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THE THEATRE
STUDENTS GIVE "THE MIKADO"
St. Joseph's College Actors Present
Musical Piny.
The students of St Joseph's College
presented Gilbert and Sullivan's opcrn,
"The Mikado," Inst night before nn audl
enco that filled the college auditorium,
17th and Stiles streets. Nearly 100 woro
In tho chorus and numerous encores were
demanded. Members of tho Philadelphia
Orchestra assisted In tho accompaniment.
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been better heard herej his first ftel was'
as Infelicitous n piece of -work ns ha has
done.
Mr. Itujrsdaet's Ilundlng, a black and
damnlnir apparition from tho very start,
Vras the most consistently executed per
son n go of the evening, and 'nls dark, deep
Voice was very Rood to hear nRftlnst tho
llsht tenor Mr. Urlus chese to employ.
The Wnlkucre, xlnder the Inspiration,
perhaps, of Mmo. Kurt, wcro llsht and
spirited, and their chorus was beautifully
sunjr.
So much for what Is. In Wanner, usual
ly tho least part of the opera. Of Mr.
Iteria- conducting It need nnlv bo "old
that ho knows, with an absolute and un
Impoaelnble certainty, Just wfaal his or
chestra should do, Just what Its relation
should bo to tho whole, and ho Is capable
or commanding its ctiorts to that rosult
Hut In tho excellence of his orchestra,
the pitiful fnlluro of tho Wnencrlan music-drama
becomes mora than usually
obvious
Epigrams for the Day
There Is but one way of writing opera
u way of Mozart, about which thcro
exists but ono opinion. Thcro Is but ono
nay of wrltlnir music-drama tho wuy of
Moussorffsky, about which two opinions
lst They arc tho right and tho wron?
pinion. As for tho ways of Vordl and
of Wngnor I
BAM, will be brilliant
Not Quite "Innocent"
.MlHrfOpENT.M Vy George Broadhurst, from
tp Hungarian of Axpad 1 'alitor, Oarrlok
Tries, tra.
Iforoce Irving .... Julian IEstrange
?'n Lo ....Harold De flecker
tela Nemettl John Mlltern
J'eter McCormlck Hardee Klrlilamt
Innocent Pauline Frederick
Jftvnn Kcpes : ....Louis Morrell
Zoltan Andraasy .Kenneth Hunter
O-knr von Ouggen Ooorge l'robert
III Excellency Frank Kcmnlo Cooper
Prologue The corridor of Mukden hotel,
1012. Act I The house of Peter McCormlck,
Mukden. 1010. Act II Tho house of licit Ncm-
settt. nudupptf, n year Inter. Act HI The
fame. Act IV Private dining room, Nice.
Epilogue Tho Mukdda Hotel, 11)12.
Innocent was doomed from tho first. Tho
lady, not necessarily tho play. Tho au
thor told us rBO In a prolog that showed
how her Victim was going to commit buI
cldo after tho play was ovor.
Innocent's father wasn't a hit jronlc-ln
picking out nor name, He merely feared
the worst. H,e was a rakish old devil, tho
first of a largo number destined to popu
late Air. IJroitdhUrst's nlay and to fill tho
Atmosphere with such remarks as "I'm
wrong: clear through," "I'm only a man."
I'm weak and I know It." Ho told his
friends quite frankly that " 'The sins of
tho fathers' Is tho truest thing ever
written, but It's hell on tho children."
So ho decided to try tho old amateur
convent game and bring his daughter up
In Ignorance of all tho physical lusts of
tho world men, money nnd pretty
clothes. And, working on tno supposition
tt that "only tho contented woman Is happy
Ec and only tho Itmornnt -woman Is con-
li tented," ho also left her Ignorant of all
spiritual lusts of the worjd courage, hope
and Integrity. Then ho finished matters
off by dying and leaving her In tho guar
dianship of ono of the "weak and I-know-It"
gontlemen.
ou lur onu iuiib act wo nau to waicn
aipuucuiiw unconsciously seaucinj? me man,
nnd for two more wo had to hear about
money and opera and clothes and gambling-
and all tho nasty machinery of that
land of unhappy parasites, male and fe
male, which wo flatter by conceding It a
half-world. Ultimately Innocent left her
ruined ez-guardlan for anybody with tho
price of a six-course supper, and tho ox
iruardlan went way back to Mukden for
that sulcldo In the prolog.
Are wo to take this nil seriously? Are
we to believe In all this drip about "na
ture's greatest gift beauty,' which means
tho ruin of everybody nround it? And If
wo do, are wo to ask Mr. Pasztor. who
Wroto "Innocent," nnd Mr. Broadhurst,
Who translated It, Just how wo can rid tho
world of these diseased ones who don't
take to suicide or a childless old age?
Or are wo Just to enjoy ourselves, to
mull over that second act of Innocent's
awakening as wo might Stanton Colt's
"Adolescence" or a bit of Krafft-Ebblng?
