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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
Miss Murray to Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. j. Archibald Murray,
of 81 East Sixty sixth street, New
York. announce the engagement of their
daughter. Miss Leslie Murray, to Mr..
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Stuyvesant
Chanler, of 62 West Forty ninth
street. also of New York
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
NAVY YARD NOTES

Mrs. Rasin gave a small lunch
ton and bridge yesterday at her home,
2106 Skunk street, for her aunt, Mrs.
II. W. Hunter, Of Baltimore, who Is
spending few days with Mrs. Rasin.
Admiral and Mrs. Hughes will give
q dance Saturday evening for the off
GERS attached to the yard and their
wives.
Mrs. u. Conoyer Leedom entertained
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
Jewish sIsterhoods Meet

Two hundred delegates from the
sisterhoods of Jewish synagogues in
various parts of Pennsylvania met at
dinner last night in the Bellevue
Stratford for the purpose of forming
a state federation. The meeting was
arranged for by the Sisterhood of
Keneseth Israel Temple.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
Photo by William shewell Ellis.

by the Rev. Francis Kirwan. The bride
was attended by her sister, Miss Mae
Mather, and Mr.. Harry NJ. Taylor was
best man. Mr.. and Mrs. Taylor left on
months trip and will be at home
after March /, at 1924 Manayunk ave-
nue.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04

a bridge party, followed by tep, at her
home this afternoon.
Miss Madeleine Asbury. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. Asbury, of
Oak Lane, is spending the winter as
guest of Mr. and Mrs. II. NJ. Wilson in
Albuquerque, N. M.
Mrs. Wayne Marshall. of Swarth-
more, Pa. is visiting her parents, at
The Marlborough Blenheim, Atlantic
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
Gimbel Chorus SINGS Tonioht

The annual concert and dance given
under the auspices of Gimbel Brothers.
Choral Society, Cadets and Girl Scouts
will be held tonight in the Bellevue
Stratford. Stanley Muschamp will
direct the musical end of the affair.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
YARDLEY

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert W. Welch, who
are spending the winter in Philadelphia,
were week. end guests at the Barnes
home.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
ARMSTRONG-COsTELLO

A pretty wedding will be solemnized
in st. Stephen Catholic Church, Broad
and Butler streets. this afternoon, when
Miss Nan B. Costello. daughter of Mr..
and MrsJohn A. Costello. of 4045 North
Broad street. and Mr.. William J. Arm
strong, of 1911 Wagner avenue, will be
married by the Rev. James lyman. The
bride will wear a gown of white satin
and Duchess lace, with her tulle veil
arranged with sprays of orange bios
SONS, and will carry a shower of Bride
roses and orchids. She will be given in
marriage by her father and her only
attendant will be her sister, Miss Fran
ces Costello, who will wear a gown Of
soft pink taffeta with hat to match,
and will carry pink sweet peas.
Mr.. Armstrong will have for best
man. Mr.. Edward Heating, of Lang
horne, and the ushers will be Mr.. VIII
liam Franz and Mr.. Frank Boyle. A
reception for the families, at the home
of the brides parents, will follow the
service. After an extended trip Mr..
and Mrs. Armstrong will be at home
after April 1 at 1414 West Venango
street.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
METROPOLITAN GIVES
HADLEY'S NEW OPERA
"cIeopatra's Night" Has First
Hearing in This City, Pre-
ceded by "L'OracoIo"
CLBoPATRA's NIGHT
Opera in Two Acts by Henry Hadley
rtTu

