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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-15

The general effect Of them was not unlike
that of the laughing gas which dentists
give, with this difference that whereas the
gas produces nscnsibility, these fumes
seemed 10 set the mind on fire and to burn
away all limitations OF time and distance
Things shifted before me. II was as though
l were no longer in that room, but travelling
with inconceivablo rapidty,
Suddenly ! appeared to stop before a
curtain of mist, The mist rolled up in front
OF me and | saw a wild and wonderful
scene. There lay n lake surrounded by
dense African forest The sky above was
stil red with the last lights OF sunset. ana
in II iloated the full moon, on the eastern
side of the lake was great open space
where nothing seemed TO grow, and all
about this space were the skeletons OF
hundreds Of dead elephants. There theS
lay, some Of them almost covered with gray
MOSES hanging over their bones through
which their yellow tusks projected as
though they had been dead for centuries
others with the rotting hide still on them
/ knew that l was looking on a cemetery
OF elephants, the place where these great
beasts went to die, as ! have since heeh
told tho extinct moas did in New zealand
All my life as a hunter had l heard ruWoTs
of these cemeteries, but never before ulu
see such spot even IN dream
See There was one dying now, huge
gaunt bull that looked as though i were
several hundred years old. It stood there
swaying to and fro Then it lifted its trunk,
| suppose To trumpet though Of course /
could hear nothing, and slowly sank upon
its knees and so remained in the last re-
taxation Of death
Almost in the center of this cemetery
was a little mound of water-washed rock
that had endured when the rest Of the
stony plain was denuded in past epochs.
Suddenly upon that rock appeared the
shape of the most gigantic elephant that
ever / beheld in all my long experience, II
had one enormous tusk, but the other was
deformed and broken Off short Its sides
were Scared as though with fighting and
its eyes shOne red and wiCkedly,
Held in its trunk was the body OF a
woman whose hair hung down upon one
side and whose feet hung down upon the
other Clasped in her arms was a child
that seemed 70 be still living.
The rogue, as a brute of this sort is
called for evidently such it was, dropped
the corpse to the ground and stood for a
while Tapping its ears. Then II felt for
and picked up the Child with its trunk
swung it TO and fro and finally tossed 1t
high into the air. hurting il far away After
this II walked to the elephant that / had |
Just seen die and charged the carcass /
knocking II over. Then having lifted its
trunk as though TO trumpet ia triumph |
Il shambled of toward the forest and van |
ished.
The curtain Of mist fell again and In II. |
dimly / thought / saw-well never mind /
who or what l saw. Then 1 awoke.
We'll. did you see anything?" asked |
a chorus Of voices.
/ told them what had seen, leaving out |
the last part.
Il say Old fellow" said scroope. you
must have been pretty clever 70 get All
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As their full sense came home to him, al
though his face remained impassive ! saw
his dark eyes shine with the light of tri-
umph. Moreover / heard him whisper to
Marut words that seemed to mean
The Sacred Child accepts the Guardian
The Spirit of the White Kendall finds
voice again"
Then as though involuntarly. but with
the utmost reverence both of them bowed
deeply toward Miss Holmes
babel Of conversation broke out
What ridiculous dream" / heard Lord
Ragnal say in n veNed voice. IAN ivory
child that seemed 10 come TO life ana TO
give you necklace, Whoever heard such
nonsense?"
Whoever heard such nonsense ." repeated
Miss Holmes after him, as though in polite
acquiescence, but speaking as an automaton
might speak
II say interrupted scroope. addressing
Miss Manners, this is a drawing-room en-
tertainment and a half isn't H. dear?"
II don't know" answered Miss Manners
doubtfully, 1T is rather too queer FOR INV
taste, Tricks are all very well. but when II
comes to magic and visions 1 get fright
Cned."
We'll, | suppose the show is over" said
Lord Ragnall. 'Quatermain would YOU
mind asking your conjurer friends what
owe them?'
Here Harut who had understood. paused
from packing up his properties ana an
swered
Nothing, . great lord. nothing. II Is
we owe you much. Here we learn what we
want to know long time, ! mean II elephant
Jana still kill people Of Kendall Kendah
'bacco no speak to us. Only speak TO new
spirit. You got great gift, lady, and YOU.
