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DANCES GIVEN FOR THREE DEBUTANTES Miss Betty Jackson, Who Was Out in Society Last Year, Also Is Honored, MRS. FLAGLER A HOSTESS Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady, Mrs. Emerson Taylor and Mrs. Sanford Entertain. Mrs. Nicholas F. Brady avo a dWcs iMt night In the Wts-Carlto- n for her nlw. Miss Btty Jackson, daughter of Dr. nnd Aim. John A. Jackson of 060 park avenus, who was out In, society last year. The larB ballroom was used for (He danclns, and about midnight a parted supper was served In the main dlnlns room. Amonff those riving dinners before the danco wcro Mrs. Brady, Sirs. J. Horace' Hartllns, Mrs. John D. Ityan, Mrs. An- drew Fletcher and Mrs. Carll Tucker. Guests at tho dance Included Mr, nnd Mrs. George F. Baker, Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. A. Stowart Walker, Mr. and Mrs Charles H. Sabin, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Oawtry, Mr. and Mrs. W. Bdijrko Cockran, Mr. and. Mrs. Francis Garvin, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Grace, Dr. and Mrs. Eugene H. Pool, Mr. and Mrs no-lan- d L. Redmond, Mr. and Mrs. J. Theus Munds, Mr, and Mrs. Caslmlr da Ilham. Mr. and Mrs. Elton Parki, Mr. and Mrs. Alan McLane, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John \Murray Mitchell and Mr. and Mrs. Jo- seph B. Thomas. In addition there were present the Misses Cornelia Vanderbllt. Suzann Flerson, Mabel Morgan Satterlee, Benee Carhart, Muriel Vanderbllt, Marie La Marchc, Luetic Baldwin, Barbara Loew, Sheila Byrne,. Katherlno Kent, Beatrice Byrno, Eunlco James, Olive Gawtry, Adelajdo Kip Rhlnelander, Katherlne Mackay, Alice Davison, Melissa Yullle, Constance Jennings, Edna Grant, Fanny Hillings and Mary Strange. Mrs, Emerson Taylor of Hartford, Conn., gave a small danco last night in tho Cosmopolitan Club for her niece. Miss Edith Smedberg, tho debutante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Smedberg of 671 Park Among the guests ware the Misses Emily Sloano Hammond, Louise Vanderbllt Bchlfffalln, Catharine Harding, Helon Buil, Katha- rine Bliss. Laura Mabon, Katherlne Pavis, Barbara Kissel, Martha Ottloy and Katharine Davis : alio John Borden, William Faurot, Warren Brewster, TJeorge Purdy Hall, Arthur Bingham. Harrison McMlchael, Thomas Denny, Henry Vlllard nnd William GrMIey. So-c- ia dinners preceded the dance. Mrs. Henry Harkness Flagler gave a. luncheon yesterday In her home, 32 Park 'avenue, for her debutante daughter, Miss Mary Harkness Flagler. Mr. and Mrs. Jchn Sanford gave a dinner last evening In their home, 9 East Seventy-secon- d street, for their debu- tante daughter. Miss Jane Sanford. .Afterward there was an entertainment, at which appeared Mme. Vera Foklna of tho Russian Imperial Ballet nnd Mile. Mona Gonde In French songs and .recitations. Mrs. Flora Macdonald Wills was at the piano. Later there was general dancing. The dinner was served at one table, which was decorated with yellow or- chids, nnd tho house was elaborately decorated with American beauty roses. DEED. CBEGO. On December 19, 1010, Margaret Jlobsrts Crego. beloved wlfo of Oacar M. Crego and daughter of the late Itobert W. and Jane George Roberta of New York. Age 72 years. Services at her late reatdenee, 060 Park avenue. New York, on Sunday after- noon at 2 o'clock. Pleas omit r)nwr 'DE CAMP. Frank. \TUB FUNERAL CHURCH\ (Frank E. Campbell), Broadway and Slxty-elxt- h street,, Sat- urday, 11 A. II. GUERR A. Mercedes' C. Je. \THE FU- NERAL CHURCH\ (Frank E. Camp- bell), Broadway and Slxty-alxt- h street, Sunday, 2:30 P. M. 1IVATT. At the Murray Hill Hotel. New York city, on Friday, December IS. 1919, Eliza J widow of Cornelius Hyatt. Notice of funeral hereafter. LEFFERTS William 11.. eon of the lata Marshall and Mary Alien LeCTrrts, Id his seventy-thir- d year. Funeral serrlco from his late residence, JO Lexington avenue. Saturday morn- ing. December !0, at 11 o'clock. MACY On Thursday, December 1!. EBlo Ruth, beloved wife of WW'am I Funeral services at Bushy Park, Olen-woo- d, Md., December 21, at 12 o'clock. PARKER On December 18. 1919. Horatio William Parker, at the reetdenc of his daughter, Mrs. Ralph B. Bemler. L. I., beloved husband of Anna Parker. Funeral service at St Mary's Cemetery, Lower Falls, Mass.. Saturday, Decem- ber 20. at 3 P. M. PIKE Harry J. \THE FUNERAL CHURCH\ (Frank E. Campbell). Broadway at Sixty-sixt- h atreet Satur- day. 3 P. M., Auspices Actors' Fund. KUSSELL Clifford. \THE FUNERAI CHURCH\ (Frank E. Campbell), Broadway and Slxty.jlxth street, Sat- urday. 