V 1" if , ..v EVENING' PUBLIC LEDGEEr-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1919 11 M JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE mtiful Women in Beautiful tlve Return of Opera Last Night Mrs. Livingston Biddlc Recovered From Illness rEH a cessation of opera for three L weeks every one turned out In won- ill new gowns and looked ptriectly rL ranees dtlmoro hod a box party of In- ting- looking women Phoebo Hardlntr. Is rather fair, nnd Ajmos Levts, Mm. nore's cousin, and Ethel Wlrgman ikes. It always seems strange to seo ht In evenlnc clothes, she Is such a Heal sports-suit trlrl. But, bless you, she bks simply stunning In evening frocks, she lived up to her reputation for bks last night. Agnes la always good bking. She has such pretty eyes and Is Etways well-dressed. She's engaged to Fielding Wlllcox, you know, a brother of tie Mark Wlllcox who married Margaret teatlng, and of Marjory Wlltcox, who Is tngaged to Alberto Santa Maria. Patty Borlo was In the Clem Newbolds ox with Mary Ncwbold and Miss Itobert- on. Patty and Mary ore nrst cousins, you know. Patty's mother was Miss ran- Inle Newbold, a sister of Clement, Arthur nd John Newbold. Mrs. Alexander Wllltrms Blddlo enter tained In the Stotesbury box and had Louise Brooks, Mrs. Stotesbury's daughter, rlth her. Mrs. Blddlo Is a stunning look- ling woman. She had also Mrs. Barclay arburton as a guest. In fact, every one Tas there. It was n most brilliant night. HIE Junior McAll, after a two weeks' holiday, l going to start work again m Friday at the home of Genevieve Dlllen ieck, 123 Upsal street, Gcrmantown. Mrs. C. Llpplncott, of Lincoln drive, uer- .ntown, Joan Llpplncott's mother, has lonated the prettiest plnlt-and-wmto ihecked gingham for the girls to make up 'into summer dresses for the French chil dren. They sent over a large shipment of 'clothes beforo Christmas, you know, and also gave $10 toward the cocoa fund that Mrs. Kelly, vice president of the mission, has started. You know the French chil dren hadn't had any cocoa since, before Ithe war, and the first time they were given some they "fell on It with a low growl," ho to speak, and loved It so that thoy tried to make It last as long as possible. And another thing that's being done Afto help along this .work: One of the mem- Sbers has a Sunday school class perhaps t several of them havo but this ono also ' has a practical turn of mind, and she's going to put her Sunday school class to work knitting sweaters. And the sweaters are to be sent to the McAll as a part of heir next shipment of clot'os for French efugces. RENT you glad to hear that Mrs. . Livingston Ludlow Blddle is better? Bhe has had such a long Illness, lou know she was at tho hospital wit:. Influ enza during tho very first outbreak of the pldemlc. Then she went Home and was sulto 111 for a long time, and it has only keen since New Year's Day that she has been able to bo up and nrouna as usual. As she is better, Liv has gone off on a hooting trip this week. Mrs. Blddle was Eugenia Law, a daughter or .Mr, ana airs. rnle Law. THERE'S to be a most Interesting lecture out at Manhelm tonight by Mr. Theo- Bre Justice, on the "Evolution of the torse." It's a very Instructive lecture. overlng a period of more than four million years, beginning with the llttlo four-toed Sohlppus of the Eocene Epoch, when cats were larger than horses. Wouldr't It be Icreat If things wero like that nowadays. land the pet of the house suddenly loomed !ip In' your window In the small hours and playfully leaped over on your bod? Tho lecturo Is under the auspices of the J- rrnch Wounded Fund, and National Lcuguo girls Ewlll tako up a collection for Fronch ' Orphans. There's to bo music, too, but I ' can't tell you what Kind, becauso that s to ; be a surprise Somo of tho people on tho commlttco aro Mrs. Robert Nowhall, Mrs. George Newhall, Mrs. Tolbert Rlchardsort, Mm. Laurence Mellor, Mrs. "William B. Kurtz, Mrs. William Price Newhall, Mrs. William P. Barba, Mrs. Nicholas Petry and Miss Emily Tattersfleld. I AM so glad for Emlllo Williams Hop kins's sake to hear that Johns Hopkins has been mustered out and Is homo again. I wonder when Bill Hopkins will come home? Ho was with the Hancock men over In France. You know their mother, Mrs. Johns Hopkins, died since Bill went overseas. He Is engaged to Christine ; Stockton and I suppose will bo married j very soon after he returns to this country. Christine Is a sister of Mrs. Lin Taylor, who was Mary Stockton. Johns Hopkins was married to Emlllo Williams about a (year ago. 1 can t quite Keep tracK or me I time all these marriages took place, can (you? I know there was ono on August 16, 1917, and another on August 