f'Hj EVKHING PUBLIC LEDGER-PmLABELHIIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, lOia 9 h l. Ill, JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE Nancy Wynne Wishes Her Readers a Happy Day Tomor row She Regrets the 'Death of Dr. Murray Cheston Few Christmas Entertainments NEED I sny that I wish you nil the joys of the season tomorrow I This Christmnstldo with the spirit of peace iu our hearts, even If It jins not yet been declared by our country, Is a hap pier one even than last year, for many of ui then were still waiting for news of loved oncs.nbroad. The inessaKO of "pence on earth to men of uood will" lluds an answer in our hearts and with this cood will wu nre looking forward to n new year in which many problems. raised liy tno war win no sciiieu, so that life can entirely resume its normal course. THE Evans ball last night was per fectly beautiful. TIio Uellevue ball room was wonderfully decorated. It was a perfect dream of flowers and Krcens so Christmassy in effect one al most expected Santa Clous to appear, l'olnsettlas and fjroat fcrms were the principal decorations nnd the brilliant backzround for the dancers made a plc- p turo not soon to be forgotten. Mrs, wvans nun lier uaugnter rcccivcu ihu guests in the great hall at the entrnncc to the ballroom. Anita looked too sweet in her girlish white frock with silver threaded flowers nnd tulle. Of course the cats were wonderful and I should Bay, while yawning from having gotten to bed about 4 :30, it was n great party. WE TUItN nsidc from Christmas to think with deep sorrow and great respect of the passing of denr old Dr Murray Cheston. who died on Monday night at the Chestnut Hill Hospital nftcr nn illness ensuing from a fall sus tained n week ago Sunday. He hau come up from West River to stay for n little while witll his daughter, Mrs. William Haines, and ho fell on the .stairs in her house, breaking both wrists, his noso and cheek bone. At first it was believed ho would recover, but he was seventy-six years of ago and tho shock and other complications brought death. Though Doctor Cheston had not prac ticed here for fifteen years, there is not nn old patient of his still living who did not lovo him and his genial, Kindly manner, his delightful stories, his Kind ness and gViierosity and his splendid attention in illness. It can be truly said he was one of the best loved doctors in this city. , , Well docs Nancy remember hearing when he drove to n certain home ui this city to see homo ouo who was ill, how a small girl used to bueak down stairs and "snatch" from his overcoat pocket his University of 1'cnusylvania scarf and insert a Princeton ono in stead. . ... And his calls for "Wadncss to come nnd give him his handkerchief. And the fun that would ensue, till he ohtuincd the red and blue scarf, and then pro ceeded out to his carriage, vberc Johu, the coachman, wus waiting for him. waving back to the naughty littlo girl nnd making faces at her. lie was cer tnitilv the salt 'of the earth and I feel coulidcnl. that many nn eye will till with tears when the notice of his death is read. Doctor Cheston s wife was Miss TOllen Randall. 'a sifter of Uoctor Alex ander Randall. She died before the doctor gave up his practice and went to live in West Uiver, .Of their four children the eldest. Miss Kntherme, married William Haines; one son. Alexander Randall Cheston, married Miss Mary llrogdeu, of West River, and D. Murray Cheston, 3r., a captain Iu the regulnr nrmy, stationed at Camp Meade, married Mit-s Mnry Uurwcll. of Ilaltimore. An unmarried daughter, Margaret Cheston. lived with her father and aunt, Miss Sallin Cheston, hi West River. After the services iu St. Paul's, Chestnut Hill, yesterday i nfternoon, the body of Doctor Ches ton was taken to West River, where he wns horn nnd had lived for the greater part of tho last fifteen yenrs. God bless the memory of such a man. Would there were ;norc like him in this world. rnllERE will be little or no cnlcr- - tnining tomorrow excepting the Kancs' buffet luncheon nnd the Pear sons' dance at Mnnheim. Otherwise I'hiladelphinns arc old-fashioned enough to love their family dinners and to meet together on that one day in the year at least to share thejr joys and sorrows together Holldajs arc never without their pains, are they? Few of us have not some ono whose absenco from the home circle is intensified at