Evening public ledger. (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, January 11, 1917, Night Extra, Page 5, Image 5

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ONVICT-POET
Simiojui? JLiriii
Berry Williams, 8 Years in
Prison, 'Rises From
Illiteracy
HAS tONGING TO WRITE
i Neither Uplifter in or oom-
plaincr, Ho is mnncu ay
tho Great Mnslers
imunn srsnun ns a it.antation
v liMrtl lh ''" nlnnljllon t.fll.
Proclaim Iho rlmreo nf ilir.
Ami lit Ihe IroiiBlirii nrtnlmi well.
IjmiiI rnllc Imulu rate xxixr.
Mfr. hmnl rtrrillnir rlnnfci of r!inUi
n dn.kr h.iic fornix. Imir cmifkiIM,
f Manilcrcl M' It 1' .rnnre anew.
t i.txns to a rninsn
trnM jou mixkp mr, e'nnm n elnilnm,
' Ami ii i'fnlir ninml rriiH.
Lt ini Kli.irp.jonr nrret Milnm.
lint, oh Uml. kih1 not fnrcnoll,
imu 0,,y 'h,,,.,. ;im, n Contltt.
Tho Eastern Penitentiary yesterday
tlo'cd In nbont n, mnn who came from nn
other nrleon ot his own request nnil thereby
jdJcil n twelve-month to Ills sentence
this because ho xxnntn the facilities to
ipreail Iili life upon pnpor, In lilt xvrltlnK
k the question "why" nnil lliercliy lirlnc
ton fruition the things lio has t.iuplit lilm
relf slnee flrpt Rotnir to prison In 1305,
unable to re-ul or wrlto his own name.
The man I' tierry Williams, nnil ns lio
nt'ln tho xxnruii'n otlleo yesterday flnsor
InK bis cherkeiril cap ho talked of Ufa In
tensely, with tho polished diction of a
tcholar nnil oloxeil lili speech with n. quo
tation from Pope's "i:?say on Man."
"t lio 1'npo. ' said lie, whllo uniformed
piarils hurried in and out and tho prison
clanked and hummed nlonc Its way. "lio
Mtlsfles nio liy setting down to tho really
tilt nus '
Warden "Hoh" MrTvcnty It not unac
quainted xntli charscs ot his who talk
loudly about the reform nnd uplittlinr they
tre golnB to do when they Ret out.
"I liaxe no nmhltlon In ho an uplifter,"
jalil Williams, looking out of tho high win
dow at tho patch of free sky. ".My conduct
j not an example- nnil 1 am not Kolntr to
exploit It as such. Of course. 1 don't think
I shall do another wrong when I Ret out
of prison acaln. Hut you must remem
j.rr the. world doesn't know that nnd I do
not ask them to hellovo It. I simply liavo
a question nnd I must wrlto It down fully."
Neither hai Mr. McKcnty failed to meet
those anions Ins pupils wlu aspire to liter
ary works
jrsT a wnrrnrt of vnnsES
"Please don't put mo down as a writer,"
said William-". "I liaxo simply lived tli.it'n
all Poeir. .' Why, yes, I havo written
some erses How did you know? I don't
talk much about them. Juat verses not
poetry '
And then Into thn broad sweep of War
den "IIob'M ' jurisdiction enmo so often tho
"sinned nciinit" complalnor, tho profes-
; sional whinei, who says "1 didn't do tho
Job"
'Tie often stolen." said Williams, slowly
and Impei onallv as It ho wero chronicling
the weathiM Six limes Po koho to prison
and threi- iiiivm bei-n nrnulttcil. Tho xxoihl
Is not ac.i n t me, J huo not been abused.
Abused' Win I met Uray nnd Popo In
prlion ' lb' smiled. "Such companions I
nexcr i,ii,'w in in waiiuuriiis auuuL llie
continent '
William h:is born In.tho South. In 1005
at tlio ai;" of tuenty-elRht ho went to
MojamensmB Prison, convicted ot larceny.