18 that summer, and still another on September 27, and so on, but it's hard to keep track of I whoso was when. NANCY WYNNE. Social Activities Miss Lorraine Goodrich Graham, whose engagement to Mr. Edward A. Bacon was recently announced, win oe guest or nonoi at a luncheon given by Mrs. uraliam ..Dougherty on January 22, at her home, 1514 f. Spruce Btreet. Mrs. uougnmy was Miss gMarla Fraser. Mr. and Mrs. William 11. Donnor enter- iUlned at dinner last night before the opera. Their guests were Mr. and Mrs. Kidney K. Keith, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlemagne Tower. Mr. and Mrs. William Strulhers Ellis cnter- f tallied Mrs. Radcllfle Cheaton, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs. George Eustlu Pahie, of New York, In their box at the opera last evening. -(r. and Mrs. II. H. Ellison and Miss Edith RL Ellison, of Briar Hill. Rosemont. will leave f tomorrow for New York, where they will spend a few days. They will go South on February 1. Dr. and Mrs. Samuel McCUntock Hamtll, of 1S22 Spruce street, entertained at a family dinner on Sunday. Mrs. Mary Clay Ewart gave a tea at her studio on Monday. Mrs. Howard Kennedy Hill presided at the tea table. Mrs. Adolph Gosling, her daughter, Mrs. Pennington Way, and Mrs. Way's family will leave this week for California, where they wll spend a year. Mtii Frances D. Kllbum will give a sonr isl on Thursday. January is, at the il Art Club. mim Aim arafewill play Gowns and Jewels Welcomed several violin , solos, Joseph Clark. accompanied by Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Fhlllp M. Sharpies, of Greystone, West Chester, are spending six weeks In Florida. The Philadelphia Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Charles W. Kevin, Regent, held the regular meeting this morning at their chapter rooms, 1128 Spruce street. The meeting will be followed by a tea. Mrs. William Simpson, Jr.. will preside at (he tea table. The meeting will be addressed by the Rev. Doctor Robert Nor wood, of Overbrook, on Sociology. Mr. and Mrs. H. W, Hall and their daughter. Miss Mildred Hall, of 4309 Ludlow street, West Philadelphia, wilt give a dinner tomor row evening In honor of Mr. W. W. Lindsay, of Atlanta, Ga. : Mr. F. Miller Haven, ot Oklahoma: Mr. R. Klelnholts. of Nebraska, and Mr. H. Devlin) of Chicago, all petty of ficers ef the battleship Ohio. Club Entertainments Lo Bon Temps Club held Its first meeting of the New Year at the home of Mr. R Kent Hanson, 615 East Sedgwick street. Mount Airy, last Friday evening. Arrangements for flvo monthly dances at the Phllomuslan Club were definitely decided. They will be held on the following dates: Wednesday evening, January 22 ; Wednes day evening, February 19 ; Monday evening, March 17 ; Friday evening, April 25, and Fri day evening. May 16. The committee la composed of Mr. Eugene Francis White, chairman; Mr. Frnncls Aloyslus Kccgan and Mr. Robert Faul Mor rlssey. The Violet Girls' Club of St. Timothy's Neighborhood House wilt give a dance for the benefit of the house. 714 Reed street, on Friday evening. The committee In charge of this afTalr Includes Miss Louise Shiftman, president: Miss Eva Wolf, secretary, and Miss Falconer. Miss Falconer will chapcrone the affair. The Ardentes Club gave Its first monthly reception on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Kravlts, 607 Dickinson street. A gold pin with the head of Mercury was pre sented by Mr. M. O. Fall, of Starr Garden, for the good work and also the scoring of the highest points In a playground gymnastic championship. Mr. Samuel Dandy, Mr. Joseph Young nnd Mr. Barney Huron enter tained with a few vocal selections: accom panied by Miss Edna Felnsteln and Mr. Max well Stelnhouse. Mr. Abe Neff played the drums, while Mr. Stelnhouse. Miss Edna Feln steln, Miss Anna Gottesneld and Miss Rose Alirams accompanied nt tho piano, nnd Miss Sherman, Mr. At Kllversteln and Mr. Kamuei Bryan, on the xlolln. Those present were Miss A. Gottesneld. Miss R. Abrams. Miss B. Cohen. Miss R. Merman, Mlhs 1. Goldberg, Miss E. Felnsteln. Miss F Paul, Miss L Ep stein. Miss S. Krouse, Miss B. Follow, Miss P. Cutler, Miss II Kravlts, Miss S. Rose. Miss A. ShayiT, Miss F. Slmliovltz. Miss Y. Nledle man, Miss B. Zeff. Miss E. Spvctor, Miss Hyman, Miss K. Rossln, Miss C. Sherman, Miss R. Bluebond. Miss E. Bluebond. Mr. Abe NefT, Mr. Joseph Neff, Mr. C. Sllovlts, Mr. K. Gever, Mr. J. Blben. Mr. J. Carlls, Mr. A. Sllversteln. Mr. N. Wolf, Mr. Joseph Schwartz. Mr. M, tl. Fall, Mr. R. Forman. Mr. M. Itevy, Mr. J. KraMtz, Mr. M. Kraitz, Mr. H. Schwartz, Mr. I. Schwartz, Mr. M. Stver man. U. S. A,; Mr. M. Snyder, U. S. N. j Mr. M. Drogln, Mr. S. Bryan. Mr. 