The evening world. Newspaper, February 5, 1901, Page 5

ne ee TERNINA'S SPELL IVER“LATOSCA” Puccini’s Opera Gets a! First Hearing at the Metropolitan. FOLLOWS SARDOU'S STORY, Interpreted by a Fine Cast and Pleases seBig Audience. If for no other reason than that Tornina might charm with the beauty of; her volce nnd fascinate with the fervor of her acting in the titular part. ft were a good thing that Puccini's “La Tosca” got n hearing at the Metro- politan last nfght. ‘The opera ta al- most the latest word of Ite author and of the young Itallan achool that he represenis. It has had few presenta tons outside of Italy. Mz, Grau put It on in London last season with almost the game cast aa last night's, but it had never been done in New York. ‘The director's enterprise {x to he commended. A great house—at least, in the boxes and downstairs—recelved It with ex- uberant expressions of satisfaction that came not altogether from compatriois of the composer, who were present In forces. There were times wen the whole audience was applauding enthu- siastically. The actlon®follows closely the Incl- denta of Sardou's play, with which most people are familiar, and In compressed into three short acts, the final curtain falling last night at 10.60 o'clock, The piece was well mounted and finely set and the stage management was excel- lent. THe first scene represented the Ohurch of Sant Andrea, with lofty, richly frescoed arches and apacious paves. The last had the flat roof of Castle Sant Angelo in tne foreground, with @ frowning -bastile to the right, and In the distance, peyond acres of Rome's housetops, St. Peter's tower- ing majestically. As in bis “La Boheme,” Puccini dis- peuses with an overture and plunges once Into the st All the re- urces of modern instrumentation are his fingers’ ends. Harsh and strident @omatifes, the orchestration is cl e gnything ‘but noisy. the singers shout ¢ tions at each other. The dominant note of force seems to be struck at the beginning and kept up to the end. What ‘es ehietiy lacking is charaoterization. Te some attempt at leading themes and motives, but little or nothing of Soarpia’s utterances, for in- stance, denote the villain. That there are some choice bits and charming touches, however, must not be overlooked, The heroine's combined lament and appeal and yer in her scene \vith Boarpia in the second act in wonderfully expressive. Some ex- isitely tender phrases occur in the last scne between the lovers. The walling of the violins fast before the ve execution {a moat effective. As for the big effects, say ‘one will, the scene je church o1 t of the news of a ‘Over, with the proces Searpla, lnos: the orcheatra thundering along its accompaniment to the whole, appeals most s:rongly to the m has been made already of superb impersonation of Floria Tosca. The house burst into a torrent of applause for her singing of the lament and was breathless from the time she first saw the dagger until she Killed Scarpia, so Intense was her act- ing. The Scar; pla of Scott! was a fit piece, He sang and acted finely. Cremonini, too, was in good form ax Ln Tosca’s lover, Mario ( - adoasl. Gilibert made a good deal of riche was a com- petent Angellott!. Bars, Viviant ond Cernuseo completed the’ cast. Tt waa plainly ta be seen that Man- cinelli, a friend of the composer, was conducting with sympathetic affection. He read the score spiritedly and cot the beat out of the: singers and his orchestra. Ile wan called out with the principals after avery act. Many of the company not in the cast were in_the audience, among them All Holland Rejoices Over| the Event—Lively Scenes in Streets. THE HAGUE, Feb. 6.