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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGHEK PHILADELPHIA, SATUEDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1918
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Nancy Wynne Tells What Founders "of Ocean City Hostess
House Are Doing About 'Christmas Interesting
Holiday Exhibitioti at Art Alliance
VOU'VE heard nbout the Hostess Houso
nt Ocean City that was started last
spi summer? "Well the committee In charge
h -.n. & ... a ....... t.nf
1' is Bill! carrying on up nrre, anu nun "w
urn wnrklnir for Christmas. On Monday
night they aro to meot at Mrs. Kenton
Wayne's sho Is chairman, you know to
dress dolls donated by Mrs. J. H. Miller for
Christmas gifts to unfortunato 'children
Who have only a nodding acquaintance with
Santa Claus. And then on the Sunday be
fore Christmas, they are going to meet In
tho Waiting room of the Reading Terminal
at half-past two to visit Mr. McKenty's
Mission, nach one Is asxed to bring a
Blocking filled for a child, so that sounds
ftma if a little more Christmas cheer would
ube dispensed.
IV Snma rf Via nannla tntnrnHf Ofl In tllla
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'work nre Mrs. W. E. Hexamer. Mrs. O. J.
V ' Do Rousse. Mrs. R. S. Patterson, Mrs. W.
i J. Ferguson, Mrs. William Dornan, Mrs.
, T. H. Heullngs, Mrs. W. F. Darby, Mrs.
Thomas Walker, Dorothea Sillier and a
" number of others, such a number that I
really haven't the spaco to name them all.
But I'd like, to, because I think they ought
Jo be "talked up" foe all tile good work
they're doing.
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'M INTERESTED In this exhibition that
is to be held at tho Art Alliance begin-
nhig on Monday and continuing until Jan
uary 2. It Is unique In the fact that it in
cludes everything oil, water colors, pas
tels, black and white sketches, sculpture
and arts and crafts objects. Arts and crafts
is the most elastic term; it can mean a
ttiugo old rose bowl, a rag rug, a twisted
ring with a queer stone in it, or an en
semble, like a pussy willow branch In a
yellow va3e with a piece of old blue suit
as a background. All tho various kinds of
artists are to be represented, of course, and
they include Miss Violet Oakley, Mr. Paul
King, Dr. R. Talt McKcnzle, Mr. John Con
ner, Mr. C. Yarnall'Abbot, Mr. Morris Hall
Pancoast, Mr. W. G.'Krlcghoff and Mrs.
John Madison Taylor. Quite an assembly
of 'celebrities, I should say. -
In the arts and crafts, department, be-
'sfdes the other things, there Is to be somo
pottery by Jessie Gordon and Mrs. Charles
Drake, ink wells, sconces and things from
the Moravian Potteries at Doylestown, and
i suuiu Kiy lure uui xm'ibiuii uuwib, aiiiiui,iu.
.J figures, Egyptian scarabs, and strange
Jewelry, which have been collected by sir.
-' Azeez Khayat who. has piovlded the Penn-
WUaI
flXlvania aiuseum witn a lot ot us nnest
i,W!.T"jen
1. ?,. . Than An
Tuesday another exhibition
!.'i.hrfffcrts-
This is up on the second floor ot
L tha' A lt Allinnna nnil nnnalLfa rf tlin tautrrnu
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VMSM WUIUI UUIIU uy IIUIJIII Ui IIIC QVJI1UU1S 111
l - Tai-ta -Plvtis tl'MV l.na l,nar rlnilA flimtn.. thn
, a a. to. Ai.tn ,,w.n nun uccil uunc uuniif, uid
.-war by children of eight to tlxtecn years
or age. aow, imagine any 01 us ncnig
sVnblR'tn mnkR n ilp.slcrn and color It whiln a
, Hasty German gun was banging away at
Y? us from Lancaster or some place like that!
5f Among those who will receive at the pri
te?Ya'to"'!cw ot tne exhibition on Monday are
5fc? Mrs. Edward Hornor Coates (that? Is to
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f Buy riuicuuu cuii iajuicb, wiiu winca aucu
' delightful poetry) Mrs. Eldridgo Johnson,
-JsSlss; Blanche Dillaye, Mrs. J. Edouard Lutz,
w5Ir, "Thornton OakleyMr. King, Mr. George
i Walter Dawson, Dr. McKenzle, Mrs. James
y- j Mapes Dodge, Miss Emily Stirtnin and Mrs.
" Ell Kirk Price.
V fTIHE Charity Ball is coming right, along
now, and several people are planning
box parties for the pageant that precedes
11. Ai . anu iiiini ut'uigti ruirn A.iiivci uid
j i' nnl... n l.n.r,. , n a o n .1 !.,. Tlltl.. Plntlileiau
UlUK IU IIAVD WltC, U1IU IUC A.1I1J WIUIIIICLO,
Air Mrs. Henry Brlnton Coxe whoso two
Jg' daughters, Catherine and Mrs. Standley
' Stokes, are going to dance fn the pageant,
;L and Mr. and Mrs. John Hampton Barnes.
??. Cecllv is one of the clrls who have been
chosen to dance In the American set. She
Js an awfully graceful dancer. She was ono
' i of the leaders of the Belgian set last year.
Do you remember how attractive she
looked in the short yellow skirt, black
j,' ' bodice and little blacrk bonnet, with a great
n, long thick plait hanging down her back?
