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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Tlilnrn on wlileh the people expect
the nerr ailmlnlatrntlon to concen-
trata It attention!
The Delaware river bridge.
A drydock bfj enough to accommo
date the largest ships. .
Development of the rapid transit sys
tem. A, convention hall.
A building for the Free Library.
An Art Museum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. A BAD EXAMPLE
NO ONE denies the justice of the de
mand of the hlch orhool teachers for
a Increase in their pay. Many of the
t' men teachers, with n family dependent
W On tllOni. find If lininiri- tn nir.,it-n In
,; Borne kind of outside work in order to
eke out their incomes. A a result the
strength and frcwlinc.-s which should be
conserved for their work in the class
room is impaired.
They are now talkins of striking for
higher pay. The strike is a brutal
weapon. Kfforts are making In indus
try to provide machinery or nettling
disputes about pay without resort to
It. Kansas has set up nn Industrial
Relations Court. The Cummins-Kch
railroad law pioridcs tribunals before
which the disputes may be taken and
adjusted without resort to a strike.
Is it' beyond the ability of the high
school teachers to find a way to state
their case with such force that its nn r
Its will commend themselves to the salary-paying
authorities without the
threat of a walkout? Annenls in the
past haye often been unfruitful and
J0me of the teachers are ilesnernte. hut
V itVuld be regrettable to see the tcuih-
ers set an example to the pupils which
no one would wish the pupils to follow
when they begin to work for wages.
A There must be ingenuity enough in the
teaching lorcc to devise a better plan.
A U. OF P. CLUBHOUSE
PLANS arc making to acquire a club
bouse In New York for tire Univer
sity of Pennsylvania alumni in that
city. The building in East Forty-fifth
street, which Is to be bought if thc
plan-goes through, is said to be admira
bly adapted for the purpose.
Columbia, Harvard and Yale have
clubhouses In New York which serve
the alumni of those institutions, both
resident and nonresident. Pennsyl
vania has alumni enough to maintain
such nn institution. Harvard has an
alumni, clubhouse in Iloston, as well as
in New York.
Why should not Pennsylvania hnve
such a clubhouse in Philadelphia? There
are said to be 15,000 alumni living in
and near the city. A few of them are
members of the University Club, but
there are thousands, especially of the
younger alumni, who belong to no club.
The Harvard club In Iloston was
organized primnrlly for the benefit of
the younger men for whom them wns no
room in the old clubs ni.U for those who
were not yet earning incomes hig enough
to enable them to pay the large dues of
such organizations.
Such a club here would foster loyalty
to the University nnd keep alive that
spirit which began to inspire thc young
men when tbey first entered as fresh
men. MAINE'S BIRTHDAY
MAINE, as a member of thc federal
union of states, Is one hundred years
old today. Sister commonwealths ad
mire and respect this sturdy, pine-clad,
rock-bound land. Mniue gave us James
O, Illainc, Thomns H. Reed, firt-steps
in prohibition anil some of the most
formidable Indian names in thc geog
raphy. The conditions of Maine's entrance
were, however, pregnant with influence
on our history. In ISL'O Mniue nnd
Missouri knocked simultaneously at the
doors of the United States. The result
was Clay's Missouri compromise divid
ing' the unorganized territory nf the
Union into free and slave Mill by the
line 80.30. Bartering thus with injus
tice bred tragic results.
The trade is worth recalling, even
While we, ever freedom-hiving, felicitate
Jlalne today. "F.xp-duwy," ays
Meredith, "Is man's wisdom. Doiur
,, Right Is God's."
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FRUITS OF NAVAL INQUIRY
r? IS.nulte possible that beneficial re
sults may flow from the Senate's in
vestigation of tho naval conduct of the
war. Admiral Sims has frankly nointert
I' out certain specific errors which should
serve as warnings in future emergencies.
I an exercise in hindsicd! h
U faquir? is, however, somewhat less
rwrontable. "It is hard to say." con-
It fesed Mr. Hoover on the witness stand.
Ik,, "what would novo lengtiienrd or
F BHOVV"CM mc . -juv in t-ijfca us
Internal conditions In Germany, the
moral of the opposing forces and the
!' --- of the Bolshevist propaganda in
nAA.miv hnfl much tn dn with It-."
