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EVENING LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1915.
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f' r) Li iuin fv
hr Cure tor me ineaire
Highbrow ' w .... i -
W:Vo I of hlm.elf with 1.1 s sub-
' eliminating musical comedy
r3,T).tlck farce. He doesn't Beo
"A. M8ht to proposo a BUDBiuuio nnu
Cr V,d1p who like the moro common
fiif ... nnln type or entertainment
W"CT instead of Insulting other
Srrent theatre doesn't glvo him what
JV'mAny of hla sort over In dor--5-nd
the bulk of them happened to
rrinrkingmen round uini incy awni
iWS wry excellent stage of the Fnth-
M,trow" Hkcs Broadway. Over In
SSinr however, they stopped talking
S It and set out to do something.
EX the aid of somo actors who had
&iM engagements, a group in uernn
vSm to Klvo tho plays they wanted to
S,m them up from monthly perform-
rlt. theatre of tholr own to house
!"'" ' ll,f
'tOil ot the aormans who know this
T. . ji.ilnCT.ilattA.I nntnr Tmmfinll!
Itt.i... tiaa rnmn to America In the In-
taami -- - .v .
Ntn of tne war u.iu ui.uuuuui-n mo ui
rihlutlon of a similar venturo In New
I . a. .alia l lm "Mnflorn RlnE-o"
lets. " v.. - . ... ...0.
Mgffl give only flvo productions this
l' ?J- !, I II. 1,,,, !,,..,
"tl im... Hot will Inxllliln "T.'ltrnr liv
iflir, A.1U o. ...-. a..., -v
iT'L. ... ITn1,n nnhrlal Tlnrkmnn
If Ilen; tho last play BJornson wroto
r!j Relcher, daughter of tho organizer,
... L tUtt nnmnqnv
fill aexu n'o ,1uiy.ii
in, ruults of this experiment may
II1Q clued lu LlllCIlUtk X1IU 1IIBI1UIUW
riwald keep his eye peeled.
i Wir-tlme Eerno
ifionJon can't relinquish tho rovuo hahlt,
Jia In the shadow of war. Tho Eontlon
Bjpodromo, In need of a now pleco to
Bout the bill of vaudeville, has taken
Slin himself as star. Tho title Is tho
(iiflir platltudo of commercial Eng
UtJ, "Bualness as Usual," It seems to
j juat as much to tho theatres.
Iltli no easy task at the moment to
11 In a music-hall performance with
lJ phases of tho war and yet offend no
to, iay a critic, but Mr. do Courvllle
tucarrled out his work In excellent
aiMon, and audiences are whisked from
flirt to gay or vlco versa without a
jjldon of bad taste. It Is dimctilt,
jMbajH, to realize that there may bo a
liilter aide to the horrors of war, but
knrjtia fun poked at a suburban gentlo
Fa rto endeavors to fortify his estab
tihnent In Tooting; at nn up-to-date
vtii party where pcnwlpors nro made
taUt troops, and at the doings of an
dlerlr special constable lndicnto that tho
pjuesslon of a sense of humor makes
wirible unexampled tragedy,
Tltre are harvest fields tilled altcr
Ultljr with pea&ants and soldiers, a
triumphantly successful cavalry charge,
tTCadmlrably arranged series of living
ymea representing Punch's cartoons
ft Kaiser, and a final brilliant tab
of the Allies holding victorious
with Patriotism ns president
lil Kane's career 13 short, slmplo and
lease rather spectacular. Flvo or six
'jetrj ago tho actress now at tho
Jjtrrlck In "The Mlraclo Man" wasn't
rra a name. Her apprenticeship was
teclrkablv short, two ainnll nartn In
.Decorating Clementine" and 'Vanity
itsr Then came "As a Man Thinks,"
hhhlch aho replaced Chrystal Heme
H appearance on Broad wav In "Thr
VM," by Augustus Thomas, gave her
ulnstant reputation, while It conslder-
fWII lhattered Mr Tliomns'. Aftnr flint
Ifimitol." "Seven Keys to Baldpate" and
WttSumle Man." The best of It is that
igjeiu on genuine dramatic talents, not
wjjooKs only.
iKeri Nntpq
ipL&tMh & Perlmutter escaped bank-
inptcjr, and they nro now planning to
Bap death, too, when their comedy
io mo ena or tlio lane that leads
ltt very last of tho "tank towns."
vwrtM Klein, who made tho original
"affiaUzatlon. Im nnnnnnnlm. n rihiiaI tin
SWch he Is at work, "Potash and Perl
fflttw In Society."
