jUJn? GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
festivities of Made-in-America Bazaar Week to
End wiwi luuciiiiis "isMuuwu vijeiu,
House Other News
.. nd Baraar Week will etui to-
.'S.UpoMUn Opera House.
.wkl will mnko two
'fTTL first In English and the
IpTuhlii naUvo Polish language. e
& . .". . ' Editions in rolnml nt the
P7. km. Mr. William C MuMtt will
frnt time. Mr. vv .rlence, ( that
ll oi . lmmC(1.
Hirr --" na-
Irtn- ., ,, ,,. 1..1J under tho
P'ri, the central Polish relief
S which 13 UIa with tho lo
mmllfo of the Emergency Aid.
. rurTDr. Jan Oodrycz will preside,
g? the members of tho wtou. Polish
gtMttloiM of the city will bo In at-
JS"6' . ... .. - urn nf tho boxhold
The following i . ----
il . . ..i inn,1 n HDeclal guests!
Vrf. Cornelius Stevenson. Judge and Mrs.
rfmui Martin. Mr. and Mrs. Edward
V SWteibury. Mrs. A. J. Cnisntt. Mr. and
. C Hartman Kuhn, Mr. and Mra.
&u4 8. Morris. Mr. and Mrs. Hampton
f arson. Mr. and Mrs. T. Do Witt Cuy
& Judge Robert von Moschalskor and
"-.-, aaalassi snriaa Uttuill "
. Ton aioscnaoiioi. .. -
L1 .... , Tt. irAivni.l IMn.
gttel W. .MCOK. .lira. - "
&if Mrs. William C. Bullitt, Mr. Har.
tty u. wans, " "" " """ :
th. ir. ia. .Miss Nina I.ca, Mr. and
jtrt, William Jar Tumor, Mr. nnd Mrs.
'l gtllers Bancroft. Mr. and Mrs. Harrl.
K b. Morris. Mlsi Sophlo MorrlH, Mr
M Mrs. Spencer K. Mulford, Jr., Mr.
aa Mrs. Jay Llpplncott. Mr. and Mrs.
WllUm Hentx, Mr. nnd Mrs. Gcorue
FriU Chandler, Mra. Hamilton Harris,
'Xr. and Mrs. I.. 3. Smith, Mlsa 13. Owen
'Martla. Mr. and Mra. Ilalph M. Town
fenl Mrs. QeorffO Clymor Brooks, Mr
end Mrs. William J. Clothier, Mrs, Hod-
fern Oriicom, Mrs. H. E. Yarnall, Mr. and
Jfrs, Thomas Robins, Judgo ciinries u.
atcltlcbael nnd Mrs. McMlchacl, Mr. nnd
Kr Jasper Tcatcs Brlnton, Dr. nnd Mra.
JBchird I. Harlo, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
K. .. .. . ir... All...... Tl
IB. unnaer, .ur. uiiu n. iuuvh .
jrelmer, Judgo Howard A. DavH and
Vrt. Davis, Doctor ao Bcnwoinuz, ur.
ina Mrs. D. Webstor Fox, Mr. nnd Mrs.
gunnel D. Lit. Mr. nnd Mrs. Sidney Ma-
sJB.'Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Paxson and
Ul Mayor and Mrs. Smith.
Btfore the meeting tho Itov. Gnbryol
SriM will entertain Mr. Paderewskl and
VvUms Paderewskl at dinner at Ills
IKtorf. Jr. nnu mtb. uuiiiii, juuso uuu
Mrs. Mixtln, Mr. and Mrs. Mock, Judgo
ls4 Mrs. von Moschzlsker and a number
"it the leading members of the Polish
ttlonv will also bo Father ICraus'a nucsts.
ml.. ... ... . . .
ffE. tonight there will bo tho beau
tiful tableaux of living plcturos, which
to to be held In the ballroom of tho
K!tCflrlton. Tho Russian Ambassador
m Madame BahkmetenT wcro guests of
lesor at the luncheon yesterday at tho
l&ft des Ambossadcurs, and a reception
lu given m tna altornoon, wlilcli was
tended by a number of Russians. Mrs.
gBUm Ellis Scull is head of tho com-
Kitee, and did. tho honors, assisted by
fff able confreres. Last night the Rus-
Jlin choir of St Andrew's Church, In
Xorth Fifth street, sang for half an hour
tt the bazaar. In tho afternoon chorus
W from "Chln-Chln" carao over to tjio
fclr, wearing their most fetching cos
toes, and disposed of a wonderful Alad-
d!tl'l limn for thn bnnnnt nf Dm Arm A.
Wan booth, nnd altogether It was won
Mjwful. Today, the last one of the bn-
gar, u devoted to the children, and great
Mftin have been made for their special
taurUlnment.
.rHALK about devotion (and let mo say
i rtjht hero, I thoroughly aDnrovo of It).
liheard last week that Mrs, Fred Mc-
m, who was Frances Kembla, you
fcwr, had gono to tho border with her
mid to see hor husband, who Is a prl
ijte and can only get twenty-four hours"
ST of absence' onco a week. So she
frwled all the way to the border Just to
Ifttd one day wfth him, and is qomlng
Ml back again.
