l" h v ,'9f- , r. l i . 1. JKSfr GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE Nuncy JPynne Attends the Opera She Notes Various Beau tiful Gowns Dinners Arc Planned Before Mrs. IVurts's Dancing Class VITASN'T it slin,plv preat last night at ' the optr' t have selloni eccn the horseshoe as brllliunt. Some of the love liest gowns i mvo seen fir a 1 us time were worn. Mrs Bob Montgomery was up from WnshlriRton, ."d was in the George Urookes box, toscUier with Mi Brooke's dauchter Lucille Carter, nnil the Charlie Da Coitus. Mm Montfromcry did look stunning In u dark red velvot frock, Mrs Brooke was In black and Mrs Da Costa wore a uray blue gown Lucille wore old-rose satin, which Is er becom ing to her; she la dark compared with her fair-haired mother Dr. and Mrs Marshall Ward were in the Lewis Zlegler bo. Mrs Ward is n sister of Mr. Charles Schwab She was stunning In her otrhld-colored biouadml Katln frock. The Schwabs stay with Doc tor and Mrs Ward out in Wayne most of the tlmo they are here The George Falcs Bakers bo v.as filled with men. Doctor Baker" gave u stag party, as Mrs Baker has not recovered sufficiently from her attack of bronchitis to attend the opera Mrs. John B Thayer li looked e trmely smart. She was with the Charl ton Yarnalls, who also entertained Mr and Mrs. Jay Cooke Altogether It was a most brilliant audience I knew there would be J. suniiJM- and there was. Madame Alda came out after the first act nnd waving the flag sang the Star Spangled Banner, supeibly and the audience was most enthusiastic I often wonder Just where one could get such an effect as that gicn bj the occu pants of the grand tlor boxes when the national hjmn is sung You get the unusual view of the beautiful gowns at three quarter length and it makes even a heavily built woman look slender There Is something so graceful and beautiful :n that scene I am afriad I love to gaze at the boxes during the singing more than at the singer. Hope and Ton Ciomwell LUhel lluhn Bailey, Pauline Denckla and two naval officers were in ono of the pioscenium boxes They all looked so very young, It seemed ridiculous to think that Hope and Ethel aie both marri-d Pauline Is very pretty too isn t she" Nut the1 -atne kind of prettlnets as her bister Marv Packard, but lovely of its kind Mrs Henry S Groe had her daughtci indaw, Mrs Teddy Groe, Mis Norman Jackson, and Mrs McKadden in hei box Mrs Grove looked eij well in a wonder ful blnck gown And Mabel C!ioe wore lose color. Mrs Ileniy Biinton Oov.e and .Mrs Stotesburj weie botli in white I notice htnee the war is over Mrs Stotebbury has gone, back to the low cut gowns She vvoie highbacked ones last yeai, you remember. Two of the best looking women there weie Mrs Thomas JeiT. les and Mr Dick Norils When I waH smill, I used to wish that some day I might glow up to be as stylish as, Mrs Jeffries and now I have grown up and more than grown up, and she has grown older but she is just as stylish us ever She Is perfectly stunning, the moil stunning of the five Dobson sisters of whom she is the eldest She wore u black frock relieved with white tulle AREN'T jou glad to heai that foydney -Sharswood hah recovered sufficiently to leave, the Bryn Mawr Hospital' You know he had the ' flu" and then a ery bad caso of pneumonia and was desperately ill The flu" went very hard with the Sharswood famllj. Sydnej's sister Jis Kt-Uey. died of pneumonia whlo Mr Sharswood was .till ill at the hospital He nnd Mrs Sharswood have gone down to Atlantic City for a while now. QINCE Mrs Wurts's class is the social event of the season as it is, for it's the only thing doing outside of opera, and besides it has always been awfully popu lar most of the parties swing around It. Mrs. Alexander Brlnton Co.e nus sent out invitations fcr a dinner before the meet ing on November 29 for her granddaugh ters, Agnes and Sophie Yarnall, and the Paul Clators of Haverford, will give a dinner the same night for Frances Hey warth Frances is thu daughte of Mr. and Mrs John O Heywarth of Rosemont They are Chicago people and moved here this year to live Frances Is a perfectly dear girl and is bound to be a great favor ite. She has met a number of the boys and girls already and she is extremely well liked, and you know and I know that it is not eas; to meet new people, espe cially young people who have grown up together, and make a good Impression on them, and she has, you see ho welcome to our city, say they. T HAVE several times spoken to jou about Tommy, haven't I? Tommy seems to be an unending bource of Joy to his family