fe in JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE Three-Day Fete Opens Today at Mcrion Countess dc Bryas to Speak. at Red Cross Cornelia Skinner Wins Prize f A GOOD bit or tho World and his wife will go out to Merlon today to tho grounds of the Convent ot Jlcrcy, whero a Feto Champctre oh sin enormous scale la to lio held for three itays. Tho whole Idea is to ralto funds to hasten tho completion of tho huso building known as the Mixcrlcor dla Hospital, which has been goliiR up nt Fifty-fourth street and Codar av.enlie In "West Philadelphia. The hospital nnd sur rounding grounds take up a block, nnd it is fitted up with every modern hospital Im provement. With its final completion next month, It, together with full equipment and a retinue of nurses, will bo given over to tRe Oov crnmeiit. So you see the women who wo Interested in the hospital have lrtt nothing nndouo to make these throe days a success. Jlrs. M. B. McMlchan Is chairman of the executive committee, and lias working with her Mrs. James Mundy. Mrs. .1. M. Quen nell, Mrs. John Shcchan, Jlrs. Anthony Hirst, .Mrs. A. N. llurkc, Mrs. FrunK Tralnor nnd Mrs. lVinl A. Vnnneman. A country stores will m one of tho features of tho feto. and there will be a practical linen and utility booth, dolls, bal. joons, fish ponds, grab bags and goodness only knows what else. A dog bhuvv will be a big feature of to morrow's feto and there are ttj be drills today by marines nnd mi Mora. I can't begin to tell you all the things that have been planned; but this I know, it Will bo a fiackerjack performance. And It's all for the cause, the great cause, that We may have a hospital ready fir "our boys" when tho Government wants us to take them over. ' TIIF.IU seem to be unite a few new ar rivals these days. Thorp's Master l'ltz Kugeno Dixon Newbold. Jr.. who "made his bow to the world on Monday, much to the Joy of his proud parents and numerous cousins. One tiling is sine, tho omig gentleman has a mighty sweet mother. She was monitor Pepper, you remember, the vmtnu est daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. George Whar ton Pepper, and was man led last August nt the Pepper's homo In Maine, just after tho breaking up of Fort Niagara. I think it was about August 3 5 or 13. She has been living near Camp Meade most of tho winter and Jean Thompson Thayer has shared the house with her. Captain Thayer and his wife, however, have gone West within the last month, and Kleanor Pepper Dixon has been staying with her parents for several weeks. ISN'T It a pmtt.v idea that Margarotta Myers, who is to be married this after noon to Hurry Wliui ton, Is going to wear tho lovely old laco veil which her great grandmother, Margarctta Sergeant, wore at her wedding almost a hundred years ago? T HH speaker at the Independence Sipiaro Auxiliary of the Amerleitn Red Cross next Jlonday afternoon will be the charm ing Countess do Ilrysis. who Is staying In ibis cits Not week she will leave cm a Dip through the West, where she will tell about her work with the refugees of tho war zone. II will be mi this subject that hhe. will speak to the workers at ",0S Chest nut street on .Monday afternoon. CORNHMA SIClNN'HIt. daughter of Jlr. nnd .Mrs. Otis Skinner, a pupil of Jliss Ilaldwin's School nt Uryn JIawr, was the winner of tho prize offered by the Play nnd riayers Club for the best play written by a member of the Junior Drama League. The prize was awatded yesterday after noon at the Play and Players' clubhouse. 'Eighteenth street near Chestnut, a.nd was followed by a reading nnd discission of tho winning play. Jlrs. Otis Skinner and Jlrs. Llpplncntt were hostesses to the members of tho Junior Drama League, who weie in vited to attend. HAVK von, noticed how anxiously the kiddles listen to the war news? Little Bobby W , who lias a happy, hopeful disposition, slat tied his mother last week when he heaved a sigh and exclaimed: "I do hope this' war will soon be over!" "Of course you do," said mother. "We all do, and wo will all pray for that every day" Tho youngster's fjeo brightened. 