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ONE of the most InlcrontlnBr balls of the oca
son was given last night In the ballroom of
the Kltt-Carllon by Dr. and Sirs. Joseph Leldy
In honor of their daughter, Miss Cornelia Leldy.
Supper was served at small tables, which were
decorated with a profusion of pink roses. Break
fast v,na Bervod nt 5 o'clock. Many handsome
gowns wore seen. .
Miss Leldy v,oro white satin, beautifully em
broidered with beads. Her bouquet was of
pink roses. '
Mrs. Leldy choso a gown or cream-colored
eatln. Her jewels werts a dog collar of pearls
and diamonds and a necklaco of cmoralds and
diamonds. She carried a bouquet of orchids
and lilies of tho valley.
Among those present were Miss Hopo Ban
croft, Miss Prances Hoar, Miss Penolopo Park
man, Miss Sylvia "Warren, Miss Mario Agasslz,
Miss Mnrjjaro,t Bennett, Miss Kuth Gaston, of
Boston 'Miss Elizabeth Sands, MIbs Katliloon
Mocy, Miss Constance llacy and Miss Peggy La
Forge, of Now York; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Stewart Wurts, Mrs. Walter Coxc, Mr. and
Mrs. W. Morgan Churchman, Mr. and Mrs.
William Dlckcrman, Mrs. William T. Carter,
Miss Adams and Miss Bonnctt, of Boston: Miss
Cordelia BIddle, Miss Margaret Handy Burton,
Miss Margaret Berwlnd. Miss Charlotte Harding
Brown, Miss Edith H. Bally, Miss Hopo Trux
tun Beale, Miss Jean Christian Bullitt, Miss
Blls, Brock, Miss Margaretta P. O. Benson, Miss
, Katherlna Ashurst Bowie, Miss Mary Evelyn
Chew, Miss Eugonia P.. Oassatt, Miss Llllla
Habersham Crlsflcld, Miss Ruth Coxe, Miss
Mary B. Clayton, Miss Eleanor S. Carpenter,
i Miss Mary Alice Clay, Miss Marguerlto Capor
Iton, Miss Mary Tyson Denckla, Miss Inez
l)rayton, Mlas Pauline Dlsston, Miss Louisa
(Gibbons Davis, Miss Harriet Deaver, Miss Doro-
ithy Dlsston, Miss Hansell French Earlo, Miss
JHelen Struthers Ellis, Miss Sydney Ellis, Miss
JAlmee Hutchinson, Miss Anna Massey Heclt-
inher. Miss Jano Harding, Miss Susan Brlmmor
Ingersoll, Miss Hopo B. MdMlchael, Miss Kuth
Mann, Miss Marian W. Myors, Miss Jean Mor-
. ris Ltllie, Miss Sarol) Llpplncott, Miss Isabel
Wurts Page, Miss Huberta. Potter, Miss Char-
lotto Rush, Mis3 Isobel Milne Rogers, Miss Vir
ginia Roberts, Miss Margot Ellis Scull, MIbs
Marlon Savage, Miss Alva Sergeant, Sirs. Sands,
i of Newport; Miss Alice Chapman Thompson,
Miss Jean Newbold Thompson, Miss Elizabeth
Thompson, Miss Gertrude Tower, Miss Hilda
Tunis, Miss Helen Tower, Miss Mary Brown
Warburton, Miss Marie-Louise Wanamakor,
Miss Lucia Alice Pardee Warden, Miss Mary
Stewart Wurts, Miss Emllie Duval Williams,
De Benneville Bell, John Cromwell Bell, Jr.,
Anthony J. Drexol BIddle, Jr., Charles Louis
t Boric, 3d, Edward Brooko, Richard Stockton
f Bullitt, Jervls W. Burdlck, Cowan Bain, John
Caner, Eugeno 31. Chcston, J. Hamilton Chcs-
ton, Ecklcy B. Coxc, 3d, Eton Cromwell, Oliver
Cromwell, Charles P Davis, Joseph N. Du
Barry, 2d, William H. Du Barry, 'Lolghton Dun
ning, Norman Dunning, Edward M. Edwards,
Brooke Edwards, Powell Fenton, Thomas
Knight Flnletter, George D. Fowle, Emlle C.
Qeyelin. II. Laussatt Gcyclln, Jr., Howard
Graham, Edward Day Harris, Richard Harte,
William GUI Hopkins, C. Fenno Hoffman,
Henry H. Houston, Daniel Hutchinson, 3d,
Reginald Hutchinson, Albert Edward Kennedy,
Jr., Kenneth Campbell Kennedy, L. Scott
Landreth, Jr., Rodney Landreth, Bernard C.
