MISS HAZEL STOKESMISS MARION BIGELOW.Whcse engagement has just been announced.

The final arrangements for the Packerconcert have been completed, and thr> mem-bers of the various committees, who haveh^e-n working hard the best part of thewinter to make it a success, feel thattheir reward is at hand, and that the con-

Mrs. Cornelius Zabriskie entertained themembers of the chorus who are to sing inthe Packer concert at an informal tea inthe alumnae room Thursday afternoon afterthe rehearsal. Receiving with her wereMrs. Edwin Goodwin and Mrs. R. Hunting

ton Woodman. Presiding over the tea tableand assisting were Miss Elvia Zabri?ki<\Miss Burns, Miss Alice Perkins and MissMaybelle Williams. The appointments werein green and white.

Mrs. Donald S. I>. I^e and her daughter,Mrs. Clement Cleveland, sailed on Wednes-day for Bermuda, where they will spend amonth or six weeks.

Mrs. Harry S. Moul, of No. 160 Marl-borough Road, gave a card p.'-rt;,- onWednesday for Mrs. Edwin T. Moul.

Mr. and Mrs. Rosrer Newton Arms, ofManhattan, have announced the engage-ment of their daughter. Miss Helen Arms,

to J. Harry Stothoff, son of Mr. and Mrs.Henry Lyles Stothoff, of No. 123 Brook-lyn avenue.

Mrs P Hubert Boyd and vvrs Charles G.Street were the joint host°sses at a bridc^of twenty tables at the Chateau dv Pareyesterday afternoon. There was a variety

of attractive prizes and pinks, palms andferns were, effectively combined 'n thedecorations.

or more of younp p'.rls in white frocks, whos>o!d flowers and programmes !o the guests,tdded not a little to the brightness of thescene. Among- them wore Miss HazelP'^k^s. Miss Janet Burns. Miss r}ra<-e Al-len, Miss Bunice Mallory, Miss FlorenceWalton. Miss Jessie Tilne;.-. Miss NoraP'nckney. Miss Emily "Werlimann, Mips

Edith AVebster, Miss Pauline Mason, MissMaude Gledhill, Miss Klria Fitch and SfissJtiiin R'iPk!°y.

CHILDUKMJPLIt'TED

;cert will far surpass any previous effort of j

the alumna?. R. Huntington Woodman, who jhas been training the chorus of one hun- j

:dred and fifty.voices, has expressed his en- !jtire satisfaction of the progress made. 1

There have been secured also Mrs. Corinne j'Rider-Kelsey, soprano, and Dlnh Gilly. of:the Metropolitan forces, as the assisting \Iartists, together with F. I^orenz Smith's jIorchestra of fifty pieces. The sale of tickets jisince last Tuesday has exceeded the fond- jjest hopes of those anxious to swell the en- \u25a0

!dowment fund, and if it continues as it jIbegan there will not be an empty seat In \the opera house of the academy on Friday ;evening.

Following is the complete programme:Overture, "Oberon" Weber j

Orchestra.Cliorus, "The Snow" Klcar

Chorus, piano and violins.Aria from "Patrle." "Ostia I^e n»r- •

ceau" Palladl il• jAria from "Herodiade," "Vision Fugitive".. j

Massanet IM. Dinh Gilly. ;

Chanson do Matin.. ) Elgar'

"Salut d"Amour" ..5Orchestra,

Night Salnt-Sai jtime. Corinne Hlder-Ketoey, chorus an.l

orchestra."Suite A!Kerienne" Salnt-SaSns

"Reverie de Soir," "March Militaire.Orchestra.

"AIK-pretto Glojoso" 'from first suite) ...Moszkowskl

\u25a0 « . Orchestra.Aria from "Herodiade." "IIept doux. IIe?t

bon" Massenet ;Mir;-- Corinne Hider-Kelsey. j

"A I-ove Sons'" ,1,1Bantoek I

"Ashes of Ros=*-s" Woodman"Season of Roses" R. I;. Hermann ;

Chorus an.-i orchestra."A Toi\

; Wldor"Le £ojr" i^ounod ]"LesiGaeV d'lrlandV Holmes

M Dlnh Gllly"Song of the »ms" Heinri-h Hoffmann

Mme. Kels*y, chorus and orchestra.

Th= patronesses are as follows.

