EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1915:
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TUDLIG LEDGER. COMPANY
CTHIS It K. CU11TI8, Imint.
Charles II Lu.llnitton. Vice PraeMent: John C. Martin.
ttSr?"" J"11' Treasurer) Philip 8. Collfin, John fl.
Williams. DJrettora '
BDITOIIIAL BOARD I
Curt It. K. Ccsth. Chairman
P It. WHALBY Rxerutlve Mdlter
JOHN C MARTIN ... Oeneral Business Unr
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Indeptwdenea Square, Philadelphia.
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SUBSCRIPTION TKKMR
Ilr carrier, six centa per wek. By mall, peatpaM
utslde of Philadelphia, except where forelfn postage
la required, one mouth, twenty-five centa; one year,
three dollars. All mall itttaerlpttna payable In
advance.
Nonce Bubserlbera within- addreee changl muet
give old aa well aa new addreea.
BELL. 1600 WALNUT KEYSTONE, MUN MM
C7 Addrtss all communtmtlena to Kvrnlxff
Ledger. Independence Stuart, I'Mfctdeipntn.
airrtxto at trs rniLioatrnu iwntnoi a sreoND
diss Mali, maitb.
TUB AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CincULA-
TION OF TUB EVENING LEDGER
FOR BEPTEMBER WAS 100,008.
rHiLADELPniA.TnunsDAT, ocTonr.it :i, iis.
There to no drudgery to the man whose mint!
to filled with the completed task.
"CRATED AND TAGGED"
GEORGE W. NORRI9, in his masterful
relation of the transit situation as It
now exists, stated what every IntolllKent citi
zen of Philadelphia knows or ought to know
when ho declared, "II you elect an Organ
ization Mayor and Councils, you will bo
delivering yourselves hound and gaBeod,
crated and tagged, to the mercies of tho
Transit Company."
Bmlth and three-quarters of his candidates
for Councils havo refused to sign tho Transit
Pledge. Somo of them havo been frank
enough to say that thoy refused under
orders.
The Organization Is preparing to hold up
tha city and the Transit Company at tho
same time.
The truth Is absolutely apparent.
A vote for the Organization Is a vote
against rapid transit, against the elimination
of exchango tickets and against a universal
five-cent fare.
NO JOB FOR AN OFFICE BOY
THERE havo been few great Secretaries
of tho Navy. The job has been a plum
to be given some politician who was able
to demand a reward. Now and then tho
appolnteo happened to be worth his salt.
But the olllce has generally been sacrificed
to the exigencies of partisanship. Tho navy
has suffered.
Tho nation Is about to spend millions
upon millions of dollars on this service.
Walls of floating steel are to bo constructed
for .the defense of the country at enormou3
cost. Each dreadnought will represent the
value of a small city. The direction of such
a valuable and Important establishment
cannot be put Into the hands of an olllco
boy. It will be a task of enormous difficulty
for any civilian, no matter how well
equipped with brains he may be.
Preparedness means more 'than mere
building. It assumes a magnificent per
sonnel and efficient direction. Let us havo
a great navy and a great man at tho head
of it.
TUESDAY'S BALLOT A CRIME
THE ballot to be used Tuesday is a crime.
It would require an expert statistician to
unravel Its mysteries. Sam Lloyd never In
his life concocted so maddening a thing. It
amounts virtually to depriving thousands of
citizens of their votes. Mechanically, too,
there aro difficulties. By 9 In the morning
the ballot boxes will be so filled with paper
that soap boxes and any other receptacles
which happen to be handy In the voting
places will have to be used. Voting becomes
almost a farce and tho registration of tho
people's will an Impossibility under tho sys
tem In vogue. One of the first requisites for
good government Is a simple ballot so that
citizens may know whom or what they are
voting for. An election these days Is too
likely to be a puzzle contest.
