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EVENING LEDGER-PfflnAJELPA THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, ,1917
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Several Debutante Affairs Will Pill Society's
Day Various Matters of Interest Are Talked
About by Nancy Wynne
GAIKOR HAlltD, tlio debutante daughter of Mr. nnd Mr. Kilgnr Wright Ualrd,
will be guest of honor at a theatre party, followed by a supper at the Hello-
vue Stratford tonight, which will bo given
Galnor Is a flrHt cnualn of Uytondalo Cnner, jou know, who was Ujtondalo ISalrcl
nnd whose wedding In early November was one of the prettiest of the season.
Galnor was nt popular ns Mrs.
Caner wan In her debutante rar,
nnd has had many parties given
for her. A second debutante thea
tre party will bo given tonight by
Mr. nnd Mrs. Rutherford McAllls
ter for Hllnnor I.ongstrelh, daugh
ter of Mr. Charles l.ongstretli, of
1631 Locust stieet. The guests will
Includo Klbabclh Adams, Kath
arine I'litmni. l.ols .IncUson,
Christine Stockton, Margaret He
mnk, Martha McAllister, Fred
erick rrccman, George Kneass,
Kdward Cass.ird, Billy Hopkins,
Hutler Fmvthe, llryco Islyiin,
llnjmond Sterons, William "White,
Trls Colkct, Clint Ho Ualrd and
Kdward l.ongslreth, 2d.
AM, of ou who lovo babies
TXaticl who does not love a wee
baby? will not lose the opportun
ity to aid the little helpless lambs
who are Hick in the hospital out
Rt Wynncfleld and for whom the
mammoth benefit will be given
tomorrow nftemoon at tho Kor
lest Thcntir The number of
Btars who will npprar will be
quite unusual; headed by Sir Her
belt Tice nnd his company, others
who will npprar will bo George
Afllss nnd his company, Tay
Teinpleton, Ilajmond Hitchcock,
members of tho "Very Good IM
die" company, "Uluo Pnradise''
company and tho JIanolola Se
tette nnd Aithur IUgby; In fnct,
I can't begin to tell you nil the
celebrities who will take part. Last ear
tho committeo cleared qulto a consider
able sum, which proed to bo n great aid
to the hospital where ample funds were
ro necessary, especially last summer
when so many cases of paralsls weie
looked after there. Tho matinee tomoi
row win begin promptly at 2 15 o'clock,
nnd, bellovo me, It will be worth while
attending. -
WHEN I heard that one iccentlv mar
ried couplo on starting off on their
wedding tilp had neglected to engage
rooms In one of the hotels and had been
obliged to chase from hotel to hotel seek
ing shelter until the wee sma' hours of
tho morning, I thought It would bo n
Ehamo to tell on them, because after all
ono might bo forgiven for thinking It
was a small matter, to obtain rooms In
any largo New York hotel, but when I
heard only recently that tho same thing
had happened to an older and wiser
couple, I think I had better give a word
of, warning to future honeymooners
Tlin Hunter Scnrletts, who came back
In tho "early fall from nearly two
years spent In Trance, where they worked
among the wounded, especlally,the blind
toldlers. are living at 222S Locust street,
nnd I hear hao decided upon being at
home on the flist thico I'rlday afternoons
In this month, staitlng tomoi row after
noon nt 4 o'clock. Mrs. Scarlett, ou
remember, was Kdlth Townsend and was
engaged to Doctor Scailett when he went
out to Franco to work nmong the wound
ed. In July of 1915 she and her brother
sailed for France nnd she was married
to Doctor Scailett in tho Church of the
Holy Trinity, In Patfs, that month. She
then entered Into his work with gieat
interest ns hla assistant and they only
returned homo In tho fall.
NANCY WYNNE.
Personals
An engagement of Interest to persons In
New York and this city is that of Miss
Angelica Schuyler Broun, daughter ot Mr.
and Mrs. James Brown, of 789 Park avo
nuo, New York, to Mr. Peter Cooper Br ce,
also of Now York. Miss Brown, who has
often visited In thl3 city, made her debut
three years ago Sho appeared in one of
tho tableaux In tho famous Made In Amer
ica feto of two seasons ago. No date has
been set for the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison K, Caner, Jr., win
are spending the rema nder of the w Inter
nt 1707 Walnut street, will entertain at
dinner tomoi row cyentng before the mid
winter ball. Their guests will Include Mr.
and Mrs. Nicholas Blddle, Miss Mary Stuart
Wurts, Miss Anne Browne Merrick, Miss
Hannah Chapman Wright, M ss Josephine
C. H. Poster, Miss Kllzabeth Chatham
Adams, Miss Isabel Wurts Page, Mr. Johns
Hopkins, Mrs. Charles P. Davis, Mr. Wil
liam N. Davis, Mr. Robert N, Donncr, Mr.
C. Heath Bannard, Mr. Morns Wmte Gates,
Mr. Devereux Colt Josephs, Mr. Andrew
Wheeler, Jr.. Mr. Forrester II, Scott and
Mr. Morris II. Merrltt.
