K JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
itfdding Plans for Production of "The Flower
princess" iwiy iext Month Discussed at
Length by Nancy Wynne
,,tcnt cxtravngnnza for the ben-
1 1.M of tho School of Industrial Art,
KSh had U Inception somo six or seven
Ss Ago l'h8 8how' not lho "cho0'' ot
7- will havo In addition to Its eve.
performance on December 6, fol
$..A by dancing, an afternoon perform
! ..L-lnllir for tho kiddles, who do-
I Shi in such things, and nro always put
ffhed so early thoy miss most of them,
f Ther tell mo that thero Is actually a
l"i..t niot this year, which as rolated
Vme is brleny:
t- Th8 enons oi. " -
1 land of Flowers to learn to sing before
!Cr twentieth birthday, as It lias Been uo-
Lr - .. .i-.- l.a t1nA fin nhn will Inna
fceed that me " --" - --
W throne and tho kingdom pass to her
fenjln the King of tho Peacocks, who Is
fUvorInB to accomplish her downfall
m ihe throne. It Is said that the first
?!Lii.i nccno for which Is tho Palaco of
iftacocks and most of tho characters In
ihlch nro theso vain and haughty birds
Uther satirizes various phases of I'hlla
Slphfa life, and society Is curious to seo
fioit'whnt form that satlro will take.
I'Tne music will bo more elaborato than
f'T before. Alfred Barton, who has writ
Va tho show, has composed ten original
Muilcal numbers for tho production. Tho
hro featured songB nro "Islo of Flowers,"
W by Miss Elizabeth Hood Latta, and
fcl Love Toil In Pink," sung by Miss
Belen Ellis, Vinton i-rceuioy anu cnorus.
louns Frcedlcy, who ploys tho part of
ki.. tho Crown Prlnco of tho Peacocks,
Ijjjo has a very amusing number, entitled
STm a Lover of Birds," with a chorus of
Wakccts, tho brilliant colorings 01 wmen
Sake a stunning costume. Tho group for
this chorus Is headed by Isabel Wurts
page and Includos Margarot Burton.
Oirlstino Rowley Baker, Mary Shoppard,
Charlotte Fahncstock. Edytho Smytho
ana Elizabeth Williams,
ifm ihn second act, tho sceno of which
jj tho Island of Flowers, an elaborate
iiit. entitled "Tho Awakening of tho
flowers," will b,o presented. In this Miss
Jliry WUrtS Will UO MO CIUOI. uuiitvi mu
lorralne Graham will lead a group of
'debutantes attired as cornllowcrs, which
Vlll Includo Violet Welsh, Anno Slter,
'jtgry Loverlng and Mary and Elizabeth
vkMrnrd. Kathcrlno Lea will head a
tpoup of orchids Impersonated by Paulino
rwfnekla. Sarah Penrose, Sarah Franklin,
JEmllio Kennedy and Hannah Wright,
. Marv Lclnor will havo with her ns
jl&ffodlls Blancho Patterson, Elizabeth
Dallas, Margarot La Ruo anu asaDona
jVanamaker. Mrs. Walter Waring Hop
ktnson will liead n group of peonies.
5 Many features aro being added which
Vlll be of especial interest to tho chil
dren, such as tho antics of tho crow and
tin bear, music tenchors to tho princess,
for Mr. Barton has devised a fantastic
play full of birds, flowers, nnimnis anu
fairies, and because of its particular suit
ability to children many box parties aro
beiaf arranged for them nt tho afternoon
performance.
- -ureal interest was shown yesterday In
Av Collcgo Settlement bazaar that was
tit at 35 West Thlrty-sovonth Bireei,
w York. Mrs. Adolpho Borlo, presl-
lent of tho Bryn Mnwr Club, and Mrs.
eph B. Johnson, Jr., were In chnrgo or
liryn JIawr graduates, who served tea
. did tho Usual things that count for so
rauch at a fair. I hear that tho assort
Bent of Itusslan brasses and copper that
they had for sale were oxfluislto. It
teems that Miss Elizabeth Williams and
lilrs. William Valentino Schovllle spent
many months collecting from all tho queer
s one finds in New York, and wnoro
one Is always so very anxious to buy but
d for fear of being stuck.
fTalklnir of fairs, this romlnds me of a
tittle Incident that took place nt one of
enr fashionable bazaars lately. Ono of
the younger set waa asked to aid. She
arrived late, after .everything waa done
and all tho other ald3 were In their
places and working hard. This girl
bustled about, talked much to tho men
jirtjo carao In nbout how fatigued she was;
then, when tho inevitable Invitation
Ju forthcoming, hastily donned her hat
coat and departed poor thing! to
Rat up a little under the rosy glow at a
tea .table. NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
Pitr- ....A r wiiihm H. Patterson, of
little Brick House, Merlon, announce the
'engagement of 'their daughter. Miss Blanche
M. Patterson, to Mr. John R. Chamber n.
m ot Mr. and Mrs. William B. Chamberlln,
f Dtvon-on-tho-Dela ware. Torresdale.
invitation Lav nAn tanned by Mr. apd
Illrt. Joseph M, Qazzam. of 205 South Nine
Itwoth street, for a tea with dancing on
ipeeembe- 28, from 4 until 0 o'clock, to
6wt Miss Elizabeth Boyd and Miss Bar
ltra Norman, of Newport, It I.
Hiss .Norman will De me guest "
during the Christmas nouaayo.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Williamson Roberts will
fustertaln at dinner next Tuesday, There
I be twelve guests.
