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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
?, (thanksgiving Week Gayeties-Patronesses for
unarrcy a anJN an cy Wynne Talks
of Other Events
rp DOES eoem odd to have Thanksgiv
ing with lis Penn-Cornelt game follow
In the Army-Navy game, for the iat
te, wa alwayH rtqatdol n trw w'nd
vp of the autumn scnson. It fairly star
' ties ope to, think of Christmas llttlo more
than threo weeks oftl
Of course, Nathalie Elliot's marriage
to FIthugh Green this afternoon will be
TiB event of tho week, Then on Wodnes
day the first of tho Navy Yard dances
Will bo held In tho sail loft. There will,
tJ generally tho case, be numerous
dinners before tho nffalr.
And all week tho debutantes will be as
busy as tho proverbial llttlo bee, tllttlnB
about from ono tea to another, and sip.
ping the honey of llfo with each cup of
tea,
The list of patronesses for tho Charity
.' Ball contains, as usual, the names of most
or many of tho prominent women In
town. Among thoso who have subscribed
this year aro rs. John Cadwalader, Mrs.
Joseph Carson, Mrs. Wlllam T. Carter.
Jlrs. J. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Itobort
Jfejso Cassatt, Mrs. Harrison K. Cancr.
Mrs. William W. Arnott, Mrs. Ksmondo
II, .Austin, Mrs. Henry Paul Bally, Mrs,
Edfrar Wright Kalrd, Mrs. Matthew Balnl,
Jr., Mrs. George Falcs Bakor, Mrs.
Thomas Willing Baloh, Mrs. John W.
CdnVerso, Mrs. J. A. I'. Crlsfleld, Mrs.
Henry Brlnton Coxo, Jlrs. Qcorgo S.
Crompton, Mrs. Samuel M. Curwcn, Mrs.
Thomas Do Witt Cuylcr, Mrs. Kdward C.
Dale, Mrs. Charles B. Dana, Mrs. Sey
mour Davis, Mrs. Francis X, Dercum,
Mrs. James A. Dovolln, Mrs. Philemon
Dickinson, Mrs. Jacob S. Dlsston, Mrs.
Fits Eugono Dixon, Mrs. George Dallas
Dixon, Mrs. T. Henry Dixon, Mrs. Beau
veau Boric, Mrs. Henry C. Boycr, Mrs.
George A. Bostwlck, Mrs. Ferroo Brln
ton, Mrs. Chnrles II, Howell, Mrs. Joseph
B. Hutchinson and Mrs. Edward Ingcr
'oil. Times, Indeed, havo changed, nnd man
nors aro not what they used to bel I
heard such a screamingly funny story
at a luncheon tho other day. Tho hostess
told mo her llttlo girl, aged seven, went
tp a party, and tho child for whom It was
given was vory dlsngrceablo to her. So
the mother said to her offspring, who, by
tho way, can do no wrong(!): "My dear,
If the llttlo girl was so dlsagrceabto to
you, why didn't you como home? For
WhCn I was a child that Is what I should
have dono." To which tho young hopeful
replied: "That's all right, mother. Times
have changed since you wcro a llttlo
girl, and I Just slapped her faco and
stayed!"
' Tho first of tho series of Informal teas
given yesterday by tho Plays and Play
ers at tho Playroom, 43 South Eighteenth
street, was notablo for tho particularly
good musical program of the afternoon.
Robert Armbruster opened with Schu
mann's "Les Pnplllons," delightfully ren
dered, and later In tho afternoon gavo
.two charming Spanish compositions, by
ilbc'nlz, which havo not heretofore beon
heard In this city, with a danso from
Debussy as an oncoro. Mrs.' James M.
Anders's sympathetic contralto was heard
in several particularly fine selections, and
Arthur E. I. Jnckson stirred his audience
With the timely "Threo Grenadiers," fol
lowing It with several lighter songs. Mrs.
.Edith Mahon accompanied Mrs. Andors
and Mr. Jackson.
Mrs. Robert Geddes, as chairman of tho
entertainment committee, received the
guests.
