v tft' ' iis'r '?! mrti EVENING PUBLIC ' LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 19lh VK 14 WB- - V- ' 4 & i- C-f 'HWiifiiTb:i' i ' v"Tyajj w-rrtWw fc KB XV VL BiV iV r v r Br i E6 t ix f b K P I; Itt B ST m HONORS MOTHER 3) ASBEST SOLDIER fi' Returning Hero Is Half, Ashamed of Medal When "She Is Undecovated ' SIX ON CASUALTY LISTS V TJl 1 1 1 1 Vv. 1 xt i iiiiuucniiiiuiis H111..V..IUW unve milium mens 01 ri.nn..ei-. fUl , ,, ,,, (!.mnor sunphotii Mill 1 -v 1 rP .,-i,l I p , ,""'n BO M,"rel1 " 1,v u,t w'?k"icoiniOFil for a smaller orchestra than and Only I wo Kcnorlecl i0r.iieti.i ,omert -iik-ic u.-ie two ,;h(i '()lller fW() of thP 1788 Sjtnpiloni. ' - x Dead in Total of 300 Honor Roll for This City and' Its Vicinity Today IIIKO FKOlI WOlM 1'rlmles MM FA M. ( M.lf W :'1 niilner t TIIONV KAI'KKATTI. 5T4J I'eiul m WOtlNDF.D SI.KJIITIV. rpHIJiriM heporteii ihkh ntoM oti lrlate PfcTER V. I l.KK. 4"l OIctbooiI l'f WOUMIKH Sl.IOHTM f orporttl CltARLKS W. "KM KEIIT. 6J4 Pav chall ne. CAMDEN KII.I.EI1 IV TI()N, IMlFAIDfl-V KKI'OKTEll IH1 l I'rliate JAMES All RTII . a:-1 Tom' -t oi'NnKii. nrciKEfc VNUirTEIlMlNEI) rrltP KRAK (.FORt.E II B I.I.UF. JH Mil ton st Three hundred names are on the casu- ltv lists for the nation totlai 11 lists 11" '" '" , Of these, twentj -three are .'-"-" jjoneu umu, "5"" disease. k i ,i,. names auptrar in i"F Slx soldiers' !" j w. - i i honor roll for Philadelphia unu mv.iiiu r- , - mng ulert rroni Two are listed wounds leeelied In action and two as, being slightly wounded Petei ' WfK. 404 GlenwoOd aienue, iireilouslj ie ported dead ftom wounds, is now listed wounded. After dodging bullets and shells ftom the enemy for mans weeks ( hatles w Benckert. of the 103d Suppli Train was Injuied b his own niotortrutk lie was listed among the wounded, but word was recelietl at his home. RTw'J Paschall street, today that the Injun was a .iat tureof the light arm It was le.ehed while he was cranking the truck to ian supplies along the battlefront in o tottoe in bis fathei J M Hem h- ert. the soldier said the wounu em.'"- and he soon returned to duti ihestia Benckert enlisted In .Tub 191 T and jeisonallv the writer inclines io the atfer man months at Camp , ' , COf , ' latter liew There Is little doubt that went oierseas in June, 1918. He hrayeu tlis r ()llp ()f tj)t RrPlt simphonles of the enemy file frequentlj in dashes (il)1 tlmp ilI1(1 aH ,,uc, is entitled to the along the fighting line with supplies for ( ))eht tll!lt t miorn ortlustra tan giie the "Yanks." Tho warmth of tone giwn hi the cm- ne returned hero. H.th a Trench pIumwiU of main sirlnm. uas imMiiiB mlMtary medal and two wound stripes. ' in the performance of last nerk espP s M todav clnlly in ho UirRe an auditorium aa the a"It is both a strange fate and a nldm Acadnn,5 of Musk Had t:.e Rmpl.ony of human nature that some of Hie great- , been ehen in a hail of tie .7h known est heroes of all time reeele little lecog- nitlon while they are ante " "c United States today we have a solt.ier. bravo and true, with a record ot service almost unequaled in history, who has ... i...n .informed nr elien a medal oi i .. "I haie a CroK de tiuerre and two .-,i otrinoa blrb I could wear with nuwlu ofc..1-- ... ui.. f oil more pride If thiB nObieSt BOISliei u. n had been recognized by.Congrtss In somt ; way If by nothing more than a vote of thanks. I feel too humble to flaunt mv j ,i.n. white the greatest of all rteeomtlons svtille the greatest soldiers wears a plain uniform. "Who Is this grand soldier. ". she's my mother, and there are several I - ' Jhllllons moro like her. "It is svonderful to set foot on the soil ot this country amid cheers, mu- iilo and happy welcomes such as troops hardly eser before received In that , homecoming hour a soldier forgets the hell of Xo Man's Land The thought of 1 lying out there for hours, bleeding and ( staring death in the face fades from a , man's memory for a while at least . That was .1 man's task all right, and It cost some pain ; but the dread of death that gnawed and burned and . ached until jou almost cursed tho fate that sent you there to die as voti 1 thought was not because you were a ,r.b afraid to 'go west.' I'll tell ou .-Where to learn what is war UU a few names out of a casualty lis wo u. see the mothers ot mose itim" " to seo the last letters uiej "" especially if they died from wounds "Say. I have wiltten more than one letter to soldiers' mothers for men who couldn't sign their names They kept thinking just the same that t would make it easier for HCR to tell her I wasn't wounded badly; just a little sniff of gas and a piece of shrapnel In my le. I'll he all right soon.' "Some of them would 'go west in an hour after they'd got you to write a let ter like that to the little woman back home. But it Beemed In that little whllo they wanted to .try to add a few days of uncertain happiness and hope to HKIi LIFE." MORTALITY SHOWS DECLINE v Deaths Reported in City During' f ivr 1 re . 