wripw, iKST (20SSJP 4S0OT PEOPLE tfancy Wynne. Tells of Various Is Interested in Pageant for If7. S. S. Campaign. Mrs. A. J. Cassatt a Patroness , .A ID you know Hint Olivia (inj-zntn l.i tf tnklriK n uoclal war coursu In stn. vogMphy nnd Iniilnc correpomlcnco? Bn's out In Toledo, Ohio (don't you loo to say "Toledo, Ohio"? It h.n so ninny o'ii and Ill's nnd lio's) and ciecN to pome hbmo about tlio last week In tlits month With her father tn fnl.n mi linr tvivrlt wltli J;Uib E. A. A. Mrs. Gurotm has been In vtWnahlni?tnn frit' nnmrt limn 11, la frill utlli it. . .. ;" buii, liieuienani josepn Ai. uuzzani, Jf. Who wm fcertmisly 111 of Influenza. IIo ifa convalescent now and camo up to spend rth week-end with hi mother. There vvni h nouso party there over sunu.iy. Tho s misses strothe-rs, of naUlmorc, were there, jUid Major Eric Urnille-y, of the Uureau of Aircraft Production, War Depirtment, who 5jli8j 'Just como back from overseas, whero lewaa Hying with a Jlrltlsh Mitiailron; f Lieutenant Simmons, Just back from Italy, -Whero ho has been with the nmbulnnro, hOhA Mrs. Gazznm'a sister, Mrs., IMvvaut 'W. J Robinson, vvlfo of Major lloblnson, of CNow York. p?" It sounds c;ulto Ilko beforo tho war, to italk about house parties, doesn't It'.' Uut Aeforo tho var thcro wquldn't hao been anything llko all tho uniforms and tho 'titles and thing's. Youns Lieutenant CSuz JJfcum, you know, Is C. O. of tho S. A. T. C. i Westminster, Md. In iis.o you haven't ?tno slightest Ide-i what that meaps I'll (explain: Commanding Olllcer of the Stu 'Menfs' Army Training Corps. jrpHK "War Pavings Stamp Committee, h is n Bcheniu for dong Us hIuuu in ralslmr 'the hugo sum expected fiom thu halo of , war htamps this jear. It Is planning a musical pageant nnd danco for Saturday .evening, November 1C, at S o'clock. 12 vol y 'one Is asked to subscrlbo a ccitaln sum, but tho ticket obtained In this way has a ?Btub, on presentation of which tho owner ;,wIU recelvo two thrift stamiis That's some idea, don't yoijthlnk7 Tho pageant Is under a special commit tee of tho Woman's Division "W. S. S and 'includes Mis. William West, Mrs. ..oo Jan frioy. Mis. Curtis 1'atterson, Mrs. C. W. iMIddleton, Mrs. Whlto Steele, Mrs. 12. C. ,t)cndere, Miss Mabel MelicU and Mrs. 'John 1). Hammond. fl Tho affair will be glen in tho largo ibnllroom of Lu I-u Temple. Mr.s. rhlllips Jenkins will direct It and about fifty of Mier pupils will take part. Theio will, also be dancing under Mr. Elluood Carpenter and Mrs. Mary Wlnsldw Johnson and Mies y'Mary Vogt will bo at the piano and organ , respecth elv. ,' The committeo has certain! got a lcp- 'jjesentatlvo lot of women to aut as pa Stronesses. Mis. Alexander J. Cassatt heads 'the list and tho others aio Mrs. Ned Drown ing, Mrs. Bllllc Clothier, Mrs. Hnny Coxe, fMrs. Rod tlriscom, Mis. John Groomo, Mrs. "Arthur Lea, Mifc. Noiman M.iel.e'od, Jim. j-Wlllis Jraitin, Airs. Tom ltobins, Mrs. Cor ;nellua Stevenson, Mi.s. Kdward Stotcsbury, Mrs. Barclay Wiirbtirton, .mis. Keen -vior- 'ian, Mrs. Kdwaid Itowland, Jlrs. Noiman f Jackson, Mis. William Warden, Mr George Vwhaiton l'epjier anu -Mis. ueorgo uuumcr. f&Thls entertainment is but a pait uf an LVelaborato piogiam which has been ar- ix-anged by tho W. S. S. committee to Help ithls county reach its. quota befoio l)u- j'cember 31. fOJOMETIMHS we think it's ety "iinny it "O we hear' a small person about tlneo or ffijur murmur impatiently "dam it," and we Jlaugh. But I wonder whe.i wo do it wo realize how wo aro encoui aging i-ometning fwhlch, harmless though it may be, is a fvery ugly thing in an older child' I hap pened to lunch out recently at a place where, every one you Know goes. It was "the usual ciowd for luncheon, so several groups had to sit at tho Mine tablos. ', A young girl of about twenty unu hit !uter of fourteen cixmc to the table. They lounged all over1 It and could not decide rWhat to order, and tho smaller one finally fdld dud wtoto tho orders while liiey wero (Vailing for '.Minii.' Almost vny otliei wrord that issued from Mlbs l.'ointeon-ycai--61a was inteihpeistd'witli "dam." "I'agc teyldcntly tho chauifuui) dam near missed li'is this morning." "Did ho?" dinwled SIs- tfer, "Darn it, 1 wish 'Mma'd romol" FI- ially 'Mma did come, apologizing proiuseiy WnShcr children and (saying, "I brought tf8 with me." Miss had evi dently taught tho girl 1'rencn or home- ' i. . ,.n..1.1 l.'t.m toon tlin thing. Anu it you "'"'" """ "v- - '.ViaAnej; In which she was gieetcd. So SSJ.i ..It.. t,v,n nf lis do llOt KtOn to I. , W I11IL li Ifll.t cu.t.w - " thlBH- sometimes and realize that instead -of showing off wo aro uotually making It ." .. . ..! fvnt nrn extremely 111- .'pred, when there Is no excuse for being n.'Jl-.i ri,oo ..iria shoiild havo been as Well-bred as any girls In this town. ..somehow it inado my luncheon an un. pWbant affair and I was glad to leave .