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IASEF1LD WR
SONNETS OF MJNKST
fflZABETHAN FLAVOR
- If XT 1-.
Ellis "Good i'Ticmy, xxowiy
Published, Contains Thrcc-
score Remarkable
Poems
foTHER VERSE VOLUMES
"noue'er tt lie. seem to me
"Iff not Important to he New."
Sir Owen Bcaman.
U theso were Victoria's days, wo nil
,&& bo talking of tlio "philosophy," tho
f...rn research of John Mascflcld'n now
iZ "Good Friday and Other Poems"
itfacmlllan Company: Now York). I'co
Kd talk In that way of "In Me.
EXrtom." and not unjustifiably, nut, ns
Kj present Idea of philosophy largely con
M,na Itself with ratchets and drainage,
ihi reviewer mupt ovado so ponderous nn
ttltude on the bontc. content If he can
f.V.. ihroiich hl.i pace a llltlo of tho
f wnaer and tho quick beauty, tlio fineness
E" If the flowers and the ntaturo of tho hills
k ;' ii10 Roniiet neiiuenco which. Inaptly,
. . i. nliimn Tt rmalllnn nhntllrl lmvn
lin before "flood Friday," n play In
firmed couplets, slightly varied, on tho
theme of the crucifixion, For this Is small
Bitter to what succeeds
What succeeds proves Incontestahly Mr.
Mucfleld'B herltngo from tho lillzaucth
ns and this heritage would bo qultt as
r!l'n were his sonnets not (as they aro)
true Shakespearean forms, that Is, tho
outtorzaln. For this model ho Is especially
fitted, and from It ho has evolved DO
poems which will, which must, bo taken
tt part of Britain's dowry of verso. Tho
best of these poems mix with tho laughter
and sigh of tho great lyrlsto of Kllza
kith, tho brilliant enamel and stout Joln
turo of earlier ones. Homotlmos they nro
Meters . . , , , ,
Wherever beauty has been quiclc In clau
"i.... ,llrrn nl It liven, a spirit dwells.
letutil that death can never take away.
JMirrt "'' "' "I1 "iat shakes the flower
It that bu' waters where the apples nit,
" V- j fAMf nf,i. nr i'tillm lull nl Howe
Or In the streets, where bloodu tUUios call.
The hauntina waits the mood that makes it
t . turn. r. .ttnrtl . nn nrt. 1 tlinunht.
Such itfferrnee comes, tho spirit nvvreherxU
rot place's alorv. lor wncrc ucauiu louoni
..-, ,i,m ,rfr tlLf ,Tm-i, firi'r rilf.v.
Bui the sliTI arass, the leaves, the
tremliltna flower.
Keep, through dead time, that cverlast-
tno honr. , ,, ,
Thcro nro certain great simplicities
which may bo mistaken for conventions,
and It is perhaps both tho reward and tho
Kourito of a writer Ilka Mr. Maseflcld that
7ils quest of beauty, pictured In tboBo
nays so Ellzauctiian, may scorn 10 me
passerby mero pretty vaporlngs of a
world wanderer. To tho Too-Mentally
Kager, ho has Ilttlo to offer, no systems to
undo, no pathology, no eugenics, and It Is
sure that tho linaglsts would hold him In
equal scorn with Sir Philip and Kit the
tosspot and Wild Will Shakespeare, tho
sensual crew.
But even an Imaglst, one would think,
m could scarcely cusmiss sucn inings as isot
mat tne stars arc an gone mail in Hea
ven',' 'or "Perhaps In chasms of tho wasted
past" For these things aro not good
sonnets, they are tv cry In the faco of the
: Sphinx, a torch cast In tho pit of unwar
ranted night.
Including thorn, along with their less
protesting fellows. In this book, Mr. Mase
Held has shown that it is not necessary to
be New. Ills earlier work attracted bo
causo It was different from tho great bulk
of English poetry; theso because they aro
not different
Irene Rutherford McLeod, whose nearly
formldablo namo is on tho titlo pago of
"Songs to Savo a Soul," In tho neat Im
print of B. "W. Iluebsch, Is called "a rebel
singer" by her publishers, who add that
she is a protege of Mr. Maseflcld. Tlio
two Influences nro sharply bisected In hor
' work; and tho kindest and truest thing
that may bo said Is that her "uplift"
verses pull ono down, and that her "re
actionary" verses draw ono forward. Miss
McLeod has n sylvan touch that will grow
. from charm to moro than that, with her
artistic maturity. At present sho lacks
. the stamp of finality that is imprinted
on tho most genulno of poetry; but
she has a light lyricism that blows
like a Ilttlo brcczo and a palo but
human pathos that aro all too unknown
In modern lyrical writing. That "Bho has
touched tho hem of tw0 garments, Blake
and Francis Thompson." may be so ; "but
her broideries aro neither so rich nor so
preclso
There Is another volume of poems of
, some Importance, "Ono Way of Love."
