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1 STICj JVlLAV-rvCI Author of tk. TARZAN .ml MARS STORIES
STNOrSIS.
or Chicago's West Bldn alW. thief and
thus; from childhood. Ha "frelhta It" to
Run Wnnrlsrn In rnnA Arrest, the tlo
eomlnr; from Policeman Lasky. whose life
Wily ved during: nn attack by. members
of it rival. Rant, in Frisco Hilly la druitsred
and ahanahaled. He recovers to find hlmeelf
In n bunK aboard the Half Moon, a brliran
tine, manned by a ruffianly crew, similarly
ecured. His abductor. Ward. the. mate of
the vessel, attempts to Intimidate the muck
er. Billy retaliates by beatlnit.the bully,
who Is saved when Captain Slrams lays
Hilly low with a club. . .. . ..
Hilly Is unsubdued, but takes up his duties
as a sailor. The new life and Us regular
habits transform the Idlo habitue of the
Chicago underworld. He discovers there la
pleasure and pride in work
Hilly develops a dislike for one person
aboard the Halt Moon, Its single passenger,
one Divine.
gThls dislike becomes nn obsession and
Illy yearns for opportunity to "push In
Ivlne's mush." Hilly overhears a conver
antton between Divine and Captain Slmms.
He learns that Divine Is directing the'llalt
Moon's voyage, which Is financed by one
Clinker In Ban Francisco nnd Involves some
one called Harding and another person by
the name , of Barbara. The brlgontlne
reaches Honolulu nnd lays at anchor beside
a trim whits yacht, her mission still unex
plained, shore leave Is refused to the crw
and the passenger only quits his cabin after
nightfall, Ward and the second mate en-
fage a room at a third-rate house, where
hey. change, their attire, then register at
another hotel as "Henri Therlere, Comte de
Cndenet, and steward, France."
They send n note to Anthony Harding
board the yacht. Skipper Blmms witnesses
the transaction. Harding turns the note
over to his daughter Uarbara, who will
her father calls on the "Count," .After
their departure Ward and De Cadenet hasten
back to the Half Moon, Illlly sees Divine
loin them with the skipper In the latter'a
cabin. He overhears their plot, which Is
to kidnap Barbara, who Is heiress to 120.
OCO.000 from her grandfather. Slmms Is
to hold the girl for ransom. Divine, her
?ld friend, la to be a "captive." He Is to
orce the girl to marry him and then they
would be released The frenchman detects
Billy. Ho la)a bare a counterplot to out
wit the captain. Ward nnd Divine. Billy
agrees to join Therlere, but aelts further de
tails. CHAPTER III (Continued)
"N
fOT now," said Thcrtoro; "somo
ono tnlcht overhear, Just as you
did. Walt until I have a better oppor
tunity and I shall tell you alt there
is to know. In tho meantime think
who would be tho best men to work
with us we Bhall need thrco or four moro
besides ourselves. Now, go on deck about
your duties as though nothing had hap
pened, and If I am moro rough than usual
With you, you shall understand that It Is
to avert any possible suspicion later."
"I'm next," said Billy Byrne.
CnAPTKU IV.
MAT.I.OKY MAKES GOOD.
BY DUSK tho trim tittle brlgantlno was
ecuddlng away toward tho west beforo
a wind that could not have suited her bet
ter had It been made to order nt tho spe
cial behest of tho devil himself to' speed his
minions upon their devil's work.
All hands wero In tho best of humor.
Tho crew had forgotten their recent rancor
at not having beon permitted shore leave
at Honolulu In the expectancy of adven
ture In tho near future, for thero was
that In the atmosphcro of tho Halfmoon
which proclaimed louder than words tho
proximity of excitement, and tho goal to
ward which they have been sailing since
they left San Frcnclsco.
Skipper Slmms and Dlvlno .wero elated
at the luck which had brought them to
Honolulu In the nick of time, nnd at the
success of Thcrlcro's mission at that port.
They had figured upon a week at least
thcro beforo the second otllcer of the Half
moon could Ingrntlato himself surictcntly
Into the goodwill of the Hardlngs to learn
their plans, and now they were congratulat
ing themselves upon their acumen In select
ing bo fit an agent as tho Frenchman for
tho work he had handled so expeditiously
and so well.
Ward was pleased that he had not been
.forced to prolong tho galling masquerade
of tho valet to his Inferior officer. Ho was
hopeful, too, that coming events would bring
FARMER SMITH'S mgm RAINBOW CLUB
A READING LESSON
For the Careful Class of the Thoughtful Grade in the School of
Experience
THE DULLEST SCHOLAR IN THE SCHOOLS
HAS WIT ENOUGH TO LEARN THESE RULES.
For getting on and of? a car
This rulo is safe,. no others are.
Experience has proved it true;
She finds it best and so may you.
To ride in safety round the town,
Step LEFT foot up and RIGHT foot down.
' Somo clever chaps must need display
' Their agile capers every day.
They tarry not, with graceful ease
They mount or leave just when they please.
Their way is not for you or me,
It shows how reckless one can be.
