H EVENING LEDGERPHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1915. i- - M- Is ? ' WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY SEEN IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES Good Grooming a Sign of Mentality The Woman Who Is Well Coiffed Is Alert and Active in Her Work By ELLEN ADAIR e-fTTOMAN Is a creature ot eccentricity Wand unexpectedness." There Is nothing In the least original In uch on observation; yet It Is more or lens true. Tor one never on be ure Just what a woman will do next nor precisely what trange freak of fashion he will haste to follor. e I.ast month, when I was In I.ondon, I ltetlcd with Interest and no email amount ot surprise that an attempt was being made to revUo tho "no-hat" fashion In the streets, The attempt was a mild one, and qutto obvious ly foredoomed to failure. Yet some bright spirits were making a bold bid for the Innovation, and yearning for the winds of heaven to play amidst their unruly locks. The gentle zephyrs, by the Way. certainly were playing havoc amidst the aforesaid coiffures. Poetically speak ing, the wind-tossed, sun-kissed locks of the average maiden present or should present a charming picture. Dut such Is very seldom the case. It the truth be told. Long, straggly ends ot hair from which every vestige of curl has long since fled, ragged edges and disheveled "bangs" are not attractive, whether Boreas Is whispering amongst them or not. One or two of the damsels who wero aping the new fashion were obviously for eigners, either Belgians or French. In these countries It Is the rule for working girls of thei.tretter class to go to and from their business without hats, whilst house wives rarely do their marketing with cov ered heads. I chatted with a prominent London hairdresser on the subject. "I do not think tho fashion is Bultnble either for English or American women," he said, de cidedly, "for they have much finer, softer hair than other races, and would llnd It very difficult to keep It neat and trim In all weathers. ' Belgian and French women usually have thick, glossy hair, which can be colled round the head or dressed neatly at the neck without fear ot getting untidy on a wlndv day. r ''Besides, and this Is an all-Important point, "women from the sunny land of France' have a sense ot artistic halrdresa- BOY SCOUTS WILL BE GIVEN PRIZED HONORS Trophies, Letters and Merit Sadges to Be Awarded Tonight by Court The Court of Honor of the Philadelphia Boy Scouts will present the Treasure Island camp trophies and camp letters and 231 merit badges tonight at Boy Bcout Headquarters, Sth and Chestnut streets. In tho room where the first Supreme "!fk.n.Tf tho United States convened. The members of tbo court are Edgar B. How ard, chairman; II. It. Honey, Samuel O. Friedman and Q. Spencer Morris. Dr. Charles D. Hart, chairman of the Execu tive Council, and Walter S. Cowing, scout executive, will be present. The trophies won are: Inspection Troop IT (Scoutmaster Lamb); honorable mention. Troop 24 (Scoutmaster Tay lor Assistant Bcoutniaaler Keely In clurgs). Handicraft Troop 411 (Scoutmaster Morgan); honorable mention. Troop 128 (Scoutmaster Thron). Field Day Troop 03 (Scoutmaster Fried man), second. Troop 48. Merit trophy Scout Allon Judge, Troop 3 (Scoutmaster Yoder). The last-named prize will be presented by Harry Davis, captain of the Athletics. "T I. S." camp letters will be awarded to the following scouts; Leslie Carter, George Walters, Aubrey Beau champ, Edward rhllllpi. Wllmer Hitter, Rob ert Becker and Harvey Fisher, Troop 3; Harry Hurler, Troop 22; Frank. Leamy, Itobert L. Klnr. William Nevlna and Edward McCrea, Troop IT; Darrah Smith. Troop 30; Itoscoo Parker, Irvtn Taaii, Lester Free. Thomas Mc Hwm and Edicar Ilewlih Troop 4(1; itobert fraii. Troop St; A. C. Cummins, Troop 112; Edward McMullln. Troop ISO, and Leon Schneider. Troop 78. The 281 merit badges will be presented to the following: John Cummlnga, Eugene Davis. C. Wesler Elnwechter (2), s. Mayer Keldenhelmer (2), Charles V. Moore (8) and Fred Jt. Pitts (H) Troop 1; Leslie Carter (!!), C. A. Clark (13). Herbert Duke (3), Prank n. Ewlng (4). C Leslie Fell IS), Ituanell Krelnberg (5). James McCartney (5). Charles Nahm. li V. Phillips (5). Earl Vot (8). Horace