Sfi l' JUST GOSSIP Br," &' Second Assembly Is Scene of Splendor Many K finf-nf-Town Guests Afford Vr,,.: c vvt. . --" vaiiuub matters Are Discussed by Nancy Wynne WELL-, tho second Assembly was more exciting thBti second ones usually are. There were more peoplo there, for one thing. Last year, you Hee, the second ball was given on March 3 and very many more people had gone South. The gen .era! state of affalis outside of the social world Is different this year, too, nnd while things are nt a standstill In a way In re gard to Germany, very many persons do not care to leave home, so that was one reason why last night's ball was a crush. The decorations were perfectly txqulslto and the floor wonderful, fol ic vn thmieh all the older neonle In tntvn turn oui lor mese auaus, mo youngei element anu many or me omer, too, for that matter dance lo their heart's con tent. Some of us stayed until after R o'clock, though the dancing stopped be tween 4 and 4:30; but then, you see, It really is fascinating to go into tho Clover Room garden and enjoy the rustic scenery while sipping bouillon and s'o forth. Mrs. Tllghman was uanble to ip celve. ns slnco her Illness in tho Chest nut Hill Hospital she has had to givo up late houis for a short time, though the Is much better. Mrs. Henry Drinlon Coxa received In her plaro nnd looked ery well in a. lavender chiffon gown elaborately embroidered in silver nnd made over a foundation of exqiiislto lace. The other patronesses weie henutlfullv gowned also. Mrs. Horle woie gray vel vet trimmed with sliver lace, while Mrs Arthur Blddle chose king's blue velvet and silver. Mrs. Hornce Binney Hare's gown was a combination of white bio- oaded satin and chiffon, and It was elabo rately trimmed with pearls. Mis. Haie Davis, the bride of the occasion, looked perfectly dear In a pink velvet frock made en simple lines. She certainly did look young and girlish. BV THR way, the exhibit on Ameilcan drama opens todav In the Hale Build ing for members of the Drama League. Mrs. Otis Skinner, Mrs. Mortimer Brown, Mis? Anne Holllngsworth Wharton, Mrs "Horatio Lloyd and a number of other women who are prominent In the Drama League will be present In the afternoon, when a sort of Informal reception to tho members will be given. Mis. Skinner has Miss Mnrcla Van Dresser and Mis' Gertrude Norman as, her guests over tho weekend at her Bryn Mawr home, and they will be nt tho Hale Building today with her Both Miss Van Dresser and Miss Norman were with Mr. Skinner's company when he presented for revival "Francesca da nimlni," considered the greatest American tragedy. Miss Van Dresser is a member of the Chicago Grand Opera Company and Is to sing at Bryn : Mawr College .this evening. SINCB the call came from Washing ton instructing Bed Cross chapters throughout the country to place them selves on a fooling for field work, mem bers of the Wnyne Branch hao been as busy as the proverbial llttlo bees. The duty assigned to this branch Is the innk lng of surgical shirts and wrappeis for the three base hospitals in this city the University, Kplscopal nnd Pennsylvania. And m dears they nio to make about fifteen bundled of eHch. So, work In all other classes lias been topped for the present at this busy llttlo branch nnd the members meet each morn ing and afternoon to sew. The Friday morning class, under the direction of Mrs. M. V. Alexander and Mrs. Matthew Randall, nnd which has hitheito em ployed its time in sewing for the wee French orphans, Is now. busily making men's wrappers out of pale blue striped outing flannel. Wouldn't the "sojer bo s" look cute In them? The real reason Is not because these women deliberately chose light colors which would require much washing, hut because of the scarcity of dyestuffs, as It is almost Impossible to procure dark colors in these materials, Mrs. Charles Custls Harrison, who Is treasurer of the Wayne Branch, has or ganized n woman's committee of the Bed Cross, which meets at tho city headquar ters every Thursday morning nnd after noon to make pillowcases thousands of them. If you please! Mrs. Thomas Potter, Jr., Is chairman of this committee. At the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Red Cross meeting last week the Wayne Branch was able ot report that It had graduated three classes In "First Aid" and now had three classes for the study of nursing. Some of the members of this branch are Mrs. William Henry Brooks, chairman: Mrs. T. T. Watson, Mrs. Charles 8. Walton, Mrs. W. A. Weld ersheim, Mrs, Horace B. Hare, Mrs. Rob ert Sayre Brodhcad, Mis. C. Hovvaul Clark, Mrs. Edward Laurent, Mrs. It. S. Iledfleld, Mrs. Frederick C. Kmblck, Mrs. F. J, Jlgglns, Mrs. Robert G. AVIlson, Mrs. Laurence Willson, Mrs. C. I.. S. TIngley, Mrs. Duffleld Ashmead, Mrs. J. S. C. Har vey and Mrs. Charles Winter Bally. ELISABETH.McMICHAEL. one of this season's most attractive debs, will bo Riven a theatre party and supper at the Rltz-Carltbn tonl&ht by her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bobble Glendlnnlng, l-V,' oi