Mesdames James F. Atkinson, Frank Bailey.William Berrl. David A. Boody, Hiram V. V.Braman Roscoe C B. Brown. James O. Carpen-ter 1.. C Cariiana. <JeorK«" W. Pha'inc<*y. William H. Childs. <;«-orR» A. Coutts, Frederick L,.• YanfoM .1 Crowell. R. I- Dickinson. CamdenC. Dlk'e William F. Poerflinser. Kthan Aliens:Doty Samuel Dougherty. H. Edward Dreler. f

•Saniuel Brown*- Dnryea, Charles H. Edgar, :Oem- Se P. Frank. Lewis Mills Glbb. Edward J. jGoodwin Charles Hand, A. Augustus H°alv. j,John Hills. F. W. Hlnrichs, I.ouis> V. Huhbard. j jGeorge E. Hyatt. Frank S. Jones, Ferdinand W. j(T.n Frentz, Vincent Loeser. William G. Low. j,

Hank M. Lupton. James MrK^n, H*nry B. 1Mallory Charles Mount, Franci? 1.. Noble, Henry :F. Xoyes. Willis 6. O^den. Edwin Packard.Charles .1 iv-abody, <;<\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0; 1.. Pease, Lewis 8.Pilcher, Frederic B. Pratt, Clinton 1.. Kosslter.Charles A Schieren, Clarence W. Scamanp, E'l-v.in I. Sn«4eker, 3. P. TTnitMinnf. Alfred T. {IVhit». gem A: WMniann. fharles T. TOUOS. 1William H. eler, Cornelias Zabri.«kle. J. O. j

Williams. John R. Benedict. Havens Brewster jBayles, Edward Brains an-! Augustus V March-\u25a0nald.

ON "SWEARING OFF." j"During the last month Ihave smoked :

more free cigars than ever before in mylife." remarked a downtown business manto a friend recently. "You know Iused to

'be a very heavy smoker. Well, i stopped !entirely over a year ago. •Idid not touchcigar, cigarette or pipe. Soon my friends Ifound this out, and gradually Ihad moreand more cigars offered me, until Iwas jactually kept busy refusing. People knewIwould not smoke, and so liberally offeredme the best they had on all occasions. !Well, Iaccomplished the end Iset out to \u25a0

accomplish, that Is, Iassured myself that ;smoking did not have such a hold on me jthat Icould not shake it off, and shortly jafter the firs! of the year Istarted smok- Iing aeain. Friends who had grown accus-tomed to having me refuse cigars were sur-

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prised when Iaccepted them, and sorrie ofthem even looked hurt, as if Iwas receiv- !ing goods under false pretence. Since thenIhave had to buy few cigars, for it hastaken my acquaintances some time to ad-just themselves to the new situation Thesupply is rapidly slackening; now. but still it Iis far greater than it would be if Ihud Inever sworn off. Oh, no. Idon't feel mean Iabout it. These same persons had been jsmoking my cigar.- for years, and now that |Ihave returned to the old rut, it won't be jlong before they are smoking them again, jIt enabled me to set nood cigar? fromseveral men who would never have of- Jfered them to me otherwise."- Philadelphia >

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INSPIRING.Visitor

—thousand students at chapel i

to hear Reverend Drool: Isn't it fine! IWhat a tribute to the power of the man! \

Willie Rahrah— You bet. That old piebald jape is on the faculty, and just one word

'from him would disqualify every memberon the 'varsity baseball squad.- Puck.

FREE KINDERGARTEN.\u25a0

Friend!!f Committee's Work inBrooklyn Recorded.

The difference in the appearance of the

children registered at the First Fir-- Kinder-garten in President street and that of theragged, unkempt little mortals who swarmthe streets in that vicinity presents to thevisitor the most positive evidence <-f thegreat good accomplished by the commltt"?which has supported it since last May. It

was then that the Brooklyn Woman? Club,

feeling that the burden of the kindergarten,

in addition to the building of a new club-house, was too severe a tax on Its members.decided to abandon M. The Women through

whose efforts «it i-now kept open werr n

the old kindergarten committee of thr club,

and. realizing the void which It* c!o?ing

would leave, not only in the lives of thechildren, but also ha those r.f the mothers,

who are eaually benefited by the v.ork.

united as the Friendly Committee to pro-

vide for Its continuanceThe kindergarten, as the name implies, is

the oldest hi Brooklyn, having been in ex-

istence nearly a quarter of a centor It

was f<vtnerly situated in Warren street.near Smith, but the erection there of on*

of the fin» new public schools supph-d tne

reeds of the neighborhood, and i- was re-

moved to No t>73 President street The ac-

commodations there are sadly Inadequate,

however The statistics give an average of

one .hundred children between Owee andsix. the kindergarten age. to a. block, whileIn the space at their disposal, there is room

for onto fifty, forty of which live on the

same block. The ultimate aim of the com-mittee Is to erect a model building a? a per-

manent home and it Is directing aU its en-

ergies to that end. meanwhile carrying on

the work under difficulties.

\u25a0DROP IN THE BUCKET.'The great hope of all soda! workers lies

In the children. Throucb them th'' ar«>

admitted !nto an intimacy with the parents

which they never could have leachedthrough any other medium.

