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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, MARPH 23, 1915.
THE BLUE BUCKLE
, A BAFFLING MYSTERY AND BREATHLESS TALE OF ADVENTURE
By WILLIAM HAMILTON OSBORNE
Author of "The Red Mouse," "Tho Running Fight," "Catapaw," Etc.
(Comlght. 10U, Mcltrlde. Nasi A Co.) .
SYKOSIS. .,
On besrfl ft transstlnntle liner, returning
from Buropc, Craig lluthcrfonl 'ii'"
lore with (i woman, ft Mm Tnlcott sno
Mbnw.to be troubled hs8omMhlnK. but.ro;
fuses hi hslp, nt upends most of the tlmo
with hfr invalid husband. Also on bonM
Is J. Baron Helderman, an unscrupulous
financier, who makes a business proposition
to Uutherford, and In a convirsatlon Mfi
that he suspects tho Talcotts of somelhlnjr.
Ha directs attention to a hluo buckle worn
by Mrs, Talcott. loiter Holderman bribes
trta wireless operator to let him take a
"IKr?.!!' fc i.l,.. I. (hnl aluabla
diamond necklace Is belne; amURgleJ nto
thin country. An elderly, man and a young
woman are guilty. Again suspicion Is n
roetM against the Talcotts. liter Mrs.
Talcott Is attacked by a ruffian, who at
tempts to snatch the hluo burkle from her.
Craig nutherford rescues her. Following
the woman ha loves he catches a. glimpse
ot her In Heldcrman's suite with her orma
about his neck. i,.
At the dock, New York. Mrs. Tnlcott
forces her way Into Craig's cnb ami asks
him to drive her homo. As they fxamlno
the house t'ralg attempts to declaro his
love, but , Mr. Talcott's olco Is heard,
warning him of tils presence. .
Craig then finds that he lias been made a
tool tor the smugglers. In his pockets a ro
the blue buckle and the string of diamonds.
Kulllans break Into tho room, and again
the voice ot Mr. Tnlcott saves the oa.
Craig keeps the blue buckle for sfet
and turns tho diamonds over to i the ; secret
eervlce agents. They tell him that Itelder
nan hasWn seen at his i home every night
for the last two weeks. Craig goes hlmselt
to investigate and through tho Ua wall
of llelderman'a house ho sees that Bentia
man parading up and down. Craig calls
hlra? Ileldernwn exhibits his dos. two
bloodhounds, which are absolutely under
his control. They talk about the smug-
,lhenrCflordnt'flnd out that the men who
have attacked both him and Mr. ralcott,
are employed by n Mlsi Arony who was
also on the boat with him Mrs. Tnlcott
confesses that sho Is "ally Miss Ulllle
nallantync. Thero are two blue bucKles,
each of which bears half nn Inscription.
The whole Is a clue to a hidden fortune.
In connection with which Is n pjpcr free
itig her rather rrom suspicion of swindling
Craig, insisting that he will help Miss
Ballantyne to the fortune which Is right
fully hers, confessea his loo for her.
Helderman Impersonates a lawjer acting
for the nnn which Imb tho wond blue
buckle, and attempts to gel the Inscription
from Miss Uallnntyne's bucklo, bulls re
fused. His villainy Is discovered when the
real lawyer appears.
XVI
THE GIUP IN THE DAHK
Rutherford found the taxi ntllt waiting
In fremt of the house, and departed there
in In high dudgeon to his club and to din
ner. After that function, partaken of In
austere silence, he allowed three of tho
fellows, one beliis Monty, to Inveigle him
into a game of bridge. He and Monty
were ttlumphant by some KOO points, and
ho departed for home with a rising
barometer.
A few minutes' vigorous excrclso of the
name sort that ho had given his uu
weleoma visitors, a few afternoons before,
made him feel quite fit and ready to re
tire, and he turned In to begin a sound
and refreshing sleet, unbroken by any of
the mental perplexities of the day. His
conscience, at any rate, was proved to be
clear, even though his brain had been
muddled.
How long he slept he did not know nor
why It was that he nwoke with an unensy
BtarL He had heard nothing, at least
with his unklns rnlnd, but now he lay
motionless but with every sense alert
his eyes wide open, striving to pierce tho
darkness.
Ho was sure that something or somo
one wus moving about In his room.
