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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THXTltBDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914'.
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SOCIETY'S DOINGS AT
HOME AND IN SUBURBS
ApANl'E will tm given in nonor 01 Mian
iiuth Voxe, dnushter ot Mr- m,d Mrs
Henry nrlnton Coxc, of Penllyn. by Mr. anfl
Mrs Alexander Urown Coxc, of Nawbeek, Paoll,
't HntllritltuiM Itnll on Kittlny nlsht, Decern
b it Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles 13. Coxc, of WIN
lUbmnlt Varm A,,lvcn1' wUl BlV0 ,l d,l,ner
(lart, at their nlnco In Mnlvorn on Friday
nlRlit. October 2.
j(l3 Coxc will bo Introduced by her parents
' n rnptloii which wilt bo given tit their
country sent In Penllyn tho afternoon of Oc
tober 15. n'' JIr' antl Mrs' Coxo w"1 Blvo a
law deuce Mr their daughter at tho Bcllevuo
m w Year's eve.
jllss Jean N. Thompson, daughter of Mr.
m,j Mrs. Paul Thonitison, will bo a much
feted dobutanto this year. Miss Thompson Is
extremely fair and vivacious and has boon very
popular In tho youngor set. Last year sho
spent tho winter In Paris, where she attended
ti,9 Ferris' School, togothcr with Miss Ulsa
j ith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thcodoro W.
j ii, who will also niako her debut this sea
, A number of entertainments havo been
planned In honor of Miss Thompson. Her par
ents will glvo a tea to Introduco her on tho
afternoon of December 3. Her grandmother,
Mr. , Hodman II. Wilson, will glvo a dlnnor1
danco In her honor Octobor 16 at Linden Shado
Farm, Bryn Mawr, and sho will bo guest of
honor, together with Miss Alice Thompson, nt
R ,lanco which will bo given by Mrs. W. Percy
Simpson, of Lynedock, Ovcrbrook, at tho Merlon
Golf Club tho night of October 27.
Mrs. Anthony Taylor nnd her granddaughter,
jlli Allco Taylor Wharton, who sailed for
Kuiopo last Juno expecting to spend at least
a j ear In Europe, woro able to reach Italy and
obtained passage to sail from Genoa last Mon
day. They will reach Philadelphia tho latter
part of next week.
Great Interest is centred In tho horso show,
which will open next Monday on tho grounds
of the 13ryn Mawr Polo Club and will last
through tho week.
Among tho boxholders this year will bo W.
Illncklo Smith, Charles E. Coxc, William L.
Austin, A. W. Atkinson, Lewis II. Itlloy, Mrs.
I). MacLeod, Mrs. William Dlsston, William
Townsend Wright, Walter S. Hallowell, Isaac
11. Clothier, Jr., James Francis Sullivan, Ed
ward F. Bealc, Georgo D. Rosongarten, William
Struthers Ellis, Mrs. Mahlon Hutchinson, T.
DcWItt Cuyler, Mrs. ,T. N. Pow, Jr., Samuel D.
Itlddle, Charles E. Mather, Victor C. Mather,
Charles Wheeler, Samuel M. Vauclaln, Dr.
Georgo Fales Baker, Dr. Thomas G. Ashton,
Samuel M. Curwon, William J. Clothier, Ed
ward T. Stotesbury, John H. Foil, It. Penn
Smith, Mrs. Hornco ninnoy Hare, Harry A.
Benvlnd, William du Pont, Mrs. Benjamin F.
Clyde, Henry Tatnall, Herbert Lloyd, 8. B.
Smith, John W. Converse, Georgo D. WIdener,
Mis. A. I!. Coxc, John It. Valentino, Mrs. Alex
ander Brown, Charles F. DaCosta, Georgo II.
Earlc, Jr., Mrs. Fred W. Smith.
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MRS. WILLIAM CLYDE DECKER
Mrs. Decker, who was married Septem
ber 9, was Miss Clara Butler Hope, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Hope, of 29
North 50th street, West Philadelphia. She
is a niece of the late James B. Hope, a
England. They will occupy their homo, Red
Gate, West Bchool House lane, nbout Novem
ber 1.
