Mllj, F-st 'rnfVmff y " " --- ,rj-r.nl ' ,yWS?,v" bvt I r M .: 5 r r . i it JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE Nancy Wynne Is Delighted to Meet Some One Not in Uniform. She Tells of Plans for the Indoor Horse Shoiv in May Treble Clef Teas T0 YOU know it's a relief these days to J-'Beo anything but uniforms In tho way of clothes? I know they are neat and trim and every one looks nice in them, but I personally nm sick of seeing them, and it was such a relief to meet Sohple ftorrls, for Instance, wearing a blue sorgo dress with braid embroidery on the skirt and bodice both, and a big soft velvet Tarn o' Shanter of black, I could shriek aloud with Joy. And I saw Jean Bullitt at an afternoon affair last Thursday, wearing a wonderful soft cloak coat of blue velour, with a great wide collar of nutria. She had one of those little "blue satin toques bcadod In bronze and turned back In the front, and a dress of blue georgette with wide sleoves trimmed with tucks and edged with fringe of self-color, and about the open neck was n. soft fold of light tan-colored georgette. The effect of the blue and tan with her tawny gold hair was most fetching. rpHE Three Arts Club Is having a series - of informal teas on Thursday after noons during tho spring at the clubhouse, 1219 Locust street. I believe there are to be a number of prominent people as guests of honor at each one. Last week Mrs. John H, Irwin presided at tho tea table and the guests were received by members of the executive staff. Mrs. J. Harry Mulll ner Is president of the organization and , the members of the board are Miss Agnes Quintan, Mrs. John P. Lelgo, Mrs. J. How ard Reber, Mrs. Austin Heckscher, Mrs. A. W. Kelsoy, Mrs. A. H. Edwards, Mrs. A. Flrmln Jack, Mrs. Flood Schaffcr, Mrs. John Mlckel Okie, Dr. Annie Hand and Mrs. L. D. Crispin. You know the Three Arts Club Is not essentially an art club; It Is rather a club t house for girls who have come to this city , fto study tho arts a place where they can -""vllve and know nice people and study. It was organized In 1912 and seems to havo accomplished Its "purpose quite satlsfac lorily. Students have come, I hear, from Canada, London, Paris and Belgium, so many, In fact, that the club can't accom modate them all and Is going to try to get more room as soon as it Is financially possible. HAVE you heard that the Indoor Horse Show Is going to havo championship classes this year? It will be the first time in th history of the show, which reaches back all of eight years. There will be Ave of them. Tho show Is on tho 8th, 9th and 10th of May, you know, at the Third Regi ment Armory, and Constance Vauclaln has announced that she will donate the prizes for all the classes. Something new this year will be tho cafeteria. This Is planned so that you can eat while you watch, or watch while you eat, whichever you prefer. And a perfectly good AriKora goat from the.Fallowfleld Farms will be chanced oft during the three days. This goat Is a sol dier, or perhaps a sailor or marl.ie; any how, he's In the government service, for you see ho was used at the testing grpunds ' at Lakehurst, where 1500 of his kind were subjected to the effect of the gases used by tho army during tho war, In order to test their power. And somo one had to be the goat! (Oh, Nancy, how can you?) Evi dently the stuff that was used on him had to be "scrapped," because he came through the whole war and seems to be in fine con dition. There will be afternoon events, of course, and special sessions which are almost en tirely for the youngsters. They are always crazy about the Indoor show and have a wonderful time every year. Mrs. "Walter Hancock is chairman of the committee in charge. A1 LL I have to say is, were you there, too? I laughed and laughed and howled myself. I stopped in at one of our well-known and fashionable confectionery stores on Chestnut street on Saturday morning to get something sweet for Sun day. As I approached the store door I heard loud shrieks, and entering found several girls and two customers one of those cus tomers a woman you know and I "know standing up on top of the counter. There were several scattered tables and at least Ave boys In their white coats racing about the room. Then there was an awful thud and they had caught him. Yes, it's true, it was a mouse; a weeny little mouse, that had upset the femininity of that store to such a degree. Well, I got my cakes and calmed the , friend I had found half up.on the counter, ! and that's all tnere was w u. 1NAINUX VV lHiim. I : Social Activities Mr. and Mr Charles J. Mcllvalne. Jr., of Ardmore, will entertain at dinner before