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tfANCY WYNNE CHATS ABOTTT a
in umtm OF SOCIAL MATTERS
'Jff St Francis Homo for
Wl"" . uuju 01 interest to Many
Comments and Remarks on Various Things
I THIEF among the new booths to be
p ,v gaueu ,111111 w w ma iMijiuiu iair
ji V.m at Lanedowne for the benefit of the
rt rell-known Convalescent Home will be
itfae grocery table, which Miss Florence
Mbler w11 h,lVo under her care. The
jklr this year will be held Friday and
Saturday, October S and 7.
It l really most worthy charity, this
fr a Htimliip ft? WAfflMI tvkn fnn hn
By Ik 1M..... - ..w...v.. ...aw v4 CUIB
j,t been visiting the sick and poor
it ins -nimuoiuuiii uospiuu. ho many
Ik of the patients In whom these women
yrtr Interested when dismissed from the
hospital had no place to go for a week
I cr so of rest, but had to start right In
with housework and simply became 111
very soon again. And nowhere In the
elty was there a non-sectarian home, so
I, these E& women, aided and abetted by a
worthy chaplain of the hospital, net to
(work to raise money and founded the
J borne some nve years aero, which has
itxen a bright spot In the lives of many
i sick person since who has needed a bit
of country air and appetizing food. No
, doubt many lives have been saved
through this extra care which has been
given them so lovingly and generously at
k'8t. Francis Homo for Convalescents.
To return to Miss Sibley's grocery
shop: there Is always something about an
op-to-dafe grocery shop that appeals to
very woman, and this promises to be al-
K together enticing, I'm told. The best
Branas oi evcryming ana mo latest nov
elties that the export groceryman brings
out each fall will not bo wanting; no,
indeed, nothing will bo lacking to draw
; people over to the grocery corner. And
small kiddles who will assist at this
. unique table will be dressed to represent
Campbell kids, Fairy soap, cereals, and
I shouldn't wonder, if It Is not too cold,
If we don't seo Gold Dust twins disporting
themselves about the lawn wearing large
and charming smiles.
Further down the row of booths, which
are to be arranged alphabetically on the'
lawn of the homo, will be placed a Red
Cross table under the direction of fifty
nurses, who will wear their uniforms.
' Everything necessary for first aid re-
' lief and hospital emergencies will be
, found here, and many a soldier In war
torn Europe will find comfort this win
ter In the Red Cross supplies sent to him
' by the zealous visitors of this table.
Another table, and this will be discov
ered near the entrance, will be the baby
. Uble, for doesn't Mr. Baby come right
after A In the correct order of the alpha
bet? Ail, oh, tho things from Babyland!
' It rAl!v will hn wnrth mfi- whlla in 4rAaa
If up In our best and carry our market
l baskets over our arms both tho Friday
(and Saturday morning of October's first
week. Among tho women on the board
tt the home .who are working very hard
for the Market Days' success are the
president. Miss Julia V. Laguerenne; first
vice president, Mrs. J. M. Quennell; second
ftlce BVesIdent, Mrs.. Murtha P. Qulnnj
l!ii lecretsrv. Mm. .TnmVs A. Mnnrtv nnrt
l treasurer, Mrs. John J. Coyle.
ej uuicra nueresieu are juiss urace smiin,
the Misses Rlvinus, the Misses Trasel,
V.n. Robert T. Blcknell, Miss Agnes
jLsvis, Miss Jean Levis, Miss Frances
r Sullivan, Miss Leta Sullivan and a host
h t others.
EVENING 'LEmER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2(5, 1916
SUFFRAGISTS REQUEST
ADDRESS BY HUGHES
Ask Him to Spcnk in Philadel
phia, or Pittsburgh Wil
son Thanked
ItAnmsnUItQ, Sept. S. Suffragists In
Pennsylvania have sent letters to the two
presidential candidates relating to ad
dresses. The Utters were signed by Mrs.
Mary I. T. Orlady, president of the Penn
sylvania Woman Suffrage Association. The
one written, to Charles Evans Hughes asks
that addresses be made before the suf
fragists In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh or
that reservations bo made nt the meetings
already scheduled there for him. Mr.
Hughes will speak In Pittsburgh Septem
ber 27 and In Philadelphia October 9.
The letter to President Wilson wns sent
to Joseph F. Ouftey, acting chairman of
the Dcmocratlo State Committee, with the
request that It be delivered to the Presi
dent on "Pennsylvania Day," October 14,
at Shadow Lawn. In the letter the women
extend their thanks to tho President for
the stand he lias taken on woman suffrage.
2"WING S
.. rhotocTiph by Barturich.
MISS MARGARET LA RUE
Miss La Rue, who is tho daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. La
ituc, will bo introduced into society
by her pnrents this winter. No
date has been set for tho tea as yet
Yesterday came the news that the first
Assembly date will be January 5, the
first Friday In January, as is the cus-
R ternary way of Assemblies, and the second
will be on February 16. I hope the sec-
ft end won't be such a frost as last year's.