—Queen wus heimina is to marry Duke Henry of} Mecklenburg-Schwerln ready the town Is crowded with country | people, and visiting royalty ts beginning | to arrive. The people are enthusiastic over the marriage of their fair ruler, and street fakira ave doing a rushing business sell- NETHERSOLE 1S [BIC INSURANCE ILL IN THIS CITY. —s Actress Is Suffering from the Grip at the Hoff- man House. Olga ‘Netheraole ts seriously {I] at the Hoffman House and all her theatrical engagements for the present have been cancelled. There was a report thin morning thats she was dying, but at the hotel It war ethernole was suffering of grip, but was In no said that Miss. from an attac! Immediate danger. Miss Nethersole was booked to appear In Buffato this week, where “Sapho" {= being presented, but her undeystudy, Miss Sylvia Lynden, played the role. THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1901. Q0ELL'S BITOF "THE ONLY REMEDY STAGE ACTING. THAT ALWAYS CURES, Poses as Fighter of Cor- | but Trusts | Are Stiil in Business. QUEEN WILL WED THE DUKE TO-MORR porations, Dwyer Gives Fuli Credit to Paine's Celery Compound. Senator the «ossip that “under workl”™ r the corporations fs not ty too sertousty. sion of the ors demand for the tax- ations was Int A stroke of genius. ation of corn aly to the mal ¢ from which th nees of his Intended victims Senate; he th «who are apparently In accont M1 the Senators who with hin polle: aeateved a magnificent the corporation agents skulking tn the lobbies of the Capltol know differently know there will net be any permitted in the progres: the bills, which, set by the Senators who assume to As- sist him In muleting the corporations In thelr enact: a week. They also corporations will Queer Wilkelning. mentinto law with z technical and other forms “substantial” the passage of for all time. since the fight over the franchise tax Dill, the passage of which w: by the publicity given It by The Eve World, have the corporations been so up over fancied . he lobby 1s to be be- corporation In the Stare thet has so far escaped paying a fair price for the benefits {t now enjoys Is Prepared to spend all kinds of money to eat the bills proposing a tax on in- cockades and All the embassies, been gayly decorated, pine branches, ordige blossoms and flags be- ing neem everywhere. Last night 40 singers and four bands, accompanied by 170 torchbearera, sere- naded Her Majesty the conclusion of the singing the crowd, er gaudy orna- Paine’s celery compound has been for | assessor, and in 1894 was elected to the | years, and is now, the general presc | of most eminent practitioners of medicine | took a promingnt part during Last winter's | It is the result of best scientific knowledge and research of the last quarter of a century. sense a patent medicine, an Illinois State Senate, in which ween appeared upon a balcony and thanked them. Her voice deep emotion. Queen and her fance, escor noblemen and fifty hus luminations, endid, The Binnen-nof was lighted by uple were every- into cheering. The in this country. Senator Dwyer has recommended Paine’s | It is in no! celery compound to. many of his friends, | for that rea- | and has yet to hear anything but the most son more physicians of high standing are | favorable results from any one of them. using, prescribing, and recommending it than any other remedy. yi banks and foreign and domeatic corpora- sanguine and extravagant possibilities for profit on every measure that comes up for legislative considera- tion. But there is no doubt that the coi porations will expend every energy and n lot of other things that will go further ying the luxuries of life in to prevent the passage of ro which the Senate made where received with Jo: ded pha Busy men and wofnen threatened with | | failure of nerve force and showing the ef-! Senator Dwyer had used various medi-| fect of too prolonged, too hard, or too ood. | anxious work by periods of languor, de- was | pression, nervousness, dyspepsia, or other will find Paine's celery compound an invigorator as supe- rior to all other remedies as modern scien- \ tific methods are supe! | inaccurate ones. When Paine’s celery compound is used, lother members of the family are quick to see the great gain in health. Paine’s celery compound is the one nown nerve feeder and nerve restorative. its means all the functions of the body ¢ afresh supply of nerve food. encourages the body to produce an abun- dant supply of this. indispensable vital which there can be no} th, strength, nor happiness in living. | [From ‘the lack’ of nerve force men and | held many positions | women are driven to despondency, melan- and