1 - in ,. WCCK joiai 04- Deaths throughout the city during the , week numbered t42. as compared with . 682 last week and 119 during the coi responling week last lear. They were "divided as follows Males 309, females, 1 ' '3aS : boys, 66, and girls, 67, The causes of death were Typhoid fever . . 1 I Meafllea ... . I Dcarlet fev er Diphtheria and croup .. .Influenza. . . 1 TubercuIOBla of the lungs J JIIUVItUIUUB ,H,I..,..- ..-?.' jliSar fnrml of tuhereuloB R il 1 l'un..f . . M' Avoplexy and Boftenlun of brain ' Kfi Organic dlaeuaea ot the heart IS& Acute, bronchitis Ki s Chronic broni hltls pneumonia, Uronthopneumunla Dlseasea of the respiratory Bsitem. "Diseases of the stomath Diarrhoea and enteritis . Appendicitis and typhlUtls iHernia .... Cirrhosis nf tlm liver ... Acute nephritis and llrinht disease A Noncancerous tumors ... Puerneral septicemia . & Puerperal accldei.t r llomlcide .... . ' AH other loIent deathn ... Kulcldo ... All other disenaei . TTnknoi or tll-tleflnpd dlieaiei t;oronr' case ixndlntf Total . WILL AIDS TWO CHARITIES m Bequests of S200 Each Made V'Sy Catholic Institutions Bequests of 200 each to the Little : ui.,... nr it... Vnni flermftntown . T.ll- T4le Slaters of the Poor, eighteenth anil aefteraon atreets, und Kt Vincents Home; Vu InplnHe.l In tho Will Of (JIlllO MOIl- : WvSKi.. 2115 South Frazler Btreet. . VtaBste, according to the win protaieu ,'l.Sjy. Is valued at JIO.00O. The bulk . mft eoes to the teBtator's chliuren. ,' ... J TT (Wher wills .probated were those of ?.4nl J. Hobb. 3809 Chestnvt street. r Ir'SSlch l Private htquesta disposes or it -'iKiierty valued at $21,600; Kllen W. A-,' lals. D118 Viola street, J21.000, liarlne O. Iider. Home for Con - tlves. .oou: uooert u. .vioorenenu, Tacony street. 14.001 Alonro Berg-. r. sav ufrara avenue. iuuv, sruiBoni .nfrv inuinu mucm ?" imiiv. NEW OPERAS HERE NEXT WEEK MUSIC NOTES THE CRITIC TALKS TO MUSIC LOVERS IT wlily Comment on Things Musical in Discriminating Philadelphia (ji. Kltico Sir StoUovisM maile lili 'tis sueecli to one of the S.itur- , tiny eieninc nudlpntrs some eeKi UK" 1'" fU".r r the Ktrlnhlne ' I'oemn il'l.x- inoinis oi ti k( ust on. one me lomraii- lion of Lpo Ortistcln nntl Hip other r- ' JVl JIM Illttllt'P til IMP Klt'ill .tlUiiHk w minor sympliotiv with an orchestra re rlucetl lo about foitv mpii l.lttlp nppil b said of the first or these two topli In f-plte of the cen 1'iouw ihouRli It must be admitted, somewhat Indiscrimination applause that grpptpil the two works of Hip New ,Yorlt musical lewilutlonlst or Dcrhaps jp nilBht better sin. rebelllonlst, there was a decided feillnc among the best land most 1p.ii tied uf Philadelphia musi cians that the i omposltlons have in them few of the elements that maKn for 'musical permaninc i And that brings up 'he InleiestlnK iiiuestlon of just how inui h .unil.iuse 'nipous In (liiuinstain.es such as these The .lutllenip at both tomeits icieled I Mi- urns'ein s funei.il maich with tin- l disguised nitrrinient and. Incom enable 'as it ma in sli.ilshta5 called the loiiinosei befoif tile curtain lexeral i times to at Know ledge what seemed to ' 'be an uncondltlim.il Indorsement of the 'limbic Hut then, peihaps the applause was intended fnt the other compo-Jitlon. tlestrlptUe pIpip intltled " hi Chi noise a work of no leij serious nature (in, lannot alwais t.ll just what 13 meant in in. inaniiest.iuoi.s oi . p- ntnl.il n hi I i-r.el .ilmnst writhnir -,:,- .",:"," ,.,.,, .7. ti,!.- ,m,.s 01II ()Wn olihistt.i bpiullse a leitnt i iitUtlon ot a bihuiriaiin sjinplioni by ,,,,,, . ..,.,,,., ,, i,,, ,, ,, , um- .'v ' ni'liih uiiinTiin "no ii ht iikti' 'sllolt of ,Unn ions was leeelied with -ill 'J it ti iili in urii inn i- vv i lIipe rvLan for the toI1Uuctoi Bl'T It WAS that ot t.isi tin Mozart inphtiiiv tnoxt of tin- de- pcotnl t i m th.it Ki?n tlilH Bloat siotif d b.itn TIiih is tlio Mi btoKouMki luis work wltli jiu orclifsti.i lodm-eil to tlie minimum for hUh Moart is supposed to have wiitten Wlirtlu r oi not lie is jiiHtlflpri In doinp it more th.ui onn is t lie qutstion lutli was Iclfl discustd TliPip m or nidin inusUians of Hit Rrt lank In tin it who Llalmod that thp uoik oundod betur with thp small oi -( nostra than with the full nuniljoi. and tlipre wen ahout :tn crpial number who clntmd that after one rendition for hls tork reasons the work shouht hae bt en . ,. m, .,. fllll lrpnIr,, nr ,i1H or. In the time of Mozart the use of the smaller orchestra would not onl hae been justified but it would hae been necessarj ; but to gie the uork in a larfft hall uith a small orthpstm womsi to be L.irrMng out only half of the idea t One might almost as well refuse to 'Idas thp li.ieh Chromatic l-'antanlp and Fuguo on a conttrt-grand piano becau'-e ll.t lnul.11m.nl .11,1 .... ... 