Dr. and Mm. E. Ilolllnirsworth Slter, of
lilt Smith ItlttonhnllKA Rnimre. will gtVO a
ka this afternoon to Introduce their daugh-
i, Miss Anne Holllngsworth Biter, wios
Kr, who will wear a frock of white satin
Mil tulle, will be assisted In receiving by
Uiin Elizabeth W, Packard, Miss Marian
Stewart Wurts, Miss Frances Wayne Lelper,
3 Mary B. Ashhurst, Miss Katharine
WUtlaa Lea, Miss Lorraine, a. Graham,
aiary tarnum racKara, wi
Batann viiint xriaa Manv Tunis. Miss
&Uabeth Pllfinn AHnm Minn Mary Alice
gy Mlaa Frances W, Scott, Miss Sarah
"7POie Nellson. M(ss Charlotte alter ana
- Morton S. Paton. Mrs. George Whar
" P'PPer and Mrs. J. Allison Scott will
eId at the tea tables. Dr. and Mrs.
fwr will also entertain for their daughter
w December 88, when they will give a
buu&ta dance at the Rltz-Carlton.
'"Mr. and Mrs. Edward Roberts, of Car
ryon. Paoll. will entertain at dinner this
Kwlag-,
Off-.and Mrs. Francis Butler Beeves, Jr..
fc Abbotsfnrtl nv.nii. flarmAntavm. Will
BU"ala at dinner at their home this eve-
. peiore Mrs. Brooke's dancing ciass,
Mnor of their daughter, Miss Josephine
w tweyes.
-Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Daniel, of Rose-
t. will give an Informal butfet supper
evening in honor of Mlaa Katharine
Jfratr daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. WHlam
Kiwr ana filr cnanning w. uanioi,
M weddlne wlU take nlace tomorrow.
t gtt4t will Include Mtsa Mary Cordon,
nawaue Lucas, MIsa Agnea wcuon-
l,,w iWtn Bates, Miss Eleanor ver-
r ttouert TV nmiii Mr. Jonn ivwu
. '' "r.'.r"- " - . r I
lofe " JMtt
Thotoararh br J. Mitchell Elliot,
MISS MARIE C. MACK
Miss Mnck'a cngnKcmcnt to Mr.
Herman F. Stoin, of Hndtlonficld,
N. J., is boing announced today by
hor mother, Mrs. M. L. Mnck
Fnust, of 2333 North Twcnty-scc-on
street
ton, all of this city: Mr. Charles M. Kln
solvlng, formerly of Virginia, now of Phila
delphia, and Mr. Robert Q. Lowndes, of
Bnltlmoro.
Mrs. Theodore Voorhccs, of Klklnn Park,
has left for White Sulphur Springs, W. Va
whoro she will spend somo time. Mr.
Thcodoro Voorhccs will leave tomorrow to
Join his mother.
Miss Charlotto Brown, of Chestnut Hill,
has returned from Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Robert Norton D. Wagner, of G31S
Cloarvlew street, Germantown, will enter
tain at brldgo neat Wednesday In honor ot
Miss Loulso Dando, whoso marrlngo to Mr.
Guy Stotenburg, of New York, will tako
placo on December 8. Miss Dando will spend
tho week-end nt Flushing. L. .1. ns the guest
of Vlss Viola MacDougall, who will bo one
of her bridesmaids.
Mrs. Annah B. C. Do Haven, of 2037
Spruce street, has Issued Invitations for a
danco at Asher's, on Wednesday, Decem
ber 27, In honor of Mr. Edwin Gallup Fox.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Dearden, of
Merlon avenue, Ovcrbrook, will glvo a dln-nor-danco
at the Bcllovuo-Stratford to
morrow night, when 100 guests will be
present
Mrs. Lewis Lauronce Smith, Miss M.
Carey Thomas, Mrs. Edward Y. Harts
horne, Mrs. J. Ralston Covert, Mrs. Ferreo
Brlnton and Mrs. Laurenco M, Willson left
this week for Wltllamsport, Pn., whoro
they aro delegates to tho forty-eighth an
nual convention of tho Woman Suffrage
Association of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. William Sherwood, of 1036 North
Twelfth street, will give a dance this eve
ning at 8:30 o'clock In honor ot hor grand
daughter. Miss Lorralno Sherwood Stahl.
Mrs. Sherwood and Miss Stahl will bo as
sisted In receiving by Mrs. Richard Stahl,
Miss Elizabeth Bernard, Miss Marlon E.
Welhenmayer, Miss Dorothy E. Zurn, Miss
Marlon Perrlno Davis and Miss Martha
Taylor. The ballroom will be artistically
decorated with chrysanthemums.
Miss Stahl will wear a slmplo gown ot
white satin trimmed with tullo and old
point lacs which belonged to her grcat
grandmothor. Miss Kathcrlno Simpson, of 4623 Chest
nut street, and Miss Gladys Kochersperger,
of Merchantvllle, will leave today for Balti
more, Md., to attend the wedding of their
cousin. Miss Mildred Adams, to Mr. John
Lowe, ot Washington, D. C.
Miss Elizabeth Waters, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Waters, Jr., of Washing
ton lane, Jenklntown, has returned from
Pennsylvania State College, where she spent
several days In a houso party at the Theta
XI house and attended the gaieties ot
Pennsylvania week. Other members of the
house party were Miss Marlon' Warner, of
Elklns Park; Miss Katherlne Dickie and
Miss Elizabeth Parker, of Jenklntown.
