The evening world. Newspaper, February 14, 1900, Page 5

REST CUSED | HY LEATES CESS; MADE NEARLY $6,000. THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 14, 1900. MRS. LANGTRY’S TEA BIG SUC- WHAT THE W. C. T. U. EXPECTED AT THE LANGTRY TEA-CONCERT, Gr I WY | ty " It was nothing short of marvellous—| will the number of headaches which prevall- ed vesterday among the ladies who com- pose what we are pleased tocall ‘high s0- elety.” Tou see, by some my: (supposedly the Influence of thestout and amiable heir to the British throne) they had been prevailed upon to lend thet names as patronesses of the “conce given by Mrs, Langtry—beg pardon Mra. Iugo de Bathe—at Sherry’ in ald of the Hospital Ship Maine, now looking after wounded British soldiers at Dur- Dan. The names of these ladies appear- ed on the official programme, which sold at Rat but few were present. nd footmen began arriving at Bherry’a about 3 o'clock and presented the compliments of Mra. Bo-and-so to ‘Mra. de Bathe. Mrs. So-and-so regretted exceedingly she could not attend, but reaily she had been suffering all day from ruch a beastly headache that Mr. Bo-and-so had positively forbidden her! Gere gu; venturing from the house. She 414 s0 hbpe Mrs. de Bath would meet with un- qualified success and raise a very large| Tara rum of money for the Maine. Mre. Astor war one of the few women who didn't have a headache, She sent word she could not be present because she was to sal! for Europe on the morrow. If it had not been for that transatlantic Ri ner it is to be greatly feared Mrs. tor, recognized leader of “high soctety” hereabouts, would aleo have become a) victim of the epidemic which prevatied on Murray Hill yesterday ONLY A FEW THERE. | But some of the social leaders did ap- pear, looking very lonesome and very unhappy. They were Mre. Hermann Oeirichs, Mre, C. Albert Stevens, Mra. ed egal! forded tht Mike a sweet girl graduate), or Max- Tuten tone eS any ining tng Mefuate, raloe ty Mr. Goodwin's id yet, ag one gazed at the pencilled nations with dased and aching owdered faces of that| @yes, or Judith Berold, or — but gal ipo! 4 of loveliness, a eud-| try to recall fle figures In @ scene whic! wful fear tvok possession of one's) was, eter. all, a huge kaleidoscope? Huppose some careless person| Certainly the most Pathetic | pleture should drop a Hghted match on the| was Miss ats Power engeay ing to f protect Edna oy, Frome men who shudders at Were trying to flr: with her. Gigantic he very seouatt of were in that con- have lived to tell the tale. ACCENT ON “BAWTHE.” hideo - larity! i ton, and Ming Power was so mad she feit awful. was really no ocoasion for the so Bathenuas, (naturals the. ceuteai |W C2): cpart of the Mr. Bathe Rare in the vast throng. ba) ws nd pas Woren. wan serve ka. ott cathe mation should be @X-|brotessional bartenders mized them, ined right not society reporter. | 114 Ts Karl ‘of ¥1 uth and Billy na long frock coat, with pockets in-| and Ts, Karl Harry Wootruft, and tended for macaroota, wine and) joe Wheelock, and Guy @ ; and Pate de fol gras, approscheghar during $8 the the G he afternvon and tot ly: mS ’ Sea, re. Langtry, T’—— os 6 few held up the awdon,” she nit was no ne of W. Cc, T. sapagiie af Ba pint, end fig for ai on. Ghe re. irked and LU was attired in the ermine gown which cost two thousand pounds—not <en dollars, mind you, two nde— and -eoven deapt her \° ht exlon, and. she had goed cause 10, be, uri jay she sold progr: and tea and bonboos until she hed taken mal close to $2,00—which ly, very ork Won't that Albert ly te by is 0 pou! Baward? ned keen ae ment col to eS open Siam goes ’ erry” bo Ngee: 1o 54 Mrs. Theodore Havemeyer, J dan Mott, Mrs. John R. Estelle Castleman, Miss Brady, ¥red Plerson and one or two others—I) can't recall their names. They remained | but a short time r having paid their, $2 for programme and $1 for a cup of} tea, which could have been purchased on | street for a plugged nicke!, and bead | Was not without Ite user, |i enabled Mr. Robert Sands to remark to Mr. Cre'gh- ton Webb and Mr. Craig Wadsworth: “Really, old chaps, this ts most de- ae. So leyelling, don't you know. rings Boclety and Art into such close touch, don't you understand. Bhows #o- lety that actors and actresses are really 00d fellows, don't