An engagement of Interest announced
last week In New York was that of Miss
' Dorothy Gray, daughter of Mrs. li. A.
Gray, and Mr. Mason Beverly Value.
Mason Value spent much of his time
hero last year. You may remember his
sister, Carolina Value, was one of the
most popular girls the year she came out,
and an Intimate friend of Mrs. Nelsbn
Yulto, nee Gladys Turnbull, now one of
the. most popular of tho younger married
women In the Navy set.
NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
Mrs. George McCelllan, of 1116 Spruce
street, has Issued Invitations for Saturday,
December 9, from 4 until 7 o'clock, to meet
Mr, and Mrs. Robert Hare Davis, Mrs.
Davis was Miss Kate Furness Jayne.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith Thomson, of
1713 Spruce street, have Issued Invitations
for a dinner on Wednesday-evening, Decem
ber 87, at 7:J0 o'clock.
Mr, and Mrs, Oeorga R. Newbold wilt
give a dance this evening at the Philadel
phia. Cricket Club, i?t. Martins, in honor
of Miss Ethel Newbold. The receiving
party will Include Mlsa Maria Frazer, lira.
T. K, Merywether, Mrs. David Pepper, Mrs,
Harry Clifton Adams, Miss Elizabeth
Adams and Mlsa Katharine R. Newbold.
Miss Newbold will wear a gown of white
aafln arid tulle.
Mr, and Mrs, George W. Chllda Drexel,
of Bryn Mawr, will entertain at dinner
this evening In honor of Miss Eugenia
Law, whose marriage to Mr, Livingston
X Riddle will take place In January.
Mr. and Mrs, Albert Atlee Jackson will
entertain at a theater party, followed by
upper at the Rltz-Carlton, this evening
In honor of Mlsa Margaret Harris, debu
tante daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J, Andrews
Harris. Jr., and Miss Emily P. Walsh,
debutante daughter of Mrs. T, Henry
Dixon.
Mrs, Albert Hoyt, of Church lane, Ger
tnantowp, will give a theater party, fol
lowed by supper, this evening In honor of
her cousin, Mlsa Nancy Hoyt Smyth, de
butante daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin
M. Smyth, and Miss Emelyn Shipley, debu
tante daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Walter
Shipley.
Miss Clarissa, Townley Chase, of 1031
Fine street, will give & small tea tomorrow
afternoon In honor of Miss Susan Lynah
Bruce, whose marriage tp Mr. Samuel II.
Chase will take place on January . Mrs.
Francis McCrea Wlrgman, a sister of Miss
Chase, will preside at the tea table.
Major Logan Feland and Mrs. Feland,
of House Number 2, Philadelphia Navy
Yard, will entertain at a musical tea this
afternoon in honor of Mrs. aeorge Bamett.
Wife of the majqr general commandant of
the United States Marina Corps. Tomorrow
evening Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Drexel Diddle,
of S1Q4 Walnut street, will give dinner
to honor o Mrs. Barnett
Miss Elsa Reath. of IM Pine street,
spent Saturday In New Yprk, attending the
Anay and Navy football game, ,
Mr M4 Mm, Jsw B. Mej? Utt
ybrW Kw York, wfc r
4sui' iti j, - ,4,,-"rtv-;
.. ,t lh Arn,y n1 Nvy gama and
h!i ' w.Mknd n the guests of Mr.
Ji.i. Mr.Prtnel" & Donahoe, of Mont
,,, ,r ; Among the other guests were
tidy N y nbetl Lovejoy, of ScheneO-
fJr rTede'l Strawbrldge, of Haver
rord, entertained at tea last Saturday In
?'",;m after tho Swarthmore-Haverford
football gamo.
Mrs. William Cookman, of 420 West
ii.-?i ',tcet, Ocrmantown, has Issued In
yuauons for a luncheon and bridge on
Wednesday, December 8.
M.r.V ".nd Mrs' George Franklin Brown,
J'lL rrlCft rct. Germantown. will
"?end Thanksgiving In Lnkewood. where
they will attend the golf tournament.