Miss Charlotte Harding Brown, of Drulm
Molr, Chestnut Hill, will entertain at dinner
before the dance which Mr. and Mrs. Hare
Davis will give on Friday night of next
week. Miss Brown will a,lso give a dinner
before the Assembly on Friday evening,
February 16.
A house party at Bloomlngrove Club over
the week-end will Include Mr. and Mrs. Abel
Wetherlll, Mr. and Mrs. Tristram Colket,
Mlis Anna Foulke, Mr. and Mrs, iRIchard
McNeely, Mr, Frank Philips, Mr, Theodore
Welderselm and Mr, Henry J, Davis, Jr.
Mrs. Frederick Wlnalow Taylor, of
Boxley, Chestnut Hill, has Issued Invita
tions for a musical tea on Sunday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock to meet Mr, and Mrs.
Edward W. Clark, 3d, of dermantown.
Mrs. Leggett, of London, who has been
visiting friends In Charlottesville, will re
turn In a few days to be the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Holllster Sturgls, of Willow
Crnvo and Seminole avenues. Mr. and Mrs
Sturgls will entertain at dinner before the
weekly club dance nt the Philadelphia
Cricket Clun on Saturday night.
Mies-Agnes Allen will entertain at dinner
before the next meeting of the Fortnightly
'-, Cotillon on February 16.
i The tea which was to have been given
Vll a a flarnnnn nt Via lii-tm a rf afro T aw lu
If;" F. Benson for the Colonial Dames will be
nciu hi me norne ui aim. piiruuei iiiew,
at 1706 Walnut street, as ii lecent death
f 'V In the family of Mrs. Benson Das made' It
impvuiDie xor ner 10 receive. uia tamiiy
records ot historic value will be brought
by members of the society for Interesting
' oucusalon.
N ' Mrs TpaapII T.ar will nU,taln in-
Inerrow evenlnir at brldca tn honor of Miss
t, Frances Wayne Lelper nnd Miss Mary
ifi " 'um Aonnursi,
, .
(nC John Grtbbel and the' -tinea Crib-
i Wtf be, at home on Monday afternoons
by her giandmother, Mrs. Matthew Ualrd. J
MRS. ROBERT VON MOSCHZISKER
Mrs. von Mosclmskcr is chairman of
the Polish Committee of the Emergency
Aid, under whose nuspices the conceit
will be given this evening at the Acad
emy ot Music
in Kehrinr.v at the Ilellevuc-Stralfonl lifter
1 o clock No cards Imvo lieen Kent out
Mrs Joipph Priestley tJutton ntul Miss
Marlon Hutchinson liutton are spending n
lurinigiu in Atlantic Otj
Friends of JIra Wilson Totter of Mont
gomcrv avenue, Chestnut 1 1 111. will be glad
to hear she Is recovering from her attack
of npiicndlc'tlM
Mrs Frank Cr.ilg of 214 South Tuentv
flrst street, will he at homo on February 12
and 19. from 4 until fi orlotk Itecelv ns
with .lrn Craig on Fcbru.irv 12 will be
Mrs Alexander Cn ford and Mrs Herbert
lleston Mrs Craig was Miss Florence
rrlsliniutli before her mairi.ige last fall
Mrs Harry llutteruortli of 31fi Cnrnpn-
tei htrect. will give a hrldgo on February
14
in iiuuur oi lid H titer. .M ss i: ennnr
i ioou, whose engagement to Mr. A Fred
eric Leopold was reeentl.v announced
Mrs Frederick Harvey, of 4112 Osaga
avenue, will g ve a dance on Tuesdai at the
Phllomuslan Club
Mrs Ceoige Liwrcnce Miller, of 1321
ripruce street, will bo nt home tomorrow
afternoon fiom I until G o'clock Mrs
Miller was Mla Mary Hugse, of German
town, beforo her marriage In the fall.
Mrs Thomas Poster, of 426 South Car
llslo street, will give a dance on February
12 at the Aldlne In honor of Miss Klizabeth
Patterson, of Wilmington. Del
Mls.s Marjorlc Thomas, of Pelham road.
Germantown, will give a bridge party on
February II In honor of Miss Lleanor 1M
monds Tho Men's Club of Wyncote will hold their
next meeting In tho Parrish House of All
Hallows Church on Monday evening. Feb
ruary 6 After the regular meeting an il
lustrated lecture will be given bv Mr George
H. Straeker entitled "Ships Modern and
Ancient "
Mr. nnd Mrs, W ri Pilling, of I'psal
fetreet. Germantown, nccompanlcd by Mr
nnd Mrs Turner, also of Germantown, will
leave shortly for an extended trip through
tho West to tho Hawaiian Islands.
Mr and Mis Allan Hunter, Jr.. nre
spending some months at the Colonial.
Eleventh nnd Sprues streets, until their
new homo at St Martins is finished Mrs.
Hunter will lo remembered as Miss Ara
bella Scolt befoto her marriage a few weeks
ago
The annual meeting of the Mary Anna
Longstreth Alumnae Association will bo
held at tho Parian House of Holy Trinity
Church. Twentieth and Walnut streets, on
rriday afternoon, February 9. at 3 o'clock.