and friends. He ceitaluly is to mo. The other night he was suffering greatly with a cold and Father remonstrated mildly. He really had no right to complain, because If he'd minded him and not cone out in low shoes he would not have caught cold, and more on that line Tommy listened attentively and then . iaid, "But, F thcr, the cold is in my ead." NANCY WYNNE. Social Activities An Interesting wedding nnnouiiced today ia that of Miss Kathtrlne Register, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert L Register, of this olty, and Mr. Gcraldyn L Redmond, air service, USA, which took pluce at the home of the bride 3 giandmother, Mrs E P, Simmons, In Boston, Mass MIes Anne Lorene Barstow announces the engagement of her niece, Miss Jean Merrill Barstow, of 318 Knrlham terrace, German town, to Ensign Charles Gilbert Relnhardt, United States Naval Aviation service, Pen acola, Fla Mrs Harry llinyer, of Many Corners, Haverford, is spending a few days in New York. t Mrs John Baines Townsend of Radnor, has alsq been visiting In New York for some time. Mrs. Edward Troth, of Germantown, will return tomprrow from New York, where she baa been fpendlng several days. Miw 'Marlon AVurts, daughter of Mr, and ' - V1"1" ' . " to town after visiting Miss Mar I I Brooke In lllrdsboro for several days Mrs Clarenco XV Polan returned on Mon day from Poxcroft, Va whero she has been visiting her joungct daughter, Mlsa Rita Dolan, who is attending school there. Mr und Mrs' Phllllpus XV Miller and their daughters have closed their house, Uelford, in St Davids, and moved Into town They have taken an apartment at 1001 Pino street for the winter Mrs Alva f, Dinkey gave , tea yesterday In honor of her guest. Mrs A H Billot, of Washington The guests Included Mrs Hum bert C Powell Mr XV T Cochran. Mrs Norninn J Coudert. Mrs Robert Elmer, Mrsv I'red A de Canlrares, Mrs Marshall R. Ward Mrs P Radellfte, Mrs John H. Johnson and Mrs Charles XV. Uayllss Mr and Mrs Tohn A Hlndman HI Car penter lane, Germantown, announce the en casement of their daughter, Miss Dorothy Virginia Hlndman, and Lieutenant J I.yle Steele. R M A , v S A , bon of Mr and Mrs John L Steele, Elklns Park Lieutenant bteelc Is now located at Gerstner Held, Lake Charles, La Mr and Mrs Benjam n T Brit., and their famllj have closed their country house at Hydal and arc now occupying their home, 1428 North Broad street Sergeant Charles V Cioss and Mr Cross have left for Camp .Sherman, Ohio Mrs Cross who was Miss Dorothy P Bridges, daughter of Mrs fc A Urldges. of 3313 North Seventeenth Mreet, and Sergeant Cros were married on Wednesday, November 13, In the Churo of the Hol Souls T'oga and Nine teenth streets GIRL SCOUTS PLAN DANCES Affairs to Be Arranged for Enlitetl Men. Officers Elected Girl Scout ciptainsand lieutenants at their annual meeting last night at Baptist Temple. Broad nnd Berks streets, completed arrange ments for a series of dances for enlisted marines und army .and unvy men The first of the entertainments will be held next week Ihev will be continued until the military and naval units have been demobilized Olt'cers to serve for the ensulng'jeir were elected The are MIsh Trances Barnes "i roop No 62 president , Miss Gertrude Brunswick, Uroop No 88 vice president; M!s Edwinna Oinder, Troop Vo 13, secre tin, and M'hs Beatilce Brlddes, Troop No 1, Darbj treasurer DREAMLAND ADVENTURES By DADDY A comptrlc iieto adventure each u.rtl . bioin Wi 0 Monday and ending Saturday "THE NIGHT FLYER" ilhe Spirit 0 Safety aenili Pcguv. tn the form 0 a ti isp of steam, to natch oiei J ngtntcr Hill larney, uho dihcn the Might Fhe 1 CHAPTER III I he Dancing Figure PLcG felt a thrill of delicious euiement .as the Night Pljer plunged through the darkness Never had she been on so fast a train, and nevtr had she felt the sensation of riding on n locomotive Number 337 seemed like a poweiful living cie.Uure that was running away with the long string of cars behind it. But it vvasiil running awav Instead It was being driven h a master hose slight est touch It Instantlj otaBftl Though Engineer Bill was weak and (Whls hand held the throttle In a skillful grip that at one moment kipt Number 337 closely in check to round a curve and at the next sent the great locomotive leaping ahead at tremendous speed along a btraight stretch of track Pred the fireman was kept busy shoveling coal Into the firebox Number 337 was a giant In strength hut it also had a giant s appetite Peggv, who felt that tho fireman, In his enmltj for the engineer, had mischief In his mind, was glad to see