Perhaps it was because last season was
Cm late, but there certainly were very
Mw there compared with the first. Of
I, course, it made the dancing ten tlmos bet
ter, as there was plenty of room, and one
Jeoes not usually expect good dancing at
j"in Assembly Just on account of the num.
sber of people of all ages who go.
Equally, of course, there will be the
Ittual heartburnings and pulling of
I strings by those who are not eligible for
the balls, but there will be a number
Mqitfng those who are coming out who
HI need no string pulling, for their posl-
Won In Philadelphia may be said to be as
as the Assemblies themselves. Wit-
i Dorothy Newbold, for Instance. There
been a Newbold or somo relative on
Be committee for many years. Then,
course, the Borle family will be reprt
tented by Patty, who, as I before re
marked, will bo the first bud of that good
M family name since the days when her
Aunt, Emily Borle Beale, now of Boston,
yas Introduced at the Borle home, then
V Eleventh and SDruce streets. Emily
Pepper Harris Is another, and of course
Iotty Brock, whose mother was a Cole-
and who Is related to the Norrlses,
'ontgomerys and various other Phila
delphia families. Emily Welsh is still
'toother. In fact, I could not begin to
aumerate the debbiea of this year's
flotage who are eligible to the Assem-
. the ball of the year which estab
Wies the social position of all in this
Otty of Brotherly Love, Oh! I know It's
MObbtsh. but than Phtlndelnhla. In Rnnh.
IWi, so what will youT
M ' NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
Invitations have been Issued by Mrs.
ADaa Dolph, of Portland, Ore., for
marrlare nt hur r1n,hlr Mla Haul
Ph. to Mr. Edward Clark. 2d. of this
Y' on Saturday. October 14. at 4.2,0
St the First TJantl.it Church In Part.
A recenttnn will fMlnu nt th hnmA
' " bride, at 1(S West Park street, at
VMIVK.
After a weddlna: trio Mr. and Un. Clark
at home after Anrtl 1 at Lincoln
ve. st Martin's.
Hr. Clark will entertain at dinner on
y evening at Manhelm for a num
"fjntn wno would have been his ushers
iiicy oeen able to leave business for
n4. His ushers are to be Portland
and be will entertain thera for them
TS thft UAAinir
ong some of 'the Phlladelphians who
iv n tetoter t for Portland, ore..
. mi, na Mrs. uiarence uiarn. Mr.
Clark, Mr. Clarence Sewell Clark.
Emily Rtfhardl Un DVadariclr Tiv.
Ml Elisabeth Taylor,
InUraatliur
is that at
MtM
I
Rowland Evann. .Ir nn r nr. j ..
Allen E-ans, of Haverford Miss Downs,
who made her debut last winter. Is a grand
daughter of tho late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
i . .. na sreat-granddaughter of the
late Mr. Henry Pratt McKean. Mr. Evans
was graduated from Yale, class of 1911.
Mr. and Mrs. James M. WIllcox, who
nave been motoring through the White
Mountains, have returned tr Camp Woods
by, their home at Ithan.
Mrs. Thomas Kewhall and her four sons
returned to the Old Place, their home in
Ithan. yesterday, after spending six weeks
at Winter Harbor, Me.
Mrs. Edward Shlppen Willing, who has
been spending the summer at Reading,
Mass , will return to Charlcoto. Bryn Mawr,
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Edward Ingersoll,
of Penllyn. have their nephew, Mr. Robert
Sturgls, of Chicago, 111., as their guest.
Mr. and airs. Thomas De AVltt Cuyler
will return to their homo in Haverford
the latter part of this week, after havlne
spent two months at Bar Harbor.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Emlen Newbold
will give a ball on January 21 at the
Bellevue-Stratford In honor of their debu
tante daughter. Miss Dorothy Newbold.
Miss Elizabeth Norrls Brock, who ha,
been spending the last winter and earlv
summer In the West, will be guest of honor
at a dinner-dance to be given at the Itltz
Carlton on December 8.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Lewis, Jr., of 1000
Spruce street, have returned to their home
after spending the summer In Canada, Bar
Harbor and Chelsea.
Mrs. Edward Starr, of 1808 Pine street,
returned home last week from Watch Hill,
H. I., where she has been spending some
time this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Frederick Stout, of Glenn
lane, Ardmore, have returned from Kenne
bunkport. Me., where they havo been stop
ping for some time.
Mrs. Alexander Sellers and her children.
Miss Nancy Sellers, Miss Edith Sellers, Mr.
William Sellers and Mr. Alexander Sellers,
Jr., who spent part of the summer at their
cottage, Hans Soucl, Holeb, Me., will return
to their home on Glenn lane, Ardmore, this
week.
Among the debutantes who will receive
with Miss Katherlne Hancock at the tea
which her parents, Mr, and Mrs. James
Hancock, will give on October S at the
Radnor Hunt Club are Miss Katherlne
C. Lea, Miss Suzanne Elliot, Miss Eliza
beth Packard, Miss Lorraine Goodrich
Graham, Miss Nancy Wynne Cook, Miss
Mary II. I, Iirool.e, Miss Patty Borle. Miss
Mary Packard, Miss Harriet Diddle, Miss,
r?llniti Mnrrla nrntlr Tla 17'llvnKAfV. f..-'
Michael. Miss Violet Welsh, Miss Sophie
C. S. Baker, Mlas Elizabeth C. Miller and
MJss Anne Welghtman Melrs.