8. Dandy, Mr. J. Young, U. S. A. : Mr. C. Steyer. Mr. S. Mil ler. Mr. A. Weliuraul), Mr. M. Stelnhouse, Mr. R. Zoumls. Mr. H. Rosen. Mr. J. Car son, Sir. S. Coopersmlth. nnd Mr. and Mrs. J. Kraxitz. MISS ABIGAIL O'LEARY BECOMES BRIDE TODAY Wedding Takes Place in St. James's Church, Followed by Reception at Belle vue An Interesting wedding will take place this afternoon In St. James's Church, Thirty eighth and Chestnut streets, when Miss Abigail M. O'Leary, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O'Leary, of 4414 Walnut Mreet, and Lieutenant Herbert Hamnian Bchell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schell, of Neponset, L. I., and New York, will be married by the Rev. Peter Ixllroy, assistant at the church. Tho brldo will be given In marriage by her father, and will uear a gown of bridal satin I with a court train of cloth of silver. Her ell or tulle and duchess lace will be cuught with orange blossoms, and she will 'carry a shower of orchids and lilies of the valley. Miss Ethelwyn Vandlver. the mnld of honor, will be gowned In orchid satin veiled with French blue chiffon wid finished with a girdle of orchid satin which forms a fishtail train. Her large hat of French blue satin is trim med with orchid color and blue flowers ana streamers of silver ribbon. Pink roses that shndo to an orchid color will be carried. Miss (Jrace Vandlver. Miss Marian Bird, of Cam den : Miss Marian Wilson, and Mrs. Edward Schell, Jr., of New York, will be the brides maids. Their frocks of French blue satin are veiled with orchid chiffon and finished with blue satin girdles. Their hats of orchid satin have French blue and orchid flowers for trim ming, and are finished with sliver ribbon BtreumcTs. They will carry orchid sweetpeaa. Mr. Edward Schell, Jr., of New York, win be his brother's best man ; and the ushers will Include Mr. William Brown, Mr. Louis Kuhn, Mr. Howard Snodaker and Mr. C. C. Baxter. The ceremony will be followed by a reception at the Bellevue-Stratford. after which Lieutenant Schell and his bride will leave on ah extended trip. i DeatJis of a Day BARON MICHELHAM DEAD Offered $5000 Reward to British Airmen for Destroying Zeppelins London, Jan. 8. Baron Mlchelham, for merly of the firm of Herbert Stern & Co., In London and Paris, died of pneumonia In Lon don yesterday. Herbert .Stern, first Baron Mlchelham, was born In 1861, and was the son of Baron Her mann De Stem. He was raised to the peerage In 1902. Baron Mlchelham was well known as a philanthropist. In 1915 during the Ger man Zeppelin raids on London he offered J5000 each to British airmen for the first ten dirigibles destroyed. His heir Is the Hon. Hermann Alfred Stern, who Is nineteen years old. Old Camden County Fanner Dead Mount Kpliralm. N. J Jan. 8. Samuel Glover Stone, eighty-seven years old, one of the oldest farmers In Camden County, died Sunday evening, after a month's Illness. For more than fifty years he operated the largest farm In this section, and for many years supplied milk to many families In Cam den and Gloucester. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from the home of his son, J. II. Stone, 810 Chambers avenue, Gloucester, with the Interment In Colestown Cemetery. Services will be conducted by the Rev. John M. Davlea, pastor of the Presby terlan Church. Mm. Marie L. Welhofer Dies at Shore Atlantle CUT. Jan. (.Mrs.' Marie L. Wel hofer, owner of the Greater Pittsburgh Hotel, Is dead In Tier home here. She leaves a daughter, Louise Welhofer, and a con. Wil li. M rt vrnk-f.. t. Reader's Viewpoint Letters to the Editor on Topics of General Interest i.iTf. if ?' an WMIeatlon In this rolumn. 'JllVLHii") ? w'Ut'n on one side of the rPr. y.1 ,.iwi!'i ""! J nf neral current Intereit an 2,.ii.P'i. w"h th" """ sn o .,h 7!ifl'..i.' r"r'u'Mpt will !) returntcj units; irj?.'.n.?l;l",.A)r surtlclent rxittsft and a special r3t,0.,.hl".'n'' rubllcitlon involvts no ..-.'A "Vnt J'y thlt rirwipafir of tht ntlm;M rf.Mr,"'1, No copyrlKht matttr will be In mlttei' nor rellaloua dlicutalona ba par- Skater Need Shelter To the Editor o the Evening TuMIc Ledpcr: s'" We know that you consider the gen eral welfare of the people and thought that you might help to secure a shelter at Hunting Park for the skaters this winter. The other large cities have them, nnd It doea seem as though Philadelphia could well afford to do likewise. There Is no healthier sport than Ice skating, particularly In the open, but there should bo some comfort provided for the skaters, nnd a place to change one's skates and to change ono's shoes, ns well as to warm up a bit, would be met with the hearty approval of tho majority ol skaters. L. F. II. Philadelphia, January 6, The Roman Republic