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Cain, ot 1440
North Fifty-sixth street, announce the en
gagement of their daughter, MU" Elizabeth
Cain, to Mr. Randolph Peters, of 1603 North
Sixteenth street. No date has been set
for the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Crothers, of Elm
wood avenue and Sixtieth street, announce
tho engagement of their daughter, Miss
Anna Crothers, to Mr. James Palmer Henry,
of West Philadelphia.
A prize masquerade and dance wilt be
given by the Suburban Athletic Club of
Lansdowne tomorrow evening at the club
house, Maple avenue, Lansdowne.
Mr, and Mrs. David C. Humphreys, of
1832 North Eleventh Btreet, have gone to
Palm Beach, Fla., to spend several weeks,
Mr. Henry Lerner, of this city, has re
turned home from the border, where he has
been stationed at El Paso with the National
Guard of Pennsylvania. Mr, Lerner was
the guest of honor at a welcome party given
last Saturday evening.
RUSH TO ARMY-NAVY GAME
All Rooms Engaged in Big New York
Hotels
Warning If you are going to the Army-
Navy game in new xor tomorrow, take
a tent with you If you have not reserved
fcntel accommodations. The New York
hotels are crowded, and last night it was
Impossible to get a room ror tomorrow.
One man tried twenty-flve hotels without
success.
Some London hotels, when crowded, will
allow persons, that Is, Americans, to sleep
on pool tables or In bathrooms, and one
American Is on record as having slept In
a china closet In Piccadilly.
Suggestions to that effect were made: to
several New York hotel clerks who have
been turning away would-be patrons.
"Nothing doing," they paid. "You have
to sleep In a. bed in New York hotels, and
at present beds can't be hired or bought
We're full
Ohio Boy Corn Champion Retains Title
COLUMBUS, O., Nov- 24. Dewey Hanes,
nineteen, of Arcanum, retains his title u
champion boy corn grower of Ohio. The
J.7... Knard of agriculture awarded him
first prize State-wide contest He
WillS ft MlP M.SW"WM - t- m-
nual Ofcta corn tour wiuh starts eew-.-
a. Hla yield tW yar was Jwtts? than
EVE&IHG IiBt)aBB-PHTLADEKPHI FBEDAY,
ONE DEAD, OTHERS HURT
WHEN STORM HITS CITY
Miniature Cyclone Cnuse3 Dam
age and Many Freak
Accidents
One death and Injuries -Jo several per
sons, two of whom may die, were the
toll of the windstorm that swept Phila
delphia nnd Camden nt 8:20 o'clock last
night. The storm came suddenly from the
Southwest and wn a surprise even to the
Weather Bureau. Signs were blown down,
windows broken and other dnrnnge to the
extent of several hundred dollars was
wrought by the miniature cyclone.
Tho one death occurrctl nt Broad nnd
Geary streets, whore George Jennings, n
truck gardener, nttemptlng to drive hla
team ncross tho tracks of the lingua Is
lnnd trolley enrs, wan so blinded by the
rain nnd wind Hint hi wagon collided with
a street car Ho died on his way to tho
Methodist Hospital.
An unldentHIrd man Is dying In the
Samaritan Hospital ns tho result of hav
ing been struck by a trolley car during
tho Btorm nt Fifteenth street and German
town avenue. Daniel llnstlngs. ot CS44 Ger
mantown avenue, tho motorman, nnd Frank
Condon. 82S Church lane, tho ronductor.
wcro held under J600 ball todny by Mogls
trate Prlco for a further hearing Decem
ber 8.
William Robinson, fifty-seven years old,
of 4180 Germantown nenue. while riding
a blcyclo In Broad street, collided with nn
automobile driven by Jninei Henry, of Ches
ter, nt Courtland street He Is In St. Luke's
Hospital suffering from a fracture of the
skull.
The business section of the city along
Chestnut and Market streets suffered dnm
ngen when many signs wero blown down
and bonrds blown ngntnst windows. The
tall buildings formed nlrshafts for tho
strong wind. Tho blasts caino nnd went
In sudden gusts nnd after tho storm had
subsided tho tempornturo roso flvo degrees.
XMAS TIIKK FOK FRANKPORD
Community Cclcbrntion Will Bo Elab
orate Funds Being Contrib
uted Liberally
Business men and residents generally are
preparing for a big Christmas Jubilation
In Frankford. Ono of tho big features of
tho celebration will bo a community Christ
mas treo, which will be placed In front of
tho new Frank ford High School, which Is
ono of the highest points In tho city. When
Illuminated tho treo will bo seen for ninny
miles.
Plans nro being nrrnnged to havo tho
school children nnd various church choirs
In tho vicinity sing Christmas carols, and
the Frankford Orchestra nnd other musical
organizations will probably partlclpato In
tho celebration
Practical stcpi to ralso tho necessary
funds nro already under way. It Is ex
pected that 51000 will bo collected within
tho next few weeks
Tho following contributions havo nlrcndy
boon mndo, although the project Is Bcarcoly
moro than a few hours old: Business Men
nnd Tnxpaycrs' Association, $00 ; Oppor
tunity Committee, $2G j Treo Commlttco,
$26.
PHI BETA KAPPA MEETING
President of Southern Railway to Do-
liver Second Anniversary
Oration
The Phi Beta Kappa Association of Phila
delphia will hold Its second nnnlversary
meeting nt Houston Ifnll, Unlvorslty of
Pennsylvania, Monday evening, December 4
The program Includos a reception nnd brief
business session, followed by literary exer
cises, Including a Phi Beta Kappn poem,
"Tho Concord of Learning," by C Wharton
Stork, and an address, "The School of
Hellas," by Fairfax Harrison. A social
hour and collation will end tho evening
Tho secretary. Dr. George D. Hndzslts Is
In chnrgo of tho anniversary session.
