JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
'Flight of Fancy' Proves Delightf ul Performance.
Concert and Dance to Be Held Tonight Philan
thropy of Society Girl Interests Nancy Wynne
mo SAT th "Flight of anoy" flow high In lb, msht muM be saying mildly how
Avery auccWtjl It was! A to the choruses, .ueh co,tumW you never havo Keen
cept In real Zlcgfeld Follies or P.,inr. 8hoVfa, And my Jt ,1dnt
prtttrl Tho costume- wro, well, dnrlns. to say the least; but then those Ctrl go In
for It Just for tho fun. nml sometimes when we aro ,. oiBf ,,,,. wo do not
ejway swp . "" i
.... wo dot. As
usual, pretty Edwlnit
Malpasa took a loading
part, and was perfectly
charming. As for tho
children at tho home,
thoy appeared you know
nd followed ft strict
program, which won
made out by ono Bills
M. I'edrlck, who wroto
to Ion Downing,
author and director of
the wholo perform
ance, and suggested
that four of his con
freres entor tho stage
"doing tho crab," lator
ono J. Koohlor to
"stand on his head
whllo tho othor six
alvo over "him"; again
one known as B. Lnn
nln to "do his boat on
the crab," whllo all
seven "do tho por
polso," and E. Pcdrick
and C. Bishop to do
tho "bock como up,"
tho other flvo doing
the same, whllo B.
Lanntng Is to "do tho
cart wheel" (tho bost
he can, for ho In lit
tie), At tho end nil
eoven "at onco tako a
lummeraalt." Then all
leavo tho stugo on they
camo on. Now, If that
Is not Bomo program,
I ask you. At any
rate, Mr.D agrood
to havo them alt do an
they suggostod, and
their success was
great.
Tho porformanco Is
to be repeated tonight,
and with Just as on
tbuslastla an audience,
you may bo auro.
ANOTHElt affair
.which will bo
given tonight will bo
tho concert and danco
at tho Illttenhouao Ho
Tho Misses
I 11 Wnmwi
tel, which will bo gtvon
.. ' ... .ll ..liitia rf Hin
By mo comoinou raumtiu .,u" -
.. . -kr.j.. i niuA nfl pnmhl.
lisnnomann iiicuitui i.uvi
nation Including tho gleo. club and or-
chestro. Lost year theso enterprising
students ralsea enougn moiiuy "
a smoking room In their conogo, which
i. , h iv on nroad stroet Just abovo
Jlace. This year thoy hopo to put In
shower baths. As ono of tno young ..
said to me, "Wo'ro only a small college
.... .n.i. nn nt th( rollowa feels ns II
:o.
ho wanted to do all ho could to help,
and wo do think tonight's concort will
be flno and tho dancing will no great.
Incidentally, ho told mo he was not ab-
solutely suro Just what ho was, a b
i ,i, nrrtimtra or ono of tho roan
agere. or ovon ono of tho Htudonts. ho
, ........ iniinx fn miLko this a sue-
cess, bo I hopo you will nil help tho good
cause. Tho affair Is given undergo aus
plees of tho board of women managers
of tho hospital, with the executive com
mittee acting as patronesses. Tho con
cert starts at 8:30 sharp, and tho danc
ing will begin at 10.
rra ALU very well to glvo of one's
money and to tako a morning a week
to give one's tlmo to helping others, but
Bumnno Lovlck nan certainly gono be
yond tho usual bounds In giving of her
time and money this season. What do
you think is tho latest that this cluirb
table young girl has undertaken to do7
Bho wanted to havo moro money to give
in charity, so sho has taken a place- n
a department 'store for this wholo month,
and may bo found behind tho counter any
day cheerfully selling wares and every
payday turning her money over to some
one family or Individual she knows to bo
In need of assistance, Suzanne has beon
noted for tho way sho has always given
of herself In her enterprises for good. Do
you remember when "Billy" Sunday was
here how she attended his sermons her
elf and then drovo tho butler there, and
another tlmo took a small errand boy
from the Btreet Into tho tabernacle at
Nineteenth and Vino streets? I remem
ber, also, how Interested sho was In tho
Consumers' League several years ago.
and spent hours working In Us omces. I
think It Is very fine, and especially so In
her case, becauso it Is no fad. Sho keeps
It up, you seo. and la In dead earnest In
her efforts to help thoao less happily
placed than herself.
TALKING of doing things for charity
at Christmas time, do you know tho
girls In tho Junior Aid of St. Francis
Country Homo for Convalescents, who
sold Christmas stockings in tile Hala
Building a few weeks ago (which stock
ings, by tho way, oro to bo delivered on
Christmas Evo to the destinations given
by the patrons), have been ible to taks
car of (80 little boys and girls who
KherwUe might havo had no Christmas
al ail? Truly tho spirit of Christinas Is
beautiful onel NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. John 8. Newbold will give
a dance tonight In the foyer of Hortloultural
JUU la honor of Miss torothy Bmlen New
bold and Mlsa Patty Borie, both debutantes
of the season. Among thosa who will enter.
