EVENING LEDOTEr-PHILADELPHlA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBEE 22, 101G
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BjUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
W
rst Singing of "Prince.Igor" in This City Draws
I T.nrce Number" of Fashionables "FhVhfc
of Fancy"
L. might think that the opening of
l .r.IMnnlifnn onera season last
LUt
LVtnS icii"'- ... .
REm. comlnB a It J""- ono 8hort
Ee?H .u. nnafnn Ooern. Company.
SS.- t ,. f nn nntl-ollmrue. but not
Kttjiif Society with a capital 8 O-C-I
i ill mo tea' . -
. M on the Brand tier during tho Inter-SS-B
itwlne tho second act, as
E. and tho chatter of excited debu-
miles nungie" wim
2' 0f tho older fashionable folk.
FA number 01 !""" ""
LA , ...it. .!, otnnntr them a nartv
Ti ueie iiiw t ..-.-a . -
... niiiitoly ulrllsh frock of deep
Kj and ver fabric? was tho center of
KZtfmUMg groin-
rTh StOlMUUry uu, uan.., .... -.-
.. thn craclous hostess looking par-
SLrly charming In a gown of deep
J5hium veivoi, .... -
win- . ,,..,.!. . .
ftl Stunning iaura oiut""i v " "
ft.. ., nn tho tier, waa regal In n
lEBL. .iinp cloth, with bodice what
S,, was of It-of filmy tullo. with n
ij&nson roso iuckou hi uu m ....
fi. . roihnr amusod on glancing up
P.. n,n nela to nco a rather widely
ksown matron hanging ovor tho edgo of
Ki.,. miilnir down Into tho "pit" wlUi
srili as much curiosity on If aho worn a.
MJIery BOO. JJOUOUO-3 mm vii uuiiiiiih
iK nnHlcular acnualntanco.
BlBttt to return to tho dobutantcs Juancy
Cook was nnouioi "" .......
jto parents, tho Gustavua Wynno Cooks,
fiS Patty Boric, Mary Brooke, Alec nan
in gdgar Balrd and Walter Freeman In
ftlr box.
Tin Samuel Houstons entertained sev-
.. i UaI t- AmoiiB them
KM I""10 "' "
Prt Dr. w"1 Mrs aeor "Woodward,
M-WUHO lyuvju, iui ....w.. -..,
Jtr. Edward lUndall ana wr. vinan
Jotmifln.
llfr. and Mrs. Charles a. fouer oiuor
Slnxi Miss Frances Hlbbon, of Now
,Y.k! fr. and Mrs. Charles A. Potter, Jr.,
5r, Daniel Donovan and Mr. Westcott
Bilky In their box.
mmleul melanco entitled "Flight of
Kino-," whfch has been cloverly wtU-
K i Ml t T hah nnnmlni, tnrmiif
Wuk and Wig star, will bo produced on
iXcember 19 and 20 In tho ballroom of
B nelJevuo-Stratford for tho benefit of
ltn Northern Homo lor t rienuiess i.nu
71 rrl. -Am. .Ionia n'lfh n mnn find
ortn. io qi.w.j w. ....... -.
jftrl who, having Just become engaged,
ire vowing eternal love, etc. Among other
M&Ines. the man tells his sweetheart that
U would bring everything of beauty and
trntness from -various parts of tho earth
K her feet, whereupon the curtain Is
Vrawn and In tho first act ono beholds
a Oriental scene, where gins ana men
Bomber garb will dance. Tho girls'
wetwnes will represent various per
fumn or sweet odors, and tho men's at-
Urt vtll be that of Oriental guardsmen.
iTliert will be Japanese and Hawaiian
fifinM also, with dances especially ar-
afrifltcd. Holland girls, xvlth costumes rep-
lewnung lunps, win aanco wmi siuiwnri
Dutch gardeners. Italy will glvo hor
Eire of beauty to tho favored prospec
lire bride In the shape of fans that
Jffll prove to bo pretty girls dressed In
pink tulle. Tho men In this chorus will
iw artists' costumes.
Of course, the play would not be com-
p!et without a skating chorus, so If you
Swr "Hip! Hp! Ilgoray!" you will recog-
wis In a certain group of young women
tChtrlottea' dressed iln wonderful white
Aatlng costumes and dancing all the
Sroadtrful steps that "Charlotte" herself
JM on skates. There will bo an English
hunting scene and a Russian dance, not
to tpeak of a bit of Ireland thrown In.
NANCT WTNNB.