oy uitlibert Wright, published by Bron
uino. Mr Wright has a poetic future,
yes, but too Ilttlo prosodic past. Ono
Pictures him as living on tho doorstep of
a house built of Shakespearo's sonnets,
la eplto of tho casual scene, tho modern
Bint, , of his often exquisite lyrics. Deal
ing delicately with his ono theme, (by no
means related to Browning's lines quoted
as tho title) ho has a somnlac effect
mrough this very reticence, nnd In tho
evocation of a beauty no less real thnn
"range, he dims both tho beauty and the
strangeness by an incomplete technlc.
"ut he is beyond dispute a poet, and with
firmer grasp and a moro varied emo
tional range, he Is likely to turn grcon
" eyes beneath tho laurels of some of
our more established singers.
.-!?C?!h.nn(1 the Fo01'" tl10 Proline Hugo
yn Hofmannstahl's latest to reach
n?!?MCa.re,?,,ls that lla o,lC0 wrote an
WeKtra." End hprl i,v a-ii,.... u
' JP-d. Hammerstelned by a. regrcttedly nb-
:. "wcouriu. inen, one recalls, too.
wat von Hofmannstaht also wrote the
wok of 'The Itoso Cavalier." an ona
wanes ono were at tho opera, anywhere
- n, icuuuuj --.ueain ana tho Fool."
uerman mysticism has been responsible
wr ome rarities, but nothing moro curl
?i ,J thla aymbollo drama of the
Z!X , een'ury. Now and then the
Si? .pJ.l,?h Bh'nes. and tho Kngllsh ver
Jlon of Elizabeth Walter Is done with a
Richard O. Badgen
Arthur6 inif0,m8-op,rtty yPosrPhy In
U Annur Ilubbe 11 Palmer's trnnxi.itinn nf
rOemS and Rnnra h.. -niMM , ,l.
SX !n?v,an '"""Nation's special au
uence. That th nnint. ...m . i.
Lfcn t0,m08t disinterested readers prob-
I un?Von, Mr, Palmer's nel.lBvpmnf
I i.rlta a eat- "'1 '' 'a entitled to
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ch?L,cha.rdLCIub Ernest L. Trlre.
"CZ?n ot. tha " Council of the
S.cWmer of. Com'nercej Rowe Stewajt,
KS"?a, o' the Convention Committee.
FK;tr,aa TaKart. of the University of
F-wivama,
Ball KilLnYounsr Farmer
ADINO TJn u...v. tn. .
WUUj of SlurtleBv'lU. i rUnA fr.,m
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HARRIET T. COMSTOCK
Her now novel, "Tho Vindication,"
lins just been published by Dou-
blcdny, Pago.
"FRANK DANBY" BIDS
HER PUBLIC GOOD-BYE
Mrs. Julia Frankau Writes
From Her Siclcbed to tho
Readers of America
Mrs. Julia Frankau (Frank Danby).
whoso "Twilight" hns Just been published
by Messrs. Dodd, Mend & Co., has dic
tated ffom her sick bed tho following
message to tho American public:
" 'Twilight' Is my swan Bong. I shall
never wrlto another novel. A yenr ago
I fell into a consumption chiefly treated
by morphia. I know my DeQulncey pretty
well, perhaps this gavo mo this Idea of
writing my dreams. 'Twilight' was writ
ten between cloven and ono at night, nftor
tho second nnd beforo tho third half-grain
Injection of morphia, Perhnps It is morbid,
perhaps, being a genulno personal experi
ence, it Is only Interesting. All my llfo
has been happy, successful, the end has
como hard and unexpected. Night and
day I wish It wore over, but It lags.
"Tho only thing that vexes mo In dying
Is tho thought that my book was not
brought out In tlmo for mo to read tho
notices. Tho extraordinary fluctuations of
tho effects of tho drug seem to nbsorb
my consclenconess. I cannot wrlto them,
though I had projected an essay called
'Drug Dreams.' I have twltrhlngs In my
hands which prohibit holding a pen or
pencil. I am told theso urn entirely duo
to morphia nnd omnlpom. I havo never
been able to dlrtnto essays or stories,
thought haH always seemed to flow
through tho pen.
"To my dear American public good
by." '
Mrs. Frankau's daughter writes her
mother's publishers as follows;
"Tho few lines that my m 'titer has
dictated aro, alas ! too true, and It Is
heartbreaking to write you moro detail.