But that presents a difficulty. Even tho
best of soclologlc sewage palls, while
"Innocent's'' selection moves along at a
dramatic snail's pace. Thero is not oven
punch In It
This, In spite of the fact that some very
Bood players spent their energies on tho
piece at tho Garrlck. Pauline Frederick
wore beautiful gowns and really gave
Innqcent quite an nlr of cold reality.
George Probert toyed with one of tho
degenerate gentlemen of tho piece until
he produced a marvelously encrusted
specimen of caddlshness. Lank John Mil
tern wasted considerable effort on tha
guardian, and Julian 'Estrange, Hardee
Klrkland and Frank Kemble Cooper did
their excellent bests. But all to very little
avail. Brickmaklng is much the same
as in Pharaoh's day.
BERNARD SHAW'S LION
With four plays In Philadelphia
this week, Shaw is showing New
York the above gentleman as
hero of his "Androclcs and tho
Lion."
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BAED0CEB
ADELPHI "The Third Party." with Taylor
Holmes and Walter Jones. A bolstoroua
mrco or me raminar triangular tarlety with
violent
n patent
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chaperon.
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nnOAD "Pyemallon.
Den, trie distinguished English actress, iler
but nmus
8:10
with Mrs. Tat Camp-
nard Shaw turns a Cocknov flower girl Into
me nnonetic equivalent or a duct
fine Impersonation In n fine comedy.
duchoss. A
edv. .. 8-15
FOKIlUsr - "The tllrl from Utah." with
Julia Sandcrton. Donald Brian and Joseph
Cawthorn. Paul nuben's English mulcnl
comedy of Mormons, old and young. In ton
don, Iiook and musla of uneven value, some
times very good, indeed Performance ex
cellent 8 IS
QAIUHCK "Innocent." with Pauline Freder
ick, and a good cast. The disastrous results
or Doauty, ignorance ana a lady. Bee re
view i. 8:15
IA'niC "Lady Luxury." A musical comedy
from NeflMTork: explaining the comic com
plications of reckless expenditures, ncvlow
tomorrow 8:16
LITTLE "Tho Admirable Bashvllle" and
"Tho Dark Lady of the Sonnets," with tha
resident company. Two comedies by Shaw.
Oiio'a blank verso dramatization of his novel
on pugilism; the other an amusing encounter
between Queen Elizabeth nnd Shaw's only
dramatic rival, .Review tomorrow .... 8.SO
VALNUT "Jack'B llomanco," with Fiske
O'Jlara. An Irish drama of Colonial days,
whn youngor brothers fought highwaymen
and Impersonated serving men 8:15
Vva.TJDEVH.LE
KEITH'S Nat Wills, comedian; Arthur
l'rlnce, English ventriloquist; Mrs. Gene
Hughes S. Co., In "Lady Oosslp"; Ityan
nnd Lee, comedy nnd dancing: Cecilia
Wright, vocalist; Flvo Annarolla Boys;
Angelo Armcnto Trio; Hopkins Sisters:
Mnhoney and Auburn, nrd tho Paths News
Weekly motion pictures,
GLOBE "The Now Lender," with Al Lewis,
lion man Brothers, Julia Curtis, Collins and
Seymour, Al Payne's trained bulldogs, Thrco
Adnards and Claude liant.
KEYSTONn "Isaac, You Tell Her," a com
edy, b Jnmes llornn, Mand's musical dogs,
Variety Four, In "A Night With the Com
posers"; the Jchr. Troupe, tight wlro artists;
Rose and nose, musicians de luxe; Merta
and Manloy, singing nnd talking comedy.
WILLIAM PENN "The Telephone Qlrl."
nlth Dorothy Itegal, McDovltt. Kelley and
Lucy, In "The Piano Movers"; Klmberly
and Hoht, In "Clublnnd"; Toyo Troupe, ac
robatic Japs, Bristol's trained ponies
CUOSS KEYS First half of week Daisy Har
court, English comedienne; Summcrland
Girls, In a t&blold musical comedy; "The
Man In the Dark," dramatic sketch; Klein
Brothers, German comedians; Thren Whirl
ing Erfords, gymnastic noe!ty; Itoberts and
Kuln, exicrt danctrs. Last half of week
Jimmy liosen, In "Doctor Cupid": Do Dlo's
iircuB. zitai ivuanei, ieonara ana uerop.
sey. Nat Aldlne.
NIXON'S GIIAND Emily SmUey and com
pany. In "One Woman's Way'1; "On tho
School Playgrounds," juvenile tabloid; Joe
Kennedy, novelty skater; Mallen and
Hunter, comedy sketch: Isabella Greene,
comedienne; Daly and Kennedy, humorous
skit.
German nnd Austrian Ambassadors
to Attend Bunco Here,
Tho danco nnd reception which will bo
given tomorrow night by tho Gormiin-Austro-Uungarlan
Ambulance Committee,
In tho gold ballroom of tho Ilcllevue-Strat-ford
Hotel, la expected to be ono of tho
most brllllnnt affairs of tho season. Flags
of tho United States, Austria-Hungary
nnd Germnny will ndorn tho room.