- i.i i.ofnm tiieirs came, as wicy bijuui PI? lUWW Mw.w -interim wrangling geiiciau. Wk NANCIT WXKXli. "tit . iJ 1 ,- 1 A..i!..:t! 4U 30CIU1 YCUVllICB liMr and Mrs, Udwurd Wain aro occupying :rrv 7 , i no. on liofnrn Imp mar- J, last January, Mra, Wnlii aa .Mlsa iha pita-Hugh Laurence, oc vcusuurb', 1S8. . SL TrTtrv Burnett Uobb und her daugh- . ,., i.l. nf nwnf.f TT.i.r- '. . n..n 4.itr nwn HOVf WfCK tn , expect u uiv .. .... ------ LU 1110 WIlHCr Wi "lot ..- 4.,..., and Mis, Itobert V. Hastings, 1720 street. ' iMlss Julia nerwlnd and her niece, Miss irsaret I'i'ninp, riurnuii iu "" lli.Vl Pl""" ' ---" Ed fourth annual "Just J'lain Dog and B.I. ..i..,.,i ai.u- ' umlor tha ausnices of (auxiliary to tho Pennshanla h. 1". C, A., . i,i.i Hfifcnrdav. November 10. from 1 te'o'clock l. m. at the headquarteia of k reiinByhanla B, 1", C. A., 82J-S4 North k4 street. This show waB posiponeu uum prober 2 untu isovowncr iu ureaum i health ban, Governor Brumbaugh and ,w, rrfelana jvMiunrit win jwukd " ki.ii, nr thn liencilt of. Ilio American lStap Animal Belief, which Is poking if Ue welfare of the animals engaged in lt;..iii f.a 1.1.1 on iim kntfin dnv fn the ,,.. i?i ,;- ;,'-. rlura of tne fennsynaniu p. -, .,., X, Orampier, of J'echln street. Bpx- ftQFlQ liyl- W iiiv-.iuv0 it, ins uracil .i,uur TfFWff? w m-t Things People Are Doing She m 1 .'lmto 'i 1'holo-Clnfli rs. MISS A11IGA1L JIAHli: O'LKAKY Daughter of Jlr. mitt Mrs. Timnlliy r 0'l.ejr, of Hit Walnut Mrrel, wlmio cnpjjieineiit In l.iciUcnnnt llcrlMyl Han nan pthel!, U. S. A., s-onof Mr. .mil Mr. lMwanl Srlicll. of New York and iNVpoiitcl. L. I., has been nnnounccd guest of Sirs Addle Bessauer, of 21 IS North Twelfth stieet. Mis Desauer has been spending rewrnl weeks In Allcntown, l.i.. Aihere fIio lslted her biother-ln-law and sister, Jlr. and ills. A. S. Somcra. Br. Julius Tioppcr, of BoAboiotish, re turned oil S.ituiday fjoni Atlantic City. The fall mectlig of the Catholic Club of the ihuieh of thu Assumption will be held this ocnlng 'n the parish hull on Couanoo stieet, Mnn.iviuiK. The ollleers are Mr. 1'li.uli.s Snjdei, tires'dent; Jlr. William .1. Nickels, kc ii sidctit ; jrr. Andrew Smith, sicietaiy, and Ml. I'utcr B. Iacbert, tteas u'rt r Mr. and Mrs. Bajnor Bowman, who have been lalthig Mrs. Bowman's brother-in-law and s' btt'r, Captain and Mrs. Walteiv 55. Bain,r, of Lincoln drhc, hae returned to Heir homo in rhoeniwille. DREAMLAND ADVENTURES ?y DADDY A complete irao mlvcnttnc rntjf ucelc. hroln Jltito Momluu and ending Satmilai (In picvlnus ntlienttuis Vcyny ha? Irani ril Ihul talk ami ha? alloyed unusual ex ptriau cs amottrj Ihrdland Jol.s.) CltAPTER T The liirtl in 7Jis5iie T)mNCBSS ITOGV, como heio 'quick I" X sereecliea a Bhd voice outside 1'eggy's window l'eggv looked and looked, but Louldn't .see tho speaker. Puzzled, t-he opened tlio door and be.irclied tho liwn. ' "Can't jou sco.mc-?-' chuckled tho loice, almost from under her feit. IVggy pecied closely, but there were only piles of autumn lull cs befoio her. Ono of these Idles .stlried, then out ,of It walked "an odd-appearing blid Hh was diqssud from head to too in a suit made of tho k.uis themseles, and It was no woudir that Peggy wasn't able to see him. "Fooled you, didn't I?" eaeeched tho stranger. "Vou buiely did," admitted Peggy. "Who aro you, anyway?" "Don't jou inow my 'voice?" "You talk llko Bed-Tailed Hawk," decided Peggy doubtfully. "Bo I, indeed?" cried the stranger, chang ing to a whistling note. "Now, you'ro like Pino Grosbeak," de clared Peggy, but the stronger only gao a chuckling laugh. ' Tell mo who yon pre." "I'm a detcctivo in disguise," answeied tho htr.iuger, "Ui acinus me, what aro Jou detecting?" iiblnd Peggy, iiuIcMy tilled with curiosity. "Bight now I'm di teeing that jou got up late this morning; that j-ou cateltssly put on unu hi ick shoo and unu brown shoo; that j ou blflmncj In washing joUrbolf, not giving jour heck a single dap of water; that ou didn't gi t all the tangles out of your halt ; and that joiir mother suit jou back up stalls to change j-our bhoes, to wash moio caiefully, and to comb your hair all over again. Am I light?" "Exactly." ' Peggy was amizo(l at thn fctrange. bird's uncanny knowledge of all theso supposedly ,secret happenings. "Aro j-ou a bird Sherlock Holmes? Bow do jou know ull that?" "Because; I peeked Into j'ptir window," chuckled the stranger. This time Peggy knuvv tlio chuckle. "Ulue Jaj', it's you," Mio cried. "To be suro It's me, but I had jbu guess ing," luuglied Blue Jay, "i'ou'vo disappointed nie, I thought you mlglit bo a truly detective." "But I am a detective, You como with nio, and J'ou'il see. I'm luimliig down an awfully mysterious criminal." "A cilmliml? What has ho dono?" gasped Peggj-, t "That's what I'm- trjing to find out," whispered Blue Jn , "But if you