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JUST GOSSIP
'Assembly Sees Large
' tan tea iieseiii. x uina ivv bine
Chantant Other Matters
? ACCOHPIN" 1" U1 trnillllolH (which, lv the way. hnvo been rather btoken up nf
Alate I' '""' '" r""1 VctP'iV. tul' ,,IC Assembly I supposed In bring l.ml Weather,
iwt nn tnr- whv, ' ,l0"'1 Un0W' Wc"' w"c''"'' ,,,p ,nl i"nlniil or Hip nnw Knew,
iha ball w iienutlfnl. Mill bveryljoily vlm could go Wits tliem. Among tiro debu
tantes who M'-'t-'1111 '" ll10 ,1P!,!,I,,K ,mim'' "'"' sr' "A M'p "" "'" witi-hr-d the guest
.'".Mine tlm. f-inldablo row of
' ,roncscs t oplcil iwiolliy Now
bU kim, .ns ftotty us n nlo-
....- in n fl" l
nf wiiue sunn n"1
'"'- .. . ..... ..II -l,!.-!
tulle
, ,,!.' Willi n U'l) " " '
I'att Hon
natron"'
whose mother was ii
i..ti.. t... ..i.
W.lS .SpCClUHJ t'
n,iii nlclild velvet, and
i i lie bride of the vrur,
Mrs ! "
Kate I'-"'
as In white
l.ioc.ule. mid tlbbrms
ised for tlliniiiine. I
of silver won-
.... .-.. i,.iflM replaced the uther V
bride 51i Tilghtmin, Who was HI.
and reived
.,rt!i-nne"ses
Willi the other
Mrs. Morris
live
Was
Helen i'iv In. ou It"1"-' lniiKlitT
of Mr ..i.d M" I Wltt 'J'''''
Bhe was limbed in gray, .studded
ltl, ,iilii"-tn"- -Mrs. Arthur
jjU.lle another patroness, wore
black mid silver brocade; Mi'i
Horace llltnmv "ale wnH In henv
y brocaded white siilln. mill Mr
Edward Ingcisnll. who wns Hmllv
Vaux. I.mlx-d perieeuy mveiv in
yellow and "dver broenile. Mis
jngernoll dim-d with the At Hun
Emlen New holds before the ball
The Ni would" gave n dlnnei nl
tevenn mv.i.s for Patty Hurle at
Y I the Bell.-vuc Strntlorn.
Buzanne LIU. it. a iii'immnio in
tho veal, hid mi n most 'foli-hliii:
frock ol wlilli ulln anil gold laee.
she was i i '" "I -1' lllL lon" R,"lv
jerks dune i whloh was given
before tin ball I'.inlly Welsh, win)
Vias a cm "l at the Newt.olils', was
gowned in while and gold broeade.
Of com" Hie ileeipiiltlnns welu
stipeib pink belnu the predom
inating c!..t . ami Hie Clover ltoom
as rcn n-ii limed Iplu n garden,
with
Bras,j i irpel and ninth" Rates ntul seats.
Into ilni ' " "'lid. Ilio Kiu'sts Kauntered
and li.el Hieh buulllon nml toast after
Hie il.uu inn wax ,.ver and the ilrst Minutes
of (Ienv inmn beBtiii to liliiho their
appearanie in the sky.
As ii"ii il the ball was fearfully
crowded, mid It was very dlllleull to
dance, ami of I'miise, befmi) Bil)pur It
as s"iin wlnl a i use of stnnillitK loiitul
until one -iw who was theie; but, as is
also u -a. IH the ease, with supper thliiB
began to In en up n bit. It Is funny nfler
the curl.-. bcui to pop how tho oonversti
tlon seem- I" mow mole luleiestlns to
jour neUhlmr, and at limes you wonder
why it i" Mm never before tllseovercd how
'brilliant a mind lie had. for ho is lenlly
itajiiii; i ' m i ilniiKS
DlBnittnl thoiiKh' these balls always
are, sometimes some of the (,-uostB nre
hot, so ihKtiillfrd In their siieech, and t
did Hear inn- aced KeiUlenian ImplorinB
tho wimim who was nscutiillus t'10 sUI13
With him alter supper to "I.lft your feet,
lister; lift them to the nel op."
fTIABI.KS aie
jLottrai-tie '
V,ill l Kiven
meatly ill demand for tho
Cafe (..Mm ii to. lit," .which
Monday ovoiiIiik in tho
f ballroom of the CSeiniiintown Criclcot
Club the membeis of tho Army and
('Navy Itellef. AmoiiK those who luno
i, recenth reserved tables mo Mrs. .1.
' -Gardnei Cassatt, Mrs. Charles Wolcott
V Ihnrw. lrs Itaiilsou Mori is, Mr. and
' lira. iretu S f!ioc, Jlr. and Mrs. H.
RlUcnlinuse Miller. Mis. Herbert Warden.
j 'Mr oiid Mrs Kdwaid .1. Mooro, Mrs. .