Bernard Hitter, of Now York, will rep
resent his father, William Itlttor, who U
seriously III. Tho German and Austro
Ilungarlati Ambassadors and tho Consul
of this city will bo tho guests of honor.
The following donations havo been received.
H. D. .Tustl V).0O 8. W. Morton...
Marie Elsenlohr. 23.00 Mrs. Albert llaltz
Mrs, Marian Itos- Frank Schantz..
engarten IB (10 C F. SchocnlB. .
Olga Stokowskl. 10 00 Mrs. r. Tralnor.
Catherine Earle. ft no Miss W. Morrison
William Hitter. . 10.00 Miss O. Sehnetto
E. Schaudhelscr. 10 00 Mrs. Schnurtz
Mrs Mary kopp
Leudes 100.00 Miss Mlllcy
Gcorgo S. nom- Cash
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IN THE REALTY WORLD
$5000 BEQUEST ENDOWS BED
IN GERMANTOWN HOSPITAL
Gilbert & Sullivan En Route
Gilbert & Sullivan, plus Do Wolf Hop
per, are not to pass Philadelphia by. That
excellent company, which has shed such
cheering- rays of light and laughter over
our musical stage these three or four
years. Is to tako unto itself tho vasty
spaces of the Metropolitan Opera House
for the second and third weeks of March.
They will present not only their familiar
"Mikado," "Pinafore" and "Pirates," but
the "Iolanthe" of last season and "Tho
Yeoman of tho CJuard," "Trial by Jury"
and "Tho Sorcerer," all "new" to Phila
delphia In these days of rass and tangoes.
Irving Berlin and Harry 13. Smith are
all right In their way. But so are tho.
men who made Japan famous. '
Hews Notes
Lawrenoe d'Orsay simply won't stay In
musical comedy. He is trying to put that
Earl of Pawttcket stuff over again In
a. new Play produced In New York Mon
day night "The Rented Earl" has very
good ancestry. Salisbury Field, part au
thor of "Twin Beds," wrote It, and It
seems reminiscent of many comedies In
which a member of the Houso of Lords
haw-hawed himself Into the affections of
an American miss. Mr, Fields has the
Ingenuity to Introduce a villain who rents
out the earl to "climbers" without the
earl knowing It- But the reviewer of the
Times seems to have hit the essential
'weakness of the farce when he says:
"Whenever Mr. d'Orsay Is soeaklnc there
Is entertainment, but The Rented Earl' J
la not a monologue."
Charles Itann Kennedy, -who wrote "The
Servant In the House," is looking for
ward to a epring production of his newest
piece, "The Bib of the Man." It combines
th novelty pf a military aviator hero
with another discussion of modern man
ana woman.
Back from threa years of "The For
ftufie Hunter" and "Qet-nick-Quick Wal
,llgfora, in Australia. Fred Nlblo and
i wife. Josephine Cohan, Are to ap
tXA? presently In a play under the man
ajWiU of Messrs. Cohan and Harris.
3fui4l Comedy Axioms
J. Curved llnea are best,
2. Frtnsoa,. always know the new dances.
8. Cous4a aWaya waits out of tha
room. 1
4, Two band-claps equal one encore.
f. AU musical comedies are tho best
IMBt, 'is Merry w iaow.--
' ., AM iutndsomo young men are poor,
imti bvo rteli uncles.
t. Mistaken identity oovers a multitude
f tauiy situations, Harvard Lampoon.
Nwtiw t tO's Dinner Plana
PtsUMt Mr featec Bud for the tth
samMi tMBt of the CommHtNia pf
SWiiU, wMefe ML be faeJ4 on FtWay
vRtMk NIrof Wtb.ln the Cwver
SAdm of tlw BUvi-trtttfon4. StVny
ieiiat-i.tUi- gJHutM bv bc laviUii 1
It was given out at tha Opera Houso
last night that the Metropolitan Company
would bo heard hero for three more per
formances, the first being Umberto Gior
dano's "Madame Sana-Gene," on Feb
ruary 23. This opera received Its world
premiere at tho New York houso re
cently, and the comment of the critics
Indicates that It is an opera tremen
dously worth while hearing. In the cast
will be Qeraldlne Farrar as tho washerwoman-duchess,
Pasquale Amato as Na
poleon and Giovanni Martlnelll as Le
febvre. In the New York performances
MM. de Segurola, Althouse, Bad), Teganl
and Leonhardt and Mmes. Curtis and
Egener completed the cast, It Is likely
that they will sing here. Tho probabilities
are that Montemezzl's "Lovo of Three
Kings" will be one of the remaining two
operas.
"Die "Wnlkuere"
In the days when George Santayana was
casting pearls before Harvard students
he once asked sadly whether we must all
be romanticists now. In tho same spirit
one may ask. after yesterday's perform
ance of "Die Walkuere'' at the Opera
House, whether we must all be Wagne
rlans now. Let us hope not.