To the Editor of the Bvtning Public Lcdprr: Sir May I be permitted to suggest that In your editorial headed "Wilson, In tho Forum, Ties the Strands of History," there Is nn entire misconception of the spirit which animates this great Republic ot the New World. You say, sir, that "the very modes of thought In which the founders of tho United States gae expression to their pur poses were grounded In Roman republican ism as It endured for seven centuries." To that statement I ennnot agree. The Roman Republic was pagan. Its gods were pagan gods. Its modes Ot thought wire heathenish. Its Idea of liberty extended no further tlinn to citizens of Rome. All others were slacs or tribute-payers to the republic. In what are called Its days of grandeur, the Roman Republic was the exponent of militarism and Its legions were conquering nnd subjecting the peoples of Europe. Africa nnd Asia Minor. Lust was Its guiding principle lust of pride, of covetousness, of wealth, of power. And when at last these lusts btcame con centrated ,ln the brenst of one strong man lie led his legions against the republic Itself. When Cnesar crossed the Rubicon, ho sounded the knell of tho Roman Republic. He wai the flower of Its modes of thought nnd the end of the republic wan the naturnl and loglcnl consequence of these modes of thought. For the Roman Republic llxed by tho sword, nnd it met Its death by the sword. But this grcnt American Republic was not conceived In, nor were kts purposes expressed In the modes of thought of Ronuui repub licanism. The founders of the United States of America looked not to man, but to God, ns the source of their rights and their liber ties. Where In Roman republicanism Is to he found the thought, "We hold these truthi to be self-evident: that nil nun nrc created equal ; that they are endowed by their Cre ator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"? You will search pagan hlbtory In vnln for that great thought. Roman re publicanism had no conception of It. Yet It Is upon that great thought and that other equally American thought, "that nil Govern ments derive their Just powers from the con si'iu of the goxerncd," that this Republic of ours Is grounded. In spirit those thoughts arc as far nbove the modes of thought of Roman republicanism as Christ Is above Janu : as God Is above Man. The Roman Republic knew nothing of the great divine truths nnd principles of Justice (.ontained In the gospel of Christ The American Republic Is grounded upon those truths and principle's President Wilson, therefore, docs not go to Rome to link up tho gnnt republic of the New World with the great lepulillc nf the Old World. He goes with n nplrlt that was wholly unknown to the Roman Republic. It Is tho spirit which peacefully triumphed over the empire of Rome: the- spirit which enlightens the great American Rcpuhllc; the spirit of Him who taught mankind the way of peace and who gave His life for the whole world on Caltnry's Mount. That spirit starting from Jerusalem, conquering the Roman Empire, cromlng thn seas to America, Is now carried back to Homo by the President of the American Republic that It may conquer the whole world This, I am constrained to believe. Is the "profound significance" of Mr. Wilson's lslt to Rome. It Is not from the Italians as heirs of pagan Rome that he can hope for the acceptance of the spirit of America. It is to the Ital ians as heirs of Christian Rome that he must make his appeal. It Is not to the spirit of the Forum, but to tho Fplrit of the Cata combs that the spirit of America speaks through ItH chief exccutie. Who can doubt In the presence of these spirits that God reigns and rules over the world which Ho made or that He Is working out Ills will among the natlonK of the earth? It. U. Philadelphia, January 3, 1 010. (Imperfect and narrow though It was In many ways, the Roman Republic, up to tho time of the dictatorship of Caesar, stood for certain vital principles In goernmeut whose traditions liavn given a thread of continuity to history, It was this link to which reference was made In the editorial. How potent was the force of this tradition Is readily seen In the application of tho word Senate to describe the upper house of tho American Congress. Discrepancies between the pretensions of alleged democracies and the way In which their doctrlnes.nre observed are exemplified, many times In World annals. The Declaration of Independence proclaimed that "all men are created equal" and with Inalienable rights and yet nt the time of the adoption of the American Constitution universal manhood suffrage was unknown In the United States. Nevertheless the salutary Influence of that statement set down In all sincerity