Ghostly Chambers Near Carlsbad, N. Probably Spookiest fn of Bats Roost in Vaults, Carlsbad, Aug. ghostly cavern, underground, ivlth silent corridors that- lead to hidden caves of eternal darkness, and black chambers where subterranean rivers slip past black, sunless shores amid tho passed silence of half a million years, is awaiting the attention ot eome hardy explorer. The cave thirty miles southeast of this town, was officially designated Carlsbad Cavern by congress, which Set jt aside as a national monument; locally It is known as Bat Cave. The portion that has already been explored Is bigger than Kentucky's famous Mammoth Cave; and there are hidden tunnels and deep-buried vaults extending miles further that never been seen by man.
And the explorer who delves iuto the cavern's remoter depths must be a man of stout heart. Death waits In the far reaches the Inky that IB mysterious, and that strikes surely In the darkness. The cave probably Is the ''spookiest" place In the world, because it is inhabited by countless thousands of bats. By day they roost, heads on the celling of the cave, lu the evening, when they fly out Into the open, they are like a great cloud Issuing from the cavern JHOUtu, 800 Feet Undcrprrounfl There are two entrances to the cave; One, a natural opening, Is about 1000 feet up the side ot a towering foothill. The.
other, a man-made, perpendicular shaft, is half a mile to one side. It Is through this latter entrance that explorers gain the cavern. A metal ore bucket on the end ot a wire cable lowers the exploring party down this shaft. Three hundred feet below the surface It reaches a wide passageway, and the get out to Continue their on foot. A great vaultel cave lies before one.
Only occasionally can the ceiling be glimpsed, far overhead. casionally one comes to huge open- Ings In the floor, extending dowa to man where. Some-men have gone down some of these open- Ings. A few have returned, saying they could go no further than. 200 feet or so; others have not returned at all.
Walking half a mile along this passage, which at times to the width of a dozen yards and at times opens out until the side walls are lost in the darkness, one comes to a side cave which connects with the chamber Into which the natural opening previously mentioned gives access. Then the route leads downward. It winds and twists, narrows and expands. Scores of alcoves and passages open in eltffer side. Few of hava ever been explored.
The floor is smooth, but stalactites hang from the celling, ghostly white in the torch light. In places there are "big, irregular mounds on the floor tons of rock have fallen from Sabove. rr An Unsounded Gnlf iil.At length the path ends the "'Drink of an enormous pit. This is Den," 160 feet wide and of unknown depth. A wire footbridge is fastened to one wall, and one crawls along- the.
shaky footing, suspended over an 1 inky gulf. On the far side there is a j)0-feet climb, over jagged rocks that tear the clothes; then the pathway leads down again, and the truly spectacular part of the cave is reached. Caverns of great size follow in rapid succession. At last, nearly 1,000 feet below the earth's surface, one reaches a tremendous main hall with three large caverns opening off the sides. The walls are hundreds of feet Tho is lost in obscurity; but long, gleaming rock formations, shimmering in a dozen different colors as the torch light hits them, hang everywhere like gigantic drapes.
Mammoth stalagmites rise from the floor, like ghostly monuments in a forgotten cemetery of giants. The open rla.ce is half a mile long. Unknown passageways open One of the caverns in tho depths of Carlsbad Cavern. hero and there in the side all unexplored and unknown. Drowned in the Park The room ends in another vast gulf, its width and depth lost in the darkness.
What lies beyond no one knows. One man was lowered by a rope once, and returned to tell of a subterranean river and a new series of caves, 250 feet below. Several other men have gone down without ropes and have not Their llfslcSs bodies, howevnr, have been THEIR LUST 'reparing Now to Retire Gracefully from the Stage and Make Room for the Glories of Approaching Fall. found, weeks later, floating on tho surface of the Pecoa river, in the sunlight, more than 100 miles south of here! Guides agree that only a fraction of the caves has been explored. Beyond this gulf, where men disappear and are found drowned-many miles away, there Is undoubtedly a labyrinth of passageways and halls, lost in undisturbed darkness.
There is a Job there for some explorer. But he must be a man. of nerve. By BETSY SCHUYLER New York, Aug. 31.
Summer gowns are having their last inning, and are. preparing to retire gracefully from the stage and make room lor the fall glories. It is with regret one sees the lovely light, colorful, flimsy frocks give way to more substanial and less romantic ones. One of the first indications of this is the use of the knitted and jersey frock. Long woven top coats and capes and knitted sweaters in pastel colors nre CCCE.
Heavier silk employed for the jumpers. And the ostrich feather Pierette ruff, which Paris has loved this summer, is seen in New York at the root gardens and the fashinoable restaurants. Shaded effects are extremely smart, and are on the upgrade, the wiseacres tell me. Bags, scarfs, 'and handkerchiefs In shaded silk are ainang the smart new accessories. if'These draped turbans, insplred'by the Hottentots, apparently, and created by Agnes, famous French designer, which have been, displayed in the shops in many shades of velvet are actually appearing on the street.
And the coatee. If not to match the at least to harmonize with it "pleated. Her tiny hat of 'bois de rose felt was trimmed with a narrow band of gros grain ribbon a shade darker. I can't help remarking about the remarkable sartorial change -in our national tennis champian. Helen Wills.