It was a. little disconcerting to realize
now and again throughout the perform
ance that it was part of the greatest
musio drama of the last ISO years; that it
was really that "King" for which people
travel to Bayreuth, about which tho tur
gid waters of controversy have only so
recently settled. Perhaps, hearing It in
Munich, and in 1870, we had been Wag
nerlans. But not today.
The performance had two points of
excellence, tha singing and the Interprets
tative conducting of Alfred Herta. It had
two points of failure, the scenlo effects
and the unutterabjs .tedium of the
acting. I do not know what Mrae. dadakl
and Mr, Urlus could have done to vivify
the stupid scene in Act I, nor do I know
how any ono could render the intermin
able finale more effectively than did Mr,
Weil and Mme. Melanle Kurt. The only
thing one can be quite Bure of In the
connection Is that the scenes ought to
have been mercilessly cut. Sacrilege?
Perhaps 40 years fronvnow the Impatient
critics of the day will ask for cuts In
Moussorgsky.
Mme. Kurt, after her quiet triumph in
New York, was a splendid Bruennhilde,
young and fresh of voice, spirited In ac
tion, thoroughly "up" In her role such a
sinter an Ltlll Lehmano, and LI 111 Leh
mann alone, could produce. For the most
part her singing was In the upper regis
ter, and It was not until the curse (finely
Bung by Mr. Weil) had been placed upon
her that she displayed her rich and sober
middle voice. Mm.?, Qadskl in that par
tlcular. and in all ethers except her la
mentably uninspiring acting, was) excel
lent. Mme. Matie&auer, unlike Mme.
Kurt, sang only up--to a certain point,
where her volp became a, screeoh, ef
fective, but net singing. Mr Urlus has
Will of Louisa C. Rodney Honors
Her Parents.
A bequest of ?5000 for tho endowment
of a bed In the Qermantown Hospital Is
made In tho will of Louisa C. Itodney,
Into of 0517 Qermantown avenue. Tho en
dowment Is In memory of her parents,
the Itev. John nnd Sarah D. Rodney. Tho
estato Is estimated at ?27,000.
A .'000 bequest also Is made to tho
trustees of tho fund for disabled clergy
men and tho widows and orphans of de
ceased clergymen of tho Protestant Epis
copal Church.
Two thousand dollars Is left to tho rec
tor, church wardens 'and vestrymen of
St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church
for the permanent fund of the church.
The residue of tho estato Is left chiefly
to a cousin of tho testatrix. Brigadier
General OeorRo B, Rodney, U. S. A hl
wife nnd children.
Amanda Carnell, late of 1907 North 7th
street, left 000 from her $36,000 estato to
Drew Theological Seminary. Tho bequest
is to be held in trust nnd tho Income is
to be applied to the support nnd education
of young men for the ministry.
Tho residua of the estate Is distributed
among children of the testntrlx and rela
tives, with the provision that tho portion
for a daughter, Aletha T. Carnell, shnll
be held In trust nnd at her death shall
revert to the Board of Foreign and Home
Missions of tho Presbyterian Church of
the United States.
Other wills probated today Include thoso
of Cornelius Shine, 211 East Hnlnes Btreet,
whose estato Is estimated at $17,100; Georgo
F. Ke.-ler, 2330 North 12th street, J10.E0O;
John Fisher, who died in tho Mercy Hos
pital, $2829; Emma R. Roletter, 2117 South
13th street. $2000. ,
Personal property of David II. Ross has
been appraised at $4995 23. Krnznsts Gra-
mer, $2636.44; Thomas McGuIgan, $2415.15.
Premises Nos. C2fl to G31 South 4th street,
Including Nos. 403-5-7-9 Balnbrldgo streot
nnd a small frame building on Lolthgow
street, havo boon sold by Anna Garrlty to
Harry Bierns for $36,600.
Thero Is llttlo property for salo or ront
on 4th street, between South and Catha
rlno streets, but a glance at what Is going
on is interesting.
This Is ono of tho few curbstone mark
ets remaining In Philadelphia, dry goods,
fruits, provisions and meats apponrlng In
rapid succession, while ranged along the
curb In tho street nro the pushcarts. Tho
small space on tho sidewalk Is filled with
a constant stream of buyers and passers
by, and business Is going on In overy di
rection. Somo of the sales on record are:
1'jCt-. April 1T-022-24 8 -llli t., Jacob
Ulntenfnus to Louis Mark, lot 40x82.. $M,000
1011, June 2.1-WS 8 4th rt., lot lSx
21 (t, subject to yround rent $11.37 per
nnnum, sold by Unrncs & Loflnnd... . 4.000
1014. Juno 23-0111-18 South Bt. nnd
(.17-10 S. LelthBOW st . , lot 32x81.0,
nubjtct to ground rent f04 ter annum,
sold by Barnes ft Loiland... 1J.BTO
1911, Juno 21-012-14 South st. nnd
flfi-IB S. Lelthsow st., lot 32x85. sold
by 1-irnes fc I-oflund io,.uu
In tho block on 4th street botween Baln
brldgo nnd Catharlno street tho same
business conditions exist, and tho trading
has been more actlvo and at advancing
figures.
