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Mr. and Mrs. Edward T. Stotesbury Hosts at
Large Dante for Two of Season's Debutants
Other Subjects of Interest
TONIGHT wo havo tho danco which Mr nnA
beautiful ballroom In honor of Kalhorlnr. tJ- S'6'Mbur 6 In thtr
forward to. It zroos without savim- h.Tl f-T?. Bthy N.wbotd to look
burya away tvo such delightful parties and ir,rJ L ? ""'n9- fr " Btotes
own with nil tho accompanying n1??"!? " bftlro" " IWr
tell you every ono
In
delighted when nn In
vitation comes from
tho famous host nnd
hostess.
It Is truo Mrs.
Blotesbury has been
bo taken up with
good works recently
that bids for enter
talnmonts for enter
tainment's eako nro
few nnd far between,
only onco or twice
through tho year
now, ns compnrcd to
when sho first came
to Philadelphia. But
the wnr carao nnd
with It grent need at
homo nnd nbrond nnd
tho working iilrl nnd
tho llttlo child hero
all put In their picas,
nnd to say that Mrs.
B. has proved n "Lady
Bountiful" to nil who
call upon her Is
mildly to express the
wonderful Rood things
which hnvo Rono out
from her generous
hand nnd purse.
KATHARINE I.KA.
who In ono of tho
debutantes to ba en-'
tortalned tonight. Is
the daughter of Mr.
nnd Mrs. Charles Lea,
of Devon. Sho was
introduced at a tea
back In October, whllo
Dorothy Newbold, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kmlcn
Nenbold, wns presented In November.
They aro both cxtrcmoly popular girls
nnd havo cortnlnly had tholr sharo of
tho good times this season; party nftcr
party nnd ball after bnll havo been given
and aro being planned for tho future ns
well for each ono. The Nowbolds will
glvo n ball for Dorothy on January 12,
tho Arthur Leas will glvo n ball at tho
Dellovue-Stratford for Katharlno on
January 24 and Miss Nina Lea will give
a largo danco at tho Itttz on January 30.
THERE aro to bo qulto a fow dinners be
fore tho danco tonight. Dr. nnd Mrs.
Joe Leldy will entertain for Miss Hatch
elder, of New York, who will como on
for tho ball; Dr. nnd Mrs. Lewis Brlilton
will entertain at dlnnor nt tho Bollevue
Stratrord In honor of their daughter
Elisabeth, whllo Elizabeth Fox will b'o
guest of honor at a, dinner which, Dr.
nndMrs. Alexander Randall will glvo
at their hbmo In Harrison Row. Another
dlnnor will bo given by Mr. nnd Mrs.
Thomas Do Witt Cuylor at tho Rltz
Carlton. All considered, "Some cntor
talnlng, n'est-co pas?"
XX roULDyou havoboliovod Itposslblo that
T i even tho Metropolitan upera .nouso
would not havo been packed to tho doors
to hear tho "Dlvlno Sarah" last night?
And yot only about twolve boxes wero
occuplod and tho orchestra circle was not
filled; but, my dearB, such an enthusiastic
house! Sho Is Just as wonderful as over,
nnd her volco Is clear as a bell nnd not
old at nil. Tho nudlcncc, which wns ve ry
representative, clapped and clnppod, but
It was sad whon sho at last aroso to her
feet, nftcr nppoarlng as the French sol
dier nnd ono saw how crooked tho wooden
leg Is. Rut to think of It to bo able to
hold vast nudlcncyss with her marvelous
art at her ago! I wonder If America will
ever Beo her ngnln?
IS OUR faith In Santn Claus gono?
Never! Of course ho oxUIb., Why.
only on Christmas ove, didn't I see tho
weeat lamb of a klddlo trottlngidown tho
beautifully carpeted stalra of her Chest
nut Hill homo with the strangest collec
tion of articles in her nrms! With ono
hand sho grasped a tall tumbler and In
tho other was a pipe and bag of tobacco
(tho latter things, I correctly surmised, had
been "pinched" from father's special den),
nnd under one chubby arm was tucked n
huge bottlo of milk, and slippers were
caught under the other. She made
straight for tho fireplace. "What aro you
doing, darllngr said mother, lovingly.
"What do you want those things for'
"Why. they're for Santa, muvverj he'll
bo eo tired when ho gets here, poor soul!"
Surely she deserved a well-filled stocking,
nnd. she got It. Of course, there is a
Santa Clausl . NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
At the marriage of Mis ',n!LDa1.l
gren and Mr. Richard Smith &"'
which will take place at tho horns of ansa
Dahlgren's mother. Mrs. Drexel Dahlgren.
at 15 East Nlnety-alxth street. New lorh.
on January 10. Mrs. Angler n. Duke will
be matron of honor, and the bridesmaids
Will include Miss Ulrica Pahlgren, a sister.
Miss Sarah II. B. I'enroa. of this city,
Miss Elisabeth Emmet and Ills Sympho
rosa, Brlsted. Mr. Nelson Slater will act as
best man. Mr. Emmet will '' ,"'
bachelor dinner at the Knickerbocker Club
on Wednesday nlglit of next week.
