EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1017
JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Gardening, and Home Gardening at That, Still an
Absoroing lopic iNancy wynne com
ments on Many Subjects
t,L. It was a wonderful and great nnd glorious dav jestenlay, wasn't It? And
. .-.. i nnA hit Men ncttllnc down to wnrk nrrnln nnd nnrn.i.Hi.i.. . ...
mi
..I linni ICVl vt.w "- " --
' . hi hlch cost of living aH well
hive to. " " . ..".. ... ..-. mi.-. i.-i .i
r rv minute, clont tt. omi 114 iu ...,. s , w.iov, i.re panics jesteruay were fine
r'i the few flroworka which wero set off vvcie Rplcndld, and It sure was one dandy
gday. nt?
-v that the sweet peas and tho rose bushes hae como down from their lofty
N .rrh and are seen dally chatting pn criual and friendly terms with the onion
r ,-,,. notato yes, Indeed, right In the same
fc, more and more
fetouily ab0Ut noxi
nt's larder and
L how well or
'hf; scantily U may
5 filled, tof ,eKfU;
&M can be tflnned at
tjae, jou Know, and
Ujnly fruit may
?l,"e.?.
r,Tb Houston ""
ii given a plot ot
-pound on uraver
Un. In Chestnut Hill.
ihkh has otc" "'
'tiitd Into sixty gar
'j. to which Chest-
A HI" people go
Jfjth their implements
nd work every day
"The Buslnes Men's
AMU:lallon I" chest
InutHinmet the Idea,
i rheI1 flcst promul
'lited, with enthusl
'ism, and a commit-
itw was formed, con
lilting of Mr Prln
gle, Sir. Dorthwlck,
L Mrl Eagar and Mr.
I Joseph White These
9 mm'saw at once the
f necessity of putting
livery available space
to om definite use,
md have worked
4y In and day out
with their own hands
to' accomplish this
endv
Mrs. Frederick
I Landstreet, Miss Dor-
ethy Dixon, JIlss
Lucy Duhring and
Miss Mary Kelsey,
the last two practical
Igrlculturlsts, also
Mrs Arthur Emlen
Kewbold and Miss
B Williams have been
jiving part of each
day to directing nnd
Wpervlslng the plant
ing of the vegetables,
and the tending there
after, as well as tho
picking, for some are
already up, and In this way have been
ef Untold value to the undertaking. These
community gardens were, as a matter of
mj iKit mersuustnueu, uiiu mw " j
R irosrresslng with great rapidity and
, thoroughness.
lIAPE MAY always makes merry over
v tythe Fourth, nnd this year was no ex
h ceptlon. The Horace Eugene Smiths had
dulfe a house party Mr. and Mrs George
t 'Harding, Jr , Billy Pepper, Fielding Will-
eox and Miss Wright, of California and
there was a large party last night, to
which It seemed the whole of Cape May
turned out.
Mr. and Mrs. James Nlelds.of "Wilming
ton, went down to this gay little resort
last Friday, and Mr. Nlelda's sister, Mrs.
Jackson, spent the week end with them.
Wt Badle Davis has Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Pat-
terson at the Stockton Villa, and Miss
My Getchel Is staying with tho Web
ster Doughertys. Junior Fox has also
keen stopping with the Doughertys, and
this week I hear he Is going to take his
airplane down, which will be certainly
exciting. Dr and Mrs. Bob Torry stayed
lth Marlon Dougherty over the Fourth.
Then the Jlmmie Potters went down for
a few days and, altogether, Cape May has
looked quite like Mrs. Hutchle Scott's
pupper Club at the Bellevue Stratford
for the last week.
The Corinthian Yacht Club opened on
Baturday evening, when there was a largo
dance. As Cowdrey Is now the caterer,
thlngi should be much better, and on the
trength of It tho Yacht Club will have.
Pedal suppers on Sunday nights.
The Reading Is building a track up back
W Schelllnger's Landing, for there will be
camp of 2000 sailors, and as they must
aave aupplles the road very wisely Is lay.
an extension track, which will connect
lth its station and will certainly de
velop that part of Capo May.
Th Langhorne Dicks have opened their
Wtage this week, and the vJames Reeds,
ho have been stopping with the Evans
Roberts, declare themselves so delighted
lth the place that after a visit to Wer
nertvllle they will return to spend the
remainder of the summer bv the sad sea
4aves.
fc t..
ou should see the people Ashing on
end of the new pleri Hoping for the
w-ror supper and Incidentally It Is
M all hope, either, for last week I saw
""tie La Montagne, who Is spending the
"mer at Cape' May, pulling in the flsh
f fast as he could.
(VE of the most interesting things I
h have heard of recently Is the summer
!iocl of the Academy of the Fine Arts,
Jihlch is up at Chester Springs, near
fnlVllle. The house Is a rambling
Is W building, typical of the houses up that
fay. and Is set far back from the road.
