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Nancy Wynne Talks of Doings at the Devon Show Yesterday.
Plans of Rainbow Fete ArexTold Two Debutantes
to Be Introduced in Villanova
WASN'T it Impressive at the Horse Show
yesterday, when all activities wcia sus
pended at noon nnd the bands played the
"Star Spangled Banner" and the people
stood In silence with bared heads in memory
of the dead who fell not only in this past
terrible war, but in the Civil and Spanish
American wars, too?
And in town, all day one's mind was con
tinually returning to tho thought of those
whose lives had been sacrificed for their
country, by the numerous parades and trips
to the adjacent cemeteries made by the men
in blue and the boys in knaici. How glad
we should be that It is all o;crt
DOESN'T time fly? Here next Tuesday
will be the Rainbow Veto out at Abing
ton. which I have heard so much about and
which has really assumed wonderful pro
portions. It's for the Abiugton Hospital, you know,
which Mr. George Elkins built some years
ago in memory of his first wife- Every year
tho women interested in the hospital give one
big affair for it, and if this year's party is
nnythlng like last summer's t will be some
, success 1 ,
It's all to have a military air, you know,
and. all the women who are to have booths
and be connected with it arc going to wear
the disc of the Rainbow Division on tneir
arms
Some one asked me why those in charge
of tho fete had not called it after the Iron
Division, but I understand it was decided to
make it the Hainbow as that was the first
over and had representatives from every
k state in the Union. Pretty good, that, don't
you think?
I "must suy the fashion show docs interest
me immensely, for they are to have wonder
ful clpthcs. This is not rummage clothes,
but houcst-to'goodncss new costumes which
are simply lovely, and they arc to be auc
tioned off in the evening after dinner before
tho room is cleared for dancing. They have
been sent by the leading dressmakers and
milliners.
Ticrc's to be a real doughboy at the kid
dies' playground, and he is going to teach the
children how to throw hand grenades. But
don't worry, they won't be real ones, nor
will they even look like them ; but the throw
ing is splendid exercise fpr the little ones
Slhen properly done, nnd you know how
they'll love that doughboy, don't j'ou?
Pretty Mrs. Walter Hopkinson, who will
be dressed in black Spanish lace, will itfive
a fortune-tcllinc booth, nnd she's n
ouito a "wiz" at that, you know.
Jfrs. George Elkins will have the most
l4, wonderful flower and Mrs. George Elkins,
Jr., has the supper dance in her care. She
a. will be assisted by Mrs. Itobert Sewell, Mrs.
Clayton Ingraham, Mrs. Martin Fctterolf,
Mrs. Sydney Martin, Mrs. Joseph Haines,
, Jr., and Mrs. Flojd Keen.
t Really. I can't tell jou all the things they
arc going to have and do. You'll just have
' to go out and see for'yourself how scrump-
fy. tious it is. (Do jou know, I don't know
whether scrumptious is spelled right or not,
but we'll let it go at that; jou know what
f I mean.)
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fe A BEN'T the'debutante affairs coming on
H $,. fast and furious? Hope 'Wilson's tea
' . cards are out now. She is to be introduced,
I on Saturday afternoon, June '21, out at
Villanova. Hope is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alan D. Wilson, Iter mother was Miss
Helen Godey, jou know, and her grand
mother, Mrs. Harry Godey, was Miss Nan
nie" McMichael. Hope is cry much liked by
the younger set. She has been at school this
j ear, but has been going to the dancing
classes when the holidays were here. There
wjll be quite a good-sized receiving party at
the tea and Mrs. Wilson will hae a number
of her friends receive with her,
Marie Hepburn, the elder daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. 'William Hepburn, will be intro
duced the following Saturdaj, June US. The
Uepburns live at Villanova, too. Marie has
a sister Jane, who is also n great favorite,
but she is a year or more jouugcr and has
some time to wait before being presented.
Mrs. Hepburn was Miss Jane Shaw.
DANNY is starting early, you will agree
, with me. The other day he was con
tentedly smoking a long rusty nail and grand
mother thought it advisable to stop him in
his' mad career before it grew too late. For
Danny, be it known, is three years old now.
So she said, "I wouldu't put that old' nail
in my mouth, darling." Danny said nothing,
but lolled back in his weo r,ocking-chair and
smoked the nail plavldly. Then grandma
tried again. "Nice little boys," sajd she,
"don't smoke."
" " 'Arama," said the email cherub, "I want
to 'moke nnd vl got to do it.'' When last
seen he was still puffing away.
NANCY WYNNE.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Mrs. John S. Biorcn gave a luncheon to
day at her home in Devon in honor of Mrs.
William Moylan Laiisdalc. The guests in
cluded Mrs. Charles Penrose Keith, Mrs,
James Miffiliu, Mrs. Maurice Hcchsqher, Mrs.
A. J, Dallas Dixon, Mrs. Henry S. Lowbcr,
Mrs. Edward M. Jcfferjs, Miss Julia Rush
and Mrs. William Pcnn-Gaskcll Hall.
Mr, and Mrs. Charles Custis Harrison,
Jr., have postponed the date of the dance
for their daughters, Miss Augusta W. Har
rison and Miss Ellen W. Harrison, from
June, 18' to' Monday, June 30, ijt' Chucks
wood, Villanova,
Colonel and Mrs. Itobert E. Glendinnlng
will entertain, a party of twenty-five guests
this c'yening at the welfare dance at the
Rltz-Carlton.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pepper Vaux, of
Rosemont, entcrtajned at dinner last night
at the welfare dance at the Kitz-Carltou.
