" flVBNiKa , iiEDaERPHiirAPELfim Wednesday, febbtjary z. 1016: ii in.." ' "'.".'"' '. " "";" ' ' j - WtHEATrW Mfflfk Controlling New York's I ruics itr Tflrk hw Just Indulged In another S ... .. Jramntln critics. the&lrlCnl iH nnd newspaper owners. Tho .$! of Manhattan are not only OX- &M tq Bulge tnomseivcn uy .,...... S..i inferior on the average to that fttia feat P ths untry It I there at I, thfttrtcaL centre of the oounA-y that A reviewers are most vcnnlly controlled f'tiie Influence of the theatrical adver- ii mra. Chicago his had Its one striking caso of ,t. tll(imater..'who was ousted from his 'av nn the Inter Ocean because his hos- m. tn rlaln musical shows displeased he largest producer of the most etnbor- 16 epeclmeryi. But Chicago's Is a poor fccird bwldc tfew York's. Ten years L.t iirnra was ,the- case of Norman Hap- Lod. on the Commercial Advertiser, Then Lsie the- spectacular affair of waiter irlcliafa" Eaton and the Sun. Deslde it, m. .ii.rlmrirn of William Winter from H4 Tribune seemed n commonplace oc- lrrence, whl'e a numucr or lesser cases Inc lnn have Tiardly caused n ripple. Xoir, however, come two new nffalrs In it week, une or mem is minor novel. rtirit papers that they will consign to is waste basnet any communications FLORENCE MARTIN Coming to the Adelphi In "Peg o' My Heart." I era Will A. Page, press representative. hA Vllffifd In thin nillfilnn fkimtnlnnl '"hsci iii in ta h nuu iiitun ttni woupjie seems to uq ait. lagoa aiaie- intl flirt f f n VnrflVilft rnmmant rt t-i1 onn. iJl ItPttMa In naplnln K?au VnN Matt O- K" -. tot UIM -." J VI rt IICM"- .Wipers could bo purchased for half-pace uctieQiiieiuB. J.IIO uwicr LUHC It wa ay believe the New York Review Is tho ..-lit... jC.I..- - ,.. - -l.t m J.I-. tiiunai epiauuo ui iirjiit ii cruic lor uis !i!ng a manager. According to that estrlcal paper, Mr. Hoffensteln has been charged by the Evening. Sun because vvuMicuis uu .mrie-uuuo gave uio- IfflKllri. tA Kfr TIalnenn The mdral of all this Is too obvious for (Petition. But It Is at leaBt Interesting reflect on the- feelings of the man who ICCftftdS t ci rtrtttrffil nnot rmr iai! imrl ich'clrcUmatances. I as War Play la Upon Us The expected has happened, of course. pe Impending storm of dramas of the wopean connict has broken. Faint imbllnrswere to be heard In the 1m- irLBLiOn nt nn n,lta.lilliim nti IITl.. Rory of the nosary." But now England GrnlSneS 1IH With n UnwA n.n. Ku. W White Feather," n farce of Gorman MjJ 51)4 Brlllsl1 cunning, already de- KnDta In thARt rnlnmno khm l .n..A BJ o t""3on under the title, "The Man u owjren ai iiome." it is to bo acted iNew York tomorrow night. E0i,ta'bo behlndhand, our own play- i: . .;. DU,y- rl n6TT niggers. wa i a critic and twice a playwright, has mien, a melodrama of Gibraltar and erman aplea called "Inside tha Lines." iMcords ,t.he attempts of certain Teu Brit? if flthB famoua rock n blow ,2 ", ,', Yu "' waier. ur course, $ ul"mately prevented by tho ui- 157ar:.rt"0""run?'u,cK-wittea i.V7t .l . ' u"s American girls who ifl.riZti.r'"'":. "mimscent point ireiC. ,"ei. ! i!. ". KXhr'uh?u.t th Play, aa Stephen Em a tha 'her American melo. Aa 111 -an! . Ii. . . .... dUm... ... ' ,v "" Promising trial n "Wnore, "Inslae tho TJn" wm a. ei?Mi YBro?llway shortly, with a cast iZr S"Ke: Jpw Bradbury, Ivan niertwa. ' Jnci-'omas nnd Anno P "Unpreparedneaa" uL De.tf.7i 1DynlSI,f RUthor of "stu' 'liis .fie2.thS onlF,al t Washington Bi'a . " unao tract on Unolo )vJiilk V. i warm-war wai going Itttol v.6-P,ay, " "rJtable quantity wietmin. ii.-i S.ul "ow cnes tne an Khr T' iiat the Producer of "Today," TMilcinr if I Kiwft" ana purposes IqltmM S?m 8 day. In Waahlngton. MZill P't'ures the victor in the lsfctrai.S.nn"!t wnginff wap, on the KS.'tJ! .ver aomo details of tho tohTin" ? tha conflict tha Pre,!, iv iittnit.?" alnsl i-ongrosa fpr if ou.,Tt armments. The play tiSrV' Pitifully populated with RflraSM. ,er an dip omats and quenters of -WashlnBton. Hatters 1 HO BllrniaiA 4- aRWW Brian get about tho stage- . - -.Misg ui Hnv rtnA nnn tiati to bVi!? otl"r words-to learn Wrm.iV" "'. B.?aa?Dc;r-. Iffl ruth,.ul resident of Bo.. lfWh1.5refara"'n8 for-Wa future PBTAthiMiOS tmil9 ru"nr for the Kal7jMrCta1'' nd Cl0lr ,ln' Msiitit ii wtre, wnuron. Thare is ttUhn.. 