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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."
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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,
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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
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Conarroo
CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE
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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
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torn IIKLOW
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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.
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GARDEN
OVERBROOK
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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"
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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
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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
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