-t ' -; . -t i Nm" l fit JUSJ GO&SIP ( i tkitutrous Dinners to Precede 'Class Captain Morris Returned to His Regiment N.ancy ' ty Wynne Attends Film Showing at-Bellcvue-Stratford vU) you ever know anything like the ; 'number of dinners that are to be given tonight before the meeting of tho Saturday ijyenlng Dancing Class at the Bellevue- .Jttrmtford? Tlie dance will be In the Rose Gardens tonight .Instead of the ballroom, f4'st Christmas time, and I have couhted least eight dinners Mint are to be given beforehand, and there are probably others. Ta should thlnlc pretty nearly everjbody Who "belongs to the class would be going 'to a dinner. And quite two of the dinners ate to be given for the bojsat least Joe Joanes'nnd dtoPemberton are to.be honor guests at dinners given by their respective families. Sarah Dalan's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Tom 'tMt(l who are nt their winter home, 2107 Iwklnut street, will give a dinner for her, I jMlifcRzalelh Boj d, daughter of Dr. nnd Ml George Bojd, will have a dinner. Tlie .'..!. -,. ...1 .1 1.. I... tl, Franiuin iiacnes, vvnoso uuiikiiicis, uy k.. Cy, 'will soon be old enough to go to tue turelay Evening, will give a dinner for I. Strati Diiane, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rti?. Dstane. Then Peggy Ferguson will nave vtvainner given ior nor, mm, mo Geotgo Rosses will entertain for Elizabeth, UihnV Elizabeth Ple'd will have ll dinner Viven for "her by her fa'therand mother, I Commander and Mrs. W. It6y Mason Field. I 'Thet Committee Cluss. us ou know, Is under the auspices of a number of women tfjld la for the girls who will make their Aebtft tn ono or two years' time. The iomjhltteo Includes Mrs. Harry Coxe, Mrs. Jtayard Bqwle, Mrs. Charles Da Costa, Mrs., Jack Geary, Mrs. Tom McKean, Mrs. Syd iiesTThaier and Mrs. Chariton Jarnall. ,;-V - , ynTASN'T 'it exciting last night at the W V's11...a n (ha tolinTl ttlf ftt thA film 1 ,- - JUBC UT3 Clk HID D..W .fS .-w "Ravished Armenia": , it ceriaimy a Lthrilllng and, every one was muchly Inter- lasted. I'll warrunt Armtnla made mucn through the simpathy aroused. t-Unow the effect It had on me when I Miff "Hearts of the Woild" nrst. i naa thought I could not possibly take on an- I other Liberty Bond up to that day (for .the third !o.n, I think 't was). Well, I ! went to the first showing of "Hearts of the ; World," before It was deleted by the censor, nU X CCTUUniy wene llgllk uunmwnii mw ngxt daand bought another bond, for 'Which Lhad to pinch. vf Well, most of lis felt that way last night, Itivd I do not doubt that the Armerl .n com- lhlttee will report large contributions from those nresent and from those who will see hi film. s. jwery one jou ever saw na meie, n. seemed to me. And eveiy one was, us r jald, greatly impressed. The women who undertook- to chaperono the first showing J'ttcre Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson, Mrs. Ed- fy-a'rtl Stotesbury, Mrs.' Barclay Wurburtoh, Mrt. J. Willis Martin, Mrs. George Whar- 4on Penper nndseeral others, with Mrs. Lorjmer for olulrman. 10 i !t" WAR Intnvpsted eJleiiluv to hear that ' Bdb Morris (who. incidentally. Is Cap- I tsrl Morris) has recovered f rem hlaaccident rplum. You krlow ho was quite badly In jured In a motortruck collision back In. f October and so was' put out of the war be- fore' the armistice was signed. Bob, by Ihftjiay. Is no longer tle, gay bachelor of Wd: oii remember he .married Fanny Wain ('shortly before-he went to France. Fanny 1$ living in Wesjtcwn with her mother, l.Mie. Charlotte Wain, while Bob Is "over there." She is a sister of Mrs. Emlen ' Hare, who was Anne Wain. pRnli "Morris ia nn awfullv nice fellow lt -- . k.ltllU 'Iliy 0 lu.nj jw.ou.. m.im w.uu.- 1 tally so Is Bop ana lt. is certainly gooa 'news to hear that he Is able to resume his command. I hear Major Aubrey Bunting to In Germany with the army of occupation. JDW you know that? ' ffiHB war service committee oCthe His-, A (orical Society of Pennsylvania will give JWther reception 'tonight! This wUKbe ' tbrtr." twelfth, and I have never heard of- UJJMCtj 'successes as they have there. Imagine ElMiMqre than one thousand guests every Auurday. ThlnkNof the eats entalledl That is, the preparation' for serving such numbers!, jlftae receptiomrhave grown so it has been olded by the committee that the invita- omcard would have to be presented at the door- You ought to beg for an. invite 0&n "time Just to hear thosemen ping. Tm receptions are for the soldiers, sailors Andtjmarinos in the service, ou know, and Sylast from 7 until n quarter to 11 lock. ; rj)THEU had told Polly It was not nice JjAifoi-i her to complnln about her food, md so she promised that she would not o It. She would bo a polite little girl and gjecept what was put before her and say 'gating. She was heroic on Monday and n Tuesday and- Wednesday, but when -Thursday came, and Bhe tat down to:ream toast and a glasu of milk, while Mother and his;' brother had tprtsted cheese and a fejv other delicacies which were judged not COd for Polly, the strain was very great, I Pplly sat down and she lookvd with out- rtd eyes upon the others' repast; then "opened her little mouth qulcj; arfd I fM open IvthJn she ia closea l jusi as nurneuiy, Ana mii: Motlnjr I almost fopgot myself itd complained," she said. "But I stopped -tune. xnen wm u hvycoi buuic. u 'suppose Daddy will bring me some- nice when he knows I wasgood?" IIIW, NANCY WYNNE?. r -t i.n"w i ' EncaKemecnts Announced 'iKra. 