-,p- r, fc, ifc, EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 101S. id. r F cnrrMM SCHOOLS. SAYS SECRETARY LANE, IN AMNUAL HM'UIU . . t riKnnvlmnnf flliinf A o. L Interior iupi'- ,.. 0 . serts U. S. Is Behind Times I in Educational Methods WT n,wt CI nrtrln vlo ti nil kj ii ii . vu I RURAL PROBLEM GRAVE iWnf Schools Need in Lane's Opinion Hieher salaries for toncliers. Establishment of model schools for training teachers. Better transportation facilities for getting pupils from country into cities. Larger appropriation for Bureau of Education from Congress. wiairtN'niOV Dec 11. Tlio mi ff Br.cedenteJ nttntnpt to make the unnunl Snort of Hit Serrclnry of the Interior & i.labtc Is made In Ihnt iloriiineiil, lliu I- first chapter of which If published tmlnv. ' It Is divided Into iiectlon", or i-linptets. J .t.niit.1 am. for the lltetnry illusion li kept P In the chapter hendlnKs, which J, h,re nil the llnvor of a diisliltitf hook l of Adventure for the uc of Hoy Hcouts. For example. "Yountr America" li the i title of the first chapter, lint Just to f Mjure those ht prefer tlio old dull way I of ilolnfi tilings thcio Is rt title hi MfnthMM larked on "llutnl Schools," ' for'whlch ' Vounu Americ-i" Is tlio i poetic par.iplirasc. i' There Is another chapter In the llrst Instalment ivltli even more or u literary flavor-'TnniluK til" Itlvers fin Ubc." And ngsm then M n sober paienthetlc explanation in the old aljlc "trrluiillon R and I'lood Piotectlun." Tlieie.itlcr the a ctapter headliius licgln to lose their nlr h of romance. tltoURli "Places of Iienuty h j an Asset" Is fnlr, but the otliem In B the "to-be-ioiillnued " clasH fall oft to inch tnle-tn.itr as ".Vilnius Laws" and I "The Ualniu-c of the Itetiort." f Perhaps the most fnsclnnttntr rlinpter 5 of the repoit Is the one entitled 'YnmiB 6 America " Tlio Secretary of tlio Intel lor I himself admits that It deals with the mot jt vital problems of the Irmd the education ! ind tralnhiB of Us children and their pic I paratlon for a full and nliundnnt life. t. The repoit cnlls the public school h.s- l tern of the 1'nltoil States "the greatest of f American Inventions," but asserts that '- no progress has been made by tills I couatiy along Independent lines of 10- i search and experimentation In the Held of education for the last 30 years. America, Mr. I.ane savs, hns been obliged to lesort 'to the advice and experience of foreign countries for new Ideas and then failed to put them into piaetlce. The American people spend thicc-iiuaitcrs of a billion dollars annually on their public school?. This amount nearly equals that expended every v,ent in running the Federal Govern ment. There Is great waste of enersv, tho report asserts, iml lack of cohesion In tho cducntlonal policies of the selioolj, both city and rural. Commenting upon this situation tho report sns. "Vet here and theie under lare leadership may be found in this countrj the most striking proofs of whnt can be done to tie our schools to our life The hope Is eventually to make the school what Jt should be, . the vcrj heni t of the community loclal club and co-opei alive ccntro ns j veil as school." i To accomplish this Secictary I.tino 'recommends that tho Bureau of Initi ation should bo Intrusted with tho con iuct of u national campaign for tho Introduction of new educational methods. nd expel liuents. Says Mr. I.ane: "As In the Bureau of Milieu we seek to save the lives of tho miners by edu cating them In tho uso of explosives and life-saving opparatus and by in structing opctutors in safe methods of lulldlng their vnst underground work shops, so I would erect the Uurcau of Education Into n Bureau of Educational Methods and Standards, in which would he gathered the lipo fruit of nil educa tional experiments upon which tho schools of tho country could draw." Tho new bureau is to bo a soit of nn edu cational dealing house of tho nation. . Particular stress Is laid in tlio report upon tho rural school problem. Tho un derpajment of teachers and tho lack of Interest shown by parents of rural com munities are deplored. In tho richest State of tho I'nlon. Mr. Lane points out, there are 1000 badly organized and un scientifically managed schools, the teach ers In which mo paid less than farm hands and are almost without status. This situation, the report maintains, cannot be remedied by the action of local school boards, but must be handled on a. national scale by tho Federal Govcrn jment. The Secretary sas that with tho expenditure of less than $100,000 a year a complete revolution could be worked out In rural school life. "Our nlm would ke," the report says, "to Identify tho school with tho farm and the Ullage, and develop a new respect In fatheis and mothers for the school as a practical and not a mere scholastic Institution. The problem Is only one of popularization. Thle thing can be done by methods that r so simple and direct that they will bo startling. The need Is Immedlute, and surely It would be a shamo to let a feneration waste Itself while the Idea slowly creeps on nil fours through a country that has invented wireless teleg raphy." DBVEI.OI'MKNT OF rtUSOUItCUS. Tho advisability of a mammoth Issue United States bonds coupled with Btate bond Issues, to raise money for the Improvement of American utrcoms or