mf,vmtfm:lrt, mnfQ EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEIV-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918 HJ W JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE t. t Phifadelphian 111 in Chicago Nancy Wynne Tells About Re . ' ceplion for Enlisted Men Comments on Various Things and People TID yoir kiiftw that Louisa Davis McCall k'la'vory 111 In Chicago? I nm so sorry to hcarlt. Tou know sho nnd her hus band,' Lieutenant Joseph B. McCall, Jr., were, oh their way home to Philadelphia to' spend the Christmas holidays with their two ".families, the McCalls and Davlses, when -jwdrd came of their detention In Chl(ifiBO . Owing to Mrs. McCalVs sudden illness. f ,Jlr, and Mrs. McCall, Sr., and Lenows Je'ft on Saturday for Chicago. I do hopo the news wilt bo better today. THE Historical Society party on Satur day night was great, and Christmas being so near there was a special Christmas end to It. , There was a huge Christmas freo in the great reception hall filled with gifts for the soldiers and sailors who attended. m.f . 1 t- . ..1. ..... t V.n Adttf ,r diias Jieien aionon nua viiuibu " ;", "assisted by Miss Myers and a lot of the Emergency Aid Aides, and suss i-yuia Morris and Mrs. Charles Roberta presided at the coffee urns. Tho boys seem to love tltese parties. They go In large numbers. And It's fine to have something of tho kind on Saturday evenings, because Saturday's always sort of a party night, don't you think so? Mrs. Jim Starr, who Is president of the Colonial Dames (she was Sarah "Wlstcr, you know, a sister of Mrs. Stewart "Wurts and Mrs. Edward Meigs and daughter of the lato John Wlster), made an address of wetcomo to the men and other guests. Mrs. William Sproul, wife of tho Governor elect. and Mrs. Nathaniel Keay received the guests. There was a Liberty Sing, of course, led by Mr. Iloxle, who goes every week to these parties, and Mile. AUno Van Uarentzen gave several piano selections. .".. ... .. ...... . Vn mnut U11pprs4. liv, Aliogemer 11 ivaa unc m w,u .... - 41 fill parties or me seasun. WHAT do you know about Alice Whar ton coming Into that young fortune through her aunt's will? Miss Alice Tay lor, for whotri she was named, died about two weeks ago, on the very day Alice was to have spoken at the Independence Square ' Rod Cross Auxiliary". Miss Taylor had In herited a large fortune from her brother, Mr. Benjamin Taylor, who died on the 18th of September, and she left most of tho for tune to her two nieces, Mrs. John Wilcox and Mrs. Houston Dunn about a million each, so the gossips say. Alice Wharton, who is Mrs. Wilcox's daughter by her first marriage to Bromley Wharton, inherits fifty thousand, That's a tidy little sum for a girl of Alice's age. I would not mind having had it nor having It now, for that fjnatter, would you? There aro so many i ohlngs I could do with that little principal, lice was to go back to Franco for Christ- "mas, but I understand they are not senil-frg- any more over Just at present. And t.Jhose who are to go for the Y. M. C. A. -will probably be sent to Ilussla, the Bal kans or Siberia. Not eo romantic as France, is it? Not so good; not so good. TTOW awfully well Mrs. Howdy Henry Is .O'l I . . . . -w !... 1. n,UM .In.. In f!-f JOOKingl B'lW I1H wo unit. u..j . a Walnut street car. Sho had on such a .stunning fur coat and wldo collar and a "email toque with blue-green breasts on It. Bhe is so dainty. All the Fells are small Minnie and May and Frances. Minnie is jfs. Bobblo Cassatt and Frances Is Mrs. xAntelo Devorcux. .TOHNNY Is not an incorrigible child, but ly he Is absent-minded, and he's very apt to forget what's going on when you start to scold him, and begin thinking about the irterry adventures of Itobln Hood, or Just nexactly why two and three make live when Ctlfreo and four don't make six. And In 'school, when he has the privilege of sitting ln the big study hall to study his history -tor tho next day, ho finds It much more In teresting to sit In a front seat so that he ijjan overhear tho lessons In physiology Mjthat are being given In low tones to one W two students who are behind In their "work. The fact that his head Is all made of bone means lots more to him than tho fact oKat on a vague date In a vague year some nijm In queer clothes signed a treaty or "flomethlng with spme Indians under a tree i.ud they gave him beads for It, or sohie "Uilrig like that. , ,.Ono day last week he forgot about tho ..possibility of Santa Claus and disobeyed 'mother terribly. Of course, he was taken $'ntd hr room and glvon a lonBr' qutet' but firm talk on obedience. He watched a.hir fnrn Intently while she talked, and she !i thought that for once sho had made an "'rimpression. vc o ohj'-" .......... 