'Tray hard, neither; piny hattl," he said. "I want It to be over before I- grow up, for I know If I liavo to go to war I'll shut my eyes every timo 1 shoot,"" Then there is small Howard, the baby of the family, whose mother is chairman of a large Ited Cross organization and aji active Liberty Loan and thrift stamp' worker. All her children aro Interested In tho war work being done by mother, nnd all want to help their country. Howard earns twenty-flvo cents for a thrift stamp each week by . performing certain duties promptly, but when he heard so much pleading for funds for tho War Chest lie wanted t do something for the soldier boys. In 'response to his persistency jinother said: "But, dear, you are only a little boy. You haj-en't an Income. The ,Wnr Chest is to bo tilled by the people who earn money and glvo part of it each . month." "That's all right, mother,-" he shouted gleefully, "I earn twenty-five cents each week for thrift stamps. I can buy three stamps each month and then tho next quarter can go Into tho War Chest," 'TSN'T It funny how she dnslsts she's not "A In love of' engaged or anything? "JJo, .Indeed; why, you're simple; of course I'm 'jiot," And then you spend the ,n(ght with' Jier and she sits up. till 2 o'clock" writing 'a letter;, and slips out of the house and runs like mad to 'the corner and' malls tthe letter so' that lip fine shall know she's writing every day. Onlyj of course, she 'tells you It's an important letter and must eet'to the Emergency iAld the' first thing :next moraine, for it'sabout some one who wants to. join' the aid aides, and' Mrs. Mao, Lebd must know Jt. , . i , '' ijuu. 'That wenr awfully' well at flrat, Tout, r-;?' tmii' '.-ah'd'ttio "anialllblrd Bperit'a'iecohd- l'-V't. '..V&-1- ..'J.A.J'J,'.Vlaa'4'u.tr' a'UA. lnlV'l' aSoB mall It, but "nothing doing." It was so Important she had to be able to say that she mnlled It herself. Well, it's a great life so you don't weaken. NANCY VYNNE. Social Activities Mr.'. Arthur Itood, of 243 West nitleiiliouse street, (Irrinrtntovvn, will entertain at hrhlce tomorrow afternoon In honor ot Miss Sophy ttlspham. whose ninrilago to Mr. Charles llnhert Weiss, of Mnpletvonil avenue, Cier tnrtntinvn, will take plaen on Juno 8. On Monday evening Miss tlloplmm nnd Mr. Weiss will be the guests of honor at a dinner to be given by Mr. nnd Mrs. Joseph II. Itoherts, of MIS Lincoln I'rlve. (Icrmanlnwn. Tho guests will Include Mrs. J. Kops Pilling, Lieutenant nnd Mrs. IMvvrml V. ('tall;, .til, Mr. ami Jlrs. David I'.nsllsh Dallam, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Sparta Fritz, Mr. and Mrs. Howell rratC, Mr. and Jlrs. Arthur llarrlng .ton. Jlr. and Mrs. Arthur llooil, Mr. and Mrs. CJ. ttainoar, Jllss IMIth ltcilly, Mrs. I'red erlck W. l'ennoyer, Jlr. James Monroe and Jlr. flartlclit Seott. Miss Ulsphani, who is staying with Jlrs. C'hnilcs It, Weiss this week, will be the guest next week of her cousins, Mr. and Jlrs. Frank Mcl're.t Wlig man, in town. Miss Josephine Dodge and lier grand mother, Jlrs. Kern, of flermantown, left on Tuesday for Jamestown, It. I., where they will open their summer home. Jtlss Dodge will return to (iennautnwn In about two weeks nnd will go hack to Jamestown later with her mother, Jlrs. James Jlapes Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. hovering Wh.irton, of old York road, hae opened their summer home In Jamestown for the season. Among thoe who will entertain at dinner at the Philadelphia Cricket Club this ro lling before the Jlemorlal Day dance ale Mr. and Jlrs. V. II. llattson, Jlr. W. II. Huilbiiit. Jlr. William yteuss and Mr. and Mrs. !:. J. Sehoettle. Miss ICIinor Hoehman will ontci lain tin' graduating class of Miss Irwin's School at a plenle luncheon on Saturday at her home In Jcnki.iUimtt. .IIs Jean Du Itfiusn- is inci dent of the class, Mr J f 'handler liiriianl. vvho-e nuirrltig" to Jliss Kmllle Kleanor Owens will take place on .lime 1. left yestetday for Delh fonte. Pa., to act as best man at tho wedding of his rouvln, Mr. lloheit Walker. United Slates navy, whose wedding to Miss (letievlevo Itlhle took plate today at noon In the epis copal Church of Uellel'onte. The wedding was to haw taken place In June, hut was hastened on . account of war ordeis. .Mr. Walker Is stationed at the navy ard. Jlrs. Vfjcknff