NANCY WYNNE,
Personals
ur. and Mrs. Thnmna rin o.'( r-nvi. u.111
lt9tFiln .. . . .. ..'..' '"
lwii k "inner bi me imx-uaruon on
ay evening, December 28.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Htnry Dixon will give
K,5??!r.'lth BaUevue-Stratford on Jan.
iwy In honor of Mlis Eliwbeth Trotter.
iVft tnd Mr. Jnmnh T.Mv r.9 1IO T rt
l?,f,, wl" entertain at dinner on Tues-
" ' t in iionor oi miss aiargaret
gr lurrls and Miss Emily P. Welsh.
BUr. IUldtlno Rmllh .lll l... ai .
fcjK . . ......., nm Klin kUVAICO
IffiV on Monday, February xs.
jr. and Mrs, John Henry, of Cheatnut
m FBn"a " ,ne,r daughter. Mrs.
U14J71 COltman FKUmnn nn.t tk.l. a
!&.. y!? Henry, left yesterday for Call.
IST Thy wlu '"" January , when
Kit Teran will be one of the brides.
H at (ha weddlnr nf Ml Rimn t.h
gr and Mr Samuel Chase, which will
B& Place that dav.
Mn, Walton Clark, whose marriage took
KKC la tna earlv lumm,. .llt . ti
ems. wh.r. .h. i, k...' .'" Jrri'.r!
Orl? ,llh h,r husband, on December
K SM WIH OCCUDV th hnlim nf h.- mnll,..
?V J. Hutchlnion Seott, on South Twenty
rtT-mV .." ,no P"n" r. and Mrs,
K Will bUlld at Pa nil vn II -M. .1. .... .
S 2Ubi,h D y Boott. 'one of the
Pepular of last season's debutantes.
SyC'.f,!!?.??' A W Tllllnghast. who are
fP7log their new hon kt w..i it.,,..
ri"t, Qermantown. win vi.a n i. .
aft... - hl ----". ..... ,v mm ifuwtuMI
GS! o? Thursday evening January 4. In
Z.t !.!r ?uhtr. IfHji Elsie M, Til,
l wui attend
lttih; ??." Mr... "rs. WIHUm
Kko t',T,"I" 1 ?5 "" . Qer-
ibt.7.- . 7' m "0,wr their
ssier and son.in.ia.vr u, .. ,-
Kir' KnT.-f,?h pa?" n Mrs. Henry
i!r Kurtj will pour tea and Mrs. James
EST an? W,V?'!V8 W,h Mr- !
her marriage last Saturday!
SiiX'M!?,MX.,ieUM Vauclaln and their
ttawWi. "PT ret. will dose
iHf tus? on Thursday, December 15.
Ute for Ashsvllle. N a. whereto
kX. .wf? W "inter months.
rLi m wy mfiBg they win
IMioto by rhoto-Crtlen.
MRS. TRUMAN G. SCHNABEL
Jlrs. Schnnhcl before hor mar-
riugc to Doctor Schnnhcl wna Miss
Hildcganlc J. Kohnur.
N. Y. who has been spending some tlmo
trnvellng through tho West nnd hunting big
game In Alaska, has returned und Is staying
nt the nitz-Carltou In this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Rex, Beach will ouend the
weok-end In Philadelphia nnd will bo the
guests of honor nt a dinner at the Philadel
phia Country Club given by Mr. und Urn.
Henry Paul this evening before tho regular
dance.
Mrn. Harry Anbury, of Oak l.anc. hai loft
for Waahlngton, D. C, whore she Is spend,
lug somo tlmo nnd attending sesnul lueet
Ings In connection with tho Woman's Na
tional Prepurcdncsn mcnoniont.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Warner Swnln, of
Bristol, have taken a house In town for
the winter, which they nro now occupying.
Mrs. Swnln will he remembered as .Mlei
Jean Cuthrle, of Wllkes-Uurre, before her
marrlngo last October
Mrs. Frederick Taylor, of lloxley, CheM
nut Hill, returned home the tlrsl of this
week from l.nkcwood, where she spent
several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cray, of Colmar,
Pa., havo closed their house and taken an
apartment at Thirteenth nnd I'lne streets
for the winter.
Mr. Harold Moon, of Wyncote road, Jen
klntown, has roturned Home from Lake
wood, where ho ha been spending a fort
night. Miss Dorothy Bacon, of Wyncote and York
roads. Jenklntown, will shortly Issue In
vitations for a dance on Wednesday, l)o
cember 20, at 8:30 o'clock, at the Old York
Road Country Club.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Klrtlnnd Duffus, of
133 Pelham road, Oermantown, announco
tho engagement of their daughter. Miss
Margaret Klrtlnnd Duffus, to Mr. John
Wesley MoWIUIams.
Mr. Howard Holton. of Upaal street, Oer
mantown, has returned home from Now
York, where he has been spending some
time.
Mrs. Eugene Stull. nf Woodland avenue,
Wyncote. has Mra. F. Daggart and her
two children, of Bellefonte, Pa., as her
guests for several days.
Mr, and Mrs. Frederick Hlllmnn, of
Wllkes-Barre, aro spending a few days In
this city as the guests of friend.
The Independent Hebrew Relief will hold
a sacred concert, followed by a dance, at
Apollo Hall, 1711 North Broad street, to.
marrow evening. The committee has ar
ranged an elaborate program. The proceeds
of the affair will be donated to charity.