Miss Edith Godfrey, of the Hamilton
Court Apartments, who has been spending
several weeks at the Chelsea Hotel, returned
to town and will leave the erst of this week
for Buck Hill Falls, Pa., to spend some
time.
The second annual lawn tennis tourna
ment for the Individual Interclub champion
ship of Philadelphia and vicinity In wom
en's singles and doubles started on the
grounds of the Merlon Cricket Club yester
day and will continue through the week.
The tournament, which Is under the aus
pices of the Philadelphia Interclub Lawn
Tennis Association, Is only open to players
or teams of clubs belonging to this asso
ciation. Mr, George Frescoln, of 17 North Park
road, Llaner:h, celebrated his eighty-first
birthday on Sunday. Mr. Frescoln Is en
Joying the best of health and sang a num
ber of bass so'os for his friends. He had
charge of the singing In Old Christ Church
for twenty years. A luncheon was servud
from 3 to t o'clock. Those present were
Mr, and Mrs. George Frescoln, Mr, and Mrs,
Lovett Frescoln and their daughter, Miss
May Frescoln: Mr. an.d Mrs. Ilees Ji Fres
coln, Mrs. Rebecca F. Bodgers, Mr, Wash
ington Frescoln, Mrs. John Frescoln, Mr.
David Rodgers, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Har
rison, Mr.,an1 Mrs. Samuel F. Rodgers,
Miss Jessie Frescoln, 'Mlsa Anna Walker,
Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Rodgers and Mr. and
Mrs. Hlllman.
West Philadelphia
Mrs. G. F. Klse, of 8108 Hamilton street,
announces the marriage of her daughter,
Miss Ruth. Marie Bush, to Mr. Frank W.
Hahn, of 3526 Filbert street, on Wednesday,
August 1. at Detroit. Mlclu
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Neff, of 1!JJ North
Sixtieth street, announce tl)e engagement ot
their daughter. Miss Bertha Mae Klugh, to
Mr. Clarence Ollger Albrecht.
North Philadelphia
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Ralph have returned
to their home, 1 North Twenty-second
street, after a week's stay at ChamUers
burg, Pa. .
WIFE OF KILLED STRIKER
FAILS TO GET COMPENSATION
Rofcrco Holds Man Destroying Fence
Was Not Aiding Employer
HARRISBUnO, Sept. 26. The first rut
Ing by a referee of the State Compensation
Hoard has been rendered In a case of a
striking employe. Tho widow of John Var
go, who was shot by a deputy sheriff while
tearing down a fenco nt tho Edgar Thom
son steel plant, Braddock, during the strike
there last spring, applied for compensation.
Vargo was an employe of tho Cnrncglo Steel
Company Thomns J. Dunn, the referee,
ruled he was not engaged In furthering his
employer's Interests when shot
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MORNING
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vy uouis iracy
JEWISH NEW YEAR
Celebration of Rosh Hnshannh Begins
Tomorrow Day of Atonement to
Be Marked October 7
Rosh Hashanah. the Jewish New Year,
begins tomorrow nt sunset.
It begins a ten-days' holiday season, which
will reach a climax on October 7, which Is
the Day of Atonement.
Tho Mlshnn. the Jewish law book, de
scribes New Year's day ns the time when
all tho Inhabitants of the earth pass before
God as sheep before a '.nhepherd for Judg
ment. Before Him lie threo books; In one
of thorn, tho Book of Llfo. nro Inscribed the
names of the righteous, tho Blnlcs; In tho
second, the Book of Death, are tho names
of tho utterly wicked, and the third book
contains the names of tho "middle type" of
men. In whose behalf Judgment Is suspended
through the ten days of penitence until the
Day of Atonement, when the decision Is
finally made and recorded.
HORSE SHOW BARS CHILDREN
Will Not Be Admitted for First Two
Days at Bryn Mawr Exhibition
When the Btyn Mawr Horse Show opens
Thursday children will not be admitted for
tho first two days, according to present
plans, becaQso infantile paralysis still exists,
This will bar ono of tho most Interesting
features of tho show, tho presence of the
hundrcd-mllllon-doltar baby, Edward Beale
McLean, Jr.
Ono of the features of the show will be
a dinner Friday night at tho Radnor Hunt
Club. Society folk from Philadelphia and
New York, Baltimore, Washington, Boston
and other cities will be there.
V1LLANOVA BARN BURNED
$1500 Prizo Bull Owned by Collego
Mldsing
Vlllanova Collego men are regretting to
day tho loss by fire of 8300 worth of millet,
the first crop ever raised on the college
farm, and are hunting for a J1E00 prise
Holsteln-Frleslan bull. The barn on the
grounds of tho college, on the Main Line,
was burned to the ground last night. The
prize bull was either burned to death or es
caped. It Is believed tho animal escaped
and the countryside Is being searched for
htm.
