:N~EW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY. APRIL 18. 1901. THE PASSING THRONG. "Too much learnlnr is danserous, runs the old saw," said T. P. Clayton, of St. Louis, at the Hotel Imperial y*M«rday. "and it often HORATIUS comes true, especially when applied AT THE to the very young. I am in pos- BRIDGE. session of a hopeful young nephew who has just celebrated his fifth birthday. The world of books he may not yet en- ter, save by proxy, for he knows not how to read. Bu: with the aid of another he can catch a glimpse of the promised land, and ih:s he dearly loves to do. and a fond and dotins mother aids and abets him in it by reading to him for an hour at a time. Kipling and poetry are his choice, and of the latter thai favorite of children for the last three ge::- sratloai 'Horatlus at the Bridge.' easily holds the palm. He has other favorites, but he counts it a day lost if 'Horatius at the Bridge* is not read to hirr« at once. If Thomas Bablngton Macaulay had realize.l the trouble he was making for generations of mothers to come, I doubt whether he would ever have written that historic and Immortal p«oam Among its soul stirring verses you may remember this one: "'But when th>? face of Sextus Was seen among the I ea, A yell that rent the firmament From all Urn town arose. On the house tops was no woman But spat toward him and hissed. Xo child but screamed out curse 3 And shook his little fist." "Macaulay In other parts of the poem further refers to Sextus as fa'ls- Sextus. And this brings me to the beginning again an i the reason »r a little learning Is dangerous, especially to the very joung." DIED. FULTON — On Tuesday. April W. t¥n at Ma aeaM •¦ I ye«^o"hU l i?* T JUSttn D "^» »• °- S Funeral 'n Boston. Intermee: at Greenwood. H ££eT^. oT^rn^J: &&£>": *- *— • F S3&£IX 2* r w^?h c - I £ k lh "* *» h " *» BY,B V, ' Jo»»i.h S. Decker. No. 5t7 MadiaoD-ave Story 1_ J'*7 a b.th'Her SotS ot tte lat9 B>Ton D m «3^ Tu mi t vi o'clock* at her Ut * r sWenc< - T^u^-y mcrMTm. M'CLURG— A; St. Ai,g^.tine. Fla.. April 13. at B.I_L- I disease. Alexander C. itcOurs. of ChlcUo.' ***** P '•"¦,',' 'at St - Jsits ' s Church on Friday. April 19. at — ••31/ p. n. MERRITT—On Wednesday afternf>ca at ter rtatdme*. IB Stamford. Conn.. Maria Shaw Merritt.^SiT S5 Matthew Franklla Merritt. ¦-¦*" v •-•¦-¦ • ¦ - - -.-.--. StarafOrd - on Saturday A- r : ." c .- ". p — * Carrias-s vtll meet the 2 o'clock train from New-Terk. ROTHWELL—On Wednesday. April 17. Richard T Roth- weil. Editor of ¦The En#lneer:r.« ar.J M:mn« Journal"* an-J -Tho Mineral Indu«rr>-.- Fun»ral from his late residence. N-. 2SO W«et 139thH«.. Xew-York. -n Friday, the IDth Inst.. i- 1:30 p. m. SMITH—On Toesdar. at his late reMJer.ee. X» M Clia- ton-ave.. Brooklyn. Jacob Smith. In the 80th year of his ajj?. Services Thursday evening. 8 o'clock. Interment private. THAYER— On April 17. 1001. Harriet r R -eer^. *\4tm M Xathan Thayet. Funeral cervices at t.ie residence of her sen. >>'. Townatnd Thayer. NY '••"• Siuth Portlaad-ave.. Brooklyn. S. T.. Friday. April 10, at 4 o'clock p. m. WHITCOMB— On Tuesday. Arr 1 1«. 1901. Elizabeth. daughter al Sarah C. and the late J. Mortimer Whtt- comb. Services Thursday. 3 p. m.. from b»r late residence. Mo. ¦-•' ¦ Waal "f.th-st. Interment at Buffalo. / The Woo.llj.nn Cemetery. Horough of it aa, New York City. once 20 r: a--ta--t i:i Street. Ma!:-on Square SautiJ- .„The roa«hkrr|»lr Rnrnl Cemetery. 01 1" a shori distance «ouUt of PousijKeepsle. haa fo* yale elipible lota and vr,,. , sites: rr.,-, 'r rr. 2o to 40 cam. per square foot: send for circular. Address ¦ iIK poughkeepsis Rl-R.\L CEMETERT. Special Notices K.\|irrMlnn of mouth r»stor. Dr. feaae. dental ap*. ctalist; WorM*a Fair awards: 434 Lex.-aye.. cor. «th-»». ¦!olf\ KEXSIT MAKE* A SCFSE. "The other day my niece rushed in and paid tr> "Walker's (the lad I have been apsaUag of) mother: 'Oh! aunty! aunty! WaSSSJ has POEM'S just shook his fist at Mr. Smith (a ' INTERPItE- near by neighbor), and said awful TATTONBY A things to him. and bl tried to spit SMALL BOY. on him—honest he did' <thls last with a rising inflection). The mat- ter, however, was serious, as Smith was a dear friend, and the young hopeful was haled to the front forthwith. 'Did you do this awful thins, "Walker?" inquired Mi mother, tearfully, and upon his acknowledgment that it was true a natural query followed as to the why and wherefore of such a painful and Illegal dereliction In Walter's code of manner . I am not sure I even yet have hia explanation clear, but it was something like this: The front dooryard was Rome. Walker was a rhild belonging In the ancient city of the seven hills. The unlucky Smith, by an Intricate and \;ilainahle system of reasoning, was False Sextus. The sidewalk was 'the Tiber.' and wsjss Smith tried to cross it Walker, the Roman child. gave False Sextus Smith what for. It Was pointed out to him that it was the women and not the children of ancient Rome who spat at I.i -• Sextus, and he acknowledged Iks point as well taken. Of course, an spologj was due False Sextus Smith. and Wallet! was led to his home to make It. The circumstances were explained to Sextus as clearly as any one could explain them, and then Walker stepped to th« centre and made Ms little, apology. 'Oh. that's all right.' said the quo.l naturfd Smith, 'he missed me, anyway.' " ABOUT SOCIETY. PUT OUT np BUSINESS England, who have been spendinp -nme wfeks at Wasnlngton. and Mrs. E. H. Bayley. F. Diodate Thompson sails to-day for Europe, where he will remain until autumn. Mr. and Mrs. J. Hampden Robb nnd the Misses RohVi were to have sailed yesterday, but were forced at th<» last moment to postpone their departure, owin^ to the sudden ill- ness of Mrs. Ilobb. 