EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 1919
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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE -
Nancy Wynne Prophesies Another Engagement Mrs. Hophin-
son Asked to Carry On Her Mother's Work at Red Cross
Auxiliary Plans for Horse Shows
IFEBti suro wo are on the threshold of
a new encasement, l'vo seen them to
Bother at various places and many, time
of late, and I bellovo It's a bo. She Is
a widow and extremely Rood-tooklng. Her
himband has been dead at least six or son en
-.ears, and she certainly Rrleved sincerely
if over a woman did. I doubted ery much
that she would oor marry again : but she
Is young and very beautiful, and the man
who Is devoted Is xcry devoted indeed,
and to perhaps It will como nbout. You
can't tell, but I think ou will join me In
being Rlad If It comes to pass, as her life
muit hao been very lonely since her hus
band's death.
OF COURSE, with Lent every one Is re
doubling her efforts to help nnd to
work and sew for others.. .Tho Kcd Cross
auxiliaries are pretty full up, and jester
day at fie Independence Square Auxiliary
It was remarkable how many were there.
They havo. taken to calling Thursday Ac
tivity Day down, there. By tho way, did I
tell you that the board has asked Florence
Woodruff Hopklnson to take her mother's,
the lato Mrs. Clinton Rogers -Woodruff,
place as treasurer?' Mrs, Woodruff was
treasurer there from the beginning of tho
auxiliary's work and was a most efficient
worker. It seems to me to be a very
lovely thing on the part of the board of
governors that they wish to perpetuate
her work and memory by having her
daughter take her place. I understand
Mrs. Hopklnson has nccepted the treas
urershlp. NOW would j ou believe for a minute that
it Is really time to talk about horse
shows again? Why, I just gasped when I
heard today that not only were the dates
nsed for tho Indoor show, but the decision
has been made for the Devon show, too,
and It's going to be wonderful out there
this year, too. for they are going to com--"blne
the show with a huge carnival such
us they had at Brjn Mawr two autumns
ago for the Bryn Mawr Hospital.
Mrs. Archibald Barklle will be chairman
of the Devon show, as she was for the
Brjn Mawr. And the Devon show will be
on May 28, 29, 30 and 31.
But the Indoor show will come first, so
let's talk about that. It's going to be held
at the Third Regiment Armory, Broad and
Federal streets, where It has always been
held with the exception of last year, and
it will be on May 8, 9 and 10, two weeks
prior to the Devon show. Mrs. Walter
Hancock will bo chairman as usual, and
there win be eight hospital beneficiaries.
So you know there will be great Interest
in the affair. When I hear about the com
mittees and prizes I'll tell ou some more.
SPEAKING of It's being time to talk about
horse shows, I wonder if the war gar
dens will flourish this year as they did last
vcar and even the summer before? Every
body has been wild on the subject for so
long now that it's not a surprise any more
to see a beautiful garden filled with beets
and lettuce that won't head and tomatoes
and such Instead of roses, cornflowers that
won't stay in their own appointed bed and
sweet peas. And whenever I see new gar-
dens starting up, and a new husband show
ing his new wife the new shoots of the
parsley, I think of the experience of a
certain bride and bridegroom that I know,
and shouldn't be surprised If you did, too.
They made vip their minds that, having a
perfectly good home, they were going to
have it surrounded with perfectly beau
tiful flowers, and they were going to start
good and early so that there would be no
possible doubt about having a garden. So
they got busy and planted tulip bulbs, and
then they watched and waited and won
dered and anticipated. And about Easter
time, when they felt that they should have
at least two plants showing above ground,
there was nothing stirring anywhere. So
husband armed himself with angry deter
mination and a shovel and went out to
find out the reason why. And when he had
dug up the bulb he found said reason.
In. planting they had not realized that
bulbs have an upside down as well as
people and other things, and Bulb, having
an upside down but no brain, knew that It
had to grow and Immediately did so right
side up, and the shoots that ehould have
filled the hearts of passersby with Joy were
growing merrily into the earth and speed
ins Chlnaward. NANCY WYNNE.
Social Activities
An interesting marriage took place In New
Tork yesterday, when Miss Marjorle Brad
shaw, daughter of Captain John Bradshiw,
of the Lapland, became the bride of Lieu
tenant Herbert Gray Foster, U. S. A, of
Jenklntown. The ceremony was performed
by the bridegroom's father, the Rev. W. R.
Foster, at the Hotel Majestic, New York.
The bride was attended by her sister, Miss
Alison Bradshaw, and the best man was
Mr.. James Daly. Miss Bradshaw has been
serving as a Red Cross nurse in France.
