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EVENING. 'LEDGER-rHIL'AbELPBtlA; TfiUBSlkY, FEBRUARY 22,' : iUMLfl
CLEANING MATERIALS
ALSO COST MORE NOW
But Prices to Public Have Gone
Down, Speaker Tells Convention
of Cleaners and Dyers
'7 mam
LOLA CHALFONTE
Young Philadelphia singer, who is
tppearing as soloist at the Strand
flieatre today, tomorrow and Saturday.
By the Photoplay Kditor
, rnENT "JlfltlriB Millions." Kox,
Tonm Wlh and Ann
with
joirsh Aninony
nrr
llonch. Dlrocleit by Oils
r Gforts
R Turnr
ft Filrbanks had hcllrr Keep nil rye nn
pout George waisn, or mo inner win run
!( with his reputation. "Mcltlnp; Millions"
Ik tk bst comedy of action bIih'p "Ilia
Kftture in the I'apcm." In fact, we're not
R' . I... .I.. l'o l.nllni. C'lnrtllii nff r . n
mWUt DUl UlrtV IV" I'vii"' n.,i.i., ,. (iv ..
of cneenuny man inciuem, u gams
wtti with every rccno : never for a 1110
r wat loses the snap-map of continuity nml
I IriTCf ana nuns wnim uiu bihfj luKiu.iiiy
tndi Just a few of the factors In the
j'ftet are a football game, a train hold-up,
1 1 boxlnff match that ends In a wild free-for-'mn
abduction and n staircase flfiht ho
im hero and villain. The foiiner Is a
Uoonj blade, callcd,"Hella-I,opplnc" whose
flfflPetuous cscapaucs worry ma iriimiN, o
ttey make It nppear that lie has lost his
: tmney. The situation is amusinc nml the
HibDlottlnK roou, too. lit course, tno Walsh
, method Is different from that of Fairbanks,
-tow'' of wall-scallnn and fisticuffs. Dour
r'b putting a llttlo bit more character Into
'lla Ulna nil Ha llrrtn llnnrnA lit .,! .ml..
' (or Jpeert and humor. Cunsciucntl)', this
' feature flattens out Into leuular Keystone
farce. But It's quite fiee of dullness. And
Hli very nicely set and photogiaphed.
Variety of bill marks tho programs of the
ItKubjr this week. Today the management
fi j&owing William Kox s production of
..The Scarlet Letter," adapted from llaw-
tMrne ana iaorauiy icviewcu in these col
W1ES0N AT CELEBRATION
IN WASHINGTON'S HONOR
WASHINGTON, Feb, 22. President
ItiniMn's obsenance of Washington's Dlrth-
j toy consisted mainly of participation In the
inerdies conducted by tho Daughters of
(tin American rteolutlon and the Sons of
Htkt American devolution. There he pre
Ifsented a gold medal to Harold K Stose, a
iklfti school boy, winner of an essay con-Ileit,
Another feature of the exercltes was the
jrtsr.tatlon to the Daughters of the Amer-
tlem Revolution of two flags by Jits. Wll
lltira Cummlng Story, president ceneial of
ftln Daughters of the American Revolution.
1.0ne was a replica of the first Aineilc.ui
I 4r, adopted by the Continental Congress,
j "one U, 1777, and the other a reproduction
itf the royal (Hourbon) banner of France,
I brought to this country by l.afaotte and
Rochambeau and under which the soldleis
lei the Reolutlon fought. A speech was
I also made by Senator l'omcrcne, of Ohio.
Increased Prices Asked
for Cleaning Material
Gasoline, 10D per cent.
Dry clcaninu soap, 27 per cent.
Ammonia. CO per cent.
Acetic acid, 85.5 per cent.
au phuric acid, 25 per cent.
buit, boxes, 22.7 per cent.
f Potting fluids, 50 per cent.
Labor, 25 per cent.
Twine, 15 per cent.
I'rom figures by H. L. Solomon,
Columbus, 0 of the National Clean
crs and Dyers' Association.
the economy
wet and dry cleaning
Education Is the Keynote of the third
annual conentlon of the Pennsylvania
l leaner and Ders Association In session
today nt the Hotel ningliam education of
the public, the cleaners and dyers them
selves, the housewives and the health de
partments of the cities of the nation to the
m-eu oi cleaning clothes and
oi cleaning tlicm by
processes
T he education of the cleaners nnd dvers
should take place to teach them to And
out their nun operating expenses, according
to It ij Solomon, of Columbus, O., who said
In mi Interview that cleaning Is the only
thing which has gone down In price In the
last few ears, and et everj thing used In
the piocess has gone tip. He gavo figures to
show the advance, nnd then emphasised the
fnct that hardly any cleaners know Just
what It costs them to run their business.
