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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
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Nancy Wynne Hears Various Bits of News Captain Converse
Returns in Fortnight Andrew Tombes at Red Cross Tells
What the "Lambs" Did for the Soldiers
, T IIKAR that .lolm Converse is lotnlnjr
' I home very voon. In fnct. Mr. Converse
: eneets him nronnel Paster time. SU ' '
rented her Hrn Mnwr home to the It. I n
Smith. .Irs., ntiil If moving out of it tins
' week nml Retting the Converse house nt
ltoxemont lently to move into. Mrs. ym-
, vi-tse nml her Ivvo rhllilren hnve been down
it the Chelsea for Kotim time. Her little
hoy nsc,iilte ill ami hail to have an opera-th-in
at the Hr.vn Mnwr Hospital several
weeks njn. anil Mix. Converse took him to
Atlantic to recuperate. ,
DID ton hear there is a big Mil for old
,lothes at the Ue.l ('.. n.l th
clothes are to be vent to the refuRce of c
miiIouk countries of Kurope, excluding the
Central power-V Thev vvnnt wrrTW'd"1
garment for men. women ami .l.lldren and
babies, and they very sensibly tell you what
,M to send. Kor you know how some people
set into the habit of putting pvcr.vtn.nK Into
n bundle, and. for instance, the Red Cross
does not want ball di esses or flimsy dresses
of anv kind, neither does It want high hats,
nor feathers, nor clocks, nor rugs: but it
does wnnt warm and light underwear,
tit esses, coats, trousers, baby dresses and
all sorts of little garments for the children,
lint vou must not send old army or navy
r uniforms of nny kind, as the government
will not allow them to be worn by any but
the soldiers nnd sailors.
And. spenking of the Red Cross, I went
Into the Independence Square Auxiliary
yesterdav to hear Andrew Tombes. the
comedian, who here in town with the
"Flo Klo" company, talk nbout vvhfit the
tnrn nrnnlp. men nnd women, dill for the
noldlers durine the war. He was awfullv.
interesting and as witty aR could be. And
there was quite a representative audience
there to meet him and hear him. Mr.
Tombes told the vv,orkern what the Lambs
' Club has done in New Yotk Jo provide
amusement for the men in uniform who
have returned from overseas, but are still
in the hopitnls. He said the net or almost
fell over themselves to do various "stunts"
for the boys, and they did not cnie when
they were put on the program nor how
4 many times they weie asked to tepeat. H
was really extraordinarily interesting.
Among the vvnikeis weie Mrs. R. Kmott
Hare. Mrs. S. P. Snowden Mitchell, Mis.
William S. Relding, Mis. Kdwnrd Weil.
Mrs. Wellington Shannons Miss Kthelynde
Well. Mr. Hoirold Cillingliam. Mrs.
Charles McLean. Mrs.. W. Ashton Little
and various others.
- T CERTAINLY have heaid wonderful
JL thing nbout the coming Devon show,
nnd something tells me that the kiddies will
have n wonderful time there and that the
pony exhibit -w 111 he awfullv cute. You
may judge of the interest the little ones
bflvc in the event from n wee letter which a
little girl who lives, in Radnor nnd who is
,? not jet ten e.us old wrote to one of the
'""managers of the show. I think it is dnrliug
nnd wanted nw fullj to tell jou her name,
J hut the icceher of the letter feaicd it might
f embnriavs the little one, so 1 piomiscd I
v woulifn't tell who it is. but thnt does not
. forbid jou to gues. She snjg:
"Dear Mr.
"I will gladly show niv pony in the Devon
V Horse Show as he is impioVeing a gieat-
deal nnd beginning to look forwnnl to be
showed.
"It was oij kind of jou to write me.
mill I was then looking forward to-ride in
the ring at the devon show.
Verj Mnceielj jours,
THK concert in the ballroom of the St.
.lames Hotel last evening was n most
enjoyable affair. Theic was n large as
semblage of people well known in the mu
sical and artistic world present, and the
beneficiary of the aftair, the Choral Society
tf of the Divine Science Association, is prob
ably much richer today. Mis. John Dunn,
Jr., sang the "Habanein" from "Carmen"
in splendid voice and was much applauded.
Orisha Monasevitch gave several viqlln
selections, and the other artists were A.
H. Ashton, William Akerman and Mrs.
George. M. Becker. Among the notables
In the musical world who were there was
Mrs. Frederick W. Abbott, whose activity
In the interest of local musical associations
is most pronounced.
i TT WAB evidently the first time he had
J- kept her waiting. She was right next to
m at lunch and I couldn't help hearing
the way ho greeted bim. It wns a mix
ture of tearful relief, anger and reproach.
She was nervously drinking some bouillon
when he strolled cheerfully up to her, ask-
, ing blandly if she had had to wait for him.
I' ll AVflaImA1 wittl Sf.lf.nlfv a.,l nnnlnn.
mixed in her tone. "I really couldn't wait
njIonger for you. I was afraid I'd get
Irav M-t-L tt T .UJ-tt .t J..-1 Lii- l- -. l If.
'KlalUI. IL J U1UU l Cl JUBL U UUC IU Cal. X1C
r was mildly surprised. "Why, it s only just
i half-past now. I said I'd meet you then."
"Oh, my dear, you said quaiter after sev-
' eral times quite plainly over the telephone.
If Oh, yes, indeed, several times quarter
after. Oh. it doesn't make a bit of dif
ference, only I really felt quite faint, and
I; I just had to have a little something to
cat."