Mrs Isaac Tatnall Starr, "of Laverock,
Chestnut Hill, will give a tea in September
to introduce Miss Mary, Trotter Goodman,
daughter of Mrs. Howard E. Beaver, of
Chestnut Hill. .
At the wedding of Miss Anna W." Straw
bridge, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Frederic
H. Strawbridge, of Germantown, and Mr.
John Winthrop Clagborn,, which will take
place the middle of October, the maid o'f
honor -will be Miss Margaret Goodell, and
the bridesmaids will Include Miss Catharine
Wharton Morris, Miss Emma Tj. (Schwartz.
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Miss Betsey W. Davis, Miss Mary .Gladys
Muller, Miss Margaret Hodge and Miss
Kellog. Mr. Livingston Bailey will be best
man tfnd the ushers will be Mr. Gordon AY.
Strawbridge, Mr. Frederic II. Straw
bridge, Jr., Mr. Frederick Cardeza, Mr.
Francis Tatnall and Mr., Cooper,
y--c The" marriage of Miss May i Margaret
'? Egan, daughter of JJr. and Mrs. John Mor-
trlt Egan,. of Aroboy, 111., to Mr. John
' "StifdelJ Btokes.-of Moorestowd, J, Jti will
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Wayne, gave a dance last eveniug in honor
of their guest, Mrs. Sterling, of New York.
Mrs. Alva C. Dinkey, of Bryn Mawr,
entertained at a luncheon oq Thursday,'
taking her guests later to her box at the
Horse Show. Tho guests included Mrs.
Norman J. Coudert, Sirs. Robert Smith,
Mrs. Robert T. Elmer, Mrs. John Dunlap,
Jr., Mrs. C. W. Bayllss, Mrs. W.'P. Coch
ran, Mrsi M. R. Ward, Mrs. Taylor, of
Pittsburgh, Mrs. Humbert C. Powell and
Miss Helen Thompson. Miss Thompson's
engagement to Mr. Robert Dinkey was an
nounced jestcrday.
The Rev. Rufus W. Miller. D. D.. and
his daughter, Sliss Emma La Barrc Miller,
of 4027 Powelton avenue, will leave early
in June, for their summer home, Paxmont,
in the Pooono Pines. Mist Miller's engage
ment to Dr. James Jamison Waygood, of
the graduating class of the Medical School
of the University of Pennsylvania, wns re
cently announced.
Mrs. William Scott, Miss Mary Scott nnd
Dr. John C. Scott, of the Tracey, Thirty
sixth street' above Chestnut, w ill spend the
summer in the Pocono Pines.
Mr. and Mrs. B, F. De Long, of 401!)
Spring Garden street, will spend the sum
mer at Grace Havcn their home In the
Pocono Pinos. They -will be accompanied
by tLeir sons, Mr. Paul De Long and Mr.
William De Long, and Mrs. M. E. Fox.
MISS WINIFRED WEBB A BRIDE
Marriage to Be Solemnized This Jvening
In Germantown Unitarian Church
The wedding of Miss Winifred Waldie
Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer
M. Webb, and Mr. Carl Hchauin, son of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Otto W. Schnuni, will take place
this evening at 7 o'clock in the German
town Unitarian Church.
Miss Webb will wear her mother's wed
ding gown of duchess satin, remodeled, ami
will carry a bouquet of white orchids and
roses with a cascade of sweetheart roses nnd
lilles-of-the-valley. Her attendants will be
maid of honor. Miss Madeline Smith, of
LawTCnecvlllc, and bridesmaids. Miss Mar
garet Lukens and Miss Charlotte II. West
ling, of Germantown; Miss G. Elnncttc Sol
litt, of Chicago; Miss Sylva M. Ott, Miss
Sigrid A. M. Nclsou and Miss Corinnc
Schaum, of York. They will wear organdie
frocks and hats of pastel colors, nnd the
maid of honor will carry lavender sweet
peas and orchids, while the bridesmaids will
have sheaf bouquets of pink roses and snap
dragons, tied with gauze ribbon to match
their gowns,
Mr. Schaum will have Mr. Frank Walker
De Waters, of Elmira, New York, as best
man. The ushers will be Mr. Kenneth W.
Webb, brother of the bride; Mr. Fletcher
Schaum, brother of the bridegroom ; Dr. II.
Malcolm Read, of York, and Mr. Bcrwlnd
P. Kaufman, Mr. Coleman E. Hitner, and
Mr. Robert L. Hunter. The Rev. Roger S.
Forbes, of the Gcrmnntown Unitarian
Church, will perform the ceremony.
A reception nt the Pclhnm Club will
immediately follow the ceremony.
75TH 'ANNIVERSARY
AT ST. LUKENS SCHOOL
Services Beginning Tomorrow Will'
Be Continued Throughout Week.
Three Members Died in War
St. Luke's Lutheran Sunday hchool. now
in its third home. Seventh htreet and Mont
gomery avenue, will tomorrow celebrate its
seventy-fifth anniversary.