you eee, and shows actors and acitexses that society per- ° Gre are not such awful prigs. Really. @ splendid affair.” And #0 it was, both financially and as &@ spectacle. The active minés of the . | te 7. e brief presence of these ladies | Tabi somewhere of lon Kop, while batants were In Bhe listen to Mrs. De rei verse. If Cousin Gladys recite it with more force and . I'd wend her to the Wheatcake hool of Acting. | SHE EDITS KIPLING. But Mrs. de Bathe was honest about it. She edited ¢ - Inatead the could Kiralfy Brothers cowid never have con- celved anything more brilliant. It was a» if the entire stage of New York was passing in review of the person who ie reeset eae Father Power Charged with Influencing _[Stxty-five worksen were killed by the ND SILI. 'Beer shell factory. HOT FOR BULLER, | ; Snipe His om and Capture Small Bodies. LANDON, Feb. 1.—The only war news of any kind given out up to noon by the oficial dewpatch from Chieveley, announcing at Apringfield, result- nd on either sfte, but causing the wounding of Capt. Ham- {Hom Russell, Lieut, G. Churchill and ten In addition Lieut. Pilkington and six men were cap The despatch ins detatied ac. counts of what appear to be unimport- ant operations, They only tend to throw light om the situation by proving that the Boers are actively following Gen. Buller's every move. From Field Marehal Lord Roberts, a! the Modder River, where all eyes are turned, there is no word. A despatch from Mafeking gage the farrieon there can hold out until June. Gen. Buller’s despatch from Chieveley ie dated Monday, Feb, 12, and says: “The commanding officer at Spring: field reports this morning that a squad ron of the First Dragoons, moving to the outpost line covering the right flank of the camp, met a party of Boers near Fustenberg. ‘The Boers, reaching the crest of @ hill firet, opened a beavy fire on the squadron, which retired. He eent out pupportejand the Boers retired.” “Dundenald, with 0 mounted . a field battery and the First Royal Weish Fusiliers, Feb. 1%, resonnoltred the high ground which the enemy has ben in the habit of visiting. The enemy evacuated ft with the loss of two men, after slight resistence. When the force retired on the completion of the recon- nolesance the enemy returned in con- siderable number and kept up a heavy rifle fire, wounding slightly Ideut. G. Churchill, of the South African Light Horse. Five men are missing.” ‘The despatch then gives the casualties ing In no Nowe IRISH WOMEN ARE TO Ail the in prison, formed a also. 4 GEN. PIET JOUBERT. famous general. Joubert weare his beard full and Rowing, wae much shorter. The twe tances are an ipterceting They have lately been (aking @ more active part in polities, The natural bent of the Irish women is not toward politics, yet when there ts anv national work to be done they are| o¢ ready. At the time of the land agita-| couldn’ tion, when all the men leaders were put , the women came fi work successfully . Many of the women were put in prison One of them, Mise Carroll, who is now Mrs. Joseph Redmond, of New York, was just in ceo me. She was in Athlone Jali several months. The women | , edited a paper and advised tenants got to pay rent. Now again, I'm giad to say, the women of Ireland are getting very active and| of. are ready and willing to help the men tn the national etru TIM FS JOUBERT LOOKS LIKE GRANT | AND CAN FIGHT AS HARD. GEN. U. 8. GRANT. the striking resemblance between the Reer leader and FORM DEFENSE LEAGUE. Irtah women are Nationalists. arrears, and Wurned “out, when the turn them out and t all tl roa with her arme around the o land league and carried on the knocked carried Ladies’ Defense League pre of looking after an; bo, from the Nationa! Into jail, to see that the: defen: and their fami! take it up with a will Many boys have recently they were about te came 'o bits uf furniture and put them by tre le. When they came to take her beam nh Hhetohed om Marees ee out the Ka Aol i woman onthe head and her out, senseless. New League for Women. When I return to Dublin I shall form for of the struggle, t That ie a woman's work, and [ know that the women of Ireland will rested for having taken part in Boer Lady Hospital Ship Committee In London dur- Ing Lady Randolph Churchill's absence in South Africa, arrived here to-day