Actors' Equity Association which
tit artist Of thA thpntra will lirnnlr hna
.P ,the excellent suggestion that the
tor Fund of America and tho United
wuers Protective Association organT
l4ltn flfffinPV tf acennn-n ai ,rn rrnm An to
tWHajrera under tho best of conditions
ontract and with the proviso that
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IHILDREN'S CORNER
The Raindrop Strike
TJIN the big, dnrk, wintry sky nine
Jlilll. -.I.,., ,-,.,., . .' .4
jl' .wumuiia iroilCKCU anu piuyeu.
13W danced nvnr ftha Mnnrln nml inptV
&1 Wde and seek through the sky,
l2J2t the most funl Then, quite sud-
fijfi tha queen of the raindrops ctjlled
2r la ended 1" she shouted, "work
f Everybody ready for their taskl"
i, usually when aha marie that
gjral call, every raindrop In the whole
ipseo. towards her; and then, head
!fch!, they pattered down "to the
ii earth, But not bo this time-no
Nobody answered, nobody made
lndrop queen was so surprised!
.paverls the matter with you'allT''
plrtt!t- Von't o anyt Mng mot
-ms woric IMf HOW."
1 111 & TlllZvlA VMM "Mnl VA11
r I 414 work bsini"
, we heard you," rplte4 th
jf piavjjiy, butw4ont
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LEO DITRICHSTEIN
Coming to the Broad In "The
Phantom Rival."
tho fees charged shall go to tho Actors'
Fund. Thus tho whole busffiess of agency,
would ho regularized and lifted to a
higher commorclnl piano, whllo the fund
would no longer worry'along precariously
on "benefits" enBlly forgot.
Perhaps Itlchard Bennett's methods of
advertising "Maternity" have slain
Brloux's play. Perhaps tho public found
tho Broadway punch lacking. At any rate,
Its New York run Is almost over and Mr.
Bennett takci the plunge Into the ever
hospltablo nnd profitable waves of vaudo
villo with a. playlet by Paul Armstrong
called "Tho Vanity of Man."
Reports nro current that Irving Cobb's
financial success as n lecturer under tho
management of Solwyn & Co. hns lured
him to not only tho purchase but tho
display of a wrist watch. Wp probably
not vanity, but a provident desire not
to glvo tho nudlcnco too much for its
money. Somebody on the New York Sun
says it looks like a trunk strap.
ADBUPIH "Tho Dells of Bond Street," with
Sam Bernard, "Tho Girl from Kay's." re-
amped. Mr. Bernard la Juat aa amualnir as
eier In liia Impersonation of "I'lKKy" Hog
Ijenhclmcr, tho lloggcnholmer Last week,
UROAD "Tho Legend of Leonora" and "Tho
Ladles' Shakeapeuro," with Maudo Adams.
The first deals with the amazing mock trial
and acquittal of a lady who 1b supposed to
havo thrown a paasenxer out of a mm Inn
train because ho threatened lier child's health
with open windows. Tho second Is a Ilttlo
burlesque of "tho Taming of tho Shrew."
An Harris puta It, Miss Adams It "an un
speakable darling." 8:1S
ronUKST "Tho Olrl From Utah." with
Julia Sanderson, Donald Brian and Joseph
C'awthome. I'aul Itubens' laigllsh musical
comedy of Mormons, old and young, In Lon
don, rtovlew Thursday S'lii
OAltllICK "Tho Mlraclo Man." with George
Nash W. II. Thompson and dall Kane.
Georgo Cohan's comedy-drama of the crooks
who try to exploit a patriarchal healer and
end as converts. A skillful handling of a
difficult oubjoct. Last week 8:15
KEITH'S Ous Kdnards In his "Now Song
iOH-lfi Song Review", Rmma Carus, prima
donna, and Vaughn Comfort and John King,
minstrels 2 00 and 8 00
LITTLD "Courage." The first production of
an Kngllshman's play against war. A nne
spirited play with a atartllngiy dramatic
ending 8.JU
LYRICS "Mary Goes First" with 'Marie Tem
pest. A comedy by Henry Arthur Jones, in
which Miss Tempest plays a young society
woman who battles for precedence In an
English provincial town 8 13
WALNUT "Sis Hopkins," with Hose Mel
ville. A revival of the popular old comedy
of tho eccentric country girl 8:13
WHAT'S DOING TONIGHT
j
Kirs Insuranco Society, annual banquet,
Belleiue-Stratford.
Woman's Missionary Jubilee Committee, ban
quet, Hotol Adelpbla.
German-American Volksfest Vereln, ball,
Turngemetndo Hall.
Harmony Singing Society, COth annual ban
quet. 1011 North Broad street.
want to work! We want to play some
morel"
The queen raised her tiny eyebrows In
amazement such rebellion had never
been heard of beforel "Why, you can't
play when It's tlmo to workl" she ex
claimed, "whateyer are you all thinking;
of?"