U"Huaents Of tha aramv who wish to
Iwntlnue their course through the sum
mer, after the city school has been closed,
father at this old place for weeks at a
"kTJ" Xt ' lust llk6 a bls hoarding school,
h great airy dormitories and delightful
5"M 'or sketching on rainy days when
IP countryside la too wet for outdoor
Jork.
I Iota of the students and ex-students
raTG elected tn Bnaml .ti. whnln iimmr
Ifttre, properly chaperoned, of course, for
l or all students, you know, and one
t behave.
1 you hope to hear of anything finer
EM artistically Inclined than to be In
as tho high cost of lovlnir cma m..
-- -o .. umut lUUHLi: y VU11
.1 . . V -
garden It Is high time wo
i began think-
nTWTPBlHi I Jili vsil
rirnio liv Thoto Craftfrs.
MISS EVELYN L. MILLER
Miss Miller is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Frank Miller, of Old Farm Comfort, Hatboro.
Her engagement to Mr. George Aiman Slifer was
recently announced.
structors to guide one and a countty full
of color and romance?
rpiIE Rev Carl E. Grammer and Mrs
- Grammer have decided to spend the
greiter part of the summer, as usual, at
Echo Lake. Dorothy and Elizabeth
Grammer went up a fortnight ago, and
theli mother Joined them last week. Doc
tot Giammer will spend ns much time as
possible with them, but these are pictty
busy times for clergy as well as laman,
so I doubt If he will be able to stay from
his church for any great length of time.
INDEPENDENCE DAY and its parties,
dances and parades being over, time
tables are consulted, trunks checked and
houses closed up till September, for ever
body knows what July is, and the Tourth
generally Introduces the permanent hot
spell.
Tho Ilarmar family moved today en
masse, as usual, to the north, Mr and
Mrs. Billy, with their children, and Blllj's
mother, Mis. Georgo Warder, with her
children, all aiming for Gloucester, Mass
Cclestlno Warder will come out next fall
(If there Is any coming out) and should
have a good time, for she Is a most at
tractive girl. Betty Is quite oung, but
she Is Just as pretty as the rest of them,
and I suppose It won't be long before we
hear her spoken of as a subdeb. Joe
Dodgo and her mother have left for
Jamestown, where they will spend the
summer with Mrs. Kern, Mrs. Dodge's
mother.
Mrs Dobson Altemus has gone to
Wernersvllle with her children. Tho Re
maks, of Chestnut Hill, are going to York
Harbor with their popular daughter
Margaret, who came out last winter.
Josephine Hooper, who has been staying
with Pauline Arey In Chelsea, has gone
to visit Joe Reeves at Buckhlll Philadel
phia has not seen much of Joe this last
winter, because she was away at school,
but she and Prim are coming out next
year, ana tney win sureiy aaa 10 uio
debutante set.
Mary Pancoast Is another subdeb who
Is leaving town. She will spend tho sum
mer with the family at Cape May, and
another of the season's buds, Helen
Moore, Is spending the summer with her
family at Sharon, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Caner motored
up to Manchester, Mass, last week, and
are entertaining ns lavishly as usual at
Felsenmcer, at Dana's Beach Dr. and
Mrs. Henry Register also left for a motor
trip to Kennebunkport. Their son Lav ton
was recently married to Julia Musser, you
remember. And among other departureb
small Eleanor Purvlance, daughter of
Mrs. Pere Wllmer, is going to a camp In
New Hampshire for the summer.
NOW Is tho time when the summer furs
and palm beach suits thrlvel You
can blame a girl for taking to her fur,
but you can't blame a man for getting out
of his hot serge and Into the cool, light
clothes. The transfer does change a man's
appearance, even more than one would
think, from almost, frantically hot to
peacefully cool, and little Mary, aged
eight, proved her idea of the change after
exclaiming at her father's beautiful ap
pearance the other night In his new "Ice
cream" BUlt, all dressed up and ready to
make a call with her mother. She walked
around him and around him. after many
remarks about his changed appearance,
and then, "Why, Mother?" she exclaimed,
"You and Daddy will go down there to
Nana's tonight and everybody will say,
Why. Helen, who Is this you tiv with
ywr" ' ttANCT 'WXNKB.
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SPECIAL EXERCISES
IN NORTHERN SECTIONS
Tiogn, Northwest Philadelphia,
Roxborough, Mnnnyunk Held
Demonstrations Yesterday
Tioga's "Safe nnd Sano Fourth" Asooela
Hon arranged for the morning a parade of
1000 children of the schools west of Fif
teenth street with Mr Robert T Brown as
chief marshal and Miss Decmer representing
Mls Columbia In tho largo patriotic float
Thev paraded over the principal streets of
tho section to the GeorKO H Bokcr School.
