Evening Star Newspaper, July 27, 1924, Page 51

CHAPTER I, The Trall of the Meat. Dark spruce forest frowned on ‘®ither side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent ‘wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean toward each other, black and ominous, in the fad- ing light. A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was o & desolation, lifeless, without mov ment, so lone and cold that the spirit ©of it was not even that of sadness. There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness—a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the Sphinx, @ laughter cold as the frost and par- taking of the infallibil- ity. It the masterful and communicable wi of eternity Jaughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild. But there was land and defiant waterway toiled a string of dogs. Their bristly fur ws With frost. Their breath froze in the “ir as it left their mouths, spouting forth in spumes of vapor that settled upon the hair of their bodies and + formed into crystals of frost. Leather harness was on the dogs, and leather traces attached them to a sled which dragged along behind. The sled was Without runners. It was made of stout birch-bark, and its full surface rested on the snow. The front end of the sled was turned up, like a scroll, in order to force down and under the bore of soft snow that surged like a wave before it On the sled, securely lashed. was a long and narrow oblong box. There were other things on the sled—blankets, an ax, and a coffee-pot and frying pan: but prominent, occupying most of the space, was the long and nar- Tow oblong box. In advance of the dog snowshoes, toiled a man. At the rear / of the sled toiled a second man. On the sled, in the box, lay a third man whose (oil was over, a man whom the Wild had conquered and beaten down until he would never move nor struggle again. It is not the way of the Wild to like movement. Life is an offence to it, for life is movement; and the Wild aims always to destroy movement. It freezes the water prevent it running to the sea; it drives the sap out of the trees till they are frozen to their mighty t hearts; and most ferociously and ter- Tibly of all does the Wild harry and crush into submission man—man, Who is the most restless of life, ever in revolt against the dictum that all movement must in the end come to the cessation of movement But at the front and rear, unawed and indomitable. toiled the two men Who were not yet dead. Their bodies were covered with fur and soft- tanned leather. Eyelashes and cheeks and lips were 50 coated with the crystals from their frozen breath that their faces were not discernible This gave them the seeming of ghostly masques, undertakers in a spectral world at the funeral of some ghost. But under it all they were men, penetrating the land’ of desol: tion’ and mockery and silence, puny adventurers bent on colossal adven ture, pitting themselves against might of a world as remote and alien and pulseless as the abysses of space. They traveled on without saving their breath for the their bodies. On every side was the silence, pressing upon them with a tangible, presence. It affected their minds as the many atmospheres of deep water affect the body of the diver. It crushed them with the , Weight of unending vastness and un- alterable decree. It crushed them into the remotest recesses of their own minds, pressing out of them, like juices from the grape, all the false ardors and exaltations and undue self-values of ‘the human soul, until they perceived themselves finite and all, specks and motes, moving with weak cunning and little wisdom amidst the play and interplay of the * great blind elements and force An hour went by, and a second hour. The pale light of the short sunless day was beginning to fade, when a faint far cry arose on the still_air. It soared upward with a swift rush, till it reached its top- most note, where it persisted, palpi- tant and tense, and then slowly died away. It might have been a lost soul wailing, had it not been invested With a' certain sad_flerceness and hungry eagerness. The front man turned his head until his eyes met the eyes of the man behind. And then, across the narrow oblong box, each nodded to the other. A second cry arose, piercing the (silence with ‘needlelike shriliness. Both men located the sound. It was to the rear, somewhere in the snow expanse they had just traversed. A third and answering cry arose, also 10 the rear and to the left of the ®econd cry. “They're after us, Bill,” said the man at the front. His yoice sounded hoarse and un- real, and he had spoken with appar- ent effort. feat comrade. grimness of waus in- in the frozen wolfish rimed life, Down abroad the on wide speech, work of is_scarce,” answered his “I ain’t seen a rabbit sign they spoke no more, (though their ears were keen for the hunting-cries that continued to rise behind them. At the fall of darkness they swung the dogs into a cluster of spruce trees on the edge of the waterway and made a camp. The coffin, at the side of the fire, served for seat and table. The wolf-dogs, clustered on the far side of the fire, snarled and bickered among themselves, but evinced mo_inclination to stray off ¢into the darkness. eems to me, Henry, they're stay in' remarkable close to camp,” Bill commented. Henry, squatting over the fire and &ettling the pot of coffee with a plece of ice, nodded. Nor did he speak till he had taken his seat on the cofiin &nd begun to eat. “They know where their hides is &afe,” he said. “They'd sooner eat Erub than be grub. They're pretty Wise, them dogs.” Bill shook his head. “Oh, I don't Know.” His comrade looked at him curi- ously. “First time I ever heard you Eay “anythin' about their not bein’ “Henry,” said the other, munching h deliberation the beans he was eating, “did you happen to notice the