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Saving the Little Theatre
DMfsS? JBJn faitiie Llttlo Theatre.
"WKaY ifromUcrt "to be a season full of real
oJifbvei5ient''tlire!Ufcnsto como to a sorry
encTln nfldtlrfe. 'It is the old money prob
lem, how to'cet blgr onouKh audlonces, or,
falling iaXi how to find money to keep
thlotfH'affoat unfll'theatre-ffoera walco up
to their "opportunity.
Xt Is lot 6. rhero opportunity to support
nomtthlns "cultural' or "educational'
or "highbrow." It" la nothing mora nor
loss, than an opportunity to see good, In
teresting 'plays. Thoy- ore plays which
our tpurlhc ayatcm doesn't brlnir to Phil
adelphia. They run all the v, ay" from a
classtij burlesque, llko "The Critic" to n.
big. modern play "l(ko "Hlndlo Wakes,"
ThogT'epifctory announced for this seasoni
and already, half accomplished, Is a
notabjeuone, ful of good things, that only
a resident stock' oqmpany can Blve us.
But no rnatter. howj. excollent ft vontuie
any local, theatre maj" "be, In acting and
lnjplaya allkfc. It Is -not frolng to win a
proJltftblo,clontelO(ln ft single year, or
even In t'Wo.- TJie Irish rjlayers took ten
to make ther fame and fortune in Dub
lin,, and" the wilting was Justified by the
creation' of a, national school of the
drama. The publlo must havo time to
fltld- oli 4ha,t good entertainment is wap
itis' foi"them.
Tq pave the Llttlo Theatre from golns
to smash ust .yhon It promlecs most,
th Drama League la attempting to push
the ticket sale thrqugh- lta membership.
VeJf Andgood., fori theatre-goers may
thus loam. Involuntarily, of the enter
tainment, to, he Ioup4at the Llttlo,Thea
treiafllUniay, continue, aa regular patron
of thehouse. But Kat- " Venture like
Mr. Jay'stjieeda la mpney an, endpw
ment -fijnd to 'draw on through mopths
of waltipp. Supportipg one of these at
tempts Jher -dto half a dozen spread
ovef Arnerjca to bring better drama
home to xhe cities, la aa fine a social
service as endpwlng opera or giving II
brarfts. The man "who will put Phila
delphia's LlttleTheatre on Ks financial
leg's will 'hold future theatre-goers deep
In his debt.
XHo,Olrt of Girls" at the Torreat
A,fVrv ajl,. the Broad Is not to have the
novelty, of, a one-Telt dip Into musical
comedy, t "The Girl of Girls." announced
to-follow Miss Burke on January 11, will
awtjch over to the Forrest to All In the
shortened engagement of "Ben-Hur,"
while- "Jerry" goes' on at the Broad.
ocordibg to the managbment, "Th
Girl pt Girls" is. a dramatization of the
trials' of a musical comedy librettist.
There Is plenty of room - for tragedy,
comedy and satire in such a subject, even
if the present librettist, Edward .Paulton,
prefers to stlpK to sentiment. Ho records
the produstfon In PaTls ot? a musical play
written by a young gentleman who signs
nSRuntera any dlfflcultles over a, prima:
donpi ahd finally sees the fclrl of his
heart sitp In to save the opening night
and carry hla work to triumph.
The score for there are other things In
musleal comedies besides librettos Is by
Oreste Vessalla. director of band concerts
on the SWel Pier nt Atlantic City. Skil
ful 3JUs Natalie, All; sings the principal
iwoman'a pkrt, wiille the beat conductor pf
Ufl,HIHW H1S " ..v . .,.,.. ,
cp'cert in.the academy '
Wn.efits reo.prqss Work
Miss Horenqe IJinkle and "Wesleyan
'j College Boys "Win Tavor,
Varied selections by an enthusiastic
troupe of college boys, members of the
Gjjej and Mandolin Cluba of tho Wes
Jegin College, MIddletown, Conn., and
German arid English songs by Miss Flor.
encej Jilnkle, soprano, pleased a large
audience at the benefit concert of the lied
Crjpss division of the Emergency Aid
' Committee at the Academy of Music last
ulsht.