Twenty-second nnd Ontario streets where
tho exercises were held at 11 o'clock Mr
George Lower presided nnd tho program In
cluded lrnor bv tho Rev Samuel McVVII
llnms. of the Tlngu Methodist Episcopal
Church, an address by Mr .lohn Haider
man : rccltntiqn of Lincoln's address at
Gettvsburg by Gratify Lower, son of tho
chairman . special drills and dances, undor
tho direction of Miss Zilda Haney and Miss
llrown and a Girl Scout drill After tho
exercises tho oung pcoplo paraded to Ktcn
ton Field whero thoro were athletic sports
from 1 to 4 o clock, with prizes for the win
ners of course some time was pived for cats,
for simlniclies and Ice cream all go In with
pitriot ism in order to get as much enjoy,
ment as pns ttilc out of tho da at 0 30 In
( me evening these lonl little Americans ns-i-eminoil
ugiln nt tho Iloker School nnd
iii-vrriietl to the Tioga Theatre for n patriotic
nniing.pirture show Mrs Frank C
l! 'chle 1h treasurer of this committee
, ulueh Included Mr J V Daniels. Mr C
II Hagi Mr Oeorgo L Bote Mr A I.ln-
c.in Acker Mr V Lower, Mr. Clavton
1 V Hoover Mr Charles S I'axson Mr Rob
ert VV llrown Mr Edgsr Janney, Mr
iU Iph Herman Mr Frank Paul, Mr
Henri Kern nnd Mr A II Schrelder
I Probalilv the largest demonstration given
I bv in Individual patriot wns t'nele Joe Zleg-
icrx ai .Mcetown rncle .loos parailp in
cluded tmvs nnd girls from four to thir
teen jei of ago Thev represented lied
Cros nurses cninndre ulrls scouts both
I bms nnd girls, sailors and soldiers I'ncle
toe designed llfty floats Illustrating the
lllrth of Libert v This parade was headed
bv 11 guard of twontv-fle Grand Armv
tnon nnd hnd In It n reproduction of our
Liberty Hell I'nclo Joo made his own
patriotic speech nnd provided all the re
freshments for his voting guests who num
bered about 750 In the afternoon the) hid
games nnd a military drill In the evening
I'ncle Joe entertained the grown-ups Block
4100 on (iratis street was roiled off and all
tho porches were decorated with bunting
nnd flaes and Illuminated with Tap nice
lanterns Thero was bright music and
dancing from 8 to 11 o clock I'ncle Joe
went the s ife and sane' associations one
better nnd gave a special matinee this nftei
noon In the Ca upn Theatre through the
courtesv of the management when 3000
children spent two and one-lnlf hours sing
ing patriotic songs, listening to patriotic
music and viewing war pictures of 17T0
ManayunU Wlssahlckon and Roxborough
natives who have removed to other towns
wcro Invited to return for tho dav nnd visit
the Sunday school they attended In their
youth, aa lulv 4 Is always a dav of Sundav
school picnics In tho woods preceded by a
parade of Sundav-chool children through
tho suburb Mr Hiram L Wynne was chief
marshal of tho Roxborough parade, which
left Mamyunk and I.vceum avenues nt 7 4G
a m There were 400U in line, vviiu me
very little tots In giyly decorated automo.
biles Mr William Stephany was chairman
of the committee and Mr Horace MncFad
yen secretary In Wlssahlckon and Mana
yunk a similar program was carried out
The Catholic schools made a particularly
fine showing the children representing vari
ous historical characters Each school had
Its own patriotic service In the woods nnd
each school furnished' tho food for Its
youngsters for tho day
A special feature of the picnic menu was
the old-time Dutch cake Tho business
houses along the route of the parade In
Manayunk were decorated with flags and
red, white and blue bunting As this Is
strictly our American day only tho Stars
and Stripes wcro displayed
Falls of Schuylkill s demonstration
started earlv In tho morning when the
Sunday-school pupils assembled on Dob
son's athletic grounds for prayer, praise
and patriotism Tho Rev Walter Oakford.
of the Tails Reformed Church, opened the
scrvlco with prayer, and the Rev Charles
L Seasholes, D D . of tho Falls Baptist
Church, read tho Declaration of Independ
ence Other features were singing by tho
Falls Male Chorus and a flag drill under
the direction of Miss Uretta Johnson Tho
young patriots marched down Queen lane to
Ridgo avenue, along tho Ridge at that sec
tion nnd then dispersed for their nnnual
picnic No display of fireworks was mado
In any of these sections
ORANGE BLOSSOMS ARE
STILL PREVALENT
Weddings Numerous Yet, Though June
Is Now Past
Among the Interesting weddings of the
week was that tof Miss Bertha Hamer,
daughter of Mrs Anna Richmond, of 2219
Spring Garden street, and Mr Francis A.
