V 1 Ik i it JL s SHOULD. ENGAGED COUPLES I - SPEND VACATION TOGETHER? Itt&fem of Summer Holiday Tete-a-Tcte Disillusion- ment May Come The Roseate Paths of Courtship Have Their Thorns ' By ELLEN n-fMK problem, psychologically viewed. Lf -that roost awe-lniplring combtna Bf the enwged ceupte, I quite ft wMtWr e. To me they seem ft rnco ft pet apart, ft. curious compound of tlim Mi turtledove. Up In the highest efcrhts one minute, down In the lowest A, the next, the mere outsider stands erstexea; ana, - inaecu, these strange emotional states do seem ft bit unique, viewed ns ft preparation for the futuro Joys of a e m I d e tached )lln and ft semi detached life! You are never iuro of n lnr lie . 8 ! noer sure of him self, by tho way The roseate paths or eeurtship have their thorns. ,Around this question of the summer vacation spent together (duly chaperoned, tt course), strango heart-burnings do .rice. Personally I am of the firm opinion that the less an engaged couple see of each other the. more chance Is thero of their ever reaching the altar In the end. Romance Is rife beside the sad sea naves, and allvery sands by moonlight simply sail WHITE BROADCLOTH WITH CHARMEUSE FROM CALLOT rjiHB many black and A'whlt model shown by wholesale houses for fall weir are a fair proof that this popular combination will last Indefinitely as a fashion, favorite. I have seen so many suits trimmed with white fox fur, -nnd velvet costumes of black with touches of white, and even white corduroy dresses with black satin trimmings and white fur ftll these serve as admirable Illustrations of the lasting Vogue for black and white. The fu turist ball given nt New port this summer brought out some striking and ex tremely novel creations, worn by our smartest woman. The Inspiration fo'r these 'creations was varied: sometimes they were" designed by the fair wearers, while-others were ' brought straight frorn NeT York city. White broadcloth and bfack charmeuse js seen on this afternoon frock fronj Callot. It Is made oh 'simple lines, as all black, and white creations should be to achieve a good effect without being grotesque. The bodice Is inade surplice effect, with a, white Vest, ornamented by1 a row of small char-mease-covered buttonset the front. The cottar" Is Det.ahetr, like lownny of the styles showjn this sea ton. Instead It ts made of the broaucloth of. which ..Outgrown la made. The rest, of the back is all black. The skirt la cut on Straight lines and gath ered around the waistline, with a very unique "panel of the charmeuse down the front. There Is no awkward break at the waist, for the panel and bodice- are cut all In one, with few narrow straps and buttons at the girdle for the, only trimming. The chapcau worn with thla costume Is made 0 finest 'White hatter's plush. With no ornament. This fad for untrlmmed millin ery Is a distinctive fea ture of the latest hats. Fashion Fads Knitted silk sport coata in atripea are very ef fective. if.ven bathing suits have skirts formed of a series of ruffles. Boned brassieres are bow being made expressly for bathing. Bute serge promises to be the most fashionable of fabrics. Beaded gate-top bags re made of black or navy Hue moire. i It e sad that, ostrich feather neck ruffa will en be In favor again. A BLACK Dingey Bat Explains r. j,n mo wnoie aaya arier IJ lily's trip to the park and hi twilight talk MHth the .little Tittle-mouse people, before J heard the rest about the little minnows be so frankly envied. None of the garden ereture, wllh tbe exception, of course, of ,rlpfcy Bat. seemed to know anything about them, And Dingey Bat was so very hard to talk tot You see though he lived bo nearby In Tommy TUUo-mouee'a house In fact Ma habits of life were entirely different frem any of Billy's friends. He slept all the say and hunted food all the night. IX'the rooming, when Billy nrst wakened, or 4 imV wM,H mM Ms " Hum miaows.'