A i s EVENING" 'PUBEtC '(LBD'GMRPHIEADEIiPHlAV SATURDAY, DECEMBER .21, 1918 11 tr'' ?' JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE Nancy WynncTalks of the Charity Ball Next WeekShe Has a Word to Say About Various Persons and Things AREN'T you excited about the Charity -Bail this year? ' It's really the first big thing that's happened all year, and this winter there won't be that depressing feel ing of "Over there, there's war," that was so obvious last year, no matter how hard 'ou tried to keep It back. Everybody seems to feel that It Is our "night to howl," be cause all the boxes have been taUcn and there arc to be a lot of parties before and during the pageant. ', The pageant itself Is going to be a won der. The American set, you know,' went down to Camp DIx' the other night arid entertained the wounded soldiers whoare Convalescent there. I told you last week who somo of them aro the Brockles, Gladys Fox, Cecily Barnes, Lysbeth Boyd and others. The set arranged by Mrs. -.Tohn Groome and Mrs. Norman MacLeod, representing the Pennsylvania Society to Protect Children from Cruelty do you blame the army for using so many Initials and abbreviations? Includes Peggy Thayer, Brownlo Warburton, Lisa Torris, Marys Clark, Nancy Sellers, Jean De Rousso, 'Anita Evans and, of course, a lot of others. Anita Evans is to bo the guest of honor at a theatre party and supper nUtho Rltz itho next night, too. She's the daughter of the Powell Evanses, Alva Sergeant and Brlce Blynn are going to lead Mrs. Caspar "vV. Hacker's set. Oh, they can dance, too! Have you seen Brlce since he came back from camp with his shoulder bars? He was walking on Chest nut street yesterday, looking every inch an "officer and a gentleman." Betty Dallas she's a graceful dancer Is in this set, and Frances Sullivan, Evelyn Page, 'Jane Maulo nnd .Elizabeth Dercum. Malslo Rush and Dorothy Blair, are going to lead the Chll- . dren's Hospital set, which Is under thd direction of Mrs. Ben Rush, Mrs. Ned Isley and Mrs. John Drayton. Margaret Remak Is, In the set, as aro Galnor Balrd, Marlon Button, Dorothy Ely and Dorothea Oberteuffer. Marlon Button has been down at Gape May lately, you know, doing can teen work, and all the rest of them have . ieen hard at It ever since the war started. Dorothea Oberteuffor is president of the Junior McAll Mlsslen, which Is sewing for French and Bolglan refugees. Tho other set 1 Mrs. Robert Emott Hare's, and Includes among others Edith Dallas, Hope McMlchaol and Elizabeth Latta, who seems to dance as well as she sings. It's going to be some party, chicks, be lieve me. MRS. ANTHONY GEYELIN Marie Flagg, you know -received such a charming letter from Madama M. Crepy, that distinguished Frenchwoman who has boen'ln charge of the distribution of gar ments and supplies sent to the northern part of Franco from our country. Major Geyelln is stationed in that part of tho devastated, country nnd Madame Crepy wrote to his wife, asking her to be tho spokesman of he committee of distrlbu- ,TV,u01J 10, tnani: me women on Amenta, mr I lir. Mrs. Gevelln has been much occupied With this work during the war and it was a graceful thing for Madame Crepy to write to her. For the sake of those who worked for the committee I will give you a trans- t latton of the French letter, which cannot, j however, Begin to convey mo Deauiy 01 me French version. She says: "Madame: I want to be tho first to offer thanks lh the name of the French women of occupied Franco for all the devotion of you American women, which has so soft- ) eued our hard lot. I myself have had the greatest happiness t to distribute to my fellow citizens tho' clothing, etc., which came to us from the United States, and I 'can bear witness to tho great Joy with ' which they were received. Do be so good, dear Madame, I beg of you, to bo our in i terpreter to all the women of America. For some time I havojiad the intention of going myself to America to try to ex " press my appreciation to all the devoted people of that great country for the succor J they have given tous In. our distress." One thing Is sure, tho French ore truly grateful for what we have done in this struggle. IT CERTAINLY was funny yesterday. They 'were having some' kind of a shindig up at tho Liberty Statue for the ' Red Cross, when a truly Red Cross am- '( bulance, an army1 one at that, suddenly . y appeared on the scene, and the girls of the Emergency Aid Aide, who in their uni forms were ranged straight across Broad street (a bit baclc from the statue) had to ' break ranks and let the car through. And then It those girls did not "robber" round to see Into that ambulance till it was a aream! Suddenly, however, all came to jj" attention and the speaking went .oh. I SEE the Purves-Caskey engagement was announced yesterday in New York. I wonder if they will be married soon, now tiat' Ogden does not have to go to Eu rope? They were, engaged about three months ago. and since then ho has re- ; nMved his commission as lieutenant and was taboul to sail for France whenthe armistice was signed. Sarah Caskey Is the daughter of Mrs. Herbert Caskey, of New Yprk,- and a peach of a girl, from what tho gossips say. Ogden Purves is the son of t, the late Alexander Purves. His mother if was a Miss Ogden, daughter of the lat'e 1 NANCY WYNNE. ; Social Activities Mr, and Mrs. Nathaniel Knowles, ot 810B ' Seminole avenue. Chestnut Hill, will give a dlunrr on January 3 before Miss Lockwpod'a danflng class. In honor