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The Washington times., 1919-12-11
TETRAZZ-NI BELIEVES
IN GOOD LUCK SIGNS

Tetrazzini. the sister Of the wife
OF CleDfonte Campanini. the eminen,
impresario Of the Chicago Opera Az.
sociation. is coming here. to Judge
from the interviews with her cab,ed
from London In one interview sb.
expressed herself as being a firm be.
lever not only in luck. but luck bring.
ers. Well. Adelina Patti was ano,b
er.
Now IT will no doubt interest a
good many TO know that Nine Tet
razzini knows that she will have GOOD
luck if she meets hunchback man
soldier with friar who cares an
umbrella, or wagon full of hav
drawn by white horse. She also he
lieves that II her dress catches fire
that is phophecy of good luck.
l with regard to bad luck she con-
siders that she is sure to have trouble
II she finds needle on the floor the
day she has TO sing. II she breaks
a glass or meets load OF straw
not hay-it Is bad luck. If she meet.
nun or priest, that Is sure to bring
bad luck. But, as she says. III IL Is n
frar who carries an umbrella and he
has a soldier with him. then IL Ia all
right.
But II II Is possible to have a proof
that disaster will befall her, il is
when. rs 1t happened in Lugano. she
met a hunchback woman. a nun and a
priest all together She says herself
that however she safely reached
Lugano she doesn't know. except 1t
was that one OF the party saw a
horseshoe on the road. But she did
her best to offset the III luck, as most
Italians do. by sitting with her first
and fourth fingers stretched out and
crossed. She also. by the bye. tells
everybody to avoid the figure s when
travelling. She won't sleep in a berth
number 3. or in a car number 8. or In
hotel room with 8 in the number.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
PIANIST SUCCESS DUE
TO CONSTANT EFFORT

When Vladimir de Pachmann came
ack % America on his last tour. his
Tends noticed a peculiar ease and
elvetlik" finish to his playing.
KNOWN the pianist's eccontric'ties
I'd also that he had been absent from
he concert stage for some years tley
fought he had hi upon some new
etho1 or evolved secret system.
o they asked him frankly for the Sc
et OF his progress at four
ars of age. In piano technic.
De Pachmann smiled and re-
arked: 'My secret? My secret is I
ork like the devil eight hours a day
It practice until Isget It right"
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
Supplies Entire Program.

Music Is needed then TO bring to ons
and all, to old and young. the deeper
meaning OF Chr .s,mas. T&le Victor
can supply a whole program to 6t any
CHI iStrras ceremony or party.
Our own Christmas hymn Is 20, Lit
tie Tow of Seth chem. with words
by Phillips Brooks, the grand ole
man" of Trinity Church. Boston. 1t IL
sung by the famous Trinity Choir
Quartet of New York on the Victor
records.
The Westminster chi mes ring out 8
ntting opening to a quiet, thoughtful
md revaren, hour rhfning several OF
our well-known hymns.
WilI van ros, he ",deste Ftdel e.
20, Come All Ye Faithfully. with John
Mccormack and a mems chorus! OF
viii you have next French Christ
-ras song and remember the little ones
overseas who still need y'ur help In
food and clothing a. we'll as toys
this Christmas tide?
For the Christ has said:
.Tnasmurh as We have done II unto
the least OF these-ye have done II
un'o o me-"
Then hear the Victor record with
he great Caruso singing the Christ
mas song "Cantinuue de Noel" the
visit to the Washington music
shops nay put he Christ y a. spirit In
many a heart that misses It's mca min g
IN .he rueh NJ everv day
Music brings q new song into the
heart Of Everyman OF EverywoDian n
Everyday!
At Dr~op'. with the vi.tor.
Famous Christmas music has arg
display on the counter just as you
en'er Droop's
Famous musicians. also have con
tributed to the Christmas music.
Do YOU know that the Victrola Or
chestra Is directed by Joseph Faster
max. at one time conductor at the
Metropolitan Opera in New York?
IAN exceptionally hne musician and
conductor" said E H Droop OF hin
recently just after returning from
the Victor headquarters at Camden
N. J.
Listen to the orchestra mpani-
ments Of the grand opera singers am
YOU will notice how the orchestrs
must be under conductor who
knows every hne shade OF the music
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
ElUSIC CALENDAR
DECEMBER.