7"""ri " o wneiner aw mbots day, M UennU O'Brien, ft? di.ru2.?"n' . In h JTi w iBttar young- Vor.r: ' .Maro-. ( W women. Beside her x- i. worcaater, uim, p r "eM " ""F- ." lBw. a av lei 1 MM. Iflra llMaw lftvllBHs'Lii M& ft4,By. h was an with the On&Hin IUyM of this city In UlS, and has appeared at the Walnut In "The Country Boy." jNowb Notes "Goodnight, Nurse," like every good phrase, must find Its way Into the theatre as a title, Hale Hamilton Ib soon to go forth In a comedy of that alluring name -written by Kthel Watts Mumford. who didn't learn better after failure of "Just Herself." Andreas Dlppel and Leoncavallo, who .was the composer of "Cavallerla Rustt cana," are to no Into tho "rev5ie" busi ness. Tho muslo of "Tha Queen of tho noBCA" Is to be fitted with a "book" by the Smith Brothers. Next season Mr. Tyler will coma out from the shadow of his bankruptcy eclipse, He Is off to England to prospect after plays. Caroline White, the opera singer, Eliza beth Murray, late of "Watch Your Step," and Emmott Corrlgan have al( plunged Into vaudeville. They m4y therefore be expected at Kefth's some time this Bea boii. Mr. Corrlgan Is appearing in a playlet called "Tho Itcd Hate." When "Damaged Goods" was produced here rorently, a letter was sent to groups of social, workero, clergymen and educa tors urging attendance. The letter .was signed by moro than eighty of Philadel phia's prominent citizens including tho htfld of tho Unlverfcltv of Pennsvlvanln. five of tho leading clergymen of the city, the heads of the Child Federation, Play ground Association, the Eastern Penltcn tlary, the Glrln Roscuu Home, th,e School and Homo Lcaguo, tho Piaygblng Com mittee of tho Drama League, tho Bdard of Public Works and members of the School Board AnELl'Hl-"The- Third Party," with Taylor Holmes and Walter Jones. A boisterous farce of tl.o familiar triangular larleti with a patent chaperon, Violent but amu ln 8il0 1IIIOAU "The rrantom nival," with Leo Dltrlchsteln and Laura Hope Crewa. David UcIiuco'h' production of Ferene Molnar"s com edy of a wife who drenmn of tho return of a former lover as a great variety of Inter esting men. and then finds the reality pro aalo. Thoroughly entertaining iris roithEST "Tho alrl from Utah," with Julia Sanderson, Donald Uriah and JOteph Cawthorn, Paul Huben'o Englnh musical comedy of Mormons, old and sounif. In Lon don, llook and mit&Jc of uneven alue, nome tlmea very Rood, Indeed. Performance ex cellent 8 IS OAimiCK "The High Cost of Loving," with Lew Fields, the Uerman comedian. In a "utralght" farco. which deals with !undry mlddel-aped gontlrmen who find themselves nil paying blackmail to tho came woman for a "past" whl?h never existed First act du blouui after that, Amuslns: 8,13 KEITH'S Blanche Walsh In "The Woman In the Caso " the Florentlno Slngera and a good bill 2 00 and 8 00 LY1HC "Grumpy." with CrII ilaude. the best of Enclirh comedians, In a detective play of ausponra And amusement, whl'.h nar rates the exploits at Kr of an old criminal lawyer. An ami'slng and engrossing play, vitalized by a singularly skilful pleie of lmperionatlon . . , 8:11 WALNUT "Damased Ooods," with same cast that acted .Urieux's poivertul drama hers earlier this aeaton 8.13 WHAT'S DOING TONIGHT f Ullly Sunday sermon, tabernacle. Vine and inth streets Free. Isabellu Council, Knights of Columbus, banquet, Prankforrt avenuo and Church street. Woman's Ciuh ftf Cvnwvd Hahnemann Hospital Alumnae Nurses' dance; Adelphla Hotel. Sermon by the llev. Mel Trotter to soul winners. Becond United Presbyterian Church. Itace street east of lutn. Lecture on Alaska bv Miss Dora Keen before tha Geographical Society, WltheraDoon Hall. College of Physicians, Ludlow and -2d streets. Free. Franklin Institute. Free. Kensington Hoard of Trade, Hancock street and Susquehanna avenue. South fi2d Street Business Men. V, M, C, A., Bansom and f2d streets Free. Cast Contrel Business Men's Association. 423 BcnKe street. Free. Drug Exchange. Tioga Business Men's banquet Mcsebach's. Llth street and Qlrurd avenue: T:,10 p. m Lawyars' Club, reception' to Francis Shunk Brown. Bellovue-Strattord; 0 p. m QUARANTINE RE-ESTABLISHED Part of Chester County Again Af flicted With Cattle Disease. WEST CHEBTEIt, Feb. 3.-This sec tion of Chester County Is again under strict quarantine because of a fresh out break of foot and mouth disease. The lateit outbreak occurred yesterday In a carload of hogs received here from stock yards nt Baltimore, Md., by Darlington Strode, whoso herd of more than 200 was hilled a month ago for the same reason. The animals were ordered killed at once, which was done, and the bodies were burled )n a meadow near the station. OPPOSE EXPORT OF ARMS Neutrality league Sees Possibility of German Boasting. WASHINGTON. Keb, 3The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate to day heard testimony by representatives of the American Neutrality League In favor of the adoption of the Hitchcock bill forbidding tte exportation of muni tions of war from the. United States to belligerents. Professor Bente, of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., declared that "If we con' tlnue to permit the exportation of muni tions of war to the Allies and Germany wins this war, Germany will boast that she has whipped the United States toq. Wo should be careful, therefore, not to do anything which, would be apparently helping one side or the other." 