Show I Bo Davit Tales from Crom Travelers Homeward Bound Out of oC the Orient PACIFIC OCEAN T THOSE HOSE who trek through strange lands and into far places come sooner or later to the realization that after all is said and done and seen the world is small indeed When Then one least expects expects expects ex ex- it time and space are annihilated annihilated anni- anni anni anni- Out of East Hampton L L. L I. I travels travels trav trav- els cIs William C C. C Hall for a months month's stay in China with which he became so fascinated that nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing would do but to lease a snugly furnished and properly equipped cottage on Rue de Lagrene Lagrene Lagrene La- La grene French legation quarter shortest street in the ancient capital capital capital capi capi- tal a thoroughfare so abbreviated that only three houses could find space to park there Mystery of the Two Halls flaIls To facilitate the delivery of my mail said Mr Hall I ClI had a small name plate made for the front gate Imagine my surprise to discover the next day that at the theother theother other end of Rue de Lagrene my myown myown myown own residence being No 1 another William C. C Hall had his name up on onI I house No 3 At all events that I same afternoon in the club I met a William C. C Hall captain of the marine corps a resident of China for many years It was as much a shock to him when he saw my name as it was to me when I r saw his Startling wasn't it And I hard to match I wouldn't say that said Mrs I Hall occupying the next steamer chair Recently while dining with witha a mixed company a gentleman whom I had never met before told tolda a story that had to do with the making of a mint julep in Louisville Louisville Louisville Louis Louis- ville Ky As the narrative unfolded unfold unfold- I ed and recognizing it as having happened to my father I took occasion occasion occasion oc oc- oc- oc casion to say so Rather stiffly and in a doubting doubting doubting doubt doubt- ing mood the teller advised me that he had been assured by the lady that it had happened to her father Crittendon Collings In further further further fur fur- ther support and with evident high esteem for minute particulars he advised me that the source of his information was a Mrs Hollingsworth Hollings Rollings- worth Survivor of or the Titanic Of course you know knoY continued Mrs Hall that there was nothing I T n ld d An n th h. h th h. h t f 1 JL cou o o Ul vun er IU an U LV o i n orm the un gentleman that I happen to be a sister to Mrs A married couple whose courtship courtship courtship court court- ship began in Japan went back in their story to the sinking of the Titanic a disaster of such proportions proportions proportions that the news was circulated into the uttermost corners of the earth A young woman spending a afew afew afew few days at learned through an English newspaper on file there that a Mrs Stone an old I friend was among the rescued a apiece apiece piece of good news calling for a aletter aletter aletter letter of congratulation At the hotel hotel hotel ho ho- tel desk while buying postage stamps she remarked to her mother moth moth- er that Mrs Stones Stone's American address address address ad ad- dress had slipped her mind If by any coincidence said a woman woman woman wom wom- an standing near it is Mrs George W. W Stone of Cincinnati to whom you refer here is her address on a aletter aletter aletter letter I have just written Henry Georges George's Daughters As a result of that remarkably fortuitous circumstance a friendship friendship friendship friend friend- ship was formed which brought the travelers together and the son of the woman who supplied the address address address ad ad- dress became the husband of the girl who had forgotten it The foregoing three episodes interesting interesting interesting in in- indeed would seem to have been ample out of one passenger passenger passenger pas pas- list but the fourth into which I found myself drawn was even more remarkable in that it carried a double dose of fortuity Believe it or not here it is An Austin P. P Sutter of Los Angeles associated with the moving picture industry told of a Tokio acquaintance who taken to the Tokio Imperial hospital suffering from heart trouble was restored by the use of a preparation preparation preparation tion invented in the United States The conversation on this subject interrupted by something more entertaining entertaining entertaining en en- ended there Two or three days later off Honolulu the film man and I went into a huddle on the screen industry and mutual friends connected with it In the course of our prattle Sutter spoke of Cecil DeMille Did I know him himi Yes but I knew his brother Billy DeM DeMille better saw a good deal of him 25 years ago in New York where he married one of the daughters daughters daughters daugh daugh- of Henry George author of Progress and Poverty Right there something clicked Another daughter of the great philosopher I went on on married a Japanese physician who became world famous as the discoverer of ofa a formula to stimulate heart action since adopted universally What U was his name asked Sutter Sutter Sutter Sut Sut- ter suddenly aroused J The preparation is known as Adren Adren- alin C w e-w 87 u Service I II I |