on board the While Star liner Oveante. Mrs. Adair had not fully recovered from the effects of a rough voyage, but she wap full of enthusiagm to begin | work on the mission that called her to | America The voyemer had contracted a severe cold on the trip actors the ocean, how- ever, and was scarcely able to speak, She went in a cab to the Walkdorf- Astoria. Mrs. Adair comes partiy to attend the wedding of Miss Pauncefote, daughter of the British Ambassador, at Wash- ington, ae do Sir Henry Bromiley, Mise Bromley, M. Bromley Wilson and Mise Edith Wilson, her fellow-passengers. Mrs, Adair is (he daughter of Gen. Wadeworth, U. 8. A, She described her mission to Ame followa: “Lam here,” she paid, “to appeal to the women of America in behalf of the noble project we are carrying on tn Africa. The origin of the Maine Hos- she clung — support $6,000,000 FOR WAR SICK. They nN Mage Amounts Subseribed to oe] Pande in Kagiané—One Fund Alene Nearly $4,000,000, LONDON, Feb. 14—The results of the call on the British public for funds for the sick and wounded in the Boer war an@ to provide for destitute families have astonished foreigners. No less than $4,655,00 has been sub- scribed to the diffrent funds in London without counting the other funds all over the country, which will bring the total to be the poor the pur- % rly been ar- ae already cabled. tions to the nationa ———, saitorahip of the Shan Van Voont qeninat Chamberlain Shore sentenns | up to nearly $0000. ‘The principal dnt “Mies elie” Snittewn “aceon called. |and fines are usually imposed. funds netted as follows: Mansion House 66 KILLED IN EXPLOSION. Terrible Lees of life im Nestruc- tiem ef Beer Arsenal Near Johanncebdurs. LONDON, Feb. 14—A dgspatch from: Pletermarttsburg, Natal, says that the Boer cartridge factory at Modderfontein, near Johannesburg. hae been biewn up. explosion. This corroberates the Gespatch from ae. on sale Lever Ly thy Mi like character God Mi orgesre greatest heal erg are here inspection. is list mas also represent w! Gan be expicted cli chiar doprts net here mentioned. 7 To-morrow we shall place on them direct from the makers in Switzerland, saving about 50%, Our customers derive this benefit, The lot is assorted and contains Pillow Shams, — Trays, Tidies, Scarfs, Renaissance is incl Lot 1—Spachtet real valu: (c. amd Sc., for, each, Lot 2—~Spachtel Embroidered Deyties, 6x6, at Mes,9x9, TrayCovers Lot }—Spacktel Embroidered Doy' in bya and oval shapes. 9212 and 9x14; some in this lot are fully worth 35¢.. all at, each, Spachtel Goods, We sell more of these Deylies, 6x6, well from our Trade Sale, Solla Gold Rings, set with fiery cut diamonds, weighing 1-16and 1-32 sale another large because we get MS etc.; even some woe doen 9 | price, ing about 1-32 of ae 10} thie oe'9 95 Lot 4—Spacktet Contre Pieces, 16x16 in.: also Lcd Py big flags A Diemond this lot 1s especially desirable, at, each, Rings, Let. 5—Spacktet Centre Pleces a fine cut’ Scarfs, sire 20x20 and 14x45 ins no other store would white = of selling such gouds under S0cs our price, 19 diamond eacl weighing yen 3 Lot 6—Spachtel Embroidered Pillow Shams, Scarts 4-4 of a carat, ge Ms ener? and Coatre Pieces; well assorted, and if bought ina regu- | at 15.00 kind of i; t SF ote te Se eee Ones OST seid Gold ag, st haten "former . oF Lot 7—Spachtel many in the lot with — white ey, or busy Hobece’ ook: |B ~ tre bomatitched, spot 20454 Teams Paw Shame and brilliant cut OO aenn | ee 24: the sidewalk tn her old clothes and ae .00, A yy many as a wearing several Gotlers’ Let eee a te te ee bargain at $15.00; 50 “ —— oot this 13 thet thenld ot be Teisled for prio. fo ake he 7.9 ali j 7 : i : & i f i i zi if ‘The stringent i | : f oe { i a S28 “al Hi sf Solid Gx Sale of . Goldoine $0 close- ly resembles 14 kt. gold that it would take an expert to Sar oon jp Megat og Every feath-r- weight; and Miss Afloe Milligan are very ac- Pought Evicting Agents. abot”? [ined nepr Ballins, County SLOT-MACHINES KILLED THIS MUSIC-BOX FIRM. the: than actu women of Ireland are jut to-feel their power. was iil, rent in ut are afraid to arrest any of the bi MAUD GONNE. | manufacturer, bas assigned. Liabili- thea, $90,000; assets, from 96.000 to 990,000, | The competition of the “drop-a-nickel- , in-the-slot-and-hear-Bousa’s-Band"” ma- Gestar