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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

WILLIAM PENN There we're five VEL
diversified acts on the bill at the William
Penn including Fred Ardath, the clever
comedian. and his own company. in a har-
ious farce entitled dangerous Dan Mo
Grew" Billy McDermott, in his original
parody song skit. was rewarded with much
apnlausc and Grey and Rose were wei re-
ce.ved in their song and dance novelty. An
entertaining photop'ay. Too Fat to Fight
featuring Frank Mcintyre, was full Of
laughs.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

NINON GRAND" Among Those Present
is the name Of the bright and tuHsful must
cal comedy which was the stellar number
on the program AZ the NlNon-tiraud. The
rsmai inder Of the bill included Lillian Lane.
well known as the "SOugbird OF Vaudeville :
the Chesterfield of Mjustrelsy Lew Hawkins
in refined blaoEface: Whites Animal Circus
in clever stunts and other good acts, The
photoplay featured was the ffth episode Of
the serial move starring Noudini former
VaudeyillIan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

Miss Mary Duncan Gibson of Washington.
entertained at dinner last evening in honor
of Miss Margaret DeNereuN. daughter of
Major and Mrs. I. Ryan Devereux Of Wash
mgton. formerly Of this city. and captain
Richard Hall JesChke. whose marriage wiz
take place tomorrow. Mss Anne DevereuN
will he her sisters maid of honor. and the
bridesmaids Will he Miss Abigail Harvey.
Miss Gibson. Miss Elizabeth Eoones. Mrs
Daviete Fickleu. Miss Jean Raymond Miss
Phoebe Walker. Miss Mary Hill and Miss
NewCumb. of orange. N j.
The bridesmaids at the Wedding of Miss
Mabel Pew. daughter of Mrs Joseph y. Pew,
Of Bryn MaWr. and NJ. Hyalmar A,arih
Myrin tomorrow viIl be Miss Emma Temple.
cousin of the bride, and Miss Helen Hick-
man, Of Louisville, kH. The brides sister,
Miss Ethel Pew will be maid Of honor. Nj.
and Mrs. J. Howard Pew, Of knollbrook,
Ardmore, will give a dinner and theatre party
this evening in honor Of Miss Pew and
Mr. Myrin. There will he twenty CHESTS
MIR. and Mrs Clayton MrEToy OF 2ol2
Pine street will give a small dance At the
Acorn club ON saturday. February II, in
honor "f their daughte". Mss Elizabeth =,
McElroy,
Miss Louisa V. NeWIin. daughter of Ma or
and Mrs. James rarerly Newlin. Of the Will
lows, BrNu Mawr. viii give luncheon on
!, Thursday in honor of Miss Sally Vacher VII.
| lans, whose engagement to Mr.. j. raverly
| \eWIin, Jr, has been announced Among
| the guests will he Mrs. Gilbert Mather. Mrs
| lohn II, BroNnhack, Ir. Miss Dorothy Blair
! Miss Frances =. Leaf, Miss Maise Rush. Miss
! Jane T. MaVle Miss Sidney Franklin. Miss
| Bfty Elliott, Miss Caroline :. Barclay Miss
| Isabel Ally. Miss Nancy Sellers and Miss
| Lenore Mccall.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

GAYETY--Catchy music and cast Of
popular fLyorites combine to make The
Aviator Girls" a tuneful and lively bur
lesous \ number Of awaiting features de-
picting love on high furnished an appreciatlve
audience with thrills and humor. Il"anore
Revere, leading lady comedianne, Eesns the
laughs moving rapidly, and sc H. supported
by a well-trained and gowned cas-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28
TROcADERO George A.

" NE
New World Bea ters keep the fun at rapid
pace al the Trocadero. There Ia Il wealth Gf
sprightly tunes and chorus that for voice
and shapeliness has had few superIors at his
theatre Harry Sheppell helps rlark II The
funmalxng while Hazel Marshall! Laura
Houston and Cecil E.ngle are ths feminine
stars of the prDauct ION. The sceuic equip
ment is up 10 the minute.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28
COMEDY IS PLENTIFUL
ON PROGRAM AT KEITH'S
One of Features Of Bill Full
Of Pep

