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Mrs. William VP. Carter Will Entertain at a Ball at
the Ritz-Carlton Tonight for Her Granddaugh
ter, Miss Lucile Carter Other Matters
WELL., tho week begins With more dcbutnnto doings, ns you see. for torn. Carter
" will glvo a ball tonight at tlio "Rich Carlton," ns I onco heard a person at a party
call It, for Lucllo Carter, daughter of Wllllo Carter. Luclle has had a great many
entertainments given for her this season nnd has been having a mighty good lime
Somehow I nover can get used to seeing her In Huffy evening clothes; I nlways
piciura ncr in nuinu logs miu ueruy nai, nut i near sno lias not given very much
time to horses this year tho light fantastic has more charm Just now.
There will bo several dinners beforo tonight's ball. Mr. nnd Mrs. Phil Brlce
will entertain for Emily Harris nnd Mrs. Thomas Foster will entertain at the
Bellevuo and theatre In honor of Xnncy Wjnno Cook beforo taking her guests to
tho Carter dance.
WHAT actlvo little
centers tho sub
urbs arel I was talk
ing recently to n
member of tho "Wyn
coto chapter of tho
Pennsylvania "Wom
an's Branch of Na
tional Preparedness;
goodness knows If
that Is tho correct
name, for, to me, tho
most wonderful feat
theso women accom
plish Is tho tomenv
berlng of tho title of
their branches nnd
chapters nnd the
main title of the
wholo business nny
how. It's somo work,
believe mo. To con
tlnuo our narration,
tho annual business
meeting of Wyncote's
. chapter was held last
wenk In tho narlsh d
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notisc ou ah unuows
Church. Tho officers
for tho coming year
elected were chair
man, Mrs. Milton K.
N. Xclffcr; vice chair
man, Mrs. Henry
Spalding; secretary,
Mrs. Harry S. Smith; f
treasuror, Mrs.
Fletcher Pearson.
Tho department for
surgical dressings
and hospital supplies
Is to meet eveiy Tues
day morning in tho
parish houso to sew,
roll bandages and
mako things for tho
French soldiers.
Thero nro 130 women
In this chapter nnd
splendid work has
been dono by them
In the past year. Tho now membership
committee Includes Mrs. Fred Morris. Jr.,
Mrs. Henry Spalding and Mrs. Harold
McFarland.
' It appears that General Pershing somo
tlmo ago sont out nn appeal for blankets
made of newspaper covered with ticking,
which will keep the dampness from tho
men who have to stand tho excessively
moist climato. This work has been under
taken with great zest by tho kind mem
bers of the "Wyncoto Chapter.
HOW tho ltttlo brides do crop up and
tako their part in tho soclnl doings
onco they have touched earth after bliss
ful wedding trips. The latest one to an
nounce days Is Mrs. .loo Swain, who was
Jean Guthrie, of Wlllies-Barre, nnd who
had one of the most beautiful weddings
of the season. Sho will bo nt homo at
2016 Locust Btreet on Thursday after
noons during next month and March. Mrs.
Swain has not sent out cards, but ns so
many persons do now-a-days, sho Is sim
ply letting her friends know by tho papers
nnd by word of mouth. Her houso Is
aweet, so brldey nnd fresh; believe me, sho
Is some housekeeper. Sho doe3 not re
semblo tho young housekeeper, now nn
experienced one, who when she first enmo
to this city to live went down to "Junk
er's" ono day and nsked for "sweet
breads." I think that is ono of the love
liest stories of a bride's struggles with
running a house I have ever heard. Don't
y0UV NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
Mis. D. Webster Dougherty will give a
luncheon nnd brldgo party at tho Philadel
phia Country Club, Bala, next Monday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Itobert Blgelow of New
York, will attend the dinner which Mr. ana
Mrs. Herbert Clark, ot the III U-Carl .on.
will give at the hotel before tho ball which
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur II. Lea will give in
honor ot Miss Katharine C. I.ca. on Wed
nesday night.
Mrs. William Drayton Grange, of 1901
Spruce Btreet, will Blva a dinner on Febru
ary 9 before the ball which Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Haro Davis will Blva nt Horticul
tural Hall. Mrs. Grange will entertain In
formally at luncheon today. Covers will be
laid for eight guests.
Mrs. Mark Stnmbach, of Lincoln Drive.
Germantown. will give an informal dance
tonight in honor of Mrs. Thaddeus C.
White, of Pekln, China, who Is the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Morton Poolo. The
Trlncess Der Ling la a delightful little per
son and every one Is anxious to entertain
her In soma way. .
