PHlEISBIiPHlA. TTflSDZl?, BBfrTEMBEIt 18, 1914. SOCIAL LIF IN CITY AND NEARBY TOWNS a!"!.. 4'TV .SKSL3?W R'.n'.'v" . IaaN r .aBBBBBBBBBBBBBaV CaaaaaaaaBai UtJ CLASSIC DANCER A BRIDE TODAY Miss Gemma A. d'Auria, well known in the younger set in West Philadelphia, who will become the bride of Dr. Percy H. Houston, of Austin, Tex., tonight. MISS EDITH II. BAILV, daughter of Fred erick L. Bally, of Clovcrton, Ardmv.ro, and a sister of Miss Theodate L. Bally, will bo Introduced at a tea which will be given by Vcr father Saturday afternoon, October 17, from 4.30 until 7 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Hcbard, of Chestnut avenue, Chestnut Hill, are being congratulated on the birth of a son, born yesterday. Mr. Hebard, It will bo remembered, before her mai riage last fall was Miss Margaret Champlln Ferry Claxton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Winter Bally will intio duce their daughter, Miss Molly W. Bally, at a tea which thoy will give nt their country place, Rosslovyn, Strafford, on the afternoon of October 6. This will probably be nn out-of-doors affair It the weather will permit, anil Mr. and Mrs. Bally have planned to have music during the rccoption. Miss Edith Bally and Miss Molly Bally are first cousins. An engagement of Interest to this city and New York, which has been announced In New York, Is that of Miss Edith Stuart Otto, daugh ter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Albert T. Otto, ot Vnlley Rose Farm, Scarsdale, to Norman Cailllo Ilclchert, a son of Dr. Edward Tyson Relchcrt, who Is a member of the faculty of the medical department of the University ot Pennsylvania. Mr and Mrs. Charles Henry Scott, Jr., nro spending tho autumn ns tho gucnts of Mr. and Mrs. William West Frnzlor, Jr., at their rnuntry placo In Jcnklntown. Mr. nnd Mrs. Ecott will not open their town houso at 111 South 22d street, until late In November. Mrs Francis P. Sibley has rourneil to her homo on Summit avenue, Jenklntown, after Tending several days In New York ns tho fiifst of her daughter, Mrs. Bolmoro Brown. Mrs Henry Augustus Berwlnd will entertain In her box at the Horse Show In honor of her debutante daughter. Miss Margaret Berwlnd. Mr. and Mrs. Berwlnd will give a small danco In honor of their son Charles Graham Uerwiud, on Thursday night. Among the Phlladelphlans noted on the links of tho Point Judith Country Club lately wero Ir and Mrs Archibald O. Thomson, Mr. nnd Mrs John Norris, Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Norrls, Mr and Mrs. Paul Denekln .Mills, Miss Lisa Norris and Mrs. Philip E. Stovenson. Dr. John II. Glrvln, of 2120 Walnut street, has returned from London, Eng, and Is spend ing this week nt Hot Springs, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Caryl Roberts, of this city, rtertalned nt tea yesterday at the Country Club In Narragansott Pier. Mrs Alexander J. Cassatt nnd her crand- dauehter. Miss I.ols Buchnnan Cossatt. will leave Newport on Friday of this week and open their country place at Huverford. Far the past two seasons Mrs. Cassatt bus been Pending the summer nt Newport whllo she has leased her house In Bar Harbor. Morris Lewis Stovell is tho guest of Mr. nnd " John Gilbert at their home lit Sarnnao LaVe. Edward Connor, who started last week In hi curing car for a trip through New England, ' t Present vlsltlpg his mother. Mrs. P. 8. t-onnor, at her cottago In Narragansett. Mr- and Mrs. James M. WIUcox have been motoring through the New Engl.md States and re at present staying In Jeff ei son, Vt. Mr and Mrs. Jose Ramon Vlllaloii, of Havana, uba, who have been stopping in thu city sov. rai days after a summer spent In tho Poconos, will leave Thursday for Washington and will then go on to Cuba. Mr. and Mrs. Archibald B. Hubard have re lurned from Jamestown to their homo on Wyn. eote road, Jenklntown. ALONG THE MAIN LINK oinunooK-The Indies' Committee of tho uverbrook Golf club win give the second of " BePtmber afternoon teas this Saturday. r and Mrs. H DeWltt Irwin and Miss m T Irwln' ot Clt' ave,1U0 una Lancaster aJ. returned today from Chelsea. . M MuMlcheu and Miss Rosalie Me- M'cheu have returned to their home. Rosemary. ra. William