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iy Wynne Talks About the Younger Set DancesShe Tells
of Mrs. Bullitt's Death From Influenza.
t JUIVI
remember I told ynii iiliout th
Is who were cpcrtltiK to bo tip to
jfcnce Ht St. Oconto's Hchoul In Now-
Vlco, after all. There Imve been ko
my cbkcs of "llu" Hint tbc ilnnce Iihh
MHnnvt tinned llt-itll I.Vhl-lliirV "1. All.l
k "..' ... .
oate Is tlie evenlnc or Mm, wurtss
J dress tlanee. This week Is Mrs.
tft'H class, too. so thev will hnve that
S&iiMtle themselves with; mid then the
'etfonl Koliool ilani'P is on Katuruay
:j ko f bucks they won't pine entirely
fj The Rlrls who were ftuliiR are Juno
urn, iielltli Hiiti'lilnson. Jessie l)a
,) VMiniHl Kllsiibotli Jeannes. The younger
S. Mnf Just about that ace. Is Imvlnc the
.time tills year. The older sets are
too busy or else there aren't enoush
to pet up a really jsooil dance, hut
school "children" certainly are bavins
time of their youmt lives.
KD there certainly are enough boys to
go around noout twice, ir tney wouiu
'Jelev It. llnv-p vnn li.-pn tn nnv- nf tbn
"i eta.. ..:., "..,".,'.;.: ..::: , .... ... : :........
acc iiuu nuiiLt'u int? Durcu way in wiiuii
'jj&? yout.KHtern stand n round at the ctul
f-'flhA rnnm 1t-vrlitlti rr it'lirt t licii tlm It 111
.", "" B "' '
)c or not, and, If so, whether there Is
rody there who dances well enoURh or
iaYll'f.ttv onnllcrh nr snturtblnt? Id mill
i Kfi
sh'l of fifteen kocs to a dance and
i't cot her balr mi, do vou think any
tthe youths of. the same use will dance
nf her If they can help It'.' Go to
fmfm of these dunces and tee. I often
Oder what the mothers of sons are
itlnc- of when they allow their boys to
avo as thev do.
m
7j ONK of the yoiincer nances lately I
law the hostess go over and pick out
Es'of the boys standing In the stac- line
fl'take him over to a very pretty little
'Lplrl who had been partueilcss through
Pfhree dances. She happened to be a per
Mifctly sweet little slrl, as I knew. Hut do
fyou know that that boy dinted with her
I jhd made faces over her shoulder, which
ifwkrncd the other boys not to dance with
ILjher? He usually danced extremely well,
Fl' i fflllK Ha k!,ti' fit In ,t'i,lL- nil ni'AC tin, ltttla
(J"" ....... ".. -.v. ...V. V.
IMrl'u feat nnH tlinii ,,,.,,11 In,. I. i,ri.n ltnr.ul
hereby hanslng out a regular IUb to keep
hers away.
RTIIINIC If boys' fatheis went to parlies
K with their and saw bow they behaved,
ferhaps there would be some use for the
dmlly cane after they got home. Of
purse, there are gentlemen among them,
bys who are polite and charming nnd
Me to talk and Interest the girls, and
Ore power to them, say I. Hut there's
Mainly something wrong somewhere In
general behavior.
USKD to be that a girl's good time for
the evening was assured if ,he went to
dinner before the dance, oecause every
iy ut the dinner hail been taught that
le should dance with every girl at the
me dinner some time during the evening.
It gave then some one boy to enter the
room with and to start off dancing with.
;oo. no you think they do these things
ow?
ill saw at one of the dances a dinner party
irrlve, and not one boy In that crowd ap-
Qifared at the dance room entrance to take
'jjVe girl In, The girls came In nil bunched
iweiner aim waned and willed until some
trie boy came up and liruveil the whole
,inu m incin and asiieu one to nance,
ilftidually the little bunch of girls clvvln-
ld down, but there were some left thcte
tandlng on the floor waiting for at least
fvRt an hour, while on the other side of
lib room stood twice as many boys with
out partners.
rait Is time some one took a stand. The
'hostesses ut the dinners could at least say
hi their guests as they leave them for the
Vtfesslng rooms, "I shall wait for you at
he entrance to the ballroom anil we will
all go Into the room together." That would
Movent that rudeness at nny rate, and the
urj'0uld have some one to start dancing-
fowlth? f really think It's a serious thing.
kSyftULtlrnlll'tpsV Is unlnir mil if tlm u'nrM nnrl
tobping allowed to go by grown-ups who
uze vvnut u win mean in the future
Hen these boys are men and the emir-
y which women navv always loved in
ehTVlll be found to have vanished from
8 earth.