of their daughter, Mies Nancy Knowlts. ' Mrr and Mrs. rhlllp S. Clarkson will give tt theatre-party on Friday, December 27, In honor of their guest, Mr. Louis Clagneton, of Boston. ' ' 1 Captain Churchill Williams, Mrs. Williams and their son, Churchill Williams. Jr., of Washington. D. C will spend the Christmas holidays vwltn Captain Williams's! parents. 'Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howard Williams, of 0340 'Greene street, aermantowii, who will Bjtv'e a family dinner on Christmas Day, Mr, and Mrs. yillams returned recently from several weeks' visit In Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T Jennings, of fit .North wiKiioemii mreeii ,aiisa fjoaalo Jobnlnas. Mr. Harry Jennings and KrJ W , m.? funinarU'Miw umr'Hy jw on Gowan avenue, Chestnut Hill, early In January. . Mr. nnd Mrs. Louis Lukes, of Lancaster, formerly of this city, announce tho engage ment of their daughter.-Miss Elizabeth Cath arine Lukes, and Mr. Jamca M. Bonner, son of tho late Mr. James J. Bonner and Mrs. M. A. Bonner, of this city. Miss Lukes lived In .Oak Lano before going to Lancaster. She spends some time in this city every year vis iting a number of friends. Miss Marlon T. Bird, daughter of Mrs. E. . Bird, of Camden, will entertain today at a luncheon and linen shower in honor or Miss Abigail M. O'Lcary. Miss Bird will be one of the bridesmaids at the marriage of Miss O Leary and Lieutenant Herbert II. Scltell, which takes place In St. James's Church, Thlr-ty-elghth nnd chestnut streets, on Janu ary 8. Mrs. William J. Fleming, of 1523 Wallace street, announces the engagement of her daughter, atlas Mary Reglna Fleming to Mr. Joseph A. Allen, of Frankford. Mrs. Charles Branch, of Regent street, West Philadelphia, entertained at luncheon anu bridge on Friday. Her guests were members of her bridge club. Friends of Captain John II. Ball, F. A., U. S. A., will bo glad to know that he has re covered from his wounds In Belgium and will return to this country in about two months. Captain Ball, who Is from WJIIIams Port, Pa., has many friends in this city. Ensign Walter W. Hagy, of. the Naval Fly ing Corps, has returned to this city from Pensacola, Fla. He will spend the Christmas holidays with his family. Miss Isabella Fine will be the guest of honor tomorrow evening at a birthday pafTy given her by her parents at their home, 27 North Yewfiall street. Among those to be present are Miss Esther Frank, Miss Sara Frank, Jtlss Mae .Seltzer. Miss Evelyn Myerov, Miss Dorothy Cohen, Mr. Barney Dreyfus and Mr. A. Lincoln Meyers. MISS HELEN TOWER BRIDE OF MAJOR ROBERTSON Pretty Wedding This Afternoon at Holy Trinity Church One of the most Important weddings ot tho season took place this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Holy Trinity Church, Nineteenth and Walnut streets, when Miss Helen Tower, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, becamo tho bride of Major William Abbott Robertson, of Nashville. Tenn. Miss Tower wns attended by her sister-in-law, Mrs. Charlemagne Tower, Jr., as matron of honor, and the bridesmaids were Mrs. Hamil ton Cheston. Jr., Mrs. Nichols Blddle. Mrs. Charles L. Borie, 3d, Miss Marguerite Caper ton, of New York: Miss Katherine Putnam and Miss Gertrude Hcckscher, Miss Tower wns gowned in white satin, with a collar of old point do ventse lace, and a tulle veil. She carried white orchids. Mrs. Tower wore turquoise blue satin and chiffon, embroidered In silver, with a brown tulle hat. She carried yellow roses. The bridesmaids' gowns were of rose satin, with silver hats, and they carried Ophelia roses. Major Robertson had his brother, Lieu tenant Baldwin Robertson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, as best man, and the ushers were Lieutenant Colonel John B. Anderson, Major Wilfred M. Blount, Major John W. Butts, Major Ralph P. Cousins. Cnptaln Roderick Tower, brother of tho bride, and Lieutenant William J. McCarthy. The wedding was followed by a reception at tho Bellevue-Strat-ford. PARIS LOOKS LIKE U. S. AT DELEGATES' HOTEL The Crillon and Vicinity Smacks of America More Than France Itself By RICHARD V. OULAHAN Special Cable to Evening Public ledger Copirtoht, 101S, by .Veto Vorfc Times Co, Parts, Dec. 21. The American peace delegates are now comfortably settled In the Hotel Crillon, a big structure facing the Place de la Concorde. Each has living apartments and a handsome suite of offices. Secretary of State Lansing's private office Is a large room furnished in tho style of the Second Empire and is altogether sumptuous and attractive. The windows on ono side look out on the Place do la Concorde, a great open Bpace, with no building to shut the light from Mr, Lansing's room. Here he receives visitors. Just as In his office at the State De partment. If they are old friends he does not hide the plpo which ho smokes constantly while working in Paris as well as" In Wash ington. The rooms adjacent to the offices of the delegates, furnished In the-conventlonal hotel style, contain desks and typewriters at which the secretaries and clerks work. The mes sengers are soldiers, mostly men who have been here a year or more. All are keen-eyed, alert young Americans, who were evidently picked for their Intelligence and courtesy. Next door to the Crillon offices aro others connected with the peace mission, including those of Secretary Grew and Assistant Secre taries Harrison and Patchln. This building was formerly tho Paris club Cercle