Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, January 31, 1916, Night Extra, Page 9, Image 9

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BIG JANUARY RUSH
TO SHORE A FLIGHT
' FROM 'GENERAL GRIP
Cause of Philadelphia's Exodus
Found in Failure of That
Grim Enemy to Attack
Atlantic City
BOARDWALK IMMUNE
ATLANTIC CITY, Jntl. 31. - Philadel
phia society's exodus to the seashore, fill
ing tho Hoardwnlk hotels ns they were
never before crowded In January and
causing New Yorkers, who always havo
had the pick of accommodations at this
time, to take what they can got, has been
explained.
It Isn't a sequence of "war order" pros
perity nt all, although that, undoubtedly,
Is an Important contributing factor. Soci
ety Is simply (lying from old General Grip,
who plays no favorites. Ho would Just
ns soon redden tho nose and keep tears In
the eyes of a debutante or her fashion
able mother as to make llfo miserable
for any plebeian. Hence the hcglra to tho
Doardwalk, where tho prevailing com
plaint Is almost a completo stranger. It
was all delightfully simple, after a ma
tron noted for her elaborato entertain'
ments lovealed tho truth today,
Ilonlfaces received the news philosophic
ally. They knew there was some good
reason, but were riulte willing to forego
an explanation. What concern:! thorn
primarily Is that Phllndelphlann have mill
ed January to the big months, of tho year
by coming shoreward Instead of going
'South, petting forward the early spring
styles and giving the season an Impetus
that Is going to mako the pro-Raster era
a record-breaker.
Unfavorable weather, which kept the
greater part of Hie 1iotel colony Indoors
yesterday, forced a postpouement of a
millinery spectacle on the Doardwalk, but
vouchsafed a scries of more or less Im
posing displays nf the mode with fashion
able matrons nntl their daughters down
to the (tappers showing morning dresses,
afternoon frocks and evening toilettes In
their order. It Is at this season of the
year that tho blgl caravansaries are par
ticularly notnble for oxmiislto costuming
after the dinner hour.
It was a rurloti coincidence that sent
Secretary of War l.lndloy M. Garrison and
Charles F. Murphy, of Tammany Hall,
representatives of two widely divergent
branches nf Democracy, to tho Marlbor-ough-nicnhclm
on tho samo day. Mr.
Garrison Is hero for rest, nnd the Tam
many chieftain likewise. I5oth golf, and
they may meet and talk over Wilson pros
pects this week on tho links nt Seaview.
Many messages of congratulation for
Governor Ilrumbaiigh and the new lady
of tho Executive Mansion nt Harrlsburg
went undelivered last night for the rea
son that many friends In Pittsburgh arid.
elswhcro assumed the Ilrumbatighs would
como hero for their honeymoon. They
came by the dozens during the afternoon
and evening. Up to midnight, while- Gov
ernor nnd Mrs. I'rumhaugh wero en routo
for Hot Springs, telegraph companies
sought to deliver the messages at buiih
front hotels.
...
An Intel estlng group of Philadelphia so
ciety folk at the Brighton comprises Mr.
and Mrs. Charles f. Harrison, Jr., Mr. and
Mrs. L. Rodman Page, the lntter Knther
Inc Kramer before her marriage, and Mr.
and Mrs. J. Marshall Ilrown, Jr., the
latter a sister of Mr. Page. They mado
up a box party at a Iioardwalk tlieatro
on .Saturday night.
General lldward deV. Morrell and Mr.
nnd Mrs. Charles T. Schoen nro nt tho
Traymorc. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M.
Schwab have returned to New York.
Prominent Pblladelphlans at tho, Casino
today Included Mr. nnd Mrs. element II.
Walnwright, Joseph It. Walnwright nnd
T. Dixon Walnwright, Chestnut Hill; Mrs.
Frederick llemsley, Mrs. A. Iirlll Itlddle,
Mr. and Mrs. J. Raymond Jones nnl son,
pf Cynwyd; Mr. and Mrs. ('. II. Hean,
Miss Ullnor J. Pean and Miss Klizabeth
Wlster, Mrs. Henry A. Unwind, Miss
Margaret Iterwlnd. Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Cauldwell, Mr. and Mrs. W. It. Klllson.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. M. Camac and Mrs.
Francis William Hawle, of Uryn Mawr,
and her two sons.
