The evening world. Newspaper, November 17, 1908, Page 16

HgHPa PRESSUE ‘NIAGARA DROWNS Great Beauty, Strong Dra- ps aa Servs matic Ability and a Fine Flames in Army Storehouse Beaten Back Fron Presen Explosives LA SCALA’S EX-LEADER SHOWS FINE QUALITY. 75 GIRLS IN STAMPEDE. Blaze in Hubert Street Build- eer fa ae ) + Warteodl Maan’ Wed! Dress and Setting, Makes a ers.in Neighbo:hood tesa as . t ehdor Ie 4 i e Performance Finely Worthy ‘Aida,” in an Entirely New ‘There was a crest demonstration of borg the efficiency of the new high press: BY SYLVESTER RAWLING. system ata fire in the down whe sending withdut wale district to-day Wit sthat had ‘phrough the tall 1 stage of the Metro- itan Opera-House was get . Aida.’ nat stretched ina second or third alarm a asking the ald of two flrebo for the responded to the first call, Chiot Croker tp, ccross the ho- Deld = i ttaze within for ‘von the moonlight shimmered. A more than two hours nally RR eA DGean en: the drowned it out under a N of salt Silver ncklbad vial © Water river, {ts steady, onward The fire started in the Ic flow. To the right, far up the bank, Ce the indefinite outlines of the Temple on and ¥ TERE Nig tha War Department of Tals could be eeen, a rosy ligh as a storehouse and depot for bea its window ave for ul and the chanting of the priests within paaren naccs ae) there was silence. From a boat Porto Rico tC se areal crammed v drugs, ¢ cals, hospi came down the river and made fal equipments and the tike a landing Amneris and Ramfis wiih cenove in Blazing Building. their attendants and guards debarked on and proceeded to the temple Di- pevancenone r the a“ e- yectly afterward Aida, veiled and aie Sbedencr shrinking, came upon the scene from s side when a shc ae Z us to glass fell on his ¢ the left to keep tryst with her lover, ig Radames. Then she began to sing, He look see flames licking from th they had just a window in the J her “O patria mia” flooded the oft. He ran for the nearest fire bex. house with beautiful music. Het fefore he could get hack a stoc< 1 b ‘ ypulent with riches, by turns Peder mained sFisnnihianl discoveredi tiie} Lowen Opulen ith hy y was warm, tender and p) tive. Her ion was a delight Her poses the embodiment of grace and Thus i last night that Destin ropean and after trying everyth 1g else, scenes enacted were a The vast auditorium ¥ its capacity witl most f ionable and brilliant assemblag: ever held. There was < seat anywhere after the fi et, and when the sale of admissions for stand- ing-room only was stopped a line of *, cots, tent: pees. If it h ¢hemicals on would have been a series of bad ex- | disappointed would-be purchasers still | ceptably, Plosions and a nasty crews of salvage pairolmen covered) Broadway and far into Thirty-ninth | the goods on the lower floors with tar- | stree: He ae aa maa Boxholders Late, as Usual, ie si and a standpipe iT 10) ne bserih th even the aeereage a! arine wns 10 ith treme! to the heart o! e. t Bs aren ya » sung by the greatest of tenors three) ay. pe Girls in Stampede. m s after the rise of the curtain jpression It made a brilliant spectacle with the se'ness, It wa double-headed four nai than the old, eae reser Tees end i mie Temple of Serna ashi an Hall in Pharaoh's and great clo attractive. Th shot with red The seve imparting as grown stead!!s | now few operas ked the Grand nusic wrote it he was #t omi- | melody, Only his 1 i the |eued. He had grasped idea of fit Hie|iing bis music to the dramatic need. feared falling wal! ‘But the firemen never let the bia | And what a splendid opportunity the! opera offers fo: nd spectacie| we get below the top floor, and they fina a scenic effe Opera’ forthe got it out with a loss of about $100,00, | tue eye as well as for the eer, and it\ of which half was caused by water|appeals to the mind as well as to the dripping into the half million dollars’ | heart. | Tetra; worth of stock on the lower floors A Splendid Production. Capt. Wolf complimented Lieut. Pratt, | “Alda has had many sound per- of the fireboat New Yorker, and a squad |formances at the Me of his men, who saved the flag from at the Metropolitan, while Cote er ate ant diet en Rotem jat the Manhattan, under the direction A ee From a perilous pdsition on a fre-eacape of Campanini, tt haa been superbly ‘an adjoining building to keep the|doné; but last i Gre drom climbing the staff and reach: in all Me TAY BUTEA Pregiietion, ai ing the bunting 4 The cast of principal singers was of exceptional strength. The chorus was LINEMAN STRICKEN DEAD. |>ig, sonorous and plastic. The wallet was interesting. The supernumeraries Electric Current Passes Uhrough | were well drilled. The orchestra tool: | | , Was the best