Ho procured a primer tho kind sK-year-old
children use and ilnccreil It over.
"Words had never meant anything to me,"
he explained, "ard I looked and looked
Into that little bu ik until tho words wero
blurred with the .tialnlne of my eyes."
"Then, ono da; ." ho went out, "thoro
came to me a t climate who knew a few
words. I GH arm nd him u llttlo by giving
hhn tobarco. fur ho was a sullen fellow.
His explanations i;.io me n start. In u
'little while I got a dictionary."
Shortlv after that he was released from
MoyamensltiB In n four months tho walls
of the New County Prison loomeil up before
aim. Again he went to his work.
heads DON quixoti:
"In thoso days" ho paid, "there were no
schools In the Xew County Prison. I started
In to lead the simpler books. Then I ran
across l)n Quivote und, by tho way, how
oo you inoiibiiiico It, no ono I ever met
seems to Know. Well. I found that a won
derful uoil I re-iend It flvo times, nnd
started 1 1 along historical lines."
In the year.-, that followed, Williams read
every bouk .unliable on history. Ills range
extended abroad and to the medieval and
ancient peiloUs.
A j car or so ago the convict's reading
took another turn lie came to know poetry.
Dray's "I;pb ' was his llrst verso reading,
and from Uray's works ho went Into thoso
of Pope As he explained, his reading
there appeal n to have been a natural be
quence nB liad teen pages of history,
tho atts and the facts of mind, npd now
camo tho delving Into tho "whys" and
'wherefores'' of existence.
"I wanted to take tho Ideas within mo
and compaie them to thoso of the poets."
jiald this man who noer sat for ono second
-to a classroom or never had tho slightest
nlntof a teacher.
Williams has written verse. One tlmo
aa had a prlhon friend with whom he had
.disagreement. "Lines to a Friend" was
the result. Sums of tho rhymes aro quite
conventional, but now and then lie shoots
away from the usual to couch quite neatly
nd In unhackneyed phrases n beautiful
thought. A couple of plantation scenes,-including
a "Mummer Sunrise" nnd "A -Stormy
Mgllt." are rather astounding for' their
metrical perfection nnd word tone.
"But when you write your book." the In
CTltablo query came up. "you nro surely
roing to answer by tho history of jour self
education the question, "Why Am I Here?"
"I hoped that my book would not bo
EVENING LEDGFR PHILADELPHIA, TniTODAY, JANUARY 11, 1917
5
r.i,'. ?,,out v,pfora slatted to (,ru
Mid Williams, .lowly, "because I nm not
sure I nm equal o the task Tho qtnVstlon
'why' Is ralher short and unsatisfying I
nm not m uro that Into tho book will
creep my solution of the question and my
preventuo of crime. y
"Speaking In a broad ,' ,,e
inued, "and In spile nf my many lapse,
I nm sure that early education Is 'tho most
powerful erlmo prex entice In the world
tducntlon, 1 mean, of the child. Thoro are
exceptions, but they only proxc the rule"
.. 'V!!i,.r1 to ln'0KU0 the story of
Ilerry Williams or put It Into plgeonfhola
nmong tho lives of men. It Is virtually im
possible, In epitomize It In mil, ( ,)r lhfe(,
words. ),ct It rtand Ihen as the iaso of
llcrry Williams, who has forged, with sheer
will power ns his only material, n place for
himself In tho world nf hooks nnd. sitting
there, can see no prison walls,
Wayne MacVeagh
Dies in 84th Year
Continued from 1'ase One
tiltig strohg In this country for Hungarian
Independence, and Ininulse which wnn Rttm.
mated by tho presotice nf l.ouls Kossuth,
who was making a decided Impression bv
his speeches. Mr. MnoVelgh, however, took
tho ncgatlxo nnd untionular lew. nnd Bum.
mnneil n wealth of fact, argument nnd
Illustration tn fortify his position.