Smith, of Uryn M.ivvr. will Sex. ' . l V-Si- I'holn bv !o1,1ciihU MISS EDNA K1NCSI.KY JOHNSON The eiiRiijicment of Mi Jolin-nn to Mr, Norve.ll N. Citllnni, of liirmiiipliaiu, Al.t., i" uniinunictl loilas liy Mis- Jol.n i.nnV father, Mr. Falwaril T. Jolin-on, of 1,11 K.iM Mount Airv aenue, ('.hot nut Hill ' entertain Mrs. Kenneth Howie during the Deon war-relief hoise show nest week. Jlr. and Jlrs. C. c. Knellsh, 23S Winona avenue, Cerinanlown. aie receUIng con gratulations on the hirlh of a daughter. Mrs. line Diflsltner. of the Maidstone, will spend, the week-end at Atlantic City. Jlr and Mrs. Samuel Alliums, of fil.t North eighteenth street, will leave on .limn 20 to spend tho summer al the New Hlackstona Hotel,. Athintlo City The marriage of Miss Viola C Mallard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H, Jlal lutil, of Dallas, Tex., to Mr. John P. Itea, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs, John P. flea, of 211(1 North Ther street', will take place, on Mon day morning, June 3, in St. L'llzabeth's Catholic Church, Twenty-third and flerks streets. Miss Nellie. Itea. the biidegroom-s sister. Will attend the bride, and his brother, Mr. Joseph Ilea, will be the Lest man. An entertainment was glwn as a surprise to .Miss Hebecea Itornstine at her home, 630 Spruce street, in celebration of iter birthday on Sunday,, Jlay 26. An unusual musical program followed, In which Mr. Sascha Jacobinoff. violinist ; Jlr. Isadora Freed, pianist; Mr, M. Zeitzew, loihilst, nnd Miss llornstlne, who Is a vocalist, participated. Three, classic dances were Interpreted by JIIss Mary Jlasse. Among tho guests were Mr. A, J. t'olen, of Washington, D, C. : Mr. Irving Sclan, of Vlncland, N. J.; Jlr. David Blank. Jlr. Leon Wolfe. Jlr, M. JlarHs; Jlr, Bernard Baltzer, of Baltimore; Mr. I. Henfont, Mr, I. Freed, Mr. M. Zeltzew, Jlr. Sascha Jaco blnorf, Mr. Maurice Sells. Mr. M. Ooloff. Jlr, J, Singer, Miss Pauline Sells, Miss Besslo Levlne, JIIss Marguerite Tieger, Miss Hose llornstlne. Miss Jlollle (Ireonblntt, of Vine land, N, J., and Miss Frances Sclan. Announcement Is made of the marriage of Miss Nan Magarvey, of 2S0I North Eight eenth street, and Lieutenant Henry George Sparks, also of this city,' which took place on Saturday, May 4, In the First' Presby terian Church of Augusta, Ga, The ceremony was performed by the Itev, Joseph Levler. The wedding was followed by a Bmall reeep tlon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. Morton Jones. Lieutenant Sparks Is a member of the 108th Field Artillery, Mrs. 'William B. Riley, of Wayne, an nounces the engagement of her daughter,-Miss Margaret Bile'. to Lieutenant Henry Dwlght iSanilef, 315th Infantry, son of Mr. and Mrs, Thomas L. Saniler. of St.. Davids." Miss Riley will graduate from Vassar College this year, Mrs. Riley has been spending the winter In New1 York and has Just returned to. her home .rJP'Pfc, ' 1 I ' .11 J.-iJ'L. 0Wmm '4 .Jmmi&mM r '? f fMmtw fJ-rfV' " jh V I. JutV JijalfflffWaWtfFftw' 4 iljlfr 3, MT!KflBEl':3BL 4&Wbb9 atf SHBbXIB Jm mU H Holding ihe dogs they will exhibit in llic Minn Virginia Stroud, MAIN LINE WEDDING OF INTEREST TODAY Fourth Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Myers Brido of Ensign "Wharton Among the Important weddings of thn sea son Is that of Miss Jlargaretta Dlwm Jlyers. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ilewvard Mers, of St. Davids, and 1!nign llenrv l'.eillkhl What ton, .lr, son of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Iteddeld Wharton, of IT J.', Spruce street, this city, which tool, olne this afternoon at I o'clock in St. Jlaiilos Chinch, lladnor. The ceiemony was perfnini.il In Ihn I!ev. (Jem ge V. Lamb, D. D., rector ot the church. The bride was srlven In inainage hv her father and wns attended bv her sis ter. iMis. .Ificoh S. Dlsston. Jr.. as mation of honor Miss llmily I't'lce Wel-li. .Mis.