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A GREAT MYSTIC STORYg
HAROLD MacGRATHSMHL
I (.Copyright, MH, by Harold McOralh.)
! SYNOPSIS
T Zudora is fat an orphan at'an
1 aWj apo. or father is killed in
i a poW j?it'no ie ias discovered.
Half an hour after learning of the
death of her htutband, Zudora's
1 mother a tightrope walker with
i a circus fa stricken ivith vertigo,
falls and is killed.
Zudora and the fortune from
the mine) which grows to be worth
tSO.000,000, are left in the
guardianship of Frank Keene,
brother of Zudora's mother. Zu
dora, giving promise of great
beauty, reaches the age of 18.
The uncle, who has set himself
up as a Hindu mystic and fa
known as Hassam Alt, determines
in his greed that Zudora must die
before she can have a chance to
come into her wealth, so that it
will be left to him. '
Hassam prevails upon the girl
to lcp,ve her money in his hands
for three years more and to say
nothing to any one about the for
tune. Further, he sees an ob
stacle to his scheme in John
Storm, a young tawyer, for whom
Zudora has taken a fancy, and
he commands the girl to put the
man out of her mind. Storm asks
Hassam for Zudora in marriaac,
but Hassam coldly refuses. Zu
dora insists that if she cannot
marry Storm she shall not marry
any one.
"Well, well," replica Hassam,
"if you take such a stand, I'll
compromise. Solve my next SO
eases and you can marry him;
fail in a single case and you must
renounce him."
CHAPTER I-(Contlnucd.)
THE MYSTERY OP THE SPOTTED
COLLAR.
There was little love lost between
Storm and Bienreith. They had
. clashed a dozen times during the
past year; and once or twice they had
almost come to blows. On the last
day they came together in the court
room, just before the noon recess.
Bienreith threw discretion to the
winds and hurled a low epithet at his
rival, who swiftly retaliated by strik
ing the German across the face with
the brief he held in his hand.
A tremendous confusion ensued
and from her seat in the gallery
Zudora viewed the scene with alarm.
This man Bienreith was an athletic
bully. He had been in America but a
few years and he still held to the
German view regarding a blow in the
face Pic hastily scribbled a note
which he shoved toward Storm. The
latter read it, shrugged and nodded af
firmatively. All might have gone well
but for the fact that an enterprising
reporter found the discarded note and
made a great scoop for his paper.
Bienreith had challenged Storm to a
duel and the latter had hotly agreed,
despite the fact that he knew nothing
of swords and was a very indifferent
pistol shot.
And Hassam Ali found a way to dis-
pose of John Storm. .
And Zudora thought she had found
a way to save- him. She found him,
In the cellar, bravely trying to hitia
'bullseye target. It would have been
laughable under any pther circum
stance. He was not to be swerved,
however- And when she threatened
'him with the police, he laughed. He
knew the police of old; they would re
fuse to take the affair seriously.
Storm laid down his revolver and took
a drink of water. Then he picked
up the revolver and began pegging
away. Unobserved, she drugged the
drinking water. There would be no
duel that night. Again she pleaded,
but Storm was, firm. She pretended
to give up, and departed, weeping.
The next morning Bienreith was
found dead In his library, strangled;
and John Storm, in a dazed condition,
disheveled, was arrested on the street,
charged with murder,
Hassam All, In his capacity of
criminal investigator, accompanied
by Zudora, entered with the police
the scene of the crime.
"Well, my child," said he, "here Is
your first case. Let us see if you can
handle it."
Zudora, having a double Incentive,
ran over to the dead man. On the
floor she fdlind a scarf pin, sonic small
change, and she noticed that his collar
hung by the rear button. She hur
riedly wrapped these three articles in
her handkerchief. The peculiar green
spots on his collar had aroused her
curiosity.
