BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSSBSBBBBBBBBl 4K '?,' yfyKt--r1 trKvr W"t'Q h ' . u EVENING PUBMC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1918 "" , li ' 11" i l "".'-. r, if i si ,.VV j h if h ft I E 1 L "Ml ,? ' v r ,.V H t i JITST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE Nancy Wynne Tells of Dance for School Set She Gives Ex- tracts of Ambulance Driver's Letter Two Engagements Interest TDANS are decidedly on foot for pnrtles - In Christmas week. As the war gets further and further awny from us our minds turn to good times after such a dearth of them. So far, however, there Is nothing big planned for the grown-ups, hut the kiddles will be so feted In Christ irias week I doubt If they'll be able to return to school and studies on time. Mra. Alexander Cassatt Is going to give a wonderful dan?e on the night after Christmas for Sissy Stewart and Alexan der and Anthony Cassat't. They nro her ihree grandchildren, you know. Sissy Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. "W. Pfunkett Stewart, her mother having been Elsie Cassatt. She Is named for her aunt, Kath arine Kelso- Hutchinson. Rhe was the wife of Dr. James Hutchinson, you remember, and died about ten years ago. Alexander, who was named for his grandfather Cas- aatt, and Anthony, named for his great grandfather Drexel, are the two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelso Cassatt. Their mother was Minnie Fell, a daughter of Mrs. Aleck Van Rensselaer and granddaughter of the late Anthony J. Drexel. The guests at this party will be members of the f "middle-sized" school set. rpHE reception for soldiers and sailors held on Saturday evening at the His torical Society was more than usually In teresting. Mrs. James Mifflin was hostess. She has been simply wonderful In the work for enlisted men during the war, so the boys were delighted to see her. The men who formed the reception committee were Mr. Uharlemagno Tower, Mr. John P. Xfewls, Mr. John Grlbbol, Mr. 'William Drayton, Mr. Harrold Gllllngham, Mr Ned Robins, Mr. Albert Cook Myers and Mr. Ernest Spofford. The speaker was Mr. Hampton Carson, and he was certainly Interesting; "got" hl3 audience irom the first, so to spealc. As usual, Mr. Hoxle led the community alng and dancing and supper followed. It's simply remarkable how many attend these affairs. I'm not exaggeiating a bit when I say there were at least a thousand persons there; and there have been more than a thousand at each of the other re ceptions held this fiutumn. s AN INTERESTING' letter has been re celved by a member of the overseas committee of the Emergency Aid, who won't let me use her name, from her son, whom we know as Jack, and his ltfst name atarts with a B. He's a wonderful dancer, let me add. He's In an ambulance section An France, and he adds, as a jar el ess post script to the letter, that the section has been cited for bravery. Of course, that means more to his mother tnan all the rest of the letter put together, althc gh she thinks it's a perfectly bwiutlful letter, and so do I, He speaks of how busy they were (the letter was written on November v 6) and adds, 'fortunately the number of wounded has. Deen comparatively small: If It had been otherwise I hate to think of h, what the suffering of the poor fellows -would have been." Due to the rain, mud and shell holes, It frequently took eight to ten hours to go three and a half miles. He says,: "It was Just a question of going forward a few feet, stopping, getting out and begging 1 anybody who happened to be near to help you push the car out of the mudhole;. starting up again, and golm; perhaps five feet, and so on, all over again, until the cries and moans of the patients made your Jieart bleed and you wondered how men could suffer so and still live. "The road was littered with cars of all sizes und types which had broken down; the fields were covered with them. Then, ''too,' there were German 'gur.s big and ,'f. .little some of which had been hit by '.. jahells while they were being hauled by tractors In retreat, some standing just as ; they were, In position and all ready to fire. k' Many of he German batteries were cap- ? tured' while they were In the very act of fg firing, so rapidly did the Infantry and 3 marines advance. But there was victory In the air," ho adds, "and with It a thrill H. that more tl an made up for everything Q1 else.'" ;; I must say I like the big heart this boy i allows when ho speaks of t je .men he has ! f carried back to the dressing stations. "If I could only forget the suffering of the !Sj wounded on tho roads! That Is 'the most horrible part of our service. "When the shells begin' whistling and dropping around you and you wonder where the nxt one Is going to hit. it seems like