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Lloyd, of 233
Harvey street, Germantown, will entertain
nt Hlnnpr nn .Tnnnarv 30 at the German-
town Cricket Club In honor of their son.1
An attractive dinner-dance took r'aca at
the Philadelphia Cricket Club on Saturday
night. A number of dinners were given,
among them one by Mr. nnd Mrs. SJdward
Schumann, of 15 Pelham road; also one
given by Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Barnltz.
Mr. William F. Schwelkhardt, of Morris
town, N. J., has Issued cards for the mar
riage of his daughter, Miss Minnie Frederic
Schwelkhardt, to the Rev. Charles Eduard
Eder, curate at the Church of St. Martln-ln-the-Flelds,
Chestnut Hill, on Miday.
January 29, at 5 o'clock in the Church
of the Redeemer, Morristown. '
Mrs. Edward F. Hoffman, Mrs. Edward F.
Hoffman, Jr., and MUs Phoeba White Hoff
man will be at home Informally on Tues
day afternoons after i o'clock during Jan
uary, at 3805 Locust street.
Mrs. Edward McGlnley will talk on
"Current Events" at the Twentieth Cen
tury Club, of Lansdowne, tomorrow after
noon. A literary class to study Action of
today has been organized for Thursday
afternoons, with Mrs. Charles H. Leech
as leader. The, class is open to club mem
bers and members oftha Junior section.
Mrs. Alfred Day Dedaker. of Tacony,
announces the amjagmnt of her daugh
ter. MiH Btber Utter Badakcr. to Mr.
ljuisun ij. lumiM or tnls cltv and liar.
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MISS GERTRUDE MORRIS
Miss Morris, a popular member of the younger
set, will take part in the comedy, "Sylvia," which
will bo given on February 2 nt the Bellevuc
Stratford to aid St. Francis's Home for Conva
lescents in Darby.
Pennsylvania nnd a member of tho Theta
Chi Fraternity.
The Alumni Association of the Hol
man School for Girls, 220 Walnut
street, gave a card party Saturday for
tho benefit of tho scholnrshlp fund. Many
of tho graduates of tho school were pres
ent. Tho committee In charge included
Mrs. Helen Acker Woolford, Miss Helen
Lukens, Mrs. Beatrice Pick Tracy, Miss
Dorothy Schaperkotter, Miss Agnes Black
burne. Miss Kdnn C. Davis, .Mrs. It. V.
Dick, Miss Helen Cnrrovv. Miss Marlon
Adams. Miss Charlotte Cavnnna. Miss
Elizabeth Mathleu and Miss Anno N'elbon,
chairman.
Mrs. George C. Blahon. of Merlon, en
tertained at luncheon nnd cards on Friday
for eighty guests. Mrs. Blahon, who en
tertained a number of Now York guests
over tho week-end, gave a reception nnd
dance for 150 guests.
The members of tho Senior Class of the
Stevens School In Germantown have Issued
cards for a danca at tho Philadelphia
Crlcliet Club on Friday. February 1G. The
patronesses will includo Miss Mary Bent
ley, principal of tho school ; Miss Mary
Miles, assoclato principal ; Miss Frances
Ellis McGrath. Mrs. Charles Blizzard, Mrs.
Walter E. Smith, Mrs. George Speeae, Mrs.
George Rich, Mrs. William E. Buehler, Mrs.
O. W. Ketcliam and Mrs. D. M. Stearns.
Mrs. Herman II. Grebe, of BOSS Pino
street, is the guest of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wood, of Bristol, Pa.
Mrs. Walter McGurvey, of 319 Spring
field avenue, Chestnut Hill, entertained at
dinner before the dance at the Philadelphia
Crlcltet Club Saturday night in honor of
Mrs. L. Frederick Grant, of Cleveland, O.
Covers were laid for sixteen guests.
Mr. Julius Wilde, whose engagement was
recently nnnounced to Miss Daisy Trum
bour, gava a theatre party followed
by supper Friday night. The guests were the
members of tho bridal party at tho
wedding, which will take place In June,
Including Mrs. Herbert M. Tlliien, Miss
Florence E. Fisher, Miss Jane M. Laird,
Miss Marlon Helms. Miss Jane Osborne,
Mr. Frederick J. Wilde, Mr. John E. Con
ner, Mr. George J. Steffe, Mr. Henry E.
Sharp and Mr. George Seth.
Mra Walter H. Bryant, of" 116 South
Twenty-second street, entertained at dinner
Saturday night, followed by auction. Covers
were laid for thirty-two guests.
Mrs. J. Burton Mustln has returned to
her home on West Johnson street, German
town, from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Er
nest Qutna, In Pensacola, Fla.
Mrs. Richard Tllghman, Miss M. Ga
brlela Tllghman, Mr. Richard Tllghman
and Mrs. irancis w. Robinson, of St.
