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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23

sees an occasional coat OF beaver ana
wonders why one doesn't see more; il Is
50 SILKY IN appearance and capable OF
beautiful tones.
AZ a trimming IL Is widely uasd. Pha
fox OF the coat pictured might be replaced
With beaver and tho coat lose nothing By
the exchange.
There are new fura sDrinslnE up con-
stantly The two said TO be the most
popular Ia Paris just now are wolverine
and peEan- Perhaps their popularity Is
due to the rage for the color known a.
tete de nesre, for both furs are a beau
tiful shade Of brown.
Ihs shoulder cape Of fur Is one af the
quaint faneies Of the year. They are
very much Ike those worn several dec
ades ago. and give a demuge Appearance
even 70 the type that prevails now. Thsy
have long stole ends. IN some instances
and are drawn plainly across the shout
ders in front.
The mnns and toqusa % much n vogue
have the romantic afr that ne associate
with sha fashio1s 81 the past and there
s much thar g reninlscept - fFpciza and
flrs and foi-iola-
Possibly because there e IS maot bl1od
an1 taznadr in the aiFs anylhinE thzt ~
iuFl the thoughts 20 true r1inaacs IS s.
ffelhipE. Ike coming % the eallaea lo
AH oHss iaHse aifh frelH eur afIef seIa
asrs aldlr uafzf
So aoatt ne creative 9elaua q zhe
E.aa1 ls trz "a aa.
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
CHILDREN'S CORNER
What the Christmas Fairies Heard

m WAS the night before "the night
i before Christmas" and everybody
was so tired. and so fun of plans for the
next days work, that everybody slept
very sound SO sound. in fact. that no
one heard the talk of two little dolls up
I'm the nursery.
These two dollies felt very mournful and
sad.
"Mournful and sad when Christmas was
eomingr' you ask. Yes, indeed! Just
listenl
"oh, dear" sighed one doll, I'm be
so glad when Christmas Is over!'
"Glad2" exclaimed the other. " can
hardly wait till Il Is passed. Ny little
mistress pays no attention 10 me at all
any more. She throws me around any
way that she happens to, and has no
thought or talk but for the fine new doh
she hopes santa Claus win bring herf"
That's just the way with my mistress"
replied the first doll. sadly Here / am,
face down IN the farthestSeorner OF the
nursery. And here have been for three
whole days! can hardly breathe. ana Il
seems TO me that cant stand II another
minute But she never thinks OF me She
has no thought for old friends--only Tor
the new things she thinks she win getp'
'I1I be glad when Christmas Is over
said the other Il wish there was no
such thing 4 love my little mistress. but
she cares nothing Tor me any morep'
For while everything was quiet in the
nursery, then the biggest doll sighed a
great sigh. and said; Remember what
fun We had last Christmas2 How we
were wrapped up IN soft white paper and
laid IN a draNer2 And how Dorothy's 4
mother hid Us 50 carefully So Dorothy
could not and us ana see Us before the
timef"
HOf course, 1 rsmemherl replied the
llttlest doh, Il couldn't forget that n
tried What fun Il All was" And then
she added sadly, but nobody wants us
now. Nobody e hiding US away We
won't be q surprise 10 anybody'-oh. dearp'
Dent feel 60 badly about anything
said q CHEEKY voice close by the doiis.
sfell ua your troubles maybe We can
help youF'
h0 are your asked the dolls.
"He are Christmas falfie1 spoke up a
aqzen voices "qna we want % make /
aFsrt body h4pny
Tne aqlil slaaly toid ga their troubles.
tHats easily reFaeafea said tha
taifIe4 faaae ere many Iittle airI1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
1.-THE MAGIC FLUTE"
A CHRISTMAS GIFT
AT METROPOLITAN
Festive Occasion Made
Merry by Mozart Open.
Goritz Is Santa Claus.

