EVENING LEDGER PHIL'ADMPHIA MONDAY, rAFBTD 26, ffOTO: u -I: 'j- i-t THE PHOTOPLAY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS The Photoplay editor of the Evenlna Ledger Will be pleated to answer ques tion! relating to his department. Questions relating to family affairs of actors and actresses ars barred abso lutely. Queries will not be answered by letter. All letters must be addressed to Photoplay Editor, Evening Ledger. - Educational "Movies" "llltustrailone Clnomatograftca," a semi-monthly periodical of the motion picture trade, published In Milan, repro duces In a recent number an. article by C. A. Mor, entitled "The School of the Klnematograph and the Klnomatogrnph In the School." It la a plain but thorough and convincing. argument for mo proving- room Irt the school. In a brief philo sophical consideration, based upon the principle that "the senses nre the only channels through which the Intellect can be reached, a principle of didactics, vhlcli draws, or ought to draw, the line of con duct In our educatlonnl svstcm." Mr Mor showa the Importance of the objective lesson, where, through the observation ot the material thing, "the pupil's curiosity Is fostered, his attention stimulated, his mental energy Intcnslfied-where the do slgncd rcsult-lho development of the mind Is Insured." Heretofore tho objective lesson was not practicable when the teacher had to ac quaint tho pupil with phenomena which nature does not display within the Im mediate lclnlty. Country life and agrt cultural subjects could not bo brought to tho city school. Urban conditions and activities, In their most vital aspects and multiple pluses lay beyond the sphero of the country school. Arctic regions and tropical climes could not bo exhibited In the temperate zone It Is truo pictures, prints, charts, magic lantern slides Il lustrate In tho schools subjects taken from ethnography, geography, history. In dustry, navigation nnd almost any other noteworthy topic, but bucIi Illustrations must needs be fragmentary and Isolated Incidents, deprived of all tho realism nnd vitality of tho natural phenomena and or tho logical succession of details, tho his torical connection of the vnrlous phases throughtour the normal development of tho Hchcme. Action, life, truth, that Is tho purport of the klnematograph, that Is Its powerful contribution to Instruction In Kcncrnl. Tho author shown the Influential aid which tho motion picture Is called upon to give to tho better understanding and greater appreciation of the ethical quail- relay -. that must adorn man In his relation bo heldlmsclf, his family, his country nnd -inlty In general. As he points out races, fialuabjp assistance In the teaching of dash fticcs. ho reminds tho reader of tho they that In this country the klnemato- on theflh has glen "the first splendid evl- co of Its helpfulness In the lnstruc- . of biology, medicine and radl- aphy." Inally, ho Insists upon the benefits to "derived from the motion picture In tho that (chlng of composition, that most po- loolc't factor In tho development of men- i j.. energy. The essenco of tho nrt J ies not consist In mere grammatical and ' orthographic correctness, but mainly In the analysis of tho facts, in the practice of discernment nnd discrimination; It lies beyond scrllo Imitation and tho ruts of the beaten track. "Today It Is the free theme, analyzed In Its parts, unfolded In every particu lar through the efforts of the pupil. Ju diciously guided by the teacher. And who does not Bee what an Incalculable aid tho motion picture offers to this most Im portant exercise of mental education?" Mr. Mtr's conclusion Is pitched to 'he more senl'trcntal diapason of his nallv country, but his enthusiasm becomes con tagious when he declares that "educators strive wtb promising" emulation to miko of the Ivlnemntograph a 'working pro gram,' an Instrument of cjlture and pop ular educalton; an art which may at noma time open new horizons to the cavrer minds of oui students, 'it- the source of now sentlmtnts, of a ne-v and exalted Ideality of civilization nling the ever ascending mad of human tolldarlt: :i.i art that Is a school of comfort, of relief, o! encouragement in the aspiration of . better Intellectual and hunane life, an nrt that Is a school of politeness and mo bility, of futh and of bih,ii!" "The Goddess" Prophesies of great future achieve ments have been prevalent since the be ginning of man. In the olden times, they were told In the market places and passed from mouth to mouth, from generation to generation. Later, when these prophe sies began to bo fulfilled, the printing press, followed by the harnessing of lightning, aided the wise men of the cen turies In proclaiming their visions of great Inventions and Improvements on the printed page of the dally newspaper or In books. Gouverneur Morris has embodied In his wonderful story, "The Goddess," which the Vltagraph Company Is preparing for tho screen In serial form, visions of maivelous Inventions and discoveries that will revolutionize existing conditions, and a glance Into the future, fifty, a hundred, even a thousand years hence. It Is S'The Goddess" in tho person of Anita Stewart, who directs and controls every living thing on earth and com mands and encompasses the great achievements that flash on the screen from the visions of Mr. Morris' brain. Ralph AV. Ir.ce has been working on "Tho Goddess" for the last two months, and every possible Item that will facilitate the production or embellish this master piece has been used In Its filming. Bo sides Miss Stewart. Earl" 'Williams and Paul Scardon are the most prominent of a powerful cast. "The Goddess" Is scheduled for Its Initial showing on Mon day, Slay 11, when the first two parts wl'l be ri-leabed as one episode. Bellna Tubbs, who has made a study movie actors by their first names. Her mother continues to do the family washing. It's as easy for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle as It Is for the trap drummer to ring