Davids Court, St. Davids, will spend the
balance of the winter at the Rlttenhouao
Hotel.
Mrs. Daniel JJ. Carstalrs, of West School
House lane, Germantown, has gone to Cam
den, S. C, for the remainder of the winter.
Mrs. John Brown,
gone to Atlantic City.
of St. .Martins, has
N. J., for a fortnight.
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Harper, of East
dine, Villanova, have gone to Somerville,
S. C, to spend the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Hulls, of 7318
Boyer street. Mount Airy, are being con
gratulated upon the birth of a son.
The Jenkintown Improvement Associa
tion will hold Its annual meeting and din
ner on Wednesday evening, at 6:16 o'clock.
After the dinner an entertainment will be
given, which will ba followed by a smoker.
Mrs. Guy Flalg Bauer, of 219 South
Farragut terrace, will be at home Infor
mally next Friday after 3 o'clock.
Mr- and Mrs. James J. Brennan and their
son, Mr. James J. Brennan, Jr., of 4373
Main street Manayunk, have gone to
Miami. Fla. to spend the winter. Mr.
Brennan U recuperating from his recent
illness.
The Ishka Blbblts will give a dance on
Saturday, March 3, In the Rosa Gardens ot
the Bellevue-Stratford.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marshall, of MJ8
Knox street, Germantown. announce the en
gagement of their daughter, Mtsa May L.
Uarehal), to Mr. Paul H Gilbert. Bon of
Or. and Mrs. I B. Gilbert of this city
Mr. QlUwt was graduated froto t&a Unl-
yersity ot Paausyivaola. cU t lilh
EVEJflNG LEDGEE-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 22,
WEST PHILADELPHIANS
URGE NEW P0ST0FFICE
Sixtieth and Market Streets Dis
trict Has Outgrown Postal
Service, Business Men Say
BRANCH NOW NECESSITY
Delays in Mail Serious Disadvantage,
Thornton Is 'Told by Neighbor
hood Representatives
Merchants nnd huilnts men In the vicin
ity of Sixtieth nnd Market streets have
voiced a demand for n carrier postodlce to
be located near their business center. Tho
matter has been taken up by the S.xtleth
nnd Market Streets Business Association
nnd a commltteo has been appointed to call
on Postmaster Thornton to explain the need
At present the nenrrnt carrier Blalion Is
tho West Mnrket Station, Fifty-second nnd
Market streets. Mall delivery service for
the Sixtieth stre.et nnd Mlllbournn d utricts
li supplied by carriers from this station
Tho rapid growth of these localities within
tho last few years has made the delivery
fncllltlei Inadequate to take rare of the
stead. ly Increasing Influx of mall. Malt
routes which wcro once covered by two men
now keep ten men busy.
t'pon these facts tho committee will hae
Its plea to Postmaster Thornton, nrcordltig
in j e Travis, vice president ot the asso
ciation "A Sixtieth street carrying station ran no
longer bo considered as n pleasing but re
mote prospect. The need Is pressing nnd
much d ssatlsfnctlon hai been expressed
with the present service." said Mr. Travis,
'although no criticism of the work of the
carriers can bo made. Tho men begin tho
first delivery burdened with huge sacks of
mail, nnd nil year round work In a rush
which approaches Chrlstmns-tlmo propor
tions" Mr Travis also said that service for the
Sixtieth street locality would bo doubly sat
isfactory If tho carriers could start from
a neighborhood postolllco. At present the
carriers must ride from Fifty-second and
Market streets to tho outlying routes. Tbli
circumstance retnrds the deliveries, par
ticularly the morning delivery. In which the
bulk of tho mall arrives.
Mr. Travis pointed out that although
within tho last ten years tho Sixtieth nnd
Market streets section has developed from
a truck-farming center to a thriving busi
ness district, with tho exception of an In
creased delivery force the postal facilities
have been unimproved.
The Inconvenience suffered during the
recent holiday crush has served to arouse
the dormant Interest in the desired postofilce
and tho entlro neighborhood Is now Inter
ested nnd anxiously hoping for Immediate
favorable results from the meeting of Post
master Thornton with the association com
mittee. What's Doing Tonight
Woman's Whin Jtenilors' Association annual
meptlnK. lStd Chestnut atrect. Tree.
Charter revision commltteo dinner. Tlellevue.
Stratford. Members only
County Mnyo men's ball. Mercantile Hall.
Members only.
Clvlr Symphony concert, Wltherspoon Hall.
Admission charge
South Phlladelphli Ituslness Men's Associa
tion, JJroad nnd Federal streets: s u'rlork. Free.
l.ecturo on "Japan " by II r. William 15.