! Ih would 01 leu - plage y maJdMT ttt bis But tbao. tuily waa mt kungry be always ibuucwt to MaaaeU. "TweeVs tkat IHtU kt psrsml Kow aa to ever bt 1 Ut f BTaklftati t M tnaae tau u il m. about tlkftM sBk-' AltA !.ru t KoutJj Ht Ul.illg tofj ta t. rf wjp ir.a i ti w wftesexBe) 1 niv It ( jiry wu jieiej- t 11, iji k ii! lu I10J l.le biily ii t r , u e Uilllll ir 1 milr a Hll); III ! l hln r ji f ii ilyl I ft f ftij w tHiig wa wuujUig unt if ruigMy TU(l- if LbbbW L K 8 JTTfViBBBBBH ? m BBBBBBBBBBBBBJ EVESrt&G ADAIR for gentle murmurlngs. But, oh, If Edwin, In the morning, should ever accidentally glimpse his Angelina In her curling pins, or Angelina hear her Edwin's languago na he wrestles with a refractory collar Mud, good -by, good-by to roseate hopes of matrimony' For eggs and bacon and the morning paper III accord with love-making Be neath tho plnk-hued lampshade or the sll cry moon his Angelina Is the fairest, sweetest maid an earth Dut In the morn ing light her little freckled nose and sadly sunburnt face have lost their piquancy. Is she really so attractho, h wonders, and could he ever hae thought her good looking? Then Angelina's prlvato point of view Is changing, too. Those long, long hours spent by her Edwin's side, from early morning breakfast until the last pier concert, have brought a certain sameness and a boredom. Is he really such n brilliant fellow, she wonders. Vaguely. No, no, contented locrs. run ho risk. Under tho Jaunty banner of matrimony, disillusionment may come but ou can stand It better then than ntw. Let the summer vacation bring sense and separation In Its train. Be jond tho marriage atlar you will learn tho worst. AND WHITE AFTERNOON FROCK house And ho would call, "Dingey! Walt till I have eaten!" And when that time came, Billy was always sound asleep In his little nest. But on the third day, Billy waked up earlier than usual and had the good luck to nnd a, nice fat worm right beneath his tree; so he had time and to spare before Dingey went to sleep. "Now, Dingey Bat," he said, as lie flew to tho tree where he spied Dingey lingering, 'you are to tell me all about minnows. There Is plenty of time this morning "Yes, there is," replied Dingey Bat good naturedly, "and I'll gladly tell you all I know-whlch Is not as much u you think! I happened to hide In, a tree ono day In a great hollow tree trunk; and while there, I heard a klng.flsher talking If you could have heard all he said you would never say that minnows had an easy life! He eat them all the tlmel" "KaU minnows! All the time!" ex claimed Billy Bobln. "Don't he get tired "I mean they are his only food," said Dingey. "Ho Uvea on minnows. And the only chance they have of escaping Is to dart into the deep water." "Why don't they stay In tho deep water mt """ wvea practical Billy, j jxuuH uiey grow Better and can find more food la shallow water." renlled Dingey. "I'll tell you what you should iv-flJ" HJjwows; you should io over to Om park some day and watch HteiB" far 3-eurseW. You .Lu.""! 'SKJPJLW ' . i- . """"- a ery soon. Asd Door aleepy Dlm-y t went oK to Vest Pyvr4" Ingram. J4til PflWDH CO. WARNED OF PLOT Hit: ttouOi Amy of Gunk m Tia rww WMhJajtaii juteomvu, y.. . whmi Z1ZZ '. "" jv m Mia, 10 ksd a. rssiB,nce of t range - mmr atant. 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SATPIMPAY, SEPTT3MBEB . t91S: 5000 TEACHERS READY TO BEGIN FALL TERM 200,000 Pupils in 835 Buildings Start Long Study Season Wednesday Philadelphia's army of 5000 teachers haa been moblllied from the seaahore, moun tain resorts and elsewhero for the open ing of the school term on Wednesday. Many of the young women already have reported at the schoolhouses, opened the closets In which the books were stored for the summer, cleaned the blackboards and sharpened the pencils that will be needed tay the city's 200 000 pupils. At the stroke of 8 o'clock the 88th year of public education In Philadelphia will have been Inaugurated. Exactly &3. buildings will be open, ac commodating a far larger number of chil dren than was Intended when they were erected. Two hundred principals will be In charge of their administration, while 10 district superintendents will act as lieutenants In the field for Dr. John P. Oarber, acting superintendent William Dick, secretary of the Board of Education, has