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By otAVEp. Monnis
Author of "John -Bredon. Solicitor."
srNorsis.
JefcM frfeioh. headmaster 0 tl art tret
i
ftchool, hat persuaded Lata Anne Wtmoer
tu to ind her fathering boy to hit
tehool. Omi, t10 oov, tt to tnfcerif tJie
rati Wlmbertfi estate, and at hit uncte,
Iord Arthur Mertet, explain) to Krlelgh,
thitt are manv relatives who would like
la tte ins eov cut out
out of the vcavi 10
that thru might Inherit the tttatt.
TMtd Arthur then einlatnt that an at
tempt hat already been made to kidnap
Ml toy, lie luipeels one of two touelns,
Herbert anil William Uertel, of having
intentions on the bou'e life. Ertelan
agreet ta look after him. A fev days
later he eonfettet to Lady Anne that he
loves heri the ttltt htm the loves him,
too. The hoy la a bond between them.
tttlelgh finis an applicant for a matter'
Kip In Alt ecTlool to be a former aeauatnt'
etnee, now eoltd Vertliran. Ytrtlgan re
entndt Srletah of the crime he commuted
in ktlllno a man lv a heavy blow, and
letting another man take the blame for
the take of hit (Erltlgh'ef tttter't honor.
71 lea Vertlgan tcho persuaded ErlilgH to
ttl the other man be imprisoned. He now
insists en being taken at a matter.
ciiAPTEn nr-dontinuca)
John Erlclgh did not move. Ho was
face to faco with tho tragedy of his Ufa.
JTor that single hour of co-vvnrdlco ho had
paid heavily through all these years. Tet
front that hour hla whole life had
changed for the better. The follies of hla
youth had dropped away from him. Ito
bad cn tho road clearly, and ho had
followed It. A year of Idllns at Oxford
had been followed by threo years uf
strenuous labor. He had almost worked
himself .to death, but ho had carried all
Before him. And even his successes In
the field of scholarship had been noth
ing compared toyhls triumph over him
self. As folly had given way to wisdom,
so selfishness had given way to a desire
to work out his salvation by dovotlng
his llfo to others.
"Well, I don't want to rub t In," said
Vertlgan after n pause. "I should never
have referred to tho matter If you hadn't
I said I was unfit to look after your boys.
That was unkind of you. We've both
changed both grown older and wiser.
We're both sorry for the past, and are
trying our best to llvo It down. You'ro
doing fine work, and I'm trying hard to
bo of some, uso In the world."
The man spoke quietly and earnestly.
He seemed to be sincere enough. John
Erlclgh felt a llttlo aBhamed of himself.
Who, after all, wb he that he should
iudso others, that he should refuse to be-
lueve In honest repentance?
m 'It you hadn't recognized me," Vertl-
ran continued, "X snouia not nave told
you Who I was. I don't want to rake up
the past, Krlelgh. There Is no need for
you to do so. I've come to aBk you for a
Ejob. It's your business to consider my
Application as If I wore, a stranger.
iTou'vo read my testimonials. They're
genuine enough.'
John Erlelgh rested his chin on his
hands and closely scrutinized Vcrtlgan'a
face. The latter bore the scrutiny with
out flinching,
"I'd rather you did not come here," the
headmaster said after a pause. "You
must see that that it would be very
painful for me."
"I don't think that Is your reason. I
don't Uelleve you are that sort of man
at nil. I rather fancy that your memory
Is good enough, and that you don't spare
yourself. You don't trust mn. Ton nn
afraid Of me."
"I am not afraid of you."
"You are afrlad of employing me In
,your service. You think that I am not a
fit person to have chares of vour bnva.
f You have no right to think that, Erlclgh.
in provea myseir to be capable and
honest You've got letters there you've
read them. You must Judge me on my
merits. You have no right to believe
that I've not altered Just as much as
rou have."
The man spoke quietly and reasonably
enough. Erlelgh's only reason for .re
fusing to employ him might easily have
been urged against RrlelshV awn fit.
; nets for the high position he held. In
I fact. In Erlelgh's case It mlerht han
jf been urged with greater Justice. Vertlgan J
CHILDREN'S CORNER
A Strange Bird
INTO the dark, dark living room of
0. great house on tha corner drifted
a tiny moonbeam. He was bo little
he seamed almost lost In the great
room. But did he feel lost? Not hel
He was too busy and happy with his
own work; to feel anything as self
conscious as that! He merely noticed
how big the room was, and then set
BBj rtAt4 hlH ItimlHAIIB
..w,. .o UuB.u;. j
And what was his business, you ask 7
Making the dark room bright! Mak
ing the gloomy corners warm and
glowing! Making the room, glow with
light! That's the business of the moon
beams, arid, as you can well guess, It
"Xkaft fas tvnnlfit bird tver sow'
is a big enough business to keep them
pretty busyl
This particular moonbeap looked
round the room be was to brighten,
faad the first thing he saw was a very
juetr bird,
e blinked his eyes and looked again.
afs tna runniest bird l ever sawl"
eselalmad in surprise, "He has
a queer bead and still queerer
I guess I'll wait and see what be
U Uke before I begin to talk to him."
With that decision the inoonbeasi st
$ wfc. at his business; only he was
YW redit to work la the farthest eetv
mc t the room. He didn't think best
i (ft to ar that queer creature tM
? w a fettle better aequatatfd, yon
rTsL
r w wm mayvtuy wh Wttl-
tactt ha toojted avow t n4 tfc
Wrd,
Thar ha ! Jt bt M tetf
tubny and iust aur vr!
