r s& -v it v.M'.y., -w- !fti - .-r Wnr.-MP!f$5.i,S hi$ 1 I-7J m .A .' I .i Kkl 71T Ifc? u X3 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGEK PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1921 JUDGE JARS CROOKS FEATURED IN ACTORS' FUND BENEFIT tv WTH LI TERMS Maximum Sontences Are Im posod by McCullen to Halt Crime YEAR FOR BORROWING AUTO - .TihIrp MrCnllon In Qimrter Spinn Court hero tmlay. jnrrnl rum ioti'il men ivlth the fOTi-ritj of riitoiiei Imposetl to put the frnr of the linv in rrnolis cpcratlnc here. Not lets tlmn pven yenrs nor tnurt thnn rlpht In prNon ni tho ipntriicp tf Ahrnhnm Oroppor, .Inieph Cuplln ninl iTolin Mnrinnn, conv!rte,l of enteritis to Utoal nnd tlic larceny of woinnn'i wrar Inc nppnrcl valued nt Sl.'OO from a ttore nt 12.1 South Thirteenth street. Willlnm Kramer, ul.is Merlon nve tine, watt given one ear in tlio count prison, the lnmlintiiii entenee for operating an automobile without the toiwnt of the owner, l'olice rn'iiriN (houril he hnil been arrested liftien times for similar offenoes. John V.. Collin and Kiirpiip Heelry. ronvlcted of highway robber, were riven from four to live ear- in the Knstern Penitentiary. The were om I..tn,l .if rnhhlm n former ehool chum Df n S:i"0 searfnln anil S2! In cn.h Patrick MrNiill. 2.'S North Fifth Itrcot, was sentenced to thin cnrw in the county prion. the maximum, for (arceiiv. McNally pleaded pnllty to itenlin'i! Sl.'U of merohnndlo while em ploved an ii porter in u Market street itor. Mellaril Hart, who nid he had three i ions, two of them killed in France, was r.lnr.n.1 mi iniibatloii for si month- llnrt had never been urn-ted before mil nleaded cuiltv to hrcal.liiK into a itnre at 712 Wood Mi cot. where knd been employed. In FORUM MEETING TONIGHT Manley O. Hudson to Tell of New States and Minorities "New States an 1 the Piotictiou of Minorities" will be the subject nt the ninth session of the Pfni.tr T.F.ioi:u 1'orum on the Pence Conference tnnislit In the foer of the Acadeinj of Mu-ic. The speaker will be Manley O. Hudson, who was an expert in the dhi-ioa of in ternational law of the Amcr..:an Peace Cmnmlssion. Mr. Ilud-n will tell of the innnlfnM difficulties the Peace Co:; feve nee fnrcd u hen it attempte.l to carry ... President Wilson - principle of sirr.ilrtiTininiition for siniil. imtioii. and in what in-tanccs it did or did not succeed. s . :JLfJi..M$' ....-" ACTORS' FUND BENEFIT PUT ON AT 2 THEATRES Stars, Society Girls and Sailors Fea ture Performances ' There was enough excellence, Miriet) ( and life to pca-e i verj patron of the1 theatre in tin1 griiml revue for the ben elit of tlio A( tors 1 und iriw-n -irnu tiineou-1 nt the rorret and (Jnrrick Theatre- this afternoon. Score- of stnrs, two dozen Moict uirl- in a iiiiiKnillci'tit iniKcaut and Pio iiilor- f'om the n:uy jnrd entertained thrniiKliout the ciiiusp of the lone ufdr tuion program, which spnrkh'd with ciuneil and nii.-ic and thrill with llnal acted drumutic nionients. It is said that never in the hi-tory of local benefit performaiu es 1ms as line nn exhibition of talent been slithered together for u performance. Ilnyinotid Hitchcock announced the program, which opened with the Festi val Actors' Fund Orehc-tra In selec tions from "I'rminle " Kdlth Tnliiifeiro. Frank Iloane, Paul Frawley mid l.etty nrko appeared in "Kikerikie." from "Ki-sins Time," with Ko-o ami Arthur liovlan in "Dance Fcccntriitie," condinted by Andrew I lore. Ite-iree I.tilim -kn gme "t!a votte tirotesipie." a satire on modes und manners. The vaudiville hendliner was Clara Howard In "Song., mil I, audi-." from Keith'-. Povle und lixon, from "Ilitchv -Koo. lt)i;i," jiro sented a ilniieing ii'-l under the title of "Steps." The annual Actor-' Fund benefit, a notable thcatilcal philanthropy, Mill take place at 2 o'clock today. The same niasshe and varied program will he Klvcn simultaneously nt the Korrc-t and Garrick Theatres, the stars or acts transfcrrinc from one lioii-e to the other. At the top up Ienrs Dcslrec L.uhorka. liuretta Taylor Is shown In the rltcle und I.'ditli Taliaferro in the panel on the riRht A -pectacle especially arranged for the ocea-ion was "Ports of the World." Tvler ltrooke took the part of the gay lieutenant, nnd 1-Mith Taliaferro icp-re-ented Philndelphiii. Twenty-four other port- of the world were represent ed by Philadelphia society debutantes. Kncli was in costume chnrncteri-tic of the port -he represented. THE DAlh YNOVELETTE The lit nitty Contest lly MAKIK I.OUIHi: III! 7. 