Mr and Mrs. Alexander W. Wlster, Jr..
of 'School House lane. aermantown, will
entertain Mr. and Mrs. Water Morgan
Churchman and Mr. and Mr Harry Wright
In their box at the first showing ofMrs.
Vernon Castle's new film. "Patria." whloh
will take place this evening at the Bellevue
fitratford. Paymaster B. Hayes Brooke entertained
at a dinner on board the United States
battleship South Carolina, la honor of his
hlece. Ml Harriet B. Chain The Invited
guest Included Ml Marie Louie Weight
man Partes. Mlsa Mary B. J Brooke, Mis
Nancy Wynn Cook, Mis BlUabeth arlbbel,
a number of the junior officers of the South
Carolina. Mrs. QemmUl wa chaperon. Fol
lowing tha dinner the guests attended the
Christmas, danoe at the navy yard, and
later motored to the Rlts-Curlton and fin
ished the evening at tbo dance given by Mr
and Mrs. J Andrews Harr", Jr. for their
attractive daughter, Ml Margaret Wtasor
Harris. y
Mrs. UhIi Rlohara Ashbure. Jr . of IMS
prua DrMt Will entertain at a buffet
bwcheoti, followed by dancing at her homo
h4vy la ooaor of bar davgbUi. Ml
Lvuise Arthur, Among thua who wi
ABdljTPEOPLE
" vo mK thine enjoyable, let hi
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Photo bj Mrtu.
MISS ELEANOR DULANY
Tho i enrrarjemont of Miss Dulnny, whose home Is in
Bnltimorc, to Mr. Wnltcr L. Fottcrnll, of this city,
was recently announced. Mijs Dulnny will net ns
lindcsmnid at tho wetldinp; of Miss Susan Lynnh
Uruco nnd Mr. Samuel H. Chase, which will tako
place on Jnnunry 6.
Slewart. .Miss Mary Pahnestock. Miss Mnry
Knight. Miss Elliabeth Boss, Mine Marlon
Harris. Miss Dorothy Ely, MIm Margaret
Bnllrtt, Mlsa Oladya r.arle. Miss Susan
Ooughtcn, Miss Elslo Hirst. Miss I.uclllo do
ICoscnko, Miss IHcanor Carpenter. Mls
Edith Carpenter. Miss Evelyn Smith. Mlsa
Margaret Spencer, Miss Anna Zlminrnimn.
Miss Catherine Lloyd. Mlsa Julio Ilakcr.
Miss Helen Shelton. Miss Elisabeth Boyd
and Miss Evelyn 1'ago.
Mrs, Oeorge W. Urquhsrt will entertain
In her box at the first Philadelphia show
ing of the new patriotic nim. "Patria,"
lVhlch will be seen In the ballroom of tho
Dellevuo-Stratford tonight. Her guests
will Include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Benuvler.
of Canada, Mr. and Mrs. E. II. McCowen.
Miss Laura McCowen, Miss Mary McCowen,
Miss Gladys McConen, Mr. Ulerkln. Mr.
Charles Leon Downing.
Mr. and Mm. John D. Johnson, of 3S03
Chestnut street, will entertain at a thontro
party, followed by supper at tho Bellovuo
Stratford, thla evening In honor of Miss
Margaret La Hue. Among the guests
aro Miss Margaretta Koltz, Mlsa Esther
Bochman. Miss Ethel Newbold, Miss Nancy
Hoyt Smyth, Miss Emlyn Shipley Mlsa Elis
abeth Johnson, of Bethlehem; Mrs. Archi
bald Johnson. Mr. John Carter, Mr. Charles
II. I'olwcll, Mr. Jack Walton. Mr T. John
Blynn, Mr. C. Arthur Johnson. Mr. Shlrloy
McCall.
Mr. and Mrs Edward W. Clark, 3d, who
have been spending same tltno traveling
through tho West since their marrtntr In.i
October, will return thla wcok and will be
tno guests or air. Clark's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence J I. Clark, at their homo on
Queen lane, Oormantown Mrs. Cl.irk will
be remembered as Miss Basel Dolph, of
Portland, Ore.
Mrs. O. Pnrcy Bright, of 8113 Puliskl
avenuo, Oermamown, entertained eight
guests at dinner last evening In honor of
her sons, Mr. P. Stlckney Bright nnd Mr.
Benton J. Bright, before tho cammltteo
dancing class at Horticultural Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Colket Wilson, of WIN
son Farm, Paoll, will be at home on New
Year's afternoon from 3:30 until 6 o'clock
Receiving with Mrs. Wilson will be Mrs.
Anderson. Mrs. Caleb Creeson, Jr., Mrs. C.
Colket Wilson, Jr., and members of tho
lattar'a bridal party. No carls.
Mr. and Mrs. H, Laussat Ocyelln, of
Hardwlcke Farm, Vlllnnovn, have their son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Wain Oeyelln. of New York, aa their guests
over the Christmas holidays.
Mrs. Walter Steel, of South Nineteenth
street, will return on Saturday from At
lantic City, where she spent several days.
