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X h e B 111 b o a r d OompoMT Is Dead Cbaile* H. H. PaiTT Wag Composer ^ (MiSSm of JnaM i. Job ana Sani Nair To*. Oct U^ilr Charles Hu- bWC TT"**"^ PaiTT. mnalc composer, dM In I^nOtia Tn««du-. October 8. agad n aoowdluK to word re- Blr Ctn/MB K. B. FaiTv waa born In Boarn^mitt Febniuy 2T, iMg. Be wu •dncattd at Eton. Exeter and Oz- fori, and as a youth won fame as a enmposer at Bonga and also as a barl- iTproteiBloii and studied under some of 'tba beat known teachers of his time. On the openlDB ot the Hoyal Collasa at Uralc in issa be was sppolnted Pro- tCBBor of Compooition and Musical Hfi- torr. and in 1S94 succeeded Sir Geoftte amoves OB director. He had written nucb orchestral and chamber music, waoDK Hta best known works being the pntortos. Judith. Job and SauL and the dMral odes. Bl«9t Pair of Syrens. L'Al- lesro and n Peneeroso. One of the most teamed U tbe E:ns11ah music he had wrt'tton a number of literary wurkK Inehidlnc Studies of Great Com- posers. The Art bt Mnric enlareed latei as The Evolution of Moslci Music ol the ecTcnteeotb Century, I.ife of J. S. Bacb. and Slyle in Musical Ait. In ISES an orchestral intermezzo he had probably produced more w ai the provincial festivals than i other composer. He was created D. by decree of convocation at Oxford In UU. and received the same degree Csmbildce and I>ubllii. He was prei OutMnlMiAidLoui. CUeaito, Oct. Ji. ' C Moaio cartoon- Ms,, each tmnUBB wUi a talUn* iM^iiar^ eaatoa t sJ a rtialt talk Ubar^ IMD «rtn.tUs WMk, aj^MUiBS 1b Iioop theMers and tbe smaller amliae» OeorKe Ade and John T. McCatcheon. ChBTles H. Burras and Sidney Smith, icubur Nesblt and Fiank King. Fsnar Benunond and Tea Brown, BIBS LndnMT and Cbmt Otr. Ool TTtai. TtMAer anft Chu. IiSOerer. iMnr uiwianrooa ma.Hurr Hur- BROADWAY BITS iy New York has adapted lUelf to war con- ixclted the admiration of many dlstlnKUlshed lies who are vlsltlnB these shores. "With the subway and surface railway system In a chaotic condition, only one elevator running in bulldlnss where there were six. the unheard ot cost of food, the In- fluenza epidemic, antomoblleless Sundays, the tightening up of business so as to put every available cent Into Liberty Bonds, either one of which might a year ago have caused a popular uprlslnB, are all now accepted ■ with a non- chalance that Is remarkable, ^t the reason Is not far to seek. The New Yorker is proud of the fact that his dtjr la the metropolis of these anlted States and be feels Uiat the nample be sets wilt b* notlaed by the rert of the Broadway. By the way, what lias beoome pi tba oUUnw eonntEy fair balloon lAwrence D*Oisar is moiurnlng the loss of a cane which George Edwards, of the Galetr Theater, I«tidon, presented to him when he appeared In The Artist's Modal seventMQ year* ago. D'Orsay has carried this cane across the ocean anil back on twelve TorBEes, uid also naed It In ten plays. He lias □Ifered a reward for Its return. Bnt. my. KoodnessI Suppose he had lost his Little "Captain" Binie Johnson, a miniature Boy Scout, Is doing valiant work for the Liberty Loan. At the AtneHean Roof Thursday night he created a sensation. . Mors New Shows Sv Sees In Ohlcswo OwIik t Cloetng ot OUmt Cities days, owing to the "'""Hf ot Unatsn In Diany cities, and. as a coMwrowtos.' Chicago will see several now itlBjrB flia ' UK we*k wblch would,- In the mbal <e of events, not have veaidMd tUa city for some time. Rock-a-Bye, Baby, oriBlnaHy scheduled 0 open at the Garricli Tnaatei' on Oc- olMr 20. win coma a, week earlier, opening Sunday night. It replaces tbe war drama. Seven Days' Xieave. whiOIt closes tonl^t. Rock-a-Bye. Bal^ la Um Three ^^acea East wiu replace Twni Beds at the Olympic Sunday night. At the Woods Theater Friendly Bnemlea will give way to The Crowded Hour on Monday nlghl- Leading parts In the nith will close a week day night The Little Brother will bava its fltst performance In the tlnltsd States. The play was tried out at To- e lesM' M Ne»- 1 Tk. Oct lI.