M XUO .AMld 1UUU BCL IS IU UH UUB Ul lilt) inOSl
0 lhteresttng features of the pageant, and
. .n,. Vnf..r fTT. nAIn. 4 V.A rrMA ..,!.. T A,1
i-f JTUU MlTf 1.0 Butlt6 IU "3 BUUU 1 liCll A LOU
Tnt arr.i that If Innllldag altnli .Innnau nn
. Catherine Cassard, Agnes and Elizabeth
l' Brockle, Nancy Sellers, Corlnne Freeman,
Lfc Eleanor Davis, Barbara Boyd, Eleanor Mc-
t.CawIey, Nancy Jeffrys, Louisa Newltn and
others Just as clever.
sjl31r ART'S parents train her very carefully
A XtX and are most nartlcnlar nhnuf h-r
ICKIiLnapners. She's only Just old enough to go
Ji to her very first school, but she knows that
Lwhen a friend of Mother's says, "Why, how
.lo you do, Mary?" in that not-that-I-care
fjne, it la ner cue to hold out poth sides of
alrlrf nnii nl(lA nnn fnnt hant. t tin.
..1 1 -" w..w avw ww WA IIIB
. VI.YiIIa alia olnvaAnna IITIm..a.
w'ellthankyou, how are vout" Her brother.
JSSa'few years older, and his friends, are
'4 , not so polite, and Mary Just loves to watch
J lT$em play. She doesn't "butt ln'Vuhe just
'watches and evidently, listens. I ehe
i'VickB upknowledge'.n school aa she picks
expressions from Brother, she'll be at! the
v i-had of her class very ohortly.
;.v! Mother visited the school one day this
""Jfteek, and so of course Mary's ability to
'-s: put .wnue pegs into wnue noies, ana Diue
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jjQpjjes into blue poleshaxl to bo shown off,
I .he teapher explained it all very carefully.
"Now, Mary, I want you to show your
A tnother which holes the red pegs fit lntot
JZ Wd TVhere to put the white ones, and then
MvMlt thn illlA MIPS TvhAPJt tViAir Mllnny' IVTa.
IT frtttiA llalana tn all ,lu. Imaa,Iah .
MMPIIV'U ,uv..wv, aw AtlO uun.uujiB, anu
i.jg-tnen remarKea inainerentiy, -do it your-
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NANCT WYNNE.
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Social Activities
Jtitl An lnterastlnt; wedding of the new year will
rVub, that 'of Miss Ellse Klappr daughter ot
ot
r. and Mrs. Wilbur Paddock Klann. of 1716
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',quiML oiicvv, niiu tfii, 4AUtmeill uv xlHYeu
.,; 1.A-OX, son or iur. ana Airs, vnuries l. fox,
' i.(tf !'?B Spruce streeft which will be solem
.(..vr.niHd .on January IB, In Holy Trinity Church.
hAiAUdrteleentli.and Walnut streets. Miss (llndvn
If 1""K. iWllllainsra cousin of the bride, will be
- "'Thuld of honor1, 'and the bridesmaids will bfe-
.Mi. Kmma l(.ienue .raj-wa,. Mm HWy Ml-'
ABOtJT PEOPLE
Joseph R. Rollins. Mlsn Dorothy Fox, ulsUr
of the bridegroom, will be the (lower girl.
Major John B, Carson will be best man for
Dr. Arthur K. Dllllngs. whose marriage to
Mies Mary Farnum Packard will take place
on December 31, in Ropemorit, and the ushers
will bo Dr. Duncan Despard, Dr. Alexander
O'JCcill, Mr. John II. Packard, 3d, cousin ot
tho bride; Dr. James Gibbon, Dr. William B.
Stroud and Mr. Evan Randolph.
;
Miss Kntharlne Register, daughter-of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Register, whose marriage to
Mr. Qeraldyn Livingston Redmond will take
placo on Wednesday, will havo her sister,
Mlra Barbara Register, and Miss Doris Tay.
lor, as maids of honor, and her best man
will be Captain Johnson Redmond, brother
of the bridegroom.
A dinner-dance will be given on January
at the Acorn Club In honor of MIsSAnna S.
Xewbold, daughter of Mr. ClementSjuckley
Xewbold, of 1724 Spruce Btreet, and her
cousin, Miss Helen -L. Scott, daughter of
COlonel and Mrs. Hugh Scott, of Boston.
Sergeant and Mrs. Jacob Rlegel, Jr., of
2211 Wayne avenue, Gcrmantown, are re
ceiving congratulatlona on tho birth of a
daughter this morning. Sergeant Rlegel Is
now In France where he Is stationed with
the First Army.
Mrs. William G. Warden, Mrs. Edward
Browning and Mrs. William J. Clothier, have
gone to Pittsburgh, where they will attend
a bazaar for the benefit of the tobacco com
mittee of tho Emergency Aid. Mrs. Warden
Is chairman of this committee.
Among those who will glo box parties at
the Charity Bnll on December 26 are Mr. and
Mrs. T. De Witt Cuyler and Mr. and Mrs.
Eduard C. Dale. Mrs. William H. Derby
shire wlll-otao occupy a box, as will Mr. and
Mrs, Clarence W. Dolan, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas J. Dolan. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar P.
Earle, Mr. and Mrs. Powell Evans. Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis A. GImbel and Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Grove.
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A fair will be glen for Armenian relief
this afternoon at the home of Mrs. John
15. Haimnlll. 300 West Willow Grove avenue,
Chestnut Hill. Among those whowlll have
charge of the affnlr are Miss Agnes Hnmmtll,
Miss Mary Hammlll. Miss Polly Lear, Miss
Betty Colnhan, Miss Martha Machold, Miss
Douglas Gribbel and Miss Elizabeth Grlbbel.
