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A.esassnatlon has never chanced the 7ils
torv of the wortd. Disraeli.
IOss and better baseball!
Ignatius Lincoln, that alleged German spy,
seems to take himself qulto seriously.
Is the tariff tho Issue In 1916?
an't havo preparedness unless
revenue.
Well, wo
wo hiivo
Villa, will not make a Mexican holiday nt
tho Juarez raco track Just yet. IIo must
bo caught first, and no's mighty slimy.
Tho first thing England knows Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, will cull In person and
collect an indemnity. llo'n mad clean
through and ready to chow a dreadnought.
Tho Colonel's "fear God and take your
own part" Is hardly original. It Is a free
translation of the motto on tho British
coat-of-arms, "Dicti ot mon droit." None
tho less, It's good stuff.
King Constantino thinks tho war will end
In a draw unless tho Allies or tho Central
Empires should win, which shows tho effect
on a man's thinking of living In tho country
whero tho Delphic oracles did business.
David Jayno Hill hopes that God will forbid
that America may ever bo so supine ns to
wait for Invasion by a foreign foe, thereby
disagreeing with Mr. Carnegie, who has ad
vocated welcoming an enemy with open arms
and conquering- it by kindness.
Instead of adopting the customs of Hia
watha and wearing coats with the outside fur
side inside and the lnsldo skin side outside,
the English soldiers are wenrlng the outside
fur side outside and the lnsido skin side In
Btdo and they keep just as warm.
Philadelphia took tho first step In em
phasizing tho Importance of citizenship
when It Invited the President to deliver an
address to newly naturalized citizens. That
was when the Chief Magistrate declared that
wo might bo "too proud to fight." Another
version is "too lazy."
The decision of tho Postmaster to permit
tho sale of stamps on Sunday is commend
able. For a long time the pursuit of a stamp
on Sunday was as difficult as a search for
the proverbial needle In a haystack. Wo
Imagine that the morals of nohody will bo
injured by tho change.
It is not yet proved that a hydrogen gas
explosion caused the accident on the sub
marine E-2, but the commander of tho boat
suspected there might be danger, and asked
the Navy Department for a gas detector two
months ago. His request got lost in a bundle
of red tape in Washington.
Councils show a commendable disposition
to thrust, non-eisentials asido and follow the
Mayor In getting a thing Instead of talking
it to death. Tho Convention Hall project
has been tho victim of petty jealousy and
narrow-mindedness. Better a Convention
Hall anywhere than a Convention Hall
nowhere.
The Colonel says that this country can't
be made a polyglot boarding house. Good;
but we'll probably havo hyphenates so long
bjs they are needed to give the gangs con
trol of the cities. The problem of municipal
government In the United States is not far
removed from the question of Ameri
canization. Bethlehem Steel common sold for $48.50 a
sham on January 2 of last year, and before
the war it was quoted at $30, A dividend of
130 a share was declared by the directors
yesterday. It would bo Interesting to know
how many of the men who hivo Invested
In the shares during the past twelve months
paid under $50 a share, and also how many
who bought It two years ago were able to
resist the temptation to sell when tho price
had reached $600 on October 22. At the pres
ent figure of $460 a share a thirty per cent,
dividend yields a fair return.
The signing of contracts permitting the
construction of Diesel motors in the United
States may do more to rehabilitate the mer
chant marine than all the talk of the last
year. Economy of operation will tend to
piit the expense of navigating American
ship using this motor nearer that of for
eign ships. The motors have been exten
sively tried and have long since proved their
wprth. The Werkspoor Works, In Holland,
are said to have more of these motor-driven
merchant ships under construction than any
other shipbuilding plant has. steamships
building.
Grand Cuke Nicholas may be able to
do to the Turks what he failed to do to the
Germans. He is now reported as being within
two days march of Erzsrum, the great Turk
stronghold lit Armenia. The city, which is
(he capital c,t tne vilayet ot the same name,
stands on a plateau 6000 feet above sea level.