Is Incontestable, Editor.) Narberth Was Cold To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir Lot me point out that In your Issue of Saturday the 4th, under the heading. "Chest nut Hill Winner In Temperature Hare," that the temperature jou gle for Narberth was not correct. The truo temperature as shown by standard Weather Bureau Instruments cor rectly exposed was 15 degrees. Your In formant no doubt exposes his thermometer "In the usual way," which will not nglster the temperature of the free air and which la invariably several degrees too high. C. D. Narberth, January 6. Praises Ledger Editorial To the Editor of the Evening I'ublio ,n(7cV; Sir I have read all tho editorials on Theodore Roosevelt available from the New York Tribune to the Philadelphia Record ; and tho ono appearing In the Eveninq Pi-iimc Lkdoerj of yesterday, "Hoosevelt'n Endow, ment of Inspiring Idealism," strikes me ns being the fairest and the best. Every utter ance In It Is true, and there was one paragraph which appealed to me mott strongly. It was: "Those who have criticized Colonel Itoose velt for his restless war of words In the present Administration have. In fact, missed the significance of one of the subtle nnd mov ing trngedles of American public life." It was one of the greatest tragedies ot American public life and a cruel blow to a good man fitted for military service that Col onel Roosevelt wan not permitted to tako part In the great war which he had so much at heart. I would hazard a guess that the same hand that wrote 'The Lessons of Victory" some weeks ago wrote the one yesterday. Very truly yours, II. II. GILKYSON. Phoenlxvllle, Pa., January 7, Atlantic City Jeweler Diea Atlantic City, Jan. 8. Henry N. Bottc, one ot the first Jewelers In the city, died yester day following an operation. He was sixty eight yeara ot age and had been In III health many months. Mr. J3o!te served as a member of City Council and of the city board of tax appeals. He waa a member of the Masonic order. A son, Henry Bolte, Jr.. and a daugh ter, Mr. jrrtftmeK jrrwcn, aurviva nun. MEMBER OF DANCING MRS. JOHN WHITE GEARY Mr. Gcnry is one of the member of the Committee Dnnriiitr, Clan. Tho class will give a special rlancc on Saturday, Febru ary 1, nt the Rellcviic- Stratford MASONS IN Y. ML C. A. FORM THEIR OWN CLUB Overseas Workers With Troops Will Have Permanent Trowcl- antl-Triangle Organization t'nltcd by thren bonds American citizen ship, membership In the Masonic fraternity and service In tho Y. M t A. overseas organ ization S000 "Y" woikers have Joined tho T and T club, a recently formed organization. These letters, It should be explained, stand for trowel ami triangle, emblems f sIkiiIII cance to every one of thn society so long as the 800 and a good many of their brethren who nrc Expected to Join soon, leni.iln In France and, perhaps, for reunion purposes nfter their return homo. At least half of the Y. M C. A. secretaries now nerving In this country and no fewer than J50.0U0 nf the soldleis In General Pershing's army nre Masons, according to estimates made by otllfers of the T and T Club. I'ntll recently the men had tin Idia of the strength of Masonry in the ranks nf the "Y," but each tecurrlng meeting of the new organization attracts more members of tho order. l'numlfil In .Inly It was In July last that six Masons, who were also of the Red Trlmgle, nut nt dinner In a modest restnurnnt In the Qunrtler Latin and dfscuaed plans for the formation of a society. These nix were ('. II. Winnie, of the pot exchange; hultiej I.. Morse, of the record department : Albert Krapwell, pur chasing department; A N McKuvdon, sup plies; J. N. Krazoy, hut construction, and J. S. Oilman, of the Paris warehouse. A dinner held a few weeks later attracted tollmen. Tho number' gii-w until when the .Masons met around the Thanksgiving tabic at the Hotel McMahon, h few wicks ago, there were morn than 100 of them. Meanwhile "Y" workers stationed at various other posts In France have been Joining the club. The board of governors con sists of G. Peter Jones, thu oMIclal "Y" greeter, who comes from Ulchmond, V.i ; Sidney L. Morse, New York; I'. W. Brown, Iliooklyn: C. H. Winnie, New York: O, H. Wolfe. Philadelphia ; J. M. Crouch, Charles town, W. Va. : J. I, Anguish, Chicago; M, I. Walte nnd II. IV llarbeck The club rules pro. vide that If a governor Is transferred from his, post of duty he shall name his successor so that no vacancies villi occur. Many Held Ofllirn Most of the officers and many" members of tho society have held ntllcl.il positions In various Masonic Jurisdictions In the United States. Besides the Y M. l A. men, thero are on the rolli nlso the mimes of several men not