Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-05

1.-THE Art Alliance, 1923 Walnut street under
the auspices of a special committee of the
Literary Arts.
Following the plan inaugurate. NV the
National Arts Club Of New York. the Phil
adelphia Art Alliance rs holding wv"
eweeks' exhibition for the public Of the
2books of the year at the galleries on Rit'
etenhouse square.
4 To add to the general interest OF The
Exhibition, fine program of able speakers
khas beer provided and various members oil
1.-THE committee are contributing to its sue
cess by generously donating autograph
manuscripts and rare bindings.
The special committee includes such
| prominent persons as Jacob B. McMaster,
Lit LII. d.; Morris Jastrow, PHI d.; II. ID.
Furness, Jr Lit. D.. Agnes Repplier'
Lit. D.; owen wister, Harrison s Morris,
Felix e. schellng, Lift D.; John Ashhurst'
Il. A.: George Gibbs, George W. Douglas.
Lift. D., and Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson,
Sc d.. Lift D.. Officer d'Instruction Pub.
lique chairman.
mo ANY one who even in her early child
1 hood days heard Calve, Campanari and
| the two De Reskes In Faust" it's a bit nara
| to appreciate any other performance; ana
back in the dark ages at the Academy
| Nancy used at times to be taken to the
| rnatinees which were few and far between
| hut. good night they We're some operas!
| So. though Martinelli would have been
hard to beat and the Mephistopheles of
I whitehjll was wonderful, somehow one
wanted a Marguerite with more perfect
voice and a more powerful baritone than
| pSncCt DpTtpc-
| ton in this world; we won't ever get it;
1 and, taking II all In all, it was very fine.
The new setting of the garden scene
| made the Jewel song very effective in that
| Farrar sat on the balustrade of the steps
| for the first part and then came down to
| the bench to add more necklaces to her
| already overcrowded neck. As she
clasped the fifth necklace and then drew
| out three ropes of pearls there was faint
| eiggle all over the house, and murmurs
| we're heard about some who before the war
had looked very much like Marguerite as
to an overflow Of jewels at opera and bail.
I The grand tier was brilliant as usual.
4 though it's greatest brilliancy did not shine
forth till the first strains Of the Star Span
| gled Banner brought the women all to their
feet and the beautiful gowns and scntillat-
ing jewels were much in evidence, even
though most of the gowns were Of last
i years vintage. I'm proud'to be able to say
this, TO. our women are cutting down on
extravaganza, and though jewels were
worn there were not many. Beatrice Aert.
sen had Lalite Pepper and Charlotte pray.
ton in her box and the Howard Lewises.
Stewart Wurts, Mrs. Hamilton Colket and
Joe Norris were together. Mrs. Alexander
Brinton Coke entertained young Travis
j Coxe's wife, who is here from Cuba. in her
box with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Paul-Mrs.
Paul, you know, is the mother of Travis
n Coke.
The Sullivans were out in force, Mrs. in
\ ciel blue and Frances looked very well in
4 pale pink. Sarah Penrose was in the box
& with them. Mrs. Stotesbury had most
4 gorgeous chinchilla wrap over her light
frock.
| In the Glen Newbod box were Miss Rob
ertson Mary Newbold, Marion Taylor. Will
liam. Taylor. Frank Blair and Doctor Bill
1 lings.
1 TT YOU have seen about fifty or sixty
l L women in dark blue suits, with gold
braid on their sleeves and little shields
| in the corners of their collars and tri.
cornered hats of dark blue with small
| black rosettes as trimuling. and if you have
4 looked their sleeves you will have seen
i two little letters. f. A., and you know that
1 you have happened upon a number of
women members of the Emergency Aid
and that they were vending their way to
the annual meeting and luncheon which
was held at the Bellevue -Stratford today,
l l,al I,ni. r,,it 6na md
so appeared in them. You see, they wanted
to show they are not extravagant and have
bought only cheap suits this year a real
example of economy. Nancy thought she
was being economical by wearing her last
years suit but one f. A. explained to her
that she was not giving example, as nc
one would know it. So Nancy thought and
thought and next day she went to see the
Z. A. lady with an l.. Y. pinned on her
sleeve and a sign, II am four years old,
in her little fur animals mouth. and the
| L. A. lady said she was fppant; so now
she's still wearing her old suit and furs
but she "ain't sayin' nuthin,."
| The meeting today very important
the annual reports were read and luncheon
was served. Captain Latham, of the Con
naught Rangers. addressed the meeting
| heard him talk at the independence
l Square Auxiliary of the Red Cross on Mon
/ day and it was very inspiring, to say the
1 least. 20 I'm sure they had treat.
i VOU could tell he was new at it from thu
l. very nonchalant, I-know.everything
about-it manner he was trying his best t
assume And II you needed still furthe
evidence to convince you. all you had to d.
was to look on the left sleeve Of his blu'
uniform to ascertain that it was minus tina
proud stripe which tells of a voyage. No
he hasn't even cruised up and down th'
New Jersey coast! Still. he was In thu
navy, and when he walked along the stree