drainage, irilgation, reclamation and flood prevention, is discussed In a sec tion of the report. Tho Secretary declares that the Ameri can river and reclamation question con sumes one of the greatest problems be ore the nation today. He described tho wuuni ot money which will be needed .to make the proposed Improvements as rtaggerlng" and says there appeals to M no hope of getting the work done with out heavy Investment of Government money. The Secretary points out that It ould be unwise to expend money for purpose from current revenues. . Permanent improvements which the ftol8 people undertake are a legitimate marge, against capital account, not jsalnst maintenance," tho report says. A commission to devlso tho wus and means by which the States and private na owners and the National Govern 'n' may co-operate in paying for the work seems to me a more needed body jnan one w hlch will report upon englneer lat methods." Jala means of financing, saa the Sec BrSry wlU "strlbute tjie cost of the "ndertaken among tho gencra "Wis which shall enjoy the benefits. The Secretary discusses the Colorado frr situation. He says the people of Imperial Valley In Southern Callfor ? ,nust tight to prevent the Colorado "m inundating their homes as the Hoi SJtz'r" flsht to restrain the sea from "urjtlng through their dikes. The Hood "Mr should be captured in reservoirs jw after u descends from the snovv fai?2 peaks oC the Rockies and used Ep ,fr'atlnS desert stretches, thus mak ft' tp wilderness blossom and saving "lowlands from destruction by flood. L wrk done bo far In. strengthening w oanks of the lower reaches of the voioraflo j, mtle moro han patchwork w report says. Many other rivers throughout the coun m?Ja,cularllr the Mississippi and SIis Ur juvers, need attention, the Becre gfy declares. Great loss of life aud "jwtjr may be, avoided by judicious, no "Mnflt, lit says. MANY THINGS BESIDES AIR IN "THE BUBBLE" Louis Mann Brings the Lyric a Play With More Frills Than Plot Li", i ' W'1" . A comedy-dram- In three. f-n.,.,bl Rjy'1 Locke. I'lrle Theatre. . i!uV,Jve..Mu,:l"r I.ouls Mann I mil In Mueller, hln wife ,Augute Ilurmener TT Mfller, hl daiiRhter.. .l.nura Wfllker Vif1,JJ'."7h"'n Ororrte Welilrton Josetih Mnhlrn linn n Mtllr Hcf,"S .'." Ir"f room h"ek "t Mueller's aroeery nil ildlontesftcn tnre Art 1 Alter Mirirer ,ri Hr"1''- Afternoon, n few weeks later. Art III Paino Ten minutes later. "Knough nin't enousli If jou tnn art more. QustaNO Mueller. When two or three aro gathered to gether, In spile of a young blizzard, It is posslblo to doubt that remark, so far ns snow is concerned. And when they are watching T.ouls Mnnn 1111 a tiny little plot Just plum full of elaborations and details and accretions i t10 way of otherwise perfectly good character acting, that observation becomes positively ab sunl. HnouRh Is too much. To set tho easiest thing out of tho way llr.st, consider tho plot of "Tho Hubble." Act 1: A dclleitessen denier ready to ie lite on n legacy and savings of J25.0O0. Hut Instead of settling down with his good old wlfo and letting his pretty daughter many a reporter-boy who can wheedle J.i00 out of Dodd Mead & Co for "a stor," he listens to the blandishments of the most transparent mining stock scamp that ever darkened a llrst act. He ought to have suspected the morals of n man who said "suppositious" for "sup posititious." Hut ho didn't. Act II: Tho result Mining stock boom ing, wlfo miserable over moving into "a. 'p.utmont" wheio sho won't bo allowed to keep her old furniture or to cook, tho rcpoitcr-boy busy with nn insldo tip that tho mining shark Is going to bo raided, and "broke!" ns nn nstutn financial au thority in the balcony Informed tho house. Act III: rifteen minutes foi tho lllyun to call and ehoko tho old gentleman, and for the reporter-bo to arrive with $50,000 which ho has rescued from said lllyun. (You see, n idioit and discreet investment In fnkn mines frequently puH 100 per cent.) Unfoitunatelv, Mr. Locke has "dolled up" his simplo familiar little tale with a good many repetitions. I'eoplo do things like telephoning to tho raided scamp over and over again. Tho daugh ter hauls out that oldest Inhabitant. "Why, Dick, I can't liellevo It," no less than three times. There Isn't nn unglo of tho uouveau rlcho question that escapes restatement. Tho whole thing could bo told In half tho time. As for Mr, Miinu's arlations on tho vntlatlons of Sir. I.ecko, they are u good deal plensantcr and more entertaining. After all. Sir. Maim is a skilful actor of pungent comedy with n perfectly amazing tepeilory of moods. If he rears mound tho loom rveiy three minutes In comic and Impotent rage, at any rnlo It is amusingly don". If ho scolds his wlfo In German every four minutes It Is at least In character. If he mnkes tho old man a nagging. Ill-tempered, disgusting beast every live minutes, ho does It with a thorough disregard for "tho usual thing" that Is highly commendable. If ho descends to tragic relief every now and then to show that he Is something moro than a. comedian, ho may bo pardoned the fact that ho has madi. tho character so utterly unsympatetlc In his selfishness that nobody can bo gieatly worked up over Ills misery. Thcio is a good deal of fun in 'Tho Hubble," largely due to Sir. Mann nnd SIme. Huimestcr. Thcio might bo moro. iclatlvely. If