Harrlty, Miss May llarrlty ami ' Isabel "arrlty. who wero In Brussels when " a' dedared, arrived hero last week. Julia Ai8EMr" a"(l 5Irs- Wllu Muw- load ! and Be'Janilii Muer, of Simpson it ii ' returned home after a kunuuvr spent -"i uaven St. Marv's Episcopal Church, Is oxpected home this week from Garden City, L,. I. Mr. nnd .Mrs. Francis M. Cresson and family, who spent tho summer at Tho Oaks, Pa., will shortly open their house on Simpson road. IIAM.HIOHD-A wedding of interest to society In this city nnd Wilmington will tnke placo Wednesday. September 30, when Miss Edith Illnmly Klcmn, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. J. George Klemn, Jr., of Havorford, will be mar ried to Morton Harvey, ton of Mr. nnd Mrs. Holhteln Harvey, of Wilmington. The ceremony will be solemnized at high noon In St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Ardmoro. Tho Rev, George Pomeroy Allen, rector, will of ficiate. Miss Klcmn will have her cousin, Miss Anns Shnplelgh Garrett, of Wilmington, for maid of honor, nnd Miss Eleanor Brock, Miss Jean Moirls Llllle, Miss Florence Shoemaker and Miss Louise Twnddell will be tho bridesmaids. Tho Mower girl will bo .Miss Eleanor Rogers. Donald Satterthwalte, of Wilmington, will be Mr. Hurvey'o best man. Holstcin Harvey, Jr., brother of the bridegroom-to-be; George Cnttell, Jr., Louis Bennett, Jr., and John Twaddell will act ns ushers. Following the ceremony there will bo a small bieakfast at tho residence ot the bride's parents for tho Immediute families nnd a few Intlmato friends. ItADMJIl-MIss Mnrgaret Berwlnd, who will bo ono of tho season's debutantes, will be Intro duced nt n tea, which will be given Wednesday, October 14. ALONG THE READING Mr. ami Mis. John Grlbbel and Miss Urlbbel have toturned to their homo In Wyncoto after spending tho summer nt Camden, Me. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G Wilson are spending tho early fall nt their country place at Gwynodd Valley beforo opening their town house at 302 South Thirteenth street, on October 1. A wedding of interest to persons In Oak Lane will li that of .Miss Lorn. Nettle Gumming and J'iml Emll Woll, which will take placo Septem ber 21 In Portland, Ore. Miss Cuininliig. who Is tho daughter of Dr. William Andrew I'ummlng, of Portland, has been tho guest of her sister, Mra. Harold Per pall, of Oak Lane Park, for the past six months. Ml. Woll Is the son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Petor Woll, of 70th nvenuo and City lino. Oak Lane. Ha i.s a membur of the Old York Road Coun try Club and popular In the social set along York road. The ceremony win ho performed at S.30 p. m. In St. Mark's Eplscopul Church, Portland. After an extensive trip, Mr. nnd .Mrs. Woll will make their home in Oak Lane Park. .Mr, nnd Mrs. Harold Perpall left yesterday for Portland, Ore,, where they will attend the wedding of Miss Lora Nettle Cummins:. Mr. Perpnll's sister, to Paul Emll Woll, of Oak Lane, on Tuesday evening, September 82. Miss Edith Crowther will be mnrried to Mr Edward Everott Thompson, of Waco, Tox., September 22, also. Miss Crowther In the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crowther. Tho wedding will take place ut tho home of tho bride. C510 North Sev enth street, nt 11 n. in. She- will wear her traveling gown and will bo given in marriage by her father. The Rev. J Kennedy Moorehouso, of Calvary Episcopal Church, Consholiocken. Pa. will perform the ceremony. The bride will be unattended and Burd 'e) will ect as best man. Mr. mul Mrs. John Hood and their family returned today to their homo on Seventh street, nfter spending thu summer at Ocean City. Mr. ami Mrs. Thomas Bains and their daugh ter, Miss Helen Bains, of CSth avenue, returned on Saturday, after a month at Longport. Mr. and Mr. F. W. Munn and their daughter. Miss Floreiao Munn, of I.auntoti avenue, re turned to their homo Saturday, after a season at lholsa. Miss Rose, however, having' spent tliojast two weeks at Blount Rose, Pa. Mrs. IJ. V Uoebel, of Panama, is the guest for eri weeks of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton (lAge, at their summer home near Villanova, Pa. Mr and Mrs. Bdward Tsggart. of Klghth