ever offered to us Inew ¢ _ William Bardullum, a lineman of the |? Ireswing and stage setting. And, Flatbueh Lighting Company, was killed | last night while repairing an elec- tric ght at Washington and Gravesend avenues, Brooklyn, He had | above all, there was a new conductor. Arturo 7 ll ds a little man, ale compreher 1 masterful out about 10 o’elc answer to a com the or { Diaint by teleph When he did not! control was anal return within @ reasonable time, the|was a crispness about his reading, a] Parkville police station was communt - rorfin Creep arin fral| cated With go learn if the light nad been | we Fesanaalinam’l ended tc the ; t| Bicycle Policeman Ja He at frat aent to invests i y on his part to found Bardullur the orchestra, the im gurre! eting. In the great be tthe Gate of Thebes roes with me he dammerung Destinn’s Voice and Temperament, |8he has beauty and temperament as well as a yoice that js luscious and At her first entrance, and for ¢ afterward, she seemed to ve testing the acoustics of the house. She had not quite satisfied herself when she| At least they ‘seem to tell one all about themselves— * Tlow large they are, where they are located w much sang the orna although, they rent for, &c., when e did it beautifully. In the scene with| ae aaa Amaeris, when the latter makes MORNING WORLD] 2.08 28 us her voice ra above the epasinbie. “To Let’ Advertisements What Toscanini Accompiished. | ? Of Emmy Destinn. uyé Opera-House and a fay ’ THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1908. Metropolitan Opera- House Opens Its Season Brilliantly; Emmy Destinn and Arturo Toscanini at Once Win Favor follawing duet wit the Amneris e power without ful qualitie: her dramati Wetter. > Lenora the contents of a small vial she had | anc ue, on Aug. 10 last music of the u -| taken from her miiff. e night the detectives ar and Scotti repeated Screaming, she fell to tHe floor, and rles ©. Ha negro, of wDidiry ace EM Sutra ne waiters summoned a Bellevue am-! West ‘Thirty-fifth street; the deepest : 0. Caruso Had a Gold. | sufficient! most stretched from the box office down } esting and effe of the Manhattan Opera Ramfis, His voice at|bulance. Dr. Schmidt arrived and s fouse, | was mites seemed to sonority that it had seemed before to| 01 part h stranger was Bad Beautiful New Scenery. ie Alence. comedy work won as much applause as/ E natural, whieh rang out of the did her high again and npass d Ht qint Again Fills “Manhattan, Twenty T the Manhattan Opera-House last | of $,70 Tetrazzini as Rosina in "The Barber of Seville’ again| which to draw her alimony, filed the house with an enthuslastic au-| To-day The great coloratura singer's| apartment houses, through his lawse again numbers in the s Th 0. Figaro, = Bas 4 du WULLNER TO APPEAR WITH THE VOLPE ORCHESTRA, Doyle's Bride Nursed Him to Health| e cast wus t = Hole in One of His Gloves. jon new life. There was a complete | pertorss ance of voice rsonation. eine ire ecene. Radames tha it “DRANK POISON IN. THREE ARRESTS IN CROWD OF DINERS $ Lil Detectives Report Solution of Smashes Door, a Mystery After Months of Work. & “Nobody Loves Me,” Say lian Snow, Who Doctors Say Will Recover. After three hs of work Detec- r 1 to Se Ye] midnight patrons of a Greek restaurant they 1 ite henutt| at No. @97 Sixth avenue by suddenly surrounding the develc screaming ¢ the drug sto F “Nobody 1 , at Forty me!’ as she drained h street | ©A4 George Blanchard, of No. %6 West Jack some of the|she had taken diluted carbolic acid, She | One Hundred and Twenty-first street, was taken to Bellevue, a prisoner, and! and Albert Ullmer, of No, 278 West it was sald she would recove: Se ae ee ‘ girl told the police hirty-elghth street, whom they’ ac- | Brill’ her swe cuse of havin nitted the The. J was a w Mke job. The thie entered the cel- lar of a bull¢ next door, cut wall ito the e whole, his 2 Another | who sang the! nd still another! fs the Messenger. ave primarily HE PAD ALIMONY Allows Aged Man’s Board to Be Paid Out of i about Ha Impressed Fund. hasa nothing suspicl s almost white and ney found that B ) two years ago Andrew Logan, S| retired blacksmith, sixty-seven years age, was sued for divorce by his S-( Elizabeth, alimony at the rate of $15 a week was awarded to Mrs. Logan,| was kept. | who was a year his elder, and when it together, Bla was shown that on the foreclosure sale {He gpole {HF of hie apartment-house, No, 882 West ris di xth street, there was a surplus {nu him ¢ ne he was afraid to try to cas ver t mortgage, this sur- because he 1 | plus was tmpressed by the Court un: them | deposited as an alimony fund out of | Bears the | ehgnetare Logan, who has no more | pealed to Justice Gerard for