After graduation Mr. MnrVoan,h entered
tho olllco of Joseph J l.owls. nt West
Chester, ns a student of law. tie was ad
mitted to tho bar In 185ft. When tho Civil
Wnr broko out. Mr. MacVeagh Joined the
1'nlon army ns major of n uunlry regi
ment, but was compelled to resign because
of falling health.
IN' PRSWSYIA'AN'IA TOUTICS
lto becamo prominent In Pennsylvania
Klnle politics In 18M, when ho was selected
chairman of tho licptihllcan Stato Central
Committee. President Orant appointed him
Minister to Constantinople In 18"n, n port
which ho held with distinguished honor until
1S72, when he resumed his residence In this
Plato, settling nt Ilarrlsburg, where he con
tinued to llxo until ISTfi, when he opened
n law nfllco In Philadelphia. Mr. Mac
Veagh's tlrst xvlfo xvns tho daughter nf Mr
l.exxls, his legal preceptor. In ISfi ho re.
married, his second xvlfo being a daugh
ter nf Hon. Simon Cameron.
Whllo llxitig at Ilarrlsburg Mr Mnc
Vengh xvnH elcrted n delegate from the ills,
trlct. xvhlch Included Lebanon nnd Hauphln
Counties, to the rnnvcntlon called to frame
a noxv Constitution fur Pennsylx-anla. lie
herx'ed on the committees on Judiciary nnd
legislation, nnd xvns among tho ablest mem
bers of that body.
In 1ST" the political situation of nff.ilrs
In Louisiana xx-as such that President 1 lax on
determined to m.iko nn Inx'estlgatlon, nnd
Mr. MacVeagh, nt the head of h commission,
xxas sent to that State for the purpose.
When James A. linrlleld xvaa elected
President. Mr. MncVengh xx-as glx-cn n place
In tho Cabinet as I'nlted States Attorney
(iPiicr.il. Ills appointment xvns a purely per
sonal line of tho President, nnd xv.is against
tho cholco ot tho mnchlno influence of the
State, which Mr. MacVeagh had been op
posing. Ills personal relations xvltli Mr.
(arlleld xxcrn of tho xxniiuest character,
and xx hen tho President xxas shot by Gut
tcau Mr. MncVengh accompanied the
xvounded man to Klberon nnd i villained by
hls hedsfde until his death.
On tho accession of Chester A. Arthur
to tho presidency Mr. MimVeagh resigned
his Cabinet position nnd xx'as succeeded by
Ilenjnmln Harris lirexx'.stcr. Iteturnlng to
Philadelphia, Mr. MacVeagh resumed his law
practice. During the llrst year of his te
turn ho received tho degree of I-U 11. from
Amherst College.
VISIT TO CZAR'S DOMAIN
In tho summer ot 1SS0 Mr. MacVeagh visit
ed Southern Itu3sla xxith a committee of
gentlemen to examine tho ct.tatc3 ot Prince
Dolgoroukl nnd repot t upnu tho feasibility
of leasing tho mineral lauds in that region,
the erection of xxoiks for tha manufacture
of lion and steel and the construction of
a lino of tallxx'ay from tho xx-oikH of tho
Sea of Azof. Tho result xx-as that the. com
mittee considered tho field an Inviting one.
und tho proposition xvns mado for leasing
tho lands nnd building tho works, proxld
Ing certain concessions could lio obtained
from tho Czar. These xx-ero finally obtained,
but three days after the nowo of the con
cession reached Philadelphia Alexander H
xx-as assassinated and tho enterprise xvns
abandoned.
