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letter than her mother until the tries It.
WARNING OR TI1IIEAT7
I want to Impross persona t?ho contem
plate opening; vlcloue resort that, although
thla Administration has not much longer to
run, It does not propose) to permit anything
Of tho kind. Director Drlpps.
THE BUnkonbure Administration leaves a
reoord of an honest attempt at clvlo de
cency. The city has been "closed," nnd
Director Drlpps does well to nee that It re
mains closed until noon, January 3, 1018, At
that tlmo responsibility passes Into other
hands.
Tho fact that tentatives havo already been
mado against tho decency of Philadelphia Is
not flattering to tho now Administration, but
It Is not conclusive Speculators from other
cities have oomo hero on the off-chance.
They have been premature, as Mr. Drlpps
pointed out. In tho language of tho street,
ho has "passed tho buck" to tho Smith re
gime. But he has not done It without grace,
for his conoludlng words are:
"I am qulto euro, from the declarations
Mayor-elect Smith has made, ho will con
tinue tho policy of his predecessor and will
do nil ho can to supproes -rice." There Is no
reason to bellevo that Dlreotor Drlpps In
mistaken.
FIVE-CENT SUGAR
THE cheerless prospect of being compelled
to decreaso tho amount of sugar In our
third cup of coffeo, held out by tho sugar
reflners a few days ago, has been dissipated.
Instead of 10-cent sugar for tho next three
months. It Is reportod that the prlco Is llkoly
to return to Its level before the war. The
beet sugar from tho West 1b coming to mar
ket, tho Cuban sugar Is being harvested and
ships from tho Great Lakes are coming to
the Atlantic to bring tho sugar hero. This
means, we nro told, that we shall soon have
five-cent sugar.
This Is cheerful news to get In the holiday
srason, when tho high cost of having bo
many friend") and relatives Is draining the
pockotbook of the head of the family.
BIG BROTHER TO SMALL BOY
TTTB CANNOT solve tho question of tho
VV small boy," says Charles Edwin Fox,
of tho Juvenllo department of the District
Attorney's offlce, "until we can reach him
before he Is brought to court."
Spoiling business for the Juvenile courts
Is one of the most pleasant nnd ono of the
most profitable of occupations. Tho Big
Brother movement. In connection with which
the quoted words were spoken, Is an organi
zation whose single purpose, Is to make the
juvenile court superfluous by keeping malice
out of small-boy mischief, The Juvenile de
linquent Is, except In cases of actual social
Incapacity, a boy whose instinct for fun has
been misdirected.
Small boys, and boys who grow up In
gangs, have friends enough; but they are
all of one type the type that considers the
policeman and the truant officer enemies,
that preys on weakness, that learns all too
cosily to snatoh and to steal. The small boy
IrJhe city has all the Instincts of loyalty,
most of the feelings for fair play, some re
spect for decency and an overwhelming ad
miration for prowess. If the Big Brother
can remember not to patronize, not to In
struct and, above all, not to uplift, he can
rnako the email boy not a prig, but a happy
and active citizen. Ho must leave him his
mischief. All he can dq is to prevent a
vicious turn by supplying a mora interesting
normal one to the. boy's thoughts.
NATIONAL GUARD AND DEFENSE
THE disposition of certain Congressmen to
regard the Garrison army enlargement
program as "an excellent thing theoretically,
but a plan that cannot work out," Is shared
by many of the friends of the National
Guard. The latter expressed their views in ft
Series of resolutions adopted by the National
Guard Association? Ht its recent meeting,
ihey believe that trv. organized militia can
fee. used as the nucleus for a continental
army and that its development along par
allel nea with tho regular army will servo
every purpose. No one will attempt to be
little the difficulties in the way of enlisting
n large body of civilians tq serve three
months under arras- every year for three,
years, Tha Bystem of drill la tho National
Guard, supplemented by a periodical tour of
duty in camp, trains men In the arts of tha
ojdler so that it would not take long to put
the men in shape for active- work n the field.
Th.e National Guard, however, Is a State
organization, and the States are reluctant to
surrender control of it to the Federal Gov
ernment. Tho "War Department wants an
army -which Is Instantly responsive to the
national demand and constantly under con
trol of the National Government. It cannot
erclse that control over- tho Stata militia
without first getting the authority through a
stU.ut!onal amendment No one knows
htsmr long It would take to secure tha con
( et the States to a change la the Consti
tution r and in the meantime the work of
prardu3 would b delayed.