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ERLEIGH-
OLMASTE
6 Story of Love
1 l r K 3
anojtiianappmg
had committed no 'crime. That ho had
allowed another man to Bo unpunished
20 years ago wns, In comparison, a very
small matter Indeed,
"I'm afraid," said Vertlgan, after a
pause( "that you're thinking of yourself
In this matter, that your hesitation Is
dilo not so much to a deelro for the
welfare of your boys as to your personal
dislike of me. You don't wish to have
me near you you are afraid that I
shall Ueo my knowledge of your past In
order" to blackmail you get more salary
out of you. , You are making a great
mistake, Krlelgh; I am more likely to
prove your 'enemy If you thwart my
wishes In this matter."
So the truth was out at last. Vertlgan
Intended to make things very unpleasant
for the headmaster of Harptreo If he
did not obtain the post.
"Is that n threat?" queried Erlclgh.
"Certainly not. I am only pointing out
to you that my presence In your school
will not causo you any Inconvenience."
Erlclgh roso from his chair.
"It Is getting lato," he said. Vlf you
don't go, you may have- soma difficulty
In getting Into ono of tho Inns for tho
night Folk go to bed early In these
parts."
Vortlgan smiled, "Does that mean," ho
sold slowly, "that you Intend to refuse mo
common Justlco?"
"Not at all. It simply moans that I am
tired and want to go to bed. I will think
over your application and glvo you .an
answer In tho morning." - -
Vertlgan rose to his feet.
"At what timer1 ho asked.
"Halt-post 9."
Vertlgan nodded. "Good nlght,, ho
said, "and look here, Erlclgh, don't got It
Into your hoad that I've threatened you. I
might havo done that sort of thing years
ago, but I'm a different man In these days.
Can t you forgot the past and believe mo 7
If any ono ought to bellove In sincere
repentance, It is you."
"Good night," said Erletgh quietly. "I
will let you know my decision In tho
mornlmr."
It was after 1 o'clock when John Er
lclgh went upstairs to his bedroom. He un
dressed, turned out tho gas.iand stood by
the open window, leaning his arms on tho
sill. Tho moon shono brightly and tho
great tower of tho Abbey stood out clearly
against the sky, casting its shadow ovor
the schoolhouso and tho garden. It was
a night In which a man might well think
6f tho woman he loved, of tho new and
wonderful llfo that was opening out before
him. But John Erlolgh was thinking of
Yertlgan tha ugly ghost from tho past
and Ids lips were tightly pressed to
gether. "I must thrust the personal element out
cf the question' ho said ta himself. "I
must consider Vertlgan's application on
its merits. That means I shall have to
engage h'm."
Ho got Into bed,'but more than an hour
passed before ho went to sleep. , Ho was
wondering, after all. If he hod not allowed
the personal clement to crop Into the mat
ter; whether ho was not, after all,' afraid
of Vertlgan, and only too ready to find
some excuso for not refusing the roan's
request.
CHAPTER IV.
"rpIIE rotters havo scratched," sold
JLwimberloy, standing in front of 'the
notice board In tho long corridor of the
schoolhouso.
Talbot, a thin, dark-haired boy, who
played for the hous, and was considered
a likely "color" for, next year's school
'eleven, laughed.
"They'd have been beaten. Wimp," he
said; "It'd havo been Just a practice game
for us."
"8tlll, I think It's pretty rotten-ln the
first round for the house oup; they're a
lot of slackers I dare say half a dozen
of them are already up to the West
Woods smoking cigarettes."
"Their two best men are In the 'San,'
and Draycott has sprained his anklo
well, what are we going to do?"
Lord WImberley, a sturdy, falr-halred
boy, thrust his hands In his trouser
pockets and stared at the notloe board.
moonbeam In surprise. "I never heard
of a bird that would stay in 'one place
as long as that Maybe he moved while
1 was not looking. I'll watch him
closer next time I"
Bo he worked In a nearer place and
wntched the bird with all his eyes;
but the bird never moved an Incht
"That surely Is the funniest thing I
ever heard of," said the moonbeam,
now more puzaled than before. "That
must be some new kind of bird. The
kind I know always movol"
He thought so hard abont It that
the room grew darker and darker. The
moonbeam, was not tending to hla busi
ness at all I
Just at that Yery minute another
moonbeam came In through thai
window.
"Helios you hereP he exclaimed'
when he saw the, flrs moonbeam. "Tho'
room looked so dark I thought nobody
was here, so I dropped in to make it
brighter."
Tin very glad you did," replied the
first moonbeam, "for there's something
here I want to ask you about."
He took the new moonbeam oyer
toward the queer bird. "Now, Just
look at that bird," he said, "and teli
one what you thlnk.of him."
The second moonbeam went over
close to tho bird and' then he began to
laugh! "That's a Joke on your he
exclaimed, "the best Joke I ever heard!"
"A Joke on .met" said the puzzled
moonbeam,
"A Joke on you,1 repeated the sec
ond moonbeam, "You better look at
your bird again!"
The moonbeam looked again, and'
what do you suppose he sawT He saw
that the queer bird ytpa a, wallpaper
bird! A paper bird on the wall! ' '
Oonttight, Ut,t by Clara Ingnn fuitoit.