thnt excellent actor weren't so suro that "enough ain't never enough If you can get mote." K. SI. Intense Fitch Drama at the Knickerbocker An unusually good production of "The Woman in tho Case," a powerful drama from tho pen of Cljdo Fitch, Is tho cur lent attraction of tho Knickerbocker I'la ers. Tho play, which as tho title Implies, contains tho man, wlfo nud the ad venturess. Is well carried out, especially In tho sceno between Allco Donaldson, as tho devoted wife nnd ltuth llobln son, as tho adventuress. Both played their parts with Intense feeling, and tho lesult of tho scone was shown by the audience in their applause. Tho story, In shoit. Is the efforts of a wlfo to freo her husband, Julian Itolfo, from tho chaigo of murdering his best friend, Long. The accusation Is made by Claire Foster, tho adventuress, who Is enraged lit Itolfo because of his In terruption of her lovo affair with Long. Tho wife sets out to get tho truth. Not until the night before tho tilul of lier husband does she, by u clever stratagem, get a confession from tho woman, who holds her husbaud'u fate. Alice Donaldson In tho role of the wife was intensely dramatic, she and ltuth Hoblnson holding tho audience spell bound In their scene. Tho latter was also all that could bo asked In the rolo of "tho woman In tho case." Frank 15. L'l llott portrayed tho part of the husband with unerring accuracy. Ted Brackett in tho lolo of the fiiend and lawyer ahow-cd Just the needed human nature, in helping his friend, though ut the same time leady to believe Mm guilty. Others who did well In the cast were Thomas Shearer, with his quaint brogue; Josle Sisslon, Charles T. Sloore. Anna Doherty, John Geary, Phillip Lord and liichard Stiles. Vaudeville Keith's In the most quiet manner Imaginable riorence Roberts, whom most of us huvo met before, proved to be the nitlstlo treat of the bill at Keith's this week. In "The Woman Intervenes," a colorful plajlet by J. Hartley Manners, sho has a made-to-measure part which gives her opportunity to prove that she Is worthy of all the good things which have been said about her. Tho Btory is a little unusual. A man and woman become estranged. The wo man eventually learns that the man Is paying attentions to a married woman friend of heia She visits the apartment of her former lover to warn him that the husband of tho married woman has guessed the truth. Latei the husband himself arrives und threatens to kill tho man who sought to steal his wife's love. The accused man is saved by the wo man he formerly loved when she sud denly announces that they are engaged. She convinces tho wrathful husband that his suspicions are unfounded. Jllss Itobcrts Is well supported by Charles Wyngate, as the lover; Kdward Wade, as the suspicious husband, and Thomas Magulre, It was like turning back the pages of time to see Maggie Cllne, who was Just as nimble as she was nearly 30 years ago, when vaudeville was called variety. She was given a warm wel come, and was obliged to revive "Throw Him Down McCloskey." the song which made her famous. Sam Chip. Slary Slarble and Company presented "The Clock Shop," which was unique and en tertaining. SIlss Kathleen Clifford, who came to us direct from London, showed how nice it was to be dainty. She had some good Kngllsh songs and a capti vating Btyle which made her more than welcome. And then there was Harry Gilford, an old Hoyt comedian, who was as clever as ever, De Witt. Burns and Torrance. In "The Awakening; of Toys"; Ileras and Preston, unique acrobats; the ever-popular Avon Comedy Four and Tarlllo and Frablto, sheet singers and musicians. NtXOK GKAND. A remarkable "bell act featured the how tb.u week: at Nixon Grand Opera House. Tho act Is presented by Dunbar's Dine Dong Five, who aro acknowledged to be one ot the, most novel musical acta In vaudeville, Tho rich harmony that thev seem to draw from some prfectly Innocent-looking bells Is a tribute to their skin nnd talent, fcott nnd SInrks In tho other act that stands out from the rent. This duo puts across the footlights a pinging nnd talk ing sketch that Is up-to-date In every re spect nnd won merited applause from tho big house. Other nets on tho hill Include Plmpson nnd Douglas, the Clown Seal, the Wclla-Oxford Quartet nnd the "Man OIT tho Ico Wagon," a ventriloquist of more than ordinary ability. NIXON Grace Hazard, who Is known hero and abroad through her novel act, "Klvo Fcot of Comic Opera," wn tho artistic hit of tho bill at tho Nixon. She assumed nine different characters In a unique muslenl offering nnd won cordial appre ciation Fremont Henton & Co., In a comedv sketch, "Hnndkeichlef No. 15,' were warmly approved. Other nets which plensed Included Cath eilne Chnlloner nnd Will II. Vcddcr in n sketch, Marv nilcn, a remarkable ele phant; "The Cry Baby Ventriloquist" nnd tho Rcymours. The second series of the runt.ic Lkdof.ii War Pictures proved to bo Intensely In teresting. GI.OUK. "Frolics at the Seashore," In which 1'arl Cavanough Is tho lending comedian, wns n wortny hcndllner nt the Globe. Tho act Is full of snip nnd novelty and revived memories of summer days. Tho support ing company Is much above tho average In vaudeville. Among oilier entertaining acts on the bill are Warner nnd Dupree, comedians; IMgar Foreman nnd Company in n clever Bkeleh; llairv Thompson, known ns ".Mayor of the Bower)". Jean White, singing comedienne, Sloffutt nnd Claire, singers nnd dnneer; Mav Dnle, a local favorite In up-to-dato fongs, and the Cinrsf.li sisters. FREE CONCERT TICKETS TO BE HAD TOMORROW Newspapers Will Distribute Thorn For Sunday's Or chestra Program Tho freo dlstilbtillon of tickets for tho lltst of threo Sunday afternoon con ceits by the Philadelphia Orchestia next Sttndav nfteinoou nt S o'clock In the Slot lopolltun opera House will begin nt ? o'clock tomorrow morning. Tho dlstilbiitlon will ho made from tho various newspaper offices. Tho Hvbnino LKtmnii will distribute tickets at Its main publication olllce. 