The Metropolitan Opera Company
gave the Philadelphia premiere of
Henry Hadley's opera, "Cleopatra's
Night" at the Metropolitan Opera
House last evening. The work is
rather long to form part Of a double
bill, and suffered the additional disad
vantage of coming after a superb per-
formance of one of the very greatest
of all one act operas, "L'Oracolo.
Musically considered, Cleopatra 3
Night" is much better than most Of the
American operas so far produced, but
it is not so spontaneous as one would
expect from Mr.. Hadley. He has
fine natural fund of melody, but like
most modern composers appears to be
afraid to give it full vent. This was
especially noticeable in the first act
In the few places where he does use
characteristic melody the opera sounds
best, one conspicuous place being the
melody for Cleopatra near the close of
the last act. The opera as whole
does not seem to be very effectively
written for the voice, there being rela =
lively too little free melody for the
voices and too much in the orchestra.
The strong points OF the opera are
its fine orchestration and the magnifi-
cent stage settings, which made the
first performance a brilliant one. Mr..
Hadey has had to labor under the i'm
mense disadvantage of poor libretto,
both he and the librettist evidently
overlooking the fact that the American
people as a whole have too keen a sense
Of humor to hear commonplaces sung
in English aud not laugh. These get
by" in a foreign language because the
audience generally does not understand
what is being said, but there were
several places in last evenings per-
formance where the audience frankly
laughed, even at the most serious sit
uations. This, however, must be laid
to the libretto.
The opera perhaps might have been
better cast than it was. The cast as
a whole sang their parts effectively, but
there was considerable left to be de-
sired in the dramatic end and the action
throughout was not of the best. 1t is
essentially an opera of two parts,
Mardion has considerable to do until
her untimely demise in the first act.
| The other parts are all of the most in =
cidental nature. The ballet, which was
designed by Rosina Cali and partially
danced by her, was one of the best
| features of the opera, and Mr. Hadley
has done some of his finest compost
tion in the ballet music.
The future of the opera is problem
atical 1t might be that with more
dramatic action and some necessary
changes in the libretto, substitutin,
more poetic English for some of thu
everyday sentences which now dot it
the work would be much more effective
The music generally is excellent, al
though it must be said that it is no
particularly consistent in style, no
does it always fit the dramatic situa
tions to the extent which would be ex
pected of a composer of Mr.. Fadley
experience.
T'OPACOIn
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
HUHN-HALPIN

The wedding of Miss Anna Vivian
Halpin, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
nard Halpin, to Mr.. William Huhn
took place this morning in st. Patrick 8
Church, Twentieth and Locust streets.
The bride wore travelling suit of dark
blue tricotine trimmed with squirrel,
and a hat to match. Her corsage
bouquet consisted of orchids and sweet
peas. She was attended by her sister,
Miss Mae Halpin. who wore a brown
velour suit trimmed in beaver, brown
satin hat to match and a corsage bou-
quet of pink sweet peas and lilies of
the valley. Mr.. Thomas Cochran was
best man. The ceremony was followed
by breakfast at the Rittenhouse Hotel.
after which the bride and bridegroom
left for Atlantic City, where they will
stay until March 10, when they will
return to their new home in North
Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
L'oRACO1O
THE CAST

win-Shee, a learned doctor. .Adamo Didur
Chin Fang, opium-den keeper. Antonio SCotti
Hoo-Tsn.a wealthy merchant Louis D'Angelo
Win-San-Luy. son OF Win-Shee. Rafaelo Dlaz
Ah-Yoe. niece of Hoo-Tsin. Florence Easton
Hua -Quee. nurse OF Hoo-Chee Jeanne Gordon
a Fortune Teller. ............. PletrO AuclSlo
Conductor-Roberto Moranzonl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04

A magnificent performance of Leoni's
one act opera, IL L'Oracolo," opened the
evening For pure musical beauty,
and fine sense of dramatic
values few operas in one or more acts
ran compare with this little master
piece. The opera is as inseparable from
the name of Mr.. Scott as is "Tosca, ,"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
SPANGLER-MacMINN

The. wedding of Miss Ethel Laura
MacMinn, daughter of Mr.. William n.
MNIaeMinn, Of Cynwyd, and Mr.. Evan
Mckinley Spangler, also of Cynwyd,
took place last evening at Z 80 O'Clock
at the Presbyterian Church of the
covenant. Cynwyd. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Herbert W.
Bieber,. rector of the church.
The bride. who was given away by her
uncle, Mr.. w. J. Cooke, of New York.
wore a gown of white satin with q tulle
veil trimmed in orange blossoms, and
carried bouquet of white lilacs. sweet
peas and lilies of the valley. The ma
tron of honor was Mrs. T. G. Wolcott,
of Schenectady. n. Y, and the brides
maids were Miss Menetta Baker and
Mrs. George Var Roden. Mr.. Russell
Hamilton, of Cynwyd, was the best man
and the ushers We're Mr.. Lodge Oliver,
Mr.. Arthur Boldly, Mr.. Howard Nc
kee and Mr.. Wallace MacMullen.
A reception followed Immediately
afterward at the Cynwyd Club. After
an az extended trip south Mr.. and Mrs.
Spangler will be at home at 306 Gym
wyd road, Cynwyd.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-04
MISS S. {. BARNH0LT
: WEDS ]. F. ROOHAN
Wedding in st. Patrick's Church
of Miss Halpin and
Mr.. HUM

