‘SOCIETY NOTES 
RB. T. Crane, Jr., and family have 
soncluded their sojourn at their Ip- 
wich estate and have returned to 
Chieago residence on Lake 
hore Drive. 
At some convenient future date, 
-res. Taft will entertain the Yale 
lass of 1878 of which he was a mem- 
ber, at the White House, owing to 
his inability to attend the annual 
class dinner at New York. He offers 
uis hospitality in place of that func- 
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| Prof. A. P. Andrew, Asst. U. S. 
Treasurer, spent the holiday season 
it his East Gloucester cottage and is 
returning this month to vote in the 
municipal election, being now a resi- 
dent of Gloucester. 
- The debut of Miss Helen Taft on 
Thursday of this week was an el- 
aborate social function and of wide- 
‘spread society interest both in 
Washington and the leading cities 
of the country. 
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most popular operas presented by 
the Boston Opera Company. The 
triple bill will be the opening pro- 
duction on Monday December 5th. 
L’Enfant Prodigue by Debussy with 
Alice Nielsen in the role of Lia, Ro- 
bert Lassalle as Azael, and Ramon 
Blanchart as Simeon. Andre-Caplet 
will conduct. This will be followed 
by the second tableau from the op- 
era Der Geizige Ritter (The Miser 
Knight) by Rachmaninoff. George 
Raklanoff will take the part of the 
Baron and Arnaldo Conti will con- 
duct. Cavalleria Rusticana by Mas- 
cagni will end the evening’s program 
with Carmen Melis in the role of San- 
tuzza, Janka Czaplinska as_ Lola, 
Anne Roberts as Mamma Lucia, John 
McCormack as Turiddu and Rodol- 
fo Fornari as Alfio. Roberto Moran- 
zoni will conduct. 
The performance on Wednesday 
evening, December 7th will be Mefis- 
tofele in Italian by Boito, with Leon 
Sibiriakoff as Mefistofele, and Flo- 
rencio Constantino as Faust. Alice 
Nielsen will sing the part of Mar- 
gherita and Carmen Melis that of 
Elena. Maria Claessens will sing 
Pantalis and Marta. 
cone and C. Stroesco will also ap- 
pear in the cast. Arnaldo Conti will 
conduct the Opera. 
Ernesto Giae- 
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On Friday evening December 9th 
will be presented Il Barbiere di Si- 
vigilia by Rossini. Lydia Lipkow- 
ska will sing the role of Rosina, Anne 
Roberts that of Berta. Constantino 
will take the part of Count Almaviva, 
Leon Sibiriakoff will take the part 
of Basilio. Others in the cast will 
be Rodolfo Fornari, Luigi Tavecchia, 
Attilio Puleini, Ernesto Giaccone. 
Arnaldo Conti will conduct. 
The opera to be presented at the 
Saturday matinee, December 10th 
will be La Boheme by Puecini. Mimi 
will be sung by Lydia Lipkowska, 
Musetta by Fely Dereyne, Rodolfo 
by Florencio Constantino, Marcello 
by Rodolfo Fornari.and Collino by 
Jose Mardones; Scheunard by Atti- 
lio Puleini. Others in the cast will be 
John Morgan, Luigi Tavecchia, F. 
Huddy, and C. Stroesco. Wallace 
Goodrich will conduct. 
On Saturday evening at popular 
prices will be presented I] Trovatore 
in Italian by Verdi. Leonora will be 
sung by Luisa Villani. Azucena by 
Maria Claessens, and Ines by Grace 
Fisher, Enrico Areson will sing the 
part of Manrico, Count de Luna that 
of Carlo Galeffi, Fernando will be 
sung by Giuseppe Perini and Ruiz by 
Ernesto Giaccone. Roberto Moran- 
zoni will conduct. 
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