Law, Alden Lee, Philler Lee, Philip Leldy,
Barclay McFaddcn, R. Alastalr McLeod, Saun
ders L. Meade, J, Vaughan Merrick, Jr., Joseph.
Gtlllngham B. Moulton, Laurence Murdoch,
Henry R. Nollson, Joseph SI. Patterson, 2d, Wil
liam Piatt Pepper. George Wharton Pepper, Jr.,
Francis B. Reed, Thomas A Robinson, Howard
L. Rowland, George Rowland Sergeant, John B.
Bhober. 2d, Pombcrton H. Shober, Forrester
Scott, Theodore Hunt Butler Smythe, Ashton
Eouder, C, Stanley Stokes, Alexander D. Thayer,
Joseph Trevanlon Thayer, John B. Thayer, Jr.,
Richard R. THghman, Caspar Wlstar Barton
Townsend, Andrew Van Pelt, Joseph King Tur
ner Vnn Pelt, Andrew Wheeler, Rodman M.
Wlstar, Morris Gates and Emory MoMlchael.
Mr, and Mrs. John Scott, Jr., will glvo a tea
this afternoon nt tho Gladstone to meet Miss
Mary Newbold Janvier, whose engagement to
their son, J. P. Reynolds Scott, was recently
announced,
Mrs. Robert Watson, of Now York, spent
Christmas as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Alfred
Stengel, of 1723 Spruce street. Mrs. Watson will
return to New York today.
' Airs, Arthur Hacker, of Staten Island, N, Y.,
spent Christmas as the guest of her mother,
Mrs, William Piatt Pepper, of S20 South 21st
Btreet.
School set affairs are still on, and today Miss
Sarah H. B. Penrose, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Charles Bingham Penrose, will be guest of
honor at a luncheon to bo given by Miss An
nette Parke. The guests will be from the school
eet. t
In the evening a dance will be given by Mr.
and Mrs. Horace Walton, of 100$ South 49th
Street, for their son, Horace Walton,
Miss Henrietta W, Sanders, of J2J5 Locust
street, will give a dinner prior to the Berwlnd
dance In honor of Miss Helen Whltrldge,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Whltrldge,
of Baltimore, and her nieces, Miss Estello D,
Sanders and Miss Anita M, Sanders,
Mrs, Joseph M. Gaitam, of the Rlttenhouse,
VlH give a dinner this evening In honor of her
son, Joseph it- Gazsam, Jr., who Is at homo for
tho holidays, apd her daughter, Miss Olivia M.
4eB. Oazzara, who will bo a debutante next
season.
ALONG TEE MAIN LINE
JHLA-Hra. G. A. Blsler, Jr.. of Union avenue,
entertained the members of her Wednesday card
elub at lumjheon today. he table was prettily
decorated with red Christmas flowers. Those
present were Mrs. Walter Scott Peiyritori. Mrs.
iia Miller, Mrs. a ?f- FJemlng, Mrs. qeorge
Haskell, Jr and Mrs. peorge Keeler.
SERMANTOWN
Mr. a&d Mrs. Edward S, Jackson, of S31 West
4hnson street, will give a theatre party to-ww.-rovr
ening Tbt psrfy will afterward
adjourn to the derroantown. Automobile Club
for supper. foUowcd by dancing
Bar srd Mrs fmu! Blspham Bowen enter
SOCIAL
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tained their three daughters at tho opera last
night, followed by a supper nt the nltx-Carl-ton.
Mrs. MoNell and Mrs. Carl will return
to Boston tomorrow.
Jlr. nnd Mrs. L. P. Gelger, Jr., of 368 West
Johnson street, will entertain at luncheon fn
formally on New Year's Day, at tho Hunting
don Valley Country Club.
' ALONG THE READING
Miss Julia Beck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Beck, Jr., entertained nt a, small
dance Monday night at nor horns on Crescent
road, Wyncote. The house was beautifully
decorated with holly and mistletoe, and the
guestB, who were mostly from tho school set, In
cluded Miss Hopo Wheelock, Miss Katharine
Johnstone, Miss Dorothy Campbell, Miss Clara
Pearson, Miss Harriet Chapman, Miss Ruth
Perry", Miss Alice Perry, Miss Dorothy Bacon,
Miss Mildred Lewis, Miss Alice Gohrts, Miss
Marjorlo Hanan, of Montclalr, N. J.; Wltlard
Moore, Clifford Moore, Robort Rodon, William
Dickie, John Gehrls, Lyle Steele, Lincoln Roden,
George Essllngcr, Arthur Gehrls, Josoph Jones,
Edwnnl Schellengcr, W. F. Woodward, Joseph
Cochran, Mr. West and Mr, and Sirs. Atan H
Reed.
