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i-ltCTAVE A. IIECKSCIIEIt has Issuptl InVl
? Vjlnlions for n theatre party, rollowecl by sup
fpor, to bo given January li, In honor of Miss
Anna Mnssev Hccltsclicr, uaugmer ot ".
I Austin Hcckschcr.
rt-i. n..i ,i,niinp' nr tlm Fnrtnlalitlv Cotillons
iwns licit! last nlglit at Horticultural Hnll. The
..... - i-orplvp.l In' Mrs. William P. Troth,
Jin. William Wurts Harmar. George Rowland
n.MTMni lil thh cotillon. Amonc those present
j-wero Miss Roberta Brown Downlnrj, Mlsi Kath-
erlne Kremer, Miss Mary Arrcan Miner, mibs
t-minnr judil Benn. Miss Utllo CrtsflcM, MIbs
1 Kathlyn ShattucU, Mlsa Mtirgnrcttn. Hobart,
! Miss Marjorlo Taylor, Miss Ada Lambert wetn
crlll. Mlsa Elizabeth Browster, MIsS Anna Maiy
Wnltlimir. Mlis Anna Wcthcrlll. Mhs Mnt-y
I' limes. Miss" Edith OlllliiRham, Miss Helena
Jioulnson, ansa uorouie.i ut""
' Eleanor Bournonvlllo Watt, Miss Chrlstlno Ilehn,
Bliss Adelaide- Collins, Miss Elizabeth JIacCiicn
Smith, Miss Mao- Hall Laird, Miss Anne Din
ner Brlnton. Miss Irobel Mllno Bosers, Miss
Carollno Ives Brlnton, Miss Edith I.. Smith,
Miss Lucia Allco Pardee Warden, Miss Jean
Ltllle, Miss Kathcrlne Sccler, Miss Marguerite
Milne, Miss Dorothy 'iJeHaven Deacon, Irwin
Garrett, Charles Wetter, Thomas Boblnson,
Charles V. Fox, T. D, Grata, Joel Huber, Carol
Wilcox, Gordon Knlpe, Clarenco Barton Brew
ster, Edward Rogers, Alfred Watts, Alfred Nor
rls. Agnew Adams, Ocorgo Gardner, Joseph N.
Suites, 3d, Robert Morris, Gordon rettorman.
Miss Mary L. Davis, of Drexel road, will
entertain at dinner tomorrow evening prior to
the club dance at Merlon Cricket Club, In
honor ofi Miss Roberta B. Downing. Those
present will he Mlsa Lydla Cressy. Miss Frances
Mocum, Miss Betty Slnnlckson, Miss Mae Pat
terson, .Mlsa Martha Walton, Miss Helen Bates,
Miss Doris Dexter, Miss Nathallo Davis, Joseph
M. Patterson, Id, Walter Fotterall, Woodson
Crossman, Ciarcnco Fillman, Richard Powell,
Robert Bauld, William Swingle, John Keen,
John Hcyl.
Mr, and Mrs. Charles J. Lortscher, of New
Torlc, announce tho engagement of their daugh
ter, Jayno Olga Lortscher. to Nathan Harold
Coxe, of New York, formerly of Philadelphia.
The alumnao of Trinity College will givo a
card party, to bo followed .by tea at the Plastic
Club on January B. The affair will bo for tho
benefit of tho Trinity College gymnasium. Miss
Isabel Harrlty, Miss Claire Wallaco and Miss
Kathcrlno Loughran have charge.
Tho Matinee Musical Club will hold Its sec
ond dance of the season at tho Roosevelt this
evening. Mrs. Harold Buzby and Mlsa Emilia
rrlcUo will bo the hostesses. Thoso who will
assist In tho arrangements are Mrs, Frank Mc
Manus, Miss Marie G. Loughney, Miss Helen
Benners, Mrs. Charles Miller, Mrs. Georgo
Weller and Miss Helen Walnut.
