Show r I In New York NEW EW YORK Jan 14 When they took William Villiam Blake 35 from froma a 3 Bowery lodging house to vue Belll hospital with self Inflicted ted knife wounds in his throat they fount found I a 0 letter from his mother under tinder his hs pillow S Shere Here are excerpts from the letter letter let let- let let- ter ter- l I 1 wonder why I r do not heat hea hear from from you I told sister I r think you are areat areat areat at sea I think thinkS sometimes you ou are planning a surprise for me me be because because because be- be cause you OU have the side door key and can come In when you like I always look for you I am not very well I would love lo to see you dear dearbo bo boy Write to me and come home hom home so soon n. n I r am nearing my sev sev- enty eighth birthday and It is pretty neat neal time for me to hang up the fiddle and the bow and lay down the shovel and the hoe hoc Bill Bm Blake is not the only out out of ot town man in New York who carrica carries carries car car- ries rica a key to his mothers mother's door who pk ns to go back and surprise her and who very selIo seldom writes her A A. Broadway haberdashery displays dis- dis play s a sign reading Counselors of or Fashions Hostesses' Hostesses in a certain talc tain dance hall have cards cords reading Director or of Public Contact Next ext I expect to see the famous white while wings declaring themselves as Engineers Engineers En Engineers En of ot Manual Exertion o. o Rosa and nd Carmela 1 Ponselle are singing together at the l tam tain This Is their first appearance appearance appearance appear appear- I ance together on the operatic stage but the two sisters started out together to together to- to gether gather as choir singers wen went Into vaudeville together er only to toi part to part to 1 when Carmela gave ga up her ambitions ambitions ambitions ambi ambi- to insure the younger Rosa an operatic career Recently Carmela a so mezzo sang Annio Annie Laurie at a meeting of ot the tho Catholic writers' writers guild at the special request of ot Cardinal Cardinal Car Car- dinal Hayes s. s Otto Kahn heard her I and then Casazza Gatti-Casazza director of or orthe the Metropolitan Invited her to ap appear appear ap- ap pear with her bel now celebrated sister sis sis- sis sis- ter Rosa made her first great success success success suc suc- suc- suc cess when she sang with Caruso in La Forza del November 20 1918 That night she was dressed for her I part by Carmela Carmea who had continued to sing In vaudeville to finance her sisters sister's education for t the e opera p ra New York tailors may s say sy tha that they put secret pockets In coat armPits armPits armpits arm- arm Pits as protection against pickpockets ets ts but I know another story etory I know a man who uses such a pocket to carry money that he be desires to keep from hi his wife He lie calls it hi his holdout pocket JA JAMES IES W. W V. V DEAN |