urevt. teturned vesterday after a month of travel around the Great Lakes v George Pomeroy Allen, rector of Miss Mary Lorlmer, of Melros Park io turned Saturday to her home on Stratford ave ntio after ft, month near Montreal, Can. Mrs. Eugene W. Fry will slve a largo lunch eon on Thursday at tho Huntingdon Vnlley Country Club In honor ot Mrs, Melvlllo G, Wright, of Oak Lane, formerly of Richmond, Va. Govern will bo laid for 60 jruests and tho deco rations will bo pink and whits astors. NORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA The wedding of Miss Genovlovo Harton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pembroke D. Harton, of 1721 West Qlrard nvenue, to Clayton B. Bhoemaker, will tako placo on Wednesday morn ing, October 1, nt 10:30 o'clock, In tho Church of tho Ocsu. Mrs. Frederick J, Christman, of tho Dauphin Apartments, has returned from a fortnight's visit In Now York, whoro eho wan tho guest of Mrs. Eijward L. Howe, of Riverside drlvo. A reception will be given on Monday night In honor of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Krauskopf at the Alumni Uullu ig, under the auspices ot the Slstorhood ot tho Kenosoth Israel Congregation. Miss Eva Jacobs, of North Broad street, has returned from Pittsburgh. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Klein, of 2232 North Broad street, are on their way homo from Europe, having sailed on the Baltic on Sep tember 9. Miss Miriam Alexander, of Elkton, Md., Is visiting Miss Mlldrod Hudson, of 1818 North Park nvenue. Miss Hudson entertained James Ellison and Dunbar Lane, of St. Goorgo's, Del., over Sunday. , Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Fngley, who have been In Atlantic City since Juno, have roturned to their -winter home, 1SC0 North 22d atreot. Their daughter, Miss lreno Fagley, has been with her parents slnco her roturn from Europe tho end of August. Mies Ellzaboth CTTapman, ot Springfield, Mass., who spent tho Bummer abroad with Miss Fagley, Is visiting her grand mother, Sirs. Elizabeth C. Savory, nt Hamilton Court. Mr. and Mrs. Melville Stuart Atwood aro staying with Mrs. Atwood'a mothor, Mrs. John Moran,.of 2731 North Eleventh street, for an Indefinite period aftor spending tho past few months at their homo In Chelsea, Atlantic City. Mrs. Charles A Carey and her daughter, of 2807 Diamond street, havo returned to their cottage In Ocean City for a fow days, where they entertained extensively during tho summer. Miss Martha Barter and Miss Dorothy Bnrtor, of 2031 North Eighteenth street, havo returned home after a short stay at the Churlclgh Inn, StroudBburg, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Marshall, of 1625 Diamond street, have returned home, having spent tho past six weeks In Atlantic Cltv. Miss A. Edna Schmltt and Miss Marian E. Schmltt, of 3371 Ridge avenue, pave returned to their homo after a Ilvo weeks' visit at Wlldwood. hAvo returned from Capo May, whero they spent tho month of August. Mr. and Mrs. James O, David and family, ot 63M Magnolia nvenuo, motored from Watch Hill, arriving homo tho tatter part of August. Among thosa seen lunching nnd dining at tho dermnntown Cricket Club Saturday were Mr. and Mrs. Philip Adamson, Mr. nnd Mra. Charles Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Pass more, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schwartz, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Gormley and Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Thacknra. 1 THE DRAMA .sbbVIbibbbbbbbbbhHbibbbbbbbk&I ssHKiHislllBHHBilllllvtt isBBjHBfJi ' I FJTliallllBLIIIIBEiaBtallllllllllK Xffi !ToawHvLIKia9aLIILIIHE K tW mmmmm AinpgHfyl f M'dWKBBeSBBl a mm IifillsHHfJll Milliii! mtmtammitmieiimmmuammmmtMtmi mum mfiuWMimiinS ROXBOROUGH Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Dnvls, Jr., of 4323 Mannyunk avenue, entertained last night In celebration of tholr tenth wedding anniversary Astrrn and forns formod tho decorations. Mrs. Davis's mother, Mrs. Walter Stevenson, and Mr. nnd Mrs. David W. Davis assisted In re ceiving. Tho guests, who nrc members with Mr. and Mrs. Davis In two card parties wero: Mr. nnd Mrs. William C. Almea, Mr. nnd Mrs. Benjamin Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. William Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Vnn Horn, Mr nnd Mrs. Ralph Tope, Mr. and Atrs. Arthur Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Thompson, JoJin Struso, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Pflstcrer, Mr. anil Mrs. William Bunh, Mr. and Mrs. II. C. MIs slmer. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kenworthy, of Green lane, who spent tho summer touring through Europe, returned homo on Saturday. They wero accompanied by James Stott, of 407 Gieon lane, and Mr. nnd Mrs. Clydo Leabor. Dr. nnd Mrs. William Iloldt and their fam ily havo closed their cottage nt Stono Harbor and have returned to their winter homo, 213 Rochello avenue, Wlssnhlckon. Miss Jeeslo Koely, of 314 Green lane, has re turned homo aftor spending tho season in Glou cester, Muss. .Mrs. Lazello Thornton nnd her family, of Lawnton street, havo returned from Ocean Cltj. whero they sicnt tho summer. Mrs. Charles Erwln, of Rochello avenue, Wlssnhlckon, Is spending several wcoks with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Ba'.lcy, at her homo In Washington. D. C. SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA With the coming of cooler weather, enter taining nmong tho naval ofllcers and their wives will be resumed, and, although there will be a decided falling oft of large dances nnd dinner parties because of the lack of men, there will be no lack of the smaller Informal affairs. Such Is the bridge club which met last night at the home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Lucius Becbo, 2320 South 21st street. vTho members Include Lieutenant and Mrs. Guy A. Blsset, Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. George Landonberger, Naval Constructor nnd Mrs. A. B. Court, Lieu tenant and Mrs. Cochrane, Commander and Mrs. It. 8. Keyes and Mr. and Mrs. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burton Ford, who nro expected to return this week, havo taken a house at 2407 South 21st street. CHESTNUT HILL . Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Clark, of Moreland nnd Cherokee avenues, will arrive this week from Marblehead Neck, Mass., where they spent tho summer. Airs. E. Dlgby Bnltzell Is tho guost of Mrs. Arthur Murtagh nt her Capo May cottage. Mrs. Bnltzell beforo her marriage In tho spring was Miss Lena Duhring,' of Chestnut Hill. Mr. nnd Mrs. Alfred J. Ball, ot 215 East Mt. Pleasant avonue, havo closed their Cape .May cottage and have returned to town. Dr. and Mrs. Diddle Mnrsden, of 8311 Ger inantown avenue, have icturned from Periuam Ing. Mich., whero they spent the entire summer. j Mr. nnd Mrs. Max Levy and their daughter. Miss Dorothy Levy, of 610 North Cliveden street, turned to their home yesterday from Europe. Tho pnrt arrived In New York on Friday and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fabian Levy at Flatbush over tho week-end. Mr. and Mrs. Levy went nbroad early In Juno to meet their j daughter. Miss Dorothy Levy, who had been j In school In Switzerland during the Ian year. I Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Dlrchc, of New York, also Joined the party early in June and spent I tho season at Caiifebud, Germany, at which placo they wero detained for several weeks after tho war broke out. Mrs. DIechez Is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Levi. WEST PHILADELPHIA Mr. nnd Mrs. Walter C Hancock, of 3720 Chestnut street, have opened their house for the winter. They spent tho summer motoring. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Curley, of West Phil adelphia, aro receiving congratulations upon tho birth of a daughtor, Helen Ellznbeth Cur ley, Thursday, September 10. This Is their second child, as they have a young son, Neville Curley. Mr. nnd Mrs. Ira D. Gnrman, of 216 South 46th street, who aftor vlaltlng In Chicago spent tho late summer In Cholsea, have returned home. Mrs. A. N. Hamilton and her daughters, ot 600 South 49th stroot, aro entertaining Miss Louise Talor, of Washington, as their guest. Miss Ethel Lelnau, of 4216 Spruce street, will not return to her home until tho first of Oc tober. Sho Is at present at the Lawn Housn In