that his work kept him hustling He dldn t have much time for plotting As Peggv watched t'r'ed 11 loud rattle and roar staitled her nearly out of her wits Her (list thought was that .Number 837 had Jumped the track and was plunging to Its destruction But a glanco out of the cab window bhowed her that the were simply whizzing through a small town" The rattle was caUbed h wheels clattering over switches while the roar was the echoing hack of the roar of the train as they passed cars stand ing on the bide tracks A quick flicker of lights, and the town was left far behind Now Pegg saw ahead a bright spot of light It grew larger nnd larger at amazing speed, hurling Itself btraight nt them In a flash she realised that It was another train With a cr of fear she seized Engineer Bill n arm Couldn't he see the danger? Bill heard her crj and felt her grasp his arm For Just a moment he teemed about to turn toward her Then he stiffened In rigid attention to hla duty, his ees keeping steadllj to the track ahead of him But h didn't black the speed of the Night Flyer one bit. All this happened in Just the smallest part of a minute The other engine was almost upon them As Peggy braced herself to meet an awful crash there was a pounding roar, und the other train thundeied by Then Peggy, almost wilting in midden relief, remembered that this was a- double track road Of course, Engineer Bill hadn't blackened speed There was no need to, for tho other train was safe on its own rails Engineer Bill, as soon as the necessity of attention was past, turned to see why his arm had been seized Ho looked across to ward Tred, the fireman, nnd was plainly astonished to see him in his place Evidently he thought Fred was the one who had spoken There was such a clangor In the cab that Engineer BUI did not try to call out to Fred, but a few minutes later, when he had brought the train to a stop nt a Junction, he turned to the fireman Why did ou shout and grab my arm back thero' ' he asked ' What's the matter with you? ' retorted Prtd in surprise "I've been on my own side of the cab all the time. Are you seeing things? ' Engineer Bill didn't answer, but Peggy Baw a troubled look come Into his ejes, and a moment later she heard him murmur to him self ' Can It be that I'm delirious? I surely heard a shout and felt a hand on my arm.' Tred swung himself out of the cab for a moment as the train Btood still, but was back at his place as the conductor gave the go ahead signal l'eggy wonderful where he had been, her curiosity being sharpened by a queer, guilty look on his face. Venturing over to his side of the cab she heard h'm mutter: "Maybe I'll get my chance to drive the Night Fljer before we get to the end of the run. If he's seeing things, I'll give him some thing to see that will drive him crazy." Again the train gilded on its way, again there was a flicker of lights as the Junction town was left behind, and again Number 337 roared into the darkness. Peggy felt once more the thrill of excite ment j she tingled with the delight of swift motion But suddenly her delight vanished and horror took ItH place. There ahead, right in the path of light, was a black, danc ing figure, and the train was rushing at it with the speed of a cannon-ball. Even as Bhe saw it, she felt a sharp Jerk and heard the scream of suddenly cheoked wheels. Engineer Btll had seen the figure and applied , the air brakes. (Tomorrow to(ll 6 10W Soke ftggy dit. eavtrt a, pot.i ' EVENING .PUBLIC . LEBaElt Mils. JOHN THE MAN WITH By VALENTINE CopvriOht tSIA hv the Public I rdoer tompanj Copyright bv Koherl If. ilcllrldc Co. CHAPTER X (Continued) (CVTOU smoke." queried Clubfoot "No" JL he held up his hand to stop mo as r was reaching for m 1 Ignrette case, ' you shall have a cigar not ono of our poor German Hamburgers but a fine Havana clgur given me by a member of the English Prlvv Coun cil You stare' Aha' I repeat. b 11 mem ber of the English Privj Council to me, th" boche, the barbarian, the Hun ' N'o hole-and-corner work for the old doctor Per Stelze may be lame, Clubfoot may be pist his work, but when he travels en mission, ho travels en prince, the man of wealth and substance There Is none too high to do him honor, to listen to his views on poor, misguided Ger many, the land of thinkers sold Into bond age to the militarists' Hah ' the fools'" "He snarled enomoush This man was be ginning to Interest me IHh rapid change of moods was fascinating, now the klndl philos opher now flic Teuton bragg irl now (he Hun Incoiporate s he limped across thi room to fetch his