'Robert Heberton, of a rater's lane. itnut Hill, announces me engagement vi aught er, Miss Sue Martin utwrion, o Alexander M, Swain, "son, of Mr, and Jttefpli Vfi Swain, of. Queen lane and ;ly street, Gcrmantown. On and. Mrs Gtorge A. Caneronko( School m Lane, nprmantowu. announce the n- K TT . - ...! .1 .f.A. Ilia ITul-n 111 In Mian; to Captain IlJ Fentpn Fisher, son of t liltsu Jerome . FIshtT. of Jamestown. N. V, riBMmi di iiein uuuuti.vi. ,.v Ml J. 'Howard Keely, ot J44 Qreen lane. fcorouili. announces me rKucmeni pi ftWMhtrr, MI8 Jessie C. Kc-ely, and Mr. I. lioason,aiso oi tiuAiiunugn, Aftannlent of InCirest rvoentIa- MS Is tliat 41, Wv Marguerite JteKlmv aC"ir ( " "" ' (-.naries tr . of tua Mu". ,fui. Mtf J,f Hton V yf S"ww1'' .1 ABOUT - PWPLE , the Saturday Evening Dancing avenue announces the engagement of her dnughter, Miss Hose Adler, to Mr. Iee 1'ape, of this cltjv Mr. Pape Is Tit present sta tioned at Camu Lee In Virginia. Social Activities Albong the guests at the dinner which (Mr. and Mrs Franklin Bachr, of 210' Pine street, 'will give this evening before the Saturday Kvenlng Dancing Clns$ In honor of Miss Snrnli rrankiln Dumiv, will be Miss Mary Thaier. Miss rtuth Packard, Jtlss Sarah Logan SlanrMIsi Cecelia Zim merman, Mis Mary Carter, Mr. William Wlstcr. Mr. John It. Gibbon. Jr., 'Mr. Stephen Greene, Id, Mr. Louis Wells. .Mr. Henry Douglas Paxson, Jr., Mr. Daniel BatcB nnd Mr. Charles Bates x V The guests at the dinner which Dr. and 5trs. George M. Bojd, of 1909 Spruce street, will give this evening before the Saturduy Kvenlng Dancing Class In honor of their daughter. Miss tflzabeth I Bojdrwlll In clude Miss Annahtraw bridge, Miss Heten Shelton. Jtlss Mildred Iongstreth. Miss Catharine O. Llojd, Miss L'stheh L Ilhoads, Mr. John Claghorn. Mr. Charles P. Perot. Mr. Arthur Crlsfleld Mr. William Addlcks, Mr. Joseph Taj lor and Mr. John B. Blspham. r M!s!i i;mllj" Phlllcr. w ho has been spend ing a few dais. In Washington, D. C, will leave next week for the Adlrondacks where she will spend a short time Miss Phlllcr and her parents. Mr. and Mrs. William It. Plilller, haV9 closed their house' In Haver ford nnd have taken an apartme'nT at the Belgravla for a few week. Mrs. John Brown, of St. Martin's, with her. two children. Master John Brown, Jr., and Miss Barbara Brown, has returned from Atlantic City, where they have been spending a short time. Among the guests at the supper which Mr. and Mrs. II. Ashtor. Little will give tomorrow evening at their home. The Orchard, Strafroid, will be Mr. and Mrs.i ii. i;oieman James. Mr. and Mrs. William Ilolln. Mr. and Mrs. B. Colenlan .Tnme, Commander G. Truman Swasej, V. S. .. and Mrs. Suase, Lieutenant John Small. U. S. X., Mr. It. Coleman James. Jr., Mis. William It. McUtll. Miss Mary Cerbonl and Ir. James H. LJltle. Mrs. Itobert M. Oh-vln, Jr. of Haverford Court, Haverford, Is giving a small theatre party this afternoon in honor of the thir teenth birthday of her son. Mr. Itobert M. Glrvln, 3d. , Mr. George B. Warder. Jr., son of Mr. nnd Mrs. George B Warder. Ji of 131 Weft Willow Grove avenue, Chestnut Hill, who"is a student at St. Luke's School, -Wajne, Is speudtng.the week-end at his home. Miss Helen Louise Coates will be at home Informally at her home, 100 South Tent flrst street, on Thuredas. February 6 and 13, from 4 until 6 o'clock. Xo cards have (been sent out . Mr 'and NMrs. Hairy Mnybln -Hart, who lian been slalng at the Itltz-Carlton. will leave early next week on a trip to California. Upon their return In tho spring they will occupy their home In Vlllanova. Mr. nnd Mrs. Cinton DIon, of Seven teenth and Walnut streets, will leave today for Palm Beach, Fla. Dr. and Mr. .Alexander Hay O'Neal, whose marriage too place last week In Pittsburgh, aio spending" their hone) moon at White Sul phur Springs, W. .Va. Upon their return they will live In St. Davids, v Miss Ciladjs James will give a. formal dance at her home-In Bala on Saturday eve ning Among those present will be Miss Alice James, Miss Mary Carr, Misses Helen and Alice Macllcj nolds. Miss Hdythe James, Miss IMna Cavnnaugh, Miss Volgt Mae Bell, Mr. S. Matlack. Mr. W. Martin, Mr. Jack PetjiFon. Mr. C. Mllligan. Mr.- J. Martin. Mr. II. Hbcrllng. Mr. C. Woodruff, Mr. H. Slaton, Mr. P.. Keenan, Mr. P. Samson and Mr. A. Merbrler. MESS DARLINGTON WED TODAY IN PITTSBURGH Daughter of Bishop Made Bride of Lieutenant Joel Ellis Fisher, U. S. N. - "f- -r ' An hitrestlng wedding took place to day In St. Stephen's. Church. Hnrrlsburg, when Miss Eleanor Townsend Darlington, daughter of Bishop vTames Henry Darlington and. Mrs. Darlington, of' Harrlsburg, be came the bride of Lieutenant Joel Hills Fisher, U. S X. The ceremony was per formed by Bishop Darlington, and the bride was given In 'marriage by her brother, the Jlev. Ollbert 8. B. Darlington, who served ns a chaplain In the navy during the war. .Miss Kate B. Darlington was her sister's maid of honor, and the brides maids were Mrs. Jnmes Lenox Banks, Jr., sister of the bridegroom-; Miss Gertrude Mall, Miss Kllzabeth It. Thompson and Miss Caroline Carroll, all of New York. Lieuten ant James Lenox Banks, Jr., U.. S. N., was his