The first annual Philadelphia Fraternity
Sorority dance will be held at Horticultural
Halt on Saturday evening, January 10.
Twenty of the fraternities and sororities of
the city will be represented. The commit
tee is planning great things and elaborate
decorations are under way. Invitations are
being extended to friends of the members
of the following fraternities and sororities
glTlng the dance: Sigma Alptu PI, Lambda
Delta. Sigma. Omega Chi Rho, Hlgma Tau
Delta, PI Delta, Phi PI Alpha, Beta Kappa
Sigma, Delta Delta, Theta Tau, Phi Delta
Upsllon, Rho Delta Kappa. Oamma Eta
Kappa. Delta PI. Blgroa Kappa. Gamma
Kappa, Lambda Phi. Delta-Beta Sigma. Mu
Oamma, Beta Oamma and Beta Delta
Sigma.
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Weddings
SIEBEB MAQOWAN
The marriage of Miss Ethel Orace Ma.
gowan, of JU North SUty-thlrd street,
a popular member of Jhe younger set In
West Philadelphia, and Mr Harry F 8Ie
ber. of 027 Clinton street, took place this
afternoon at the office of Dr John T
Iteeve, at SOI South Forty-eighth street
Mr. and Mr Sleber left Immediately
after the ceremony on a wedding trip. Mr
Sleber is well known In the business world
and la a member of the Rotary Club, City
ClubCynwyd and Overtrook Ootf Clubs,
and the Business Science Club of thu city
What's Doing Tonight
PhlUdelebU Orchestra concert. Acaduay at
UuslO
Made-uvAnMrica easaan HortUauura! UalL
BecnUrr 0 vvr Psker sJlr American
lie. ileal BlauUksaee ef Preparedness,"
WitbersDOoa lialt
PUts Md w. .UsoeUMea Hall. Ur-
imjjt n'nyn.
rL..h.r Varaln. Temple University
War motion ptar. Wm HU;
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CiifttSTuIAS CADDIES
EASE SHOPPING LOAD
Carry Homo Bundles for BuBjr
Givers nt Fifty Cents nnd
Lunch n Dny
HELP OUT STORE DELIVERY
Systonn Already Overburdened" Unvo
Trlnls liinhtcncd by New
System
r.tlat, nt toditr there r lt ehepplnt
befert. Chtlltn.
Have you noticed th Christmas caddlei?
o. they don't carry golf rlubs. Their
jak Is a tittle more arduous nnd net nulls
so Interesting.
They gn along with milady nnd Mrs.
Housekeeper to carry her bundles. They
r?Tt.. of l,m ""'l gaeollne to many of
the big stores., lXsplto their big fleets of
motortrucks and delivery wagons they can
not keep nbrcasl of the avalanche of Ohrll
mas bunlnex
Ilut ns to the bois they r ruinerit
ambitious nnd energetic Koine of them
average two eimtomers a dny They net ns
Christmas enddy for Mrs. Jones In tho
morning and do the same stunt for Mrs
Smith In tho afternoon They are armed
with very substantial strap like n pack
mule The weight rests upon their shoul
ders. Hut their burdens nro never heavy,
for the women whom they accompany are
considerate
You would be surprised how they eaee the
burden of shopping.
. With both hands free of bundles the am
bitious purchaser ran literally wade Into
things, worm her way to tho front of the
firing line In the big stores and gnrner up
the cream of the nice things which confront
her In all directions
Furthermore, u requires two good strong
hnnd lo get what jovi wunt i:erybody
Is roaching. therefore the one who rnn
rench twice at one tlmo will win out In
the end
The Christmas rnddy Is also useful In
other v,nis .lust put him nhend of you In
a store ur In the street crowds nnd wntch
nlm cut n path In the Jam of humanity
Yes. ho may have to rllvow them a llttlo
bit but that merely reminds mnny dawdlers
and loiterers that the big Christmas lenwiii
Is here nnd that ever) body wants what
they want when they want It.
There are nrlous stjles of Christmas
caddy nnd they bring all sorts of prices
Thoo from tweUe to fifteen eurs old will
go to the store with you and carry homo
our bundlei for fifty cents, their lunch and
carfare. Others, from sixteen to eighteen,
who nro accustomed to a llttlo moro ex
travngnuce, charge from eetenty-tlve cents
to $1
Tho demand for raddles seems to Increase
each day It .Is possible that ninny buyors
who wnnt goods Immediately will use the
rnddy nlnns when on extended shopping
tours. And who knowB mnybo noxl vear
thero will bo n regular Christmas caddy
supply otllce. whern the Utile fellows may
bo nblaned Just as one gets a maid or a
cook.
SHOPPERS WARNEQ. OF
CHRISTMAS PICKPOCKETS
Detective Offers Advice on Precautions
to lie Observed In
Crowds
Numerous suggestions which If followed
may enable Chrlstmns shoppers to protect
themsltcs ngainst thieves nnd pickpockets
hao been given by Lieutenant Detective
James Scanlln.
He said that all women should keep out
of crowds whero there Is pimhlng nnd
Jostling, and cautioned them nt all times
not to allow their handbags to hnng down.