The school was organized in 1844, when
Philadelphia -as a city of 330,000 inhabi
tants; when the northern boundary of tho
city was Girard avenue; when the Univer
sity of Pcnnsjivauia was located at Ninth
and Market streets; when oil lamps illu
minated the strcctsTind ten years before the
first horse cur put in its-appearance.
Elaborate preparations have been made
for the anniversary. The, services tomorrow
will be followed by celebrations conducted by
the primary school on Tuesday evening and
by the main school on Wednesday evening.
A reunion of all fornier officers, teachers,
scholars and friends of the school is planned
for Thursday evening. Former pastors and
their wives will be present to greet the
friends and scholars of earlier yeais.
Three members of the school gave their
lives for their country during the war. They
were Thomas Hunter, killed in action;
Charles Suplce, died of wounds, and Evan
Burton, killed. in a motor accident in France.
The honor roll, .comprising men and
women who went into the service, includes
the following;
James At Andrews
Andrew J. Dalr
B. Reese Bell
Edwin II. BUkelock
William B. Boyd
William H, Dready
Charles A. Buntlnir
folm M Burouchs, Jr.
Harry Cahlll. Jr.
Henry C. Cheney
Charles B. Cole
William n. Cooke
Lawrence Craig;
John R Y. Craig-, 3d
Karle.W. Daley
William H. Dean
Joseph J, Denny
John A. Dlrkert
William n. Ecclea
lames V. Florida
Owls-hUS. Fuller
Velson A Oalley
lames M. Galley
Efemuel IV. Galley
IB)le Henderson
John E, Allen
Henry n Allison
Dorothy I. Buck
Frederick W, Busher
Marvin E). Cavenson
Harold Ennls
Herbernieiton.
Malcolm a Klnkade
M. Alexander Lavorty
Paul Lippey
William M. Lilly
Douglas MacDonald
George Vf. Mitchell
I,avrence Mitchell
Frank W. Muller
Oscar H, Muller, Jr.
I. Smedley Palmer
William M, Peck
Earl Pottlger
Marian II. Robinson
Nelson Robinson
H. Ward Seeley
Philip A. Bheaff
John S-uplee
William J. Tufner
T, Howell Wallace
Leroy Wiley
Bertha J. Wold
Eugene Htokes Zreber
M. Madeleine Hardle
William O. Ilaiel
Alice Helm
(ieorge Mitchell
Eben Tarves
William F, Wattoro
CHAPMAN HEADS CANDY MEN
Phlladelphlan Elected President of Asso
ciated Retail Confectioners
Ellwood B. ptiapman, manager of a Chest
nut street confectionery store, was elected
president -of the Associated Retail Confectioners-
of the United States at its annual
convention which is being held in Cincinnati.
Word of Mr. CJhapraan's election was re
cclvcU today. IJe is president of the Chest
nut Street Business Men's Association,
chairman of the municipal affairs committee
of the' Chamber of Commerce and is con
nected with numerous organizations which
are interested in the welfare and piogress
of the, city. Mr. Chapman has been connected
with the firm of Whitman and Sops for
nearly fifteen years,
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Tioga Choral Society Concert
The Tioga 'Choral Society will sing "The
Legend of St. Cecilia," by Benedict, on
Tuesday evening in St, Paul's Church, Broad
and Venango streets. The soloists will be
May Kbrey Hotz, soprano; Bessie Leonard,
contralto ; Henri Merrikcn, tenor, nnd Don
ald v'.JtfddimvMrltone., Mrs.i Henrietta
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EVEMNb' PUBLIC EDGER-PHiLADELPHIA,
RECORD OF MERION
IN WAR IS BRILLIANT
I Sixth Annual Report of Civic Asso
ciation Shows Work Done
for Victory
Merlon, the suburb beautiful, with a rec
ord for war and peace community service
Hint has planed It nmo'hg the notable places
of America, Is again checking up on itself.
The nbth nuuunl report of the Merlon
Civic Association has just been made public
by Edward Uok, president. It tells of nn
other year of achievement by this Main Line
town, which Mr. Uok describes as a "com
munity with a civic scuse and a national
conscience."
This is the community where wealthy resi
dents have united to make their home town
the finest possible in eery civic and com
munity sense. Ilcforc the war these Mcrion
citizens took oer the nolltlcal and civic
control of their home nuu mndc it a beauti
ful and healthful place to live in. During
the war they turned these community
energies into remarkable results in war work.
Merlou's war record is inspiring. The
town sent eighty-two men into service, of
whom four lost their lives. The Mcrion
Red Crovs turned out 118,071 articles. The
town gnc S733.-i.th in the campaign for the
National Red Cros Fund nnd $5020.33 for
local work: $33,300 for Y. M. C. A. wnr
work; $183,120.00 to the war chest, and
subscribed $2,008,000 in the Liberty Loan
campaigns. The Mcrion Troop of Boy
Scouts earned letters of commendation from
Srcrctnr Mr-Adoo nnd Secretary Glass for
work in various loans, by which they raised
$1, 022,400 of tue subscription credited to
Merion.
What Association Accomplished
Here is a list of things Cpuc or caused
to be.donc by the Mcrion Civic Association :
The most adequate fire hjdrnnt sjstrm of
any neighboring suburb, a taiicab service, no
public dumps, litter cans twenty-two of
them on the highwajs, miles of new road,
with a start made to ac nil new rondwavs
laid from curb to curb, thus eliminating all
expense of gutters to property owucrs; uni
form sidewalks, edges and fences set back
at corners to eliminate dangers to pedestrians
and motorists, bulletin boards of cast iron
with cork faces for the postiug of notices.