Lieutenant Foster Ib a graduate of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania In the class of 1910.
After a wedding trip through the South,
Lieutenant and Mrs. Foster wilt live in this
city.
Among the guests at the smalt dinner
which Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hepburn, of
Orchard Lee, Vlllanova. ,jvlll give this eve
ning In honor of their eon. Mr. Brackley
Hepburn, before the Haverford School dance
at Merlon Crftket Club, are Miss Hope Mont
gomery. Miss Dorothy Clothier and Mr. Har
rison K. Colket.
Among the Phlladeiphtans who attended
the golf ball at the Hotel Breakers. Talm
Beach, Fla., last evening, were Mr. and
Mrs. George D. Wldener. Mr. an Mrs. Joseph
Wldener and Miss Fin TVIdener, Mr. and
Mrs B T. 6totesbury,"Mrs Barclay War
burton, Miss Mary Brown Varburton. Mr.
and Mrs. Craig Diddle. Mr. -and Mrs. Eaton
Cromwell, Lieutenant James H. Cromwell
and Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Dixon,
Mrs- John Wlster, of Belfleld, German
ton d, Is spending some time at the Royal
Palm, Miami, Fla.
Mrs. R. Penn Smith and her daughters,
Mrs Alexander Brown and Miss Kitty Penn
Smith, of Bryn Mawr, are In New York,
where Major R. Penn Smith, Jr., arrived
yeaterday on Jhe Leviathan,
Mrs. Richard Mills Pierce, of 2114 De
Lancey street, her mother, Mrs. John It,
Musser, Mlsa Agnes Pierce and Mr.. John
N. Pierce have returned from a ten-day
tay in Atlantic City.
.Mrs. William. Coleman Freeman, of3Ji
ll.Jfwoty-owd street," has pome, bom
from a fortnight's stay In Hot Springe, Va.
Mrs. Theodore Presser, of West Johnson
street, (Jermantown, has gone to Atlantic
City for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. S. V. Cramer are spending
some time at the Hotel Chamberlin, Old
Point Comfort, Va.
Mrs C. W. Scott, accompanied by Mrs G
W. Poole, of Boston, Is also staving at the
Chamberlin.
The marriage of Miss Grace Graff, daugh
ter of Mrs M. Graff, of G538 Irvlngton street,
and Mr. Rajinond Hlbbs, of Audubon, N. J,
took place on Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock
at the home of the bride's mother The cere
mony was performed by the Rev. Doctor
Kane, of tho Audubon Presbyterian Church
The bride urn nttrmleil liv Miss Elizabeth
Selfrldgo and Miss Klsie Hlbbs The best man
was Mr. Jack Raymond. The wedding was
followed by a reception, nftcr which the
bridegroom and bride left for Atlantlo City,
where they will spend their honcjmoon.
MEETING OF WOMAN'S CLUB
Fomen of Rala anil Cnwyii Ilear Interest
ing Talks on Child Problems
Dr. A T Pmlll'i, of the West Chester
Normal School, was the principal speaker at
the meeting of tho Woman's Club of Cyiwyd,
on Wednesday, which was devoted to the
consideration of tho problems of .the child.
Doctor Smith said that nfter thirty jcars'
xpcrlenco with thirteen thousand children
he felt that he was making no mistake In
calling obedience the first law of life This
was the subject of his addrei Self-proer-vation,
which Is usually called tho first law
of life. Is tho personal gtdo of the problem
of which obedience Ii the social side Social
contact Is absolutely Indispensable to com
plete development, and the child must receive
training that will prepare him to live among
his fellow-men successfully. Obedience Nvas
defined as "doing what you have been told
by righteous authority to do because you have
been told so to do " It Implies recognition
of the worth of maturity and experience. It
Is not a cardinal virtue but a means to an
end which is to open the way for tho
person in authority to meet his obligation
and responsibility. It Is a necessary pre
paration for tho time when the individual
must consciously subject himself to the gov
erning principles of life.
Doctor Smith gave four rules for the
guldancfl of those who have the direction of
children- (1) Issue commands only when
absolutely necessary. To the 'mind of the
child the eternal Imperative soon becomes
the Infernal imperative Substitute sugges
tion and co-operation for command. (2)
When directions are Issued Bee that they are
responded to at once. Repetition Is danger
ous (3) Never argue as a condition of
obedience. Explain the purpose and-rea&on-ablencss
of the demand, after the heat and
friction Is forgotten. (4) Aim for a sense
of co-operative endeavor that will ns soon as
possible make direction unnecessary
Richard Shoemaker, ecoutmastcr of Bala
troop, No. 2, spoke on "What can be
done bv- a scoutmaster and what he cannot
do." He told of the work and organization
of the Scouts and urged that the parents
take a real Interest in what their boys are
doing. An efficiency contest is being con
ducted In Delaware and Montgomery coun
ties. Tolnts are- awarded for the various
Scout duties, such as kindness to animals,
assistance In the work of the home, ana
school averages Any Scout winning 260
points will be awarded a blue bar, and the
boy receiving the greatest number of points
villi be given a. red, whlto and blue bar.