Trust not such tricks to imitate,
. But school your patience, stand and wait.
A long delay is safer far
Than risking life with moving car.
The safest passengors that ride
' Are they who by theso rules abide.
To take n car, with RIGHT hand clasp '
Tho bar and hold with firmest grasp;
Then step up with the LEFT foot first,
i And you are braced to meet the worst;
For if the car should move at all,
Your RIGHT foot saves you from a fall,
But when you wish to leave the car
. i Be sure your LEFT hand grips the bar;
Set first your RIGHT foot on the ground,
Then FACING FRONT you will be found;
And though th,e car may start or stay,
, You can with safety wend your way.
William S. Mills.
Our Postofllce Box
Marie Ghegan Is going to leave "our
Philadelphia" very soon and trjp off -with
the rest of the lucky people to the breezy
country. Maria
Is a good little
girl, we have a
very dear lady's
word for this, and
we know she de.
serves her vaca
tion. (Never mind
Rainbows wjio
can't go away,
you and "we'll" get
the sunshine and
the rain just the
same, and the
park's just as
green as the
country and there
are not any cows
to run eway
from.)
Mildred Levers
went tn ih Park
MARIE QUECUN a loDg ,onf ,,
go nd only told us about It lately, so that's
why we're tardy in passing this news, on
to you. The news is that Mildred's class
bid p, perfectly splendid picnic, which In
cluded everything from rolling down hills
to sleeping n a. bimmock!
Here ia a, bit of cool news that comes
In on a. peatly typewritten pow iisned
Robert Sentiment, Mount Airy; "3op)4
t-
to the foro an opportunity to satisfy the
vengeance he had Inwardly sworn against
tho sailor who had so roughly manhandled
him a few weeks past Therlere had not
been In error In his estimate of his fellow
officer. Billy Byrne, thOirduotis labor of maklnfc
rail over for the time, was devoting his
energies to the task of piecing out from
what Therlere had told him and what he
hnd overheard outside the skipper's cabin
somo sort of explanation of the work ahead.
As he pondered Therlero's proposition
he saw the wisdom of It. It would give
those Interested a larger amount nf boo'y
for their share. Another feature of It was
that It was Underhand, and that appealed
strongly to tho mucker.
Now, If he could but devise somo scheme
for double-crossing Therlere the pleasure
and profit of tho adventure would be
tripled.
It was this proposition that was occupying
his attention when he caught sight of
"Bony" Sawyer nnd "Hod" Sanders emerg
ing from tho forecastle. Billy Byrno hailed
them.
When the mucker had explained tho pos
sibilities of profit that were to bo had by
entering tho conspiracy aimed at Slmms
and Ward, the two seamen were enthus
iastically for It.
Bony Sawyer suggested that the black
cook, Blanco, was about the only other
member of tho crew upon whom they could
depend, and at B rne's request Bony prom
ised to enlist tho co-operation of tho giant
Ethiopian.
From early morning of tho second day
out of Honolulu keen eyes scan od tho
eastern horlron through powerful glasses.
About two bells of tho afternoon watch
n alight smudgo became vlslblo about two
points north of east.
Immediately tho course of tho Halfmoon
was altered so that she boro almost directly
north by west In nn effort to come safely
Into tho course of the stenmer which was
soon rising rapidly above the horizon.
Tho new courso of tho brlgnntlno was
held as long as It seemed reasonably safe
without danger of being sighted under full
salt by tho oncoming vesicl, then her head
was brought Into the wind. Ono by one
her sails wero lowered nnd furled, ns tho
keen eyes of Second Oftlce Therlere showed
him that there was no question but that
tho white hull In tho distance was that of
tho steam plcasuro yacht Lotus.
Upon tho deck of tho unsuspecting vessel
r merry party laughed and chatted In
happy Ignorance of ttio plotters In their
path. It wa3 nearly half nn hour nfter
the Halfmoon had como to rest, drifting Idly
under baro poles, that the lookout upon tho
Lotus Blghtcd her.
"Sallln' vessel lyln' to, west half south,"
ho shouted, "flying distress signals!"
In an Instant guests nnd crew hnd hur
ried to points of vnntngo whero they might
obtain an unobstructed view of the stranger
and take advantage of this break In tho
monotony of a long S'ia voyage.
Anthony Harding was on the bridge with
Captain Norrls, and both men had leveled
their glasses upon tho distant ship.
"Can you make her out?" asked the owner.
"She's n brlgantlne," replied the ofllcer;
"nnd nil that -I can. make out from hero
would lndlcato that everything was ship
shape about her. Her canvnB is neatly
furled, and she Is evidently well manned, for
I can see a number of figures above deck,
nppnrcntly engaged In watching us. I'll
alter our courso and speak to her wo'II Bee
what's wrong, and give her a hand If we
can."
"That's right," replied Harding; "do any
thing you can for them."
A momont later he Joined his daughter
and their guests to report tho meager Infor
mation he hnd.
"How exciting," exclaimed Barbara
Hardlnp. "Of courso It's not a real ship
wreck, but maybe It's tho next thing to It.