Ninety-seven road signs, erected entirely
at the expense of the association, so that
.Merion is the only community on the Main
Line that has everj road marked, 137 street
lamps, pronounced by experts to be the most
beautiful nnd practical lamps ever designed
for any community. Cast-iron signs of artis
tic design, warning motorists to blow h'orn
or reduce speed ; the association added to the
safety of the children of Merion by having
the speed Jimit reduced from twenty-four to
fifteen miles an hour on three main roads.
Fivo boundary signs, showing the boundaries
of Merion, erected for the convenience of
motorists. More than 200 bird houses,
thirty war gardens, tilled by men nnd women
emplojed in Merion homes, the crops going
to the "farmers." The association iiuanccd
the starting of them.
Other Achievements
Here are some other things the Mcrion
Civic Association has done :
Sigued a contract by which the electric
nnd telephone companies will, in time, both
string ou one set of poles, instead of two as
now, eliminating highway poles. Has start
ed to remove every electric light nnd tele
phone pole from the roads of Mcrion.
Has n regular monthly analysis made by
an expert chemist of the water' supplied to
Mcrion homes.
, Abolished the tollgates on Lancaster and
Montgomery pikes.
Changed the method of lighting the roads
from gas to electricity.
Started uniform tree-planting of roads.
Has had a path made through the snow
on every sidewalk after each snowfall.
PHILOPATRIAN CAST
Prominent Amateur Players In "Broad
way Jones"
The cast of "Broadway Jones," which
will be given the week of June 0 at the
Broad by the Philopatriau Plajcrs, has just
been announced. The play will be the occa
sion of tho twenty-soenth annual perform
ance of the Plajcrs, and will be given for
the benefit of the Convent of St. Magdalen,
Germantown.
The title part will be taken by Jnnics .1.
Skelly, who is directing the production.
Miss Flora Apeldoru, who has been appear
ing for eight jenrs in the Philopatriau per
formances, will assume the role of Josic
Richards, the jouug lady secretary to Jack
sou Jones's wealthy uncle, a chewing-gum
magnate. Clara Spottswood will be played
by Madeleine Bertlmater. Miss Mary Carr,
who will play the part of Mrs. Gerard, is
making her first appearance a-ith the Play
ers. Sergeant Joseph Mooney, just returned
from France with the Twenty-eighth Divi
sion, has been secured to represent Peter
Pembroke. Miss Regina Kellcy will appear
as Mrs. Spottswood.
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Joseph Harrison, who are aides at the Devon Horse Show and Country Fair
ARTISTS HERE FAVOR SENDING
U. S. POINTERS TO DEPICT WAR,
Penncll Suggests Appointment of Federal Fine Arts Minister
to Supervise Exhibits of Paintings Made in France
rpHE plan to send to France a group of
- American painters to depict the part
taken by this country in the wnr, as suggest
ed in a letter to President Wilson from Al
bert E. (inllatin, of New York, is heartily
approved by two of Philadelphia's leading
artists. Joseph Pennell and fieorgc Hard
ing. Harrison Morris expressed the opinion
that it is too late for netual wnr pictures.
Mr. Pennell suggested the appointment of
a federal minister of fine arts to super; ise
exhibition of American paintings and art
w orks.
Mr. ftallatin would hnc the results thus
to be obtained and the pictures alreadj made
by American artists who went abroad as
officers in the army places on exhibition as
the pictorial history of the war in the
proposed $0,000,000 national soldiers' me
morial in Waihington.
Wants Eminent Men to Go
"I approve of sending over a group of
painters even at this late date." said Mr.
Pennell today, "if the authorities choose six
of the most eminent and able men we hove
and not a lot of bojs or amateurs or girls.
Something may be accomplished in muking
such a record of the wnr if this is done.
(Ireat results could hae been obtained had
such men been sent over a yenr ago. Some
men were sent over as members of the en
gineer corps. There were two or three men
among them who were competent to do the
work nnd among them wns George Hard
ing, of this city. Rut when they got back
they had no opportunity to show what they
had done. There was no money and no
machinery to properly exhibit their results.
Nothing was clone here for our own men.
The British have three art exhibits traveling
in the United States and the French have
two.
"There is no idea of the value of art or
publicity in art in the United States., We
talk of the soul of art, but the fact that
art is a commercial asset to this country
has never dawned upon us.
"We did very little here to give the
American nrtist the right opportunity.
George Creel finally allowed eight men to
go over. The trouble lies in the fact that
we linxe no department of art or n minister
of fine arts in this country, which is the
worst short-coming, and secondly, the men
who were, sent over were sent as officers
in the engineer corps and not as painters.
They had to be within the draft age. Paint
ers bejond that age were not allowed to go
with the necessary facilities to obtain the
best results.
Loss cf Sargent Great, He Says
"Now "if paiuters are sent over it will
probably take an act of Congress to get the
money unless some individual bears the ex
pense. Our greatest blunder was that Sar
gent was not asked to paint by the American
Government. When he gotjo Britain they
at once sent him to the front and he is well
along in the sixties.