way them dogs kicked up when I was &-feeding’ ‘em?” ‘They did cut up more'n usual,” Henry ‘acknowledged. “How many dogs ‘'ve Henry ix ‘Well, Henry . . Kor a moment, we got, . ." BIll stopped in order that his words might gain greater signifi- can “As I was sayin’, Henry, we've got six dogs. T took six fii out of the bag. I gave one fish_to each dog, an’, Henry, I was one fish shor! “You counted wrong.” “We've got six dogs, t reiterated dispassionately. took out six fish. One Ear didn't get no fish. I came back to the bag after- ward an’ got 'm his fish.” “We've only got six dogs,” Henry said. “Henry,” Bill went on, “I won't say they was all dogs, but there was * seven of m that got fish.” Henry stopped eating to glance ross the fire'and count the dogs. “There's only six now,” he said: . “I saw one other run off across the other to | | Henry the | snow,” Bill announcea with cool positiveness. “I saw seven.” comrade looked at him com- miseratingly, and said, “I'll be al- mighty glad when this trip's over.” *What d'ye mean by that? Bill demanded. “T mean that this getting on your nerves, an’ that you're beginnin' to see t 8. “I thought of that,” Bill answered gravely. “An' so, when I saw it run off across the snow, I looked in the snow an' saw its tracks. Then I counted the dogs an' there was still six of 'em. The tracks is there in the snow now. D'ye want to look at 'em? I'll show 'm to you.” Heury did not reply, but munched on in silence, until, the meal finished, he topped it with a final cup of cof- fee. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and said: “Then you're thinkin' as it was"— A long wailing cry, flercely sad. from somewhere in the darkness, had interrupted him. He stopped to lis- ten to it, then he finished his sen- tence with a wave of his hand to- ward the sound of the cry, “—one of them? Bill nodded. “I'd a blame sight sooner think that than anything else. You noticed yourself the row the dogs made.” Cry after cry, and answering cries, were turning the silence into a bed- lam. From every side the cries arose, and the dogs betrayed their fear by huddling together and so close to the fire that their hair was scorched by the heat Bill threw on more wood, before lighting his pipe “I'm thinkin' you're down mouth some,” Henry said “Henry " He sucked medita- tively at his pipe for some time be- fore he went on. “Henry, 1 was a-thinkin® what a blame sight luckier he is than you an’ me'll ever be.” He indicated the third person by a downward thrust of the thumb to the box on which they sat. “You an’ me, Henry, when we dle, we'll be lucky if we get enough stones over our carcasses Lo Keep the dogs off of us” But we ain’t got people an' money an’ all the rest, like him,” Henry re- Joined. “Long-distance funerals is somethin’ you an’ me can’'t exactly afford.” “What gets me, Henry, is what a chap like this, that's a lord or some- thing in his own country, and that's never had to bother about grub nor blankets, why he comes a-buttin’ round the God-forsaken ends of the carth—that's what I can’t exactly load of ourn is in the old ie might have age if he'd agreed Bill opened his mouth to speak, but changed his mind. Instead, he point- ed toward the wall of darkness that pressed about them from every side. There was no suggestion of form in the utter blackness! only could be seen a pair of eyes gleaming like live coals. Henry indicated with his head a second pair, and a third. A circle of the gleaming eyes had drawn about their camp. Now and again a pair of eves moved, or dis- appeared to appear again a moment later. The unrest of the dogs had been increasing, and they stampeded, in a surge of sudden fear, to the near side of the fire, cringing and crawl- ing about the legs of the men. In the scramble one of the dogs had been overturned on the edge of the fire, and it had velped with pain and fright as the smell of its singed coat possessed the air. The commotion ed the circle of eyes to shift stlessly for a moment and even to withdraw a bit, but it settled down again as the dogs became quiet. it'’s a blame misfortune to out of ammunition.” Bill had finished his pipe and was helping his companion spread the bed of fur and blanket upon the spruce boughs which he had laid over the snow before supper. Henry grunted, and began unlacing his moccasins. “How many cartridges did you say you had left?” he asked. “Three,” came the answer. “An’ T wisht 'twas three hundred. Then I'd show ‘em what for, damn ‘em!" fist angrily at the lived stayed to a ripe to home,” He shook his gleaming eyes, and began securely to prop his moccasins before the fire. “An’ T wisht this cold snap'd break,” he went on. “It's been fifty below for two weeks now. An’ T wisht TI'd never started on this trip, Henry. 1 don't like the looks of it. It don’t feel right, somehow. An’ while I'm wishin’, T wisht the trip was over an’ doné with, an’ you an’ sittin’ by the fire in Fort Mc- just about now an’ playin’ cribbage—that's what I wisht. Henry grunted and crawled into bed. As he dozed off he was aroused by his comrade’s voice. Henry, that other one that n an’ got a fish—why didn’t the dogs pitch into it? That's what's botherin’ me.” . L “You're botherin’ too much, Bill,” came the sleepy response. “You was never like this before. You jes’ shut up now, an’ go to sleep, an’ you'll be all hunky-dory in the mornin’. Your stomach’s _sour, that's what's both- erin’ yeu.” The men slept, breathing heavily, side by side, under the one covering. The fire died down, and the gleam- ing eves drew closer the circle they had flung about the camp. The dogs clustered togother in fear, now and again snarling menacingly as a pair of eves drew close. Once their up- roar became so loud that Bill woke up. He got out of bed carefully, so as not to disturb the sleep of 'his comrade, and threw more wood on the fire. As it