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jrar gossipjlbout people
Nancy Wynne Talks of the Return of Officers From France.
Six III in Household of Mrs. 'Alexander Brown.
Bobbie Finds a Way Out
WELL, every minute a new officer Is rc
turnlnu home, until you fairly lose nn
eye walking up Chestnut or Walnut street
every day, seeing first this ono and that
one and racing up to him, saying: "This
Is simply great to see you aralnl Are you
well, no wounds? Well, I'm glad It wasn t
your right arm. And you'll be all right In
time? Oh, cheersi Dy the way, did you
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pro'
j over there7" now j "-"
aly with tho army of occupation and
i,nm vnu have thus effusively
G
..,', wine been In tho dock In Bor-
deaux for the past month or so, you know
just how he must feel. But bless you,
he's so glad to be homo and see all tlio
familiar faces again, he never oven laughs
as ho patently explains that he had not
seen your "ewe lamb," who had never been
In the same regiment nor even In the same
division as he the enduring time.
MAUYS CLAItK Is 'one happy girl
George Frazlcr Is home! He's been
In France for moro than a year, and you
know that is ono long time to bo separated
from your nance, now lsn';:lt? Marys s and
George's 'engagement was announced Just
before he left for Franco In October of
1917. The family, his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Harrison FruA r, and Marys
did not know that he was . come home,
so Imag.ne their Joy when 1 walked In on
them on Wednesday. Ho to. e by v,ay of
Boston. You must lite In a state of picas-
J.... Inatnnri nf fear.
.ant anticipation meso uu ...-.-
feThank Heaven!
T HEAK that Ned Law is In Germany
1 with the army of occupation. He and
Charlotte Brown are engaged, you know.
I was in hopes he would come homo soon,
for Charlotte's sake. She and her famlb
have had so much sorrow In this war Her
. -n.brothcr. Henry Houston, v,as killed,
vou know, and tho Woodward boy. Dr. and
Mrs. George Woodward's son, though not
a cousin of Charlotte's, but a cousin of
Henry's, was also among tho missing.
Some hao suffered so much In this war.
IHEAIt that six members of the house
hold at Castlenn, the home of Mrs.
Alexander Brown, in Bryn Mawr, are down
with almost If not quite Influenza. Two
trained nurses are kept quite busy taking
caro of Kitty Penn Smith. Mrs. Brown s
three sons, Alexander. Hobson and Nel
son, and two maids. Mrs. It. Penn Smith
and Kitty have been lMng with Mrs.
Brown, you know, ever since Mr. Brown's
death. Kitty has Just recovered from ton-
slllltls and Mrs. Brown, I oeueve, nau ....
"flu," and they both went down to Atlantic
City to recuperate. Then Just as soon as .
they "recuped" thoroughly along came
something cite, and the whole household
seems to be down with it. I hope it won t
be anything jmoro serious than Just bad
colds and high temperature. Even body
seems to bo having Just that these days.
THE Church of the Good Shepherd In
rtosemont gave a turkey dinner this
week for tho choir bos ancl acolytes, about
thirty bojs altogether thirty hungry
boys before the dinner and thirty large,
satisfied smiles, entirely surrpunded by
boy, afterward. Mrs. Kenton Elsenbrey.
Mrs. Tom Balrd, Jr., and Mrs. It. Coleman
.'lames, all of whom had sons among tho
thirty, wero much interested in the ar
langements for the dinner, and Mrs. George
Thayer donated the turkeys. Chaplain
Booth, who has Just returned from France,
gave the boys a talk, which thrilled them
ery much, and Major (or rather Doctor,
for he has been mustered out; isurion
Chance, who has been stationed at the
hospital at Capo May, was also there and
gave a talk.
And by tho way, did you know that the
f women of tho Church of tho Good Shep-
f herd are among tho first, It not the ery
first, to start sewing all day In the parish
s house, having a lunch served there, &o that
f they won't have to leave at all? It's Just
f as they worked for the Bed Cross, and
' they aro doing this right away so that the
organization won't get broken up and the
Interest won't have a chance to lag. They
are going to start In on tho first Thursday
In February. I hear that a number ot
Red Cross auxiliaries in the churches arc
planning to do this, but the Good Shepherd
has put tho plans into effect first.
HELEN and Bob, agea three and five
respectively, were disputing the owner
hhlp of some candy. Helen remarked,
"Give me 'at, Bobble?" "No," returned
brother. "It you don't gle mo 'at, when
I'm a big ady I won't ever give you any."
This threat was awful! How did Bobble
know how soon she would be a big lady
d carry out her threat? Mother had
d that sho was once a llttla girl. How
get around It and yet not give it up for
eeps?
m
Suddenly he threw the contested bit
raipon the floor. "Whoever takes that is a
spiggie, announced ue. ituu no airuuu iruui
lithe room. He was no plggiel It worked.
Helen departed In high dudgeon and Bob.
tie, returning by another door, snitched
the candy and mado off before sho knew it.
J NANCY WYNNE.
Social A 'aties
Mr. and Mrs. T. Wilson SharDless. of Chest.