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13 ''calb of .Mrs. William l'. Bullitt yes-
fterday was a great shock to her large
rele of friends. Sirs, Hullltt had been 111
y, a short time and had had every care
Ible. As a last recourse Doctor l.e
le, who has just leceutly returned from
rope, performed an operation, hoping o
fi her life, but It was not to be, mid shu
yestorua, morning. .Mrs. Ilullitfs two
were not in Philadelphia. Or 111c, I
stand. Is on .Ills way home from
e, and Willie Is In Paris at the I'oace
fereiice. He Is hi the State Department
.'went over with Secretary Lansing.
k Bullitt, her stepson, was with her
e.. she died.
Irs. Bullitt's husband, Mr. William O. Hub
, uiry oiiuui luut cm iu, illlr u lung
ess. .Mis. Hullltt lived at their house
Nineteenth and Locust streets with ths
ie boys after his death. Since then
;h Willie and Orvllle Irive been married,
'former to Urnesta Drinker and the
er to Susie Ingersoll.
rs. Hullltt was Miss houlse llorwitz, n
;hter of the late Mr. and Mrs. orvllle
Itz, of Baltimore, and a granddatigli.
the famous Dr. Samu jl Cross. The late
Her Gross, who married .Mr. BulUttVs
Julia Bullitt Dick, ulso deceased,
n uncle of Mrs. Bullitt, who I rcmeni-
ttended .Mr. Gross'a funeral about
!inontli8 ago. Old Mrs. llorwlti: died
ard, France, In 1914.
re wero few women of social promt-
as charming as Mrs. Hullltt. and her
will be the cause of bincere Borrow
-family und friends,
. see she did not want to tell them
rthat she was engaged, nnd she went
irty to which no men were asked
did not get all opportunity to talk
thut day even on the phone. And
admit that wan awful! So when
came next morning she Just
jtand it a minute longer. What
alleve me. she was not at a loss.
ecertalnlng that every, .one atlll
IUUIIVIS
slept (you nee, the party had been n
"shower" for an engaged girl nnd sevcrnt
of the girls who had gone had remained
for the night, our heroine among .hem),
she sneaked out of bed and slipped Into n
negligee and slippers and, walking as If on
eggs, shu crept dowtistnlrs Into the den
where the telephone was and called the
number so quietly Hint no one heard nt all.
When He came to the phone she talked
very low, but distinctly, nevertheless, and
lie heard every word.
Well, being now s.itMled that no calam
ity had befallen him, that no mad dog had
crossed his path or dread disease had IhIiI
hands upon him, she hung up the phone
and started to creep back, when suddenly
there was the most awful i.olso you ever
heard: And looking down, she discovered
that tho "Klaxon," which had been taken
from the ri.r the night before (for the
i mall nephew ilrcsreil as Kewple sounded
It as he drove In bis pnshmobile tilled with
presents), had been left upon tlm floor, and
she, the quiet one, whoso fairy steps had
not eien creaked the Hour, hail stepped
full on It, and the sound had been such as
would almost wake the dead,
Thcro was no use of staying hidden hi
a corner, for 'the entire family and guesU
could be heard talking excitedly upstairs,
so she walked out sheepishly, and when
they fell upon her with low growls t,he le
murked Innocently: "I'm so sor-. You
see 1 awoke early and I was woirled about
my little brother. Ho had a cold esterduy,
you know, so I thought I'd cal up early
and see how ho was."
Tho groans which answered this lemurk
spoke volumes. NANCY WVNNIi
Social Activities
Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph Wfilcner gae a
Itnjcheon today u.t their home In KIkIiis 1'ark,
In honor of the Snanlsh Ambassador and
Madame, de Itlanii V. tlayangus.
The riiuiigement Is announced of. Miss
t'nrpthy Wethcrlll Walton, daughter of .Mrs.
i.. Walton, of llartsboto. N. Y., and
Lieutenant Kdu-ard Tuber Price, of New
Bedford, Mass.. w ho Is at presmt athletic
director at Camp l)I.. Miss Walton is the
granddaughter of Mrs. Kiln-aril Wethcrlll. of
'.tl Clinton street, and Is a senior at llrj n
Mawr.
Miss Charlotte Sharpies, daughter 'of Mr.
and Mrs. T. Wilson SliarpUss. of 10 Kast
Chestnut avenue. Chestnut Hill, will lie maid
of honor at the marriage of her slstt r. Miss
Mary Dixon Shaiples-i. and Major laic IV.ir
soil, M. C, on Saturday, I-Vbruary L'2, in St.
Paul's C'lum-h, Chestnut Hilt. Tin- wedding
will be followed by a breakfast at the home
of the bride's pariuts.
The marriage llctnse has been issued fur
the marriage of -Miss Kthel M. New bold,
daughter nf .Mrs. George New bold, of St.
.Martin's, and Captain George Vaughun
Stlong. C. S A of Liikewoml, N. ,r. . mv
has bein set for the wedding, which will
probably take place in the near future. Mrs.
New bold and M!h Xr h hold hae Just le
turncd fiom a Islt to Lakcwood.
Mrs. Samuel It. Shipley and Mrs. Kdward
Page Alanson will be at home this Saturday
and February 1, after I o'clock, at 1034
Spruce street. No cards hac been sent out.