State. Elected | choly, insanit: | efore he had con- cines, and they had done him no Just how Paine’s celery compoun tirst brought to his attention, he does not | signs of nerve exhausti it has done so much for his health that it has no more enthusiastic advocate in the city of Chicago. full credit to Paine’s celery compound for the great improvement in his health. “Senate Chamber, General Assembly, Springtield, Il. ie 2 xo much ado. ‘Aw far as the actual results of the sham warfare which agitated the Benate corporations are nelther..better nor any woree off than . They will secure y want and delay remember, but they were a wee ior to old-fashioned, Ul the “hearings” th the ‘passage of the bilis If they are not Mrong enough to actually accomplish FOR BERNHARDT A $100,000 Policy on Which Actress Pays $7,800 Premium. One of the smooth young gentlemen who are now in their sophomoric year at Albany {s Assemblyman Louls Bedell, of Orange County, ith sincere pleasure | k that I furnish this testimonial to the su- fe P celery compound. have found it an efticacious and agreeable remedy for various complaints which re- fused to yield to other forms of treatment, and I can cheerfully recommend it. “EDWARD M. DWYER." from which Gov. and manifestly mysterious. sembly he Is known as “Odeli's Man. ‘This sobriquet explains in part the rea- fon why he ocenples a chatce p! the best committees, For instance, he is rman of the Assembly Committee The Assembly Committee on Rallronds ts one of the most impor- tant of the auxillary branches of that It has been distinguished durin the last two years more on the biils suppressed than for the number Most of the bilia sup- not desired by ¢ State, All the bills reported were demanded by the rallroad CHICAGO, Feb. 8.—During her recent stay in this city Sarah Bernhardt took out a Hfe insurance policy for $160,00), Maurice Bernhardt, as Senator Dwyer ha: of trust, both in th: Southwest town clerk, naming her #0 tho beneficlary, be no neuralgia. no persistent | cluded his term) Mayor Washburne ap-, headaches, no dyspepsia, no haunting pain pointed hiny superintendent of the city | over th: Later he became West town | Paine’s celer: ti on Railroads. no nervous exhaustion, if Notwithstanding Mme.Bernhardt's fifty compound is used. tae examining physician cin excelent pnysical best risks that titutions will probably She bas hererofo vances of insurance agents, she In now thorour hellef in. the merits h feading| the dimensions of her first policy will t centre In order to Nad Wing about art or rculpture i Dewey had created a senma- nd Mr, Dewey ts satizned converted to a of Ufo insurance Silk Dep't Melba. Carrie Hridewell, Dippel, Plan- con and Campanari. SYLVESTER RAWLING. MUSICALE AT THE GOULDS’. Guests Will Include Mo White, Envoy of Boer Repu Mr. and Mrs, George Jay Gould wild give a musicale at their home, 857 Fitth avenue, to-night, but. contrary to re- port, when Mrs. Gould made public this afternoon the talcnt for the occasion it wan learned that Jean De Restke was not the feature. / The musi: will he furnished by the Hungarian Orchestra. which played at he Rockefeller wedding, and 1:4 rololsta. The guer:s will A ir, and Mrs. W. A. Devel, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Clews. Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke Jones, Mr. and ur Cc. D. ond Mra. N. De Rersa “Mrs. Sydney Smith, Herriran, Mr. and Mrs Mr. and Mrs. Goodhue Lavineste Frederick Baldwin, Mrs. C. shall, Mrs, ingJon, — 3f White, Miss Davies and Mr. L, Beek- man. KELLER CHOPS HEADS. But He Appoints More Men Than He Diamisee: . Commissioner of Charities Keller was @ busy man during the week ending Jan. % In Bellevue Horpital twenty- three mjnor employees were discharged for absence without leave, one for in- toxication and one for falling to report for duty, z In the places of these twenty-five Beople, forty-four were uppointed. The aame condition existed on Ran- alls Toland, where twenty-four, were ischarged, ‘In thelr piacea forty-one were Inted. The increase in the cont of the Department, on account of ap- Dointmenta, was $1,706. “FAKE COP” HELD IN $1,000. Women Say Ce! Demanded Hush Money.’ Michael Connell, of 215 West Forty- seventh street, was held in $1,000 bail in the West Side Court to-day for imper- onatihg a policeman and cSllecting protection money.’ Minxte Gibaor, twenty-three years ol, of 177 West Forty-fitth atrem, and Mabel ese rorty-third CLAIM M'KEE VARIETY SINCER INFLUENCED HOYT) CUTS HIS THROAT In a Restaurant Peter Connor Uses a Carving Knife. of the Dead Play- wright. ‘15, 1896, of Frank McKee and other: court, tute amounts to about $300,000. Leave the Pinywright. paralyzed, His physic: ay that they have hopes of his entire recovery. The shock was brought on by overwork. ‘After writing euch successful plays “A Gilded Foul,” “Butterfies” and Lion’s Mouth,” Mr, Carleton nh , avo him: self up to his first love, electricity, and has LY tive a4 working on several inventions and direct! the Carleton Electrical Company, which markets: his devices. ving Place. Tho bill at the Irving Place Th will de changed to-night and to-morrow |; night, o1 to the iliness of Otto Olt- bert, the leading actor. pogom ae a G; a Papa’ c-| wisl be substituted tor Se eee a teats Ti Assemblyman Charile 1 discusnion of the latest achiev Lip sian nesta, faa lll innocent to merit only But when tt 1s analyzed In legistative has Introduced a bill that will be of {Interest to every rac. Ing man of the country. increase the tax on the net receipts of the racing asvoclations from & to 10 per Unver the law fixing the rate at tate recured laat year wasted the assessment It proposes to 3 , First showing of our ex- \clusive patterns and color- Lndia& Foulard Silks Tn Black Stlks, we continue during this week, : our special sale ot Paiellet de: Sote, Duchesse Satin ana Peau de Sote, $1.05 & $7.38 former prices $1.35 to $1.85 Lord & Taylor, Broadway & 20th St {|5 per cent. th Vicloun State Hureaus, shall have entire mupervinion over ali (ie electric lighting, , heating and motive power compa- of the State, ff enacted into law, take out of the jurisdiction of ever n the State the control over Incidentally it Btate {teelf Ja not benetted from, t tax on racing in the 8: troller {s autnorized to collect It and ap points an agent to attend to the work. ‘The real veneficlaries are the country! ations held under the auspices of the State agricultural societies, Cousins Contest the Will] While a pa dollara of revenue that they pored to be devoted to encouraging tn opment of horse breedin er of fact tt la devoted to a.-, everything else connocted with | ‘The effect of the bill would be more far reaching than any other measure in- din the Legislature for a good Peter Connor cut his throat thia morn- ing {1 a restaurant at 132 Fucton street, Brookiyn, and was taken to the Brook- lyn Hospital, where the physicians say that hia condition Is eritical. He received a deep gash almost from ear to ear, and loat conaiderable blood before the wound was bardaged Notice of contest was filed to-day of the will of Charies If. Hoyt, the play- wright,.by Efla M. Green, of Concord, H., and Joseph B, Hoyt, of Nashua, who were cut off in the who Is not consplcucur areetapeoinet Jon of the assesament of the) iI Wlrace tracks costs the State about $19,00)| The rest of the money Is split! pro rata among any band of Daniite that elect to get tomet organize a country Nearly every membet i familar with hairman through roof the Legislatur nis objected to the will probate on the ground that Mr. Hoyt’ signature was obtained by the “undue Influence and artful mtsrepresentations ——{—=> BEAM FELL; BROKE HIS NECK Compnuions Every once {na while the State Board of Regents geta the centre of the ft for a few days, always in formerly © variety per- former. Shortly after midnight he went restauraht and asked Surrogate Fitzgerald sald he would ret down the hearing for the March term of Into Peter Callan’ if he might stand by the stove to warm himself, Callan gave his consent, and By Hoyt'a will all of Ar. Hoyt’s prop-J garted to walt on another customer, of the year the world at large tgnores the Board of Regents, and Mr. Dewey- e Admirat—thinka up ive Interest In Its ex- no relation of t something to rey