In the tele phone bell effect at the proper time. While young Henry Fulton was study ing his correspondence course In the art of motion picture acting yesterday, his mother fell down the cellar stairs with a bucket of coat. The way was lone, the night was cold. The mlnaterel was Infirm and old. "I guess I'll stop, the going's slow . The minstrel entered a picture show! Scott Down-to-Date. Mary Alden Finds Old Patient Mary Alden was an apprentice nurse in a New York hospital before she went Jnto moving picture work, and her cheerful personality brought sunlight Into the lives of many a desperately 111 patient. Recent ly she was studying at first hand police and hospital work in Van Angeles in or ' der to set Just the right atmosphere for the newspaper plays she appears in. When a hurry call came In one after lion for the ambulance she was allowed to go along and sat on the seat with the driver A man had been struck by an .am bulance, and all tha v. ay back Uu Alden bathed tha unconscious patlenTs head. When they reache'4 the hospital and the roan caroe to the surgeow said, reassuring. ly. "You'll get wU objagatn," Of course 1 wtiL Jfsrri my old nurse," the patient answered; smiling up at Miss Aldsn. Ths actress shook her head. "Some mhtttke. I think," she said. "No mistake at all," the other insisted. fWbsn I left the hospltAl in New York J gay you that pit you have oa" Wsw, in yeu, dW." the Mutual star x cii&ai "S ,cil ? ww." at Gt st AMtiw Ma of ta Ifiitt Btft , flRk ARTHUR V. JOHNSON Lubin director and film star. answered tho call of tho motion picture when Katherlno La Salle, ho has ap peared In some or Dip foremost Ilroad way productions, wns engaged by Ka lcm. Although still In her early twenties. Miss La Salle has had a long profes sional career. Her most notable tri umphs were scored when she appeared opposite Edmund Hrcese. In "The Master Mind;" In "Tho Yellow Ticket." In which sho succeeded Florence Heed In the lead ing rolo, nnd moro recently, opposite John Mason. In "131s Jim Garrlty." Guy Coombs plays tho leading male rolo opposlto Miss La Salle. It Is Interesting to note that Immediately upon completing1 her engagement with Kalem, Miss La Salle wns given tho leading rolo oppo slto John Barrymore In "Kick In," now at the Now York Manhattan Opera House. THEATR1CAL DALUCMIK ADnLrill 'Tei: o' My Heart." with on ex cellent cast. Hartley Manners' popular nmt nmuslng comedy of th" Impetuous iuiik Irish girl and what she does to u sedate I.nnUali family FIrat-rate araiiicmnt Ml"' AMERICAN Herman repertory from the Irv ing Place Theatre, New York, with Uudolph Christians as director All performances ex cept Friday evening and Saturday afternoon a musical comedy of the groat war, "Immer Feste DrufT." Trlday evening, 'Tlachsmnnn nls Erzleher" 8 15 Saturday matinee, "Die Spanlscha FlleRe.' BROAD "She's In Aitaln." nn American ver sion, via England, of ' Ma Tante llonlleur, a French farce by Paul Oavault. Th usual compilations, made morn amusing In tho last act than In tha others 8 15 KORRKHT Tho f-an Carlo Opera Company In a week of grand opera, nfter tho standards displayed in Its engagement at the darrick. For tho repertory and cents see music de partment H 00 GARRICK "The I.lttln Cafe." with John K. Vouns. A return engagement of tho musical play by Ivan Cnryll and C. XI. S Mcl.eiUn nbout tho waiter who was a man about town after la S 15 LYRIC "The Blue Hlrd," Maeterlinck's fairy tale nllegor, back for one moro visit In Philadelphia. Tho piece remains nn enter tainment Quite as pleasant for grown-up as for children. Opening tonight 8 13 WALNUT "The Shepherd of tho Hills." A second visit from tho dramatization of Har old Dell Wright's novel. Opening to night 8:15 VAt'DnviLI.E. KEITH'S Nora Ilayes. Beatrice Herford, James and Hnnnle Thornton. Harry Fern nnd company In "Veterans" Bert Errol. fe male, Impersonator. Kajivama, ambidextrous Jap, Nonette. violinist: tho Luneti Sisters, tho Robert Do Mont Trio and news movies. NIXON'S GRAND Bobby Heath. In a new "1015 Song Revue". Oeorge Brown, cham pion walker; Porter J. White. In "The Visit or", Leon's Models ilo I.uxo. Charles Gordon and Charles White, In "In tho Marital Coach"; Miller and I,yle and movies. WILLIAM TENN The Snow Ski Girls, In "In Old Tyrol"; Harlan E. Knight and Co., In "Tho Chalk Line". Harry Lester Mason, In "The German Janitor" Graila Nerdlnl. Italian pianist: Baldwin Bravton and Carter. Jack McGowan and Kmlly Gordon, In "Two In One," and Charles Chaplin, In "Tha Tramp," CROSS KEYS (first half of week)-"The Gar den of Mirth." Clark and McCullough. Harry Bulger, Alt Rlpon, Scotch ventrlloqulit. and tha Nlchol Brothers, on tho roller skates. BURLESQUE. CASINO Tho Auto Girls- Slmonds and Lake's company. In "In n Mllllonnalre's Jail." with Harry Seymour. GAYETY Tho Craekerjacks. with Sam Green and Charley Brown. In a musical offering. MINSTRELS. DUM0NT"8 Dumont'a Minstrels, In "Burnem and Bailey's Great Circus," and a new bur leaque, "Uood Servants Supplied," Photoplay Baedeker CHESTNUT BTItEET OPERA IIOUSE-At tho Chestnut Street Opera House, beginning this afternoon. Mrs. Leslie Carter will be seen In a spectacular film production of "The Heart of Maryland." by David Belasco, "The, Heart of Maryland." which serves to Introduce the actress as a screen star, also etrved as her initial starring vehicle on tha stage a num ber of years ago. Four performances dally will be given, at 1 and B In tha afternoons and at T and 0 In the evenings. PARK THEATRE Monday. "A Man's Pre rogative," Mutual Master Picture, Charles Chaplin In "His Trystlng Places", Tuesday, first time. In Philadelphia, "Halambo"; won derful scenery, gorgeous costumes and a superb cast of principals; Wednesday, "A Man anil His Mais", Thursday, "Exploits of Elaine," No. 18; "The Vengeance of Wu Fang,'1 Charles Chaplin In 'Tho Jitney Elopement" ; Friday. "Tha Commuters", Saturday, "Allca In Wonderland." JEFFER80N Monday, "Unto tha Darkness"; Tuesday, "Damon and PythlaB", Wednesday, Irtw