"England, France and Canada had per
CHESTER GIVES SWORD
TO MAJOR B. S. BERRY
Town Honors Son Who Led Marines
at Belleau Wood Presen
tation by Daniels
A swGrd was given Major Benjamin S.
Berry, of the marine corps, who led the
'Fifth Marines in the Belleau Wood fight, in
token of bis courage in France, at exercises
at the Pennsylvania Military Academy yes
terday. The sword is the gift of the people
of Chester.
Major Berry is a son of William II. Berry,
collector of the port.
The presentation wus ma'dc by Secretary
of the Navy Josepbus Daniels. Iu his ad
dress, Mr. Daniels said:
"It was just one .vcar ago today that Major
Berry apd his noble fellows of the Fifth
Marines, while paying tribute to their com
rades who had died in the Toul sector fight
ing, received the orders which swpet them
in njotor lorries over n scveiity-two-mile
area and brought them just a few miles back
of the struggling French and the onrushing
hordes of Germans intent upon taking Paris,
only thirty miles away,
"And just one week later, after four
days of dogged resistance and ceacelcss fight
ing, which stemmed the tide of the German
advance, Major Berry, at the head of his
Eallant battalion of the Fifth Marines, be-
"gau the counter-attack which drove the Ger
mans out ot the forest of Belleau.
"And Major'Berry, just one year ago next
Friday, droye.into that terrible wood at the
head of his battalion, fearlessly setting a
heroic example to his men, the memory cf
which remained with them even after Major
Berry had fallen a victim to German bullets.
"Major Berry had demonstrated his mettle
even before the great war, for he had
previously exemplified the finest traditions of
the corps, with which he bad been connected
since 1004. Ho has a splendid record of
rervice iu the Cuban pacification expedition
in 1000; in the Philippines from J007 to
1000 ', In Cuba again in 1011, 1012 and 1013 ;
in the Mexican campaign at Vera Cruz in
April, lOltl, and in the restoration of law
and order in. t lie Dominican republic at Santo
Domingo in 1010. , " i
"The navy is proud of Mjor Berry. The
country is proud of what be stands for as a
typical officer of the. marlno .corps, lipon
which he hSs shed glory. The.city of Ches.ter,
is justly proud of her native son, I a!m
ri-iitlficil that I have been selected to'nre-
" Z .- ct-.v,c.i. i.i,u -Arr ti, Ut.i. .i.i.
SATURDAY, - MAY 31,
manent art committees, sufficient funds and
the men whom they could appoint. Here we
had very little money for this purpose and
very little brains for that matter. Until we
get a minister of fine nrts here and the
proper recognition of art wc can ne;er ex
pect to really do anything. T wns one of
the first two men to go to the front in 1017.
My work wns shown in Eugland and France.
But when I got back here there was nothing
at all. Cher there they were organized
even then to handle this matter properly.
"I should be glad of the opportunity to
go over again if I had the chance. Adequate
ly trained men should go, but we hac few
of such men."
Harding Qualifies His Fa; or
George Harding, who wns himself one
of the American artists sent over ns a cap
tain in the. engineering corps, said:
"I am most heartily in fnor of our
government obtnining a collection of por
traits of our military leaders if we choose
for the work the best possible men we've
got. I also fa; or sending our best artists
abroad to record battle and landscape scenes.
I do not fa;or it because Mr. (Inllatin has
suggested it. but because I believe we should
obtain ever.; thing possible to odd to the pic
torial record of the war by our own nttlsts.
"I favor the suggestion for two reasous :
First, if at any time the National Museum
is created in Washington I want to have
there the best that America can gi;e; and,
secondly, to quiet the criticism of such men
ns Mr. Gallatin in crenting an impression
before they have seen the results obtained
by the men who were over there. I say this
because the American participation was on
such a vast scale and full of pictorial possi
bilities that all one could do was to gather
together the material which could be used in
recording the impressions received.
"Again I want the people of the country
to see what those men would bring back so
that they will be nhlc to compare whnt they
do nnd what has already been done by tho
American artists who were engaged in mak
ing such a pictorial record.
"One-third of the work accomplished by
the American urtists has ne;er been ex
hibited in the United States. Among the
painters fitted for tho work suggested now
are Joseph Pennell, George Bellows and Paul
Bnrtlctt. t
Harrison Morris said it is now "too lute"
to obtain proper results.
"If we we're to have nny compositions by
American artists showing actual fighting
they should have been over there," he said.
"George Harding wns in the wnr area, hut
he has not had nn opportunity to make his
work known. America has contributed mag
nificently to the' pictorial history of the
war in Joseph Pennell and (ieorge Bellows.
But what is wanted in a war pniuting is n
xigorous portrayal of actual conllict. Other
wise a photograph would be just as good.
You can't paint a Red Cross hospital, a few
ruins or a devastated couutrj. A historical
painter must depict action on his cnn;ns
primarily."
MRS. RING PENS VERSE
TO WALT WHITMAN
Phila. Woman Writes From Mem
ories Given Her by Her Father,
John Clendenning
Wh?n Walt Whitman wns illuminating the
Bohemian circles of New York a joung man,
John CIcndenuing, haunted the light and
brought home many unecdotcs of the poet.
Mrs. Elizabeth Clendenning Ring, Clen
denning's daughter, and wifo of Dr. G.
