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The New York herald., 1922-09-06
PLAYS WITH scALDED FOOT.

An instance of theatrical pluck came
70 light yesterday In connection with
the performance OF Miss Nell Barker.
leading woman of "IIunky Dory" at
the opening night at the Klaw Thcater
on Monday. On Saturday afternoon,
prior TO the presentation In Montreal, a
maid spilled some boiling water on her.
scalding one foot severely. She was un-
able to play that night. but appeared In
New York and went through the three
acts despite intense pain.
The New York herald., 1922-09-06
THE PLOT THICKENS,' A QUEER
PLAY, BATTLES FIRST NIGHTERSI
Free Fantasia in Farce From
the Italian Too Foreign
in Spirit to Please.

BOOTH THEATER.--"The Plot Thickens,'
adapted by Thomas Beer from the Italian.
.'Quello Che Non TAspetti." by Luigi
gFas a,1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27

These are great days for the Wall
street. tipst4r because he makes GOOD
nine timCs out Of ten, CuriCusly, yes
teriay each one Of thess gentlemen who
80 out Of their way to show you how
to. do something they cannot do them. (.
eelves had a dead ssfre tip on certain
oil stock which figured very consipcu-
ously In the early tfadins. while It
did not reach the lofty figures they pre-
dicted, It, nevertheless, enjoyed q ma
teriAl advance. which Ia certain to In :
crease the following OF these various
touts. With the constant shifting OF
activity which has marked the course
of the market the last ten days. some
one Is almost certain. to be hit by the
lightning, especially II the stocks which
have not participated IN the forward
swing are selected.
There is always the danger, Of course.
OF being left high and dry unless you
take quick profits. (, 1t takes q nlnble
trader to jump in and out, but at the
same time these individual demonstra.
tions serve to whet the speculative ap.
petite and this IL the present game being
played. Unless surface signs fail, this
market, some days ago, discounted, II
not overdiscounted. legitimate bull ar.
guments to a considerable extent.
L
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Kirby Petroieurn COMPANY

John II. Kirby. president of the
Kirby Petroleum Company. in n letter
to stockholders announcing the com.
pany's earnings for the first quarter OF
this year. states that the recent break
N the Kirby Petroleum stock is un.
accountable to the management.
I'VE have earned in the last quarter.
ending March 81. $4G6, ,0OO out of
which we have declared a dividend.
payable April %, of twenty five cents
a share and carried the BALANCE.
amounting to $279,OOO, to surplus" "
Mr.. Kirby states. s...,... .t',.
"Thc reduction in the company 8
production ut Mcxia should not be q
disturbing factor. Our properties in
that field. as well as in other proven
that field, as well as in other BARRIERS
Hill. where we are conducting drilling
operations. will, in my judgment, more
than restore the decline, and in addi,
tion to this the tendency of crude prices
Is upward. Even within the week VIC
have been able to sell part of our Mexia
product at twenty five cents barrel
above the posted price,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
AID LIBERTIES HOSPITAL
Women to Help Raise $15o,oo0 t,
Complete, 6uIldinu

Women Of the Northern Liberties
section of Philadelphia are focking 10
the aid of the new Northern Liberties
Hospital and at meeting last night in
the Hotel Majestic 152 women were
pledged to do their utmost In helping to
raise the 500, 900 required to complete
the hospital. Mrs. l.. w. Hirsch pre-
sided at the meeting.
The women will be divided into teams
Of five lieutenants and captain each
and will work In cooperation with a
mems division OF twenty similar teams,
The following were nominated to be
captains: Mrs. &. COopersmith, Mrs
A. Abrams. Mrs. ID. Menken, Mrs. s.
Ginsburg, Mrs. l.. A. Bricklin, Mrs. ii
Daroff, Mrs. j. Goldberg, Miss ii.
Gollstein. Mrs. l.. Il. Averitt, Mrs. ii
Il. Fineman, Mrs. Karabov and Mrs,
Y. A. Hanline.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Raw. Sugar QuIet but Firm

New York.. April .27-The sugar market
was quiet but frm this morning, the Views
lmportations were 40, 100 bags OF Cubas 10
Warner 10000 bags OF Cubas to the Fed
I4OO bags San Dominsos to Canada; 400
bags OF San Dominkos to Importers, ard
were 5000 bags Of Cubas. hrst half OF May
shtRTSsn s1S'S SsH. az az ssc an opera.oT
tor: ~, 900 bags OF Cubas at 2hc To- a New
York refner. In the refined market there
was a moderate domestic demand at h.25c,
by the Federal and Arbuckie Brothers', VII.
tualiy no business being reported at prices
export Is better.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Usual Pennsy Dividend