-. Mary Ulson Th:ier, Miss Sophie S C ItaKc- anil .Miss Kleanor Hampton Venice weie bthles lualds. Miss Myers woie an csilllsile t;ovvl of white satin and tulle made w-lth a court tialn She i-atileil white orchids and lilies of the valley and " wore the lace eil which was worn by her great-grandmother, Mitrgntelt.i Seigeant. at her mairlage. The matron of honoi antl tour In iiUsmalds were dresseil alike in pink organdie frocks and (lish-colonil georgelle ciepe hats trhnnteil with small flowers They carrieil huge bemquuts of pink sweet peas and blue larkspur. Lieutenant William lleywaicl Meis. Jr. a brothel' of the bride, attended KiisIkii Wharton as best man. and the ushers In cluded F.nsigii William Com: Wilsht. I'll sign Casoar W. I!. Tnwnseiid. I.ieulen.ini cieottre Wharton Pcppei. ,lr. Mr. .lohn c Dell. .lr. Mr .loin Forsythe Meigs. 2il. and .Mr. Morris De C. Freeman. The ceremony was followed by a small leeeptlon at 'the home of .Mr and Mrs. Mjcrs. DOFiillHIlTV IIAHSF.LIir. An Interesting mllllHry weddlnc was that of Miss Miiry llaeselcr dailghler of Mt. Chailes Haeseler, and niece of Miss Louise llaeselcr, of 2oii0 Mount Vernon street, to Lieutenant Horace lie ttlols Doughert,. of the I' S. S Henderson, which look place at S.iturdav evening at the home of the bride's num. The ceremony was pcrfoiuied bv Captain Curtis Hot Dlcklns. chaplain ii'l the Philadelphia Navy Yard The bride was ghen In nianlage by her father. She wine a gown of white satin and georgette crepe, trimmed with diet lace, with a Mil .or tulle caught with orange blossom sprays. While loses arranged In n shower wero carried. Attending the bride weie Miss Flounce Krlps and Miss Louise Haeseler. 2d, the bride's sister Their gowns weie of pale tan gioigette crepe draped oer satin of the same shade, and each carried a shower or pink rosebuds. Miss Adelaide Van Osten. the flower gill, wore a lingerie frock and carr ed a basket of pink sweet peas. Lieutenant Johnson was the bridem-iinni s best man. Lieutenant Dougherty and hH bride left for a short trip The bride will Us.' with her father, at 2fi32 South Twenty second street, until after the war. KlKLY Ll'NDC.P.KN MAXWHLL UWIXilttON Mr and Mrs. A. "lof Lundgron. of 2 Ml v.th Thirtv-thlrd street, announce the in.u- i.i..- or I heir daughter. Miss Clar.' I'.llen , i .. ,.. Mr j..irv .1. Klelv. Jr. '., , L- v 'is I. in .lei'ikliilown. on Saturdav Ma 2f: and also of their .-,.',.... cnnui'iti.-n t.nndciell daughter. Miss Mr. Walter l.iaujn ...; ." , , .. .mrilnv. Itavmond liawen. ni i mw.i. " -j ---- , 'the home of the Uev Kdw ., i Sweetser of the l'nlers.illst cniucn, " - . i ui brides upon, their return from their weddlng iurnevs will I"' al home nfte- .lime If.. M . inI.nMrs. Klely at 3N"'" ?"? "V,' Northeast Ilouievaru. ami ...,...." ", well at 2IP! North Thirty-thlnl street. PUPILS WRITE ESSAYS TO WIN W.S.S. PRIZES Contestants Show Zeal in Papers on "Safety Allied With Patriotism" Manuscripts debating the subject of "Safety tilled with Patriotism" hate been pour ng In from the schools of Philadelphia, giving evidence of the zeal with which Bra grade pupils avail tnemseives u, ..;.. tunlty to win war saving stamps. In one school 107 reckless young souls have plunged mto the bottomless sea of essay-writing to win the W. S. S. prizes tho Safety Bureau of he Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company vvill distribute on the closing day of school for the best essay on the subject. The competition was to have ended the first of June, but through some mistake many of the schools did not even hear bf the com petition, jior of the 1250 In W. S. S. prizes, so the contest has been extended until June 1 "'Children In the public schools have shown a real Interest In the subject of caution regarded from a patriotic viewpoint, accord ing to Miss Laura Roadlfer. head of the safety bureau. She has been able to present to the children In an attractive tig m inej uiea of taking a moderate care of their bones, and has impressed that Idea on their minds by pointing out to them that carelessness and foolhardlness Is virtually a "pro-German Regarding the matter In this light, many ot her pupils are apt to treat the. small boy who steals a ride on the back of an ce wagon with passive. If not vigorously active scorn. " - s BENEFITS IN LANSDOWNE One of the most attractive affairs that can be given In the suburbs at this time of the year is a, lawn fete. And, realizing this, the Woman's