. "We're thinking that the old world hns
had plenty of rain," said one bold rain
drop. "There's really been nothing but
rain these past five days, and we're tired
of Itl"
The queen of the raindrops look
thoughtfully. What the raindrop said
was so trua that It wasn't worth dis
cussing. There hod been rain and more
rain, there was no doubt of that.
"And we think you've Just got the habit
of raining." added another raindrop,
"and it's high time it was stopped!"
The raindrop queen looked more sur
prised than ever. You see, the raindrops
had always obeyed her slightest wish,
and It had never occurred to her that
they wouldn't always bo Just so docile
and meek. She felt as If her whole world
was turned up-slde down. But she was
not easily convinced, go she tried again
to assert her authority, "I guess you
didn't quite understand me." she said,
politely, "I said, 'It Is tune for workl' "
"And we said 'We've had enough of
work Just nowl' " answered the raln
drorw, quite as politely. "We've worked
and worked, till the people on earth are
tired of us. The hoys and girls don't
want us to come any more. Everything
on the old earth Is soaked, so wa don't
propose to make it any wetter!"
The queen looked over the rows of
raindrops. They dd look; tired, to be
sure. And theytlooked very Arm not one
of them seemed to want to go to earth.
Then she looked at the earth, so far, far
below.
"It does look pretty sopp." she, said
to herself. "I believe I won't say any
thing more about work Just now." So,
without a word, she turned to ber palace
In the biggest storm cloud, and took a
nice lone nap. And the raindrops heaved
a ieh and did likewise)
Bo that U the reason why. that lost
dark sicomy day, the sun czne out no
I suddenly snd smiled m you so happllyl
CewrSt. ! tiora Isgrxtm .
"THOTRICAL
pJ BAEDEKER
llPipliii
PHOTOPLAYS
Tho statement made In this column a
few days ago, that It was a waste of
tlmo for tho outsider or amateur to write
photoplay scenarios for the big motion
picture producers, ns not one In a thou
sand would be produced, was em
phatically denied by Lawrence McClos
kcy, tho scenario editor of Lubln's, on
behalf of his own company.
"Whllo this stntement may be true In
somo cases," said Mr. McCloskey, " It
Is not true of the majority of largo (11m
corporations. It Is unreasonable to sup
pose that nny welNmnnaged concern
would deliberately deny Itself tho oppor
tunity of selecting Its subjects from Ideas
offered by thousands of contributors,
merely for tho purposo of keeping n. half
dozen staff writers employed. The nma
teur or beginner having real talent Is In
variably helped and encouraged by
scenario editors, and has better chances
of early recognition by way of tho photo
play than through any other medium.
"Notwithstanding tljo largo number of
trnlned writers on the stnft of the I.ubln
company, a reading department Is main
tained whoro every scenario received Is
carefully read by experts thoroughly allvo
to tho requirements of tho company. It
Is no uncommon occurrence for a hun
dred manuscripts to arrive In one day,
but so well 1b this department conducted
that every play la not only rend, but re
corded and, unless retained for editorial
consideration, returned tho following day.
It stands to reason, of course, that In
many cases n play la not examined be
yond Its synopsis, which fact to tho be
ginner should dcmonBtrnto tho Importance
of writing a synopsis which Is both com
prehensive and brief."
WAit ricTunn at the forrest.
Tho wonderfully realistic pictures of tho
European war shown nt tho Forrost
Theatre at spccinl matinees last week
created such a profound Impression nnd
wern of such sensational Interest that In
responso to numerous requests tho pic
tures will bo repeated this week with
many new films Just received from tho
war zones, nt special matinees to be
given un Tuesday, Thursday nnd Friday,
Tho pictures will bo presented three timos
on each of the above days at noon, 2 nnd
t o'clock. Close views nro given of tho
battlefields In Franco, Belgium nnd East
Prussia and IlUHsla. The prices for theso
matinees will be for tho entire lower
floor, 25 cents, nnd balcony and gallery
15 cents.
TRENTON BAWL.
Tho Screen Club, of Trenton, N. J., will
hold its annual ball at tho Arcado Hall to
night. King Baggott nnd Mary Fuller
aro scheduled to open the grand mnrch.
Ed. August, Hal August, Clara Kimball
Young and others will bo present, with
a number of exhibitors. Tho delegation
from Lubln's Includes Mr. nnd Mrs. JnmoH
Daly, Ferd Tldmarsh, Edgar Jones,
Loulso Hurt, Joseph Smiley, Lolllo Leslio,
Howard Mitchell, Jack Dclson, Allen
Qulnn, John Inco, Frnnklo Mann, Qeorgo
Soulo Spencer, Florence Hnckett. Mildred
Gregory, S. Lubln and Carl Lnemmle.