brother-in-law's best man. The wed ding was followed by a reception ""at the homo of the bride's parents, 321 North Iront street, Harrlsburg. " x V POWELL SMITH The marriage of Mix TTolan Ktv.hi, ,..,,.,, ter of Mr. and Mrs Clermont Smlth.'of 49li '"' aircei, anu lieutenant Jiodger S, Powell, of New York, formerly of puluth, Minn., took place at 4 o'clock this nfter noon in the Chapel of the Mediator, Fifty flist and Spruce streets. The ceremony wns performed by. the nev. Phillips S. Osgood, rector of the chapel, Miss Smith was attended by her sister, Miss Dorothy Smith, as maid pf honor, and the best man was the. bridegroom's brother. Mr. TriMnv,.,. JPowell. of Duluth, Minn. The bride wore a gown of blue-beaded georgette crepe, and satin, with a black turban trimmed with white aigrette- She carried orchids nnd white sweetiieas. , The. maid of honor wore blue trlcolette, with a toque of white Batln braid nnd georgette crepe and carried pink rosebuds. The wed-H mng was very quiet. No Invitations had been Issued. ' v FLOOD IIOBINSON ' An Interesting wedding of the week was that of Miss Katharine KollocK Ilobtnson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. aeofe S. Ilnbln son. of 1019 Frankford uvenoe, Holmesburg, and Mr. William H. Flood, of 49!5 Haw thorie avenue, which ook place on Wednes day evening at the homesQf the bride's par ents) The ceremony was performed by the bride's unele, the Ilev, H. Illdgely IlQUlnsgn, of Pitman. X. J., and was followed by a re ception. Doctor Iloblnson gave his daughter in) marrla'ge. She wore" a gown of w hlfe 'crepe de chine trimmed with net embroidered "with pearls and carried a howrof Bride Mr. Flood and his bride (eft on an ex tended trip and will be at home after March 1 at 1019. Frankford avenue. STOCKJJAM MADDOCIC ' Announcement is made of the marriage of Mrs. Sarah A.', JSaddock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Xlonattian Jenks. of 4M7 Haiti avenue, and Mc John M. gtoekham, of Portsmouth, Oil on Monday January ST, by the Rev, Thomaj Pollock, P. D.. of the Oak ParK VJtd I'r-iiytrU i. aurh, Mr. m w mum wn-iiiT-R tnr or oHtoo at THrhM Mswtll.kMl J EVENING JLBLIC LEDGER Almost any ilav you will find women prominent in social life stamlirif, liatk of tounters serving meir rounirv. in me piriure arc FIGHT FOR PROHIBITION HERE STARTED IN 1789 Drv Harry M. Chalfant Tells of Medical Profession's Early Bat tle Against Drink Habit An Insight Into tho eaily dass of the prohibition light In Philadelphia, and par ticular! regarding the work of Dr. Brfijuniln Kih in the period jut following the Revo lution, Is given by Dr. Harry M. Chalfant In an nTtlcle In the Midlcal ,Vsld for Feb ruary, Doctor C'halfniiL points out that ns long ago as 1780' the medical profession of Phila delphia was looking about for soifie method of restraining and discouraging the drink habit. Ho sas, in part: "Ninety Jears ago the Philadelphia Medi cal Socle)' became interested In a svs ,temut!c Investigation of the effects ot ardent spirits when used as u beverage. In 1629 a special committee was appointed to make a survey of the question and repot t to the society. This report was read and adopted at a meeting after the committee had been at work for six months "The phjslclans of the tlty nnd adjacent touns entered most evithuslastlcallv into this Investigation - Hvery phjslcinu wus asked to study his personal record of cases which " he had attended nnd make note of the num ber of patients he had lost whot.e death he believed to have been hastened by the use pf strong drink This Included cases where death restated Trom accidents due to drink. "It was found that as tho result of this movement no less than 4J93 deaths had been studied, and the reports show that, in tho opinion of the attending jmvslclans, more than 700 of these, or more than one-sixth of the whole number, were hastened by the use of llq'uor. , "The estjmated population of the city at thnt tlmo was 159,480, and there were 1239 saloons, or one Ho every 129 persons. In some sections there was one tavern to every twenty men. The committee accused John Barlejcorn of responsibility not only for much of the sickness of the community, but nlso for a large percentage of the accidents that were occurring, and laid at his door the responsibility for much of the poverty which prevailed at that time In the city." TO CELEBRATE "DRY" VICTORY New Jersey Methodist 'Episcopal Churches Plan Jubilee for March 12 The mlnlsteis and lamen of the New Jersey Methodist Hplscopal churches jw 111 have n Jublleo Wednesday. March 12, nt the annual conference In Ocean Grove to cele brate the ratification ofxthc dry amendment. ' The conference program committee has arranged n numliy of changes for this jear. One wilt be In the memorial sen Ice, and In stead of a separate memoi lal for each pas-' tor who died during the jear there will be n suitable memorial address bv theyttev. Pennington Corson, pastor of Salem Metho dist Bplscopal Church. Pleasantvllle. The memorial of each pastor, however, will be published In the minute "book. Two new" district superintendents will be appointed. Bishop Berry ofTered to appoint the Bev. Holmes F. Gravatt, pastor of the Flrar Church, Camden, superlntcndenf of tho Camden district at onceTand that would be equal to reappolntmenfhext month., but he declined