10 A. M. Auspices Actors' Fund. tCUMIDLAPP Jacob Godfrey, suddenly, on Thursday, December U. at the resi- dence of his son, Carl J. Schmldlapp. 11 East Sixty-eight- h street. Funeral Cincinnati. Ohio, December 20. SEYBEL. Frederick W. 'THE FUNERAL CHURCH\ (Frank E. Campbell), Broadway and Sixty-sixt- h atraet, Sat- urday, 1 P. M. STRANGE Henry S. \TUB FUNERAL CHURCH\ (Frank E. Campbell), Broadway at Sixty-sixt- h strut, Satur- day, 1 P. If. WALKER.- - A't the Morrlstown Memorial Hospital, Friday, December IS. Ellia-bot- h Wheeler, wife of the lata Louis B. Walker. Funeral services at the residence of her slater. Mrs. F. P. Craig. Short Hills. N. J., at 2:15 P, M. Sunday the 21st. WELLS-O- n Wednesday, December 17, at Brewster. N. Y.. Major Frank Wells of Company I. Thirteenth Connecticut Volunteers, In his seventy-nint- h year. Tuneral 8erTlee at St. Andrew's Epls-cop- c Church. Brewster, at 2 P. !.. Saturday. December 29. Trains leav- ing Grand Central Station, Harlem Di- vision, at 1L A. M., will t. met on ar- rival UNDEBTAKEBS. LASTING THRILLS IN 'SIGN ON THE DOOR1 Pollock's Exciting Melodrama Is Produced uy A. II. Woods In the Republic. IS OLD, BUT STILL NEW Story Tells of a Philanderer, a Wayward Daughter and a Pistol Shot. \Tho Sign on the Poor\-- At the Frank Devereaux Fowell Sherman Mrs. Lafa Regan Marv Ryan Allen Churchill Nell Martin Helen Regan Beatrice Allen La to Regan Lao Baker Batea Kenneth Miner Ferguson,, Robert Vivian Hugh Elwood Bostwlck V i ' Tho stage reputation of a hotel of tho highest respectability seemed at etako for a few seconds last night In \The Sign on tho\ Door,\ which was presented for the first time. In Now Tork at tho Republlo Theatre, there waa a sudden mention of tho Bits. There dwelt a famous philanderer. Tho audience pricked up Its ears atsuch a fashion- able sound. But tho domicile of the vil- lain yee, he was especially villainous at home turned out to be quite a differ- ent place of the same name. It seems fortunate to tha knowing In the audience that tho scene of Channlng Pollock's play was not laid In Boston. In chat city there Is a Hotel Fritz as' well as a nitz. Tho best melodrama over written could not survlvo tho confusion of a Bits and a Fritz. Mr. 'Pollock's new Jjlece may bo by no means the best melodrama over written, but It Is an uncorampnly expert speci- men1 of lt kind. It Is plausible. Its ,mcn and women stand In reasonable and recognizable relations to one an- other, and Us sympathetic values uro accurately disposed to appeal to an audience. It is quito the most effective bit of melodrama that the New York stage has witnessed In a long time. Potslbly this advantageous event for Mr. Woods, for the public and for tho author Is due to the craftsmanship of Mr. Pollock. Certainly tho most serious thinkers about the theatre will admit that melodrama should be well mode. Incidents of the Play. In a prologue that has the. advantage f not being too absorbings Mr. Pol- lock's Intention to avoid all Jarring novelty Is published. The young son of the boss has taken father's typewriter to supper In V private room. She Is Innocent, but tho place Is not, and tho police raid It She Is Just as Innocent five years later whon, as the wife of a wealthy and exacting man, she Is Mill warring with tho same persistent seducer. This tlmo It Is not her virtue wlilch she Is determined to protect but that of her young stepdaughter. The girl, with the stubbornness of youth and melodrama, loves the bad man. She has promised to come to his rooms. Tola philanderer has a way with him. At times ho is rather a wag. He makes little Jokes while he is stalking his quarry, pulls wheezes of one kind or another to make the girls laugh and never gets rough unless they are unnec- essarily rebellious. Lowell Sherman em- bodied this modern fascinator. He mado him seem very interesting with a bouquet of violets in his buttonhole and a silk handkerchief in what the haber- dashers call tho samo \tones.