SLOW DOWN
RAPID transit means rapid transit for
mall aa well as for people. Yet under
the thin guise of Improving the service In
this city the Postofflce Department seriously
proposes to discontinue the use of the pneu
matic tubes and subject the malls to tho
hazard of weather, storm and blockade. For
an underground, uninterrupted service It
proposes to substitute a surface service, sub
ject to all sorts of Interruption and endless
delay. It would be almost as sensible to
restore stage coaches between Philadelphia
and Washington to carry tho mails.
Tho committee which appeared before the
Postmaster General yesterday to protest
against this alarming "Improvement" repre
sented all elements of the community. It is
a protest which the Administration cannot
afford to Ignore. If Government administra
tion of the mails means the restoration of
antiquated methods and less instead of more
epcPd. It is time to fight even more vig
orously than before against all the other
wild schemes for Government ownership
which havo been urged by the Administra
tion. SHIPPING CnAOS IS ABOUT TO BEGIN
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fT LOOKS as if Secretary Redneld would
have to resume his legislative funetions
and make some more amendments of the
seamon's act. He has already Informed nhlp
pers that the language section does not
mean just what it says. Now ho Is con
fronted with the indifference of the teamen
to the requirements that they take an ex
amination and receive a diploma conferring
41 t.,.. . A TJ ,.vs. lm mi J
. 'no ucgieu ufc a -. ucn i(wi. Alio law
' it Ny that no snip may go to aea unions forty
,A-?i1ier cent- ot the crew oro A B'8, And tne
? Msften have to pay n cents to get tne cer-
Scate. They do not care enough about it
BjMtid tb money.
law goes Into effect nxt week, and
"JKuen re no certified seamen in port In this
vt2k 'd the lack is doubtless aa great in
.ln ' ports, Mr. Redneld will have to
. Vf'Moby way to Jet the ships sail. Com-
' ' rtat has been conducted with some
-4'lr,'J ,.y a largo body of seamen for years
cannot be tied up because qf a fool require
ment of a new law that does not Increnso
tho efflrienry of tho rqen at oil.
The attempt to cover the blunders In tho
net by mich tnlk of a conspiracy to prevent
Ite enforcement as Is coming from Wash
ington will not decelva any one oxcopt
thoe who are anxious to bo fooled. The
only sane thing for the Administration to
do Is to act on the suggestion of tho Foreign
Trade Council and appoint a shipping board,
with Instructions to frnmo a workablo law.
THE WHOLE TICKET
rpitK fierce light of public attention is
beating now on the two candidates for
Mayor, Porter and Smith. But thoy are not
the only candidates on tho tlckots.
The nominees for Select and Common
Councils will bp chosen by those who know
them best their noighbors. Their cholco
will be Influenced by various motives; but
they have one suro tost. They know that
tho men on Mr. Smith's ticket ftro men llko
Mr. Smith, aro candidates in behalf of Mc
Nichol. They know that tho men on Mr.
Porter's ticket aro mon llko Mr. Porter, are
candidates in behalf of Philadelphia.
Tho other positions to bo filled, tho great
offices, of City Controller, City Solicitor and
Recorder of Deeds, Sheriff, Coroner and
Clerk of Qunrtor Sessions, County Commis
sioners nnd Magistrates, aro all of such Im
portance that thoy must bo given to mon
heart and soul In sympathy with tho prin
ciples of cfllclont government. A vote for
Portor Is a vote for good government; but
It must bo supported by a vote for tho men
who aro for the city against McNIchol. Not
all theso men havo tho promlncnco of Qcorgo
D. Porter, nor hnvc nit of them tho practi
cal experience which he will bring to his
office
But they can nil deliver tho goods I
MORE BRITISH MUDDLING
A MORE pltlablo confession of Incompe
tence has seldom been made than that
which Lord Lansdowno has mado in behalf
of tho British Ministry. He says that tho
Germans aro likely to force their way
through Serbia, because they have surprised
tho defenders of the Interests of the Allies
In the Balkans. Then ho blandly remarks
that tho military leaders aro planning to
consult and decldo what is to be dono in
tho emergency.
