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A Human fltory of'cnlld-DMlre, Court
Intrlruo and hove, the Latent Novel
By MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
AN OPERATIC DRESS
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Copyrisht, JB1B. by Mary ItobctU Illnthart and th Public Ltittr Companr
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Stflge Version of Liszt Oratorio
Is Novel Bill at the
Metropolitan
.ADMIRABLE PRODUCTION
CHAPTER XVII Continued
MINT ULtZAJIKTIt Mutlcal lutml In a
prologue and four tableau. Hook by
Otto ltoquette. Knaiiah tranalatlon by
ionotanre nache. Music by Frani Lint.
lYoducP'l by Metropolitan Opera Company.
Metropolitan Opera Houae.
(taint KHiabeth .......... .Florence n&aton
Lndravo I.uawl .Clarence Whltehlll
Jandrrav. liermnnr Carl Hchleiel
nilrralne Hophle.Aiarffarete Matzenauer
J he btneachal Hobert Leonard
Hungarian mairnat" Haiti Iluytdael
Aa children
Klliabeth .Conatunta Hltterl
LuJiMr Marenrete ltcllerl
conductor Attur uoaantxy.
No ogue for turning oratorios Into
operas Is likely to nrUo from tlio Metro
politan Company' experiment with
Msit'fl "St. Kllnabeth." Tho venturo Is
commendable from soeral angle and
bespeaks a keen artistic Initiative, but It
ieric also to emphasize tho cons-old
truth that no theme, however lofty, can
make its full nppeal from tho stage with
out, recognition of certain vital dramatics
elements. In oratorio these may bo
freely unconsidered. Neither their pres
ence nor absence Is material to the suc
cess of choral, nonsccnlo works. Thus
Samson ct Dallla," throbbing with
dramatlo power, makes an admirable
conventional oratorio and so docs Cesar
Franck's "Tho lJcatltudcs," In which tho
jubject matter Is static and wholly ethi
cal. In other words, It it very easy to
comert many an opera Into an oratorio
and extremely dlmcult to joerso tho
process.
Ijiborlne under thla handicap. Jlr.
Gattl-Casazza lias dono his utmost for
"Saint lalzabeth." Ho has enabled art
loers to hear much udmtrablo music
brilliantly .ung, ho lias Injected a nov-
' e'.ty Into tho season's repertory, but. ho
has. not produced an opera or anything
like one by the Abbe Liszt. "St. Kllza
both" Is merely n series of pictures,
strung together without footllght tei.1i-
' nlquc, monotonously Insistent on a slnglo
chord that of supcr-rcllglous 'virtue
and as lacking ns the average mural dec
oration In profound emotional content.
Let this erd'ct not bo misconstrued
an barring highly spiritual themes from
the truo proUnco of tho stage, lllchard
Wagner triumphantly demonstrated their
efficacy In "Tunnhaeuwr" and "Parsifal."
llo was a cunning operatic dramatist.
Liszt was not nnd made no pretensions
In that direction eao In tho lost "Don
Samho" of his adolescence. That ho
was denied oven ah unconscious Instinct
for tho stago Is suggested In Artur Bo
dinzky'H careful version of "Saint Kllza
hcth." whose qualities of Interest scarcely
ever touch tho nervous scnslblllt'cs.
As a unlquo contribution to a musical
schedule, however, tho work In Its pres
ent form must take ranlt as ono of tho
significant features of a season whose
somen hat sterile nspects are undoubtedly
duj to tho effect of war on art.
Considering tho lack of cohesion, latt I
nights performance was by no means
continuously dull. Komo of the episodes
had a winning simplicity of atmosphere,
ro-cnforccd by exquisitely sympathetic
wenlc and lighting devices, by glorious
vocallsm and by u scoro which, though
shallow In places, Is .is a whole Informed
by the sound technique of a musical
ipplu. Is a'most Invariably melodious
and at times rlws to heights of genuine
sincerity.