' -!,jio former food administrator merely
'MBliiifiig nnn sec nf reflnnnn. A
'multiplicity can be advanced by other
experts. There is indeed an lunhatisf
bl TarlctjL of tauses for Germnny's
4ft, ilgw'-lauj wll elft and, assort
tlicm for centuries. In Germany it will
doubtless be alleged that the general
staff committed an Irreparable blunder
when it ordered Von Kluck toward
Paris instead of toward the chonncl
ports. Had the latter course been
tnk the LILC f CZ ronZi 'mve Instant and wholesome results.
'n.kI" , '1 J.!.1 Lt.lc0,"?iC.lThereiHnolwtostopspee..latlnn. Hut'
might have produced n different victor.
In France investigators can "prove"
today that it was flrouchy's tardiness,
or the sunken road, or the enforced
absence of ,Murat which was respon
sible for Napoleon's overthrow at
Waterloo. Gettysburg, it has been said,
Insured the success of the Union. Out
in Missouri it can be demonstrated that
the gallant Lyons laid the foundations
of Federal victory.
Hindsight Is n fascinnting game.
Any number can play and the rules
are made by each Individual participant.
SPRING AND SPECULATORS,
HOUSING AND MR. TUSTIN
A Thumping Job Is All Ready To
the New Department of Pub
lic Welfare
DIRECTOR TPSTIN'S Dcpattment
of 'Public Welfare had n blithe
beginning. It was launched with
luminous speeches. For a glad day or
two imaginative persons saw Mr. Tus
tin ns n dispenser of happiness and the
anointed advance ngent of the civic
millennium.
It is plain now that n hefty job is
looming on the skyline for any one who
assumes to be the official friend and
guardian of the neglected public; that
it Is growing bigger every minute and
that Mr. Tustin will have to roll up
his sleeves and take a tllng at it with
such reserves and re-cnforccmcnts ns he
can muster.
An astonishing number of people arc
wearing out their shoe leather nnd their
patience and their faith walking the
streets in n vnln search for future
shelter for their families. Most of tlicm
have orders to vacate
dwellings.
their present '
They nre not poor people. They art
folk who work hard and steadily. They
are good citizens nnd often they rep
resent the most useful clement in nn
orderly society. If they cannot nfford U th". had bcc"no wa,r thp establish -to
buy houses It is not always their , n1"" responsible parliamentary gov
fault. Thc roofs that shelter them , eminent would have come within a few
i i, m,.winn. ,notr nn.l for.vnr.l ear, and the chancellor would have
from speculator to speculator and thc
time has come for profit-taking. Houses
for rent are nlmost unknown, even
though one be willing to pay a thump
ing rnte.
Leases nre expiring nnd orders to
vneate are common. Spring is likely
to see n grent mnny families evicted
into the streets to seek shelter wher
ever they may find it. Vacant houses,
held for sale at high prices In West
Philadelphia ond elsewhere, will not
serve to lessen the growing sense of
lesentment in these people or to revive
their belief in the good order of accepted
social practices.
There is every evidence of a highly
organized effort to profit heavily by the
necessities of families caught at a dis
advantage. If there Is any imagination
In the Department of Public Welfare
this state of affairs will not be ignoren.
The business of uplift will have to
wait until the business of downthrow is
attended to.
Otherwise when the spring series of
forced evictions begins there nre likely
to be some startling and picturesque
rensscrtinns of the instinct of iclf
' preservation, and thc money now spent
on the department oi n cunre niiiy
have to be hurriedly diverted to the
uses of a new Society for the Preven
tion of Cruelty to Real Estate Specula
tors and Diputy Sheriffs.
Those who now suffer the most
anxiety do not invite, desire or need
the aid or attention of philanthropists.
They arc not Interested In fine-drawn
technicalities of Jaw. What they want
Is simple justice not merely thc strict
justice of legal definitions, but the sort
of justice which is commonly defined nud
commonly understood ns fair play.
They have good reasons to feel that
somehow they are being victimized by
circumstances ngninst which they have
no defense.
