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FIGHTING AT THE FRONT;
WOMEN'S GALLANTRY IN WAR
Patriotic Girls, Who, Arrayed in Uniform, Disguise
Themselves as Men, Fight in the Trenches Until
Discovered and Sent Home
By ELLEN ADAIR
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MOKPAY, OCTOBER 11, 1015.
SAT not that the) days of Joan of Aro
and Boadlcea are- overt For tho pres
ent time holds many women warriors who
ire actually flghtlngi tn battle with as
..'great bravery as thermen.
In the Russian army alone there are
said to he at least "400 women fighters, In
cluding ft colonel In command of the th
Ural Cossack Hcgtmcnt.
Even after their Identity Is known,
lhese women are allowed to go on fight
ing; bo we may naturally conclude that
the Russian authorities are very lenient
much more so than the French and Ital
ian, who have Ignomlnlously sent homo all
the would-tB soldiers who have been dis
covered to he of the fair sex.
It does seem a shame that they should
be sent home, doesn't It? Particularly
after having gone through the strenuous
training preliminary to entrance Into the
srmy, not to speak of having sacrificed
woman's crowning glory, otherwise her
nair, in me oirort or
appearing man-like. The
Ion ir marches are. nf
f ( M course, very trying for
bwfc&'qr-m a woman, and all the
uuiiii-hiiu'iiwu tvnjra
of life In the trenches,
besides tho purely sec
ondary fact that death
may bo met at any mo
ment. When all this has
been faced, It certainly
Is a disappointment to
the French and Italian women to have
their sex discovered and their only To
ward for alor a severe lecture and a
dispirited return home.
Hearing about those women of present
times reminds mo of a truu story con
cerning the American Civil War. A Uttlo
14 -year-old girl fought all through that
long struggle at the side of her brother,
and, although ho was eventually killed,
she emerged from every action virtually
unscathed.
The Confederate forces offered her pro
motion if she would Join them nnd thus
become n traitor to her comrades. Need
less to say, she Indignantly refused.
During the present war, the most strlk-
dfc.
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Ing fact about vmen fighters Is their
very tender years. Most of them are be
tween 14 and 18 years of ago, and quite a
number have run away from, school or
from home In order to enlist. In the Rus
sian army, especially, they have shown
magnificent courago under fire, and many
or them have been decorated with the
famous Cross of BL George, only given
for great bravery and heroism.
Ono charming little Russian girl called
Vasslll was discovered In rather a humor
ous way. Sho had been given the coveted
cross for conspicuous valor, and after se
vere fighting- hod gono to sleep In a. barn
with somo of her companions.
During tho night there was a loud
scream of "Mamma, there's a rati" from
tho brave Vasslll, and much to the aston
ishment of tho soldiers, the supposed
young man burst Into very feminine tears,
nnd nt last had to be treated for hysteria.
It then transpired that she had run away
from home with her sweetheart's papers,
under a desperate longing to fight for her
beloved country a wish which was amply
fulfilled.
However, she was eventually persuaded
to become) a sister of mercy in a Red
Cross hospital, where I understand that
she Is still doing splendid work.
Another heroine of the present war Is
n pretty little French girl, Marie Ioutse
Dubois. Her sweetheart had been brought
back to her homo mortally wounded and
she had gono Into the firing line In his
place, her Identity, of course, not being
discovered.
There was a magnificent charge, but the
standard-bearer fell, and the French line
began to waver uncertainly. An In
stant's hesitation would have been fatal;
but, with a shout of encouragement; little
Mario rushed forward and picked up the
flag, leading her fiance's regiment to vic
tory. Plymouth Starts on Trial Trip
The collier Plymouth, recently launched
at tho New York Shipbuilding Company,
left today for her otllclal trial trip off
the Dejawaro Capes. It is expected that
the trials will be comploted tomorrow.
After, somo minor adjustments tho vessel
will be turned over to her owners, tho
Coastwise Transportation Company, of
Boston. They will placo her in tho Medl
terornean trade with her sister ship
Franklin. Another sister ship, tho Bris
tol, will be launched In a fow weeks.