)s Hlnkle, who .was. In lucid vcice,
:a fortunate In her choice of numbers,
afijwlng In wsveral the (Ineneas .oj her
vypor register. In the. onK aualifnlng of
tlMf s she displayed her marvelous breath
ing powers. She responded several times
with encores to liberal applause.
Oa.y college songs by the Wesleyan
GjUe Club won greatest favor. The audt
im called again and again for mora
Jj&nty selections from a. quintet pf the
QM Club. . . '
ffha Mandolin Club, ejapme.n,te by nev--j
vIoJIhs, a 'cello and a flute, also was
ntiSreatM.'.Tlit program cl944 with an
tBibmble eeUctws, bi tlie combined glee
auao, maRaoiin clubs
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for's? o!, Dugian j nd ltevar bifg;e
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wavo the director's baton.
Nowb Notes
Mario Dressier haa emerged from hid
ing to exhibit her corpulent and infec
tious humors to New York In a very com
monplaco farce called "A Mix" Up." The
piece rejoices in so old a plot as tho In
troduction of ti burlesque queen as tho
wlfo of a properly married young man,
who fears the Inquiries of religious rela
tives. At least ono American actor is earning
ihls salary this wlntor. At or about 8:S0
Forrest Wlnant appears at tha Eltinge,
in New York, as one of the persons in tho
first Oct of "Tho Song of Songs '' Thence
he flits at or about 9 tq appear ns j. very
uiuereni person in inq seqona ace oi
"Kick In," just across the street.
Lou Tellegen, the Fronch actor, now
trying his hand at English, ,han appeared
In WHkes-Barre In a now play called
"Secret Strings." JCote Jordan has adapt
ed the play from her short story of the
Bnmerfnme. The scenes are laid In a
thlevte" den In Paris for the first act ami
In an hlstorlq chateau near. Nantes for the
other three acts.
THEATfiKAL
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ADBLPJ1I "SujI.:" with Jim Collins ajiiJ
Tom SlcNaughton and an oxcellnt cast. A
musical comedy of Viennese origin. More
tuneful thin clever, but well acted and
i picas In gf w 8:13'
BIlOAD-'-Jerry." with Miii Wllle Durko, A
comedy by Catherlno CSiliholm Cuehlns.
JilUa Qurka captures a liusband In 8 cos
tumes. Amusing 8;19
KEITH'S "The Ijonesome Lasslee." Kellle V.
Nlohol and a dlversMed bill or tha uaue.1'
quality v, ,,. 1-.O0, 8 00
QAnniCK "PoUuh and rerlmutter," Mon
taeruo Glass' populur stories of tha clothing
trujo made over Into the season's most
heartily amusing comedy ..,..,..,.,... 8:13
LITTLE TinSATIUS-'The Critic" Bherldn'
satire on things theatrical in tus day ana
ours. iA very amudnir mrfomuuica of this
tragedy within a coroeuy 8.30
LYIUC "Tho Pee-sant dirt," with Earn
Ttentinl and emton craixorli A Contl.
nental operetta recordings the capture. oC a
"mtlK-red tonof'jina -cnicKen nawic," By
MIX Trentinl. The muela" is excellent and
Mr. Crawford most amusing- , 8:13
WALNUT "Tho Heart of Vaddy Whack,"
with Chauneey Olcott. An Irish play of sen
tlment and ong ,..,.. '. BOO
WHAT'S DOING TONIGHT
Reception to retiring Justice D. Newlln rll.
Bellevue-Strstford.
fortieth and Market Street Business Men.
T Bouth 40th street. Free.
County Medical Society. Oollwre of rhyst
elans, 22d and Ludlow streets.
Democratlo Club meeting. Free.
Choral Society. Academy of Musla; S o'clock.
American Association for the Advancement of
Science. Houston Hall; So'clock. SVea.
Baxter Fire Zouaves, Independence Hall; 8
o'clock.
MARY GARDEN ON THE BENCH
Singer Slta With Judge in New
York Police Court,
NEW YORK, Pec. 80 How far the
Interest of Mary Garden la occupied by
her Hed Cross work In Europe was evi
denced here yesterday.