Tho sale3 on record are:
1007, July 2-703 B. 4th ft , Iloy A.
Hoymau to Wetel Harms, lot 15x80. ,.
fold for . ... t,w
1109, January 1-70.1-B S. 4th St.. Jacob
Barrns lo Bernard Abramovltz i-,uu
1008, April 1U-74B S. 4th st Samuel
3. Flneman to Meyer Itosensteln, lot
39.3Hxlrrer 10,600
1001, May 20-714 S. 4th st.. lot 17xS0j
72i-24 H, 4th st , lot 20x45, assessed
Jlii.ooo, sold for ..;. '. 25,IW0
lniO, Noa ember l(l-73il 8. 4th St.,
Harry rotamkln to Abo Cohen, lot
10.0x02 H.W0
1011, March 25-711 8. 4th St.. Jacob
Klnnls to Harry Iscovltz. lot 17.0x
Bi,2Vs .:: S,B00
1011, July 12-754 P. 4th St., Henrietta
Joseph to Mer Wolnstein, lot 20x ,M
123 B 10,1UO
1011,' October 7-745-7 8. 4th St., lot 40
xOO, nssessed $11,000, mid for........ 10.000
1U13. April 21-7B8 S. 4th st., Jacob
IrfMtsfcl to Julius H. Ixve. lot IO.iix
Irreg. li,wi ua
11)13, October 24-755 B. 4th st., Jacob
Ixnllskl to Julius E. Love, lot 18.0 . ...
rr0g 13,021,00
11113, October 21-755 8. 4th st , Jacob
.Marbla to Charles Kaplan, ioi iu.ox.
8t 100
1014, March 0734 S 4th St., Common
wealth Title and Trust Company to
lali Chalmovitx, lot 17.4x12.1,
frround rent $12 00 8,500
1014, March 21701 S. 4th St.. Samuel
Ooldman to Emma Dvnns, lot 10 4x
Bl.-t ..... 7,000
1014, Ausust 20-703 S. 4th st. and 701
South Lelthftow st., 3-story framo
store and dwelling, lot 18x70.0, sold by
B. T. Freomnn & Co 8,025
As shown by the names of tho buyers
nnd sellers of property In this section, the
foreign clement largely provalls, and as
rapidly an others arrive, landing but a
few squares to tho south, they proceed
to tho general locality, whero they rent
If they cannot buy, and watch their
chanco to own a property.
Tho tltlo companies often complain of
tho number of options found between tho
sale and tho settlement. Some person
buys a bargain and goes quickly out of
it at a profit of one or two hundred
dollars, tho buyer In turn finding a pur
chaser at a small advance.
As long ns tho situation la so well
underwritten, higher prices are sure to bo
tho rule. LESSOR.
WHAT'S DOING TONIGHT
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"nilly" Sunday rtevtval, tabernacle, 10th and
Vine streets. Tree.
Market and 40th Streets Business Men, 7
South 40th street Free.
UrldesburB Business Men, Ash and Thomp
son streets. Free.
Feed and Oraln Dealers, Bourse.
Lecture, on Paris and London, Southern High
School Free.
County Medical Society, 22d and Chestnut
streets, 8:30 o'clock.
Lecture, "An Approach to tho Unknown,"
Dr Charles F Uruehl. Houston Hall, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania: 8 o'clock. FTeo.
Young Republicans, 221 South Broad street:
8 o'clock.
Democratlo Club, 1503 Walnut street; 8
o'clock.
Dinner nnd dance West Philadelphia Busi
ness Men's Association, 40th and Walnut
streets; 8 o clock.
Banquet Frankford Grocers' Association,
Masonlo Hall, Frankford; 8 o'clock.
Hnrtnh Shalom. Jr.. entertainment Tati.,
Memorial Building-, Broad and Jerrerson streets,
City Historical Society, Normal School; S
o'clock.
Unitarian campaign meetlns, Olrard Avenue
Unitarian Church; 8 o'clock.
Iteceptlon to Supreme Court Justices, Law
yers uiuo, iieiiuvuwairuuura: u o clock.
Dickens Fellowship dinner. Hotel Walt
County Antrlnt Society, annual ball Eagles'
Temple. Ilroad and Spring Oardei streets;
8 o'clock. ,
Church Extension rally. St. Mark's Lutheran
Church, 13th and Spring Garden streets; S
o'clock.
Party and dance, Frankford Board of Trade
Assembly Hall, Frankford, 8 o'clock. Free.
Lecture, "Surgery of the Present War Com
pared With That of the Civil War," Dr. W.
W. Keen. Medical Laboratory, University of
Pennsylvania: 8-15 o'clock. Free.
John A. Phillips, secretary Central Labor
Union, sneaks on "Vocatloral Training" at
th North Branch Y. M. C. A., Oermantown
and Lehigh avenues
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GRADUATES IN SIMPLE GARB
West Philadelphlan High School
Girls Will Wear Inexpensive Gowns.