\ vide variety OF entertainment is present
ed AT keith's Theatre this week. Mime Mar
guerita Sylva's singing. posed pictures thai
are beautifully staged and comedy that
grows riotous al times are the features Of
the bill
John Hyams and Leila Mcintyre present a
paylet called. "Mayboom," that provides
Leila Mcintyre an opportunity to sing a
couple of child songs
The posed pictures are called color Gems, "
and are presented 10y several pretty girls,
spring The Universe" Europe SUM
mer." The Lily" our owrf," November
Africa" winter Of 1890 Asia and
Africa" are the titles Of the pictures, all Of
which are good.
There are six comedy acts, all Of the
variety known vaudeville programs as
nut one of the most laughable Of these
is presented by George and Paul Hickman
who give a bur.esquc on the staging OF a
melodrama by a travelling company in
small town. They get plenty Of laughs.
Ted Doner made IL hit with his eccentrI'
dancing in an act entitled something Ne" II
Singles" The ac, is fun Of pep, anc
Doner sings all the time hs is no, dancing
Al and Fanny Stedman, In Pianocapers,
kept the audience in a continuous ouproar o
laughter. as did Roy Rice and Mary Werne'
in the closing number of the hill The latter
act is called "On the Scaffod, and ls doh'
IN bla CkfaCe
Jimmy Lucas and company. in wild kHN
ings OF 1919" present an act that would ge
lust as many laughs without some or VI
| features. A civil War veteran. with 'oh'
| beard vas the hit of the aCt.
| May RtchIe and Fred St Onse open IN
| bill News pIctures complete the program
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28
NEW GRIFFITH GEM
ON STANLEY SCREEN
Caby Deslys Palace Feature.
Bert Lytell in THE Spender'
at Regent
sTANLEY---"The Romance of Happy VALLEY
produccd by David Wark Griffith with his spe
tial pldNers

produced by David Warf Griffith With his spe
cial players.
simplicity is the keystone Of "A Romance
Of Happy Valley" holding it together for
more than an hour and a quarter. during
which time the moral IL brought out that the
stranger within your gates should not be
harmed lest YOU frd yourself the harmed
one 1t is this latter point which comes as
a striking climax TO the SLOW moving story
when it IL shown that the father believes
he has killed his son instead of stranger.
AS short story it is an excellent piece OF
work
Mr. Griffith has given 10 the screen gem
in depletion of the life in a little town which,
despite it's nominal location OF Kentucky,
might be found in any region The episode,
which takes place in the church. where the
mother asks the pastor TO pray for the sal
walton Of her SON aud later where the
father goes 10 repent for his wrong, is bit
OF direction which only an artist like the
producer could place upon the screen with
intelligence. There are many touches OF
realism brought into the action TO build mp
the character of the boy who tires of the
life on a farm and sets out to win tinancial /
freedom in the metropolis. lie is success
fu and returns after seven years in time 70
save the folks from being made homeless be-
cause of an unpaid mortgage. and there,
too. he finds his childhood sweetheart waiting
for him. Truly ii IS the story of a hoy and
girl who might be found in any hamlet and
it's appeal touches the heart
No further tribute can be pad Mr.. Grit
| nth than that of calling him photoplay
director who has given the screen more orig
NAL effects than any other director. Billy
| Bitzer. the Photographer. has provided some
! hne photography throughout the story. ana
| some of the triple exposures are we'll done
| minor circumstance of having n Santa
| t'e train leave the station of Kentucky
| town is, of course, technical detail gone
| astraN
George FawCett. as the father. offers al
| excellent piece of dramatic art While Kate
Bruce appears arceptably as the mother
| Bobby Harron has the role or tne son. wNicl
he p9rtrays with telling effect. and I.illlai
| Gish was carefully coached in her work al
| the little sweetheart. George \tcho is
, Bertrani GrassbN. Porter strong, AdolDt
| Lestna, Lydia Neamans Titus and Andrev
ArbuCl>le have the other roles.
The production showed some evidence o
| having felt the edge OF a Censors shears
The first Of the organ recita.s which are U
be held from II TO Is, proved 4 popula
! attraction. and the announcement of the sc
lection was appreciated The work Of TIN
composer. Nevin. of Eas'on, Pa. received de
served applause. Selections from "Roh
Hood We're played later in the day hy IN
orchestra.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Nancy nne Tells of Lieutenant Hrsts Return From France
Colonel Bishop and His Wife Guests at a Tea-Last
of Monday Musicaes-Poys Secret Sorrow