Royal. Soldiers also serve here as messengers and doorkeepers and somo as clerks. The Crillon Is an American center, 111 tho vicinity of which Americans get the Impression of being In a prominent street of their home city. Familiar faces are seen everywhere and warm greetings In the hearty American style are exchanged constantly. Amqrlcan officers and women Red Cross workers are always to be seen In this part of Paris. There Is a,, distinct American atmosphere here. In fact, Ameri cans are seen everywhere on the boulevards and In the principal streets. The Crillon Is still run as a hotel, but it Is intended to keep out everybody unconnected with the American commission or not having Business there. To Insure this privacy, orders have been Issued that every person authorized to enter the hotel, Including newspapermen, must obtain a pass bearing his photograph. A touch of home Is given tho lobby of tho hotel by a booth presided over by a young woman, where popular brands of American tobacco, clirs and cigarettes are obtainable, ' ASIC AID FOR JUGO-SLAVS Committee Here Sreks Relief for Oppreatei ' X People, Charitable Philadelphia Is being appealed to for aid for the starving millions of the now liberated Jugo-Slav provl ces, who have been under the heel- of Oerman oppression since the early days of the war. Contribu tions of clothing, food and money are being solicited 'by member of the Philadelphia committee ot the Jugo-Slay relief fund from its headquarters, 2633 East Thompson street. John Rakslls, qaspar Clcko, and other members of the Jugo-Slav race In this city are directing the efforts of the committee, Comparatively rich In agricultural lands and fisheries, the oppressed countly has been milked dry of all resources by Germany. Reports from Istrla, Dalmatla, Bosnia and other province show an appalling death rate from starvation, In Bosnia alone, It Is declared, 170,000 children less than ten ears old died In one year from lack of nourish incnt. For the mast Dart, the Inhabitants K h&v bttt forcd to. mb!ot pit,, gran and yW.-.fWH ana -im. ttoiwfwwi yuan, , sssssmPbsihHI& ssssmbssssssbssVbssbbssssbsw S - 'MnehPv HbssbbssbssbbsssbHhbbbssssssssbv V ;; "wJHSLffilsfliHiA 'JKb mSk WBa&LlLLIIIIIIII& LBBBBBBBBBBBLlBllBBllMBHU&BBBBflHBlBBBBBBBBBBBBBBN '- .iHBBKnnHVMHVaHVaVflVBVBV iiiiiiiiiV bnw ct3SRISHWlfcBHsnH9BraHiiiiiCiiflB 'T'ilHrJiiMlilwT MISS ELIZABETH CATHARINE LUKES Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lukes, of Lancaster and this city, whose engage ment to Mr. James M. Bonner, of this city, is announced today INASMUCH MISSION REOPENS DECEMBER 31 Superintendent Long Prepares to Meet Heavy Demands of Re construction Days At the request of Jefferson Medical Col lege the management of Inasmuch Mission today released tho college of Its contract to use the mission building as a barracks for their students. The college had a lease on the building from November 1 to July 1 nct. At a meeting of the management It was decided to reopen the mission on New Year's Kve, when Bishop Rhlnelander nnd other prominent speakers will deliver addresses at 8 o'clock. George Long, superintendent of the mission, will conduct a watch-night service, when the friends nnd converts will hold an old-fashioned reunion. Anticipating the great demand that wlllv be made upon the mission during the coming period of reconstruction, no efTort will bo spared to equip tho building to meet this demand. Tho house will be completely reno vated, new equipment added, and there will be a reconstruction of the .present room plan to mako tho mission an attractive, eco nomical place for workmen and mci leaving the service tp llvs n. A competent staff of workers will bo en gaged to make the mission even more at tractive as a social center than it has been in tho past. The free department, which Was closed during tho period or the war, will again be opened, so that the workman who finds himself temporarily embarrassed can secure free Bhcltcr nnd the benefits of home gratis until he Is able to re-establish himself. Tomorrow night at 8 o'clock Superintend ent Long will deliver an address In Bethel Chapel, York street below Twenty-fifth, taking for his topic "The Underworld, What It's Like." Charles O. Trumbull, editor of the Sunday School Times, will address the Presbyterian ministers in Westminster Hall Monday morn ing at 11 o'clock on '"Tho Victorious Life." Francis R. Taylor wilt speak on "Govern ment by Individual or Class" In tho "Social Problems" series of lectures tomorrow morn ing at 11:40 o'clock before tho First Day school confewnco class In the Friends' Meet ing House, Fifteenth and Race streets. Bishop Berry, of the New Jersey Metho dist Episcopal Conference, has licensed Gor don Gray, a young nttorney of Philadelphia, with offices In the Bourse Building, as a minister of tho Methodist Church and as signed him to the church at Weetinont. Cam den County, N. J. He succeeds the Rev. Walter Ellis, who died during the recent epl denflc. Gray learned of the shortage of min isters In South Jersey, due to the war and a number dying. He consulted with tho Bishop and, after an examination, was licensed. He will take charge of the church tomorrow, when he will preach his first ser mon. Forty young peoplo nave enrolled under tho leadership of Miss Reba Flxter, of tho Phila delphia Sunday School Asspclatlon, for train ing as professional leaders of Sunday school work. More than 300 men and women are giving their full time to