0 it
a
M
JUST GOSSIP
jciety Is Interested in
unaiivy j.1" j.ciiv;.y
on Varied
,. . iiir has cornel For the
flower rrineeM" will be given
'" ..m .vptilnc In the
$f " ..Hbo Bellevuo-Strntford
If'lT : .1- r.-nnIvnnta Museum
III fioot of Industrial Art nnd
ftfthui Lav U the deb. and c
Kar slrli been working their
KE.Upr.ocetoth0
&e composed W Alfred Barton,
fd In the frocks designed by him,
. collusion with Mrs. Inland Har
Cn and Eleanor Hopkins. What
Tt the worm '"""-":--""
,,, do II t-icanor i"
"" ..... -W li. W.ul
ones, aoon ana - t -rl,i
in live? Maybo Mr. Jones
tut come here. 1 really havo not
eird Of any uennne p' .'
i. I...I t 1nnW If 1ll Ir.lVfH
totanao "; :-.,-,
in It will DB nnru lu
Vlrt as young and capabto who will
SilUCKiy ana bi' -
ftlme to charily.
LAboot all tho debs In town whoso
IfLmma's wM1 ,et thcm wl" npDcar
Hahlnd the footlights tonight
Crocked as fairies or peacocks or
blower, j understand tho feature
If the second act will bo tho ballet
ftf the "Awakening of Flowers,"
which you can Imaglno wilt bo mado
vry pretty. Miss Mary Wurts Is
fa be the solo dancer In thli par
ticular ballet. Thcro nro to bo
'cztlodlK orchids, cornllowers, roses.
flflteU, peonies and their foliage.
It really will be lovely, don't you
"Slink?
ft
jrij THE nil "lis niiniiw"
rAthere will be tho PI Sluma Fra
Nmltr fair, that extremely smart
ffraternlty of girls which Is nlwayn
i .omcthlnt: In tho way of good work.
'This time tho proceeds are to benenUtho
j Children it Scnshoro name iu c.ucm.u. "
St. Christopher's iiospuai ior kiuukb ...
Ikl. r-ltV.
' A great many of the younger married
ftt and debutantes aro In this fraternity,
and T must say each ono does try to do
;htr darnaesi 10 mm mo " -
eUl as well as social success, .mi "
"iUual things aro to bo sold and tea. will
'be lerved to dancing In the later hours
Pt the afternoon.
"T
"sfAnr GUUBN anil unsworn j-ormaru.
.IVlof New York, aro to bo married
'quietly next week at tho Dave Lewises
)jttae, it South Twenty-second streot. Tho
Rate, set U Thursday, DeccmDcr n. aiary
liau lived with her brothcr-ln law and sis-
Jtr pretty much nil the time slnca their
mirrlaso. Her engagement to Mr. I.orll-
fizrd was announced about n year ago. No
fete had been sot for tho wedding, so It
P-? ... .M.Mall. I.Hnli.n lladlAfilllir
ini uniy kciiciuiij " jioiviuhj.
uRiv l verv nrettv. In fact, very un-
pi'utl looking, because lior hair, which
?ft rery dark, has turned to a beautiful
jim', and you know tho effect of gray
hilr nd a young race wiin verj- proiiy
rt!orlog. 8ho Is very small and dainty,
Ind dresses exquisitely. Mr. Lorlllnrd Is
M snd very good looking-. Ho Is tho
on of Pierre Lorlllard. of Tuxedo and
Ww York, and belongs to about all tho
tlubs In New York that are worth while.
I
GEltMANTOWN residents were thrown
v Into a state of wild excitement last
jjftek when the supply of water was turnied
off" during the morning, and a number of
women who had luncheon engagements
pound Jt a bit awkward, to say tho least,
ior even If cold cream can do a lot toward
HmoWng dust from tho countenance,
fining yet has been found which will
ttk from tho eyes the fact that one's
face his not been washed, tho unwashed
fit wouia give it away every time, lie
Jkt u It may, It was an awful moment,
jgu will admit. One woman, however.
(ami sreai presence or minu, teiepnonea
Jgthe drug storo and demanded a bottlo
oj water. When It arrived It proved to
U s mineral water; but time pressed, so,
Mthlng daunted, milady washed her face
fe fining water, donned her beat hat and
fetat to the luncheon to find nearly all
Jthe other women there had done the same
J?1"- NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
Wr inj Mrs. Robert Kelso Cassatt will
57 dlnnr of elthteen covers on Satur
nH v Bupre. their home In Hosemont,
i iJ V or m" Eugenia Law and Mr.
B",nw uiaaie.
ilfr- and Mrs. Wlkoff Smith, nf nrvn
"'rr, will entertain at a hunt breakfast
t "'"roay at Colebrook Farms, their
J Whltford, before the Whltelands
wiuo races.
fctr and Mrs. Ilcnrv n nv, tr n.
tllned at mnnn,. kA t.Jn. ,.-
;nuu;. "" " " .-.-
J Auitln S. Heckscher returned today
Ji Or" " "oon, alter spendlntr the
SMlrtln; holidays with her daughter,
, v, w...M, M WU.VUIUUI1
lr.ni1 ir" Rlchard Sydney Newbold
V.:r" '""" "r weaaing up and
uylna at 2121 ki i.n,.. i,.r .i.
Q Of Mr NawbaM'a nj,pnt until thai
rtujtnt l ready for occupancy.
and Mrs John P. Meigs. 3d, have
Qa tram ihi w&in -in Hn -
tom-. isi "vj.r,'" '.'r. """ " "
urfl ; Mr UeJ8B wl" v remembered
M Elliabeth a Myers.
WjwU of Mrs. a Cameron Burneld are
19 btlT that Sh ! uinvalunlns fiyin.
