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THE NOVEL OF THE YEAR, ffiSSSKfc'
!- aY.vorsis.
r r.rrr Uin'lnit had exiled himself In South
"1K When hi iw h a te. Alti,
I E$$1 with i hi ' "' rlojmftte. Alnn Wnyne.
' 'SSI llrrlnn scene feltowlnir n well
'. m,r "i JlK,.Ln hiK-nuw of AIIx'h Intlrrmcy
f 'Wifiin ncrry decided to tnke the first
I ftth AWt.l.vU. vnrk. After tome mm-
? W 1 "Si enfoimttrs n girl nn n peninsula
ifl1"-' .fnS"h "" the Pan, h-anclfco
"Uur. ""' ileeldrs to nvo mm ncr mm
5 Tt.'nW too. M " hlmytf. Flr.t his
A.K 't Y Witvne. sent the young- man
f1' hici"ie of hi' profligacy. I.ater
f 'EJ aTi Su.Menly rra'lUM the slgnlfl
".171 of her elopement she Jumped off tho
, tine ' i, VrJ, nulllnit out of the Mntlon,
'"ifflr of" bflitM. U effkienry earn,
f.'T.Sr.nellntlnn. "Ten reree.nl Wayne."
t meanwhile, whon nil, traeea of
.!' vanhh. moves to, clew's old home
& II II where she Uvea with her
2..h.r.ln'l"w. All Ignorant of the fact.
''KSiSJi tho father of a hoy back In
SltttlU " l" no" tnke Oerrv Ion to
i LS5r " MnrKnilta; the girl. ha. turne.l
i n fr "J .".J, ntP We I nn licraelf. to
I tSS ii tn? it upon n numher of lmpioe
rn'Sl.1" The rreateft Is tho system of
i KiYitlim riltrhes. wnlcn no nopes win ra-
5? him to I recultlvato the naturally rich
? "nther Jlathlas." In whose Parish Mar-I-.J&I1
1 Ihe". rail" ""on lier.nml flmls Oerry
I S$ as romple e.l illtch. . Upon the prlesfn
!itt "Presentations. Oerry marries Mar-
1 riHtfl. . .... Jll.l. ...... In lt.n
r "fUWf WhO VPS Some iiioiniiwr in .!
A.lti hearing of Oerry end his Irrigated
i'.'rk Oerry to keep his starving cat
' i. iid I horses until the .Irought Is over.
nJrrr agrees, One, afternoon he Is lit-
' uenT ,"-'... .,- I... n rrv. It !s t line of
rMTomer-k son. and Margarita's.
B.ck home. Allx Is still waiting. Col
i..B.'JfSj F has fallen In love with her. but
. u i Vlcadfaslly ictuses to allow mm to pro-
ntul
ojicned
.wntchod Jeatouslv ns MMv,,,!
ed Ollt llm el...!. i.i. -..'.. ""'
JlBhl hrir.,- ,,'1er n,Ul tl,lthcr """J" "W
move,! Zl;C- i mtn ",'r " Pole
SX L""V0IJS,V' lu lo be off. Their
' I I WsL HIKrT 'lsl
no es n , V"rpc" Ulclr ",n-lttcn
vmi fin J hp,n,,e'1 for thc trn11- "'V.
were I i V' ,many IWlturcs that they
dust behl,ul " ncc'nt of the
!-!( KetnP. " IL'A.111 li,irBtiiinii "
iip.i nrrhld firm In South America
Mkt refuge with Oerry. Together tnev
Siil't In returning l.lcber'a horses ond
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f.";.. t.-.mn n Texan representing nn
s-Y.. '..i.i.i iimh in cjn.ilh Aniprlrii.
. '".:.: .., ik .lrnllirllt.
' "."... fir n ahnrt visit home, goes to
outh 'America lo construct n huge hrlilge.
Tun he Is nttotked hv fever.
CIIAPTEn XXVIII (Continued).
NE he rend with a curl of tho lip. It j
I I- frnm n tifOttV WntTintl that linil
jottereil Into his life nnd out. Ho had for-
.-.. hA nn niiw niii. iiiiii i-iiiiii. iiiii.ii 111
f . I. I l.lu t.ttirvlnr enva Utin ant.1 '
nun woiun in - M.........P, ....... ...
Kl.fit costs a woman to learn that happl-
W- . . II.. n..ll.1n l).lii-nnii hnl....
MUII "01 rc.ui lii"Ki"". unni nuns
(iiffortunnte nnd hnppy n cult la iixeu. i
'iif ms fortunate Just not miserable and
" ...j 1.a lirlnlr nt tho (Tiitf Tloniilnnnu
.? HOOO u" ""- """"- '- " --.-.-.- ..
Brusheu me iviui n whikbi i n-.n-uvu u.
"to catch If nntl tho Riilf tools me. How
,onj will It he before I climb back to thb
.fll'ttKlit lhai secincu nut so very uikii iviiuji
IBiI possessed uy i uoni Know - - - i
do not hate you oniy mysoii. idu nave
known many women, but you have not
ifcnown me. This Is tho bitter part. Yon
'do not know what I unve you. One thins
J sk you nnd thc words ns I write nre
blurred with tears like my eyes If ever u
'foolish woman, honest and true as I was,
foJfrs you the snme sacrifice, do not take
fit I have suffered for nil the women you
Mil meet."
f "Fool.' said Alan lo hlmscir, 'Tool not
Itn see I turned her wish-washy weakness
ibto strength and loosed a dumb tonRiie."
iJ .1 U. .l.nn. .... l.n n n n .. InMn.
f AIIU lllCll lie uiun .ub m. w.i.bi ibh..
iind the curl in his lip strnltrlitened out to
ft line of sweetness and the light in ids
foes turned to a llery, blind adoration.
iThe. letter had been sent to him, sealeu,
lb; J. Y., who had accompanied It with
ft note,
j. The letter besan, "To my boy at
i -Thirty," and ended, "With undying love,
$Ijour friend and Mother." In life he
could not remember ills mother nut lie
'iiw her now In three pases of laboring
Vords traced by a dying hand. In hcr
iself, djlng at thirty, she had seen her
(boy revealed. She had had no strength
jitSt-no time left for hIow approaches
TJfi'tTVIth the first words of her letter she
alikld a cooling hand on his burning soul,
jEhc ipoko the nil-seeing wisdom of
itith. She held him close to her heart
pad fed him with her life's blood. All
float she had been, nil that sho had
i, learned, all that sho foresaw, wns
crofded Into those three pages, They
were brittle with age, tho Ink yellow nnd
faded In words that no eyes but his and
hers had ever seen. They gripped his
soul and held It steady, without this
Utter he would have torn up the other.