don't know what ho ,has dono how do you know ho is a criminal?" persisti d Peggy, "Tho way every detective does by put ling two and two together, Bon't criminals sneak along with their caps over their eyes? Bon't they look hack to see if any ono Is following them? Bon't they try to hide what they aro doing?" Peggy nodded, So far jis sho know, thut was precisely tho way criminals acted, '"Well, then that proves this chap Is a criminal." declared 'Bluo Jay, triumphantly, "and If you want, further pi oof, get behind thla tieo nnd watch him, for hero ho comes," Suie enough, down tho opposite side of the street was coining a very suspicious look. Ing character, Ho had his hat pullc,d down over his eyes, he looked cauliouslv around very few minutes as 'It fearful of pursuit,' una he seemed to bo trying to hide a laigo basket over which ho had thrown a Hap'of hla coat. "Tho Man of Mystety," hissed Bluo Juy, Just Uko Peggy had heard villains hiss upon tho stage, "Como Wo must follow to de Uat his dark deeds I" Peggy hesitated, If this man were a crlm Inal, this was a matter for the police,, not for a little girl. But muybe ho wasn't a regular criminal. Mayho ho was a German bpy, He might oven bo ono of the gang that was supposed to be sending messages to jjerman submarines telling them how tp catch Amerlciu Ulps. This thought moved .Peggy q prompt ac tion, The Man of Mysteiy was dodging mound the nearest corner. Hesitating no longer, Peggy .Joined Bluo Jay in pursuit of ;.&i t ft "llr , ' ' '' .l' jfflg!OTr rUSTOVlifiDGEl THE MAN (Copyright, BBS) CHAPTER f Seek a Hal in Rotterdam TUB reception clerk looked up from tho hotel teglstcr and phook his head flrmlv. "Wry borij, sa're," he Raid, "not a bed In, 70 house." And ho closed the book with a snap. Outside the rain came down heavens hard, Bverj one who onme Into the brightly lit hotel vestibule cntend with a gush of water. I felt I would ratlier dlo than face the wind-swept streets of ltottordam again. , 1 tinned oni'o mor to tho clerk who was now" busy at the kej-rack. "Haven't jou reallj a corner? I would-i't mind vvhrio It was, es It Is only for tho night, Come now " "Very poirj', twilre Wo have two ceulle men sleeping In ?o bithrooms nlre.tdj. If jou hud reerved And ho shrug ged 'his shouldcis and tn tit toward a ls1tor who was demanding his kej", I turned away with l ice In mj heart. What n cursed fool 1 had bem not trt w'ra from (lirmlngcnl 1 had fullv liitcnihd to, but thn etranidluaiy ionvers.it ion I had hid with B'eky Allot ton had put ivirvthlng ru out of my bend. At en hotel 1 had tried It had been 'ho runic stor.v Cooiimn's, the Man, the (Band, all vv.ie fu'l to tho bath tooius. If f h.-yl only wired , As t parsed nut Into tho poich I he thought mjselC of the porlei liotel tioi ter hud helped mo out of a Fltuil.tr pl'ghl in Biclali once yenrr ago This porter with his red drlnk-todden face and tin n bed gold braid, did not piomlse wop, m far ns r lcumnucndttlon f'"- a lodghig for tho night was oonccinul. Still ." J suppose It was my mind dwelling on nn rxperlcnco at Bteslnu that maile me ad dress the" man In Get man 'When one has been familiar with a foreign tongue fiom one's bojhood, It unuhen but n v rv Might mental Impulse to droi Into It. I'mm such Might begi-in'ngs do gn,at cntupih-ei "-prltig. If I had known thu hmnenue i nnllU ttton of adventute that was to unread Hs toots fiom thai single question. I 'veilly believe niv limit would have failed me and I would have tun fill th into the night and the ralu and 1 earned the sliecls t'll inoiiilng Well, f found niVbolf asking the man In Germ in if he know whole 1 could ga a loom f r the night. Be shot a quick glance at me fiom- under his teddened ovgllds. "The gentleman would doubtlcs lll.o a German hoiie?" ho queried. You may hardly credit It, but my inter view with Blcky Allerton that afternoon had simply driven the war out of mv mind When ono hap lived much among fuelgn pcoplis. one's mentality slips automatlc.illv Into their skin I win now thinking In Oilman at le.i'-t so It seems to mo when I look back upon that night and I answered without lctlcetlng: , "I don't care wheio it is ns long as I can get somewhere to sleep out of this infernal rain !" "The gentlcinin can hao ii good, clean bid lit the liotel SIM III the little htrcet thev call the Yoa ln't Tulntjc, on the canal behind the Bourse The proprletiess Is a good German jawohl Pi an Ann Pchratt her mnin Is The gentleman need only say he comes from Franz at tho Boppuder Ilof." I gave the man a gulden and, bade him get me a cib. It was -tlll pouring As wo rattled nivav oir the gl "toning cobblestones, my mind travclfd back over tho stiutllng events of tho cliy Mv t ilk with old Ohky had u'Ken ma such a mental 3ir that 1 found It at first well nigh Impossible to concentrate my th ughts That's tho woist of sliell-sh