NEW SCENARIO WRITER.
Edith Ogden Harrison, wlfo of the
Mayor of Chicago, has gone into the mov-lng-plcturo
business, to tho extent of
writing scenarios for photoplays. She
signed her first contract recently with the
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company,
to whom she has sold a three-reel drama
based upon her most successful novel,
"Tho Lady of tho Snows."
Mrs. HarrlBon has professed herself a
great admirer of tho photoplay, both ns
an uiLiauu uo.c.wH."-.. .... --
influence on tho minds and morals of
the spectator. In every goou picture piay
Mrs. Harrison Bees a sermon.
"Of course, I am exceedingly anxious
to seo Just how my stories will look on
tho screen," sho declared. "I feel that
tho author who can make people see his
own plot In the surroundings his mind
has pictured must bring his story far
closer to tho hearts of those It reaches
than the novelist or tho orator over can.
Children will remember tho pictures and
situations flashed before their eyes-grown-ups,
too, must be more Impressed
than by mero words."
Where the Episodes of Zudora Will
Be Shown.
MONDAY.
nidge, 18th and nidge avenue.
Delvliiere. 83X0 Qermantown nvenue,
noyal, 2710 Olrard avenue.
Keystone. 0.17 South street.
Somerset. 277B Kensington avenue.
L?hUh Theatre-, 2310 West Lehigh avenus.
Honn. Mth nnd Woodland avenue.
Paschall. 71at and Woodland avenue.
r.th f St. TheatreV SSth and Woodland avenue.
Becker Theatre, 18th and Bnyder avenuo.
Decker Theatre, 7th ond Dickinson street.
TUESDAY.
Arnmingo, Aramingp and Huntingdon streets,
Olympla. riroad and Kenllworlh streets.
Cedar. HOth and Cedar streets.
Coliseum, Market street below 60th.
Havcrford. 00th and Haverford avenue.
Arcade, 2020 Richmond street.
West Allegheny. 23th and Allegheny avenuo.
National, Oth and Reed streets.
WEDNESDAY.
Manhelm, M2H Oernuintown avenue.
Hoffman House. 5th and Tioga streets.
THUnSDAY,
Walton. Cheltea avenue and Chew street.
FRIDAY.
Hippodrome, Foirmount avenue.
Amber. Amber and Frankford avenue.
Mldvale, East Falls.
Liberty Longshors street. Tacony.
A. 1. fc.. 3323 Chestnut street.
BATIHIDAY.
Jefferson, 20th and York streets.
Windsor. Frankford and Kensington avenues,
nittenhouse, Wd street and Haterford ave.
PHOTOPLAY GUIDE EOB
THIS WEEK
rllFHTNI'T 8TRBET OPERA IIOUSB-'The
C"chMstian." by Hall Calne. Four times
d!!
Dorothy
.110:
iNT-oionui "!'r . sf M.7 - j
.?.. mr s.. () TStata.lav
Donnelly in 'T
Thief," Wednesday and
Aav
1 a VmI Thn Warn VrldftV
and Saturday,
Thursna
. YMi..r. . " i.."J
"nine's runcturea ho-
r-ocuar "When Love and Honor Called."
"ThJ. Froien eaf.," th. fourth . eM. o
ChVinfr." with CtyJyU WUckwyll. Vdnei
day Mlmoo." HU JieatrU MlcheUna ant
r' .TV --.! rrtm h nnaro. ri laved unor
ITvnln II ni ciailia. tuvsusji
comDleto. score from the opera played upon
th. organ; Thursday, aall Kane will vlaw
hemir In her masterpiece, "Tho Pit."
ece, "Tho l'l
jng In 'The D
trance Story
ll.lan rinrHf
Dtsep
Purplft' Sturdy. ' "Strang, story
T.M. r.W a . , f..iiirln. lfalun flard
rnnra Rtorv of
BYlvia Oray.V featuring Helen . Oardner,
ay,"
irlslon,
Ma
:v Charlalon. Tiny urey nn wnwin
Kent.
rioits 01 -"., "XWT" 1
?,,,?.rt.. "ilv Wleni From IndUu" "Tha
Accusation," 'The Itaron's, Desr Bscap..''
Frtdiy. "Lost in Mldon, "JTh. Law of
h fiVnariT" Saturday. "Th. Oood-for-jotWnf?th07M.
Anderson; "Th. Bub.
nvStl!iniOOKy-Monday. "Eaplolts of Elaine."
o 2- "asntlemen of Ari." Tuesday,
Th, (Sov.roor'. Maker'' Th. Last Egyp
tlin Wednesday, ''Father Thret,' ,fAn
Ouflaw-s Honorf Thursday, 'Th. Master
V" No ( 'Th. KUktowu Rivals."