these times; but that fact makes us want to help every ono to be as happy at Christmas time as they can possibly be. So n Merry, Merry Christmas to you nil. THEY were talking about the immod esty in dress these days. .One was an older man whom jou know nnd T know mid who has gone about to parties und balls much of his life. I should sny Jin was one who had observed much iu his time. He is u kindly man with a ready wit and he sat uuictly by while the two women were talking. Said one: "My dear, I saw Airs. JT at a reception recently, 'and I give you my word she wore u dress which was just two inches above the waist lino in the buck and had only a strap over the shoulder and was cut about two inches loner than tho or dinary armhole. Resides that she had her hair bobbed. Imagiun it! Why, tJie's nearlv thirty nnd has three chil dren, too, I think." "Well, why doesn't somchodv do something?" said the other. "That's what cery one sa.s, hut no one does. Why, tho men don't like it; they don't know where to put their hands when they are dancing. They'll just hnvo to vear gloves all the time or carry hand kerchiefs," replied tile first. Then ho who was listening spoke up nnd mildly remarked : "Why, they can wash tho powder off their hands nfter tfho dances, enn't thev?" i NANCY WYNNE. SOCIAL ACTIVITIES At tho dinner which MrB. Ocqi-ge Cnlvert Carter, of Rryn Mawr, will glvo ut tho Rellcvuo-Stratford on Monday evening. December 29, beforo tho Sat urday Evening Dancing Class iu honor of her daughter, Miss Virginia Benson Carter, tho guests will bo Miss Iysbetb Boyd, Miss Eleanor Dunning, Miss Sarah Atleo Downs, Miss Jane Gordon Coxe, Miss Margaretta Harrison, Miss Kitty Knight, Miss Virginia Smith, Miss Charlotte Starr, Miss Ruth Pack ard, Miss Maisio Stcnarl, Mr. Shirley P. McCall, Mr, John M. Carter. Mr. William Freeman, Mr. Henry Relin du Pont, Mr. Joseph Harrison, Jr., Mr. Henry N. R. Robhins, My. 0. Stewart Wurts, Jr., Mr. Russell Tyug T.ovis. Mr. Alcxundcr Van Pelt, Mr. Edward Farnum, Mr. Arthur Dearborn Smith, Jr.. Mr. Harry Hart, Mr. Robert C. Brooke. Mr. Thomas Montgomery and Mr. John Carpenter. Mrs. Stacy B. Lloyd, of Ardmorc, has issued invitations for n dinner on Saturday eveniug, December 27. in honor of her daughter, Mips Ellen Douglas Lloyd, at tho Bellbvue-Btrat-ford, before the dance which Mrs. Alex ander Briuton Cdxe will givo Iu honor tl her granddaughter, Miss Akiics Yaruall, daughter of Mr. nud Mrs, (.ftsrlwa Yanmll. Hisa cJUBalioth O. Welsh, debutante d'iiMFbttr of Mrs. fA Uenry Dixon, of ,jiar r. Chestnut;" HUI. will (rive j'if j tftwnii ton in honor of Miss Hope Gahton, of Boston, who will bo a guest of Miss Welsh over New Year's. Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Madeira, Hd, will chap eron tho dinner. The guests will later attend tho ball which Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry lirlnton Coxo nre giving that evening In honor of their daughter, Miss Catherine Coxe. Mr. and Mrs. Jlerlimii Llppincott, 171'J Spruco street, will give n dinner dance tomorrow evening nnd will en tertain at a children's party this eve ning In honor of their grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stuart Grant, of 4512 Klngscsslng nvenue, nnnounce the engagement of their daughter, Miss Mary Lorna Grant, nnd Mr. Kenneth Forbes Hicks, of Bryn Eltis, Bryn Athyn, son of tho lato Mr. Samuel Henry Kicks and Mrs'. Hicks. Mr. Illcks, who is associated with the firm of Edward B. Smith, is n grnduate of Cornell University and during tho war served in the British Royal Air Force. Miss Grant's engagement was an nounced yesterday by her mother nt n luncheon given at the Rlttcnliouse. Among tho guests were Mrs., Charles Pcndclton, Mrs, Clnrcn'cc M. Brown, Mrs. Samuel II. Ilicks, Mrs. Hugh A. Clarke, Mrs. Casper Padmorc, Mrs. George Laws, Mrs. Jerry Kynctt, Mrs. Robert Headiey, Miss Margaret Boer iekc, Miss Lenore Smith, Miss Mar garet Patrick. Miss Carletta Nighten gale, Jliss Florence Lippincott and Miss Margaret Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Roger Overcnd, of Overbrook, announce' the engage ment of their daughter, Miss Helen Overcnd, to Mr. Charles Irwin Jones, of Snow Hill, Md. ' Mrs. Henry C. Cnrlilc, of 5612 Greene street, announces the engagement of her daughter, Miss Elizabeth Kirkbride. Cnrlilc, to Mr. H. Lewis Cutler, son of Mr. and Mts. Edward C. Cutler, of -WVF ,,VOI. kUIIUUl lUlIC Sir. and Sirs. Walter Waring Hop kinson, of 22111 Spruce street, arc being congratulated ou the birth of a daughter yesterday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Richard McNeely and their daughter. Miss Helen McNeely, of Bryn Mawr, left today to spend the holidays with Mrs. McNecly's father and sister, Mr. Keesey and Miss Char lotte Kcescy, at their homo in York, Pa. Mr, and Mrs. Alba Johnson, Jr., who are stimiij? with Sirs. Johnson's pnr rnts, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlou Pnxson, In Overbrook. will sail for London after tho first of January. Sir. and Sirs. Howard Ketcham will give n dance nt the Gcrmnntown Cricket Club on Tuesday, December .'10, in honor ot Mr. and airs. Howard Htnnley Ketcham, Sir. Edward Kcvel Kctchnm and Sir. George Walker Ketcham. Sirs. Joseph Herbert Jollcy, of 315 South Twelfth street, accomnanied bv her niece, Sirs. Bartlclt J. Smith, of rscw iork, who was formerly SIiss Scrcnn Kerr, of this city, have arrived at the Hotel Chalfontc, Atlantic City, for the holidays. Sir. nnd Sirs. William II. Slaurer, of ucrmaniown, nave announced the en gagement of their daughter, SIiss Ruth SInurer, to Sir. J. Albert Oldach. Tic wedding will take place iu the spring. ALONG THE MAIN LINE Miss Elizabeth Wills Slencke, daugh ter of Mr. nnd Sirs. Kriilnrllr C. Slencke. ot Overbrook, is tlio guest of Mr. and Sirs. William A. Garrigues, of i-iuiniicm, im. j., unu win Uo one of tlic guests at a dance which Sir. nnd Sirs. A. A. Tilney will give in honor of their ciaugmer, .Miss Bertlia Tilney. Sir. nnd Sirs. Frnnk B. Foster, of Rose Lane, HaVcrford, nre receiving i.u'JKi'ii.uniuons upon tne birth or n uaugnicr, isoim Foster, on December 8 DELAWARE COUNTY Sirs. Frank T. Downing of Sloylan, will givo n small dance at the Spring haven Club, Wnlliugford, on January , in iiunor ot ner son ami ciaugntpr-in-law, Sir. and Sirs. Addis Downing. The Friends' Select School of SIcdIa held an interesting Christmas entertain ment this week, under tho auspices of juss .ivnua jsuuer omcuicy. Sir. nnd Sirs. Austin Boyd have is sued invitations for n dance at tho npnugnaven Ulub, Wallingford, on .January u. SIiss R. Ilildccnrdo .Taeoh hn r turned from Wcllcslcy College to B'pend luu iiuiiuujb wiiii ner inomcr, Airs. J Warner Bencrman, at her homo in Sloylan. Sirs. Reese, SI. Fleischmaun. of ...wj ..in, uus loouuu invuauoiig lor n children-'s party for her son nnd daugh ter, SIiss Kntherine Flcischmnn and jur. jucnara a jciscnmann, ou Friday. December 20. ' Sir. Storlinc Williamson liim m". turned from tho Pennsylvania Slilitarv Collego to spend the Christmas holidayw with his narents. Sfr. nnd Mrs r'hnrin. .Francis Willianibou, nt his homo in meoin Club night at tho Chester club will uk ou iuuuuay, ueccmoer -II. Danc ing nnd various game contests will com prise the program. 7 NORTH PHILADELPHIA SIiss Bessie Weiss, 1707 West Co lumbia avenue, will entertain, Sirs. Al bert Goldberg, of Now Orleans, on Run. day evening. Sirs. Goldberg will be remembered as SIiss Beatrice Farshka, of this city, and is visiting hero for n short time. She will return to New Orleitns after New Year's. Among tho Burets will bo: SIiss Edna Soboloff, Miss Bertha Zimmerman, SIiss Sadlo uinhuurg. .iir. ucorgo Ashe, JIr. Sam uel Farshka, Sir. Sluurlro Weiss, Sir. David Kiit. and Dr. J. Altmnn. Sir. nnd Sirs. Anthony W'nhi. ot 4SK1 North Fifteenth street, and Sir. and Mrs. Frank Peters, of Riiseomh street, hnvo issued invitations for n dance fj honor of their daughters, SIiss Hilda Waht and SIiss Peggy Peters, on Mon day evening, December' 20, at tho Rcl ficld Country Club. There will be 150 guests. SIiss Ella Brunct, of 210S North Park avenue, entcrtujued nt cards last evening. Her guc3ts, who uro members of her bridge club, Included Mr. nnd Sirs. Lester Pfiieger. Sir. and Sirs. Gcorgo Gravenstinc, 2d, Sir. and Sirs. William Stevenson. SIiss Slildrnl Ster rett, Sir. Wnrrcu Bnmploii, Sir, Stnuley Gctz, Srr. Charles-Jones and Sir, Frank Hamilton. Sir. and Mrs. Isaac II. Silverman, of the Slajestic Hotel, will gito u dance this evening at tho Slercautiln Club, iu honor of their daughter, SIiss Beatrice, Silverman, Sirs. W., Thompson entertained the following members of her COO club at cards on Slonday: Sirs. 11. p. Sclicrr. Sirs. Louis W. Whitall. Sirs. James Dawson Whitall, Sirs. John Sluhdcll, Sirs. Robert