" ,.vm -'"J EVENING ' PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1019 20 '. 1 '3 .' LEAGUE OF RED CROSS ORGANIZED TO COMBAT OLD-WORLD EPIDEMICS Its Banner Lifted on Watch Tower as Signal of Bat tle Against Typhus, Cholera and Other ' Enemies of Health FIRST TANGIBLE EFFORT BEGUN TO EVOLVE HAPPY PEACE FROM SUFFERING OF MANKIND DURING WAR By B. F. KOSrOTII Fpeelal Correspondent of the Kvenlng l'ublle I.edrer In Snltierland CorvrloM, 1910, by Pu&Jlo Ledger Co. Geneva, Dec. 20. IN ONK o the" oldest quarters of the ancient city of Geneva, under the shadow of the austere cathedral wheio Calvin preached, the new LcaKUc of Ked Cross Societies has established its headquarters. Its flag the most glorious standard ever raised by the civilized world floats over the entrance of a vast patri cian residence on a quiet, cobble-stoned square planted with secular trees. But these medieval surroundincs do not re flect the spirit that reigns within, which is a spirit eminently active, practical and modern. Whatever skepticism may appear Justified regarding the practicability of r league of nations to insure -world peace, thero enn be no difference of opinion as to the utility of a leagueof Rations to safeguard world health. Nor is fho r.pniniH of Bed Cross Societies, fortunately, in any wav dependent on :r ?. " ,...- u 1 f mo tuiurc existence 01 mu icukuc ui, nations, with which it has no statutory . a ureau Possibility connection, although its purposes arc 1 "There is also the danger that cholera lecognized and guaranteed encourage- may follow in the wake of tvphus, as nicnt in Article XXV of the covenant. it has often done in the past. Both dis And thus, while the fate of thepohti- I eases are much better known today than cal league is still undecided, this non- 1 influenza, and consequently, in a sense, political, nongovernmental nnd non easier to fight and, less dangerous; but (sectarian association has been able to that is all the more reason why cf inauguratc its activity for the benefit of fective measures must be taken nt once, humanity without delay, and a new I The situation calls for immediate nc great hope is dawning for the world in tion on the part of governments, ns the ueneva alter all. Forecast of Happier Peace Conditions Amid so ninny dismal failures to real ize since the cessation of hostilities the great expectations of reconstruction entertained bv the nations, the crea tion of the Hed Cross League stands out as the first tangible effort to evolve out of the tragedy of war happier and saner conditions of peace. The magnitude of the relief work done during the war by the Red Cros and the personal participation in its activities by multitudes of people in many countries, ns well as the appreci ation of its usefulness by countless numbers who experienced its benefac tions, showed it to be an agency for good of unparalleled potency. The pur pose of the league is not to supplant the national ned Cross societies of the world, but to associate them in a sys tematic effort to extend this nctivity in time of pence, for the prevention of disease and the betterment of the health and general welfare of the people in all countries. At the meeting held in Cannes last spring, which preceded the constitution of the league, leading medical experts of the world did not hesitate to express the opinion that the time has come when tuberculosis, typhus, malaria and other terrible diseases that ravage hu manity nnd are the cause of untold suf fering and misery, can be stamped out as radically ns smallpox or yellow fe ver. Their practical elimination has become merely a question of organiza tion and co-operation. To bring about this co-operation is the task the league has set itself to perform. International in Its Scope Since its foundation by the Red Cross Societies of America, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, the Red Cross Societies of twenty-two other countries of Europe, America and Asia have joined the league. It embraces today virtually all civilized countries, with the exception of Germnny and her former allies. It is therefore truly in ternational, although the Anglo-Saxon element may seem to predominate at present at the league headquarters. All nations represented on the league have enthusiastically indorsed the ap pointment of Colonel Richard P. Strong. U. S. A., to the post of general medical director. Colonel