Chestnut Hill, Elisabeth's mother was t," a sister of Mr, Glendlnnlng, you will doubtless remember. The guests at the Prty will be of the bud set and will in clude Galnor Batrd, Anne Slter, Lorraine Graham, Emily Welsh, Patty Borle, Mar garet Harris, Anne Melrs, Pauline Denckla, Katharine Hancock, Betty Trot ter, Sophie Baker, Mary Lovering. Wil liam Clark, Jr., George Frazler, Jr., Emlle Qeyelln, Henry Geyelln, . Clayton Mc Michael, Harry Glendlnnlng, Morris Free roan, James Merrltt, Jr., Tommy Hart, William Taylor, Bob Dale, Harry Keilson, Jack Thayer and Tom R-eath. NANCY WYNNE, Personals Mrs. Arthur Brock entertained ntty , guests at dinner last night at her home, '101 Spruce' street, before the Assembly, Dr. and Mrs. "William Drayton, Jr., en tertalned at dinner Thursday evening at . lr home, 2C0 South Thirteenth street .lilt, and Mri .t. ftntttmrm Rmlth nf 12Sa WUO , street, have mailed their Invlta- g mm mmmmvmfh w ABOUT PEOPLE gjliTySSSSM MISS ELEANOR HARVEY WOOD Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Albert Wood, of the Cleemont, I'prty.fourth nnd Walnut stieets, whose engagement to Mr. William Merriman Price, ,Ii son of Mr. and Mrs. William Merriman Pi ice, of Mount Airy, is announced bv her parents today. No dnte for the wcildinp; has been set. nrk assisted .n,, .ra,. ,,,,, lereiviug al lit-i tea oh Ihuisiliiv in honor of Miss IMieiva , kcrlng of S.ilem Mam Otheis uho assisted Miss Meats were Jilts Marlon Sharpie's. Mr I'liarles Poller and Mrs. Francis XV ltobliinn Miss Pickering will return to New Yoik on Saturday, where she. will remain for several ilajs before leaving for lialllnmie Mr Robert Wlgtntt. whose matrtage to Miss Kllzabeth Kmucker will lako plain on Tuesday, will give i dinner lo his ushers anil a few- Intlmale fi lends this evening at , o'clock. Mr and Mrs .1 Itoss Cm bin aie being congratulated upon the birth of a son Feb ruary IB Mrs Coihln will be lenieuibcit-d as Miss Fleck, nf 1101 Chester avenue. lire.-.! Interest Is being taken In the new chapter of the Tied Cross wh'.rh Is to 1m formed In Jenklntown Mrs John New hold Is In charge and she will be assisted bv .Mis Lnureuce Hutler and otheis Special' meet ings will be arranged, sewing and making surgical dressings will be part of the regu lar work Mis Horace Iltooke Hint, of this c-il returned this week from Florida, where she has been spending some time at SI Augustine ' The Tridents, the senior honor -.oriel v of Pen it Charter School, gave their annual dance last night In the nelleviie-Str.itford The patrone.-s.es weie Mis Kiedcrlek M Brlgham, Mrs Richard M. .ones, Mis George A Plersol. .Mrs Adam Scheldt. Mrs. Thomas It. Smith, .Mis. (i Peuv Bright. .Mis .lames (J. helper, ,Mrsl. Irving llekii ner and Mrs Clinton A. Sliong Mr and Mrs Wallace llullowell. of Merlon, will have Mr. Itlchard l.ngllsh. of New Haven, as their guest over the week end Mr English will coiiin down lo be piesent at the wedding of Mr Itobeit Walker. Miss Henrietta Sturgls. daughter or Mis Robeit Sturgls, of IS. Cast Thlrt-elghlh street, New York, who spends tho summer nt her homo at Chcllen Hills, will leave next week for Washington, I) c. wheie she will be the guest of her cousins. .Mr and Mrs. Frank Folk, at their home on Tenth stiect The next club dance of the Huntingdon Valley Country Club will be gicen on Sal unlay. February 24. at 7:311 o'clock, In stead of on Washington's Hlilhdny, ax was at first announced The twenty-fourth annual performance of the Belfry Club of the (Jeimantowu Aca demy will take place tonight. The pro duction this year will bo "Olllcer 6CG" and the cast Is as follows: Travers Gladwin, a New- York millionaire. ,. ... . .Hurry It. Williams 17 Whitney Harries, hi- friend ... .. , .. . . Joh" w Cornell, Jr . 'IT Michael 1'helan. an Irlh officer. John 1). Mcllh'nnv. Jr. '17 liatfftto Jnpanece servent. .Undm.iu Porter, 'IS Alfred Wilson, u. sentlenmn ereok. Wilson Dumlile. '17 Thomas Walking, his nsslstnnt. llnrrj l.ah'lenbfTRiT. '17 Captain Ptone. raptaln of the police. c'nnrml Clothier IT K'earney. a (lM-itle . .tuf-ph M Jelleti 'i Ran. a policeman .Kueen- Pester 'L'o Helen llurlon. Wilson a fiancee. Thotnaa J.' Vlscher. 'IS Mra Hurlon, an elderly lady. .Lewis smith, is Sadie Small. Helen's routln. Itandolf Lawsoti. '17 Tolleemen .Caraon Jem. Jr . Oaborne Mlddleton A reception and dance will he given to night by the members of the Walnut Lane School In Oermantown Among those In MISS MARGARET R. HART r. ii ! -; ' 'I 1 - f" ' f, , v - M gXSg: LDGERTPHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, I the ree!,.!.... it..