began to flame up, the circle of eyes drew farther back. He glanced casually at the huddling dogs. He rubbed his eves and looked at them more sharply. Then he crawled back into the blankets. “Henry,” he said. "Oh, Henry.” Henry groaned as he passed from sleep to waking, and demanded, “What's wrong now?" “Nothin’,” came the answer; “only there's seven of 'em again. I just counted. Henry acknowledged receipt of the information with a grunt that slid Into a snore as he drifted back into sleep. In the morning it was Henry who awoke first and routed his com- panion out of bed. Daylight was yet three hours away, though it was al- ready six o'clock: and in the dark- ness Henry went about preparing breakfast, while Bill rolled the blan- kets and’ made the sled ready for lashing. “Say, Henry,” he asked suddenly, “how ‘many dogs did you say we had?” s “Wrong," umphantly. “Seven again?” Henry queried. “No, five: one's gone.” “The heli!” Henry cried in wrath, leaving the cooking to come and count the dogs. ‘You're right, BillL” he concluded. Fatty's gone.” 'An’ he went like greased lightnin’ once he got started. Couldn't 've seen 'm for smoke. “No chance at all,” Henry con- cluded. “They jes' swallowed °’m alive. I bet he was yelpin’ as he went down their throats, damn ‘em!” gy e always was'a fool dog,” said “But no fool dog ought to be fool enough to go off an’ commit sui- cide that way.” He looked over the remainder of the team with a specu- lative eye that summed up instantly the salient traits of each animal. “I _bet none of the others would do 1t.” “Couldn’t drive 'em away from the fire with a club,” Bill agreed. “I al- ways did think there was somethin’ wrong with Fatty, anyway. And this was the epitaph of a dead dog on the Northland trail—less scant than the epitaph of many another dog, of many a man, Bill proclaimed tri- "~ _THE SUNDAY CHAPTER IL The She-Wolf. Breakfast eaten and the slim camp outfit lashed to the sled, the men turned their backs on the cheery fire and launched out into the darkness. At once began to rise the cries that were fiercely sad—cries that called through the darkness and cold to one another and answered back. Conver- sation ceased. Daylight came at 9 o'clock. At midday the sky to the south warmed to rose color and marked where the bulge of the earth intervened between the meridian sun and the northern world. But the rose color swiftly faded. The gray light of day that remained lasted until 3 o'clock, when it, too, faded, and the pall of the arctic night descended upon the lone and silent land. As darkness came on, the hunting cries to right and left and rear drew closer—so close that more than once they sent surges of fear through the tolling dogs, throwing them into short-lived panics. At the conclusion of one such panic, when he and Henry had got the dogs back in the traces, Bill said: “I wisht they'd strike game some- wheres an’ go away an’' leave us “They do get on the nerves horri- ble,” Henry sympathized. They spoke no more until camp was made. A Henry was bending over and adding ice to the bubbling pot of beans when he was startled by the sound of a blow, an exclamation from Bill and a sharp, snarling cry of pain from among the dogs. He straightened up in time to see a dim form disappear- ing across the snow into the shelter of the dark. Then he saw Bill, stand- ing amid the dogs, half triumphant. half crest-fallen, In one hand a stout club in the other the tail and part of the body of a sun-cured salmon. “I got half of it.” he announced, “but 1 _got a whack at it jes' the same. D'ye hear it squeal? “What'd it look like?" asked. “Couldn’t see. But it had four legs an’ a mouth an’ hair, an' looked like any dog.” Must be a tame wolf, I reckon.” t's damned tame, whatever it is comin’ in here at feedin' time an’ gettin’ its whack of fish.” That night, when supper was fin- ished and they sat on the oblong box and pulled at their pipes, the circle of gleaming eves drew In even closer than before. “I wisht they'd spring up a bunch of moose or somethin’, an’ go away an’ leave us alone,” Bill said. Henry grunted with an intonation that was not all sympathy, and for a quarter of an hour they sat on in silence, Henry staring at the fire and Bill at the circle of eves that burned in the darkness just bevond the fire- light. %1 wisht we was pullin’ into M- Gurry right now,” he began again. Shut "up vour wishin' an' your croakin',” Henry burst out angrily. our stomach's sour. That's what's ailin’ you. Swallow a spoonful of sody an’ you'll sweeten up wonderful an’ be more pleasant company. In the morning Henry was aroused by fervid blasphemy that proceeded from the mouth of Bill. Henry propped himself up oh an elbow and looked to see his comrade standing among the dogs beside the replen- ished fire, his arms raised in objurga- tion, his face distorted with passion. “Hello!” Henry called. “What's up now?” rog’s gone,” came the answer. “No!" “1 tell you yes. Henry leaped out of the blankets and to the dogs. He counted them with care, and then joined hix partner in cursing the powers of the Wild that had robbed them of another dog. “Frog was the strongest dog of the bunch,” BIll pronounced finally. “An’ he was no fool dog, neither,” Henry added. And so was recorded epitaph in two day A gloomy breakfast was eaten, and the four remaining dogs were har- nessed to the sled. The day was a repetition of the days that had gone before. The men toiled without speech across the face of the frozen world. The silence was unbroken save by the cries of their pursuers, that, unseen, hung upon their rear. With the coming of night in the mid- afternoon, the cries sounded closer as the pursuers drew in, according to their custom, and the dogs grew ex- cited and frightened and were gullty of panics that tangled the traces and further depressed the two men. “There, that'll fix you