She was very unhappy. Thesdrug
she had given her lover had not put
him to sleep; it had merely sent him
wandering about the streets through
out the night, in a blank state of
mind. He would not be able to (ac
count for his time, and she might
plead in vain that she had given him
a sleeping potion to keep him in his
house until all chance to fight Bien
reith was gone.
Several days passed. Storm moped
in his cell. Truth to tell, he wasn't
sure that he hadn't killed his enemy.
From the moment Zudora left him un
til he found himself in jail, he could
remember nothing. When she told
him what she had done, lie smiled and
forgave her.
"But you've 'got me Into a pretty
pickle, little girl, and you'll have to
get me out of it.'V-
"I will."
The marks on the collar were pen
cil marks and they bothered her.
Often she flung the collar vehemently
from her, but she always went back
to it. One day she found something
on the floor in the library. At that
moment she attached no significance
to the find.
Zigzag pencil lines on the collar.
How had they come there? Before
the crime? That was not quite pos
sible. The German had been scrupu
lously neat in his attire. She invari
ably sought what was known as the
mystic room when confronted by any
serious problem. No sound ever
reached there. A green parrot swung
on a perch. He was very old and was
doubtless the repository of many a
strange secret. Once he muttered:
"Let's get him!" Zudora thought this
rather odd and began quizzing the old
bird. But he refused to speak further.
Near the dais stood a mechanical
affair constructed something after the
manner of a pinwheel. It consisted
of two tubes of glass which revolved
in opposite directions, filled with a
brilliant diffusing violet light. This
little invention was Hassam Ali's own.
Today Zudora tried it on the green
parrot, but the whirling lights simply
tumbled the bird off his perch. She
picked him up and revived him and
soon forgot all about him in the re
newed interest in the spotted collar.
Idly she imitated the marks with the
stub of pencil. And then,
as if the whole world had suddenly
lighted up, Zudora at last understood
how Bienreith had come to 'his death.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW.)
DBILL IN WANAMAKER. ARMORY
Members of the John Wanamaker Com
mercial institute hold a. drill nnd review
last nlght'ln the armory at the Wana
maker store. In honor of Colonel Charles
E. Hyatt, president of the Pennsylvania
Military College.
A regimental parade and musical ride
drill closed the exercises, whtcli were reT
viewed by Colonel Hyatt. Colonel William
R.,Feott, of the J. W. C. I., and Andrew
C. McQawln. president of the Meadow
brook Athletic Club, who conferred honors
on the cadet and athletes for work the
last year. 1
What's Doing in Town Tonight
Aero Club of Pennsylvania, Bellevue-Strst-fordi
TJO p. m. . .
Friends' Educational Association, HO North
loth street: 7 P. m. Fret.
Lecture. "Ireland." Burton Holmes. Academy
ot Muslu: 8. is p. ra.
"Club Night," Princeton Club, 1521 Sansom
street! 8 SO p. ra.
Concert In aid of Belglin Relief Fund. Met
ropolitan Opera Home; 8 pm.
Costume dance. School of Deslrn for 'Women:
S p. m. Invitation.
Exhibition of Illustration, Plaslle Club: 8
p m. Free
Business Science Club, Adelphla. Hotel; S.SO
American Philosophical Society, 104 South
tin street: 8 p. m For members.
Christian basaar, Oennaa Society, MarshsM
and rJprlns; Oarden. streets. .
George Institute W C. T. U., 1513 North
53th street II p. m. Free
Address, 'American Commerce and Flnsncs
In the Kuropean War." Dr. David Sterr Jor
dan. First Unitarian Church; 8 p. m. Free.
1UUI1 DruisUte, Colleie of Pharmacy. For
members.
Philadelphia Chapter. American Institute of
Hankers. 1701 Chestnut street.
Northeast Htsh School plsy. Mercantile Hall,
Broad abote Master street.
Young People's Socialist Lesrus, mock trial,
lT2a tforth Broad street.