Mr. and Mrs. Waller Emlen Campbell, of
West Durham street. Mount Airy, gave a din
ner, followed by dancing, at their homo lost
evening, in honor of Mrs. Harry Slmes, of
New York, who will spend the week-end with
them. The dinner guests included Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Slnntckson, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Smiley, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Cottlngbam, Miss
Emma Warren, Mlsa Starr, Walter Carl Mason
and Frederick J. Henty.
ALONG THE MAIN LINE
WAYNE Mrs. William a Lobb entertained at
dinner last night, followed by "500." There were
1 guests present, oil members of the "600" club,
which meets regularly every two weeks.
D. M. Barrtnger left on Wednesday for a short
lay In Baltimore, Md,
Mrs. Robert Cresswell, of North Wayne, Is
fcpehdlnjr soma time In New York.
CHESTNUT HILL
The Christmas germon of Miss Lockwood's
dancing' dasa for the school set will take place
on Monday, December 2S, at the Philadelphia
Cricket Club. Tho members Include Miss Mary
Earl, Mis Mary Barnestlne Appleton, Miss
Anita. Janney. Miss Alice Janney, Miss Caro
line Robinson, Miss Emily Noble, Miss Mary
Bheppard, Miss Annetta. MacGrath, Miss Grace
Dalltnger, Miss Mildred Crawley, Mss Mary
Newbold. Miss Ethel Newbold. Miss Elizabeth
Taylor, Miss Mary Forcher, Miss Gladys Muel
Jer, Mis Edith Dallas, Christopher Noble, Bur
riett Landreth Daniel Dougherty, Webster
Dougherty, Graham Dougherty, Roy Stuart,
Levering Jones, Jr., Stanley Woodward, George
rwoodward, Ralph Fairies, William Fagan, Will
iam Ferguson and Nathaniel Knowles.
Assistant District Attorney and Mrs, Will
iam Flndlay Brown, of n Summit avenue, -will
have as their guests over Christmas their
two sons, Paul and Robert Brown. Pay! Brown
Is at present's; student at Carnegie School of
Technology, and Robert a student at Wll!ams
College.
GEIWANTOWN
Mr and Mrs. James Mapes Dodge, of Clapler
street and McKean avenue, have Issued cards
for a, Christmas party on Thursday, Pecembe?
t, from 4 until ( o'clock, to meet their son,
t'arl Dodge. Mr. Dodge Is at present living In
ihlcago, ond wilj spend tho Christmas holt
da) a with his parents. The house will be
banked with holly, mlstletoo and greens,
Mr and Mrs John A. MeCown. of mt Emlen
street, has issued invitations for e. dinner, In
honor of Miss Mary Adams Grove, whose en
listment to Andrew MeCown was recently an
oouneed Holly aatX Chris tliRs greens will form
the table decoration, and tfte guests will In
clude Miss Mary Louise MeCown. Miss Dorothy
Smtt, Miss Margaret Fajbner, Mies. Judith
SXarr. MUs Mary Ooedwln, Miss Bmlly Moffly.
Miss Louise Ttlge, tjaefe RJgway, Jasper
XishoU. Samuel JPritoekeU, Oftie QodwUi, John
MeCown, Jr. Maurice WeJwtsf.
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r.mvn tttit Ti3,i'rviKTr
Mr and Mrs J D. Williamson, of Oak Lane.
Sve reception and lUiwe, ogowed by a,
upr at the Rittfthu, ljf vejfij-, tor
their 4yshter. His Maries HHwiUth Wttllaw
i. Mr. and Mr, u D. piapp. Mr. j4 Mr
ontyfrwua Buek, Mrs L 8. Downs &d Mr. and
Mr J. D. WttUsauKm reeivd. 0r so vounr
lfogl eueodea th attaJr.
Mr 4 Mr., i 9 tiaf, f ClHea s,veu,
a tve UiUy for ifsa, UUi komt in
H o sm. rte7 VevtoHM 1mm ro
r I' il Mjafflf-.m vvr-ni.i a
Logan. Mrs. Kotb will be remembered as Mies
Ida Earlena Bronn, tlaughter of Mr, and Mrs.