1 '' ,, i i 'i i, i OAY TOO OAY FOB MBS. OAY Wife Wine Divorce From Jferw York Mining Engineer DORCHESTER, Mass., Feb. 1 Mr. Marguerite M, Oay got a divorce from Robert M. Gay on the ground of deser tion, and was also awarded HSOQ an nual alimony by the Superior Court- Gay Is the head ot a large minim; engineer ing concern In New York city. Mrs. Gay in her suit alleged that her husband spent on the average J8000 an nually upon himself and that he pre ferred a life of gayety to the quiet of his home. THIEVES LOOT FBI50N BOOST CALDWELL, N.'J. Feb, S. Fpr the third time wlthjn month thieves visited the Caldwell Penitentiary and gqf away with 15 fowls. Including a white Orpins ton rooator, whieh woe highly valued by its owner, tftMfden. Ferdinand J Hosp. The i who is usually on guard in the, seratentierj' yard was ott 4uty Uxf fSTHEATRICAL HEaflL yJP .JbbbIH MILDRED GREGORY A Lubin film favorite. The deep sense of satisfaction which Mr. Hani Klndlcr gavo to his hearors at his recital Inst night can bo variously Interpreted, but It must be accepted first as a tribute to tho real talent which tho 'Cellist displayed. One Is then nt liberty to' feel flint It was also a trlbuto to tho promise Of genius. Mr. Klndler's program was not too skil fully arranged. Jn his Initial number, tho Ildollmann sonata, with Its rather obvious graces and rather obvious faultB, Mr. Klndler had opportunity to demonstrate ono of the primary rules of all Instru mental playing; that apart from tho mer its of tho composition, there should bo a positive beauty of tone from tho Instru ment, In which tho auditor can delight If he happens to bo displeased with the music. Mr. Klndler's tono was sonorous and deep; it wan hearty, never scant or meagre, it was full-bodied and pleasant to tho car. And since his nppearance with his Instrument inevitably calls up memories of Hcltlnl, It did not much mat ter v. hat ho played. 13ut when ho did como to play the magnificent Salnt-Sacns concerto, It was good to find Mr. Klndler not depending upon tone alone. To this unusual com position, with Its contrasting cadenzas in piano nnd 'cello, Mr, Kin Her at d Mr. linmmnnn (at the piano) both brought a rare sublety of Interpretative talent. Tho dance rhythms, varying from puro gaiety to a disconcerting macabre, were ad mirably taken in spirit and In time. And tho sobriety of fpollng which, above all other string Instruments, tho 'cello in vokes in most refined and Incalculable nuance, Mr. Klndler was able to give to tho piece. The ancient manner, Tnrtinl, Handel nnd Mehul, found Mr Klndler not 111 at case, but certainly careless. There were numerous Infelicities of fingering, and sometimes tho deadly "scraping" effect of careless bowing, The same faults reap peared In the final group of pieces, nut, to be fair, they were done In excellent humor, and pleased the audience mightily. The recent recital of Mr. Santlby, his coming nppenrnnce as assisting artist with the orchestra, and this well-nttendod concert of Mr Klndler Indicate that there I'v a public fot the -Icello.. Neither Of these geneltmen. It may be assumed, will bo put out If ono Inquire In connec tion with them, why an enterprising Im presario does not bring Pablo Casals to this city. Mr. Krelsler lately referred to Casals as the greatest of thoso who drew bow across .strings, Mr. Sandby and Mr. Klndler have Informed us, through their work, how great such a ono needs to be. "Die Walkure" Tho pleasures of a "7: precisely," of Wagner a second time this season, and this tlmo not in "Lohengrin," of a first appearance for Mme. Melanle Kurt nnd of the known excellences of Mmes. Qadakl, Ober and Schumann, of M. Urlus. Well and Ruysdael, of Mr. Hertz, In what mqy be his last appearance here, are all summed up in tho announcement of "Die Walkure" for February 9. Mme. Kurt was nobly received nt her New York debut Monday In "Tristan und Isolde." It Is unquestionably good of the Metro politan to bring her here But, as the three additional performances nre by no means assured at present, how are we to see "Carmen" (with Miss Farrar) and "The Love of Three Kings" nnd "Mme, Bans-Gene" (If we want to see It)? How, Indeed? The answer lies with those who can afford to subscribe and are indiffer ent, not with those who would subscribe, but cannot afford to. SPORT FOR THE "NEWSIES" Evening Ledger Boys to Enjoy Box ing Bouts and "Movies." "Slugger" Smith, "The River Rat." "The Kensington Avenue Terror," "The Schuyl kill Sockdolager" and many other very llghtwelght will slam each other about tho ring to tho shouts of 400 Dvenino LEDarm newsboys