cigar-case from the mantel piece, I studied him He was a vast man, n t so much by reason of his height, which was helovv the medium but Hs bulk, which wus enormous The span of his shoulders was Immense, and, tnough a heavj paunch and a white lab. blness of face spoke of a grobs, sedentary life, he was obvlouslj a man of quite un usual strength His arms particular were out of all pio portlon to his stature. bu s so long that his handa hung down on either side of him when he stood erect, like the paws of sorm giant ape Altogether there was something decldedl btmlan about his appearance his squat nose with halrv. open ncistills, and the general hlrt,uteness of thi man. his bushj eyebrows, the tufts of black hair on his cheek bones nnd on the backs of his big spadcllke hand And there was that In his eyes, dark nnd courageous btneath the shaggy brows thnt hinted at excesses of apelike fury, uncontrollable and ferocious He gave me hln cigar which as he had said Was a good one. and, after rt prelim inary sip of his wine, began to speak "I am a plain man Berr Doktor be said, "and I like plain speaking That Is why I am "going to speak quite plainly to jou When it became npparont that the person whom it Is not necessary to name further greatly desired a certain letter to be re covered, I naturallv expected that 1, who am a past maBter in affairs of this order, no tably on behalf of the person concerned, would have been intrusted with the mission It was I who discovered tho author of the theft In an English Internment camp, it was I who prevailed upon him to nequlesce In our terms; it was I who finally located the hid ing place of the document all this, mark you, without setting foot In England ' My thoughts flew back again to the three slips of paper In their cinvas cover, the divided crest, the big, sprawling, upright handwriting I should have known that hand I had been it often enough on certain photo graphs which were accorded the place of honor in the drawlngiroom at Conslstorial Rat von Mayburg's nt Bonn "I therefore had the prior claim," Club foot continued, "to be Intrusted with the important task of fetching the document and of handing" it back to the writer But the gentleman was in a hurry, the gentleman always is; he could not wait for thnt old slowcoach of a Clubfoot to iraturo his plans for getting into. England, securing the docu ment, and getting out again "So Bernstorff is called Into consultation, the head of an embassy that has made the German secret service the laughing-stock of the world, an ambassador that has his prl vato papers filched by a common sneak-thlef v. ..narcrronnd rnlluav Htid Is fool enough to send homo fie most valuable documents by a Jackass of a' military at tacho who lets the whole lot be taken from him by a dunderhended British customs of ficer at Falmouth' This was the man who was to replace me "Bernstorff is accordlnglj bidden to dls. patch one of his trusty servants to England, with all suitable precautions, to do ni work. You aro chosen, and I will pay you the compliment of saying that you fulfilled your mission in a manner that Is singularly out of keeping with the usual method of procedure of that gentleman's emissaries "But, my dear Doktor pray All, your glass That cigar la good, is It not? I thought you would appreciate a good cigar a Anil was saying, you were handicapped from the first When you reach the place in dicated to you in your instructions, you find only half the document The wily thief has sliced It in two so as to make sure of his money before parting with tho goods They didn't know, of course, that Clubfoot, the old olowcoach, who Is paBt his work, was aware of this already, and had made his plans accordingly. But, In the end, they had to send for me 'The good Clubfoot,' 'old chap,' 'sly old fox.' and all the rest of it would run across to England and secure the other half, whllo Count Bernstorff's smart young man from America would wait In Rot terdam until Herr Dr, Grundt arrived and handed him the other portion "But Count Bernstorff's young man does nothing of the kind. He Is one too many for the old fox. He does not wait for him He rum away, after displaying unusual deter mination In dealing with a prying Eng. lander whose fate should be a lesson to all who Interfere In other peoplo' business and roes to Germany, leaving poor old Club foot In tho lurch,- Yoj must, ednilt. Herr PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, NuVJU.BElt ATTEND FIRST NIGHT OF OPERA -fMju ' .