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gc and Maude Adams
Unspeakable leanings
L l such a charming feminist.
i .i.i,, .rot nnlv understood him
IlfcLtd call him Just what ho calls
rtSrt ana .-uauuo ............ , .... -..-..
?tallag." Wm lnero ovcr suc d0
SJkt(, womanl No matter If sho Is nil
2p .in creatures rolleil Into ono thnt
Kfm hcrolno of "Tha Legend of
"j.rV'-a woman with no sonso of
Tfr woman with too much of a sonso,
l5?Jmof. a suffragette, n. "very woman"
Sf&g kind), a mothcr-and-noth-0tS5.
a coquette, n murderess he will
Hfitom all, feel for them nil, know
vrlher alt aro eternally right In their
?.$. with men. and In tho end bring
"t on top by means of their most
IrW'two' plays by which lie In
EIikI Maude Adams to show us all this
$1? Broad last night To begin with,
. Lend of Leonora" and tho legend
Sam"" "influence." "Influence" wo
St Ion heard from tho ladles who have
??a rot on tho platform to provo that
zIm should stay at home) thnt Is all
S needs. No votes. No rights. No
3om. Just domination by "Inllucnce."
Sjre gives us a good doso of It and
wiiuiho is going to do It by writing In
Spirogram "How Leonora 'Influences'
Srt and Jury and human sympathies
Qnph over the laws of men."
ILwnors, you sec, killed a man tho
Ker Jay. And now sho Is being tried
ferMl by the rest f theso Billy, blind
th'tii In trousers. Hut what Is a little
rtitl UXo a court to her? Sho brings
efleiand bows Into It, and hns tho con
bl bold her worsted and then starts
faUj. luilttlng for tho Belgians while she
ij the Judgo call her by her Christian
uie-"everybody docs."
tjlji tho result of all this "Influenco" Is
til most delightfully upsldo down court
MB any one ever saw. It Is strnngor
ilolent of melodramas. Tho lawyers of
both tides try to provo Leonora never
(cnnltud tho murder. Tho witnesses
bdallng the prosecutor's wife try to Ho
looutof " Ono f "'e solicitors swears
U played golf with tho victim when
Bi murder was supposed to bo taking
riiee. After Leonora Insists on con
jiiiljf the Judge explains that tho pros
(atorhas removed all possibility of mo
iubyhls admirable summing up. And
ttrjnry ends by asking Leonora to tts
(A In their deliberations nnd very
jnncptly acquitting her.
Any, Irresponsible llttlo lesson In how
larVwnan can play hob with tho law
Uenlyeho Is "an unspcaknblo darling"
Hi It only she will commit her crimes
K&ut the bruto of a man Insists on
Ifulng the window nnd endangering her
iMlwlth Its "sniffy llttlo cold."
(Eeore one for womanl On to case No. 21
ltd what ahould that bo but force and
fiuii( Ana whu dui onuKespcare s tilirow
i.;rophet?
IBt Maude Adams as Kato? Yes, for
Oil Is a Barrio Ivate, a sweet, unroa
touiile bundle of fcmlnlno charms, wlt'n
lirjeyeon something and bound to have
It Wthoqt letting tho men know. Do you
tit the point? Sothern tried to sweoten
Uu( aoleasant old tract of the nntl
IraMst of tho Globo Theatro by letting
thPandlenc? soe wYiat Shakespeare's
jrwjj couldn't show, that Pctruchlo was
tally In lovo with Kato all tho tlmo
lid suffering tho torture of torturing
tifto win her Well, that Is Barrio's
SJdoa, upside down. For his "Ladle's
Itikespeare" as tho second play last
tSSt la called shows us Kato bent on
tiUMn Petruchlo, and doing It by tho
Tfry simple process of pretending sho
doun't want him Onlv thren words of
TBI Bhakesnoarfi altered, onlv threo ut
ile Introductory talks by Kato nnd "ner
Jitier-and we seo tho wiles nnd force
Kf'wcman carrying her triumphant to
Mr "ends. This, savs Barrio. Is tho real
(jTtBlni of the Shrew," that comedy
2S?taw 6e misread by all until women
ftd why has nobody noticed this rnm-
FJWnminlsm of Barrle's? Because his
fjma have such nn engaging way of
nrai" just what tho men want "peace
Kdjtve and quiet life "
.fW they don't wnnt theso things,
JfjW on tho stago like Mnuilo Adams
iJJJftlie charming performances of
ojrmlng plays, and have peace and love,
Uoy rate, thrust upon them.