Albertson, son of Mr and Mrs. William
II Albertson, of 2219 Porter street, which
took place on Tuesday evening at the home
of the bridegroom's parents The ceremony
was performed by tho Rev Frank Urlch, of
tho Trinity Lutheran Church, Eighteenth
and Wolf streets Both tho ceremony and
tho reception which followed wero attended
only by tho fnmllles of tho bridegroom and
bride Mr and Mrs Albertson, who left on
an extended trip, wilt be at home after
September 1 at 2219 Spring Garden street
GEISLER OBItnCHT
A very pretty wedding took place on
Tuesday evening ot tho home of Mr nnd
Mrs J J Obrecht 4028 North Sixth street
when their daughter, Miss Florence Obrecht
was married to Mr William C Gelsler, by
tho Rev Carl O Relfner, of St Simeon's
English Lutheran Church Eighth and
Luierne Btreets The bride, who wore a
gown of white crepe de chine trimmed with
net embroidered In pearls and a veil of
tulle caught with sprays of orange bios
soms, was given In marriage by her father
and attended by her sisters. Miss Emily
Obrecht, bridesmaid and little MIbs Edith
Obrecht, flower girl The latter wore a
white lace slip over while silk, while tho
bridesmaid's frock was of pink georgette
crepe Mr Gelsler had for best man the
bride's brother. Mr Herman Obrecht A
reception followed the ceremony After a
short trip, Mr Gelsler and his bride will
live In Dover, N J
NUMBERS COLE
Miss Gertrude E Cole, daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Hugh R Cole of 2148 North Park
avenue, and Sergeant Nathan E, Numbers,
of tho Sixth Regiment National Ouards, of
New York, were married on Monday after
noon at S o'clock at the home of the bride's
parents, by the Rev W r. Gaughan. of
the Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of
Mercy, Broad street and" Susquehanna ave
nue Mr. Cole gave his daughter In mar
riage and Miss Emma Sites was brides
maid. Mr. Clarence Cole, the bride's brother,
was the bridegroom's best man. Sergeant
Numbers nnd his bride will spend some
time In Atlantic City and later at Niagara
What People Are Doing
Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey Howard Williams,
of Germantown, will close their apartment
on July S and occupy Inglenook, the house
of Mr. and Mrs. Frances Howard Williams,
for the remainder o( the summer.
The marriage Is announced of Miss Alma
De Qroot to Dr. Oeorr. B, Oalhln on. Sat
urday, June 0. Dr. and Mrs. CWhln wjh
Mv 1 G! MNw. N. J. '
BEAUTY WORSHIP
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THE DAY OF WRATH
A STORY
Dy Louis
TIIK STOKY Till' FAR
CAfTVIN UtTIlUll DAI.IUIV. of Hie HrMg
cavnlri. Is rnucht In Oermuny by tho outbrean
of Inn wnr In 11)14 However ho ) W to
recclvo Mnapuris nil n inllltnry siiarrt tv le"
the country because l.nKland baa not jet oe
.III.IlbNAM UAIH. VON IIVIAVIO. of tM
PruMlHti Imperial Uiiard Is Dnlrpy'a escort
as fur ns II a l-rlrdrlU hlta station In uf
Hn nhT Iho UiiKllah solller tnkrs his P'r".m
11 car with n Human presumably tits couain
1 i-lvn Tan- .. i
11C1.NK Ill'.ltl Sl'OItn however l .the J'JJ
name ur the woman llr Impacalonoa n" "'
ttlu Miltlnn .1.1 Pr fln.1 M MAKS If oll ?"
an Knitllahman help ill" ' moveil Palrnv ."'
arctt iho atrnneer hl cousin I n'l.UIJ" ,
he had nn additional pusapnrt mada tint "'J
inmo of n Hrltlah gmtiiuy attache who w
unnblQ to come , .. . ,v,-v
Tha to fifclne ntltons crtnln that tney
will soon be In Holland cnnM-mc 'aallj )'"
V" Instead they nrrlve at Alt la-!J'aS,,no
where Oiiroy Is arretted b orders of th' "A""
Von lUlwlc who wns so kind to him In l '"
and Ir. ne wns plnced uml r Kuaril to oe re
turned to the derm in capital "" "?,',.,.,..
toy lulle HdvantuRe of u umporao c'VTmr',
to rscaie and with Iren. tliea Into . 1'MIJ!"
where they rccelto the prot. rtlon of the miller,
llenrl J io on the ou.BKirt i nt Ms" ,,.,.., ,
The Prussians haw tneit llirnusli 'JS"
to lh Jleuse ami are baltliiiK vwui ... "";
HeUlans nronnl l.lene t nl m short dlst iiic
awa Just heforo supper time a r."r. i.
man anMleia under command of Major l!"fr"
enter and demand a m.al lluarh then oru"
the men out of the houae, but not without llrst
Klvlnr aome Idea of hts Intentions with the
women Dalmv anl Joos are soon Joined by
Maertz the miller a worker nnd the three plan
to oie rcom the (1. rnt.nis In tho house uairoy
arms himself with weapons he utole from n donu
soldier while the others take pllrhrorks ana
rlubs The women are siwd and all but in;
of the Ocrmant killed Jooa laads hta family
and Ireno and l)ulro throuKh Hie woods to a
woodman n hut. whero they are assur.d or um
porar safely , . . - ,
Pelrov fools n German patrol party by firing
a fualllade of shots and while the (lermnns
ure meuided trjlnic la dlsperao the lmahlneu
nmbi.hrd enemy he returns to the hut
CIIU'TI.R Ml Continued
Bl'T tho hut was empty, and ho realized
that ho might gropo like n blind man
for hours in tho depths of the wood Tho
.,r..uiriAit iiHttle which had broken out In
the front of the Calvary bad died down He
guessed what hnd happened, the blunder
the frenzied explanations and their sequel In
a quick decision to detach a company and
surround the wood
In his exasperation ho forgot the silent
flguro survevlng tho sceno nt the cross
roads and sworo like a very natutal man.