Tho meeting promises to be of very great
Interest. Fairfax Hnrrlson Is president of
the Southern Railway Company nnd Is n
brilliant and charming speaker. C. Whnr
ton Stork Is writing a special poem for tho
occasion. Ho Is a professor In tho Univer
sity's English department and has published
several volumes of poems,
OPERATION RESTORES SIGHT
Shore Buildinjj Inspector, Blinded by
Erysipelas, Sees Again
ATLANTIC CITT, Nov. 24. Building In
spector David S. Lawson wob able to seo
for the first time In over a year after nn
operntlon on ono of his eyes. When Dr.
Frederick Frlsch hnd completed tho opera
tion Chief Lnwson was able to see tho
electrlo light over his cot His eyes were
Immediately bandaged. Doctor Frlsch be
lieves that the operation was successful.
Lawson lost his sight following nn at
tack of erysipelas. Although ho recovered
his health about six weeks afterward, tho
disease caused total blindness. Despite
this handicap he has bocn present at his
oinces overy day to superintend the work
of his assistants.
Colllngswood Club Seeks Mejnbers
COLLINGSWOOD, N. J., Nov. 24. Tho
fifteen-day membership campaign of tho
newly orgnnlzed "All-Colllngswood Club"
for at least 300 members will open tonight.
Tho sixty men who constltuto tho ten
"armies" will meet at tho clubhouse nnd
receive Ann! Instructions fromithe cam
paign manager, Newton B. T Honey, nnd
President Walter L, Tushlngham. Satur
day night there will be a big public turn
out, when overy automobile In tho town,
with hundreds of mnscnieraders, will parade,
and prizes for tho best costume as well ns
for the best-decorated business houso will
be awarded.
CopyrUM. Life Pub. Co.
THINGS THAT NEVER WERE
Mrs, Croesus; Heavens! What
has happened to you?
"I was advising the populace, and
had just got as far as 'economy is
the secret of wealth.'"
MARRIED 25 YEARS
..i ii . f .
Mr, and Mrs. Frederick Schaible to
Mark Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mr, and Mrs- Frederick Schaible will
celebrate U16'1" B"ver wedding anniversary
tomorrow night at their home, 923 West
Dakota street, In the presence of about
seventy-five guests. A feature of the oc
casion will be the attendance of the brides
maid and groomsman who served at the
wedding twenty-five years ago. They are
Miss Margaret Zimmerman, a sister of Mrs.
Schaible, and Earnest Schaible, a brother
of Mr. Schaible.
Mr and Mrs. Schaible were married in
st Paul's German Lutheran Church, at
B-ourth and Canal streets, by the Rev C. J
Miller There are two children, Frederick,
Jr and Mrs. Helen Dalley and four grand
children. Mr Sehalble Is a. wholesale fish
mwjhant wlt& Pl lwlw on Pods
,
INTERRUPTING THE SPELT.
foprrttnt. Life
Young Roc: Hey there! Will you please
THE VACANT WORLD
By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
Cevvrioht. lilt, bu frank A. Xtunneu Company
Tim stout Titus r.vn
.UKATIltCi: ICISNimiCK. ft stenosrapher,
lowly regntnii ninclounes ami win ntr
rei upmi a ncenii of utter uotnllon snu
ruin. The office In tho MntropolUnn 'lull;'
Inc. New York, where ho hail eat nt )
typewriter when eho eu.l.lonly fell mleeji. Ii
nnw nothing hut ruin Only uiierlructuie.
tirlck walls nml floor and pll' of out ami
iwwilereil wrrrkuae remain, llcatrlco hair
rrnehee to her nnklM . , ,,.
AI.I.AN STIttlN. her employer, one of the
city'" grentcut enelneera In the undeter
mined rnt, comei to life nlo In hla labora
tory. At euch moieinent more of nil ue
componed clolhlnit rnlH lie has ft great
ahoek of hair and long heard.
.When lleatrlco anil Alloi fully recover
their eensea they make ii hnety auney ot
their situation. Tho entire ilty l n great
forest, with wrecks of nkj scrapers promis
ing above the trees i:eryttilng. Is dead.
They nro the only human lietns num.
While un their trip of exploration, they
And furs, mlnernl water and same canned
food which had been presereO In the air
tight chambers of tho numerous stores in
the nrcailu ot tho building. lTom theso
they clothe themselves and stock their
larder .,
Later Stern illscoers ft spring near tha
building, thus assuring n constant aupply
of fresh water While nn Ida wny to the
remains of a hardware sloro, whore ho se
cures reolers guns, ammunition nnd other
useful nrtlrles. he Ilnds a sicnr nonil.
This Is tho tlrst Indication that there aro
other human beings nllNO on earth. Htern
Is filled with fear. . , ,
llefore Stern loaes for a more extended
expedition tho following day ho sles llea
trlco a molter.
CIIAPTKIl X (Continued)
itTV YOU want something to do you enn
X prnctlco nn that dead limb out there,
seo? And don't bo nfrnld of wnstlng am
munition. There must be millions of car
tridges In this old burg- millions nil ours!"
Again ho laughed, nnd handing her nn-
Never had the engineer beheld a
sight so wonderful to him,
other pistol, now fully loaded, took his
leavo. Ileforo ho had climbed a hundred
feet up tho tower stair ho heard a ulow,
unoven nop pop popping, nnd with satis
faction knew that Heatrlco wai already
perfecting herself In tho uso of the revolver.
"And she may need it, too we both
may, badly beforo wo know It!" thought
he, frowning, as ho kept upon his way.
