ftJST GOSSIPBQuTraoPLE
ancy Wynne Is Interested in the Performance to
m uiven a uie aroatt Street Theatre by the
Southwark Players for Charity ,
rjClKTT H Interested In the presenhv
lion of "The Puppet princess" and "in
-.... i.H 1ll,l.1 Hie fnnn ' Mflitet. .m
, yarocii ---, ......-. .,,,
liven by we HotiinwnrK rmyera this
jrtertioon nnd tomorrow at tlio Broad
jrtt Theatre for tho bencnt of tho Wei.
jy Cluu aim me oouuiwarn .eigiiuor.
Settlement WorK.
ThW pluv WB8 Riven before tlio brama
cue on December i. it m most
K0usl8tlcnlly recclvo-J nt the time, nnd
teh mum mined 01 since, so tlint
t two performances promise to lie
than well attended. Hoses have
a uken by Mrs. Tom Ashton. Mrs.
ward Dok, Mrs. Cyrtu Adlor. Mrs.
rge Burnham, tho Wcllesloy Club nnd
Eleanor r. Monroe. There ore to
great many children's parties, for
piny is n v-iiriBiiiiiLt ono ana me
(Ctors aro supposed to bo llvo dolls, so
tn though wo nre far too grown up for
after we nro two years old lnv these
i, wo do like to sco them when they
sllvc, you knowf therefore, como nnd
nj the children nnd help the Bettlo-
Ssnt Work nlonir.
IB Christmas meeting of the Com
mittee Danclnc Clasp will bo held this
nlnff, nnd great nro tho preparations
SKons tho members. Tho Tom Dolans
1 entortaln at dinner for their ilauprh-
!(f RYrnh nnd Hoffman Dolnn, tho
younger son. tho committee Class Is
'rtaiiy tho most Important of the younger
7t classes, as It ts the ono before the
Eojit" affairs. Tlmo, was when tho jilrls
Tore muslin or nrcnndlo nnd llttlo open
ficfaed frocks nt this dance, but now they
m o crown up you would think you
vers at n. debutnnto party Instead of nno
for the school set. Kenlly, thero Is noth
jar to learn when tho bow to society Is
Bade, Is thero?
HOW careful wo ought to bo when we
undcrtnko to talk nbout our neigh
bors as to tho tlmo and place nnd ren-
ion thereof. Ono day Inst week I was
rUbjr out on the Main Lino nnd I noted
?Mm. n hnrl tin, 1, Kehf, ...1 n ...I 111,1. nn
Kho boarded tho train at Broad Btreet,
isd at West Philadelphia another worn-
NuCof tho same set, entered nnd sat down
J3iruni ui .iih. l , wuu iimncuiniciy
towed, and ns tho newcomer did not
ss?m qulto ouro of tho name, announced
Itrtelf' In loud terms as Mrs. B .
Tbtn commencccUrtho most outrageous
tosslpfcst I have ever heard. Thero was
Sot ono Blnulo pcreon on the Lino who
tru not discussed, nnd nil of his or her
family affaire tut well. And nt the top
5 their lungs, too! "Well, every one ho
pa to fidget, and men Ecowled over their
Japers, and then I bejan to notlco two
tth who were seated In front of me.
Sits turned to the other and said In n
tone, "Did you, over?" Whereupon
tfce other whlsporcil, "I know the dark
Jg that's her husband, poor man; don't
ect u to stop soon, ror they will rip
ry ono wo know up tho back." "Per-
pj you wjll Buffer, too. If they know
ou," said the first man. , "Haven't n
goubf of It," said the second. Suddenly,
esjthe other sldo of the car, a new name
jjj mentioned, nnd tho ijosslpcrH turned
Jpoth nnd nail. As the name was
gssionod the man In front of mo turned
ly to tho window nnd besnn trazinc
trylnc to neom absorbed in tlio seen
but his shoulders also were slinking.
I heard the first ono say, "f told
you'd set It; lookout, they will see
Just then my station was called
3 I had to leave. Think of Itl Can
gMmnftlne two women being; bo Indls-
gt and vulgar ns to- discuss overy
gjjgand overy one's affairs In n crowded
gl nnd nt the top of tholr voices?
NANCY" WYNNE.
Personals
eo orMIss Mollv W
lie marrlnirn nrpKrl-l Tntlv SWn,1 rtntlv
IUshter of Tr nntl M Phqrlkj IS'I,,
lS?' aml J,r' n N- "rewster Koons, will
placQ on January 27,
Jr. ami Mrs Kdwnrrt Atni.nnclpp Slnrkton
iJMailBa Stockton will be at home. 121 Park
IJSjjme. Swart hmore. on Now Year's Day,
lgg i until 8 o'clock. No cards havo been
K ' -
kWrsL lloraca T?ilirnnn Rmltti tvlll irlin ft
lh"0,( followed by cards, on Thursday
liSJaer roaldcncu. 1108 Spruco street.