Strong, the vanquisher of trench fever in France nnd of the "black death" in China, is perhaps the most eminent expert in Aaliiinn nni ilntrttt (licunoua in frVifi stim Irl I fizhtinc epidemic diseases in the woiid today, and the feeling is unanimous among Europeans that the league hu been extremely fortunate to secure his help. The same may be said, so far as or ganizatory talent is coucerned. of the director general of the league. Lieuten ant General Sir David Henderson, the famous organizer of the- British air force during the war. The presence of AVilliam R. Hereford at the bead of the department of information, and of AV. Frank Persons as director of adminis tration, is universally recognized as a further guarantee of modern efficiency Rnd enterprise. All these men have been called to occupy prominent positions on the leagup, not because they arc Americans or British, but because their personality nnd experience designated them as par ticularly fitted for the work. War-Shattered Humanity's Need And truly, wnr-shattercd humanity stands iu dire need today of all the assistance and guidance that their com petence can supply. Never, In modern times, has the bcVith of the world been so greatly endaugcred ns now by the collapse and putretaction ot great em pires, by disorganization, anarchy and misery engendered by five years of war, and though only just constituted the league is already confronted by definite, urgent problems of world-wide signifi cance. , After the ravages of influenza, the world seems seriously menaced by new, equally destructive pestilences. The terrible epidemic of exanthematic tj nhus. which has long been raging in Susbiu. Poland and Rumania, is stealthily creeping westward and threat ens to spread to the countries of west ern Europe and even to America, if energetic measures are not taken in time to stop its" advance. Moreover, there is a disquieting possibility that this typhus epidemic may be accom panied in the summer of next year by an outbreak of Asiatic cholera, a coin cidence that has been frequently ob served before Dancer of Sprcda of Typhus In an interview specially granted for the Evenino Public IiEDOEit Sir David Henderson, the director general of the "League of Health," described tl,i situation to ine as follows: "The danger of typhus spreading to the west from Russia and Poland is very real aud is generally rather under rated than exaggerated. The typhus epidemic is persisting in Poland, in spite of fhc praiseworthy efforts made by the Polish authorities to cope with It, and a further development of the dUease Is to be feared in the immediate future In consequence of the bad con 4itiMUi of living and the Increased ftpritt)Uics for Infection during the confine winter mmllw. Thero can bd wgiKlui i gy)imic ia on mo VfrJ' line urn. ir nan ninvwif VUy.1... .-tlt-MlLl. . I...A 41... I outbreaks reported from Vienna for tunately appear to be only of a spoiadic nature. "The question is. Can the disease break through what may be called the soap barrier' and take root in rntin- tnes where better hygienic conditions prevail than is the case in eastern and central Europe? The recent epidemic in Holland shows that this is possible. Besides, typhus, like other epidemic diseases, is apparently capable of undergoing sinister transformations that may make it much more difficult to dctoct and prcicnt from spreading. It is noticed in Poland now that the first sjmptoms arc often far less violent than formerly, and the conse quence is that tjphus victims arc often able to go about their affairs for four or the dajs without serious incon venience, spreading infection nil around them, before the disease breaks out clearly. m.-. , . resources of me Red Cross alone are in- been greatly diminished. AW believe suHicient to provide all the assistance that through an international council required by Luropc in this great cmcr- I like the league co-ordinnted movements Bcncy. ..... can be initiated which will prevent According to the investigations of tliel epidemics such as the influenza epidem Icague commission in Poland, whose ic in the future, or ut any rate lessen uuivriL-uu inemucrs were Assistant Sur ' MAMS StMAvnl T.Txrtl. & St-- t ! geon General Hugh S. Cummings. of the United States Public Health Service. and i'ror. U. 1'umpclly, of the American Red Cross, there is at present, in snitr. 