1 .. ... , ....... uinr, ..... ,, virn. m mp days of Bach and consequently the work 1 could not have been composed for It , , err a Subject to Change AUIAMBKA ( 12th. Morris & Passyunk Av. Al'III.I.O I h tl dy I BJd and Thompson St AltCADIA Chestnut blow loth St. () Wallaee Reld in All la Mike Vloran HEIJIONTw ni'd and Market St. I11.UEI1IKD llroad & Susquehannii Prlnellla tlean In Th. Wildcat of Paris () nno.TiwAY Broad and SnultrAv,. () CEI) R . 60th and Cedar Ave. i-etll thuiffe CHESTNUT IIIIX , 83-0 Germantowa Ave (9) V illlnni The COI.OMAL . Oln and Maplewooo Aif. l'rank Todd of CSIar,taV:bet. BDth and 60th. Alke I. ion () Norma TalmadRf In Th Korblddn City EMPRESS Main bt.. Manayunk. Tom Uo "it EI40thKaa Mark.t St.. (a) Dutln IIuht of F'lSll Marltt St. 1'AHtVIOUNT M , 20lh hi, and GlrartlAva. () HnUl Henoett In Happ Thoush Married rilANKFORD 4715 Frankford Ave. BOTII ST. TIirTRE llelow Spru' e St. (a) (a) Kroal St at Crla Ave. (a) 0 flmknd Walnut Sta. Mai Her JEhK?NDauphln tJU lllsie His rront and Olrard Ae. LKADER 41st and Lancaster Ave. II H Tho ( LIBEKTY Hroad and Columbia Ave. LOCUST 0!!d and Locust Bts. (a) Id 40 tr. t .i MARKKT ST. TIIKATUE 333 Market St. (a) Norma Heart Sl , 1 1 I Ml I 3.-. 1 8 ' S 1(1 ' I Tho FlffhtliiK MODET. w e4 425 South St. (a) N Mdnd Market Sts. Mad Jjoy ovEnnitooK m , A 03d and Haverford Ave. (a) 4 ..n 4 J XALACK , D, 1U14 Market St. (a) lIUdKe Ave. & Dauphin St. .. a -h D " " (s) ".JroRii and PorterSU Dustin A Man I-RlNCKfi, 4 , 1018 Market St. (a) 1 4j R Jll?keT St. bslovr 17th. (.) (a) Una Tho Gtn. at Tulpehocken to K1YOLI 32d and Sansom (a) Market St. below 7th. 82?1 Market St. (a) Alia Out STANLEY Market above 10th. (a) The The STRAND Gtn, Ave, at Venango. VICTORIA Ninth and Market Sta. (a) WEST ALLEGHENY 2&th and AlleRheny Ava. Karl The When to Atlantic City, (a) If n. The VlWlt Wiw" '"" ;'. ,h,,,. 9rkeri rs) obtain unu ClcturAi r.vl.wed before exbiblUotb And vet there are few pianists who will .ntltnlt that the modern concert grand Is too bl(r all Instrument for this great composition . In similar cane the muslcnl Ideas contained 111 tho pre.it (J-mlnor simphoni are worthy of the fulkst pre sentation Willi h tan bo glen onhestia bv nns i Tlll.lti: .ibm i.imiot be an iloulii that i conduct. .MoAirt would h.uo written for the Tho story Is ono of Italy In the slx-lai-RP orchestra -that K InclutllnK the ' tecnth century In tho ImaRlnary lslng two fira horns, thp tlnee trombones, dom of Hologna, w hose luler, Orlanda, la i-r cetera -hail turh .1 boils been In ox- , tlto herolno of tho opera. Istenee In his da pvpu allowing for the . .... .. i t.., ,.,,i. mm nni ntwl Nlthout tiniinen trumpets or timpani It does not seem to be generally known, but Mozart once heard two of his stmphonles perfotmed b an orches tra as large us the Philadelphia Or thestra This was earl in the spring of 17N1 when his two sjmphonles com post d about tli.it time weto glieu In leiiiin In an on lustra consisting of sltv stilng plnjits with the wood winds doubled and eight bassoons The oiiiert was giitn undei tho eonductor hlp tif Uluseppe Ilonno, and Moart's litter to his father of prll 11, 1781 I date glien for the benefit of the musl tal 'date hounds' of whom there is a huge and constanth inucaslng mem beislup In Philadelphia), makes men tion of the fact, with n most sjmpa tlietii' leferemo to Slgnor Uonno, in a netsomil If not in a musital iiiij, This orchestra in ih.it il.iv must hae been nlmost isunwlildt as the etr.iagances n oitheslr.il ppisonntl which lleillo? demanded after his first successes llmiein, Mop.ut appears to hale been ...1 with the lolume of sound ' much pleat which the big urcbestia obtained ANOTllLPw iliatnber-inusic otg itna- Xitlon of the first lank has been found In Pliiladi Iplu.i, and its ndvent i tra meeting of the ('lumber at an Music s-o iation at the Helleue-,Strat- foid on SiiiHKn afternoon, March 2IJ Hill ! iwaited with mm h inteiesi The oiKuil7ntion is tho Mamiane Setel. and it is tomposfd of Andic Mnquairn. first Mutt uf the Philadelphia Uiohestia. and a quintet of stiiiiKs The latter has for its bislv the ('ook-lo dome? filing" (piartei