- .. . -.. .. I M r'IJelv,?,t ,lne WHI ' M1B Gregory, " --- .nniiueu nnu iur. ana Airs Herbert Sackett. A 1 1 rn nt I . t . . . . ... t . m . v,t,i,e ueciuraiionii um consul or Japanese, 0itarla and butterflies attls- tlrni V flreaK...i t ... .. .... miibcu huoui ine room. Weddings WAi.Knu crvi-nn The man Inge of Miss Kleanor ds Oraelt Cuvler, daughtor of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas IleW III Culer. nnd Mr Joseph Walker, 3d, of New York, look place today at 3:30 o clock In the Church of the Hedcemer, llrjn Mmir, The ceremony was performed by thn Itev tleorge Carter, rector of the church. Miss Cujler. who was given In marriage by her father, wore an 'exquisite gown of soft white satin trimmed with rich old lace and pearls Her veil was of tulle attached lo t lio hair with orange blossoms and she earned lilies of the valley and orchids She was attended by her sister. Mrs. Caspar Wister Moirls, who was gowned In orchid-colored brocade. Her lint was of purplo stiaw trimmed with (lowers and she carried puiplo orchids The bridesmaids weie Miss Almee Hutchinson. a cousin of the bride; Mis Marlan.i W Oowen Miss Charlotte Cleanor Pepper Miss Jean Nevvbold Thompson. Miss Hett Itrown, of Pittsburgh nnd .Miss Catherine Coll. of New York Their flocks were of coffee-colored chiffon over foundations of blue satin Their bats weie made of blue georgette crepes with crowns of coffee-colored straw, and they carried loose lotiitiel of, pale orchids ami ellow wild flowers The little (lower girl was cunning In a quaint frock of I. .it,, siiu 1.,-horii bat trimmed with daisies ami she carried a basket of daisies Mr Walker was attended bv bis brother Mi Siinuei Walker, as besl man, and his ushers wire Mi Thomas Tompkins. Mr Thomas c.istie Mr Sloan Colt and Mr Alfred Hovt nil of New York A reception followed the cercmon.v nt the home of the brides patents In Haver ford, after which Mr nnd Mi Walker loft on it wedding trip The dale first mimed for tho wedding was April f but as Mr Walker is n member of the New York tltiaid, nnd there is possibility of Interna tional trouble. II was decided (o hnvo the mart Inge take pl.ue two months earllei McMlCHAi:i,WOIlTH The wedding of Miss Soph.ve Metcei Worth, daughter of Mi. nnd Mrs S Hat 1 v Worth. of the tiladstone. to Mr. Heniv Mc Mlcbael tool; place today at 12 in the Hellev lie. Stial foul Miss IVorlh was rImmi In marriage bv liei father, and the Itev Oavld M Steele pel formed Ihe ceiemonv. The Inlde was gowned In silvei and white brocade nnd woie a mile veil She cai lied shown bumpiet of oicblds and lilies of the allev She was intended bv two Utile Mower gills. Mis Alice Wetheilll and Miss Mary Mercei Worth who wore dalntv white frocks nnd pink s.ihes and carried baskets (tiled wllh pink sweet peas and ferns Mr McMlchael had bis biolhei Mi William J McMli line), as best man A large reception followed the ceiemony nt tb liellevue. after which Mr McMlchael nnd bis bride left for nn extended wedding Journey They will be nt home after 'March IB at 1 1 Cnronado Apartments. iweiuy-seconii anil i nesimit streets Farmer Smith's Column T PRACTICE WHAT VOL' PREACH Dear I'verybody 1 am getting letters from in Little People nnd frorr otheis saying that my talks and stories are get ting better Here is the reason The other day I hacked myself u,i In a corner and bad h good talk with myself I snid that I had been recimmendlng to ou a lot of things which I did nol co my self line of them was talking so enler lalnmglv about Ki:i:iMNi ACCOUNT OF VtiPK PICNNICS. while nil tne time I did nol keep an account myself I went to a slme and bought a dainty little account book, and when night came I sat down to find what hid become of my pennies Old 1 have a beautiful time? Un you know a bookkeeper? Ack him what a trial balance on a set ol double enliy hooks Is I hunted nnd hunted nnd could lot find out what had become of my fifty cents That fifty cents just wouldn't be found, so I hunted and hunted Wasn't that funny? Not for little tne! 1 used up a pad of p,pr and a whole pencil (It seemed to me) trjing to find that dear fifty cents A bookkeeper tells me that the smaller thn im'tako the harder ll is to llud. and that If you foiro a trial balance It makes It harder to stilkc a bal nnce the next time This inans, If you are fifty cents short and make up tins fifty cents with .vour own money, it makes It harder for ou the next ti-uo ou nave to stilke a balance Covering up an error does not blot it out I am soiry I did not go to business col lege, as Mr. John .- I'ockefeller did. Your loving lid 1 1 or, FA P.M Kit SMITH P S I put two quartsrs (making fifty cents) In the gas meter; lil.s thrill hearts. MISS GOATS DRESS By Farmer Smith "Look out !" Hilly Bunipus Jumped as one of the work men pushed a slake down In the giound where Billy's hind foot has been and began pounding 11 In. Billy backed away from the place and lan right Into Christopher Goat, who was squlitlng water Into tho mortar, whllo an other workman was mixing it with a hoe. "Cxcuse me," said Billy politely, hut be-, foie he could get out of the way. Chris topher had given him a drenching "That's better than getting paint all over oneself," thought Hilly, as ha went around to the other side of the skating rink. Just as he turned Ihe corner a workman with a boaid on his head also turned the corner and the board came down with a BANG ! on poor Billy's head. 