the dance to bp given at the Merlon Cricket Club, next Monday, for the benefit of the Bryn Mawr Hospital social service work. Miss Florence Paul Kane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kent Kane, of Radnor, will give a dinner on Saturday evening, March 29, in honor of Miss Florence Qrif flth, of Chestnut Hill, and Miss Jane Cool ldge, of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. F Lynwood Garrison, of 1019 Clinton street, will give .a dinner on Friday evening, In honor of their daughter, Miss Elizabeth Garrison, before the meeting of Mrs. Wurta's dancing class. Mrs. Matthew Balrd, Jr., will "also en tertain at dinner before the class. Mrs. "William II. Welsh, of Wayne, gave a fancy-dreBS party on Saturday afternoon for the Knitting Club, which has met at her house this winter and has made four blank ets for the Red Cross. Among the guests were Miss Cornelia 'KUllnger, Miss Ruth KUUnger, Miss Roberta Fox, Miss Alma Scherr, MIbs Elizabeth Haulkgran, Miss Laura Hartley, Miss Mildred Ramsey, Mies Josephine. Bailey, Miss Eleanor Henderson, Miss Clemence Devereaux, Miss Joan Covert and Miss Margaret Covert Mrs. John'phelps, of Baltimore, who has been visiting Mrs. R. Emott Hare, is now stopping with her sister, Mrs. Joseph Chase, in Boston, .but will return to Mrs. Hare's the end of the week. Friends of Mr. P. Williamson Roberts will be glad to hear that he Is recovering from his recent. Illness and Is at the Traymore, in Atlantlo 'City. He expepts to be able to go very soon to white Sulphur Springs with Mrs. Roberts. . Mrs. Abel P. wetherlll, of Kent road, Wynnewood, and Mrs. J; Heron Crossman, of Haverford, returned from New York On Saturday. V a! i ' , ' WMf Mm Iwwwi Mow; 'at Arttaw..wlll Peoltsklll, for the spring holiday. Mr. and Mrs. Sloan will entertain at dinner on Mon day, Mnrch 24, for their daughter before tho dance at the Merlon Club. Mr. and Mrs. Justus Clayton Strawbrldge, of Merlon, are spending several weeks In Atlantic City. Mrs. Strawbrldge will be re membered as Miss Margaret La Rue. The regular monthly meeting of the Phila delphia chapter of the Daughters of the Con federacy will be held at the Bcllcvue-Strat-ford this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick T. Jennings, of 391 Gowan avenue, Chestnut Hill, gave a dinner on Saturday evening at their home In honor of their sons, Mr. William S. Jennings and Mr. Harry C. Jennings, who enlisted when the United States entered tho war and havo been released from the service. The latter was nt the Harvard radio school and tho former in tho radio school In this city. Mr. nnd Mrs. Jennings left for New York yesterday to visit Mr. and Mrs. William Mel lows. Later they will bo the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hogg at Mount Vernon. Mrs. T. William Klmber and her daughter. Miss Nntalie" Bird KITf.ber, of 635 Church lane, Gcrmantown, who havo been touring through the West to tho Pnclflc coast, have arrived In California. Miss Sarah Alice Goheon, who has been spending three weeks ns the guest of Mrs. Harold Johnson Clarke, of 4630 Chestnut street, will leavo tomorrow for her home in Tyrone. Mrs. Max Shcrrltt, of Ovorbrook, gave a luncheon-brldgo on Friday In honor of her sisters, Mrs. Louis B. Montague, of New York; Mrs. George "W. Culyer, of Virginia, and Mrs. Francis Q. Wheeler, of New York. There were sixteen guests. Mrs. Richard D. Nichols and Mrs. Harry O. Nlchols.'whb have been guests of Mrs. Sherritt, have returned to their home In Norfolk, Va. Announcement has been received here of the promotion of Dr. Rutherford L. John, 248 South Twenty-first street, from captain to major of the United States medical corps with the American expeditionary forces In France. Major John received his first com mission ns a. lieutenant In April, 1917, and was in training at Fort Slocum for flvo months, later being sent to Allentown, where he Joined tho Episcopal Base Hospital No. 34, and he was promoted to captain. Since December, 1917, when the Episcopal unit sailed fpr France, Major John hns seen con tinuous service and he will remain overseas for an Indefinite tlmo after the unit leaves In the capacity of consultant In orthopedic surgery of the district In which he is situ ated. He Is the son of Mrs. Hanson A. John, of Media. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Painter, who havo been spending some time' In Atlantic City, have returned to their home on Cres'.Klm road, Chestnut Hill. Mrs. Harvey Boyer, of Penatth, Ardmore, and her daughter. Mrs. Edward R. Irving, with a party of friends, have sailed on the. steamship Brazos for tho West Indies. - Mrs. William Schultz. of Fifteenth and Ontnrlo streets, will entertain the members of her card club at luncheon tomorrow. "t Miss Rene M. Duffy, of 609 Spring avenue, Noble, entertained the Flvo Hundred Club of which she Is a member Thursday evening. Her guests Included MIbs Irene allien, Miss Kathryn DouglaB, Miss Hazel Wroc, Miss Maud Hownrd, Miss Edith Graham and Miss Nan McCann. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Topliss have nnnounced the engagement of their daughter. Miss Emma Topliss, to Mr. Thomas B. Smith, 0209 Christian street. Mr. nnd Mrs. John Greenfield, of 2103 Jef ferson street, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Elizabeth Bertha Green field, and Mr. Edward John Glldcn, son of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Gllden, also of this city. EVENING LEDGER MOVIE SHOWS LEAGUE ISLAND Pictoral News of Current Interest Appears on Local Screens That the needs of their country nt war stimulated the inventive genius of men of all nations is being demonstrated by the number .of new inventions that havo come to light within the last few months, all the results. In one way or another, of war-time exigencies. From Paris, France, comes news nnd pic tures, which nro appearing in tho Evening Public Li-doer, Universal Current EventR, 11, of a portable aero shed a hangar that Is rolled up like a blanket and inflated like a balloon when needed. New York city comes to tho fore with a new Invention for the unloading of steamers, an interesting machine that proves decidedly superior to the old-fashioned combination of derrick and stevedores. Another Invention developed by work during the war is tho wireless telephone, and this issue shows Secretary of the Navy Dan iels in Washington holding a conversation with an nvlator In flight. Other fentures show pictures of tho "Ed dystone Twins," the monster nlnety-flve-ton naval weapons that shelled Metz being un loaded from a transport at the League Island navy yard, photographed by Charles M. Clark; pictures of Secretary Baker, with General Peyton C. March, starting on a tour of the army camps, making his first stop at Camp Custer, and scenes from Chancouix, France, in which -Pershing's doughboys find relaxation from the strain of army life by climbing high among the snow-clad peaks of the Alps. DRAMA TO BENEFIT CHURCH "Robert Emmet" Will Be Given in St. Patrick's Hall "Robert Emmet," an Irish drama in three acts, will be presented tonight, tomorrow night and Thursday night In St. Patrick's Hall, Twenty-first and Naudain streets, un der the.dlrectlon of Division No. 65, A. O. H., and, the) Ladles' Auxiliary, Division' No. 22. The proceeds from the entertainment will be donated to St, Patrick's Catholic Church. The cast wilt include Kathryn R. Tlernan, Sarah McFaun, Anna Joy, Mary McFaun, C. O'Sulllvan, M. Anderson, M. C. Tierney, Marie Westscott and M. Harvey, Robert Fernis, Joseph Muilln. Frank McCowIe, James Darragh, John J. O'Reilly, Patrick Glllon, James Muilln, William Fernis, Thomas Doyle, Michael Dally, John Mc Grenru, Richard Doyle, Joseph Walsh, Joseph McGee, Daniel Walsh, John R. Mc Gee and Michael E. O'Reilly. PERSHING'S AIDE HERE Colonel Robert C. Kelton to Bo Y. M, C. A. Gue Colonel Robert C. Kelton, a member of General Pershing's staff, will be the guest of the West Branch Young Men's Christian As Boclatlon, at a dinner .to be held tonight at 6 o'clock, at Fifty-second and Sansom streets. Colonel Kelton, who returned from France In January, will tell of the 'work of tha Y. M. C. A. men under fire during July 14 and 18, which hft terms "tho Gettysburg of Uie-war,",,., , , EVENING PUBLIC LEDOERr-PHirADBLPHIA', MONDAY, MARCH 17, MRS. HAROLD J. CLARKE AND HER BABY Photo by Photo-Crafters. Mrs. Clarke, who lives at The Netherlands, will be remembered as Miss Margaret Dclk, of North Ilroa'd street RED CROSS WORKERS GOING TO NEW YORK Delegation Will Attend Confer ence on Rehabilitation for Disabled Soldiers A large delegation of Red Cross workers from Philadelphia will attend the Interna tional Conference on Rehabilitation for Dis abled Soldiers to be held in New York city from tomorrow to Saturday. Representatives from every section of this country will meet workers from the Allied nations to discuss means of restoring dis abled soldiers to self-supporting. Carnegie Hall Is to house the convention, which takes place under the auspices of the Red Cross Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men. Among the speakers will bo manyiemlnent surgeons nnd other prominent men and women who have taken leading parts In tho work of tho Red Cross during tho war. Tho southeastern Pennsylvania chapter will bo represented by John II. Barnes, Mrs. Gibson Bell, Henry H. Bonnell, Mrs1. Henry C. Boyer, Dr. E. P. Davis, Baroness Meyer DeSchaucnsee, Miss Clara Farr, Mrs. John C. Groome, Mrs. John S. Nowbold, Mrs. Henry S. 