It is fair to presume that Mr. Tustin
does not wish to administer his depart
ment for a purely ornamental purpose
and that he has been giving some
thought to n problem which seems to
have been made to order ns a test of
his department's capacities. If a time
is coming when respectable and thrifty
families arc to find their furniture on
the pavements and If a considerable part
of the population has to seek shelter In
armories and elsewhere, talk of play
grounds and parks and bathhouses
will sound pretty hollow.
Unless n plan of campaign is being
considered in the Department of Wel
fare Mr. Tustin will surely find himself
before long in n position ns odd as that
of the man who waits for a rainstorm
to ronr over his head before he begins
to walk nine miles to borrow an
umbrella.
It has to be admitted that the present
housing condition is extraordinary and
thnt it will pass. And there is nothing
in the stnte laws or in municipal
ordinances to check a furious pursuit of
dollnrs bv a real estate speculator, who
has a vacuum where his conscience
......i.i- m Iim. Hut this does not mean
that state and municipal officluls neodJ
turn hopelessly from tne general ques
tion. Even speculators must recognize in
aroused public opinion n power grenter
than their own. Speculative activity
has its uses, but there are bounds be
vond which it cannot snfely go.
Owners of real estate have a legitimate
right to normal profitH and to the in
creased returns that come with Increas
ing demand and values. But the arti
ficial kiting ot property values to the
point of explosion and the attendant
efforts to force helpless people to pay
this artificial price or walk tho streets
are a perversion of the rules of civilized
commerce.
Mr. Tustin's department, with the
aid of Mr. Moore und others, should
be able to check this mania by turning
thc light upon it nnd on every one who
is part of it. If Mr. Tustin wishes to
do n realistic sarvlce to the community,
he will devote himself to that task with
out delay.
The housing commission, of which
Mr. Ihlder is the scerctnry, has sur
veyed the field, nnd hns valuable In
formation to contribute in this instance.
The Tenants' Association can boast the
knowledge of difficult experience. The
Bureau of Municipal Research doubt
less can do a good deal toward nubile
enlightenment. So can the Real Estate
Board, which represents the sound nnd
permanent factors In the business. The
Department of Welfare might accom
plish a greit deal by co-ordinating the
energies of these various associations
nnd ilcvlsluka srstero to tive full pub-
BVENINGf PTJBIilO ''liEDGBR-PHlEAiEEPHiA", MONDAY
liclty to the iigcncles responsible for a
condition that is not only disgusting' but
dangerous.
What Is nnnarent oh the surface
proves thot this procedure might easily i
there are laws under which the persons
and agencies engaged In every Important
real estate transaction nre named in
public records.
The circumstances attending many
sudden and extensive transfers and
deals in parcels of dwellings "would
speak for themselves if they were clear
ly illuminated by somebody In author
itV. An Intensive ntinlv nf the methods
by which such speculations nre being' One party calls the court "reaction
financed might lead swiftly to reforms &," , . . ., , , ,
from within the system Itself, since it! , T,lc "' mW bc' but thc decision
Is apparent that thc fate of Investments ,locJ " l,rnve, ";, fn. .,,,.
u1,.mate;vln,,0Ctint TCiT IT th-Mb? uXhcd the cKn'
ultimately on the ability of lurge-scale they ,U(1 from nnv ,Icsre t0 protcct
speculators to put through get-rich -property.
quick schemes In n hurry nucl without They arc much too wise for that,
accidents. No court would put the Inbcl of tax
A housing conference called at once' dodging on property In order to protcct
for n businesslike purpose would be the,"- ' llt , A, , ... ,
most popular move mndc by any mu- ,. Am' 'n a critical time like this, when
..1.1...1 .i.i..!... .,.. . .v.'.," it Is difficult, to mnke revenues meet ex-
t ::' 7L7''"T. "," '" ". f"cr" n:'pendlturcs. no court would curtail the
.,;"'"'" url8 ,s uo"' u"orP.oyer of th
the crisis arrives.
THE SEESAW IN GERMANY
QJEVEItAL days must pass before the
j'Bnllcnnce nf thc military uprising
in Ileriin Is fully understood. It ap
pears to have been engineered by thc
royalists.