FVMay. "Frlnces. Elena's I-rlsoner." "Ilo
"''' in Bear Creek.1' .."Dangerous
oiV'wiflUm'Flnuml'sTnSon-K,.
"a Hi. a TBIak.." Friday "Surprls, F.i
,S1fS?R,-Monday 'flhlp of 4h.FIrUc U '
jrv&ROUqH-Wdnsday After th., Ball"
R nuliaan The VuUt jPaullna.7' Bat-
afm m a Mrl
y&ul Bujb'sw
Brual? Country.
I, -UC 4-Uf
lfROLTc-Monday, "Master Key." No. Bj "VIt
fy. niauty Test." Tuesday, "Shadows
of th. Past?' "Call of th. Waves." "Mr.
KalrmVn-S Treachery." Wednesday, Kg.
&? Asia" : "ftrS v 'KsrivSiS-::
LOUISE LESTER
Of the American Players.
Dance," "Tho Exnosure." "ItU Second
Childhood." Thursday, "The Onth .ot ft
Viking," "When a Women Walts," "Mutual
Cllt I," No. SO. Friday, "The Chimney
Sneps of tho Valley of Aostn," "The Lost
Receipt," "Only ft Farmer's Daughter."
Saturday, "M story of the l'olson l'ool,"
"llestltulbn." . . ...
LArAYF.TTI-Monday nnd Tuesday, "Tho
UAItDKNMonday, "SI10 Stoops tn Conouer."
Tusday, '"Neath the Lion's 1'aw." Noil
ned.i, "In Tune With tho Wild." Thurs
day, '"Die Magic's Mate." Friday. "Detco
tlc Bwlft." SatUNlay, "Protea II"
OERMANTOWN Monlny nnd Tiienday. II. 11.
Wnrnrr In "The Ohost Ilreoker." Wednes
day, "A Fool Theie Was" Thursday nnd
Friday, John Emtrson In "The Conspir
acy"; extra for Friday, Hlaticha Heet In
"Judilh of Hethulli." Saturday. Olga I'c
troa In "Tho Tigress."
nni.VIDWin Monday. "Zutlora," No. 4: "The
Hate That Wlthois." "A Maid of War,"
Tuesday, "Mr Mnglc's Melodrama,"
"When the Wlnt See" Who Was Who in
Itogg's Hollow." Wednesday, "In the
Midst of Iho Jungle," "Mr. Santa Clnui,"
Henrst-Sellg News. Thursday, "Tho Woir."
The Wll.o'-tho-Wlsr," "The Lure of the
Wlndlgo," A lleorge Ade Fable. Saturday,
"Tho Colonel or the Red Hussars." "Th.
Professor's Romance," "Uroncho Hilly Ilutts
LEA IJ15R Monday, Clara Kimball Young In
"Lola": Tuesday, In tho "School for Scan
dal." Wednesday, "Tllllo's Punctured Ro
tnRnce." Thursday, "The Truth Wagon."
rrilay, "Kiplolls of Elaine" Saturday,
"Under the Oas Light."
JEFFERHON' Monday, "The Span or I. fe,"
Lionel llarrymoro. Tuesday, Chonchlta,
th Mexican dancer, In "The Last Dunce."
Wednesday, "For King and Country."
Thursday. Clara Kimball Young In th.
"Ieep l'urplo" Friday, Sid Chaplin In
"Hushing a Scandal." Saturday, "Zudora."
CAYIJOA Monday, "Tho Coward " "Father
Iluys a Halo.'' Tuesday, "Tho Foundlings
of Father Time," "Kleptomaniac." Wed
nesday, "The Lion, the Lamb nnd tho
Man," "Fldo's Drnmatlo Career " Thurs
day, "Master Kry," No. S; "Vivian's
t'ooklei" and "Whoso Rabies," Friday,
"District Attorney's Urothcr," "The Genii
of the Vase." Saturday, "Exploit of
Elaine," Animated Weekly No. 141, "The
Widow's Last,"
TULI'RIIOCKIiN Monday, "Tho Rat." Tues
day, Kcstono Comedy Night. Wednesday,
"Heart of a llrute " Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. "The Spoilers": extra for Satur
day, "Tho Mnster Koy."
GRAND CANYON'S
WONDERS AWAIT
LEDGER TOURISTS
Successful Contestants Will
See Spectacle Which Has
Baffled Pens of World's
Greatest Writers.
Nearly every writer of promlnenco in
this country nnd many of Europo have
turned their pens to a description of tho
Grand Canyon of Arizona, ono of the
points that will bo visited by tho 60 per
sons who have tho largest number of
points to their credit when the subscrip
tion contest of the TJveninu Ledoer and
Public Ledoeu comes to an end May 30,
191S.
