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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
SHOT HUSBAND; OUT ON BAIL
Woman convlnces Magistrate She
Didn't Know Pistol Was Loaded

Mrs. Barbara Harmon. 2629 South
Muhlfeld avenue, convinced Magistrate
Dugan this morning she did not know
the revolver was loaded when she acci :
dentally shot her husband yesterday
and was released on a $500 bail bond
which she signed herself.
Mrs. Harmon. when she appeatcd in
the Police Court at Thirty. second street
and Woodland avenue, said that when
she found the revolver in her house Il
seemed to Do too old and rusty to be
dangerous. She playfully pointed it at
her husband, she said, not knowing one
of the cylinders contained a cartridge.
Other witnesses supported Mrs. Ham
mons story. AS she has five children
needing her attention, she was allowed
to return to her home Immediately.
Mr.. Harmon, who was shot in tho
right breast, Is reported to be improy.
Ing rapidly at the Misericdrdia Hos
pitaL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
LEAPS FROM FERRYB0AT
Unidentified Man Commits Suicide
Disappears In Mid. Stream

} An unidentified passenger on the
ferryboat Camden, leaving Philadelnh;o
at Z 80 last night. committed suicide rI,u hu
jumping from the boat. The Ca,ndsn
was midway In the river when middle. :.
aged. shabbily dressed man climbed rho
rail on tho mems side of the shin ~
member Of the crew was in tho ;m,o' ,oo =
diate vicinity, and before the other ms.
sengers realised the mans intentions
he had jumped.
He struck an ice foe. then fell into
the water. He probably became rncnno ,o
scious when he hit the ice, as he did not
reappear. The ferryboat was stonnc'
Immediately and search was made for
zen, minutes. but no trace of the man
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
SEEK ARMY CODE THIEF
Lieutenant RawIey Unable to Ex
plain Mysterious Robbery

A widespread hunt is on for the man
who stole from the apartment of Lieu
tenant Palmer Rawley, in Drcxcl Hill,
the confidential army report In code,
on n new airplnne radio phone.
Lieutenant Rawley was formerly as.
can Embassy in Mexico. during the
war, and was also connected with the
army intelligence service. lie Is II mem.
her of the brokerage firm Of II. G. Raw
Icy & Co., in the Boursc Building.
II am entirely at II loss to explain the
theft said Lieutenant Rawlcy today.
1T is mysterious, yet there seems to
be no doubt this man. whoever he may
be, has been watching me for some
time. a week ago my wife told me that
during the day she had seen door in
the apartment open stcalthily, but when
she recovered from her surprise and
went to investigate, nobody was there.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
PETITION FOR MAIL TUBES
PhIla. Committee Goes to Washing.
ton to Lay Matter Before HAYS

4 committee representing the PhiIa
dclphia Boursc, the Board of Trade and
the Chamber of Commerce will interview
Postmaster General Hays in Washing
ton this afternoon in an cndeavor to
have n supplemental provision cmbVdicd
in the budget recommendation for the
resumption of the pneumatic tube mail
service in this city.
That action follows the rccommendn-
ton for the establishment of the
system In New York. The committee
which Is composed of Emil =. Albrecht
president Of the Boursc; William r,
Tucker, secretary of the Board of Trade,
and N. B. Kelly, of the Chamber OF
Commerce, will seek an appropriation of
5000, 900 for the work, Mr., Hays is sniJ
to be in favor Of the tubes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
SAILOR GIVES BLOOD
Think Captain Taylor viii Recover
After Operation

Through n blood TRANSMISSION operation
at the Jefferson Hospital. the life OF
Captain ]. s. Taylor. medical officer n,
the Philadelphia Navy Yard, has, IL is
believed, been saved. The captain was
taken to the hospital for an opera .
ton, one of his kidneys being removed
He sank rapidly, and number Of sailors
1T the yard volunteered their blood.
After n hasty examination ono Of
them was selected: and gave nearly n
quart of blood. The result was most
satisfactory. it is announced. and unless
an unexpected relapse sets in the cap
tain will recover.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
CAMDEN MAN ATTACKED
Struck on Street In Broad Oayljoht,
COMPANION Suspected

An attempt to rob him in broad day.
light was reported today to the police
who is coal and ice dealer. at S31
Bridge avenue. lie said he had cnshe,l
a check and made several collections.
amounting to about 500. when he met
man.
Suddenly Anderson was struck upon
the head, apparently with blackja jack
lie reccd. but did not fall. Rcgnining
his senses with an effort, he asked his
companions: ''Who hit mc?''
'1'he man ran away" replied his
companion.
Anderson suspected his companion
dealt the blow, as he saw no one run
away.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
ALL THEIR CLOTHES GONE
Two Women and Man Have Meaoer
Attire After Thieves Law.

