rfrsmrt "T- jimiir " B?5B!pB.n -n.fi 10 t - RuwifttjaTcager PUBLIC LEUGEH COMPANY cvnua ir. k curtis, pimt. Si." H ttiainrton, VIcrre.llent 1 John C. Martin, attr" rh,,ip bo"""' john 5: BVEJsriyg ledger-Philadelphia, .thttbsdat. December 30, 1015. llclty. His gnivest error has been In glvlns hla enemies a handle for their weapon against htm. EDITOniAI, BOARD: Ctacs II. K. Cuius, Chairman. ft n- TTHAtET... .......... ...... Executive Editor JOHN C MARTIN Ocnerat Ihwlnwlfranaiier rubllahed daily t Pcnuo I.mwm Building! Independence Square, Philadelphia. 1.JP0M CB!TtiU, Broad, nnd Cneitnnt Streets ATLiNTIo Citr TrM-tniou Bulldlne nET.jEtt" ....170-A. Mdtropelltnn Tower Sf1?0!!: M ',ml HuiMing BT. Loots .,., 400 alobr Dimocrat Bulldlna; CillCiCO , 1S02 Tribune Building , NEWS BUREAUS: WAi!i!JOTo Brnmo . , niKei Bulldlng 3! Yo HBtMn.w Tho rimri Building V? n.!'"l'',,J "" l'rllrlclntrime LOnoN Urnrttl 1. Marconi House, Strand rBI Bur.o S3 Hue Loula le Grand subpcription terms . .P.T'.r1. !''","' ""r nK "y mali PtpaM emtaide of Philadelphia, ewnt where foreign poatage la required, one month. tentv-llie eenta; ono year, three dollara. All mall auli-crlptlons parable In adratxp Noticb Suhserlhera wlhlnr address "hanged must Blve old as well as new address. BELL, JWO WALNUT THE WAY TO CURE TARIFF ABUSES Tom Daly's Column KEYSTONE. MAIN 1000 C7- Audreys nil commwnffntloiti fo Kirnlau ierfffer, nrfere.idcitoe Aijuiirr, Philadelphia. NtxatD it mi MiiLAnrtriiu rosTorricE as sicond- CLASS MAIL MATTER. THE AVKTIAOE NET PAID DAILY CIRCULA TION OK THE EVENI.VU t.KDOER FOR NOVEMBER WAS 01,801. rillLABELPIHA. THURSDAY. DFCCMnCll JO. IMS. The importance of a battle depends on Its effects more than on the number of men engaged. CONVENTIONS AND NO HALL THE mero fact that 28 largo conventions will bo held in this city during 1016 ought to bo no particular solaco to tho earnest workers for a new convention hall. Tho conventions destined for Philadelphia come becauso of other splendid facilities and becauso nf rome accidental advantages In situation. What would happen If, In ad dition to what Philadelphia has, It could offer an Incomparable meeting place can easily bo Imagined. However, one can rnjolco In tho variety of Interests which will ho represented hero. Between JInrch and October Philadelphia will have an opportunity to learn about lumber and vehicles and flowers and un derwear. It will hear speeches nlout bank ing and speeches about speaking. Morocco (tho manufactured article, not tho place) and hosiery will be rheck by jowl with directories and houso organs (magazines, not Instruments). Baptists and JJcta I'si fraternity men and social scientists and shorthnnd reporters as well as many other Interesting people will bo "In our midst." Philadelphia will certainly bo full of a number of things. MILITARY TRAINING MAYOR-ELECT SMITH has put tho matter of military training In public schools on tho basis of appeal to tho red blood In tho veins of mankind, and has pointed out tho two motlvo forces behind tho Idea. They aro tho ultimate v.iluo of patriotic young men prepared for actual training, and tho accessory valuo of drill as exercise. Both aro Important, yet both could bo dispensed wltfi If they brought any suggestion of militarism with them. Fortunately, they do not. Mllltnry training In tho public schools does not Imply a courso In preparation for West Point rather than a courso In preparation for college or technical school. It signifies only tho ac ceptance of a posslblo duty It means that, while public school boys and girls aro re ceiving much needed development of their bodies, thoy will recelvo nlso a drill of thn spirit, will become capable of understand ing and oboylng. Tho object Is not to make soldiers, but to make citizens capnbln of ful fllllng their citizenship. Tho Mayor-elect approves of tho system. It Is to bo hoped