t'lymer. Sirs. GcU, Sirs. Edgar Sccly. Sirs. U G. Klopp, Sirs. Charles V. Meyers. Sirs. Fcllu MiC'ully und Mrs. Webster Klopp. SIiss Hnzel Aaron, daughter ot Sir. nud Sirs. Slux N. Auron, of 1037 North Broad street, who lias returned from Wellcsley College for tho holidays, has as her gucqt SIiss Ruth 'Long, of miKoe'tmrre, Mfam ?! X. yeUtbafg, 1M ', I i on Sunday evening In honor of Miss Betty Ulman nnd Miss Bcttyjipearons, of New York. Tho guests Included: SIiss Rao Propstccn, SIiss H. Alines, SIiss Sadie Amsterdam SIIs Ray Am sterdam, Sirs. ('. Almes, SIiss Florence G. Felnbcrg, Sirs. 1. SI Pastor, SIiss Ida Fclnberg, Sir. Harry Felnbcrg, Sir. Slorris Pastor, Sir. Ha'rry Almcs, Sir. A. Toller. Mr. Henry Slnllmau, Sir. Philip Tolllu, Sir. Jacob Felnbcrg, Sir. Louis Pleet. Sir. David Felnbcrg nnd Sir. Philip Wcishcrg. SOUTH PHILADELPHIA Tho engagement of SIiss Sfnrgarct Cooper to Sir. William Smith has re cently been nnnouueed. They will be mnrrlcd early in the spring. SIiss Clara Goldstein, of New Haven, will he the guest of Mls Edna Kllgcr man, daughter of Sir. nnd Sirs, Slumicl Kllgerman, nt her home, 2110 South Sheridan street. A Hanukkah danco was given by the South Philadelphia Hebrew Association at Stcreantile Hall. This marked the fourth dance ,givcu by the association this stfnson. Tho next one will take place on Lincoln's Birthday, Thursday evening, February 12. Sir. and Sirs. Bnuen riml their chil dren, SIiss SInrgnret Boweu nnd SIiss Anna Boweu. nre now living in their new home. 2US South Broad street. Sir. and Sirs. Thomas Campbell, of -41 South Sixteenth street, will eutcr tnin at a dinner dance nt their home on New Year's eve in honor of their daughter. SIiss Slarie Campbell. WEST PHILADELPHIA Sirs. Elizabeth Dodd Armstrong mid dnughtcis. Miss SI. Elsie Armstrong nnd SIiss Leila M. Armstrong, of Ingle side Sid., will be the guests over the holldah of Mr. and Sirs. Clyde Phillips Armstrong. ,'1X17 Baring street. Sirs. Elizabeth Armsfung is u niece of the late Captain John Dodd. famed in the nr of IS 12, and is the widow ot Wash ington 31. Aunsti-ong, a great-grandson of tho ialc Geucrul John Armstrong who was nn ollircr on Genernl Wash ington's staff during the Revolution. fStr. nnd Sirs. George C. Bnrr, of GO North Fifty-ninth street, nnnounce the engagement of their daughter, SIiss jviadniiiic liarr. to Sir. Willougliby J. Barrett. Sir. and Sirs. H. Goldbacher, of 5801 Chestnut street, announce the engage ment of their Nister, SIiss Susanno St. Sneiilmau. to Sir. SluunVu S. Twerskv. of New York. Sir. and Sirs. Goldbacher will receive in honor of their bister s engagement on Christmas Day. Those iu the receiving party will include Sirs. Harvey Wheatland. SIiss Elizabeth Harris SehafTcr. Mis.s Rose Sagraus, SIiss Anne SuoMmun and SIiss Slarie Sneidman. Sirs. Frnnk SIcCr.vstal. of 4431 Balti more nveuue, nnd her daughters, huve closed their 1ioum anil have gone to fclorida lor Hie winter. SIiss Anna Dempsey is visiting her hrothcr-in-inw aim sister. .Mr. and Mrs, Harold J. Allen at their homo, M)0.'! Crcfeldt street. St. Martins. Sir. SI. A. Dempsey and his daughters. SIish Kath eriue nud SIiss Anna Dcmpsev, will occupy their new houbo, 253 West Hurvey street. Gcrmnntown, about the nrst or January. Sir. Arthur nirsl, who is taking the law courso at Georgetown College. Washington, is spendiug the Christmas Holidays wiin his parents, mi: and iirs. Anthony A. Hirst, of Haverford. Sir.' and Sirs. SI. W. Collins, of 3801 Wnlnut street, have returned to their home after spending u month in Florida. Sir. John SIcGroncn. of 5010 Chris tian street, has returned home from Reading, having mnde an extended vjslt witn tricnds. ROXBOROUGH The members of the Roxborough Country Chlb will give n Inrge Christ mas dunce tomorrow evening in tho club house, which will be decorated with laurel and holly. Sir. Frederick Merrill Brccht. Sir. George Little. .ood, Sir. Ross Simpson, Sir. Earl Brewer, Sir. Paul Kenworthy, Sir. Vernon llaig and Sir. Bertram Little form the enter tainment committee. Among those who will attend nro Sir. and Sirs. William Eddlemau. Jr., Mr. and Sirs. Brccht, Sir. nnd Mrs. Joseph Kenworthy, Sir. and Sirs. Gordon Stafford, Sir. and Sirs. Thomas Kenworthy. Sir. and Sirs. John D. Schoficld. Sir. and Sirs. Graham Littlewood, SIiss Virginia Thompson, SIiss Katharirfe Keely, Sfr. Erwin Slason