Istence and proceedings. Dewey, surnamed Melville, In x Very clever man in his wa from giving “the Governor a: of the Legis: really doesn’t commend himse.f to peo- Pie outside of polttics more than once Maza! Phillppo, Domin! Naaso and Jo- neph Flerl, all living {n the tenement at 2 Monroe atreet, ran hort of fuel to- In the gutter outatde they found a heavy oaken beam 19 feet long and ‘S$ Inches thick. They managed to stagger under Its welght and reach home ‘They started upstuirs with J: and were up when Nasso and P ized a carving-knife from a table and drew It across hie neck. Ile fell on the Moor with blood gushing from the wound. Father fangdon, of the Church of the | Ascenaton, on York street, administered ithe last rites of the church to the In- jured man as he lay on the sidewalk, ‘a wife and three children, —<—_ 4 for Some of the Victims of the Wicke Factory Fire. PE After all the suffering occasioned by this disastrous fire, we are «inl to hear that some of the unfortunates who had erty was left to Frank McKee and a few other personal friends, as well as tho Lambs’ Club and the Actors’ Fund. The when Connor ‘The contestanta claim that Hoyt was not a resident of New York State, and tha: the court here has no jurisdiction. gar eres Borin Se CARLETON WILL RECOVER. Probability that Paralynis Wik HAD NO LICENSE; FINED. Manager of Orpheam Ing Ticket Speculators. manager of the Fulton street Mr. Dewey nas thought up something | centre and the beam fell on him, break- tng his eck and fracturing his #kull, Refore he could reach Gouverneur Hos pital he died in rhe ambulance, TWELVE: FAMILIES SHIVER. Hehry Guy’ Carleton, the playwright, is slowly recovering from an apoplectic rok His left side was completeiy 2 by Magistrate Teale in the | Myrtle Avenue Court, for selling tickets Hlandkerchief Departineit. Wednesday, Feb, 6th. Several thousand dozen Ladies’ & Gentlemen's Handkerchier's, at less than import cost. ‘Lord o Ti. zylor,| Broadway & 20th St R. HW. Mac: y & Co.'s Attractions Are Their Low Prices. \ Both Sides 1<th St. from 13th to tSth, 6th Ave " On Account of the Storm Nearly All the Goods Advertised Sun- day Are Still on Sale. Plans of months will be completed about Feb. 15th, at which time mie we'll begin a Furniture Sale that will eclipse any | ever attempted. reduces his price to match ours, we cut again—and’kee| \cutting, if necessary. “Selling cheapest” gives us the: kind! of prestige and popularity we desire. mous for low prices. Other stores take an equal pride being called “exclusive and high-priced.” Which ap to you? Oriental Pearl Necklaces. $3,944.66 instead of $5,000.00 $934.66 instead of $1,500.00 Collarettes of Pearls and Diamonds, $439.66 instead of $763.66 instead of $1,000.00 4 $1,219.66 instead of $1,600.00 $2,090.66 instead of $2,500.00 iste = Se Caution Bottles—they prevent sate takes by a unique method of; You pick up the bottle, to remove the glass comes half way out, and This resistance warns you to be sure’ the bottle contains what you want— Wooden Clothes Pins—No. 1 perfect —rot seconds — cartons containing one hundred for sc. Mouse Traps, tc. “Acme” Instantaneous Water Hgating Apparatus, $31.96. Gas Stoves for Heating Irons—ore to four irons may be heated at once— $1.54 to $3.89. Japanese Bronze Lanterns for cosy corners and smoking dens, about half prices, $4.74 to $6.74. Bronze Shield, mounted on battle-axe, two spears and elephant whip, $21 Natural Lobster, Birds and Fish mounted on quartered oak panels— dining-room decorations—$1.98, Ghss Flower Troughs—with them flowers may be arranged in the fol- crosses, > Squares lowing — skapes — anchor: bridges. gondolas, triang{: and crosses, 19¢. to 37¢. Glass Vase tions, $1.97 and $2.97. Imported Earthen Cooking Utensils for serving eggs, tish, potatoes and all kinds of meats a la Casserole, 15¢c. to 97c. Radiometers, for . indicating the strength of light vibrations: in the reading room, $1.34, Hygrometers, for ascertaining the amount of moisture or humidity in the air, $1.21. Ear Trumpets, $1.34 and $2.54. Con- versation Tubes, $1.09 and $1.54. Audipho fan-shaped instrument used by people whe have