,,o.S, Two women were left with only the
iootad iotaine .t tney were wearing after thieves
ex'servlce man, at GA West Naste,
street, yesterday. They are Henrv,s
Vie. Mrs: Alma Henry, and his niece
Miss Jessie Stambaump. Henry farcli
no better. All Of his clothing WINS stolen
and he was left only the sweater and
oVeralls he had on at work.
A, Inc family was away. It is s,,pposed
tne rogues used duplicate key. Sms.
hlclon has fallen upon former rormcr
lhc articles carried off also inc udcd
some jewelry. Total amount of the loss, loss
ts set at $1,000, VI ''' 4oss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
WOMAN ATHLETE HURT
MRS. Catherine smIckey Fracture,
Knee While Teaching Soccer

while teaching number of girls IN
Eay soccer last night. Mrs. Catherine
smokey; fifty years old, an Instructor
AZ the kingsessing Recreation Center,
sr1tieth street and Baltimore avenue
fractured her right knee. ""''
MRS; Smokey, who is a proficient
u ~ Igiie athlete, was demonstrating how
ios. % hich lex me ball on the run, when she
moroS S. meI oaiancc and fell. She was re.
Sm,cSoo 10 ;ne University Hospital. Mrs,
and y hay ives ives at 5l36 Chester avenue,
inc kingsessing Recreation CemteU fu at
more than year. oehter Tor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01

di6scult time. Direction sppAfentlv wss
lost when the boat was midstreani ana
after missing barge, towed BY a tug.
the ferry boat found itself landing amid
n new pier being built north OF the ferry
house. Three times the craft backed
and again tried to make the slip. On
was reached when the ferryboat Bridge.
ton suddenly loomed out Of the fog 4,
bound for tho same slip. A collision
was avoided by the careful strategy Of
each pilot.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
GOT HIS 30 DAYS ALL RIGHT
But Salesman Finds Them Of 0n.
ferent Order Than In New York

Lcyman Douglas. a salesman. of 80
Central Park West. New York City,
protested visorous!y this morning when
fined $40 by Magistrate Dorm Tor
driving his automobile with 1921 New
York license plates.
"These plntes IRE all right yet, he
insisted. "Why, in New York VIC get
thirty days
"Yes. and I'm going to give you
thirty days right here In Philadelphia
If you don't pay the fine replied the
magistrate.
Douglas still insisted he would not
hay the fine. so he was placed In a cell
in The MnnayMnk police station.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
races Trial on Malpractice CHARGE

IT. George Pascoe, 1903 West Ven.
~ street, was placed on trial before
use Terry and q jury today charged
q performing an Illegal operation on
arlon varallo, wife Of Joseph Varalio'
saloon keeper, ADA North Fourti,
9Met as \ result Of which Mrs. Va
l'o qaed " The Jefferson Hosgatsl.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
END FLElscHMAN EVIDENCE

.,nr evidence OF the United States Gov.
FIniSehht FIineht IN the action to have the
norns;. m,St"man Company's liquor ha ndlinr
Tb. revoked was completed today'
raeL ease was then. adjourned for two
Comm,nSo 30 ns TO give the Flcischman
defense. The permit held br ,. tbe co,n nH
pahy enables 1t to handle alcohol.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
HUNT MISSING MAN
Former Philadelphia Disappear,
From, Shore Home

Leaving Philadelphia las. Thursday
and going to Atlantic City to live with
his wife and four. year -old son. Charles
Lynch, twenty one. disappeared sud-
denly and efforts Of his wife to locate
him have been without avail.
. Lynch. a painter. left his home on
Pennsylvania avenue: Atlantic City.
Monday morning. saying he was going
out to look for work When he did not
return his wife, Catherine, got in touch
with relatives, but none Of them had
seen him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
A RED TALE OF TOMATOES
"e~ Jersey Man Says He Has vIne
That Tops All Record.

