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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1917
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Members of Cavalry Troops Will Return Today
From El Paso Nancy Wynne Deplores a
Want of Honesty Among the Elite
TUB mothers, wives and sweethearts of
the First City Troop nro preparing
joyfully to receive their sons, husbands
,n,l lovers (Rot It In the proper order,
didn't 11 who will be returning from the
borderland lonlnht.
Life in a bungnlow, which was essayed
by several of the brides who went down
(n El l'aso to ho with their husbands,
proved not any too easy, for it appears
It Is not possible to obtain domestics, and
to hou'owork and cooking wcro the order
cf the day. 1 hear that is ono reason
why fcllzii Fox Tilshman has been no
worn out slm e she returned homo and is
now in the Chestnut Hill Hospital taking
a rest euro, as she really had Ulto a ner
vous breakdown, never having had to do
ft stroke of hard work In her life, llcttv
Bcott Clark, loo. I hear, is not at all well,
the climate having been not nny too good
for her. Tho wives who went down on
thort trips were really wiser, after all. as
they did not stay long enough to lot the
tllmate bother them.
Among tho returning troopers will be
pick Tllghman, Harry Nellson, Flo Rlvi
am, noddy Page. Neddy Tngo, .lack Ho.
Ilngsworlh. 11111 Churchman. Captain
Franklin McKadden, Lieutenant Georgo
Th.-ivcr. 2d, Lieutenant William Innls
Forbes, nillio Bodlne, Morris Stroud, John
Converse, Clarcnco Clark, Barclay Me
Faddcn, Jack Montgomery, Nick lllddlc
and many others who nro In tho four
troops of cavalry. Ono thing Is sure, they
will receive a warm welcomo from fami
lies and friends when they do finally
come, for they have certainly had to bear
the brunt of staying somo three months
longer than tho Infantry. However, far
be it from mo to say anything Hint Is not
In great fnvor of tho movement which
was made by the President when order
ing tho troops to tho border, for though
no actual lighting has taken place, our
men have returned far bettor soldiers
than they ever could have been with no
training whatsoever, and with more Ideas
of self-control and discipline than many
Of them ever learned in their lives before.
And the country at large will bo bettered
by "
9
THE IVORY CHILD
Tim smnr thus faii
ALLAN HUATKnMAt.W n fnmnin Afrlean
nimter nn.l fortun Mckfr. Is In Knxlnnrt en
ri"..f. '1'" owaslonm visits. While thr !;
i Invited to ntttnd a dinner nt famous oM
frslnl.
.,';"l' RAU.VAi.UJIie host, and Quajfrmsln
lin A rlA M.n.l,l.ln rlllpltlff lh tP-
-rntl.,n r.rU- .- .. - V'.!i..- knAK n- Ml
i'T-v?-. 'llM ""Fnnll's nnnctf. , .
U N. Ilot.JtlfH Is n yoilni: woman of srt
?..".". ,wh? W" namwl Luna because of
iirilimnrk in tho hnr of " nioon on hir
- A".' . Ml" Hnlini-i tnlifs n IIvp v Interrst
in (Martrrmaln nn.) Afrlrn. nnl rrophfjl-s Ihsl
? P.. vlll'P"ril nt irnst nnrt if hrillf"thM,i.
I'lirina lh rourm nf ih illnnfr Miss Holmes
'lis H'lntrmsm nf nn Inrlilfnt In her early
vnen iwo Amh fall In an nurmpi m
only
By H. RIDER HAGGARD
Auif.or "Marie." "Kfito ffAfontotr Hint."
"os.." I snld, "ery much Indeed,
how will yon show It me?"
"That quite ray, Mncumajinnn. You
just smoke Utile Kendall 'haecn nhd sen
many things, if you have gift, ns 1 think
you Rot, nml as I nlntrst sure that lady
got." anil he pointed to Miss Holmes.
Sometimes they things people want see,
mid sometimes lliey tilings people not want
life
it'ilnun her
irm a nirli
i mnln
IIAIttT
MRS. WALTON CLARK, J II.
Mrs. Clnrk will bo remembered ns
Miss Elizabeth Hit I'uy Scott, oC
this city. She has returned re
cently from Kl Paso, Tex., nml lias
taken a house at 111 South Twenty
second street for the winter.
HAS it over struck you whnt very pe
culiar ideas of honesty somo persons
of education nnd proper upbringing have?
It "is truly remarkable how careless they
we about things which seem hmall to
them. Only recently a young girl who
goes about a good deal and is very popu
lar, but has not nny grent amount of
this world's goods, attended a danco nt
one of our hotels. She was among tho
last to leave tho ballroom floor, and as
many were besieging tho maids for their
cloaks, sho decided, as oho was a. bit tired,
tho would Just wait until tho rush was
over. Well, Anally alio wont for her cloak
and brand-new carrlago shoes. (Now,
every woman knows that carrlago shoes
are a luxury, and these had beon given to
her for Christmas by a wealthy friend.)
And lo, and behold! tho shoes were not.
Only a pair of rather low arctics ie
rnaincd. Well, there wns nothing to bo
done, for after much conversation on the
subject every ono else had gone, so sho
finally took tho arctics and went home.
Two days afterward sho went to the hotel
and asked if tho shoes had been returned,
nnd on various occasions she has gono In
again, nnd would you belle vo It, those
carriage shoos have been kept by tho
person who woro them home that night.