But the other had come ns a complement
tad he kept It because it helped him to
lee h mseir
J. As Alan weakened the bridco nn-
(roached completion. Batches of men,
Sat special work was finished, were dls-
paicned to tho coast. With each batch
MeDougnl Rtrnvp In it-nil li'lq mnstui' bill
Alan was too weak to go. though he did
let say so. Ho had realized It with
terror and then with calm. "No. Mc
Coul. not this time." ho would sav.
Jul finally, "I think I might just ns well
jay on tin they send up to take over.
It's unprofessional to chuck It before.
It Won't be lonir nnw " Anil Mnnoue-.il
Hid cursed low rolling oaths and taken
'It out on the men.
f'Alan seemed to have become childish
b ma weakness. Ho spent what strength
Jehad left In cutting words Into u board
npped from a kerosene box. When he
LUd finished he called McDougal and
nowed him his handiwork. "McDougal,"
ijt said, "If anything should happen to
kfCD tile tlerA na,mnnflnll.i lii.l IKsba
, '" " "-. frn. llfMllvillljr jud ;ui llicdll
IwOraS into SOmn Viler rnplr nnrl Inv mA
j.juider It. Be careful you get them just
. mo rrencn are mighty particular
"out the way we use their lingo and while
J 1,n't a Frenchman that wrote this
Mil guess he'd be Just as particular."
W Aweel, sir," said McDougal, stifling
fLvKeJ within him, "I'll do as you
BWi. He took the board and looked
". T"e words meant nothing to him.
LBut the. SCenA mpnnt mnnfi lTn ..an i.tf
concluded his agreement with twelve
w i l01wer'nB men gathered from the
""iijsiae. They were pioneers wlth
nS J?,wlnS It. They and their fathers
iT; i. lau"fs' fathers had held these
t" oepths of the world atralnst wild
W. amI drou8ht and flood since, cen
S ?,g0' ,he Je8ults swept through tho
8hh?5 5nt and ,e" a tra" f settlers
!"" them, ThBV Wtrn nrnnn nurwiiu
mliMil .now' m"lcr'" nnsworert one
quietly, "we woultl but atnr..-
In fnu'",?1 )S!d ,0,,t nn kwnrd hand
..vleI1, ., Vo1.' rp rciulv' Mr- Wniio?"
..i ' fal,t A,nn between chattering
teeth, nntl the,, cried, "Mo, I want I lie
board-my epitaph thing, you know
1,inmM.UKnl. ' ,VPtl m, ,h0 tent and
brought out the board with the roushly
.!,iJ . t,ml lle co""' not read but
someljow began to understand. He slipped
,. J ., ho h!""hioPlt behind thc ciislilons
and t itn just touched Allnn's hand nnd
Ra,V the word to the men. They started
ofr in a shambling, rnpld trot. Tho horse
men fell In behind. A cloud of dust cut
Jticm off from McDougnl's gaze. He
turned nnd roll upon his lnborltig stiuml
with n rolling flood of curses. To them
the words were Greek, but nevertheless,
their blood curdled nntl they worked as
only Wayne hail taught them.
CHAPTKIt XXIX.
LH'jIiKIl, with CSerry nnd Kemp, sat In
I tho shade of the veranda, smoking
after tho midday meal. Tho stock had
been roi railed, hut, on Kemp's ntlvlre, tho
start for Kazcnda Klores wns to bo made
half-way through the afternoon. Tlmm
was to bo a great moon that night nntl
J?y?Tfr .-Tiffvxy i
mmFftnwB&MVZ!ZZNiKwMJKs
tie, deft hands. Kemp strodo forwnnl and
helped, but (Jerry stootl by, powerless to
move. IIo lintl recognized Alan, the man
no nan sworn to break If ever he met him.
Somebody else land broken Alan, terribly,
pitilessly. Gerry's eyes shrank from tho j
sight. A lump came into his throat. Alan i
wns dead. Alnn, with whom ho hail wan
dered barefoot through those quiet latter
of homo, with whom he had fished nntl
swam, nnd once had fought. What n
little fury Alan had been In that boys'
battle!
11 Iind not been fought to n finish. On
one Impulfp they had stopped and looked
nt each other nnd turned away, nshnnicd
to shake hands.
I.icbcr, once heavy, florid and clumsv.
wns transformed. He workttl qulcklv
With SUI-0 Imilils. Tho bmlv Inv ntrliuipil
oil the settle, fndrr It st II lav' the ham
mock nnd dusty blankets. Thc pillows
nnd n board had been tossed on the floor
Meher examined his patient mlnutolv. j
without haste. The spleen was fright
fully distended nnd pushed ollt artoss the '
abdomen. Ho could feel Its hard, mivleld- .
ing margins. The feet were swollen. The i
fnce was yellow with the alcklv grav
yellow of molded straw. Coma hail set In. '
I'lcber dragged a (treat medicine rhesl
out from his room. With alcohol he rap- i
Idly washed out the tlust-lllled nostrils '
oi wip hii'Ickch mail and hnthed the face
and then the limbs and body. Then he
took out u hypodermic syringe and a
graduated tttnss. In the glnss ho dis
solved a powder and with steady hands
ndded measured drops of a lliiild of faint
amber hue.