She spent most of the morning sitting
beside Magistrate Corrlgan in the Tombs
Court, listening to testimony and sen
tences. Then she made an Inspection of
the prison, spending considerable time
in tho women's department.
Miss Garden will return to Europe to
resume her hospital work soon after New
Year's.
PAIBY VXJLTC BEAD BY AUTHOB
A fairy play. 'The Ileal lions Christian
Andersen." by Mrs, Alfhila Sandby. was
read by the author at a benent"ntertaln
ment In Wltherspoon Hall today. The
proceeds will go to the Mulo Settlement
School of Philadelphia. The muslq ac
companying the play, written by Herman
Sandby, was rendered by Mary UUler
Mount, and scenes from Andersen' life
werelthrown upon the ejn.
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The desire for system In educational
pictures Is emphasized by many a com
munication. One of the pioneers tn the
movement for the use of educational pic
tures In the schools has been the high
school of Pasadena, In California, C. II,
Carson, tho chairman of the Motion Pic
ture Committee of Southern California
high schools, writes that a plan has been
worked out "for correlating tho pictures
with ordinary class work, reviewing each
week the main points covered In that
Week's study of the texts." Another evi
dence of the practical value of Mr. Car
son's work will bo found In the state
ment that "there has been formed an as
sociation of 15 or SO schools of Southern
California together With a number of
churches nnd Y, M. C. A. With tho hope
of eventually forming a regular educa
tional circuit
"In addition to this tho Stale Board of
education has taken great Interest In
tho matter and will probably do some
thing very shortly to supply pictures for
ichools In this section."
Hera Is an example for alt teachers who
leo the value of the film as on aid to
education. It Is only too true that at
this tlmo no complete regular course of
klncmntographto instruction is available,
but It is equally true that n good deal
can be done with tho materials on hand
If tho tenchers will go to the trouble of
painstaking Inquiries and of sorting and
classifying.
THE niSKS OF, THE) MOVIES.
Walking tho plank Is pi rat A stuff, and
It Is not being dono nowadays. But scut
tling more or less light across a plank1
60 feet from the ground Is' nothing to
movie folk. Thoy do It w(th a careless
abandon that Is born of desire to make
good, that being about their solo aim.
In "Tho Header of Minds," a recent ro
lease, tho plot callod for the heroine and
tho hero to recover certain military plans
that had been stolen from tho hero by
a wonderful mind-reading trick and
whoso theft had caused his dismissal
from tho army. The heroine located the
plans In tho garret V an old house.
When the horo went there to got them
ho was caught and tied up In the garret.
Did that stop the heroine? Not when
Muriel Ostrlche played the part. Sho
enlisted the old of tho family next door.
xnen sno put. out a piamc irom tneir
attic window, to the lodgo of tho garret
window, 15 feotiway, and clambered over
It. Sho broke Into the garret, freed tho
hero and then led him to safety and re
instatement via 'tho dangerous route she
had taken arose the plank.
If any one thinks this wasn't taking a
chance a plank one foot wldo across a
chasm 15 feet wide and 60 feet deep, with
the plank ends unsecured on tho window
ledges ho or she who doubts Is welcome
to try It.
PDrtSONALITIES.
Waller Belasco, character man at Ince
ville, has invested In' a couple of lots at
San Francisco. For many years ho hoe
yearned to own a part of a certain sec
tion In the Bay City, and his wish re
cently was gratified. He Jumped at the
chance, and now he Is telling everybody
at the studios about "my property,"
Frank Dayton, of the Kssanay Com
pany, unintentionally put one over on a
Chicago dctoctlvo. Tho detective, Who has
a great memory for facca, tapped Dayton
on the -shoulder as he was walking down
the street.
"Your face is too familiar to be walk
ing around loose; better come with me,"
he said.
Dajton was puzzled for a moment. Then
ho laughed and pointed to the posters on
a ncarhy photo-play house.
".Maybe that's whero you saw mo,", sold
Dayton. The detective looked, and there
was Dayton's picture In the 'photo-play In
which he appeared as a convict.