,Jft attack ot tonsillitis, and U at
' lUf-
. Owrga IBms wlM give tsa,
MM- GW&tt
f sr lKJ
ABOUT PEOf BE
"Flower Princess" and
vvyuue jxpatiates
Subjects
H"f3
mtirtimitK,.:MmWi
MIIS. GUYSBEUT BOOERT VUOOM
Mrs. Vroom, whoso marriage to Ltoutcn
nnt Vroom took plnco this nftornoon in
Brooklyn, was Miss Helen L. Mc-ConaUKhy.
honor of her sister. Mrs IMmtltul d Forest
Curtli
Mr. Itlchnrd Heckicher. of Stratford, li
on a hunting trip In Florida.
Tho Charlotte Cunlimnn Club will gUe a
tea on Friday nfteniooti nl tho clubhouse.
Boullmeit corner of Twelfth nnd Locust
streets, from 4 until 5 30 nclork. to meet
Miss Francos Starr
The Domino Club of the Kplscopil Acad
emy nnd Da Ijvnccy School, which wcro
unueu in l'JIO, will present Its elglttli .111
nunl production, "The Dictator." by lllch
ard Ilnrdlng D.ivls. in Urn ballroom of the
IIellcue-Htrnlfonl on Thursday cxenlng.
December 21 Mr Charles II. Ilalrd Is
president of tho club apd Mr Itubrrt
lthoads secretary.
Miss I-milsc Dnmlo. nhoxe innrrlnice to
Mr Oily Stotcnbiirgh, of New York, will
take place on Saturday, will bo extensively
rntertnlned this week YCTtcrday Miss
Dorothy Ilurgess gae a bridge In honor
of Miss Dnndo Tomorrow the brld-lo-bo
will entertain at luncheon, followed by
a theatre purty. for her maid of honor
nnd bridesmaids On Friday night Miss
Martha Collins will give 11 dinner and
thcatro party In honor of Mls Dnndo and
Mr Stotenburgh
At tho wedding. Miss Kate-Lee Dando
will qttend her slBtor ns maid of honor, nnd
tho brldesmnlds will bo Miss Dorothy Iltir-
gess. Miss Viola MacDougnll. of Flushing,
L I , Miss Martha Collins nnd Miss Kath
arine Vlgellus, of Canton, I'a. There will
Also bo a (lower girl. Miss Catherine Mac
Dougnll, and a page, Master Carl Lorenzo
Mr George Freeman will act as best man,
and tho ushers will bo Mr Hobcrt Sloten
burgh, Mr Llndon Stotcnburgh, Mr. James
n. Harper. Mr Hex AltBchuler, Mr Wil
liam Woodcock und Mr Itlchard Logan
The ceremony will tako place at C o'clock
In St. Mathlns church, 19tli and Wallace
Btreets, nnd will be performed by lllsbop
I'hllip M. Ithlnelniider.
Mr John ailbort. of Itcd Top. Rydal. will
leave this week for West Virginia, where
ho will spend several days
Mr. nnd Mrs Thomns Harvey, of Radnor,
have had Miss Pauline Henderson and her
Bister, Miss Helen Henderson, of Jobs
town. N J , as their guests for several days
Miss Fnullne Henderson returned last
week from Detroit, Mich, where she has
been visiting for some time
The Folnt Hreezo branch of the central
relief committee will give a dance at
Apollo Hall. 172C North Drond street, tills
evening. The entire proceeds wilt go ex
clusively to the war sufferers.
Mr and Mrs Kdward W. Turner, of
this city, will entertain at the Ilellevue
Stratford on Saturday evening In honor of
their daughter. Miss Lydla Ruth Turner,
when they will announce her engagement
to Mr Walter Throckmorton, of New York.
Tho Foremen's Association of Thomas
Fotter & Co , Inc., held Its first annual din
ner last evening In the Artists' Club room
of the Hotel Majestic. In honor of Mr Wil
liam Potter. Mr Charles A Totter. Colonel
If. A. Potter. Mr Wilson Potter Mr Joseph
Wear and Mr Harry H Cox, the officers of
the corporation The address of the evening
was given by Mr. William Potter, former
Ambassador to Italy.
Mr. a. IX Anderson, manager of the plant,
presided as toastmaater.
Weddings
BOLTQN DUNCAN.
The marriage of Miss Marguerite Louise
Duncan, daughter of Mrs. John Foster Dun
can, of S386 Church road. Over brook, and
Mr. Klmer Kelser Holton, will take plnco
this evening In the Overbrook Presbyterian
Church at S o'clock The ceremony will be
followed by a reception at the home of Mrs.
Duncan, after which Mr. and Mrs. Holton
will leave on a wedding trip. They will be
at home after February 1 at 13 Harwyn
Court, Uth and Washington streets, Wil
mington, Del.
VROOM-McCONAUQ H Y,
A wedding of Interest to I'hlladelphlans
took place this evening at B o'clock
when Miss IUUn LefMngwell McConaughy,
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Franklin A Mc-
Conaughy. became the bride of Lieuten
ant Quysbert Hogert Vroom, U. S. N-, son
of the late Judge George A. Vroom, of
Camden, and Mrs, Vroom, pow of this city
The ceremony was performed at tho
home of the bride's parents In Brooklyn
The bridegroom, who is stationed on the
torpedoboat Denham. s a brother of Mrs
Roscoe C Davis, wife, of .Lieutenant Com
mander Davis, of this city, and of Mrs. K.
James Eatcss, of Shanghai, China.
What's Doing Tonight
Choral Soeitty vriiwti "Dsmastton of
Faust." Acadsiny of JIul
Icturs on "Til Catbelto ChMrJ sn4 ftocUl
n.VJfs?' to. tb JfV- Dr J- Tir. of W..h
ington. Hwuten Hall.
"Flower Princess" musicals, I)llru-8trt
ford.