After the regular meeting tea will be served
at 4 30 o'clock
Mr. and Mrs Max Nathan, of 1810 West
Ontario street, celebrated the twenty-fifth
anniversary of their wedding last evening
by a theatre party and bupper at the Adel
phla. Only members of the Immediate fam
ily were present.
Mr. W. S Schellenger. formerly ot Wyn
cote, who has been spending some time this
winter at tho Bellevue-Stratford, has left
for Boston, Mass Mrs Schellenger has
gone to Hatboro, Pa , where sho will stay
while Mr Schellenger Is In Boston
Sir. and Mrs, M F Baringer. of Fern
brook avenue, Wyncote, will leave next
week for Miami, Fla. Mr Baringer has
Just returned from an extended trip through
tho West.
Mr. and Mru. Charles Bobbins and their
daughter, Miss Frances Robblnos, of Web
ster avenue, Wyncote, will leave this month
for a visit to BoBton, Mass. The engage
ment of Miss Robblns and Mr. James Gil
lespie, of Boston, was recently announced.
Weddings
JONES HOPKINS
The marrlago of Miss Eleanor Barton
Hopkins and Mr, George Milton Jones, ot
Oak Hill, W, Va took place today nt 1
o'clock In St. James's Protestant Episcopal
Church, Twenty-second and Walnut
streets. The: bride wore a beautiful gown
of white satin and tulle and carried orchids
and lilies of the valley. she was at
tended by her two slBters. Miss Letltia
McKIm and Miss Ellse L. Hopkins, as maids
of honor, and her bridesmaids were Miss
Nancy Coleman, Miss Julia P, Lewis, Miss
MarJorle Townsend, Mrs. Fltzhugh Green,
Mrs. Laurence Butler and MrB. William J.
Clothier. Mr. Jones was attended by his
brother. Mr, H. E. Jones, nnd his ushers
Included Mr. Stephen Bonsai Brooks, of
Baltimore: Mr. Alexander Coxe Yarnall,
Mr. William J. Clothier. Mr. Efllngham B.
Morrla, Jr., Mr. Charles Wolcott Henry, Mr.
Harry Ingersoll, Mr, Charles E. Dunlap, Mr.
L. Ebersolo Gaines, Mr, Henry Mlllen Jen
kins, Mr. Norman Story Mackle. Mr. Wil
liam It. Scott, Mr. Marlon Sims Wyeth, Mr.
H, F. Osborn. Jr , Mr. A, B. Itussell, Jr.,
at)d Mr. r, B. Whitman, a small recep
tion followed the ceremony at the home
of tho bride,, 1908 South Rlttenhouse
Square
WANNEli lUCHTEIt
The marriage of Miss Helen M. Wchter,.
daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Francis C Rich
ter,' of 3326 North Broad street, to Mr.
Charles Albert Wapner took place yester
day In St- Stephen's Church, Broad and
"Butler streets. Mr,' and Mrs. Wanner will
spend some time t ravelin la the Keutk.
HOMER IS VERSATILE
IN A VARIED RECITAL
Contrulto Crystallizes Many
Moods in Benefit Perform
ance on Damp Night
Description of I,oulse Homer's recital In
the Academy of Music last night Is as much
a task ns a pleasure, slncu tho contralto
has so often appeared as tho single Jewel ot
similar settings. One does not think of her
or her art ns variable, but ns constant do
light, taken for grailted nnd enjojed with
out analvsls Alwavs her volco Is calm and
caressing, "mild nnd magnificent " sweet,
suro and unaffected It Is not Immune to
the things thnt threaten vocalists Insi
dious, damp air, the generous desire to give
as many encores ns possible to a music
hungry crowd, Imperfect arrangement of
program If one takes these matters Into
account, the rerltal must be voted a suc
cess, In all wavs It was given to bencllt the
Hahnemann Hospital Tho audience vir
tually filled tho building
We nil know how superbly Mine Homer
sings operatic roles nnd for those of u
who think opera housea tho place for opera
It was Just u little disappointing to have to
give ear to scraps of Haeiulel and Thomas
and the aria from ' Kimson " So tin- bene
dlrtlon of a group of songs bv her talented
husband fell on the mjiiwo with relief and
tho Helium inn and Wolf iiiiinbirM blesMil
the hearing, Instead of mistreating It with
forced high notes which even n great con
tralto ought not to sing too often ome
of the music w.iu of this latter suit V.
ceptlons weie fuitiiiiatrlv, plentiful There
was the noble setting of Browning's 'Pros
pice" delivered with grand fit vol the
quaint fun of th Irish tunc, n eeom pushed
with the comic grnie ot n gifted nctns,
the lilac Ijrlc with wolds bv Alfred
Nojes which was u pelted and others.
At least a dozen moods weie expiessed
by Mine Homer all with consummate ease
and understanding The dltllcult) of pro
duction which hampeicd her now and then
(It may be blamed on the mlasmlc night)
she shook off In her moments of Insplritlou
Then the craft of singing was mingled with
splendor of sound and with delicate ex
pression of emotion Few operatic con
trail! can match that triple feat.