1 of the restrictions placed upon travel ical institution. Its idealism, though and comcrce by the peculiar militan I verj real, is not of the visionary sort, and political situation in middle Eu-'but keenly practical. The euthusiastn rope, a considerable movement, of people that nnlmntes nil members of its staff to and frois lolnnd.and Russia ns ref with whom I have come in contact is ugces. returning prisoners of war, ie humanitarian without being senti patnated soldiers and as ordinary trav mental. For the dominant aim of the clers. Menaco in Migration From East Many thousands of people in Polnud and other eastern countries arc, more over, today anxiously nwaiting an op portunity to migrate to countries of western Europe and America, where they hope to find better conditions of living. In Poland, alone there are at present several thousands of American citizens now serving in the Polish army, who expect soon to be discharged and to be able to return to the United States. A large number of French soldiers in Poland are likewise awaiting repatria tion disease, say" noting of the continual introduction of the malady into Poland from Bolshevist Russia, which today . .lisensp. tn snr nnthinV nf the continual .... represents a vast area vviuiuui uuy riv- ,. : ,. .:,i,i 1,- 1, l iliied form of government or health or- , f ue money "ns P'ovided br the vol ganization. containing many millions of , ". agency, and under the dirce heaviiy infected people. It is estimated '" otihe state department of health that there arc in Russia from one and n c ' was organized and carried out . .. nt i. ..!.. 1 mmrrnr rr, mm nml n half millions nt Poles and Russians who will come 10 Poland within the next two months, and thence manv of them will probably seek to migrate further west. If evil coun cils should prevail and the political "sanitary cordon" drawn around Bol shevist Russia by the Allied powers ever be raised, the ensuing menace of pestilence to the world would be still greater. , . "It has become a matter of inter national moment," Sir David said, to take proper measures to picvent the flood of infection from Russia from continuing to submerse Polnnd, nnd at the same time to free Poland itself from tvphus. In order to protect western EUWr.a!!?inMUh . 'sanitarV Tor 0 n" i posed to establish a san.tao cordon Europe and Americ it lias uecu pro aon the eastern frontier of Poland ' Aims of League Outlained Colonel Richard P. Strong outlines the aims of the league as follows : First. To call attention to the mos- important situations in different parts of the world where medical or sanitary 1 relief is needed, and to ine Dest mem- ods to be employed in extending buch relief, and by whom it is advisable Uiat such relief should be extended. To nr range such relief in the most satis factory manner, either through national agencies already existing or through the appointment of special commissions. Second. To stimulate new investiga tions in relation to problems of public health, and even to carry on original investigations by the appointment of specinl commissions when such inves tigations seem urgently necessary. Third. To undertake to demonstrate and exhibit new discoveries and new methods of value in combating infec tious disease, and ncw sanitary ap pliances and methods relating to hy giene and public health. Fourth. To collect, as soon ns avail able, all important information rclat ing to public health and new method" for the prevention and control of out- FRANK M. MALONEY We are tiad to compliment Frank M, Maloney. of Frankford. who received hie elementary education ln St. Leo'e Parochial School and who enrolled for the Cantblmi Courae at Strayer's Business College at 14 eara of ace Mr Maloney at 21 la earnlntr $2000. a year and has trirht prospects for the fu ture. What betttr present could parents or sonui rich aunt or uncle rive a boy than a course to business- college that would nt .him for uch a start on puflness, career as tr m(v7 mm pjw ' 9m'mm Co&sg t ' t MM)imLBmi Mmmmmmt?..' M7'Cfct break of infectious diseases, and to dis seminate the same throughout the world, Pifth, To attempt to standardize nnd improve public health education throughout the world. Methods of Transmission Studied "The way In which the leaguo may act as regards the prosecution of origi nal investigations," says Colonel Strong, "is best illustrated by what happened in France