Oram Ring, of this city, has gathered the
memories which her father ga;c hci of the
great poet and has celebrated his centenary
in the following poem, entitled "Wbltmau" :
In glade Ulyaian, by some sylia'n stream,
With kindred souls icho tcalkcd the questing
past,
Host thou, at l'is, found spacious words to
voice
The maunitude of thy great Dreamt
When loiers true, m that dim place of
shades.
Exultant, fling across the ichisp'ring sphirct
Thy fame, full groxen, despite neglected
years,
Dost thou in mighty songs rejoice,
'That nen, tho' late, now share thy vision
tastt .
Titaw'o'is thy laughter on the Stygian shore,
At neics that from the furthest ends of earth,
Hen haste to that small town that gave thee
birth,
To tread the paths once hallowed by thy
feet.
That noio the world holds sacred thy retreat,
A tiny house, that blinks upon a Camden
street.
Poet I Liberator! Seer!
On ancient Hebrew prophets peert
In peans that assail the sky,
Their voices rise in one vast cry.
'Thou, standing just within the Hidden Gate
With, burning gaze,'inserutable as Fate,
Long since forgave their icorjj and foots of
scorn,
When from thy soul thou cast the chains
outworn.
r
Of creed and dogma that but seemed to thee
To chole the well-springs of Democracy,
Thou knoio'st ift nete, strange chqral of
v Aoiay., f r
fiyltlls Jromrfht JowJy'.n! yesterday.'
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191fl
HOSPITAL TO GIVE
I ITS FIRST BAZAAR
St. Joseph's Forced by High Ex
penses to Abandon Stand
- Against Public Affairs
An increase in the amount of social serv
ice work it has beeii cnlled upon to perform
recently hns forced St. Joseph' Hospital to,
abandon its stand against public affairs be
ing held for the benefit of the institution.
For the first time iu seventy-six jears, or
since the hospital has been built, a bazaar
nnd lawu fete to raise funds for the hospital
will be held on the lawn of the institution,
June 10, 11 nnd 12. Women prominent in
social affairs, including wives nnd relatives
of surgeons nnd phjsicinns of the hospital,
arc patronesses of the bnznnr, nt which it is
expected to raise several thousand dollnrs, to
he applied to the needs of the institution's
social service department.
Seventy women nffillated with the Catholic
Alliance, nn organization engaged in war
work, have agreed to continue this work one
night e;ery week for the social senice de
partment of St. Joseph's Hospital. These
women are conuccted with the parish of Our
Lady of Mercy, Broad street and Susque
haunn avenue. The bandages, compresses
nnd other sick-room needs that these women
make arc used exclusivelj in the hospital
dispensary.
Influenza Increases Expenses
The recent influenza outbreak was one of
the causes of the wide expansion of the hos
pital's social service program. The depart
ment is in charge of socinl service workers,
who "follow up" the pntlents ufter they nre
illschnrged from the hospital nnd look after
their moral and physical well-being during
the time the.; nre unable to look after them
selves. Conditions attending the wnr also
contributed to the increased work of the
hospital's socinl service department. Thou
sands of persons were attracted to the city
by the wnr industries. Many of them be
came ill and were taken to the hospital, their
own homes being hundreds of miles nway.
The social senice work of St. Joseph's
Hospital has been going on for se;eral jears
under the direction of the Sisters of Charltj.
The hospital is uousectarinu. catering alike
to all creeds, races nnd colors. The hos
pital's staff of phjsician.s nnd surgeons in
cludes vlrtuallj every denomination and re
ligion. The ba.nar will open on the evening of
Tuesdaj. June 10, and coutinue during the
afternoon nnd evening of the two following
days. The spacious lawn of the hospital, nt
Sixteenth street and Girard nvenue, will
hold part of the bazaar. The sidewalk will
nlso be utilized. On the street in front of
the hospital there will be pony riding, straw
nnd automobile rides.
Here Arc the Patronesses
The patronesses of the affair include Mrs.
V.. V. Montgomeij. Mrs. George Morlcy
Marshall, Mrs. J. Chalmers Da Costa, Mrs.
S. Lewis Ziegler, Mrs. II. C. Hollopeter,
Mrs. J. M. Spellissy, Mrs. Melvin M. Frank
lin, Mrs. Thomas A. O'Brien, Mrs. Chnrles
F. Nassau. Mrs. P. F. Mojlan, Mrs. M. H.
Bochroch, Mrs. F. Hurst Maier, Mrs. Paul
J. Pontius, Mis. J. ("apetau Fljnn, Mrs.
P. Brooke llland, Mrs. Charles J. Jones,
Mrs. P. N. Bergeron, Mrs. Joseph A.
Moore. Mrs. John F. X. Jones. Mrs. James
A. Kcllj. Mis. William Quicksnll, Mrs.
William Kllis, Mrs. Arthur Wriglcy, Mrs.
Arthur Sender, Mrs. Rimer, Johnson, Mrs.
rrnneis Shannon. Mrs. T,. A. Tracy, Mrs.
Mbij Rjflu. Mrs. William Nichols, Miss
Sheehnn," Miss Rose Herrman, Mrs. Francis
P. Shannon. Mrs. Leo Flannery, Mrs.
Joseph Guivej. Mr. James Richards and
Mrs. IMward Mallon.