Restoration of thc monarchy will be
nn Issue In Germany for the next gen
eration, regardless of thc outcome of the
present movement. This is true whether
an attempt is made by thc Entente
Allies to prevent thc Germans from
setting up nn emperor or to keep the
Prussians from putting a king on their
vacant throne. The people who will
really decide what kind of government
('"ii'au.v Is to hnve live in Germany nud
""t outside of it.
"""C nen now in power in Berlin
p,n.n to give the throne to n Holien-
Z0llcrn u, luulre will still be unccr-
liuii, iur uic people who were (lenianu
Ing a greater share In their govern
ment before the wnr have hod a taste
of power and will not submit to a com
plete restoration of the old conditions.
held office nt the plcnsurc of thc Reichs
tag instead of at thc pleasure of the
kaiser.
Anything ran happen in Gcrmnny nnd
nny form of government can Inst a lit
tle while. It will take years to insure
stability, just as It did in Frnnce.
LAST THORN FOR SUFFRAGE
CURIOUSLY enough there nre several
million Republicans eager for speedy
senatorial confirmation of Bnlnbridge
Colby ns secretary of stnte. Frank L.
Polk's nd interim term ns acting bend
of the department expires today.
Proclamation of constitutional amend
ments is one of the duties of the secre
tary of state. If Delaware nnd Wash
ington soon rntify the suffrage amend
ment nnd scnntorini approval or Mr.
Colby lags, an awkward situation will
be produced.
The issuance of passports, requiring
cither the signature of the scerctnry of
state or the acting secretary, will also
he held up.
But this foreshadowed difficulty is
secondnry compared with the possibility
of an eleventh hour nnd fifty-ninth
minute obstruction in the wny of fem
inine franchise. Certainly the politica
freedom of American women ought not
to be hindered by the familiar displays
of professional political technique which
are usual sequels of presidential ap
pointments CONSTANTINOPLE "DRY"?
THE last place In thc world where
the nvernge American would expect
to hear of n campaign for prohibition
is Constantinople. He has been told
thnt tho Turk is forbidden by the Koran
to use nlcohol nnd he has believed that
the Turk obeyed the injunction. Op
ponents of prohibition hnve cited thc
poverty nnd squalor of Turkey as proof
that squulor and poverty were not due
to the consumption of nlcoholic drinks.
But word now comes from Constan
tinople that the Turkish Green Crescent
Society Is about to invite "Pussyfoot"
Johnson, or some other American pro
hibitionist, to go to that city to direct
a "dry" enmpaign.
Travelers, however, know that Con
stantinople is not "dry." War corre
spondents have reported their experi
ences nt dinners in the city, nttended by
Mussulmans and Christians, at which
liquor was served. The Christians
drank their cocktiils out of the glass,
but the Mussulmans drank theirs
through straws, so thnt they might not
disobey the Koran, which forbids them
to nllow nlcohol "to touch their lips."
Constantinople is not wholly Mussul
mnn. One-half of its million population
is of other faiths and under no re
ligious injunction to abstain from al
cohol, so it is not unreasonable to as
sume that the city is n good field for
prohibition workers.
USE OF GOOD ENGLISH
DOCTOR VAN DYKE'S recent la
ments over the decay nf good Eng
lish nre doubtless justified. Our
language, despite thc fact that declen
sions nnd conjugations nre reduced ti
n minimum, is tricky nnd slang is nn
insidious Invader.
The antidote, according to the essayist
and ex-dlplomntist, is good rending.
This, too. seems obvious, until the spe
cific medicine is sought. Doctor Van
Dyke suggests Dickens, but the creator
of Pickwick had n persistent weakness
for writing "don't" for doeRn't. "Con
rnd !" perhaps the modernist may cry.
But the gifted Anglo-Pole has not yet
earned tn distinguish "like" from "ns."
Shakespeare in loftiest vein ends his
famous passage nbout the stuff of
dreams with n preposition. Hardy splits
Ills infinitives.
Are we to fall bark confidently only
on I.indley Murray, or is Doctor Van
Dyke himself to save us?
The Geneva correspondent of the
Evr.MNO Piiimc LKDOKn so frequently
nnd so accurately calls the turn on Ger
man affairs thot we are justified In dr.
daring thnt nur own particular Watch
on the Rhine has n Swiss movement.