The Pennsylvania directors, as ex.
pected. yesterday declared the usual
quarterly dividend Of per cent. II
tho coal strike had not occurred. there
is no telling what may have happened.
They are going to put the 9 per cent
dividend rate back some time this year,
because that is the aim of the man.
aEement and the board. They may have
some selfish motive, but stockholders are
not going to lose any sleep over that
side Of the question II they get the 6
per cent back again.
The. directors, II is understood. are
favorably impressed with the improved
situation and outlook, which Is even
more promising than 1t was month
ago when daylight began to peep
through the heavy dark clouds. 1t Is
generally felt the situation Is better
In hand, as result of the drastic cut
ting. pruning and other methods applied
during the retrenchment program. Con.
ditions east of Pittsburgh showed a big
Improvement. but in the Middle West
the recovery continues slow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
STANDARD Gas and Electric

The annual report of Standard Gas
and Electric Company issued today
shows surplus equal to 1913. per cent
on S1O,600.OO common stock out
standing. equivalent to $500 per share.
These figures compare with surplus
eqaal to- 5.62 per cent, or $2.S1 per
share. in 1920. Net revenue was
x3. I45. an increase Of S4S7 .5OS.
Interest charges amounted to S1.307, :
Io2; preferred dividends were charged
to amortization, leaving surplus of
81 .0S0 $50, compared with a surplus
Of $713,GS4 in 1920. E''t
The company includes in it's earnings
statement, as per custom, only such
amounts as have actually been received
by 1t, or in process Of collection.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
LOW.Priced Oils

The low priced petroleum stocks were
in steady demand In the various trading
groups yesterday and there were reports
of pending developments in number
Of these properties. Producers and Re-
finers was the subject of good deal Of
attention because of reports of absorb.
tion of outstanding stock by Midwest
Refining. There was bullish talk also
on Sinclair Oil and Texas Company.
both of these stocks rejecting steady
buying and q decreased floating supply
Salt Creek Consolidated traded in
outside of the New York Stock Ex-
change was again spoken of as being on
the way to much higher figures. In con :
nection with the production of the
company, it was stated that it is now
producing 5000 barrels day. which Is
only 40 per cent Of its productive power,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
HARLAN WlTHDRAWS
Independent Quits Legislative Race
In the Interest Of kornbau

Middleton Harlan, of the Forty-sixth
Ward, an independent candidate for
the State House of Representatives from
the Twenty first District, mas with
drawn in the interest of Rudolph Korn-
bau, who is indorsed by all the inde-
pendent forces of the district, including
the Voters League. The other inde-
pendent candidate for the House in the
district is George W. Coyle, OF the
Fortieth Ward, also> Endorsed by the
Voters League.
Mr.. Harlan withdrew voluntarily and
will work for the candidacy of Mr..
Kornbau and Mr.. Coylc. Mr.. Kornbau
Is connected with the John G. Winston
Publishing Company. and is member
of the following organizations: City
Club. City Business Club. Business
Science Club. Fernwood Lodge, +. and
A. NJ; Philadelphia Consistory, Uni
versity Chapter, Philadelphia Com
mandery, X. r. Lu IA Temple. Eastern
Travellers of West Philadelphia, West
Philadelphia Shrine Club, Imperial
Lodge, I. @. o. F.: Corona Encamp-
ment and st. Paul's Presbyterian
Church.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Little New Steel Buying

''The fourth week ot tse coal strike
has brought no important change In the
rate of steel production" says the Iron
Age in its weekly review of the steel
industry. In blast furnace operations
there are some cross currents. In the
East two smaller merchant furnaces
have been blown out and another Is
short of coke. Against this is the blow :
ing in Of large Youngstown furnace,
the expected starting Of II Wharton, N.
j.. and Midland, Pa, stack, and the
probable blowing in Of merchant fur
race In the Chicago district.
Coke output in the COnnellsville
district was cut dowl further last week
TO about 80 per cent of that for the last
week in March, but there is little actual
unionizing Of idle men
Some mills are taking no new Or
ders with definite delivery promises and
most OF them are booked for several
weeks ahead
'Buying of coal by Pittsburgh and
Youngstown interests in Virginia
Southern West Virginia and Kentucky
fields has hecn on u large scale, and IN
addition to freight for these long hauls
mine prices have advanced 50 to ar
extent the strike is advancing the cost
nf making iron and steel.
The plate market has shown NOR.
activity than in some time and opera
tions at the plate mill center Of Coates.
vile. Pa. are on u larger scale thar
in many months.
considerable sheet business has beer
taken at the recent advance of SO a ton
Automobile and auto parts makers fol
the first time in more than cightecr
ilonths are going to Pittsburgh to expe.
dite deliveries.
Fabricated steel lettings for the las
week, including transmission towers fol
F0rmOsa, are less than half of those o.
the week preceding, or between 55 AM
W per cent of shop capacity.
Apart from railroad buying new
business In steel shows q consideyabl,
falling OIL" THE TRADER,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Leonard Oil Development Stock