William G. Brown, of Itaddon Heights, N. J.
Mr. Kolb Is tho eon of John P. Kolb.
WEST PHILADELPHIA
Mrs. W. A, Henry, of 6S13 Willows avenue,
wilt bo hostess this evening at tho Fortnightly
Sherwood "500"' club, which moeta In the Sher
wood Field Club every other Friday evening.
Among thoso expected will be Mr. and Mrs.
Victor Frir.g, Mr. and Mrs. Jules Frlng, Mr.
nnd Mrs. J. A. Dull, Dr. and Mrs. William
S. Thompson, Mr, nnd Mrs, Edward Murphy,
Mr. nnd William Cleaver, Mr. and Mrs. Wllt
tam Miller, Mr. nnd Mrs. George Frlng, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Edwnrd C. Cullcn, Cnplaln and MJs.
Lane, Mr. and Mrs. Cheney, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son, and Messrs, Owen Gcraghty, William
Stewart. L. A. Payne, Rufua Kingsbury nnd
John Barber.
Imitations hno been received from Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Freund, Jr., of 4510 Walnut Btreet.
for bridge Wednesday evening, December 23.
About M gtiosts will bo present,
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
Miss Annetto Chazol, of South Carolina, Is
the guest or Commandant William Bheppard
Benson, U. S N , nnd Mrs. Benson at their
homo in tho Navy Yard. Captain nnd Mrs.
Benson's son, Llculontnt Howard Hartwell
Benson, is also stalng with his parents and
cxpocts to remain for about a month. Lieu
tenant Benson has been stationed In California.
The second of the aeries of Informal dances,
which are being given thS winter In tho Navy
Yard, for tho naval officers and wives and
friends, will take place this evening. Mrs.
Littleton Waller Tazwell Waller, wife of Colonel
Waller, V. B. M. C, nnd Captain A. E. Hinds,
U. S. N., will receive the guests.
Miss Ella Mae Young, of 2316 South Broad
street, whose engagement wan announced somo
weeks ngo, will entertain at dinner tomorrow
evening, In honor of her flanco and his parents.
Tho tablo will bo artistically decorated with
holly and polnsettlas, red and green being the
prevailing color scheme. Her guests will be
Mr. and Mrs. Wllllnm Wield, Sr., of New York
city; Mrs. Mary Miller. Mr. and Jfrs. William
Wield, Jr., of New York city, ond Charles
Miller Wield.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA
The Silvia Club will hold their annual ban
quet on Monday evening at their new ballroom.
1743 North 22d street. Among those present
will bo Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel Johnstone, of
Washington, Z. C; Mr. and Mrs. Walker, of
Portland, Me.; Samuel Sllvor from Atlantic
City, Maurice M. Cohen, Harry Jaspan, Harry
Thatcher, Samuel LIpschutz, Harry Lavner,
Julius Kntz, Benjamin Fleldman, Albert Rich
man, William Samuels, Miss Lena Matlnsky,
Miss Ida Straus, Miss Anna Straus, Miss Rose
Straus, Miss Geneva Goldberg, Miss Lillian
7.,' Blumenthal, Adolph Weiss, Miss Davis, .Miss
Minnie Schwartz. Miss Cella Hanapoloky and
Miss Edith Do Chlnn, of Paris, France.
Musical selections will bo rendered by Maurice
N. Feldsteln, violinist: H, Jnopan, William
Samuels and Horry Latcher will play mando
lins and Harold Katz, pianist.
Miss De Chlun will apeak to the club of
Paris.
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA
Miss Mary Curmeyer, of 2C21 Bucklus street,
will entertain a number of her friends at her
home tomorrow evening, Those who will be
present Include Miss Helen Beaupalne. Mlsa
Iris Brown, Miss Majpl Ful, MUs Elsie Clay.