connected with the association but engaged nevertheless In patriotic activities In France. Among these are, Judgo Martin P.. Glnn, who represents the United States Comptroller of the Treasury; George Fleming Mooro nnd tho llev. Hugo T. Stevenson, both of Washington, n. C, and Samuel P. Coch rane, a prominent Texan. Masonic lodges In America as well as many Individual ofilcers and members have been active In forwarding the various war sirvlco campaigns, nnd the total of their contribu tions Is known to have been very lnjec. The T nnd T's and their brethren are ns inthusl astlc over tho work of tho Y. M. C. A. aj of tho fraternity to which they aro devoted, Market at -10th St. C ACTS OF CHOICE VAUDEVILLE FIKST SIIOWISO IN riilLAUEM'lllA DUSTIN FARNUM in LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS P-irno Matlneea, 111 anil IS cents. irriCt-3 EvMilnss, 10, 13 & i'5 cents. ACADKMY OK MUSIC NEWMAN Traveltalks Color Views Motion Pictures 5 "SKiSS Beg. Jan. 17-18 WART1MR Kl'ROPE FAIUS. 101ft WARTIME FRANCE WAIITIME ITALY LONDON, IBIS WAIIT1MB ENGLAND Course Tickets ft ft?? ; NOW ACADEMY (Saturday Aft., Jan. 11, at 3:00. W" GIVEN Ttckats. 75c, 11.00. 11.60, 12 00, 12.60. At Ileppa's. 1110 Chtatnut St. Tliimnnr'a MINSTREU. Arch Street Oth. .uumoitt a ,,,, D,i,tater ,nd owl , Bt'n- th Sklp-Stypa. .-. Matlnea Today. 10c. ape, lit iT.r.Jn Mlt- ICK RK1D a " .irocaacro ujrs.y mwobo wucakeiw f afcaaw & aTaTaTaTaiTaTaTaTaK o i r s. aft'-vVleH; &B8B0&B& lW CLAS COMMITTEE .Mr . 1 , - "U a TW,JaWaaTaTr aLiiiiiiHaBiiiiimaanraaiSBril ' iaWeH2l?Tntv!a' f WrmNrW I -. jHaHBRiciR WASHINGTON PORTRAIT SOLD Picture in Clarke Collection Knocked Down ut 521,000 New lork, .Inn S. A portrait nf Gmrgi Washington, by Gilbert Stuart, was hold Tor $.'1.0011 at public auction hi n- last night to a 111 m nf art dialers nt the llrst sal, of early American portraits held In this countrv and which waa uniler the ausplccH of the Amer ican Art Association. Tin- portrait wai from the collection nf Thomas It. Clarke, which comprl.-eil fifty picture nnd brought n total nf $78,035. The W.ishlngluu pot tl alt tlileo e.ir ago was sold for J350O. Prof. II. C. Srhlirhling Mil. hi on, I, , ,r Jan. S lYiif. Hans ('. Schllchtlng forty years old, dld of pneu monia at his home here jcstenl.iy Pro fessor ("ihllchtlng was educated In Kgg Har bor and Philadelphia, and ho received a de gree of bachelor of si l lice from tho Key slone State Normal School. Kutztnvvn, Pa llu tauKht In the Germanla Schools of At Inntlc County and for eight yeara h was supervising principal of the North Wlldwood (Anghst-.i) grammar school. For the last j ear h was Instructor of mathematics In (Anglesea) grammar school. rii!i.At)i:i,rniAR m:adino thkathes Direction i.i:i; a j. j piii'iieut SAM H IIItUAU SHUBERT .... J'". AUfcaimlcr' li UIl.M n thu i;r Kritmmn h ii mukiil "xtr.miEiinz,i ami nn rxlrmairiinza It fcUH'K i ij:t;i;u "The lc.iut horu wlili h N niimroui fleurea inil uouhIv ' J'UKMS IMlo, Alexiinler' wai nn.irml on a l.ivuh taale hh to rrfn rv uni ioi tunipn m;rtni. .MbSMis u:i: a J J, MIl'limiT rrentnt McINTYRE First Mat. Today allu WL,alu In the New Hiwctacillnr Mmlcal C'omoilv HELLO, ALEXANDER With a Ureal SunpiirtlnR '.ii of loo. And a Ilrcezy Ilevy of Ilcuuties! ADELPHI LAST TONIOIIT AT 8:18. Mats Thura & Sat , 3:13. 4 DAYS $ I Mat. Tomorrow MATINEE BATP11DAY With ALMA TELL ulid N. Y. CAST NEXT WEEK Seats Tomorrow MESSHS I.EIS i J J SHt'HEHTS NEWEST Ml'MCAI. COMUOY OH, MAMA! with JUSTINE JOHNSTONE FRANK FAY HELEN SHIPMAN HARRY CONOR AVi a Clay Array of Areoclute Playfra. T VRIP EvcnlriKS nt 87l5 iu 1 1I Mutg, Wed. & Sat., 2tl5 $ f 00 MAT. TODAY A II. WOODS rreant. LEW FIELDS Entire Lower Floor IN TUB NATION'S PLAT FRIENDLY ENEMIES With CHARLES VVINNINQER CHESTNUT ST. OPERA EVOS. Iinitsi; t Kin NIOHT3, 11,50, II 00. 75c, MOe Mata II 00, 75c, 50c. (Ex1. Fata. Si IIolira) Pop. Matinee Today, Best Seats $ F. ,HAT COMSTOCK 4 WILLIaM ELLIOTT'S I'd u(n liuvn, AllVMv auici LOHlMy rHxv . n j5folv7 1 r 1 "i i p t I," 9 1 Lb AbaolutaJy Idantlcal Naw Tortt Caat fiAYETY TUM UD UFTEUS Wxt n4,HARBT UWQ FINAL IJPJj "AIDA" BRILLIANTLY SUNG BY METROPOLITAN Wcll-Balnnccd Cast Gives Splen did Performance of the Verdi Masterpiece AIDA Onern lir llupt Verdi AIU Claudia Muito vmnrl. IxmiIm- ltnmr Ilaitainfa, ,, aiullo Crlml Hamjit (ih nigh Trleat) Hfnrl Hcott Th Klnit Oluiio ltoaal Atnonaiirn (Ilun-tipl Iw I.ucm A McuKntfer I-ktro Audltlo A rrlmtecn Lannra fparkea Conductor llobcrto Moratitonl That forty-hcvcn jears Is a mere hagatelle In the Ufa of nn opera was proved by the largo anil enthusiastic crowil that greeten "Alila" at tho Metropolitan Opera House last evening. Perhaps tho outstanding fea ture