that his Influence will ns ure It a fair trial. A GALLANT SACRIFICE IT IS not likely that Tom Shovlln know When ho went to New Haven last Novem ber that he was giving up his life for his college, but the gallantry of his sacrifice Is no less for that. Had ho known and felt that Yalo demandef. It he would not havo hesitated. Ho gave up his time, his com fort, the luxury of a wealthy life to wear himself out in devotion to Yale's football teams. It may seem superficially that football was a trilling thing for which this man gavn his life. Certainly no enduring gain, no Im perishable benefit to humanity, has como from this sacrifice. But men and women aro not always acting in tho grand manner. Tho amenities of life can have their heroism as welt as tragedy, and tho spirit of Shevlln-H work, the knowledgo that ho could do ono desired and necessary thing, more than the work itself, made his Ufa and his death noteworthy. OSBORNE AND SING SING THE indictment of Wardon Thomas Mott Osborne, of Sing Sing, will be a shattering blow to tho cause of prison reform if it proceeds to a conviction. Tho charges against Mr, Osborne are of a very general nature, including neglect of duty, perjury and Immorality; but there is no doubt that tho Indicting Grand Jury has mado every effort to discredit tho prison reformer by a multitude of specific instances under each head. The gravest accusation of all does not appear in the indictment. It is that Mr. Osborne honestly desired a reform of Sing Bine. Conditions In that prison were so foul, brutality and vice were so openly practiced favoritism and corruption were so flagrantly prevalent before Mr. Osborne's tenure of oWcq that a reform was forced upon tho State. Yet In that time wardens came and went without special Juries of Investigation. without charges and without publicity. The necessity for these things occurred only when an attempt was made to cleanse the V pesthouso of its abominaJons. It Is quito possible that Mr. Ooborne has not been a perfect warden ard that in his seal for prison, reform he has heoa snl overmuch W x tuN-ovnlent heart. tte. may even be guilty of pome of the ,ctuur?s. particularly the technical accusa tion at negifct of duty which Is ba;.J chiefly t ii Jus nt.sonce from his offlcn. Rut ntn hi- W tftnt vt' -J t will h hard to make Im- ' rr"i f'H...Ts of Im cnup br-jievo that Mr. (w - ( iv .pair flr,h and r'spected - i fvr til t'.s ess vt S!a Has THE tariff can bo taken out of partisan politics when the abuses In tho framing of tariff laws havo been removed. Tho United States U committed to tho pro tective policy, and has been with moro or less consistency since Washington's first nd drcss to Congress. On that memorable oc casion ho said that "a frco pooplo requlro that thoy should promote such manufactories as to render them Independent of others for essential supplies" It was In re sponse to a resolution of Congress risking Alexander Hamilton to suggest a plan for tho encouragement and promotion of manu factures In conformity with tho President's recommendation that ho made his famous "Iteport on Manufactures" There have been "fiee trade" tariffs, but they justified the name only becauso they marked a swinging of the pendulum from extreme protectionism. Wo have never had what tho British know as frco trade, sinco tho Civil War protection has vindicated It self so completely that tho Democratic party has not dared to do moro than modify tho protectivo duties of the Republicans. There aro more protectionists In tho Dcmociallo party todny than bofoic. In rpito of tho dominance of academic free tiadcrs In Its higher councils. The turlff Issue does not turn on it con tinuance of protective duties, but on tho abuses In tho application of tho piotectlvo policy to specific eases. No Republican who wishes to bo honest with himself will deny that there havo been favored Industries. 