The accominnlments wire so extremelv
well plaved bv Miss Ploience McMillan that
to dismiss her with a line seems Imper
tinent Not on did she show fine feeling
for each sepuale plee she so nd.iptcd
hervelf to the star t'ut genuine hnruum
of thought nnd inelodv tesulted 11 1)
C.irl Obtains Two Marriage Licenses
mn'HI.UHEM, Pa, lVb 1 Miss Ann
Mnlnnr. of this Itv has obtained two
marriage licenses, but whli.li of the men
she will wed Is not Known Last Sntmdiy
MIfs Maluar went to the otlice of Justice
Blrdln Shafer and procured n license to
marry Bias Vukujcvkli, of this cll. Mon
dn she went to Justice of the Peace
Charles Kobeit of Northampton Heights
and asked for a lkense to marrj Mate P.iv
lovlch, of Cherry Lawn l.owei baucun
Farmer Smith's
Column
THE QUESTION OF ARITHMETIC
Yes, My Dears, our little friend who got
fifty In arithmetic three months ago got
eighty In the samo study on his last report
I wonder whv '
Oh, dear' if I could Just squeeze It Into
your head todny how Important arithmetic
and figures aie, I would be liappj (I like
happ better than glad )
What a great honor It Is to tie good at
figures I have alwajs lilted to pi i with
them and do catch problems nnd other
arithmetical 'stunts "
Hero Is nn easy one suggested by a
friend of ours If Columbus had put a
dollar In a savings bank when he first dis
covered America nnd $1 per week up to
date, how much would he have today,
rtckonlng at compound interest, siy four
per cent?
You haven't time' Never mind, 1 Just
thought I would nsk ou
Why not play a gamo with jour prob
lems? Would It be a good Idea to sav. "Pour
times four little pigs make sixteen hogs"?
I think the greatest fun Is making jour
report better and better all the time
You won't mind If I tell jou that one
of my dear friends w ho Is ono of our earnest
workers has been plajlng the gamo and is
now head of the class
Has your standing ever been first When
it Is. jou stand alone Its great fun being
head of anything
Try it
Lovlnglv.
FARMER SMITH. Children's Editor.
THE HAPPY SPIDER
By Farmer Smith
"Swing high, swing low,
High bee, high ho
Never despair,
Just svvlnc in the air
It's all In a spider's life "
"Won't jou PLEASE make a. little less
noise?" asked Mister Elephint ns he looked
up to see who was making such a racket
"Oh, it's you, Is It. Mrs Spider? I dldn t
know you could bo so disagreeable "
"Disagreeable' I'm not disagreeable
I was singing, not making a noise nu
have no car for music " Mrs Spider simply
had to laugh
If there was ono thing Mister Elephant
could not sta'ail. It was being laughed at.
so he took a good look at his eai, flapped
it once or twice and tild "What's the
matter with my ear' I reallj can't seo why
I, the king of beasts, should be worried
by a SPIDER "
nh. ho' The very Idea' I he Lion Is
the king of beasts Every kind of king
has a Jester, fo YOU must bo tho Lion's
Jester." Mrs Spider went on vv ith her spin
ning, singing tho while,
"Swing high, swing low "
"Dear mel Didn't I ask you to cease?"
whlhed Mister Elephant
"Cease? You must never ask a spider to
cease. Through all the ages, since time be
gan, a spider has been tho model of patience
and palntstaklng work. 1 nlmply CAN'T
stop, even If I wanted to. Don't be dis
couraged; you might learn something, even
from a spider." ....
"It's very kind of ou to want to teach
me," said Mister Elephant, swaying hla
huge body to nnd fro. "What may I learn
from you?"
"As I learn from the tiniest things, so
you, too, may learn from me I learn from
the ant to bo industrious, From you, to be
cross and fault-finding "
'That will be enough about me," Inter
rupted the big fellow
Mrs. opiuer weiu npi "u. uo you
know that a man was once so discouraged
that he was ready to stop his work stop
everything and as he lay on hla bed ho
saw my great-great-grandfather, or soma
other spider, trying to swing to and fro
nnd patch up Its web, and finally the spider
DID make a successful swing and DID
natch the web, and the man was so en
couraged by this little tiny act that he, too,
kept on trying and finally conquered ?"
"I don't knpw of anything 1 want to con
quer." replied Mister Elephant.
"Ah, my dear sir! Yop may not have a
web to weave and you may not have an
army to command; but there Is always
something In this world to conquer bad
habits, for Instance."
"Haven't any," Mr. Elephant replied,
curtly.
"Then start In to conquer your terrific
temper," suggested Mrs. Spider.
"Well, that's growing better," said Mis
ter Elephant,
"If you can'l think of anything else to
conquer, conquer YOURSELF." replied Mrs.
