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What De YOU Think About the General Mevie Situation?
PRINTED in a very geed imitation of an engraved fcteek certificate that Is,
what T imagine stock certificates leek like Themas II. Ince is sending out
broadcast a questionnaire te get everybody's opinion en the past, present and
f Jturc of the movie.
His four-page circular contains tee
but I'm going te pick out n few of them
personal icws. But I'd lre te knew hew UL would answer tucui. Here s
the selection nnd the answers;
"Ders isunlizatlen of wholc-eme stories of truths of life bring out apprecia
tion of finer things In minds that probably would never be affected by any ether
agency': '
Yes: it undoubtedly does, but what has that te de with the movies we arc
setting tedaj ? Most of 'em don't w-imlize "wholesome stories of truths of
life." The only visualize the possibilities of the box-office appeal of any old
theme without reference te Its whulpseininet or its truth. Am I right?
"De pirture-gners nmke n mere effi 'icnt censorship authority than a politi
cally controlled committee?"
I doubt it. I'm against the whole theory of censorship, but as long as
pictures are controlled b some of the men producing them today, it's ju-t as well
te liave some one leek them ever b"fete they are put out as entertainment for
boss and girN et th'- met impio-M.mable uSr. The verdicts of picture-goers
cannot be leeched until after the damage is done.
' Is the popularity of the motion picture increasing In your cemmunit ?"'
Ne: and it won't until two reforms nre made. The first is lower ndmissien
prices (whicti will depend en lower rentul costs of films te the theatre owner).
The second is the kind of pictures hinted. Bt iti the firt question "wholcemo
stories of truths of life."
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IITITAT m meinl 6v 'the pence!
jarmi'r s comment en the ynnifr: there nvi t ve sicn animnc.
UD'
vO YOL" think the crncr.il tone nnd
been raicd in the la-t five jrnis.'
Tive je.irs, ve. Thtee jenrs: no. In ether words, it seems te mc inni
producers picttj well exhiiu-ie'd their material btween tlnee and five jears age.
r..i, i ,i ,,,,rmini' haslp tliines me net.
"De u consider the pre-ent hiKh standard of screen drama mere sfe for
uinds in progress of development tlun the inn of fiction literature efTercd en
he newsstands''" ,
I foil i ee any "high stand.ud of screen drama. I see only n High
Mnndard of nrt settings, of photography, of -cenic investiture et the dccoiatiM dcceiatiM
phases, in eihet weriK, but net of the fundamentals.
"What 3 tlii criticism tne-t often mail.- of the motion picture:
Just what 1 have outlined above.
"What will be the future den lepmenf of motion plctur's?'
Mere qualitj nnd le-s qunntit '1 he piesent basis of qunntity production
e fill schedules call"d tr b releasing .entr.iets will be fatal te the industrj
ir i.(,i ,., The ihe.-itre owner must be inrmitt-d te "-hop" for bis pictures
,k ji .,,.... ,..!.. ..!.. nM .lttrlhnt in
and must net be lied up witn or tieu oewu ie uuy piuunsiiie, ". ..,.,M-y..B auetit it.
organization lie uni"t be the agent of the pn-ture-geer and roust be permitted te "Great stuff wonderful:" cried the
purchase enl'v what the pi.-ture-qeer wants, regardless of who produced it or I man behind me enthuslastienll slnp slnp
whe distribute, it. and free from the entangling alliances new made a part of ping Jehn en the back. Prettiest hue
wue uiMiiuuMi ii. "" - -ccne J'e -eon since some et Nerma
most contract-. , . ,,. urra nr nroductlens Talmndge's stuff In 'ranthea ' Benutl-
"Dees the public want productions featuring star players or productions n.d ..
icaturing tlie sterj .'
Beth. Thev prefer the star because
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appeal. But without the right kind of stories tue siar soeu ;- fi '
Thu story is basic; there will be no sueees- without it. lhe Ideal arrangement
would be a jepular star in a really geed sterv.
There. I v put in cards en the table. If y.u don't agree with me, say se.
The Mevie Fans' Letter-Bex
Curious f 10 Chestnut street Why
i. u" hf: Tn , , nut e Ten want
, !, ,l,ln-s nhmir Itebe Daniels?
Still, I don't blame m I d belong
te veur club in self if I liadu t pa-ed
the eligible ace Will here's the dope
veu wunt Bern Dallas, 'lev , 1'JIH.
Height. live Ine Weight. VJd ring
side. Auburn hair se far. though. !
course, she mjv dei ill- te change- Ne'
married, se pirh.ips jeu have as s"d
i HA nl.n t ,1 1 ill t
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kne the
da'e her screen ecimi, en-
Via iiln roil I itn
in Id parts oetii ier
u. rt,..n p.ui xvitii thi' lliirbitnk nnd
Belatce steik lOinpaiues in I.es Angeles
I have never hernd that she had been
married and diver, ed I II ti te hud
out deflnitelj and let jeu knew later.