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West l'orty-tlrst-st.. where the final meeting will take place next Wednesday, and a dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. H. McK. Twombly. For to-day there will be the weeding of MBas Rosalie Paul, daughter of Colonel Charles R. Paul, to Henry A. Barclay, at the Church of tho Heav- enly Rest, the ceremony being followed by a recep- tion at Sherry's. In Philadelphia there Is to be the wedding of Miss Lauren Whelen to Craig Bid- die, and a larse party is going from hero to attend the c» rrmor.y. The dancing season has by no means ended. Mr?. John Jacob Aator gives a dance to-morrow evening at her house in Fifth-a\e.. while Mrs. Poor givea one to-n!sht for her daughter. Edith, in her beau- tiful Gra mercy Park and Lexlngton-ave. home formed of the two houses which once belonged to the Fieldses, and which Is especially well adapted for entertaining. The drawing room runs the en- tire width of both houses, as does also the con- servatory, while the dlnlsifr room has remained very much as it was when it was the scene of the hospitalities of the late Cyrus Field. A dance was given last ni.-ht by Mrs. William R. Burr at her home In West Pifty-slxth-st, for her daughter, Jl'mr.r. who was one of t!i" season's debutantes. Most of thnse present belonged lo the younger set and comprised Paul Ix'iceMer Ford and his bride. Miss Heloise Beekman. Miss Helene Rutherford Ely. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Parish. Miss Isabel! Curtis. Miss Dorothy Edwards. Miss Mildred Pix. Miss Madeline ("ary, Henry Morton. Charles a. Dana, George McCracken and Henry Britton. Mr sir. The Junior Thursday Evening Cluh meets to- night at the homo of Mrs>. Benjamin 8. Church. In West Twelftii-st.. and Prince Francis Hatsfelit gives a dinner party this evening at the \V,iiii.,r:'- Astoria f.'r Mr. anil Mrs. Ernest C. I.a Montague. The prlnees3 is expected next week. 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He spoke fo- some time in a loud voice, his remarks eaajasag an extraordinary uproar, and he was greeted with cheers, hisses and shouts ot "Order!" "Shame!" "No Popery!" etc. .. Mr. Kaaatt, In the course of his remarks, accused Dr. Ingram of being unfaithful to all his promises when he was consecrated Bishop of Stepney, add- ing that he had helped lawbreakers, had encour- aged clergymen who, in defiance of the rubric?, ele- vate-l the host, offered masses and practised the confession, etc. Uo concluded by savins that he was prepared to appear in the courts and prove that Dr. Ingram was an unfit person to hold the place of a Bishop of the .^"-otestant Church, owing to hia encouragement of tV.t«e Illegal Roman prac- tices. The friends and opponents of Mr. Kensit became so uproarious that the Vicar-General tried to clear the church. Dr. Ingram apnealed Is his friends to listen quietly. Eventually the Vicar-General over- ruled the objections, and the election of Dr. In- gram \va.« conlirmed. -Disorderly scenes nnd hustling recurred outside the church, and finally Mr. Kensit was escorted home by a score of policemen and followed by a howlingm'>b. Postofflce Xotlce. (Shou'.: be read I'A;!.. by all Interested, as rhangM may occur at any tlm«.) Foreisn malls fcr the week ending Aprtl 20. 1901. wtl! close (promptly in all caacs) at the General Foste»c« as fnllows: Parcels iFost m;UU clo&» ena hour earlier t «u» ct-ising time aaawa below. Parcels Post mails for Ger- many <•: >se at 5 p. m. Wednesday and Friday. IU-jrul-ir ar..l Supplementary mails close at Foreign Branch half hour later than closing time shown below. TRANSATLANTIC MAIL.' THURSDAY — At « a. m. for Azores Islands, per • •- Tartar Prince: at 7 a. m. for France. SJwUzerland. Italy. Spain. Portugal. Turkey. Esypt. Greece. BrUisli India and I«>renzo Marquez. per a. a. La Lorraine. vt* Havre inuiils f"r other parts of Europe must be directed "per s. a. La Lorraine"'): at 7:30 a. m. for laly. per aa Cttta di Torino (mail must be directed *'per s. * Cltta <!i Torina"): a' 11:30 a. m. , «m»nt»rjr I p. m.) for Europe, per s. s. Deu'schland. via Plymouth. Cherbourg an.i BaiaJ ¦• SATURDAY—At 3 a. m. for Europe, per s. s. Campania, v.a Queenstown <mall for Germany must be directed "per » s. Campania"): At 6:3 A a. m. for Europe. p«r r. 9. K. M. Theresla. via Cherbourg. Southampton and. Breir.en: at C:.TO a. m. for Eur : per s. s. '. » Jer'.and. via SouUumptoa (tnatl mu?t be directed "per s. a. Vaderland"): at 7 3»> H. m. for N*therlan<}9 .lirec:, per g. ». Amsterdam imail must be directed "per a. a. Amsterdam"): at 10 a. m. for Scotland, direct, per a. a. Astoria imall must be directed "per s- a. Astor.»"j. •THE PRIMA DONNA." It does happen sometimes that an indifferent musical farce is saved by a chorus with many pretty faora. There Is no such hope salvation, however, for "The Prlma Donna," the'"tl« v? tt ww 1 6rk by Harry B. Smith and Aime Lachatim<?, -which was produced last nlsht at the Herald Square The- atre, because it Is not an Indifferent work. To call it that would be gross Battery- How managers are ever le»i to suppose that the public can be made to ner.pt such trumpery la one of the mysteries which must ever hover nbout the theatrical trade. The audience of last night evidently came pre- pared to enjoy the piece or pi-ris.li in the attempt, as