Hushes, at Itlltenhousa Hotel, for lienent of
Chopin Memorial llom for the Wind. HTI3
Woodland avenue; 8 o'clock. Admission charm-.
Chester Avenue Improvement Association.
rilHfl Chester avenue. Kree.
Lecture, "Mv Second Year of the "War." by
Frederick Talmer. Academy of Music. Admis
sion charso.
Farmer Smith's
Column
THE HOY AND THE MONSTER
Dearest Chl'llren: Onco upon a tlmo
there was a Mttle Hoy who HATKD a great
big Monster. The more ho hated tho
Monster, tho larger It became, until finally
the boy becamo DESPBHATK.
One night thn Little Boy had a dream
nbout tho Monster, which, by the way, was
nothing moro nor less than Arithmetic.
Now wasn't that a funny Monster?
In his dream tho Little Hoy saw an
Old Man with n white beard, who said to
him:
"When you hato anything, you tie your
self to it. Do you not know that FIGURES
are tho ONE universal language? Surely
jou should be interested In NUMBERS,
for numbers are understood all over the
world.
"Take your laundry to a Chinaman and
he uses the same figures YOU do.
"Buy a banana from an Italian at the
corner fruit stand he uses the same figures
YOU USE.
"Love the thing you hate and It becomes
easier."
After saying this the Old Man disap
peared. Tho next morning the Little Boy was up
bright nnd early, nnd started In to finish
a problem in Arithmetic which be had
left the night before because he HATED
It, and lo and behold tho problem becamo
much easier.
After that the Little "tooy became good
at Arithmetic, much to his teacher's amaze
ment, but ho never told her of his dream.
Lovingly,
FARMER SMITH. Children's Editor.
TWO DOGS AND ONE CAT
By Farmer Smith
One night Billy Bumpus tucked his
daughter Nannie Coat In bed "Tell me a
dog story," pleaded Nannie. So Billy be.
gau:
"Ginger was lying on the front porch
fast asleep, He was having such beautiful
dreams. Such a delicious piece of Juicy
meat he was just about to eat when
"Suddenly he sat up, his eyes very much
awake, ono car stuck straight up.
" 'What's that ! What's that !' he thought,
as he listened very carefully, his head on
one side.
"He didn't have long to wait. Up the
street came Thomas, the cat, on a run.
Ills tall was as big as his body.
"After him and almost upon him was
Sport, the yellow dog, for whom Ginger had
no love at all.
"Over the fence came Thomas and up a
tree he went so fast that he looked like a
black streak.
"Sport, too, was coming fast. Over the
fence he came and up the tree he went, but
just half way ; he couldn't climb like
Thomas.
"Ginger stood up and growled fiercely.
" 'Say, you, Sport,' he tald, 'now you get
out of here and get out quick, or I'll give
you the worst licking you ever had.'
"Well, what's (he matter with you?'
said Sport. 'Can't a fellow chase an old
cat?'
" 'Don't stop to talk.' said Ginger, ad
vancing and showing his teeth, 'but mind
what I tell you and get out quick.'
"Now," there was one thing Sport didn't
like, and that was Ginger's teeth. They
were so very sharp, and Sport, had felt them
more than once. So back over the fence he
went, growling with rage. Ginger gave him
a little bite just for good luck as he went
back over the fence.
" 'Come on down, Thomas,' pleaded
Ginger.
"'Not just yet,' said Thomas. 'I guess
I'll stay up btre a while longer. I feel safer
somehow.'
"'But I am your friend,' urged Ginger.
" 'I don't think s. Sometlroea It Is as
Important to know your eswolM as It U to
know your friends," answered Ttwmas.
"That, was too much for Glnj er and tje
Vtut "
"I'm so (jlad you enme. I
THE IVORY CHILD
By II. RIDER IIAGOARD
"Jfarlr." "Ktna Solomon'i ttne." "Sht.'
Author of
tiik STonr Tiirs pah
ALLAN m.'ATtntMAN n famous African
hunter nnd fortune seeker. Is In KngUnri pn
one of his occasloral vlslls While there hn
Is Invited lo ntteml n dinner at n famous old
eslale .