a challenge; It makes you mad, and you swear you'll get through and bring your car through In spite pf those d bodies, But for the moaning and beating on the sides of the cars with the fists of those poor, semiconscious men inside there Is no compensation1) no offset and no help. You do.everythlng in your power to make It easier for them, you strain every muscle to keep the car from bumping or Jerking; but a car, especially one with the speed bands .'worn out, is a toralro box at best, The wounded who are af all conscious and most of them are 'seem to realize, though, that you are doing your best for them, and the greatest reward In the (forld Is to have those poor fellows thank you when you get them to the field dress ing station and tell you' they know that you tried to make It a little easier for . th.em."- ' ' His account of the awful discomforts brought about for want of water is inter esting. The letter was written on the 6th of November, and for elgnt days he had noi even looked at water, he states add ing, "Animals of all makes, from fleas to elephants, are racing from head to foot on me, taking a. nibble here and a bite there." Altogether a most charming letter full of heart and good feeling and great fcrayery. JIU- hardships are a Joke, while the boys' BUfferlntrs nearlv break his heart. kjV ome, boy, that same Jack, ! should sayl Incidentally, I might add that same Jack (y about ono 'of the neatest, most well groomed boys I haye ever seen. A A NEW YORK .engagement with a re 6 -fmote Philadelphia end to It ia of ln- " ? ieraat here. It ia that of 'Beatrice Holt and Ensign Theodore Bll?j Tj7jB.i,N, R, F, Baa IrkHak "" 1 ra"NeWi' Yorker- andcTheo- g3w: dore BliMto',fWi'ttytoffM& jiCftMbut" they are both descendants, of Phlladel phlans, and that Is what makes It Inter esting to us. Miss Holt, who Is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Holt, Is a descendant on her mother's side of Francis Hopklnson, a signer .of the Declaration of Independence, and Ensign Bliss Is a grand son of theJate Theodore Bliss, a publisher of this city. Beatrice's mothei was Miss Alexlna Smith. Her father Is the editor, of the Independent and her grandfather Is Judge George C. Holt, of New York. En sign Bliss Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bliss, and he is also a grandnephew of the late George Bliss, of New York. A MORE local engagement which Is an--nouncecl today Is of great Interest In local musical circles. John Braun, the baritone, who Is a great favorite among I'hiladelphlans, Is engaged t- a New York girl, Edith Evans. She Is musical, too, and plays and accompanies wonderfully. Could you Imagine a better combination? Won't It be Ideal for both, for he loves to sing and has a splendid voice; and she loves to play and does it wonderfully well. Miss Evans's father, by the way, Is Dr. Owen Hugh Evans, musical doctor, of Marysvllle, O. Mr. Braun lives In Merlon, you know. Tho wedding, I hear, is to take place this month. NANCY WYNNE. Social Activities An Interesting engagement to Phtlaaei phians is that of Miss Elizabeth Sharplcss Brown, daughter of Mrs. Henry Graham Brown, of Pittsburgh, and Captain C. Oliver Iselln, Jr., U. S. A., of New York. Miss Brown Is a niece of Mrs. CliarleB W. Fox, of 1822 South Illttenhousc square, and a cousin of Mr. T. Wilson Sharpless and Mr. S. Franklin Sharpless, of this city. She has -often visited this city, where among her In timate friends are Miss Charlotte Harding .Brown, Mrs. Q. Dawson Coleman; who was Miss Mariana Gqjven; Mrs. Joseph Walker, 3d, who was Miss Eleanor Cuyler, and Miss Emllle Posey Kennedy. Captain Iselln is a son of Mr. C. Olivet Iselln, of New York. His mother was Miss Eleanor O'Donnell, of Baltlm6re. He Is a cousin of Mr. William Jenkins, of German town, and of the late Charles O'Donnell Lee, He Is a brother of Adrian Iselln, 2d, of the U. S. naval flying corps, and of Mrs. Philip W. Llvermore and Countess Ferdinand Coj-loredo-Mansfleld. Mr. and Mrs. C. Russell Hlnchman hae left the Belgravla, where they spent the autumn, and hae moved Into their home, 1912 Spruce street. Mr. and Mrs. Randolph F. Justice will close their Bryn Mawr place this week and come Into town for the winter months, having taken tho house of Major and Mrs. Edward B Hodge, at 346 South Sixteenth Btreet Mr. and Mrs. Addinell S. Hewson are spena Ing a few days In tdVn, the guests of Mr. Hewson's parents, Dr. and Mrs. Addinell Hewson, at their home, 2120 Spruce street. Mr. and Mrs. Holllster Sturges have re turned from Richland Manor, Stone Ridge, N. Y., and opened their house at St. Martin's for the winter. Mr. and Mrs. Sturgce spent last winter In Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. White, Jr., of 1801 De Lancey place, and Miss Sarah A. Brown, of 22US Locum street, have been guests at the Chelsea Hotel. Chelsea, over Thanksgiving and the week-end. Miss Katherlne Deerlng, of 4022 Spruce street, has been" spending a few days at At lantic City. