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EVENING' PTJBIId EEDGEB-IHnADliir,PHIA-, TUESDAY, ' 'JANtTABY 18, 1921
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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'
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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-
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. 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
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"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 .
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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
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(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
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TO-D.AY, TUESDAY, THE
DAY OF THE FUNERAL OF
ISAAC -HALLOWELL CLOTHIER
ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THIS BUSINESS
THIS STORE WILL BE
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CLOSED ALL DAY
STRAWBRIDGE & CLOTHIER
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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
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Satin
Tricolettc
All Sizes
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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
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The old nif'.hd of coal hrnt'n; is mfTii i'iit
at btsl- Uopendent, as it is. i n tr-L !
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kauris, lnccLnes, merges, Veivcietrns,
Velours, Jersey Cloth, Poiret Twill. All
fcrmcrly $40 Drc3SS3.
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