Simpson, Jr., SIiss Slll drcil Hey. SIiss Helen Haig, Sliss Dorothy Keely. SIiss Catharine Cox, SIiss Elizabeth Littlewood, Miss Cath arine Littlewood, Bliss Stafford, Sir. and Sirs. Clarence Wcsterman, Sir. and Sirs. Richard Farrell, Sir. William Phitt, Sir. Holding Crook nnd SIiss Mildred Rightcr. Sirs. Carroll R. Thompson, of 018 East Lcverington avenue, will cntcr tnin at cards on Friday evening when the guest of honor will bo her sister,' ,,irS. tt-llt'l --. iimuooi ui -'illYlVW, Pa., who is spending a fortnight in Roxborough. Other guests will include Stlss Elsie Leonard, SIiss Charlotte Slarple, Sirs, Slcrritt Moffett, SIiss Sophia Lackey, SIiss Marian Wcster man, SIiss Jessie Wcsterman, Mrs. Richard Farrand, Sirs. Harold Chap pell, Slr. William Dixon. Mrs. Laur ence Sanford and Mrs. Willinni F. Hae berlein. Doctor Krauss will join Sirs. Krauss today and will remain with Mr. and Sirs. Thompson until .Monday. DOYLESTOWN Dr. William E. Geil, who several weeks ago returned from an extensive exploration tour of Chiuu, left his home here, the Barrens, for London, where be will do research work in the British Museum for secral months, be sides taking nn nctivo part in labor organization work in England. SIiss Esther Gnuts, daughter of Sir. and Sirs. Charles Glints, Is home from I lonelier College for the Christmas hol idajs. SIiss Dorothy Shlvo is spending the holidays at her home hero during Christ mas vacation at Wilson College. The Bachelor Club danco will be held on tho 20th, und SIiss Dorothy Fell, (daughter of Dr. nnd Sirs. John Fell, will entertiii'ii nt n dance on Sat urday, December 27. The Boylestown Country Club will hold its annual bal mnsquo on New Year's Eve this year in the Sixth Reg iment Armory. MANAYUNK The members of tho class of 101G of St. John's School gave an entertainment and shower on Slonday evening, at the home of Sir. and Sirs. Michael Wall, on Wendoier street, in honor of SIiss, Kitty Slullarkey, daughter of Sirs. Katharine Slullarkey. of Wissahlckon, whoso marriage to Mr. Thomas Foley will tnko place on Wednesday, Decern, her 31. Other guests iuelmled SIiss Sinn McGrenru, SIiss Slary Sfcllvalnci Miss Mollle Fogarty, SIiss Frnuecs Fa tten, Slii- Helen Bowe. SIiss Slurgaret Bowe, SIiss Slargoiet Wall, Miss Sadie Wall, SIiss Katlinn Wall, SIiss Slarie rVimbnv. Stlss Nelllo Cuuille. SUss Mnrv McCalfcn, SIiss Sara Judge, SIiss Slarie uqliagner, b pti wu'Bicy. ailsn Mary Fegen, MUs Margaret Dutton, Mi Marie Trcsnam. SIiss Rosa' .Ten i kin Md Mm Crrlo Uwidwr t liiiH 'J$'M She 'wit?? HHHrv not mm&mtmxvsmwsKmmmxmwMm&mprwmtym MRS. CHARLES A. SIUNN MISS MARIAN SIUNN Mrs. Mimn nud her children will leave shortly nftcr tho first of January for Palm Beach, whero they will join .Mr. Munn, who has been thcro for scleral weeks ROLLING STOCK By FANNIE IIURST Stadam Millie-Muorcs, modiste, takes T'honzie, numnger of her establish ment, home to dinner iu her apart ment. He tells her that he prefers quiet home, lite to gajety and a woman like her to Gert, u gay dress model who is fond of men. Slillie's frank admission that she is fond of him leads him to return the feeling. CHAPTER FOUK ON THE wings of n twelve-mouth spring had come nround uguin nud the taste of summer was like poppy leaves between the teeth, and the perennial open shirt-waists and open street car bloomed, o.en as tho dis tant larkspur in the distant field. , At six o'clock with darkness; cnino a spat tering ot rain, heavy siugle drops that tell each with its splotch, exuding trom the asphalt the warming smell of thaw. Then came wind, right high-tempered, too. slnnting tho rain nnd scudding it and blowing pedestrians' skirts forward and their umbrellas inside-outward. Sir. Alnhonsc Slichelson fitted his hand like n visor over his eyes and peered out into the wet dusk. J.iclils gleamed anil were reflected in the dark pooi of rain-. swept asphalt. Passers-iiy hurried tor shelter and bent forward into the wind, In Sladam Stoores's establishment, enlnrgcd during the twelvemonth dav twice, its floor space, the business day waned and died; in the workrooms the whir of machines sank into the quiet maw of darkuess; iu the showrooms the shower lights, all but n single clus ter, blinked out. Alphonse Slichelson slid into a tan rain-proof coat, turn ing up the collur and buttoning acioss the flap, then fell to puelng the thick nap furpet. From a mauve -colored telephone booth emerged SIiss Gertie Dobriuer, flushed from bad service and from b.ul air. ' "Whew!" "Get her?" "Sure I got her. Is il such u stunt to get nn nddrebs from a customer?" "Good!" "I sajs to her, I says. 