association Sunday school work at the present time, and tho demand for workers Is Increasing. Miss Flxter, who Is the young people's division superintendent of ,the Philadelphia Association, is conducting young people's conferences In the twenty-three Sunday school districts ot the city, a)so adult lead ers' Institutes and retreats. "The training of Sunday school leaders will be an important part of our reconstruc tion work," said Samuel B. Fares, general secretary of the Philadelphia association. "Thero roust be n religious element In the equipment of the future citizen of democracy. The training will Include courses in tho com munity training school and Instruction at dis trict councils, retreats and at tho training camp conducted by the International -Sunday School Association at Lake Geneva. Four young men and seven young women attended the training camp at Lake Geneva last sum mer. The Brotherhoods and Men's Bible Classes of tho North' Philadelphia churcheH w HI co operate with the North Branch Y. M. C. A. In conducting a big community reception New Year's Day. ' An Interesting Christmas service will be held at North Branch Y. M. C. A. Sunday afternoon, whenDr. Bamuel W. Purvis will give an address on "God's Great Chrlitmas Gift." There will be Christmas muslo by tho choir of the Lehigh Avenue Baptist Church, under leadership of Clyde Shunter, assisted by Harry Shuster, pianist : John D. Oehler, violinist, and William McKnlght, curnetlat. George AV. Weckerly, of th Cookman Methodist Episcopal Church, addressed the North Branch Tratlhltters' Club last evening, giving a Christmas message. An illustrated talk' on the "Life of Christ" will be given t members ot tho North Branch Boys' Division tomorrow afternoon. Friday evening of next week tho boys of tho North Branch will be entertained with a presentation of "Marlev's nhnst." taken ffrom Dickens's Christmas story. 'Day Nursery Seeking Toy The Woman's Union Day Nursery. 707 South '.Nineteenth street, Is making' an urgent appeal for donations, Toys aro especially wanted, either new or okl will bo gladly ac cepted. Children, white and colored, are cjjtMrth,4yi lr motlwn C0RT0T TRIUMPHS WITH THE ORCHESTRA French Pianist Proves Himself to Be Consummate Artist Orches tra in Beethoven Symphony The Philadelphia Orchestra gave an all Beethoven program at Its concert yesterday afternoon at tho Academy of Music. The concert began with the Egmont overture, with Its somber opening. Its passionate mid dle section and triumphant 'close. The fa miliar number was sympathetically rpad by Mr. gtokowslfl and well played by the Or chestra, Tho soloist of the afternoon was Alfied Cortot, who made his first appearance here early in tho season with the Paris Conser vatoire Orchestra, In tho Salnt-Saens con certo No. 4. For yesterday's concert he chose a work as radically different In every way as can 1)0 Imagined, the C major concerto of Beethoven, the first of tho fhe piano con certos of tho Bonn master. To eay that Mr. Cortot strengthened the y Impression gnlned at nis nrst hearing, that ho Is one of the greatest illng masters of tho piano, is to put It mildly. He was heard 03terday under far 'more favorable circum stances, the chief of which are that tho Academy is better adapted to orchestral con certs than tho Metropolitan, and that tho Orchestra is thoroughly familiar with tho lull, a matter of no smull consequence when the relation of tho orchestral accompaniment to the solo part Is considered, Mr. Cortot revealed as one of his chief planlstlc characteristics an unrivaled clarity of tone, togethor with a crlspness of staccato and a tonal purity and beauty which few concert performers can boast. He has an amazing perfection of technique, but It la never brougHt to tho front for its own sake and Is only shown by the case and precision with which difficult passages are executed. This was especially noticeable In his octaves and thirds and In tho exceedingly difficult downward passage near the beginning of the first movement, which starts very loud and ends very softly. This was executed with an absolutely even diminution of tono with out tho slightest loss of speed. Mr. Cortot seems nover to forgot that the piano Is, after all, an Instrument of percussion 'and Incapable of sustained tone, and this style of' playing gives n most refreshing vigor and freshness to his work. Tho concerto Is not one which gives any very great scope for individual Interpreta tion. It Is one of the least profound of Beethoven's larger works and, except in the Largo, which was beautifully played, does not contain tho elements necessary for a strongly Individual reading. It Is a work of formal beauty rather than of Intense feeling. Then, too, It wan composed at an early age, and for an Instrument obviously mechanically far below tho powers of a modern grand piano. As a result the full lesources of the present-day Instrument rp not employed. It was very enjoyable, but It left tho wish that one might hear Mr. Cor tot's extiuordlnary abilities us a pianist in one of tho leally great modern concertos or In the "Empeior" of Beethoven. Mr. Stokowskl's symphonlo offering was Beethoven's Soventh, a work now fairly fa miliar to Philadelphia's concert-goers, as yesterday was tho third time It has been played hero this year. Mr. Stokowskl's read ing was poetic and exceedingly rhythmic aB, the work requires. Especially line was tho beautiful Allegretto, whero the tone-color of the orchestra was