(ierry round his tongue. "Wlint Is It?"
he nsked.
"Quinine mid arsenic," said Metier
shortly.
"Arsenic? Isn't that dnngcrous?" said
Gerry.
Meber glanced at li.m. "it u nrob
ably kill him."
"Then why why?" protested Gerry. A
great deslio to protect what was left of
Alan had come over him.
"Why?" said I.leber dryly. "I'll tell
you, Mr. Lnnslnu;. Ilecause It Is less cow
ardly to kill a man than to let him die."
Hn mixed tho solution In the syringe
and then, grasping Alan's thin aim. ho
prrsseti u until the vi'lns came out In
LITTLE ACTRESS, LIKE
GERALDINE FARRAR, IS
BALL PLAYER'S CHILD
Miss Jeanne Massey, at Age of
11, Is a Member of Little
Theatre Company
SHOWS GREAT TALENT
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VALENTINE HUMOR
OF THE BRUTAL TYPE
THING OF THE PAST
Taste Improves and the Firm
That Appealed to "Low
Brow" Wits Luckily
Failed
SOME VERSE AND WORSE
ATTRACTIVE DECORATIONS
FOR VALENTINE DAY PARTY
?3r3aHitaassisssaa
JEANNE MASSEY
History always repeals Itself; this time
the process Is taking place In Philadel
phia. About l."i years ago there was a
famous bnhphtill player nut", be had a
daughter, with n marvellous voice, and
sho soon held larger audiences than had
ever watched him. Sidney l-'nrrar played
to thousands of fnus In America, but
eraldlne Karrar has had thousands at
her feel In lierllti nnd other points east
n swelling network. "Hold his arm like " vwoll as In the cities of the I'liltecl
iiiiii. ne commanded Kemp. Keinii I Stales.
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....,.v.i iiiu- mm, i up nones seemeil lo
The bridge approached completion.
tho drive would bo robbed of tho perils of
darkness to cattle as well as of the hor
rible heat.
Tho threo were silent, half somnolent,
when a passing herder grunted and point
ed westward with his chin. Llcber stood
up and looked. A pillar of dust was com
ing across tho desert. Ho could see men
riding and something else. He took his
fleldglnsscs from a peg nnd looked again.
"Funeral, or a sick man," he said and
sat down to wait. Kemp starlet! whittling
to keep himself awake. Since the hour of
Lleber'a confession he Iind hardly spoken.
When the calvacado camo within easy
view Gerry stood up and watched. Ho
could not hide his curiosity like I.leber
nnd Kemp. In front of the horses camo
iuui men ucai ins suKging iiaiiimocK on i mni, unless
H luie. Alley HCIO running 111 IIUICK,
bend lo the grip. I.lolier chose a swollen
vein unit pierced It with the needle. He
forced the dose Into the blood. "There,"
he said, with a smile to Gerry, "that's
what's known as an Intiavpnuiis admin
istration of quinine and arsenic. If an
other paroxysm hits him he's done for,
but we'll know nil about that In IS hours'
time."
He went Into tho bouse and brought
out clean sheets, soft woolen blankets
piuows nntl pillow slips. Kemp lintl never
o.en anon iinen; uerry had nlmnst for
gotten the feel of it. Oerry came to llfi-
And history In this repetition Is tislnir
tin1 outline the Fates had hi slock since
the early days of the Fairars. This time
the baseball player Is William M. Massey,
and the prospective star Is his little
daughter Jeanne, aged II. That Is as far
as history has copied the pattern so far.
Jeitlino Ii. Mussey. the little daughter o
Jlr. and Mrs. William M. Massey, "Oil
Tulip stii'i't. Tacony. Is today the only
child In the ranks of the Stage Society on
l)e I.ancey street abiiMt 17th. In thN
week's bill. In a one-act play, "t.nve of
One's XcUhbor." Jeanne lakes the part of
With one hand under Ailin'. ,,,,.' I a spoiled I; rencli child, oyeihidiilged by a
and another under his hips ho llfte ,lm "t,'c:mln,lcI1 mo her. .Sol that Jeanne
ns though he were an en ptv si oil w h" 1,as '"' maln "nrt of tl,e :c characters In
Kemp and I.leber drew out "' ,,",. I I1"" "lay- l,ul "1,p c,,r"ly has more than
caked blankets nnd hammock nnd spread i lle'' om' twt,,lt---l3!t" of Interest,
first a cane mat over the scltle and then I JWTHKR'S A POLICKMAX.
""""" "''. on top of Hint, n sheet.
i ne loucn of Alans ilrv. pmeiciin.. ih.
seemed to Gerry to bo burn'ng bis hnnds.
It Is ns though there were llro In him,"
he said to I.leber.
Ueber looked at his patient with nn
all-seeing eye. He paused boforo cover
ing dm up. "That's It,'" ho said. "Theros
lire In hlm-tho worst klnd-nnd he's been
,lnln''. ".? 0J'.e, r',"1 ,f,nlllIy vcr tho
thin body. "I said tho dose I gavo him
would probably kilt him. but I've (changed
my mind. I'm betting tho oilier way.
now I really look at him.
J2hZe'S no,flsh "". but ho doesn't
ook 1 ke a skeleton. Why? Because of
the sinews and bones of him thev'ie
perfect. Look nt tho way the slnows hold
his neck and tho way tho neck carries
the sinews. Look nt the flat bulgo of his
ribs and the breadth of his shoulders over
the hips That mesns heart and lungs
and vitals. That man's been ... n..i i.