H I partly surrounded by a wall, and before
the, Wglijntng of the war was defended by a
Htiur of old-fashioned forts. It is likely that
tfeea have been, strengthened in view of the
Cfity of attach from Russia. Yet the old
piif -were, strong enough, to reibt the P,us
iitfeji fa the, war of JST7.8. If there had been
ns. &H9BieJjt in sjrtljlery In the Inlerven
In yara they might b counted to save.
EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21 1016-
Erzerum again The Grand Duke, however,
has doubt!ns a much more effective force
than was hurled against the city more than 35
years au Ho is also a better soldier than
ho was Inst yenr, when ho was fighting tho
Germans. The Turks admit that ho has
forced thorn back from their frontier, and
reports from Petrograd nnnounco that his
supply of heavy artillery Is ample. .The fall
of Erzerum seems to be Imminent.
PREPAREDNESS FOR TRADE PEACE
A commerrlal crlN la more Imminent tlmn i
war crisis In AmKrn, liut lha Democracy, tll
xldeit on military prrii.ircdnrsv Is n unit 111 op
position lo tho only ndeimle means of nxrrtlng
the disaster to cur trnile.
THE Democracy Is divided on tho Issue of
military preparedness.
Its most Influential lender In prlvato life,
the man who had and probably has the larg
est personal following of any Individual
Democrat, 1m opposed to any Increase In
tho army or navy and ho Is preparing to
fight nny program looking toward strength
ening tho military forces. Ills followors In
and out of Congress arc ready to Join hands
with him.
Uut the warlike attack upon us, lo resist'
which all far-Ecclug Americans nie demand
ing that wo be made ready, Is distant. The
commercial crisis that will follow the end
ing of tho war Is so near that there Is no
time to bo lost In getting teady to avert it If
disaster Is to bo avoided.
Tho Democracy, however, Is practically a
unit In opposition to the only course which
can protect Amerlcun Industries. It ilnds
Itself without sullklcnt rexenue to run tho
Government and It Is planning to Increase
the internal taxes and to levy now ones
which will burden business. Instead of re
sorting to the revision of Its own tariff law,
a revision that could bo made In such a xvay
as both to raise revenue and protect Industry.
Tho tariff is tho most efllclcnt Instrument
for trade control that was ever devised. If
there xx'ns ox-or a time xvhen Its Intelligent
tlso wim imperatively demanded that time
Is hero and nox Tho xvar has glxen to us
a period of unnatural prosperity. Tho bal
ance of trade In our fax or Is unprcccdentcdly
large, but It Is duo to tho demand for xvar
supplies. The excess of exports of such ma
terials In tho last fiscal year over tho exports
In the year before xvas $7S5,OOO,000. But our
exports of ordinary articles, not used directly
In warfare, decrcused $390,000,000 In the same
period.
Europe has been put to It In order to get
money with xvhlch to pay for what It has
been buying. At the close of tho xur It xvlll
exert Itself to Hood our markets xxith goods
In order to pay by barter for xvhat it must
contlnuo to buy. England and France will
seek also to get tho trade, xvhlch Germany
had before tho xvar, with South America and
Asia xvliero xve have been xveakly trying to
enlnrgc our own sales. And Germany xvlll
attempt to sell in the United States those
goods xvhlch the British and French xvlll re
fuse to buy.
Our oxvn manufacturers will be confronted
by a foreign competition fiercer than any
that has been knoxvn In tho history of trade.
The Germans knjxv how to compute. Their
Iron manufacturers In order to enlarge their
markets havo been In tho habit of selling
In South America, the Orient and In Eng
land for from 103 to 110 murks Iron for
xvhlch they charged 120 marks at home: and
In order to get Into the Italian markets they
have at times cut tho price to 75 marks. They
have made tho pricu low enough to sell tholr
goods and their Government has encouraged
them In this policy.
The same kind of efficiency that has en
abled Germany to hold her oxvn against the
great Poxvors ot Europo for eighteen months
xvlll be applied to rehabilitating German
trade xvhen tho peace treaty Is signed. Tho
other Powers will be elllclent In tholr peculiar
xvays for tho same purpose.