Wr, and Mm. nhrlsllan A. IImkii will
Ettttaln at tho Hunper Club on Saturday
i"nlns
If. Georcs Da Itenniltt KVIm velll elf
IjAWge iiarty at the Supper Club on Satur
yji honor; 0( Miss Mary Graham,
iMf. Itlf) ffst laiinh If nnanv nf It K
ss;(fc " r"?:s"'n .:..""-"".r .:::
gp,. . iiioicQuiji mreei. will gtvo a umiaaiii
My front i until -3Q o'clock In honor of
!? BJzabeth Boyd and Miss Barbara
ja:n. AmonB tho guests will be Miss
Macy Wynne. Cook, Miss Pauline Denckla.
m Kiliabetu Trotter, Miss Sophy Baker,
f Ikirothy Newbold, Miss Ethel Newbold,
m Mary Graham. Miss Cornelia Bklnner,
w Elliabeth Brockle. Mlsa Itebecca
ganson. Mlsa Katherlne Tyson, Mlsa Ellse
WP. Miss Mary W Paneoast. Miss Janet
!. Mlsa Mary U. Brooke. Miss Kvelyn
Jr. Mlts Mary D Clark. Miss Katherlne
M&.tF' M,, Olendlnnlng. Miss Gladys
SP:s, Mlis Mary Dent, Miss Mary E,
IJ'. Mr Clayton McMlcHael, Mr. James
Jn, Mr JUnry A. Berwlnd, Mr. Snowden
Mjuel, jxr Walter Freeman. Mr. Taylor
gaUhour, Mr WllJIam K. Heyl, Mr Charles
JUtwn, Mr Ralph Souder, Jr. Mr William
UP!reth, Mr Horace Jayne. Mr. Bdward
ftUpp, Mr Kemptori Taylor, Mr. Hamilton
yfrpenter, Mr James A. Ilewson, Jr.. Mr
aey I'enmngton Cookman, Mr Edward
Swtson, Mr Edear W. Balrd. Jr. Mr.
puam o. Ilowland, Jr. Mr. Welghtman
aBes, Mr Kdwln Hailehurst. Jr. Mr. B.
Ugshan Abbott, Mr Wlnthrop Battles. Mr.
QW Carter. Jr. Ensign George Grove.
wev-ereu folt Josephs, Mr. Barclay
bUrtOIL Jr fi .Tnhn VflnflmnVr Jr
fevering Jones, Mr. Samuel Blspham.
Mr Henry Riula Tamnlstnn. Mr. John
era Scott. Mr ri3ni- Pntlon Free-
fgg?- the Messrs. Wilson. Mr, Woodworth
Messrs, Heath. Messrs. Caner. Mr-
UOVd. II r (-harlex Stourart Wrla.
ehn R. Montgomery, Mr. Harry Ilew
r J Cluyton McMIchael. Mr. Edward
w. Messrs, Edwards.
Dorothea Wfuut Hatrrhlur of Ur.
Mrs. Oeorg Wood, of 111 J Spruce:
1, will Isavu next u,k for Kew York.
ttie witf ypend several days-
g4 Mrs Jsniw Potter, of the Wlpder-
WM and Locut streets, aceom
t Potter. sp' th CbrUtma
UwUf horns ett Stth Krest.
w
k.
Pnotu by Vhatn-CrHftert.
MRS. J. LYURANT TOMLIN
Mrs. T0ilin, whoso mnrrlano took
puce last month, was Miss EstnlM
Hunter, of .108 Lincoln drive, Ger-
mnntown.
Washington,
Lily Potter.
I). C. Mrs Polk was Miss
Mrs. Isnne Tatnall Starr entertained at
luncheon yesterday.
Mr. IMxvard Starr, son of Mr. nnd Mrs.
VV hn r""rne:l from St Taul for the
ChrlMmns holidays.
Mr. and Mrs Starr. Mr. Floyd Starr and
iifs Hope Starr, accompanied by Mrs.
Starrs mother. Mrs Floyd White, will lenve
cururjr i ror ihclr cotlnifo nt Hon Air.
Oa., where they will spend sceral months.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Charles Mclnnes and their
family, formerly of Oak Lane, are occunylnR
. .."'7 hom" nt n'daI- '' where they
will live In the future.
Mr. and Mrs. John V. nisliop. of Onston.
Columbus. N. J., are spendlnu -eernl days
this week In the city. They nttended the
committee dinner, followed by dnnclnc
ft ven nt tho Germntitown Cricket Club last
night.
.Miss Margaret nedell has closed hr home
n the Catskllls. New York, and is living In
tho IllttenMouao Hotel.
Mrs. James II. SlmnsSn entertained nt
bridge at her homo, 4813 Chestnut street.
Tuesday afternoon, nfter which a buffet
luncheon was served. The Guests were
Mrs. Frank J. Illco, Mrs. Elsls Green, Mrs
Albert Hahn. Mrs. Harry Kochersprger.
.Mrs. Paul .V. Klsasser. Miss Lillian Clark.
Mrs, John Latchum, Miss Gladys Kochers
pergcr. Mrs. Harry Uoardman and Miss
Katherlno O. Simpson.
Mr. nnd Mrs. George W Preeker, of &09
South Forty-elchth street, announce the
rngagement of their dauchter. Miss Sara
U Presker, to Dr. Raymond II Cllpsham.
Tho betrothal of Miss Helle Flnm nnd Mr
Abraham Spiegel was announced on Mon
day. ;
Mr nnd Mrs. Abraharn Llpson, of HSJ
North Douglas street, announce the en
gagement of their daughter. Miss lleua
Llpson, to Mr -Mnurlce M. Cohen, of 4t;
Christian street.