'JfJtOt Hill, will entertain at supper on Friday
b Avonlncr TiVhrllni-v 21. nftor tho rohpnrnnl
Kar tha wedding of their daughter. Miss Marv
Dixon Sharpless, and Major Eric Pearson,
C. K. It. n. ' , which will take place the
ijlowlng day. .he guests will include tho
Idal party.
uMIss Mildred Longstretb, daughter of Mr.
Ad Mrs. William Longstreth, of 1221 Locust
Mreet, will entertain informally at a theatre
aarfv followed bv n. suDner.n.t hor homo in.
morrow evening. There will btr ten guests.
'V
.Mr, and Mrs. George Walter Holloway
hive Issued Invitations for a dinner and
dance at their home, Blverbank, Beverly, N.
J tomorrow, In honor of their daughter ana
eon, Mies Beatrice Holloway, who has been
engaged In canteen work at tho HaversacH,
Wrlghtstown, N, J and Ensign Thomas F,
Holloway, U. S. naval air forces, who has
recently returned from Fromentine, France.
Mr, Benjamin F. Hyle announces the mar
riage ot his daughter. Miss Edna Elizabeth
Jiyle, to Mr,. John S. Hlnkle, Jr., V. S. M. C,
on January f.
Miss Anne Stevenson will give, a hrleiV
tssr.t.s: ftsmr &
k
honor of Mls Mildred Buck, whose engage
ment to Mr. William Collins has recently
been announced.
Mrs. W. W. Hepburn, of Orchard Lee,
Vlllanovn, Is spending a few days In New
York.
Lieutenant C. Harold Marslon, of John
son street and Wlssahlckon n.enue, German
town, has returned to his home on Indefinite
leave. Mr. J. Bltts Coulbottrne. of Wal
nut lane, Lieutenant Marston's brother-in-law,
has receded nn honornlilo dip charge
from tho nay, h.ilng Just returned from
France, where he was a member of nn nerlal
bombing squadron.
The annual meeting of tho Women's
Permanent Emergency Association of Ger
mantown, was held jesterdny afternoon at
tho Fairfax. There was the annual election
of officers, reading of reports and n talk by
Mrs. Alexander, who has been doing mis
sionary work In Egypt for forly-thrco years.
An engagement of Interest nnnounced es
tcrdav was that of Miss Carollno L Hilton,
daughter of Mr Joseph L. Hilton, of Moores
town. T. J nnd Mr. Melcour ft. Llpplncott,
of Mount Holly.
Mrs. Charles Paller. of this city, announces
the engagement of her daughter, Miss Clara
Marie Paller, to Mr Tlalph Whltakcr, son of
Mrs. Frederick Whltaker, of this city. No
date has been set for tho wedding.
Announcement Is made of tho marriage of
Miss Oertrude Elizabeth Wogan. daughter of
Mrs. Susan W. Wogan, of 180D West Thomp
son street, and Ml. James I. Mitchell, of
Cleveland, O, on Tuesday at noon In the
rectory of the church of the Oesu, by the
Tlev. Edward S. Blaine. S. J. Miss Rosemary
AVogan the bride's sister, was her only at
tendant. Mr Lewis A. Wogan, the bride's
brother, was best man. The cercrfiony was
followed by a breakfast at tho Arcadia, Tho
bridegroom and bride left on a short trip,
and upon their return will be at home In
Cleveland.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Clitslnut aie re
ceiving this evening nnd net Friday eve
ning at their homo, 451K North Thirteenth
Ptreot. Mrs. Chestnut will be remembered .is
Miss Mildred L. Cramp, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry M. Cramp, of Logan.
Mr. and Mrs. Georgo B. Albrecht are at
home at 33 St. Elberou avenue, Atlantic City.
Mis. Albrecht. who was Miss Myrtle Fiaser,
daughter of Mrs A. J. Fraser, of 1410 Mount
Vernon street, was a December bride.
The annual banquet of the Gcrmantovvn
Business Men's jV-relation will be held on
Thursday evening, Januarv 30. at the Pel
ham Club. Emlen nnd Carpenter streets.
The committee In chaigc Includes Mr. Charles
Y. Scully, Mr. M. T. Farra, Mr. C. A. Tow ell,
Mr. William Lochart, Mr. M. W. James and
Mr. J. C. Knox.
The T.ev. Herbert Agate and Mrs. Agate,
of 3548 North Eighteenth street, are spend
ing the week In Norwalk, O.. where Doctor
Agate Is one of tho speakers at the 100th
anniversary of tho Norwalk H.iptlbt Church,
Mrs. Annie Ilaney, of Q317 South Seven
teenth street, announces the engagement of
her daughter. Mls.s Ella Call Hanev, to Lieu
tenant Andrew M. Ilobinson, ot l'ort How
ard, Md.
Tho Evemno Punt tc Li I'd It will be
glad to receive announcements of
engagements for the Society Page, pio
viding the engagements may bo verified
Notices should be wiltteit on ono felrto
of the paper and must he signed with
full name and address nnd telephone
number. Send notices to Sodetv
Editor, Cvem.vr Pl'BLlO LI DOI II, tSOG
Chestnut street.