Mrs. Steel will give a breakfast on Sunday
at her home.
Mr, William Ferguson, son of Judge and
Mrs. Ferguson, of Chostnut Hill. Is suend-
Ing tha Christmas holidays with his par
ents. He will return to Choate School,
Connecticut, In a fortnight.
Friends of Mlse Oertrude Fetterman, of
7047 Oermsntown avenue. Mount Airy, will
be glad to hear that she is reoover.ng from
a recent Illness.
The officers of tho Philadelphia Cricket
Club have Issued cards announcing open
house on New Year's Day. , Buffet luncheon
will be oened and Informal dancing will
take place from z until a oeioeic
Mr. and Mrs. John Rlttenhouse. of Balti
more, are the guests at Mr. Blttenhouse'a
sister, Mrst David T, Young, at her home.
West Phll-Bllena street, Oermamown.
A small dance Srlll be given tonight at
tha dreys tone, 115 School House lane. Oer
msntown, Captain Lyman, U. S. A, wha Is nn a
month's furlough, is spending several weeks
of his time In Wyncote.
Mrs, Henry Livingston French and(
Payne, of Wllkes-Barre. spent several
jast week In tail city on a shopping
Mr. Daniel WenU, Jr.. son of Mr. and
Mrs Daniel B Wenti, of the Orchard,
Chelten Hills, and Mr. Samuel Ollbert, son
ol !M. and Mrs. John aUbtt. of Bed Top.
RydaL returned from SL Paul's School. Con
oord Mas. Tuesday for 0elr Christmas
holidays. Mr aad Mre. Wants and Mr.
and Mrl Ollbert went to New York Tues
day and attended the hockey mats between
tha sl Paul team and tho Prlneetsn
hookey team, held at tb St. Nleteotas Rink
that evening
Mr. and Mr. Bdward Dlgby BalUeM.
of 1915 HIttenhaaee street, have returned
from Het Springs. Va.
Mrs. Harrises Taylor, of th Ore-beta
Arms, Chestnut Hill, has taken apartment
at the Lineota for the winter months.
uua Bteaiwr Atberten. of WUkBar
w " atS ? ,a"S
CeiiesMlvely eatertaUwd during Um iurfl-
daye.
m. OrUsSa &. o i Wayne are
" t?!trT:. ttt reiurn item Balti-
aue, uw"' "Ti. iti-i ui.
-,. vkn
eh qasitt Cfcrttew wlU
BVjtgfflffq LEDGER-PHELABBLPmA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29,
friends. Her son. Mr Orlando Crease, ha
tone to PattoB, Ma., fer an Indefinite stay.
T ir; nii Oeorge U Little, ot tH
ireljwood arenu anneune the engage
? c l.h.u dlulr. Mies' Hdna Rose
this St Ilowrd Harrison Parker. 6t
SP?,2inl .of MlM Bthl 55ehels.
of UH Nerth Thirtieth street to Mr Frank
S" 'J'' ,r" ef tth Hollywood
street, was atmonrtced reeently.
Mrs. Wlllftm Ik Ollbert has returned
l her oean City apartments after a
rwkX fJl I? ? "r. Mrs. A. M
Iteberts, 1019 Master street Mr. Ollbert
will be remembered aa Mies Mareella W,
Roberts befere htr marriage.
Mr. ami Mrs. William II. Ball announced
the engagement of their daughter. Ulea
Kmlly Waxetweller Ball, to Mr. Wesley
Weaver Darting, ot ltast Johnson street.
Oennantown, at a luncheon ef forty covers
glten yesterday1 at their home. 113 Mus
grave street Oennantown. in honor of Mrs.
Herbert ftchaefer. of Plalnfleld.
A dinner will t given by Ml Amelle
Senas In honor of her gueet, MIm Kath
arine Owens, of New York, at the Oennan
town Cricket Club on Saturday.
Anouncement has been made of the en
gagement of Miss Anna M. Seheellkerf. ot
7JI Federal street. Camden, to Mr. Frank
F Neutse. n young Wwyer of that city.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Oreenwald. ot 130S
Wyoming avenue. Legsn, announce tlm en
Engtment of their daughter, MIm Hortrnsa
!' OrMimald, to Mr. Nathan I) Pelves, of
this city
Invitations have been Issued from the
Mothers' In Council of Oermsntown to meet
at the Young Women's Christian Association
on, January S. The shaker of the evening
will be Prof Andrew Thomas Smith. Ph D .
whose subject will be 'Two Educational
Agencies," Mrs. Reynolds D Brown will
be the hostess of thn evening.
Mr Henry Eaton Halts, of Greenwood
avenue, has left for Cle eland, where he will
be engaged In btielnee for seernl months,
Mrs Edward W Troth, of JUS West
Penn street, will return the end of thla week
from PoUKhkeepsle. N. Y, where sho has
been spending the Christmas holldaya na the
guest of her son-ln-taw and daughter, Mr.
nnd Mrs. Woodhrlilgo Riley.