AiM as he protested and she Insisted J
had a vision of her waiting patiently for all
of fifteen minutes, getting a bit neeved.
y consulting her wrist watch, walking up
nnu down, getting nervous and finally as
the clock struck one resigning herself to the
conviction thnt he was breathing his last
hi some hospital and seeking strengtly in a
"bite of something to eat." Hut did him-
hand have that vision? Not he. All d.
If, -thought was written all over his face. "Why
i- in me miscniet is she laughing so bard?
ij Because my necktie's crooked aeain?"
Ijj Rut I knew thnt he was very lucky not to
l, be1 thinking, "Why in the mischief should
she have hysterics about nothing at all?"
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Social Activities
Qy Air. and Mrs. Kdward Kverett Marshall
lhave issued invitations for a race meet at
t. yaai waters, their place in Ilydal, on Sat
iHrday, April 10. A buffet breakfast will
'be served at 1 o'clock.
U Among those who will entertain at the
I opera this evening arc Mr. nnd Mrs. Alex
"iTander Coxe Yarnall. of Seventeenth nnd
iLocust streets, who will occupy Air. ana
v jurs, Aiexanner xinncon uoxe s uox; Miss
, nuwbetii Mcaiichael, who will entertain in
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Custfe Harrison's box
jMri nd Mrs. John Raraea Townsend, of
uximuaor; ajlisb uoroiny newnoia. Air. and
Mrs, ohn White Geary who will have ai
thejr guests Mr. and Airs. Trenchard E.
Nwbld, Mrs. Hobert Jy. Jlontgomery nnd
Mr, Obirlea Wheeler. Jr.. end Mr. and Mn.
Joho XH?wGm$x wlwi will mUtUIb
if w ur. mm -. mmn jrvies nanirs ,-,
Rodman Page. Jr., Mrs. Robert Ilmolt llnre
and Mr. nnd Mrs. Donald Stewart Lens.
An interesting engagement announced In
New York Is thnt of Miss Lesley K. Pear
son, daughter of Mrs. Vrederlck Pearson, of
.'t West Fifty-seventh street, New York, and
Newport, to Mr. Henry It. Hyde Ripley.
Miss Pearson is a sister of Lieutenant i'red
rii k F. A. Pearson, who married Miss
Kleanor Rryant, of this city.
Mrs. J. Rertiam Lippincott. of 171
Spruce street, will ghe n luncheon tomorrow-
In honor of Miss Edith Kendall, of New
York, who will be her guest for sceral ilajs.
There will be fourteen guests.
Ml (iladvs Muller. ilHiighter of Mrs.
Auguste Frederic Muller. of I'JI West High
land aenue. Chestnut Hill, will be intio
duced to societj- nt a, tea to be given early
in October by .her mother. M!rs Muller's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mis. W.
Chattin Wetherill, will give a Mask and
Wig party in her honor on Saturday,
April L'fi.
Mrs. A. .1. Drexcl Paul and Miss Chris
tine Riddle nie spending some time nt the
Ritz Carlton, New Yoik.
Mrs. Kdwnrd Cioer nnd her daughters,
Mis Mona Crozer and Miss Florence Cnver,
have returned from Florida, where they have
been for several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier. Jr.. of
Sunnybrook. Radnor, have issued invita
tions for n children's partv to be given in
honor of their daughter. Miss Catherine II.
Clothier, on Snturdaj, April ft, fiom ."i,:t8
until S.nn o'clock.
Mrs. John Shatpless fJarrlgucs, of Hav
erford. gave n tea last Friday nfternoon in
honor of Miss Josephine Austino Obdjke,
daughter of Mis. W. Austin Obdjke. vhosc
marriage to Mrs. flarrigues's son. Mr. John
K. Garrigues, will take place on May (i.
Miss Lucy Sutton, daughter of Mrs. W.
H Sutton, of Haerford. will sail tomor
iow on the Noordam for Fiance to do Red
Cross woik. Miss Sutton's brother, J. Au
brey Sutton, who is in the ordnance, with
headquarters nt Tours, has been recently
made a captain. He is at present in Italy.
Mr. and Mrs. Kdward F. Reale are spend
ing two wef'ks at the Manor, Ashewllc. N.
C., and will open Dcepdale. their Strafford
home, after spending the winter in town.
Airs. Hem v P. Kent and Miss Evelyn
Kent, of Clifton Heights, who have been in
Florida, returned last Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. B. Van Sciver, and
Mr. Llojd Van Sciver, of Bethlehem Pike,
Chestnut Hill, who have been spending the
spriug in Miami, Fla., will leturn home
iluiing April.
Mrs. James A. Raudnll, of Denver, Col.,
wife of Commander Randall, who has been
spemliug the lnte "w inter nnd early s-piing
ns the giiest of Lieuteuaut Commander Nel
son H. Gross. 1'. S. N.. and Mrs. Gross, of
i!3!."5 South Twenty-tirst street, has gone to
Annapolis, Mil. ,
Mrs. E. Sidney Prlihuul, of West Wash
ington lane, legent of the Germantown ihap
ter of the Daughteis of the American Revo
lution will leave during Ihe week to attend
the annual I A. It. Congress in Washing
ton. D. C. Other representatives from the
chapter who will attend the congress aie
Mrs. K. Wheeler Jenkins, Mis. Dorothy
Jenkins. Mrs. Wnller C. Neelj. Mrs. S. F.
Dribble and Mrs. Robert Newborn.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Howard Williams
have returned to their home, on Greene
street. Germnntown, after spending the earlv
spring in Chelsea ns the guest of their son
Dr. J. J. Gurney Williams, in Atlautic City.