during the war. In the spring of 1018 trench fever was causing n serious and greater loss in military man power than any other in fectious disease. AVe were feaiful lest this diseaso extend to other allied armies. Its method of transmission, upon bieh question depended its pre tention nnd control, was then not known. The regulations iu the American Ex peditionary Forces did not prevent the volunteering of soldiers for experimen I tnl purposes, and the use of such vol I unteers in trnnsmisison experiments, us did the lcgulntlon? in force in the British army at this time. "Accordingly, a commission wns ap pointed to enrrv out the necessary ex perimental work upon this disease, and volunteers for the experiments were secured. Through this lutcrnlHcd co operation between the British nnd the American armies, the necessary work was successfully accomplished nnd the method of transmission of this disease discovered. This co-operation wns se cured largely through an interallied commission, which wns appointed on nccount of the war. In time of peace there would have been no such body to exercise such functions, which it is evidently dcMrnblr to perpetuntc by the organization of the league." Might II.ie Checked Influenza Spenking nt the constituent assem bly of the league in Cnnnes, Henry P. Davison, the present chairman of the board of governors of the league, em phasized the fact that if this move ment had been organized two yenrs ngo it would have heen possible, if not entirely to prevent, nt least to lessen considerably the ravnges of the great influenza epidemic, to which more peopl succumbed in fourteen months than ere killed in the four nnd a half yenrs of war. "Fiom the watch-tower of the league," he declared, "this conflagra tion would have been seen coining; the attention of the men best qualified to cope with it would have been directed to it, an organised attack would have been innde upon it. and if jt could not have been stumped out iiltogcther, the number of deaths would nt least have their gravity." Not Utopian in Cluracler The League of Health is not a uto .., .vruni nnriii, i, iin.,n,,. league is not philnnthropically to bring people temporary lcliei trom disease, but to show and instruct them how to overcome diseaso definitely themselves. And this aim can be realized. It has been realized more than once already, on a smaller scale, in the United States. Several jcars ago, u voluntary agency began to co-operate with a State Department of Health in the control of malaria. Xo survey had been made in the state to dettyminc the degree of malaria or its distribution. By co-operutiou between the State De partment and the voluntary agency such a suivey was made, so that the depurtment and the people came to un- the problem with which it 1 vvas followed b a den ? a. community, in th tic problem vvith which it had to deal. lemonstraiion. tl,n nnnrrnl nf IU .1 OtllU. kVUllllUUHJI ,u IU. ...... - ine lniection. ? nc 3car ln Inal local couiniuuiij The result was so convincing that the community at the end of the year said : "You need not bpend fuither money on this enterprise. AA'c are prepared to take it over and maintain it." Red Cross Embattled Against Disease It is perfectly conceivable that thiough the stimulating activity and guidance of the league the influence and strength of existing Xationnl Red Cross Societies all over the world will in time be ho greatly re-enforced, and the mass of the people iu all countries so generally enlightened concerning the nature and daugers of disease and the menus nf its prevention, that eventu al! a majority of the inhabitants and governments of the earth will be united . victorious health -cru- in an irresistible victorious hcalth-cru- snrlp. ,0 ool fonvard to this great moment js possible without undue optimism Bince the creation ot the League of Red cr0Ss Societies, the general staff of the ncw mighty army of health that is to DC raisea in all the countries of the w'orld to liberate humanity trom tne domination of disease, whose ravages arc more relentlessly destructive even than the luthlebs havoc ot war. iorriuiTJFir'i At I LOANS ! 