Suburban Philadelphia has many rep
resentatives In tho hotel colony. Among
them are Mrs. Henry Waters, Cynwyd;
Mrs. W. T. Robinson. Ilavorford; Mr. and
Mrs. Pembertnn M. Price, Ardmoro;
Charles J. Cole, Hlklns Park; Mr. and
Mrs. John M. Perot, Haverford; Mrs. It.
Somers Rhodes, nt Chester, one of the
best-dressed women at tho Dennis; Mr. and
Mrs. Spencer K. Mulford, Wyncote; Miss
Laura K. Hoft'cr nnd Miss Marie Louisa
Hoffcr, Narbcrtb; J. P. Wbitla. of Sharon,
and Mrs. Whitla, tho former having a
record of 10 miles a day on tho Hoard
walk. Mrs. Thomas McCrae Is entertaining
Mrs. James Kllgoro, of Hrandon, Mass., nt
the Marlhnroiigh-Illenheim. Mr. and Mrs.
William Rico Taylor aro at the samo
hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Wrlggins, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Poultney, Mr. nnd Mrs.
C. R. McCarthy, J. A. Rates, Dr. and
Mrs. J. T. Llpplncntt, Dr. and Mrs. G.
W. I'rnuhart. Ur. and Mrs. Herbert God
dard, Mr. Thomas K. O'Shoa, Mr. and
Mrs. n. P. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Dllwortb, Mr. and Mrs. H. It. Sker
rett and Mr. and Mrs. AV. W. Hnnna nro
among the Pblladelphlans at tho Tray
more. Mrs. T. C. Saurman anil Miss Dorothy
Saurmnn, of Mooro, Pa., aro at tho Den
nis. Mr. nnd Mrs. Robert Wilson, of
Lansdowno, aro stopping at HadUon Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. McKean, of
Penllyn, are visitors at tho Marlborough
Blenheim. Robert B. Smith and Harry R. Smith,
co-authors of the 'Masked Model." which
will have Its Initial ptoductlon hero to
night, are at tho Strand. They scored
In 'Tho Debutante," in which Miss Hazel
Pawn was tho star. Miss Dawn also Is
, at the Strand.
HIGIMONED JAGS" IN CLUHS
DEPLORED BY CLEllflYMX
The Rev. William Yoemans Attacks
., Liquor Sales on Sundays
Disapproval of "high-toned Jags" and
gentlemen's, clubs, which permitted the
ale of liquor on Sunday, was expressed
by ministers of Germantnwn, who are
endeavoring to drive the saloon from that
community, Tho "dry" campaign was the
chief subject of discussion today In that
. section.
" Many agreed that the Rev. William
Yoemans, pasfor of the First Presbyterian
Church. Chestnut Hill, took tho proper
View of the situation In his sermon yes
terday. He attacked tho fashionable coun-
. try clubs and other organizations which
permitted the sale of drink. Among other
things he said "If you aro going to have
yur gentlemen's clubs, where gambling
. and the sale of liquor on Sunday U al
lowed, Is not the fellow with a nickel In
Wa pocket entitled to a place to spend It?
J don't believe In high-toned Jags."
"inere are 47 saloons In tms section
and 57 churches. Saloon men must pay
,2OO.O0O before they can begin to realize
.ft Profit. DrwH tint IhiH shnw von the SitUa-
". Hon hero?"
ine same' clergyman denounced Gov
ernor Brumbaugh for his attitude on the
' llOUOr rmnttfrlrtn nf n rannnt monMnir nf thfi
o License League.
The Itev Harold Itoblnson, pastor of
th Market Square Presbyterian Church,
id the Rev Pr William Beatly Jennings,
J.ast.,r ..( the First Presbyterian Church,
en. antovn. atsj attacked the saloon in
lt,fi luidr,. ,s-. .. it i-vening services
s' u K.iuu ha. been named "Local
" ' I m b the No I-aenae Iagu.
1 o . , r utiri all dcnvmii.ations
lii 'u4 hju tpxiova w. their sermons.
SILENT SHOT, LIKE HISS
OF EVIL ONE, PUZZLES
CHEMIST AND OFFICIAL
Albany Murder and Attacks by
Gunmen Alarm Police With
Thought of What Limits
Crime May Reach
FORMULA NOT SOLVED
Lvery time the pood scientists Invent
something useful and uplifting the bad
scientists try to Invent something eickrd
to offset It.