made up of four prominent mpmlms of the Philadelphia Onhestni PiedPi H ook first xiolln , leander Zenker, second iolin TIarrj 'lro r iola, and ielor Ite dome? cello Tho fifth of the sti lug pla rs is ntonlo Tornllu, first Lontiabas of the Philadd phla fJrchestia Mention was made in this column "oim weeks ago of tile 01 saturation of the 'ook-Ie Oome Quartet and the excellent wink which might ht cvpeited from a bod made up of su h accom plished and evperiencod chamhei mu sicians Mr Manual re as first tlute of our own otehestta now and foi tn.mj jears first flute of the Boston Swnphum Oichestta heads the new organualion His abiliu botii as soloist and ensemble plajei is well known loi ears l.e had i similar organization selected fiom among the jtkuers of the Host on Or chostia as he has now chosen Ins tol leagiKS from tin, membership of the Pliiladnlphia Orthestni Antonio Torello is umloubtedlv one of the brst bass pkuers m the eountri. befu one of the few men whom the wnur hasrei heard pla an efftctixe solo on the contrabass, and he romp'etos the organization which Is thus stiong in eer pari Then is a surprising large lib r aturc in chamhei music using the flute and some interesting noelties may b" expected There cannot be too man chamln r organizations of this class In i the iiti. for tverv one adds honiPlhimi I to the musical culture of Philadelphia 'bj enlarging the iirtlp ot iliatnbet -music .l.nlnrn HI... I, .l e. ,,rui.-iT mucu nmjf i' ! i,et-lfii iioiu 'tut new organization, nun us nrsi ap- Ipearante will be awaited with interest. SEE ANNOUNCEMENT DAILY IN THE PUBLIC LEDGER AND EVENING PUBLIC PHOTOPLAY PRESENTATIONS FOR MONDAY TUESDAY Hurke tf llir f San U Hurke of V n.ir f Niiilinoi.i in Ki for i;e t lara Vlilanis In lhe One VV.m.lll Wallaie Tteid in AlUs Mlko Mnraii Wall All is l'rf . Ill 1 I lean In The Wlldi at of ParlB Xa7lmov 1 hi Iteveliitlon "Vomit rilmidire In The Heart of VV etnn.i llee Joch In I lie I, ion and the Mouse Aliie J,.se, In lhe 1 inn rtlld the Moune DeStllle a Hon t lutir Husband t'eiil ITiiiib II. Vlille V our s lion I Hustiind Una 'lh. Kiiveraliam Silver kins UiU 1 " In T ho S.i n t (JardPti Keeuan in tlm Times I nmk lt mn in Muil uf Hi1 Tfiiipa Jo b In 1 ho and thp Mouse AHch Jo t c in The l.ion ami the Mi.uho Vlian leer Jsorma TaltnadBfi in Tho rorhlddcn City Moore In Vounc Man' Mno Marsh in Tho Raclntc strain In Karnum In Wtatorn Stam Man Murrav in Tho Scarlet Shadow H Lour Carllo Illndtffpll In Couraci for Two I'thPl i lavton in MaRRlo IVpper Knid Hennett in Happy Thoutih Married Nfizlmoa In Hye for Ke Alma Huhen-4 in Hnstless SouIh Geraldinr rurrar In Shadows tJernldinc Tarrar Shadows Charlotte Walker In Men ( harlott- Walker In Men Allison in Inhplratlon T.oulne Huh in Tho Crook of Dreams 1'erpuson in INtrlRlan ife Hello Henneti in , The Reckoning Iia Walthall In Falsa 1 aces IT R Walthall In lhe Paine Pares Klttv Gordon In The Lnveillnjf Hand nihil Claxtnn In MnKcie I'epoet W s Hart In Ured of Men W F- Hart m Ilieid of Men 1 alnititiftB In of Wetonn KJtU Gordon In The Unvellln-r Hand DKnrrea Raiders No .Tune LKhltfp in Moral Deadline IJpnnle l.oe In The WIshlnK Hlnir Man HHSH lnt in Th WlKhiriR Rln Man Tho 3ennedy In Dream' Mhj AIHfoii In In foi Thiri Dajs CVara K. Youij: I" t-healinn Cheaters Clara K Cheating Ynunr in ( heaters W B Hart In Dreed of Men Klsle Penruson In The Lie Mltrhcll Law Is In Code of Yukon Nazimoa In Reflation Pa mum In Mn the Open Jlale Hamilton In Johnny on the Spot Viola Dana lu Satan Junior Viola Dana In Satan Junior Cavallert in Two Rrldes Edith Storey In i the Sun Went Down M. Lewis In Life's Greatest Problem M Lewie In Llfe'n Greatest I'robletn Marsuerlte Flaeher In Mollle of the FoMIca Mr t harleti i haplln in When a Girl Loen Norm TalmarVte In Heart of Wetona Mar Allison tn l'esfff Does Her Darndest The Nazimoa In of the Poe Alia Xazlmova In Out of the For Falae l'acew Prlzma The Talso races Prlzma r LouIb Bennlson in Speedy Meade Louis Ilennlson In Speedy Meade WIlliamn In. HIcheat Trump William Piueriham In The Silver Kin Walthall m FaUe Faces Alice Bradv In The Indestructible Wife pictures through Tbc STANLEY Booking Corporation, which Is a truarautes of I'KCMIEIti: AT JirTROPOLTTAN Next Tuesday eterlnir the Metropolis i Ian Opeia Company will rIvo Hip flntt presentation In Philadelphia of Xavler I Leroux's new opera, "La Ilelne I'lam- I luetic." with a notable, cant. InclutllnK flernMInn Tarrar. Illnollto Laz.iro. Atlnmo Dldur and many others, there being no fewer than twents .three per-1 sons In tho cnHt. rlerro Monteux will PHILADKLPHIA MUSIC IN CONCERT HAI.I, NU STUDIO i .losef