RED CROSS NEEDS WORKERS
Volunteers Called For to Take Up Peace
time Tasks
Volunleets aie wanted for the home serv
ice work of the American Red CrcT-s
There Is considerable work to be done In
connection with the demobilisation ot troops
and emplosment of disabled soldiers', and
there are many opportunities for thoe who
desire to Invest their energs.
Those desiring to help mas make npplka
tlon at the main oflice. 1C07 Walnut street, or
at any of the district offices thicAighout the
cits-. For thoo who prefer to wolk among
the families of enlisted men, a course ot
lectin es and field work, which will lat for
six weeks, was started on January 20. Those
desirous of taking up thli p.uthular work
should iionlv to Dr. Frank D. Watson, di
rector of tho Red Cross Home Service
tute, 1302 Pine street.
InMl-
War bhipworkcrs Unite
Slilpwoikcis engaged on construction of
vessels for American transport during the
war have organized the United States As
sociation of War Shlpworkers at the plant
of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation,
Hnrrlman. The organizers intend to form
a national organization. Applicants for mem.
bershlp must have been emploed In a ship
Sard for three months between April 0, 191 1,
and November llt 1918.
MISS VIRGINIA CATHARINE STROUD
Daughter of Mr. and Mr, David II.
Stroud, of 3310 North llroad Mreet,
whose engagement to Mr. Waller Henry
Greenfield, United States naval aviation,
was recently announced. Mr. Greenfield,
who is the son of Mr, and Mrs. William
Greerield, of 1309 West Lehigh avenue,
is , t laeas and is expected home in
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Reader's Viewpoint
Letters to tjic Editor on Topics
of General Interest
, Aor "Ptnc9 nnd publication In this column.
1'ttere niunt ha written on ono rndo ot the paper,
ileal with topics of aeneral current Interest and
rm signed with tho namo and address of tho
writer. Names will ho withheld on request and
confidence respected. Nn manuscripts will bo re
turned unless accompanied by sufficient posts,
ynd a special request to this effect. Publication
Involves no Indorsement lo this newspaper of tho
rrii.iuiriii rxrrserii, ixo copyngni mtltrr win
bo Included, nor will religious d'scusslons bo per
mitted. Want No Jellvbving, Either
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir I wish to evpress my appreciation of
our masterly editorial of the 21st on the
dry amendment and centralizing conditions
In American politics of today.
Your reference to Mrs Jellyby and Us np
plication Is excellent and delightful sar
casm. The present generation of men are
woefully lacking In political history of the
United States. Either they do not know or
care less nbout where they may drift.
Every word nf our article Is truo and I
do not think sou Wt anv thing worth men
tioning at the piesent time escape sou,
Whether the two leading parties will
lake opposite) position to which political his
tory gives them, as vou Intimate, none of
us knows, of course; but It would seem
to'ino thnt both are tied to this amend
ment by promise and performance, hence
must stand for the charge of suppressing
the right of the Individual and 1 think forced
us Into oligarchy or near to It.
READER.
Philadelphia, Januarj 2;
The Need of Practical Sense
To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir Governor Sproul, In hln Inaugural ad
dress on January 21, "said a mouthful"
when he emphasized the need of practical
sense In dealing with problems of the com
monwealth, rather than "sailing tho tin
chatted seas of Idenllsm "
Such a refeience has a unique significance
Just now, for multitudes of our people seem
to have given themselves with religious fer
vor to ono or other of the present-day forms
of pretense, and thousands are devotees in
a perverted Pollvannalsm which brushes
aside all unchcerful verities, while exalting
their Brotherhood of Bunk Ideal as the
sacied force which, In Its universal comple
ment, will usher In the millennium
With what gratification must this parade
of pseudo-optimism be viewed by the prop
agandlstH of tho ultra modern cults of
make-believe, who have long been huckster
ing "New Thoughts for Old
And False Thoughts for the True!"
And what cacblnnatlons from tho Hun
hordes who still hope to benefit by It.
All credit to our new Governor he has
the right Idea
H. MERR.
Philadelphia, Januaiy 2.1
"Over the Top" and "Jim Crow"
To the Editor ot the Evening Public Ledger t
Sir Most of the ytntes of the South com
pel by law tho colored people to ride In
what nro called Jim Crow cars Tho namo
Itself Is an Insult; the law Is nn outrage
upon tho lights of American citizens. Some
thoughtless white people see nothing wrong
in this segregation of those people on rail
roads and trolley cars, but this Is what a
member of tho proscribed race has to say
of. It.
"Jim Clow ism Is worse than mob violence.
It kills tho soul as well as the bods'. It
works, not for one mad hour, but for
twentj-four hours in every das'. Its sear's
toll of victims Is not three-score, but mil
lions. It Is not sudden death. It Is worse;
It Is perpetual torture. Mlm Crow ism with
public dishonor Is the real, monster. Mob
violence Is onlv one of Its manifestations.
Inequality of citizenship Is the real monster."