'OUCH 1" he exclaimed. "I guess I'd better go home to my family before they do any nioro damage to me," thought Billy, as he trotted off. "Hey, Billy!" shouted Christopher Goat when he saw that ha was going, "What?" shouted Billy back. "Good-by," replied Christopher, going on with his work They are always glad to see me going and they are always glad to see mo com ing," thought Billy as he tripped over a stake In the ground and almost fell. When he reached Main street, whom should he see but Mrs. Bumpus, his good wife, and Miss Ann Gora Goat sailing down the street chatting as pleasantly as could be. He followed them and at length saw them both enter a store. Billy went over to the other side of the street and watched them. The sign over the door read: "KETCH AND SKP.UBBIT Dry Cleaning Paint Stains Removed laundry" Billy Rumpus's eyes grew bigger and bigger. They were getting so large they al most hurt 'him. He wiped them and wiped them. His heart was pumping so hard he thought It might knock a hole In his dear stomach. "And to think I My wife warned me with Experience Is always expensive.'" Billy rubbed his eyes once more and when he looked again he saw Mtas Goat and his wife coming out of the dry cleaning place with a bundle between them. ".O. oh. OH 1" Billy looked again. "That wife of mine has gone and had Mil Ann Oora Goat's, dress dry cleaned and has kept the 550 1 gave her to buy Miss Ann Gora Goat another dress," Then Billy disappeared. , That nlcht when Billy accused his wir of having the dress cleaned and not getting A,tW'0n,- she replied. "U I always well , . H I 1 L If Portrait of PiolVssor Hrnync T THE IVORY CHILD Ry II. RIDER HAGGARD Author at "ilarlr," "Klnu Solomon' Jflnr.." ".shf." ,,c. CM ll'i:il I ((inlllllli-d) SO VI'JIIV siileiunlv thev laid llifii 1 1 1-1 1 1 bands upon the altar nnd "m 'be pie enoo of Ihe Child and the name of the Child nnd of nil tho White Kendall people ' lepent ed nfter llurul a most solemn o.uli of which I have alieady gl en the substance It called down on their heads n vei.v die.idful doom In Ibis world nnd thn net. should it be bioken either in Ihe splill or the letter, the said oath, however to be onlv binding If we, cm our pall swoie to obseivo tbeli terms nnd kept cmr engagement nNo in the spirit nnd thn letter Then the asked us to fulllll our shale of tho pact and veiv i ouslileinlelv diew out of hearing while we dli-cussed the mailer, lluiut. tho onlv one of them who unclei stood a wold of I'ngllsh letliing behind Mm sunctuar.v At first I bad dlllluiltles with Itagnnll, who was most unwilling lo bind himself In nnv wav In the end on inv pointing out that nothing less than our lives were. Involved and ptulubly that of his wife as well, also tli.it no other couise was open to us he g.ivo way, to tn.v great relief Tills matter scltUd, wo called b.uk the priests nnd Infoimed tliein of out decision Hatut demanded that we should alllrm it 'by tho Child,' which we declined lo do. saving that II was our custom to swear only In tho name of our own find Being a liberal-minded man who had traveled. Hnrut gave way on the point So I sworo first to thn effect that I would light f" thn Willie Kendall lo the Mulsh In considera tion of Mio promises that they bad made to us I added that I would not attempt either lo see or to Interfere wllh tin ladv lieio known as the Guardian of thn Child until tho war was over or even to bring our ex istence to her knowledge, ending up. "so help me God," ns I had done several times when giving evidence In it court of law Next Itagnnll with a great effort re peated my oath In CnglUh, llauit listening carefully to every wold and once or tvvico asking ine to explain the exact meaning of some of them. Lastly Hans, who seemed very bored with the wholo affair, swore, also repeating the words after me and finishing on his own nccounl wllh "so belli mo tho reverend Predlknnt. the Haas's father," a form that ho utteily declined In vniy nllhough It In volved mom explanation. When pressed. Indeed, he showed considerable Ingenuity bv pointing out to the pilests that to his mind mv poor fnlher stood In exactly the same telatlon to Ihe Power above us as their Oracle did to tho Child. Ho offered generously, however, to tbiow In tho spirits of his grandfather and grandmother and some extraordinary divinity they wor shiped. 1 think it was a bare, ns un ad ditional guaianlen of good fallh. This proposal tho priests nccepiccl giavelv. whereon Hans whlspeicci into my ear In Dutch: "Those fools do not remember that when pressed by dogs the hare often doubles on lis own spoor, nnd that jour icvercnd father will ho veiy pleased If l can play them the same trick with tho whllo lady that they played with the Lord lgeza " rilAl'TI.K XVII The ImbHssy THI-2 ceiemonlcs wero over and tho prlosts, with the exception of Hnrut and two who remained to attend upon him, vanished, probably to Inform the malo and female bleropbants of their result, and through these the whole peoplo of the White Ken dab Old Hnrut stared at us for a llttlo while, then said In Kngllsh, which ho al vas liked to talk when Itagnall was present, pel haps for tho sake of practice- "What you like do now. eh'' P'r'aps wish fly back to Town of Child, for suppose, this how ou come. If so. please take mo with you, because that (.nve long ride" "Oh! no." I answered "We walked here through that hole wheio lived the Father of Snakes who died of fear when he taw us, and Just mixed with the rest of you In the court of the temple " "Good lie," said Harut admiringly, "very first-class He' Wonder how you kill great snake, which we all think never die, for ho live there hundred, hundred jears; our people find him there when the come to this country, and make him kind of god. Well, he nasty beast and best dead I say. 