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a coat. suit or q frock OF this
it's especially good quality all
wool. Fawn, Navy, Shark. Byzan-
tine, Colonial, Nubian and Rein
deer. 54-nich.
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To Keep You Warm
Every Winter Minute


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Did you know that Carriers InM Underwear
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Flannelette Nightwear
for every .s one in your famiyaso that everybody
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We have Woman's Bath is warm beau
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Wool Stockings
Many of them imported by us-and therefore
best, at lowest possible prices. Sports Hose for
men, women and children.
Wool Sweaters
complete assembly OF new and Sweaters
as as. S295. =. College Sweaters low
$3.50. Women'S Sweaters low
Substituted Floor.
Misses and Women's Suits
An amazing array modest prices. Jersey Suits
as low as $500.
Fashionable Wool Frocks
Very simple ones. very elaborate ones--many
of se OF the ersey Sss s 5
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Fur-C Ollared Coats
and plain-taiored ones, too-Coas for every tot,
for the miss and her mother a unusual
showing Of womcn's Goats at $4,000
Furs and Fur Coats
exhibiting handsome the latest modes
Conscryativcly priced.
Gloves for All Needs
most important part OF every winter costume
Complete limo Of short as we'll as tho long
the now loose sleeves require.
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French Serge
, $1.95 I'd.

It's pure wool woven into one OF
the prettiest serges you ever saw.
54-inch, Navy, Seal Brown, Plum.
Green or Burgundy
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
sPLENpoRS OF BRIDGE DAY

d EALISTIC and imaginative values are
N both receiving due consideration in the
program In preparation for Bridge Day on
January G.
Substantial progress in the work is
already signalised by the signing Of the con-
tract for the construction Of the two great
piors on the Philadelphia and Camden sides
vt the river and by the appointment OF
Board Of Viewers to assess damages for
property holders on the site needed for the
Pennsylvania end of the structure.
Meanwhile a feeling for artistic symbol
sm IS denoted in the plans for Joining the
two neighbor States with ribbons spun out
nom hydroairplanes, and requisites of senti-
nnent and history are recognized in the as
klgnment Of the veteran cruiser Olympia,
Saxship Of Deweys squadron at Manila
Bay, for the river pageant.
Tt is altogether proper that the cereno-
sIiss should be interest -quickening and
beautiful. The epoch making nature OF tho
Delaware bridge undertaking does not lend
&self to exaggeration.
January 8 will be a day Of impressive
historic Significance in this part OF the
Nation, marking the transfer of dream
long cherished to the frontiers Of an equally
splendid realm OF fact.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
ENGLISH FOR OPERA

YTNlIE singing Of "Lohengrin" in German
i at the Academy of Music Tuesday night
wns n concession TO the custom of giving
foreign opera In foreign language. This
custom is peculiarly American.
The Parisians usually insist that opera
be sung in French. The lbrettos Of operas
written in other languages are translated
into the tongue Of the Parisians. \ similar
rule Is followed in Rome. It rests on the
desire of the opera -goers to understand what
is going on behind tho footlights. They
love the music, but they are also interested
in the drama.
But here we submit TO opera in foreign
tongue even when we do not insist on it.
As result we have German operas sung
in French and French operas sung in ltal-
ian il the singers happen to know the roles
in these languages and not in the original.
We forget that the translations which are
sung to us were made in order TO enable tho
French or italian audiences to understand
the play when the music is sung to them.
"Lohengrin' was sung in English last
year TO the satisfaction Of almost every one.
English was then used because Of the preju-
dice against everything German which was
still strong. The argument for opera in
English, however. is not based upon dis
like for German or French or Italian, but
on q preference for English rs a language
which every one understands.
The late David Bispham argued in favor
Of it for years. And he was an experienced
opera singer, familiar with all the technical
problems involved. Walter Damrosch is
another advocate Of the practice and his
qualification TO speak with authority cannot
be denied He is tho composer Of two ex-
cellent operas in English.
1t used to be said that there were no
singers who could sing in English, as the
opera stars we're all foreigners. But this
can no longer be used as an excuse for the
continued use of strange tongues. In the
cast on Tuesday night there was only one
| singer who could not have sung in English
with perfect ease. Marie Jertiza is an
Austrian who has not learned English. bu;
| it should have been no more difficult fol
her to sing in that tongue than it was fol-
Orville Harold to sing in German. Het
| English pronunciation would have been nc
worse than the German pronunciation OF
Harold.
There are enough American born singer:
| OF high rank TO fill the cast Of almost an!
| opera that tho management desires to pu
on. II the foreigners discover that they
| must learn to sing in English IL they wisf
| to get the high salaries paid here they vii
| learn quickly enough.
Then an operate performance will become
dramatic as well as a musical event. Th'
| operas which have silly plots offensive t.
common sense will be forgotten, and tn
| great musical dramas will come into thei
! own In America as great emotions in actor
set to an accompaniment Of interpretativ
and supplemental music, and We shall know
more fully why they were considered grea
by the races in whose language they wer
first written.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
IN IRELAND