Rlvorton and has as her guest Miss Mildred Whaley, of New York. Judge and Mrs. Utloy E. Crane huo closed their house nt Chelsea and returned to Hamp ton Court for the winter. Miss Mary MoArdle, of 4210 Parkslde nvenue, returned on Saturday from u trip to Cobough, Can.; while there bha was the guest of Mrs. Frank Hess. Mr. and Mrs. V. Cameron Buinsldo have taken apartments at 42d and Spruce streets fo the winter. , GERMANTOWN Mr. and Mrs. Iouls C. Madeira, of School House lane, havo returned to their home, having spent the bummer at North East Harbor, .Me. Mr. and Mrs Joseph Ross, accompanied bv Miss Theodoiu Ross, hae leturned from Chilstmas Uovi, Me., where they spent the summer They aro occupying their new homo at Wlssahlckon avenue and I'psnl btreet Mr. William R. Berry, who haa been la -Munich during the war period. Is now at Tho Hague, and will boon sail for home. Professor Charles C. Heyl has returned homo In safety nfter an eventful trip through Europe, Friend a of Mr Heyl were particularly .uixlqiw for his speedy return, for his work: tu. vr.nclpa) of the Wast Philadelphia High School fci- Bays begins immediately. Mr Hoyl traveled through France. Italy and Germany after war was do. dared, Mrs, Edward Troth, who has spent tho sum. mer In Europe and, with others, was marooned III tha war zone, Is expected to return to her home, 31U Pfiin street. Miss Catherine Cooper Cassard has returned from Cape May, whero she was the guest of Miss Edith Wilson nt her cottage. .Miss Paj. snrd will leao Thursday for Hartford, Conn, tn be the guest of Mlbs Helen IVaso for the remainder of tho month. Pr. and Mrs. Henry Paul Brown, Jr. havo returned from Europe ana aro nt presont stay. Ing with Doctor Brown's father and mother. Mr. and Mrs Henrj P. irovn. at tjb Yet Upsal street. Mlsa Frances Stokes has returned frojrj N3r. ragansett Pier, whero she spent several weli3 this summer. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunning Drlpps. havs closed their Cape May cottago and. with their two children, hae returned, to 6JGJ Yayn avenue. Tha Rev. and Mrs. Henry W. Frot s.nd their family, of 335 West School House Un, h opened their house, having spent the entire bummer at Northfleld. Mass. yr. and Mr. Jolm Blakely, of 2803 Queen lane, HELEN WARE Will appear in "The Revolt," at the Adelphi next week. MURDER AND MYSTERY A CRIMINAL HISTORY John Maeon in Tense Melodrama That Makes One Content With Being Humble and Honest and Free of a Past. Put an Apache in evening clothes and ho will still remnln an Apache. Tho lanie thing ap plies to Pntagonlans, white Eskimo" and Mex ican bandits, Clothes do not mnWo tho man, nor Bellevue-Stratford settings niter inherent table mnnners Elegantly staged, luxuriously upholstered, pre sented by an excellent cast, Owen Davis' play. "Drugged," which opened nt the Broud Street Theatre last night, with John Mapon in the title role, nevertheless remnlns unadulteinted melodrama of the old-fnfchiotied established typo, a bit more polished, more teehnlcnlly and tersely constructed, but thillling, horrifying and halr-rnlslng as of old. Young John Dexter, ucted by Frnnk Thomas, Is clicking off a telegraphic message In code to beautiful Sylvia Cragen Nnn Campbell as the curtain rises upon the magnificent Interior of the homo ot the great John Dexter, railroad magnate, candidate for Congress, rejected citi zen. Young Dexter uses the telfgrnphlc devlco to tell Sylvia he loves her, and, as one desires, they fall Into each other's aims. An auspicious opening. Enter John Dexter, consummately por trayed by John Mason, who npproves of the match, although with obvious restraint. Next enter Mrs. Dexter, tall, grim, with touches of tragic green In hr uostumo, who stalks across the room llko a haunted Electra. W see Mis. Doxter's faoo Is ashen. 