The figure was not erect; he would have
Been it as a blurred shadow. It was
crouching or crnwllng In the darkness
along tho floor.
Mike never enmo Into his room after
ho had retired, and he would have had
ni cause to prowl around like a beast on
all fours. No, this was some foreign pres
ence or person. But how silent it was!
He knew that he sensed rather than heard
tho Intruder. He scarcely breathed, so
Intent was ho upon locating nnd identify
ing somo sound.
Presently he was sure he detected a
stealthy movement, as though tho writh
ing object were crossing the room. It
was coming in Ills direction, but he did
rot move. He felt no fear. Instead, ho
was busy speculating In a detached sort
of way Just what would be the best way
to counter nn attack. He had the trained
sportsman's caution. He had hunted big
game too often not to know that in his
own coolness lay his greatest safety.
Holding himself in motionless nlertness,
he made his ears do double duty. They
assured him of one stray fact after an
other, as to the visitor's actions. Grad
ually he discovered that In all likelihood
he hart to deal with a burglar, but not nn
ordinary second-story man. This was a
past master In the profession a very
prince of thieves! His motions were as
silent nnd yet ns certain as though ho
were a nocturnal creature gifted with tho
power of seeing In the dark.
Ah! a quick, tiny flash of light that
Vanished almost as soon as seen! His
prowling friend had an electric pocket
lantern, and hud used It for reconnoiter
lng purposes. One glimpse, however,
seemed sufficient, for the flash did not
reappear. This man took no needless
chances; he mudo Ills wits do his work;
he must indeed be the arch-burglar of
the tribe.
Hutherford lay upon his side. In the
exact position he had found himself when
awakened. He could see very little, strain
his eyes as he might. A chnlr, on which
hung his coat and waistcoat, Interposed
ltslf dimly between his vision and the
window. Could his oyes be deceiving him?
The, chair was no longer rigid, but had
begun to move oh, so slightly! Still, by
sighting it against the sharp line of the
window-sill, he was suro it moved.
The chair certainly was not moving of
Itself. He knew that, extended along the
carpet, the sinuous figure had reached
forth a long, white hand to grasp It, nnd
was slow))' pulling It further back Into
the obscurity of the corner.
Rutherford waited for that moment, the
time of his opportunity, of which his In
stinct would inform him. Ho watched the
chair move barely half an Inch at a time,
until it wns a little way from the bed.
Then he heard faint sounds which told
him that the hand had reached up and
was searching through one pocket after
another. Ho made no outward protest to
this careful search; on the contrary, he
suddenly devoted himself to giving a per
fect Imitation of a man sound asleep. The
tiny searchlight had swept across hla face
Inquiringly. Ho breathed deeply and
regularly, and soon his was rewarded
by n slight motion of his pillow. The de
termined and curious hand had slid un
derneath it.
His time for action had come. With
th swiftness and agility of the sprinter
leaping away at the tape, Craig flung
jjtmseir ctear ot ine covers ana with a
flying stride was upon the burglar,
throttling him.
Surprised and stunned the man went
down. Craig's hand went out Instantly
to the burglar's right. He tore the pistol
from the clenched fist, and flung it across
the room
"Now I've got you!" he breathed be
tween set teeth.
The thief offered no resistance or dis
agreement to this view; he simply lay
supine under Craig's clutch. Craig had
released his hold upon the man's throat,
and this lack of effort to escape was un
natural. Ninety-nine out of a hundred
burglars would have put up a fight. This
was evidently tho hundredth, and his
very acquiescence might show his su-
" perinrlty to the average breed. Ruther-
Tqnl Knew too much of human nature,
united to a general working knowledge of
burglars, to believe that the man would
submit to being taken without a protest
.likewise be bad discovered, as be clung
teBftfJousiy to UIs quarry, that the per
son underneath him was no less an ath
lete; than he himself, with bone, and sinew
nd wc! lulto m bard as bis own.
H wui fee eautiouv, therefore. A
human umijBlsni like the oue be gripped
wa uai to V cavsbt and hauled to
jttftlce WltiWWt a wfiUst. CrM- was
suro that tho mnn only awaited his
chance, Just ob ho himself hnd done, ns
ho lay thero In the bed. a few moments
before. It was to be a struggle of wits,
as well ns of muscles.