A cynic would probable see in
France's unwillingness to tnke official
cognizance of Mr, Wilson's letter to
Senntor Hitchcock n desire to differen
tiate between the President and the
politician.
Students of the mandnnius system
nre undecided whether to pronounce the
word with tho nccent on the "dam" or
the "mus.
"Dollars to doughnuts" doesn't
fdcnlfy the great odds the nhrnxn tn,t
1 for when it was first coined.
HOW DOES IT
STRIKE YOU?
Supreme Court's Decision Dcclar
ing Stock Dividends Exempt
From Taxation la Virtually a
Tax on Businesses That
Do Not Expand
AGIIEXt many words arc being
wanted over the Supreme Court's
decision' denying the government's power
tn inr ntnok ilfrldenils.
lie Government to tax unless
it felt forced to do so.
Had tho war gone on nnd such a
decision been mnde. Its consequences
would hnve been grave.
Should another wnr come the con
sequences of this decision may be grnve.
The court wns nware of all this.
And the dlvjslon of the court in
dicates its reluctance.
q q q
AS FOR benefiting property thc de
cision does nothing of the kind.
One may pass by thc discontent which
such n decision may cause.
Thnt probably Is not Importnnt, for
If the people want to tax iu the end they
always find n wny to tax.
But thc Immediate consequences of
the decision are not beneficial to prop
erty or business.
Its chief effect Is nlmost sure to be
to fasten the excess-profits tnx, ot least
for a time, firmly upon the country.
Both pilrtlcs in Congress were
virtually agreed nftcr thc election to
abolish the excess -profits tot and shift
the burden to Incomes.
But now it has been shown how a
very importnnt part of incomes may
escape taxation, nnd it will accordingly
be difficult to abolish thc excess-profits
tax.
And the excess-profits tax is bad for
property and bad for thc country.
It puts n premium upon extravagance,
unbusinesslike methods and Ill-considered
expansion.
In times when cnpitnl is scarce the
world over it in driving capital into
future commitments which arc only
entered because thus profits avoid tax
ation nnd expnnslon may be had, in
effect, at forty or fifty cents on the
dollar.
It promotes" an industrial inflation
of the kind thnt precedes n panic, by
forcing liquid cnpitnl, to avoid taxa
tion, into fixed forms. '
Yet now, us n result of the Supreme
Court's decision. If it Is proposed to
abolish the excess-profits tnx people will
exclaim. "And let the big profiteers
escape by declaring stock dividends!"
q q q
AND thc decision itself promotes ex
pansion, besides tending to fasten
thc excess -profits tnx upon the coun
try. It makes for the "reinvestment of
enrnings instead of their division among
stockholders.
Companies have vnst available funds
or extensions of business, "for build
ing for the future," for ndditions to
plant.
Whnt the decision nnd the excess
profits tnx do Is to penalize thc neglect
to expand.
If jou do not add to the plant nnd
extend thc business, you arc fined 40,
50. 00 per cent of enrnings.
Therefore cxpnnd, expand, expand,
far the tax collector'll get you if you
don't expand !
q q q
EXPANSION is a splendid thing If
It Is not carried to excess.
It is the normnl course of n young
nnd growing country like our own.
Ordinarily It goes on fast enough nmong
n self-confident people like the Ameri
cans. It even gets going so fnst thnt liquid
capital is consumed nnd n forced period
of stopping and saving ensues.
This is the first time that the gov
ernment has said to industry through
its system ot taxation. r.xpntnl ! Kx
pnnd. or I will fine you half your earn
ings." The world needs economy.
America needs economy.
But the United States, by n system
of taxation, encourages extravagance.
It is not economy to make additions
to n plnnt thnt nre not really needed,
on thc theory thnt they may or even
probably will come to be needed.
The economical time to expand is
when It is certain thnt expansion will
become necessnry.
q q q
TRUE economy consists In the use of
whnt you hnve got ns long as you
can possibly moke it do.
If the United Stntes should 'say, "I
shnjl tnx you 50 per cent of your in
come, but nil you spend on clothes nnd
food nnd house rent is tnx exempt,"
we should all buy n good many clothes,
store up n good deal of food and live in
expensive houses.
And the public would suffer nrcord
Ingly, and It wouldn't be economy, even
though some time we should probably
be able to use the clothes and the food.