Tho Germans have not been caught nap
ping In any such way. They had their Bal
kan plans completed for months, and were
only waiting a favorable opportunity for
acting on them. They knew It was through
tho Bnlknns that they must fight their way
to their place in tho sun. Lord Lansdowno's
confession Indicates that tho war found tho
British mentally, as well ns physically, un
equipped for battling against tho great ad
vocates of Kultur. The French aro giving
nn admirable account of themselves; but If
tho AlJIes win It will bo In spite of British
muddling In great crises.
THE WORD! THE WORD!
THE hard-headed and progressive business
mon of Walnut street are making no ldlo
speculation when they offer $25 for six words.
At the rate of $4.16GG plus a word the asso
ciation could employ Theodore Roosovelt, A.
Conan Doyle, G. Bernard Shaw and Arnold
Bennett together, but thoy might not get the
right six words.
Tho six must embody and proclaim the
advantages of Walnut street a task not dif
ficult to those who know the manifold attrac
tions of that thoroughfare. It must bo as
hopeful as "Watch Worcester Grow," which
once shone in enormous electric letters over
the station of that city, and It must be as
catchy as "Waterbury Has Something on
You," by which the Connecticut seml-metrop-olls
onco suggosted to the world that tho
world couldn't dress without a touch of tho
town. Six snappy words are wanted.
It will be a safo Investment. Men go about
their dally tasks quite regardless of vocabu
laries. And suddenly n phrase shines like a
bright light about them and they aro per
suaded by a word. Archimedes wanted a
lever, but the modern advortlser cries out:
"Give me tho word and I will rule the world."
UNRAVELING TnE GREAT MYSTERY
THERE are more theories about the cause
of rheumatism than about any other com
mon fact. Every physician either has a
theory of his own, adopts the theory of
another man or Just gives It up and pre
scribes blindly when tho rheumatics apply
to him.
It has remained for a man addressing the
great clinical Congress of American Surgeons
in Boston to explain that tho real cause of
rheumatism is the injection of poison into
the blood from ailing teeth or from a per
sistent cold, or from Inflamed tonsils, or from
ailments of the ear or tho nose. And if it
is not from any of these it Is due to ailments
of somo other organs.
Now If any ono is longer in doubt as to
the origin of this painful disease or shall It
be called this painful symptom of a multitude
of diseases? he Is hard to please.
The President Is reported embarrassed by
the flood of gifts sent to him. Thorn as hoa
gltal
Thoy havo begun right in Pittsburgh by
arresting tho owner of the Are horror
building.
Italy may cry "Wolfl" once too often. One
of these days Gorizla will fall Just out of
perversity,
Able-bodied seamen are as coy about tak
ing their examinations as most other candi
dates for the degree of A. B.
Eternal vigilance is the price of free trans
fers, and they are cheap at that because of tha
bonus of goocf government that will go along
with them.
President Wilson will aim at the hyphens
in his speech next week. Here's hopincr that
bis old skill in throwing a baseball may
s'orve him in good stead.
Not oven Hiram Johnson could persuade
California to change its Constitution so his
presidential electors might appear on a non
partisan State ticket next year.
The voters ought to take a lesson from
the women tloket sellers on the elevated and
not be so busy with their tatting next Tues
day that they let the wrong candidates get
a pasa to tho City Hall.
AROUND THE WORLD
WITH THE MARINES
Colonel Wnller Hns Led tho Navy's
Infantry on Historic Occasions
Which by No Means Were
Destitute of Excitement
By COROLYN BULLEY
MARINE and naval ofllcera don't have
poisonal opinions, but some of them
havo had considerably more experience nnd
oxercl8o than you would Imagine. Here is
Colonol Waller, who entered tho service In
1882, and has be?n
pretty continuously
actlvo ever since.