This reflection weighed so heavily upon
him, all duo to tho flint nssagal point,
that ho made still another excuse that
afternoon and so got out of taking
the girl Into the forest with him on his
exploring trip.
The excuso was all the more plausible In
asmuch as he left her enough work nt homo
to do, making some real clothing nnd some
sandals for them both. This task', now
that the girl had fcClsaorB to use, was not
too hard.
Stern brought her great armfuls ot the
furs from the shop In the nrrado, and left
her busily and happily employed.
Ue spent the afternoon In scouting
through tho entire neighborhood from
Sixth avenue ns far east as Third and from
Twenty-aevonth street down through Union
Square.
Revolver In his left hand, knife In his
right to cut away troublesome bush or
brambles, or to Wit Impeding vine masses,
he progressed slowly and observantly.
He kept his eyes open for big game, but
though he found moose tracks at )he
comer of Broadway and Nlnteeenth he
ran Into nothing more formidable than a
lynx, which snarled at him from a tree
overhanging tho mournful rulna of the
Farragut monument.
One shot tent It, bounding and screaming
with pain out of view. Stern noted with
satisfaction that blood followed Its trail.
"Quess I haven't forgotten how to shoot
after all these years I" he commented, stoop
ing to examine tha spoor. "That may come
In handy later!"
Then, still wary and watchful, he con.
tlnucd his exploration. .
lie found that the city, as such, had en
tirely ceased to be.
"Nothing but lines and monstrous rub.
blsh heaps of ruins." be sized up the situa
tion, "traversed by lanes of forest and
overgrown with every 'sort of; vegetation.
"livery wooden building completely
wiped out Brick and stone ones virtually
gone. Steel alone standing and that In
rotten shape, "othlng at all Intact but
the few concrete structures.
"Hal ha'" And he laughed satirically.
"If the builder of the twentieth century
could have foreseen this they wouldn't have
thrown qulta such a chest, elf? And they
talfcajl of engltietrlngl''
Us'ilesj thoui'U It wiuf. b felt a certain
urn 4mfWr vm r
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got off? It's time for mo to como out.
pride In noting that the Osterhaut Build
Ing, on Seventeenth street, hnd lasted
rather better than tho nvcrage.
"My work I" snld ho. nodding with grim
satisfaction, then passed on.
Into tho fjuhwny ho penetrated nt Eight
eenth street, climbing with dlfllculty down
tho choked stairway, through bushes and
nvcr mnsses of ruin that had fallon from
tho roof. Tho great tube, ho saw, was
choked with Utter.
Slimy nnd damp It was, with a mephltlo
smell and ugly pools of water settled In
tho nnclcnt roadbed. Tho rails wore
wholly gono In places. In others only rot
ten fragments of steel remained.
A goggle-eyed loud stnrcd Impudently at
him from a long tnnglo of rubbish thnt hnd
been n train stalled thero forover by tho
flnnl block signal of death.
Through tho broken arches overhead the
rain nnd storms of ages hnd beaten down,
nnd lush grasses flourished hero nnd there
whero sunlight could penetrate.
No human dust heaps here, ns In tho
shelter of tho nrendo. Long slnco every
vestlgo of man hnd been swept nwny.
Stern shuddered, more depressed by tho
sight hero than nt any other ptnee so far
visited
"And they boasted of a work for all
tlmo !" whispered he. awed by tho horror
of It. "Thoy boasted llko the financiers,
tho churchmen, tho merchants, everybody I
Boasted of their Institutions, their city,
their country. And now "
Out lio clambered presently, terribly de
pressed by what ho had witnessed, nnd set
to work laying In still moro supplies from
tho wrecked shops. Now for tho first tlmo,
his wonder and nstonlshmont having large
ly abated, ho began to feel tho horror of
this loneliness.
"No llfo hero 1 Nobody to speak to
except tho girl !" he exclaimed aloud, tho
sound of his own volco uncanny In that
woodland street of death. "All gone,
everything' My heavens, suppose I didn't
hno her How long could I go on nlono
nnd keep my mind?"
Tho thought terrified him. Ho put It
resolutely nway tui(J went to work. Wher
ever ho stumbled upon anything of vnluo he
eagerly seized It.
Tho labor, ho found, kept him from tho
subconscious drend of what might hap
pen to Bcatrlco or to himself If cither
should mcot with nny mishap. Tho conso
quences of cither ono dying, he knew, must
bo horrlblo boyond nil thinking for tho Bur
vlvor. Up Broadway ho found much to keen
things which bo gnrncrcd In the up-caught
hem of his bearskin, things of nil kinds and
uses. Ho found a clay pipe all tho wooden
ones had vanished from tho shop and a
glass Jar of tobacco,
Theso ho took ns priceless treasures.
Moro Jars of edibles bo discovered, also a
stock of rare wines. Coffee and salt ho
camo upon. In tho ruins of the llttlo
French brnsswnro shop, opposite the Flat
Iron, ho m.ido n rich haul of cups and
nlntes nnd a still serviceable, lump.
Strangely enough, It still had oil In It.
Tho fluid, hermotlcnlly scaled In, had not
been nhlo to evaporate.
At Inst, when tho lengthening shadows
In Mndlson Forest warned him that day
was ending, ho betook himself, heavy
laden, once moro back past tho spring, nnd
so through tho path which already was
beginning to bo visible back to tha shelter
of the Metropolitan.
"Now for a great surprise for tho girl 1"
thought ho. laboriously tolling up the stnlr
with his burden: "What will she say, I
wonder, when she Bees all these house
keeping treasures?" Eagorly he hastened.