Ula at dinner before the danco will be
Mr. and Mrs. Francis V. Lloyd, Mr. and
Mrs. nobert B. Strawbrldga and Ur. and
Ux Thomas Kldgway.
The Rev. George Calvert Carter and Mrs.
Carter, of Bryn Mawr. will entertain at
the theatre, followed by a supper party,
for their niece. Mtsa. Rosalie Kugeoia Car
ter Law. and Mr. Livingston Ludlow BMdle.
whose marriage will take place on Jan
uary i,
. Mrs. d. Barton Keen, of StraRayd, w
re a daooe on Wadaesdajr of siejjt w
11 Walsuj
Wivv VMP
lHiyewis L ,r -!
w&WW&vMI $ 9!
Sl 'fill W ' ' M
Wit MBSSh iM & i
flttjKtvVV fV JvVYnaSJi f t f Ml J Ar Lf
1'hntn liv J Mlfrt,1l tl1lrt
MISS HELEN SOMMERS AND MISS ISABEL
SOMMERS
Sommcrs nro twin dnughtors of Mrs.
r,F . fi 1 II fl. -... . ...
J. 11. bommers, or -loll) Chestnut street. Thoy are
taking part in thu "Flight of Fancy," which will
bo given tonight in the ballroom of tho Hellenic
do k'vuii umlaut in me uanroom or tno licilovuo
Stratford for tho benefit of tho Northern Home
iu ijiumiviaa uiiurun.
. - ... . . . . -
ul h. uinncr-uanco wnlch Mr. and Mrs. EJ
son ; Dradley wilt give tonight at their hom
'" Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Qulna. of Poiuwcoln,
fia., aro bolnc congratulated upon the birth
or n ilaughtor. Mrs. Qulna wai Miss draco
Held, of this city.
i Mr. Arnold Jennings, of Princeton Unl-
'V '' ""' arnvo tomorrow to spend the
-Jiristmaa holidays ns the cueat of his
J- nnrnnrn n n...i r.. ...itii n .
Z., - " """ .inn. nuum is. Jen
nings, of C013 Greene street. Cicrmantown.
Mrs. William W. Adams, of Navahoe
nuo amJ Morrnald lane, Chestnut Hill, will
Icavo today for Uoston, where she will
Tnotiier. Mrs. Sha.'tuck. otsSFooZ "'
Mrs. Honjamln Desbocker, of Iluffalo, Is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anscll.
of tho Creshelm Arms, Chestnut Hltt
Tho next meeting of Mrs. George A.
Drooke's dancing class will take place on
Friday night. In the ballroom of the C-er-mantowu
Cricket Club.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Wendell Hulburd. of
7018 Greene stroet, Oermantown, will havo
Mrs. Arthur Kllbcck and Mrs. M. Al
burger. of Montclalr, as their guests over
tho Christmas holldayn.
Mrs. 'William Caveny, of Wyncote, has
Issued Invltatloni for a dinner on Tuesday
of next week, nt tho Union Tnguo. Tho
guests will afterward attend tho theatre.
Mr. William B. Lloyd, of I3S Harvey
stroet, Uerinantovrn, haa returned from a
trip to Washington.
-
The Overbrook Golf Club will hold Its
Christmas dance this evening. There will
be a tree and some clever "stunts."
The third meeting of the Creshelm dano
Ing class will take place on Thursday eve
ning of this week.
Tho Phi Beta Fraternity has Issued In-vlt.-Ulonj
for a "Xool Danse" Tuesday eve
ning, December 28, at Wynnefleld Club,
Wynneflold, at 8:30 o'clock.
Miss Mary Rich, of Knox street, Otr
mantawn, will entertain at cards In honor
of Mlra Mary Louise McCown. who has
returned to her home from the Bennett
School for the Christmas holidays.
On December 7 Mr, and Mrs. John Mc
Cown will entertain at dinner at the Oer
mantown Cricket Club before the Christ
mas danco In honor of their daughter, when
the guests will Include Mr. and Mrs. An
drew It. McCown, Miss Eleanor Prosser,
Mtss Annctta MacOrath, Mlsa Evelyn Lath
bury, Mr. Franklin Shebla. Mr, Albert Law
son and Mr, Lawrence Cahalt.
O-Well-Here's-Another-Ranca will be held
at the Phllomuslan Club, 3314 Walnut
street, on Friday evening. There will be
as a feature a lucky-number contest and a
prize one-step. Loving cups will be award
ed to the winners of each.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gladding Wilcox,
of Olen Kcho Farm, Doylestown, are re
ceiving congratulations upon the birth of
a daughter on December 10. Mrs. Wilcox
will bo remembered as Miss Mary V. I
McCain, formerly of this olty,
FARMERS AT IIAMMONTON
Two-Day Institute Plan Tried, for First
Time There
IIAMMONTON. N. f . B " Three
sections of the Partners' Institute were held
owe. This was the lint trial of the new
two-day Institute plan, the day being "fruit
and soil fertility day." This U "poultry ami
vegetable day."