7. KM, Tho Indies of the 1'nraonago Itepalr Fund snt In solemn conclave In Mrs. Abljah SkefNnKton'd parlor. Tho fund treasury Ixslne emnty. they were thor- I oUKhly dlscournucd, for the parsonage I wns In a sad state of disrepair. The case wns briefly nnd plainly stated by Klleit Hnymoncfs tcrBcly uttered: "We've had rummage sales apron snlcs and cooked-food Bales, till person ! nlly, I should be actually ashamed to I look even a spavined horse tale In tho ' l.nfi Ih.I monnHmfi (hn .nlllntr In the pnrsonnge llvlnir room threatens to bury tho whole family under plastering at any minute; tho kitchen In a. sight, and ns for tho minister's study well !" Mrs .Skefflngton nodded ngreement thnt the pnrsonnge wns In n disgraceful condition, then added: "Mr nnd Mrs. Wright have been sim ply angelic to put up With It as long n they have and something must be done ' I'll confess that t'm at a stand' still! Hut nny one nblo to solve, tho problem for us would receive the thnnks of nil Mendowvllle nml deserve n halo! ' At this Juncture thero was a knock; the door opened, nnd Pence Arkwrlght looked In with nn apologetic: "Pardon me--but as mother couldn t come, sho sent me to" Mrs Skcfflngton sprang up, her fnce beaming. "I'enco Arkw'rlght " sho cried, "I belluve vou're the very one to help us out of a bnd predicament I listen I" and Peace, listened attentively to tho tnlo of woe, unfolded by the head of the re pair fund; nnd nt Its conclusion snld thoughtfully: "Well, jwrhnps our girls' club could get up some kind of nn intcrtalnmciit that would bring In somo money. It would have to be something entirely new - something you've never had In order to In- a success!" Thtn she added hesi tatingly, "Ovvr In Shelbyvllle, they had a beauty contest all tho prettiest girls disguised, with Jut their faces showing through one thickness of gauze, you know with young men for Judges, who paid flvo dollars apiece for tho privilege And over tbrre tho contestants er auctioned ofT kisses at two dollars each and they made Just stnck.t of money. Shocked consternation was depleted on everv fnce, and Bllen Raymond gasped: "Hut Pence Peace ' This Is n church nffalr and all thing like selling kisses Would bring discredit on the church and scandnlUc the whole town! No that wouldn't do '" decidedly. Peace smiled demurely. "Hut I haven't told you all, ladles, nml I can t not quite all IJut I assure you, I won't bring discredit on tho church nor grieve denr Mr. Wright. With the cntertnlmniiit, however, nnd Ico cream and cake, nnd plenty of Miss Raymond's delicious ci (Tee" with nn In gratiating smile, "nnd thoNsnlo of er kisses nnd tho money the Judges would pay for their licenses why, you ought to realize enough to pay for the repairs, Or If a few dollars short, mirelv thero arc enough carpenters, masons nnd painters In town to help out without charge," Mrs. RkefTlngton faced her co-workers. "Ladles," sho said, "I bellevo It was Providence Instead of lu r mother that sent Peace Arkwrlght here this after noon I So Peace you Jut go nhead for I know I can trust you to do what Is right 1 And anyway, I'm so flabber gasted oer the whole thing, thnt I guess I'd stand back of you, even If you made the minister kiss every girl In town ' Instead of selling candy kisses, vou rogue I" she whispered, convinced thnt she bnd guessed what Peac Intended to do. Pence said nothing hut laughed to herself ns she left the meeting It wns the evening of the benuty con test. One hundred young men had cheer fully paid flvo dollars cneh for n "Judge's" license which also entitled Cream , , f