at a free moving pic ture show and boxing exhibition at the People'si Theatre, Kensington avenue and Cumberland street, tonight. Six three-round bouts between Kensing ton newsboys and "battlers" from other sections of the city have been staged for the entertainment of the Evening (LEDOEn's "newsies" in the northeast- "Duke" Bowers and "Fatty" O'Neill, real exponents of the padded flat, will handle the sponge and towel. Lieutenant Schultz and House Sergeants Selp and Murdoch, of the Trenton avenue and Dauphin street police station will he on hand, A nine reel film, preceding' the "mill'' has been provided by Manager "Billy" Williams, of the theatre. The boy will form at Kensington and Lehigh avenues at I o'clock under John C. Smith, northeast branch manager, for a parade on Kensington avenue to Front street and thence to the theatre for the second show. They will be headed by the Aquilla Fife and Drum Corps, under William McCarty, '" " ' " ii a, i. - I i 11 ;,,'- :j::fif T.i r, t i r -r ! ,.,..,...-,- HOW PROPOSED PARK FAWNO JNDEPENDENQE HA1X WOULD LOOK Representative. Isadora Stern has introduced a bill before the Stats Legislature providing for a commis sion7 -which shall look into tho question of 9 plaxa to be created in tho space across Chestnut street be tween' 3th nd 0th streets extending to Jainor street. He would safeguard the building from th foe hMM4 caused, by lt proximity to old itrotur. The diagram sjyef m Wta oi what Rtuuxses ij. ' proVpli ?Hl4 ? p-VTi B-Mi , Wmnnnu Questions and Answer. Tho Photoplay Editor of the Even iNo Ledoeh will be pleased to answer questions relating tp his department. Queries will not he answered by let ter. Alt letters must addressed td Photoplay Editor, Kvenino LcDaBn. Modern Yiddish stage successes In mo- tldn pictures produced with tho sole ob ject of attracting and pleasing the thou sands of Yiddish patrons of tho photoplay theatres throughout the world oro an nounced by tho Boris Thomashofsky Film Company, of Now York city. In that the ntw productions nre being made primarily for the Yiddish people, tho work, of the now Dim company marks a departure In photoplay productions. Boris Thomnshcfsky, who has given the now company Its name and being, Is, perhaps, tho bent-Known Yiddish actor In tho world certainly the best known In tho United States, Mr. Thomnshcfsky believes that there I nre enough Jews In the United Btates to support the nhotonlav versions of Yld- ' dish successes which ha has set out to , mske. Sidney M, Golden, Who has done notable work for a number of the big pro ducing companies', has beeh engaged to direct the Yiddish picture, In each of i which Mr. Thomashefsky will appear as the star, supported by tho company of able players who nre with him at tho j preseht tlmo at the big theatre on tho lower East Side of Now yrlrk. Although no releases have yet beon mado, tho Thomashefsky company has already filmed a number of sticccssei, among them "Tho Jewish Crown," "Tho Period of tho Jew" nnd "Hear Ye, Is rael." Mary Plckford for Big Theatres Under tho signature of William W. Hodklnson, president Of the Parnmount Pictures Corporation, a circular letter has been addressed to the trade which recites the facts that "owing to tho enormous snlnry which it has been necessary to pay Mary Plckford," all future releases In which she appears will be first roleased to big city theatres' at a rrilltlmum admis sion price of 25 cents. The letter says, In part; Owing to the enormous salary which It has been necessary to, pay Mary Plckford fn order to secure her serv ices, tho Famous Players' Film Com pany has found It necessary to first IRVIN C0BB,rCURED.0FWAR' BUT WANTS ITS. TO BE READY "No More Socialists,'! He Iteplles to Question, "They're All Soldiers." Irvln Cobb long plnco convinced .quite a large circle of people, in fact, a circle of two millions of people, that he was an Interesting writer, but lost night at the Academy of Music ho convinced a capac ity house that ho was a most Interesting talker. For nn hour nnd more tho Sat urday Evening Post's noted war corre spondent chatted about the battlefields which ho had visited and told in a most Intimate manner of tho ruins and the people of that most pathetic nation, Bel glum. Mr. Cobb Is cured of war. He admits it himself. "I was reared the son and grandBon of soldiers," said Cobb, near the close of his lecture. "But after the things I havo witnessed I am cured, I never want to see my country go to war." He added that he believed the best way to avoid war was to be prepared, and consequently declared In favor of "the best coast defenses, the biggest army and the smartest and largest navy" for the United States. EVERY TIME WHISTLE BLEW HE KISSED HER, IS CHARGE Ex-Gov. Yates Named in Ereeman Divorce Suit. SAN FRANCISCO, Cat, Feb. 3. Rich ard D. Yates, former Governor of Illi nois, was named In a sensatlqnal divorce complaint filed In the Superior Court hero by Edward It. Freeman, an art dealer and photographer of Eureka, against Mrs. Emma B, Freeman. Mr. Freeman tajs that Yates traveled with Mrs, Freeman to this city from Eureka, and kissed her In every tunnel, at every crossing and every time the whistle blew. SPRINGFIELD. 