'Jennes, J. Percy Keating, Mrs. James Large, Mrs F. D. Lewis, Mrs. Arthur Lea, Mrs. Louise C. Madeira, Mrs. J. Willis Martin, Mrs. Thomas Robins, Miss Margaret Maule, Mrs. John Vogleson and Henry Mc Kean Ingersoll. ART PRINT EXHIBIT OPENS Twenty-four Artists Represented Among .Contributions to Display Twenty-four nrtists havo contributed to the art print exhibition of tho Print Club, which opened today In the McClces Studio, Fifteenth and Walnut streets. Tea will bo served each nfternoon between 4 and 5:30 o'clock during the exhibition, which will closo on March 22. The exhibitors are: John T. Arms. Benja min C. Brown, Timothy Cole, John W.' Cot ton, May Genrhart, Anne Goldwalte, Earlo Halter, Eugene Hlgglns, Helen Hyde, Bertha E. Jaques, W. II. Levy, Byron Musser, Roy Partridge, Herbert Pulllngcr, Frederick Rey nolds, George Rcsler, Ernest D. Roth, O. J. Schneider, Alice .11. R. Smith, Lee Sturges, F. Leslie Thompson, T. Paul Vcerrles, Fred erick T. Weber, John W. Winkler. To Give Musicale for Church Under the auspices of the Ladles' AS So ciety of the church, a musicale will be given by the Ladies' Concert Orchestra, of tho Cumberland Street Methodist Episcopal Church, this evening. Florence Haenle, vio linist, will render a solo. Grace Wade, soprano ; Lillian Burton, reader, and Eleanor Quinn, pianist, will also tako part. MISS FLORENCE 'WEINSTEIN Daughter of 'Mrs. Samuel 'w'einstein, of 721 West Berks street, whose engage ment to Sergeant Albert E. Segall, Eighteenth Company, Fifth 'Receiving Battalion, 157th Depot Brigade, Camp lioraon, ti'v m; heen announced. ser MM.JRfpdl MV'14Qt North .Eislilk- I -tf!HyRtajNt T L.-.-wizUkCcil)3.-r.-..c...' PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY GIVES FIRST CONCERT New Body Scores a Success at First Meeting Elsa Foerster the Soloist The newly organized Philharmonic Society of Philadelphia gave its first orchestral con cert nt tho Shubert Theatre last evening before nn audlenco that filled tho building and recelcd the work of tho orchestra with every manifestation of pleasure. The orchestra consists of about seventy players recruited from tho professional musi cians of the city, somo being members of the Philadelphia Orchestrn, while thero were also many former members of that organi zation In the orchestra of last evening. They played fully as well as could bo expected from a body which has not held a large number of rehearsals. Walter Pfelfter is the conductor, nnd he proved to be vigorous physically and original In his readings. Tho main orchestral number of the program wos the Fifth Symphony of Tschalkowsky, which was given after the Fidello overture of Beethoven. The dllllcult work as a whole was well done, Mr. I'felfTer giving nn Inter pretation that was exceedingly interesting, although It did not conform to the score any too closely In the matter of tempi, especially In tho first moement, whero the conductor made tho contrasts of tlmo and dynamics very strong. The concluding orchestral number was tho Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 of Liszt The .reading of this, like the Symphony, was im- jmnsioneu nnu me closing allegro was taken at a lernnc tempo. Th h comnoalilnn also generally well clone, although thero were some technical slips, as when tho second violins "overrode" a rest and a few placcB where thero was somo tendency to "wobble." However, In tho Blncerity nnd enthusiasm of the playing as a whole these are hardly W'orth mentioning. Tho audience received all tho numbers with great applauso nnd the concert may well be termed a decided suc cess. The soloist of the evening was Miss Elsa Foerster, of New York. Miss Foerster pos sesses a soprano voico of excellent quality and of good range, although perhaps not nuito so llexiblo ns It might be. Its power is sufficient to fill the largo hall with ease, nnd she received an enthusiastic reception and many recalls at tho closo or each number. Her first waR the aria "Divinities du Styx" from Gluck's "Alcesta," and the second, "Un bel dl vedremo," tho well-known nrla from Puccini's "Mndamn Butterfly." Both were well sung, although she nppearcd to perhaps a little the better advantngo in tho more emotional l'ucclnl number than in the sterncf classicism of Gluck. The program was admirable In Its length and good Judgment was used In the selection of numbers of strongly contrasting character. It was between the severity