A notablo Innnovatlon will be Introduced
nt tho commencement exercises of tho
West Philadelphia High School for Girls
'tomorrow ovenlng, whon 62 students will
receive their diplomas. Besides the fact
that this will be the first class to be
graduated from tho city's newest ad
vanced educational Institution, the oc
casion will be made notable In that the
members of tho class will wear slmplo
white Grecian-type gowns.
Tho graduates camo to nn amlcablo
agreement over tho dress problem, which
hitherto has been a vexing problem to
both school authorities and parcntB of
tho students. Tho idea of having an un
affected and plain dress for graduation
was ndoptod solely with a view of saving
expenses, and It Is expected that the 1915
class in West Philadelphia will pavo tho
way for tho girls In the other high schools
of the city to adopt a simple garb on
commencement day.
WOMAN ACCUSES HUSBAND
Bleeding nnd unconscious, Mrs. Patrick
Bockran, of 260S South Percy street, was
found at the corner of 8th nnd Shunk
streets by Policeman Kuk, of tho 4th
street and Snyder avenue station. Sho
was sent to the Methodist Hospital,
whero the physicians say she will recover,
Mrs. Bockran's condition was the result
of a quarrel with her husband, last night.
According to tho woman her husband
threw her downstairs. Sho ran out Into
tho street, she said, to look for a police
man nnd fell unconscious. Her husband
was held under $500 ball for a further
hearing today.
OLDEST SKIPPER, 75
Captain Joseph. P. Crosby Has Trav
eled 1,500,000 Miles.
The oldest master mariner in active
service on tho Seven Seas is Captain Jos
eph P. Crosby, of tho tank steamship
Saxoliene, now receiving a cargo of re
fined petroleum at tho Atlantic Refining
Company at Point Breeze.
Many men along tho water front who
today appear older than Captain Crosby
were boys when ho began trading here SO
years agfA He Is more thari six feet
In helshtvand weighs about ISO pounds.
He carries himself as erect as a soldier.
Friends of Captain Crosby say ho was
born in Nova Scotia about 75 years ago.
At tho ago of 15 years he ran away to
sea. He was gifted with a clear head, a
strong body and a knowledge of how to
use his fists, nil of which served him well.
A few monthB beforo ho reached his ma
jority ho was placed In command of a
clipper ship. In sailing vessels of nil de
scriptions he made many trips to tho East
Indies and the Orient
With the advent of steam Captain
Crosby saw the handwriting on the wall
and prepared himself for the command
of a steam-driven vessel. It Is estimated
that Captain Crosby has traveled 1,500,000
miles ovor tho oceans, or nn average of
one complete voyage around the earth for
each year he has been to sea.
I Stanley V. Mastbaum, head of tho Stan
I ley Corporation, managing several dozen
high-class photoplay houses throughout
the country and the Stantoy and Globe
Theatres in particular, has been selected
I as tho general manager of the Broadway
! Theatre, New York city. This houso.
which has had a chocKored career ranging
from roller skating to cheap vaudeville
and from high-class drama to "El Capl
tan," will bo devoted hereafter to the best
there is In photoplays. In discussing his
nowest venture, Mr. Mastbaum said:
"You know that I am a believer in pic
tures, first, last and all tho tlmo. Wo
havo dono some fine things In tho way of
presenting pictures, but I belleev that the
field Is by no means exhausted. Now, re
garding the Broadway Theatre, I want to
say, first of all, that no cxpenso will bo
sparod In tho organization of a perfect
symphony orchestra. I nm now negotiat
ing with a conductor of national roputo to
tako chargo of tho music, nnd I believe
that I will got him. A temporary organ
Is being Installed now; tho now permanent
organ will cost $20,000. Thero will bo two
performances dally, ona in tho nftcrnoon
nnd ono at night. Thoro will be an inter
mission of about seven or eight minutes
nt cvory performance Seats will bo sold
two weeks In advance. I havo tho assist
ance of a publicity man now connected
with a great enterprise in Chicago, and I
will bill New York as It never was billed
beforo for a -motion picture house. Thrco
hundred 24-sheots will bo distributed
whero they will do tho most good. I ex
pect 'Tho Eternal City' to last n few
months at tho least. For our plays wo
will havo tho best productions of tho Fa
mous Players, nnd we nro In n position to
bid for the be.it that is mado whether
hero or abroad.
"In addition to 'Tho Eternal City,' wo
may havo a short curtain-raiser to glvo
tho audlcnco a chanco to focus their at
tention upon the screen. I want to mako
the Broadway Theatre the grand opera of
motion pictures, and I havo every hopo of
succeeding."
"Tho Eternal City" will bo seen at the
Chestnut Street Opera Houso beginning
with February 22.