A line old colored man of Ambler, whom
I knew vi ell, was Daniel Dowllng, of Butler
nvenue. Commissioner of Highwas.s of i,,e
boinugh. One of his boss, an educated soung
man, was conscripted nnd taken to France
lo help make the world safe for democ
racy He did his part bravely nnd without
flinching Theie were no Jim Crow trenches
over there; they were all alike, all equally
uncomfortable and unsafe
The bos's name Is Charles Ralph Dowl
lng He writes his experience In the Wattle
of Verdun and In tho Argonne sector. He
sass' "I was In a seventy-two-hour drive,
starting on September 27, and lasting until
Oetober 1. It was here we had our first
whiff of poisonous gas In the trenches we
had to stand in water to our knees and It
rained most of the time wo were there We
went through wlro entnnglements and aciosa
No Man's Line! to the great struggle ot
the war. The Huns had themselves well
entrenched with machine guns and snipers
and thes- put up stiong leslstance. We had
all objective to icach and we pushed on,
ancl after going thtough wire, woods and
brush and the baldest kind of fighting, we
not onlv leached our point but went a
couple of miles further After this we cer
tainly had the boche on the tun. and from
then on ho got no rest I had my gun
shot out of my hand, ancl I received a
flesh wound and anothet bullet went througu
inv gas mask, cutting the hose."
Charles Ralph Dowllng will not be sub
jected to the Indignity of the Jim Crow In
Ambler nor In Philadelphia, but 100,000
members of his race, whose homes arc in'
the South, who went through similar experi
ences on the western front, will, when they
return, even before being mustered out. have
to enduro such humiliating experiences.
I wish our white people, overs where, would
think, and think straight. In tho terms of
Justko on this subject of lace dlscrlmina-
Whilo tis'ng to make the world safe for
democracy we should Insist that democracy
ho made" safe for tho world
"Justice, sir, is the greatest interest of
men on earth. Daniel Webster.
WILMER ATKINSON'.
Washington Squaie, Philadelphia
Prohibition and "the People"
7 ii the Editor of the Kventng Public Ledger:
Sir in regaid to sour editorial of Janu
ary 17 on the subject of the stampede of the
various State LegislaUnes to ratify what Is
now tho eighteenth amendment of the Con
stitution, sou seem to overlook one very
vital fact: that is, that no just government
can rule without tho content of the gov
erned. It became neceb,iry to take away fiom
tho Legislatures the right to choose Senators.
Whs V For the wnif reason that It will be
necohsary to take away from them the right
to pass upon constitutional amendments and
other matters involving the rights of the'
governed. Even the pioonents of prohibi
tion must admit that the Legislatures In the
States of Mars land, Iowa, Missouri and Cali
fornia, all of whom voted within the last two
sears against the drss, misrepresented their
constituents. Likewise, the local optlop,
elections In New York, New Jersey and
Massachusetts can leave no doubt that these
communities are "wet" by overwhelming
majorities.
Delaware. Judging by tho vote In Wil
mington (November. 1917), would also
appear to be a "wet" State. It Is true that
Ohio did voto "dry" last election, but If the
soldiers had had a vote, Judging by tho way
they usually vote, It would have been another
story. Why haven't the people of Illinois.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, Wisconsin, Indi
ana, Vermont und Louisiana been allowed to
voto on this question? The unswer Is that
tho Anti-Saloon Leagu feared the result,
and that Is why they have "egged" the
various Legislatures on to their defiance of
the "common people."
Prohibition Is no longer a moral Issue. It
has becomo Immoral through the way Its
advocates have handled the Issue. The Boston
tea party was not a protest against a tax,
but the principle Involved. Mark Twain, In
his "Letters," pays his respects to the legls
latlve moral reformer and In his "Connecti
cut Yankee." in King Arthur's court, tells
the tale ot how even In those days the clergy
tried tp rule. These things, oil polnj, tho
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Miss Casanave, who is the daughter of Mr. and Mr. J. H. Casauavc, of Overbrook,
is a popular member of Ibc jounger set on the Main Line
same lesson, which Is that ahllc theories
may be all right, they do not nlwass work
out as they ought to and when thes dun t,
the "deuce Is to pas."
If the people are In favor of prohibition
that will end the matter If not, the
eighteenth amendment will meet the sune
fate that the fourteenth and fifteenth have
met. As the Hon. Tim Campbell, of New
York, used to say "What Is the Constltu
tlon between friends?"
