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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-27

TIME 10th annual charity ball of the
j. Mount Sinai Hospital will be held
Tuesday evening" April %, at the Acad-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-03-27

Miss Caroline Murdoek. of Riyerton, N.
y. spent the weekend in Germantown
shere she attended Mrs. Joseph Lowering
alnz
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

on the Fourth of July, all the frank
furter factories and trolley companies
go quick mechulluh"
"Aber, what's that got to do with
Christmas?" Birsky asked.
"I'm coming to that" Zapp said.
"People are commencing to figure
averages on Christmas also. Take
Miss j. P. Morgan, and she figures
that out of every million Christmas
presents displayed in stores a certain
percentage of people buys something
which they couldn't afford and gives
it to certain percentage of people
which amt got no use for it at all.
So she goes to work and gets up So
ciety for the Prevention of Useless
Giving, and consequently a certain
percentage of drygoods stores loses
certain percentage of customers which
formerly had rotten bank account
and a good disposition, and has now
got a good bank account and a rotten
disposition"
"But Miss Morgan done this for
lot of salesladies which used to spend
their money so foolishly at Christmas,
Zapp, that they had nothing left to
take vacation with in the summer
time"
"That may be so, Birsky," Zapp
said, land while amt exactly certi-
fled public accountant, Birsky, l figure
that if 90 per cent. of Christmas shop
pers followed Miss Morgan's advice,
Birsky, the drygoods stores would shut
down around Christmas, and all them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

mas not as holiday, but as an ex-
cuse. The wonder is it amt died out
altogether"
"The wholesaler wouldn't miss it if
it did," Birsky commented. Believe
me, Zapp, for every child that lays
awake the night before Christmas
thinking what his parents are going
to hand him the next morning, there
is fifty manufacturers counting sheep
jumping over fences, trying not to
think what some of their customers in
the retail dry goods trade is going to
hand them after the second of Janu-
airy. 1t don't require much water to
drown shaky dry goods retailer. He
can sink like stone in two days rain
during the week before Christmas"
"Don't l know it," zapp said. "If
the Christmas presents that the whole
salers give by mistake to shaky retail
drygoods men was put on trees the
way other Christmas presents are,
they would cover all the redwood
groves in California. But it amt the
retailers fault, Birsky. Sometimes
the feller is playing in hard luck like
merchant | used to sell goods to
by the name Felix Immerglick, out in
Cincinnati, which a couple of years
ago last Christmas he specialized on
sleighs, skates and cheap furs, and
from December Is on they got such a
warm spell in Cincinnati that the
hotel keepers figured should they or
should they not open the roof gardens
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

"storekeepers amt allowed to sell no
more fireworks around the Fourth of
July. It's againt the law"
81 know" Birsky continued, "and
if people couldn't shoot off firecrackers
around the Fourth of July and
couldn't shop around Christmas, all
it needs is that it should be suspend
ed sentence for eating turkey on
Thanksgiving and the only pleasure
we got left in America is decorating
graves on the thirtieth of May"
"Still, in a way, it's a good thing
that Christmas is more or less thing
of the past" Zapp said, because when
you tried to collect a bill from some
body around Christmas time, it didn't
make no difference if he was retired
from business except for a 10 per
cent. interest in bathing suit fac
tory, he would want you to wait till
his Christmas rush was over. Also
people didn't give no orders because
it was arornd Christmas, Birsky, and
just because it was near Christmas
and they claimed they could use all the
money they could get, your creditors
wanted you to pay bills which you
hardly knew you owed on account of
not receiving the second monthly
statement yet. Furthermore, if you
owned tenement house, you'd got
difficulty collecting the November
rent because the tenants said it was so
near Christmas, and that's the way it
went, Birsky. People treated Christ
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
Boston Opera Company
Repeats "Mme. Butterfly"