II. Thursday, S:30-Martin
Richardson. tenor, in recital.
The Playhouse.
u, Friday. .-4:30-Anna Case.
soprano. National Theater.
l6. Tuesday, 4:30ANew York
Symphony Orchestra. Fritz Kreis-
Ter, soloist. Nat 'onal Theater.
16. Tuesday. 8:15-New York
Symphony Orchestra, with Walter
Damrosch. conductor. in lecture
expositions ON "The Symphony"
Series given by the Washington
Society Of Fine Arts. Central
High School.
II, Wednesday, 4:30-John
Mccormack in song recital.
Phi harmonic course. Polls
Theater.
II. Wednesday, 8:15-Washing-
ton Oratorio Society In Handel's
THE Messiah Central High
School.
18. Thursday. 8:15-Max Rosen
and Maria Conde. joint recital,
Thursday Evening Musicales.
Masonic Auditorium
Is, Thursday. 8:15-Kathryn
Meisle, contralto. In recital. Will
lard Ballroom.
10. Friday. 8:15-Two-piano
recital by Myrtle Kesheimer and
Harry Edward Mueller. First
Congregational Church.
30. Tuesday. 4:30-Mary Car
den. soprano, in recital.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
victor Records Offer
Xmas Spirit In Music
Both Glad and Sacred
BY j. MACH.

Christmas carolng with the Victor!
Christmas greetings, ife and laughter belong to the
little children around the festive Christmas tree Children
make glad the Christmas. For little Chld-the Christ
Child-our Christmas is celebrated.
And how shall it be celebrated after the Merry Christ
mas greetings have been exchanged the gifts opened and
the froic subsided7
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
ALIEN BILL PASSED.

The Senate has passed the Lodge
Joint resolution making available at
once The t6OO.0O0 appropriation tor
r tricting immigration of undesir
aele aliens.
The Washington times., 1919-12-11
ENVOY TO FINLAND o. KID.

The Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee has voted to report favor
ably b II creating the post of min
a year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12

Porter, John J. Crout. William Wun-
der. Edmund +. Rotzcll and William
Emhardt
The meeting. held at 5000 German
town avenue, was presided over by
John r. Umsted, ward chairman. Rep
rpsentatives from the Forty second ward
who attended promised their co opera
ton. They pointed out that the two
wards pay the largest taxation of any
in Philadelphia.
Those at the meeting were told by
John J. CrOut, city committeeman of
the Republican Alliance. that under the
new charter the independents will, for
the first time. be able to use the Re
publican machinery at the primaries
Other speakers We're Common COun-
Gilman William Mentzinger and W. W.
RopCr. Both are candidates for the
new city Council.
Independents today are spcculating on
the action of Ware leaders in demanding
lists of all organization followers who
hold state jobs. The leaders have asked
ward organizations for the information.
Some independents say the Wares are
preparing to demand political assess
mcnt from state as we'll as city employees.
Others believe the Ware leaders have
word that Governor Sproul will start a
I "houseclcaning' among the state EN-
ployes, and that the Wares want to be
! ready to make recommendations to him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
z 2PLATOONS OPPOSED
FOR CAMDEN F|REMEN'
Council Is Against DoubIe-Shift
Plan Because Voters Re- 1
jected Proposal 4
TAX RATE RISE Is FEARED

Hopeful of securing the two -pls
toon system, members of the Camden
Fire Department will endeavor to in
terest members of City Council in their
fight The fact that the proposition
was defeated at the polls three years
ago does not discourage the iremen.
They share the opinion that those who
voted against the two platoon system
were Of the opinion that II meant
great increase in the tax rate.
George l.. Bender, chairman of the
fire committee Of City Council, would
not venture an opinion as to the pos
sibility of City Council advocating the
adoption Of the double shift system.
personally, l would like to see the
fremen get shorter hours, but I feel
that this is not an opportune time to
bring the matter up" said Mr.. Ben
der, 'and l am afraid that the mem
bers of City Council do not look favor
ably upon the plan. because the voters
three years ago voted against it."
| George Schneider, of the Seventh
| ward a member of the fire committee,
expressed himself against the claims
of the firemen. He based his opposition
on the grounds that the measure was
decisively defeated three years ago by
the voters of the city.
"The fircmen are not called upon to
do laborious work and they are as we'll
paid as any in the country said Mr..
Schneider. Furthermore | don't think
that Camden can stand the expense OF
large fire department which would be
necessary by the adoption of the two
platoon system. Perhaps in year or
two the plan would be worked out
more satisfactorily.
Joseph Forsyth, councilman from the
Second ward. sympathizes with the
firemen in their fight. 'If the firemen
can convince the taxpayers of the city
that two platoon system will not
Jump the tax rate, then maybe their
wishes will be gratifed," said Mr.:
Forsyth. He did not think City Council
would at this time consider the propo :
sition of the fremen, even though q
majority of the members of the coun :
cilmanic body favored the plan.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
LOAN BOND SALES
OPEN NEXT MONTH
First Offer Resulting From Pas
sage of $12,e7o,ooo Bill
Set for August 6
CONTRACTS WILL BE LET