It would bo easy tj say that the Wag
nerian Idiom and tho Wagnerian tricks
of orchestration were generously em
plojed, were tho perbonul responsibility
for this deflnlto musical manner not de
batable. Whether Wagner primarily
Influenced Liszt or vlco vursa Is an un
settled urtlstio riddle. Certain It Is,
however, that the Instrumental coloring
used by tho Bayreuth master prior to
the "Nlbolungen" days is often dis
cernible In "Saint nilzabeth." It may
be found In the opening court spectacle
In the hunting scene, which briefly re-"
calls "Tannh'atuser," and In tho "Lohen
grlnlzed" measuies preceding the final
apotheosis. , , r
from tire dramatlo 'standpoint1' tho
most interesting 'poitlons of tho score
are those in tho third tableau, presenting
nilzabeth'.? expulsion from tho Wart
burg. Moreover, even so 'bromldlc" an
Incident as that of dilvlng a heroine
"out Into the night" Is welcome after
scenes devoid of motive power.
Some of tho ensembles liavo a fino
solemnity, and their lmpresslveness was
trebly enhanced last night by the superb
efficiency of the Metropolitan's chorus.
This high artistic level was maintained
by most of the members of a cast se
lected with keen discretion. Florence
Haston, In tho name part. Indicated that
In vocal loveliness, warm beauty of tone
and deep sincerity of method she Is In
a fair way of becoming a second Emmy
Destlnn. She Is without doubt Mr. Gat
tl's most Important feminine acquisition
In recent seasons. Margarete Matzenau
er's opportunity to display her glft-s was
manifested only in the thhd tableau,
which she dominated In familiar majes
tic and eloquent style. Clarence White
hill, ordinarily so satisfying, was slight
ly out of voice In the rose miracle scene,
but recovered some of his gifts In the
episode of the Crusader's Farewell.
The performance of the work In Eng
lish Is admittedly regarded by the man
gement as not contravening Its own
ban against German opera. The present
text of Itoquette's original libretto Is
singable, but totally devoid of poetic
Inspiration. Despite ' apparent consid
eration for enunciation, many of the
words failed to carry over tho Instru
mentation. If Is a question whether
this was due to tho Llsztlan manner or
to an unfitness of English for operatlo
purposes.
Joseph Urban's sympathetic Investi
ture actually served better to convey
the points of the thirteenth century leg
end than the rather vague action on the
stage, Tho opening scene revealed the
betrothal of tho two children, Elizabeth
of Hungary and Ludwig of Thurlngla,
at the Wartburg. The miracle in which
the heroine's largess of bread Is turned
Into roses (hardly for the benefit of the
Poor, It would Beem) was the salient
subject of the first so-called tableau.
Successive, episodes wero tho departure
of the Crusaders to deliver the Holy
Land a theme on which Ironical reflec
tions are'prompted In recalling the pres
ent champions ' of the Turks the ban
ishment of the Saint and her last minis
try, cut Bhort In thU Instance by tho
mysterious and fatal disease that bo
virulently attacks operatic sopranos.
The apotheosis was ns effective as such
exacting Bcenes can over be made before"
the footlights. i
Mr. Bodanzky read they score with un
failing appreciative enthusiasm.
II. T. C.
IT WAS Hednlg who showed the most
depression on the trip, after all. Early
that morning she had attended miss In
the royal chapel. All the household had
been there, nnd the King nad been
wheeled In, and had sat In hli box, high
In the wall, the door of which opened
from his private BUlte.
Looking up. Hcdvvlg had seen hli gray
old face set and rigid. Tho Court had
worn black, and the chapel was draped
In crape. She had fallen on her knees
and had tried dutifully to pray for tho
dead Hubert. But her whole soul was
crying out for help for herself.
So now she sat very quiet and won
deied about things.
Prlnco Ferdinand William Otto sat by
the rail nnd watched the green banks
flying by. In ono placo a group of chil
dren wero sailing n tiny boat from the
bank. It was only a plank, with n crazy
cotton sail. They shoved It off nnd
watched while tho current seized It and
carried It nlong. Then they cheered,
and'called good-by to it.
The Crown Prince leaned over the
rail, and when the current caught It, he
cheered too, and waved his cap. He
was reproved, c-f course, nnd some offi
cious person Insisted on tucking the rug
around his royal legs. But when no one
wns looking, ho broke a flower from the
bouquet and flung It overboard. He
pretended that It was a- boat and was
going down to Karnla filled with
soldiers ready to fight.
But tho thought of soldiers brought
Nlkky to hit mind. Tils face clouded.
"It's very strango about Nlkky." he
said. "He lsaway somewhere. I wish
he had sent word ho was going."
lied wig looked over tho river.
The Archduchess glanced nt Miss
Brnlthwallo. "There Is no news? ' Bhj
asked In an undertone.