Announcement is made of the mauiagc
of Miss Louise G. MiConnell. daughter of
Mr. and Mis. M. McConnell, of South
Twentieth stieet, and Mr. Jesse D. Reit
meyer, of 735 North Fortieth street, on Fri
day nfternoon by the Rev. Charles E. Rron
son, of the AVest Hope Presbyteiian Church.
The quiet service wns followed by a recep
tion. Mr. nnd Mrs. Reitmeyer left on a
fortnight's trip.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Eichman, Jr., of
430 Lyceum -avenue, Roxborongh, are re
ceiving congratulations on tho birth of a
son, Joseph Eichman. Mrs. Eichman will
be remembered ns Miss Frances McCann, of
West Philadelphia.
ARDENTES CLUB MEETS
Announcement Made of Two Dances to
Be Given in Near Future
The fourth monthly affair of the Ardentes
Club was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
M. Levy. 1404 South Sixth Street. Mr.
Samuel Dandy gave a solo accompanied by
Miss M. Levy and Joseph Neff. Mr. J.
Levy gave a -violin selection 'accompanied
by Mr. S. J. Goldberg. Others who enter
tained were Air. AI. Drogln. Air. J. Krantz,
Air. L. Smith, Aliss A. Reubin and Air.
Reuben Eeussis. Among those present were
Aliss Anna Aledoff, Air. R. Zeussis, Aliss .T.
Shanken, Mr. L. Smith, Aliss A. Gottes
field, Private P. Krantz, IT. S. A., Air.
Samuel Dandy, Aliss AI. Levy, Air. C.
Silovltz, Aliss K, Goldstein, Air. Tl. Rosen.
Aliss AI. Scherr. Air. 8. Aliller. Air. Samuel
Coopersmith, Aliss AI. Smith, Aliss A.
Gever, Air. ,T. BIben, Air. S. Bryan, Aliss
Tetta Niels. Air. J. Carson, Aliss Stern, Air.
N. Wolf, Air. SUbcrstein, Aliss A. S. J.
Goldberg, Air. J Kravltz.'AIr. J. Hemes,
Aliss A. Rubin, Air. AI. Snyder. U. S. N.,
Aliss L. Epstein, Air. AI. Levy. Air. S.
Agensky, Air. AI. Drogin and Aliss Beba
Herman. Announcement Mas made of the
coming dance to be given at St. Timothy's
Hall, 714 Reed street, by the Ardentes
Club on Friday evening, April 25, and of
the Alay hop dance, to he given by the
Girls' Frolic Club, at Alartel's, on Afonday
evening, Atny 12.
C0MEDYAT ORPHEUM
"Mother Carey's Chickens" Has First
Stock Production
''Mother Carey's Chickens," the comedv.
of mother love by Rachel Crothers anil
Kate Douglas Wlggln, founded on the bonk
of that name by the latter, wns given its
first local stock showing by the Alae Des
mond Players.
This clean little story of real-life.folk
was greeted with , smiles, tears, chuckles
and sighs. "Alother Carey's Chickens'' be
longs to the name class with the same au
thor's "Rebeccn of Sunnybrook Farm,"
"Mrs, Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch," by
Alice Ilegan Bice; "Little Women." bv
Ixmlsa AI. .Alcott, and "Pollyanna," for it
is sentimental drama and depends for its
success on the skillful drawing of everyday
folk plnred in natural, "homey'' surround
ings. lUlplot possesses sentiment and its
Icesaedy'iW that'.of the pitta' folk of upper
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.MRS. CHARLES J. SWAIN
Airs. Swain' Is well known in soiial and
charitable dnles and. took an aithe
pait In the recent fashion show given
for the Poljclinlc Hospital
WOULD RAISE FUND
FOR EAST INDIANS
College Men Asked to Make Con
tributions for Educating
Oriental Students
A fund for the eduintion of East Indian
student in Amenea is now being collected
at the I'niversity of Pennsjlvnnia and other
Ameriinn eduialinnnl institutions in memory
of V. R. Knrmarkar, late president of the
1'nion of Christian Students of India in
Anieiicn. He was gradunted from the
metlUnl department of the I'niversity last
June nnd died of induenn last fall in a
Pittsburgh hospital, where he was acting as
interne.
The campaign is in i barge of A. .1. Ap
pffsnrny, also an East Indian, who is now
studying nt Harvard, nnd who is visiting
vnrious iiuiieislties in the East in the in
terest of the fund. At the 1'uiieisity of
Pennsjlvnnia, vvheie Karinnrkm had most
of his fiiends. he hopes to realize several
thousand dollais, or piobahly enough to
establish a full si holarshlp.
The East Indian studeuts in America have
taken up the si heme with enthusiasm and
have nlreadj lonti United generously In the
fund, although most of them are obliged to
work their way thiougli college. The fund
will be in the custody of C. D. Hurrey, sec
retary of the lommittee on frientllv lelalions
among foieign students of the foreign de
partment of the lntei national Y. M. C. A..
New "Yoik. Contiihiitions and pledges aie
being sent to H. .1. Theodoie, secietury and
ticHSiuei. New Haven. I otin.
Knnnaikar's eutirc familv wns wipi'l out
br famine and pestilenie in 18J17. He him
self was piiked up in a htnrving condition
and filially adopted bj the Rev. S. A'. Knr
markar aud Ir. !. Karmnikar. who had
come to America in 1S0O to he educated,
his foster father being n Yule giaduate and
his foster mother a graduate of the Woman's
Aledical College of Philadelphia.