was shown by the absolute foolishness of the applause, but Its goodwill was sorely tried before the end, and once or twice there was laughter Which clearly indicated not amusement, but deri- sion. Tho piece is put together in the most hap- hazard way. Characters appear nnd disappear without reason and do things which have no con- nectlon and no relation. There Is no need to go on. In the presence of such a work criticism blushes and hides its head. The pretty faces were thero and there was much gayety of costuming; one scene was prettily designed and one or two of the musical numbers rose a little from the general dead level of mediocrity. If future audiences can make anything of those things they are welcome to the. experiment and its results. John Kenslt has caused many disorderly scenes !;. ; ¦ 'formanees similar to those of yestenla.. 0a April 9. ISSS, he caused a scene in St. futhbert's Church. London, where part of the service consist- ed in chanting St. John's story of the Passion, on the same lines as the Oberammerßau play, the OJBdattnc clergy taking the part of Christ. Pilate and Calaphas. One of the principal features is known as the "Veneration of the Cross," the cruci- fix being removed from the altar to the steps, where the clergy, acolytes and congregation ad- vance in pairs, prostrate themselves and kiss the figure of Christ. At the end of the ¦jsaccsstai was Mr. Keasit, surrounded by a party of friends. He advanced t<> the altar steps, but. Instead of kneel- ing, he horrified the congregation by suddenly seiz- ing the crucifix, raising it alotc and frantically rushing toward the door, shouting: "In the name of Cod, I denounce this Idolatry nnd Popery in the Church of England. My Cod. help me!" A painful scene followed. A atwd ot people surrounded Mr. Kensit. and people struck him and wrestled with him. one man going so far as to thrust a handkerchief into his mouth in ord'-r to gag him. Finally the congregation rescued the rrucitix. and the police entered the church and ar- res-,.! Mr Ken-it. finally thwarted In hor purpose and transformed into the snake through the superior virtue of the girl and the timely appearance of the learned Egyptologist with a black pigeon. Mrs. Brown Potter was at her best a year or more ago as Milady in a scene where she had not a word to say, but glided in and out and coiled around a pair of lovers like a beautiful green snake with naming head. This serpentine effect she produced anew at the Avenue The- atre as Nicandra, for her beauty :infl grace be- came weird and. sinister with the adventitious aid of a wonderful clinging: robe of black spangled net underlined with beetle green and purple shot silk. She filled the stage with her presence and fascinations, beautiful if malign and seductive; but since she could nut remain silent and content herself with sinuous move- ments of the arm? and th» glint Of ruddy hair, she dispelled the illusion that she had become a great actress. Her voice was hard, metallic and overstrained, and her theatrical delivery of the lined comported ill with the hurlyburly of boisterous farce and infatuated lovemakin;: going: on all about her. The experimenters of the New English Art Club are wideawake, if not audacious, this year. Mr. Furs<» has a strong, dashing, half length portrait of Mr. Dodgson. which has the pulsating vitality of a Sargent and the sus- tained purpose of a Raeburn; and he has also a highly original outdoor portrait of Mrs. Geoffrey Buxton. with dignity of po.se and individuality of method. Mr. V.'il.son-Steer has a brilliant portrait of Mrs. Moffat Lindner and a success- ful decorative scheme in "Ilydr::ngea," an au- burn haired girl dangling a Firing of pearls be- fore ¦ Mack kitten, arith singular effects of color and amazing cleverness in technique. Not every experiment in the Dudley Gallery justified the effort, but th'-re is a distinct Impression here of earnest purpose and definite aim. Mr. Mark Fisher in "The Pool" succeeds In fillinga secluded basta with rich mists of sunlight on a hn; day; Mr. TomsOQ illumines his "Happy Valley" with the radiance of eventide; Mr. \V. W. Russell In "The Edge of the Forest" reveals the impressiveness of massed foliage under a blue sky; Mr. Hugh Carter solves the problem of failing licht In "The Close of Day," and Mr. kfoffat Lindner in "Boshani by Moonlight." with a light in a window reflected in water below, conveys a sense of luminous quality effect on the outer edge of darkness. While the enthusi- asts of the New English Art cinh are not dream- ing dreams, unless it be Mr. A. S. Hartrick in "The Land of Make-Believe, " they are paint- ing with vigor and with the saving grace of Individuality. J- M. F. SOUTH DAKOTA DIVORCES. VItCCTSD \TT"R. nTC. — This steamer takes Printed? Matter Commercial Papers an-1 Simples Ir Germany on "The same class of mail matter for other parts «>f Europe willnot be sent by thi« ship unless Ully directed by h^r. After the closing of thf> Supplementary ivsasaSJaßSSi Mails named above, additional supplementary mai'.» ar» eyt-nel on the pifrs ot the American. English. Frtn.-h an.i German jtMtnem. and remain opan until wlthla Ten Minutes of itm hour c' aaBaSI of steamer. gsnj UAXsrin.h ix wither slit. Boston. April 17.—Richard Mansfield, the actor, was fag the Municipal Civil (Y.urt to-day for a hear- in-' in a case In which Louis Kronbers. an artist, seeks to rocover IMA alleged to be due for work done for Mr MaaaaWA A large painting of the actor as Richard HI. concerning which there is a dispute as to payment, occupied a prominent place in tne courtrocm. The actor denies the plaintiff's claim, and say.s all he owes is $»X>, which he is ready to pay at any time. AiTRI. s S 8E S T Tt > IXBA3 E 18TLUM. Boston. April 17 (Special).