The education of the public Is to consist
In newspaper advertlrlng, according to
to speakers and delegates, who say that
men hae Increased their business from
thirty to fifty per cent by co-operntlvc ad
ertlslng In newspapers.
Philadelphia has one cleaning nnd dyeing
establishment, according to Mr. Solomon,
PARKWAY SALOONS PAY
TO POSTPONE REMOVAL
Bonuses Given Wrecking Com
pany to Put Buildings Last
on Condemned List
Liberal payments for delaying a start on
tho destruction of five buildings housing
saloons aro being made to the J. J. Giu!t
House Wrecking Company by hotel man
agers ulong tho Parkway. Tho licjuor deal
ers by this method are postponing to the
last possible moment the necessity of va
cating their establishments. Tha payments
will go far toward reimbursing tho com
pany for the $3S00 that It pays to the city
for tho privilege of tearing nway the
doomed buildings.
The Gault Company paid the money Into
the city treasury with the understanding
that it would get back tho principal with
Intel est out of materials taken from build
ings to be toin away .between Broad and
Fifteenth streets and Fllbeit and Arch
st cets. Nothing was said about rentals to
U charged on the buildings left standing
M ll tho last and the rentals now being col
lected by the wrecking company are held
to bo entirely legal by the law officers of the
city
The wrecking company will be within Its
contract If all the buildings are demolished
and the land In the limits outlined, leveled
before May. In tho meantime, by leaving
the hotels until the last, work Is progressing
on many of the other buildings less aluable
to the company holding the clearing away
contract.
Daniel .1. Kopp, of Ivopp's Hotel, declined
to say what he Is paying to the wrecking
company to let his building remain, but
the sum Is said to be $1000. Other con
cerns on property taken by the city paying
lent to tho Outilt Company Include the
Jamison Hotel, the Kernan Hotel and the
O'llrien and Pentony saloons.
PHOTOPLAYS
PHOTOPLAYS
SooBm (mpomji
fnE follonlne theatre obtain their nlclurn. tliroush the STANLEY Booklni
Company. Mlilili Is n cuuranlre of early Khnnlnc of the flneit production.
All pleturoi reviewed before exhibition. Auk for the theatre In your locality
ktalalnc pictures throucb the STANLEY IIOOKINQ COMPANY.
1AMBRA
ouglas Fairbanks '
12th, Morris H PasunW A v.
Mat. Dally .:. KK. (1.45-U
Paramount Picture.
thi:
AMKItlCANO"
IPOLLO
D AND THOMPSON
MATIN!.!. DAILY
LENORA ULRICH in
"tlin HOAD TO LOVE"
CIlESTNl'T
P.ELOW ll.TJt
THEDA BARA in
"THE TffiEIl WOMAN"
RCADIA
5'JD AND MAUKI.T
IONT
NORMA TALMADGE in
FwcrtcTAnv"
LUFRIRn UrtOAD AND '
UUbDIKLS RIIROITKIIAS-XA AVE.
MABEL TALIAFERRO in
"A wife ny pnoxY"
)AD OOTH AND CEDAU AVE.
'" VjrtAMnilYT T11KATHE
MABEL TALIAFERRO in
"A WIFE MY PROXY"
OTII AND
GIKAIID AVENUE
rAIRMOUNT
Alke Joyce, and Harry Morey in
fc 'THE CODRAQE OP SILENCE"
CT THEATHE MAT. DAILY
'. Bel Snrm.i .
RY PTPirirot-v . ... . .-- .-... ..
Ll"htton' lllrthday l'rogram will b con-
-- - , i, io ii t-t ftI( uoorH open at 1 liiu.
KFORD 4T" FHANK"XS.K.L.r
MARY PICKICORD in
"THE PIUDE l)P THE CLAN"
Ilniu.l St.
1 At Erie Ae.
VErtNON CASTLE In "PATIHA." No. 4
SERIAL TU and-WALNUTljTS.