h.S s1hn S.ha North, Sewall, N. J.. says bc
rras rI tne largest tomato vine in tbe Stotn
ie says It takes 26S square feet of eIn g.
iSnS ~ cover 1t In his greenhouse. and bears
eighteen. ''uS'ers OF eight to
hoit me tomatoes, he says, weigh from n
""h 10 three quarters of n pound eoch
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
FERRY TRAFFIC DELAYED
By. Foo ON DELAWARE
PlIots Unable TO Find slips When
Foo Bell Falls

Hemmed in by dense for, ferry
traffic across the Delaware River was
delayed from ten to twenty minutes
this morning.
To add to the difficulties Of the pilots,
struggling to make invisible slips. the
fog bell on the Philadelphia side Of the
Pennsylvania ferry was not working
and II required ten or more minutes fOl
some boats TO dock after having crossed
the stream.
IL was a morning Of thrills and
amusement for the commuters wlit
throngcd each boat. The Wildwood
in crossing at z 80 had n particular
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01

Child Falls Into Boiling Water
While playing in her home at 224s
Pearl street this morning. Veronica
Krasowski, five, fell into n wash boiler
filed with hot water. She was taken
" the Gnrrctson Hospital. where /.
was said her condition Is serious.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01
Defer RAID HEARING
Four Of Thirty-sIx Prisoners Caught
In Raid Fall to Appear

Four of the thirty-si prisoners ar
rested in a raid made by the Vice Squad
on a cabaret at Eighth and Fitzwatc,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-01

Your size is very likely to
be among those present" in
the hundreds of coats still
here. Remember, we had
HOO to start with. so al.
though many have gone out
with men who came in
since Monday, there are
tables and tables full of fine
quality coats that are Just
waiting for keen eyed.
value-appreciating men to
come and carry them home.
Need an Overcoat for this
winter or next? You can't
afford to stay away from
10th and Chestnut this
week.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

Graduates Of the Comsteck and Gest
production Of the comedy success
"Adsm and Eva" which had a substxn~
tial run at the Longacre a couple of
seasons ego, have been pretty much in
evidence in various productions here
abouts this season.
Among the adam and Eva's p1&yers
now on view are Otto Kruger, Roberta
Arnold. berton Churchill, Ferdinand
Gst&schalk and Reginald Mason.
eSo are yl&Ss and parts in which
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12

FOR instance. the two settings which
stahd for the Orient in The Rose of
otambouf are rich in the colors of gold
ana silver to suggest the Orient. The
second act is laid in the interior Of q
palace IN Stamboul. have tried to re-
produce in simple manner the Moorish
architecture purely as an impression
Formerly in the stage art each little
oe1aii was considered very important
with the result thar the eve had TOO
much to attract it. In the kind of art
IN which | attempt to deal the impres-
sion IS there, but it harmcnizes with
the play or opera development. This
second act has walls of gold-great
masses of gold and silver colors--
against which l put some central bright +
spots of vivid colors, such as purple,
Jade green, the blues and marentas,
These colors are found in masses of
1fult, birds and flowers which are on
the stage for this color purpose.
Wherever can use draperies.
Inc entire ceiling, for instance, Is made
OF draperies, which are wound into the
llnes OF Moorish architecture. There
are 5000 yards of draperies In the cell
ing alone Of the second net setting,
"Then for contrast in the last act of
the Rose we have an exterior scene
on the Riviera all in pastel shades. y
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
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''ll1e Devils Disciple'' Next