Abraham narker Mctlor and family havo
closed their cottage at Camden, Me., nnd re
turned to their house at Mermaid lane, St.
Martin's.
Mr. and 'Mm. James Mapcs Dodge havo re
turned from Jamestown, It. I. They spent the
summer as tho guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kern
Dodgo nt their cottage. Mls Dorothy Daniel
was also a guest and returned with the Dodgo
fnmlly Monday.
MJss Ellso Howard-Smith has gono to Knox
vllle, Tenn., to visit friends.
Mrs. Edward Klntnor, wlfo of Naval Con
structor Edward Klntnor, of Schuyler street,
has returned from Norfolk, Va Beach, whero
bIio was visiting friends.
Mrs. Wllllnm Morris David, of 6229 Grceno
street, will cntertnln Informnlly Friday even
ing. Mrs. David beforo hor marriage In Juno
was Miss Frances Cutler, of School House lane.
Mrs. James Mackeown and Miss EIslo
Mackeown are visiting Mrs. Mackeown's daugh
ter, Mrs. Valentino Kotch, of Now York, nt
her cotlago In Sea Olrt, New York harbor.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Burton Mustln, of West
Johnson street, are spending a fow days In
Chelsea,
Mr. Edward V. Kano and his daughter, Miss
Miriam Kane, of 715 Lincoln drive, returned
to their home on Saturday by tho Campania,
after spending several months In Scotland and
England.
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. Judson Stltes nnd their
daughter, Miss Ann Nottingham Stltes, of 360
Pelhnm road, returned to their homo on Mon
day after several weeks at Beach Haven.
Mrs. Edward Jefferson nnd hor daughter, Miss
Ida Jefferson, will return tomorrow to their
homo, 127 East Durham strcot, after a week at
Atlantic City.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Burton Elliott and their son,
Ralph Forrester Elliott, of Charleston, S.
C, will bo tho guests of M nnd Mrs. Ed
ward Francis Hcnson at their homo at Man
helm nnd Wlssahlcken avenue for several
weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott and their son havo
been spending the season nt Capo May.
Mls Marguerite Burton and Miss Eleanor
Wunder, of 3010 West Coulti street, nro tho
guests of Miss Mario Starr at her summer
home at Capo May.
ALONG THE READING
Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Hnrrlson Frazior and
Miss Harriot Frazlcr aro spending tho autumn
at their country place at Jenklntown. Mr. nnd
former president of the Union League of ' Mrs. Frnzler will not open their town houso
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THE DRAMA
this city. Doctor and Mrs. Decker, on their
return from their wedding trip, will live at
1728 Chestnut street.
ALONG THE MAIN LINE
Mrs. E. Burd Grubb, who Is spending tho
summer with her mother, Mrs. Thomas Sopwlth,
In London, Eng., Is expected to return to this
country In October.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Edward Crozler, who bought
the property 212S Lo"ust street last spring, havo
opened their houso for tho season. Mr. Crozler
has purchased tho adjoining lot between tho
houso owned by Frank Samuel and his own
property nnd It Is understood will turn It Into
a playground for his children, who nro still
small.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Prlco Wotherlll, Sr who
have been spending a fortnight with their
daughter. Mrs. C. Shlllnrd-Smlth, nt Edgo
watcr Park, havo gono to Whlto Sulphur
Springs. W. Vn for a month's stay. Mr. and
Mrs. Slilllurd-Smitli havo gone to Atlantic City,
where they will spend two weeks at the Marl-borough-Blenhelm.
Mr. and Mrs. Ilnrry S. Ehrct and Miss Ger
trude C. Carhnrt Ehret, of 1S10 Pino street,
have gone to Cnnnda for n month's stay.
Dr. and Mrs. Elllston J. Morris, who havo
been spending tho summer at Lake Georgo,
N. Y., will return shortly to their homo at 12S
South Eighteenth street.