Mrs. Alexis Dupont Smith, who has ben
spending somo time at her home on Greene
and Harvey streets, Germantown. has re
turned to Columbus. O.. where Captain Smith
Is on duty. Their daughter. Mr?. William
Elliott Moorman, of Key West, Fla., lll
spend the winter with them during the ab
sence of her husband, Paymaster Moorman,
who Is at present In Queenslown, Ireland.
The Plays nnd Players will give an In
formal tea tomorrow nfternoon for the active
members and associate players, nt the club
house, 43 South Eighteenth street.
A Ictory supper In aid of reconstruction
work In Franco and Belgium win do gUeii
this evening from 5 to 7 o'clock in tile parish
house of St. James the Less P. E. Church.
Falls ot Schuylkill. The decora::ons will be
red. white and blue. The affair Is In charge
of Sirs. Samuel T. Wagner, of Sphoolhouwj
lane; Mrs William Grlndrod, Mrs. Lucy
Biewer. Miss Mary Grlndrod. Mrs. Thomas
Reut'er. Mrs. William Wyatt. Mrs. Atchln
son Koch, Miss Lvdla Farrer, Sirs Herbert
Boocock, Miss Slary Boocock, Sirs. John
Marco and Miss Claris Lobley.
The regular monthly meeting of the Quaker
City Ladles' Slotor Club -will be held on
Monday, Janunry 6, 1919. nt the Hotel Walton
at 11 o'clock, followed by the nnnual meet
ing at 12 .o'clock. Tho annual report will
be read, there will be Rn election of officers
for the coming year and discussion of club
activities for 1919 on Wednesday, January
1. The charity committee will distribute
Christmas dinner basKetB to the poor on
December 24. and the wnr fund committee
will send fruit to (he soldiers and sailors In
the home hospitals at Christmas time. Tho
American fund for French wounded commit
tee Is sewing on garments for refugees.
Sirs. John Lindsay announces tii imnbr..
of her daughter, SIlss Slary Grace Lindsay,
in .ur. jtuiim Aiousneiu, ot London, England,
on Saturday, November 30, The ceremony
was performed In the First Baptist Church,
Seenteenth and Sanson, streets, by the pas
tor, the Rev. Carter Helm 'Jones. D. I). Sir.
and Sirs. Bousfleld spent their honeymoon
at Atlantic City at the Hotel Brighton. They
will live with the bride's mother until the re
turn of Lieutenant John Lindsay from Vir
ginia, where he Is now stationed with the
coast artillery.
At a regular meeting of the Aidentes Club
at Starr Garden Recreation Center it was
decided to give a danco at Apollo Hall on
Slarch 6, 1919. Interesting speeches were
made by Mr. Joseph Schwartz on athletics,
and Sir. DeCosta on tho welfare of the club.
Sir.' A. Neff, president, presided, and later
gave the chair to Vice President SI. Levy.
The -Ardentes Club will also give a reception
for the members and friends every first Sun
day of the month. The committee In charge
of the dance Includes Mr. A. Neff, chairman ;
Sir. SI. Levy, vice-chairman; Mr. S. Cooper
smith, Sir. J: Carlls and Mr. J. Carson, The
Ardentes meets every Sunday at Starr Gar
den. Tliafollowlng members are In the Gov
ernment BeWice : Private S. Coopersmith,
Private J. Wenger. Private Maurice Snyder,
Private W. Schneider, Private SI. Silverman,
Private p. Rosen, Private R. Relnhart, Pri
vate D. Kravltz, Corporal J, Woodland ana
Private H. Mondress, who was killed In ac
tion. The following ore in the navy: Mr.
Sleyer, Mr. Snyder, Mr. L Frier and Mr. II.
Barnetto.
GIRARDSTUDENTS TO SING
War Savings Committee to Hold Mm
Meeting Tomorrow Evening
A chorus of fifty Glrard College students,
who will sing patriotic medleys and other
attractive numbers, under the direction of
Burton Scales, will be the feature of a
blr mass-meeting In the Broad Street Thea
tre tomorrow evening, under the auspices of
the national war savings committee.
Some of the latest official war pictures, a
number of prominent speakers and "surprise"
features will be on tho program, which is
Intended to boost the sale of war3Savlngs
stamps In Philadelphia. The Government de
sires that the campaign shall be carried on
for at leastanother year In an effort to
preach continued thrift and to raise neces
sary funds.
Tickets of admission may be obtained at
the war savings headquarters on Walnut
street. They are given free in exchange
for the .purchases of thrift stamps, the only
requirement being tha't all, stamps must be
taken, already attached to thrift cards; there
by assuring the start bt hundreds of ad
ditional thrift cards.
The committee reports a noticeably in
creased sale of th larger stamps as Christ-
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;, man gift... jThey are now. mIIIm .I, IU
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OFFERINGS FOR
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'SUOfcArWEUCA'
METROPOLITAN'S ONE-ACT
OPERAS HERE TUESDAY
Spirit of Puccini's Earlier Works
Is Seen in These by
Critics
Philadelphia will have ItR first performance
by the Stctropolltan Opera Company of the
three new one-act oper.vs of Puccini next
Tuesday evening. They will.have their world
premiere In New York tonight, nnd those
who have heard the rehearsals say that
In these works Puccini has returned to the
spirit .of Jils earlier wdrks and given free
loin to his melodic Inspiration.
The first of the thiee to bo heard wll.l
be "11 Tabarro" ("The Cloak"). The scene
Is laid on Sllchele's barge on the Seine,
in n lcmote part of Paris. Glorgetta. the
oung wife of Sllehele, Is loved nnd is In
iovo with Lulgl, a longshoreman often hired
by her husband. By a mere accident Sllchelo
learns the truth, and overhearing them make
an nppolntment on tho barge when he
(Sllehele) w'ould supposedly be nsleep, he
surprises Lulgl as he comes aboard, forces
hm to confeas nnd Mien strangles him. hid
ing the body under his own cloak. Glorgetta.