Miss Madeline Rossman, Miss Laura Shay, Miss
Bella Gear. Howard Soaper, John Price, Bruce
Anderson, Thomas Rorke, Charles Craig, Jaclc
Acoff and Kurt Hoube,
Mr. and Mrs. L. MoPeat mill entertain In
honor of their son, James C. McPeat, Sunday
evening. Their guests wilt be Miss Florence
Schoppe, Miss Bertha Blelden, Miss Frances
Hackell, Miss Rebecca Korman, Miss Cella.
Stein, Miss Gertrude Wills, Miss Clara Reldet,
Miss Martha, Simon, Frank Votgt, Otto Belser,
Eliner Creamer, Charles Albright, Lewis Tropat,
Clifford Leach, George White.
TIOGA
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Weber, of Estaugh street,
will entertain their card club at dinner and
cards tonight at their home. The guests will
Include Mr. and Mrs. Horace Stabler, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Hucltel, Mr, and Mrs. Ernest A.
Wright, Jr.,' Miss Meta Weber, James Irwin
and Alfred Harris,
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Haines, of 3724
North 13th street, will be at home on Mondays,
December 2t and 53. They wilt be assisted In
receiving by Miss Dorothy Brlnghurst, Miss
Martha Haines, Miss Frances Brlnghurst, Miss
Mary T. Patton, Miss Margaret C. Cooper and
Mr. and Mri Robert R.' Brlnghurst, Mrs,
Halnea will be remembered as Miss Emily M.
Hodgson, of 3740 North 13th street.
Miss DOROliU MAilitR
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MISS ROBERTA
Miss Downing will bo gueit of honor at a
Club dance, which will be given by Mies Mary
of Mrs. Robert W. Downing.
M
RS. ALEXANDER BRINTON COXB will
civs n Inrrra ball In the Bellevue-Stratford
this evening In honor of her niece, Miss Ruth
Coxe, debutante daughter of Mr. ond Mrs.
Henry Brlnton Coxe. Tho ballroom will bo
elaborately decorated with palms, ferns, pink
azaleas and pink begonias. The stage will be
profusely decorated with palms, ferns and cut
flowers, behind which the orchestra will be
hidden. Mrs. Ooxo nnd Miss Coxe will rocelve
in the foyer, that wilt also bo elaborately dec
orated. Supper will be served at smnll tables
that -will be arranged With pink roses and
srallaz.
Many of the debutantes will be given dinners
before the ball.
Among thoso who will entertain will be Mr.
and Mrs. George Dallas Dixon, of 2004 Spruco
street, who will give a dinner of 24 covers In
honor of Miss Cordelia Blddle.
Miss Margaret Berwlnd, debutante daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Augustus Berwlnd, will
be guest of honor at a dinner to be given by
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Baldwin Hutchinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Paul Bally,. of Ardmore,
will entertain In honor of Miss Edith H. Bally,
debutante daughter of Frederick F. Bally, at
the Bellevue-Stratford.
Miss Charlotte Rush, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Rush, will be guestof honor at
a dinner given by her parents, and Dr. and Mrs.
Thomas Ashton. of "Redleaf," Wynnewood, will
entertain in honor of Miss Ruth Coxe at tho
Bellevue-Stratford.
Others who will entertain nre Mrs. Charles H,
Howell. Mr. nnd Mrs. Arthur Emlen Newbold.
Alexander, Coxa Yarnall, Miss Julia Berwlnd,
Mr, and Mrs. Qulncy Adams Glllmore, Thome
Patterson ond Dr. and Mrs. Henry K. DlUard.
FRANKFORD
John Lawlor entertained the members of the
Frankford Pinochle Club- at his home, 2604.
Rhawn street, this week. The guests Included
P, McKearney, Benjamin Johnson. Charles
Lefferts, James Lawlor, Joseph Huge. Will
iam Hlrl and Arthur Gallagher.
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Waxier, of Asylum road,
will entertain at cards and supper tomorrow
evening, Mrs. Waxier has also sent out Invi
tations for a musical January J.
Thomas Elliot Hood, of Frankford avenue,
upon his return from Iowa this week, was
given a reception by a number of his friends.