To Ignore the evident xvarnlngs of tho
present and declare that our tariff law must
not be changed because under normal condi
tions It would havo raised sufficient rcvenuo
Is tho height of folly. Conditions aro not
normal. Tho laxv might havo been the best
that the xvit of man could hax'e devised
xvhen it xx-as passed nnd yet need revision
today. The conditions confronting us have
radically changed in eighteen months. We
are lix-ing In a different xxo'Sd. In tin- sum
mer of 1914 our great manufacturing compet
itors xvere prosperous, and engaged In tho
peaceful extension of their commerce. Today
they are In need. 'When peace comes they
xvlll be hungry xvhlle xve hax'o plenty. They
xvlll begin to raid our matkets at the earliest
possible moment after tho fighting men have
left the trenches and returned to tho mills
and factories. Thoy xxlll cut prices and under
sell one anoth.r and our own producers In
their ed to get trade. If tho counsels of
tho men now In poxver In Washington prcx'all
they will find that task comparatively easy.
Conditions demand the best skill of the
ablest commercial statesmen. We must con
tlnuo to buy from Europo In order to enable
Europe to pay for xxhat she is to buy from
us. But our tariff 1 xvs must bo framed for
tho purpose of protecting our producers from
ruinous competition and for tho purpose of
opening favorable markets for our goods In
competing countries. The Underxx-ood laxv
has not enlarged the market of a single
American producer. Tho opportunity offered
by a reduction of our tariff duties for forcing
tariff concessions from other countries In re
turn xvas neglected. The avoxved purpose of
the laxv was not to help our producers, but
to Increase their difficulties by making com
petition xvlth them at homo easier for the
foreigner.
Tho Democracy is proving mote conclu
sively every duy that It is incapable of deal
ing xvith the pressing commercial problems
confronting us. Its leaders are busy prepar
ing to defend their past actions instead of
drafting laxvs Intended to xvard off imminent
perils, and are proving once more that the
task of governing the country Is too big
for It, Just as the duties of the State Depart
ment were beyond the abilities of Mr, Bryan.
SAD STATE OF THE NAVY
BETWEEN disgraceful alternatives the
Senate chose the less In publishing the
1 sport of Admiral Fletcher on the condition
of our navy. This bela'ted publicity was com
pelled by publication, a day earlier, of an ac
curate summary in the newspapers. It should
never have been xvlthheld. The conditions
disclosed are, almost a Justification for anti
preparedness, for certainly if we cannot keep
in fighting trim the small navy we have, it
would bjj.fPlly to enlarge. In fact, it would be
suicidal, for with a small navy the country is
not so apt to rely upon it. It is bad enough
that tbre exists a lack of men, but men can
be. x on ijuUme of war. What Is infinitely
worse is that there are not enough officers
and that a long process of education and ex
perience, which cannot be improvised, la
necessary before our navy can be practically
efficient.
Tom Daly's Column
WE'RE glad wo beat our friend, tho Fire
man, to It. Our reply to his first verse
xxns printed on Wednesday, and this, mailed
before he snxv them, camo to us yesterday
morning:
Dear Sir Or perhaps I should hall you ns
friend.
For oft to my heart great Joy you did send!
I'll confess that great pleasure Is alxx-ays
mine xvhen
I muse o'er tho flno thoughts that flow from
your pen.
But 1 xxlsh lo npologbr for my Intrusion,
For I think that I labored beneath a delu
sion '
In taking for granted that your Invitation
Was for nil, lrrespcctlx-e ot their, rank or
station.
When I think of It noxv t am free to obserx-o
1 must hax-p been filled xxith a wonderful
ncrx-e:
Knoxxlng nothing excepting how coal should
bo burned,
To tiy and mix In nmong Iho cultured nnd
learned.
But enough! I can hear 3,011 saying right
noxx.
"What's tho mattor xxith this fellow, nny-
hoxv?"
So not wishing to tempt you to do aught
unruly,
I xvlll tease yoll no more, and remain, yours
truly. A. Fireman.