"The kindergarten M bat the prcverbtil

drop in the bucket." is expressed by Mr?

Frank Melville", Jr., "in comparts to the

work in its entire". In proportion to th«*

number of children we can provide for willbe the a-ood accomplished among their ci-

ders. The foreign element generally re-

gards a stranger with suspicion, but if he

Is accompanied by one of the children winalways be accorded the greatest conrtesy."

When, two years ago. the kindergarten

removed to Its present site, which la in theheart of one of the most congested Italian

districts in the borough, the kindergartners

attached to it took up the study of Italianin order to get Into closer touch with the

people. Any one who has ever made even

a poor attempt at answering a foreigner in

bis native tongue must remember the smilewhich lighted up his features and th?burst of loquacity which followed, leaving ;

any one but an accomplished linguist In astate of mild confusion, coupled with a

desire to know what it was all about, any-

way. To suet a person the advantage

gained by one capable of conversing in the jlanguage of the section with which he hi j

identified is obvious. To the Italians, a? to

the immigrants from any other country, fa-miliarity with the mother tongue implies jfriendliness and interest: and, sue* beinsrthe ca*e. it acts as an open sesame to theirconfidence, and in so far as hi possible to

their co-operation. An instance of this tat jter is shown in the increased willingness of jthe women to do the Irish crochet work,

which promises to become a remunerative jsource of revenue.

The Red Cross nurse of thai district, jwith the permission of the committee, has

opened an office at the kindergarten, andwhen not out visiting her patients is there ;to attend to all those in need of medical j

advice who may have escaped tHr»_'She. like the lananvaarniers, iJaasaha

j confidence of the wom-n. ami GafyVfweek narrowly averted what p^would have resulted in an epjaaj? 1

• measles by promptly quarantining tl .̂case ."lie discovered in, the earlier rl

NO TIRESOME BEGGING,*«

Being representative of the h,'^!Brooklyn's social and civic !!f._ tC,Jmlttee has a lar^e circle of fris^fwhom to call, and who hay» n*LAmost h-artily during Asa '«\u2666 yfa.'^1

;most anxious to enlist their fartj^ || port and sympathy and hop*3 to *,J|istrictly avoiding the t!resom» b»sj_ |; f:eauer.tly resorted to by tfc^se hu^f:n a charity. It Is not its totef.rioa^'Jjtjm-» en friendship, nor ?mp<i-i»

'k'neroslty. The committee e^arac.^l

;«rive fnH value In return fcr aii r^'. The kindergarten wiil be Eaa^7•trictly bttsinesslUce manner, ar.rl t^

'Irinc'pl^a will be adhered tr, jn t>.»^,Obtaining fends for its ma:n:fr.ar, c»

In sp»al:ins of it< plans for Sncr^J:its inconv. a rrem^er of the car1--..!I

"Many *»f the women play bridaljafcrn^r. V.'hv not let ti-.»:r p;i?aj-^%icj»sionaHy b" the mam nt h*lpin^.Eless fortanat? in th? things cf f>.:s;|

1 than th-r? By dom e Sr, they;nor* cf t!-.»ir «nj*>y~BJent3. If «*^

e»»nimitX«»« :;vo= * brWge at h»r j,1 th«* v.-omrn " !;'> .rece i^o itr.itations :iyj scribe may be certain that »v#rv <j?v

the <?nr<»rtainm''nt tx-i.l t» as C3JJ/Iplanned an'l executed as it wcTxy-^

iany «cciar affair givr. by on-

c;*|set."

Some nt the laces read* hy the c*!of the children will-be on sa!» it5,ito be given by Mr*. Fr;nk ir-'.vi^jat her horn*". Xp. IS2 Coi-jnaU

''\u25a0 *'-BfciIThursday^ aiarch IT.

The teaching of lace making *jpart due to the suggestion of tie s

!kin«ler^artner. v.iir,^- brother is iT*.• cian in the Suit" Hospital for t'.»f'. ma! Insane at Maf.eiwan. «>r? <fmost difficult narients conSned tl^,an Italian woman, who hatl kfiJalirr>en. By some happy chance, in h«-\'intervals she was interest-.! jn

:sance. ar»*l is n"w f<» absorbed hi^Swork that she has become quit? trsr-.W

:Tl;e wom«Ti «>f t':\° oM Latin rac?s »*t• to Take naturally fo fine needl«^n\^PI\u25a0- not surr>n?in= 'h^t mar.y «f gp*

TTorJsinc uniT tha dir^^tiop. <>f tn»«^rpirtee bay become really *xp«?rt ia •£\u25a0:

'\u25a0 rather Intricate rr;?!* rroch-t. Th»V-nffere«l for sate ar^ f"nsid«>r?4 <J»-;»Ibargains, as it is possible for th»!mitfe to dispose of them a: as anil'ably lower liu,'i:re than at whici j»V'could be purchased ar •!:? shops.