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Wetherlll and Mr. and Mrs. Tristram Colket, of Bryn Mawr, re turned yesterday from Blooming Grovo Hunt ing and Fishing Club, Plka County, where they spent Thanksgiving. Mrs. Robert S. Brodhead, her daughter. Miss F. Clyde Brodhead, of Strafford; Miss Strafford and Miss Montgomery, of Rome, Ua , are spending some time at. the Chelsea, Atlantic City. Mrs. "W. Kemble Yarrow, of Strafford, spent Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kmott Hare, of 400 South Twenty second street. Mr and Mrs. J. W. Barr, 6f 472; Hazel avenue, announce tho engagement of their daughter, M ss Virginia Henderson Barr, to Mr, G. Wallace Davis, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Davis, of 6012 Hazel avenue. Lieutenant Joseph D. Selberllng Otolaryn gollst of Base Hospital No. 75, Camp Green leaf, Ga., is spending ten days' leave with his family at his home, 1807 Arch etreet. Mr, and Mrs. J. D. Elll's, of the Bucking ham Apartments. 4414 Walnut street, West Philadelphia, had their son, Mr, S. Moffltt Ellis, who has returned from Brest, France, as their guest for Thanksgivlrfg. ThlH came as a delightful surprise, as his parents did not know that he was to be In America until he reached New York on Sunday night, and was granted a furlough the night before Thanks giving so that he could be home on Thanks giving. Mr. Ellis was one of the first to go over seas and one of the first to return. He went with the Methodist Hospital No. E, and was transferred to the aviation Just before he returned to this country. Pfioto by Itachrach. MRS. JOSEPH P. TOWNSEND, 3D Chairman of the Lincoln Day Nursery, which l one of the three benficiirifs of. the rummage wle to be given tomor- ,V LrjF4jjWT ." ' Thrday M LM5 .:, wMBBim-' ?,- n sr -CMsssssssfflisV': jiBufe , '"ssw NOBLE WORK DONE HEtlE BY RED CROSS CANTEEN More Than 1,000,000 Service Men Have Been Fed and Attention Jivcn to Wounded More than 1,000,000 men In service have been fed by canteen workers In the South eastern Pennsylvania Chnptcr of the Amer ican Red Cross as the men passed through Philadelphia during the last year. The women are now anticipating the arrival here of many wounded men by equipping rooms at the piers where the men may bo taken care of. With the lifting of the censorship on In formation 'concerning Red Cross activities, something of the great work of the local organization Is being mnde public. Citizens are realizing not only that thousands of troops' embarked for France from the' Dela ware River piers, but that many Red Cross canteen workers rode to the piers In motor trucks nt dnybreak to serve hot breakfasts to tired, dusty soldlrrs. At all times of day or nlcht, through rain, snow or sunshine, the women were In readi ness to meet trains, boats and ferries with their well-prepared refreshments. They fed as many as 14,000 men In one dav, the menu varying according to the needs of tno particular contingent. Sometimes It was. Ice cream, frolt, cake, and at other times It was hot coffee and sandwiches. At the Delaware Rler piers the canteen workers served breakfasts In the long sheds. There was no fuss or ostentation nbout the dispensing of the hot cofree and steaming breakfast things nothing but machine-like precision and unfailing sen Ice. Not n man was missed. But neither tho railroad stations with their troop trains nor the piers with their embark ing reg'ments begin to tell tho story. The more recent work has Included the care of returned wounded soldiers. For many months tho canteen workers havo met all hospital trains passing through the city and supplied tho boys with cigarettes, chocolates, fruit or whatever they most wanted. S'nce last August the canteen women hae met fifty five hospital trains In Philadelphia and cared for 4700 wounded men. The canteenworkers have also had charge of tho transfer of wounded men from one hospital to another. Motor messengers havo met every detail of such men from Cnpo May at the Camden terminals and trans ferred them to other depots in automobiles. Whenever necessary the men were supplied w'th hot meals. When Charles M. Schwab decided to move the Emergency Fleet ofllces from Washington io i-nuaaeipnia, tne Iteu Cross attended to billeting and feeding thousands of the em ployes and their families till permanent homes were obta'ned. No distinction has ever been made by Red Cross as to creed or color. Negro regiments were provided for in tho samo way as the white. Thousands of lunch boxes were provided by the Red Cross for draftees. This was done at the request