"The Devils Disciple" which was the
second Shaw play ever seen in
America. 1t was produced by Richard
Mansfield twenty-six years ago, and
Tor some strange reason has since re-
mained out of the repertoire of our
theaters, though it is far more popular
play than "Mrs. Warren's Profession "
lot instance, which is often revived.
and the scene is laid in America. The
Guild wish to revive it, but as usual
have to come to an agreement with
Shaw first regarding the cast, etc.
When Lee Simonson, the Guilds scenic
artist, was in London last spring hc
went to Shaw's house to luncheon in
order to discuss the matter, but the
luncheon was so entertaining that he
never got around to business, and when
he got back to his hotel he wrote a
note asking for another interview be-
fore his boat sailed.
Mr.. Shaw replied from the country.
saying that what Simonson needed was
not advice about "The DEVILS Dis
ciple," but cure for the tobacco
habit. Simonson, he went on to saw.
mad smoked 116 cigarettes at luncheon
and would have smoked 1T 10 Shaw
had not interrupted him. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shaw had been forced to the country
by the fog. They had supposed the fog
was due to natural causes, but now
they realized 1T was due to Mr.. Simon
sons fuli.inous habits,
Mr.. Simonson has shown this letted
to few friends, with grin. that isn't
entirely one Of mirth. 1t seems cigar.
cites are passed at the Shaw home. hut
nobody is supposed to take one. Pre-
sumably, they hinder the process Of
creative evolution. What troubled
Simonson was the fact that if Shaw so
opposes tobacco ne should weld to the
conventions and have tobacco passed.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
Then and Now i'm the
Broadway.Show Shop
Many Casualties Among Plays Since the Season. 8
Opening Last August; What Was Doing in
the Playhouses Ten Years Ag>

some Of the prominent players seen
on Broadway this season first appeared;
Lima Abarbanell as Hedvig Ekdal In
Ibsen's "The Wild Duck Berlin.
George Arliss as Neptune in Saved
From the Sea- London, 1877.
Janet Beecher as an extra" In all
star cast Of "Tho Two Orphans" 1904
Richard Bennett as Tombstone Jake
In "The Limited Mail"
Mary Boland as Dorothy Nelson in
"Strongheart" with Robert Edcson.
Catherine Calvert as Evelyn Kenyon
In Brown of Harvard" September,
1908.
Grace George in Charles Frohman's
production of "The New Boy"
William Favershsm as Dick in "Pen
and Ink" with Helen Hastings at the
Union Square Theater, 1897.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
Colleen Moore
ExeEllplifies Art
Of Artlessnes,

Writing in the current Issue {
"Photoplay Magazine Adela Rogers :
Johns names as the six best ssIn
in melton pictures Rodolph yalss7
Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee, Madge BeiE
Cullen Lands and Colleen Moore.
''Of them ALL" Mrs. ST. Johns a''
\ found the most honest enthusiast
the most confident praise and prsd''n'
behind Colleen Moore
Rupert Hughes. in whose ronsa''
Irish comedy Come On Over a'
Moore viii be featured at the Csp'~
Theater this st. Patrick's Day Tes'
said of the youthful leading v0aaa' -
cording 10 the article:
All. she is unlike any other se'''''
She is wax to mold. bat marble " y, =,
tain. Colleen Moore hss plsFeo v '.
leading role in two pictures OF ni',
and in them she has had to run 8 l'''
score Of emotions from all sorts '
comedy 10 all sorts OF grief and ~, ~.
extreme awhwardness to exess'..' =
beauty. She met every one OF 'a's' ~,
mands with intuition, ENTHUSIASM =,
perfect technique, 1t seems iap',s' -,
bic for her to be insincere' Gov rs,,s.,
the final art of artlessness' w. w.. h,
Moore is and should be ssss' "S'
magnitude increase" ,sst
And as if that wasn't g0'0 y. sa ),
for a very young woman i0s s;.s,ts ~
casion Marshall Neilan, who 0'I., ,.,,,
Miss Moore in several pictures
Goldwyn~ secured her se''
quoted as saying: -. lss
within another year tins we s,tist
will rank among the forsm0ss .,..sls.
of the silver sheet. 1t is ihs' ,or,s
While no one, of course, y sss
60 accept Mrs. St. Johns list - ~, m
tits interesting and certainly . ass =. 10
based on 3 careful survey u
tion picture field.
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
By Walter Prichard Eaton