Under his pillow which tho burglar had
not had time to cxploro lay a revolver.
If the man knew of Its presence, his first
move would be to secure It. This would
ngaln give hltn control of a very delicate
situation Determined to remove him
from this dnngerous proximity, Ruther
ford gave him a mighty wrench that
lifted both himself and his captive clear
of the floor. Again ho was warned by
tho case with which the mnn abandoned
himself to his rough handling, l'ulllng
him away from tho bed and Into tho
middle of the room, Crnlg stood holding
his mnn, with arms pinioned to his side,
In n bear-like embrace.
ii tho tenseness of the moment, two
things came forcibly to hla notice, Ono
was that while ho himself was breathing
fast nnd hard from his exertion, the
breath of his cnntlve wns ns ovon and
regular ns If ho were sleep. Tho other
wns thnt neither of them hnd made a
sound In their quiet encounter.
In tho silence he heard tho chimes from
tho clock In the stately tower on Madison
Squnro complete their quatrain. Indicat
ing the closo of nn hour; and after n
moment tho bell boomed out the hour of
two
Realizing that his antagonist was play
ing with him. allowing him to use up nil
his energy, Rutherford gnthorcd himself
together for n mighty effort Tho push
button on the opposite nlrto of tho room
would summon Mike. Ho must reach It,
If ho hnd to drag this Inert weight all the
wny across with him. He turned In thnt
direction.
Whether the mnn suspected his inten
tion or decided that tho tlmo wns now
rlpo for an effort in his own behalf,
Rutherford could not guess. He only
knew of the nwlft choline of attitude, ns
n grip llko the snapping shut of a steel
spring closed down upon his nrm. Ho
knew thnt hold. He hnd never felt It but
once. He hnd never In nil his experience
In the world of sport met such another.
In his amazement ho uttered n single
word
"Helderman!"
That second of surprise with Its ac
companying relaxation wns his undoing.
The man who had submitted to being
dragged about llko a sick kitten became
u thing of Iron nnd steel. He Relzed
Rutherford In tho adept clnsp of the
trained wrestler.
Tho two would have been pretty evenly
matched, hut for the fact that Crnlg had
been taken bv surprise, and also was not
ns fresh ns his antagonist. Despite these
handicaps, however, he met the onslaught
with a skill and wariness which soon
showed the assailant ho had no mean
antagonist.
The man was seemingly avoiding com
ing to blows, or doing anything which
would attract attention on tho outside;
and for some occult reason It went riint
Crnlg's grain to call for help. No, ho
would light his own battles, win or lose!
Suddenlv the man wrenched himself
clear of Rutherford nnd darted toward the
door, ns If ho hnd but one object In view,
to mnko his escape. Rutherford darted
afte- him. Tho nxt Instnnt the retreat
ing flguro reversed Its motion nnd met the
oncoming man with terrific momentum.
Rutherford wns hurled to tho floor by tho
Impact. He felt himself seized In tho
grasp of two long, lenn, powerful arms,
which seemed to him more llko those of
n gorilla than a humnu being.
Slowly but surelv he wni bent back
ncross the knee of his cunning opponent.
He struggled vainly, feeling ribs and
muscles which had not yet fully recov
ered from his hunting nccldcnt twist nnd
strain. He thought he must burst asun
der. A groan was forced from his tense
lips, nnd tho merciless ngony was ended
by unconsciousness.
XVII
AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE.
When Miss Rlllle Ballnntyne flung out
of the room. In scornful protest of Ruth
erford's suspicions, sho did not know
whether to laugh or to cry. Certainly
things wero nt cross-purposs. nnd she
was ns yet powerless to straighten them.
But ho might trust her nnyway, sho told
herself, and not bo perpetually wanting
explanations' Just like n man! With
which piece of feminine logic she listened
ruefully to tho sound of his departing
footsteps down tho stairs.
Sho was temnted to call him back nnd
try to explain, but she feared only n fur
ther tangle. It seemed a perversity of
fnto that tho moment one situation was
cleared up or explained, another even
more exasperating should Interpose. Sho
did not see, or would not see, that her
own enforced silence had been responsible
for most of these misunderstandings.
Sho only tossed her head and renonted
"Rut ho might trust me. nnyway! And
If ho doesn't, why should I care?"