"None," said Miss Bralthwalte.
A sudden suspicion toso in Hednlg's
mind and made her turn pale. What If
they had sent him away? Perhapa
they feared hltn enough for that I If
that wero true, hhe would never know.
Sho knew tho ways of tho palace well
enough for that. In a sort of terror he
glnnced around the group, so comfort
ably dlsposed.2 Her mother was look
ing out, with her cool, impassive gaze.
Miss Bralthwalte knitted. The Countesi,
however, met her eyes, and there wn
something strange In them: triumph
nnd a bit of terror, too, had sho but
read them. For tho Countess had put
In her plea for n holiday and had been
refused.
Tho launch drew up near tho fort and
the Crown Trlnce's salute of a certain
number of guns was fired. The garrison
was drawn up In lino and looked nowly
shaved and very, very neat. And the
officers camo out and stood on the usual
red carpet and bowed deeply, after
which they saluted the Crown Prlnco
and he saluted them. Then tho colonel
In charge shook hands all around and
the band played. It was all very cere
monious and took a lot of time.
Tho new fortress faced the highroad
some five miles from the ICamtan bor
der. It stood on n bluff ever the river,
and was, as the Crown Prince decided
not so unlike tho desk, after all, except
that It had a moat around It.
Hedwlg and, the Countess went with
the party around the fortifications. The
Archduchess and Miss Bralthwnlte had
Bought a fire. Only the Countess, how
ever, seemed really Interested. Hetl
wig seemed more Intent "on tho distant
lino of tho border than on nn thing
else. Sho stood on a rampart and
stared out at It, looking very sad. Even
the drill when at a word all the grca
gunB rose and peeped over the edge at
the valley below and then dropped back
again as If they had seen enough
even this failed to rouse her.
"I wish you would listen, Hedwlg,"
said tho Crown Prince, almost fretfully,
"It's so Interesting. The enemy sol
diers would come up the river In boats
and nleng that road on foot. And then
we would raise the guns and shoot at
them. And tho guns would drop back
again beforo the enemy had time to nlm
at them."
But Hedwig'a Interest was so evi
dently assumed that ho turned to the
Countess. Tho Countess professed
smiling terror, and eiood a llttlo way
back from the g-'ns. looking on. But
Prince Fcrdlnanft William Otto at last
coaxed her to the top of the emplace
ment. "There's a fine view up there," ho
urged. "And tho guns won't hurt you.
There's nothing In them."
To get up It was necessary to climb
an iron ladder. Hedwlg was already
Colonel was talking to Hedwlg. Welt
for her, too, that the other officers were
standing behind with their eyes wor
shlpfully on the Princess, Tho Countesr
turned gray-white.
"Don't worry. Highness," she said.
with stiff lips. "The watch falls back
sometimes. I must have It repaired."
But long after the tour of the ram
parts was over, after ammunition rooms
had been visited, with their long lines
of waiting shells, after the switchboard
which controlled the river mines had
been Inspected nnd explained, she was
still trembling.
Prince Ferdinand William Otto, look
ing at the bag later on, saw tno watch
In place and drew a long breath of
relief.
0
CHAPTER XVIII
Old Adelbert
had
LD ADELBKltT, of the opera,
lost his position. No longer, n
sausage In his pocket for refreshment.
did he leave his little room dally for
the opera. A oung man who made
ogling eves at Olga, of the grade-robe,
and who was not careful to keep the
lenses clean, had taken his place.
He was hurt In hl3 soldier's soul.
There was no longei u piace In the
kingdom for those who had fought for
It. The cry was for tha, young. And
even In the first twenty-four hours a
subtle change went on In him. Ills
loalty, on which he had built his creed
of life, turned to blttcrnoss.
The first day of his Idleness he wan
dered Into the back room of tho cobbler's
shon nenr by. wheto the butter-seller
from the corner, tho maker of artificial I
lUvwern for graves, and tho cobbler I
himself were gathered, and listened
without protest to such talk as would
have roused him onco to white nngcr.
But the Iron had not yet gone very
deep, and one thing he would not per
tlnTc. About a dozen young officers mlt. It was when. In the conversation,
hail helped her up and ruined as many ' ono of them attacked the King. Then
pairs of white gloves, although Hedwlg I Indeed he was roused to fury.
could climb like a cat and reallv need
ed no help at all.
"You go up." said the Crown Prince
eagerly. "I'll hold your bag so you
can climb."