Auxiliary pf St, John's Episcopal Church' a planning to give one on Saturday afternoon. It will be held at the home of Mrs. Isaao T, Jonee. Ther will be folk a.ncinir on the lawn. Mrs. William Ward ,wlll play the harp,,Mw. Wharton, wlU play the, violin: pakeandy.,wliri., - MEMBERS QF MISERICORDIA JUNIOR AUXILIARY clog i.imv Intnnrrotv nftrmnon at the Fete Chnmpclrc. From left to right the niilc are Mi? Mix Violel 1. Lett, Mijs Anna Ferry, Mis EdUli Mctlcrfh, Mrs Vincent Carroll nnd Mii LARGE COUNTRY FAIR PLANNED FOR NAVY Rcrri-nlinn Fund cf U. S. N. lo Uonrfil by Affair al Wyiincwootl A I'o'uutiy fair will be given al the Munav homi stead. Lancaster pike, Wyntiewood, on Saturday, June S. for the benefit or the navy tccreatloii committee of tills city The work of this department, of which Mrs. F.dward T. Stotrsbury is national chairman, consists m Mipplylng the men of the navy with music, games, athletic equipment, bookr. magazines, vletrola nconls and all such articles which help lo while away the many lonely hours that fall to the lot of our sailors and ma rines, those "keepers of the paths Ihat lead to France." TIicfc brave men. many of wh-mi have already given their lives for their country, deserve all that we can do for til 'in. and by providing tin' necessar.v articles of amusement and diversion we will do much lo promote their contentment and happiness during this terrible war, Iherebv keeping tin Hull morale: in other words, "the fighting ellleleney of the American navy." The, country fait, which will take place on the gtoimds of Mr anil Mts. Italph I. Murray's estate, will have all the attractions of the old-lime country circus, and inariv in teresting "vide shows" and entei lainmenls are being planned. Tin re will be no chances or soliciting of any kind, but many attrac tive .articles will be for sale Automobiles will meet all trains, and this free trair-'por- tatlon Is In charge of Mrs. .1. Milton Hei lold. A. 1!. C. motor coips of the Nav.v Aux illar.v Dining Ihe d.iv professional aclois and actiesis will euteitaln the guests, .im.i i whom will be Mss Anna Wliratun. of ' Oh Il".v '" and a number of stars fiom Keith's Mrs. MacCiegor and Mrs. ,luls MaMbaiini are managing the theatrical entertainment A picnic supper will be served on the lawn under the dlr.ctlon of Mis William Ibsse. while Miss Anna Demp'e.v will be In charge of the waitresses. Ice cream cones and bal loons will he sold by Miss Mabel Leooald; candy, clgaicttis and lowers b.v Miss Laura MeCowen. Jliss Marion I'.iemke anil Miss Isabel Montgomery, respeetivelj. A leal luirdy-guidy will furnish music .tii.ingi'd by .Miss Gladys MeCowen. and Mls Mildred Caiter will dispense lemonade at the entrance to the "jitney dancing pavilion." which Is in chaige of Miss Marie Canlgan. The peanut stand will be presided over by Miss Htigenla Kyan, and 'hot doggies" will be sold by .Mr. Nelson Hesse and bova fiom Chestnut Hill Academy. The St Francis junior aid navy recreation eonuuiltie will have an altractive booth, at which autographed books, photographs, etc. will he sold. .M-in v I'.iinoos w liters nlreadv have suit contl ihiltloos to this table, among them being Winston Churchill. Kll.i Wheeler Willeox and others. Klrciric novelties will lie another feature or this booth, and Ihe St Fianeis junlois also will be In chatge if some Interesting games. Mis. Joseph H Israel, Miss Kdvvnrdin.i Walsh and Miss Itiith Marie Israel are making ariaugcmciits far this buntli Mrs. A. C liierfenb.ieh will have an exhibit of war gardens, and the llsh pond will be tnesided over by .tlis. William Cainhle An attractive table devoted to fads and fancies will be lu charge of Miss Kminn Moilison. whllo the g.vpsy fottune telling will lie ar ranged by Jlrs. DunMan Smith. The otlleers of the Philadelphia feci Inn of the navy rtrre.Ulun committee are Mrs. Itobeil Jloiits. chairman: .Mis. lialph L. Jlurray, assistant chaltman; Jlrs. !;. H, Me. c'owen. treasuiir. and Jiiss Hairrht tlay, secrctaiy. Among those assisting at the County Fair will lie Jlrs. Haudnlph Dickens, who has recently returned from doing war work in France; Mrs. Nelson, Mis. I.yan and Mrs. Clarence Cur, una itncn n vnvncRRii.T -' ''"' " ' h m ''' Hfrj wW If ff 4 ,:,;.