BBfoOl
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Wvutd ym fiks tet Qf courat,
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Alleyn, the captain of the haute tlen, a
big, broad-shouldetcd youth In hla last
year, came up and caught hold of Wlm
barley's shoulder.
"No loafing, mind," he said. "Tou kids
have got to keep In training."
"Who wants to loaf?" said WImberloy
sharply. "Iiotten of Kempson's, I call it
spoilt the whole afternoon."
"You'll Just go out for a run, my lad,
you and Talbot and tho lot of you, and
you won't come In till roll time."
"A run? Oh, rot, Alleyn at this tlmo
of tho year?"
"It's cold enough for winter," sald.tlio
big fellow curtly. "Change and.be down
In 10 minutes. I'll watt here for you."
"You going, too? queried Talbot,
"Yes just to keep the pace warm for
you. Look sharp." '
They made their way upstairs, changed,
and were down again in seven minutes.
Several other boys wore gathered together
In the passage. None of them, looked
Very happy. A run was a orypoor sub
stitute for a gams of cricket; even ,though
tho thermometer stood below CO.-' A)leyn
appeared with two smalt linen bags filled'
with tornup paper.- He throw ope of
them to Talbot.
"You'll come with' me," ho" said. "Wo
shall tako 10 minutes' start, yimberlcy,
you keep tho .tlniei Comb oh, Talbot.
Theso kids look eold; we'll warm them
up before we've lnlshe'd. Any one who's
20 minutes after tlmo will get -Into
trouble." V.
Tho boys made their way out. Into, the
schoolyard, and 'Alleyn and Talbot set
Off along tho road thftt led, to Mbnksllver
at n steadvtrot. The sky was crav a
few drops'-of rain began to fall, Wlm- I
borloy stamped his feet Impatiently and
looked at. his wflich. ,
"Off you go," 'he sold 10 .minutes later,
and tho boys streamed out of the gate.
WImberley, sturdy arid' ' active' enough,
had a bad cold, and was 'not firyi fast
at the besi of times. Two mllps across
country made hlmibreatho .heavily, and,
finding himself alone, Mrtowed.d Own tp' a
walk. Tho rain was now, fnlllng1h
shoets, and ho was glad to sew1 that the
tratl of imported Into the West .Wood
Tho trees would afford sQmo shelter. '
"Rotten game r.call. It," he muttered.
"Not enouRh excltoment to nmuso a baby,
I don't care IMI Km SO minute's late,'.'
Ho plodded along through the wood and
enme to n polntfw.Ijero the pathbranched
oft In two .directions. "By nil tlio rules of
tho gttmo there. ought to have been paper
hero, but ho could nat.sco a single piece,
"Hollol" ho called out. "Any of yOu
chaps thoro? Itlght or left?"
No ono answered, Or If they did wlm
borley did not hear them. Tho wind and
rain wero making a great nolso In the
trees. Ho walked up the right-hand path,
found two or three 'pieces of paper 60
yards further bn, 'and broko Into a trot.
When he had gono a quarter of a mile
ho stopped. The troll hod apparently
come to an end.
"Some rotten game of Alleyn's." said
tha boy angrily. Then ha .shouted..
Home one answered him, and a few sec
onds later a man came round a bend In
tho path. Ho was middle-aged, with a
black beard and mustache. He wore a
tweed cap, a waterproof and Tvell-pollshed
galtors splashed with mud. ' '.
"What's tho trouble, my lad.?," he said
pleasantly. " ..'
(Copyright, UH. hr the Associated Ntt
paeon. Limited.)
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
Fritz Krelsler's Recital
Tho applause which roso to greot Krltt
Krelsler when he como on the Academy
stage yesterday afternoon was compound
ed of memory and sentimentality. Those
who knew tho violinist welcomed him
back. Others, drawn by the accounts of
his military career, saluted a hero. But
It was not as a hero that Mr. Krelsler
came; It was as a violinist. And properly
the shouted "Bravos!" which recalled
him to repeated encores, and the crowd
which stood, at the stage, door for SO min
utes to greet him, paid tribute to him os
a Ylollnlst alone. - . ,,
He b', without quostlon, the noblest
violinist, of our time. .Yesterday, In tho
brief program and In the e,neores he
played, he flashed his mystery upon h(s
hearers; showed to the critical mind by
what grand and arduous steps he had
come to his present estate. There was
the technical mastership which Is not vir
tuosity, and there was the artlstlo right
eousness which Is not the artistry of play
ers who are" kno'wn for the hearts they
break. Mr. Krelsler's technique Is Im
peccable; his art Is the strictest and the
sanest known to us. He Is, In every noto
ho plays, the precept and the example of
greatness.
As for Mr. Krelsler's technique, It Is
not hidden, as critics are wont to say all
technique must be. It Is a varied thing,
exquisitely adjusted to bis music Yes
terday there was the fluid Blnglng tone
for Handel and the rloher gold for the
Mozart "Rondo." Thoro was a perfect
diablerie which kept trills running mad
ly over sustained chords In the muslo
which Tartlnl said the devil Inspired him
to write. There was tho firm, full touch
for the Bach "Chaconne" and the light
shadowy tripping of' the bow for Dvorak.
And In everything not a sound was miss
ed; the player's ear for tone, so truly
adapted, faltered not once.