Last nights opera at tile metropolitan
was Christmas gift, with Otto Gorits
playing Santa Claus. Nothing meufer
nothing more thoroughly delightful .cotlld
have been planned for the season than
the performance of 'Dle Zauberfioete,
And, as has become the custom OF the
Metropolitan company the production
was superb.
It was possible. as one listened ,e
Mozart last night, TO think OF the opera
in many ways. For example, one could
wonder of what STUFF the Germans are
made that they should bring their chill.
dren up on this music as they most Ger.
tainly do, and then make them into sol.
diers, philosophers and world-pollticians
Again, the opera brought all other operas
into question. Was not Mozart more
right than Wagner. in refusing to treat
the opera as music drama, in frankly
dividing his work between q real stage
and the apron of a stage, on which solo,
lists sang great arias, before stepping
back into the play again7 But the best
way OF all was to take it thoughtessly,
to sit back and let the ear be rejoiced
with the pulsing flow OF golden music,
and the mind with fri&olity and charm.
Because it is the property OF the magic
flute and of the silver bells that their
hearers cannot but do as the player
wishes. And the real magic flute IS in
the hands OF Mozart: when 1t is played
we cannot but rejoice.
Mr.. Hertz, whose accomplishments in
Wagner seemed n doubtful warrant OF
his fitness for Mozart, conducted with
swift intuition of the music's wanton-
ness, its delicacy and its melodious fer
vor. To him the singers responded nobly.
Frieda Hempel, singing the sweet colora.
tura of the Queen of the Night, was In
her best voice, high and clear and fine.
She made the flowers of her aria, ''Du
Wrist sic gefreien," fall so softly and fair
that even the musical purist must have
become reconciled to coloratura and the
crimes which are committed in it's name.
Mime. Gadsli, again in a helpless role,
seemed more beautiful and in voice more
tender and more delightful than in her
excellent Elsa OF two weeks before.
Otto Goritz in his festive characterize
tion of Papageno was, as has been said,
tho Santa Claus of the evening. His sing
ing was good his "hatting'' for comic
effect was excellent and certainly not in
judicious, and his acting was delicious.
He could take the audience into q world
where heroes-and Mr.. Urlus was a capi-
tai hero in spite OF some difficulty with
his head tones-said "Stand back,
womanF' and women stood back. where
mountains were rent and wine cups sprang
from the earth, where conversation was
naturally In lines of purest melody, and
where even canvas drops and trees that
swayed meath the stage managers hands
seemed more sturdy and desirable than
anything the real world could offer.
Fairyland, II one ever reaches il, is
joyous land indeed.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
NODES OF THE HOUR

me innuenee Of the cape Is seen IN the
cut of tbs majority OF the fur coats of
the season. A pronounced feature Of furs
- an kinds seems 10 Be q quaint sins
nlcItf that matches the tightly drawn
haelt halr ana the little close-6tting hats
ifenins riquent faces
1as shoulders of the present day are
distinctly Ersn1h. that IS q say. they are
aaTzQwi - opposition to the so-caiied
az41H shoulders fhas we're built out
hef1ud ihe natural width of the figure.
cha fai coat may b almost any length.
11m tie Nalst length 70 the Mp Or the
knees. Iha 1nll-lensth coat appears 20
reserved for evening wear
asain e nay tasten 90 the throat
th hI4h. straight collar, a. i may
atan Hifh wide rofsfa
fHa 1aIae1I caAE zzeschea to-day fol-
a lha iattsr aefia. Il is cat away Ia
Hs 4cal alliasi = Ehe siFdla, And from
.heEs E I4ll in rIpples ga q descending
nt pazii . tsaehaa quite 20 the knees
laa ssnlIe q za1 back.
i. eQat = Vers sQld example of
~ lEqraace of tts cape HzespliuE
80 sIe4te IS anplafanee + ia Wucn
~ esQe taan 1ha conventional
caat a|astssied sl1aes
saeaezs aQa a4d a4l
~ i e $50
4iia h
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
The Bachelor on
Christmas Presents

Girls have no idea what 1t costs the
average man to give what they con-
slider a decent gift" tho bachelor was
saying the other evening.
The high cost of loving is no joke. it's
sad reality these days. I've been sit
ting hero for a half hour just figuring
out what I've spent on Dolly alone She's
only one. and / couldn't begin to name
all the others. And they all expect a
Christmas present. If that was all they
expected, wouldn't mind, but 1t isn't
I'm no cheap John, by any means, but
certainly object to sending girl IS
bunch of violets for Christmas Eve, an
expensive present on Christmas Day, and
another s. box of candy In tho evening""
We'll, why do YOU do It, them" iu-
auired the Spinster. Nobody makes you
do 1t. A girl will think just as much
of a pair Of long kid gloves"
Don't you believe It," said the Bach
elor, decidedly. when / first began to
take girls out they were tIcISled to death
with pair of nice gloves or a bottle OF
extract for Christmas. But now! Why,
II / gave Dolly a common gift like that
she'd despise me for the rest OF her
life. She just isn't used to it. that's
all. Why the poorest man she goes with
forks out for silver purse or some
think like it on Christmas. She cheer
fully informs you that she expects It,
In so many words. You can't get off with
books. either for the other night she
carelessly told me that nobody collected
books any more. there were so many pub
lie libraries. Can you beat that?"
IT wouldn't bother with girl of that
sort She's plainly a worker, and you are
the willing victim Why don't you drop
her, II YOU can't AFFORD to cater to her
fastest"
Then I'd lose one OF the jolIiest little
girls I know. Dollys all right; it's the
men themselves who are really to blame.
They have simply spoiled her by giving
her everything she wants, don't mind
taking a fair share of expense, but
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

