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A SMASHING STORY, OP
Author of "Get Rich
-i m 1tl the Bobhs-Merrli Company.
Oopyriint. ' Br.vorsis.
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scarce
Uol'l K.''.Srt only emerge?, when
H itottp o "I".1' S.S'ihB Marley veranda
p- liln io "'"f" "Vf.riev to break ud uen
IT "sleaVs orders l'f.rJc,' i n threatens
bllder's cmincewii" ...-. By telephone.
to f rain VMM I ho " SecJHi. ArtM
S"Sf him It Bert becomes engaged to
jioiir.
CHAPTER XlH-(Contlnucd).
niirky Isn't, anyhow," affirmed her
ftther, stilt Intent upon worldly prog
, "Idle capital la tho causo of pov
Irtr I heard him say once. Do you
""' r.-.,i that wo have JC00O of Idle
frtltal tied up In this home?"
tpuai V ." ... l,n,.t It." hn nrmirl.
"Im nervuuo w .., .
',. if vou want to mortgaso tho
i hXiiie and buy $1000 worth of stock, and
P KA It in for C000 worth in the reor-
K nlxaUon, and soil J4O0O worth of It,
K- Sikh would leave you $2000 worth clear,
r .', ..if. nn tho mortsaeo again right
B i . ..1.1.., mtnrl rimnlnif ihn rlk
.WAV. 1 WUUiuu . ,... - a ---
Sr i couple of weeks, but-" Sho
'" " . J J 1,lrr,ltlnlnrl , Vip
1 husband's laughter.
J "'Why, Carrie, you couldn't buy a sharu
" of this StOCK lor luvo nui uiuiio, u
& 7.1. inirfa newsDnner articles." he
Yrj her. "The very headlines mako u
. inDOMlble. LooUI 'Don't sen your biock.
I KirVet railway holders enriched today by
2, B-r cent.' No, Carrie, this opportu
: Stf Is lost. It Is tho next ono that we
..t nlan for. Let me read you a little
piragraph:
M yen oicuse, wici dii mv o - -
Bounced that this was only tho begin
ning of the immense street car develop
ment which this city would bco in tho
ext year or eo. To carry out the ex
..iAn which the rapid growth of tho
i dty will require, may necessitate a t-ec-
end reorganization and expansion, and
t h.M n third. Investors who havo
'l i.J . Mirnnratlnn n tho naSt. and
those who are in on tho present reor
jaalratlon, aro very fortunate.
Tou see, warrior
"See what?" she asked, worrlod.
ri,.it nntv'a thn time to invest," ho
relentlessly argued, as did ills kind all-
orer ths city tnai moriiuiB. a-w
reorganization will give bonus stock to
the old Investors, and two of them will
more than double our fortune. Now
listen, Carrie. We have J300O worth of
stock. If wo buy four more, we'll have
Jtooa A, second reorganization wouitt
make It jio.boo, ana a imru uuu iwu.
nake It more than J15.000.
."Fifteen thousand dollars' worms bud
T.nntM In awe. "Hone3tly, wenry, j
I Joft't see how It could be possible."
',Tve tried to tell your no exposiuiaieu,
"hut you don't even seo how our $2000
his' stretched Into $3000!"
' "Maybe not," she sighed.
"Of course not!" he agreed, suppress
ing his contempt for her feminine lack
of logic. "It has, though, and In the
tim nv nnr 7000 would stretch into
W 15,000. Then, If you said so, wo would see
m take up tho mortgage, ana nave
tUMO worth of stock that would bring us
la.7T0 a year dividends. That's nearly
K a week, without working a stroke."
' "Are you going to mortgage the house?
tasked Mrs. Peters faintly, her hands
trirlnir almlesslv for her coffee CUP.
V "I think we'll have to." decided lMtle
ntnry meters gany, as no rose iram mo
; table. "An opportunity never gives but
1- cne Invitation. Idle capital la the sourco
of-poverty."
Mr. Peters looked with Borrowing fond
ness around the little dining room, much
ss If the were about to bid It good-by.
There was a rag carpet on the floor. Near
the window, cluttered with magazines and
a bit of embroidery and a sheet of Jes
slrfs Ylolln music and Sirs. Peters' sew-
tog spectacles, was a sewing machine,
over which hung a bird cage, rramea in
by clean dimity curtains. In the corner
Minnie's baby buggy, wnicn me
mndchlld had outgrown. Minnie always
Ulked of taking It out of their road, but
Mrs. Peters was not anxious to see It go.
On, the mantel-shelf, beneath which the
stovepipe entered tho chimney, was a
blue-faced wooden clock, through a
erncent-shaped clear space of which the
tnpon grinned whenever it was time, to
Btlnd the heavy weights.
V A. picture of a beautiful, red-racea gin,
Htnormallv healthv. rlrlnklnc a glass of
IiEUiir Tonic, hung to the right of the
,tock, framed In a splendid Imitation of
Ltihogany; and nine excessively pretty
.Micnaars, some ot mem aauns uutn. im
4ozen years, added their touch of warm
color to the decorations. It was not an
intensive apartment, but It was cheer
H and comfortable, and It was home!
lit saved them rent. It was a roof over
their heariH. Tt wnn their nwn.
. "Va,. . ,4 J ,4 nnM.lA9 TVanrV
cerilsted. as ho nut on his derby, and
fnn his gray beard a parting touch with
" cumu wnicn aangieo. at me enu ui
War under the glass near the door.