Spider softly. "That would tie a great vic
tory for ml"
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Allan unl llanii or Mitul are mirrcnli rf
( II VI'TI'.lt I'olitlllllfll
t-mllEltEKOItE. I, Slmbi the King, make
lou an olTrr Yield ourselve nnd l
s7ar that no i-pc.ir nhall bo driven hi""Bh
our heaifJ and no knlfo come near S""'
l.roat You shall onl bo taken to rn
town and theio be fed on the best and keul
ns prisoner, till once mote meio '.''1,,"
between tlio HHck Kendvh aiul tho V 1 e
If ou refuse, then I will ring jou around
nnd iicihatM in the dark rush on jou and
kill jou all or perhaps 1 vvll wave , ,u
from div to day till ou, vv ho 1 av o o
water, die of thlist in tho heat of the mi
thco an- my words to which nothing shall
l,o addid nnd fu.m hkh nothing ahill be
taken iium " ,
Having finished this speech he rode .back
a few J arils out of eaii-liot. " aI1"d' .
What will ou answer. Lord Mncuma.
zina"" asked Marut ,i,.rtk
I leplled by another question Is there
any cliim.c of our being lescued by jour
'"llo0 shook his head "Son Whnt
lmvo seen tod.iv Is but a small part of the
army of tlio Iliad. Kendall, ono ""'"', '
foot and ono of horse, that nre "'wa
teadj Hy tnmonow thousands will no
g-ithcicd many moro than we can tope i to
deal with in the open and si less In tl e r
strongholds also llarut will bellevo that
wi mn d,ad. I'nlcss the i'hll.1 saves us
wp skill bo left to our fate"
Then It seems that wo nre Indeed in .i
nit, as that black bruto ot a king puts It.
Marut and it ho does what ho siys and
rushes us at sundown, evoiy ono of us will
bo killed Also I am thirsty already and
then. Is nothing to drink Hut will this
king keep his word' There are other wajs
of dying besides bj steel "
1 think that ho will keep hla word, but
as that messenger said, he will not ndd to
his woid I'linoso now, for sec, they aro be
ginning to hedge us round "
"What do jou sa. men'" I asked ot the
three who had remilned with us
"Wo say. l.onl tint we ato In the hinds
of the Child, though wo wish now thnt wo
hid died with our brothers," nnswircd their
spokesman fatalistically
So after Maiut nnd I hid consulted to
gether for a little as to the form of his
repl. hu beckoned to the messenger nnd
' "We accept the offer of Slmbi, although
It would be eas for this lord to 1.111 him
now wheie ho stands, numelv, to jlcld our
selves us prlfcoueiH on IiIh oath that no harm
shall (Oiiio to us I'or know thit if haim
doeH come, the veigcancn will Ijb terilble.
Now III pi oof of Ills good faith, let Slmba
draw mat and drink tho cup of peace with
us for wo thirst '
"N'ot so" nld the messenger, "for then
that white loid might kill hlni with his
tube tllvo me the tube and Slmba bhall
conic " , " ,
Tako It." I said magnanimously, hand,
lug him tha rllle which ho received In n
veiy glugeily raslilon Aiier mi. i renecieu,
there Is nothing much more useless than a
rlflo without ammunition
Off he went holding the weapon nt arm's
length, nnd presently Slmba himself, ac
companied by some of his men, one of whom
carried a skin of water and another a large
cup hollowed from an elephant's tusk, rode
up to us This Slmba was a fine and rather
terrifying person with a large mustache
and a chin shaved except for a little tuft
of hair which he wore at Its point like an
Italian. His eyes were big and dark, frank-
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I.." im uiilv.. t. unit Vll.n, whom ' T1,,,,
VIhuiiiii inn Juxt im tho hull, ,1 " UH Jl " "
thev n,p. in. I ns ionJtir.rs.it II Utn 01,
Ili uixh vll.n I., kill Jin'i Hi- "V,' "od o(
or the lllmk K.n.lili "i Hint ll" i',1 llill
Hie White K.uilali Mill lie "'". ',''.1,. I I.uni
OilRK nn nn ..ml lliu-nill lir. . ert illl th 1'un,
In In Id lu Hunt unJ Vlarut nml th ."""r .. ,i
lit mi. ul or.ur 10 i."