of the local draft boards and the cost of the lunches was pa'd by tho city. In the same way the canteen depart ment was called upon when an emergency rose in the feeding of troops. The Govern ment paid for the food and tho Red Cross did the work. There are more than 2700 active Red Cross workers directed from the headquarters at Eighteenth and Locust streets. They are under forty chiefs, each of whom has been through a special traln'ng course of three months. Mrs. George W. Chllds Drexel Is head of the organization with official rank as commandant. Mrs. George W. Boyd and Mrs. George B. Evans are the vice com mandants. The canteen woik is in fourl1 vlslons: embarkation service, Mrs. Henry Vaux, chairman ; hospital train service. Mrs. George B. EvanB, chief; motor truck serv'ce, Mrs. Somers Rhodes, chief; and Information canteen bureau, Mrs. W. H. Donner, chief. SCHMIDT QUARTET GIVES GOOD CONCERT Appears in Second of Chamber Music Series, Presenting New Piano Quartet The Schmidt Quartet, composed of Emll F. Schmidt, first violin; Louis Angeloty, second violin ; Emll Hahl, viola, and William Schmidt, cello. Rave the second concert of the Chamber Music Association series at the Bellevue-Stratford yesterday afternoon. They were assisted by Letltla nadcllffo Miller, pianist Tho quartet was originally scheduled for December i'J, but was asked to take yester day's concert, which they agreed to do on rather short notice. The compositions played were the well-known quartet of Smetana, "Aus Melnem Leban," one of the rare In stances of a string quartet being written to a program (and an nutoblography In tones at that), and a quartet for piano and strings by Jongen, a Belgian composer, a work new to Philadelphia. Owing, doubtless, to the brief notice, the quartet, while giving a very enjoyable con cert, did not always play up to Its usual high standard in the exceedingly difficult Smetana number. There were, of course, no technical slips, but they did not always show that perfect unanimity of phrasing or the exquisite tone quality that made their performance of the Beethoven C-mlnor quar tet one of, the high spots of last year's chamber music concerts. The best work was done In the beautiful largo, which, both In Interpretation and In tone quality, left noth ing to be desired. Incidentally tho quartet sits In the classical way (the violins opposite each other), thus obtaining a distinct ad vantage In tonal balance and distribution throughout the hall. The Jongen quartet, which was given Its first presentation In Philadelphia, Is the work of a Belgian composer, and was published In 1909. It Is a composition of decided merit, but the first and third movements are of great length. The second movement, tho scherzo. Is decidedly tho best of the four, being a gem both of material and of con struction. The whole composition Is well worked out, although the composer has drawn heally for his Instrumental figures (though not for thematic material) from the piano quintet of his great fellow country man, Cesar Franck. It Is strictly classical In form, though with some slight tendencies toward present-day French harmonla ef fects. Unlike many of the French composers, however, Jongen Is not afraid to write a melody or to use definite tonalities. The last movement Is especially clever In design and workmanship. The quartet was exceedingly well played by Messrs. Emll Schmidt, Hahl, William Schmidt and Mrs. Miller, the scherzo especially being peMormed with the lightness, grace and spirit which Its character Remands. DANCEFOR soldiers Wounded and Disabled Americans Re turned From War Will Benefit The wounded and disabled Americans are return'ng rapidly to our camps. In order that they may have every comfort and luxury, Miss Margaret Hetzell and a group of women are to glv"e a large dance on Monday, December 9, at Moose Auditorium The, patronepsee are to be Mrs. Edward T. Htotesbury, Mrs. Joseph B, McCall, Mrs. Alfred M Gray, Mrs. George N. TJrquhart, Mrs. Walter H. Johnson, Mrs. Ellis Glmbel, Mrs. Jules Mastbaum, Mrs. John Ford, Mrs. Joseph D, Israel, Mrs. William Vare, Mre. Joseph Snellenburg, Mrs. F, Lukenbach, Mrs. Georee Edmonds, Mrs, Henry Weasels, Mrs. Bvdnev Bennett. Mra. .William? Abrahams. I 'Mra, DyH;McCtfloh, Mlsa FewUmore; Mrs. 