An interesting wedding will take
place at noon today, at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Devid II. Lane. 400
North Thirteenth street, when their
niece, Miss Sarah Elizabeth Barn
holt, will be married to Major
James f. Roohan. United States
medical corps, Of Washington. The
ceremony will be performed by the
Rev. Andrew J. Fleming, rector of st.
Malachy's Church, and will be followed
by breakfast. The bride will wear a
gown of white embroidered crepe with
veil of tulle caught with clusters OF
orange blossoms, and will be attended
by Miss Martha e. Dick, of Tioga, as
maid of honor.
DIR. Leo w. Roohan will be his
brothers best man. Major Roohan and
his bride will leave on a Southern trip
and will be at home after March 1, in
Washington.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07

between the great Morgan syndicate
and European financiers, these are
probably only by-products of funda-
mental situation and not causes.
Special privilege is probably doing
the things noted above through the
politicians because it would rather
sacrifice it's country than itself, and
we have reached a place in which the
financial despotism is as bad as a
conquering foe.
Most Of Europe is getting on it's
feet by means of public ownership
or drastic control of basic resources
and transportation. We developed
efficiency for the war by this means
and are now knocking ourselves off
our feet. America is sacrificing do
mestic peace and absolutely needed
foreign trade to the heather god Of
monopoly exploitation.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07
Political Party Swept into Oblivion;
Paid Costly Price For its DiSl0yalty

The pending Stirling Graham peace
time sedition bill is the second time
in the history Of our country that leg
islation is proposed to deny free
speech and free press, said Congress-
man Huddleston of Alabama in a
speech in the house one day last week.
The southern law maker showed
that the sedition law Of 1898 was a
similar denial Of free speech, and was
approved by the Federalist patty,
which made patriotism the cloak for
the repressive measure.
The people, led by jefferson and
Madison, repealed the law and de-
stroyed the Federalist party.
THAT party" said Congressman
Huddleston, with it's un-Amer:can
principles, was swept out of existence
and to this day no political factio,
has dared to admit adherence to such
principles am none has dared to enact
laws to 81 >ss political discussion
among the DE.
1--WE have lad numbers of wars,
including the great civil war, but no
such drastic laws as that proposed by
the pending bill were passed. America
continued down to 1917 without any
attempt to prevent free utterance of
opinion.
From the time when the Federal
lists were stricken into extinction be-
cause Of the odious sedition law Of
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07
.S1ATE-OWNED MEAT
SHOPS SAVE PEOPLE

In the labor state of Queensland
meat can be bought at the state owned
shops at prices so per cent below that
charged in other shops. This is be-
cause the state of Queensland owns
and controls ranches of its own and
thus eliminates the middleman. The
government has recently bought two
more cattle ranches at Monomby and
Calabar in the western part of the
state. This makes about 20 cattle
ranches now under direct control Of
the state.
Recently the Queensland govern
n1ent discovered that there was an at
tempt on the part of the meat trust
to prevent supplies from reaching
Queensland. The government prompt
ly Communicated the entire meat sup
ply Of the state ION the hoof" at prices
ranging from six cents for beef to
nine cents for mutton. 1t has an
nounced that it will allow the meat ex-
porters to export at their own prices
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07