Good men Invented battleships irllh
plates that a projectile cannot pierce, to
defend thler countries, ami then bad men
invented projectiles that can iilerre thr
unplr.rccablc.
Good men Invent revolvers to restrain
thlovcs and murderers and make an honest
noise while doing so, and thievrs and
murderers conic back etlh noiseless rr
volvcrs so they can commit their crimes
unobserved.
This Is the composite opinion of many
learned men upon the news from Albany,
N. Y., that a "silent gunman" had shot
down four persons, the shots making no
moro sound than a slight hiss. That hiss
sent a thrill of apprehension through the
Detective Uurenu today. It also Interest
ed chemists nnd students of the drama.
Tho latter were Interested because tho
Albany crlmo baa brought to p.iss In
actual life tho prophetic dream of Haynrd
Vollicr In his popular piny, "Within the
Law," which came out three yearn ago,
and has been running ever since.
"WITHIN TI1K LAW."
, Irt this play a murder Is committed on
the stage with a noiseless revolver. The
gang of burglars bnter a house nnd mid
denly realize that one of their number
is n traitor and has notified the police.
Drawing Ills noiseless revolver the chief
of' tho gang shoots him dead. The mur
der had a peculiarly sinister effect; tho
silent .bullet seemed to speed, propelled
only by the bitter wind nf hatred; it was
like a brenth from the mouth of the
Kvll One; while there la a childish candor
nbotit the b.ing of an old-fashioned cart
ridge which lends to alleviate the ugli
ness of the effect.
The detectives wero even more inter
ested. "This beats tho dlctophono and
the dictograph," quoth one. In tltat, bo
meant that t'rlmo tended to Invent a new
aggressive device In reply to every de
fensive device that Law Invents. Law had
made an enormous Inroad Into Crime's
territory by inventing (he instruments
that betray to the ears of detectives the
whispered plottlngs of crooks. Now, after
two or three years' thought, Crime has
replied with the noiseless revolver.
KOHMl'I.A A VV7.7.UIS.
That the assertion of Albany investi
gators that only one concern In the world
has tho secret of the silent explosive Is
true seems to be homo out In tho opinion
of chemists here.
Dr. Harry K. Keller, principal of the
Germantnwn High School, and a noted
chemist, said that tho explosive as de
scribed "a heavily oomprcsHed fulminate
nnd quicksilver" would not bo noiseless.
Fulminate being used in Fourth of July
torpedoes, It would not seem that that was
noiseless, ho said. Quicksilver has been
used In the explosives, he said, but be had
not heard of any method of combining it
that would mako tho fulminate soundless.
Yet this Is the" story told by KiUvnrd
('.. Kenny, one of tho four persons shot
down by tho mysterious gunman:
"Tho gunman was only a few feet away
from me when lie shot. I heard a hiss and
then received n blow that mado mo think
some one bad slapped mo on the back with
a newspaper. I kept ronsciousiuss an 1
fell In the darkness and after I foil, so
that if there had been a leport I would
have heard It."
John Mct.'ormlck. another victim, tells
tho samo story or tho hissing sound.
These two men and Mrs. John McKeown.
who Is 70 years old, will recover, but the
fourth victim Jamen Irvln, died today.
Tho bullets used weru so small that they
would not plcrco a heavy overcoat at a
distance of in fed were the ordinary
powder used as the propelling force. Hut
tho strange chemical compound is said to
havo three tlme3 tho driving forco of
powder.
A Xow England munitions plant has
been experimenting for six months with
noiseless explosives and the namo of tho
firm Is said to bo known to tho Albany
police A quiet Investigation is under way,
not to stop tho manufacture of the ex
plosive, hut to learn why it should havo
lirst had public demonstration in tho hands
nf a criminal. It would bn a valuable
Oovcrnment military secret, It was gen
erally agreed, if tho (lover nment could
get tho secret and tho rights to the Inven
tion from tho New Kngland (Irm.
GIRLS MAY STRIKE AGAIN
Failure of Both Sides to' Agree on
Wngo Question Makes Garment
Situation Serious
Another garment strike like that of two
weeks ago is probable today, according to
IlenJauiln Schlcslnecr. representative of
tho garment workers.