.Mr. and Mrs. Harrison IC. Caner, of the
Longacie, will entertain at dlnnir on Satur
day, February I, at the Philadelphia Countiy
I Club.
Mrs. Itoscoe Conkllng Davis will entertain
at auction bridge at her home In the Glrard
Kstate on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Archibald Ilaiklle, of ner
House, .Wayne, were gin sts of Mr. and Mrs.
IMward l,ober Welsh In their box at the
opera Ust evening.
Mr. and .Mis William Baker Whelen. of
IieMin. will leave today for Atlantic City,
where I hey will spend a shoit time in the
Tra more.
.Mrs. ItU-hard MaeSlierry. of St t.i"ld,
i.ieiii inu wreK-eiiu in .Xllantlo I'ltv Willi her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Bollln II. Wilbur,
who are staying at the Dennis.
Mr. and Mis. George Brooks, of Ahum,,
bury llouie, Itbaii, left on Moud.ix for
llarrlsburs. where they will spend a few
days, stopping In New York for a short
time before their return nt the end of the
Veil..
Friends of .Mrs. J. Graham French, of
Roseinont, will be Klad to know that she
Is coinalcscenl from her recent attack of
Inline nza.
.Mis. Stephen T. Beale. of T3 West Tillpe
hoekfii street, Germaiilonn, announces (hi
marriage of her daughter, .Miss I.oulse Mar
garet Beale. to Mr Guslaxe A. xon Grosi,
on Frida:, January J 7, In Germantoun
Itev. Hdwin S. Lane wlio went to France
last June, as an rm chaplain, has returned
to his home. ,",1 Bex nxenue. Chestnut Hill.
Mr. Lane. Him Is the sun of Mr. and .Mis.
A. II. banc, was stationed with Base Hoi,
pital No. ::o, from S.in Francisco.
Mis Ail.iin II Vox and Mix, Martha Me-Dow-ell,
of Wlssahlcko.i. left jesterday to
spend it weel. In Atlantic t'ii.v Mrs, Fox's
daughter, Miss I.ucy Fox will giw a theatre
pint) this ex tiling in honor of her house
guest, Miss Bessie Kline, of Milton, Pa
Pnoto h rhoto-Crafteri.
MRS.. W. W. BRAY
Who it Wearing the uniform of the
Emergency Aid aldea, or which the ii
, U .XirjO 4M ,
evening ruBLio
Reader's Viewpoint
Letters to the Editor on Topics
of General Interest
i.ite.S'!n" ""' PuWUntlon In thl rnluuin.
liilt ,..uV.".' '? '"Itl'n on one nl.lp nf the MP".
i. .iSJi '."t" .f B"nerl i-urrml Inifrmt hiiiI
Ilritip v.;,llh ,.h" '"""' ""'I H.lilro. ..f tho
i,.?J. ,lrn,r" .""Peeleil. nmnum plpl. will h- re.
inn i .! , '""mpiintrtl hv sullli-lrnt no.liiKi'.
?M,u.n. '!' .'"luiot tu Ihli. cm-el. l'uhlfrntlnii
i?.!iiimn ",-ll!,,",'"V,'n' ' this nen-.pur-r of the
"i",i7,ni' i 'M'""""!. Nn npjrlullt IlMttrr will
mltteii "' ' rellnlouii illMU-loni he ir-
Triliule to Murlral Critic
To the Killlor of ihr Kicnlny Puhltr t.ttlgcr;
-Sir 1 have become a regulnr reader nf
our paper by having noticed the excellence
of the musical criticisms which xou publish.
These criticisms seem to me to be a xery
Important contribution to the hlstorv of
music In Philadelphia ami the rrgular Sat
urday articles seem to me to be worthv the
study aisl attention of those who wisii to
be Informed on the general subject.
Your critic seems to he a person of oilg
Inal thought and of wide and Intimate
knowledge. I have seen no mulcal criti
cisms or articles anywhere which convey so
many useful and original ideas or so much
Useful and original Information.
It seems onl.x fnlr that any onr Interested
In music should do our paper the simple
Justice of saying to oii how- much this
work Is appreciated.
WIM.IAM H. BfP.KHAP.DT.
Philadelphia, January 18.
"Will lorfcit a Sixpence,"
Tn Ihr Eriltar of Ihr Krcnlnp I'liblic Lrrlnrr:
Sir Tlie coming together of the Peace
Conference which everybody was taught to
look to as the dawn of a new day, exldently
will not afford us that happy consummation
after nil. All present signs Indicate tliat wo
are Just back again wheie we stood In 1014.
The war has changed nothing, settled noth
ing, other than the question of who was to
be boss. The net result of the war Is the
changing of one set of Imperialists for an.
other the Central Powers baxe glxoi way
to Fngland and France hi the race for world
domination,
Kverythlng ()f Importance Is to be transact
ed In prlxate all the scenery Is to be ar
rangul while the curtain is down and the
public only permitted to view the finished
play, to be later entitled, "The Great Farce."
