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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1915,
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PHILADELPHIA. WEDNESDAY. UECEMnEP. 15. WIS.
Bolomon had lived today, he would havo
tald that a man diligent in business
trill become president of the
j hoard of directors.
TRANSIT SITUATION
AN INJECTION of factional politics Into
XJL tho transit situation 1b not llkoly to be
of signal advantago to tho clique In
opposition.
aionoy to bo borrowed under tho authori
zation of tho recent constitutional amend
ment can be used for two purposes only,
transit and port Improvement. No part of
tho money so borrowed can be used for tho
Parkway, or for tho Art Museum, or for
tho Convention Hall. Moreover, the In
vestment In transit does not call for any
Immediate grant from the city revenue, slnco
tho Interest during period of construction
will bo capitalized, and thereafter tho In
vestment will support Itself, fully In time
and In large part of the very ilrst year of
operation.
So, too, tho attempt to show that $5,000,000
is intended for a Byberry extension Is
abortive. The proposed Increase of tho loan
from $45,000,000 to $50,000,000 was to pro
Vide for tho entire comprehensive transit
plan and but $1,100,000 of It was Intended
for the Byberry surface line,
Tho constitutional amendment ran grave
danger of defeat In the Legislature last
winter, because Senator MeNIchol wished to
amend It so that sums borrowed would bo
available for nlmost any Improvement.
Thero Is reason to bollovo that a new plan
of obstruction Is under way, which contem
plates another constitutional amendment to
remove the restrictions In tho one just ap
proved. It seems to bo tho purpose of tho
obstructionists meantime to prevent the use
of present available funds pending tho adop
tion of this new amendment, which would
have to be acted on favorably by two Legis
latures and thereafter submitted to the
people,
Philadelphia petitioned tho State to grant
It authority to raise funds for transit. That
permission has been given. It would bo
rank stupidity now to hesitate to use tho
money and spend moro years In talking In
stead of building. Tho way to get rapid
transit Is to get It.
MONEY ENOUGH FOR HOME RELIEF
IT MUST be that tho pressing need of Bel
glum, Poland and Serbia for relief has
occupied tho minds of the charitably disposed
eo fully that they have forgotten that thero
la need at home also. Tho charitable societies
aro reporting that thero has been a falling off
in contributions this winter. This cannot bo
ibecauso thero is not money enough avallablo
for all homo demands. Reports from all parts
of tho country indicate a revival of business
iand a state of prosperity greater than
lhan prevailed for several years. It would
3) only natural to expect this to be reflected
In the contributions for homo relief, especial
ly along about this tlmo of the year, 'when
(the Christmas spirit Is active.
The gift of millions to the suffering in
Europe was made from our surplus. In case
jany kindly disposed persons have exhausted
her usual appropriation for charity In this
WfWr It la obvious that they must increase
Misappropriation, for It is written in an old
book not so widely known as It ought to be
that "If any provide not for his own, and
specially for those of his own house, he hath
Idenled tho faith and is worse than an infidel."
FOOD IN GERMANY
"While our troops are fighting like the
heroes of classic ages, want Is growing acute
at home. We Jeered at the block
ade, but today we laugh no longer. The
sinister aspect of things certainly provides
no food for laughter, Frankfurter Zeltung,
THERE has been a noticeable weakening
of official denials that a shortage of food
existed In Germany. It was said that there
waa food enough, but that distribution was
faulty. Now the statement la made that
prices are being raised in order to enforce
economy, a cruel and incredible interpreta
tion of events. But beyond oftlcia! utter
ances, in the Journals which come to this
country some Indication of the true crisis
la Been.
The Magdeburger Zeltung, the paper
quoted abov?, Zukunft, Vorwaerts and the
Journals of every metropolitan centre, con
firm the truth that the situation at home Is
so grave that K Invalidates the extraordi
nary successes of German arms In the field.
Further It la reported that "prlcea are much
higher In Hungary than In Germany," and
the Leipzig Yolkszeltung protests the reality
of England's blockade and asserts that the
Government does not protect civilians from
speculators.