F.i VlIS CUUUKIN in
-J3ULniMlTIV13 CALL"
iRSON
aOTII AND DAUl'HIN
'DOUGLAS FAIRRANKf!
m "TIIK AMPIMPiVA'i
in
)ER
FonTv-rmsT and
, - 1'AWADTKi; AVtt,Ut-
l "KGUERITE CLARK
SNOW WHITE"
in
UHOAD AND'
RA KIMBALL YOUNG in
LOCUST
SD AND LOCUST
OLGA PETROVA in
"BniDOES 11UHNED"
MARKET ST. Theatr'Ir
CHAM. CHAPLIN In "EASY STBEET." Eery
Weil., "Tlie Purple Mask" (Fori & Cimardi.
Bery FtI., "The Qreat Secret" (Uuhman-Uane)
nvrrunDririV nJi havkei'ord
KJ V LKDKUUN llove-Jon'ti Unit Orel).
MARIE DRESSLER in
"TILLIE WAKES UP"
l'JH MAltKET STREET
lUc SOe.
PALACE
GEORGE BEBAN in .
PARK
"HIS SWEETHEART"
IUDC1E AVE. & DAUPHIN ST.
Mat. 2.1.' Evg. 0:45-11.
VIVIAN MARTIN in
"THE RIGHT DIRECTION"
PRINCESS
1018 MARKET
STREET
Marcufrlte Clayton In "Shifting Shadows"
CHARLES CHAPLIN In "EASY STREET"
Every Tuer., "Great Secret'," Bushman & Hane
DCPITMT I"" MARKET STREET
KEiVjIMl 1 HUMAN VOICE ORQAX
GEORGE WALSH in
"MELTINQ MILLIONS"
Rl A I T I GEHMANTOWN AVE.
I A Li 1 KJ AT TULPEHOCKEN ST.
THEDA BARA in
THE DARLINO OF PARIS"
RlinV MARKET STREET
U A I 11ELOW 7TH STREET
Stuart Holmes "Tl,E 8Calet?er"
"PATRIA," KO. 4
1211 MARKET
STREET
SAVOY
All-Star Cast in "The Missing"
H1AHLES
CHAPLIN In "EASY STREET"
CT A MI C"V MARKET ABOVE 10TH
1 A1NLX.I mis a. m. to il:is p.
Mae Murray oti RECORD"
CTD A Mn GERMANTOWN AVENUE
J) 1 KAINU AT VENANOO STREET
Wilfred Lucas JIM BLUDSO"
TIOGA
Audrey Munson
17TII AND VENANGO STS.
"purTty"
MARKET ST.
ABOVE NINTH
Norma Talmadge panTHEA"
VICTORIA
OFFICERS AND DELEGATES TO STATE DYERS' CONVENTION
of tho
besstons are being hold today at the Hotel Bingham. The photograph
Building.
steps
Curtis
wiio says that the Information lie got from
tho papers the opening day of tho conven
tion showed him Just one newspaper adver
tisement of a cleaning establishment
"When on are having a convention here,
you cleaning men," ho said, "you ought to
let the public know ! Why, wc worked
months In advanco In Columbus before our
convention, and If you please, wo had not
one ad, but eight pages of nds lit Just one
paper nlone. Wo have four papers In Co
lumbus and ue throe for advertising Wo
cleaners uso our own nd space and besides
that use the co-operative plan every few
months a whole p!go or a half page, with
the national emblem In the center and our
ads around It. Docs It pay? Well, we aro
getting J3 per capita per ear. You In
Philadelphia get about twenty-live cents per
capita, per ear Wo nie educating our
cleaners to the use of the dally newspapers
for advertising purpose, it is the logical
nnd only elllclent method of reaching the
hoiiEcwife."
This artcrnooii will be given over to tho
que-'tloii of llics nnd (lie prevention nnd
the construction of plants for clcnncrs which
nrc fireproof.
Holland to Buy Interned U-Boats
WASHINGTON, ret). 22 Ofllclal dis
patches lccclved hcic saM tho Netherlands
Government was preparing to buy for Its
navy two submarines, one German and one
British, which wcio seized and Interned
when they entered Dutch territorial waters
borne tlmo ago. Holland lias been unable
to get materials for submaiino construction.
WHITE RACE BORN AGAIN
AFTER WORLD DISASTER
Engineer's Dream Fulfilled in
"The Afterglow," the Sequel to
"Beyond the Great Oblivion"
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On November 18 of last year tho IJvknino
I.r.miRit began the publication of olio of
the most remarkable stories of adventuro
which have appeared In recent years
George Allan Kngland's "The Vacant
World." It vvns of nn entirely new type of
contemporary fiction so bold In Its concep
tion, so unique In Its plot thnt only one of
tho greatest nuthors could have attempted
It nnd cnrrled It through.