Mr- Daniel Van Brunt ':-a>a*\u25a0 chairman of the Friendly Con:mitt»^jassociated with her are Mr?. Frazid|:j viile. jr.. Mrs. J. M. Edsall, Mrs. Cldf;jH. Shepard. Mrs. Henry B. r'ea:naii||IGeorge A. A!l:n. Hiss Mary E. BuS^

Mr->. J. S. Sampson. Mrs. wniain T."^\u25a0 per. Mrs. Thomas Everit. Mrs. fcsit^;iWright. Mrs. Frederick V. Mathen V&iJames Church Cropsey, Mrs. J. B.tKi iam?. Mrs. Kufus Greene. Mrs. Jasa.-BJilivan, Mrs. John E. Lloyd. Mrs. J. J»; win Wilson. Mr?. John Anderses, jgj John Evans Shepard. Mrs. T.J. Usfe-Il'Miss Woodward. Miss Fanny Deas Ii

', Mr-. John R. Bleeckefi Mijs 3L T. •|!man. Mrs. Eugene Jora!ebcn. an &| S

J \V. Shepherd, Mr?. F. I" EdsaU a=dl \u25a0

Elizabel tTought^n.

RAILROADS AND TELEPHONE: IRaftrc i: train? on flfreen thonsa^Jr |

!of track, tinder rh=* na^agement of t:1Ipfven companies. ar«» now ->•\u25a0•-\u25a0 m

telephone, an-1 it i.=» ?a'd that practioj 1J these roads are extending th»ir \u25a0= .1§I facilities. Tnirins: the re.'ent fcearr siIjthe railroad relephor.e Venice was nrs |ably sjcient. T'^e Great x- rTf>*B 11'soon ha'-e this system of dispatefci? |operation from Mir.nenpr.ns to 3*^|

Iiii' \u25a0 Pr°ss. JF||BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS. BBROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS.

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BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS.BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS.BROOKLYN AMUSEMENTS.

Auxiliary Bishop MnnsJeleln has started

t.-

work of collecting a fund of CSMH for

the erection of his new church and paro-

chial school at I*i£ayette and VanderblltKvenues. beside the new Masonic Temple.

He pea to have $300,000 within a year.

j-r.vi to come from each of ten wealthy

families of the parish. The structure will.- German Gothic in design.-

The plans for the church call to mind

the work which was halted thirty years

a^o by Bishop I.\u25a0-•\u25a0:cMtn— the erection of a?reat cathedral which was' to occupy the

entire block bounded by.L.afayette. Van-

derbilt. Greene and <"l«?tmont avenues.Only the Bishop's house and St. John'sChapel were. completed^ . The foundations

rif the cathedral have Stood over since,

overgrown with grans and ivy like someruin, with its half.hidden jrray stone and

its crurablins plaster. -The money that bad

Ix-en collected for tie. cathedral was usedby Bishop Loughlin to aid struggling

churches. The Bishop was not much isI •..\u25a0- of cathedrals, it Is said, but be-lieved stroncly m bunding churches. It

ha? not "been deemed expedient since that

time to complete the structure, some peo-

ple arguing that the vicinity was chiefly

Protestant and that the cathedral wouldnot be a euccess there. The proposed newchurch will occupy a portion of the cathe-dral site.

10 MinutesJersey City to

Hoyt Stby Tunnel and

Sabwey.

Dr. L T. Jackman. vic^-pr^sldent andactins president of the Samaritan Hos-pital. Fourth avenue and ]~th street, re-r>orts that the institution has so far col-l^rfed ' NO of its foundation fund. A flewweoks a co it was made public that th* in-Ptltution desired the fund. He expects

that thf amount will reach SIO.OCO shortly.Reprardin^ the need for the money, Dr.JarViman s-iid yesterday:

"The mon*»y is to purchase land upontvhirh to erect suitable buiManga, to prop-erly <-'quin the medical rind surjrical wardsr>ot only for \u25a0 ate ca?es, but also forchronic ra?*1?. to install an un-to-date am-bulance service and to carry on a systemof ... nurEinp.

$2.00 to $2.75 Yard Goods at $1.39 Yard.2.200 yards of.50-inch imported imperial single face Velours and importer!

embossed Velours, in the most desired color?, such as vert Empire, cardinalgold, crimson, mousse. terra cotta. indigo, dark mousse, garnet, cerise, reseda.brown and myrtle; the regular prices here and elsewhere are $2.00 and $2.75;

j the price here Monday will be $1.39 \u25a0 yard.