\ He cocked his cyo sagaciously when danger threatened and In deep delibera- tion scratched his chin with his r, and all the time spoke with tho tonic quality of a man who has Just finished an excellent dinner. Mr. Sher- man assuredly revealed all tho allure- ments of vlllalnly. It was not difficult to .believe that the catalogue of his vie, ttms Included the wife of an American Major, in Europe. The Fate of u Villain. To his apartments In the pseudo Bitz on a certain evening tho young girl was to come. Any fate might have befallen her since his busy past made It Impera- tive for him to light out for foreign parts early the next morning. Before the girl, delayed by her conscience, reached the svene her father came, accidentally killed the expectant host In a struggle and escaped. Her stepmother, concealed In a room of the apartment, declared, to save the expected girl, that she committed the crime. The astute police believed her and the Assistant District Attorney had almost proved her a murderess when the belated stepdaughter arrived and estab- lished the truth of part of her mother.' story. Still, the fact of her old acquaintance with the dead man might have mado things go badly for the wife, had not this very Assistant District Attorney, who had been trying to prove her a criminal only a mlnuto before, suddenly remembered seeing her at the eventful supper In the private room. He was there seeking evidence disguised as a head waiter and recalled how innocent she seemed. This la Hot Novel. The reader who complains that this material Is all familiar Is not unduly captious. None of It Is new, from the supper In tho prologue through the first act, which passes at New Bochelle, to the last two acts In tho rooms of the soducer. The pistol shots, the police, the head- strong girl and tHo step- mother we know\ them all, but they are riot to be recognized as too old friends under the skilful treatment of Mr. Pollock. He has Imparted vitality and probability to them. He has con- trived to make them tho moving figures In wenos of ahfirhlntr Interest The highest test of his skill may be found In the fact that \Tho Sign on tho Door\ abounds In the thrills that last. If any weakness exists. It is In the slender thread of feminine Interest, but as a whole this Is such genuine melo- drama that It may be in danger of being called old fashioned In its ex- cellence. Mary Byan's acting, as the young r. Is full of fine realism and Intensity of feeling. Her demeanor after CJfDEItTAKERS. WHEN DEATH ENTERS YOUR HOME Call \Columbus 8200\ At Any Hour, Day or Night The parting honors will be paid in a way long to do rcmemuereu wnen tne arrange- ments are in the hands of Mr. Campbell. Call\ Columbus 8200\ Any Hour, Day orNtght FRANK E. CAMPBELL \THE FUNERAL CHURCH (NOW SCCTAMIANl Broadway at 66St. 23 Street at 8 Ave. n-o- rr Urall Orraalana. Artistic Funeral Drslxna iinr SnefUItt the murder was especially poignant. It Is not certain that a moro emphatic theatrical style might not have Improved certain scenes, Lee Baker was un Im- pressive figure Qf Implacable vengeance at the husband. Elwood Bostwlck seomcd more efficient as a prosecuting officer than as a waiter. Nell Martin, Ilobert Vivian and Beatrlco Allen were other capable actor In the performance. And \The Sign on the Door,\ what did that mean? It was of thrco words, \Don't Disturb Me,\ They were In Ink on a plcco of note paper written by the villain to insure the peaceful pursuit of his plans. But they wero eventually hung on his door by tho man who had shot him In the hope of creating the im- pression of suicide. NOTES OF THE SOCIAL WORLD. Philip Bhlnelandcr of. 18 West Forty-eight- h street will give a reception thls afternoon at which he will Introduce to society his daughter, Miss Adelaide Kip Bhlnelander. Mrs. Frederic C. Thomas wll give a reception this afternoon In the Biding Club p Introduce her daughter, Mies Mary C. Thomas. A dinner and theatre party will follow. Luncheons for debutantes will be given to-d- by Mrs. Edward Livingston Cos- ter and Mrs. Lewis Conner. Mr. and Mrs. John Bouth Ogden will give a danco In the ballroom of the Bitz-Carlt- to Introduce their daughter. ,Mlss Adelaide Bouth Ogden. In advanco of It Mrs Philip A. 8, Frank- lin will glva a dinner fjr Miss Ogdon and also for Miss Bhlnelander In the Ladles' Annex of the Metropolitan Club. Mrs. John Farr of 14 West Tenth street will give' a reeptlon this afternoon for her eons and daughters-in-la- Mr. and Mrs. John Farr, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. H. Bartow Farr. The first of a series of subscription dances known as the Little Dances, will be held In the ballroom of tho Cafe )ca Artistes. The organizers are Mrs. James T. Terry and Mrs. James It