Tl rttuation evldf njly H tor more care
ful atttdy than, has yt been given to It. Xt
-ytf tiiwsi J arawjnnt to prove that there in
m -waatft at enry 11 a-tlat-lalnjr a system
it ! armies ales with Urge coctl-
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ETEOTHG fiEPqEB-PHILAPBUPHTX KOCTaX TTitmWBim 3, HOTIfc
rental army tmless they can be combined In
Um of need. Tho wi men In Washington
will epend no time- In trying to deoide what
national defense plan Is theoretically the
best They will seek to find cut what bts
tm will tiroduce the) largest number ot
drilled soldlerB In the shortest time and with
tha least disturbance to the industry t the
country. They do not eeem to havo olicor
eredlt. AUSTRIAN COMPLICATIONS
IT 18 very clear that the foreign policies of
President Wilson havo had, so far, a sat
Itfaotory negatlvo results but the recurrence
of threatenlna Incidents makes It imperative
that something more definite, more positive
and moro nearly final, bo achieved. Tho
combination of threats from 'Washington and
dragnets In tho North Sea nnd elsewhere
havo actually put a ntop to Gorman subma
rine outrages. But the Lusltnnla note is still
unanswered," tho Arabic caso unsettled, and
no satisfactory adjustment of our long list
of grievances against the Teutonic Empires
is at hand.
The Ancona noto Is sovero and Insistent
and goes farther, in certain regards, than
the notes to Germany. But the trouble in
that our notes havo ail been eovero and in
sistent nnd thorough enough, If thoy had
only been Answered! An endless succession
of notes brings us no nearer to nmlcablo re
lations, nnd tho prospect of long dlplomatlo
pourparlers with Austria is Insulting to our
national prestlgo. Tho purposo of each note,
be It understood, has been tho essential dip
lomatic purpose of maintaining friendly
Intercourse. It may be that tho possibility
of such a maintenance has passed.
Tho situation In respect to both Germany
and Austria Is miserably complicated by the
activities of their agents in this country.
The recall of Boy-Ed and Von Papon, re
luctantly granted by the Kaiser, does not
quite elenr tho country of undesirable for
eign agents. Baron Zwledlnek nnd Consul
General von Nuber are not boyond ousplclon,
and it is very hard to absolve Ambassador
von Bernstorff of knowltdgo, if not of active
Interest, In conspiracy against tho Integrity
of American citizens. These men represent
tho only channels of Intercourse when com
munication Is essential, and tho crowning
Irony Is that thoy, of nil people, cannot bo
trUBtcd.
LESS REVENUE FROM BOOZE
A LOSS of 26 millions In tho tax on liquors
and tobacco is attributed by Commis
sioner of Internal Rovenue Osborn in tho
main to prohibition laws.
In 12 States tho salo of alcoholic liquors
Is already outlawed and in seven moro pro
hibition is soon to go Into effect. It is
significant that tho resulting loss in revenue
to tho Union offers no such problem aa that
confronted by many of the States them
selves. Thoro aro numorous ways In which
tho National Treasury can be refilled, but
tho Individual State finds It necessary to
turn to direct taxation. West Virginia, for
instance, has been having a strenuous time,
as prohibition was put Into effect without
any provision being mado for now taxes
to compensate tho treasury for losses from
licenses.
Yet It may be doubted If prohibition has
been moro of a factor than education In re
ducing tho liquor bill of tho nation. A care
ful study of the returns would doubtless
show that thoro has been a falling oft In
consumption In wet States comparable to
that In dry Statos. Individuals havo learned
moderation. They have had to learn It to
hold their Jobs, for corporation after cor
poration has put tho ban on drinking. There
is no placo for the hard drinker in modern
industrial life. He is out of date.
Tho prosperity of tho country would be
materially enhanced If the losses in revenue
from booze were mado up by correspondingly
heavier collections at tho customs houses.