Fnniylnl Pc BocUty etlbjt fiftieth
snal"(Brry. KHUsnth sn4 Kos streets
Twenty aft h anniversary of the OcocraBhlcal
BoJuTty 0 PallaO-alpfcU Acad.roy of Natural
ItSnets. 1BW lUo atreet SVriock
fullest of Phyalclana. Twnty oood and
Ludlow lrta t) o'clock.
wjwMi'a - v tisane, ism 4m
EVEHISra iaUDGEK-KnLiU)ELPHVrt VBTOSDAT, DECmiBIDR 6
ORCffiStlA PROGRAM
FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN
Academy of Music Thronged
for Free Symphony Concert
in Ledger Series
Leopold Stokowskl na the "bluebird for
happiness" ngnln led a collective Mytyl and
Tytyl, uomprMng some 3600 youngsters
ndventurlng through the magic land of
music The occasion was ono of the series
of LKpflRn fre symphonic concerts fot- pub
lic school children, the time from 8 to 10
last evening and the plare the Academy
or Music Tho historic old place has not
seen such n gathering of rapt and happv
.voungsters since the itns of Colonel
McChire's Klght o'clock Club, with Its an
nual Yuletlde vaudeville of. a quarter of a
century ngo
This was tho first hntno appearance of
the Philadelphia Orchestra since Its return
from a triumphal tour of the West, where
It born the evangel of what Philadelphia Is
doing musically to outlnnds without great
symphonic bands Right roal was the wel
come that conductor and men received from
their Juvenile admirers These In certain
respects did not differ materlnll from some
adult audiences , for instance. In the mat
ter of late nrrlvnl on the part of a few
and prolnngrd applause seeking for a frac
ture of lha standing "no-eiicoro-" rule Hut
It was a singularly well-deported gather
ing nnd ono of tine enthusiasm, even for
what it had not et reached the capacity
to understand completely
Tho orchestra deserved thoroughly Its
gala welcome for It gave of Its best. There
was no succumbing to the temptation to
descend to the perfunctory, because the
hearers were not routined or hpercrltlcnl
Seldom has Mr Stokowskl put more Aban
don, more coursing speeil Into the "Hide of
the Valkyries." from "Hie Walkucre" Ills
reading of tho "Wnldwehen." from "Sieg
fried." Was suffused wlttt 11 woodsy poesy,
which perforce brought vlsloulngs of green
woods iiml pisturcs new to tno hearers,
romo of vvhoe piukrred lips could hardly
resist the lure f prholng the wood notes
wild of the bird In the ecore And due lm-
I presslon of wlz.irdr and solemnity was not
alisent rrom tno magic tire music ut Dlo
Wnlkuere "
The jouugsters fared hotter thnn their
elders. In that two eololsts wero provided
Mine Harrington-Smith s.uir tho "IMeurei
inn Yeux" nrl.i from Massenet's "I.o CM".
"Pepuls le Jour ' from Ctmrpcntler's
"Louise." and "Vlssl d'Arte, Vlssl d'Amore,"
from Puccini's "La Tnca " Sim has n so
prano of even scale, mellow one, almost
verging to tho mono and brilliant high
notes, and her method In enunciation nnd
tone placement is excellent One might
have wished a Herman lied and an 1'ngllsh
song to vary the operatic tenor of her offer
ings, merely from tho rducatlnnnl stand
point, but her oung hearers were satlslled
enough to give her an ovation which held up
thu progress of tho xuiiert Hans Kludter,
full of the spirit or jonlM hlmnalf. which
makes him seem out of place ns tho first
'cellist of a great orchestra until he begins
to piny, was the other nslstlng artist and
gavn the familiar lloellmann "Variations
Symphonlnues" for violoncello nnd orchos
tra with his ncrustninnl accomplished tech
nique nnd Irreslntlblo vlvarlty
A resounding conclusion was found In tho
"Mnrcho Slave" of Tschalkowsky, ono of
tlio spectacular show pieces In tho orches
tra's repertory
Possibly these concerts will not strike
tho spark of genius Into lire of some Ameri
can Mozart, hut from tho absorbed atten
tion and tho genuine enthusiasm manifested
it Is snfo to say that tho I.mkikii eerles Is
doing notable mlsNloiiar) work In civic cul
ture through the medium of music
V R M
Luncheon and Bridge
Mrs William II Ooll will entertain nt
luncheon nnd bridge tomorrow In the Ituxo
(larden of tho llellevuc-Stratford, nt l: .10
o'clock Among thu guests will bo Mm
Samuel U Ilalley. Mrs Albert Halt)!. Mrs
Richard P tlennls Mrs. I'h.irles P llergcr.
Mrs A A illness. Mrs l.vdla It Itradrord.
Mrs John M Itr.idle Mrs Wllll.im T
Ilrown. Mrs Willl.im Uuttvrworth, Mrs
Frank A llrimer. .Mrs W Irfwls Cave,
Mrs (I C Clamor, Mrs. Oeorgo n.iteHiuan,
Sirs I.turn D.ivls, Mrs John I Dee, Mrs
Thomas I' Durham Mrs John II. livrly,
Mrs Oeorgo W IMmonds, Mrs Franz
I'.hrllcli. Mrs A S Hlsenhower. Mrs John
C. Hngllsh. Mrs Ricliard Y. Filbert, Mrs
John Frllchlc, Mrs Kdward II Pinch.
Mrs Oeorgo C J Fleck. Mrs Carl M Gage.
Mrs Florenco Onrnet. Mrs Wlllliim Oemml.