Whittle (12). VV. Ouy Worthlneton (IB), and Harry Toder (0), Troon 3, Charles A. Coulomb (2) and Paul Qulinby. Troop ; Abraham Caesar (4), Renin mln Chernow (3), Jonaa Jarre (3) and Morris Hntawam (5), Troop 0; Milua day (12). John Jordan. C. H. Kennedy (3). Edward Kreln (8), rillU-rt Ludwle; (10), David O. Newcomb (5), lrtnn C. Palmer. Joseph Bholder (3) and Clar ence BUtcher M, Troop 11: Harry KaU (4) ana Harry W. h.'Keen (B). Troon 12; William p. Plnkatono (2) and Charles Williams, Troop IT: Louis Co (2), Theodore Frtedrich, Louis Kyajck (2) and Ray 11. PMUIpy, Troop 22; Fred O. Bchneldar. Troop 28; Herbert Illddla. Louis Buhl. Harry M. Juried (4), Raymond J. Nichols, Frank J. Hhannon and O. Eugene JValten. Troop 40; Morris Oronman (J) and Howard Sacks (2). Troop 67; Maxwell Bader U). Edward Vfoyed and Joaeph Pelkln, Troop 4: Jyhn R. Hanaell (2), A, Wellington lIoMon. Jr., Ovorge ft. Jeftarson (S) and aeons A. Wlg san (3). Troop S7) Michael Coplln (3). Samuel Davidson, Israel Fslnalnr (3). Joaeph Oaev. Nathan Garrln (3), David Goldstein (2), Max JKendel (), Morrle Levan (2), Albert Levari, acob V. Mordell. William Packman (4). Ilchaal Rosen, Samuel Schultz (4), Herman Hchwarta and Simon Sblekmao (2), Troop UA; A. C. Cummins (U..A. K. W. Ilooven (2). T. W. sHuert (4) and Earl O. Wade. Troop ilTi Oeorr W. P. Chapman (3), William W, Chlam 8). Oeorg P, Lochler (2) and Charlee Whit akar. Troop 122; Edmund 11. Lloyd (0), Troop 13. and Walter Stevenson. Jr.. Troop iSO. VETS WILL GO TO BEADING JUunion of Survivors of 50th Kerf, sacnt Begins Tomorrow Veterans of the Civil War will leave thla city todjfy for Heading, where the annual reunion of the survivor of the KHh Regiment wilt begin tomorrow and conclude Saturday. J. Milton MIshler, 70S North E2d street, la chairman of the committee In charge of arrangement!. Hit Investigation revealed that only 320 men are still alive of the 1500 who were muted between vm ana uses. All sur- Livora Jiving-in various parts of the State eve cumlned to Mr, JIUliler their In. liUon of atteneMng the reunion. Wlvea . ttescendenta of the old soldiers also ha present at the celebration. be JlM.aHnr Board of Trade, tbe Chain. r f Coesunerce anal other clvlo and Melaaaa) H-ganltsona are co-operating wit Mr. MMtter (a yresariag for the tfasiiiU for Wsrkdw CWMrw Ten teeteey (nepeettss aw4r the etlrec tton of Dr. Is4 Navskauin, aasectate .uprlalalKWt Of c0l, Will ttearln an UHluairlal aaarvay tsf tkte Hy set Men4ay for tii purpoea) of mnirtalnlmr the i,eii.u-i!.ooVs In wWsfc ceMlRwaetan .-tiuola Ji.r work Lag dilsasw) eava b meaH aVjs-"i'-i'wto' 'steeled, peUtlsesM cvni iIUo i ' the 3emiulssry lUtsoailetf rtufi-u "T wNeh. Hery J, OWeon la i irf win ' n ttrifted and an liiaVsg; will . mir bi "i rrp i.etwaen the itcea at in i m, i Hr. ii.o v.111 he work- , ', I- i i. ij il avew labor lng which English girls do not srem to possess. The avcrnge suburban housewife In I.ondon, for Instance, seldom doos her hair In a sufficiently attractive fashion to mnko It wise for her to do her shopping without a hat" t was recently very much Impressed by the wonderful coiffures of the French women In I'arls. Even the very poorest of them and nt the moment of writing tho women ot France are In desperately straitened circumstances even the poor est of the tn havo tho olr of having stepped straight from the hands of the most ex pert halrdrrsser. The little chambermaid In my hotel, whose earnings per week would not have kept the average Ameri can girl In gloves, had her hair most ex quisitely waved and dressed, every line In perfect harmony,, and her pretty head a veritablo poem of beauty. The women car conductors, whose Indi vidual earnings In a 10 houta' day of work wou'd not bo rulHclent to pay for one single halrdresslng, have coiffures so beautifully 'marcelled' and arranged that many a rich American or English woman might envy tfiem. "We would be nshmed to appear In public with the hair dishev eled or untidy," one of them declared. "Is It not one of your English poets who declates that a wom an's crowning glory Is her hair? That crown ing glory we must, therefore, keep a glory, and not nllow to become unculti vated nnd unkempt. The arrangement of the hair, too. Influ ences the mind. Did you