— Mrs. Theresa R. Haupt, known in the theatrical world as Theresa Vaughn, has been committed to the Worcester asylum for the insane. She was taken from her home in Chelsea on the application of her mother, Mrs. Sfary Ott. About eighteen months apro she was obliged to leave the stage because of her fail- lnsj memory. She could not remember her lines, and finally was wholly unable to play her part. Since her "retirement she lived with her mother, in Chelsea. Four years ago Mr. Haupt died, and the official record of M r s. Haupt's commitment states that this event was a Contributing cause to the insanity. The trouble was augmented by the death of "Joe" Ott. Mrs. Ifaupt's oldest brother, a few- months ago in New-York. At n<> time has Mrs Haupt been violent, and she had her liberty fully until she was taken to Worcester Thursday. Her condition has been one of melancholia, and she has threatened lo commit sul side. SJUtLEM MEDICAL ASSOCIATION DINNER. The annual dinner of the Harlem sflillhsj Asso- clation was held last nisht at the Hotel Majestic. Twenty-four tables were clustered around the speakers' table, at which were seated a hundred phj-Ficians. their wives and invited guests. A vaudeville performance and Informal dance fol- lowed the dinner. The speakers were r>rs. i^ouis J. Ladlnskj. John A. Wyeth, Montrose R. Richard. Emll Mayer and the Rev. George R. Van Do Water. MARRIED. CHAPIN"—imiNCKERHOFF— On Wednesday. April 17. Nt the residence of the brM. - parents. Englewood. N. J.. by tho Key. Samuel M. Hamilton. D. D.. assisted 1./ Urn Rev. Ashbel t; Verm(lye. D. D.. Elizabeth 1-athrop. ilaugntft of Elbert A. and Kmily Vermilye ErinckerhofT. to William BassasD Chapln. HI NCHMAN— SPENCER — On Tuesday. April 16. at the r«ald*poa of the bride's parents. No. 109 West 76th-st.. by the Rev. William H. Spencer. D. IV. Agnes Louise. daußhter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles L>. Spencer, to Fred- erick BaHDaaFl Hlnchman. HOMANS—VASDERPOOL- On Monday. Apr!! 13. 1001. at Trinity Church, Newark, by -h» Rev. Dr. Wynant Vanderpool, uncle of the bride, assisted by th-» rector. Dr. Osborne, Loraine Kleannr. daughter of Mr. Eugene Vanderpooil, to Sheppard Homans. jr.. of New York. The m-irriaere of Mis-s Sarah Olbbs Thompson, daugiiter of Mr. and Bar*. Robert Means Thompson, to Stephen Hyatt I'eil at the Church of th- Heav- enly liesr yesterday ufternoon Will remain on rec- ord as on>- of the prettiest weddings of tho season. The church had been beautifully decorated with How. rs by Hodgson, pink and whit.- asaleas. ropes and Easter lilies predominating The bride was at- tir.'il ;n white satin, the yoke beins of point lace, while the long train <>f the dreaa araji trimmed with ¦ lace flounce. The veil war. Ukawiae (,f p.iint iaea and was fastened to the coiffure by a spray of orange Uossooas. The bride.-mni(is. who consisted of Mi?s Bertha Munde, Mi-s Bdlth Hyde. Miaa Dal.-y Holland. Miss Gertrude Feli. Mi-s Bsther Hoppln, Miss Eleanor Kusyeil and ofias Bara Thompson, were all dressed alike in frocks of white mousseline de sole, trimmed with sera Cltrnj lace. Their large nale blin- velvet picture hats were trimmed with Hue maline and long blue ostrich plumes; they carried bouquets of pink sweetpeas and wore the turquoise brooches Riven to them by the bride The ushers consisted r.f Robert L. Barclay, Eugene S. Willaid, Theodore Roosevelt Pell, Pre#- cotr Slide. Charlea W. Faircbllds, Lucius Tucker- man Gibbs, De Lancey Coster, Livingston Pell, Lawrence EUlman nnd W. Albert r.ase, jr.. S. Osgocd Pell officiating as best man. The bride was given away by her father, and after the ceremony. Which was performed by the Rev. D. Parker Mor- gan, there was :\ reception at the Thompson house In Kast Flfty-third-st. The newly married couple received the guests In the drawing room, which, like the dining room, was beautifully decorated with flowers, and afterward the guests passed on into the marquee erected at the rear of the house, hung with tapestries md brocades, where the wedding break::!.-' was served beneath a canopy of Southern smilax, Crom amoni? the greenery of which thou- sands of tiny electric lights glittered like stars. The Kane, Van Rensselaer, Yates, Morris and Lawrence families, to which the bride Is related through her mother, were all represented at the wedding. While among the quests were Mrs. Jules J. Vatable, Mrs. L". H. Harriman. Mrs. C. B. Alex- ander. Mr?. Alexander V.>n Nest, who was arrayed i:i black velvet; Mrs. J. Stewart Barney and Miss Gertrude Barclay, who wore a frock of light brown and white striped silk, with a yellow straw hat. trimmed with rose:'. Mrs. Robert M. Thompson herself wore a beautiful toilet of lilac satin. trimmed with an applique design of ecru lace. < Mie of the features of the wedding ceremony was the music by the Philharmonic Orchestra, together with the full choir of the church. The programme comprised the introduction to the third act of " Lohengrin." Then followed the overture to "Loiienßrln," the Andante Symphony in B minor by Schubert, the "Kammenoi Ostrow." by Rubinstein, and the Bach- Gounod "Aye Mari i." As the bridal party entered the church th< cathedral scene from "Lohengrin" was simjr. "Tl.e voice that breathed o'er Eden" w:;s suiik in the course of the ceremony by the boy soprano Reuben Manley. while at the end the march from "Tannhauscr" was Riven by the choir. by the orchestra and by the organ, at which Henry K. Duncan, organist and choirmaster of the church, presided. Mr. and Mrs l'ell started late in the afternoon for their place at Sands Point. Long Isl- and, where they will spend their honeymoon. Tin: SUPREME COURTS DrX'ISION CAUSES GREAT ANXIETY. Fargo. N. D.. April1?