Helena, 107 Kast Iuray street Why
call me "Dear Madam'' 's I '" ""'
really. Aniline Ueid's address is I.a-k)
Studie, Holljweod. I'alif. He is mai
rled te Ueiuthv Davuipert. Address
Geerge Walsh, care of Kx Studie,
Vlfty-tlfth street and Tenth nvenuc.
Xcw Yerk, and nbk them te forward It.
I saw him in .cw erK n n-w m
age, but understood then he might go t
out te California. Ieek among the nil
vcrtlsement.s in the better class fan
magazines and you will tind firms who
deal in the kind of star pictures ou
want. I
Inniilslthe Tliunks for pointing mil
the similarity between my answers and
these In the fan magazine jeu epeak of
It's fiulte cemplimentarj , don't jeu
think?
n. I). S., .3:u Wayne aenue Yes,,
I knew I made n mistake the ether
day In snjing Surah llernhardt had
never appeared en the screen. I printed
it correction rccentl. 1 doubt that Leis
Weber bus written books, though she
lias written inunj weiiarien.
Add. ''u'" Sanseiti street I den f
knew whether (ileria hwnnsen l a
petted girl" in real life or net I knew
she Is married and lias- a charming
daughter, nnd I knew if I were hei
husband she sure would be a petted girl
HO I suppose she i.s I doubt '. 1'lliet
' Dexter t even considering retir'ns from
the screen. Why should ir: cs,
Nile Welch is still very much en the
job.
t , Ralph, Qualiertevrn T'betchcr life
tT'Su Earlti WllliamB, and Ilka him
M Mieb as you de. Yes, lie attended
Ozc Daily Mevie Magazine
JiKE THOSE THEATRE SCENES
is shown above. They re taking nw s
a noisy studio filled with camera men and
MO VIE GAME
M. NEELY
many questions for reproduction here,
and answer them nccerding te my own
'rrcen drama J
The antccr ts the
standard of screen productions nave
In the la-t three jears?"'
the star lias a personal, almost intimate
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th- Pelvleehnlc College of Oak'.iml.
,( alif . but I ,cnlly cant tell veu what
branehrs he took up
He would preb
nblv give jeu the information iiimcit
if ou would write te him enre if Vita.
grnidi Oempanj. I-os Angele-,. The auirs
like t" get fan mail, jeu knew, -e
den t think it is an Imposition te write
him. He started his stage career in
.-tuck companies in the West and ni
s,-rein career with VltHgrnpli in "The
Crell Mveterv." Thanks for the nice
.,, w.i, tin- nhnnt me ni rl n v
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neu unm , ii. a ju .1 .-..-
Malel S. rierence Turner has re
tired from pictures and, when last I
heard of her, wns in Knglund. ltilhe
IfiirlvQ is nt present appearing in New
S erk en the speaking stage in a nluy
called "The Intimate Stranger." Agnes
Ajreu wan iiuirinil, but sis'iued a di
vorce about two months age. She has
nisi finished her first starring picture,
"The Lane That Had Ne Turning."
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K r.i&.i i-As,yA,. JWFx r Mutm&r:.rMma i V. ?KM;Sfei&SiS$r
bLWsV'W"1" f--.-. :.... . . jjJ. i a.... i am
of u box party at u theatre, but
technical workers.
Hew I Became
A Mevie Star
As Told te
INEZ KLUMPU
rpiIEY nnrrewed the scene down when
it came te the par&whcre Jehn and
I were alone, se that just part of the
rocks, nnd the water showed.
There I
wns just one tree, that came up one
-ide and stretched across the top; it al
most seemed te make a frame for the
picture.
I was phewn standing en the rocks,
looking down nt the water, and then
Jehn came In ever the top of the head
land and joined me. They moved the
camera up close then, se that it showed
our faces very plainly
and talked a moment
lie sioeu mere
thnt was when
he w:as telling me, according te the
scenario, that he had learned that 1
loved him and that he cared about me,
tee.
"You're nil I want In the whole wide
world, little girl." he had te say. He
had really said the words that day te
make it mere realistic; of course 1'
didn't knew until iifterwnrd that he
really mennt them, though nt the time
I did think thnt his acting was re
markably convincing.
He looked ery handsome, en the
icroen, ns lie -feed there in his white
clothes, talking te me se earnestly. He
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reached ever and took my hand us he
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-.mi nun. .nm lumniu i.
inni my evi-s -V.r i . T "'"I hadn't much time, for l.nrry and 1
at him and said. "I love you," and he
tool! me in his amis.
My cheeks burned like fire when that j imdu't anj trousseau at all. of course,
moment came. I hndn t had any idea s.vlia and I were ru-hiug ureund, bit -nf
bow it would leek te ether people, j jnj. jt.
