with newcomers. Per-haps the latter are more to blame for thoseconsequences than are the natives themselvesbut the effect is only too real. xo predict thatKey West willsuffer thus would, of course be

The constant advance in the sciences hashelped these modern masters of the black art,who seek to lurn every discovery In chemistryor physics to their own advantage. Consequent-ly there are few foods now manufactured whichare not liable to the taint of adulteration. TheStates, therefore, which cannot enforce theirown pure food statutes should welcome a na-tional law that wouldbe effective. Abillis nowbefore the United States Senate which wouldprohibit interstate commerce in rulsbrandingfoods by compelling the use of labels giving thetrue contents of a package. According to Sena-tor Heyburn, an enthusiastic supporter of thebill, it "would compel the manufacturer to tellthe truth." Whatever may be the arguments foror against this measure, itIs certainly a step inthe right direction, and merits the most seriousconsideration.

COUNTERFEIT FOOD*.Ifa man tries to pass a counterfeit dollar he

is at once indanger of arrest and imprisonment

If.however, he lirunning enough to foist coun-terfeit food on tho public to the extent of mill-ions of dollars, defrauding the people and en-dangering the health of the community, he isgenerally permitted to enjoy uninterruptedprosperity. Allthe States except two have lawsprohibiting the manufacture and sale of adulter-ated or misbranded foods, and yet in practically

all of them the makers of "faked." "doped" or"embalmed" goods are able to flood the mar-

kets with their wares. Tn this State In particu-lar the pure food laws are flagrantly violated,and in this city counterfeit foods are for saleon every side. As shown in a special article onthis subject published elsewhere in The Trib-une this morning, the average New-Yorker canhardly escape from eating some kind of adul-terated or doctored food every day of his life.

Food adulteration indeed was never practisedmore extensively or more boldly than at thepresent time. The lax enforcement of the lawhas not only prompted swindlers to becomemanufacturers that they may amass fortunesrapidly by means of false brands and '•secretprocesses," luit by the pressure of competitionit has driven many others by nature honestinto like paths of deceit and trickery. The ex-cuse is heard again and again, "I must either"adulterate my goods as my neighbor does or"go to the wall."

So eagerly and with such shifting of fortunehas this battle been waged that the action ofthe legislature has proved singularly inconsist-ent. With one hand it has protected Niagaraand with the otUer Ithas violated the reserva-tion that it created and maintains. On theCanadian side also like temptations have re-sulted In similar Inconsistency, and thje pro-posed appeal to the national government, thatat first thought might seem a humiliating con-fession of moral weakness, would actually be-come, under existing circumstances, a moralvictory. It is the legislative cry to a higherpower: "Lead us not Into temptation; but de-liver us from evil."

By a coincidence singular and apparently in-congruous the most serious scenic menace toNiagara has followed the establishment of aState reservation in order that its beauty mightbe preserved. This has been, however, throughno fault of the commission. For a hundreiyears, before the State repurchased the prop-erty. Niagara was owned by a private family,and, though there was bitter complaint becausethey fenced it off—as they had a right to do,baring paid for the estate— its beauty was fair-ly well preserved. The water that poured overthe cataract had substantially all its originalvolume, and the great scenic vantage points—

Gcat Island and "the park"— were parks thenas now. But the advance In the knowledge ofelectricity, of its generation from waterpowerand of its profitable utilization was almostcoincident with the State's creation of the Niag-ara free park, and there began between utili-tarianism and aestheticism a battle far morestubbornly contested, far evener and for vasterstakes than had been dreamed of in the olddays of desultory discussion. For the cham-pions of Niagara's beauty to call now for theaid of Congress is no more humiliating thanfor a general, when the battle presses, to callup the reserves. It would be the right actionat the right time.

TO SAYS MAOARA.The introduction in the legislature of v Joint

resolution memorializing the President andCongress to enter into negotiations with theBritish government to preserve Niagara Fallsis a revival of an effort made a year ago. Thelegislature might fittingly entitle it, "An Appealto Congress to Save Us from Ourselves." Theresolution marks one of the desperate chargesof the now annual winter campaign in theconflict between those who would preserveNiagara's beauty and those who would ruth-lessly despoil it for Industrial and fluancialgalu.

ting from Cuba on easier terms a few great«»tnples for which there is a surplus demandhere and which Inno sense trench on or threat-en the prosperity of native industries. Winot grudge Cuba the larger opportunities sheenjoys as a seller under the reciprocity agree-ment. For as a purchaser, as well, she seemsready to do her part in livingup to the aimsnnd spirit of the 1903 treaty.