A mustcale followed, and Ralph W, Talley, the
well-known baritone of Wilmington, Pel., sang
several delightful selections.
lansdoVne
A dancing class of 20 couples met last ere.
nlng in Barker Hall. Those present were
Dr and Mrs. John MoKenna, Mr, and Mrs.
Frederick Leopold, Dr, Charles King, Miss Lot
tie King, Mr. and Mrs. Thontaa Love, Mr. and
Mrs. Isaac H. Adler, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Ryan, Mr and Mrs, Harry Rudolph, Mr. and
Mrs, Louis Myers, Mr and Mrs. James Culllnan,
Mr and Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald, Dr. MoKln.
ley, Tbaddeus Geerchl, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Pilling. Mr. and Mr. Louis Love, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Waters, Mr. Rnd Mrs. Bdwin Evans.
Mr- and Mrs. Edwin Grauley, MUs Edith Boyd,
Joseph Buekley, Phlllpl Callings, Herbert East
wlok, Miss Marion Fteroa, Albert Peterson,
Mlsa Agaes Ryan and MUs Blla Ryan.
t -nnximnoTiGTr
Mrs A L- A&atus, of Ridge avenue, wis hos
tess to the members of her sard club at lunch
eon and "(49" yesterday afternoon. Her guests
were Mrs. William R. Haggart, Mrs. William
Ames. Mrs. Mary Mott, Mrs. Harry H. Thomp
son. Mrs. wr FfUterer, MUs Bth Rlghter.
Mrs PaxsMt Jm, Mrs. BejkMsain HmsVee,
Mrs. Wiiuam W. WlUacu Mrs. J. Q. S4nw and
Mrs. Ueorc HeUaud
CAJIDBN AND Yl&MTX
Uim oeiotkr Pveii, f u$ Fcsus street,
win return fren wrttuaa CoU tsii west;
to tptwi tk faeiisftys.
BROWN DOWNING " "r 8 o'Comm
dinner tomorrow night before the Merion Cricket
L. Davis. Miss Dawning is the debutante daughter
NAVY YARD DANCE
Second of Navy Yard Affairs Will Be Held
Tonisht in the Sail Loft.
The second of the season's dances, to ba
held at the Navy Yard, will be given this eve
ning. Many dinners have been planned by and
for the ofilcers and their friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Herman will enter
tain at an Informal dinner at their residence,
In honor of Naval Constructor A. B. Court and
Mrs. Court and Mr. and Mrs. Mortoh Gibbons
Neff.
Lieutenant Commander George B. Landen
berger, U. S. N and Mrs. Landenbergor will
entertain as their guests at the dance at tho
Navy Yard Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Clement.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarenco M. Brown, Mr. nnd Mrs.
G. Planton Mlddleton, Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles
L. Carter, Miss Irene Richardson, Btanloy
Richardson.
Lieutenant Charles A. Luta and Mrs. Lutz
will entertain at an informal dinner beforo the
Navy Yard dance, in honor of Miss Caroline
Emerson, of Amherst, Mass.
FASHION FETE
One of the Most Unique Affairs Ever Given in
This City Was Held Latt Night at lho Ritz.
The second showing of American-made fash
Ions for women, given last night in the ballroom
of the Rltz-Carlton, caused a storm of enthusi
asm, so that when the auctioning was begun by
Mr. Stotesbury, bidding was spirited, running
the gowns up to figures which helped out the
general proceeds rjulto substantially. And of
two things that representative gathering of
Phlladelphians was fully convinced first, that
American designers havo come Into their own,
and second, that no city boasts fairer women
than theae of the Quaker City.
From the minute little Miss Alberta Brinton,
as Miss Philadelphia, was revealed between the
drawn curtains until Mlsa Marie Louise Wana
maker, becomingly arrayed all in white and
leading two Russian wolfhounds, disappeared
after making the usual promenade, there was a
constant craning of necks and leveling of lor
gnettes from the audience, who strove to make
mental pictures of each and every costume.
The showing continued smoothly throughout
the evening, the only mannequin scheduled who
failed to appear being Miss Cordelia Blddle,
whose place was taken by Miss Rosalie Dolan.