natural teeth, instead of ear trumpets or tubes, $4. Medicinal Dials, a handy help in the sick room, an indicator shows when the next dose is due, 12¢ Women’s $3.75 Stioes at $2.24, 3 think, “Nor does he accept a front of his own piace without a) i+ the fancy prices patd’by art connols: | MOREY A) Chk rapes foe any gem from. the brush of | Mary Kearney, 330 East Thirty- first street, and Mra, Frank Jones, 516 Willams was summoned to court on Jan, % on complaint of Phillip Rove bdum, a licensed ticket speculator, © Willams told the Ma, had recelved many complaints from pa-|E, good value at $3.75 trons who sald the speculators annoyed | them. and he therefo ing the ticket: (lently for the Engine to Come. 0 families were shivering in the cold in front of the tenement-house 1443 Amaterdam this morning when Engine 37 responded to a still alarm of fire. were in the basement and the smoke had gone up the dumb-waiter shaft, Alling halls and rooms with srousing the sleeping Inmates. The flames were extingulshed with a loss of $500, and then the tenants re- turned to their bede and resumed thelr of: interrupted slumbers. burned out and lost practically every- Ench of these parties had bought all of their furniture of Cowperthwait & Gons, Chatnam square, this city, and cn each there was a considerable by The firm, however, on hearing of their unfortunate circum- ch one a receipted bill Mr. Cowperthwa! letters to these customers that |: action in cancellin, jem of ono of their cares repald, a or any other biogining old arti aculptor who ever happened. nz that any of those ancient worthles ever accomplished with brush or chisel that erfection of the hu- which Is not properly So he has teued ‘a the exploitation of jes of the so-called immortal work { barred out of the achoo.s of instruction of ¢ ‘ State tf hi nal. supreme in the nis—the rest of the real unimpertant—pupils of demonstrates the e resorted to #e! ance remaining, —_ Wise landlords begin advertising im The World on Sunday and eons’ tinue Monday and Tuesday on the three-time rate. stances, sent to she would feel ‘One thousand pairs Women's Fine Vici Kid Button and Lace Shoes, seasonable weight, hand-welted soles, stock: tips, medium mannish toes, full range of sizes, 24 A to.8 our price, $2.24. These Shoes have just been secured from a manufacturess fin order to abate new, perfect and thoroughly good in every respect. A terial, style and workmanship will stand the ciosest scruti So much more satisfactiun in choosing from a lot likeith| than trying to find your size in the depleted ranks of mi |cellaneous odds and ends. Regular $3.75 Shoes at, $2 Wash Fabrics. |Mercezized Ducks. Embroid- ered Batiste, White Silk Finished Dimities, David and John Anderson’ Zephyrs. Proadvay. K 1906 at, e movement Canary tuneful—from ¢ , made in Bohemia, colors and decorations are exact copies of the art products discovered by Prof. Schl’e nann in his Pompeiian excava- Fancy individual Jelly Moulds—cope Per, 17c. to $2c,; tin, 7c. to 23. Bathroom Scales—platform style with: spring dial, $32.17. Baby Scales, white enamelled basket: = ions don white enamelled scales,” French, Russian and Vienna Brass and Pee Coffee Machines, $1.81 toy 10.71. old-fashioned and convenient, $1.34. Prevents tangles. ol Tool Chests—strong chests filled with | strong tools—no home. shou'd be without one —$5.62 and $15.69, Incubator Th. Knife Cleaning Machines—cleans\ two knives and carver at a tims, $9.89. Shad Planks, $1.01. Cotton and Embroider wiss, Linen Lawns. Celebrated rs We choose to be far; $600.00: e erg’s Formaldehyde Deodor= © 4 izers for sick rooms, hospitals, sand-~ toriums, laboratories, stables, kennels’ and all other places where a reliabl antiseptic, disinfectant and germicide. may be needed, 74¢. 2 Featherweight Eye Shades, may be ade iusted to any size or position, 21¢.0) © The Perfectoe Spring Treatment and} Cure for enlarged joints and bunidns,, Holland's Improved Instep Arch Sock, acure for flat feet. strengthens tied 3 ligaments of the bridge of the footy. Birds—y retty, healthy, and 5 Yarn Winders—substantial,- ef mometers, 492. Over 5, OF. + 6 and & ft. ones 4