'or will he dispute tho charge that tho "tariff barons" have made contributions to campaign funds In the confident hope that tno favoritism would bo continued. Tho re volt against such abuses was Inevitable, bo cause In a democracy there must bo cqunl opportunities for all and nn special privi leges for the few who can got tho ear of the lawmakers and oxclto tholr gratitude by re minders of tho way tho money was raised that helped to put thrm In oillco. But even though the Congresses had acted with tho purest motives, the system of tariff making has born wrong. Thoro is no body of accurate mid scientifically prepared data on which to baso any rate of duty At tempts havo been made to sccuro such data by the creation of a specially authorized commission tn r-i'hor the facts. Congrc.s however, has never taken tho commission Idea seriously. Tile commission appointed by President Arthur In 1SS2 dovnted n few months to the matter, but no witnesses ap peared before It save some theorists and some manufacturer- Interested In higher rates on their own products. Its report was printed In two largo volumes, and Is now gathering dust on the shelves of a few pub lic libraries. In tho neglect which Its lack of thoroughness and scientific basis de serves. About 30 years passed before an other commission was nppolnted, although numerous efforts woro made In Iho mean time to pcrsuado Congress to call in expert advisers President Taffs tariff board, cre ated In 1912, was not Intended to assist Con gress so much as to guide Iho President In his recommendations. It mado sonio Inves tigations Into tho conditions prevailing here and abroad In specific Industries, and Con gress read Its reports and acted as If thoy had not boon made. Then It killed tho board by refusing to appropriate money for its support. Neither tho Taft Board nor (he Arthur Commission was tho right kind. What the country needs Is a permanent body of men so far removed from partisan political Influ ences that when It makes a report upon tho conditions prevailing In tho hosiery Industry In Europe and in American, for example, and on tho rnto of duty needed to enable the American producer to compoto In tho homo market on equnl terms with the foreigner. Its recommendation will bo accepted with as much confldenco as a decision of tho Su preme Court. Tho creation of such a commission would take tho tariff from politics as fust as It gained tho confldonco of tho public No ono wants to destroy any American Industry. Every ono. Democrats as well as Republi cans, Is eagpr tn Increase tho number of our Industries and to make conditions such that thoy can prosper. It Is besido tho question to argue that Congress will never surrender Its taxing power to a commission, becauso that bos not been seriously proposed. Tho country hns prospered under thn present system which unsettles business every four years. But if it wore posslblo for a man to bo assured that so Jong as tho conditions abroad remained tho samo h could bo certain of tho samo degreo of tariff protection, tho past prosperity would pain Into insignificance "n comparison with that which would follow. And oven if conditions changed abroad, an assurance that such changes as wero made in the tariff would bo only those which were justified by tho facts would make for stability. Certainty would take the placo of uncertainty In busi ness, and politics would bo purer because of the removal of tho corrupting Influenco of men seeking after special privileges with money bags in tholr hands. Railroad men were skeptical about the value of the Interstato Commerce Commis sion wnen It was nrst created, but they would be the first to object to abolishing It, A tariff commission of the, right kind would do for general J--'ness what tho Interstato Commerce Commission has done for the rail roads. It la bound to come. If tho present