Tw..' things may be remarked In this con
nection. One Is that the Government, ob
viously -working for a. decisive victory, s
giving every atom of food energy to the
soldiers of Its own and allied armies, and
that tmcli a situation, even on a small scale,
must work hardship for civilians. The sec
twit Is that Geunany's dependents In actlvo
rvlte aye so many, are scattered over so
vide and so unproductive an area, that even
wlthoqt tho blockade ahe would be pressed
feyoi endurance to maintain a war of atr
trltlon against her enemies, ghe must win
decisively in the fleld, or she will lose In
tin S uolno fc,amra.
Wo Jumt B9t "wander (hat Germany beats
w pjrWeAtljr ,U a IntKewtually,
ngatnst tho walls of her coro. "Wo must not
be hurt IhiU Ocrmany Is bitter against us.
She Is starving.
THE BIRD HAS FLOWN
PHILADELPHIA has lost the Republican
National Convention, It ought to havo
lost It. Yet, if there is nny Intelligence In
tho leadership that directs the public prog
ress of this city, .this defeat should mean tho
end of abortive, childish ntid antiquated
methods of procedure and tho beginning of a
now era of efllcioncy In tho manngoment of
slmlllar enterprises.
It was obvious months ngo that to havo
the convention It would be necessary to
have n convention Imll. That there was
ultlmitely to be such n structure everybody
agreed. But an Impnssnblo obstacle ap
peared In the form of a group of peanut
politicians who determined that nothing
should be tlono until after election. This
trlbo of hnld-backff, dominating Councils,
succeeded in postponing net Ion until nil pos
sibility of having tho hall dono In tlmo was
passed, and until, too, the prico of raw ma
terials had risen to such an extent that tho
building will cost thousands of dollars moro
than It would have cost If the contracts for
Its erection had been let nt tho proper tlmo.
Some public men, who have been honored
by tho surfrns;cs of this community, while
not openly opposing tho project to bring
tho convention here, encouraged the compe
tition of rival cities by their lassitude, their
lack of Interest and, It may bo, by their
actual desire to see Philadelphia lose the
fight. They were the worst enemies tho cllv
had.
When tho alert Poor Rlchnrd Club deter
mined to bring tho Associated Advertising
Clubs of tho World to Philadelphia next
June, they did It. They did not palaver antf
talk and wasto tlmo nnd they did not wait
until tho last minute to got busy. They
made their plans, ns buslnoss men always
do, far In ndvnnco; they made the ground
rlpo for tho harvest; they put Into tho con
test nn enthusiasm which swept all compe
tition away and they won, as the saying
Is, hands down.
Thero Is no need to weep. Philadelphia
could havo got tho convention If Philadel
phia hnd gone after It mllltnntly. with tho
co-operation of nil elements, determined to
win and desrrvlng to win on account of tho
enterprise displayed.
Let It bo a lesson. The next tlmo tho
city undertakes to go after a great conven
tion, let the pursuit be marked by some of
tho business sagnclty which characterizes
so many of our monster private enterprises.
Tho city has been penalized and humiliated
more than once by halt-baked efforts In Its
behalf, efforts that deserved to fall because
they were begun In a spirit of failure.
WHY HUGHES IS STRONG
NO MAN, Republican or Democratic, can
bo elected President next year on a plat
form demanding that tho country go to war
unless there Is a radical change in our rela
tions to tho rest of the world In the next
few months.
This underlying fact explains In part the
talk about Hughes among tho members of the
Republican National Committee In Washing
ton. It Is completely explained when the non
partlclpatlon of Hughes In tho factional
quarrels In the party Is recalled. Tho leaders
know that Hughes cannot be depended on to
play tho game of politics In their way. His
record as Governor of Now York has made It
clear that ho Is a man who will go his own
way and act according to his best Judgment,
regardless of tho offect of his course either
upon his own political fortunes or upon tho
fortunes of his party.
Tho gcncrnl agreement nmong tho party
leaders that he could bo elected to tho Presi
dency shows that ho has gained In strength
In tho Intervening years. They do not llko
him now any better than Barnos liked him
whllo he wns Governor. If ho Is nominated
It will be for tho reason thnt under tho
leadership of no other man is victory so
certain. But It Is by no means agreed that
ho will bo nominated.
But whoover is nominated must stand on a
platform of preparedness ns a guarantee of
peaco and not for tho purpose of engaging
In war.
NO TIME FOR QUIBBLING
THE Ancona note is not of such a char
acter as to warrant quibbling. It Is In
effect an ultimatum to Austria and llkowlse
a burning of bridges, so far as this coun
try Is concerned. Unless the American de
mands aro met, and met fully, a severance
of diplomatic relations Is Inevitable.