snID YOU know that Bart Hirst is home'
- am SO glad for his parents sake. He
is a brother of Tom Hirst. YOU Know. who
died in a Paris hospital back in the early
part of November. It was sHch "a sorrow
to his parents. DR.. and Mrs. Barton Hirst.
They had had word that he was improving.
in fact doing very well, and then came the
cable that he had died from the effects OF
his wounds. Bart is commander with
The 13sth Aero squadron and he has just
come back from France. | cab imagine
what consolation it must be TO have him
home. He is a brother of John Cooke
Hirst, who married Marjorie Mann last
spring and of Elsie Hirst. His mother
was Miss Graham, a sister of Mrs. Frank
Dougherty and Mrs 'Hutchison Scott.
The Hirst boys are great favorites and
everyone has sympathized greatly with DR..
and Mrs. Hirst in their sorrow AT Toms
death. as they are nbw sympathizllg with
them in their joy al Bart's return.
HNHE James Newman Carriers are going
Il to give - tea tomorrow afternoon for
Colonel Bishop and his wife. Colonel
Bishop is the great Canadian Ace, YOU
credit and many others besides. lie is
coming TO Philadelphia tomorrow to lee.
ture for the benefit of the Working Girls
Catholic club of which Mrs. Carter is pres
ident. 1t appears the conlmittee of that
club is about 10 turn over the care of the
st. Regis house on Pine street to the Sis
ters of Mercy and they want to leave the
treasury in good order They certainly
drew a wonderful card when they hit upon
asking Colonel Bishop to come and speak,
for he is a wonder. Mrs. Gardner Cassatt
Mrs. carterS sister-in-law, Mrs. George
Mccall and Mrs. Ned Buckley will assist
Mrs Carter in receiving. The Carriers are
living at ZOO Spruce street now.
HNHE last Of the Monuay lhuscaes yes
l. terdav was better attended than some of
the other concerts in the series.\ 1t Just
seems as if everyone Had so much 20 do
at the beginning of the week so it's IA her
hard to get free Monday afternoon. But
with Olga Samaroff as the attraction yes
terday very many made an effort to go
and hear her and they were well repaid.
The boxes were practically full and many
Of the seats occupied,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28
PALACE -"infatuati0n"
StorH ny Marce, I't
Louis Mercanton.

PALACE E--"infatua ton with Gsby Ueslys,
story ny Marce I.H"rbier and directed by
Louis Mercanton.
"lnfatuste- affect with extreme folly so
says the dictionary, and 40 must say the
movie fan who is seeking the worthwh in
the cinema productions for t;aby Deslys does
not impress very deeply by her histrioni"
ability. In this story. which il product
Of the Paris studio of the Eclipse company.
this much -heralded siren, according to her
publicity representatives. appears as the
heroine in a story which s familiar 70 the
regular attendant of the movie shows l. is
typical story of French life as readers of
novels Ike to believe it exists. young girl
steals a fur in order 10 pay her rent, She is
caught and seeks refuge in the home OF an
actor. who places her i'll his company after
marrying her. While there she is tempt I'd
by a gay boulevardier, played by Harry Pill
Ger. and she leaves her husband. but returns
TO him when she learns that her friend
was false in his statements. The story ends
IN a happy manner Others in the east are
NJ. Sgnore1. who is the husband. and VI
MaXudian. the landlord The play has
been staged with effective and artistic de
tails.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

BROADWAY \ potpoulri Of bright and
tunefu music, pleasing dane" numbers ana
sonks of the catchy variety made he
Cabaret de Luxe the most popular number
on the excellent bill at the BroadwaH, The
leading roles are played by u company o.
capable performers. and the attrac'ite ana
weil-gowned chorus left nothing to be de
sired The principal pho op'ay attraction
was Little Women." adapted from Louisa
Ncot's book The surrounding attractions
won approval
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

CROSS KEYS truly DrieutaI rlnbtr
featuring lie San Wee Troupe announced as
coming from Chtua's Imperial court, de-
le.ed the audience a, the tross Keys Wth
a series OF acrobatic. oonJuriug, Juggling ana
symuastic tricks The setting and COS umes
We're unusually gorgeous MuSira' MO
ments" a pretent!ous act with a large cast,
proved close second IA popu 'arltl. E'
Cota with his XrlophOue eNeried MS uSIa'
charm. The eighth episode % "lh" IRON
Test" serial pho'opay, completes a o!H h'l
"Half-Past Two. musical act. heads me
oil for the latter half Of the Week me
Houdiui serial will also BE- shown
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