'ou like see Child? If so, come, for you our brothel s now, only please tako off hat and not speak " I Intimated that we should "like see Child," and led by Harut we entered the little sanctuary which vvns bniely large enough to hold all of us In a niche of the end wall stood the sacred elflgy. which Itag nall and I examined with a kind ot reverent THE PLEASURES OF HOME " CwTtt Life rtiWlkhlag Com-war, i dJMk s---HHp!43gg!r 5,1 7J5-fM" LITTLE STUDIES FROM LIFE -p rh' I if I'tiMiHtilrm uinpati' lcturninp; home intel.-M It pi,,u.,l . ii,,, ,ni. ,,f ,,,, Infant about two f.et high, cut, I Imagine, fioin Ihe base of n single but ,.j large elephant's tusk, so uiicleiil Mint the 'ellnw ish lni had become lollen and was coveied with a multitude of tlnv fissures Indeed, fiom lis nppeai.ince I made up mv mind lh.it several thousands of -.ears iniiM have passed since the beast dint fiom which this Ivory was taken, especially as It had. I piesiime. alwavs been caiefiill.v pieserved under cover The workmanship of the ohlect was ex cellent, that of n Hue aitlst w ho. I should think, had taken some living Infant for bis model, perhaps u child of tho Phniaoh of the dn.v lleie 1 iiin.v suv at once that Ibeic could bn tin doubt of its Igvptlau origin, since on one side of I he bead was u sIiirIo lock of hull, while Mie fouilh tinker of Jhe light tin ml was held befole the lips ns thiough lo enjoin silence Both of these peuullailtlc's. It will be lemeuibeied. ale chaiaiteilstlc of the Infant Hoi us. the child of Osiris and Isls. as poitra.ved In Ihoiizch and temple cnivliigs s'o nt least P.agnall who recently had studied many sue Ii nlllgles In Cgpt. Inhumed me latei Tlieie was nothing else In the place except un ancient, sti lug-seated chair of ebon. adorned with Inlaid lvoi patterns, an elflgy of a snakn In porcelain, showing that seipenl worship was In some wav mixed up with their lellglon: and two lolls of papyrus, at least that Is what they looked like, which weie laid In Mie niche with the statue Thee lolls, lo my disappointment, Hnrut refuse to allow us to examine or even to touch After we had left the sanctuary I asked Hnrut when this llgure wax binughl to their land He leplied that it came when they came, at what date lie could not tell us as it was so long ago. nnd that with II came (lie worship and the ceiemonles of their lellglon. In nnswer to further questions lie added that Mils' figure, which seemed to be of Ivoi.v. contained the spirits which iiiled the sun and the moon, and through them the world Tills said Itagnall. vias Just a piece of Kgyptlau theology, pieserved down to our own times In a remote coiner tif Afilcu. doubtless bv descendants of dwell eis oil the NHa who had been driven thence In some natluual catastrophe, and biouglit away Willi them their faith nnd one of Mie elllgles of their gods. . Peihaps they fled at the time of the Peislan Invasion by Cambyses After wo had emerged fiom this deeply Interesting shrine, which was locked liehlud us. Harut led us, not through tho passage connecting it with the stone house that we knew was occupied by Itagnall s wife In her capacll.v of Guardian of the Child, or n latter-day personification of Isis. I.ady or tho Moon, at which house be casi nian.v longing glances, but back through the two courts and tho pylon to the gateway to Mie temple. Here on the road by which wo bad entered Mie place, a fact which we did not mention to hlin, he paused and addressed us "I.oids," he said, "now ou and the people of tho White Kendall are one; your ends are their ends, your fate Is their fato, their secrets are your secrets. You Lord Igezn. work for a levvard, namely, tho person of that lady whom we took from you on the Nile " "How did you do that?" Interrupted Rag nail when I had Interpreted. "Lord, we watched ou. We knew when you came to Cgypt: we followed you in Egypt whither we bad Joumejed on our road to England once more to seek our Oracle till Ihe dnv of our opportunity dnwiird Then nt night wn called her mid she obeyed the call, as she must do whose mind we have taken away ask mo not how nnd brought her to dwell with us. site who Is marked from her birth with the holy sign and wears upon her breast certain charmed stones and a symbol that for thousands of years have adorned the body of the