He caught her handbag from her and
Instantly something snapped In It. Tho
Countess was climbing up the ladder.
Bather dismayed, ITlnce Ferdinand
William Otto surveyed the bag. Some
thing had broken, he feared. And In
another moment he saw what It wa3.
Tho little watch which was set In one
side of It had slipped away, leaving a
round black hole. Ills heart beat a
trifle faster.
"I'm awfully worried." he called up
io ner as ne cnmueci. "I'm afraid I ve
"A soldier and a gentleman." he said.
'Tor him I lost this leg of mine, and lost
It without grieving. When I lay In tho
hcspltal he himself came, and "
A burst of jeering laughter greeted
this, for he had told It many times. Told
It, because It was all he had Instead of
a leg, and although he could not walk
on It, certainly It had supported him
through many years.
"As for the little Crown Prince," he
went on firmly, "I have seen him often.
He came frequently to the opera. He
has a fino head and a bright smile. Ho
will be a good king."
But this was met with silence.
Once upon a tlmo a student named
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and thn wtrh l, if i. ,. - .s.l "P m nis ueiense 01 mo royal inmuy.
ground
It was well for the Countess that the
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'Baymond B. Fosdlck, chairman of the
Commission on Training Camps, today
Kent a -letter to the National Board of
the Young Women's Christian Assocl-
l- ntlont praising that organization for the.
Thirty-three Young Women's! Chris.
1 tlan Association hoatena houses for'vlalt-
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l' ,rs under construction.
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XXI
THE nmbulanco took us to Lazaret I
another hospital for prisoners In
CoIogne whero, after a short wait, a
few more men wero added to our party
and wo wero whirled off to the railway
station. Wo were met by Bed Cross
orderlies who wero very kind nnd as
sisted In carrying tho baggage of those
prisoners who wero too weal: to do so
for themselves. The unterofllzler In com
mand of our guard had a railway war
rant for a ceitaln number of prisoners,
and our heads were counted as we passed
through the wicket. We wero obliged
to wait for about half an hour In the
huge hall, but chairs were brought for
most of us and tho rest sat on their
suitcases or on the floor.
We were eventually led Into a second
class testaurant whero we found a little
group of English officers seated at one
end of a long table. Most of these men
wero from the samo camp and had much
luggage In the shape of cages of tame
canaries, home-made musical Instru
ments and such other articles as had
served to whl'o away the time during
their long Imprisonment. After buying
n few war cakes and a cup of coffee,
we sat around and talked until we were
taken out on the station platform.
MEET OLD FRIENDS
At 7 o'clock a train loaded with pris
oners fiom various camps pulled Into
tho station. We officers were Allotted
certa'n carriages and climbed on board
to Beek room In Bomo of tho compart
ments which were not completely filled.
By a very strange coincidence, Barnes
and I got Into a compartment contain
ing Moodlo and Oray and also Addle
Slmc, whom I had not seen since our
long chat In tho trenches on Juno 1,
Wo had a happy reunion. Everybody
talked at once and It was worse than
any woman's sewing meeting that was
ever held.
No one slept much that night, for
the compartment was too crowded and
besides we had too much to say. We
talked well on Into the night, catching
occasional dim glimpses of the Rhine
und Borne of Its famous old castles. Wo
all regretted very much that wo were
not making this trip In the day time,'
because those who had been In Germany
before told us that the scenery was
wonderful. It was unanimously decided,
however, that we would much pref'.r to
study the scenery In Switzerland.
We had all brought tinned food to
last us for two or three days, at the
end of which time wo expected to be
on our way back td camp or hospital,
or making our way to the promised land
where tinned food was-not required. At
about 12 o'clock we decided to have a
little feed. One of the men produced
u loaf of Swiss bread, others tins of
butter, sausages and tongue.
This was waBhed down with a drink
of condensed milk sucked through the
hole In the tin and then we felt much
better.
Tho next day we were Interested In
seeing the women and old men working
In the field-s. Horses were nowhere to
be seen, their places being almost In
variably taken by oxen. On this occa
sion I don't remember noticing one man
of military age who was not In uniform.
About noon the train was stopped for
an hour on a siding. We were taken to
a wooded hut close by) where wo were
allowed to purchase an excellent meal,
consisting of soup, very good meat,
plenty of potatoes and cabbage. We
were all surprised at the huge portions
of meat, and came to the conclusion that
this was done to send us from the coun
try with the lmpre'aslon that Germany
wa far from starving.
