Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-01

smaller schooner.
Further. that for reasons not given. his
announced plan of an airpane trip above
the North Pole has come to naught.
TTIlIS leaves Mr.. Naulty TO the further
l. ance Of his original plans.
His son t. scheduled to accompany him
on his unusual trip.
Edwin Fairfax Nau,ty is q genius.
He is al once an inventor. u scientist. a
lecturer and ncwSpapermnn.
Somehow or other he has. the faculty Of
being able TO interest people--big men, |
mcan--in his various projects
Dne of his discoveries some years ago was
unique.
shortly after the great New York Central
Depot. 1T Forty. second street and Madison
avenue. was completed. Naulty strolled
through III" vast structure on bis way TO a
train
Casting hts eyes upward he discovered on
;He ceiling timing unique in astronomy
HNtro!"gy or the orderly procession Of the
seasons.
The painter who had decorated the ceiling
with some nllesorical frcsco and ignorant
Of the science Of the sky had. Naulty dis
covered. got the Xodiacal signs mixed
1t was wrong end foremost, or hind end
first, according TO Mr.. Naulty--I don't re-
call which--but anyhow be had the artist
on the hip.
COME years after. and just before the
~ World War smashed all conceptions of
pcr-eXplOSivcS iatr bllycock hat. Mr..
Naulty invented and patented an indie
sUuCtibe bank building
It was to b" Of solid steel. with walls
of armor plat" several feet thick.
Absolutely impr"gnahl". from tn" exterior
a. least, the inventor declared there was no
explosive then invented powerful enough TO
d"moli~h his ITarvcyizcd stronghold.
Charles VI. Schwnb thought SO well OF
IL" invention that h" invested some thou
sands of dollars in helping Naulty to per-
feet Il model.
saw it in Washington. 1t was a beauti.
iUl thing IN shining steel.
Whatever became of it | do not know.
lh" Sri"nr" Of explosives developed during
the World War must have hit II and Simi-
lar inventions nasty waiUp.
Mr.. Nuu!ly for several years has been
working on scheme Of trans polar flight.
ii" has, | understand. raised considerable
money I" perfect his plans.
Now that AmundScn is out Of the way
he can max" his dream come true.
That is, # he ever returns from the trip.
JoIlN SLOWER AENDT has turned his
- experienced pen t. Il new >ubi"rt
Mr. .trndt. who i we'll known to- oder
n"wNlal ermen Of this city, j. a. present
travelling in Europe.
Before leaving he saw III" first copy Of his
"$tory Of IN" .trudj>'' of the press Of
CHRISTOPHER Sewer Company.
1t j. til" story "f tn" "l.ifc, ant.redents
and descendants Of Bernhard Arndt. who
"intgrnt"d t" Pennsylvania in the year
1881.
There are but twu genealogical works tina,
| hav" ever seen which were uuyrhing hur
,)I"HrY roster Of names, dates, deaths and
brief biography.
They ar" the Rockefeller family history
aud John Stovrr Armdt'S work.
: : "A hook rirll n >'Iri.S ,,f 'l,n ,,i,roor
era Of this State.
Brave deeds Of Revolutionary days are
found in It.
An episode Of a diHcr"u; >oYt is the fol-
lowing concerning one OF tie Arndt fum.y
Of Il hundred Years ago"
COlONEI. JOHN AltNDT uad been cate.
Y chized in IL" Grrmun Reformed faith;
h. Lad been aGM!lt"u to momhnrship and
had been asked to h"com" an elder OF TINT
ChUr"A but drrin"d. as h" refused +" sub
s.rih" to on" Of the article, Of Church dis
ciplin. wl!cA prohibited ministers of other
denominations preaching in their chapel.
About the year isis h" had Il remarkable
dream that af",''"d him profoundly II"
dreamed thar God came down with ter
ribIe noise that shook tn" earth. He fell
upon his face in fear and dread. 50 that he
dared not look ul, but presently. ypnturing
TO rH!>e his eyes, h" b"hr.d man standing
at II small table with book in his hand,
looking intcn'Iy AT him and smiling.
Thirteen years "I'"rward, No"n after he
Removed 10 New jersey, Wall" attending the
funeral Of the Rev. Eeninmin Collins. he
rt4'oEr!"ed in the preacher Of IL" occasion
tl' man Of his dream.
lie was the Rev. Grorr" Banghurt. a
M"tu0d!>t minister.
Under his guidance l." bcram" converted.
joined the Methodist Church, and for the
remainder Of his life was acl!vc in tn. re-
l!.iru- work Of tiat Church,