100, Macumazana. You not like smoke more
kendah 'bacco and look into past Ell? Bet
ter look Very full past learn much there
about all us learn how things begin Mako
you understand lot what seem odd today
No! Well, one day you look p'raps, cause
past pull hard and call loud. only no one
hear what It say. Goodnight, o great lord.
Goodnight, O beautiful lady. Good-night
o Aiacumazana, TIL we meet again when
you come XIII elephant Jana. Blessing OF
the Heaven Child. who give rain who Dro-
tect all danger, who give food, who give
health, on you ALL"
Then making many obelsances thew
walked backward 10 the door where thay, TIt
on their long cloaks.
At a sign from Lord Ragnau 1 accorps-
MED them, an office which, fearing more
snakes, Mr.. Savage was very glad 10 rasis,1
to me Presently we stood outside a.
house amid the moaning trees, ana very
cold It was there.
What does an this mean, O men q,
African / asked.
Answer the question yourself when yo,;
stand face to face with the great elenbsnt |
Jana that has IN L an evil spirit, o Macu- |
mazana" replied Harut Nay listen W.
are far from our home and We sought tid-
ings through those who could give ID 10 Iis |
and we have won those tidings, that Is AM |
We are worshipers Of the Heavenly Cbild /
that Is eternal youth and an good things /
but of late the Child has lacked q tongue /
Yet tonight It spoke again Seek 10 know
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no more you who in due season will know
all things"
"Scel, TO know no more echoed Marut
who already perhaps know too much, lest
harm should come to YOU, MaCuma2ana.'
where are you going to sleep ton ght2'
! asked
We do not sleep here" answered fiarut.
we walk 70 the great city and thence we
find our way to Africa where we shall
meet you again You know that we are
no liars, common readers OF thought and
makers of tricks. for did not Dogectah, the
wandering white man, speak Ia you OF the
people Of whom he had heard who wor-
SHIPPED the Child of Heaven? Go in,
Macuma2ana, ere you take harm in this
horrible cold and take with you this as
a marriage gift from the Child Of Heaven
whom she met tonight. to the beautiful
lady stamped with the sign of the young
moon who is about to marry the great lord
she loves"
Then he thrust little lnen-wrapped
parcel into my hands and with his com
panion vanished into the darkness
! returned to the drawing room. where
the others were still discussing the re-
markabe performance of the two native
Conjurers.
They have gone" I said in answer TO
Lord RaEnall ITO walk to London. as they
said. ISut they have sent n wedding pres
cnt to Miss Holiness" and | showed the
parcel
CONTINUED TOMORROW
Grept oblivion" will be found on Page Seven
OF this Issue.
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WHERE FROGS COME FROM
BY Farmer Smith

Billy Bumpus tucked his little daughter,
Mamie, into her little bed one night, and
when he thought she was all comfortably
settled she asked for a drink of water. After
Billy had given it to her he sat down to tell
her the usual evening story.
mo matter where you go, water is al
ways free"
Perhaps people remember the story OF
Latona, the mother OF Phoebus Appolo.
"One day Latona, with her children, was
iourneying in a strange country and she
became very thirsty. In the bottom Of the
valley she espled a pond OF clear water,
where the country people were working
gathering willows She approached the
pond and would have sIaked her thirst but
the country people forbade her, so she said
to them; Why do you refuse me water?
Water is free 10 all. I do not wish to
battle i'm IT, only to quench my thirst, and
my children cry unto you for water
But the country people were very rude
to her and stirred up the water so that she
could not drink. She became enraged at
this, and raising her hands 20 heaven eX-
claimed: May they never quit that pool,
but pass their lives there " And 1t came to
pass accordingly.
They still live in the water, sometimes
under it and sometimes above il; some
times coming out on the bank, but soon
jumping in again. Their voices are harsh
and their throats blOated f; their mouths
dlsteuded by constant railing and fussing;
their necks have shrunk up until they have
disappeared, and their heads are joined 10
their bodies. Their backs are green and
their swollen stomachs white, They dwell
in the shiny pool and are colled-"
Frogs" said Mamie
That's right" said her father, very much
pleased to think that she knew so much
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GIRL BATHERS DISCARD
HOSE AT PALM BEACH
Philadelphia Damsel One of Pair Who
Give Resort Sight Worth
Gaaipg

PALM BEACH, Fla, Jan 15.-The heat
was scorching. Bathers started early ana
spent the most of their time flirting with
the high waves. Miss Nina whitmore, Of
Philadelphia, and Miss Florida Settle, OF
Paris, came to the beach very. lightly clad.