fool crit- ters,” Bill said with satisfaction that night, standing erect at completion of his task. Henry left his cooking to come and see. Not only had his partner tied the dogs up, but he had tied them, after the Indian fashion, with sticks, About the neck of each dog he had fastened a leather thong. To this, and so close to the neck that the dog could not get his teeth to it. he had tied a stout stick four or five feet in length. The other end of thé stick in turn was made fast to a stake in the ground by means of a leather thong. The dog was unable to gnaw the Jeather at his own end of the stick. The stick prevented him from getting at the leather that fastened the other end. Henry nodded his head approv- ingly. “It's the only contraption that'll ever hold One Ear" he said. iis can knaw through 'leather as clean as a knife an’ jes’ about half as quick, They all'll be here in the mornin’ hunkydory.’ Bill af- “You jes' bet they will," “If one of 'em turns up miss- Henry the second firmed. in, T'll go without my coffee. “They jes” know we ain't loaded to 1" Henry remarked at bedtime, indicating the gleaming circle that hemmed them in. “If we could put a couple of shots into ’em, they'd be more respectful. They come closer ;;ffryer;leghh ?e‘k";: firelight out of yes an’ loo! ard—t| ; i you see that one?* e ‘o~ some time the two themselves with watching the. mage ment of vague forms on the edge of the firelight. By looking closely and steadily ‘at where a pair of eyes burned in the darkness, the form of %ee;l::lomln; would slowly take shape. uld even s R ee these forms move sound among the dogs att the men's ‘attention. Oms Bar- sees uttering quick, eager whines, lung- ing at the length of his stick toward the darkness and desisting now and again in order to make frantic at- tacks on the stick with his teeth. ‘Look at that, Bill!” Henry whis- ne;,edi ull into the firelight, w stealthy, sidelong moverment, siided & dog-like animal. It moved with com- mingled mistrust and daring, cau- tlously observing the men, its atten. tion fixed on the dogs. One Ear strained the full length of the stick ntruder and wi el:wr';nell\ hined with “That fool One‘ Ear don't seem scairt much,” Bill sajd in a low tone. “It's & she-wolt,” Henry whispered back, “an’ that accounts for Fatty an’ Frog. She's the decoy for the pack. 8She draws out the dog an’ then ali the rest pitches in an’ eats’m up. The fire crackled. A log fell spart with a loud, spluttering noise. At (Continued in Tomorrow's Star) STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 27, 1924—PART 3. FRATERNITIES MASONIC. LODGES. Open air services under the ‘Aupices "of the Grand Lodge at Temple Height Monday —-Duwson, N .6 pom; Stansbury. w Jerusalem, No, Iodge _room Thursday val, No. cial at 7p, Hiram, No. 10, M. M., special at 7:30. Friday—Columbia, No. 3. called off. Saturday—School ‘of inatruction, called off_during August. ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS. 7 Mount Vernon, No. 3, called Friday—Eureka, No. special ut 6:30. 4. Roral Arch, School of in- Saturday—High Priests’ 10 scheduled. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR COMMANDERIES. Friday—Columbia, No. 2, caed off. L AND SELECT MASTERS. Council, No. Association 3, PEN-AIR services will be held at Temple Helghts this aft- ernoon at 4 o'clock, under the direction of Rev. Dr. John C. Palmer, grand chaplain, and will be addressed by Maj. Reynold E. Blight, 33°, Officers’ Reserve Corps, U. S. A., editor of the New Age, also formerly a member of the Los Angeles City Board of Education. His subject will be “The Religion of a Great Scient- ist.”” Mrs. Sallie Shreve Wilson of Trinity Chapter, 0. E. S., will sing a solo and the choir of Harmony Lodge, No. 17, composed of J. Walter Hum- phrey, director; Richard P. Backing, Homer S. Pope, Karl Kerr and Harry G. Kimball, accompanist, will furnish the music. The officers and members of Har- mony Lodge, No. 17; Warren G Harding Lodge, No. 39, and Trinity Lodge, No. 42, with their familles, to- gether with the officers and members of Temple Chapter, No. 13; William F. Hunt Chapter, No. 16, and Trinity Chapter, U. D., Order of the Eastern Star. with their familles, have been especially invited to attend this serv- ice. All members of the fra ernity or of the Order of the Kastern Star, with their families, and the public also will be cordially welcome. Am- ple seating capacity is provided val Lodge. No. 4, will have \'hdrk_(’ of the services at the Masonic ind Eastern Star Home this afternoon with Rev. Howard Lambdin of the Anacostia M. E. Church ofticiating. and music by the lodge choir. The way Washington handled the rine convention a yvear ago, espe- cially the P’rovost Guard of the Im- perial Council, with Col. M. A Win- ter as rovost marshal, evidently made an impression, for they followed the example set here in the recent convention at Kansas City. The law and order committee recently noti- fied Col. Winter that his report of the working of the Provost Guard here had been a great deal of help. The Ionic Club of Department recently pulled off its annual picnic at ~ Marshall Hall, where the single men, under Capt Howard Rutan, humbled the base pride of the 'married men, Capt. Tony Shuman. while Elkins got away with his I some other belongings. About attended the excursion. the ‘Ireasury under Umpire ana 250 Master of Ceremonies Stephen H. Talkes, chairman of the excursion committee, announces that the an- nual outing of Kallipolls Grotto will take place at Marshall Hall Tuesaay, August 12. Boats will leave Seventh street wharf at 10 am., 2:30 and 6 pm. In addition to a band concert by the Grotto Band on board the eve- ning boat and dancing on the new pavilion on the grounds, there will be athletic events for the kiddies and ETOWN-UDS, & Souvenir for every cnild and a novel event for bobbed-hair