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EVENING' PUBLIC LEDGEEr-PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1919
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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
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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.
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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..
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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,
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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.
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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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Last Week of Official British
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Largest Photographs
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Showing
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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.
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-'AVV'x"-' TODAY 11.50
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AND imtt.t.MNT ASSOi'IATE PLAYERS
in "THE MOLLUSC" and
Sir Jamea M. Ilarrle'a Latent Playlet
"A Well-Remembered Voice"
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(hfi(nut n,n1 Junlnrr.
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SMITH ami Entire Original Nt-w York Cant.
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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
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and SATURDAY, from 0 to IS.
Prlvatr Lrmona Dally from 10 A. M. to 9 P. M.
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