In terror, comes up, and not knowing what
has happened, asks Sllehele If she shnll not
rest near him under his cloak, whereupon
Sllehele throws open the rloak nnd the body
of her lover rolls at her feet.
The principal parts on Tuesday will he
Claudia Sluzlo ns Glorgetta. Crlml as Lulgl
and the new baritone, SInntesanto, a.s
Sllehele. , Others In the cast will be Alice
Gentle, Dldur and Relss.
Tim Story of "8nor Angrllra"
The second opera Villi maik the first ap
pearand of the season In Philadelphia of
Geraldine Farrar, who will take the title
role In the opera, which Is "Suor Angelica."
The storv is much on tho order of tho miracle
plays. Sister Angelica, daughter of a Flor
entine noble, has been compelled by her
family to take tho veil, following n youth
ful error, and for seven years has heard front
none of them. Finally her aunt visits her
nnd tells her that she hnH come In order
that the oung nun rithy sign t.ome necessary
legal papers, but that lifelong expiation In
the only course open to her. In answer to
questions, the aunt says that Angelica's child
the baby whom she saw only once, had
died two years before.
In despair, Angelica commits suicide by
swallowing poison, but. seized with remorse,
she Implores the Virgin not to let her TJle In
mortal sin. Tlui the miracle occurs. The
Slother of Comfort appears on the threshold
of the tiny chuich leading a little child,
which she gentlj- pushes Into the arms of Its
dying mother, while a chor of angols and
nuns proclaims her salvation.
The Third n Comedy
In strong contrast Is the third opera, "Gl
annl Sohlcchl." an old comedv. Rchlcchl-ls a
shrewd Tuscan peasant wl;o has successfully
made his way agalnat heavy oflds In Flor
ence. He Is summoned by Rlnnucclo, who is
In love with Lauretta, the daughter! of Schlc
chl, to give advice concerning a will. Duoso
Donatl, It appears, having died without di
rect family, has left all his estate to a
monastery, which greatly "displeases his rela
tives. .Schlcchi says there Is only ono remedy;
he will Impersonate the dead man. whoso
demise has not yet been announced, and
draw a new will. The relatives are delighted
and send for a notary. In Donatl's sickbed
Gianni Schlcchl dictates the new will, but,
after bequeathing a few minor plecss of
property to'tho relatives, he leaves the rest
to himself. The relattyes dare not protest
for fear of the law, but the "lovers are
happy because It will ultimately fall to
Lauretta.
The title role of the opera next Tuesday
evening will be taken by Giuseppe Dc Luca.
the part of Rlnnucclo by Crlml and that
of Lauretta by Florence Eason. others
who will appear In the large cast are Slarle
Sundelius, Kathlen Howard apd Sim. Dldur,
Slalatesta, De Segurolaand D'Angelo.
Medical Club Enlertahu
The Medical Club of Philadelphia gathered
at a special meeting In the Bllevue-Strat-ford
last night In honor of t,wo members re
cently appointed professors in Jefferson Sledl
cal College. They were Dr. Jay Frank
Schamberg, professor ot dermotology, and
-Lieutenant Colonel J, Torrence Rugh, senior
consulting orthopedic surgeon of the medical
service ot the United States army, who was
appointed professor of orthopedic research.
Candidates for officers at the annual elec
tion in January are;
President, Dr. G. Oram Ring; first vce
president, Dr. Barton Cooke Hirst; second
vice president, D?. Alexander MacAUster, of,
Camden, and Dr. IJenry Beates; secretary,
Dr. J, M, Bolce.Dr, George Teaser and Dr.
William S. Wrayj treasurer. Dr Lewis II'.
Adler; governor, Dr, E, E. Montgomery
and Dr. S. Lewis Zlegler.
Red Cross Worker Coming Home
Miss Edith Madeira, one of the three Phil.
: adelphla women now in the Holy Land help
ing the American Red Cross in war relief
"work, will start home early m January. Her
brother, Louis C Madeira, West School lane,
Germantown, received a cable message to
that effect from her yesterday. While in the
Holy Land Miss 'Madeira helncd to organize
nospiiai in a cnoiera oiairict wnere-vuvere
wno'wter,tA'aVaiWtd ln establlsh-
i & ' , '' ,y a
a hospital In a cholera district where-vthere
OPERA LOVERS AT THE
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SCENEFCOM PUCCINI'S ONE. ACT OPER.A
"GIANNI SCHlCCHt"
ORCHESTRA, HOME AGAIN,
GIVES FINE CONCERT
Brahms's Third Symphony and
Songs hy Marcia Van Dresser
the Features
After Its successful trip to the West the
Philadelphia Orchestra returned to Its own
concert platform jesterday afternoon and
was greeted by the usual larre house.
The program made up by Sir. Stokovvskl
was nn Intel estlng one ot vailed stjlep. It
)egan with Urnhms's Third Smphony, which
on account of Its intrinsic musical beauty,
as well as the fact that It Is clearer In
construction nnd less complicated and elab
orate in development, has made It probably
the most popular of his symphonies.
Mr. Slokovvskl, In his rending, tended
toward tho romantic stjle, taking the grace
ful, almost pastoral second theme of the first
movement, not only In strong sentimental
contrast to the heroic and nearly arrogant
first theme, hut also at a considerably
slower tempo. He paid much attention to
working out the melodic nnd architectural
design, not only of the first movement, but
of tho eijtlro symphony. The rhapsodical
second movement w.is played with especial
beauty of tone-color, nnd the somber, ma
jestic finale with much breadth and power.