Etiquette in the School
Sir: If you h.ive any Influence with the tnoFS
haclt who runs Hint correspondence school, lend
him your "Hill's Manual," first turning down
the corner of page 1GS. He might then happen
to read H1I3 little cnv following tho chapter
dex'otpd to "lUlqtlette In the School":
"The tenrher ihnt rules well nnd Is et kind Is
helmed by his pupils The hotel proprietor, by nf
fnlilllO nnd nn ncinmnindatlntt "Pint, m.iy nil his
hotel vlih guest" The rnlh conductor, who has
a plenrnnt uord for the lonely tnixelor. Is nlnios
temembered ttltli fnor. Tho postomco clerk, uho
ery carefully looks through a ptlo uf letters nnd
snjs, "Not any,' xery pentl pleueontly nddln? n uord
of hone, by sn)tni?, 'It miv come on tho nftemoon
train uo always pratcfully recollect. XX'hen tho
time tomes that ue inn return the kindness wo nt
wny.s take great pleasure In dolnp so."
A lot of us nro playing hookey from Ihnt cor
respondence school bee.iusi- tmchcr Is too surly.
Peck's.
Sir In the pines of Southern Jersey, near
V'ncontoxvn, .Innc Lemou became, the- xvlfe of
Ebcnczer Sweet, xvhlch Induces mo to sing:
'Tin strange how xvell extremes do meet.
In Jano nml Ubenezer:
She Is no lotiRer rour but Hweet,
And ho's r, Lemon squeezer.
Mrs. M.
This Is Part of a letter of appreciation re
ceived by a cookery expert:
"i'our rcclpo for sunshine Cnko lls-ens good
to us nnd xve have decided to try one out nlong
your lines nnd If It Is a Suckcess we xvlll by
nt tho Store the Imlgreedlcnts ns you suggest
but xve xvlll not by them till xve nro Sure."
IN FAR
day y
MEli SMITH'S department yestcr-
oung Alfred Palmer, of Clymer
street, presented this quatrain:
If vou would see kindness,
Tnllh anil hopo untl love.
Head the Eurii I.rnunit,
Join the Rainbow Club.
If Alfred had only been conversant xvlth
the tricks of tho trade ho would have made
a better rhymo by dropping into negro
dialect, thus:
I'.t yo' uouhl see kindness.
Faith nn' hopo on lub.
Head de KIIENIN' L.EDUEII,
Jlna Ue Hulntuw club.
WE'RE old fogylsh, of course, so our
opinion doesn't greatly matter, but we
couldn't help feeling that tho Cosmopolitan
Magazine's blurb of a forthcoming serial
might bo improved by capitals In spots:
It (the novel) is highly entertaining, and,
nt the came time, stimulates deep and sober
thought. A clever girl of xvhnt the British
term "the loxver middle class" becomes
dissatisfied xvlth her surroundings nnd de
termines to rluo above them, to become a
cultix-ated woman of the xx-orld. Her first
step Is startling and absolutely to be con
demned, ns she herself later leallzeH; yet,
ns conditions Existing In the sphere to
xvhlch she nsplres are revealed, r r Inde
fensible notion Is humanly underi..nilnble.
Katherlne Hush then becomes H"Xretnry
to one of the great ladles of London so
ciety, etc , etc.
We don't quite get that "humanly under
standable indefensible action," but' when we
rend further on (take a long breath, please)
that
"The Career of Katherlne Bush" will spur
you to do xvliat jou can and ought to do
to free our national life as far as possible
from the sapping artificialities and loose
conventions that, unless restrained, will in
time engender a code of morals similar to
that which determines tho conduct of most
of tho people whose lives are faithfully
portrayed in the pages of this unusual
serlnl
xve lenoxv right off xxiiat our duty Is, We are
spurred not to read the talo at all.
THE Nexv York Evening Mail's account of
the death of Miss D. K. Ranous says: "She
edited and translated the complete works ot
Guy de Maupassant, Gustuvo Flaubert and
UenJumln Disraeli. She also edited the
History of Literature, in 10 x'olumes." G.
D., who calls our attention to It, remarks:
"Henry James needs to be translated Into
English, but I did not know that DlsraeJl
xvroto In a foreign tongue."