'Johnny snapped nis eyes in. uu unci emeu "'way and started to discourse. "Mother, 1'ldq you know that, when you talk you enly .vmovo your lower Jaw? The upper one can't move at all." NANCY AVYNNE. X- Social Activities u; Mr. nn1 Mrs, Henry I Grove, of 258 tVTulpehoolen street, Germantown, will give -fa dinner on Christmas Eve. Dr. and Mrs. J, Murray Ellzey. of 106 Iflgliland avenue. Chestnut Hill, will give a dinner before Miss LocUwood'a dancing ,clats on January i. Thoro will be eighteen i quests, Among those who will entertain for the younger cet this evening are Mr. and Mrs. Tercy II. Clark, of Cynwyd, who will give ia tlance for thtlr daughter, Miss Miriam Clark: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Custls Harri son, Jr., of 243 EaBt BJttenhouse Square, who will give a dinner In honor of their daughters,. Miss Ellen W. Harrison nnd Miss Augusta Wi Harrison, before the dance In Cynwyd ; and Mr. and Mrs. John It Strublng, "Wf Chestnut HIH, who will give a small dance ""for their daughter, jMla Elizabeth Strublng. ' Miss .Marian Button, daughter of Mr. and t -Mrs, Joseph Priestly Button, of West Upsal street, Germantown, has, returned from Cap May, where she has been doing canteen work and has been taking part In the Bed Cross wrlve. Mr. and Mrs. Button have returned rntiom several weeks' stay In Atlantlo City " ' nM ..lll viva n fnmllv f?hrfatmaM dlnnr nn .Wednesday. a,H The Woman's Land Army of America will ..1 bold Its annual meeting 6n January H, 1919, in this city. The Federal Government has "Velueated Ahls organization to augment Its '4ctlvltle- during the coming ear, as It Is .!. be Incorporated under the Department of ! f fcbor. ...Y Mr. and Mrs. Alexander L. Felld, of Cleve- II land, O.. are spending the hollduys with Mr. '"Felld'a p rcnt 8. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. h vi'iUdt at "mltn Court. it ,, v ,,.zr.. ... li' L f.ikIW Ar. Juouif i'. ucBcmiciiuer, ' jjo HJr&'ZTJ f,v jUKfi)lllMVMC JirtUWUftHTt 7WC p.MM' lllon, United States army. Lieutenant Ham ilton has recently returned from overseas service. ,Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace Telfor. 8024 Diamond street, will leaVe for, Washington tomorrow to bo the guests of Mrs. James Shat-p, Highland avenue, Cleveland Park. D. C. Mrs. Telfor was formerly Miss Mabel II. Virginia Wilson and was married at the home of Mrs. Sharp Inst April. ' An Interesting wedding of last week was that of Miss Selma A. Gessler, daughter of Mrs. Jennie Gessler, 'of 430 North Thirty fourth street, and Mr. James T. Moore, of Thirty-sixth and Chestnut streets, which took place on Wednesday afternoon at tho home of tho bride's mother, with the Bev. W. Courtland Boblnson, pastor of the Northmln stcr Presbyterian Church, Thirty-sixth and Baring streets, officiating. The bridesmaid was Mlsn Marjorle Swmdemnn. of Toledo, O., and the best man was Mr. Henry Illtten house Shellenbcrger. Mr. and Mrs. Moore will be at home after February 1 nt 430 North Thirty-fourth street. A wedding of Interest will be that of Miss AHco Katherlne Gilbert and Mr. Marccllus Hood McLaughlin, United States marine corps, which will take placo at 6 o'clock on Tuesday, December 31, at the home of the bride's aunt, Mra. William B. Nicholson, of B.ala. The ceremony nnd reception which follows will be attended by the two families nnd a few Intimate friends. Engagement Announced The engagement of Miss Mary J. Latta, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. William J. Latta, of Ht. Martin's, to Captain Dozlcr FInley, of Behkelcy, Cal., was nnnounced today. Captain FInley was connected Ith the Frnnliford Arsenal. TO EXHIBIT CAPITAL ART HERE Two Paintings by Mils Violet Oakley for Senate to Be Shown Tho two paintings which will complcto Miss Violet Oakley's commission 'to decorate the State Senate chamber ha'e been finished nnd will be placed In the Capitol early In the new year They will .be exhibited for a week nt the Pennsylvania Academy of tho Fine Artu In this cjty before being sent to Harrlsburg. Tho paintings represent the activities against Ihe slave trnde and the faith which marked the living of the Society of Friends among tho Indians. DEATHS OF A DAY Dr. Ahin Strnce Dr. Alvln Struce, formerly a well-known Philadelphia, practitioner, died Thursday of pneumonia, succeeding nn nttncl; of Influenza, In Guatemala, where he lind been doing re search work for the llookefellcr Institute since 1910. New I of hl- death was cabled to his parents Mr nnd Mr. Alvln Struce, of 449 Hermltnge street, Boxborough, yester day, ft Doctor Struce graduated from Central High School, whero ho won a scholarship In Jefferson Medical College. Ho finished hU courso In medicine In 1914 nnd shortly after ward became resident phjslclan at the Epis copal Hospital. Later ho went to the Ablng ton Memorial Hospital In the same capacity. Tho body, accompanied by Doctor Struce's widow, Is en loute to Philadelphia. A cable gram of condolence from the President of Guatemala was received by ".he doctor's par ents yesterday. Alexander P. Brown Alexander Patterson Brown, a wealthy re tired Philadelphia shoo manufacturer, died suddenly on Saturday at Dnytonn, Fla. Ho left HiIb city about two weeks ago on a tour to Florida nnd Cuba. Ho had spent several