Tho second oichestral number was Salnt
Racns'e "Lc Rouct d'Omphale." This charm
ing symphonic poem, with Its constant sug
gestion of the spinning wheel, furnished a
stiong but wholly delightful contrast to the
seriousness of the symphony, and was In
terpreted and performed In close sjmpathy
with the Idea of the composer. Salnt-Saens
has furnished his own program to the work,
ln which, Incidentals, he declares that the
Fplnnhtg wheel Is n im.ro pretext, chosen
from the point of view of rhjthm and of
the general a'l.iosphere of the piece. The
Closing orchesfi'il number was the Spanish
rhapsody ot Chabrler. which was played In
the spirited, animated manner demanded by
Spanish dance rhythms
The holotst was Slarcla Van Dresser, who.
at the last moment, wns called upon to sub
stitute for Slmo, Povla I'rljsh, who wns
obliged to cancel her engagement on account
of Illness. Miss Van Dicfcser appealed twice
on the program, tho first time In Slozart's
"Dove Sono," nnd the second In two songs of
Dupurc, "rhldjle" and "L'luvitatlon uu
Voyage."
Her voice Is a high soprano of excellent
quality and power and under good contro
She appeared, perhaps, to sllghtlv better ad
vantage ln the French songs than in the
exacting simplicity of Slozait, than which
theie is .no more severe test of a binger,
although both numbers were well sung and
cordially received by the audience.
The French songx are pleasing numbers,
and both in tho accompaniment boie a fome
what startling resemblance nt times to the '
orchestration of the Salnt-Haens symphonic
power in the continual whirling motion of
the strings.. They are both heavily orches
trated, coming at times peillously near over
coming tho -voice ln the volume of lnstiu-mentation.-
NEW EDUCATION PLANS
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOLS
Pennsylvania Association Hears
Work Outlined John Wanu-
maker-Honorary President
Hunbur), ."a.. Dec 14, Xew standards for
Sunday school perfection were set at the sec
ond day's session of the flfty-uUtli annual
convention of the Pennsylvania State Sab
bath school convention here. Robert I
Alexander, of Chicago, International Young
People's Sunday School work secretary, em
phasized this point und told of the
netv educational plans of the organized Sun
day school associations of. tho United States.
W. G. Landes, Philadelphia, general secre
tary, presented the new standard of Sunday
school work, each county to bo a unit and
have Its separate organization.
Officers elected were as follows; John
Wanamaker, Philadelphia, honorary presi
dent; Howard J. Ilelnz, Pittsburgh, presi
dent; S. S. Slarvin. Bryn Slavvr; E. P. Sel
den, Erie; T. II. Inhoff, Denver; Ives L.
Harvey, Bellefonte; the Rev. C. L. SIcKee,
Washington, and J, H. uastlan, A"entown.
vice presidents; John Wanamaker, Philadel
phia; J. W, Klnner, Pittsburgh, and the Rev.
Dr. ,C. B. Blackall, Philadelphia, board of
trustees; W. G. .Landes, Philadelphia, gen
eral secretary; SIlss L. Grace Keene, Phila
delphia. elementary secretary; Preston G,
Orvvlg, Philadelphia, division superintendent;
the Rev, C. A, Oliver, York, teachers' train
ing superintendent; W. D. Reel, secretary
home department, Philadelphia,; Miss Slartha
E. Robinson, Bloomabijrg, rural superintend
ent; Norman F, Johnson, Wllllamsport. .field,
worker; Mis; Anni,M. Whaflon, FMladel-
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METROPOLITAN
ASSEMBLY BALL
FOR THIS SEASON
First
in Two Years Will Be
Held Here This
Winter
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With nil the dignified splendor which has
marked Its functions for more than a cen
tury, the Philadelphia Assembly will be re
sumed this season.
It was announced this afternoon that this
organization of the socially elect, direct
descendants of exclusive families of the
Colonial times, would hold a ball at the liel-lcvue-Stratford
Hotel shortly after the first
of the jcar
Uccause of America's eiitiance into the
war, the Assembly was omitted during the
last two years.
The coming ball will mark the 170th an
niversary ot the famous organization It
promises to eclipse In Importance and ele
gance all former functions of the Assembly.
.niiouilreinent by Sreretnr.v
Word of the resumption of the Assembly
came from Dr. Charles I). Hart, stcielary of
the Assembly committee. As In former jears,
the Iiellcvue-Htratfoid will be almost totally
commandeered for the occasion.
The atmosphere of both war and peace will
be in evldenco nt the ball this season. Scores
of servhe men will he present.
To gain admittance to the Assembly Is the
highest hopo of all Phlladelphlans with social
aspirations.
Subscriber Mint dimllfy
Tlm rules permit no one to be a subscilber
who Is not a descendant of the subscribers
to the first Assembly list In 1748 Rules ot
admission to the organization hang In a
frame I'l one of the fireproof rooms of the
I'ennsIvanla Historical Society
Thee rules show that extreme care was
exercised by tho social leaders of more than
a bundled cai.s ago In Issuing Invitations to
the now -famous function
News of the revival ot the ball brought
delight to society today. Many debutantes
whose ancestry qualities them for admit
tance to the ball began Immediately their
preparations'.
Incidentally, the lesumptlon of the ball
brings a wave of piosperlty to tho modiste,
as well ns tho florists, decorators and others
s
PatruneHMes Not Xumed
The pationesses, six in number, as et
have not been named. They usually Include
a bride of the last ear, nnd many brides
within the elect circles are therefore looking
loiward expectantly.