English Dillnm. dr., Jlr. and .Mrs. i.ouw
'"C. Madeira, Sir. and Mrs. KiederlcU W.
Thomas Mr and Mrs. l-'lnillay II. Urown,
Mr. and Mis i:dwaid Comfoit. Mr. and
' Mrs. Win elei Lord. Mr. and Mra. Joseph
Wayne. .Ii . Mis. Alfied Mellor, Mr. Al
lan Smith, Mi and "Mrs. William II.
. George Mi and Mis. Walter !. Hen
derson. Mi and .Mis. Hurry Hoas. Mrs.
Davhl T mini'. Mr. and Jlrs. Alfred S.
f Weill Mi Ida Cushman. Dr. and Mrs.
Clinton i'oiu. Mr. and Mra. Sidney
WilfM T wl Mid .fnsellll WOolstOll.
Mr and Mis Lewis W. Wlster. Mr. and
Mrs lMw.uil lialns, Mr. nml Jlrs. uou
trt V AVnulit Mis. Tllcliniil Wain Jlelrs,
Mr und .Mis D.iolel Whitney. Mr. nnd
I Mrs Albeit outeibiidKo. Mr. Oeorgt) Pur-
vlance Mi and Mrs. ArthliiBton Ollpln.
Mra H.imuil VauBlum JlenlcU, Mill.
Claien, e v ci.uk nnil Jlr. and Jlrs.
Oeorse Kianklm Drown.
AT Tin; weiidiiiB of RiiKenla Law null
t LivuiKsion lllddlo Thursday the Law
i automobile with the bride and her sis
ter and futhei, was flvo minutes late. Tho
ushers had been having ci lit, appearing
one aftei the other fit tho end of tho
canopy, esrieemlly Tony Diddle, Sr., who
J. was theie when the bildo arrived, huldluB
Y, his wat.li in hand, saying, "You'io late."
' In theh exultement tlie. poor ushers wero
'getting th. u immaculate whlto spats nil
r dirty You never saw1 such nn array of
, motorcais Some bight for tho xuburhi.
Mary IiW aueil seventeen, hoiined out
cf the eai th st, nnd looked a Picture.
', Bhe h reuliy beautiful.
NANCY WYNNK.
Personals
.,"" ai"l Mrs J Uertrniu Idpplncott, of
b fnii ' c oireei. win give u tueairs pariy
ci? by "uW,ttr n February IS in houur
M Wlss Slary hovering and Miss Kath-
trine I'utnam, Loth dcbutanleu of this
t, Mason
Mrs, niUluril Vnrrtu will r.li. u In.iph.
r,n o sixteen cowers ut her liome, GUI) North
r jlMnH -..vv.. wit tuua, aauuai l.
lr't,?Jon5 ih01,e who will be in-vnent ure Mrs
Solnh J " 1Ir" ,oyco Sew" Mt 'tal1-
i.An.i.. .... ' "'" iiuaiu ii. nan. aim
lan,i J.W Whee'er, Mrs. Qulncy A. Oillmoro
r HIU lira o.n.n t ,.. .....
, "wieD iicwia uusviee.
ald'ii ?'r'ler'';l' P Slovell and Mrs. Bon
,i ': "low have Bonn to Lake Placid to
oena ten days.
FVllMraar'!lah T!r", Illt"ard Gray Park and
,j, , ,, -.oiiuiu. jiuoui me inm
"! weeks l"0nU hey W'U B ' Texa8 for
JifhP?y ?" Hudaon. who spent I lie
uriZ, ?," V'r Pafents. Mr. and Mrs.
! M. Lea nt wutttl,- c
von. r.tun.,i w."5"?V.?7..'.'?l
ol tuV UJ t0 place her ehlWrsu at
(rtu ... -' .wlu arr,ve ln Dvon to"!" "
- . .SVM-Vt4 Vlliu UKK V.VDMS
L" -4iWnU MayvSltb aal Ur
ABOUT PEOPLE
Attendance Many Debu-
' Ig&aMkiS&ilm sew
1 'If "
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mi:s. s.y r:i. n. ciiahk
Mrs. Chase, whoso intirrinKo tool; place
today in St. .Mark's Chun h. wns Miss
Susnu I.ynnh lirurc, ilatiyhter of Mra.
Arthur Hrucu
dmiKhter. Alls" VlicluHl Maelia -Smith, of
W.'lHliliiKtuli. It C, ullu lillM" In ell SielldUlK
Ilni winter In llielt new home, 125 South
Tn cut -second sticet, will leave slmrlly fnr
the Sniitli
Mr nml Mrs William Hell Watklns nf
Wesltown, have clused their Oniuitry place
and are up. 'ii. linn the winter months with
Mis. .Miieliav-Siiilth They will remain in
low ii iliiiliiir Mis Mackay-Sinltll's aliscnce.
