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1 Frieda Hempel >* In Song Recital; Gela Day at Opera) | | . By Sylvester Rawling. | RIEDA HOMPEL, whose farewell | foF the season was mado at the| Metropolitan Opera House last ‘ight, gave a recital at Carnegie Hall LITTLE GIRL’S FACE AT COST OF $1.75 Htching, Burning Rash of Spots. | Afraid of Blood Poisoning She t Scratched So, Quite Cross, rmeeciGemeaps My te girl's face broke out ina tack he: 's about as big as a carpet- . They would forma blister and become a burning and itching sore, and the way she scratched I was afraid she was going to have blood poisoning. She wor- tied nights, and was quite cross. “All summer long I was troubled with er. I had her treated, but nothing elped. Then a doctor told me to use ret Soap and Ointment. They & Rave her relief right away. We used three cakes of Cuticura Soap and two «tins of Ointment, and she was healed al her ace Test aera st gned) Mrs. William Cook, Main St., kaway, N. J. 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De Luxe. — Silent runs 37 one winding. id ; Exquisite cabinet wi j Obtainable in all wo 4 Convenient Term F of Payment Come to Knabe's hear the rich me tone of this Latest Model, equipped with the Vi Tungs Tone Stylus. PI 200 Records changing the needle. will bring you an illu Service. =|an arch character, which a! HEALED BY CUTICURA |: |lelgh’s song was "Deep River,” which the piano included Beethoven's sonata jorgan she played Bach's prelude and | tow ree I $5.00 up ‘ without A POST CARD complete details of Knabe Perfect Mail Order Phone Vanderbilt 3091. KNABE WAREROOMS FIFTH AVENUE AT THIRTY-NINTH ST yesterday afternoon. The beauty of her voice, fresh ag the dawn, com- bined with her modest and unsensa- tional demeanor, gave pleasure to & large audience of diserim! music lovers, The “Casta Diva’ from Bellini's “Norma,” although she sang the andante with the pure bel canto which It demands, ts not par- Ucularly suited to her, She won't ad- mit it, but it Is true. Her bi ing was done in the German [ nounced with infectious good humor and spontanelty. Miss Hempel's programme ran from Handel to our own Henry T, Burleigh and included songs by Beethoven, ubert, Schumann, Brahms, Hum. linck, Hugo | Wolf, — Richard auss, Alabieff's Russian folk song, e Nightingale,” the old English ¢ Happy Lover,” the old Swedish “When 1 Was Seventeen, sung by Jenny Lind, and Stra “Wine, Woman and Song” walts. Mr. Bur- I told him at the start would become hackneyed. Everybody is singing it now. John McCormack couldn't re- sist the temptation last Sunday, al- though the song was not on his printed programme. Richard ° man at the plano accompanied Miss Hempel with raro grace. In spite of the fact that she faced the task, only two or three hours off, of sing- ing Susanna in “The Marriage of Figaro,” Miss Hempel was generous with added numbers in response to insistent demands, 4 Lincoln's birthday was a gala oe- casion at the Metropolitan Opera House. “Alda,” at a special matinee, came near to being a record breaker in the turning away of people anxious to get in. When the last admission ticket was sold tt was estimated that 1,000 persons still held on to hope. The outer lobby was so crowded that police help had to be called upon to make a passage for seat holders. The line begun to form as early as 8 o'clock in the morning for a 1 o'clock performance. The chief attraction, of course, was Caruso as Radames, but upon the lips of hundreds as the crowd filed out was the na Claudio Muzio as Aida. Margarete) Ober, Amato and Rothier were in the cast and the performance under Mr. | Polacco's guidance was a brilliant one. ‘There were not so many standees at the evening performance of “The Marriage of Figaro,” but every-seat * 1 Mozart's felicitous com- edy stunningly good perform- e cast Included Margarete Matzenauer as the Countess, Ger- aldine Farrar as Cherubino, Didur as ‘ount, De Luca as Figaro, and for the last time this season, eda Hempel as Susanna, Mr, Bodannzsky conducted, Among the other musical incidents of the day Sarah Sokolsky Freld's piano and organ recital at Aeolian Hall calls for attention. She is an an wife of a Russian mu- cho {s a prisoner in Germany. 