CHINA REVERTS
ENTHUSIASTS for democracy need not be
too much concerned by tho apparent
backsliding of China. The measure of a
nation's progress Is not to bo measured In
terms of tho form of government, but In the
fulness and freedom of tho lives of Its citi
zens. There Is no reason to bellevo that un
der tho new monarchy anything of value will
bo sacrificed. Thero is every reason to be
lieve that much will be gained. That Yuan
Shlh-kai is an nstuto statesman and a good
politician Is evident from tho reservations
ho mado In accepting the throne, and In the
coup by which he la grappling, In marriage,
his family to representatives of tho deposed
dynasty. He has vision for China, and he
has power.
Much water must flow through tho chan
nels of the Ynng-tso Klang and Hoang-Ho
before China demolishes her Great Wall of
nepotism and tradition. It Is not more pos
sible to "rush" China commercially and in
dustrially than it Is to expect complete ac
ceptance of the privileges of democracy by
a people used through all history to a tyran
ny, in tho old Greek sense.
The Government of Yuan Shlh-kai is
as absolute as that ot the superseded
Manchu dynasty. Tho recent plebiscite gave
utterance to tho volco of the people a very
feeble and restrained voice In view of the
number of voters in favor of a monarchy.
A constitutional monarchy Is the necessary
stage between tho former absolutism or the
regime of the Sons of Heaven and the re
publican Ideals of the reformer, Dr. Sun Yat
Ben.
It seems to be agreed at the University
that the students who play the lady can play
tha man also,
There Is not a, ripple in the party, accord
ing to Chairman Hilles. Thero seldom is
after four years of Democracy.
Four million havo answered Lord Derby's
call. What's the need of conscription when
a whole nation volunteers?
It is useless for a man to blame it on Stev
enson when he tries to play Doctor Jekyll
and Mr, Hyde In real life.
The more the nation sees of Lansing tha
more it wonders why the resignation of
Bryan was not mentioned In the Thankst
giving proclamation.
Tha Colonel will doubtless say that when
he was planning to raise an army ot 12,000
men he was pnly practicing the doctrine of
preparedness.
What a blessing that League Island is not
a floating formation. The Impartial Demo
cratic Government might moor It In "a more
favorable location."
When it cornea to arguments, Philadel.
pfcla In the matter of the Republican Na
tional Convention has got everything, In
chiding, the money. All it nedj now Is tq
get the convention.
Tom Daly's Column
OBOBTB
Ot Ourlevt Pfcraw, of ether daw,
Peace te unto iour othrtt
Tour poUahed pompe cave u tho rempi
When ice wore MUa, and sashes;
Ton armed the Flirt, or taught that Owr
EV as good as Cash is!
"Affaire du Coeur" end "De Itlgueur,"
"Sana Soucl" ("without care")
And "Nom do plume" "Ante-Bellum"
And, rising, "Take this Chair,"
Tour genteel lore tee puttied o'er
By dusk-dimmed attlo Aeindow!
The busy ol of Mister Bill
Kneto vour arch Innuendo
Vnhappv, we, that vou and he
Were marked "Diminuendo" t
"Au Fait" "Bijou" anI "Entre Nous,"
"Coup d'oeir and "Honorar
ium" "Frou-frou" and "Billet Doux"
I like a rood Cigar."
utir elegance with faint romance
Tinged childhood's sotcr dlettonl
Wo aetoottt met joit In our
But flew to vou in Fiction.
Tour artful twist our fancv kissed
Receive our Benediction!
"Excubo bad pen" "Sir" "Faux pas" "Den"
"Ut Bupra" ("As above")
"Le Savolr Fnlro" and "Mnl de Mer"
And "Please Excuse My Glove."
HUSSIE.
The Barge of the Ford Hundred
ThMrs not to reason why,
Theirs Just to go and try
FoollBh Ford Hundred. !. C,
We had half a mind to steal the above
Idoa of L. C. S.'s and work out on elaborate
parody of L. Tennyson's poem and if some
body doesn't beat us to it, we may do it yet.
The
"For-It-Was-Indeed-He" Club
XVI T. R. E.