ever see a w oman with a rough, untidy heaj who was cieer at her work, nlert, active? And did you ever see the woman with the impossible coiffure respected In business? Certainly uoc In this country. We consider that a neat, well-groomed appearance Is essential to success in our different professions and that It Is the outward sign ot a tidy, care ful mind." Whether the foregoing remarks. In their sweeping entirety, may be open to dis pute or not, tho fact remains thut the woman with smart, well-groomed locks has nn Immense advantage both In work and In play oer her untidy and thcre foro less attractive sister. DELAWARE W. C. T. U. FAVORS SUFFRAGE Addresses on "Votes for Wom en" Get Enthusiastic Recep tion at State Convention HAmtlNGTON'. Del., Sept. 23. Woman suffrage received attention at the second day's session of the Delaware t. C. T. U. State convention here today. Miss Margaret Shearman apoko on tiie sub ject In the afternoon, and Mrs. John A. Cranston, the veteran suffrage and tem perance leader In this State, and others who are Interested, put In some good words for the movement during the day. The majority of the members of the con vention believe that women could ac complish much for temperance as well as for other reforms If they had the ballot. The session this morning wns taken up with the presentation of reports, and all showed that good, earnest work had been done for temperance In all the va rious branches of the union. Tho report of the Executive Committee showed an encouraging condition of affairs. The following read reports: Miss Llxzle Raughley. secretary; Mrs. Clara Marshall, treasurer; Mrs. Lllllo V. Atkins, young women's branch; Miss Maud Gaynor, Loyal Temperance .Le gion; Mis. Sarah A. Taylor, Sabbath observance; Mrs. Eleanor Penlngton, Sunduy school work; Mrs. Neal Conley, temperance literature; Mrs. Annie Sut ton, the press; Mrs. Katherine Atwell, school savings banks; Mlsa Letha Jo seph, medal contests; Mrs. Elizabeth Webber, parliamentary work; Mrs. Anna Hlpwell, prison and reformatory work; Mrs. Carrie Hood, white ribbon recruits; Mrs. Bertha Carey, medical temperance; Mrs. Georgle Pierce, red-letter days; Mrs. M. H. Catterson, flower daya; Mra. M. G. Stengle, In memorlam. At the afternoon session Madame Barahat gave Scripture reading and Harry Myers gave echoes from the Anti Saloon League Convention. Collector of Port William II. Berry, of Philadelphia, Is on the program for a temperance address late this afternoon. Thlfc will be the closing feature of the Afternoon session. This evening, Miss Belle Kearney, of Mississippi, Is to bo the principal speaker and there will bo other Interesting exercises. BIG CARNIVAL OPENS TONIGHT St. Augustine's Catholic Church to Hold Sixth Annual Event . Tbe sixth annual carnival of St. Augus tine's Catholto Church will open tonight on Lawrence street, between Race and Vine, continuing each evening until mid night Saturday. Church grounds and neighboring homes and business houses of parishioners will be decorated with Japanese lanterns, bunting and electrlo lights. Besides elaborate decorations, the car nival committee has provided for amuse ments for the crowds expected to at tend the celebration. There will be "sightseeing" automobiles, donkey carts, amateur fortune tellers, a small merry-go-round and a large band, which will play for dancing, to be held each night. A popularity contest for young women of the neighborhood will be opened to night Jane Addams Can't Come to Camden Jane Addams will not be a speaker at the big mass-meeting planned by Camden suffragists for tonight at the Broadway Episcopal Church In a letter to Mrs. Jennie Kerlln, president of the Camden County Suffrage League, Miss Addams pays that she has suffered from a re turn of the illness with which she was stricken upon her return from Europe, B-he Is compelled to cancel all engage ment before November L UNLUCKY nAPSBUBG OPAL REPORTED ON TIIE MARKET 1MM8. !. z The famoos Maps lnwg sfal, tbe coatHeai atoae la Emperor fraJaota JaifVn coHrettaa, Imt to which Mm nspcrsHtloa he ascrebej uaay of (It tsneMf miefortwes. Is reported ta be ,M Mte sooritet. Dm prespscMTS purchaser of frbe ( wtsMt wot, IT etweca and t itwd at HUM'S, ! MFpe,ard ta be mm ot tbe bassist itmttry