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RUSSIAN INFLUENCE SEEN
ON FASHIONS FOR AUTUMN
AUTUMN Is the time
XJL for fashion shows,
and a critical devotee
of the modes would be
forced to admit that
never before were
styles so varied and so
distinctively Individual
In their tendencies.
Each house seems to
havo its own particular
mode. FarU sends over
an alarming number of
novelties, all different
The result is a compli
cated series of models
from which the fash
ionably gowned woman
makes her clfolce. It Is
almost Impossible to set
down one particular
style as the standard.
In tallleurs, for In
stance, there are long,
fur-trimmed Russian
coats, like those of last
season, and the short,
chic Jacket, also fur
trimmed, Is equally fav
ored. One thing may be
said, however, with em
phasis, regarding the
fall and winter fash
Ions, and that Is their
extremo and welcome
simplicity. There aro
no more freakish fash
ions. Tho plain, practi
cal coat suit, tn dull
Russian green, navy,
mouse gray or tete de
negre, la the conven
tional thing for street
wear. Velvets, of
course, are all ie rage,
but the colorings (with
the exception of cardi
nal red, garnet and
such Bhades as origi
nated by i tho Paris
designers) remain con
servative. Skunk fur and egg
plant colored broad
cloth aro featured In
the smart walking cos
tume shown in today's
fashion cut. The coat
is long with a single
button closing the
front, which Is made in
the new crossed-over
style. The front of Uie
coat has a slightly
fitted belt, joining the
tailored yoke at the
back of the coat, made
In military style. The
pockets at either side of
the coat are finished off
with crow's feet, done
In black, and the bot
tom Is made decidedly
bouffant by a wide
band of fur,
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A RUSSIAN COAT SUIT
THE DAILY STORY
Plotting With. Paula
Paula had been engaged to John Wood
man for nine months. .Only during the
last few weelta had ahe begun to feel
that she did not possess the entire
strength of Woodman's love.
The evening before John had hung over
Clarice Joyce and had seemed bo proud
of the girl who had entertained a room
fult of guests by her wonderful singing.
"John admires clever women," Paula!
mother had once told her daughter. "He
is the kind of man who would be proud
of a wife who was not a mero nobody."
"Like me," Paula said with tears In
her voice.
Tou are the loveliest and sweetest and
dearest girl In the whole of the town,"
Paula's mother murmured softly over the
bowed head. "If John Woodward isn't
proud of you he deserves to lose you.
Clarice Joyce la a notorious flirt, and
Gladys Craven la so conceited that she
would tiro any man In a month talking
about herself." She drew the how weep
ing Paula close to her. "Tou can play
with any conversational ball that la
flung down," she added, "and that Is
more than most women can do. It is
an art In Itself, dearie."
"It doesn't make me famous or get
my picture In magazines or anything,"
Paula said and a half smile dawned In
her tear-filled oye.
"Who wants to be more famous than
one who Is loved by young and old, rich
and poor. Ilesldes," Paula's mother add
ed with n Inugh, "magazine pictures are
so unfln' c. na. That's my own girl,
smllo nwny tho tears."
"But mother dearie, I have always felt
that I could do something but I don't
seam to know just what It Is"
'You are capablo of anything, daugh
ter mine," tho mother said with her
ever encouraging smile. "Just you take
a few hours to yourself and analyze
your own possibilities. Perhaps the
silence will show you .the way to hold
John Woodman's lov."
"It will be a splendid sourco of Inter
est tn you," she told Paula. "Perhaps
thcro Is some plotless author tearing his
poetic locks out for lack of good ma
terial." "And you will keep my secret, mother
mine?" Paula drew her mother Into a
close embrace. Sho felt relieved that she
Bhared her rather weird mental state. Tho
visions had at times quite exhausted her
with their reality.
The result of the talk with her mother
was that Paula found her co-author In
the person of Robert Rylance, a young
writer who was sadly in need of both
mental and physical stimulus. So vora
cious was the appetite of the magazine
upon which he was a member of tho staff
that his brain had been drained of every
plot and his body of practically all Us
strength. The stories ho had evolvod and
the continued stories he had begun and
must finish If ho was to retain his posi
tion, had sapped his energy to the full.