Now, my dears, don't misunderstand me;
this was not at n public affulr, where
-tickets may bo purchased nnd tho goats
may mix with the sheep; no, Indeed, but
t prlvato ball, to which every one whom
one knows was Invited. Probably the
roman who has thoso shoes thinks noth
ing whatever nbout it, and yet sho would
be horrified to take a flvo-cent piece out
of her neighbor's purse. Naturally, ono
shudders at tho Idea; that would bo steal
ing! Yes, of courso it would; hut then
the shoes belong to somo ono else Just ns
much as the five cents does, and nro of
much more valuo to tho girl, to whom
five cents would ho oven moro than tho
shoes to tho person who stole them. Somo
persons surely do strain nt a gnat nnd
wallow a camel. NANCY WYNNK.
being planned tn take place nt tho Fairfax
Apartments, Wayno aventio nnd School
House lane, Otrmantown, on Wednesday.
Jnnunry 1!4, at 2:30 o'clock. Tim nrnroorls
will be used to Increase the scholarship
fund uf tho Alumtiao Association of the
Stevens School.
Mis. Ueorgo McClellnn, of 1UC, Spruce
Htroet, will not receive this nfternoon, ns sho
Is suffering from a severe cold.
Mrs. Ferdinand V. Hoyt. of Wlngohock
liiB Heights, will glvo a luncheon anil then
Iro party In honor of Mrs. John IC. Walker,
of Iluffaln. .V. Y. Mrs. Walker Is tho guest
of her mother, .Mrs. It. V. Dowers, of Church
lane.
Mrs. John Moss, of 2211 De Lancey place,
hns her sister, Mrs. Philip I. Cohen, of Xew
York, as her guest,
Mrs. J. Andrews Harris and her daughter.
.w iss .Margaret Harris, n.ivo taken an apart
ment nt tho Ucllevuc-Strntford for some
time.
Mrs. ClmrlfH Wlster nnd Miss Kliznbcth
V.'lster. of West Perm and Fox streets, CJer
ninntnwn. have gono to Camden, S. C, for
several weeks.
Mrs. Charles Wrlgglns, of Locust avenue,
(Scrm.mtowii, will glvo n hrldco party on
Wednesday. There will bo 100 guests.
The third of a series of dances will take
place thin evening nt the Carlno. In fScrman
town. Tho roininltlco In charge Includes
.Mrs. Albert M. Itoyt, Mrs. William Caveny,
-Mrs. Thomas Wrlgglns. .Mrs. .Marshall K.
Trultt, Mrs. Stanley Stager and Mrs. Ilar
clay Fried.
The Junior class danco of tho Cheltenham
High School of Klkins Park will ba given
at the Old York fioad Country Club on
the evening of Frldny. February 23, nt
8:30 o'clock. Arrangements for tho senior
class play aro baing made. U will ho
1,-nen in wio nuiiuorium or the High School
on the evenings of Friday, February 16.
mid Saturday, February 17, at S15
o'clock.
l.n,ii. ,ri.r .tinner these two
inaUIn Inquiry about Qjatermalii.
V en.l tAtit-i- .ki, fee Onalernisln hv
I f.r.i.: " name, llttrum.1f.sna. an.! ummr
rriiri'ren i.orii itnf-nfi.iitt ntef. savitce. fcy nro-
I'" nm snnttra trom :ils locltets. Tho Arabs
j show n In
C'lt.tl'Tntl III Cnullnued
A I' THIS point It w.is my turn lo shiver
. and become pale, ns any may guess
"ho mny bavo chanced to lead the htMofy
"f Mnmeen.1, nnd the turn of Miss Holmes
ii natch mo with animated Interest.
' i Slayer of evil men and beasts'." they
went on. in their ileh-volccd, monotonous
fhaiit. "who ns our magic tells us. Is
leouned lo deliver our land from tho lor
iihle srourge, wo greet you. wo bow before
Mm. we acknowledge yon as our lord and
brother, tn whom we vow safety among us
nml In the desert, to whom wo promise a
great reward."
Again they bowed, once, twice, thrlrc ;
then stood silent before me with folded
aims
"What on earth are they saying?" asked
Scronpe "I could catch a few words" he
knew a llttlo kitchen Ktilu "but not much."
1 told him briefly while the others list
ened. "What does Mamectia mean?" naked Miss
Holmes, with a horrlblo ncntenoss. "is it
a woman's nnmo?"
Hearing her. Hnrut and Marut bowed an
though doing reverence to that tintue. I
nm sorry to nay that nt this point I grew
confused, though really there was no reason
why I should, and muttered something
nbout a native girl who had nmdo trouble
In her day.
Miss Holmes anil the other ladles looked
nt mo with amused dltbellof, nnd to my
dismay the venerable Ilarut turned to Miss
Holmes and with his Inevitable bow. said
In broken Kngllsh:
"Mamernn very beautiful woman, per
haps moro beautiful than you, lady. Ma
meena lovo the white lord Miieiininzana.
She love him while she live, she hive him
now she dead. ,
"She tell mo so again Just now. Aou ask
ivlilln Inr.l fell vnll nrfttV BtOty Of IIOIV 110
kiss her beforo sho kill herself!
Needless to ray all this very misleading
Infoimatinn was received by Iho nudlcnco
with an attention that I can but call rapt,
broken only by a sudden burst of snigger
ing on the part of Scroops. I favored him
with my fiercest frown. Then I fe I upon
that venerable villain Hnrut nnd belabored
him In Bantu, whllo tho andlenco listened
as intently ns though they understood.
1 asked him whnt ho meant by coning
hero to asperse my character. I asked him
who tho deuce ho was. 1 asked him how bo
cams to know nuyiuiiiK m'"'" V . ,'
nnd finally I told him that soon or late I
would bo oven with him. and paused ex
haiistcd. Ho stood thcro looking for all the world
like a statuo of tho patriarch Job as I
imnglre bin., nnd when I bad done repl ed
without moving a musclo and In Lni llsh.
