flVft?A 7" 'S'JUsat y- s ""- ,';i)'jp'-Ajjft',j EVENING' PTJBIId EEDGEB-IHnADliir,PHIA-, TUESDAY, ' 'JANtTABY 18, 1921 e. LEGIONARIES PLAN j AID-FORVETERANS) Action to Bo Taken to Relieve i Men Disabled During .,-tlio War WILL ASK LEGISLATION ,nirrlrnii finnan. I'nllowlni? tlie rrorRniilssntiim of Hip IM.Ha.Hphia -o"y """II of the ,ffl()ll 111 II"' " ' ' tiiidltorliiiii. vvi. Arrh utreet, to uinht. plmit will lie Hindi l.v tin local Lesion of lieers to en-operate with the stnte com mittees in fnrwnril itip the I.oRlnn. There h n (IN troviiiK need for ,,mli in liclmlf of the llnlihil veteran. 1 , ..vi.ll'IKl'd lit II Cl.llfj'ITllCC of OX- on ThN situation will lireeiit(l tin- local legionaries by '1 liomas Moon1 Hi'1 (INtiict deputy coinniauder. U'lietlier or not action can be taken nt tonight s confeieiiee remains to be seen. fliifcnfO Mu.nrli. .Irnf l'l-lnm-forl-n P.N 7 vvlifi lm been hnn.tllnK th" ,b1.ni i i" mpliiMnent nf evtvrvlee mi-ii Km 111 '-'" te-n.l'IU.-rt.T-. idtl Che! In, r tum nolllle.1 e .leciiyment of. ," ,i., l I nut utile to ci try on till- 1 .. 1.... ...w.llnaln.t lh.ll .1 I- HI 111" r imi'i -' ..--- - li,. iorr.''iea on noon nn ii'm- lh reiwnmnllliy. J ne "W' IP ' i M.iavrv7 -wfwr "v - vrwv- v r 1 V Jl&- ' - ''- $ I 1 .u. i STAPLES PRIZE LIMERICKER AT POOR RICHARDS' DINNER Vice President of Telephone Company Rings, the licit With Last Line at Annual Frolic of Advertising Men lintosriiiitKi of tlio frolic pone. nre on the Imck to tulio net Inn iilh'vliiti iho cnn.lltlon I. n who re nufferlnB. of tnnlKlit of uu- i' nrk n iK' m 'it . ,nn, ti, may cniifl.li r the nuenllftn .ff nt unpen inee h h ill inn . I I . ii i 111" rouety cniiiniUt"" nruntil ,, i,u-H t. nnlt'- form It will lH-TieoK-iiry In III. niiiniiiiii 'i" " ito n tlie If-BlHlutliin which llu- ...i. rnmnilltte ilecldc.l hIiuII be 1 li lie I.tBlon In tlm errneiil bi'h- ,.f th. I,':lMlfllUr. ilH" H'nuf m ''.ii- ,, iuU.h Inine-.llnte ncllnn, unit the mmlllee niny ihko u hip i- '!" . ntrrtnlnment iin'l rec lumn iinve ; li- nenr II. iiruoor i-osi, .-ii I.MI North ririeenin "i" imu TM 1"1I .H lin'l r ll H-n-i'-i i-mi- M lnki-r Hint In "nti riirlHlnit niel ,iih"iinli II has n m.iller mem ,,i ,-vr of 111" ilthiT nonts. i ll.iri trolalnj 1'iibI. No. -K. of II ll.ull IH eoiemTllUPr. MI1 KIV . . ,. Aitiinhl Then I re Janu.irv L'l i hutli P Coikeiy h.ln ! li elrct n', , i the pot In the oral) com- SHOT IN MONEY DISPUTE li 111! c eci" int.' upper it n ihnt in univ An I n P in'" I.V. i n'ni: , f It. i "7'Ar 1'nor H'ichnrA Club every year Uivin n hnmiurt of wit, .yjtia nnd cheer, Urn Vrnnklln, our saint, Shniiltl he here hut he aln t t Which, nil fifiifi considered, ain't ipiecr." Vol the hint six words of tin above masterly description of last night 'a nlx teenth ntiiuinl (llniief of the Poor Illcli a rd Club at the llellevue-Ktrntford. I'hll Staples, vice, president of the Hell Teleiilione Co. collected SI 00 In American money and the priceless plaudits nf the assembled ndvertlsers of the oily. It was a special lilmerlclt oiitcst JtiHt for the club. Ilnidcned