8th nud Chestnut streets, and nt Ledger Central. No applicant will lecelvc mor" than two tickets, and none will bo given to persons less than 16 years old. In order to best obtain an equal distri bution of tho pasteboards tho allotment has been placed bv tho Philadelphia Or chestia Association almost entirely In th hands of the ncsspupcis. Kncli otllcu will have about 104. lively seat in the Opera House will bo reserved, nnd no tickets will bo given out after tho capacity of tho houso lias been reached Leopold Stokowskl will conduct and tho orchestia will consist of Its cntlru Ki members. ljlIowlng Its established polity of giving tho public programs ot the highest class, the Philadelphia Or chestia Association has announced that tho first concert will be devoted to tho performance of the Wagner program re cently given at the Academy of Sluslc and several times on tour with great suc cess. Since this program has drawn vir tually tho largest audiences of the sea son wherever It hns been given. It lias been felt that the orchestra could pre sent nothing more desirable at the lnltl.il free concert than these excerpts from Wagner's gieat works. Widespread nppioval lias greeted tho association's endeavor to olford oppor tunity to henr good music to people who through lack of time or money are un able to enjoy tho tegular orchestra con certs In the Academy of Sluslc. Financed by pei sons interested in tho project, tho threo concerts will bo of no expense to the nudienccs. In tho ns.soclntion'n ro quiicmcnt that no tickets shall be given to persons less than 18 jesns old sup porters of tho concerts hold thnt tlttlng reply Is made to protests that the con certs will keep children nwny from the Sunday schools. The limit ot two tickets to one person is also expected to insure n widely representative audience. "MESSENGER BOYS' FUND" FRAUDULENT Police Seeking Collector Who Victimized Prominent Philadelphians Numerous complaints that n man who gives his name an "J. II Murphy" has been obtaining subscilptlons to a fund under the false pretense that It Is for nn entertainment for messenger boys have been received at Central Station, and today Lieutenant of Detectives Tate assigned men to search for Murphy. Mrs. J. Fred Zimmerman, who lives at the Bellevue-Stratfoul, notified Lieuten ant Tato that the man had been annoy ing her by telephone and teleginph to make a contribution to tho fund. He paid no attention to refusals, she said. Investigation brought out the fact that Sirs. IMwln Brock, of 161.' Wulnut itreet, und Sirs. T. B- Hunter, of 18.K South lllttenhouse Square, contributed $J3 eaih a. ., n.i.1 l.nno.l .lAllllnl. Wlftrrt nV.lltlt lO UlO lllllll rtim irenni ,,wv.....n ..." tho entertainment. Officials of both the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies say they know nothing about Murphy or Ills scheme. Several business firms also have been visited by the man and have contributed, according to tho police. Among tho vic tims Is the firm of Bertron, Grlscom & Jenks, in the Land Title building. Ac cording to Sirs Zimmerman, the man said he had hired u hall at Eth and Fltzwat-r streets Mask and Wig Has Try-Out "Oh, Sly Bag!" a farce written by W. Slason Wright, a benlor In the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, was produced last night by the Slask and Wig Club nt its headquarters. 310 South Qulnco street Cast B occupied the stage last night and will icpeat the perfoim ance this evening, but on Wednesday und Thursday nights Cast A will act the pUy. The purpose ot the productions Is to determine which group Is better quail fled for the public perftrmance at the Forrest Theatre during" the Kaster holi days. TODAY'S MARRIAGE LICENSES marie IX Fletcher, Camden, N. J., and llulli M Alifar. Mia Christian t. llobert sjnder, lSI'J feouttj St., and Ssra Lelter, CUarle Mcoill. Jr.. Ogoutz, J'a., and Wesulft Kltneback. Uerroautonn, I'm. Thomas Kllner. Kiankford. phlla., and Annie Kluk". Frankford. Will, llvmaii I.eln. SprluifleJd road, Delaware County. Pa., and lloae Sohel, MB N. Slh tt William F. LeVan. Hanlaburif. Pa., and llcrtba. A. Morton, 55SO Peinberton St. Joieuh Dunsmore, -M3 Salmon it . and Anna Drumin, S7Ja E- Cambria t FrVSerlck ll Unde. 24U N. Hancock at . and Cliru it. Nwmeer, 35! N Ella t. Gnome W. Strout. Port Deposit. Sid., and Florence M. flark, 10.13 N. lltU t. Joseuh Griffin. 2031 AddUon M., and Ada Itob lnaoa 108 Lex t iiemv "Marshall. a2' Norwood at and Catn- arine M Tassett. MOT N J2tn t- I amodeca, 1-.03 TaeUti -ft Alilu Lett. Chapman league Island. Phi!., iliiJ itene E Pahnr 4ST Urhard st H.rtcrt Johnson, 1814 Mountain ntl Alice, vrrv Merlon. Pa j.feim". ,.