aWM la) M salami. The head ad saar alnat seat U YasaaM a few days east as.asaa ta waaaiaMe aeejaae,- i I i t'W GAS LIGHT MARVELS WILL BE DISPLAYED TO CITY NEXT WEEK Phllndclphin Company to Do Its Pnrt in Movement to Fa- , milinrizo Public With New Methods TO SHOW DEVELOPMENT Great Improvements Since Scientists First Burned "Ghost" Light and AInrmcd Public Next neck will be National Gas Light ing Week. From Monday, September 27, to Saturday, October 2, this community 'a due for a lesson In the possibilities ot modern gas Illumination. Gas companies tho country over are planning to turn tiicse six nights Into days, nnd Philadel phia will have an appropriate share In the splendor. For months the tas people have been preparing for Lighting Week. It Is felt by the lenders of the Industry that enough renlly big, revolutionizing things havo happened in their world In the last few years to warrant the setting npart of a week for telling tho public about them. Almost unknown even to ninny who havo used gas nil their lives, thero arc yet wonderful new ways of lighting, new typen of lights, new methods of control all of them the result of the recent work of tho man In the laboratory, and all of them full of interest to the man on the street. If one should happen Into the offices of tho local company next week, one would get a glimpse of some ot the de vices which get such transforming effects from the ordinary gas one Is wont to sco burning In nn open flame from nn ordinary tip: mantles not much larger than the tip of one's thumb, giving out n light that reachei to every corner of tho room; the great, luminous bowls of the scml-intllrect system diffusing their soft nnd perfect light; exnet and easy systems of control., masterpieces nf their kind, and everywhere one would notice the elimination of chimneys, gauzes nnd stacks tho triumph of sim plicity. LONG STRUGGLE WON. This was a triumph won only after long and almost heait-breaklng struggles. In a littlo Npw Jersey laboratory Howard Lyon, one of tho leading experimenters In gas, set to work to devise a better gaa IlRht than tny then known. He worked for several years nnd at the end of that tlmo ho had n tube, not so long as a pencil and tapering LUrlously In the middle, nnd a mnntlo the size of a thimble. That doesn't sound Impressive, but Dbctor Lyon had what he had gone after, nnd his cute Is typical of tho lnbois of his fellow scientists of the gas Industry all over tho country. They worked to cut down, to eliminate, to simplify, and they made a tremendous scrap heap. But they got what they weio after. There was a long period In the history of gns lighting when the scientists, be lieved that for purposes of Illumination tho art was well nigh perfected. That wns the time when open-dome burners were regarded ns next to miraculous, and elaborate fixtures were devised to set oft the garish yellow blaze. This was Just after gas began really to bejused for lighting, it had been known to exist ns early as tho 17th century , when the Belgian chemist Van Hclmont coined the word "gas," becauso It appeared to be a "gcest," the Dutch word for ghost. However, he paid the penalty for talking about ghosts, for his superstitious neigh bors hounded him Into obscurity. At first the 17th century public was afraid of tho new "geeBt." To tho popu lar mind the burning of a gas Jet was a strange phenomenon. People thought that gaB pipes were filled with fire and thnt the Jets were only openings through which the flames escaped. They would touch the pipes fearfully, expecting to tlnd them hot. When the early Installa tions were made the pipe-layers actually had to set the pipes several feet from tho wall for fear It would burn! 8TAnTED IN 1810. Gas lighting was really launched on Its career In England In 1810, by a man named Wlnsor. However, not until 1880 did the modern scientist become dis satisfied with the crude open flame and set about transforming it Into a thing of convenience and beauty. First, by means of the now famous Bunsen bur ner, the spreading flame was concen trated Into a small space; then rare earths, reduced to fluid form, were made Into mantles to surround this flame. In creasing the light twentyfold. It Is for the scientific descendants' of these very