'Woo4wwr$cJKr"?MUryl aodw. Slmmoni, PRESIDENT OF SUNNYSIDE DAY NURSERY rxmxcrr; w x.v. s-w' . ,v MRS. WILLIAM LOGAN McCOY Mrs. McCoy is an active worker for the for the benefit of THE MAN WITH THE CLUB FOOT By VALENTINE WILLIAMS TIIK STORY THUS FAtt A sJrnnue nimmicr rnnif to Captnln P' mniKl Okm anil, n ncrnp of puprr that ;""; Jlnred him tliut III lirntlier, wlinm he t"11' thiiiiclit drnd. nna nllie mid In llermni". J flnnre -milliliter In u Kottrnlnm ImJ'l """J the ricalli of a Orrmun bih. hoB clothe"! nun inncri he niHiroiirlntri, ennble him ti.en",r (ermany n llarlnr Srnilln. a flcrman-An1"1" ran. That "Snnlln" Iiiin an Important mlwjmi the frrntmrnt lu irrrlr cnnvlmen nlm. , "'." ''!.. """' "in lilei uli.it the m;alnn Is. ,,,'.1" Mill In the dark nhrn nt lat he If In ' nrrsrnrn of the Kmprror. The Knljrr no Mm-Meil a Doitor (.rnnilt Iler NtrlM the Man with, tho CluhfiKit. (irunilt n n pv wn had been IntriiKtril to procure i-ertnln Pin." nml hull been "iliinlile-i roHe(V" h Semlln. who uUlieil the Elor hlmnelf. TIiIm mncli Okennntl 1h nble to HiirmlHe. but be In "" Cfromly near to bclne ulscoiereil '" 'mr pouter when h.ul neus from the front turnij the KnUer'n thoughts to other mattery nml Okeno.vl Is tempor.irll) illsmlsked. Ily '".;,!"? the nalaee nt nine, ami b a trick I taken Into the nrehenre or (irumlt In a Berlin hotel. """' M"iitlv trllH him tint lie kno lip he ' "". IU hnte him killed unless lie Immediately hand nee the papers he Bot fiom I)o tor Jj' In. Okenood floors him with a .hM"v .''"S; rushes from tho room und meets his r"J?.i,i former xueethenn. now the wife of """" oiriilal, who helps lilm to '""ipe. Later lie nets a clue ta the whereabouts of his brother and In pursuit of It becomes n waiter In a lone tuiern from wlilih he escapes when Hull foot raids the place. r.ijyttuU J)(i, liy (h Public Ledger Co. Covjriahttbu A'oli- t If. JcBrlilc it Co. CHAPTER XV (Continued) A GUST of fresh air In my face, the tram ple of feet, loud greetings In guttural .Ger man, awoke 'me with a start. It was broad daylight and, through my compartment, to which I had crept In tho night, weary with standing, filed the Jovial members of tho choral society, w,ith begs In their hands and huge cockaaes fn their buttonholes There was a band on the platform and a huge choir of men who bawled a stentorian-voiced hymn of greeting. "Dusreldorf" was the name printed on the station lamps. All the passengers, save the members of the choral society, had left the train, ap parently, for every carriage door stood open. I sprang to my feet and let myself go with the stream of mem Thus I swept out of the train and right Into th,e midst of the jostling crowd of bandsmen, singers and spectators on the platform. I stood with tho new arrivals until the hymn was ended and thus solldlv encadres by tho Dussel dorfers, we drifted out through the barrier Into the station courtyard. There brakes were waiting Into which the jolly choristers euests and hosts, clambered nqlslly. But I walked straight on Into the streets, scarcely able to realize that no one had ques tioned me, that at last, unhindered, I stood before my goal. Dusseldorf Is a bright, clean town with a touch of good taste In Its public buildings to remind one that this busy, Industrial city has found time even while making money to have called Into being a school of art of Its own. It was a delightful morning with dazzling sunBhlne and an eager nip In the air that spoke of the swift, deep river that bathe? the city walls. I rovoiea in xne uieur. uum iu-i'"" after the foulness of tho drinking den and "..-; , - tho iniimov. I exulted In the Rlimne llri. " - - . . tj the Btlfllng heat tl,. sense of liberty I pertenceu at nav- , ,..,! 1 thn rnlm -lutlh,a nt Inir once more eiuucu n.o -- Clubfoot. Above all. my heart sang within me at the thought of an early meeting with Francis. In the mood I Was In, I would admit no possibility of disappointment now. Francis and I would come together at last. I came upon a public square presently and there facing me was a great, big cafe, white and new and dazzling, with large plate-glass windows and rows of tables on a covered varanda outside. It was un doubtedly a 'ikolossal" establishment after the best Berlin style. So tliut there might be no mistake about .the name, It was plac arded all over the front of the place In gilt letters three feet high on glass panels Cafe Iteglna. It was about 9 oclock In tho morning and at that early hour I had the cJace to myself. I felt very small, .sitting at a tiny table with tables on every Bide of me, stretching away as it were Into the Ewlg kelt, In a vast white room vlth mural paint ings of the crassest school of Impressionism. I ordered a good, substantial breakfast ana whlled away the tlmo while it was coming by glancing at tho' morning paper which the waiter brought me. My eyes ran down tho columns without my heeding what I read, for my thougnis were busy with Francis. When d'd he come to the cafe? How was he living at Dussel dorf? Suddenly, I found myself looking at a name I knew It was In the personal para graphs. "Lleut.