'A dinner was given by Mr. nnd Mrs. M.
Lewlne, of SIti Monument avenue, in honor
of Mr. nnd Mrs. II. Nlubnrtf, of Atlantic
City, who are vlsltlns their slBtrr. Mrs. J.
NltzheriT. of 2115 North Thlrty-tlrst street
Among the guests wcro Mr. nnd Mrs. II.
Nit2berir. Mr. and Sirs, Herman Nltiberg,
Mr. and Sirs. Ollne, Mr, and Sirs. J. Pino-
bere, Miss Mary Rosin, Miss Mnllla Nlti
berg, Mlsa Ida Nltxberg, Mliw I'ura Devers,
Mlsa Itcba Nltiberg, Mr. Abraham NlUberg?
Mr, Ilymnn Iwlne, Doctor aold. of New
Yorkl Doctor Kteln. Mr. Berg. Mr. Jack
Nltzberc nnd Mr. Teller, of New Jersey.
A theatre party followed nfter dinner.
Weddings
COATES WADLKIOH
The marriage of Miss Rmlly Rawle Wad
le'R!. daughter of Mr nnd Mrs. Atherton B.
Wadlelgh. of 2212 Walnut street, and Mr.
Sydney Horner Coates took place today at
t o'clock In tho Protestant Kp'scopal Church
of the Ascension, at Broad and Suth streets
The Rev. George Woolsey Hodge, rector of
the church, officiated.
Miss Wndlelgh Vas given In marriage
by hr father and was attended by her sis
ter. Miss Patricia Wadlelzh, ns maid of
honor, and her small cousins, M'sa ifltanor
Wadlelgh and Miss Marlanna Wadlelgh, as
flower clrls. Mr Sherman O. Coatee.
brother of the bridegroom, was best man,
and the ushers Inc'uded Mr. Francis Rawle,
Jr, Mr. Arthur Hutton. Mr. Thomas Bolster.
Mr. Edward AVadlelgh. n brother of the
bride; Mr. Rawle Wadlelgh. a cousin of
the bride, nnd Mr. Morris W. Stroud. Jr.
The ceremony was followed by a small re
ception for the families and Intimate friends.
DIXO.V CIHHPIKLD
A fashionable wedding will take plaoe to
rfv at 4 :0 o'clock, when Mlsa Llllle Haber
sham Crlsfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A.' Pearce Crlsfield. of Graver's lane.
Chestnut Hill, will Ucoma the bride of Mr.
William T. Dixon, of Baltimore. The ere
mony will be performed In St. Paul's Church
by the rector, the Rev. John 11. Chapman,
assisted by Doctor Arthur Klnsolving, of
Baltimore, Miss CrUnetd will b given in
marriage by her father and will wear a
gown of lustrous white satin snd old lace,
mads with court train. Her tuUe veil will
be arranged with orange blossonis and she
will carry a round bouquet of lilies of tr
valley Wis Edith Sraythe, ths maid of
honor, will wear,, frock af nil green taffeta
and chlrton. trimmed with silver lae. HM
will also wsar a leghorn bat, the jerown
made of flesh-colersd twpe and trlumed
with wreath of tiny rose buds and black
Dixon, will wear irv """- ---".
UrV Inorn hats. Tby will carry baskets
of pink rose
lir Dixon will have W brotfcc-ln-Uw,
,,. ntdgeley btwpson. as best man. The
.h. will be Mr Rsb Johown. Mr.
fflu.t o Baltidwre; Mr. Praw.
Matthew 4V..iri n ur Jchn wtji
2S" OIAPTreion wtil Slow at
urayieii. ," .""" V,Jhrn auiliix and
the tr4d' xomfc
" SffiSi p,w Finu, Ks
Coly. Md.
LKZ LEDGBE-PinL,VpiiJLrniA THURSDAY, DECEMBER Sfc
BIG CHARITY DANCE
INi
Jinny Prominent Society Folk to
Take Part' in AfTnir for
Poor Children
Th annasl rharltr dance of lh Ladle'
Auxllhtry of the CamiUn Soefely fr the
Prevention of Crwlty t Children will le
hM this evening at Morgsn's Halt. Fourth
and Market streets, rntnden.
Many persons prominent In Camden so
cial rlreles will stt.ml ami a pre-gram of
ilie most ehiborate order has been arrrtnge.1
The proceeds of the affair will I, uee.1 for
the malnletMttee of tlw society's Sheltering
Anns, at tJT niver nxenue. which was
recently opened for the temporary eare of
ihildren until ixrttmnent site can be ob
tained. The ptrnne Inelitds: Mrs George M.
Andrews Mrs. Carle II. Allen. Mrs liar
old R noltomtey. Mrs. Julia Jlanthof. Mrs.
John W Croft. Mrs. Warren II Coffin,
sirs Itobert II Clow. Jr. Mrs. W. Penn
Corson, Mrs. C. M. Cannon, Mrs. Ilrey
C Carr. Mrs :n Davis. Mrs. II. It
Draper. Mrs. Jatnett N. I'owney. Mrs. 11
ward W Delacroix. Mrs. William lrly,
Mrs. John Klferlng, Mrs Clarence Free.
man Mrs Charles II. tlreer. Mies Jen R
Graffen. Sirs Uwls Ooerllc'-. Mrs. Krnest
G Itumntel. Mr. I-wls l, liumphHys,
Mrs v Ionnrd Hurley, Mrs John T.