-O Lord. Zlkall. Zulu wizard, friend of
mine' All great wizard friend Just like all
ephant and all snake. Zlkall make me
know Mameena. and she tell me story nnd
send you much love, and say sho wait for
you always" (Moro sniggers from Seroope
nnd slm 'intenser Interest evinced by Ml
voai
nem for what ono long-ago lady out of so
"'Then suddenly bo broke Into Bantu, and
Then su,"',e,,'J, . jcst- Macumnzaiui.
S. nf,en3utoHsft meaning In a Jest
l.apA In UNi JUU ' " -'
see."
i in I ai, f ?aM potl!enintuouslj-. nlludlhg
,IniJla," ,'p'n, "" w,,lrt hntlvos make
themselves drunk throughout fircat districts
"I A Trim,
it,i'i"'i! ""' "n! iinhUn- that common stuff;
grow iSJTf", ,,pj" "" tteUtai. only
f, ??" ,,"V,,,ol'-''"- Vou think ail not -
Please" ynl' ""' UIV0 ",0 'alc1''
Then while watched he placed minis
't M looked llk0Ptobaceo in
from hI,ZlC,n.1,mV. ,,,!U ,w nlso Wmtucwl
i . i lin,t- "st be Raid Romcthlng
am l,ein . ?" nm ot n "! fed.
nnnhni.B " l? "'" "" " " wilil and mel
ft', l,' -""""l f which seemed
great heiX '"Jf1"""1,0 nB ""'ll"R "" a
Ilartii niKb !f""1 ,,l",', ''"-fcntly. too.
r ,.i. r"Uo """ " lw song whereof
nfr ', "".', ""-"! -word0 that rose
iie . . . . . '"" music or the lute .Vow
rnio. sU 1 1 ,", """f,"' "" ml mn.
el" . " "" muM nt thin seml-mnglcnl
tolneco"';;. ,r" ,":,lh,r " ""' ""
?iln id ... 'i "'V' 1,'"','"' " "'""nB "te rest
with ii ll ,irt nr"H0 rrom th" '""'-I n"'l
Wf .V ? tv,ry ''vv',0, '",,"' "' ""Ilk" "'at
K ,"l;''!'""'!' ("i-'lenern gr.nv In hot
nouses, but more searching.
1 ?"' ,'"ul T". 'lmt you soe. dh!
. ) "f. hot hurt . Juai ,k(, CBn.
J, M,'n.0l. "".'' h" ,,,,ml,,1 " "t the
nf.Te ,?.2 .'''w' 'i '"" '"'"R! bis nostrils,
after which his face seemed lo change to
... ..wi n-iiai me ennngo was I could
uni uenne.
1 hesitated till Seroope nnlfl
Comc. Allan, don't phirk this rvntrnl
African adventure. Til try If you like."
"No." sahl Hnrut brusquely, "vou no
good."
Then ei'oslty nml perhaps the fear of
oelng laiiR..eil nt nverenme me. I took the
bowl and held it under my ivisp. hiii
Ilarut thiew over my bead the nntlm.i
cassar which he bnd niioil In tin- mango
trick, to keep In tho fumes. I supjinse
At first Ihcse fumes were uiipli:i.i-i nt. int
Just as 1 won about to dtop the hmvl llmv
fecnied lo liecnme ngreenble ami t. pene
trate to the Inmost khviscs nf m l. ng
etc.
that In. for jour eyes weren't shut for morn
than ten seconds."
"Then t Wonder what yotl Would sai If
I repented everything," 1 answered, for I
still fell dreamy nnd not nulio myself,
"You see elephant Jnnn?" asked Ilarut.
"He kill woman nnd child, eh? Well, he do
that every night. Well, that why people
of While Kehdah want you kill him nnd
take nil that ivory which they no dare
touch because It In holy place nnd tllnek
Kendall no let them. So he live still. That
what we wish know Thank you much
Mneumnznha. You Very good look-through-distance
man. Just whnt I think. Kendall
'baeeo smoke work very well In you. Now,
beautiful lady." ho added turning to Mis
Holmes, "you llko look, too? Uetter look.
Who know what you pee?"
Miss Hnhuen hesitated a moment, study
ing me with an Inquiring eye. Hut I made
no sign, being In truth very curious to hear
her experiences.
"Yes." she said.
"I should prefer. I.unn. that vou left
this bunliiers alone." remarked Lord Hng
nail ulienslly. "I think It Is time that yoil
ladles went to bed."
"Here Is a match," raid Miss Holmes to
Hnrut. who wns engaged in putting more
tobacco into the bowl, the suspicion or a
smile upon bis grave nnd statuesque coun
tenance. Hnrut received the match with
a low how and fired the stuff ns before.
Then he handed the bowl, from which once
nRiiln the blue smoke curled upward, to
Miss Holmes and gent'y and gracefully let
the niitlin.-irussar fall over It nnd her bead,
which It draped as a wedding veil might do.
A few seconds later she threw off the nntl
macassar nnd cast the bowl. In which the
fire wns now out. on to the door. Then she
stood up with wide eyes, looking wondrous
lovely nnd, notwithstanding her lack of
height, majestic.