Rut for nil thnt, her eves wero suspi
ciously red the next morning when Sophie
entered her room. Her reason to tho
observant maid was truthful enough.
"I slept badly last night, Sophie, and
my head aches a little this morning. I
wish you would do over my hair, please;
that hat tumbles It frightfully.''
And with a deft sweep of her fingers,
she loosened tho few remaining pins and
let the lone thick tresses come tumbling
about her face.
"I have a letter for you, Mademoiselle
n whnt you call It? a special delivery,"
remarked Sophie, as sho rearranged the
hair with practiced hand. "Do you wish
It now?"
"By all means," said her mistress,
quickly. "I wonder whom It could be
from?"
Rut although she took the missive from
tho maid, she made no move toward
opening it until she was alone. In her
heart she hoped It wns from a certain
obstreperous young man, extending the
olive-branch of penco; but the strange
handwriting which confronted her was a
disappointment. It ran ns follows:
"My Dear Miss Ballantyne:
"The message which called me from
your charming society, yesterday, so
suddenly was, curiously enough, concern
ing you. It was a letter sent up from
my office by one of my clerks who knew
I had gone up to the Rltz-Carlton. Its
contents were so disturbing that I could
not trust myself to return nnd tnlk the
affair over with a third party present
even though he might be as trustworthy
bb our mutual friend, Mr. Rutherford. I
am therefore taking the liberty of ask
ing you If you will be at home this even
ing and can grant me a brief Interview.
I assure you it Is a matter of Importance
to you; while as for myself, while I regret
Its necessity, I am more than pleased
personally to have this opportunity to
cultivate an acquaintance I have long
regarded as highly desirable.
"If you have other duties, wll you
be good enough to telephone my residence
before noon? Otherwise, pray expect
me at 8 o'clock sharp.
"With all Bood wishes for the safe con-
Burn Cummings'
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Mr. Helderman again! She sat nnd
stared at tho communication ns If In a
trnnee. True, ho hnd promised himself
nnother Interview, but since then they
hnd been fully persunded thnt ho wns
trying to trick them. Resides, her father
was suro that ho had entered their houfo
surreptitiously, In her absence. If thnt
wero true, why this sudden bold move
In tho open?
Moro important still, should sho seo
hltn? Her llrst Impulse wns to telephone,
not her father, but Crnlg hecnuso ho
knew moro of the circumstances, sho told
herself. Hut prldo held her back. Ho
had accused her of fibbing, tho night be
fore, nnd she must wait for him to apol
ogize! So she held u short conversation
with her father, nnd he saw no objection
to tho Interview; on tho contrary, pointed
out that It might bo very advantageous
to her. It was not ovory day that Influ
ential bankers concerned themselves with
tho personal lonecin1' of pii.Hiliiv elloiiU j
The massage, therefore, was not sent,
nnd nt tho appointed hour n smart llmou-
sluo rolled up to the old-fashloncd house
on West 10th street.
Hcldermnn felt elated to bo received so
graciously by tho self-possessed young
hostess, although he may havo felt sur
prise at being ushered Into tho somewhat
baro study. The solo ornament to re
lievo Its businesslike nnpoct was tho
splendid horned hend mounted upon tho
table.
"Please pnidon mv use of this room,
ra'her than tho drawing-room," she sold,
cordially. "To tell tho truth, the latter
Is a trifle upset todny, over somo neces
sary renovating, and your appointment
wuh nt short notice.''
"Say no moie, Miss Ballantyne," ro
plled tho banker. "If I might bo nllowcd
to speak tho truth also tho bareness of
even n prison wall would bo atoned for
by the picseuco ot n charming woman."
He sitlil this In n tono void of offense,
but his ejesj spoke volumes of hls.ndmlra
tlon, as they swept over tho winsome pic
ture before him. Miss Uallantync, always
a connoisseur of color effects and har
monies, had never appeared to better ad
vantage. Her dress, whllo of inexpensive
material, wns of an Indescribable hue
of blue-white pearl. It was Just scanty
enough to give an air of old-fashioned
qualntncss to her appearance. Her
young, wnrm-hued shoulders peeped
from a bodice the upper edgo of which
was outlined by a dully-lustrous trim
ming. The buckles on her slippers wero
of the same dull pearl. Tho colorful
loveliness of the girl herself contrasted
with tho severely colorless costume.