Weddings
GREEN ELLIOT
One of the most Important marriages of
i .."I?0" ,00, l'ne this afternoon at
3 :30 o clock In St. Mark's Episcopal Church,
when Miss Nathalie Wheeler Elliot, daugh
ter of Sir. nnd Mrs. Richard McCall Elliot,
became tho bride of Lieutenant KltihUgh
Green, U. 8. N! Tho Rev. Frederick Lob
dell, of Rutherfordton, N. C assisted by
tho Rev. Elliot White, rector of tho church,
ottlclntcd.
The bride, who was given In marriage by
her father, was attended by her Mister. Mrs.
Sidney V. Tyler llrock, ns matron of honor,
and by her debutante sister. Miss Suinnne
-.mot. also Miss Eleanor B. Hopkins. Miss
fcSle Slnkler. Miss Anne M. C. Coleman,
Miss Cclla Hlgglns and Miss Joan Packard
as bridesmaids.
Llttlo Mlsa Ethel Norrls. Miss Gertrude
Thayer. Miss Avis Thayer and Miss Vir
ginia Brock wcro tho dower girls, while
Master Sidney Brock. Jr., and Master
Charles Thayer nctcd as ribbon bearci'.i.
The bride wore n sown of lustrous white
satin, trimmed with rich lace, nnd a
veil of old laco. Sho carried lilies of tho
valley. Tho matron of honor's gown was
of gqld cloth and she carried yellow chry
santhemums, e
Tho six bridesmaids wcro frocked In dark
bluo satin, trimmed with gold braid to
match tho uniforms of the ushors. They
wore dnrk bluo velvet hats nnd carried
goldon chrysantemums. Tho four little
tlowcr girls wore yollow satin dresses nnd
bluo sashes, velvet hats nnd carried baskets
of tea rases.
Lieutenant Richard McCall Elliot, Jr.,
U. S. N., the bride's brother, acted as
best man, and tho ushers were Lieutenant
John Borland, Lieutenant W. Atleo Kd
wards. Lieutenant Lawrence Tonnsend, Jr.,
and Lieutenant Ernest It, Qunther.
Following tho ceremony a . Bninll recep
tion was held at 1824 De Lancey place.
O'NEILL MONAGHAN
Monslgnor Eugeno F. Murphy officiated
this morning' nt 7:30 o'clock at tho mar
rlago of Miss Frnnces V. Monaghan, of
4142 Pochln street, to Mr. William O'Neill
In St Mary's Church, Mnnayunk.
Mrs. Mary Rose Kelly was Miss Mona
Khan's only attendant, and Mr. O'Neill had
Mr. Charles V. Llnahnn as his beat man.
After a wedding trip Mr. and Mrs. O'Neill
will make their home at 4131 Frceland
avenue
YOUNG SWEENEY
A milet wedding of interest to Phila
delphia at Atlantic City this afternoon
In St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
was that of Miss Mary Marion Sweeney,
daughter of Mrs. E. M. Sweeney, of 27
North Chelsea avonuo, Atlantic City, nnd
Mr. Louis Alonzo Young, of this city. The
brldo was attended by her sister, Miss
Elizabeth Sweeney, as maid of honor, nnd
Mr. Young had his brother, Mr. Raymond
Blaul Young, as his best man. Tho bride
was given In marriage by her brother, Mr.
George Sweeney. After an extended trip
through tho South Mr. and Mrs. Yourig will
bo at homo after January 1 at 6309 Angora
terraco.
Mr. Young Is a graduate of the civil
engineering department of the University
of Pennsylvania in the class of 1914. Ho
was first honor man of the senior class
and a member of the Sphinx and Phi Kappa
Beta Societies.
What's Doing Tonight
Schaff Csrnlval. Horticultural Hall. ..,
An eYnln with American composjrs, .ratio,
rnunlan Club, B9 Walnut street: 8 dp o'clock.
Lecture on Emerson, by Charlu V Wood
bury. Haverford Collate! H' o'clock.