Proposals for a $4,000, 900 bond sale
will tie asked in the near future. The
sale, which will be the first resulting
from the passage of the $12,970, 900
loan, has been tentatively set for
August 6.
City Solicitor Connolly is quoted as
authority for the plan to sell the bonds
to replenish the depleted consolidation
loan funds now in the hands of City
Treasurer Shoyer. Proposals for high
way work will be received next week
by Director Datesman, and some of the
work will be put under contract at once.
Plans have been completed for work
| in many sections and contracts will be
let following the receipt of satisfactory
proposals. Chief Davis, of the Water
Bureau, is also planning putting new
work under contract and hopes to have
construction under way before the end
/ of the summer
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12

crty Bell out there under any circum .
stance wed like to know why
not?' shot back the people, almost
mad to have anybody say thing like
that about the Liberty Bell.
Why answered the willy archi
tcct, that bronze statue of George
Washington is out there, the one with
the nice stone base. We can't tax,
that away" And the architects al
shook their heads no and then winkec
at each other.
Cant take that old statue O
George away? Temporarily? For th,
Liberty Bell? Architects, you don
know what you're talking about. O
course, we can" cmphatically cried tn,
people. who wouldn't have anythin,
changed for the world
1T was taken away-'it' mcanin,
me. For it was mo they was talkin,
about. And the stone base too, th
architects protesting.
l. After that everything went easv
They said to the people: Now that tn
/ ston" base is gone it wouldn't be sens
to put up bronze statue back on any
thing but bronze base. And becaus
the people went so far they easily wen
a step further and decided to give m
a bronze base.
And here 7 am, waiting and burnin
up with the heat, waiting for a bronz
base, when that old stone base woul
have suited fine.
What / cant stand is the way the
used the Liberty Bell to pull the voc
over the eyes of the folks of Phila
delphia.'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
SPROUL HAS NO JOBS
FOR LADNER AND CARR
ousted Registration Commits
sioners Will Not Be Taken
Care of by Governor

No state Jobs await Albert H. Lad
ner, Jr., and William A. Carr, de-
posed registration commissioners, ac-
cording to a source close to Governor
Sproul.
Since the Governor announced he
would sign the Daix Brady bill making
changes in the board. speculation has
been busy with the names of Mr.. Lad :
ner and Mr.. Carr.
Rumor had it that both would be
dropped from the board, but that they
would be taken care of in another way
Both were dropped when the bill was
signed, the executive naming two of the
old members, George G. Pierre and Will
liam Walsh, to the reorganized board.
But the assumption that Mr.. Ladner
and Mr.. Carr would land in state berths
was exploded today by man enjoy
Ing the confidence of the Governor.
With the path to the state payroll
blocked, the way to city or county sala
ries, according to some political lead
ers, appears equally blank.
AT present tnere are no vacant city
or county jobs that either man coult
be slipped into. The hundred odd jobs
created by Councils last Thursday are
mostly all of minor nature, many o.
the extra help" type.
Governor Sproul went fishing yester
day and returned to his home in Chester
last evening. He went away again thi
morning. The Governor plans to go t.
Harrisburg Monday morning, wher
nearly seven hundred bills are waiting
for his approval or his veto.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
LAND ARMY FARMERETTES
FLOCK TO FARMS NEARBY
More Than Hundred Girls Work This Year Strictly Bust
ness Basis-Are Paid So. so Per Day