At first it was thought they had forgotten 10
put on their stockings, but investigation
proved that the garments were Intentionally
discarded. They are pretty and look
pretty, whereby II the fad finds favor the
hosiery manufacturers will have a hard
time while the future OF the Oculists viii
be assured
Miss Settle refused TO comment sha
smiled and ran away in the ocean. But
Miss Whitmore faced the third degree very
calmly and business-like. She said: Well
stockings are too thin anyhow, and some
thing has to be done TO reduce the high cost
Of living, so / discarded them"
The incident would have been closed but
Miss H Slattery, OF Providence who Is 8
keen observer, said:
Pardon me. Miss Whitmore, you are
wearing a bouquet Of orchids on your
corsage that costs mere than half a dozen
pair OF stockings. The waves will ruin the
natural flowers, but win never injure 8
hose"
-Four eyes gave a lightning flash. Thars
was no thunder Miss Slattery remained
on the beach perspirlng Miss Whitmon
went into the ocean 70 cool on elaeruies
Il Was quiet sunday
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Farmer Smiths
Column
CLOSE YOUR EYES

My Dear Children-There may be times
when, for one reason or other, you are kept
awake. At such times let me recommend
that you KEEP YOUR EYES SHUT. our
eyes are so wonderful that It would take a
lifetime to study them properly and when
the end came we would yet be far from
knowing all there is to know about these
two little windows of the soul
How peaceful and how restful it is to
close ones eyes in the midst of turmoil
1t seems as though we were entering
into a secret chamber when we close the
doors OF our sight and sink into ourselves,
DO you know that we could not live very
long If our eyes stayed open ALL the time ?
Let us then take care Of these gifts which
are such an important part Of us.
Your eyebaI is round so is the earth.
the sun, the moon, and all nature moves
in circles. The sun moves in n circle day
by day. the moon does the same at night
Even our dear earth has to REST and
closes its EYES at night when WE go to
sleep.
Even as dear Mother Nature closes the
eyes of the world in sleep, so II is intended
that YOU SHOULD CLOSE YOUR EYES.
Close your eyes after you have read this
and see how many things you can think of
which l MIGHT have compared to your
eyes in this talk to you.
Lovingly
FARMER SMITH, Children's Editor.
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JUST GOSSIP ABOUT PEOPLE
Members of Cavalry Troops Will Return Today
From Ell Paso-Nancy Wynne Deplores
Want of Honesty Among the Elite

rT,HE mothers, wives and sweethearts Of
| the First city Troop are preparing
,oyf,ilIv TO receive their sons, husbands
ond lovers Cgot It in the proper order.
dd,t ~, who will be returning from the
borGerland tonight
Life In n bungalow, which was essayed
no several Of the brides who went down
,o t,I paso to he with their husbands,
rroved not any too easy, for it appears
!, is not possible to obtain domestcs, and
so houscwork and cooking were the order
~ the dav. | hear that is one reason
,ybv Eliza Fox Tilghman has been so
rvorp out since she returned home and Is
now in the Chestnut Hill Hospital taking
a rest cure as she reall; had quite ner-
WINS breakdown, never having had to do
a stroke Of hard work in her life. Betty
Scott Clark. too, hear, is not at all well,
tbe climate having been not any too good
for her. The wives who went down on
sbort trips were really wiser, after ALL as
tbev did not stay long enough TO let the
climate bother them
Among the returning troopers will he
nick Tighman, Harry Nelson. Flo Rtvi.
mis-. HOQuN rage 4NGuuN = tt'' '''NN ''''
unpsvorth, Bill Churchman, Captain
franklin McFadden, Lieutenant George
Thaver, Cd, Lieutenant William lnnis
Forbes, Billie Bodine, Morris stroud. John
converse, Clarence Clark, Barclay Nc.