These things one could notice and later
understand. But what .In Mr, Krelsler's
playing la great Is the art which Inter
prets and commands, which, Informs
muala with the meaning of life. Yester
day the comlo carnival of existence
passed Into the player's soul and again
Into his music Passions gentle an, dis
creet In Handel, hectic in Tortlnl; woven
and clothed and Qluak; tenderly regret
ful , In Schumann's romance; exotle,
strangely disquieting In the beat of the
"Indian Lament," all spoke their word.
And somewhere In the "Chaconne." of
Bach, the tragla carnival, too, was dis
sected, spiritualized and ennobled. What
life holds of wonder and beauty, what It
holds of passion and of. pain, even Its
greater glory of traglo Joy, sang In the
Instrument of Mr. Krelsler's work.
The spirit or that work forbids super
latives. There Is even an impudence In
attempting to speak of It at all. Can
those who heard drink of his cup? Yet
one thing, the lesson of this master car)
be learned. Mr. Krela.ler's playing U the
negation of everything romantic. It Is
not madness, but sanltyl he is ndt' drunk,
but sober with the glory at his work.
But his ta the sanity and sobriety ;of
genius, which knows forever the sharp
and thrilling edge of the sword' of Ufa.
It U sane because It is never thrcessWel
It la aqber because It la perfectly eon
trolled, a (a the work not of a genius
who makes his talent an excuse and an
evasion, but of one who takes his talent
as a high and precious responsibility.
In the end the art which is worthy Is
the art which teaches us how to live.
Mr. Krelsler's U so because he has lived.
It may seem strange that to live tha com
mon life of a man, to do the dally duty,
to know the common pleasures, should in
the end make one so surpassingly great.
That is one of the mysteries which do
not contuse, but illuminate. TWji,i it
'leads us to newer ideals of greatness and
new conceptions 01 genius, Not be who
is different, but be who la great In the
way of humanity is the srenlus. Up.
Krelsler sees with our' eyes, yet more
awn. bmi lusB spcaK in our tongue,
but so speak that our hearts stop to
lUtcn. He makes us In that moment
share his high passion, the divine passion
of creation.
KADP Wira SHOVEIi COATj
NBW YQBK, Dee. w-U a wife en
titled to a sMiatt her. husband
makes her Ed dawn la tha caiia ..ut
bvel oal tola the turaaeet
U
j.h u im quasiioa rajs ywterd&y
Um Supreme Court Uv lln. nt.d..
Mm. Pond said sba bad ta sbewel It
tuna auriag- oa winter, and jl her hus
band aid unwind the houae was t tmi
tha rMctens- U afoo said eartala tfaiua
to UM whi4s, it wouldn't ee u ui r-
p?i, ov wie ri uim uu: nn
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A "First Night,rat'Sing Sing
The .drama ai(d 'oiovles are' getting, ntore
and more popular In trie penitentiaries.
No one. of odifrse. With a hhlf. a, jttmd;
or heart Can gainsay a hopftl Interest
In tho efforts 5f the ""new1 penology'-' toi
n place of reformation, .Instead . of tor
turi; If entertainments , will Mo It, tho
average, citizen" would be the list to 6h
Jeot. But ho 'need nbtideprlve .hhnself
of 'the Interesting reflection1 .that between
blue law's oulslda.of Drfsonn -riilil' lilima.Hr.
tirlnnlsm within, the only taay. tojs'eoj
inovles Bundnjr ilght ls to go out and'
And now Warden, Osbofno has arranged
fdr a "Broadway first night" In Blng
Blttg on-Christmas,, WIlltdm'A. Brridy,
tho Obliging njanagor who offered'to
mouttt hs itiow.est-play-there. for theflrst
IDA HAMILTON
At the Little Theatre.
tlmo on nny stage, evidently had an eye
to business. "Slririers," ns tho piece Is
called, will have "a full ' house and a
sympathetic audience, ah audience whose
acquaintance with life, 'W11- bo about as
great as that of the' average American
play. What's more, lt'wlll 'be an audience
that won't get up and go out, no matter
what happens.
But that suggosts the 'possibility that
the Constitution's provision as to "cruel
and unusual punishment" may be In for
a fracture.
War at the Xlttle Theatre
Philadelphia's Lmio Theatre la to pre
sent the first war-j)lay oh the present .con
flict to be'seen at any first-class theatre
in America. Following "The Critic" on
January 4, tho export llttlo company
which Mrs. Jay has presented in so many
Interesting pieces at the De Lancoy street
playhouse, will apear in a drama called
"Courage" and written by an English
man, A. M. .Richardson, during the prea.
ent war. It deals with the subject- In a
decldedv antagonistic splrjt, picturing the
agonies, '.the futilities,' Instead 'of the
glories, of-"modern warfare. The thesis
of the piece- stresses woman's hatred of
battle and' her ability to end It if she
realized her power.
Following "Courage" will come Haupt
mann's "Rose Bernd." a stranger to the
American theatre, though long 'an estab
lished piece in Germany.
Clothing Trade Correspondence
The laughter as well as the novelty of
"Potash and Perlmutter" begins almost
at the rise of the curtain. In the first
few momenta of the play nothing amuses
more heartily than the letter-reading and
writing of the partners. One letter runs;
Meurn. Fotuh & Perlmutter,
Diisr Sin: 'Your roods received and also
your letter the latter In which you state
you would like to have the money (or the
goods. U you want a eheclc I. can send
tou one: rlcht awav. but If manir von win
have to watt. I also noticed where you
tated tn your letter that you cannot ahln
my eecona uin 01
foods until I havo paid
am very aorrr to-eay
onr'for the eooai. Wltn
for tha first' one.