' Mr. VncVoIgh, In addition to his prlx-ato
practice as n member of tho laxv firm nf
MacVeagh & Dlspham, also noted ns coun
sel for tho Pennsjlx-anla Railroad Company
In a number ot Important cases. When
John Scott, general solicitor of tho com
pany, camo tn this city nnd assumed tho
general direction of legal matters. Mr. Mac
Veagh xx-as retained as special counsel for
tho company.
sppoitTS cnovnn ci.i:vi:lan'd
Mr. MacVeagh xx-as at one time president
of tho Clx 11 Service Reform Association. In
October. 1S01, at nn Independent Repub
lican mass-meeting nt tho Academy of Mu
sic, ho faxored tho election of W. Ileilxvond
Wright, tho Democratic candidate for City
Treasurer. A jear later, In a letter to the
Massachusetts Reform Club, ho formally
announced that ho xvould support Mr. Clexe
land for President. s
Soon nfter ho elaborated the grounds of
his adherence to thu Democratic c-andldato
in a speech in tho Academy of Music. In
xvhlch lio said ho voted for Mr. Harrison In
1SS8. but the McKlnley bill and tho treat
ment of the Chilian question by tho Har
ilMin Administration had led to his com
plete estrangement from the Republican
paity.
AMBASSADOR TO ITALV
December 13, 1S03, Mr MncVeagh huh
appointed Ambassador to Italy by President
Clexeland. Ho returned at tho beginning
of the McKinley Administration, being suc
ceeded by Ucueral Draper, of Mass.u-hu-ectts.
Although his full name xvns Isaac Wayne
MaeVcagh. ho deleted the Hist name early
in life Tho last Important position hit held
xxas chief counsel of the t'nlted Stat, a in
tho Venezuela dispute befoiu The Hague
Tribunal in l'J03. He has ontnl.uied uni
ties to magazines in fax or of int. i n.it i. n., i
pence since that tune He made Li huuie m
tecetit years at Brookdeld Faun, Pi.. i.
Muxvr.
"TWO-COURSE" LUNCHEONS
WAR REGULATION IN LQNDON
Hoi's d'Oeuvre and Soup Count as Full Course and That
Leaves Only Fish or Meat Food Dictatorship May
Be Followed by Dress Regulator
LONDON'. Dee. 20.
TN LONDON TOWN xve linve strange food
J- regulations these day. We're only n.
lowed two-course luncheons! Trnged.x! 'Tin
n light lunch, In
deed. of course, the
courses nre split
up. Von can if
xmi nto wily
get a hnlf coure
of hors d'oouxro
nnd a half course
nf dessert Itui
meat mid fish
count ns n full
'nurse.
Lunching In the
S.ix-oy yeMerdny
I partook ot hors
d'oeuyro. b n u p
and Hull. "N'n
innrc, madame."
snhl tho xxnlter
Itiguhrl o u si y
" S t n to regulations."
"Hors d'oeuvro nnd soup added together
count ns one full course." said the xx-nlter:
"add feeh, and you get two (nurses xvhlch
Is nil wo aro tilhuxed to glxe"
Curious tilings, thrie innslnium-nnimint
nnd nmtimum-prleo xvnr nunls. Tnking tea
xvlth an olllcer the other day ill n w-ell-knoxvn
tea shop. ' it's inther atnusing," he
y KI.LEN ADA lit
ll'rlllfn for thr KvrtHUtt l.iilo T
i:m,i:n admu
snld, "I. n major, may only spend one nnd
nupense (lltlrly-aefeti renin) on my tea,
xvliercas that Tommy ot the nest labia Is
Permit ted by llto new' rrgulnlloiis lo blow
himself lo tho tuno nf half n cruxvn fslsty
cents), or ex-cti mnrii."
We're all uoltig lo h.ivo mealleSs Tliufn
days, too. According lo tirtl Dovonpott'si
sclv"tne. ThttrFilay in lo lii the day on which
It Vni bo Illegal to sell or cat mtal, poultry
or game.
Shortly, f understand, n second tnealtca
day in each xveek xx-lll be Instituted.
1 hear that "sugar tickets" xx-ltl soon be
xvlth us alas nml alack for Ihoso xx-ho pos
sess a sweet tooth.