—As a result of the United States Supreme Court's decision derlarir.e Invalid divorces pranted in this State in which residence v.-a.s not bona fide, a flood of telegrams has come from thos" likely tc be affected. Tt is believed that owing to the practice of rushing home im- mediately after decreei were granted, less than I<> per cent of the divorces allowed in the recent di- vorce period would be found valid if contested. But of those secured a large percentage were agreed cases, where appearance was made by both parti?"!. Comparatively few had bitter contests, and only in these can the question of residence he raised. Many of the latter class, however. included well known Eastern people and foreigners. A majority of thes« have remarried, and the decision of the court not only affects their present status, but the legitimacy of .many children born after second marriages. This makes the court's decision far reaching and creates great anxiety. Applicants for divorces have always been warned against abandoning their residence so hurriedly, but much of'tlie trouble lias been caused by divorce bureaus operated by unscrupulous lo:al attorneys with branch offices in the East. A majority of the vic- tims have been from New-York, although New- Jersey. Pennsylvania and the New-England States are' well represented. .. Notwithstanding that twelve months residence is now required, there ar. a number "f applicants here at present. ART EXHIBITIONAT THE COLONIAL CLUB. The annual art exhibition of the Colonial Club, Broadway and Seventy-second-st., began last even- ing, and will continue to-day and to-morrow. The committee on art consists ol c. c. Ruthrauff, chairman; A. C. Humphreys, H. B. Wilson. James Leoming and Everett W. Little. Thero are forty-eight paintings in all. They in- clude a landscape by Corot; "Environs d'Ornans." Courbet: "Twilight," Daublgny; "Fontalnbleu Forest." Dlnz; "Autumn" and "Autumn Silence." George Inness; "Landscape at Barbizon," Millet: "George Washington" and "Andrew Jackson." Charles W. Peale; "Roebera de Jean de Paris." Rousseau; three canvases by Gilbert Stuart; "Re- turn from the Field," Troyon: John Trumbull'a "Washington." and "Ship on Her Beam Knds in the Bay of Biscay," by J. M. W. Turner. Notices of marriase3 and deaths :nust be ia- aoraed with full name and aldr»-ss. HAMPTONS TnjRVY-THIRD AXXIVERZARY. DIED. Ar; | >tol Key. Edward W. Herrlck. Mnr> 1.. Bartlett. KrSJaM R. McClurg, Alexander C. Uryce. Joseph i, Merritt. Maria S. CI-'ve:and. Cecilia r Rothwell. Richard P. Fowler, Katharine V. B. Pmith. Jacob Fulton. Re.. Justin D. Thayer. Harriet P. R. Heave)-. Mary. Whltecmb. Kllzabeth. MM /¦:. LILLIAS BLAUTELT RETURNS. Among- the passengers on the steamer Oceanic, which arrived here from Liverpool yesterday, were Mme. Lillian Blauwlt and her husband, \V. F. Pendleton. Mme. Blauvelt has just returned from Rome, where she sans Verdi's "Requiem" in the Royal Academy of St. Cecilia, and received the decoration of the Order of St. Cecilia. She will make a tour, singinsc at Springfield Richmond, Louisville, Buffalo and other points, before going to her summer home in the Adirondacks. In the fall she will go to Europe for a Continental tour. The wedding of Miss Helen C. liulkley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Justus L. Bulkley. and Dorsey Ives Holt took place yesterday aftrrnoon at the home of her parents. No. 787 Madison-aye. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev. >r. David H. Greer, of St. Bartholomew's Church, in the drawing: room, which was decorated with spring flowers. The bride w;is gowned in white satin, trimmed with roint lace which belonged to hrr mothor. Her tulle veil was fastened with a diamond ornament, the bridegroom's gift, and she carried a bouquet of "orchids and lilies of the val- ley. Her bridesmaids Miss Pansy Roosevelt. Miss Isabel Curtis, Miss Marion Fish and Miss Natalie "VV< Da, arOK gowns of white lace, with collars and belts of blue velvet. Their brown straw hats were trimmed with roses, and they carried chiffon para- sols trimmed with lilies of the valley and roses. T. Chesley EUehardson, jr., was best man, and the ushers were Frederick "\V. Loew, 2d. John Adams, Bryce .Metcalf and J.»s.-pii Edmund Bulkley, brother of the bride. A small reception was held after, the ceremony. FUNERAL OF GEORGE Q. CAXKOX. Salt Lake. Utah. April 17.— Funeral services were held this afternoon over the body of Apostle George Q. Cannon, of the Morrrmn Church, who died in California last week. The ceremonies, which took place in the Tabernacle, began at noon and continued until 2 p. m. All the hiirh dignitaries of UK Church participated. The immense seating capacity of tiie Tabernacle was taxed to its utmost and hundreds: of persons were unable to enter. President Lorenzo Snow, the head of the Mormon Church, was the principal speaker. After the ser- vices at t'.-.e Tabernacle the body was taken to the rity cemetery, where burial took place. The coffin wag followed to its resting place by an Immense throng. Another wedding which took place yesterday was that of Miss Lillian Jones, daughter of Mrs. George W. Jones, to Charles York Judson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred M. Judaon. Nt the Church of the Divine Paternity. Hiss Ruth Overton, IBsm Grace x.v.