relief, | The lawyer told the Juatice that Logan | | fe penniless and ao old he is unatle to h 0) et a job, and while it is true that the in the interpolated) AClm had found him guilty of trans: | gression, and gives all he had to the , it left him to starve. i} “Gerard was much impressed t, and. he JAMES McCREERY & CO, TRIMMED MILLINERY. fan. seventy-six. years 1 that after to her wll would be emsed, n be pald {1 ull it was gone See Models, former pric -| ON PELAYED BRIDAL TRIP. | Hats. ley Accident, | roprietor of a Timen| arted yesterda oon trip to the who Was Miss ny Orchestra is to After street and dress wear. Thirty-fourth Street. Hexe “Halt tor H day te St en- | Patri ck'n Cathedral, where “the, knot | was ted Arthur tat the Aina JAMES McGREERY-& GO, TOY DEPARTMENT, 34th Street Stare. —~— HIT BY TROLLEY, — | A man belleved trom Can YOU Open It? | Here's the Black I, Bag at last! It te last night by & Reld avenue cor running pipes f eed a esend aves kod because its/ana Avenue D suffered trom a Sigal compound fr the kull and was Btente are pre-| curried to @ nearby switch tower by the - " motorman, conductor and another ¥3, T. employee, after which the car pro 6 of the Fifth Floor, Thirty-fourth Street. Mon aid at the ba Dvening World. BREAKS ALL BAD BOY DRUG STORE THEFT — HALT-HOUR RECORDS Jabs at Bluec Suicide. Here !s what one bad erday a room above the Chil- Pulled @ Hot hinge pin from the stove, it through the peep hole of the nd almost put vo. bbery, Tried to chooke lmself to death y clothing on fire in an attempt 4 m from half way tp it like fury to break CASTORIA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought 34th Street Store, On Wednesday and Thursday, November the 18th and 19th. Sale of Hats, including Imported 15.00 and 25.00 00 to 75.00 Handsome Black Lynx and Caracul value 3509 These Hats are very desirable for SS ennnnnny An attractive assortment of Fine Im- ported Dolls, ‘Toys, Games and Books for Boys and Girls, At very moderate prices, JAMES McCREERY & CO. 23rd Street On Wednesday, November the 18th. LADIES’ SUITS. 4n Both Stores. Tailored Suits or Cheviot and stripe Worsted. 22.50 usual price 30.00 Broadcloth Suits,—the latest models and colors. 00 and 32.5 usual price 32.00 to 40.00 LADIES’ In Both Stores. HOSIERY. » New Importation of Fall and Win- ter Stockings of Cashmere, Merino, Silk, Lisle Thread and Cotton. Plain, em- broidered and fancy weaves. Pure Thread Black Silk Stockings, with spliced heels, soles and toes, Size 8 to 10}g inches. 1.50 per pair value 2.25 Fine Lisle Thread Stockings, with garter tops, spliced heels, soles and toes. Black, white, taupe and tan. Size 8 to 10}4 inches 30c per pait value 50¢ FEATHER NECKWEAR. Marabout Feather Stoles. In 4oth Stores, Matipey 4 strands). . ses oer a0 olen) “tai, “ Gepdcuoscpupdegaus!) Natural or Black, 4 strands........ 2.50 value J.50 Natural or Black, 5 strands........4.75 value 650 Natural or Black, 7 strands........7.00 value 10.50 TRUNK DEPARTMENTS. Jn Both Stores. Russet and Brown Sole Leather and > Black Walrus Grain Bags. High cut, saddler sewn, leather capped corners and leather lining with inside pockets. Eng- lish locks and catches. Sizes 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 inches. 5.78 value 6.75 to 8.75 Russet Cowhide Dress Suit Cases, with double steel frames, brass spring locks and leather capped corners. Fitted with shirt pockets. Size 24 inches. 3.50 value 5.00 LACE CURTAINS. in Both Stores, On Wednesday and Thursday, November the 18th and 19th. French-made Lace Curtains in sets that will not be duplicated. An extensive variety of styles and laces. French Renaissance and Lacet Arab. 17.50 and 25.00 per pair former price 2° 50 to 40,00 Marie Antoinette and Novelty Laces. - 27.50 and 37.50 per pair. former price 42.00 to 55.00 Filet and Fine Cluny Lace. n 42,50 and 55.00 per pair former price 55.00 to 85.00 PORTIERES AND DRAPERY MATERIALS. Rich Silk Velour in Renaissance designs, reversible. Various combina- tions of color suitable for parlor, library and living rooms. Made ready to hang. 27.50 per pair former price 40.00 Rich Satin Damask, Satin and Moire grounds in French Period designs and new art colors. 2.00 and 3,00 per yard : value 2.75 to 4.50 Fine Silk Brocade, Broche and Da- mask suitable for covering fine furni- ture, wall hangings, draperies and por- tieres, 4.00 and 6.00 per yard former price 5.50 to 10,50 Parior Suites upholstered in Rich ‘Tapestries, Velvets and Damasks. WVa- rious colors and designs. 67.50, 85.00 and 97.50 per suite former prices 85.00, 115.00 and 122.50 JAMES McCREERY & CO. Wrd Stree “Follow the Crowd” Into The World's “Want” Columns. nn on — 34th Street 34th Stree (¢d