compiled a statistical table showing the' progress of the public school s)stcm accomplished since 1818. At that time thero were lx schools, 10 teachers and 2M3 pupils. The cost of operation then amounted to (23,049. The cost of conducting the public school sjstem this enr will exceed 112000.000. Public education In Philadelphia costs tho taxpayers about 852 a ear for each pupil, excluding the amounts appropriated for tho erection of schoolhouses. In New York the cost Is 855, whllo In Los Angelas It exceeds 871. Miss Kathcrlne V. Puncheon, prtnclpit of tho Girls' High 'School, announced to day that all new pupils at that Institution will bo enrolled at 1 o'clock, while glrli who attended classes there In the last term must report at 9 o'cock. Children who .have never attended any public school In this city nnd oro at least 8 years old must be registered on Tues day. They will report at tho elementary schools nearest their homes, accompanied by their parents, prepared to be vacci nated or bearing certificates that they al ready have been successfully vaccinated. MUSIC SEASON PROMISES MUCH Regular Orchestral Engage ments and New Concert Plans Announced Announcments have come, almost simul taneously, from various sources, concern ing plans for tho approaching musical Rcunon In Philadelphia. The season actually begins next Monday evening with the pcrformnncq of "Princess Pat," a musical comeay by Victor Herbert. From that time until tho middle of Octo ber It Is likely that musical comedy will be the only food of tho gods aall ablo In this city. Amateur productions of opera which usually usher In the season have so far not been announced. Neither are tho detailed plans for grand opera mudc clear. On the 15th of October, a Friday after noon, and undoubtedly at 3 o'clock, the official opening of the season will be reg istered bv the uplifted baton of Leopold Btokowskl. facing the Philadelphia Or chestra. This year the difficulties of as sembling tho, plajers will not be so great, nor so available for publicity, as those of last year, when a number of the men were abroad when tho war broke out. The soloists chosen for this year's con certs are many, and many of them are of the greatest. The popularity of separate concerts. It Is well known, depends much on the soloists; the true value of the or chestra Is, of course, a separate thing. The list, still Incomplete, because It makes no mention of the soloists for Mahler's Eighth Symphony, Is: Marcella 8mbr!eh Albert Spalding Yolanda Mero Thaddeui Itlrh Krneat Schilling Mlacrm Elman Joaet Hofmann Julia Culp Harold Dauer Fmlllo de Oogoria Percy Qralngrr Kathleen rarlow Osatp nabrllowltsch Mma. Charlca Catilrr Leopold Oodowiky uenn bcou Herman Randby YtasUy Ueneklraky Hani Klndltr Morlz Itonenthal Nicholas Douty Tha Mahler Symphony mentioned above has never been played In this country. Its performance under Mahler's own di rection In Vienna was an astounding musical event, at which, as a promise of s mpathotlc reading, it may be said that Mr. Stokowskl was present. The gigantic lines of the whole work, the employ ment of chorus throughout the sym phony, and the numbers employed In the mere projection of the music to the auditor, will make this achievement of Mr. Btokowskl a real triumph. There will be three performances of the work, two In the regular series and one extra. There will be the Inevitable two Wag nor concerts and the first and last con certs of the season will be without solo ist It Is to be noted that a third Bololst from the orchestra will take his place this year with MM. Sandby and nich, namely, Mr. Hans Klndler. The novelties promised for the season are, by com parison with those produced last year, highly Interesting. They aro "A Dance Ithapsody," by Dellus, the famous Kam-mer-Symphonle of Arnold Schoenberg, D'lndy's "Istar," Bcrlablne'a "Poeme Dlln" and Stravinsky's "Fireworks" from the works of foreign composers, and the "Symphony In C minor" of Daniel Gregory Mason, tho eminent American composer and teacher. OTHEB, SYMPHONIES AND CON CEBTS. The Boston Symphony will make lta regular trips to