CHILD LABOR.The meetings of the National Child Labor

Committee which were held in this city lastweek gate evidence of a lively interest on thissubject in every section of the country andhopeful progress in many States. At the sametime reports of unsatisfactory conditions oflaw and law enforcement and as yet unsuc-cessful efforts at betterment indicated the needof a much larger work than has yet been un-dertaken to protect our coming generation of< itizens from ignorance and premature exhaus-tion, as dangerous to the nation as they arepitiful for the Individual. The committee iaconjposed of men and women who manifest agreat deal of practical sense in not offering anyformula to legislators, bxit in working in har-mony with enlightened people indifferent Statestn secure the most effective protection for chil-dren that local conditions will •warrant. Notwo places present Just the same problem. Inone, weak laws need strengthening. In an-other, good laws are unenforced. In a third, amatter of capital importance is the improve-ment of schools to give such training to the.hildren that they will really benefit fatherthan suffer by exclusion from the factories.

Inthe last few years a great deal of attentionhas been concentrated upon child labor legis-lation in the South. Itwas inevitable that thenew Industrial development of the South shouldgo In advance of the laws regulating employ-ment and that children in large numbers shouldbe drawn into the mills before the evil of suchemployment was realized. When efforts to pro-tect these children were made, unfortunatelythe Northern investors in the mills were ableto appeal to sectional prejudice and representwhat was simply interest in the children of thewhole country as Northern jealousy of the pos-eibiiitiee of cotton spinning with cheap labor inthe South. Happily many leading Southernershay* dared to avow their right as American•citizens to join in national movements for so-cial betterment and to combat the provincialnotion that self-respect compels.Southern Statesto resent as an Intrusion general w rk for theadvancement of civilization. As many of thecotton mills are in the country and almost allof them are new. the evileffects of child laborare not yet so apparent as in the older industrialcommunities, but the need of better safeguardsfor the children Is gradually making itself feltIn spite of the resistance of manufacturers andthe exaggerated theories of individualism tra-ditional in the Southern States.

One fact which tends toward amelioration isthe attention given by the negroes to educa-tion, and especially industrial education. Thewtton mill operatives are almost exclusivelywhite. Ifthe poor white children are allowedto grow up without schooling and exhausttheir vitality, the reservoir of white suprem-acy is drained. The etrenglh of a race at civ-ilization must ever tM» replenished by the ad-\u25a0PMi of iv lowti orders. UM dMttveg wt HM

In the calendar year 1901, according to fig-ures prepared by the Bureau ot Statistics ofthe Department of Commerce and Labor, ourexports to Cuba increased in value nearly 40l>er cent. We sent to the Cuban market goodsvalued at $32,(144,345— a totnl exceeding thatfor any earlier year in the history of our tradewith the island. The highest previous totalswere those of 1899 aud 1900, when, under ourmilitary occupation, we maintained a consid-erable garrison and created an exceptional de-mand for American imports. The totals forthose years were $i!'.»,1H1,700 and ?29. 176,000,respectively. In 1901, the last year of the oc-cupation, the total ftl] t01 have been overtaken andsurpassed.

This expansion In our commerce is not due,either, to excessive exports of some single ar-ticle, but to healthy growth along many lines.There has beta a notable gain In our exportsof cotton cloths, wheat flour, live cattle, mineraloils, bacon, boots and -shies, lumber, furnitureand machinery. The reciprocity treaty is thusdoing Just the work it was expected to do. Itis winning a greater foothold In the Cuban mar-ket for our variegated products, while admit-

RECIPROCITY WITH CUBA.Complaint has frequently been made that

under the Reciprocity Treaty of 1903 we drovea losing bargain commercially with Cuba. Ithas been said time and again by critics ofthat treaty and by opponents of further tradeconcessions to the Philippines that we sacri-ficed mucu more than we gained when weratified the Blisß-Zaldo convention. Americantrade with Cuba, it was argued, would showlittle or no growth under the tariff concessionsgranted us, while Cuban imports would flowinto the United States in ever Increasing vol-ume. It may be freely admitted that we havebeen buying more from Cuba

—and willcontinue

to buy more from her— than she buys from us.The demand here for her two great staples—to-bacco and svgar

—is constantly increasing, and

our general capacity for consumption is grow-ing at a greater ratio than hers can possiblygrow. Yet itis encouraging to observe that theUnited States, too, is beginning to profit un-der the reciprocity agreement of 1908. Hither-to ithas not been possible to measure with anyaccuracy the gain we have made. But, nowthat full leturns for the nrst year's commerceunder the Bliss-Zaldo convention are available,itis seen that our bargain with Cuba was reallynot so jug-handled as it has been representedto be.

