The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 21, 1906, Page 53

" THE.SAN. FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 1906. SUSPECT WOMAN 0F CONSPRIY 1 Mrs. Taylor Knows [ore About at -— )CGH MUST ANSWER Police Magistrate Holds Him Bonds After the| Closes Without Prosecution Case shaken or details, in myster! alled to S e — KELEY MACHINIST D BY A TRAIN , D mg First to See the Mangled Body. J —T! ma by the train ther was thrown the place would > Ashby ave- e street, hence gged for the between Ashby He ning street was a 1y from mother. d and very she may not of the ation is uest will keley. z r among gather the scene of the riosity attracted him and shocked by the dis- tim was his own cerribly ——te WOULD EMBRACE LAWYER. LANT an, 20.—Overcome with is release, M. Dubosky, tried for receiving pon his knees in the Police r s morning and tried to kiss t ex-Judge A. L. Frick, who T But the attorney to be embraced, rk that he had al- for his services es- dge's chambers. Du- sed of buying a riag » W. Armstrong and boys, who were en them from five- In dismissing d of insufficient declared that if the power he would send Du- ¥ o jall. —————————— HAVE NEW LAW PASSED. AND, Jan. 20.—The legal tangle rt hes been thrown umor McNulty, charged with tted an assault on Dor- of Berkeley, by now coming the statement that his with been prejudiced in the case, e in the annals of this State, robably lead to the passage Legislature, at the request fct Attorney, of a law cov- that has been raised —————————— MOTHERS AWARDED CHILDREN. (D, Jan. 20—~Mrs. Lillle A given the ‘custody of her son, John W. Jr, this Judge Harris, pending the divorce suit brought by John arging her with cruelty. s also awarded the cus- x months’ old babe, which aced in the West Oakland hn Dame, until next Mon- n the question of its considered by Judge CIALISTS MEETING. {LAND, Jan. 20—Austin Lewis, A Y Olive M. Johnson and D. will address a meeting of so- s In celebration of Red Sunday evening at Maple Hall. An 1ceting will be held to-mor- oon at City Hall Park at 8 Defense Will Try to Prove! Bedell Murder | nation. | n by Curiosity, | ngled | e of two SON TO WED NEWS OF THE COUNTI ON PARENTS GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY. Marriage of Jokn Cooke Jr. and Miss Lindgren Wil Be Occasion of Double Celebration. & | HI5E ~TENALLE LZINDCGREN— | 7 quplll )xg;,oro — | AGED | DI TH OF THEIL AND NING, {1 E \\'H?O‘T_\'\H:L CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WED- T R SON ON THAT OCCASION. WOMAN WHO WILL BECOME BRIDE 1 - LECTURER IS THE GUEST OF .1 Chus — . BY ZOE GREEN RADCLIFFE. OAKLAND, Jan. 2.—Colegate Baker, author, playwright and lecturer, was the 1 1b guest of the Palette, Lyre and Pen | last night and gave an intensely inte ing address. His talk was a general giimpse at Japan and the Japanese, the character of the little brown man and the influence he will bave on the ory of the future. Mr. Baker was born and reared in the Orient, and his remarks con- | tained much food for thought. Apparently { he thinks the “brown peril” is the danger that America is facing now. Mr. Baker’s | little talk was listened to with keen at- | tention and appreciation. | Miss Edith Hibberd sang, and beauti- fully. Her selections were two charming compositions of Dudley Buck's, and were rendered in a delightfully artistic man- ner. J. Frank Palmer and Miss Irma Jones | were heard in a guitar duet. Charles Woodbury was presiding host, and among those present were Charles { Tenney Jackscn, Herman Whitaker, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Baker, Walter Man- chester, Mr. Dorn of San Francisco, Miss Winifred June Morgan, Mrs. Morgan, Miss Bertha Knox, Miss Susan Shoe- maker, Mrs. Woodbury, Mrs. W. E. Rol- lins, Miss Rollins, Mrs. Mabel Gray Lach- mund, W. J. McCoy, Mrs, Lucien Lang- worthy, Mrs. W. Gelwicks, Mrs. Shanklin, Mrs. Farnham, Mrs. Henry | Weatherbee and many others. The club is planning a reception for | Jerome K. Jerome and Charles Battell | Loomis next Friday evening after the re- cital in which these two famous writers | are to appear at Hamilton Augitorium. Both have been newspaper men and have been entertained everywhere by the writ- ers of the cities they have visited, as well as by other