I'm n bigger fool thnn I was
l"p on liroatl street, where Ridge avenue
and l-'itiriiinmit meet Ilioad stands a man
who H most Interested In Jeanne. What
Is a professional baseball player of IS
years' experience doing there? A baseball
player, im know. Is never a baseball
Player all his life. He moves. For prece
dent seo life of Sidney Farrar In Who's
Who In America. William M. Massey Is
tho tralllc policeman who protects the
Fouls nnd the pedestrians from mightier
forces.
Little Jeanne Is the only child. Just like
flernldlne Farrar is the oniy child of
her parents. But so far fate has taken
Jeanne to tho grade In tho Henry Diss
ton School, on Longshore street above
Torresdale avenue, known as 711. That
means that In one year's time, when
Jeanne Is L', she will be ready to enter tho
high school. Which goes to provo Hint
Jeanne, notwithstanding her successful
experiences on the stage for tho last four
years. Is still further advanced than tho
A aiiS'VlS'E SPHCIMUW
"MotlU'CO(liltc," iiotcntfrti.t,
.Verms lo r it jnvorUr phraac;
YaH'rr fir ifi-w, nil vlpht, all Upif,
A'ccofliilset by all nt slphl.
Such would ceitnlnl.v Jar vou In this dnv
of preparedness ami patriotism. If you re
I reived it next Monday, which is St. Valeu-
' tines Day. Or, If you happen i0 be n
lawyer, this would not make you self- !
satisfied: ,
t.AWrtill. I
filoirui7 its mnri ,u ,, nbniil Uiw,
Von hoiir lu rurnt tour itiliif by jaw,
Uut yonr chatter, tliouuh full of wind ami
fury,
lloips imlcnil of rotivinclng the jury.
Tho chances are that you will escape.
For the highly decorated 7-h.v-ll)-lncli
posters which convey these complimen
tary messages ale very much out of date.
There are n few left, but not ninny.
A diligent search of the principal stores
where Valentines nre sold fnllcd to re
veal any of these limning, cheaply lith
ographed valentines of brutal humor,
which sold for a penny nplocc nntl went
like wlldllrc annually throughout the
country several years ago. In their stead
arc dlsplnyed cards or inoro retlncd or
more subtle humor, of moie artistic
quality, uml costlier. For example, a
potato-headed individual, with a "regu
lar masher," as It Is set forth, stands on
a background of red and green, ami says:
I'm a Spin, tis joit can sec;
In foi'o trili soinrmir, foo;
Anil vvriy eye thnt I possess
Is looklny rlyht at YOU.
The new humor In valentines to what
Is It due? The popularity o' cards over
posters has been advanced ns one lea
son. A general rellnemcnt In humor,
caused by n better appreciation of what
humor leally Is. has been given as an
other. Another Is that, like all "crazes,"
like the "bicycle craze." the "postcard
craze" and Ihe "Inngo craze," the "Inu
tally comic valentine craze" has died a
natural and logical tleath.
lint a really practical reason for tho
shortage this year, at least. Is that sug
gested by l). S. Dunuell. one of the pin.
neer "valentlners" In Philadelphia. The
firm which made a forttinu out of tho
paper "comics" has gone out of business;
this, he said, accounts directly for the
scarcity.
Hod, yellow, green, blue colors and big
noses, grinning teeth, lepulslvo lips,
horny hnnds, Impossible feet, glaring eyes
made up tho collection. And the verse,
tho atrocious verse. If It can bo -.'tilled
verse, is the most Important of all, for It
Is the doggerel thnt is the more Insulting.
Kvery epithet that can be used without
violating the law Is to bo found In the
Jingles which are aimed at high and low.
Here are a few. picked up a random:
a nKAXMiY nvrv:.
You are not success nt ma.ihlny,
Uut you brut tho icorld at crockery
sninshluy.
At cccry man you smile anil wink.
Anil all ailmlre you toii'f think:
It's icorth so much to have you about.
The, boss ought to fllre yon u raise oitf.
M gggjiiiii'g!!! u JI"
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A ST. VALENTINE'S TABLE
ST. VALENTIN!:1!
day with young
S DAY Is n favorite
ng people, and there Is
no more llttlng tlmo for announcing en
gagements anil giving heart parties than
February 11, with nil that It slgnllles.
Hearts reign supreme, and all the deco
rations must be lu keeping, beginning with
the Invitations which hnvu red cardboard
hearts nntl tiny paper ciiplds llshlng for
them, pasted lu one corner of the card.
As the guests arrive, give each ono a
"heart to wear on the sleeve." These
hearts aro of red cardboard, and If there
Is lo be dancing or n supper march the
man must llml the woman with a number
matching the one written lu white Ink on
his heart and claim her ns his partner.
Hearts can bo cut and patched together
for matching partners. This must be
done before the guests arrive.
Hnve two baskets on a tnble and, ns the
hearts are In weird shapes, put one-unit
in each basket, ono being reserved for
the women and the other for the men,
nnd distinguished from ench other by a
"Kewple" wenrlng n bonnet or stove
pipe lint perched on the handle; In this
way the dreadful catastrophe of two
young men, being obliged to dance to
gether because their hearts matched, is
averted.
partner he would like. He must give up
his partner and accept the spoon in her
place. He Is then at liberty to tag som
one else for another partner.
Tile table above offers a suggestion
which Is easy to copy for any occasion
where heartH tiro Involved. This small
round one Is particularly good where sev
eral tables are required. The centrepiece
Is a glided chariot of cardboard, filled
with small red paper roses and driven by
a ctipld with a quiver of arrows over his
shoulder and n bow In one hnnd. The
other hand hand holds the gold cord
"reins" to which are attached halt a dozen
or more cardboard cuplds dancing airily
nlong. Larger cuplds are fnstcned to the
candle shades, and fetching little decorated
uut anil candy baskets finish this dis
tinctive table.