Reader's Viewpoint
Letters to the Editor on Topics
of General Interest
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letters must bo written on one side of the paper,
deal with topics of general current Interest and
be signed with ths name and address of the
writer. Names will be withheld on reoucst and
confidence respected No manuscripts will bo r
'urned unless accompanied b nufflclent postare.
nnd a special request to this effect Publication
lnol;es no Indorsement by this newspaper of the
sentiment expressed No lopyrlgrt matter will
he in. luded. noi will religious Uscuiblonj be per
rclttto. As to Sunday Sports
To the Kdttor of the lhaiiiig I'ublic Ledger:
Sir It is gratifying to see that there arc
a few among the clergj of Philadelphia who
arc unselfish and courageous enough to
come out with the statement that Sunday
sports in Fnirmount Park should be per
mitted for the sake of those who have not
the means wherewith to enjoy suih sports
as do the well-to-do class at their country
clubs, etc. But such members of the clergj
are ;cry few, indeed.
The idea of attempting to scare the Fair
mount Park Commissioners for their public
spirited and far-sighted action in opening
the park to Sunduy sports, by railing them
"Bolshcwsts!" Then if we further pur
sue Doctor Mutchler's line of reasoning, wc
must of necessity apply this much-misused
name of "Bolshewst" to such great men
of American history as George Washington,
Benjamin FrauKliu, Thomas Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln, Woodrpw Wilson, Cjrus
McCormick, Thomas A. Kdisou, and thou
sands of others, for all of the foregoing em
bedded their names in our history through
acts of radicalism and departures from old
customs and usages.
It is quite evident that the Philadelphia
Sabbath Association and its representatives
arc not ery well acquainted or do not wish
to be acquainted with the facts concerning
Suuday sportB in this city. Do they know
that such sports as golf, tennis, baseball,
cricket and other minor sports are indulged
In every Sunday nt 'country clubs withiu
this city, nnd movies and theatricals staged
at these same places and other social organi
zations, whose members arc of the well-to-do
class of this city? It is also a well
know u fact that se;eral churches of this
city have also staged "movies" and theatri
cals from time to time on Sundajs, charging
admissions for same. Such acts were never
protested, even though money was collected,
simply because the church did it, which was
perfectly all right.
Therefore it seems that the Philadelphia
Sabbath Association' does not know what it
is complaining about, and is simply pro
testing because all of the public (und not u
certain privileged plans) is euabled to enjoy
Sunday to its fullest extent and in accord
ance with the dictates of every American's
free will, as Is indulged in other parts of this
free democracy,
. And in conclusion, it is a substantiate
fact that if a referendum were taken iu this
city on tho subject of Sunday sports in
Fnirmount Pnrk the public would- win
such a, Sunday by a sweeping majority.
Then why not follow the Will of the Public?
' SiaMS? " '' .V . ' . Hj. ', is Jl s,.
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BRITISH EDITORS HERE ;?
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LAUD WALT WHITMAN,!
' Wi
H.
W. Massingham and Clementl3
Shorter Give High Praise to
Mr. Curtis's Work
English Editor's Tribute
iA
to Wall JJZhitnian
It was with no ordinary ffoljffjra' that V
visited Whitman's home- atrtlrjgravc" (n
Camden. To me, ns to thousands of
Englishmen, he is the greatest of mod
ern poets, the most glorious and faithful,
interpreter nnd prophet rof the life of a
great people. As he has revealed America,"
so he has revealed the spirit of all de
mocracies; their efforts, their, enterprise,
their toil, their suffering, the trials and
consolations of their lot. His glorious
testimony to the soul of man, here and
everywhere, can never die, and his brave
and serene temper is nn immortal sign
of Its vitality and its strength.
H. W. MASSINGHAM,
Editor of the London Nation.
All records of tarrying by the waygldo fftj
have been broken by Clement Shorter andJscGfl
H. W. Massingham. distinguished London J
editors, wno left rmiauclphla this morning
after having actually stayed four whole days -V
in Philadelphia. -
"I wish it could have been forty," said
Mr. Shorter. This was a real tribute, aa
he was pnjing his hotel bill as be spoke.
He added that he finds travelling cheaper ia
America than in Englaud nowadays.
"Mr. Massingham and I have had a de
lightful time in Philadelphia," said Mr.
Shorter, who is the literary editor of the
London. Sphere, and well known to boolc
lovers all over the world as author aid
critic and husband of the lamented Dora
Slgerson Shorter, the Irish poet, who died
last winter.
"I visited Philadelphia twenty-six years
ago," Mr. Shorter said, "when George "W
Chllds wns the presiding deity of Philadel
phia journalism. Ills place has now" been
taken by Mr. -Curtis, whose enterprises, seem
to ruu along the same lines as those of Lord
Northcllffe in England. In Philadelphia!
have been privileged to see the finest 'publi
cation office in the world, that ot tne ladies a
Home Journal -and Saturday Lvening Post, jq
Sees Llterarj' Treasures
"Nothing has impressed me more strongly
than the amazing collections of literary
treasures I have seen in this country. Mbst,$J
elated with the literary life of England' fotrSj!
three centuries seem to nave Dcen concen
trated in the hands of private collectors! ttMl
.New York, Hoston and Philadelphia. J
rri .I. .I. .1 ..!! l.-..-.!,..!!... .- T-aI ?