"I have been In another world." she said
In n low voice ns though she spoke to the
air. "I have traelrd a great way I
found myself In n small place made of
stone. It was dark In the plnre, the fire In
that bowl lit It up There was nothing there
ercnt a beautiful statue of a naked baby
which seemed to be carved In yellow Ivory,
nnd a chair innde of ebony Inlaid with Ivory
nnd sealed with a string. 1 stood In front
of the ntnttie nf the Ivory "hlld It seemed
to rnnie to life and smile at nie Itiiuiid
Us neck w.ii a strimr of red stones It
tool, tin-in from Its neck and set them upon
mine Then It pointed t" the chair, and
t mii ilnwn In the rhalr I'hnl was all "
Ilarut fnlimvcd her words with an Inter
est that I emild see was in.ense. nllhmigh
he attempted l-i bide It Then he asked me
Ii translate them iihlch I did
POLITE TO THE BITTER EjTD
eV
I'npvrlRht t.l- rutins. .inn Comnan Iteprlnted by special arrangement.
Novice (lo runnwny) Sny, 1 don't like to butt in, but where nro we going?
Personals
Mra. Harold E. Yarnall and Mr. nnd Mrs.
C. Edward Ervin will bo at homo at 822
I'lne street on Thursdays after 4 o'clock
for tho remainder of tho winter, beginning
next Thursday, with music. No cards.
The Misses Mordecai will give a small
afternoon tea at their home, 1922 Kitten
houso street, on Wednesday to meet Mrs.
U St. John Greble.
Mrs. William H. Donner, of 315 Soutli
Eighteenth street, will be at home the
three last Tuesdays in this month and the
first two in February after 4 o'clock. No
cards have been Issued.
Invitations have been Issued for the mar
riage of Miss Molly Bailey and Mr. Brew
Mer Koons. which will take place on Satur
ay, January 27. at Stratford.
Mr and Mrs. J. Morton Poole, of 507
west Springer street, Germantown, have
Issued cards for a tea followed by supper
and Informal dancing on Thursday In honor
of their guest. Mrs. Thaddeus C. White.
Mrs. White Is the daughter ot Lord and
lAiy Yu, and before her marriage was first
lady In waiting to the Empress Dowager
of China.
Mrs. Illchard C. Dale and Miss Marian
Bale, of Ardmore avenue. Chestnut Hill,
re spending some time In Augusta, Ga.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Van Itensselaer,
of Camp Hill, are occupying their winter
me, Eighteenth and Walnut streets.
Mrs. Chnvloa ltrnfnA 11.- .- n. ..
tin. i. ---- "!-un tsviiry. oi 135. alar
mm. has none to White Sulphur Springs.
Va., for several weeks.
lla?n.ae9re! Woodward, of Krishelm, St.
rtlns, spent Saturday In New York.
Mr. and Mrs. William N. Morlce! of St.
MMtins. are at the Traymore, In Atlantic
win for several weeks. ,
Miss Catherine Gilbert, of the Marlyn.
ii. J,. a th"tro party and supper at
"e Bellevue-Stratford on February 6.
!-? "ouston Dunn- f 235 Spruce
SVj " wlu o at home Informally on Mon-
'Wnte rn0n3 B'"r ' '0l0C,c during the
K,5f?? Mararet Baumgardner, of tho Dl-Hwr-uorrl.
In Gerniaptown. gave a lunch
W and bridga on Saturday in honor of
f With llayd-'n. of Bryn Mawr, whewo
"Mgement to Mr LI. Morton FUming was
IVily announced
ervVee for which you shall not lack re
?,7. We tho White Kendah. the People
of the Chlid aro at war with the Black
Kendah. our subjects who outnumber us
Tho Black Kendah bavo an evil spirit for
a rod which spirit from the beg tilling has
tViJ. nrgest elephant In all tho
world, a"beast Jbat none can kill, but which
kills many and bewitches more, hlle
that e ephant. which Is named Jnna lives,
we tho People of tho Child, go In ter
ror, for day by day It destroys us We
lmo learned-how It does no I matter-
hit vou alono can i.ui '"L -i"-you
v 111 come and kill it wo will show you
the place where all tho elephants go to die.
and you shall take their Ivory, many wagon
uiads. and grow rich. Soon you nro going
on a. Journey that has to do with a (lower,
and you will visit peoples named the Mazltu
nnd the l'ongo who live on an Island In a
hike Far beyond the l'ongo nnd across
the desert dwell my people, the Kendah, In
a secret land.. When you wish to visit us
as you will do, Journey to tho north of that
lake where tho Pongo dwell, and May there
on the edge of tho desert shooting till we
come Now mock mo If you will, but do
not forget, for thoso things bhall befall In
tholr seasdn. though that time bo far. If
IUUII . .i.n -, II ,ln unl
wo meet no mom im ......... ".--- -
forget. When you havo need of gold or of
ivory that Is gold, then Journey to tho north
of the lake whero the Pongo dwell, und
call on the names of Harut and Marut."
"And call on the names of Harut nnd
Marut," repeated tho younger man, who
hitherto appeared to take no Interest in
our talk. . , ,
vev. before I could answer, beforo l
could think the thing out Indeed, for all
this breath from navage and mystical Africa
blowlnc on mo suddenly hero In an Essex
drawing room seemed to overwhelm me, tho
Ineffable Harut proceeded in his English
conjurer's patter:
"Illch ladles and gentlemen want see
trick by poor old wizard from center Africa.
Well, wa show them, but pleaso 'member
no magic, all quite simple trick. Teach It
you If you pay. Pleaso not look too hard,
no want you learn how it done. What you
like see? Tree grow out of nothing, eh?
Good 1 Please lend mo that plate what
you call him china."