-ion. Miss Nathalie Colfax and Miss May Squirts were the bridesmaids, while William I>. Judson. Edward Fennesey. Bdaoa Horton. C. I*. Wlldey, jr., L. H. Smith and Frank Stearna. acted J.S ushers. After tho c'r?ranny there was a recep- tion at the house of Mrs. George W. Jones, In We»t Twenty-lirst-st. MA; t,<i FOR SOUTH AND -ENTRAL. AMERICA. WEST INDIES. ETC. THURSDAY At Ita. m. for Inasua. and Ha:::, per a. •. FrinvV— \t"lft a- m fur Haiti, per s. ¦. Oran'e Xuua 'mail for Curacao. Wrezuela. Trinidad. British. and Dutch Guiana mur» be olrected "Der j. ». Oran:« Nas- sau"); at 12 m. for Mexico, per s. a. Ithaka. vu Tam- ptco (mall must be directed -rw s. a. Ithaka"): at ia m. for Santiago, per s. s. s-antUro ••• Cuba. SVTURDAT— At 7a. m. for Brazil, per s. s. <>.•:¦••«.• <mall for Northern Brazil Arsentlne Repub:;- Cwmmm an.l Paraguay muit l.c directed -per s. •- Coleridge"); at7:Wa m ror Argentine Republic. Iruguarand Para- Kuav per s. s. Coronda. at 7:3l>a. m. for Jamaica, per a, I \d*Tiiral Schl«y. via Pert Antonio: at 8 a. m. fcr Ber- innda per o. s. TrinidaJ: a: i> a. m. (supplementary 8:30 a. m i for I'orto Rio (via San Jvan>. Venezuela a- I Curacao. Mr c s Ci.ra.-as <ma,l for Saxanilla and C*rt.la«en* tnu«t be "directed "per s. a. Caracas"): at 10 x. m. for Cuba per s. s. Mexico, via Havana; at 10 a. m (sup- plementary 10:30 a- m.> for Fertune Island. Jamaica. SkvanUta and Carthaeena. per s. s. Altai (mail f-..- Co»t» niea rm-t b»» directed "per •>. ••«. Altai"): at M a. m. (supplementary 10:3o a. m.) for Haitiand iaxi* ilartha, r,Vr s % Alps; at 12:»> p. m. for Matanzas. raibarien. Nuevitas Glbara and Baracoa. per s. a Olir-.da (ordl- nanr mall only which mv« directed "per 9. •- Olinda">: at t" P- m. far Nasaaa. per steanw froia Miu:-! Fla. Malls for Xewfounl!an.l. by rail to North Sydney. «n« thenc»- by steamer. e:o?« at this office dally at •) *> o. m " feennectinp .-:o«. her* *»er, Man<J.-»y. vr«i-,*1,, and Satu-d»y). Mails for MlQuelon by rail to Bowcn. and thence by «earner. close this oSTce dally al >O B • M•¦ ¦¦« far Cuba, by rail to Port Ta.-.:ri Fla.. a.TI thence by steanvr. elos« at thl* cfflc«> daily, exempt Monday at t'» a. m. <ttie ronnectln? dos-s ar* on »un- dar Wednes.iar and Frtday>. Mails f r Cuba, by rail to Miami. FU-. and thence by t^aamer. cfoa* at this offlr- every • -:,..- ani Fri- day at tit p. m. Malls for Mexico City, overland, unless specially a*rreß»e<» for dispatch -v <-nm«r. clo»» at this office daily at 1:30 p. m. and 11 p. m Mails for Costa R<-a. Hel'ie. I'u^rto Cortez and Guatemala, by rail to New-Orleans, nnd thenc* by s!»am«r. --s* at f- |cSce dally at f1 ¦ p. rri. <cenr.»c:lny closes her* M ¦•<•-'•• ¦ Puerto <*ortp» ir-.i •; intemaia aad T -«Jays for Oata Rica). tltecistered mail closm at • p. m. prevlou." 'lay TRANSPACIFIC MAILS. MalH for C^ina. Japan and Philippine blanks, via Ta- corna. clos» here dally at •:*>p. m. up to AprH tl9. li»- crcslve fcr dispatch per a. s. Duks» of Flf*. Mails for Hawaii Japan. CMsa a»i Philippine Islanda, via Snn Francisco. close here datly at 6^!i> p. m. up M April t2O Inclusive, for dispatch a*r •. s. r»rlc. Mails for •..<.-'!¦¦ Francisco, clos* "ier- daily at B:3O p, m. ,-. ta A, -:i fSS far dbpatch per s. s. Mar'.- posa. Malls for China. Japan nnd Phtl:->-:-» r»'.ar.i. via 3*«rtle. ,>,,.. h»re ("ally »t rt:^d. nt. oa ta April t2S. ii?!uslv». for dtfiN»teh per ... ». T.« Maru (registered mall must be- <Ilrecte4 via Seattlei. Mall* f r Attstralla (»xc#rt TTe«t An«tralla. which ¦<-•« via i.i- , • and XeT-ZealanvJ. which «oes via Saa I-"r,n'!- ¦ an*l Fiji >'nn-1«. vli Vancouver. clo«« here dally it •: ¦'¦ t>. ni. atltr Aoril rl.t anrl ur> to Aortl IS7. inclusive, for li»pa- per a. •. Aorangi >»-iprlei«entar» malls, via Seattle, close a: 0:3o p. m. AprU f29). Malls for Hawaii. China. I-.r.in .i-.. J . Philippine Islaada. via San Franet-'«>. cloi>e h»re .iallr at 8:30 p. in. uo ta April -'.:¦> Inclusive, for dispatch per s. s. Nippon Mara. Malls for ¦,¦¦:¦,-• i Vanourer. close here daily at 6:3u d. ra. ca to Anril t.Ti>. . tr. 'n.-ive. fc» disoatcn per s. s. Ekipht* of <*Sina {registered mill must b* directed "via Vancouver"). • ¦¦-.-•- Mails for Australia, ,-*;*fi v\>«: Australia, which i« toty wardt-d via K^-r-i.New-Zralan.l. FIJI. Samoa and Ha- . wall, via San FranctacoL close her* dally at 11:30 9. m. after »r>rll t2S and uo to May +4. incluaive. or on ar- rtval ••: ' s. Etrurla, dv« at Xew-Vork May t*. for Jim patch tt » *. Sl-rra. s - MalA (or "lahitl ani Marque>ns Island*, via San ftia. , ci»co. ,l»i* h-r# jaiiv a: BJ3O o. m. uo to May tl3. la- l - .-iv<?. for .•ii*narch i.*-r s.- •. AUitrall*. • ¦¦-• *- . Tranvpai-Uic 'raail« an iorni.tr ltd to port of aaUinc daily and tba leaadaia ot 01->»m« is arranged on the Braaaaa- - tion ot thetr uniat«rrupied ovtrian4 sraaaiL tamamx mail close* at 6p. m. peevloua day. > - , K . .. * . corxe^ius vast trrrr. Voatajaaaaa, • ; roatofflce. New-York. N. 1.. April U. MM. APPLBrOX At hia late reaidence. Oyontz Park, the Rev. Edward W*. Appleton. D. D.. Rector Ernerr-jj of St. Paul's Church. Chelter.ha-n. r-;in . l-- .-•_•; peacefully into rest on Monday morning-, aged C 7 years. Ih» fun.-:-ii services wttl ba r.elu la iK. Paul's Church. Cheltenham, on Old V r\ Road, near Elklns >-,-: on Tbundar, April IS. at Ip. m. precisely. . The Keveren.l Clergy, relatives and friends are respectfully InterraenYprlvat". 