to accent Jt because of his health. The BeVf F. A. DeMaris, who Is the supei Intenderft of the district, has been appointed pastor f the-'Asburv Park Methodist episco pal Church- The other superintendent to retlrb Is "tho llev. J. W. Marshall, of the New Brunswick district, who will be placed In charge of the Ocean Grove Association. The Ilev. John B. Haines, pastor of Cen tenary Church, Camden, a former district superintendent of the New Brunswick dls-, trlct, Is being spoken of as likely to be ap pointed to one of the vacancies. HOSPITAL WILL OPEN SOON (100,000 ftarriman Institution to Be Ready in About avjeek The Harrlman Hospital, whlclr was re cently built and equipped at a cost of ap proximately $100,000, will be formally openejl for reccpton of patients In about a week. The hospital will be conducted not only for the benefit of emplocs of the Merchant Shipbuilding Corporation, tat Harrlman, but for the treatment of-cases from Bristol, New town, Langhorne, Hulmevllle and other sur rounding towns. The hospital will be operated under the supervision, ot Carl Marshall, manager of Industrial relations nt the Merchant plant. INASMUCH MISSION PLANS ' Will Help Unfortunate Men During Recon struction Deriod r The 'inasmuch' Mission, 1011 Locust street,, has been thoroughly rJnovnted. and (special arrangements, are being made to handle tho problems of tho unfortunate tn the recon structed period. , Meetings are held nt the mission nightly. The meeting on Monday night will be In charge of the Drexel Bildle Bible Classes. The Ilev. William barnes Lower will preach 'Tuesaay night. Wednesday night the inas much Ladles' Club will serve refreshments to the men. The EvenIno Puuuc Lnnoicn will be glad to receive announcements "of en gagements for tho Society Pago, pro viding the engagements may be verified. Notices should be written on one. side of tho paper atjd must be Blgjied with, full numoranu naaress ana t(Uhoiie number, eena notices to society Matter, KVNl! PUWUO LKUQKtV, 06 ClMfibU , .- ,", ,J - PHILDELPmV, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY BUSY-AT, CANTEEN jvius War) Smith. Miss l S. hbutl, tr. K. l)unn LUTHERANS PROVIDING FOR SERVICE MEN HERE Soldier and Sailor Hostel in Qld Morrell Mansion One of Best in This Cilv One of the most beautiful of all the soldier nnd sailor service ho Jses In Philadelphia, situ ated In the old Moirell mansion 509 South Broad street, was opened foi public inspec tion Thursdaj by the Lutheran Women's League of Philadelphia The house has been established b the National l.uthetnn Cominhsloii It is the sixteenth service house to be opened by that organization In the various laige troop centers of tho counttj. The elaborate 'woodwork and Interior of the Morrell house nroused. the greatest In terest among the mail pet suns who took advantage of the housewurmlng. ll full accord, however, with this sumptuous atmos phere are nil the facilities and equipment necessaiy to place this Lutheran home for soldiers and sallois lq the ver front rank. The chief cudeavoi of the sponsors Is to give It all the attributes of home foi the benefit and comfoit of the mini bovs who cannot claim Philadelphia ns their abode. There me leading rooms nnd lounging rooms foi games and wtlt'ig. 'I hue Is a large dining loom, wheie IneuLf.ist can be had for fifteen cents nnd dinner for forty cents Sixty men can be accommodated In beds, each with a private locker, for thlrtj five cents ,i night. With the exception of the most menial duties; all the survlce In the house will be given by members of the Lutheran League The boys will receive ever attentloiw The house will open for business tomorrow. FEDERAL JOBS TO SOLDIERS Civil Service Commission Agents Will Help Men Muttered Out The 'united States Civil Service Commission Is perfecting arrangements whereby men about to bo discharged from the arm and navy may receive first-hand Information con cerning opportun'tles for emplojmenl In the civil service. The commission has lecdved nulhorlt from the Secretary of War and the Secre tary of the Navj to appoint Its representa tives nt nil establlshmvnts where enlisted men are assembled In considerable numbers These representatives are new being ap pointed. They will be piepared to Infonn the men fully concerning positions which nre open: to supply tliim with application blanks, to .assist them, If necessay, with the execution of their applications and to ndvlsc them relative to civil service mattcrs'generall. It Is the plan of the Civil Service Com mission to entrust this work to educational directors of welfare organizations alreail.v operating at the camps, cantonments, etc Tho representatives of the commission who are appointed from, the personnel of these orgtnlzatlons will have the benefit of the advice and assistance of tho commission's locnl boirds of examiners nt nearby cities, In addition to the Instructions received from the' commission. , Requiem for Solclier-Organirt A requiem for Lieutenant Fritz Avcrny Jones, formei St. Mark's Episcopal Church organist, who was killed In action, will bo sung at the forty-sixth annual public serv ice of the. American Guild of Organists ut fat. Mark's Church on February 11. The words of the requiem were written by Dr. Calvin U. Kncrr, and the music by Lewis Alexandir Wadlow, present organist at St Mark's