Doctor Kennedy, medical cxamlner.Jor the
Bala, Cnywyd and Ashland schools, explained
the purpose and methods of her work and
begged the assistance of parents in making
It effective.
PLAN FUTURIST DECORATIONS
Cosmopolitan Club Will Give Novel Dance
at Bellevue-Stralford on March 22
A Cosmopolitan Ball will be given on Sat
urday evening, March 22, hi the ballroom of
the Bellevue-Stratford. The decoration
scheme will be of the futurist Idea. Dancing
specialties and other novel features have
been arranged. The committee In charge con
sists of Mr. Joseph D. Goodman, Mr Louis
P. Slgel, Mr. Harold Robinson, Mr Harry K.
Barber, Mr. Robeit A, McMlchael. Miss
Katherlne H. Mees, Miss Helens Curley, Miss
Emma Kolb and Mr. Edward J. Nepley,
chairman.
The Cosmopolitan Club has also made ar
rangements to give "A Night in Japan" on
Wednesday evening, April 9, In the Bellevue
Stratford ballroom
Among those interested in both affairs are
Miss Ethel Allen, Mlsa Sara Batten, Miss
Jean P. Barrett-. Mies Martha Bowman, Miss
Marlon Bold, Miss Dlizabeth Castor, Miss
Dorothy Church, Miss Elsie Emerlch, Miss
Marion GUI, Miss Dorothy Goudy, Miss Ellen
Hastings, Misr- Rosemary Hallahan, Miss
Bertha Jacobson, Miss Eleanor Johnson, Miss
Henrietta Kell, Miss Bertha Kessler, Miss
Mary Kessler, Miss Syra Kolb, Miss Anna F.
Mecs, Miss Ly Nore McNulty, Mttf.Allce Mc
Arlgal, Miss Mildred Mohr, Miss Lydla
Palmer, Miss Eleanor Rlebenach, Miss Eliza
beth Raynor, MIbs Cecilia Tate, Miss Mar
garet Scollln, Miss Margaret Schaeffer, Miss
Margaret Van Horn. Miss Eveljn Vandevere,
Miss Frances Wood,, Miss Elizabeth Young,
Miss Lucille Wescott, Miss Marlon S. Wilson,
Mr. Edward A. C. Armstrong, Mr. Robert
Comerford. Mr. Harry Gill, Jr., Mr. James
Haslett, Mr, Edward Herrlck, Mr, Thomas
Hurley, Jr.. Mr. Harry T. Jones, Mr. William
Koehlcr, Mr. Frederick Kaiser, Mr. Milton
Kolb, Mr. lillbext Nahm. Mr. George Rlegar,
Jr., Mr, Paulding Smith, Mr. Bertram Wolfe
and Mr. Mclvln S. Worthlngton.
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Photo by Photo-Craften
MISS MARY DERCUM
Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Francis X.
Dercum, of 1719 Walnut ttreet, who it
an active worker' with the. Emergency
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CHICAGO OPERA STARS
SCORE SUCCESSES HERE
"Barber of Seville" and "Madame
Butterfly" Please Audiences
at the Academy
ritR barber or sevilt.k
Comlo Opera by Hoaatnl
Count Almavlva . .Fernando Carpi
Don Hirtholo Vittorlo Tmlun
Roalna Amellta rum Curri
rnn Btatllo..... Vlrelllo t.atiarl
Kfitaro Rlecardn Htracvlari
IWthi Maria ClatMtn
Amhroalo Kuo-rnln Cnrtnlt
FlorlHo. . . . l.udnvtrn OlMern
A 8rtant Dtalr IWrere
Conductor Olmeppo Sturanl
Amellta Galll-Curcl, coloratura star of the
Chicago Opera Company, ngaln filled the
Academy of Music to overflowing at the
matinee jestcrday nfternoon, nnd as Roslna,
in "The Barber of Seville," repeated her tri
umph of Tuesday in ' Lucia."
The performance was the most brilliant
vet given by the visiting opera company. The
cast, headed by Mme. Galll-Curcl, was an
exceptionally well balanced one. and under
the skillful baton of Giuseppe Sturanl, who
conducted, the opera was given with a snap
and fervor that has not often been equaled
In Philadelphia.