Inc. Standish Mill? Cretonne! .10c. ayd | $2.00. to $4.50 white Nottingham Lace j28c Art Ticking! Taffetas and Dimities, j Curtains. . 95c. $1.89 and $2.39 a pair !

in dainty flora] and striped pattern*. [ 53.50 to $7.50 white Irish Point 1.->-

I-.• 16c. ayd ! Curtains.

$2.00 imported 50-inch Cretonnes. „. $1 95. $2.85. $3.85 and $4 65 a pair ;nc_

\u0084\u0084H 2dc. to 3oc. white Irish Point Door'

w-aj-o I Panels -..lOc.each •85c. to $2.00 ruffled muslin figured and : 40c lo -\u0084- white iiri«h Point Dooi

striped1 Curtains-: | Panels 15c. each'

49c. ?89c, $1.15 and $1.35 a pair', 6

,v. waite Iri?h point Door Panels.$1.25 to $2.73 ruffled bobbins Lace • 29c. each !

Curtains, j 75c. white Irish Point Door Panel?,79c, 98c. $1.39 and $1.69 a pair i . 39c. each

Two Special Oriental Room Offerings.$1.50 bamboo and matting Corner

'and" f $1.25 matting top Tables, with and

Side Chairs 89c. each f shelf of matting; size of ton II j"I inches square ....89c each I

Third floor. Central Builiinj.

Regular $1.50 "Mikado" Pongees, 79c Yard.Only a Limited Quantity-—Come Early.

THE LEADER IX ANOTHER sensational Sale- ofmat desired Silks. Andthis Silk i-simply superb rich diagonal effects in the most favored street shades jthat make such stylish, serviceable, elegai * street costumes; 27 inches wide and ;never sold before under the regular, price of $1.50. Do not miss this splendid

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Carpets— Linoleums— Rugs— Remarkable Values. |The Best of Each Kind—At Unmatched Prices.

THE PATTERN RANGE—the color range— the different styles and types cffloor coverings— all here in broadest showing anywhere in this borough.

89c. Tapestry Brussels Carpets, 59c. $1.25 Axminster Carpets, 89c. anda yarct. $1.00 a yard.

$1.00 and $1.10 Velvet Carpets, 79c. $1.50 and $1.75 Body Brussels andand 89c. a yard. Axminster Carpets, $1.25 a yard.

250 Rolls of Printed Linoleums—Specially Priced.50c Linoleums at 39c. a square yard. I 75c. Linoleum, at 54c. a square yard.

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24 patterns. j 18 patterns.! 100 rolls of Nairn A Cook's heavy inlaid Linoleums at $1.00 \u25a0 to, >,!. 19 patterns.

The Rugs— Underprised.I C.xO ; •'-•-\u25a0 Smyrna^.. ;'....«3.50 j si&im feel body Brae's 12133| st^ .*™r^**.^.t!L?™'%rj5Q5Q ! Sl

-10

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tix? f«^et Axmin^ters at.!. ''.!!sio!so • 9'xl- feel seamless tapestry Drus-6x9 feet body Bru?3?ls at .$13.50 *

t%'s •:>"*.» :' 515.CD

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tc<l f-ea,mls!i? tapestry oxl2 feet reversible Smyrnai $15dO-,'vi;(T''r •t' \u25a0 -\u0084\u25a0:•

*9-50 9xl- reel am insten m

Brussels $1250 9xl" ft 'lseamless Velvets $19.50; sii\hi=-2 feet Axmlastera at

'oxi- feet \u25a0*\u25a0— Wiltons at $23.74

'$15.00 and $16.75 I 9x12 feet line Wiltons at $45.00 .

Thir.J fIiHT.East Buii.Hng.

"Java" if th* topic of the next lecture byWricrht Kramer, under the auspices of theBrooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.M- Kramer's lectora will h*» delivered onTuesday at the Eastern District branch ofthe YocnJt ifen's Christian- Association and'• W^dnesda?- at ••\u25a0\u25a0<•- Bedford branch. Thelecture and the pictures will be the Fameas those used by Burton Holmes last year

at•• Academy of Music. On Thursday

c-i-ening the KneJsel String Quartet w-illgive its closing chamber music concert at

the Academy of Music. The programmewill he mart" up of selections from MozartJoseph Henius -• '\u25a0 Schubert. Emil E.<Tamer< r. II A. LL 8.. will deliver .•) spe-cial lecture on "Oberammerpa-j and thePassion Play." \u25a0•\u25a0'.• lantern slidesat the Academy of Music on Saturday even- jing. Dr. Ca merer "is advertised as having jcome ir.to intimate personal contact with'the peasants who enact the tragedy of the !Crucifixion. Whil<» stopping at Oberam-1merp-au he stayed for a time* at th- home jof Anton Lai l-. who tak»>s the character of

'Christ us. and also at the home of Anna jFlunger! the Maria of th« play.