, "'Yes, maybe," she admitted, with
lib. It had taken them IB years to save
Htti money for this home.
jeasie, who had been reading the papers
wh thoughtful brows, now ventured a
Wstlon.
Mint ftt...l 1.. mntA "will (hA VlA
WW undivided surplus every time there is a
"vrnnization? '
Henry looked at hta presumptuous
"Ughter severely.
fc-'JI'at," he explained, "Is one of the
female cnances of business."
fSJnly briefly disturbed by this unpleas-
incwent, little Henry Peters, looking
teaarkably like the cartooned personlflca
Wf " The Common People, hurried to
fitch his car, A tall young roan, who,
Ki?e back Platform, had kept hta eyes
laiea to thft hnilHA frnm thn mnmunt the
Wj-had swung In sight of It, helped drag
Sb i ry on' &ni greeted him with an
wwve cordiality surprising when one
Wnsldered how little there could possibly
J" W make tha twn men avmnnthetln.
Qood morning, Mr. Peters," said the
Ul yOUMSf mntl Mllnn llta TIah.w sf.
.eetloaately into the comfortable corner
S.' r. "How's Jeesle-and Mrs.
nerari
le.t Dicky." replied Henry, "In
,r ," an reeling fine this morning.
; happy news for us In the paper."
TOatl that?" nr.mlu lnntili.d1 nilrv
.'fnolda. "Th ...-i. ... .
itivW W. reP,le1 Hnry Promptly.
S. .U,n wlth no unseemly protest. "I
sr' orae stock in iht vn bnnn
ffratulatlorm," cheered Dicky.
fives vnn o ...... - - ... h.ie
a., . n your holdings."
-. iifTstment in the world I" boasted
nry. acceptlnjr a cigar "If I
?U( all iflV MaVlnrra Intn K1 wl
z Wll a VOunir man n vntit nff.
?X'?,we11 fl4 today- Yot' bwUX
OF RED
LOVE AND POLITICS
Quick Waliingford."
. i".not re.n,ly replied Dicky, waver
ing between his llxert plans and a desire
to please one so Influpntlnl In certain
quarters nB little Henry Peters. "I havo
Xn. little over $6000, but there's n houao I'd
llko to buy up m WUllslXirg, where I'm
making a pretty fair success of the firm's
branch. Tho house Is worth $5000, and 1
expect to use the other thousand In fur
nishing It."
"Don't do It." urged Henry. "Idle
cap tal Is the cause of poverty. I mado
that mistake In my youth. I tied up nil
our savings In a home, and now I havo
practically nothing."
"A home Is something," objected Dicky,
with a smile. "I'd rather havo a home,
and tho right kind of wife In It, than i
pocketful of money."
"Why not havo both?" urged Henry.
"Invest your money In good snfe atock.
and let tho dividends help you pay for
the house. You seo It, don't you, Dicky?"
"J seo that house." Insisted Dicky. "It's
picked out and I know It's a safe Invest
ment. Stock Isn't, always."
"It Is, where you have a keen business
man llko Frank Marlcy back of It, and
a powerful man llko Slcdgo supporting
It." nrgucd .Peters.
Dicky throw away his cigarette and
buttoned his coat. His corner was np
proachlng. "Slcdgo might chnngo his mind," ho
laughed. "I don't llko to bank my en
tire resources on the support of a pro
fessional thief like Don Siodgo"
"You're mistaken In him," quickly de
fended Henry, swelling up his chest with
generous thoughts. Slcdgo Is tho work
lngman'B friend.
CIIAPTEIt XIV.
Tho worklngman's friend did not nttond
tho reorganization meeting of tho Btrcct
railway company. Ho was too modest n
man to urgo his personality upon a cor
poration In which he held no greht
amount of stock, so he gave Tom Hon
dlx a proxy for his little BO shnrcs, nnd
allowed tho balance of his hundred thou
sand dollars' worth to bo voted by his
attorney, John Tucker, In that astute
gentleman's own name. Instead, Sledge,
with an accurate foreknowledge of whht
would go on In his absence, took a little
outing, pausing, moro or less Incidentally,
at tho home of Frank Marley.
Molly, when his nanio was brought up
to tho pink boudoir, in which sho and
Fern Bpent most of their unoccupied
time, considered very soberly whether
sho was home or not.
"I wouldn't be, urged Fern. "I'd tell
him to leave his red roses and go away."
"Did ho bring somo roses, Mlna?" asked
Molly, with a sudden snicker.
"Yes, Miss Molly," answered Mlna, her
own eyes twinkling. Sho was a small,
red-checked, yellow-haired Qermnn girl,
with a supernatural '-nack for taking
care of fluffy finery "A largo bunch.
Ho has also a largo paper box, whlclv
looks like breakfast food. Ho gave mo
Ave dollars."
"But, Mlna!" began Molly, shocked.
"I know I mustn't, Miss Molly, but he
made mo."
"You know ho did, Molly," giggled
Fern.
"He says that he has something spe
cial for you," added Mlna, grinning.
"You'd better go, Molly," half shriek
ed Fern, getting ready to cram her hand
kerchief In her mouth. "Ho may havo
a hundred for you, or even a thousand."