Rylance was a sorry wreck when ho
knocked at the door of Paula's mentality.
Mrs. Thome, who was present at the
first meeting of the co-authors, felt her
motherly heart open Its great doors .o
tho fragments of a. man that Robert Ry
lance represented. lie seemed starved
mentally and physically. Her first thought
was for nourishing food for his body. The
cup of tea and sandwiches werfc brought
In before tho conversational ball was set
In motion.
When Paula and Robert Rylance met
there was the Instantaneous flash that Il
lumines the way to real and deep friend
ship. Tired and fagged as ho undoubtedly
was, Rylance knew that upon meeting
Paula the light had been put to a fusn
somewhere In his being. He became
ante; more alive than he had been in his
lifetime.
It was a foregone conclusion that great
creations of art would follow so elec
trical a meeting of Intellects.
Mrs. Thorne, with insight for the de
velopment of genius, had suggested that
Rylance make his home with them while
work was progressing. Secretly- she
pined to develop the physical man while
her daughter Inspired tho mental. The
writing went on in 'the seclusion of an
attic turned Into a den, and the world did
not guess the secret that Taula kept.
The co-authors had decided to startle
the city all at once with their stories,
which were to come out soon after the
production of a play they had created.
They realized that the advertisement pro
vided by a successful play would make
stories doubly valuable to editors.
The night the play was produced on
Broadway and the house had received
it as a great success, Paula and Rylance
knew for the first time what it meant to
be famous. They had gone before tho
curtain repeatedly hand In hand.
John Woodman, who, of course, was In
the auditorium, felt his head swimming.
Surely Paula, his betrothed, was not the
girl bowing before that applauding crowd.
He drew himself Up proudly, as if he
had written the play himself.
In the limousine going homoward It
was Rylance who took the seat beside
Paula. As co-authors they felt their place
was beside each other.
Paula's mother tucked the rugs care
fully about the girl.
"Now Just Bit quietly and rest. You
two have had a trying evening and a
wonderful one." She stepped into the
seat beside her husband. John Woodman
had turned rather pettishly away when
he say Rylance beside Paula.
"I am so glad he did not come," Paula
said wearily. "I couldn't talk to any one
tonight." Quite unconsciously sho moved
nearer to Rylance and his body stiffened,
then relaxed, and very tenderly he drew
Paula's head down on his shoulder while
his arm held her close beside him.
"It's no use, darling," he said, quite
ly, "we are born to be mates; so why
fight against ltT I love you body and
soul." Ills lips pressed down against the
aoftnesa of her hair.
"Yes, Bobble," Paula's voice reached
htm like a gentle sigh. It was a sigh of
contentment of complete happiness,
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The decree hna Just been Issued by the
Philadelphia and Now York Hairdress
ers' Association dictating the style for
correct coiffures for the fall and winter
season.
The accompanying cuts, showing modes
of arranging milady's tresses, are concrete
evidence that the pendulum has swung
In an entirely opposite direction from the
prevailing effects of last season, which
wero distinctive for a complete exposure
of ear and hair sleeked back Into a tiny
twist resembling a dinner bun and offi
cially called "French twist."
The marcel wave, according to Miss
Dcnney, of Denney & Denney, Is un
usually good. The cars are to be covered
by the hair drawn gracefully over them,
exposing only tho lobe, and arranged In
tho back In a looseTwavcd knot.
For afternoon wear the arrangement of
tho back jof the hair may consist of a
cluster of Psyche curls, which Miss Den
ney explains as curls somewhat resem
bling the puffs of a few years ago. These
may number seven or eight. The whole
coiffure Is given a finishing touch by a
brilliant pin or comb, as shown In the
cut
The evening coiffure shows the hair ar
ranged higher on the head, the effect ob
tained by the loose waved knot.
