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EVENING' PUBLIC UDDGER-PHHADEEPHIA", MONDAY? DEOEMBEE 8, 1919
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FFER NEW WAY
10 PLAY SANTA
DR. CATTELL HAS BIRTHDAY,
BUT WON'T TELL HIS AGE
D'OLIER TELLS PLAN
White-Williams Foundation Ap
peals for Funds to Educate
Needy Children
FUNDS ARE NOW EXHAUSTED
City Statistician Gives Sonic I
Statistics on His Own Accom
plishments Also Admits His "Hat Air'l
Would Heat Trolley Cars fori
Four Months
Opportunities to Kle '"fill Christum
presents tlmt will crow in riluo lit. tho
rears pass lire offr-rrtl by Hip WhitCi
William Koundutiuii for Kiliirulinnul
Social Hen lis .
This orRanixntmn. which for ycurn,
has had lib heiiiliimirters tit UL'2 Clierr) j
street, was oriRiiiiiloil to help unv tinil(
tfirls obtain an ciluoutlori. Now the
work is mennwd by luel. of 1'unilfl.
The uBsurintion lias issueil au ap '
peal to klnd-hcartwl persons who us-h
'o accomplish some veal Rood in their
Christinas i ititr to charil). tntcs
help is forthcmi iuj; at once many Pacer
voudk stuilpnt will be compelled to I
abandon their education and return
lo the factory wovl. or oilier oecupa
Mous from which they were reaeued.j
,ind others will lof.e the opportunity to
'ake up needed studies
Onlj One I'ari of Wurh
Onco more life will confront them
With drear prospect:-. Their educa
tion and, hi ill more to be recruited,
heir Americanization, will come i
through tiaRi'dout mediums.
Tho cstablihhmeut of tebolarships for :
childreu is only one phase of the fouuda- :
lion's charitable work, ami it is now j
drawing ou ill- rapid! diminishing gen- '
Tat welfaie worl. funds to keep up thib
feature of its program.
It has uo endow niviiit. The work Is i
arricd on by means of oluntary contribution:-,
which have been obtained
fiy zealous nersoirb working silently for
neither glof. uor gam tor tncmscivcs.
I'erhap the following Uories may
serve as Christmas-Rift sugcralluiis for i
those who wish to share tbeir bounty :
Marian i. a freshirfan in IiIrIi school.
Her fnthcr, a 1'rusbyteriuu clci-mau. J
died eight jcar.- ago, and since theu her ,
mother has struggled alous to 'give to ,
Iter children the education their father
wished them to have. Hut ckrguienV
walaries are notoriously small and little .
was left to insure the childicn'a educa
Uou. i
"V'e hae all heard stories of poor
Jjlergymcu's families: of hopes .held i
high and liugers worn bare. Marlun'u
life has been like that, and now It seems
its if her mother was well worn out
with the struggle. Determined to mute i
every effort to keep Marian at school
'be has made her last sacrifice. Hhe I
heard of. the 'White-Williams founda
lion this autumn and weut to it with ,
the flickering hope that her little girl
might be helped.
The money that the fouudatiou had
K. .1. rnttell, cit statistical), fa
celebrating his birthday anniversary tn
dii. Me made no statement as to his
age, hut he said this morning;
"I am happier and .lounger today
than I hae been for fifty, sixty or
seventy .(ears. 1 thank (iod for plenty
of work, plenty of sleep and my regular
four meals a day, with an thing else I
grab between times."
The venerable statistician -accepted
all over the country as one of the
ablest und mo.st entertaining of public
speakers- said he had spoken at about
one thousand luncheons, banquets and
entertainments during the last ytnr.
"II the words were placed end to
end, thej probnbl would reach to Mars,
or it the combined hoi uir engendered by
my various talks was assembled, it
would heat the trolley ears of Phil
adelphia for four nioulhs. seventeen
days and six hours,'' he admitted.
Doctor t'nttell he is a doctor, but
never wears (hut appendage to his
name doesn't go around bragging about
It, but city official1 know that he knows
more about Philadelphia than a mouse
doe. about cheese, a soldier does abmit
lighting or an eight year old boj knows
uboul stealing cherries.
lie can give you the pr minute pro
duction of carpels, luce, locomotives,
machinery and lirihii in Philadelphia.