Congress does not create It, tho credit for solving ono of the most perplexing problems of American politics will go n one of Its successors in the near future. Ballads of Portland W. 8. Jones, advertising and publishing agent, of Portland, Maine, entered according to act of Congress, In the year 1874, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Wash ington, 1). C. "nallads of Portland," bv Mosci Owen. The little book, frankly an adverth Inn proposition, devotes 100 pages to the eulogizing of as many commercial Institution In the Portland of that day. Lcl us begin iclth the Preble House. On page i), tec read: M. S. GIDSON & CO. Proprlstort rculc ftottflic PORTLAND The Preblo Houpc, beloved by nil, Invites the wanderer to lt rest. And In enrh room mid tasty hall sweet comfort beckons to each guest; And sun-burnt waiters to and fro with wlllltiR hands bring vlnnds rare, The very room doth brighter glow, l'Or Africa's dliskv nnnn hm ilirn And nil complete, with all that art Can rIvo or wenlth can o'er display, Ihe Preble claims tho human heart ..iii-ii unison upoKO we saw the ilayi Our Gibson! men of every clime Khali love to speak In pralso of tlieo, The Preble claims thee as sublime, It took from thee Its mnjesty: And nil conveniences are there: The Eoothlng bath, the billiard hnll. The marble floor doth brightly shine, McDonald keeps n watch o'er all; And long the Preble shall uprise, An honor to our Sunrise State, T'ie Iloue beloved beneath tho sklc, here Olbson reigns forever great. One mark of true poetry Is the unusual and apt adjective, Itow much nwre elegant than "colored" Is the icoul "suii'burnt" In the fifth line of the above poem. "WHAT'S THE USE IN TRAVELING IF YOU DON'T GET ANYWHERE?'' Ex-Congressman Wash I-oguo says ho was onco discussing with ono of his constituents, when ho had 'em, the proposition to allow the pcoplo to vote upon tho question of abolishing capital punishment. "And says I to him," snld Wush, "would you vote to abolish It?" "No, sir! I'm an old fogy, maybe, but cnpltol punishment was good enough for my nnccstors and it's good enough for me." :.:fei ,. r.-'-tr.tl 9JS-.4.A'.fr?.Vl-tWfi.l!rxW(!!2H.W ' i 1 . The 'For-IUWas-Indeed-He" Club XVI I-J. J. s., Jr. Gentlo lender, we're sure It Is time to secure If wo'd really bo doing our duty At least ono member plnnncd On !rcck lines who wilt stand As exemplar of youth and of beauty. Oh ! It's little we cars Thnt the youth Ktancl Ing there In a costume that's nl most Colonial Is now making his rocks As a broker In stocks Though avoiding tho b n n d s matri monial. Tor, to tell J on the truth, Wo nrlmire this youth. Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Jr. For It was Indeed he For his blooming licniiteo. Though ho might be a tiny bit spoonler. J. J. S.. Jr. Awfjwan! Not on Bill Connor? A friend handed us this yesterday: ".Mr. Jacob Wclxcl, of the .Kliflhiirne, Atlantic City, was given n luncheon a few 'days ngo hv V. A Connor, Philadelphia nmnngir of Iho Associated PrpRs Among the Ruests were Judge-elect Joseph p HoRers, William Flndlav Hroivu. William George. W If Wllrnn. tho newly elected Director " "Look litre," wo said, "we're not running a society column. Jokes are what we need niot." "Well, this Is one of the things you need most then." And theji'ro saying on tho street thnt Louis Ifolb. walking with Francis Shunk Brown thn other day. o.