Announcement was made today of
the offering of 100000 shares of Leon.
ard Oil Development Company. 1t IL
as New York and philadelphia houses,
are taking subscriptions for a limited
time at 81 per share. 1t is predicted BY
leading oil experts throughout the coun :
try this company will be a greater sue
cess than the Tropical Oil Company,
which was taken over by the Interna :
tional Petroleum Company. An active
market will be maintained on the New
York Curb and later It Is expected II
will be listed on the New York Stock
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
WOULD PUNISH BUYERS
Only Way to Enforce Prohibition
r. Henry Walnut Declares

The Ben Franklin Club meeting last
night at the Overbrook Golf Club was
addressed by Il. Henry Walnut, former
Assistant United States District Attor- :
partment Of Wharves, Docks and Fer
ries. ,.
MIR. Walnut dwelt at length on the
nrohibition situation emphasizing espe-
cially the fact that buyers of forbidden
LIQUORS should be punished o. well al
IRE selless. Direetor Sproule spoks oi
the growth y ths Porttf Philadelphia.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Drop In Crude on Production

New York, April 97.1,The daily AVERAGE
States decrea sed l4.l00 Lerrcls for the west
ended April aa, totaiinx s3oG.I5o barrels. as
preceding week according 10 the weekly
summary Of the American Petroleum Nsti-
dIcaie the tmportf OF petroleum (cruds and
refined olisl At the principal United States
sss sso barrels. .s a.y iasH AR, 92 wsss
J; s'ss'ss ss1 s,;ss.'' e. 's..t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
FINANCIAL.

REPORT Or ROSENBLpTH BROrln|
=. Of pht,sdelphie: LICENSE as Private Ba!
County. Pennsylvania. at the close VI -
- : - :. ASSETS M
Cash on hand. viz.: n,
(A) Y. 4. currency. $1.o8 .03 ! 1SUl
Due from banks. ETC.. VIZ: n
Ol Y. =. national tt
banks .$3,SOo.o.
(b) State banks and l
trust companies. 0.600.00 10.e91
Bonds and stocks owned. 900. 'Ml
Real estate owned ............ 1oeeel
Stcamship and railroad tickets Z.
owned .................... T.
Miscellaneous assets ..........
t0''' 'iiARiLiTiEs M
Capital invested .............. sS.MS
Individual deposits .-..... 7.e4!
Due for foreign money orders. bvj
Due for domestic money orders. "
Due for steamship and railroad ",
t'cketS I,Xyl
MortsaEee on real estate ........ ke0l
Miscellaneous liabilities. .,...... :.sNl]
Total S22.t1!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27

e,1sTHE ANNUAL MEETING OF
Realty Company and election OF Dire
10 servo for the ensuing year VIII p
at tho office " the Company. lSol
building. on Monday. May J. l9ss. q
IL. GILLINaHAM secrs,ask
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Annual Elet tIons

w OTr'SF r'SE.SynaEs. SE 1EE qSszsn qGSaIasi = !
n. W. Corner I.rcsd G.,S,. end AIfh Ar Ia q
The Annual. MsotlnE % ths S si0sAkA: -
Till Se held at the office Of the Con!e!
rSS.nsgM gMSSssin & nts1d .s snd AHSSsns AiHSss, "
O'clock noon ldsyIight saving tine. W. ~;
10 Directors 70 serve for ,s ths en- snsl,ass sras
ana Z. may sSen b. s'es 'esousSs Esfor. tho n;:!la
The stock transfer books VIII
from r, ". ,%ysd1S:sday; Apssil IA. !.
u"'" q. W. CGRRAN. secrsse.S
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Dividends

THE MARKET STREET NATIONAL
PHILADELPHIA. Pa
April "a. -
s.n,ar.d Inr q sem. annual dividend OF w.
cent tSssc, payable May /, iess, !"
holders OF record April 90 I'VE >7
will be mailed. t. "a
FRED r. sPELLIssa1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27