Philadelphia has now only to hear the
"Madama Butterfly" production of the
Metropolitan Opera Company and the
Behrens Opera Club to exhaust its possi-
bilities in the way of the Puccini-Long-
Belasco narrative of the star-crossed love
of little Cho-Cho-San. the trusting trist-
full maid of Nippon. Turned from "conte"
to novelette,, to play and thence to the
music-drama, which was greeted by a
fair-szed but not sufficiently numerous au-
dienee at the Broad and Poplar streets
music temple. Butterfly" never fails to
reach forthrightly to its hearers.
Twice before this season the woes and
passions of the girl and the wiles and
lusts Of the caddish American lieutenant
had been rehearsed in our city, with
Tamaki Miura, the diminutive Jap prima
donna, as national interpreter of the
chief role, and once at the Academy
Mrs. Hotz gave us an inefably lovely
singing rendition of the part in the
operate Society's performance. We
have only to have the photomobile YER
sion by Theda Bara, Gerry Farrar or
some other film star. unless perchance
Our Mary of the Movies has already
revealed the cinema Cho-Cho-San.
There is little to say concerning the
performance beyond the fact that it was
of high quality. Nine, Miura sang
with more volume than on the previous
occasions, possibly because she has
learned the exactions of American audi
torums.
Her histrionism was vivid and NOV
ing; never did it seem mere play-acting
Riceardo Martin. as Pinkerton, and
Thomas Chalmers. as Sharpless, COM
pleted the principals. and Jacchia con-
Quoted.
With a japanese prima donna as Cho-
Cho-San and two Americans in Yankee
roles the aspect of nationality was very
literal, but exaetness would have re-
quired an aino for Susuki the maid,
which was well sung by ElVira Leveroni,
a New England girl, while Italians inn
personated the minor Japanese roles.
w. r. NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
pnhlic Meeting OF The Uplift

The Uplift Association viii hold its jan
nary meeting at p. m. tomorrow In the
Alumni rooms of the Keneseth Israel
Synagogue, Broad street and Columbia
ayenue' This meeting viii be open to the
nublic Doctor Krauskopf win administer
the pledge to- the members. Mrs. Eli
Mayer viii give a violin solo aeeompa-
MED by Mr.. Meschamp; Mrs Pearl Ro-
easner I.orsch will render a vocal solo.
Doctor Daniels viii speak on Prevention
ana Education" and Mrs. Harry Lowen-
hsrr. chairman OF the State branch Of
ne Conversational Union. will make an
address. Greetings from the different up
town and downtown congregations VIII
follow,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
RSI IMAS AMT WHAT IT USED TO BE- REMARKS ZAPP TO HIS
FRIEND LOUIS BIRSKY DOWN IN WASSERBAUERS RESTAURAN

again. So the following year INNER
CLICK cut out the sleighs and skates
and laid in bicycles, children's books
and a very attractive line of UNI
brellas, and Immerglick says that it's
wonder with his luck he didn't also
buy stock in a chain of artificial ice
factories, because on the day he re-
ceived the goods in November the
thermometer goes down to zero on
him and stays that way till a week
after his next spring millinery open
ing. Can you blame such a Teller
that he settles with his creditors 80
cents on the dollarW
listen, Zapp," Birsky said, "a 30
cent-on-the-dollar Teller could always
pin his bust-up on either warm
Christmas, a cold Easter or an in
valid wife, whereas the figures show
that the average of real cold Christ
masses amt no more than the average
of real sick wives"
"SuEa | know, Birsky, but figuring
out the average is what has done the
most harm to poker, pinochle, the
Fourth of July, Christmas and all them
things that former-time people enjoy
ed running chances on. Take, for in
stance, the Fourth of July, and lot
of people which considers even safety
matches gefahrlich goes to work and
figures that out of every million people
that shoots off firecrackers, one and
seven hundred and ffty-two one thou
sandths people gets burned, so they
put the fireworks manufacturers out
of business, and now instead of set
ting off fireworks people goes to the
shore or trolley parks on the Fourth;
and as soon as it gets figured out that
of every million people that goes to
trolley parks and Coney Island, six
and ninety-seven three-thousandths
gets Mdgensaure from eating frank
furters and run over by trolley cars
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
PHILADELPHIA HAS
REAL LIVE MYSTERY
The Question Being: Who Was
the Man Hit by British Crick-
eters on Board Ship?

Philadelphia has a real live, sneaky,
freaky mystery. There's a lot at the bot
tom of II, but the one that started IL all
won't tell. Miss Elizabeth Sommer, OF
s62 North 4lst street, was on the good
ship Morea once upon a time when II
touched at the port of Bombay. In the
tropics there isn't much to do but drink
cooling drinks and play games when one
is on board ship. In this case a violent
game of cricket was going on, much to
the dismay OF other passengers, who were
evidently looking studiously the other
way. Who the railbirds were is part of
the mystery. Cricket balls were flying
and some one was hit suddenly and with
great force. What part of the person was
struck is also part of the mystery. The
teeth. perhaps, or the shin. Was It
king out of job? Was it the mother-in-
law OF Batsman Wilson? Or was 1t
handsome man? Anyhow, the following
clipping provides for some food for
thought.
WILL the All-Brltlsh cricket team of March
4 1913. Mt. Wilson. batsman. note: The
game aboard the Peninsular ana Oriental
Steamship 'Morca." port Bombay while ac-
cident entirely due 10 carelessness cricket
penses have been paid BY none other than ne
Amrican woman passengers.
1t all happened nearly three years aEo.
Are members of the All-British team
secretly hiding In this city2 What is the
plot? Miss SommeT, who sent the above
message 10 the world. won't tell.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
C. JUDSON FRIEND
OF HOMELESS BABIES
Physicians Wife Rears Chubby
Youngster and Plans to
Help More