-^Amerlea's Over ■ater LaAgue eant 'thfa w©ck to Franc? The Doughglrls. The Live IVlres and the Just Olrls units. Vaude- ville, musical comedy, the concert plat- form and the ranks ot drawing room eniertainers were represented In their peraonael. Rlin Gould. Vardon and Perry, Dora Ronca and Dora Robenl are vaude> vllllans. Kllgnon UcGIbeny ployed the leiidlng part in Very Qood. Eddie: Mar- Ect WllliamB scored a Beusatlon aa In- toxication and Frailty In Experience: Gorda Kova Is an interia^ter of mod- ern and classic dances. Margaret Sam- "i«r Is a monologlstElisBbeth Page and POOD FOR THOUGBT Walter J. Kingslex. who spreada tha glad tidings at tka Oeim In the — —--'— ■ -— fouawlnsi "Tbe niHmflle experts B respontfbls for tin Fred Stone has sent a cablegram to the ii:anaser of the Hotel Adloa, miter Den Linden, Berlin, to reserve rooms for himself and tamlly tor next spring so that he can see the American troops march by. Fred m^ not get his tlon. because It's a strong possibility that It will be troops themselves. Wina Flay Contest Uontreal, Can, Oct. 13.-^The George P. DrlBooU Play Contest has jnat Twen decided hare and Judge J. L- CafTetoit. ot Woodstock, N.B., is announced as the winner. The prize was ISOO and B. guaranteed production of tbe play. The title of the winning play Is The Crimson Wing. It deaJa with the ac- tivities ot a. German spy around Hall- fax. It will be produced at Hla Majes- ty's Theater. Montreal, within the next Judge Carleton Is a brothw ot Wm Carleton, of the Miss SpHnstline ooa* Al Joleon bas'just peeelvod a letter from his brotl Prance." inforaolng him that he Is quite well and n ided at noon' wiHiId he get a tun day's pay?" vrtio la ''Somewhere at an bothered with was this: -tt the war Specnlato^ Wt Ohaoges Tentoido Nuoe New York, Oat. M^Frands K. Ueb. vetl-known baritone, who sang In The Usdssp l>iMiae*«na many other mu- .IvednotiaiM, do«e not like -the ™unto wtma tf-Me name, eo he has ■ln-lled In tbe o ' crbipled heroes Juet -returned from nance—carried In automobiles TOn—TOIJ-*ind';.TH)lJ had. ssaa . this sight—rOO -wooU Immediately have hurried to 3UT ANOraSR UBBBTT BOND. Mae West, who has scored such a prononncsd snccess as Maymle Dean in Somattme^ at the Sbubert Theater, received the otber day a communication, tbe original ot which ehe has framed amt sIvbb an honored niche in her dressmg I theater tk&ets a r than the thes . nie following ,1s a o T seen yon In the ehow last weelb And believe me, Maymle Dean, Ton sorely are the eweneat.^ma This buddy evtt* seen. Va pay two bucks again. I wonld. To see you, Maymle Dean, But I cant get another pass, "Cause we're In quarantlna. Ot you, sweet Maymia uaiui- The management ot tbe Thirty-ninth Street Theatei take a chance on The Big Chance at pres until further notice. PBIVATB. decided not •penlng being postponed In the sale ot irtioae sadden death the Rlalto last Thnrodav, has whred to the TUma. SwiBze Catsk that the report of Us death was grsatl^ BlUy Beeves, the ranlnent Kerr, to per'«Mt and the rate et u pi on nesiin tMcets was redooed per esnt. nM S per cent tax « TlwBteir Fatoons OnnawBded New ToA. OcL 12.—Dr. CopelBlld. City Health ConualsafODsr. has taansA a statement In which he eoicmeiide 4m Portland (Ue,) Theater Burned rtland. Ma, Oct. 13^Flre early