Not ono of tho many has succeeded In
this endeavor. The really groat men of
modern American literature haev written
after their glowing masterpieces of de
scription the confession of their failure.
Thoy havo declared that the mere worUJ
of man are unable adequately to tell of
tho marvels of this greatest work of Na
ture. Such men ns Jonquln Miller, Hamlin
Garland and William Allen White have
paid their tribute to tho canyon. Miller,
tho Poet of tho Slerrns, called It "The
World's Paint Shop."
"It Is old, old, this Grand Canyon,"
ho wrote, "nnd yet so new It seems al
most to smell of paint red paint, pink,
scnrlet. It Is a scene of deathlike silence,
a dead land of red, a burning world,"
Tho tourists who will go to tho twin
expositions of tho Great West that will
celebrate the opening of tho Panama
Cntml may stop off nnd go through this
canyon. It will cost them nothing, for
they will be tho guests of tho two news
papers. All that Is required Is to obtain sub
scriptions for the Eveniko Lddcjer and
Punuo LEDOEn. To enter this contest till
out the blank In the advertisement nnd
mall It to tho Contest Editor. Tho latter
wants to advise out-of-town contestants
that all subscriptions outside of this city
and Camdon must be paid for In advance.
This docs not apply to subscriptions In
side this city and Camden, except where
the period Is for more than six months,
but It Is to the advantage of tho contes
tant to get pnld-in-advance subscriptions
wherever possible, aH by so doing he or
aho obtains more points.
HO! ALL YE MAIDS OF
U. S. A., READ THIS
There's the Chance of a Xlfetime for
You Over In New Jersey,
There's a stalwart young battalion scattered
'mttnd In Jsruv Rtats.
And ' members all are longing, for each
to nnd a mate!
1 o'er the
1 U. B,
A., give ear unto
"nir.
ivaltlnr In New Jersey six and
thousand stronsr.
WANTED 20,T3t young women to live In
le..Cural districts of New Jersey. Adores"
20,731 young men In all parts of New Jersoy.
William J. Harris, director of the United
States Census Bureau, furnished tho de
tailed Information on which tho forego
ing free advertisement Is based. He pro
cured the facts at the Instance of the
Methodist church authorities at Tren
ton, who objected to the heavy traffic on
the Interurban lines every evening and
wanted to know why a small army of
Jersey youth Invaded the city after run
ning the farms of the State al day and
putting- the cows to sleep.
The ministers breathed a deep sigh of
relief when they learned It really wasn't
the fault of tho young men. The trouble
Is that there are 13,K2 young women
more than U years of age living In the
rural districts of New Jersey and 56,27$
young men, making a distinct deficit of
girls.
There are many reasons why the
church people object ( mis state e
things. The girls of the country are Da
coming arrogant and entirely too choic.
They will accept the attentions only of
those young men who have motorcars,
and the deserving youth with old Dobbin
and the family ehay can lock 'em up In
the barn and board the trolley car for
the city If he wants a girl.
To prove that living conditions are
healthful and that the girls of Jersey
make agreeable wives, the census direc
tor has brought to light other flgu'res
that the whole wide world Is challenged
to deny For instance, there are. only in
widows put of a total o 7,683 women
married in the country districts of New
Jersey. nd only 3 divorced, ttndr U
years of ago.
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A GREAT MYSTIC STORY
SYNOPSIS
Zutnra I Utt an orrnan at an earlv
agt. Hit alncr it killed In i pold mlns
he hai discovered. Half an hour nler
learning of tne death 0 Tier mstwnd, Zh
dorn'i mother, a tlohl ropn iralker with a
rfreus, U teltrd tilth vertigo, fall), and la
killed,
Zudora and th fortune from lh mine,
Ichlch Infer nroti'S 10 be worth UD.ODO,
000, are left to the puardtannhlp of Frank
Krtne, a clrriu man and the ljrothr of
iiuaorn's mother. Zutora, alilno promHe
of prtat beauty, reaches the one of IS.
The uncle, who hat net himself lip as a
Hindu miJtfe, nnd Is fcnotcn in llaetam
All, decide in M creed that Zudora must
ale Before the comet Info or'fon of her
great fortune, to that If may be left fo
him the tiexf of kin, and he ji'evnll upon
the nlrl to leave her money In hl hands
three years lonaer nnd fo tan nofhlna fo
ani one nboul the fortune llamam III
sees on oMfncf to his scheme in the rer
eon of John .Iform, a young lawyer for
trhom Zudora hoi taken a fancy, and he
commands he olrl fo put the man out 0
her mind, ffform comes to otfc ltassam
All for the hand of his niece. At first the
crmfnl oaeer trill nol !iii fo' the pro
poal, but Zudora Insltfe that 1 she caw
not marry Aform she it'll! marry ho one.