Personals
(Mr. aad Mrs. Josenh Ti. McCall. of 4201
IWilnut street, have Issued Invitations, for
I. atnee to be given at Asher s on the eve
pluf of January 4, at 9 o'clock, In honor
Kt their daughter, M33 Lenore B. McCall.
tMr. and Mrs. mils Jackson wilt formally
Wtnt their daughter. Miss Lola Lorlng
Jickieiuat a dansant this afternoon from
J WUI 7 o'clock at their home. 1631 Pine
trjt Among those who will receive with
JISj Jiekion will be Miss Elizabeth Bal
WW Halloway. of Louisville, Ky. The debu
tat will nrear an attractive cown of white
fUn trimmed with silver lace.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Blood, of Oer-
fiotntown, gavo a dance last night to an
eOQSCA th fl(irnrmnt nf til- Amitcrh
IMlM Elinor Annette Flood, to Mr. A. Fred-
is iopoia. son of the Rev. William
pold and Mrs. Leopold, formerly of this
rUisS Flood m&ll hr (ffthtlt nt n. rfitnn
W at the Philadelphia Cricket Club two
Irurttrc,
PsJr" IopoId Is a graduate of the tmlver
7 ef Pennsylvania, classof 1918, and a
IS of the Phi aamnia Fraternity.
Ifr. and iltm vrinikn. nf.-UH fmu n
IJVrnlawTi, Oermantown, will entertain at
K""w injs evening.
K Hn. T)Kv4danM V....il 411 4. m ,k-
1?,tr thl" evening in fanor of Ml.ss
llfr ..J r l-... . . -
Bit c wo. v.nris oiewari ivurn, ot
ifi "'fee street, will give a dinner dance
Im. Ten'B" In honor of their niece, Miss
h -- u(u. m uuuianio ot mia teaaon.
Hri Jfihn T7. TAvmunil -will Antapfifn at
W Urfermal tea this afternoon In honor of
fif owghter, Mrs. Hunter Scarlett
Wrt. SldnAV TT T TlfV .. lhl4nn V.aa
K.?S"1 from a visit of several day's to
VPi and Mrs. George Q, Williams, of
Kr' J' Warner E. Love, or Moorestown,
rMftmhara 4 4V,. r. ) -.- nAj.i-i..i. -
tftUlnlfiwn will l.. i,.i. C..-i -i 'j..
Kt $P IM1" n4 written for the club
jt-Tfj tnns Morgan on the evenings of
oil ft ecemoer if, ana iriaay,ue
2 . at 1:15 o'clock in the Jenkhv
'Auanorium.
m& iS,.SJlSJft J !-!
ff HrW, on Friday
A fair will be held thU afternoon In AH
? Parish, House. iVracote. bv the
rt of the Woman's Auxiliary. Some
S 111 PllflM nlll ka in.. anw.k 11..-.
li:uf.,pron' Mrs. Frsderick W Mor
rs. WUlUm Kent, Mrs. Benjamla
airs. Freeu? na Mrs. Viele.
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at Bellevue
I'hoto by Photo-Critter.
MBS. LEE EUGENE DALY
Who, beforo her marrlaRO this
morning, wns Miss Mnrto Gnrrity.
Church, Thirteenth and Ituseomb streets,
Logan, this evening at 3:16 o'clock.
The AuxllFary No. 2 of the Kensington
Dispensary for the treatment of tubercu
losis will give an opportunity sale of fancy
.articles suitable tor Christmas, also home
made cakes and candles, at 140S Qlrard
avenue, this afternoon.
Invitations have been issued by Miss
Sutherland, principal of the Oronti School,
at Elklna Park, for Saturday evening,
November 25, at 8: IE o'clock, for a lecture
by the Indian poet and seer. Sir Rablndra
nath Tagore, winner of tho Nobel Prise for
literature, who has recently returned to
this country.
Mrs. Newton Firth Hill, of 1S23 Erie
avenue, will entertain her BOO club on Fri
day afternoon of this week. Her guests will
Include Mrs. L. Early, Mrs. Charles Col
lier, Mrs Frank Flannlgan, Mrs Qentich,
Mrs Frank Clark. Mrs. Linton Lajidrrth,
Miss Hope, Mrs. Hope, Mrs Molbert and
Airs a. Townsena.
Mrs. Joseph F. Wallworth, of Haddon
field. N. J , entertained at luncheon and
cards nt the Itltz-Carlton yesterday.