A number of members of the cast made
their first appearance In this city in the
opera. Chief among these were rernanflo
Carpi as Almavlva, Vlrglllo Lazzarl ns Don
Basillo end Rlccardo Stracclart aa Figaro
All showvd fine voices and excellent ability
to act, especially Messrs Trevlsan, Lazzarl
and Stracclarl in the three great comedy
parts.
Mr. Carpi's voice Is a high, clear tenor,
and he Is especially good in the arias of the
lrlo quality which Rossini delighted to
write for his tenors Mr, Trevlsan was flno
In the buffo part of the doctor. The same
may be said for Mr. Lazzarl. vUio made nn
exceeding funny Don Basllo and revealed
a voice of great depth and power.
Mr. Stracclarl ns Figaro, tho barber, was
also excellent He Is. much larger phjslcallv
than the average singer taking this part, but
It Is doubtful whether this Is an advantage
or a disadvantage. His voice has tremendous
sonority and power and he took the Largo
al Factotum at a terrific tempo, giving It
great spirit but making clear enunciation all
but Impossible.
Naturally, however, trie honors of the
afternoon went to Mme. Galll-Curcl. She
made n thoroughly Italian but altogether
charming Roslna nnd acted in the comedy
to better advantage than in the tragic tale
In which she made her Philadelphia debut.
She again showed the amazing vocal tech
nique which she possesses, especially in tho
lesson scene, where she sang the famous
shadow song from "Dlnorah," a composition
that calls for nbout everything known In the
line of vocal gymnastics. All were executed
with the same apparent ease that marked
her work on Tuesday, and she sang for an
encore a curious version of "Home, Sweet
Home," pitched In an astonishingly high key
and wllh some strange ornamentation How
ever, the audienco liked It so well that she
had to repeat it.
MADAMA BUTTERFLT
Opera by Giacomo Puccini
Cho-Cho San Tamakl Mi lira
Suzuki Irrnn Pavloaka,
B F rtnktrton Korrcat Lamont
Kate rinkerton .. ..Alma Peterson
flharpless t AuKUato noulllies
Prince Yamadorl Vittorto Trevlsan
The ItonzQ ... .Desire Pffrere
Ooro Lodovlco OlMero
The Imperial Commissioner .. Conatantln Nlcolay
Conductor.. Giorgio Polacco
Tamaki Miura, the Japanese opera singer,
scored a great success last evening In the
performance of "Madama Butterfly," which
the company rendered at the Academy. She
Is not a stranger In the part to Philadelphia
audiences, but her art has greatly Improved
both dramatically and musically Blnce she
appeared here some few jears ago
The audience was not so largo as it might
have been, but It gave the little Japanese
singer a fine reception at the close of the
great duet at the end of the first act, and
from then on her success grew with qach
succeeding number. Sho possesses a voice
that In volume Is really remarkable In so
small a person physically as she Is, and
while not particularly sweet is of exceptional
clearness.
Dramatically she has gained as well as
vocally. Her conception of the part is
naturally different from that of any one else,
but it must be added that it is convincing.
She does many little things which are not
seen in other interpretations, but which one
feels Instinctively are the correct Japanese
things to do, such as her method of carrying
the child, who. Incidentally, proved to be
quite an extraordinary Infant in poise, ap
pearance and action, her preparations for
death and many other things.
The other members of the cast also did
well, Irene Pavloska making an ideal Suzuki
both In voice and appearance Forrest I.a
mont was adequate in the ungrateful part
of Plnkerton and Augusts Boullllez made a
fine Sharpless. He has one of the finest bari
tone voices that the company has yet shown
here and acted the part as well as he sang it.
Vlttorlo Trevlsan and Desire Defrere, in the
small parts of Trlnce Yamadori and the.
Uncle-Priest, respectively, did well, and
Ludlvlco Olivlero was, an excellent Goro,
which comes the nearest to a humorous part
in the whole tragic story. Giorgio Polacco
conducted and read the complicated and
highly colored scoro with taste and Judgment.
PAINTINGS FOR VERNON PARK
Gcrmmtown Society Gets Valuable Por
traits Under Will of Miss Turnbuli
Four portraits by Charles Wilson peale.
valued at 110,000, have Just been presented
to the Site and Relic Society of German
town and will be hung In the museum of
the organization In Vernon Park.
The gift Is made in accordance with the
will of Miss Grace Patterson Turnbuli, who
died November 11, 191T, at her home, 318
South Twenty-first street. Miss Turnbuli,
as far as known, had no Germantown con
nections and was not known to have been
interested in the. Site and Relic Society. That
she should bequeath these valuable oil paint
ings to the museum, rather than to an art
gallery. Is explained only on the ground
that for a vtlrne Peale lived in Germantown.