mantles that millions of dollars are, spent today; and It Is by them that more than 75,000,000,000 cubic feet of gas Is burned In this country every year. Then came a burner In which gaa was sent through a small tube at high veloc ity, sucking the needed air with It, and on the heels of this came the Inverted typo of Incandescent gas mantle, tho forerunner of the best In modern light ing. At first this new unit had a most un usual fault It waa overefllclent. It gave an Intolerable amount of light for the gas burned. It was In toning down and perfecting this light In the interests of the exacting human eye that Doctor Lyons' work was done. Today the scientists can take a gas- stream, hurl it at great apeed through a tapering tube that constricts It so that there Is an almost perfect mixture ot gas and air and fire, the combination to make a light so perfectly toned as al most to cheat one Into the belief that It Is the daylight coming In through a win dow. They can conceal the source of this light In bowls ot the new, heavy, luminous glassware so that the fixtures will harmonize with any modern scheme of decoration. They can turn on this light, aa any one can turn It on, by simply touching a chain or pushing a button In the wall. And all the while they were doing these things to the gas-stream they were "scraping" the pld-fashloned chimneys and stacks, and perfecting the manufac ture of the tiny new mantles, These are some of tho things that the gas companies prpmlse to show next week, Merohants will co-operate by light ing their windows with gas at night; there will be special reductions In the sales of appliances; there will be con tests, too, and other pleasant and profit able devices for celebrating the occasion, end there Is promise of plenty to Illumi nate the householder who thinks there's nothing new In the way of gaa lighting. AUTUMN HESORTS ATLANTIC CITY, N, J. ATLANTIC CITV THE LAHUKH1- l'lltKlHOOy Kr.MOKT HOIEL U tUe World , nil ' l"u-r'nt Trarroora O S T E N D WCPTEMBBR KAT.W Block of ocean treat In Cbelees section. Lares rooms, tut aea. and fresh water la katasi Ml ft. of porthfa connected with UoaruwaU a Beach t buse falm Louniej' nnest culslaa. Auto meets trains OBTi:SD CO..Omw7. WatACat sUVHaV.M. 3. uvrtri. RA! mviH OVaJM -' "" -" Al.1, vatABi .aaaarioan a nd Kureait Ftoa " irate laMaTaajt watarrSada, Capacity W. Brlret tjxtll, U.-fci aule loan, ADAPTATIONS OF THE HOOP SKIRT FOR AUTUMN DANCES $& -4' ' ri If ill nf I spJk , J , a, mtl MB Fit if ; J l;rm'l I aaaaaaaaaaaL aaaaaaaaaVvX f- Ob BaaaRS AN ODD LITTLE FROCK FASHION magazines and numerous other publications heralded the arrlval( of the hoop sklrlt with the enthusiasm for novelty which Is characteristic of them. They declared It to be the last word In spring and summer fashions. Ihe result Is a host of wired skirts. In wide hoops, exaggerated and awkward; and moderated hoops, 'dainty and equally fashionable. It Is the successful adapta tion of a style which makes the atyle possible, or as the Dry Goods Econo mist puts It, "the hoop skirt Is restrained to a point of moderation" a thing which we often wish could be done with Its do sleners. Another point to be considered In de signing the hoop skirt Is the fact that, os It Is a typically American Institution, it remains for our originators to bring It to a perfection of artistry which will DARBY EXCITED WHILE WAITING FOR ALLIGATOR EGG TO HATCH Reptile, Taken in Hock by "Jim" Kelly, Presents Bounc ing Sphere to Suburb and "Watchful "Waiting" Policy Follows Darby may have an alligator soon with a full and complete right to the label, "Made In Darby." On the other hand, however, It may not. It all depends on the decision ot an egg. If It hatches, there will be a baby alligator. If It does not, there will be none. If the alligator arrives It will first seo the light of day In the window of the store of Gus Fappas, on Chester pike, above Main street. For the egg Is dis played there so that all Darby may watch Its evolution. A circus came to Darby some weeks ago. It was apparently not such a pros perous circus, as the owners owed a bill to "Jim" Kelly, who keeps a livery stable on Main street, above 4th. As "Jim" couldn't collect hla bill he kept one ot the pet alligators belonging