Child and those of Its Oracles lio you remember a company of Arabs whom jou saw riding on the banks of the Great Itlver on tho day before the night when she was lost to you? We were with that com pany and on our camels we bore her thence, happy and unharmed to this our land, as I trust, when all Is done, we shall bear her back again and you with her " "I trust so also, for you have wrought me a great wrong," said Ragnall brieflj "perhaps a greater wrong than I know nt present, for how came It that my boy was killed by an elephant?" "Ask that question of Jana and not of me," Haiut answered darkly Then he went bnr "You nlso, Lord Macumaxana, work for a reward, the countless store of Ivory which your eves have beheld lying In the burial place of elephants beyond the Tava Itlver. When you have slain Jana who watches the store, and defeated the Black Kendah who serve him, It Is yours and we will give you camels to bear It. or some of It, for all cannot be carried, to the sea, where It can be taken away In ships. As for the yellow man, I think that he seeks no reward who soon will Inherit all things." The old witch-doctor means that I am going to die," remarked Hans, expectorating reflectively. "Well, Baas, I am quite ready, If only Jana and certain others die first. "Indeed I grow too old to fight and travel as I used to do, and therefore shall be glad to pass to some land where I become young again." ".Stuff nnd rubbish!" I exclaimed, then turned and listened to Harut, who, not im derstandlng our Dutch' conversation, was speaking once more. "Lords," he said, "theso paths which run east and. west are the real approach to the mountain top and the temple, not that which, as I suppose, led you through the cave ot the old serpent. The road to the writ, which wander round the base of the hill to , pm in inoM distant mounts. after (Ii'luuring n lecture on th IMMMLL .9? 19ir Iteprlnled l s c brotherhood l'r!al ArrHli,imnt of man. ihe case is however, different, as 1 shall now show ou. If vou will ride with me" Then be gnvo some orders to two at tendant pilests, who departed at a run and presentl.v icappeared -it the head of a small Main of camels which had been hid den. I know not where Wo mounted and following the road across a flat piece pt giound. found that not mole than half a mile nwuy was another precipitous ridge of lock which bad presumably once formed the lip of nn outer crater. This ridge, how. evot. ecus broken nway for a width of two or three bundled yards, perhaps by some outi-ush of lava the road running thiough tho center of tho gap on which echanzes bad been built here und there for purposes of defense Looking at these I saw that they welo very old nnd Inefficient and asked when they lind been erected Harut re plied about a centuiy before when the laet war wllh Mie Black Kendah took plaoe, who had been finally dt Iveu off at this spot, for then the While Kendah wore much more mimcious than at present "So Slmba knows this road." I said "Yes. Lord, nnd Jana knows it also, for he fought In that war nnd still at times vIsltH us here and kills any whom he may meet Only to the temple he has never dared to come" Now I wondered whether we had really seen Jana 111 the foiest on the pievious night, but coming to the conclusion that II was useless to Investigate the matter, made no Inquiries, especially as these would have leve.iled to Haiut the ionic by which we appioached the temple Only I pointed out in him that pioper defenses should be put up here without delay that Is, if they meant tu make a stronghold Of the moun tain "We do. Ixird." lie answered, "since we nre. not strong enough to attack the Black Kendah In their own country or to meet them In pitched hat tin on Ihe plain. Here and In no other place must be fought the last fight between Jan.i nnd the Child Therefore it will be your task to build walls cunningly, so that when they come we may defeat Jana and tho hosts of the Black Kendah " "Ho jou mean that this elephant will ac company Slmba nnd his soldiers, Harut?" "Without doubt. Lord, since he has al waj.s done so fiom the beginning Jana Is tame to the king and certain priests of the lllack Kendah, whose forefathers have fed him for geneiatlons, and will obey their mdeis Also bo can think, for himself, be ing mi evil spirit and Invulnerable." ' His left evo and the tip of his trunk nie nol Invulnerable." I remarked, "though from what I saw of him I should say there Is no doubt about his being able to think for himself Well, I am glad the brute Is coming, as I have an account to settle with him " "As he. Lord, who does not forget, has an account to settle with you and your servant, Llght-in-naiknes." commented Harut In an unpleasant and suggestive tone. Then nfter we had taken a few measure ments and Itagnall, who, having begun life as a soldier, understood such matters, had diawn a rough sketch ot tho place In his pocket book to serve as data for our pio poed scheme of fortifications, wn pursued our Journey back to the town where we had left