There xvlll ba relrlcllons on lea enn
sumption, too and xvonderful plans nre
being mado for Having potatoes
N'oxx- that ft Pond Controller tins come
Into being, I hear strange rumors nf n
Dress Dictator. I'm told that the latest
ban on tho uso of metals Is tt be an order
prohibiting the making of hairpins Hair,
plnless heads xvlll stand n poor chance of
either chic or tldenesa In London fogs.
There's n dancing Mil on In London,
tno. So one 111 khnht.ur ttaxal blue must
trip tho light fantastic
Pence talk still limits about In London
I heard nn Interesting definition nf the
difference hetxveen the Pacifists and the
riglit-to-n. Finishers. On party thinks It
i an see through tho xx-nr. nnd the other
thinks it can sco tho xxnr through.
SORROW IN BOYLAND
FOR BUFFALO BILL
Gloom at Thought Gallant Scout
Will Never Again Dash
Around Tanbnrk Ring
SURE SHOT TO THE END
There's sorrow In ltldlnnd.
lluftalo UII1 xvlll ncxer boxv his sllxered
head again to tho plaltdlttHot Voting Amer
ica up at Nineteenth street and Hunting
Park nvenuc.
His passing lcmox-ea a standard hero of
the American boy. And thoro nro thousands
nnd thousands of them right hero xxho can
at this moment plcturo him dashing at
breakneck speed to saxo tho old stage coach.
Aside finm xvhltenlng his characteristic
beard, time seemed to haxo no effect on tho
energetic son of tho West. When he xx-as
here last xvlth thn "101 Itanch" ho sat Just
lis majestically as oxer on his snoxx-y steed
and his rltlo still retained tho "punch" xvheti
tho glass balls xxero tossed xvlth u loud
"hoop-la!" by tho galloping coxvhoja. Not
only many youngsters xvlio nte still nt
school, but their daddies, too, feel the loss
of Colonel Cody keenly.
And Bomo nf them xv'!! tell you confi
dentinllv If you ask them today how lliiffnlo
Illll bellied them to sneak In tho back en
trance, to the hIioxv when they xxero consid
erably shy on tho admission figure.
Colonel Codx xv.ih ii liov irrnvvn mi (Xltiar
lteroes came and passed, but none cornered
ino neait ot mo teal Am-fcan kids llko
tho gallant bcout. They not only xx-ntched
his excry mox-n 111 tho show, but they fol
lowed him on tho street. It was a common
thing xvheti ho used to stop at tho Conti
nental to sco a Hock of kids around him
di Inking in ex-cry xx-otd of a thrilling Indian
talc.
They knexx-, too, that the stories told by
tho famous frontiersman xx-ero true. They
knexv he hnd been n riovcrnment reout. All
or his big fights were familiar to them. And
to get these wonderful tales right from lliif
fnlo Illll himself xvell. xvhat moxc could any
real American lad xx-ant?
The Hashing nf IttirTalo Hill's namo and
striking plcturo on n billboard nuRtireil ill
for nil tho school teachers In toxvn. ISrnnd
mothers' funerals couldn't hold n cutiill-j to
the reasons they gnxe for being absent two
and three days xvhllo the "Wild West" 'show
xvns bete. They seemed content, too. Just to
hoxer nhout tho ahnxv grounds xxhen they
couldn't pull xvires to get In.
Many of you older scheming youngsters
xxon't admit, perhnps, how you put one nvcr
nn the teacher to got up to the big slum- on
a balmy nflernojn. Maybo some nf you
still remember, xxhen school attendance xxas
alarmingly short during ono of lluftalo Hill's
Islts, how a messago camo to tho teacher
apparently from tho Wild West grounds
that all hoxs found around thero xvould
bo tortured by the Indians.
This hnd some effect on the smaller kids,
but tho "big fellers" took It xvlth a grain of
salt.