A plea of ignorance on tho part of Vienna
is not acceptable. A copy of the Lusltanla
nolo was duly sent to tho Austro-IIungnrlan
Embassy In Washington and to the Em
bassies of all other belligerents. To give
a country official notice it Is not necessary
to resort to the methods of a subpoena
server.
The note may not be considered a strong
one by the Central Powers, although re
ports to that effect may be taken with a
grain of salt; but In this country it is con
sidered as marking the climax In note
writing. It Is everywhere taken for granted
than an evnslve reply will mean the end of
negotiations and a prompt rupture of of
ficial relations.
Perhaps If we start tomorrow we may bo
able to secure the 1920 Republican eonven-i
tton for Philadelphia.
Chlcagoan, Seeking Wife, Turned Back
by Bulgars. Headline.
Tho Bulgars in a new role aa lovers of
humanity?
Advice to Greece: Now Is the time to do
the noble thing and live up to the treaty
with Serbia, Besides, you are, in for It
either way.
Dispatches from Vienna announce that
the Austrian capital Is aroused by the An
cona note. That Is the effect it was In
tended to have.
The captain of the Ford ship has been
presented with a motorcar by a prominent
passenger. He will use It in his dally trav
ls fore and aft, no doubt.
Germany's hand, it Is said, -will guide the
pen that writes Austria's answer to the An
cona note. Somehow we are all a little
tired of that handwriting already.
The crippling of the stock tickers by the
storm was trifling In cmparUon with the
disaster that Is to overtake the stock specu
lator" when the bottom goes out of the "war
brides."
The advantage of holding the Republican
convention a week ahead pf th Democratic
convention Is that Mr- Wilson, will know
In advance of his own nomination who U
going to beat fclw.
Tom Daly's Column
TO AN AVTUOH:
Last night at last 1 found a chance
To dip Into your new romance.
The night was tcild tclthoutt but fair
This valley of my easy chair;
As, cith your book, 1 settled there
Beore the cheery grate,
The clock- Struck eight.
I tcad the opening chapter through,
And after thai 1 never knetv
Aor cared, Indeed Ziotu fared the night
IJeyottd those borders of dctlghl
Wherein my spirit winged Its flight;
For other cars, not mine,
The dock struck nine.
The u7illc ;nir book was In my hands
My soul sojourned in other lands.
But then, aht then I cdnnof tell
Just what It was that broke the spelt;
Perhaps II was the book that fell
T woke, and, sakes allvcl
Thr clock strurk five.
m-Sier,
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Tho Toilet.
ygpg f
Prom "lllira Manual of Social
nnd I!ulne Form." Copy-
HrM. Tliomaa K Hill,
Chlcniro l's2.
fin love of beautiful adorn-
, ment Is Innate In the human
mind, nnd In reality has a
great Inlltieiirc In elevat
ing nntl refining the raco.
It I true Hint tho mind tuny
sometimes be too much
given to personal decora
tion, but Instlncta which
rnuno us to clothe imrnctves
beautifully aro nil refining
clmracter. Tlie love of tho beautiful ever
in
lea
ds to tho higher, the grander nnd the hotter.
C'AIIE OP THE PKHSON
It Ii assumed thnt tho rentier desires health
nnd brnttty nntl Is willing to govern habits nc
conllngly. Observe. then, the following
regulations:
The Until
Upon arising tnlse a complete bath. A slmplo
washing nut of tho eyes Is not sulllclcnt. The
complete bathing of the body once each day Is
of tho utmost Importance to health nnd bcntity.
No moro thnn n quart of water Is necessary.
There Is nothing required but n small amount
of soft water, n piece of soap nntl a towel.
No elaborately llttcd up bathroom is necessary.
The llrentli
Before the breakfast hour tho lungs should
hn completely Intlntetl with fresh nlr. Tho
lircnth should be watched, lest It become of
fensive. Unfortunately. It Is one of the troubles
which we may not be aware of, ns our friends
mny not feel nt liberty to Inform us of tho
dlfllctilty. As n temporary expedient, when of
fcnslvcncss nrlses from a peculiar food or drink
which has been partaken of, a few grains of
coffee or cassia buds, cloves, cardamon seeds
or albplco mny bo used; although If the breath
be very strong these will not nlways prove ef
fective. It Is better to remove tho cause.