Church vfflTr 'I -v.. M0 AMtA ,.. riiote b rnoto-Craftfrs . .MISS MARION. BElZ Who vviil tV part itr tho Valenline Revue.' Jo, bo given hy the St. FrancW -, Jiwler AltJei on February, the Belle- mmmm w'WKSmmmmr I 1 44B 5 ," ?mfi min uyijm jnvtwuig wn -" erving the men who have been anil are Hcrliert C. Wctlierill and Mr, 'lliomas ALL-FRENCH PROGRAM AT ORCHESTRA CONCERT Two Modern Works Get Their First Performance in Philadel phia Henri Casadesus Soloist Vesterda.v's concrit of the Philadelphia Orchestia was devoted entirely to the music of oifr sister republic Fiance, even to the extent of a French guest cppiluctor and n Iiencli so!olt. Befoie the opening number Mr. Stokowskl came upon th stage, aciom panted by the guest conductor. M. Alphone Lntherlne, whom he Introduced In a few graceful sentences .Mr Stokowskt then led tho "JInrselllalse ' In compliment to M Cath erine who lespomled by taking' the Lston and conducting the 'Star Spangled Banner ' Both weie greeted with loud applause b- the large audience The first immLer on the program was the &niihon In ll flat of I'hiiusson The com position. wh,llo not being i.n epoch-making Win I. In mphonlc llteratuie. Is good sln ceru music, sanelj conceived nnd skillfully composed and orchestrated II Is rhnpsodlc. rather thuii smphonlc. paitiall) m acAiuut of Its frequent changes of tempo In tlie same movement and a certain lack of cohislvo ness Jn the work ns a whole, .iltliouph this Inik Is not notlctuble In an one movement. I he general tone of the. s.vmphvi Is melan cholic, although neer morhld, and the sec ond movement Is full of the same musical thought, that charncteilzes Jiie I'oeme for violin and oichestra, recently plaed here by Jiicriuea Thlbaud It Ih modern French miivla of the more corservattte tjpe, and contains none of the wild eUrav'atues fn which so man of Chain-son's ixnnpatilots Indulge In their u'oihs Original In Vlrlodlrn The svniphon, like all French orchestril works of the hist half centur, shows clearly n places the mlluencc of Cesar Franck, but Is nevertheless n highly original ork. espe clall In Its melodies, and written in the .chaiacterlstlc Idiom of the composer As a whole. It Is a high! pleasing, though not essentially profound, composition, and will bear further hearings The second novelty or the concert was Floreilt Schmltt's smphonlc pot in, -Tho Tragedy of Salome" which proved to be tho direct opposite of the Chausson work It Is composed to nn exceedingly definite program, which was ghen In the program book, and Is an even more degenerate perveislon of the biblical stor than the 0car Wllde version upon which lllehard Strauss based his weird opera. . The music carried out in spirit the text of the program. That It Is composed with great knowledge and orchestrated with an equal degree of skill cannot be denied, and It conved with fidelity the sensual, re pulsive story ns outlined hi the program. It in not beautiful music, nor, In view of the program, can It he called elevating WTthout the program, on the other hand, it would have been absolutely meaningless At the beginning of the second movement some very difficult vocal parts ale Intioduced, and these were splendidly sung b Misses Mary Barrett. Helen Buchanan Mildred Jans, Jloberta Leo and Margaret McMullIn, sopranos' and Miss Alice Fldler, contralto. The interpellation of the vociil parts Is not made cleur either by themselves, or hi the program, nnd they seemed, if not incon gruous, nt least puzzling. Like tho volco parts In Debuss's "Slrenes," which Mr. StokowFkl gave a week or two ago, there are no words, but simply vowel sounds The ex cellent rendition of the difficult parts did great credit to the technique .is well ns the musical knowledge of the slngerb The principal result of the performance of the Bmphon!c poem 1 that It gives us an Idea of what the modern French com posers are doing and their trend of musical thought. lq addition, the smooth perform ance of the complicated and cMremeb diffi cult work with so few rehearsals, proved that Philadelphia has unquestlonabl one of the world's best orchestras , In Clul- Mjle After the extreme modernism ot Florent Schmltt. the reversion In n moment to the Lorenzltl Suite for viola d'nmour nnd orches tra written almost 200 years ago. came ns a distinct- shock. In Lorenzitl's di music was written to convey -the Idea of pure benuty nnd not to the delineation of sur charged human emotions The graceful me'o. dlous phrases served ns n grateful antidote to the tshall we say musical poison?) with which we had Just been Inoculated The soto part was plnjed b M Henri Casadesus. whoso artistic work as well ns whose pro found researches Into ancient music Is well known to Philadelphia audience, a-id there fore needs no further comment except to sny that the performance was In his usual ex cellent stle. The concert closed with the dwendollne Overture of Chabrler. which Is also familiar to Phllndelphtans As a conductor. M. Catheilne Is t)plcally French In his Insistence upon the clear working out of orchestral detail ns well a that of comosltlon In the works which he led. He is evidently a pronounced modernist and read all the works with vigor, but also with sympathy and nn understanding that denoted much thought nnd labor upon the complicated scores. The Chabrler overture was especially