days at Jacksonville and had proceeded south ns far as Daytonn, where he was fatally stricken. Mr. Brown had been In poor health several years. He was a bachelor. Mrs. Isabella Brown, of .1937 Locust streot, widow of William Brown. Jr., Is hls'slster, nnd Wil liam Alexander Brown, an attorned of tho same address, la a nephew. Mr. Brown In late years lived at the Hotel Walton. He was born In this city seventy-nine years ago. Robert E. Gamble Itobert E. Gamble, a widely known real estirto broker, of tho firm of Paul J. Hal lowcll & Co., 1604 Brown street, where he lived, died on Saturday. He was a member of Apollo Lodge of Masons, Corinthian Chas seur Commandery. Knights Templar; Lu Lu Temple, the Beal Estate Boarn and tho Auto mobile Club of Philadelphia. Tbo funeral will be held on' Thursday at 2 p. m., at his home. Roger Sherman Mitchell Roger Sherman Mitchell died on Friday at his homo In St. Dalds after an Illness of several months. Ho was a son of Dr. Henry It. Mitchell, of Asbury Park and St. Davids, former secretary of the New Jersey State Board of Health, and was a direct descendant of Boger Sherman, of Connecticut, one of the Signers oi wio uemuiuuim ui iiiucuMotitc, Mr. Mitchell, who was forty years old, was graduated In 1901 frem Princeton University, where he was a member of the Cottage Club. He waa a member of the Princeton Club and the Manufacturers' Club. Besides his father, he Is survived ty ins wire, wno was Miss Margaret Ashiriead, and by a. son and daughter. He was connected with the Phila delphia branch of the Worthlngton Pump Company. Mrs. Marie Agnes Shaw Mrs. Marie Agnes ShaW, wife of James L Shaw, a well-known political worker of the Forty-sixth Ward, died on Saturday nt the University Hospital of pneumonia, after a brief Illness. Mrs. Shaw was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Fadln. She Is sur vived by two sisters, her husband and three chltdren. Mr. Shaw was for many years con nected with the Department of Supplies, and Is a nephew of Slgfrled Behrens. the late composer and musical director. Mrs. Shaw lived at 6417 Christian street. Frank A. Cook Frank A. Cook died yesterday at his home, 1416 North Sixteenth street, after a week's1 Illness of bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Cook, who was twenty-eight years old, recently returned from Camp Johnson, Jacksonville, FIa where he had been In the service three months or more. He was In the employ of W. G. Davidson & Co., Inc., wool merchants, 32 South Front street. He Is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Helen C, Mc Gllnn, daughter of John McOllnn, a' wealthy brewer and 'distiller who died In June, 1916, Ills mother and a brother, who Is In the serv ice In France, also survive Mr. Cook. Barclay R., Leeds Barclay R. Leedr, a, member of the So ciety of Friends, died on Friday at his home, 5311 Daynton street, Germantown, after an Illness of a few da. He! was In his eighty fifth year. Four years ago, Mr. Leeds re 'tired after nearly half a century's service as an accountant with Powers &,Welghtman and that firm's successor the Powers-Welghtman-IloBengarten Company, chemists, at the Falls of the Schuylkill plant. He was u native of New Jersey but spent most of his Ufa In this city. He Is survived by two sons, Morris 11 Ieda nnd Arthur M, Leeds. Uotll further notice Dreamland Ad vMttwea will ,le printed en h VUUo l?f fHH8lH iHflKflHr iifwvRBliv dMRSr mTS v LIEUT. COM. ALBERT B. WALTERS MRS. ALBERT B. WALTERS Whose marriage took place last week. Mrs. Walters will lie remembered as Miss Claim Endres GENIUS OF PERSHING GAVE ALLIES VICTORY Isaac F. Marcosson Credits Amer ican General's Insistence on Unified Command Despite tho fact that Marshal Foch Is get ting tho lion's shnro of credit for winning tho great military victory of the Allied armies, the man who made thatlctory pos slblo by Insisting upon n unity of command Is "our own Pershing." This fact is emphasized strongly by Isaac F. Mnrcosson, journalist nnn war corre spondent, who has Just returned from France. Mr. Marcosson spoke on Saturday night nt the nnnual dinner of the New England So ciety of Pennsylvania and before n company of more than 300 diners drew nslde the cur tnlns on the European stage. Ho discussed Bolshevism, told stories of American heroism on the field of battle, praised General Per shing nnd sounded a note of warning ngalnst the use of "soft words" for Germnny. "The tragedy of the war," said Mr. Mar cosson, "Is that tho Germans havo not been beaten badly enough. Those armies of oc cupation should bo armies of conquest, regardless of the price. We should bo using tho big stick Instead of the soft and humane word." Tj pleat Sew V.agUna Affair The dinner was a typical New England af fair and from the time Cyrus II. K. Curtis, president of the organization, opened the fes tival until Its close tho company of diners lu song nnd speech paid fitting tribute to their ancestors. Not only did the dinner savor of New England, but the speeches