TIM speakers at the morning' session In
cluded Prof. A. W. Blair and L. G. aillam.
of the State Agrleultural College, and John
Casaxzar, of Vlaelaad. At the afternoon
sMiiilon the speakers were Charles II. Cono
veTand Prof. N. A Blake, of the State
Colleze, and Laton M. Parkhurst, of Ham
roonlon. The evening speaker was John
H Hanklnso'n, Ktate leader In farm demon-str-iUon,
Christmas Carols at Bryn Mawr
c kfiwr College students last night
u5S iS ! :
" mfStSttut lru.Uu Dui.
mnsNma MDaER-pmLABELprnA, Wednesday, December 20,
mm STARS SING
"MARTA" ROBUSTLY
Cnruso'a Shudder Hempol's
"Rose" nnd Ober's Support
tho "Fenturca"
Meledlsua, mild and monotonous "Marta"
hew long she hs been ansyl At least pro
fessionally, fer Fletow'a opera will devtr,
apparently, quit the nontirofeestonat reper
tory. Last night she came In her silken
flounced, end with htr Teutonic flounce, to
the Metropolitan, after a IS Interval of nine
years, fllneo he brought with her Ciuuko,
Hempel and Ober, the AuguMait lady was
rohtistly sung nnd ennctnl with a ort of
sedate btilMeroumcM. It was all very
hlshly colored and full of n thick Italian
and (lermsn imnnrlty
And It Introduced to thu cltv a new
conductor Gennnro Papl whooe vigor and
urivo were as inspiriting ns the ehorue
work could have been had It not been for
a tendency to loe the beat
This was but a mleroewiph! rpetik on
what, after nil, was a production with
Plenty of hilarity (In the by-play) and miMh
good singing of the florid order. Mr. Caruso
may prefer Lionel to HmiiKon. At let, he
was In far more characteristic shnt vocally,
last night than two weeks ego. Itelng com
forted suits his style, Barely Is he In more
happy voice than when ho can nob on some
one s shoulder or exit with sardonic laugh
ter Even for tho favnrlto tenor of these
States hie welcome nnd reclame were of
large proportion. Itecatb half a doxen
were given him In the forest ecenc. the au
dience evidently overlooking hi curious at
tiro. This suggested u Nexpotitan version
ot a I'llKrlm father. Now nnd then he cut
att obsouro caper, blowing n mock-serlous
kiss to his adtnlrera llin funniest lilt of
"business" was the highly natural shudder
when something crashed back stage (of all
I mes) while he and Mine. Hempel wero
singing "The Last Boss of Summer."
She did It well, and ns part ntcmemont for
palpably bad vocal condition the rest of tho
night It wan accepted nnd encored. Pitfalls
for the cotoraturlit oro dug by the passing
brerxe, by circumstance, by anything. Into
ono of these the prima donna has fallon.
Out of it she will doubtless cmergn soon,
with her old "Queen of the Night" brilliance.
Madame Ober's reliable contralto was
ptensnnt to hear Malnttstn was un ntmon
phorlo Tristan. But the smartest, the sharp
est, the most aglla nnd Imposing Hgura was
Mr. de Luca's Plunkett. With tho gestur.
the air of belonging to Queen Anne's day, bo
blended some excellent singing It was a
small etching, nuthentlc. elegant, trim and
of the elshtoenth century. S
Let that last phrase stand for the sub
dued tastefulness of the second-act sot, a
little sudden surprise of silvery light nnd
brown woods. II. D.
RUSSIAN BARITONE HEARD
IN RECITAL WITH KREISLER
Former Ambulnnco Driver In Franco
n Singer of Fino
Merits
Superlatives so often ro squandered on
singers that to use them lavishly In the
rasa of Belnhold Warllch. the Busslan bari
tone, who was heard In recital In Wither
spoon Hall yesterday afternoon, would hn
the "Insult of adulation." Ills program,
for which I'rlti Kretsler played the plnno
accompaniments, began with Schumann's
reverential "Talisman" and tho holly
strewn Christmas song cycle Of Cornelius,
and was completed with three groups of
early English and Scotch songs, early nnd
modern Krench song's nnd Russian . pieces.
All were characteristic, and most wcro un
hacknoyed. The eighteenth century Beottlsh hntlnd,
"Tho Piper o' Dundee." arranged by Mr.
Krelsler, awoke ready recognition of the
singer's art nnd was repeated. Tho Cum
berland ballad. "King Henry. My Son." was
perhaps the finest bit of drnmntlc Impres
sionism of tho afternoon. But to assort
nnd label tho virtues of Mr. Warllch proved
sn overpowering Job. One Is tempted to
murmur "a great artist," letting It go at
that. His volco 1 powerful, delicate, emo
tional with dignified reserve, nnd ho Is a
master of tender yet sturdy sentiment. Ho
mounts the vocal peak with the same grace
that ho enters the vocal valley. Tho swell
ing curvo of his forto Is as rich and ring
ing as that of a horn. And his diction, be
his song French, English or German, Is as
clear as glass.