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"Ummrt Hbal Ul Lat.liu- THE CRITIC TALKS TO MUSIC LOVERS Weekly Comment on Things Musical in Discriminating ' Philadelphia T AST Monday evening's concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra again brought home the fact that the Metro politan Opera House nudttorlura is n most unsatisfactory place to hear nn orchestral program, if the orchestra be seated on the stage. To persons accustomed to hearing the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Academy of Music there was nn infinite difference In both the tonal volume and the qual ity, especially the latter. And yet the orchestrn was the Mine, and with all due allowance for the very different nnd inexplninahlc playing of the same men nt different times an experience well known to all practical musicians It by no means sounded like the same body of instrumentalists. The singular part of the matter is that when the orchestra is seated in the pit in front of tho stage in the operntic performances there can be no possible fault found cither with its vol ume or qunlity. Every instrument is plainly discernible by tone, nnd nil the detail of the orchestration cau be clearly distinguished. On the other hand, when Hie orchestra is beatcd on the stage this detail is almost entirely lost; at least, it is so vague that it suggests timidity in plaviug. The tone of the orchestra on the btage founds thiu nnd "vvnshcd ouN" whereas when iu the pit it is icsonant and colorful. For example, on Monday evening there was certain woodwind detail in the "Scheherazade" svmphonic suite of Rimsky-Korsakoff which the writer was totallv unable to hear, although he knew "that it was in the score. It is not to be supposed that Mr. Stokowski cut it out nor that the plnvers did not perform it; in fact, there was visible evidence that they were playing, but it could not be heaid bcyoud a mere sug gestion. WE ALL know what the oichcstra sounds like in the Academy of Music, and, therefore, with the same body of men pla.ving the difference must lie in the auditorium. The physical rea son for this diffcicnce is probably the great distance in the Metropolitan be tween the stage aud the family circle, which must be nearly, if not quite, twice ns long as the coircsponding line in the Academy. When tho orchestra is seated on the stage the tono has this vast space in which to diffuse befoie leaching the car ot the listener spatcd even halfway back in the house and the stage is so high that the sound goes completely over the heads of those hearers close to it. AVith the orchestra in th? pit in front of the stage, however, the tone is more concentrated at nil times and comes to the hearers at buch uil angle that there is little opportunity for it to diffuse to the extent of losing much of its color and detail before ic teaches the cars of the audicuce. When the effect of the playing by the Philadelphia Orchestra in the Metropol itan, a tone quality which in its detail vc all know thoroughly, is considered, it might be thought thcCincinnati Oi chestia and the French Conservatoire Orchestra are better musical bodies than thej appeared to be when loaid to such obvious disadvantage. Ssiac of Ire same J'defccts" which v.v- ic',U cized in both these orgauizutioart nn their appearances here, wem hoaul iu t..c Philadelphia Orchestra on Mi 1 div tvering, and jet ou know that in mu own orchestra, heard under different conditions, they positively do not exis' MR. YSAYE, iu his conduetorship, completely leversed all of his own traditions as, a violinist. Highly tem pprnmeutal in his interpretations ns u solo plajer. he is conservative almost to the extreme as a conductor. Of course, he performed but one number which gave any interpretative beopc, the D minor svmphony of Cesar 1-ranrk, but his reading of this was solid rather than poetic. For a soloist, who in the past has been so enielcss of what lay in the 01 chestrnl parts of the cou.-er.s which he pla.ved, Mr. Ysayc brought out u renll.v nstonishing amount of dotal! iu the svmphony. The composition itself is u great mosaic nnd there is almost no end to what may be brought out of it if the conductor cures to spend enough time to discover the rclatioujinp if li.e nunumcrnblc themes which the cu'iip-s-T is always bringing back in various forms, cspeciallj in the last movement, which epitomizes all that has gone be fore in the work. It wns in this movement that Mr. Vsavc showed the greatest amount of detail, although there was also con siderable in the first and second move ments. He did not specialize in bring ing out these returns of various themes, sometimes