-tentntlously lifted his hat and Mr. Brown followed bult. "Who was that?" nsked tho Attorney General "A bread-wagon just went by." said Lou. run wilvh of nnv.F.nr. The idles of C.rrece.l the. wiles nf Greece! Where burning sulphur fumes are filing .Vo deeper arts of war and peace IlVic ever planned or ever sprung. She waits to see. what she can get. Anil nil except the price Is set IIAIIIIY A MM'KI.V "Pea coal to be advanced." Chestnut! David Lamar, the Wolf of Wall Strt. Is "not guilty" again. "Austro-Hungarlans tarl." Headline. Hammer at Scu- And the British hammer at Asquith. Liszt's Gondoliers and Austrian Aeroplanes The aeroplanes come In over the Ilexes nt the Punta della Motte. where the Adriatic Is blanching on the beach, and there Liszt's gon dollera begins under a round moon. Hero will we nit and let the sounds of music creep In our ears. After tho soft chime of the breakers come strange sea bounds from the bells of the spirit galleons of Antonio, wearing down Levantward through the quapplng naves of jet and lit crystal. A gondola sweeps up to ward the Molo, and Jessica's dark hair Is warm against Lorenzo's cheek. In Ktleh a ntph, na .tit- Did Jessica ateal from the wealthy Jew And with an unthrlft ln did run from Venice Ah far it llelrannt. Far oft are two great pillars of silver: to the right the campanile of San Marco; beyond the Canal Grande the campanile of San Giorgio Magglore. The white light floods the broad lagoon. A thin scarf of cloud, caught upon tho horns of Venus, clings in the west; but the remainder of the sky Is like the velvet darkness of black roses and powdered with the faint pollen of stars. " There's not the smallest orli which thou hhnld't Dut In hU motion like an anl Inn. Will qulrlnj In the younjr.l rhtninlnn. The gondola swims onward, the ripples patter under tho prow The long car sways and dins, and forever It drips the same short tinkling bar of melody, reltcrant like the crooning of a wood dove In June. The enndola drifts onward, a great black wwan. Suddenly a Plata hhoots out of the Rio della Plata CHAIRMAN MACKEY AND COMPENSATION Head of Board Received His Earl iest Lessons in Law in His Father's Oflice Golf and Politics His Hobbies A VERY busy man Is Hnrry A. Mnckcy, 4"1- chairman of the workmen's compensa tion board of Pennsylvania, what with his now duties and tho various occupations left over from tho tlmo when thoro wasn't any compensation bonrd to bo chairman of. lie's solicitor for the Register of Wills, and when he gets time again, In- It ptmtl weather or bud, he'll be bnck nn -- - tho links chasing tin- (T pq5X- guua-pnrciia pill for Health's sako nnd P I o a s u r o's. The browned skin of Chairman Mackey 1 a sure testimony of much recreation In the open ulr. Ills nuto mobllo champs lin pntlcntly if kept vcr long in tho garage. Mnckey's law oflice. tho samo ono ho has occupied slnco 1902, has doubtless sctn n good deal of coming nnd going in thnt length of time, but probably not qulto such a rush as during the last few weeks. This very next Saturday tho compensation law goes Into operation. If employers haven't all tho Information they need In preparation for thnt event tho lack cannot bo charged to negllgonco on tho part of tho board members or tho other men on whom 'devolves the task of ndmlnistotlug tho net. Part of tho work of these olllcera has iiu-vii hi iiuuruK meetings oi employers, or employes, or both groups together. In numerous plaining announcing the policies to bo followed In thn administration rf tho now law. At ono of theso meetings, which was hold In Scranton. tho nttendnnee exceeded that of any other public gathering' In tho coal city In a good long tlmo. Through such means, nnd through confer ences of various sorts, tho personal tripartite relationship of employers, employes nnd compensation administrators is already well advanced. It Is generally recognbed that tho organization nf tho compensation system, as alrendy effected, bus been nbly nnd cill clently undertaken and accomplished, nnd that tho spirit nf tho now order has been manifested In most credltahlo fnshlon In tho work preliminary to tho actual operation of tho statute But tho purposo hero Is not to distribute prnlso among tho mon responsible for tho good results thus oirly nocrnnpli.shed. It is sufficient to quote the remark made lnt July by a leading compensation