I can't wait that lone
peal resarus
to you .and your wife Itpele,
SYNOPSIS.
Zudora it left an orphan at an early
age. Her father t hilled n a poUS mine
he hat discovered. Half an hour alter
learnlHo 0 de death of her husband
Kudora't tnolAer-i-a tlaM res, ualkir
with a eirevtit setted irlih verlltfe,
fattt, and Is hilled.
Budora and the fortune from Ih rnlss, -whloh
crows 0 s worth it,eM, art
left in the (ruardlanshlp of. frank JCtent, a
circut mo Zviora't mafher;i trplher.
Zudora, giving promise of oreal ItautV.
reaches tnt age of 1. The uncle, who has
set hlmttlf up at a Hindu miittlo and U
hnouin at Hattam 11, decides ta Ms
creed that Zudora mutt ait beor1 sh can
have, a chance ta come into poseeietan
a her mmev, to that II may btiUft la
him. the nt 0 M, and he prevails
upon the plrl o leave her money I" his
,handt three vtart tenser and sal; iwth
,ina to ant one about ths fortune. Uattaot
All see an obetaoU lo his schema tn the
aeresie of John Storm, a voutig lavmtr,
tor whom Zudora hat taken a fancy, and
he commands the girl ta pui Ihs naoit
-- 0 her nvlad. Jltorv comes ta ash aas
, sam 11 for the hand of his Me; 4t t
jtrst "the o tal gater urlll Hot Kte .10, the ,
vreposal. est Zudora insists that If she I
caaot tnarrv Storm, the toil) ewrry.M sf.
-trmlt im.11 mnti HjUiam' .ill. -if
,..., ..-, v . V7.T ,
laKS suon a tiana, ill cempromne.
ScltM Mil M&Zt SS 1
it cases ana yo
1 and you can manv
r-"-- "-. . 1 T ' .' -i.
hint all tn a status cos aw veu snusr
sinols e
renounce hist
Zudora. usinj the Itnowldtge gained
from vtart of asiseialian with her uncle,
unravels two baffling mvelerlet and toiits
her firtt two eattt. ...
Ah aaed soientlei, has Hsotered a toau
to make diamonds. Hit workshop it di
rectly behind that of q sheesemaher. On
of his eemt. whlsh As kept hidden in a
cupboard, disappears. Hi dscides la con
sult Uanan Alt ...
Storm tries (a pertuait Zudora to
tnarrv him, tut she reuses hecauss 0
her apreetasni with Ifassast AH. Stern
lelis her he hat see shot o U the dark
en thru 4Utinl o?ear
Btarm got to th cheesemafcers h
isemah
I tunc
tho? to
bull cheese for a ight
lUKca. aaeeu".
An aoet for tht some purpose, but, avoid-
lug Storm, uassss into
e
tMirfcthet 0
the dMenand makei, Wh4 ogre.
and maker, who. agreet la shesa
hint how he manufacturtre'kl pecu.
t'Thr?!f!lrSM
A (GREAT MYSTIC STORY .BY HAROLD MacGRATH
CRAPTaR IJI-tefltlnued)
afrT7AT Is )tr k4 Hssswa AM.
W "A dbiBKHUl ot h purt water,"
was ti KiulUat ausvrsr. "The main
Bbstaol) to produolos" dl"nds artUtciUy
has the yrat oxpsase tor 4oh
xruAt It was st tvastiGal diamond
taaJciog, tbera wsj no MsawijitUua la
tho resxtst. It wummtA t yut s. uu
ot t&tna strtvUMt to wrcat frm s,tur
oa of W sreeUast Morts. IF casta out
gjKmt OAavIvurtb ot wtuajt tct dJjuuuajl
Is, -avrtb. But I n-Ut hv a, owjat
togae sums pox- I tutva aurd ut
ism tsjlatve -4g)res Ml beat. '
"Will ju lei iu nst Uuj ,.lti y.
and. tore, to the tree-writer, lim Cohen.
And, upon Miss Cohen evincing
maidenly Interest, Potash dictates!
Mootfs. nioektln A Bloltkln.
1 . Dear. Dental Tour letter, received, snd
m ireoly will nr never mind about the
ehecV, we would sooner wait for the
money, Hore you are aelllnjr our sooda.
' with beat regards to you and love to your
' family. ;
Another spoclmen of clothing trade cor
respondence comes from tho firm of
Klunger, & Fclnholz, who aro returning
some gCqdsl '"
"OentsV We return herewith the llook
'awayflseKcrlnee, -as we run a department
etoro, not a .dime museum, and do not
I want .nny maso.uera.de costumes for freake.
Furthermore, the itoekaway iSackenne le
Just o . muth' llkef. the Arvmio Back as
timid Is llko'dlnmona, and, oqil&o.-"
i 7?he result lis a- letter discharging the
designer .-nf the Rockaway . Sackerlne, a
letter .dictated Jointly as follow":
.Perlmutter ''Mr. Mux Ptnket. deslirfer. for
Potosh'A Perlmutter! Der air Your con
tract with us extih-es thlj week and you
can expire wiin.il.,
. i-ouuin
MP
"V,f, why don't, yoa y aoT
jririrpuur-i acr aay ud.