The tnble cloth Is of heavy white crepe
paper, pink hearts and girls' heads wear
ing pale blue hats curry out the color
scheme. Quite the newest thing are these
table cloths of crepe paper, with various
designs for special occuslons. The tnble
shown here Is decorated with one of these
covers anil Is considerably more attractive
by Its use than If an ordinary cover had
been chosen. Pink cuplds, with gold bows
and arrows, are used as place cards,
either by themselves or on a fancy basket
of sweets, to be carried awav as
A "cut-In" dunce Is fun and will liven ' souvenirs, and the candle shades are cov-
up the party. (Jive thc extra mini a i
spoon with which to tag the man whose
red with soft pink crepa paper and a
carnation or two.
was ! vcniK(, tielioolchlld.
"Four years ago." said Mr. Mnssey,
"Jeanne made her (Irst appearance on tho
stage In several sketches given nt the
Forrest Home, on the Ilrlstol pike, near
Ilolnicsburg. You know that is where
actors and actresses may spend their
last days so .Mis. .Massey and I felt
mighty proud Hint they thought our llt-
Mtwndent. Th.v' . .. Tri.; ""'" '
luminal I -- ttu4U Ulllll VCW14 VC, Ul
K?M,ve No man """one them had
NaSEi .e? were robbed whenever they
fcjwVuV"ua,Ion w 'elr wares.
.. '".'"J. McDougal had learned that
aiMi J 1ial'way to the sea, was a place
e2,7j na that this Lleber was
TkZ.aZ. '" ftmencano and had fame as
ttrrv . .i , IevefB' Four men could
sack ? , man t0 Lleber's In a ham.
lo It ? four days' Twelve men could
Wi?W ' nnd nulcker than that a
s.-Swm men coum nnt t rv. .. i-
KMd'LV". each-two-'year olds-they
uC. i,ake t0 deXlver t8 sick man
Ifti.J0"" hi two days.
?K. I vnolofni. l.n'. .. .i i . . . ..
.. j... ..... . .. . - J .s,.w.i,. , . hub u nur.ipr vei
springy sicps mat maue me nammock "Cover him nn rr,- r- i- , ..
sway ccntlv from side to side. Thn n.. ' Mm '"' for Go(1 s a!iU?" said
pace they kept up under tho burden was I Llcber ilronneil the sheet ,i ... , .
marvelous. They were followed closely t the kitchen T Gerrv n,1 .S Mt o(C.
by eight horsemen. At tho first sign. r nestrlppeu"- bonn"" Slnnnv
fallerins among tho hearers, four of the ! blankets over it. Lleber came I nei" JJi
riders woultl throw themselves olt their j took off hnlf tho blnnkots "Miishi'i ti,
ponies nnd run under tho pole. The him with weight." he exnlnlne,i ii,'-
change of relay wns made without a stop, going to sweat, he'll sweat all n.-i.t it-, tie girl lintl the makings of a line actress,
without pause. Tho freed ponies stood larla malignant fever Is tho tliedest AmI tllc' tol(1 UH so "'"' Planned to have
with hanging heads and straddled legs, disease in the world. When they get too ' l,Pr l'n'no "gal" and again. Phlladel
Kven from a distance one could sco that j tired to breathe, that's the end " Ho tool- t I'hlnns of an older generation will know
tho burdened men had run tho wiry lit- I hold of Alan's wrist. "To feel his pulse' I ll,e "nme;s- A,"' L-0"- J"ss Caltlwell and
tie beasts off their feet. They were all In, j you'd say he was dead now." ' Slgnor Pcriiglnl. who tiled during the
but tho men were still erect keen. With ' " 'Hout tlmo he wns startln-." ,.m,.i.. year, the operatic tenor, who was also
a final spurt the cdrtego drew up before cd Kemp, with his eyes toward iha ii. known as tho third husband of Lillian
tho veranda. Lleber stood up. "Dead or cllnlng sun.
dying?" he asked. j Gerry's first Impulse was to say he
"Master, we do not know," answered j would stay, but he suddenly remembered
the oldest of the men. their leader. Murgarita. How far away from life she
"Fever or smallpox?" asked Lleber. seemed! Alan and Margarita could not
"Fever." I crowd Into one day or even Into one
With a look of relief Lleber went down I world-It was against the order of things.
the steps to the hammock. A sheet had j ""t facts do not stand on thc order of
been thrown over the polo to keep off the j their coming, they simply come nnd
worst nt Ihn sun. Ho milled It off. A I ngallist the protest Of mall's will tlmv
ghnstly sight met his eyes, but he did not j picseiit his fate; against tho cry of the
shrink. "Bring him up here," he said, troubled and displaced soul they voice the
denim jj ouio, j j- re.iie oi inanimate
things. One cannot go around n fact.
Ono must either break one's head against
it or swallow it and let it take Its course
through the mental gorge.
springing up tho steps and sweeping a
saddle harness and some old magazines
off a great rawhide settle on the ve
randa. They laid tho sick man on the settle
and Lleber started to strip him with gen-
CONTINUED MONDAY.
WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS
CELEBRATE TODAY
Anniversaries of Three Great
Advocates of Their Cause
Are Observed
IlicDoi
""tDougal pondered. Tr wo. , i,.
tBldn'.eiV Alan t0 the roll-head there
gjjuuat be even a chance. There wns
Srilon .0i.C0.uJ.d he'P at the rait-head.
2f,"is the thin line, nor even at' the
ki,di?fr,L,?w lB despairingly,
Jtliv t. Vu D ueaa."
Mto T.xt ..'" al n,m as "e 'ay half
rfv ' N," Ba'd the oldest of them,
lietvf e.ad ,n seven day' time."
? MJougal nli-ke.i him o.i ii.i
lurlim ln. n ha"""ock, Alan came to.
i. """OCK Was limlrlu.l ulih ,,lMi,v.
W, wUhTl8'!""6 n a "out bam-
Unr f tx kuvu cn aup
Mi. .-.