"When any ono hits you on the wrist
In .a crowd." said Rcanlln, "pay no at
tention to It, as thls'ls done to divert your
attention from your pockelbook " Men who
carry a largo, sum of money, he said, should
divide It Into' smaller sums nnd carry It In
Bsveral pockets Men should not rarry wal
lets In their hip pockets. Women on leav
ing homo to go shopping. Scanlln said,
should not placo signs on doors and win
dows saying they would return soon.
CHRISTMAS FOR ORPHANS
Opportunity Offers for Providing: Joy
for Llttlo Ones Whilo Brighton-
ing Home
Will your homo be brightened by the
laughter of n llttlo baby on Christmas?
livery ono who has a homo of his or hty
own will have opportunity to brighten the
Christmas of eome llttlo ono who has been
deprived of parents.
Numerous Philadelphia Institutions for
the care of destitute children are arrang
ing to lend their llttlo ones to charitable
persons during the Christmas holiday". Do
you wish to make one of these youngsters
happyT If so, read the magailne section of
the Public Ledger tomorrow. It will tell
you how to do it.
YULETIDE BASKETS FOR POOR
Volunteers of America Will Distributo
a Thousand
More than 1000 families In Philadelphia
will be made happy Chrlitmas Day by the
Volunteers of America, who will distribute
a basket containing enough food for a
Christmas dinner and woolen caps nnd
mlttenu for children. Among this number
aro 300 families wh,o depend on widowed
mothers for support
Colonel Alice V. Herron will lake charge
of tho distribution.
Banker, 78, to Wed Secretary, 28
NEW YORK. Dec l-John Bernard
Mannlnr. agcxl millionaire banker and
broker, and his twenty-elght-year-old secre
tary! Miss Honora May O'Brien, appeared
at City Clerk Souly's offloe and took out a
marriage license, saying the wedding will
take plaoe In St. Patrick's Cathedral next
Tuesday,
Antl-Suffraglsta to Open Headquarters
Anti-suffrage headquarters will be opened
Monday In Harrisburg In charge of Mrs.
John B. Heron, of the leglslatlte committee
of the Pennsylvania Assoclatlqn Opposed U
Woman Suffrage.
GOLF-OLOGICALLY SPEAKING
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iiltrlht I to r-ublUhliie
Jlr. Wooden always wanted n tall,
intended to marry
l--aJfr SSSiSSCc-.
BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to "Tho Vacant World")
By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
ulliijM. Jilt, iiv frank A, Ituittu Company
TIIK STOUT TltfM llt
Allan Hiern ant lltnlrien KtnJiIck ar
rltut at lh- eM iiiniiiii of Van Aintiuie,
lart lo ruk In rarnvnt In mK Ilia liema
liabiublr, DurlriB Hi. noVi of "etll ns
iluwn ' thou Iiv ii n tli nh lhal Allan
catrhts with s mile ru.l eml sain
of hla time slur that In inn conitrucllon
rna wbria a lona man apemn arai .
ur a wormy auinx iren. lor n wan"
jplort th worll In nutet nt rlvllliallon
'luialher tliy atari on thtlr pUsrlmaxe.
ll- nlsht ttirr ha irmtle.l Jan ina.,u.'1:
eon. Ihtoueh thn llatlcni lllver ami fiy
mlira alone thn aounJ Mttrn dot rt lot
a few mlnulra ana wlwn tie, sVe i"
lln.U the Uvat la Iwlnr .Irawll by a Urrino
cuirnt tuwaM a srral lalnrarl Willi
Utairlce ha vrrrarra fur Ilia vlima.
' C HAITI", It XI (Continued)
NO WOIID was spoken now Ilotli llentrlce
and Stern lay to the sweeps; both braced
thrmseles nnd put the full force of back
nnd arms Into each long and powerful
stroke. Yet Stern could see that, nt tho
rate of progress they were mnklng over
that black and oily swirl, they could not
gain ten feet while the current was carry
ing) them a thousand.
Tn his heart ha knew tho futility of tho
fight, jut still ho fought. Still Beatrice
fought for life, too, there by his side.
Human Instinct, tho will to llvo. drove them
on, on, where both understood there was
no hope.
For now already the current had quick
ened still more. The breexo had sprung up
from the opposite direction; Stern knew
the boiling rush of wnters had already
reached u speed greater than that of the
wind Itself. No longer the stars trembled,
reflected. In the waters All ugly, froth
ing, broken, the swift current foamed and
leaped. In long, horrlblo gulfs and crests
of slckonlng eloclty.
And whirlpools now began to form. Tho
yawl was twisted like a straw, wrenched,
hurled. Hung about with sickening vio
lence. "How! Howl" Stern cried none the
less. And IiIh muscles bunched and hard
ened with tho labor; his olns stood out.
nnd sweat dropped from his brow, ran
Into his eyes, and all but blinded him
The girl, too. was laboring with nil her
might Stem heard her breath, gasping
and quick, above tho roar and Swash of
tho mad waters. And all at once revulsion
seized him rage, and n kind of mad exulta
tion, n defiance of It all
He dropped the sweep snd sprang to
her.
"Beta!" he shouted, louder than the
droning tumult "No use I No uio at all !
Here come to me '."
Ha drew the sweep Inboard and flung
It in the bottom of tho yawl.
Already the vapors of the cataract ahend
wero drifting aver them and driving In
their faces. A vibrant booming shuddered
through the dark air, where now even the
moon'a fnlnt light was all extinguished by
the whirling mists.