of the performance wan tho perfect hat nncn of tho cast, so perfect, In fact, that It Is clllllcult to say exactly to whom tho greatest honors ot the performance are due. Xaturally .Muzlo as Alda, Homer aa Amne rN and frlml hh Iladame.t had the leading roles, but Henri .Scott as tho high priest. De I.uca ns Amonasro and Rossi as tho king played and sang their parts with a sincerity nnd discretion that must by no mean be overlooked In tho total results of the vvork. The Inclination to over-lng unil over-act these somewhat lesser parts In the opera, due to Its lntenso emotional character. Is not often re sisted, but at last evening's jwrformance thes,! pirts were, without exception, held to their proper placo In the work as a whole, with the result that the artistic balance waB perfectly maintained throughout. Claudia Muzlo as Alda and Louisa Homer as Amnerls were llttlo short of perfect In their respective parts, both vocally and histrioni cally Ilotli showed vocalization of tho high est ordiT, especially In power and voice con trol Mine Muzlo wa perhaps at her best in her scena In the first act, Illtorna Incltor, the passionate declamation of which wai finely done, as nun also the flowing c.intabllc In the puro Italian style, "Nu Ml Tleta," which clones the number The pathos of both voice and action at the end of this scene has never been surpassed In this city. Of equal merit In both respects was her romanza, "Ci Clill Azzurrl," In tho third act. Mine. Homer roc to her greatest heights In the despairing song, "Ohlme, Morlr Ml S'ento," at the closo of the first scene of tho last act, although It Is dllllcult to pick out any one or two scenes from a part so beau tifully sung and sincerely acted as was her Amnerls last evening Nor should the stage psj-sence of both Mcidamcs Muzlo and Homer be forgotten. Tho former presented a beautiful delineation of the passionate, vlld-aplrltoil Kthloplan slave girl, while Mme Homer was ouually charming as the llrst Jealous, then vindictive and then repentant Kgyptlan princess. Of the male parts, of course, the princi pal one was that of Iladames, excellently sung and acted by Crlml. Ho has the great advantage of having not only the voice but also the nuthful and slender personal ap pearance for the part. Ills principal song was the romanza. "Celeste Alda," In the first act, which was delivered with fine vocal cf fivt and lonvlctlon, nnd he sustained the part In the many duets In that and the following nets with sincerity and effective vocal and dramatic art. Henri Scott ns the high priest showed a fine vocal and hlitrlonlc appreciation of the pos. slhllltlis of the part, besides a commanding stage presences while De I,uca was a discreet and effective Ainnnasro and Hossl revealed a riwnant voice of excellent quality and a dig nified appearance as the king. In an opera so well known as "Alda" It Is useless to mention the lending numbers, but tho tremendous ensemble of the scene before the g.itts of Thebes, which was nlAiost over powering In Its Immensity, must not be over looked The opera was artistically utaaevl throughout all the scenes being of grent beauty and of apparent truth historically. Roberto Moranzonl conducted, and his Intel ligent and sympathetic nailing had much to do with the success of the work. 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STALKY & H1RHECK and OTHERS rnrToC U'F.YS MARKET ST Helow flOTH CKUbb IVUi I O Dally T Ire NIBhtly "OH, WHAT A NIGHT" BROADWAY OAl,2t,ssj" ave TANGO SHOES" ; "Romance of Tarzan" y;.., CASINO LADIES' MAT. TODAY SIGHT-SEERS A HANQ.UP SHOW Wnlnul Kl s'nj. XrTtIl.',ITAT 'AT TOMORROW. 13r, 23c. OKI-'tllliUlU Evenlna. iSc. S.V, .13c 50e. makSmmonR' Daddy Lo"K Le8s January 13-THE OLD HOMESTEAD Jlm tt&JwWf&la'&2i Last Week of Official British Naval Photographs Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Largest Photographs In the World Showing American anil British Fleets Airships Balloons Ofllcers Music Submarine "k rrotrctlnif the" Transport 4 Scenes at Zeebrugge Ay,' Ilescues at Sea & Dally 0 A. M. to 10 p. MT Sunday 1 P. M. to S P. M. Free Day. THESE PHOTOaRAPHB HAVE BKEN ritUv-iSSHeU AiiU SUUW, JBVW11C rniLAUCLflllA AKiiM ; l per a deti m mur itxtpiuv lX)l;rtr EtU r ftUiTl EiilEiIU 1 W. H. Gunnis, Gassed, Went 200 Miles on Bit of Army Bread William If. Gunnts. once a rhlladelphla artist, now a corporal In the 108th Field Artillery, wrltm homo a thrilling iitory of capture by the Hermans, and his escape bacK to the American lines. He irot away durlnc the (treat German re treat before the advancing troops of America and her Allien. He made two attrmpts to escape and both times wu brought back before he finally gave his captors the