The Hand
Various are the recipes for keeping the hand
beautiful. Among these in perfect cleanliness,
which Is produced by n thorough washing.
Should warts make their appearance they may
be removed by paring them on tho top nntl
applying a small nmount of acetic add on tho
summit of the wart with a camel's hair brush.
Alle IKUIK miuum HU lUl liuum vmh-d ,,i.i,
directly arter n nam. ami snuuiu nover u
bitten. In rough, hard lnbor, If It Is desired
to protect tho hands gloves should Do worn. '
Hut, however beautiful It mny be, tho hand I
should do Its full shnre of work. Tho nana
that Is beautiful from Idleness is to bo despised.
tTo bo continued; 'causo this ain't all. Oh'
dear, no! There's tho feet. hair, teeth, ears, eyes
and nose to bo handled yet. Ud.J
Editorial Bowings and ScrnpiitRS
From the IMIcovlllo (Ky.) Young Mountaineer.
Thr Voiim7 .Mounntnlnccr has moved again. We havo
moed hack to our otllce on Front, St where we used
to he Now we are nt home We will run our paper
OKrfrf. we nre indepr ndcitt now Hho havo no ono
liacklnK us ice ore ite whole cheraf now W. A. & ft. I
Pmlth We have devolved partnership with II. It. Seal
nnd have moed back home. We havo moved hock
with the Intention of Rettlnc out n. clean paper with
nil of the town news that can bo KOt.
Thero Is somethlnB In the air that our subscribers
are thicker than ever thlB year and wo nre so Bind of It
and we would like to have more If they would come
In as we havo desoled partnership with llro Neal
we will not E" to Morehead this time but we will bo
here eery hour that we eon but we will set our paper
nut If we hae to work up to 11 ocloclc ench night by
a lamp light!
W'e aro glad to say that our paper has not Bone to
the wall yet and I dont belle that It eer will
neither becuse we are going to do our best after school
and after school houra to get It out we nre glad to suy
that we are back to our old olllce again nnd ha
desolved partnership with Hro. Neal as this is my
second time I am afraid that I will say to much eo
rood by,
Heckling 'Im
Stump Speaker My arguments speak for
themselves, gen'l'men; they stand the test;
they are all' good, all consistent, ull from tho
same piece of cloth
Voice from Crowd "Ye-ah; cheese-cloth."
AVe Can't Hold Post Mortcms
Dear Tom Tho wife and myself had an argu
ment over the story In Haturday'a paper, the une
about the contractor, signed "Kelt." What the
dlvll Is It a. Joke, n misplaced editorial on con
tractor rule, or one of them new-fangled nvzantlna
logothetea? Won't you tell ua where tho Joko
comes In, nnd what Is "umbaschrlea?" I never
heurd tho word at home. Yours truly, SI. Ike.
Sir A sign In n light lunch cafe on Chestnut
street reada: "Separate Indies' Dining linom In
Hear." I'ray tell us, what are separate Indies?
V. C. D.
Take the word "separate" and do just that
to the letters. Then put them together again,
Uiub: "See apart." Separate ladles are those
jou ''see apart"; hence Jolnturelcs3 Janes.
Simple?
Not Nockin No. 1 Nor Notliin
Mrs. Bert Hubley's mother of Bast New
port, Maine, has visited her and family for
a week. She had not been about here for over
two j'ears. She was accompanied by her pres
ent husband, Mr. Steven, a well to do farmer
and a sensible, respected man, who makes a
very pleasant home for his wife and himself
Mllford (N. H.) Cabinet and Wilton Journal.
sir Surely, the gallantry of the Irish In Serbia
will stir you to song. Archer.
Or the rotten, self-complacency and absolute
aelulnlty of the British, who are forever mak
ing It necessary for the Irish and Scotch to
sacrifice valuable lives to cover up J. Bullhead
blunders.
Our attention is called to page 15 of yester
day's Public; Ledger, where Mr. Albert Hugh
Wedlock announces his hope of an absolute
divorce from Eugenia P. Wedlock,
It was doubtless o kindly thought that
caused the makeup man on Saturday's Eve
nlng Ledger to put Mr, Olass' really funny
story right top of the death notices.