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SterlingPlayerpianoThe ONE INCOMPARABLE INSTRUMENT that meets all _musical requirements for either home or professional use. Theall-around ''goodness" of the Sterling Playerpiano is recognizedthe world over. It is the instrument anyone can play withouthaving had a previous knowledge of music —you can master themost difficult classical or popular compositions with the ease andtechnique of a professional musician. Every mood and expressionknown to music is at your command ; the simple player devicecontrolling the mechanism is under the instant and direct controlof the operator.

We Make the Entire instrumentin our own factory. The usual practice is to place some fancifulnamed patented player in an ordinary piano, call the whole an ex-traordinary name and ask an exorbitant price therefor. On thecontrary, the Sterling Player is built inside the Sterling Piano inthe same factory by thoroughly experienced workmen, many ofwhom have been employed by us for periods of from ten tothirty years.

When you buy from us you deal direct with the maker andavoid needless dickerings about the responsibility of the Playerthat is made by one manufacturer and the Piano by another —there is no divided responsibility in the Sterling Playerpiano;we assume everything. The fifty years' manufacturing and sell- i

ing experience of the Sterling Co. is your guarantee of satisfac-tion—a warranty recognized the world over as good as a gold Ibond. I

In spite of the superiority of the Sterling Playerpianos, theyre j

Moderate in Priceand can be purchased through our liberal charge account systemon terms of payment so easy that every family can own a Ster-ling Playerpiano without obligating themselves to any great ex-tent

—a simple promise and a moderate first payment will secure

immediate delivery. As we are selling a great number of theseinstruments each day, accepting as part payment, at liberal allow-ances, second-hand organs, piano players and pianos, we offer |splendid saving opportunities in

Pianos at $125, $150 to $375These are instruments of standard makes in excellent condi- j

tion, the only reason for their exchange being their owners pre-ferred the musical superiorities of instruments of our own make.Our skilled workmen have restored them cqu-1 to new.

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518-520 Fulton St., Cor. Hanover PI., Brooklyn.Open Saturday Evenings Until in Clock j

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Examinations and Estimates Free.

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wm W. Astor. Jos. H. Cheats.White!*™ Reid an<! many other prominent

JOHN WHITLEY,Engineer and Contractor,

115 TuKon St.". Brooklyn. >'. V. Tel. 1613 Main.

Mrs. Cornelius Zabriskie gave a delightful

:dinner and theatre party on Friday even-ing for a dozen friends of her daughter.Miss Elvia Zabriskie. After having dinnerat Sherry's the young people, chaperonedby Mrs. Zahr.skie. adjourned to the Hudson

, Theatre to see William Collier in "A LuckyStar." The party comprise! M:s.« HelenMillard. Miss Dorothy Wendel. Miss KlinfWilliams. Miss Katherine Dudley. Mi?sMarjorie Decker. Edgar Arnold. RussellBaiiey. Edwin Kaiser, Paul Koechl. OttoKoechl. Albert Williams and J. L. May-hew. Jr

I On* of th» mopt interesting engagements!of recent announcement >s that of MissMary Stranahan Dutcher. dauchter offreorg<=" Dutcher. of No. 39 Fi<?rr*pom street,

\and Otis Swan OarroH Miss Dutcher, who

\ is a Smith graduate and a member of theWoman** University Club, i? a niec* of

|J. P T. Stranahan, of early Brooklyn prom-inence. Like h<*r sister. Miss ElizabethDutcher. she is deeply interested in philan-thropic and social work, ar.d is one of the

'directors of the Little Italy Settlementj House. Her fiance is the son of Mrs. Mary

ICarrol!, of JCo. 211 Rodney street, and was!graduated at New York University LawSchool in 1902. Mrs. Carroll recently enter-tained In compliment to Miss Dutcher.

: Painted chiffon ecarfs and quaint Japa-jnese boxes were the prizes given by Mrs.:Sylvester L. Blood at her bridge parties onThursday ;md Friday afternoons. Therewere eleven tables both afternoons, whenboxes of spring flowers were used to deco-rate the rooms. A few of Mrs. Blood'struests were Mrs. J. Henry Dick, of Man-hattan: Mrs. William Demarest. Mrs. J.