The four portraits are life size and have
been restored and attractively .framed. Art
experts state that they are worth $2500 each
and they will be insured for J10.000. The
portraits were sent to -the museum, by David
Milne, executor of the estate of Mies "Turn
bull. The former believes the portraits were
painted between 17S0 and 1786. The por
traits are those of ancestors of Miss Turn
bull LAFAYETTE ALUMNI -TO DINE
Prominent Men to Speak at Annual Banquet
Tonight
The annual banquet of Laf&vette College
alumni will be held this evening at the Bellevue-Stratford
Hotel, and the affair is ex
pected o be one of the largest of Its kind ever
peld by the Institution. Ross Smith, presi
dent of the Philadelphia alumni, win pre
side. The speakers will be Dr. John II. Me
Cracken, president, of Lafayette; William
Schaffer. Attorney General of tho state; J,
George Becht, of the State Board of Educa
tion! and Colonel Horace C. Dooz, who has
been doing engineering and construction
work in France.
B OLSHEVISM UNDER " DEBATE
Edward S. Van Zlle to Address Butineii
Science Club
The menace of Bolshevism In this country
will be dlscujsed tonight by Edward S. Van
Zlle. war correspondent and author, at a
meeting of the Business Science Club in the
Adelphla Hotel.
Th Rev. Robert Johpston,. rector of the
Chjirch of the Saviour, will alsotbe one of
the speakers. His subject Is "Traditionalism
and the Problems of. Today." A recDtlon
and .dinner will" precede the addresses. ' 4
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A PROMINENT
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MRS. JOSLTH N. l)U BARKY, 3D
Who has been living in Washington met of the winter, while (.aplam l)u Harry,
who has returned from ovcrea, is having treatment at the Waller Reed" Hospital
FINDS SOLDIERS BRAVE
UNDER DISFIGUREMENT
Mrs. La dd Tells Artists Here of
Making Art Masks for
Wounded Heroes
The wonderful courage of soldiers dis
figured by wounds and their childlike
gratitude when attempts aro made to hide
their mutilation are vividly described by Mrs
Anna Coleman Ladd, one of the leading
woman sculptors of America.
Mrs Ladd spoke before 2flO members of
the Academy of the Fine Arts yesterday
afternoon
Mrs Ladd has returned from France where
she has been maklngart masks to cover the
faces of soldiers who suffered mutilation in
the war fehe was tfie first to establish a
studio In Paris whore soldiers were brought
and where, they lived until the masks were
completed.
She estimates that 300 American soldleri
today need these masks, while France haa
3000 wounded men whose dteflguremonts may
be hidden. The French Government already
has taken up her work, appointing two
seulptors and allowing them 14000 a year to
carry on the work.
"The gayety of the French soldiers who
came to my studio,' Mrs Ladd said, "was
wonderful Secretlv they might be planning
to commit suicide, but nothing of this would
be suggested In their talk. They Joked about
their ghaBtly disfigurements But when
they received their masks their gratitude
was touching. It seemed to revive hope that
they might go among humans without shock
ing them " ,
When Mrs. Ladd began her work at the
instance of the French Government she
found It Impossible to obtain the skilled help
necessary to make the masks Soldiers who
had been wounded were the only persons
who could be found to help In the work,
"I had to work out most of the problems
mjself," Mrs. Ladd said, "and then teach
the men I even had to learn something
Shout electricity, and I had to show the men
how to paint an artificial mustache They
learned quickly and were enthusiastic, for
they understood what their work meant to
their wounded comrades."
The masks, Mrs. Ladd explained, were
made of galvanized copper, tinted to the
color of the soldier's flesh and moulded to
comform with the rest of his face. In order
that the moulding might bo as perfect as
was humanly possible the soldiers' faces were
studied day after day, inf repose and anima
tlon, and all photographs possessed by them
were brought Into service to help In the
work.
Lower faces, brows, noses, eyes and cars
the latter fastened en with spirit gum were
made for the disfigured men
MUST ASK FOR BONUS
Discharged Service Men Must Write to Dis
bursing Officer for $60
Men who havo been discharged from the
naval service or placed on the Inactive list
previous to the signing of the act which en
titles them to the J60 bonus must. In order
to receive that amount, make application
only to the disbursing officer, Bureau of Sup
piles and Accounts, Navy Department, Wash
ington, D. C. Their claims to this amount
must be substantiated by copies of their
original discharge or orders placing them on
the inactive list. This Information has been
given out by the commandant's office of the
Fourth Naval District, owing to the fact that
many have been under the impression thfct
their claims must be eent to that office.