authority, that on tho appointments to tho board which were then nbnut to bo announced would de- I pend In largo measure thn successful Initi ation nf compensation history In Pennsyl vanla. Tho remark was obviously truo hut nevertheless significant, for tho administra tors of a law do much tn ninlco that law. The expert added that if men of good ability nnd of tact wero not appointed It would havo been far better If tho legislature had ac cepted tho proposed court system of admin istration. The board nf which Mr. Mackey Is chairman has more than mechanical tasks before It, and Its responsibilities tn thn pub llo nre nf equal proportion Before the Typewriter Harry Mackey followed In his father's footsteps when ho chose tho profession of law. Ccorgo W. Mackey was tho only law. yer In Northampton County in the days when the slate industry In that region was In Its Infancy. Ho bought up rights of way camo a partner of .Tamos Gay Gordon, nnd In ID02 ho opened his present ofllco on tho twelfth lloor of the Pcnn Squaro Building. Much of his practice has related to negll gonco cases; and his experience In this field should provo of grent vnluo In tho Interpre tation of his now icsponslbllltlcs. For sev eral years ho hns been a lawyer's lawyer. That Is, his appearances In court have been almost exclusively in tho Interest of cases turned over to him by other lawyers for bundling before judge nnd jury. Some of His Hobbles One of fhls hobbles is golf nnd tho other Is politics. Ills participation In politics has sometimes been ns an Independent, but not so you would notlco It at present. Organ ization leader In tho ICth Wnrd, he Is writ ten down as a Varo man. To this fact his appointment ns chairman of tho compensa tion bonrd has been ascribed; but It's a pretty suro thing that a political appoint ment may havo somo good In It after all. It's an equally suro thing that tho sponsors of tho compensation law want to sco It well administered. Possibly It might bo added that somo of the qualifications of a political leader will not como nmlss In a position which calls for tact and diplomacy; but that point needn't bo emphnslzed or argued. Golf Is about as Interesting ns politics, and perhaps moro so, even to tho spectator of both games. Mackey has Dlaved crolf nil over Europe. That may seem encouraging j to a new beginner Just n-startln' who plas "golf" (with tho quotation marks) over an area almost as extensive. But Mackey's golf is good, and he possesses not a few cups won In toumnments of the ten or twelve country nnd golf clubs to which ho belongs. At his homo In West Philadelphia ho has a well-stocked library of general literature. Ills favorite reading, outside of lnw books. Is history nnd biography. But. of course, our present Interest In Mr. Mnckcy Is not so much in what ho rends as in what he does AMUSEMENTS NEW YEAR'S SHOW SOMETIUNCl YOU SHOULD SEni AN I rnTJTJi T A -tt IDEAL JL JU-JU JUaiNJJ OF THE FREE" ' EDWAnD LOCKE'S PATMOTIC COMEnv THr AT ADELPHI ros'TtVELY THE "L'iJ1J1 iAA LAST B TIME POPULAR ?1 MATINEE TODAY A FcwtSI,,.0i'S? Pv-nts ln. ,0,r. AU Performance!. Includlnc .New Yenr'n Eve, Matinee nnd Night NEXT WEEK SEATS TODAY BERNARD SHAW'S "Androcles and the Lion" "THE mM& MflVSiS Mm WIFE- Oranvlllo Uaikcr'g Orlulnnl Production THE STANLEY" JlAnKET ABOVE ltiTH STItEET CONTINUOUS. 