Then tho performance began. The tree
crew admirably upon tho china plate under
the cover of nn antimacassar. A number
of bits of stick danced together on the said
plate, apparently without being touched.
At a whistle from Marut a second snake
crawled out of the pocket of tho horrified
Sir. Savage, who stood observing these pro
ceedings at a respectful dUtance, erected
itself on its tall upon tha plate and took
morrow's meeting in charge. Sirs. Elmer flre tin It was consumed to ashes, and bo
Mrs. Thomas S. Waters, Jr.. of Washing
ton lane, Jenklutown, leturned last week
from an extended visit to Bultlmore, aid.,
nnd to Washington, I). C.. where sho
spent several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis II. Kortner. of
Summit avenue. Jenklutown. loft last
week for tho Hawuilun Islands, whero they
will spend three months nnd will visit
places of interest through tho West beforo
returning home.
Sir. James P. Phapln will glvo a lecturo
entitled "Six Ycnra on tho Upper Congo,"
Illustrated with stereoptlcon nnd motion
pictures, next Saturday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock in tho University Sluscum. Thirty
third and Spruco streets, sir. Chapin, who
was a member of tho first expedition to
undertake a systematic search and study
of the legion nnd or tho animal lifo ot tho
Upper Congo, describes nil in tills lecture.
Tho tribes with whom the expedition was
constantly In contact and who furnished the
only human companionship that the mem
bers bad during their six years In tho
jungle are most Interesting to hear about.
A . surprise shower was given last week
at tho homo of Stlss STabel Kehr Donnelly,
Bill North Thirteenth street, Logan, In
honor of SIlss Storea Drumm, whoso wed
ding to Sir. A. 11. Zlegler. former University
ot Pennsylvania football star and coach,
will take place shortly. The guests were
Sirs. Drumm, Sirs. Albert Garrett, Mrs.
Bodger Kirk. Mrs. J. A. C. Stull, Sirs. Q.
Bead, Sirs. M. SI. Glbb. Sirs. SI. V. Anur,
Sltss Flora Stager, SIlss Helen Bright, Sirs
Clara llestlne, Misa Florence SI. Janney,
SIlss Ethel Worthlngton, SIlss Ethel Dau
phlnee, SIlss Emma Du Bols. SIlss Elsia
Tinkler and SIlss Bessie Van Winkle.
Tha press committee of tho Twentieth
Century Club of Lansdowne will have to'
-ili r i' - ill R4fB
ii "V Ml'fwfjnfWisf Si s -$!wR$&&ffiw5Mt&
no more, you who In duo season will know
all things."
"Seek to know no more." echoed SInrut.
"who already perhaps know too much, lest
harm should come to you., Slncumazann."
"Where are you going lo sleep ton.ght?"
I asked.
"Wo do not sleep here," nnswered Harut.
"wo walk to the great city and thence we
find our nay to Africa, where wo Shall
meet you ngaln. Yon know that we are
no liars, common readers of thought and
milkers of tricks, for did not Dogcetah. the
wandering while man, speak to you of the
people of whom bo had heard who wor
shiped the Child of Heaven? (Jo In.
Mncuiii.i7.ana. ere you takn barm In tills
horrlblo cold, and take with you this ns
a tnarr.ago gift from tho Child of Heaven
whom she met tonight, to the beautiful
lady stamped with tho sign of the young
moon who Is about to mairy the great lord
she loves "
Then ho thrust a little linen-wrapped
parcel Into my hands nnd with Ids com
panion vanished Into the dnrkncrti.
I returned tn tho drawing room, where
the others were still discussing tho re
mnrknhle performance of the two nat.vo
conjurers.
"They bavo gone." I said In nnswer to
I.nrd Ilngnoll. "to walk to London, ns they
said. Hut they liave sent n wedding pres
ent to SIlss Holmes," and 1 showed the
parcel.
ft'ONTINUKn TOSiOllUOW)
The rnnelndlnc Instalment of "llrsnnil the
rent (iklhlon" Mill he found on Piute Keten
of till. lAMie.
ONE LOOK TELLS HER
IF A MAN IS MARRIED
East Orange Mothcr-in-Law Ex
poses Daughter's Husband
and Tells How
SHOWS HARNESS MARKS
Farmer Smith's
Column
When I reached the doorway I caught sight of the figure of Miss Holme3
Hitting across n garden.
i-t. Mellck. chairman of tho press commit
teo ot the State Federation of Women's
Clubs, and Sllsa Grace Van Braam Oray
will speak on "Press and Publicity Work In
Women's Clubs." A spec'al musical pro
gram baa been arranged for the afternoon,
with SIlss Ethel A. BIghtcr, soloist, and
Sirs. William S. Ward, harpist. The press
committee Includes Sirs. Prank G. Bur
rows, chairman; Sirs. T. Sparks Bishop, Sirs.
SeUi Pancoast Levis. Sirs. It. F. Griffith,
Mrs. Andrew S. SI. Young. Sirs. John Vf.
Sloon and Sirs. John McKenna.
What's Doing Tonight
City Club annual eloctlon. City Clu.b.
Contemporary club, dlacuulon on "Men of the
Hour In Europe." Uellevue-SCratforil.
German-American Charity Society baU, Trail
gtintlwle Hall. I
Philadelphia Society for Promoting- Agricul
ture. 815 Bouth Fifteenth etreet
Fire Insurance Society annual banquet, Bellevue-Stratford.
Free lecture on "Jewlah Colonic In Talea
tlneT" by lir. B. C. Qordon. Jloueton Hall.
Walnut Street UuelneM Auoclattoa. St. James
.... u n'fifuir.