ck You think jou are cured, you feel tit and well, and then suddenly the machlneiy of jour mind checks and halts and creak t. Bver since I had left hosp'til convalescent after being wounded on the Sonrme ("gunshot wound in head and cerebel concussion" the doctois called It) 1 had trained mjself, whenever my hi.tln was en inline, to I'O hack to the beginning of things and work slowly up to the probent bj niethodlcal stages. Bet's bee then T was "boarded at Millkank and got three months" leave: then I did a month In tho Btttlejohns' bungalow In Cornwall' thetc I got the letter from Blcky Allot ton, who, befoio the war. had been In paitncrstilp w th my brother Ki incis In the motor huslnes at Coventry Blcky had been with tho naval division at Antwerp and was Inlet nod with the ics-t of tho ciowd when thev ei ssed tho Butch frontier in those disastrous das rif October, 1911. Dicky wrote from Gionlngen, just a line. Now- that I was on leave. 1f I wero fit to (ravel, would I coins to Gionlngen and see him? "I havo had a curious communication which .seems to have to do with poor Kran ois," he added. That was all. My brain was still halting, so I turned to Fiancis Here Ingain , 1 had to go back. Francis, rejected on all sides for active serv ice owing to whit he bcornfully used to call "the shirkers' aliment, varicose veins," had llatly declined to carrj' on with his motor business after, Dicky had joined up. although their firm was doing Government work. Finally, ho had vanished into tlio maw of tho War Otlleo and all I knew- was th.it ho was "homethlng on tlio intelligent e." Mote than this not even lie would till mo, and when ho finally dibappeaied fiom l.ondon, just about (ho time that I was popping tho p.liapet wifh my battalion at Ncuvo Cha pelle, he left me his Bondon chanibeis as his only uddiess for lettcis Ah' now It was all coming back Francis" infiequent letters to mo about noth. ing at all, then Ills w)ll, foi warded to me for bafp keeping when1 I was homo on leave last Christmas, and after that, sllenco. Not another letter, not a word "about him, not a slued of information. Ho had utterlj- van ifehtd, 1 remomberen my frnntla Inquiries, m' vain -visits, to tho War Oillce, my perplexity at the Impel tnrbable sllenco of tho various olllcials I Importuned tor pews of my poor brother. Then theio was that lunch at tno Bath Clubs wUh 'Sonny Martin of tho Heaes and a friend of his, some kind of staff cap tain in led tabs. I don't think I hoard his name, but I know- ho was at tho War Onice, and presently over our cigars and cofteo I laid beforo him tho mj'sterious facts about my brother's case, i "Perhaps j'ou know Francis?" I said In conclusion, "Vcs," ho replied, " know him well," "Know him," I lepeatcd, "know hhn then then j-ou think jou liavo reabun to believe ho la still alive Bed Tabs cocked his eyo at the glided roinlea of the colling and blew a ring from Ills cigar. But ho paid nothing, , I persisted with my questions, but It was of no avail, Bed Tabs only laughed and said: "I know nothing nt all cxeept that your brother Is a njost delightful fellow with all your own lovo of getting his own way," Then Sonny Martin, who Is the perfection of tact nnd diplomacy probably on that account ho failed for the diplomatic chipped In with an anecdote .about a man who was rating tha waiter at an adjoining table, nnd I held my peace. But as Bed Tabs roso to go, a llttjo later, he held my hand for a minute In his and with that curious look of his, said slowly nnd with meaning; "Wlien a nation is at war, ofllcers on actlvo service must occasionallj' disappear, some times in their country's Interest, sometimes in their own." Ho emphasized the words "on active serv ice." In a flash my ej-ea were opened, s How blind I hau been' Francis was in Germany, CIIAPTEIl II The Cipher With the Invoice REB TABS'S sphinx-like declaration was no rlddlo to me. I knew at once that Francis must be on secret service In the enemy's country and that country Germany, My brother's extraordinary knowledge of the qermatis, their customs, life and dialects, ijindered hint Ideally suitable for any such perous mission. .Francis alvvajs had an extraordinary talenf for languages; he seem ed to acquire them all without any mental effort, but , In Qerroun he was supreme. Dur. la. 4 VAfiM. lhnt , OMl .1 o-...nt . n - Iah. .' 