girls. Just what this event will be being kept a secret by the com- mittee, but they state that 1t will afford much amusement and a hand- some prize will be awarded the win- ner. There will be no age limit and all bobbed-hair girls will be ehgible to_compete. Past Monarch Charles ford will be in charge of the ath- letic events, Past Monarchs Castle- man P. Boss and Allen H. Rogers in charge of tickets, C. H. Corby, re- freshments, and A. Mitchell Phillips, advertising. Monarch Samuel . Shreve and Chief Justice L. Whiting Estes have constituted themseives a committee on reception. A real family outing is assured, with plenty of enjoyable features for men, but especial attention will be shown the women and children. EASTERN STAR. The annual dinner of the Past Ma- trons and Past Patrons Association of Ruth Chapter, No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star, was held at Brooks Tea House, Georgia and Alaska avenues, July 17. During dinner toasts were read to the present and past officers. After a short business session sev- eral games were played. Those suc cessful were: Matron Contella, Past Matrons Hall, Eastwood, Plitt and Mrs. Clerke and Mrs. Omohundro and Past Patron Bonis. Those pres- ent were: R. W. Grand Treasurer Alcena Lamond, P. G. Matrons Loffler and Gude, Grand Secretary Rose A. Yost, Grand Lecturer Mollie Teachum, Matron Mamie Contella, Patron 1. Henry Henderson and Mrs. Hender- son, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aufenthie, Mr. and Mrs. Clerke, Mr. and Mrs. Eastwood, Mr. and Mrs. George Plitt, Mr. and Mrs. Ivers, Mr. and Mrs. Pol- lard, Mr. and Mrs' Willlam Zimmer. man, Mrs. A. Crawford, Mr. and Mr: Omohundro, Mr. and Mrs. John Par- sons, Mr. and Mrs. Mattern, Mr. and Mrs.” Bouis, Mr. and Mrs. Kinkler, Mrs. Meiners, Mrs, L. Schneider, Mrs. L. Phillips, Mrs. Dauterich, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sergeon, Fred Alexanderia, Mr. and Mrs. H. Polen with several guests. The next meeting will be held in October. William F: Hunt Chapter, No. 16; Temple Chapter, No. 13, and Trinity Chapter, No. 33, Order of the Eastern Star, and Trinity, Harmony and War- ren G. Harding Lodges, F. A. A. M, have been specially invited by the committees on religious services at Temple Heights to participate in the religious_service this afternoon at Temple Heights at 4 o'clock. Reynold E. Blight, editor, New York Age Mag- azine, will be the speaker. Members of the Masonic and Eastern Star fra- ternities are invited to attend. Federal Lodge Fellowcraft clfl‘,‘ the J. H. Milans Fellowcraft Glub, the drill team of Bethlehem Chapter and the drill team of Job's Daughters will hold their first annual excursion to Marshall Hall August 6. Chairman C. A. Cole announces large program of athletic games, a base ball game and a tug-of-war, for which a large silver loving_cup will be given the winner. Many novel events will be staged for the children. 0DD FELLOWS. A special session of the Grand Lodge is called fdr tomorrow eve- ning, in the suditorium of L O. O. F. Temple, Seventh street northwest, for the purpose of considering a petition for a charter for a_new Rebekah 10dge to be located in Brightwood and to be known as Brightwood. Rebekah Lodge, No. 11. The call for the spe- clal session will also include the ad- mission of all past grands who have the proper credentials and who have not received the Grand Lodge degree. D. Shackel- The special session will be opened at 8:15 p.m. Eastern Lodge begins its member- ship campaign next Wednesday for the two months and ending October 1. at which time a big jubilee night will be held for the membership, their familics and friends and at which time prizes will be awarded and a general program will be given. The grand secretary has requested a conference on the press with all representatives of the various lodges in his office tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. The Jacksonville committee, under Past Grand George B. Johnston, chalrman of the commlitee, reports another meeting of sald committee next Wednesday evening. in the din- ing room of Odd Fellows' Temple. Arrangements have been completed for the journey in the Odd Fellows speclal to Jacksonville in September. Rebekah Lodges. The Rebekah Home Circle will hold a lawn party at the 1. O. O. F. Home xrounds, 3233 N street northwest, on Saturday afternoon and evening, August 9. Tables will be arranged for fancy goods. cakes, coffee and sandwiches, candy, punch and grab bag. Other attractions will include a fortune teller. Lunches will be served from 12 to 2, and supper from 5 to 10 o'clock. Dorcas Rebekah Lodge, No. 4. at its next meeting will have a get-to- gether party of its members remain- ing in the city. Noble Grand Martha Goode, with the chairman of the en- tertainment committee, Marguerite S. Ison, and Degree Director Ralph A. Boss, has arranged a program of de- gree work and social affairs for the ensuing term, the first of which was a picnic yesteday afternoon at the Miller Cabin in Rock Creek Park. Noble Grand F. Marie Spekenheir of Esther Rebekah Lodge, No. 5, an nounces that after a short busine meeting the lodge will enjoy a so- clal tomorrow evening. The enter- tainment ' will be in charge of the newly elected and appointive officers, with Vice Grand Lilllan Mathews as chairman. Mount Pleasant Rebekah Lodge, No. 9, held a short business session tast Wednesday evening. Noble Grand Ruth Hellmuth presiding. The as- sembly degree team held a rehearsal under the direction of Past Grand Charles P. Sample. preparatory for conferring the degree for the new Re- nekah Lodge to be instituted at Bightwood. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. An excursion of the order, given under the auspices of the ways and means committee, was held to Marshall Hall Thursday. The Supreme Lodge will meet in bi- ennial convention in Toronto, August 12, and will be presided over by Su- preme Chancellor George (. ¢ Norfolk, Va. Supreme Iieprese P. P. Patrick and H. M. V. who _represent thix domain, will leave the last of the week for the Canadian city. The Knights of Pythias Bowling League will hold the first of a serfes of meetings to map out the work of the coming season at Pythian Temple next Saturday evening at 8 o'clock, and it is requested that all lodges send representatives to this meeting, whether or not they were afiliated with the league during the Jast year. L. L Harris of Webster Lodge, R. A. Shaffer of Calanthe Lodge and J. L. Motyka of Capital Lodge constitute the committee to draft the new set of by-laws for the government of the league the coming year. ‘WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Midsummer activities are engaging several committees of the local camps of the Woodmen of the World. The excursion aml athletic committees are planning « brogram for the annual excursion next month at Marshall Hall. The building fund committee is preparing for a grand ball to wind up the temple drive August 16. The uniform rank staff has everything in readiness for a_week's encamp- ment at Syracuse, N. Y. State Manager Luther C. Jones of Maryland and Delaware told the Boosters' Club last Friday evening of the growth in his territory and sald that several companies of uni- form men will_represent Maryland next month at Syracuse. W. A. Riley reported to Elm Camp's last ‘session that seven delegates of that camp_answered to the roll call at the July convention of the Boosters. Informal social entertain- ment of visiting Woodmen followed the business council. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS. The Boosters” Club of Keane Coun- cil, with its mighty host of friends, will leave Union Station today at 2:1 p.m. on “the Booster special” for At- lantic City, N. J, on the sixth annual outing of the Boosters. Their stay in Atlantic City will be for the entire week and they will return to Wash- ington Sunday, August 3. The Conti- nental Hotel will be the Boosters’ At- lantic City headquarters. The following have enrolled for the Boosters' special when the con- ductor calls all aboard: Misses Eliza- beth Bray. Barbara Clements, Ruth Newman, G. B. Draley, Annie Schu- bert, Sadie Turner, Rose Wright, Clo- rita’ Wright, Mary Hayes, Rose Creamer. Emma Curran, Mary Cava- nagh, Ella O'Brien, Margaret Gauges. Jane Gallagher, Nan Gier, Francis Gier, Evelyn Reichard, Ethel Vicroy, Grace Sparshott, Hazel Vicroy, Anna Burrough, Edna _Ryan, Theresa Rhodes, ~Helen Kane, =~ Margaret O'Brf Annabelle Hilton, Charlotte ottwaid, Mae Latchford, Gertrude Misel, Katherine McCarthy, Annie Ready, Lena Ready, Katherine Quin- lan, Constance Vickers, Louise Rom, C. Coleman. Annie Coleman, J. Cole- man, Dorothy Nesline, Helen Griffin, Theresa Niland. Inez Coffren, May A Mullikin, Gladys May, May Reckert, Mary A.'Mulquin, M. E. Little, Clara Michel, ‘Marion Hurley, Marie Fish, Katherine Collins, Eilen O'Donnell, Elsie Koenig, Marie Nohe, Catherine McMahan, Elizabeth Garner, Jose- phine Crowley, Kathepine C. Riordan, Mary A. O'Connor, Margaret Keane, Nellie Keane. May Howard, Lena Mor- fesy, Bessie Wilkins, Anna Sau-, Ruth Kelly, Marie Grady, Helen Sprague, Elizabeth Gladman, Julla_ 0'Conno: Helen Strudley, Marjorie D. Glenna Margaret Loch, Anita Hawkins, Mary A. Peck, A. V. Wrenn, May Canter, May F. Malone and Mary Oddeenino. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Donovan, Mr. and Mrs. Nelligan, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Burke and child, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Durand, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Dor- sey, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Edwards, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McNamara, Mr. and Mrs, J. J. Gler, Mr. and Mrs. George B. Saur, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Mulligan, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Vicroy, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cartner, Mrs. Thelma Adamson, Mrs. Folger, Mrs. Mary Naughton, ~ Mrs. Sebastia. Mrs. Bloomingthal, Mrs. Eugene Sweeney, Mrs. Mary A. Quinlan, Mrs. A. H. Quigley, Mrs. J. Rickles, Mrs. Mar- garet McMahan, Mrs. Annie Crowley, Mrs. Charles F. Rupertus, Mrs. Edna Coates, Mrs. Ella T. Slater, Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh, James P. Mc- Ardle, F. H. Huneke, Martin Schu- bert, J. M. Gier, Biliy J. Mulligan, Elmer Sebastian,” Henry Nolda, J. T. Buckley, David 'J. Mulquin, Chester Rupertus, Edward Folger, Thomas Cranston, Al Joy, William J. Mec- Philmony, Charles M. Connor, Harry Spilman, Frank Duvall, W. H. Reck- ert, Adam Fronck, G. A. San Filipo, E. A. Strudley, Phil Smithling, Joseph Degman, J. B. Coyle, William Walsh. Ed Roche, Daniel J. Burke, F. J. Haske, R. F. Krogmann, Edgar Hil- lard, 'Francis Hillard, Mrs. E. A Strudley, Mrs. Harry Loch, Edna A. Mulligan, and Grand Knight John E. Burns, who will leave the Boosters August 3 to attend the Supreme con- vention of the Knights of Columbus in New York City, to which he and Past State Deputy Dr. Charles I Grifith are accredited as Keane Coun- cil's delegates. Potomac Council for tomorrow eve- ning announces a valuable prise to be awarded for attendance. Acting Grand Knight Hamiton E. Clipper has been appointed to serve on the committee which will assist in the entertainment of over one hundred and fifty knights from California, who will be in Washington next Fri- day en route to the supreme conven- tion at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, starting August 5. A sightseeing rip has been arranged that will include a visit to the White House and the tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Luncheon will be served at the clubhouse by the local ladies and