all our stores and there wero many things to be at ranged It proved to be quite a long ride, down the eastern slope of the mountain which was easy to negotiate, al though like tho rest of this strange hill It was covered with dense cedar forests that also seemed to me to have defensive possi bilities. Heaching its foot at length we were obliged to make a detour by certain wind ing paths to avoid ground that was too rough for the camels, so that In the end we did not come to our house In the Town of the Child till about midday. About 5 o'clock we were awakened by a messenger from Harut. who requested our attendance on important business at a kind or meeting-house which stood at a little dis tance on an open place wheie the While Kendah barteied produce Here we found Haiut nnd about twenty of the headmen seated In the shade of a thatched roof, while behind them, at a respectful distance, Hood qulto a hundred of the 'While Kendah.' Most of these, however, were women and children, for as I have said the greater part of the male population was absent from tho town because of the commencement of tho harvest. We wero conducted to chairs, or rather stools of honor, and when we two had seated ourselves, Hans taking his stand behind us Harut rose and Informed us that an em bassy had arrived from the Black Kendah which was about to be admitted. (CONTINUI3D MONDAY) What's Doing Tonight North Philadelphia Heal Estate Brokers' Association dinner; Hotel Walton. Mem bers Philadelphia County Woman Suffrage meeting. Adelphia. Hotel. Free. Hellglous Educational Colleges Alumni dinner; Kugler's. Merrroers. Bell Telephone oRictal dined; Kugler's. Invitation. Thlrty-fourth Ward executive committee gives dinner to J. B. McAvory; Majestic Hotel. Invitation. ' Philadelphia Toy Poodle Show; Bingham Hoof. Exhibition, British war films; Metropoll tan Opera House, 8: IB o'clock. Admission charge. Banquet, Auto Trades' Association : Belle-vue-Stratford, 7.o'clock. Members. Annual banquet. Jewelers' Club, Belle-rue-Stratford, 7 o'clock. Members. Exhibit, American Drama League; Hale Building, Free. Alumni University of Pennsylvania Medi cal School; Bourse. Lecture. "Age Societies of the Plaipa In dians." bv Dr. n. lr Tn..,i.. . .,.. , cl Society, 6S3 North Fourth street. Mem- VIIB. Graphic Sketch Club exhibit. T15 Catba- fteg'yeeU Fre, 'i. 41 fj t1V$ tf-fe - LITTLE EDNA WROE A CHILD PA! rnnnacipnia uin. .uaugnier) Dancing Master, a Marvel i Terpsichorean Skill .1 y: .'- ?y Photographs Illustrating this ai-Mete back page. Away up back of the stars where Umk rates weavo fame celebrities do not nappe ",, Kiuuuui nuns.. Alio ,,;-Mi, -v-i them Is a strangely quiet proooss, the ftlcef-lfw M.I.I. K ..l.al... ......M n-1. H..I....I M having no prcsa agents. But sometimes----iKl the twinkle of a toe , KJ And that Is Just what happened. LWtett-,-. TCHfUL Wra. ulii llir.a at r.n9R T-ln -.ft-. twinkled her inaglo lues for her own plttMTtTfl Jie and tho pleasure of her father, who 14 jl a Philadelphia dancing master, ana .tner. blg-tlmo circuits cried: "Here Is a won't; l.lll . II. I... .!..- l..l-....n aM .ffkMMA " ( ..,,,,-,, a. -iiMiuiuii t ruiiun, LUI1IS um.tw .. for us I" Tho gteat Pavlowa herself adttedH a Itueslau sentenco, which In English Wit meant "Cdna. America tan teach Vou' .in nothing of the dance; come to Tiirssla 1" " j ij The father of the llttlo girl, who .hadj wuiuiit-u it martriuun proKreDBiuu iruin imj sailor s hornpipe to the skimming of the ir,8 on tiptoes, said. "No. let her bo a chlla first, a premiere last. She may dance onljr JC In the carnivals and children's entertain-' 1- ments ns the other children do." And no lempting oner cnuui inuuce mm 10 cnao-. ins mind. , r CHILD WITH CHILD'S IDEAS j And so. nt fourteen years. Edna remain a child, a sincerely, unaffected one. In spite j of tho graceful Inches of height which svrev ,'' rapidly mounting up The fhtervlewer found XA a bright-ejed, powderless, palntlesa little , liion, vuv iiukiirii. j,nn nnc.c.w, .... -1J t -1 llfl,,l.'a YreA-'ti nll.ml. C1- fr,vla ' . with breathless admiration and roller ,fej skates. Her pretty light hair Is still down - her back and soft plnK cheeks ten tne story ,j of Intimate acquaintance with the :30 txa tlms law. How did I benin to dance?" Queried the ...... .... , ..... .. m lime gin wneu ine question wh jjui. cu ..wr, and then she turneu impulsively. -uoiner, gi now cnu c oegin ' 'i.val aire, wiue expiuineu iiihc nuioe jio?i . veiirs nun n. Uttte Qrolden-halred bit Of n? humanity was wont to be discovered In her'-$vj own room trlonlnur about In a wonderful llltle white nightie that lent Itself to the "-j RHiue of pretend. SHE LOVED TO "PRETEND" Edna took up the story then. "I alwaysV. S"S loved to pretend. I like to play Pavlowa , now that s the best game of all. I never get tired and It never hurt my toes to stantf .... .1... . ...... .l..u rtt t,m nm I, A Aval time 1 tried it. , '1 like the exercises, too, that l must take every day. They make me feel JI 4 ,' waked up, and 'I am very seldom sick at all. I like tu teach the other girls to dance, too. Sometimes It Is very hard for them, but then all I have to do Is to give them a new step and they want to begin work all over again. We are all going to dance at the Academy of Music next Tuesy t. .