'at Laurel HillCemetery. V>.'A,-'.. : . BARTL.KTT— , on. April 13. Ernest Russell Bart- Funeral S frjrn Church of t^e Heavenly Rest. «th-jt. and slh-ave.. i'rlJay at 10 a. m. BRYCE— On April I<".. IPOI. at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. '.l.j r Joseph Smith Bryce, late of the L"r.lted States Vrmy, In the 94th year of h'.s as?. Fu'ner.iY service* at St. Mark's Church In the Bowery, cor- ner of Second-aye. and renth->t.. on Friday. April IS), ¦t 0:30 a. m. Kindly omit flowers. CLKVEI^-VND- Tuesday. April IG. at the resi- dence ef her cousin, Mrs. P.' A. Wallirs. Xo. 477 We»t l-12d-st.. Cecilia Pauline Cleveland. R^.iuirm mass at St. Leo's Church. Ea»t 2Sth-st.. between sth jn.l Madison ayes.. Friday, April ly. a: 11 a.-m. FOWLER — On April IT. 11X11. Katharine V. D. Fowler. beloved «ife ot Colonel Edward S. Fowler. Funeral services at her late residens-e. Sn. 4-17 tth-rt;. Borough of Brooklyn. New-York City, on Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock. ¦' : , Relatives and friend* Invited without further notice. Interment private. -"fra|m|A||| |||||l|[H(||fflli|ni|ff"' . FRENCH VISITORS AT WEST POIXT. West Point, X. V.. April 17.—M. Cambon. the French Ambassador, and M. Siegfried and others .isited the Military Academy this afternoon. They were shown about the post by Colonel Mills, and a grand review was held In their honor on the plains by the cadets. » This morning the party visited Cold Spring and Inspected the Cornell Ironworks. Among 'those .who sailed yesterday on the Ma- ISStle were Mr. and Mrs. 'George L. Rives and Miss Rives. Lucius K.'Wllmerding, "WY M. Toung. Mrs. Travis Cochr«n, the Misses Louise and Henrietta Hoguet,*-- Marshal C. Lefferts. Edward C. Cooper, Captain Wlndham and r the Misses Wmdham. MANY VISITORS ATTKNT' THE KXERCISICS AT THE ¦QOCSMPCL NEGRO SCHOOL. Hampton. Va.. April 17 (Special).— The exercises connected with the celebration of the thirty-third anniversary of Hampton Institute were attended to-day by a large number af persons, including a party of sixty-five from New-York. Boston and Philadelphia, who are here as guests of Robert C. Ogden. and who are to make a visit to Tuskegee, Ala., before urnitiK home. Yesterday. in addi- tion' to the usual inspection of shops and class- rooms, a conference aras held In the Interests of Southern education. To-day the annual BlWStlt of the board of trustees was held, and the prin- olpars report showed I,o*o pupils enrolled. The tlllairtSJ class numbers fifty-one, including eight ! Indians. In addition, tiade oartMeaaaa are to be : awarded to fourteen other young men who have ' finished courses in nine of the various industrial : departments of the institute. _ exercises 1 This afternoon the anniversary filled to orer- held In Cleveland Hall, which was filled to over- ¦ flowinc The papers read by the members of the Kradu&lnp class were of high merit, and were weU 1 received Notable among them was an address by ' a PaD*«O Indian. John Latorias. who gave a rt- sum! of tin- Indian situation, entitled -Forward, i Backward and Now Onward to the Las u .uilow- 1pb C Vi*w came speeches by graduates of other year" wno toM^valuable work accomplished in ' vart?us parts of the South. The closing remark* I w^?e ma P de Vthe Bey. Dra, Lyman Abbott ana • Alexander McKen*le. ;: LONDON NOTES. ±S OLDTIME PUBLISHER WITnOTJT A TITLE— FARCE RET OFF BY THE SU- PERNATURAL—THE NEW- ENGLISH ART CLUB. London, April 10. A meek and lowly publisher may build a jr.onument more permanent than brass to the great men cf the nation, yet not be mentioned jt) -Who's Who" and be known In death only as >lr. George Smith. The founder of the "Dic- tionary of National Biography" is reported to have expended out of his own resources over SS'-0.000 in completing that monumental work on a scale commensurate with its dignity and importance. The brst writers were employed; n0 p-.ir.s were spared to secure precision and r-omrW pnf>Si:?: a groat financial sacrifice was de- liberately made: and a service of inestimable value was rendered to the nation. The public fpirited publisher, who carried out during a protracted period of eighteen years this colossal undfrtaking in sixty-three volumes, was not rewarded with either peerage, knighthood or decoration for what Mr. John Morley has de- scribed as a supreme act of good Dshtp. He has died at the age of seventy-seven without other distinction than the respect and admira- tion of the mat men of letters, who have appre- ciated the value of his service to literature and history. He was content, like Thomas Carlyle. Charles Darwin, John Tyndall. Thomas Huxley. Herbert Ppenccr. William EL Gladstone and John Bright, to Ffrve his country in the dignity of democratic simplicity. Mr. George Smith was an oldt'ime publisher, who discovered authors and became their life- lo=g friend. One of his earliest achievements irac the discernment of superior merit in Char- lotte Bronte's manuscript of "The Professor" and at unique genius in "Jane Eyre"; and one of his cherished reminiscences was his introduc- tion of Thackeray to the shy, sensitive author. Le;?h Hunt, John Ruskin. the Brownings, Mat- thew Arnold. Anthony Trollope. Mrs. Gaskill, George Eliot. Charles Darwin. Lord Tennyson, Mrs. Humphry Ward. Thomas Hardy, Sidney l«, Leslie Stephen and George Meredith were among- his intimate friends: and his relations extended to the court, since he was the publish- er of the Queen's "Leaves from the Journal of Our Life in the Highlands" and