2J-"t-! - PHILAlSSlLPHlA, MOM&ff OVEiAJBEE 4, WITH THE CLUB FOOT lly vli ntim: villi ams "Anil here,' fniil I)!ekv, diving inlu llko n German, ri.uiels was able, In addi tion, to speak Bonn and Cologne patois llko n native of thoc iinrlent cltle u.' mid he could drill n Hqu.id of icetults in their own language like the tni.ii test lkutituuit over pluigtd from Gross-Liclitcifeldt Ho never had any dlrtieultv In passing liint self off as a German Well I uniimber his delight when lie was claimed ns a fellow Blielillander by a Got man olllcer we met, ono summer hofnro the war, combining rolf with a little useful ci-ploture at Cmniir. I don't think 1'iancls had any ultetlor motive in ills study of German Be simply found bo had this imitative facult ; philology had nlvvnjs Interested him, mi. even after ho had gone Into the motor Bade, he used to amuse himself on1 business tiips to Germanj" by acquiring now diabetic Ills German intlt itions were extiaotdl-naillj- fiiniiv. Ono of Ills .stai tut as" was u noisy sitting of the Beiehst.ig Willi ppeeches bv Prince Btilovv and August liibrl and "intorruiitlotis" ; another, a patriotic oiaucn bv nn old I'mssian General nt a Kaiser's hlrthd.ij dinner. Funds hail n marvelous faculty not unlj of s etiilng G. nnin, but oven of almost looking like a Gciman, so ntwo lutcly was lie able to slip into the skin of tlio part. Yet never In my wlldist moments had I dreamed that he would try to got Into Uoimany In waillmo. Into that land win to everv citizen is catalogued, and pigeon holed ft nm tlio cradle But Bed Tabs's macu lar title anou had niaile eTjthjng clear to me. Why, a mission to (.tinii'iiy would bo tho Vciy tiling that Francis would glvVi his eve? to be allov cd to attempt! Piancis with his utter dlsiegtrd of danger, bis love of taking ilsks bis Impish del'ght 111 Inking a rise init of the stodg.v Itun , wh. If thcro wete l.nglJ.slime-a bi.ivc enough to take e linnces of that kind, Fiancis would bo Ihe fllst to volunteer Yes If Francis weie on -i mission alivwlieie it would be to Geimanj'. lint what ptos liect had lie of ever tetuinliig with tlio fiontlers clos.d and Ingress and igios prac tli'.illy bailed even to pro-Get man neutrals'' Man a night In the tienohos 1 bail a mental vision of Francis, so debonair and f-o feit lebs, facing a lilng-sipi,ui of Piusslan pri vates From the day of tho luncheon at tlio Bath Club to this vciy nfteinooii-I hud hid no fill ther inkling of mv brothers wlioteabouti or fate The nutiiorltl.s at liom,. luofcnsed lgnoiance, 1 know, , duty boiinel, tliev would, and I had nothing to h mg anv theory on t until )Kly All.-ttuii'rt lettct eame Ashcrort at the F O tt.v d u mv paSMtH for mo and t lost n tune. In .changing tho white, gulls and, led cliffs of Cornvvnll lor the windmills and film canals of Holland n imi'nn.T '" T' l'r",st "ocKt" written on fi,S t1 ', f rhc"" f0,f"'"n ""topiper, the tidings TIi id como to Gronlngen to seek. Yet so trivial so nonsensical, se li.tflllng was th mc-MiBo tint I al.ep.lv fell my trip to Holland to have been a fruitless errapd I found Dleky fat and butsilng with health In his qiurteis at tho Internment eunp Ho on y knew that Francis liad dlsappeaicd AWien 1 told him of my meeting with Bed i'abs at the isuli Club, of the latlei'H woids to me at inning and of my own conviction in the nutter, he w libeled, then looked giave iln went stulght tu tlio point In his hlulf ditect waj. "J am going to tell jou a story (list, Bcs inonil," ho bald i,, me, "then I'll fehoiv m.u a picco tif pnpei. Whether tho twei (ugetfu t nt In with jour theorv as to poor Fiancis s eils appearauco will bo for j'ou to judge. Until now 1 must eontos.s I bad felt Inclined to dibiulss the null icfereneo this document ap peals to make to jour brother as h tm.ro coincidence III names, but what you have told me makes things interesting by Jove, it docs, though Well, hole's tho yarn ilibt of all ! ,-. "Vour brother and I havo had dealings hi tho p.iht with a Dutchman In tlio motoi busi ness at Nyinwcgen, by tho name of -van I'ltitlus He lias often Ikcii over to poo us at Coventry in tlio old days niul Fiancis liua stayed with him at Njmwcgeii once or twice on Ills way back fiom Germanj', -Nymwegen, jou know, Is close to the Gerpmu fiontier. Old Urutlus has been very decent to mo since I have been In gaol hero and has been over seveiol time's, generally with u box or two of thobo like Butch cigars." "Oielty," 1 broke in on hhn, "get em with tho btoiy. What tho devil's nil this got to do with Francis ,' Tho document " "Steady, my hoy!'' was tho imperturbable replj-, "let mo spin my Jain my own waj'. I'm cpmlng to thu piece uf paper. "Will, then, old Urutlus camo to seo mo ten elajrt ago. All I knew about Fiancis 1 hail told hhn, namely, that Francis had en tered the ai my and was missing. It was no buslncs of the old Mynheer If Funds was In tho Intelligence, so I didn't tell him that. Van B. Is a staunch fiienjl of tho Bngllsh, i.nt ion know tho saying that If a man f doesn't know ha can't split. 'My "Id Butch pal, then, turned up hero ten days ago. Ho was bubbling over with excitement, '.Mr. Allerton,' ho sa-s. 'I baf bad a writing, u most injstorlous writing a wilting. 1 t'ink. from Francis Okewood," "I sat tight. If theio wero any i delations coming they weie going to bo luteh, not British. On that I was lesolved, 'I haf received,' tlio old Dutchman went on 'from Gain many a parcel of metal bhl'eldt". 