Lawrence LANCER, the director Of the
Theater Guild. who first secured Back
to Methuseah" for the Guild, has
sailed for England vita the photo
graphs Of the production in his trunk
and fear in his heart. The last time
Mr.. LANCER faced Shaw, with photo
graphs Of "Heartbreak House" Shaw
noted that Effie Shannon had light hair
and demanded to know what became
OF his reference in the play to the
dark hair Of that character. Lanrer
assured him that the actor mumblod
the line. But in the present case his
JOB is going to be 6 harder one. be-
cause, unless Shaw's sight is failing,
he is going to discover that the Guild
have cut his play.
The public who have sat through
"Back to Methuselah" may be trife
skeptical about this statement. But
it is true. In spite Of the castiron
contract that producer has to sign
with Shaw, agreeing not to cut or alter
single word, the Guild cut "Back to
Methuselah." They cut it in the epi-
sode called "The Thing Happens"
Claude King, in that act, plays Con-
fucius. Mr.. King is not fat and even
II he had been a month ago he wouldn't
have been by the time this act reached
the stage. But the lines of the play
caused Burge~Lubin to refer TO him
az "a fat yellow lump of conceit." Mr..
KING said that not even to save the
Iheater Guild from prosecution by
Shaw's lawyers would he wear false
stomach, so the word "fat" was boldly
cut out. Mr. LANCER cannot even pre-
tend to Shaw that it was mumbled.
II Mr.. LANCER (who is d lawyer
succeeds in placating the mighty one.
IT is probable that he will come back
with the production arrangements for
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
Stage Art OF Watson Barratt

The heavy stage settings in "The
Rose of Stamboul,' the Viennese on
eretta which the Shuberts are present
ing at the Century Theater as their
principal musical offering of the wear.
are another demonstration of the
kind of stage art that Watson Barratt
landscape and portrait painter, who
during the last season has devoted con-
siderable attention to stage settings,
is making his own. Mr.. Barratt also
did the settings and the colorinp of Al
Jolsons "Bombo" at Jolson's Fiftv-
ninth Street Theatcr.
his "bombo' settings, however while
in accord with Barratt principles are
not readily understood, since in the
atmosphere they are designed to create
there is not only the feeling of the era
OF Ferdinand and Isabella, but also the
thought that all of the Spanish scenes
are visions, since they are the "cut
backs" in modern story. But in "Tho
Rose OF stamboul" the principles are
apparent.
The whole idea Of Tho Rose of
stanboul' settings" said Mr.. Barratt
IN hls studio at the Century Theatsr
might be summed up as tho philosophy
nj Ia | 4
OF suol'mated backgrounds. In the
great modern paintings and the old
paintings, which In their technique and
handling of background seem verv
modern, We do not find the backprourJ
etAer than sympathetic trentment ~
an out~of-focus element, SO to sneak
80 with the backgrounds or the sctt,no.
win which j try to deal,
while | spend hours studvino rho
types of architecture with which T nn,
70 oen'' do not attempt to reproduce
'na' oetall other than al an impression
New-York tribune., 1922-03-12
" illiam S. Hart Has Made
His Last Motion Picture.
For the Present, at Least

William S. Hart, the motion picture
actor who is the buckskin idol of to-
Gay as Buffalo Bill" was Of the past
generation, has made his last picture
at least for while, so he says. It is
called "Travelin' On and has been
selected by Hugo Riesenfeld for his
program at the Rialto Theater this
week The program Will be an all-flm
entertainment and VIII include. beside
the Hart picture, the second episode
OF The Mistress of the World en-
Titled The Race for Life"
Few are the men Who are able to
take long vacation comfortably at
NY age says the famous screen actor
i am still in the ffties, and consider
myself fortunate that can do pretty
niuch as please from now on.
i have made nay last motion picture
TOR while. Ever since the motion
picture was mere toy have been
cnncting my part before the sensitive
celluloid. Hundreds of screen charac-
tefs have been recorded for posterity
by me. My pictures of the West in t6e
early days will make that colorful no.
rod of American life live on forever
Inc camera has caught and imprisoned
ior the ages the West Of stage coaches.
cowpunchers, gunmen and 'gressers
chaps and chaparral. 'Travelin' On is
still to have its first pubic showing.
Ihis, and my earlier pictures. Will aasn
upon the screen long after the camera
Is but distant memory to me.
Not that consider myself deeripit
oid man, ready to await the last fade
out In an easy chair drawn close to the
fireplace, On the contrary. I expect to
lead an active life in the outdoors /
have always loved. My reasoning is
ehat quarter of century Of hard
woFK dedicated to amusing the public
mas earned FOR me the right 70 amuse
myself, The public has been generous
III It's appreciation OF my attempts TO
provide wholesome entertainment; so
generous that ! am able to look
TO my own whims now. I have a ranch
up in North Dakota which / want to
give my personal attention. want to
take my pinto pony there, where we
two will be free TO ride across the
plains as fancy suggests