t, though theso slight llttlo plays
Jj;t neither llsh nor llesh nor good
Wllood melodrama, and perhaps1 a llttlo
drawn out In tho playing, they are most
W ol n,ertalnment of a kind. They
JJot us, but themselves, to the top
SfUf stich gay make-believe and people
?Jr It as dead earnestly ns Arthur
"W Morton Hclten, Fred Tyler and
fljn Carter, am as falry-llghtly ns
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?7 01ARA INGRAM JUDSON
IJjgENIB was a tiny llttlo gray squirrel
AMk lived in tho park. Not way
SP 'he park where tha boys and girls
Sja Played, oh not That wouldn't
figjsuitu Twenle ono bit. He loved to
lSjwltl he children, so ho stayed
ffi4 the edge of tho park whero the
5HW lrla could come every day to
' on dismal day In winter, no chll-
tame to tee him not a Blnglo boy,
' KM! And Twenle was bo dls-
vgE',' uu . i imagine now no jem
fflf"?! the walks and he watched
", he oven ran almost to the
Wth park In hopes he would see
IS0 C0M: hem over tor vUlt
""y wa about.
U wa uch a dreadfully rainy
""lit folk couldn't enjoy wllk
the park, hut of course Twenle
fcfeaaiie that He only knew he was
M nobody came.
n thought he couldn't stand
IOraeness a mtmitA lnnadr. "I
Kf? lt my mother did train me to
, no d0l iarea to htnuwlf. "I'm
JHILDREN'S CORNER
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"Wa dismal day! I mean to ex
Keith's Vaudeville
A dclugo of catchy music, a wagonlond
of pretty girls and no end of novel sur
prises combined to make the Song Itevua
presented at Keith's by dus Edwards
ono of tho dreamiest happenings In
vnudcvllle. There nro six scenes, going
all tho way from a song farm to tho
ranama-raclflo Exposition. In addition
to dus Edwards himself, there nro n
number of capablo llttlo artists, Including
Llttte Qcorglc, who Imitates every Broad
way star worth while j Cutey Cuddles nnd
Sallry Seelcy, who enn sing high notes ns
well ns low. Then, too, thero Is no end
of dancing throughout; In fact, tho net
Is a show In Itself.
Emma Cnrus, late of "The Brondwny
Honeymoon" nnd other "Whlto Way" suc
cesses, appeared with Carl Ilandall In nn
act without a tltlo. While tho nudlenco
seemed a llttlo pnsslvo at first, tho buxom
comedienne ana nor agiio co-worker final
ly enlivened them hero nnd there, until
tho net scored a hit by a unanimous voto.
Songs, dances nnd go-as-you-nlenso com.
crty toll tho Btory, nnd fully half a dozen
curtnln falls was tho reward.
By giving the peoplo something now,
Joe Cook, billed ns tho "One-Man Vaude
vlllo Show," got ns much applause as
anything on tho bill. In addition to
music, comedy, rfinglc nnd other things,
his act Includes a whole circus, with the
diving woman, tho koochey dancer nnd
all tho details which go to mako up such
attractions.
Comfort nnd King won deserved honors
In their sketch of "Dniktown Troubles,"
nnd Comfort showed that his voice Is just
ns good as in tho days of Dockstador's
Minstrels. John and Winnie Hcnnlngs
presented n little of everything In tho
way of music nnd dancing, nnd Vnndlnoff
ami Loulo were seen In a novel painting
net In which tho artist worked while his
picture was In motion.
"SIS HOPKINS" AT THE WALNUT
It was pretty much tho snmo "Sis"
that camo back to tho Walnut Inst night,
nnd sho was nil the more wclcomo for
tho considerable period since she last
amused Philadelphia with her quaint and
caustic saylngJ. Play, players nnd cos
tumeswhich aro a considerable factor
In such a rural comedy gave tho samo
lively Impression of tho ioys of living In
a place whero everybody knows tho under
taker and where "vlllago characters"
can really flourish.
It was tho same actress, of course, as
of old Ttoso Melville. A gawky, amus
ing country girl In the beginning, a natty
young lady of tho hour after her expcrl-'
encc with education, and nt tho close tho
gawky, nmuslng country girl again, tho
character Is the next thing to Immortal
In the popular priced houses. And Miss
Melville's Impersonation Is a permanent
part of Its fame.