At 11 o'clock that night we arrived at
Constance and were very thankful to get
out on the platform and stretch our legs
again. A German doctor asked those
who wished to ride In an ambulance to
stand on one side. Very few w"td to
do this, as -they preferred, to walk and
see something ofithe town. A doctor
seeing myarm tit a sling' and thinking
I looked weak, placed nw on one side
with 'the crlpples.-
A short drive took us to the garrison
barracks and we were shown Into a lonjr,
narrow, wooden 'bulMlhgwtth- a; row of
beds down each side, ...AJ tha far end
w.r a. raw officers 'who bad arrived on
an earlier train, and among these"! was"
.i.ila-htnri to find Lieutenant jiudds, or
tbe.Fourttv C.M.k'R--rlU.ritaUdj.ro.
wanted toJthowiwJat J'wa'Ioln;thr
bUMj ieoAprobaily, jhqrrtitM IrUBftTR
,tH"laliUa to MH'ina'tityUM soon
We were each ajsignea.a
and
proceeded to undress Immediately, a
we wero very tired after our 18-hour
journey In the train.
Shortly afterward the officers who
had walked arrived and filled up the un
occupied portion of the room, the over
flow being accounted for by placing the
senior officers In one of tho main build
ings which surrounded tho parade
ground.
We were actually within the walls
of a German barracks containing troops
undergoing training. In addition to tho
main buildings there were rows of other
structures similar to the ono we were in,
which formed temporary hospital wards
for English and French prisoners await
ing the visit of the Swiss Commission.
Our building con t lined fifty beds. At
one end was a room In which our bag'
gage was locked nnd at the other was
a small dining room, walled off by a
min partition.
Beyond this was a short nassveewav
leading to tho door, on one sldo of
which 'was a room occupied by an old
nurso and used as a surgery; on the
other side was what had once been a
bathroom, but the bath wis now chiefly
used by the orderlies for washing dishes
and clothes. The place was heated by
several round stoves for which there
seemed to be no lack of coal, and was
well lit by numerous windows omboth
Bides. In the corner next the dining
room were five beds occupied by the
German orderlies. At the foot of each
hung a signboard pilnted with tho name
of the owner Karl, Franz, Fritz, etc.
The meals were brought in rrom a
central kitchen, and for the first day or
two were very good. Unfortunately,
something delayed the arrival of the
Swiss Commission, and. as the German
Government did not fincy maintaining
the luxury In which we were living, the
supply of food was suddenly reduced.
The food that wo had brought with us
gave out and we were reduced to living
entirely on the German rations, supple
mented by cheese and sardines which
we were able to buy at a canteen (estab.
llshed In the barracks by the Swiss Red
Cross), No one would tell us how long
we were to be kept In Const ince, and
we were refused permission to write and
ask to have our parcels nnd letters for
warded. At 8 o'clock every morning coffee
and rolls, made of fairly white flour,
were placed on the table In the dining
room, and a German orderly would
furiously stamp up and down the ward
shouting: "Schwelnerer, Aufstehen Kaf
fee trlnken" (pigs, get up and drink (your
coffee), We had nothing to get up
for, and tried to persuade our more
energetic friends to bring our rolls and
cups of coffee along to our beds. There
was only on roll apiece. The early
bird got the worm, or. In this case,
an extra roll, and the latecomers had no
breakfast. After the first day or two
this difficulty was overcome by the or
derly walking up the ward every morn
ing and throwing a roll on each bed. He
was generally a good shot and managed
to hit everybody In the email of the
back or on the shins, so as to be sure
to wako him up. IV was easier to wake
a man than to force him to get up, and
the orderlies were always angry be
cause wo continually lay In bed.
"COMMISSION COMING"
One morning Karl put his head In
tho door and Bhouted: "Commission
kommt heute Morgen neun Uhr." (The
commission Is coming this morning at
9 o'clock.) Every man that could leaped
from his bed and was completely dressed
In a few minutes. This trick only work
ed once.
Tho next bright Idea was to start
sweeping the room and raising such
a horrible dust that It was Impos
sible to lie In bed with comfort. There
were many men with amputated legs
who could not get up and escape this
form of pleasantry, so, for their sakes,
we usually crawled out of bed. ,
When we first arrived the lights were
extinguished at 9 o'clock, but a dele
gation to the commandant of the camp
succeeded In getting us permission to
stay up until 10 o'clock. Karl and his
friends did not think that we should be
allowed this privilege, and did their beat
to encourage the motto, "Early to bed,
early to rise."