1898 down to the present no political
faction has dared to advocate the sup
preston of the voice of the people.
Nevertheless, the Federalists' have
had their political descendants. There
have always been those who by .ruse,
corruption, sor evasion would evade
the will of the people and thwart pop
ular government. They exist even, to
this day. They neglect no opportunity
to promote reaction; through control
of the press they nislead public opin-
ion; they are the inveterata foes Of
labor and the general masses. :he:'
seek to create in America systems Of
caste and privilege of which their
own class would be the sole benefit
Charles; they believe. With Adams thai
property and position are entitled 20
rule.
ITO make Of the people their dociIe
instruments they flood the country
with propaganda; they mislea6. and
deceive; they are seeking to rive: upon
us system of compulsory military
service, through which they sxpec5 to
teach the people obedience ana h.n1il-
.ity; they war on free speech that they
may be more secure. How foolish
they are-how stupid-to answer dis
content: with heavier burdens, to stop
complaints with gags. Why will they
not learn from the fate of Germany
and Russian"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07
W00lLEY IS AGAINST
RETURN OF RAILROADS

"Does congress propose to turn
back the railroads to their owners at
this perilous time and thereby make
er-price levels inevitable or does it
propose to enact legislation requiring
the holding of these roads for a fixed
reasonable period following the pro-
claiming of peace, and thereby aid
the vitality important work of check
ing the profteers and getting us back
to normal? That is the problem in
a nutshell. There is no blinking or
evading it.
Furthermore. during the recent
war we built at a cost of approxi-
mately s5,o00,00O,0o0 a great mer-
chant marine, and We are expending
more millions of dollars in the same
undertaking. At time when the
whole world is upside down, when
the great powers of Europe are
wrestling with how to regain their
feet commercially and financially,
with their labor conditions chaotic,
with treasures empty, with credit
paralyzed, with exchanges topsy-
turvy, and the balance of trade tre-
mendously against them, are we to
do all that we can to keep down
costs and win permanently the for
eign trade which now lies invitingly
before us, or are we, through new
high price levels, so to advance costs
in this country that once Europe is
on her feet she can undersell us in
every competitive market of the
world !-Robert w. Woolley, mem
Der of Interstate Commerce Commits
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07
WEEPING FOR WOMEN T..
IS HAPPY PASTT|ME

Guardians of the home and fireside
tremble at women voting or acting as
jurors in this state. and the New York
World makes this comment on the
guardians inconsistency:
women can go out in the small
hours of the night to scrub floors in
office buildings without endangering
the home. They can stand up in re-
tail stores all day-and in the cars
going to work and returning home
and no one worries about the family
They can punch eyelet holes in shoes,
time and overtime, and alarm no NOR
alfst. In their ancient task as gar
ment makers they are even forced to
work in factories instead of in homes.
''These accustomed light occupa-
tions are suitable to the ever wom-
anly. But If delicately nurtured wo-
men are compelled to sit In court a
few hours until the judge gets ready
to send them out to decide whether
John. Does carload of condensed milk
IS UP to specifications home becomes
hades and mother will hit the mental,
moral and physical toboggan.''
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07
MONEY FOR EDUCATION
IN AMERICA IS PALTRY

The citizen who boasts Of Am err
cas- educational system is given food
for reflection in United States CHM
missioner Of Education Claxton's sta
tement that this country spends on an
average but $49560 for the education
Of its children.
Not $4,000 q year." says the
commissioner. "but a total of $495.60
through all the years of life till they
leave school or college for the work of
life and for the duties and RESPONSE
bilities of citizenship in a democracy
in which all things depend on edu-
cation"
The federal educator says this es-
innate, which is based on the most
reliable figures available, includes
public and private education from the
kindergarten through the college,
university and technical schools and
for all kinds Of special schools, as
schools for the deaf, the blind, the
feeble minded. orphanage, CONNER
cial and business school, schools Of
music and art, and whatever else, in
Guiding expenditures for the pay of
teachers, for administration, for lands
and buildings and equipment, for
their upkeep, for heat and light and
water for school houses, and for all
other purposes.
Does this sum of S495.60 indicate
the full measure of our faith in edu-
cation?" asks Commissioner Claxton.
Can we keep these figures in mind
and continue to boast without blush
of shame, Is this sum sufficient for all
the purposes of education for the chill
dren of the leading nation in the
world in the new era of freedom and
democracy"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07
CHARGE GOVERNMENT
HELPED COMMUNISTS