Why don't sou and other newspapeis look
a little hesond tho Utopian idea ancl touch
upon the serious points Involved in this
attempt to curb the Inclinations of a nation
by sumptuars laws, evers one of which heie
tofore has evoked serious dlstui bailees, and
Sou sourselves admit that these are llkels In
the present Instance where the people have
either been overruled or not consulted
M A i ! ANTS
Philadelphia, January C2
Drets and Model
7'o the Editor of the f.trmiic; 'nKie l.idger
Sir At n meeting of women In New York
the other clay for the purpose of discussing
some girl problems In Its relation to demobil
ization, a feminine deputy police commis
sioner nnd the president of the Women's
Republican Club seized upon the occasion to
express their abhorrence of female apparel,
or rather the lack of It. at dinners and
dances. There is, thes- said, a tenlble lack
of modesty In the women of todas', and ono
of the speakers asked vehemcntls- 'Cannot
we persuade feociety women to put some
clothes on 7 '
But why should theie be so much beat
In the matter'' The world will continue to
turn on Its axis, the dally round of human
duties will continue to bo performed, no
matter how women dress
"What's tho matter with these women' '
asked one of the reformers Well, in our
humble opinion, there Is nothing the matter
with them nothing at least so far as their
dress is concerned But there mas be much
the matter with those women who nre
shocked .so easils" bs" the costumes of their
sisters. When a hullabaloo over Walt Whit
man's sex poems was flist raised, Thoreau,
after first lemarklng that the poems In
question made no appeal lo him. added. In a
letter to n correspondent "Hut Whitman
tan communicate no experience, and it his
readers are reminded of anv whose expei
lence Ik It that they are swindled of?' The
quers' is one that cuts deep
According to modern psschologisls, mod
esty Is only a ssnonsm for fear. The Pur
itan Is one who Is not favored by nature,
and Is conscious of the fact And that Is
why be Is ever trslng to make over all tho
people of the world Into his own Image. Ho
hates beauty because he Is not beautiful;
lie hates art because he la not an artist ,
He hates the Joy of living because he does
not know how to obtain It for himself A
communistic colons' was once wrecked
because n member whose ailing stomach did
not allow him to eat a certain sweet pudding
served once a week persisted In making
uncharitable remarks about another member
whoso healths' stomach manifested an nrdent
craving for the dish. Whistler. If we may
take George Moore's word for it, vigorously
denounced n kind of shoo much In vogue at
one time, because a pedal defect did not
permit him to wear them
And thus It Is, we suspect, with the New
York women who have started a crusade
against the dress cut low In the neck. They
claim to be laboring In behalf of morals.
But morals Is often a word used to camou
flage tho underlying reason actuating many a
crusader. If the women dress reformers had
a neck as beautiful as Helen's of Tros not
one of them would discover the faintest
antithesis between morals and a low neck
dress. M S.
Philadelphia, January 20.
MEDAL FOR STEFAIS'SSOiN
Antic Explorer Receives ElUlia Kent Kane
Award Tonight
The Ellsha Kent Kano Medal for 191S will
be presented to Vllhjalmur Stefansson, Arctic
explorer, at the annual dinner of tho Scn.
graphical Society of Philadelphia, whle.i will
bo held at 7 o'clock this evening at the Belle-vue-Stratford
Hotel.
The speakers will bo Robert Sllvercruss.
attache of the Belgian Legation, who will
discuss reconstruction work In Belgium;
Lieutenant Giorgio Abetti, R. I A of the
Italian Mission, who will tell of Italy's fron
tier problems, and Sir Geoffrey Butler, head
of the bureau of Information of the British
Mission, who will respond to a toast on
Anglo-American goodwill.
Wore than 200 persons are expected to at
tend The committee on arrangements Is
composed of Lieutenant E. Marshall Scull,
U. S, A., chairman; Commander Clement
Blddle, U, S N.i Lieutenant Commander Jud
son Daland. U S N. R. F Miss Laura Bell,
Benjamin H. Hoffman, Mrs. Charles Roberts
and Miss Mary S. Holmes.
Dancing
Mrs. Jane P. C. Millet
1028 Chestnut St.
pi . FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
UanCeS- From 0 to V, Ji.
Private Lessons
PAUL JTltOil 10 A. M. -TO R tV
15 TOWNS WILL REFUSE
TO PAY WATER CO. BILLS
Delaware County Communities
Will Take Rate Question
Into Court
I'lfteen boroughs and townships In Dela
ware County have decided not to pay water
bills submitted to their respective nuinicl
palltlea by the SprlngPeld Consolidated Water
t-ompanv
'I lip Public Service Commission some time
ago made a ruling giving the water corn
pans' the right to assess the boroughs and
the townships the sum of $365 per mile for
evers- mile of four-Inch pipe or over, run
through the boroughs or townships. The
township nnd borough authorities objected,
because it will mean that every one of the
municipalities In Delaware County will be
forced to Increase their tax rates from two
to two und a half mills
Tho boroughs also decided to pool their In
terest nnd to engage legal talent to carry
the case to the Supreme Court of Pennssl
vanla. The townships und boroughs con
tend that tho ruling of the Public Service
i 'ommlsslon Is nihltrary nnd unconstitutional.
Spilngtleld township, a farming district, has
mans miles of pipe running from the water
company's works to the consumers In the
different townships aid boroughs, and also
has no fire protection However, this town
ship under the ruling of th commission must
pa" to the water company between 5G000 and
$7000 as potential fire protection Clifton
Heights, Lansdowne, Aldan. Prospect Park,
Norwood. Paths', Sharon Hill, Ridley Park
and 'Veadon weie some of the boroughs rep
resented nt the meeting, together with Upper
Itniby ancl Haverford townships.