A camping party composed of Clement Wood,
Edward Waters and Howard Wood has gono
to Penobscot Bay, Mo., for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur B. Topping, of tho Bur
lington Apartments, aro spending tho summer
nt Carolina Lodge, Mr. Topping's estate at
Oxford, N. C.
Dr. and Mrs. Archibald G. Thomson, who have
bffn all tummer nt their villa in Narragansett
Pier, win return shortly to their country placo
In Chestnut Hill, Later thoy will move into
their homo at 10th and Locust streets.
Persons In this city will bo interested to hear
that Mr. and Mrs. John Drexel, who havo been
In tho war zone, havo reached Vichy. Their
daughter. Miss Alice Drexol, who has been In
Cermany. Is reported as on her way to Join her
parents.
Mrs. Henry Clews, who has been at the Rltz
Carlton In London, will sail for New York
October 3,
Mr. and .Mrs. Georgo Fritz Chandler, who are
wpectcd to K-ach hoinq ihortly, were In Warsaw
t the time of tho war declaration nnd were
obliged to remain there moro than ten days
befuio they could obtain passports.
Miss Ethel M. Huhn. who returned lately
from London, Is spending several weeks with
er father. Georgo A. Huhn, at his cottage
in Vcntnor.
Mls Emily Dutilh. who Bpent the summer in
ar Harbor, has returned to tho city and opened
her houso at Broad street near Spruce for tho
winter.
Miss Ruth Waters, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs.
i. Jason Waters. Is visiting her uncle nnd aunt,
.Mr. nnd Mrs. A. Mercer Middle, at their homo
In TorresJnlo.
Mr. and Mrs. William Howell will open their
uu. 130 south 23d street, tho llrst week in
Oetoher.
Mr. and Mrs. Jonn Frederick Lewis will return
the. city about tho middle of next month and
Bill occupy their house 191) Spruce 3reet.
Mrs. Philip l,,,. aml msa acrttuao jjur,vomi
'Wy, who havo been spending tho summer
a th guests ot Mr. and Mrs. Wain Morb'a
inurvhiuao nt their cottngo In Lonspurt. have
teturnua tQ their Apartments nt tho CS!adtone,
Mr. ami Mm. John Scott will return from
uwtown shortly and .viii occupy .heir house,
wi fapruto strtet tof U)0 gongofli
Uw Korothy Spfouj nml jIwJry j. K(aer
' WwMin iv in WHu t,-acQ October 7. will
' smuts of h.mur ot a ,ialleo whWU will bo
fhI.Ui m Nv,Ul wt"rlll. of Oheter. at
"" KpriuKhavn Country Club. Woducsday.
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Mra i:awir,l Mhiton will rctum shurtly to
Uit hoa at LS South Ma strccu
oVKItliKODK Mrs. Wlstnr Morris, of Green
Hill Farms, has returned after a summer spent
In Jamestown, It. I.
William Wallace, of 6839 Ovcrbrook avenue,
Is homo from Okaucheo, Wis.
J1ERION Dr. and Mrs. Georgo D. B. Darby
and family, who spent tho summer at their
camp In the Maine) woods, returned homo last
week by way of Quebec and Montreal.
Mr. and Mrs. John II. McClatchy havo closed
their cottngo at Ocean City nnd opened their
house, corner Highland and Montgomery
avenues.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Samuel P. Croft havo returned
flora Atlantic City, where they have been spned
lng tho lato summer.
NAltlimtTII Mr. and Mrs. Itobert II. Durbln,
Miss Adah Durbln nnd Miss Dorothy Durbln,
who spent tho summer at their Avalon cot
tage, havo opened their homo on Narberth
avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Claghorn, of Chest
nut avenue, hnvo returned from Ocean City.
Mr. and Mrs. James Artman, Miss Vera Art
man and Miss Marlon Artman, who spent sev
eral beeks at Bushklll, recently returned from
Atlantic City.
WY.VEWonn-Joshua L. Bally, Mr. nnd Mrs.