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GLADYS HULETTE, OF
DI AV.ci
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About the time of tho Salem witches,
when any woman whoso personal conduct
was not to tho liking of everybody was
liable to bo drowned In tho nearest pond
or burned at the stnkc, old New England
was Irs the throes of a most rcinarkablo
code. No mnn might hiss his wife, sister
or daughter except In tho privacy of his
qnn home, with the curtninR drawn. The
bluo laws reigned supreme, while segre
gation of the sexes was carried to the
ultimnto extreme.
llut old New England has little on mod
ern Chicago. Last summer, amid tho
laughter of tho whole country and tho
satirical comment of all tho newspapers,
the Lincoln Park Board built a fence out
Into Lake Michigan to keep as far apart
as possible the men and women who
patronize Its bathing beach. Having sur
vived that "ridicule, the city now pro
poses to divide III picture theatres Into.
not two, but threo parts, to nccomtuodnto
the men and women who are together and
men and women who are apart. Only tho
children arc to havo tho run of the house.
Without considering the anticipated ef
fect of this arrangement on tho moral
atmosphere of the city. It Is certainly an
opportunity for the worldly education of
the children. It Is a self-evident fact,
checked, proved nnd sealed by experience,
that If bad men aro ever good It Is In
the presence of good women. Tho reverse
may or may not bo truo; observers nro
silent on this point. But if there Is any
truth In Chief of Police Gleason's claim
thift women "parasites" his word fre
quent the picture shows, their conver
sation with each other, as well as that
of tho male section of the house, would
doubtless bo, highly diverting nnd in
structive to the unscgregnted children.
Tho segregation project, granting It
sense for tho sake of argument, would de
feat Its own purpose If It had any. But
as the proposal Is wholly without form
and void, a thing of Joking nnd ridicule,
theio is little to gain by hurling adjec
tives against It.
A LUBIN SENSATION.
The sinking of a Herrcshoff steam yacht
off Jacksonville, Fla nnd tho plunge ot
a touring car from n, wharf Into the ocean
are two of the sensatlonnl features of the,
two-reel photoplay, "The Man From the'
Sea," released by I.nbln.
In order to get the proper background
for the story Mr. Ltibln sent a special
company to Florida ami purchased tho
steam yacht to use In the big climax.
As a marine spectacle tho burning ot
the yacht and Its disappearance under
the waves Is magnificent. Another sen
sation In tho play Is the wild flight of
an automobile, with two ot the leading
characters' In the front seat, tho length
of an old wharf and Into the ocean. In
order to secure the under water pictures,
where the drowned millionaire sends wire
less messages to his rival on shore, It was
necessary to construct a special glass
jtank. The effect obtained Is startling.
.ADVICE TO GIRLS.
Beverly Bayne, of the Essanay Com
pany, has had scores of Inquiries from
girls ambitious to star In photoplays as
to how she succeeded so rapidly on the
motion picture stage, having Jumped al
most Immediately into leading parts whlja
so many others have had to work for
years before settlps the training to make
It possible for them to take leads.
"I do not believe that any one can suc
ceed without thoroughly liking the work,"
aha said. "The work Is a real delight to
me, and while often fatiguing, I never
realize this until I have finished. Every
play enthuses me just as though It were
a real happening, In fact. It Is a real
happening to me. It Is part ot my real
life, as I live every character I repre
sent and actually feel that I am that
person. I try to be just as natural as I
am off the Btage, to be Just myself and
forget all dramatlo attempts, which spoil
so many ptayers. This. I believe, makes
the characterization natural and realistic.
PHnm
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THE EDISON COMPANY
which Is my conception of art. I suppose,
of course, that In stage work as In any
thing else, there must bn a natural aptl
tudo to achieve real success."
MOVIE STATISTICS.
With his appcaranco In his time-honored
rolo of tho sheriff in "Bad Man Mason,"
"Shcr'irt" Arthur Macklcy has played this
part 200 times. In 25 pictures ho has as
sumed this character with tho Reliance.