And on top of all this, It Is rumored
that the Mastbaum-Strand theatro Inter
ests will take over the glganlto Now York
Htppodromo and use it for photoplay pur
poses. Holbrook BHnn In "Tho Boss"
When Holbrook BHnn makes his debut
beforo tho camera In a William A. Brady
photoplay based on tho Edward Sheldon
play, "The Boss," ho will havo tho most
expert assistance possible, slnco Allco
Brady will appear opposlto him, in tho
part created by Emily Stevens, and tho
director will bo Frederick Thomson. "Ul
rlc Collins, who was tho original David in
the production of "Way Down East." has
PLA1
tAn Antlf1 Vtr 1f m..,
MAnL ' ""B'"
Tho Poor tlttlo Itlch it&a
Jlmmlo Horrlson, ono nf .. .
leads of tho Vltae-rnnt. nt !eJ
eneed tho feellne- rW .,.. . ' "St
.... vuuica io
thinks hn hnn ntnhiv n ..Sal
" "'uney to 'ST
that Just becnuso ho has a big roll 0f lp
they nro not necessarily lesal , JS
Jlmmlo and a nnrtv nf vu ..t Ja
"B"lPner WSJ
In a hurry to get homo from a .J
tho Hudson whero thev b.i.1 ?'.?,&
In n picture. Theodore Marstor x ,it
director, being detained, Jlmrnle w?"?
teered to see that his fcllowTlay..
eclved their railroad transportation t't
Ing Mr. Marston lie would collect ,'(.
studio. Tho party Just "made" thV.
Inn In 4 I (via in ImaO - ... " III.
m
uon in nmo to board a waltlha-(Ar
At tho conductor's demand for tf.?5
Jlmmlo pulled out n roll of bill, t,
peeling off tho top one, handed It i$
waiting ticket collector. ll 'A
"Cornel Cornel I want your fAr'.sT
haven't time for any of your fool Jofifi
nwoko Jlmmlo to the fact that somm?
was wrong, nnd, looking at the bunffi
bills stilt in his hand, found uff1.
on getting his party to New York TsW
roll of staco monev. xm 'Sit
A hurried search through hit eWf?
failed to dlscloso ono ploco of monev T!
would pass inspection and an appLmJ
hlB follow players found them InTtaii
lar predlcnmont, they having forsoit.n ,j
chango tholr money from street cloths) f
costumo when preparing for tho JoSI
As tho conductor's linnd was ttafiXii
for tho bell ropo Jlmmlo happens.!
thlnk of his watch, and with It . 1-j?
antco of tho prlco of tho tickets the nSfi
bcrs of tho party woro allowed to pS '
on their way. S
Big Things Planned J
Tho Lubln Western Company, tfJB
tho direction of Cnntntn wilt,... ,...-. I
at Los Angeles, Cat., has many blgVoiJJj
planned ahead. Captain Melville J)M jH
into operation a plan for greatly impnS
Ing tho character of the product of 3
studio. In order to do this, larger1 iff
moro modern dressing rooms have tS
complotod to accommodate the addltloiul '
number of artists who aro' to carry IS
heavier casts In tho productions. It
nlso necessary to purchaso several Ulcus!'
nnd dollars' worth of new furniture, far?
nlshlngs, nnd nn mlrtltlon.il scenic artldf
has been employed to turn out the eJ
sets. r-iM,
Answer to Reader A 18-year-oli tblr
writes to ask how sho mav obtain . fiM
hold on tho photoplay stage. There 1T
only ono way personal or written stm'iA'!
cation to tho stngo director of some i
sponsible company. But unless the wrli.l
has talent and Is willing to work e!
lastingly, It would be better If she sought
famo In somo other field, Photoplay ict
ing Is not as easy as It looks and, oslyl
iruift unu (.ijjjiii,u,i.iwii tvju uijus BUUCQi
L. W. Miller on "City BeautlfnEl
LfCsllo W. Miller spoke at the PhK?
muslan Club last night on "Art ana tlit
Municipality." Ho said there shouId'Wi
a park along tho banks of tho SchnylkniFl
from L,enguo isiana to tno cntranceiori'
Falrmount Park, a Municipal Art Galletfl
nt tho end or. tno i-arKway, Deuer pltjo
grounds and moro beautiful buildings?
SELECT PHOTOPLAY THEATRE
TODAY'S
FEATURES
CALENDAR
SUBJECT
TO CHANGS
JEFFERSON
29TII below
Dauphin St.
THE AVENGER
REGENT
io.si Market jvi.to. children of Ihe Ghetto
CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE THE CHRISTIAN .i"TiMiEAiriir
HOME Or WORLD'S Next Week ANNKTTI! KCI.T.EIIJIA.T
v...... inwiwuo The I'crrcct woman," jn.
SnVV52e?ftnc IS? "NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTERS
OVERBROOK
03d fit. and
Havcrford Ave.
THE DANCER AND THE.KING5!
TULPEHOCKEN
Ciermontown Ave.
& Ttilpeliocken Bt.
7tniiT7irr I'TiKsnv In
"THE GIHI, I L.KVT DE1IIND MEtig
GERMANTOWN THEATRE
Germantown Ave. and School Lane
Devoted to I-AItAMOUNT FIGTUKES
Hear the famous Hope-Jones ripe Organ
iioum.i: i-katuhe l'ltoaiuu
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Tl. T..J . ixr:c- Olheril
uicduugcs True i,
Hooked Thru tho Stanley Hooking Co. j
IRIS THEATRE
KrnBlngton and
Allegheny Aves.