It Is reported that Leo llecker. presi
dent of tho mar.ufacturcrs' association,
has resigned on account of disgust at
what was to bo a harmony meeting jes
terday at tho Continental Hotel.
This was tho day the arbitration board,
consisting of Judge Patterson, Mayor
Smith and Director Wilson, set to heur
tho report of the Wago Commltteo' ap
pointed by the arbitration board. Tho
manufacturers thought that the olllces of
this board could bo avoided by a mutual
understanding. So they met yesterday,
but got nowhere, nnd the report has it
that Decker was so incensed that he
quit. Ho was asked today whether ho
had resigned nnd answered:
"I will neither alllrm nor deny tho re-
Th'o Wage Commltteo only had two
members, for It was not possible to agree
on a third "neutral member."
Tho two members, Morris Flelschmarr
for the manufacturers and Mlsa Julia
Poyntz for tho workers, havo arrived at
widely different conclusions. Flelsch
man's report asserts that the workers ara
making a sulllcicnt wage; Miss Poyntz
has figures to show that the average
weekly wage was i.ou.
Schleslnger said today:
"I will not bo responsible for tho action
h workers may take If the board's de
cision on tho wago question Is not satis
factory." Tho girls who were on strike
are said to bo In favor oratrlklng again
if they don't get the 15 per cent. Increase.
FUNERAL OF R. S, MURPHY
Services Conducted at Homo and Ox
ford Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Robert S. Murphy,
long prominent In local Presbyterian Sun
day school circles, who died last Tubs
dav were held this afternoon at his late
home 155 North DOth street. Services wero
aUo held later In the Oxford Presbyte
Han Church. Broad and Oxford streets,
and in the Bethany Presbyterian Church,
Sand Balnbrldge streets.
The Rev. John W. Francis, pastor of
ha Oxford Presbyterian Church, and the
itev James B. Ely, of the Lemon Hill
Association, conducted tha services Joint
ly Mr Murphy t the time of hU death
was iupermundent or th, Oxford Pres
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the eoutn Philadelphia Juteumoo,
EVENING LEDGERS-PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1916.
Bxssissmexcmsassmmm.
JOHN r. SAYRK
JOHN C. SAYUK IS IH2AI)
Rich Social Worker nnil Philanthropist
Pneumonia Victim
John C. Snyro, religious leader nnd
social worker, died yesterday nt his home,
.! North 6th street, nt the nge of 01. Ho
succumbed to ptiumnnin. from which he
had been suffering for n week.
Mr. Knyre was the founder of the Help
ing Hand Class of tho Second Uaptlst
Church, 7th street below Olrard avenue.
Through this organization he accom
plished much tor the poor nnd unfor
tunate of that section of the city. Al
though It was not essentially a sabbath
school. It ottracled considerable attention
In church circles. He was not Identified
with religious philanthropic undertakings
until about 15 years ago whtyi he was con
verted at a. revival meeting! He was
wealthy and he decided at that tlmo to
devote his future to the cause of the
poverty-stricken nnd morally weak.
The fidelity with which he ran led out
this pledge Is attested by the fact Hint
bundled.') nf men, women and rhlldien
have been saved from tho underworld
through .Mr. May re's activities.
MRS. JOSEPH .MIDDIjHTON
Prominent Temperance Worker of
Montgomery County
NOItniKTflWN. Pa.. Jan. 31. -Mrs. Jo
seph Mlddlelon, wife nf n pininliiorrt Nnr
ilstmvn business innn and for ycats Iden
tllled with the temperance movement In
Montgomery County, died suddenly toduv
at her home In Hie suburbs of Norrls
town from acute Indigestion. She was a
member nf the choir of Haws Avenue
Methodist Church.
CHOUGH H. IIKPPI5
Served Many Yearn With Firm of
F. P. Dilloy & Co.
Oenrge H. lleppe, CI. died today at his
home, .".St 1 North Iiroad street, lie had
been ill a short while.
Mr. llepitc lived nil Ills life In Phila
delphia. At the age of 12 ho went to
work. nniLJiclil several positions until "i
year. ngolfo went with tho (irm nf F. P.
Dllley it Co.. liquor dealers, :!I0 South
Front street, and remained In their em
ploy until he retired is months ago. lie
wiu'i mairied In lt7ii and It. survived by a
widow, two sons and two daughter.