That bravo, flno spirit Is going out ns
might havo been expected. Sho has not
said a word that could prevent her threo
sons fr.om serving their country. Tho
eldest has a commission in tho Royal Field
Artillery, tho second In tho London Rifles
and tho third In tho nrmy'of Cyclist Corps.
Two ot them nro writers who might havo
achieved famo by now but for tho war. I
think sho would havo bado mo commend
them to you. America holds so much of
her heart. With mo, her only daughter,
she Is nlmost unvaryingly cheerful and
uncomplaining, speaking principally other
happy years."
Tho recent announcement In "Tho Book
man" thnt the mysterious David Grayson,
nuthor of "Ilempfleld" nnd "Tho Friendly
Road," la In reality Ray Stannard Baker,
established onco for all tho fact that he
Is not Walter Alden Dyor, author of
"Early American Craftsmen" and "Tlio
Iiiiro of tho Antiquo."
The misconception camo about In this
way: When "Ilempfleld" was published,
It was widely supposed that tho author
had In mind tho town of Hempstead, Lons
Island, and tho pcoplo of Hempstead nt
onco began to notico tho resemblance be
tween tho fiction they read and tho fact
thoy knew. Recognizing in their neigh
bors the characters of tho book, and noting
tho Intlmnto knowledgo of their affairs
displayed by tho author, they naturally
concluded that David Grayson must him
self bo a Hempsteadlto. And being a
Ilempstcaditc, it was logical to suppose
that he must nlso bo Mr. Dyer, tho chief
luminary of Hempstead literary circles.
Mr. Dyer, considerably weighed down by
the responsibility of being the supposed
repository of so many of his neighbors'
secrets, Is said to bo greatly rclloved to
learn. that ho Is not, afteo all, tho author
of "Ilempfleld," and that Ilempfleld is not
Hempstead, nnyway.
Eleanor II. Porter considers characters
the most Important element In fiction writ
ing. If the characters are true, tho story
almost writes Itself, Mrs. Porter bays. In
her new story, "Just David," to bo pub
lished in March by Houghton Mifflin Com
pnny, Mrs. Porter has Imagined a Ilttlo
boy brought up to know only what Is har
monious and beautiful. At the ago of ten
he encounters, for tho first time, the ir
ritations and trivialities of workaday
life in a small village. Mrs. Porter re
lates his way of meeting them with con
vincing sympathy and not a Ilttlo humor.
Among the spring fiction of the Apple
tons are Robert W. Chambers's "The Bet
ter Man," a collection of 15 stories of out
door life In the Adlrondacks and Florida ;
"The Fall of a Natlon,"by Thomas Dixon,
a prophetic tale of what Is In store for
us, with a Sicilian Vespers sort of ending ;
'The Cruise of tne Jasper IJ," a cheerful
rornance by Don Marquis; "Mary 'Gusta,"
by Joseph C. Lincoln, and "Tho Winged
Victory," by Sarah Grand.
"Aft?c Dark In the War Capitals," bv
Karl K. Kitchen, of the New York
World, Is In press for issue about March
15 by the Broadway Publishing Company.
There will be SO original drawings by
Herbnoth.
Palmer Cor, whose "Brownie" books
are perennial favorites with children,
recently celebrated his 75th birthday.
Though a naturalized American citizen,
Mr. Cox U a Canadian by birth and
spends the greater part of each year In
Granby, Que., the village where he was
born and whence, from his home,
Brownie Castle, he can see the Adlron
dacks and the Green Mountains. In a
recent Interview Mr, Cox commented on
the tendency of many comlo artists to
show childhood at Its worst, amusing
children by making Jokes, which turn
upon some exhibition of yjuthful de
pravity. The Brownies, he said, never
cause pain, just as they never suffer
pain. Mr. Cox believes that stories and
poems, for children should always leave
a pleasant Impression in the reader's,
mind, constantly preaching without
teeming to preach. If there had ever
been a German translation of the
Brownie books, he observed, humorous
ly, and If the Kaiser and the other Im
perial leaders had been brought up on it
ad had really absorbed its mesaage,
tbvy never upuld have scot their tuTnles
Into Belgium Like so many uthor vtrit
nf fur (.hildren Mi Co attribute hia
dUoavcry to Mary MapM Podge the
tuttQua line .tdltor of St. Nlcholaa, i
SLAVIC
NOVEL OF PASSION
AND PROBLEMS
"Homo Sapiens" Is Calculated
to Puzzle Critics by Its
Unreal Reality
OTHER NEW NOVELS
i
I Anglo-American critics nrr- notoriously
unable to feel and sympathize with Slavic
Interpretations of life. Wo cnn rco wholo
rows of them throwing up tholr hand
In holy horror nt Stanlslaw lrzhyszewskrs
Homo Sapiens" (Alfred Knopf. Now
ork). In general they cannot understand
such vivid portrayals of reality, tragedy,
sordldness, problems nnd sad passions;
thoy arc far too used to romance, glitter,
happy marriage and conventional love
Any truth Is hard enough for them to
bear, nnd when It Is nn unpleasant truth
Into tho bargain they prefer to shut tholr
eyes and cars and silently taboo it ns
gross.