DockaUder In "Dan", Thursday. Julius Steger In "Tho Fifth Commandment1'; Fri day, comedy day. "Dropplngton's Family Tree)." Charles Chaplin In "The Fatal Mallet"; Saturday. "J'.'O.OOO.OOO Mystery," Charles Chaplin In "The Champion." LEADER Monday snd Tuesday, Wallace Ed dinger In "A Gentleman of Leisure", Wed nesday, "Tho Girl of the Golden West"; Thursday. Valll Valll In "Tha High Road"; Friday and Saturday, Paramount, the great railroad drama, "Rul O," EMPRESS Monday. Tom Terrlss In "The Mystery of Edwin Drood." Charles Chaplin In "In tha Park", Tuesday. "From the Val ley of the Missing," Charles Chaplin In "Love Pangs". Wednesday, Beatrls Michel ena In "Mrs Wlggs of the Cabbage, Patch." Charles Chaplin In "Ills Musical Career": Thursday, "Wn Broadway Waa a Trail." featuring Barbara Tennant; Charles Chaplin in Getting Acquainted", Friday, C'arlyle Blackwell in "The Key to Yesterday." Charles Chaplin In "The Face on tho Bar room Floor"; Saturday, "Across the Pacific." nve-act Blaney produotlon; Charles Chaplin in "The Face on the Barroom Floor," IRIS Monday, "Black Bos." No. 6, "The Criminal Code." "Law of the Open"; Tues. day. "Elaine." No. 11. Belle Ritchie In Under the Table." "Bitter Sweet," "Ufe'a Borrow"; Wednesday. 'Trubadore," Robert Bdson In "On ths Night Stage." "What's DoingTonight?" I I Wood la ad Avenue Business Men's Associa tion, election of officers. Odd Fellows' Hull. Woodland avenue and 71st street; 8 o'clock. Frc. btrawbrtdge tc Clothier concert. Metropolitan Oper House. Broad and Poplar streets; 8 Plays by pupils of the National School of Elocution. Pirkway Building: 8 o'clock Alllaace Francslse. Acorn Club, 1818 Walnut street. V o'clock Prebyterlao Social Union, Bellcvue-Strst-(ord. 6 o'cloik, Home and bhool Association, Norwood. Pa.; 8.14 o clock Peace meetinsr, PhUomuslan Club, 3841 Wal nut street 8 o cloek. Free. Carnival. P O. 8 of A., Franiford and L blsa avimuti, 8 o clock fteciud and dance for West Philadelphia, UetnaoBatbic Hospital, Rlts-Carltoo, 8 o'clock. jUn Pilgrims Fathers' Day cxsreUas, Ka.in jsraw turoazofua, urea f mrmm a p Hlrsih Commutes, Mercantile V1UD- SSiStaikiJi Usksd, its R. Jds jpUcelJ, tUzUf AN OUTSIDER By LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE, Author of "The Lone Wolf," "The Brans Bowl," Etc. CopyrisM, 10H, by t.ovits Joseph Vance, SYNOrSIS. Pally Manvers, 27 years old, out of work snd desperate. Is locked out on the root of her house, In New York. Driven to seek shelter by a stotm she tries thi trap-door of other houses and finally enters th" house, of n. rich family No nn Is nt home and Pally, fnsrlnateit by beautiful clothes, changes hr own for them As she Is leav ing she sees a man trying in open a safe. As h works and as she watches, the man Is suddenly attacked !v nnother burglar. The two men grapple and the first Is likely to he overwhelmed when Rally breaks In, ee7es a revolver which has been drorped In the sniffle, and covers the men. The one In blue rerge, the first burglar, as sumes that she Is helping him, nnd they drive out the other. Then Bally flees from tho lioua. ClIAPTnn, IV-(Continued). TJLACKMAIU But n covert glnnco aside brought prompt reassurance; nfter nil, the gods i were not unkind, the policeman wns Just then busv on tho far sldo of tho avenue, hertorlng humility Into the heart of nn unhnppv tnxlcab operator who had, pre sumnblv, violated some minor municipal ordinance Inconsistently enough so strong Is tho hnhlt of a law-abiding mind tho sight of that broad, belted, sclf-BUlTlclent back, sv mholle of the power and sanity of tho law, nffectcd Sally with n mad Impulse to turn, hnll tho officer, and Inform him of tho conditions she hnd Just quitted. And she nrtunlly swerved nslde, ns If to cross the avenue, before she realized how difficult It would be to Invoke tho law without Implicating herself most damn Ingl.v. Hecognltlon of that truth was llko re ceiving a dash of Ice wnter In her fnco: she gasped, cringed nnd scurried on up Park avenue im If hoping to outdlstnnco thought. A forlorn hope, thnt. refreshed from Its long rest (for since tho storm she hnd Ix-cn little bettor thnn the puppet of emotions, appetites nnd Inarticulate Impulses), her mind had resumed Its normnl functioning. Inexornbly It analvzed her plight nnd proved thnt what she had conceived In nn hour of discontent nnd executed nn tho spur of nn envious Instnnt could never more bo undone. Whnt hnd been planned to bo mero temporary appropriation of nn outfit of clothing "to bo returned In good order, reatonnhle wear nnd tenr ex cepted" wns one thing, .nfo-brouklnK, with tho thoft of heaven only knew whnt trcnBUro, wns qulto another. As to that, hnd &he not been guilty of nctlvo com plicity In the grcnter crime? How could she bo sure (come to think of HI thnt tho stout man hnd not been the lawful enre tnkor rnther thnn n rival housebreaker? She hnd Indeed begun to bo adventuress with a vengeance! Tho pollco wero bound to learn of tho nffnlr all too soon; her pnrt In It wns on certain to become known; too late sho wns reminded thnt tho nnme "Manvers" In delibly Idcntllled every garment aban doned In tho bathroom! Heforo morn ing certainly, before midnight probably, Snrnli Mnnvcrs would he the quarry of a clamorous hue nnd cry. Appnlled, she hurried on nlmlcssly, now nnd ngnln breaking Into despernto llttlo jog trots, with ninny a furtive glanco over shoulder, Dut tho cltv of thnt night woro a. vlsnge now nnd strnnge to her, nnd terrifying. Tho veiv quietness of thoso few resi dential blocks, mnrooncd amid cver-rlslng tides of trade, hnd nn ominous accent. All the houses seemed to havo drawn together, check bv Jowl, In secret con ference on her case, sloughing their dis dainful daytlmo pose nnd following her fugitive, guilty figure with open amuse ment and contempt. Some (sho thought) leered hideously at her, others scowled, others again assumed a scornful caBt; ono and all pretended to a hideous Intelli gence, ns though they knew nnd, If they