CUNTON SCOLLARD, who long ago
earned his right to a place In the choir,
has Just Issued another volume, a slender
one this time, "Italy in Arms and Other
Poems," trom the press of Gomtne & Slar
shall. New York; and here la a fine thing
from it:
Out of Rome
Out of Rome they march as when
' Sciplo .led his serried men.
While the cry of "Viva! Viva I"
Rings again and yet again.
They, in dreams of high desire,
Rous'.ng them to holy Ire,
On the Capltoiian altars
Have beheld the vestal (ire.
Rear and vanguard, first and lastj
They have caught the virile, vast.
Emulous centurion ardor
From voine legion of the past.
Win they laurel wreath or rue.
We must feel that this la true.
That the ancient Roman, valor
ThrUla through Italy anewl
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'TIS THE VOICE
FRANK L. POLK,
ANTI-PLOT CHIEF
Man Named by the President to Go
After the War Conspirators in
America Has Shown His
Fighting Blood
""IllISATL'RES of passion, disloyalty nnd
J anarchy" tho President's words wero
strong, strong enough to fit tho situation.
Tltcso men, so described, "aro not many,
but they nro Infinitely malignant, and tho
hand of our power
should close over
them at once." In
charge of tho work
of running down tho
plotters and conspir
ators Is a man who
will set about his
task with all tho en
ergy and vigor that
tho situation do
mands. Frank Lyon
Polk has just been
placed In charge of
what wo may call
tho "anti-plot bu
reau." It Is his Im
portant task to cor
ordtnnto all of tho
secret Investigating
ngrnclos of t'o
United States Gov
THANK I,. 1'OUi
ernment with tho object of bringing to
mn.ximum efllcioncy all efforts and methods
In the detection of crimes growing directly or
Indirectly out of tho wnr In Europe. Gov
ernment agents havo rendered splendid ser
vlco In this regard already. Jlay their suc
cess increase!
Frank L. Polk is "a fighting man." You
would know It from his jaw, which is n bit
suggestive of President Wilson's. Polk In
his younger days fought many athletic
battles, and athletics brings out and de
velops many qualities of strength bosldo the
physical. At Yulo ho rowed In his class
shell and wns n substitute on tho varsity
football tenm. Tho soldier blood In the fam
ily manifested Itself when the Spanish
American War hroko out. Polk wns a mem
ber of Troop A, Cavalry, Now York Nation
al Guard, and went to the front when that
organization was mustered Into tho Federal
service. Ho wns mado assistant quarter
master, with tho rank of captain, In the vol
unteer nrmy, and went through tho Porto
Rico campaign.
Ills father was Dr. William Mocklonburg
Polk, dean of tho medical school of Cornell
University. Dr. Polk und tho doctor's fath
er, General Leonldas ivilk, "tho fighting
hlshop" saw servlco under the Confederate
flag during tho war between North and
South. The family Is Southern. Frank L.
Polk is a grnndnephew of President James
K. Polk.
Rapid Rise as Lawyer
Counselor Polk ho Is Secretary Lansing's
successor as Counselor of the Stato Depart
ment and before that was Corporation Coun
sel of the city of New York Is 44
years old. Ho Is, therefore, a young man,
and, by tho way, a closo friend of Mayor
Mltchel and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He
was born in Now York city and In 1894 was
graduated from Yale. After completing his
course In tho Columbia Law School he went
to the wnr, such as It was, and returning
to Now York began the practice of law. In
ton years he won high rank at tho bar.
In politics Polk Is an Independent Demo
crat. In Mayor McCIellan's administration
he was appointed a member of tho Board
of Education of New York c(ty, also a mem
ber of tho Municipal Civil Service Commis
sion, of which ho became president. For
a time he was treasurer of tho Bureau of
Municipal Research, In the spring of 1912
ho was regarded as President Wilson's
choice for Collector of the Port of New York,
though the appointment fell to John Purroy
Mltchel. When tho Mayoralty campaign of
1913 opened In New York ho became one of
the most enthusiastic supporters of Mltchel,
allying himself, as always, with what is
known as the independent branch of New
York Democracy. As one of the closo ad
visers of Mr. Mltchel, ho became treasurer
of the personal campaign. Following the
election he was appointed Corporation
Counsel. It was In ills term as Corporation
Counsel that one day, as he was sitting
with Mayor Mltchel in an automobile in
front of he city hall, a crazed old man shot
at the Mayor, thp bullet striking Mr. Polk
In the H cheek. The Injury kept him con
fined In a hospital for a week.