well done In bringing out the clearness of the rhythms, which aro, very pronounced. He was accorded a deserved recall at the close of the concert. Merchant Have Speech Danquet "Everything goes b speeches' With this as Jhelr slogan the members of the Chestnut Street ABsoclatum held their an nual banquet and election bf officers at the Adelphla last night. All the officers were re-elected. They are: President. Kllwood B. Chapmnn; first vice president, Irving L, Wilson; second lce president, Thomas Wrlgglns; third vice president. Charles H. Hamilton; secretary, Oeorge Albert Drovln, nnd treasurer. Edmund B. McCarthy. The directors re-elected were' Leonldns Beck, John S. ISighorL In in L. Stone, Oeorge A. Helnrclh) U fir Pelllng. -Charles A. Htlnson, Wjuau A Htrecter, u. iticnard Wntson, 1, 1910 THE READER'S VIEWPOINT Letters to the Editor on Topics of General Interest J-or nrrpptnnce nnd publlcnllon tn this column letter mint be written on one td of tlie rnpr ileal with topics of ffncrnl current Interenf srt be ln1 lth the nnme sml mldrejii of th wrltxr Ncmeii nil) be withheld on request sod nmn.ltncr rrupe ted. No nmnuftrtot will b re turned nnleitfi secompsnlert by nulTlclcnt pouv Mul a Rpertnl requent to thin effect l'ubllrstlnn Imotven no lnlnrnment lo Ihh newipnper of th Nntlment expressed No toprlfflit matter wttl be Included, nor will rellcloua d'acunlona be ptr mltted. Calls Critiiism of the T Unfair To the l.illtur o tlir hirnlnp Public l.dlfirr Kir 'I he criticism of the V M ' A has leached the stage wheie thoie who had a pirl In the work "over thero' have n right to defend ihcinselu s. I sav themselves, for tho irltlelHin seems to he general the Infer ence helng that nil men In the woik of the Y M C were failures 1 um not sure whit public1 opinion calls failure, but ftom tiltlclsm It seems to be unable to make good In giving supplies" If It Is that, I know that Is unfounded 1 was nttnehed to the Fifth lleghncnt. United States .Mailnc Coips. I went Into the tientlus with a bitt.illon March It!, or about that time I cooked fort gallons of cocoa each night, serving without chaige the out povt In No Man's Land nnd the sentries a" the changed dcrlng the n'glit Some posts 1 wns tumble to reach nt night but cn-h da dellveicd to them mill, and cocoa that fhev might have to make for themselves. At the request of the captain of the Eighteenth t'opipnuv a corporal and I served Willi hot ceicoa and without chargo seven! five nmilnes who wero digging trenches under machine gun Hie The drank theh fill nnd ver ginclousl called the Y M C A a life-saver. 1 think evti person knows the Y M 1' A wns asked to tnkc ovet tlie nrni) canteen nnd those who know mivth.ng about the iirni canteen know that nothing ts glen awn, to that line of slock eniried li the canteen we weie supposed to se'l hut whsii a lad In I in- line needed a smoke or chew m wanted chocolate and did not have the motiec he uunllv got what he wanted, pel baps not .es much its he wanted, but ho got some I was charged with these supplies I used the few francs of ni personal allow ance to help make up the deficit eaih month It never covered the deficit We me accused of selling clgatetlrH which were to be given aw a. Pel haps 1 nin guilts but nn explanation will clear that up When gift tobacco came to the compan, the hoS lined up for thell ration regatdless of whether the smoked oi not. Tlie bovs who did not smoke dtew their tobacco the same ns tho bo who did smoke They then came to me and ti ailed the same for chocolate or cookies and v llliuut opening thos'c packuges I sold them for the pi Ice of the chocolate which I gave the Ihivh for the tobacco Is that business? is It till fill l " I wns with these lads through some of the woist scraps nnd gave cheerfulh evei thing nt m disposal When snt to h post at 1. usance- where I found S00 marines who .were mustaid gas victims I read their letters to theui, wrote their letters, read Sttipuiie foi and praed with those who lequested It 1 fed them diopplng cookies and choiolate In their moutlH like n bird feeds her oung The did not pav for these thlniis They weie not uked for a cent and I cm truthfull k.i that I lefused to take inone for sup plies given to the Sixteenth field Hospital Compan, as the hos will surely testify. I do not want to he misunderstood In my motive for writing this letter I do want those who lead to know that the Y. M C A Is unfalil criticized h ? Well. J cannot evplaln, but If I heard of unv lads whom I served criticizing I would sa the nre guilt of the basest Ingratitude. Associated with me were some might fine men who did splendid work home of these me Dr. J. II. Clifford, Klkrease. the itcv. Mr. Bing ham of Philadelphia, and Dr Lwm T. Vthlte. I am suie we all made mistakes AVhere Is he who does not Wo did our best to make the ho8 the verv best lighters and now to be souninerclfull crlllclred surel seems veiy unfair. Let's be reasonable. CHAP.LES W. SAYltKS. Y M r A Secietao. Attached Fifth Itegl ment, t. lilted Stiitcs Marina Corps Lancaster. Pa . Januar 31 Dance Manner To the Editor of the Eicnlng Public Ledger: Sir I read with much Interest the article signed b Xanc W)nne, In the society column about n week ago. nbout bos dancing, and I should llko to put. i-i u word for the bovs. Of course, there -were many points thntwere ver