Hip Audience at School Play
Twelvei hundred people attended the eighth
annual play and d-ince given by the students
of tho Philadelphia Trades School at Mer
cantile Hall last night. The play, "The
Magistiate, ' n farce In three acts, by A. W.
l'lneio, was enthuslastlcalls received by
patents and fi lends of the students.
Till LADKLPHIA'S FOREMOST THEATRES
FORREST LAST WBEUETK0NE
Broad and t-nnmni DJ i. VrfJi
BICJ MATI.VEn
roMonnow
KI.AW KRT-,AS'OEn,3
MURICAI. COMEDT
SENSATION
ICIIIU and SMOOTH)
SEATS NOW SELLINO FOR
BALANCE OF li.NOAGEMENT
LAST
o
TIMES
FEB. 1
Victor
Herbert
Conducts
Tuesday,
Jan. 28
COMMENCING FER 8D
Cuhan
oiid
Hairls
I'rcaent
GOING up
The
Musical
Comedy
in,
73 BROADWAY FAVORITES 73
BROAD
NOW
NIOIITR
AT R:l,"
MATINEE
Ilroail and Locust
TOMORROW
vUHo!9ere'sTit!
THE BROAD ROCKING
WITH LAUGHTER
MrMrs C0BURN .
?rtsene Ihe
Setter'Ole
with
Haclvn rtrhurkle
A COMEDY y,AI , a.ik
W1THMIS1C A.S O fJ bill
SEATS NOW BELLI Ml FOR NEXT WEEK
GARRICK
ENGAGEMENT
LIMITED
Ev?" at 8:
cnrnucaria Juniper MAT TOMORROW
1KUMEND0US TRIUMPH!
v-u'IAN & HARRIS Tresent
THE FUNNIEST
AMERICAN
COMEDY IN
RECENT YEARS
MadeM
an
W1TIT
GRANT MITCHELL
AND TI1D ORIGINAL NEW lORK CAST
BEATS NOW BULLING FOR NHXT WEEK
B. fo KEITH'S THEATRE
RUTH ST. DENIS & CO.
PRESENTING NEW CLASSICAL. DANCES
CLIFTON CRAWFORD
In a Strlw of Boom and Stories
'In tb Dark." JTrancea Knndr, Dorothy Toji
eUUt.aa4 W SurreuncUmBhew, "
Jl' ill
p A
M Tailor
S. D. THAW ORDAINED
Son of Benjamin Thaw Enters Clergy of
High Eplsropal Church
New York, Jan, H. Stephen Dows) Thaw,
oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Thaw,
of this city. Pittsburgh and Newport, this
morning was ordained a deocon of the Epis
copal Church. The? ceremony took place In
the Church of St. Mary the Virgin. In Forty
sixth street, west of Broadwas. The officiat
ing bishop was the Right Rev, Cortlandt
Whitehead, Bishop of Pittsburgh.
Tho fact that the wealthy J'oung man Is
entering the Episcopal ministry nnd the high
church has caused surprise. He was for some
tlmo a missionary of tho Presbsterlan Church
In Syria. His parents are leaders In the
Shadyslde Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh,
and he was very active there.
Mr. Thaw Is a brother of Lieutenant Blair
A. Thaw, who was killed in Franco last
August In nn airplane accident : Benjamin
Thaw, 2d, who Is secretary of the American
Embassy In Paris, and Major William Thaw,
who was commander of the Lafasctte
Escadrllle.
No
BETROTHAL OF COUNTESS
INTERESTS MANY HERE
Mrs. Charles Wheeler Announces
Pauline Pappenheim Will Wed
Count Rahen of Denmark
Interest In social circles today centers
largely In the engagement of tho Countess
Paulino Pappenheim to Count Raben, of
Denmark.
The engagement was announced by Mrs
Charles Wheeler, of Pembroke, Brs'n Mawr,
grandmother of the Countess. Mrs Wheeler
received a cablegram from her granddaughter
last Mondas.
Countess Pauline Pappenheim Is a daughter
of Countess Pappenheim. who was Miss Mary
Wlstar Wheeler, and who has lived abroad
many -ears. Tho Countess Pauline has been
much sought after by titled Europeans since
her debut In 1909. One after another, how
ever, they were rejected by the high-spirited
Soung woman, who was Bald to feel she did
not caro to marry while so soung. Sho is
now In her twenty-eighth ear.
Her mother became the wife of Count
Maximilian Albrecht Pappenheim of Bavaria.
In this city April 29, 1890. ufter meeting
him at Brighton, England, a sear before. The
Count had followed the Wheelers to this
countrs'. They then lived at 1217 Walnut
street.