Tou nutt Bit
urdsjr nlsht.
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aa tmiiB aaaielnda erla nm
7 Pqtseh (centlnulnj) "And furthermore.
,'n4' yet ,halds, Mr, Plnkei, you couldn't.
wiW.i.oiiun. - ,.;
desum iaper bacs for a.deltcatetjien.store."
renmuiier ;-Ana nnoiner inipir,, you c-11 .
VouVeelf' a. ftflttpri Vml muldrMbut' Vour
, own .throat. p(eae take this ho(lce as
1 Potash "An'd also tako notice that you.
...are.sa. numiu sno a eneatjj,na .your
Hackerlne la'aTodiTror alx.1 -Tours truly,
Potaeh - . . , .,
Perlmutter "And Perlmutter."
French JPloya'lbxt .Week"
'On'Wednesd'ay next 'tho lTrerloh Ployerg,
of Wew'TbrTc, will return to the Llttlo
Thcatror for two 'performances. In' tho
afternoon they will appear In tho Idyllic
pleco, "IAbbe, Constantly," 'made Iby
LUdwlg Halevyfrom the noVel 'of the
samo name. 1 In the -evening' they will
produce '.'Blanchette," ,the play with
which. Brleiix mado his first largo suc
cess, nit Is la movlog 'treatment of. tha
disadvantages of unsuitable, . unasslml
latcd' education -In rural 'Franco. ' Mme.
Yorska heads the company as before.-
News Notes' , ' , '
The other day Charles Frohman waxed
optimistic ta the extent of prophesying a
great theatrical boom and planning many
new ' productions. On December 29 ho
will bring Cast the new play that Otis
Skinner has' been acting through tho
West lIt IS Called "The Silent Voice," nnd
Is based by Jules Eckort Goodman on a
story by Qouverneur MrVrrls. Among
Mr. Frohman's other prospects Is Barrle's
playlet. "Rosalind," concerning a young
man and an aging actress, who disillu
sions him about herself. This will intro
duce a farco called "I Didn't Want To
Do. It."
Lou Tellegen, the distinguished young
Frenchman who first played here with
Bernhardt and then came back to
America last season to appear In Kngllsh
In "Maria Rosa," Is to have a new Ameri
can play shortly. It Is called "Secret
Strings," and Is adapted by Kate Jordan
from one of her stories.
Following the "llttlo theatres" that
have sprung up all dver the country In
the last few years In Philadelphia, New
York, Chicago and Boston. "The Band
box" will open In New York next Tues
day with .a stock company, giving as Its
first bill a comedy by Jerome K. Jerome,
"Poor Little Thing."
THEATRICAL 3JAEDEKEH.
ADEWHI "Today.1' with Edmund Dreese and
Abraham Schemer's elow-movlnr drama about
Klhei vaienuno. ucurge proaanursi ana
ran&m ocnomrr eiun.iiiuvina urama rdoui
wire's Infidelity, ending With a violent
b. wire's mnoemy. ending- wun a violent
ft'tlft scene" Jn which the husband chokes
her. Lat week.
BBOAr-"Dlplomacy," with William Ollletta,
Ulanche Batea, Marie Doro and a strong
cast. Sardou'a famous old play "modernised"
by Mr. Gillette, and a food deal lengthened
and diluted, good acting- compensating-.
FORREST "Pinafore." The good old. Gilbert
A Sullivan olaselo .produced a la Hippodrome
with real water. Just as delightful as ever.
Last week.
OARRIC1C.-
Potssh and Perlmutter,
xion-
tasu flUas' popular storlee, of the clothing
trade ' made ovor Into the season's moat
heartily amusing comedy.
KEITH'S Eva Tanguay. Bert Fltistbbon, "A
Telephone Tangle," and a diversified and ex
cellent bill. '
JATT1X THEATRE "The Sliver Bo.'
John
naUworthVa Dowerfu! and moving drama.
contrasting tha unemployed at both enda of
the social scale. Excellently acted. Last
week.
I,YRIO-"lIlsn Jinks." -With Stella Mayhew
and a good. cast. Rudolph "Friml's rippling
muslo borne on an amusing story of a
gloom-dispelling perfume. Laet week, .
WALNUT "The Trafflo." by Rachel Marshall,
Another "white slave" play ot the familiar
pattern.
a, jowslorT" asked Hassan. All, tremen
dously Interested.
"Certainly. I haya sola many to pawn
brokers, but I havo been afraid to coma
out Into tha pen"
"Trust roe," said Hassam All.
80 he took tha diamond away, He was
ptlll a. bit skeptical. It might he that
this diamond cutter was not such a fool
as he looked. In some scientific manner
the crystal might have been previously
confined In the carbon. It tha man offered
to sell his Invention Hassam All would
feel assured that there ' was bambooile
rnent somewhere In tho background. He'
was himself too old a bird to be caught
at such a came. But If this was honestly
donel
Ha was Informed at the Jeweler's that
the crystal was an uncut diamond, per
fectly white and worth about JW. 80 tar,
bo good. Hassam All returned to the in
Inventor, "It's c white dlamand, worth about U0.
Now, before we go any further, let me
see . piece of carbon.';
Tha Inventor exhibited bis stock.- and
Invited Hassam. All to make his seleotlop.
To Hasaam's mind, had each piece con
tained, a diamond the Inventor already
possessed a small fortune. He was be
sTUinlneT to feel reassured.