this city, playing five programs and bringing at least three so loists If memory of last year's announce ment Is correct, the soloists will be Mmes. Melba and Farrar and Frltx Krelsler, From an unofficial source it Is also given out that Henry Malkln will be one of the soloists. The eminent personnel of the orchestra remains virtually the same; the leader is still Dr. Karl Muck. Waller Damrosch and the New York Symphony will play In this city three times. On one occasion Josef Hofmann will be the soloist, In one of the concerts of the grand tour which he Is making with Mr, Damrosch'a organisation. Pablo Casals will also play with this orchestra, and a third soloist, probably Mr. Elman, will appear. Of tho orchestral plans nothing haa been said. The moat gratifying of announcements cornea from Charles A. Ellis, the lm pretrial genius of. Boston, who has, by the ir, uuucuuAcn to manage tne Metropolitan Opera In that city. Mr Bills proposes p sepd to t,hls city four great artists In afternoon concerts. Last year the Hat of Individual concerts In Phila delphia waa deplorably slight. One re calU Mr. Krelsler, Mme, Homer, Mme. Oluek and a few leaser artlsta. Of these Mr. KreMer alone played In the nfter noon. In comparison with the activity of Beaten, Philadelphia was musically dead Efe ' BL' e on Fridays. Mr. EXHa' effort In revlvlSratlnn iii , "' with much Interest. On the Sd 01 uctoDer, a Saturday afternoon, Mme. Melba will be heard In concert, In ftsso CJSU?,!LW'lh1.M,1I,Mrlcs "r'rlson. the Knlirt cellist, heard with the Boston 8ymjhony lat year, and Kobert "Parker, an American baritone, (tome week later MIm fJeraldlne Farrar, aselsted by Ada WMVMratb, tb great Awerlcan baritone (who. by the way. la innnLi til .L. Mahler ymphoHy), will ajog. In tb id. die ot December Padertwakl will vir Sgo in tala city, after an abcsi oma time, Sadte Mr Kill1 nnouc- Fjz?bru?jrff-is,iL'5 '" f1 thtM " iuUt STrntl n -j AT ARDMORE BBS9BBBVHBfeaaIJur?H,, HM BBmBmBmBmHI bLHbbbwbHPIbV pW HHIbbbVI BmBbVBbmbBbT F k I '? Hg9lP- bHbbmbmbV "! ic ' 9kIbWJbbTM BBBBBBBBBBBBBH fJMflHFaHHHHHH bTbbTbbSbbTbTbTbTbTbV & bTbbTK BTBBTBBHaTBBTBTBBTBBTa bTbTbTbSbTbTbTbTbW l?L-ZilmBBBBm?t BBTBTjaBTafaTBTBTBTBTBI BbBHbIbVbH obHIBBmH bbmbbSbmHbb! 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Queen Eleonora, who by reason of her work as a nurse on the actual field of battle In the Russo-Japanese War and the two Balkan wars, has been called another Florence Nightingale, talks In a way familiar to American readers. Her message Is such as might come from one of the American women who have won their place in world affairs And this la not strange, for Bulgaria sometimes is called the America of the Balkans. ' The Queen was gracious when the re quest for an authorized Interview was presented. Through an Intermediary she granted it To appreciate the authority with which her Majesty speaks her subject Is that of women's work In wai" American read ers should know that she spent years of preparation in the leading hospitals of Europe, erved then for 14 months at the head of the Russian Irnperlal Ambulance In Manchuria during the war with Japan, prepared further for tho work and served her own country when the Balkan wars began. She worked not only In 'the hos pitals, but under the enemy's Are at the front The gratitude of tho army and the nation was supplemented by military dec orations awarded solely for personal bravery. Since the outbreak of the present war and the strong prospect that Bulgaria may be drawn Into It, she has worked un ceasingly to perfect Bulgaria's Red Cross and hospital facilities. PRAISES NOBLE WORK. Her statement follows: "After her natural role of mother, no greater, no nobler and no more Important field of usefulness Is held out to the woman of today than that of the Red Cross or Its auxiliary work. Only a woman who has known personally all the horrors of modern warfare can grasp what this field really means. And, strange as It may seem, the field today Is larger and more pressing than ever before. With all the perfected means of wholesale de struction which modern warfare