MABIE TEMPEST AT THE LYBIC
Last night Marie Tempest, the sprightly
and accomplished English comedienne,
opened a week's stay at tho Lyric In
Henry Arthur Jones' newest comedy,
"Mary Goes First." An extended review
of this comedy of social precedence will
bo printed In tho drnmatlc colunfns of tho
EvtiNiNO LEDonn Wednesday.
"THE GIRL FROM UTAH"
AT THE FORREST
Donald Brian, Julia Sanderson nnd
Joseph Cawthorne, each nn acknowledged
expert In his or her specialty, brought a
now English musical comedy, "Tho Girl
from Utah," to the Forrest last night.
Tho pleco will bo revlowed, with sketches,
In the dramatic columns of the Evening
Ledoer Thursday.
CLOCK KEEPS BAD HOURS
Timepiece on Independence Hall
Quit? Job at 4 o'clock.
Scores of men who set their watches by
tho clock at Independence Hall rubbed
their eye") and pinched themselves this
morning To seo If they were nwako. The
morning wna dark and hazy shortly be
fore S o'clock, and the clock pointed to
10 minutes nfter 4. Traffic policemen In
tho neighborhood of 6th and Chestnut
streetB, wore kopt busy telling tho pedes
trians It was proper for them to be going
to work nt that hour.
It was simply a case of tho Inde
pendence Hall clock keeping bad hours
again. The clock stayed out until 10
minutes after 4 this morning and then
collapsed. Workmen got on the Job nnd
tho clock soon resumed tho regular tick
tock of Its existence.
plore outside of the park and find some
body to plajr with!"
Without waiting a minute to think It
over (maybe he was afraid his courage
would fall him If he stopped to think;
It does sometimes, you know), he slipped
through the bushes, through the vines
and over the piles of drled-up leaves to
the very edge of tho park,
Thero he Btopped to reconnolter.
"Well, of all thlngsl" ho exclaimed.
"Here I have stayed right there In the
park all these days, because everybody
said It was so dangerous to go outside;
and there Isn't one dangerous thing out
here no, not one I"
He flicked his tall and looked around
some more. V
Surely everything looked safe and peace
ful. Not a soul was around. Not even,
a bird hopped about to be company. It
was Just ns still and Just as lonely and
just as wet as In the park,
"Well, now that I know the outside of
the park Is perfectly safe," said Twenle
to himself, "I mean to hunt me up some
company If It takes all tho day"
He glanced around again, to make sure,
then he scurried across the street.
Nosing his way along, he went from
house to house. Slipping around corners,
he explored back yards and front yards
all without seeing a soull
A. great, Uodool
"I do believe everybody has gone away
for the day!" Twenle assured himself,
"I think I must have the whole world to
myself!"
He went boldly along, paying no atten
tion to where he was going what was
the use, there was nobody' there to hurt
him I
Alas, he was too eurel Just as he
was In the middle of a great big yard,
where not a tree or a bush or a scrap
of shelter was In sight, who should dash
out after him but a GREAT. BIO DOOI
The biggest dog Twenle had ever seen I
Twenle gave one awful gasp of fear,
and then scootedl He didn't look to the
right or left, be Just ran his hardest.
He ran till the safe shelter of the park
was reached, and be hid down In bU
own bole- "Never again for me!" he
resolved. "I may get looMom. but I'll
never again leave my home!"
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MAUDE ADAMS PROVES LEONORA TO BE SEVEN KINDS OF WOMEN
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MUCK sense oe HUMOR
ADBLl'HI "Tho llclle of Iton.l Street." with
Sam Uernard, "Tlio Qlrl from Kay's," ro
nnipcil. Mr. Ilcrnnrd la Just nn nmuslnir ai
per In his Imperponatton of ' l'lgy" lloc
Bcnholmcr, tha Hoggenhclmor Lot week,
I1UOAD "The legend ot Ionora" and "The
Ladles' Shakeapcurc," with Maudo Adams.
Tho drat deals with the amaztng mock trial
nnd acquittal of a lady who la suppoaod to
hao thrown a paaaenscr out of a moving
train because he threatened her child's health
with open nlmlowa. The second Is a llttlo
burlesque of "tha Taming of the Shrew."