I.OttO RAnXM.L. the host, and Quaterronln
strike up a close friendship illirlliff '"" e
leptlon prior lo the dinner in honor of Hiss
Holmes Lord HsHnall's Hatree
LUNA HOI.MHH Is a loime woman of creat
beautj. who was nnmeil l.una because or a
birthmark In the shnp of .1 moon on her
breast Miss Holmes lakes a lively Interest
In Quatermaln nnd Afrlci and prophes.es that
she will spend at lenst part of her 'life .there
liurlmr the course of lb,, dinner Miss H"''"?;
tells tluatcrmaln of nn Incident In li" 'r
life, when two Arabs fall In nn nltrmpt to
kidnap her Shortlv after dinner these two
Arabs arrive, making Inquln about Quaiernnln
HAKl'T nnd MAItl'T ask for '"",'r,',"n,l'l
his Arab name. Mocutnnnnii, and '"
frlKhten I.ord ltjinairs valet. ?"".?,' ,lA',,rK:
duclnit snakes from bis rockets rim Arab'
nnf shown In nnd nleaii w th Qualerman In re
tiirn to Africa nn,l kill th slant elephant-Rod
J3uaterman smells of an Incense, from tlij
censer which tho Arabs hand him and es as
thrmiah a mist, the elephant kllllnn n child
Miss Holmes th-n Inhales the Incense, nnd sees
n. child-nod place a atrlnB of (terns on her tie, h
The Ario? prophesy that , Ouatermaln will a la v
tho elephant, and that Miss lit lm vl ! . r'."
to Africa. They leavo and '" '""?, "
a small packet ns n Present Co r " n I
fiancee. It Is th slrlnc ot cems widen -miss
Holmes saw In the lslon .,,.,...- 'Miss
,.:k.v. wi .w:;,ffi,,,,?p ''re0Jo.riowsM.!"
i'o'.ho'aanlen nnd arrives lo time to prove.
duet-cd her back To her room without wakln
CIt U'TKB VII (Continued)
..mlin first thing I remember was the np
Ipearance of Lady Longden just nt day
break at the doorway of my cabin and the
frightened sound of her voice "sklng
Luna, that is. my wife, was with me. The,,
It transpired that she had left her cabin
clad In a fur cloak, evidently some time
before, as the bed in which she had been
lying was quite cold. Quatermaln. wo
searched everywhere: wo searched for four
dnv h"' from that hour no trace vvhatso
over of her has been found
"Have vou any theory?" I asked.
"Ye, or a least ail tno experts whom
.... '..,... i,nv n theory. It is that sho
unne down the saloon in the dark, gained
.. ... ..nitt ti ml
other weio ho ron-
'., cid !, T his v as hat had happened
hat not with ending .. toward of a thou
sand pounds which 1 offered for any alti
S"e iXmallon. they could scarcely be
persuaded to continue tho search.
"You said that a wind was blowing and
I understand that tho shores aro sandy,
so I suppose that all footprints would havo
been filled In?"
He nodded nnd I went on. 'What is
your own belief? Do you think that she
was drowned?"
H countered my query with another of
"What do you think?"
I- Oh' although I hava no light to
sav so 1 don't think at nil. I am quite sure
that she was not drowned ; that she Is living
at this moment."
"Where?"
"As to that jou had better Inquire of our
friends, llarut nnd Marut." I answered
dryly.
"What have you to go ou, Quatermaln
There Is no clue."
"On tho contrary. I hold that there are
a good many clues. Tho whole English
nart ot the story In which wo were con
cerned and the threats thoso mysterious
persons uttered are the flrtt and greatest
of these clues The fcccond Is the fact that
your hiring of the dahnblyeh regardless of
exponse was known a long tlmo before your
arrival In Egypt, for'l suppose ou did so
In your own name, which is not exactly that
of Smith or Jones. Tho thiril is your wires
sleep-walking propensities, which would
havo made it quite easy for her to bo
drawn ashore under borne kind of mesmeric
influence.
"The fourth Is that you had seen Arabs
mounted on camels upon the banks of the
Nile. Tho fifth is the heavy sleep you say
held everybody on board upon this par
ticular nlghtwhlch suggests to me that your
food may have been drugged. Tho sixth Is
tho apathy displayed by those employed in
the search, which suggests to mo that some
person or persons In authority may havo
been bribed, as is common In the East, or
perhaps frightened with threats of bewitch
ment. The seventh is that a night was
chosen when a wind blew which would ob
literate all spoor whether of men or of
swiftly traveling camels These are tviough
to begin with, though doubtless if I had
time to think 1 could find others You mutt
remember, too, that although the Juurney
would be long, this country of the Kendah
can doubtless be reached from the Sudan
STRATEGY
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Copyrig bt Llfa Pub! sh're Company
"Don't bark. Kairs
It's the
butcher boy and you
.frighten him away,"
boat on the e ..'""',,. ,rom n,r arms ami
the deck anil nieiwu - -- -
he Nile, which, of course, would hae car
ried the body away. As you may hav
heard "to Mo is full of bodies. I myself
nearu, m .,,, .i,.,, tourney. Tho
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CAUGHT AT LAST!
np rlirlit 1 tfti I'ubllnlilnir
wnnt you to back nic up when I tell my
by those who know tho rond. as well as
from southern or eastern Africa "
'Then you think that mv wifo has been
kidnapped by those villains, llarut nnd
Marut?"