1 r eyes wild and heavily ringed. Sho trembles violently When she henrs of the betrothal she insists upon speaking t, tho girl nlone sho was the girl's mother's dearest friend; she loves her son. By these cryptio statements we know there's a skeleton dangling somewhere about In that tapestried, wrll-but-lored establishment. Amelia Gardner, as the morphine-obsessed wife, terilfled by her hus band's hidden past, create.i th necessary psychlo atmosphere of trngedv and looming disaster. Despite her warnings, the girl do- MISS D'AURIA TO BE DOCTOR HOUSTON'S BRIDE Wedding at Her Father's Home This Evening tn lie Noteworthy Social Event. The wedding of Miss Gemma Abkaaoff d'Auria and Dr. Percy Hazen Houston will take place tonight nt G o'clock, at the homo ot the bride Miss d'Auria is tho daughter of cldes she will continue to love and to marry Captain and Mrs. Lulgl d'Auria, of 203 St. Mark's Saunre, nnd a granddaughter of Brlg ndlor Gcneial Robert, who Is tho author of Ilobcrt'H "Rules of Order on Parliamentary Law." Doctor Houston Is professor of litera ture In tho I'nivorslty of Texas. Miss d'Auria, who will bo given In mnrrlag.i by her father, will wear a gown of soft whlto satin, made with n llounco and overdress ot duchess lace. Tho bodice Is finished at tho neck and bloeves with duchess lace, and Is ornnmented with peails. Her veil will be made of tulle, eUed with pearls, and will bo ar ranged on hei hair under a tiny cap of duchess lace, which will bo fastened with diamonds uml pearls. Sho will carry a bouquet of llliis of the valley and bride roses. Mtss Helen Robert d'Auria, a bister of tha bride, will not ns maid of honor; she will wear a btunnlug frook of palo blue taffeta, heavily embroidered in pgarls, and will cairy tea roses. Tho little llowor girls will be Miss I'rlscllla Aldon Rulgravo and Miss Corlnno Rest Tenner Fowler, they will wear whlto net frocks, mid will cany small baskots of whlto anil pink ronebuiU Doctor Houston will bo attended by DoWitt Clinton Redgrave. Jr., as beat man. Th ceremony, which will be performed by th Rev lr. Georgo Hooper Ferris, pastor of ih- First naptist Church, will bo folhmed by .i laice reciptluii, after which tho bride and bridesioom will leave for a wedding trip They will Ilvo In Austin, Te.as. Tho brlu of today has achieved groat merit as a dancer of tho Jack whatever tides, whereupon wo llko that girl. Then follow, thick and fast, complications after the established melodrnma recipe Elevn thousand dollars of railroad money are stolen from thu safe In the Dexter homo. Evidence points to young Dexter as tho thief, and so tho railroad detective. Tom Lane, appears, demand ing a warrant for young Doxtor's arrest. Young Dextor Is eventually arrested nnd Sylvia weeps real tears. Appear tho villain. Doctor Malone, slinking, sinister, with face like putty, and fur tlvo eves. This Doctor Mnlono ha.s boen feed ing Mrs Dexter upon morphine; lie has also been placing servants In the Dexttrr hounehuld He pursues John Dexter for homo mysteriuuM reason; wo know, and everybody knows, that he knows inoro thnn he tells he knows John Flood, as Doctor Malone, is consummately suc cessful in winning ovcry ono'a suspicion and contempt. Pretty soon wo loam ho has stolon the I11.00Q while Mrs. Dexter was unconscious from drugs. A maid. Laura, placed In the household bv Malono a.s 4 spy. is accused or (onnlving tu the theft, and 10 nve herself de nounces the great John Dexter for what he, U an escaped convict, ihargid with murder, tho notorious Jim McOarrln. She tt-lla all slid knows. A respected citizen and i-u- meU can didate tn Congiesa a moment before, the exeat John Dexter breaks down under the exposure. Ho knew tha hour had to come. He groans while the curtain Uropfi. esthetic. She appeared last winter In several j nreathless, eager, w nxt rind ourselves donees at u number of churitablo affairs Guests will utteml tho wedding from New Yoik. Baltimore und Boston N'otable unvmi; them will bo Brigadier GcnaraJ Robert and Commander Redgrave, I". S. X, tho former Grandfather arte) the latter an undo ut the belli luiwut-swori; The inarilaae of ilua Marian Svvope daugh ter of Mr. and 11m Aloxonder Swops, of Hi viewing the abode of the balt-t'ul Doctor Ma lone Dawson, tho I'exter butler mid Malotic a henchman, prowls about, Jerkv, blinking. aUo obsessed by tho morphine fiend. Suddenly tho doe-i la burst open John luxter. otherwise thu fearsome Jim McOarrtty. win, had boen aj rusted ana U broken from custody, arrives Ho givos Pawaun a few Jiu-jitsu tmsts of tho wrist, and learns that Msiono had kifrtn .in inrrtnttt a Ri Itintntin naJaMH .. f. n.,- I.,.. .i !. t ,-.. """ "" " " '' " "" Hro rr.. :rzz :,.;; rr ',,?.':.... " h p mia8 -... w-.