It is a1a 1 trying and burdensome problem whichawaits the Cznr's solution. It is one fromwhich the stoutest and most experienced states-man might well shrink. Yet it must be metand it must be solved. The critical plight ofKuropatkin and the butchery of Grand DukeSergius both cry aloud for speedy action ofsome sort. Repression has been tried and foundwanting. Concession, as such, is not a thingthat commends itself to the government. Butthe placing of Russia in line with her neigh-bors in intelligence and liberty is somethingthat might be undertaken without loss of dig-nity. For such a deed would be mercy and jus-tice rolled in one, of which we might declare

•Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomesThe throned monarch better than hia crown.

Repression might show the power of crueltyand concession might betray weakness. Thegranting of the justice of civilization to theRussian people would be a demonstration oftruly imperial strength.

The occurrences of the last year have re-vealed the Russian problem in its true light.They have shown the vanity of the old boastsof Russian strength. Either Russia was or wasnot prepared for the war with Japan. It shewas prepared for it, or thought she was. wenow see how worthless was her preparation.

If. on the other hand, she was not preparedfor it and did not expect it we have a strik-ing illustration of the way in which a greatnation can be caught unprepared for war. anda nation, too. that has been making for yearsgreater preparations for war than any other inthe world. The vanity has also been shown ofthe boast that a foreign war would silence do-mestic dissensions and unite the whole peoplein enthusiasm for the imperial cause. Dissenthas not been stilled. Discontent has not beenallayed. On the contrary, all classes and gradesof reformers, from the highest statesman tothe lowest bomb throwing criminal, have foundin Russia's foreign embarrassments an oppor-tunity for pressing the more vigorously theirdomestic propaganda. Practically every Impor-tant forecast made by the Russian "war party"has come tt> naught.

THE RUSSIAN PROBLEM.

The murder of Grand Duke Sergius makes noradical change in the Russian situation. Itmerely intensifies all teatures of it. There wash. reign of terror before. This tragedy has madeit more terrible. There were arguments forreaction in the fact that lawlessness was ram-pant. They are ivjwstrengthened. There wasembarrassment of the real friends of Russianfreedom arising from the crimes of the "partyof action." It is now materially increased.There was a rational, temperate, sincere mov. and it isn't nftt-n 1 Ket the chanc* to ire to be able to*go or come as be pleasedgrew too-stTong'for-hini;- Watching Wa opportnniry;be clipped away « from,iv«home, and prtrseotly \u25a0\u25a0_>

In the steerage of one of the transatlantic linersthat cum to tuts port- there was a woman; withfive children, on her way to join her husband inthis country. Her chief anxiety all through thevoyage was to got enough food to satisfy the vig-orous, appetites of her flock. She carried theirbreakfast to the children's I> tUta/aMS although oneroll apiece was understood. to be the allowance togo with the neat she made a regular demandupon the steward for six roils each morning. Shegot them readily enough, the steward being toobusy to k . ••\u25a0. tally o' the youngsters, until an in-M.Nt of the trip ni;icl.> h!m Wiser. It was anunusually stormy night. The ship rolled no thatthe motlser of,th«»_f;imt!y was much terrified, andknoifbttWe'hertierth. crying and prayin% In loudtones. .. A*ti> st.M\ :mi v the floor he eh_nc*_to hear h-?r ferveatly for the- safety of herfive children. . . .

"Five!" he called, as hr» walked by: "five! Howis it. then, that there Is one more to- eat than thereare to be prayed for?"