The chant of pity or the chnnt of war are
alike within his spiritual and his physical
range. Ho turns from the rollicking gayety
of seventeenth renlury France to tho stray
ing sound.ghosts of Debussy with not a
quaver. Yesterday he guvo an encore to his
Oalllo songs the evergreen "Au Claire de la
I.une," with the stately self-enjoyment of a
NOBODY LOVES A FAT MAN
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The gong heara thnt fatty is ofTeretl a quarter to fetch a man from tho
Kurnge.
charming child. The delicacy of feeling In
"Charmante Qabrlelle' he matched with the
wilder accent of Slavic folk song and the
bolder virility of Kngllsh sentiment. Yet
with It all he was not a singer, though ho
sang with such beauty, such Intelligence.
What he accomplished was an unveiling of
moods, c revelation of Inner harmonies and
dissonances. Like all true prophets, he
never quite withdrew the curtain. Un
touched and splendid secrets are his.
Mr. Krelsler. whose playing proved him
again a pianist of no little graeo and faney.
Is responsible far bringing the baritone to
this country )ust now. Warlleh, born in
Petrograd. married and settled In Paris.
For year or so he was an ambulance
driver In embattled France, but suspicion
full on him because of bis Teutonic name.
Hu he was advised to go to America till
peace earns. The result ws yesterday's re
cital, which, alas, too few were presept to
enjoy. "" '
CATHOLIC PATBIARCII SLAIN
Leader of Syrian Church Assassinated
by Band of Turks
JIOMB, Dec 10. Ignaslo D. Kfren Ilah
manl, patriarch of the Syrian Catholic
Church la the vtllaytrt of Antloch. haa been
ftas-salaated by a band of Turks, according
to news received at the Vatican. The as
3S3BtIojo took pU tn the patriarch's
rM? t MarSH.
A
BEYOND ,THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to "The Vncnnt Worltl")
Hy GKOUGE ALLAN HNGI.ANI)
CorvriflM. 1111. bv frOBl .t, Mu$tu Comrom
TUB STOUT T1IUS VAH , ,
Allan Btern n.l lleslrlce Kendrlrk r
rlrxl at th oU manilnn of Van Amliurs.
trt to work In earneit tn mk the horn
hatiHabla, During tl. wrrk at 'llllni
Oown" thr iiw n Iho nli that Allan
ealrhi with a ruJ rml. ami same.
The world's Ion man .nl srat ilal
of hla lima (lr that In Hi- ruimructlun
at a warthr lns rraft, for he plans to
tirlorr trta wnrlj In ju-i nl clvllltailnn.
Toclhr thr tort on Ihelr pllsrlmsn.
Hr nlaht thry hv irarle.t itimn me ItuJ
son. Ihroush tria ItnrUm Hlver an.l thirty
miles alana tb aounil. Hum doin oft t.ir
a few mlnutia an4 when he he
nnrti lb Ut l twine ilr.wn by a lerrlno
currvnt tuwanl a aral cataract. In totna
mlrarulnu way he and liealrlra am a-neil
from dtalh In Iti" area! rlunxe, but trio
Iwat ana all thrlr prollnn are let.
After a wk'a tncamrment on tno ! nt
the Ha. lhay ret-tir urTMnt trenslh and
urnlli in utt off asaln for lloitun.
lhy reach Narrar""tt II-
Hay.
CIIAl'TKIl XV (t:intluued)
"K
ND from Providence, nt tho bend of the
bay, to Huston, Is only forty mites In
n direct linn norlhweet-by-nnrtli," said he.
poking tho flrn CAMitrnipl.itlvely.
"Hut If wo miss our wayT"
"How can we, If wo follow the remains
of the railroad? Tho outs and embank
ments will guide us all tin) way."
"I know; hut the forest Is so thick!"
"Not so thick but ue can make nt least
ftvo mllee n day That Is. Inside of elglrt
darn wo can rem-i th Hub. And ' shall
hnve tho help of tuls nml guns, remember.
In n placo Urn Mte of Providence theru must
be n few ruins still containing something of
value. Yes, by nil meiuin tho overland
routo la best, from now on. It means forty
mllea Instead of probably two hundred."
Thus the- agreed upon It; nnd, having
settled matters, gave them no moro thought,
hut prepared for rest. And sunset camti
down onco moro; It faded, smoldering along
the forest-line to westward : It burned t
dull umbera and vague purples, than went
out. And "the wind that runs nftcr tho
sun awoke nnd sang softly ninong tho
trcetops, n while. Ilkn the Intoning of a
choir Invisible, ami was silent again. "
Thero by tho firelight ho half saw, half
sensod her presence, vague nnd beautiful
despite the travel-worn, tattered skill that
clotlutd her. Ho fult her warm, vital near
ness; his hand sought hers nnd prussed It.
und the pressure was returned. And with
ik thrill t overwhelming tenderness ho
realised what this girl was to Mm and
what his lovo meant nnd what It all por
tended. Until long nftcr dark they sat nnd talked
of the future and of llfo and death and of
the soul and of tho great mystery that had
swept tho earth clean of till of ttiolr kind
and had loft thorn, alone, of those 1.600,000,
000 human creatures.