11 A M TO 11:15 P M. ALL WEEK ONE WEEK ONLY GERALDINE FARRAR IN FIRST rilESENTATION OF "TEMPTATION" Stanley Symphony Orchestra nnd SololjU Extra Midnight Pcrformanco NEW YEAR'S EVE NEXT WEEK MON.. TtJES. AND WED. MAIIY P1CKFORD In "THE FOUNDLING" ,' THURSDAY, FnlDAY and SATURDAY IMULINE FREDERICK In "I.YD1A OILJIOrtE" as chairman of tho Workmen's Comnensa- I towns and cU'of ,8 o "v" n "' "'" ,hnt ""'y tho provisions of tho slututo and S"?.I. T0"1" '" . P1"In.'Ul"""n "" . . ....oj., ,..ui, hi, M.iya, is wnriimcn s com pensation. And ho's right. And ho has no Inconsiderable part to play In proving it. "WHY ARE YE FEARFUL?" A Letter in Verso in Appreciation of n Car toon "Dedicated to Artist Sykcs" Thanks to you now. O Artist Sykcs. You've banished tho critics' sour dislikes; You've given a text to a parson grave. Who over the wnr doth weep nnd rave Not Tissot alone nor Ivniurmnn ., IIuvo made us tho bc of Christ to get; The puzzles of wnr you'vo helped to solve. And tho preacher doth you now absolve Prom charges of trifles light as air, Which causes many of you to despair: You hoo tho Chrlft on tho troubled ko,i. Saving tho craft of destiny. I'"or grcuter Is He than craft or sen. I'Yir both Ho made fiom eternity. TIs fnlth wo lack this Chrlstmnstlde. I'or greater than all of woes beside Is iho faith In Him, tho Prlnco of Pence; He makuM both storms and wars to cease: Tho ship nf Stnto m.iy lock nnd reel, Hut tho nearness of Christ Mill vnu feel; The winds may roar nnd breakers crash. The thunders roll and lightnings flash; The 'waves bubmergo and our ardor drench The very waves the timbers wrench; When lo! and behold on troubled seas Walks one Who's known, the Prince of Peace. He salth to us ns He said to them; As ho loved tho ono who touched Ills hem We hear him tay: "Why so fearful? Of little faith and so tearful? Trust ye not that the Lord of the sea Is Lord likewise of its de&tiny? That the Lord of the sea Is right And all the fctorma obey His mlglit!" Civilization In the craft. Nevertheless goes far from daft, For when the storm Is brought nbout. He &a)t to us, "Why did ye doubt?" As we falter and begin to sink, Am many now do doubtless think, Like Peter wo feel His arm thrown out And wo bid farewell to every doubt. METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE Boston Grand Opera Co. IN CONJUNCTION WITH Pavlowa Ballet Russe .SSTni Madama Butterfly TA? Martin, Chnlmerf. Followed by SNOWFLAKES w,a,nh TV sjn'nT' L'Ecole en Crinoline. "Now" PUrPENFEE DIvprtlMement WITH PAVLOWA POPULAR PRICES Ne Ycar'n p A flj T A PCX Zenatcllo. Nlcht JTlVjL1l.Ol Telle, Haklano. ronowe., COPPELIA Pawp'0Vna Seat ml lodny 1J0S) Chejlnut utreet rrlreic, Jl tn J.V Phones, Wnlnut 4424 Race 07. W A T "NTTTT tonwiit at s-ar VV -fi.JU.LN U Pop Mnte.Tlien Thur. Heir Mmliire Sniurrttv. ttU,' Pop. Mat. Todav, 25c. 50c Andrew Mack inn7ahPeooIni?h KVENINOS. REST SEATS M VO lUClIKU. NEXT WEEK """KV SSSS? br 9 More Performances Lo1.?'U' LYRIC LAST 4 TIMES LAST MATINEE SATFRDAY Ac7aER0AlifT LOUIS MANN "THE BUBBLE" KEATS NOW FOR ALL PERFORMANCES NEXT WEEK SEATS TODAT The (irciitert N V Winter Harden leii. "MAID IN AMERICA" With FLORENCE MOORE. JILl.U 11AZIR nnil Winter (limlen Company nl 1". B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE CHESTNUT AND TWELFTH .STREIITS IOVOIIH OLD ri.MK PA HE Will I.' TIEATRICE MABEL HERFORD BERRA 'The Passion I'lay of Washington Square". Bancroft an1 P.rn.fce; Mr. and lira. Oonlnn WIMi; Other Holiday Feature , 'Plinnfi.r, MARKET and nj rTTP ineatre jumped ms. I T I A JIjPj VAVllKVIU.t. Contlnuoo H v-"-1-Jvy-1-1-J A M In 11 1' M Wc, J.V. S3 Musical ntx Tl?rD r A VO '-'3 l urn. .iiwc i. a .ic no ituai is Tilled with I . ... ., . . . i .! ii i-.i ., '" niieu wiin and other Dronertles. nnd a cront mnnv ilroris iney are as white ,. L, , ... " " The olive branch seems to be having a hard time in Europe, but there is a disposi tion to trv Its efficacy In Pennsylvania poli tics. The Russians may not be able to do much against the Germans, but when it comes to cutting a way tlfrougb Persia they are the goods. Colonel House, it seems, Is not going to Europe in order to carry English trousers from Page to Gerard. Then what is he go ing for? laughing, singing girls. roses. They are gone. The dome marbles m ouma .nana ueua n.iiuie snimmer be fore the steel beak. The gondola slips more slowly after its flitting shadow. Hark! Out through the gray