CHESTNUT HILL
Sirs. William W. Adams, Jr., will return homo
today from Norwood, Mass,, whero she spent
Christmas as the guost of her mother.
Sir. and Mrs. Georgo C. Thomas, Jr., will
entertain at dinner tomorrow before the mas
querade dance.
SOUTH PHILADELPHIA
Lieutenant Commander G, A. BlBsett, U. S. N.,
and Sirs. Blssctt, and Lieutenant R. L. Shop
ard, V. S. SI. C, and Sirs. Shepard will enter
tain this evening at a danco at tho home of
Lieutenant Blssett, in the Gtrard Estate, 2332
South 21st street. Their guests will lncludo
Lieutenant W. F. Cochrane, U. S. N., and Sirs
Cochrane, Lieutenant Commander R. S. Kcycs,
17. S. N., and Sirs. Keycs, Lloutcnant Com
mander G. B. Landcnberger, U. S. N., and Sirs.
Landenberger, Lieutenant Charles A. Lutz, U.
S. SI. C, and Sirs. Lutz, Captain A. S. Williams,
U. S. Sr. C, and Sirs. Williams, Paymaster
Slannlng II. Phllbrlck, U. S. N., and Sirs. Phll
brlck, Naval Constructor R. D. Weyerbachcr,
U. S. N., and Sirs. Wcycrbacher, Naval Con
structor Gatewood, U. S. N and Mrs. Gate
wood, Lieutenant Wilcox, U. S. N., and Sirs.
Wilcox, Lieutenant Taylor, Captain Horton, TJ.
S. N., Sir.' Rlvas, Doctor Woodlow, Harold
Sloore, Mr. and Sirs. Gillespie, Sir. and Sirs.
Charles S. Davis, 'Mr. and. Sirs. Jolley, Lieuten
ant Adams and Lloutcnant Bogan, U. S. SI. G,
and Sirs. Bogan, nnd Sirs. Francis Howe, of
Chicago.
A linen shower was given In honor of Sliss
Minna SI. Bernstein, at her, home, 831 South 3d
street, this week. Sliss Bernstein will bo mar
ried January 10 to Charles Preldenberg.
Those present were Silas Edith D. Chlnn, Miss
Cella Hanopolsky, Sliss Dorothy R. Blumenthal,
Sliss Rono Gold, Miss Elizabeth Elenbogen, Sliss
Fay Farber, Sliss Dorothy Slelnlcoff, Sliss Slay
Snowvlce, Sliss Lena Slallnsky, Miss Lllllam Z.
Blumenthal, SI. Stlven, Louis GekoskI, Adolph
Weiss, Peter Chlnn, Sir. Cohen, Slaurlce Dp
stein, Louis Carlls, Maurice Cohen, Samuel
Elenbogen, Albert Melntcoff and Samuel Alt
man. KEEN HOUSE TO OPEN
Philadelphia Will Have a Dance House of Its
Own Society Interested.
That Philadelphia is to have a most exclusive
dance house this winter in the heart of society's
most fashionable residential section, tho doors
of which vvlll open only to tho "sesame" of the
favored few, has been a known fact for many
weeks, but only within tho lost fow days have
any details regarding the realization of tho
rumor been made public. With no advertising
and tha utmost canservatlveness have the man
agers and patronesses completed their arrange
ments, and the Keen House, for as such it will
be known, will throw open Its portals' on the
afternoon of January 5 to those who have re
ceived a neatly engraved little 'card of Invita
tion. A reception will be given, however, by
the patronesses, who comprise Boms TO odd
society matrons of this city, who will person
ally meet Sirs. Keen, a pupil of Challls, and
Who, with Mr, Courtney, from Castle House,
will be present every afternoon and' evening to
dance with the patrons. Keen House, figura
tively speaking, is the entire second floor of the
Jones Wister mansion, at 1019 Walnut Btreet,
which has been ideally fitted for the purpose,
and here society will meet during the winter
afternoons and evenings and dance In the
privacy that Is equal almost to one's home.