-iiiruugu mi- uuuuuuiug iiusiJiuiiiiy vl jLruvivr t-.i
uoscnDacn, i nave Deen ame to see some sj
startling treasures for instance Byron's 1
will and his marriage certificate. It is nijr,,,4
deepest regret that rich men in England &!
have no taste for collecting literary treas- ;ia
ures. One of our most charming experiences ,3
was in visiting tne collection ot Jtr. A. Ea- lasa
...i v ... n..f..... .t i yKtl
uiu .i-,iuu fi uuu-pLuiu, mure wc shot V'-s
the manuscript of Lamb's 'Dream ChildrenVt'Si
and Hardy s 'Far From the Maddlnr-.
Crowd.' " m
Mr. Shorter expressed his regret that-heS
anu nis companion snouin nave to De in tne-
train to Washington on the day when PbH-
nuriium in ia,ii; triuuip to toe memory i-J
of ;ult Whitman. "For thirty years;!''ho
Kuirt. T lime heen nn apil.nt n ilmli nf n n f
I" ... -"- "- """.ii.,1
alt ; hitman. I recall a discussion of his .h'vI
merits in stoptorci Hrookc's debating- soeletv ski
in London in the early eighties, a discus
sion in which Bernard Shaw and others took
part. Many English readers were admirers
of Whitman even in that day. The Good
Gray Poet was deeply loved by younc Ena
llsh democrats long before there was any xl
uig democratic sentiment in England, as a
whole, nnd when the majority of English
men were reading Tennyson and Longfellow.
My own long affection for Ireland was addi
tionally kindled by Whitman's poem 'Ire
land.' "Imagine my interest to find myself at'kb i
home and grave in Camden the day before)
his hundredth birthday, an interest niiallfipil
bj disappointment in finHnn- lit. hn ';
neglected. I would gladly subscribe to anv Jm
project to restore the Whitman home "-to '3
some of the dignity that we in Emrlnnri haw KB
been able to give to the homes of Wordg-"
worth and Cow per. It is my privilege to &$
nun n nmu ui Buivuuunic firming to tne Tyj
great memory of the poet who has thrilled VfB
me so. I hone he mar hare fnnnrl a '.- ""' 1
fifteen. in f,ivt Qanilkii.w .f -!.. I .Jr.!
.-ui ,. ..,, MuiiuLfuiti " VrfUiiugij, wnostj jft
two volumes show something of the same
note of humanity and freedom.
Visits Poe House -' '
"It wns delightful also to visit the ltyl
house on Brandy;; ine street, but that also
is not accorded the honor it deserves as
one of America's great literary shrines.
Yesterday wc visited Haverford and Bryn
Mawr colleges, but our pleasure in thpsd
beautiful scenes wns marred by the sad news
of the death of Haycrford's brilliant scholar,
Dr. Francis Gummcre, whose reputation,
as n literarj student and authority on poetic
origins was well known in England."
Mr. Masslnghum also paid reverent tributa
to the memory of Whitman, and said that1 JJ
he considered Whitman, Lincoln and Poe the 1
three greatest men ot modern times. "Lin
coln was the greatest of modern statesmen, ". Vl
he said: "Poe the greatest modem prose ,f
writer, and Whitman the greatest modern '&
poet." "1
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TEACHERS WILL GRADUATE 2
Religious Training School Pupils to Rm 'J
celve Diplomas Next Tuesday
In inaugurating a new movement' for re-
iigious education, tho Philadelphia Trainini:
School for Iteligious Teachers. haeke.l .
the 700 Protestant Sunday schools nt Phll..
delphia, will hold its graduating exercisesoa
Tuesday evening in the auditorium ofMhswS
ceiurui iiniDiu ot cue x. si. u. A.
the grt
Dennlston
The graduates w-Jil be Mrs. Eleanor H.)$S
)ennlston. Mrs. Bertha B. Daugherty, Her-iFS
mn A. Klenk. Miss Elizabeth M. M rfill "J.V,
man
land
Miss Laura II. McDanlel, Miss Eda te
es, Mrs, Cornelia K. Spaeth and Missj.sJi
Pickles
Fauuic E. Wood.
nl,A Ln.flV.ru tt'ill Iia TTavw. TT -nl-t A'
president of the Philadelphia Sunday Sch'bil,if
Association; the Bcv. ,W(Iiam V. Berg.!
j... r,.Ht.. ,.. . ..,,. -.. x-aujieT.v
recreiary or ine iniercnurcn feneration, ad
Ur. Altred icipo uarrett, director of thi;
training school a music program ' will 3
furnished bj-F. Nevin Welst. ,
Munlelnal Band Concert Tnnleilt -.
... .....,..,r.
jnf .municipal nana piayB tonight i
McPherson Square, Kensington avenue, as
Tioga street. Following is the program:
Overture 'La Dame ttlaneli'i.........Bolf
The Dance of , the Serpents". .,,....., Boeea
UiHiwu, fruiu ....... At ,.,. .,..., ...,j,B9i
Selection from Chauncey Olco,tt'l "Th
Voice of McConnell".,. Gtorga
niverttsaiiment nn "Thii Carnival nf
roioiac. uei tsmpo
..,? V
ZPl: ft
j. vnti"
Venice" .... -,,,T. II. Rellfauon-
Walties .rom, "Mile. Modiste",. .-Victor jUriSt
Cemraonlty KUutng
f
'. i At
(Under the auspices o( the War' Camp ComeKuttt .
ilifV
is-m ri.