Sure Enough! Burnt Oyster Crackers
"Last Friday," xvritca F, I D. from
Gonzaga College. Washington, "our Italian
cook xvas asked: 'Have you any oyster
crackers for dinner?" 'Oh, yes!' he said, 'I
gotta two greata blgga blacka xvuns. Dey
gona com' at 11 o'clock."'
fc'lr Ilert'a a xery sloppy, slatted sign In a small
rnturunt near the University uf Pennsylvania:
SOUP
BANDXVICIIES
'Yours.'
II. 8,'S POLITICAL KDITOIIIAL,
(Continued and Concluded.)
And, as we xvere saying, shooting the bovine
Is the politician's chief stocV: in trade. Ot
course, it requires skill to be successful in poll
tics: and nerve Is another requisite, but no
nerves. But the greatest of the trinity of neces
sities Is salve, for xvhlle he may poHacss the
nerve of a yejjgman and have Straxvberry Jim
and Brother Bill backed Into the back channe1
at League Island as xvlsenhelmers, he loses tr
he lacks the gentle art of chucking the bull.
He must penge the moment that the de
frauded freedmeu are in a mood to be told in
tones of righteous indignation how they are
being trimmed by the rascals of the other party
and then gather a bunch of cheera for himself
by offering to be the Moses xvho will lead them
out of the stygtan darkness caused by the po
litical plunderbund copping the oil from the
street lamps.
While the huzzas are still busting the ozona
he spreads the salve to con the moet popular
boyy to get out the vote and hola xvlndow
books. U he wjns they will get good places
in the bread line, he says.
And, Toma MIo, this 'Ws-an-ashcart, I'm-a-statesman"
thing la a. new line ot bull to
get the bread line In shape- For knowing how
to manage the bread line a,yd gt the boys a
little of yesterday's In very Msential to the
success of a "stateenwin-"1 Got it
"YOU'VE JUST
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WHISKERS HELP
MAKE PRESIDENTS
Or Is It Their Absence? The Com
ing Campaign Will Tell Effect
of Beards and JIustaches on
Political Fortunes
TO formulate a philosophy of xvhlskets Is a
task lomaliitng for romo future Plato,
or Kant, John Stuart Mill or Tettfolsdrockh.
The subject might bo treated as a branch of
utilitarianism or of esthetics, but to omit
the field of politics xvould bo to neglect nn im
portant lino of Inquiry. ..
In our Congress of tho United Stntew there
nro sox'ornl well-known crops or patches ot
whiskers. "Cyclone" Davis has won the
sweet rcxvnrds of publicity by his many
footed length and by his garb,
Perturblngly picturesque,
but not the least of his distinctions Is his
beard, xvhlch to bo appreciated must bo seen.
Tho "straxvberry xvhlskors" of "Ham" Loxvls
nro part nnd parcel or his elegant habili
ments. They havo homo no small part In tho
political career of tho Senator from Illinois.
Which leads us to reflect on the effect of
xvhlskers on tho political fortunes of the
xvearer. By "whiskers" wo mean, and xvo
folloxv the authority of Robinson Crusoe,
not merely beards but mustaches. You re
member Crusoo's great pair ot "Turkish
xxiilskers."
In tho early days of our republic the styles
ot hair dressing encroached somoxvhat on the
facial territory anterior to tho nurlcles. In
tho case of John Adams tho ears were en
tirely concealed, though tho top of his head
xvas mule. But this consideration doej not
prevent a classification of Presidents accord
ing to xvhlskers. Wo find, then, that tho fol
lowing chief executives were clean shaven:
Washington, John Adams, Jefferson, Madi
son, Monroe, Andrew Jackson, William Henry
Hanlson, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore,
Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln (when elected),
Johnson, McKlnley, Wilson. That Is 17-out
of 27. The following xvoro mustaches, with
out other adornments: Clex-eland, Roosevelt,
Taft only three and all of them recent In
cumbents. Tho first full-bearded President
xvas Grant, folloxved by Hayes, Garfield and
Benjamin Harrison. Burnslded gentlemen
and such nro no longer on tho available list
of presidential timber. Since 18SD our Presi
dents hax'o nil been chosen from the clean
shaven and the mustached. Of course times
may change, nnd the full beard may return.