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looking vet now and again vv 1th a sinister
xpifssion in tin. cornets of them Ho was
not nearly so black as most of his fol
lowers, probablv In livgone genratlotis
his blood had been crossed with that of the
Whlto Kendall
He whip his hair lung without an head
dress helil In pinro bv a band of gold
whli Ii I suppose ri presented a crown On
his foreheul was a large whlto "car, pioh
ablv received In some bnttle. Such was
his npptarance
Hn looked nt me with great curlosltj
and I have often wondered since what
kind of an inipusslon I produced upon
lilin M lut had fallon off, or t had
kiiocktd it off whin I tired m list cart
ildg.s Into bis peoplp nnd forgotten to re
pi ico It and m Intinrtablo hair which
whs longei thin usual, hail not been
ecentlv blushed Jlv worn Norfolk Jacket
was, blown with blood from a wounded
or tljlng man who had tumbled against inn
III t lie scrimmage when tho cavalrv charged
us, nml mv tight leg and boot wero stained
In a similar fashion from having rubbed
against mv camel where a spear had
ciittred It Altogether 1 must have appeared
a most dlsieptit ihle object
Somo indication of his opinion was given
however In a remark, which, of course. I
pretended not to understand, that I over
heard him mako to ono of his ollleors
'TruljV' he said, "wo must not always
look to tho strong for strength And jet
tills little white porcuplno Is strength Itself
for sco how much damago he has wrought
us Also consider his ejea that appear
to plena ever thing .Inna himself might
fear those ejes Well time that grinds
the rocks will tell us all "
All of this I caught perfectly, my ears
being very sharp although he thought that
he spoko out of my hearing, for after spend
ing a month In their company I understood
th J Kendall dialect of Dantu very well
Having delivered himself thus he rode
nearer and slid
'Vmi. Prophet Marut. my enemy, have
heard the terms of me, Slmba the King, nnd
havo accepted them Therefore discuss
them no more What I have promised I
will keep What I have given I give, neither
greater nor less by tho weight of a hair"
So be It. O king" answered Marut with
his usuil smile, which nothing ever seemed
to disturb "Onlj remember that if those
terms aro broken either in the letter or In
the spirit, especlilly tho spirit" (that Is tho
best rendering 1 can give of his worJ),
"the manifold curses of the Child will fall
upon jou nnd jours. Yes though jou should
kill us all bj treacherj, still those curses
will fall'
"Mav Jana take tho Child and all who
worship It,'" exclaimed tho king with evi
dent irritation
in the end, O King Jana will take
tho Child nnd Its followers or the Child
will tako Jam and his followers Which
of these things must happen Is known to
tho Child alone and perchance to its
prophets Meanwhile, for overy one of
those of the Child I think that three of
tha followers of Jana, or more, Ho dead
upon this field Also the caravan Is now
out of jour reach with two of the whlto
lords anil mans of Mich tubes which deal
death, like that which wo have surrendered
to j'ou Therefore because we aro helpless,
do not think that the Child Is helpless
.Jana must have been asleep, O King,
or jou would havo set jour trap better"
I thought that this coolly insolent speech
would havo pioduced somo outburst, but In
fact It seemed to have nn opposite effect
Making no reply to It, Slmba said almost
humbly
"I come to drink the cup of peace with
jou nnd the white lord, O Prophet After
ward wc can talk !ivo me water, slave"
Then a man filled tho great Ivory cup
with water from the skin he carr ed Slmba
took It and having sprinkled a little upon
tho ground, I suppore as an offering, drank
from the cup, doubtless to show tint It
was not potsonoJ "Watching carefully, I
made sure thit ho swallowed what he
dranl; by studjlrg tho motions ot his throat
Then ho handed the cup with a bow to
Marut who with a still t'eerer bow passed
it to me IJelng absolutely parched I ab
sorbed about a pint of .t and feeling a
niw man passed tho horn to Marut, who
swallowed the lest 'I lien was filled again
for our three White Kenc'ah, the king first
tasting the water as before, after which
Marut and I had n rocond pull
When at length our thirst was satisfied
horses were brought ti us, serviceable and
docile little beasts, with sheet skins for
raddles and loops of hide for stirrups On
these wo mounted and for the next three
hours rode across the plain, surrounded by
a strong escsrt and with an armed Black
Kendah running on each s de of our horses
and holding In his hand a thong attached
to the ring of the bridle, no doubt to prevent
nny attempt to escape
Our road ran part but not through some
villages, whence, wo saw many women and
children stailrg at is, and through beauti
ful crops of mealies nnd other sorts of
grain that In this country were now Just
ripening The luxuriant appearance of these
crops suggested that the rains must have
been plent ful and the season nil that could
be desired From some of the villages by
tho track arose n miserable sound of wall
ing Lvldently their Inhah tants had already
luard that certain of their menklnd had
fallen In that morning's fight.
At tho end of tho third hour wo began
to enter tho great forest w:dch I had seen
when first we looked down on Kendah land.
It was .filled w th fP endld trees, most of
them qulto s'range to me, but perhaps be
cause of the denseness'of t'aelr overshad
owing crowns there was comparatively no
undergrowth. The general effect of tho
place was very gloomy, since little light
could pass through the Interlacing foliage
of tho tops of those mighty trees.