$H&K 1 V SIXTEEN NURSES GRADUATED Prizes Awarded at Jctvifli Hospital Truiniiir; School Cominencciiieiil The twenty-fifth annual coinmencenient of the training school for nurses at the Jewish Hospital, York and Tabor loads, was held this afternoon. Sixteen nurses were in the graduating class. Miss Alice A. Kok c.inlrd off two ot (lie many prizes awarded. She won the Mathilda Kaufman gold medal for the best general average during the term of three jcars and the Joseph L. Ciiernwald prize of J2."i In gold for the highest average In prac tical nursing. The Uoallc Feuslnianu nurses emergency badge for the highest average in theory was won bv Miss Florence S. I'rUh. .Miss Jllilam I. DnU'iiy, Intermediate class, and Miss Anna it Fiilmer, Junior class, were winners of the David Ivlr.schhnum prizes of $u lu gold. Ihilihi Marvin Nathan made the invoca tion Miss S Lillian Cla.vton, president of tile National Li'iigue for Nuislng ICducatiou. diliveied an address. The priz, s wete awarded by Leon .1. obei ma.ver. of tho nurses tiainiug school comiultlce. nftr which William II. Ilackeilblll g, picsidelit or the hospital, nwatded the diplomas. Th Knuluatc urn: ttiie Kolin, I'hll.i'leliihni : clertriule II. l..lniltneMer. VVIIkri.ti.irle. t'a : l-:t!l,' N Frill!. Ambler. I'.i . .tt.ir.v A Junes, t'lill.nl.l I'IiIk: Dlo.i F TlU'lli'. Laneaslci, I'.i : Alliv .V IM. Jersey .shore. Pu . Kllubetli II Fulitim. I'hllinti'lt'hlii , Tli'Ttp.i .VI l.lrile, c'.it.isau.ni.i, Pii . Uu" Durkin, llllz.ilii'tli Wllirnm anil llllen l-'inne.v. l'htl.Hli'lphla. Kltireni-e S. Krl."h. tVlni Inwn. I'.i ; Miiry ,tl Klrhlnuer. I a ll.tstovvn. P.i . M.irli'O i: Srh. inner. Allentnwn. i'a . riem-nee Slern. I'hll.liti'hilll.'l. atl'l tenia .Vl'.irs fluth Cirnpbell. llrl,J,-ei,jr I. I'.i. BREAD FIVE DOLLARS A LOAF IN PETROGRAD iMis Anna .1. Haines, of This City. Tells of Conditions as Ger mans Approached l oliilltions In I'ettogtnd when the Cermall army was appioaching the Itussl.iri capital aie Interestingly clesei ibed b.v Miss Anna .1 Haines, a fui met- city In-pei'icir. in a letter to Arthur ', Iliickholz. chief of the Tenant Division. Ilureaii of Health She Is in eastern Kumpeaii Itussia on a leave or absence, with a Friends' leconstllic I Inn unit, and the letter was wrlllen nil a 1 1 it I n after she sncceeeled In getting awav tiom the city. In hi i letter. Miss Haines kiji "Wlnat e-an only he had in sinnM ,ii.in- ' titles, and von pav four of live dollaM for .' a loaf of bii'.nl. The ilc'ly tillotmeni per peison is a piece of bread, tllice bv thlce inches and three-epiai tc'is or an inch thick . It Is black and moist, and roll of straw and dirt. .Meat and potatoes anil evei.vthlng else is expensive, but not quite lii such piopoitlon Kvldences of stieet shooting, which deslro.ved houses and broke windows, are not so mi meious as lu Moscow Itlch people in fur coals (often otlleers who had been depose,!) were sweeping snow from Ihe streets. "Virtually every bank has closed imne failed outiight and letters of ctcdit and tiavelets" checks are unknown means of ex change. Hold is not much bettet. as It Is liable to be confiscated. "The America n consul ailvWed all Ameri can business men to leave unmedlaielv Then word came the I'ngllsh Itnl Cross oiild noi get the fi eight car in which we expected to letuin to lluzuliik with hales and meill. lines. They advised ns lo leave I'tliogiad while we could. The Knglluh embassy ncret ly handed ovei to us about Jln.f'Oil as a suit of loan. "We found the station jammed with tieople clamoiliig to get away from Penngrad Porters shrugged their shoulders and said they weren't winking. Tluie weie in.in.v thieves about, and soldleis Irving to keep some kind of order weie shooting at litem all around. Two Moscow trains backed In already crammed with soldleis who had clambered aboard In Ihe varil t few sol diers broke ear windows and climbed In although peopln Inside shot at them Hut mostly the Russian crowd Is good huinoied, and theie was less pushing than on a Mooies towti tiolley at Camden." MRS.A.G.YANDERBILT TO WED MINT DIRECTOR Widow of Lusitania Victim Will Become Bride of