Colonol Wallor U
supposed to bo the
otdest colonel In the
Marines, who, you
know, nre neither reg
ular soldiers nor sail
ors. They aro soldiers
who go to sea, but do
their fighting on land,
I, e., when the navy
hns arrived at the
enemy country. They
nre often cnlled tho In
fantry of tho navy,
though thoy usually
t a k o some saddles.
colonel- WALLKn. bridles, etc.. with them,
and after they havo landed grab tho first
horses thoy come to, and thereupon convert
somo of their number into cavalry. So you
seo, as Kipling said, a marine Is "a sort of
a blooming cosmopolouse."
Colonol Waller began his career In tho
bombardment of Alexandria, nnd was next
sent to tho Argentine Republic. Then In the
Spanish-American Wnr ho took part In nil
tho engagements nt Santiago, Including tho
destruction of tho Spanish fleet on July 3,
1S98. At this time, by tho way, Colonel
Waller was ono of those who received a gold
medal for rosculng Spaniards from their
burning ships. Thcro's an odd way of work
ing tho civilized mind has got Into. You give
a man a medal for taking lives of tho enemy
In qunntltlcs until somo ono says, "Stop!"
Then you turn round and glvo him another
medal for saving tho same people's lives. In
other words, civilization Is a mental state to
which things only seem right nnd wrong ac
cording to context.
Colonel Waller's explanation of how he
rescued these toasting Spaniards Is Just that
ho and others went out In little boats and
took them off tho burning ships, which
doubtless paints a vivid picture to experi
enced marines but leaves a good deal to tho
imnglnation of the avcrago layman.
The Colonel was In the Philippines in 1899,
and the next year took the First Battalion
to China to help the assembled nations quell
tho Boxer uprising. Thero ho was made a
Lieutenant Colonel "by brevet," which means
for distinguished services. When you are a
major, as Colonel Wnller was when he ar
rived In Chlnn, you have charge of a bat
talion. On becoming a colonel, you get a
regiment, which multiplies tho forces you
command by 3.1; ono can do It out on paper,
from Brigade Commander through to Simple
and Compound Lieutenants It Is like learn
ing verb trees In a foreign language.
Gave Up a Fortune
Colonel Waller captured a rather Interest
ing treasure In Tlen-tsln. It was a collec
tion of sliver shoes I mean really sliver
metal shoes. Tho Chinese call them sycees.
That does seem a peculiar and rather Incon
venient form In which to keep your wealth.
Well, the forms wero pretty well blighted by
the time Colonel Waller got actual possession
of the fortune, because the building In which
It was stored had been set on fire, either by
gun fire or purposely by tho Boxers before
they retired. When tho half molten mass had
cooled off and been sorted out, the Colonel
was ordered to sell the treasure to the high
est bidder. Each sycee brought about JC5,
bringing tho total sum up to about $400,000,
all of which was turned over afterward to
tho Chinese Government.
Colonel Waller was sent to the Philippines
again in 1901, and In 1903 was In command of
a regiment at Panama. That was the time
that our marines slid out of the Philadelphia
Navy Yard very quietly, all of a sudden.
Then ono morning the Colombians woke up
to discover us calmly sitting on all the Im
portant high spots round Pnnnma, In 1906
Colonel Waller went down to Cuba to dis
arm the Insurrectionists and to make Cuba
look as much like a civilized and orderly
country ns possible. In 19U he was sent to
Cuba again, "to await developments in Mex
ico."