Toward evening we came to a clearing
In this forest, It may have been four or five
miles In diameter, but whether It were nat
ural or artificial I am not sure. I think,
however, that It was probably the former
for two reasons, the hollow nature of the
ground, which lay ai good many feet lower
than the surrounding foreit, and the won
derful fertility ot the spll, which suggested
that It had once been deposited upon an old
lake bottom. Never did I see auch crops
aa those that grew upon that clearing;
they wera magnificent V
"Wending our way alone the road that
ran through the tall con, tor here every
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THEIR MONEY
Krprlnteil l.v speri il arrnncm.'iit
Inch was cultivated vve came suddenly
upon the capital of the lllmk Kendall which
whs known ns Slmba Town It was a
largo place soniewlut different from nnv
other African settlement with which I tun
iiciiualnted Inasmu. Ii as It was not onlv
stockndid but lomplettlv suiiounded liv n
broad artificial moat Illlrd with water ftoni
n stream that ran through the critter of tho
town, over which moat thrrp wire four
timber bridges plired at the cardinal points
of the compass Theso bi idges were strong
enough to bear horses or stoik, but so
mado that In the vent of nttacl. the timid
be destrojed In a few minutes
Hiding through the eastern gate a stout
timber structure on the further sldo of the
corresponding bridge, where tho king wns
lecelved with salutes by an armed guard,
wo entered one of the two iniln streets
of the town, which ran froin.noitli to south
and from tnst to west it was broad
and on either side of It were the dwellings
of the Inhabitants set i loso togethi'i be
cause the spam within the sloil.ado was
limited These wtro not huts but miu.uc
buildings of mud with tl.it roofs of rum.'
kind of cement Ilvldciitlv thej wero built
upon the model of Oriental and North Aft i
can houses of wlili il some debased tiadl
tlon remained with tin so people Thus a
stnlrwaj' or ladder ran fiom the Interim to
the roof of eai h botiso wheieon Its In
habitants weie accustomed, ns I illstoveied
afterward, to sleep during a good part of
the j ear, also to eat In the cool of t i
dn Man of them wero gitber.d th c
now to watch us ass, men, women and
children, all except the llttlo ones, derentlv
clothed In long garments of various colors,
tho women for the most pnrt in while and
the men in a kind of bluish linen.
I saw at onco that they had alteadv heatd
of the fight and of tho considerable losses
which their people had sustained, for theli
reception of us prisoners was most un
frlendlj Indeed tho men shook their fists
nt us. tho women screamed out curses, while
the children Ktuck out their tongues In
token of derision or defiance Most of theso
demonstrations, however, were directed at
Marut and his followers, who onlv snilltd
Indifferently. At mo thej stared In wonder
not unmixed with fear.
A quarter of a mile or so from the gate
we came to nn inner iuclosuic, tint nn
Bwcred to the South Afilcan cattle kiaal,
surrounded by a dry ditch nnd a timber
palisade, outside of which was planted a
green fence of some shrub with long white
thorns Here we passed through moto gates
to find ourselves lu an oval space, perhaps
five acres in extent Lvidentlj tills served
ns a market ground, but all round It wero
open sheds where hundreds of horses were
stnbletl No cattle teemed to lie kept there
except a few that, with sheep and roats,
were driven In eveiv diy for blnmrhtir
purposes at a stumbles at the north end
from the great stock-kraals built bejotid
the forest to the south, wlieto thej wero
safe from poisiblo raiding by tho "White
Kendah
A tall reed fence cut olt tho southern
end of this market-place, outside of which
wo wero oulered to dismount Passim;
through jet another gate we found within
the fence a largo hut or house built on the
same model as tho others in the town,
which Marut whispered to me was that of
the king, liehlnd it were smallci houses
In which lived his qui en nnd women good
looking females, who advanced to meet him
with obsequious bows To tlio light and
left were two more buildings of about equil
size, one of which was o. pimi.i t... ,i...
royal guard and the other was tlio guest
house, whither wo weio conducted
It proved to bn a comfortable dwelling
about thlrtj feet square but containing onlv
one room, with various huts behind It that
served for rooking und other purposes In
ono of these the three camelmcn weie
placed Immedlntelj on our arrival food
was brought to us, a lamb or kid toasted
whole upon a wooden platter, and some
'"" .iicaiii-i-ous ooiitu upon another plat
ter; nlso watet to drink and wash with In
earthenware Jars of sun-dried tlaj.
(CONTINUE TOMOltltOW)
I'EDDIE HOYS TO DINE
Judge Dickinson Will Piehide at
Alumni Banquet Tonight
1'nlted States Judge O IJ HliUnson, '71
will preside at the unuuil dinner of in,.
Philadelphia Mumnl Association of Peddle
Institute, which will be held at the Jjot.l
"Walton at 7 o clock tonight
Many men prominent In tho business
and professional life of Pennsylvania, New
Jorsey and New York vv HI ho present Among
them will be ex-Judge Allen It Hndlcott,
76. of Atlantic City, Thomas Logan Gas
kill. '93, of the New Jersey bar. Elmer K
Cooley, of the New York bar , tho rtev
V E. Chalmers, '82, of Philadelphia , Pier
son T. Fort, '01, president of the Philadel
phia Alumni Association ; Dr H. "W. Swet
land, head master of Peddle Institute.
T.YRTP, LAST times
uxxj LAST MAT1NEE SATURDAY
THE BLUE PARADISE
with CECIL LEAN
deoinnino Februarv 5 beats
MONDAY "'""ly O TODAY
ANNA HELD
"FOLLOW ME" &n$,1.i!JS'
ATYELPHI T'rii1T at mio
ju&lil ni ,.0l. M J1AT TODAy
SmrteBt Munlral Comedy Hit In Veam
VERY GOOD EDDIE
ACADEMY OF MUSIC Mnndaj Evg . Feb. 6.