Yet thnt Is precisely what the gov
ernment Is doing with its taxation
policy, the effects of which will be mag
nified by thc latest Supreme Court de
cision, q q q
TTTORK nnd save," we are told, to
VVget the world upon its feet once
more. , ,
Accumulate to repair me waste ot the
late war. ' ., ...
Tint the Government s poller, bv the
heavy penalty It puts upon earnings
not used in expansion, says in enect,
"Work and inflnte the industrial strue-
friirp I"
Costs under present conditions would
normally keep down speculative cxpan-
But what influence hnve high prices
when a man having large earnings at
his disposal says to himself. "If I
don't put this money Into additions to
plant or the purchase of future good
will the government will take half or
two-thirds ot it away irom mo nny
how I am only really pnying forty
cents on a dollar for my expansion"?
q q q
SOME say wo have only a fifty-cent
dollar today.
In that case the government has cut
thc profiteer's fifty-cent dollnrs in half
nnd mnde It a tweuty-five-cent dollar
by saying he can only keep half of It
unless he spends It pn expansion.
No wonder he Is reckless with his
twentyflvo-cent dollar ! It's n queer
wny to mnke war on high prices, to
tend a lot of twenty-flvo-cent dollnrs
out into the world under presssnre of
various penalties for failure to be as
active as possible I
noover'B refusal to talk of whnt he
doesn't know would, if emulated, cause
considerable reduction in congressional
debate. rm
Germany's latest mov Knpp'a the
climax. , . , ,?i T '-
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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy Wynne Hears of Another Meeting of Colonial Dames.
Dance at Philadelphia Cricket Club
THE Colonial Dames, Philadelphia
Chnpter No. 2, had another meetiug
last week in their rooms nt 400 Locust
street and this time they hnd visitors
lepresenting several cities with which
their chnpter is nfilllnted. New York,
Bnltimore mid Washington sent dele
gates, nnd the tnlk wns on thc effort
thnt is now being mnde to return to thc
customs of established courtesy and n
higher stnndnrd of dress nnd dancing.
Some persons who have not clearly
understood the nlm of the Coloninl
Dames hnve been poking fun nt the
matter nnd several have even suggested
that thev wish us to return to the min
uet. That is, of course, nil twaddle.
Simply because they ore Coloninl Dames
does iiot menn thnt they wish to re
turn to Coionlal doings.
NO, WHAT thc Colonial Dames have
asked others to co-operate with
them In Is a restoration to good man
ners, nnd n proper wny of dressing and
dancing, plenty of entcrtnlnment ami
wholesome fun, but no vulgar display
nor undue extravagance.
The meeting of parents toriny nt .Mrs.
Chorlton Ynrnnll's home is nrrnnged
to enrrv just such an idea through for
the entertainment of the younger set.
The Coloninl Dames do not seek In
nny wny to deprive us of our pleasures
or of our pretty clothes. It's a sane,
sensible movement organized by the
lending women of the city, and I. for
tne, think it is one of the finest t hlngs
the society has ever done. 'n"rfp
when their purpose is fully understood
thev will be upheld more than ever.
Those who do not go out much these
dnvs do not realize thc necessity for
''.?;" -.-.. l,ln If thev hnd cone
l,ut much this year they would have
been utterly nmnzed, so greatly hoe
times changed. , ,
rri. r.infnl 'nninos hnve chosen tne
right time to mnke their efforts known
r.nd mny their fine example be followed
by many outers s
HAVE you licnrd nbout the dnnce
which hns been gotten up for the
.... -n.... Viifunrv'. tipneur nnd
Harrison iu.v ;".;, r b- .7 c.-tri
which will be held on Mnrch 2.i at S..W)
o'clock, nt the l'Minticipiuu n.-n y ...u.
party iiie-le Mrs. James Falmestock.
Si. 1 enjomln W, Frnzlcr. Mrs Irvln
villi AITS. IlOWIiril urn is, .mn,
els Noble. Mrs. Harry ". Potter, Mrs.
Henry L. Reld nnd Mrs. John Strublng.
A committee mode up of seven of this
season's buds has the affair in charge,
miir-i'ii " . ,,, iu nlmlnnnn thereof.