RKV. JACOB MIMiKU-IIlNSON
Former Superintendent of Methodist
Conference of City
The funeral of the Iiev. Dr. .lacoh Mil
ler llinson, former district superinten
dent of the Philadelphia Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, will be
held on Wednesday. Services will be
held at 2 o'clock in Old St. fleorgn's
Church, tth nnd Vino streets, with the
Kcvs. Jamb S. Hughes, Thomas Klrk
patrlck and L. W. Munlmll olllelatlng.
These clergymen were old friends of the
deceased minister.
Doctor lllnsnn was S3 years old. H.
succumbed on Saturday night to an ill
ness inie largely to old age. Prior to Ills
retirement eight yeai ago ho occupied
many Important pulpits, including those
of the Twelfth Slieet Church, the Han
cock Church, the Port Richmond Church
and tho First Church of Norrlstown.
MaMinic Rites for John H. Lukcns
The funeral nf John II. Lukcns, n Re
publican leader, who held imrny public
olllces, will bo held tomorrow afternoon
from 1S11 Itutler .it red, tho home of bis
son, John M. Lukens, clilefof the lliucau
of Holler Inspection. Momhera of the
Masonic order will bury Mr. Lukens.
Services will bo conducted by the Itov.
J. W. Trout.
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The Well-Dressed
Man
pays more attention
to the quality of the
goods he buys than
where he makes his
purchase. With
many firms bidding
for his patronage,
the selling problem of
the individual store be
comes more and more
complex. One firm on
Chestnut between
Sixth and Seventh
Streets had recently to
solve this selling prob
lem. They decided tq ad
vertise to the largest num
ber of possible customers.
Small space was used in
the Public Ledger, at
tractively featuring special
lines of goods appealing to
men. That was their first
trial of tho possibilities of
advertising. Immediately
fironouncpd results were
raceuble. In renewing their
advertising they were good
enough to say that udver
tistns in the Public Ledger
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BRIGGS, CREATOR OF LAUGHTER,
LIVES IN HOUSE OF ROMANCE
Evening Ledger Cartoonist's Home a Land-Schooner,
Built of Remains of Water-logged Vessel There
He Goes "When a Feller Needs a Friend"
Brlggs, tho cartoonist, lives In a land
schooner. Tho creator of "Pklnnay" nnd
his friends, of "Kelly Pool" and "Some
Ono Is Always Taking tho Joy Out of
Life" nnd tho other series of clever
sketches that appear In tho Kvf.nikci
I.KDiiKtt has the strangest and most In
teresting house In New Itochello. Tho
pathos behind his pictures of boy life In
the Inst year while tho house was being
built has been that Mr. Hrlggs has him
self been the "feller" that "needs a
friend," because his wife and his archi
tect, Ilnrry Morse, have always had their
way about tho building details.
It seems Hint a schooner, nt lenst a
century old (though some say two or
thrco centuries), was wrecked on u bar
on tho Jersey shore. Mr. Urlggs got a
nalvnge ilrm In Perth Amboy to transport
the ship timber and most of the other
lemalns of the water-logged vessel to N'cw
Itochclle, nnd this material was used in
making thu house, the only one of Its
kind. For the half-Inch cracks In the
ossllled timber, the holes and other Ir
regularities are a constant source of Joy
in those who lore old things for tho sako
of their age.
The bouse Is surrounded by a stone
wall, Imbedded In which nro pnrts of tho
hull of the old schooner. The building
Is In tho old Kngllslr style and Intention
ally unimpressive, the emphasis having
ueen him on comrort nnd piivaey.
Tire conveying of the ship Umbers from
tho shores of New Jersey to Wykagl '
ran" wan a feat. Hangs of ship car
penters were engaged for many weeks on
the task. Filtering the courtyard ono
sees the garage on tire left, protruding
front which in an elbow or hrnro Is a de
vice to open the (Oil-pound door without
disturbing the driver of tho machine. A
slight tug at tha end of the chain con
tinuing the door, as the chain dangles
beside the driver's seat, opens tho door
wide.
As the door swings bark the garage
lights autninatlrnlly aro turned on. Twenty-two
seconds nfter the door opens,
it locks ngaln, that time being allowed
for Mr. HrlSHH to get out or the nuto
anil leave tho garage, and as the lock
sets the house door opens; the first foot
on the steps leading thereto throws It
wltW- open and releases a runnlklu "Pkln
nay," who bobs out from the paneled
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wainscoting and bids all welcome by say
ing "Itun like everything."