Slembcis of the Assembly committee in
clude Henry Brinton Coxe, S. Pemberlon
Hutchinson, Gouverneur Cadwalnder, Caspar
H, Slorrls, Iieauveau Borle, Jr.. and Dr.
Charles D. Hurt, secretnry. All arc descend
ants or related to members of former Assem
bly committee and the vhaln links back to
174S.
Slnny will not attend this year as the war
has hi ought bereavement In several cases.
Prior tn the wni tho Assembly was held'
twice each car, the first Ft Ida v In Janu
ary and the last Friday before Lent.
Second In social Importance to the Assem
bly was tho Slondny Kvenlng Dancing Class,
over which Sirs. Frederick Thurston Slnson
presided This wns d'spenscd with some time
ago, but no one could attend tho Slonday
class unless they were members of the
Assembly. ,
EXTENSION SOCIETY PROGRAM
Charles E. Beury Speaks on Ruimia; John
Kendrick Hangs on List
The weekly program of the University
Extension Society opivis Monday evening nt
Association Hall, Germanton'ir, with n talk
on "Russia After the Revolution" by Charles
K. Beury, who, ns nn Armenian relief com
missioner and a Red Cross Investigator on
the Caucasus front, lived with the people to
leam what ''an bo done with them and
what thev t . do for themselves. Sir. Beury
will speak eo.H-clally of the Bolshevik regime
and of soclntlsm as it now exists In Russia.
John Kendrick Bangs nnd Adela Cowne
Klrby, prima donna soprano, will be addi
tional featuies. The complete schedule fol
lows :
Slonday evening, Association Hall, S849
Germantown avenue, Charles; K. Beury,
"flbssla After the Revolution"; Tuesday
afternoon, Wltherspoon Hall, George Karla
Ralguel, "Current Kvents," "Contivists of
War; London, Paris, Rome"; Tuesday eve
rting. Association Hall, Germantown, Adela
Bowne Klrby, prima donna soprani), operatic
recltnl, "Cavallerla Rustlcana"; Wednesday
evening, Wltherspoon Hall, Janet Richards,
"Current Public Questions: Political, Legis
lative, International"; Thursday evening,
Wltherspoon Hall, John Kendrick Bangs,
"Light and Shade In the Land of Valor" :
Friday evening. Association Hall, German
tp"wn, John Kendrick Bangs, ""Discovering
America: the Fallacy of the Obvious."
Jn the young members' course of the Uni
versity Extension Society this afternoon tn
Wltherspoon Hall, Ernest Harold Baynes,
naturalist, will talk on "The Use of Animals
I- IV I XlfM.a.AM - ,
IU IHUUVfll yiw,.r f
GERMANS ARE
SUFFERING FOR FOODi
Apparent Plenty as Allies Arrive Is Only Proud Camouflage
of Misery, Writes Gibbs After Thorough
Investigation
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Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
tovirioht, 1918, by .Yen? i ork Times Co,
ColoKiif, Dec. 14.
Few of thn lirltlsh troops, apart from the
cavalry holding the bridges, are for the
present in column, but bodies of Infantry are
passing through nnd going to camps nnd
billets outside the city. Among these nre the
Jocks, Senforths, Camerons, the Black Watch
and others, nnd they have come marching
through with their pipes and at the first
skirl of them the joung Germans start run
ning, unable to resist the sight of the kilted
men nnd the sound.
Crowds gather around our transport,
halted for a little while In tho streets, nnd
Kngllsh -speaking Germans In these groups
ejieak to the Jorks In n. friendly way, though
mnny of them were soldiers until a week or
so ngo and were fighting against these very
men of ours.
A waiter with whom I spoke was with the
Sixteenth Reserve Division round about Gre
v liters and Bapaume, where they lost 75 per
cent of their men. He is a man of forty
two or three, nnd Is the head waiter of n
great hotel, but was n private soldier In the
ranks until the armistice.
"I often used to' nsk mself," he said,
"what all this thing was for, what was tho
use of all this bloodshed In the front line?
Wo did not hate the Ungllsh nnd your sol
diers did not hate us, though we tried to
kill each other. It was only the people
behind the. lines who hnted, and they did
not know the torture and cruelty of the
things we suffered, nnd will never know."
(Irrmnn People Were Duprd
Slany German people are asking them
selves now what wan It all about, why did
we hrlng thlsi ruin upon ourselves? They
were made to believe, and I think they be
lieved quite honestly, that they were fight
ing in, a war of self-defense. Just as the
British and French believed they were, and
they wero duped into the belief that by a
few moro months of sacrifice they xvcro
bound to win a fairly good peace.
Now they have nwakened from their
nightmare to tho cold, horrible reality of
defeat and they ask who was chiefly to
blame, and answer it not In the name of
the Kaiser, hut of the capitalists.
Slany of them. Including the editor of the
Cologne Gnzetto nnd the ro-called Intellectuals
of Germany, still seem to be, under the
delusion that their army was not actually
beaten In tho field, nnd that they had many
lines of defense which the troops could have
maintained for a long time. It is useless
to tell them that they had (as I know by
having gone over all this ground) no lines
of defense whatever behind their Hlndenburg
line. The retreat of their armj, they say.
was due to the collapse of 'he Interior of
Germany, and that was caused In their
convict'on bj hunger, which weakened the
bodies and wills of the people.
From our point of view ami In actual fact
It Is certain that the German army was so
beaten In the field of huccesslvc hammer
blows and by Inability to fill up the gaps
In its ranks, owing to exhaustion of Its man
power, that nothing was left but surrender.
Hlndenburg himself acknowledsed that, and
recent history proves It, but It Is certain also
that ln Germany Itself there was a moral and
physical collapse owing to the long strain
of the war and underfeeding.