Wheat w Tlio food you I Mssrtw comeback to I qWfc.y im wtienyoucan ! I Wl'f.::iW del ri -wid I Ji VvHliijj nowyoucan , j, b f, v 'r 11 lgrj:i I vMWi' ;' life 1 l-B i I m m , .. &- mmmmk ' mm eummi 111 :-"- Wot i wMs MM-- him to tho purchnso of a kiss. Tho town hull wns packed, and as tlio clock struck 8 tho divided stnge curtnln waa slowly drawn to each sldo by two little girls In white, disclosing such a galaxy of beauty that the nudlence stared In wonder. They stood In a long, double hnlf-clrclo ncros tho wldo stage, In stntuesmio calm, the lono figure occupying tho exnet centci well In front, hearing, through her filmy veil, n strong resemblance to Peace Ark wrlght. The Judges filed Blowly pnst the stnfr", peering Intently nt each fnce as they went, nnd nodding wisely ns t"v J"tb d down names on pads of paper. This cere mony over the snlc of kisses wnxed fnst Tench Jtidgo eager to enjoy tho privilege for which ho hnd paid toll ven though tho kisses must bo Implanted on veiled lips. And It must be confessed thaf while tho salutes given were ardent every pair of lips bore tho ordenl with remarkalde fortitude. Then enmo the signal for unmasking nnd the flnnt deci sion. And then well, then In full view of tho audience, the "heautles" vvrlrg'd out of their ilraperles and volts nnd dis closed to the horrified Judges n group of perfectly good looking but unmistak ably mnln persons In convcntlonnl eve ning nttlre' Whllo the nudlenco fnlrly howled Its nppreclatlon of the clever camouflnge tho ante-room door opened nnd a bevy of smiling Mendowvllle girls camo out nnd mnde deep obeisance to th disgruntled Judges. And meanwhile, Vcnce Arkwrlght was In tho hnek psrlor helping Mrs. Pkefflng ton count the pile of bills they bnd tnken In. flho wns also reclvlng tho almost tearful thnnks of thnt more thnn grnte ful lady, who. as she pneked the money Into her capacious handbag, gurgled: "Hut, Pence, how did you ever suc ceed In making bov look so much like glrls7 Mv knees fnlrlv shook when that kissing started up for I'd mniln up mv mind thnt vou were going to sell enndv kisses Instead of the renl nrtlclc. How did you do It?" Peace giggled. "Why, I enlisted the aid of the Shel byvlllo boys. They came over and cop ied our fnces with their grease paint nnd wigs left over from their own beau ty show. And I think they did well!" "Well! I should sny so! Why, that middle ono In front wns tho living Image of you. Hilly Saunders, "wnsn't It?" Peace nodded, then lnughed, ns Henry Lnnslng, head "judge," stalked by the ojien door muttering a disgusted: "Huh huh ' And J paid two perfectly good dollars for the prlvllcgo of kissing Hilly Saunders !" Next Cnninlrte Novelette "The Two Legged refer" THE GURNEY R.EC1TAL Interesting Concert Given In With erspoon Hall by Well-Known Tenor Henry (itirney. tenor, gave his nn mini recital in Wltherspoon Ilnll last evening before n large audience, whicii received the varied nnd interesting pro gintn presented with much enthusiasm, air. (1 unify wns in good ,nlce nnd sung his whole progintn with excel. cut tnst and appropriate fce'lfig. lie begnn with the recitative "Deeper nnd Deeper Still" and the .111 la "Wnfi Her Angels," from "Jephthn," ono of the least unpleasant of the popular llnendel numbers, but pretty niitiiiunlcd music nt best. However, It served to show the singer's splendid ability In religious music, a field lit which i". fiiirney hns alwu.vs ranked high. Till wns followed by three of the loveliest numbers of the program. "Tho I.itl Inbv" of llrnhnis, the seldom heard but oxnulslto setting of Heine's "Thou Art Mke n Flower," by l.iszt, and Crleg's "A Dream," nil of which were llnel.v sung. The rest of the program wns inndo up of nrins, of which "Snlve Dlmorn," from "Faust," was probably the finest, n group of old Knglish and Irish songs, folk songs from the Welsh, Srntoli and Danish, a song by S IMwanl Klgnr. "The Poet's Mfc," sung for the first time In thin city, nnd songs by Mac- Dowcll nnd Lfdillc. 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