Weddings
FREELAND MOORE
A wedding of Interest to many Phila
delphia that took place quietly yesterday
afternoon In New York wai that of ills
Katherlne. Moore, of New York, nnd Dr.
Roy Freeland. son of Mr nnd Mrs. Andrew
It. Ffeelsnd, of Prospect avenue, Melrose
Park. The ceremony took place nt o'clock
In St. Regis llotal, and wan attended by
tho families nnd a few Intimate friends.
After nn extended wedding trip, Doctor
and Mrs rreelnnd will make their home
In Pittsburgh. Pa. whero Doctor Freeland
has been living for tho last fow year
Some of those that went on to attend the
wedding wero Mr. William Freeland, Mr.
Edward Freeland, Mr Henry Freeland,
Miss Mary Freeland, Miss Susan Nice. Mr.
and Mrs O. Henry Stetson and Mr. Frank
Freeland.
CHORAL SOCIETY GIVES
"MESSIAH" LAUDABLY
Worthy Soloists Add to Interest of
Annual Production Though Chorus
Lacks Soma Volumo
By breaking no tradition, yet adhering
not too cloeely to tho pedantic religious
conception of the score, the Choral Society
succeeded last night In giving the "Mes
siah" an Interesting Inflection and a new
gesture. Part of this novelty of Intarest
was duo to tho youth and good tusto of
the singers, especially the soloists. The
twentieth annual production of Handel's
"mnsslvo and concrete" oratorio wns on
that account ngreeabte to listen to, even on
the part, of those not vowed to this sort of
music. Some dub it dull; others think It
tho finest form of expression In tho litera
ture of tho muse. No one cOuld quarrel
with the society's nttnek and conquest of
Its Intricacies and sonorlUes.
If in any department the presentation
seemed weak. It was In the chorus, well
trained nnd flexible aa that body Is, has
been nnd will be. The male voices did not
.qulto reach their coal at all times, nnd tho
'aoprant and nltl. while good In tlmbro and
punctllloiiH In tempo, lacked volume. The
massed singing, however, was exceptionally
adroit and In the professional manner. It
simply wasn't loud enough.
For tho solo parts the society had I-am-bert
Murphy, a tenor with the true lyrla
gift, who has appealed here with Mr. Oattl's
New York Metropolitan Opera Company:
Elizabeth Parks, an Ingratiating youthful
soprano ; Frank Croxton, a basso of velvety
tono and certain and unostentatious meth
od, and Beatrice Collin, an alto of no vast
prodigality but tasteful and sympathetic
in appeal. It must be confessed that she
was tho least Imposing of tho four.
Members of tho Philadelphia Orchestra
had been recruited for the Instrumental por
ttun of tho "Messiah," so the violins were
INSTRUCTIONS
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Coprrtzht Ufa Publtahlng Ceapsar. JUprlnUd by special arrangement
Doctor And don't forfct that you are to take a shovelful of this
powder in a barrel of water after ouch rneal.
sweet and smooth : there was no straining
In the ether choirs, and the feeling far
counterpoint was distinctive and marked
throughout. To catalogue the favorite cho
rus and ariaa would be futile. It la
enough to say that they wera capitally
sung. There waa a mdlura-s.d houas
prevent B. D.
PHILADELPHIA BAPTISTS
CALL BROOKLYN PASTOR
IL l I II I I
Memorial Church Aaks the Rev. Dr.
William R. Owen to Fill Tulplt
Answer by Sunday
Memorial Baptist Church. Bread and
Masttr streets, la making an effort to get
the Rev. Dr. WUilaiu Russell Owen, of tho
Hanson Waco Baptist Church. Brooklyn, to
All Its pulRit. which was made aeant by
the resignation on Octobor 1 of the Rev
William If- Main. Tho reply of Doctor
Owen has net been, reoiv4, but the trus
ts oxpeot to announce a definite answer
by Sunday
MeuuirUl BaulieX Church has bad several
(woralaeut men as pastors, amass tbera the
Rsv Dr P. Hazooa who roajgnsd tu
go to Chicago, and later waa pastor of ths
lUno flae eftarch, of wbtoh Doctor
Owaa to now ewter He afterward went to
tho Trewout Tempi. Ifcu&a, tiatiug yuich
ajetnnt he dUit.
A TRAGIC MOMENT
I
lly CltAUtl'.H DANA QtllSON
(who
Mrs. S.
LEADER OF MUMMERS
TO RIDE IN WHITE AUTO
John II. Brtizlcy, Council Chief,
Discards Horso for the
Gnsollne Route
The mummers' parade will be led by Com
mon Councilman John II Balsley In a white
auto For years he hns been riding at the
head of the procession on n white horse, but
for the sake of general eltlolency the Coun
cilman believes he should follow the gasoline
Instead of the equlno route. Ills automobllo
will be decorated with the city color and
thero will bo ample room to take cars of
any bouquets which may como his way
Thirty-two organisations hao obtained per
mits to parade
It was learned today that a number of
professional models, somo of whom are em
ployed by leading modistes, are desirous nf
taking part In tho parade In the hope of
capturing some of Uie prizes for the best
dressed "women.'