reading lamps for the bedside, $3.50; writ.
ing paper and correspondence cards, 81
cents up; shaving mirrors, so cents UP to
So; shaving mug and brush, German sill
YER 81; collapsible coat hanger. in leather
case, 81; match and ash trays, 81; en-
gagement pad and clock attached, 81;
tie holder. 81; cum link and collar button
boxes, 50 cents up telephone pads, 30
cents up; tobacco jars. 81 up; pads for
chauffeurs motor orders, 81 up; waste
baskets, 20 cents up; mahogany tobacco
stands, Sl.50 up; address books. S1.25;
photograph albums, 80 cents up: port
'folios, 1.75 up; travelling bags, IS UP;
suitcases, $3.50 up; fitted travelling bags,
SIS up; military brushes in case $3.50 UP /;
mems travelling cases, So up; cane UNI
brellas, $3.50 up; umbrellas, 81 up.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
EPISODE "

hElSODh Nv
HNHE Storm family had heard about Zu-
i dora you may be assured. But until
she appeared in the flesh they had enter
tanned some doubts about this niece of a
man whose business they held in supreme
contempt. They fell in love with her at
once rather shamefacedly, when up to that
moment they had been quito positive that
she had laid q sirens trap for their boy.
Old man Storm pondered good deal.
1t did not seem possible that this slen-
der, handsome, dark-eyed girl was de-
teotive; 1t did not match UP with the tales
he had read in books. She was just like
any other girl, nothing mysterious what
ever
TITS really serious. Zudora,' said John.
"Tve tried my hand at detective work,
but I haven't gained an inch. / admit
that 1 am totally at sea. I've seen the
thing once at great distance and
don't wonder that the natives are hiking
for other parts"
Have you any old-tine enemies?" she
asked.
az como back once or twice year for
day or two. / seldom go into the viii
lage. I've been in New York for nearly
II years and have quite forgotten how the
neighbors look. How the deuce could
have any enemiesF'
II mean your father. He may have
discharged some one who aims at having
revenge" she suggested.
There hasn't ben any one discharged
from this place since I was kid; ana you
can take 1t from me that the chap who is
playing this game has a brain better edu-
Gated than the of help hereabouts
81 am going to make some investiga-
tons, and You must let me go my own
way. No tagging after me when I want
to go into the village. Some one in the
village will know what is going on. No
one would come from the outside to play
O game like this"
"All right. II any one can get TO the
bottom of this muddle it will be your
lovely self. Good luck, sweetheartr'
Three or four days passed zudora went
about her work systematically one day
she came upon a bit OF news that startled
her profoundly. 1t was of such a char
acter that she dared not impart this news
to- John. He must be kept i'm total ignor-
norance. The brain that had instigated
this really criminal joke was In New
York, IL was the tool of this cunning
brain she must bring to light and confu-
sion Her unclel How the man hated
John, to play so despicable a jest upon
his people! The old suspicious returned,
stronger, than ever. She was growing a
bit afraid OF this uncle OF hers; she
was beginning TO understand that flesh
and blood did not always count. But
why? Why should he wish to harm John
Storm? 1t was an unanswerabIe ques-
tion. She realized that from now on she
must be on her guard. Her uncle must
never learn that she entertained the least
suspicion.
That night they all received shock.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
"LAST-MOMENT9'

The '1ast-moment'' shopper will find
the following suggestions useful IN buy
Ing the Christmas gift. The stores offer
q wide variety
GIFTS FOR A GIRL
Hand-embroldered handkerchiefs, from
% cents up apiece fruit baskets. 30 cents
up; china casseroles, g5 cents: ma
hogany candlesticks and silk shades, 81
pair; sterling silver picture frames 80
up; corsage bouquets. 20 cents to $780,
manicure sets, 81 up; handbags, 81 up
tea pots, copper. nickel and brass $3.50
up: nickel and ebony chafing-dish acces-
sories, 50 apiece. nickel chaing-dis SO
upg percolator. 1870; mahogany trays,
Si.50 up; srape-iuice sets, 81 up; daily
menu book, 81; sewing baskets, 81 up;
party cases, $3.50 up.
GIFTS FOR A MAN.
Linen handkerchiefs. IS cents up apiece;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23