prominent people and organi- gations. Miss Ethel Crellin was the center of compliment at & card party at the A. A. Moore home in East Oakland yesterday. The beautiful prizes went to Miss Crel- 1in, Mrs. Montel Taylor and Miss ‘Gard- ner. The guests were Miss Lillian Dow- ney, Mrs. Wigginton Creed, Miss Well- man, Mrs. Hugh Goodfellow, Mrs. Robert M. Fitzgerald, Miss Charlotte Hall, M:s. Walter Starr, Mrs. John J. Valentine Jr., Miss Ethel Moore, Mies.Gray, Miss Eliza- beth Gray, Mrs. Lucie May Hayes, Miss Beatrice Vrooman, Miss Mary Wilson, Miss Edith Valentine, Miss Jullier, Miss Cook of New York, Miss Chrissie Taft, Mrs. Philip Clay, Miss Lucretia Burn- ham, Miss May Coogan, Miss Oliver, Miss Anfta Oliver, Mrs. Harry East Miller and Mrs. William Lynham Shiels. . Miss Eva Yorker will entertain at cards next week in bonor of Mrs. Herbert Gas- kill, who with her husband has returned from Denver, to make her home again In Oskiand. SSrien Miss Jessie Craig hias invited a score or more to enjoy 8 “gcard afternoon” at her Pledmont home on January 21, on which oceasion Mre. G. F. Emanucls will be the honored guest. One of the most ch: week was the Tunch gave :;‘n‘: 1?11‘::. Mrs. Frank Southack of San . "The table was a ¢hing of m&“fiond a joy—M not forever, at least for a few brief hours. Bride roses and maidenhair filled a great in the cen- ter of the table and tumbl in fragrant profusion over its brim. Rose-shaded can- affairs of the arming eon that Miss Char- | Reed and Miss Elsey. to-day In honor of & re-| BERKELEY, Jan. 20.—~At the moment to-morrow evening that. Mr. and Mrs. John Cooke, ploneers of Berkeley, look back through the haze of fifty years of married life their son, John Cooke Jr., is to place a wedding ring upon the finger of his bonnie bride, Miss Jennie Lind- gren. The unique double celebration, with old age and youth joining in retrospect and anticipation at the same hour, will be carried out at the Cooke home, 2143 Ag_dimn street. he Cookes have been prominent e dents of Berkeley for neur?y a qua:!:resgf a century. They came to the college town in the '70's, making their home in what was then an out-of-the-way part of the community. Now the old home place is in the heart of Berkeley. The older Cooke is a business man of fl_me university town, his son being asso- { ciated with him in his establishment. The bride of the vounger Cooke, Miss Lind- !gTen, is a daughter of C. Lindgren of :)(:ird avenue, East Oakland, a young fr]er:::, of rare charm. She has a host of ——————— ) Q1A 17 7 RECORD SEAKCHING % = COMPANIES MERGE . OAKLAND, Jan. 20.—A s consolidate into a trust the b‘i::nme:s- 3’? | searching records around the bay was developed to-day when a blanket mort- | sage covering the properties of the Marin County Abstract Conipany, Con- tra Costa Abstract and Guaranty Com- pany, the San Mateo Title Insurance ICompx\ny and the Stocker & Holland Abstract Company of this city was filed with the County Recorder. These vari- ous concerns have been merged into what 15 to be known as the United Ab. stract Companies, and their properties i’;“?( beednTmortlgéaged to_the United ank and Trust Company of clsco for $150,000. b e The scheme is to organize all of this business in the towns about San Fran- cisco under one management. It ig also proposed to branch out into the ti- tle and guaranty business, and for this purpose a large sum of money has to be deposited with the Becretary of State. This will be furnished by the Unitéd Bank and Trust Company, for which it has been secured by mortgage. The debt has been bonded and is to run_twenty vyears. The directors are A. T. Holland, R. B. Stocker, F. N. Myere. J. B. Lanktree and Clarence Crewell. e WORKMAN FALLS DEAD. OAKLAND, Jan. 20.