Hut before ho had reached tho third
story ho heard a cry from nbove. Then a
spatter of revolver-shots punctured tho air.
He stopped, listening In alarm.
"Bentrlco 1 Oh. Beatrice !" he hailed, his
volco falling flat and stifled In thoso ruin
ous passages.
Another shot.
"Answer!" panted Stern. "What's the
matter now?"
Hnstlly he put down his burden, and.
spurred by a great terror, bounded up tho
broken stairs.
"Morclful henven I" stammered he.
Into their little shelter, their home, he
ran, calling her name
No reply camo!
Stern Btopped Bhort, his face a livid gray.
Tho girl was gonel
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A THOUSAND VKAB8I
SICKENKD with n numbing anguish of
fear such as In all his life he had never
known, Stern stood there a moment, mo
tionless nnd lost.
Then he turned. Out Into the hall he
ran, and his volco, re-echoing wildly, rang
through those long-deserted aisles,
Alt at once he heard a laugh behind him
a hall.
Ho wheeled about, trembling and spent.
Out his arms went, In eager greeting. For
the girl, laughing and flushed, and very
beautiful, was coming down the stair at
tho end of the hall.
Noer had the engineer beheld a sight
so wonderful to him as this woman, clad
in the Bengal robe; this girl who smiled
and ran to meet him.
"What? Wre you frightened?" she
BFkcd, growing suddenly serious, as he
Blood thero speechless and pale. "Why
what could happen to me here?"
Ills only answer was to take her In his
arms and whisper her name. But she
struggled to be free.
"Don't I You mustn't I" she exclaimed,
"I didn't mean to alarm you. Didn't even
know you were here!"
"I heard the shots I called you didn't
answer. Then
"You found me gone? I didn't hear you..
It was nothing, after all. Nothing much 1"
He led her back Into the room,
"What happened? Tell me I"
"It was really too absurd 1"
"What was It?"
"Only this," and she laughed again. "I
was getting supper ready, as you see," with
a nod at their provisions laid out upon the
clean-brushed floor. "When "
"Yes?"
"Why, a blundering great hawk, swooped
n through the window there, circled around,
pounced on the last of our beet and tried
to fly away with It."
Stern heaved a sigh of relief. "So that
vas all?" he asked. "But the shots? And
your absence?"
"I struck at him. He showed fight. I
blocked the window. He was determined
to get away with the food. I was, deter
mined he shouldn't So I snatched the re
volver and opened Are," i
"And then?" '
That confused hta. He flapped out Into
the hall. I chased him. Away up the stairs
ho circlet). I aiot again. Then I pursued.
Weat up two stories. But t toust tT
got nway through name opening or other;
OUr ber all gene I" And Beatrice looked
very sober.
"Never mind J I've got ft lot moro stuff
downstairs. But, tell me, did you wing
hlmr
"I'm afraid not," she admitted. 'There's
a feather or two on Ihe stairs, though."
"Oood work I" cried he laughing, his fear
all swallowed In the Joy of having found
hei ngaln, safe nnd unhurt. "But please
don't glvo mo anothor such panic will you?
It's all right this time, however.
"And now, If you'll Just wnlt here nnd
not get fighting with nny moro wild crea
tures, I'll go down nnd bring my latest
finds. 1 like your pluck," he added slowly,
gluing earnestly nt her.
"Hut I don't want you chasing things In
this old shell of n building. No telling what
crevice you might fall Into or what accident
might happen. Alt revolrl"
Her smile as he left her wns Inscrutable,
but her eyes, strangely bright, followed him
till ho hnd vanished once moro down tho
stnlrs.
Broad strokes, n line here, ono there, with
much left to tho Imagining such will serve
best for tho painting of n picture like
this a picture wherein every ordlnnry bond
of human life, the nexus of man's society,
Is shattered. Whero everything must strive
to reconstruct Itself from the dust. Whore
tho future, If nny such thero may be, must
rlso from tho ashes ot a crumbling past,
Broad strokes, for detailed ones would
fill too vnst a ennxns, Impossible to de
scribe a tenth of tho activities of Beatrice
nnd Stern the next four days. Kven to
make a Hat of tholr hard-won possessions
would turn this chapter Into a mcro cata
loguo So let these poss for the most part. Day
by dny tho man, Issuing forth sometimes
alone, sometimes with Beatrice labored like
a Tlton ntuong tho rulna of Now York.
Though moro than ninety per cent of the
city's one-time wealth had long since van
ished, nnd though all standards of worth
hnd wholly changed, yot much remained
to harvest.
Inllnltudes of things, moro or lees dnm
nged, they boro up to their Bhelter, up the
stairs which hero and thero Stern hnd re
paired with rough hewn logs.
For now ho hnd nn nx, found In thnt
treasuro houso of Currier A Brown's,
brought to a sharp edgo on a. wet. Hat
stone by tho spring, nnd haftcd with n
sapling.
This Implement wns of Incredible uso,
nnd greatly cnhcnrtcncd the englnoor. Moro
vulunblo It wns thnn a thousand tons of
Bolld gold.
The samo store yielded also a welt pre
served enameled water poll nnd somo
smaller dishes of llko ware, three moro
knives, quantities of nnlts and some small
tools: nlso tho tremendous bonnnza of n
magazine rlflo nnd n shotgun, both of which
Stern Judged would como Into shnpo by tho
application of oil and by careful tinkering.