The loss of the barn and Its contents was
estimated at 820,000 by the Rev. M. G,
Dohan, president of the college. Two
horses and two cows were burned to death,
and besides the crop of millet, 8300 worth of
wheat was destroyed. Tho flro was fought
by fire companies from Bryn Mawr. Wayne.
Ardmore, Conshohocken and .Norrlstown.
Bryn Mawr's "millionaire" company carried
Its auto pump, which threw 13,800 gallons
of water on the flames. The origin of the
Are Is not known.
REALTY MEN FIGHT TAX JUMP
Committee Named to Confer With tho
Mayor
Members of the Philadelphia Real Estate
Board will oppose any attempt by the city
to increase the tax rate. This stand was
taken yesterday at a special meeting of the
board of directors and officers at the head
quarters of the association, 1126 Walnut
street. A committee headed by David U.
Dallam was appointed to confer with Mayor
Smith to learn whether revenues by other
means can be obtained.
A conference was held In the Mayor's
offloo last Thursday, at which members of
the board pointed out many other means
by which, they said, revenues could be procured
The marrUge of Miss Elvera iavy, daugh
ter Ml-"- Mrs, Albert Levy. ,o 1,i
SsSst-Efte
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SECRET ORDER KEEPS SECRET
Reporters Fail to Find Anti-Catholic
Society's Convention
CLEVELAND, Sept, 26. The biennial
convention of the Great Secret Order, an
antl-Cathollo organization, was scheduled to
meet here, but diligent search failed
to disclose Its meeting place. Charles D.
Haines, said to be grand master of the
order, left the Hotel Statler yesterday with
out any official announcement of the meet
ing, John Balrd, said to be from Philadelphia,
and supposedly "head of the women's ac
tivities" of the organization, admitted his
connection with the order, but had no in
formation to give out as to the session. No
one about the hotel knew where the leaders
had foregathered.
CIlAPTItn XIII (Continued)
""yoU may be mistaken. They must have
J. some sense of fair dealing. Even as
suming that such was their Intention, they
may depart from It. They have already lost
a great many men. Their chief, having
gained his main object, might not be able
to persuade them to take further risks. I
will make It a part of the bargain that
they first supply you with plenty of water.
Then you. unaided, could keep them at bay
for many days. We lose nothing; we can
gain a great deal by endeavoring to pacify
them.
"Iris I" he gasped, "what are you say
ing!" The unexnectad ftmmri nf h, nam ...
his lip almost unnerved her. But no
martyr ever went to the stake with more
settled purpose than this pure woman, re
solved to Immolate herself for the sake of
tho man she loved. He had dared all for
her. faced death In many shapes Now
It was her turn. Her eyes were lit with
a seraphic fire, her sweet face resigned as
that of an angel.
I have thought It out," she murmured,
gazing at him steadily, yet scarce seeing
him. "It Is worth trying as a last ex
PcUlent. Uo are abandoned by all, save tho
Lord; and It docs not appear to be His holy
will to help us on earth. We can struggle
on hero until we die. Is that right, when
ono of us may liver'
Hrr very candor had betrayed her. She
would go nwny with these monstrous cap
tors, endure them, even flatter them, until
she and they were far removed from the
Island And then she would kill herself.
In her Innocence she Imagined that self
destnictlon, under such clrcumstnnces. was
a pardonable offense. She only gave a Ufa
to save a life, and greater lovo than this
Is not known to God or man.
The sailor. In a tempest of wrath and
wild emotion, had It In his mind to compel
her Into reason, to shake her as one shakes
a wayward child,
He rose to his knees with this half.formed
notion In his feverish brain Then he looked
at her, and a mist seemed to shut her out
from his sight Was she lost to him al
ready? Was all that had gone before an
Id e dream of Joy and grief, a wizard's
glimpse of mirrored happiness and vague
perils? Was Iris, the crystal-souled
thrown to him by the storm-lashed waves
to be snatched away by Borne Irresistible
and malign Influence?
In the mere physical effort to assure
himself that she was still near to him he
gathered her up In his strong hands. Yes
she was there, breathing, wondering, pal
pitating, lie folded her clnlv hi.
breast, and, yielding to tho passlonato long
ings of his tired heart, whispered to her
"My darling, do you think I can survive
your loss? You are life Itself to me. If
we have to die, sweet one, let us die to
gether." Then Iris flung her arms around his neck.
I am quite, quite happy now," she sobbed
brokenly. "I didn't Imagine It would
come this way, but I am thankful It has
come."
For a little while they yielded to the
glamour of the dlvlno knowledge that amid
the chaos of eternity each soul had found
umio. mere was no need for words.
Love, tremendous In Its power, unfathom
able In Its mystery, had cast Its spell over
them. They were garbed In light, throned
In a palace built by fairy, hands. On all
aides squatted the ghouls of privation,
misery, danger, even grim death; but they
heeded not the Inferno; they had created
a Paradise In an earthly hell.
Then Iris withdrew herself from the
mans embrace. She was delightfully shy
and timid now.