Reception for Temple Freshmen
A reception and dance to the freshmen will
bo given tonight by the upper classmen of
the College of Liberal Arts of Temple Uni
versity. In Temple gymnasium, Broad street
beiow Berks. Members of the faculty and
of the board of trustees will be present. The
function Is one of the big social affairs of the
college year.
Will Discuss Mendelssohn
Mendelsohn, as -a man and musician, will
be discussed tonight by Charles Weete,
pianist and lecturer. In the auditorium of the
Hebrew Literature Society, 310 Catharine
street. The lecture will be Illustrated with
selections from the famous composer, played
by Mr. Westel. The lecture Is free.
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ART ALLIANCE PLANS
BIG MARCH PROGRAM
Painting. Music and Patriotism
Features Included in Lalcst
Announcement
Tainting, mulc art) patriotism enter in
terestingly in the March announcements of
the Art Alliance
"Batik ' the new medium for the artist,
slgnlfjlng tho Japanese painting In wax, by
which a rare charm In transparent coloring
is brought out such as can only be seen
in the delicate tcituro and subtle mingling
of colors In flowers is taught hv Edith 'W'tl
lace each Thursday of the month
On March 25, at t o'clock, tho muslo com
mittee tv ill present a. program of "Earliest
Italian Music ' In songs and violin selections
On the same afternoon tho committee on en
gravings will exhibit Itallin posters
Commencing March 24 to April 6 an ex
hibition of minlaturei will take plaeo by
members of the Tennsvlvania Society of
Miniature Taintere On the opening evening,
at 8 o'clock, John Frederick Lewis, president
of the Tennsjlvanla Academy of the Fine
Arts, will give "A Talk on Miniatures"
Henry Haillev, the eminent American com
poser, will bn given a reception at tho Musi
cal Arti Club In the latter part of this month,
exact date to be announced later. Mr Had
ley will render a number of his own com
positions. The annual exhibition of the Fellow,
ship of the Acadcmv of the Fine Arts opened
March fi and will continue to .March
20 It will Include water colors, black
and white Illustrations nnd sculpture.
On March 12, at 3 p m. Miss Kmllj Exlev
and Miss Anna Hicks will lecture on and
Illustrate with color sketches the 'Pictorial
Succession in the Flower Carden " The pro
ceeds will (ro to the fund for planting tribute
trees In the city to the heroes who d(cd or
were wounded In the recent -war.
The annual meeting of the Art Alliance
will bo held on March 25 at 3 o'clock
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Matinee Tomorrow at 2:20
TnB SMACKING MUSICAL HIT
warn m
WITH A BRILLIANT CAST AND '
"A PEACOCK ALLBT CHOnug"
AHFT PUI Evenings at 8:15.
"L'L1rni xMats. Thurs.& Sat.,E:15
Positively Last 8 Davs
fc(1 S 0 Matinee Tmpr-
M It J J A. H. WOODS Prea.nt.
LEW FIELDS
IN THH NATION'S PLAT
FRIENDLY ENEMIES
CHARLES WINNINQKR
Entire
Lower
Floor
mTHEnsrooN HALL. S JO Saturday, March 8
MATINEE. 2 J": KVENIVO S'ls reB 8
DK. GEOROn EARLE RAIGUEL
T i? MINSTHELS, Arch nth fit!
I llimnnr "Irry In tu.t., Hent "fi
JLUlUUlU O I.laur" '"Tha Mind rt"iVl.J?
g- AVCTV "HULLO P A a j g
VJ A I.t 1 I iUtre BOUTT1? CAHTg
THE READER'S VIEWPOINT
Letters to the Editor on 2'opics of General Interest
We Agree
To the Editor of the Ktcnlttj PubUr Ledger:
Sir Permit me t congratulate u on the
article from Hart Haley's pen In jesterda's
Rvr.siNn rust.tr I,roorn on tho first page
Part of It Is moro like a m-nterly essay than
a newa article from Washington
Ills analysis of tho stito of mind of the
neragn Senator or Congressman 'when
tlio war ended, .Voetiilier II. Is tho best".4 to
my mind, that his appeared In print and the
truest " The picture drawn of "Victor" as
llie. end of all things, Instead of the begin
ning, Is Just beginning to penetrate tho nset
igfl mind
There Is nn old quotation running some
thing like tills "Victor) the next saddeft
thing to defeat,' that should be kept In mind,
unless lctnr Is used ns he points out for a
purpose and as the beclnnlng of a better state
of things c Bowrnn vaujc
rhlladclphli February 2?