'plates w hat yeu call 'em of tin, hcln? What I haf to advertise my business. They arrlfo las' week-rrl open tho parcel myself and on the top is the envelope with ,tho lnvoico,' "Mynheer paused; he has a good sense of the dramatic. " 'Well.' I said, 'did it bile j-ou or say "Gott strnfo Bngland," or what?' Van Urutlus ignored my flippancy nnd resumed. 'I open tha envelope and tlieto in the invoice 1 Had thle w-iltlng nc.ro!' "And here," sale! Blcky, diving Into his pocket, "is 'the writing' 1" v Ami he thrust Into my eagerly outstretched I hand a ery U'l't half-xheet of fore'gn note- jmyer, of tnat junu pi ci)cap guinea pote W: ?'M1vfT his jiotkct, "is the writing'' Geitnan ili.uai trrs In put pie ink beneath tho tiamo nnd address of Mjnhecr van Urutlus that was all My heiut sunk with ills ippoinmcnt and Wietchedtiess an 1 re id the insci iptioil Hcio Is the document : lie. in W'illenr van lit iltlu?, Aute.mohllgeschilft, Xj tirvv cgon. Alevindei-Slrnnt St bis. llcillu, Ben .lull, 10. O Blelicnhol. 1 O Btchenhol7, Wio leer bind dclno Bliittcr. WIe Achllec In e1em Zellc. Wo znoie sleh ziukeli ' Bifieut sich der Biitle. (Ti.insMlion.) -Mr Wlllem van ITiutlur. Autoiunbllo Agent. Nytnwtgcii. St bis Alesander-Straat. 'lleilln, lht J ttly, 10. O O.ik-ti . o ' O Onk-tl ee; How tiiipfy aro thy leaves. Bike Achiles In tlio lent. When two people fall nut 'I ho till i tl patty tejolces, I staltd at this nonsensical document in sllenco. My thoughts weie almost too bitter for words At, lat I i-poke "What's till this llgnviiole got, to do with Francib", Diekv." 1 aked. valnlv Hjlng to hlippicss the hitteinebs in mv voice 'This looks like a lNt ol ceipvbook inaMiua for J'olir Butch filend'ri .ulvcitl-untut e'aids ' Hut I i etui ned to the study of the piece of paper "Not so fat. olel bird," Blcky c. plied loollj", "let me llnlsh my stotv old'stiek-ln-the-inu.l Is a loL sluewilcr Hi m wc think "'When I te.iii the wilting," ho told me, 'I think he is .ill lohblih, but then 1 ask uivseir, who shall put lohblsh In inj' invoices? Anil then I lead the wilting again and oni'o again and then I see he is a message' "Mop, Ulikv'" I oiled, 'of loiir.ve, what an libs I am' Why Blelniihol " 1 Bx.utlj," leluined liiekv, "as tho old Mynheer was the tlitt fo see, r.lclionh.ilz tiaiiblatnl Into Bngllsh Is Dak-tiei-' or "Oak wood' in other wotds, Kramls." 'Then, Dlekj " I nueirupli el ".Ilibt a minute, ' said Dleky, putting up his h mil. 'I lonfc-u i tliiiughl, on llrst beeing this nn sbage or white vet It is, tint theio must bo blmply a coinei.leneo or u line and that somebodv's ielle scrlhbllng had found Its way Into old Van II 's Invoice. But now that ton havo told mo that Fiancis may hao actually got Into Germanv, thou, I must bnv, it looks ns If this might be an attempt of his to cnmmurilcitn with homo" "Whi'tc did the Dutchman's packet of stuff como froi .? ' I asked "From .he Berlin Metal Woiks In Stoglllz, a subtil b of Boilln; ho has dealt with them for yea is." "Hut thou what does all tho rest of It mean all this about Achilles and tho lest" 'Alt', Desmond' ' was Dkl.v's uplv, "that'H whero jou've got not uulj mi , but also Myu liier van Urutlus." " 'o oakwood! O oakwood, how unplj- aro tin- leaves" That bounels llko a, taunt, ikin't jou tlihiK, Dlekj?' said I 'Or a confession of falluie from Francis to lot us know that be lias dono nothing, adding that ho 13 accordingly sulking 'llko Achilles III ills Jent ' " 'But, bio hole, itlclin.nl Alleiton," I said, "Funds would never bpell 'Achilles' with one T now, would he?" "By .love'" said Dicky, looking nt tho pa per again, "nobody would but a verj- un educate el person "f know nothing about German but tell me, Is that tho hand of nn educated Ger man'' Is It Funds s handwriting?" Cert.ilnl.v, It Is an cduented baud," I re plied, "but I'm dashed if 1 can say whether, It Is Francis's German handwriting: It can scarcely bo because, as I have already re nnikeel, ho spills 'Achilles' with one V " Then tho fog canto down oei us again. Wo rat helplessly nnd gazed at the fateful paper. "Theie's only ono thing for It, Blcky," 1 said llnally, "I'll tako the blooming thing bark to London with me and hind it eiver to tho Intelligence Alter all, Fianels may have a codo with them. Possibly they will see light whore wo gione in daikneis," "Pesmonel," salel Blcky, giving me hlfcj hand, "that's tho most sensible Miggetion joti'vo mado -ot, Go homo and good luck to jou. But pioniUe me you'll como biek here and tell mo If that piece of paper brings the news that dear old Francis is alive." So I left Blrky hut I did not go homo, I was not destined tei stn my homo for many a, weaiy week, (TO BB CONTINUED TOMOBltOW) ANOTHER "TANK CIRCUS" Will Ho llclil Tomorrow to