Mrs Guy Oundnknr. Mrs Harry 1 (irlesel,
Mrs Charles i: Hallowell. Miss Madeline
Hazzard. Mrs Paul Helno Itncnster Pa :
Mrs. William Heller, .Mrs Alfred 11
Henderson, Jr. Mrs .lumen A Ilollllian,
Mrs Herman Horn, Mrs W W Ingram,
Mrs. Hdivard Kahro, Mrs. Thoninn II Kaye,
Mrs W Freeland Kendrlck. Mrs Albert
Koch. Mrs Clarence Kuglur Sr , Mrs
Clarence P I.nndrelh Mrs William l.ny
cock, Mrs Charles F I.elsen, Mrs IMward
P Llnch, Mrs Simon Cameron Look. Mrs
Charles II I.oncop Mrs Jennie Low-en-stein.
Mrs Harry A Mackoy. Mrs nilza
beth W Matten. Mrs William II Marshall,
Mrs Charh-H L Martin, Mrs Clnrenca D
May, Mrs Charles J Miller. Mrs II. A
Miner. Mrs D. Charles Murtha, Mrs A
Lincoln Myers. Miss Mario McAleer, Mrs
Mary A McCauloy, Mrs Frank II Me
Claln, lincnster. Pa , Mrs John Mc
cracken. Mrs. Samuel A. McDougal. Mrs
Ilonjamln C. McPhcrson, Mrs Frederick
Park, Mrs Harry Parsons. Sirs Arba
Pennington. Mrs George D Porter. Miss
Grace Porter, Mrs. n Frank Raule. Mrs.
L Wlllard Reading. Mrs Joseph Rellly,
Miss M li Rex. Mrs Frederick Rollmnn.
Mrs. William Roth. .Mrs Nettle Ruhland,
Mrs. i: 13. Scntterggod. Jlrs Frank
Schnnz. Mrs. Frnnklln Scheld, Mrs Robert
Scliollelil, Mrs O. C Seldel, Mrs K. C
Khellenbereer. Mrs Oeorgo W Shlsler.
Mrs David L. Short. Mrs William Wallace
Smith. Mrs Oeorgo 15 Spots, Mrs Harry
I). Stowart, Mrs. Frank Stockley. Mrs.
William (1 Forchlana. Mrs Kdwln II Vare.
Mrs William S Vare Mrs J I.ouls
Waechter, Miss Lena Wagner, Mrs M
I,oulfo Wallace, Mrs. Charles Wesaels, Mrs
Samuel Wlian Mrs William T Wheeler.
Mrs. Charles Wield, Mrs Ldgar A Wight
man, Mrs Kdwln Wilkinson apd Mrs.
George W Younu.
PREPAREDNESS
Cwrridx. UU ruUUWo C9.
f 1'ilnMifr nfi 1
THE VACANT WORLD
By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
CowrlsM. ltlt. W Frank A. Unntty ronpanv
Cll.irtun XXIV (Centlnned)
"TTlMPTVr cried he "Here take this one!
JLi Yog can shoot better now than 1 rnn""
And Into her hand he thrust the second re
volver Something stung him on the left shoulder.
He glanced round A dart was hnnglng
there
With an oath, the engineer wheeled
nbout. His eyes burned and his lips drew
hark Uut from his tine white teeth
There, already recovered from thn blow
which would have killed a man ten times
over, he saw the obeah snarling after him
Right down along tlve path the monster
was howling, beating Ula breast with both
huge fists And, now feeling fear no more
than pain, Stern crouched to meet his on
slaught riiAPTiiit .
TltK nil.U., AMI TlllttHJUII IT
IT ALL happened In a moment of time, a
moment, longIn seeming na an hour
The girl's revolver crackled, there behind
him Stern saw a little round bluish hole
take shape In tho obenh's ear and red
drops stnM
Then with a ghastly screaming, the Thing
was upon him
Out struck tho engineer with the ride
barrel All the force of his splendid muscles
lay behind that blow The Thing tried to
dodge. Rut Stern had been too ipilck
Hven as It sprang, with talons clutching
for the man's throat, the steel barrel drove
home on the Jaw
An unearthly, piercing jell split the forest
air Then Stern saw the obeah, his Jaw-
HATS AND
5
I
miK
hanging oddly nwrj. alt loose and shattered.
fall headlong In the path.
Rut before ho could strike again, could
bntt'r In the base of the tough skull, a
moan from lltatrlco sent hhn to her aid
"Oh, God'" ho tried, and sank beside
her on his kni-en
On her forehead, ss she lay gasping
among tho bushes, ho saw nn ugly welt
A HtonoT Thej'vo hit her with n stono'
Killed Iter, perhaps" '
Kneeling there, up be snatched n re
volver, and In n deadly fire ho poured out
tho last spitting shots, polntbhink In the
faces of the crowding rabble
t'p ho loaped The rllln barrel Unshed
and glittered ns he whirled It I.Ike n
mi per. lajlug n clean swath behind hhn,
the engineer mowed down 11 dozen of tho
heart -men
Shrieks, grunts, snarls, mingled with his
rzecrutlons
Then fair Into n Jabbering ape faco he
Hung thn blood-stained barrel The duo
fell faded, vanished, ns hldcuiis illusions
fade In a dream.
And Stern, Willi n strength he never
dreamed was his. caught up the fainting
girl In his left arm as easily as though
sho had been n child
Still drngglng the spenr which pierced
bis right his right that yet protected her
a little he ran.
Munes. ilnrls, spenrs, clattered In nbout
him Ho heard tho swish nnd tang of
them, heard the loaves llutter as the mis
siles whirled through
Struck' Was ho struck again?
Ho knew not. nor cared Only lie thought
of shielding He.itrleo -N'othlng but Hint.
Just that'
Tho gato. oh, let mo reach the gate '
God Tho gate "
GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
has written a sequel to
"THE VACANT WORLD"
the serlnl now running in these col
umns. It is called
"BEYOND THE GREAT
OBLIVION"
and carries tho romantic adventures
of Allan Stern nnd Hcntrico Ken
drick into even more interesting
chapters. This sequel bcRins in
SATURDAY'S
ONE CENT
And all of 11 sudden, though how ho
could not tell, there ho seamed to sea the
gate before him Could It lm or was
that. loo. u dream? A cruel. Melons mock
ery of his disordered mind?