Annual address to bo delivered at the meetlnc
of the Germantown and Chestnut Hill ImDrove
ment Aaaoclatlon. by Director Geort B.
webater, of the Department of Wharrea. Docks
and FYrrles. Liberty Hall, Vernon 1'arki
o'clock
"What the Federal Trade Cnmmlsslon Will
Do for You." by Kdward N. Hurley. lecture
beforo Rales Manaters' Allocution. Bellevue-
Lecture on Cuba, by, Dlahop Charlea W.
Currier. Catholic Glrla- tilth School.
Lecture. "Itod n, the Hplrlt of Modern Art."
hv i:. D. . Martin. Aaaoclatlon Hall, Oerraan-
Muuth Philadelphia Ilualneaa Men's Aaaocla
tlon. Urood and Federal afreets.
Apollo Glea Club. Eatey Hall.
Last Man Club. Continental Hotel.
aBlflWtt MSiWMWft "" t!tota&
Pbotocraph br Vhoto-Craftera.
MISS CHARLOTTE VARE
Mis Vare will ba In the cast of
The Flight of fancy." a charity
performance at the Bejlevue-Strat-f
ord on December 19 for tlits buna-
EVTSKIHG MBaHm-PHlHADETni &OHDAY, NOVEMBER 27,
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THE VACANT WORLD
By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
Copvrioht, IStfi, bu Prank A. Munxtv Company
THR BTOHY THUB FA
nKATTUCK KENDUICK. a atenotrapber.
lowly retain conclounen and ouena ner
eyea upon a acene ot utter devaatatlon ana
rutn. The office In the Metropolitan nulla
Int. New Tork. where he,ha.l aat ht thj
typewriter when ahe auddeiilr fell sleep. i
now, nothlnt but ruin, "nly.auperatructura.
brick walla and noore nnd piles of duit ana
powdered wrrckete remain, lleatrlce a nair
reacl.ea to her anklea. . lh.
ALLAN BTKttN. her employer, one o "
city', treateat entlneera In tn'."."!:
mined past, comes to life nlo In his bora
tory. At each movement more ot '"J".,
composed clothing- falls. 11" haa a sreai
ahork of hair and lont beard. .M.
When lleatrlce and Allan fully ''"VJS
their senses they make n, haaty survey ot
their situation. The entire city Is a .treat
forest, with wrecks ot krscrapers P"1JJS
ln nbovo the treea. Everythlnt Is deaa.
They are tho only human belnts . .
While on their trip of P'ur"unrnned
And furs, mineral water ami ",,,5?"-1,'ra,
food which had been preserved In the air
tltht chambera of the, numerous j stores in
the arcade of the bulldlnr. l-rorn the";
they clothe themselves and stock tneir
"ufer Btern discover, a "'J1, n'.u0Dh
bulldlnar. thus uaaurlnt n. constant supply
of fresh water. Whllo on his way to tno
remalna of a hardware store, whore ho "
cure, revolvers, tuns, ammunition and otner
useful articles, he nnds a pear head.
This Is tho nrst Indication that hre.,"r"
other human belnts alive on earth. Stern
la nlled with fear. ,.niid
llefore .Stern leave, for a more "tended,
eipedlttorf the followlnt day he tlves Ilea
trlco a revolver.
CIXAPTKn XII (Continued)
ONCE her quick oyes spied n doer in
tho tannles of tho one-time aramercy
Park, now no lonRcr neatly hedged with Iron
pallncs, but spread in wild confusion that
Joined the riot of growth beyond.
On tho Instant sho fired, woundlne tho
creaturo.
Stem's shot, echoing hers, missed. Al
ready the deer was wvny. out of range
through tho forest. With some d m lculty
they pursued down a glenllko strip of
woods that must havo once been Irving
Place.
Two hundred yards south of the park
they lighted the animal again. And the
girl with a slnglo shot sent It crashing to
earth.
"Bravo, Diana 1" hurrahed Stern, run
ning forward with enthusiasm. The 'deer
fever" was on him as strong as In his
old days In tho Hudson Hay country. Hot
waa tho pleasure of the kill when that
meant food. Aa ho ran ho Jerked his
knlfo from tho skin sheath the girl had
made for htm.
