EViiiJNd LKDGEKPHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1914.
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? i MUSICAL SEASON
HIGHLY PLEASING
AND SATISFACTORY
Fears o f Disorganization
Disseminated by Variety
of Productions and Artistic
Equality of Artists.
Fears of musical disorganization, due
I, to the war, were freely expressed before
, the beginning of the present season,
and were quickly suppressed when the
I season was once well tinder way. Except
T SJpeji lur mc unnecessary uisapt-maui'a w ,
ipwtt t local opera companj the city has not
suffered In the slightest On the con
trary, the Reason has been particularly
t - rich In recitals, the orchestra season (for
the Philadelphia, Uojton and New York
Iwt ' organizations.) has been artistically suc-
"3 ;iS cessful, and the amateur enterprises of
.J!f' the city hgvo flourished magnificently.
Already there have been two occasions
il when the music lover could not take In
i everything offered to him by reason of
Jgj ., confllttlng dates, and once, the week of
a November 30, Philadelphia had the ex
perience of having eight musical enter
tainments In one week.
, The pre-eminent musical organization
of this city Is Its orchestra. With grow
ing familiarity Mr. atokoawkl has nc
qutied greater (.ontrol orerlils men, the
men have acquired a swifter response
both to him and to their music, and, as a.
result, the first third or the orchestra's
season has been appreciably more artis
tic and more satisfying than the same
period last year. The soloists chosen for
the orchestra concerts have been excel
lent; the list, up to January 1, 1915, In
cludes SImes Homer, Clluck, Schumann
Heinle, Cheutlmm and ijamnroff, and
Messrs Ulttelson, Klmballst, Dorwlck and
Bauer. The programs liavo been ell-em-bracing;
Iicothoven and Brahmi have
come with Sibelius and Druokticr; the
-great symphonies have been or will be
played; new works ware tried ou and
with a careful understanding of what tho
orchestra public: desires has gone a nota
"' bio Intention of offering It the best of un
m nmlllar things.
. THE OTIIUR ORCHESTRAS.
iqLer' Two other orchestras have been heard
'2Stavhcro tnls Beason- 'ril Boston Symphony,
""" superb as ever, with Its conductor more
rv proud, more scnslttrely Intelligent, played
TTj first a program of noble numbors, played
It with all perfection, and so promised a
wonderful yeai. The second appearance
,!jr was dull; the conductor's virtues and the
,H" Virtuosity of his mon seemed both wasted,
"!- " far as sucn talents can be.
Ji Tho Ntw York Orchestra, under Walter
'. Damrosch, began at the opposite extreme,
" y playing a beautiful program wretchedly
TSf and leaving Its hearers to hopo for better
SgVj 'In the two programs scheduled to follow.
OPERA HAS BEEN' SCANT.
In optra the year has been scant, but
In operatlo singing rich beond the meas
ure of Philadelphia's years. Never, not
ven In the old days of the Metropolitan
at the Academy, or of the Manhattan at
the Hammersteln house, nor In the time
Jgj'of the Philadelphia-Chicago Company,
"hova sdeh wonderful singers been heard
here so often, bo swiftly following each
ninerv oaruso ana Amato nave sung
twice. Scottl and Karrar once. Destlnn
and Matenauer, Urlus and Oadskl have
all appeared at the Metropolitan. The
one misgiving Phtladelphlans have felt
nas Been in regard to their operas. The
.choice has been neither flattering nor dis
creet, hut It hflH llMn nrmnlnr TVia nn
5J eras have been. In their order: "Tosca,"
"La Gloconda." "Lohenirrln ." "ii.in
"Uk "Tho Maglo Flute" and 'Madame Butter
' fly." To supplement these, amateurs have
produced "Martha" (tho Behrens Opera
Club), and "Carmen" (the Philadelphia
Operatic Society). These and the amateur
performances still to be given will stand,
with the Metropolitan's nine operas, In
place of the 15 offered last year.
AMATEURS' GOOD WORK.
Amateurs In performance and compo
sition hAVA ntlmrivtvn nrn..A tt.1. .
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eon. The Boys" and Girls' Orchestra hm
played once, and at the Musical Art Club's
ft innirt Miia T1-tlninuin ....
S v , were represented. Local soloist hnvn
IT ''""been Jlr, Glttelson, with the orchestra
it ,"" 'n recital; Mr'Kornfleld and Mr.
"l" ,Dublnsky.
- BEASON HIGHLY PLEASING.