' Of course, though villains Is a strong
term to apply to them They may lie quite
honest men nccordlng lo their peculiar
lights, ns Indeed I expect that they nro.
Reinembe r that they serve a god or a fetish,
or rnlhcr, ns they believe a god In a fetish,
who to them doubtless Is a very terrlbla
master, ivpeelnlly when, ns I understand,
that god Is threatened by n rival god "
"Why do ou say that, Quatermaln?"
Hy way of answer I repeated to him Iho
story which Hans said he had heaid from
Jhn old womnrt Beia. In tho town of the
Mnzllu. Lord Itdgnall listened witli the
deepest interest, then said in an agitated
voice :
"Tlint Is a very slrnngn tale, but has It
struck ynu, Quntermaiu, that If yniir sup
positions nro correct, ono of the most ter
rible circumstances connected with mv caso
is that our child .should have chanced to
conin to Its dreadful death through tho
wickedness of an elephant?"
"That curious coincidence has struck me
most forcibly. Lord Rngnnll. At tho s.tmo
tlmo 1 do not seo how It can bo set down
as moro than n coincidence, since the ele
phant which slaughtered your child was
certainly not that called Jana. To nupposo
because theie Is u war between nn elephant
god and a child-god somewhere In the
heart of Africa, that therefore another ele
phant can bo so Influenced that It kills a
child in England, Is to my mind out of nil
leason."
That is what I F.-ihl to mm. ns I. did not
wish to Introduce a new horror into an af
fair which wns already horrible enough.
Hut. recollecting that theso priests, llarut
and Marut. believed the mother of this
murdered Infant lo be nono other than the
oiacle of Iholr worship (though how this
chanced passed my comprehension), and
therefoie tho g.eal enem of tho evil elephant-god,
I confess that at heart I felt
nfrnid. If nny powers of magic, black or
white or both, were mixed up with the mat
ter ns my experiences In England seemed to
suggest, who could snv what might be their
exact limits? As. however. It has been
demonstrated ngnln nnd nga.n by the
learned that no such tiling ns African magic
exists, tills lino of thought appealed to be
too foolish to follow. So passing It by 1
nsked Lord Itagnall to continue.
"For over n month," ho went on, "I slop
ped in Egypt waiting till emissaries who
had been tent to the chiefs of various
tribes In tho Sudan and elsewhere returned
with tho news that nothing whatsoever
had been seen of a while woman traveling
in the company of natives, nor had they
lieat d of nny such woman being sold ns a
slave
"Also through the Khedive, on whom I
"FOK A WONDER!"
opnicht Life I'uullghlnir t'o.npan
vv.i- uble to bring intluenre to bear by help
of the Iliititdi liuver.imeut. 1 caused many
harems In Kg) lit to be visited, entirely with
out result After this, leaving the Inquiry
in tho hands of the British Consul und a
firm of Kitiich lavv)ers, although In truth
all liopo had gone, 1 returned to England,
whither I had already sent Lady Longden,
brolten-heaited. for it occuired to mo as
possible that my wife might havo drifted
or been taken thither. Hut here, too. there
was no trace of her or of anybody who
could possibly unsvver to her description.
Ho nt last I came to the conclusion that
her bones must lie somevvhero at the hot
torn of the Nile, and gave way to despair."
"Always a foolish thing to do, ' I re
marked "You will say so. Indeed, when you hear
the end, Quatermaln. My bereavement and
the sleeplessness which It caused preyed
upon niB .so much, for now that the child
was dead my wife was everything to me,
that. I will tell ou the truth, my brain
became affected and, Ilka Job. I cursed Uod
In my heart and determined to die In.
deed, I should have died by my own hand had
it not been for Savage. I had procured the
laudanum ami loaded the pistol with which
I proposed to bhoot no self Immediately
after it was swallowed so that there might
be no mistake. One night only a couple of
months or so ago, Quatermaln. 1 t,at in my
study at llagnall. with the doors locked as
1 thought, writing a few final letters before
I did the deed The last of them was just
finished about twelve, when, bearing a noise,
1 looked up and saw Savage standing be
fore me. I asked him angrily how ho came
there (1 suppose he must have had another
key to one of 'the doors) and what lie
wanted Ignoring the first part of the ques
tion he replied:
"'My lord. I have been thinking over our
trouble' ho was with us In Egypt 'I have
been thinking so much that it has got a
hold of my sleep Tonight, as you said you
did not want me any more and 1 was tired,
I went to bd early and had a dream I
dreamed that we were once more in the
shrubbery, as happeud some Sears ago,
and that the little African gent who shot
like a book, was showing us the traces of
those two black men, just as he did when
they tried to steal her ladyship. Then. In
rny dream. I seemed to go back to bed and
that beastly snake wtych we found lying
under the parcel In tb road teemed to fol
XmtwriTa
low tat wnsn y Baa goc to sleep again,
rArwoMAn'1 -"" .