AT FIRST glance, gontlo reader, you might
. buppobo that tho young man boforo us
has put on his semt-savago frown because
ho realizes that tho first two of his threo ini
tials aro T. R. But, nay, not sol As our
story dovelopa It will
bo apparent that a.
parent may havo been
responsible for tho
frown, tho stern look
not that we'd have
you believe that this
youth had reoontly
boen spanked but the
parent referred to, be
ing a Judge, was fre
quently stern. Yet he
redity la not all to
blame here. A theory
advanced by t h o s o
who know him best Is
that even at this early
ngo of 6 years our
hero Is peeved, angry
and Impatient at the
thought that although
Illuminating gas had
oven then been in use
for nearly half a century, It was not bolng
properly advertised. Yes, gentle reader,
Thomas R. Elcock, Jr. for It was Indeed ho
Is here seen straining the leash that holds
him back from tho achievement of his ambi
tion, the Joy of putting "U. G. I. Service" for
ever on tho map of Philadelphia.
FRESH FISH
WALK IN
This Is painted on a card on the door of a
West Philadelphia shop. Does this mean that
those that are carried In are otherwise?
J. J.
But It's Only the Border Vnriety
Dear Tom There is a place in West Virginia
named "War." Henry should have sailed against
that for It's Just over tho lino and In reach
of a Ford. Sincerely,
Mike.
And speaking of borders, a Germantown
woman called In a pnperhanger tho other
day to estimate on some work. Tho artisan
was busy and sent his sister In his stead.
The sister was delayed somewhat and
apologized, using for that purposo a rich
Yorkshire dialect, which we shall not at
tempt to imltato:
"I'm very, very sorry, but you'd 'nrdly be
lieve W busy I've been. Why, I didn't even
get my borders cut no, not hall o' them
because when I 'ave to wyta on the store I
Just cawn't keep a heya on the clock. And I'm
that fond o' wallpyper you wouldn't believe
It. Why, when I'm a-showlng customers wall
pyper I'm that fond of It I get hall wrapped
up In It and I cawn't keep a heye on tha
clock nt all and my borders hall 'ave to wyte
and now, ma'am, hit you'll show me the room."
"Intelligence of Womnn"
Dear Sir:
An article in the December Atlantic Monthly,
on the "Intelligence of Woman," sets forth so
clearly the Illogical workings of a woman's
mind, that I felt It particularity adaptable to a
few of the women who sailed as peace advo
cates on the Ford ark. In the article, this
particular case Is called Case 63, and I have
tried to dlal'.j-je the reasoning as set forth In it.
If you care rfj print It you might head it; On
board the Oscar II, an Interview with Case 6S.
Enter rtvorter tithing news; spies Mrs. Bowwant,
lustlvmoagtit writing, tha floor Htttred hnts-desi
with sketi o foolscap.
Mr"v B. fIooMfl up Iron working and seeing r.
porter) This war ought to be stopped, and wa'ra
going- to do our beet to bring It about. It's horrible.
It'a sinful. "Out of the trenches by Christmas I" Is
our slogan. A you know, tho Blblo says 'Thou shalt
not km.
Itep. Do you bellevo In war. Mrs. B.t
Mrs, B War ought to bo done away with,
Itep. Do vou accept war?
Mrs. B One must defend one's self,
Hep. But. my dear Mrs. B . In war a person fights
not to detenu one s !, primarily, but one's country.
It Is a patriotic) act and the duty of every honest man
when his country Is In peril. You must either re
nounce your country or accept war, I ask you again,
do you accept war?
Mrs. B. One must defend one's self.
Itep As I told you before, a man flg-bts for his
country; to defend the millions and millions of Inno
cent persona living- within Its borders. lit own safety
s of secondary Importance. Do you believe In wart
Mrs B One must defend one's self.
Itep. It Isn't of the Individual I am speaking-: It'a
of the nation, Va you be.lee It Is right for a nation
to defend Itself against an Invader T
Mrs. B. In certain cases, yes. One must defend
one's self.
Rep But, If you think war ought to be done away
with, how can you reconcile yourself to such a vlswt
Mrs. B- The war wouldn't be of our making. It
was forced on us.
Rep, Yes, but if nobody offered resistance, nobody
would be killed. We would have a peaceful Invasion
of our country, and bloodshed would be averted. You
must either renounce your country or accept war.
Which do you advocate!
Mrs. B. Neither. It Is legitimate to defend one's
country from an Invader But I believe, with the
Bible. "Thou shalt not kUl."