of a symphony concert nnd the lightness of a "Pop," and thus carried out in a measure tho educa tional feature which is one of the primary rensons for the formation of tho Philhar monic Society. The next meeting will be on Sunday. March 30, when W. J. Henderson, music critic of the New York Sun, will de liver a musical lecture on "The Orchestri" Mr. Henderson will bo assisted by several prominent Instrumentalists. Meeting of Sewing Circle Tho Cupids Sewing Clrclo held Its weekly meeting at the home of Mrs. J. "Cnplan 1710 South Sixth street. Refreshments were served after the bUBlness. Miss Florence Caplan played a piano solo, Mrs. J. s. Blumberg gae a violin solo accompanied by Miss Cap lan, an exhibition danco was given by Miss Lillian Herman nnd Mr. Samuel Cardan Miss F. Caplan playing tho piano. Mrs J S Blumberg the violin and Mr. A Nert 'tha drums; Miss Cecillia Caplan gave a toe dance, while Mr. II Caplan gave u soft-shoo dance and Miss Clara Sager recited some Jewish monologues. Those present werB Mlq F. Caplan. Miss L. Katz. Miss UlUrma' Miss Y. Blumberg, Miss C. Sager mimi"' Sobel. Miss T. Trout. Mrs. J. Caplan M J. S. Blumberg. Mr. H. Caplan. Mr J." Canl Ian, Mr. S. Caplan and Mr. A. Ncff. METROPOLITAN. OPEP.A HOUSE JOINT ItECtTAl, By b-frem Zimbahst Great Russian Violinist. Sophie Braslau Ltadlnu Contralto. Metro politan Opera House. Leo Ornstein Composer-Pianist. This Wednesday, March 19, 1919 Tickets, TBc. SI. 11.60. $2, now oa sals at ymann'a. 1108 Cheatnut Street. ACADEMY OF MUSru BOSTON , TONJOHT, t 8;IS Rnlnfa SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA HENftl RADAUD, Conductor, Werrenrath Tlifcets nt Hepne's, mo Chettnut St. Amphlthea ire, Joe, Lant Concert This Beaton, Dancing CORTISSOZ 1520 CHESTNUT ST. OBIce 800 ' llAKKII lit rt A Teacher 5 Lessons , Each Pupil, (jr. Private Lessons Dally. 0:30 A. M. to 10:50 P M Special rates to mm in untorm. Also Private Chlldren-a Classes. Vkocu,t 8jBi Dumont 'INSITRKLS, Arch Pth St7 Luuiuui. Barraln Mai. Tod.v. in S Jv, OT.ATWlSoNNirSl && for BOYS AND GIRLS HERE JOIN HEALTH CRUSADE Charily Hospital Is Recruiting Headquarters for "Keep Well League" "Aie you a soldier In tho health crusado?" Fifty-four boys nnd girls over flvo years old and under sixteen who llvo in tho neighborhood of Seventeenth nnd Vino streets havo already volunteered for service. Tho Charity Hospital, 1731 Vine street, is tho recruiting headquarters, and Miss Rlcnnor Cocoran, chief social worker at tho hospital, and her assistant. Miss Margaret Hottel, are directors. Jnmes Beatty, twelve years old, 1841 Carl Jon street, Is captain, nnd Paul Derkln, eleven jenrs old, Seventeenth and Race streets, Is herald of this band of crusaders. Tho weapons they use aro toothbrushes, nail flics, soap, water nnd brooms. Tho enemies they fight nre Ignorance, dirt nnd sickness. Tho fifty-four children call their army the "Keep Well League, of the Modern Henlth Crusaders." Tho modern henlth crusaders are thou sands of children throughout tho United States banded together In little groups under tho general direction of the Nntlonal Associ ation for the Study nnd Prevention of Tu berculosis. Tho movement transfers somo of the romnnco of the medieval crusades to the activities of present-day children In be half of public health. It holds up to them tho chivalry of health, the high Ideals of strength, right living, nnd the protection of tho weak. The prime objective in tho crusade, v.hlch was organized In 1D1C, is tho protection of community henlth by first inculcating personal hygleno in children. Rules for Health The crusaders' henlth rules are as fol lows : First. Alwajs breathe fresh air. Never sleep, study, work or play In a room with out a window open. Tako ten deep breaths of outdoor air every day. Second. Kat wholesome food, Including fruit and vegetables, nnd chew It thoroughly. Drink plenty of pure wntcr and use your own cup. Avoid focd that Is hard to digest, llko heavy pie and cako nnd much candy. Never eat or drink anything that weakens tho body, llko alcoholic drinks. Third. Make sure that everything you put In your mouth Is clean. Wash your hnnds always before eating and beforo handling food, nnd batho your vvholo body nt least once a week. Clean your teeth every day. Have a regular time every day for nttcndlng to each need of your body. Fourth. Kxerclse every day In tho open nlr. Stand' up nnd sit up straight Do not smoke before you nro grown up. Firth. Oet a long night's sleep. Get up smiling. Keep. your mind clean nnd cheerful. To enroll as a crusader in tho 'keep well league" a child must agree to keep the rules until the end of 