HyUnd. Mrs. William W. Hodgson. Mis.
corge Jewup. Mrs Charles J-wup. Mrs.
David Jester. Mrs Theodore Kausrl. Mrs.
I-rnnk Lloyd. Mrs. Thomas Lltllehales. Mrs.
Alfred Lovrsry, Mrs Tltomns M.snon. Mrs.
Harry A Magoun. Miss lletle It Moore.
Mrs. Jamra V. Moran. Mrs Frederick V
Marcy Mrs. Washlnglcn McAllster. Mrs.
Alexander McAll.ter. Mrs. llsrsey K part-
riugo Mrs James Lane Pennypacker, Mrs
John Prentice. Mrs. Kdwln C. Peohln. Mrs
Fclllis.rr Mrs. Charles Prolsendanx. Mrs
Charles A P.eynoldt. Miss Klsle Hose. Mrs
Clement ltemlngtelt. Mrs Oliver Smith. Mrs
Walter Staats, Mrs. K A. Y. Schelllnger.
airs, William D Hherrerd. Mrs. Mllwnod
Truscott Mrs Mary M Vredenhurc. Mis.
Francis I) Weaver. Mrs. John W. Wescolt
and Mrs Alva Young.
The reception committee conslets of the
following Irvln lt DeaVyne. Clarence
W Munger. George II Gomersall, Walter
Campbell, Harry Peloute, Lewis McCloskey.
Chnrlen Pnulvin. Leo Warren. William V
Walsh, W Penn Corson, Frederick von
.Velda. ltobcrt Stewart McAllster. Hubert
Pfrll, fJ. Howard Whittling. Albert Wood
ruff, Harold llottomlev. Gortlon llotiumley,
James Greer nnd Andrew Itabrau
Olllcers of the ladles Amlllnry are
Mli i:elyn Croft, president; Mrs Irvln
Hcolt Denkyne. vice president. Mrs" J. W
F. Illrakly, treasurer; Mrs. Frederick vim
.Velds, secretary. Miss Ither Croft. Mrs.
G Horn Cogswell. Mrs William Darnell.
Mrs. Mary Graffen. Mrs George H. Gomer
snll. Mrs. Mary Walsh Kobus, Mrs John
Kuenzcl, Mrs. O W Bnundcrs. Ur. Jennie
Sharp, Mrs. Helen Scull Monkey nnd Mrs.
William P Wnlsn
PEOPLE'S CHORAL UNION
STARTS COMMUNITY "SING"
Audience Joins In Christrans CnroIinRS.
Good Procrnm Well Given Under
Anno McDonough
Something ly way of a start of the "com
munity sing." which Is rather more than
less n favored art form In some far Western
c ties. as Initiated Inst evening In Phila
delphia by the People's Choral t'nlon, which
opened Its season by an excellent concert
nt the Academy of Mus-c.
The Idea Is for an oxtenslon of the In
terests and benefits uf executive music so
that not merely those who nro trained ns
'artists may enjoy the form of expression.
uut that audiences mny bo diverted from
their passive rola of hearing and apprecia
tion to an active participation. The popu
larity of the schemo In Ilia Weit and the
enthusiasm with which It was received here,
Mi
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CS
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pfl;r.i7r-r.-.-':i ti
mw
WHEN LOVE WAS YOUNG
Coprrlstit, Life Iutillihlnr Company.
augur well for the development of great
community choruses for al fresco meetings
In parks ns In New Yolk or on city piers
ns in Chicago. Philadelphia should look
Into It on a larger scale
Of course only the standards and "stand
bys'' can safely bo Included In programs
that are t Invito general oo-operatlon. Miss
Anno McDor.ough, the diligent and skillful
dlre?tar of ths People's Choral Union, saw
to It that t tiers should be no dlltlcultlrs of
imrnmlllarlty with the airs or technique
nltli the numbers selected fcr antlphonal
and insemlle participation. Shs built a
program iepecally suited to th tide of
Yu'c and among the carols and choruses
re a number that nearly everybody knew.
The Initial response to "Jo'nlug in" was a
b't hesitant, but as the audlencs entered
Into the rplrlt of the thing, lifter the, Inno
vation n "sprung- at the end of the first
part of tn program, the volume uf lone
was swelled by volunteer voices. Particu
larly was the reiiwnao In ths "Adeata
Pldeles." sung In an English translation,
gro'ifylnc to the projectors and satisfying
tven to critic! hearers.