Yes the gale! It must ha' He recog
nized the giant pine In a moment of lucid-lt-.
Then everything began lo dance again,
to quiver In the mocking sunlight
'The gate!" he gasped once more, and
staggered on Hehlnd him a little trail uf
blood drops from his wounded arm fell on
the trampled leaves
Something struck his bent head Through
It a blinding pain darted. Thousands of
beautiful and tiny lights of every color
began to quiver, to leap and whirl
They've set the building on Hre"'
thought he: yet all the while he know It
was Impossible, he understood It was only
an Illusion.
He heard the rustle of the wind through
the forest. It blent and mingled with a
horrid tumult of grunts, of clicking cr es,
of (mashing teeth and little bertlal cries.
'The gate!" sobbed Stern, between hard
set teeth, and stumbled forward, eer for
ward, through the Horde.
To him, protectlngly. he clasped the
beautiful body In the tiger skin
Living? Was she yet living? A great,
aching wonder filled him. Could ho reach
the stair with her and bear her up? Hurl
back these devils? Save her, after all?
The pain had grown exquisite In his head.
Something seemed hammering there, with
regular strokes a red-hot sledge, upon an
anvil of white-hot steel
To him It looked as though a hundred, a
thousand of the little blue fiends were
leaping, shrieking, circling there In front
of him Ten thousand ! And hs must break
through
Break through'
Whero had he heara those words Ahl
Yes I
To him instantly reourred a distant echo
of a song, a Harvard football song He re
membered. Now he was back again. Yale,
0. Harvard, IT New Haven, 1898 And
see the thousands of cheering spectators I
The Jiata flying through the air Hags wav-
tng red, roost of themt Crimson like
blood I
Came the crash and boom of the old
Harvard Band, with big Joe Foley banglajr
the drum till It was fit to burst , with Marsh
blowing his lungs out on the cornet and all
the other fsUowg raising Cain.
Upwar! Cfcwrls 1 Ad again the wualc,.
V I
Kverjbody was singing now exerjbody
roaring out that brave old fighting chorus,
" Now all to-gelh-er.
Smash them nnd break through I"
And see' t.ook there' The goal'
The scene shifted all at once In a quite
unaccountable and puzzling manner.
Somehow, victory wasn't quite won. after
nil Not quite jet What was the matter,
then' What was wrong' Where was heT
Ah. the goal
Yes. there through the ruck nnd mass of
the Ulues, he saw it again, quite clearly
lie was sure of that, anhow.
The goal pots seemed a trifle near to
gether, and they were certnlnly made of
crumbling stone. Instead of straight wooden
benms Odd that '
He wondered, too. why the management
nllnwed trees to grow on tho Held, trees
and bushes whv n huge pine should be
standing right there by the left-hand post
That was certalnlv a matter to be Investl
gnted nnd complained of. Inter Hut now
vvns no time for kicks
' I'robablj some llluo trick " thought
Stern "No matter. It won't do 'em any
good this time'
Ah' An opening' Stern's head went lower
still He brnred himself for a leap
Come on come on'" ho jelled defiance
Again he hrnril the cheering, once more
roaring downwind like n chorus of mad
devils
An opening" No, he was mistaken In
stead, the Itlues were massing there by the
goal
llltterlj he swote Under his arm he
tightened the ball tie ran'
THE HINTS THAT SELL THEM
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Copjrlsht. I,lf Publishing t'o. Itrprlnted by aprrUt nrraiiKmnt.
What?
They were trying to tnckle?
"Dunn ou!" ho criod In boiling rage.
"I'll I'll show von a trick or two yet'"
I In stopped, circled, dodged tho clutching
hands, feinted with a luetic long unthought
of and broke Into 11 straight, rrslstless dash
for tho posts
As he ran he jelled
'Smash them und break through'"
All his waning strength ungalherrd fur
that run Yet how strangelv- tired hu felt
how heavy tho ball was growing'
What was Mm matter with ills head?
With Ills rigid arm" They both ached hid
eouslj Ho must have got hurt, soma way.
In one of the "downs" Somu illrtj- work,
somewhere Rotten sport'
I In ran Never III nil his many games
hud ho srpu Kiii-h a peculiar gridiron, nil
tangled ami overgrown Never such a host
of tackles Hundreds of them ' Where wero
tliu Crimsons" What" No support, no In
terfemico" Hell'
et tho goal whm surel) Just there, now
right ahead Ho ran
"Foul ho nnouted. sivngely, as 11 llluo
nl nn l at linn, then another and nnolher
and many more Thn tnsto or blood tamo
to his tongue He np;il "Foul "
Right mid left ho dashed them, with n
giant's strength They scattered iu panic,
with strange mid unintelligible cries
'The goal ' '
Ho rtuclud It And, ns he crossed the
lino, lie fell
"Oown, down'" nubbed he.
ril.W'TKit x 1
llrtitrleo lam.
Unfit later Stem and llrutricn sal
XJLWe
enl and shaken Iu their stronghold no
the llfth lloor, resting, trjlng to gather up
somo stri-ngth again, to pull together for
rcsistauco to thu oIcko tli.it' hud set In
With the return or m-uhoii to tho en
gineer ills freo bleeding hud suinewhat
checked tho onset of fovor and of nin
nclousness In rile girl, they began to piece
out. bit b bit, the singes uf thuir retreat
.Vow that Stern hud barricaded tho ntalrs,
two stories below, and that for 11 Utile whllo
Ihej felt reasonably safe, tliey wero able lo
t.iktt their bearings, to r-call tin- (light, to
plan for a bit of tho future, n futuro dark
wllh menace, seemingly hopeless In Its out
look "If It hadn't been for Jim" llentrlce
was saying, "If you hadn't ulcl.ed mo up
and cirrled me, when Ihut stium struck.