true, but there are two sides to ever question I hnve been to man dinners befoie dances i and dancing classes for ' the school set," to whom this article teems to refer, which weie so large that It was Impossible to dance with all the girls, and, Indeed, some 1 was not even Introduced to Alo, when bos nnd girls separate ut the dressing rooms the part vhtunll never meets ngaln ns n whole, nor do the gills ever wait for the bojs of thnt party to come before they dunce. The girls who are "wall-flowers" are never tho attraction, nnd to nsk them to dance means a half-hour gone foi each one. as the have not sense enough to excuse themselves nfter one or two dances, and make It very hird for the boy to eveuse him self, often taking It ns an Insult If he does. 1 have never known a bo to deliberately step on a smill girl's toes because she Is small or unattractive, nnd I thlnlc that ou would find that the girl wns a poor d incer. I admit there nre bojs ns unattractive ns some girls, but Just because a girl may be "sweet," and 'a lady," does not necessarll make her attractive, although these are a great help. I know the difficult of getting soriie bojs to dance nnd their unreaso-nble-nesa, for till after New 1 ear's I was one of the committee ot one of the best known dnncing classes In this clt, nnd we hid to uso physical forte to get them fiom the dressing rooms to take partners. Olrls would find that they would not be wall-flowers so much If the' would excuse themselves nfter one or two dances, or not make It so hnrd for the bo s to excuse themselves for there are many girls with whom the bos would be glad to dance If the were not afraid of getting hopelcsly stuck. niTSSELL TY-VO LEVIS. Philadelphia, January 31. "Redeem Bonds With Greenbacks" To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir Your strong expressions on our ' Un preparednesa for Peace" should be repeated frequently "lest weforget." A democracy produces a higher average of men than other forms of government, but It Is Irsa likely to produce leaders, and we must look for guidance to and through the press. There nre four plain paths to profitable pence conditions The first and most Im portant Is production nnd still more pro duction, until we nil have all we need nnd a surplus to sell to the newer and- less efficient countries nt prices they can pay n1id on terms they can meet. The war has nearly doubled our production facilities We should use them not cut them down, A high standard of living docs not depend on high wages as many suppose. It depends on, production. We should aim to produce, as Ford does autosSvhat we wish at? prices so low that wth even low wages we can have both to use and to sell. It can be done, We have tied up our working capital In Liberty Bonds It should be clear that the savings Invested In bonds would have been working capital for some one It expended for something other than bonds. Now that the war Is over we should release this money by redeeming the bonds at par by an Issue of greenbacks. Such action would at once restore them to par; lessen the need for selling them by making them better col lateral; stop the Interest on them which the workers must pay sooner or later, and, best of all, put more money In circulation and facilitate buslpess and employment. Much public work Is waiting to be done. Much would be donq If it could be done at a price that we can afford to pay, The cost Is made up of material, labor and In terest. It Is self-evident that If In a given bill of total ijosts we can lower or eliminate the Interest we can odd that much to the labor coats.' This Is the line along which to work. The "market house Plan'' 4iiml- pati IntcrrBtViid ! appllewM" to small and medium 'MnmUnlt'j. -which iarm I In, ureal V ' lalned the cost of labor and material for it ropoed Improvement calls a town meeting or referendum nnd both voles to make the Improvement nnd pledges its people, partic ularly the representative business men, to accept as legnl tender money In their busi ness the scrip Issued for the cost of and purpose of the proposed improvement. With this scrip the labor nnd material bills are paid. It circulates ns money nnd Is per fect! as good In the communlt where It Is known and accepted. It Is redeemed bv calling In each ear such an amount as the tuxes or other Income permits. This plan mves inteicst that too often amounts to the original icsl The fourth plan Is to extend the alms of tho I'edern! Itestive, farm loan end war finance board acts much further. For the benefit the eountrj would derive from the Increased production, our government can well afford to loin greenbacks directly to producers In factoiy or on farm who have the proper collateral to safely secure the loan The rate of Interest should be only stiffic'ent to cover the cost of printing the mone nnd making out the papers, In e hiding collection and rlk- say 1 per cent. The time of p lyinent should lie at the option of the bonower, so long hs the interest nnd Insurance are kept paid up or In other words; the bouoner s! ould not be nt the mercy of the lender and In danger of being squeezed out of business by an unexpected call or nn Inopportune one. Having the strongest credit nnd fewest debts of nny great nation, we are In a posi tion to do these advnnced things to the benefit of otn whole