charming and tho couhter melodlcs, so often overemphasized by con ductors, were held In their nroper relation to the main theme. Tho scherzo, too, was admirably played, being full of spirit and with good tone quality, without being forced cither In tempo or In volume. TO PRESENT ITALY'S CLAIMS Committee Iluliu Irredenta Holds Mass Meetrug I'onight tinder the auspices of the committee Italia Irredenta a public mass-meeting will be held at the new Shubert Theatre tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. .Native speakers of tho unredeemed provinces of the eastern shore of tho Adrlatlo-wlll set forth the righteousness of Italy's claims to restora tion of her untedeemed lands and population, Italy's rights on. tho eastern shoro of the Adriatic, which are based upon historical, racial and geographical grounds, have lately been challenged by some representatives of the future Jugo-Slav nation, This agitation has pieclpltated a controversy, which fairly oershadows most of the other problems ot reconstruction among tho Italians. The principal speeches will be made In English, wlille others will be made In Italian. Latest Italian war pictures will be shown. CHILDREN TO' HELP ORPHANS A plan to Induce groups of Philadelphia school children to "adopt" war orphans of Franco was urged by fillsS ,Florenco Schq field, an English- war worker, speaking yesterday at a meeting of school teachers nt Broad Street Theatre.. The speaker 'declared patriotic Americana already have taken care of 100.000 fatherless French youngtr- but 'J00.O00 mor.e are urgently lp need of assltt ance. Miss Behofleld' nnd other foreign vlAlto-c will aid the fatherless children of France committee of tbi Emergency Mi la anaklnir ty flva 4ayr campaign, 4e? IiijJ a, suae, SOULLESS SCIENCE CAUSED TEUTON RUIN Van Dyke, Agnes Rcpplicr and Waller George Smith Assail Materialistic Teaching Conflict hrlucen fnlso scientific training, producing "super-beasts," aW liberal arts, producing men of flnei discrimination and pity, wns seen as tho cause of the war by' Henry Min Dyke, former minister to the Netherlands, Walter George Smith and Agnes Reppller. In addresses delivered last night In Witiierspoon Hall before the Phila delphia Association for the Promotion of Liberal Studies. "The desire for the abandonment of lan guages, Uteiature, philosophy nnd history Is best exemplified by tho actions of tho Kaiser In demandjng that German schools abandon the liberal arts In order to tench mechanics and degraded sciences," Doctor van Dyko said. "In that way the pathway led to patrlolatry of a typo that killed chivalry and consclenco to build up seinnhneFS. brutality and pride. Cuune nf Our Triumph "Our triumph was largely due, after dis counts are made for nil other contributing factors, to tho fact that' we In tho Allied nations held our morale. And wa held thnt morale because In our sclfcols our students are taught to read tho high est lessoiiH of clf-sacrlflco and honor In examples of the pastTo hold our supremacy in tho eras to como we must hold fast to tho liberal studies that develop the spirit. Walter Georgn Smith, whoso paper wan read to the society by Francis Fisher Kane, traced the downfall of Germany to perver sions of the Darwinian eolutlon theory. "Men became comerted to nn Idea that produced not the superman but the super beast," he insisted. "The whole argument of those who would take away the liberal arts from our schools falls before the awful In stance of Germany, which did that very thing. Tho action brought them, as It would bring us, nioro captains ot Industry and more money-grubbers, but it killed off the hope of men whose aim Is not gold, but honor. It gan full rise to egotism and failed to teach tho tiue humility of the classics. r.ol It Haul "Sordid materialism IneWtably follows the deep despair that the lesson of the scientist brings. A mighty race lost Its soul and nil Its justice." Falluro ot modern Fcientlsts or material istic thinkers to progress far beyond the dis coveries of tho ancients was charged by Mr. Smith In his paper. Ho admitted the need of an addition of slightly vocational train ing In future schools and universities, hut denied that experimental science and similar Innovations could broaden the mind. "It would bo utterly Impossible,'.' he added, "for the widespread study of tho classics to have lesulted in such a war na we have been." Miss Reppller warned against children's books that shrivel tho mind and chill tho Imagination. She spoke on "Tho Courageous Reader." CAMDEN MAY HAVE HALL Convention Duilding Urged as Memorial to Soldiers Camden's long-hopcn-for nnd needed con vention hall may be a reality In the near future. Mayor Charles II. Ellis, who originally fos tered plans for such a structute, is now hope ful that It may be secured through the pro posed victory Jubilee celebration in Camden. The erection of such a building as a me morial to the Camden soldiers and sailors who shared In tho glorious victory Is sug gested by tho Mayor, and the plan has the approbation of prominent citizens. It has been suggested that part ot the $173,000 to bo raised for the jubilee be di verted as a foundation for such a building. Tho remainder of the money required for the structure, tho Mayor says, could be raised b a bond Issue. S170 FOR BRONZE FIGURINE Model of Lady G-onstance Richardson Sold at Auction tw 'York. Dec. 21. Objects of ait and antlquo furniture assembled by Karl Freund were sold at auction