Many dadlca xxlll be kept busy today
telling romo of tho adventures of tho old
scoul, whom tho xxliolo country mourns.
WOMAN SHOOTS WOMAN
Bitter Words Followed by n l'rolmbly
Fatal Revolver Shot
I'N'IONTOW.W Pa., Jan 1 1. Ilenowlng
an old iunrrel today xvhen they mot In the
public road nt Hnydcntnxvn, eight miles
from here. Mrs. Kosa Moats, txx-cnt-sl-years
old, snot nnd probably fatally xvound
ed Mrs. Knnna Anderson, txx-cnty-scx en.
Hitter remarks xxero exchanged by the
xx-omen xvheti they met. and Mrs. Anderson
had Just shouted "go homo and tend In
your oxvn business" when Mrs Moats drexv
a rcx'olver from under her apron nnd fired
Tho bullet entered the forehead nf Mrs.
Anderson. Mrs. Moats, apparently undis
turbed by tho affiilr, xx-as arrested.
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the Steinway is as nearly perfect as they expect to
see a piano, and only a Steinway will meet their
practical requirements as pianists, or satisfy their
esthetic taste as musicians. Other pianos are
at best but imitations of the Steinway, The Steinway
has been brought to its present advanced state by
four generations of Sieinways, of whom eighf direct
descendants of the founder of the Steinway house
today produce this piano.
The Steinway Duo-Art Pianola Piano Is the musical
revelation of lie year. Play by hand ; play the roll j or it
plays Itself, recreating the artistry of the great pianists.
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Only Philadelphia Representatives of Steinway & Sons
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Solid H-kt. gold )pcn
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niAMON'H MnnCHANTS Ji:WHI.nRS SH.VHItSMITHS
KNOW LABOR, PLEA
Urges University to Teach
Students How to Deal
Amicably
N13W TYPE OF EXECUTIVES
Men Will Bo Selected. Not ns
Fuinnciet's or Organizers, but
ns Pacificators
, ,Ian. l I "Teorh
tn deal amicably
tuir
xvlth
TTltAOV N. Y,
young men how
labof."
Thin, In substunea. xx-ns the advice ulxim
In many educators here today by .tohn t
tlorkefeller. Jr. in n siieerti I'nhimeniornt InR
rounders' Hay nt Cornell fiilx-erslty.
Mr. tloekffeller ilcelnred flatly that the
labnr-rapltal problem xxas the InrRest one
now ennfmntlnir tlio country. The time Is
comltiR, he x-nrncIxxhen the IiIr men of
tho country nre going to he selected Inrjrely
for their ability to set iilotin with the xvorlc
lhp clnsse.
"ftereloforr," he snhl. "the chief ereu
tlxes of Important industrial corporations
liax-e been selectcit lamely flecnuse of tlieir
capacity ok orp.mlr.er or fltmnrlrri". The
time Ih rapidly conilnn xx-hen the importnut
iiunllflciitlnii for niich posit Ioiim xx-lll be a
liuin's ability to deal Kiiccexnflily nnd amic
ably xvlth labor.
"Vet Imxv to do thin a mibject. I fancy,
xvhlcli In nex-cr taujrhl or referred to In
the la!eromn. i.lko knnxx leditc of the p'nh
Inns of nex, than which im depnrlincnt nf
life l moro r-acred. x-ltnl or deerx Inn nf full
nnd cnnohllnfT liKtrnctloii. an underBtnnd
InB of thin BUbJert Ii lert tn be noiulred
llirouRh experience, often bluer nnd costly,
or thrnimh chnnoo Informal Ion cleaned too
ftenuchtly from iKuornnt and unreliable
source.
I.AHOU Mom: THAN roMMOIMTV
"Too ofleti PiipUol recnrdR lobor merely
n n coniniodltx lo tie hmiRht and Hold, xx-hllo
labor not Infrequently recirdH capital ni
money pi-rsonlfled In the Hniillcm coi-poi-n-lion
ltut labor nnd capital nre men
men xx-ith musclonnd men xxitli money, lloth
ftie human beings nnd Ihn industrial prob
lem Is a sreat human problem.