Aiound her shoulders w.ih loosely thrown
a rale blue scarf. Its folds secured by a
blue buckle.
'I wet that jou havo a penchant for
buckles. Miss Hnllnntyne," said Helder
man. "A pleuslng Idea!"
' There Is u great deal of romance con
nected with buckles. In our family, Mr.
Hcl'lerman," she replied; "and ns for
myself, I confess 1 love them."
"A unlquo fnncy, nnd charmingly car
ried out! But, If I might make so bold
this is not tho famous bluo buckle, Is It?"
"Vou mean the one 1 wore on ship
board? No, this Is a more modern Inven
tion."
"Vou still havo the other?" Not'nlng
could have been moro careless than his
tone.
"1 do not always wear It," she parried.
Outwardly she smiled, as though they
were talking about tho latest opera or
something equally remote from her own
interests; whllo Inwardly she marveled
at tho arsurance of t'nls man. If ho only
knew what she suspected of him. bIio
wondered what would bo his attitude.
Suddenly, Helderman forsook his care
less Indifference and drew his chair close
to where she sat by the square desk. His
eyes gleamed brightly, although his voice
wns still schooled to courtoous culm.
"Miss Ballantyne, you may wonder why
I left you so unceremoniously yestorday,
nnd why I am calling this ovonlng. It
Is because I feel a deep concern for your
intei ests, and would render you n serv
iceany service In my power! O, If you
would only believe this how much your
happiness means to1 me!"
She looked nt him a trifle startled, and
he continued In a moro formal way.
"We spoke of your bluo bucklo Just
now the blue buckle. I would warn
you to guard It carefully to trust It to
no one! You may not know It, but oth
ers seok It and Its meaning, ns well as
yourself!"
In spite of herself sho started slightly.
He was telling her nothing new and yet
coming from him who had been suspected
of being the urch-consplrator, It was odd,
to say the least.
Helderman saw her gesture and placed
ids own Interpretation upon It. He con
tinued In even tones:
"I may tell you, as I Informed you
yesterday, that I am Indirectly inter
ested In this affair, but only In so far bb
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It concerns tho relinquishment of the es
tate to tho right pArty, I know Geoffrey
Ballnntyno In life''
"You knew my uncle!"
''Yes and 1 have reason to believe that
ho regretted the Injustice ho had done,
nnd wished to mnko reparation. Rut ho
hns Involved his will In so ninny curious
safenuards, that his purpose may bo de
feated by Impostors!"
"Mr. Helderman, If you ,now nil this,
why havo you not sought mo before?"
The Klrl wns looking him frnnkly In the
eye, nnd spenKlnir with an Ingenuousness
which forbade concealment.
"You forRPt, JIIss Ballantyne, thnt
while on shipboard you were under nn
assumed nntno. How should I know thnt,
oven If you were Interested In tho Rnllnn
tyne eRtntr, you wero not nn Impostor?"
Sho Hushed, but her glnnco did not
waver
"Hut you remnrked upon the bucklo!"
"True; It was tho llrst thing thnt nt
trncted me to ou nnd then t did not
caro whnt name you bore whether you
wero nn Impostor or not!"
Again his eyes Kleamed, ns ho leaned
toward her. Could It bo posslblo thnt
HiIr man wns renlly playing court to
her? In order to fond n dangerous sit
uation, sho snld lightly:
"A dubious rorapllment, Mr. Hclder
mnn, when one is clnsscd with Impos
tors, willy-nilly!"
"I have long slnco censed classing you
thus, Miss Ballantyne. I know thnt you
nro the rightful owner of tho buckle, nnd
tho one to whom my old friend Geoffrey
Bnllnntyno would havo his property go.
But ahead of you loom deep pitialls,
nnd I havo come to wnm you of them."
"Will you pltnso explain yourself?"
"If tho bucklo Is not In your personal
possession, that Is bad. It Is In danger."
"Why?"
Sho would not commit herself on this
point, for bIio felt tho mnn's keen oyoo
regard her searchlngly, The leadH must
como from him. Ills next wns even moro
unexpected.
"If you arc to prove your claim this
week It would bo well lo go nlonc, nnd
avoid confidantes."