They will not be permitted la participate
In the psgoant, however, as the prizes of
fered are for Impersonations and not tho
real article
While It has never been announced that
the show ti for men only, II Bart McHuth.
organiser of the parade, and other members
of Councils' New Year commlttco bollee It
would be unfair to glvo prizes for vmnrtly
dressed "women" unless they aro men, They
aro of the opinion that such a con ire would
establish a precedent which would cause
trouble In thq future It would mean also
that u number of the leading stores and
dreasmsklng establishments might attempt
to uso ths parade as a means ot fostering
their own styles.
In addition to tho nearly U00 offered
by the city for the bst-dresed cllubs, It
was announced today that the South Second
Street Buslnees Men's Association would
award a prize ot IS90 to the best-dressed
club parading on Second street from Wash
ington avenue to Rltner street between 8
o'clock a, in. and i p. in.
Substantial prises will also be offered by
tha Bast Qlrard Avenue Buslnosa Men's
AsoeetatUHi and the Nineteenth and Wolf
street residents to clubs parading In those
neighborhoods.
It Is expected thfit the great crowd will
attraoi no ead ot professional plokpoekets
to the sity on New Year's Day Captain
of Detfolivea Tats has assigned a num'jor
of his beat mm to soour Broad street, an!
It Is probable the "dips" wilt And It dlftleult
to get any kind of a harvest.
McQruddcn Ha t'Sanitary Ilaby"
James p. MoCruddrn. chief of the Divi
sion qf Housing aad Sanitation, has a new
soo, aaliod the "unitary baby" by the
member of the fore in room (13 of the
City Hull. They oall the baby that for
want fit a bolter name. Cblef VIoCrudden
ha bast) o busy ho has nut had time to
name tha baby, although the child has
boon lit the MoCrwdden home, tan Pulaski
avenue jity Wedaeoday Tho unef proudly
say. "They tell sm tho bo, by look like me.
11 has black hair and blu eye and Us la
very good, lie did not hoep us awake either
night."
Reading DcntUt Weds Camden Girl
RBAJMHO. Boa Dr. A. 1. Bagetv
ItiUlnr Keaatag ueatut, and uia
Anna. Jf, ' KeoOhK. daughter of Morris
KuooktA of Camiin W. 3 . went saarriod
today at the basM tha htMo. ay wUl
Utro 1ft Mm ,ty. Th fcri4erOeka WW B4
uatd Msara the IfeivwMtjr of VawueyrveiaJla.
mav&&K rs e t- .v -n i hi in r
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FOR SMYTH WHO MARRIED FOR A HOME
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CoprrtsM Life IublUhlns Compsny. Urrrlntf.l by spvctal arrsniemtnt.
has tho monoy) objects to tho sixo of hia tailor's bill.
BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel to "Tho Vacant World")
By GEORGE ALLAN ENGLAND
CorvifaM. '' 'V "rMJ A. flumtv Company
Tlin STOtlT Tlltm FAll
Allsn burn ami lloltlw K.ndrlcK sr
Hvm ( tn ull inAiiaUin ot au Amburs.
tart ti worK In tarnrat to inak.; t.h .?."
habliauia. Durlns Ida weaka of "eeHliaj
down" th live on the nh that Allan
eatrfcra with ruj. mj. an.t im.
,TJi worM'a lona man span.ls srst Jal
of Ma tint mtr mat In tha ceiwlrtittlen
uf n Kenny aratulnc craft, for ha Plana to
plore tha world In quat of eWlllsnilnn.
., Toaathr ih start on ttitlr pllsrlnjfSt.
Mr nlhl lln-i hav iratalwl ilown lh.l', .1
on. ihroueri tha Harlem Itlver an.t iMjir
mlla aln ih aouml. Mtarn desea jift fr
; frw ininuloa and whan ha .i!!I
fn.U th boat la brinr drawn by a trrln
rurri-nt towanl sraat ratarnri III som?
mlraruloua way ha slid lleslrlca tn "yj2
from dMih in tlm iiral plunse. hut the
""at and all their provlalune. are, ,Ioi
Afur a weck'a encampment on tho aide or
tha afa. th rrrnvrr aufllclant alrrruith sno
urpllaa lo aat orr main for lloatnn.
Thr rfch tha rulna of I'rovlaa
roYldanea.
aernnlnna tn I, iai. .la.t thrlr
li. I . wiitfr..
r Hiarn nnd a. waii-prearrT-..
lloamn. hut rnroiinirr n, hurrlrana and ra
rarrled far out of thrlr rmiraa and rrnns
at what innn to thm tha tdja of tho
In t thy atari intir inai
aa
rill
tnd!
jndlemarad. Htarn conducts a aerlas.nf
uporlm-nta by which ha eatimaiea iii
wMlh of tha chaitn aa Utwrxn T5 and 130
inllas la alarla In tho ueropUno "till
Ilea trie in an otttmpt to rch the other
elu. I,ut tlm maihllw falls un.l tha two aro
plunsrii Into obllviun.