Fadden. Jack Montgomery, Nick Biddle
and many others who are in the four
,roops Of cavalry One thing Is sure, they
will receive a warm welcome from fami-
lies and friends when they do finally
come, for they have certainly had to bear
the brunt of staying some three months
longer than the infantry. However, far |
he II from me to say anything that is not
in great favor of the movement which |
was made by the President when order
ing the troops to the border for though |
no actual fighting has taken place, our
men have returned far better soldiers
than they ever could have been with no
training whatsoever. and with more ideas
of self.control and discipline than many
OF them ever learned in their lives before.
And the country at large will be bettered
by It.
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TTAS it ever struck you what very pc
II culiar ideas of honesty some persons
of education and proper upbringing have?
II is truly remarkable how careless they
are about things which seem small to
them. Only recently a young girl who
goes about good deal and IS very popu-
lar, but has not any great amount OF
this worlds goods, attended dance at
one of our hotels. She was among the
last to leave the ballroom floor, and as
many were besieging the maids for their
cloaks, she decided, as she was bit tired,
she would just wait until the rush was
over. Well, finally she went for her cloak
and brand.new carriage shoes. (Now,
every woman knows that carriage shoes
are luxury, and these had been given to
her for Christmas by wealthy friend)
And 10, and behold! the shoes We're not.
Only a pair of rather low arctics lie.
manned. Well, there was nothing TO be
done, for after much conversation on the
subject every one else had gone, so she
finally took the arctIcs and went home
Two days afterward she went to the hotel
and asked If the shoes had been returned
and on various occasions she has gone in
again, and would you believe II, those
carriage shoes have been kept by the
person who wore them home that night.
Now. my dears, don't misunderstood me;
this was not at a public affair, where
tickets may he purchased and the goats
may mix with the sheep; no, indeed, but
a private ball, TO which every one whom
one knows was invited, Probably the
woman who has those shoes thinks moth
ing whatever about it, and yet she would
be Mortified to take a fivecent piece out
of her neghbor's purse. Naturally, one
Bhudders at the idea; that would be steal
ing! Yes, of course it would; but then
the shoes belong to some one else just as
much as the five cents does, and are of
much more value to the girl to whom
five cents would be even more than the
shoes to the person who stole them. Some
persons surely do strain at a gnat and
swallow a camel. NANCY WYNNE.
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that in for your eyes weren't shut for more
than ten seconds"
Then ] wonder what you would say n
| I repeated everything" ! answered for 7
still felt dreamy and not quite myself.
You see elephant jana asked Harut
"ltc kin woman and child, eh2 We'll. he do
that every night We'll, that why people
Of White Eendah want YOU Kill him and
take an that ivory which they no dare
touch because it in holy place and Black
Eondah no let them. So he live still That
what we wish know. Thank You much
Macumnzana You very good look-through-
distance man. just what ! think Kendall
bacco smoke work very well In you. Now.
beautiful lady" he added turning to Miss
Holmes. you like look too Better look
Who know what you see?'
Miss IiOlmes hcsitatcd q moment, study
ing me with an inuurinE eye. But ] made
her experiences
YES" she said
81 should prefer Luna. that YOU left
this buginCss alone" remarked Lord Rag
nail uneasilv. 81 think 1t is time that you
ladies' went to bed
Here is n match" said Miss Holmes to
IIarut. who was engaged In putting more
tobacco into the bowl. the suspicion Of
smile upon his grave and statucsque Coun-
tcnance. lIarut received the match with
a low bow and fired the stun as before
Then hr handed the bowl from which once
again the blue smoke Curled upward to
Miss Holmes and gently and gracefully let
tho nutimaCassar fall over 1t and her head,
which II draped as wedding veil might do.
\ few seconds later she threw or the anti
maCassar and cast the bowl. in which the
irc was now out ON to the floor Then she
stood up with wide eyes. looking wondrOuF
lovely and Notwithstanding her lack OF
height. majestic.
81 have been in another world" she said
In low voice MS though she spoke to the
air. ~ have Travelled a great way
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SUFFRGAGE SENTINELS
RESUME SILENT PATROL
son the Job" Again Before White
House Gates With New Query
for the President

WASHINGTON Jan. 15.-The silent suf-
frage sentinels were on the job again today
before the White House gates.