"So you really do lovo me?" she whlsp
ered, crimson-faced, with shining eyes and
He drew her to him again and kissed her
tenderly. For he had cast all doubt to the
winds. No matter what the future had In
store she was his, his only; It was not
In man's power to part them. A glorious
effulgence dazzled his brain. Her lovo had
given him the etrength of Oollath, the con
fidence of David, fie would pluck her from
the perils that environed her. The Dyak
was not yet born who should rend her from
him.
He fondled her hair and gently rubbrd
her cheek with his rough nngers. The
sudden sense of ownership of this fair
woman was entrancing. It almost bewil
dered him to find Iris nestling close, cling
ing to him In utter confidence and trust.
But I knew, I knew," she murmured
"You betrayed yourself so many times. You
wrote your secret to me, and, though you
did not tell me, I found your dear words
on the sands and have treasured them next
"ij ncnri.
What girlish romance was this? He held
her away gingerly, Just so far that he could
look Into her eyes.
"Oh, It Is true, quite true," she cried,
drawing tho locket from her neck. "Don't
you recognize your own handwriting, or
were you not certain. Just then, that you
really did love me?-'
Dear, dearl How often would she re
peat that wondrous phrase! Together they
bent over the tiny slips of paper. There It
was again "I lovo jou" twice blazoned
In maglo symbols. With blushing eager
ness she told him how, by mere accident,
of course, sho caught sight of her own
name. It was not ery wrong, was It, to
pick up that tiny scrap, or those others,
which she could not help seeing, and which
unfolded their simple tale so truthfully?
Wrong! It was so dellehtfullv rliht that
he must kiss her ngaln to emphasize his con
victions. All this fondling nnd love-making had,
of courso. an air of grotesquq absurdity be
causo Indulged In by tvto grimy and tat
tered Individuals crouching beneath a tar
paulin on a rocky ledgo and surrounded by
bloodthirsty savages Intent on their de
struction. Such Incidents require the set
ting of convention, the conservatory, with
Its wealth of flowers nnd plants, a summer
wood, a Chippendale drawing room. And
yet, God wot, men and women have loved
each other In this gray old world without
stopping to consider tho appropriateness of
place and season.
After a delicious pause Iris began again
"Robert I must call you Robert now
there, there, please let me get a word In
even edgeways well then, Robert dear, I
do not care much what happens now. I
suppose It was very wicked and foolish of
me to speak as I did before before you
railed me Iris. Now toll me at once. Why
did you call me Iris?"
"You must propound that riddle to your
godfather."
"No wriggling, please. Why did you do
It?"
"Because I could not help myself. It
slid out unawares."
"How long have you thought of me only
as Iris, your Iris?"
"Evor Blnco I first understood that some
whero in tho wide world was a dear woman
to lovo me and bo loved."
"But at one time you thought her name
was Elizabeth?"
"A delusion, a mirage I That Is why
those who christened you had the wisdom
of the gods."
Another Interlude. They grew calmer,
more sedato. It was so undeniably true
they loved one another that the fact was be
coming venerable with age. Iris was
perhaps the first to recognize Its quiet cer
tainty.
"As I cannot get you to talk reasonably,"
she protested, "I must appeal to your
sympathy. I am hungry, and oh, so
thirsty."
The girl had hardly eaten a morsa! for
her midday meal. Then she was despond
ent, utterly broken-hearted. Now she was
filled with new hope. There was a fresh
motive In existence. Whether destined to
lve an hour or half a century, sho would
never, never leave him, nor, of course, could
he ever, over leave her. Some things were
qulto Impossible for example, that they
should part.
Jenks brought her a biscuit, a tin of
meat, and that most doleful cup of cham
pagne. "It la not exactly frappe," he said, hand
ing her the Insipid beverage, "but, under
other conditions, it Is a wine almost worthy
to toast you In."
Sho fancied she had never before noticed
what a charming smile he .had.
"Toast' Is a peculiarly suitable word,"
she cried. "I am simply frizzling. In
these warm clothes "
She stopped. For tho first time since
that prehistoric period when she was "Miss
Deane " and he "Mr. Jenks" sho remembered
the manner of her garments.
"It is not the warm clothing you feel so
much as the want of air," explained the
sailor readily. 'This tarpaulin has made
the place very stuffy, but we must put up
with It until sundown. By the way, what
Is that?"
A light tap on the tarred canvas directly
over his head had caught his ear. Iris,
glad of tho diversion, told him she had
heard tho noise three or four times, but
fancied It was caused by tho occasional
rustling of the sheet on the uprights.
Jenks had not allowed his attention to
wander altogether from external events.
Since the Dyaks' last escapade there was no
sign ot them In the valley or on either
oome again within range of the Lee-Met-fords.
They waited and listened silently. An
other tap sounded on the tarpaulin In a
different place, and they both concurred In
the belief that something had darted In
curved flight over tho ledge on top of their
protecting shield,
'"Let us seo what the game Is," exclaimed
the sailor. Ho crept to the back of the
ledge and drew himself up until he could
reach over the sheet. He returned, carry
ing In his hand a couple of tiny arrows.
'There are no less than seven of these
things sticking In the canvas," he said.
'They don't look very terrible. I suppose
that is what my Indian friend meant by
warning me against the trees on the right."