—Willlam Eadie, ! a tilesetter, fell dead to-day while at work on the floors of Wickham Havens' new home at Piedmont. He had been working on the tiling for several days and this morning seemed to be un- usually energetic, but suddenly he feil forward on his face, and when help ar- rived he was dead. He is supposed to have been the victim of heart disease, but Coroner Mehrmann will hold an in- | quest. Deceased was a native of Scot- land, 80 years old, and & brother of John Eadie of 1069 Webster street, —_— & dles in silver sticks shed a soft light over the scene and upon the falr faces of the guests. In the luncheon party were Mrs, Bouthack, Mrs. Percy Walker, Mrs. Will Deming, Mrs. Frederick Hammer, Mrs. George Innes, Mrs. George Alexander, Mrs. Will Hoppe, Mrs. Thomas®Wilso; Mrs. Leffingwell, Miss Eggers, Migs Fossing, Miss Ada Clark, Miss i ident-elect Fallieres have both expressed frentest interest in and wishes for i success of the American Institute and have written a few words of hearty praise, over thelr signatures, in the book of , tion of the institute in Paris. The mu - ty has already a fine site tu-&‘t | trainmen. S ABOUT T THINK REMAINS ~ |DARING THIEF IRE LARBIC'S| CETS DIAMONDS Body Found Near Martinez|Jewelry Stolen From Home Believed to Be That of Missing Steamer Captain FOUL PLAY EVIDENT If Identification Is Made Positive Offictals Must Deal With a Deep Mystery == OAKLAND, Jan. 20.—Lying, face ‘down- ward in a culvert near Avon, a small town five miles from Martinez, Contra Costa County, a body believed to be that of Captain Nicholas Larbig, who was drowned in the harbor of Antloch, on the San Joacuin River, on the night of De- cember 24 last, was found to-night by Coroner Curry was at once notified and the body.was taken to Mar- tinez. Relatives of Captain :?arbig in San Francisco have been notified and will go to Martinez to-morrow to try to identify the remains. The description of the body answers that of the missing mariner, and it has epparently been in the water a long time. In the pockets of the clothing were found a few valueless articles, but no money or jewelry. If the remains are identified as those of the missing captain, the suspicion of his relatives that he met with foul play will be verfied, for Captain Larbig was known to have had a watch, jewelry and a large sum of money with him when he disappeared. Captain Larblg was the master of the Santa Fe freight steamer Francis, which was lald up for the winter at Antioch, and the circumstances of his dfsappear- ance were such as to arouse the suspicion that he had been robbed and murdered. He was seen on his way to the steamer and when, five days later, his wife ap- peared in Antioch and began an inquiry for her husband, the door of his room on the boat was broken open and. his best clothés were found laid out on the bunk, as if he had prepared to don them to visit his home in San Francisco on Christmas day. The river was dragged for several miles, but no trace of the body was found, and later detectives were engaged in the case, but without result, Coroner Curry to-night communicated with John Staf- ford, a son-in-law of -Captain Larbig, who resides in San Francisco, and the latter will make an examination of the remains to-morrow. FIREMAN IS NEARLY KILLED BY A HORSE OAKLAND, Jan. 20.—Struck:on the head by the flying hoof of a“fractious horse which was being clipped at the Fifteenth-street engine house . this afternoon, George Akers, a substitute driver in the local fire department, was rendered insensible. and fell meath the feet of the plunging animal,"where he lay in ‘dangef of bélng tral ed to death. Fire Warden George McDonald and ‘Sam Short, foreman of. Engine Company No. 1, rescued the imperiled driver just in time. Akers was hurried to fhe Receiving Hospital, where it was found that the iron-shod hoof had inflicted a long gash on the side of his head, six stitches being necessary to close the wound. After his injuries had been dressed Akers was removed to his home and it will be some time before he will again be fit to report for duty. . Wit- nesses of the accident declare that both the Fire Warden and the foreman of the company had narrow escapes from serious Injury when rescuing their injured comrade. —_————— HALF HOUR OF MUSIC, i BERKELEY, Jan. 20.—The half hour of music will be given in the Greek Theater at the University of California at 4 o'clock to-morrow afternoon by T. K. Sweesy '07, trombonist; Miss Char- lotte Nielson, soprano, and Mrs. L. B. Sweesy, planist. The public will be welcome. Visitors from San Francisco should take the 3 o'clock Berkeley ferry. —e——————— FORTUNE FOR OAKLAND MAN, OAKLAND, Jan. 20.