- n. THAYER, JR. THE CLUB FOOT WILLIAMS Doktor. tint I have in en hiidly used by Jourself ni well as hv inothi r person ' Mv throat wab drj with anxiety. What did the man mean bv his veiled nlluslons to "all w ho Interfere In otlu r people s business? ' I leared my throat t ipe ik Clubfoot raised a gieit bind In depreca tion .No explanation Hen Doator beg' (his tone was nerfectlv unconcerned and friendly). let me Iavi m sa When 1 found out that vou nnu urt Jioturuitn ov tne wa vuu must let me congiatulalo jou on the remark able fertility of resource jou dlsplajed In quitting l'rau hchratt s hospitable house when I found jou were gone I sat down and 'bought things out 1 reflected thut 111 istute American like Jourstlf (believe me, vou are verv astute) would probably be atuistoimd to look at (virj thing from tho btislm ss standpoint 'I will also conslih 1 th m ittt r from the busi ness standpoint' I baid to mjself and 1 de ildid tint. In jour pi let , I too would not be content to accept, as sole pajmtnt for the iUng r of raj mission, the srircely genirous compensation tint Count Bernstorff allots to his collaborators .No I should wish to secure a little re nown for mjself, or, were that not possible, then some monetarj giln proportionate with the risks I hid run )ou bee I have been at pains to put mjself wholly in jour place I hope I have not bald anv thing tactleBK. If so, I can nt least acquit mjbelf of any desire to offend 'On the contrarj. llerr Doktor' I replied, 'jou are tho model of t ict and dlplomacj His cjis narrowed a little at this I thought he wouldnt like, that word 'dlplo macj ' Vnother glass of wine" ou mav safely venture there Is not 11 headache In a bottle of It Well, Hen Doktor, since jou have followed me so patlentlj thus far, I will go further I told jou, when 1 first saw jou this evenrtig, that I was delight' d at our meetlngi That was no mere bunalltj, but tho sober truth For. vou see, I am the vorj person with whom, in the circumstances, jou would wish to get in touch Diprlvcd of the honor, rightly belonging to me of under taking this mission single-handed and of fulfilling It alone, I find that jou can enable me to carrj out thu inhaiun to a successful conclusion, whilst I, fot mj. part, um able und willing to recompense jour services as thej deserve and not according to Bern storff a staivatlon scale ' To make a long story short Herr Doktor, how much" ' He brought his lemarlts to this abrupt anticlimax so suddenly that I was taken aback The man was watching me Intently for all his apparent nonchalance, and I felt more than ever the necessltj for being on mj guard If I could onlj fathom how much he knew Of two thlngB I felt fairly sure, the fellow believed mo to be bemlln and was under the Impression that I fetlll retained my portion of the document I should have to gain time The bargain he proposed over my half of tho letter might give mo an oppor tunity of doing that Moreover, 1 must find out whether he really had the Jther half of the document and, in that case, where he kept it. He broke the silence "Well, Herr Doktor ' he said, 'do you want me to start the bidding' 'iou needn't be afraid I am generous " I leaned forward earnestly in my chair. ' You have spoken with admirable frank ness. Herr Doktor," 1 said, ' and I will be equally plain, but I will be brief. In the first place, I wish to know that you are the man you profess to be so far, jou must re member, I have only the nbsurance of our excitable joung friend ' "Your caution is most piaiseworthj'," said the other, ' but I should Imagine I carry my name written on my boot ' And he lifted his hideous and deformed foot ' That is scarcely sutllclent guarantee," I answered, "in a matter of this Importance A detail like that could easily be counterfelteu, or otherwise provldod for," "My badge," and the man produced from his waistcoat pocket a sliver star Identical with the one I carried on my braces, but bearing onlj the letter ' O ' abov'e the inscrip tion "Abt VII" "That, even,' I retorted, 'Is not con clusive " Clubfoot's mind was extraordinarily alert, however gross and heavy his body might be. He paused for a moment In reflection, his hands crossed1 upon his gieat paunch "Why not?' he said suddenly, reached out for his cigar-case, beside him on the table, and produced three slips of paper highly glazed and covered with that unforgettable, sprawling hand a portion of a gilded crest at the top in short, the missing half of the document I had found In Semlln's bag Clubfoot held them out fanwlse for me to see but well out of my reachi and he kept a great, spatulate thumb