.Mr. Watk'iis Jii"t has reluriied on fiiilmmh
fiom HI I'lisn. Tex , where ho has boon
hliitluiied with Hie l.'lrst City Troop.
liivltatlnus lime been Issued 1. the Hev.
Kiancls Mncnnib Welhcrill and Mrs Welh
erlll, of L'aiiu I'lne street. ! lea on tho
afternoon nf Tuesduv, Jant F t Hi. flnm I
until 0-;in o'clock The cards of Hr. mid
.Mrs I' IlldKuny llaiker are laij sed Mrs
U'elherill will he t iiiemhcro.1 iih MI"s
lllsle Ilaikir befure her inurrlune
The Plastic club, IM7 South Cumac street,
will Rive Its Annual Kabhlt nr Twelfth
Night llevrl this evening ut G"30 oVIoel; hi
the clubhouse. Old Kngllsli costumes will
he worn by those who attend. Jlrs. .Htatif
fer Oliver, of ltose Vnllev, Jloyhin, Pa.
ehalrnian of the enteitaiuincal committee,
will be In ehatce.
Wednesday, .lainmry 10, will he club day
Tea will bo ponied by Miss lliiuna !"
Saehfe nt o'clock. On Wednesday after
noon. January 17, nt I o'clock, will be
current events day Mrs. John Price Hall,
chairman of the current events committee,
will be In i-li.iu.'e of this affair During the
afternoon Mr. Lvmnn II. Sayeu will give
a tulk on "Modern Art." while .Mrs Kulh
erlno L. Farrell will pieslde at the tea
table
nn Wednesday, Jnnunry 21. at 3 30
o'clock, each member Is asked to brim; a
child, lis this will be children's afternoon,
with music, and will be culled. "Let's Pie
tind Things." After the reception at 3 3i)
tlie musiial program will he held at 4
o'clock. Tho guests of lienor are lo he
Mrs. Hleunor lialnt.il Abbott, Miss Jessie
Wilcox Smith, Miss Maty W. Dunsall, Miss
May A. Post, Miss Jennuette Wheeler, all
women well known in the urt world ot this
city.
The hostesses will be Jlrs. S. P. .Suowdeu
Mltchel, MIhs Annie Lovcrlng Perot and
.Mis Josephine Davvsuii Wilson.
On Wetlnesduv, January 31, u.t t o'clock,
Jlr. Stmilev MiiBuliainp will give n tall; on
".Music Chik-lIuII- Composed for Hie Plastic
Club St-itiiiii la the .Mask nf HUG." After
this talk a reception will ho given In honor
of Jlr mid Mis Jlusehamp. The hostess
will be .Mrs Walter 13. Iletlng, of Itydal.
JIi and ills Joseph Krltz and their
daughicr, MI.-m I It-iiiieltn. Krltz. of'llad
doutlelil. N J., will leave today fur Atlantic
City, wlieie they will spend tho week-end
at the Hotel Dennis. .Mb. ami JIis. Fritz
will leave the end of February for an ex
tended Ii li through the West, uiiuiu they
will visit the Itinud Cauvun of Arizona,
Pasadena, Los Angeles. Coronudo peach,
and will spend several days In Honolulu,
returning by way of tho Canadian Pacific.
Miss JIury Clcrtrude McCarthy, of (Summit
avenue, Jonltintow'ii. has JIUs Katherlno
Corcoran as her guost for several days
Miss Corcoran will retain to town next
vveels
Jlr Hubert Cuiiln, of Jlutlier avenue,
Jenklntqvvi), has returned to Pennsylvania
State College afler spending the liolidass
with his parents, Jlr. and Jlrs. UugeiiD Car
liu. Mis IM'vnrd JIuore. Jr. nf the Pelhnm
Apartuieiils has left fur Concoid. Jluss ,
where she is upending the holidays as (he
guest of her parents, Jlr. ami Jlrs H. Pope,
at their place, "Stoneyineade-" Sirs. JIuore
will return lo town nest week
Jtr Willis Adams, formerly of this cily.
hut who is now llvTng in Indianapolis, luts
been spending some time here und has
just left for the South on a hunting trip, to
be gone several weeks Jlr. Adams hi ac
companied by Or Joseph Fhsitas, of Oiil'J
(Ireene street, (leimantnvvn.
Weddings
chabi: imi'cij
A wedding of Interest to Philadelphia!!
today is that 'of JIlss Silvan Lynah
llruce. daughter of Mrs Arthur llrue. of
S57 Pelhaiu road, Uermantowu, and Jlr.
Samuel Hart Chase, which was solemnized
at 13:30 o'clock In .St. JLirk's Church. Six-
tciiuh and Locust streets. The I lev. Milli
ard J- Jlorris, assisted by' the jlev. J lilllot
White, rector of the church, olllckiled
Jliks Uruce, who was tjnjjn In marriage
by her uncle, Jlr. C. ('. Plnckney Norris.
wore an eVquisIte gown of while satin,
and kllver brocade. The bodice had khoul
der straiw of rhlnestpne and pearl trim
inliig and was cut V-shape about the neck
The skirl was unusually beautiful, being
made over a white satin petticoat which had
long beaded fringe us trimming The court
'train of the brocade was fastened at the
wat and a tulle veil was arranged with u
ltusslan tiara of duchesse Iac und fasu-ned
with orange blocsonis The bridal bouquet
consisted of Buster lilies.