1-1 "
"Hows the ucIik now?" Stem hastily In
terrupted, In 11 ruther weak, yet brisk, voice,
which ho was trying hard to render mutter
of fait 'Of course, tho laik of water, ex
cept that half-pint or so to bathe your
brulsn with, Is a rank barhirlty Hut If wo
haven't got uny we haven tlhat a all All
till vvu havu another go at 'em!"
'tlh, Allan'" sho exclaimed, tiemutously
"Don't thlnl, of me' Of me, when jour
back's gashed wllh .1 spear cut, jour head's
battered, 11 r 111 plened, and wt-vo neither
water nor bandages nothing of uny kind
lo treat your wounds with'"
"Coma now, don't jou bother about me!"
he objected, trying hard to smile, though
rucked Willi in 1 11 "I'll be O K , lit as a
fiddle. In no time Perfect health and all
that sort of thing, jou knuw R II heal
right away
"Head's clear again already, in spite of
that whack with the war dull or whatever
It wan they landed with Hut for a whllo I
certainly was seeing things I hud 'em
had 'em bud ! Thought- well, strange
things
".My baik Only a scratch, that's all
It's begun to coagulate already, the blood
has, hasn't It?" And he strove to peer over
his own shoulder at the slash Hut the pain
mado him desist He could hardly keep
back a groan His face (witched Involun
tarily. '
The girl sank on her knees beside him
Her arm encircled him; hor hand smoothed
his forehead: and with a strange look she
fctudled his unnaturally pale face
"It's your arm I'm thinking about more
than anything" said she. "We've got to
havo something lo treat that with Tell
me, does it hurl you very much, Allan?"
He tried to laugh as he glanced down at
the wounded arm, which, ligatured about the
spear thrust with a thong and supported by
a rawhide sling, looked strangely blue and
swollen
"Hurt me? Nonsense! I'll bo fine and
dapdy In no time. The only trouble Is I'm
not much good as a fighter this way
Southpaw, you see. Can't shoot worth a a
cent, you know, with my left. Otherwise 1
wouldn't mind "
"Shoot? Trust me for that now'" she
exclaimed "We've XIII got two revolvers
and the shotgun left, and lots of ammuni
tion I'll do Ihe shooting If there's got
to be any done I"
"You're all right, Beatrice " exclaimed
the wounded man fervently "What would
1 do without you? And to think how pear
you came to but never mind. That's over
now . forget it '"
"Yes. but what next?"
"Don't know Oct well, maybe Things
might be worse I might have a broken
arm or something, laid up tor weeks slow
starvation and all that What's a mere
puncture? Nothifigl Now that the spear's
out it ii ofgin oesuBg rigni away
: iru Mgtn. aeaUBg right awar '
Bet a HuBien, Uusb, lt Wbf-HU-
1910
Name down there. Wjl Chfei Uie, Mphsv
won't rt out tt his scrape In A hurry.
His lace Is certainly scrambled dr t miss
my guess You rot him through the ear
with one shot, by the way Know that
Fact' Drilled It clean' Just r. little to
the right and you'd have had him for keeps
Hut never mind we'll save him for the-encore
If there Is any "
"You think they'll try again?"
"Can't say They've lost n tot of fighters,
killed and wounded already And they've
had a pretty liberal taste of our style That
ought lo hold them for a while We'll see
at any rate And It luck stays good we'll
majbe have a thing or two to show them
H they keep on hanging around where they
aren't wanted '"
Came now a little silence Reside Stern
the girl sat, halt supporting his wounded
body with her firm, white arm Thirst was
beginning to torment them both, pirtlcu
lariy Stern, whose Injuries had already
given him a marked temperature Rut
water there wss absolutely none And so,
still planless, glnd only to recuperate, a
little, content that for the present tho Horde
had been held hack, they walled Walling,
they both thought. The girl's thoughts were
all of him. but he. mnn-fnshlon, was trjlng
to piece out what had happened to frame
somo coherent Idea of It nil, to nnnlyze the
urgent necessities that Isy upon them both.
Hero nnd there a disjointed till recurred
to htm. even from out of tho delirium that
had followed tho blow on the bend From
the time he had recovered his scjisea In the
building things were clearer
llo knew that the Horde, temporarily
frightened by his mad rush, had given him
time to stumble up ngalo and once more
lift the girl before they hid ventured to
creep Into the arcade In nenrcli of their
prey
lie remembered that the snear had been
gono then Having, he must havo broken
t
fACIflt
ryu'"'""1 7-
iind plucked It out Tito blond, he recalled,
wns spurting freely ns he lind carried Bea
trice through tho wreckage and up to tho
first landing, whercsho had regained partial
consciousness
U'ONTINI'KD TOMORROW)
OPERATIC BELGIUM
UNDERGOES INVASION
No Scraps of Paper Torn at
Metropolitan as Urlus Sins
the Swan-Knight
Any one disposed to treat Jocoselj- so en
durlngly poetic 11 work us "laiheugrln"
might tell how nperatle llelglum, or tho
llrnbant of legend nun Invaded at the Met
ropolitan lust night Nor, If he did, should
there bo any offense shown nt mention of
tho coincidence that Mi Urlus, dm shining
knight of the occasion. Is reullj Flemish,
and that, quverly and coutrudlitorlly
I'liough. )lmes Itappold und Ober and
Messrs (lorltz and ilnuin nro of thn Teu
tons Teutonic In emotion and thought For
scraps of paper vvoio not even In one's
mind, so leal Is tho old truth that art knows
110 dlptomucj, uur boundary linen, nor nu-
tlouul disagreements
Familiar a friend us he Is. Lohengrin"
can take on almost iih many tints with
ench perfonuamo as tho armor hu wears
Mine Cadskl lined to bo the stamlurd Kba,
for Instance, Just nn Mines. Homer und
.Matzeuiiuer used to alternate as Ortrud.