has at Its command, the preparations the world over for caring for the wounded have become very Inadequate. "What nobler work can there be than that of saving human life? No woman of today who seeks a life of usefulness to the world should have difficulty in know ing which way to turn. "My one wish Is to awaken not only in Bulgaria, but In all other countries, a realization on the part of the women of the role which they have to perform In that greatest tragedy of human existence a, war. Wonderful as has been the preparation ot the Red Cross and auxil iary societies up id- date, yet the cxlg enclea of modern warfare have demon strated that It Is quite Inadequate. "Here in Bulgaria we are now solving the problem in the manner In which our experience has taught us It can best be met This is by the establishment of training schools for nurses and the or ganizing of auxiliary societies to the Red Cross Why, Indeed, should not every woman In the world havo an adequate training for this servicer Is It not a duty that woman owes to the State, Juat aa much aa the military service that is ren dered by the man? But If It Is asking too much that all women should be pre paied for this work, there are thousands, at least, of young women In every country who can well undertake It For these, all of the strictness and requirements of the full Red Cross service are perhaps too much, but there is nothing to binder a preparation that will enable them to con tribute their full share toward the allevia tion of the horrors of war, should the moment eyer come when their services may be nCeded. "It w,aa largely the desire to .study your own American sOiools for the training of nurses that prompted my plana last year for visiting the United States, but Wnlcli the clouded international horison at the time forced me temporarily to abandon. But xthat U ft dream which I expect yet to real, and in the meantime, through aid of rue Red Crow unit, which the American society haa sent us, ive are proceeding rapidly with our raorganUa- -Of course, my plan to jrtudy at first PLAYGROUNDS IbbbbbP 'xJbbbbT HRS "!3Hbb. iJjj8taaaam BaTdtflr Br yLw aWaWamWt jbbTP bbbPIbbV QUEEN ELEONORE OP BULGARIA dally your hospital organizations In re moto districts far from the big centres of population, was only one of the ob jects of my expected visit. WOULD STUDY CHARITY. "Next In Importance was to have been the study of your charity organization and above all of. your national, State and municipal care of t'ne unfortunate. Be ginning as Bulgaria Is, an entirely new country, we want to establish Its charity system, which, of course, has become a recognized duty of every State, on the most advanced lines that have been de veloped. These we are certain wo would find in America. Your blind, your deaf, your poor, your crippled, your mentally deficient, we want to khctw hwo you care for them. True, the number of our unfortunate is not great, but this duty of the State toward them we want to perform in the fullest manner that mod ern method and science have dovlsed. "And, then, the third and last great ob ject of my visit was to havo been tho study of jour problem of Immigrant. How that could be of service to Bulgaria jou perhaps do not see. But our problem of refugees must be very similar to your problem of Immigrants. From the dls. trlcta of Macedonia, Thraqe, Rumania and Bessarabia, where the Bulgarian popu lation Is in the majority, but which are not yet united to the common fatherland, hundreds ot thousands of our country men nock to ua to escape the foreign yoke. They come to us without jnoney, without work, without trades and with only the few clothes that cover their poor bodies. Their arrival, I am sure, Is analogous to the arrival In America of thousands of Immigrants, and that Is why I desire to study your solution of the problem, and especially of your distri bution of them throughout the country. What do you do with theraT Ifow do you find work for them 7 How do you keep them from congesting communities that cannot maintain themT "Of course, many of our problems hese have been a direct