Jlrs Walter Ii. 13 rooks. Jr , was matron
of honor, and wore a gown of mauve
satin and tulle and a large mushroom hat
o( mauve-colored tulle trimmed with
orchids She carried an anu bouquet of
ytUow roses sod v to Jen
.illjs Dorotby NyrrUi, tb ouild of honor.
EVENING LEDGlsn-PniLADELPniA. SATURDAY. JANUARY G,
nli wore n niau rolor frock, veiled
In ehlffon uf Hie same shade A mnshroom
"linped hat of rn.uive lulle ai trimmed
Rlmph with en Mils mid slip carried
rllnv roses nml Motets '1'he lirlilrsinald".
InphidlliB Jlr .Inlin Shipley Ulton. Mt
bonis Hodinnti PiiRe. ,lr , Mrs IWwnril
IVrrln. nf New ni(: Mis Howard Price
Itenshaw, Mrs Wllli.un I'oleinan I'reeuinn
Jin Sophy Vi.tHi, Mies Marparel Pun
la", and Miss Illennnr Itiilnuey. or Italthnore
Sfm gowned iilIKe in ellnw satin, veiled
In mum o tulle The bodices had nualnt
dcln of Imskets, r.tvhloned of beads, and
there were sushi" nf .ell)W sntln Larue
mushrnom lints r umiim? tulle, trimmed
With nrrhtuX itimpletpil these felehlliU (!"
timies. nml !he e.nrteil .lelloiv ns and
Inlets.
'Two little Down niHs ill-MWil In orBnnibe
"iiil(, ywllow snsliei nttd ii'llnw tniri'tn
uui-hiiHim tnmiiii- and eniryiiiB I'lfkeN
nr lellnw roes and Unlets pnneil ti be
.Mis Helen Vmil anil At lux Uatheiliie
Ueiitwnrlll tokln nf Haltlnuife.
Mr I'linKP had .Mr llustnve Meek
. lei ns best mini and the ushers weie
Mi lletijamtn Itowimal. .Mr. Henry Miller
Waits, Mr e'rntici I. I'liunp, Mr Wnmiiel
i h.w Mr. Charles wninu. Mr Kdwnrii '.
I." .Mr. Arehltiald WrlKht. .Mr .iime
nuiiK. Mr Arthlngt.ii silptti. Jr, Mr Bi
nt 1-v.iternll, Mr HeuKe $ .lusilee. Jtr.
M.a.i Uirge,
A l.uBe reeeptieii was held after the
..i.iii.inv nt the It. n. .i.-Stiatford.inMlii-tlmi
fur whlrh w,n Issued h Hid
l.iides aunt. Mrs. M. v.inder llrlliUni Coxe
Parmer Smith's
Column
A CHICK TOR I.A'INKSS
l '.a. Children- I know Hint none of our
in ml cis Is LAXV. bin some time ii boy or
mi mm iisli vuu, beiiiK a member of our
' I ll nil II In ill! for IllSllli s
H x .i will lake n bi.i lie nnd pilt a little
v ii.-r m It and shake the bntlle uil will
in, water Jilitlp up and do wii. When the
li.lile Is rpilet, tte cllllin! say Hint the
wii. i is liiitj, but when we move the
ii in- the water does all kinds of thlnrts
ll is some lime liefme the water settles
l.i.l, in while It was when von Ilrst pill It
ii :lie hot lie.
inn il I sometimes n pises iiulellv In i
. in l.oilies like the watel In the bottle lids
iiniiinesH nf the blood iniiy make, us lazy.
Tims,, who "do not feel like doing any
thing" should shake themselves as I have
advised vim lo do with the buttle
If stmllts come slow, get up mid take A
v all., nr. better still, n run As I Imve e
plain, il tn ou before, luiinlng LIFTS the
i utile weight or jour bnilv off the ground,
just ns It Is llfletl when you jump tope
orien the hardest purt of doing some
thing which ynu do not like to do lies In
HKTTISU HTAIITUD
Shake voinself ! Jump up And down
Mall the ij.h red blood Juuipllig thloilgh
your veins 4
Taste the delicious experience of being of
some senile In the world the Joy of doing
Mini el lung
Those who ale lazy will benellt by reach
ing down mid helping the olhei fellow. It
gives a tin III tn work w h some one. to
Imve'snuietlilng act as an Incentive. (See
Ihe wold "cent" heic?)
Keep wm king- keeppluviug Just enough
of both will eiue the worst i use of laziness.
liOVlllKlv, VSs,
FAIIMLI! SMITH. ChllilretUfeEdltur.