HAVE YOU heard about the Patriotic
Ia Sufra se, Ball that's to he given at the
RittenhOuse tomorrow evening? II is diff
ferent from most balls, for it's to start at
$50. | hear that the music Is to he spe-
cialy good, and that the decorations are
green's and decorative electric lights. Mrs.
Joseph GazZam is chairman of the commit
tee and Mrs r.. Bowman Leaf is chairman
of the hostess committee, Mrs. Ralph
RaiGuel is chairman of the posters and
tickets, Miss Margaret Roberts is arlang
ing for the muse and Miss Alice +. Ciatin
is treasurer
Some of those who are Interested are
Mrs. Cornelius SteN NeuSou, Frances sullivan,
Mrs Barclay WarbUrton, Mrs. II. :. Prem
tiss Nichols, Mrs. Francis |. Du Pont, Mrs,
George A. DunninG, Mrs George A. Pier
sol Mrs. y. Allen stockton, Mrs. Edward
Bddle, Miss Helen Fleisher. Mrs. Edward
T. Hartshorne, Mrs. Lewis Lawrence
Smith, Mrs. Joseph SneIenburg. and a
number Of other prominent women who
are interested in suffrage Did | say that
the ball is held uude the auspices of the
Woman Suffrage party of Philadelphia? /?
Naturally, it is.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

COLONIAL Bill Blithers Bachelor
BABY" comedy sketch overtOwIhS "''h
music and laughter. heads the bill a. ihe
Colonial \ new combine, Mack aud Earh
were rewarded with much applause in 'heir
medley of comedy and song. Th.s act mas
many new IDEAS and brought numerous
laughs The remainder Of the bill included
the Three I.ordans, aerial artists ana me
photoplay sBonds OF Honor featuring
Sessup HaYakawa. tn" sho" = one 81 me
best of the season.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

nID YOU hea' The lovely thing olga
II Samaroff did today? You know the
Emergency Aid Armenian committee was
to have a meeting for the Armenian or
phaus this afternoon al the Acorn club
and Nile Marie Bashian. An Armenian, was
to play and sing for the guests. Well,
this morning at the meeting for the morn
ing musicales, Mrs. I.ormer who is chair
man of the Armenian committee received
a telegram from Mile, Bashian that she
had been taken down with the influenza
and could not come. olga Samarof, who
was al the musicale meeting, offered to go
and play for the guests and she asked Hans
Kinder Ia play, too. So N"u may imagine
what a concert there was this afternoon
at the Acorn 1t was simply great of her,
don't YOU think"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

DOLLY aged four, was very naughty the
other day. and Mother was obliged TO
scold her. She did it gently but firmly,
and daughter was much impressed and
greatly hurt for that morning she had
seen Sister take one of those cakes bought
for Mothers luncheon and she had gotten
away with il incidentally Molly, the older
sister had not been seen by MotheD. So
Polly pouted and said; "YOu don't love
me-" "Why, Polly, &c course Mother loves
YOU" "Well, YOU Vt love me as much
as Molly" "Why,@ ling, what makes YOU
say that? OF comt (dother loves you as
much" "No, you II; YOU borned me
last" NANCY WYNNE.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28
REGENr--"The SDender" with Ber I.Ete!i story
By Frederick orin Bartlett and directed by
Charles Sw!chard,

RtGEN = 'Ihe spencer WIN berI ~ teii. STORY
charles Sw!chard.
The Aim play which leaves the spectator
in "A better frame Of mind after having seen
It is the kind which proves most popular
THAT s what has been done in the manufac-
turing of this story into the films and i-
plausibility Of plot is another factor in it,
ia vor The director has selected his players
with care. and the result is shown in the in
trepretatiOn of their roles. This il Metro
product which the fln fan viii find enjoy
able
Love versus riches is the motif Of the
play which involves the nephew of mill
owner, a thieyng superintendent of the mill
and a daughter. Of one Of the employees. The
nephew shows his elderly uncle how TO spend
his money and gain some enjoyment in his
declining DAYS This he does with many
human touches which make for delightful
wholesome fun
Bert Lytcil Is capital hero and has
many opportunities for displaying his talents
Mary Anderson appears his leading
woman Her recent absence from the screen
has been often remarked for she is a good
actress The uncle Is portrayed by Thomas
Jefferson. and his character il a good study,
while Clarence Burton and William v Mong
have assisting roles
Little Women" proved popular last
week at the Arcadia thar it is continued
there. Annette Neermanl.'S picture. Queen
of the Sea was likev se such a hir at the
Victoria that Il has been held over. The
strand is presenting Louisa NJ Alcou story ,
Little Women" and the Locust has Mar
guerite Clark in Little Miss hoover"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