yesterday. The top price of J340 was paid by Edwin A. ghewnn for two console lights, with dome shaped pergnmyn shades, painted with Chinese out door scenes. An American made chaise longue went to tho Colony Shop for $220. A. B. Miller purchased the bronze figurine of Lady Constance Stewart Itlchaidson for $170. It was made by Prince. Paul Trobetz koy. Tho sale brought the total ot $6058 , 50 YEARS IN PRIESTHOOD The Ht. Rev. Moiisignor William Kieran to Celebrate Event Tomorrow Tho Bt. Rev. Mgr. William Kieran, rector of St. Patrick's Church, Twentieth und Locust streets, for the last thirty-two years, will celebrate tho fiftieth anniversary of his en tranco 'Into the priesthood tomorrow. Archbishop Dougherty will preside at the ceremonies at the church and will be at tended by the Bev. Dr. Luke V. McCibc. rector of St. Matthias's Church, Bala, and the Itev. Francis P. Siegfried. St. Charles' Semi, narv, Ovorbrook. The sermon will be preached by the Ht. Ilev Philip It. McDeUtt, Bishop of Harrlsburg. Mgr. Kieran will be the celebrant of solemn high mass beginning nt 11 o'clock. St. Pat. rick's male choir of thlrtj'-two members will sing tho Mlssa Pontlrlcallt under tho di rection of the Bev. William S. Murphy, Mgr. Kieran will also bo the celebrant of solemn vespers tomorrow night Mgr. Klernn was ordained to tho priest hood December 10, 1868, by tho lute Cirdln.il Patrlzl and received the doctorate of theology the following year. Photo by QutekutKt MONSIGNOR WILLIAM KIERAN Rector of Si. Patrick's, will celebrate M'f gotueM-juimce, foworio Miss Rcpplicr's Shafts 'Aimed at "New" Education First. Tlead tho most popular books, becauso they aro Inevitably the worst. Second. Buy a Pullman Library, rlve feet long and as narrow as a pin. Third. Head Bacon during the courses of your dinner. Fourth. Have our wife read Plato to you as you shave. Fifth. Bevel in Milton while our wife dresses for the therttrc. Sixth. Don't think. VISIT BELGIANS FIRST, CHILDREN URGE SANTA Little Girls Want Skates They Hoped for Given to War's Victims Hope that Santa Claus hasn't had Influenza and that he will not forget the destitute chil dren of Belgium and Franco are pmalllng sentiments in the thousands of Santa Onus letters which hae flooded tho postofflce this j ear. Aside from this unusual spirit of sym pathy and generosity on the part of children eager for Christmas pleasures, the effects of tho recent epidemic and of the war tue shown In more pirthetlc ways in the quaintly worded messages to the children's saint. There nro hints of the suffering In families where father or both parents nnd sometimes entire families had Influenza and thero are tho unconscious appeals from children lonel for "daddies" or big brothers In service "I hope jou have not had Influenza, dear Santa." writes little Mary Penny, of 2741 l.atona street "We all had It, the hole fambly, and mother said Santa would come to our house this Christmas and give me n picscnt for helping her when she was s'ck all me and my sister would like Is n pare ot skateH and n blackboard. We would like more but we luo no money. There ate too many to get presents for this Christmas and If jou cannot bilng us tho skates bring us something nice and don't forget tho bolglns. We would do without them If jou would give the Bkats to them. 2000 kisses to 5ou and your ranedeers." An equally pathetic message conies from Harry. Laura and "Frank Bennett, of 113 1'arp street "Dere Kris Krlngle did jou have the 'fin.' Me mudcr and farder and me sister and HHa bruder nn me had It. Me muder said jou nre not comln' to our house cause jou don't like white-heads, but plese como to our house causo It Is a lllla one. Bring me a water gun and a train. Me sister wants a doll that says 'mom.' Mo lllla bruddcr can't talk, I don't know what he wants." The appeal from Manuel Sciocchettl. 1C11 South Sixteenth street, "My daddy is dead and my brother Is In the United States armj and can't buy me no Christmas clothing." is quite. a contrast to the letter from Catherine Spearing, of 665 North Thirty-fifth street. "Please send me a nice big doll, coach, bed, house, chair, piano, dishes, table, music, please send me everj'thlng." While the boys usually ask for warlike gifts, tho appeals from the little girls aro contrastingly feminine and domestic. Can non, tnnks, soldiers and forts nre what the boj's want, and the universal appeal from the girls is for dolls and dishes. Harry and Minnie Koflnk, of 1721 North Hope street, whose father Is dead and whose mother Is employed, reminded Santu that ho did not visit them Inst j'ear and thej long for something nlco this j-ear. "Give somo things to overj- little girl In the wholo world and bo sure to give somo to tho Belgium children and to the poor," writes Dorothy Mlshler, of 887 Brookljn street. For herself she asks: "A doll wltli long curls like mine and a muff and a little kewpln doll about flvo Inches long. I would like a little pink ribbon about an inch and a half wide round ItB atomic." Nclllo McDrlde, of 1922 Selgel ' stieet, writes to tell Santa that her papa Is dead and tho mother Is the onlj- one to earn the lllng for herself nnd five children. "We would be cry thankful for what wo could get for Christmas, dear Santa." she writes. On scraps of stained paper and on Im macful.ito stationery the letters keep com ing addressed, variouslj- to "Santa Claus," "Kris Krlngle" or just "To the North Pole " DISCUSS RECONSTRUCTION Garfield and Others to Speak for