Heaven nnd sea shook with the terrible
concussion of falling waters. Though Stern
had shouted, ot tho girl could not have
hearil him now
In tho gloom he peered at hor; ha took
her In his arms llrr face was pale, but
very calm. She showed no moro fonr than
tho man; each teemed Inspired with somo
strange exultant thought of death, there
with the other.
He drew her to his breast and covered
i,.- ?,- he knelt with her among the
t...n,i.iiT fnra. und then, as tho yawl
plunged more violently still, they sank
down In tho poor shelter of the cabin nnd
waited,
Ills arms were about her; her face was
burled on his breest. Ho smoothed her
hair; his lips pressed her forehead.
"Oood-byl" ho whispered, though she
could not hear.
They seemed now lo hover on the very
A long, racing slulcellko Incline or black
waters, streaked with swirls or white, ap
peared before them. The boat plunged
and whirled, dipped, righted, nnd sped on.
Behind a huge, rushing, wail-llke mass
of lather'lng. leaping surges. In front, a
vast nothingness, a black, unfathomable
void, up through which guehed In clouds
the mighty Jets of npor.
Came a lurch, a swift plunge.
The boat hung suspended a moment.
Stern saw what seemed a ong, clear.
greenish slant of water. Deafened and
daied by tho Infernal pendemonlum of
noise, he bowed his head on hers, and his
arms tightened.
fluddenly everything dropped away. Tho
universe crashed and bellowed
Stern felt a heavy dash of brine cold,
strangling, Irresistible.
All grew black.
"Death I" thought he, and knew no more.
CIIAPTISK XII
Trapped en lbs I.edse
CONSCIOUSNESS won back to Allan
Btern how long afterward he could not
tell under the guise of a vast roaring
tumult, a deafening thunder that rose,
fell. leaped aloft again in huge, tltanlo
cadences of sound.
And coupled with this glimmering sense.
Impression, he felt the drive of water over
him, he saw. vaguely as In th. memory
o( a dream, a dim gray tlgbt that weakly
filtered through the gloom.
Weak sick dazed, the man realized that
be (till lived; and to his wind tho thought
Beatrice I" flashed back again.
With a tremendous effort, gasping and
shaken, weak, unnerved and wounded, he
managed to raise himself upon one elbow
and to peer about him with wild eyes.
A strange scene that Kea irt the bait
light, with all his sense distorted by con.
fusion and by pain, he made shift to com.
prehend a little of what he aw.
He understood that, by soma fluke of
fate Ufa sUl) remained la hlraj that. In
iom way he never could discover, he had
been cast upon a ledge of rook thera In
the cataract a ledge over which spray and
foam hurled, seething, yet a ledge which,
parting th glgsBtto flood, effered a. chance
o tlMtary fnty. I
vowt iter !!& fW tW-0a4r
PROPOSE?
;v
Comi'any. lteprlnlrd by epeeiel arrensrnifnt.
Bcrious wife, whilo his friend, Chubb,
a cheery little woman.
downpour of the falls Out at either side,
ns he Inv there still unable to rho. he
rniight glimpses through tho spume-drive,
glimpses of swift white wntor. Hint broke
nnd creamed ns It whirled past: that Jotted
high: that, hissing, swept uwny. nwny, to
unknown depths below that narrow, slip
pery leds-e
Itenllcatlon of all this had hnrdly forced
Itself upon his daaed perceptions when n
stronger recrudescence of his thuiinht about
the girl surged back upon him
"Ileatrlca! Beatrice!" he gasped, and
struggled up
On hands nnd knees, groping half
blinded, deafened, ho began to crawl ; nnd
as he crawled, he shouted the girl's name,
but the thundering of tho vast tuurbllllons
and eddies Hint swlrlcil nbout tho rock,
white nnd rnenlng. drowned his olce.
ngiie. yet terrible, In the light of the dim
moon that tillered through the mists, the
racing Hood howled past And In Stern's
In-art, as he now ramo to more ami better
understanding, a nt despair took shape,
a sickening fear surged up.
Again ho shouted, chokingly, creeping
along tho slippery ledge Thniunh tho drlv
Inr mists ha peervd with agonlrcd eyes.
Where was the yawl now? Whero the
girl? Down there In Hint Insane welter
of the mad torrent swept nwny long since
to annihilation? The thought maddened
him
Clutching a projection of the rock, ho
hauled himself up to his feet, and for a
moment stood there, swaying, a strange,
tattered, dripping figure In the dim moon
light, wounded, breathless and dlRheveled,
with bloodshot eyes that Boucht to pierce
tho hissing sprny.
All at onco ho gulped emmo unintelligible
thing and stnggered forward
There, wedged In a cre Ice, ho had caught
sight of something what It was he could
not tell, but toward It now he stumbled.
Ho reached tho thing'. Sobbing with re
alisation of his Incalculable loss and of the
wreckage of all their hopes and plans nnd
all that llfo had meant, ho fell upon his
knees beside tho object.
He groped nbout It as though blind; ho
felt thnt formless mass of debris, a few
shattered planks nnd part of tho woven
s.iil. now dimmed Into the fNsuro In the
ledgo And nt touch or all that remained
to him, he crouched there, ghastly pale
and racked with unspeakable anguish.