Mystery of the Diamond Belt
BELVIDERE
Germantown Ave.
bel. Graver's Lane
NEXT IN COMMAND
To Observe Elckens' Birthday
Tho 103d anniversary of the birth of
Chnrles Dickens will be celebrated by
the Dickens Fellowship tonight at the
Hotel Walton. To real literary Dlcken
sonlans tho celebration will be of great
Importance, In view of the fact that the
great author mado much about celebrat
ing his own birthday and the birthdays
of tho members of his Immedlato family.
Among the speakers will be Hamlin Gar
land, the woll-known author of Western
stories; ox-Mayor John Weavor, Mrs.
Frederick Schorr and others.
SOHTJETZEN-VEREIN BAI&
Charity work has been aided to the ex
tent of 2500. the proceeds of the 68th an
nual ball of the Philadelphia Schuetzen
Vereln. held at the Academy of Musio
last night Tho corps de ballet of tho
Philadelphia Operatic Society, under Wal
ter Wroe, presented the ballet from "Tho
Serenade" and from "Carmen" before the
dancing began.
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SIX TRAINS EVERY TWENTV.unim Hnnoo
straight Into the heart of the sunshine and scenic
delights of the South.
With the season now at Its height you find charming
companionships among the golfers, thedevot.es of tennis.
riding and driving, and the motorists. And whatever your
climatic prsferencss, the bmlc yet mild, the languorous
nd tropical, yoq can havs them in the South.
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Direct Route
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Pa.
PUPILS TO AID POOR
Pupils of the Claghorn School havo an
nounced their intention to send a wagon
load of clothing as a Lincoln's Birthday
present to the poor children of some
school in tho tenement district Albert W.
Dudley, principal, has BBked his pupils to
donate any articles of clothing, shoes or
food for this purpose.
Lecture in Houston Hall
"An Approach to tho Unknown" Is the
title of n lecture which will bo given by
Tr. Charles P. Uruehl. head of tho de
partment of philosophy In the Seminary
of St. Charles Borromes, Overbrook, to
night, at S o'clock, In Houston Hall,
Spruce street above 31th.
TIOGA THEATRE
17TH AND VENANGO STS.
Matinee at 2:30
Evenings nt OlIU and D o'clock
IT'S A KEYSTONE
THE SEA NYMPHS
With Mabel Normand nnd llittr Artisdlij
TIOGA HYMP1IONY OnCHKSTKA,
SOMERSET THEATRE
2MB KENSINGTON AVENUE
2 I'erformnnces Mat. 3 Performances Eve.
Today mid Tomorrow HEX BIUCini
THE SPOILERS if
featuring Wm. I'nrnum Kathryn TTlUtim
GARDEN
63d St. and
Xunsdoune Ave.
STOLEN BIRTHRIGHT kit1"!'!
41st St. and
Lancaster Ave.
William Famum in SAMSON ,
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ZUDORA EPISODES APPEARING TODAY!
PLAZA S? j.den' No. 12 Bag of Diamonds J
MANHEIM
Camden,
N. J.
Germantown Ave.
& Mnnhelm St.
No. 12 Bag of Diamonds
Great Southern
S029 South
Third St.
WINDSOR
l'ninkford and
Kensington Aves.
No. 9 KIDNAPPED f
No. 9 KIDNAPPED
AVOCA
20th and
McUean Sts.
No. 7 Mystery of Lost Shiga
Hoffman House
Fifth and
Tloca Sts.
No. 6 Case of McWintef FamM
This Is tha season
whan Ashavllla and tha murravnAm
Ins "Lao! o the ky," Aug uata, Aiken,
Columbia. Charlaatoo. Summtrvtll. Brunswick,
Savannah and Tata eprln. ara at their bast Delightful
you wUh to go further aoutb there
aif iut uuk inai resort
imh siertoa.
fit liiii mm iqpi Mi
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Another Victory!
A few days ago our list of patrons among the great warships cj
our country was increased by a purchase made by one of the vessels
now at League Island.
U. S. S. Kearsarge
selects an Aeolian Instrument
This purchase was prompted by the fine results shown by
previous tests of these world-famous Player-Pianos by other boats
of the "great white fleet." It is only another pronounced proof of
the high quality of Aeolian Construction, which has caused every
critical ouyer to seiect nieir iriuycr-x-iuuo irum
The Aeolian Family
of the player-piano world, which
is on sale at Ileppe's and Includes
Steinway Pianola, 51250 I Wheelock PIanola,$760
Weber Pianola., . ,?1000 I Stroud Pianola. , .$550
Francesca-IIeppa Player Pianos... $450
Aeolian Player-Pianos..,. $395
Settlement may be in cath or chargt
Lcount or our rental-payment plan
It rent applies to purchase.
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