reflected' the eplrlt of that section. They were constructive nnd contained many helpful suggestions, for New England folks never forget the fixed rule of their sturdy ancestors, namely, to point out the better road. This was done on Saturday night In such a striking manner that the affair smacked of the town-meotlng atmosphere, and those who attended tho function today will tell that they drew many helpful lessons from the remarks of Mr. Marcosson and other speakers. First came tho dinner, then the thrusts of wit, nnd then. In truo New Eng land fashion, the lessons of the day. Uritrs Immigration Censorship Mr. Marcosson, fresh from troubled Europe, detailed the problems of tho older nations and olced his opinion concerning a few of America's present-day quest problems. He said: "No obligation we owe civilization and per manent peace Is greater than a censorship of Immigration. We must erect a bulkhead ngninst that Indiscriminate tide of Illicit humanity that has beaten on our shores for forty yenrs. The melting pot must become the straining pot. Henceforth we must curn that abuse of citizenship and national hos pitality which made tho long and costly riot of sabotage atid anarchy possible, "It all means that wo must havo n treaty of peace with fangs that will put tty German In his place nnd keep him there, it must have economic restrictions as well as ter ritorial enactions. It must not be a peace of phrases, but a peace of action and result. No altruistic fallacy Is greater or mora costly thap tho Illusion of a freedom of the Beas for the Power that outraged every law that governed It. If Germany Is to have tho un restricted run of the International highways of tratllc. then we will simply be playing Into her hands and giving her a first aid to a recovery that will again be u menace to the world almost before we realize It." America's Debt of arutltude The Bev. W. Warren Giles,, pastor of the First Boformed Church, East" Orange, N. J., urgent patience with Busila, nnd after dis cussing tho sacrifices of Belgium, England, 'France and Italy, struck a popular chord In the minds of his hearers by saying that America must not forget Its debt of gratltudo to the peoples of tnose countries'. After telling how the British fleets guarded tho American coast, Doctor Giles said; "Wo talk about the freedom of tho sens. Were not the seas free beforo the war nnd are they not freo today and do, you not want to keep them free? Nothing would please aermany better than the destruction of tha British fleet. Stand by Brltnln and pay your debt, See to It that Britain's policing of the seas shall not be Interefored wltn." FRANCE HONORS DR. ABBOTT Philadelphia!!, Serving With Jefferson IFos ' pltal Unit, Decorated Dr. Frank C. Abbott, of the Jefferson Hospital staff, who went nbroad with that unit at the outset of the war, has been dtc orated by France. Word of the honor be Btowed on tho phystqlnn has Just been re ceived. Ho lives at 46S2 Hazel avenue. For many months Doctor Abbott served with the American troops at tho firing line, and with Bhells dropping around him aided In saving the lives 6f many who were badly wounded. Doctor Abbott served as a surgean about three years. Ho was connected with the French 'army beforo the United States enter ed the war, In tho course of his arduous work ho performed many difficult operas tlon and. wm iraattentlv commended ,by the ) &ibrn,9tlMiAmMi)m, nd French' for WALTER HINES PAGE, EX-AMBASSADOR, DIES Onetime Envoy to London, Scholar and Editor, Succumbs to Year's Illness rinelmrst, N,. CT, Dec. 23. Wnller Hlnes Page, formerly ambassador to Great Britain, died here Into Snturday night after an Illness of many weeks. Doctor Page's henlth began to fall nearly n year ago and he gao up his post as American representative nt tho Court of St. James late In the summer, Doctor Pago returned to tho United States on October 12 nnd was taken directly from tho steamship to a hospltnl In Now York. For a time his condition showed improvement, but Into In November he suffered a relapse. Early this month ho rallied and ten days ago wns brought to IMnehurst. For a while ho seemed to grow stronger, bu: suffered a second relapse last Thursflay. Most of tho members ot Doctor rage's family were with him when death came. They Included Mrs. Page; his daughter, Mrs. Charles G. Lorlng, of Boston; his son, Ralph W. Pago ; his brothers, Henry A. Page, Junius It. Tago and former Representative Robert N. Page. Major Frank C. Page, who accompanied his father home from England, arrived Sunday morning. Another son, Cap tain Arthur W. Page, is now serving In England. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed, but It was announced that services would be held tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock In tho Page Memorial Church In Aberdeen, N. C. Walter Hlnes Page was editor of tho magazine tho World's WorK and a member of the publishing firm of Doublcday, Pngo & Co., of Garden City, .. I, when, In March, 1913. President Wilson appointed him Ameri can ambassador to Great tlrltaln. Virtually all Mr. Pago's llfo before his ambassadorial appointment had been spent In literary work. He wns tho author ot works on tho development of the southern portion of tho United Stales, In which he was particularly Interested ns n native of Gary, N. C, where ho was born August IB, 1855. In his work on the "Upbuilding of Old Commonwealths." Mr. Page disclosed his In terest In tho culture, ot a broad national feeling In the South. Ho was Interested In the moral and political education of the negro and formerly was a member of the Snnltnry Commission for the Eradication of tho Hookworm, to which John D. Rockefeller contributed. For years Mr. Page was a close student of finance. Commissioned ns an educational expert to visit all tho principal cities of the United States and lnestlgate the work done In the public schools, Mr. Page wrote a scries of articles which were Influential In causing tho reorganization of school systems In several large cities. 1000 WILL BE GUESTS OF BABIED HOSPITAL Little Boy Goes Farly to Make Sure About Christmas Eve Party Sammy, eleven yenrs old, appealed curly this morning at the Bahlef' Hospital dlspen. sary, 334 South Ninth street, respectfully to ask when tho Christmas party was to begin. Ills mother had had twenty children, ten of whom aro living nnd four of whom are under six 3 ears of age. "Ma hasn't time to come and I'm to bring the kids," Sammy announced. "I guess there wll be five or six of us." Sammy nnd his family aro Jus-t a small contingent of the ninny families Uio Rabies' Hospital of Philadelphia entertains each Christmas Eve. The party Is to bo given at 334 South Ninth sticet nt 2 o'clock to morrow afterneon, but nil the hospital dl rectors and nurses know that mothers nnd bablep will begin to arrive soon after 12 o'clock. Provisions have been mado to enro for more than 1000. Each child will bo given a toy, and refreshments will be served tlie mothers. . Little ICvelyn, Just past four vents old. who has been coining to the dispensary since she was two months old, has received n doll every Christmas at her own request. When boino one asked her the other day If sho would like another dollle this venr sho replied: "Oh, no, I'se got so many shlllren now, I want somo furnisher for them. 'Siiose Santa will help me furnish a house? Shlll rens Is n big trouble." "Although we have on our list only chil dren under six years," explained Miss Clara Pickering, financial secretary of tho organiza tion, "there are always a few older .ones whom It Is Impossible to turn away. Some times we haven't enough gifts to go round." The Babies' Hospltnl has for six years been giving babies a better chance for llfo through tho care given nt Its dispensary. It conducts nn out-patient department for the treatment of sick Infants nnd for the prevention of dlseufce. Through Its visiting nurses Instruction Is given the mother In her oivn home, the aim being to make tho baby well and to tench tho mother how to keep It so. -There Is also n social service depart ment to give advice and help In many dlfll cult problems, nnd to Impiovo home condi tions for the babies under Its care. A pre natal clinic Is provided. During the jear eighty-nine women attended the clinic. PROF. ELLIS TO .GO TO SLAM JefTenon Medical College Man Accepts Offer Dr. A. G.- Ellis, associate professor of pathology In Jefferson Medical College, will go to Slam to organize the department of pathology In the Royal Medical College In Bangkok. Doctor Ellis, who Is president of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia, Is one ot the most prominent pathologists In the coun. try. Ho was Invited to Slam shortly befbre this country entered the war, but decldod to withhold his acceptance because of the serious depletion of the medical faculty due to their service overseas. Doctor Kills Is a prominent member of the Medical Club -of Philadelphia, the American Association of Pathologists and Bacterio logists and of other similar societies. Ha will be accompanied to Slam by Mrs. Ellis, who will do hospital work In Slam. Mrs. Ellis was In charge of the first Iteu Cross nurses Bent out during the Spanish-American War and had supervision ot the typhoid caBes at Camp Meade. POOR RICHARDS AT FEAST Chriitnus Joy Reigns at Clubhouse at Noon Today Chrlstmns Joy reigned unrestrained In the clubhouse of tho Poor Richard Club at noon today on the occasion of their annual Christ mas dinner. All formality was discarded and the time was allotted to Informal entertainment by home talent, assisted by a "Jazz" orchestra and a syncopated quartet, At tho plato of each member were a va riety of gifts ranging from pocket memo randum books to liniment for sore joints, good alike for man and beast. There were socks, digestive pills to relieve possible dis tress niter devouring the plenteous dinner, paper towels, cigars, tobacco, cigarette papers to "roll your own," and cough dropo to relieve the