111., Feb. 3.-Rlohard D. Yates, when Informed last night that ha had been named in Edward R. Free man's divorce suit, said: "The charges are all untrue. Further than that I do not care to talk about the subject 'at this time," Friends ot the former Governor said that he met a Mrs. Freeman In the West and by chance they rode on the same tra)n, but the meeting and ride were of tho most decorous kind. SEVERAL WILLS PROBATED George Kunzmann's Estate Ooes to Sister and Brother-in-law. Oeorgo Kunzmann, late of Philadelphia, Who died In Camden, January 10, left tho bulk of his !27,C00 estate to his slater, Mathilda Schleunes, and brother-in-law, Francis Schleunes, of Baltimore. His will was admitted to probate today. Includbd among-other wills probated aro those of Catherine Chambers, 2313 West Huntingdon street, disposing of an estate estimated at $24,000 in private bequests; Anna n, Thompson, 45M Trinity place, M00; Edward J. Dredge, 1701 Wait Dover street, 12500. Personal property of Mary1 L. Jenkins has been appraised at 123,00566: William H, Dawaon, IS,731.7; Mary A. Gaul, 877T.88. Tlood Danger Passed at Pittsburgh. PITTSBURGH, Feb, J.-Danger of a serious flood In the region of the Upper Ohio is said to have passed early today, when the river reached 28 B feet at "The Pv'nt," and began to recede. AT THE PHOTO-PLAY HOUSES release pictures In which she appears fas well ns "The Eternal City") through big city theatres at a mini mum ndmlsslon price of S3 cents, ranging lip to SO cents. Paramount Pictures Corporation, however, has arranged to secure these pictures for Paramount Program (aa well as "Tho Rterpal City") after they have flayed In the largest cities, so that our exhibitors will not be deprived of the Mary Plckford pictures, and, beside, tho pictures will como to them with a much greater drawing power than If released originally through Paramount Program. Solenlck's Profit-sharing Winners Itlclmrd Fox, of tho Chicago branch Of the World Film Corporation! J. Walter Lamb nnd Jerome Bobel, both of the New York branch, nre tlie first prlie winners to win salesmen bonuses under the Bets nick prortt-sliarlng plnn that Is In actlvo operation with the employes of the World Film Corporation. Mr. Fox won the first prize of 1100; Mr. Lnmb obtained the second prize, $M. nnd Mr, Sobers prize Is $25. These prices were awnrded the thrco winners because thoy obtained tho greatest amount of business baxml on gross cash colletclons nt the lovvort oxpense during the first four weeks of the profit-sharing plan's opera tion. The period started November 23 nnd ended December 20. The Human Equation In the production of "Tho Avenger" at tho studio of the Lubln Western Company nt Los Angoles, California, Miss Vetma Whitman, playing tho part of Lukora, the Hindu priestess, for once showed her natural rather than her professional In clination when, ns tho priestess, she goes forth Into tho forest to secure wood for the sacred sacrificial fire and Is con fronted by a nil bo snake crawling toward her. Now Miss Whitman has never made any claim to being a snake charmor and al though her bewitching powers are strong sho prefers not to extend their Influence to snakes. In tho big Hindu production, however, she was supposed to merely look at tho snnke anil the tatter's role was to bo completely hynotlzed. When tho snako started crawling toward the prlcstesH. Miss Whitman found her nat ural desire for self preservation so much htronger than her professional duty that she Immediately took to flight and nover stopped until sho was safely locked lu hor dressing room. "SPECIALIZING" AT TRADES BREEDS UNEMPLOYMENT System Decreases Numbor of Good "All-round" Craftsmen. A reduction In tho number of "all round" men at various trades, and tho necessity ot workmen nowadays spena Ing years ijt the bench making ono single part of a machine, according to J. M. Tobln, general vice president of the International Brotherhood of Black smiths and Helpers, is one potent rea son why so many craftsmen of today, once out of the familiar Job, aro un fitted to follow tho general trade. "The .real reason that so many ot the men who work at blacksmlthlng In PhlUa delphla and Its vicinity nre out of) wnfr ' aal.1 U. Trthtn In l.ta .nalti.l. I ..v.,., ....... ... . uu,,i, ,,, ,ila mmioi, of the situation, "is