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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.
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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
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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..
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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,-. .
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