"I'll havo to find out," suddenly de
cided Molly. "Tell him I'll bo down In
a few minutes, Minn," and having noth
ing to complete about her toilet, sho sat
down solemnly and watched tho little
Dresden clock for five minutes.
"Brought somo stuff for Smash,"
Sledge Informed Molly, when sho Joined
him in the library. "Mlko says It's
great," and he handed her a gaudy
pasteboard box.
"I'll tell Smash It's a present from
Bob," sho thanked him, calling Mlna
to tako his roses from him nnd put
them In a vase.
"Got time to take a ride?" he sug
gested. "I'm afraid not. Just now," sho politely
regretted.
"I want you to look at a house," he
told her. "Senator Allerton's place.
Eighteen rooms, six baths, garage, 12
acres of grounds.".
"I'm sorry I can't go with you," Molly
replied to that, suppressing tho flash In
her eyes. "You know my friend Fern Is
still visiting me."
"I ought to brought a bigger car," he
chlded himself. "She's n nlco llttlo
party. If you don't llko this pluce, I'll
hunt another one. You'll havo the swell
est house In town, Molly."
Molly laughed gaily.
"Nothing doing," sho Informed him In
his own vernacular, unablo to avoid the
Issue any longor. "I told you In tho
first place, Mr. Sledge, that I'd never
marry you; and I meant It."
"I heard you," he returned easily. "Do
you like fountains In a houso?"
"Indeed I do," she laughed. "I want
a marblo swimming pool, and a sunken
garden, and outdoor sleeping rooms and
a pipe organ In a two-story music room.
"That's the talk," approved Sledge, de
lighted to hear her express a preference
"I guess we'll have to build. Say, Molly,
do you like that electric light out in
front?"
"It's a hideous thing," she admitted,
glancing at the gaunt polo and the
swinging arc, which had always offended
her. "It's glaringly bright on the front
porch, where we don't want It, and
dark as a pocket back by the garage."
He turned Immediately to the telephone
and called up tho electric light company.
"Say, this Is Sledge," he stated.
"Send up some men to Frank Marley's.
Move the light from their front gate
to the alley. Right away."
He hung up the receiver and turned to
Molly.
"They'll be here In thirty minutes,"
he promised. "I had tho city buy that
vacant property across the road last
night. It's to be a park. I'm goana
plant It full of red roses."
"You mustn't do those things!" she
cried, now In acute distress. The hu
mor of It was gone.
"Who says I mustn't?" he wanted to
know.
"I do," she told him.
"Why?"
"I don't wish to be embarrassed."
Sledge chuckled.
"You'll get over that," he prophesied.
"Say, who sprung that engagement on
the Blade?"
"That's the laBt thing you ought to
mention to me!" she flared. "I won't
talk about the Blade, nor anything that
was ever printed In It."
"All right." ho Indulgently chuckled.,
"Just so there's nothing In it."
He left the house apparently satisfied,
while Molly stood at the window with a
half-chagrined smile, looking at the ugly
vacant property across the street, and
trying to Imagine It flaming with red
roses. No doubt there would be trelllsed
bowers and winding paths, and all that
sort of thing. She ached to suggest
some freakish landscape features, but
dared not. because she knew they would
be carried out with startling promptness.
Sledge walked into the Occident, and
found Bert ailder waiting for him. Bert
had sad eyes this morning, and a loose
droop to the corners of his mouth, and
was paler than uaual, but he was
groomed with exceptional care, and his
life had been saved by a conscientious
S hBospTt.tupbun? rtft-sss
v8W w?, &
no! bePoW to the city for WW.
while- the four "ocka of wertbUs, tene
ments which the gang bad. been quwuy
buying up could.
ROSES
"How much do ypu want for It?'
asked Bert.
"Fifteen thousand," grunted Sledge.
Again Bert smiled. When the site had
been talked of for hospital purposes, the
Blndo had stated that It would be bought
for seventy-live. Also, ho remembered
flint Pelican, who was strongly men
tioned for Governor on the reform
ticket, had been almost hydrophoblcally
In favor of tho Blver View Hill loca
tion "How long will you hold It for me at
that price?" ho asked.
"What do you want It for?"
"An investment." ,
"Two days."
"Thanks!" acknowledged Bert, rising.
"You haven't chnnged your mind about
the Illdgewood extension?"
"Nnwl" returned 81edge. "You're pro
tected! so Is Marlcy."
Quito satisfied and oven elated, Bert
walked out. He had ovolved a beautiful
plan for taking advantago of Sledge's
coming downfall. He would form nn op
etnttng company to buy up all the sites
which, llko the Blver View Hill location,
would bo of enhanced value when the
Slcdgo gang was turned Into a political
nonentity by tho revival of tho public
funds scandal. Clever? He patted his
tnustnchc with marked approbation. Molly
would appreciate his stroke.
Tho yellow-haired bartender, who had
Just como on for tho noon rush, cnrrled
Sledge's stein of beer In to him, and
lnughcd as ho sot It down,
"Bert had a fine dill on last night,"
ho obecrved.
"Hunhl" commented Slcdgo, reaching
out for tho stoln and turning to his fa
vorite landscape.
"Celebrating," Blondy wont on. "Think
I'll havo to snitch on him a llttlo, Chlof.
He's passing you a doublo X."
"Nawl" protested Siodgo.