over the top of the first sheet where the name of the ad. dressee should have been (TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW) Great demand for the KVKNINO ruilLIO I.KIXIrK raur rue jou to mlM an Install ment of thla Tery Interesting Monr. Von had better, therefore, ttlruhone or write to the Slrrulatlon Ilcpnrtmt-nt. or ak our news ettlrr thtf afternoon to leave tho KVISMMI rVltMO I.KIMiFJt at oor homo. '"' 1 Lecture on Jerusalem's Capture "The Capture of Jerusalem," Is the subject of a lecture which will be given this evening at the University Museum, The speaker will be Dr. rwls Ilayles Baton, The lecture was postponed from October 16, MR?. MCHOHs BIUULI I wo prominent l'lnlailelphiaiis who 01 nipied boxes at lat evening- perform sine of "ilarouf," ut the .Metropolitan Opera Houe WOMEN HONORED AT MEETING OF CLUB Member of Matinee Musical Club Gien Woman"-. ySn- tional Honor Mednl 1 h sm ond mc ting of the Matinee Jlusi cj! Club was held visterdn afternoon In the rose garden of the liellt v ue-Stratford The program of Instrumental and vocal mu sic was interrupted for 1 few moments hj a small ' peace 1 elvbratlon The olllcers of tho club did not havn time between last Mon day and the meeting jesterdij to urr inge nnj kind 1 f general celebration, but Mrs Frederick W Abbott, president, honored the second line of defense the women of tho countrj In the persons of three of tne board of the club by presenting them with the woman s national honor medal This mednl has been created so that women who have given a husband son or brother to the serv ice of their countrj may wear It in honoi of their boldlir The three members who were prsented with this medal as the gift of the Matinee Musical Hub were Mr. Samuel Wagner who lias two bons In thf service, Mrs Henrv Bhtterworth, whoso onh son Is overseas and has been gassed, and Mrs 'Julnthcr whose son Is in I nnct nno veru of "merira war? plajcd bv the orchestra after tho pre sentation The children s p irtj Is to be held on De cember .'8, and Is under the direction of Mrs William Huellngs, Jr Etch child who takes pnrt In the dranii 1 allet which Is to he given must furnish $5, and this will be aided to tho fund for the reconstruction of 1 gnj -Ic-dal, tho Ereiifh village adopted bv the club The children will be trained bv 11 French-American woman, whose nume Is the same a- that of the villige, MademoUvllo le rial KEEP SOLDIERS HAPPY WHILE IDLE IN FRANCE Appeal to Red Cross Members Not to Relax- Their Efforts An urgent nppoil that all members of Hie American Red ( ross exert every effort to make the soldiers comfortable In homelike and healthfjl sunoundlngs during their cr forced staj in Trance wao mado by A C McCrea, a MCA worker, before mem bers of the Urquhart Auvlllnrv i estrrday afternoon In Red Cross Hall, W.anam.aker s Mr McCrea has Just returned from dutv behind the lines In northern Trance, and his appeal that the Red Cross nnct the'noeds of the American doughboj ' In the mnttei of clean surround'ngH and healthful nniuse ment, now that the tension of auual warfnre has been llftel enlisted the tin inlmous sun port of thu auxiliary The speaker advocated tho establishment of more social centers 'over there" to he modeled along tho lines of the Y M c A canteen, where tho welfare of the soldleis can be looked after A plea for volunteers to t.ako the course In first-aid nursing was made bv MBs Plora L Bradford of the Washington headquarters of the organization, while Mrs Walter Rich ardson vice chairman of the surgical dress ings department urged a renewed campaign In aid of war lefugee work As a rewaid foi their efforts in obtaining subscriptions to the fourth Elberty I,oan medals were given Miss R M Murphj-, whose subscriptions totuled J92.000, Mrs Kenton Warne G0,000. and MIes Edith Iteger 36,000 ' Lecture on Fuel Supplj at I'enn Is Our Fuel Supply Nearlng Exhaustion ' will be the subject of a lecture tills evening in the Engineering Duliding nt the University of Pennsjlvnnln The speaker will be Dr Robert II Fernuld A discussion will follow the lecture The talk marks the first of the fall meetings of the Sigma Ni society, held under the auspices of the Unlveisltj Museum ACADEMV OF MUBIC Weil. Kve , r,ov. 27 xTEMtr vnpir I J A M n IT A XICW VflTfli' a w ii v HEIFETZ SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Sensational Violinist Hei. Seati, 12 BO 12, $150, $1. 