'I seen it standing on the sidewalk next to jour French maid und 1 wanted to buy one like it for my little niece' " "Can wc get it tonight?" "Yes, O proud papa! But listen, I wrote it down, 'Ilinsliaw, 2227 Casset street, Brooklyn.' " "BrooUljn!" "Yes, two blocks from the bridge, and for n henpecked husband jou got a large fat job on your hnnds if jou want to make another getaway tonight. This man Hinshaw shows 'cm right in his house." "Brooklyn of all places!" "I.ighl-oli !" He snapped his; fingers' in a series ot rapid clicks. "Ain't thut the limit? If I'd only mentioned it to you this afternoon cur lier, we could hnio been oer mid back by now," "Wuit until Slonday then. I'luin.ie." "Yes, but jou wight to lime heard her this morning, Gert; it's not oftin she gets her heart bo set Timmrruw being Sunday, all ot a sudden she gels a wishing for. one of the glass top ones like t,hc's seen nrouud in the parks, to take hi in out iu for the liit time." "Oh, I'm game, I'll go, bill con jou beat il ! A trip to Brooklju when I got a friend from Carson City waiting nt his hotel to buy out Hector's for me tonight." .. "You go on with him, Gert Whnt's the use jou drugging over their, too, now that jou got the address for me. I never would huve mentioned il to J on at nil if I'd have known jou roiildu't just go buy tho kind she wants iu any SIISS SIAItY LOUNA GRAM" Whose engagement to Mr. Kenneth Forbes lllchsof Ury Athyn, Ph., was announced today nt ii lunch eon given by her parenU, Mr. and Sirs, Edward Stuwt Grant, of 45115 KUtMeirtiiig mmu l i I'll go over there "Yes, nnd get stung on the shupc and the hood and till. I bought just an oidinnry one for my littlo niece once, nnd jou got to get them shallow. Anjwajs, I'm going to chip in half on this. I want to get the little denl something, anyways." "Aw, no, Gert, this is my surprise." "I guess 1 can chip in on u present for the kid's month -old birthday." "Well. then, sny I meet jou in the Elghtj -sixth street subway nt seven. so we can catch n Brooklyn express anil inline il over in thirty minutes. "Yes." "But it's raining. Gert. Look out, honest, I don't like to nsk you to break your date to hike over there iu the rain with me." "Ruining I Aw, then let's cut it, I'liouzle. 1 got a new marcel nnd n cold on my chest that weighs a ton. She enn't roll it on a wet Siiuday, no how." "Paper says clear and warmer to morrow, Gert; but honest, jou don't need to nn ." "You're a nice boy, Phonzie, and a I proud fnlher, but vou cuu't spend mp monev for me. What jou bet I cii 10 per cent off for cash? Subway ill seven. I'll he there." "I may be a bit late. Gert. She ain't so strong jet and after last lfigjit I don't want to get her nervous," "I told jou she'd be sore ut me for taking jou to the Rita ball last night, and God knows it wasn't no pleasure in my life to go model-hunting with you, when I might have been joy-riding witli my friend from Carson City." "It's just because she ain't herself yet. I'm off, Gert. Till seven in the subway!" "Yes. till seven!" When Alphonse Slichelson unlocked the door of his second -floor five-room npnrtment a lump softly burning throueh u Yellow silk lnmnshndo imt him with the soft radiance of home. ' Beside the door he divested himself of ins raiu-spoiiru mucuiniosn, inserted his ilriontnir umbrella in n tail plitnn stnml, shook a, little rivulent from bis1 hat and hung it on a pair of wall antlers. "That you, Plinn.ie?" "Yes. hon, it's me." "Sh-h-h-h!" He tiptoed down the aisle of hallway and into the soft lighted front room, I From a mound of pillows nnd sleepy from their luxury Millie Sloores rosr toi his approach, her forchnger placed across her lips and a pale mist of chit fon falling backward from her nrins. What a masseuse is love! The lines had faded from Slillie'.s face and in their place the grace of tenderness" and I a roundness where the chin hud soft- I encd. Years hod folded back like petals, revealing the heart und tho nn- withered bosom of her. He Kissed her. pressing Hip finger of wiirning closer against her lips, und she patted u place for him on the Mexican afgham beside her. "I'hou.ie!" ( "How jou feelin'. lion?" "Strong! If