'The popular Impression that from the
very hatliro of (ho cane labor and capital
nre two ureal contending forces arrayed
nirnlnst each other, each Htrlx-lne to pain
the upper hand through force, each feelhiR
that II must arm Itself In order tn neeure
from tho other Its rlphts afid lis Just dues,
Is exen more unfortunate than It Is untrue
"I cannot bellexe Hint labor and capital
nre necessarily enemies 1 cannot bellex-e
tint the success nf one mut depend upon
the failure or hick of success of the other
Par from beliiR enemies, these Ixxo forces
must necessarily be partners."
HeferrliiR to his cxper'encei xx-hen he xls
Iled Ihe strike regions In t.udloxx-, t'ol ,
eighteen months ago, Rockefeller srtld:
"Thoso men and many of tho people of
t'nlnrndo had formed their opinion of any
ono bearing the name of Hockefeller from
xi hit I they had rend and heard, ltecause
of certain Industrial disturbances which
dad developed in thn Mate, bitterness nnd
hatred bail existed to n high dfRree
HXI'I.AINH COI.OHADO Ttllt'
"As 1 xxent from camp to camp 1 talked
xvitli tho representatives of the men Indl
Mdually nnd privately. 1 xxeut Into their
homes ; I talked xvlth their xvlves and
children. This personal contact xvlth tho
employes nf tho company led to the estab
lishment of mutual confidence and trust
nnd to the acceptance em their part that
they and xxo xvcro parlners The men rcii
ernllv came to i.ec that the man about
whom they had heard xvas xcry different
from the man xvhom they had met in their
homes nnd nt their xvork Whllo they dis
trusted tho former, they believed In Ihe
hitter.
"Itefore 1 left foloriido a plan of In
dustrial representation provldlliK tor clne
personal conlnit lietxxeen the duly elected
reprcselitntlxcs of Ihe men and the nlllccrs
of tho company xvas xx'orkcd out and adopt
ed by a lai-Ro majority xole. I iln not
venture to make any prediction ns to the
ultimate success of the plan, but it has
been adopted by txxii nlllllated bodies of
labor and tho company Is noxv xxnikliiR
to the limit of lis -capacity, whllo other
companies are hnvlliR dllllcully In KeciniiiR
an ndeaunte suppl of labor "
Courl Warns Ai;nins( Slot Machines
sTiiounsuriin. 1'a.. .Ian. II. At a
special eessinn of I'lke fatuity I'outt .Iui1r.
Mlnplcs cautioned holelkcepers ni:alrist
keeplns slot machines or nllnwIiiR any
R.imes of chance lo lie carried on In their
lintels under peril of forfeiting their licenses.
SMALt-FACE GREENBACKS
TO AID RESERVE BANKS
Proposed Issue, Mny Force Demand lor
High Denominations of Federal ,
Board Notes
The proposed Issue ot $1 and Z green,
hacks ns announced by tho Trensury De
partment, xvlll probably strengthen tho
banks in the Federal lleserxe
Itlihnnl I. Austin, agent of the Fcderat
Ttencrxe Hoard In this city, In discuss. nf?
the possibilities or the greenback Issue, said
this inornlnR that the retirement of higher
denomination1! of Oox-ertuncnt notes to meet
the new Issue xvould force a stronger de
maud for l-'edernl lleserxe notes ot higher
denom'natlons.