The other girls who nre assisting : her ore
S'nSX Kin.; WW Rold. Elizabeth
Strubing and Elolse Wnrrincr.
mi
IIP. TMnvs and Players' musicale
1 was very Interesting Inst night. I
do so like to go to those affairs. They
arc so informni aim uh-h- iini,...)
rood singing ami playing. Mrs. John
Leigo Is usually In chnrge of the mu
sicnles nnd she knows whnt good music
is believe me! Every one wns there
Inst night and wo hnd n fine time.
PKOCfY, ns I told you, is four, and
she has n mot inquiring mind. In
fnct if yon cannot explain nuv word
vou 'use In her presence, you hnd better
hot use It, for she'll nsk the meaning
if she does not know it. The other day
Marlon mnde some remark and used the
expression for instance. Quick as a
wink came the question, " hat is for
instnnce, Mnwyon?"
And now T nsk you. how nre you going
to explnin "for Instnnce"? You say "for
example." That means nothing to.four
venrs old. So finnlly Marion decided to
cIvp her various sentences with "for
Instance' In them, until she learned the
,nlng. So she wild "I hnve mnnv
ACSAADT?nYDA? ACAT . . MAR' 27
CONOEHT OK Ml'PIC FOH VIOLIN
KREISLER
TICKFTTS, U to 1T IlOX HEATS. 12.00.
"'-Sri .i. i!,w at lienor's. 1UU Chetnut.
T?irIion A. C. KLLlS-PMnuay Piano
AflADKMY UV 511'HIC
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SYMPHONY """"
ORCHESTRA EMMY DESTINN
Pierre MontdlX Tickets now nn xnlr at
rnml'irtnr
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A Teacher for Each Pupil tyj
Individual
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Exclusive Method
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TBAYLOU KNOlNKKItINO AND MANU
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A oinaenu on me common and pre
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ciared. .payable April 1, to tockholder of
record March 29,
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friends, for instnnce, Mnrlon." And
such like sentences were employed.
Finally Peggy said. "I see. it's like
this: My house hns loKof things In It;
for Instnnce, my house!"
NANCY WYNNE.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Mr. nnd Mrs. Samuel Brown McCabe,
of 2217 St. James plnce, announce thc
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Mnry Elizabeth McCabe. nnd Mr. Allan
Enrnslmw, of Germnntown. ' Miss
McCnbe Is a sister of Mrs. Henry Du
plessle Beylnrd. of Louisville. Ky., nnd
Mrs. William Simpson ,1d. of Overbrook.
Judge nnd Mrs. MncKenzie Moss, of
Bowling Green, Ky., nnnounce the en
gagement of their daughter, Miss Mary
MncKenzie Moss, to Mr. Eugene Carter
It1. Simonin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Moore Simonin. of Shirley, St. Mnrtlns.
Miss Moss hns just returned to her home
in Kentucky nfter visiting her cousin,
Mrs. Wnlter Ilemsley Avery in St.Mnr
tins, nnd Mrs. George II. Enrle 3d.
Miss Moss is n sister of Mrs. Arthur
W. Howe, who was Miss Willie Moss.
Mr. Albert Kelsey will entertnln thc
members of the Mumismntic nnd Anti
quarian Society at the Art Club this
evening.
Miss Eleanor W. Wister nnd Miss
Debornh Wister will be the guestB of
honor nt n luncheon nnd mask and wig
pnrtv. to be given by their parents, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Alexnnder Wister. Jr., 420
School Innc, Germantown, on Snturday,
April 0.
Dr. nnd Mrs. Lewis Brinton will
give mask and wig party in honor of
(heir daughter. Miss Elizabeth Brin
ton, to be followed by supper nt the
RItz-Carlton, on Saturday. April 10.
The guests will occupy four boxes.
Mrs. Thomas McKean. of Rosemont,
is spending n month nt White Sulphur
Springs, W. Va.
The wedding of Miss Dorothy Hollo
way, daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. John
Wallnce Hollowoy, of the Wellington,
nnd Mr. Mncaulay Wallace, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Wallnce, of Over
brook, will take place April 0,
Mr. W. N! Seymour Coffin, hot, nt
rMr. and Mrs. George Wlnthrop Coffin.
nf St. Dnvlds. who is attending Choate
School, Conn., spent the week-end nt
his home.