Thus they had fresh venison to their
heart's content venison broiled over white
hot coals in tho fireplace, Juicy and savory
sweet beyond all telling.
A good deal of the moat they smoked
and salted down for future use. Stern
undertook to tan the hide with strips of
hemlock bark laid In a water pit dug near
tho spring. He added also some oak bark,
nut 'galls and a good quantity of young
sumac shoots.
"I guess that ought to hit the mark If
anything will." remarked he, as he i to
mersed the skin and weighted It down
with rocks. . , .,
"It's like the old 'shotgun' prescriptions
ot our extinct doctors a little of every
thing, bound to do the trick, one way or
The great variety of labors now Imposed
upon him began to try his Ingenuity to the
full. In spite of all his wealth of practical
knowledge nnd his scientific skill, he was
astounded at the huge demands of even
the nlmplest-human life.
The girl and he now faced these, without
the social co-operation which they had
formerly taken entirely for granted, and
the change of conditions had begun to
alter Stern's concepts of almost everything.
He was already beginning to realize how
true tho old saying waa: "One man Is no
man I" and how the world had been Uie
world merely because of tho Interrelations,
the Interdependences of human beings In
vast numbers.
He was commencing to get a glimpse ot
the vanished social problems that had en
meshed civilisation In their true light, now
that alt he confronted and had to strugglo
with was tho unintelligent and overbearing
dominance of nature.
All this was of huge value to tho engi
neer, And the strong Individualism (es
sentially anarchistic) on which ha had
prided Wmself a thousand years ago waa
now beginning to receive some mortal blqws,
even during these first days of the new,
solitary, unsoclallied life.
But neither he nor the girt had very
much time for Introspective thought Each
moment brought Its. Immediate task, and
every day seemed busier than the last
had .been.
At meals, however, or at evening, a
they sat together by the light of their lamp
In the now homejlko offices. Stern and
lleatrlce found pleasure In & little random
peculation.
Stern brought to mind some of Professor
Itaoul Plctefs experiments with animals,
In which the Frenchman had suspended an.
matlon for lobe periods by sudden freeilng.
This method seemed to answer, In a way,
the girl's earlier questions as to how they
had escaped death In the many long winters
since they had gone to sleep.
Again they tried to Imagine the scenes
Just following the catastrophe, the horror
of that long-past day, and the slow, Ir
revocable decay of all the monuments of
the human race.
Often they talked till past midnight, by
the glow of their stone fireplace, and many
were the aspects of the case that they
developed. These hours seemed to Stern
the happiest of hU life.
For the rapprochement between this
beautiful woman and. himself at such times
became Very close and fascinatingly Inti
mate, and Stern felt, little by little, that
the love which now was growing deep
within his heart for her waa not without Its
answer In her own
Bub for the present the man restrained
himself and spoke no overt word. For that,
he understood, would Immediately have, put
U things on a different Isaslsvr-and there
waa urgent wpriuu wawmt tq m mi
j.&. iu Abilhi tat tw" MtLnLg ieStaa Erf. 1
SIMPLE PEOCESS
Copyrltht,
I.tfo
"Do you find It dlfllcult to get chnrnctcr In your portraits,
"Not nt all. Tho diminishing strokes aro what do it."
I aro absolutely tho Inst human bolnirs
civilized I mean left nllvo nnywhero In
tho world.
"If nnvhody otse hnd been spared, whether
In Chicago or San Francisco, In I.ondon,
Paris or Hongkong, they'd havo mndo somo
determined effort before now to get In
touch with Now York. This, tho prlmo
center of tho financial and Industrial world,
would havo been their first objective point."
"Hut suppcrjo," nuked she, "there wcro
others, Just a few hero or thero, nnd they'd
only recently wnked 'up, llko oursolvcn.
Could they have succeeded In making them
selves known to us so soon?"
He shook n dubious head,
"Thero may bo somo ono else somewhere,"
he answered slowly, "but thero'a nobody
else In this part of tho world, anyhow.
Nobody In this particular Hdcn but Just
you nnd mo. To all Intents and purposes
I'm Adam. And you well, you'ro,Kvo!