There is a giant willow tree up in The Bronxwhich is notable for other reasons than its greatsize and age, if the legends regarding it are true.Itstands near Sedgwlck-ave., on one of the wooJedslopes of Fordham Heights, not far from the Har-lem River. Its trunk measures nearly twenty feetin circumference and Is completely covered withthe curious gnarled knobs that are often found onwillows. In spite of its age. the tree is vigorousstill, and its branches burst forth each spring Intoa graceful mass of green. To the old residents ofthe neighborhood thU..willow is known as "therebel tree," tradition having it that the .Britishhanged American patriots as rebels from itsbranches in the Revolutionary War. The story goesfurther, and says that the men thus executed wereburied near, by in the woods, and there are cer-tainly the remains of an old cemetery in the placeindicated. Mounds, almcjst levelled to the ground-may be found here ar.d there. as well as niece* ofbroken tombstones, too small for any Inscriptionto be legible. The skeptical say that the Britishwould hardly have erected atones over the gravesof those whom they regarded as rebels and trai-tors, and they consider the old burying ground asof more recent date than Revolutionary times, butcertain old inhabitants arc not to be thus lightlyshakcu out of their cherished historical lore.

The conductor of the northbound car stopped theconductor of the southbound car to set the changefor a five-dollar bill.

•'You ain't bound to break no five-dollar bills."said the second conductor; "what d'ye botherabout it for? Let him get off. whoever he is. andget it changed somewhere himself."

\u25a0"But he's drunk." was the reply of the firstconductor, in a tone that aeemed to bespeak allmercy for one in the situation described.

"Humph!" grunted the unsympathetic conductorappealed to; "if he's drunk, keep the five andgive him the change of a two: he'll never knowno difference!" And he ran£ the bell for his owncar to go ahead.

GATHERED ABOUT TOWX.

%.i ,"Well. Vvr> been showing a countr>- cousin abont

town.- ictnavktul The L«iafer. who had abcut himan tmustially prononnced a;r of th,- next day afterj"Had been countlns on some fun with a man whodidn't know the ropes. Hadn't seen this chap slnct*we were kids. He's lived all his Uf> in a liltlJup-State, town, and m-ver'd seen this burg. Well*maybe he didn't know the ropes, but he had t*wonderful knowledge of general principles. 4JLthe way he gathered up a text handy str!n_s _m!pulled them makes my head swim. yet. wheniithink of It. lied arranged ahead to meet about Hdozen fellows he knew.frQra around home *«v? sslgave us -upper at Sherry's. We w«re a iittt*»k5»worn* for wear when he insisted on our shoi?« %htm the Tenderloin. Well, we did. butLhad, !show us back home. Guess he worked till 5 thi2 ;mornlnc. gettinsr about half of us to bed Theni5'-slept tillabout 1. and started out to axplorat al_«_fL*?%* to- a minute when he went out. a_d_Slooked as thoush he'd Just come home frora Snn IW_*CbopLr, Umo ,'couatry coualu' 1, menl :tioned 111 respoctrally reserve Judgment tUII_«

•"Strange, isn't it," said a man In the "Waldorf.lobby recently "what an Influence expositions ofthe occult have On the minds* •!some persons andhow a _iere"preterjee-;_t mystical knowledge wlil*Impress some 'sensitive souls? When abroad somatime ago Iwas at an evening entertainment inLondon, where trie of the guests, who mede onlyamateur pretensions as a palmist, was contributingto the varied merriments of the occasion by "rend-ing the hards* of Ism who cared to test his'accomplishments.. Most of the subjects approachedthe experience in a Jocular frame' of mind, whilea few were apparently impressed with the seemingprofundity and Introspection, as well as the pene-tration of th-. future, displayed by the glib tongue*!,entertainer. The mock professor of palmistry had.about decided to go-out -of business, when a poetand playwright whom, fickle Dame Fortune studT-^ousiy slighted thrust an arm. of the slender anjattenuated type, through a riftIn the little groupand in

• manner that was not only »-am- batactually beseeching, sought a revelation of nisfuture as depleted In the ma:.' of lines that markeda palm thru scemt-d too small nnd shrunken everto grasp the horn of plenty. Tell mt» what you seein rr:y palm." was fcts request, but simply fo- th^sake of «-!id!n« the seance the reader answered"No! Idon t want to tel! you/ N\>t merely th«answer, hut the manner of It. conveyed a cMrefnfsijrrMcanre and the poet with.-- hintself, thepicture of dlspair. * i