to the circus. The alligator, a feminine kind of reptile, laid ihe egg. Alligator eggs are not common In Darby and It soon aroused a good deal of In terest among the population, Particular ly Interested In It were two policemen. Josh Heaps and Bert Shaw. They found the egg very fascinating. It was peculiar, for, although It looked not very much different than a hen's egg. It would bounce when dropped on the ground. If you don't believe a hen's egg won't bounce, drop one some time on you parlor floor. One policeman said the egg would hatch. The other said he was a "blamed fool." (Ills language, to be acourate, waa some what stronger.) Bo they decided to find out who was right They put the egg In a Jar of water and searched for a nice warm place In which to place the Jar. Pappaa' store has southern exposure and gets the benefit of the warm sun, ao they selected his window. Now Darby la all excited over the pros- atjttjmw hesohtb ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. SwMn$ if (Aa eeeimie etrrvela A BUntuitm. Tkamat A, JSiifn U. "It ittkt ftmina MtCmef en fr aU sreel KUiiaat. It '! i i, it wea'l rsa. al eaUe' swrw it if ytu Iritd," nQarlbotougb3Blenbefm, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. THC LEADINC. RESORT HOUSE Of THE WORLD Capacity 1100 Amarlcan and Kuropaan Flana The peat eweetial of a tetort hotel, as dabagiBihed ffoai a city hotel, u supls public (pace devoted to tbe ute of its guctti.ia the form of blight sad airy Exchangee, Lobbies, Pailott, Galleries sad Solirauas, sffoidwg pleaiMg vitlai and beautiful promenade, the whole combtaisg iato aa hatmonioui vuion of grandeur and beaut, which, while replete with ths coir gtoup seclusions of hone, afford full view of the plcaiieg panorama of the itiert lift, la this essential the aafatlbarpsiali-SlrarlBi steads walnut aa equal in Atlantic Or or elsewhere, lit "Ownership Mssageaeat," whJe accounting for ill unique isputaaiea. is a guatealT of the high character of id patronage aad the uaexcetled quality of Us service aad cuuiae. It eaplers oaljr white tevtee is both id Ameticaa aad a la carte dining looms. It sales a specialtr of St high-dew aume every erasing throughout the year, with special Sunder eight solo tWutea, which, this year, with such utatt u Roauai, MaaoUo, Rose aad GUaville, have Weaa steel succeWvl, AMtl Citr. wkk Ha onlr rl eaw4Hr JEuroee) (Ma rsae laaeoaaftU. la teveaire 'tkalsaauttweisxT taa.iaJL awte roads asU th ecleudU kaies W Mete. rants, tJUmt aaaa.ee.aat an. Tsars.K rtr MSseaiess. write zw w jatuasr waiT ' 'I equal that of the French fashion experts, who have taken it as their model. One of the prettiest Imitations of the reat hoop skirt which 1 have seen this sea son la shown In today's Illustration. There are no wirings on the skirt, yet the subtle suggestion of the crinoline era Is there. Ecru net top lace Is used as the foun dation of this little frock, with trim mings of rose Georgette crepe and flowers. The surplice blouse Is quite transparent, with an upstanding collar and a camisole effect to give the touch of daintiness which Is so essential to a young girl's danco frock. The skirt Is a double tunic model, with tho sheer transparency of line and material accentuated by an ex treme fulness. Th'o girdle Is folded around the figure, with two long loops reaching all the way to the hem of tho gown. This hem, by the way, is made of the rose crepe. pect of having a baby alligator all Its own. The question of what they are go ing to do with It has not arisen, for, after nil, there's no use counting nlll gators until they are hatched. RESIDENCE FOR PROVOST Mask nnd Wis Club Purchases Man sion for Official Use of U. of P. Heads The old Colonial mansion at 4037 Pine street has been purchased by the Mask and Wig Club and will bo turned over to the University ot Pennsylvania ks the residence of provosts. The value of the dwelling when alterations are completed, It Is said, will be $75,000. The lot on which the house stands has a frontage of 100 feet and a depth of 160 feet. The house Is In the centre of a wide lawn and Is surrounded by tall oak trees. There Is a small fountain to one side. The exterior Is a reproduction of the famous Washington mansion at Mt Vernon, and Is said to be the