MODKICX IWm.KS
Tin' I'caciicK Talks
Ily Kiiniicr Sniitli
It so hiipi'i'iied that one day a Little llov
vv.is walking In the hiirnvuril and ho hap
pened tn spy u I'cacuck. ull decked III
feathers of gorgeous hue
The Piacock's vvnlk amused the bnv nnd
he, too. Legal! to strut about until tlnally
he nttr-. ted the intention of the bird, which
came over to him and said "Ale you mak
ing fun of me. or nnlv uilmirlng me'.""
The Little Hoy was so surprised to hear
ii peacock speak lh.it lie stnmmered out:
"I--I wns thinking liuvv beautiful you are!"
Tills pleased the Peacock so nunli that
he luntluued to talk to the Little Hoy.
"I am the most wonderful of till birds."
begun tlie Peacock, spreudhig Ids tall nnd
strutting about "I urn lint nnlv beautiful
but my lull is used to muko brushes ro slum
away the Hies Have Joil never seen u
t tlHh imide from the tull of a Peiuock?"
The Lo hud not. of course, hut he kept
silent
"I am very busy now, or I would tell you
of the many heuiitlful tilings which have
made me nnd my kind since the world be
gan .My gorgeous plumage has been tho
invy nf painters shtco the urt of painting
begun. I would that ynu were a painter and
could paint me us I am "
The bird strutted about once more and
the Little Hoy was tilled with udailiiitlou.
no that he exclaimed: "How wonderful,"
Snuii the Peacock grew llred from ids
vffoits und went away In (lie illiectiou of
the t,iru but the Little Hoy staved u while,
thinking to himself. ,
As ,i hen passed by he could but carn
itine In r plulucss to tho beauty of the Peu
loeli. hut at the same time he thought that
ulthough the lieu wus not so heiiulit.il ns
the larger bird, still she wus of some use in
the world Hut he did not forget about the
use .f the Peacock's tall
The truth of tho matter Is, he told his
lliother nbout the Peacock und his beaut I
nil tall and also how lie hud leurm-d Unit
tho feathers of it 1'eacocl; ure iioed for
making Ily brushes.
Ills mother did nut forget what he fiad
said und that very night the Peaces dis
appeared from the barnjanl. and when Hie
Little Hoy asked where his new-found
friend was, his inuther only said.
'The vainest creature in tho vvoild is a
Peacock. If lour new-found fiiond had not
talked too much to oii he might suit I..
in the barnyard enjoying the beautiful -on-light,
but us It is. wo Imvo u now brush to
keep the tiles off the tuble."
Then sliu ndded:
"IT NIJVRH I'AYHTO TALK TOO Ml'CII
AlHJl'T YOHHSKLF TO KTllANfllJHS "
What's Doing Tonight
I'bllsililphU Unhestru lowert.
Music
t'lssilc iuu 'iiiuusl "rsltbtl.'
Aliltk-Ulv
81 h.
t anise street
I'.,niij)lvuiiU Itullruail iruiuiuilntUiii u,, ,t
iil-nl uniiuul bamiutil AUelvhU llulvi
p ii H .v .vi.,.u Auaiiorlun).
rtirUlmaii erv!irn lu Huulnq Ortluilo ..
Urevk I'utliulu I'huriU'ri ut uilUalgDI.
tjti'V
' 13
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uPjiisht I .It lutllbln roirpeny
A PROMINENT CLUJ3MAN
-'QfY
S253 IWa-T.tlJ ii-, '25
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BEYOND THE GREAT OBLIVION
(Sequel lo "The Vnciiti' World")
1y OKOUCiK AI.T.AN ENUt.ANU
luie.rlulil l'l. 'IHP A liomj, rhliilj
t It l"1 till N iClllltlllllfil)
A.M. I
JTX br
In his hemt be half despnlied of ever
brltiglug buck to oh UHtatlon n penpl
so wild mnl wnrllke. so cruel, so barbarous,
ns these ahaliilolieil I e.tple or tile .vnvss
Could lie Imiv guessed vvtint lay In sturi1
f.a- II. ,,..,... .,,,, I lilmaelf hIiOIIIiI Ktlllll'iMI
i..n ,ir ii, l tliem hiIII there, a keener
mid deadlier feur would have possessed his
sunt
Hut of Kmiiruii he knew nothing yt-
Kven Hie idlers uii he hud n heurd
nd the patriarch, fnr reiisnns ir his own,
hud not, yet told the girl a '",' l""'t r
Hie threaleiiing dnuKcr.
liven what he hud told, he had forbidden
hci for A I bin's own sake to let lilm
know
Thus In a false and fancied sense of
nnc. nml culm security Stern made his
nbsirv in Inns, laid his plans, and duv hy
till) mice more ciime buck towuid heullli
unit strength ngiitn
And dav bv dav the nnkiiown peril drew
upon them boia
( ll.M'Tllll NM
LM'.M'K
Willi could, indeed, suspect llllglll of tills
threatening iluuKer.' Oulwiirdlv all
now was peaceful Kueh waklug-tlme the
IMieis put foiih in their long boats or nietnl
strips ' coveied with tlshskins. l'.very
sleepliig-thne thev returned laden with tlsh
that funned the principal staple of the
fuinmuuttv.