Political Academy The outlook for Industiy and finance In this countrj- during the reconstruction period, as viewed by men of national prominence, will be discussed tonight nt a meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, The speakers at the meeting, to be held In Wltherspoon Hall, nre: Balnbrldge Colby, member of the t'nlted States shipping board ; William B. Colver, chairman of tho Federal Trade Commission; Dr. H. A. anrfleld, United States fuel ad ministrator ; Adolplt C. Miller, member of the Federal BeBerve board ; Albert C Bltchle, at- torncj' general of Maryland and chief counsel for the war Industries board ; W. I.. Saunders and Clarence M. Woolloj-, representatle of Secretarj- of Commerce Redfteld. IIARDART WILL AIDS CHARITY Former Councilman Remembered Catholic Institutions With Bequests BequcNtx of $1000 each to the Little Sisters of the Poor, eighteenth and .Iefferi.on streets, and St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum and $500 each to St. Mary's and St. Alphonsus' Komjui Catholic Churches, both of New Or leans, are Included In the will of Frank Ilurdart. Sr., former Councilman and head of the Horn & Hardart Baking Company. The major portion of the estate, which Is valued at more thaln $200,000, Is bequeathed In iquaV shares to tho tebtator'a children, Other wills probated today wero those of Crawford Porter, 1320 North Twenty-seventh street, which in private bequcstB disposes of pioperty valued ot $42,100; David M. Hunter, 7236 Grajs avenue, $40,000; Jumes B. Mur ph, 200 South Third Bticet, $6500, und Kate McLaughlin, Baltimore, Md . $4100. The personal property of the estate of Wllllum J MrClary. 4610 Spruce street, is vulued nt $662,587.15 In an Inventory tiled with Iteglstcr Sheehan. Other lnentorles were those of George Chllds Cook, son of for mer Congressman Cook, $198,520.48; John A. I.eHlle, $50,995.13; Kllzabeth J. Haddock, $61,342 89, Geoige W. Flte, $24,342.89, and Lewis James, $15,323.96. TODW'S MARRIAtlK LICENSES rhHrti-n S Dnunlan l20riarlon t . and Grace K, Parker, IPSO Park ae. llllan Wllklm 1H2H l'ati nt . und Vlolfttu Per. iln, 221- S' 11th nt. . . , VtlMlam HiTKill HIMIJ Market it. anil KHIe 1'nomr-n. .HII41 I.antaater ttve. Ouxtav Umndell, t'. H, A . Dili X. IDth at., and Knrl-1 So.terntrnin. IMO X. 10th it. , . Jamm I' O'Neill 70.' I'reaton at., and I.ulu I.. Ilrnomull LMIl.t N' 2.1th at. Dailcl II KrMlev "22 Columbia ave . and Clara Knll LT.lt H lllli at Juneph V Hmlth ItMii N. 2.1tti at , and Catherine T McKlhatton. 2H.1T N" Htillman at John U Haland 1440 H Homier at., and Mollis Drown 1447 H Douvler at riervlllo Marnhull t', H A , 1208 Tina it , and Donate 11 Kurd. 120 Tine at. Luula J DuMrld. I' . N.. und Otllla Link. 3427 Tampu at. laaao Hrhrehter. nO.1 Vine at . and I'annette W'eln- er till N. R. Uoulevard. Joaenh I.. Lrahner. ,1241 Rldgo a., and Itoae Hthaffer 1803 I.elthaow at. Jocph Heddla. 227 Moore at , and Alexandra liarasuKaa. 227 Moore at. Wulter O B Hvvlnt, 1K4 1J. Cambria at., and l.aura M. Kal.lnn, 48110 N". Wanklln at. Thomaa A. Ilooth, 34 SI Tampa, at . and Lena Devlin. 3133 Tampa at. Nathan Kataman, Mull Viola at . and Jfary l'ul- mutter Mini Viola at Jamea Hlalauah. null Ofuta av and Ulaanor H Durrel. ll'IIH N. LMth at L John Jlurnliv itii.to j 7m at, and Annie lloyle, iiMi u, juwt ai. Harr J, I'lpr-iM. Toledo, O., and Alma Jlooney, .ouanport Ind. Howard it Kiunvr. Tounatown, O,. and) Frances BARNARD STATUE RENEWS DISPUTE Tip.lf'ftintl nf tn,,1nJ. T ImJ.. -j .. vu.j,,! umiuiu vyn lor Westminster Revives Con troversy The rejection of the George Grey Barnard statue of Abraham Lincoln, to bo Installed at Westminster, London, nnd tho acceptance 'ot a Lincoln statue by Augustus St. Qauden has rekindled an old controversy In Philadel phia art circles Whether the St. Oaudens statue of Lincoln Is a tiuer and nobler conception of tho great Tresldent than that executed by Barnard In a question that disrupted art circles two, j ears ao. Both statues have been offered' to the British Government and both In turn have been accepted. To determine the controversy a commission Was annnillte.l in tviahA n b.1..IIah rru a. . . .....u .. Uwi.v,..u... lilt 01. LUaudens statue was accepted nnd tb jianinra siuiuo win be orrcred to some other British city. Coll. H I.lbel on Lincoln "A city that would accept Barnard's statu of Lincoln1 is certainly hard up for Btatu ar," said Joseph Pennell, the stormy petrel or Philadelphia art circles, this nfternoon. Mr. Pennell, voicing tho opinions of other critics of Barnard's work, characterized It as a "disgrace to America and a libel on Lin coln." Ho said: "Art olrcTes throughout America will re joice to learn that the Barnnrd mwistroslty luiH been rejected., It was a horrible pleca of work and unworthy of a position of honor In London or In fact any other cltj'." .Mr 11,11 nurd, at his Xevv Vork studio, re fused this afternoon to accept the verdict as transmitted In press dispatches from Lon don, nnd maintained that he had not received any official communication from London to cease wrk. "Only two weeks ago," said the oitlst 'I talked with John Stuart, who represents the American commission In charge of the matter, and he nssured me mj- statue would ne put up. "He even said that arrangements wero being mude to ship It across the ocean and asked me to take charge of a few details, f think ti,at ,y enemes are again trj'his to revive the old controversy" Morrla Disappointed Harrison