Boon another diamond came to life, as
It were. Hassam Alt was convinced.
There was no charlatanism In blm. The
man had, discovered one of the greatest
secrets la the world.
"Oh, Z have failures, .Sometime the
carbon is not right; again the power U
not strong, enough. But I will show you
some of the gems I have already made."
os went iq in oupooara ana produced
his little hoard. He poured them into.
Has. tarn All's Bunds. The sum wars n
exquisitely out and polished. The largest
was about the slxe of on ordinary parlor
match head.
(Cepyrtlbti lHt by Harold UaAOfalb.
Continued tomorrow.)
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Of the Lubin Players.
HIGH COST OF PANCINQj WAR
Mrs. Vnndcrbllt nnd Miss Morgan
Open Elvnl Hnll.
NEW YORK. Doo. 17.-Hrs. William K.
Vanderbllt and Miss Anne .Morgan, have
entered tho amusement business. In com
petition with Now York's high-class res
taurateurs and danco managers.
Their project Is a "family amusement
hall," to be established on tho roof of
tho Strand Theatre, Broadway and 47th
otreot, and opened to tho public on Janu
ary 4.
Bumptious decorations and furnishings
nro to be In evidence. There will be a
space for dancing portioned off by sway
ing palms, cosy chairs In the, lotingo,
whore mother may knit and father may
smoke and the price of ndmlsston will he
but half a dollar.
In ono patronizes, tha. hall In the after
noon, a light luncheon, presided over by
Miss Morgan, will be served free of
chargo, .and In tho evening the patron
may danco all ntsht for his half dollar..'
1
Mrs. Whitman Visits Mrs. Glynn
ALBANY, Dec. 17. Mrs. Charles S.
Whitman, wlfo of the Governor-eleot,
yesterday mailo her first Inspection or
the Executlva Mansion; .which Is to be
her home after Jahunry 1. sho was the
chief guest dt an Informal luncheon teh
dored' by Wrs.' Martin"' II. Glynn
THE KID'S CHRONICLE
TllXrili was S'segars'awn the setting
room tabel .today, boelng lawng segars
with red bands erround' the mlddlr of
them, and I oxsldcntly broak wun by
standing; up awn the tnbll to see how far
up In the hlr I" cood reetch.
G, I thowt, maybo Pop wont be mad.
And I kepp nwn thinking how mad he
wood be, and I passed a segar s'toar and
thnro was sum In tlio .wjndo marked,
Speshll Smoklrs, for ..sV.scnts. And I
went In and asked the. 'man hqw,. mutch
they was npeecc, and, ,he.sil, -2 sents,
seelnc Us you. And ,1 :ba.vt r -un for 2
sents nnd took tt"hoarft:iridi;took tho
red band awf of the,,bS!cfa'Irrt7'wun and
put It awn It nnd 'therjr'med tho 3
segars awl up and th.cyj'TootfiSi so mutch
alike I coodent tell, TyWcU was the 2
sent wun. , '. ., J. .-, '..
Attlr s'upplr pop went up,ln the setting
room and sat In the mortis' chtfre, saying.
Ah, heers ware I live." .'Seers ware I
smoak wun of my 3 fpr'EP-.sfcnt&'iJ. ' !'
And, he picked up wun Of 7 the- segars
with the red bands awn them and bit
the end awf of It and lltt If and, stntild
to smoak It, blolng the .smofUc wfiy, up
In tho air and saying, This Id the 'lite;
sum smoak. ' ,'. ' '
G, I thawt, I gess thats notitho -wun.,
And pop Bmoaked jf awl the tvay, fj
the end and then iplck'edjjUPaniltblr
wun. saying, I reely a'wt'to'llmft, myself
to wun of these a -rriter -nwrr trie -prlnslpll
that the bast things .of llfo. -tut weH -jus
the werst awt to be takon, lri ,T)tnjeor
nathlck doses, but beelinr aslto'davvaa
the orflss boys ber(hdaya think III striqafi
2 to selebrate tho ocoayshlhl Artd?fie.
picked up nnuthlr'wua'naY'Jitt .ifcmj
watching him, nnd-.the-.ferstVuff:h took
he looked funy, and 'the 2nd 'puff he
took he looked mad.) '
O, I thawt, I Det thats the1 wun,"
Wat the heck, sed Pop. An4 lieTsrrJelled
the segar and took unuthlr puff.;, saying,
Hang It and blast It- to- blazes.
My goodnlss, wata awl the .exsttemlnt.
Wlllyum, sed ma.
If I hadent smoked wun' iest Ilka it.
Id sware this thing It) my hand was a
rope Inated ot a segar, sed pop. 'And
he took anuthlr pilff, soylri&'CQni&i-H It
h..h nH.. .. .H ..uv..r i- r. T o.ff -a 11 . .
Wlllyum, thats prltty neer-fewatrlnsi
i.u,,,v ,. j. VUJI UIIUlIBLRnU- IL. Hfl1 BOB.
And he took anuthlr purr, beelng Jest a
uuei wun. saying, wen or awitne Ojng;
blastld blffensocket hangdogglt suns ot
misery. And he startld to tare, .the.segar
apart to see wat was In It, and I thawt
It was tlmo for me to go but and see
If eny of the felloa was looking fpr- me,
wlch I did, thinking, I bet. that- was the
wun, awl rite. Wlch it, proberfy was1,
"What's DoingTonight?"