8 pianist and organist her skill is commenda Her programme at 2 and a Chopin group. At the fugue in A minor and Enrico Boss!'s “Etude Symphonique." Besides there was @ song recital at Aeolian sal in the afternoon by Harold 8. Colo! na, tenor, of songs in Italian, Frenc! German and English, and a piano re-| cital by Lillian Abell, one of Harold Bauer's pupils. Lights were out at the Garden The- atro last night. ‘The Cosmopolitan Opera pany had abandoned Its § n aftor one week of activity. mpts by varlous promoters to Mish cheap opera in New York] ably fail. There isn’t time or ace to moralize upon the fact now Mclent to say that if Milton and rgeant Aborn, past mastegs in the of giving popular opera through- t the country, can't make it suc- ceed in New York how can other men hold on to hope? pias petes LE FIVE GO THROUGH ICE. sing to Marri- jave Clone Call. . Charles H. Bel- 5 . Granbery, Rush Stod- dard and Herman Hirschberg of the trap shooting team of the New Rochelle Yacht Club are receiving congratula- a on thelr escape from The freeaing | of the trips of the He sland, where the are, and the five men attempted to to the main land from Stone- berg's. shipyard on the lee. About twenty feet from shore the ice broke under them and all went through, One of the men got @ foothold und by reach- ing hand to hand all were able to get ashore with no further damage than a soaking. ork, ods, “3 s and low ctor ¢ lays’ of| © ustrated catalogue and ~ Stern Brothers West 42nd Street (Between 5th and 6th Avenues) West 43rd Street Another exceptional purchase enables us to offer To-morrow, on the Third Floor 500 Men’s Winter Overcoats te (full silk lined) Regular Values up to $30.00 Black and Oxford Overcoatings, well tailored; self and velvet collars; sizes from 34 to 48 chest measure, stouts included. Stern Brothers - West 42nd Street —(Belween 5th and 6th Avenues) West 43rd Street For To-morrow, on the Third Floor, Final Clearance of Furs At wery radical reductions will include: Women’s Coats muskrat lined; in black broadcloth and covert. Motor Coats and Misses’ and Children’s Furs Women’s Coats of Ermine, Broadtail, Hudson Seal (dyed muskrat) and Caracul, Capes, Collarettes, Stoles, Scarfs and Muffs. Women’s Superior Underwear At Substantial Price Concessions. Nainsook Night Gowns at 90c & 1.29|Nainsook Combinations at 98¢c, 1.39 Nainsook Envelope Chemises, 95c, 1.35 | Nainsook Corset Covers at 50c & 69c Also the following remarkable values: Women’s Crepe de Chine Night Gowns, - - at $3.85 Women’s Crepe de Chine Envelope Chemises at $1.90 New Model Silk Bags and Fans An unusually interesting offering in the Jewelry Section on the Main Floor: Large assortments of Fans greatly reduced, of Real Laces, Feathers, Genuine Vernis beads, in new and effective combinations, Martin and Gauze; formerly $2.50 to $175, Special at $5.00 $1.50 to 135.00 Fans of Fine Gauze, painted, epaagied and lace trimmed; also Imported $3 50 Quill Feather Fans with sandalwood sticks; formerly $4.50 to 6.00, at Je Silk Draw String Bags in black, navy and other shades, beaded with steel or colored Rhinestone Hair Ornaments Al exceptional price inducements. Combs in Spanish effects, Casque Combs and many novelty | o¢ aa shapes, set with rhinestones; many cleverly combined mith $2.95 small inserts of jet in platinoid—an untarnishable while metal, | Regularly sold at $5.00 to 10.00 each Real Shell Combs in Spanish and novelty effects, baad | $1 00 carved, in a very large variety of designs; also Barrettes, { *’ ~* Former prices $3.50 to 3.95 The Annual Furniture Sale Now in progress, provides Reductions of 10 to 50 per cent. On our entire stock of Bedroom, Dining Room, Library, Hall, Living Room and Novelty Suites aud Separate Piec , 1917, ‘Opening Tomorrow, Wednesday, the Annual SPRING SALE of SILKS | With $100,000 of New Silken Fabricstobe | Sold at Half toOne-third Underthe Market 50c to $2.95 a yard for our 85c to $4.50 grades, and $5.50 a yard for $12 to $20 French Metal Silks Representing over 100 qualities of plain and fancy silks, black and colored, light and dark, heavy and thin, street and evening shades, including— Crepes Satins Taffetas Pongee Silk of Life Poplins _ Striped silks Printed chiffons Gros de Londres Satin glace Shanghai silks Metal silks Japanese silks Lining silks Sport silks and 10,000 yards of all kinds of silks in remnants of our $2 to $3 grades for $1.25 yard So large a quantity and variety that the silks will overflow the Stewart Rotunda (silks famous for half a century), covering the main aisle and other extra spaces in the old building; filling and overflowing the Daylight Silk Rotunda in the Down- Stairs Store, covering the aisle at the sub- way entrance—silks everywhere and of | the kind wanted now for Spring—the most important Sale we have held since the great war began. To Identify the Grades of Silk we give in the detail below, in front of each name the price at which it is selling, normally today— in our own stocks and in the regular stocks of other good stores. Every silk was “shopped on” to assure accuracy. ‘This identification is necessary, as a taffeta, for instance, comes in many grades and is sold at various prices. Unless we marked its grade the reader of this announcement would not know which grade is in the Sale. $1.85, $2 Crepe de Chine, $1.38 yd.