"All right, innybo you know," Insisted
Blondy. "Just the same, ho claims tho
girl's wearing tho ring. It's a Bocrot en
gagement, until he can throw the hookt
Into you on that Porson property and
somo others. Some others."
"Souse talk," Judged Sledge, but never
theless, he looked nt Blondy speculatively.
"There's two kind of souses," stated
Blondy, out of his long experience
"Bert's Is the other kind."
Sledge looked through tho hole In tho
gate for a long minute, then ho put a
fresh roso In his buttonhole, and went
to the telephone.
Molly Marlcy tried to ovnde coming to
the telephone, but Sledge Impressed Mlna
so much with tho Importance of his mes
sage that Molly consented to talk with
him, mainly because sho had determined
to stop his annoyance.
"Hello1" sho said rather crisply Into
the telephone. She was surprised at the
rumbling harshness of tho return volco.
"Well, I'm wise," Sledge bluntlv In
formed her. "Pretty Bert has babbled."
"What do you mean?" she Inquired,
suipilscd out of Iter intention of taking
the- conversation into hor own hands.
"He got stewed last night," explained
Sledge. "lie was celebrating and spilled
It."
"I don't understand," faltered Molly.
"Como off!" scorned Slodgc. "Pretty
Bert blowcd tho whole works. He picked
out the Occident to do it. You're still
engaged."
"Suppose we arc!" retorted Molly an
grily. "What are you going to do about
It?"
"Smash him," at.ited Sledge. "I told
him I wjiild."
"You better not," warned Molly,
furious with every mnlo human being In
tho world: Bert and Sledge In particular.
"He'll be smashed In Ave rhlnutes,"
Sledgo Informed her.
"I dare you!" threatened Molly.
"You'ro a corker!" chuckled Sledge,
delighted with tho defiance In her voice.
"You goana get back nt me; hunh?"
"Bert will!" sho promised. "He can
put you In tho penitentiary, Mr. Slcdgo."
"Whnt!" ho rumbled. "That plnhead!
Goodby."
"Wait a minute!" sho hastily stopped
him. "What aro you going to do?"
"Call up tho Blade."
"Tho Blade!" My name mustn't go in
tho papor."
"Suro not," Sledgo comforted her.
"They've already got their orders about
that. I'll Just tell 'cm the new amuse
ment park will bo on Lincoln road. The
Rldgawood nvenue extension's off, and so
Is Bert."
"And so aro you If Bert tells what he
knows about the public funds Invest
ment!" she triumphantly told him
"You'll go to tho ponltenltlary!"
"I'm goana And out," he said.
CHAPTER XV
The Governor's ball bolng considered
by common consont the first social gun
of tho season, after which lesser social
lights might presume to shlno with au
thorization, everybody who was nnybody
made It a point to be there and compare
artillery. They made it a special point
this year, since Governor Waver's term
was expiring, and a share, at least, of
the Governor's social glory would flicker
out with his office.
Molly Marley, in the first breathing mo
ment after the grand circle of introduc
tions, led Fern about the stately modern
mansion with an nlr of proprietorship,
for this was her second visit, and she
displayed with glee the conservatory
fountains, tho marble swimming pool, tho
pipe organ, the outdoor sleeping rooms,
and tho sunken gardens, all of which she
had mentioned to Sledge the previous
day. She had nofftnown until afterward
that she had had this very place In mind.
"It'a a dream," declared Fern, with
awed enthusiasm. "Wouldn't you llko to
own a wonderful place like this, Molly?"
"It isn't worth the moral price," Judged
Molly, looking about the beautiful
grounds with a sigh of admiration, never
theless. "It would be nice, though, after
all," ehe Anally admitted.
"Mrs. Waver doesn't seem to enjoy It,"
wondered Fern. "She hides as much as
possible. I think."
"She has never overcome her fear ot
using the wrong fork," guessed Molly.
"That wasn't nice, Fern." she quickly
added. "Mrs. Waver Js a good, aweet
woman, like my own mother, but I don't
believe she Is quite comfortable In all
this magnlflcence. Governor Waver, on
the other hand, likes It. and consequently
looks as If he belonged here,"
"That's tho trouble with most mar
rlagea," observed Fern, from the depth
of her 21 years of wisdom. "They're so
unequal. It's perfectly ghastly, Molly,
for cither a man or a woman to marry
beneath their own capabilities of ex
pansion." "What does It say on the next page?"
laughed Molly.
They were winding up out of the
quaintly lighted sunken gardens, and they
both stopped to admire the coldly severe
beauty of the big white marble house as
it lay gleaming In the moonlight.
"That there's no danger of that with
you and Bert, you lucky girl," replied
Fern, with a quear noto In her voice, at
which Molly wondered. "Bert's a dandy
fellow. It makes me hopping mad, on
your account, when anybody knocJta
him."
"Has The-Lord-help-the-absent-rnember
Club got at him, too?" asked Molly, with
a smile. "I thought only women were
eligible for discussion."
"They take anybody," dryly commented
Fern, "But, after all, it la you who
are up."
"Me!" gasped Molly, "Tell me the
worst about myself."
"You've made a sensational hit," gig
gled Fern, "and that's enough to send
you to the electrical chair any 'place.
However, they're taking It out In pity."
"They must hate me, then!" Molly
felt assured at last of her success. "But
why pity!" . .
"Bert," responded Fern. "He Unt
here."