"1IVII, tcetl," said Has sam All, "If you
fake tuch rt stand I'll rompromlse. Solve
my ncTt cases and you can marry
him; fall in a single case and you must
trnounre him."
Zudora, using the knowledge gained
from years of nssoclnllon iclfh her uncle,
unravel a series of baffling mysteries.
Copyright, ION, by Harold Macdrath.
r.t'ISODE VIII.
Tim HYPNOTIC POWER OF MR
CHANG.
For a long tlmo Zudora paced her room.
Sho was troubled. Thnt nfternoon Storm
had plended with her so strongly to leave
her uncle, marry him nnd go fnr nway
thnt she had been drawn almost Irresist
ibly toward her lover. From tlmo to time
she paused before some object, moved It
abstractedly, and rciumcd her pacing.
Tho youth In her wnntcd to fly away nnd
be happy.
Tho thought of her vnst fortune often
terrified her. The moment the world
found out thnt sho was so rich nn helrest
sho would ho heiet with nil sorts of de
vices by fortune hunters. Every grade of
beggar would bo at her doorstep. More
thnn that, she had made some strange
oncmles during her Bhort career as a de
toctlvo; nnd If these Individuals knew of
her wealth they would leave no stone un
turned to trap her nnd hold her for somo
enormous rnnsom. A little money, enough
to toko enro of her and supply her slmplo
nccdi that was all sho craved.
Hut twenty millions I In dollnrs sho
could hardly count that sum during hor
allotted years I "
Sometimes sho found herself on tho
vcrgo of asking her uncle, llassam All,
to talto tho hulk of It and let hor be freo
to do ns she thought fit But always she
stopped back from tho threshold of this
net. Great dreamt of doing good In the
world held her. Sho creamed of helping
humanity with theso millions; to buy
farms nnd convert them Into communities
for thrifty but unfortunate people; to
build great hospitals, children's -playgrounds.
Sho determined that theso
dreams Bhould become realities Just as
soon as sho had accomplished tho twenty
tasks Imposed upon her by her undo.
Sho longod with nil her heart to go to
John Storm; but her word to her uncle
was like a barrier of atone.
But tonight llfo had suddenly developed
a new angtc. She was in love; sho was
young; she had a right to be hnppy. And
sho was lighting a battle between loyalty
to her word and the urging, ot her heart.
Besides, it was quite possible that the
very next enso might be tho last, Sov
eral times so far she had escaped death
by a hnlr. That In Itself did not dotor
her, for sho wns aa courageous as a
lion. But sho did not caro to court death
when the greatest happiness In the world
was within nrm'B reach. ,...,
She stopped suddenly before n window
and pressed her hot forehead against the
cool pane. Over tho great city hung that
almost lurid haze-tho million lamps
thrown against tho sky. Suddenly all
hesltnnco loft her; her resolution was
formed. Sho walked quickly to her writ
ing desk and sat down to wr te. Sho
would accept John Storm's pea; sho
would go to him tho vory next day. Let
her uncle becomo furious: was not her
lover more to her than this Btrango man
who wns all that remained of kith or kin.
who followed strange cults, performed
extraordinary feats at ono time and tho
veriest humbugs at another?
She would run away on tho morrow
and marry John Storm. And to provldo
against any weakening In this resolve sho
would write him at once to this effect.
Downstairs the bell rang. Amed shuf
fled to the door. A very beautiful woman
entered.
"I should like to see your master, Has
Bam All," she said quietly. ,.,.,.
"Havo you an appointment? asked the
servant, bowing. "Ono sees him at
night only by nppolntment."
"I beliovo he will aeo me," she replied
with a singular smile. "Announce Mad
ame Du Hoy."
"Yes, madame." Tho servant returned
directly. "Follow me, madame. The
maater will receive you."
"I thought so."
Hassam All stood by his crystal as sho
entered. At a Blgn the servant took
himself off.
"I was not expecting you, madame,
"Mr. Chang could not come. Of course
said Hassam All. but he smllod as he
spoke.
you know that yon can trust our organ
ization." "Yes. But did Chang confide In you?"
An almost Imperceptible frown flitted
across Hassam All's face. Ho knew the
Caucasian women. Ha was wary In
trusting Uiem with vital secrets. A
Chinaman, on the other hand, was like
sand he absorbed but never gave back
a secret. Still In the present case he was
bound to trust this woman,
A quarter of an hour passed, when she
took her leave, leaving Hassam All quite
satisfied. He was reasonably nuro that
Zudora would be taken off his hands
this time, and In a manner which would
totally baffle all the detectives in Man
hattan. But there was a hurt In It. It
was going to cost money. His beautiful
gold would be some hundreds Iowor, for
Wu Chang never accepted anything hut
gold for his services. You cannot mark
gold as you can paper money. Wu Chang
was the wisest Oriental In Now York.