lioarum! acquired from-chewr 1 ins or.tjtenng.mi -,'whb' laicnw eriili L sssBlsL " ' J$ imisHHsS' fcr u-Bsn(:jsxasaC .MISS MARY D. SHARPLKSS of Chestnut Hill, whose marriage to Major Eric A. Pcarsotr, of the British ami) will be one of the social events of in the near future MAJOR ERIC PEARSON COMES HERE TO WED Migs Mary D. Sliarpless Will Marry British War Hero Within Four Months Major Eric A. Pearson, ot this city, who wears the military cross nnd the Distin guished Service Order Medal, nwnrded by King George, hns returned to America to marry Miss Mary D. Sharpless, of Chestnut Hill, a member of a socially prominent family. The wedding, which promises to be ono nf the events of tho social season, will take place dmlng the next four months, before the ofllccr returns to Jils rommnnd, the King's Royal Rifle Corps, or Is niUHtcicd out of tile service. The engagement wns announced by Miss Shnrpless's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Wilson Sharpless, more than a venr ago, when Major Pearson was hero on furlough. Tho brldo-to-bo-Is connected with several of Philadelphia's oldest families. Her mother, prior to marriage, was Miss Susan D. Dixon, and Mrs! Russell Thayer, Mrs. Arthur E. New bold nnd Mrs. Pcicy Keating arc her sisters. Mrs. Sharpless Is a sister of A. J. Pallas Dixon. George Dallas Dixon and Thomas J. Dixon, and Fltz-Eugene Dixon, who married Eleanor Wldener, Is 11 first cousin Captain Russell Thnjer, Captain Edmund Thayer and Lieutenant Alexander Thayer, ot tho American Expeditionary Force, are first cousins of Miss Sharpless, who is better known In local boclety ns Mollle. She hns been prominently Identified with wnr nctlvltles during the Inst scvernl years as a member of the Emergency Aid of Penn sylvania and the American Red Cross, Major Pearson enlisted October. 1 OH, and Is a veteran of four years of warfare v. ith tho Urltlsh army, during which he many times distinguished himself for bravery nnd coolness under fire. He came to this city from England twelve vearr before the war started and atllllated himself with the broker ago hcuse of Elkins, Morris & Co In pie-war days Major Pearson lived In Fifteenth street near Txcust and wns a mem ber of the Maikham Club and other exclusive organizations. SANTA CLAUS EARLY ON JOB AT CITY HALL Old St. Mick Especially Good to Mayor and Brother Officials Remember Employes Santa I'laus 1 cached Clt.v Hall early this year. Mayor Smith's office received most of the time and attention of the good old Saint Nick. Numerous boxes of cigars and mjsterlous looUIng packages began arriving at tho Mayor's office early this morning. "Brother Joe," the Mayor's secretary, wns not overlooked. Each time the Mayor re ceived a big box of cigars or a package of largo proportions a small one nrrlved for his brother. The various departments In City Hall were not Ignored. The old custom of giving tho directors a lavish present of somo sort or other has been dispensed w Ith In recent years. Instead of expensive presents cut flowers aro more hi order. Many of the directors and department heads distributed gifts among their subordinates. Employes under Director Krusen and Assistant Director Mace, ot the Department of Health nnd Charities, fared well. A fle 'dollar gold piece was the gift of the heads to these employes. TELLS V. S. WORK ABROAD Dr. George Raiguel Speak Ilefore City Rusiness Chili Saying that the L'nlted Stntes does bigger things, In quicker time and In a better way In other lands than sho does In her own, Dr. George Raiguel, publicist nnd Y. M. C. A. commissioner, In an address before tho City Business Club luncheon nt tho Hotel Adclphla, characterized our work In Franco ns little short of miraculous. Doctor Raiguel denounced the-statement that the United States won the war as false and unfair to our bravo allies. Ac cording to him, France, England and America won tho war nnd this country's contribution was nn Ideal. "Our great work begins now," continued tho speaker, "In the rehabilitation of tho wnr-torn countries. This victory Is not a gift, but a tremendous trust which this country must fulfill ns she has always ful filled her trusts," I'hllndelphlans have played n grei.L pa.-t In tho struggle, nccordlng to Doctor Raiguel, who named Generals Atterbury und Middle and Colonel Groome as conspicuous ex amples. Auxiliary Cives Christmas to Poor The members of Red Cross Auxiliary No, 325 at the Philadelphia Electric Company, havo been making and tilling over 100 bags containing ys. warm garments, candy, fruit, a pocketbook containing ten pennies, and other gifts, which will be distributed to tho children at St. Christopher's Hospital, and to fifty of tho children at the Seybert Home. In nddltlon to this, they will give a number of Christmas dinner baskets to the poor families 01 inc cny. B. K KEITH'S THEATRE BESSIE CLAYTON rnKsuNTS HEnani.F and the Elsie CANSINOS Eduardo with Tom Mingle. John (lulrun nnd Frank Ilurt In a "11" Dunce Itfvl.w" Harry Watson, Jr., Mile. Nitta-Jo