Are the representatives of soviet
Russia who were called before the
senate committee bluffing when they
declare they have proof that agents
of the department of justice helped
organize the Communist party of
America? The senate at least ought
to give them a chance to present
this proof or there will always be
ugly suspicion. In public state
ment given some attention by the
large-city press these men assert:
1--WE have conclusive evidence that
agents Of the department. of justice
have actively participated in the or
ganization of the Communist party
of America and that those very
planks in the program Of the party,
which now form the basis of the
persecution of thousands of people,
have been drafted and inserted into
the program by such government
agents.
I'VE also are prepared to show
before the senate committee that
some. other radical activities. the in
.st1gation of which has been charged
to Russians, in reality were man.
aged and inspired by secret service
agents.
I'VE can prove that the chief Hg-
ures in certain celebrated bonp plots
We're agents of a similar nature
In other words, some officials
have been esta blishing that sinister
Institution which is known in Europe
as the system of agent provoca-
tcur'
eve are ready to bring out all
facts concerning this charge, the
gravity Of which we fully recognize.
It is clear that some officials .mp;i-
Gated in this matter are only too
anxious to prevent US from d;sc,os-
ing these facts
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07
VI.
Monster Petition for Public
Ownership of Railroad Filed

WASHINGTON. D. C.-Grimy and
dog cared from rough travel through
factories, shops, mines, lodge halls and
farmer meetings. a monster petition
for the permanent public ownership
of the railroads. was presented in the
United States house of representatives
recently, by Rep. James II. Sinclair
of North Dakota.
Getting up big petition to congress
is a difficult job. The Public Owner
ship League of America, having its
headquarters in Chicago, recently sent
out to it's members and friends in 80
states, petition calling upon congress
to provide for the permanent public
ownership of the railroads, under
terms which should be just to the
public at large. to the railroad work
ers, and to the present owners. They
asked for public ownership with de-
mocratic control.
This petition went everywhere along
the railroad systems. into remote
farming districts. into the mines,
through the factories and even into
an occasional city office
Then it was shipped to Representa-
tive Sinclair of North Dakota, and he
presented the huge volume--t
weighed nearly 20 pounds-and laid it
on the speakers desk, on the Satur-
day before the holiday recess
Mr.. Sinclair printed in the congress
sional record a letter from the Public
Ownership league, explaining that the
petition expresses the sentiment of
millions of organized labor. organized
farmers, and other millions of unor-
ganized citizens who make up the
public at large.
This is the biggest single petition
presented to congress in years, and
yet, so far as is known, not word
appeared in any one of the big news
papers although all of them received
the item from their press agents.
The text of the petition is brief It
reads:
ITO the Congress of the United
States
"Gentlemen:-We, the undersigned
citizens fthe United States. hereby
respectfully petition and urge the in
PRODUCTION and passage by your hon.
orable body Of such measures as will
bring about, under conditions in all
respects just to the American people,
the workers and present owners. the
actual and permanent public owner
ship by the United States government
of the railroads of the nation, together
with proper guarantees of efficient
operation and democratic control"
On the back of each sheet of the
petition is the !egend--"keep the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-02-07
CENSUS man SAYS She
HAS NO OCCUPATION

She rises at break of day,
And through her tasks she races;
She cooks the meal as best she may,
And scrubs the chtldren's faces,
While school books, lunches, rib
bons, too,
All need considerations:
And yet the census man insists
She has mo occupation"
Wien breakfast dishes all are done,
She bakes a pudding. maybe;
She cleans the rooms up one by one,
With one eye watching baby.
The mending pile she then attacks,
BY way of variation;
And yet the census man insists
She has mo occupation"
She irons for a little while,
Then presses pants for daddy;
She welcomes with CHEEKY smile
Returning lass and ladd1e.
A hearty dinner next she cooks
(No time for relaxation):
And yet the: census man insists
She has mo occupation"
For lessons that the children learn
The evening scarce is ample. -
To mother, dear" they always turn
For help with each example.
In grammar and geography
She finds her relaxation; ~
And yet the census man insists
She has mo occupation
.. b: sz Elsie. Duncan Yale. V