-. Vn ;&'L?msrt,
-&?
fo
ffenl.
And overhead, blotting out a patch of
sky and stars, moved slowly the dark ob
ject which had so puiiled Stern since the
first time he had observed Itthe thing he
infant to know about and solve, once he
oould reach the Cambridge Observatory.
And of this, too, they talked ; but neither
he nor she could solve the riddle of Its
nature.
Their talk together that night was typical
of the relationship that had grown up be
tween them In the long weeks since their
awakening In the Tower. Almost all. If
not quite all. the old-time Idea of sex had
faded the old, false assumption on the
part of the man that b was by his very
nature tin superior of woman.
Stern and Beatrice now stood en a differ
ent footing: Ibetr frUruUhlp. eomradesblp
and love were based on the tacit reoognU
lien fit absolute equality, save for Stern's
uWMwUI physical superiority. It was a
though they la d been two men, one a little
strwger and larger than the other, so far
as the notion of equality went; though this
by nl means destroyed that magaette ui
motion which, in other aspects, thrilled
and attraeted and lafused them both.
Their love never for a moment obscured
'Stern's recognition of the girl as primarily
a human being, bis associate on even terms
in tbla great game that they w.re playing
together, this treuieWus problem they were
laboring to sulvc the vastest and roast
vital problem t aver yet had confronted
the .human race, w reprea-nted tn Us
totality by these two living ortatwras.
AlM as Bt-trUse r-IUd the world at
tatte mutu, villa. aN Us Mm owoUe,
WNHHs na immt ,swss a-w ewty.
USh n-
ftfc.r! .
toMSd i'rtu.- ?SSJr
QUESTION OF OWNERSHIP
ji'
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.aL7iriPi i'xviXih .fliM'Jinai'jMt'Wk n . jfiissAii.. .j. J
I )V- sfc-E fgr .,
l'uirlsht. I.lfe l'ulillalilnit fomixtu. lltitlnlet be rtclul srrsnsrmcnt.
Tho all-Important question is: Who is Rolnt; to cut that Christmns turkey?
she would not have gone bock to that
former stnto of half-chattel patronage,
hiiir-liypocrltleal homage and total mls
ronccptlon. Contrasting her prosent state with her
past ono. nnd comparing this man nil
ragged, unshaven nnd long-haired ns he
was, yet a truo man In every Inch of his
lithe, virile body with others she remem
bered, sho found uptvelllng In Iter n tnve
so deep nnd powerful, grounded on such
hrnad bases of respect and gratitude.
mutu.il Interest nnd latent passion, that
sho herself could not yet understand It
In all Its plinses and Its moods.
Tho relation which had grown up be
tween them, comrades and partners In
alt things, partook of a flno tulernnce, on
exquisite and never-falling tenderness, a
wealth of all Intimate, yet respectful adorn
tlnn. It held elements of brotherhood and
parenthood ! It was the love of coworkers
striving toward n commrii goal, of com
panions In Ut and In learning. In striving,
doing, accomplishing, even fulling. l-"alluro
mattered nothing ; for still tho comradeship
was there.
And on this soil wns growing dally nnd
hourly a love such ns never slnci tho world
ttegnn had Ibeeii equaled In purity and
(tower, faith,' hupe. Integrity. It purlllod all
things, Hindu e.isy nit things, braved all
things, purdmied all things; It wua long
surfurlng and very Iclnd,
They bad no need to spenk of It ; It
showed In every word nnd look nnd act.
even In the humblest nnd moat common
placo of services each for each. Tholr
lovo was lived, not talked about.
All their trials nnd tremendous hardships,
their narrow passes with death, and their
hard-won escapes, tho vicissitudes of a
sitvuge life In tho open, with every imagin
able difficulty and hard anpedlent. could
not destroy their Illusions or do aught than
bind them In closer bonds of unity.
And each realized when the time should
ripen for another nnd a mora vital love,
that, too, would circle them with deeper
trndoruess, binding them In still more In
tenso nnd poignant bonds of Joy.
OIIAI'TICU XVI
ri.viiiNO tiik uit'r.AM:
THIS way up tho shores of Nnrraganaett
Bay was full of experiences for thorn
both. Animal llfo revenlod Itself fur moro
abundantly horo than along the open sen.