Perhups a sketchy contrast of their Imper
sonations Is not out of pluco Tlio newer
Klsii sang with much i-MireHalon and with
a clearly defined zeul that were capital.
It sho suggests un Incomplete version of
tho Wiigner of IS.'.d It wns hecauso of tho
IndeCuahlfl but uiidenlablo lark of tho mjs
lie, fairy storj spirit which u lone lifts tho
hern of tho swim from the plane of melo
drnmutlc antiquity In the plane of poetic
runtuH) It Is Jimt tills spirit, so dllllcuit
of realization in Klsa, thnt Ih virtually
aciress-proor In Ortrud So .Mme Ober.
matching her enchantress with those of
Chiussen, Mutzeuauer and Homer, did not
fnll Tn the liluck wonder und uwo of th'i
"dark scone" sho lent tt contralto not great,
hut thrilling and menacing Her yi-llowlsh
fiuo wus u nice touch of Impressionism
Nut much that Is Important or novel can
bo recouled of tho others Tlio clear lyrlo
tenor of .Mr I'llus shone, and his Inst scene
was u pleco of sheer witchery -Mr. Rrauii
did the King with fair succeiis That gar
rulous person, tho herald, was udmlrably
souoroua Iu the throat of Robert l.eonhurclt,
and of course the gem of thn night was
Mr (lorltz'H Telrumund u black and disas
trous Jewel, Huwless und frightful In Its
gloomy setting. It Is one of the supreme
roles of n Biipieme urllst singer and actor.
His precis 011 of speech was ugaln superb
Mr. llodanskj' conducted poetically, .nerv
ously, with kuuwledgo of thu Inward being
of the score. The way Iu which he de
tached tho prelude lo the upora, making It
sound Ilka u tune poem, brings the thought
that some day he limy take his place on
the platform of a symphony concert. The
elusive atmosphere of "absolute" nius.c
hangs about his head like seu-murmurlug
round a shell II l.
HECKLING OF WILSON
DENOUNCED BY "ANTIS"
Women Opponents of Suffrage
Prepare for Big Campaign
at Capital
WASHINGTON. Pec 8 Denunciation
of the act of suffrage workers In heckling
the President during ils address before
Congress yesterday was made by speakers
at today's preliminary sessions of the Na
tional Association Opposed to Woman Suf
frage This was the first national conven.
tlon n America of women who believe prog
ress for the sex lies without the realm of
politics
The entls will try to down the old "de
structive" bugaboo, and show the con
structive aide of their organization lha
ultimate union of women of all creeds, and
classes for the advancement of womanhood.
The Immediate objective Ihe defeat of the
national woman suffrage movement will be
more or less relegated to discussion along
these lines.
President William Howard Taft. Ellhu
Root, WlUUm Cabot Lodge, Charles W
Eliot and Lyman Abbott have been Invited
to attend the big banquet Mrs. Lansing.
Mabel Boardpian, Ida li Tarbeli and Kate
Douglu Wtggln are present
The association 1 composed of tweaty
flve State organizations, and lias 9n en-
wimmwi u
wLUt r, V W IWwfcenp.
V
"W
1 " tkXlinmmtm
imMBum
JUMPS TO
,000,000
Everybody Wears Them nnd
Prices Hnve Sonred on
Demand
WAR PARTLY TO BLAME
When Mrs Cavew-oman cuddled up to Mr.
Caveman nnd murmured. "I would have
furs," Mr Caveman went out. clubbed a,
bear over the he.ld nml i-M lhn Ami far
m Hi.. i mmanirHi
$6
a long time afterwnrd he wasn't annoyed by
a fur bill
Philadelphia Is somewhat different, for Its
fur bill this year Is going to b In the neigh' , - f
borhood of 8S.000.000 Kv'erybody Is buy-'
ng them, nnd dealers say It haa been the
best j mr In the history of the business.
W omen seem to he fur crazj', they say, and
no longer regard furs as luxuries, but as v
shsoluto necessities. '
l.lkn everything else, furs have ndvnncrit
m price Some havo doubled, while Other
havo experienced only n slight advance. The , "
war. of course. Is blamed for much of the jv.
ndvnuco. but on somo of the American ,
products dealers lay the blame solely on V
tho largo demand c-
Philadelphia jnntrons nre buying expen
sive furs this season and lots of them, " ,
ono largo firm snld that ten of Its cu-
tsnon u '"'J"8'" er fox sets worth
83000 each, while fifteen had bought seal
ti..'! "".V" """"Bhig from 81800 upward.
Hudson Hay sealskin coats seem to bo the
most popular this jear, according to this
""!' ranging In price from 8100 to 8100.
frJI. .sV0."'".,""'0 nr" PaP"lar, bringing
from 8250 to $800. Mink coats nro mora
expensive, hut none (ho less popular, n
83. S to 8500. illotor coats of leopard, rao
coon nnd beaver nro selling without trouble
for prices ranging from 1135 to 8S00.
There havo also been several sales of furs
that nro worth fortunes. Among these Is
tho natural black fox fur, tho rarest on the
market. Rlark fox ranges In prlco a set
from $200 to $10,000 nnd higher, Another
rare fur Is the silver for, which brings from
$500 to $1000 Still another of tho exptn- 1
slve varieties is tho Russian sable, more
numerous thnn tho black fox, but almost
as expensive Russian snblo Is valued at
from $500 to $K000 n set. two skins to a
set.