The People's Choral Union, which Is the
artutla consummation of tbe people's sight
singing classes, vsry wisely offered a mis
cellaneous seleotloirpf part songs ami cho
ruses for iho annual Chrlttma concert In
stead of the mietumary ranta'a. The oc
Bauliatlon' number several hundreds of
singers, selected, from the slght-slnglng
olasscs. These aro located In various sec
tions of the city and suburbs, and their mis
sion la to provide at a Very nominal fee op
portunities for musical education of the
general run of folks who want to know
how to sing" The musical aeplranta nro
trained by Mum MeDoaeugh. and her as
sistants to a faella reading of vocal scores
and a very real appreciation for the beet
In music The results are excellent, as
demonstrated in last night' offering, for
tho chorus sang precisely and Intelligently.
and with much spirit and a good deal of
expression
Assisting artists, were Mary Barrett.
whom recital, wblsb. opsntsd this year's local
raueJe season, revealed a soprano of clear
and agreeable tea aad Domsh.co Rove,
the youwK Philadtriiihla violinist, whose re
turn after a foreign routliw gave the city
an admiraUs young setoJst. Miss Barrett
was a soloist with the etuwus la an "Agnus
Del" and also gave paeceu by Leliroaun
awl lumbers- Mr. Wove played an old
Italian cfeaconoe aad Schumann's "Traum
erei" for an encore. W. It M.
What's Doing Tonight
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pi Music
oferaji ttaeefcantt. MetrepeUua Overs Ueus.
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MASTER PAINTINGS BROUGHT
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BEYOND THE GRAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to "TIic Wcnnt World")
lly GKOHOE ALLAN KMRLAN'ti
CrvrUM. ISII. Ul rraM
TIIH RTOttT Tl It'll FAI
tiIiTi ?L',n .,,,, tlrtf Knidrick r
lilt. . ' ",VII Minhwi f Vn Amours.
K.Vil.A WM. ,n "wl to mk tk honi
i i ,f. "?rl,r ! mm nprnJ srel Jt
J lil Urn utter that in h rontrietl"n
' ?. Jtnrtiir Msolng crsft. tor h rln t
t IPIOfe lM WArl.1 In Mat nt fltll!l
(lien.
nJ"f'li"'X "i start on thtr ptlstlmjtj.
S!..l',V,u,Jh "liri Urr en.l tjljtj
mllee alone the wunO utern ilotee ett tor
?,?,." 'ih. ". tln ilrn tr , -'";
i.'5', 'ril rt enttrsrt In e"1;
-t nj all their provl.lona K,..,,Ji
rtfltr a .,. mrampmeht on tho ! "5
Iv.-.J' ""' "en,r ouniclont trrnstli nJ
'"Bll" ! l ct asoln for liootm
They reach tho rulno of ITosMtn;
It. I., wh.r. Hirm nn.n a tl-,',"t'!
aernnlane In It ther otart their nioht t
liootnn, lut enrounter n huftieano ami r
earrle,! far out ur their ronroe nl rrlo
at what oeeim to them th e0i ot "
oarlh t
ttntllimareil, Sleni romlvicti oerleo of
eitM'rlmenta b which h eatlmatea !!
wl.lth of the thaam no ltwen 76 an.l 160
mllro He atarta In the aempUna with
lleatrlm In an attempt to toacti th otl.sr
Me.
CIIAI'TKK M (('ontlnueiU
1TKKN blesied lier mentally with special
J pride and confidence In tier mercury
onuallilnr bnlnnrra. I'rnuil of his machine
and of his skill, superb like Pltaelon whirl
ing tho sun chariot across tho heavens, lie
gave her more and still more speed
Below nothing, nothing save vapors, with
here and there an open spaco whore showed
the strange dull purple or the abyss. Above,
bright, to left, nothing nbsolute vacant
space.
Gone now was all sight of the land thnt
they had left I'nllke balloonlsts, who
always see dense rlouds or else the earth,
they now saw nothing All alone with the
srm thnt rushed behind them In their skim
mlng IHght. they fled like wraiths across the
emptiness of tho great void
Stern glanced nt tho barometer and
grunted with surprise.
"Il'inl Twelve thousand four hundred
nnd ntty feet nnd I've been Jockeying to
come down nt least five hundtedfoet
already!" thought he. "How tho devil can
that be?"
The explanation came to him. But It sur
prised him almost as much as tho noted
fart.
"Must be one devil of a wind blowing
up out of lliafplacc." he pondered, "to carry
us up nearly four thousand feel, when I've
been trying to descend Well, Ifa all right,
anyhow It nil helps "
Ho looked at tho spinning nnemometer It
registered n sliced of ninety-seven miles an
hour. Yet now that they Were out of sight
of any land, only the rush of the wind and
the enormous vibration of tlio plane con
veyed an Idea of motion. They might os
well have been bung In mldipace, like
Mohammed's tomb, as have been rushing
forward ; there was no visible means of
Judging what their motion really might be
"Unique experience In the history of man
kind !" shouted Stern to the girl. 'The
world's Invisible to us"
She nodded nnd smiled back at him. her
while teeth gleaming In the strange, bluish
light that now rnveloped them
Stern, keenly attentive to the engine, ad
vanced the spark another notch, and now
the needle crept to 102 to-
"We'll be across before we know It,"
thought he. "At this rate I shouldn't be sur
prised to sight land any minute now "
A quarter hour mora the Paulllac
swooped along, cradling In her swift flight
to westward.
But all at once the man started violently
I-'orward he bent, (taring with widened
eyes at tho tube of the fuel gage.
He blinked as though to convince him
self he had not tetn aright, then stared
again; and as ho looked a sudden grayness
overspread his face
"What I " he exclaimed, then rnlsod his
head nnd fpr a moment sniffed, as though
In catch some odor, elusive jet ominous,
which he had for some time half sensed yet
paid no heed lo.