- -- ........ . -w huiU, III l)e bom at tu bride Owing to tho recent death ' of Thomas 'tower, a bjotlicr of tb bride groom, only urn lrnrae4tat famines of tha brWgroum awl bride will bs present Tim ceremony villi tab, laco at ? o'clocH. after which the jroun couple will leave 00 a short tour. n UUVJU. POTT8VH.I.K, Vi. ttept 15 -S JJUton Evans. a oun busmen man of this plac. and J)l3 Marion A Hlwls. mce of the late W J Wttltehause, formr Republican county chair, mu of tkhuyMUll, ueie married today, the lereuMMiy bring perforin! by the R yy lU!r, rector of Trlnlt Episcopal yuw Bjther uventi car,s before and Knew the hoy Dexter had been convicted ot murdering. Tha itu ution that follows i- guarantied to tahe your breath- Doctor Ji.,i.,ue enters. A revolver ts flashed. Psspir4i' nM. potior Malono U overcome. Uut look, watch, am' Into a drawer on the side of the desk where he situ oppugns tho triumphant UcQarrity. Malona opens and ernptie a bottle of chloroform Uestei rises. eniflli'S the air. In a Sash Malona i upon bus with m sag saturated with tho drug They r to and fr. th gag tt John I Hater's mouth Evil vtlus John succumbs Matone and Paugon lush him to a chair and gunerouM), feed tui more chloroform Now THEATRICAL BAEDECKER ADEI,PHt "Help Wanted,' comedy drama, bearing a ''stop, look and listen" warning to joung women venturing Into the danger world of modern business. BUOAD "Drugged," melodrama by Owen Da vis, starring John Mason. Review below. r-HESTNUT STREET OPERA HOUSE "Cft. blrla," ono of tho most spectacular moving picture drnmns over presented, showing a ratnclvsmlo volcnnlo eruption, the destruc tlon of a city nnd tho nnnlhllntloti of n fleet at sen. FORtlEHT "Zicgfcld Follies." Mirth for the masses (JARIUOK "Allele," French operetta, charm ingly romantic, with enthralling miislo nnd Inoslstlblo Peggy Wood. WALNUT "Siberia," thrilling rui It wan 81 year.s ngo, depicting the ter-r-r-lblo ndven tiires and crue-o-l sufferings of two girls In Siberia. known. While Malono and Dnno nro nt each other's throats, nnd Dawson In tlngallnntly si fling fair Svlvln's screams, John, wheeling about In tho revolving chnlr In which he Is prisoned, by a strategic movo grasps a re V, Ivor Iving on tho desk. A renl lamp Is htnnsheil. Bang! Doctor Malono is shot. All ends well. Dawson, tho tool of the villain, la I liidiued by Laura, with whom ho Is In love, to mnrcss that ho and Malono stole tho $11,000 and to Jail. Sho Will wait for him, the says. Ma I'.ne, wotintletl to death, having escaped from 1 la hou.o by Dawson's aid, In captured and ii ought to tho Dexter home. At tho very mo ment John Dexter, In handcuffs, Is about to be t.iKen back to St. Queiilln. tho dying Malono, In n marvslously simulated delirium, con fesses that ho, and not Dexter, formerly Mo Onrrlty, killed tho Cingon boy. Young Jnck I and Svtvla embrace John assumes a fond poKture over his wife Sho him promised to fight and conquer tho demon morphtno, An admirable thrillor. As a melodrama, a high-watermark success. An Apache in even ing clothes, so far ns plays are concerned. But 11 accomplishes what much high-brow nnd hlghfalutln" problem drama falls to do. It Interests, grips, holds. Miniature Comedy at Kcith'6 Ladles and gentlemen 1 Lot us present to you tho established favorltes-tho titled ad venturer, the winsome American heiress, tho rugged boy from the West Jilted for the baron, the Spanish Carmen Jilted by tho baron and carrying a dagger and red rose.' You know them nil, and like them all, but they have novei appeared In rt more charming setting than in U. A. Rolfe's mlnlaturo musical com edy, "The Bride Shop." which opened yester day ut B. F. Keiths Theatre. 