The poor bouIs may havo been drifting
about hero In tho centre of tho Pacific with
out food or water for goodness known how
many weeks, nnd now Just think how tliey
must bo lifting their voices In thanks to God
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delphia. other boy and I are going to make a
water wheel and set It In the creek. We
have already built a dam and we Intend
to go swimming there, when the water
gets higher." Sometimes a handful of
words sweeps your editor away from his
"work-a-day" world and carries him way
back to the land of "just a boy." Some
how these uords did!
The Water Drops
Sent In by BEATRICE PALMER, Wrocott. Fa.
Once upon a time there were some Water
Drop, and their home was In the sea One
day they decided to go upon a journey.
And they had a cloud for a carriage, and
the breeze was the'r horse. There were so
many drops of water that the carriage
could not carry them all So at last the
carriage broke, and the little folk came
tumbling to the ground They journeyed
through, the nioaa and grasaea one whole,
day Soon a brooklet came trickling along
and carried hem all home.
EVENING
for His Infinite mercy In guiding us to
them 1"
"If thy'e been drifting for any consid
erable number of weeks without food or
water," haiarded Billy Mallory, "about the
only things they'll need'll be what we didn't
hao the foresight to bring along an un
dertaker and n preacher."
"Don't be horrid, Billy." relumed Mls.
Harding "VoU know perfectly well that I
didn't mean weeks t meant days, nnd any
way they'll be grateful to us for what we
can do for them. I can scarcely wait to
hear their storv"
Billy Mallory was Inspecting the stranger
through Mr. Harding's glasi Suddenly ho
gave an exclamation of dismay.
"By Qcorgol" he cried. "It Is serious
after nil That ship's afire. Look, Mr.
Harding," and he passed the glass over to
his host.
And suro enough, ns the owner of the
Lotus found the brlgantlne ngaln In the
centre of his lens he saw a thin column of
black smoke rising amidships, but what he
did not see was Mr Ward upon the opposite
side of the Halfmoon'" cabin superintending
the burning by the black cook of a bundle
of oily rags In an Iron boiler.
"By Jove'" exclaimed Mr. Harding
'This Is terrible. Tho poor devils nre panic
stricken. Look nt 'em making for the
boats "' and with tha he dashed back to tho
bridgo to confer with his captain.
"Yes," said that ofllcer, "I noticed the
Bmoko about the same time you did funny
It wasn't apparent before. I've already sig
naled full-speed nlie.'.d, and I've Instructed
Mr. Foster to have the boats In rendlncsi
to lower away If we find that tlioy'ro short
of boats on tho brlgantlne.
"What I enn't understand," he added
nfter a moment's silence, "Is why they
didn't show nny signs of excitement about
that flro until wo came within easy sight
of them It looks' queer."
"Well, we'll know In a few minutes more,"
returned Mr. Harding. "Tho chancer aro
that tho flro Is Just a recent addition to
their predicament, whatover It may bo, and
that they havo only Just discovered It
themselves."
"Then It can't havo gained enough hend
wny," Insisted the captain, "to cnuso them
nny such Immcdlnto terror as would be In
dicated by tho haste with which the whole
ship's crew Is tumbling Into thoBO boats;
but ns you say, sir, we'll havo their Btory
out of them In a few minutes now, so's It's
Idlo speculating beforehand."
The officers nnd men of tho Halfmoon.
so far as those on board tho Lotus could
guess, had alt entered tho boats at last,
nnd wero pulling frantically nway from
their own ship townrd tho rapidly nearlng
yncht; but what they did not guess nnd
could not know wns that Mr. Dlvlno paced
nervously to nnd fro In his cabin, while
Second Officer Therlere tended tho smok
ing rags which Ward and Blanco had re
signed to him so that they might take
their places In the boats.
Therlcro had been greatly disgusted with
tho turn events had taken, for he hnd de
termined upon a line of action that he felt
sure would prove highly remunerative to
himself. It had been nothing less than n
bold resolve to call Blanco, Byrne, Bony
nnd lied to his side the moment Slmms
nnd Wnrd revealed the truo purpose of
their ruse to thoso on board tho Lotus, nnd
with his henchmen take sides with the men
of the yacht against his former companions.
As he had explained It to Billy Byrne,
tho Idea was to permit Mr. Harding to
bellevo that Therlere and his companions
had been duped by Skipper Slmms that
they had had no Idea of tho work they
wero to be called upon to perform until
the last moment, nnd that then they had
done the only thing they could.
"And then." Therlere hnd concluded,
"when they think that wo nre heroes and
tho best friends that they havo, we shall
bo ready to seize nil of them and get ran
soms for 10 or IB, instead of but one"
"Bully !" exclaimed the mucker. "You
sure got somo bean, mato !"
As a matter of fact therlere had had
STORIES OF CL0UDLAND
Her Royal Highness and the Telephone
By Farmer Smith
The telephone bell stopped ringing and
Buttercup answered It.