Raymond G. Baker Waieliincton, May Uu Announcement of the appioaching wedding of Raymond T, Baker, director of the Mint, and Mrs. Alfred O. Vanderbilt, widow of Alfred Owynne Vanderbilt, was made today. Mr Vanderbilt lost his life In the sinking of the Lusitania. The wedding will take place early in June. Senator Key Plttmann, of Nevada, will be best man, and among a small group to at tend the wedding will be Secretary McAdoo, whose son married Mrs. Vandeibllt's step sister: Secretary to the President Tumulty, Dr. Cary T, Grayson, the resident's aide, and other notables. The honeymoon will be tpent in the West, following which the couple will reside in Washington, where Baker will continue his duties as director of the Mint, Since the loss of her husband Mrs. Van derbilt has given her time to war work and charity, being prominent In Ited Cross and canteen service In New York city, abandon ing entirely all social' functions. Mrs. Van derbilt Is the daughter of Colonel Isaac K. Emerson, the Baltimore millionaire. Mr. Baker is a resident of Nevada, tie served four years as secretary to Ambassa dor Marye at Petrograd and was made di rector of the Mint by President Wilson about a yearago, HORSE SHOW PARKING Mrs. Thomaa Q. Ashton, of Delchester Farm, Wynnewood, a member of the execu tive committee' ot. the Devon War Relief Horae, Showr. which Is to be given af Devon' June . 7' and 8. haa taken charge of the ,rrl(tDf aiBolng. of the parking, noe : fk &' sr;v ' m$ vVJltii y .' f l( i . rif . ivS.iK,R'S' f MPr CtndV Griffith, Mis Anne M. Denny, ('..itlterlnc Sc.mnell. MAY FESTIVAL PLANNED AT OAK LANE SCHOOL Children Prc-cnl Allegory of Sprinj; in Open-Air Amphi theatre Tomorrow Dm- of the most otlglnal of May celebra tions ptesented this .tear la that to be held tomorrow morning In the groves of Hie Dak Lane country Day School, a thirty-acre tann .lir-t outside Oak Lane The celebration was to be given Inday, but lain prevented In a uatutnl amphitheatre, sill rounded by ancient trees, the children will reproduce an old Cngllsh spring festival, written and di rected b.v memheis of the school, assisted by Ihe faculty. fuller Hie dliection of Mr. Uallou, In stiuclor In manual training, the bo.vs and girls built Ihe stage for the coiintrt musi cians, cliveiiv concealed by green In. i in lies and all other necessary stage settings. Miss "Weeks, Instructor of l-'nglish. and Miss Helen Ilartett, textile Instiuctor, guided the children In the at t.ingemenl of costumes and programs, wluci.. nowevcr, was largely the woik of the pupils themselves, who put Into practice the knowledge gained during the ear. The allegoiy of Spring's Awakening will be entiled out bj the whole school In a fantasy embodying songs and poetry, dances and tableaux. Among the boys and gills who will lake a prominent patt are I'leanor Scott, tlauph- Sf3lV Pholo l,y MHrr'.iu. MRS. JOHN HOI'TMAN STKVIaNS ii'ccul liriile, who will lie reineiiilicreil .1" Mi .Madeline .lennuctlt: Letcngnni, ilaiigliler of the llnv. Clinrle- Lcvriigniicl anil Mr. I.cvcii"ooil, of Wat no ttrof Mr and Mrs. A II. Sett, or Oalt Lane, who will typify Spring; Klorence Ilafctto, daughter of .tlr. anil Mrs Louis Itafeitn. of t'hcllcuhnm. who will ic.nl the theme; Hetty lliiic", daughter of Mr and Mrs. VV. K. Inne.v. who will ho the Sleeping Princess The May )i ir will be Impersonated by lltith Br - lawski. of (iermtiutow ii, jmd will b. e'rowneil hv Lebler llano, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hora.'i llano, of i'ltteuhnui,. situate. iitlier children will lake Ihe parts of little sptlng flowers concealed nn,i sleeping In the glass nvvaltliig tin touch of Sunbeam, who will cnue them In unfold, liutici Mies, failles and village children complete the cost Thimble Cluli Arlivilie Mrs William llll).ird. of 117 Lindsay ,ive nue. llr.vn Miiwr, will entcrtnin tin- Thimble riuh of the i.'lass of 'Sk of the Uirls' Nor mal School lomoirow at'ternoon from " until .1 o'clock. The .umtor party of the class will take place on Saturday. June s at tho tier niantow n Hospital, tVelner Hous-- fiom 2 uniil ." o'clock, with Mrs. Charles (.till as hostess. The following Saturday, Jon, 15. the nieinl'e'rs