would, could say what nnd why 8ho,,flcd. It wns as If tho storm hnd been a supernatural visitation upon the city, rob bing it of every Intimate, homely aspect, leaving It Inhumanly distorted In an ob session of nbomlnablo enchantment. With the start of ono suddenly deliv ered from dream-haunted sleep, she found herself arrived at 42d street, nnd safe; none pursued her, nothing In her manner proclaimed tho new-fledged male factor: sho need only observe ordlnnry circumspection to escape notice alto gether. And for several moments she remained nt a complete standstill there on the corner, blocking the fairway of foot traffic and blindly surveying the splendid facade of Grand Central Station, spellbound In wonder at tho amazing dis covery that Provldenco did not always visit incontinent retribution -upon tho heads of sinners since It appeared that she who had sinned was to escape scot free! With this she waa consclouB of a flood ing spirit of exultant Impenitence; the deadly monotony of her days was done with once and for all. It mattered little that since It wero suicidal to return to the studio, tho first placo tho pollco would search for her sho was homeless, frlend lesB, penniless; it mattered little that sho was hungry (now that she remembered It) and had not even a change of clothing for the morrow; these things would some how bo arranged whether by luck or by virtue of her wit they must! All that really mattered was that tha commonplace was banished from her ways, that she was alive, foot-loose and fanoy-free, finally and definitely com mitted to the career of an adventuress! Paradoxically, she waB appalled by con templation of her amazing callousness; outlawed, declassee, she was Indifferent to her degradation, and allvo only to tha joy of freedom from the bondage of any certain social status. Now, as she lingered on the corner, people were passing her continually on their way over to the terminal; and one of these presently caught her attention a man who, carrying a email oxford handbag, came up hastily from behind, started, to cross the street, drew back barely in time to escapo annihilation at the wheels of a flying squadron of taxi cabs, and so for a moment waited, in Im patient preoccupation with his own con cerns, only a foot or two In advance, but wholly heedless of the girl. Bally caught her breath sharply, and her wits seemed to knit together with a eort oX mental click; the man waa Blue Berge. Identified unmistakably to her eyes by the poise of his blue-clad person the same Blue Serge who owed his life to Sally Manvers! In another instant tho way cleared and the man moved Bmartly on again, -with every indication of one spurred on by an urgent errand but went no more alone. Now a pertinacious shadow dogged htm to the farther sidewalk, Into the yawning vestibule of the railway station, on (at a trot) through Its stupendous lobbies, even to the platform gates that were rudely slammed In his face by Implacable destiny In the guise and livery of a gateman, At this, pausing a little to one side, Bally watched Blue Serge accost the gats man, argue, protest, exhibit tickets, and finally endeavor to bribe a way past the barrier. But the train was already pulling out. With a shake of hlB stubborn head the uniformed guardian moved on, and ruminating on a power of pent profanity, Blue Serge turned and strode back Into the waiting room, passing bo near to Bally that their elbows almost touched without his rousing to the least recogni tion of her existence. But that In Itself was nothing to dis may or to check the girl in her purpose, and when Blue Serge a minute later ad dressed himself to the Pullman bureau she was still his shadow an all but open eavesdropper upon his communications wl(h the authority of the brass-barred wloket Sl'ro Just missed th 1110 for Boston," rhe heard him explain as he displayed M'tgau oa the marble ledge, "and, of IIP jia out my sena weervauon. Can you . give me a lower on the mid night express?" ' "No," Authority averred with becoming scntentiousness. "An upper, then?" "Nothing left on the midnight" "Not even o, stateroom?" "I told you nothing doing." "Well, then, perhnpn you can fix me up for tho Owl train?" "Walt a minute." A pause ensued while Authority con sulted hla records; not a long pause, but ono long enough to permit a wild, mad Inspiration to flash like lightning athwart tho clouded horizon of Sally's) doubt and perplexity. Surely It wero etrnngely In consistent with her rolo of adventuress to permit this mnn to escape, now that destiny hnd delivered him into her un scrupulous hands! "Owl train? Do luxe room or or dinary stateroom nil t got left," "Good enough. I'll take " If Hluo Sorgo failed promptly to noml nnto his choice, It wan only becauso Miss Mnnvcrs choso that Juncture to furnish him and Incidentally herself, when she hnd time to think things over with whnt wns unqucstlonnbly for both of thorn tho most staggering surprise of that most sur prising night. Peremptorily plucking a bluo Berge sleeve with tho brazenest Impudence Imnglnnblc, sho advised her victim: "Take both, If you plenso!" Had sho schemed deliberately to etrlko him dumb In consternation, her success must have afforded Sally lntenso satisfac tion. Since sho hadn't, her porsonal con sternation wns momentarily so overpow ering ns to numb her senso of npprcola tlon. So thnt for the period of a long minuto neither of them moved nor spoke, but romalnod each with a blank counto nanco reflecting a witless mind, hypno tised by tho stupefaction of tho other. Then, perhnpn a shudo tho quicker to recover, Snlly fancied that her victim's Jaw had slackened a bit and his color fnded perceptibly; and with thin encour ngement she became herself again, col lected, aggressive, confronting him un dismayed, before recognition dawned upon Bluo Serge, nnd, with It, somo umused npprcclntlon of her effrontery, liven so, his first essay nt response was nothing moro formldnblo thnn a stam mered "I bog your pardon?" Sho