Deerlng. Mrs. Keltt Pinckney Walker will give a recejitlon this afternoon In the Cplony Club to Introduce her daughter, Miss Julia Pinckney Walker. Mrs. Georgo E. Fahys, 777 Park ave- nue, will give a danco for her daughter, Miss Constance Fahys. Mrs. Henry W. Do Forest of 63 East Sevonty-nlnt- h street will give a recep- tion tills afternoon to lntroduco her daughter. Miss Julia De Forest Miss Constance Bivlngton Bufsell, a daughter of tho late Mr. and Mrs. Archi- bald Douglas Bussell. will bo married to John O. Wlnant to-d- In the Church of the Incarnation, In the presenco of rela- tives. Mrs. Henry S. Thompson of Alwyn Court will give a reception this after- noon to Introduce her daughter, Miss Dorothy Thompson. Mrs. John Clinton Gray Is at the SL Regis. Miss Prlscllla M. Beynolds. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Beynolds, will be married to G. Llndsley Burr of this city In tho homo of her parents :n Bos- ton, on January 5. Owing to a death In the bridegroom's family the marriage will bo witnessed by relatives only. Mr. Burr and his bride will live In Dobbs Ferry. Mr. and Mrs. Bache Hamilton Brown have come from Morrlstown to the Plaza. ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Whlttemore of Engleworfd. N. J announced yesterday the engagement of their daughter. Miss Carolyn Sherman Whlttemore, to Donald A. Quarles of Van Buren, Ark. Miss Whlttemore waB graduated from St. Mary's Hall and Smith College and Is a member of the faculty of St. Mary'e.Mr. Quarles waa graduated from Yale, and rently returned from two years' service overseas as a Captain in the .Field Ar- tillery. A. B. F. Announcement was made yesterday by Mr. and Mrs. Herbert S. Houston of 12 West Tenth street and Plandorae. L. I., of the engagement of their niece. Miss Blanche True, to Bussell Frye Inblnson. Miss True has recently returned from overseas work with the A. E. F. Univer- sity at Beaune, Franco. Mr. Boblnson served during the war as a Captain with the A. E. F. The wedding w'.ll take place on December 31. OBITUAKIES. HOMER. 8. KI.VG. San FitANCisco, Dec 19. Homer S. King, formerly president of the Wells, Fargo & Co. Bank of this city and one of the pioneers In tho development of the mining resources of California, died here He was president of the Panama-Pacifi- c Exposition In 1315. He was Interested In many of the city's leading Industries and had an Important part in the rebuilding that followed tho earthquake In 1006. He was born in Minerva, Ohio, tha ron of a carpenter. His parents moved to Sacramento when he was a boy. He entered tho employ of Wells, Fargo & Co. In the express department, remain- ing for forty years, mounting to posi- tions of Increasing responsibility until in 1902 he becamo president of the ex- press company bank GKOIlGn KELLAM. George Kellam, who was tho founder and the first president of the Bay nidge Athletic Club and president of the George Kellam Transportation Company of 149 Broadway, died yesterday inhls apartment at the Hotel SL Gcorgein Brooklyn. He was 53 years old and Is survived by his wife, Mary Emmons Kellam, and three sons. An EXHIBITION of PAINTINGS by ProfitaloGiordani of PARIS it the HOTEL BILTMORE Salons 101-10- 3 from December 16 to December 28 Daily from iod.ni. until 9 p. nu OPEN W (Sun.) until 9 p. m. M.Knoedler&Co. Announce an Exhibition of Water Colors of the French Riviera by F. Byron -- Khun, at 556 Fifth Avenue, from De- cember 15th to January 1st, 1920. Direction of Mr. Albert Sterner\ THE SUN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER . 20, 1010. TOR THE DEFENSE' DRAMA OF MYSTERY Elmer Jj. IMco's Now Offering Well Acted by a Comp- etent Company. RICHARD BENNETT gTAIt John Saiupolis, Winifred Ion-iha- n nnd Mnry Joffory in Important Roles. \Tor the Defense\ At the riuyhous.. Jonnle Dunn Marv Jeffery Madams .retrard..Georgtto Paandolt Dr. Kaslmlr John Salnpolla Collins Cliarlea Coghlan Anno Woodstock Winifred Lenlhan Selma Thome Adrlenne Morrison Dr. William Lloyd, ,.N. St. Clair Hales Christopher Armstrong. Itlchard Dennett Elmer L. Bice, having Introduced tho motion picture device of tho cutback In his first success, \On Trial,\ couldn't resist tho temptation to revive this bit of stage scientific management In \For tha Defense.