becnuao so many of them aro made 'specialists' by the employers In tho large Industries and they are not able to work as blacksmiths outside of the Industries thoy have specialized In. This Is not only true of the blacksmiths, but of many other trades. "The employers of Philadelphia prac tlco this method or crippling the useful ness of their employes more than In any other part of the country, and, owing tq this condl Ion It so happens that when any one of the largo Industries of Philadelphia becomes slack, you have many men thrown out of Work who are unable to work at the same trade In another industry. "During tho past year I have had many calls for blacksmiths In cities and towns hear Philadelphia, and In many cases I had to say that there were no general blaoksmltha out of work In this city, and I told the truth. Yet, when going around tho city, I meet many men who I know have been working at the trade as 'spe cialists' and I tell them they can get work nt blacksmlthlng. they tell me they cannot take such Jobs because they Would not be able to do the work. "If you had walked through the parks and public squares during tho past sum mer and seen the number of able-bodied men in tholr lines as specialists, you. would havo gained aomo Mm nt .... amount of Injury this system has done. .w..Q n, i uiucKsmuns, but to many other trades." COOKE NAMES INSPECTOR TO STUDY UNEMPLOYMENT Joseph H. Willits, University In structor, Chosen for New Position. Dlrnntnr Pnnl nt i.- -r .. n.TkVi. irr , """' " "" uepariment or Public Works, announced today that he ...... i.iim uusepn xu wunts, an In- SSSfi.0'. '.1-'.".US.!!?. - Wharton 71 VvT ... ""'vorsuy or Pennsylvania, aSrii1" P8ltlon of general Inspector, at 12500 a year, in the Public Works De partment, for the purpose of making a comprehensive study of the problem of the unemployed In Philadelphia. Tha appointment of Mr. Wllllts to In Vfttlgate the unemployment problem Is made as a result of a conference held In the office of Mayor Blankenburg sev eral weeks ago and attended by repre sentative employers of labor, Establishment of a tentative municipal employment agency In the Department of Public Works may be a result of the study to be made by the new appointee. Mr. Wllllts resides at 4519 Sansom street. He fills the Vacancy caused by resignation of Dr, Clyde L. King. $100,000 FACTORY BUBNED LEICESTER, Mass., Feb. 3. -The Glbbs Heddlex factory was destroyed by fire here today with a loss of 2100,000. HIGH COST OF "BARBERING" MAY HIT YOU, MR. CUSTOMER Shaves nt 15 Cents and Haircuts at 25 Unng in Balance. A Shave may foat J on fifteen cents, a haircut The barbers eay they need the rise If they're . te lire. and thrlvw, . . .. . nut If the hrbrs do this and their patrons are nnnoyed . . The barbers soon may be recruits In ranks of unemployed. The Master Barbers' Association has put out ft tentative hohd for more emolu ment: It lm hesitated Arid, for tha pres ent, at least, it has lost. It has drawn back the hand empty In so far ns oh Increase of the price of shaves and hair cuts, reipectlveiy, to 15 and 25 cents Is concerned, but none may tell what Is tft lift ilmia In ttiA future. The wolf. It seems, has been showing contempt for the barbers along with per sons In many another line of trade, this attitude having been bred, in accordance with the time-honored saying, by" famil iarity. Bo Frank M. Kohr, editor of tho National League Harbor", suggksled nt a meeting of the association held last night at 1117 Columbia avenue, that price be raised. The Idea was that this would frighten the wolf, who hns a wcll-kri6wn aversion to monoy. Max Sherman, president ot the West Philadelphia Chapter, so advocated the Increase. He and Kohr said supplies' and fixtures had Increased; but. In spite of their oratory, no action was taken. Three hundred applications for membership In tho organisation wore reoelved, SUFFRAGE MEETING PLANNED Vnrled Program Arranged by Equal Franchise League. A varied program of meetings Is planned by prominent suffragists In this city for the Chestnut Hill brnnch of tho Equal Franchise Society. Tho scopo of these runs the gamut from street to patlor.wlth Intermediate assemblings In halls and club, etc. The plan Is to "educate" tho peoplo up to equal suffrage as well ae swell tho list of tho branch's membership and replenish tho society's trensury". Mrs. F. M. Shcpard Is chairman of tho branch and the nppolntor of tho committees. Now that tho season's house-cleaning day Is faat approachlnghousqwrvo!! ar,o urged to rummago through their attlds, closetR nnd collars nnd donate nil castnffs, etc., to tho rummage sale, which Is. plan ned for tho near future. Mrs. Henry V. Doano and Mrs. Franklin Spencer Ed monds are In charge of this ealo, Thoy are working 'nnrd to swell the pile for vending In order that a round sum may bo railed for the "cducatlopnl work." In charge of tho various committees aro Miss Charlotte Le Roy, for church meet ings) Mrs. J. A, Rulon, Mrs. Beatrice Forbes-Itobcrtson Hole, Pelham meetings; Mrs. J. W. Glaspcy, and Mrs. Frank Miles Day, for those to bo held In parlors -of prospective ndherents to the "cause"; Miss Chnrlolto Le Roy, Mrs.