result of war. LlKe every other true woman It Is my deepest hope that tho end of tho present conflict which Is devastating the European coun tries of that rreatcst of national assets the men will give us a long If not a per manent peace. This I am confident will be accomplished by the elimination l0 the readjustment of Europe of the past causes of war, and especially of that greatest of all causes, the lack df national unity. The nations of Europe who have poured out their own blood in the present conflict for the attainment of their national Ideals will. I am confident, not leave unsettled Buch problems that may at aome future period again reopen the conflict "And It U when that period of peace baa come that I shall hope at laat to visit America. Do you know that ovary Atner lean visitor who coroee to study our peo. pie declares that the Bulgarian are the ?,T7i?a.nV),,Fur?wT And d yu &now also that English is ene of th ..t Am nion foreign languages among our peoplef . zrr"r rauionary achoou here have rendered tha language aa cowmen am0Iif ,?ur P001" claasea, a your Rob ert College and your College for Qirl at ConetanUnople have rtndeied genena . SnfJl !uf "l9" "ured people. And with the introduction i n..i..i ".. that is best in your American ayatem of --..., -.-...nuV, 4 (,m eartaJn that more lasting-p4 more important tie tkaa aver will bvf bee? uUkbid ! STONE HARBOR EXPECTS SEASON TO BE PROLONGEP Indications Point to Social Activities After Labor Day STONE HARBOR, N. J.. Pt',4--1,1": cation, here point to no general exodus from this resort after Labor " It Is said that several oe'ftl1run'il0" " under preparation for later In the month. The rental contracts for a 2J cottages and bungalows do not expire un- ' The Parkway bridge nnd the channel boats were almost deserted on We i Inesdoy and Thursday. However, the """" crack of the shotgun heard over In the meadows and In other haunts of the reed bird adjacent to this borough was heard. The sport Is reported to be excellent this Amomr the attractions eheduUd for Labor Day wilt bo a double-header on the diamond, swimming races and exhibition of hquatlc sports by the pupils of the free swimming school, and an automobile run of some DO cars from Vlncland. N. J. There will also bo dancing at the yacht club and at the Shelter Haven. rri.. MA, f1rrtrnnr nrhool bUlldlnff Will be opened for Inspection on Labor Day. Tho hotels are aircaay wen mm " Labor Day guests, and each train ocr both tho Reading and the Pennsylvania brings others. LAST OUTING FOR "KIDDIES" More Than 700 Children Guests of Lemon Hill Association Beau tiful Playground in Park The last of the Lemon Hill Associa tion's free outings for poor children for this season Is being held todoy. Mora than 700 youngsters were tnken from various parts of tho city to Lemon Hill for a good time. For the laat time this summer tho merry-go-round Is crpwded to Its cnpnclty by these little guests of tho association, while the children. Join In tho choruses of the popular spngs ground out by tho orchestrion. The various races and contests for tho larger children are of special Interest ns tho final events of tho season always are, and tho games for tho smallest guests aro entered Into with extra zest, ns the wee winners will receive special prizes. Four carloads went from Front and Wnslilngton avenue, ono from Passyunk Renuo and Federal street, two large truckloads from Howard and Diamond streets and another group went by trolley from list nnd Westminster avenue. Tho "kiddles" will assemble on the grassy slope of the hill for a treat of lco cream and a brief servlco of Bong, prayer and Scripture recitation, before returning to their homes this evening. TINY WOMAN DIES AT 106 Her Weight 25 Pounds, Height 2 Feet She Danced, Too NEW YORK, Sept 4. Mrs. Jeanette Schwartz, 106 years old, who weighed less than 25 pounds and was only two and a half feet tall, died yesterday at tho Brooklyn Hebrew Homo for the Aged. She was born In Germany. On May 20 her birthday waa celebrated at the homo by a party, at which she gave a recitation and was helped to her feet by the