Let us look over the list of candidates and
possibilities for tho 1916 campaign.
Doping Out the Campaign
The result of tho survey Is as folloxvs:
Clean-shaven Wilson, Gox-ernor Willis, Sen
ator Harding, Herbert S. Hndley, Senator
Laxvrcnco Y. Sherman, Senator La Follette,
Senator William Alden Smith and Senutor
Borah. Mustached T. R. Roosevelt, Sena
tor Norrls, Senutor Cummins, Senator Root,
Senator Weeks, Myron T. Hcrrlck and Theo
dore E. Burton. Full-bearded Justice
Hughes and Congressman Mann. 'Mr. Fair
banks la in a class by himself xvith a bushy
mustacho and u bushy tuft on his chin xvhlch
only a barber could name. If you can't figure
out the chances of cuch of theBe men from
tho foregoing data, you are utterly xvorthless
as a political prophet,
Ot course thero are other methods of dop
ing out the result, as, for instance, the num
ber of names a candidate has. Twenty Presi
dents from George Washington to Woodroxv
Wilson have had but txvo names apiece, or
having had three, dropped one. This method,
to say the least, is valid to the same extent
as the whisker test.
Beards have figured In history. After Sir
Francis Drake entered the harbor of Cadiz,
April 19, 1587, and destroyed shipping to the
amount of 10,000 tons lading, he had, to
use his own expressive phrase, "singed the
Spanish King's beard." A bold heathen
despltefully shaved the beards of King
D Aid's Ambassadors. Their King merci
fully covered their shame, saying, "Tarry ye
at Jericho until your beards bo groxvn," but ,
war ansxvered the insult. In Greeco the
beard was universally worn until the time
qf Alexander, who ordered his soldiers to
bhavo in order that their beards might not
be seized by their enemies.
When Reards Were Taxed
Adam was by tradition created with a
beard, and the ancient heroes, Abraham and
Agamemnon, Woden, King Arthur and
Charlemagne, are all bearded in our pic
tures. According to Pliny) Sclplo Africanus
was the first Roman to shave every day; but
from the time ot Hadrian to that of Con
stantino the practice was rare among Ro
mans. According to Taoltus, the ancient
Germans regarded a clean-shaven face as a,
badge of servitude, and the Lombards re
ceived J.hejr name from their long beards.
I Xn latsr times taxes were imposed oa beards.
. 'r'KvnM'-riJLiL.j- :s'z:.r... .- n !.av-lXj w,vi, . '.
GOT TO GET TOGETHER OK THIS JOB!"
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Houry VIII nnd Queen Elizabeth Imposed
such taxes, nnd I'elcr the Groat of Russia
compelled sinning by posltlx'o enactment. In
the early part of tho nineteenth century
benids xxcro a subject of police regulation In
Europe. Tho xvcntiinr of n beard xvas lc
garded an Indicating revolutionary iid dun
serous opinions.
Thcio hnvc, 'of course, been fnshlonn In
beards ns in other kinds of personal adorn
ment. In tho tclgn qf James 1 an astonish
ing variety of mostly fnntnstlc beat els was
grown. In many countries tho exumplc of
tho King wuh folloxved, n custom of which
wc are reminded by tho term "Imperial." At
0110 period In English history the gunidsmtu
claimed tho solo privilege of xveating mus
taches, nnd for 11 civilian to raise ono xvas
considered n plcco of unseemly swagger.
You romember that Cllx-o Newcomo xvoro a
mustacho until tho taunts of his friends, xvho
qsked him If ho was thinking of going into
the Guards, caused him to shavo it off. A
noxx'spnper of 1857, describing the appearance
of tho missionary Livingstone at a Mansion
House meeting, said that he camo xx'carlng a
mustache, "braving the prejudices of his
countrymen, and thus evincing a courage only
Inferior to that exhibited by hlni among tho
savnges of Central Africa."
Somo future Carlylo should write tho
philosophy of xvhlskers.
HOW ABOUT EL PASO?
Martial laxv in EI Paso? Pernaps the Adminis
tration will ndxise nil Americans to move out
of El Paso. Detroit Frco Pi ess.