seeltcrs of space nnd pub licity were nmii'.ed at the amount per word paid by the ICVKNINd ruiiLirv, 1ir.tKir.it for the winning six sections of the nntive tongue, lint hundreds of them look n shot nt the reward and acknowledged tt'ltlt chceru that the best lino won. The Infection of the great advertising dinner with the ever-growing "I.imer iekitis" wan the surprise of a typical fast-moving, on-the-toes Poor Hlchard evening. As soon ns tin contest wns an nounced, the advertisers fell to on tlio limping limerick witli a zeal nnd (lis i (flitch which showed that they must i have been figuring on the tricky little " " live-liners during the InNl weeks of the BISHOPvSPEAKS ON AMERICA kv''n" I'm.r.ir lAiimm'H contest. A sudden hush of concentration nnd ...I ..If.,-, r.,11 ..., r. i. ., ,,.,i ..( Unreot of Present Day Due to War, . ;;,; V'csentVitlve of the last thought in the way of snap and punch, ns tin men whipped out pens and pen Franklin was communicated with its: usual this year via I.. J. Cnttcll nnd a copy of lien's fnmotm kite, whence enmo the voice of the- first mlvcitlscr. In the midst of nil this were speeches bv distinguished guests of the evening, Tchy Hsieli, "the Hoosevclt of China" J llmvn Hfewuit. mesldejit of the Asso- dated Advertising Clul's of the World; Francis Harvey Ureono, and llubbl Al exander Lynns. In spi-nking of possible events cm the l'nelflf, wiiere ilimeultles with .Japan arc sometimes tnedlcted, Tell.. I Ilsleji snld, "If any trouble should nrlse with our neighborly nation, remember this Chinn is America's friend. "Watch Oic I'nciric," ho advised, "and iilwaji reniember that In IiIcii'm. Chlnn stnliils by the side nf deiii'icratl.' i republic hns i sniiger. is becoming America. The Chinese come to slnj. China llooseveltized " The iinines of the men to whom the Poor Klchnrdltcs owed the gtcnt part of (he HtHiTfrH of their nniiual evening Karl' Itifiomgindnle director; J. It. Tuft, mannger: Ilnrrj Appleton, assist nut inannger : M. ! U"' ''. .1. M 1-ogel- Frnnk C. floMncT, Joseph (inen. Ilarrv T .lordaii H, I.. LcWlf, .1. A. Iiiitz. Irvin V. Pnschfill. JosppH S. Piitsdamer. Walter Mullmll, P. O, Staples, Howe Hicwnrt. llowoi-d ('. Story. Tlipodore Ash. M. II ThninnK, Frank Therklldson, I'.rnest Ac'termntl, S. II. Weiler, I.ee H Ilimd. Wnyno Miyslinll. (Jeorge )loIlmitli .la.k Him mil Howard K. Mnhr. r Photo Hcrvlro, PI HI, Ml' V. STAI'LFS The (h.'impioii lliuerlclicr of (lie Poor Kiili.iiii (lull. It was his "last line" (liat won the contest rnniliicted by the Fvn.MNO Pt'ti l.tc I,t.li(ii:tt at (he Poor l.tchard dinner lat night. Mr. Staples Is lcc president of the Hell Telcphono Co. Ho llxcs ut Haierford. $1(10 goes to the telephone company official ii Negro Seriously Injured Following Street Argument It. iisiiIU of III! IIIRIimeilt over .noun IJii-ine liiiniiit T'J'.I Wood street. irjp a s. mi'is coiiilitiou id the Halme lnuiin lli'siiilnl with gunshot wounds nf tin III 'I" nen. The police lire hn'ilitlg IV i limn ttilli'ii. in-" oi i.i it nun i I eel Churchman Assert3 A coinmmiili meeting of West