A dance and euchre will be given for tho
benefit of St Gabrlol's Roman Catholic
Church Improvement fund tonight In Hor
ticultural Hall.
Weddings
OREOa CAItPENTER
A wedding of Interest which will take
place this evening will be that of Mlsi Bea
trice Gill Carpenter, daughter of Mr. Henry
Clay Carpenter, of the Bellevue Stratford,
formerly of Chicago, and Mr. Alfred Pierce
Gregg, son of Mrs. Charlotte Ward Mer
rick, of Ashcvlllc. X. C , and of the late Wil
liam Oregg, of Charleston, S C Tho cere
mony, which will tnko placo In Holy Trinity
Memorial Cliapol nt 6 o'clock, will bo per
formed by the Rov. Floyd W. Tomklns. Tho
bride will have Miss Katlierlne V. Adams
as maid of honor, and the bridesmaids will
be Miss Helen Shotwell. of this city, and
Miss Margaret Hudson, of Chicago.
Miss Carpenter will bo gowned in whlto
bridal eatln. with an oversklrt of tulle edged
with pearls; the bodice will bo of real
duchesse lace which was worn by her moth
er. A long court train of heavy satin will
be worn, over which will hang In graceful
folds a rose point lace veil, caught In place
by orange blossoms. A wreath of the
orange blossoms will encircle the brow. The
bride's bouquet will be of bridal roses and
lilies of the valley.
Mr. Gregg will have Mr. Laurence P.
Campbell, of Washington, D. C, as best
man, and the ushers will be Mr Shlppen
Decatur West, of this city; Mr. Gerald du
Pont" of Ashevlllo, N. C. ; Mr. Edward C.
Mitchell and Mr. Harold Leslie, of New
York.
Among the out-of-town guests will be
Prince and Princess Plgnatelll. of New
York, the latter of whom will be remem
bered as Miss Ruth Waters, of 'this city;
Mr. and Mrs C. C. Adams, Mr. and Mrs.
William M. Clark, Mrs. II. II. II. Lock
wood, allot New York; Mr and Mrs
Washington Roebltng. of Trenton; Mrs.
Mary Ward Shutter, of Washington, D. C. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gayley nnd the Misses
Gayly, of Baltimore, Md.
DALY-GARRITY
The marriage of Miss Mario Garrlty,
daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. John S 'Garrlty,
of 6209 Overbrook avenuo, Wynnefleld, and
Mr. Leo Eugene Daly took place to
day at 11:S0 o'clock In St Theresa Church,
Broad and Catharlno streets A large re
ception followed at the Rlts-Carlton. Miss
Garrlty had Mrs. John Garrlty as her
matron of honor. The maid of honor was
Miss Susan Frlel, and the bridesmaids
were Miss Lucy Shaw, Miss Martha
Hutchinson, of West Virginia ; Miss Louise
Gayly, of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Joseph
Garrlty. of this city.
Mr. Daly had his brother, Mr, Joseph
Daly, as best man. and the ushers In
cluded Mr., Aruna Abel, Mr. Walter Abel,
Mr. Ewlng Gasper, all of Baltimore, and
Mr. John Little, of this city.
After an extended wedding trip, Mr. and
Mrs. Daly will be -at home at Rowland
Park, Baltimore.
HEQEn CARLIN
A wedding of Interest which took place
this morning was that of Miss Kathleen
Carlln. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene
E. Carlln. of Mather avenue, Jcnltlntown,
and Mr James L. Heger, of.Noble, son of
Mr. Joseph Heger, A solemn high nuptial
mass was celebrated by the Rev, John
Cavanaugh.at 8:30 o'clock In the Church
of the Immaculate Conception, West ave
nue, Jenklntown. The bride, who was given
In rnrrage by her father, Mr. Eugene Car
lln, was attended by her sister, Miss Mar
garet Carlln, a maid of honor,
Mr Heger had his brother, Mr. John
Heger, as best man, and the ushers were
Mr Norbet Walker, of Ambler, 'and Mr.
John Uanney, uncle of the bride. '
A breakfast at, the home of the hrlde fol
lowed the ceremony, only the -families and a
few friends being present After an ek
tended wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs. Heger
will be at home at Jenklntown,
O'CONNELL RYAN
The Church of St Franc! de Salts was
the scene of an attractive wedding yes
terday morning, when Mhis Edna J Ryan,
daughter of Mrs- Sara Ryan, of 301 South
FlfW'flrst street, was married to Mr James
E. O'Connell, son of Mr and Mrs. James
O'Connell, f Dorchester, Boston, Mass.