There Is an absence of the grotesque
"scrolled" designs framing the face. This
effect has been supplanted by a soft,
graceful arrangement of hair over the
forehead and about the ears.
Women Vote First Time in Norway
CHRISTIANIA. Oct. 11. Women voted
today for tho first time In a Norwegian
general election.
SUMAGISTS TO BOOST
"CAUSE" IN MOVIES
Slides Will Bo Used in Novel
Method of Campaigning in
Photoplay Theatres
Suffragists will Invade more than M
Philadelphia moving picture theatres to
day. Realizing that this is the "movie"
age, suffragists are resorting to this
method of appealing to the public In the
propaganda for the suffrage amendment
to be Voted on by tho voters of this
State on November S.
Members of the Equal Franchise Bo
olety are In charge of the campaign.
They plan to show suffrage stldea In the
"movlo" ahowa, twice In tho afternoon
and twice In tho evening. This they will
continue until election day.
The slides undoubtedly will prove In
teresting. Beginning with the suffrage
map, showing that 11 States have full
suffrage and 20 States partial suffrage,
slides will follow in rapid succession giv
ing political Information about tho cam
paign. Some of the slides will read as
follows l
"Vote Yea on the Woman Suffrage
Amendment November i," "Our Presi
dent, Woodrow Wilson, will vote for
Woman Suffrage." The slide will show a
photograph of the President. Other slldea
wilt show photographs of Governor Brum
baugh, Mayor Blankenburg and the
mayoralty candidates who have declared
for suffrage.
DANCING MASTERS MEET
Teachers of Terpslchorcan Art Will
Standardize Steps
You must dance like every one else In
Philadelphia or elso Incur the displeasure
and anger of the dancing maatera. They
held n meeting In Coil's Academy, 22
South 40th street, and dccldod to stan
dardize the danoes throughout tho city.
The dancing masters are displeased be
cause the various steps vary in many
sections of tho city. Dancing, they say,
seems to be a matter of neighborhood.
One of the forms. of terpslchorcan en
tertainment, the waltz, will receive spe
cial attention frpm the standardizes it
is going to bo made up of a combination
of the old glide waltz and some of the
new steps that were originally Intro
duced when, for a time, tho old steps
ware forgotten altogether.
The resolution to standardize the
dancea waa Introduced by Cnrl Tschopp.
It provoked a lively discussion.
Charles J. Coll gave the participants
In the meeting of the association, which
is formally known as the Philadelphia
Association of Dancing Teachers, some
thing to think about when ho said that
In deciding on the new Hteps for the
waltz It was necessary to agree on
something that mothers and fathers
could dance as well as their sons and
daughters.
The association elected the following
officers: Henry Rosello, president; George
Scheldknecht, vice president; George
Nlckerson, treasurer, and Rudolph Hoe
fleck, secretary.
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Thinking men and women, enroll now.
Court on
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Special Sale of Ribbons
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Mr. Jack Frost Wakes Up
TN the cold north country hoary
sleep and atretched his two biggest toes
Then he snorted three times and stretched
his legs till the icicles round his knees
crackled and snapped. Then he leisurely
rubbed the snow and frost from his eye
lashes and blinked open his sleep-frosted
eyes.
"Well," he grunted coldly, "that's
enough sleep to last ma all winter, Guess
It's high tlmo I was up and doing. Won
der what time of the year It is, any
way?" He squinted at the sun, counted the
clouds and added to himself, "October I
Well, I am surprised! What could have
made me oversleep? I ought td have
been at work many days ago. I wonder
If ony of my helpers are awake hope
they havo not all overslept as I did I"
And with that remark Jack Frost
flounced out of his snow-bed, high up
in the Ice mountains, and looked over
his north country.
evidently nil his helpers had not over
slept, for there were flecks of snow In
all the ravines and ridges; snowflukes
were piling up tn the clouds overhead
and tiny Icicles hung on every pass
ing breeze.