But hope and thn Indomitable spirit or
the human heart still urged him on. Tho
further end of the ledge, overdnshed with
wild Jets of spray nnd stinging drives of
brine, still remained unexplored And
toward this now he crept, bit by bit, fight
ing his way nlong, now clinging as soma
more savngo surge leaped over, now bat
tling forward on hands nnd knees along
the perilous strip of stone.
One falee move, he knew, one slln end
nil was oxer He, too, like the ynwl Itself,
and perhaps Ileatrlco, would whirl and fling
away down, down. Into the nameless
notningness or that abyss.
Better thus, ho dimly realised, hotter.
after all, than to Cling to tho ledge In case
ho could not find her. For It must be only
a matter of time, nnd no very long time at
that, when exhaustion and starvation would
weaken him and when ho must Inevitably be
swept away.
And In his mind he knew the future,
which voiced Itself In a half.spnken groan:
"If she's not there, or If she's there,
but dead good-byl"
Even ns ho sensed the truth he found
her. Sheltered behind a Jutting spur of
granite. Beatrice was lying, where the
shock of the Impact had thrown her when
the yawl had struck the ledge.
Drenched and draggled In her water
soaked tiger skin, her long hair tangled
and disheveled over the rock, she lay, as
though asleep.
"Dead!" gasped Allan, and caught her
in his arms, all limp ana cold. Hack from
her brow he flung the brine soaked hair: he
kissed her forehead and her lips, and with
trembling hands began to chafe her face, her
throat, her arms.
To her breast he laid his ear, listening
for some flicker of life, some promise of
vitality again.
And as he sensed a slight yet rhylhmta
pulsing there as he detected a faint breath,
so vast a gratitude and love engulfed him
that for a moment all grew dazed and
shaken and unreal.
Ha had to biace himself to struggle for
self-mastery.
"Iletal Beta I" he cried, "Oh, my Oodl
Vou live you live I"
Dripping water, unconscious, llihe, she
lay within his claap, now strong again.
Forgotten his weakness and his pain, his
bruises, his wounds, his rear. All had van
ished from his consciousness with the ne
supreme realisation "She lives!"
Back along the ledge he bora her, not
slipping now, not crouching, but ereet and
bold and powerful, nerved to that effort
and that daring by the urge of the great
ote that flamed through all his veins.
Back he bore her to the comparative
safety of the other end, where only an
occasional breaker creamed across the rock
and where, behind a narrow shelf that pro.
Jected diagonally upward and outward, be
bitd his precious burden down.
And now again he called her name: he
rubbed and chafed har.
Only joy filled his soul. Nothing else
mattered now. The total loss of their yawl
and all Its preolaus contents, the wreak
of their expedition almost at Its very start,
the fact lhat Beatrice and he were now
lone upon a narrow ledge of granite In
the midst of a stupendous cataruet that
drained the ocean down to unknown, un
thinkable depths, the knowledge that she
and be now were without arms, arnmunl.
tton. food, shelter, fire, anything at all,
defenseless In a wilderness such a no
humana ever yet had laced-fall this meant
nothing to Allan Stern.
yor be had her; and as at but her 114a
twitched, then opened, and her dazed ey
leaked at bun; M she tried to struggle
up while he restrained ben a the efcak-
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rtW not ask &r AMir Joy. .Wigh all
of civilisation and of potaer mtgnt be W.
without her
In hU own soul he kfww lie would
eheose this abandonment and all this des
perate peril with Beatrice, rather than
safety, comfort' luxury, and ttw whole
world as It once, had been, apart from
her
Yet, ss sometimes happens In the su
preme crises of life, hi first spok'H word
was commonplace enouh
"There, there. He still'" he eommahded,
drawing her rhw to his bwnt "You're all
right now just keep unlet. Beatrice!"
What what's happened " hs
gasped "Where V ?
"Jusl n llttlo nccldenti that's all.M he
soothed lh frlshtoned girl. Daaed by the
roaring endence or the torrent, she shud
dered nnd hid her far against him I nnd
his arms protected her ns he crouched
there beside her In the scant shelter or
the rocky shelf
"We got carried over a waterfall, or
something of that ert." he added. "We're
on a ledae in the rlier.or whatever It Is,
nnd '
"You're hurt, Allan?"
''So, no aro you?"
"It's nothing, boy!" She looked up
again, and een In the dim light ha saw
her try lo smile. "Nothing matters so long
ns we hae each other ''K
An hour or so they huddled In the shelter
nf the rocky" shelf till strength and soma
degree of calm returned and till the grow
ing light far off to esstwntd through the
haxe and mM told them that day was
dawning ngnln
Then Allan set tn work exploring once
more carefully their little Islet In the
swirling flood,
"You stay here. Beta." said he. "Ho long
ns you keep back of this projection you're
enf. I'm going to see Just what tho pros
pect Is"
To the very end of tho ledge he pene
trated, but found no hope Nothing was to
be seen through the mists sno the mad
foam-ruih of the water" that leaped nnd
bounded like whlle-ninned horses In a race
of death. Hold ns the man was, ho dared
not look for long. Mistiness threatened to
nrrwhelm him with sickening lure. Its in
sltntlon to tho plunge So. rvnllxlng that
nothing was lo bo gained by staying there,
ho drew bnck nnd onco moro Sought
Ileatrlco.