Otto, successor of M. J. Pati- chines ts alleged to have been like a ter@ & Co., 6 Broadway, music-box | frost to the music-box Industry, fered ae wae cee where ere LH i aati ‘and French | Fund, $8,400,000; Daily Telegraph, $986,- i jo opinion, ; ‘$385,000; poor women, the wives of the) "Vor instance, I think they do not dare|™: Dally Mail, sam; Paget enter- tenants who struggie for their homes,|to arrest me. They arrest boys and |¢tsinment, show marvellous courage; go to prison | workmen and others whose names will - —=_ over and over again in defense thelr | not arouse comment. They homes. would hardly Arrest a woman for|Ol@ Wemen's Priven Abandoned, anything less al violence. Tir The former women's prison at Sing Bing, used in recent years for short-term Prisoners, has been abandoned owing to the ease with which prisoners could es- cape from it, This was demonstrated last week by the escape of James Finn, who put «dummy into his bunk, lifted the cell door off Ite hinges ard got away. Hie was the first escape, no prisoner apperentiy caring to £0 to the (rouble to stil) more shorten his short term. e beginning New arrivals are constantly being Randolph Churchill’s Funds for Hospital Ship Maine. Mrs. Cornelia Adair, head of the Maine | Proxy pital Bhip project. you an American women, and I women will want to help carey | Project. . “By the splendid generosity, N, Baker, of Baltimore, the Maine and its crew wes committee to be used as war shall last, This tion of from $15,000 to 620,000 @ mm “It will cost $15,000 a month om the work, and I know thet end to another of Ameries hearts are ready to respond.’ Mrs. Adair isa stately presence is commanding en@ nere fascinating. at ® bevy Maa. Prove ' two one-half feeblehealth. ‘Aftersayil received, Ever; witnesses now gi has teen the man ef replacing those of yesterday. This trade sale ing such bargains before the public as were never before ea wenn nn All Cars Transfer to NOI 3d Aive,, 89th FO GOth AS Ladies’ Hat Dept. Correct Spring & Mid-Season Headwear The most stylish, exclusive and chic ideas out are in our assortment of Taffeta Silk Terbans in chiffon and straw combinations; black and all leading shades for ladies’, misses’ and chikiren. Our styles in stiff trimmed walking hats, turbans, short- back sailors, etc., are Rig awe Pod the lowest prices In the city. Your inspection is cordially invited. Seound Floor, (tb Bt Beetion. Continuation of the Mi facturers’ Sale of | Decorated orcelain Dinner & Tea Sets. Diener Set, decorated pores 100 pieces, floral_decora- pars” S95 plete set, Diaser Sets, fine porce- lain, with nest under- ghize decorations, fancy vice for 12 personm value $9.50; Manutacturers” “OE Diamer Set, decorated porcelain, fancy shapes, with colored floral decorations, 112 pte tureea, good plete set, e Tea Sets, fine porce'ain, with nest decorations, 56 pleces, value $5.00, Taanafachurers sears 2.75 complete set, oe porceile, hail yg floral decorations, ‘6 shapes, value $5.00 Manufacturer's Gi Price, complete se: 2.95 Teliet Sete, decorated porcelain, with neat underglare deco- rations, dancy shapes, full size, value $5.00; ‘Third Piose, Hoth @t. Section Manufacturers’ Sale of Art Linen at One-Half. A manufacturer with a large excess stock of stamped linens sold out to us ata great con- cession. The goods are marked on the basis of cost, which in this case is about half their true value, Lot 1—Linen Momie Scart, size 10x50, plain and open work de 19 signs, at Let 2— (ieee Momie Scarfe, size 16x50, in a Men’s wear, variety of open work designs, at Let 3—Linen Momie Scarfs, size 16x50, in a wie: variety of more elabe orate work designs, at “lcarts,, : 6x70, plain Size 16x and open work de- signs, at Let 5—Linen Momie Searfs, size 16x70, in a variety of open work designs, at Let 6—Jisen Momie Scarfs, size 16x70, with a variety of more elab- 39 orate work designs, at Let 7—Linen Momie Cen- tre Pieces, size 36x56, hemstitched, pin or 49 open work, at ( sroceries. Let 8—Linen Momic Ti Cloths, size 14x27, in | open work designs, at | i 2 P 3 Manufacturers’ Sale of Men's Fine Cotton U Shirts quality goods, made Men's Underwear, heavy fleece taal broken lots, SOc. grades, at flea's Shirts and natural wool, 98c, quality, at ene are not large and as ™ U; Main Pleo, Gh Ot Wines,