"Homo strange blight or othor must lie
In the proximity of that terrific mnelstrom,"
Judged Stern, "something that repels all
tho Inrger animals. But skirting this bay,
there's life and to spam. How many itcer
have we seen today? Three? And one bull
buffalo! With any Iclnd of u gun, or even
u revolver, I could bnvo had them all. And
that blg-iniiled, shuggy old mooso wo saw
drinking at tho pool back there would
havo been meat for us It wo bad had a
rifle. N'o danger of starving hero, Beutrlce,
once wo get our hands on something that'll
shoot again r"
Tho night they camped on the way. fitern
kept constant guurd by the fire. In case of
poaulble attuck by wolves or other beasts.
He slept only an hour, when the girl In
sisted on taking his place: but when the
un arose, red and huge through the mists 1
upon tho bay, he started out again on tho
difficult trail as strong und confident ns
though he had not kept nine hours of vigil.
Kverywhere wns change and desolation.
Ah the travelers csnio Into i region which
had nt ono tlmo been moro densely popu
lated, thoy began to find here and there
mournful relics of the life that once had
been truces of man, dim and nil but
obliterated, but now nnd then puissant In
their revocation of the distant past.
Twice they found the ruins of villages
n few vague hollows In the earth, where
collars hud been, hollows In which huge
trees were rooted, and where, perhaps n
gross-grown crumble pf disintegrated brick
Indicated the one-time presence of a chim
ney. They discovered several farms, with
a few stunted apple treoe, the distant
descendants of orchard growths, strug.
gllng against the larger forest strength,
and with perhaps a dismantled well-curb, n
moss-covered fireplace or a few bits of Iron
tliat had possibly been a stovo, for all
relloo of the other sge. Mournful were
the long stone walls crumbling down, yet
still discernible In placeswalls that had
coat the labor of generations of farmers
and yet now lay useless and forgotten In
tho universal ruin of the world,
On the afternoon of the fifth day slno-i
having left their lean. to by the shore of
Ixing Island Sound, they came upon a
canyon which split the hills north of the
site of Greenwich, a gigantic "fault" In
the rocks, richly striated and stratified with
roso and red and umber, a great cleft, on
the other side of which the forest lay som
ber and repellent In the slanting rays of
the September sun.
"By Jove, whatever It was that struck
(lie earth." said Stirn, "must have been
good and plenty. Tho whole planet seems
to he ripped up and broken and shattered
No wonder It knocked down New York and
killed everybody and put an end (0 civilisa
tion. Why. there's ten oubto mllea of ma
terial gouged out right here in sight ; litre's
a regular Panama Canal, or blgicer, alt
scooped out In one pleoa! What the devil
could have happened?"
There was no answer to the question.
After an hour spent In studying the forma,
tlons along the Up of the cleft they mads
a detour eastward to the shore, croeed the
fjiord that ran Into the canyon, and again
kept to tpe north. Soon after (his they
(truck a railroad embankment, and this
they followed now, both because It afforded
easlsr travel than th ur. which now
had grown rocky and broken, and also
because It promised to guide Ihsm surely
to the puce they sought
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elms and oaks, rooting nmong the stones
and shnttered brickwork that lay prone
upon the earth. Only here or there a steel
or concreto building still dclled the ravages
of time.
'Tho wreckage Is even moro complete
here than on Manhattan Island," Stem
Judged as he and the girl stood In front of
tho ruins of the postorllca surveying the
dnbrls. "The nmnller nrea, of course, would
naturally bo eovorod sooner with tho In
roads of the forest. I douht whether there's
enough left In the whole place to bo of any
real service to us."
"Tomorrow will bo tlmo enough to reo."
answered the girl. "It's too Into now for
any more work today."
They camped that nlaht In an upper story
of tho l'equot National Hank Building on
llampstead street. Hero, having cleared out
the bats nnd spiders, thay mndo themselves
an ncrln aecure from attack, nnd slept long
nml soundly. Dawn found them nl work
nmong the overgrown ruins, much ns
thren months before they hnd laborod In
the Metropolitan Tower nnd about It. Less,
however, remained to salvage hero. For tho
smaller nnd lighter types of buildings had
preserved fnr less of tho relics of civilisa
tion than had been left In the vast and solid
structures of N'cw York.
In a few places, none the less, thoy still
canto upon thn tittle pllcn of tho grny ash
that marked where men nnd women had
fullon ami dlod: hut these occurred only In
the most sheltered spots. Storn paid no
attention to them. Ills onerglcn and his
ntlentloti wero now fixed on the one tnsk of
getting skins, arms, ammunition nml sup
plies. And before nightfall, by a systematic
lopttng of such shops ns remained per
haps not above a score In all could oven
be entered the girl nnd he had gutbered
moro than enuugh tn last them on their way
to lloston. One find which pleased him Im
mensely was n dozen scaled glass Jars of
lotinrco.
"As for a pipe." said he, "I can make
that easily enough. What's more, I will I"
Moro Htlll, he did, that very evening, nnd
the gloom wns redolent ngaln of good
smoke. Thereafter ho slept as not for a
long, long tlmo.