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Browning Society, Neir Century Clubi 8
o clock.
Ejectrlcal cooferencs, 228 Bouth 11th street;
inauetriaiUBH lri tn United .States.'
Prof. Jamwa X T!chiwburcr, Ushtliouj
by
aoolatioa. .103 Wilt Lehlrh avenue; 8 o'clock.
e as
Fbrtntg-ixly Cotillon. Ifortlcultural Hall,
Transit mase-meeting-, under dlreotloo Losan
ImprovemsntLeasue, 4983 North Broad street;
Poultry show. First BestBjeot Armory.
John Kendrleic Basse lecture. "An Sveabtr
sf Cbristmaa Btorlas." yttKirspooti Ilslir 8
o'clock. ' "
BtosU Ta Bocltty, 1W3 Walnut strtr 8
Uock trtaL llolor
AaaASlatleu, -A
-phMmftelohU. Hotel Adel
vhUui abaw of tha Mi
'ta Ataeoi yta,
Bltr-Carlton: 840 o'skack.
Tor i
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ABdIbIINAI. SrJrPOllTKUS, etc.
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alrsot frosa tb faetorr. V A V UluLi S3
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EARLY!!
SUPPLY UM1TED!!
ORDERTODrW'
ao-0' ISSUE OF
PUBLIC
PHo-miUAvis
Practical Prohibitionist JiaVe; iniddeinly
come to look upon the motion plalii re
Industry as an aid In their effort to
suppress or at lenst diminish t6V liquor
trafflo, ns the result at recent fp4rt
of the Llcenio Commlss'ort,, , .v
Figures from the office oflflie'ij'epMty
License Commissioner In New York city
show that there has been a marked de-
crease in the number of- saloon licenses
Issued as compared with a corresponding
period Inst year. The statistics deal'
only with tho applications nnd licenses
slnca October t, but theso show that
2M fewer havo been granted In 1914 than
from October d, 1911, nnd this In. but
three borouglis-Broohtyn, , th Bronx
and Manhattan. The figures for Manhat
tan and tho Bronx alone,-the two bor
oughs that aro rrfost -nearly, 'contiguous,
nnd which form what Is. known ns ew
York city proper, show a reduction of
16J, nnd this entails a diminution of
revenue to the State of IM.OOO. This Is
not perhaps remarkable when the -wholo
number of licenses In the two boroughs
6213 Is given, but men Interested In the
trend of prohibition legislation regard
tho situation as encouraging. Hitherto
Now York has steadily increased the
number of such applications.
.k ,a luciii icu isjr many mat mo mo
tion pjeture theatre Is destined to prove
the hardest blow, tA the trafllo that it
has. yot received. An .authoritative state
ment has been Issued in which It Is
stated that "It la tho night trade of the
saloon that Is ordinarily most profitable,
and It Is just at this point that It en
counters the competition of the motion
picture theatre."
ODDS AND ENDS.
A crowd a big . crowd an attentive
crowd during a "rescuel" Whit directory
does not dream of lit. B.uttioiy, to get'ltT
Money cannot' buy J. p'o'metimeu. But '
Edison Director Charles 1. Brdbln know
human nnture. He wanted 0. crowd nnd'
ho wanted to look them up. He. ran to the.
second story, brandished a stags ''torch"
and launched antoa fiery horahgue.al)oUt
socialism, suffrage and sufferings with,
a .bellow thnt nobody understood. The,
crowd gathered .as If ;nt a fire. While
the mob gazed wonderlngly upward he,
dodged back Into' the window and the
camera man spun away and .got greatf
"atmosphere."
In the "Olive is 'Dismissed: episode )n
"Olive's Opportunities;"" lrt1 which" Mabel
Trunnello is' being.-featured by Edison,
appears a dog "party'-' given by a so
ciety woman. The dogs, seated' around
the table, aro supposed to boow their en
joyment by howling their delight- But;
how to make them' howl altogether was
what stumped' Director. Klchard, BIdgely,.
tho resourceful.. Horns and tin pans were'
tried. No avail. Therr nct6rs who thought
themselves gqod mimics all had their try
In a dogged attempt but np. An accor
dion was hunted up, but it, brought forth,
but one yelp. Then a player.' of whose
singing ability the' best, icon be' said Is
that he Is a good actor, .was .persuaded
to join in with the, accordion. There WM
one united howlf of protest from the
dogs and the dog "party" was on en
tiro success.
Marguerite Clayton's athletlo prowess
was tested to the utmost while the West
ern Essanay Company's, thrcfcreel pro
duction, "When fcove ,and .Honor Colled,"
was being taken, when she performed a
feat that was dangerous In the extreme.
To escape from a, hayloft the actress was
compelled to grasp a hook at ono end ot
n. blook nnrl tmrlttm. 3R f-f fivm h
ground, and .swing out Into midair, nnd ''
was lowered to terra nrma,
"I never knew before that I had so
much, strength In my arms," said Miss
Clayton, her heart beating rapidly from
tne'.neW excitement, "but the continuity
called for lt and It really waa a new
sensation to' ,me."
tIIOTOrL.Y8.
.ENGAGEMENT EXTENDED!
OWINO' TO THE UNPnECEDENTED
DEMAND FOR BEATS THIS WEEK
The CheiWiSireet Opera Housed
Management .Has, pcii)r4. to Continue Run or
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Opposite Union League.
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