Another Bhock to tho dogmntlc littera
teur Is the author's lack of "stylo." Ho
merely has something to say, and ho cares
Ilttlo how ho says It. Ills short, choppy
sontencos aro annoying, but his ideas
como out Just tho Fame. Always tho sub- j
stnnco Is of inoro Importance than tho
manner of presentation.
Uut granted wo nro wilting to forgive I
him his Imnulslvo form, nn iv r I
plot, pllrpOSO or beaut V nf miuiFlnr Ivnn
! ;'-- ni,.r l-WackSSir
! ZVZ ,,',"l.V;, dcS, ? !.'?
ntirnnm l ii ,;.,,.. i
cTcc'talnly d 'oK 5 l ,?'"
mcceeds In bin in..i . ..". ...
whether that Intention is nccnmnlistilnp
nnythlng moro than getting a bad tasto
out of his own system nnd Into airs. To
those unfamiliar with Slavic llternturo tho
book may bo astonishing, hut to tho sn
vant It Is aa many others, only "moro so."
It savors too much of the pathological and
exciting to touch most of our lives.
Vet It Is undeniably Interesting enough
to follow tho hero, Eric Falls, through all
his erotic experiences, as ho passes from
ono lady to tho next; to meet his asso
ciates, and to hear them nil discuss tho
problems of llfo. It Is Illuminating to see
deeply Into tho Inner and vital passions
of tho young, and to meet tho tragedies
which como Into actlvo lives. All this tho
nuthor has revealed with unfailing clarity
and sincerity. Hut luckily, only tho de
generate, tho perverted or tho erotlcally
unbalanced find llfo ho full ot festering
dllllcultlcn.
With tlio other critics let us say that
our Polish author carries his Idea so far
that It loses its value that of reality.
And let us bo deeply grateful that wu may
call him unreal, that as an Individualist
ho expresses his personal feelings, regard
less of their universal applicability. In
this ho Is truo to Slavic traditions; for
frnnkness, sincerity and intensity no
matter how sad and how cynical aro al
ways tho contributions wo may count on
from our Slavic men of letters. And pos
terity would rather henr of tho depths of
lives than of their shallows.
Thcro Is no diminution In quality In
Basil King's new novel. "The Kldo of
tho Angels" (Haipcr-& Bros., Now York).
Tho author ot "Tho Inner Shrlno" has not
repeated tho epochal diameters ot that
striking novel, which fulfilled tho promlso
of "Tho Giant's Stiength." but ho has
maintained the standard of tho earlier
works, anil that Is high pralso in com
parison with tho criterion. Ho gives
through his creations thoy nro moro
than puppets, of courso a keen analysis
of tho naturo of love. Ho contrasts two
kinds of Ioc, tho consuming, febrile llama
of tumultuous and destructive passion, and
tho quieter, enduring lovo of tho deep
seated, sacrificing nffections. Chorley and
I,oIs win their way to their heart's do
slro of requited lovo at last. Thcro aro
other men and other women; thcro nro
complications and obstacles. Mr. King
handles them characters and situations
admirably. He analyzes tho psychology
of Uranlan lovo and tho eroticism of
Venuo I'.iudcmos with spiritualist In
sight. A romance of Old Ireland is finely told
In "Tho Passionate Crime," by U. Templo
Thurston. (D. Applcton & Co., New York.)
Tho author ot "Tho Open Window,"
"Tho City of Beautiful Nonsense," etc.,
liftu .It'll..-,, n nliirmliic' Tilptnrn nf Olfl Trn.
Innil it. M, ttu nunlitt uilnni'fiMtlntm n,l lt
mystery, Its romance and tragedy. An
thony Sorcl nnd Anna Quartermalne,
whoso tragic lovo and Its woeful ending
Is ever tho themo of tho stories of theso
slmplo country folk. The story of tho
crlmo in tho mountains holds tho interest
of tho reader to tho end.
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Whoso now novel. "The Leather
wood God," begins serial publica
tion in the April Century.