Rep. But, as I pointed out before. If no one re
sisted, no one would be killed. Do you belief e that a
person should renounce his country or accept war!
Mrs. B, It Is legitimate to defend one's country.
One must defend one's self. But I believe, with the
Bible, "Thou shalt not klU." That U to say. won"
tonly.
Uep. That Is your anal statement.
Mrs. D Yes. final.
Rep.-vrbanks. (Exits wearily, picking tiU wait
over the piles of foolscap. Mrs. Is. resumes her
writing with triumphant air, and all is at peace..)
J, R. J
Meticulous
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BLESSED WAR AND
HOW TO STOP IT
Some Suggested Methods of Pain
less Warfare Consequences of
tho Malthuslan Theory of Na
tions Tho Ford Joke
SOME) time ngo a man named Malthus wrote
a book and promulgated therein a theory
that has beon pretty welt riddled by shot and
shell, as tho phraso goes, and hasn't yet fallen
down. Admiral Jlahan wroto a book In which
he suggested but didn't qulto formulate a Mal
thuslan theory of nations. Nations must grow,
ho sold; it Is the necessity of normal nntlonal
life; expansion la a sign of national health.
I won't say of Admiral Mahan that ho failed
to qualify these statements, but I find In nt
least ono of hla books a suggestion which ho
might have carried to its Malthuslan conclu
sion. As population may outstrip tha supply
ot food, so nations may exceed tha limits of
empire. Thero are only a certain number of
square miles of the earth's surface and yet
only ono Freedom of the Seas. But it happens
that more than one nation wants the earth.
India, to speak moro conservatively. Is coveted
by three Imperially ambitious Powers. It hap
pens, also, that though Great Britain already
owns the Freedom of the Seas, Germany la per
fectly frank In saying that Bho would like that
commodity hersolf. Obviously there nro limits
to the supply of empire. Of course, thero nre
vast regions lying waste In tho neighborhood
of tho two poles, but It's cold there and the
money returns are not attractive.
A Malthuslan Omission
The Malthuslan solution of tha food problem
was race suicide, but we all know, since Colo
nel Roosevelt told us, that that Is but an
euphemistic term for social hor..Iclde. The
solution of tho empire problem by means of na
tional suicide stands on no firmer ground. The
reduction ot the number of nations, as Illus
trated by tha story of Germany and Belgium,
Is nothing less than International murder.
Malthus when he wrote his book forgot en
tirely about intensive agriculture, if Indeed he
had ever heard of it. Possibly there exist In
estimable possibilities In Intensive emplre
bulldlng. The United States seems to have
come to that conclusion. A nation's reach
should exceed its grasp, or what la honor for?
And that's a condition that is purely psycholog
ical, and hence beyond the bounds ot Interna
tional law. Likewise beyond tha bounds ot
International law Is the condition existing In
Europe, which Is a fitter subject for the alien
ist than the psychologist.
There's a Roman anecdote that sums up the
whola matter very nicely, though somewhat dif
ferently and somewhat better. As Bacon told
It here It is: CIneas was an excellent orator
and statesman, and principal friend and coun
selor to Pyrrhus. Tho king told him ot his
ambition to conquer Italy, Sicily, Africa and
Carthage. "What then, slrT" said CIneas. "Nay,
then," salth Pyrrhus, "we take our rest, and
sacrifices and feast every day, and make merry
with our friends," "Alas, sir," said CIneas,
"may wa not do so now, without all thla ado?"
Discovery of Souls
Fighting for empire does seem a fearful waste
of time, to say nothing of the waste of other
things.
"The nations at war," says an Oxford scholar,
"are discovering their souls." Blessed be war I
An exhumation ot souls I The Individual, in
this matter or souls, is better off than the na
tion. He, at least, la human. As an Individual
unhampered by the demands ot national Inhu
manity, his method of waging war would be
painless. He would fight on some such plan as
that adopted in tha absence of a commanding
officer, by one of tha "good Germans," as the
French in the trenches call some of their
enemies. Tho story Is told In tha Cathollo Citi
zen; "A German priest visited the war front,
where he met a Bavarian infantryman sitting
in a deep bole.