NEW YORK
DAMROSCH
COSDt'CTOR
HOFMANN
SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA
SOLOIST
Rep Peata, T.V to I i On, note at Ifeppe'a
Wither. poon Hall. Thuja Eve. Feb 1. t 8
KNE1SEL ' WcenT
QUAHlt'I 1 HanlM, Hololat.
R.ierved Seata. Wo to 11.110. Unlv.ralty Ex.
enalon Pox Offl-e. Wltherapoon Illittf
fiAURICK Thla ft Next Weak I Mala Wed.
ijWtftWn. Ev, at 8 Sharp t Sat. .1 .
SIR HERBERT rPRfnTT, ' HENRY '
EDITH WYNNE MATTHISON, LTN IIARDLVQ
PPOATI LIMITED ENOAGEMENT V
GEORGE ARLISS
In "THE rnOFESSOR'a LOVE STQRr'
TTfRTlEST LIMITED ENCIACJHMISNT
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Biratrortl invlMtkMi , - ' ' , J. 'Jr "v
. Ilrowmn Society meet. Nw,Ct MM
Inff Itoom. Members . ?, .
Kneiaci Quartet concert, -VlthWpl msj
evening Anmmsjon. i.
l)lnnr In lrnBt r,.
Toaun, Are pop.
Invitation
l.lmo Afnnufacturera1
Iflmlpr'M Mn.hra.
AMOClltlOfl, ''!MI4r
Urrrn'a lintel wralUra', dance and rmrtlia.
JIuKlral Kunit Hall. Adntlaslon. ' 'rtr" "
c'hrnrft Illkur c'hollm dance, MtrcaatlVe'Mall.
Imitation a ,,
Cltiionn' Aasnelatlon of the NortbMtt Ml.A
Hchool tor fllrla, fthnol bulldlnc, toflc aSSi",
Memphis strerts, 8 o'rlock. Kre. "
la-eturp "Th Kllmlnatlon of aradgrea '
Inr.r In tltlrs," by l'rofeaaor Waencr, WwmK
Initltutf, HoenUcnih atraet and MontetfctfT
avenue, H otlock I-ree. .- ,
Lecture, "Tho ny-1'rodiict Cooklnr Indaatry,'' ,
by V J Itaniinura-, Kranklln Initlltrte,, i.
o Hock. Admlrralon by card, '-Ajji
Hln.iBhlpr. unilfr uimnirpit of llntvarallv
i.eriure, tin it u, v. em. or ur. jonn wnm
lenaion fioripjy, central 1 ii. ii A., 1IZL Areaii; j Ti
atren H n'llwk Admission. T?C (J3
(Iraduatlon eifrclars. Went Philadelphia Mtl v-- .,?
Srhool for fllrla achool auditorium, tTotlf-? '1
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Krvenlh and Walnut street, tl o'clock. Inr
tlon
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1 icrtim Institute, Keneaeth IsraM Alumni
Hull. Unit. Ilrnad street and Columbia avenue,
8 u clmk ilembers. '
Scnnie Pauses "Dry" Alaska BUI '
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. The f3enat yta
ter.lay passed the Jonen bill to make Alaak.
jirohlliltlon territory. It has not jet pasaed . ..
the House
i:v intvnoDY is goino to Tim
CHESTNUT STREET
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rWlCi: DAILY 2 0S nnd 8-05
1). W. GRIFFITH'S
COLOSSAL $2,000,000 SPECTACLE
"INTOLERANCE"
nn smvnoLB
Tlllim CHOLT THE aOBS
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Mtii. 1 HIS IllllTIt OF A NATION"
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rUlUULOl TOMORROW
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BABIES' HOSPITAL
Tin: most nnti.UAxr assembly or
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hitt iii:iini:ur iii:khiioiim tiii:k a co.
Ill Oltlli: Altl-lbS & CO , KAY TCMPLETON.
V I lt HOOD KUDIIV CO., KAVMOKD
iiitciicocu ro 'iii.ur. paiiadise co,
masdi.i v siATirrru, authuu nipuY
M mi otliors
PRICES 50c, 1, $1.50 & $2
SEATS NOW!
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CO.-.llMJOUa 11:18 A. M. to 11 Il5 P. nt.
VIVIAN MARTIN
unit THOMAS HOLDING In
"THE WAX MODEL"
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A Tr A TT A CHESTNUT Below 1BTH
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LAST THREE DAYS
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OOMIVn The Eient of Iho Knon
NOHM TAIMADOIiln "I'ANTHEA
ACADEMY OP MUSIC
Newman THks
TOMORROW jt SAT. MAT.,
PTT V T tT P IMPERIAL PALACB
111 IS. 1 IN VJ THE CHEAT WALL
impressions or 13H5"
TiilnU hi flcii''. l!".c to Jl.00 Noir.
' Metropolitan Opera House
NE.VT SATLRDAV AFTERNOON, FEB. 3
4.M Vrnr I the Mmoui Fairy Play
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t ANITA STEWART in
THE GLORY OF YOLANDA
Orchestra 18 Mlea Oerlach. Vocal Sololat.
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