Stimulate Re criiiting Anothtr "tank circus" of much the same variety as the ono that amused thousands of persons last Tui'sdaj" will be put nn to stimu late recruiting at the foot of the Bibcity Statue, South Pcnn Square, at noon tomor row, - Operated by several of the "Tieat 'Bin Hough". squad, the llttlo French "nWppet," which pluji'd such un Important pait, in the Bibeity Doan campaign, will show its capa bilities, Will Bogeis, tho comedian, -vv'll be an at traction. MBTltOl'OMTAN OPnitA llOUSB THE SUBSCRIPTION SALE (1HANU OPIIHA SIIABON, lOlS-tO, by the WIB'Jt01'OI.lTAN Ol'BltA COMPANY, 7f,Y. WILL CLOSE SAT., NOV. 9 . Seat Sale for OPUNINQ rUllFOHMANCB, Nov. 10. will lsn NOV. 13. BubiicrlpUon Department lib CIBWI'NUT 8THE11T. PPen clatl u A. m' to II 139 V. M. Walnut 4 1 Maro ilT, ' , i I i, I Ml . P'iVRTY TJIU MOH111 CAllLO QIBI.S 1918 : THE FUTURE UNFOLDS IN "EYES OF YOUTH" Alma Toll Wins Apn til in ViVinl IMay IStiill Alioul a Crvslal Wall Noi the lenRt olio can siy about a pln.v Is that It is different from tho common run, tint Its authors have nchleved for It nn In ellvliluiilliv lu no backhanded sort of way does tins apply to "Byes eif Youth, ' the work of Mas Maroln and Charles (lucinon, which began ltn I'hll.idelphla run at the Adelph! Theatto Saturelaj evening whore a lilg audi. once nf tlrst-niKhlirs let It bo known that Hie. llkcel It. "Bjes of Voutli" Is a mystic sort of play, also episodic In cliatactei. In which tho lierdtte jiet-rs Into her future throiiRh tha medium of ii i rv still ball presented '" her bv i Hindu Yogi, and thereby Is enabled lei aei.;.l 'ho mistakes In her careir which ntlierwlFo might bnvo bofiillcn her Bach vision episode is i complete storj- In Itself, although uilitnatolv It dovetails Into tho niHniioIng plot. Vfier each tiansltlon, with Its icvelatlons, Mute Is a loverilon to the original scene In the Iinme of (Una Ashling. In nmither of tlne- cast chinges fiom tlte origin il tn which IMilludelphla Is becoming mill tun well nocusteimeel, Alma Tell sute'eeds Miuiorle lt.inie.iu. who held the hading tole on Hioadwiiy Tho ctriiorelliiar veisatllltj win. It tho dllllcult part nf Glnn elemands Is generouslj Mtpplled b Mis Tell whose stage cured in jit In Its Infancy Only now and then Is her ooinpruheiislon of tho artistic rrsiuii tun nts nf the rolo slightly marred by mannerisms whleli should easily bo ovcre'.ime In her supp.it t th." vvotk of that title char iot, r in tor Mm lo Mnjeronl. In the dllllcult I tile of ogl, stands out In strong relief IP id.ui Monls gave a forceful Intcpritatlon of the brother Ulna'n suitors were acceptably dune bv llitrv I) Southard, Harold Beaton niul Frederick Antieilej James Applebee, ns the father,, pruved hlmvelf most elTeetlVo in coniedj NOVEMBER STARTS WITH PRETTY WEDDINGS Wedding of Mibs Knehcl Klwoll and Mr. Charles L. Jioltou Solt'Bini.ed oil Salurdav An attraelive nututnii wedding was that of Miss Bai bel Bin ellr daughter eif Mr anil .Mrs William Patton Blwell, nf 1 0 H :t Wallace Mtoet, mid Mr Clurles B. Uolton, of TU Ninth Twentieth street, wliiib took place on Situi.liv evening ,il the hoino of the Jirlde's piienN, with tho Itev Iklvvln lle.vl Bilk, of St Matthew s Lutheran Church, Broad and Mount Vcinnn streets, otllclatlng. '1 lie hilelo w.ne a white satin gown with a veil i.f tulle arrangeel with cuauge blos soms and earrled a bjiower of IJildo loses Silie was given lu initrlage liv- her falhet and was unattended. Tho ceiemony was followed bv ,i dlntiei for the two families After it short trip Mr. Uolton and his brlelo will live m this cltj. BOSENBLATT WH1SS ll.iblil Albeit Weiss and Mrs. Weiss, of llllS West Vemngo street, h iM) annOuiued the. mat riago of their daughter. Miss Uugeniu Weiss, le Mr Herbert llosenblatt, of 12.10 West :rh avenue, .on Tuesday, October 2-. The blidegreium and luido have ictuinetl trout Atlantic city and aro at homo at BI3U West Bile avenue llok. to Tell Vur Experiences Flist-hanil Impressions of tlitee battlefi.mts will be i elated bj Biwaid llok at the Over Inook Gulf Club tonight, when lie will give his lUst public talk on Ids experiences during his recent trip to France Thu lecture will be for the benellt nf the war work activities of the Merlon e'ivlo Association Mr Bok visited thn Hiltish, Flench anil Amei lean hattlefrontb. To Distriluilc CliriMm.is (airlon HesldeS the Bed Crnss'chapters which havo .iheai'y been announceel as dlstiibtttlng sta tolns of the lted Cioss Chilstiims cartons for tlio men abniiel, tlio Bala-C.vnwvd Branch, which Is under the ihainnanshlp of Mrs John Samuel Stephenson, has been added to tho list. MAIlKi;r hTlll.i:r A buvn 1IJTII 11 ir a. M n 11 is P il. Illlh i:ntiur WKUK Goldwn I'resentH Plrst showing ot REX BEACH'S Mori of th? Al'ife'au Oold riolds LAUGHING BILL HYDE Willi Ihe Famous I'nwluij- I'om-.di.iii of .let'I. lei l'eillles WILL ROGERS ill tho Title Hole PALACE BM4 UAltKUT .STKKhT 10 A M, lei 11 1.'