In "llcyond the Great Oblivion," which
began on December a, Mr. England con
tinued tho ndventures of tho two strong
characters through the exciting story. So
great was tho Interest aroused that n requol,
"Tho Afterglow," will begin In this Sat
urday's HvE.viNO I.EDOEii. The nfterglovv
In the (ives of the hero nnd heroine comes
through palm nnd strivings nnd bloodshed,
but the compensation Is hopefully sweet.
In order to get n full grip on 'The After
glow" one should have read the two pre
ceding serials, of which trilogy this Is the
triumphant conclusion. So closely are tho
three tnles related thnt Sir. Knglnnd has
combined them Into one great book called
"Darkness and Dawn." Hero Is n brief ex
planation of what has gone bcfoic:
Allan Stern, a consulting engineer, nnd
Heatrlcc Kendrlck. his stenogrnpher, wake
from a long sleep In his olllcc In the tower
of the Metropolitan I.lfo Insuranco Uulld
Ing. New York city. They look about them
nnd sec the ofilcc interior fallen to decay,
while below they behold a vast forest of
great trees whcic New York city once stood.
It Is evident that their sleep has lasted
through centuries and that during this un
conscious lapse the city hay been destroyed
by some great catastrophe. They seem to
he the only survivors of the Inhabitants of
the western continent. They clotho them
selves primitively and subsist on food which
has withstood tho ravages of centuries In
glass Jars.
After a time a troop of malformed sav
ages nppears. They storm the tower, and a
i tm ,mMiAjiimmmv,
desperate. UUl !' Mctti IM W'UM ;V
escape, finning a refuge In a, ruln man
sion on the Hudson. After ft tlmitlfcjf wH
sail for Doston In a boat which Stern MM
built. He .hopes to find the telescope of
the Harvard University observatory fcy '
which to verify his discovery of the earth'
changed relations with Us astral neighbor. '
They reach what was once the city t,
Providence, where they find rusty firearm,
still serviceable, and an aeroplane, which
Stern repairs.
In nn expedition of exploration In th
machine they are drawn Into a terrlbU .
abyss, where the sun never shines, and ara. J ,
captured by strange people and condemned
'to death. In a great battle Stern uses hi
firearms and repels his captors' enemies, .
thus gaining their friendship. After many '
further adventures Stern ana Beatrice k
escapo from the abyss In the aeroplane and t
regain the land of the sun. ' '
'The Afterglow" sees their struggles on , V
earth once more and the desperate fight to t
rclnhablt the earth with a race of virile, n
vigorous, Intelligent white men. "Th '.
Afterglow" begins In this Saturday' Ev
nino I.EDOEn. Do not forget that because
tho KvKNtso I.nDaF.n Is no longer return
able your newsboy or dealer does not carry
extra copies. Place your order today so
that you may begin the story with the first
Instalment Saturday, and keep with Beatrice
and Stern throughout their fight for hu
manity and the world.
DAIRY PRODUCTS
The quotation on bvtter and tt tires
below nr yentenl&y'm rlontnr pricm!
nUTTKn There wan no Important chanra to
nolo In this market. KecHpta ot fancy cream
ery continued light And demand wai equal to
th ofTerlnirs. Medium irradea were quiet at In
vide llguret. Ladlea and pncklns stock were In
email tuipply and Heady The limited arrival!
of fancv prints were kept well cleaned up at top
prices, but supplier! were mostly ot morn or lea
defectle Roods, which had to be moved out on
buyers' terms. Quotations'
Western, fresh, solid-packed creamery, fancy
specials, 4.c; extra, 434fic; extra first a
4 J itf 4 3c; firsts. 3N4f3Dc; epronds, 37l&30c; ladlea
SD&aicj packing stock, 'JTnc; nearby prints,
fancy. 43c; uverase extra, 44 40c s firsts, 390
4ci seconds, xigfftno: special fancy brands ot
prints Jobbing at Kl&Mc
KUGH The market was In cood shape and
firm with supplies of fine fresh stock well
cleaned up. Quotations!
Nearby, extras. 30c per do. i nearby firsts,
$13.05 per case; do. current receipts. $13.80 per
rase; western extras, 40r per doz.; do, extra
firsts, 113. US per caso: do, firsts, $13.80 per
insft fancy selected candled fresh circs were
jobblntr At 61(7540 per dozen
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