NEITHER long distance clsiIvoyance Lor
~ the cautious balancing Of political values
should be needed to determine in advance
the result of the present debate IN Ireland
relative to tho new treaty with England.
The treaty will be accepted, and it will
be accepted In accordance with the will OF
the people Of Southern ireland, whose decl-
sion will not imply any lack OF respect for
the minority which opposes such action. 1t
is the state of mind of that minority which
few people take the trouble to understand.
The movement which eliminated in the
formation and recognition OF the Irish Free
State was phenomenal. 1t could not have
progressed to victorious conclusion with
out stubborn and passionate leadership or
without the vitallzing force OF extraordinary
spirits.
Men capable OF doing extraordinary
things must always find finished work
unsatisfactory because IL is easier 70 con-
ceive perfection than 10 render it. Tho
more ardent statesmen in Dublin were car
ried along to a partial triumph only by the
vision of even greater things, and it IS
natural that the vision should continue to
trouble them even while their practical
minded countrymen see IN the completed
work moro than is visible to the eyes Of tho
men who created 1t.
ireland is through with civil war, as st
should be. 1t will put Its trust in progress
sive thinking and rely on peaceful action
for It's future progress and the union OF
such discordant elements as still divide its
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

world at large. But the great diplomacy OF
Versailles was not openly arrived at. To
dig up old complaints, to suggest new in
dictments among the Powers, to reveal, as
the records of tho steel box may reveal,
unsupported trickcry, obstruction and even
betrayal as the work Of one group Of states
men against other groups, may be merely
to cause new connections in waters already
seriously troubled.
1t is idle for members Of Congress to
question Mr.. Wilson's right to make the
records of his and Others work at Paris
public. The more that is commonly known
about such things the better it will be for
everybody and tho sooner we shall get the
great processes of government and di-
romacy out into the daylight where they
belong.
But il is hard to escape fear that the
publication of tho Versailles record at this
time may help to undo some of the work
that all Governments have been trying to
get fairly under way since the fevers of the
war abated. There may be renewal OF
hatreds and passions and suspicious such as
will revive rather than dispel the mood that
prevailed in Paris to defeat some of the
higher hopes with which the Peace Confer
cnce began.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

A vivarium is place artincial!y pro-
pared for Keeping animals in their
natural archaeological gardens and
the like
humous Papers OF tbs PickwicK cub"
were Samuel Picl;w!cli. NatEanie,
Snodgrass.
.. Tie Latin phrase, ""non mo ,angore."
means "don't touch me"
4. The fourth city in the United States IN
population Is Detroit with 9937S9
Inhabitants. according to tho census OF
l. Texas entered the American Union with
necessary, be subsequently carved into
four separate States.
s. The Battle of Agincourt was fought he
tween, the English, under Henry Y,
4Hd me fIehch, under tho Constable
d'Albret, on October 20. l4l5, The
latter were decislHely defeated. Agln-
court Is "A village in the Department
Of Pae-de-Cala!5, France, about
t"enty-nine miles southeast Of Bou-
lognC.
q The Black Forest is a wooded region &,
the southwestern part OF Germanv
occupying the southern part of Radnn
and the, western part of Wuerttem.
berg ,d,iS,s Ihe name AZ H. Is derived from tho
8. Bondin, the French tightrope walker
and acrobat whose real name wa q
Jean Francois Grevelot, crossed tHo
gorge OF Niagara Falls on q tightrupe
sat down in midCourse on the rome nj
cooked ana Nto an omelet, His dates
arc lS2i-lSgI. ~'
D.. Teresa Harrcno was brilliant ana dis
tingushed concert pianist She was
born in Caracas, Venezuela i'm 1919
and died few years ago. She com.
posed the national hymn OF Venezuela.
10. A Messin 10 an inhabitant or native OF
the city OF Metz, Lorraine. France.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
NOW MY IDEA IS THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Phiadepa's Subjects They
Kno,U Best