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m?KARY ASLVERSJ
X- '- in.bHcat.on dato of William
Dcnn Howell's new nove . "Tho Leather-
! S .?b" ..!'-. "" """""need. Tho
' ,nl 'iimoni, nowoxcr, win nppcar in
tho April Issue of tho Century Mnirazlno,
It is unlikely to appear In book form be
fore early summer or, moro probably, lato
August. For some tlmo Brontniio's has
been on tho point nf announcing a new
volumo of plnys by Shaw Including "Pyg
malion," "Androcles and tho J.lon" and
"Overruled" but for tonic reason or other
publication has been repeatedly post
poned. It Is more than likely that Mr.
Shaw hasn't finished writing ono of tho
elaborated prefaces that go with each
book of plays.
C. If. Randorf Send your MS. to any
of tho better known publishers. Their
commercial morality Is nbovo reproach.
Curious Both your quotations tho
phrase, "Tho signs of tho times," and tho
sentence, "Got theo behind mo. Satan"
occur In tho Boole of Matthew. Tho first Is
In chapter 3, tho second In chapter 23.
"Signs of the Times" may havo been used
as the tltlo of a book, but the Literary
Editor Is unable to place tho occasion or
tho authorship.
Versifier When Ilyrnn wroto of "tho
blind bard of Solo's rocky Islo" his refer
ence was to Homer.
Nonsense Yes. CJellett Burgess wroto a
sequel to ,"Tho I'urplo Cow." It reads:
Oh. ypi! I wroln "Tho I'urplo Cow";
fin sorry now t wrote It;
Hut I can toll you. nnMiow.
I'll kill iou If uu quoto It.
KIRCIIWEY LAUDS OSIIORNE
Says Sine Sing Prisoners Bccamo
Real Men Under Predecessor
A eulogy of Thomas Mott Osborne, for
mer warden of Sing Sing, and of the
honor system which ho Introduced among
tlio inmates, was given by George W.
Kltchwey, dean of tho Lew School of Co
lumbia Collego nnd acting warden of tho
big prison, at the annual meeting of the
Public Clinrltl'e.s Association, nt tho Belle-vue-Stratford
last night.
"A self-respecting, self-governing repub
lic of men who look each other straight
in tho eye, who havo tho common faults
and failings of men, but who nro law
abiding, peace-loving nnd Imbued with a
sense of justlco and fair play," was tho
description of tho prisoners given by Mr.
Klrchwey. They havo been transformed
from rebellious, dangerous characters Into
reasonnblo beings, he said. Mr. Klrchwey
declared that former Warden Osborne
would eventually bo returned to his for
mer post.
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Wilson and Datesman Will Address
West Philadelphians
"Philadelphia" and "Tho Upbuilding of
Philadelphia" VIII be tho subjects of talks
by Director Wilson nnd Director Dates
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40th Street Association, tonight, at tho
Klngsosslng Ilecrcatlon Centre, 50th street
and Choster avenue. Members of the
Cedar Avenue Association havo been In
vited to attend.
After tho speeches of tho two Directors,
It Is expected that there will bo a discus
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I "Tim llONDMAN" A Fo film in six reH
I from Hnll Cnlne's novel, nclcnacd Monday.
I March 20
I Stephen Orry. tho father Wllllnm Fnrnum
Jnnon llrrv, tho son William Farnum
Adam Falrbrother, Governor of tho 110
or Mnn It. O. Hart
nrrolin. ttovernor rnlrbrother's
daughter Dorothy Ilornard
Jorwn JorBenw-n, Danish Governor of
tirland Charles Graham
Ilsrhel. Goternor Jorgcnscn'fl
daughter Doris Woolrlago
Danish. Minister, Ilnrhel's
tlancoo Charles nrookp
8tonhn Orry's mother Julia Hurley
Llzi Kllley, tho worst woman on tho lslo
of Man , Carey I,eo
Hunlooks, Bon of Stephen and
Liza '.Harry Splncler
Not many weeks ago tho photoplay
editor bemoaned tho fart that poor Wil
liam Fnrnum was condemned to fight
physical battles through all his pictures.
It seems ho wan Just n Ilttlo premature,
for In the very next Fnrnum release.
"Tho Bondman," n plcturlzntlon of Hall
Cnlno'M novel of that name, tho mnln bat
tles that tho gentleman hns to fight nro
long mental ones nnd short physical ones.
Quito a novel Fnrnum picture.