Of ammunition, hero and olsewhoro, tho
engineer hnd no doubt ho could unearth
unlimited ciunntltlos,
"With steel," ho reflected, "nnd with my
flint spenr bead, I can mako flro at any
tlmo. Wood is plenty, and there's lota of
'punk.' So tho first step In ro-estnbllshlng
civilization Is secure. With fire, everything
clsa becomes possible,
"After n whllo, perhaps, I can get nround
to manufacturing matches again. But for
tho present my few ounces of phosphorus
nnd tho flint and steel will answer very
well."
(CONTINUKD TOMORROW)
BILLY SUNDAY POINTS
ROAD TO SUCCESS
Summarizes His Work Here and
Advises Steadfastness of
Purpose
A summary of tho advlco which ho gave
whllo conducting evangelistic meetings In
this city Ir tho bnsls of nn nrtlclo written
by Billy Sunday for tho Pcnnsylvanlnn. It
dents generally with the essentials to suc
cess. Ho contends thnt no one can fight unless
ho bolloves something. It was because tho
signers of tho Declaration of Independence
believed something, ho Bald, thnt "wo aro
singing 'My County 'TIs of Theo' Instead
of 'Ood Save tho King.'"
'Tho team than won't play ns hard In
tho ninth Inning ns In tho first will never
fly a championship flag." says Billy. Kvon
In tho ordinary gamo of cards, ho finds an
example, and In this connection, points out
that "four nces havo tho samo value at any
stago of tho gamo."
As un lllusjrntlon he declares "Colonel
Cocthals believed he could build tho Panama
Canal nnd his faith led to the completion
of grentor work than tho building of tho
pyramids."
"Olve the last minute a chance," he says
In summing up; "success may como to
you In the fifty-ninth minute of tho twenty
fourth hour."
"A doubter never moved a mole hill," he
asserts, "It's tho man who believes some
thing who does something."
CALLS FOR MISSING DADDY
Boy, Severely Injured, Begs for Parent
Who Disappeared
RED LION, Pa., Nov. 24. Strenuous ef
forts are being mndo here by friends of
the family to find Frank Stump, who has
been missing from his home hero since
July 5. His llttlo son Carroll, severely
Injured In a fall, continually risks for his
father.
He Is In a critical condition, and If the
father can be found It Is believed that
It will havo u beneficial effect on the lad's
condition. He was Injured jn a fall from
an autotruck during a Wilson parade here.
The family consists ot an Invalid mother
and three children.
16-YEAR-OLD DEBT CANCELED
Creditor Had Forgotten Matter When
Along Comes Cash
MAUCII CHUNK, Pa., Nov, 24. Elmer
Rohlflng, a Central Railroad of New Jer
aey engineer, has received a real surprise
In the form of $30, the balance due on
a bicycle which he sold fifteen years ago.
The money arrived In n letter from the
purchaser, now living In California.
When Rohlflng sold tho machine for $53
the purchaser paid $33 down and agreed
to send the balance the next day. Years
passed and Rohlflng had forgotten the debt
and Incident until the cash arrived.
WAR BOOSTS PRICE OF DOLLS
Few Have Arrived From Germany
Since Conflict Began
NEW YORK. Nov. 24. Small daughters
In the family are going to be more on the
order of luxuries than ever this year, Judg
ing from the prices that are In prospect
for Christmas dolls. The scarcity of bisque
dolls, will be greater than for years, for
veryi few of them have come In from Ger
many since the war begaif.
Bisque dolls can still be had here. It U
said, but only at prices, so Increased that
the head alone in some cases costs fifty per
cent more than the whole doll did last year.
Charles Booth, Ship Owner, Dies
LONDON. Nov. 24. Charles Booth,
chairman of the Booth Steamship Company,
died yesterday.
Charles Booth was a partner In tha firm
of Alfred Booth & Co., of Liverpool, for
merly president of the Royal Statistical So
ciety and member of the tariff commission
in 1904. In 1909 he WM appointed a mem
ber of a royal commission to deal with,
the problem of the unemployed la Great
Britain, Jtie was wie nuuiur qi several
Works on the condition of the working
men and poor ot Londou. 11 was seventy.
six years oM, j
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WOE IN WASIMGT0N;
DULL SOCIETY SEASON
Upper Cruat nnd Outer Fringe
Will Not Have "Good Old " .
Dnya"
WHITE HOUSE TO BE QUIET
WASHINGTON, Nor. 84. Society, from
the upper Crust to the outer fringe, wlllj
have to look elsewhere than to the White
House this season for Its gayety.
The good old days when the executive)
mansion set tho paco, nnd a fast one, ap
parently are past Hence, there la wo
from the ranks of the hlgh-browcd society
folk down to tho "climbers" who are over
with us.
Prealdent Wilson's "society Cabinet" Is
mapping out Its program for the winter,
but It was learned todny that thta will be
much ns In the Inst four years. Only such
functions ns have been customary nnd dip
lomatically necessary will bo held.
According to present plans, the Nr
Year's reception will continue In the dis
card. Tho President nnd Mrs. Wilson wilt
probably spend tho holidays away from
Washington.
It Is likely nlso thero wilt be no Inaugural
bnll.
With these two events, always big events
hero, ngaln vetoed, tho first gnla event
of the season will occur Friday, January 8.
This will bo a Fan-American Vcceptlon, re
placing the dlplomatto reception. It was
discarded Inst year owing to posstbto em
barrassments arising through belligerent
dlplomnta meeting each other over a grass
of punch,
Small receptions nnd dinners will alter
nate throughout tho winter season at tha
executlva mansion. The Cabinet dinner will
follow' tho I'nn-Amerlcan reception. Two,
diplomatic, dinners nro next, the first In
honor of French Ambassador Jussornnd,"
dean of tha dlplamntlo corps, and tho sec
ond for Herman Ambassador von Horns,
torff. Diplomats of warring nations will b
distributed nccordlng to homo alllancs.