for ho was now utterly at a loss what to
do or where to go
CIIAI'TBH VIII
A ltrsplte
NEVER before In tho course of a some
whnt varied life hnd Dalroy felt so
Irresolute so helplessly tho victim of cir
cumstances Bereft of the local knowledge
possessed bv Joos and the other Belgians
any scheme he adopted must depend wholly
on blind chance Tho miller had described
tho wood ns occuplng a promontory In a
bend of tho Meuse w Ith steep cliffs forming
tho southern bank of the river Thero was
a tow path, posrlblj a series of narrow ra
vines or clefts gave precarious access from
the plateau to this lower level Probably,
too. In tho first shock of fright tho people
In the hut had made for one of these cut
tings taklnir Irene with them Thoy be-
lloved, no doubt, that the Englishman had
been shot or captured, and after that spurt
of musketry so alarmingly near at hand
tho lower part of the wood would seem alive
with enemies
Dalroy blamed himself, not the others,
for this fatal bungling Before snatching
much-needed rest ho ought to have ar-
ranccd with Joos a practicable line of re
treat In the event of n night alarm Of
course, he hnd Imposed silence on all as a
sort of compulsory relief from tho tension
of the earlier hours, but he saw now that
ho wns only too ready to share the miller's
confidence Not without reason had poor
Doctor Lafnrgo warned his fellow country
men that 'there were far too many Ger
mans In Belgium " Schwartz and his ltke
were to be found In every walk of life
from tho merchant princes who controlled
the trado of Antwerp to the youngest brush
haired waiter In the Cafe de la Regence
at Brussels
Dalroy was aware of a grim appropriate
ness In the fate of Schwartz The German
automatic pistols carried soft-nosed bullets
so the arch-traitor who murdered tho Vise
doctor had himself suffered from one of the
many Infernal devices brought by Kultur
to the battlefields of Flanders But tho
punishment of Schwartz could not undo tho
mischief the wretch had caused Tho men
he led knew the nature and purpose of
their errand Thev would report to the
first officer met on the main road, who
might be expected to detail Instantly a
sufficient force for the task of clearing the
wood In fact the operation had become
a military necessity Thero was no telling
to what extent the locality was held by
Belgian troops as. of course tho runaway
warriors would magnify the firing a hun
dredfold, and no soldier worth his salt
would permit the uninterrupted march of
an army corps along n road flanked by
such a danger-point In effect, Dalro con
ceived a hundred reasons why he might
anticipate a sudden and violent end hut
not one offering a fair prospect of escaDe
At any rate, he refused to be gulltv of tho
folly of plunging Into an unknown Jungle
ot brambles, rocks and trees, and elected
to go back by the path to the foot of the
quarry, 'whence ho might, with plenty of
luck, break through on a flank before the
Germans spread their net too wide
lie had actually crossed some part of tho
clearing In front of the hut when his gorge
rose at the thought that, win or lose In this
game of life and death, he might never
again see Irene Beresford The notion was
Intolerable. He halted, and turned toward
the black wall of the wood Mad though It
was to risk revealing his whereabouts, since
he had no means of knowing how close the
nearest pursuers might be, he shouted loud
ly, "Miss Beresfordl" .
And a sweet voice replied, "Oh, Mr. 'Dal
roy, they told me ou were dead, but I re
fused to believe them!" .
Dalroy had staked everything on that last
despairing call, little dreaming that It would
be answered. It was aa though an ansel
had spoken from out of the black portals
of datk. He waa go taken aback, his spirit
opvrlfcht l.lffl Publishing
OF laii
Tracy
wns so shaken, that for a. few seconds he
was tongue-tied, and Itono appeared In tho
moonlit space before ho stirred an Inch
Slip ramp from an unexpected qunrter, from
the wst 4ii Aigente.au, hide
"Tho (iilurs ald I wis n lun itlo to re
turn, she explained simply 'but, when I
rami to mv full sen-is after being aroused
from a sound -leep nnd told to llv nt once
becuusp the GeimanH were on u. I realized
that j on might have outwitted them again,
and would be looking for us In vain, ho,
here I am' '
Ho rnn to her Now that they wcro to
gether iignln he was swift In iliclslon nnd
resolute ns ever "Irene." ho t-ald, "ou'ro
n dear Wheie are our friends? Is there a
path' Can jou guide me'"
"Take tnv hand ' she teplled "Wc turn
bv a big trei In the coiner. I think Jan
Maertz followed me a little wa whin ho
saw I waH determln.d to go back"
"I sup) ose I had unconscious fnlth In
vou Irene.' ho whispered, "nnd that Is why
I crlrd our name But no moro talking
now Rapid, silent movement alono can
sav o us "
They had not gone twenty yards beneath
the trees when some one hissed, "Vise"
"Lltge, jou lump'" tetortcd Dalroj
"Monsieur, I '
"Shut up' Hold mademoiselle's hand, and
ltad on "
He did not ask whither the were going
Tho path led diagonally to tho left, nnd that
wns what he wanted a wav to a flank.