"Any way out?" she naked hint, nnx
lously, her voice sounding clear nnd pure
through the tumult of the rushing waters.
Ho shook his bend, despairingly And
sllcnco roll ngaln. nnd null sat thinking
long, long thoughts, nnd dawn camo creep
ing grnyly throiiKh tho spume drlo of tho
glnut fulls
Moro than nn hour must hnve passed be
fine Stern noted iv strange phenomenon nn
hour In which they had said few words
nn hour lu which both had nbnndoned
hopes nf life and In which, who In her own
way, he In his, they had reconciled them
elves tn tho Inovltnblo
Hut nt last "What's tlint" exclaimed
tho nun: for now u different tone resounded
In thn cataract, a louder, nngrlrr nolo, ns
thoimh tho plunge of waters nt tho bottom
had In some strange, mlerlous way drawn
nenror "What's that?" ho asked again.
Below thero Homewhero by the tenebrous
light of morning he could see or thought
that ho could seo a green, dim. vnguely
tossing drive of waters tluiUnnw vanished
In tho whirling mists. nowTrhuwcd ngaln
und now ngnln grew hidden
Out to tho edge of tho rocky shelf he
crept once moro. Yea. for n certainty, now
he could mnko out tho seething plunge of
tho waters mi they roared Into tho foam
lushed Hood bolow. ,
Ilut how could this be? Stern's wonder
sought to grasp nnnlls nf tho strnngo
phenomenon
"If It's truo that tho wnter nt the bottom's
rising," thought he. "then thero must either
bo somo kind of tldo in thnt body of wntor
nr else (he cavity Itself must bo filling up.
In either case, what If tho process con
tinues?" And Instnntly n new fe.ir smuto him a
fear wherein lay burled lllio iv fly In amber
n hope for life, tho only hnpo thnt had yet
como to him since his nwnkenlng thorn In
that trap scaled round by sluicing mael
stroms. (CONTINUED MONDAY)
BERNHARDT WILL VISIT
PHILADELPHIA XMAS WEEK
Actress to Bo Seen, In Vnrjcd Repertory
Hero
SARAH BERNHARDT
On Wednesday evening, December ST, and
0U Thursday aternoon and evening, Decem
ber 38, Philadelphia will enjoy opportunities
for seeing Saruh Bernhardt In a varied
repertoire. She will appear at tho Metro,
polltan Opera House In the chief roles of
many plays. Including some of her old
favorites and other works unknown to
Phlladrlphlaiis. At each performance Mme.
Bernhardt will impersonate three char
acters. They will range from classic
tragedy to light comedy from the Hecuba
of Maurloa Bernhardt and Bene Clarence,
to a drama dealing with the great War, en
titled "Prom the Stage to the Field of
Iionor"; from "Jeanne d'Aro" to tho "I-ady
of tho Camillas." The Stained Qlaas Win
dow" (a medieval play) to the uiiiwkly
known as "The Sham Model," In which
Mme. Bernhardt, for tin first time, made
her appearanee lately with Immense sue.
The Drama League of Philadelphia, will
hold a wetting at the Bread Street Theatre
Tuesday, December If, at 3 o'atoek. The
program follows! Address, "Juniors and ths
Drama,' the Hv. Jlobert Hugh Stevenson,
D. D. i play In one aet, "Too Puppet Prin
ces; or. The Heart That Squeaked," by
Augusta Stevenson. Presented by the
Southwark Neighborhood House, under the
direction of Mlsa Lucy Dean Wilson.
Chauneey Oleott will be Men Inv "The
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firemen Sunday
in city churches
Ministers of Many Denomi
nations Will Speak of
Campaign for Men
MANY SERMONS' SUBJECT
"Firemen's Sunday" will be observed
throughout Philadelphia tomorrow. Churched
of nearly exery denomination to tho num
ber of more than. six hundred will Join In
presenting to the members of their coin
gregatlona the cause of the men in tho
Bureau nf Plre.
ttt many cases the appeal of the fire
men for an Increase In salary which will
enable them to provldo for their farnlllea
and a reorganisation nf working hours by
which mora tlmo than one day In every six
may be given to those dear to them will be
the lopla of the pastors' sermons.
In other churches, whero ritual or prevU
ously announced subject precludes a ser
mon detoted entirely to the firemen, refer
ence tn their campaign will be made front
tho pulpit. This announcement generally
will take the form of a compendium of
facts concerning llremen, prepared by tha
campaign committee nnd distributed by re
iiuest to the pastors of tho Catholic, Metho
dist, Presbyterian, Baptist, Beformed nnd
other churches and through the clergy
made known to their congregations,
Through the courtesy of Its pastor the
morning service nt the fourth Presbylerlati
Church, Knrty-seventh street nnd King,
sewing nxenue, tomorrow wilt ho attended
by representatltes of the campaign com
mittee In uniform. Other firemen whose
day off It Is will attend the services In
churches adjacent to their homes.
The fliemeu hope that by means of this
simultaneous nppeal In their behalf the
chiirrhgolug portion of Philadelphia's poo
ulntlon may become Interested In their wel
fare to an extent which will exert an In
fluence In their favor with tho Mayor and
Councils,
Tho facts concerning firemen which have
been submitted to thn clergy as a feature
of "."Immen's Sunday" follow;
"All members of tho Plre Bureau work
for llvo consecutive day of twenty-four
hours each, then receive one day of twenty
four hours off from station.