Ilnftnnuu will malce his first appear nine of the itenson In this tlti with the 1 Pllllmlelnliln tlrrhestm on rrlrUn nfternoon ami Saturrtai elenbiK noxl Mr Hofmann appared with the orchestra durltiB the nr"t i lear of Its exlutftiee In the lUszt concerto In I, flat ntt'1 the same i onrerto will he pre aented at hl forthcomlnB appearanee lie Itias not platerl It lure alnce that time I The orrheatra'a ofTerlnns will he "The Ho nian Cornttal" Oierture of Herllo? and the beautiful erond smpom of Urahni Ttplnnld Werretirath the barlton'. u to take the place of .Madame Melba as Fololt at the final lloston sjniphon coneert of tne season to be alien next Mondav eienlnfc at the Amdeinj of Music Mnilame Melha hat Inn I, eon forced lo sail for I.urope yn nrcount of the Illness of a relatie. Mr IVerrenratli wlir alng an aria from "FlKiiro nnd "Vision runltlie. from Meruilhiile The orchestral numi ers ni this eotieerL ale lieetholen's oierrure to ' l ortolanus halnt-Saens's second snlpnony in A minor, an exeerpt from V rllor a 0P,trl( The Trojms' nllnsk Korsnkiirr s ' "-adko and baloa oierture to "The Klpp of is Al th loltu reiltnl'ln tho Metropolitan Opera Houso net Mednescla eiemnff 1 r;rrem linli.uist Sophie llraslau ami "" Orn-teln I- zimhitljst will itsy the ii'ri'Vro'u, ?',.", .ft'r w'orK'rJ S a'i will sinr iiii uf (lliirk nrnl toni7fttl I ild- four KhiKle ponBH, nml Mr OrnMeln will v liN ow ti prelude in i' nhnrp minor n Up thovpn Hon it a and u group from ('hopln nntl Iasrt TIia Phllhnrmonle Kmirtv mil Pi) k" first Nwnphotix concert tomorrow rnlnp at 8 !" o rlork tit the New Miutprt Thatrp r?n iipihPHtra will bo dlnctd l WaltfT Pf.iffor nnd tho noloit v ill b" Mii FJen rofrJter drnniHtte sop-uno 'I he pronrHin Inrluilei the T lilelln tlpriure of Hithnen the Smphon No ." of THthnlknurtltl and the Huiiffirlin !lhiipsoJ "o 1 of TJnt Mlh-T'oer-'trr will plnr hii nrU f 1 om ' Mrnstn pnd one finm "Mmlama Ifutierflv ! h doom opon t T 3(t u'clock nnd there nro no rcsnred seats 'Jhe Musi h1 it hili piomlnentlv identl fi nfih the musical Krowth of PhlWdelphlH ii rnlnrvlnir Its field of ncthltie" b mHliInt? ft posjtihle for wninen to Viet ome memnen lO lien iinf uiriiu.-. on .e, utite imard own .iciliities lhe rhe u hue ii. and will m in.irff thoir hiwtil rnnists of Tph Jiorntlu Jnllne i Han n.. ui Mr- FrMirle'x Abbott Mr- T tliule 11 tlffirrl Mr WMlmm H Crernr Helm Puliski himo Mrs I stnuffer Oliver rin-l A(.n" f I an" Qulnlan sfrte of in formal ie h belnc arrange'1 fm tlie y -ond and fnuith Tluird.is of eirh month ,it whith "hort TunKiHtrts will be s'ep Mihs fin, s l lune tiumlan the el Klinwn malllst nf ihli ritt hits on nt'il a studio In t nmeme Hull Ni Vinkclli rtllss Quln lull ltente ,ef 1 rldlll to lli tvnrlv In S.w ..rl. 1,11 the ehienth i nil, ' rt of the se.lsnn the Untitle, Muslcil I lull lids nrrani-ed n dellsht ful iroirrini In "hlih i lllh iTlent will be the luirllrtn'inls The cum crt will hi clen 111 tin 'ttii'-i fll'l leu or the ltellelie Striltfonl on 'Iue-ad.n Miii'h Is Ht 'J 30 oilnd an 1 iitnnnu the tuirtli IpHiitu wilt he KmiiM lti,u linnnst rinr i Cannon nnd Unlsi lliimlln WHtruiii "npriinns l.iiura K tlirlutrd and Dorn "ounir Inn Umlen conlmhtjs, Tlor elite Hai nit tiolln nnd Cnins l'rh Uc Lesh r 1II.1HO l Ii ie UhI uet ,nuir'da eieninf nt ithi rspnon Hull In which (Jriue Made soprinu and l.oulse Jenkins pliuilit are due to h the Kolmnts haw met with splendid support bt those Intertated In the iiitmirai;e mi nt uf Iiil.idelphiT artists will appear In Hunter Welsh the pianist nil Invitation itcitiu at 11. ettieineiit i.eliool tli, Ujon Ktr.et mi TuemLij V1iiri.h IS The iratlnee Vluanal I'lub h.is contributed Jinn for a tltt mi nherhlii in tho Hetlliment SIiikic Siliuol 'lie regular monthly ini" Is eoneort will 1, l.1 pti In the auditorium nf the Settlement A!'is"U -ehool -llil Queen atreit tomorrow nfternoon Vlareh 1(1 at 1111 o clo, U The puhlle la United There will l a nelKll- WEEK OF MARCH 17 TO MARCH WEDNESDAY THURSDAY . Hart In llreeil of Men I Hurke of Hir C 1 hirlolte Malller i:v.rv Vtuth.r a S .Mai Allison In In for 'lhliu ll.iva lie Hill In Mlko Moran Will' lee Held In Allan Mike Moran Milrlev Maaou In The Winnln tilrl shirlev Miinon In 'lhe Winning tilrl Notmti Trtluiadcf in Tho Heart nf Hon Allc- Jojte in Tho I 1 1 anil tho touM Cieraldine r.irrar Shallows I'lHra K "ounjr in Lhratlllff fheatPfH aall,ri til Two II rlde Vl iun Martin In 1 Ni cr Saw Hiifh a ou Sirl Ihiimej Wt Svlvla on hlon in i SnrM , Mary 1'iekford in t 1 he lin of Tomorrow T'rank Kfenan in 'lodfl of the lino r.Hsio Loe In Tho lnh. mr-Itlne Man Mtrtin in " du Saw Su ii a (,irt