explained with nbsoluto composure: "I snld, tnko both rooms, ptcase. I'm going to Boston, too." "Oh I" he replied atupldly. Sho nodded with determination and glnnced slgnlflcnntly nsldo, with a little toss of her head, toward tho middle of the lobby. "There's a central office man over there," sho observed obliquely, dissem bling considerable uncertainty ns to what n central offlco man really wns, nnd why. "Thoro Is'" "If you go to Boston, I go," sho per sisted stolidly. His countennnco darkened transiently with distrust or temper. Then of a sud den tho mnn wns shnkon by a spasm of somo strange sort tho corners of his mouth twitched, his eyes twinkled, ho lifted a quizzical eyebrow, his lips parted. Hut whntevor retort he mny have ron templnted wns checked by tho nccents of Authority nnd tho tapping of an Impera tive pencil on tho window ledge. "Say, I'm busy Which are you going to tako now, do Iuno room or " "Both!" With the dexterity of a stage conjurer Bluo Sorgo whipped a hill from his pocket nnd thrust It beneath tho wicket, not for an Instant detaching his gnzo from Pally. "And quick." said ho; "I'm In a hurry!" Grunting resentfully. Authority pro ceeded to Issuo the reservations, thus af fording Sally, constrained to return with out a tremor tho steadfast regard of her burglar, tlmo to appreciate tho lengths to which bravado hnd committed her. And though sho stood her ground without flinching, her cheeks Iind tnken on a hue of bright crimson beforo Bluo Serge, A TALE OF A SMASHING STORY OF L0.VE AND POLITICS By GEORGE RANDOLPH CHESTER Author of "Got Rich Quick Wallingford." Cop right. 1014. tho Bobba-Merrll Company. CHAPTER XXXVI-(Contlnucd). "Miss Peters," announced Mina, gloat ing onco more over her handiwork as she surveyed the handsome Molly and tho pretty Fern. "Havo her come right up," directed Molly, brightening, and waited with an expectant smile, which changed to a look of concern when she saw the poorly con cealed traces of tears In Jessie's eyes. "What's the matter, JesBle?" she asked, stepping hastily forward, and Jessie, for getting, or not seeing, that painfully fluffy wedding gown, threw herself dismally Into Molly's arms. "They didn't want me to cornel" she gulped. "But I had promised you, and Dicky said I might." "Where Is Dicky?" asked Molly. "Ho went on down-town on an errand. He'll be back after me In half an hour." "Why didn't they want you to come?" asked Molly anxiously. "On account of your father." "Father!" gasped Molly. "What about him?" 'Don't you know?" wondered Jessie, half crying again. 'Why, no. child." worried Molly. "What Is It? Tell me," and she heard Fern slipping quietly out of the room. Hhe led Jessie over to the couch, and all for getful of her shimmering satin, with its beautifully uncreased folds, Bat down. "It's the street-car stock," Jessie ex plained. "Dicky Just came out to the house with the news. There Is to be no consolidation. The old tracks are to be torn up three years from now, and nobody would have the stock for a gift. And It's Thanksgiving Day!" "That's only some wild rumor," Molly assured her. wondering, nevertheless, at this new and Etrange turn of financial gossip. "Even If It were true, though, how Is father to blame?" "I don't know, except that my father's llko a maniac about it all, and forbade me to como near this house." Molly held her closer. "Dleky brought me, though. He said that he didn't think Mr. Marle was the thief, and that if he was, you weren't; and that it I wanted to corns I was com ing. He's a good Dicky, Molly," and here Jessie cried a little more Just on account of Dicky's goodness. f "It Isn't father's fault, it's mine." con fessed Molly, aghast, as she began for the first time to fully realize the hun dreds of real sufferers In this high-handed game which she and Sledge had played. "Mr. Sledge wanted to marry me, and I was engaged to Bert. He broke Bert Then father said he had money enough for oil of us; so Bledge tried to break father, and I don't know how many peo ple besides us have had to suffer for that. It's Bledge and I, Jessie not father." I "Sledge Is a beast." charged Jessie vehemently. "He is tho most cruel and vicious man in the world. I think. Dicky says he should be killed." "He Isn't really so bad," declared Molly, trying to be Just- "He's like other strong people. He doesn't know bow badly he hurts. He's like a football player shak ing hands with you." "He is a brute" shuddered Jessie, "I stood by him In Msberly's candy store) yesterday, and I was actually afraid of him for fear I -would annoy blm by being in his way, and he might turn around via & rougo. 10 me. Molly Uiq$4 otttf t to dv S A GIRL'S ADVENTURES IN SOCIAL PIRACY & without troubling to verify them, telsed tickets nnd change and turned squarely to her. "Now that's settled," he Inquired nml ably, "what next?" Tho better to cover her lack of n ready answer, sho made believe to consult the mellow orb of tho four-faced clock that rises above the bureau of Information. "The Owl train leaves when?" sho asked with a finely speculative air. "Ono o'clock." "Then wo'vo got over nn hour and a half to waltl" "How nbout a bite of supper? Tho station restaurant Is Just down stairs " "Thank you," sho agreed with a eovore llttlo nod. Lugging his bag, lie led tho way with tho air of ono receiving rather than con ferring n favor. "Curious how things fall out," he ob sorved cheerfully, "Isn't It?" "Yen " "I mean your popping up llko ttilB Just when I was thinking of yrfu. Coinci dence, ou kno" "Coincidences,"' Sally Informed him consciously, "aro caviar only to book critics, Thcre'a nothing moro common In real life." Ho suffered this Instruction with a mild ly anguished smllo. "That's true, I presume, If ono knows anything nbout real life. I don't go In for realistic novels, you nee, so can't say. But ;,ou'ro right ono way: It Isn't anything extraordinary, come to con sider It, thnt you nnd I, both headed for Boston, should run Into each other hero. By tho wny," ho