2 THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC PROGRAMME THE Where to Dine LONG ISLAND LOAN AND TRUST CO. THE ORMONDE TEMPLE BAR, 44 COURT ST., BROOKLYN -NEW YORK Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, Over $2,800,000.00 Largest and Most Handsome Restaurant in Brooklyn OFFICERS Finest Cusine and Service. Music Daily 6 to 1 EDWARD MERRITT President- Sundays 12.30 to 3, 5,30 to 1 CLINTON L. ROSSITER First Vice President DAVID G. LEGGET Second Vice President T. - LDRIDGE Nostrand Ave. Geo. FREDERICK Seem., 1276 FULTON STREET, at Boemermann, Prop. WILLARD P. SCHENCK A aras n Secretary II II J " :ÿlin LIJ:í H.. I...tfJ'IfJ:..L!IJ'=f1IJ.10,11111J:r1ys The Brooklyn Academy of Music aSaul_ltS LL%° St. Felix St.-- Lafar¢tte Ave.- -Ashland Pl. Larger, Saler and Sunrise ,n Every Rawest to Any Other Then In e City Season. 45 lath Week

GRAND OPERA Brooklyn Season 1908 -1909 MetropolitanBy theOpera Entire Company Quality of New York CAS " GgaaeeL MnNSagg ANDREA) DIPPEL Aaamraxgwnvg Managea Christmas 0 0 Important Fifth Night of The Subscription Tuesday Evening, Dec. 22, 1908 Especially in Christmas Gifts Jewelry At 8:00 O'doek But it need not be Overpriced Madam Butterfly Much at Half Opera in Three Acts (In Italian) Price Music by Giacomo Puccini QUALITY is a virtue in merchan- Book by L. Alien G. Giacosa dise too precious not to be given After the work of John Luther Lung and David Belem. t] The Loeser Jewelry Store offers precedence in the minds of sensible THE CAST now, in these last days of holiday seekers of Christmas gifts-espec- Cio -Cio -San Geraldine Farrar shopping, perhaps the widest choice ially important when one purchases Suzuki Rita Pernio and the best values that were ever not for self but for others. The time a Kate Pinkerton Helen Mapleson offered in this vicinity at this season. is past, however, when oft reiterated B. F. Pinkerton Riccardo Martin Sharpless Antonio Scotti cant of quality may be used as a Ç The assurance of quality accom- Gore Albert Reiss cover for over large profit -and too Yamadori Giuseppe Teschi panies any purchase in the Loeser often that very boast of quality Lo Zio Bonzo Adolph Muhlmann Store. The beauty and individuality (seeks to conceal the LACK of it. Il Commissario Imperiale Bernard Be -ue of design of these Jewels is evident F } 6 ir -y1 ig this store has forced Conductor Arturo Toscanini to the most casual examination. For many years Stage Manager Jules Speck an ever more successful fight against Chorus Master Giulio Setti And because of son readiness to overcharging. eThe r women of Brooklyn Weber Pianos used. Mason & Hamlin Organs used. purchase when most r stores thought are most discriminating. They KNOW SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY it wise to stop Jewelry buying there cana be nothing better than the Act I -A Japanese House Terrace and Garden in Nagasaki. altogether, we e able to offer a BEST. If the BEST may be had for Act II and III -The Interior of Cio -Cio -San's House. great share ofe this stock now at half Between Acts I and II. there will be an intermission of 25 minutes. less than usual they appreciate the sav- price or nearly half price. Between Acts II and III. there will be an intermission or 15 minutes. ing. Therein lies the reason for the mag- FOR IT IS RECORDED nificent business of Brooklyn's largest and cif We commend the showing to Paso 1"- Numbers 20: 18 ""Thou shalt not your inspection. There is better ever larger, best and ever better store. 'This generation shall not Pass 1" -Nark 18:80 no 'The wicked shall no more Haas 1" -Nahum 1:15 in which 'They mitered not a man to Haas I" -.1148ea 8: 28 place to happily solve last Ç Buy early -do not wait until necessity 'Though they roar, yet can they not Pava P'- Jeremiah 5: 22 minute Christmas problems. will compel hasty buying -for necessity The Business Offices of The Academy are entered from St. Felix Street. Mr. Frederick D. Edsall, Managing Superintendent never won a good bargain. Telephone, 6060 Prospect Chas. Van Ronk.... Stage Carpenter I Head Usher...George A. Talmage