Wllllnm L. Bally and fnmlly closed their cot
tago In the Pocono Mountains last week and
nro now at Lancaster.
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Ashton and children
returned today from their summer residence
In Jamestown, It. I.
HAVCiii oitn-Mr. nnd Mrs. P.odman E. Grls
com, of Haverford, have closed their town
house nt Watch Hill and aro at Haverford.
Tho Merlon Cricket Club will hold tho first,
dinner-dance of tho autumn season tomorrow
night.
A small dinner-dance was given nt Haver
ford Court Mast night In honor of their guests.
Mrs. Howard B. Fronch entertained nt dinner
beforu tho danco and Mrs. William Haupt
gavo a hmaa umnor In honor of Mr. and Mrs.
John Bancroft and Miss Bancroft, of Wilming
ton. Del.
Chailes W. Bergner, of Radnor, who has
recently returned from Avalon, X J has
taken npaitments at the Haverford Court.
CHESTNUT HILL
Mrs. Wm. Findlny Brown, wife of the as
sistant district attorney, has returned to her
home, 21 Summit street, from Newport. Mr.
Brown left this week on a fishing trip on
Barnegnt Bay.
Miss Julia Lewis, a niece of .Mrs. Brown, and
John Lewis, of Venezuela, a ;iephew, were
guests nt a dinner which Mrs. Brown gavo nt
tho Huntington Vnlluy Country Club latoiy.
The other guests Included Miss Dorothy Daniel,
Miss Mary Bonner Daniel, Frederick Hastings,
Itobert Brown and William Brown.
Paul Brown will leavo shortly for Boston
School of Technology.
Tho regular weekly dinner dances which met
with success last winter at tho Philadelphia
Cricket Club will bo resumed this fall. The
llrst danco will ba given Saturday, September
20.
Mr. and Mrs, Robert Thastcr Blcknell. of
SOI Highland avenue, have as their guests Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Hope Carpenter.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Frederick Landstreet are at
homo after having spent July and August at
Hallls Centre, Me.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Elliot Newlln, r 2223 Pine
street, lmo moved hit ihclr new home on
West Springfield avenue, St. Martin's,
Captain James K. Parker, of Springfield
avenue, has returned frail Newport.
Mr. and Mrs, William M. Benermnn and
tholr dnushter. Miss Dorothy Benerman, who
have boen spending the season at Jamestown,
. I., leturnttl on Monday to their home at
723S Boycr street. Mr. and Mrs. Watklns Bener
man have also returned after a season at Long
port. Mr. and Mrs. Monoure -llddle, of Mermaid
lane, are receiving congratulations upon tho
With of a son, born a vrotl. ago. Mrs. Diddle
will be remembered as Mlsa Uremia Feiielosa,
(laughter of tho Profeor of Romantic Lan
fruuge at llarvanl.
GEKMAJNTOWN
Mr and Mrs. William unk-n iao returned
tu town after bavins spent the summer la Hevr
beforo the first of November.
Mr. Leonard Sibley, eon of Mrs. Francis Sib
ley, of Summit avenue, Jenklntown, has re
turned from n three weeks' motor trip through
the Adirondack Mountains.
Mr. nnd Mrs. John Ualbro Frazler havo re
turned to "Uallborouch," tholr homo on Wash
Jonklntown, nfter spending the summer at
North East Harbor, Mo.
The Reverend and Mrs. George G. Bnrtlett
have returned to their home In Jenklntown,
nfter spending a month at Pocono Manor, Pa.
Mr. and Mrs. John Walbro Frazler haver -c-turncd
to "Marlborough," their home on Wash
ington lane, Jenklntown, after a two weeks'
camping trip In tho Maine woods. Mr. nnd
Mrs. Frnzler spent the month of August at
North East Harbor, Me.
WEST PHILADELPHIA
Mr. and Mrs. J. Bertram Ilervey, of 4940 Wal
nut street, who spent tho summer at Ocean
City, havo returned. They will give a smai'
theatre purty Saturday night in honor of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry S. Montgomery. Their other
guests will Include W. H. Zehender and Miss
Mcllta Zehender.