75c, at Ileppa'o. CAVKTV DILIlf GILBERT with "ftlni a- THB omm FROM JOTIJVND TiTIMONT'S MINSTHKLS. Ulh and Ana. JJU1UVA1 A 3 Matinta Todiy, Itlo. Site, .'So 20, 1018 BRILLIANT OPENING OF. OPERA SEASON Kabaud's 'Maroiif." a Charming Fain Talc. Well Sung by Metropolitan "Marour Opera ftv tun Rabauil Tin: CAST Glupre 1p 1 ue rrunif VMa t,on ltoth!''r Ki (We'll llnnnrd At dr dp S, prurnW Marin l.iurfntl Piolo Anwninn Allltfln llada. AltiPIt Uvi Th I'rni s S-P UltHlI I 1 III lit v r All A Pautt i oolt Th I i Inli i hlff s ,r T j Mcr hunts AngPio tlada I 1l i Mue-vlrn Pompll' Ma atpsta tllullo Ilosl clordftno PitlriUTt Anirelo Hartfl. A Tonkey lrlver Ptrtro Audllo ourt Indira InmntPs or the harem. dtK- r taris minister rollcpinpti merchants fars n tops ,1nnrr inwm, lnkfls inductor I'lerrp Mintrux Karelv Ins Philadelphia hid such n .u snlclous opening of the fpera ipisou as i had list evening An enormous crowd v. is present aid the lovers of music ind ihc leiders of societj weie both re p-esent'd largo in numbers ind !mpres!ve In pr -.onnel With the oloudi of wii dissipated the outlook for a brllll nit season here was nev er bettT Tho opera hoen wa MaroUf bv Hen Rabaud and it was -v happj choice Ur the opening of tho season which It Is to be hoped wMI mirk the end of tho ' lean ve.ir"' of the war Iltsed on a storv of tin Vriblnn Mghtq It his the svine irlnr-ss of it restrnlned rmnjn e that h . nndc 1 1 n 01 1 i tho book from which the plot ini tiken 'J here Is indhlng of lingedv m swiiow iti 't but rlear humor nf the best tvpe fruu nd to end and the sum total of the v.hoh pro ductlon from the standpoint ff - enh nf feets acting and muic (It has no high dia mitic points) is sheer dellp-ht The story of tho opera was given 1 i full n the 1'vsmnij 1'ctiltc I.i nacr of Satuidav list and thereiore It Is not neces.it to g into tho plot again 'msldered musleallj ' Mnrnuf is well worth hearing It was tiu first work nmoitincp of the i ompovt r x ep' i svinphonj glvtn hj the I'hll id ph a Onhestn tome seasons ugu that his be i heard In thW cttv 1 niiuesilon jh the tale of M Rib iud runs tnnn diudidlj toward the open, as Indeed do tin gteut mu IpvI tilentM of most if his ia than tow i d tin ftri ter lornis of absolute m ni Marojf even divested of its lillll.nit stage settli g ranks higher is an opera thin iIoim i i svmphonj In Its elast of worl.s M Monteux the conducted of last nlngs performance, mid a fr nd ol manv vears standing of the composer, has Haiti that Alarouf h, longs to no pirtliulir ei boo He Is unqut stlon il lv right in this The lnfluemc ol Wagner Is shown but the i hlef ihnracterlsth of that great om poser, the lelt motif, ts absent In its entiretj, nlthough the sihk- themes recur now nnil uguln to depict simil ir emotions or situations Rabaud Is tvpirallv modem Kiench, although he does not carrj the mnln points of that 'school' to excess He Is not afraid to use strange dissonances and strong lv unreluted chords, nlthough It must be said that the situation lnvailablj Justifies h'm in their uso There Is nothing at nnj time incotirftuous betwetn the music and the action that Is transpiring on tho stage Marouf maj certalnlj bt termed an opera of m-lodj with the Important rtservatlon tint tho melody la almost Invarlablj hi the orchestra Eovelj Units appear In the in struments ronstantlj but neither these melo dies nor developments of them appear In tho vocil parts There are a feu excep tions to this, notably the song at the rlose of the third act, which was beaut fullj rendered b Mme Alda, and the effect of pure melody in tlu voice when It does occur Is by lis tomparntlvo rarltj In the opera nil the greittt t Orchestrallv, In his own school, Rabaud seems, at first heirlng. to come between De bussj and l)uk is He has not the Intense power of Debuspy of creating an atmosphere with tones nlone, ind undoubtedly paints In stronger colors than that master On the other hand he his not the vlrllltj of Dukas His orchestration aors more of Puccini than of his own enuntrvmen, alHiough the lnfluenct of f'esar 1 ranck is strong in hip use of the brasse- His Instrumental palette is full of tolor and withal delhacv .More over, there Is a sense of fantasv as dnlntj as It 1" delightful, which marks the work from beginning to entl with a fineness which can only be fullv appreclited bj seeing ond hearing the whole opera as well performed ns It was last evening The story Is nothing more or less than a falrv tale and it de mands the falrjllke music which M Rabaud has provided It cannot be denied that here and there the melodic inspiration fullr and th's is particulars the case In thi closing hjmn of praise which Is bv no me ins up to the high stand trd of the rest tf the