—Word has been received by J. M. Halsted of 1312 Myr- tle street, Oakland, that he and his brother, A. M. ‘Halsted of Rye, N. Y., have fallen heir to a $500,000 estate through the recent death of an aunt in New York. The estate was left to the brothers In trust until the death of the tlaunt. who has just suceumbed to a long 1lness. —_————— Charities and Corrections Officers. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20.—At to-day's session of the State conference on Charities and Corrections the following permanent organization was effected: President, Curtis D. Wilbur; vice presi- dents, Bishop Conaty and J. A. Mc- Kee; secretary and treasury, Miss C. A. Whitney. Executive committee—Os- good Putnam, W. A. Cates, Walter Lind-~ ley, C. C. Desmond and B. H. Pendle- ton. The time and place for holding the next conference is left to the executive com+ mittee. A constitution and by-laws were adopted and the organization given the name of Conference of Charities and Cor- rections of California. At to-night's meeting several speakers were heard and the conference took final adjournment. —— Big Sales of Socialist Paper. BERLIN, Jan. 20.—Vorwaerts, the central organ of the German Soclalist party, appears with its title printed in blood red on its front page, surround- ed by a thick red framework, in honor of the announcement that its eircula- tion has reached 100,000. All the grest German towns—Hamburg, Munich, Leip- zig, Dresden, Nuremberg, Chemnitz, etc. —have Soclalist party organs of their own. Paul Singer writes: “At Baster, 1884, our central organ had 2000 sub- scribers; at this new year of 1906 it has 100,000; these figures manifest with flaming tongue the mighty, irresistibly victorious career of socialism in Berlin." ———————— Printers’ Strike fa New York. NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—The the to-night, at the end of the third week of the printers’ strike! issued the following statement in ‘which they de- clared that the Typothetae situation is unbroken. ' “The members of 'ew York are getting ou out the regular work and, in fact, those houses engaged In com- petitive work have sent out their sales- men after new business.” s R s bR with in Fashionable Residence Part‘ of College Town e et GUEST IS CHIEF LOSER Intruder Fails to Discover Family’s Valuables, but Takes Visitor’s - Property PO S BERKELEY, Jan. 20.—Diamonds and other jewelry worth several hundred dollars were stolen by a daring thief { or thieves yesterday afternoon from the home of M. T. Heavey at 2631 College avenue while the entire household was absent. The plunder secured by the crook who made the raid on the Heavey mansion was but a small part of that which he might have got had the| search of the premises been thorough. | He overlooked a large sum of money | 'and a quantity of jewelry, altogether valued at many times more than that which was stolen by him. . The Heavey residence is in the fash- ionable residence districtiof the college town, but a few squares from the uni- versity campus. The house is sur- rounded by residences where servants abound and passersby are numerous. That the thief who rifiled the Heavey mansion under these circumstances was a most daring crook the police think there is no reason to doubt. The house was left in a topsy-turvy condition by the intruder. The ladies of the Heavey household, including Mrs. L. H. Tolfree, mother of Mrs. Heavey and a guest in the house, spent the afternoon shopping in San Francisco. No servants were left to guard the premises and thus was pro- vided the opportunity for the thief or thieves. Most of the jewelry stolen was the property of Mrs. Tolfree. Very little of Mrs. Heavey's jew- elry or money was found by the crook in thte house. The list of articles taken, as reported to the police by Mrs. Heavey, included the following pieces of jewelry: Gold watech valued at $100 lady's watch (gold) valued at $80, small gold watch valued at $35, solitaire diamond ring valued at $100, screw stud dia- mond valued at $50, plain gold ring valued at $5, amethyst ring valued at $25, lady's solitaire diamond ring valued at $100, diamgnd wire band ring valued at $100, opal and dlamond ring valued at $50, pearl sunburst sur- rounded by diamonds §25, lady's garnet ring, $10, elk's tooth charm with the initfals “L. H. T.” $25. o e e FIRES TWICE AT BURGLAR. OAKLAND, Jan. 20.