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Till! W1IITIS IIAIIIIAHIANS
WARMTH, wetnoss nnd a knowledgo ot
great weakness Iheso. Joined with a
singular lassitude, oppression of tho lungs
and stifling of the breath, wero Allan Stern's
sensations when conscious llfo returned
Pain thcro wns na well. Ilia body felt
sorely bruised and shaken. His first thought,
his Intense yearning wonder for lh glrl'a
welfare and his sickening fear lest slit, ho
dead, mingled with some attempt to nnalyz
his own suffering; to learn. If possible, what
damage he tin) taken In flesh and bone.
Ha trlMl to' move, but round no couiu
not. Rven lying Inert, as ha now found
himself, so great was tho exertion tn breathe
that only by a light could ha keep the
breath of life In his shaken frame.
He opened his eye.
Light) Could It bet Light In that placnj
Yes, the light wan real, and It was shin
ing directly In tils race. ,
At first all that his disturbed, hnlf-dellrl-ous
vision could mske out waa a confused
glare. But In h moment this rolved Itself
Into a smoking. bUxliig creaaet. h'lern
could now distinctly see the metal bands ot
the fire-basket In which It lay, as well as
a supporting staff, ulwut five feet long, that
seomed to vanish downward In the gloom.
And, understanding nothing, filled with
vague. halMnsa,n hallucinations and wild
wonders, he tried to struggle upward with
a babbling cry:
"Beatrice I Oh, Beatrice whero are
you I"
- To his Intense astonishment, a human
hand, bluish In the strange stare, lalil It.
self upon his breast and pushed him down
again
Above him he sow n face, wrinkled,
bearded and ghastly blue. And as. he
struggled still he proeled by the unearth
ly light that a figure was bending over him
"A man '" ho gulped, "Man I Man ! Oh,
my Ood ! At last a man I"
He tried to rats himself upon hi elbow,
for hi whole soul whs Hooded with a sud
den gratitude and lav and Joy in pres.no
of that loftg-ougbt goal But Instantly,
as soon a hi dazed hum could convey
tha terrible Impression to his brain, hia Joy
was eurded into blank astonishment and
fear and grief. f '
For, to his Intense chagrin, strive as he
might, he could move neither hand nor
foot
During hi unconsciousness, which had
lasted he could not tell how long, ha had
been seourely bound. And now, awaken.
Ing slowly, ono raoro lighting his way up
Into oensolousn. he found hbnoslf a pris
oner!
A prisoner! With whom? Aauosg what
people with what purpose? After the long
quest, the frightful hardship and the tre
mendous fall Into the abyss, a prisoner I
"Morvlful Clod I" groanod Htora, and tn
hi sudden' anguish strained against the
bonds that, drawn tight and fast, were al
ready cutting painfully lata hi awoBen.
water-sodden Hash.
n vain did h struggle. .Terrible thought
that Beatrice, too, might b auhjeatad to
this peril aad humiliation branded them
selves upon hia br-.ln He shouted wildly,
oalllng her nam, with all tho fore of hi
spent lung, but naught avaiud. There
cam no anawsr but the shrouding fog.
The strange man boat above him. peer
ing from boneatb wrinkled brow a Stern
heard few word In a singular, guttural
was word rwwlnrsd doit by the high eotp
prosaloa of the air What tho word mtjfht
lu fa. nniilil ntie tll va iftiAl ...... e-...
w " " " ""-t .-- enwiM piihij
a40i4 atraagoly familiar aad their cotn
iw waa iaduhUabl.
ut tiW J4W-4ilrWu. Siarir tried esaia
in sevotoh up M ana. a grroc tttW fcia-
1910
gulnr being, even ns a sick mnn recovering
from etherization raves and halt sees tho
nurses and doctors, yet dreams wild visions
In the midst nf pain.
The man, however, only ohook his head,
and. with a broad, llrtn hand, again held
Iho engineer from trying to sit up Stern,
understanding nothing clearly, relapsed to
quietude. To him tho thought came: "This
Is only another delusion after all I" And
thou a vast and poignant woe posecesed him
a wondor where tho girl might he. But
under the compulsion of that powerful hand
ho Iny uulto aim.
Half consciously he seemed to realize that
ho was lying prone In tha bottom of some
strnngo kind of boat, rulio and clumsy,
strangely formed of singular materials, yet
, mm ury nnu nmpio.
To lili laboring liostrlls penetrated n rank
and pungent odor ol fish, with another the
like nf which he neer had known nn odor
not unpleasant, et keenly penetrant nnd
all-penadlng. Wet through, tho engineer
lay reeking In heat nnd stoiun, wrapped In
hln suit ot heavy furs. Then ho heard n
ripple nf water and felt the motion of the
craft as It wan driven forward.
Another olco spoke now end tho strange
man answered briotly. Again tliu engineer
half seemed to comprehond tho meaning,
though no word was Intelligible.
"Where's tho girl, youT" ho ohouted with
oil his might. "What have jou dono with
her? If jou hurt her, damn you, you'll bs
sorry I Where where In oho?"
No answer It wna evident that Bng
llsh speech conveyed no mtanlng to his
raptors Stern relapsed with a groan of
anguish and sheer pain.