All the great questions. Including the fate of
Ireland and India wire settled weeks ago In
the preliminary conferences held between tils
time of the signing of the armistice and the
President's arrival In France. That much Is
more than evident. And It Is truly lifting
that as a grand finale the master Imperialist
In Furor should preside.
When the curtain is iqi Hngland lays all
tile blame for the reactionary tactics oil
France, exen blames France for refusing to
allow- the Lord Major of Dublin to go to
Paris to see Presldmt Wilson. But England
doi nothing to prevent France doing these
things In fact the arrangement HtH Eng
land to a nicely.
The whole tiling will end In a new war
a war of peoples, not a war of goxernments
and then there will be an Imperial down
coming, tf things turn out different. I'll for
felt a sixpence. PADHAIC LAGAN.
Opposes Hiplicr- Theatre Tax
Tn the Killtor of the Ihcnlmj Public I.nliur:
Sir The proposed Increase In taxation of
10 per cent upon the now- standing measuie
of 10 per cent xvlll work a baidshlp not only
on the theatre receipts, but on the public
who patronize these places of entertainment.
Twenty per cent Is not much in Itself to
pay for one ticket In addition to the regular
charge for the entertainment, but when It
Is considered that the general prlie for a
theatre ticket Is two iloll.u s. plus forly cents
xiar tax, It xvlll mean that those who haxe
been In the habit of going to the theatie
xvlth their families xvlll not go so often
because of the increased cost of the plcasute.
If the theatres are to keep up the quality
of their entertainments and the production
of them. Including the high salaries now
demanded by those players xvbo can tie kept
on the speaking stage despite the lure of
the millions to be made In the silent world
of the movies, It must lie realized that
further to burden the theatre patron Is folly.
Tlie theatres have been doing a good busi
ness and this will keep up. providing the
present tax Is not Increased ; because to make
the cost of entertainment higher would
inrnn the return of Hie stock company and
possibly poorer qu.illt.x of ncting due io the
smaller audience.
While playgoers In the larger cilies might
he aide to afford the higher tax. It would
work a hardship upon tlioe in Hie smaller
cities which now are prlxlleged to haxe two
or three plays a week. The cost of these
productions Is much higher than those in
the larger cities because of the transporta
tion cost and tile hotel charges. An addi
tional tax levied on tickets reduces audit nces
and makes It unprofitable to lake good pro
ductions to the "provinces." liegular pla
(Joers xi 111 not lie aide to afford a many
tickets as usual with an extra tax. The
Increase in taxation at the movie houses will
not be so great becaure of the smaller
admission charge asked and xvllh the quality
of enterlalnmtut now- given at these places
there would be a marked increase In
attendance at tlie expense of the legitimate
drama.
The theaties have supplied audiences for
the four. minute men and other speakers
for wartime loans and drives. Managers
and actors have glx-en of their services
without stint. To burden tile theatregoer
Willi an Increased tax would be suicidal to
the best Interests of the goxirnnient ; for the
audiences would undoubtedly grow- smaller
at the legitimate, playhousen. and the xery
object of more revenue would be defeated.
The present tax theatregoers are paving
cheerfully, but It is doubtful whether they
x 111 do so with further additions to the cost
of theatre tickets, which hsxe nexer been so
high In price. They'll simply stop going to
the theatie. I'BINCK BANZA.
Philadelphia. January L'rt.
Tails and Longevity
7o the l.'ifHiii' of the Ihcntnri I'ublie l.edoert
Sir The recent death of Horace Fletcher.
who fancied that. In asciibing the larger
portion of human aliments to Insulllclent
mastication of foods, ho had made a pro.
louno scienuuc iiiacutrr). serves to call x
attention once more to tlie Innumerable tribe G
of faddists who have sought to convince us
that longevity Is readily attainable If one will
but follow their precepts s ml accept their
panaceas. s
As a rule, these faddists do not attain
any remarkable longevity themselves. Mr.
Fletcher,' who had entered bis seventieth
year, lived longer than most of them. But
many thousands of men nnd women who
violated his hygienic Instructions have lived
as long as or longer than he. Moreover,
some physicians haw asserted that Fletcher
Ism was responsible for a new disease found
only among Its votaries. Be that as it may,
there Is not a panicle of exidence that
Fletcherlsm, or any other health nostrum
which the lay mind has concocted or devised,
has ever lengthened the lives of any con
siderable number of human brings. What
tlie' laxvs governing longevity are, nobody
knows: and It were advisable that xve should
make frank acknowledgment of our lgnor
once. ;
Tlie truth Is that men haxe oflen abused
their bodies unmercifully, and yet lived to a
comparatively advanced ase, or even to an
extremely advanced one. It Is said that
Thomas Dc Quince- consumed dally a quan
tity of opium sulllclent to kill seventy per
sons unaccustomed to Its use. but though lie
began taking opium at the uge of nineteen
and kept It up throughout the remainder of
his life, he lived to be seventy-four, and
there la still living an American statesman,
in his nlnety-llrst jear. whoso ardent con
sumption of whleky for many years would
haxe second to most physicians, perhaps,
.to haxe promised his early extinction.