William J. Flaherty Electrician I Doorman Joseph Merry The Banquet Hau is reached from First Balcony Ladies Retiring Parlor -Left of Main Entrance 0 tl nil -moo. Lme.i . .n-M- sranfe Flom :.t Taft MAi1AM &Mae Water of Great Bear Scrum. Comex. Lb.d 'lins Aeriemy 7,, BROOKLYN. The Tapestries. Draperies, Carpets E. of rho Academy of Music were Furnished br lfe 1ÁM15 ehtf[RY & CO. nydeml m. leading real tramirwre sour The Only Brooklyn Store ma Street New York Nth Street On Grand Opera Nights the Banquet Hall will be open as Foyer, and can be reached With Private Subway Station either by the stairways to the First cony, or by the Elevators in Main Entrance Lobby.

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All the Music for opera Madam Butterfly for the PLAYERPIANO can be had on the ANDERSON exchange plan AT 5 CENTS A ROLL ANDERSON l0. CO. l 11 b: S à'r I.l N-: Block above Borough Hall Subway Station. 370 Fulton Street ?y 3' S : l f1 I = - 2"22- II ils Folk_ _17 For a`°ntncontinuous Mrialofthkwyosra Si Rue D' Btu uterine ti äus beet irture the l'nrb Strictly Pure Ice Cream ladies of Brooklyn ae o guarantee or Ice CaCrnuu, lrmr ro,aricnitecaee00dients. Itee,rg ouw ,dvorandset(,t&narielsssposurn, . lee Cream &Frmt Glates rra all shapes &forms Ca[enng to Wetltlinga. Par ion &social En[ertarnmenle. S. A. Hoff IMPORTER of MILLINERY GEORGE T. RILEY, Caterer and Confectioner Near Nostrand Avenue 773 Fulton Street Telephone, 2335 Prospect 108 South Oxford Street 1307 Fulton Street Brooklyn, n. v.

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Cloak Rooms and Ladies' Rooms on Orchestra and Second Balcony Floors. - Telephone Sawn. al East and West Ends of Main Lobby. Seeking ìs Doe ,nvely forbidden in all parts of the House excepting in Gentlemen's Lounging Room. Elizabeth titian ere courteously tt ested n ear Onto during the Performance. Hats may be latta eC.Irm4 Rm will leave t ThepAcade Academy onqurnes C. G. GUNTHER'S SONS SI. nyo Bt hnainanich 4melee from

their rbisai ngmati Muffs and Neck Pieces 21=1 wsi ;oe ii 1870 "Confidenceis not gained in a dar' 1908 NäeNe IuLLybbhe nail your cacao number roc , o Modelled into the latest styles. avm the . ARTHUR J. HEANEY TO Booklet sent on request. NOTICE OPERA SUBSCRIBERS Arrangements nave been madam that four carriages on Ashland Plain and three der_ Loans on Diamonds and Jewelry n 'ant. Felix S1reeican dia nsrue or take uD P one time. 214 and 216 Atlantic Ave. Memo anos then the pm carriages advance il,. a droll foram. will tothe carria`e Tel., exits on Ashland Place and St Felix Street in order as they s nd d SIN Main Brooklyn carriage ea/M. The numbers of the first ten carriages in line on both side e 9,iÌÌ be 184 Fifth Avenue coated on number carrying machines. *neat each end. in the main lobby, thereby notifying patrons the numbers annm,nced approaching the exits.a Patrons ors 'e ues e' to Telephone, Sat Main New York the mein lobby in attar that they may see their mailmen when place Oa tie in- dieanand¢eors, and thine Ciad congestion at t he then. Thor may pane Into he outer Rubies at Y. ash estl oP the main carriage. their carriage numbers are posUnl. oThey ate urgently re- Chandigian stol Cann chain tuksih es quickly ex lawslbk -if they Ju nut [Heir carriagee will have ana again take heir Dlece in Ilea later on. New numbem will M continuously Dealer in posé á e ñremoaa rarni.eea leave. Oriental Rugs New location will be the emploi l of the Academy In keeping an Repairing and Washing a Specialty open Yale through me middle of e lobby. In 618 Fifth Avenue, at turd street. o.mid,l.laa. SR FLEET ST. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Cor. of DeKalb Ave. 8-r.Opp. Loeeee'e Tuned by the Department of Police a Arriving: St. Felix Street Entrance- Approach from Hanson Place by West Side of St. Mrs. Henry Smock Boice F titi Rarest ek Entrance. ana depart by North side of Lafayette Avenue to Fulton Street 1 Loan. Miss Susan S. Boice, Soprano Arriving: A,tnuna Place Entrance-Approachce from Fh t u,d Avenue. vii Beal side of Ash. STUDIOS land Place m Entrance and depart through Ashland Place W Fulton' Street -fink Checks. Nos.nevett1 m900. Carnegie Hell, Man., Mon., Th., Sat. Arriving: lafavetle Avenue Entrance-Approach atom Pant bush Avenue be lafayett, Ave. 400 Washington Av., Ably,,. Tel., 608 Prompt u. Soule side. and «usesobyLa null Felix Styes to Fulton Street. Art of Singing. French Lyric Diction, Classed a J At this Entrance cmriege checks will be given for the side eximtOniv. in French, German and Italian. Beat Methods.