Last year Colonel Waller had command of
the land forces nt Vera Cruz. Now, the
Colonel tells me, we havo a very erroneous
Idea of Vera Cruz. He Bays it Is probably the
cleanest, most sanitary Latin-American city
In existence. The percentage of sick among
our mon while there was lower than it usually
Is In the Philadelphia Navy Yard. More
over, ho declares they suffered less from the
heat there than they do here, because they
had a trade breeze practically throughout
their stay. The first thing they did on ar
riving wns no, not to swat the fly, kerosene
the puddles or shoot the representative
citizens but to put up shower baths. If they
couldn't work it any other way they stuck
a "barrel up a tree. Then I suppose there
was a bucket lino of marines day and night
leading up a ladder to tho barrel, so that the
blessings of marine officers might descend
from above, as they should.
ON SPEAKING ENGLISH
It should ba a point of conscience with those
who can speak English perfeetly to do so in
all their associations with newcomers. A for
eigner who is trying to better his mastery of
tho language will be grateful for the oppor
tunity to hear dear, careful and correct speech,
and each conversation la a lesson. The beat
English of America is as good as any English,
but the tongue Is greatly exposed here to the
corruption which comes from Imperfect as
similation. It la the more Important for the ma
jority to whom English Is the mother tongue
to do thtlr beat to keep It in Its purity. In
cidentally In trying to help foreigners to ac
quire a good accent they will greatly better
their own speech.. 6prtnsneld Republican.
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OCTOBER TWILIGHT
A bracing breeze
Through leaflets trees,
(The pines alone dark green)
Day leaves around
On all tho ground
Where flowers and grass have been.
All things atunej
A faint new moon.
(Sunset yet in the west),
One tiny star, ,.
Waltlngvafsr,
Till dark' bring out tbs rest,
O glorious, light,
O radiant sight
Of autumn all unfurled!
On such a night
Can't U be right
Throughout this wsftarou world T
-Pyrm. Whttuay, hi Kw Ywk Times.
ESPECIALLY
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SPEAKING THE PUBLIC MIND
Letters From Readers on Important Aspects of the Political
Struggle in Philadelphia "What Jim Says" Expres
sions of Opinion on Other Topics of Timely Interest
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Shortly after the election of John K.
Tener as Governor In 1910 the "Rlalto," as the
region In the neighborhood of what was then
called the "Betz Building" was known, buzzed
with gossip as to Cabinet and other appoint
monts soon to bo made by the nowly-chosen
State Executive. Among the possibilities for
Insurance Commissioner whoso names mingled
In the dally chatter of the minor politicians
who haunted the rialto In the hope of picking
up crumbs of comfort, waa that of Thomas B,
Smith. The office of the latter, then as now, a
representative of a bonding company, was situ
ated, as It Is today, on an upper floor of the
Broad street Bkyscraper and not far removed
from the sacred precincts occupied by Senator
James P McNIchol.
It was the dusk of an evening In November.
1910, that Mr. Smith, Impeccably attired and
wearing the placid smile of contentment that so
well becomes him, stepped from one of the
elevators on the ground floor of tho "Detz Build
ing." He kindly saluted acquaintances In the
lobby and was making his way townrd tho
door when he encountered a reporter of ono of
tho Philadelphia newspapers the one who writes
this reminiscence and was Immediately con
fronted with the following question, addressed
In entire good faith by the seeker of Informa
tion for his paper:
"Mr. Smith, do you intend to be a candidate
for the office of Insurance Commissioner?"
Mr. Smith smiled benevolently on his Inter
rogator, paused a moment before answering,
and his reply was then as full of red blood as
his utterances have been In the laBt few weeks
on the subject of transit and other matters of
municipal moment:
"It depends on what Jim Bays."
This is tho Bame Thomas B. Smith who in
this yenr of contractors' grace Is a candidate
for the office of Mayor of Philadelphia, a post
of tremendous Importance and endowed with
virtually Illimitable powers In the disposition
of the taxpayers' money In the form of munici
pal Improvements. In 1910 "Jim said" Thomas
B. should not bo a candidate for Insurance Com
missioner, and Thomas B. wasn't. This year
"Jim says" Thomas B. shall be the Organiza
tion candidate for Mayor, and Thomas B. Is.