Pruuil C'anioiifliige of SlUery
In recent messages I have given my first
Impression of German conditions of life In the
villagen and rural towns, "llKe Slalmedy ana
Mnntjolo nnd Duron, nnd have shown sui
prlso at the gpod meals one can get In the
hotels and rcstn&cants. I also described the
apparent nbundance of meat and other sup
plies In towns like Ai.x-la-ChnpelIe nnd the
absence of the hunger look In tho faces of
the middle class crovvdH In Cologne. But If
one examines deeper, as I havo now had
time to do, one finds that this Is all super
ficial and due partly to the gross lnenuallty
of conditions between the rich nnd the poor
and partly, too, to proud camouflage of the
misery which is beneath the surface of this
show in tho handsome streets and rich res
taurants. There Is hideous stinting and scraping oi
the barest necessities of life, with the hunger
wolf nt the doors of the small houses nna
In some quarters where working women live
In half starvation, which drains them ot
vitality
Thin camouflage of life's luxuries has been
cleverly done by the Germans, but, like
camouflage in war, It Is all sham There Is
sham coffee and sham tea. Kven the rich
lookring pajtry in the shop windows is made
without fat, and with a little flour mixed
with substitutes, so that it has no nourish
ment. In the great hotels the skill of the chefa
makes poor food tasty and ekes It out. Tho
FORMER FRIEND MADE
AN EPISCOPAL DEACON
Professor Barton, of Bryn Mawr,
Who Believed War Just,
Is Ordained
Piofcssor George A. Barton, Br.vn Slawr
College, u former member of the Society of
Friends, was ordained a deacon In the
Episcopal Church todas
The ordination service, at which Bishop
Rhlnelander pieslded, was held in the Church
of the Redeemer, Bryn Slawr, In the pres
ence of Doctor Barton's wife nnd young
daughter nnd a number of friends and
clergymen of this city and Brjn Slawr.
Doctor Uarton left the Society of Friends
because, lie said, he could not reconcile its
attitude toward war and the principles for
which the great conflict Just ended was
fought.
Bishop Rhlnelander, In his sermon, made
no direct reference to the society the pro
fessor left.
"You sought," the Bishop said, referring
to Doctor Barton, "not to repudiate your
former experience but to complete it. The
pressure of the times and the Immense bplrlt
ual Issues to be solved put a severe strain
on theories thnt had somehow held together."
The Bishop's sermon was an earnest ex
hortation for the newly ordained deacon to
preach the whole truth of the Gospel.
"Whenever men take pieces of tho Gospel
Instead of the whole," he said, "the results
are exaggeration, negation, helplessness nnd,
finally, Mlence. There lo no clear, strong
hold of anything on any one. Only private
Judgment If left, with most- of the judg
ment gone and only privacy remaining."
In thn chancel, during the service, was a
group of clergymen, including the Rev.
George C, Carter, rector of the Church of
the Redeemer; the Rev. Dr. J. Allen Slont
gomery. professor of the Philadelphia Divin
ity School; the Rev. Dr. R. K, Ycrkes, also
a divinity school professor; the Iter. A. J.
Arnold, secretary of the examiners of the
diocese; the Rev, A. H. Hord, secretnry to
Bishop Rhlnelander; the Rev. N. V. P.
Levis, rector of tlje Church of the Incarna
tion ; the Rev, H. N. Sledary, rector of the
Church of the Advocate, and the Rev.
William H. DuBose. , .
S. Tudor Strang, organist of the Church
ot tho Redeemer, was at the organ. After
Doctor Barton had been ordained. Bishop
Rhlnelander celebrated the holy communion.
He was assisted by poctor Carter.
A year hence Doctor Barton will be eu-v-ftted
toHbe prieethood-r ,
RE ALL Y
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rich and middle classes can buy good food at , 7TJ
1llc.ll nrlnaO fit' n ,4 I ,. 1.a nn.1 ......, in, In..., km. 1'iS
long ns they have money to pay, but thn f
working women nnd poorer middle claBs or
professional people have to abide by their
ration cards and, as a French woman told
mo of her own people In the war zone, they
got too much for death but not enough for
life.
1 think that Is the truth of things, nnd to
Germany It is now of vital Importance that
the truth should be told, and the honor of
correspondents out here depends upon their
accurate examination of the truth. Wie have
been charged with dishonor because of our
first Impressions, but I should like to prove
to the German people that we have no desire
to underestimate their suffering. If they suf
fer, nor to prevent food from reaching them
If they are In need of It.
An Kngllnh Woman's Letter
To the English correspondents as a body
a letter camo last night from Hanover,
from an Kngllsh lady married to a German,
Imploring us to make Fngland and America,
generous ln this matter of food, and giving
her own experiences. I believe In her sin.
cerlty nnd truth, and no doubt her letter
reveals the condition prevailing in many
Germnn homes, which I can well understand.
She writes:
"Why, tho Kngllsh troops are amazed at
the good condition of the Inhabitants on
the Rhine and draw conclusions from see
ing well-dretsed, nent, tidy men, women and v
children. It is because the Germans are
a frugal and Industrious race and make
their old clothcs.lnto new. It Is not clothes
they nsk fur, it Is the right to live on the
food which God provided for human beings,
and not for cattle. A few Instances out of
my own family circle will go to show how
necessary immediate radical change Is.