mobile ride to the nearest movie or soda
fountain. The farm lads seem to spring
up like mushrooms at the end of the
day to see that time does not hang
heavy on the farmerettes' hands. And
farm lads these days all seem to have
automobiles.
Five of the girls from the Dresher
unit are working at the Thomas Meehan
nurseries, wedding. making cuttings and
planting.
Meehan. Their work is well done.
This is the first year l have had them
at the nurseries, but aside from the
heaviest spade labor they can do all
kinds of work here"
The girls themselves are enthusiastic
and they certainly look as though they
were having fine time.
'I came on the land to get thin,
one farmerette admits. but most Of
the girls come to get fat. and they
usually gain several pounds in spite of
the work.
Girls Get $3.50 a Day
The work this year is on a strictly
business basis. The girls get from 81
to So so day from the farmesr. and
out of their wages they pay for their
board and lodging.
The Dresher unit is presided over by
| Mrs. Harriet Hauck. of Harrisburg.
who acts both as house mother and
chaperonp Eva Kiehl. Of Lancaster. Is
the captain of this unit.
The unit at Plymouth Meeting mas
two captains, A. Goodwin Stevenson,
who is in charge Of the dairy work, and
Louise Paxson, who runs the farm
work
The Woman's Land Army has more
than hundred farmerettes at work
near Philadelphia. It has been asked
to furnish an additional number OF
girls during August and September tc
work in orchards. Several small units
have been sent to New Jersey and some
are wanted in Maryland.
Miss Virginia McComb. who is II
charge of work in this state, has hat
a long experience in organizing and is
convinced that the land army move
ment is here to stay. So sure arc th'
supporters of the work that an auto
mobile has been purchased so that Lane
Army headquarters can keep in cas-,
contact with its units.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
Here're Important Dates
Apropos of City Election

July 2j-Last day for hearings
lists.
July 26-Registration commission
begins public hearings for appoint
ment of registrars.
August 1-County commissioners
determine from corrected assessment
lists number of cOunCimen to be
elected from each senatorial district.
August 0-l.ast day for filing pc
titions of candidates for judges.
August 1J--Last day for regis
tration commissioners TO appoint
registrars.
August 19-Last day for filing
nominating petitions for city and
county offices.
August 22-Last dav for rand-
dates to withdraw their petitions.
August 2G-First registration day.
September 2-Second registration
day.
September . and 3-Assessors sit
at polling places to make extra as
sessmonts.
September 6-Third registration
day.
September 10-CoUnty commits
sioners must have primary ballot
ready for public inspection.
September 10 and 11--Registra
tion commission sits Mt City Hall to
register electors who did not reg
lister at the uOlling DlaCr-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
-SH|PYARD WORKERS
HOLD SPORTS MEET
Nine Concerns Will Take Part
in Athletic Carnival Today
at Point Breeze
SPECIAL EVENTS FOR GIRLS

Shipyards from up the river and
across the river and down the river were
pitted against each other at Point
Breeze Park this afternoon in big
athletic meet. Hundreds of entrants
competed. An especial feature was the
participation of girl athletes in some of
the events. Emergency Fleet Corporation
girls took prominent part in these
latter contests, of which there were five
Nine shipyards in all took part.
Provisions were made to handle
a crowd of ten thousand spectators at
this the first meet Of Its kind. The
Baltimore Dry Docks and Shipbuilding
Company sent a visiting contingent to
root for their team. Special sections OF
the grandstand or bleachers were re-
served for the various yelling squads
and each had band.
Teams entered were those OF the Emer =
gency Fleet Corporation, the Baltimore
team, New York Shipbuilding Corpor =
alton, American International Ship
building Corporation, Merchant Ship
building Corporation, Chester Ship
building Company, Sun Shipbuildine
Company, Pusey & Jones Company, OF
Gloucester; Pusey & Jones Company
Of Wilmington, and Bethlehem Ship
building Corporation, of Wilmington.
Arrangements for the meet were
made by the field and track committee
consisting of Wild Conroy, chairman
New York Shipbuiding Corporation G
c. Gourdeau, Merchant Shipbuildinl
Corporation Lou O'Halloran, Ameri
can International Shipbuilding Corpor
alton; s. w. Frock. Baltimore DRY
Docks and Shipbuilding Company: R
]. Guthridge, Emergency Fleet Cor
roration; F. r. Payne, Harlan plant O
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation J
Leonard Mason, Sun Shipbuilding Com
pany: Clark f. Sanford, Chester Ship
building Company, Ltd; James J
Dean, Pusey & Jones Company, o
Gloucester, and Harry Thiel, Pusey &
Jones Company. of Wilmington.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12