1919, nnd must agree to tako regular drill In personal nets nnd attentions required for health. This drill Is recorded upon a scoring chnrt Every two weeks tho league meets and the charts for health chores are distributed nnd every two weeks tho recorded charts must bo returned to Miss Cocoran or Miss Hottel. The charts have printed upon them a state ment of chores, nnd after each chore thero aro spaces covering tho fourteen days of tho two weeks In which record of the chores may be kept. The statement of chores reads: First. I washed my hands beforo each meal today. Second. I drank n glass of water before each mtfal and before going to bed today. Third. I brushed my teoth in the morning nnd in the evening today. Fourth. I took ten or moro slow, deep breaths of fresh air today. Fifth. I played futdoors or with windows open more than thirty minutes today. Sixth. I was In bed ten hours or moro last night and kept my windows open. Seventh. I tried to sit up and stand up straight, to eat slowly, nnd to attend to toilet nnd to each need of my body nt Its regular time. Eighth. I took a full bath on each day of the week that Is checked. InsUnlii Furnished Insignia nnd titles nro given crusaders who faithfully meet ndvnnced requirements. For Instance, a squire's badge Is awarded to tho crusader who has done more than 80 per cent of tho chores for two weeks ; a knight's badge for tho crusader who has done 80 per cent for four weeks, and a knight banneret's badge for him or her who has a record of 80 per cent or more of health chores for ten weeks. Tho right to wear the various badges enrries tho privilege of bearing the titles also. Moving-pictures. Interesting health talks for the purpose of spreading tho knowledge concerning the cause and prevention of dis eases and concerning Improvement of snnl tary conditions in homes, yards, streets schools and In other public places, are ar ranged for the meetings of the league "The children are very enthusiastic over the league,' said Miss Cocoran. "We orgnu zed our league on March 4. but tho volun- .c-.n i.iu uuimnR in bo steadily that wo will havo to split Into two leagues. They aro using the toothbrushes donated by the bo-ird of trustees of the hospital almost too vig orously. The children's enthusiasm Is inv c oratlng nnd very promising." Comrades of Young Israel to Dance A benefit dance nnd concert win be civ en on Sunday night, March 23, by the Comrades of oung Israel In Martel's Academy, 1710 North Broad street. This organization of m".8 J?Jvl!,h boys nml BlrJa la engaged In child welfare work In certain sections of the city. Tho association was known last vt-ir 'hlSh Consumptives, when its work JVew.sn0nc'n1fddren?le,y " "" "Pv. PHILADELPHIA'S FOREMOST THEATRES BROAD W5S.. I BroaJ eu OPENING FRIDAY NIGHT LAUItETTE TAYLOR IN HAPPINESS" HV .T. lliKTTTn' r .... SEATS SELLING FOIl FIliUAV AVD BATL'HDAV AND ALL NEXT WEEK FORREST Urof & s"rr Mats. Wed. & Sat. La9t & tiVgS. 11 All, . .F . - .....,. i,ui.AAUUl'!l RADIANT MUSICAL COMEDY T RAINBOW GIRL "MUSICAL COMEDY IN ITS DEST STATE." Inquirer. 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He Did: 'Stcen Thousand Lnuglis Dear Evening Ledger Did Uncle Btm pay his Incomo tax nnd how much? 'W'lLL.IE SANDERS, Philadelphia, March 10. Proportional Representation To the Editor nf the Evening Public Lcdper: Sir Tho Philadelphia charter committee did not think It vvlso to Incorporate propor tional representation for the election of tho Council In the proposed new charter. I took tho other view. May I now explain my present position In respect to tho charter and add a few facts which may bo of In terest to your readers In connection with tho election of the Legislature under tho new state constitution which will probably bo drawn up some three years hence and also In connection with tho election of that con stitutional convention Itself? The new charter ns Introduced In tho leg islature by Senator Woodwnrd, with nny minor changes that may bo approved by tho charter committee's legislative com mittee, deserves tho mipport of public spirited citizens. Its passage by tho legis lature will mean a much Improved civic llfo for Philadelphia. So much for tho new charter good luck to It and now for tho other matter. By tho time tho Pennsylvania constitutional convention is elected, some three years hence, any other method for Its election than pro portional representation will be far behind the times. Why? Because tho proportlonnl system has been ndopted by three countries oven since our charter movement began In December. Since last July It has won new countries nt the rate of nearly one a month, having