So exquisite was each and every gown, and so
attractive Its wearer, that the Judges, composed
of W, Lyman Blddle, Edward Browning,
Charles E, Coxe, Harry M. Hart, John O.
Groome, William E. Ellis, Joseph E. Wldener,
Georgo McFadden. B, Wynne Ffoulkes, Chart
ton Yarnall, J, R, Evans Roberts, J, Vaughan
Merrick and Robert Kelso Caasatt, were "hard
put to it" to decide as to which should be
awarded the coveted prize.
Finally, alter much discussion, Mrs. Robert
Learning Montgomery's gown, "Reve," com
posed of cloth of sliver and; tulle, received the
greatest number qf votes. The Daffodil, worn
by Miss Gladys Snellenburg, also received Its
share of approbation, as did Nashmla, exhib
ited by Miss Coclje Fitter Howell; the Orchid,
worn by Mrs. Wlltlam Drayton, and Frances, in
which Mrs. Harry Wain Harrison appeared.
Julia, worn by Mrs. p. Pearson pearce, was
decided on as the smartest street costume. It
was of beige peau da chamois, trimmed with
sable-dyd kolinsky.
By popular vote, at 10 cents each, Mrs, J.
Kearsley Mitchell received the prise offered by
J. E. Caldwell & Co. Mr. Btptesbury, as auc
tioneer, ably abetted, by William J. Clothier,
who stood In the aisle eoaxlng bids out of tlrald
persons, caused much merriment. He reeklessly
"threw In" hat or muff with the gown to at.
tract hesitant purchasers, and succeeded In
bringing seme very goo4 prises. Mrs. Mont
fernery bid on the gown she wore, and after
mueh competition Anally carried it oft triumph
ontly at . Miss Snellenburg, alio, pnlyse
onreJ hers by bidding )m. A iMt worn by Miss
Eleanor B. Hopkins brought only W. although
wany thought Jt worth muh more.
After the lasi gown has been auctioned oX
super was srv4 4 donees were executed by
Miss Feet and Mr. TUr, pfoXtMlaaaU, fr
Kew York.
CHjSSTER AND VICINITY
Mr O. Rodmaa StuB, f Wauketau, Wu., U
fm&ti8 the heWdAy mea witfa her pa.
Ma ma Mrs. wtWas. Uytmt, at fevtagtm.
Or. PraiMH st Westoer, wh hs ha um
flMMH V Mr UmUi. sirs. IHH A- IhjssjIh.
; tU CtMtr. w mm vttahi, sai mt U m
(1) Saturday Evening Toit, 'The Womtn ef,
France."
(2) Leslie's WMhUTSeTlng a Hrltlth Cralttr
Torpedoed."
(8 Burver, "Union ef Women for Teace."
(4) Woman's Home Companion. "What
Women Are neatly Doinr."
(5) Cotmopolltan, "Motherhood Without
Far."
(0) North American Itexlen, "The Ittetnt
Election and Woman Suffrage."
WOMEN
There Is an interesting drift Just now In tho
articles nbout women toward the concrete
nnd away from tho purely speculative. Worn
nn'n place In tho war supplants former the
orizing about her status or tho futuro of fem
inism. Corra Harria' description of "The "Women
of France" (1) Is suffused with n subtle and
tragic clamour that carries tho very spirit
of the deserted and agonizing city of women
among whom It was written. Sho writes:
Paris is here, but all of her spaces are
empty. Her avenues stretch out of sight llko
bnrs of song that nre not bolng sung nor
measured by the rhythm of feet. The
grass In the garden nf tho Tullerlei stands
ankle high. It has not been cut slnco tho first
of August, but nil tho borders are bright with
flowers. Thoy languish like forgotten ladles of
tho old, grand days of kings and courtiers
trailing their blossoms out upon the walks .and
pavements without fear of the trend of a
throng that Is gone."