. "Bight away, Your Majesty Your Lady
will await you o. tho eastern porch You
wish to speak to her7"
Buttercup held the golden receiver In her
hand and called the Princess.
"But I have never talked through a tele
phone. Who Is it what Is It I"
"Your Highness. Prince Marmolade
wishes to speak to you."
"Oh!" exclaimed Her Highness as she
took the golden receiver and placed It over
her heart.
"Not there!" said Buttercup, quickly.
"Put the receiver to your car and and
talk right Into this," she pointed Into a tiny
hole, surrounded with diamonds.
"Kxcuse me," said Her Highness, "I
thought I put the the receiver to my heart
when my fair Prince "
"No, no!" cried Buttercup. "Hurry up
put the receiver to your ear!"
The Princess Marmolade did as she was
told and exclaimed:
"Oh, Oh ! listen. Buttercup, to the words
from my Prince where DO they come
from? Ouch! they tickle my ears so Yes,
Yes I will come soon with Buttercup.
There, there! A kiss for you and one for
the Sun."
"Yes, yes, good-by!"
(To be continued.)
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By OLIVE COLLIER, ghiinlc street.
In n rich section it the city a little news
boy took his stand each day to sell his
papers. He did not sell many, for most
people In that part of the town had their
papers delivered at their doora. Therefore,
he was very poor, and often hungry.
One afternoon he saw a richly dressed
little boy, about 3 years old. out all by him
self, He was playing on the sidewalk. A
big automobile was speeding down the
street. Suddenly, without warning, the lit
tle rich boy rushed across the pavement,
headed toward the street. The newsboy
dashed from the corner just as he was
about a foot from the curb. He pulled the
small boy back and just then the automo
bile stopped.
It was the father of the rich little boy
who stepped from the machine.
He thanked the newsboy for saving his
son. He said: "Many a boy would have
taken the chance of Freddie's (Freddie was
the baby's name) not going Into the street.
But ycu were wise enough to know that it
Is better to be sure than sorry."
The rich man adopted the. newsboy!
A "Fun" Kind of Scrap Book
Ur MARION WlLI.S. H4dgnnI(J. N J
I have just made a scrapbook that I
want to send to you. It was, go much fun
to make it that I'd like to tell the other
girls to try I cut figures and jokes out of
funny papers' and then pajted thto In tits
way i liked It U very nice and 1 think
some, (UtU hospital child would nJoy it.
LEDUER-lHlLADELPHIA, TbJiattJDAY, JULY 18. 191C
no Intention of carrying the matter as far
M h hnd Intimated to Billy, except as n
Ust resort. He had been mightily Rtnltten
by the face nnd fortune of Barbara Hard
ing, and had seen In the trend of events a
possible opportunity of so deeply obligating
her father nnd herself that when he paid
court to her she might fall n willing Victim
to his wiles, tn this enso he would be
obliged to risk nothing, nnd could make
nwny with his accomplices by explaining
to Jtr Harding that ho had been com
pelled to concoct this other scheme to ob
tiln their asltance ngntnst Slmms nnd
Ward s then they could throw the three Into
Irons nnd nil would fch lovely.
But now that fool Wnrd had upset the
whole thing by hitting upon this asinine
fire hoax ns an excuse (or boarding the
Lotus In force, nno. had further dampened
Therlere's pet scheme by suggesting to
Skipper Slmms the danger of Therlere be
ing recognized at they were boardlrg the
Lotus nnd bringing suspicion upon them
nil lmmcdlntely.
They all knew that n pleasure yacht like
the Lntm wns well supplied with small
nrnn, nnd that nt the first Intimation of
dnnger thcro would be plenty of men nbonrd
to repel nnsnult, nnd, probnbty, with entire
success
That there were excellent grounds for
Therlere's belief that ho could win Bnr
bara Harding's hand with bucIi a flying
start as his daring plan would havo as
sured him may not be questioned, for the
man was cultivated, polished, and, In a
sinister way, good-looking.
Tho title thnt ho had borne upon tho oc
casion of his visit to the yacht was. nil
Unknown to his nccomptlccs. his by right
of birth There wns nothing sne n long
dead scandal In the French navy that might
havo proved a bar to an alliance such as
ho dreamed of.
And now to be thwarted nt the last mo
ment It was unendurable. That pig of
n Ward had scaled his own ilcnth war
rant. The boats wero now quite close to the
yacht, which had slowed down nlmost to a
dead stop. In nnswer to tho query of the
Lotus' captain, Skipper Slmms was ex
plaining their trouble.
"I'm Captain Jones," he shouted, "of the
brlgantlne Clnrlndn, Frisco to Yokohama,
with dynamite. Wo disabled our rudder
yesterday, nn' this afternoon flro started
In tho hold It's making headway fast
now, nnd'll reach the dynamite most nny
time You'd better tnko us aboard, nn'
get nwny from hero ns quick ns you enn
Tnln't safe nowhere within five hund'erd
fathoms of her."