il am I raining lomor row. I'm going to take him out if I huo to carry him iu inj arms. Say, wouldn't I like to feel injself rolling him in one of thein white-enamel, glass-top things like Van Ness has for her lust oue. Ida Slav tried tlirrc places to get one for us." "They're made special." "All inv life Tie wanted to feel ni -self wheeling him, Phonzie. r used 'lo dream myself doing il iu the old p,1(,p down ou Twenty-third street, when I used to sit ul tho sewing-table from eight until eight. Gee. I honest. I just can't wait lo see if the sun is shin ing tomorrow." Ho kissed her again on the buck of each liuger and she let her hand, pale and rather inert, rest ou his hair. "Is my bov hungry for his dindin?" "Gee, jes! The noon appointments came so thick I had to send Eildio out to bring me a bite." "What kind of a day?" "Everjthiug smooth but tho design ing room. Gert iloiio her best, but they don'l tnke hold without you. hon. They can't even get iu their heads that gold channelise iden Gert und 1 swiped nt the KIU last night." "Did jou, tell them I'll be back ou the job next week. Phonzie?" "Nothing doing. You're going lo slay right hero snug in your rug, nu other two weeks." "Rave on, hon, but T got the nurse engnged for Slonday. How's tho Van Norder wedding dress coming?" "Great! That box train you drew up will float down the aisln after her like a white cobweb. It's a knockout." "Say, won't I bo glad to get back In harness!" "You got to take it slow. Slil." "And ain't you glad it's nil over, Phonzio?" "Am I!" "Four weeks old tomorrow, nnd Ida SIny was over today und says she, never seen r kid eq big for his nge." 'IlO'talyfs,,pfter my grandfather. He was elx reel twQ without shoes," "You ought I? serjn hira today laying depnitment store, itlune, Gcit." next to me. Phonzie. He looked up and squinted, dear, for all tho world like you," A bell tinkled. In the frame of a double doorway a seventeen year-old llinid drew bark tlin nnrtlerpM tin lirnttK i Hugs that grated. In the room adjoin , lug nnd beneath ij lighted dome, of col- wiin giuss a iuuio iny snreau, iwo un covered dishes exuding fragrant spirals of steam, "Supper! Say, ain't it great to have you back at thotablc again, Sill?" "Oh, I don't know, the way the way you went hiking off last night to to n ball." "Aw, now, hon, ain't you got that out of your system yet? For n girlie with all jour good sense, if you ain't the greatest little one to get n silly gix nnd wink it to death." "I lust mnde a civil remark." "What was the use unstlni? that ten- dollar pair of tickets the gily from Cnr son City gave her. when we could use them und get some tips nn some of the imports the women wore?" i "I never snld to wasto them." , 'Vou know il don't hurt to get nround nnd see what's being worn, hon. That's our business." Tears of wenkness welled to her eyes and she stooped over her plate to conceal them. "I'm not saying anything, am J? Onlj only It's right lucky she can fill my place s0 .. ,.! while I 1 got to be away awhile." Her barbed comment only pricked him to happy thought. He made a I quick foray into his sido pocket. I "I brought up one of these pink I velvet roses for you to look ut, Sill. It's Gert's idea to festoon these un derneath the net tunic ou SfcGrath's (blue tilfTcta. Sec, like that. It's a neat I little idea, lion, and Gert had these I roses mndcSip in shaded effects like this one. How jou like it?" The tiny bud lay on the table be tween them, nor did she take it up. "All right." lie leaned to pat her cheek. There nre swell potatoes, hon." Her lips wanned and opened. ii told her how to inulic em. "Give me some more." She iu turn leaned to press his hand. "Such a hungry boy." "Can I take a peck at the kid he fore " "Aw. Phonzie. and wake him up like jou did last night. He'll sleep straight through now till half-past 12; that's why I didn't even tiploo back in the bedroom myself. The doctor sajs tho first half of the night is his best sleep; let him sleep till half-past 12, dear." "Aw, just one peek before I go." "Before jou what?" "I got to, go out for a little while tonight, hon. Ou business." "Where?" "Slews. 