slip. He rejoined the American forces after travel ing; a distance of 200 mllf.i In three days, on one-third of a loaf (of Germnn army bread. At present Corporal Gunnls Is In a hos pital, recovering from the effects of gas re celved last September, Letters to his wife told her he went through pneumonia which developed after ho got away from the enemy, and when he waa convalescent had to go to another hospital for special after-gas treat ment. He was gased some time before the Ger mans) captured him, but did not write his wlfo about It until recently. He said that for a month after being gassed his eyea were rroased from tho poison and he was subject to constant nausea. Corporal Gunnla enlisted In June, 1917, He went to France as a member of the Head quarters Company of the 108th Field Artil lery, nfter training for nlnp months nt Camp Hancock. His homo In this city was at the time of his enlistment at 6126 Funston street. A fow days beforo ho sailed for France Corporal Gunnls married Miss Kllzabeth Mid dleton, 554 4 Cambridge street Th? soldier wan reported missing In ac tion October 3 by the War Department. He writes, under date of November 16: "This Is the first night I have sient In the American lines since October 1, and vou will never know Just how happy 1 am, both be cause the war Is over and becauso I urn n0 lotiKer a prUoner. "I was on duty on the Argon'ne front when the Americans were making that big drive, v Ith another lad by the name of Blair Hcck man from my company While up on the front we ran Into u German tnachlne-gun nest In the field was an American tank that had been captured by the Germans. We toolt up a stand here, and fought until wo ran out of shells, nnd then started to tako to the tall timbers, but discovered to our sorrow that there vverejhundreds of the Huns there, and that wp were caught as prisoners of war. They demanded that wp surrender, and thlnga looked pretty bad for us. We were senrchrd for papers and souvenirs, and had a pretty mean time of It for a few minutes and then they suit us behind the lines. ntlLADELrillA'S rOREMOST THEATRES FORREST bigtIyEE Ilroud nrnt Rnnm 1 x-L I THE K. E. MUSICAL SENSATION tt, TTMQX mm Chic and Smooth! rT" A T" Broad and IacuhI KKlJAIJ POP. MAT. I neat SaatS -'AVV'x"-' TODAY 11.50 "REVOND CRITICISM" Innulrfr. GEORGE ARLISS IDIrertlon of Oeorie C. Tyler) AND imtt.t.MNT ASSOi'IATE PLAYERS in "THE MOLLUSC" and Sir Jamea M. Ilarrle'a Latent Playlet "A Well-Remembered Voice" GARRICK MAg,55i (hfi(nut n,n1 Junlnrr. DAVID nCLASCO TreMntj Wff 1M With ISA CLAIRE. CYRIL flC"OTT. II. REEVES SMITH ami Entire Original Nt-w York Cant. Witherspoon Hall TI,L'n?A.V:ati:8.,NO' Maurice Francis Egan U. S. Minister to Denmark. 1907-1917 IN A LECTl'Ri: "Ten Years Near the German Frontier" Ticket. line to ll.r.n. I'nhertUy Extentlen Iiitx Office. Vlthcriipon Ilutldlnir. RECITAL BY TOSCHA SEIDEL Latest Genius of the Violin Metropolitan Opera House WEDNESDAY EVENING. JANUARY 15 Tli-kMn. 7.V to $2. nmv nn n at Met. Box Office. Wei-mHnn'H. lint Cheatnut Ftn-at. B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE Henry "Squidgulum" Lewis WM ' Gibson & Connelli kwjina Wellington Cross Marmfln Fitter" A ft-hnnlrr; Lillian Fltzjteral an,1 nig Surrounillng Show. WALNUT 8th A Walnut. Eves. B:1S. matinee Totonnow. 5.-.. !in Ti The Garden of Allah' the bame stupendous production Aa Orltlnally Plaveil at lha Forreat Theatr NinitTM AND HAT. MATINEE. !!.V lo tl.OQ. Metropolitan Opera. House. Tonurht at BUB, Concert by JOHN McCORMACK ADMISSION TICKETS AT 1108 CHESTNUT AND TON1CHT AT nox OFFICE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOfSE Dancing Mrs. Jane P. C. Miller 1 028 Chestnut St. DANCES TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. FJUDAX and SATURDAY, from 0 to IS. Prlvatr Lrmona Dally from 10 A. M. to 9 P. M. CHILDREN'S CLASSES SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 3 V, M. DXS. CORTISSOZ ancins Kvw bker dun, Private laiaona daily. 0:30 A. M. to 11 P. it. Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets FOUR SPECIAL NIGHTS TONIGHT and Men of Returned U. 3. Destroyers WIU be Present by U.i R. N'aval Tralnlnr Camp Band Alfred L. Bertollnl. Bandmaster THURSDAY WOMEN WAH WOnKERS" NICJIIT Special Admission to Women, 10 Cents Musical Program and "Liberty Sine" FRIDAY Sneclal Music anil -'Liberty Sin T. ' wtem I viir iv Concert by F. Kevin Wlest, Comet Quartet SATURDAY .'V BPKCJIAL, MVSIC Tp 10 P. M. . t CO I "" w.rMy y nxv mrrxu nrDHHL" ji J-. i-?.., .J-, IS 4 , BTii. 7Z: T . .. I VI 1 " il A r, '. t a fi Jl V r M-. 1 t-SkwrOKX t mmmmi v -It, f " ' 1 . iSTiwaaai .'i.. 1 1 si -, -v Lj ;-!4'. ' fca J' .
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