, -c ... ...... vu., uM-.Mca ui ma musical
M-f jeor Is, of course. In the symphony or
p' chestras and the operas, but its decora
ts- "Kw, mo Kems or recitals, are as
pleasing, and this year have been fln.lv
cut diamonds Indeed. Except for Mr,
McCormack's unfortunate recital, there
!,1v bn no notable deficiencies paraded
before the public
Mme Alma Cluck, Mini Schumann
Hein and Fritz Krelsler. In Individual
recitals, and the first two with Fasquale
Amato and Rlccardo Martin, have been
the high lights of Individual effort
Godowsky and Mme. Homer, David
Blspham and Paul Draper and Leonard
Borwlck were, others of high rank and
fine performance
The Flonzaleys and KneUels, nually
wonderful organizations, played chamber
music, each introducing a novelty to
Philadelphia
A sense of satisfaction remains when
the season Is analyzed.
yesterday's Qincert
There was some unklndne in the opera-
rtlon yesterday of those Inexorabla rules
which closed the Academy doors at 3
o clock In the face, of many deserters of
'A: Ohf'troas cheer, devotee of h orpbes
Pf tra in its present state of excellence.
V-rnosa who were- barred had to hear the
upwnaia - rwaioraie" rrojn B&cn'a Christ
maa Oiutorlo as from muted instruments
pven to them must have, coma the feeUnz
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of true and Vigorous religious ecstasy of
Cine musjo, so different in its health and
ita dsvotlon from the "Parsifal" of a
few weeks ago.
. There was another Btoh follnwlnir in
te triple concerto played by Harold
Bauer at the piano, Mr. Maquarre, the
Bute, and Mr. Rich, tb violin. The,
whole-souled playin? of the soloists and
of the string orchestra, whlofa Mr Sto
kemrsU dellvately led. was a prforms.nce
rlehly endowed with pleasure. It can bo
aid that just as unajsumlpsly as Messrs
x '"w jaquarr kii1 irora weir
jplacea to be soloUts did Mr. Bauer, tba
aosreoiiea wioisi or uie nnenwoo, cose
Um tbe wings to pay hiz part, It
6Uold aUo be sal4 tht Just as he pUyed
With outet exeell-wioe, so did the onhes-
, Jsi'j own imo Together tfwy wa4 th
uli ceuarto a twug of saavHig thousctt
and impsuuianed feeJUig. Thy miA tu
',-, lUUy soporilUi eooDd WMsHt
nav and delicate with thalr awfatr
wru asd perfocmed the Mule work
with a prufuuud and tavtlng glory
It K trac that Moaat and Bach, the
uiur of all cxwtr.iHuUal faeUiUea,
.. ltouW, t thU vrugr, have haeu so
tUJiimd of meaninca Ualody. shear
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than anything nlajed this season, to hold
ing and expressing the sum of human
aoodness The Minuet fell oft front thl
estate, because It was played as tenderly
and as lightly as It was Written But the
four choirs of the orchestra rose grandly
to the finale, so curiously tbmpacled of
technical Intrigue and emotional Inno
cence Tonight's Audience has, In this, a
lofty pleasure to come
Mr. Bauer, returning to tho rrnnck
variations, might have chosen to be more
the virtuoso. Fortunately he did notl
to him, as to many muslo lovers, Franck
seemed sacred above the triumphs one
can gain through him. 8o his playing,
always right, yet never suggesting mere
precision or accuracy, was still and dell
cate
In these variations the slight fault of
rhythm would be fatal, and Mr. Bauer
wna faultless As pne plays for one's
self, with almost supersentltlve yielding
to tho suggestions of the music, Mr.
Batter played yesterday. The season has
not been rich In pianists, only four have
been heard so far; to have had Mr. Bauer
twice Is n measure of consolation.
Mr. Stokowskl's skill In program-making
has been noted before. Yesterday,
after the grandeur of Bach and tho ful
ness of Mo2art and the snd sweetneea of
Franck, ho Conducted the Grlcg suite,
"Sigurd .Torsnlfar," In a fine triumph of
power. The final movement of this, with
a folk-rhythm bo true that It recalls
Welsh and Finnish ami Russian folk
melodies and patriotic aire, he conducted
With the Intuitive sympathy ho hns fre
quently shown for such works It came
out In his reading of tho "Klnlandla" nnd
of the "Marche Slave" Coming yester
day In unrestrained strength, his Im
aginative power, his understanding of the
vulgar character of music which Is really
of tho people, was a propulslvo pleasure.
It actually did send tho heart-beat of tha
muslo Into the feet of those who heard It.
And so happily It sent them home.
"The Musical Glasses"
More extensive notices, based on past
performances and on what the press
agents afford, will appear when timely
for the events scheduled below. This
uncritical calendar Is Intended merely as
a guide for tho musically perplexed.
TUESDAY, December 20 "Mdm butter
ny' with Fsrrer. Fnrnla. Marttnollt aiul
Teganl in the principal parts, wilt b sung
by the MMropolllan Company. Toicanlnl
will conduct. At tlin Optra Hoime, 8 pm.