Ulan Martin In N'er haw hurh a Ton Girl Harold 7ot kwooti in Th (treat Homanrp Harold Lock wood In rhe Great Homanre Ma for Allison in Thirty Dais W ru Russell In When a M m Rides Alone H Walthall in Lane'H Turnlnff Dorothy Dalton In Tjrant Pear Dustin 1'arnuin In A Man In lh Open Mrs WlKtra of the Cabbase TaUh D W Griffith s h Un til Hire of Hupp Valle; t W Griffith s a Ro mlmv of Happy ValUj Rp8le Harrlstale. All of u Sudden Norma Theda Hira In Under Two riatri Gernldlne Carrar Shidow b Clara K Yountr In Cheating Cheaters Dustin Paruum In A Man in th Open Dustin Farnum In A Man In the Open Theda Rara in rlh hho DeMl Norma Talmadtre In The Heart of Wttnna Mar l'lrkfiird in ( apriip William PaerhHin In ' The .siiier Kins i:thei i'laton in MaKKle I'i pper Dthel Clavton in MagRle Ptpper Hlsie Ferguson in The Lie Gahv Dephu in Infatuation W S Hart In Rreeil nf Men Hthel Claton in AlaRRte Pepper Renslo ItairNeale In A Trhk nf Pale Mrs WliTRfl of tha CabbiRO Patch AlUe Hrath In IndeetruUlblo Wife Luck and PJurk Man, of Might No linHnle Loh in ttlnhlntr-IUnff Man Pnec Comedy Feature Hla IVnlhered Nest Glndfl Rrockwell In Call of the floul Star Cast One Woman ( Var- K Cheatinir Youiir in Cheater Clara If. Cheating 'Youna in Cheaters Thornan Dixon's The One Woman Thomas Dixon's Tho Ono Woman RuKhman and liejne In The Poor Hlch Man Louisa M Alcott'a Little Women rranlc Mclntvro In Too Vut to Fiiebt Louise Huff In The Crook of Dreamt Viola Dana In Satan Junior IJryant Washburn. ln Poor Uoob Eeln Neuhlt In I Want to rorvt Dorothy Dalton in Hard Doiled Mildred Harrl in Dorroued Clothe1! Mildred Harris In borrowed Clothes Kittv (Jordon In Tho UmeUtnc Hand Mb a Murrav in The Scarlet Miadow Jlefmln Loe In Wlahlim Rlna Man Mr. Wlcffn of the Cabbage Patch Alia N'azlmoa In Out of the Ko Alia Knzimova in Out of tha Foe The Tale Faces Prlzma Johnny (let Yonr Gun ArbucVtle In j.ove Louis Hennlson In Speedy Meade I.ouls nennlson In Speedy Meade Louisa M Alcott's Llttl. Women Harry Morey In Silent Strength "Vine Marnh In The Itaelnir Strain O, IC. Young In Cheating Cheaters Next Week's Musical Events in Philadelphia Sumlaj Pupils' coneert, Settlement Music School, 3 30 p. m. i orches tral concert. Philharmonic Society, Shubert Theater, 8 15 p. ni. , neigh borhood sing. Settlement Music School, 416 Queen street, 8 p. ni. Monday Boston Symphony Orc,heB tra, Acatltmy of Music, 8:15 p. m. Uelnald Wcirenrnth, soloist. Tuesdal Matinee Music Club con cert, Helleiuc-Stratford, 2:30 p. m. ; "La Ileino Klammettc." with Tar rar. Laznto and Dldur, Metropoli tan Opera House, 8 p. m. i Hunter Welfh, piano recital. Settlement Music School. 8 15 1. m. (Invita tion only ) Wodnestlaj Zimballst, Sophie Brcs lau and Leo Ornsteln, Joint recital, Metropolitan Opera House, 8-13 p. m Thursdaj Crace Wade and Louise Jenkins, local and piano recital, Wllhcrspoon Hall, 8:15 p. m ; club concert at Phllomeslan Club, 3941 Walnut street. 8:15 p. m. Prlday Philadelphia Orchestra, Academy of Music, 3 p. m , Jasef llofmann, soloist, Saturday Philadelphia Orchestra, Academj of Music, 8 '15 p. m borhoorl sine tn the auditorium of the school the lAinp eeninR at 8 o elock 1 the ( ninb Conservatory on Thursday nftrnnnn Miss Pllzibeth Niccwontfcr, mo cprano j;nt an attrnetie ret-Ual Hssisfd In Walter Schmidt clllst MIs Nltrw oncer's pinfftftMi was corupderl nf numbfrn by Oluck, (Jftrlmnlnoff MousfiorBsln, rontenflllle, rcrreri. Chaminadc, C'hnduirk and Combs Th Piillutielphia Operatic orlety is r" 1 ffirHlnK oerj W ednesdaj peniii(r for the prformnnres 0f Victor Hrbert'fl "The Snr enade," to bo sipn at the Metropolitan Opera Housp on Mas r and fl Wassill , ps the noclt 's conductor, Is drsirous ef inerfniilnc tho tenoi t-nfl bnfs t hoir nnd .appllranta for position In tho chorus may 1 prosvnt themsnles tn Wcdnefldas eenlne Thf music rommlttee of tho PhllomuRlan Club has arrahtrtd n er attrnrtHe prosrram for next fhurnfla peninn Mildred Ihh soprano John V tn lerIoot. baritone, Doio th lohnstnne fliseipr harp, and Hertrano ( ustln, cello will appear on the program ST. JOSEPH ASYLUM ASKS AID Diiiiiiiishini' of Gifts Forces Or- 9TT .CfT"! nh.ins Home to hcek Uonatiotis l I he tncrpnscd cost or linns ban forceii St .fosephV Orphan AHVlum to break a lonfT-standinK tradition and make per sonal appeal to friends of thp institu tion and church to assist in meet Inn financial utilisations St Joseph's w.ih founded In 1798, thp til st institution of Its kind established In this clti L'ntll now It has been sup ported In loluntan contributions and h beiiueBts In appea'ItiK to the frlenda of the isiluiii and to the friends of thp 13J