\ In lib latest melodrama at the Playhouso last night ho employed once moro this method to clear up one of those murders that enable a melo- drama to pile on the agony so Irresistibly. Thus tho play presented by John D. Williams was a throw back in more than ono sense. nichard Bennett, tho star of the eve- ning's crime, himself had appeared In Just such an example of double ex- posure before, as \The Unknown Pur- ple, his la'st vehicle, at one point shot back into the past In order to keep up with tho present What lifts this melodrama, absorbing as It Is, above the ordinary wash of Its class Is tho unusual character of the personage who gives up his life for tho cake of putting a punch in tho fliow. He Is Dr. Kailmir, a Hindu savant In the New? York of who cures pa- tientsparticularly wealthy women by mental suggestion and hypnotism, and more potently, It would seem, through the power of romance. For his mystic Iifafesslon Is at best only a cloak and a ppell for getting women under his In- fluence and establishing liaisons how handy a hit of French is in reviewing plays of this type. How tho Plot Uevelop. Among his series of fcmlnlno con- quests is a girl with ambitions as a singer handicapped by stage fright for which ho gives her the proper Svengall course. In all Innocence, she goes to tho Oriental's apartment at night and whllo she la there Dr. Kaaimtr Is killed on tho spur of the moment tnne Wood-atoo- fc flees to her own flat and her suitor, coming there for the purpose of proposing, learns of tho shooting, guesses sho was driven to it by the infamous practitioner, and runs Into tho kind of problems that has to bo solved In melo- drama, regardless of whether it is In- soluble In life. For her suitor Christopher Armstrong happens to bo the District Attorney, and ho is faced with the problem of bringing his fiancee to trial and possible death, or of shielding her and proving false to the oath which so often Is embarrasB-ln- r to one in public life. How suspicion is lodged against various persona and an Innocent woman almost goes to tho electric chair beforo everything Is cleared up for the happy ending at the close of the third act Is something which must bo seen to be believed. Bennett Divides IIojir.ru. Through an occasional Jarring note of one-ha- lf of 1 per cent, of humor was obtruded at times, the pcrrormance on tho whole was very natural, puttlrr the breath of life for once in -- a melu drar-.a- . Evidently Mr. Bennn.. had seen to that, for his own acting uu the Dis- trict Attorney, while caiblo of suggest- ing forco when needed, was restrained In the best drawing room manner. But polished and cffectlvo as he wau the honors wire divided with htm by John. Salnpolis, who gavo a striking portrayal of the whiskered Oriental reprobate. Ho Invested that character with all the warmth, color and finesse Imaginable, so that when he received a deserved bullet one rather hated to see the best mystio In years go crashing to the floor even If It was a line stage fall and he made a splendid corpse. The women In the cost had several opportunities to be emotional, and In he case of Winifred Lenlhan and to a lesser degree Adrlenne Morrison they deserved all tho acting rope the playwright gave them. Mary JefTery did well, and, In fact, the only criticism to be levelled at tho cast Is that N. St Clair Hales flour- ished his eyebrows too much. Alto- gether. \For tho Defence,\-wl- th a real atmosphere of mystery, needs no defence. -- OVER 1000- - COLOR SPORTING AND COLOR PLATE BOOKS TO CHOOSE FROM Surtees. S6 First Editions, assorted and matched. Also reprints. Sporting Repository. Annals of Sporting. 3 sets with and without June Number. Dance of Death. 4 sets and 3 original drawings. Ireland's Napoleon. Audubon's Birds. 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Frieda Hempel, who Is no longer a member .of tho com- pany, If the record Is to be read as a publi- cation of the Intentions of tho Impre- sario, the public Is Invited, at least until the advent of Mme. Barrlentos, to accept Mica Garrison as a euitablo successor to Mlw Hempel. The American soprano has beon heard this season as Itoslna, itarta nnd Adina, roles which lately were Mies Hompel'o, formerly Mme. Scmbrlch's and even further back Adc-lin- a Pattl's. Whether the opera going public will troublo Us complacent mind with unfor- tunate comparisons can only bo conjec-Ire- d, but In' so far as \Marta\ and \V Ellslr d'Amoro\ nro concerned, Mr. Carusc's presence In the cast apparently (Ills tho cup of general Joy to overflow- ing. 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