Tea win be served, and poured each day by one
of the patronesses, while the chaperonage will
be supplied by the manager, Sirs. James T.
Halsey, Mrs. John B. Slmms will preside at
the tea table on the opening day.
Among the many patronesses are Sirs. Lewis
Aohhurst, Mrs. Archibald Barclay, Miss Susan
Lynah Bruce, Mrs. Logan M. Bullitt, Miss Jean
Bullitt, Miss Christine Chambers, Sliss Kath
arno ChSmbers, Mrs, C, Howard Clark, Jr., Sirs.
Herbert L. Clark, Sirs. James B, Coryell, Sirs.
Alexander Brlnton Coxe, Sirs. J. Chalmers Da
Costa, Sirs. Paxson Deeter, Mrs. Henry IC. Dll
lard, Jr., Mrs. Robert Downing, Sirs. Naudaln
Duer, Sirs, Charles E. Este, Mrs, James F,
Fahnestock, Miss Fahnestock, Mrs, Walter J,
Freeman, Mrs. Robert Gamble, Miss Slaria Gil
pin, Mrs. Henry 8. Grove, Sirs. James T. Halsey,
Mrs. Howard F. Hansell, Sirs. George J, Hard
ing, Mrs. Robert Emott Hare, Sirs. Harry Plck
ney Huse, Mrs. Joseph A. Janney, Jr., Mrs.
Walter Johnson, Mrs. Wilbur Klapp, Mrs.
Ernest Law, Mrs. Arthur Lea. Mrs. Charles M.
Lea, Mrs, Joseph Leldy, Mrs. David Lewis, Mrs.
Henry Stclntlre. Sirs. Frederick Mehl, Miss J.
de, Telsselre Slonges, Mrs. Roland Morris, Mrs.
Horace Nixon, Mrs. Frank Patterson, Sirs.
William Plat( Pepper, Mrs William Piatt, Mrs.
Earl B, Putnam, Miss Agnes Reppller, Sirs.
Henry Rowland, Miss Lily Rowland, Mrs,
Thomas B. Sims, Miss Caroline Slnkler, Mrs.
Arthur Smith. Mrs. Alfred Stengel, Mrs. Cor
nelius Stevenson, Mrs. E. T. Stotesbury, Mrs.
Holllngshead Taylor, Mrs. Harry O. Thayer,
Mrs. Sydney Thayer. Mrs Walter S. Thomson,
Mrt. Edgar Warburton, Mrs. Avbrer Weight
roan, Mre, John L. Wwrs, Mrs. William West,
Mrs. Thompson Westgott. Mrs Reynolds Wilson,
Mtss Beatrice Wilson, MiM Helen Wilson, Mrs.
F MoCre Wlrgmaa, Mrs Jonei WJsUr, Mrs.
Ifsrold YarnaU.
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Fhotogriph by Mtxceau
MRS. GEORGE S. RUIILAND
Mrs. Rubland, who was Miss Caroline M. Habermchl, will be at borne nt Tbe Gables, Old York
road, after January 1.
CHR1STSIAS week is usually a gala time for
every one, and this -eek proves no excep
tion. So far tho young "debs" havo had plenty
to occupy their minds to say nothing of tholr
time This evening Sir. and Sirs. Henry Augus
tus Berwlnd will give a largo ball In the
Bellevue-Strntford In honor of their daughter,
Sflss Blargarct Berwlnd.
Slany dinners havo been arranged before the
dance, among which will be a party at tho
Rltz-Carlton In honor of Sliss Paulino Dleston,
to bo given by her aunt, Sirs. A. Sydney Car
penter. Among those present will be Sliss Ruth
Coxe, Sliss Cordelia BIddle. Sliss Susan Brlmner
Ingersoll, Sliss Rosalie Dolan, Sliss Charlotte
Rush, Sliss Gertrude Tower, Sliss Charlotte
Harding Brown, Sliss Slargaret Bennett, of
Boston; Lewis Parsons, Philip S. P. Randolph,
Jr, RadclllTo Cheston, Hamilton Dlsston Car
penter, R. Penn Smith, Jr., John Potter, A. J.
Drexel BIddle, Jr., and Frederick Stlllman, of
New York. The guests will afterward attend
the Berwlnd ball.
Sliss Slary Wood Bally, daughter of Sir. and
Sirs. Charles Winter Bally, will be the guest
of honor nt a dinner to bo given by Sir. and
Sirs. Georgo Wood, of 1313 Spruce street. The
guests will include Sliss Jean C. Bullitt, Sliss
Anna St. Heckscher, Sliss Jean N. Thompson,
Thomas D. Smith, Perclval Drayton Taylor,
Townsend W. Lycett, Ludwlg C. Lewis and
Lewis H. Bush.