Mr Austin explained that tho more Fed
eral lleserxe notes Issued the more would
be th gold placed In the Kcserve banks for1'
a reserxe. This, he snld, xxotild result In
more strength.
t'harles S, falxxell. president of the Corn
i:ohnngo National Hank, said that the de
mand for smaller hills was not ns tense ns
had been tho case before Christmas, ond
that the supply at present xx-as greater than
the demand other bankers agreed In the
opinion that so far as this city Is con
cerned, f 1 and $: bills are plentiful and not
so sent en as to make impcrntlxe the lssuo
of greenbacks
Dependable XulorServicb
Since nixSlifcon Sixty Six
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1 115 Chestnut Street
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Fur
Sale
We feel a personal pride in the opportunity that our once-a-year reductions
bring to the thousands of women who annually wait for the Mawson & DeMany Jan
uary Fur Reductions.
Real fur weather lias not started, it never does until the middle of January.
So those who waited are indeed fortunate.
Now, we repeat, will you wait till the assortment is depleted, or are you
thrifty enough to take advantage tomorrow?
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Hop Now
32.50 Raccoon 24.75
35.00 Black Fox 26.25
50.00 Slmnk 37.50
58.00 Dyed Blue Fox 43.50
60.00 Beaver 45.00
75.00 Red Fox 56.25
75.00 Sable Brown Fox 56.25
89.50 Moleskin G7.12
98.50 Slate Fox 73.87
120.00 Natural Fisher 90.00
I 35.00 Cross Fox 101.50
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! EDISON Diamond-Disc PHONOGRAPH
is
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Txventieth Century. It is a classic
in its completeness to the very
last record on the very last page.
May vre supplement the record service of our
four stores as an ever-ready index to this
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Farrar on the
Victrola
it tupreme
Victrolas $15 to $400. Easiest Terms
All our Viclrola are equipped with I'ungs-tone Stylus. Plays
50 to 200 records without chanye.
Talking Machine Co.
Broad Abv. Walnut
Three Branches Open Evenings
Broad and Columbia Ave.
52d & Chestnut Sts. 4124 Lancaster Ave.
Newest Stylos
24.00
Skunk Sets
Ncxx'est Styles
28.50
French Seal Coat
40-inch 'Model
Contractins Fluffy Collar
37.50.
Black Fox Sets Russian Pony Coats
Newest Styles
24.00 -
leaver or Raccoon Collar;
40-inch Model. Moire SWn
28.00
Hudson Seal Coat
40-inch Smart Model
Skunk Collar nnd Osrder
74.00
Scarfs
Regularly Noxv
Black Fox 1 6.00 12.00
Raccoon 1 6.00 12.00
Skunk 18.00 13.50
White Fox 35.00 26.25
Ermine 39.50 26.25
Black Lynx 39.50 29.62
Muffs-
I'egulaily
Dlack Fox 16.00
Raccoon 1 6.00
Hudson Seal 18.00
Skunk 25.00
Black Lynx , ,, 50.00
Ermine :... 89.50
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12.00
12.00
13.50
18.75
37.50
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Fur .Coats
rteKUjdrly Now
54.50 French Seal Coats 40,87
Skunk Opossum Collar. 40 inch
Smart Model
89.50 French Seal Coats 67,12
Contrasting Collar of Black Lynic. 42 jnsh
Full Model
98.50 Hudson Seal Coats 73.87
40 inch. Full Model. Smart Model
Brocade Lining
I 35.00 Hudson Seal Coats 101.25
40- ond 45-inch Models. Select Quality
Full Cut
Purchasing Agents' Orders Honored
Oldest and Largest
Fur Coats
Itfgularly Noxv
165.00 Hudson Seal Coats 123.75
Very Fuji, Jaunty Model. 6-inch Border and
Collar of Skunk
245.00 Hudson Seal Coats 183.75
43-inch Model. Collar and 6-inch Border
of Silky Skunk
325 Scotch Moleskin Coats 243.75
6-inch Border and Collar of Skunk, Fox or
Flying Squirrel
700.00 Natural Mink Coats 525.00
43-inch Flare Modal Tails and Sable
Paws at Bottom
Charge Accounts Opened
Fur House in Philadelphia
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