"He telephoned me this afternoon he
might be late." iald Molly with a slightly
worried air "What ot Itt"
"Common malice, ou ylew to the cloak
room, hns It that he Is at the present
mornent unpreaentftble," stated Fern, nnd
waited, "It would bo absurd If It wdrft
not so mean. I gave one a piece of my
mind about It tho feather-chinned
woman with tho purple condolence rib
bons fflfltened on her cerise chiffon with
brass furnlturo tncks."
Molly howled at tho description.
"Wow!" sho gasped. "That's Mrs. Sen
ator Allerton, What did you say to
her?"
"That she seemed so happy to believe
the worst, nnd that "
"I'll give you my llttlo spangle fan
for that, as soon as we go home," prom
ised Molly.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
GOVERNOR'S WARNING
TO SENATE ON LOCAL
OPTION BILL PRAISED
Placing of Responsibility
for Measure and Social
Legislation on Upper
Branch Called Brum
baugh's Master Stroke.
trnoM a BTrr cohhebpondent
HARRISBURG, April 8. - Governor
Brumbaugh's action In putting it up to
the Senate leaders to asBiimo full respon
sibility If his local option bill Is de
feated, Is regarded as a wise move by
tho members of the Legislature today.
Tho Governor, by that action, will forco
Sonator McNlchol nnd other Republican
Organization lenders, who aro openly op
posing local option, In tho position of
publicly associating tho Republican party
In Pennsylvania with tho liquor interests,
if they dofeat local option.
Tho Governor nlso placed upon them
tho responsibility If his child labor and
workmen's compensation bills are defeat
ed or emasculated In the Senate.
Tho child labor bill Is now In tho
upper House, and will probably bo re
ported out of tho Senate Judiciary Spe
cial Commlttcc-tho "pickling" commmlt
teo next week. The manufacturers are
making a strong light to havo It amended
in iimt mmmliiM nn .is to nrovldo for a
61-hour week. Tho original program of
tho Senate lenders, with tho exception of
Senator Varc, was to do this.
The workmen's compensation bills have
been made a tpeclal order on thlid read
ing noxt Monday night nt 0.30 o'clock In
the House. This will throw those bills
Into the Senate on Tuesday of next week.
"With tho child labor bill through tho
House and tho workmen's compensation
bills assured of passage In tho lower
branch," said Governor Brumbaugh,
"threo of the big platform Issues, If local
option passes the House, as I expect It
to, will be put squarely up to the Senate."
UP TO THE SENATE.
"It will then be up to the Sonotc to
act. The responsibility will be upon that
body. I nm satisfied that the Senate
will meet that responsibility as It should.
"Tho demonstration was tho most con
vincing kind of evidence that the citi
zens of this Slate, regardless of party
afllllatlons, want local option. When it
Is considered that S3 per cent, of those
who received the invitation to tho con
ference responded and came to Hnrrla
burg from virtually every county In the
States at their own expenses, tho strength
of the sentiment for the pnssago of tho
local option bill can be guessed.
"Tho people want local option because
they recognize that It will provide for
them opportunity to exerclso their inher
ent right to pas3 directly upon the liquor
question. They rccognlzo that this is tho
question Involved, and not the 'wet' and
'dry' question. In the next few days and
as a result of the domonstiatlon, senti
ment will crystnllze more than ever.
Tho news of the demonstration will peno
trato In all corners of tho State; It will
reach tho cross roads; tho corner gro
ceries and blacksmith shops In tho In
terior districts nnd then tho Legislators
will hear of It In certain terms."
Tho local option bill will probably bo
reported out of tho House Law and
Order Committee next week. Most of
the members of that body aro now In
Pittsburgh with tho Houso Appropriations
Committee.
O'NEILL'S STAND.
J, Denny O'Neill, of Pittsburgh, chalr
mon of the Republican Local Option Com
mittee of Pennsylvania, has Issued n
statement. In which he makes It plain
that If local option falls to pass a new
State-wide political organization may be
formed. His statement follows:
"At a meeting of tho Executive Com
mittee of tho Republican Local Option
Committee of Pennsylvania plans wore
laid for completing the State organization
and organizing In the 67 counties for the
purpose of assisting In tho passage of
tho county local option bill, and for the
further purpose of conducting campaigns
In the various counties nfter the law
has been enacted. This Executive Com
mittee was elected by tho Stato Commit
tee at the conference Monday night and
was authorized to complete the organ
ization. "Tho plan of organization was sub
mitted to Governor Brumbaugh and re
ceived his Indorsement. It Is proposed
that the committee make every effort
to secure the co-operation of the organi
zations of the Republican party In the
various counties of tho Str.te. Falling
In this, the only recourso will be to
form another organization to conduct the
local option flght In the county. The
large delegations from all the counties
of the State attending these conferences
reflected the tremendous local option
sentiment that Is sweeping across Penn
sylvania from Ohio to the Delaware.
"In the light of the unprecedented dem
onstration yesterday in favor of local
option In the Chestnut Street Auditorium,
at the morning and evening conferences,
at the hearing before the Law and Order
Committee In tho House of Representa
tives and on the steps of the Capitol
while the hearing was In progress, there
la no longer any doubt that tho county
local option bill will be passed by the
House and Senate at this session of the
Legislature."