Moro than 10,000,000 fcot of film aro carry
ing his plcturo In this Western make-up.
Tho average life of a film is about 200
days, with an average of four runs a
day, making $00 runs. Therefore "Sheriff
Mackloy has been ground through the
piojcctlng machines all over the world to
tho extent of 8,000,000,000 feet, enough to
reach around tho world 75 times.
Doing still further, there are IS pictures
to the foot. Deducting half ot all these
pictures to allow for scenes In which Mr.
Mackley did not appear, wo still have
61,000,000,000 times that his face has been
flashed on the screen.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Following her first triumphant appear
ance in motion pictures, in the title role
of "Wlldflowcr," Marguerite Clark will
nppcar again on the Famous I'lajers
Paramount program December 14, In
Mark Leo Luther's story, "The Crucible."
tho pathetic Btory of a soul's ordeal in
the melting-pot of suffering, from which
tlery furnace It emerges unscathed and
strengthened by Its agonies. In this pro
duction, Marguerlto Clark portrays the
role of Jean Fanshaw, at first hoyden and
tomboy, unjustly condemned to a reforma
tory, but who later triumphs' over the
ahatno of her Imprisonment, nnd the sordid
corruptness ot her environment, returning
good for evil to those who worked havoc
with her life. How she Is rewarded for
her long struggle against evil and
despair by tho attainment of a wonderful
loie Is vividly unfolded in this unusually
strong photoplay.
The Famous Players havo gathered an
unusually Important cast of Broadway
favorites In support of John Barrymore
In tho forthcoming production, "Arc You
a Mason?" This cast Includes Alfred
Hickman, who created the original
Tlllly in the stage presentation of this
play; Charles Dixon, Cbnrlps Butler. Ida
Waterman, Dodson Mitchell, Helen Free
man, Jean Acker. Lorraine Hultng,
Harold Lockwood and Kitty Baldwin.
i SOME RELEASES.
The Famous Players have decided to
change the release date of tho spectacu
lar film version of Wilson Barrett'a Im
mortal drama. "Tho Sign of the Cross,"
originally scheduled for release In Feb
ruary, to December 21. The change was
made because of the peculiar appropri
ateness ot the subje'et as a pro-Christ-maa
release. In the role of Marcus Su
perbus, William Farnum attains the
loftiest dramatic heights of his career.
He 1 always noble and dignified, both
In his love passages with Mercia, or
when turning In fierce wrath upon his
enemies and calumniators. Jtoslna Hen
ley makes a sweet and womanly Mercia.
Other releases scheduled for the near
future Include John Emerson In 'The
Conspiracy." Florence Reed In "The
Dancing Girl," Marguerite Clark In "The
Crucible." and Mary Doro In "The Morals
of Marcus."
Ella Wheeler Wilcox's poem, "The
rrlce He Paid." has been filmed and
will be released soon.
Music of the Day
Mr. Paul Draper, an English tenor,
who has sung but once before In this
country, came to WItherspoon Hall yes
terday afternoon. Insufficient advertis
ing, and perhaps a certain artistic re
fusal on Mr. Draper's part to sound his
own praises, brought a pitifully smalt
audience. Mr. Draper deserved much
more. He sang three songs xlt Schubert,
sixteen of Schumann and four of Karol
Szymanowskl, whom he Is brave enough
to Introduce to 'this country. He sang
everything well; he sang many of hht
songs very well. Mr, Draper has not made
the mistake of so many singers who
achieve reputation and suddenly find
themselves, In mid-stream, without con-
trot of their voices. His production Is
excellent and Unfaltering. His natural
tono Is a highly colorful nnd pleasing
tenor; In his htad tone., which he uses
without the xentlmcntat effect whtch Is
nil too common among operatic tenors, he
Is capable of flno variation and sustained
tones. And Mr. Draper appreciates and
loves his music, and studies Its meaning,
so that ho can make It his own. To sing
the shifting, subtla moods of the Dlchtor
Hebe cycle, to make his spirit for on hour
be one with Heine's, nnd to end that with
tho glorious song, "Die alten bocscn
Lleder," was something of an nchlfve
ment. There were perhaps n. hundred
hearers of Mr. Draper. When he returns
there should be a thousand.
