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THE WAY TO CURE TARIFF ABUSES
Tom Daly's Column
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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."
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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
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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
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