Mrs. W. T. Cochran, of St. Davids,
will give a luncheon on Tuesday, at
her home.
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ANNOUNCES THE OPENING
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EVERY EVENING UNTIL
8 P. M.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC
TONIGHT AT 8: 15
Sir OLIVER LODGE
W.XUR MOST I'OPL'LAU ft INTEP.K8TINO
LECTURE, term this i.-iiiht thii,- iiisiim
The Continuity of Existence
Tlcsete, 760 to 3 at Ileppe'e UH Cheitnut
Good Seats Still Available
Management of Lee Keedlck.
Ave., N. Y.
437 Fifth
SKATING CARNIVAL
for tho Reed St Neighborhood House
ICE PALACE, 45th & Market
MONDAY, MAIiCIl 22, 8 P. M.
Vjtlhatll! W Nil T.nnl. nnA VJV. mm.. Oi...
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Waltilna- Competition Open to All, Gym
khiuia, flat ana obstacle raoea and hockey,
lly the courteey. of Mr. Cnnwav. ti.Uu
will be aotd at rejruUr Prloei at 223 B. llroad
I til. anu i mo jtina, - . .
Box iaatlnff 0, 123, Reserved Seats, 3. U.
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What Is the oldest European settle
ment on the continent of America?
2. Who were tho "Twelve Catsars"?
3. Whnt kind ot nn animal is a pango
lin?
4. How old is Gnbrlelo d'Annunzio?
C. Who was tho Roman mythological
protectress of ngrlcutture and of all
tlio fruits or tne enrtn?
6. Who surrendered Fort Donelson to
Genernl Grant In 18627
7. Who succeeded Oliver Cromwell as
lord protector of England? 4
8. What nnlmnl, besides the elephant,
is valuable for its Ivory?
9. What is n pirouette?
10. Which "s" In tho word "vis-a-vis"
should be pronoqnecd?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1 TTIva rAmilllia r.nn.A.1 m, nf t.m ,
rltory of the former empire of Rus
sia are Lithuania, Esthonla, Letvla.
T?(nllwl n,A Untn.i.1 PU m laa..
nnmed, however, Includes also por-
nuns oi lormer Austrian; ana rrus
slan territory.
2. The plurals of tho word "stlcma"
are "stigmas" and "stigmata.1'
3. The great bllzznrd of March, 1888,
uccurrea on Aiarcn 11,
4. Vlmlr 1?lnl la lslne, nf .!, Tr.Jla.
a. portion of Arabia, Including tne
uuiy twrs in iuocca una aieaina.
C. A stickleback in a. small fish with
sharp spines on Its back.
6. Tho new government railroad in
i' iup ma ncn .Mutanusita coal
fields.
7. Genernl Galllenl was the military
governor of Paris during the ilrst
uuuic vi me iviarne.
S. Montana, Nevada, Colorado and
Mnlno nra the American states pro-
flllittM. tlia mna. Mn.m.
... mi. muni Kcmn.
9. Bartholomew Diaz or Bartholomeu
iyiuu wuh a i-onuRueso navigator,
who was the first to double the Capo
of Good Hope nt the extremity of
Africa. Ho sailed from Lisbon on
.a v iuuiuuo viiyuge in lists.
10. Maroon is brownish crimson.
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A play of the Sea and Seafaring Folk
BT
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REFINED ENTERTAINMENT
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Soubrette, Lew Fields' "Lonely Romeo"
Company.
LORETTA RHODES, Into Prima Donna
Winter Garden.
ITJKJJift'iSI? PAST, a Girl with a Smile.
TEMPLETON, TAMORA k LYNN, Bonis and
Dances.
BLANCHE LEOARDE. Classical Dancer,
HELAINE LYNN, Slngln: and Dancing
Comedienne.
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r,ATcEnM Concert de Luxe
l-i AiULUIN NiKhtly 7 to Closing
CONSTELLATION OF SOLOISTS
MISS CHARLOTTE WOODRUFF
Operatic Soprano Coloratura
MISS LILLIAN KIRKSMITH
Vaudeville's Pre-eminent Flutist
AND OTHERS
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