The largest ouvrolr (workshop) I me seen
Is In tho famous Ledoyen restaurant, opposlto
tho Petit Palais. Ledoyen gives three thou
sand freo soups every dav to tho poor women
of Paris. The women work In one of tho great
halls, under tho direction of Daniel Lesueur, a
fnmous author, one of tho tendered, most elo
quent and charming women In France.
Sho has managed to rjlvo tho placo the air
of a queer drawing room, not In Its appoint
ments, which nrp chairs, work tables and
sewing machines, Tut In its atmosphere of so.
clal freedom. In nearly every group of women
woro one or two convalescent soldiers, who
gathered about tho famous author on crutches
or with their arms In slings or leaning upon
sticks. And she could not havo received them
with more courtesy If they had been the gen
erals of the French army.
These French ladles not'er miss the Hallci
of emotional eervlce, There Is a workroom
here whero 43 women aro employed at the usual
wago of ono franc, but, In addition, they are
permitted to give away tho socks and Jackets
and other garments they make to any person
who applies for them. This Is the tlrst time I
havo ever seen paupers exercising tho privileges
of philanthropy.
James H. Hare, tho famous war photog
rapher, writing from Calais (2) gives another
sort of picture. He was eating veal pie In a
bakery.
Three Red Cross ladies and one young man
came In. The young man has a voice like a
woman's, but he was wearing leather leggings
and gaiters and men's ahoes, and his hair was
cut short, so I knw he was n. man. Ho kept
addressing the eldest lady in the party as
'Mumslo.' She .looked so capable nnd business
like that I could not undoi stand why her sou
should be such an effeminate creature. Finally
I was put right by something she Said.
It wasn't a son after all. but a daughter, In
ono of those new-fangled dresses for armv
nurses. Maybe It is sensible for field work, but
I wab not prepared to meet a charming 'young
lady dressed In khaki helmet, khnkt shlrt-tle-uUtcr,
leather leggings nnd tanned boots and
smoking a cigarette. However, a charming
young lady sho was.
Mrs. Pethlcl: Lawrence, tho English suf
fragist, who spoko here in Philadelphia last
week, uses the war as nn additional argument
for suffrage In appealing for a "Union of
Women for Constructive Peace" (3). She
writes:
Men have often passed sweeplngly depreca
tory verdicts upon women ns a Bex. They havo
defended their own monopoly of government by
the assertion that women havo no knowledge of
business, that they are lacking In practical ef
ficiency. Today It la for men to stand down, and for
women whom they have belittled to take the
seat of Judgment. No picture, however over
drawn, of woman's ignorance, error or folly,
could exceed in fantlstlc, ct tragic, horror the
spectacle which male governments furnish his
tory today. The foundation of the structure of
civilisation which they have erected In Europe
has proved rotten. The failure of male state
craft In Europe is complete.
Reversion to Type
Miss" Ida Tarbell interprets man-made sta
tistics about her sex and upsets a lot of popu
larly accepted notions In her article, "What
Women aro Really Doing" (4). Answering
first the popular generality, "There ore sev
eral million young girls in our shops and
factories," she writes:
There are 8,075,722 girls and women of all
ages omploycd all or part of the time In money
earning work of all kinds as teachers, dress
makers, clerks, etc. Only about one.flfth of
these are in shops or factories, and not over
half of this fifth eon be called joung girls, that
is. under l ears of age.
These young girls are a very transient class.
The average girl In ehop or factory does not
work over three years. What does she doT
Let the census tell us, Eight times out of ten
she marries. ...... , .
"But sho Is not marnlng," the platform
speakers tell us. The platform Is wrong. We
hae In the United States 44,619,98s females.
Of these, E2.7 per cent, babes, maids and
women, are single; but drop out those not yet
of marriageable age. ,..,
Seventy per cent, of those who are 15 years
nnrl ovRF marry.
Eighty and five-tenths per cent
ot those
who are 80 years and cjver marry.
Eighty-six and seven-tenths per cent,
of
thoso who are 25 years and over marry.
There has been a gain of nearly 2 per cent.