Mr. nnd Mrs. S. II. Conover, who spent tho
summer motoring through the Berkshlres nnd
along the const, havo returned and opened
their apartment at the Essex.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Clark, of 4920 Cedar
avenuo, returned Tuesday from Atlantic City,
where they have been spending tho summer.
Dr. nnd Mrs. Francis J. Kelly, ot 497 South
42d street, have returned from the White Moun
tains, where they spent the summer.
Mrs. E. L. Carries, of Hamilton Court, Is stay
ing In Biarritz, Spain, and vlll sail for horn
th end of September. She has been abroad
for tho last six months.
Mlsa Mary McArdlo, of 4210 Parksido avenue,
Is tho guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Rothermel,
Jr., at their country homo In Bryn Mawr.
Mr. and Mis. David O. Eaton, of Hampton
Court, havo returned home, having spent the
summer at Swnrthmore.
Miss Frances Headman has taken npartmenta
at Sunderland House, 35th street and Powelton
avenue, for the winter.
MR. AND MRS. VERi.o ..vSiLt
Most popular dancers in America, to appear next week at Keith's.
TIOGA
Mrs. II. Brown nnd her daughter, Miss Anna
Brown, of 2118 West Ontario street, havo re
turned from Vlllanova, whero they were tho
guests of Mrs. T. Balrd, Mrs. Biown's daugh
ter. Mrs. Brown's granddaughter, Miss Eliza
beth Kremcr, has returned from several weeks'
stuy in Atlantic City.
Mrs. Julia V. Ackroyd and her daughter.
Miss Helen Ackroyd, of 3519 North 21th street,
havo returned from tho Pocono Mountains,
whore they passed tho summer.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Robinson, of .North Wnr
nock street, will leave during tho week for
Louisville, Ky., where they will mako their
future home.
Mrs. S. Goldstein, of 1US AVcst Erlo avenue,
has returned from a summer's stay at Uelmar,
N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Georgo H. AVhlte. of 3113 North
Fifteenth street, sent out cards today an
nouncing tho mnriiago of their daughter, Miss
Edith Mao AVhlte, and John Herbert Bond, of
Tlogn, which took placo last nlsht at their
homo On their return from a wedding Jour
ney, Mr. and Mrs. Bond will reside at Tho
Gables, on Vork road, und will bo at homo
aftor October 15.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brachhold, of 3307 North
Bouvler street, havo returned from Daytona,
Fla where they spent August and the early
part of September with Mrs. Brachhold's
parents.
Miss Agatha Tatse, of Rajahmumlry, India,
who was the guest last week of the Rev. and
Mrs. Z. M. Corbo, of 3120 North Park avenue,
has gone to Now York to visit friends. Miss
C. Hollerbach, of Chicago, III., also a guest
of Dr. and Mrs. Corbe. has returned home
prior to her Journey to India.
Miss Barbara Hoffman, of 2120 Pacific street,
has roturned from Washington, D. C where
eho was the guest of her uncle and aunt, Rear
Admiral and Mrs. Abraham V. Zane.
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Krecker and their
daughter, Miss Myra Krecker, of J723 West
Erlo avenue, have returned to Tioga after
spending the season at Pitman, N. J.
The "100" Club will give a danco about No
vember 15 at the Overbrook Country Club. Tho
annual large danco will follow later In the
season.
Frederick Shlmp wilt leye In a few days
for an extended tour through tho wst.
NORTHWEST PHILADELPHIA
Tho "Country Fair," n novel and attractive
autumn carnival, will be held every nfternoon
and evenclng, from September 30 to October 3,
on tho porches and In the homes of tho resi
dents on 30th street from York to Cumberland,
In aid of tho 29th Street Methodist Church, 29th
and York streets. Among those In charge of
tho entertainment nro tho Rev. John D. C.
Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Miller, James
Slmmlngton, Mrs. Harry Stratton, Mrs. Harry
Ludlam, Mrs. Enoch Brown, Mrs. Laura Sheetz,
Mrs. Charles Gum, Mrs. M. Nolan. Mrs. Emma
Thompson, Mr3. Clara Williams, John W. Pat
terson and James Hoey.
Mrs. E. R. Bunn and her son William Bunn,
of 2722 North Sixteenth street, have closed their
summer home in StroJdsburg nnd havo re
turned to their winter residence.
Dr. Eliza Fell Pettlnglll returned on Monday
from Asbury Park, whero she spent a week
nftr her summer's stay at Eaglcsmere.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan C. Welnrelch and tholr
family, who passed the summer In Atlantic City,
havo returned to their home, 2227 North Park
avtnue.
Mr and Mrs. Max Cronheim nnd fnmlly, of
223S North Sixteenth street, havo returned from
tho Wesley Inn, Wayne, where they have been
since July.
Mr. nnd Mrs. S. Schlcln, of 1915 North Park
avenue, have returned to their winter house,
after spending the summer In Atlantic City.
Dr. and Mrs. W. Armstrong Graves havo re
turned to their home, Park and Lehigh avenues,
from Ocean City where they passed tho sum
mer and early fall.
FORESAW PRESENT WAR
FORTY YEARS AGO
John Mason, Celebrated Actor, Witnessed
Franco-Prussian War as Boy of Ten.
Declares Germans Brutally Cruel
Then.
It was In the dressing room of tho Broad
Street Theatre yesterday nfternoon. Before
a mirror, rubbing grease paint Into his face,
heightening his complexion with rouge, pen
cilling his eyebrows making up for tho part
of tho gieat railroad magnate Dexter, In1
"Drugged" sat John Mason, one of tho com
paratively few truly great living American
actors.
"Good heavens! think of It! Here I am
THEATRICAL BAEDEKER
ADELPHI "Help Wanted.", comedy drama,
hearing n "stop, look nnd listen" warning to
young women venturing' Into tho danger
world of modern business.
BROAD "Drugged," by Owen lnv!. starring
John Mnson. Rlp-roarlng, teeth'on-edge
melodrama In ovonlng clothes. Recommended
ns a sure thriller.
CHESTNUT STREET OPERA HOUSE "Ca
blrla," one of tho most spectacular moving
picture dramas ever presented, showing a
cataclysmic volcanic eruption, tho destruc
tion of a city nnd tho annihilation of a tleet
nt sea.
FORREST "Zlrgfeld Fotlloi." Great fun, cor
ruscatlng costumes, gleeful girls.
OARR1CK "Adelo," French operetta, roseate
romance, siren singing. Georgia Calne as a
Parisian enchantress.
WALNUT "Siberia," thrilling ns It was .13
years ago, certain to keep fnlr damsels from
exploring tho snowy steppes for romnnco.
seem plausible to her. Sho may tnlk of tho
Slav peril, and of being forced Into war. One
fact remains. Ever slnco tho victory over
Franco her purpose has been to attain woild
supremacy. For 33 years tho German Kaiser
was preparing for this very thing. Ho built up
his formidable war machine. Ho wnlted, and
Impatiently, for the time to strike. Tho Austrian-Servian
Imbroglio presented tho long-do-
slred opportunity. Then ho shook his fist nt
the civilized world, and started to Bpread Ger
man culture with bnttnlions anil bullets For
years tho Knlscr has hail his spies working In
all countries. I know this to bo a fact. I havo
a friend who was Intimately connected In this
spy system of the German Government. Ho
told mo, for Instance, that tho Knlser had spies
throughout tho L'nlted Stales beforo the Spanish-American
war, Ho was rather on tho fence
as to what stand he'd take, and ho wanted to
ascertain the feeling of our Gorman citizens.
He was told by his spies that every one of tho
3,000.000 subjects of Gorman birth In this coun
try would take up arms If necessary ntflnst
tho Fatherland In defense of tho United Sfotes.
This was true, and I believe Is still truo Re
lieved of the obsofslon nnd curse of militarism
the German Is the finest citizen In tho world.