throughout this city who would be glad
to welcome you, who would love and care
for you"
Are there?' exclaimed the dolls. hap
PLY. But how will they find us? We
belong TO Dorothyw
Trust us" answered the Christmas
fairies wen FIX thatl"
They went slipping into Dorothy's room
and In a dream told her all about fhs
lonesome dolls and the little girls who had
no dollies
AND IA the morning Dorothy ran tb her
mother and said Mother, I'm going 20
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
Bessie Clayton
Ths World famed Dance

Yes. I am 3 Philadalphia sri ana sery
lQnd q ms nafiFe city. aaid 6Qssio CLAY
tea, ne aorIl-famed dancer aho has de-
lighted fHs neat cslklcal audiences II
Ae1o1n. faFls. hefIlu ana VIENNA Z
h4Fe toured aset deal and Azyea Tor
ceIle NhIla via Helshaalt u ragiz ana
il al ne safIoae altIaa here and abroad
fs HE4 af aa utaue slcat.
Naa 4E. HaaIaI s.
A 4ra ~
iAal ll.sa
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
.ZUDORA.
A GREAT MYSTIC STORY BY HAROLD MAccRA7H

The hand suddenly appeared on tho :.
OF the house, and even as they rn,t.,
out to look at II 1t slowly faded. z,s-.
threw a quick circllng glance. btil ts.l
was no spot of light in the dlstane. I.
confirm her suspicious that a ,ss.s.
lantern was being focused asaInsl es.
side of the house. The result of thls ~
tation was the final exodus OF the ~.
with the exception Of the housemald -
the boy who did chores about the houn
these two. None the less, they ~. !.
badly frightened. w
Copyright, 1914. by Harold MacGrsn
Continued Tomorrow
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23

do IT, 1f / bought all the things that
Dolly hlnted for, I'd be shivering for
want of an overcoat all the rest OF the
winter.
Believe me. I'm cured, from now on
I'm going to show the girls a good time,
beginning January list, including flowers
at Easter, and a few copies of fiction in
the summer. But when the fall comes
I'm going to gently but firmly disappear.
I'm wise now"
'oh, are you? was the splnster's an
swer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23
WOMAN WANTS TO KNOW-IAST MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING NS


with what magic have you wrought this
thing7
But yesterday had not seen your face;
And yet today my shy heart sings for
you
You kiss me and the worlds iove-iit
place.
But yesterday we two were worlds
apart
Nor dreamed my eyes would ever droop
beneath your own.
And yet today know that all my life
Ny lamp has ken kept trimmed for you
alone.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23

"Ana here I haze been for thrss ,sbols
days p
TX up mg old dolls Ia some fresh eisa.
eiothes ana send them to little eirls VIE
won = ger new dolls for Christnss9s es
she aid And when Christmas esnas
ssels peay vas happy-the old dolls. tns
iss dolls ana All the little glrlsi
fon'osroa0-FAe ChHstu,as star
oogsf'gAt, 1919. Clare fagyam l..dsoa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-23

SHARP
CAR
TON
Railroa.
ward
num-.

NEW 70
raj If
comfnission
cline IN prii
noon and
end Of the
3 points
persistent Z
traders and
ard ranros
they had b
movement
Monday al
week Til
15at00 shat
81. seS. .0o0 Il
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road was
the action
In cutting
per cent, &
clarod for
this aqtio
which owI
company.
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ness would
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entirely n
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generality
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that She
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minimum
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tonnage
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26
SURE WAY TO GET
RID OF DANDRUFF
End Itching Scalp and Stop Falling
Hair-At Once

There is one sure way that never
fails to remove dandruff completely.
and that is to dissolve 1t. This de.
stroys 1t entirely To do this, Just get
about four ounces OF plain, ordinary
liquid arvon; apply it at night when
retiring; use enough to moisten the
scalp and rub 1t in gently with the
finger tips.
BY morning most. if not all, of your
dandruff will be gone, and three or
four more applications will complete
ly dissolve and entirely destroy every
single sign and trace of it no matter
how much dandruff you may have.
You will find, too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will stop in
stantly, and your hair will be fluffy
lustrous. glossy, silky and soft, and
look and feel hundred times better
If you want to keep your hair look
ing rich, do by all means get rid of
dandruff. for nothing destroys the hair
so quickly. 1t not only starves the
hair and makes it fall out, but II
makes it stringy. straggly, dull, dry,
brittle and lifeless, and everybody no.
tices 1t. You can get liquid arvon at
any drug store. 1t is inexpensive, and
four ounces is all you will need. This
simple remedy has never been known
to Observation-Disclosures.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26