But tho trco? Wo haven't found that
yet."
She gavo him n quick, startled Blanco,
then let her head fall, so that ho could
not seo her eyes. Hut up over her neck,
her cheek and oven to her temples, whero
the lustrous mnsscs ot hair fell away, ho
Baw n tldo of color mount.
And for n llttlo npace the man forgot to
smoko. At her hel cazed, a strange gleam
In his eyes. I
And no word passed between them for a
whllo. Hut their thoughts ?
CHAPTER XIII
Tin: okmat i:xn:ui.irr.NT
TUB Idea that thero might possibly be
others of their kind in far-distant, parta
of tho earth worked strongly on tho mind
of the girl. Next day nlia broached tho
subject again to her companion,
"Suppose," theorized she, "there might
bo a few scoro of others, maybe a few
hundred, scattered here and there 7 They
might awaken ono by one, only to dlo. If
less favorably nltuateil than we happen
to be. Perhaps thousands may havo slept,
llko us, only to wnko up to starvation!"
"There's no telling, of course," he an
swered seriously. "Undoubtedly thnt may
bo very possible Somo may hnve escaped
the great death, on high altitudes on the
Eiffel Tower, for Instance, or on certain
mountains or lofty plateaus. The most we
can do for tho moment Is Just to guess
nt probabilities, And "
"But If thero nro people elsewhere," she
Interrupted eagerly, her eyes glowing with
hopo, "isn't there any wny to get In touch
with them? Why should wo expect them
to seek us out? Why don't wo hunt?
Supposo only ono or two In each country
should have survived; If wo could get
them all together again In a slnglo colony
don't you see?"
"You mean the different languages and
arts and all the rest might still be pre
served? The colony might grow and flour
ish, nnd mankind again take possession of
the earth and conquer It In a few decades?
Yes, of course. But even though there
shouldn't be anybody else, there's no cause
for despair. Of that, however, wo won't
speak now."
"But why don't wo try to find out about
It?" she persisted. "If thero were only the
remotest chance "
"By Jove. I will try It!" exclaimed tho
engineer, fired with a new thought, a fresh
ambition. "How? I don't know Just yet,
but I'll see. There'll be a way, right enough.
It I can only think It out!"
That afternoon he made his way down
Broadway, past the copper shop, to the re
mains of the telegraph office opposite the
Flatlron. '
Into It he penetrated with some difficulty,
A mournful sight It was, this one-time busy
ganglion of the nation's nerve system.
Benches and counters were quite gone, In
struments corroded past recognition, every
thing n hideous disorder.
But In, a rear room Stern found a large
quantity of copper wire. Tho wooden drums
on which It had been wound were gone ; the
Insulation had vanished, but tho colls ot
wire still remained.
"Fine I" said the explorer, gathering to
gether several colls, "flow when I get this
over to the Metropolitan, I think the first
step toward success will havo been taken."
By nightfall he had accumulated enough
wire for his tentative experiments, Next
day he and the girl explored the remains
of the old wireless station on the root of
the building, overlooking Madison avenue'.
They reached the roof by climbing out of
a window on the east side ot the tower and
descending a fifteen-foot ladder that Stern
had built for the purpose out of rough
branches.
"You see It's fairly Intaet aa yet," re
marked the engineer, gesturing at the broad
expanse. "Only, falling atones have made
holes here and there. See how they yawn
down Into the rooms belqwt Well, come
on, follow me. I'll tap with the ar, and If
the roof holds me you'll be safe."
Thus, after a little while, they found a
secure path to the little station.
This diminutive building, fortunately con
structed of concrete, still stood almost un
harmed. Into it they penetrated through
the crumbling door. The winds of heaven
had centuries ago swept away all trace of
the ashes ot the operator.
But there still stood the apparatus, rusted
and sagging and disordered, yet to Stern's
practiced eye showing signs of promise. An
hour's careful overhauling; convinced the en
gineer that something might yet be accom
plished. And thus they set to -work In earnest
First, with the girl's help, he strung his
copper wire antennae from the tiled plat
form of the tower to the roof ot the wireless
station. Hough work this was, but answer
ing the purpose as well asj though of the
utmost finish.