The sight of the big plate glass window in aclothing store in Washington-??., Brooklyn, witha two-inch scantling protruding three inches in--side and outside has blocked the sidewalk wlthispectators wondering how .t happened. Long zig-zag cracks spread out ia all directions 'rom thsjplace where the plank was evidently smashed fcitaith« plate glass. A placard underneath states:-)"Smash! Smashing has been done here and in our'-prices:" This sign caused the wise ones to look alittle closer.. They d.'scoverod that the si_-incbrpiece of board was cut in two at an angle, and theends carefully glued inside and out. with smallpieces of glas* glued to the plat? glass theytouched. The zt^rzafr cracks were accomplished bypasting long, thin pieces of glass on the triable.-radiating- from the piece of wood. •

prised his benefactors by arptfarii?:? at their doorswith his old request for a little help."Why. "Uncle Link!

"exclaimed one of them: "Ithought you were settled for lifein the home. What

made you leave it? Didn't they treat you wellT'"Yaas'm— yaas'm." replied the old man. as ha

fumbled his cap in an embarrassed way. 'Dey didtreat me well: uv cose \u25a0:•>• did. But. but"—aninspiration seized him

—"cley didn't give me anysugar :n ma tea. and a man can't live sot"

About People and Social Incident**

ZVr^'lorkSJniiti

Index to Advertisements."""" ~~*FsrT. I*o**. Col.

Accountant .............i. » ~» V*Amusement* litAntique Curios— Silver $ \u25a0 iApartment Hotel* .•;...*'... 4 12 \u25a0Art Exhibitions and Sato*. \u2666•• f r

- •- •• °I_.Auction Sales lieAl '«•- 1 - -*? - MBanker» and Brokers

* I"' *£?Billiard and Pool Tables 8 8 J,Brooklyn -Advertisements £ ,

" t for Bu«lr.fss PurpTruKt Companies

* ' °^Trunt Companies '\u25a0-.

* ? i) nd(?rtalt«> » , . rrnfurnlßhed Apartments to L#t i

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•Winter Remorts * }i Tj;Work Wanted •••

• *• TjiWomtn'i Apparel

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THE WMWS THIS HORNING.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1903.

Everything points to the artistic, social mz\%financial success of the operatic* performance to bmgiven' on Tuesday evening at the MetropolitanOpera, House for the benefit of the Italian Benevo-lent Institute and the Society for the Protectloaof Italian Immigrants. On this occasion "Caval*lerla RusUeana" and "IPagliacci" will be given.The parterre and grand tier boxes will be titledwith representative people. Among those who havataken boxes and tickets are J. Pierrxmt Morgan.Seth Low. Mrs. William, D. Sloane. Mrs. John E.Parsons, Mrs. Lorillard Spencer. Mrs. Henry C.Potter and Mrs. Augustus D. JuUliard.

The. cast willbe the regular one for these operas,including Signer Caruso and Signer Scott!, whohave generously volunteered to sing.

• The engagement is announced of Miss Wlnifre-JPremiss Kay. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JamesMurray Kay. of Brookline, Mas?., to Rutherford,Mead Shepard. son of Mr. and Mrs. Augustus IXSfcepard, of The Gables. Fan wood. X- J.

The marriage of Malcolm Faile and Miss Mar-guerite Henckel, daughter of the late Francis R.Henckel. took place yesterday at her borne. in West57th-st. The bride was given away by her uncle.Dr. George B. Munro". and attended by t'vo brides-maids. Miss Eleanor Henckel and Miss Jane Fail-*,arrayed in white chiffon cloth and lace, with tvesjhats and yellow rose's, Marjorie Monroe «M V.:aCower girl and Kenneth Fa!l« the best mar.. whi:»Daniel C. Sands, jr.. Chester Lawrence. Jr.. and;Robert T. McGusty were the ushers. The-cere-mony was performed by the Rev. Dr. William :>C.Grosvenor. of the Church of the Incarnation.Among those present were air. and Mrs. Willla_jLefferts. Joseph Frelinghuysen. Barest _efferts»General and Mrs. Grubb and Mr. and Mrs. CharlesD. Halsey.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert R Enari-an a;* tabroad early next month.

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Weatlitiice !eav» here oaThursday for Mexico.

Mr. and Mrs. J. I^airens Van Alen are booked ts>sail on Tuesday for Europe.

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