-, Orat. St.. asd Kom Erodskr. Jill N- Tin it. fffflj w? SBfffffffK vfffffffffffffffffffffl ffB St&& fSK J&Sffflffffffffffffffffffl fffffffffSB. 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MANY THRILLS IN "THE CHEAT" New Paramount Picture Ex ceedingly Well Done Hy the Photoplay Editor They say thnt money U the root or nil evil, nnd If It It posilblo to Mini much more evil than money Is nt the bottom of In "The Cheat," the- new- l'uiamount Lakv picture, featuring Fannlo Waul nnd Susuio llnvnkatna. why. wo would hntc tit tit nl It t.u', gtccd -inil p.islon nro aroused bv tho love or luur of a soclctj butterfly whoso extravagance straps her husband so he has not a cent nnd plnccs her In a most compromising position, since she borrows from another man moncv to pay back a Ilcd Cron fund she lost plav Ing stocks which wvit wrong llor hus band suddenlj acquires wealth and she goes to p-iy buck the money she bor mu'pd. The Jnpnnce refuses to accept It and claims her. In n most thrilling si-rno he brands her on the shoulder with his seal and In turn Is shot bv her Shi escapes Just ns h"r husband rushes In. Up Sfs his chock on the floor and ic.-il-l7rs his wife fhot the Japanese When tho olllccr.s nnlve he tells them he com mitted the crime find Is silbstnntlatcd by tho Injured tiian In n mngninccnt trial sceno tho whole story comes to n dra matic cllmn and the resolution is le marknhlv well woiked out. Fannlo Ward Is loallv exceedingly good as tho wlfo nnd shows moio dramatic power than one would have expected from her. How sho appears ns jouthful as sho does, when one remembers, not unkindly, how many, many years ngo it was when sho llrst acted, la a mjstery to nil. The acting lionora go to Hussim ll.ia knma. the Japnneso actor, who plavs tho lole or the villain. Ills repression at all times, even In the terrlblo scone of tho branding and In tho court sceno only nc ccntuato the cruelly of tho character ho portiajs. Ills grasp of tho minutest de tails of action nnd facial expression makes him more truly remarkable. Hut it is not the stoiy or cast which makes tlio plctuio so lino; It is tho mar velous lighting effects and uso of tho tdindow and silhouette. Tho scene ngnlnst the Jnpaneso window Is beauti ful In every scnsL Tho Garrlck continues "Hie Fill lit of a Nation." I). W. Griffith's miigiilllitnt film, with Henry B. Walthall, Slao Slarsh and Lillian Ulsh. Tho run closes Christmas night. The Chestnut Street Opeia House con tinues tho 1'imt.ic I.Eoa..n'H war pictures, "Fighting in France." Sir. Powell, the wnr coi respondent, spoko tw-lco cslor da. Tho plenties are memor.iblo In their realism of tho actual war scenes. Tho Itegcnt opens this week with "The Yellow Streak," with Lionel Hnrrnmro anil Irene Rowley. Wednesday nnd Thuis day tho featuio will bo "Her Slother's Secret," with Ralph Kcllard, while for Friday and Saturday tho new Pathe Gold Booster film In colors. "The Beloved Vagabond." with Edwin Ardcn, from Locke's book, will bo screened. The Arcadia opens tho week with Til nnglo pictures, tho early pait showing "Jordan Is a Hard Itonil," with Uorothy Gish and Finnic Compc.iu. For the List three days ".Matrimony," with Julia Dean, will be tho feature. Steven Bush, of the Slotlon Picture World, will speak eacli day this week at tho Stanley Theatre on "Censorship." Theatrical Baedeker LTItIC "Tlw Hubble," with Loula Mann, a threo-act comedy-drama by IMwnrd Ixicke. nhlch deal with an old dcltLat-stin dealer who had mndft sufTlilent mone to ri-tlre. but Is Induced b a jouns ueiilkni.m to take u (ler on Iho Street, with tlio result Hut ha loses heavily. lll'OAD "Outcast." with Elale Ferguson, Da "ld Powell und Nell Compton. A ilinma ot EnulUii life. ly Henry 11 lula The rising iQur.g atar pUs the part uf a woman of tho streets, who helps a nt.ui from tha down path, only to refuse marriage. PfSrtUKSl' "Mop1 Look" 1 Wen' nllh flaby I)el'. Frank Uilor. Joseuh Minley. Barry I'lktr. Do) la ami Dixon. Tempril und Hunshlne. A Me reiue on tho Uitesi inilliig; ham model, with musUal trlinmluss by Iler 1 m and lyrics by Barry H. Smith An es lellent opportunity to view nw cnitumea Al)i:i,Pn'l-"A Tull House." with May Voltes. Herbert Corthell ami Oeorno Parsons. Three lauh and two roura every other Una over a crook, a cop and a chorus Klrl FHOTOPLAYS. run ClAnniCK "Tho lllrtb of a Nation." with llenry . Wulthal. Mae Marsh and H&Ttsivood Altken. D.YT. Orlfrith'a mf-m-moth photoplay of tho Civil War and Itecon truetlon. founded in part on Thomas Dlson'a "Clansman." A roarVMua entertainment. ARCADIA Tueaday aniv Wednesday "Jordan li a Hard lload," witn Dorothy dish and ltank Campcau; Tburwlay. Friday and bat; urday, "Matrimony." with Jullt Dc-m ami CHKaTNCT STnECT OIT3I.A IP II sC - righting- in Frame. ' a ne rle o( ir pluurea of the Pi Bin I.sikicb. 'hol"K 'he armies now iriBaged In battle The i.htures sho muny unusual incidents ut mudem warfare. THE 8TANLKV All weeOi. -The fheat." with Fannie Ward and i-esjue lUislusa THE HEOKNT Tuendai. 'The ello btreak." with Lionel Harryinuru ami Irene HouIe. Wednead.. and Tliuni.la Her Mother'a Seciet." with Halph Kelhud tn Ua and Saturday. 