1 got lo meet him in the Mibuuj at i-even nnd go to the Brook lju slnnv witli him to look over those leutilatnrs I'm having put iu the fit ting rooms." She laid down her fork. "I thought jou said he was in St. Louis?" (CONTINUED ON FRIDAY) TIOGA A meeting will be held in the nssem blj room of the Odd Fellows' building, Seieiileenth and Tioga streets, ou Tiicsiliij eieiiing, January II!, to or ganize a Thirty-eighth ward branch of the Philadelphia League of Women Clt iyen. Mrs. George Piersol, chairman of the Philadelphia County League, will preside. Sir. llarrj Halm, of 210" West On tario street, will bo at home on Slon day. December 2(1, in honor of his sev entieth birthday anniversary. ! Sirs. Louis B. Ilorwitz nnd her fam ily, who have been spending some time in Bridgeport, t'oun., have returned lo their home on ;sortn hevciileenth street, NORRISTOWN At a Christmas yarty giwii bj Miss Catharine' IlcTciilnp. of Envt Oak street, the guests included Miss Itiith Long acre, SIiss Alice Quiun. Miss Esther Golwnls, Miss Helen Webster. SIiss Dorothy Dobbs, MUs Fiances Dcnni son, Sir. Charles Simpson, Sir. Cfi-irles Brunner, Sir. Jonas Sypherd, Sir. Don ald Brown, Sir. Joseph O'C'onnell, Sir. Donald Shaw, Sir. Harold Doyle and Sir. Henry Boorso. FALLS OF SCHUYLKILL ' The Hev. Benjamin V. Bray, Sirs. Bray nud their jqimg sou, Sluster Da vid Bray, ot Queen lane, hae gone to Boanoke, Va., to remain n week. The lower priced meats arc j HELP THE HUNGRY ,' . I 20,000 Hungry Children in France Are Appealing TE CENTS A DAY TO GIVE THEM Sufficient Food HELP THE CHILDREN HELP THE WIDOWED MOTHERS Even ten cents helps. $36.50 is sufficient for a year's support. Send YOUR Contribution to the Headquarters of the FATHERLESS CHILDREN OF FRANCE SOCIETY 1522 WALNUT STREET ORCHESTRA GIVES. ENDOWMENT CONCERT Second Complimentary Concert Given to Big Audience in, Acad emy; Hans Kindler Soloist Bach -- SliMiWil's rutnral from the Clirlatmafl OrAtorlo. TlMthnven Symphony TJo. 11 In C minor Tsehnlkownkv Variation on a lloooco lhmn for vlcllncello and orchestra. lylszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 The second of the complimentary concerts bi the Philadelphia, Orchestra to those who subscribed to the birth day gift of the endowment fund took, place Iu the Academy of SIuslc lust eve- i ning before nn audience that filled the building despite the close approach of the holldajs. ) Hans Kindler was tho soloist ot the i evening, appearing in the variations on a Rococo theme by Tschnikowsky. The i composition is peculiarly fitted to both I Sir. Klndlcr's stylo of playing and to I his temperament, nnd he has seldom i performed any work better than he did these beautiful variations. His tone was flue in quality und well con trolled nnd his technique fluent. He received n hearty reception both before und nfter he had played. The opening number was the "Shcp- i herds' Pastoral," from Bach's Christ-1 mas Oratorio, with its charming pas- snecs for two oboes and two English i horns, as finely played as they were nt the concerts of last Friday and Sat urday. The symphony w-as the always nnnular nnd majestic Fifth, of Bee thoven, and wns played with the revcr- cnt care which this great work always commands nnd was received by the audience iu the same manner. The concert closed with the Second Hungarian Rhapsody, which, if it con- I trnsted to its own disfaior with the j mighty bjinphony and the graceful audi tnnlnndihlv vnriiitions which nreceded I it, is nevertheless nn excellent medium for displaying the brilliancy of tho orchestra und the control which Sir. Stokowski has over it. It was re ceived by tho audience with tumultuous applause. KENSINGTON Dr. and Sirs. B. Bainbridge, of 212S East Cumberland street, arc entertain ing as their guest, Sirs. J. Shullcross, of Grntersford, Pa., over the Christinas holidays. SIiss Helen Potter, of East York street, gave n luncheon yesterday after noon in' honor of Miss Beatrice Kjnjth. of Hicljtuoiid. Va., who is visiting friends iu Philadelphia for a month. SIiss lluzel Bell and Sir. Davis II. Bell, ot Smjrnn, Del., are the guests of Dr. nnd Mrs. G. J. Enders. of 2I1I7 East Cumberland street, oior the holi dajs. Sirs. C. Pierce, of Kensington nnd Lehigh menues, entertained the mem bers of the sewing circle to which she belongs, nt her home .Monday after noon. j Vlrtuc-Appleby Wedding The wedding of SIiss Sarah J. Apple bv, daughter of Sirs, Margaret Applebj. of .'IS.-.2 North Truth street, ami Mr. .William .1. Virtue, of 2201 North Tweu NEW SEAFOOD ' RESTAURANT 30 So. 1 5th Si. 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