Somehow-, when Jappnnl I wib e M I.engstrect was very persuasive,
-urpiiscl nt the way Jehn S ward t .1 ..Thl , j t bccBiuie jeu've just
ii tlitit I fitif flint tlift enMinrn n ij . .t... .- ..!:
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getting It all.
And new there it vvns en the -creen
for an) body te see who wnnted te leek
- Jehn kis-ing my ejes and lips anil
threat hungrily, wildlj any one weuld1
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have known that tliere was no acting
the girl,
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lidn't say anytliing, nnd I
didn't dare te leek and ue if he were
looking nt me. It seemed te me that
I knew bow he must feel.
The lights wint en In a minute, and
a funnj -looking little old mnn came
ever and spoke te Jehn, who was still
with us.
"I want the pietute. Seward." he
said. "And I want the girl, tee, if she's
in the ninrkct. Who Is she and where
can I find her?
I understand that
you re bound te go it with jour own
with veur own
company from new en, but tln s net
is sue:
Jehn glanced at me with a little
mil., before lie answered.
"What are jeu going te offer her,
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ives at that I.engsticet was one of
the biggest men in the mei ion-picture
business, I knew .
"Well, I'll talk te her In Ing her
around tomorrow," was all let would
mj. and lie and Jehn moved awaj then,
talking in low tone.
"I.el's go home, I.nrrj." I urged,
turning baek te him. It sCenifd te ine
that I would collapse If I had te Mnv
in that het room any longer, with all
the mi n smoking and talking se hard
Se we went home, l.nrry had taken
n spite that afternoon at the hotel that
THEN STAR MEETS STAR ON
r- r.
,J1M, ,gn'
What You'll See
in Betty's New Film
WILLIAM D. TAYLOR'S pro
duction of "The Neese," star
rniR Betty Compson, will shew:
An old palace et Napoleonic times
en the outskirts of Tarls.
Old ltemnn catacombs new utilized
ns Apaclic denn.
A traveling htreet show, or Petite
Cirque, in the Hue Macabre In Paris.
Exterior and foyer of a Parisian
theatre.
A fashionable Trench hotel.
A raid en an Apache den by gen
darmes at the outbreak of the war.
The purlleuB of Paris.-
A liaison trench en the battle
front.
New Yerk harbor and the Sta
tue of Liberty.
A Fifth avenue tea room.
A ballet school in New Yerk.
A cestume ball.
Many beautiful citerlers at e
Leng Island home.
J
Alice Jo.vce nnd her brother own
darling place overlooking the park.
Our rooms were un very Ulch. se that I
we could see clear out ever the city,
add though there were just a few of
them only two bedrooms, n living
loom, and a tjnth tliey were se pretty
and comfortable thRt they seemed like
home le me nt once.
larry pulled n big chair up te the
living-room window a window se
large that jeu almost forget that you
were In a room at all. And then he
mU in it. nnd I curled up in his lap,
and for n little while we didn't say
nu thing at all.
rinally he spoke.
"I had n few words with Seward
while you were saying geed-night te
Silvia," he told me. "He says that
Lengstrect will offer te star you en
the strength of this picture; that's un
usual, of course, but he's picked one
or two big winners in just this way,
nnd he claims that he always knows
them. Jehn enjs you're a sure bet;
that Carl Banning bent Lengstrcet,
who's n great friend of his, home film
that showed you making a jump ever
the falls up there at Taughaniwk
hone), why en earth did you eer de
such it wiiu siuui: iuii mignt i'vv
',p, killed
j antl that J-cngstreet went
w iiu ever
mat,, newure tays ne 3 never
seen him mere enthusiastic, Mf he dared
Irtf h i men! F im ' '
let uimseu go.
"Then that means that has ITkcly
te make me u really big offer?" I asked
Seward sajs he u star you, he an
swered, nnd his urms tightened around
me, "But well, de you want that,
dear?"
"I want this," I told him, sitting up
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tully. Hew you lelt tenlgnt when you
'saw me playing these love scenes witn
.leiin reward. Uid you like it.' urn
jeu feel that an actress leeks en such
things just as part of the daj's work,
and that that's nil they are? Or did
jeu " But I couldn't go en.
"I hated it," he answered emphati
cally. "I wasn't going te saynnything
about it, because jeu did wonderful
work in thnt picture, nnd I didn't
want te make you unhappy.
i uen I
want te stand in your wuy, eitlier.
But well, it's up te jeu, honey."
"Then I.encstreet enn keen Ids old
contract." I told him, curling up in
his arms ncain. "I don't want te be a
star."
But I couldn't get out of it se easily.