The bride wore a gown of white net, with
iace medallions and a short bridal veil, and
carried a thower bouquet of lilies of the
valley and rosebuds. Miss Mary Frances
Lynch, of Narberth. Pa. waa maid of honor,
and MUs Estelle McCrossin, of Brooklyn.
..- x -MiiilnnfthAbrtdt WU brldAamnl,!
The ushers were. Mr. JMjfe F. QTSoiTntlL
- Aiiunn.ll u3 Xfa .Tana tti.-
THE VACANT WORLD
By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
CotyrtflM. Silt, tv Frank A, Munstv Company
THE BTOP.T THUS FAtt
nBATRtCB KBNDIMCK. a lncrPbr,
lowly ritMns eonacoumi snd iKM nJ
y upon a acme of uttr dasttlen ana
ruin., Th office In the Metropolitan UulM
Inr. Nut Totk where h hurt l,t
trrewrlter when the eudiUnlr fell ler. I
nerr nothfnt but rum Onlr lurerstruelur.
brlek walls and floors ml riles of .dull an
powdered wreckesn remain lleatrlce s nair
reaches to her ankln . ...
.ALLAN ATKllN. her employer, on of the
eltT'a. nrratest entneers,.in the, undeter
mined met, comet to life also In his labora
tory At earh movement mote of hie de;
eompoeeit clothlne fall-t, 144 hae sreat
ahpek ot hair anl ons'beard.
Vtaen Ueatrice and Allan fully recover
their tensee they make a haitr survey or
their eltuatlon. The entlro city l a sreat
foreet, with wreck of akyeerarer protrud
Ins above the trees Everything I' dead.
They are the only human tielnas allvo
While on their trip of exploration, they
find furs mineral water and norm canned
food which had been presered In theeair
tlchl chamber! of the numeroue atorej In
the arcade of the bulldlns Krom the"
ihey clothe ihemeelves and stock their
larder. The hen imralns Stem aoee Into
the remains of the enstneroom In searcn
of tools.
OHArTnn VH (Continued)
SEARCH as he might, he discovered no ax
In the placo but In place of It he un
earthed a sledgehammer Though corroded,
It was still quite srlcablo Oddly enough,
the oak handle was almost Intact
"Ityanlied wood probably," reflected he.
as he laid tho sledge to ono sldo nnd began
delving Into a bed of dust that had evidently
been a workbench "Ah I And here's n
chisel! A spanner,. too I A heap of rusty
old wire nails!"
Delightedly he examined these treasures.
"Thcy'ro worth more to mo." ho exulted,
"than all the gold between here and what's
left of San 1'ranclsco '"
He found nothing nrnro of value In the
litter. Everything elsa was rutted beyond
use. So. having rnmlncd himself that noth
ing more remained he gathered up his finds
and started luck whenco ho had come.
After some quarter hour of hard labor he
mannged to transport oven thing up Into tho
arcade.
"Now for n glimpse of the outer world I"
qttrth he.
Orlpplng the sledgo well In hand, he made
his way through the confused nexus of ruin
Disguised as everything now wai. fallen and
disjointed, molderlng. blighted by age In
calculable, still the man recognized many
familiar features
Here, he recalled, the tolephone booths
had been', there, the Information desk. Yon
der, again, he remombered tho llttlo curved
counter where once upon a time a man In
uniform had sold tickets to such as had
wanted to visit tho tower.
Counter now wai dust; tlcltctman only a
crumble of fine, graylih powder Stern shiv
ered slightly, and pressed on
As ho approached the outer air he noticed
that many a grnssy tuft and creeping vino
had rooted In the pavement of the arcade
up-prylng tho marble slabs and cracking tho
onco magnificent floor '
The doorway Itself was almost choked by
a tremendous Norway plno which had struck
loot close to tho building, and now Inso
lentl? blocked that way where, othertlme,
many thousand men nnd women ecry day
had coma and gone
Hut Stern clambered jut past this ob
stacle, testing tho floor with his sledgo as
ho went, lest he fall through nn unseen
wenk spot Into the depths of coat collars
below And presently ho reached the
outer air, unharmed
"But but. tho sldewalk7" cried he,
amazed "The street tho Squaro? Where
are they?" And in astonlshmont ho stop
ped, staring
Tho lev from tho tower, though It had
told him something of the changes wrought,
had given him no ndequato conception of
their magnitude.