CITY-WIDE ORGANIZATION
TO FIGHT FOR LOCAL OPTION
Clty-wlde organization to continue the
local option agitation here until the Leg
islature will vote on the Issue has been
begun. The Philadelphia "dry" forces
are planning to co-operate with the
Central State Organization, whose for
mation was announced last night at Har
.Tistrurg by J. Denny O'Nell, chairman
of the Republican Local Option Commit
tee of Pennsylvania
The Philadelphia leaderB in the local
option flght are confident that, with the
Impetus given the movement by the dem
onstration In Harrlsburg, their work of
canvassing the legislators to obtain sup
port for the Williams bill will be made
easier, With the delegates who went to
Harrlsburg Tuesday as a nuceleus, the
Philadelphia local option organization
Will renew its canvass of the legislators
and, at the same time, lay plans for
making Philadelphia a saloonless'- city
when the Williams bill has passed.
Temperance workers, regardless of
religious affiliation, participated In an
antl-llquor parade through the streets of
Kensington last night, when the 20th an
niversary of the Lighthouse, US West
Lehigh avenue, was celebrated. Four
hundred men, including members of the
St, Michael's Total Abstinence Club, and
representatives of the Y M. C. A.
marched down 2d street to Dauphin, to
Front street, to Lehigh avenue and back
to the Lighthouse.
The Lighthouse, which Is directed by
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. P. Bradford, began
work S) year ago. At that time It was
very unpopular In the district The anni
versary celebration will last until
Saturday.
THE PHOTOPLAY
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Scene from the new Lubin serial, "Road o' Strife," showing tho novol
way of producing enptiona. The usual wny is to throw them on tho
screen between scenes, distracting tho attention of tho spectators
from tho film.
QOKSTIONS AND ANSWEIta
The rhotnplny Editor of the Evening
Leda-er will be plensed to nnwrr ques
tions relating- to his department. Ques
tion relating to family affairs of nctoti
and nctredsen are barred absolutely.
Queries will not be answered by letter.
All letters must bo addressed to I'hoto
play Editor, Evening Ledger.
"Rond o' Strife," tho new Lubin serial
by Emmett Campbell Hall, In which Mary
Clmrlcson, Crane Wilbur nnd Jnck Stand
ing aro featured, promises to attract tho
attention of every ono Interested In tho
photoplay, not only through tho novelty
of the story and its remarkablo list of
stars, but by the revolutionary way In
which tho writer and director have mado
use of captions throughout tho serial.
Tho old method of using leaders show
ing conveisatlon bearing on the working
out of tho plot, such as "Glvo Me Those
Papers," "I Never Saw Him Before," etc ,
has been entirely done nway with In tho
"Rond o' Strife" serial. There Is no break
at nil In the story us It Is unreeled on
tho screen. The captions mystically ap
pear nnd disappear while the action of
tho play Is going on; In other words, a
motnod Is employed whereby the words to
bo conveyed to the mind of the spectator
nrp done so without his consciously read
ing them
In order to accomplish tho Illusion, as
used for the first time In "Road o' Strife,"
the spectator Is tricked Into unconsciously
UBlns his eyes for his cars, nnd In accom
plishing this apparently Impossible feat
ho Is still permitted to think ho Is devot
ing his attention exclusively to the action.
Tho wholo scheme Is accomplished with
utmost simplicity, and yot so effectively
as to produco almost the effect of audible
speech by continuing tho action whllo the
necessary caption Is being shown. No
one form has been followed every cap
tion has been carefully considered and
brought on and tnken out In accordance
with Its Individual characteristics somo
dUsolvo In and dissolve out, others ap
pear abruptly nnd slowly fada, whllo
others merely Hash on and Instantly
disappear, as a sharp explosive "No." In
n nutshell, tho Idea is this: The author
and director have undertaken to visually
approximate sound effects.
Albert Capellani Joins World Film
Albert Capellnnl, the famous French di
rector. Is tho latest addition to the staff
of tho World Film directors. His repu
tation has preceded him to this country,
ho being best known In America because
of his production "Los Mlsorables." Mr.
Cnpellnnl was born and raised In Paris.
His plcturo experience covers 12 years,
that time bolng spent with but two com
panies. For Ave years ho was director
with Patho Freres, and for seven years
he was mannglng director and producer
with La Soclete de Auteurs ct Gounsde
Lettres. For the last few years Mr. Ca
pellani haB devoted himself exclusively
to tho production of big plays In which
the foremost artists of Europe were en
gaged. Ho scored successes with his plc-
THEATRICAL
ADELPHI-"Feg o' My Heart.", with an ex.
cellent Vast Hartley Manners' popular end
"musing comedy of the Impetuous young
Irish Elrl and what sho does to a sedate
English family. First-rate amusement ..8:10
nnoAD "The Shadow," with Ethel Barry-
USre The stoVy of a woman who recovers
f?SSIonS ea?lof paralysis to nnd her hus
ban" and her best friend lovers. Miss Barry
mora exceptional; the play, not 8:18
FOnREST "Paradise Prison." Tho annual
production of the Mask and Wig Club of the
University of Pennsylvania. Charles Gilpin
has "'lit en the music. The "book" satlr
' I," reformed prisons and puts some of their
vagaries on the stage o i
OAnRICK "The Argyle Case," with Robert
Hllllard and Albert Brunlng. A return en
KaBement of the familiar detective melo
drama. In which Mr. Hllllard hunts down a.
dartSS gins, ot criminals by the approved
methods f Mr. Bums ......8:1.5
LlTTLE-"Monsleur Polret." with Ralph
HeraA comedy of n pianist and on Aer
loan oman with "violent souls." Thin and
vapid ,,.' ...o.ow
LYniC "The Hawk," with William Faver.
sham. Tense play of a husband and wlf
who live by cheating at cards. The drama
comes from the discovery of the knavery
by tho wife's lover. Mr. Faversnam. as al
ways, distinguished 8:18
WALNUT "The Dummy," with Ernest
Truex. A detective comedy. In which
Barney, the slum boy, turns sleuth ana de
feats a band of kidnappers. A "two-dollar
show" at half the price 8:18
VAUDEVILLE.