Perhaps tho annihilation of ts war mo hlno
will moan real civilization for German
"Talking if tho Franco-Prussian war r- pills
somo Interesting things. I had Intended ho
year the war broke out. to go nnd sec Mi. pas
sion play at Obernmmergau. Tho confl ot ne
cessitated the postponomont of tho pbiy how
ever, as all the men tnklncr parts had to porvo.
Tho man who played the part of Christ I
forget his name was compelled to take up
arms. Well do I remember him even n nv.
Tho German captains permitted him to m ch
In thf roar of his company, but It w a
strange spectacle this meek, gentle man nli
long hair, marching alons In military unlfo m.
"At that tlmo I developed an absolu'- "It
of fear a sort of contempt for dlsoasi
polcon had brought over to Franco thmi
of African soldiers They were might
flghteis. Following tho Gorman army
hundreds of those prisoners as thoj
brought In. A horrible form of sm i
spread among them thoy wont down by tho
hundreds. Yet I mingled with them ta ked
about the war and served tlmm with cup of
boer and sandwiches Of courso, I didn't get
mo disease, and I've never feared dlsoaso
fi
ds or
ot
ro
since.
"Vcs. tt's come. And no one can ti! w.hat
the result will be. And on this side wo nit
play our parts-I on tho stage you. lu Ufo.J
wen, lot us hopo at any rato tho war will?
.. . . ' - .-
matum; up m a moment I'll step out there on I moan tho end of that form of Gorman cultuwrt
tho fctngo und play a mimic part. Out in tho known as militarism."
ROXBOROUGH
Miss Jessie Rawiey will entertain the mem
bers of tho Current Events Club tomorrow
night at her home, 391 Lyceum nvenue. The
will be tho tlrst meeting for the season. Those
who will take part will be Mrs. Charles Fred
erick Miller. Mrs. William E. Shappell, Miss
Elsie Davis, Miss Jessie Morris, Miss Ethel
Lush, Miss Iva Hampshire, Miss Hettie Eliza
beth Sheldrake and Miss Edith Fee.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Thompson, of 529 Lev-
erlngton avenue, have returned from Strouds
burg ami the Delaware Water Gap.
Mrs. Harry Brice and hor daughters, Miss
F.mnio Brlco and Mis Gladys Brlce, of 203
Sumac stieot, WlK-ahlckan, have returned from
several weeks' stay In Atlantic City.
Tho Rev. and Mrs. Arthur S. Walls and tholr
daughter. MIps Elizabeth Walls, of ICS Gay
strret, havo returned homo after spending tho
season nt Ocean Grove,
Mlsn Mabel Wilde, of Lyceum avenue, has
loturned from Ocean City, whero sdie was tho
guest of hor Mster, Mrs. Georgo a, Llttlcwood
nt her summer home.
Mr. anil Mrs. Henry Braun and Mlse Braun's
brother, Oeorge Weber, have returned to Buf
falo. N. Y., after spending a week as tho guests
of Mrs. Frank Enderlln, of 325 Fountain street.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Preston, who spent
tho summer In Ocean City, have roturned to
tholr home, lui Rochello avenue, Wlwsahlekoii.
AT THE COUNTRY CLUBS
Tho country clubs In the suburbs are dally
attractlnc members to meet In the afternoons
for afternoon tea nnd tennis, especially while
this beautiful weather lusts, and every after
noon tmartly gowned womon and others in
tennis garb may bo seen on the porches and
lawns of tho numerous cluba which are spread
or the wide expanse of country surround
ing Philadelphia
Mrs. J. Hamilton Harris was noted thb
week at the Philadelphia Club wearing a stun
Kin? tailored suit of navy bluo broadcloth. The
skirt Is fashioned with n long tunic of the
cloth, which Is finished about the waist and
hip with a very deep yoke of black Batln. and
the drop skirt Is also comppscd of black satin.
The Jacket, which Is short and very full, opens
over a waistcoat of white pique, which Is
finished with a largo and flarlns pique collar
With this costume Jtrs. Harris wears a small
black velvet hat In one of the popular high
crowned sailor styles.