-,.. ..CI.. ,.. .!!. ..nnl.rnl. 1 w nac are jou going to no mat nigncr .' Edna was asked wn, juni ounce uy.inyscic wait ciitj h . she explained the fact that she will go tl thiough thn Intricate toe steps as no other f child In America can. r WOULD LIKE TO GO ABROAD. "What are you going to do with all the long, beautiful sears that are In front ot ',"',; . ., iKl JO"' Jf5 I would like to do what Mile. Pavlowa told1' me to do, go abroad. Of course, I can't 0 go now. on account of the war. I want to JS, team all there Is to be learned about dano-' r,s lng and until then, I guess" ?, Edna's mother answered for her. "Until r her. "UntU TifsJ young daugh- 'ga it It Is neces-- .fyl then." she Interrupted, "our y l.p ii-lll ,.l lha Ani-nllnn lV,nt sary' for every young girl to have, "htiMB will stay nt home and have cood times '..'Vim wllh her joung friends and her only publlo JSI performances will be In children's carnivals'. where she will not be exploited profes-'" sionany. j wo years ago i-.ana was premier In Victor Herbert's Philadelphia operatic! production of the "Serenade" even that,, X ooes noi piace ner in tne raiiK ot ine pro-. -'V fesslonal BELGIAN RELIEF WORK STILL BADLY HAMPERED; Restrictions on Ships and Their Car- ' goes Cause Bit Losses' to Chnritv Worker 'ii -i;- V t nvnnv VK 1? wt.ii -.&.nvnM American control to the ipllef work in Bel ,... I. a ( ACY-tt 1 a 1 PA .111 lifln.n..l. .1... Kllllll, IIIC uc.lliniir. ) o,,,, MUllipot lllg ICIO -1U work by restricting the movements of re- 3 lief ships and their cm goes. They hav Vis canceled the safe conducts formerly riven "5 those vessels, reports received brs say, and vSrJji have BDsoiuieiy pronionea tne transport or M vessels of merchandise between Great Brit- ' 11 am auu iioiianu. . , The Germans permit vessels to approach .if , , - r,nt, ....... L... .U.. -.- ., n- . A ana iean i,unrniai uy mo ,ncin aet route), J,yB but this passageway is so full of British 1 ...M ml... - C U- 1 -. YN, UIIC1 umiiait ,,,.t.-i o. ,u u. ,ia.,agm HQC ,.lnw Imnrm'tlecihlA. The nurchasintr. activities nf th- ,M tf$l mission oversea, amounting to 100,000' "jsj lull " -ww.-.. .- ...w...,..j, ai.Mujr i.vo 'h.Tm been suspended for a fortnight. Obstruc- & .Inn. -.-iIka,! tier Ilia flarrYinti., !. H.l', -V-i? iftnflnft tons rt foodstuffs. TTnrf-. .-i-HhaIVj? conditions the suspension means that more wd than 75,000 tons have been lost' to thewj Hungry peopie ot ueigium. r a V VTCW TORK. I.t. 17 Tho TV, 11.), Jl'lS tlms' Relief Committee announces the rtti. ,-elnt of a rnbleeram from T.n . nt. ' Ji Switzerland, which ttates that the work of.'V'SS the general committee will suffer no ln- 'c'J .., ...... ..... !.. 11 ,l . , ' .11 Icriecriic;o iioui .na ijifiuiiimio orcuut; .pe- -i cwren inn iiiuru scaipo hjici cjermany. Tne -m-1 i-eneral committee sends word that It hu.,JH 1... u...nn...- .1... .A,-... L.l 'TQ rctvoru iiniumiiicn cu cilia cictTUV irurn DOtrit a j'owers occupying roiana. RUSSIAN WAR HERO HERE FOR RED CROSS Colonel Andrew KoIpschnJkon'-CArriai.'l onA of Ttusftia's war heroes, will itna-Lr t T an audience ot prominent Phlladelphlana te-S morrow night at the home of Mrs. Horaoe. '" Brock. 1920 SDruce street. The nffleea. la'. hero to obtain American motors for usv"."r-H nmuuiaucea in coo iussiccn ilea uross. aR4 -v Via will na1f ttnrf p III. i,n.l... a 1.av ' .A Russian committee of the Emergency AM, (J Ol WiUUIl iciia. tvillinui CU1B OCUU 19 CnKlT-v Tj mn. - ;!i.' T.k& Jll..ln.tl..-M I-I.aa - - t i.L,lJI Alio UIDV(llH,U,oil,u TlDlluc ih M, VJnnq7rS the Cross of the Order of St. George.. most coveted of the Russian rewards valor. ,, .;i Colonel Kolpachnlkoft-Camae Is a nepfct ot John Burgers Camac, a former PhilatniWr Milan oa u-iuiift. cc n uiobluKUIB.loc.-MUI- llv In Penza, a southeastern province li tha. Russian empire. His mother, a godsi.ll a" 'VI of Czar Alexander II, was a grandnlwci jtm 04 n n,-,.! CInvAff -j,hi AA -mlCh full tAaJ V.V..WA. u,...., .... .... ..,. .-., u- at thlrtytwo. colonel Kolpachnlkeff formerly attached to the Russian Sn In Washington. In a position .slmlk Third Secretary ot embassy In the Arae diplomatic service. He returned to' grad at the end of ISIS. WOMAN KILLED BY CAKV . Mi H3 VIcUm Runs Directly Into Trlty When ConfuBed by Signal 'a ( Double Intersection '' Mrs. Teretsa Vlto, fifty-six years' i 716 Carpenter street, was truekc Seventh street ear at Carpenter street and Instantly killed. , Passyuiik avenue Interseots both . and Carpenter screeu at thw la believed that the womnKc : peilWi.cB- .-Teniiirf .p I """"I" -v- L'a s. . U i." iL "-.:. turt utjwtc twM mjmw l HI JtvH 9 "J.rf!.,i ., immm :t? "',&. . -" -- K"' ST" "-. 2 t j jaL2 BSX ' r .,?.;. i . --, It. '
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