At tho Acaitemr, the lame evening, Mlxa
rioroncn Illnkle in a concert for tho bencflt
of the Kail Croaa rillon of the Emergency
Ala committee. Tne popular eonnno win
be henrd
In
widely arled selection of
mnga.
"WT.DNESDAY, December no The Choral
Soclfty will alnit "Tho Mcselah " Mr.
Thunder will conduct. At the Academy.
TIIUIISDVY, December SI. Young People's
Concert bv the Philadelphia Oroheatni, play
ing the "Nutcracker Suite" and the ahep
herd' muilo from liach'a Christmas Oratorio.
Mlw Klttv ritcatliam reciting Mother Oooso
and Nomenac Rhymes. At the Academy,
a p. m.
KrtlDAY. J inunry 1 Orear Beanie, an Ameri
can baritone with tha Philadelphia Orefieatra,
will glng an aria from "The Marriage of
Hgoro" nnd a eong by Modeet Moui.orgaky.
Mr. Stnliowakl will conduct Vivaldi. Dvorak'a
"New World ' Symnhonv, and Bmetana's
rmnhonlc poem. "Tha Motdau." At the
Acnam. 3 p. m.
SATimDAY, January 2. Tho Philadelphia
Orcheatrn In tho same program. At the
Academy, 8:1(1 p. m.
MOffPAX:.7,,n.,Irf'.4 Tn" Boeton Sjmphony,
with I'rlt Krelelor. who will play tho
McndelMohn Concerto Doctor Muck will
conduct Hlbellue' "Flntendln." Schumann's
Oenoieva" overture and a notelty In Ouy
Itoparti's fourth symphony. At the Academy,
R n p m,
TTn&E' J??unP'. srTna People's Choral
Union In Xtrtidolsaohn'a "Athalle." At
Wltherspoon Hall
THTTHSpAY. January 7. Mmo. Olga Samarorf.
,'.i!,la,i.l5tr- In a. recital for the benefit
or the Orchettra'a Pension Fund At tha
Academy
Trentini and Crawford
and a Christmas Show
It Is a Christmas show fast enough,
"The Peasant Girl," which dropped Into
tho Lyric Christmas Eve. It fairly
breathes tho spirit of winter. The
Chorus wears muffs above and Imltatlon
lace lmltatlon-sltlrts below. Indeed, If
tho snow hndrv't come tho girls might
have suffered terribly from such a lot of
oppressive wraps. And all to prove that
the petticoat makers lace ones Included
have been guilty of a campaign He. Pet
ticoats haven't gone out. Skirts have.
There nre other Ingredients to this
newest aphrodisiac trifle besides Valen
ciennes. Good music and Emma Trentini,
to start with Inseparable associates.
Oskar. Ncdbal's score has verve and
originality without descending toi "play-It-over-on-your-plano"
tunes. The spirit,
rather than the melody, attracts. It Is
backed, moreover, by muslclanly handling
of the various voices In the orchestra.
And where Mr. Nedbal wasn't tango-y
enough, the producers threw In some
Frlml,
.The remaining Ingredients are largely
personal. Leading them all comes Emma
Trentini herself, ringing, bouncing, wrlg
llng nnd, in the present occasion, scratch
ing herself Into the affections of tho audi
ence She sings in the same Metropolitan
Opera House voice. She scowls and smiles
In the same Impetuous Italian way. She
becomes furious when the tenor refuses a
wedding In which she was to figure as
the savior of Ids financial fortunes. She
disguises herself as a housekeeper and
puts his estate and himself In order but
not until she has broken a whole set of
ohlna In the true Trentini manner. And
uhe lights a duel with tho gentleman In
order to prove his love and to play her
last operatlo trick disguise a la boy.
Then there are the gentlemen. Clifton
Crawford, first and foremost, with his
disgruntled baby voice and wrinkled
brows and first-class, humorous brain.
That brain surely produced the reflection;
"Do they keep liquor In the cabinet? They
don't In the navy." It Is always a sub
ject for pleasant speculation in Mr. Craw
ford's case as to whether he or the lib
rettist wrote his lines. For Instance, Is
It Mj- Crawford's critical sense as a
musician which caused him to say that
when Ids sweetheart's sh,oa squeaks he
thinks It's John McCormack; or Is it the
librettist's notion of a compliment? At
any rate, It Is the exigencies of the plot
that make him describe the tenor as "a
milk-fed baritone," "a chicken. hawk,"
and "a butterfly In the garden of love,
leaping lightly from goat to goat." For
the tsnor Is always stealing his friend
Crawford's loves, ending up with Miss
Trentini.
As for the rest of the men and women,
there is Francis J. Boyle, with hie optica
In evidence but his voice entirety, and
unfortunately, neglected. There is Alary
Itobson, as a daneer who "turna men's
heads with the tips of her toes," but who
looks statuesquely Incapable of anything
except a place on a monument to Beauty
And there is the most charmingly girlish
of daqcers In Frances Prltchard.