He did not tell Iris all the Mahommedan
said. There was no need to alarm her
causelessly. Even while they examined
the curious little missives another flew up
from the valley and lodged on the roof of
their shelter.
The shaft of the arrow, made of some ex
tremely hard wood, was about ten Inches
In length. Affixed to It was a pointed fish
bone, sharp, but not barbed, nnd not
msienea in a manner suggestive of mdeh
tftrcngth. The arrow was neither feathered
nor grooved for a bowstring. Altogether
It seemed to be a childish weapon to be used
by men equipped with lead and steel.
Jenks could not understand tho appear
ance of this toy. Evidently the. Dvaka h.
lleved In Its efflcaoy. or lhe would not koejii
v.. tiiuiinviuuaijr uivypiiiK- un arrow on the
ledge.
"How do they fire tt?" asked Iris. "Do
they throw It?"
"I will soon tell you," he replied, reach
ing for a rifle.
"Do not go out yet," she entreated him.
'They cannot harm us. Perhaps we may
learn more by keeping quiet. They will
not continue shooting these things all day."
Again a tiny arrow traveled toward them
In a graceful parabola. This one fell short.
Missing the tarpaulin. It almost dropped on
the girl's outstretched hand. tShe picked It
up. The fish-bone point had snacDed bv
contact with the floor of the ledge.
Sho sought for and found the small tip.
"See," she said. "It seems to have been
dipped In something. It Is discolored."
Jenks frowned peculiarly. A startling
explanation had suggested Itself to him.
Fragments of forgotten lore were taking
cohesion in his mind.
"Put It down. Quick I" he cried.
Iris obeyed htm, with wonder in her eyes.
He spilled a teaspoonful of champagne In
a small hollow of tho rock and steeped one
of the fish bones In the liquid. Within a
few seconds the champagne assumed a
greenish tinge and the bone became white.
Thon he knew.
"Good heavens I" he exclaimed, "these are
poisoned arrows shot through a blowpipe.
I have never before seen one, but I have
often read about them. The bamboos tho
Dykas carried were sumpltans. These fish
bones have been steeped In the Juice of the
upas tree. Iris, my dear girl, If ono of
them had so much as scratched your finger
nothing on earth could save you."
She paled and drew back In sudden hor
ror. This tiny thing had taken the sem
blance of a snake. A vicious cobra cast at
her feet would be less alarming, for the
reptile could bo killed, while his venomous
fangs would only be used In self-defense.
Another tap sounded on their thrice-welcome
covering. Evidently the Dykas would
persist In their effort to g'et one of those
poisoned darts home.
Jenks debated silently whether It would
be better to create a commotion, thus In
duolng the savages to believe they had suc
ceeded In inflicting a mortal wound, or to
wait until the next arrow fell, rush out and
try conclusions with dum-dum bullets
against the sumpltan blowers.
He decided in favor of the latter course.
He wished to dishearten his assailants, to
cram down their throats tho belief that he
wns Invulnerable and could visit their every
euort wun a aeaaiy reprisal.
Iris, of course, protested when he ex
plained his project. But the fighting spirit
prevailed. Their love idyll must yield to
the needs of the hour.
He had not long to wait. The last arrow
fell and he sprang to the extreme right of
tho ledge. First ho looked through that
Invaluable screen of grasH. Three Dyaks
were on tho ground and n fourth In the
fork of a tree. They were each armed with
a blowpipe. He In tho tree was Just fit
ting an arrow Into the bamboo tube. The
others were watching him.
Jenks raised his rifle, and the warrior
In the tree Ditched headlong to th ,-..,,
A second shot stretched a companion on
top of him. One man Jumped Into th
beach. Not for trivial cause would they bushes' and got awayu" thTfrth tHpped
FARMER SMITH'S
RSDSJB.OW CLUB
SCHOOLS NEED MONEY
Doctor Schaeffer Tells Teachers State
Treasury Is Nearly Empty
YORK, Pa,, Sept, 28. "Never since I
have been In publlo office has the State
treasury been as empty as today," declared
Doctor Schaeffer, State Superintendent of
Publlo Instruction, In addressing 800 teach
ers at the opening of the sixty-second an
nual County Institute here.
He said that not a dollar of the State
appropriation to (he public schools for the
fiscal year ending last July had been paid
and that district school boards are facing
a serious problem.
Baptists Open Conference. Today
The North Philadelphia Baptist Assocla
tlon will open its fifty-ninth annual confer.
ence this morning In the Nlcetown Baptist
Chutch, Otrmastowii avenue and Prifnoer
WHAT' ARE YOU GOING TO BE?
As you look about you, dear children, you seo many MISFITS in life.
You Bee a doctor" who should have been a carpenter, a lawyer who should have
been a shoemaker and so it goes.
Did you ever see a honey beo try to lay an egg? Did you ever see a hen
try to givo milk?
Don't you think it wonderful and PITIFUL that of all living things human
beings, even as you ond I, make what we call MISTAKES?
WHY does a bee make honey?
WHY does a hen lay an egg?
Simply because each fits in tho grand orchestra of life.