?jf.':."i.Kd;'Siii
r.-itue. MOO Market atreet. 8 o'clock. Free.
- . -, ies-iir tii.iiiHMX iuan. ;.i.iu luiuiddi
irree.
Vut 1'hllwlelphU Bualneaa and Improvement
aicue. MOO Market atreet. S o'clock. Free.
Nortbweat Bueluw Men, S33U Columbia, ave-
&uu-e(t Suaduebanna Avenue Bualoea Stan. 1101
Weat miaquehanna avenue. 8 o clock. Free.
M'rsr..""-T":r: s '.-.;c" e -"
SDUIIft .. w v.m .r.-.
and
4a auction bridge, awl "800 ' party U
Jubilee concert. O J ford i'reabyterlaa
fl olden
liaSoi. "Old ouard. Adelphie. Hoiel
XUitb control cosfertace. Wiuuaa's Uoasltal.
forth.
Tho show was very good, but to tell the
truth I did not take much notice of it.
for I had seen aimUar things before and
was engaged In thocghts excited by what
Ilarut had said to me. At length the pair
paused amid tho clapping of tha oudlence,
and Marut began to pack up the properties
as though all were done. Then Ilarut ob
served casually:
"The I.ord Slacumazana think this poor
business and ha right. Very poor business,
anv conjurer do better. AH common trick"
here his eye fell upon Mr. Savage who
was wriggling uneasily lp. tha background.
"What matter with that gentleman? Brother
Marut, go fcee."
"Brother Marut" went and freed Sir.
Savage from two more snakea which seemed
to have taken possession of various parts of
his garments. Also, amid shouts of laughter,
from a large dead rat which he appeared to
draw from his well-oiled hair.
"Ah!" said Ilarut, as his confederate
returned with thesa prizes, leaving Savage
collapsed In a chair, "snake love that gen
tleman much. He earn great money In
Africa. Well, he keep rat in hair; hungry
snake always wani rai. uui as l say. this
poor business. Now you like to see soma
better. ehT Mameena, ehl"
"No." I replied firmly, -whereat etry ons
laughed.
"Klepbant Jans, we want you hill, ehT
Just as ba look tbla minute."
The general cffei-f r.f them was not unlike
thnt of the lauRlung k.ih which dentli-ts
give, with this difference, that whereas the
gas produces ln--nslbilily. theso fumes
seemed to net Hie mind on lire nnd to burn
away nil limitations of tinin and distance
Things shlfteil beforo nw It was as though
I wero no longer In thai room, but traveling
with Inconcetvablo rapidity.
Suddenly I appeared to stop beforo a
curtain of mist. Tho mist rolled up in front
of mo nnd I saw a wild and wonderful
scene. Thera lay a Inko surrounded by
dense African forest. Tho sky nbova was
still red with the last lights of sunset, and
in it floated tho full moon. On tho eastern
side of tho lako wns a grent open spaca
where nothing seemed to grow, and all
about this snaco wero tho skeletons of
hundreds of dead elephants. Thcro they
lay, somo of them almost covered with gray
mosses hanging over their bones, through
which their yellow tusks projected ns
though they had been dead for centuries;
others with tho rotting hide still on them.
I knew that I was looking on a cemetery
of elephants, tho placo where theso great
beasts went to die, as 1 havo since been
told tho extinct moas did In New Zealand.
All my lifo as a hunter had I heard rumora
of theso cemeteries, but never beforo did I
seo such a spot even in a dream.
Seo! Thcro was one dying now, a huge
gaunt bull that looked aa though It were
several hundred years old. It stood there
swaying to and fro. Then it lifted its trunk.
I supposo to trumpet, though of course I
could hear nothing, and slowly sank upon
Its knees and so remained ill tho last re
laxation ot death.
Almost In tha center of this cemetery
was a llttlo mound of water-washed rock
that had endured when tho rest of the
stony plain was denuded in past epochs.
Suddenly upon that rock appeared the
Bhapo of the most gigantic elephant that
ever I beheld In all my long experience. It
had one enormous tusk, but tho other was
deformed and broken off bhort. Its sides
were scarred as thougli with fighting and
its eyes shone red and wickedly.
Held In Its trunk was the body of a
woman whose hair hung down upon one
side and whose feet hung down upon the
other. Clasped in her arms was a child
that seemed to be still living.
The rogue, as a brute of this sort Is
called, for evidently such It was, dropped
the corpse to the ground and stood for a
while Happing Its ears. Then it felt for
and picked up the child with its trunk,
swung it to and fro and finally tossed It
high into the air. hurling It far away. After
this it walked to the elephant that I had
Just seen die and charged the carcaiw,
knocking it over. Then having lifted Its
trunk aa though to trumpet in triumph,
It shambled off toward the forest and van
ished. The curtain of mist fell again and In It.
dimly, I thought I saw well, never mind
who or what I saw. Then I awoke.
"Well, did you see anything?" asked
a chorus of voices.
I told them what I bad seen. leavlnar out
the last part
"I say, old fellow." said Seroope, "you
must have been pretty clever to get all
As their full srnse came home to him. al
though his face remained Impassive, I saw
hi" dark eyes shino with the light of tri
umph. Sloreover I heard him whimper to
.Harm words that seemed to mean.
"Tho Sacred I'hlld accepts tho Guardian.
The Spirit of tho Whito Kendah finds a
voice ngaln."
Then ns though Involuntarllj-, but with
tho utmost reverence, both of them bowed
deeply toward SIlss Holmes.
A babel of conversation broke out.