Shortly after Robert Lansing was made
Secretary pf Stato Mr. Polk was appointed
Counselor of the Stato Department He had
beert "crornraing" for this very position for
more than a year- Not that he hau It la
mind, that he would seme day be at the
State Department-far from It, But he
saxes rfTyisSw
OP THE SLUGGARD. I HEAR HIM COMPLAIN
had found Ills mind attracted to tho mat
ters with which tho Stato Department has
been denllng slnco the outbreak of tho war
and had followed them closely. Though di
rector of ono of tho biggest law shops In
tho world, tho ofllco of Corporation Coun
sel, Mr. Polk found tlmo to keep ns closely
In touch with tho historic developments nt
Washington as If ho had been thero him
self. This ho did by a most caroful reading
of tho nowspapcrs, mngazlnes and tho offi
cial diplomatic documents of tho wnr and
Its problems. "With his lawyer's training
giving him tho legal point of view, a mind
that Is unusually retentive and quick, ho
found himself on his arrival in Washington
familiar with the history of all tho chief
points of contact betweon tho United States
and tho war. He hnd mastered the funda
mentals of United States policy; thoro was
left for him to learn only somo of tho de
tails and methods at tho Stato Department.
All of which may bo taken to indicate thero
Is nothing so very mysterious nbout tho
conduct of foreign relations and that a
trained mind, supplemented by common
sense, can master It all without great dlfll
ctilty. Cynical Washington received another sur
prlso when It learned that Mr. Polk cut his
salary Income In half when ho gavo up his
New York ofllco to accept tho position of
Counsolor of tho State Department, which
pays only $7B00 a year. Such things are
not so frequent In Washington that they
pass without notice.
Polk in 'Washington
As recently as the early part of tho Taft
Administration tho position of Counselor
for tho Department of Stato was regarded
as of so llttlo consequence that it wns not
oven listed In tho Congressional Directory,
though chief clerks, division chiefs nnd prl
vato secretaries wero deemed worthy of
having their nnrnes In this official "Who's
Who" of the National Government. Not un
til 1911 waB tho title of tho position and
tho namo of tho person holding it Included
In tho book.
Today tho Counselor for tho Department
of State Is among tho most powerful and
responsible ofUcers of tho United States.
Ho figures moro often In tho day's news
than most Cabinet offlcers. With tho in
coming of tho present natlonnl administra
tion that eminent authority on International
law, Dr. John Bassctt Moore, was called to
tho position of Counselor for tho Depart
ment. Thereupon Congress provided by
statuto that, In tho absenco or disqualifica
tion of tho Secretary of State, the Counsel
or and not tho ranking Assistant Secretary
should act as Secretary. This gavo to the
position a dignity which it had not pre
viously possessed.
"A fighting man," Counselor Polk sug
gests pugnacity neither in nppcaranco nor
manner. Ho is both dignified and suave,
both firm-willed and genial. Ho and Mrs.
Polk, who was Miss Elizabeth Potter, of
Philadelphia, will undoubtedly bo very pop
ular In tho sccinl life of tho capital during
the cumins season.
BACK TO THE BICYCLE
British economists are inviting tho public to
consider how few people really need a motor
car. If the propaganda spreads It may bring a
revival of the bicycle, which is the cheapest of
all modes of travel for moderate distances. The
money cost Is negligible, and the saving In time
makes bicycling In many Instances cheaper than
walking. Springfield Republican.
AMUSEMENTS
B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE
CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH STREETS
PHILADELPHIA
FAVORITES' WEEK!
CLIPTON WEBB
Assisted bv EILEEN MOLYNEAUX
Maggie Cllne; Florence Robert &. Co.; Kathleen
ciinora; jta.ro uiuuii, Aon j
De Witt. Rurns & Torrence.
LVItl. Tllirni A- Tornca r. ,--
WIMCIf,
PALACE 'vwp
20o
ui'rt viouuncii
In "ARMSTRONG'S WIFE"
Friday and Saturday DUHTIN FARNUM In
"THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA"
MARKET ABOVE 10TH
-.--. . -.tt t-itt u .A.-.J1' t0 11:15 P. M.