The detective grinned sheepishly and
admitted that ho had seen tho play the
ntelit before, and while tho picture stuck
In his mind ho did not associate tho face
with tho play at once.
Betty Nansen, conceded to bo, since
Bernhardt's retirement, tho greatest ex
ponent "of tragic and heavy character
rolea on tho stage. Is In Amferlcn to pose
for a Borles of William Fox'a productions.
Miss Nansen la leading woman of the
(Theatre Royal, of Copenhagen, Den
mark's endowed and Government-managed
playhouse, a temple of tho drama
which Is to northern Europo what tho
classto Theatre Froncolse Is to France;
has been decorated by tho King of Don
mark perponnlly with the covotca Order
of Literature apd Artv She Iq the only
wqman ever to iq sq signally honored.
Wnllace Beery, "the "Sweedle" of Es
sanay's photoplay comedy company,
made a lightning Jump Into tho' leading
part In a dramatic, production on the
speaking .stage last, week. In just one
hour and 15 minutes after he had been
asked to play the leading role In "The
Trail of the Lonesome Pine" at the Im
perial Theatre, Chicago, he had familiar
ized himself with the T6 pages of the
manuscript covering his part, to go
through with the play.
At one o'clock Beery received a tele
phone message from hla brother, Noah
Beery, who Is in the company, telling
him that the leading man, Wells Knlbloe,
had had a paralytic stroke and asking
him to play the character of Jack Hale.
Beery mastered his first part and rushed
on tha stage for the matinee at 3:15.
After that It was ono mad rush from the
stage to the wings for another glimpse
of the manuscript every time he was
out of the scene for a moment. While in
the dressing room the stage manager
drilled him in the words -while he was
making -up. Beery sat up all the next
night to master his part and played the
leading role all week.
Newman Coming
Wars may come and wars may go, but
traveriecturera bo on forever. And they
Yn seem p profit by a renewed Interest
In the foreign lands that are being ripped
to pieces by shqt and shell. At least, so
Mr. Newman finds things. As usual, he
will glvo two courses of lectures here
this winter.'wlth 'five talks In each course.
One comes Friday evenings, the other
Saturday afternoons. January 15 and 19
he wilt talk at the Academy of Mualo on
"France and the War"; January 23 and 2J
on "Berlin"! January 29 and M on "War
Capitals"; on February $ and a on "The
Holy Land." and February 13 and 13 on
"Egypt." As usual, there wlt be colored
views and moving pictures to Illustrate.
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FLORENCE LA BADIE
Star of the Thanhouser film play.
MUSIC
Farrar in "Butterfly"
Almost everything that was good and
great In tho performance of "Mailama
Butterfly" at tho Metropolitan Opera
House Iub night was the work of Ocral-
dlne Farrar and of Arturo Toscanlnl. So
much can be said without prejudice to
nnv nf thn ntliivr FtlnffArs who took Dart
'in the performance becauso it Is tho
opera of one singer: that singer and the
orchestra make it flourish or falter for
ever. Last night it flourished wonderful
ly. Olovnnnt Martlnclll, heard for the
second, time this season In a Puccini
opera, sang ns well as In ''Toscft," hard
ly better. Rlccardo Teganl barely felt
short of being a fine Sharpless; Rita For
nla as Suzuki was excessive in gesture
.and, unfortunately, insufficient In voice.
Tho other singers were such as come and
successfully fill unimportant parts.
lut the opera was great and good be
causo of Miss Farrar and Mr. ToBcnntnl.
More, It seems, than any other conductor
of the moment, Mr. Toscanlnl has under
stood the change which Puccini has
wrought In tha character of Italian music.
It is not that Puccini has written lovelier
melodies than Verdi which makes him
great where Vcrdl Is only popular. Com
parison of the "Ah, che la morte" with
almost any of the famous arias of Puccini
Indicates Infallibly what the true differ
ence Is; that Puccini has tnken tha melo
dic line of Verdi that It Is the some line
can be seen from "Rlgoletto" and "Otcllo"
and has sustained and lenghtencd It so
that he could suffuse It with feeling.