Savs1 Service Men Oppose League
To the Kditor of the Kvrntng Public Lrdgrr;
Kir The most Impelling argument against
the so-called league of untlons lies In the
nliWous fact that our sillors and soldiers are
almost unanimously opposed to It They
know tint the league Is an nlllance for war
nnd are not anxious to flsht for the salvation
of Kngland a empire or am other decadent
nation of nurope The fact that orr flfts
Senators are against the league Is proof that
nur representatives know the feelings of the
bov Of course President Wilson may tell
Us that It la ohr business to look after for
eign nations first and our own people last,
but It is dltllciilt to convince our bors that
It Is democratic or humnnltnrlan to change
"America first to "America last
A canvass or straw ote would show over
"i per cent of arm) and naw strongly op
posed to tho league Thnt Is one of the chief
reasons win- It failed and will fHl ngnln In
its present form Our bos nro llred of wnr
and foreign lands and nro not nilous to
flEht Knglands battles even though Mr.
Wilson so desires I am a naw nnn
riiiladelphli March S i: V Ik
Maria Kohlikareva an J Divorce
To thr Editor of the Kxcninp rublio Ledgtr-
Sir In the story or Maria Hotchkarea
there Is much that Is heroic and magnificent
She Is one of the rare souls among women
who, once In a century or so, appear to Im
press tho world with a sense of the great
ness and power that lies latent in a human
being considered ordlnarv, until some ap
parentlj slight lneldent proves to be the
turning- point in the ltfo and development of
the future genius
Botchknreva the Russian peasant woman
of dauntless courage and remarkable achieve
ments, traveled .i very rough road to glorv
and success Kvcn If the stones had cut her
feetateverv step, she would ultimately, have
reached her goal One of her rare spirit and
determination could not fall To her is all
honor due as a bravo soldier and as an ex
traordinary character
N'o ono could blame her as an Individual,
for leaving the miserable curs who were
her husbands during certain chapters of her
career. She was as superior to them as dav
llght Is to candlelight No one could possibly
begrudge her, as an IndMdual the crumbs
of happiness, she found in her 'civil agree
ment" marriage The daring and masterful
spirit within her flourished In spite of. per
haps because of. tho ery conflicts in her
dally life as a woman However. Botch
kareva Is the exception among women, and
the divorce laws of a country cannot be
founded entirely upon the Mewpolnt of the
exceptions.
We, as a nation, do not need dlorces made
easier to get as some suggest thev should
be but, rather a little harder for the future
good of the nation
Judging from the dally reports of divorce
courts fll this country, here are sufficient
divorces granted under the present laws
The ending of the marriage tics by law
where there are no children is, In many
cases perhaps, a good thing for Individuals
and possibly does not harm the nation or so
clety In anv wa) Where there aro chll
dren, however, the case Is Immediately
altered Individual wishes must then be put
in tho background for tho sake of the chll-
II A M.
TO
11 IS
ALL THIS WEEK i& V. M.
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
And Her Own Company In
"CHEATING CHEATERS"
Ncit Wek Qaraldlna Tarrar In ' Shadows"
P A L A C R
I 1!H MARKET BTnEOT "
10 A M to 11 IS P M
TODAY AND TOMORROW
ETHEL CLAYTON
la Vtrat Presentation Paramount'a
"MAGGIE PEPPER"
It sraa nne of no fctahl'a craataat aurceeaaa
Ths nay l by Chae Kialn author of "Tne
Lion and tho Mouie," etc
It a atory about a lrl-ht ml-tlady In a
denaitmant atoro
In the raat r ELLIOTT DEXTFR WINIFRED
CjRKE.WVOOD. TULLY MARSHALL and
RAYMOND IIATTON
Added Attraction, Paramount Preaente
Roscoe ("Fatty") Arbuckle
in "LOVE"
First Treaentatlon Anywhtre
ARCADIA
iTl. CHESTNUT FELOW IHTH
10 A M. 12. 2 S 4S K-4S T-45 B 39 P. if.
WM.S. HARTnnEnrev
VICTORIA
MARKET Above nth
TTIIR AXD
NEXT WEEir
THEDA B
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REGENT
THEDA BARA in "SALOME"
A wm. rot rroqucuon etupandovia
MARKET ST Balow 17TH
Sinm-EY MABOVtn
'WINNInQ CURL"
MARKET STREET
.... AT JHXIPKIt
It A M. to 11 p, M.
CONTINUOUS
VAUDnVTI.T.w
"EIGH1 UUMlNOfcS"
HARRY BOND ft CO. OTHERS.