on t. Felix Street: Carriages will stand in two lines on the Moro. JONAS IMPORTER OF MILLINERY Ci North side of ilanson Flee, Past of :t. Felix Street, and thence in a single line on the Trimmed Beaver Hats 56:50 and Upwards West side up pmseag will West via of St. Felix Street. and then after taking en depart ßeays mate a sine pro anent [ec r :.a coo- Lafayette Avenue or through St. Felix Street to Pillion Street. n Ignt' ceemn. a^uie e To Take UP Passengers on Ashland Place : Carriages will stand in two lines on the ia:to will want ña+máwá- South aide at State Street and on the East side of Fourth Avenue. w of Flathusli Ave. e u.,harkeep thedemand,demand. bat wehaveavlimit-dup end en a single Mean the Easr aide of Ashland Place. and will either West ed number of nee rim Ia , J ad nrvthetriage mde or Lafayette Avenue, or through Ashland Place to Fulton Street for nthis week's 313.50 and Carriages Mar SNnd to be Taken by Appointment On Ashland Place, between La- leis i ne ua-áêi

Marble Busts, Figures and Pede- Tunable to deliver his message. already.. married t'' And when Goan Telephone, 1863 Main 'the very sight of a letter from and SIiARPvESS, a "riled al her stals, French and Vienna Bronzes, PINKERTON throws BUTTERFLY into blindness, suggests that PINRER- such transport Of excitement and TON'S desertion of her constitutes - a Dutch Silver,Carved Ivory, hand joy that she is unable to listen to divorce, she proudly tells them: iAittDttme cltilting .__l laie, painted Miniatures on Ivory; Art its contents. Ile has written,. he "That may be Japanese lint ° has rememberedel her, and of not the law of my country, Amor- L Tine lllillinery Potteries, Copper and Brass Art- _ he must he returning! l" It is a hopeless task to try - - Then they are disturbed by it visit and undeceive a faith such as hers. - icles, Silverware and Clocks, at Until YAMnlxnu, a wealthy Japan- After VA N Moat has taken his de- Orders and Ladies' Own Material attractive prices. ese suitor, wham Goao is urging panure, Suaveness makes one Made Up a Specialty. BUTTIRMY to marry. She is very more attempt to open her eyes to indignant. "flow' can I .try the truth, but she silences him once