Every baby should have a good chance
to get on in the world. This is the policy
of Mrs. Charles Il. Judson, of 1905 Spruce
street, who carries OUT her theories on
practical lines. She takes helpless in
fants who have been deserted or left
homeless In the world or are the chill
dren of defective parents and makes
them healthy and happy with proper
care and food and then turns them over
to responsible women who give them
good homes.
Daniel, a 4-months old baby, has been
developed in this way by Mrs, Judson
She took him when he was a weakling
He screamed constantly and II required
the greatest care and nursing to bring
him through the crisis. He is now
rollicking, chubby, little chap and he
laughs much more than he cries, He has
a playroom, big bathroom and trained
nurse to look after him. Any woman
for he has a flying start in the way OF
health.
When some one takes Daniel Mrs.
Judson will Immediately take another
baby, develop It and then give 1t to some
woman who yearns for the prattle OF an
infant in a childless home.
In explaining why she started the work.
Mrs. Judson, who is the wife OF a physi-
clan, said "such a work has been going
on in New York for Is years. Some doc
tors and their wives have taken in lit
tie waits a few weeks old, up to seven
years old, and put them in good physi-
cal condition; then placed them in homes
where there was opportunity for them
TO get an education and chance in
life"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

salesladies would not only take va
cation in the summer time, but in the
winter time also; and then the ques-
ton is, How is them salesladies going
to raise money for their winter vaca-
tions?"
"Miss Morgan would get up SUBJ
scription maybe" Birsky suggested.
"And the proceeds after the ex-
penses of collection were deducted
would support twenty-three six hun
dredths of saleslady for 6.00S hours,
Birsky," Zapp concluded, (which the
trouble with them people that figure
out the averages is that they don't
consider human beings as men and
women, but as fractions aus ge reck-
oned to dred-thousandths yet
Also it's good thing to figure out the
average on the percentages of people
that set off fireworks and don't get
burned, and the percentage of people
that it wouldn't do bit of harn- 20
if they bought once in a while ror
somebody present, useful or other
wise. In other words, Birsky, if
you're going to reckon up the averages
on anything, the best way is to figure
how it will affect one hundred one
hundredths of the people twelve
months out of the year, and then go
to work and get up the Society for the
Prevention of praventior, Cociatiae and
limit the membership to one hundred
million Americans. Most of us would
join it."
Copyright. 1916. The Tribune Association.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

displayed. Christmas silver articles
was also good sales. l seen butter
dishes go like hot cakes, which the
salesladies was warned not to dust
off NIT feathers even, on account 1t
might scratch the silver plate and
show the brass underneath. But that's
thing of the past now. And who
done it, Zapp? 1t was the feller that
invented the saying: DO your Christ
mas shopping early"
"Who did invent it ?" Zapp asked.
81 should know who invented itw
Birsky exclaimed. "But whoever it
was, Zapp, he put bigger crimp in
the cheap handkerchief business than
the feller who invented rhinitis tab
let's, because if you are doing your
Christmas shopping around the first
of October when all them poor fellers
that runs summer hotels and bathing
pavilions is saying to themselves:
Now it gets warm Zapp, handker-
chiefs for colds are the furthest from
your thoughts. Also children whose
mothers do their Christmas shopping
in September is apt to get school sup
plies instead of sleighs, because a
shopper amt got no Imagination,
zapp. She buys what's in season, and
if she was doing her Christmas shop
ping as early as the Fourth of July,
y'understand, she would come home
with fireworks"
Say" Zapp said, Tipping the fin
gers of his right hand at Birsky,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
OLD CAROLS TO BE SUNG
Special Musical Program at st. Luke
and Epiphany Tomorrow