Maertz, however, toon faltered and stop
ped in his tracks
"Tho devil tako all woods nt night-time'
lie growled 'Glvo me tho highroad and a
wagon-team, nnd I'll face anv thing"
"Are jou lost'' asked Dalrov
' I suppose so monsieur But they can't
l.n for I told Joos "
"Jan. Is that ou''' cried Leontlno's voice
"Ah, Dleu mere!' Theso infernal
trees "
"Silence now I" growled Dalroy Impera
tively ' Oo ahead as quickly as possible '
Tho semblance of a path existed, even so.
they stumbled over gnarled roots, collided
with tree trunks which stood directly In
the way. nnd had to fend man n low
branch off their faces The created an
appalling noise, hut wero favored b tho
fact tin: the footpath led to tho west,
whereas thi puisuers must climb tho cliff
on the east.
Leontlne, however led them with the
quiet cortaintv of a country-bom girl mov
ing In n familiar environment She could
guess to a ard Just where the track was
diverted by some huge-limbed elm or far
spreading chestnut, and Invariably picked
up the right line again, for the excellent
reason, no doubt, that tho dense under
growth stood breast high elsewhere at that
season of tho 5 ear
After a walk that seemed much longer
than It really was the radius of tho wood
from tho hut being never more than two
hundred jards In anv dlnctlon the others
heard lror say anxiously. "Are ou there,
father?'
'Where the dcuco do you think I'd be?"
camo the liritated demand "Do jou
Imagine that your mother and I are skip
ping down those rocks like a couple or
AflDAlfi? '
"It Is quite safe," said tho girl "I and
Mario Lafargo went down only last Thurs
day Jules always goes that way to Argon
teau He has cut steps In tho bad places
Jan and I will lead We can help mother
nnd you " ..... i
"Aro wo near tho tow path?' he asked
Oh Is that jou, Monsieur I'Anglals'
chuckled the miller ' Namo of a pipe. I
was positive thoso sales Albochcs had got
you twenty minutes since Yes, If ou trip
in the next few jards you'll find jourself
on tho tow path after falling sixty feet
Go on Leontlne." commanded Dalrov
'What jou nnd jour friend did for amuse
ment we can surely do to imvc our lives
But thero should be moonlight on this side
Have any clouds como up?'
"These are firs In front monsieur Once
clear of them, we can sec"
"Very vvell pout ioso unuiiin t-"-Only.
before beginning tho .descent, make
certain that the river bank holds no Gcr-
Joos grumbled, but his wife silenced him
That good lady. It appeared, had given up
hope when tho strugglo broke out In the
kitchen Sho had been snatched from the
jaws of death by a seeming miracle, and re
carded Dalroy as a very Paladin bho
attributed her rescue entirely to him. nnd
was almost Inclined to be skeptical of Joos s
sensational story about the killing of Bosch
Thero never was such a man for nrgu
!,. .be said sharply "I do believe you'd
contradict an archbishop Do as the gen
tleman bids jou He knows best'
Now seeing that madamo herself after
one look had refused polntblank to tackle
the supposed path and had even Insisted
on retreating to the cover of the wood, Joos
was entitled to protest Being a choleric
little man he would assuredly have done,
so fully and freely had not a red light 11.
lumlned the tree tops, while the cracklo ot
a fire was distinctly audible The Qcrmans
had reached tno top 01 1110 iiu.wij, mm, ...
order to dissipate the Impenetrable gloom,
had converted the hut into a beacon
"Miserlcorde'" he muttered "They are
burning our provisions and may set the
forest ablaze 1"
And that Is what actually happened Th
vegetation was dr as no rain had fallen
for many a day The shavings and store
of logs in the hut burned like tinder
promptly creating a raging furnace wholly
beyond the control of tho unthinking dolts
who started It The breeze which had
sprung up earlier became a roaring tornado
among the trees and some aores of wood
land were soon In flames. The light of that
Ore was seen over an area 01 nunareus 01
miles. Spectators In Holland wrongly at.
trlbuted It to the burning of Vise, which
was, however, only an Intelligent anticipa
tion of events, because the delightful old
town vvas completely destrojed a week later
(n revenge for the defeat Inflicted on th
Invaders at TlrUmont and St Trond dur
ing tha first advance on Antwerp.