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Cninpnn ItiirlntpJ l, flprttnl nrrtinfffmeui
husband that he snores."
Its tnll nt the end of the bed, hissing till It
woke me Then It spoko In good Kngllsh
nnd not In Afrlcnn, ns might havo been ex
pected " ' "Savage." it said, "get up nnd dress
yourself and go nt once nnd tell his lord
ship to travel to Natal and find Mr. Allan
Quatermaln" (yon remember that wns the
African gentleman's name, my lord, which,
with so mnnv coming and going In this
great house, I had quite forgotten until I
had tho dream) "Find .Mr Allan Quater
maln." that slimy reptile went on. opening
nnd shutting its mouth for all tho world
llko a Clirlstlnn making a speech, "for ho
will have something ;o tell him ns to that
which has, mado a hole In his heart that Is
now filled with the seven devils. Bo quick.
Savage, and don't stop to put on your shirt'
or your tie" I have not. my lord, ns ou
may see. "Ho Is shut up In (lie study, but
you know how to get Into It. If lie will
not listen to you let him look round thn
study and ho will seo something which will
tell him that this Is a true dream." .
"'Then the snake vanished, seeming to
wriggle down the left bottom bed-post, and
t woke up In a cold sweat, my lord, and
did what It had told me.'
"Those were his very words, Quatermaln,
for I wrote them down afterward whllo they
wero fresh In my memory, nnd you seo hero
they nro In my pocketbook.
"Well, r answered him rnther brusquely
I am afraid, for a crazed man who Is nbout
to leave tho world under such circumstances
does not show at his best when disturbed
nlmost In the very net, to the edge of which
long agony has brought him. I told him
that all his dream of snakes seemed ridic
ulous, which ohUonsly It was. and was
about to send him nwav. when It occurred
to mo that the suggestion it conveyed that
foY?fl!
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i 1ST 1 1
CO.NTl.NI'OI'S- 11
A M to II .
HOUSE PETERS
and MYIITI.K STEHMAS In TIIK
Happiness of Three Women
Tliurs . l-'rl Sat MAIlli: DOftl)
In ' I.OST AND WON '
PAT APT? ,-M MAItKKT -Ilk-, 20o
i fi.jKjIll AI.I. THIS WKKK
MARY PICKFORD
in "PRIDE OF THE CLAN"
N't W'k, I'aullno I'rederlck In "Slave Market"
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rOXTINI-Ot'S
10 A. M. to II 1.1 P. M.
Louise Huh" & Jack Pickfonl
in "Great Expectations"
Adaptation of Dickens's Celebrated Novel.
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' THE HIUIIT B1RKCTION"
VICTORIA
MAItKKT -STlTlIirr
Onpnelie PoitolBc'o
AI.l, THIH WEI1K
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
In Her Second fielznkk I'icturo
"THE FOOLISH VIRGIN"
Hy Author or "lllrth of a Nation"
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XVfcJIUlb MELVILLE ELLIS &
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MR. LEO DITRICHSTEIN
In TUB UilUAT I.UVKR"
Neil Week Silt HEIlllUlt 1' IIKHIlliOIIM tore
HHNItV III KDITU WVNNl; MAVrill"oN
t.YNN HAHUINli. SKATS Till'HSDAV.
FORREST Tonight , J
RAYMOND HITCHCOCK
In ii New Muilcul Plus. "HETTY"
BROAD TigliT?,, w .,
a""UJlJ I.UVB STOHY"
sue to II 00 ut Popular Wednraday Matinee.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC w'j-J -
Louise HOMER Tf
Itecital
ttlENKI-'IT HAHNEMANN HOSPITAL)
TICKETS 50e to 2.
tin Sale nt Ileppo. 111U chestnut St.
METItOPOI.lTAN OPEn HOUSE
METROPOLITAN OPERA COMl'ANV. N. T.
Tomorrow T n RrvViomQ Mm Alda.
NlKhtuts -" -iJUIieilKJ Ma.on. mm.
ranmo. Amato. Stg-urola Malatesta, Teiinl,
AudUlo Conductor. Mr. Iapl.
fc'tau. 1108 Chmlnut t. Walnut -115); JIaco 0T.