,Howard Cowperthwait. Mrs. FrederickjOornlnsr. Mrs. Alfred Wise. Mrs. S. F.;O'Connor. Mrs. Frederick Munson. Mrs.Lindley Murray, jr., Mrs. George H. Coutts,

iMrs Thomas O Calender. Mrs. CharlesMelville Bull. Mrs. David F. Manning. Mrs.Olin D. Gray. Mrs. Gage Parde!!. Mrs. E<l-

Iward Luckenbach, Mrs John Van Buren:Thaver. Mrs I Sherwood Coffin, Mrs:Walter St John Benedict. Mrs Frnnk DayTattle, Mrs. Edward Hinman and Mrs

, R';«=s"ll Prentls>s

The distinguishing event of the week was\u25a0 the larce reception given on AVt^dnesdav'evening by Oorgo V. Brower. in honor ofMrs. Ernest C. Brower. who before h^rmarriage to his son on December 29 was

iMiss Marlon Willetts. daughter of Mrs.Joseph C. Willetts, of Manhattan andSknneatelf>s. and a granddaughter of thelate John H. Prentice, of the Heights Thedecorations throughout the house were in

1yellow, a profusion of tulips, daffodils and!iTquils making an effective petting for thejlarge assemblage. Receiving with the hostjand his guest of honor, who wore her wed-,dine eown of white satin ami point lace,

were- his daughters. Mrs. Clarence Mar-,<=hal! Phinps. attired 1n white satin, and

jMiss Edith Brower. gowned in flame col-j r.red chiffon over rream satin. Assist-'lnp them were the- bride's mother, Mr?.

iJoseph C. Willetts: her sister, Mrs. SamueliOuterbridge. of Manhattan; Mis? AnnaDorman and Mlsf Dorothy Ruxton. nlso <-.f j

:Manhattan, two of the bridesmaids at her jwedding; Miss Mabel Shaw. Mr> George

;Randall. Mrs. William Mitchell and MrsWallace Blackfo^d Adioining the Brower !

!home, wliich is at the corner of Park Pla^

:and Kingston avenue, is that of Mr andMrs. Phipps, nee Genevteve Brower. It was

\u25a0 there that supper was served at small jtables, it having been connected with the j

Briwcr hnu?e for the occasion by means ;\u25a0 of a bridge, th" covering of which was Inharmony with tne general color schema of

th^ decorations A stringed orchestra playedthroughout th*- evenine Mr and Mrs.prr,ver are spending the winter at the Van:Anden. No. 61 Pierepom street

Wednesday was marked by an importantwedding, tha' of Miss Nan Lockwood,

daughter of Mrs J. W. Lockwood. of No.SO South Portland avenue, and Jame? W.Wilson. It was a home ceremony, with theRev. Irvine H. Berg, of Catskill, N V .officiating The bride, who was given away

by her brother, W. W Lockwood. had asher <>nly attendant Miss Enid Limn. H. O.Wilson was hif brother's best man. and

the ushers were rharles Wilson, G J. Mor-gan. W M Harper and Edward H. Lock-wood M!cs Lockwood's wedding gown wasof white satin, trimmed with rose point

lace and pearls. She wore the conventionallong tulle veil and carrie-1 lilies-of-the-valley. Miss Lima wore white satin, veiled

with chiffon There were touches of pink

in her costume, mat-nine the bouquel ->f

roses she carried. In the drawing roompink roses, palms and ferns were effectively

employed in the decoration, while In th*>

dining room quantities of Jonquils, tulipsand daffodils proclaimed that spring wasat hand. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, on return-ing from their wedding trip, will live ;it

N<.. 30 South Portland avenueFRIGHTENING TOKIO.

Describing a peculiar incident that fright-rrK-d the .Japanese capital recently^ a reportfays; "At about 7 15 p. m. Toklo had amo.-t unusual experience. All the windowsand doors slv«ok violently for nearly a min-ute, yet the earth was iate tranquil anrtnothing Ilk" a tsuock of earthquake wasexperienced. It was presently learned thaithis curious phenomenon was due to anatmospheric disturbance caused by a vio-lent eruption of ssamayama.

"Reports

Jrom all the regions surrounding the moun-tain speak of -a heavy Call of ashes whichwere belched forth with incredible violence.

"In ordinary circumstances such a sud-den outburst of activity would have .. enaccompanied by a. destructive earthquake,but although houses were eonsiderahiyshaken, no damage was done beyond thebreaking of a few utensils, nor does it ap-pear that there was any injury to life orlimb. The most serious feature seems tobe a forest fire of very large dimensions,which was still raging at the time of dis-patching the last advices.

"It Is one hundred and twenty years sinceAsatnayama behaved in this manner, andon that occasion thirty-five, thousand liveswere said to havr been lost. People areactually nervous at the thought that thiseruption rwy prelude others/*— Chicago

BROOKLYN ADVERTISEMENTS.