Ho had expected somo remains of human
tlfo to show, upon the earth, somo semblance
of tho metropolis to remnln In tho street
Hut no, nothing was thoro ; nothing at nil
on tho ground to show that he was Ih tho
heart .of a city. ,' '
He could. Indeed, catch glimpses of a
building hero or thero Through the tnn
gled thlckots that grew close up to the
ago-worn walls ot tho Metropolitan ho
could make out n few bits of tottering con
struction on the south side of what had
been Twenty-third street
B&t of the street Itself, no trace remained
no pavement, no sidewalk, no curb. And
even do near and so conspicuous an object
ns the wreck of the Flatlron was now en
tirely concealed by tho dense forest.
Soil hsd formed thickly over all the sur
fuco. Hugo oaks and pines flourished there
ns confidently as though in the heart of tho
Maine forest, crowding ash and beech for
room.
Under the man's feet, even as he stood
close by the' building which was thickly
overgrown with Ivy and with ferns and
bushes rooted In the crannies tho pine
needier bent In deep, pungent beds
Birch, maple, poplar and 'all the natives
of the Amorlcan woods shouldered each
othor lustily. By the stato of the .fresh
young leaves. Just bursting their sheaths,
Stern knew the season was mld-Mng.
Through the wind-swayed branches little
flickering patches of morning sunlight met
hH gaze, na they played and quivered on
the forest moss or over the sere pine spills
Even upon the huge squared stones which
here and there lay In disorder, and which
Stern knew must have fallen from the
tower, the moss grew very thick ; nnd more
than one such block had been rent by frost
nnd growing things
"How long has It been, great heavens!
How IqngT" cried the engineer, a sudden
fear creeping into his heart For this, the
reasserted dominance of nature, bore In
on htm with more appalling force than any
thing he had yet seen
About him ha looked, trying to get his
bearings In that strange milieu
"Why." said he, quite slowly. "It's It's
Just as though some cosmlo Jester, all
powerful, had scooped up the fragments of a
ruined city nnd tossed them pell-mell Into
the core of the Adlrondacks! It's horrlblo
ghastly Incredible 1"
Dazed and awed he stood as In a dream,
a strange figure with his mane of hair, his
flaming, trailing beard, his rags (for he
had left the bearskin In the arcade), his
muscular arm, knotted as he held tho sledge
over his 'Shoulder.
Well might he have been a savage of old
times; one of the early barbarians ot
Britain, perhaps, peering In wonder at the
ruins ot some deserted Roman camp
The chatter of a squirrel high up some
where In the branches of an oal recalled
him to his wlta Down came spirallng a
Pbetesraph by Msresau
MRS. JAMES L. HEGER
Who before her marriage thU
morning was illw KayjWj Cailm,
JBBBBBtSBBaBHBaMElwT Bu
few bits of bark nnd acorn shell, quite In
the old familiar way.
Farther off among the woods a robin's
ithroaty morning notes drifted to him on
the odorous breete A wren.' surprisingly
tame, chlppered busily It hopped about,
not ten feet from him, entirely fearless
Stern realized that It was now seeing a
man for the first time In Us life, and that
It had no fear. His bushy brows con
tracted as he watched tho little brown body
Jumping from twig to twig In the pine
above him.
A deep, full breath he drew Higher, still
higher, he raised his head Far through the
lenfy screen he raw the overbcndlng arch
ot sky In tiny patches of turquoise.
"The samo old world, after alt the Same,
In spite of everything thank God t" ho
whispered, his very tone a prayer of thanks
And suddenly, though why ho could not
liao told, tho grim engineer's eyes grow
wet wllji (oars that ran unheeded down his
heavy-bearded cheeks
eilAPTEIt VIII
A 8ION (IT IT. It It,
STERN'S weakness ni ho Judged It
lasted but a mlnuto Then, realizing
oven moro fully than oof tho necessity for
Immediate labor and exploration, ho tight
ened his grip upon tho sledgo and set forth
Into the forest of Mnilhon Square
Away from him scurried n cotton-tall.
A snake slid, hhslng, out of sight under n
JUnglo ot fern, A butterfly, dull brown and
ochcr, settled upon n brnnch In tho sun
light, whoro It began slowly opening and
shutting Its wings
"H-in' That's a Dannus pletlppus, right
enough," commented the mnn. "But there
nre somo odd changes In It Ves, Indeed,
Ho could make out u few bits of
tottcrinR construction
certainly some evolutionary variants. Must
bo n tremendous time slnco we went to
Bleep, for sure; probably very much longer
that I daro guesi. That's a problem l'e
got to bo to work on beforo many dayV
But now for tho present he dismissed it
again; ho pushed It nsldo In the press of
urgent matters. And, parting tho under
growth, ho brolto his crackling way through
the deep wood.