only one ot Its kind In this city. It Is more than 60 years old. The Mask and Wig purchased the property from J. B. Kennedy, who moved out of It last Saturday, Discuss Cures for Cancer The American Association ot Clinical Research, an organization Including noted physicians of the entire country, today opened a three-day session In the Hotel Walton. Cures for cancer and tuber culosis were discussed at the first meet ing. Dr. G. Betton Massey, of this city, read a paper giving the results of more than 600 cases of cancer subjected to sur gical Ionization. Success In treatment ot tuberculosis was discussed by Dr. Jeffer son D. Gibson, of Denver, Col., president of the association. AUTUMN BESOETS ATLANTIC CIJY, N, J. sslr ss aaaw Ul, ssl sVa u a U trateat saesue asX wsaea. ao com r amy TO VOTE ON SUFFRAGE Kensington M. E. Church Wilt Hold Three-day Fair, Starting Tonight rteeldenta of the northeslern section of the city wilt vote unomclally on the woman suffrage question nt a fair to be held on Itlchmond street, between Kast Columbia avenue and Marlborough street, tonUbL tomorrow night and Baturday night. Itepresentatlvea of suffrage and anti suffrage organizations will address the crowds. After hearing the discussion, men and women will be asked to purchaso coupons, on which they will "declare their views on the subject. The result will be announced 'at 10 o'clock Baturday night. A small charge will be made for each vote, and proceeds of the "poll tax" will be devoted to tho liquidation of the debt on the Kensington Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the oldest congregations In thnt part of the city. BISHOP AIDS PENSION FUNDS Berry Contributes $5000 to Phllndel- phia and Other Conferences for Aged Ministers Gifts totaling I'jOOO have been made to the flvo conferences over which he has supervision by Bishop Joseph F. Berry, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, toward .i.. nr.wv am .Hr.r.niu Plntmanta' Fund to be raised this year. The money Is to be used for the support ot retired Meth odist ministers and the widows and de pendents of deceased members. Philadelphia Conference ministers will act on a plan In the near future to sub scribe 10 per cent, of their salaries to the fund, following tho lead of the ministers In the Wilmington Conference. A total of ISOO.OOO Is to bo raised In this city, pro vision for $125,000 of which Is already made. Tho Ilcv. Dr. George W. Honson Is campaign manager In this conference. Ho will visit all Methodist churches In this city, beginning In October. Missionary Union Holds Meeting Women from various parts of Southern New Jersey are meeting in Grace Bap tist Church, 27th and Cramer streets, Camden, today for tho fall convention of tho Woman's Baptist Home Missionary Union of the Camden district. There will be services and business meetings this morning. This afternoon prominent speakers from different parts of the State will be heard. The Ladles' Aid So ciety of the convention church will en tertain tho delegates. Little Benny's Note Book Bklnny Startin was away yestldday, but us feilos was awl setting awn his frunt steps Jest the salm as If he was thare, and a big brown dawg calm down the street looking aa If It wasent going eny ware speshll, and a ltttel wlte dawg ran out at It barking like enythlng and the big brown dawg terned erround nnd ran back up the street as if It was haft scared to deth, wlch It proberly was. G, wat do you no about that. It wood take moar than a llttel wlte dawg to aoaro me If I was a. big brown dawg, sed Puds Slmklns. It takes a lot to scare me, Bed Sam Krawss, wy If I was wawklng alawng a dark alley and a robblr Jumped out at me I bet I woodent be scared. Id Jest quick; trip him up and run and get a cop. Im hard to scare, to, sed my cuzzln Artie, I bet If I was In the Jungtls and 3 lions Jumped at me at wunts, I woodent care as lawng as I had my gun with me. Wat It 4 lions did, sed Puds Blmklnses slssey cuzzln Persey. 