Of all the furs tho moleskin gives the
least wear Dealers will not guarantee It, I
nnd It sometimes wears out within n year.
being very delicate lo rubbing or hard 1
wear. Those that wear best nro sealskin,
Usher, skunk, raccoon nnd kolinsky, the
new Russian fur thnt Is In voguo this eea
sou Tho furs that hnve seen probably the
blggOMt jump nro tho Holland nnd Scotch
moleskins, both of which havo risen more
than 500 per cent In price. This fur Is used s
extensively In trimming tho edges of
dresse, collnrs and cuffs, and Is In great
demand
Another fur that Ims gono up consider
ably Is tliu fox fur In desirable, shades,
which has ndvanced nfty. aeventy-flve and
In somo Instances 100 per rent In price
Kolinsky has gono up 100 per cent because
of tho war. and Hudson neal haa Jumped
nearly fifty per cent
Philadelphia women own fortunes in furs.
Mrs Frank Cljde. of Uryn Mawr. Is said to
have tho most beautiful net of silver fox In
this vlclnllj, valued at several thousand dol
lars Mrs Cljdo Is tho mothor of Sirs.
Ueorgo Mcl'nddcu .Mrs. Oeorgo Drexel la
tho owner of 11 set of black fox fur valued In
munv figures A hnndsome collection of
sables Is owned by Mrs, li T Stotcabury
Mrs Kodmnti Wannmakcr Is tho possessor
of un ennliio coat lined with Russian sable,
valued ut nbovo tho $20,000 inark.
The demand for furs Is laid to the general
prosperity of the country, and also the con
servative tttjles this j ear, which do away
wllh the necessity of having furs remod-
V .".. !,C,U. fnr " kr"' "'' wl,h he Hmes
I hllndelphlu'H annual fur hill has been In
tho neighborhood of $3,000,000. hut this
J ear dealers saj-. It will Ko $2,000,000
ilglier This city Is third In the fur trads.
being preceded by New York and Chicago.
THREE WILL WED AGAIN,
UNDAUNTED BY DIVORCE
License Applicants Show Ro
mance Crippled, but Not
Killed in Their Hearts
Di'spllo failure In their first attempt at
uiurrhige. three divorced persons have de
cided in again bo united by the' bonds of
matrimony and obtulned their wedding per
mits today.
Vlncenlo Pardo Cnstello camo all tho way
from Havana, Cuba, to be married In this
city to Cunstnnco Kmilor, of 229 West
Ilortter street.
Cuatello and his Intended bride are
twentj'-llv jenra old After being divorced
from her husband, Miss Hquler resumed her
innldeu name, under which she obtained her
second mnrrlago license. .She wns divorced
from Jume.c W. Walker by Common Pleas
Court No 3 on thu 27lh of last month on
the grounds of desertion Cuatello Is a
physician
A Hec-und couple, ono of whom was di
vorced, camo from Harrlsburg, Pa. They
nro Walter 11 Klojd nnd Mabpl V. Van
Itlper Floyd Is u steamfltter and Mrs.
Van Riper a chocolate coater. She waa
divorced In 1907 on the grounds of cruelty,
l-'loyd N thirty-three years old and his In
tended bride thirty-two,
Howard M, Howell, forty-eight years old,
nt 6018 locust street, who was divorced
In Massachusetts In 1901, got a license to
wed Melissa Richards, iv widow, of the same
uddreHU Rowell Is a messenger. Mrs.
Rlchards's husband died March 10, 1909,
August Muler, llfty-three years old, a
farmer, of Dresher. Montgomery County,
Pa . obtulned a license lo wed Louisa,
Oslertng, Hfty-one years old, of 29SI North
Ninth street. Iloth applicants were mar
ried before Maler'a wife died four months
ngo In this city, while Mrs. Oatertag haa
been a widow for fifteen months.
Other licenses Issued today are
John llalunn 2330 Christian St., and Maria
wfQlirVS?i?"jKa&r,. P... and M.bal
Jofa HlmonV.VWpi'n .?.nd E.l.ab.,.,
wiuiara'll llelmsn. SlU Monlsomary sv., sad
lloaa KaulVr Ul N Frsnklln at.
Howard W Howell U8 Locuat St., and Ma
Ui Rlcharila. edit; LmusI si. ,,,.,
I'rid C. ' Flarher. SOU Halts al , and Takla
'.... ii-ii- -.
J. Itu.VaH Krrlckaon." Inr msneh. K J and
laiuru V, Tlnaman. 174S N 20tt el.
Auiuat Maler, Draabar. Pa . and Louie Oatar-
Frlnlsaiiurl. "iMli" Morris St.. snd Mary O.
Marlay, SIS FtUtral at
WILLS ADMITTED TO PROBATE Ja
Louise Goldsborough Estate, Valued at
$15,700, In Private Bequests
Wills probated today were those of Louisa
Goldsborough, 1411 Lombard street, which
In private 'bariuests disposes of property
valued at llR.700, Lydla A- Ogden, who
died In the Herman Hospital, 6S00s An
drew J Miles. 2118 North Percy street,
13600; Oharlw T Stelnbacli. Baltimore.
Md IJ400 , Samuel I" Miller, 13111 Paxsoa
street. IS800, and Clara V Conover, ll(
Hast Washington lane, IITOO
The personalty of the estate of Sophia It
Hermann has been appraised at J1T.SH 81s
Thomas U Doyle at JU.1ST 47 and Julia S,
WurU at MM- "
Hospital Nurses Hold Bazaar
A bazaar for the purpose of raising funds
for endowing a private room for alck mem
bers of the aertoantawa Hospital alumna
la being- held today and tomorrow la the
basement of the Nurses' Home. Peon an4
Chew streets. Uermantown. The bazaar la
being conducted by the nurses thttuiaelies.
Many fancy articles, uuful anil ormuaauta.1.
re bains told. Donation ar also bate
received by U eswwlA, m kun .
WfciOfl MM, riB(K F u-lMMMtk
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