After their letmn to India they devotea
their lives to the Christian cause and ulti
mately sent their ndop'ted son uud other
adopted hlldien to Aineiicn to be educated.
Doctor Karmnikar studied in the medical
school of the I'niicrsity of Pennsylvania to
prepaie himself as a medical misHionary,
his greatest ambition being to go back to
lndin to help his countrymen and others, as
his foster parents hnd done before him.
ART GIRLS TO QUIT
EASELS FOR HOES
Industrial School Students Recruit-
ing Land Army for
Second Year
. "We'll thiesh wheat, hot potatoes, weed
the vegetable patch and make ourselves use
ful on the faim when wc put asule our
palettes and brushes in Alay."
That is the spilit of girl students nt the
School of Industrial Art, Broad and Pine
gtreets.
The war is ended, but the girls appreciate
that the world needs food, and through their
Land Army Club they have volunteered
for service. Last jear the club recruited
twenty-fiio students for farm work, and the
scheme proved so successful that the joung
women are willing to repeat the experiment
this year.
Aliss Frances Rarr has charge of the ef
fort and. according to u program announced
today, she will mobilize the farmerettes at
Newtown Square, Wynncwood and Cllestnut
Hill. From these points they will be sent
to the farms In need of labor.
The South Philadelphia Women's Liberty
Loan Association met in the auditorium of
the Pennsylvania Aluseum nnd School of In
dustrial Art, Broad and Tine sticets, to ar
range their program for the Victory Loan
drive. The feature committee, of which Alls.
Frank Buhler Is chairman, announced that,
April 10, they would participate in the
mummers' parade and that the. Victory
statue would be unveiled in front of the
Third Regiment Armory. Sunday, April 27,
the new war film Issued by the government,
"The Price of Peace," will be exhibited in
three motion picture houses to oe selected,
for which no admission charge will be
made. There will be Liberty sings in ten
South Philadelphia parks, and also at the
statue.
Permission has been obtained from the
School 'of Industrial Art to erect a large
screen in front of the building on Broad
street, on which will be projected pictures
from the garage on the opposite side of the
street.
A pageant representing the history of
South Philadelphia from the settlement of
the city until the present will be given on the
steps of the Ridgway Library, under the
management ot Charles Morgan, of the
Mask and Wig Club.
Alay 10 a carnival will be given on the
plaza, Broad and Oregon streets, in which
there will be dancing features,
MrrWi&fc;l
wujB'itaiJa t,ths statue fre If
Every day, except Sunday during the
GOBS' BAND JAZZES
JAZZILY AT KEITH'S
Frank Fay Back in Two-a-Day.
Good Bills at Other
Houses
Twentv Hie former sailors, lecentlv re
turned from oveisens service, made a distinct
hit at Keith's jesterday with a seiles of the
jiuziest kind of tunes, tunes thnt kepi the
audience moving in the seats and dtew
forth a volume of applause that icsulled in
si encores hefoie the band 'was flnnllv til
lowed to lenie the singe. The nit was
hilled as the 1 niled' Stales .la Baud. Il
is the largest of its kind In the vyild. nnd
Is li-d by Ensign Allied .1 Mnoie. It pin veil
before President Wilson on his first tiip to
France
Another musical act that was compelled
to give seveial cinoies wns thnt of Olvii
anil Johnson, the former a ingcr with an
extremelv pleasing voiie and the latter a
pianist of great merit, who also niiompanted
his partner vocnllv in the thoruses,
Harry lind Anna Sejmour made their first
visit. to the Chestnut stieet plaj house, and
their breezy bits of mirth and melodv pioved
very entertaining. I'nink Fay teturned and
received a great welcome
The rest of the piogiaiu was in nicnrd
with the standnul set hj the aits mentioned
William (Jaxlon and n compauv of capable
plajeis in "The Junior Partner weie
good So weie Anna nil Wiight and Mabel
Perciial, in a sparkling series of songs and
steps. Harnsnn Green nnd Kiitherine Par
ker. in "At the Depot"; Adonis nnd ' '
direct from Kuiopeaii triumphs, and .liinies
WHtts. assisted by Rex Storjc Stcuev. in
n treat in tinvesty.
GLOBE Almost eier.v vaneli of net
known to vnudeville is ptesenled on the
program, which is inteiesting thioiighoul
One of the most popular iiumlieis wns "The
Home Gunids," a military travesty IMun
Wallace Klnnev aud Amanda Gilbert. Imal
favorites, in new songs, were also eve ep
tionnllj well leceived lietts's seals. Hi own
.uud Guiithei. sketch: Gill and e.ik in a
sketch. Hold Yomself". Vim and coin
pnnv. in aerial feats; "Human Calliope
Quartet ", Ethel Winn nnd lompanv. in
"Alone Minnie"; Howard and Lewis,
comedv singing, and Swift and Dalei, mil
sical noveltj, completed the bill.
BROADWAY -Pietio. eccentric piano
accordionist, had to tespuud to encoie after
encore. The selections oflered varied from
opera to the latest sjneopated iaz, vvlinh
kept the audience tapping feel "The
Light." with Theda Hani in the lending
lole. was the main motion putuie attiac
tion. 'I he slori held-the attention of the
nudienic. The hill also included: Jnrvis's
"Footlight Revue"; Stone nnd McAvoy, in
the diumntic sketch. "Come on Home," and
the tirellis troupe.
COLONIAL Ernestine Mejeisand Pais
ley Noon, late of 1 nele Sum's navy, showed
concltisiieli thnt the hornpipe is not the
onlj dance that sailors aud "sniloicsstV
know. Their dune ng act wns n delight.