manager and a nurse while she did a few danco steps. Of recent years she had often awakened during the night and asked for a glass of beer. Her husband died 45 years ago. Be fore coming to tho homo she lived at 220 Stagg street where a charitable or ganization looked aftor her wants. In the Spring Have you seen an apple-orchard In the spring. In tho spring? An English apple-orchard In the spring? When the spreading trees are hoary. With their wealth of promised glory. And the mavis pipes his story In tho sprlng7 Hav you walked beneath the blossoms In the spring, In the spring? Beneath the apple-blossoms In the spring? When the pink cascades were falling. And the silver brooklets brawling And the cuckoo bird Is call In the spring? Have you seen a merry bridal In the spring. In the springy In an English apple-country In the sprlng7 When the bride and maidens wear Apple-blossoms in their hair, Apple-blossoms everywhere In tho spring? If you have not, then you know not In the spring. In the sprinir. Half the color, beauty, wonder of spring. the No sight can I remember Half so precious, half so tender As the apple-blossoms render In the spring. -By William W. Martin, POLICE CHRONICLE When all Richmond Is wrapped in elum ber Bill Melon noses his boat stealthily out to midstream In the Delaware and proas ror plunder. Bill l cadaverous and cautious. The black clothes he wears are awful black. HI hair is dark and stringy, and Bill seems to be part of the very night Itself. Bill hates tho daytlmo worse than an owl, and escapes it by sleeping all day long In hi dilapidated boathouse. Ho never wakes before 5 In the afternoon And break fasts when the rest of Richmond is at supper. Like the ghoulish boatmen ot Dickens fame, he is grouchy and shuns acquaint ance. But Bill doea not spear for bodies, which would bring him poor return at best; and applies all his energy to cor raling the lumber which drifts up or down atream. He let it dry out while he sleep and ell it by the load to itin erant peddlers who haunt the northeast. And business is good the whole year round, for even In the summer the peo ple buy wood for the winter to be sure that they will be fortified against dtsas troua weather. But Bill and hi boat proved to be a nuisance around the Allegheny avenue wharf and vicinity. His smoky lantern clal y, and aa the lone boatman had a habit of appearing uddenly In unearthly spots, contrary to all law of navigation, many complaint were made ajcainst him Unfortunately, while he stick to the water, as far a making a. living is con" cerned. he has little use for it any other way. especially a a beverage. In fact t ha been learned ihat Bill has been lured to the use of much stronger drink. Thl. probably gecounta for hi. disorder conduct around the wharf on varlou night. While BIB wa In hi. T tantrum? PoMceman Carrona1 drifted on the nler 5 h,n to t It. The boatman slid down a rope on the wharf and taSed in real sailor fashion to the cop. a he wa between land and water, Bill wa Jlf.r' blLt the Pollen JoUed the matter by threatening to cut the rope. Thl bought a quick .urrender and Melon wm taken to the JJelgnSe ad Cleareld Mwd tatlon, w"r B T.!70f'f.? nutoc Mi th nT& WrSlnS" - Ml. "I WlftB I one," id the prion.. "Because tftaa 1 mi 4l..l T-.. . '- en day to but me a week." "" loutum in And the Judge Mid "You've got enourh "f H you ! day,, Virc wIU "RAGTIME" DEFENDED bystudjentof: Arthur Troostwyk Stro Dissents From Opinion Tk It Is Lowest Form An oft-debated question la whether ragtime is harmful to tha 1 cian, ana mo iimjoruy ot mutld assert that such is the case. Tm. " Ion Is declared by Arthur TroostwvV 1 Troostwyk, a close student ot the' tory of music and the composer ot i oral wuii wi mw.fc, ivuit mis Q, stana ioaay. "It must be Impressed upon ran playing ragtime," ho said, "thai , It is played unceasingly, without ... few moment pause and this la v7! dom the case It Is harmless and nee! h. InnlriiA llftnn flN fha 'IfUffMl -- vu ,wV..- -..-..