| 40 inches wide. Heavy quality. Brilliant with’ fine|| $3.50 Printed Linings, $1.95 yd. silk, "White, ivory, pink, clel, flesh, nile, apricot, peach, || 40 inches wide. Lining silk printed in interesting cel peer browns, blues, copenhagen, green, gray.|] patterns and bright colors, 1,000, yards, 3, yards, Subway at oh Broadway at | Astor Place. Ninth, New York. $3 and $9.60 Silk aud WOO! Poplin $1.50 and $1.85 yard At $1.50 yard our $3 grade, 40 inches wide. Gray, een, tan, Russian, sand, wistaria, navy, dark navy, black, duck. 2,500 yards, At $1.85 yard our $3.60 grade. 44 inches wide. Navy and black only, Beautiful quality. All the maker can | Weave of it’ there will be no more, 4,200 yards, $1.85 Chinese Shantung, $1.25 yd. $z Printed Tussan, $1.55 yd. 40 inches wide. Very scarce. Ten styles in light and | dark browns, all striped in various colors. 1,000 yards only, $2.50 Printed Silk of Life, $1.45 yd. 40 inches wide. Twenty styles of dots and stripes on dark grounds, 1,000 yards, Natural color, 33 inches wide, Extra heavy. 1,000 yards only. $2 and $2.50 Chinese White Shangai, $1.45 Yard | Very heavy and washable. For sports shirts and || blouses. 40 inches wide. 2,500 yards, $1.85 Japanese Wash Satins, 88c¢ yd. | 86 inches wide, Full line of street and evening shades, including white and flesh pink. In great demand for un- derclothes. Rather lighter weight than American | Washable satins. 6,000 yards. | || $2 and $2.50 Black Taffeta, || | $1.50 and $1.65 yard | 86 and 40 inches wide. Excellent quality, We | | stand back of it, of course. 1,600 yards, $2 to $3 Printed Chiffon Cloth, $1.25 yard Imported. 11 designs, stripes, dots, conventional fig ures, 63 color combinations. 40 inches wide. Aston ingly beautiful, 6,000 yards, $3 Gros de Londres, $1°85 yard | 16 changeable color combinations, each one seemirg| more charming than the other. Light and dark colors 36, inches wide, 2,000 yards, | $2 C P ‘olored Plain Taffeta, $1.25 yd. ches wide. © 1, turquoise, ‘ay, medium ue, navy, black al » Sheen, quality. re + ec 500 yards, rl gi lor bh pea hagen, Lab- rad 25 Japanese Pongee, 85¢ yard inches wide. Natural color, Made iu Shantung. A good imitation the Chinese article. n to imi 1 with Lows | 6,500 yards, $1.85 Japanese Shirtings, $1.10 yard 81 Inches wide. Dozen designs in color, conserva- tive or extreme, A silk that washes easily and well. 2,000 yards, $3 Printed Fleur de Soie, $1.95 yd.| Spring silks in light and dark color combinations, charming 40 inches wide, 1,000 yards, Our $2, $2.50 and $3 grades. 10,000 ys of all kinds of doubled widths, w Silk Remnants, $1.25 Yard 1 silks, $3 Imported Satin Glace, $1.85 yd. 35 inches wide, Made in Switzerland. 24 color combi- vations, including light and dark changeable shades. Soft and rich, 6,000 yards. $2.50 Satin de Chine, $1.85 yard 40 inches wide, Delicious street and evening shades. 2,000 yards, $3 Silk of Life, $1.85 yard 40 inches wide, Only special lot we know of to be bad in the market of this soft, wonderful silk for Spring dresees, Light and dark colors, 1,000 yards, $2.50 Polka-Dot Crepes, $1.35 yard 40 inches wide. Polka dots are fashionable for Srring and there are thirteen sizes of polka dots printed on wuite, navy or black crepe de chine. 1,600 yards, $3.50 and $4 Sports Silks, $1.95 yard Solid colors with self figures on a heavy crepe casca- deuse, 40 inches wide. 1,600 yards, $1.25 White Wash Satin, 75¢ yard Made in Japan. 36 inches wide, Soft and very lustrous, 1,000 yards only. $4.50 Satin Duchesse, $2.95 yard Rich, h umptuous, 40inches wide. White, ivory, pink, ciel le, orchid, gray, old rose, tan, gendarme, navy, 2,000 yards, French Metal Brocades, $5.50 yard 1,000 yards bought from a dressinaking supply house, His $15.50 to $28 a yard grades. Entire lot at Some of the best styles and colors of the $5.50 yard season. $3 Imported Black Taffeta, $1.95 yd, | 38 inches wide, Beautiful quality. Heavy and of the right finish. $2.50 Striped Taffeta, $1.50 yd. 56 inches wide. Satin striped taffeta in taupe, green, blue, plum, with combination colors. ‘They have ‘a great deal of distinction, 700 yards, 85c to $3.50 White Habutai, 50e to $2.25 yd. Japanese white tub habutais just opened. 95 in, wider All colors, all lengths. Mostly