But those are not all the ingredients
and virtues of "The Feasant Girl" Dear
ma; nol Tbera Is on feature designed
solely as a never-ending delight far that
much-negleeted person, the dramatis
critic It li furnished by one of the
great unnumbered throng, "Feasants,
Servants, Quests. Member of the Ballet."
Of course, the young lady has no Idea of
the Joy she Is giving the Members of the
press, for It Is only a matter of chance
reaemblanee. But there she is. with
baby-doll faaa and caleuUtlng innocence,
giving the reviewers the stupendous sat
Ufaotjou of at last seeing; FanjUe Ward
In the chorus.
DIPW3B QR 50Q GIRLS
Ml B. T. Btotasbury Hostess oi
WorklBff Siri' Catholic Clu.
Five hondr4 wnwbers f tho Working
Olrt's Catholic Club wttl 4t down to a
Cbriftna dtaatr tetbt la irt Fraud'
Pariah Hall. Mfth ajtd Of Btratt. at
which Mrs B. T gtotasbury will tha
TX club, of which Mr. Jaw kwbmo
Carter i the prestdant, wa eatahUshad
several yar with hie4nuarUr at
jm Ureau atieet. an Met. 8Uweiiiy
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IlalJ Cnlno's "The Eternal City," which
once served Llebler & Co. to good pur
pose, has reached tho film stage despite
tho earlier protests of tho author agntnst
what ho felt to be a form of blasphomy
For many years Mr. Calno steadfastly
refused to permit this work to bo repre
sented upon the screen. It was due to
Adolph Zukor's eloquenco during a visit
to England last summer that consent
finally was obtained.
Next Hugh Ford nnd Edwin S Porter,
the Famous Players' directors, went
abroad with Pauline Frederick and other
well-known players to begin the actual
work. Scenes In the Vatican Gardens, In
tho Castlo of St. Angelo, the Coliseum,
the Itomnn forum and other htstorlcnl
spots In the Imperial City,, wero repro
duced with the acquiescence of tho eccle
siastical and civic authorities The Fn
mous Players' company regards the film
aa its most sumptuous product to date.
COLLEQIANS IN MOVIES.
Several hundred University of Penn
sylvania students helped Barry O'Nell In
tho making of George Ado's "College
Widow," a Lubln photo-play. They made
their part so reallstlo that many of the
Lubln players are still nursing bruises.
Alt of the exterior scenes were taken
at Pennsylvania colleges and unversl
ties. When O'Nell with his camera men
and players arrived at the University of
Pennsylvania the students looked on with
Interest. O'Nell needed a lot of students
for an effective background, and ho asked
tho Penn men to help him out Etery
student In sight volunteered and there
was sorno army of them, too and an
army that constantly grew larger.
George Soule Spencer, who plays the
lead, stood cheering with tho students.
"Make a big fuss over that fellow and
lots of action!" yelled O'Nell through a
megaphone, pointing to Spencer. O'Nell
got more than he had expected. The
student army swept down upon Spencer
and the Lubln man was lost to view for
fully 15 minutes. Bound and round, this
way and that, the students danced, and
the human vortex swooped up almost
every Lubln man In sight, one of the
camera men and his camera and a couple
of policemen. Barry O'Nell and one of
the camera men eluded the mob by run
ning Into a nearby University building
and getting the thrilling scenes below
from a second-story window.
When tho "fusing party" was over,
Spencer emerged looking as though he
had been through a railroad wreck, and
the other Lubln performers were no bet
ter off. All were bruised, but there was
some compensation In the fact that cam
era men who escaped the students' war
dance obtained some of the best student
pictures ever taken.
BETTY NANSEN OltDEIlS HKB
CHRISTMAS DINNER,
"Please have ready for Miss Nansen
on her arrival at tha Plaza Hotel on
Christmas Bay the following; Bofteg
mod Log, Flydt Hvldkaalshoved, Orter
of Falsete, Yandergrod, Rodgradde med
Flode and Smorrebrod med Solberroom."
This was the "wireless" transmitted
from the Scandinavian-American liner
United States to the William Fox offices
In New York yesterday from the man
ager of Betty Nansen, the famous
"Royal" Danish actress fropi the Theatre
Royal, Copenhagen, who 1 coming here
to pose In a series of big feature dims
for Mr. Fox exclusively. The wireless
was a poser. What under the canopy
"Flyldt Hvldkaalsshoved" meant nobody
knew The Danish Consul. George Becb,
obligingly translated the radiogram and
It transpired that It was merely a Danish
Christmas blU-of-fare enumerating Miss
Nansen's favorite dishes
"THE CHRISTIAN" COMING "
Positive announcement of the presenta
tion of "Tha Christian" In photo-play
form at the Chestnut Street Opera House
cannot be made, but it Is assured that the
(Urn will be shown early In January The
part of Glory Quayle 1 played by Edith
Story Earle Williams Is John Storm
Others In the east lnelude Charles Kent
Harry Northrup, James Lackaye, Vin
cent Sternroyd. Alberta Gallatin, Carletta
da Felloe, Edward Kimball, Rose Tapley
and James W. Morrison.