They started the evening performance
by occupying the only comfortable chairs
In front of the stoves in the dining room
where we gathered to smoke and play
card, or c,hesa. No amount of abuse or
complaints 'to the commandant could
oust them. About S.30 or 0 they would
open the windows this was late In No
vember ana early In December and
oomnMMe.to sweep tho dining room,
? '(OgtmiSUEDTpMORROWJ
But for somo reason or other Haeckel
camo no more, nnd old Adelbert missed
him. He had Inquired for him
frequently.
"Whero Is the boy Haeckel," ho had
asked one day. "1 have not seen him
lately."
No one had replied. But a sort of
grim sllonce settled over tho little room.
Old Adelbert, however, was not discern
ing. "Perhaps, ns a student, he worked too
hard" he had answered his own ques
tion. "They must both work and play
hard, these students. A fine lot-of young
men. I have watched them at the
opera. Most of them preferred Italian
to German music."
But, that first day of Idleness, when he
had left the cobbler's, ho resolved not
to return. They had not been un
friendly, but he had seen at once there
wns a difference. Ho was no longer old
Adelbert of the opera. Ho was an old
man only, and out of work.
He spent hours the first free after
noon repairing his frayed linen and his
shabby uniform, with his wooden leg
stretched out before him and his pipe
clutched firm In hlB teeth. Then
freshly shaved and brushed, he started
on a painful search after work. With
no result. And, Indeed, he was hopeless
before he began. He was old and In
firm. There was little that he had even
the courage to apply for.
True, he had his small pension, but it
came only twice a year, and was Bent,
Intact, to take care of an Invalid daugh
ter In the country. That was not his,
He never used a penny of It. And he
had saved a trifle, by living on air, as
the concierge declared. But misfortunes
come In threes, like fires and other
calamities. Tho afternoon of that very
day brought a letter, saying that the
daughter was worse and must have an
operation. Old Adelbert went to church
and burned a candle for her recovery,
and from there to the bank, to tend
by registered mall die surgeon's fee.
He was bankrupt in twenty-four
hours.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
FRED STONE LATEST
PHOTOPLAY RECRUIT
Nimble Comedian Will Go to
California Next Summer
for Lasky Pictures
Fred Stone, scarecrow of "The Wizard
of Oz." star of a dozen of America's
most popular musical comedies and at
present playing in New York In "Jack
o' Lantern," Is to become a comedy star
of the moving pictures under the aus.
pices of the Paramount Pictures Cor.
poratlon and Jesse L. Lasky.
Mr. Stone will leave for California
early next summer to begin work on
the first of a number of new pictures,
the scenarios for which will be provided
to exploit the personality and accom
plishments of ono of the most popular
and successful comedians on the Ameri
can stage.
Concerning his new venture Into the
motlon-plctlon field, Mr. Stone said: "In
the last few years I have received many
flattering and tempting offers to become
a film star, but I have always felt a
natural hesitancy about signing up In
this new field until I could be assured
of entering It under high-class management.
"This new association with Mr. Lasky
has solved that problem, and I may say
In all tlncerlty I am glad to be affiliated
with a company of such high standards
as those attained by Paramount pic
tures." Since the days of "The Wizard of
Os," when that famous team of Mont
gomery and Stone scored Its first country-wide
success, Fred Stone has been
one of the most amusing character come
dians on the stage. The long string of
successes In Which he appeared with
his late partner, Dave Montgomery,
Included "The Red Mill," "The Old
Town," "The Lady of the Slipper.' "Chin
Chin" and others. After the death of
Montgomery, Stone appeared as a sin
gle star and achieved the greatest suc
cess of his career In "Jack o' Lantern."
Mr. Stone's appearance In the silent
drama will not be his first essay at pan
tomime. Several years ago he appeared
as a pantomtmlo star under the man
agement of Robert Arthur In London and
Liverpool.
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To Take Timber for War Use
WASHINGTON. Jan. . In order that
the President may have power to requi
sition timber and timber products
for war purposes Senator Chamberlain
yesterday Introduced a bill to permit
taking standing or fallen timber for
the use pf tho nrmy, navy or Shipping
oar.
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