There Is some reason for believing that
longevity Is dependent, In the main, upon
considerations of- heredity. A prominent
physician, in an article contributed many
years ago to the North American Bevle-w,
adduced In eupport of this point of view
the tale of two men, both of thein wealthy
ana nticnoora to eacn otner, witn wnom he
ledger-Philadelphia, -Wednesday, January
Pliolo li Mrfi-i iau.
MIS DOROTHY NKWltOI.I)
Misi Newliold, xio i the daughter of
Mr. ami Mrs. Arthur Ijnlen Ncwhohl.
entertained at tlie opera Iat evening in
her parents' liox .
was well acquainted. The first of these had
xv bat amounted to a mania for attaining old
age, and to this end ho followed all the
lixglinle instructions that he found written
In the medical books, lie welched his food,
"he took tlie proper amount of exercise, he
went alwavs to bed nt tlie same hour and
lose always at the same hour: he never
drank or smoked: lie puruiuall.v kept nil tbn
hygienic commandments. The second man
was most lingular In his habits, lie nexer
took any exeicls-e. lie ate Immoderately of
all kinds of food, lie simked Incessantly nnd,
If seldom diiink, was seldom quite sober
either. Yet both of tin so men lived approxi
mately to the s.une age, each of them having
passed but slightly ills sixtieth jear at the
time of his ditnlse. The physician's Investi
gations revealed that the longevity of both
nun was apparently di-tt Tin hied by the
longevity of their Immediate .-incest! y.
Human beings are all unique. phslnloglc.illy
as well as psychologically, and when one
once grasps this truth one Is not In much
danger of falling a victim to any of the
health faddists. On the contrary, one's view
of life Is certain In he amiable, much more
amiable than any health faddist's can pns.
slbly be. And amiability Itself is conducive
to longevity. At least It should be. If It
Isn't. But then, we have Known many can
tankerous people who haxe lived much longer
than seemed desirable to any wlio Wert' so
unfortunate as to come Into contact with
them. JHUVI'.V b'ABIIN.
The Spirit of France
7i Ihr Killtor Ihr Krenlnp I'ublir l.nlacr:
Sir Time was nut so long ago when
France was supposed lo be a decadent na
lloiif and Its p'nple fiholous. fickle, even
"wicked' and, because of the rnptdlx declin
ing blrthiate, doomid to certain destruction
How a few short but Illuminating xrars
haxe changed all that and brought to light
the true character of, the people and the
spirit of Fiance Itsilf!
Fxery one knows how- the French, with
magnificent courage ami wonderful enthusi
asm, went forth to meet the formidable
armies of a foe that had heen pieparlng for
xears to conquer the world and all the inhab
itants thereof.
Some thought the cotiiage and enthusi
asm would die In the face of superior num
bers and n policy of frlglitfulness xvhlch
exen Included tile crucifixion of babies, but
those xOio thought so did not jet know the
spirit of France.
The courage and enthusiasm of the
French did not die. but constantly Increased
as time passed and circumstances looked
datker nnd drearier on all sides; for within
the soldiers 111 the field and the people at
home was the spark of inspiration which
came from the spuit. and which supplied
the strength ucccs-ury to ultimately van
rpilsb mere brute force.
The sphltual foices which cave every
Ficnch soldier Inspliatlon in battle were
totally lacking In tlie Get mans, although
M ilhelui Hoheiunllein continually called
upon God to grant victory to the blood
thirsty disciples of Kitltur. The Germans
thought far more of their Kultur than of
the faith and Inspiration which kept up the
courage of the Flench.
Time proved which nation was on the
toad to ruin, and all see today that tlie
country which produced Joan of Aic---that
remarkable example of ih'e success which
attends genuine inspiration shines like a
star among the nations of the earth, while
the vain boasting and astounding Imnudeiice.
xvlile-h relied on brute force and materialistic
erman Kultur alone, has t educed Germanv
to the likeness of a mud heap beside the
radiance of Fiance. EMILY L. BOOTH.
Merchantvllle. N. J.. Januaiy :".'.
MKRION'S FINK RKGORI)
1019 Enrolled in Red Cro-, Out of 1100
( Population
At a meeting of the hoard of directors of
the Merlon Civic Association last evening it
was reported that the Christinas Bed Cross
drive resulted In the enrollment of lOl'i
members out of a possible 1100 population of
Merlon.
The astonishing figures of t lie Merlon Bed
Cross committee's work at the lied Cross
House since May 1, 1017. also xvere leported
as follows: Soldiers' clothes repaired. 543;
knitted articles made, 40t3; hospital sup
plies mnde, 833C : surgical dressings made,
104,000: a total of 116.fi;-.' articles.
The Merlon committee is being kept Intact
and the women are still working.