The soldier asked the priest for the loan of
his field glasses. He then asked him to enter
the hole and watch hhn catch a French cuiras
sier. While the priest looked a French officer
fell from his horse. The Bavarian descended
from the tree and caught fe horse, which was
pn the point of running away In the mean
time, the priest attended to tha Frenchman,
whom the horse had dragged a short distance.
"Pastor, have np care. the Bavarian wild,
1 have- not hurt him.
"In fact, the Frenchman waj only ancoa-
tri in iiifi ?
solous. The priest then learned how the Bava
rian had flred. The bullet had struok tha
heavy cuirassier helmet, and tho man was
knooked unoonscloua.
" Tn order to perform this,' the Bavarian
sharpshooter added, 'one must have a safe hand
and good eyes.' "
Even better as a -method of painless warfare
is a schsmo suggested by the announcement
of a new invention. Malthus unfortunately
omitted Inventions from his calculations and
looked on war as a disguised blessing. But
lately the Ingenious Spaniard, Senor 1 Torres
y Quevado, has Invented an automaton chess
player which "protests" if its htimnn opponent
falls to play fairly, and. If ho roves obdurate
on warning, finally stops altogether. Why not
a diplomatic chossboard? I have not carefully
worked out tho details nor have I carefully
considered tho difficulties, but I know tho Im
possible has many times been achieved by in
ventors, nnd If thero Ib anything Impossible In
this world It Is the reform of diplomacy. Benor
Torres shows his practicality by presupposing
dishonesty. It Is, Indeed, his common sense
that makes hts chessboard valuable.
Humor, ITnndmald of Optimism
But wo are verging on the cynical and the
pessimistic. Let us rather talk, no4 of ending
war, but of ending this war. Wo ought to be
thankful fo Henry Ford. We ought, further,
to be thankful for humor.- The English House
of Commons, on tho day that the Oscar II set
sail from Hoboken, discussed the argonautlo
expedition In what may be described, as lighter
eln. In another day or two tho Prima Minis
ter of England was addressing that same House
of Commons on the subject of peace, not war,
and only a little later Chancellor von Beth-mann-Hollweg,
in the uelchstag, w-" glvlng'ut
teranco to similar sentiments. You see tha
effect of comic relief. Ford has comically
thrown the war Itself Into relict.
That phrase, "tho saving graca of humor,"
was happily framed. Humor Baves us from a
lot of things, mostly bad, and If perchance It
should bring to tho attention of European chan
celleries the fact that Henry Ford's attempt
to stop the war by request Is no mora foolish
than tho war Itself, It will havo performed a
grateful mission. Henry Ford and the Oscar II
may accomplish little, but Henry Ford and
numor make a combination that may take a
trick or two, after all. r. h.
AMUSEMENTS
ACADEMY OV MUSIC ,
PHILADELPHIA
ORCHESTRA
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI, Conductor
SYMPHONYIPrulay Aft., Dec. 17, at 3:00
CONCERTS Saturday Evg.,Dec. 18, at 8:15
Soloist: Ernlllo de Gogona, Baritone
, , PRoanAM
Suite No. 2. D Minor.., BCII
Aria from "Iphlraile en Aullde". , , , GLUCK
Symphony No. a ("London"),,.,..,, ,, ...HAYDN
The Afternoon of a raun".,..,,,. ....DEDUSSY
Serenade from "Damnalion of Faust".,,, BERLIOZ
"The Sorcerer's Apprentice",, ,.,..., ..DUKAS
Beats Now on Salo at Heppe, jjjo Chestnut
TOMBOLA
CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
AT THE
HOTEL WALTON
Tuesday, December 4th, 1915
TOMBOLA, 2 P. M.
Musical. 3 P. M. Danclnr. 0 P. M.