people. CHAHLES E Dc'KYHA. Philadelphia, .lanuiry 29. HOTELS CHARGING DIME WILL LOSE TELEPHONES BurleMin Gives Warning, hulHos- telries Here Have Already Cut Rate. Despite Loss Postmnster Burleson announces that his order prohibiting a charge of more than tire .cents foi local telephone calls from hotels, clubs and npaitment houses must be obejed. Am- violation, he sa.vs. will mean a dis continuance o the telephone service ot the offender. To show he "means business," Mr. Bur leson has sent tie's n vni;ei to Fnlon X. Hethel, chairman of the government tele graph and telephone operating board at Xen Yolk "I notice from the papers that c-rtnln New York hotels have determined to charge ten cents for telephone messages In violation of my order Vou will direct officials operat ing the ,Vw York Telephone Compan "s lilies to discontinue services to nny hotel, apartment house, club or similar Institution which shall charge nil guest, tenant or member for telephone messages an amount In excess of that chained for such service at the public pa stations In tlie same ex change " eiliejlnc It ii le Here IlottlmSn heie jed the are oheIng the ordei of Postmaster lieneral llurlesou that not more than five cents be charged for local calls. Several hoteM minagcis said a heavy loss was being Incurred b compliance with the older. The Walton Hotel, nccordlng to H. C. Crow hurst, assistant manager, is Incurring a loss which will amount In a jear to be tween J&OQinnd $600. ' Ilefore the new order was Issued some weeks ago fiom Washington we were losing . at the Hotel Walton on the ten-cent rate M800 a ear We have five operators to pay. There are 330 Instruments in the house and eight trunk lines for which we pa. 'The printing of the telephone slips for the private booths luns up Into a big bill We lost inone b tho telephonn service be fore the change of tate was rnnde. and now our loss is very heav." t oaU llolrl :.V00 At the Adelphla Hotel, where n big com mercial business is done ovet the phones, the cost lo the hotel for a jear by the change of late will be J7300. This Is the difference between the Income from the five and ten cent charges. Ilefore the change, on account of the vast number of calls made, the Adelphla was nble to make a profit, but the I'ostmaster General's order will mean a loss to the Adelphla of about J1000 a ear At the Adelphla there nre emploed nlnn operators and 460 phones me In commission. At the Be Ilev tie, Itltz-Cnrjton nnd other hotels the five-cent rate also obtalns. 1 1 CHURCHES PREPARE ' AFTER-WAR FUND DRIVE Will Ack $10,000,000 to Aid Men Quilting ami Staving in Service Ut nominations! lines were swept aside In Cnlvary Presbterlnn Church, when repre sentatives of fourteen I'rotestant faiths gathered last night to hear the discussion of plans for the Joint raising of a $10,000. 000 fund lo he devoted to after-war pur poses The Rev. William Mulr Auld, pastor of Calvary Church, presided. Addresses wct made h tho Ilev W Ik Stcarl, bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal diocese of New ark, the Hev. Dr. Robert E. -'pear, chair man of the general wartime commission of the churches, and Bishop Luther B. Wilson, of tho Methodist Church. The general objects of the fund will be to niiilntnln assistant chaplains in the army and navy provide equipment for churches In the neighborhood of ports and camps; supply emergency funds to army and navy chap lains during the demobilization period anu assist In the restoration and extension of churches In the war zone In Europe, Bishop Stenrly pointed out the significance of the united efforts being made by the fourteen denominations, which showed, he said, a desire for a closer union among the churches Doctor Spear made a plea for more chap lains, tn the army, where, he said, one doctor wus allowed each H C men and one veteri narian for each TIG mules, but only one chaplain for each 1900 soldiers. RUMMAGE SALE FOR HOME Lincoln Institution Will Hsuie War and In fluenza Orphans In the historic Lincoln Educational Insti tution. 124 South Eleventh street, which sheltered the orphans of the Civil War and later was a home for destitute Indians, joungsters orphaned by the present wor ana the recent Influenza epidemic will find a haven of shelter. To aid the institution In Its new work u victory rummage sale will be opened at IJ3 Chestnut street Wednesday morning. Among the prominent women In charge ot the sale are Mrs. George W. W. Itoberts, president of the institution: Mrs. Robert C, IL Brock, Mrs. Daniel Uaugh. Mrs. James I. Dlniond, Miss Emily De Courscy, Mrs. Home, MUi Mary K. (Jlbson, Mis. Joseph Sullivan, Mrs. Ellsha Hancock, Sllss Webr, Mrs. Owe Roberts and Mm. Carrol S. T)on. Jr, i Service Bureau Winch Up -' The Major's personal ssrvlce bureau, whUttV was established In October, 1S17. WlUl'Jies. quarters In the large reception toomm lircted with the suite of rooms "'-rnsfl the Mayor's oltlce In the City Hall, nntt"d of existence esterday. The wo dfti bureau has heeen under the peraMii at. Mm. u J' woodrun- as. tfi -p wmm wpwyi W lugir ;. i . n t i ' ' 3 -iJl .i (1 V fi a M tVJ M V3J si J v? ". a r 'W 4-. , HI i,i i li J m ' " t.T" -iFsWivrw v ui? w.-. !- ?f 1 ' -h.Mt,-l,r I.!.,-.-. -.fV . i ' . .. ,l v -.r-tf" , "" , v ." ". . i 5 5 v. " ,J
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