"What a ridiculous dream." I heard Lord
Hagnall say In a vexed voice. "An Ivory
child that seemed to come to life nnd to
glvo you a necklace. Whoever heard such
nonsense?"
"Whoever heard such nonsense?" repeated
SIlss Holmes after him, ns though In polite
acquiescence, but speaking as an automaton
might np?ak.
"r say," Interrupted Seroope, addressing
SIlss .Manners, "this Is a drawing-room en
tertainment and n half, Isn't It, dear?"
"I don't know," nnswered Miss Slanncrs
doubtfully. "It ts rather too queer for my
taste. Tricks are all very well, but when It
comes to maglo and visions I get fright
ened." "Well, I suppose the show is over." said
j..jiii iiuKMuu. wuniermam, would you
mind asking your conjurer friends what I
owe them?"
Hero Harut, who had understood, paused
from packing up his properties und an
swered :
"-Vothlng. O great lord, nothing. It Is
wo owe you much. Here we learn what we
want. 10 nnow long tune. I mean If elephant
Jana still kill people of Kendall. Kendah
'bacco no speak to us. Only speak to new
spirit. You got great gift, lady, and you,
too, Slacumazana. You not like smoke more
Kendah 'bacco and look Into past, eh? Bet
ter look I Very full. past, learn much there
about all us; learn how things begin. Slake
you understand lot what seem odd today.
.Vo ! Well, ono day you look p'raps, 'cause
past pull hard and call loud, only no one
hear what it say. Oood-nlght, O great lord
Good-night. O beautiful lady. Good-night
O Slacumazana. till wo meet again when
you come kill elephant Jana. Blessing of
the Heaven Child, who give rain, who pro
tect all danger, who give food, who srlva
health, on you all."
Then making many obeisances they
walked backward to the door whero they put
on their long cloaks.
At a sign from Lord Bag-nail I aecompa.
nled them, an office which, fearing more
snakes, Mr. Savage was very glad to resign
to mo. Presently we stood outside the
house amid the moaning trees, and very
cold It was there.
"What does all this mean, O men nt
Afrloa?" I asked. " ol
"Answer the question yourself when you
stand face to face with the great elephant
Jana that has In it an evil spirit, O Macu
mazana," replied Harut. "Nay, listen. We
are far from our borne and we souehr ,i.i.
ings through those who could give It to us
and we have won those tidings, that Is all!
We aro worshipers of the Heavenly Child
that Is eternal youth and all good things
but of late the Child has lacked a tongue'
Yet tonight It (poke again. Seek to know
CLOSE YOUR EYES
Sly Dear Children There may be times
v. ben. for one reason or other, you aro kept
awake At such times, let mo recommend
that you Ki:i:i YOUtt KY1SS SHUT. Our
eyes are so wonderful that It would tnko a
lifetime to study them properly nnd when
the end came we would yet bo far from
knowing all there Is to know nbout these
two little windows of tho soul.
How peaceful nnd how restful It Is tD
close one's eyes In tho midst of turmoil!
It seems as though wo wcro entering
Into a secret chamber when wo closo tho
doors of our Mght and sink Into ourselves.
Ilo you know that wo could not live very
long If our eyes stnyed open ALL the time?
Let us then take care of there gifts which
are such an Important part of us.
Your eyeball Is round, so is the earth,
the sun, tho moon, and nil nature moves
In circles. The sun moves In u clrclo day
by day. the moon doe3 the same at night.
Even our dear earth has to ItKST and
closes its EY12S ot night when WE go to
sleep.
Even as dear Slother Nature clorcs the
oyes of the world In sleep, so It Is Intended
that YOl' SHOl'LD CLOSE YOUR EYES.
Close your eyes after you have read this
and seo how many things you can think ot
which I SllGHT havo compared to your
eyes In this talk to you.
Lovingly.
FAILMER SSIITH, Children's Editor.
How to Tell Married Men
in Woman Expert's Opinion
"TT SHOWS in their fnccs.
J- "They nro considerate around
the house.
"They arc artistic liars nbout
things wives like to be lied to about.
"If they say something nice about
other women they say something
nicer about their wives.
"A woman's tears don't bother
them.
"During a family tiff they know
when to talk nnd when to keep still."
Mrs. Anna Schoficld.
WHERE FROGS COME FROM
Hy Farmer Smith
Billy Bumpus tucked his little daughter,
Nannie. Into her little bed ono night, and
when he thought she was all comfortably
settled sho nsked for a drink of water. After
Billy had given It to her he sat down to tell
her the usual evening story.
"No matter where you go, water is al
ways free."
"Perhaps people remember the story of
Latona, the mother of Phoebus Appolo.
"One day Latona, with her children, was
Journeying In a strange country, nnd sho
became very thirsty. In the bottom of the
valley she espied a pond of clear water,
whero tho country people were working
gathering willows. Sho approached the
pond und would have slaked her thirst, but
the country peoplo forbade her, so she said
to them: 'Why do you refuse ma water?
Water is free to all. I do not wish to
bntho In It, only to quench my thirst, and
my children cry unto you for water.'
"But the country people were very rude
to her nnd stirred up the water so that she
could no) drink. She became enraged at
this, and, raising her hands to heaven, ex
claimed: "Slay they never quit that pool,
but pass their lives there I' And it came to
pass accordingly.
"They still live In the water, sometimes
under It nnd sometimes above It ; some
times coming out on the bank, but soon
Jumping In again. Their voices are harsh
and their throats bloated ; their mouths
distended by constant railing and fussing;
their necks have shrunk up until they have
disappeared, and their heads are Joined to
their bodies. Their backs are green and
their swollen stomachs white. They dwell
In tho slimy pool and are colled "
"Frogs." said Nannie.