literally microscopic in ex tent, as did Mr, Montcux when he led the plajing of it with the Boston ,SS'm- AMONDC WITCHES AND JEWELRY . fl A cuurnnteed 'Ratine of al 2.1 ner rent. " Chas. II. llean, jlO S Elilith. WE BUY GOLD & SILVER Alio Diamonds and Jewelry of All Kindt Higheat Prices Paid Penn Smelting & Refining Wk$. "The Old Cold Shop" 906 Filbert St., Phila., Pa. circulation nf In Ibe house. MILLVILLE, N. J. I'hone Bell.JH-M. 719 N. 4TH ST. 3111 1 Chester Avenue Starr Captain Paul Wade In charge .jOH children will rctelve toys, candy and frill t Hh) baskets of provisions will be given 1303 houiii Hecond Street Captain Ida McM uhael In il 100 Children will receive candy and fruit .Spread diiinar for Inmates and day liurser. o4i ituce mreei Colonel A It Jilunyan In charge 000 baskets of provisions wilt -bo given KfrAf n.tr .iiihnrlu.1 ivtllutA. M..,fAi.i. IMILm aa aa m ii JM'II !" " '' 1 i'm Musical Events Next Week Sunday, Dec. 21 Free concert, Academy of tho Fine Arts, 3 p. m. Chamber Music Association, Belle-vuc-Strutford, 4 p. in.. Flshuco Trio. Tuesday, Dec. 1!3 Philadelphia Orchestra, complimentary concert to subscribers, Academy of Music, 8:15 p. m, Friday, Dec. 20 Philadelphia Orchestra, Academy of Music, a p. m. Bcnno Molsciwltsch, soloist. Or gan recital, AVannmakcr store, 8 p. m., by O. M. Courboin, assisted by the Palestrina Club. 'Saturday, Dec. 27 Philadelphia Orchestra, Academy of Music, 8:15 p. m.j Benno Moiselwitsch, soloist. Violin recitnl, David 7,cikcl, AVith crspoon Hall, 8:15 p. in. phony Orchestra n year ago last fall, but he did far moro in this line than wns to have been expected from a soloist who always showed such dis regard of orchestral detail In the ac companiments of his concertos. l'SAi'E can hardly be called "-L on nc of the irreat conductors, al though he is always interesting in any musical capacity. He had his orchestra under excellent control and perhaps in a hall better adapted to show off the real tone color nnd qunlity of nn orchestra, some of what appeared to be inadequate tonal effects would have been less con spicuous, if they were present nt all. But ho docs not exhibit Hint vivid per sonality magnetism nnd poetry of in terpretation as' a conductor which he had to so great a degree as a violinist. It is true the nrocrnm which hcl elected td give in Philadelphia did not nm, weU plllye't, 'b.v the Orchestra. , bnlrlS,102ep?.Co;1..yn.n,c.rpype,iaAnurrS; allow him any great scope in the matter T1(1 noveHy of the program consisted "? is being, prepared under the leader of interpretation. The Snint-Saensl 0f four short pieces scored for full or- " of Lindsay Norden, innrcu nnu me suue 01 Lie iocs arc worus which mil for HrM mnro than rhrrhm which mil fni- HrM mnrr. thnn rturthm wnicu can tor little more tnan rnytnm on the pnrt of a conductor and there- fMife on the pnrt of a conductor and there- bcr of the three that made any demands at an uu iuu icuucr. OWING to Cesar Fn his acquaintance with Franck and tta intimate knowledge ot the modern French school, to sny nothing of Mr. Ysaje's own originality of musical thought, it was tp be expected that he would give a ncw or at least an original version of the symphony, somewhat perhaps along tin general lines of his plnying of the Franck sonata for violin and piauo. r .LU ZLuiL00 l 1 !"VcaU1DK of the composition seemed to be more for an architectural and accurate inter- , .. , - .. , . , IllUUll Dl llll lllllli: 1l'UlilV. Ill' IIU3 1 mos.t!tllc.?DJ-v,,r,0'?t,.,!" "'l.L'JlIhe has come dangerously close to his I micuiifc 11111 uuuii-u ins viuuu iMayuiK was in his tendency to cnggcrate the tempo in the slow movements. He was " .'.oI-cfnMnl o.of.,1 i 1,1. ,-,1l of th symphony as he has nt times been brilliantly careless in his solo nlnv- ing, nnd at no time did he manifest, ns a conductor, any of the dash and bparklc that wbb always such a con spicuous fenture of his solo playing. Concert by Music-School Pupils The regular monthly concert by the pupils of the Settlement Music School, llf! Queen street, will be held in the i auditorium of tho school tomonow nf tcrnoon at 3 :30 o'clck. ' MUTII'S lllnmnndft rn X'amauH Pure hlle, 1 law lefts Stone Presentlnc Quality that you positUflj cannot equal at the price anywhere ln Philadelphia Holiday Ooodi Now on Display Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry. H!ler ware. Cut