open hous: will prevail ill afternoon. A reception ard dance in the eve- ning will close the day's activities. Those desiring to assist on the com- mittee are urged to be present to- morrow evening. DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. Virginia Dare Council, No. 22, met July 23. The resignations of Coun- cilor Margaret L. Seymour and Finan- cial Secretary Robert L. Seymour were accepted. The new officers were elected to fill the vacancies as fol lows: Councilor, Bertha Chamberla assoclate councilor, Sarah Peden; vic councilor, Belle Rowzie; recording secretary, Robert L. Seymour; finan- cial secretary, Margaret Seymour; in- side sentinel, Helen Nash, and outside sentinal, Alice Flynn. The by-laws committee reported progress, and a relief committee was appointed by the outgoing councilor. Mayflower Council, No. 11, met at Society Temple, Fifth and ¢ streets northwest, July 17, with Mrs. Carrie Handiboe,’ councilor, presiding. The degrees were conferred on five candi- dates for Unitl Council, No. 17, by the drillmaster, Joseph Mason, and his team. Cora Moore was admitted on carg from Independent Council, No. 2. The officers for the ensuing year were installed by State Deputy Mrs Anna Hill. . A past councilor's jewel was presented the outgoing coun- cilor, Mrs. Carrie Handiboe, by Jr. C. Mrs. Margaret Hartman Handiboe has been a member of Mayflower Council for a quarter of a_century. The outgoing councilor presenteq her chairman, Mrs. Mar- garet Hartman, with a chafing dish. After the business meeting refresh- ments were served by the good of the order committee, Unity Council, No. 17, held its regu- lar meeting With Councilor Georg anna Anderson presiding. The fol- lowing officers were installed: Jr. P. C., G. Anderson: councilor, L. A derson C., Effie Shickler; V. A. Armstrong: recording secretary, B Douglas; financial secretary, D. Me- treasurer, H. Douglas; Con.. T warden, N. Anderson: L. §. M. Kirk; trustees. R. Anderson and M. Kirk:’ Rep. to S. C., G. Anderson. I, Anderson and Meile. Games were indulged prize winners being L. Anderson, Shickler, and the booby to Ethel Miles. Refresh- ments were served Headed by their councilor, Marga- ret Seymour, a large delegation from Virginia Dare, No. 22, nal visit to Triumph, No. 8, Tuesda. night and witnes i ed the degrees con- ferred on Mrs. Edna Preston. with Pearl Wolfe as initiatory councilor and Harry Buell in charge of the dril] team. * Plans were perfected for the field day 1o be held at Marshall Hall August 26. Louise Schwenk and her committee’ will have a lawn fete at Thirteenth and K streets southeast July 31 and August 1 for the benefit of the council. Progressive . 9, will have a so- cial Monday night at Soclety Temple, with the entertainment in_charge of the drill team, of which Harry An- drick ix captain. Loyalty, No. 19, met at Northeast nic Temple July 19. Installation officers was held, Past National Councilor and also S. C. Deputy N: omi Swann conducted the exercises, ssisted by Mary Ferguson, Viola Thompson and Mamie Howell. Mary Wayson, retiring councilor;” A. C Archibald ~ Columbus and Edward Kelly and Mae Ames received t officers’ jewels, the _presentation £peech being made by Naomi Swann. The new councilor, Mae Smith, ap- pointed Claudia Lambert chairman « the good of order. with Gertrude Cre ther and Dora Wood as assistants May Lyon was appointed press corre- spondent. An entertainment commit- tee was appointed consisting of Vezie Pearman, Raymond Owens, Clara Owens and May Lyons. Deputy Na- omi Swann was presented with past officer’s jewel by May Lyon. Loulse Grubbs was presented with a thermos jug by Mae Ames, and Claudia Lam- bert a silk parasol by Naomi Swann. May Lyons was presented with a past officer’s jewel by Louise Grubbs. Initiation will be held August Re- freshments were served. paid a frater- | ROYAL ARCANUM. The Grand Council is arranging for a unfon meeting of all the councils, to be held August 28, at which time Supreme Regent Richard B. Kropf and the executive committee of the Supreme Council will be entertained as guests. The class to be initiated that evening will be composed of candidates from each council in the District, and the degree work will be conferred by the degree team from Kismet Council, Kismet Council has formed an ath- letic society and has organized a basket ball team and a bowling team, each to be entered in the local leazues in the fall. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA. Lincoln Camp, No. 12455, met with Consul J. W. Seif the chair, It was decideq to bu lot in Cedar Hill Cemetery in tion known as M. W. A. The degree team has pro- gressed, with Capt. P. E. Beach in command. The next meeting of the fraternal relations committee_will be held in Lincoln Camp, in Masonic Temple, Sighth and F streets northeast, Au- gust 5, 8 p.m. Work will be conduct- ed in full form by the uniform ranks of the fraternal relations committee, after which there will be refresh- ment, All camps of the fraternal relations committee will hold their second an- nual excursion and fielg day at Mar- shall Hall August 16. BROTHERHOOD OF AMERICAN YEOMEN. Mt. Vernon, No. 6515, was organized July 18 in Northeast Masonic Temple with 45 charter members, Mrs. Grace Spangler presiding. The following ofticers were elected: Foreman, B. F. Williams; correspondent, Mrs. Grace Spangler; master of ceremonies, Mrs. Alice Mead: past foreman, Busse master of accounts. Mrs. Adella Whit- temore: chaplain. Mrs. O. M. Perry ‘The supreme officers will attend the annual meeting of the fraternal con- Te! to be held in this city August 6 and at the Raleigh Hotel. SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY. The regular weekly meeting of Hope Council, No. 1, was held Tues- Lode Hall. A te I by the council Friday night. 500" card party is to be held next Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Miller. 