added wUth a casual air, "speaking of coincidences, It sort of triple-plated this ono to havo your friend from central office hanging round eo handy, didn't it? If he's In sight, why not ho a Bport and tip me off?" "I don't sco tho necessity," Sally re turned, biting her lip, "yet." "Not from your point of view, perhaps from mine, yes. Forewarned Is fortu nate, you know." "I dare say." "You won't put me wise?" "Certainly not." "Well, of courso, ono can guess why." "Can ono?" "Why, forgive me for calling your bluff. It wouldn't bo safo. would It? Of course, I'm n sure-enough bad man and all that. But you must bo a bird of my feather, or you wouldn't flock together bo unceremoniously." Sally opened her eyes wldo and ndoptod a wondering drawl known to have been of great service to Miss Lucy Spode. "Why, whatever do you mean?" "Good!" Blue Serge npplnuded. "Now I know where I stnnd. That baby stnro Is tho high elgn of our fraternity of blackbirds. Only tho guilty ever succeed In looking as transparently Innocent. Too bad you didn't think of that In tlmo." "I don't follow you," sho said truth fully, beginning to feel that sho wasn't figuring to great advantage In this pas sage of repartee. "I mean, your give-away Is calculated to cramp your stylo; now you can't very well cramp mine, threatening to squeal." "Oh, can't I?" "No. I know you won't go through with It: not, that Is, unless you're will ing to faco Sing Sing yourself. For that matter, I don't sco how you'ro going to mnke Boston nt nil tonight, after that break, unless you go on your own. I don't bcllevo I'm scared enough to stand for being shaken down for your trans portation." Ho wns gaining the whip hand much too easily. She averted her faco to ma3lc a growing trepidation and muttered BUllenly, "What makes you think I'm afraid " "Oh, como!" he chuckled. "I know you hadn't nny lawful business In that house, don't I?" "How do you know It7" "Becauso If you had I would now be going peacefully with the klnj policeman Instead of being a willing victim of a very pleasant form of blackmail." (CONTINUED TOMORROW.) RED ROSES Sledge's Peters. being rough to little Jessie "Why, he'd be bo gentle to you as to bo ridiculous," she said. "Not even Dicky could bo moro gentle." ( Jessie straightened Immediately. "How absurd!" she laughed. "You don't know Dicky, Molly. Ho Isn't llko other men. Why, when we found that wo had lost every cent wo had In the world, and would be In debt besides nnd would oven lose our home, father blamed mother for signing the mortgage, and has been cross with her ever Blnce he got Into difficulties, and thero Isn't a better father thdn mine. But Dicky! "Why, when he "West End Bank failed, because It held too many street-railway seourltles,' and Dloky lost tho $6000 he'ft saved to buy us & home, do you know what he did? He took me to the the atre and patted my hand all through the show, and told me how young wo were, and how much money we were going to mako and how happy we'd be even If we didn't, and he wouldn't hear to father's having us postpone our wed ding for a minute. Wliy, Molly, he can't do without me and I can't do without him. It's wonderful!" Molly patted Jessie's shoulder thought fully. "I guess you and Dicky love each other very much," she suggested. "I don't know how to tell it," confessed Jessie shyly. "Lovo is suoh a tremen dous thing. Molly. It ories." Molly was startled Into silence. What was this thing that she was doing? She was entering on tho most serious rela tionship In life as the termination of a game, In which love, such as Jessie knew, had had no part: In which even romance, to which every girl Is entitled at least once, had been made subservient to busi ness, to stock manipulations, to real es tate deals and to stubbornness. The only one who had been at all romantlo and she smiled with a trace of humilia tion as she remembered it, was big coarse Bled gel "You're going to be very happy, Jes sle," admitted Molly, refusing to own she was envious. "I'm so happy I'm selfish," replied Jes ete. comfortably, "I've even forgotten to ask -why you were so Insistent this morn ing upon having me come over at suoh an exact minute." "I wanted you at my wedding." smllea Molly. "Molly!" exclaimed Jessie. "That's why you and Fern are all In white. Oh. and I came over In my old blue tailored suit." "That's lucky," laughed Molly. "You know the old rhyme: 'Something old and something new, something borrowed and something blue.' " "I shan't be something -blue," declared Jessie. "I'm too happy for tliat, nnd so are you. You're a lucky girl, Molly. Yeu haye everything In the world! friends and money, and a pretty homo and every thing you want, Including the man you love." "I suppose I am lucky," agreed Molly, putting her arm mora lovingly about her friend. Somehow, she did not llko to let go of little Jessie. There was a knock at th door, but it was Fern who stood thero in place of Mlna. "Ths minister ts here," whlspsrsa Fern, In- her most mysterious air, and her ya Were dancing- "H In th pMlor trying not to se that' siyaeklns picture, and Bsrt'B In the library, pMas Mi thumbs. Tut-t SMr9tJi du(iM. speetably quiet. Jessie, you come down with me, I'll send tp Mr. Mntley, ana when he and Molly start downstairs you're to play the vcddlng march, while I back Bert up under tho chandelier. Now, everybody to their posts. She flew down tho stairs and hurried back to tho den. A moment later they heard a shlek and, running to tho den, they found Frank Marley sprawled on tho floor, with Coldman's check crumpled In his nerveless fingers. ' CHAPTER XXXVH. MOLLY STARTS FOR A DRIVE. A loosening of hla collar, a dash of cold water Into his fnce, a sip of brandy, re stored Frank Mnrlcy to consciousness, but ho was an old man. Ho seemed visi bly to havo shrunk In his clothes, and the flesh to havo sngged In his checks. He tried, to smile bravely, when they sot him In his chair, but tho attempt wan n pathetic failure. "I guess I'm out of tho came," ho