4 anrtT ou O01nB with met" be
Bwi r y an1 sanl oack Into the
Mn.,Y" "ere his eyes glared ud
-vnai.
Pbr1mlveh0me"sa,dMcD0UBa,
'Qllletl n twlsteil nmila 'Ronrtlni.
Jn !lf, rePatl ana added reaign
"af" ''Sht" Then he started
A ImX a,aulf- he satd. JIc-
. --- ...u.ttie iroin ls pocket.
TW tWO ll-llftfu Ccr. I..U. k.
The first big meeting of the suffragists
here since their State convention last
fall was held this afternoon, when fol
lowers of the cause assembled lu the
Woman Suffrage Tarty Tea Shop, 1721
Chestnut street, to celebrate the birth
day anniversary of the three greatest
suffragists Susan B. Anthony, Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw and Abraham Lincoln.
Rev. Britten A. Welgle, rector of Trin
ity P. E. Church, Broad street and Wy
oming avenue, spoko about Lincoln, and
Miss Lucy Anthony, secretary to Doctor
Shaw, told the suffragists of the remark
able pioneer work of her aunt, Susan I!.
Anthony. There was also a discussion
of the Federal amendment for suffrage
now before Congress.
Mrs. George A. Piersol, chairman of
the Woman Suffrage party or i-miauei-phla,
lauded the work of Doctor Shaw.
Tea was also served and flowers and
American llass sold. The committee In
charge Included Mrs. Wolstan Dlxey,
Mrs. George A. Dunning. Miss Anna V
Lewis, Mrs. William B. Derr, Mrs. Frede
rick Drinker and Mrs. Jeanette Golcter,
Gimbels' Show Haseltine Pictures
Several hundred persons were the
guests, by Invitation, of Glmbel Brothers
last night at a private view of the large
collection of the paintings and etchings
purchased by the firm from the estate of
the late Charles V Haseltine. The ex
hiblt comprised 600 palnthms, many of
"hem by masters. They will be p aced on
gale oa Monday next. The paintings are
hung In a number of galleries on the sev
.h flnnr of ihe store building, while the
hundred ot etchings will pe shown on I
the mai' &o"-
TEAS FOR MEN AT V. W. C. A.
Girb Given Chance to Entertain
Sweethearts in Institution
Mere men will he guests tomorrow
afternoon at Central Building of the Y.
W. C. A., 18th and Arch streets, when an
Innovation, "tea following vespers," will
be Inaugurated.
This is the first time In the history of
the association that the young men have
been invited to tho association building
for a social hour on Sunday afternoons,
and if It proves a success during this
month, the Jubilee celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the
organization, It will become a permanent
affair.
During this month ihe vesper services
will be held at -1:30 o'clock instead of 5:13
o'clock, the usual hour, so ihcre will be
time for tho "tea."
"Wo aro doing this because we feel thai
tho girls ought to havo a chance to enter
tain their men friends on Sunday, just as
they would at home In their own homes,
because the association is their home, and
wo want Hum to feel that It is," said
Mies Emlllo .Wyckoff Vaughn, secretary
of the religious work of the association,
today.
Friends Honor Downtown "Cops"
Silver loving cups will be presented and
other testimonials made when hundreds
of friends gather tonight at a reception
to be gven In honor of House Sergeant
William J. Carrol and Samuel Mason, both
of tho 12th and Pine streets station, who
today complete a term of 20 years' ser
vice In tho police force, Both have been
commended many times for bravery, and
there are few more popular "coppers" in
the downtown district. Carrol. Bald to
be handsomest sergeant on the force, was
appointed on Lincoln's Birthday, 1S96,
to the 10th District. He was made a
house sergeant In the 18th District in
1913. He has been ln the 13th District
for three years. Sergeant Carrot and Pa
trolman Mason both received floral
wreaths today.
P.tissell. They told us good news."
FKAItS PUKCOCITV.
After her debut at tho Forrest Home,
.leunne played under the management of
Thomas K. Slwa at YVHdwood, N, .1., In
"Mary Jane's Pa," when she was 8
years old. Last year she played the part
of ono ot the little glrlj In "Alias Jimmy
Valentino" with Richard Lascelles.
".Icnnno Is Just ,i happy child, perhaps
witli some- talent," added the modest
father. "And sho was promoted third In
her class this year. Wo think 12 Is too
young for n child to enter high school, so
very likely we will keep her out a year
ami let her take up music nntl dancing.
Of course, wo want her to go through
school nnd she will, but wo don't want
Jeanne to grow up too quickly."
Jeanne ia some day, Just like her proto
type. Gernldlne Farrar, did before her,
going on with her stago work. For both
Father and Mother Mnssey think the
stago Is all right for the right girl. Ks
pcclally If her mother travels with her,
and Mrs. Massey Is ready for the day
when she will bo known as "Jeanne
Massey'B mother."
And nt the Little Theatre they nre stor
ing up memories of Jeanne, so thnt some
day, as tney iook nt n certain well-lighted
sign on the outside of a Broadway thea
tre they can recall the days when the star
was a little child among them.
TALK ON MONEY EVOLUTION
Pre-Biblical Coins to De Used in
Camden Y, M, C. A. Lecture
A coin, similar to the "widow's mite"
Of Biblical fame, and other places of
money, salt! to have been made many
years before the Bible times, will be used
by F. Wayland -otter lo lllustrato n
lecture on "The C:gln nnd Evolution of
Money, to ue given this evening in the
auditorium of the Young Men's Christian
Association of Camden. The lecture is
the second of a scries of five freo Satur
day night entertainments which the Cam
den branch has included in Its winter
plans.
On February 19. tho Bev. Samuel D.
Price will give his Illustrated travelogue.
"Along the Santa Fe Trail." John W.
Kelly, Jr., of tho Camden Electrical Bu
reau, will speak on "Electric Marvels,"
on February 26, Illustrating his lecture
with practical experiments. The last lec
ture will be on March t. when the Rev.