and azure dusk drifts the ravishment of the carillon near San Marco telling the hour, and the watch on that grim ship at anchor chants. "All's well!" venlce- Austin. Sir A man 'came In here on Christmas Eve "I want that new whisker book." said he (Uuslness on my part of thinking hard) "You don't mean Dan Beard's latest?" "Yeh! that' it.' Bookman. "Let Your Light So Shine" "Envelopes," said the pastor, speakine of wedding fees and the like, "are usually em. ployed to conceal the means or the meanness of the contributors. In tbe 30 years I've been on this Job I've seldom found more than 11 and never more than 2 jn an envelope.'' were executed In his office Ills son, before the tlmo of the typewriter, wns set at work copying the deeds; and though tho task may hardly seem a very inspiring one. it helped In determining the boy's ambition to become a lawyer. Another boyhood experience was working in a slate quarry, which, by thn way, he now owns. Ho attended the Scran ton High School, winning a prize in mathe matics, and was graduated from the Key stone Academy, where he received a gold medal for the best examination in Latin grammar. At Lafayutto College he won honors in the classroom and on the athletic field. Then fye came to Philadelphia to study law. In 189? be was graduated from the Uni versity Law School, devoting an additional year to post-graduate work. Ho brought his AMUSEMENTS M'nl'e COLLEGE DAYS ?.lac.., uiitc.ii riirui aii vault.. (Luis...- New yr"a Eve ACADEMY OF MUSIC Thuraday E. Di. (10th TONIGHT THE MESSIAH BY T.HE CHORAL SOCIETY L'7S VOICES EMINENT bOIXJISTS MEMBERS PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA HKMlY'fiOHDON THUNDER. Conductor SEATS TOO. II 00. 1123. Il.so HKPPE'S, 111 CHESTNUT ST Special Midnight Show G ARRICK NOW m.aU!&.. COHAN & HARRIS Preaent WEST PLAY IN S3 YEARS ON TRIAL Popular Price Matinee Wedneaday. Beet Seata ft FORREST NOW 325?tfvA CHARLES DILLINGHAM Present. WATCH YOUR STEP " n MR8. VERNON CASTLE- UKHNAHU UltA.tVlLLU Brlca & Kins; Harry KeUy; 100 Other -FRANK TINNBf 1915 ACADEMY OF MUSIC BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Dr. Karl Muck. Cond'r lfilfi MON. EVO. JAN. 3. at 8 :1S. MADAME MELBA Tlcketa at Ileppe'a. Amph., 25a. Chief Davis, of the "Water Bureau, did not get his Christmas present last Saturday, but he will have an opportunity to eniov it tnt- . t out i Kijjuy not tin; de.re for pub- j the- next Joux years, la spite of th dsla& CHESTNUT STREET Continuous OPERA HOUSE mT D'Annuoiln-. Orear ClracUr ci,p- athletic prowess with him, and played tackle "Mai'VeloUS Maciste" Tu,. SJr7IANT.. ov CABIRIA" Ttara' a t.1 n V ii-t . . ..v.v. u.i u j-,iifcuau u9 snos HDOk I i, .! e.v,n r? .!.,. ... Z"Lb h! --" West ' toria'ns VeU ' ot ' Voiron Ze ", j-muutnium uop. wen, weU. see what ,hi.o. i, .o, siMm e.K ., rnrl BEAlTY Yoiinr a w, t .... -' wthM 'v j - k uiii awj Li;ai iiiiii i:-Tiip-rii . . . "- - - x aim wwwvw vf niCOt ehuur Trnnnrrnu Ml. i.. - In." Maet.,plec of Thrill, and Laueht.r Smi,hony Orcheatra Price. I0cij. ARCADIA "rice. I0c inc. 25c I'vA PAIIA Dllil nnAlM UTT . ....a to do tha.tr' "I didn't go ,to do it," j law schobl Captain Markey wert into the piM Bhaur Tomorrow Nl4lit at J 2. 9f OX WUllam W, fortex, He later be- , PEOPLES THE GUILTY ONE 1 DumOUt's gg-"- k tSi TJ A T A fin lOc 12H MAHKET-80 r AL AO Hi syd chaplin la "A SUBMABINU PIRATE" NEW YEAR'S EVE Extra Midnight Performance CHESTNUT Below ltb 10 A. M. to 11:18 P U. Dally, llo. Evening !3 WM. S. HART In "BSTWEEN MEN" uiDmauTrnBFoituANca new ye-aw em Knickerbocker ' "IfiBgVJgflf m "The Old Homestead" SSSSSL'iSiS MATUVEE DAILY THIS WEEK BROAD This Week &,',&' W GILLETTE Secretervice Next Week "Sherlock Holmea " Only Mat Paiurtir. AMERICAN ""ItsiX'.? u ARVINB STOCK In HEIP Vf-Ti.O NEXT WEEK- KHOADWAIr JONtJ .UAd TBES. JIat, Today. JO
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