Aa Rarrle ruts It, Mlas Adams is "an tin
spcakablo darling" 8:15
POnnBST "The Utrl From Utah," with
Julia Sanderson, UonnUI llrlan and Joseph
Cawthorne Paul Itubens' English musical
comedy of Mormons, old and young, in l,on
don. itevlcir Thursday S 15
OAItniCK-"The Miracle Man," with Oeorso
Nash W. U Thompson nnd aatl Kane
Cleorgo Cohan's comedy-drama ot the crooks
who try to exploit a patriarchal healer and
end as converts. A skillful handling of a
difficult nubjcct. Last week 8 13
KEITH'S Gus Edwards In his "Now 1014
ir SonB llevlow": Emma Cnrus. prima
donna, and Vaughn Comfort and John King,
minstrels. See review 2.00 and 8.00
LITTLE "Courage " The first production of
an Englishman'! play against war. A flne
splrlted play with a startllngly dramatlo
ending S.JO
LYltrC "Mary does First" with Marie Tem
pest. A comedy by Henry Arthur Jones. In
which lllss Tompcst plays a young locloty
woman who battles for precedence In an
English provincial town. Review tomor
row S:15
WALNUT "Sli llopklni," with Roie Mel
Mile. A revival of the popular old comedy
of the eccentric country girl. Bee re
Mew 8:15
WHAT'S DOING TONIGHT
"Billy" Sunday revival sermon, tabernacle,
10th and Vino street!. Free.
International AsHoclatlon notary Clubs, an
nual banquet, Kugler's.
Ilusslan Praidnlk, Hellevue-Stratford.
University extension lecture, Wlthcrspoon
Hall.
Northwest Business Men's Association, 2.180
Columbia aienue. Free.
Fifty-seventh Street Improvement Associa
tion, Stlnson's Hall, Glrnrd avenue and 00th
street. Frco,
Lancaster Avenue Business Men, 3030 Lan
caster nenue, Free.
University of Pennsylvania musical clubs,
Hethlchcm Church, Broad and Diamond
streets.
Daughters of tho Confederacy, celebration of
tho birthday of Robert E. Lee, PhllomusUn
Club.
Address by Bishop Ilulse, ot Cuba, Divinity
School Alumni, Church House.
WOMEN URGED TO AID SUNDAY
600 Attend Banquet of Jublleo Con
tinuation Committee.
Six hundred women, attending the ban
quet of the Jublleo Continuation Com
mittee on tho roof garden of the Adcl
phla Ilotol, were urged to do missionary
work In foreign countries and take a
firmer grip on religious work nt home.
Miss Susan C. Lodge, the toastmaster,
was the speaker. Sho also urged her
hearers to become actlvo In tho "Billy"
Sunday campaign.
Among the speakers at the banquet
wero Miss Eleanor MaoDougnl, of Eng
land, who Is president-elect of the Union
Missionary College at Madras, India.
Mrs. Helon Darrett Montgomery and
Mrs. Lucy IV. Peabody, of Jubilee fame,
who only recently returned from a world
tour of missionary stations nnd outposts,
told of the things they had encountered
In this Journey. .
ELECTIHFYINO MAIN MNE
Work 65 Per Cent. Completed.
Eight Cars Arrive.
Eight cars, tho first to be used on the
.l..,.tfl.J Una. r,e tha PpfltinvlvnTlIll Ttnll-
road between Philadelphia nnd Paoll, are
In the west I'miaueipnia yarus. iney
are being tested by the electrification ex
perts of the road.
These cars were used In steam suburban
service for a number of years, but were
built primarily for use on electrlo lines.
They are equipped with motors and
nnntnernnhn. Work on all the 00 cars to
bo used on the Main Line will be com
pleted by April 1, and me care win oe
shipped In instalments.
iirA-i n t.a alatrtflntfnn nf thn Main
Line has progressed rapidly, and laborers
have now reacnen uverorooit, sinusing
wires and placing electric poles. The
work Is more than C5 per cent, completed.
MHS. TENER IN THE CITY
Wife of Retiring Governor Estab
lished in Apartments,
Mrs. John K. Tener, wife of the retiring
Governor of this State, and for four years
"first lady of the State," la a Phlladel
phlan today. She came from Ilarrtsburg
to the Maidstone Apartments, where the
Teners will make their home. Mrs. Tener
will remain in this city and will be Joined
here by the ex-Governor next week. To
night Mr. Tener will leave Ilarrlsburg and
will spend several days at Caldwell.
Mrs. Tener said today that bo much has
been said and Is known of her life at the
State capital that there was nothing to
add. She said she was glad to return to
the quiet of private life and thought that
for a while she would rest.