ment rare good judgment was exer-
cised in retaining the park board as an
independent body. not subject to the
control of the general city admins
tration.
That action was in marked con-
trast to action that has been taken in
other cities in connection with the
transfer to the commission form of
government. In Pennsylvania. for in
stance, under blanket law applying
to cities of a certain class, by the
adoption of the commission form If
government park boards were abol-
ished.
AN instance of where a distinct loss
to park administration was suffered by
this action is afforded by the city of
Harrisburg, which had and now does
not have an unusually competent
board of park commissioners who. dur
ing period of ten years, had built up
for Harrisburg Nne of the notable park
systems of this country both in extent
of area and in completeness of its
development. Spokane has also shown
its good sense in retaining as its ad-
visors in the development of its parks
such competent men as the Olmsted
Brothers, of Brookline, who are land
scape architects of national reputa-
tion."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26

SPLENDID VAUDEVILLE BILLS AT
COLONIAL; MATINEES A DIME

Wilmer & Vincent hit the nail on
the head last week when they changed
the Colonial Theater into Keith
vaudeville house. running four Keith
acts and moving pictures at low prices
The bill to be offered for the first
three days of this week includes four
excellent acts. Bernard and Scott have
been featured in all of the big vaude-
vilel houses of the country. Florence
Scarth is one of the prettiest girls on
the stage. This team does an excel
lent Irritation act.
The Fun Shop" is the title of a
miniature musical comedy in which
some sprightly boys and girls do
songs, dances and comedy. Dorothy
Brenner and company present THE
Candy Shop" and Joe Kennedy is a
real comedian on roller skates.
The above acts are on the bill at the
Colonial for the first three days of
this week. Beginning to-day the
matinees at the Colonial will be 10
cents. children cents. After this
week there will be no more morning
and supper hour picture shows at the
Colonial. The regular vaudeville will
begin at 2.30 and the first evening per-
formance will begin at Z o'clock. The
doors will open half hour earlier
Advertisement.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-10-26
.LABOR'S OWN PAPER
RAKES NJ 'CORM|CK
Broadside Delivered Against the
Wealthy Harrisburg Politician
by Labor Editor
CALLS HIM HARSH NAMES
Apparently There Is Not Much
Love For Mccormick Among
the Laboring Men

| Under the head of "Insidious Assas-
sin of Honest Pennsylvania Working
men Denounced and Exposed by Or
ganized Labor" the Trades Union
News, the organ of the labor organi-
zations of Philadelphia and vicinity,
publishes the following statement of
attitude of labor organizations toward
the candidacy of Vance C. Mccormick:
Organized labor throughout Penn
sylvania, is emphatically resenting, as
an insult to the cause of trades union
ism, the mercenary andidacy of Vance
c. Mccormick, the union hater of the
Keystone State, for the most powerful
position within the gift of the voters
| OF the greatest industrial Common
wealth of America.
"Insolently conducted and impudently
Haunted, in contemptuous defiance to
workingmen who believe in Union
principles the Gubernatorial campaign
of a predatory millionaire, who when
once invested with municipal author
ity. vetoed an increase in the small
and insufficient wages of workingmen
of the capital of this State and who
ordered the union labels off q newspa-
per as soon as he bought it, is regard
ed by Labor as a slap in the face call
ing for rebuke at the polls
Election of such a man would be
considered by honest and aspiring
Iworkingmen as the perpetration of an
outrage.
| Mccormick has thrust his knife into
Organized Labor and no labor assassin
can be Pennsylvania Governor!
That is what the union men are
saying and they have started out to
prove that they are saying the truth.
"Workingmen who unite for protec-
tion have been relentlessly fought by
Mccormick ever since he has been able
to WELD the influence of money in
rublic and private enterprise and in
politics.
His hatred of the organization of
labor has been venomous and impla-
cable.
His attacks have been like the
wicked dartings of a rattlesnake in
furiated, to be encountered with an
antidote for the preservation of public
health.
His ill-considered hostility to hon
est labor, trades unionism maintains,
is permeated with blatant apprehen-
sion.
His record is produced to show
his mendacity, his unfitness and his
Iimpracticability ana it is the declared
purpose of organized labor to place
the facts before every voter"