Even wnim advocates of prohibition had to
laugh nt "Vliglnia Rje." a timely sntiie.
Sid nnd Tovvney. with their comedv talking,
plucked laughs like big apples from a full
tree. Stioinbeig and Lemer. who served
overseas, appealed in an excellent noveltv.
The two pictures, "The Duffer" and the
"Alnn of Might" weie entertaining.
CROSS KEYS Roscoe's Rovnl Nine,
feminine ininsticls, arc the lending feature
of a verj popular lull. Another act which
vied with them for applause wns Nancy
Hoyer and her companv in "The Last of
the Quakers," one of the most artistic acts
in vaudeville. Fenwick sisteis, in an oiigi
nal offering: Rlanchette, singer nnd liolin
Ist ; the Spinners, in a iioiellj ; Fitvgeuild
nnd Carroll, euteitnineis, and n photoplnj,
"The Alan of Might," complete au excellent
pioginm.
DL'MONT'S There nie mnnv new fen
tines in this week's bill. One of the most
novel is nn act presented bv Joe Horti. nnd
Joe Ilnrti, .Ir . called "The Two Quakers."
Il Mas well received. "The Drug Stoic
Telephone Fight" nnd "The Rival News
papers" continue to he emphatic comedy
hits. Alf (libsoii. Eddie Cnssidv and Joe
Hamilton assist largely in the funmaking.
WILLIAM PENN A good supply of
comedy and music enlivens the show. Lady
'Isen Alei, known as "The Chinese, Night
ingale," scored n decided hit with her sing
ing and imitations, while Hart and com
pany aroused no end of laughter in a
bright comedy sketch, d.oiimer Hudson
Tioupe provided thtills nplenlv and the
.In -Da trio dispensed the latest things from
Soogland. "Wives of Alen," with Florence
Reed, is the film attinctiou.
KNICKERBOCKER Theie nie novel
ties galore in the bill and snmelhing to suit
neaily eveiy taste for enteitaiumenl. T'p-to-the-minutc
gongs intcrspeised with good
comedy were offered by the Alinstiel Three,
who scored emphatically. Others who ap
peared to advantage were the Horton Quar
tet, Alexander nnd Hanlon and Jean Con
way. "Salome," with ThedH Bara, is the
photoplay attraction.
GRAND "Oh, What a Night," the fea
tuic, is a two-act tabloid with new songs,
new quips and new costumes, the latter
acceptably filled by n number of comely
girls. William Ebbs proved himself a ven
triloquist of unusual merit; Emmet Welsh
and his company, in n blackface novelty,
aroused applause. Witt and Winter, in
feats of strength, lcminded of Sandow nnd
Sansom, and Kluting'H Entertaineis, per
forming pigeons, rabbits, cats and other
animals, won admiration for their training.
"The Alaster Alystcry" rounded out n good
bill.
NIXON There is an abundance of good
music on the bill with Eva Shirlej nnd her
Jazz Hand supplying much of it The se
lections offered were timely. Jane Court
horpe and company offered an interesting
sketch, "Our Family Succeeds." Lee and
Cranstown, in n musical comedy skit ; Wal
ton and Keating and Zarrell and company,
in thrilling gymnastic feats, also pleased.
"The Cambric Alask," featuring Alice
Joyce, is the photoplay attraction.
Stage Folk to Frolic
One of the funniest performances by
theatrical folk to be given in Philadelphia,
this season will not be witnessed bv the
public It will be held tonight after the
performance of "Little Simplicity" nt the
Shubert Theatre, and will be in conjunction
with a shore dinner which Ic. J Rodriguez,
the manager of the company, will give to the
actors nnd actresses. Walter Catlett, stnr
of the play, and Frnnk AI. Oillispic, the
stage manager, in the capacity of joint
toastmasters, will tell what they know
about the eccentricities of the players.
Want Better Trolley Service
Strenuous complaints against alleged in
adequate trolley service along Germantown
avenue were made ot the monthly meeting
of the North Philadelphia Business Alen's
Association, held in Bobinson's Hall, Ger
mautown avenue Hud Juniata stieet, last
night. A resolution .railing upon the Phila
delnbi. IUpId Tranoitmp.nv f furngh
' ',H""y? ,L, tA9tfW-'nt Inix
Continuing Attractions
niiOMt- "Happiness." comecli dtiiiun.
hi J Hart lev Manners, ivlth stellnr
nile for l.nuretle Taylor of n di ess
maker's ciiniid girl who "arrives ' at
a goal of success making otheis happv
en unite. Suppoit includes J W
Kerrigan, foimeih of the lii'li P'ni
eis. Lvnu 1'ontnne, shortly In he
slurred, nnd Ren luce Tcrrj , niece of
Rllen Ten j
SHI ;," l.iitle Simpllcitj." urns
sical tnmnncc. seme bv Augustus Rnr
intt. book nnd lines by Rida Johnson
nung Locale innes from the Oricnl
to Pails Cnst in, hides Walter Cat
lell, who vi as the life of "So Long
l.ellv". Mm nines (intcsnn, nunc
dleniic. with vocal accomplishments ,
Cnmeion Sisteis, dancers worth watch
ing. ("nil (inntvonrt. a baiilone
blessed with good looks and the abililv
to ad, and a chorus contingent of
gince
WAIAI'I "The i;(es of Youth." bv
Max .lnrrin nnd Chnrles tiiieion. A
"ilininutic nnielli " with crjslnl ga
ing involved Alma Tell featured In
the cast, wlmh nn liides nil the fnvoi
itcs who appeared here picvinnsly nt
double the Wa'iiut s price Abounds
in tense situations, iclleied bv senti
ment ami i oiuidi
MHU.I'III Pnilm Redioom and
Hath." fiiiiii.il froln dealing with the
expel ieme of nn unsophistii ntcd .voting
husband who is i (impelled to live up
to his icpiitiiltnn ns n Don .lull M in
older to sniwf ln romantic wife.