con fessed. "My heart's bad." Molly took up tho telephone. "I'll call Doctor Brand," sho anxiously decided. "Don't" ho begged, stopping her with his hand, "It Isn't physical, It's mental, I've lost my nerve. Molly, Sledgo wins. We're broke!" "How can that bc7" she puzzled, unnblo to comprehend It. "You oven showed mo ,1lio check." "Hero It Is," snld Bert, who had picked It from tho floor, and was smoothing It out. "Worthlessl" Mnrley gronned, at sight of It. "I enn suo for It, but they'll boat me." Bert edged In between Molly and Fern, so that ho could stnnd directly In front of Mnrley, and sco his fnce. "Do you mean to tell mo that our whole plnn hns fallen to tho ground?" Marloy nodded miserably. "How did It happen?" "I don't qulto understand," wavered Mnrlcy. "I haven't tho details but by some trick Sledgo has secure E0-year franchises for every strcot In tho city, Including mine." "How does that affect you?" persisted Bert, his eyes falling again to tho check. That document looked no much like real money that ho was Inclined to be liovo It rather than Marley. "Affect mo!" protested Marley. warmed Into n trlllo moro of llfo ns he explained. "It renders my strcot railway company a Junk heap. Wo loso everything." "But tho eale," Insisted Bert. "Invalid. Coldman claims ho was not authorized to act." Bert ripped out an oath. "I suppose thnt If tho salo had been a profitable ono you novor would havo heard of tho invalidity." Mnrlcy smiled, nnd shook his hend. "Then nil our plnns aro off," discovered Beit. "The Porson tract Is unsalable, for enough to clear Its own mortgage. Your stock nnd rnlpo nro worthless. You lose this house I nm stuck for tho loan I mndo to glvo you control. We haven't money enough to go Into business, and wo can't go back East. Molly, It looks llko n postponement!" Jessie Peters edged closer, and slipped her arm around Molly. "Not on my account," protested Mar ley, fumbling at his collar, and he aroso feebly to adjust It before tho mantel mirror. Molly, seeing that ho wavered, hurried to his support. Ho turned to her, and put his hands on her shoulders. "I'm sorry, Molly," ho said cimply, looking Into her eye-j with moro fond ness than ho was In tho habit of showing her. "Wo can stand It," sho -omrorcd him. "After all, It's only Just. I feel so much less wicked If we suffer with nil tho poor people wo havo helped to ruin." A short laugh fiom Bert Interrupted her, and she turned to him with a rising flame In her eyes; but llttlo Jessie Peters hnd caught her hand, and was looking up Into her fnco. The minister, a toll chap who had won tho hammer-throwing modal In his last yenr nt collego, had withdrawn discreetly to tho parlor when the conversation hnd begun, but now enmo back apologetically. "I am sorry to urgo you," ho observed, looking nt his wntch. "I hnvo a brief appointment, but I can return." "I don't know," hesitated Molly, glancing nt Bert. "Walt Just a minute." Tho thin butler, who was now cross eyed, came through tho hall to tho front door, which ho opened, and a second later ho was sitting In tho umbrella rack. "Say, youso!" bellowed the volco of Sledge, as his huge bulk, followed by Tommy Recler, Blammed back through tho hall, filling tho perspective lika a ferry crowding Into her dock, "Is It all over?" Fern was tho first; ono to recover from tho shock. "No," sho said meekly, but her eyes1 danced: of tho devil as thoy met those of Tommy Recler. "Then It's oft!" yelled Sledge, nnd grabbed the startled Molly by tho wrist. Bert endeavored to throw himself In between the two. and to fnco Sledge, but that experienced old ward leader, who had not forgotten tho training of his early days, gavo him a quick elbow In the pit of the stomach, and Bert doubled up In tho middle llko a Jack-knife, and dropped heels up on a couch, clawing for breath, while Sledge, ns resistless as an auto dray, dragged the struggling Molly steadily toward the front door. Opposlto the library ho met with an unexpected defender. Tho tall young preacher threw himself upon the big boy bodily, avoided tho pile-driver elbow, grabbed Sledge around the neck with his steel-like left wrist, nnd with his right fist poked him In tho Jaw. Sledge shook his head nnd spluttered, as ho would In a shower bath, but nover let go of Molly's wrist, and plodded on toward tho front door, trying to force off tho clutch of the tall young minister with his mighty left arm, The minister, whoso heart was partic ularly In his work, becauso this was the first opportunity he had: ever enjoyed to wallop a man In a rlghteouu cause, in dustriously slammed Sledge on his other Jaw, and the smack was like a kiss at a country dance. Tommy Reeler, who had been clearing the legs of the limp butler out of the path of progress, now sprang on the minis ter's back, and pinioned his busy arms from behind, whilo Sledge steadily dragged them all toward the front door, with Molly now Ecreamlng, and Mlna, her arms about her mistress' waist. Jerking her from behind, "Mlna!" cried Molly. "Let gol You're pulling my arm In two!" The weight of Tommy Reeler told at last. Tho minister's hold on Sledge'B neck loosened, atd he and Tommy tum bled back with a thud into the middle of tho parlor, rolling under the very chandelier which waa to have been the plvqt of the wedding. Tommy, who had risen to be a boss contractor largely through muscular will, enjoyed a lively tussle with ths young minister, but luck favored him, and he landed on top. "Now, you behave!" he panted, with his hand at the minister's throat, and his (1st held in convenient range for microscopical scrutiny. "I don't want you to start anything with me, because I daren't punch a preacher," With as steady a progress as If he had been marching behind a hearse, Bledge dragged Molly out of the hall, and across the porch, And to the door of his wait ing limousine. Into which, he pulled her with the same careful force as a man landing a particularly game bass. "Home, Billy!" he chuckled to1 the driver. (CONCLUDED TOMORROW.) DANCINO The G EUw-ood Carpenter Studio TWSLVB EXPERT INSTRUCTORS wtutuch U tUocss you im others osseins; sod as they Udc thero. ii 23 CHESTNUT ST. U23 InsuuatJoa coeussassj at iO A. M, an eea-UiiMs-all uy ita. alt juaaiis. 