—Mrs. Jefferson Payne of 850 Sixty-second street heard # burglar in her home early this mora- ing and by her prompt action in arsus- ing her husband prevented the intruder from making off with silver ‘plate val- ued at several hundred dellars. -Her husband fired two shots at the fleeing bugglar, but his bullets sped wide. The thief departed with only $45, which he took from Payne’s trousers’ pockets in an adjoining room. Mrs. Payne was awakened at 1:20 o'clock’ this morning and arose to in- vestigate. At the head of the stairs she became convinced that a man was prowling around in the lower rooms. She quickly notified her husband, who seized his revolver and started to in- vestigate. He found a man in the din- ing-room, but the intruder ran through 1 a back door and the two shots that Payne fired after his fleeting form were fneffectiva. An investigation showed that the $45 in cash was missing, but that a bun- dle of silver plate that the burglar had gathered had been left in the dining- room in his flight. Entrance was ef- fected through a rear door, which had been opened with a skeleton key. LADY PARKER LOSES VALUABLE JEWELRY NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—That Lady Par- ker, wife of Dr. Gilbert Parker, was ‘robbed of $75,000 several weeks ago in the Carlton Hotel, London, has been re- vealed in this city since the departure of a representative of Scotland Yard for Palm Beach, Fla. For more than a week the London detective worked in this city, independently of the Central Office, visiting pawn shops and following other trails, In the recent political campaign in England Lady Parker took up a tem- porary residence in the Carlton. She was Miss A. B. Van Tine of this city, daughter of the late A. A. Van Tine, and wealthy In her own right. Her jewels are well known. and on this occasion she had in a casket in her compartment all her collection. A knock came to her door one morn- ing, and a well-dressed man was dis- covered. At sight of Lady Parker he apologized profusely, saying he had made a mistake, having been called to the room of a friend. Little was thought of the incident and Lady Parker went to make some calls. - When she returned she discov- ered that the case and its contents had been taken. Nothing else had been disturbed. Entrance had been obtained by key. Lady Parker's description of the man who had rapped at her door caused the detective to take ship for this city. The detective authorities thought they rec- ognized in it a man who had the repu- tation as a sneak thief and hotel thief on two continents. It was learned he had sailed for New York. He was not in New York when the de- tective arrived, but there were traces of lhlm here, and after a week's investigation a clew was found which indicated that he had gone to Florida. " + ————————— Olymplcs Offer Handball Trophy. The directors of the Olympic Club have offered & handball trophy to be played for om February 4 by two _teams. The Olympic Club will be rep- resented by Lodis Levy and George James. The opposing team will be made up of Joe Condon of the Ocel- dental Club and Tom Leach of St. Igna- tius. The hard ball will be used. - ————————— The International Brotherhood of Bookbinders, Local No. 81, gave its midwinter ;soclal last night at Social Hall, Alcazar building. The evening was spent in dancing and a pleasant time was enjoyed by all. - 5 — e o o s, made by S. C. % b E P B L WOMAN HURLED FROM CAR MAY NOT SURVIVE —_— —— YOUNG _WOMAN PROBABLY FA- TALLY INJURED BY BEING THROWN FROM ALAMEDA CAR. — i dp Trucks Leave Rails and Mrs. Ranzulo Is Thrown to Pavement. Pt R 'ALAMEDA, Jan. 20.—Mrs. Ernestine Ranzulo, who eight months ago became the bride of Thomas Ranzulo, when she was but 16 years of age and who was a schoolmate of the late Miss Mi- riam Taylor, who met a tragic death here three weeks ago by being dashed against g tree by a runaway saddle horse, was hurled from a derailed elec- tric car on Seventh street, near Eagle avenue, this morning shortly before 10 o'clock and sustained injuries which may cause her death. Mrs. E. J. Kuenzel of 317 Golden Gate avenue, San Francisco, mother of Mrs. Ranzulo, was sitting with her daughter on a rear seat of the car, and she was flung with great violence against one of the