Tho lino Is still sinuous, the contours
still soft; when tho contours grow sharper
and tho line more supple, we have such
arias as Martha's, In Moussorgsky's
"Chovantchlna." Yet Puccini's melodies
are neither weak nor flabby, and Mr.
Toscanlnl Is tho fortunato nnd Intelligent
conductor who knons this nnd can bring
them forth full of nervous energy, so that
at the close of "Un bel dl" it Is tho or
chestra which holds the emotion and de
livers It, even more than the voice. So
through tho evening Mr. Toscanlnl con
ducted, 'commingling sense and feeling
Into a perfection which Puccini has sel
dom attained.
And Miss Farrar. for her part, had a
glory which Is rich and rare. Sho was
not in wonderful voice. One has seldom
heard her so unhappily as In her first
notes an she came on the scene. Even
her great arias were a trifle uncertain,
her upper voice a llttlo sharp, her golden
clarity not quite so golden. She was, on
the strength of this performance, none the
less a great slnxer. Her endowment of
a voice with Infinite capacities she has
perfected to tho utmost; her Imagination
she has never neglected, because, unfor
tunately, imagination Is not demanded of
opera singers. There Is at this time a
controversy In New York concerning the
relative demands of singing and acting
among opera singers. Miss Farrar stands
beyond all controversy, because she sings
and sho acts.,
There are a thousand touches In her
Clo-Cio-San which come from and Inevi
tably come to the heart; but there Is not
one touch of cheapness or vulgarity. So
that. In the end, she remains a forlorn
and pathetic figure of reality; so that she
con otng her songs of longing and faith
to make us feel that not alone for Butter
fly Is there a fair day when the harbor
shall be gay with Bhlpo; so that all which
Is sentimental and tawdry becomes In
expressibly precious and dear. This Is the
triumph of her singing, that when it Is
ended and the lost echoes are sllent,some
thing still remains to waken new emo
tions and to stir old memories. In her, at
least, the operatic tradition Justifies Itself.
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SETTLEMENT HOUSE
KIDDIES DANCE AND
LAUGH IN TOY PLAY
Children Beam as They
Help Katy atch Over
the Fortunes of Dolls in
"Bibi."
With beaming facis nnil laughing
hearts more than a scoro of children
from the Southtvnrk Neighborhood HoUso
danced and laughed with Katy, the toy
man's daughter, through her three-act
dream, In which sho watched over the
fortunes of Elbl, the French doll and her
follow dollmates, nt The Llttlo Theatre
yesterday nfternaon. For the children
cf tho settlement It was ns glorious nnd
rich a dream ns for tho characters writ
ten by Charles Barnard In "Blbl," deli
cately called "a, Christmas Toy Comedy."
Just ns Sylvia, tho retired fairy came
Into the llfo of Katy, and through her
brought happiness and a brief respite
from tho hum-drum monotony of shut-In
llfo to tho dolls as well, so did some
kind, retired fairy bring tho malc smell
ing Baits to the Inmates of the Ellsworth
street houso and enable them to llvo a
happy dream short, but oil tho moro
sweot. Their dream continues into to
morrow, when after the matinee per
formanceno. enactment they return
from tho land of blissful Imagination to
tho hard, prosaic realities of Philadel
phia. Assisted by Helen McNulty, Louisa
Hflff.il, Dorothy Martrulus, Ella Choen and
Ruth Greenbenr, these young actors,
nono older than 15 years, and many as
young as 10, delighted their audience as
well as themselves In a skilful and un
usually ibuoyant performance of tho toy
comedy. Bach toy as It came to llfo
during Katy's dream added its share to
tho happiness of tho afternoon, made
moro enjoyable by tha wholo-hearted
abandon with which tho children entered
Into tho spirit of play. The sudden
bfoathlng spell of happiness and life
given to tho doll-oharactcrs was ns real
and poignant to tho llttlo creatures of
tho strcot themselves, as to the sliut-lns
of tho mediaeval toy-hop.