NEW TYPE OF FACTORY BUIEDINGS
Tn the Editor of Evening Ledger:
' Sir Why do fnctory buildings have to bo un
sightly? They don't. In Pl mouth, Mass, theie'n
n cordnRe fnctoiy that doesn't look like It.
In Cleveland a water tank Is enclosed In a
tower that adds great I v to tho appenrnnce of
the building, nnd In Ohio the piemlses of a
mnnufacturlng plant look like a university
campus, buildings nnd nil. Evidently there's a
place for the esthetic In factory atchltecture.
F. H. KENDALL.
Philadelphia, January IS.
AMUSEMENTS
Ti,r'DT?T?C!rP Thl & Next Week. Exes, at 8:15
I1 U -IV IV III Ol Matinee Tomorrow at i:I5
Julian elTINGE ln "" "SumnToct
Best Seats $1 at Popular Matinee Wednesday
THREE SPECIAL" MATINEES
Next Mon., Tues., Thurs., Jan. 21, 25, 27
RUTH ST. DENIS
TED SHAWN Ana Nolable CoTnDyanr.
SEATS NOW. PRICES 6O0 to C2 00.
GARRICK-Nownen,5E,lS.ViLrr.w
COHAN AND HARRIS Present
BEST PLAY IN 25 YEARS
ON TRIAL
Popular Trice Matinee Wednesday. Ileit Seat a Jl
ACADEMY OV MUSIC Monduy. Jan, i't. 8. IS I'. M.
K1L E L M A N
RESERVED SEATS, 2 to 75c, NOW ON SALE AT
HEl'PE'S. HID CUES NUT STREET
BROAD Last 2 Evgs. Yo'Subw
JOHN DREW THBonisp
Next Week POLLYANNA Seats Now.
WATNTTT JE- Matinee Tomor., 2:15
VVXiXJi VJ J. KvBSt ;;50 t0 no h!.her.
&" A FOOL THERE W IS
Nexk.WteIs HERMAN TIMDERO In "School Djs"
NIXON aT,1?iys
"XVILLARD-j ALFRED
P 11 It It Y i CO; WOOD.
MELVILLE ft- PHILLIPS
VOX i. MAYO- TIIH llt'l.T.!
Tonliht at T and 0.
MONTESj CORRADINI'a MENAGERIE. OTHERS.
BDA Afl STREET SAMUEL F. NIXON g&cw
JA; J jCX U THEATRE Best Seats ?1.50 at Wednesday Matinee
LIMITED
ENGAGEMENT
UEOINNING
Monday, Jan. 24
KLAW & ERLANGER
and GEORGJ C. TYLER Will, Present
The Season's Notablo Success
P.OLLY.A-NNA
THE GLAD PLAY
By Catherine Chisholm dishing
From the World-Famous Book of the
Same Name by Eleanor II. Porter
WITH A CAST OF GREAT
DISTINCTION:
PATRICIA CQLLINQB
HERBERT KELCEX
JESSIE DUSLEY
ROBERT TOflIN
UELEN WEATHERBBlf
SEATS ARft NOW ON SALE
GET XOUH3 EARLY AND BE QLAD. pO HOT WAIT OB TOU iUY BE TOO LATH
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AMUSEMENTS
B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE1!
CHUSTNUT AND TWELFTH STREETS t
.t sight voiitii snmsat i
"The Forest Fire"!
Wonderful Hppctnolo for ChUJrent
Knima Cams, ntislntail bv Not! Stuart: Frederkl
'V Uowcth K. Co , Lynne doorman ft Co, Othci
Next Week Th0 lrf fflgy
CHESTNUT ST. Opera "House
MATINIIUS. 1:"0 to B Wc lSe
niuuts, 7 to n toe, i.-.c 2.-c r
oympnony ,
Onhutn
EXfLtisivi:
R1IOWINO J
"THE FOURTH ESTATE" f
NEXT WEEK KOXS OUEATEST FILM -'
THEDA BARA in "THE SERPECTg
WM.PENN UVEcsbI,tv1C
Matthews-Shayne & Co. " g"g.