'A lleloved Vbgal-onil with Edwin Arden THE I'AICE-Tueaddj. "Aloha e .tl Wlllard Mack and Hull SUrley. and -The Ureal Vaouum Hobbery " with Charles Mur ray. Wednoaday and Tnuradav. Armatrong a Wife," with Edna lloodrlch- FrlJ anl bat urduy. "The Gentleman From Indiana with Dusim Farnum. vavdgvilu:. KBITH'S bam ChlD anj Marj Ma;l;te m The Clock bhop". Maifirle Cllne Moreiue Itorwrta In "The Woman Intervene Kaih leen 4'lirford, In somen Henry Ol foil. Avon Comedy Four De Wilt. Burna and Torrem e 1'arlllo and Frablto. musical novelt . lleraa and Preston, Hearst-Sells Nevva Futures UltANl-Dunbar'a Dlna Donit Five, Scot! and Marks, 'The Man Ort the Ice VVugon", the clovvn seal Weils-Oxford quintet. CKOSS KEYS First half of the week, Sam Watson's Uarujaid. Ureen, Mcilanry and Dean. Spclgel and Dunn. Murray, Livingston company, the Kruaadsrs. the Turnera. Sec oiul half ot the week, Brady and Mahoney, Deland. Carr & Co., Gordon and Whits. Tearmo ami Dolglea, Perr and Blllott. aUJHE-"Frollc at ths Seashore. Warner ami Dupree, Edgar Foreman and company, Jean White, Olivette. Moffat and Clsuv Loralne Hamll and company, Harry- Thomp son, Davltt Duval and company, May Dale, the Urcb Slaters. BUISLESWE. DCMONTS Dutnonfa MUiatrels. In burlesaue and travesties of the times. Including Hear) Ford's Ptaie Ship STOCK KNIlKERBOtKER - The Woman la the Case, with the KcUkerbu-ker plsera. AT POPL UR I'KICEa PEOBtE-B "A Llttla QUI In s. ilbj Oty." NEW STRAUSS OPERA AT "MET" TONIGHT First Performnnco in Philadel phia of "Der Rosenkavalicr" by Composer of "Salome" Tonight tho SIctropolltan Introduces Philadelphia to no less a novelty than a "comedy for mualo" bv the composer of "Salome." Ilicbnrd Strauss. The cast In tho "Her Itosenkavnllor" will malcb tho piece nnd the occasion. It Includes Stmes. Ober Itempcl, Slatfdd nnd Fornla nnd SIes9rs (lorltz, Hels?. Well nnd AUhouse. Inasmuch ns this Is the first performance of n novel opera In Philadelphia, a full svnopsls Is given below: The piny begins with a ser-nc In n cham ber of the Prlnrcss von Wcrdcnbcrg's Vienna residence in the early jears of tho reign ot Stnrla Theresa. The Princess re clines on n sofa half embraced by the ardent Octavlnn, who professes an nll consumlng lovo for her. In the midst of this Impassioned scene tho lovers are dls trubpil by sounds, which the Indiscreet ones fear ntc the footsteps and tho volco of the Prlneo von Wculenberg, returning unexpectedly ftom hunting. Octavlan Miilckly concents hltnelf nnd dons tho dress of a lady's maid, nnd the anxiety of tho Princess Is changed to amusement when tho noisy, boastful nnd debauched Baron Ochs of Leichcnau uncerclnonl ouslj enters the chamber to crnvo tho assistance of tho Princess In his forth lomlng marriage with Sophia Fanlnnl. Tho old rake no sooner sots eyes on Octavlan disguised ns n maid than ho makes lovo to her and Invites- her to sup with him. Slcanw-hllo tho Princess, as was tho practice of Indies of finality In thoso dns, has her morning interview with her attorney, head cook, milliner, linlrdtesser, lltorury adviser, animal denier, etc. When Baron t.erchennu dcpaits tho Princess asks Octavlnn to bo the bearor ot tho silver roo which the bridegroom left with her to bo delivered to tho bride, Sophln, according to the custom of those dajs. Tho ilrst net ends a little sadly when tlio Princess reflects on tho day not distant when her charm shall have foded and her power lo attract her lover shall hnvo passed nun). In the second act Sophia lit her homo lecclves tho sliver lose sent to her b Iho Princess in behalf of Baton Letche iiiut FiUortunntcly for tho Baron, Oc tavlnn no sooner deliver.-? tho lose, and Sophia no sooner tecelves It, than tho two fall desperately In lovo with each other. In the midst of their new-found Joy the Baron enters to be formally pre sented to his betrothed, nnd to have the conttact duly drawn nnd signed. Ills Im pudent manner nnd looso language dis gust Sophia. Octavlan picks a iitinriel with hint, draws his sword and wounds him in tlio hand Sophia weeps and pro tests sho will never mnrrj tho Union r.inlniil fumes and rages, ilctlaring his daughter shall marr the Baron or tnko tho veil, for he Is socially ambitious and si i-l.s to link his wealth as a merchant with an nristociatlc house. IJlsgulstd fis the tuald of the I'rluccss ho makes and keeps an appointment with the Baron, at an Inn. Theto so many tricks are played on tho Baron that ho thinks ho has lout his reason nud Is In a mud house. Faces appear In unsuspected panels; a widow enters claiming him as her husband; chlldien rush In and hall him ns "papa"; tho commissary of po lice oi rests him on a charge of leading voting gltls nstray; and in his attempt to clear himself, be makes a nopciess muti tllo of it all and Is lightfully disgraced. The mei chant, Fantnal, Is furious to Hud his liiosiifctlve son-in-law In such n, brawl, and Sophia publicly renounces htm. Tne nnlval of the Princess Is the signal for tho nollco to withdraw nnd for octavlnn to roveal himself to tho Baron In hlB usual garments ot a inun. And so tho play ends, happily, although there Is a llttlo bitter in tho cup of tho Princess as sliu i-ces her lover so soon another's prize The love of tho Princess for the bov was but a passing lomnncc. innocent enough, though Indiscreet, but It supplies the shallow to the lovely picturo of Octavlan and Sophia locked In each othcis arms when the comedy Is dony mhj, cstSmH y v r ani VTZuwsr' TIIK