And he does, at ever place where lie
has a chance to boost 1'hiludelpliitt.
Nobody but Doctor Cattell seems to
Sonic Real "CaUcllisins"
of City's Statistician
'Phi' venerable city statistician
emitted the following "Cullellisms"
today :
"If the hot air engendered by iny
various tslks war. assembled it would
heat the trolley curs of Philadelphia
for four mouths, seventeen daya and
sis hours."
")t the words were assembled eil
to end. the rope formed would reach
to Mars and then some."
"1 tun several years uvvny from
the hundred marli, but I won't tull
you which way. '
"1 am happier and younger thun
I have been for lift , slity or seventy
years."
"I thauk tiod for plenty of work,
plenty of sleep und my four regular
meals a day with anything else I
cuu grab between times."
OF CAPITAL SESSION
cent for each ten cents or fraction
thereof of the amount' paid for admis
sion to any place.'
"The Treasury Department has. ruled
that tho churtcr granted by Congress
to the American Tgoii does not entitle
u to exemption troni this inx.
for th affair hvc been disposed of.
A ladies' auxiliary is being formed,
and a committee will bo selected Thurs
day night lo promote this work. A
perjnnuent organization of the mothers,
wives. Rlslers and dnuirhters of ex-
ticrViee men will be established, nud will
Legion Heads to Lay Before
Federal Officials the Needs
of Ex-Service Men
U. S. TAX WARNING ISSUED
in i ,rin ruini itum into lit, - r - - - - - .
fPl,. i. -' 1.1- 1... 1. ..,...... i uoomriiU! with tills post.
i u- iti. jn itu.i iiuiu LM lilt" Hiriiu.T aa, .. - tut in .. .
paying for admission, but it appears L0r!,T L ,fe J'0' f,r J" 2JJ
that in many cases the posts do iiotJ to'" ?, ''" ."ft S!
I?!0- "1 "I'l.0'?' lhe ,dn.L00R r:r.' nl?r: tonher AVogau. linanen olficer,; Isaac
1" "V.-'i"'. '"."."" ".K,VPn "!" "" lui (lallaghcr. Joseph Hood, John A
."V: ''."., '" ''" cases inc person jjalnes. Patrick Jones and John Mon
sinus
mum ol uie nix io uie covernmeni. i i,,r,., ,r,nt
VZ ,.,, " "" '',,"w' ,tl' Pf.01' Haines, Patrick :iones and John Mon
6. f V.'ifViT ,cnKV',V a,hai- tagu, cxeculivo committee; Hugo Jim-
is muM beheld responsible for pay- J ?' chaplain, pro tern; and Joseph
nl of the tax to the government. i paii.rmo, R1.rgeaut iit-nnns.-
Plirpo:
know his eiuet age. And that ia one
statistic he keeps a dark secret, lie
admitted this morning that he was sev
eral years away from the hundred mark,
'Mint I won't tell you which way," he
said. Who's Who gives his ago as
sixty -four jears.
. Doctor C'attell wears a mustache and
Villi'. M'll lul. Al(l ,J I I .l-lllll. 111'J I", (Mill,.!
.. itimiiii in, (, 1.4...' . . I Ul IUUI7
I emotions arc telegraphed as far us the
I eye can see by the status ' of these
I adornments, (jcrmany. lor instance,
I causes them to brittle out al right
angles from his face.
i Thos whiskers lime been known lo
mwi softly to and fro as he told some
' sorrowful tale of the slums or other
slur of suffering, and they Imvc been
known to falrlv radiate patriotism as
I he (old of (he scream of the American
i eagle or made a pica' for recruits dur
! in;.' the war.
for Knob purp'osea wus exhausted. The
plea of Marian and her mother had to
bo refused.
't'heu there is the story of u boy that
the foundation vvorkcru tell:
1'khvard's mother is a widow who
reccutly had u severe .operaliou. She
probably will not bo able lo work again
iu a long time If ever. Their home
has been cut down to two rooms in a
tenement. The boy worked all last
hummer and had tried to save enough to
euable hiiu to enter high school.