The entire twelve gathered at the west
gate today in order to give President Wilson
salute when he returned from his golf
game. Afterward the pickets divided forces
with six at each gate. The weather was
stIl raw and the pIckets were bundled up
10 the limit
The big banners flashed new question
70 the President today. They read
MFR. President, how much longer must
the women wait for liberty2"
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What's Doing Tonight

City Club annual election, City Club.
contemporary Club. discussion on Men Of III,
Hour IN Europe Bellevue -strattord-
German American Charity Society ball Trun.
gemeinde Hall
PHILADELPHIA Society for Promoting Agrlcul,
ture si5 South Fifteenth street,
Fire Insurance Society annual banquet Belle
-Strattord-
Free lecture on Jewish Colonies m PaIes-
ttne by Dr. b. c. Gordon, Houston Hail.
WALNUT Street Business Association, ST, James
Hotel o'clock
Z .splis 52O9 Market street 5 o'clock, Free.
NorthWest business Men, 2536 Columbia ave
rie o'clock. Free.
'[Vest Susquehanna Avenue Business Mon, 1907
west susquehanna avenue, S O'Clock. Free.
" f5irard Improvement Association. Twentieth
and Skunk streets, o'clock, Free
Golden jubilee concert Oxford Frea1yteFtan
ipssee. ''old Guard" Adelphlt Hotel
Birlb eontrol conferences. Woman'z HOSPITAL
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EAST ORANGE. " J., Jan. 15.--Mrs.
Anna Schofeld just chuciled and chuclSled
today when asked to explain her statement
that You can always tell married man
by his actions. Then she explained.
Mrs Schofeld is the East orange
mother-In-law who just naturally knew her
daughters husband had another wife
slowed away somewhere.
She suspected that of Captain Sewyn
Joyce OF Boer War fame. from the first,
and after he married daughter Dorothy
Mother Schofeld pooh -poohed his claim to
bacherlorhood and shifted out his other
marriage record in far-off New Zealand.
MARRIAGE ANNULLED
Dorothy's marriage now stands annulled
ard wife No l is waiting for her divorce
suit to jell, all due to Mother Schoheld's
eagle eye for benedicts.
You can see 1t in their faces" she said
today. 1T sticks out all over them.
Marriage brands a man as plain as a
hot iron cows hip l saw wife written
on the slick Mr.. Joyce the first time l ever
set eyes on him. He was too considerate
around the house to be n thirty-nine-year-
old bachelor.
Like all average married men. he was
an artistic liar in a small way about things
wives ike 10 De lled 10 ABOUT. AS 10 Ms
further accomplishments in this respect
say nothing but that he could praise coffee
that everybody knew was vile in such a
way that 1t tasted good.
What old bachelor would take the
trouble to do that. even If he could? Only
a married man would do it.
Like his brother benedlcks he knew
how to praise his wife's taste, whether good
or bad. II a married man says something
about another woman he doesn't neglect
to say something n little nicer about his
wife. That was Joyce.
TOO NICE FOR BACHELOR
"IIe had habits of cleanliness and care
about the house that no bachelor of thirty.
nine ever had He didn't throw his clothes
on the floor nor leave things cluttered up
behind him. He showed in a thousand
ways that a wife wasn't new to him..
Take tears, for instance. Tears break
a newly and never-before- married mans
heart He gets all excited about them, But
they rolled OFF that mans back like water
off a duck.
Some OF his oily sweetness might have
been explained IL he had been living at
home with women folks who had trained
him a bit. but man doesn't get polished
tune.
Il kept quiet about my suspicious until
one day he and Dorothy were fighting. He
fought like a married man. He knew when
10 tax and when To shut up.
" Selwyn. said /. interrupting them, I
wouldn't be surprised II you've been mar
ried before
SHE SHOWED HIM
"'You can't prove it, says he getting
red and turning round real quick 1 told
him I'd just show him, which / did
Not long after We got the goods on him
ne came in with an empty poison bottle and
said he'd swallowed poison and was going
10 die and would we shake hands and tell
aim good-by.
I'VE said we'd be glad to IL he really had
aiken the poison. But when they used the
stomach pump on him at the hospital it
vas as We suspected. They didn't find any
hing but free lunch.
You can tell a married man every time.