'Pll known as our friends may be, they are precipitated Into complications nil the more original nnd exclt lug for their swiftness and brevity. The dim Inutlve drama transpires In a lingerie shop, whero a bovy of fair maids appear, each exhib iting parts of tho sheer lacy and tantallzlngly tempting trousseau of the bride. To tho satis faction of all concerned, the adventurer is un masked and true lovo finds its own Andrew Tombes, ns Billy Copo. rejected by the heiress for tho baron, is n comedlnu whoso drollery will make you forget tho Increasing cost of living. His .song exposition of life in Spain, where your sweetheart appears at a casement while you make love from tho basement, should compose you to vvhatovcr may be your local romantic lot. -The Two Hollanders." Chretl enno and Loulsette. are remarkable in their Impersonations of various notional dances and songs. A good, thoroughly satisfactory variety of entertainment, with Julia Curtis Imitating a violin, and various comedy stars ns animals with her voice; the Lelghtons dolm.- W.i,oii 1- ragtlme, and Blossom S.-eley ragging It in amusing, if sometimes rasping, songs. Matrimonial CompIiVations Mooro and Elliott, in "A Matrimonial Substi tute. ' head tho bill nt Loew-s new, pretty and commodious Knickerbocker Theatre for the next three days. Their act moro than makes good tho management's promise of a policy to glva tho vaudeville public an amusing and snappy program. The snap nnd the fun are right thoro In this akotch. A faint-hearted brlde-groom-to.bo loses his nervo just beforo the ceremony. So ho sends tho lady of his choice a few lines to the general effect that he thinks she'd make .1 mistake to many him as he doesn't quite till the specifications of a hus band for such as she, but that he's sending n Mend who will. At this fateful moment a gontloman whose real Job Is selling baby grand Pianos arrives Bef0,e he quite knows how It all happens ho has a now Job-that of hus band for tho Jilted lady. Hn must land that piano sale anyway. So he takes the chance as would almost any man with es In hie head, when the lady Jilted happens to bo Flor ence Elliott Oeorgo Moore, as the piano sales man, is on tho Job with l.ia usual vim. These clever nnd popular performers have never had a better vohlcle, and they make tv.ry line tell. Uut George, as a salesman, would certainly havo to hustle to keep up with Florence El liott's dressmaker's bills. -. AMrSEMENTS. m titers JS" 1 -j I loews ivnickerbocker '1 rk" Ainu 40th S J' f It tn 1 ,.1 t 1 , J I1' 1 M Tl. 1,1. 1 - GeorRe Moore & Elliott Florence IN Vt I ( VI. N M M hi-rill SI.V THGtriti. 'otitlli u , ! 1 Hattf njii- U MLKSK H r J VAUDEVILLE ACTS J '- -..-.. . in-ill - VP4- i'rtHJU l BROAD 5 PLAYS I'i p I ri '"'.. .r"' wi Kvn, 8 19 m Ut and Wii , J M it HfHt MuuU l lui Ii 1 m t i rrt)trits JOHN MASON '" drugged rjcr CHESTJffiX,FfiEETE;ii.tsi - Voril (.lett'tai I'hoto fciHiitaMo CABIRIA w,i2ni:--jA Eniragerxit.rt 1J 4lttelv 1:1 Katur.fi -rj. m jitiiutw iu FeDtemhr tla IS KV KnitiK 10. VS. 6ft. Oi0td, or Ilaltlmor... wm bri4ea3UJ, and ' tn r cholosleal moment. Torn lna, de. AUander limits, of Hhlhidelphia, bes$ g, l.RUYt-111 HM LANOASTUR. Pa. Sept tB.-Tha rtev Fred erfck M B. Urov. pastor of th Ueforwed Church at Spring City Laucaster County, was iiiinUd here to,!a in Mis Susan, daughter f k'hiiUn l". Hubir ,,f Lancaster The brnl. l.i. "ii vas ia.Unt,il 111 .M i frnn the Lam i t, r L loitned rbeoluk tl swrnlnnry The bri le va 0. Lancaster tchuul teacher, U,liV0. arrlv itb Sjlvia John, hidden with a blanket, la aid to tm an injured jmtlent. The two. uiugp?ctli)e h captured man's Identity, are about to ltv whn John nxtr, cowing to despite a pint or so of chloroform, tapn a. tel'iaplie iik.-mki' nn the arm of the hair 10 tth'ih his arms are lashed, with a heavy ring on bu baser, and thus, make himlf THB IMIi.tMol ST MtTL,K" STANLEY fcw".'. JwkUndona it to u "An Odyssey of the North" Ne1 ei, Uar Pltkfori sli'H A LITTLH Qt'KB.V. Ci.oilug. v.i ', tAl'llVi;lJK i.JHI JK OZ ' Williosi 4l l".lltv 'I ! hp III Mujte " B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE f?j-iluv I Qudt-vtlU ' It hnIK s Tb Rriii Hhcti HUitfuuiu .! f v i Holiirir Jgll;k t uriU. Itiitiv i -alt in nn n 1 ' h. r H n J--atuir Kxt Wwk Mr & Mic Vrr. n i' - 1 h inlv GARRICK Last 2 Weeks :.; Z 25?rfc, " A D E L E" ",'""r tvinli ' i -lJ 14 w fork Forrest-Last 2 Weeks '.'! J; M AMJb'ELD FOLLIES GRAND Today 216. T aol 9 tur DUMONT'S :fil A b $ ffil'J . mm ! . A- 'A& mm i" Mra im i m 1. 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