"We are only three In family, since my
boy, a lad of twenty. Is lying In the ceme
tery at Dtrlcourt. We belong to the so.,,
railed better classes, but as my husband's
Income Is not such that permits our paying
smuggler' prices for tea, cocoa, rice, etc.,
we have had long since to dismiss our maid,
purely and simply because we nave no food
to nourish her. You can Judge for your
selves how a grown man or woman Is likely
to feel whose only sustenance consist ot
co.trses war bread, one-ninth of a pound of
butter In seven dajs and one-half pound Ot
ment per week and ns much x-egetable food
as his weak or strong stomach allows him
to eat. I wish one of you would surprise ,,
us at one of our so-called meals. No milk,
tea, coffee or cocoa. Xo eggs, no bacon, no
fish; not even Norwegian sardines ln tins.
We nre llternlly on tho vergo of starvation,
and that I say to you as a God-fearing,
true woman, who would hold It beneath her
dignity to tell a lie."
DREAMLAND
ADVENTURES
By DADDY
A. complete new? adi'enfure each ureffc, btolnl
nftiff Monday and ending Saturday
(Balky Sam leads an army of inu'e fiilo
Germany to rcsiue Belgian horses vom
their laptors. lie and a German war
horse meet in a duel.)
CHAPTER VI
77ie Duel in the Snow
((TJEE-HAW! Ho! Ho!" brayed Balky
XI Sam, not a bit awed by the size ot
tho (German war horse. . "Come on, old
noose-stepper, anu get wnat s coming to gffi
Kenr Naught snorted angrily at this
taunt.
"Before we meot on the field of battle, I
must know your station. I will not fight ly.
mi 'inn lull
"You're not going to fight an Inferior but
a superior, as jou'll find mighty quick,"
brayed Balky Sam, rearing up on his hind
legs In circus fashion. "I'm an -American
army mule, and that means I'm better than
nny German wnr horse." .
"An nrmy mule, oh dear me, I wouldn't
think of fighting any such low creature as
thnt 1" sneered Fear Naught.
"Well. ou'd better bo thinking of It,"
retorted Balky Sam, baring his teeth In his
flght'ng grin. "You've accepted my chal
lenge, and I'm going to sail Into you as soon
ns I count three. Qne, two "
But Balky Sam didn't get as far as
"three." Fear Naught saw that Balky Sam
really meant to fight, so hi tho German way
he tried to hit first. With a glgant'c leap
forward, he struck at Balky Sam fiercely
with his sharp shod front feet.
Balky Sam wasn't there to be struck. He,
nimbly dodgod aside and as Fear Naught's
hoofs fanned the empty air. Balky Sam's
bard h'nd hoofs shot out and caught the
war horse right In the ribs. i
L'mph ! Ugh '. Ow-ow !" grunted Fear
Nnught. the breath knocked out of him..
Rearing up high on his hind legs, he ad
vanced ln a m'ghty rage. Balky Sam also
reared up, but lie was so much smnller tiat
he looked like a bantam beside a Plymouth
Rock rooster. Fear Naught pawed thjAlr
like a boxer. ,,,,
'"Hee-haw! Ho' Ho' Look at the dancerl"
biased Balky Sam mockingly.
Fear Naught struck aV him savajgHy, bu
nirain Balkv Sam dodged. This xA?mn lift V, I
tiled n football trick, and threw his whole Wl
weight against Fear Naught's hind lga.
Crash' Down went the big war horse with
a thump thnt shook tho earth. Before he
could roll over on hla feet Balky Sam's,
(hoofs landed with machine-gun speed on hla
ribs nnd shoulders.
Fear Naught squealed and screamed and
struggled. He tried to gain his feet, but.
each time he got part way up. Balky Sarrt(
hurled his weight ngalnst him and toppled
him over. And each time ho toppled "r.
Balky Sam's hoofs beat a tattoo on hls-..
"Hee-haw ! Hee-haw," cheered ' the mule
army.
"Whee-ee ! Whee-ee !" cheered the Belgian
horses.
Fear Naught screamed loudly, and finalty
h's scream merged Into Just .one word:
"Kamernd 1 Katnerad '." With that he rolled
over on his, back and held up his hoofs in
surrender. Just like a whipped dog. Balky
Sam braced himself for one final kickbut
liplil it hack.
, "You've got enough, I guess," he brayed, "1
Anu oes'ues i uon t warn 10 spou your uso 'y jji
fulness, louii mane some ueigian widow
a good plow horse. Get up and Join the
parade."
And a rousing parade it was. The freed
Belgian horses led the way. Next came the
German horses, and they didn't seem a bit
torry to leave Germany for quiet llveB In
Tlclelum. Last of all came the mules, all
walking on their hind legs tn Imitation of ,. "fi
Tlollr., Unm Tlnhlnrl IliAnv HlfA ihn rlnnmri yfc
at a circus, wero Johnny Bull nnd Billy1 ji
Qoat, mounted on .their horses, and guarding' vj V
Fear Naught, wno umpea saaiy aiopg at ' ,r
As the parade neared Belgium It grew " ri
longer ana longer, lor ni every Btaoie tne,, . w
mules kicked ln the doors to look for Bel- , -V
glum cattle. Lots of cows were found ; .
cows taaen irom ueigiuni uurmg me war. .-
nnd badly needed there to feed the. kiddles, '.
When the parade reached the Belgian bor r'?t J
der, the mules hurried oft home, creeping, fj- '
quieuy duck inio uiu-r bimuicb. a iiejr - were i.
busily eating meir suppers wnen uie sur j
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prisea llltlllllicii vuma uai.iv Miiu 4UUIIV ,",!
them there. v '
"Well, I call that eome war and a good, J
Job done," brayed Balky Sam to Peggy
'Tell them back home .that I'm a real.,
fighter." . rti
Before Peggy could answer, thi alrpuu
buzzed )oudly wrdsk-k-k! It went, and titer
she was safely back In her own SBBgirotta, '
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