work, either muslcallj or bv reason of fitting the stago situat'on As the composer Is at his wort here, he Is at his best In the Oriental tone pictures especially in the dances at the pal ace of the Sultan Spectarularh Jinn uf ' is i joj to see The work lends Itself to fvenlc treatment in the greatest possible manner, and the stage manager of the Metropolitan has seized the MvnKirr srnrvT ah intii 11 10 A M to 11 is p t t, ,. T-lrt Showing of l-Pirri l iracnia - -- Clara Kimball Young And Her own i'ororr i" "THE ROAD TVlf u DARK" PA1.8 KIHST nnrt Ml S1CAI. i i "t i PALACE i,:jv,"Fi:km. t s ornciAi. waii pirTfnr "AMERICA'S ANSWER" SIM HOW THfc. VVAH VVVS WON' ARCADIA I- t-ItrjSTM T "I WW 1IITI1 10 l-i A v 12 2 r ' - n 7 4- n in p m CA"T IN'CM'DI'H CAIIOI IN'A WHITE VICTORIA MAHK1 r Aleve liTH inis i. sr.T wcr:K nrat rrtsentatlon "The Romance of Tarzan" Conelnilng Chapt"re of Tarznn of tho Ap " Fiom tho Hook ly EJtar nice, llurroughii. REGENT MAIIKKT FT Below 17TII I1EIIT IATDI I, In ' I npvnp tert Pin,-' Added Cnarllff Chaplin In Shudder Armi" MAP.KET STTIICET AT Jt'MPEH 11 A M to 11 P M CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE PRETTY BABY CAST f LiTri.n mi end napoleon orjiung PTtfmS KEYS MAHKKT ST. II, low 80th LtUUDD 1YU J. O Uslly Twle. Nl.htlr "FRIDAY THE 13TH" BROADWAY"" jpjpn ave BLOW YOUR HORN "?& CHARLIE CHAPLIN "SHI?"F THEDA BARA "CLEMENCEAU 118K MtTTROPOLlTAN OPKRA HOtlSU METROPOLITAN OPERA COMPANY, .V, X. -y-L'ElisirD'Amore MMES. UCMPRIj 8PARKE8 MM CARUSO. D12 L.1ICA. D1DUR. CO.VDUCTOll iln wm Suta HOB Chestnut fit. Walnut M2II Race 07 rLO'fJl 1 possibilities of the work and carried 'thnt! m In thn Kuitan'B.M 'vu out to the full. The scene palace Is a coreeouii rlnl rt Oriental colJft ... j1 hf I'oth In costume!' nnd In stago settings, ap4'tf'a me same miy be said of the following scene' in me nurem uotn were greeted with nearly jj applause from the audience us soon as the c-iJi curtain w is lifted More beautiful and p jli&S nrnnrtql. -. .., t u ...,. . 'TV-Mi In this cltj .- ,,. ...it; aifiu ne'iiiiiss nave, iiivcr uecu ii t snT That the opera was well sunir iroes without- Lfrk.-v sajlng The dt mauds on the voice are not 1 great in anj of the party, but on account o the h'ghly complex orchestration and the ax sence of "fne melody" In tho voice part?' thty are difficult to sing Mr. De IAICV pnng the part of Marouf with taste, delicacy und a certain persohal' mngrtctlsm' hard' to' d(-rrlbn that wns very winning Mme. Alda lnves'r-d the part of the ITIncesn with much" charm and sang In hr usual faultless mani if Kathleen Howard made an excellent I ttimih in the short role allotted to her. arid both M Rothler as the Sultan. and M. ,U, SSt fcegdola nt the Orind Vizier (the villain of 1 tne storj ) were excellent both In voice and action Histrionically tho opera Is mote dltlttult than vocallj for a certain unity ofj action is required from all the characters 0 i irrv out conslstentlv the scheme erf th stotv Th.s with one or two minor exeep t tins wns done throughout the opera. uch Is the work which M Rabaud has brought forward as his ftrst essay on fh operat'c stage in this cltj-n clever combina tion of Oiien'nl romance nnd pure fun ot the whlnisiai varltv M "Vlonteux conduct", ed ind wfih the same charncterlstlo of Piliistaklug detail which he showed a con' ductor of the llosion Sj mphony Orchestra on Its llrst visit hete brought out all Shs benuttes of the score which well deserves tHIT pnlse ho gave It v I'liir.ADrf.riirA s i.iiadixo theatres D r i-tlon 1.1. i: & J J SIIUBEIIT CHESTNUT ST. OPERA, if n tt a w irire .Msnts siro ii. ,.-,o and Boe s Matlnei-s II On Tie nnd ROe i (Etcert Stturda; nnd Holldnys) li s iv vintu vv.ci rrl . Sat at 5 IS $1.00 MATS. TODAY & FRIDAY j t" 19H8 5LVTS NOW ON hAI.K VOn KNTIRB EN'OAaE- MENT OP TWO WCCKS INCLUDING "itllt TIIAMC!OIVI.NO MATINKB AND NIOHT I ADELPHI EVENINGS AT 8 'IB MATS THURSDAY an SAIURDAX at 2 tl SWT. TOMORROW, Best Seatsl' D playit In one but en 'n beauty and lovellnekrfT With ALMA TLLt, LYRIC- LAST tl TIMES nHf, rVKNINOI AT 8:15 , J1ATH WED BAT., 2U LAST $1.00 MATINEE TODAY? LIONEL barrymore: in THE COPPERHEAD I!) Al r.l'STrs THOMAS A ly y i' ''W il f t fc-e- Next Week Seats Now M V RAT t-OMSTOCIv. and WILLIAM ELLIOTT , Present the fifth V T PrlncmM Thtatrt '" Mualeal Comedy Suceees, .o& fLSNcilsS ih&xsiyir A MUSICAL COMr.DT MASTERPIECE Ah olutel the N T Cast Kvcn to the Chorus . t ,' SAM S. SHUBERT KVrNI5S AT S 11 MATS Theatre ' Broad St, Helow Loausl jiiA. -t i - MAT. 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