Life is one great orchestra and it has a wonderful LEADER. If you are
out of time, look to the leader.
The violinist tunes his violin. How does he KNOW when it is In tune?
"Oh," you say, "SOMETHING tells him." It is his car listening for tho har
mony of tho orchestra.
Instead of rushing hero and there and asking everybody what you are
going to be when you grow up, DE STILL! Let that SOMETHING which tells
the bee to make honey, the flower to come from the bud, let, I say, this SOME
THING, this VOICE guide and tell YOU.
FARMER SMITH, Children's Editor.
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Our PostofOce Box
Louisa and Albert Glovlnazzl, of Vine
land, N. J., know how-to make the most ot
these early fall days. In the morning they
help father.ln tho fields. In the afternoon
mother and Louise sew out on the porch,
and Albert well, mother and Louise must
be entertained, so Albert and "the boys"
play baseball with the porch for a grand
standi
Anna Machette, Norwood, Pa., thinks
Beatrice or Esther would be a very nice
name for Dorothy Botte's doll, A little girt
from Pemberton, N, J whose first name Is
Mary, but whose last name was so blurred
on her slip that we could not tell whether It
waa-"Spinn," "Shlnn" or "Shlrm," wants the
doll to be called Elizabeth, and the makes
a try cenerous offer In case her selection
Is the happy one. Just listen, she will make
Miss Dolly a little silk coat with a fur col
lar, a little fur hat. a winter cap with rib
bon strings and a sack. My, my I We hope
little Mlas Dolly isn't reading the Club
News she might cheat!
Now a word from Dorothy Botte herself.
Here Is her letter just as she wrote It;
wear ineow you know I nave on
Welt, I TUy have two. I have bad
km far several VMM Mi HP
iresp psvk otBw r seesssw
mother please send me a recipe for a
dessert? Carolina has gotten tired of
mine. Beatrice Margaret, my other doll,
would like somo doll to write to her. Don't
forget to send In names for the dolt I am
going to sent to the hospital. The contest
closes October 1. Love to all of you.
Dorothy Botte. Lambertvllle, N. J.
Summer la Flying
Vr ESTELLE UEKOFr. N. Blith street.
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Winter Is nlsblnsi
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FARMER SMITH'S DOLL STORIES
The Paper Doll Dog
Graceful Gertrude, the paper doll, had
gotten out of the box and "gone visiting"
She had found the Paper Doll Dog hungry.
He had told her so, and she had seen It,
because paper dolls can see through every
thing made out of paper,
"I wish I had beautiful dresses like you,"
said Itover, getting up and trying to stand
on his paper legs.
"What does a dog need with beautiful
dresses?" asked Graceful Gertrude.
.u"IT,havB Cje!!n,s iu,tt "ke yu." answered
the Paper Doll Dog.
"Why don't you dress up in the sheep's
coat?" asked Graceful Oertrude.
"Not a bad Ideal Not a bad Idea!" ex
claimed the Paper Doll Dog. as he tottered
off toward tho box where the Little Lady
kept her paper dolls.
Standing outside the box, Hover began
to bark as loud as he could.
"What's the matter?" asked Handsome
Harry, poking his head out of the paper
doll box. "
"I want the sheep's coat of wool."
Harry disappeared and soon returned
He lifted the top of the paper doll box and
poked out the sheep's coat of wool. Then
he disappeared.
." fln" "n"p yu w' make," he said.
Try to bark like a sheep."
The Paper Doll Dog was so surprised he
could not speak.
The Question Dox
D.e.af.?llrrn'r Smith Will you kindly tell
me If It Is necessary for me to register Sep
tember it or 2 In order to attend school on
October 2? I am going Into High School
from one of the Philadelphia publlo schools.
MADELINE CUNEO, Salter street
-1." .y?J ar? .0,ns' from on Phlladel
phla public school to another it will not be
necessary for you to register on September
28 or 2, although you may do so then If
you wish. These days are set aside to re
lieve ths crowding oa October 2. They are
mainly a convenience to parents. Out-of-town
children and children who have not
attended the Philadelphia publlo schools
befoni must bs registered before October 2
If it Is at all possible. "oer i
' ' MMill IHltlJ SWM
over his unwieHr mmwHim arrf a
tore a large section frem Ma skull.
sailor then amused himself with breetktejf
uiraiwn ay nnng at mem, e eanw
back to the white-faced ttL
"I fancy that further practice with blow
pipes will be at a dlacodnt on Halnbvw
Island," he said cheerfully. ?
But Iris was anxious and distrait.
"It Is very sad," she said, "that we alt
obliged to secure our own safety by tls '
ceaseless slaughter of human beings. Mi
there no offer we can make them, no preeav
Ise of future gain, to tempt them to abanen
hostilities?"
"None whatever. These Borneo Dyaks
are bred from Infancy to prey on ttsr
fellow creatures. To be strangers and d-i ,
fenseless Is to court pillage and maasaer
at their hands. I think no mora of sheet.
Ing them than of smashing a clay pigeon. '
Killing a mad dbg Is perhaps a better
simile."