The spirit of Christmas will be contin-
ued in an impressive service tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock in the Church of St
Luke and the Epiphany, when a second
Christmas carol service will be given 1t
will be similar to that of last Sunday aft
ernoon, at which more than 1900 persons
crowded the church and many We're
turned away who could not gain admis-
Hon.
The series of carols includes "The First
Noel Old English; Come, All Ye Shep-
herds,' Bohemian; Listen, Lordlings,"
Old English: ''Three Kings Have Jour
neyed," Cornelius; 81 Heard the Bells"
Danish; "Cahnson Joyeuse.' Old French;
silent Night. Holy Night" Old German;
sleep, Little Dove" Old Alsatian.
The soloists will be Harry Saylor. bari
tone, and Mrs Henry Hotz, soprano: Mrs.
Dorothy JohnstOne Baseler, harpist: Ber-
trand Austin, cellist. and John K witze-
mann, viollnist.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
u. OF P. GRADUATE
BRAVES WAR TO WE'D
DIR. George w. Mellon Now
Probably in Desolated Ser
bia to Claim Bride

PITTSBURGH, Jan. -1.-If he had good
luck after he sailed from New York for
Athens some time ago, DR.. George W.
Mellon, of this city, is down in Belgrade
Serbia, getting ready in the midst OF war
for his marriage to Miss Zagorka Cabo'
said to be one of the uncrowned queens
OF that devastated little land.
Doctor Mellon, twice decorated for his
work with the American ambulance In
the typhus camps of Serbia, first by
Crown Prince Alexander and then by the
American Red Cross, has gone back 10
Serbia with another hospital command
commission.
Doctor Mellon met Miss Cabo in the
course of his first hospital work in Serbia.
She was rot, however, a nurse; just
visitor AS Doctor Melons wife Miss
Cabo will help him in his hospital work.
which they expect to continue until the
war is ended Doctor Mellon continued
his wooing by letter and cable when he
recently was recalled from Serbia by the
Red Cross. Miss Cabo's 'ather lost prae-
tically all his fortune in he second fall
of Belgrade. Doctor Mellon is graduate
of the medical school OF the University
of PENNSYLVANIA.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
ARRANGE FOR FINE MUSIC
Special Program to Be Given at
Lemon Hill Theatre Services

Another fine musical program has
been arranged for the New Year service
OF the Lemon Hill Association, to be held
at the Garrick Theatre at 1880 o'clock to-
morrow evening.
The soloists will include Harriet w.
Young. soprano; Frank Embick. BARI
tone, and +. Nevin West. cornetist. A
feature will be an arrangement Of Ida
Shivers Leech's song, Gods Way Is the
Best Way" played by Mr.. West and the
Philadelphia Brass Quartet at the offer
tory.
In response 10 many requests the open
air recital by the cornet and trombone
choir at o'clock win include the Noel
Of Adolphe Adam and other numbers re-
peated from last weeks Christmas pro-
gram, the players being stationed on the
balcony over the Chestnut street en-
trance TO the theatre.
The Rev. DIR. James B. Ely viii preach
the sermon. his topic being Pledged BY
Blood"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

<<CHRISTMAS 81 amt what it used to
~ be-" Barnett Zapp remarked, as
Ia sat opposite Louis Birsky down in
Wasserbauer's restaurant.
3. "Sure, know" Birshy said, spread
ng slice of rye bread with mustard
s Is he waited for an order of kreploch
soup, with gefulltte tebeches to follow.
aFormer times if retail dry goods
concern didn't got half their sales
1adies faint on 'em every night for two
weeks before Christmas, their credi-
4ors would come down on them and
ask them to discount their bills. Now
ndays If cash girl gets headache,
hats big already"
& "It's the same way with the liquor
Business" Zapp agreed. "When first
rome to New York, it was the equiva-
3ence of broken leg to walk past a
liquor saloon for month around
christmas, SO many loafers gets drunk
already. Aber yesterday, was speak
ai. to Hyman Shidlowsky, the feller
at runs the Shamrock Cafe, on West
street, and he says the only difference
between Christmas and other times
is that he's got to carry a
bigger free lunch. He says that in
liquor saloons, loafers don't get drunk
no more. They get nervous indiges-
lion from trying to finish the whole
lunch counter before they would got to
order another glass ginger ale."
Birsky nodded sadly.
christmas is dying out" he de-
clared. "The people is getting toe.
wise, Zapp. 1t used to be that if you
wanted to push your stickers -
it was handkerchiefs, socks,
neekties, oder gloves, all you had to
do was to wait till the first of Decem-
ber, mark 'em up so per cent. over the
regular retail price for fresh goods,
put 'em in red paper boxes, y'under-
stand, and your customers practically
used blackjacks on each other to get
at the counter where the goods was
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
RELIGIOUS BREvITIEs