-General Count von Boden," the paragraph ran, ''Alde-de-Camp to H. M. the Emperor, has been placed on the retired list owing to 111 health. General von Boden Has left for Abazla, where he will take up his permanent residence." There followed the usual biographical notes. Of a truth. Clubfoot yas a power In the land, I ate my breakfast at a table by the open door, and surveyed the busy life of the square where""the pigeons circled in tho sunshine. A waiter stood on the veranda Idly watphlng the birds as they pecked at the stones. I was struck with the pro found melancholy depicted In his flee. His cheeks were sunken and he had a pinched look which I had observed In the features of most of the customers at Haase's, I set it down to the insufficient feeding which Is general among the lower classes In Germany today. , But in addition to this man's wasted an. pearance, ills eyes were Hollow, there were deep lines about his mouth and he wore a haggard look thaL had something strangely pathieUc, about it. -IDs air .of brooding sad- si - . . i ' . A r,i sc A Photo hy liachrach AND HER LITTLE DAUGHTERS larpc rummage !.ale to be held this week three day nurseries ness seemed to attract me, and I found my eyes continually wandering back to his face. And then, without warning, through some mjsterious whlspeilng of tho blc-od, tho truth came to me that this was my brother. I don't know" whether It was passing mood reflected in his face or the shifting lights and shadows in his eyes that lifted the veil. I only know that through thoie features iaaged by care and suffering 'and In spite of them I caught a glimpse of the brother I had come to seek. I rattled a spoon on the table and called softly out to tho veranda. "Kellncr!" The man turned. I beckoned to him. Ho came over to my table. He never recognized me, so dull was ho with disappointment mo with my unshaven, unkempt appearance and In my mean German shoddy but stood silently, awaiting my bidding. "Francis," I said softly and I spoke in German "Francis, don't you know mo ?" He was magnificent, strong and resource ful in his joy at our meeting as he had been In his months of weary waiting. Only his mouth quivered a little as In stantly his hands busied themselves with clearing away my breakfast. "Jawohl !" he answered In a perfectly emotionless voice And then he smiled and In a flash the old Francis stood before me. "Not a word now," he said In German as he cleared away the breakfast. "I am off this afternoon. Meet me on tho river promenade by the Schiller statue at a quar ter past 2 and we'll gc for a walk. Don't stay here now, but come back and lunch In the restaurant it's always crowded and pretty safe !" Then he called out Into the void; "Twenty-six wants to pay!" Such was my meeting with my brother. CHAPTER XVI A Handclasp by tho Rhine THAT afternoon Franc's and I walked out along tho banks of the swiftly flowing Ithlno until we were far beyond the city Anxious though I was that he should reveal to mo that part of his life which lay hidden beneath those lines of suffer ng In his face, ho made mo tell my story first. So I un folded to him the extraordinary series of adventures that had befallen me since tho right I had blundered upon the trail of a great secret In that evil hotel at Rotterdam. Francis did not once interupt the flow of my narrative. Ho listened with the most tenso Interest, but with a growing concern which betrayed itself clearly on his face. At the end of my story, I silently handed to him the half of the stolen letter I had seized from Clubfoot at the Hotel Esplanade. "Keep It, Francis," I said. "It's safer with a tespectablc waiter like you than with a hunted outcast like myself!" My brother smiled wanly, but his face as sumed the look of grave anxiety with which he had heard my tale. lie scrutinized the slips of paper very closely, then tucked them away in a lettercase, which he buttoned up m M.h pocket. "Fortune Is a strange goddess, Des," he said his weary eyes roving out over tho tur gid, jellow stream, "and she has been kind to you, though, God knows, you have played a man's part In all this. She has placed in our possession something for which at least five men have died In vain, something that has. filled my thoughts, sleeping and waking for more than half a year. What you havo told me throws a good deal of light upon tho mystery which I came to this cursed country to elucidate, but it also deepens the darkness which still envelops many points In tho affair. "You know there are Issues in this game of ours, old man, that stand even higher than tho confidence that there has always been between us two. That is why I wrote to you so seldom out In France I could tell you nothing about my work: that Is one of tho rules of our game. But now you have broken Into tho scramble yourself, I feei that wo are partners, so I will tell you all I know. "Listen, then. Some time about the be ginning of the year a