Wns ho endeavoring to cast any slur
upon Mr. Rutherford? Did ho by chnnco
know of tho nppolntmcnt nt tho attor
ney's ofllce? She Inst iiitly divined that
ho did not know, hut was seeking In
formation. Yet why should he, whom
sho supposed to ho nn enormously
wealthy banker, have nny underhanded
Interest In the matter? Sho would em
ploy his tactics. Sho would tcmpoilzo,
and seek to draw him Into somo admission.
"Why should I ho so mysterlotiB?" she
nsked artlessly. "Uven though some ono
clso know about th6 buckle obtained
possession of It they could not show
my proofs; they would not dare to Im
personate me!"
Sho wns looking straight nt him ns shn
spoke, and sho fnncled that ho gave a
slight stnrt, ns her last words camo out
with emphasis. But ho met hnr look with
look.
"Stranger things havo happened. Miss
Ballantyne. Ono mny easily be Imper
sonatedand personal proofs nro of value
only so long ns they remain In one's
own porsesslon."
Sho realized the truth of his words. It
camo as a sharp mental shock to her,
that all her proofs wero now out of her
hnnds, nnd in tho lawyer's possession.
Supposing In any event ho gavo them
up what possible chanco would she
havo to recover! As If perceiving his
advantage, Ilcldoiman proceeded.
"Tho mesFage that called me away from
you yesterday was to tho effect that thoro
wero two claimants for tho Bnllantyno
estate both women both young both
beautiful! It will resolve Itself Into a
question of personal Identity. You must
be on your guard!"
Mlas Bnllantyno did not sense tho com
pliment embedded In his warning, bo
amazed wns sho at hearing him tell of a
possible double. She recalled thnt Ruther
ford had been fully persuaded ho had
seen her with Helderman and who else
could ho have seen but this Imperson
ator? But ho had seen her with Helder
man! and hero sat tho man himself,
warning her against tho other woman! It
was inexplicable. Tho man must havo
somo ultorlor purpose In oxposlng his
cards in this manner; or ho must rest so
curo in the belief that she had not wit
nesses for anything ho might utter. Sho
smiled a trifle scornfully, when this Idea
ocurrcd to her.
Helderman saw her smile, and It goaded
him on even moro than her noncommittal
attitude.
"You may think It singular thnt I havo
taken all this troublo to warn y u of
things, many of which you mny nlready
know. But what you do not know Is tho
Inexhaustible resourcefulness of your
enemy. That enemy Is constantly active
constantly nt work In channels you know
not; nnd aiding her Is n largo supply of
funds, against which you would be help
less. I am telling you this frankly,
through a selfish motive, for there Is only
ono wny In which you can controvert
such agencies."
"And how Is that?" asked tho girl,
breathlessly. In spite of herself, tho mag
netism of this man, his boundless energy
and enthusiasm, were reflecting upon
her. Just us Craig had felt them on their
llrst meeting.
"You must marry me!"
This department will npppar onco
a weok In tho Evenlnn Ledfler and
will bo devoted to all matters of
Interest to owners, or prospective
owners, of phonographs, player
pianos and all other music Instru
ments. Notices will be taken of
new records nnd rolls nnd of new
Inventions or Improvements In In
struments. . . ...
The editor of the department will
gladly answer nil questions.
"Of mnklng phonograph records thero
Is no end," would bo a modern pnra
phrnse of the famous quotation from tho
Book of IJcclcslnstcs. Month by month
the mnkers of records find fnsclnntlng
subjects to put on their discs; month
after mouth the owners of machines In
crease their plcasuro by tho variety of
rccordq they can put on. The compnnles
do not nil put out their records nt tlia
Fame tlmo; I ho Victor records nro "re
leased" on tho C8th ot rnch month, tho
Columbia on the SOtli, with special re
leases earlier, and tho Edison each week,
with no deflnlto dntes. The dealers
throughout thli city receive tho now rec
ords n few days In advance play them
over nnd decide how many of each they
dctirc. Sometimes they aro outguessed
by tho public, whlth demands a record
which they thought would not go; nnd
vice versa.
Last month the fnvorlto recoids In the
three Inrgest compnnles' lists were ns
follows:
Columbia
"Cohen on tho Telephone."
"Chln-Cliln."
"Sister Susie." fAl .lolsnn).
Dance reionl malo by Join Sawyer's Persian
Gnrilon Orchestra.