Boarder Accused of Thefts
Accused of stealing a diamond ring and
other Jewelry from a house In which he
had taken ft room. Charles Caport was
held under a b for court yesterday
bv Magistrate Belcher after UHi Anna
FrantelM North 18th street, ha testl
tiect the prisoners came to hvr nuni ui
Friday and a few moments after his ar
rival the valuable were miMed.
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Leading woman of the Essanay
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PHOTOPLAYS
A writer In the Review of Reviews has
considered tho question of "Movies for
Schools," commenting favorably, aa fol
lows: In tho schools thomselves nobody seems to
hao ventured yet to take tha nrst real
step toward Rottlne the full bcnellt of this
new force, substituting" for nomo of tho
present lens oftocthe book work tho stimu
lating reality of tho motion picture. Tho
attltudo ot many prominent educators Is
summed up by the reply of Dr. A. W.
Abranis. head of the department of visual
Instruction In New York Hlato ITnlterslty:
"I um watching rather closely the use of
motion pictures and my own Judgment Is
that their pedagogical valuo has not yet
been sufficiently established to warrant our
stimulating the tchoots to Introduce their
use. The paper which I hae recently
submitted for the annual report to the
Legislature contains a statement
of certain respects In which the motion
pictures do not seem to moet podagoglcal
requirements "
Ono great reason that conservative school
men hang back today la- that there ara
C radically no films existing which have
een made under the direction of people
who know what schools need. Broadly
speaking, all our educatlonnl films today
havo bcon manufactured abroada bad
start, and they hao almost, without ex
ception been produced by companies de
pending mainly on amusement Alms for
their business, and dabbling In educational
subjects aa an experimental side line,
without tho guidance of editors who know
school methods and needs,
A very acuto teacher In Pennsylvania
sajs: "Some of the historical and clvlo
films are spoiled for educational purpoies
because they are made for the theatro
audiences. nilher dims must be
mado specially for the schools or the
manufacturers must be cdueatod.
The greatest need now Is n comprehensive
film service on current topics, science In
vention, manufacturers, and a more satis
factory exchange plan."
ANOTHER SCREEK DEBUT.
The Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Com
pany announces the screen debut of yet
nnothor legitimate star. The nrtlst In
this Instance Is Victor Moore, and the
play to be plcturlzed for his Inltlnl photo
dramatic appearance la George Bronson
Uownrd's "Snobs," which ran for a sea
son In the Hudson Theatre.
Tho leading character of "Snobs,"
played by Mr. Moore, la a young Amer
ican of modest means who, through tho
death of relatives, suddenly finds himself
the Duke of Walshlre, the foremost no
bleman of England. He has an especially
romantic cbum, who dreams fatuously of
winning a society debutante. When Dis
ney goes Into society himself he agrees
to take his chum, Rende, along with him,
on the express understanding that they
are never to say which of them Is tho
Duke. On account of his manner every
one assumes that Reade Is the Duke,
and Disney, the real nobleman, Is snubbed
right nnd left.
Victor Mooro has stnrred In "The Tatk
of New York," "The Happiest Night of
His Life," "Shorty McCabe" and various
vaudeville offerings. His first good roles
were In the support of John Drew.
FOUGHT TO FINISH.
Joe Kaufman, one of the directors of
the Lubln studio, claims a. decision over
"Willie Houck, the rugged little hard-hitting
Philadelphia lightweight fighter, but
It Is generally admitted that most Im
portant element In the bout they fought
this week at the Lubln plant was a mo-tlon-picture
camera. Kaufman Is mak
ing a comedy called "The Millinery
Man," and Is playing the leading role
himself. One of the scenes called for a
gymnasium set and a boxing match be
tween the leading man and a regular pro
fessional flrut-slammer, Kaufman sent
for Wllllo Houck. who recently fought a
thrilling battle with Johnnie Kllbano, the
featherweight champion.
Kaufran la 80 per cent, actor and 10
per cet. fighter. With Houck the con
ditions are exactly the reverse. Houck
doesn't care what happens to him when
he has a pair of boxing gloves on. but
with Kaufman It is necessary for him to
keep his face Intaot 'for the sake of the
pictures he has ahead. These conditions
being understood, the bout took place.
Tommio Keenan, announcer and referee
of the Olympia A. C, was master of
ceremonies. The bout started. Kaufman
swung rights and (efts hard on Houck's
face, Houck smiled and tapped a couple
back on tho director's chest. Kaufman
cut loose with a variety of swings, up
percuts. Jabs and unclassified slams and
he put plenty of steam book of them,
but it was like punching a, wooden In
dian. Houck kept his arms moving fast,
too, but a quick eye could detect that
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tho blows slowed up as they nearcd tho
nctor's body.