Sir. and Sirs. W. Howard Pancoast, of 1910
South Rlttenhouse square, wilt entertain before
the Berwlnd dance In honor of their niece, Sliss
Slary Brown Warburton, daughter of Sir.
and Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton.
Sliss Hilda Tunis, daughter of Sir. and Mrs.
Thomas R. Tunis, will be the guest of honor
of Sir. and Sirs. William W, Fltler, at dinner.
Sir, and Sirs. Stanley Grlswold Plagg, Jr., of
17a Spruce street, will give a dinner In honor
of Miss Emma ABhton Dorr. Covers will be laid
for II. and tho noral decorations will be Christ
mas greens,
SItss Christine P. Chambers, of 1630 Pine
street, will entertain In honor of Sliss Mary
Frances Fisher, daughter of Doctor and Mrs.
H. Sllddieton Fisher. There will be U guests
present, who later will attend the ball.
TIOGA
Sliss Adele Schembs, of 11U Erie avenue, will
entertain at "600" and buffet luncheon this after
noon, when her guests will be Miss Mary Stew
art, Miss Vera Walrath, Sliss Anna Schneider,
Miss Genevieve Klepper, Miss Florence Schnei
der, Miss Leonore Walrath, Silas Josephine
Klepper, Miss Sophia inscner, miss -Myrtle
Southall, MIbs Elsie Schembs, Miss Elsie Bows.
Mr. and Mrs. E. MacMorrls, of 211S Erie ave
nue, will entertain a New Year's party tomor
row night, when their guests will Include Mr.
and Mrs. William E. Hlltner, Mr. and Sirs. C.
L. Slontgomery, Mr, and Sirs. George A, Wlll
manns. Mr. and Sirs. James R. Vincent and
Claude SklUern.
NORTH PHILADELPHIA
Miss Rebecca Smith entertained at a 600 party
yesterday afternoon at her home, 2023 North
11th street. A buffet luncheon was served,
and the decorations were evergreens, polnsettlas
ojid holly, Among Miss Smith's guests were
Miss Helen Crawford, Miss Hazel 8. Barks,
Miss Edytha Wltsil, Miss Ethel Mortlmoore,
Mrs. Edgar M. Warabold and Miss Florence
Wambold.
Miss Frances Htttle Palmer, dau&hter of Mr
and Mm. Frank It. Palmer, of 400 North Eth
street, entertained the members of her Kewple
Sewing Circle last evening Those present In
cluded MUs Anna Otto, MUs Helen Olto, Miss
ElUe Ppouaak, Miss Dora, Rapperport, MUs
Frs1a Er and M Iss Nellie Pn !
ROXBOROUGH
Sirs. Thomas Shoesmith, of Ridge avenue, bo
low Walnut lane, will entertain her card club
nt luncheon and 500 today. Her guests will be
Sirs. Joseph C. Davenport, Sirs. Robert A. Le
forte, Jr., Sliss Counsclman, Sirs. Clifford Du
rell, Sliss Lillian Ritchie, Sirs. J. Walter F(lana
gan, Mrs7 Charles A. Slack, Sirs. Clarence C.
Kcever, Sirs. Harry Flanagan and Miss Ger
trude Rudhart.
Stlss Frances Harris and Sliss Katharine
Shoemaker, of Lyceum avenue, are spending
the holidays In Atlantlo City.
FRANKFORD
The annual Yulctide danco was given Slon
day night In tho Assembly Hall. A buffet oup
jer was served at midnight. Those In charge
f tho affair were Mrs. Samuel Bolton, Mrs.
Joseph Price Wall, Mrs. Daniel R. Greenwood,
Mrs. Horace P. Greenwood, Sire. William Over
tngton, Sirs. Robert B. Flood, Sirs. Charles SL
Horracs. Mre. Joseph T. Whltaker and Mrs.
Anderson.