detective forces generally get the man or
solve the mystery, If there is one connected
with the crime. Up to yesterday there have
been 1O2 murders committed in Philadelphia
since the first Of the year. Of this number,
all but seven are entirely cleared up.
Missing. Person Problem
Another thing which goes far to show
how difficult it is to disappear without
trace is shown by the number of missing
persons who are located throughout tho
country in the course Of q yCar-perSons
who have simply disappeared and who are
not accused or even suspected OF having
committed q crime. The number is alnaz-
ing
Finding the Guilty
People ore often amazed that the de-
tective forces should lay their hands directly
upon the criminal in so many cases. appar-
entity by guess. But there is no guesswork
about 1t; it is just matter of experience.
We haye on our staff men who have special.
lied in many branches of crime. They do
not do this work exclusively. for they arc
used on whatever cases come up, but when
certain crimes are committed, there are Cer-
tam men who know more about that kind OF
ofense than others and they are assigned to
the work. Thus our automobile specialists
Know the names and addresses of pretty
nearly every auto thief in Philadelphia and
the same detailed knowledge Of the criminals
In other lines is possessed by other officers.
Frequently the manner of the crime will
give an almost unmistakable clue as to the
perpetrator, and in these cases it Is easy to
find out the facts and apprehend the Of
fender. ! am speaking now, of course, OF
robbery eases. The murder case is alto
| gcther different. Murder IL almost always
| spontaneous affair and each case has its
| own individuality and must be handled in u
! different manner TO every other cusc.
"The protection of the people OF large
| city against crime is not Il small matter
We cannot hope entirely to eliminate tht
criminal, but we can afford an increasingly
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
JoHN HARE AND HIS ART

"a NEW generation has attained the play
"A going age sine. John Hare, then un-
knizhted. last delighted audiences in this
city with his polished portraits Of Quex,
S'she wickedest man in London and Ben
talnin Goldfnch, his temperamental oppo-
site.
The fneness and distinction with which
Shis skIllful actor invested virtually every
part I'm his career were the products rather
Of culture and keen intelligence than Of an
exceptional endowment Of histrionic genius.
John Hare'5 characterizations were
.tched with the accuracy and finish OF tho
untirinR artist. 4 shrewd sense OF values
saved him from the ofense OF excessive
elaboration of details. The result was an
exhibit In consummate taste and exquisite
artistic proportions, none too common IN
the present theatric epoch.
II is of record that several players OF
ability followed him IN some of his popular
roles only to miss that intangible subtlety
which was his primary asset as an inter-
n-eter Neither John Drew nor y. s.
willard, for all their talents, entirely sue
reeded in depicting, respectively, the sat
urnine assurance Of Quex or the whimsical
charm Of Godhnch.
His Eccles in Robertson Caste" a
plRy 10 the world celebrity Of which he con-
tributed so greatly, similarly defed imIta
tion. II was in these three roles and II
pin.ro's 1.-THE Hobby Horse" that Phila'
Seiphians Of an earlier day knew John Hare
BY far the greater part OF his profes
u,nral life was spent in London, where tn,
,rce exacting West End received him a
ths ideal Of its conception Of the sophisti
.,ated ''man of the world" type.
Hares death at the age Of seventy-sever
Aanriyes the stage Of one of its veterans
Who had, however, reaped his honors at tn
nreeise period when the cut of the ''sOciety'
comedy was admirably suited to his artist
,nsalsmremants. Dramatic styles even 4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
TARIFF FOR MOVIES