The weaving of seaweed fiber, I lie making
nf mats, blankets.-nets and slings went on
ns pioliul.lv for UI.IU.V centuiles In-fine
At forges here and lln-re, where Has
wells bl.ied. Ihe smltlrtt of the Folk shaped
their iron Imph-inenls or vvoiked must
skillfully in gold and i upper: and ""''l"';
Ing of the hammers through the dim-lit
gloom mound the stimige blue fires formed
a chorus nt fnr Vulcan or the teiiipeilng
of Siegfried's master-swnrd
Stern took occasion to visit ninny of tin"
huts They were nil similar. As yet he
could not talk freely with the Folk, hut h"
took keen Interest III examining their huiise
hold uirungemeiils. which were of the sim
plest Rton.i benches and tables, bei.s t.r
weed and coarse blankets, utensils of metal
OP hone these comphled the total.
Stern ginaned inwaidlv at thought of nil
the arts he still must teach them before
thev should imiii nioni even apprnxlmiite
the civilization whence they hud fallen since
the great cutastrophe.
Behind the village roso a gigantic
hluclt cliff, ul wii vh drlpnltiB and running
with vviiter from the condensation pf
the fogs. This water tlie Folk very seimlbly
mid cleverlv drained down Into large tanks
cut In the rock tluor The tanks, uivvaya
full furnished theh entire supply for drink
ing and cooking Flat, warm and Instetesa
though It was. It seemed reasonably pure.
None of this water was ever used for bath
ing What Utile bathing the Foil: ovcrtPi
dulged In took place at certain points along
the shore, vvln-ie Hie tine and jet-black sand
mado n good bottom
Along the nuse of ihe vast cliff, which,
broken and Jagged, ifse gleaming In the
light nf the gi.ut tlame till It gradually
faded In Ihe luminous mist (hey carried
on their pilmltlvo cooking.
Over cracks In the stone, whence gua es
caped steadily nnd burned with a blue
lilclter, hung copper pots fairly well fash
ioned, though of bizarre shapes. Here tho
communal cuisine went steadily forward,
totided bv the strange, whlte-lialied, long
cloaked women; and odors ot boiling and
of frying, ovei hot lion plates, roso and
mingled with the shifting, swirling vapnru
from the sea.
Beatrice tried a few times, (o take somo
part in this work She was eager to teuch
the women belter method", hut ut lust the
patriarch (old In-r to let them alone, as sho
wus only Irritating them 1'nlike ihe men.
who almost worsldped Ihe revolvers nnd
would have handled them, and even milokly
learned to shoot, if Stern had allowed, Ihe
women clung sternly to their old wns
T: e patriarch had a special cooking place
niude for llestrlce und got her a lot oi the
clumsy utensils. Here she busied heri-tlf
prepuiing food for Allun and hti.sflf--und
a strunge sight that was ihe American
giil dressed In her long 'brown robe her
thick huir full of gold pins, cooking over
natural gas in the Ab.vss. with lieu. copper
pans and kettles of indexible toriiif :
Almost at unco Ihe l-t inuo abandoned
iiil native cookery and grew devoted to
ht-is Anything that told him of the other
iimi belter times, the das about which lis
,ii earned continually in his blindness, was
very dear to him.
The Jlciiicnnns were truly, barbarously
dull ubout (heir iu op preparing lood,
I i.iv after day Him never varied- The
menu wus limited In the extreme Wt.iil
i. It utuuUhed that u race could niulotutii
naiir ill such lino condition und keep so
.-pleudidly energetic, so been and warlike,
uii such a miserable diet. The foot must,
U- thought, potvsess lllltlltlve qualities fur
bev ond any expectation.
Fish wus the' basis ot all a tcoro of
strange und unnatural-looking varieties, not
one of which, he had ever seen In surface
v.aters. Fui the most part they were gray
.-r white: two or three specls showed some
iiidunents of coloring. All were blind. Willi
it most some laint vestigia of eye structure,
w bully degenerated and uscleui.
'Speaking of evolution." said the engineer
one day to Uialrlco as they stood on the
black bouldei -beach and watched the fisher
men toss I heii weird freight out upon the
slippery stone - "these tlsh here give a
magnineent example of it. You see, where
ihu use foi an oigun ceasa the organ itself
eventually K-rlshes Hut take creatures and
put them back int.. the surface-ocean "
The eves would develop again?" she
uueried .
PreciMib ' And o with everything!'