GIRARD CLASS TO GIVE PLAY
Glrard College boys, of the January class
xvlll present "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
at 7:30 o'clock tonight In the college
chapel. The students havo been rehearsing
several xveeks under the illrectlon of Miss
Catherine K. llobbs and' George C. Foust.
The Glrard College Band will play.
The cam Includes the following students
Harry Knorr. Eugene L. Gallagher, John H.
Horley. Floyd E. Justice. Matthew Toor.
Walter S, Mendeuhall, John tl, Sutton,
Stephen II, Trout, Jucob Slgel, Joseph Mc
Gravv, Theodore Yan Deyenter, James Qulnn,
Nelson B. Scott, J. Anson Wood, Loula E.
llleck, William Y, I'ocht, Harry W. Jacobs.
Oeorce V. Burns. Weeley Mitchell, Walter
Myer, Alfred McK, Ryinr, John A. Laraon
anfl C. BtoKea Lazarua.
-X ..
S. P. C. A. REWARDS
CHILDREN FOR ESSAYS
SloO in Prizes Distributed for
Hcsl Compositions on Kind
ness to Animals
Prizes for rssavs on humane subjects were
awarded to children of this city's schools nt
he annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Snelcty for the prevention of Cruelty to Anl.
inals, at fi-JI North Bro.td street last night.
Prominent men and women of Philadelphia
Interested In the cruelty prevention move
ment weie present. Members cast their bal
lots to elect managers; for tlie next three
years,
Frank P. Ilutherford. operative manager
of the society, welcomed the guests and in
troduced the presiding nfllcer. General Wen
dell P, rtnu-iniiu. Addresses were made by
the president of the society. J, Gibson Mi
llvnlti. Jr., and by Sergeant George I. Clay
ton. The condition nf horses and mules In the
war zone was des.-rlbed by one of the speak
ers Graphic motion plcluits showed various'
phases of the work done by the society In
rescuing animals from cruelty.
Prlie -V Innrrs
To thn children the principal event nf the
evening was the awarding of prizes. The
bovs and girls who xvnite the best, essa.xs
on subjects i-inu-einiiig the humane treatment
of animals were given $I."'l In prize money,
ranging from $:,", to M prizes. There wero
SSfi essa.vs written hv tlie children. Sixty
two prizes were awarded. The winners were:
Lssa : "Proper Treatment and Care of Horses
nnd Cattle." Hannah Mnore. 125. Muhr
School: Anna Cobrlnsky. $:.-, Mount Vernon
School.
Tlie following children received prizes of
$3. $:' and 11: Israel Skaler, Lena Miller.
Sophl.i Forkln. Samuel Kchlocker, Sarah 'o
lubnff, Annie Domic, Sara Sobonsky, Sara
Colton, Gertrude Eldrldge. Dorothy Stephens.
Charles Smotliurat, Margaret Hlllver, Jean
nette Johnson. FrnnccH Stevens, riirlstlnc
Stanlfortli. Isndoio Stc,cr, There:i Mauders,
Kv.illtie Fiilnllbns, Anna Murium!, Matle
Schob, Arnold Martin. Florence Porch. I lurry
Doit. Walter Corson. Anna Hunk. Eva
Schmidt. Eveljn Knox. Dorothy Hub. John
Chirk. William Ltitz. Until Temple. Vloletta
Johnson, Mihlied Thlele, Esther Stehle. Sara
Faberin.ins, Hubert Jenkins, Bernard M.igen,
Nelson Mann, Normal Scott, Abe Shockter,
Harvey Ixessler. Italph Chenev, Pearl Ma
theas, John nichardsnn. Esle Elm, Louis
Frledenberg, liuls Sussman. Waller Coma,
ghj, Alice Bulk, Eleanor Cronsliey, Eliza
beth Drxsdale. Morton Oppenhehncr, Irvcln
Furlong, Bnland Li e Moore. Sara E. Moore
Abraham Frankel, Samuel Firestone, Herman
Shum.in and Sarah Ynletiskv.
sorM.x'H Growth
Speakers pointed out that llfly-two years
ago, when the city was only one-tenth of Its
present size, this society began Its work nnd,
keeping pace Willi the growing demands
made upon It, now- serves an area larger
than that of any other like association in
the I'nlted States. Since Us finding, In
'Sr,;. l,05.-,.!i!iil cases of erdelty have been
l-i.estlgatcd by the society, K.tiCIl offenders
prosecuted, llo.f.tt horses and mules ordered
from labor, '.M.S.-ili horses blanketed and 'J3.
318 old. sick or Injured anlninls humanely
iut to diatli. Last jear fin, 440 cists of
cruelty or neglect were Investigated. 1
persons pro.-ecuted and U.'.eii- cases were
remedied without punishment. Tlie agents
made 18.713 visits to dumping grounds,
wharves, and steamship landings, express and
freight stations, poultry districts, stockyards,
slaughter houses and building sections. There
ate sixteen expert agents employed. The
five roadsters and two electric ambulances
are In almost constant use.