3000 KIDDIES CIRCIIS GUESTS OF MR. GBHBg Great Day for Shut-ins P& yided by ..Blg BrttJ rf Little Ones. Once, In a while the children i. J parents will nover again "luei .v nt bedtlmo and tho little one. i5enlli been robbed by an iSS. power to run around and climK A M ft "shinny" up telephone poKrAM.ta long whllo thoy get a gllmpsT19 ncss brighter than the T sort il.,hW' has taken away f?m i," """WW .Jro.a??,.la..?"0 ot thoso t'ltn.. Tv.ll inouBanu cnuarcn of tho ornhsn.. " foster homes of ChlladelphTa "J circus. They had Beats put wff,vU could sco everything that wflTi,.U"' w.llh tho best places of air.K.ta! ' the llttlo chaps who hro linS'S? '" play ball, and. tho girls vfo2ft 5 with their flolls ns other rnat,lf mothers do. r "'""bellett Kills A. aimbel Is tho "big brother" thought ot whnt is probably tneX,, around vvorld'n championship wli bringing smiles to tho faces of a LiV heart's" MMl M ""Wn.U$S,l Tho 'firm ot aimbel Brothers know, i " to make tho day tho reWeU.rTts"! tho year, becauso thoy carried out .Si same kind of a program a year$,) today figured as export takcr?tM& circus on a largo Bcalc. u. Working with Mr Glmbcl . iv. , nun, & Bailey publicity man,' as big as his descrlptivo adjectives. t will casl y understand Just how th, g men feel nbout tho affair If ymThS tako children to tho circus TlysMnl scores of persona whoso motorcars Si tho children this afternoon got "LhiSJ ploasuro qut of tho ivholo entertlw.?.' as tho children. """i Clowns and plnksllk-clad actors , cavorted nbout the rings for tho child?! benefit. (Goodness mol If you don't t.' Just how many rings they have now dnys.) All tho animals and gilt memf nnu smcu oi sawdust wero thero In tin force for tho visitors. Perhaps the C part of it all was that thoy were morf than mere- visitors. They wero honorti guests. Why, last year tho manaremeS held up tho triumphal entry so that tie 3000 happy youngsters, guests of OlmW Brothers, would not 'bo deprived of . thing nt all that goes with tho moW B. & B. (biggest nnd best, or Bomum A Bailey, ns you may prefer to rem m show. By way of additional dlvtrtlje." ment thoro wero 15 barrels of caatty ml popcorn and almost anything elia Um tho pain to of childhood may crave, , -- This Is tho very realcst circus diyof all. ,i FATALLY STRICKEN AT DAI(CB , Mrs. Laura R. Coano Succumbs to quuuimi inness. Mrs. Laura. R. Coane, wif0 of Rottrif HnfiTlft nt ilie Arm nf Pntta-tnn B. rf-.j liquor merchant.", who was tnken 111 itW!! nttcndlng a supper and danca Saturdifl night at tho Bcllevuo-Stratford, died j terdny In an apartment of ths holeH Acute indigestion is thought to havshta tho causo of her death. f Mrs. Coane, with her husband, had tw tered tho ballroom nt tho Belleviie-Btiit- ford, having come from a theatre parttt when sho fell fainting In a chair. Shi lived In apartments at tho nittenhonifl Hotel. Mrs. Coano leaves three children!! CharlcR K. and Robert Coane, Jr., and Ti.b T.-1l.n h.,1. -........ n,u , . --' .....ra u,(,.i.ui:iu V.UIUIV. J.UU lunenu ar rangements havo not been made. Injured Dor Bites Master '' ci Howard S. Lee, 1032 Alder street,.f tempted to rescue a valuable pet poodl dog when It dashed beneath the front" wnceis or a circus truck as the panes wn. Tiflflnlrtf- nt Tlrnn.l nnn Tn-U ctrtJ this morning. Tho wheels had pasiednvtfj tho dog's body nnd, mad with pain ytbti' his master tried to drag him from tti path of the rear wheels, ha bit Lett hnnds, tearing tho flesh in a score of places. Fannlo Driper, 65 years old, t Negress, of 2016 Edcolev street, fainted nt tho sight of tho accident and wall-, moved to St. Joseph's Hospital Lee re-' fused to be treated until he had talei hla rtnf- linmit wbnn tin rMnmeit to Str' Joseph's Hospital nnd had the irouaijj cautenzcu. Dies During Park Auto Ride" nAnMAa nt William TT. Xfsrrtlin. zf ,.. .n.n Y,-..... ph.i..1..J c .at- years uiu, .u u-ui, uumuouwiu mi rodo several miles in Falrmount Park 111 an automobile with tho man, yesterwr unaware that he was dead. lis baa nu tnken nn the nutlntr In the belief that Its nlr would benefit him. At 13th street ijl.j Glrard avenue his continued slleic nroused tho curiosity of his companions. Speeding to tho office of Dr. Richard 07 Stretch, 1633 North 18th street, thtf learned that Macoun had been dead ft some time. Death was due to stoaudl trouble. ""1 OG-year-oId Clergyman Honored 4 The Rev. Dr. David Tuny, tns o w Presbyterian clergyman In active pastonJ work In Pennsylvania, received a bwd; some bouquet of 83 roses when M preached his 96th birthday annlverjaVi sermon In Calvary Church. "Is" Park, yesterday. He preached to Wffltui Pcnn Lodge, No. 273, Independent ?ri of Odd Fellows, of Manoa, on tns c Blon of the S6th anniversary of the (ouno; Ing of tho order In America. The i prerty tatlon was made on behalf of ths W by J. Milton Lutz, a former "" Ulilll iruill j-ev w ww,,.rf. Tninn,v& 1'nnnrv. , tii.i r nnntinn 'l'n y I DriTCfl Eugene Holt, also known as "$ was arraigned beforo Magistrate " at the 19th and Oxford streets pyHco uj, tlon yesterday and held under l m for a further hearing, accused of WW up two tnxlcab drivers after rldlnf ao?o town In their machines me sr'" 'a of Saturday night, lion is a pu rilOTOri.ATB Chestnut St. &oJE$i Afts.. 1 & 3-Evgs., T 0-lOe. ' AX T -!: Carter in . "The Heart of MaryMj NEXT WEEK "GnAUarr-g EMPRESS gj&fSf The Mystery of Edwin Dfo L11AO. tUAi In the ParK KNICKERBOCKER tTw DAIXY AT t, Be. KVKXJ.N08. J f,v!tf MTU.. M Mn Found HuB&i rUam f.innlin in The Jitney Elopement PARK B"0E AVE-.? "SlXTii IWIUt Matinees StlS. ErfS. T" u,,t.,.l Master Plcturs "MAN'S VHEUOOATIVE aj Chas. Cbsplla to "ilia TMMTKO LEADER iSHSSSt WAIAACJ5 jsmnnu"-.- "A Gentleman of Leuu. JEFFERSON S 1 Unto the Uarwiw, mis ffi14AT HLAC1L '". 'KllflB M