been ndopted since that tlmo by Czceho-Slovakla, Switzerland (Federal Council), New South Wnles (lower house), Germany (National Assembly), Poland (Na tional Assembly), and Hungary (National Assembly). If there Is any sort of body which every body admits ought to be truly representative of all elements In the community, it Is a constitutional convention. Wo shall do well, therefore, to begin considering this matter now, so that tho state will havo Its mind mndo up In respect to the best method of election for the convention by the time tho Legislature meets two years hence. If tho proportional system is used for the election of iho convention Itself, it will bo easy for the convention and the people to decide whether the samo system should be used for tho Legislature. One minor ndvanco of proportional rcprc sentlon abroad is of sutliclent interest to de scTvo special mention even In a brief state ment like this. We, are keenly Interested in tho welfare of Ireland, nnd wo know tho dmicultles of the political problem there. Now, threo things have happened in Ireland slnco December 1 which, considered to gether, are very significant. First. In tho parliamentary elections In December the Sinn Fein party of Ireland, though it cast less than half the total vote, elected forty-seven members of Parliament ns against twenty-nino for the constitutional Unionist nnd Nationalist parties. Second. When the city of Sllgo, Ireland, tho first city In tho British Isles to use tho proportional system in a municipal election, elected its council by tho new method In January, both the Sinn Fciners and their opponents secured neither more nor less than their fair share of the seats. Yet tho Sinn Felners. who would probably have won nearly all the seats under tho old system, aro said to be satisfied, feeling that justlco has been done. (Most people nre satisfied, by the way, when Justlco Is done.) Third. We reail in the London Times of February 25 a significant Item of news which bears out Btriklngly tho prediction, made In tho article on the Sllgo election In tho Public ledger of February D, that tho solution of the problem of representation In the Sllgo council Indicates "In a large measure tho character of both the Irish problem and the lines upon which ItB solu tion may yet bo possible." Here are tho paragraphs from tho Times: rnolrlsh Secretary, Mr. Macpherson, in Al.t. Tins Wnri- """" i-reeni rirst Showlnc of N A Z I M O V A In ricturlzatlon of "CEPTION SHOALS' T -.;:r .---.- w 1: .vi. UU 1 OK THE FOG" Ad.itvl CHARLIE CHAPLIN ;,T"?.. JIA.NK Attraction P A L A C F 12H MARKET STREET - 10 A. M TO 11:15 I m TODAY, TOMORROW und WEDNESDAY CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG In Select Photoplay. VCHEATINO CHEATKRS" Fedad.cudre CHARLIE CHAPLIN --Tiin. Thur... Frl.. SHt.-PAVLINB FREDERICK in NEXT WEEK "WIVEH of MEN" ARCADIA .OA.M.C.ICirV:TorM WALLACE REID In First Presentation of Paramounfs "ALIAS MIKE MORAN" lotion CHARLIE CHAPLIN nJHg VICTORIA MAf tJKe-ek Uetswood Production LOUIS BENNISON CseSSL "SPEEDY MEADE" Added Attraction A Reissue CHARLIE CHAPLIN. "The Bank" Next Week "THE RETTER 'OLE" REGENT MA1 vioiAr " Added-HOUDlNI In "Master u7&?v?"i MARKET STREET ,, . AT JUNIPER JL! d: ' to 11 1 M CONTINUOUS V A TTnriTTT T T "UU1INU 3UML cVmedy 1Ci" "FULL OF PEP": PEQOY BROOKS, others. CROSS KEYS MAnKE'rofi.'S-I7lr00Slh A. SEYMOUR BROWN" & CO. BROADWAY ad botdeh ave "THE SINGING SCHOOL" " fficK "THE LION Aj MOUSE" KNICKERBOCKER MARKET NEAR 40TH SEE IT ALL FOR Ifto . THEDA BARA ln "ma DSj?lg.. 6 Big Acts on,fAT VAUDEVILLE poitmj? PKicnn rnnvAir, always ORPHEUM V!!n2rVT?v.,?vs SX2?5S$ "Nothing But the Truth"' March 24 "IIIT-TIin-TRAIL IIOLLIDAV CASINO Walnut Above 8th St LADIES' MAT. TODAY Social Maids Stone & PiHara Trocadero "& ,fig The Jolly Girls GAYETY TnPKDWA.nraM le. s& MARKET PK sHM TItEET G' Il:l.-i (flflPI vvi yrzGstim. reply to nn Influential deputation, reprev. sentlng tho Municipal Association of Ire- i land, which waited upon him at Dublin Castlo on February 24, said: "Local authorities have got -ery InV POrtant dutlpn te Mtrfni nj i i.i . desirable that the opinion of the localities) J should bo as accurately represented upon those bodies ns possible We have com to tho conclusion, therefore, that we should extend the principle of proportional repre sentation to all local elections (ln Ire land), We nre having a bill drafted at the present moment to stcure this, and we hope that It miy be passed through th houses of Parliament In tlmo for the local elections that are now approaching." , ,t . CO. HOAO, .i. ti .,b,er of the Gnawer Committee. Philadelphia, March 16. GOOD