TNHE farmerettes are hard at il on the
l. farms about Philadelphia doing
everything that is expected from farm
hands and what is more, they are sat
isfying their employers.
What do you think Of the girls?''
They're fne!" says one farmer.
"There's no fooling with these girls
this year." says another. They're
taking the work seriously and they want
to make good"
Knack Takes Muscles Place
Complete satisfaction is reported by
the farmers even for the so o-called
| heavy work on the farm. Knack is
| largely taking the place Of muscle in
the handling of farm machinery. and
even at that, there Is no necessity for
disparaging the muscles of the farmer
cites. The girls arms are hard as nails
The work this year is not n fad OF
an effort to do patriotic bit. The
girls are in it because they like it anC
many are seriously studying the land
looking forward to becoming experts
Josephine Hollingsworth. of Ardmore
who is with the Dresher unit of the
Woman's Land Army. is n student a
State College. and tractors aud Other
farm machinery have no terrors for her
! A. Goodwin Stevenson. one of the
captains at the Plymouth unit. has
done dairy work for several years, ant
during last winter had charge of hero
of seventy one Holsteins down il
Maryland.
Fully 81 per cent of the farmerettc!
at work this year have had experience
before. and have passed beyond the ex
perimental stage.
The land army sends out the farmer
cites in units. Each unit lives in
house with a. house mother fo
chaperone.
Spend Eight Hour Day in Fields
In the morning the girls leave eithe
at I and 8 o'clock and spend an eight
hour day in the fields, getting back hom
at 4 or in the afternoon.
Then comes the fun. Nictrolas an,
dancing and very frequently an auto
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
BOMB CLUE POINTS
TO RADICALS HERE
Authorities Investigate Persons
Whose Addresses Were Found
in New York Raid
MONEY SENT TO THEM

Police and Department of Justice
agents are investigating persons living
at the address in this city which was
found on money order receipts seized
in a laid on tenement at 43S East
Eighteenth street, New York, by bomb
squad detectives.
The detectives. who had been look =
ing for the place of manufacture of
bombs which figured in the May Day
and June Outragcs, discovered yes
terday in the New York tenement n
two room apartment which had been
fitted as a complete machine shop with
every tool for the handling of metal.
Letters were found showing that al
least one of the occupants of the room
was greatly interested in the affairs OF
the 50 called Russian Soviet in New
York, while the BOlshcvik literature
appeared to have been mailed there
partly from Brooklyn postoffice anC
partly from Philadelphia. There also
were found slips showing that money
orders had been sent to n Philadelphia
address.
Chests Of Tools Found
The machinery consisted of lath'
on which almost any kind of an irol
or steel piece might be turned out ant
two chests of machinists tools. Their
also was a chest of carpenters tools
Detectives estimated that the value o
the outfit was $1,000.
There were also found in the room
two war zone passes of men othe
than those who were said to have beer
the occupants. A letter indicated tha
after being employed as dock worke
at Camp Raritan one of the men hat
been referred to the Bloomfield NUM-
tions Works as a place where he prob
ably could work.
1t was at first suspected that tn
room might have been the machine shol
mentioned by Paul Krevitz, who, whel
he was arrested in Brooklyn few day
ago, told of the Bolshevik plans to over
throw the government, but later in
vestigations prove this to be incorrect.
In Russian Language
Much of the literature and many @
the letters were in Russian or Lithu
anian, and these were immediatel
sent to police headquarters for inter
probation.
There were also found in the room
several rubber heels, but it was sal
that these were not of the same max
as that worn by the anarchist VIII
lost his life in an attempt to destro
the residence of A. Mitchell Palmer il
Washington.
That one of the men at least wa
an expert machinist was indicated
the fact that violin was found i
the sides of which some holes ha
been bored and within which was
sort of home made phonograph at
tachment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
DIES ON CHURCH STEPS
John Gallagher, 4s, Succumbs 4
hemorrhaae Of Lungs

John Gallagher, forty eight years old,
236 Sheldon street. was found dead
early today. sitting on the steps of the
parish house of the Church of the
Incarnation, Fifth and Lindley streets.
The body was discovered by the sex
ton. Hansen Rose, 5105 North Fifth
street. Physicians at the Jewish Hos
pital. according to the police, say that
his death was due to hemorrhage of che
lungs. The body is now in the morgus.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-07-12
VENDORS ACCUSE POLICE
Street Merchants AIlege PatroImen
Took Peaches and Money

The ancient custom of the patrol
mans mite, that of receiving or taking
the small bag of peanuts or peach
from the vendors cart, was protested
yesterday by an irate victim arraigned
in the Central Police Station, before
Magistrate Pennock
He was one of seven push cart mer =
chants arrested by police of the Fourth
street and Snyder avenue police station
during crusade to free South Seventh
street of curbstone merchants. All
were fined $3.50 each.
"These patrolmen, before telling us
that we were violating the law, each
took basket of peaches" Nathan
Weinstein, a huckster, of 122 Skunk
street, informed the court. Another
defendant alleged the policemen also re-
ceived so cents each.
The patrolman denied the charges.
They are as thick as flies down there,
your honor" one said, referring to
the pushcart men, 'and we have had a
great deal of trouble in shooing them. y