He had gone but a few hundred ynrdi
when an exclamation ot surprised delight
burst from his lips.
"Water! Water!" he cried. "What? A
spring, so close' A pool, right hero nt
hand? Good luck, by Joo, tho ery first
thing!
And, stopping where he stood, he gnzed
at It with keen, unalloyed pleasure
There, BQ.ncar to tho masslvo bulk of tho
tower that the vast Bh'adow lay broadly
across It, Stern had suddenly come upon
as beautiful a llttlo watercourse as ever
bubbled forth under tho yews of Ardcn
or lapped tho willows of Hcsperldes.
Ho beheld a roughly circular depression
In tho woods, fcrn-b.mUed nnd fringed with
purplo blooms , nt tho bottom sparkled n
spring, leaf-bow ered, cool, Elyslan.
From this, down through n channel which
tho wuter must havo worn for Itself by
slow erosion, a small brook trickled, widen
ing out Into a pool somn fifteen feet across ;
whenco, brimming ocr. It purled away
through the joting swect-flnga and rusheT
with tempting llttlo woodland notet
"What n Unci '" cried the engineer. For
ward ha strode "So. then' Deer tracks7"
he exclaimed, noting a. few dainty hoof,
prints In tho sandy margin "Great!"
And, filled with exultation, he dropped be
side the spring
Over It he bent Setting his bearded lips
to the sweet water, he drank enormous,
satisfying drafts.
Sated at last, he stood up again and
peered about him All at onco he burst
out Into Joyous laughter.
"Why, this Is certainly nn old friend of
mine, or I'm a liar'" he cTled out "This
spring Is nothing more or less than tho
lineal descendant of Madison Square foun
tain, what? But good Lord what n change!
"It would make a splendid subject for
an article In the 'Annals of Applied Ge
ology ' Only well there nren't any annals,
now. and what's more, no ru.ulora "
Down to the wider pool he walked.
"Stern, my boy." said he. "here's where
you get an A-l, first-class dip '"
A minute later, stripped to the buff, the
man lay splashing vigorously in the water
I rom top to toe he scrubbed himself vig
orously with tho fine, uhlto sand. And
when, soma minutes later, he rose up again,
the tingle and Joy of life filled him In every
nerve
For a minute he looked contemptuously
at his rags, lying there on the edge of the
pool Then with a grunt ho kicked them
aside
"I guess we'll dispense with those."
Judged he 'The bear skin, back In the
bu Idlng there, will be enough " He picked
up his sledge, and heaving a mighty breath
of comfort, 'set out for the tower again
"Ah. but that waa certainly fine " he ex
claimed "I feel ten yearn younger al
ready Ten, from what? X minus ten,
equals"
Thoughtfully, as he walked across the
elastic! moss and over the pine needles, he
stroked his beard
"Now, If I could only get a haircut and
shave I" said he "Well, why not?
Wouldn't that surprise her, though?1'
The Idea strong upon him, ho hastened
his steps, and soon was back at the door
close to the huge Norway pine. But here
he d d not enter Instead, he turned to the
right
Plowing through the woods, climbing
over fallen oolumns and shattered building
stones, flushing a oovey ot loud-winged
partridges, parting the bushes that grew
thickly along tho base of the wall, he
pow found himself n what bad long ago
been Twenty-third street
No sign now ol paving or car tracks,
nothing save on tjte other side ofthe way
crumbl ng lints of ruin As he worked
ms way amoiu; the detritus of the Metro,
polltan he kept a sharp,, watch for the
wreckage of a hardware store-
Not until he had crossed the enoUnt line
ot Madison avenuo and penetrated some
hundred yards stiU further along Twenty
third etrget did he find what he sought
"Ah 1" he wddealy crtftd. "Here's some
tbuiff uw !"
And iWMpkUa? ovw a tti t V?
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rrown rubbish with A couple of time-bitten
iron wneeis peering out evidently me
wreckage of an electrlo cat- he mads hi
way around a gaping hole where a side
walk had caved In and bo reached the In
terior of a shop.
"Tes, prospects here, certainly pros
pects I" ho decided, carefully Inspecting
the place. "If this didn't use to be Currier
A Brown's placo, I'm away off my bearings.