. V Jr AM, THIS W'UEK DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS In ' IIR lOVIf.M I'P SMILINCI" COMIM1 AMiatlCA'H ANSWJUV ARCADIA e IirsTNL'T ULI.nw 'lfiTlf 10:l.r, A M 'i 3 I-., :!. 7 Pi, 0 10 P M. CONSTANCE TALMADGE tn J'irst Showlns of isVlci t J'hotonlav "Mrs. Lemngwcll's Boots" Aelai.te.1 From F.imous Stairo Piny nXClU'TlONAl.I.Y I.NTIPIUS flNU A.M) imi:iiHH'ii:n si imujumumi i'iioijuam t 7Tr,T"DT A MAKKl'.T hT. Al.oie UTII VILIUKIA " A- M to l) 1IS r-Sl' Y ivx vyj.vii'i. nriit j.rt9vntllon VltlVATH I'flAT In "PRIVATE PEAT" A.Bpte.1, from Ilia Own Hook Coming " I UK ItDMA.M'li OV TAltZAN" nrrTMT maiikist v.t aiiovo itth KLCjLIN I EMILY STEVENS KB.PAIIK HI" UBJ STOItM" MArtKBT 6THKUT AT JUNlPUn 11 A M to II I', M. leW Continuous Vaudeville "COME ON IN" till: NA'tlON'K fnitll,, OTHCT3, nnrcis'lriiiYSjiAitKKv sr, ueiow both UKUaO AlJiil nll Tevlce ghtly LOUISE BROCADES & CO. TtnriATVlVAY IHtOAU unil ttS'VOKR AVE. liliUAJJrvi ,15 o in ii v, si. WINNING WINNIE $'$ THE PRUSSIAN CUR WmMr WALNUT ST. AT NINTH REOPENS TONIGHT First Time at Popular Prices ii. xv. aniFvrTii'B , Twice eUlly beelnnlng to. tneirmwr at two and at eluht ' ft. NlgliUgg et. to 1 boK nat, tl.f.ei. ACAPEMY OF MUSIC nriQn'OM tonioiit at bbb Ti In "' mmm UTf 7&yj& w smmmi ftiJS J I lir XlUl,i eiciiv;c ii.U3tejl nRfiHESTRA &':$ : 9"AS T. VlUi.APtfi vtii A'tt tKirTK?rt i ii ii i i ' Dlr tlon M3C A J J SHUTlEnT AH -'m'i SAMS.SHUBERT' I Tiialu Sit' . """' "7!T- H nrnAil Rt, Klii Ilplow lyjeult 4 HVKNINa.l AT 8!lC. MATH. AT 2iIR. .'.' .!,M,'VYT1Mn '" elnstlncd to 'live-longer thah th W"V Itttii mu"cal 'oinoe'y "t loday." North Amer- ft, Js JtKSSHS t.nil A J. ,T. SIILTIKIIT rretent lAnili Fresh and Fragrant as its Name m3 A 1't.AY WITH Ml'BIC f-n and heart lj- nvr SOO oon tn N'ew Torlf, n litre It Imp miari"! for two ear with .lOHN CUAUl.KH THOMAS Jolin T. M.irruv. Dorotlilp Iltcolow AMI I.XTmil N". V. OAST MATS. Tt"l:srAY licit HMltl lElcctlon Inj) ell en WKII'IMV A fiATUAV '-,XJ ADELPHI ,:vv !S AT h.l.-. MATS. Tl'n.S . THt'118. nnd SAT. at 2:15 A Dl.l.MHTft'I. NOV KLTY l'Otl WHICH TiiKATiti.dontts yitoui.D nn oratkful A It Woods IreeiitB elti Conjunctlrn IVltli Mcar. hhubert) WIT,t ALMA TELL MATS., Tomor. & Thurs., "w ?1 ItS" OPERAHOUSE LAST WEEK l'rlos Nlclttx. $1 ,-,o il, 70a roc Mfttlnfc 11 (hi 7..c. Mil? ' .. . H-ee f ia sit llolMiDr) (3 ,- . ... iii. , ii, VV...I n,t snt at 'J. 13 wii.i.um ni.i.tin r I' HAY ("OMhluCK an.t MOItltlS lli:sT I'lisent POP. MATINEE TOMORROW BEST SEATS $1.00 LYRIC TONIGHT THIS WEEK ONLY MATINEE TOMORROW Curtain Uveiilnna nt H:20 hlmrp. Xd one Mated uurinp proiogu'. lUchurl Walton Tully ' rilESnNTB GUY BATES POST IN' Masquerader GARRICK THEATRE REOPENS TONIGHT, 8:15 Pop. Mats. Tomorrow $cs $1 AND WEDNESDAY m mmMm iS A NEW rOMHHY PRINCE THERE WAS FORREST Last 6yEvenings Pop. Mat. Tomorrow ALSO WEDXCDAY AND SATURDAY V, wA-iionauimstitutiom r?nrarar?rirurD) (TCOJUnLbULCbOl JN II1S NllW MUSICAL RliVUE lLrg5ylHlV ES 11008 BROAD Last 6 Evenings MATINEE TOMORROW AI.co WKUNnhDAY AND SATURDAY nFP i -L, r I, SSnW1 vmn c4Vl.NrA cmdkm I wvr The ".c:. 1" W 1-l.lv -faiiA'l 8 THL'USDAY iini KHKWS in if e" c'AiaoN-s j:.quihitk comedy Ni;XT WKCK -SEATS THURSDAY F. ZIEGFELD, JR., Presents ron inn rinsT time in America wm I1Y Al'HlIN I'AQE the nniQNiNo succi:bs or london ACADEMY OP MUSIC PHILADELPHIA l' ORCHESTRA LEOPOLD RTOKOWSKI. Conductor I'll) DAY AITEIINOON'. Nov. 8, at 3.00 SATURDAY EVENIM1, Nov, 0, at 81J.I Soloist- MME. MAT.EN'AUER, Contralto I UAJjltlUll eiriure. ' ifienaojinie F ' i1;. I'MAllhRllV . Pontile d t'Amour ct df. la Ali &. ll'II TnV Twn Ttirllnn ll.nn.. 5& TSCHAIKOWSKY , Thra one f&s IlI.Misiey.HOii.iAivuv , uapnccio r.paguoi , ?JVA" flfm ,u, un i'ihd v- .-,." .4.,' viicaiiril, r5jl'i(f ACADEMY OP MUSIC $?'& WEDNESDAY EVENING, at 8:30 V I I. H I A I. M II R O rr r r A MCO M l c r n n o a u 1 Discoverer of the Arctic Continent Will tell the story ot his nix jear of exploration of an unknown land on million miu.ire mllea In ' &.VoA"'''T "' '" aemo"hC?iaeitnBu0tC'fe.t METROPOLITAN & f. VVl-DN'ESDAY BVKNJNU. NOVEMBER "Jt ' OCT. 23 ' "i TT "H IT A "V T. 5?a yssia kt ' i ni rvi(t'i III 1'K. Ill I III H.V I U'x'l USED 1 1 I J w I Xi .L ll S1 nov. o -; - y, Prices. r(3 o l-- "ow n sale at Mtl, M(; mii iftrnianl. 1108 Chestnut Bt. . w' fii B. F. KEITH'S THEATR nORfiR WHITE , ANP QIRM IN AJUANCE BBVUB fl iiomitvhirn With PerahiTiinfr cwirk yiNCgNTi Krap.q wy iiuttAn nttirnfc Head Prom fLLmmmJTtmimMm ftHMW'l """ "" . i I '.T. e-uilJ ', "' .T w. wus !.'( if. a fif-i '. w: a. far wttUaa ---i--1- i ' v . 1.' ''":-' far wwkinK ---'- .. ' v . h i;4' t"tt ir:Tr:' i vv II B&HAIID.: HAbOtt. r.,'?K-'f Tinji show or euBraraKa .,,.,j ,,m.,,.t;,.j.,.j, .
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