He connected up the repaired apparatus
with thes antennae, and ruada sure alt was
wail. Then he dropped the wires over the
I tide of the building to connect yUU one ot
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Vul). Co.t rtproJuced by Bpeclat arranuemont,
Mr. Brush?"
vero labor. In Intervals of food-gettlns;.
cooking nnd household tasks. At last, when
It wan done
"Now for some power!" exclaimed tho
engineer. And with his lamp ho went down
to Inspect tho dynamoB ngnln and to assure
himself thnt his belief was correct, his faith
thnt ono or two of them could bo put Into
running order.
Threo of tho machines gave llttlo promise,
for water had dripped In on thorn nnd they
wcro rusted beyond any apparent rehabili
tation. Tho fourth, standing nearest Twenty-third
street, hnd by somo freak of chnnco
been protected by a canvns cover.
This cover was now only a mass of rotten
rnirs, but It had nt least safeguarded the
mnchlno for so long that no very serious
deterioration had set In.
Stem worked tho better part of a week
with such tools as he could find or make
ho had to forso n wrench for tho largest
nuts "taklnc down" the dynamo, oiling,
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Tha commutator wa In bad Miane ana
the brusnss terribly- corroded. Hut h
tinkered and patched, hammered and
heated and filed away, and at last, putting
the machine together again with terrible
exertion, decided that 11 would run.
"Steam nowr" was his next watchword,
when he had wired the dynamo- to connect
with the station on tho roof. And this
waa on the eighth day since he had begun
his labor.
An examination of the boiler room,
which he reached by moving a ton of fallen
stonework from the doorway Into the dy
namo room, encournged him still further.
As he penetrated Into this place, feeble-shln-Ing
lamp held on high, eyes eager to behold
tho prospect, he knew that auccesa waa
not far away.
Down In these depths, almost aa In the
Interior of the great Pymmld of alien
though tho place smelled dank and close
and stifling tlmo seemed to havo lost much
of Its' destructive power. Ho choso one
boiler thnt looked sound, and began look
ing for coat.
Of this he found a plentiful supply, well
preserved, In the bunkers. Alt one after
noon he labored, wheeling It In a steel
barrow and dumping It In front of the fur
nace. Where the smokestack led to and what
condition It was In ho know not He could
not tell where the gases of combustion
would escape to; but this he decided to
leave to chance.
He grlmnced nt night of the rusted flues
nnd tho steam pipes connecting with the
dynamo room pipes now denuded of their
asbestos packing nnd leaky nt . rieveral
tnlnta.
A strange, gnome-like picture ho pre
sented as ho poked and pried In those dim
regions, by tho dim rnyn of the lamp.
Rniilnm. roaches and a grent gray rnt
or two were his only companions those,
nnd hope.
"I don't know but I'm a foot to try nnd
carry this thing out," said he, dubiously
surveying tho pipe. "I'm liable to start
something hero thnt I can't stop. Wntcr
glasnea leaky, gauges plugged up, safety
vnlvo rusted Into Itn sent tho devllf
Hut still ho kept on. Something drove
him Inexorably forward. For ho was an
engineer nnd an American,
Ills next task wan to fill the boiler. This
he had to do by bringing water, two palls
nt a time, from tho spring. It took him
three days. .,.,..
Thus, nftcr eleven days of heart-breaking
lonely toll In thnt grimy dungeon,
hampered for lack of toolo, working with
rotten materials, naked nnd sweaty, grlmod,
Bpent, profnno, exhausted, everything wan
ready for tho experiment tho strangest,
surely In tho annals of tho human race.
Ho lighted up tho furnace with dry wood,
then stoked It full of coal, Aftor an hour
nnd n half his heart thrilled with mingled
fear and exultation nt sight of the steam,
first white, then bluo nnd thin, thnt began
to hiss from tha leaks In tho long pipe.
"No wny to cstimato pressuro or any
thing," remarked ho. "It's bult luck
whether I go to boll or not!" And he stood
back from tho blinding glnro of tho furnace.