MME. HOMER'S CONCERT
Mme. Louise Homer mado her second
appearance hero this season nt the Acad
emy of Music Inst evening In a roncert
Blven for the benefit of the Children's
Homeopathic Hospital. Though her pro
gram contained but few selections of large
musical proportions, being on the whole
extremely light nnd of a popular nature.
It gained everything by manner of ren
dition. The most simple ballad, such as
Thomas Moore's "Bendcmeer's Stream,"
was Bung with -splendid intuition of Its
deep feeling.
In addition to the opulent, clear con
tralto voice that one Invariably associ
ates with Mme. Homer, her confident
display of artistic touches and her tin
affected personality evoked n feeling of
admiration. This feeling was ndtlccablo
In tho nudlenco present last nlRht before
tho notes of Beethoven's '"Die Ehro Got
tes," tho first number, were completed.
Schubcrt'fl "Dcr nrl-Koenlg" and the
"Adieu Forets" nrla from Tschalkowsky'n
"Jeanne D'Afo" wore sung with exquisite
color nnd pathos, "When I Bring You
Colored Toys" (words by Rnblndranath
Tngoro), and William Barnes' qualntchar
nctcr poem, "Don't Ccare," both set to
musle by Carpenter, were the novelties of
tho evening Tho latter song was rendered
In an amusing Dorsetshire dialect. As a
final encore following "Lovo In May," by
Parker, Mme. Homer sang tho fnmous
"My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice" nrla
from Samson nnd Delilah with a remark
able display of expression nnd vocal
brilliance.
THE KNEISEL QUARTET.
The sensitive and discriminating fow
who hold that chamber music Is tho high
est typo of musical entertainment known
to us, found n deal of Justification last
night when tho Knelsol Quartot was
heard nt WItherspoon Hall. Messrs.
Knelsel, Sveccnskl nnd "Wllleke nro regu
lar members ,of this remarkable organi
zation; Mr. Samuel Gardner, taking tho
place left vacant by the enforced nbsenco
of Mr. Letz. has, under Mr. Knelsel's
tutoring, become nn accomplished nnd
able player. Last night thcro could be nd
objection to finding him In such excellent
compnny.
Unadvertlscd and self-effnclng to an ex
treme, "tho Knelsels" seem happiest
when all attention goes out to tho music:
when they are forgotten nnd only their
accomplishment Is remembered. They
achieved this last night; In the playing
of tho beautiful Schumann quartet In A
inn lor. of the novelty by Zoltan Kodaly
and of the Mozart In E major, thcro was
such an unegotistlc perfection or piav
lng that It was not until the players rose
nnd bowed that one recalled their work.
One does not deslro to speak In superla
tives of their work. It Is as It has nlways
been, quietly nml sanely and superbly
good. The unity of their mechanics, ns In
the last movement of tho Schumann, wns
n delight to the car; tho Individual play
ing of Mr. Kncisel In tho Mozart finale
nn.i nf Air. Wllloke In the Kodaly num-
i ber, happen to come to mind. But they
l were not bettor than a host of other
moments, hnrdly better than tne wnoie
ovenlng was. '
Tho Schumann and tho Mozart quar
tets were what they were expected to be.