"That's right," said her father, very much
pleased to think that she knew so much.
SUFFRGAGE SENTINELS
RESUME SILENT PATROL
"On the Job" Again Before White
House Gates With New Query
for the President
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 The silent suf
frage sentinels were on the Job again today
before the White House gates.
Tha entire twelte gathered at the west
gate today In order to give President Wilson
a salute when he returned from his golf
game. Afterward the pickets divided forces
with six at each gate. The weather was
still raw and the pickets were bundled up
to the limit.
The big banners flashed a new question
to the President today. They read:
"Sir. President, how much longer must
the women wait
EAST onANOE, N. J., Jan. 15. -Sirs.
Anna Schoficld Just chuckled nnd chuckled
today when nsked to explain her statement
that "You can nlwnyn tell a married man
by his actions."- Then sho explained.
Sirs. Schofield Is tho East Orange
mother-in-law who Just naturally knew her
daughter's husband -had another wife
stowed away somewhere.
Sho suspected that of Captain Selwyn
Joyce, of Boer War fame, from the firs!;,
and nflcr ho married daughter Dorothy
Slother Schoficld pooh-poohed his claim to
bachelorhood and sniffed out his other
marrlago record In far-off New Zealand.
SLVllIHAGE ANNULLED
Dorothy's marriage now stands annulled
nr.d wife No. 1 Is waiting for her divorce
suit to Jell, all due to Slother Schofleld's
eagle eye for benedicts.
"You can seo It In their faces." she said
today, "it sticks out all over them.
"Slarrlnge brands a man as plain as a
hot Iron on a cow's hip. I saw 'wife' written
on the slick Sir. Joyce tho first time I ever
set eyes on him. He was too considerate
around tho house to be a thlrty-nlne-year-old
bachelor.
"Llko nil average married men, ho was
an artistic liar In a small way about things
wives like to ho lied to about. As to his
further accomplishments In this respect, I
say nothing but that ho could praise coffee
that everybody knew was vile In such a
way that It tasted good.
"What old bachelor would take the
trouble to do that, even if ho could? Only
a married man would do It
"Llko his brother benedicks he knew
how to praise his wife's taste, whether good
or bad. If ,a married man says something
about another woman he doesn't neglect
to say something a llttlo nicer about his
wife. That was Joyce.
TOO NICE FOR. BACHELOR
"Ho had habits of cleanliness and care
about the house that no bachelor of thirty
nine ever had. Ho didn't throw his clothes
on the Moor nor leave things cluttered up
behind him. He showed In a thousand
ways that a wlfo wasn't new to him,
"Take tears, for Instance. Tears break
a newly and nover-before-married man's
heart Ho gets alt excited about them. But
they rolled Off that man's back like water
off a duck.
"Some of his oily sweetness might have
been explained If he had been living at
home with women folks who had trained
him a bit, but a man doesn't get polished
up for domestic use as a soldier of for
tune. "I kept quiet about my suspicions until
ono day he and Dorothy were fighting. He
fought like a married man. He knew when
to talk and when to shut up.
" 'Selwyn.' said I, Interrupting them, 'I
wouldn't be surprised If you've been mar
ried before.'
SHE SHOWED HIM
" 'You can't prove It,' says he. getting
red and turning round real quick. I told
him I'd Just show htm, which I did.
"N'ot long after wo got the goods on him
ho came In with an empty poison bottle and
said he'd swallowed poison and waa going
to die and would we shake hands and tell
him good-by.
"Wo said we'd be glad to If he really had
taken tha poison. But when they used the
stomach pump on him at the hospital it
was as we suspected. They didn't find any.
thing but free lunch.
"You can tell a married man every time.
They show where tho harness has rubbed."
GIRL BATHERS DISCARD
HOSE AT PALM BEACH
: for liberty?"
Yeals Wed'd
Six.ty YeaTs Wedded
The sixtieth wedding anniversary of
Martin MacNellle. eighty-five years old, and
his wife. Martha M. SlacNellle. seventy
seven years old, U being celebrated today
at their borne. 912 Jefferson street Mr.
MacN'eUle is foreman of the coroner's
special Jury-
Philadelphia Damsel One of Pair Who
Give Resort Sight Worth
Seeing
PALM BEACH, Fla.. Jan. J 5. The heat
was scorching. Bathers started early and
spent the most of their time flirting with
the high waves. Miss Nina Whitmore. of
Philadelphia, and SIlss Florida Settle, of
Paris, came to the beach very lightly clad.
At first It was thought they had forgotten to
put on their stockings, but investigation
proved that the garments were Intentionally
discarded. They are pretty and look
pretty, whereby If the fad finds favor tha
hosiery manufacturers win have a hard
time, while the future of the oculists will
be assured.
Miss Settle refused to comment. She
smiled and ran away In the ocean. But
Miss Whitmore faced the third degree very
calmly and business-like. She said : "Well,
stockings are too thin anyhow, and some
thing has to be done to reduce the high cost
of living, so I discarded them."
The Incident would have been closed, but;
Miss H. Slattery, ot Providence, who Is a,
keen observer, said:
"Pardon me. Miss Whitmore, you are
wearing a bouquet of orchids on your
corsage that costs more than half a dozen
pair of stockings. The waves will ruin the
natural dowers, but will never Injure a
hose."
Four eyes gave a lightning flash There
was no thunder. Miss Slattery remained
on the beaeh perspiring. Miss Whitman
went into the ocean to cool off. otftsi-iii
it was A quiet, Sunday,
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