George B. Hemingway' will give his Illus
trated travelogue, A Summer Bamble
Through the orltlsh Isles."
Fire Lays Waste N. Y, Village
BINOHAMTON, N. y, vno, I2.-The
village of Union Centre. U miles from
Blnghamton. was virtually wiped out
early today by a flro. believed to have
been of Incendiary origin, which destroyed
li buildings. Villagers were powerless,
without ttre-flgntiajj BDDaratuj. to cheek
the ..ames. which were fanned by a high t
Wind. I
A FOO I, Fill KM AX.
Funnier sights, I think, are few,
31 u biaze-cxttngutshtng frlenil, than you.
It'icii nf n flro you tear about
Anil like a lunatic yell and shout.
If a brick upon your hcail fell ilown,
'Ttcoulil hit thc craziest fool In town.
a DisanACE ro rin: forck.
iricn it kill's to be nabbed or a bum lo
be mauled,
You aro fierce enough and to spare;
Uut when three's a job needing courage
and nerve.
You always fall to be there.
SONG RECITAL TO AID
BLIND WAR VICTIMS
More Appliances Needed to
Save Sight of Many
Soldiers at Front
Tills article Is llliiNtraled nn the
I'li'tnrliil Piine.
."ililJ DIKI) HEHE THIS WEEK
Slight Increase Shown in Vital Sta-
tistics Thc Causes
Deaths from nil causes throughout the
' eny tuii week numbered ;.:.1, ns compared
with ."ilJ the preceding wee'l The Inerenso
l general and attributed lo no particular
1 causes.
The report of the Division of Vital
Statistics on communicable dlye-ises shows
i:u niuiv.iMi' in nn- iiuiiioei- oi sinnet lever
and pneumonia cases over the preceding
week, anil the Increase lu typhoid fever
is but four. The deaths are divided as
follows: Males, 211: females, 252; boys, 72,
and girls, 51.
Tho causes of tleath were ns follows:
THE RICH QUARTET
Camille Zeckwer's Composition a Fea
ture of the Fourth Concert
The filch Quartet gave tho fourth con
cert cf Its current season's series last
evening nt Wltherspooii Hall, it hail the
assistance of Susanna Dercuni, contralto,
as soloist: Ellis Clark linminnnu, as ac
companist, and Camille Zeckwer, as par
ticipant In a rendition of his own E
minor quartet for piano, violin, viola nntl
'cello.
Tho quartet, which for personnel still
includes the concertmaster of the Phila
delphia Orchestra as first violin. Hedda
van tleni Beemt, second violin: Alfred
Lerenz, violin, nntl Hans Kindler, violon
cello, opened with Dvorak's r inojor quar
tet, and llkcwlt: was heard In Hans lllni
mer's ntlagln and Percv fJiaingor's Irish
reel for strings. "Molly on tho Shore."
Miss Dcrcum off ceil two groups, one of
Lleder. Including Itublnstcln s "Dor
Asrn." lSlcdel's "Wlc Stolz uml Statt
lleh" nnd Brahms' "So Wlllst Hu Des Ar
men" and another of "Songs lu English,"
bracketing Mrs. H. H. A. Beach's "Ah!
Lovo But a Day." Itoger Qullter's "April"
and Sanderson's "Harbor Night Song."
Very fine ensemble playing wns the
substance of the performance. Coming
after tho Knelsels in the same hall by a
night the local organization did not lag
very far behind the classic association of
string Instrumentalists In merits of tech
nical efficiency nnd it had the splendid
verve of eupeptic youth which Its more
elderly rolntlvo has outgrown. For the
romanco which Mr. Itich and his as
sociates brought to Dvorak and the
glamours of mood nnd sweep of move
ment which they brought out of the
treasure-house of ills melodies even the
confirmed classicist could and would
condone lack of the conservative tem
perament, with which the Knelsels con
ceivably would have wrought out their
Interpretation of the Bohemian's work.
Severity was absent In favor of the tang
of individual racial music; It smacked of
the sol) as all Dvorak's compositions
bhould.
Mr. Zeckwer, heard only last week as
composer with the orchestra, very cap
ably articulated the piano part with the
strings lu his quartet which bears the
opus number 9. It Is more than a creel -llablo
piece of composition, for the them
atic material has Inspiration, and the
partition is varied, firm and compact.
There Is a rare Integrity about the work:
It has no padding, or what has been
called "waterfalls," In the sense of a
current which keeps the music going
from one worth-while phase to another;
all of it is worth while, because It Is all
craftsmanlike and unmannered.
The adagio by Mr. Hlmmer, once a
member of tho orchestra, Is a trifle In
deed, It is not too derogatory to term it
trilling. Of course, the composer made
the part for his instrument, the 'cello,
picdomlnant. and Mr. Kindler, the very
talented and vivacious young musician
who now modestly occupies his desk,
lavished great care on the notes, while
his colleagues gave substantial support
to what is a miniature concerto for 'cello
with restricted orchostral background
supplied by the strings. Grainger's "four
some," as he calls It, for four fiddles or
different s nodes, had all the lilting and
light-toed grace ot the reading given It 1
a (ew weens since unuer Air. wen di
rection at the orchestra concerts.
Mies Dercum's solos were a pleasing
adjunct to a pleasant evening. Velvety
in quality and in quantity voluminous,
her voice can be both dramatic and sen
timental. W. B. U.