SHEPHERD BENEFIT , Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts, "Will Btj Orator Tomorrow Tho nnnual benefit for tho House of th Good Shepherd will be held tomorrow eve n ng In the Academy of Music. Senator Da vid I. Walsh, former Governor, of Massachu setts, will bo the orator. He will speak on The Irish Heritage." A splendid musical program has also been nrranged. Tho Sisters of the Good Shepherd announce tnnt a number of distinguished prelates and clergy, together with army and navy offl cers nnd men prominent In the business and. professional llfo of Philadelphia, have ac cepted Invitations to bo present Archblshon Dougherty, attended by the now vicars gen eral of tho diocese, Monslgnors Nevln F.t T Isher nnd Michael J. Crane, will occupy proscenium box. .n3,6?"' WnIsh (,ur'ne- his stay In this city will be tho guest of tho Ilev. M. C. DonovanJ rector Of St. A.nlhn'o rV.,.. mi.i.... -... J , M 7 -- wnuiLii. i.tuiveiEnin nnd SDrlnn- Hnnlan ut.An 1 P,IlniAMvirUA,'?,.I'nADINO THEATRE LIIRECTIO.N LEE J. J. SHUIIRRT r"!. .. ..l c. npRm rrAni.h .. a.,. VllCSlllUl lJ(a .orTn., wf .... - ' t M.a2 Prii rices ?XPJl Niehts. 50c to i.'Sfl Opening Tonight, 8:15 r. ,..,, , llvUttJ MESSRS. LEE SHURERT Present A JUST WKOOPLA ONE PAW MU5ICAL GKl AFTER COMEDY ANOTHER THanf cmm WITH tSABELLC LOWS Direct from the Ilroadhurst Theatre "1 With Original Cast of Players f SAM S. CLII IRPRT THEATRE Broad Relow unU DCIX I Locust Strut HEOINNtNO THIS EVENINO AT 8 FOR 2 WEEKS ONLY Mats. Wed. & Sat., Best Seats $1.50 Return EnRacement of the World's Ifavortt Comedians , ( MdNTYRE&HEAlH and a Jubilee Cast of Sons nnd Dance Favorites In the Onrceoim Musical Extravasranxa HELLO, ALEXANDER tv .J. J. K, VSsXV A Tr"T riTTT TnMIMJT a.tn tEH HuriLrni SIat!li nur t 2:2W t, j A UIU1- UC LAUQKTER gBB0Kl araial irAa With FLORENCE MOORE i FYRIP TONIGHT at 8:15 UllUV Mats. Wed. 4 Sat.2dB Pop. Mat. Wed., Best Seats $1.00 To the Doughboys, Gobs and Marines When you go to sec a show pick a good one If you are S. O. L. see LADIES FIRST at the LYRIC. It starts Tonight at 8:15. . J i4L. Us ACADEMY OF MUSIC , Wed. Mat. and Night, March !9th TRIUMPHANT HOMECOMING OF EUROPE'S JAZZ SENSATION Lieut. J. Tim Brymn (MR. JAZZ HIMSELF) With His 70 Black Devils of the 350th Field Artillery , U. S. A. Band - Only Colored Hand to appear by Special Re quest before President Vt llcon and Generals l'ershlntf. . S.nta on Rale Hepne's. 1110 Chestnut 8t.t Ri.n'e. Rellevue.Stratfonl: Davis Drus; Store., 1.1J7 South M. : Phlla. Tribune OB. 020 S. letfl. Prices Popul.ir Mat. Wed. 2V to SI. 00, Evening .".Or to tS.Ol). ACADEMV OF MUSIC THURSDAY MAT. AND NIGHT, AND FRIDAY NIGHT (ONLY) MARCH 20TH and 2 1ST , Seats NOW on Sale Academy of Music Ticket omce. 1117 Cheatnut St.. and Dals Drue Store, l.'i3T South St. Lieut.-James-Reese-Europe AND THE "Hell FighterS ""lUfa'tryBand. "Certainly it Is the best band I hae heard la Europe." IrMn S. Cobb. MAI NUT MAT. TIU'RS, i'So to 11.00 WM-nw 1 KVCS AT 8:15; MATS., 2:I, Beginning ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT Tonight CHAUNCEY 0LC0TT In Kin rtrpntes' Surress THE VOICE OF McCONNELL- By (JeorKe M. Cohan Hear OlcoU'n TAtest Sonrs SEATS FOR NEXT WEEK NOW ACADEMV OF MUSIC PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA LEOrOLD STOKOWSKI. Conductor FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH St. at 8:0O. SATURDAY EVKNINO. MARCH SI, at S;15, Soloist: JOSEF HOF.MANN, Tlanlst. RERLIOZ 0erture, "Le Camaval Romaln." LISZT Concerto for Piano and Orchestra In S flat. BRAHMS Symphony No. 2. WW'jk Tickets at lieppe-s, lint unesinut oireec i j .A WITHERSPOON HALL Juniper and Walnut Streets THURSDAY EVENINO, MARCH 20th GRACE WADE, Soprano LOUISE JENKINS. Pianist ELEANOR QUINN, Accompanist Tickets at Heppe's, HIT Chestnut St. B. F. KEITH'S THEATRE 3 ' iri ' r - iv fK : JACK NORWORTH SINOINQ HIS NEWEST SONGS BELLE BAKER Kerond and Final Trlumnhant Wlf rtf SALL1E FISHER & CO.: ART: ED. MORTON. UNPARALLELED BILL OF BTAUa" - METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE Metropolitan First Tlmo Tomor. Opera Co.. N. V. Here ".. -vBip LA REINE FIAMME1 Mmes. Farrar, Howard, Kill, Perlnl, Lasaro, Homier, u.aur, liaas. Hem. y Monteux. Seats 1108 Chestnut tit. Walnut JULCO 01 JJll TMB LIBEIITY CHORUS (AHwrtTK. TOClor. rviUl(v f. 9BVT -abbots. SMI j.'iL!H KarLTU-'.; r "ri -.---. .uA,Bfes,.M ... vv-JssMomov... itcneartMua ' rrJ3BHJ MHreL ' Hortfc.J fmjmwm L fiRiP5 tysNtrvtrt n, Fr rntMle 4fcertv aifc, and, ! ,? Wf ' 'm .-fl .:! iS i 4 .1 1 5-11 &i MI .4 8 i ja ,i -?-.i -yi rM -ton t-M I r,si- i ' vr .-"k.3 J ln
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