Then suddenly ho knew the truth, nnd
with a cry of fear bent, peering at the
fuel tank.
There, quivering suspended from the
mclal edge of the aluminum tank, hung a
single clear white drop alcohol f
Even ns Stern looked It fell, and at once
another took Us plase, snd was shaken off
only to be succeeded by a third, a fourth,
a ruth;
The man understood. The ancient metal,
corroded almost through from the Inside.
had been eaten away That very morning a
hole had formed In the tank. And now a
leak existing since whit moment he oould
not tellwas draining the very life-blood
of the machine
'The aloohol!" cried Stern In a hoarse,
terrible vole, his wide y denoting his,
agitation. With a quivering hand he
pointed.
"ily Gd! It's all lake out thera'a
not a quart left in the task t We're lost
lost In the bottomless sbfe!"
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AT REALIZATION ef the ghastly allua.
. lion that confronted theni'. Stern's heart
stopped beatfpg for a mom wit. Despite his
oourage, a. sick terror gripped his soul ; he
felt a sudden weakness, and In hts ears the
rushing wind seemed shouting mockeries of
death.
As in a dream, he felt the girl's hand
close In fear upon his annj ha heard her
crying something but what, he knew not
Then, all at once, he fought off the deadly
horror 11 realised that now, If ever, he
needed all hi strength, resource, Intllli-
'- , wnii iwnni ovfi, no nung
off his weakness. Agaia lie gripped the
wheel. Thought returned. Though the end
might 'be st hand, ibaak God fer even a
minute's respite I
Again ha loeked at the lndsa(er.
' Yes, wdy ( truly It showed the terrible
fact! No hallueiBaUi. this. Not much more
than a flat af the preetau fluid new lay
In the fuel tank. And. though the ensina
till roared, ha knew that In a minute or
two It must sleeken, slop and die.
What then?
Evan as the) questkw dasbed to him tbe
engine Uukg lu pretest It skipped,
coughed, stuttered. Too well he knew th,
symptoms, the Imperative cry: "More fuel r
BuLtie bad none to Klve. In vain tor him
to open wide the eupiy valve Vain to
adjust tbe carburetor.
Even as be made a despairing, ituUnstke
motion to pertem tbs useless cts while
Beatrice, dea)bly pale and shaking with
terror, ciutcted at bits the eagLas spat
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forlh n last. Convulsive bark and grew
silent.
The whirling screws hummed n lower
no:e, then crated their song and came
to rest
The machine lurched forward, swooped,
pplralrd, and with n sickening rush, a
Hailing tumult of the stays and planes,
plunged Into nothingness!
Had Klern and tho girl not been securely
strapped to their seats, they must have
been precipitated Into space by the violent,
erratic dashes, drops, swerves and rushes
of the uncontrolled Paulllac.
Kor a moment or two. Instinctively, de
spite the knowledge that It could do no
good. Stern wrenched at tho levers. A
thousand confused, wild, terrible Impres
sions surged upon his consciousness.
Swifter, swifter dropped tho piano! nnd
now the wind that seemed lo rise hnd
grown to be a hurricane I Its ronrtng In
their ears was deafenlnr. They had to
light even for breath Iteeir.
Beatrice was leaning forwnrd now, shel
tering her face In the hollow of her nrm.
Had she fnlnted? Stem could not tell.
He still was fighting with the mechanism,
striving to bring It Into some control. But,
without headway, It defied him. And like
a wounded hawk, dying even ns It strug
gled, the Paulllac staggered wildly down
Hie miplumbed abyss.
How long did the first wild drop last?
Stern knew not. Re realised only that,
after n certain time, he felt u warm sensa
tion, nnd, looking, perceived that they wero
now plunging' through vapors that sped
upward so It seemed with vertiginous
rapidity.
No sensation now was there of falling.
All motion seemed to Hn In the uprueh
Ink vapors, dense nnd warm nnd pale violet
In hue. A vast nnd rhythmic splrallng had
possessed the Pnulllac. As you havo seen
n fulling leaf turn In air, so the piano cir
cled, boring with torrlflo speed rfowndown.
uown through tho muds, down Into tho
unknown !
Nothing to bo seen but vapors. No solid
body, no land, no earth lo mark th'olr fnll
and gauge it. Yet slowly, steadily, dark
ness was shrouding them. And Stem,
breathing with great difficulty even In the
shelter of his arms, rould now hardly
more than see as a pais blur the while
face of the girl beside him.
The vast wings of the machine, swirling,
swooping, plunging down, loomed hugely
vsgue lit the deepening shadows. Illnv.
sick with the monstrous caroming through
apace, deafened by the thunderous ronr.
Ing of the updraft. Stern vras still nbfo
to retain enough or his sclentlllo curiosity
to peep upward The sun I Could he still
seo It?
Vanished utterly was now the glorious
orb' Thero, seeming lo circle round nnd
round In drunken spirals, he beheld n weird,
dirfupcd, angry-looking blotch of light,
t'nted a Iiuj different fr-m any ever seen
on earth by men And Involnnterllv. nt
night of this, he shuddered.