There ought to be something left
"Ah I Would you?" nnd he flung a.
hastily snatched rock at n rattlesnake that
had begun Its dry, chirring defiance, on top
of what once had been a counter.
The snake vanished, while tho rock, re
bounding, crashed through glass.
Stern wheeled about with a cry of Joy.
For.thero, he saw still stood near the back
of the shop a showcase from within which
he caught a sheen of tarnished meUI.
Quickly ho ran toward this, stumbling
over tho looso flooring, mossy and grass
grown Thero In Iho case, preserved as
you havo seen Egyptlnn relics two or three
thousand years old. In museums, the engi
neer beheld Incalculable treasures He
thrilled with a savngo, strange delight
Another blow with a sledge demolished
the remaining glass
He tromhlcd with excitement as he chose
what ho most needed
"I certainly do understand now," said he,
"why the New Zonlandcrs took Captain
Cook'a old barrel hoops and refined his
cash Same hero' All tho money In this
town couldn't buy this rusty knlfo " ns he
seized a corroded binds set In a horn
hnndlo, yellowed with nge And cagorly
he continued tho hunt
Fifteen mlnntci Inter ho had accumulated
a pair of scl.iors. two rubber combs, an
other knife a rcolver. nn automatic, sov
ernl handfuls of cartridges nnd a Cosmos
bottle
All these ho stowed In n mildewed rem
nant of a (ilnd'tonc bag, tnken from a cor
ner where a broken glass sign, "Leather
Goods," lay nmong tho rank confusion.
"I guess lo got enough, now, for the
first load." ho Judged, moro excited than
If ho had chanced upon a blue-clny.bed
crammed with Culllnnn diamonds "It's
n beginning. nnhow Now for Beatrice!"
Joyously ns a schoolboy with a pocket
ful of new -won marbles, he niado his exit
from tho ruins nf tho hardware storo and
started back toward tho tower.
But hardly had ho gono a hundred feet
whon all nt onco he drew back with a sharp
ory of wonder nnd ntarm
Thero nt his feet. In plain view under a
little mnple sapling, lay something that held
him frozen with astonishment
Ho snatched It up, dropping tho sledgo
to do so
"What? What?" he stammered! and at
the thing hft stared with widened, uncom
prehending eyes
"Merciful God! How what ?" cried
he.
Tho thing ho held In his hand wns a
broad, flat, flint assagai point!
ritAi'Tr.n it;
HEADWAY AtiAIVST ODDS
STERN gazed nt this last alarming object
with moro trepidation than ho would
havo oyod a token authentically labeled:
"Direct from Mars "
For tho spaco of a full half minute he
found no word, grasped no coherent
thought, camo to no nctlon save to stand
there thunderstruck, holding tho rotten
leather bag In one hnnd, the spearhead In
tho other.
Then, suddenly, ho shouted a curso nnd
mado ns though to fling It clean away. But
ero It had loft his grasp, ho checked him
self "No, there's no uso In that," said ho,
qulto slowly. "If this thing Is what It
nppcnrs to bo, It It Isn't merely somo freak
ish bit of stono weathered oft somewhere,
why. It means my Ood, what doesn't It
mean?"
Ho shuddorcd, nnd plnnced tearfully
about him ; all his, calculations nlready
soomed crashing down nbout him; all his
plans, half-formulated, nppenred In ruin.
New, nst and unknown f.ictors of tho
strugglo brondonod rapidly beforo his men
tal vision, It this thing wero really what It
looked to be.
Keenly he peered at tho bit ot flint In his
palm Thero It lay, real enough, an nlmost
perfect specimen of tho Ankers urt, show-
Ilifil
Advance in Harmon Prices !
JN common with other manufacturers of
mechanical products using the finer
materials and higher class workmanship,
the Nordyke & Marmon Company is
obliged to increase the prices of the Mar
mon 34. The new prices will affect cars
purchased rfrom this date for delivery alter
the first day of the coming year. But cars
ordered tor delivery before January 1 will
be sold at the old prices.
'Notwithstanding this advance, the Mar
mon 34 is by far the most economical car
of the Luxury class. Due to its scienti ic
construction, 1 1 "0 pounds lighter weight,
and wonderfully efficient overhead valve
motor, it averages from 50 to 75 per cent
more miles per gallon, of gasoline. Its tires
give hundreds of, miles more service than
the same kind of tires on other cars of
equal size and power.