Pastime, Point Breeze Avenue Below
Reed Street
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TOYS HERE TOO LATE
"Made in Germany" They Reach Port
After Selling Season.
Bad weather and an accident to the
Dutch steamship Sloterdyk caused hun
dreds of cases of toys to arrive here too
late to bo distributed to the Importers,
The vessel, which arrived yesterday from
Rotterdam, was docked today at Pier 21,
North Wharves, and the work of dis
charging the toys begun These toys
came mostly from Germany. They were
mado In the Black Forest by hands of
little children under the direction ot fond
fathers who have since become food for
the guns In the strife now convulsing
Europe.
The Sloterdyk also brought In large
quantities of drugs from Germany. Tho
receipt of these shipments relieves the
anxiety of wholesale druggists, who feared
that a dearth of some of the drugs would
cause a suspension of the manufacture ot
certain by-products.
UNIQUE AHT EXHIBIT OPENED
Display at University Museum Rep
resents 4500 Years Development.
The exhibition of works of Oriental art,
opened at the University Museum today,
representing 4500 years of artistic develop
ment. Is the first of Its kind to be held
In this city. The art of ancient Crete,
Mycenae, Greece and tho Roman Empire
aro presented.
The collection of Chinese pottery Is one
ot great value, most of the pieces coming
from the collection of princes in Pekln,
which were broken up or looted during
the Boxer uprising.
Florence Hinkle to Sing
For Red Cross Benefit
Miss Florence Hinkle, the American so
prano whose repute has grown steadily ,
of recent years, win give a concert-recital
under the auspices ot the Philadel
phia Muslo Club Tuesday evening, De
cember S9. The proceeds ot the concert
will be donated to the Red Cross division
of the Emergency Aid Committee.
Miss Hinkle has been called "an orato
lio singer," "a concert singer" and a
"lleder singer." The disagreement as to
what she should be called Is a tribute
to her ability; she distinguishes herself
In every field. After a recent recital the
critics wrote ot her charm and fresh
ness of voice, her keen appreciation ot
lyrlo style, her dignity and her charm.
Her Intelligence in singing, added to a
vocal endowment of excellent quality,
brings her the unusual combination of
great popularity and unfailing artlstlo
approval
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ACADEMV OP MUSIC R. M. NswmaJi,
traveler and lecturer, traveltalks on five auo
ceshr Irldav etenlnga and Saturday aft
ernoon, beginning January 15, real ecenea
of warfare. , charging cavalry, bursting
htll, devaatillng cannon In action and the
warships and aerial equipment belonging to
both the allied Powers and the Uermant
ClIHSTNtT STllKErr OPKllA HOUSE-CM-lago
Tribune's motion plcturee ot the Euro
pean ar, taken under the direction of the
Belgian tlovernment, for a limited engage
ment, beginning Monday afternoon, exhibi
tions being given at 1, 2 W and In the
afternoons and T, 8 30 and 10 in the eve
nings . ..
JKFKBUSON. KUh and Dauphin This theatre
will ahow many new feature plcturce In ad
dition to the regular program. "Called
Hack" Is Monday feature. Dorothy Donelly
In "Tho Thief Tueeday, "Alone In Nmv
York" Welneeday. Alice Brady In "As r
Sow" Thursday, l,8ho Sloops to, Conquer
Friday nnd tha first cpleode of Zudora rerlej
on Saturday. ' The Wpollcra ' will bo the
attraction for three dai beginning Jan-
KNIKrirtDOCKnit, 40th and Market streets
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, this the
atre will show tho sixth episode of "Zudora.
the mtery photoplay now appoarlng every
day In tho columns of tho r.vsxino Ljuoxa.
This episode is called "The Chase of the Mc
S Inters Family." Tho excellent photog
raphy In .theeo pictures, with tho iloublo ex
posure and ,ight effects. Is a noelty. Mar
Ricrlto now, James Cruie and Harrr Ilen
im are the principals, and the largo num.
Icr of extras bring the total number of
people employed throughout tha aeries to
mofo than lutf) . , . ..