stanchions, suffering bruises about her head and right shoul- der. Mrs. Ranzulo ~was unconscious when picked up. She was removed af- ter some delay in the city ambulance to! her home, 1114 ' Park avenue, and there attended by Drs. H. M. Pond, G. P. Reynolds, W. T. Lum and E. M. Keys. The patient has been kept under the influence of opiates and the out- come of her injuries and the shock to her system may prove fatal. When the young woman was hurled from the car she landed on her face and hands in the gutter and narrowly escaped striking her head upon the street curb- ing: Motorman W. R. Ross and Conductor H. W. Hansen were in charge of the car, No. 104, when the accident hap- pened. The car was running north on Seventh street at a moderate speed when it left the rails and ran over the macadam for seventy-five feet, bring- ing up with a sudden jolt against the curbing. The momentum tiung Mrs. Ranzulo from her seat into the gutter snd her mother would have followed her had she not collided with a stan- chion. Owing to the difficulty experienced in securing physicians and an ambulance Mrs. Ranzulo and Mrs. Kuenzel were forced to wait and suffer for nearly three-quarters of an hour. The derailing of the car blocked traf- fic for an hour, and the work of clear- ing the track was done under the di- rection of Superintendent James Potter of the Oakland Traction Consolidated, who was quickly notified of the acei- dent. . Thomas Ranzulo, husband of the in- jured woman, is the proprietor of Mar- tin's cafe at 120 Calltorqla street, San Francisco. Thelr marriage took place at San Rafael, following a romantic elopement. Mrs. Ranzulo was about to become a mother. IRCOMENT ENDS N FIST FIGHT Special Dispatch to The Call. SAUSALITO, Jan. 20.—Business men of Sausalito and pasengers from the ferry enjoyed a lively and a very interesting rough-and-tumble mix-up between Alban Wray, secretary of the Sausalito Land and Ferry Compamy, and Fred Staff, a fireman on one of the North Shore steam- ers, which occurred in front of the plaza this afternoon. After the first blows were exchanged a dense throng surrounded the combatants. During t mix-up Wray and Staff clinched fre§uently, the combined efforts of Major Harry Cobb, Jack Detels and Charlie Bright being required to break their holds. Mayor Thomas handled the watch. After much blood had been spilled Marshal Hannon appeared on the scene and stopped the fight. ‘Wray and Staff each swore to a battery complaint before Judge Pryor. The case comes up. Manday. The men quarreled over a trivial matter. e e ¢ OFFICERS CHOSEN BY MISSION /OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20.— The Grace Episcopal Mission of this town has elected the following govern- ing board: Senfor warden, E. N. Brown; clerk, Du Ray Smith; treasurer, R. K. Patchell. The mission i2 in a ‘most flou! condition and is looked upon by the here, irrespective of sect, as one of the most potent local agencles for g& : Cooper, an aeronaut of . Ohio, E BAY HARRINAN CONTROLS THE PAGIFIG GOAST * STEAMSHP COMPANY Reports were - circulated last night that the Pacific Coast Steamship ‘Company had passed into the Harri- man syndicate. This was due largely to the fact of great blocks of stock of this company having been sold yesterday in New York City. IC. D. Dunann, secretary of the steamship company here, would neither deny nor confirm the reports. LONDON WORRIES OVER NEW PLAY Special Dispatch to The Call. LONDON, Jan. 20.—Like several other ‘American plays of late, C. M. S. MecLel- lan’s “The Jury of Fate’’ has been pro- duced here before being given at Rome. All the veteran first-nighters crowded into the Shaftesbury Theater to see it, for much was expected of the author of “Leah Kleschna,” to say nothing of “The Belle of New York,” and rauch, of course, was expected of H. B. Irving, the prin- cipal figure in the new play, for the late Sir Henry's elder son is now sure of his place in the foremost rank of British actors. At the close of the first performance the assembled critics shook their heads sagely, the pit and top gallery were in- clined to cheer Irving and to boo, the au- thor and the rest of the audience seemed to be heartily in acord with both actor and author—all ¢f which Indicates that the play was