Judge J.. F. RutherfGEd. Of New York, VIII
give a lecture IN the Forrest Theatre tomor-
row afternoon at 2:15 o'clock on 'Milltarism;
How II Will Be DESTROYED" The lecture VIII
be given under the auspices OF the Interna-
tional Bible Students.
The Rev. George, Z. Klns, pastor OF the
Dauphin streets will speak on the subject of
Essential Elements OF Christian Worship
on Sunday morning. In the evening he Will
preach a special New Years sermon on
'Shal We Go Forward
The Rev. George Chalmers Richmond will
preach in St. Johns Episcopal Church tOmor-
row morning, on Some New Thoughts on the the
be, why Bishop Rhinelander Advised Me to
bsa iioeS i5 ~ the Church Between Capitaiism
and Christ Mr.. Richmond will read two
sermons which, when published. caused the
Bishop to advise caution. he announces.
Holy Communion will be administered at
Messiah Lutheran Church the Rev, ID. z.
Weigle, pastor. at 1920 a. m. and p. m.
tomorrow. Special music Will be feature
OF the evening services
The New Years Communion service will be
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

best That is why voice which is
neither rotund nor powerful gave all the
impression of being both. In every reg
lister it is more than pleasing, and in
every expression there is ample evidence
of the singers intelligence. He never
forces, never attempts to surpass. But in
his range nothing less than perfection
can satisfy him. G. V. S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

Five-year-old Dorothy seaton. OF s7ls
North nth street, is in the Jewish Hos
pital today suffering from probably fatal
burns which she received last night when
she fell against a gas heater In her
home. That the child was not immedi-
ately burned to death was due to her
father, who was also severely burned
IN trying 70 beat out the flames.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
RELIGIOUS NOTICES
Baptist

Baptist
BAPTIST TEMPLE, Broad and Berks SITS.
RUSSELL IL. CONN ELL will preach.
Morning. 1890; Bible School. 230; ey., 1;3O.
Special music by the Chorus in the Evening
Organ recital 7:i5. w. p. Twaden NJ. D
CHESTNUT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH
Chestnut 81. west of 10th.
GEORGE ID. ADAMS D. D.. Pastor.
9:45 a. m--BrotheFhood OF A. and p.
1870 a. m--Worship and Sermon by Pastor.
2:S0 y. N m.~-bible School.
7:4a 2. m--Worship and Sermon By Pastor
SECOND BAPTIST HELPING HAND
CLASS meets 2;30. 7th below Girard ave.
John Q. Sayre. leader. New Year Talks.
Friday night Jan, Rev, G. II Tlndley, ID.
D.. By request. Will repeat for the 18th time.
his great sermon. Heaven Christmas Tree"
The following viii assist Mrs; Henry ana
Anna Bosaert. the LaWnton family, MTa.
Arne and Mrs kinkler. Mrs. Irene Conner
and daughter, Miss Helen Perncy Nina
Green. the Price Sisters, Leah Motter. Mr.,
Milton Hingiey Little Thelna Spafks. Bun
nie Wise ana the John G Sayrc Quintet.
Oar eelered fElsnaz cordially welcome.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

stiH in a Way, It's a Good Thing
christmas Is More or Less Thing
Of the Past" Zapp Replies, "Be-
cause When You Tried to Collect
"a Bill From Somebody Around
Christmas Time He Would Want
4 You to Wait"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01
aPagliacci" and 'COppelia" Tonight

Maggie Teyte. Zenatello and Backlanoff
will appear tonight in the ever-popular
s'PaEliacci," which will be followed by
Pavlowa and her ballet in Coppella," 4"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

observed in the Advocate Methodist Episcopal
Church, Germantown, the Rev. Gladstone
musical program will be given in the evening
Special music will be given in the Central
North Broad Street Presbyterian Church at
7:45 o'clock tomorrow evening.
.'The Holy CITY" by Gaul. will be given at
the Church of the Holy Apostles at the eve
ning service tomorrow,
John c. Sayne will lead the Second Baptist
Helping Hand Class at 2:3O O'Clock tomorrow.
Mrs Anna C. Spencer professor of sociology
In the Meadville Theological Seminary. VIII
give an address, under the auspices OF the
Society of Ethical Culture. in the Broad Street
Theatre al IL O'Clock tomorrow. The subject
will be Religious Education and the Public
School,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-01-01

Amber Preacher Goes to Walbro0k
The Rev G. Berkeley Grimth. OF Am
bier. Is to become rector OF ths
Protestant Episcopal Church \ OF the
Prince OF Peace. Walhrook. according TO
an announcement made BY Bishop Muir
ray. Of Maryland.