Milium IIACR, I-ehlshand qermantonn
avenues "Tho Flying freight Capt ve Is
tho mm of tho Haiarda of Helen .series and
will ba hero Monday. Mary PIckford In
"Lodging for the Night." a Dlograph re
Issue, on Wednesday. The third episode of
m Wednesday. Tne tnira epuouo oi
on Thursday Friday, the flva-part
The Last Egyptian." Is the'ea-
id ' Out of the rast" and "A Scrap
udora
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turn and ' Out of the
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1'AI.ACE-Clionday. Tuesday and Wednesday,
vaudevlllo! rtuh. Ung. Toy and Company,
Imperial Japaneao llluslonlsta and myjtiners;
Jimmy Reynolds, monologuo artist: Median
nnd Morris In n unique offering. Silver nnd
Duval and I-n. Kmma The photoplay attrac
tion will be II U Wamcr In 'The Qhost
llrcnker" For the last half of the week, tho
Hlckvllle Minstrels, Three .Morrises, Ward
and Delmar. Billy Barlow, tho Darlnr Harda
und the four-part film dramatliatlon of The
Conspiracy."
SOMEIlfET. 277S Kensington avenue A num
ber of features hae been booked for next
week and will be announced later. Another
episode of the Zudora. series will ba ahown
Monday. Fvery Monday. Wednesday and
Frliaj Is Keystone comedy day.
feTANI.BY-Mary rickford In the lTamous
I'layera nim Company's novel production of
' Cliidorolla," tho paramount feature at the
Stanley Theatre, all week
ALTON, Chelten avenuo and Chew street
The program for next week will be an-
1 nouncea later. ine --aiysiery i mo uum."
Cheese Maker, the third episode of Zudora
I series, will be shown Thursday; ...,
'WOULD riLM COMPOItATiON EXCHANGE
"The I'll, reaiuring wiunn uttwo piw
assisted by Call Kane, Milton Bills and
others, will be the next release Tho story
Is taken from the play nnd contains many
stirring scenes. Vera Mlchelena In "Mrs.
Wlgga of the Cabbage Patch" will be the
next fcaturo to ba released
DUTY TO PRESERVE
HEALTH OF NEEDY,
CLERGYMAN SAYS
Father McDermott Thinks
Division of Housing and
Sanitation Is Solution to
Housing Problem.
FATHER D. I. McDERMOTT
"Preservation of the health of our tene
ment poor Is a prime necessity," de
clared tha Rev. Daniel I. McDermott In
the rectory of St. Mary's Roman Cathollo
Church, at 1th street below I-ocust. He
was making a plea for the the ne.w Dlv.
slon ot Housing and Sanitation, the de
partment for which Councils' Finance
Committee has refused to grant appro-J
pnations.
Father McDermott has spent more than
30 years In the downtown section. He
devotes much of his time to visiting and
consoling the poor who live In cellar
rooms which noted psychologists call "liv
ing vaults" and "alleys of misery."
"I sincerely trust that men elected by
the voters ot Philadelphia will change
their minds," said Father McDermott.
"I have seen so many election promises
ignored and not fulfilled The men who
have the power to grant appropriations so
thja new housing law ean be properly en
forced should act. There Is no question
that many lives could be saved If a divi
sion of housing and sanitation were la
existence "
"When I first came down here," he
said. I found houses where more than
a doxen persons slept in one room Con
dttions have changed tha last 39 years,
but there ig still plenty of room tor Im
provement There are many bouses In
our district where no improvements have
been made for years The bouses I am
referring to shelter Philadelphia's poor.
'A great percentage of serious ailments
among the chlldre of the poor is due
to the buaaltary dwelliegs and badly vea
Mlated ho rues.' eonltniud Father MeDer
mott "The poor should have ruunlag
water in their kitchen Instead of hy4
iuiU U tha yards, which uauaUy haeeme
frozen when the cold weather mU in "
'I do aot know If politics figures in
the refusal uf an uyi tations for the aew
Diet!-! . Huutiui l..i Sanitation." he
i.j it i.vjIiu o do-.-a oui la the mai
ler, it tuutfia t .tiiuiutMel The pre
vrvatkin of th health of our poor who
lull lu millj. fsxtoitea a.ud ahup all day
and sleep iu bad testaments, Is a rlm
utUy Tuvrtt is a great opstrtiuiity
iir t uunvtie to prtoru iq Pbilaotlphia
ii j. um Uy lth t8tf rui.4iXt; pl'-t'cj
1 i :-i that u. r,rii s u, Um j 'cmonTBartii
1 iuii.s wtU tfrntsm xea dui '
UNIFORM GOWNS,
MASCULINE IDEA,
YETOED BY WOMEN
Mr. George's Suggestion
Negatived by Fashion
Leaders and Those of
Modest Means.
Suppose ou had an appointment to
meet your best lady love at Broad Street
Station and when you arrived there. In
stead of finding her a vision of loveliness
In blue oharmeuse, a thing apart from
the rest of the feminine world, you dis
covered several hundred of her all ar
rayed In exactly the same type of cos
tumeIn the sedate gray of a little
Quaker lady with modest kerchief folded
across her breast. In the sombre robes of
a Bister of Charity, or In any other uni
formwould jou like it? And would you
recognize the lady as tho apple of your
eye, or Is It possible that you might
accost a dozen or more of the other fel
lows' lady loves In your endeavor to find
the right one?