- - UCB gaining a yivcunooa in, music. " 'Ragtime,' when played contlno may cause a icnacncy 10 lire the ro of tho fingers, but it Invariably ,tn ens them to a great extent. When 1 constantly It tends to have a twvrK teal effect upon the player, resuItieT discouragement ana Depression W3 mimf. bn understood that nnm, MS ... - - .. ... Wi greatest musicians nave Decn cora to adhere to this sort of music. Dvi s, & as it is Known, nas empioyea not a I quantity of it in nis 'New World phony, as well as Charles Wak Cadman in nis 1 no, wnicn waa rtci successfully perrormca at the P Exposition. Tho ragtime of yesterday haa underi a great cnange in rnyinm, tech' playing a very small part as comi to melody: consequently, the rasUs icany 13 injurious id uio musician plrlng to a greater advancement 1 proiession. 11 is not unusual 10 find some composer now navo their properly phrased, fingered and boned, especially with the violin making It much easier and less tlrli tho player. "One often hears the remark that time Is music of the lowest, utter rcaiuy Dy people wno Know very nuout ragtime,, wno, in tneir court education, have neglected to sturlv-i history of music with Us folk lun winch ragtime is a part." Openings at Broad and GarrU ,., ......... . .. ;' una yeur mu uiumrcs uoomng tnt nM r ductlons ot tho Syndicate will open baK; than usual. Tho Forrest Theatre oeeafi, r fm tonight, with D. W. Griffith's stupeaeaAUt spectacle, "The Birth of a Nation." , ffJK.il ) opening of the Broad Street Theatre do on Aionaay, uctooer , with Chatterton, In Jean Webster's m comedy, "Daddy Long Legs," which I an all-season a run at tho Gaiety ' atre, New York. The Garrlck will 1 lta regular season Monday. ScptemWl with "Potash and Perlmutter." il Mr. Samuel F. Nixon, managinji! i( rector of the Forrest Broad and Oaijftu Theatres, makes tho following lnUrnej,L announcement ot later attract Ions'or-? i season of 1915-19161 "Watch Your 8Nt with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle; !; Ferguson, In "Outcast" "Under Com Montgomery and Stone, in "Chin Csili' Cyril Maude, in "Grumpy," "The Sm11 Shop"; Julian Eltlnge, In "Cousin Lwr tho annual engagements ot Adams, Blllle Burke and John "Kick In," .the Zlegfrlcd Follies, ttl Gillette, In a special revival ot Sen Ice": Mme. Sarah .Bernhardt, la Ml ft farewell American tour, "On TrtajB-, "Twin ueas,-- -it -aya 10 AavtrtM and the show of the Mask and WIsCeMf or ino university 01 x-onnsyivanu, m as usual, vUI be the annual Easter attraction at the Forrest s3 Catholic Schools Open Tuesday, Tuesday, September 7, will wltnett. opening of four new parish school the diocese, one In the city, that ot Holy Child parish, and three In c parishes, namely, St. Colman's, An St Mary's, Coaldale, and St. Mary1;, uiair. ah tno otner scnoois will 1 on Tuesday in accordance with a dli regulation requiring the resumptlsi Btucnes not later than the day after Day- Little Benny's Notebo The fellos waa setting awn my steps this aftlrnoon looking up Mi clouds and saying wat dlffrerft kind d animus they looked like, and I Bed, ' alnt moving verry fast I bet I cood 1 that big cloud. f AW, lie wunts to say he can beet I clouds runnlng,.aw, sed Sid Hunt Tharo going f astir than wat sou I they are. If you waa running wsrll iiiuro uayue you wooaent IOOK as it j was going verr fast eethlr, sed Krawss. Thats awl rite, I bet I coode beet I look how slo thare going, I sed. Do you meen to say you wood co yureself to a cloud, sed Sid Hunt I bet I cood, I sed. Well go awn and try it wy doat',1 sea ruas uimKins, Do -you dare me, I sed. Yes, I dare you, sed Puds. Do you dubbel dare me, I sed. Yes, I dubbel dare you, sed Do you trlppel dare me, I sed. Aw, go awn and do it. sed Puds. Race that big round cloud, sea J Hunt, and awl the uthlr fellos ed 1 race that wun. I Wlch I did, starting wen the clouM rite ovir my hed and running like I dlckins, and wen I got down to "I cornlr I looked up and heer the was about a mile ahed of me, ana,4 did I do but tern the cornlr atln : and run awl the way erround the and come back to my frunt steps, Inc. Well, I ges I beet it errounij block, dldent I. Wlch I did. 20 cent! 1 the K lb. tin Enoufhfor60Cu sold in bulk f 1 i uuty priaeo.