Once embarked on somewhat pertloua
fompan' Reprinted b spec'al nrranirement
descent the fugitives gave cj-es or thought
to naught else Jules, the pioneer quoted
bv Leontlne who wns tho owner of tho hut
and maker of sabots had rough-hewed
sort of stnlrivn.v out of n narrow cleft In
the rock face To joung people Bteady In
nervo and sure of foot, the passage was
dangerous enough, but to Joos and his wlfo
It offered real htzard However they woro
nllowed no time for hesitancy With Loon
tine in front guiding her father, and
Maertz next, telling Madame Joos whero
to put her feet, while Dalroy grasped her
broad shoulders nnd gave an occasional eyo
to Irene, thev all reached tho level tow
path without tho least accident Ireno, by
me way, carried the rifle, so that Dalroy
should have both hands at liberty
Without a moment's delay he took the
winpon and readjusted tho magazine, which
he had removed for tho climb Bidding the
others folio v nt such a dlstanco that thc
would not lose sight of him, jet bo able to
retlro if ho found tho wav disputed by ol
dlers ho set oft In tho direction of Argon
teau He had mado up his own mind what to
do If ho met any Germans Ho would nd
vis,o tho Joos family nnd Maertz to hldo
In tho tlcft they had Just descended whllo
ho would toko to tho Mens.- with Irene
provided, that is she agreed to daro tha
leng swim by night Happily there was
no neul to adopt this counsel of despair
'I he lire, Instead of assisting the flanking
party on tho western side only delnjed
it Sheer curiosity as to what was hap
pening in the wood drew all ejes there
r.itner than to the river bank, so the three
men nnd three women passid along the
tow path unseen and unchallenged
After a half mllo of rapid progress Dal
ioj Judged that they were Bafe for the
time, and allowed Madame Joos to take a
much-needed rest Though breathless nnd
marly spent, the. like tho others, found
nti Itrcslstlblo fascination In the scene
lighted by the burning trees Tho whole
countrjsldo wns resplendent in crimson nnd
sliver because the landscape was now
steeped in moonshine, nnd the deep glow
of the flro was most perceptlblo In the
patches where ordinarily there would be
black shadows Tho Meuso resembled a
river of blood, tho movement of Uh slug
gish current suggesting tho onward roll of
somo fluid denser than wnter. Did Joos,
whose tnnguo was seldom nt rest, used that
Verj simile
'Those cursed Prusslnns have made Bel
glum a shambles" he added bitterly 'Look
at our river It Isn't our dear, tmuddy
Mtuse It s a stream In tho Infernal
regions "
"Ves," gasped his wife "And listen to
those guns, Henri' Thev beat a sort of
roulado like drums in hell"
This stout Walloon matron had never
hoard of Milton Her ears wero not turned
to tho music of Parnassus .Sho would
have gized in mild wonder at ono who
told of "noises loud nnd ruinous "
When llellona storms
With all her battering engines, bent to raze
Soma capita! clt
But 111 her distress of body nnd soul sho
hnd coined a phraso which two, at least
of her henifrs wquld never forget The
Biego of Liege did, Indeed, roar nnd rumble
with tho din of a demoniac orchestra Its
clamor mounted to tho firmament It
was as though tho nether fiends, follow
ing Moloch's advice, were striving
Arm d with Hell flames nnd fun, all at
once.
O'er Heaven's high towers to forco resistless
wav
Dalroy himself yielded to tho spell of tho
moment Here was red war such as the
soldier dreams of His warrior spirit did
not quail Ho longed only for the hour If
ever the privllego was vouchsafed, when
ho would stand Mioulder to shoulder with
tho men of his own race, and watch with
unflinching cvo thoso same dread tokens ot
a fir-flung battlo line
Irene Beresford seemed to read his pass
ing mood "War has somo elements of
greatness." sho said quietly "The pity Is
that while It ennobles a few It degrades
the multitude"
With a woman's intuition, she had gone
btrnlght to tho heart of tho problem pro
pounded bj Teutonlsm to an amazed world
Tho "degiadatlon ' of n whole pcoplo was
already Germanj's greatest and unforglv
ablo offeiihe Few even the most cjnlcal
among tho students of European politics
could hnvo believed that tho Kaiser's troops
would sullj their country'H repute bj the
Inhuman excesses committed during those
first dnjs In Belgium At tho best, "war
is hell" , lut tho great American leader
who summed up Its attributes in that pithy
phrase thuught cnly of the mangled men,
tho ruined homesteads, tho bereaved fami
lies whkh mark its devastating trail He
had seen .nothing of German "frlghtful
ucss" The men ho led would havo scorned
to ravage peaceful vlllagis, Impalo babies
on bajnnets nnd latn.es, net flro to houses
containing old and bedridden people, mur
der hostages, rapo every woman In a com
munity, torturo wounded enemies, and shoot
harmless citizens In drunken sport Yet
the German armies did all thoso things
before they wero a fortnight In tho field
Thej are not Impeached on Isolated counts
attributable, perhaps, to tha criminal In
stlncts of a small minority They carried
out bestial orgies in battalions and brigades
acting under word of command The Jollv.