AD JOVOl'H HOLIDAY nlM.1 9 S1IOWH OIlltlHTMAH DAY 3 li30, 4 180 and H P. M, Dancing CORTISSOZ CAICEIt DLDO. 1020 Chfatnut at. frlvaU Ittse&i'feiljV 8s'JQ A. M. to It P. U, riggSKitaaaasala MARINE CAN'T BRING FRENCH GIRL HOME Many Other Soldiers Compelled to "Leave Behind" French Sweethearts Nothing doing on bringing your pretty little French sweetheart homo to mother in the V. S. A. At least so writes Private lister Edcl stein, nineteen years old, a member of Com pany 5, Fifth Regiment of Marines. He tells his parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. Louis Edelstcln, 3216 West Dauphin street. In a Christmas letter that ho met a French girl tho hour he landed on foreign soil and would like very much, Indeed, to bring her along home. Rut hind for the course of true love! Lots of other Americans have French stwecthoarts they would like to transform Into American wives nnd have naked their commanding olllcers' permission to bring the "inam'selles" along home with their other trophies of tho wnr. It seems Hint Mars and Cupid have not 'jet signed tho armistice, however, for permis sion In each rase has been refused. Tho youthful marine wrote his father No vember 23. He said ho remembered it was "Father's Day," nnd he was not going to forget "dad" on that occasion. Ho wiib wounded twice and onco gnssed nnd was blind for five days from the effects of gas. In his letter home ho said: "I am out of the hospital, but still havo somo of that gns In my s.vetem. That? gas Is certnlnly danger ous stuff. It burns tho stomach out of you. When I got it I thought BUre t wns n goner. Tho doctors told me I was brought to tho hospltnl In tho nick of time or I would havo now been a dend hero. I received my Croix do Guerre, nnd tho marines who were nt Chnteau-Thlerry nnd stopped the (Jcrmnns from entering Paris are now wearing the legion of Honor on their arms. It Is the highest insignia In the French army. "I certainly did havo many narrow- es capes, and if I had to go through It again 1 would not give two cents for my life. I did not worry about djlng. as all my com rades are now burled, and I did not bother whether they got mo or not. I uui wane 10 get twenty of the Gcrmnns before I fell. The marines nre clever men. The way they denned up nt Cantlgny wns great. "From Juno 1 to July G wo were at Chateau-Thierry nnd Bellenu wood. March 2 to May 10 found us at a Verdun sector. From July 18 to 22 wo were In the battle of the Marne, the battle that taught the Ger mans a lesson. The time from September 0 to 2H we spent In tho big drive nt St. Mlhlel. In this battle wo freed about "000 French people who had been living under Germany for four vears. On October G we made another big drive at Champagne, at which I was gassed. "Next wc went to Argonne In Verdun, and our brigade wns there when tho news of the signing of tho nrmistlco renched us. Tho wounds I received cnino In the battle of Solssons. They nre now nearly all healed up and I nm anxious for more. We heard not many hours ago that we are going homo In eight dnvs. I hope I may be home for Christinas. More bnd news. Tho major has told us that we are going to Join our com pany In Luxembourg nnd follow them to Germnny. "I wns In Paris for over a month. That placo Is certatnlv some city. I went there with 300 francs (J60) and I hnd a great time. They sent us to Paris to get our nerves settled nftcr thirty-four da of fighting. Some plnce to get vour nerves fixed nil right. The first day I was there airplanes were dropping bombs all about us." PHILADELPHIA'S LEADING TIIEATI1ES Direction LEE . J, J. SHUUKRT SAM STSHUBERT "'Ss,""'4 st" Last 2 Weeks Evgs. at 8:15 MATS. WED. (Xmas Day) & SAT. ..mi. inuM cimn.r. TtlOMAM Willi OW swa" -- -" "-- Dorothle Ulgelow and John T. Murray BEATS NOW TOR NEW YEAR'S WEEK ADELPHI fiouDAY mat" Wednesday Pop. Mat. Thursday, Best Seats $1 HEUULAll MAT satuhdav THE HEST LOVED I'LAV IK PHILADELPHIA EYES of YOUTH with Alma Tell nnd V V I'ART SEATS NOW rOR NEW YEAP-'H WEEK T VT?TP. EVENINGS AT 8 10 JjXI.iV- MATS WED. AND SAT V. HAY COMSTOCIC i. VM. ELLIOTT Tresent Absolutely and posilloly Identical N. T Cast LAST 6 DAYS HERE J' Moves Dec. 30 to Chestnut St. Opera House Btg. Mondny. Dec ItOtn, Now Year's Week LEW FIELDS in "FRIENDLY ENEMIES" with CHARLES WINNINGER SEATS NOW FOH NEW VEAU'3 WEEK a-voteTof thanks F. Ray Comslock, William Elliott und Messrs. Shubert extend their sincerest thanks to the play-goers of this city who have helped to make the "Oh, Lady! Lady!!" Xmas Tree for the destitute childnn of this city a most noteworthy Buccess. Presents will be distributed to the children neat Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock sharp after a special entertain ment for the kiddies, lickcta of ntimt's gt'on are absolutely necessary. Thanks is also extended to the following firms of the city who co-operated: Packard Motor Car Co., Jerome K. Iicmick, White Motor Car Co. and Snellenburg's Dcpt. Store. CHESTNUTST. opra,AIIiSJ?tI1 st. Mxhti. (Wc, 