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A gift of joy, deep and powerful and fruitful
for good through a score of years. .
The Stroud is a genuine Pianola not merely
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than any player-piano of other make regard
less of the costliness of the instrument. For
the Pianola provides you with a thorough and
complete control of pianistic effects an
ability to play, which no other player-piano
can equal. Unquestionably superior though
it is, the Stroud is sold on the most liberal
terms. It te
elivered to Your Home
for a Down Payment
Stroud quality la based on the wonderful Pianola
features
The Metro stylei Provides a perfect and nractlcal
guide to correct tempo indicates a pleasing and
artistic interpretation lor every composition.
Tha Themodlst: Makes tho melody sing above tho
accompaniment notes enables you to get, effects
accomplished by the pianist through subtle variations '
of touch. v'
Then are many oliwi of thete feature which
a demonstration will disclose. The Stroud U -,
? the t modeli of the Pianola, all told
at tleppe'e. It is made only by The Aeolian
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With hln naked arm fie wHw ft
from hi streaming forenead. M '
"Bult tuck!" fcn t-actatml. "Rat W MM
Almighty, I'll tend thai Morse of busftr
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THE MOVING I.IOIITS
PANTIrta with exhaustion and eis(
ment, Stern made his way bscJc to ti
engine room, It waa a strangely crltte!,
moment -when he seized the corroded thret
tie wheel to start the dynamo. The whl;
tuck nnd would not budge. ,,
Stem, with n, curse of sheer exstettteiiL;' .
snatched up his long spanner, shored M
through the spokes and wrenched.
Groaning, the wheel gave way. It turn.
The engineer hauled again.
"do onl" shouted the man. ptartl
Move I"
With a hissing plaint, ns though rebel
1 Ions against this awakening- after IU ng- ,
long sleep, the engine creaked Into motion.
In spits of all Stern's oiling, every
Journal nnd bearing squealed In angulstt.
A rickety tremble possessed the engine at ..
It gained speed. The dynamo began ts
hum with wild, strange protests of racked
metal. The ancient "drive" of tarred! hemp
strained nnd quivered, but held.
And like the ohe-hoss shay about to col
lapse, the whole fabrlo of tha resuscitated
plant, leaking at a score of Joints, creak
ing, whistling, shaking, voicing a hundred
ngonlted woes, revived In a grotesque, ab
surd and shocking Imitation of ltn one
time beauty and power.
At sight of this ghastly resurrection the
engineer (whose whole life had been passed
In the lovo nnd service of machinery) felt
a strango and sad emotion.
Ho sat down exhausted on tha floor. In
his hand the lamp trembled. Yet all cov
ered with sweat and dirt and rust as he
was, this moment of triumph waa one of
the sweetest ho had ever known.
He realized that this was now no time
for Inaction. Much yet remained to be
done. So up ho got again and set to work.
First he mnde sure tho dynamo waa run
ning with no serious defect nnd that his
wiring hnd been mnde properly. Then he
heaped tha furnace full of coal and closed
the door, leaving only enough1 draft to In
suro a fairly steady heat for an hour or so.
This done, ho tolled back up to where,
Bentrlco was eagerly awaiting him In the
little wireless station on tho roof. (
In he staggered, all but spent Panting
for breath, wlld-oyod, his coal-blackened
nrmn stretching out from the whiteness of
tho bearskin, ho mndo a singular picture,
"It's going 1" ho exclaimed. "Pvo (tot
current It's good for a while, anyhow,
Now now for the test I" i
For a moment he leaned heavily against
tho concrete bench to which tho apparatus
wan clamped, Already the day had drawn
close to Its end. Tho glow of. evening had
begun to fade a trifle nlong the distant
skyline, nnd beyond tho Palisades a dull "
purplo pall was settling down.
By tho dim light that filtered through
tho doorway Beatrice looked at his deep
lined, bearded face, now reeking with
sweat nnd grimed with dust nnd conl. An
ugly faco but not to hor. For through
that mask she read the domlnanco, the
driving forco, the cOurngo ot this versatile,'
unconquornblo mnn.
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