"But Bobert, dear, how long can we
hold out?" '
"What I Are vou rrowlnir lrr1 nr1 :.
already?" ' '.
He hoped to divert her thoughts from this
constantly recurring topic. Twice wlthta
the hour had It been broached and idls-,
missed, but Iris would not permit him te' "
shirk It ngaln. She made no reply, simply
regarding him with a wistful smile. '
So Jenks sat down by her side and re
hearsed the hopes and fears which per
plexed him. He determined that there
should be no further concealment between
them. If they failed to secure water that
night. If the Dyaks maintained a strlet
siege of the rock throughout the whole of
next day, well they might survive It was
problematical. Best leave matters In God's
hands.
With feminine persistency she clung1 te
the subject, detecting his unwillingness to T
discuss a possible final stage In their suf.
fertngs.
"Itobertl" she whispered fearfully, "you
will never let me fall Into th nnn.r e th
chief, will you?"
".vot while I live."
Tou must live. Don't you understand?
I would go with them to save you. But I
would have died by my own hand. Rob
ert, my love, you must do this thing before
the end. I must be the first to die."
He hung his head In a paroxysm of silent
despair. Her words rung llko a tocsin ot
the bright romance conjured up by the
avowal of their love. It seemed to him.
In that instant, they had no separate ex
Istenoe as distinguished frona Uw great,
stream of human life the turbulent river
that flowed unceasingly from an eternity
of the past to nn eternity of the future.
For a day, n year, a decade, two frail
bubbles danced on the surface and raced
Joyously together In the sunshine: then
they were broken did it matter how, by
savage sword or lingering aliment? They
vanished absorbed ngaln by tho rushing
waters and other bubbles rose In pre-
carious Iridescence. It was a fatalist view
or life, a dim and obscurantist groping afteV
truth induced by the overpowering nature
of present difficulties. The famous Tent
maker of Nalshapur blindly sought the un
ending purpose when he wrote:
"Op t rom Earth's Cnter throush the SereaUi
1 EM' SJ"1 Ue thne of Saturn .at..
ti. .m.V1,r A Knot unravera br tb noai
But not the Master-Knot of Human Fate.
Ther.r,.t".hh.vi??r.i0 whJch J. ,ouna o Kerf
the Veil throush which I couW not
inert was and then no more ot Thee and Me."
The sailor, too, wrestled with the great
problem. He may bo pardoned If his heart
quailed and he groaned aloud.
"Iris." he said solemnly, "whatever hap
pens, unless I am struck dead at your feet.
I promise you that we shall pass the
boundary hand in hand. Be mine the
punishment If we have decided wrongly.
And now," he cried, tossing his head In a
Van.t..acces8 of enersy. "let us have done
with the morgue. For my part I refuse
to acknowledge I am Inside until the gates
clang behind me. As for you, you cannot I
help yourself. Tou must do Is I teii you.
I never knew of a case where the quea-
seuled " W " r'ehtS Wa " promIuy
His vitality was Infectious. Iris smiled
HEilVf "e.rv. "ns'tlve hlhy "trung nerves
permitted theso sharp alternaUons between '
-uuwumquv Kim nope.
.u"71 raust remember," he went on, "that
the Dyak score is twenty-one to the bad,
while our loss stands at love. Dear me.
IhMcannot be right. Love is surely not
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
BAPTIST CONVENTION WILL
ASSEMBLE HERE OCTOBER 16
Million Membership Plan Important
Topic for Discussion
j .
Baptists, both pastors and influential lay
members, from nil parts of Pennsylvania
will assemble In this city October IS to 1
at the ninth anniversary of formjng of the
Pennsylvania Baptist General Convention,
to be held in the Chestnut Street Baptist
Church. One of the most Important sub
jects of discussion will be the nve-year pro
gram, by which the Baptists plan to add
a million to their membership In tho next
five years and double their missionary edu-
.. .,,, huh iiiiijiaieriai lorces.
The discussion will Include every phase
of Baptist ministerial. Bible class and mis
sionary work, both home and foreign.
The convention, modeled, after the
Northern Baptist Convention of America,
of which It Is a constituent part, Is a del
egated body composed of the pastors and
appointed delegates from all the Baptist
churches, associations nnd mission boards
In the State.
It was organized by a merrar nf h fal
lowing Interests, and this anniversary will
observe the eighty-ninth annual meeting ot
the State Mission Society, the seventy
seventh of the Education Society, the fiftieth
of the Ministers' Union, the twenty-fifth of
the Young People's Board, the sixth q
Women's Home Mission Society, the thirtvw
first of the Women's Foreign Mission Society,
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Reception for Bishop McDe.vitt
More than 2000 of the alumnae of the
Cathollo Girls' High School of Phlladel
phla attended a farewell reception for the
Bt. Bev. Philip It. McDevltt. newly conse
crated Bishop of Harrlsburg, last nlgbt In
tho school auditorium at Nineteenth and
Wood streets. Bishop McDevltt was for a
long time superintendent of parochial
schools In Philadelphia, and graduates of
the various educational centers participated
In exercises held before the reception. TSe
Bishop will assume his duties at Harrls
burg this week.
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