75e, II. 1 60 (Ex. Bat. A llnlltas) Mat. Xmas Day (Wed.) and Sat. Bargain Mat. Thurs. bcbt ?i.0o "7 Days Leave" LAST 6 DAYS-HURRY ! SEATS NOW FOR New Year's Week Attraction lies'. Mon., Dec. HO "OH, LADY! LADY 11" ACADEMY OF MUBIC PHILADELPHIA r ORCHESTRA LEOPOLD 8TOKOWBKI, Condu tor KP.IDAY AFTEP.NOON, DEO. 2T. at :00 BATUIIDAT KVI..NIKO, UKC 28. at 8 lit! Solol.ll CAI'T. FISIINAND, POLI.A1N, 'Colll.t IIADLEY. Sym. Piwrn. "Lucifer." I.ALO, Concerto, In D Minor for 'Cello and Orcheatra. DVOP.AK. Symphony "From tha Now World" CASINO Walnut at Bth St. LADIES' MAT. TODAY BEN WELCH & His Bis Show GA Y E T Y " FIELDS, with " " TUB TEMPTEHa Tr.ocadero D fruia rooLica IfflllMI LI tw CALL REJECTION FINAL v FOR BARNAItD STATUE! London Advices Say Philadel- phian's Criticized Figure of j Lincoln Is Refused The decision reached by the American conw mlnslon roncernlng the rejection of Georgs , CJrey Dernard'a etntute of Lincoln and tha acceptance ot St. Onudcns's etntuo tor a place In London will not bo upset, nccordlng to advices received from London today. Tho stntue, to be placed -near Westminster Abbey, is to commemorate 100 years 06 peace among English-speaking peoples. Ber nard's Lincoln, which raised a Btorm ofro test becaupo of Its "uncouthncss," had beeit accepted by the British, but a commission appointed to decide .between the Barnard figure nnd that executed by St. Oaudens. e lected tho Inter. Herbert Adams, president ot tho National Academy of Design, Is sponsor for tho Rtalcnunt that the commission has! mado a final decision. Mr. Bnrnard when told of thle decision Sat urdny scouted tho report that said he had re celved no ofllclnl notice concerning the re jection of his much-discussed fguro of the) great President. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler, Kllhu Hoot, ,T. 1 Morgan and other Americans Interested In tho project of erecting n statue of Lln coin In London hnvo been Informed of the) decslon of the British First Commlsloner oS Works. V. M. SELECT ruEBENTS NORMA TALMADGE , Supported hy THOMAS MEIOIIAN In EIItST SHOWING OF "The Forbidden City'"; ( hrl5tmn f'nntatn Stanley Orchestra NEXT WEEK- "THE SQUAW MAN" DAT A rT 12U MAHKET STREET X I 1J-IX .Vy-l MON.. TUES. & WED. GERALDINE FARRAR j.'S'cV Thuraday. Friday, Snturday. MADOE KENNED In "A PEUFECT LADY" ARCADIA CHESTNtT HELOW lf.TH 10 A M. la, 2. .1:4B. 5:45. 745, 0:30 A. M. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In I'lcturlzatlon of AUGUSTUS THOMAS'S "ARIZONA" Added Attracttlon Ftrnt Showing J. Montgomery Flagg (himself)' I n aatlre "Perfectly Fiendish Flanla-an' TrtTfn T A MAHKET Above 8TH VIUOKIA iYaS LOUIS BENNISON '"JO?NVyi Addwl Attraction Return Engagement of CHARLIE CHAPLIN ln 7,!M5K.LDK, DCPUMT MAHKET KT. Below 1 KUvJEjIN 1 liEnT LYTELL lXUiVJi-Ill A "HITTING THE IIIOH 17TH In SPOTS' ;exi ith iiului.1 m The Great Myatery MARKET STREET AT JUNIPEK II A. M. to 11 P. M. CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE A MERIIY CHRISTMAS BILL "MR INQUISITIVE," with Earl Cnvanaugh "HERE THEY COME." with JOE FLANIOAN n n n55 K i?v? market st. ueiow both UttUOO IVI-l X O Dally Twice Nightly TOMMY ALLEN & CO. nr- T-HJf A "V 1II1UA1) SNYDER AVE. nrnmu v n. jl ..7,-7 w.i-. i. .,!. J) J& !ARKET u -- - 7r 11!lB muiTi iTTif ir "YirriDT n ' . &?.ai Geraldine Farrar tn "TURN OF THE WHEEL" PHILADELPHIA'S FOREMOST THEATRES FORRFT MAT- THURS. r WrVlAl-HJ 1 (INSTEAD OF XMAO.X Drnad & Snnrom THERE'S A NEW KIND OF GIRL IN TOWN! she BIG NIGHT! , MOTOR HERllERT CONDUCTING) KLAW & ERLANGER'S NEWEST LAUGIITER-SHAKINa MUSICAL COMEDY Book by Fred Jackson Music by Victor Herbert Adaptation and Lyrlca by Henry IPoaiom. A ROARER DOREALIS OF NEW FUN MUSIC GIRLS 1 GARRICK BEGINNING XMAS MAT- rhrntnut A Juniper Limited EnKnEimcnt Eik. 8:13, Mata. 2:104 uaviu ucljAkuu iTesema VA bLS nf mna a es? Entlra Orlslnal New York Cast BROAD Tonight at 8:20 Hroad Below Ixcuat . MATS. XMAS. NEW YEAR'S and SATURDAY CHARLES rnoiIMAN Prenenta CYRIL MAUDE In f HADDON CHAMBERS'S COMEDY The Saving Grace Sy' MARKET AT 40T1I ST. urirsb AM AS OJAXJ HIGH-CLASS VAUDEVILLE, ' AND THE BEST PHOTOPLAYS TO BE SEEN IN TOWN MATINEES AT 1:30 EVENINGS 6:80 & 9 VERY POri'LAR l'RICE8 METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE The Zeebrugge Affair How th. frIPe&,pr;,.n,ed'nrAnI,0U'fed V ILLUSTRATED LECTURE HY Capt. Alfred Carpenter, V. C. , of II. M. S. "VINDICTIVE" I BENEFIT OF BRITISH WAR BELIEI" Sat. Evg., Dec. 28, at 8:15 Ticket 110 Cheatnut Bt. and I Ilyan'i. t0o H T tS.50. Hxc. u -3' (No "" ) ACADEMY OF MUSIC . SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JAN, 4.t 2 !S0 PIANOFORTE nECITAL DY RACHMANINOFE Ticketr. Tno to $2. Hot arata, 13.60. now at IttDitt'a Mall onlera rltb cheika to U, T, IlaW promptly imgu. Direction C. A. Ellla. ilfii m gdPS p2r ir A T TvTTTT1 OT walnut bts. . W ALfiN U 1 TONIGHT 25c TO 1.M . - "TVip. ftarden nf Allah' THB 0AMH. STUPENDOUS ar'iaHm&bf a..1 ' !.. ' '? I 1 ja V m t ft : , 'i
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