If the suggestion ot one W. I. George,
a mere man and not a fashion arbiter, at
that, Is carried out such a confusion Is
likely to resutt at any moment. With
a temerity that is not given to the ma
jority of his sex Mr. George In a start
ling article In a current magazine ad
vises that women, one and all, from the
highest to the lowest, adopt a uniform
costume.
"Always by their drafts upon lis
wealth," writes he, "women lead hu
manity nearer to poverty, envy, discon
tent, frivolity, starvation, prostitution to
general social degradation. Nothing can
mitigate these evils until the modern
woman la Induced to view clothing as
does the modern man, until, namely, she
decides to wear a uniform."
THET LAUGH AT GEORGE.
A society woman, a fashionable couturier
and a little shopgirl were shown the
above-quoted article, and one and all, for
varying reasons, laughed Mr. George and
his foolish-man theories to scorn.
Mrs. J. Francis Sullivan, one of the
most beautiful and most smartly gowned
women In Philadelphia, though Inclined
to favor the uniform idea, refused to
agree with Mr. George's conclusions that
the rich woman, because of the example
of extravagance that she sets. Is re
sponsible for the luxurious desires of the
poor, which cause so much misery and
heartache.
"Uniforms? What a lovely Idea, I've
always wanted to wear d uniform!" she
exclaimed, and from the merry twinkle
In her blue eye one couldn't be quite
sure whether she was serious or only
funning. "Think of the time we should
nave and the wonderful amount of charity
work we could do If we didn't have to
spend so much time over our toilettes.
And while he was about it why didn't
the gentleman suggest that we shave our
heads also?
"As for the well-dressed woman being
responsible for the unhapplneas and per
haps the downfall ot many girls of the
working class," she continued, "I do not
think that Is a true statement, because
the well-dressed woman Is never the one
who Is conspicuously costumed, and the
desire for finery, being born In the heart
of every woman, there is no need for an
example to be set to put It there."
NEVER! SATS SIGNOR RIEN3I.
When Slgnor Lutgi Rlenzl, proprietor ot
an exclusive Walnut street shop, was
asked what he thought about the matter
ho elevated his eyebrows superciliously
up Into the topmost regions of his scalp
and the ends of his waxed mustache took
on a deprecating droop.
"Uniforms for the American woman."
said he. "nover! For your American wo
man, each and every one, Is a law unto
herself, an Individuality. The idea will
never take root here, though," he added,
frankly, "the author knows something of
what he Is talking when he mentions the
hold which dress has on the woman of
the day.
"The Philadelphia woman, however, Is
the most conservative woman In the
world when It comes to fashion. Tour
average well-dressed woman here does
not spend over J15.CO0 annually on her cos
tumes, whereas her New York or foreign
sister In exactly the samo social class will
get away with 125,000 or 130,000 a year.
"There are women of fashion in this
city, of course, who do spend more than
15.000 on their attire, and this Is exclu
sive ot Jewels, of course. One of my
customers alone did 122,000 worth of busi
ness In my shop last year, and I am In
a position to know that she did not buy
everything here. But I am Inclined to
look upon this as an exception. By pro
ceeding very cautiously," he conceded
largely, "a woman may even be well
dressed on $6000 or 7000 a year, but she
must study her type carefully and buy
with extreme discretion."
COST OF SMART DRESSING.
And then because he was interested In
the subject Slgnor Lulgi Rlenzl figured
out exactly what the well-dressed wom
an's wardrobe would have to contain In
order to Justify the adjective "smart."
"Beginning with the morning," said
he, "she would have to have at least
three or four boudoir gowns, ranging In
price from J1S0 to J200 apiece. The caps,
slippers, garters and other accessories to
match will come to J10O at least, The
smart woman, moreover, has at least five
morning sufts for walking and shopping
wear. These may be obtained for from
18 up-that Is. In Philadelphia. In New
York or Parts one would have to pay
from 1125 to (300. Fire walking hats, in
expensive ones of course, would cost from
1X0 to 3. Walking boots a woman could
scarcely do with less than thtee pairs-
cost from ki to u.
"The modern woman," he continued,
"has discarded the luncheon costume:
she wears either her morning or her aft
ernoon attire The latter consists of a
handsome threa-plece velvet suit costing
from UU to 000, severs! afternoon or
restaurant frocks for (he daosant rang
ing In price from $300 to JW6 and three
dress hats whloh may be purchased any
where from 60 to 1100.