Floience Monie fealiiied.
I.) ItIC "Lnilies First ' hook and lilies
In llair.i I! Smith, music liv A Raid
win Sloan, based mi Hnjl's fiucc. "A
Contented Woman Noin Hajes is n
whole sho in heiself and her suppoit
includes capital enlei miners in ong
inal diolleiies nml duties.
'0i''-;.s Flo Flo music nl com
ecli. Numheis nninng its attractions a
sensational team of eccentric darners
nnd n 'perfect tlurii siv" i hoi us willi
II sense of hitnioi. The coinpiini,
headed hi Andieu Tombes. includes
Reiin Pm ker nml Inmes B. Cnrsnn
OMt'l'H'h Turn in the Right. - with
Ruth Chester nml Mike Donlm. Pathos
and humor arc defili blended in this
(Tlnj of mirth unci mother loic. A
laughing hit despite the fn t that its
lindeilung theme is old fashioned mo
ralitj .
HODGE BRINGS BACK
ENTERTAINING PLAY
Return Engagement of "A Cure for
Curables" Opens Amid
Laughter
William Hodge usunllj wears a plnj two
or three seasons When he finds n the
ntiicnl suit suitable to his long nnd lingular
lines his public is suited also, and so whv
go to the hothei of a new fitting? His
offerings nre all cut from muih the snme
model an; how. nnd since he doesn't have to
change the stjle as fieiuentli as some of
his fellow stais he continues to lounge along
in what he has till it is worn out.
Judging bv the laughter and npplnuse
which giected him last night at the Chest
nut Stieet Opeia House, "A Cure for Cur
ables" has bv no means worn out its wel
come in Philadelphia, although Mr. Hodge
achieved quite a inn in it heic nt the Lvric
last season, n run which is likelv to be
l educed to a bioken leccncl, estimating the
futiiie popularity of the letmn engagement
by the number of peisons who nssisted at
its opening.
The piece constituted by the stnr and
Kail Derr Higgeis. author of "Seien Keis
to Rnldpale," on the bnsis of a short storj
bj Coin Harris, is rather haul to classifj
Posslblv comedy drama will do as well as
any oilier label, mainly because it is neither
n comedv nor a drama. It is lenlly a tut t -latiie
put nun movement on the stage, with
settings nnd aitois, instead of tunning on
the printed page in wolds. For those who
do not leinembcr what it is all about it may
be recalled that the star impersonates a
joung physician whose uncle leaves him u
sanitarium on condition thnt he cure ten
patients in thirty dnjs. otherwise the prop
erty is to go to another doctor. How Mr
Hodge, as the cui.ical. aleit ami engagingly
human legatee, manages to make hm
patients, whose only ihionic maladies aie
gtoui hiness. selfishness nnd indolence, admit
they are cured, and how he eiieuinients the
mildly melodramatic plotting of his nvnl
for the legacy is told Willi miilii ninth
piovoking lines and Judicious situations
Air. Hodge it. given every opportunity for
displaying his spontaneous diolleiy unci his
command of drjly humoious tilteinnto in
the lines nllotted to him, nnd his company
is capitallj competent in the interpielntion
of a large number 'off j pes, most of them
genuinely comic rather than fnrcial. "A
Cure for Curables" is likewise a cure for
the blues.
Bible Lecture at Houston Hall
"In What Does the Inspiration of the
Bible Consist?" will be the subject of nn
address by Rev. Hugh Pope, prior of
Havvkesynrd Priory, Hugely, Knglnnd. to be
given in Houston Hall, nt -1 o'clock this
nfteinoon. The lecture will he given under
the nuspicea of the organisation commute .
of Ihe Catholic students of the L'nncibity
of Pennsjlvnnia.
MUTHOPOI.tTAN OPFRA HOLHi:
p',1. ?Iwra TONIGHT AT 8
LAST PERFORMANCE g
RIG0LETT0
JIme Rurrlentos. rtraaliu. Mm Ij.nro D I um
Seuurolii ttosl. Had Cond Moranznnl
Set 1108 Chestnut 8t VViilnut J 424 Rac. 07
B. F. KEITH'S' THEATRE
U. S. JAZZ BAND
25.-BM-KJAl'KEr MUSICIA.NS 2.1
WILLIAM GAXTON & CO.
UTIANK KAY HAJinY It ANNA SKVMOlin
J?MES WAITS AND Hid Bl-nROLNUl.vi
HHOW. - ,
WALNUT wk
EYES OF YOUTH
With Alma Tell and Original Co.
Hat Mat. 250 to II 00 SatEv, 2Jc to II. no
Dancing
CORTISSOZ
15U0 Chcelnut HI.
Offlm ann
UAKEIt I1LDC1.
A Teacher for liacn Pupil
5 Lesons
$5
Floor Rtnttd fealurday Kvta for Hmtll Affalra.
-VDDUI7I IM MAT TODAY. 15c. 2Ro
VyiXl "ivm Eltnlngi, lf,c, "So 30c A 50o
M,.,v.r.eoT.nrd Mother Carey's Chickens
AprllJ
CASINO
April H "A PAIR OV SIXKH"
l.ADiliH' MAT. TODAY
Burlesque
""'T"h ,., Wonder fthovg
TVr,Urr., jt kj1ai. rorjaite
WalndvAbaioSthSt.