"On tho .-.:IB."
"I didn't Italso My Iloy to bo a Soldier."
Kdison
"Tho nosarv" and "A Dream" (cornet solo).
Harearnlle. '"Tnleo of Hoffmann," and Inter
mezzo. "Cavnlleila niistlc.ina."
Nocturne In H flat. Chopin, and Spanish
Dance, jcn. s., ,Saraiato, ilajcd by Albert
Spalding, lolln.
"t'hln-Chln" medley nnd "Dancing Around"
mod low
"A Knrewell." nnd "Island of Dreams," sung
by Hedferno Ifnlllnshcnd.
Ifumoresque, Dvorak, and melodv In P. Ru
binstein, played by Isldoro Moskonltz, violin.
Victor
"Chln-Cliln" (2 records).
"Celostn Alda." Martlnclll.
"On the MR."
"Avo Maria," ICrelsler-AlcCormtck.
"Tlppernry," with "Sister Susie" and "A
Hot Tlmo In the Old Town."
"Cluttering Moonbeams."
The nbovo are from compared lists of
dealers In tho central part of tho city.
It will be seen that "Chln-Chln" and
"Dancing Around" occur In somo form
on nil the lists, so thoy really deserve to
bo called the best "f the "six best sellers."
New HccortlliiRS
Two musicians were iniklng yesterday
about their favoilto plnycia of varlo'us
Instruments. "Casals is snld to bo n
wonder with tho 'cello." Bald ono. "Ho
Is," snld the other; "a perfect wonder"!
"Hnvc vou heard him"? nsked the first
speaker. "Last Saturday," was the an
swer. The other mnn stared. Ho knew
that his companion hnd not been out of
tho city for weeks, nnd that Cnsnls wns
not scheduled to play hero unlll scino
time In April, when ho nppears with the
I'hllndolphla Orchestra. "Never mind,"
smlied the ono who hnd heard Cnsala; "I
heard him on a phonogrnph, and bo enn
you."
Many music lovers who havo been wait
ing for tho gront virtuoso of the 'cello to
come hero nlil bo ae pleased ns this musl
clan wns by the recordings which nro
announced In tho new (April) Columbia
list. Pablo Casals plnyn on ono record
the famous "Largo" of Ilaendel, and tho
"Melody In F" of Rubinstein. On nnother
ho has the "Spnnlsh Dance No. 2" (Pop
per), nnd Salnt-Snens' "Tho Swan."
Casals' lone Is marvclously true and full,
nnd tho records nro quite igood. Among
tho other records of opera music put
out by the Columbia for the coming month
an- Mine, do Clsncros singing nrlns fiom
"Carmen" nnd from "La Fnvorita' ,
Henri Scott'fl "Drinking Song" from
"Mnitha," nnd tho ontlre opera of "Alda"
on l fncc3 (17 records). From tho fnmtAis
"Celeste Alda" to tho "O terra nddlo," I
tho whole opera Is reproduced. It Is snld
that tho company Intends lo produce nn I
opera In this way each month. The rathe .
Frercs have already dono so with ninny i
operas from the standard repertoire. On
tho Kdison list ffdr this week only), thero
nro "Che fnro sonzn llurlillcc," from
Gluck's "Orfco et Kurldlce," sung 'jy i
.Mnrgarct Kcyes (contralto), nnd on tho
samo record Helen Stanlej's singing of I
Massenet s "Elegle."
Dance Records
For tho dnnco, the Kdison list has a
record combining a hesitation nnd n I.u i
Lu Fado. Tho former Is "Luclle Love." I
the latter "Papilka." Tho Columbia lists
"I Didn't Rnlse My Bdy to Ro a Soldier,"
which Is rapidly catching up to "Tlpper
nry" In popularity, and "When You'io n
Long, Long Wny From Homo" on ono
record; "Tho Mississippi Cnbaiot," tho
fnsclnntlng "Night Wnltz" from "Suni,"
and n waltz setting of "A Perfect Dny,"
tho beautiful sontr ,?"""
by Carrie Jacobs-Bond AiLn"!n mfi
tecordfl are "I DM Ji ttlS
iia n ni is . irf - - 'laisn ir vtrF
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ow on Tnmpa . n2Si,t,i ta.P tfthnfe
lease. ' "' an EuUoa''J
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