"You'd better mako haste, cnptnln, hadn't
you?" suggested Mr. Harding
"I .don't like the look of things, sir." re
plied thnt officer. ."She nln't Ilyln' nny
dynamite flag, an' If sho was nn' had a hold
full, thcro wouldn't be nny partlculnr dan
ger to us Any one that has ever shipped
dynnmlte would know It, or ought to. It's
not fire thnt di-'onates dvnamlte. If con
cussion. No. sir, Mr. Harding, thero'H some
thing queer here I don't like tho looks of
It. Why, Just take a good look at tho faces
of theso men Did you ever see such an
ugly.looklng pack of unhung murderers In
your life, sir?"
"I must ndmtt that thcy'ro not nn overly
prepossessing crowd, Norrls," replied Mr.
Harding. "But It's not alwnys either fair
or safe to Judge strangers entirely liv np
pearances. I'm nfrnld that there's nothing
else for It In tho name of common human
ity than to take them nbonrd, Norrls. I'm
sure your fears aro entirely groundless."
"Then It's your orders, sir. to take them
nboard?" asked Captnln Norrls.
"Yes, captain, I thfnk you'd better," snld
Mr. Hnrdlng.
"Very good, sir." replied the ofllcer. turn
ing to give the necessary commands.
Tho officers nnd men of tho Halfmoon
swarmed up tho sides of the Lotus, dark
vlsngcd, fierce and forbidding.
"Reminds mo of a boarding party of pi
rates." remarked Hilly Mallory. ns ho
watched Blanco, the Inst to throw n leg
over tho mil. rench the deck.
"They're not very pretty, are they?" mur
mured Bnrbarn Harding. Instinctively
shrinking closer to her companion.
"Pretty scarcely describes them, Bar
bara," said Billy "Do you know thnt some
how I nm having difficulty In Imagining
them on their knees giving up thanks to the
Lord for their rescue that was your recent
Idea of 'em, you will recall."
"If you havo purposely ret yourself the
task of being more than ordlnnrlly disagree-
nblo today, Billy," said Barbara sweetly,
"I'm sure it will please you to know that
you nre succeeding."
"I'm glad I'm successful nt something
then," laughed the mnn. "I've certainly
been unsuccessful enough In another mnt
ter" "What, for example?" asked Barbara,
falling Into the trap.
"Why. In trying to mako myself so ngree
able heretofore that you'd finally consent
to say 'yes' for a change." I
"Now, you aro going to make It all tho
worse by being stupid," cried the girl petu
Inntly. "Why enn't you bo nice, aB jou used
to be beforo you got this silly notion Into
your head?"
"I don't think It's a silly notion to bo heels
over head In love with the sweetest girl on
e?rth," cried Billy.
"Hush' Some one will hear you "
"I don't cars If they do. I'd llko to nd
ertlso It to the whole world I'm proud of
the fact thnt I love you, and you don't enre
enough nbout It to renlize how really hard
I'm hit. Why, I'd die for you. Barbara, and
welcome the chance. Why My God!
What's, that?"
"Oh. Billy! What are those men doing'"
cried the girl. "Thcy'ro shooting. They're
shooting nt papa! Quick, Billy! Do some
thing! For Heaven s snke, do something!"
On the deck below them the "rescued"
crew of the Clarlnda had surrounded Mr.
Harding, Captain Norrls nnd most of the
crew of the Lotus, unshing revolvers from
beneath shirts and conts and firing at two
of the yacht's men who showed fight.
"Keep quiet," commanded Skipper Slmms,
"an" there won't none of you get hurtcd."
"What do you want of us?" cried Mr.
Harding "If It's money, take what you
can find aboard us and go on your way. No
one will hinder you "
Skipper Simms paid no attention to him.
His eyes swept aloft to the upper deck.
There he saw a wide-eyed girl nnd a man
looking down upon them.
He wondered If she was the one they
sought. There were other women aboard
He could see them, huddled, frightened,
behind Harding and Norrls.
Some of them were young and beautiful,
but there was something about the girl
above him that assured him she could be
none other than Barbara Harding
To discover the truth Slmms resorted to
a ruse, for he knew that were he to ask
Harding outright If the girl were his
daughter the chances were more than even
that the old man would suspect something
of the nature of their visit and deny her
identity.
"Who is that woman you have on board
here?" he cried in an accusing tone of
voice, "That's what we're here to find
out."
"Why, she's my daughter, man!" blurted
Harding. "Who did you "
Thanks," Bald Skipper Simms. with a
self-satisfied grin. 'That's what I wanted
to be sure of. Hey, you, Byrno! You're
nearest the companlonway fc'ch the
girl."
(CONTINUED TOMORROW )
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GOOD BILLS SHOWN
AT MOVIE HOUSES
Feature Films, Comedies and Ex
ceptional News Pictures at All
Palaces of Pictures
By the Photoplny Editor
A week which promises uniformly good
bills throughout the city began for tho
moling picture theatres with three now
fcaturo films, nt least one excellent comedy,
nnd news films of present Interest At tho
Stanley pictures of tho Pennsylvania de
tachment nt El Pnso were shown. Thcro
and clsewhcro tho "Deutschland" nppenred,
nnd a particularly good hit ot timely film
ing was dono nt tho Victoria, where n
"shnrk" film, made some tlmo ago but now
npproprlnto, wns on the bill. The latter
house nlsti shewed Chester Conklln, tho
nerxous nnd excltnblo comedian, in "His
First False Step" The fcnturcH were "The
Dream Girl" at the Snnley, "The llyo of
the Night" nt the Arcadia, nnd "Whero In
My Daughter" nt tho Victoria. At tho
Palace Victor Mooro Is seen In "Tho
Clown."