In tho second round, Kaufmon told
Houck to hit harder and put lots of "pep"
Into tho action. Houck accommodated
him. Tho nctor hit hard and Houck
began sending n. few In himself. The
action got faster than Knufmnn had
planned, for Houck wns settling down to
box hard nnd In earnest. Pcrhapi Kauf
man got n vision of nu unplanned climax
ahead; ho may havo decided ho was
stopping too many of iioucks puncnes.
or perhaps tho camera had registered
enough feet of film. Whatever It wns
tho bout stopped very suddenly, for
Kaufman shouted to slop the camera
and then danced nway from tho vicinity
of the lightweight's mitts.
Kaufmnn snjn ho won tho bout ns ho
struck tho most blows, Tommio Keenan
declared tho nffalr a draw, whllo Houck
announced thnt any old decision suited
him as long as no one said ho was n
"bum" actor.
POST "GRAD" COURSE ENDED
AT BOYS' CENTRAL HIGH
Board of Education Decides to Abol
ish Special Arrangement.
Dr. Robert Ellis Thompson, president
of tho Boya' Central High School, throw
a bombshell among tho studentB today
when ho announced there would be no
special post-graduato course thlB year
and all members of the class ot 1915
would have to wait until Juno for their
diplomas and commencement exercises. '
This decision on the part of the Board
of Education came ns a surprise to stu
dents, who Immediately declared thoy
would fight tho new ruling, which makes
It necessary for tho boys to remain ldlo
until thoy enn get their "sheepskins," or
tnko temporary positions.
No official announcement of the abolish
ment of the post-graduate course was
made nt tho headquarters of the Board
of Education at City Hall, aa William C.
Jacobs, Superintendent of Schools-elect,
and other officials of the board left on
a special car for Ilarrlsburg to take part
In tho Inauguration ceremonies of Gov
ernor Brumbaugh. Doctor Thompson
said the board had decided to take the
action.
Another announcement made was that
no senior who has flunked In the mld
year examinations now being concluded
will bo permitted to take part In school
athletics.
Some of tho students declared this reg
ulation, together with the abolishing of
the post-graduato course, will ruin the
school crew nnd mako serious inroads on
the track and baseball teams.
ROTARY CHIEFS IN SESSION;
WILL BE DINNER GUESTS
International Executive Committee
Discusses Business.
Prominent members of tho Interna
tional Association of Rotary Clubs are
In Philadelphia today to attend n meet
ing of the International Executive Com
mittee and speak nt the monthly eve
ning meeting of the Philadelphia Rotary
Club, The local club Is acting as host
to tho International officers while they
are In tho city, and one of the main fea
tures for their ontertnlnment Is n, tour
of Philadelphia and Its suburbs.
The International Executive Committee
went Into executive session at tho Adel
phla Hotel this morning and Importnnt
business was, up for discussion. The
committee Is composed of the following
officers: Frank L, Mulholland, Interna
tional president, of Toledo, O.; Chesley
R. Perry, International secretary, of Chi
cago; William aottlnger. International
director, of New Tork, nnd Arch Klumph,
International director, Cleveland.
The meeting of the local club will be
held at Kugler's at 6:30 o'clock this eve
ntng. This afternoon the International
officers will meet with Guy Gundaker,
president of the local club, who Is also
chairman of the San Francisco Conven
tion Program and Topics Committee.
They will mako definite plana for the
part the International Association will
play In tho big celebration,
ASKS FUNDS FOR CITY WORK
Board of Trade Urges $060,000
Grant for Park-way and Fire
Department.
A recommendation that Councils Include
an Item of 1360,000 In the next municipal
loan for completion of the Parkway and
for purchase of now equipment for the
Fire Department has been made by the
Philadelphia Board of Trade.
It la suggested that JS00.W0 be applied to
the purchase of properties between City
Hall and Logan Square on the line of the
Parkway, and that J1S0.000 be, applied to
bringing the Flro Department to a higher
standard In apparatus. The Board of
Trade asserts that appropriations of 1W,
000 should be made annually to the Fire
Department for the next three years to
provide new equipment.
UNDERWOOD LECTURES HOUSE
Tells Democrats In Particular They
Should Shun Absenteeism.
WASHINGTON. Jan. J9.-Representa-tlve
Underwood, Democratlo leader In the
House, today lectured the members of
his party for their absenteeism, which
the last few days has made necessary
many calls of the House to maintain a
quorum.