"Six dinner gowns and six evening or
hall go was costing from iV to INO, three
evening wraps at about the slme priee
ad about $4609 worth of lingerie sanually,
together with a K0 shoe Wll not count
ing, of eourse, the price of Jeweled buefc
les, will about complete the smart wo
man's wardrobe, though naturally there
are raasy little personal aceesseriee veils,
haa4kerh4ets. aearie, stoves, hestery
that I have not nmittontd aud wbleh (a
as item to be feekoaed wftfe.
SHOPOIHi. VBTOJte UHU.
From the luxations atatosphere af fstgnor
EUsASi's gray ataeoM, the Mwt changed
to the lace couttier of a Market eveet
shop, where a pretty little afcepiftrl w
bushy aagftged wUktUa a tutrtsM f
VtlMnrferuiw a srf eartUmud
"What e t thtek Atfesrasa tear wo
dm? Heaves prNrve u Is all I cava
w" aha axotainwd "Whjr, w get
staassy sec to seal of th back aalru
tu. white waaats that the wwhwagewem
umJc ua wear Pes t m 'en Mai t .-;
uumu real mawmtui tas 11 mafes
1 ui iraar a. ututosm arur frk wa
I m mtm, tst ,
HOME PLANS GALORE u
FOR NEWLYWEDS AT
LEDGER CENTRAL
Ideas to Suit Rich and Mod-
est Alike Given at Ex
hibit at Broad and Chest
nut Streets.
A certain little circular stand with
movable racks, placed in a conspicuous
position at Ledger Central, Is becoming
a trystlng place of such exceeding pop
ularity that the park benches, the parlor
sofas and other of Cupid's favorite tryst
Ing places are being left way behind.
To this little kiosk affair, which serves
to display a collection of plain nnd
sketches of fascinating houses ot alt de
scriptions, pcopljs seldom come singly.
They arrlvo In pairs, and putting their
heads together spend whole hours going
over nnd over the specifications.
And to the cars ot the unobtrusive ob
server float out little remarks like these:
"John, dear, let's have this one; look
at the dinky little linen closets."
And then the lorel tones of a mascullns
voice chime In:
"But Susy, dear, It lias so many rooms)
you could not possibly tako care of
them. Remember there will be no mail
at first."
And then, Susy, dear, not to he dis
couraged, trips around to the next com
partment where there Is a plan of an
adorable little bungalow, with a back
porch specially designed for roso vines,
and John, dear, gets out his pencil and
pad and together they figure out ways
and means, how much will go Into how
much, nnd nftor many puckers of Susy's
pretty brow and many clearings of
John's masculine throat, they decide on
tho back porch and the rose Vines, and
go away to dream love's young dreaih
The circular stand with the movable
racks, however, Is not maintained At
Ledger Central for the express- conveni
ence of tho Susys and Johns In tho de
lirium of their first house-hunting ex
pedition. It Is placed there for the con
venience of each nnd every person In
and out of Philadelphia who Is con
templating building a home.
Here a man may view some Of the best
work nnd most original Ideas In home
making of the leading architects of the
city. Plans and specifications of houses
of all sizes and kinds are contained In the
racks, .together with sketches and wash
drawings of the finished buildings.
And there aro designs to suit the slen
der proportions of the humblest pocket
book as well as corpulent ones, There
are plana for the little two-story house
and plans for the sumptuous mansion,
there are houses Colonial and houses
Tudor, houses Renaissance and houses
Elizabethan.
In short. If you want a houso and can't
mako up your mind what kind you do
want, pay a vistt to Ledger Central and
you'll find a plan for a home ot every
concelvnble design and some, doubtless,
that have never been conceived before.
"CORRECTION'S" STRIPES GO
Prisoners Say Change la BeBt Christ
mas Gift They Ever Had.
Abolition of the loathed stripes at tha
House of Correction at Holmesburg, pris
oners there said today, was the most wol
come Christmas gift Inmates of the In
stitution have ever received. Doubly wel
come, they said because the change made
them feel once more like men.
Announcement of the passing of the
stripes was made yesterduy at the Christ
mas dinner. It was greeted with silence,
but appreciated by the prisoners Hence
forth the repulsive striped uniform will
be replaced by clothes of a modest brown
hue. The dress ot the women at the
House of Correction, however, will remrln
the same.
It was announced that tho change had
been made because the Houso of Correc
tion was not a penal but a corrective In
stitution. PHOTOPLAYS
MARCUS LOEWS
NICKBRBOCKE
MARKET & 40TH STS.
buperlor Vaudeville and I'hotoplays
Come when you can fitay as long pa you
please
Matinees sll Sts Se except Dotes,
Kvrnlnxs all Seals lOe exerpt Uaxes
Until further notice Marcus Lotw'i High-
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Blxier and Better Show Than Ever!
AFTERNOONS at 2 o'clock
EVENINGS, 6:45 to 9 and W U
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6 Stirring Acts.
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Mr. Wits of the
Cabbase Patch"
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