For sheer beauty no other film of the
week has the potent charm of "The Dream
Girl," for that dim possesses Mae Murray,
tho dainty, the delectable Bivcct, who first
came Into extended mortnl view In "To
Havo and to Hold." "The Dream Girl" 19
nn ordinary story, with ery little excep
tional detail, but with Mac Murrny nnd
Theodore Roberts It Is guaranteed In ex
pressiveness nnd In powerful acting. It is
surprising to see Miss Murray net so con
sistently nnd remain bo beautiful. Nnt
urally, Bho docs not compare with Mr.
Roberts, who Is an old hand, a crafty nnd
wise actor. In this manifestation, a Bot nn'l
a gaod-henrted blackguard, he Is qulto nt
his best. In spots the photography Is ex
cellent, nnd wherccver tho action begins
to drag thero Is nlwnys the consolation
of Miss Murray. The Stanley bill Is of
Its usual character, with grace and an
appealing beauty ndded In. Tho nddltlon
is precious.
The value of a trade mark wns easily
explained by one of tho patrons of tho
Arcadia last evening when she said. "Oh.
that Is supervised by Incc. so It must bo
good." And It was. too, for ho presented
William H. Thompson In "Tho Kyo ot tho
Night." by C. Gardnor Sullivan nnd direct
ed by Walter Edwin. Tho story Is laid In
an English hamlet whero the people nre
ns narrow-minded ns tho rocks which sur
round the coast aro barren. The Enst
Coast Light Is affectionately called "The
Eyo of the Night" by old Dave Its keeper,
for It Is his daily prayer that Its light will
lead tho way for the coming of his daughter,
whom ho has not seen since n baby, when
his wife left him. Jane, n drudge, who
lives with tho Denbys. Is In love with Rob
Benson, a ilsherboy. When n call comes
for volunteers, he enlists, leaving Jane
nnxlous about hln safe return A child Is
born and then news comes that ho Is nmong
thoso killed. With no place to go sho nsks
old Dave to care for the baby, which he
does much to tho horror of the people.
When ho refuses to tell whoso child It Is,
thev have him removed from tho light
house. An aeroplane drops bombs, one
of which strikes the lighthouse nnd "mur
ders his big eye." New? comes that nn
army transport Is duo that night nnd ns It
Is extremely dangerous with no light, he
sacrifices his home by setting flro to It In
order to guide the ship In the harbor.
There Is a happy but not unsatisfactory
ending
Thompson Is never out of tho picture nnd
hln every move shows an understanding of
tho requirements of screen work Mnrgory
work. And her large expressive eyes nre used
Wilson, as the drudge, does somo excellent
to advantage several times. J. P. Lackney,
as the cruel Denby, was a carefully studied
pleco of character acting. Tho small part
required as Rob Benson was portrayed by
Thornton Edwards, while Mrs Denby was
ncted by Agnes Herring. Thero wero many
finely drawn bits of character work on the
part of the support ng company nnd tho
many children used all seemed to fit Into the
atmosphere. A news innuru mm ...jc,..
and Theby comedy nnd "Gloria's Romance'
completed the program.
If you havo never visited the Victoria
Theatre, then do so this week, for the pro
gram Is one of exceptional merit and Its
length, together with tho variety, nffords
a combination hard to beat. First there is
Lois Weber's "Where is My Children?'
with Mary MacLaren; Chester Conklln tn
"His First False Step." Metro Travelogue,
Hearst International News nnd last, the
timely. Instructive Williamson Submarine
pictures dep ctlng the catching of man
eating sharks. They are all properly pro.
jected and accompanied with good music.
"Where Is My Daughter?" or "Shoes" Is
another success for Lois Weber, who has a
record of many Buccehses The story Is
based upon a paragraph in Jane Addams'
Prominent
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MEST I'lULAIIELrillA
OVERBROOK
C3D AND 1IAVER
FORD AVE.
Vnlentine Grant ,n
THE INNOCENT
LIE"
MA It IK IVALOA11P III A HUMAN I'BNllUM'M
Selection, from "UAIlUa IN TOVI-AND"
BALTIMORE baltimoue ave.
Bessie Barriscale ,n "Nor MsTEIl
comIdvne "The Moon3hiners"
PIIREKA i0TU MAHKET STS'
TRIANGLE rEATL'RE
Norma Talmadge ,n aoLlam
"AMimoaE's i ft of woe"
C ARDEN 83n LANSDOWNH AVE.