Since her stay in Paris, she has learned to wear clothes liko Parisienne. I saw her on the court 'when, she was here in a pleated skirt of, rose color, with a silk sweater of the samo shade, and bouquet of French flowers. Her small felt hat matched her frock, and I have- not eeen a more chic get-up this summer. Once befor.e. when she had just returned from Europe, she was one of those simple little wool crepe affairs in 'beige color, with a tiny hat to match, and it occurred to me that Paris had done a great Here's a treat for you and yours in the Peppermint-flavored, sugar-coated jacket.
Another treat in the flavored gum inside the sugar coat. That's Wrigley's P. K. Chewing Sweet value in long-l-a-8't'i-n-g delight. It's really double value and inside a double treat.
And it's double value in the pleasure and benefit it provides. Wrigley's adds a test to work and handy 1 packs s-J Jk POSSIBLE successors to Valentino In "Shlek" roles: above, left, Ricarrlo Cortez, in a pose showing his striking facial resemblance to Valentino; right, Cortez with Florence Vldor demonstrating his technique as a "great below, left to right, Ramon Novarro, John Gilbert and John Barrymore. OF I Has Met Fifty-four Per Cent Second Year Payments Dawes Plan. Berlin, Aug. 31.
By.delivery of materials ending today Germany met nearly fifty-four per cent of her Dawes plan second year reparation payments. The total payments amounted to 1,220,000,000 gold marks (about and the deliveries in kind 656,800,000 gold marks (about The goods delivered to the allies aried Crom coal to lion traps, from to kitchen ranges, candy lackinrr machines, Bavarian hops. ottle washers, trout spawn, cigar molds, cotton gins and hundreds of ither articles. More than one-third were of coal, oke and lignite. Of the sums at the disposal of the agent-general of reparations, 1,063 00,000 gold marks were expended got approximately 567,000,000, Great or creditor nations of which France Britain almost 227,000,000, Belgium about 110,000,000, Italy 78,000,000, man In green chiffon, capo furred with liEht fox.
Mrs. Armory S. Carhart, ot Tuxedo, was also in green chiffon, ot that hard, bright shade, trimmed and. coniDleto its general scheme, is worn at every onportunity. They tell me the evening gowns for winter will havo their velvet or lace coatees that will bo retained after tho outer coat has been checked.
At tho Southampton Custonie street carnival, a riot of fun and a pageant of color. I saw our smart set in their carnival as well their holiday spirits. A colorful picture was Melissa Yullle. in a flowered crepe with an accordeon pleated skirt and a draped jabot. Miml Brokaw and Suzette Dewey fluttered in and out in ac- cordeon Pleated skirts and jumper blouses, Mimi sporting a pearl necklace and some slender jewelled bracelets.
Barbara Brokatr wore a brown linen jumper with her tan linen skirt. Mrs. ClafUn Breese wore a jumper costume of chiffon jarsey in a dreamy shade of blue, and Mrs. W. H.
Stillman carried a huge striped bag of many colors with her all white crepe do chine sport frock. Very lovely indeed was Mrs. Esmond O'Brien, -with her daughter Esme clinging to her skirts, in sleeveless silk jumper of bois do rose silk, with a figured skirt, finely with dyed lace- of the same color, and many tiriy pleats. Mrs. Roy S.
Ralney, -was particularly smart on the same evening in black taffeta, slashed down the slilo to reveal blonde lace. Her hn't was a dashing 1 bere with an arrow of diamonds. On her chair 'was a quilted taffeta coat. I thought Mrs. Havemeyer Bntt looked regal in a white satin embroidered In rose and silver and a shawl of heavy white silk with fringe a yard wide.
Many black chiffon and black lace frocks carried out the rumor that, desnite the reign of color, black will be the sophisticated co'or to wear this winter. Passports into Canada may be obtained free and are good for 90 davs. United States citizens may take Carlton. I Mrs. Allen G.
Weel- back $1'00 -worth ot Roods duty free. MENUES FOR THE FAMILY By SISTER. MARY Juice, cereal cooked with dates, crisp rye peanut butter, milk, coffee. Boston brown bread, cucumber sticks, chilled apple sauce, ginger cookies, milk, tea. hamburg steak, mashed potatoes, stuffed tomatoes, now cabbabo salad, chilled stuffed cantaloupe, graham rolls, milk, coffee.
Cucumbers are pared, cut In Miss Mlmi Brokaw deal for our Helen besides improving her tennis. Dining on the- roof of the Hitz eighths, chilled In, ico water for halt Tho sticks are then drained and served on a bed of crushed ice, liko celery, and with salt. Stuffed URgplUHt One largo eggplant or two small ones, 1 teaspoon salt, 1-4 teaspoon popper, 1 tablespoon vinegar, 1 onion, 3 tablespoons minced parsley, 2 medium-sized tomatoes, 1 cup coarse stale bread crumbs, 1-2 teaspoon salt, 1-8 teaspoon pepper, 2 tablespoons butter. Cut eggplants in halves and remove without breaking the skin. United creditor, receded 000.
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