Among the various races which In
habit this earth none Is less known than
the Chinese. One hears a tale now and
then that comes down to the coast, and
those who know China believe all that
comes down to the coast. It Is only the
casual tourist who Is skeptical. There
was a certain monk who thought he had
discovered gunpowder; there was a man
who thought he had discovered glazing
for pottery; there was a German physi
cian who honestly believed that he had
discovered hypnotism. AH fallacies ot
opinion; the Chinese had Invented these
things, or discovered them, long before
the Christian era,
Wu Chang had taught Hassam All all
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he know about hypnotism! anil hypnotism
vitally concerns Zudora In Ihls episode
of her adventures. A bit of greediness
which la Inherent In all Orientals on the
part of Wu Chang proved his ultimate
undoing.
Wu Chang spoke English with remark
ablo fluency. Only In his den did he
relapse Into tho gutturnls of his native
tongue. Men npplled to his arts as men
applied to Hassnm All.
Thcro lived In New York at this day a
wealthy old bachelor who had adopted
a son. Tho old man was absolutely alono
In tho world, and this kind of man has
a horror of dying and having strangers
dlvldo his money. As this eon grow up
ho evinced a stupidity that ntinoyed hla
father greatly. Tutors by the score gaVa
up the boy aa a hopeless Job; ond If
Mills had not possessed n certain amount
of vanity Zudora would havo vanished
from tho faco of tho earth. Curious, Isn't
It, how theso things dovetail? Tho loss
of an envelope In Singapore may be the
causo of the ultimate death of a man In
Chtcngo.
Mills had had dreams of this boy becom
ing n great orator, eventually n states
man, Just ns nn ordinary father would
havo dreamed over tho career of n root
son. Mills had ono day bragged about
tho boy'o prowess In this direction, and
foollahly entered tho boy In an oratorical
contest. Then he started out to hunt
for some ono to coach tho boy, and flnnlly
camo to the door of n Chinaman! Yos,
for a prico Wu Chang would make an ora
tor of the boy for ono night. This wbb all
Mills desired to ease his vanity. The price
was rather stiff, but ho agroed.
Wu Chang brought tho boy under tho
spell of hypnotism and put a brilliant
speech on tho boy's tongue. All that waa
necessary now was tho presenco of Wu
Chang nt tho contest. Unfortunately for
Chang, this night was close to n far moro
lucrntlvo and dangerous mission. You
cannot throw two stones with two hands.
Zudora hnd written Storm, and every
thing was prepared for her flight. From a
crack In tho door Hassam All's men
watched her curiously as she packed her
belongings, Just enough of clothes to boo
her at her Journey's end. Storm waa to
meet her with nn auto. Sho was to leave
her room by way of a stout rope.
The Hindu Bcrvant returned to his mas
ter to report that tho memsnhlb wao get
ing rendy to run away. And Hassam All
sot his scenes Immediately. Wu Chang
was ushered in half an hour later; nnd
ho very quietly changed costumes with
tho Hindu.
"Remember," warned Hassam All, " If
sho sees you, or notices anything wrong,
she v. Ill escape.'
"Trust me," smiled tho Chinaman.
It was growing dark by now. A street
light spurted several times and" then
blazed brilliantly. Zudora heard tho rum
ble of her lover's automobile and pulled
up tho window without making a sound.
She gave the whistle agreed upon, and
Storm and his chauffeur managed to get
the ropo up to her. Sho fastened it se
curely to the foot of tho bed.
(Continued Wednesday.)
Gas Explosion Alarms Neighborhood
An explosion of gas In tho home of Mrs.
Alice Meyers, 721 South 13th street, this
morning caused excitement in tho neigh
borhood. No ono was Injured and the
damage was trifling. Mrs. Meyers was
moving out of tho houBo and hnd left the
gns Jet in tho collar burning on account
of tho dark day. In somo way tho light
was turned out and tho attempt to relight
It caused the collected gau to explode.
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Old Tale hor colors, toot
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Th other tints the clouds.
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We're happy as th Oeds,"
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Lift up your hearts and voices fM
The loval lied and Dlu. '!
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Our colors. Red and Dlu,.
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In midst of toll and care.
We'll got naw Inspiration
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And when to all our college lit
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We'll never say adieu to th,
Our colors, Red and Dlu. (
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Hurrah for the Red and Bluel
Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah, hurrah.
Hurrah tor tho Red and Bluel"
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