Silas E. Prances Embery, of 4932 Penn street,
was guest of honor at a tea given for her at
the Bollovue-Stratford yesterday afternoon. She
was also honor guest at a dinner In the evening
given by Sirs. Howard SIcCalley, of 44th and
Pine streets. A delightful dance was given
Monday evening for Sliss Embery by her moth
er. Sirs. William Embery, at their home. 4433
Penn street. Tho guests numbered 40, and In
cluded members of the younger set. In which
Silos Embery is very popular. Her engagement
has recently been announced to J. Harry Doer
Ing, of 2729 North 13th street
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA
A surprise party will be given In honor of Sliss
Slattle Lister's birthday by a number of her
friends. The house will bo decorated with
ferns, palms and cut flowors, Indicative of the
season. An orchestra will furnish music for the
dancing. The guests will be SUbs Slaude Denz
ler, Sliss Florence Schoppe, Sliss Frances
Hackel, Sliss Gertrude Wills, Sliss Rebecca Kor
man, Sliss Slary Bachman, Sliss Sara Ripley,
Miss Nellie Meyers, Sliss Agnes Hoyle, SUsi
Julie Wlnclsh, Sliss Ethel Kugler, Sliss Pearl
Brady, Silas Nellie Handley, Sliss Sadie Watson,
Miss Lydla Watson, Mrs. William Handley,
James Myers, Arthur Gant, James Fown,
George Kugler, Thomas Fern, Jean Doak, Rich
ard White, George Thomas, Edward Lister,
Raymond Potts, Earl Fltzslmmons, William
Barker, Sydney Bates, George Horsefall, John
Watson and Ashton Gamble.
MISS MARGARET MARY WILSON
Mill Wilton will bo guest of honor at a co
tumo dinner-dance tomorrow night it her
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BEST THOUGHT OF AMERICA
Digest of the
(1) Field and Stream, "Hitting the Win
tor Trail."
(3) Recreation, "The American Bnow-
shoo."
(8) Outlook, "Feedlns Wild Birds by
Simple Mothods."
(4) Baseball Mngazhio, "Tho Scnoon."
(6) Baseball Magazine, "Hans Wagner."
(6) Vogwo, "As Seen by Him.'"
(7) Field and Stream, "Airedale, Sotter
and Hound."
(8) Outing, "Easy Pickups."
(9) Cosmopolitan, "Cheetah HuntlnB to
Hounds."
SPORTS
WH are between the acts. The World's
Series Is over. Tho football Btadtums
aro doserted. Tho hunting season Is practi
cally nt an end. There Is enough snow to
spoil golfing nnd tennis, and not enough for
the snow sports to bo fairly under way.
Horseback riding for tho plutocrats, and
two-footed walking for tho rest of tho world
ore almost tho only outdoor sports available
Just now.
Tho magazines reflect this between -season
languor. Of coutbo tho war linn all other
subjects crowdod down to a minimum, and
nomo of tho sporting articles which Survived
elimination lack timeliness and snap. Thoy
are neither casual nor historical. Outing
lends with a story of adventure In Tlerra del
Fuego, and Outdoor Life gives first plaeo
to tho story of "Altsholor's African Adven
tures." Field and Stream, In an editorial on "Hit
ting the Winter Trail" (1), protests against
this slackening of Interest:
When theso lines como Into your hands tho
white montlo of winter win havo spread Its
beautiful, sparkling coverlid over fleld and
stream, over marsh and forest. The hunting
season will havo terminated, nnd nil oppor
tunities for fishing long ago ccasod for all
of us but those fortunate enough to follow the
season south. Aro wo then to resign our
selves to tho unending toll of office or store
to say good-by to rod and gun, tent and ennoo
until tho freshets of April shall tell us that
tho trout are again on tho move? What, aban
don the winter woods and stay Indoors thiough
three of tho very finest months of the year!
Hnrdlyl
A timely artlclo on "Tho American Snow
shoe," by Dillon Wallnco (2), describes vari
ous types of snowshocs and how to make
them, and ropeats the protest against winter
slothfulness:
There are two things for tho beginner to
remember: ho can't lift one shoe while the other
Is resting upon It. and therefore, must step far
enough and wide enough to keep his shoes
clear o one another. Ho must also remember
that tho shoos aro not equipped with reverse
levers, and therefore, ho cannot walk back
ward. Tho art and theory of snowshoelng may
be summed up In one word practice.
I often wonder why people go so little into
the open in winter. Slen nnd women who are
out-of-door enthusiasts in summer know noth
ing of the out of doors In winter. With the first
frost thoy shut themselves Into heated rooms
to hibernate They have never seen tho whlto
hills nnd valley or only from afar. They are
unacquainted with tho calm and silence and
beauty of tho winter woods. Thoy have never
read in tho transitory trail tho story of the
comings and goings of wild things. They hao
never seen tho mysterious shadows cast In
the moonlight upon the snow.