WORKS of art such as paintings, sculp-
w ture and books are subject TO a duty
tax which averages IL per cent. Art is
supposed 10 uplift the national spirit and
nlumine the national mind. That is why
the tariff makers we're broadly liberal.
All pictures and all books are naively
supposed to be artistic. They aren't. 1t is
hard to say what some OF them are because
tho necessary word has yet to be wrought
out of bitter emotional experience.
Doubtless, in attempting 10 decide
whether the movies should be protected by
an import tariff. Congress will be guided, In
part at least, By existing precedent. Yet
the rule that holds in relation to good and
bad books, pictures and sculpture can be of
little value when it is applied to the foreign
films. Something ought 10 be done about
the foreign films, but it need not be done to
protect the American producers, who even
now ore virtual monoDolists IN the most
profitable OF fields.
The greatest fear among American movie
makers seems TO be of the German pictures.
But the Germans will have TO revise their
technique and their whole system OF artistic
and dramatic values and change some OF
their Inherent national traits before they
are able 70 compete seriously with the
movies made in the United States.
We have wholesome habit Of saying
hard things about many of the American
pictures. But the native producers have a
lizhtness OF touch and q sort Of viVacity
even in their worst moments that the for
eign producer lacks, and it is a touch almost
perfectly suited to our own national taste.
The German film maker is heavy handed
and almost Gothic in his method. He ex-
hibts an inborn respect for many Of the
older rules OF pictorial composition. lie
adhe-es 10 the standards which he has been
taught to regard as classic. His wit is
SLOW. His humor is weighty, In thia
country the movie men, who often know and
care little for sheer artistry in picture
making, have a leaning toward informally
| and ease which Is in fact nearer TO life than
| studied dramatic effort may easily be. And
| tho hest American films disclose airy charms
! and a sort Of careless beauty that the less
versatile and more studious German could
not initiate II he would.
Tmpartial critics will complain Of i'm.
| rorteL films not because they may compete
| doncerously with III: native product, but
| because too many OF them are morbid anc
| suggestive OF the depressing spirit Of on,
| mart Of the contemporary European stage
| tphe first widely heralded German film u
bo shown in this country was nothing NOR,
or less than u nightmare product of un,
healthy war psychology. The clumsiest O
American pictures would have been NOR
refreshing and enjoyable.
properly, there should be no tariffs OF
works Of art What IS needed is a set 0
standards by which it would be possible f
slit out the little art that IS produced in til
form Of books, pictures and films and theI
sink the base limitations before they can d
any harm. ...., ..... ,-.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
u-RoATs A WORLD PROBLEM

AS WAS almost inevitable the difficulty
"A of devising in the Washington Confer
sncs a submarine limitation program salts
factory TO all the participants has revived
prospects of additional international parleys
enlarged in scope. Even had French re-
sistance to the American and British plans
for undersea craft ratios been less deter
mined, the problem of submarine construc-
ton by nations not represented IN Wash-
ington would have remained.
U-boats. as the Germans demonstrated,
may be built with sinister rapidity: Com
pared with capital ships, tho cost or under
water boats is insignificant.
Spain is not ordinarily reckoned now as
one Of the worlds militant nations. Yet IN
an emergency, real or fancied, 1t would be
quite possible for the Government or that
country to improvise a powerful orensiVe
and defensive naval arm in tho type OF ships
with which Germany so disgraced civiiEa- :
ton. A similar opportunity might not DO
lacking in Russia.
Practical settlement of Pncihc problems
has been gratifyingly shown to be witnln
Ehs scope of the present sessions at WASH
SuRoon. Something very Ike world agree
xnents Is needed 20 extinguish authorita :
tiyely reliance upon the submarine weapon.
French obduracy, in itself regrettable.
has drawn immediate attention to this tact,
which would eventually have been apparent
syeu if accord In a drastic limitations
rcheme had been reached by the United
etates, Great Britain, France, Italy and
aspan-
Unouestiouably these are Ave great Pow
sru, but their dominion docs not co-er the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
THE LAST ACT