When ono says Hall Calno today, un
fortunately one nt onco thinks of that Ill
smelling book, "The Woman Thou Gavcst
Mo," or his latest dramatic effort, "Mar
garet Khlllcr." which, from nil accounts,
Is ono of his dullest. But tlmo was when
Hall Calno wroto In nnothcr way, nnd It
was at thnt tlmo that ho gavo tho world
"Tho Bondman." y
Wo nil know tho gripping story of lovo
triumphing oer hnte, even to bringing tho
man, Jason, to tho grentoht of all sacri
fices, giving his llfo for his brother. Tho
story needs no prnlso. Onco Been, tho
picture will nlso htand on Its own merits.
Farnum has only equaled this picture
twlco In his enrcer ns a screen star. Ills
Roy, In "The Spoilers," nnd tho tltlo rolo
of "Tho New Governor" nlono show Fnr
num as tho actor that ho proves himself
In this now picture. Quiet, restrained and
with a refinement of gesture nnd expres
sion quite unusual to him, he makes Jason
a humanly sympathetic charactorlzatlon.
On tho other hand, ho brings out all tho
laziness nnd Inherent coarseness of
Stephen qulto ns vividly and naturally an
ho handles tho opposite. It Is a remark
ablo display of hereon versatility.
Tho remaining characters aro excel
lently played. Tho wholo cast Is camera
wise, which, results In nn evenness of
work throughout tho picture which carries
tho story along with n punch.
Tho photography Is clear and exterior
scenes lovely. Tho sea scenes aro excep
tionally line.
Hobart Bosworth will hhortly bo seen
In a film adaptation of Bret Hnrto's "Two
Men of Sandy Bar." It will bo released
on tho Red Fcnther-Unlversal program.
Tlio first Drew-Metro rolcaso will bo on
March IE.
A coming World release Is "Tho Un
pardonable Sin," with Holbrook Blynn.
Tho California Motion Picture Company
ron
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Fannie Ward
In "TENNCSSEE'S
ARCADIA
CHESTNUT
BELOW 1GTH
BESSIE BARRISCALE in
Till
QOEDEN CLAW
A DrI 1 f MD AND THOJrTSON
ArULLU MATINEE DAILY
DE.NMAN THOSiySON'S
"THE OLD HOMESTEAD"
BLUEBIRD -09 NtmT" nn0AD ST
iiLUEiunn rEATunfi
Jane Gail in "Rupert of Hentzau"
rtr't HI"MVTT S2D ABOVE MARKET
BELMONT mu. i VAJ82:
Pauline Frederick
in "Ll'DIA
fllLMORE"
BOTH AND
ri.rAl! AVI'
CEDAR
PARAMOUNT
THEATRE
GERALDINE FARRAR in
"TEMPTATION" Matinee V
FAIRMOUNT 2mI .Sard ave.
METRO OFFERS
ycikgrju. 'Corner In Cotton
FRANKFORD
4Tlt FRANKFORD
avi;.mji.
"THE OLD HOMtbltAU
PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION
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56th Street Theatre V.o3
w Below Spruce
4 t nl- In "KENNEDY
Antonio Moreno squaiie"
GERMANTOWN 850STo?siv
PARAMOl'NT PICTURE
rr-i J n.L.i. In "PUDD'NHEAD
Theodore Roberts wilson-
. ..- r.fiTH X MARKET
:13-7-0.
tjLUDEi $13,000 KIMBALL ORGAN
VALLI VALLI in
'HER PERT OF HONOR"
GIRARD
AVENUE THEATRE
TTU AND UIHA1ILI AVE
Frances Nelson ln crucible
VAUDEVILLE SURPRISES
-i i TVT U BROAD ST., ERIE 4
Great .Northern oermant-n aves.
TRIANOLB PICTURE
I Ml fiA 1" "DAPHNE AND
Lillian visn the pirates"
IRIS THEATRE 3,1 JfvSS"M
KITTY GORDON in
"A3 IN A I.OOKINO QLASS"
JEFFERSON 2OTH 6atnrdea3uphin
TRIANOLE PLAY
Bessie Barriscale ,a "E GsBwMp..
LAFAYETTE 28U 33j ave.
PAULINE FREDERICK in
"THB SPIDER"
w t? tnrn forty-first and
IErtJ--V LANCASTER AVENUE l
PAUUNE FREDERICK in
MHfc. 3PIDKK-
ttiiiitiitrrrrTiYir8BTrgTnniaiiiiiJ8iaryTrvntT
5'v-wrfvi,t!W.iv-tli.'vv .. C
DOROTHY 13ERNAKD
Who is seen with William Far
num in "Tho Bondman," a now
Fox film.
will produco "Tho Woman Who Dared,"
With Beatrix Mlchclcnn.
Tho Vltagraph-V. L. S. E. feature, "Tho
Hunted Woman," stars Virginia Pearson
and S. Rankin Drew.