orphan Kirls who arc cared for b5 St Joseph's March 19 has been designated aa Donation Da.i. MAY HEAD MICHIGAN L'niiersitv I'resiilcnrj itpporteit Offered" to Prof, .liiinod R. Angell blriico, March 13 (Vv A. P ) -The piesidencv of the I'nlver.slts of Michigan is said to hasp been offered to Prof '.lamps 11 Angell. ib.in of the faculties of thp I'nistisits of Chicago at 11 secret meeting here vehtertlaj. Tho offer is ' s.ihi to have come from Prof. Harry B Hutclnns who leientlv resigned the prtsidencj of the Mic.ilgan school. Professor Hulchlns declined to dKcuss the itport saying that it was a matter for the handle regents of the uuheriity to It has lieen iiimoreu for Fti - 11.1l tlass that the offic would go to Dean Angtll. whose father, Dr. jamts 1! Angell. was president of the Uni 11. wan iie.iueiu 01 1 IP uii- of Mlihlgrfii for thlity-elglit " " vprsitj seals ciTirnr.,., oATURDAY LEDGER 22 FRIDAY VV i Hre. 1 Hart in 1 of Men W s Hnrt In Ilreed ,,f ji,.n '1 ' . Theila Hire In Vlner Two Tines Wall 1, e Held In fll Mike Moran Alice Hrn.lv in The llld. atru. tlhle Wife Walla.e Held in Alias Mlko Moran Durnllii Phillips hi The Talk of the Town Tl!'"T',hi,' ':hlll's In "1 Talk of thp Town sorfr!?ik.lnK?,r" "", "t the t iihbiBH Patch , V't?."'. . T."" ir I tleraldlne rarnir Miadows t'lara K Vnun,' In Ch.atiiiK 1'he.it.rH ""w ' neaiprn JT Clark In Airs W Ickh M Clark In Mrs Wlir uf the C.l.unBo Iatfh,of thn Cahbace pJKE HbbHRe Patch Dorotln Ifalton In Hard Dulled Ihiiif it. ....... . ' 'faPP IhoM-a-M.?,, leHsle Lo in Tho WishlnK nins; Man The 'iK'L9. ''OU ' TjVNJhhig nluK .Man Horothj Dalton In Onuit I 'ear ' A, ,,ll,i,...S'"''ey In Dor'dhy Dalton In Tjrant Kc.ir CJ1 ida Hrockwell In Call of the Soul ..,. . e Hessle HarriiscalA In Ail of a Sudden Norma rre,1 K, ...... , Under theToD ST"ii ""inkawa A Heartjn p,vn 'la I.ee In M Clark In Vfra vi rifW. Thnartm In JjllilrjjnMVetoni Ham K ynuni, , t heating CheaterJ? Constance Talmadse In Roma me and Arabella Mrs Chas Chaplin In W hen a Girl Loves M Clark In Mm Wlrps of the Cabbapp Patih ornui Talmndire In The Iltart of W'etona C I ira K Younjr lfi CheatltiK Chenters Hale : lohntn famlltou In on the Spot M.l 'XT. .V 3ljretrHShadow nthel Claton tn ManRlo Tepper ;'la Lee In JUPPI Lov Victor Moore Snobs KOIIIflr. TU.,1,.. Loes Pay n9v in Hale Fenruson In The Lie L'lsle Fervor. Jn " Th,e Lie Charlotte walker In. Men i;rVj fla,Uon Jn Ma ret ivrner William H Hnrt In Dreed of Men Uthel Claxtim In MiiRRle Pepper Mao Alllaon In PeRcy Does Her Parndeat Gahv Dela In Infatuation . Infatuation Jloudlnl No. II '" 'pnthtrprt Nest Spec Con.edj IVature Jlla IVathered Xest Cnrmel Miers In Little White Savase 'l"""" In Shadows Cl-jra K Touur in yheating Cheatem Clrn 1.- v itini tJKSS ' Star cant In ner Mother'n Son Th- Panther Woman Kit Iv Oordon In Tho Umellliiff Hand Constai.e, ,lmHdea , " no Cares? Charlotte Walker Jn Men Hn,!'i!;n'', TnlmaUce In Homance and Arah.i " and Arabella Bryant Washburn In Poor Uoob Hrsant Washburn In - ur HOOD Tom Moore In West. Youns Man Wallace Reld Tho Dub C. Talmadeo Lefflnsw ell's In Mrs. Hoots C. THImadce In 3Ir. tff ingw ell", noot."' Ilouirlas l.Aalri.UHi.- , lieu'le Love In The Wlhln Itlnic Man H Comes Up HnVliliiS Montagu I.ove In The Hand Invisible Allj-o Hradv In Tha Indestructlbla Wife Alia Xazimova tn Out of tha Fog Alia' Nazlmova Out of tho Fog Johnny Oet Your ArbuckJelnLov In Gun e .Johnny Oft Your dun Arbuckle In I.oia Louis Hennlson In Speedy Meade Ixiuls Itennlson In 1-JL . tn npeeay jiieaue I). V.V Griffith'. . n Dornthv Phllllm mance ofIlappy Valley C K. Young In Cheating Cheaters The Mortgaged Wlfs Viola Dana In Satan Junior sarly showlnr of ths finest productions. AD NEW FICTION LITERARY ESSAYS SOME ESSAYS ON . THE MODERN NOVEL functions of Fiction Analyzed and Its Purpose and Meaning Studied Tn "The Modem Noicl" Wilson Toi let!, u. critic of repute well known for his capacity for keen tinnljsls, hla wide ranirlnir vision, his discriminating mind I and lili sense both of breadth and i depth, has furnished an able and vnlu nbly Informing study of the purpose I and meaning of fiction. The book Is 1 penernl In scope and rignlftcancc. al thoiiRh In time nnd space Its considera tion Is confined to the Kngllsh novel ' during the 'ast two centuries. With , such abounding, arled and plch sub- ttanco for ehlblt, analjsls nntl discus sion Mr. Kollett's chnptcra could not ery well fall to set forth general prin ciples of fiction ns a result of bis tle ' (tactions and perceptions. So "The Mod ern Xoie!," Impottnnt as n spcclnll7ed piece of Intenslie work, li also more e- tensile In Its trends and