"This Is llvlngl" cried Jack Frost
breezily as he danced the remnants Of
summer sleep out of his bones. "Ice
and snow and coldl Ah, this Is a gay
wc ara going to have this wlnletl
life
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Hut he got no further, for at Just that
very nilnutn Sir. North Wind heard Jilm
and came howling down the valley te
greet him 'Well, so you nt laet de
elded to wpko up, did you'" asked the
North Wind leaslngly I was Jil.it about
to call you. Did you know that October
Is here and you have not done a stroke
of work?"
"I know that," replied Jack Frost
"But It's a good thing you didn't waken
me, though remember how oross I was
last .year, because I was wakened before
my sleep was julte outT But this year
I am feeling fine! I'll do a good lot or
work to make up for lost time. By the
way, I don't sea any of my helpers
about; has anybody started work yet I
see ome lea and snow, but nobody la
around. Where are they?"
Mr. North Wind Juat settled back on
thu nearest mountain-top and had a
good laugh. "Did you suppose every
body slept Just because you did?" he
finally found breath to say "No. luckily
for you, your work Is well started. Soma
of your children have nipped the nut
so they aro ripening well. Others have
painted the leaves of the trees and still
others have dried the seed pods. Ah,
yes, we are working."
"That's good," said Jack Frost, nod
ding approval. "Then I'll go and see
what Is done," and away he blew toward
the south.
Copyright Clara Ingram Judaaa.
OPERATIC STARS TO SIIIKR
IN PHILADELPHIA SEASON
Old Favorites and Now, With Famous
Russian Dancers
1'hlladelphlana will see and hear many
operatic stars that have warbled their
way Into their hearts In other years when
the operatic season opens November S
nt the Metropolitan Opera House. They
will also see again the art of the won
derful Pavlowa and her Imperial Ballet
Russe, which will be almost as Important
a feature of the coming season as tho
opera itself.
It Is tho Boston Opera Company which
will endeavor to satisfy the love for muslo
of the people of this city. A season of
novelty and of high artistic accomplish
ment la promised.
The personnel of Joint operatlc-terpsl-chorean
company Is announced as fol
lows. Sopranos Enter Verrablnt, Clara Lorlng, Fa
llen Lyns. Tamekl Mlura, lllanca Baroya,
May Bchelder. Mangle Teyta Louisa Vlllanl.
Messo-sopranos and contraltos ICIItabeth
Campbell, 1'ely Clement, Maria Oay, i:ivlru
I.everonl.
Tenors Laiar Andrea, Ernesto Glaccone, Ip.
pollto lAziaro, Illecarda Martin, Oeorca Mlo
haUoff, Zanco de Prlmo, Giovanni Zenatelio.
Uarltonea Goorito IlaManoff, Ernesto Caron
na, Thomas Chalmers, lllchard Davis, Qeordo
Bassoa Paolo Ananlan. Oaudlo Manaueto,
Joae Mardonea, Gaston Hargeant.
Conductors Aside Jarchla. Kmll Kuper, Ro
bcrto Moranzonf. Adolph Hchmtd.
ltmlneur general ftyaaard Ordynskl. '
Assistant conductor rtalph lirford. Alneax
der Hmallens, Frank Waller.
Choral director Amadeo DarctirL
Technical director Robert F. Brunton.
Prompter Ferdinand Olaooons.
Librarian CJualllero Pabl.
Orchestra The 60 stlacted musicians of the
Boston Opara House. .
Chorus The sntlra Boston Opera corps of TV
choristers,
PAVLOWA IMPERIAL BALLET RU88K.
I'rtma ballerina Assoluta Anna Pavlowa.
Dlrectcur choreoEraphlqua Iran Clustlns.
Premiers danssuss classlqua Htephanla Flaau
knvletska.
Premier dansuer claasla.ua Alexandra Veil
nine. Premiere Danaeuse caraotara Stasia Kuon.
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This Fall
Paris is still setting the fashions for the fash
ionable world.
It has been our custom to visit Paris twice
a year, and this season our representative was one
of the very few from , Philadelphia or elsewhere
who personally attended the fall openings of the
leading Paris model houses.
Our models are always personally selected
to please the fashionable ladies of Philadelphia,
noted for their good taste and elegance in dressing.
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