S5sTTHE ANNUAL MEETING OF.
sS members and ioanholders. Of
Zoolo9ieaI Society will be held on ThufS
April al, 1879. 'nf ~ o'clock. At ST. che!
Street, at which time an election wv
held for six Directors TO serve . rea
~ WILLIAMS d. cADwALADER.
=. Secrstsffd
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27
Annual Meetings VI
~PENNsYLvAN!A SUGAR Coxsl

The Annual MaetinG Of the stockbel1|
Room Of The Real Estate Trust compei
CHESTNUT streets. ON Monday, May III
ar election for Directors for the sni
year, and such other business will y e
sidsrsd and acted upon ~ may be hFe
's'0'0 'IS JOHN 4. MCCARTHY. sscrstas'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-27

Third Ave ~
| 4..... 81
|Tidewa OIL
| Co ct 6hs
! io.... 102h
Tobacco Prod
ucts c u
| So. 10l
'r.j.cc;;.:,. 10! ISi 7
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09
" eek's Bill as Paiacc
Full Of Old Home Stuff

With Tod Lewis and his rjnktum
jinktum jazzcrs. Blossom Scclcy, the
Marion Morgan dancers, Williams and
Wolfus and Bronson and Baldwin head
ing tho program, tho bill Mt the Palace
this week is favored to snturntion with
old home stuff Everybody. at that,
turned up with new stuff, with the cx-
ccption Of Bronson and Baldwin, whose
"Visions of l970' is as OF yore except
for 1922 joke or two.
Blossom SecIcy has tho able assist
ancc OF Bennic Fields in an act that
is full of typical blossom Sccley punch
and 20. Mr.. Lcwis's Metropoutan Band
plays its collective head of without
seeming able 10 give an enthusiastic
audience half enough. Williams and
" olfus appear in prom Soup to Nuts, -
which is all that tho uayac implies.
Dave Seed and Ralph Austin, in
"Things and Stuff" get away with wba,
they set out to, and Bob In Sale, who
appeared at Che matinee in place of
Harry Jolson, did some peppy singing
and dancing. Others on the bill are
Kay, Eiamlin and Kay and the six Has
sens.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09

and it proves to be successful ad-
vertjsng.
Mary Bolnnd. except for occasional
lapses Of phrasing, carries the role CON
Vincingly. She has the necessary quail
tiles of physical charm for tho part, and
the contrast between her severe bust
ness manner and business dress and
her gold cloth evening gown and nc
companying lighter mood is rood. Helen
Gill as the butterfly rival, with decided
feline tendencies. gives a good, though
occasionally cXnggo rated. performance.
Mrs. Thomas Whiffen won much ap-
plausc as the far-seeing aunt. who ar
ranges for the successful advertising
Of her niece. Byron Beaslcy aud Leslie
Austen bear tho masculine burdens in
the play and their performances are
entirely adequate. Benslcy appears as
railroad president client, unabnshed
ly open in his behavior towards Kate
and his expression of opinion concern
ing her, Gertrude Mann, Peggy Doran
and Gardner James offer amusing char
acterizations
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09

"Bilieted" VIII be revived tonight at
The Greenwich Village Theater.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09

Eileen Van Biene, in which it is stated
that
Through tho ages
Ali tho saEee
Have said that love ia --'-----
You do not learn. however. until Miss
Winwood repeats it later. just what
the sages through all the ages have
said that love ia, Miss Van Hicne being
more concerned about her top notes
than she is about definitions. The
articulate Miss Winwood. besides per
forming other pleasant duties in the
play, fortunately explains that love is
King Miss Levey's most effective song
is called ooh, Papa" in which she
hirts widely with tho expert Mr..
James Marlowe. as a susceptible old
philandcrer. The music, the lyrics, and,
aims, tho libretto arc the work Of Mr.
Charles George, whoever he is.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09
Mary Boidnd Scores in
THE advertising of Kate
She Delightfully."- Portrnys Both
The Business Hontan and n
Belle in the HhirI Of Society