letter written by u Germap interned at one of the camps li England was stopped by the camp censor' This German vent by tho name of Schulte' ho was arrested at a house In Dalston thi day after we declared war on Germany There was a. good reason for this, for pur friend Schulte we don't know his real name was known to ray chief as one of the most daring and successful spies that ever oper ated In the British Isles. "Therefore, a sharp eye was kept on his correspondence, and one day this letter was seized. It was, I believe, perfectly harmless to the eye, but the expert to whom It was eventually submitted soon detected a conven tional code In the chatty phrases about the dally life of tho camp. It proved to bo a DANCING EVERY OncHESTIlA CORTISSOZ UAKKIl lu.rui Sat. Night 1520 C-he.tnut Kt. ally, 0:80 A. M. to 11 p. u. CASINO Walnut at 8th Bt. LADIES' MAT. TODAY The Golden Crook WHh Billy Arlington TT TIVTAMT'C MINSTRELS, Oth & Arch DUMUIN 1 J "Burying the Kaiser" (" AVF.TY THE BKAUTT REVUE. ON THE U". " ELEVATEPBLKCTmOnUNVVAT Trocaderf JiffiT 31e Military Maide J communication from Schulte to a third party relating to a certain letter which, apparently, tho writer Imagined tho third party hUd a considerable interest In acquiring. For he offered to sell this letter to tho third party, mentioning a sum tu preposterouely high that It attracted tho earnest attention of our Intelligence peiple. On half the sum mentioned being paid Into the writer's ac count at a certain bank in London, the let ter went on to say, tho writer wou d forward the address at which tho object 111 question would be found. "It was a simple matter to send Schulte u letter In return, agreeing to ills terms, and to have the payment made, as dee red. Into the bank he mentioned. Ills communication In reply to'thls was duly stopped. The ad dress he gave was that of a house situated on the outskirts of Cleves. "We had no Idea what this letter was, but Its apparent value In tho eyes of the shievvd Mr. Schulte mado It highly desirable that we should obtnln possess'on pf It with out delay. Four of us were selected for this dangerous mission of getting Into Germany and fetching It, by hook or by crook, from the houe nt Cleves where It was dep sited We four were to enter Germany by different routes and different mentis and to converge on Cleve." (which is quite close to the Dutch frontier). "It would take Uo long to tell you of the very enact organization which we worked out to exclude all risk of failure and the various schemes we evolved for keeping In touch with ono another though working separately and In rotation. Nor does It matter very much how I got Into Germany. The fact Is that, at my very first attempt to get across the frontier, I realized that somo Immensely powerful force was working against me. ' I managed it, with half a dozen hair breadth escapes, and I set down my success solely to my Knowledge of German and to that old trick of mine of German Imitations. But I felt everywhere the Influence of this un seen hand, enforc'ng a meticulous vigilance which It was almost Impossible to escape. I was not surprised, therefore, to learn that two of my companions catno to grief at the very outtet. (TO BE CONTINUED TOMOItltOW) DREAMLAND ADVENTURES By DADDY A. complete lieu' adtcnlure each week, bcola nftio Monday and aiding Saturday "THE SLEEP GNOMES" ' (In this story Peggy and Hilly Jlelglum meet with thrilling experiences high tip on a mountain.) CHAPTER I The Raggedy Lad "7"0-HO, Peggy! Come coasting with X me on my new bobs'." Peggy, her lessons all finished, jumped up In quick delight. It was Billy Belgium calling her to crispy out-door fun In the wintry twi light. "I'll bo there In a minute," she cried through the window, hurrying Into her warm est wraps. Billy Belgium waited on the sidewalk. Boslde him was a shiny set of bobs, with graceful sleds, a long red top board, and a stunning looking steering wheel. "My, what beauties I" Peggy exclaimed. "Did you make "em yourself?" "Ever- bit," answered Billy proudly. "And they nre flyers, too. We'll pass anything on High hill." "Let's hurry and see," cried Peggy taking hold of the sled rope with Billy. On High Hill they found dozens of chll dien shouting with gleo as they sped down the icy coasting path. "Ho, ho ! Look at the home-made 'bobs,' " jeered one fur-coated boy, glancing from his own "store bobs" to those of Billy Belgium. Peggy flushed with swift Indignation. "They are as nlco as your own, Charlie Chesty," she retorted. "And Billy was clever enough to make them hlmsell. He didn't have to buy them at the store " The other boys and girls laughted at this, for they didn't like Charlie Chesty's over bearing wavs. "I can beat you all hollow," boasteo. Charlie. "Do It then." answered