Miss Molly Thayer, daughter of General and
Mrs. Russell Thayer, who will make her debut
Into Philadelphia society next season, ts, a
most ardent tennis player, and looks very
charming In her white blouss and skirt, over
which she wears a sweater which Is made of a
soft wool of the most exquisite shade of daf
fodil yellow Tho touch of bright, yet soft.
yellow U a picturesque spot on the lawn of
j the tennis courts.
theatre people are sitting; they'll watch me
act. And meanwhile, on tho other side of the
world, nations aie at one another's throats,
battles aro raging, men aro being mowed down
by tho ill o of cnrinon. It's horrible almost In
credible. Yot I foresaw this thing as a child
foresaw Germany's effort to secure supre
macy in tho world, foresaw tho brutality and
carnage that resulted in tho burning of Lou
vain, and the maltreatment of Innocont women
and children. I was only 10 years old then."
Mr. Mason rose, pacing the room.
"I was sent to Germany to school at the age
of n. When I was 10 I was studying at Frank-fort-on-the-Mnln.
I lived in n pension kept
by a professor. We wore near tho frontier
and saw the Franco-Prussian war at Its In
ception. The Germans went to war with a
grim determination a savagery of purpose that
Impressed and terrified mo, young as I was.
Well, after the first battles they began bringing
the wounded and prisoners to the city. With
other school children I went out nnd carried
sandwiches and beer to the wounded soldiers.
Tho tales the Frenchmen told of the cruelty of
tho Germans were ghastly. It came to mo
then-tho thought that this nation would Borne
day precipitate a world war. and endeavor to
securo world supromacy. and that the brutal
ity of its soldiers would shock and horrify tho
nations. I didn't think I'd live to see It. but,
well, it's come,
"I .want to say right hero I consider the
Gorman citizens of tho United States tho very
best of our citizens of foreign extraction. They
nro fine and nobto In overy way. Yet It seems
that, Inrcctcd with the diabolic contagion of
militarism, they go mad In war-absolutely re
vert to tho bai barons iplrlt of the early days
preceding civilization. Certainly German civ
ilization has b.en obliterated in this conflict.
After tho Franco-Prussian war had begun I
went on a walking tour into France with the
eon of tho professor with whom I lived and
two Amoricnn hoys. They were about H to 13
years of ago. Wo traveled from town to town
and finally arrlvod at Wclsenburs. where the
tlrst shots of the war had been fired. The do
vnstntlon wag terrible. We followed tho trail
of the armies, and what I saw was absolutely
burned Into my brain. The brutality of the
Gorman soldiers exceeded any conception ono
could havo had of human brutality. They
simply 'cut loose.' There la no question about
It they wero more bnrbarously brutal than
any nation has been In modern warfare Pris.
oners woro tortured, women outraged, and even
children maltreated One day the two Ameri
can boys, my companions, ran away to see a
closer view of tho conflict. They never re
turned, I suppose they were shot.
"The carnago. the rasing war-hunger. the
thirst for killing on the part of the German
troops, appalled and sickened me. As I have
paid, tho countless Instances of brutality I
beheld brought to my boy's mind a premoni
tion of what was to come, and what the world
had to fear from u victorious militaristic Ger-.
many There wm no pirt of relenting, no
mercy to the fallen, no temporizing Soma
nay, i itutj layceii. mis country will go to u.
with the grim, unrelenting purpose of crushing
all rival nations Tho world will then see on
3 (wiorai Miie wnat i see burning of cities
Instead of villages, and atrocities that will
make all humankind ehudder. Well, we have
seen German culture drop bombs from an
airship over Antwerp. We have seen Bel
Kian chlldien brought to Oetend with their
rlsht hands severed and young women horribly
mutilated We have been told or worse thlnira
Uermujjy may make whatever excuse that I
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Miss Agnes E. Dlx, of West Third street, Is
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Miss Helen Latham, of East Btond street,
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mer residence at Buck Hill Falls, Pa.
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