- J. A, Rulon, Mrs. Francis Noblei for those In thejnoln streets; Mrs. Stephen Decatur Lodge, Mn. a. F. Stradllng and MrB. Frank Robinson, for demonstrations; Mrs. F. M Shepard, Miss Florence Sanvllle will work for new members. MAYOR TO BE CHAIRMAN Chosen to Preside Over "World's Greatest Workshop" Dinner, j , Mayor Blankenburg" lias been chosdn to sere as honorary chalrpinn dt the "World's' Greatest Workshop" dinner In tho Manufacturers' Club next Tuesday evening, when W0 of this city's biggest business and commercial figures will meet to launch the greatest trade development campaign Philadelphia, has ever known. At the fina,l .nysetljig, o,t ,t,he ,qonjmittee In' charge of the dinner yesterday In the". Bourse It was decided to dispense with the proverbial toastmastcr and to select nn honorary chairman In his place. As each of the speeches nt the dinner are to be limited to five minutes, an official tlmekeop'r was also chosen, whose duty It will be to tell each speaker when ho has consumed tho time allotted to him. , Ernest T. Trigg, chairman of -the com mittee, announced today that surprises will be In store for nil who attend, A the entire Idea Is an Innovation, he said, there will be some Innovations at the din ner. After opening this morning's mall the commlttco found that more than 300 acceptances had been received. , All tho final details for the campaign which will herald Philadelphia's Indus trial pre-emlnfnco around the world were completed at the meeting of the committee yesterday. The plans of the leaders will not be made public, however, until the night ot thj dinner. MERCY HOSPITAL PLANS They Include New Buildings and a Suburban Community, The Mercy Hospital for Negroes today announced a plan for expansion thauwlll be put Into effect In the near future. It' Includes a new hospital building and a nurses' home on a plot of ground, 48 feet by 110 feet, on Kd street, below Reed, and a community to be established In the suburbs to the northwest of the city. Convalescents can recuperate under conditions that will enable them to earn something and at the same time benefit their moral and social conditions. The ground for the Reed and I'M streets house has been purchased. There is -a, house on a portion of It now and this, will be utilized as a nurses home. The new hospital will-have three floors abbve ground and a basement that-will be used as a dispensary and accident ward. It will cost (50,000, and will have 60 beds. The Building Committee la Nathan T. Folvell, president; Dr, A. B Jackson, superintendent pf the hospital; H, Mliv ton. Dr. E. T. HInson and John W. Har. rls. SELECT PHOTOPLAY THEATRE TODAY'S FEATURES CALENDAR REGENT teSS-Sl Market Street ROXBOROUGH -lanayunk and Conarroo CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE Uoin of World's nrMtMt rhotypUjs Afternoons. 1 anil a 10c an4 I?C Kvfiilnn. T and B 10c. lac. xe TIOGA THEATRE 'naneu Matinee at SiSO. Kvenlnsa at 6 US A t o'Clk. Kr C Haddun Clumbers, Enr land's For bpeelal Conrrt by the Tiara Symphony Orchestra moat DramatUt Avfnua isth St. ana THE RIDUb Tbfatra ltldsa Aw, mjSjrHEATRE LEADER Krnalnston and Allf shear A-tt. l.t and I anrater Ava. torn IIKLOW -DACrUIV ST. JEFFERSON TULPEHOCKEN Gtrnuntourn Ave. C Talpenockan Bt. GERMANTOWN THEATRE fieruantonn Ave. and School Lano TV..alul ta PARAMOUNT I'IOTUUKS Iltar tha famoua Uopt-Jonea Pipe Organ. BELVIDERE tSrSSSRt, GARDEN OVERBROOK mm jkji -ww jjii ' "' ' '" ' WINDSOR SSd an4 laasdowno AV. AU si'""'"' Havtrtard At. $&?&. "r TWENTY.MILLJQN.DQl,,LAR MYSTERY SOUTH STREET HOW SEEKING BETTER TRADE FACILITIES "Showy, Safe and Sanitary' Slogan of Men Who Want Awnings to Go and Block Paving to Come. "South Street-Showy. Safe nnd Sanl- tary." This Is the motto adopted by the South Street Business .Men's Association. The start ot tho fight for better conditions was made last week when tho ordinance of 19K against all awnings, projecting over the pavement from a store more than eight feet, was upheld by Judge Pat terson. As a result of tho decision ail store. keepers having tho objectionable awnings have been notified to remove them and unless the order Is obeyed tho nwnlngs will be removed by force. A few of the shopkeepers are holding out nnd Intend to fight to tho last. Removing the awnings, however, Is only ono of tho steps contomplatod for the