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ARGUMENT -ACT I LIEUTENANT B. F. PINIERTON, of the United States Navy, is about to Decided contract a "Japanese Marriage" with Cho -Cho -San, known among her Reductions friends as BUTTERFLY. When the curtain rises he is being shown over and is about the little house on the hill, which he has leased at Nagaski on our entire stock of im- to occupy with his Japanese wife. Goxo, the nakodo or marriage broker, who has arranged the match, has also found him the house and is enjoy- ported models including ing PINKERTON'S surprise and pleasure at the ingenious contrivances of ; also the building. PINKERTON is then introduced to the three Japanese ser- coats, wraps and sets faithful maid. His friend vants, one of whom is SuonaI, BUTTERFLY'S on copies of these models SHARPLESS, the American Consul, arrives, and the two men settle down to an intimate chat. SHARPLESS looks upon PINKERTON'S projected from our own workroom. alliance with disfavor, and begs him to reflect before taking the step. He urges that what is a mere pastime to PINKERTON may be a very serious matter -a matter of life or death -to the Japanese girl. PINKERTON laughs at his friend's apprehensions, and their discussion is interrupted Men's Coats by the arrival of the bride and her friends. Greetings are interchanged; broad- SHARPLESS takes the opportunity of getting into conversation with BUTTER- of handsome imported FLY and is more than ever convinced that she is taking her marriage with linings of all the very seriously. That his misgivings are not groundless is soon proved, cloth for in a pretty interview with PINKERTON, BUTTERFLY confides to him better furs and collars and that she has, secretly and quite unknown to her relations, renounced her faith, the faith of her forefathers, before entering on her new life with facings of contrasting furs him; a step which means cutting herself adrift from all her old associa- attractive prices. tions and belongings, and entrusting her future entirely to her husband. at very The relations arrive, together with the Japanese officials, and the marriage contract is signed with due ceremony. While the guests are joyfully drinking the newly- wedded pair's health, a weird figure suddenly 19 West Thirty- Fourth St. cursing wildly. It is BUTTERFLY'S appears on the scene, shouting and York uncle, the Bonze (Japanese priest), who has discovered her renunciation New of faith and has come to curse her for it. He insists on all her relations, including her mother, renouncing her for ever; whereupon PINKERTON, annoyed at the disturbance, turns the whole lot out of his house, and J they depart, shaking the air with their imprecations. BUTTERFLY is left weeping bitterly, and PINKERTON proceeds to comfort his poor little Japan- ese wife. He soon woos her back to smiles and happiness, and a passionate love scene follows. And so we leave this strangely- assorted pair on the threshold of their life together. ACT II. -Part 1. Three years have passed. PINKERTON has long since been recalled to America, promising his little wife to return to her "when the robins nest." The curtain rises on a sadder and wiser SUZUKI, praying against all conviction for PINKERTON'S return, and on a faithful, ever -trusting, never -doubting BUTTERFLY. She declines to listen to SUZUKI'S misgivings: "'Tis faith you are lacking!" she says, and in most touching language i she draws a vivid picture of PINKERTON'S speedy return: "This will all come to pass just as I tell you. Banish your idle fears, for he'll return, I know it!" who has She is interrupted by a visit from the Consul SHARPLESS, riluire and exrlusiue grinds been entrusted by PINKERTON with a very cruel task, viz., to break to *nut, urrg BUTTERFLY the news that he is returning to Nagasaki, but that he is for now married -really married this time an American wife. But with Continued on Page 4 Urning aß1111tp

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2 THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC PROGRAMME LONG ISLAND LOAN AND TRUST CO. THE Where to Dine TEMPLE BAR, 44 COURT ST., BROOKLYN -NEW YORK THE ORMONDE Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, Over $2,800,000.00 Largest and Most Handsome Restaurant in Brooklyn OFFICERS Finest Cusine and Service. Music Daily 6 to 1 EDWARD MERRITT -President Vice President 12.30 to 3, 5,30 to 1 CLINTON L. ROSSITER First Sundays DAVID G. LEGGET Second Vice President FREDERICK T. ALDRIDGE Secretary 1276 FULTON STREET, at Nostrand Ave. Geo. Boemermann, Prop. WILLARD P. SCHENCK Assistant Secretary