2335 Q street south- east. The council's annual picnic will be held at North Chesapeake Beach August 9. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA. delegation from were the guests of Court at their cottage at North Beach last week. Arrangements are being perfected for a lawn fete on the lawns of the cottage August 16. It is requested that all who wish to make reservations for that week end do 50 at once. The membership com- mittee will hold a meeting preceed- ing the next meeting of Court 212 Arrangements are being made to in- | itiate several hundred in the I At the last mewiing the 1 regent from Carbondale, Pa., and his- torian from Ithaca, Y. were Ruests. The home site committee has been actively at work and will make & report at the next mecting, August 5, at the Raleigh Hotel sainh o FLUORINE GAS MAD NOW BY ELECTRICITY From Science Service Bulletin Announcement of a practi erator for fluorine, the most chemical clements, has_bee Dr. J. H. Hildebrand of the University of California, The method invoives the electrolyeis of fused potassium bifluo one electrode being of graphite. th other consisting of the copper container. Fluorine is u gas at_ordinary tem- peratures, and has such a power of | Rrabbing ‘up electrons that it can dis- place even the energetic oxygen and chlorine atoms from their compounds. Hitherto it has been difficult to pre- pare in quantity, and a larger supply will_help in_the solution of important chemical problems relating to the archi- tecture of atoms. A large Court able gen- ctive of all made by From Life Parke—Have you ever stopped to figure how much your wife's clothes cost you? Lane—That's easy. lecme to what you Just add your in- owe. lawn | | | | | i | =y JAPAN MORTALITY HIGHEST INWORLD Records for 1922 Show 22.3 Deaths Per 1,000 of Popu- lation, Figures Show. Correspondence of The Dully Newe. TOKIO. June 21.—The mortality rate of the Japanese empire is the highest of any nation in the world, comparatively speaking, according to officials of the government sta bureau. Figures compiled for year 1922 show a total of 1,2 deaths in the empire, or 2.2 per cent of the total population. This makes the average number of deaths out of every 1,000. Itemizing th, that there are 3,536 every every hour. But tne are an_improvement 1921, when they stood 22 of every 1,000." In 1920 the rate was 25.4 per 1,000. Hence there is a grad- ual improvement of the conditions causing this heavy loss of lives. Illness due to naturad “ZGees was accountable for 91 per cent of the deaths in 1 sulcide, 1 per cent: accident, 2 per cent, and old age, 6 per cent Dixeasex Specified. Specified as to diseases, intestinal troubie claimed 12 per cent of the victime; lung and bronchial inflamu- tion, 9 per cent: hemorrhage and so ening of the brain, 7 per cent; culosis and meningitis, 6.6 per cent: deformity and fecbleness at birth, 5 per._cent. ‘leanliness one of the primi virtues of the Japancse as a genera rule, the public baths being frequent- ed by a large majority of the popu- lation almost every day. The interior of the homes is spotless, shoes ai- ways being removed at_the door of the native dwelling—and even at the entrances to some of the big duepari- res. But the good effects of these aids to good health are largely offset by open sewers and canals fuil of stagnant water running throux Tokio, lack of sewer facilities, muddy and dusty roads and other instanitar conditions which should and doubt less in coming years will be elini nated. However, unless the new ro construction plans are launched within the near future o stands to suffer even worse illness and mor tality during the present year, as many parts of the city are in d plorable condition Mnk;né Use of the Shark Dealer. tar and’ the Chicago istics deaths, it is shown day, or 147 figures for 1922 over those of 22.7 deaths out is From the Cleveland Plain The shark was formerly Ra as an undesirable rbidding i Labitant of the ocean—horrible when live and useless when dead Now adays it is used for a variety of purposes and f cod liver e terable amount of ~hark Shark-fin soup is av Chinese. The fins i treated until they take on pearance of fan-like flakes ments of pure gelatin The s of the shark. have been boiled, lose their outer cov- ering, and the residue becomes quite hard and has a sort of shifting light in its texture. These are mounted on tie pins or other forms of jewelry and present an unusual A _valuable part of the is the skin. The thin Femoved by a secret proc dried it has a remarkabl, and is used Ly cabinet giving polish to hard and =0 on. The inner skin ned fully that it eventually waterproof. non-cracking Differcnt parts of the skin fering shades of color, and ning process succeeds in preserv these dark greens and browns that shoes. traveling bags, purses, belts and similar articles made the skin have quite a nandsome appearance. Nerve Indeed. From the Navs Log. “The noive of dat guy.” he com- plained. “offerin’ me six dollars a after they woods, ivory is <0 care- vields 4 leatho give dif- the ta week! Wot does 'e tink 1 am—a col- lege graduate!” say guiding —j drives in‘e? P i —Froma Marmon Owner You do not drive a Marmon —you guide it ‘You never need to grip the Mar- mon wheel. Just use your eyes, your road judgment and your fingers. You don’t have to be an equili- ‘brist to be ufe—all the balannng If a stretch of up ahead of you, than white caps ahead mean 1o the captain of the Leviathan. You are a lady or gentleman of leisure with no road cares. You let Marmon do it—that’s why you stay fresh and unfatigued. Noone can make you understand soft gravel looms it means no more the “road-feel” of the Marmon but the Marmon car itself. If’s your turn o ride in a Balloon-tired Marmon.~demonstration any time you want T. V. T. Motors Corp’n 1909 M Street N.W.