The attendance at the tirst musical anddance Wednesday evening augurs well forthe success of the remaining ones in theseries of four which are being given forthe benefit of the Brooklyn Orphan Asy-lum Hospital Fund. Mr. and Mrs. WilfordWalters Interpreted a well balanced pro-gramme, Mra Waiters giving a group ofGerman eongs, the study of which ehe hasmade a specialty. The presence of a dozen

Mrs. Edgar F. Luckenbach, who is to behostess at the next meeting of the ColonialDaughters of the Seventeenth Century, onThursday. March 8, has planned a mostinteresting programme for the afternoon.A large number of guests is expected, butas the Luckenbach home, at No. 104 Eighthavenue, is particularly well adapted forentertaining on a large scale, none of theenjoyment willbe marred by overcrowding.

MrE. Luckenbach has secured five popularBrooklyn musicians for the occasion. They

are Miss Grace Hornby, contralto; AubreySayre, tenor, whose accompanist will beH-:r. Howe Shelly; and Louis Molleri-hauer. violinist, to be accompanied on thepiano by Mrs. Mollenhauer. Mrs. AdaTully Ajnmerman will read a pa] on\u25a0-William Brewste#, His True Place inColonial History." and will also give aColonial recitation.

As Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Neergaard

i \ <••! \u25a0•!! the He.ghts until a eoupl< of yearsago, ttu- announcement of tne engagement

fif th'-ir daughter, M!s= Jessie lymi^t Neer-gaard. t<> Frederick Trowbridge McOmber,

of Ar.n Arbor, Mica is of much interesihere. The Neergaards are' spending thewhite?' «t Hibernia, Kla.

whoop, and even the justice hid a broadgrin behind his hand, as he brought hisgavel down with a thump. . •

"That is the Democratic headcruarter? inBrooklyn." explained the witness.

"Oh." returned Mr. Cockran, and foronce he looked embarrassed. "I didn'tknow that."

But Brooklyn po-vher revenge. A day ortwo '.<\u25a0.\u25a0\u25a0 one of her* leading dailies told Its

readers that "Bert Conklln** was among

the lawyers for the defence.

One on Bourkc Cockran—

AnEcho of Brooklyn's Cathedra}, j

Mayor Gaynor's famous utterance. "So i

this is Tammany Hail." was brought tothe :minds of the politicians who had jcrowded into the courtroom the other day,to watch the proceedings in the Furlong jtrial. Magistrate Bartend was on the stand I

urKlrTct'iniT nwa naiiHiialloiiir" W. Ttourlrr i

Cockran regarding his connection- with jSimon Utial. whom he had sent to jail for jabandonment.

-A few, days after be had j

sent the man away be met him. and found \u25a0

that he had been released under bonds by iFurlong:.

"When did you meet»Uttal?" demanded •

Mr Cockran. :

"At Jefferson Hall." seplied the witness. ,"At Jefferson Hall? Where is that?" ;

Queried counsel. -, • -• " - * ; jThe politicians hi the courtroom made a'

noise that sounded like a suppressed)

TIT TJT« »\u25a0, . >-IWeddings, Engagements raid

Announcements.The announcement of the engagement of

Miss Marion Bigelow. daughter of Mr.and" Mrs. Edwin "Wilder Bigelow, of No.If Schermerhorn street, to S. WorcesterSargent, is. by reason of the family's long:identification with that section of Brooklynin which they make their home, of the firstrank and of paramount interest to theolder residents of the borough. Becauseof mourning Miss Bieelow had not beenseen much :n society until this winter, but,now has taken her place among her youngcontemporaries on the Heights. Her fiancecomes of a prominent Philadelphia family,being the son of Mr and Mr?. WinthropSargent and a nephew of John B. Sargent,the portrait painter. He, will he graduatedin June at Harvard, where he plays on theg-olf team.

BOROUGH GOSSIP BROOKLYN SOCIETS

It.-.r;-

to be •'•\u25a0\u25a0 kabitjramor.fr architects

when they *.mnt to kill time, to draw plansfor ttse reconstruction of thr-ir native townson a scale at magnificence that would take'

th.-- wealth of an empire to«:arry into effect.TTiese plan? are usually dubbed "City

Beautiful," and are displayed at gatherings

of architects. There have. been a number

of such illiiifini mad*? for Brooklyn. For

a lone time the Borough President's office

was decorated with a large perspective of

ai>out \u25a0 billion dollars' worth of buildings

which the local architects and some othersthink it would be nine to have built at theProspect Park Plaza. The latest plan ofthis sort disposes of the neighborhood ofBorough Hail. It was displayed the otherevening at the annual dinner at the Brook-lyn Chapter or the -American Institute ofArchitects, held in the jHamilton Club.

Those who were present report that the

architects discussed the project "with en-thu^ia^m."

'4 NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY, MARCH *, 19*<>-

BI^OOKLYNi

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