The bridesmaids al the Wedding of Miss
Mabel Pew. daughter of Mrs Joseph y Pew,
Of Bryn Mawr. and Mr. Hyalmar A,arth
Myrin tomorrow viii be Miss Emma Temple
cousin of The bride aud Miss Helen Hck-
man. of Louisville, ny. The brides sister
Miss Ethel Pow. will be maid Of honor Nj
and Mrs. j. Howard Pew, Of knOllbrook
Ardmore, will give dinner and theatre party
this evening in honor of Miss Pew and
Mr. Myrin. There will he twenty RjIestS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

Mir and Mrs. Clayton MrE!roy, OF 20l2
Pine street. will give small dance at the
Acorn club on saturday. February II, in
honor "f their dauBhte". Miss Elizabeth j
McElruN,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

air. John pobsou lIu Crimson. Ir., grand
nephew Of Mr. and Mrs James Dobson. of
Bellavisra Falls of Schuylkill surprised his
family on sunday by coming from a base
hospital ia New York ou a twenty-four
hour furlough. Mr.. Hutchinson is a mem
her of Machine Gun Company, lO9th lnfan.
try, lie had been eassed and also shot
in one leg, which confined him for several
months TO "A hospital.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

Mr. aud Mrs Charles Edwin Fox have
returned from pinehurst. y e.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

Consul General Thomas p. Porter and
Mrs. Porter Wer" tie guests of honor at
British Day which was celebrated this
afternoon al the Art Alliance under the
auspices of the arlS and crafts commit ee
Mrs, Jasper INeales Brinton presided at the
tea table.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-01-28

Mrs. Jolu W. Coles and Mrs George
Trotter Tyler, of INA Pine street will he at
home informally this afternoon No cards
have been sent out.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-26

One of the Senate critics of Okla
waha improvement said there was
only seventeen hundred tons of
freight hauled on the river last year.
Probably there wasn't. But there was
mighty good reason. When the war
broke out nearly all the river boys
went into the navy. The OklawahA
valley is represented today on half
a hundred of Uncle Sans warships.
Besides, there were several in the
army, and most of the men who were
too old to go in the service went to
the oshipyards or other government
work. When the armistice was sign
ed, nearly all the boats along the river
were tied up, and there was nobody
living along its banks but the wonf
err, children and old men.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-26
A WORD TO HEROES



Still be heroes when you come
home. Even in these states, far from
shell-holes and trenches, there are
heroic times and more coming.
We need persons who can sit tight;
gentlemen not too much concerned
about what is going TO happen to
them and the rest of the community,
but duly concerned for their own con-
duct and the maintenance of the spirit
Of discipline that helped them to end
the war.
Observe, heroes. that this is your
country. Do what you can to take
care of your property. The country
owes you a great deal, and part of it
il will doubtless attempt to pay, and
it is important that it should. But it
is much more important that you
should pay what you still owe to the
country.
Think what she has done for you'll
Could you have been heroes unless
she had got you into the war?
Do you think you were born heroes
Not bit of it. Heroism was handed
cut to you. You are heroes because
you had to be. Nothing less than hero
ism could meet the situation you had
to meet, and you reached for it and
put it on like garment.
1t is good garment. Keep it on!
1t is becoming. You know the war is
not yet over. Peace is not signed yet,
but even when peace is signed the
war will not be over. 1t will hardly
be over in your lifetime. The war has
shaken all the habits and all the old
arrangements of this world. There Is
ahead an immense readjustment. All
you heroes feel, one hears, that your
old jobs. are not good enough for you.
Probably they are not. If you got out
of the war what there was in it for
you, you are much bigger men than
when you went in. and would prob
ably find your old jobs tight fit. But
when mans job becomes a tight fit
it cracks down the back and he usu-
ally gets one that is more commod-
ious.
You are not the same as you were
before the war, neither are jobs the
same. They have changed as much as
the heroes have changed who used
to fill them. Finding a job that will fit
will be to many heroes good deal
like going over the top. but the spirit
that went over the top will find the
job and stretch it to hero size.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1919-02-26

Deaths during the war in the Amer
lean expeditionary forces and among
troops in the United States, from all
causes, numbered 107, 444. In the ex-
peditionary. forces the total was H.
951. OF these 20,829 resulted from
disease, 4S,768 from injuries received
in battle and 1854 from all other
causes. Deaths from disease among
the troops in the United States total
ed 32,737, and from. other causes 1855,
giving total for the troops in this
country of 34,493 The figures for
the American expeditionary forces
cover the period from April 1. 1917,
to February 16, 1919. Those for the
troops in the United States from
April /, 1917. to February IA, 1919.
The figures show the total deaths
from disease exceeded the total bat
tie casualties by more than 5000.