Glaus, French. lory, inime uiooks. C'IMRLKS MUTTI 163.: Columbia t, ClUn'K I.t-aillnc Jruetrr llruncli, 5 S. 8th St. irnTmrnmiTHTrn ""nrnrnfl Ee Empire Company Z?nrcAanliAuvj Ccun&d,uLdteHi&Utg Service EMPIRE BUILDING PHILADELPHIA Announces Miss Venetle Milne Merion, Pa. Joseph Wenger, Jr. 1229 Walnut St. Geo. R. H. Chell--Conshohocken, Pa. WINNERS IN THE ADVERTISING CONTEST OF THE EVENING LEDGER OF DEC. 11, 1919 x The prize-winning essays were written on the advertisements of the Talking Machine Company and ' ttonwit Teller & Co. FINAL NOTICE FOR 1919 TAXES CITY AND SCHOOL TAXES FOR 1910 now .bear a penalty of four per cent. PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES FOR 1919 now bear a penalty' of five per cent. WATER RENTS FOR 1919 now bear a penalty of fifteen per cent, and notices are being served to deprive the property of the use of water. After December 31st, City, School and Personal Property taxes will be delinquent and subject to additional penalties, interest charges and the cost of advertising the name of the assessed otoner in the daily newspapers. Taxpayers who intend making payments this' month should procure bills at once, and if possible make their payments prior to the 27th of the month, so as to avoid the rush of the last few (Jays, w. Freeland Kendrick ' CI A GOOD CONCERT BY THE ORCHESTRA Brahnis's Symphony tho Fea ture, With Interesting Novel . ties by American Composor ShjoherilV Pastoral from Christmas Orntorlo ,, Jlach Rymphony No. 4 In TJ minor.. .i...tlrahm rour iihort nlecei, for orchestra.... Grilles Hungarian Ilhapsorty No. 2., I,lsit Althot'gh there wns no soloist nt the concert of the Philadelphia Orchestra at the Academy of Muidc yesterday aft ernoon, a well-filled house greeted the organization after a week's absenre on tour. The program which Mr Stokow ski hud arranged was nn attractive one, opening with the lovely Tnstoinl from the Christmas Oratorio of Barii. which vvaR finely played, especially by the four oboes, or rather two oboes and two Iliig lish horns. They were times, however, where thA strings might have Wn n little more restrained to preserve the delicacy of tone of the solo reed instru ments'. The symphony was the Fourth of Brahms, the work which, of oil the orchestral compositions of that master, makes the greatest mental demands both upon performers and listeners. It is considerably the leaRt known of nnv of his symphonies, nlthoueh it is un doubtedly the most poetic of the four nnd the freest In thought. Indeed. In the first movement, the fact that "the actual melody is secondary" to quote Mr. Ooepp's excellent expression, seems almost to forecast the melodic nroe- esses of composes much later than lirnnniH. 'j;iic symphony was t'ympa theticnllv interpreted bv Mr.' Stokowski n,i!nii,. !'in-,i.i i,'hi.i ai.i. '.., ri.pctrn the cninnnsoi- l.lni n mn VLS:ll,,0J,nP0,..?.,nr..,lT?J!n? '."'""." "",, ""Of ,.- " """ , American. Charles Tomlinsnn fir flW I Th(l lmnibcrR boro the titles rcsnectlve ' tj1(i numbers DOre the titles rcsnectlve- .No""?' .The White Peacock, riowls and Bncchannlc. The work would i 'loiifis anil jtnccnannic. u.ne work would have been more effective if nlaved ns .., . ,u -! i. e I ti separate numbers, for the first three are too much alike in general chnracter and orchestration to show to the best advantage when played consecutively. The Inst of the four, thp Bacchannlc, naturally is less introspective than the preceding numbers aud would serve nd mlrably as n companion piece for any of the others. Mr. (iriffes has frankly followed the model of Debussy in these pieces, even coming ciosc to tne titles in two in i s'aDs. He l' apparently tried to crcntc atmosphere rather than bar-, ' : ..1..11. 1 it. i. mor'pls The concert closed with the Hunga- I 1JUU """I""""?. U. - Ul 1 JlSil , W 1. 1LU !