Katy is visited by Sjlvla, tho old fairy,
who has "retired from business" because
the children believe In her no longer, and
who, "when In practice used to do all
sorts of things." Sho leaves with tho
toyman's daughter a bottle of magic
smelling-salts, with which tho girl un
consciously awakens the dolls. Soon all
tho animals are free and a short spell of
terror reigns In the hitherto peaceful
shop. However, Katy calls on Sylvia to
como to tho rescue, nnd the retired fairy
sendi the Sandman, who awakens tho
girl from her dream.
It would be manifestly unfair nnd as
imposstblo to say that any one player did
better than the others. Nor was the
promlncnco of the part any indication of
worth. All did splendidly and contributed
equal Bhnres to an afternoon of unusual
pleasure. The children showed what they
can do when given the chance
Mrs Mable F. Schelner directed the
play. Sho was assisted by Miss Mario L.
Jackson, who taught tho dances, and
Miss Margaret Musgrove Smlck, accom
panist. The dancing and singing Of tha
little actors wore especially enjoyable. Al
though tho size of tho audience was kept
down by the inclement .jveathor, most of
tho seats already had been sold, and In
dications are for a large attendance at
the last performance, tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock. The proceeds are for the
benefit of the Southworlc -Neighborhood
House.
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ZUDORA
A GREAT MYSTIC STORY BY HAROLD MXcGRATHf
sraorsta.
luiora In teft n orphan at an eatXu
egc. Her falhtr i Kllffit In Ji oM tntne
he hat discovered. Ilatf an hour alter
learning o ih death of W htitband Kw
ilora1 mother n tiolit-rept icalW vlth
a circus (a $etted tilth vertigo, falls and
hllUed. .i
Zudora and the fortune from the tnM,
Khfch later proict to be worth til),0t,ett, -are
left to the puardlatttMp of Frank
JCeene, a circus man and the brother of
Zudora' mother, Zudora, pklntr tramlee
of great beauty, reachei the ape of IB,
The uncle, mho has set himself up at a
Hindu mtatle and is knoan as Hastam
Alt, decides In his greed that Zudora must
die before she comes Into poisesslon of her
great fortune, so tltat It man be left to
htm, the next of Mn, and he prevails upon
the girl to Uave her money tn hit hands
three year longer and to sou nothing to
anu on ooout ti fortune. Hastam All
nees an obstacle to his scheme tn the per
son of John Storm, a voung taiotier, for
uftom Zudora has laften d fancy, and he
commands the girl to put the man out of
her mind. Btorm comes to ask Hassam
All for the hand of his niece. At first the
crystal poser wilt not listen to the pro
poial, but Zudora Insists that If she can
not main; fflorm, she will marry no one.
"Well, welt," said Hassam All, "If lou
take such a eland I'll compromise. Solve
my next tu.entt) cases and trai can marry
him: fait tn a single ease and tiou must
renounce Mm,"
Zudora, using the knowtedge gained
from years of association with her uncle,
unravels a series of baffling mysteries,
the first of which being a case tn which
John Storm U saved from being convicted
of a murder Instigated by Hassam Alt
himself.
To trap Zudora, nassam sends tor two
men who have an nentlo of a deadly
nature, designed for use tn war time. At
his Intlloatton they say they have lost a
remarkable gem, which disappeared from
a little Florentine casket. Zudora Is given
the task of finding it.
Zudora goes to the home of the two
men, on the outskirts of a village, and
asks for a description of the gem. They
give her a photograph of It,
THE CASE OF THE PERPETUAL
GLARE.
THE producing of this photograph
quieted any doubts Zudora might have
had. Collectors were generally slipshod
and careless, in all respects except In the
matter of their hobby. A true collector
always wants a photograph of each of
his treasures, partly to Identify It nnd
partly to exhibit in testimony of his pos
session. "There Is always fire in the stone," said
ono of tho old men. "In a room that to
you may look dark there will be a speck
of light: this stono would always catch
It and jou could see It flash. Oh, it was
a very lnterrestlng stone."
"Very Interesting," repeated the brother.
"I think," said Zudora, "that I will re
turn to the city. A Jowol like this will
be found in some pawnshop. No ono
would dare go to a Jeweler of repute.