Macllne .t. Clegs Capt Harnett & Son
VXTIi.i ADDED ATTRACTION .'
SYD CHAPLIN ,!s Aete?
"A SUBMARINE PIRATE" ' j
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
NEW.MAN"J
j. - j i t Aij.j.j.J-1 ro LOR VIEWS -t
TONIGHT, 8:15 R R A 7, T l)
TOMORROW, 2:,10 - -"-V Zj 1 if
RIO DE JANEIRO. THE BEAUTIFUL ?
TICKETS at lleppo's iSc to $1 00. XQW.
GLOBE Theatre
AJ-lyJ-JJ-J YAUDVVILL,
MARKET inl 1
JUNIPER ST1
:'1LLE Conthtmoi U
A. M 'O 11 P. M. 10C, 15c, St
"THE JUNGLE MAN" "SB?
SLa7i& "Eettiroat Minstrels" !
AL WHITE'S KIDLAND. OTHERS. .
M E '1 It O I O t. I T A N O P a ft A KOU31
METROPOLITAN OPERA CO. NEW VORK V
TUESIIA EVEN NO, TA TJOHfiME
MMES AI.DA. CAJATTI MM CARUSO. SCOTTtf
SEdl'ROLA. TEC1ANI, MALATKSTA. LEONHARDT.
CU:1UU17IU11. A1K. HAX'AtlMJI.I SUATS III
CHESTNUT .STREET. XVAI.M'T 4454; RACE tr.
T VPTP TONIGHT AT 8,15 3
Ji J. iuu MATINEE TOMORROW. IMS
Tho Annual Winter Garden Revuo
The PASSING SHOW Of 191a
COMPANY OF 125--12 Ht'OE SCENES 1
GEOIICSE SIONROE El GENE and WILLIS i
HOWARD. MAItlLYNX MILLER, and Olhtn.''
10c 1214 MAnKET-!M
LAST TXVO DOTS
fiKRALDINE J
PALACE
F A R R A Rl
Continuous
10 A. SI. to 11 P. M
"TEMPTATION
nrnA -tt Tri'V" market above t
0 1 fllN Jb XL 1 Constance Collier,
T1, TONGUES OF MEN '
Next. Mon . Tues,, "Wed Call of CumUrUadJ
-. i i n..r.Kl1 D.lAM KtIS I
ARCADIA -,,"4
f laic Green bwampa
Comedy "A MODERN ENOCH ARDE.V i
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U IN 1 V .littOi i i m uou u i w
Q A rp o .on Lecture by JAMES OIAWK.
Many colored pictures. TREE S34 and BrBVSj
.n.ntMiv tunntM it, ifennA's. 1110 Chestnut.
PHILADELPHIA I Ta,Y J
r nnmroofPRA SoloUt . KATiiLEW J
JlJlXXUhJ 1, I AHi-uiiJL
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GRAND
llroail & MantKoroery
Today. 115, T L U
A Wnnderflll Sho
FOR YOUNG AND OLD
baS of lASDrros
CHILD 8ATUKDAY UlW
AT-X.-nxT.-pT.TT LAST 3 TIMES ...
THE SEASON'S " SINNERS il
BEST PLAY l " , q
Knickerbockei"EAr,E4oiKfel
SSu'wNATURAL LAW Tuf
AMERICAN SStfSSsSI
Trodero xvca'"Ma Chgg
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Intimate Talk No
There wa. a great i'fM
What I. the ftJJ5Sil
anna" to make tMt t?WU
llonaT There ta a treat I"
ne all joe and "ffi'JV
dent aa ojten a "Mlf -JKS
forth. It U the '?,$
new anwnd u ! "JK? ,!
naiun ioiw ' ;. brtstfl
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tne .i..-, rft
forth all that la WH-.t,.inJ
Humanity'! du?,f,r:,K..mill
anna," radlatea tbej.unjj.-fll
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innr la iwiiuuiut "
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OF PHIXADEtJa
Be Happy Vflft
EFFIE SHANiWN
PHIUP MEMVALB
MAUDE GRANqSR
LOR1N RAKElt
MAUD IIOSFORD
POLLYANNA!
(Continued Tom1,i
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