"If nn nlarm of flro goes over tho wires
nbout the tlmo n fireman Is about to leave
his station, Im must respond If the flro la In
the district covered by his company.
"I.'uch llremnn Is allowed three hours per
day for mruts. He may lose any of these
If an nlarm or flro calln him to It
"Kvery llremnn Is allowed HO per year
for clothing, 20 In thb spring nnd 120 In tho
fall, and should ho be called to a flro before
ho discards his best for his working cloth
ing ho runsthe risk of ruining them and
must replace damnged garments from lib '
own pocket. Hla helmet and rubber cloth
ing he provides himself.
"i:ery fireman must answer all alarms
of lira and bo prepared to leave hla station
the very Instant ho la advised tho fire la
lu his district. As many as fifteen alnrms
of II ro have been sent to every station la
tho city from 7 p. m. until C a. m.
"Third grade firemen rocolvo $900 per
year, second grade firemen recelvo J1000
per year, tllst grade firemen recelvo J 1100
per year. At this rato third class firemen
receive ten cents per hour, second class lire
men rcceho thirteen cents per hour nnd first
class firemen receive fifteen cents per hour.
"Tho firemen sleep in their entire working
clothing, Including their stockings, pre.
pared to Jump Into their rubber boobs
nnd coat Instantly,
"Upon tholr roturn from a fire, of no
matter how great a severity or how many
hours thoy may havo spent on tha lira
grounds or In what condition thoy 'may
be, thoy aro required to place the apparatus
In first-class order, cool tho grates of the
boiler, renew tho kindling wood, eta,, re
move) the wet nnd soiled hose, wash It and
hang in tower to dry and replace with clean
and dry hose, attend to horses, wash tho
wagons nnd then take turns to wash them
selves and put ou dry clothing, taking
care of themselves at all times being tho
last consideration.
"It frequently happens that beforo this la
completed another call Is made 'for their
services, and no matter how exhausted they
(nay bo, they respond.
I.OCAI. FHlUMHtf EFFICIENT
"As an llluatrntton of tho frequency ot
alarms nf lire the following alarm bcrxea
were pulled, calling the firemen from their
beds In ovrry flrchouse in the city, Thla
list was published In tho Evbnino LEDasa
ot December 7, IDIG)
Time Box Time Box,.
0:u p. m...... 7d 7:'.! p. m 174.1
u.2.1 v. m Sis I0:iu p. m...... fl-J
1UJ1I Vi III 2IIU JSH7 a. in...... 414
a?:; a. in fi4 a.so a. in...... p.?
SU1U n. m 416 5.3 a. m 3171
"Compared wJth New York city. Boston,
Pittsburgh and AUantla City, Philadelphia.
Is behind ail these cities In apparatus,
equipment and number of men In the serv
ice, In proportion to population, and nls6
ns to compensation and hours of service.
Yet tho Philadelphia firemen are tn the
load as to etllclenay and ability to master
any fire, and speed In responding to an
alarm.
Firemen
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100 Top.
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"Thirty-eight cities In the United States
pay more to their firemen than I'hlladel
phla. "Fifty-one cltlea la the United States give
their firemen more tlmo off than Philadel
phia. "For confirmation of the above facta you
may call at any fire station In tha city,
where the members will be very glad to
receive you.
"As a business proposition, thero should
be better fire protection In Philadelphia by
having moro men in the service. This would
place the bureau In better condition to meet
any emergency that may arise and that
may happen at any time the firemen would,
not bo exhausted It more rest at night
were had; the present nystem baa been In
vogue alnce the organlxatton of the paid
flro department in 1S71; other cltlea haw
modernised their fire department and have
adopted up-to-date systems.
"Die firemen would hava mora time at
home to be with their respective families
It the present system waa changed,
The llremen ara asking the citizens o
Philadelphia to aid them la their efforts to
better their condition, which at the tome
time will bo a great benefit to the city and
Ita ottlxeus.
"They fire asking that provisions be made
for Increasing the number of ineuihers la
the Bureau of Flro by the addition of 550
men, and at tha same time obtain some
Increase In pay to meet their present de
mands and be on the parity of cam of
the smaller cltlea ot the Union,
"This can latdono by writing to hla honor
tho Mayor andno Chairman aaftney, of the
Finance Committee ot Councils, recommend
ing that thla be done and suggesting that
the money be found for this purpose,
W CAN BH DONE."
Many members of tha clergy have already
carolled themselves, aa Individuals, among
tho firemen's champions. Archbishop Freo
dergaxt, Bishop lUUnelasder and Suffragan
Bishop Oarland are among the eJ guars t
tha elUxen'a petition now In the band at
Mayor Smith, The Methodist Preachers
Association sent a commute a. consisting at
tho Uav. Dr. George H. Blckley, tha By.
Pr. C K Adajmson and tha Rev Dr. Joka
Watehorn, to lay before tha Mayor tka
resolution adopted by tha aaaoctauon up
holding tha Creraeu'a campaign, A. slatUar
cemuittea, representing the Baptist Mtcl.
Urs' Association, la waiting opportunity
to preasat to Mayor Smith wut w r tuur.
roaa Qaflray. at tha Flanc. Cewwtitt vf
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