There would be too many questions."
"You see, we have said nothing to tho
police because wo do not want any news
paper notoriety. Wo have other trinkets,"
with a singular smile.
"I may take Oils photograph along?"
"Certalnly We have duplicates."
Zudora left the old house, and the two
old men watched her until she disappeared
around a turn In tho road. Then they
laughed quietly and went back Into the
house.
Zudora began to go over the briot facts..
There was no lead anywhere as yet. The
metropolitan pawnshops were the only
things she could think of. All the while
she vaa thlnklnB sho was aimlessly pick
lne late flowers. By nnd by she. took out
'the photograph and eyed it curiously.
, Suddenly her nana Dccame warm. To
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her titter dumbtouhdment the photograpH
burst Into flames. She dropp'ed it lh ter
rof and stood as If paralyzed while h
watched the cardboard shrivel Into ditll
brown ashes. How. In the world had this
happened?
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Whon she reached homo that hlBhtXeW
asked Hassam All a eood many questional
jibout these two brothers; each and Avery
"one of his answers left nothing t& &$
desired.
"But in heaven's name how could till
thing blazo up like that when there wasn't
a match within a mlle7"
"I'm In tho dark as much afl you are.
Give up the caso If you want to. I should
not urge you to try your hand at some
thing that Alls you with terror. You are.
shaking' now as you talk."
"But it's not fear, uncle! It's the utter
Incredibility of the thing!"
"On my word, l'Ve no solution to offer,
except that tho heat of your hand might
have acted upon some chemical in" the
cardboard."
"That's absurd! But I'm solng to stlclc
to It. But for the llttlo blister on my
palm I could easily believe that I had
been dreaming."
She retired to her boudoir, and Hossam
All went forth into tho night.
(Continued Tomorrow.)
THE KID'S CHRONICLE
I WAS laying awn the setting room floar
recdinff a book last nltn and pop calm
in, saying, Ah, thare, nro you digesting'
tdoi for thawt nnd taking the convoloo
shins of the brane out for exercise.
No sir, Im reeding a book, I scd.
Then you aro nlao doing wat I Jest re
marked, sed pop, for developing the mind
and lxpandlng the soul give me a botolc
evvry time, roedlnff is the wothir of wts
dom and tho faxthir of a high forehead
and I am clad to kum ackross you ovvry
wuntfl in a wllo with yuro nose In a
book, even if charen aro tho plases for
reeding and ncrt tho floar.
I can undlrstand it bettir awn the floar,
I sod.
Well, aftir awl, as thoy say. tliares
nuthlng llko getting down to crth in th,e
sertch for truth, sed pop, and you coodent
get mutch nearer erth than the floUr un
less you wunt to tnko a candle and go
down In the cellor and reed.
No sir, tills Is awl rite, I sed.
And wat musty tome aro you perooslng,
sed pop.
Sir, I sed.
What are you reeding, sed pop.
ItB a book I fownd upstares awn the",
top shelf of yuro bookcase, I scd.
You climb to tho top shelf to get them
and get down awn the floar tc reed them,
sed pop, my boy, I am proud of you, you
havo awl tho ecr marks of a flllasofer,
as Plato scd, reed, lern and, bo thawt
1111, fcr tomorro you may naff to go to
werk, but you havent told me yet the
nalm of yure boolc.
dont nd weathlr I can pernounts It, T
sed.
For tho luv of Noah Webster, do you,
reed things you cant even pernounts, sed
pop, well, we cant do moar than try In
this imperfeckt werld, wat dux It sownd '
like.
Its shoart stories, I sed, its called Tales
by Guy do Maupussant
Wat, help, merder, police, Anthony
ICojnstoclr, sed ptfp. And ho ran and
grabbed the book away frum me, saying,
Lcev It to you of awl my books to fcest
yuro yung mind aiti this wUn. And ho
went and hid it Bumwares and cairn back
with onuthlr wun and handld It to me,
beelng, The Lives of tho Saints, saying.
Heer, try this td, on antydotc'. wfch I i
red about 2 pages of it and theirwent out
to see If cny of the fellos was erround.
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