The Marmon 34 is already priced lower
than comparable cars, and it probably will
remain so. '
FANNING-MATHlS COMPANY
S.
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IF A MAN THOUGHT HIS BOY WAS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE
HIMSELF
Ing distinctly where tho wood had been np
plied to tho core to peel off tho many suc
cessive layers.
It could not havo been nbovo three and a
hnlf Inches long by one nnd a quarter wide
at Its broadest part. Tho halt, whoro it
had been hollowed to hold tho lashings, was'
well marked.
A diminutive object and a skillfully
formed one. At any other time or place
the engineer would have considered the
finding a good fortune ; but now I
"Yet after all," he said aloud, as if to
convlnco himself, "it's only a bit ot stonel
What can it prove?"
His subconsciousness seemed to make an
swer: "So, too, the sign that Robinson
Crusoe found on tho beach waa only a hu
man footmark. Do not deceive yourselfl"
In deep thought the cnglnoer stood there
a moment or two. Then, "Bah!" cried he.
"What does It matter, anyhow? Let it
come whntevcr it Is! If I hadn't Just hap
pened to And this, I'd havo boen none the
wlsor." And'ho dropped tho bit of flint Into
the bag along with tho other things
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
Firo in Mine Under Control
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.. Nov. 23. Firo
has been raging In tho No. 1 shaft of the
No. 7 colliery of tho Susquehanna Coni
Company for several dnys. Tho blaze Is
confined to nn Isolated part of tho ml no and
Is believed to be under control.
What's Doing Tonight
fortieth and Market Rtreetn Dullness Men,
T Mouth Knrtleth slreot, 8 o'clock. Free.
County Medical Society. Coll, me of Physician.
Twenty-second nnd Ludlow streets: 8 o'clock.
Democratlo Club, 1430 Bouth 1'onn square; 8
o'clock.
Ilazaar for Presbyterian Home for Ased
Couples and Ased .Men, llnla, Uellevue-Strat-ford.
University Eitenslon lecturo by Miss Janet
rtlctnrds on "Current Events," Wltherepoon
Hall.
Colilflsh exhibition. H14 Arch street.
Lecture "Tho Tompest." by Sidney Wollett
Houston Hall
iJodoty ot Sursery. Hahnemann College.
Country fair, parish hall of Plater Dolorosa
Cnthotlc Church. Krankford.
Concert to aid Ht. Vincent do Paul Society,
parish house, Kitty-sixth street and Cheater
iivenun
Dickens Fellowship, Hotel Walton; 8:15
o'clock.
Effective January l9 1917
W. Cor. Broad and Race Sts
870
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CAMDEN HAS MOTHERS' DAY
Union Evangelical Campaign Leaders
Urgo Peoplo to Wear Pink and
White Carnations
It Is Mothers' Day in Camden and other
nearby sections of New Jersey. Thousands
ot porsons aro wearing carnations. The
observance Is on of the many features of
the Union Evangelical campaign being con
ducted In that vicinity.
Dr. Mllford IL Lyon, the evangelist whs
has been leading the campaign, announced
that pink carnations should be worn by
evory man, woman and child whose mother
waa living. Dead mothers were to bo
honored with white carnations.
Appropriate services will bo conducted
this afternoon In tho tabernaclQ at Ninth
street and Wright avenuo. Camden. Doctor
Lyon's subject will bo "Tho Motherhood of
Cod."
Tonight more than one thousand mem
bers of Masonic lodges nro expected to at
tend tho services. It will bo "Masonlo
Night." Masons from Camden, Phlladel-,
phla, Merchnntvllle, Palmyra, Haddon
Heights nnd other adjacent sections of New
Jersey hno signified their Intentions of
being present. Tho entlro body will ns-1
sembie In front of tho Masonlo Temple,
Fourth street below Market street, Cam
den. ot 7 IB, nnd, headed by Howard J.
Dudley, worshipful master of the ionlo
Lodgo, No. 94, will march to tho tabor
naclo. Sections ot tho largo auditorium
havo been reserved for tho lodgo members.
Chnngo in Cast at Brand
Miss Cnli Kano has been recently en
gaged by Messrs. Klaw & Erlanger and
George C. Tyler for tho cast of "The Harp
of Life." In which Miss Laurctto Taylor la
appearing nt the Droad Street Theater.
Miss Kano will nppcar tonight for tho first
time, taking the part of Zella Vorona. For
the last year Miss Kane has been a striking
figure in leading fcaturo films nnd her re
turn to tho spoken drama Is welcome.
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