Improvement of tho street by the Busi ness Men's Association. A wooden-block paved street, a better lighting system, nnd hotter stroet-cleanlng facilities are projects and they have been presented to Counclfs by Select Councilman Charles Soger, of the 7th Ward. Ii is confidently predicted by Henry M. Levy, who has a small department store at 220 South street, and Is nrnslrfnnt nt 'the -South Street Business Mon's Assocla- v tlcin, that In tho course of a year the hlgli gfade trade which used to froqUent South street will be eagerly returning. In dis cussing the matter this morning he said: "By personally walking the entire length bf tho street tnd actualy counting, I find that only 2S per cent, of all the stores have the type of awnings that coma under tho ban of the law. Ot these, -15 per cent, are willing to remove them and many have already done so. There fore, It is only 10 per cent- of all the storekeepers oh the street that are mak ing this .protest against the removal ot tho awnings. The other JO per cent. ae beginning to recognize them as a positive menace. '"Another nuisance we Intend to nbol-' Ish Is the "barkers" who are paid to stand outside the shops nnd entice the people Inside, Tp the Ignorant, wavering shop per, attracted hy the display of 'wares on tho outside this guiding hand on the arm nnd "wheedling voice In tho ear Is Just tho 'psychological push needed to get htm inside the store, "If tho nwnlngs were tnken down peo ple would havo to hide their disreputa ble looking Btores under a coat ot paint and will this cleanliness and roominess In the street would come other changes rtlilch I am sure would be a revelation to all .the. ppppsers of what tho South Street Business Men's Association Is try ing to do." Jacob BerkOwitz, owner of a largo woman's' wear store at Eth and South street, is strenuously opposed to the per manent awnings. Ho bald. "There Is lots of business on South street. It Is the poor people's Chestnut street. But the lnrger and better clasi merchants along tho sticct cannot alto gether compete with the peopln that but their goods for sale on the sidewalk. The uKsIgtllness of two adjacent 'stores with sldewak stands nnd wretched awnings detracts" considerably from the value of an open property in between. They can undersell us because In moot cases these stnnds are sublet for almost nothing while we pay large rents. If everyono 'kept their good and themselves Inslds their own doors, South street would at tiact a better class of people, which Is tho only trade a better cluss store can appeal Hi If wo cleaned up the street I firmly believe there would be a great In crease In business for both the large and small storekeeper." On the Other hand the "awning" store keepers have something to say. Abram Chakcs, who has a small dry goods store jit (35 South street, has maintained an awning for the last 15 years and sees no objection to, his keeping it up another 13 vcars. Says he: "The only way we poor people can, compete at all with the big stores alone the street is -to get our goods on 'the sidewalk and urge the passerby to look 'em over. Anil the only Way M'e can protect our goods on the sidewalk from sun and Tain Is to have an awning over them. We haven't any large windows In which to display our goods and why -should people go Into our little musty shops when they can go into tno Places where there la plenty ot room to display thlngst" i y PUBLIC SERVICE TAX URGED Philadelphia Corporations Subject of Business Men's Bill. Representatives of the Chestnut Hill section will be asked to support a bill to tax Philadelphia public service cor porations' for city und school taxes, ac cording to the plans of the Chestnut Hilt Business Men's Association, which has indorsed a resolution calling for action on' the bill by the present Legislature It Is urged In the resolution that the j'nlladelphja public service corporations are not entitled to exemption, and that they are nil financially able to pay such taxes. A committee, headed by Walter M, Staako, a brother of Judge Staake, Is at work In support of the United Busi ness Men's plan for Increases In the pa. lice force. SUBJECT TO CHANGE THE AVALANCHE ,,',Stfc,u,r,n CABIRIA All-Star Cait THE CHRISTIAN Becond Big Moptb , ., ., -iimr. umir riiarlra Wrliman and Catherine Counllu In "THE IDLER" It's a Long Way to Tipperary THE JUDGE'S WIFE MONEY fiigf criotu "SALOMEY JANE "T&,fcS,,c SAMSON, With Wro. Famum Hftura Kust. of th Clrtatnt laufh Picture TII.LJKH riKCTUKc.D UQMANCIE With Marl lrrwfrr, Cbatlrs Chaplin, Sloh.l N',.rwnnd i,l lliu-h Koinili Booked Thru the StaaUy Hooking Cuinptmy WAR OF WARS WHEN A WOMANJLOVES ""withoWhope ASUsT ZUDORA EpUhs Np. 8 r 4 " :t : i
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