Emotjonally. Mrs. Annie Nathan
Meyer says. men are but infants and it
Will be centuries before they grow up.
Just as children are dazzled and at
trncted by bright co(ors SO are men
allured by women whose dressmakers
value of backgrounds soft lights,
sensuous music. seductive perfumes
and also Of flattery. Love grows but
poorly among brains, statistics, man
nish business suits and severely ef-
ficicnt desks. OF such thoughts does
Mrs. Meyer unburden herself in her
comedy. "The Advertising. of Kate"
which Ice kugel presented last night
at the Ritz Theater.
Mrs Meyer is rather long in the tell
ing Of her tale There is a suerhuity
Of dialogue and mcagerness of situa-
tion. especially in the first two acts
For nearly half tho play, except for
several slight hints. there is no indi-
cation Of the chief theme which the
author has set ont to develop. She
starts out, apparently, TO write a. dra-
matte essay on the place Of woman in
the community. introducing the modern
business woman, twice ne efficient and
successful as the business man, in con-
Oict with the older type of woman
whose time is taken up with the softer
hlngs in lifc. And then Mrs. Meyer
shifts, and when she does the comedy
moves more smoothly and brightly. It
j. when Kate Blackwell thinks OF I'D
vertisirg herself instead OF her clients
a.d THEW products, when she decides to
g. in the manner Of her butterfly
rivals, chat the comedy perks UP.
Kate Blackwell, senior partner Of tho
publicity and advertising firm Of Black
wei & Kent. persuades herself that the
success size is winning is all that she
requires in life. But her maiden aunt
warns her that she is wasting herself,
especially since she is decidedly at
ira active woman. Kate is unconvinced,
t,1t tho hreak comes when she sees her
partner. Robert Kent, succumbing TO the
.,utp 70. Olnna erulman, the butterfly
woman. For Ave years Kate and Bob
have worked side by side and Bob has
forgotten completely about his part
ner's sex. When Kate realizes that she
loves Bob she sets out deliberately to
viu MIN, abandoning work for so
c.ety existence in order to give him
an opportunity to see her as he had
never seen her before-in iow-cut eve
ong gowns. among flowers, in the
moonlight on her aunt's North Shore
estate. This is the advertising of Kate
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09
Peruvian Envoy Sees
Concord With Chile

Senior Don Federico Alfonso Pezct.
Peruvian Ambassador to Washington,
who recently went to Lima on visit,
returned yesterday on the steamship
Santa Teresa, of tho Grace Line, from
west coast ports Of South America.
The amba aador, who is choirman OF
tho Peruvian delegation sent here to
participate in the Tacna africa confer
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09

cnce ia Washington. expressed conf
dence that settlement Of the hound
ary dispute between Peru and Chile
would be forthcoming
Il am confident that tao initiative Of
President Harding in suggesting the
conference wll be amply rewarded.
and that true peace between Peru
md Chile VIII be the outcome. We
have good case and are confident Of
success The world is woi king gradu
ally toward peace and the American
nations should do everything to remove
from this continent a'l matters Of fric-
tion. II the conference So held IN the
spirit in which President Harding $
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09
Opera Based On Folklore

Tho title Of the opera had invited
us to pleasant experiences, though we
knew the Russian water sprites in the
shape OF their cousins the MeluSincs,
Uudincs and Loreleis or more
familiar literature. The folklore of
tho Rousalkas is infinitely richer than
that of their Western sisters and in
tu'teiy moro fascinating But OF this
there is no sign in the operate version
Of Pushkin's 5 poem. which early critics
SAID had bcnehtcd much from the use
Of much Of Pushkin's text. or that
we are not competent to speak But
we fancy that a more modern com
poser, perhaps also more modern
Gbrettst. would have made 81 less
commonplace story around a super
natural being whom the popular i'm
agination has made tho subject of 50
many beliefs
in different parts Of Russia tho poo-
pie find rings like tho fairy rings of
Ireland where the RousalkaS have
danced. They throw garlands into the
woods and upon the running streams
~ the hope that the spritcs may send
on Whitsunday without first utterng
prayer lest the Spritcs draw them into
their subaQueous abodos Children
who arc stillborn or die without bap-
/ tism are fated to become Rousalkas un-
( less somebody meets them and pro
nounces the baptismal formula over
thcm before seven years have passed
Wjll-o't thc-wisps are the vagrant souls
OF such unchristened babes.
II you meet a Rousalka without hav-
ing spriC Of wormwood in your hand
You viii be questioned. If you reply
poi IN the spirit will rhyme it with
Nti tell YOU to hide and YOU arc safe;
if petrUshto, they will reply dushka
and tickle you to the point Of death
Tickling is their method OF torment
whom they do not draw you into the
water. Rousalkas find the same pleas
ure in riding on millwheels as children
Of q large or small growth do on Ferris
wheels. Any romantic dramatist ought
/ to be able to make a better play with
/ such creatures at his command than
/ Pushkin and Dargomijsky did seem
/ to have done for we really cannot say
anything about last nights opera from
such a performance as it received. It
WAS musically and histrionically crude
In fact. t suggested DR.. Johnson's NUT
ton. which vas "iIl-fed, III killed, i'll
cooked and ill-served' We hope for
better things before the week is over.
New-York tribune., 1922-05-09

Among the carful songs Of GO Fas.-
Mabel is ballad sung by Il s.