"To bo blind, nnd to be loved" that
was ono of Victor Hugo's ninny Insights
Into what may bo Heaven. It may have
been so for his old blind Bishop, ivhn , TqiWii fever 1
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became blind In his declining years, nntl ! J',1.''"!1,1;'' . -.
who certainly was well loved, hut it it Wh-ioiilnlt'iousii''.'.'.'.'.".".'.'..'.'.'.'.'.'. .... ".'.'
inn ino Mutt oi ilea veil a yiiiuig nuiuier i iiuuitiirriii ntul rump
Is looking for. Yet It Is the only kind i ,"'"r"S!,J ;.
of earthly paradise that many n young .Kifprliillwis'oT'".'.-.''.'.".".".-.'.'.-.'.".-.::
soldier can now expect. A very great Tiiherciiloim meiilnKlii"
percentage of those Injured In tho war JJtfiPi- tonus of tulierrulnsls
liro lillml.ul lifinn nf tlm n-itm-ii ,,f 'I'H'fr mill inUllKllllllt tumors
are Ullnileil. liec.iuso or tnc n.ittno or i Apoplexy nn, FI,ftPnln3 of train
modern explosives. i u.-unli illsc-inu of heart
It Is for these forlorn ones In par- t'-f "ml.-'ilr'iV -li'ltls' '.
ticulnr, though for all the Injured in I'liininuiiin .."...."...'.'"!!! j!!!!!!!!! ".',
general, thnt u song recital will bo given, lii;--.iivliiipni-unioiiJn
nevt Weilnesiliv nfteriionn nt Ihn Ai-iirn '""'-lst' "I rei-plr.Ucry system
... . "Ctincsti,i niiiiiioon nt wio uoni uinr.iKer nf Hie stomach
Club. It will be for the benclll of Mrs. i I I in tinea anil vntrrltls
Hunter Scarlett's work In the American I .Minenrtli-lils mnl typhlitis
Ambulance Hospital at Neullly-sur- ' ciTi-Mmis Yr' Ylvi-i-
Seine. It seems that there was a tils- j Ai-ute iieplirim iindMirtgliV'K'illJenie' '.'.'.'.'.
trcsslng lack of proper surgical Instru- , .Njiniaiiiernim tumors nntl illne.ibes .if uen
ments mid supplies there. : .,V,!rlK.r;fiK,,ii;.Vita,"'""::
A certain priest Iind devoted himself , I'lii-rpeiiil nn-lilrniH
to bringing religious comfort to Ihe ! oKie . .!.''' al"' ""lr';r"tl"1'-
wounded to tho many fatally wounded I Ilmnlelile . '.'.T.. '..'.'....!!!!.'!!.'.'.'.'.'.'."' ! .'.
unon tho field of battle, lle Iind it-. Ui.li in iieuilia
celv-ed shrapnel wound:) in tho eyes,
and both woultl have been saved with
proper surgical appliances. But tho 'only
magnet which was available In the hos
pitnl wns too Inrge to use for so deli
cate nn oiierntlon. The wounded and
convalescent In tlm hospital fairly wor
ship Doctor Scarlett and his bride. They
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Stricken With Illness, Man Confesses
ST. LOFIH. Feb. P.'.-Stritken with heart
disease. John Boone, of Baltimore, sent
show n touching affection and desire fur the police today nnd confessed thnt
to please tho Americans in every pniall he had committed a tSWM Jewel robbery
way nt their command. In Iwtnsau City Inst week.
Many of them ate blind for life,
Theie has been a shop for basket wcav- ,
lug established in connection with the
hospital, nnd many of these blinded sol- '
tilers uro being trained for tho work.
One soldier, nn Arab, who has lost tho
sight of his eyes. Is making exquisitely
woven baskets. Incidentally, ho has threo
wives nnd Is now looking for u fourth,
but, ho stipulates, sho must be an Amer
ican and a blonde.
Mrs. Scarlett's mother, Mrs. John W.
Townsentl, received a letter n short tlmo
ttgo which had been typewritten by ono
blind, convalescent soldier and signed Ii."
seven others. The proceeds of Miss
Haughton's recital nre to be sent directly
to Mrs. Scarlett, to be used at her discretion.
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EPISCOPAL ALUMNI ELECTS
Society Holds 30th Annual Meeting at
the Academy
The Society of the Alumni of the Epis
copal Academy held Its 39th annual meet
ing at thc academy last night. Tiio mem
bers elected olllcers and appointed a com
mittee to arrange for a Joint meeting with
the alumni of the De Lancey School In
the spring. The De I.ancey School re
cently affiliated with the Episcopal
Academy.
The following officers were elected:
President, Edward S. Buckley; vice presi
dent, J. Bertram Lipplncott; secretary,
Thomas Hart; treasurer, W. W. Frazler,
Jr.; board of munagers. the Rev. J. J.
Joyce Moore, Joseph B. Townscnd, J.
Andrews Harris, Jr., Herbert Church, Al
bert H. Lucas, Dr. Frederick Fraley,
William II. Klapp, C. Heath Bannard,
Jr., Edwin N. Benson. Jr., Ludwlg C.
Lewis and Saundors L. Meade. Philip J.
Stelnmetz, the new headmaster of the
academy, was elected to honorary mem
bership. The president was instructed to
admit to membership any members of
the De Lancey Alumni who applied.
Hunting a suitable
house need not be like
looking for a needle in a
haystack. It need not be
an irksome task that
brings you home weary
when the day is o'er.
There are many suitable
places vacant we can
help you find them.
You can secure a list
of excellent vacant houses
by using a Ledger Wanf
Ad. It will receive the
attention of those who
have houses to rent, and
you. will have the choice
of the whole city from
which to make your se
lection. Try a Want Ad
in tomorrow's paper.
"The Roosevelt' to He Sold
The Roosevelt, where many of society's
dances and dinners have been held In the
past, is to be sold at a trustees' public
sale. Announcement of the sale came as
a surprise today. The building and lot,
at WZl Chestnut street, comprised one of
the favorite resorts of the younger set.
The property is owned by the estate of
Otorso B. Wilson and fronts 60 feet on
Chestnut street, running back 161 feet to
Rauslcad street The sale wilt lake
place In the rooms of Samuel T. Fret man
& Co. auctioneer. 16W-J1 Chewtnul street,
at noon, March V.
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