Forced To Decline Aid
Ho hud just reached fourteen. It has
been his dream lo have an education,
and his mother has vowed to do every
thing in her power to help. Then came
her illness ami incapacity for work.
In October a friend aed the White
Williams Foundation to help, lint its
fund wni exhausted. It could do nulh
ing. They say Edward is u bright boy and
bus the makings of a capable citi.en.
On the waiting list of the White -
Williams Foundation are the names of
twenty-five growing boys nod girls.
There are many more tlie institution
has in mind, and hundred more it
would assist if It were within its means.
Two hundred dollars will provide
the average scholarship for a year. Iu
some cases fifty cents a week for car
fare is supplied.to needv children whoso
school i far from (heir homes.
The .S'JOO a year euables a child to
I. ay for carfare, books, luncheons and
other personal expenses; but $!!00 is far
le.ss than the child could earn by work
'iig, so it often requires real sacrifice
by (lie family to let the child go to
school instead of to work.
Auy one wishing to become it Christ
inas godmother or godfather to ouu of
these wistful children will be welcomed
at the heud(piar(ern of (he Whlto
Williams Foundation, ITi-'J Cherry
street, and assurance will be given that
whatever amouut is given will bo io
vested in some child's present happi
ness and future citizenship.
of the Ibrec-dii.v confer
ence between American Legion and gov
ernment otlicials, which will be held in
Washington next week, arc outlined in
a statement given out b.v I'runklin
D'Olier, of this cllv. national colli -luamler
of (he American I.egiiui. His
siatcinenl follows:
"The lirsl concern ol the represen
tatives of the American Legion who
lit tend the Washington meeting to fur
ther th" recommendations of the re
cent nalional convention will bo the
wolfarV ol the disabled service men,
TtHscd on a careful study of conditions
affecting Ihewi men. (he American le
gion pi-ccnls specific recommendations
lo government officials and members of
Congress calculaled to secure to the
disabled men und their lamilies that
liberal ti'ialmeul which they have rea
son to cMicel from (lie people of u
grateful und p.unolic nation. .
"To I his end immediate actiou is
necessary mil ouly ou the part of of- .
ticlals of the iiureau of War Hisk In
surance, the Federal .Hoard for J oca- .
liouiil lOduc.itioii and the Public Health
Service, but also ou the part of ton
greis. Legislation should be enacted I
und carried lulo efTect promptly to put
the treatment of these men ifud their
families as regards compensation, hos
pitalization, medical care and voca
tional training on mi adequate and lib- ,
oral bash.1'
Warned of Federal Tn ,
Warning that posts of the Legion,
conducting dances and other enterlum
meiits. uiih I take into consideration tho (
federal Inx collectible against such
amusements has been sent, out to Phil
adelphia and Pennsylvania posts by the'
statu headquarters
The commissioner ot internal revenue
advised the .-late heads of the Legion1
that such functions were subject to tax, i
and notice was forwarded immediately ,
to post commanders, to that there might
lie no pos.-ibilit of an infraction of the
law.
It appears (hat some ot Hie posts, not
reuli.ing that it was necessary (o ur
range for I lie payment of the lax, had
overlooked it until after (he dance or
oilier entertainment had been given
Their profits therefore were depleted
I lo the extent i,f the lux. The bulletin
from stud; Iicaihiuurlers reads iu part:
I "This ulliec is advised by the coin
missioner of inlernul revenue (hat ad
1 missions to dances, entertainiiien(s, etc.,
given by or for the benefit of the Amer
i lean Legion are subject to the tax on
I admissiiiu imposed by Section 800 of
! the Itevenue Act of 1!)1S.
1 "Thi.- section 'imposes a lax ot one
112 Join Post No. 87
One hundred and twelve members
have" joined Post. 87, the musicians'
pi.st. according to the announcement
made yesterday by Kdwln ltrinlon, its
organi.cr. The post held its regular
ineeliiig in the Third Kegiment Armory
yesterday, and the membership was en
thusiastic as to the future of (lie post,
which has been, 'named after Colonel
Caldwell K. lliddlc.