Need more be said regarding the paramount
Issue of the campaign that ends next Tuesday?
The voters should meet It with the ancient
slogan: "No king, no clown, shall rule this
town." REPORTER.
Philadelphia, October 26.
THE SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Slr To the opposition of any question, when
n principle is involved, a true reason should
be given by Its opponents for such opposition.
Mr. Neil Bonner, president and spokesman for
tho National Retail Llauor Dealers' Association,
gtves an opinion concerning the fate of the
woman suffrage amendment, yet he does not
glvo a reason for the opposition to woman
suffrage hy the National Association of Retail
Alcoholic Home Destroyers. I wish It were pos
sible for every citizen in this country, whose
moral flbro has not gone to decay, to procure
a copy of the Evemno Ledosr containing the
article under the headline, "Chicago Liquor
Men Attack Suffrage Law." Hoping and pray
ing that the amendment will pass, and that
women may succeed in ridding our fair country
of the curse, the saloon, which Is blighting our
young mannooa ana womanhood, I remain,
MRS. MATILDA LE VAN.
Philadelphia, October 27.
CONGRATULATIONS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir You are to be congratulated on the Tom
Daly column. With your successive achieve
ments you'll have people sitting up and taking
notice so continually that they'll never go to
sleep. SAMUEL B. BLAKE.
New York, October 27.
A BURST OF SUNSHINE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Aha I Bo it's Tom Daly you've been egg
ing us on about I Great work I A burst of sun
shine in a gloomy world I When I take the 6:15
after November 1 I'll bet I'll see a whole lot
more Evening L-doeiis in front of the passen
gers on the crowded cars! The best thing In
your ad. of this morning Is the picture. Any one
can see from the twitch on the Up that the
"Irish Thrush" has just thought of something
delightfully humorous to tell us. More power
to you I One does not have to be a Polly Anna
to be glad at this great news.
GEORGE C. WATSON.
Philadelphia, October 2.
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RIGHTS AS AMERICANS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir In this campaign the naturalized citizen
are called upon to decide whether they are
going to exercise their right of suffrage con
ferred upon them in favor of candidates who
stand for clean things in publlo life or in fa
vor of returning Into power a systsra which, be
fore tha advent ot the prsstnt city administra
tion, oppressed them and unoralle4 tham.
It Is u well-ksown faet that undar the con-trsctor-boss-'
r1ms lntopetideRt etUseas, and
naturalise dtiM in particular, were intimi
dated, abused and persecuted because of their
independence and wer not allowed to register
their political convictions at ths polls, unless
they favored ths most Iniquitous machine which
has disgraced the fair name of the City of
Pcnn. But, thanks to ths efforts ot tits Hon.
Oeorge D Porter as Director of Publlo Safety,
mm a(Nlbtt oooAHio-S ww vaaleally sitasi-
DESIGNED TO DELIVER
nated and, In consequence thereof, the rights
of nil citUens, whether natlvo born or natural
ized, are today fully protected and safeguarded
in every way.
The political bosses havo tlmo nnd again
boasted that thoy carry tho so-called "foreign
vote" in their vest pocket, and tho little bosses
of the various nationalities, devoid of every
sense of decency and respect for themselves and
for others, havo "delivered" that voto for a
miserable consideration to the detriment nnd
demoralization of poor Innocent voters. Aro
these men going to allow any longer mercen
aries of the ballot to barter their voto at will,
or are they going to stand up and assert their
lights as American citizens?
No man is worthy of the name "American"
who docs not exercise his right of suftrago with
independence and intelligence.
Ever slnco I attained my majority I Invari
ably voted for candidates who esioused the
cause of the people against political parasites,
and am proud to say that I havo never allowed
any one to dictate to mo how I should cast my
ballot, a privilege which I havo always con
sidered as the most sacred and valuable under
our Constitution. It would be a disgrace to my
American citizenship, which I value above all
other things, If I did not follow the dictates of
ray oun conscience.