Plilln dolphla men in St. I'hillip's Church, ut Foit,v--ecoiiil mill Pine streets, at tiacted an uudience of several hundred men I.t-t niglit. Hishop Thoiuas F. Neelj, of the Methodist Chimb, gave an address on "Ameiicii and Ameri cans." ltishop Necly lcferrcd spccllicu'ly to the condition', of unrest prevalent, and nttriliuted tin cnu-es to the i.'ITeets of the war. He declared that hiiNhcvism had no place in the country and never could have. He icferied to tin- over whelming protest of the people ns leg i'sterc.I against the League of Nations, at the lust election. The meeting was planned by the Young 'Men's Association of the Diocese of Peiins.vlvaiiin, in honor of llenjniiiiii I i auk'i n. LOST BOY FOUND IN RIVER Body of Lad Missing a Month 13 Recovered The body of niiie-jcar-old Henry Kosin-kj ; who disappeared from his ionic in tlio rc.ir m '.n- .Norm i inru strCi t, I lecenilier in t!ie lleuivvaic cils and jotted down their "Inst lines." Karl Itlooiulngilnlc, president of the club, announced the winner nt 11 o clock, thus ending the suspense, Mr. Staples' closest competitors were B. D. (Jliibs, whose last line wns. "Hut he's closer than some beer thnt's near," ami .1. W, Mngers, who came ucross with "(!od bless him. his spirit is here." Theie were hundreds of nlso-rans who got almost us much fun out of the nffalr ns the winner of the evening. A lot of people remarked on whnt good fillers limericks would have been tor "Poor Ittchnrd'H Almanac," if the form linil only been In vogue In llcti jnmln'B lime. He wns such n wise bird on breezy lines nnd wise wheezes, when said, thnt he would probably have been the world's greatest limerick writer. The program of the bnnipiet, which stnrted.well and got stronger throughout Its run, wns regulation Poor Klebnrd, ulileh ineniiu Hint nnvtliliic could be ex pected nt nny time, and nil ot it (io hui and special extra. ' The dinner wns somethln? like tlio successful icsult of Maging Zlegfcbl s Follies In the Fulled SUles Senate ..!....!. n 1 ...n n illnlll l.lf ,lf ll'HIIllV. l-lltlllllM-l . H MIIS II hl',.1 ," e-, ,' "I skillful foolcrv nnd melody efllclently stnged for a crowd of men who spend theirdnys planning almost ever) body's advertising. It had the kick and go and great geniality that only men who are wise enough to take time olT for a good party once In a while know how to put into their amusements. It takes n lot of brains to hnve as good a time ns tin Poor Kichnrdltcs have every year nt dinner. As Knrl Illooniingdiile, who seems l peculiarly to embod.v the Hue human H spirit of bis club, exnlnlned. the linn- M ipict was only n larger outhurst of the Q everyday principles in tlie mi; nine cnn on Canute street. A Poor Uicliard din ner is just nliout the Mine.