QrpP A "MFl VENANUO STREET
j J. rvrViN u east oi- nitoAii
Dally I 10. Kvk" 7 and 0
NAZIMOVA in "WAR BRIDES"
Thum . Frl . Sat t't.AHA KIMIIW.I. YOUNO
In THE (COMMON LAW
KNICKERBOCKER 0TU AND
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"toc-k "ROLLING STONES"
Matin Tueadav ThuraUav. Saturday H3e
NEXT WEEK "S1IEPI1KRO OP THE HILLS"
T VT?TP TONIOHT AT 8 10
Ul rV,l pop H.-.uMAT WEDNESDAY
THE BLUE PARADISE
with CECIL LEAN
ArT?T,PTTT TOMOHT AT S:U
.LJVUurriL FOP. JI.OO MAT. TIU'RS.
"VERY GOOD EDDIE"
Wttherapooa Hall. Tun Aft . Jan 33. at 3
o p-?Tu I Arthur Shattuck
KeCltal Dy ' Emtn.nt Anwrlean Planlat
Tlclwta II SO. $1 TSc and SOe. ju lUppy
Walnut
Mata Tuaa . Thura.. Stc. We.
Rlt Mat Sat . 25c. iwic. TSc
Evga 23c SOc TSc. 11 00.
KATE ELINORE '"rVir
Trocadero ,& La Pinka?
11
t should put myself In communlcatlori -Uh
yo'i was not ridiculous In view of ih part
you had already played In the alory."
"Very far from rldlcutotK," I Interpol
lated.
To (ell the trulli." went on Lord itaiy
nail, "I Imd already thought of Join th
same thlntr. but somehow beneath 'the pfes ,
sure of my Imminent grief the Idea wft
fiqueezed out of my mind, perhaps btcatss
you wero so far away nnd I did not knorr
If I could nnd you even If I tried, raiislnx
for n moment before I dismissed S&vairo,
I rose from tho desk at which I was writ
ing nnd began to walk up and down th..
room thinking what I would do, I am not
certain If you saw It when you wers at
Itagnall, but It It a large room, fifty feet
long or so, though not very broad. It ha
two fireplace;, In both of which fires wer
burning on this night, and It was lit bjr
four standing lamps besides that upon mjr
desk Now between these fireplaces. In a
kind of niche In the wall, and a little In
thn shadow because none ot the lamps w
exactly opposite to It, hung a portrait of
my wife which I had caused to be painted
bv a fashlonnhle artist when first wo be
came engaged "
"I remember It," I said. "Or rather a.
remember Its existence. I did not see It
because n curtain hung over the picture,
which Savage told mo you did not wish
to be looked at by anybody but yourself.
At the time I remarked to him, or rather
to myself, that to veil tho likeness of alt
living woman In such a way seemed to m'
rathc nn Ill-omened thing to do, though
whv I should have thought It so I do not
quite know "
(co.VTi.vunn tomoriiow)
"Have you seen 'Intolerance'? No.
then see it right nway. It's the most
wonderful thinR I've ever seen."
THAT'S WHAT YOU HEAR
EVERYWHERE
YOU GO
Chestnut Street
Opera House
SECOND MONTH!!
TWICE DAILY 2:05 and 8:05 '
t- Trr rcrvTi.ii . vrrrtTTio
jj. vv. vjiurriiiid p
Colossal $2,000,000 Spectacle
" Intolerance' '
LOVE'S STRUGGLE
THROUGHOUT THE AGES
"The greatest show in tV"
world." Chicago Examine
itosr aioAxrrc production
;.v history or tub nt baths
125,000 PEOPLE 7500 HORSEt.
1200 CHARIOTS
LARGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA:
CHORUS OF 30 VOICES
SPECIAL SOLOISTS
roup. niFFEHENT htomes that bweep
AT THE n.NO INTO FOUR THRILLING!
CLIMAXES
Absolutely Mr. Griffith's First anc
Only Production Since
"The Birth of a Nation'
I'
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Balcony. SOc' 11. 00. Second Balcony, 23a
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Jl.00. Flrat nalconr. BOc. TSc. Second Bal
iuny. 23e. v
ACAPUMYOFMUBIC
PHILADELPHIA
ORCHESTRA-
LEOPOLD STOKOWHKl, Conductor
Fridav Afternoon, Jan. 26, at 3:00
Saturday Eveninp, Jan. 27, at 8:15
gololii. MABEL UAKH1SOK, Soprano "
'" n
Debussy's "The Blessed Damozel'
for OivlKitrii and Chorus o(
Wonun'a Voice
Symphony loem. ' ItMlemptlou" FBANClt!
niuhony Nu 2 In E minor. ItAIlAUDr
jcheriu. 'The Sorcerefa Apprenll " DUJCAB f
jeata Now on tiala ut Heppa'r, 1110 Cbiataut
TONIGHT
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