"We will not finish the appropriation
bills before the fourth of March unless
members of Congress remain in their
places In this House," declared Mr. Un
derwood, "and this branch of Congress
will be responsible. If I am any Judge
of public opinion, the last thing the peo
ple want is n extra session. The re
sponsibility rests on the Democratic side
of this itouse."
1
Player of Pope
For End of War
nOMH, Jan. 10. Pope licnedlct
has addressed to all the prelates and
priests of liuropa a praUcr for peace.
It foliates!
"Appalled by the horrors of tear
Into which peoples and nations have
leen plunoed to their ruin, toe seek
refuge In Your heart, O Jesus, as
tho iHtli place of safety. From You,
O Merciful Clod, tec Implore a cessa
tion of this Immense and cruel heca
tomb. From You, O Klnp of Peace,
tee deslro a place to which we may
hasten with our woes,
"From Your Divine heart You Ir
radiated charily on earth In order
that every dissension mlpht be re
moved and that only peace should
reign among men.
"While on earth You had throbs
of the tendcrest compassion for hu
man mhfortunates.
"May your heart be moved once
more In (his hour so grave for us;
replete with hatreds fatal, and car
nage so horrible.
"Have pity on so many mothers
In agony over the fate of their chil
dren, on unfortunate lluiope, ovcr
which such a calamity Impends.
"We appeal to You, who at tho
price of Your blood, made them
brothers; as one day at the Implor
ing cry of 'Save us, Lord, or we aro
lost,' You answered by calming the
gale, so may You answer to our
confiding prayer today by restoring
peace and tianqutltlty In this world.
"You, too, most holy virgin, as In
other trying times, help Us, protect
us, save us."
MARINE MEN DEM
FAILURE OF WAR
RISK INSURANCE
Authorities at Washington
and Shipping Experts
Here Declare Report
Without Foundation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. Reports that
tho Government's exporiment In war in
surance for Amorican shipping had
proved a failure wcro received with sur
prlso today, nnd were denied by officials
In a position to know tho facts.
No authoritative statement as to the
success or falluro of tho Insurance plan
has been forthcoming, nnd tho depart
ment has been reluctant to give any tlo
talled Information In regard to Its work
ing out. The reports, It was Bald, had
probably been based on Insufficient or
unreliable data.
Marino underwriters, brokers, vessel
owners and shippers are amazed at tho
report emanating from Washington to tho
effect that the Federal Governments war
risk Insurance business was a failure.
None could explain why It should be.
In accordance with tho orders of tho
Secretary of the Treasury, nothing could
bo learned of the business transactions of
tho local branch of tho bureau in the Cus
tom House. It is belloved, however, that
more than ?5,000,000 worth of war risk
Insurance has been written hero since the
establishment of the bureau In Septem
ber. Estimating the premiums at on av
erage, thin. It Is said, would mako the
amount taken In here about ?50,000. Tho
expenses of the branch aro very small
as the work Is handled by a custom house
official assigned to the task.
The Government's entry Into the war
risk business was heartily welcomed by
American vessel owners and shippers. It
gave them tho opportunity of securing In
surance without having to pay exorbi
tant rates and had -a. tendency to keoD the
rates of private underwriters down.
At the outbreak of the war, according
to shippers and vossol owners' war risk
rates In private concerns went soaring as
high as 30 per cent, and remnlnod high
until conditions were adjusted. The
American Government's entry Into the
field of underwriters was considered one
of tho strongest factors In rapidly adjust
ing tho abnormal conditions. It also per
mitted American vessels and their car
goes wWch had been held up because tho
owners hesitated to pay tho rates asked
by American underwriters
Tho underwriters were not greatly af
fected by the advent of the Government
In their flplds. Tho act making tho war
risk bureau possible confined Its activities
to American ships and tholr cargoes and
did not permit It to write general marine
risk policies. As the number of ves
sels flying the American flag trading to
foreign portB was so few, the business
taken from the private underwriters did
not amount to much, and in some cases
tho Government accepted risks which the
American underwriters feared to handle.
Insurance brokers did not look with
favor on the Federal bureau at first, ns
they -were not permitted commissions for
placing business with the Government's
bureau. But they were compelled to make
use of the bureau because their clients
riomnnded the lowest rates. Later tho
brokers found that they obtained a
greater amount of marine rlsK business
by being able to get the Government's low
rates on war rlskB.