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GRAND OPERA Brooklyn Season 1908 -1909 MetropolitanBy theOpera Entire Company Quality of New York GIULIO GATTI- CASAZZA GENERAL MANAGER ANDREAS DIPPEL ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER 0 Christmas Important Fifth Night of The Subscription Tuesday Evening, Dec. 22, 1908 Jewelry Especially in Christmas Gifts At 8:00 O'clock But it need not be Much at Half Overpriced Madam Butterfly Opera in Three Acta (In Italian) Price Music by Giacomo Puccini QUALITY is a virtue in merchan- . Book by L. Illica G. Giacosa dise too precious not to be given After the work of John Luther Long and David Belasco (1 The Loeser Jewelry Store offers of sensible now, in these last days of holiday precedence in the minds THE CAST shopping, perhaps the widest choice seekers of Christmas gifts- espec- Cio -Cio -San Geraldine Farrar ially important when one purchases Suzuki Rita Fornia and the best values that were ever Mapleson o not for self but for others. The time 0 Kate Pinkerton Helen offered in this vicinity at this season. B. F. Pinkerton Riccardo Martin is past, however, when oft reiterated Sharpless Antonio Scotti cl The assurance of quality accom- cant of quality may be used as a Albert Reiss Goro panies any purchase in the Loeser cover for over large profit -and too Yamadori Giuseppe Tecchi Store. The beauty and individuality often that very boast of quality Lo Zio Bonzo Adolph Muhlmann Bernard BaseBa e of design of these Jewels is evident seeks to conceal the LAK of it. II Commissario Imperiale -! Conductor Arturo Toscanini to the most casual examination. For many years this store has forced 1 Manager Jules Speck Stage And because of our readiness to an ever more successful fight against Chorus Master Giulio Setti purchase when most stores thought overcharging. The women of Brooklyn Weber Pianos used. Mason & Hamlin Organs used. it wise to stop Jewelry buying are most discriminating. They KNOW SYNOPSIS OF SCENERY altogether, we are able to offer a there can be nothing better than the L Act I -A Japanese House Terrace and Garden in Nagasaki. Act II and III -The Interior of Cio -Cio -San's House. great share of this stock now at half BEST. If the BEST may be had for o o Between Acts I and II, there will be an intermission of 25 minutes. price or nearly half price. less than usual they appreciate the sav- - Between Acts II and III. there will be an intermission of 15 minutes. ing. Therein lies the reason for the mag- FOR IT IS RECORDED (J We commend the showing to nificent business of Brooklyn's largest and "Thou shalt not Pass ! "- Numbers 20 : 18 your inspection. There is no better ever larger, best and ever better store. This generation shall not Pass !" -Mark 13 : 30 'The wicked shall no more Pass !"-Nahum 1 15 place in which to happily solve last They suffered not a man to Pass ! "- Judges 3 : 28 "Though they roar, yet can they not Pass ! "- Jeremiah 5: 22 ç Buy early -do not wait until necessity minute Christmas problems. entered from St. Felix will compel hasty buying -for necessity The Business Offices of The Academy are Street. Mr. Frederick D. Edsall, Managing Superintendent never won a good bargain. Telephone, 6060 Prospect Chas. Van Ronk.... Stage Carpenter I Head Usher...George A. Talmage William J. Flaherty. Electrician Doorman ...Joseph Merry The Banquet Hall is reached from First Balcony Ladies' Retiring Parlor -Left of Main Entrance ApRNIAm ARD &1`Rg& Gentlemen's Lonnni --v Ro "m- Mezzanine Floor at Left ó 0 Water of Great Bear Spring Company Used ,n The Academy BROOKLYN , N.Y. The Tapestries, Draperies, Carpets Etc., of The Academy of Music were Furnished by cAikaZadiele JAMES McCREERY & CO. I h, every detail the Leading Retail Establishment of Brooklyn.' New York 34th Street The Only Brooklyn Store 23d Street On Grand Opera Nights the Banquet Hall will be open as a Foyer, and can be reached With Private Subway Station either by the stairways to the First Balcony, or by the Elevators in Main Entrance Lobby.

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All the Music for opera Madam Butterfly for the PLAYERPIANO can be had on the ANDERSON exchange plan AT 5 CENTS A ROLL ANDERSON O. CO. Block above Borough Hall Subway Station. 370 Fulton Street )1.1.1e0,1 2411,011,0 %í ä';:_IlIv lIi o fv cs-ct-35 o 2 I I1111I JCII! _JD For a continuous period of thirty years 51 Rue D' Hauteville the name of RILEY has been before the Paris Strictly Pure Ice Cream ladies of Brooklyn as a guarantee of ICE CREAM made from Absolutely Pure Ingredients. Its delicious flavor and palateableness are unsurpassed. to Weddings, Parties & Social Entertainments. S. A. Hoff Ice Cream & Fruit Glaces in all shapes & forms Catering IMPORTER of MILLINERY Caterer and Confectioner GEORGE T. RILEY, Near Nostrand Avenue 773 Fulton Street Telephone, 2335 Prospect 108 South Oxford Street 1307 Fulton Street Brooklyn, N. Y.