But ot Kodaly there could hardly be ex
pectations because the quartet has not
been played here before. The composer
Is a nationalist, one might say a Mngynr
Ist, a theorist ns well as a musician, nnd
n professor nt Pcsth. Ho Is convinced
thnt there Is a national Magyar music,
which lias been corrupted by the Insidious
growth of gypsy rhythms and gypsy or
namentation. ThlB quartet. It may be ns
sumed. Is his proof that the Magyar
music Is real nnd worthy. To consider
It, first, non-tonchnlcally, It was a Joy
ous piece to hear. The dissonances which,
for reasons of his own, the composer
I uses, nre not ear-piercing; at times they
suddenly sharpen a melody so that It
bites nml holds wheie n pure consonance
would falter and fall away.
Of the four movements, quite tradi
tionally arranged, the first l least inter
esting. In tho second there Is n long
passage In which muted strings of tho
first and second violins play high against
n sustained pizzicato In tho cello and a
full tone of melody In the viola. The ef
fect Is strangely exotic nnd beautiful, of
something passionate and tragic, some
thing subtle and refined, which takes the
hearer a thousand leagues from tho folk.
The return Is brightly and surprisingly
managed In the presto. The suggestion
of the frlss the rapid movement of the
Hungarian czardas Is clear, but the
movement Is written In double and not
triple time. This and the allegro finale
are rich with humor, nnd the pulsing
beat of the national dance, of folk song,
and folk color and life. The last move
ment Is rich In material, the composer
seems to have saved up nothing, and to
have thrown nil tho wealth of his fancy
Into this one movement. Yet the themes
combine, nnd Interweave, and play about
each other, with tine freedom, and achieve
In the end a certain unity of Impression.
Technical Interest In a work which bo
stirs and pleases as this quartet did can
only bo secondary. Kodaly has stripped
the Magyar themes ot the meretricious
(as he thinks) ornamentation of the gyp
ales. Another gypsy trick, described by
the technicians as the use of an aug
mented second In the scale of the minor
mode, he has used sparingly and unln
slstently. The third, and the essential
feature of gypsy music, the dance-beat,
he has kept and used to his own advan
tage. The whole quartet Is based on a
simple theme, first announced resonantly
by the 'cello. It recurs In each movement.
Inverted, now swift, now languorous, Its
Intervals changed, yet always recogniz
able. Its use In the plzzacato and In the
tremendously boisterous and mad finale
are triumphs of tho composer's genius.
JmdmirWWlL
THEATBICAD BAEDEKER
ADnM'lIf "nosy." by Oeorcs Broadhursl
and Abranam Bchomtr. A wire, excellently
ptiiyrd by Ethel Valentine, eeeks luxury by
.Hi easiest way" and Is killed by hoc hu
hand tmuAD 'Th Secret." by Henri Bernstein,
ml'tptcd by David Iitlanco. A study of fem
Inlne Jealousy In which Oabrlolle Jannelot,
lite htrolns. seeks to destroy people's Iisppl
nes Krancej Htnrr proves herself an
ftClrrs of exceptions) talents In an unpleas
ant rnl
FOnitr:sT-"T.ie queen of the Movies," a
kaleidoscopic musical comedy, reptete wltlt
ywmjtinp; dances and catchy, funny songs,
frank Moiilau appears as a screamlnelr
ttinrv rrfnrm professor, and May De Sousa
a farlnatln "mole" elren.
aAr.ItlCK "Tolnsh and Perimulter," drsms
tlrallort o' tho famous stories by Montaitue
OImm, One nf tho most capitally amusing
t1av nf teflr.e. humin. flnniHittnff trt all
KKtTII'S nthel I!trrmort In a playlet,
"Drifted Apart." the themo of which Is the
ntd one, nrclinlrnlly treated, of tho estranged
hustnnd and wlfa reunited through the mem
ory of a dead rtilld.