Tho Stanley Theatre will now offer a
serial. Tho now George Kleino film. "Tho
Mishaps of Musty Suffer," fenturlng
Harry Watson, will run thcro, stnrtlng
next week. The Burton Holmes traveloguo
pictures havo become n regular feature
for tho first half of each week.
CAMDEN HOSPITAL TO OPEN
Treatment of Contagious Diseases
There Will Begin in May
Camden Municipal Hospital for Con
tagious Diseases will bo officially opened
for Inspection and operation during tho
week of tho Civic Exposition of Industries,
Mny 18 to 27. Miss Grull, of Camden, has
bcon nppolntcd to tho position of super
vising nurso, nnd Bho will bo In full
chargo of tho nursing staff. To look nftor
tho medical end, Dr. John T. Lcavltt, city
health officer, has been appointed as chief
of tho medical staff. Ho will havo tho
nsslstanco of tho physician members of tho
Board of Health.
Prlvato patients will bo cared for at a
nominal sum, while tho worthy poor will
nlso havo uso of tho hospital.
THE GREAT INT-RNATI0NAL
SECRET SERVICE ROMANCE
By GEORGE GIBBS
"InuonlouD, cleverly written and so
IntercBtlnc that wo would not advlae
anyono to bepln It who has a train
to catch." y. 1". Times. At ntl
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OTOPLAY PRESENTATIO
LIRFRTY BROAD AND
j l z r. iv 1 i columdia
MARGUERITE SNOW in
'THE I'I'STAHT"
Logan Auditorium DZcUanTAv..
TMAXnLU TUVYS
WILLAIII) MACK In THE CONQUEn0n"
MACK SWAIN la "A MOVIE UTAH"
T CCl IQT B2D AND LOCUST
LUOUO 1 Mata- 1.ao aniJ a:S0 0c
Ees., G:30, 8,
0.80, 15c.
Olga Petrova '" ,,TnE B0U
MARKET"
Market St. Theatre 883 "$&.
World Film Corp MOLI.IE KINO in
See "(IRA IT'
l luirt.
VN'S POWER"
Jiiory weiinesilay
ORPHFI IM OERMANTOWN AND
uftrntum chelten aves,
BILLIE BURKE in
P K O O Y
ORIFNT -D WOODLAND AVE.
v"'x,-li, Dally Mat , 2. E&. 0:30 to 11.
Wm. Faversham ,n "IkS0
METRO PICTURE
PAT APF 1SH MARKET STREET
1 l-LtEs 10 A M to 11 US P. M.
CHARLOTTE WALKER in
THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE"
PARK" niDOB AVE. & DAUPHIN ST.
1 MATINEE 2 SIS
Paramount Picture CONSTANCE COLLIER
the fammifl London star In
THE TONC1UES OF MEN"
PRINCESS
1018 MARKET
STREET
"HER WAYWARD SISTER"
"lU'OHIU.. THE PROCESS SERVER"
See "The tilrl nnd the Uame" eery Thursday
RTAT TO OERMANTOWN AVE.
"lnlj s-' AT TULPEHOCKEN 8T.
MARY PICKFORD in
"THE DAWN OF A TOMORROW"
RFnFMT 1831 MARKET STREET
IM-VJl-n 1 HVifAX VOICE OROJLN
KITTY GORDON in
"AS IN A LOOKINO GLASS"
Rlin V MARKET STREET
KJ li I BELOW TTIt STREET
FANNIE WARD in
"THE CHEAT"
SHERWOOD
B4TH AND
BALTIMORE
WORLD FILM CORP. Presents
Clara Kimball Young in 'Camille'
SAVOY -' 1JU MARKET .
XX Y J I STREET
BLUEBIRD FEATURES
LOIS WEBER end PHILLIPS BMAT.LEY
In "HOP, TUB DEVlL'p BREW"
TIOGA lTTI VENANGO STS.
Hazel Dawn in "My Lady Incog"
PARAMOUNT PRODUCTION
VI P T O R I A MARKET ST.
IK I J l.lxX ABOVE NINTH
Metro Picture Preaent Hamilton Kavell In
Tho Price, ot Mtlce.' Authentic French War
Picture taken "Somewhere la France."
CTANI FV MARKET ABOVE 1TH
11 !5 A M to WAltAl'S RBID In
11.13 P M TO 1IAVSaM TO 1LOLQ
Uriimrs-mrv
TRAVELOGUE AT KEITH'S
West Philadelphia High School Boya
Invited to Attend
The boys of tho West Philadelphia
High School havo been Invited to At
tend a lecture and stereoptlcon exhibi
tion to be given by Will M. Creasy, at 1T.