Take Hie Folk themselves, for Instance
Now that tbt m.- been living Iwru a thnn.
baud or lirteeti hundred years, away from
the sunlight all (he protecting pigmentation
that used lo shield the human ruc from
the actiuic sun raja has gradually faded
out So they e got white hair, colorless
ikln and piiiktoh eyes Out in the world
a nam. Uiey d gtadually trv-w Bonsai again
UoW I wUh some of my okl-tuae oppoueot
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with me toihiv in the Ab.vss! 1 bet a mil
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Such nf the llsh as wete not eaten In their
n-iluriil stale were salted down lu vats hol
lowed In th,, rook nt the far end of the vil
lage SHU others wero dried, strung by the
gills on lung cnitls of seaweed ftbt-r nnd
bung in iiiwh iieur the great tlame. There
v ere i.utulii dais for this process
At other times no llsh wen- allowed anv-when-
near Hie tire Why tills was Stern
mold not discover. Kven the patriarch
would not tell lilm
Hesides the llsh, t-everal s.-aweuls were
.ookeil mid enleil In the form of leaves,
bulbs nnd routs, which some of th Folk
dived for or dragged from the bottom with
lion grapples. All the weeds tasted alll.c
to Stein and Iteiiltlce; but the old man
nssuied them there were really great dlf-ft-iciices
and Hint certain of them vv-eio
arc delicacies
V kind of huge, misshapen tiea-tilitlo
was I he chief pi tiie of ull. Three were
ink. -ii dining Hid Hiiiiugcia' Ilrst fortnight
in the Abvss; but the fnrtuuute boat-crews
that brnught them In dev nured tliem. le
fiiHlng tn share even a ir isel with any
oilier nf the pt-uple
Stern and the girl were warned ugntnat
tasting miy nf the weed, llsh oi mussel on
their ..wn Initiative The patriarch told
them ceiliiln deadly species existed- species
used only in preparing venoms In which to
dip the spear and lame points nf the light
lug men.'
licM.ud these fuotht the null others wero
tile llexl! und cgptM of the highly singular
birds th- stimigeis had seen on their Ilrst
entry into the village. These tasted r.uikly
tr Ish. mid vveio nt first vciy disagree
able Hut giadiinlly the newcomers wero
uhlu tn toleiute them when conked by Hea
Irice in as near an approximation to modern
methods as she could manage.
The 1.1, lis made ,i peciillat feature of tho
welid. uncanny life Lung of lep:, wattled
and web-fooled, with iingiilnlv bodies,
sparsely feathered, nnd bare necks, they
were, Sttiin thought, nhsolutiiv the most
hide.. us and unreal-appearing cientures ho
had ever seen. In size they aomowhat ro-
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sembled nn albatross, Tho folk called
them knlainakoe. They wero so fully do
mesticated as to make free, with nil the
refuse of tho village nnd even to wnddlo
Into the huts In croaking senich nf plunder;
ct they nested uinutig the brokiu rocks
along the cliff to nortlivriiid of the place.
There the.' built clumsy utrucluros of
weed for their eggs nnd their In.-rcdlblv
iiglv vouhfr. Kverv dav at u certnln tlmo
thev took their tllght out Into tho fog. wl'li
hoarse and mournful irle.i. and stiijed the
uiulviilenl of some three hours
Their number Stern could only csthnnle,
but It must hnvo mounted well toward Hvo
or six thousand, one of the most singular
sights the new comers hud in (ho Abvss wna
the homecoming nf the night, the 'feeding
of the young- bv discharging haif-dlgehted
llsh- and the mil. neon nt nolsi powwow of
ihe ".nulling multitude. All this, hoard
and seen b.i totchllght. piodmcd u plctmo
welrdlj fnBcltiating
Fish, weeds, sou-foul-these constituted
tint sum total of food sources for the Folk
There existed neither bn-uil. itesh-mcnti
milk, fiuit. svvicts, or tiny of tho abundant
vegetables of tho sin fine N'or vet was
there any plant which might bo dried and
Hiuokiil. Ilk- tobacco, nor any whence nlco
hol might be distilled The folk had neither
silmuluiits nor narcotics.
Stern bless. d rule for this. If nnv such
had existed, he hnew.hiitiiiin nature well
enough lo feel ceilaln that, there In the
eicinal gloom and f.,K, tU(. nu.H ni,M Boull
Imvo given Itself ovei to exiesses and have
mlser.tblv perished
To mv mind," ho said to Ueatilce one
tune "the survival of our race under such
conditions Is one or the most mmveloiis
things possibly to be conceived." (Jut to
ward the black nnd mlst-hlddeii sea that
lolled forever In ihe gloom ho gestured
rrom the wall where they vveio Mainline,
"Imagine" In, continued. "Xo sunlight
- for centuries Without tha nothing con
taining cbloinphyl can gioict nnd science
bus always maintained t!iJ human ru
must depend, al last analysis, ; c-liloronhyl
on tint green plants containing It No
grains, no soil, no agriculture, no inmn
nmls even! Why. tho very Ksklmo have
to depend oMiiummtils fnr their life!