Much of the most Important work of the
Penns.vlxanl.i Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals Is done with the e-o-operation
of the city, State and Federal depait
ments. Insanitary stabling methods, poorly
constrtiited buildings which endanger the
lives of animals by flic; load depression,
ill-fltllng manhole covers and the like are re
ported to the several bureaus. Policemen
have been Instructed to prevent cruelty when
possible and lo arrest I hose guilty of ll. At
every sale eif horses agents of the society
are present to prevent the selling of animals
unfit for service.
The object of tln soclftv Is prevention
rather than pt uMuncut. Lectures by veter.
inarlnns and practical horsemen are given
to owneis eif hotses and to Boy Scouis In
Ihenudltoiiuin, and school children by means
of talks in the school and by reading hu
mane literature are taughl the needs of
dumb creatures. The Interest of boys and
girls is stimulated by prizes aw.uded an
nually for the best essajs on "The Proper
Treatment of Animals."
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22, 1919
BRILLIANT RENDITION
OF "SAMSON ET DALILA"
Caruso and Malzciinucr Give
Vivid Portrayal of Leading
Paris in Fine Production
".AM.OV AMI 11X1,11,."
Opera in thrci acts
Ity t'umlllo Kiilnt-HaiMis
CAST
I'aliM MarR.irrtf Malzriiatirr
Hamsun Knrlro Caruso
The IIIkIi I'rlrst Unpen Cniizltinti
Alilmelerh I'nnlo Ananlaii
An elii llehreu .leise Manlniien
A I'hlllstin,. McKseiiKrr Mliort T'.elns
I'lrvt I'lillMinr I'letro Ainlldlo
.sSeinnil Philistine... X'lticTtizn It.-iKi-IilKllan
I'onilu.tnr tllullo Hetll
TIip Metrnpnlltan opera Company laxt
evenlnc pave one of the most brilliant per
formances of "Samson it lulll.i" that has
ever been seen In I'bllailelplil.i, The success
of the performance xeas about evenly dMileil
between the brilliance of the cis-t, the hext
that exen the Metropolitan coulit assemble,
the KorKCOllsneHM nf the stHKillK of trio opera
ami the artistic, testr.iTnert enseiiitiles which
.Mr. Sett I, xv tin completed nt a minnetus no
tice, never allow eil to be out of the proper
proportion In their lelatinii tn the opera as a
villole
'riic Inioiiiparnble Caruso as Painson dl
vldeil the lionoiH nf the cast with Mine.
Matzenauer, the Dallla. ltnth yanc their
partH not only with all the vocalization re
MUlred, and nt times- these requirements are
Breat, but with a fervor, which, whiln In
tense, was never at any time lievnntl the
histrionic bounds of an opeta the underlvltiK
motive of whkh, in the end. Is essentially
rcllRlous.
"Samson el TuKla" as a work e-otnposcd Iji
tlie pure Wnirnerlan inetliod. with constantfy
rei-urrlnit leit-motifs, can scarcely be said to
he entirely ennv Iik'Iiir. Its charm lies not
In its construction, but In Its melodies, and
most of these arc. In tlie course of the work,
assigned to tlieipart of Pallia. The Klnrlous
voice and e.xiiulslte tutistrv of Mine. .Matze
nauer, both xocal and dramatic, were never
shown to better ndvaiitane In Philadelphia
than last evening. The aria "Prtntetups iill
Commence" at the close of the first art and
the passionate love duet In the second, culmi
nating tmuslcally) In the great souk. "Mnn
Coeur s'ouvre a t.i Volx," gave her opportu
nities to show- her full powers, which she
utilized to the utmost.
In the last number she had the assistance
of the marvelous voice and splendid acting
of Mr. Caruso and nt Its close tlie audience
broke Into spontaneous applause, but the two
great slngets refused to break the artistic
continuity of the net by acknowledging it
and the action i-onlinued without a lirenk.
after an Interxnl of two nr three minutes.
The part of Samson Is melodlcally Inferior
to that of Dallla, as perhaps the characters
of the parts in their iclatlon to each other
demand In the schcnii- of the opera, but Mr.
Caruso had many chances to show his great
vocal and dramatic abilities throughout tlm
wnik, and did so to the fullest. The part Is
dlfllcult to sing and eipially illlllcult not to
overact, hut Mr. Caruso met both exactions
with seeming ease and again showed himself
tn lie one of the greatest operatic tenors tho
wot d lias ever known.
Tlie other members of the cast, while
taking less eons-plcuous pans-, were emi
nently satisfactory, especially Mr. Couzinou
as the High Priest and Mr. Mardones as the
Old Hebrew. The latter showed an unusu
ally fine voice of great richness, especially in
tho lower tones, while the former appealed
to excellent advantage In the first act, when
In- curses Samson and the Hebrews, and in
the dramatic duet with Dallla in the econd,
when he stiengtbens her In her purpose to
win the secret of Samson's pnwr.