Seventeen seconds nfter the door of
tbn garage Is locked another device
lights the cigar In a holder on tho steps
to tho house, and ns Urlggs picks up
bis cigar tho lights In tho garage are
automatically switched off. "Sklnnny"
bows his master Into the house nnd closes
the door with manikin skill, then Jumps
back Into his recess.
Till IMNtNcl ItOOM.
The dining room Is large nnd com
fortable, surrounded entirely with quar
tered while oak panels, stained most
beautifully by Father Tlmo himself. Tho
celling Is beamed with those old water- I
logged Umbers. The window frames are
made from tho old planking which more
than a dozen hnrdwood turners refused
to touch with their tools, but patience
cnrrled the day, nnd although 60 circu
lar saws wore ruined by tho petrified ma
terial, enough were finally put through
for every window frame In the house.
The windows In the dining room are of
leaded glass, translucent but not trans
parent, nnd In every window are de
scriptive pictures of fult-rlggcil ships nnd
knlghta and ladies nf old. and the like
This room sports n front door, tho twin
sister of nnothcr front door opening from
tbn hull. All the doors are four feet wide,
each constructed of three solid three-Inch
oak planks, seven feet long, nnd all are
hung with heavy hammered Iron binges
more than three feet long.
The (lining room opena Into a spacious
ball which leads, two steps down, Inti the
living room, which occupies halt tho, I
house. Here tho planking on the door
Is four Indies thick. Its or IS Inches wide,
nnd .10 feet long. The scams are calked
with oakum nnd tar, for these planks
have lived many a year on that diet,
t'cars and marks on the ttonr show where
stays were fastened In them aboard ship
and many a misunderstanding carpenter
has aroused laughter for suggesting.
"That holo will show." The holes nro
expected to show, to bring to mind the
romance nf life at eea.
MINSTIIKLS" I1ALCONV.
There Is a huge stone tlreplace. At its
left a secret panel gives entrance to a
winding stairway In the chimney. In a
Tsfcr
is an Error of
AH Player-Pianos "Pianolas"
THE word "Pianola" is a trade-mark the name of one special
instrument, made only by the Aeolian Company. "The Pianola
is in many fundamental respects radically different from any
other player-piano ever made.
When you call all player-pianos "Pianolas," you work an in
justice to the reputation and prestige of this greatest of instruments,
but you do an even greater injury to the possible purchaser of a Pianola.
For all player-pianos are not Pianolas. Only this one instrument
has the high standing, the flexibility and the musical power of the
player-piano you would wish to buy. And when you buy a weak
imitation of the Pianola and expect to receive the same value, the same
pleasure and the same music, you sentence yourself to certain regret
and disappointment.
The Facts of Pianola Supremacy
The superiorities which put the Pianola above every other player-'
piano in ability to render music are definite, tangible and easily
appreciated. They are inventions effected by years of study and are
fully protected by many patents.
The Mctrostyle a wonderfully intelligent and simple guide for the correct interpre
tation of music placed the Pianola ahead of all others years ago. No other player
piano can imitate this device.
The Themodist accentuates the leading notes of the melody as desired.
The Sustaining Pedal Device adds a mature and delightful fullness to the music
which pianists must study years to acquire.
These three features alone make the Pianola a better instrument than any other
player-piano.
We Are Philadelphia Representatives
The Pianola line includes the finest pianos in the world at their respective prices.
They cover the entire range of prices, and meet the most moderate or the most
discriminating demands.
The genuine Pianola is on exhibition and sale at our stores as follows:
The Steinway Pianola
The Wheelock Pianola The Stroud Pianola
The Famous Weber Pianola
The Prices are from $550, Moderate
payments.
We are agents in this city, and rvill be glad
examine the Pianola at iiour convenience. lljl.
C. J. HEPBE &
CHESTNUT STREET
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minstrels" balcony, .lust above the fire
jilace, for these are Irlgh-celllnged rooms,
three or four hiuslclnns can bo seated on
nights of dancing.
In tho library, on the second floor, Mr.
nrlggs spends most of his time, for he
never works nt home. Three days ft
week, nt 151 Nassau street, third floor
back, In the busiest nnd least rtlstle part
of New York. Is tho extent of his ah
senco from New rtochelle. In tho bed
rooms are casement windows, with Iron
fixtures. Largo nunrters for servants are
In a separate wing on the second floor,
for this large house Is only of two
stories.