In the number of marriages of women oer 15
In the lat SO years, and 2 per cent, when deal
ing with nearly 20,089,000 Is a considerable
number. . . ,
But they do not stay married; divorces are
Increasing. In the 20,000.000 married women
were found 185,000 who had been divorced.
Considering the dimeultlea of married life, the
number does not appal It rather gives one
greater rpct for human beings to see that
they can handle such compilMted relations
with suoh a small pereentage of disaster.
In eaob of the last two deaades there has
been an Increase of one.tenth of 1 jr sent.
In diverse. It Is doubtful If this la due to loss
f faith In warriaste. A proportion of it Is
due to a higher Ideal of marriage.
A New "Twilight Sleep"
Popular interest In 'he jioMtUUUtw oi
Twilight Sleep14 stl runs high, to Judge by
tho uninterrupted flow ef articles on thi sub-
Jet, wbleh coRtlnuea month after soMtit. 1e
January ConnpolUan rwrtai an arttofe hy
Vane Tfaamrmon (() a w mthd of
aabivlg jwilej childbirth. It ta at ttMt
inofirfPi bo4. wblea baa West a wide
ly Oicussd, but a now gwnrti dru-4toxJ-CAlsd
morphine
It is over two ears ajo that this n)s4lc-
t tfce toWoW y b4 trta4 their "'stofM vet
the oaSm! . ? to l opietir to
the arit WW olMfct in sJarot. Ur.
ihBWrt-tetii-TH. s4 wea 4mm
L?FiGS l w jet
tho great hall, where life battled that it might
live, there was .silence, not an Outcry, not at
wall And the Hoctor will tell you that whai
Impressed him Inost was the strange silenca
and the smiling faces of thoso womah. He
felt as though he had" touched a miracle.
One hundred and twelve experiments were
made, and overy case was successful. It has
been accepted by the French" Academy of Med
Iclno the third week In July. Surgeons, tout
cologlsts, chemists, doctors of alt degrees have
examined, tested, approved.
On tho very eve- of tho public nnouncement
of this discovery tho outbreak of the war
sank the giving of life Into Insignificance
beside the importance of taking life. Tho
article adds", with unconscious Irony:
Reports from the French field surgeons an
nounce that detoxlcated morphine renders
wounds painless for at least six hours, gtvltifr
nmplo time to remove patients to the base
hospital for treatment.
Busy SufTrngtiti
In "The Recent Elections and Woman Sutf
frago" (6), Ida Huatcd Harper leads up to her
subject with a brief but comprehensive re
view of tho women's struggle for tho fran
chise in this country.
When four States conferred complete fran
chise on the women between 1890 and 1898, the
opponents beenmo alarmed, nnd for the next
11 enrs In only three States could the Legis
latures be persuaded to submit the question to
tho otcrs, and In each caso It was defeated.
The country, politically, was entirely under the
domination of forces hostile to reform of all
kinds, three powers working In unison the
'trusts,' the liquor Interests and the party 'ma
chines. Kle or six years ago the more pro
gressive clement reached the limit of Its en
durance, and an Insurgent movement began
to deelop.
"Tho end of 1913 found women fully enfran
chised in nine States and one Territory, and
with a large measure of suffrage ,ln Illinois.
Miss" Harper gives a very good eonso of tho
campaign waged by the suffragists In seven
States this last summer and fall:
Practically all the organizations of men
nnd women declared for suffrage with great
enthusiasm, the federations at labor, the a. A.
71.. teachers' associations, granges, political
parti es, the women's clubs, eta
There aro arrayed against woman suffrage
nil the reactionary and vicious forces In the
country, all of them enfranchised and unlim
lied as to finances. The employers of labor
are determined that no moro political power
shall be placed In the hands of the working
people. Those corporations that thrive by cor
rupting Legislatures are exceedingly averso to
a new class of voter. The political machines
dread nothing so much as an electorato of
women, and more aggressive, determined nnd
dangerous than nil theso combined are the
liquor interests, with their endless ramifica
tions, extending to the remotest corners and
touching unnumbered kinds of legitimate businesses.
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