good-humored fellows who used to tr'-'jlp
In droves through tho bwlss passes y
summer, each man with a rucksack on his
back, and beguiling tho road in lusty song,
seemed to cast nsldo all their cheerful
camaraderie nil their exuberant kindliness
of nature when garbed In the "field gray"
livery of the State and let loose among
the pleasant vales and well-tilled fields of
Flanders That will ever remain Ger
manj's greatest sin When "the thunder
ot tho raptains and the shouting" Is btilled,
when time has healed the wounds ot victor
and vanquished, the memories of Vise, of
Louvaln, of Aershot, of nearly every town
nnd hamlet In Belgium and northern France
once occupied by the savages from beyond
the Rhine, will, remain imperlshablo In
their horror German Kultur was a highly
polished veneer Exposed to the hot blast
of war It peeled and shriveled, leaving
bare a diseased, worm-eaten structure In
which the honest fiber of humanity liad
been rotted by vile Influence, both social
and political
(Copyrliht. Edward J. Clodt)
(CONTINUED TOMORROW
WHV 1NIHT PINK P17R1
IN CENSORING MOVflflik
Separation of Juvenile Sheep
From Adult Goats Might
Solve Board's Worries
1
Dy the Photoplay Editor
In all tho pro and con dissertations: on -censorship,
Its admitted evils and doubtfol
virtues Pcnnsjlvnnla has always failed to
make ono vital distinction, which If prop
erly recognized, might solve the entire; prol
lem With the appointment of Frank Jt,
Hhattuck to tho State Board, exhibitors,
manufacturers and photoplay-goers may
well see romc lifting of clouds on tho cinema ;
horizon But even ho Is frank to confess).
that all tho vexations that confront him aVe,
hardly to be dispelled ot one stroke. '
Has Mr. Shattuck ever heard of the so
called "pink permit"? This scheme Tlaa
worked well and consistently In those cities)
whero It has been tried It proceeds on .
tho assumption that certain motion pic
tures, eminently suited for screening before)
ndults, nrcn't fit mental food for children.
It separates the merely nasty, the easily
condemned from serious discussions of 1n
tense nnd trenchant problems of ethics, It
docs not refuse to pasa ' On Trial" Just b
ran so It and "Tho Wrongs of a Cabaret
Singer" happen tn deal with tho breaking
of a moral law
Tho rooted trouble with the conduct of
the omce of censor in this State has Invari
ably been that the ufllclal Iiivh Judged films
on tho basis of Juvenile Intelligence. Adul
tery is taboo nnd may verj prop"rly be so,
for boys and girls But Messrs Ercltlnger
and Ohcrholtzer rather made things worse
than better by writing In their own leaders.
In such cases. In nn attempt to Invest every
movlo villain's escapade with the sanctified
halo of marriage And the re-ult has al
wnvs borne tho two-fold vicious fruit of
muddling tho stories In the minds of Juve
nile spectators and disgusting the ndulta,
who plainly see through this flimsy attempt
to traduce their reasoning facultj
If the "pink permit" system were Inau
gurated here we would know exactly where
we stood before wo entered tho door of the
theatre Wo would know what wns being
offered us aa mature nrt, nnd what vvas In
tended for the younglings We could docket
"Jack and tho Beaif Stalk" and "Tho Easi
est Waj-" In separate drawers And w
could keep our sons' and daughters' eyes
averted from Buch exhibitions of physical
cruelty as those of "Tho Cost of Hatred "
lit this excellent picture we find a tjplcal
examplo of censorial blindness Because)
tho theme of the story Is not primarily one
connected with the evils of sex, it is passed
and shown beforo persons of all ages. But
the flagellations Inflicted on tho hero In
this movlo must have been far moro hurtful
to jouthful ejes and minds than other 'ac
tions condemned bj the board
Why not tho "pink permit' ?
Not content with h.iv lng signed Constance
Tnlmadgo and offered Nicholas of Russia I.
Job, Lewis J Selznlck will market Eva
Tanguaj's films Eva hnd been promising
theso so long that the wary were beginning
to put her In tha same class with Margaret
Anglln, who Incorporated, but never re
leased. A request from the United States re
crultlng'olllce for cel.Ists for the Balkans
sounds Ilko the lobster dream of a press
agent Yet a call was received recently
by three plajers of that Instrument who
belong to the ochcstral forces at Universal
Cit-. Cal Thoy will leave in two weeks
for duty with tho Allied forces
Sarah Bcrnhnrdt during hor recent tour
played In a southern city near which Pearl
White, star of Pathe's new serial, "The
Fatal Ring," was at work The French
actress sent for tho "stunt girl," and they
had a long talk "I havo wanted to meet
jou," tho great Sarah said, "since I first
saw 'I,cs MjBtcrcs de New York (tho
French title for "Tho Exploits ot Elaine")
In Paris Ah, If you hut knew how our
pollus In tho trenches worship you, you
would feel that jou had accomplished
much'"
Will the fair maid who romps'through
countless movies sometimes ns a child, of
nature, sometimes as a small-town girl, but
nlwajs ns nn Ingenue bear In mind that
tho cost of grease paint has gone up, and ,
that farmers daughters don't usually have
such free access to tho rabbit foot, anyway?
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