LOUISE LOVELY in
"TANGLFD HEARTS"
NORTH
Broad Street Casino broaedribebu,w
CRANE WILBUR in
THE WASTED YEARS '
KEYSTONE UTH ST,a AVE
VAUDEVILLE and
"IRON CLAW" Pictures
bOUTH
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T)H tno-djHUM i vou fort tatttu ami amuin
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THE WOMAN IN BLACK"
SOCIAL PlftATBS" Cvapltit Kplw-If
VOTE .t)00KS LIKE
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Malt to Kvenlnc Ledger rhnlonlnr Cntt Con
tent, I. O. Ilox 001. Philadelphia.
book. In which a girl "sells out for a pair
of shoes " It Is humanly Interesting, with a
touch of pity for the girl who nttemps to
support her mother, shiftless father nnd sis
ters on five dollars per week. Her hnrd
ships nnd trials nre all brought out with
n realistic touch. Toward tho close of
tho story thcro Is nn allegorical bit show
ing what conditions might have been from
the simple farm Ufa to the wealthy cs
jntn. had not poverty dominated. Tho Il
lustrated titles are careful bits of artistry
and little details In tho properties used nnd
the mnnner of their uso ngaln show the
close attention given Its direction. This
production should bo widely seen, espe
cially by those Interested In bettering tho
conditions of tho girl workers.
..lW JIncI'arcn Is what Is known as a
find of Miss Weber's nnd sho has given
her the centre- of the stngo throughout tho
subject. Sho fills this place with acting
of tho reserved emotional sort that augurs
well for her future. She has a "good movie
race and the close-ups show some excel
lent bits of facial expression. Harry Grif
fith Is tho lazy father, an unpleasant char
acter well ncted, whllo Mrs Witting Is the
plodding mother. Other parts havo 'been
nsslgned to Wllllnm V. Mong, Jessie Arn
old nnd threo children whoso names do not
nppear.
Tho Garden Theatre, at 63d and Lans
downe nvenue. Is now under the manage
ment of Robort Hamilton, the former owner
and builder of tho theatre The program is
changed every dny. Today It Includes
Louise Loiely. In "Tangled Hearts."
I Prominent Photoplay Presentations
ymm Dovmm
rpjIK follottlne theatres obtain their picture thromli the STANLEY Uooklnr
Company, which li n simrontet. of early uliawlns of the flnna productions.
All pictures rerlettcd before exhibition. Ask for the theatre In roar loralllr
obtaining pictures throush the hTANI-EY UOOKI.VO COJHWNV. ""I7
AI U A MOD A 12th, Morris & rasiayunk Ave,
ALHAIllbKA Mat- Dll at 2. Etes.. 70.
I nramntint l'lcturea
CDMl'ND DREESE In 'The Spell of the Yukon'
II1I.L1E UL'HKE In "Gloria's Romance." (7)
ARCADIA
CHESTNUT
BELOW 10TII
1. U Tl.nmn.nn In "Tha Eya
TTIll. 11. uuuijjiiuii Df
the Nlcht"
1I1I.I.IE BURKE In
lilorlu'a Romanes" (11)
A POT I f STII ANC THOMPSON
ArULLU MATINEE DAILY
IMRAMO'-NT TRKS' '-
Marguerite Clark " ,,g!i:!v&AKB
BELMONT
Mae Murray ln
BSD ABOVE MAHKET
Mats 1:30 & 3:30, lOe
Eirs . tl:30. K 0.30, l.-'C
"SWEET KITTY
BELLAIRS"
r'trriAT? coth and cedar ave.
lwJCL.rAiv r.B..uoi.vr theatre
Hazel Dawn ,THE FD GIRL,
FAIRMOUNT S"T AoPRAnD atr
Geraldine Farrar uMarja,NRosau
FRANKFORD " frakkIVEnuE
FRITZI SCHEFF in
PRETTY MRS SMITH"
56TH ST. Theatre
IWl Soruce
MATINEE
DAILY
Evas. 7 to II
Rtqucst Mary I'lchtora in
frank Daniels 1'iiniedy 'rjfi
Behind tho Scenes"
upadts of Mr Jack
GERMANTOWN "tTve.
EDNA GOODRICH in
THE MAKINQ Of MADDALENB"
rl nnC stii amarket 2115-7-1
IjL,WJJUi Jir. 000 KIMBALL, ORGAN
Sessue Hayakawa majjJouU"
GIRARD
AVENUE THEATRE
7TH AND GIRARD AVENUE
FRANCIS NELSON in
WHAT HAPPENED AT W
IRIS THEATRE sm ,NBQTON
Sessue Hayakawa IThe Th(
ioon
JEFFERSON S8TH Err""
Bertha Kalich
IN
"AMBITION"
LAFAYETTE 29l j&aTOii
f I. RI. ta THE HEAD
rrttlltv inajiu OF THB hquSE-
"fcitt!. ItfeTs r 1C fcl rvlAMi?tK '
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I PAHFR FORTY fIRST AND
UZUUl-i- LANCASTER AVENUE
erma xvaucn ok the lqwlanbas'
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MANY NEW FEATURES
IN "MADE IN PfflLLY"
Keith Tlevue Still Sets the Pate
for Summer FrolitJ in
Show of Merit
A flying start launched "Made In Philly'
on Its happy third week,
Thero wero many things new It) the war
of songs nnd numbers and ft ttW surprises
In keeping with tho proceedings.