F. Keith's Theatre, Saturday robmlng, at
10130 o'clock. Mr. Cressy Is an ardent
traveler and has motored more than 8o
000 miles nnd snlldd moro than 50,000
Photographs taken In almost every
country In the world by Mr. Cressy havo
been reproduced on slides, and In his ex
hibition Mr. Cressy takes hl audience
for a tour around tho world in 1 hmrr'
nnd 10 minutes. The trip begins at Mew
York nnd, nfter landing at Liverpool, a
i tour through Europe Is followed by one
over tho Trans-Siberian Railway, then ta
Japan, China, tho Philippines, Hawaiian
Islands, landing at San Francisco at the
tlmo of the famous earthquake nnd finish
ing In New York.
This exhibition has been given In sev
eral of tho largest cities In this country
during Mr. Crcsacy's theatrical tours and
was especially nrranged for the West
Philadelphia High School students by the
management of B. F. Keith's Theatre In
this city.
MAY SECEDE FROM TOWNSHIP
Llnncrch
Residents Want
Mado a Borough ,
Section
LInnercli rcnldnnts, who Itihnblt orm ot
tho most beautiful sections along the West
Chester lilltc, wnnt to secedo from Haver
ford township and turn their community
Into a borough. Back of the movement
Is a declaration byn number of the men
Interested that Ilancrch Is not getting
back enough In betterments for tho
amount of taxes It pays Into tho town
ship treasury.
A committee, headed by Henry V. Gum
moro, of Tenby road, and with Charles
V. Mlchcner, of Township Lino road, an
secretary, has been holding meetings for
somo tlmo past nnd Its members havo
been busy gathering data.
The mdBt Important plcco of .r.formatlon
so far obtained by tho committee Is that
tho section It Is proposed to affect by the
ehango pays about $6000 in township
taxes each year. In return, tho township
commissioners. It is alleged, spent a ilttlo
mora than $900 on roads, street lights,
fireplugs and simitar betterments In tha
district.
A master crafts
man is telling this story
one skilled not only in the
technique of his craft, but also
in intricacies of social obser
vation, says the Philadelphia
North American.
Best selling novel in America.
Buy it today,- read it tonight.
Henry Kitchell Webster's
Brilliant New Novel
Large l2mo, cloth, $1.50 net, et all store
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Chestnut St. Op. House ,c1h,,b,nul
RICHMOND P. HOBSON in
"PROHIBITION"
wiist i'iuiai)i:r.i'iiiA
flRAIMn 52D ani MARKET STS.
V3vrtl,(1-' MAT. DAILY. 2 P. M., Be
"RED CIRCLE"
"THE WHITE ALLEY," 3 reels
OVERBROOK 03D o'Ve.
Bluebird Presents
.rtrTi5?2;::n! The Wrong Door-
GARDEN M
& LANSDOWNE AVE.
.u.vi . -. jjvil., u;3U.
ARTHUR HOOPS in
'THE DEVIL'S PRAYERBOOK
EUREKA 40TU MAUKET BTS-
PATHE COLD ROOSTER PLAY
"The Love Trail"
IMPERIAL Theatre XSt,,
.JSy.I.I'ItM COLLIER Ir?
"BETTER JATE THAN NEVER"
BROADWAY S2D qreenwa
U.W-lW.tt.I. Adult. lOo; children Bo
"SINS OF THE MOTHER" with
Anita Stewart & Earl Williams
NORTH
Broad Street Casino nROEAr!?BDel0,'
EVENING 7;I!i AND 0
MELVIN MAYO in
"THE EMUOPIED THOUaHT," Other.
CENTURY EnIn AVB & MARSHALL
VL 1 Uft I MATINEE DAILY
'The Shrine of Happiness,' 5 acts,
featuring JACKIE SAUNDERS
81)1 Til
PI A 7 A .nnoAD and forteh
MT L, XX iu XX STREETS
Harold Lockwood & Mae Allison
"Other Side of the Ddor," 5 acts
NORTHWEST
Susquehanna TsusQulEirA"NA ave.
Trlangle-Kav-nee Henrv Woodruff and Tauril
Aokt In 'The Beckonlne Flame," 6 parte
TrUnsIe-Ki'vetoiie Joe Jackaon & JIa.lt Swain
In "A Modern Enoch Arden " 4 parU
NORTHEAST
STRAND ,2TU AND QInABD AV&
"THE BROKEN COIN," T-aet Epleod
IinOADWAY STAR FEATURE Present
"A Voice from the Darkp?
HirNSINOTON
I II M R n KONT 3T. AND
"Graft," No. 1 3. in 2 parts
TUB RINO OF DESTINY " In 3 parU
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