Miss Wheeler and the Count were married
first bs' a civil ceremons' performed by Mas or
Edwin If. Fltler In tho parlor of his home,
Sixteenth and Walnut streets, to conform to
Bavarian law, and the next day a religious
ceremony was performed In St. Mark's1 Epis
copal Church, Locust street above Sixteenth
As the result of this marriage the Count
had been forced bs tho Bavarian ruler to
resign all rights and privileges pertaining to
his rank, and Countess Pappenheim was ac
corded none of the social eminence to which
she had looked forward
An allowance of $6000 a sear was fKed
by the Countess on her husband, and when
he protested he needed more the Countess
left him. The Count In 189G brought suit
for divorce on the ground of willful abandon
ment. The divorce never was granted, but
the Countess has lived apart from her hus
band, making her home In London
For a time after the separation she re
turned to this cits- and lived with her two
daughters nnd her mother at her home In
Walnut street, but about twenty sears ago
she returned to Ixjndon
Continue Sales of War Stamps
More than 600 Philadelphia business houses
that sold thrift and war savings stamps
during 1918 have responded to appeals to
continue the agency during the present year
according to announcements made by the
war savings division of the war loan organ
ization Requests that thes' continue Rcllinh
stamps have been sent to more than ."000
firms In this city
TODAY TOMORROW
WM. PAVERSHAM
IN FIRST PRESENTATION OP
"The Silver King"
NEXT WEEIv I) W riRiri-MTII'S
A ROMANCE Ol" HA1T.V ALLEY '
PALACE
1 1514 MARKET STREET -'
10 A M to 11:1B P M.
f0 Afnrqh rmsT i'REbE.TATlo
Wide imuan -Tin: mci.No .strvin"
Next Week OARV DEM.VS In Infatuation
ARCADIA
CHESTNUT RELOW K,TH
10 A M. IS. .'. 3:45 D:45. 7:45, 0.30 P. M.
First Presentation LOl'lCiA M ALCOITfa
"LITTLE WOMEN"
Next Wk 13I-S1U FKmirpON1
in niu t'AtuniA.N WiriJ '
VICTORIA
MARKET Above (1TH
THIS ANn
NEXT WEEK
Annette Kellermann
Jn First Preientatlon of William Fox's
"Queen of the Sea"
A 11,000,000 Submarlnn Spectacle
REGENT
MAHKET ST. Below KTH
L1LA LEE in
"Tho rVcret Harden'
MARKET STREET
... ..AT Jl'NIPER
II A. M In 11 p. M.
CONTINUOUS
VAUDEVILLE
"PERHAPS YOU'RE RIGHT"
TANGO SHOES. OTHER ACTS.
CROSS KEYS M""KniT:)iny'7catdWB0PT,M.
Anniversary "Nowadays" 9!"" l
Week lectures
HOUDINI """" v.t,rj
3il Eplsodo
BROADWAY DnOAD,,5SNfl avB
BILLY REEVES' & CO. ' '
Geraldine Farrar ' ..THB HI.r t
HOTEL BINGHy
Theatre Ticket Agent
ANNOUNCES
The Opening of a
Theatre Ticket Office
Its many patrons vclll he pleated
to learn that they can now Hecure
choice seats for nil theatres, be.
elnnlnc tomorrow
MAHKKT and HTIf STS
Hell I'hone Walnut 2160
Keystones Ilace 3615
Dancing '
Print lfioni dally.
CORTISSOZ
BAKER BLDCJ.
ltUO Chertnut St.
M, to 11 l M.
-TTlTT'f?TTM Matinee Today, lBo and lioe
UJVJ. uu wi. Kxening.. 15c. 'JV. U5o & 5H
m,aaer oKri:ii Jonnny - lour Uun
Jan. '.'7 "Mn. Wlaga of the Cabbaaa Patch"
ACADEMY Seats at HerP'. 1110 Cheitnut,
PHILADELPHIA lTatD3AY Tomor. 8s
ORCHESTRA 8'"" ffpian..,
7TOTKf7 LADIES' MAT. TODAY
L AblJN U AL REEVES &
waiautatitaBt, HlaBiflr Beauty Show
s MARKET
1? V M.
vlmliSf
"
GIVES UP ROYAL
'jii
RANK FOR LOVE
..
Princc68 Pat Renounces Title and
Privileges to Wed Brit
ish Officer
KING GEORGE APPROVES
Precedent for Act of Bride
Elect, Nor Any Com
pulsion London, Jan. 24, King George has con
sented to tho renunciation by Princess
Patricia of Connaught of both her title of
princess and her stle of address as Royal
Highness on Ikt marriage next month to
Commander Lord Alexander Ramsay, brother
of the Earl of Dalhousle.
The princess after her marriage will be
known as Lady Patricia Ramsay. She will
receive a considerable fortune from the
estate of her mother, the late Duchess of
Connaught.
Princess Pat's renunciation of her royal
titles probably Is due entirely to a romantla
desire- for approximate equality of rank wltth
her fiance. Xelher tho British royal mar
riage laws nor custom require such a re
nunciation nnd no precedent can be recalled
for such a step In England. When King
George's aunt was married to the Duke of
Argyll sho retained tho stsle, "Her Royat
Highness Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll,"
nnd the King's sister, tho Duchess of Fife,
also kept her ros'ul tltls, with partial trans
mission to her children.