out of the ordinary. The critical attitude, of course, is: “Don’t be conventioral, for that betokens the de- cadence of British drama but whatever you do, don’t be uncenventional.” Now McLellan has dared to write an up-to- date morality play—a kind of modern French variation of “Everyman”—and the precise London critics are much wor- ried over it. But it is always sineere, often effective, sometimes even melodra- matic and almost invariably interesting. And it is thoroughly well written. As in “Leah Kleschna,” the scene Is in France. Rene Delorme, a brilliant young wastrel, after literary success but utter moral failure in Paris, has come to live at his foster-mother’s poor little cottage in the country. Staggering home after a riotous night at a neighboring inn, he is confronted by a Dante-like fligure of Death, He pleads in terror for one more chance, and & majestlc personage, with other majestic personages on either hand, revealed in glory in the clouds above in a sort of celestial jury box, grants the request and tells him he may live his life over again. So apparently Reme is born again, remembering vaguely his previous life, for the next glimpse we get of him is twenty-five years later, on the sixth day of his honeymoon with a naive and charming -bride, whose affectlons he had won from a sturdy mechanic to whom she was ' betrothed. It {s evident enough at once that he is not profiting by his pre- vious experience, for he is drinking more than is good for him and ~is making wicked eyes at the tempting reincarnation of a woman whose heart he had broken in his first career and who intimates that she has come back to get even with him. In the next act we s him, a hith- erto successful dramatlst, on the first night of his latest play which has proved a failure. The temptress has helped him to break his wife's heart, and he completes the disaster by com- ing home in a drunken fury and insult- ing everybody. The next glimpse we get of him is a year or two later. He has become a wild-eyed,; shabby dema- gogue, stirring up the lust of blood in the hearts of workmen disposed to be law-abiding. He leads them to attack a great foundry, whose manager is that same David Martine to whom his wife had been betrothed before Rene De- lorme won her away. Then we have the melodramatic at- tack on the foundry, and a sceme be- tween the depraved husband, the neg- lected wife and the man she has come to love again. Rene shoots at David, but kills his wife instead. That settles it. There is no question now but that the man's second existence has been an even worse fallure than the first. and nothing remains to him except to' go out and meet the jury of fate again. The answer is given and the veiled fig- ure of Death deals the.final blow in a wild night scene in a forest. The whole thing is like one of the se- rials now so popular in the magazines —a series of episodes around a central character, like “Raffles.” for example, each installment practically complete in itself. They make excellent install- ments, but are not so succes when you get them altogether in book form. By all odds the most appetizing item in London's. future theatrical bill of fare is Pinero’s new play, “His House in Order,” which George Alexander is going to give at the, St. James early next month. Oddly enough. in writing a play, Pinero never begins with the plot. That, he says, grows out of the men and women he conjures up, and he expects them to tell him the story. He writes mostly at night, and not espe- cially aquickly, and declares that he ‘works as much on his bicycle or when walking as at his desk. As to his char- a rallway train, at a party or wherever he may be. Perhaps it may be only the | germ of a character that presents lt- self to him in this way, but he makes a note of it in his “Every Day.” as he calls it—a huge, common-place book, which by this time. contains sugges- tions of plots and characters for plays without number—apd works up the idea in due course. And once Pinero has got on famillar terms with his “people” he likes to run away to the country and work out his theme there -—preferably at some old inn. where there is nothing whatever to remind him of town. four aft attracting wealth- lest art col of New York. laws will be the