In tho way of reinforcements' there was
Vlvlenno Segal, late star of 'The Blue
Paradise," who made her first profes
sional appearance In her home town Bhj
has a captivating manner and a dainty
way of singing her songs, She gave ft dash
of romance, to the surroundings and must
havo felt gratified by tho cordial reception
nccorded by her town folk.
And then there wns little Edna Wroe, a
"Phllly" toe dancer, who Is a poem of grace
nnd motion In herself, 'She presented a
number of artistic dances and seemed to
enjoy them. Were you to picture a wood
land sprite whose soul was wrapt lit the
spirit of Terpsichore then It Is Bhe, No
end of npplausa rewarded her.
Elizabeth Cope and Jack FIgel enhanced
the plctucsriuc portion of this soothing sum
mer frolic with a number of the latest
dances,
Tho comedy kept apace. Much of It was
keyed up to the events of the day and the
laughs seemed moro numerous than ever.
El Brondel nnd Harry Fern, together
with Keller Mack, Frank Orth nd the
Brothers Dooley, added a number of netr
complications with wero unraveled finally,
nfter many Btrenuous misunderstandings.
It looks generally as though this Jordan
July Jubllco will go through1 to n Garrison
finish If applause and laughs are barometers
of vaudeville lews.
In nddltlon to tho revue there were An
drew Tombes (whoso name belles him) and
Lola Wentworth. Both were remembered
for their good work earlier this season Irf
"Tho Bride Shop." Tombea Is a peculiar
comedian, with new ways of making
grouchy glooms laugh loudly, Miss Went
worth Is n cool, refreshing looking person
w ho seems to belong where peoplo nre gen
erally happy and musical. And sho proved
It. This lively pair cornered the applause
of tho occasion.
Considerable fun was contributed by
Harry Holmnn and company1 In a comedy
sketch and Edwin George, an eccentric Jug
gler. Lillian Fitzgerald nnd Henry S. Mar
shall also pleased In nn entertaining act.
World-wide news of timely Interest was
pictured on the screen. J. G, C.
Five Byrons Cross Keys
Melodies of Hawaii figured prominently
In the offering of the Five Byrons, who
bend the bill nt tho Cross Keys. This
quintet won prolonged applause Their se
lections wero timely and artistically ren
dered, Newport nnd Stlrk mado a decided hit
In n novel act In which comedy and acro
batics mingled consistently. This Is one,
of "tho few nets In vaudeville whero the
performers do not follow th'o beaten path.
The bill also included Thomas Potter Dunne,
tho Tiller Sisters, Edgar Foreman and com
pany nnd Theodore Bamberg and company.
Over the Garden Wall Globe
"Over the Gnrden Wall," a musical tab
loid. Is tho hcadllner at the Globe. It is
a summery attraction with pretty girls,
funny comedians and lots of music.
There nro also a number of other good
acta on the bill, Including Ad Hoyt's Min
strels, Bobbs and Nelson. Francis lloyt nnd,
company, Edith Iloyt and company, the
?agy rtagtys, Luclllo'a Models, the Four
Cut-ups, Louis Torrcttl and the Amoros
Mulvey company.
Courtroom Girls Nixon Grand
Thero Is an abundance of comedy and
music In the Courtroom Girls, which Is feftT
turcd nt tho Nixon Grand. The fair Jurors
are pretty nnd the costumes are In keeping
with the latest feminine whims.
Jenks and Allen arouse laughs tn a
snappy net Tho bill Is rounded out with
tho Honolulu Trio, Wilson Franklyn nnd
company In a sketch, tho Aerial Mitchells
and Mendelssohn In a planologue.
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LIBERTY DR0AD and
" COLUMBIA -
HOLBROOK BUNN in
"THE WEAKNESS .OrAlKN"
LOGAN THEATRE 810
FANNY WARD in
"A GUTTER MAQDALENE"
LOCUST B2D.,AD t-OCUST
t-iSK1UtJ I Mat,, j.30 Ani j So 1(J
Tir-ii. Evmi. 0:30, 8,-0,30,' isS
William Courtenay ln "8EALEps
Market St. Theatr sas markct
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PALACE 1M4 MAHKET BTPEET
VICTOR MOORE in "The CIown'1
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PARK ",DT.nCT-J
Douglas Fairbanks ltt ""gjf , Jti
PRINCESS
1018 MARKET
DiltCBT
ALICE BRADY in "La Bohemel
R I C F Tfi GERMANTOWN AVE.
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Virginia Pearson in "Blazing Lovel
BILLIB BURKE lln -QlorU'. notnc?!
REGENT 103i MARKET STREET
UVUAN VOICE QBQA.
i-iNA CAVALIER! in
"THE SHADOW UY HER PAST"
RTIRV MARKET STREET
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