values. "The Modern Noiel" la by no means w rltten as a manual for nsDlrlng com- , posers of fiction, but It very obilouslyi I contains much material, digested nno I assembled, of prime value for serious wrlteni who are willing to study the funtlamentn's of their art and not stnke e ervthlng on a real or assumed dlilnc afflatus The book Is not helpful to writers In tho sense that tho usual ; handbooks" are; It jlelds to other works the rhetorical Inhibitions and t.ipographlcal "don'ts," which such works make concrete with great par ticularly, cien while they lack Insight I into spiritual purpos.es and comprehen sion of cEsences Mr. Kollctt's book Is rich in the latter sort of stimulation anil Inspiration. i Xeedloss to say Its chief value to the 1 general reader Is Its c-rtabllshment ot llrm standards ot estimation and iuuk ment ot the' numerous noiels which seen popular apptoial season after BeaBon. We would not for an Instant have noe a eialuate merely on the basis of au heslon to standards of form or prin ciples of realism, romanticism or an other tenets or canons whatsoever ad duced from the outstandingly original and ndmtttedly great masterpieces oi fiction. As in men, so In hooks,, the pen ash c. :ilng, eternal soul ma" for greatness and vitality, whatever the corporeal limitations or defects. bui It Is gain, not loss or surrender, for a noi el to abide by accepted Principles , .-.-.t u.,0i,. nr. itnronsclOUS- lormuiaieu uuniuuoij 4i,ir li by the masters and pioneers of their art. For the doubtful reader vv ho. vvialies to judge falr'y accepted principles of fiction are set forth and ""CUB8edn .hap.ers on. the. creative mpuHero mnncp, seniiitieniuimi". o..-..-. -- , clsm. the realistic spirit, tragedy and comeuyr-n""ia"lsm' deslBn iind talnment. Mr. rollett is free but ditvrinilnaUnB ' !"". '" rZi "nfnalhe ....i.i mi..... rn.i' h IllUIiiiiiii- ZVt ' Valua ble rVad lnB HbIi and co ptou, bibliographies add -"PPl-" value of a laboratory nature to Mr. Fol'ett'ii btudy. 1,1.-. vmiinns noi:i. .y wii.on loiiett ' ' .. . . i. A 1. n.ml a New lUTh. rtllivu . .--- - Mystery Is Right Slfi and last l..n... nora 1 lO TUCO r iuiii iiuftv - , t'irt "The Mvsterv of the Tpliieeniii r m.,. maintains Its' tnysterlouness Who mur d.rcil the lawjer In hll o lice on the thirteenth Iloor of .1 big office building, within ten seconds of the time hW stenographer left him after taking hint his nevvlj dictated last will and testa ment? lie was one-sixth of a mlnuto , aione .and In that time Hume one pierced ,,, i,.1P uti, .1 d.iccei ! Who did lt7 Tho author, I.ee 1 haver (Mrs. W. II. Thnvpri. fools every expectation with ',,., . . 1 , .,. i,urt, ji.lv her compllcutlons of plot, yet bellcval ly ' .....' I... ,....!.. . 1.,... .. 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Those, who hae folIowe( Mn Van i, progress In the magazlnps during the last ten jears or sd and watched hla deie'opment from tho popular type of, perlodlcnlp. but not noted for literary quality, to those of the most Importance have witnessed the steps forwnrd In a ciueer In tho making Mr. Van Loan from jear to sear has gained In the technique of his art Prom tho first he possessed the capacity for originating plots wljh suspense and action of a somewhat crude and violent sort, as well as a heavy, not unentertalnlne humor. He always had a story to tell, hut told It without very much artistry of stsle, ease of narration, believable "ireicncu the tension of the reader a i belief. The best ptorlcs In "Score by In- I nlngs," as. Indeed, tho best In his other collections ot short. 8torles-"Fore,M "Buck Marvin and the Movies" and "Old Man Curry and Other Tales of the Track" still demonstrate thn writer's P""er " tell a story give Proof of hs nn and. In addition. cr to tell It artls- iii.. i, , '. - ... . I 'lcallJ. "'s p'nsj In facility being won ?' " f r strength, Speed or liilercst.1 iH character-drawing now Is of credl- iJ "" U ? ;lalovio is ra 'mc,'0,rxuS?nc,c; f," "", ''"'' '"'' .m' f ' ble persons, his dialogue la racy but free d his plots e stories tn this new- book are of hit best : the othern r inter..lln T,. ,,. fip ,, ',,f "BA, Tk ri J'iTe0',...1'"11 Is a vcrl- cie." that curious speech of the fans. It shows the good In baseball plajers, as well as their weaknesses and foibles, riayere from the tall sticks and players from" the metropolitan hall parks ate Impar tially projected nnd satirized, though never caricatured. It Is a ten-lnnlnss fbook the score running" to that num ber of tales. SCOrtK BY 1N.V1NO.H Ily Charles K. Van Loin. Ne.u York. Oeoree II. 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