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Cloak Rooms and Ladies' Rooms on Orchestra and Second Balcony Floors. Telephone Booths at East and West Ends of Main Lobby. Smoking is positively forbidden in all parts of the House excepting in Gentlemen's Lounging Room. _ Elizabeth Ladies are courteously requested not to wear Hats during the Performance. Hats may be left in the Cloak Rooms free of charge. Any one finding lost articles will please leave them at The Academy office, entrance C. G. GUNTHER'S SONS on St. Felix Street, which is open daily from 9.00 a. m. until 10.00 p. m. All inquiries relat- Rhind ing to lost articles should there be made. The Brooklyn Academy of Music is equipped with the ACOVSTICON to enable the pat- rons, whose hearing is defective, to enjoy the opera to the fullest extent. Seat and box holders may have an installation made by application to the General Acoustic Company, 374 Fulton Street All the desirable Furs 1265 Broadway. The "Vito" Carriage Call system used in The Brooklyn Academy of Music, is leased Tocques Brooklyn Long and Medium Coats from the General Acoustic Company of New York. Patrons are earnestly requested to assist the management in their efforts to place Muffs and Neck Pieces their carriages at the door promp;,ly, and with this in view you are respectfully requested 1870 "Confidence is not gained in a day" 1908 7 to remain INSIDE the lobby until your carriage number appears on the number carrying Modelled into the latest styles. machine in the lobby. ARTHUR J. HEANEY NOTICE TO OPERA SUBSCRIBERS Booklet sent on request. Arrangements have been made so that four carriages on Ashland Place and three c4:r- Loans on Diamonds and Jewelry T riages on St. Felix Street can discharge or take up passengers at one time. Attention is called the the Traffic Regulations below. 214 and 216 Atlantic Ave. . Please notice that at end of performance will the the carriages advance to the carriage Tel., 3182 Main exits on Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in order as they stand. and not in response to Brooklyn carriage calls. The numbers of the first ten carriages in line on both side streets will be 184 Fifth Avenue posted on number carrying machines, one at each end, in the main lobby, thereby notifying patrons that the numbers announced are approaching the exits. Patrons are requested to Telephone, 423 Main York stay inside the main lobby in order that they may see their numbers when placed on the in- New dicators, and thus avoid congestion at the doors. They may pass into the outer lobbies at Y. Chandigian each end of the main lobby when their carriage numbers are posted. They ate urgently re- quested to take their carriages as quickly as possible -if they do not their carriage will have to move on and again take their place in line later on. New numbers will be 'continuously Dealer in posted as previous carriages leave. Oriental Rugs New location will be Patrons are respectfully urged to assist the employees of the Academy in keeping an Repairing and Washing a Specialty open aisle through the middle of the lobby. in order to avoid delays. 518 Fifth Avenue, at 43rd Street. 82 FLEET ST. TRAFFIC REGULATIONS Cor. of DeKalb Ave. Opp. Loeser's il Issued by the Department of Police 0 Arriving: St. Felix Street Entrance -- Approach from Hanson Place by West Side of St. Mrs. Henry Felix Street to Entrance, and depart by North side of Lafayette Avenue to Fulton Street Smock Boice -White Checks, Nos. 1 to 500. Miss Susan S. Boice, Soprano Arriving: Ashland Place Entrance -Approach from Flatbush Avenue, via East side of Ash- STUDIOS land Place to Entrance and depart through Ashland Place to Fulton Street -Pink Checks. Nos. 501 to 999. Carnegie Hall, Man., Mon., Th., Sat. 400 Washington Av., B'klyn. Arriving : Lafayette Avenue Entrance -Approach from Flatbush Avenue by Lafayette Ave- Tel., 608 Prosp't nue, South side, and depart by Lafayette Avenue or St. Felix Street to Fulton Street. Art of Singing. French Lyric Diction, Classes At this Entrance carriage checks will be given for the side exits Only. in French, German and Italian. Best Methods.