-.. T)l...n...l.. XT- Ct T 4 ...Ll.l. I ' " P''" with mueii vigor nnd Hali. ' SWEATERS Men, Women & Children An Excellent Gift II ur direct from mann fncturer and save at least METROPOLITAN KNITTING MILLS 2829 KenMnrton Ave. rhon Ken. 1084. Oon Tcs. FulI Line of Hand KnltUnc Wool. STERLING SILVER Gifts for all at I BARGAIN PRICES Penn Smelting & Refining Works 906 Filbert St .Receiver Taxes, h&H CURRENT MUSIC EVENTS The holiday concerto of the Philadelphia Orchestra neat Krlday afternoon and Sal. unlay evening will be notable, because at them a new pianist wlll.make his .Introduc tory bow to Phlladelrhla. llenno Mnlsrl. wltsch, a Ttuaslan pianist, who has made Unaland nta home for the last six or seven ears. Its wilt play the Liszt B nat con certo. The orchestral numbers -will be lh "Othello" Overture of Hadley and the "Pas toral" Symphony of Beethoven. .The Clihuco Trio, whose members, are Elfaa nreesltfi. violinist! Wlllem Wllleke. cellist nnd Aurrlln Oloml, pianist, will urn vide the muK'c for the Chamber Music Assn elation on Hunday afternoon, December SI Tholr program Will consist of the fcliubert trio Opus loo. In l-flut major! two mme menta from the C minor trio of Outtlaume I.ekeo nnd the trio. Opus 82, In D minor, of Arensky, At the half hour. of music which will open the regular evening services nt St. Paula Episcopal Churr-h nf Overbroolc tomorrow evening, John W. Molloy, Jr.. violinist, will assist Mr, Molloy will play first the I'Hratlna of Ilohm and the Canronettn nf Tschallinwslty. For the offertnrlum he will play the Meditation from "Thais." The Palestrina choir of Philadelphia, now enlarged to 200 voices, will give a concert riy .sic Sl: and worlu of Palestrina. Vlltorla and others are now being 'rehearmjd. The Choral Society will give Its annual Serformanee of "The Messiah" on rjecfrn" er 20. The soloists are riorence Itlnkle, Ronranel Krederlclc Ounster, tenor! Agnes Ilelfsnyder. contralto, and Frank Conly. bass. Henry Gordon Thunder will conduct. The organ recital. next wcclc at the Wan nrnaker Store will Iks given by Mr. Cour boin on 'riaay evening. 110 wiu iu works of nach. Handel. Schubert. Mallly, Oralnger and Dubois v The Palestrina Choir of 12S voices, led ov NIColii Montnnl will sing some ancient Christmas carols and Albert Hoxle will lead the audience In the singing of three modern Christmas aongs. 'The fifth nf the free Sunday afternoon concerts at the Academy of the Fine Arts will be given tomorrow at a o'clock bv the eolo quartet of the First ITnltnrlan Church. under the leadership of Phllln, II. tloepp. Thev will sing a, program of Christmas music. n-h Mendelssohn Club will give Its first , .. , , i. , 9vUl Zellfel. violinist, will g he a recital Dav d Zellfel. violinist, will give a reclla; vviiher.nntm iiaii on Saturday wen ng, December 27. His prlnclnai numbers will be h. B..rrSnjto of N.rttai .nd Xlub.,-. The second concert for the subscrlherii to the cnaowmenv junu 01 me i-nnaoeipnia , orchestra will be given on Tuesday cve- DIAMONDS Everything in Jewelry Ma Ansortmcnt Ivor; Gaadx Pearl Necklaces, $5 to $75 Bracelet- Watches, $15 to $50 John D. 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December 23. at tho AtBdemy, of Music, lrans Klndier will be the soloist in tl Tschalkowaky variations on a Itocoro Then" nnd, .the orchestral numbers wilt consist of the Shepherds' Pastorale 'rom tro Christmas Oratorio of Mack, the Fifth Symphony of neethoven and the Secona Hungarian Ithapsodv of Liszt. Henry Hadley was, so genuinely pleased with the way In which the, Matinee Musical Club 'presented hta cantata. "A Legend of dranada," on December 2, that he has vot untecrrd to write a cantata to ba dedicates to the Matinee Musical Club. Leeta Corder prima dopna of "Trie Pass ing Show of 1MB," will glvo a reolnil dur ing her star here Miss Corder has a so prano voice described an of remarkable purity and range. She has had cxm-'rlsnc-' en the concert stage. Miss Corder nsa not yet nnnounced ler protrtm. except to stale that her numbersvlll beiiovcl cdmpositlons-, A New Tear's eve concert will be given In the Academy of Music on the evening of Wednesday, December 01 The artists will be Marie Sundellua, of the Metropolitan Opera Company! Josef Shllsky, lyric tenon I.co Ornsteln, pianist, and Max Qcgna, cellist. When "Tho Passing Show" opens at the Metropolitan Opera House on Monday eve ning next Alexandra Dagma and Cugcvie Howard will have a musical duel, one repre senting Oalil Curcl and tho other Carusb It Is snld to bo one of the cleverest bits of the production The- progrim nf Christmas musK at the Second Presbvterlan Churth on Sunday eve ning next Will Include Instrumental trios'. ,um), anri a ,-nnnalln immW, Tft., aaalaHnv artists are Vincent ranclll, harp. yid l'"red-ila1 eric look, viutiii. A Practical CHRISTMAS GIFT. Genuine WINDSOR HAIRS Dark quartered Oak. Turned uar. S- 1.0(1 Irrril oak. ... 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