BENEFIT CATHOLIC HOME '
, . J01!1 ttnd Allegheny
Cards of Admission.. .,.,,,,,,,,,,, .(t oo
METROPOLITAN OPERA HO II an
METROPOLITAN OPERA CO , NEW YORK
EvatT First Time Here m;r
DER ROSENKAVALIER
MMES. HEMPEL. ODER. MASON MM. GORITZ
WEIL. ALTHOUSE. ItEISS. COND MR BODANl
ZKY, SeatallOO Chestnut St, Walnut tin, Race t"
ATYTCT.PTTT BT 2 weeks '
Jtxuvjurrii popular i mat Thursday
PHILADELPHIA'S GREATEST JOY
A FULL HOUSE
THE FARCE THAT MAKE3 THEM ALL LAUGH
PALACE ,wiSw:
Today and Tomorrow
WILLARQ MACK In "ALOHABOEJ'U'
Keystone Comedy, "Great Vacuum Rohberv"
Wednesday and Thur.daJArclatrona wife"
MARKET ABOVE I6TH
STANLEY uft$T
In, First Presentation, ot "TUB CHEAT"
PEOPLE'S A Little Girl Big City
TROnAD"RRl"l TUB CABARET GIRLS and
XtJjXXUX4iJ the mn ia the Crcscrct
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AMUSEMENTS
ACADEMY OP MUSIC "
BURTON HOLMES
THIS WED. EVENING g
WEST POINT g
YELLOWSTONE
Fri.?ffi CALIFORNIA
Slo-h uivi,
2:80
AND SAN DIKQO EXFOSmCW
SI, at Ileppe's, 28o at Academy.
GOa, 7Cc,
B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE
CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH BTREE7TS
Philadelphia Favorites' Weeki
SAM CHIP & MARY MARBLE!
PRESENTING "THE CLOCK SHOP"
MAGGIE CLINE
"tztb inian QVBEtt"
FLORENCE ROBERTS & CO,',
In "THE WOMAN INTERVENES"
Kathleen Clifford; Harry enroll : Avon C4r
Four; Do Witt, Bums & Torrence. Otttt &u
Features.
CHESTNUT ST. Opera Houm
11TH and CHESTNUT '
FIGHTING I.
IN FRANCE
MnflfrpiT -t of Morris fit . t
Preceded by a Lecture at 3 and 0 P. M. fM
E. ALEXANDER POWELL ,1
LOANED BY FRENCH GOVERNMENT i
TO THE PUBLIC LEDGER t
prices ,. :s,w
FORREST Last 6 EvgaSSS
GABY DESLYSj
and Harry pncer in a
CHARLES DILLINGHAM'S . M
LATEST MUSICAL PRODUCTION J5
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!;
Joseph Santley. Frank Lalor, Harry Fox, Vmji
Dixon. Tempest & Sunshine. Justine Johnstons, w
enca Morrison. Hawaiian OcteUo, Waiter Willi, W
Tucker and 100 More. ...if?
Xmas Night "Watch Your Step" Seats TtrH
gTbTTT k - NOf
TWICE DAILY, 2:15 and 8sW .?,
r. w. ORirFITH'S Masshe Productioa V
Last 2 THE Last 2 j
WJEa BIETH WiSJ
World's nP a Symphoi?
Mightiest-- " Trt xt 0rciieJ4
Spectacle NATION of 80 j
BROAD Last 6 Evgs. MSl
Charles Frohman. Klaw Erlaneer Pr",,jl
ELSIE f
FERGUSONJ
to "OUTCAST" Tk
The Vital. Throbbing;. Human, PUT j(
BOo to 160 at Wednesday Matinee
N'tWk,
"Iter price." wiw emma yu .
LYRIC TONIGHTj
MESSRS. BHUBERT Pre"' if
America' Foremost, Character Actor js
LOUIS MANN
..-it nttlWl .
"THE BUBBLE"!
DON'T MISS IT TONIGHT., It """ .
iiriimflHc invent at tb Season ?M
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VjJuVJiJlli vipayMB-cc?uau.iJ
A. M. lt i r a- "-- - -i
HARRY VON TILZER Presents c
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featuring osaiiij uavawauuii. -----'- .;;
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plete Show In America See, LADY LOLA'i
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inn lutn Mhiirani a in i-i vniiiirv. rmsvuti 7 i
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ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. 16. V
PADEREWSKl
Tickets at Heppe'i. 1 to is oo. wff '$tm1
Direction. C. A E1IU. SymphonyJIuiSa
""CHESTNUT S?il
ARCADIA "&&!
In "JORDAN JfJ '1'w-"S'R?at&iS
Comlmr Thursday,' . ".l.yS9
JULIA DEAN tn J-jTglMONX-;
UNIVERSITY MUSJW UW
WED. 2:30 iwf.'?
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