Thoy spent tho next dny In fashioning
new garments nnd sandals: In putting to
rights the two rifles Stern bad chosen from
the basement of the Stato armory, and In
making bandoliers to carry their supply of
cartridges. The possession of a knife once
moro and of steel wherewith readily to
strlko lire. dellKhted tho man enormously.
Tho scissors thoy found In u hardwnro shop,
though rusty, enabled him to trim his beard
nnd hair. Ilcntrlcu balled n warpod hard
rubber comb with Joy.
But the grent discovery still awaited
them, tho ono supremo And which In a
moment changed every plan of travel,
opened tho world to them, nnd at a slngla
stroke Increased their hopes ten thousand
fold the discovery of the old Paulllac
monoplane I
They catno upon this machine, pregnant
with such vast possibilities. In n concreto
hangar back of tho Federal courthouse on
Anderson street. Thn building attracted
Stern's nttontlou by Its unusual stato of
preservation. He burst In one of tho rusted
Iron shutters nml climbed through the win
dow to seo what might be Inside.
A moment Inter Beatrice heard n cry of
astonishment and Joy.
"fJood heavens!" Iho man exclaimed, ap
pearing at the window. "Como In I Come In
oeo what I've found!"
And he stretched out his hands to help
her up and throuuli the nnerturw
"What Is It, hoy? Mure arms? More "
"An aeroplane! flood Clod, think o" that.
will your
"An aeroplane? But It's nil to pieces, of
course, nnd"
Como on In and look at It, I say!"
Kxcltedly he lifted her through the win
dow. "See there, will you? Isn't that the
etornal limit? And to think I never even
thought of trying to find ono In New York 1"
He gestured nt tho dust-laden old ma
chine that, forlorn and In sovereign dis
repair, stood at the other end of Iho hangar.
Together they approached It.
"If It will work," the man exclaimed
thickly; "if t will only work "
"But will It?" the girl exelslmed. her
eyes lighting with (he excitement of the
find, heart beating fast at thought of what
It might portend. "Can you put It In shape.
boy? or"
"I don't know. Let me look ! Who knows?
Maybe"
And already ha was kneeling, peering at
the mechanism, feeling the frame, the gear,
the stays, with hands that trembled more
than ever they had trembled since their
great adventure had begun.
As he examined tho machine, while
Beatrice stood by, he talked to himself.
"Oood thing the framework Is aluminum,"
said he, "or It wouldn't be worth a
tinker's dam after all this time. Hut as It
Is, It's taken no harm that I can see. wire
braoea all gone, rusted out and disappeared.
Have to.be rewired throughout. If t con
find ste wire; If not, I'll use braided
leather thongs, petrol tank and feed pipe
O. IC Olrder boom needs a little atten
tion. Steering and control column Intact
they'll do I"
Part by part be handled the maehlne,
his skilled eye leaping from detail to de
tail. "Canvas planes all gene, of course. Not
a rag left; only the frame. Hut, no mat
ter, we can remedy that. Wooden levers,
skids, and so on. gone, ftaslly replaced.
Main thing Is the engine. I.ooka as though
It had been carefully covered, but. of
course, the covering has rotted away. No
matter, we'll soon see. Now, this carbur
eter "
Ills Inspection lasted bait an hour, while
the girl, lost amang so many technicalities,
sat down on the dusty concrete floor besldo
the machine and listened In a Kind of
daxed admiration.
He gave her. finally, his opinion.
"This machine will go If properly han
dled," said he, rising triumphantly and
slapping the dust off his plm, "The
chassis needs truing up. the equillbrator
baa sagged out of plumb, and the llron
have got to bo readjusted, but It's only ,
waiter o( a few day at the uutslde betore
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brer, but that a. met trifle. Odd, T,"
thought of either finding on of Ut
chine In New York, of building on t "W
I think ot U th weary mil w? ,
tramped It makes w dlckl" v,
"I know," she answered j "but bow & '
fuel? Arid another thing bav yod a,?
operated one? Could you"
"Bun oner It laughed aloud, Tm
the man who nrst taught Carlton ITohriM '
to fly you knew Holmes, who won tbs '
Oordon-Cralg cup for altitude record la.
116, I built th first- "
"I know, dear; but Holmes was klljtd .
at Schenectady, you remember, and this
machine I different from anything you're
used to. Isn't Itf Beatrice asked.
"It won't be when I'm through with Itt
t tell you, Beatrice, we're going to fly. Jf6
more hiking through the woods or airing
beaches for us. From now on we travel
In the air and tho world opens out to us
as -though by magic
"Distance ceases to mean anything, Th
whole continent Is ours. It there's oUA
other human creature on It wo will flndhlMI
And It there Isn't, then perhaps we may
find some In Asia or In Kurope, who
knows!"