The llance of Princess Pat has not
prev lously been referred to as Lord Alexander
Ramsas', and unless there has been some spe
cial grant by the King Is not entitled to that
stSle As an earl's brother he Is merely "the
Honorable Alexander Ramsa$" and his wife,
with no titles' In her own right, would be
merely the Honorable Mrs. Ramsas'. It la
probable, however, that Princess Pat has)
retained her status as a duke's daughter,
which would entitle her to the style "Lady
Patricia Ramsas-," but she would still out
rank her husband one degree In the social
calendar, he remaining the Honorable Alex
ander, unless raised to the status of an carl's
eldest son or honored with a peerage In his
own right. In which latter case he would be
simply I-ord vllamsay and his wife Lady
Ramsas
HEALTH EXHIBIT OPENED
Proper Care of Body lo Be Explained Each
Day for a Week
A health exhibit under the auspices of the
Northern Liberties Neighborhood Workers,
with all the details of pictures and models
for the instruction of the public In the care
of health, Is now open at the Frlends's Guild,
Fourth nnd Green streets.
The exhibit with food demonstrations,
lectures, entertainments ancl music, will con
tinue until January 31 nnd Is open from 10
n m to 9 p. m
During the week the Drexel Iristltuta,
Temple t'nlverslts. Boy and Girl Scouts and
Individuals will have a part In the programs.
The exhibits have been prepared by varlou
organizations which work tor better health
conditions In Philadelphia.
Prominent among them Is the Philadelphia
Mousing Association, the Visiting Nurse So
clets nnd the Pennss Ivanla Society for tho
Prevention uf Tuberculosis.
I
MIILMJI'M-IIIA'S l.BADINO THEATRES
Ulrccll)! Li:E & J J S11UBERT
ADELPHI V- at 8!l5 Matinees 5:18.
Mtrs Lea ft 3. J. Shutxrt'a
NEWEST MUSICAL, COMEDT
AMA2
With a Gay Array of Artlita and a BATTALIOM
Last 2 Days Here
Moves Monday to
rL..i..iCi OPERA
uiesmuiiJi. house
ADELFHI Next Week Seats Now
Season's Smartest Cemedy Hit
"WHY MARRY?"
WITH AST OH THEATRE IN Y) CAST ANB
PRODl'CriOS INTACT, INCLt'IlINtt
NAT C. GOODWIN
Edmund Hrcei.e. 1jtus Rohb. Lonard Mudle,
Ernest Laccfont Ixiulse Randolph
and Ann Morrison
Auai4Hd Cotiimbta luherslli PuMier Prim
a ilett Piay Produced During tha Tear,
PAM H SHUBERT THEATRE
Rinad OIlUULini till Uwut Sta.
UK at 8 '.'0. Mat". Wed. A Sat.. 2:M.
MAT. TOMORROW g8 $1.50
"Rock-A-Bye Baby"
' Tun ful and amuslnc muslo chow wtth a
plot ' -North American
JpfWron 1)6 An eel Is Edna Jllbbard and
Walter I-awrenre, Dor & Cavanaufh
and a Deauty Chorus.
LYRIC
Evenings at 8.15
Mats. Wed. & Sat, 2:111
Mat. Tomorrow
$(1.50
A TT WOODS Present
LEW FIELDS
1M TIIH NATION'S PLAT
FRIENDLY ENEMIES
With
CHARLES WINNINQEB
Entire
Lower
Floor
CHESTNUT ST. ?? n.
N'lKhts, 51 r,0. tl. 73c. SOc (Ex. Sat. Hotldaya)
POSITIVELY LAST 2 DAYS
LAST MATINEE TOMORROW
RAT COMSTOCK and WILLIAM ELLIOTT!
?cmc Vrl, rrlminii llietur Musical Comedy
roMV
. ndli
r7 DdSHI
AHMJI.t-'THLY IDIINTICAI. NEW XORK CAST
l":alYvr!NiM?MAX SEATS NOW,
'Ullf Ml-SICAI. t-OSIKDV DE LUXE .
OH, MAMA!
W ill!
e-noRl's
Pm
a clay Array ot Artlata and ,
or well-dressed reauties
iifAl TCTIT l'enlne Ht 8:1.1 Mat 2:15
WALlMJl j,a, Tomorron. L'So to ILOO
lSKe ' J Mara -Marry In Haste"
CominK, Next Week Seats on Sale
THE SEASON'S R1C1 COMEDY HIT
"THE VERY IDEA"
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
NEWMAN
Trnveltalks
Color Views
Motion Pictures ,'
T':V.f at ft IS I Tnmnrrnn, "?.31 .74
fOT A T-"T'IHrr TT" A Mon fi
I nil r. r ii. M
TICKETS SOc. 7.1c. tl 00 at Heppe'aj Amp. iSe.
ACADEMY OF- MUSIC, Thuraday, Jan. 30. at 1:11
. w?"a.. Coi. w. a. BishoD,nyi!!,aniii
urwi - !
"Air Fighting in r landers Fields1';'
Reere4 Sct TBo U 12.60 now, lleppe'a. 111 Mf
Ctmtnut
Checki to George T. Italy. No war tax.
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mi. "wiir MAHntrcn mem
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