Wonder Show
MARY PICKFORD IS
"CAPTAIN KIDD, JR."
New Movie Offerings Are of Light
weight Variety in Themes
"IvNliM "nptHh, Weill. .Ir ." "llli
1'ikfnri llirolrd hv Multini P ln li from
.10 hi Ricln Johnnon Youns
Tlicie should Ice nn excuse for anv one
nlm goe to M. tlirnlic nut knoivins of the
vintingci nf Hicln ,lcilin.oii YnunR. heenuve
her pindcict mai he found on the spoken
lane nnd in the mmies thin week at III"
thenties. hut it veenio lis thnURli xcjiiii1 one
has een fit to make thK sfnrv Into a mined'
uf the ileHish made fnmom hv the Mink
Sennett ulnclins In fact, it is n IiirIi clns
ccitnech U, il,,, nrlclrxl anlicis cif Vic tor Polel
nnd ln ntieinnl nutnmntiveuii
The fnct that lnrv Piekfnrd lia mil
lieen seen cm I he vieons fur some tune
makes I ho unlet hrlieie mine and mm e in
thai nld slogan nf V. Aver t lint "Keep
ins Miei InstniRli nl II ItiiiiKs Success
Man should not keep annv fiotu her puh
lie fm so lone a time, else tlieie mil niise
another dimpled dnrllnc It is lenlli the
"1st ns n whole which makes this plnv so
delightful nnd not neccssiirilv the uoik of
the fentnreil plairr
After looking fen n liunecl lieasuie the
sraiiheis discover tint the will of the de
palled meant foi the seekers of tnrtuue to
find n en ltd in good health A lot nf fun is
occasioned in the seal ch nnd hi the de
lightful intioilni lion of ii pniint. whose n
niinks me apropos of the situation enacted
Houglns Mncl.iiin Spotttsiioode Ailken
Itoheit Cordon Maicm Minion. n tor
I'olel unci, of ccniise. i Piikforcl. nie
the Jil inc'ipn I plnieis
ir.c mil "Tlirr lien and ci l.lrl." unli Mcci
kucm'p c'Urk Klnr b K.tuurd child" cai
eentci rli , ilnn b Mar-hall Nellan
The author ccf this piece seems to he nioi e
successful mil, ii products lis mmie HIS
lei ill! than he does when thev appeal upon
the spoken -Inge as ei idem eel In "The
Cindeiella Mnn ' and "The 'Ihiee Pears'
lie nNi) seems to t tl tl In the hghlei em Mi
themes, nnd the lesiilt is pleasing In the
vpectntnis 'I'heie is snine good fun in Ihe
idea of using the children's slori of the
tlnee he.us ns a hasis foi n plni In tin
lnslnnie he has e hnsen il tno of characters
who haie the adiantnge of appealing leal
peisons As fm the girl in the case, well,
she is the unusual girl of the fiction viuietv
Tlnee men aie woman haters, and the
seek solitude nl a wilier ciunp. A girl comes
there and inleiiupts their plans nild the re
Mill I is thei aie all tinned into legular
human heiugs. The inungest heroines en
g.iged to the gnl and the fade out is upon a
scene of pic toi ml henulv The cast is viell
hiilitnc eel unci the parts ill t- evcellentli por
tin.ircl hi Mnigiiciile t'link. Itichnrcl Itar
tlieliness, Pimi-j Mnimnnt and .leroine Pat
Tte k.
VH"IORI V "I'rltlcrrn'Fi dlrl." with hind c'Ih
ton Slnrv liv Dana Ilurnett and directed
he neortre Mclford
This is one of the mini delightful phnto
plav stories vihich Ijns he-en otTeied to local
theatie patrons for some time, nnd the fad
that it is filled with some of the things
which some people like to call "human in
teiesl stufl" makes it of added interest. The
situation piesented hi the author is n
plausible one nnd piohnhly has heen en
acted in real life din ing the lecent sailing
of the troops It is NOT war picture, hut
just an incident in Ihe lnea of two people
who make the win u line kground foi their
happv exisleni e
A voung soldier is without fiiniilv or
fi lends and is about to still for the war,
when he meets a ilioius girl, and when his
stoiy is told to her she does just the thing
which is not expected marries linn. I n
usual and let of the material of which good
movies come fiom Hthel f'lavion is the
girl nnd Monte Hlue is the soldier bov
Chniles (ioinid is well cnsl as the mli
friend and idler (ieoige Melfoid did some
fine work in utilizing real scenes of New
oik with the stage ntniospheie.
RKOCNT "That'll Good." with Hale Hamilton
siorv b Klcliard Washburn Child and di
rected l llarn I. Kranklin
The title of this picture cannot just I v lie
applied to the pioditi ttou. although it is of
sufficient merit to wniiant seeing hv those
who like to he pteseut at the pieliminniy
trials of a seekei after the goal of populaiity
whuh is sine to come to the star. Hale
Hamilton. It is just posoible that the
Metro company is trjing to have this actor
till the place left vacant by the late Harold
l.oc knood.
That this is another storv taken fiom the
liiiinv which appear in the Sntuiday livening
Post is but sajing that il is a good one.
nnd the scenario adaptation by A. f!. Kenjon
made it into good movie material Crooked-
AI.I, TI1W im-.i
MARY PICKFORD
in First I'rtientaUon of Artcrafts
"CAPT. KIDD. JR."