MTTI.K TIIEATIIG- "Hindis Wakes," by
Stanley Houghton First production In this
rlly nf plav wWch created a sensation In
Irfmrton. A girl hating been compromised
rofjses to marry, thus challenging the old
codu nnd se'ertlng tho Independence of the
tietv feminism. Splendidly acted.
lVIHC "High Jinks." musical comedy, with
took by otto Hauerbach and muslo by Ru
dolph Frlntl. "tarring Stella Mayhaw. A
rollick! ig evening's entertainment, full ot
fun nnd song,
WAt,Nt'T "The Little. Lost Jitter." drama
tltr.tlon of nosl by Virginia Brooks.
Clothes Express
Character on Stage
"As good be out of the world as out
of fashion," cried old Colly Clbber. Miss
Saxone Morland, of the Little Theatra
company, goes the ancient philosopher
one better. Ah well bo out of the fash
Ion as out of ono's Individuality. "Every
typo of woman has her particular style
and should cling to it.
"Ono doesn't reallzo how much clothes
make tho woman whatever they do
whero men are concerned, until tfne has
been cm tho stage." Miss Moreland con
tinued, "for there, when one visualizes
a role, ono Inevitably visualizes tho
clothes as well. Certain colors, certain
perfumes, certain lines nre an Indissolu
ble part of the woman on the stage, and
If tho actress In portraying some char
acter falls to havo her costume appro
priate to the part her lines lose half therr
power.
"In like fashion, the woman vho Is a
slave to style, who wears a frock and a
hat simply because It Is 'the thing,' loses
all her Individuality and becomes merely
a dummy upon which he tailor, the mo
dlsto and the milliner display their wares.
She docs not carry conviction because
the personality Is missing.
"But tho woman who expresses herself
In her gowns and they need not bo
outre-Impresses vividly her individuality
upon oven those she comes casually In
contact with, and so stands out a virile
living picture In the world.
"It's astonishing how. In looking back,
ono finds that character and clothes are
almost synonymous. One could not pic
ture Beatrice In 'Hlndle Wakes.' for In
stance, In anything but a blue frock. It
typifies her, her glrllshncss, her youth
and her simplicity. One associates vivid
shades with Fanny, nnd fussy frocks
with Ralna of 'Arms and the Man.'
There arc both drab and vivid charac
ters In life as on the stage, but you can't
change them. In consequence the vivid
chniacter In drab looks 111 gowned and
homely, and the drab person In vivid
shades Is equally unpleasant to the eye."
Flashes From "Stars"
Stella Hobnn, playing In "The Queen
of the Movies," Is o native of Muskegon,
Mich., and Is proud of the fact that she
comes from what was SO years ago the
greatest '.limber port In the world. Miss
Hoban Is likewise proud of the fact that
she was born on real ground and not
tho "made" land, which was composed
of slabs, edgings and sawdust the home
ot untold millions of little black beetles
which pciietinled everywhere and de
voured everything they came across. Just
before Muskigon lost Us proud position
as n lumber port, Miss Hoban used to
run the logs with the "river rats," as
the log drivers were known, and was con
iildeied to bo tho best feminine "burier"
on the Muskegon River. The young singer
herself has lived the life which Steward
Edward White has so graphically de
scilbed In his novel of the Michigan nine
woods, tho existence ot which nowadays
is only to be found In far-off Washing
ton or Oregon.
It has been decided at the Little Thea
tre to follow the current attraction ot
"Ulntlle Wakes" with "The Silver Box."
by John Galsworthy. Instead of "Joy." as
was previously announced. "The Silver
Box" la considered by many students of
the drama to be Galsworthy's master
piece. It Is full of comedy, but hr based
MODERN" DANCINO
MISS MARGUERITE C. WALZ
Studio of Modern Dances
tOOl WALNUT STREET
Mrs. Elisabeth W, need. Chaperon.
Boruca astl.
"blanche "west
ALL THE MODERN DANCES
Studio. 1520 CHESTNUT HT.. can be rented
toreelect prliatadaneea. Phone. Spruce 34TS.
WANT TO FUHM VOUH OWN CLASS
cr tako a btrtctly pilvata Lesson Consult
Arm-Orust, Cbestnut Bt,, 1113.