Wherever tho beams show, both Inside
nrd outside the house, they are exactly
ns taken from the vessel, save thnt they
have been oiled so thoroughly that the
bcnutlful graining is visible and Is a
delight to tho eye.
Suppose about a) men should turn up
nt "Hluc Anchor" some wild and wintry
night nnd havo to be provided for. There
Is it cellar nnd grillroom. Tho huge rud
der of tho schooner, 15 feet long, rind
with its massive Iron pivot nnd chains,
weighing nearly 1100 pounds, has the most
conspicuous place in the grillroom. It
serves ns a chimney brenst over a
glnrlotn fireplace.
At tho other end of the room Is n huge
anchor. It weighs a ton and a quarter
and Is painted blue, whenro tho houpo
gels Its name. Folding bunks, as wide
as double, beds, nre hidden in the wnlls.
Mr. Urlggs has provided for the future
of his young son and daughter. In the
front of tho house, completely hidden
from view. Is a dancing pavilion on the
terrace. Its floor In of broken Italian
marble slabs, pumlcc-stoncd to a perfect
smoothness. Tho vaulted arch of liCaven
covers this plaza, and it is hidden in the
follago of the private park. A pool at
tho lower end of tho grounds (not Kelly
pool) Is provided for use In the summer.
LAMAK MUST (JO TO JAIL
U. S. Supreme Court Denies Appeal of
"Wolf of JVVall Street"
WASHINGTON. .Inn. HI. Conviction of
David Lamar, so-called "Wolf of Wall
street." nf the crime of fraudulently Im
personating n Congressman, was upheld
by the Supreme Court today In a. unani
mous opinion.
The conviction was obtained In New
York Federal Courts.
Lamar's sentence of two years In the
Atlanta (t!a.) penitentiary will now go Into
effect. Ills appeal to tho court was based
principally on the allegations of defective
features In the indictment used to con
vict him. The Court held that somo of
these allegations were without merit and
others were "frivolous"
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BLINDNESS HALTS
BRUSH OF ARTIST
Mrs. E. M. Gardner Completes
One Thousandth Picture of
Cat as Eyesight foils
Dllntlness, the same affliction which pro
hibited the hero of Kipling's "The Light
Thnt Failed" from completing hi mt
terplcce, is preventing Mrs. 13. M. Gard
ner, noted animal artist, of Pitman, U. JH
from painting her 1001st cat.
Hut, unlike Kipling's hero, who sought
solace from his despair In drink ahd tn
excitement of the batttefront, Mrs. Oard
ncr has accepted her misfortunes re-"
slgncdly nnd Is grateful she finished her
loooth picture of a feline before her eye
sight failed.
She feels that her work has been well
t"one, and finds happiness and content
ment In reflecting that her pictures ol
eats will bring Joy and happiness to thou
sands long after she Is dead. The skilful
product of her brush has gone to alt
purls of the world. In art gallerlea rind
exclusive salons In this country and Eu
rope her tabbies and tomcats have de
lighted thousands. They are bo lifelike
thnt they can almost bo expected 6 lea.r
from tho frame and purr and stretch
nfter the manner of all lazy and cqn
tenled cats.
Mrs. Gardner's painting of her one
thousandth cat a race with hep railing
eyesight. All of tho Intensity of her love
and appreciation of felines was placed
In her effort on this last picture, nnd art
lovers say It is her masterpiece. A the
light grow dimmer faster and faster1 flew
Mrs. Gardner's brush over tho thick
black velvet which served as her can
vas. So afraid was she that the mid
night of total blindness would suddenly
shut out her falling vision that she
painted until Into at night under on In
tense artificial light.
Mrs. Gardner's vision had Indeed en
tered the twilight zone when the picture
was finished. She dropped her brush
with a grateful sigh. Hho knew It whb
her best work, although her sight was
now so dim that the outlines of the pic
ture were barely visible to her.
"Oh, you beautiful cat," she murmured,
"l thank the Almighty that he allowed
mo to llnlsh you,"
Tlx, n bcnutlful Angora, which sev
eral years ago resided nt Green's Hotel,
was the most famous cat Mrs. aardner
over painted. Tlx was valued -yu '50.000.
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