Already with the prescience of death full
upon him, with a numb-despair clutching
his soul, he shrank from that ghastly,
hideous aspect of what he knew must bo
nis last signt or the sun
Around the girl he drew his right arm ;
slie felt his muscles tauten as he clasped
her lo him. Useless nov, )m knew, nny
further struggles with tho aeroplane Its
speed, Us plummetllko drop checked only
by tlio huge sweep of Its parachute wings,
Slern knew1 now It must fall cletfr to tho
bottom of the abyss 1( bottom thero wtrc.
And If not what thenT
Stern dared not think. All human con
cepts have been shattered by this stupen
dous catastrophe. The alcklv iml nn,,i,..i
hue of the rushing vapors that tore and
slatted .the planea confused hi .......
and, added to this, a stifling, numbing gas
scorned diffused through the Inchoate void.
He tried to speak, but could not. Against
the girl's cheek he pressed his own. Hers
was cold '
In van he struggled lo cry out Kven
had his parched tongue been able to voice
a sound, the howling tempest they them
selves were creating aa they fell would have
whipped the shout away ami drowned It In
the gloom
In Stem's ears roared a droning as of a I
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billion hornets. He felt a vast, tremendous
lassitude. Inside his head It seemed aa
though n huge, merciless pressure were
grinding at his very brain. His brealh came
only slowly nnd with great difficulty.
"My God"' he panted "Oh. for n Utile
fuel I Oh. for n chance a chance to tight
for life!"
Hut chance there was none, now. Be
fore his eyes there seemed to darken, tq
ilatzlc, n strange nnd moving curtain.
Through It, piercing It Willi a supreme ef-
on oi me win, no caught turn sight of the
dial of the chronometer, Subconsciously
he noted thnt I: marked X 1.3S.
How long hnd Ihev been falllnsf fn
vain his waverlm: Intelligence battered nt
tho problem Now, as In n delirium, he
fancied It hnd been only minutes; then it
seemed hours I.Ike nn Insane man ha
laughed he tried to scream lie rnved. And
only tho stout straps that had held them
both prevented him from leaping free of
the hurtling machlns.
"Crack I"
A lashing had ritven way I Part of the
left hand plane had broken loose. Drunk
cnly. whirling bend over llko nn nlhntross
shot In midair, the Pnulllao tiluiiged.
It righted, nwerved, shot far ahead, then
once again somersaulted.
Mem had disjointed, crnxy thoughtn ot
air-pressure, condensation nnd compression,
rrslstniicc, abstruso formulae. To him It
seemed thnt some glgnntlu problem In
etress-cnlculntlou were being hurled nt him,
to solve II seamed that, blind, deaf, dumb,
soma sinister nnd ghout-llko demon wera
llalllng him until hn nnswcred--nnd that
ho could not answer!
H had a dim renllxntlon of straining
mndly nt his straps till the veins started big
and swollon In his hammering brows. Then
consciousness Inpsrd,
Lapsed, yet came again nnd wlih It pain.
An nwful pain In the car-drums, that
roared and crnckled without cease.
Breath ! Hn was fighting for brealh!
It was a nightmare a horrible dream
of dnrknesn and a mighty booming wind
a dream of stilling vapors nnd an endless
void that sucked them down, down, clem
nlly! Delusions came, and mocking visions of
safety. Both hands flung out as though
to clutch tho roaring gale, ho fought the
Intangible.
Aguln he lout all knowledge.
And once iignln how long after, bow
could he know? he came to somo partial
realisation of tortured existence.
In one of the mad downwnrd rushes
rushes which ended In n long splrnl slnnt
his stnrlng. bloodshot ryrtt that sought tn
pierce the murk, seemed to behold a nllm
mer, a dull gleam of light.
The engineer screamed Imprecations,
mingled with wild, demoniac laughter.
"Another hnlluclnntlon!" was his thought.
"But If It's not if It's Hell then welcome.
Hell! Welcomo even that, for a chanco to
stop!"
A sweep of the iPaulllac hid tho light
from view. Kvoii that faintest ray van
ished. But what? It dime ngaln ! Much
nearer now. nnd brighter! And another
gloamt Another still 1 Three of them
nnd they were real I
With n tremendous effort. Stern fixed his
fevered ejes upon tho lights.
Up. up nt a tremendous rate they seemed
speeding. Blue nnd ghastly through the
dense vnpors, spinning In giddy gyrations,
as the machliio wheeled, cut.ipultrd and
slid from one long slant to another, their
relative positions still remained llxcd.
And, with n final flicker of Intelligence,
Stern knew they wero no flgmelit ot Ids
brnln.
"Lights, Beatrice! Lights, Ijghte, real
lights " ha sought to scream.
But even as he fought to shake her from
the swoon that wrapped her senses, his own
last fragment of strength deserted him.
He had one final sense Impression of a
swift upshootlng of the lights, a sudden
brightening uf those three radiant polnte.
Then came a sudden gleam as though ot
waters, block nnd still.
A gleam, blue nnd uncanny, across the
Inky surface of aomo vuat, mysterious, hid
den sea.
Up rushed the lights at him; up rushed
the sea of Jetty black)
Stern shouted soma wild, Incoherent thing.
Crash !
A shock t A frightful Impact, swift, sud
den, annihilating!
Then In a mad and lashing struggle, all
knowledge and all feeling vanished utterly.
And tho blackness of oblivion received lilm
Into its Insensate bosom.