of Sir Theodore tin's "Life of the Prince Consort." He was the founder of "The Cornhill Magazine" and of "The Pall Mall Gazette," under Mr. Frederick Greenwood's editorship: and his literary friend- ships with the greatest Englishmen of the time were supplemented by a complete biographical record of the famous men and women in na- tional annals. The goodwill of men of letters he coveted and cherished. He was in a real »ense a true patron of good literature. Honors, title? and decorations he held in slight esteem. The only formal honor which he ever accepted wa? the Oxford degree of master of arts. Times have changed since the hacks of Grub- tt. made obeisance to the publishers as the ar- biters of literary destinies. The author now has behind him a man of business, the literary agent, who plays off one publisher against an- other, and obtains the Aiehrsi t-rms for book and serial rights before a line has been written or a title chosen. The successful novelist lives ¦cell and finds it convenient to have sources of credit while he is producing his work; and the literary agent is his broker and the publisher is his banker, af'er the contract has been signed. Mc 7 money is lent by publiFhers to authors than in the Grub-st. time, and without other se- curity than the contract for an unwritten book or an unfinished manuscript. The publishers encourage the practice because it places the au- thors under obligations to them and enables them to control subsequent publications without the intervention of the literary agent. The dis- covery of a new author does not excite gratitude in the breast of the writer discovered, for the second work, destined to have a large sale on the strength of the success of th? -first, is marketed by the literary agent without — 'erence to the claims of the first publisher. The oldtime rela- tions of publishers and authors have been trans- formed since Mr. George Smith went into busi- ness in Cornhill and brought out as Tiis first venture the eccentric Mr. Home's "New Spirit sf the Age." Th<- spirit of a still newer age has dispensed to a iarK- degree -vit'.i literary de- pendence upon capital. The author, : -?deed. is disposed at times to put on airs and patronize his publisher by asking him to dlno with him, by proposing him at a club, and introducing him in bis literary and fashionable set! Mr. Russell Vaun's "Nicandra" involves a Mletona use of the supernatural, and is ac- jcurately described as mystic farce. There are reminiscences of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the hurlyburly of love at cross purposes, and there are faint suggestions of "Pygmalion and Galatea" and of "Niobe" in the plot; but | the metamorphosis of a snake into a woman of eubtle fasc nations is simply an artificial ex- pedient for setting a commonplace household by ihe ears and bringing on a carnival of pro- I Duecuous hugging and boisterous fun without «¦ gleam of poetic imagination or whimsical romance. Shakespeare was frank enough in the farcical movement and underplot of his »•-'•¦. and he introduced classical characters and r.a; -• for the artistic effect of contrast with Jhe antics of rustics; but he also created a House Beautiful in comedy for the fairies and mlschiei'ous sprites of the fireside tales of Merrie England. Mr. Gilbert in "Pygmalion and Galatea" and the Paultons in "Niobe" employed ¦el ¦ natural motives for purposes of artistic in- vention. With Mr. Russell Vaun the super- natural is simply a deus ex machina for bring- ing en and subsequently winding up a roaring farce. The snake is let out of the box, and everybody under the spell of a beautiful woman falls desperately in love with the wrong per- ls*, a black pigeon is thrust into the charm- er's hand, and the snake is again imprisoned J n ¦'¦• box for the final fall of the curtain. Be- tween those mystical metamorphoses there are Periods of thoughtless mirth. Such originality as this piece at the Avenue Theatre has— and there hi little, indeed— lies In the substitution of the supernatural for the or.iinary axpailaata of producing a farcical situ- ticn by a series of misunderstandings or acci- dents. Nicandra. once the priestess of Isis and «B<luly fond of pet snakes, was punished i,y the wrathful goddess for feeding one with sa- wed black pigeons. Transformed into a ser- P^nt. she has been wrigglingand squirming for •£?3, until an Egyptologist captures her and leaves her overnight in an English household, '!th explicit directions that the glass box is not to he disturbed. The curiosity of a languishing *i<!r,v.- returning from the opera is excited, and tfce lid of the box is broken, Nicandra appear- ln" as a sinuous and beautiful woman en- dowed with serpentine grace and irresistible fas- ci C£.Uons. The surernatural having opened the *«y for farce, everything follows the usual or- 4*r. A retired merchant is enslaved by the en- chantress, neglects his wife, quarrels with his "*Phew, makes love to a housemaid and is pur- «uer] by tne languishing widow. A pair of well matched lovers are estranged, the nephew is enamored of a housemaid, the wife is persuaded to '-lor*- with a valet, an American millionaire 18 f onfound*d, and a policeman is bewitched. T «P«yturvydom is created in the prosaic household, while Nicandra glides about the *ge, waving: her hands and ! weaving- her i capricious spells. There is method In her malev- 4 ol ent mischief, for she hopes to win permanent ctanncipation from curse of His by bringing f||HSST i*«*' .»w«y a stainless heroine, and she Is 9