4 lions eothlr. sed my cuzzln Arle. I bet I woodent be scared even If I herd a berguler undlr my bed, I sed, 1 bet Id Jest lay still and pertend to be asleep nnd aa soon aa he had his back terned Id Bneek In and get pop and the both of us wood take his pistol away frum him and give him to a pleeceman. I woodent be scared of a runaway horse and waggln. Id run rite out In the mlddtl ot the street and wave my arms and atop It, sed Persey. Yes you wood, we awl sed. Yes I wood, to, sed Persey. Wlch Jest then the doar opened In back of us. Skinny Martins farthlr was stand ing thare, beelng even skinnier t,han wat Skinny Is, with a fearse dlsperslshln. and he said. Well, of awl the confowndld nerve, beet It, the holo pack of you, or 111 skin you alive. Cheese It, we awl yelled and ran like enythlpg In about 10 dlffrent dlreckshlns. rroving mat no mattir how brave you think you are, thats ony wat you think. VotWomen! f . President Wilson May Help New Jersey Suffragists New Jersey is seethintr frage fight. The suffragists believe they wJP win. They are banking heavily on Preside Wilson's support. He has promised to mak statement before next Tuesday, and the suf fragists believe he is with them. Meantime the anti-suffragists claim the State by a goo majority. The PUBLIC LEDGER ha polled the political leaders in the 21 counties of New Jersey, and, tells the situation as it is today in SUNDAY'S PUBLICJSLEDGER Order Y.ir LOVERS' PARLOR OPEN IN PROGRESSIVE CHURCH Cupid Smiles as Women's C1mJ JLcnds Him Aid in Mes siah Lutheran Toung women who live In boartMtif houses don't find It very convenient !' entertain callers. Mrs. Harts j, B<a luunucr ana icacner or mt roung WOftj en'a Bible Class of the Messiah Lutheran! Church, Uth and Jefferson street, hti solved the problem. Hereafter the young women In the Bible Class will be able to entertain their gentlemen friends In tht ciuuroom oi me ciass in the church, ft... ntM. .1..- .. . . aiiu uiuid vinaa uas one Dig idea. Itl is 10 neip me wonting girl, There art 110 young women enrolled, and every ontl of them Is an optimist The optimists nave rurnisnea in nne atyle a clubmen In the church, and from now on theyl are going to try to find In these elubj rooms the comfort and privileges thl many girls wko have no home of thelfl own must rorego. A room In the basement ot the churrAl t as aa 1uaaa.s fiiktilaltsJ a .. " ,ia uou iiuiuiina ai nn expense of KMJ It Is a fine, comfortable place, fitted w1 In colonial style, with a big nrepltcs. J The girls obtained the money to . nlsh the room and no detail has beta! spared to make It a homelike place I The club wants to have It as attractive! aa It possibly can be. They have bought a piano and Installed 1 It there so that the charms of rtuslo may j be added to the pleasures of life, anal there Is a bookcase with a little llhr.i-fl that will bo growing constantly, as goodJ vvufio am nuucu km ib irurn ume 10 lime. 3 urs. aaiiaaa, woo is me Wile of Dr. ' Carlo J. Sallada, of 150 1 Diamond street,' i stands In loco parentis to the Optimists - She Is the "mother" to them all. She It a their guide, adviser nnd friend. It Is htr j desire to share their sorrows and helpl them all in all the little problems thitl beset the life of a young woman In a': great city. She wants to have the due.. room so attractive that the call ot the ouisiae wnin win pass over the heads ' her charges unheeded. t During the winter there will be fr- qiifnt entertainments In the church. ThtJ gins will play a large part In there en tertainments. The Itev. Daniel B. TTel. 1 gle, pastor of the church, has laid dowoj n new law. 1 The church Is going to be actlvs In' giving entertainments and suppers and perhaps some amateur plays, but no admission will be charged. Mr. Wtlgle disapproves strenuously of selling tickets for church functions. The whole Idea is to make life as good and as enjoyable aa possible for Us young optimists. Mrs. Sallada belltr i that similar clubs should be opened i churches In all parts of the city, for says there Is n tremendous need for iuch an influence In life of every young girl who works. R Importer A special showing of our new designs will be displayed at our show rooms. Devoted entirely to the fashions of Women and Misses, both in our Ready-to wear ana custom Made De partments. Suits, Coats, Dresses Waists, Wraps and Furs We invite your inspection to enable you to procure the high est class merchandise at un usually low prices. Vienna &fjop 1531 Locust St. with the Woman Suf .. Cry Tttay $ & i 1 Bff J I Wm -life;:..