SPECIALIST Jn up-to-tho-nUnute dances.
The C. llllwood Carpenter School. 1123 Cneet
nut ft. KipsrleiiieJ Instructors. Tesch the
ery lateit ateps dally from 10 a. m. Branches
very hem Telephone. Filbert 4J07.
Fred W..Sutor
Maitre De Dance
Latest Dictates
1431 Walnut St.
Mon. and Wed. a to It.
Tours, and Frl. i to 6.
q7?ig
Drama
RUBY CUTTER SAVAGE
In the New York Hippodrome
production of "Pinafore," coming
to the Forrest.
upon the ever serious and. topical them
of why a theft by a rich man's son I. a
"lark" and n theft by a poor mnn ft
"crime." "The Silver Box" was orlsl
nally played In this country .at the Em
pire Theatre, New York,, by a company
Including Miss Ethel Barrymore, Bruce
MoRae, Miss Mary Nash and other stars.
Some Idea of tho earnings of a. popular
playwright may bo gleaned from 'tho re- '
cent statement by Georgo Broadhurst" '
that his royalties have recently exceeded
J1CO.O0O per annum. Mr. BroadhUrst Is
known as tho author of "The Man ot
ttio Hour." "Bought and Paid For" and
In collaboration with Abraham Sehomer,
tho four-act play of New York life, "To
day." It Is Interesting to note that a woman
wroto "The Traillc," which comes to the
"Walnut for two weeks commencing De
cember 11. Miss Rachel Marshall, the
authoress, is a young woman of 23, who
was educated In tho convent of New Or
leans. Sho became issoclated with Jane
Addams, of Hull House, Chicago. In socio
logical work.
Miss BIHIe Burlto will bring her very
latest and biggest comedy success,
"Jerry," to the Broad Street Theatre,
December K. "Jerry" Is an Amorlcan
comedy of the w-ltlicst sort by Catherine
Chlsholm Cushlng. It Is tho first Amer
ican play that Miss Burke has ever ap
peared In and the tltla rolo suits her
precisely a mischievous, Impish, ho
dcnlsh, adorable, pretty young girl. She
Is a Chicago girl. Is "Jerry." who "car
ries on simply scandalous" In a quiet
suburb of Philadelphia and Incidentally
wlna a husband. Miss Burke In "Jerry"
Is one of the biggest treats that will be
offered local theatre-goers this season Jw.
"Ben Hur" has now had Ofcears on tV
stages of America, UnglanuHtanada or
Australia, and ita drawing iwxcT has t
creased with each passing season. Klaw
Sz Erlanger. who own tho Tights to. tuo
play, have kept paco with the times in
presenting It to tho public, and have
taken advantage of every new dis
covery In stagecraft. In mechanics. In
electricity and scenic art. This aoason
they had In mind the World's Fair In Sati
Francisco when preparing the perform
ances of the play, and realizing that great
numbers of people will throng tho West
ern coast for a view of tho World's Fair
they have given tho now production of
the Wnllace drama the subtitle of
"Panama World's Fair Exposition Pro
duction of 'Ren Hur.' " Previous to i cach
ing Its destination at San Francisco the
new pioduetlon will be seen In several
Kastcrn cities, among them Philadelphia. .
The engagement here will be at the For
rest, December 21.
The Plan of Today
Producer Our star wants to talio a bath
between the second and thlid acts. That'll
mean a lot of expense for extra maids
and a lot of time wasted. We can't
stand It.
Playwright don't see what business
that Is of mine.
Producer Can't, eh? You'll have to re
write the piece and give her a chance to
tttke It In the play, of course. Pqck.
riiOTorL.WB
CHESTNUT ST. OPERA HOUSE
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Afternoons 1 to 5. 10 and ISc.
ISTenlnEs 7 to 11. 10. IS nnd Sic,
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Preceded by dally chanre Flrst-llun Pictures
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