STANLEY AFaVnWaErE
In First Presentation of 'THE CHEAT"
GLOBE fefeSiI-ls
i JltoUPlt 10c. 18c 23
HARRY VON TILZER Present.
"SEASHORE FROLICS"
Featurtn, EARL CAVANAUGllpwrtt4 by
ujuttfii v w pdiiu4iiu 4L'X
Knickerbocker WBATn&rWfo!,, .
The Woman in the Case Ji
PEOPLE'S A Little Girl Big City
AMUSEMENTS I
ACADEMY OF MUSIC .'J
"R TT T? T f AT 1
HOLMES
TONIGHT AT 8.15
WEST POINT and
YELLOWSTONE j
C0c, 75c, (1, at Iloppe's, 25c at Academy.
Fri.EE- CALIPORNTA3
8:10
oar. 2:30
AND 8AN DIEGO EXPOSITION
1
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ux.jxxu ij.au j-uutvy MatInw8lS
Charles Frohman, Klaw Erlangcr Pretrat
ELSIE
FERGUSON S
tn "0 UT C A ST"
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r.Oo tn Sl.r.0 nt Matinoo TODAY . j
NEXT WEEK SEATS TQMORHOW
TTTTI'n TTTTm A NEW DltA
XliiUV JrJ.XI..111 ny LOTTIE M. MEANEt
with EMMA DUNN ttnd c-,Zarh,4
Company
CHESTNUT ST. Opera House
11TH and CHESTNUT
P I G PI T I N G
IN FRANCE
Management oC Morris Gest
LOANED nV FRENCH GOVERNMENT
THROUGH E. ALEXANDDIt rOWELL
TO THE I'UIILIC LEDGER
prices ::c S'li,
FORREST MatToday 'S&.ffii
GABY DESLYS1
and Harry nicer In
CHARLES DILLINOHAM'S ,J
I.ATEbT MUSICAL PRODUCTION '
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! A
Joseph Hantley. Frank Lalor. Harry Tor. Dfljdl 4 ,:
ntvnn. TimnfKf X Miinuhlnn .InarlnA JnhnEtone. FlOf -
ence Morrison Hawaiian Octette. Walter Willi. Cbn
lucKer nna iuii More. , .
Xmas Night "Watch Your Step" Seats Trjursday.
GARRICK- N0W-J
'iwicu UAii.v, sua una :ja ..
D. W. GRIFFITH'S Massive Production
Last 2
Last 2
THE
BIRTH
Weeks
Weeks
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WnrW'a m? a Svmnhony
r i v.. wi' i, -.y --; . -
OF A
Mightiest NJAT'Tri'W Orchestra
Spectacle JNA11UJN of30
n n r n t?. t? t
direction THADDEUS RICH J
WHO. UUifUIJU JUH.TiP 1 Uftii'liAD ii -
MJA it II. aWAVMJ, -u. w;f
Stmwbridge & Clothier Choru3
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Monday Eve., December :th, 8 P.
Kpnt. si. no. ii.nn. 7Ac. 60c.
Tickets on Sale at ij
BUSINESS WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN LbAou.
UM-0U GIrard St. nnd UJl wiweripuui. -
LYRIC MputAB irMAToEN?oS"Ti3
iCW3.a. piui, .
America's Foremost Character Actor
T r TT T O TIT A NT T
'N; ".' aiiBATBTO THE BUBBLE
ADELPHI '"r5
A FULL HOUSE 1
THE FARCE THAT MAKES Tllba AuZ2-
Philadelphia Poultry Shgi
Tenth Jn(t;cory Bhom. MgrROPOLITA Kf W
plete Show In America. See IAD TJtoM.
the 100.000 chicken; aUo WuUrr. '" tWl
Stock! Sons Dlrds, Cats. Admission 23 "
dren 15 cents. j
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MMES. KURT. DUCHENE. MASON MM. "msl0,
AMATb.SEGUROLA.ItarHIEH.BADA. Aug
CONDUCTOR MR. POLACTO. bLATS lit" V
NUT STREET. WALNUT; RACK '
ARCADIA "sHHJSf'l
In "JORDAN IS A HARE Rfd. 1
UNIVERSITY MUSEUM
WHJD. ZVaV Luci or T "Recent K5tiS
ctentOtMci." Free to Public 33d aU-i
NIXON'S "THE MAN Pjjf AGOK
GRAND nn,ara nine P L
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