"Tou mean you'd dar to attack th At
lantic With a patched-up machine tnor
than a thousand years oldt"
"I mean that eventually I can and wilt
build one that'll take us to Alaska, and s
across the fifty-mile gap from Cap Prtnc
of Wales to East Cap. Th whole world
lies at our feet, girl, with this new Idea.
this new possibility, In mind I" '
(CONTINUED TOMOItnOW)
N. J. STATE HOSPITAL
SHORT OF $50,000
Oversight In Appropriation Act
Cuts Allownnco of Inatitu- .
tion for In8no
TBKNTON, N. J Dec JO. Becauss el
an oversight tn drawing the appropriation
bill passed by the legislature of last year,
the New Jersey State Hospital tor th In
sane at Trenton Is about 150,000 shy In It
appropriation. To make up the deficit an
emergency bill will be Introduced as soda
as tho Legislature meets, providing for an
appropriation ot IBO.000.
The Stato Hospital has always been al
lowed ti a woek for maintenance of Indi
gent patients. In a bill passed last year
relating to commitments to the hospital. It
wns provided that tho Stato allowance for
mnlntenanco ot Indigents be Increased to
ft.oO a week, nnd that tho Stats provide
clothing for tho Indigents and the convict
patients In the asylum.
This new schedule was made operntiv
July 4 last nnd continued until November
t last, when the present appropriation tor
the nsylum becamo effective.
The State Comptroller baa ruled that, th
appropriations act of last winter's Legls
laturo Invalidates the now commitment laVr,
therefore, tho Stato pays M Instead ot $t.60
a weok for maintenance ot Indigents, and
this, fact makes tho Trenton hospital abjr
150,000 In Its appropriation,
CHRISTMAS CONCERT
AT GIRARD COLLEGE
Doy Will Entertain Audicnco Expected
to Number Sovoral Hundred
Tonight
Boys of (Ilrard College wilt bold a Christ
mas concert In the college chapel at 7tJ0
o'clock tonight bo f oro an audience of sev
eral hundred porsons, consisting for th
most part ot relatives. Tho sahool glee olub
of sixty voices will bo supplemented by the
"Junior Ono Hundred," a singing orgsnlia
tlon consisting ot the younger lads In ths
Institution. f v
The gleo club will be lod by Lorsnts J,
A. Schtemmcr. The students' band will b
led by Walter It. Moore, nnd Charles W.
Parmontlor will be assistant leader. Among
others who will partlolpato In the program
nro Theodoro A, Bepper, Marcus Abramo
wits and Louis H. Holn, Th exit march
was composed by Harry C Thaa, an alum
nus of tho college.
On Saturday the exodus of boys to their
homos will begin. About 1100 lads wltl
spend tho Christmas season with their fam
ilies, whllo 400 boys wilt stay at the school.
Por tho latter class Uiera will be special
amusements nnd other meana will b
adopted to compohsato for their misfor
tune. U. S. HELPS SANTA CLAUS
Letters Addressed to Chrjatmaa Patroa
Going to Charity Work
WABHINOTON, Dec 10. Unci Sam ha
a heart that beats In sympathy Vlth th
hopes and faith or Christmastime. , An
order ban been sent to all postmasters to
take care of lettors addressed to Santa
Onus. They aro not to be oent to th
Dead Loiter Ofllco, but to responsible char
itable societies nnd private perrons In tp.
town or city of address, who may find
pleasure In using such letters for phllan
throplcal purposes.
Thousands of these communications are
found In the malls every December, and th
aovernment desires them to have kindly
treatment. Santa Claus letters without
stnmpa ure not to be thrown away. Post
masters are charged with the duty of show
ing them to charitable persons.
WOULD GIKDLEK HONORED
Head of Circumnavigators' Club Gels
Insignia From Members
BUBLINOTON, N, J Dec. JO. As ft
tribute to his work In building up th
organisation, members of the Circum
navigators' C(ub, a world-wide organisation..
have presented an Insignia of th society
to James U. Birch, Jr., of this city,1 "on
of th three organisers, and, sine It forma
tion, a governor, and aUo editor of the Log,
Several years ago Birch and two friends
conceived the Idea ot a novel fratemltv
In which only men who have made a trlf
around the world would bo eligible tot
membership. On th new Insignia are
pictured the north or guiding star, an
ocean steamship, an automobile, a' locomo
tive and a camel, significant ot means of
travel, and the club's slogan, "Luck to You,"
CANT USE NODEL PRIZE CAS,H
Government Will Return I4Q.O0Q o .
Roosevelt Peace Promotion Psils"4
WABIIIN0TON, Dec. to Congress will"'
soon dissolve the "Foundation for,, the
Promotion of Industrial Peace," whlchwaa
created March 2. 10Q7. and endowed . with "
110,009. which Colonel Iloosevelt bad re
ceived as ths Nubel peace prise. ,
The Foundation has never performed any
of the functions for which it waa enrattd,
and for nearly ten years th endowit
fund haa been Jdle. "'
The 110,000 Nobel prize money will nw
be returned to Colonel KoosevelL It f
aid h has other plans Involving 0411
reforms to which he will devote ths nwf,
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