Moving the Mountain to Mahomet
Instead of going out Into tho wilderness in
search of nature, Ernest H. Baync3 describes
how ho and his wlfo tempted somo of tho
forest's llttlo people to their own threshold.
In "Feeding Wild Birds by Simple Methods"
(3). Giving directions for attracting insec
tivorous birds, ho writes:
Twenty-one kinds of birds como to feed
at windows in the village of SIcredlth, N. H.
where we have been feeding them for tho past
three years. Usually people like to havo them
como to points where they can be seen from
the principal living rooms. First look out of
the windows and decide on a tree, say 7G or
100 feet away, to which wo can tlo ono of
our large lumps of suet using three or four
pieces of soft string, tie to a well-exposed
branch, 8 to 12 feet from the ground, on tho
side near the houBe, where It can be seen. Tie
a second piece to a tree 10 to 20 feet from the
window, and a third piece, either to tho window
sill or to a board which fastens to the window
sill. Smaller pieces nre tied to trees and shrubs
In nil directions; as the birds gain confidence
they will gradually approach tho window Itself.
In the caBe of Beed-eatlng birds, trample
down the snow and scatter seeds on It. We
would sit on the well-trampled snow, and from
the trees about us they would come down In
a musical shower to alight upon our head and
hands. It was such fup that sometimes, oven
when tho thermometer registered from 15 to 20
degrees below zero, we would sit there photo
graphing them, or often simply watching them,
until we were almost too numb to get up.
Tho laws or tho land determine tho begin
ning of tho hunting and Ashing season, but
there seems to be no closed Beason for base
hall, according to a rhyme by W. G. Doty In
the Baseball Magazine:
The baseball season's length? It never ends.
All spring they train, all summer Bwat the
cover: . . . ...
Into late fall the 'champ' contest extends:
And then all winter long they talk it over.
Hans Wagner is the hero of this number
of the Baseball Magazine, and there are pic
tures and anecdote and biographical data
and batting averages enough to answer every
Imaginable question among tho yarns about
Wagner. There 1b one story which ono does
not have to be a tan 10 appretiuio;
At a muslcale; young ball player Just intro
duced to highly educated, highbrow young lady.
ana doing his best to stall along through the
conversations.
"Wonderful, Is It notl" quoth she.
"Yes'mj some music; uh. huh.
"How magnificently matchless Wagner was."
"Yes'm; them's true words; them words Just
"Ah, young man, I am delighted to see that
you too show respect and reverence to the
mighty dead."
"Huh? Dead? Aw nix. lady, nix. Just
because old Honus hit under .300 this season
ain't no Blgn he's a dead one. He lilt in orful
tough lucic ana nen cumo uaw "i imuiuni
sure,"
Eeoteric Hunting
Just as you can buy seats, for tho theatre
In a box or In the peanut gallery, so there
aro different ways of going hunting. In "As
Seen By Him" we hear the latest and smart
est way to take one's fun;
I understand that Texas, Louisiana and
Mississippi are all being rediscovered. In the
far Southern and Southwestern States there la
much for the sportsman, and where the sports
man leads, society follows if it can, and there
is no reason why it cannot follow Into a land
where it is always summer time. In fact, old
plantations and ranches are being bought all
over the South, and a life simple and free from
the conventions Is being cultivated. There Is
no loneliness in this plantation life, for the
reason wuw uuio ois uw u , ,
neighborhood.
City life and associations for the culture
of the young hav done bo muoh to tone
down childhood that we are la danger of
losing even the memory of tbft twig ot fce
Ing a boy la "Airedale, Setter a4 Hound,"
besides giving a detal'sd account of omn in
Magazines
vivid sense of Ibo old-fashioned kind q&rga
boyt
When I was h boy, I was so wild that I was
10 jears old bofore they succeeded In running
me down and putting pants on me. Our tribe
of boys owned 7 dogs, nnd of these 7 I owned:
2, a setter and a field spaniel. They slept In
tubs on eaoh side of my bed, thereby filling It
full of fleas. Add to that the fact that ever?
umamcni, TncK-ncaa ana nxture in the room
had been used as a target for my .21 rifle and
you will have a picture of tho gunroom In
which I lived and breathed- when I waTjpnslaeji
ui lour wans ni ail. "
Tho Bogey Man's Bogoy
Certain natural phenomena, such tts lc
and snow, do interfere with tho golf enthu
siasts. But not much else phases him. This
statcmont is verified by tho report Of Major
P. B. Pierce, of tho Unltpd States Army, re
cently roturned from Tientsin, China, where,
to quote tho Major:
Tho golf course Is laid out in a cemetery. The
mode of burial In China Is to place the coffin
Just below tho surface of tho ground, and" build
largo mounds over them. Theso mounds dot
tho course, and no bddltlonnt bunkers are neces
sary; in fact. It takes somo time to become no
oustomed to tho numerous bunkers and hazards,
This condition has called forth special rules,
Ono of them is that If the ball drops into an
open gravo it may be lifted without a penalty.