lines on the Mme. JONAS IMPORTER OF MILLINERY To Take Up Passengers Street Carriages will stand in two ti North side of Hanson Place, East of St. Felix Street, and thence in a single line on the Trimmed Beaver Hats $6.50 and Upwards Cs West side of St. Felix Street, and then after taking up passengers, will depart West, via Beaver hats are such prominent factors in wo- Lafayette Avenue or through St. Felix Street to Fulton Street. men's apparel this season, that every woman of 1 is To Take Up Passengers on Ashland Place : Carriages will stand in two lines on the fashion will want to possess one. It impossi- - have a limit- South side of State Street, and on the East side of Fourth Avenue, west of Flatbush Ave ble to keep up to the demand, but we Avenue, and in a single line on the East side of Ashland Place, and will depart either West III ed number of these hata,artistically trimmed,ready side of Avenue, or through Ashland Place to Fulton Street. I for this week's selling. $6.50 and upwards. We al- or the North Lafayette so carry a complete line of up- to-date Beavers and Carriages May Stand to be Taken by Appointment : On Ashland Place, between La- Avenue front, right Felts in all the leading shades. fayette Avenue and DeKalb Avenue, and can proceed to the Lafayette 58 Flatbush Av. cor. Livingston St., Bkn side to curb, and then can depart East on Lafayette Avenue or North on St. Felix Street. n Licensed Public Hacks and Coaches: will stand on the East side of Rockwell Place, Tel., 4288 Prospect . James McCreery & Cs. - North of Lafayette Avenue. Saturday Evening, Dec. 26- Return of Isadore Duncan Symphony Orchestra, directed by Walter Damrosch Supported by The New York I NATHAN DRAPKIN Monday, January 4 -Sixth Night of Grand Opera -Aida or Tosca Tailor Thursday, January 14- Seventh Night of Grand Opera - Ladies' and Furrier Wednesday, January 6- Fourth Subscription Night -Der Deutsches Theatre 162 DeKalb Avenue Holiday Suggestions ARGUMENT -Continued. Bet. Cumberland and So. Oxford Sts., Brooklyn the best intentions, SHARPLESS is him ?" she protests, "when I am Marble Busts, Figures and Pede- unable to deliver his message. already married ?" And when Goan Telephone, 1863 Main The very sight of a letter from and SHARPLESS, am,ailed at her stals, French and Vienna Bronzes, PINKERTON throws BUTTERFLY into blindness, suggests that PINKER - such a transport of excitement and TON'S desertion of her constitutes /Rttbttme r.ilglttng Dutch Silver,Carved Ivory, hand - joy that she is unable to listen to divorce, she proudly tells them: painted Miniatures on Ivory; Art its contents. He has written, he "That may be Japanese law, but has remembered her, and of not the law of my country, Amer- 9 dine tllirter 0 to try Potteries, Copper and Brass Art- - course he must be returning! ica!" It is a hopeless task disturbed by a visit and undeceive a faith such as hers. - Then they are and Ladies' Own Material icles, Silverware and Clocks, at from YAMADORI, a wealthy Japan- After YAMADORI has taken his de- Orders makes one Made Up a Specialty. prices. ese suitor, whom GoRO is urging parture, SHARPLESS attractive BUTTERFLY to marry. She is very more attempt to open her eyes to indignant. "How can I marry the truth, but she silences him once Continued on Page 8 Pinter Montague CGrrrarr Foot of Montague St. Brooklyn, N. Y 34th Street Wholesale Grower of CUT FLOWERS 23rd Street All Occasions Floral Decorations for 'Phone, 147 Main New York / FLORIST 3 and 5 Greene Ave.... TeL 2840 Prospect J. A. BAILEY, Inc. ri .. 334 -349 Greene Ave ..Tel., 3055 -L Prospect Strictly - ./9/Fr -" Greenhouses -Short Hills, N. J. 0 -- Tel .28-1 Short Hills D Home . Baked Cake (i S 224 Livingston St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11'11 I I I I IIV all I II

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