TNrSINTTGRATION of the Kr KluI
IL Khan has continued to the point at
which a free and open fight Is beginning
aver tho spoils. At the request of squad
Of Grand Goblins, the Fulton County,
Georgia, Court yesterday granted an injunc-
zion TO prevent any disbursement Of funds
by higher officers until there has been a
general accounting publicly made.
The money paid into the Klan should not
as returned to the folk who got in line to
buy masks and gowns. 1t should be used
20 reprint In large type the Constitution Of
Shs United States A copy OF this reprint
snaould then be foryarded 70 every man who
wss 30 foolish and so lacking IN tho Amer
scsn spirit as to 'join up with Wizard
simmons ridiculous organization.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
FROM THE STEEL BOX

PRESIDENT HARDING, according TO
the whispered rumOrS in Washington,
was friendly and generous in bis converse
tions with Mr.. Debs and suggested merely
that the First Prophet Of American Social
ism restrain himself for q little while and
refrain from trying 70 rock the boat until
the men everywhere who are trying to make
n peaceful hArbor manage to bail out n
rather largo accumulation Of water.
There are people who dislike Mr. Hearst
intensely because he contributes only de-
structive and inhaming criticism 10 the gem
erol discussion OF international Affairs. II
Is pretty generally admitted that there Is
suspicion and hatred enough in the world
for the time being, and that even the tell
ing OF important truths which happen ~
the moment to have only negative value
might well be postponed for cahmer and
more settled times.
Mr. Wilson himself admits that he doesn't
know what was in the now famous steel box
which he brought back from Pnris The
Lax II seems. contained not only the min
Cos oF the Big Four and the Council OF
rror II held. az well, the records uf pri-
cato and secret conversations carried on
a,,o,ug the few men who directed the course
% o,orts Mt Versailles. These documents
ono IN he published serialy and in book
sor,o The news which will thus be pro-
yIded for the American peopIs--and other
peoples, for that matter-may be sensa
tttn,'nI and revealing, and In the end OF great
volne For the moment it must be viewed
~, news that IL at once little too late ant
- little too early.
'Thc Versailles Conference is over and il,
coycnants are signed. Such errors as III
leaders committed cannot be repaired a
| this time. Had the complete record of it,
| work been printed from day to day matters
| might have gone better in Paris and In th,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

London have changed since John Hare,
with instructive appreciation Of his own re-
sources, renounced alike the grand man
ner' and the least indulgence in SNOWY or
adventitious effects.
1t was his privilege 10 contribute to tho
stage the delicious emphasis of understate-
ment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29
What Do You Know?


1. Who was the first Attorney General Of
the United States?
.. What Is n dinosaur"
3. What IL "call money?
4. What IS jade?
s. What IS an octroi?
t. Who was John Hare
T. What Greek deity peisoniRca the soul? ?
s. OF what country is the present Queen Of
Italy a native?
O. Where are the Carpathian Mountains?
10. What Is the chief city in Alsace?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

'It il hotter 10 wear Z,
Expert Testimony than rust out, y, runs y
old proyerb. 10 wF,
may be added, "And be not in hurry
wear out" II isn't work but worry "
kills. TO the human machine. deIIca's;
organized. work is oil, but worry Is IN
Elk Governor Stuart on his slxV'.s .Is.I
birthday spoke words Of wisdom
busy and stay young" he said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

Turkish Eolshevists call their organii.|
tion "Tbe Green apple" Presumably ~
signed to give civilization a pain IN Y
little tummy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

Columbia University co-eds want
know when a girl is old enough 10 smoEsI
Easy. When Gabriel pipes all hands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

Secretary Hughes had better look to "
Overworked delegates to tho WashingtOI
Conference may yet strike for forty -four
hour week.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

We'd simply love to have a thrind
merchant marine but an infant induspI
fed on Government pap seldom comes "
rugged maturity.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

Chile, Bolivia and Peru may settle tne'
differences in Washington. Belief Is grow
ing that there is virtue in the Au'efic'
round table.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-29

II history may furnish precedent, India
after four or five hundred years Of agitation,
will become tho Indian Free State.