"Hut thepi people here, nnd the Lnn
skaarn, and whatever other iiirknown tribes
live in this vast Ab.vss, have to get their
enilro living from Ibis tepid sea They
don't even possess wood to work with! If
this doesn't prove the human race all hut
godlike In its skill and courage and adapta
bility, what docs'.'"
She stood a vvhilo ln thought, plainly
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A Series of Constructive
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(XN MONDAY the Evening
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first of a series of articles on
the Port of Philadelphia its
facilities, activities, the advan
tages it offers traders, its
potential future and the plans
proposed for its development.
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much troubled. It -was evident her tnlrslt
vvaa far from following his1 analysis. At'
last she spoke.
"Allan!" she suddenly exclaimed,
' Well 7"
"It's still out there somewhere, Isn't ItT
Out there, In those black, unsounded depths
Hie biplane?"
"You men n "
"Whv couldn't wo rnlJo It again and--'
"(if course! You know I mean to try
ns Boon us I hnvo these people under some
rontiol so I ran get them to co-operaia
wltli me get them to understand '"
"iVot (ill then.' No escape till then?
Hut Allan, It may be too late!" sho burst
out wllh passionals piiRorhoes
Puzzled, he tumid and peered nt her In
the bluish gloom
"Kscnpe?" he untried. "Too late' Why,
what do you mean? Hscnpo from what? You
imnh that wo should leave these people,
here, before wo'vo even begun to teach
Hiem" tiefnrc we've dlscoveted somo way
out or the Abvss Tor them? Leave every
ln that mentis the regeneration of tho
human race, tho world? Whv"
A touch upon his arm Interrupted him.
He tinned quickly to nnd tho patriarch
standing ut his side. Silent and dim through
the fog, he had jajunt thither with sandaled
fet. nnd now slood with a strange, inscrut
able smile on his long-bearded lips
"Whut keeps mv t hlhlrcn here." nsked
he, "when nlreadv II Is long pnst the sleep-'
inghour? Verily, this should not be! Come,"
he i-ummatided. "Cmno away! Tomorrow
Will be limo for speech "
And, giving them no further opportunity
to lallt of thli new problem, he spoke ot
other matters, nnd so led them back lo hla
hospltubtu hut of stone
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PKHPAUATIO.NH
HH "vVOKIJ to hear a drumming roar that
seemed to nil tho spaces of tho Abys
with a wild tumult fitch no ho had never
known a steady thunder, wonderful and
wild
StnrHng up, he saw bv tho dim light that
the p.itrlnirlt was sitting therj upon tin
stone, tho Jttlitful and calm, apparently glv
Ing no heed to this singular tumult Hut
Stem, not un.lerstnndlng, put a. hasty
question.
"What's nil this uproar, father? I never
heard anything like that up 1 1 tho surfaces
world I"
"That? Only tho rnln, my hoii." the old
man answered "Had you no rain therof
V.rlly, traditions tell of rain among tho
peoplo or Hint day !"
"Haiti Jlcrclful Heavens!" exclaimed
tb" engineer. Two mlmst"? later ho was
a tho fortifications, gazf out across th
htnch at the sea.
11 would bo hard lo dcscilbe accurately
the plctuiii that met his eyes Tho heaviest
cloudburst Hint ever devastated a country
eldo wus but a trickle compared with thin
monstrous, terrifying deluge.
Some llvo hundred miles of dense and
saturated vapors, suddenly condensing,
wire proot'ltullng tho water, not in drops,
but In grt! solid masses, thundering, bel
lowing, oft tulng as they struck the sea,
which, churned to a deep and taglng froth.
Hung mighty wines even ngnlnst tho mas
sive walls of tho village Itself.
The rug wns gotio now ; but In Us place
the rushing walls of water blotted out the
scene Yet not ti drop was falling lu Ilia
village Itself Stem wondertd for a mo
ment Hut, looking up, he understood
The vntt t'lln was now dimly visible In
Hie ghuo of the gri.it tlame. the bteady
lour of which was drowned by the tumult
of the rnln
Amazed and full of wonder at this tcr
iltlc sturm, so different from those on the
suiface for there w-no neither wind nor
lightning, but just that steady, filghtful
sluicing down of solid tons ot rain Stern
made his way back to the patriarch's house.
There ho met lleatrlce. Just awakened
"No chance to ralsu the machine toduv '"
she called to lilm as ho entered "Ho says
tills Is apt to last for bonis and hours'"
She nodded towuid tho old man, much ills
t i essed
"Patletico!" lie murmured "Patience,
friends and pcaie!"
"Well," bald he, nt last, making himself
heard only with dltllcttlty, "even so. wu can
spend the day In making ready."
And, after the simple meal that served
for breakfast, he bat down to think out
defltdteiy somn plan of campaign for the
recoveiy of the lost Paulllac.
CON'TINFUD MONDAY
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