After being thrilled by tho swift and silent
moving pictures of African Hon hunts It Is
interesting to read an account of "Cheetah
Hunting to Hounds," from Paul Raln6y's'
own pen. Ho writes:
I havo seen the lion run from hounds, and
Just ns bidly frightened as I have ever seen
a fox or wolf. Just ns persons aro frightened
by the things they know nothing about, so
tho Hon Is terror-stricken by tho noise of th'o
pack behind him.
Sly hounds had accounted for more than 30
lions before they tackled a cheetah. Ono day
thoy had a largo cheetah treed right at the top
of a thorn tree, some IB or 20 feet high. The
hounds wero all around. Somo had even climbed
the trco. Finally one of the hounds got close
enough to bite tho cheetah In tho foot, which
mado him Jump and look around. He saw us
for the first time, and leaped straight out Into
tho air. Ho got through the hounds nnd ran
for another half mile before ho was treed again.
It was laughable to see the hounds climb up
into the tree after him and get so oxclted as
they drew near that thoy fell down. The animal
Jumped again, but this time did not get away.
Tho hounds all ran back, nnd when he Btruck
the ground thoy soon had him pulled down.
AMUSEMENTS
ACXbEMY Or MUSIC WED EVQ., DEC. 30.
THE CHORAL SOCIETY '
WILL S1NO
THE MESSIAH
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EVAN WILLIAMS Tanor
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I1ENHY GOItDON THUNDER, Cond.
.. rn8".,?1 J!eJRPe'2 1110 Chestnut St.
1 CO, SI 2U, 00. TBc. Amphitheatre,
50c.
"Self-Building"
Demonstration Lesson
by Silas S. Neff, Ph. D.
in which ho -n ill show how the awakenlnr of latest
powers and higher development aro accomplished and
as a result greater success achieved
Thursday. January 7th, 8 P. M at
Keff College. 1730 Chestnut Btreet.
Complimentary Tickets on Application.
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CllPC;fnnf Sf OPERA I Home of World's
VjimbbUUU Ol. house Greatest Photoplays
Afternoons 1, 2:30 and 4 10a and 18c
EvenlnKB 7. 8:30 and 10 10c. IBc, 28c
The rirst and Only Genuine
MOTION PICTURES OF THE
EUROPEAN WAR
Taken by Chicago Tribune, Permission Belgian Got.
Coming ci1, THE CHRISTIAN
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
Philadelphia Orchestra
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, Conductor
Tomorrow Afternoon, at 3:00
YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERT
Soloist, KITTY CHEATHAM
PItlCES: COc. 70c. $1. Box Seats. tl.SO
Tickets at Heppo's, 1110 Chestnut St.
1214 MARKET STREET
CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLD IN THE
PALACE THEATRE
In Conjunction With Paramount Pictures
II. 1) WAIINEH in 'THE U110ST BREAKER"
Complete Change of Program Thursday
Special Midnight Performance Isew Year's Eve.
All Next Week, 'Tlllle's Punctured Romance."
B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE
Happy New Year Bill!
"niLIi "THE LONESOME LASSIES": NEL-
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WORTH TOYOIJAPS: ROUIN8, and Others.
J.YY NEW YEAR'S DAY 3 BIO SHOWS
I'lllOEl" at J. 4:18 and 8:15 P. M. All Red
Eg. Ledger. Tickets for Special Matinee at illO,
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BOSTON
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
Da. KnL Muck,
Conductor.
3MY OF MUSIC
Monday Evening, Jan. 4, at 8:10
Sololat
FRITZ KREISLER
Tickets on sale. Heppe's Piano
Rooms, 1110 Chestnut St. Amphi
theatre. 23 cents.
FORREST MatToday Vnf.W
Extra Mat, New Year's. Regular Mat. Saturday
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Prices 50c, $1, $1.50 affhiSf W?
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Next WK--"Tln QUI of th Golden West"
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