KEITH'S Evelyn Nesblt and Jack Clifford In
modern dances: Joseph Jefferson and Com
pany In a sketch by William C. ds Mills;
Will Oakland and Company. In "At the
Club"; a Burton Holmes travelsttel Harriet
Burt singer; Roy Cummings and Helen
Oladylngs. singers; Mme, Busse's troupe of
toy terriers; Bwor and Mack and Hearst
Bellg motion pictures,
NIXON'S ORAND Hugo Hansen's musical
comedietta. "The Fashion Shop." with
Blanche Latell, of "Naughty Marietta," and
Earl Corr: "Can Jimmy Come In?" -with
the Van Brothers; Mr. and Mra. James
Kelso. In "Here and There In Vaudeville"!
Wroe'a Buds, song and dance; Morris Golden,
comedy violinist, and "Sweetie"! Gaston
Palmer, pantomimic juggler, and laughing
motion pictures,
GLCUB Mm. Dorse and her Imperial All
star Opera Company In excerpts from grand
ooera: Miller and Lytes, colored comedians!
the Six Musical Germans. Instrumentalists;
Sidney Baiter and Beatrice Soutbwlck, on
the wire! Lear and Fields, chatter and
tonss. Jack Barnett and Son, lilllputle.ni,
and Chlelds and Rogtrs, In cowboy diver,
slons.
WILLIAM PENN Ths Pekln Mysteries, ma
glclansj Kirk and Fogarty, singer and
comedian; the Moscogpy Brothers, in "Fads
frl Vaudeville''! the Seven Little Darlings!
Harry Holman. In "Adam Killjoy" ; William
H Gracey and Charles Chaplin, ths nlm
comedian.
CROSS KEYS (8econd half of week) The
Sierra. Sunbeams, the Four Atwells, the Ruth
Richardson Company, In "Moving Day". j08
Fondtller, with an accordion; Lewis end
Chap! and the Great Richards.
NIXON Porter J. White and Company, la
he Visitor": "Llttl Miss U. S. A."j the
Gallerlnl Four, Brown and Barlowe. Miss
Maurice Wood, the Brlghtons, and Richard
Carle In tho movies.
STOCK.
IMMIUCAN "The Misleading Lady," with
the resident company, The very amusing
MODERN DANC1NO
THE C. ELLWOOP CARPENTER STUDIO.
1123 Chestnut. Open dally all the year. The
best service la Fhlla. Latest movements up
to ths minute. Televhoiu.
THE CORTISSQZ SCHOOL
1520 CHESTNUT 6T- Pbooo. Locust am.
turlzattons of the stories ot Viator Hugo,
Kola and Atphonse Daudet.
Real Mob Seen in "The Devil"
Word got around the California beach
cities, Santa Monica, Ocean Park and
Venice, recently that there was "some
thing doing" at Inccvlllo. A crowd of
moro than 2000 persons, noting on this tip,
traveled to Sulphur canyon that night and
watched Thomas H. Inco superintend the
taking of tho hades sccno In "Tho Devil."
At first It looked as if Mr. Inco would
have to call tho reserves In order to con
trol tho mob, but by tho use of a little
diplomacy ho soon had moro than 200 of
the outsiders working for him In tho
picture.
The Chicago Censor's Work
Tho follow Ins rejection and cutouts wre
ordered In films Inspected by tho Chicago
Municipal Censor Board at the City Hall:
CUTOUTS.
"A Marriage of Convcnlenco" (Vltaacopo);
fuurlng oil on steps and setting flro to bouse;
ntoxlcali-t woman. ..,.,
'Tho 111138 of Ignorance" (Pathe); BUbtltlf,
"Our CrceJ Is Death to All Plutocrats";
shootlrn man. final death strugnle.
"Tho Tulo ofi a Shirt" (rathe): man hold
Inir up woman's underwear. . .
"The Power of 1'royer" (Alhambra): flasn
lonfc Ktmbllng scene. . . .
' Ima Simp. Detective" (Balboa); entering
window and stealing monov.
"Tlio Hawk and the Hermit" (Paragon):
shorten Rambllnn pceno: shootlnc man.
"I.lKht-nnBerod Syd" (Alhambra); MiatcMng
a"Whni Lovo Took Wlnas" (Keystone): en
tire Wtchcn sccno showing man pouring water
"Uurclors by noouest" (Royal); burglar
ontcrlnK houto; gaKKing and binding of men;
palnir money to policeman.
"The Taking; of Luko McVnno" (Kay Bee):
two acenoa of man concealing cards; sherin
shooting man.. . .,, , ............ ...
Ambrose's Lofty Perch" (Keystone); ex
tracting arrow from man's back.