Tho boat rocked. Another man chmo
creeping forward, holding to tha gunwale
to ateaily himself, stern saw him vaguely
through tho drifting vapor by the blue
green light of thu crewtet ot tho bow.
He waa clad In n coarse kind of brownish
stuff, like the first, roughly nnd loosely
woven. His long hair, pure white, was
imaicii ui in n. Rum oi topknot nnd fas
tened thero by pins of dull gold. Bearded
ho was, but not one hair upon li s head
or chin wos other than silvery white a
color common to all these folk, aa Stern
was soon to knuw.
Thla mnn, evidently seeing with perfect
clarity by a light which nrnniitui in.
engineer only partial vision, also exam.ned
mem nnu inane apeecu lliereto and nodded
with satisfaction.
Then ho put half a dozen questions to the
prisoner with evident slowness and an at
tempt to speak each word distinctly, but
nothing cam nf .this. And with a con
temptuous grunt he went back to his paddle.
"Hold on. thsre1" cried Htern. "Can't you
understand 1 There were two of us. In a
mach.ue, you know! Wo fell, l'ell from
the surface! ot tho earth full all the wav
down Into this pit of hell, whatever It Is.
Whero' the glrlT Kor tied' sake, tell mel"
Ntilther man paid any heed, but the elder
suddenly set hollowed palm to hi lip and
hlld , and from aoro tho water dully
drifted an unswtrlng cry
Ho shouted u sentence or two with a
volume of not at which th engineer mar
veled, for o compressed wa th nlr that
Htern' best error! could hardly throw a
sound fifty feet. This eliaracter stlc of th
atmoopher ho well raoognlxed from work
he had often don In brfdg and tunnel
caisson And a wonder pose eased him,
despite hia keen npzlaty, how any raue ot
pien could live and grow nnd devakiu tha
evident physical fore of those people under
condition so unnatural.
Turning hi head and wrenching hi neok
sldow.se, he was able to oateit a glimpse
ot tho water over the low gunwale a,
gunwale made. Ilka the framework ot the
boat Itself, of thin metallic atrip cleverly
riveted.
There, approaching through th mists, he
got sight ot another beat, nuo provulm
with It cr asset that Hung an uncanny shaft
of blu aero the Jetty expanse a boat
now drawing near under th urge ot half
seen oarsmen. And, farther otlU. another
torch wa vUlblo; and beyond that a dozen,
a soore or more, all moving with dis, and
ghostly seownoM through th blind aby&
of fog aad beat and drifting vapor.
Stem gathered strength for another an
peal r
"Who aro you peopUr cried h. passion
ately "What ar you going to do with uzT
Whero aro we and wbat kind of a place
aro w inT Any way to gut out, out to
tho world again T And tho girl that girl
Oh. groat (tedj Can't you anawor aom-
thaBgT"
No reply. jOaly that uai slaw, suojag
tMmiiiHt, uwtui tM h pvriwsezut aelibora
t.dst. it(ru qullo4 to VTtlh. 8pailh
and Oarmasu bat got not vs Uw amta
lewtHM vt anrsjaiaF aW HKXet.
woe Maht low nhnuaa Of LittB aa
IMrahttt h had at tboso K
0
h hug derp&lf tlVkA hi sout k fHn of
utter attd absolute JilplmsA I
For Ut first tlmo In M lite fttl
which had corerea a thousand rrg;it
more he found rdmsett unintelligible. U-i
had not now oven recourse to Btlur9, te
s:git language. Bound hand and foot.,
trussed like it fowl, Ignored by his captor
Oho, by all rule, should havo bti W
boats and ehown him every courjeiy), h
Telt a profound and terrible am;er gnurlng'f
In his heart.
A sudden rage, unreasoning and lnen
rate, blazed wllhln him. Ills nt clenched f
one mora he lugged, straining nt hli stout
bonus. lis called down malediction on
Ihos two strange, lmpastlva, wralthllks
rorm. hardly mora than halt tn tnnh
darkness and fog.
Then, ns delirium won again over Wa
tortured censes and disjointed thoughts, he
rhauted th nam of Beatrice lime after
time out Into the echoing dark that brooded
bter the great waters,
Atl at one ha heard her voice, trembling
and faint, but still hers I
From th other boat It camo, tho boat
now drawing very near. And aa tha craft
loomed up through tha vapors that rose In
cessantly from that Stygian sen, he mad .
miehly tflort, raised himself a little and
suddenly beheld her dim, vague, uncer
tain In th shuddering bluish glare, yet still
allv I
Kh wa crouching midship of th cano
and. seemingly, was not bound. At his hh.ll
she stretched forth n hand and answered
with his name.
"Oh, Allan! Allan f Her vole waa
tremulous and very weak.
"Beatrice I You're safer Thank Jod,"
"Hurt? Ar you hurtr
"No nothing to speak of. Theao demons
haveni don you any damage, havo they?
If so"
"Demons J Why, .Ulan I They've- rescued
us. haven't they?"
res and now they've got mo tied nr,
band and footl I can't moro than Just
move about two or three Inohes, blast them I
They haven't tied you, havo they!""