of the Thimble C'luh vvlu have tin Nll-dn outing at Willow (liove. i whielt all memheis of Ihe class are invited The alfair is In rhtnge of Mm. ftohcrt finer of 1511 Last Uerks street, and Mrs V I'uiik lin Urlhbs, of HOI Vti Tioga street Garrick Theatre 2d Month Holiday Mai. Today, 2.5c to $1 THU 0X13 APPn.tl.INO ATTIIACTIOM FOR MKMOnt.tL DA" D. W. GritTith's Supremo Triumph The Stveete3t Love Stoiy Ever Told A Romance of the Great War Evgs. & Sat. Mat, 2?c to $1.50 DAILY MATS. 25c to $1 FORREST DAILY 2:30 & 8:30 Authorized Photoplay Version, of Gerard's, "MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMAN Y " EVENINGS and SATUHDAlf MAT,, 25c to, 1.00 MATINEES (Except Saturdayl 23o to T5i B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE TRIXIE FRIGANZA t WITH ' Illsia TKN EVCK t WE1LY Mai Original Ponn and Dane Cnattona . WILL J. WAItP SYMPHONY UIKLS , Mullen roosan; Qm. Dlvk Rath;1 Frank' Crurolt. and Othtra. , ,-'-., .RTRAI?D'P'"i'.ilv' v"n'' H-'BraM. t jti , ;SBSSUK.HAYAKi,WA;-ijTSt -.- - cum, jiuuinaw S'Ht: yjffl RINKS OK Claefsee in First Aidftfl r, Doorbells Onen Ne 4 !? in Lrcrmantov ' ? 'TWD3 Classes In household electricity,';'.!! first-aid to burnt-out' fuses; jwUIVm week lu the Oermantown Hlgh'ebf women will be accepted ns .pupnp. should apply to tMIss Jessie ' High street. "I didn't think of these clnBses.iilEj Ttodmati. "It was Mrs. Herbert 'IvAI national rominltleo for woman's .set thought that In view of tho facttlMtli often so hard to get men to replrj-l around tho house like burnt-6ut2rfWf;j jiausveei ooor neil.l ana so lor.m, ma practical knowledge of such things a good thing to Instill Into 'women!" since so many of tho 'handy men.arou house tinve Irnno lei ivne .,eA?B "It has always been a hobby.or.mtltiJ or less the study of clectrlclty-Miiii, i$& only come In In my regular c61tegffMt 1 haven't specialized In It partlculartjii'vji i ' ','1' "MMl -m&zmn MAftki..vv KTKEET AllOVB; lTHni .? i!tv: ALL this wnnK CLARA KIMBALL YQ1 ti- m "THE REASON WHY$&& Pllnor Olvn. Authbr or "Thrmi WMIri.'?J fea By PII SliW WIIKK MA1ICI, NOHMAND. la f SM "JOAN OF Pl.ATTBIlUKO" .jlM PALACE J:".hp MARY PICKFORD as M'LISS!i mint wi:i:k mak mahbh ln.wttl TUB I'ACi: I.V TUB DABK"',vJ rt'JSZM K A R C A i. '&T) I) 'liSfiK m rTinsTVT"P nnr niv iirrw ?. i WM..-m M.. 1'.'. '.'. 3H3. r.tlS. 7M5. OiSOt'Mi MARGUERITE CLARK In I'amiiinunt Picture "InUNlCl.LA.": $& m:t wi:i:k iilsik fkrouson ,1b ??fi "UOt.l.'S HOUSE- ir,TlT A MAHKKT ST. Abo'! V L 1 WIIH ... all tniBrwM First Nat. Attractlei 1U- P E T R 0 V A "x5?ifeSr1 All Nel Week TUB DOLLY 81STEw-i''1i i nit: .tlll.l.lO.V DOLLAl! DOLL1J awwji REGENT JtAltKLIT ST llelowr HTB W3 DOROTHY DALTOP In -Tllia MATINC3 OF MArtCELLA-M-l MAitKnT smMW-taL .. ATJUtfrti ii a m. totii'F.'g V .ft U UCjVlUUIt CONTINUC "THE BUNGALOW GIRLS.! I'KOOY WOnTHj OTHBHB -';j CROSS KEYS MnK?-2srJ UUII AHII "THE MIXED ROMANCE RROADVVAY broad 4 sNrDHtn-; Phyllis Gilmore and CompantcJ JHWKI, OAUMEN IN "CONKESSIOW,K4Sf ACADEMY OF MUli Friday Evg., May, 3J:;!$I At 8:15 CAPTAIN RADCLYFFE KIND'S lltt'N VOriKSHlKB LIOHT .LNTA "Fiehtine -" 4' AND Hi? Adventures With Wild Animals"fl l-ll.l.V ILLUSTRATED J-'if; I'KULKKIJS l'Ull BKUloltm PATRIOTIC FUND.' TWSr i'n ..mist needy fntnllles nf Drltllh nublectl'lMl hav enlliiitil here anJ sone ovrwaa,-Mr.I ,.,.n... ,, .... --.. -.f. anJ 'IU',T,'K!ij IIOXIJS $0.00 soil $8.00. iWj . t'-,.'tljS1 ACADEMYOF M.S. r noay Aiiernoon, wi.ayxajfsffl at 3' P.M. PUBLIC MEmm T Truant A nar.iroa'Vi'f s5"i& n s FOOD ADMINISTRi&n for Philadelphia CoiinM AunitEssKS. nv '"'Wii'st.; HERBERT HOOV'ER U. S. Food AdministrAt5'il;r;." HOWARD HEINpfj Food Administrator ior?x;cmii m? k V. McCOIiLU! of Johns Hopkins Untveret?! MARINE BA1 Doors Open nt 2 PMeMflfj No seats reserved alter z :)'ftw For seats nppiy to'f ooa awm tion. Bulletin uuiiamp. . fiSS;WI : ;,.;, ., .m nWmn.VfVi CHESTNUlbi. m DinUCTlO.N MESSRS. SII'JBtnT.'" A?t4& 20 Degrees cooler Tnan thejjs h.,M . 5 Till NicmsiLJfl . 1U i i ,'1i A D E LP H I LASTAfi A. . WOODB -- TIIF, MUSICAL COMEPir; "T1 hi 1 Holiday Mat Todays OPEN DECORA1 omi FRENCH WAy ,1 maUrtaM "a.wpA llilT.Y. 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