Ncutrnl diplomats can take their appetites
to both dinners.
Aftor thoso nmenltles there wlIV. follow
the usual Judicial, congressional and army
navy reception and a dinner In honor of
the Houso Speaker. .
"PA" OF CHICAGO DIET
SQUAD LOSES WEIGHT
i. -All
Others, However, Have'
Gnined on 13-Cent Meals.
Today's Menu
CHICAGO, Nov. 24. A renl family at
mosphero Is growing around tho table
whero Health Commissioner Robertson'si
diet stprad Fletcherlzcs Its thlrtecn-ccnt
meals three times a day.
Dr. Albert J. Stokes has been officially
selected ns "pa" and last night sat nt the
head of tho table dishing up tho Now Eng
land boiled dinner like mother used to -mako.
Doctor Stokes Is tho only ono of the diet
squad who has lost weight during tho ex
periment. In tho two days of dieting he
has lost two and three-quarter pounds,
while Henry Qohrlng, Jr., hns gained three t
poundB. All others of tho twelvo have
gained from one to pne nnd three-quarter
pounds In two days.f , . i
Tho squad will attond tho annual ball ot
tho Health Department at tho Hotel Sher
man tonight, but there will bo no refresh
ments. Today's forty-cent menu comprises:
jmRAKFABT ,
Stewed peara. arlddle eskes and aynip. coffe.
LUNCHEON
Beet nnd rlee croquettes, pesa and carrots,
bread and butter, Ringer bread, tea.
DINNEK
Tomato soup, halibut steak, parsley potatoes, .
bread and butter, cream tapioca puddlnir. tea.
URGE GREATER SHEEP RAISING'
Experts Assert Dovolopmont of Indus
try Would Reduce Cost of Living
"Keep sheep" and combat the high cost,
of living Is tho ndvlco of tho thirty-five men
who gathered In the Chamber of Commerce
In answer to the call of the Philadelphia
Wool and Textile Association. It Is ths
hopo of tho men attending the two-day
conference that, by Instituting a propaganda
for tho rehabilitation of tho Bheep Indus
try In America, they may help cut down
the high prices.
F. R. Marshall, of tho Bureau of Animal
Industry, of Washington, spoke on "Prac
tical Lines of Cooperation by tho United
States Department of Agriculture" at last
night's session, Air. Marshall declared that.,
thero was much to bo done In developing
and systematizing the agricultural Interests
of tho country. There Is a serious shortage
of meat In the country, according to Prof.
William R. Tomhave, of Pennsylvania State
College, and ho proposed as a remedy an ex
tension of the sheep-rnlslng Industry. Pr6f. "
J. Russell Smith, of the Wharton School
of tho University of Pennsylvania, aald
thnt an Increased supply of wool, as ot
most agricultural products, was badly need-
ed In this country.
MINISTER FINDS NEW COMET
Rev. J. II. Metcnlf Adds Fourth Dis
covery to Record
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Nov. 24 The dis
covery of a new comet by the Rev. Joel IL
Metcalf. of Winchester, Is announced by the
Harvard College Observatory, Tha minister-astronomer
now has four comets to his
credit, a record equaled by few.
The comet, bo faint that It was discovered
only by photography, waa first seen by Mr.
Metcalf November 21. In Its official report
on the discovery the observatory states It
was made on "November El, 6673. Green
wich mean time; right ascension, 3 hours SB
minutes .OS seconds; declination, plus IS
degrees 32 minutes 60 seconds."
Hawaiian Princess as a Lobbyist
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Nov. 24. Prin
cess Kawananakoa of Hawaii left here to
day for Washington to start a lobby, per
haps the only one at the next seaslgn of
Congress to be headed by a real princess.
The purpose of the lobby Is to have one of
the new battleships named Hawaii,
President's Old Tailor Dead
AUGUSTA, Oa., Nov. 24. W. A. Bjm
aev. the tailor who made President Wilson
his Mrst pair of trousers, la dead. He waa
nlnety-threo years old. A letter from thu
President reached Mr. Ramsey yesterday,
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Salesmanship Club to Hold Forum
The Philadelphia Salesmanship Club will
hold Its first open forum meeting tonight '
In the assembly rooms of the Chamber of
Commerce. The Speaker ot the evening
will ba Thomas A. Knapp, whose subject
will be "The Selection of Salesmen."
What's Doing Tonight
Xctur n "The Art of ths NoreX'' by .Logic
U. Wilkinson, under th auspices at the Unlver,
ilty Extension Society. Caotral Y it C. A .
$431 Arch trt. 8 o'clock.
Philadelphia. Salesmanship Club, qbimUr at
Commrco Auditorium: 8 u'cJocli. .
Vaudeville and doe. anilar tha auspices et
tha William 1'ean iuf Bcbocl student, ,8cot-
tub WW IUU. Broad ad Jlaca atreeUj ,
o' clock.
Tenth annual 'banqiMt of tha ilsn's AsmcIi,
tlao it ths Oak Ln Prashjrtariin Church;
church buildloa:. Tenth strwt and Oak 1 .
avaaua. 8 o'cloe
gsvsnth annus tfion.r of the EcsnoujSs: Club,
Bsjlawa-Stratford; o'ek.
8rmon. "Judaism and Klhk'al CvHurs,"
Rabbi Mayn. Bodjh f04rtaio,Jam$u.
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