Underwriters aro now quoting lower
rates In the war risk business than those
of the Government and are getting a
greater amount of the business. This is
dUe to the fact, one prominent under
writer said today, thnt England's atti
tude toward American shipping Is well
defined. What effect this will have on
. nnvrnm.nl'n InstlrnneA hualnesa Is
said to be mere conjecture. It was hoped
tnat me cotton niyineuta iu ueiuiaii
would stimulate the Federal business,
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LAFAYETTE S&&
SEE THE
KIUTERION PROGRAM
MILLIONS AVAILABLE
IN COUNCILS' HANDS
TO AID UNEMPLOYED
Restrictions Created by City's
Lawmakers Can Be Re
scinded by Legislation of
Same Agency.
Locked up In the City Treasury so se
curely that nothing short of legislation
can relcaso n dollar of It, Is nearly
$13,000,000, which, If nvalnblo or even it
portion of It, would solve the present
problem of tho unemployed in less than A
fortnight, About $43)00,000 of this sum Is
from tho appropriations In the last bud
get for tho maintenance of city properties
nnd for tho construction of highways,
Bowers nnd other municipal work.
Today the Directors of the several city
departments wcro asked what they could
do In the way of making available funds
to give work to the hundreds who nr
clamoring for work, not help, and, without
exception, they alt said they could not da
a thing nnd oxprcssod both the wish that
they could nnd their realisation of cur
rent needs.
Ono item alone, If released, would afford
Immediate relief and could bo put In
circulation by Saturday night. That Is
the $650,000 set aside for the building of
highways, but It Is so restricted as to bo
nvnllable only nt the rato of one-twelfth
each month. Director Cooke said today
that Councils always restrict tho expen
diture of largo funds, but he thought as
they created tho restrictions, they could
removo them. For bridge rnalntenanco
$20,000 Is available; $300,000 Is nvnllable
for maintenance and labor In tho Water
Department. In the other departments,
ns well as In that of Public Works, build
ings are to bo repaired, painted, kopt In
condition or altered. Plenty of monoy
has been appropriated for tho expense.
In the Tollco Department, policemen
net as nrtlsann, and tho samo Is true of
tho Flro Department
It Is a conservative estimate, obtained
officially, that tho city now has funds
approximating $4,000,000 thnt may be put
In circulation for relief of unemployment
If Councils will net
Tho $9,000,000 not accounted for as yet
Is a fund that was unearthed a short
tlmo ago and consists of remainders of
many funds thnt have been left unex
pended and have accumulated to this
largo amount.
In a fow days committees of tho Paint
ers' Union nnd kindred organizations be
longing to tho Allied Building Trados will
present to Mayor Blankenburg n petition
nsklng thnt the City Treasury be "un
locked" and work furnished for needy
skilled workmen whoso wives and chil
dren are now short of food. At Its last
meeting tho Central Labor Union passed
resolutions Indorsing the views of the
painters, nnd will support them In peti
tioning tho Mayor. The petition will be
supplied In duplicate to all of the heads
of departments and to the clergymen of
the city, who will bo urgod to begin now
nil contemplated work In the way ot
church building and repairing. The city
Is urged to hasten all work contemplated
on hospitals and charitable institutions.
Attention will be called In the petition
to tho fact that tho city has recently
spent large Bums In the purchnso of new
properties to make way for the Parkway,
and the petitioners will recite that they
believe the remainder of a considerable
sum Is available for relief.
"BABY" SAYRE VERY QUIET
President Says Grandson Behaves
With "Extraordinary Sobriety."
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. "Baby"
Sayre, the new grandson of President
Wilson, Is behaving himself with "ex
traordinary sobriety," according to his
distinguished grandfather, who declared
today the youngster had not disturbed
his rest in any way.
Tho President admitted laughingly
that he has been compelled to take a
secondary position In the White House
scheme of things slnco tho new arrival
put in his appearance. No name for the
baby has yet been selected.
UNKNOWN DONOR LEAVES 81000
Some anonymous friend of the Aid
Association of the County Medical So
ciety Is being thanked today by members
of that organization for a donation of
$1000. Dr. John B. Turner, treasurer
of the society, was In his office at 19th
and Chestnut streets when a man entered
and laid an envelope on the table. He
Bald It would explain Itself. After the
stranger had left Doctor Turner opened
tho envelope and found In It $1000. The
money will be of great value, as It will
enable the association to extend Its be
nevolent work.
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the Mexican Dancer
Lupin, the Gentleman Burglar
International Ladies' Orchestra
formtily with the
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