"We are Very fortunate." said Sit',
liriiitop. "in obtaining (he Third Itegl
mriiti Armory fvr our meetings, mid we
are indebted to (leuerul Prh-e for (his
courtesy. We have 1 1li enrolled in our
post. These men were in (he various
outfits, and served as musicians iu dif
ferent branches of the service."
After a month of preparation the
Charles and John Flsclier Post. !.'t."i, in
the western end Of (ho Thirty eighth
ward, has completed Its arrangements
for a dance iu Colonial Hall, .Main and,
Cotton streets, Munayunk, Thursday
e veiling, declares Charles J. O'Neill,
post commander. Five hundred tickets
Donald T. Hhcnlon Post No. Kit), in
Ihe Forty-sixth ward, has elected .1.
Tl. .AL Andrews as lis post commander.
The other officers are: W.illlam H.
Ileister, Jr., post vico commander;
William A. Zlrknian, post adjutant j
Jesse It. Oakman, finance officer, and
John H. Harvey, employment officer.
A drive is being made liy this post for
engineers who were iu the service.
County Coinniltleo lo Form
The county commit lee of the Legion
will meet touight iu the Assembly
Uoom of the Chamber ot Commerce,
Widener Uulldlng, Juniper nud Chestnut-
streets, al S o'clock to orgnuizc.
County officers for the ensuing year
will bo elected, und n constitution und
bylaws for 'the government of the
county body will be adopted. It is
anticipated that there will bo n lively
discussion as lo several features of the
bjlaws wliich will "be presented by
ii, n nreeiiilro committee for approval.
In fuct, this meeting is considered one!
of the most important in tho county, j
since, tho policy of tho Legion in I'll I -adclphla
for the first year ot its
permanent organization wilt depend
upon tho character of leadership deter
mined upon tonight by the members ui
the county committee representative, of
the sCVculy-clfiht posts,
Tho First, Pennsylvania Infantry will
present Walter M. Clearly Post with
regulation national timl American Leg
ion flags next Thursday night, when the
post will meet in the First Itcgltnciit
Armory. The presentation ot tho colors
wlU he made by Afujor General James
W. Laltn. N. (I. P., oldest officer pt
his rank in the state.
The following night a "welcome
homo''1 daueo to world vvarcteraus.and
their families of the First Pennsylvania,
Infantry will bo given by tho womin'a.
auxiliary.
A social and business session ot
George N. Althouso Post, 'of fforris
tovvn, will bo held In the Norrlstown
city hall tonight. This post la con
ducting n campaign for 1000 memers.
Bale of Leather Hurte Pier Worker
Herman Broze, thirty years old, 7C5
Soutli Front street, at xvorlc early to
day in the bold of the steamer Largolen,
at Pier No. 10, North, Was struck on
the back by n bale of leather and
seriously injured. Ho is In the Penn
sylvania Hospital. Physicians fear his
6aclt is broken.
Kidney, Stomach and Bladder Trouble
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Kbr tho purpose of saving' coal, notice ie hereby (riven that,
effective 12:0,1 A. M. Wednesday, December lOlli, 1019, and con
tinuing until further notice, no excursion trniim, special trains or
sections of regular trains will' bo operated, and the following' im
portant changes in passenger service will bo made:
J Pullman parlor cars will be eliminated from all trains except thosct
named below, and coaches substituted in order to provide facilities
for handling a greater number of people ou the remaining train
service.
tj No. S27 leaving Philadelphia at 7:10 P. M. for Dnltimoro and
Washington ivill be withdrawn.
q No. 512 leaving Philadelphia at 5i13 A. M. for New York will
be ivitlidrawn.
C No. 52S leaving Philadelphia at 2:44 P. M. for Baltimore and
Washington will be an exclusive Pullman train with club car, parlor
curs anil tliiiinj cut's. No coaches.
No, 524' leuving Philadelphia at 4:15 P. M. for New York will
be ,un exclusive Pullman train with club car, parlor cars and dining
cars. -No coaches.
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