HENRY DI BERARDINO.
Philadelphia, October 27.
AMUSEMENTS
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
ONE WEEK ONLY, BEdlNNINQ
MONDAY, NOVE&IDEU 8
Boston Grand Opera Co.
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
PAVLOWA BALLET
Mon. Eve. "L'AMOnE DEI TIIE RE." VillanI
Zenotcllo, Baklanort, Mardones. With Oluck'a
"ORFEO." with Pavlowa Ballet.
Tuea. Evg. and Sat. Mat. "MADAMA BUTTER.
FLY," Tamakl Mlura, Martin, Chalmera. With
"SNOWFLAKES BALLET," P.vlowa and Ballet
Ruae.
Wed. Mat. (pop. prices, BOe to $2.60) PUPPEN.
FER, SNOWFLAKEU AND DIVERTISSEMENT.
Wed. Eve. "L.A MUTA dl PORTICI," ravlowa
Lyne. Zenatello, Chalmers. ' "'
Thurs. Evg. "CARMEN," Gay, Saroya, Martin.
Mardonea, Pavlowa and Ballet. ' ' J""r"n'
Prl. Evg. "TOSCA," Vlllanl, Zenatello, Baklanoft
and Pavlowa Ballet.
Bat. Evg. "OTELLO," Vlllanl, Zenatello, Bakla
noft. Pavlowa and Ballet Divertissements.
Seat sale now on, 1109 Chestnut at. Prices, $1.00
to $3 00.
B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE
CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH STREETS
MUSICAL COMEDY'S FAVORITE STAR
LOUISE GUNNING
IN ORIGINAL BONO SELECTIONS
"Woman Proposes"
Paul ArmstronR's Brilliant Satire
THE BAQQESENBi MILT COLLINS! WATSON
SISTERS: BTONB HAYES ,"wou"
OTHER BIO FEATURES
BROAD
DADDY
HENRY MILLER
RUTH
CHATTERTON
LONG
LEGS
EOo to 11.80 at Matinees Election Day and Wednesday
WALNUT 8TH ni WALNUT STB.
' "-'-' - x Management GRANT LAFERTY
THE PENN PLAYERS with
Irene Oshler and Edward Everett Horton'
in WITHIN THE LAW
MATS., lBo to BOc, EVOS.. 2Sa to TKo
800 GOOD SEATS, 25c 800 OOODBEATS BOa.
Next Week "READY MONEY" ' B0'
THE
Stanley
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THREE DAYS
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WE DARE any of you
thousands of folks who
are going to read this ad ,to
deny that at one time or an
other you were just crazy to
go on the stage. You wanted
to see what was going on
behind the scenes. Well,
here at last is your chance.
James Forbes' comedy,
which comes to the Garrick
Theatre next Monday night,
reveals every secret and
trick of the show business.
It's a New York hit, too
ran six months last season
at the Hudson Theatre. The
seats go on sale today for
THE
SHOW
SHOP
SPECIAL. ELECTION DAY MAT. TUESDAI
FORREST NOW
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TWICE DAILY
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SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER SO, AT JJJJ
IN AID OF
Polish Victims' Relief Fund
PADEREWSJil
Will Mnkn An AddrftlS OH
POLAND, PAST AND PRESEITCI
RECITAL OF CHOPIN'S MUSICJ
Tickets 1 to I2.50, at JOTpe;
All Boxes Sold at Private pais
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in "A GIRL OF YESTEKUA .
COMING ALL- NEXT ",,,,;,
GERALDINE FARRAR in "CARMEN,
COMPLETE IN EVERY DETAIL j
Trifinfrlfi Plavs This WeJc
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Fall." J una -ean in " ""';Tr.'1 M. m
Evenings at 8. Matinees at 2. Vtlct-" J
and toe. Evenings. 25c. COot a few at II " J,
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