S. Morris, nrt critic and former director of the Pennsylvania Academy ot the Fine Aits, when Informed the Barnard stntue had been rejected by the American commission, expressed surprise an'd disap pointment. He said: "Tho Barnard statue le a legitimate ren- ' dltlon of Lincoln the man, nnd ought to b placed in London. Augustus St. Gnudens's Btatue of Lincoln Is a noble piece of art, but I can see no reason why it should be given higher rank than the work of Oeorgo Barn ard. "George Barnard Is a great sculptor and an honor to America. It Is unfortunate that members of his own profession eliould criticize hlni so sexcrcl)-. He made an Intimate study of Lincoln, and hln conception of the man as expressed In the statue reflects credit upon" him. "Ho endeavored to disclose the real Lln- wuiii mm nis worn uoes not cnt-credlt th great American. That statuo should bo placed in London. In fact, I am In favor of placing both statues In that city, but believe it Is wrong to reject Barnard's great work." Two Yearn' Controversy , For nearly two years a controversj' among nit crltlcrv concerning the merits of tho two statues has been waged, and despite tho nctlon of tho American commission in Its selection of St. Gaudens's Lincoln, It Is not ended. It Is believed. By taking this action the commission Jus tifies the attitude of the original, committee that nccepted the St. Gaudens statue several j ears previously In behalf of tho British Government.. In 1013 a British delegation visited the1j i-mieu niuies 10 maKe arrangements .Tor tile celebration of 100 years of peace between? l.li rr Ia1 n.nlJ . -a. . . . . ....fc.ion-npcuiwux peoples. ji mat iimo. llio American committee for the celebration 'of fered to tlie British committee a replica of the St. Gaudens Lincoln statuo In Chicago, The gift was accepted and the British Gov ernment granted a splendid site for tho mon ument In the Canning Inclosure. The war Interfered with the carrying out of this program, so the offer of St Gaudens'a stntue did not materialize. In the summer of 1917 the project was revived by Charles P. Taft, brother of former President Taft, when he offered a replica of tho Lincoln status bj- Burnard. This offer was accepted and the site chosen for St. Gaudeu's statue assigned to it. This fiction created a storm of protest, for scores of nrt critics and historians who had known Lincoln In real life characterized the statue as a "scandal to America" Studied Abroad , Mr Barnaid, central figure. In the con troversy, was born at Bellefonte. Pa., In 186J, and after a year's study In Chicago went abroad. After four years In the Ecole Na. tionalo des Beaux Arts he returned to thin countly In 1887. Among Ids most notable works is his group of figures at the State capital in' Harrlsburg: "Tho God Pan," la Central Park, Xevv Vork ; "Two Natures,' in the Metropolitan Museum at New York ; "La bor and Rest" and "Love and Labor." USED BELGIANS AS SHIELDS Soldier's Letter Tells of Teuton Abuse of Women and Children "It was supposed to be a veteran and well-trained enemj but we always defeated them, and they looked to us like a dirty ' bunch of blockheads." Thus speaks Paul Donnelly, of Company C, 112th Field Signal Battalion. In a letter written to C. A. Blessing, of B16 Montgom ery avenue Donnellj-, who lives at 7104 .Norm Drond street, writes thnt ho sailed on the 22d of June from Newport News and arrived In Brest after a quiet voyage. Thren nnd a half days In a cattle car took him to Chaumont. nnd on the 26th of July he reached the fiont-llne trenches In the Lorralno sec tor, near Strassbourge. "We were the first division to open up th drive In the Argonne forest," saj-s Donnelly, "and with the boys of the Seventy-ninth and ViiTOt'-flrst Divisions we captured Montfau con " Later Donnelly fought In the St, Mlhlel drive and tells graphically of advariclng through the German lines and of seeing tho releasing of prisoners and peasant slave whom the Germans had held. While the, drive was nt Its height and the Germans vveie on the run. It was not nn uncommon sight, according to Donnellj', to see Belgian women and children forced en masse Into a. blistering shellflre from Allied guns in order to cover the retreat of the "dull gray hordes." Donnelly's division and Its colleagues had the honor to bo the first Allied commands to cross the Scheldt Itlver. For this they re ceived otllclal iccognltlon from General Foch In a letter of congratulation. MISS PHYLLIS VALSH HOME Ambulance Driver Find American Woman Is! Si. iMIhiel at Capture Miss Phyllis Walsh, Philadelphia society .girl, who was tho first American woman In St Mlhlel after Its capture by our troops, Is home again. " Miss Wulsh arrived at New York today oa 41, m ktenmahlti Witllnier Caalle. Nv For the last year Miss AVuih has been ariving an uiiiuuinnce on un rrencn ironi, KAVY-YARD OFFICE GIVES DANCE The coat accounting department of the navy yard gathered Its force, present and pant, with their friends to a banquet and dance at tho Army and Navy notary Cluta laBt night The object ot the event waa the formation ot the Philadelphia Cost Accounting Aoaocl- ' atlon' to cement the ties of-friendship which ' have developed among the eullsrvd men ' gathered from all parts of tUu couhtrjv Clilf,j Yeoman S- F. McKnlabt was .UtWd, tb itny olfioer necessary la conduct the mmgtmtlon,-. . . IfirT , , :. Jifi&tJMt.l ' m e -as m SM rI - -y; 1 ym v i- 1 .-v tTJ a SI.
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