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BERfflARDTRimilfe :
TO PHILADELPHIA
With Almost Undinimed Voicri,,
tho Groat French Actrecs Ap
pears nt Metropolitan
, .
Pethftps II Is not graceful on the return
of Karah UetnhArdl under onerous nnd
fHklnif (Sendlthins, to talk of what she
owe as an artist to tho language ha
speaks. And j-t It was one of the mnny
sharp Impression carried away from th
Metropolitan Opera House last night A,
wtimnrful voiee, yei but epenktnc an even
more wonderful tongue; n tongue ot beauty,
R tongue of pathos, terrors, vigor, power,
but always ot beauly. Bernhardt herself
Is a singular enough figure In 'the annals
of the stags) her world-wide fame, her
famous farewell tours, ami now phyalcnl
misfortune added to gray years yet unable
tn bend the spirit or sway ths course of
her art. Yet hnw much moreremarkable
her talenta must have been if, as n, German
or v Russian, the had won to that place
which a small but moit enthuslastlo audi
enco rocogntied and honored last night
Of the present Bernhardt and the, present
iKr there Is singularly little new to say.
ThPi year, of course, she must confine her
self to one-act playa or single ecenea frorA
longer dramas, nnd nit or them must gtv
her tha opportunity of remaining seated
through the whole action. Accordingly, tho
program list nlaht Included 'Hocuhn.' a
clasalo bit by Maurice Bernhardt and Ren
uiarence: "Du Theatre nil Champ d'Hon
neur," a play '-by n French orrieer at th
front." and "les Kntix Modele." n comedy
"by n gay French author at the, frnnt " In
addition to "English A It Is Spoken," by
Tristan Bernard, ncted by other members of
her company. "Curiously enough, alt three
that Bernhardt appeared In held a flavor of
patriotism : for whllo "Du Theatre u Champ
d'Honneur" showed the actress nan. wounded
soldier-poet apostrophising his country aa
he dies "Hecuba" held Just aa poignant a.
note of love of country.
Outside of sucl matters ot cataloguing, It
Is only to be remarked that Bernhardt and
her voice chow very little the wear of lima
nnd ot phvslcat circumstance. Though the
actress remains sealed throughout the
plays, elio conveys, ns always, much
emotion through her gestures nnd expres
sion, nnd vast feeling Indeed through
that voice. It has tta clearness stilt
It Is almost radiant And It runs with
the old ease to low 'depths ot anguish. th'
high rasp of soul-pain and the terrible
weakening Agony of n denlh-clutched throat
on which note tho llttlo play at the battle
front comcti to an end.
Tho .supporting company nnd the stage
manngrlnent nro excellent, Short nccoums
of the plays nro vpry effectively read be
fore the curtain by a young American,
Margaret Mower. K. M.
KKUSBN MUST DISMISS
HIS SPECIAL ASSISTANTS
- - i ,
C(UlnclI, Fnlluro to I'rovldo Funds Will
I'orco Dlachnrgo of Forco
.Fighting Pnralyaia
Councils' fnlluro to provldo money for
Iho payment of nurses, Innpcctorn ond npe
clal workers connected with tho Division of
Child Hygleno wllltlecessltato tha dismissal
from the service on Saturday of tha entire
siieolnl forco employed by Director Krusen,
ot tho Department of Health nnd Clinrltles,
In his flnht 'against Infantile paralysis.
The special appropriation of 2E,000 for
the work by Councils last summer hna been
rxhuusled. nnd Director Krusen'a Item of
im,:oo in ids 191? budget tn employ thirty
thrco additional nurses lo fight the after
effects of the disease nas killed under the
Mayor's ruling ngnlnat new places. This
leaves Director Krusen no alternative but
to turn nwny bis forco of clllclent helpers
who hnvo been Intrusted with tlio Important
worn nt treatinir more man aro mraiitllo
paralysis victims.
Tho nurses this week nro making Itielr
final visits to tho homes ot tlio I lit lo pn
tleiils, clvlng them innssago nnd treatment
tn prevent their Browing up hopeless crip
ples. Just what charity will tako up this
work has not been determined, but tho city
health olllclals nro working with a view
to havjng the necessary treatment continued
by outside workers.
FUNEUAL OF MRS, TOWNSEND
Husbnnd
111
In Hospital, Unablo to
Attend
The funeral of Mrs. Ralph Sr. Townsend,
20JS Do Ijncey place, who died Tuesdajr
of pneumonia, was held this afternoon
at 3:30.
Kcrvlcen wero conducted by tho Rev.
John Mnckrldge, rector of St. James's Knla.
ooio Church, Twenty-second and Walnut
streets, nut wero neiit in tho church of St
James tho j.ess. Kalis or Schuylkill.
Mr, Townsend wan not able to attend.
Ho Is 111 with pleurisy In the University
Hospital.
Mrn. Townsend's mother, Mrs, Lincoln
Godfrey, and her brother, Lincoln Godfrey,
Jr. arrived this morning from Kl Paso,
Texas. Mrs. Godfrey was visiting her son,
who 1,1. n member of the First City Troop,
and bad been In camp only nn hour when
word of Mrs. Triwnecnd's death reached
her. A special leave ot absence was granted
young Mr. Godfrey, and he caino home for
the funeral
The services were private. Interment
was inada In Laurel XI III.
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