The stage sellings were worthy even of
the best Metropolitan production, and were
models of beauty, good taste and apparent
historic truth. The Incidental dances wero
exceedingly well done and the Oriental color
of costumes and settings contributed not a
little to tho artistic success of the perform
a lice
Mr. Monteuv was tn haxe conducted the
opeta. but at tlie last moment he was unable
to lead, owing to a severe cold, and his place
was taken at xery short notice by dulio
Set 1 1, the chorus master of the Metiopolltan.
Mr. Settl conducted with all the nntlioritv
that could be desired and showed a know I
edge of the woik and of the balance of the
parts and choiiis which, It may he doubted.
Is exceeded even bv Mr. Monteuv. The Met
ropolitan is fortunate m having In at least
one of the directors f H ,.p(,.ial depart
ments a man capable of i.ilung the con
ductor's chair with sinh uniform knowledge,
authority and good tasie as .Mr. Setti ills
played last evening.
ALL THIS XVCBK
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I'HOM DftAM.V OF PASIK NA.X1B
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PERSIAN ART EXHIBITION
COMES HERE FEB. 3 TO 28
i
Collection From Panama Expo
sition Will Be Shown by
Art Alliance v,
hAT!!i..?,'',l?n ,ncl''1 exlilhlllon, vxlilch -will
il?e . ',' ?."' '"e "l," An Alliance, tlirough
rn,M i lUTy "f. '"' ,Vrsl1"' s'ominlwlon,
fro,,, l-eliriiary 3 lo :, marks an epoch in
the art u-nrlil 0f 1'hllmlelphln.
This
in f. ..'. whh'" ",1H nn.seml.leil bv
:..'.' .'" Klm"' -v- " Commli-Moner
Dr. All
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omir ''""" rt ever brought to this
eho ,,, . "?" ,,ar nf ''"" ofllclnl
e bowing at the Panama-Pacific Inlernntlon.l
.in. , . "r' " "''"vol a grand prize
from ii ,-Kh ,,""",', n"'' ",!" K4I.1 "'l
ut TorLn. "inn:"Hn Nh'"""" Inhibition held
in inronto last summer.
i.xpositin,,. ,,,rp rC(.rlvc( .
ledal
held
tra-iri. J . "" "filered and the
' i nf '"""; n.l chieftains marched
to make a superb collection of surpassing
-o e'Z ';,"" ,olor; "f r" Interest to th?
? J, T ro"ll"l--l"ner. the artist and the
,.'.'. "csK"r In textiles. Jewelry Hnd
netal. and r(rrM , ,, mtty
tind mi Inexhaustible inspiration.
Last, as the Cbiney,. were of the far K.mt.
Persi.,,, inn,,,,.,,, in the r,s. particular 1
in I?. ;;r "'., --"''''"'I over Central Asia.
India and Norlbern llurope and North Africa
and mcr the .Yew World Their design and
co.aepilon have made the,,, ,h ,node for
. I iintloiis ri,e Moha.n.n.d.m religion hav.
lug been thrust pnn Persia bv her Arab
conquerors In ll,,. seventh cenlurv, her think
ing iiif-n nc-epii.l It with reservation, ,l
oros er inilueme can be traced In their art.
f" "ir" rss mid pottery abound with hunt
ing scenes, in,.,,, galloping horses and finely
written Inscriptions.
The eollectloii Includes limeades, many
dating fioni the thirteenth .etiturv, beautiful
ror their softness of texture and hrlglilnest
or color, th.lr FMiibnll.- design embodying
a spiritual meaning impossilne to Imitate,
riie shawls of riil, design suggest those of
ixasnilr. the patterns of which went direct
from Persia to India. The huge roval tapes
try us. ,1 only twice a jear before tlie throne,
upon which ion women worked for ten vears.
embroidering p,m ,s surface the natlon'M
faith In the Divine Spirit of th,, world.
I here nr.- rugs which were the glorv of
Iran, masterpiece h of Isfahaiis, Telie'rani.
Mirl S.uati..nds and others. Of special In
tetest are the silk antique Isfahan liuntllif?
rug. tlie Held of de,.p i-rimeon syninollzlng tho
developin.nt of humanity; charming speci
mens of Jewelry, furniture and rare potterv
fiom Ullages and Sultannbad, exquisite tur
quoise ti1i,...g,.,i and enameled ware, tho
thiitienlli c.-ntui.v flen,-,.. with tlielr tine liril
liapt luster and polished ixory glaze, and the
p. eiilinr beaut i,f the iridescent bowls, pitch-
....!.. "-
.-. .i.e. ni-s. i ne marvelous miniature paint
ings in water i-olors n-id gold on silk paper,
whose tones nidlate xvlth light and color,
all glxlng a key revealing the romance and
life of an age old culture.
The pit.v of t s that much of this old
world art has been swept avvav forever
b tlie ruthli-ssnesa of the Turk, never moro
to return.
rHiL.i)i:i.iiti.-s leadln-g Tim.vTnEa
uireeii-M li:i: a j jsnrni:nT
ADELPHI 1;'- ' :' Matln7t.:15.
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