Thorns of Pnsilon-' (Standard): man tw
ins child from crib and lcavina houso through
window; thrco scenes ot Kypsloi with child,
two scenes ot enako crawlliis o child: burn
In child's arm; two scenes of blndlnc Rlrla
hands; binding rlrl to animal, all scenes
showing Klrl being d rawed by animal.
"Tho Law of the Onon" (Powers), closa
view of stamped. envelope .,. ,,..
"The Rustle of a Skirt" (Victor): entire
eccne of obtectlonable oriental dance. .
"Nluht of Terror" (Standard). Placing
bomb- ill scenes ot man In torture "Iron
St?1 after he Is put In; three torture scenes;
shorten dead body scene.
New Vitagraph Feature
In "In tho Days of Famine" a Vita
graph feature Just completed by Director
Theodore Marston, James Oliver Cur
wood, tho author, laid hla scones In the
far Northwest, and wrote of the stirring
experiences of tho men of the Hudson Bay
Company. Tho actual Aiming of tho prin
cipal scenes occurred In the Adirondacks.
where Director Marston and his company
snent three weeks, and it is asserted they
v ., e in mnat hpnlltlful Winter
secureu owtim k - . : j - L,I
ncenes Imaginable. An unlooked-for b t
of realism was acmca to a tunning epi
sode when James Morrison, thb hero ot
the Btory, accidentally fell over a preci
pice WhllO going Ulicr Ull juuiau Y.nu uau
stolen his equipment. Fifty Esqulmo
.. , it,m .nmn thn cronteat number
uubs, n - vv.... ------ -
ever used in one plcturo, are a feature of
a searching party rormeu to mm ma imu,
supposed to have been lost in the snow.
Besides Mr. Morrison, Dorothy Kelly,
BAEDEKER
comedy of the "strong man" and the femi
nine fascinator, lately seen at the Broad.
BURLESQUE.
t aYETY "Hello Paris," with Florence Tan
nor. A miscellaneous musical melange.
DUMONTS "The Jitney Bus." "The Four
Crasy Fiddlers," "The Panama Exposition"
and other travesties.
TROCADERO Tom Miner's Bohemian Bur
lesquers. with Billy Molntyre.
CASINO "Tha Social Maids" In a varied
program.
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San Diego Expositions
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iiwsw simpim i is,
George Cooper" and Donald Halt Wets
prominent In ft powerful cast.
Odds nnd Ends
Tonight wilt be t-ublrt night at the Hotel
Majestic. All good Lublnltes are expected
to attend.
At the Frankford Theatre last evening
the Evening Lboobh nnshllghted the aud
ience. Copies of the photograph may be
obtained from Manager McGuIre, of the
theatre.
The Euteka Theatre. 3911-13 Market
street, has been sold by Balreit & Co. for
the Eureka Amusement Company, Inc.,
to Oersham B, Mcintosh for n considera
tion not disclosed, subject to mortgages
of )28,600. Tho property Is assessed at
123,000.
Answers to Correspondents
C. 21. B. No, to the first question.
Watch the Photoplay Bnedccker, pub
lished very Monday In tho Evenwci
LnDClER.
Interested One If you will read the
announcement at the head of this column
you will noto that we do not answer
queries relating to the personal affairs
of actors. Sorry we cannot oblige you
with the Information you seek.
Mildred Owen Moore can be seen In
Paramount films. Tee, Mary would prob
ably send you hor photo If you mailed
her a quarter to cover Its cost and the
return postage. Franols X. Bushman and
Beverly Bayno are featured In Essanay's
production of "Graustark."
Harriet-Write Anita Stewart and
Norma Stewart, care the Vitagraph Com
pany of America, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Herbert We know of no company that
accepts handwritten ncrlpts. Handwrit
ing Is often almost Illegible, and conse
quently typewritten scripts are Insisted
upon.
'What's DotagTonight?"
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Manayunk Board of Trade, Manayunkt 8
o'clock. Free.
Commercial EScchange directors. Bourse: a
o'clock. Free.
Lancaster Avenue and B2d Street Business
Men. Lansdowne avenue and 824 street: a
oelock. Free,
Haddington Board of Trade, Olrard avenue
and COth street; 8 o'clock. Free,
Logan Improvement Association, Broad
street and Wlndrlm avenue; 8 o'clock. SYee.
oormantown Improvement Association, Oer
mantown; 8 o'clock. Free.
Dinner of Philadelphia Club ot Printing
House Crartsmen, Adelphia .Hotel; 7 o'clock.
Dinner of Corinthian Yacht Club ot Capo
May. N. J., Adelphia Hotel; t o'olock.
Lecture on "Rapid Transit Problems In
Philadelphia," by II, H. Qulmby. Franklin
Institute: 8 o'clock, rrce.
Homer Medical Society, Hahnemann College;
8 o'clock Froe.
First clinic on chiropody, under auspices of
Temple College, nt tho Qarretson Hospital; 8
o'clock. Free.
Minstrel show and danre by Shanahan
Catholic Club. St. James Hall, 38th and Chest
nut streets.
Slnglo tax debate, 1503 Walnut street; 8
o clock.
Browerytown Business Men, 2800 Olrard ave
nue; S o'clock. Free.
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MARIE DRGSSLER & CHA8. CUAPXIN In
'Tillie's Punctured Romance"
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