Billy, swinging his bobs into position. "Everybody pile on," shouted Charlie, as he lined up his own bobs. Half a dozen chil dren accepted the Invltat on The last to run forward was a little raggedy cnap who had stood shivering aside as he watched the others at their fun. "I didn't mean jou I don't want any raggedy chaps riding on my bobs." shoutea Charlie, roughly shoving the little fellow bacK. The raggedy chap's face showed his d'sap polntment. He looked pitifully tmall and for lorn, as tho other chlldrenlaughcd unkindly at him. "But I want you on my new bobs," quickly spoke up Billy Belgium, putting his hand on the little chap's shoulder, while Peggy gave him a heart-warming smile. "Oh, I'm fro glad," exclaimed the rnggedv lad. "I've been waiting and wishing alt afternoon some one would ask me to ride, but nobody did." "Anybody else want a ride," shouted Billy. ".Not with raggedy chaps," chorused the children. "All ready, go!" cried Charlie, giving his bobs a start before Billy was ready. By the time Billy got fairly going, the others were far away. But faster and faster went Billy's new bobs, and then still faster. The raggedy chap shrieked with delight. "Out of tho way ahead," yelled Billy, and) "whirr-r-r-r" they went past Charlie's bobs like a flash. Out, far out oyer the meadows they sped, yards and yards farther than any of the other bobs. When they dragged the new bobs back up MARKET APOVE lorn STRUCT HtlBA. M to 11:15 P.M. EXCLUSIVE FIRST I'RESU.N TAi ". ' D. W. GRIFFITH'S NEWEST PRODUCTION "THE GREATEST THING IN LIFE" XttiWX .MSS" Nex PALACE J214 MARKET STREET . 10 A. M to 11 !l.1 P. M. MON TUES., WED. Clara Kimball Young TBUr '"THIRTY A WEEK" ,,,... All Next Week "THE ONE WOMAN" a""r c a d i a CHESTNUT DELOW 10TH 10:15 A. M.. 12, 2. 3:45. 5:45. 7:45. 0:30 P. M. .Faunae r reueniiK ln ..A DAUUHW-u -rltr . ... rt triin AT r OfM'TilIM VICTORIA MARKET Above UTH AI.I.. THIS VVEt;ii First Preeentatlon THEDA BARA 'voman bins- All Next Week "SPORT1NO LIFE" MARKET ST. IJelow 17T1I EMMV WEHI.EN In "HIB BONDED Wl KE' ' MARKET STREET nt JUNIPER 11 A. M tn It P. M. rnwTTWTTnTTQ -uOTMli VAUDEViir.rc BOBBY HEATH & CO. .TUB WANDERINO MINSTREU" OTHERS. i-ltjnCG Tf'll'Y? MARKET ST. Btlow nnTII (jKUSO JlilO Dnllv Twice Nlffhtly "VTTPAnnAM" MUSICA1. I UJXXVl'M PRODUCTION BROADWAY Mi . "Childhopd D&ys" $$?! ti a toWr x t rtfiTrwnrm vtaui REGENT nf7 SKn TSrf u 1 efEail rvw L 1 1 c-rl 1 ve&yi-iriiiS W nur - V .' -3 : r$ the hill, there were only looks badmlratrSB.v, for It, and boasting Charlie boasted no more. f j up nnd down they went four times,4- eacw .j time coasting raster than herore. Tne rouriii time, they paused to rest at the bottom. before the hard climb bnck. i "Wouldn't It be fun to coast miles And, miles down a mountain?" said Peggy. . "And wouldn't It be fun if we had some thing to pull us up hill?" said Billy Belgium, i "Would you like, that?" asked the raggedy chap. "We surely would," declared Billy and Peggy together. . ' "Then your wishes phall be granted," said tho raggedy chap, and with that ho tooit a tiny whistle from his pocket and blow upon It a piercing blast. (The astonishing response to the whhtle of the Ilaggcdy Chap will lie told totnOT' roi ) .' WAR POSTERS ON DISPLAY Club Shows Drawings Loaned by Curtis Pub lishing Company An exhlhit'on of ninety original drawings for miniature posters, reproduced and printed In the November nnd December Issues of the Ladles' Homo Journal, will be shown through the courtesy of the Curtis Publish ing Company nt the Sketch Club, 235 South Caniac street, beulnnlng this evening and continuing till December 14. The drawings and posters are the work of F, V. Bayln. William Hofstctter, S. C. l.omas. S A I.lddle. Kdwln F. Prlttle. Wil liam F Zwlrner, the new studio of Charles II. Paul and the Associated Artists of Phila delphia PHILADELPHIA'S LEADINO THEATRES Direction LEE t. J. J. SHUBERT CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE NIrIHn 30c. 7."c. $1. J1.50 (Ex. Sat. It Holidays) Opening Tonight at 8:15 TIRST TIME IN PHILADELPHIA It I 8 . J? I A 7 Romance MY1 Lvefa UM7BBK Valor l) , S1.00 MATINEE WEDNESDAY ADELPHI EVENINGS AT 8:15. Mats. Thureriay ana Haturdar. 2:15. $1.00 MATINEE THURSDAY THE BEST LOVED PLAY IN PHILADELPHIA WITH ALMA TELL AND N. Y. CAST SAMS. SHUBERT THEATRE Ilroad St. Below Locust EVGS. at 8:15 MATS WED. & SAT. at 2:15. Mats. Wed., Sat., Best Seats $1.50 M m M fel M M With JOHN CHABLES THOMAS Dorothle IJIgelow and John T. Murray, T.VRTH EVENINGS AT 8:15. AJirVlVj MATS. WED. ft SAT.. 2:14. Pop. Mat. Wed., Best Seats $1.00 T. RAY COMSTOCK and WILLIAM ELLIOTT Present the Fifth N. Y. Prlncecs Theatr Musical comedy Bujcess A MUSICAL COMEDY MASTERPIECE FORREST TONIGHT, 8:15 IIEXIIY w. 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