following thentrce obtain their pictures throiieh the STANI.IJT Hooking Company, which U u guarantee nf ifirly !... Iiikh of i. nnr.t iiro,luctlon. All picture reviewed befure eb Idllim. AU for I i. Iheutre In j"ur locality oblulnlnc pictures tlirouei. the M'.tM.EV Ilook- E Intr fompanj. . Morris ft Paesyunk Av Al HAnlKKA MatVuilly al S. F-ve .7 . ttLltnillLUVn ;'', J 4 iaram1! Pictures. Pauline Frederick 'iir.i.L DONNA" ARCADIA rhllffiSi TIllAXaLl! J'UVS FVTTV ANl Till: UltOADWAY STAR "JOltUAN IS A HAHUnOAUJ knrl T r RSD AM) THOMPSON APOLLO MATINBi: DAHA Ki.r.iN-rnisoN "The Magic Skin" l''CaturlneS2AUCI,TK1NNi:l1. AUDITORIUM -"' NO,&ni ht BESSIE BARRISCALE in HIK MAUMi' EuertJ011 I,,lOA" -sr FREDERICK PERRY in rllF. FAMILY STAIN" eirnAD TIIEVTRE CEDAK OOTU CEDAR at rAV THE FOPCI.AH Geraldine Farrar in " rRI71M" 1 PA1RMOUNT 2TH AND (I1RARD AV i; PAULINE FREDERICK in ZAZA'-HIX Af-T3 GERMANTOWN ""'tb. PAHAMOU.NT I'ICTLRB Marguerite Clark Stii.i. watkhb- GLOBE i. 09TH 4. MA11KET Hat . -J 1.1. Evki no. PARAMOUNT OFFKIIH BLANCHE RING In THE YANKEE lillU. ninAnn AM1ME TUEA-1RE G1RARD TTHA.NDOIRARDAVi: t'DVA MAYO and BRYANT WASHBURN In ".iV T.i V-nxKSS OF VIRTUE" AMATEUR STAGE CONTEST , - -.-77777 IFFFERSON STREETS T'ARAMOLNT riCTURBS C.EORGE 11EDAN In "ANUIN" 'two 'days only LAFAYETTE w "ffl CYRIL MAUDE in PEER CYNT" LIBERTY BROAD AND COLUMBIA NANCE O'NEILL in "A WOMAN'S f AST' LOGAN THEATRE "MS"1 nrtWAf n nniAN in 'THE VOICE uupjalu urtian ,s TlIB Fou.. HEAR THE WONDERFUL OROAN ySS&SSES Motion Pkture Chart niiiiii)mnniifHMiiiiiiiii"T"'P'tiiinnuu MOTHER EXPECTS FINE CHRISTMAS IN PRISON She and Babe, Both Found in Snow, Arc Sent to the Correction "You will make my Christmas happy one." Gratitude shone In tho cjrs of Sirs Katherlne Slurrlgan today as sho thanked .Magistrate Scott for sending her and her three-months-old b.ibo to tho House of Correction. "It will be warm there," she ssld, "and wo won't havo to worry for tho winter, will wo Anna?" Tho question was nddressed to tho Infant In her arms nnd tho llttlo on smiled back at her mother, as though she really understood. The baby rested comfortably last night, snuggled un.'er her mother's shawl ns sho Inv In the snow near Jtascher nnd Slaster streets. Policeman Hclster found them nnd, after bundling both up In his coat, sent mother nnd daughter to tbo East Ulrnrd avenue station. .Mrs. Sturrtgnu admitted that sho had been drinking She sought drink ns a solace, sho said, when nothing but misery and death confronted hf-r. Her husband, according to 1ho woman. Is earning t? a day In ammunition plnnt at Trenton, but left her somo thno ago. Pho would not sk hlm to return to her ngnlnst his will Sirs. Slurrlgan said she wns tho mother of 16 children. Seven aro dead, ono Is man led and tho others are being cared for in n home. After suffering In dcspnlr she lctt her home at 2H West flergennt Bticrt nnd wandered Into tho night. When she fell In tho snow, sho said sho had llttlo de slro to ever awaken. FORD, PEACE APOSTLE, MUZZLES INSURGENTS Forbids Them to Vote During Future Deliberations Gives Ship Captain a Flivver LONDON. Hec. 14 A wireless dispatch fiom tho liner Oscar II to nn L'ngllsh news agency snya that Ilcnty Ford has forbidden the insurgent delcgntcs who refused to sign tho tintl-prcparcdncss resolutions to voto on any other question that may com" before tho peace expedi tion. Believing that thero is no uso of their remaining with tho peace party, tho dis patch ndds, tho insurgents. Including S. S. SIcClure and Judge Ben T. Llndsey, ore preparing to withdraw when the Oscar II tin Ives at Chtlstlanla. Sir. Ford has presented the captain ot the Oscar II with ono of his motorcaia and has directed Ids ngent In London to send the machine to Copenhagen. LEHMAN WILL PROBATED Widow, Son and Daughter Get ?G0,000 Estntc Tim will of Kmll Lehman, who died at isa llrle avenue. December S, was nd mlttcil lo probato today. It leaves nn estate valued at JbO.OO to the widow, son and daughter of tho testator. Other wills probated were thoso of Matilda. Wadsworth, of '.122 West Cam bria stieef, who left an estate valued ot JSOOO; William Pendlebury, ot 4017 Pcnn street, $2J0O, nnd Clcovnnnl D'Alcssundro, ot 1153 North Sth street, 5J30O. The peisounlty of the estate ot Duncan SlncFarliin has been nppinlsed at G, 90W: Anna U Itowlnnd, $.!M,TW 01 .- Slnry Durborow, $17,018 bl, Ihiiina II Kecpo.sts, $1677.":, and Samuel 1 t. Havs, $37:3.43. PROMINENT OTOPLAY PRESDNTATIO LOCUS r " I.OCCST Mitcurs MARY PICKFORD in MADAMU Ill'TTEllFLY" Logan Auditorium "Kcw." tV FRANK KEENAN In -1HI5 l.O.NU CILV.N'CU" T CAnPR FORTY-FIRST AND LLAULK I.ANC.VhTER AVEM1. MARGUERITE CLARK in 1T1LI. WATERS" Market St. Theatre MA,iyi,w CYRIL SCOTT in NOT Ul I LTV ORPHEUM l',:rtMASNNATs jy.'