"No," aho answered. "Not yell But
what an outrage! I'll fre you, never I
fear. You and I togother "
"Can't do anything now, gtrt Thero
may bo hundreds of theao people. Thou
sands, perhaps. And wo'r only two two
captives, and well hang It, Beatrice! t
don't mean to bo perslmlstlo or anything
Ilk that, but It certainly looks bad I"
"But who arc they, boy? Who cab they
bo? And whero aro war'
"Hanged If t know I Thla certainly beats
any dream I ever had, For sheer outrar
cou4 Improbability"
Ho broke off short, Beatrice had leaned
her head upon her arms, along tha gun
wale ot tha other canoo which now waa
running parallel to Stern's and ho knsw ths
girl wns weeping,
There, thir I" he cried to her. "Dent
you be nfrald, llttlo girl I rve got my au
tomatic yeti I can feel It under me, m I.
llo hero In this infernal boat They haven't
taken yours away?"
"Nol" she answered, raising her head
again. "And before they over do, I'll Uso
It, that's all I"
"Cood glrll" he cheered her, across tho
space of wntor. "That'n tho way to talk I
Whatever happen, shoot atralght It you
have to xjhoot nt all and remember, at
worst, tha' last cartridge Is for yourself!"
CHArTKIl XXIV
The Land or the Meraeaan
TLli remember," sho answered slmpl7,
land for n llttlo space there camo ellenco
between them.
A vast longing possessed the mnn to tako
her In his nrm nnd hold her tight, tight to
his fast-throbbing heart But ho lay bound
and helpless. AH he could do was lo call to
her again aa tho two canoes now drew on
sldo by side and as still ethers. Joining
them, made a little fleet of strnngo, flare
lighted craft
"Beatrleo I"
"Yea what Is It?"
"Don't worry, whatever happens. Maybo
(hero's no great hatrn dono, after alb We're
still alive and sound that's ninety-nine per
cent ot the battle."
"How could wo have faljen llko that and
not been kilted? A miracle I"
"Tho nmchlno must have struck the sur
face on one of Its long slants. It It had
plunged straight down well, wo shouldn't
bo here, that's nil. These Infernal pirates,
whoever they are. must havo been close by.
In their boats, nnd cut us looso from our
straps befora the machine sank, and cot us
Into their canoes. But"
"Without tho machine, how nro wo ovor
going to get out ot hero again?"
"Don't bother about that now I "We've got
other moro Important thlnlca to think of.
It's all a vast and complex problem, but
wo'II meet It, never fear. You and 1 to
gether, aro going to win! Wo've got to
for the sake of the world I"
"Oh, If they'd oidy tako us for gods, a
tho Horde did 1"
"Coda nothing I They're n whlto as wo
are whiter, oven. Peoplo that can make
boats llko these, out of Iron bar covered
with pitched fabric, and weavo cloth llko
this they'ro wcarlnr, and use oll-flarcs In
metal baskets, nron't mUtnklng us for gods.
Tho way they've handled ma proves It
Might bo n good thing If they weren't so
devilish Intelligent!"
Ho relapsed Into silence, nnd for a whllo
thero camo no sound but the cadenced dip
ping of many paddles na tho boats, now
perhaps a score In number, all slowly moved
acroH tho unfathomed black as though to
want some objoctho common point Koch
craft buro nt Its bow a tlfo-baaket filled
with some spongy substance, which, oil
soaked, blazed rmokUy with that peculiar
blue-green light ao ghostly In Its waverlnar
reflections.
Muny of tha folk sat In these boats,
among their brown fiber net and long. Iron
t pped lances. All alike wero pala and
anemlo-looklmr, though we-ll-muscled nnd of
vigorous build, nven th yuungest wero
whlto haired All wore their hair twisted
In u knot upon the crown of the head ; none
boasted anything oven suggesting a hat or
oap.
By contrast with their ,chalky sblns,
whlto eyebrow and lashes, their pinkish
eye for all the world Ilk thoaa ot an
albino blinked oddly a they squinted
a,had, as thought to catch some sign of
land. livery ono wore a kind ot cassock of
tho brqwn, coarse material; a fow wero
girdled with belts ot skin, having well
wrought metal buoklt. Their paddlsa wero
not of wood. Not ono trace of wood, in fact,
wa anywhere to bo seea Light metal
blades, well-shaped and riveted to Iron
handle, served for propulsion.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
LEAVES 1250 TO MISSIONS
Will of Ellwood A. Burrows Aids Worfc
of Methodists
Th Board ot Horn Missions ot tho
Methodist Kplioopal Church wilt receive
3350 through a provision in tho wilt ot Ell
wood A. Borrows, who died recently in tho,
fwvvraMiy iiuauiu&i. -.in caimc. raiuefz as
1108, goo to William V. Burrow, father
ef tha deotdent
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valued at more than 1100.064 j Mary K
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; WUUam J. Oklll, U East Muya
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ragut street, ila; Margaret UoMatora
SI9 OatM iret M?9. and Jaopb Sohwaxtx.
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