From the Play of the Sama Nm
P A L AC
I. Ml MARKF.T M'ttKET
All Week, in A. M TO 11 1.1 P VI
NAZIMO VA
In Hr Luteal Succras
"OUT OF THE FOG"
Vdaplfd l'roni ' c cptlon Shoala"
AR CAD" I A
PHKSTNUT BEIOW lnTIl
10 V
m 12. a, a is. 5 s - 4X n 30 r jt
MARGUERITE CLARK
In New Paramount Tholoplay
"THREE MEN AND A GIRL"
From Voted Stata Play
VICTORIA
MARKET Aboio 8th
THIS WEEK
la ramnunl Dra...i
ETHEL CLAYTON pnTrianEws"
SOON 1QMMLV ,.V NEW?LATHTEn'"
DCT17MT MARKET AT. Ralow 17TH
KIlVjlliN 1 "'Lt! HAMILTON
Added- liprptyf l r.'narKpl-lT o"D"
"THE MASTKIt MVBriiny
MARKET SrnEET
,, . .. AT JUMPER
It V M to 11 P M
CONTINUOUS
VAUDEVILLE
"THE HOME GUARDS"
RETT'S SEALS, OTHKHACTS
crosjFke ys " ,? "s0 vfiru
ROSCOE'S ROYAL NINE
BROADWAY m0AVUV'u
DirTDO WOHLD'S OllEATEST ' '
r lc. 1 iJ PiANo-AcconrjioNiST
THEDA BARA in "The-Light"
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
AMF.niCA S GnEAT'EST ACE
IN HIS ILLIISTOATED STORV
OF AIH ADVENTUItES IN THK
ARENA ,.0 F. THE SKY
TONICHT
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
Seata 12 to sc, .t Hepis,'., JUO Cht.tnutj, lad
utomoblle. Club. S3 S. 53d 8t, ,'
AuCjuag.
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stiff jj& Mb 1,,ih
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neiss Is heateu in the end of the story nul-fl-
the hem gct nlr. cil 'jfin Is (hc Uieiiilj'?J;
of tile Slll l . The. f nsl Includes finis. Unit.
litem. .Slelhi (Si ii.i. u moiie inline of itTrdt
"'ting, Ileiheil I'rlor nnd .Mnrjorle VeuRer.
'Ihe Palme das Nninmin In "Oil! of (ho
l'"C ' ami tin. Sliiind and Locust nrd
s iniiliig -The Pop,,, (iljl's lliishnnii," with
Uillimu S Ilnn
"WONDER SHOW" AT CASINO
Joe Mitchell, Philadelphlan, Wrote Booll -
and Helps Put Across Success
loe Mitchells wrk ns a burlesque
wiilei was pionoiineecl CiisH , bv the au
dience thnt applauded the "Wonder Show"
(it Ihe Casino .lit,,e JMiilndelpirian
known tliioiiglioul stng.eloin ns u piny
viiighl and ndoi J,. ,ns nn impnrtnnt
pan in Ihe Voi,.. slum " Hip cast ot
vihich is IhiiiIpcI I'limiose Seninnn nnd
(ienrge p. Miirpln
The clllllogue is elisp nilel suappv, (he
songs nf the whistling inrieti unci tho
i hen us not null pieMi hut capable
(iM:n IMgnr P.islev and hm "Trnmii
ComiTie" me rnrning laughs galore while
Ihe ' Mine Itirels ' nie singing their inusipnl
traiesti. "t)4,.r T1IMn rp fomfi
deiet inudecille sketches m this bill
KO('lli:iu llnrri Se,,ui the Irish
comedian, is hi-iidiiii; the "Social Kolliea"
and is coiiliibiitiiig his well known ability
to n lust class enniinui in n 'ui class
show Minnie Si hall is the piimii doniin
mid .lenneite Mohr the snuluilte
l'll.'Ji'AJ,l.:I.'.I'II,A K ' '"'IDIMI IIIEATnES
tiiiirnosi.i:i: a .i i kih ni:rtT
ChestnutSt. VioV"b lhe"ii','hPs",""'
Prices Cnisnr Nights 50c to $1.50
iKveepl Saee. . IlcilMa)
M I 1. I. I I M
HODGE
In Ihe llappleel t, nf III- I'aeeer
"- CURE " CURABLES"
'"" I'llKhlfiil cnmelv is hennrt In attract
laipe a idlences beraiise nf n orlRlnal lines, wli
nr.l like inal cms hm.I pnlntaklni;l concelve'l
rael Philcc Irqiutee
roc j lovioitnmi
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Mate Thura A Sat. 2:20.
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Jr- "HAPPINESS"
Bv .1 llHrtly Mannri
Unlpreilly arlalinM, tapturously appUudtL
mcxt i:i;k .skats Thursday
MR. LEO
Bimoffiin
IN HIS LATEST TRIUMni
"The Marquis de Priola"
Hy HHMlt LAVEDAN
garrick:::;
entnut A Juniper
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METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE
Thursday Evening, April 10th, 8 P. M.
JOINT DEBATE
BBTWEK.N
The- Hon. Gilbert M. Hitchcock
ov NnnrusivA
Chnlrman of thei Committee on Foreign Tl
latlona of the United relates Senate,
AND
George Wharton Pepper, Esq.
OF rHIkAdELTHIA
ON
The Constitution of
The League of Nations
Under the aunplcea of the Leairue for the En fore. '
rnent of reare, lha rontemporari'. Club and the ,
Leairoo for I'reaervatlon of American Independ
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