.ivii.K i'i. ir.s Thnni.n Terfrrion in nAIII.E I.ORfll V Ratiiuiiii HIichLe. k In aTOl.KN 31AHU ODirriMT G-t N'i woodland av i. "P-ltill 1 Dall Mat , S Evu.U:3oill EDWIN ARDEN in 'THE liRAY MASK" I OAT APE" 1214 MARKET STREET I JrI-.rAA-.n. in a M to 11:10 I M i'fff.i.vui.r. ri.ii.t THE OREVT VACITM ROLU1ERY" Al.UltA UIJ' PARK" l"l:i. WE UXIPHIS rrtlxrw t'oniluunu eiiim from 1 S i U.uO-11 "TWAS EVER Tlll'S' PARAMoi.vr i-ii-ii iti: ELSIE JANIS 1 EATl RIM. uijiu urmw DIA1TH i.EHMAMims aE FilfVL, 1 VJ AT TI I.FBHOCKUN ST rathe Gold Hoonttr I'tav lleoien Probert and Faiita Marlnoft In ".SEDHA" Mat Daili HCULHl III m. IUKK OlfUl METRO J'KTl RE I ;onl Rarrvmnn com' presents i-ionei narrymore In A YELLOW bTREAK" , n T T D V MARKET &THEKT I K U D I UBLOW ITH STREET ' ARTHUR HOOPE3 t RUBY HOFFMAN In "THE DANGER SIGNAL" SHERWOOD WT anralt.m0re WILLIAM FOX PRESENTS! THEDA BARA in "CARMEN" SAVOY 12U MARKET STREET Mutual Film Corn. PreMBti 1.0TTIB PICKFORD 4 "CURLEY" M. RUSSEL la ! V I CT O R I A "vnintu ' Robert Mantell and Genevieve Hamper In (1THp UNFAITHFUL WIFE" 1 UlirAlinrUl. YYirc SSffltf. FANNIE WARD in U:.Ai ? "THE CHEAT' imnm FAMINE IN GASOLINE AND HIGHER GAS ARE THREATENING NATION Shortage, Expert Says, Is Pri marily Due to Falling Off in Production of Crude Oil PRICES TO BE RAISED NEW YORK, Dec. 14.-Amerlca Is face to faos with n famine In gasoline. Alio It Is confronted with n shortage. In the fuel oil from which Illuminating gas Is manu factured. The result will b an Increase In tho price which tho owncra of business and pleasure motors must bear and also a rlso In tho price of gas In cities and communities where compensation for tho product Is not already fixed by law. The short b go of Gasoline In this country In due primarily to a falling off In the production of crude oil, but the Increasing us of gasotlno caused by the growing- me of automobiles', especially the big commer cial trucks. Is a big factor. In tho last fiscal year tho United States consumed approximately 11,000,000 barrels of gasoline as against 10,000,000 In 1914. Besides this millions of barrets of gasoline havo been exported to Europe since th beginning of tho war. Increased exporta tion plays a big part In tho threatened famine, "There Is not enough gasoline now at hand to supply nil tho demands," said rj. V Bruce, head of the gasoline depart ment of the Texas Company, "and th le.ison Is that there is not enough oil being produced at the wells." The shortage of fuol oil promises to strtko n Berlous blow at every part of the lountry, except where they still manCi fncturo Illuminating gas from bituminous coal nnd In those Isolated sections where there Is natural gas. Stost of the gao now used for lighting, cooking nnd heating Is manufactured from fuel oil, a by-product Tho price of gasoline will lncroaso and the price to tho consumer will go up, ex cept where It Is regulated by the Stste or municipality. "This Is tho tlmo of year." said Sir. Bruce, "when the gasoline manufac tuiers usually are laying up a surplUJ supply for tho coming summer, Thero s nothing liko that now. The entire out put ot the refineries Is being consumed, nnd even then thero Is not enough. Oaso llno is IJ cents In New York. In some communities It has been put up to 25 cents, with tho hope of discouraging tho smill consumers and causing them to lay up their cars for tho winter. Twenty-flv cent gaFollne may come in New York. FATHER AND SON BADLY BURNED BY GASOLINE Volatile Fluid, Mistaken for Kerosene, Explodes in "FirelesB" Stovq THUNTON, Dec. 14. Stlstaklng a can of gasoline for kerosene lasUnlght at his home, William Stewart, W) years old. employed In the making of bathtubs at the J. I Slott Iron Company's plant here, threw the contents h.to a sup posedly lifeless stove and caused an ex plosion which may causo his death at Sit. Francis' Hospital. Tho victim's son, Samuel, 22 years old, upon hearing the frantic cries of his par ent, hurried to his usslstnncc. He also wns so severely burned thnt It was nec essary for him to be taken to tho same wn ul with tho father. The dwelling was also Fct ablaze, and the fire department lind n haul light in saving It from de struction. (i;vii:ai Chestnut St. Op. House XX$$U CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE snn TODAV'H .Ml SiaiJJNT COLUMN vur i'iiii..ui:i.i'iu.v PPATVin MO AND SIAHKET HTRHCT8 OrVrtniV MATINEE DAILY, 2 P. M., So CHAS. CHAPLIN in 'Shanghaied' "MIDNIGHT AT MAXIM'S" overbrook 03 D AND IIAVEItroUD A E. IIHOADWAV STAR FEATURE GLADYS HANSON in i m: primrose path" C U IMIVrV MARKET STREETS FLORENCE ROCKWELL in "BODY AND SOUL" 11YH 1.11A1. WALNUT STREUTd MRS. FISKE in "VANITY FAIR" flARrVFN 03D UVNSOOWNE AVE. VJMIXLXll JIAT .,. EVO. 0:3U i , . t.i-1- i.mtnu i-LEO RIDOLEY ami fiKEii mE "THE CHORUS LADY" Ml III II Gi-pat Nnrf rifv-ri "HoYd ST.. Er7e A reai iormern oermant'n aves. D VV nrlrrilli Proiluctlon, featurlne Lllllun ii!h and Ho2iilk4 Dolly in "The Lily ami the Roie " Maik bennett Proiluctlon, fetturlnr Cha Murraj In "The Oreat Vacuum Robber)-T Broad Street Casino ""gg8" EVENING TllS AND 0. JACKIE SAUNDERS In THE WOMAN OF THE SEA" NEWS OTHEBH 1 MIP'IHUKst WMl AllfOrienv -3,h Allegheny Ae esirtuegneny Mat sua, evk,0'8o THEDA BARA ", j,0hot2?Uy "CARMEN" SiiCrtllpVianna THEATRE 1TTU usquenanna susquehannaav,!: ROI1ERT WARWICK in "THE SINS OF SOCIETY" FIV EPART!J MIRTH EAST QTRANn W i oirard ave O 1 rVrni- Mat Wed and Sat ETHEL BARRYMORE in TUB NiaiiTINQALE" 11AM AND Bt'I) COMEDY KENMMilON : niMRn FRONT ST AND J U 1V1 D sj OIRARD AVE, "MY OLD DUTCH" ' "THE SUBSTITUTE MINISTER'' .BOBBY BUMFS' ADVENTURE-' DVfRt DARBY THEATRE A?F VIOLA DANA in -GLADIOLA ' -i Acta ' Between Twq F1ivi.M "Stage loach Oaard MM ril III 1 1 11KI I'HIV OT YMPIA bRoam utibw VVUHMt irt SUSSUIDjltt 'THE BARNSTORMERS" A TAIL F AN ANARClUSr X BRLT1? " UXil - isf iir;M ' Q" T3MBfeV a to r.nm i NMJ -,!&