CROSS KEYS UARUET 1
Betuw Artlfc
SO. 1 t I P. II
8 FAMOUS LLOYDS. OTHERS, AND
HOUD1M In THE MASTER MYSTERY
BROADWAY Bn(OAD2f,9ey?BE5J v.
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HAROLD LOCKWOOD ".CB
. . - nirUY MONDAY EVO . MARCH 10. a, is
'v Flrat PbllWflptu Apparanc
PHILIP GIBBS
6fWrUf.a" T"C 50Ul f the Wa'"
Tha (Inert rorraanonaant the war haa nro.
.,,-il a K. Cheatarton. "
TlrVata SOo to 2i IlOJea. 110 to ltl HappV.
' ORANGEMEN'S
VICTORY CONCERT AND BALL
LU LU TEMPLE
Broad and Spring Cardan StrMts
FRIDAY, MARCH T
Ad.nlralon, BOo
B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE--LILLIAN
RUSSELL
blNOINO HER FAVORITE SONGJS
JEAN ADAIR & CO.
A. POH1NS PARTNER! YIP MP VAP.
K a f KERB nd Trumtndoua Mill of Keaturea
IcADlttlV Saata at illcppa. J1I0 Chtnnut
PHILADELPHIA " Tomor.
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dren and throtiRh th'm for the sake ot ro.
clty nnd the future welfare of tho nation.
Children nro entitled to tho enre and af
fectlon of both their parents It N neither
naturnl nor desirable that they should b$
denied tho rlRht of KrowInK up In the shelter
of the parents home A childhood passed In
making berlodlc xlsltn to the dlorced father1
or mother, or spent exehnlely within the
walls of an Institution designed to take the
place of the home doci not tend to develop
the beat sort of cltliens Under such cir
cumstances children cannot be expected tei
form ory high Ideals for thlr own future
li'.ea In the community
If the present barriers to dlorco should
be too freely remoed and the dlorco lawa
rmdn too lar, It would be but a short step lj
free loe" nnd the shlftinc f personal car
of the children onto the shoulders of the
state .Such a condition would proAo to b
the ruin of the nation that embraced itj
With tho brrnklnu up of the family as an In
stitution would come the downfall of man's
cMllz-ttlon ilseir
.'o true woman would if she could pos
sibly nold It, le,i her children to be
raised bv the state , nor would anv true man,
except In unaxoldable emergency, shift th
responsibility of proldlns for and protecting
his helpless offspring onto other shoulders
than his own
Instead of divorces being made easier to
get In this rountr, the dlorce laws of eer
state should be made tho same , and th$
divorces granted not quite, so freely In th
cases where there are children who havd
rights to consideration
A little moro thought and judgment ex
ercled before marriage would, In thousand
of Instances, tend to lessen the reasons for
divorce afterward
With divorce made o cas that marriage
aa an lntltutlon would come to resemble too
closely tho entirely seltlsh rode of "free.
love," this nation would not be headed forT
progress, but for downfall
Maria Hotchkarevi Is an exceptionally
brave and heroic ihnrarter, and her ex
ploits have helped to exp'ode miny a man?,
theories that a woman has reached the,
heights of bner when he ran attack a'
mouse with a broom without shrieking
Nevertheless, divorces cannot be mad
easier solelv for the benellt of the-exceptional
individuals Laws exist for the welfare ard
protection of the minv and as such must
be upheld KMttW 1 BOOTH.
Merchantvlllc. V .1 March 6 n
Norman Angell Cancels Lecture Here
Norman Angell Kngllsh publicist and
author, who was to appear on the platform
of tho 1'nlversltv Extension Pociety this
evening in Wltherspoon Hall has been de-t
talned in Kngland on account of press ofT
British affairs and has had to cancel his
lecture engagements In this country.
rniLADr.t.ririA'8 toremost theatrm
FORREST
Broad and Sanborn
Last Mat. Tomorrow,,
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Rich in Laughter and Bubbling with Son r
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HENRY MILLER " 7
BLANCHE BATES ?
HOLBROOK BLINN
ESTELLE WINWOOD t-
and a dittinguished company in f.
"MOLIERE" Dy p'"p '
SEATS SELL1NO TOR THE LAbT WBSlt
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
GRAND OPERA:
Chicago Opera Association
CLEOFONTD CAMPANINI, General Dir actor.
Tonight at 8, 'Thais"
Cerden, O Sullivan Baklanoff. Huberdo.
narat. Pav oHa. Peteraon. c-nn.w-.r'TS'r
panlnl . "ft
RATCRDVY MATINEB AT 2 " BOIIEO ivn
JtTLIET." Call. O Sullivan, Boulllf;?. MaVjiSP
Coniuctor Charl-r -"ruanai
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March 1 1
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