-t. most opti mistic nnd spontanciiiislv good-humored nltiilr t lint can be put on In this rather odd world and the sixteenth annual of the series was pos-dhly n shade more so than any of tin others. Tlin banquet floor in the ballroom wns surioiliuleil bv dazzling signs, which ,11,1 (hull' elect rlcnl best to ilMract sonic little attention from the gallery of.E lienutifullv gowned women who smiled down on the Poor Uichnrditcs from .the. liliVlivt As thr (liners dined their wily through the evening, the stage managers did their best to kicp ever) body's mind off tlie menu by Mie piesontnlion of the liest nets from "The Tnlk of the Town." the Mnsk and Wig show, the Charity Hall, the musical plays at the theatres and the cabarets of the city. (SlrN, niUhlc. comedians, dancers Hashed he fore the crowd in n bright pageant of amusement. It was the lst-tinied of all Poor Itlchnid dinner-. The spirit of ' - - iMMiMMiimiriiijiiiMn '- - - " "i " i)m.nTi!irrrnrrm'-1,'JJ'1aani:xl::a:s J ncnrnvrrr.'r r ri'i i'"11"'-" iiMriiiiuaff was found limiting liver oil til i en street the shout- i i lunge of doin. Inili ui.-n are Negroes. 'III. Imnl iu occurred "liortly after mjlnulii 111 Wootl sti t near Tenth. r.t t u ii n.is niTisKd tluee bonis Inlet ,n ii n on (Hive sticet iieur Fouith ,t lh i Ims McCiuthv. McCoiniick iitnl I ii of the Tenth and llutloii ivoo.l stieeis station house. He was liiki'n to Hie Ceuti'iil Station for a in n i in-; hv -evil ill men ill the launch Dauphin jcteid,.v. The men hud -tailed for tin .ler-ev side when oi f th. in niiticeil a p'lir of knees protiudti'; fiom the water, vvhiili at thin point i- verv slinllow. The polne Ihvii A-hhi idge was c.MIed, and the hodv rei'oveied hv the clew, and soul to t-he moigiic, whole it was itlenti ticd h the Jin) 's mother (Mulit'um of Highway:: Throughout State Today I iiinlii luglnva.v iTieuton to ( , n org I Fair in Itueks and l,n i-lii enlllltil's : l!-ewlllle go III n- fn i- (I'ttv-hii.g. Nn iiiformii Mi i- M elve.l from the seetiiili l ' i lii II s'li.ir) and Chnmhcis r.,1, i i ii I1, nn higliwa.v I l'.rVtnn to I i -I ugi Fur in D.iuplini hi I I h moil i. unities', cl-cwliele in B1ii I i 1 1 n pilie I Phi'iuh'lpliia. M. i I., i i ,tt S jiinie .mil ( i I"' M I III good OHldllloll, I' 'i ulna ami Kciiling t : K - . .i i outlitinii. I -I. i iiinl llariishurg pil.i M . iyzj r-r-rsir-v n r - t" fnntnliis 1011 Pngos li covers eviry pli'i-e of Invvti gir .leu ami fit nil .ulUltv. Illiistrnii's ! ilesi r'.lu s Hie li, it III rinvvi-r. ,.K.. ! in il 111 iss Sci'iN. llolln iii.l Pilots Mmi Tools Ins. elli Ides. I'irtll1'IH etc. IC. free. Send li l o-i il i.inl or mil fur n i opv Ilnllis for (, row Inn In Water Miirtrd II) tilths, -" en li : do'. SL'-: Willi t'loi-es (umplele, l. lie i in h . ilu. !;7 Oil. White Niirilsstis. 7. em h ; do. OOe; ,s on u r loo p, Mill s !" tier il WlIcMl' s r.is-.-iifi m ijm:t (oztedr eZ iarlinfibn 1126-1128 Chestnut Street Women's Knit Underwear at Much Less Than Former Prices The best-known makes Underwear which will give' long-continued satisfactory wear, and at prices which mean real savings: Kayscr "Marvelfit" Combination Suits of wool; low neck, no slesves, bodice tops: Regular Sizes $4.00, reduced from $5.50 Extra Sizes $5.00, 'reduced from $6.75 Kayser "Marvelfit" Combination Suits of all sillc ar.n merino; low neck, no sleeves, bodice top: Regular Sizes $4.00, reduced from $4.75 Extra Sizes $4.75, reduced from $5.75 Mcrode Combination Suits of wool and cotton; lov. neck, no sleeves, knee or ankle length; low neck and 3nort sleeves; high neck and long sleeves, bodice top: Regular Sizes $3.00, reduced from $4.00 Extra Sizes $3.75, reduced from $4.75 Merode Vests and Tights of wool and cotton; Vest-. havs high neck3 and long sleeves; Tight.j are ankle length: $1".75 each for all sizes, reduced from $2.50 H TO-D.AY, TUESDAY, THE DAY OF THE FUNERAL OF ISAAC -HALLOWELL CLOTHIER ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS BUSINESS THIS STORE WILL BE . CLOSED ALL DAY STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER flajtl'fVnVI'.'sVjmLUiiiraa.''l -Iapjj c.'u'-i ". i- ':,rwwr ifaatj.'.AjYftsya'aaa'Tjs )XR2X:iT ZZX3T a : sTSraCCKIii'C-iV .3f-SlC3TS " E i i i. ' i- iv-- ' " i $ The for ocleni Semrce of ? ? TB f 1 i Anv Modem l : -a , ho a 1 A :iff cr.'-ni'c Mew Continuing The Great Sale of HO" ii hprir ESivli Dresses ii-p taffetas, lustrous satins and dresser, of o'.her wa riled materials that we bought at a 50 price concession "- cfrcred you tomorrow at a like reduction. MATERIALS !m( wis i-i fiiiiwfiw ryt a Canton Crepe George lie Satin Tricolettc All Sizes Wi$$iW iFrWtwM il If Lvciy dienj is newly aiylcd in becoming model:, fcr l . . y lpe -fwca'u. D-csy. i fo wear r.'ght noiv under your cent and later on the cli.ct c; j.ny ir.for.-r.al octaiicn. I leretoforc there has bfn of opinion as to the niot,t sj'.isl.u toiy syo.o:;i of he.sting. I he fact of the matter is there is no ical dif ficulty with the systems .'crni.,l.i-J. Any nf the m-dern systems, sui li as hot water, stcr.rn, vapor, etc., aie con eel in principle. Th" ref.l wcakncbs. wh.irh n s-'steTis exists at the .-tdii; You can't expect a modern to be a modem convcmVnt-: i on an enciqunted Mwrct ut function properly. , p-cniiar to a'l 1 in nl yu i '.. 1. 1 ; Umk sys'.t'm. it ,r. i leperci'tit ' .- t. The old nif'.hd of coal hrnt'n; is mfTii i'iit at btsl- Uopendent, as it is. i n tr-L ! clement for atention in buildin., uc. enng coui. raxiny anci tauin it tb .m entirely olu-t.-. upplii. Ui hioncd ' .1- ii un. in sho v Th ni' i I , , s li'tir rt - . p. -f "i ri:'5tut. Pv f I (.V.- !.c 5ory unii wo.!'. t u : " i i n; w:'-.'n' S'! st s! t ' ' ti u i. ( s ' "nt i.o i I-, w i s' rf I w ll.l )t ; i FULLY C 'JAP Ar'TH' .pars vr e5prrp( -7T" m 'TVT The "HOT WAVE- i enutit in s,:i anA com pact the u ,'ioifl n,"pcr ct'i it'll IJ binitiff go ii to ii stzewer trunk. Ul' OXi L Dress Clearance Special! kauris, lnccLnes, merges, Veivcietrns, Velours, Jersey Cloth, Poiret Twill. All fcrmcrly $40 Drc3SS3. SIX'OND FI.OOU . T ,v E j" " , : I ! ' I ' " i 1 VV 1 X , "- k4T , N M4tlri . 1 wJf ., .4 MH' fur liotiUi. Gas Utilities Si-Jes SPRUCE AT MTI I'llll.'.)!-..! . ' -TIIKLV rvv a. iS.I C:a .'( .. V SUV i y SECOND FLOORWEDNESDAY UllM . U I.M r v likii lTmrrriir?nip-i'ii M-TrrmBs-Tji rHVi'rviWnr''iii U1L 'am.ilnrrrrw i AiMlUi. . v u . WM-jaj.A tfi'i t ri t ft .. Wai -N!.A.v -.
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