Te nlease Jehn Keivnrd nnd lieennse
" IMl.ii.lI- UUIIII ULItUMI, till', lll.lWll-1
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him te sec Mr Lengstrect the next day.
i weie te start in a few dnt for the
i cim-t en thnt triti he wns te mnte. nml
ueeii married. lie told me. "ieu
think there's nothing In the world but
love and kisses. But j en wait. When
the realization comes that you could
have a career that jeu could act, first,
en the screen, and thin perhaps en the
stage then will jeu want te be shut i
stage-then will .Mill . want te lie sl.u M s, , , v im-ceveic tiellls
Inside four walls while,' our husband A" , lm,r'Ptl .,(.cs lhej went en. catch catch
nll'theHml'? .,'flB new people ,,.,,, B,i es through th.
""...',",., Lmi,V W .0',' .,i - ti. walls of leaves. Here was a column.
Seward alvi-cd me" agisted "that .'r: "71' lu n .et th" Alhambra &V -.,,'7,
wouldn't ever go back te the screen. gXlen kliiger some later monarch; ANNA J. MLsmin In
Things Hernet lines happen that we h , thl. wall of a miniature tern- I "WHY GIRLS LEAVE HOME"
haven t expected. And jeu ve get one ;.,',,' ,',.,..., i ,i,nll sP,. anion- the - -
chnnce in a million. Think it ever till ',: , LB J, ?,d J ,. i relle of AI I Ff.HFNY rr("'1"""1 AiUehcny
jeu get biick fro,,, the eeast, at least." K'tr,e U.&''n vuthuul ALLLU M, iM.ly " ..,. Uves. 8
avval! de-n1 A l', W? "'."' . i."!! I "WHY GIRLS LEAVE HOME"
street's contract in my pocket.
T walked alem:. as I se often had.
watching the beautiful inr.s roll by nnd
oeklliK nt thu wonderfully dressed
weinui In them. Once I had said that
seinu day I would have a car like one
of these, and would wear gorgeous
fnx'kH and be pointed out as u celebrity.
Anti new ' nnu ine cnance. i could
nave an tiio-e tilings witiiin tue ue.t
few months if I chose.
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ibrary. where T was te meet Lawrence,
"' ,' btaudinc en the bottom step,
watching for inc. And u.s 1 saw hew
Ins face lighted up when he saw me,
I and felt the thrill thnt went straight te
. my heart when his i.ves met. mine, I felt
1 sure thnt my only nppearnnoe as a star
i would be when I wan co-starred in that
lone picture with Jehn Seward.
And et. as he suid something mny
inppeii. lien wn get nacK irem the
toast things may be different. I can't
tell.
JJut I hope they won't. I have had
nil I want from the motion-picture
game. I have bcieniis u star.
thi: i:nd
LOCATION
right in I'riscllla lean nnd
left is Uerlu Mny. Their
companies met en location,
pretty stars snapped each
ether
DAUGHTER
THIS 1IK0IN8 THI2 STORT
. Jim Kentlrlc n devl-may-rar, vrholi vrheli
hearted American, in h Mcxlcen gam
Dllng Joint in e, itu.K i..
nnil enemy, with bin (.einpnnlun. a auniJ auniJ auniJ
eonie woman In nian'ii nunc, who nn
a Riime at high Makes from lilm. Kaii Kaii Kaii
orte hag made n part with hid nhl chum,
Harlow, tn ke en a e.vai?e for eiue nils
tTleua Mexican treasure. At the jile
tnrecque cen of the r ennlelt In the,
Mexican meuiitnln, acnln In male attire,
te their amizemcnt appears Zeralda.
In H sturtllnK InterMew ahe illcle
that ado la the l.-iht of th Aztec prin
cesses, and laa claim te the treasure of
the Montezuma, which Kendrlc la seek
Iiir. Hhe proffers hint her leve and la
h.tter when he aya he has no time ler
love. Meanwhile he lias sight of an
American Rlrl. Hetty Oonlen, who la
helm? held for rnnnem Kendrlc's friend.
West, has a ranch nearby. Zeralda per
mits him te Melt West, en condition ha
returns te her headquarters. West
proffers heln. Zeralda shevvs her power
by having narten, who has coir.e undr
her spell, badly shot and burning down
West's ranch. Kendrlc. keeplu his
word, rcturnu te Zeratda's place but'
she Is nnny, an I he decides te make a
fietaway wltlt Detty. Zeralda returns,
irlnRlnc West, whom she has success
fully "vernped " ZeratJ.t develops a
new Plot with Hips te win Kendrlc's love,
ami uy a revolution te estaunsn a state
1th herself ns iueen. Kendrlc Is con
fined at the ranch Zeralda Invlles him
te a dinner, at which oetn vei aim
Harlow are guests. She urces the three.
men and Hles te play a eame of cards'
for tnrge stakes of sold, ard her hand.
In addition. Kendrlc wins, te his dis
may and ezcltlne Hetty's aversion entl .
the hestltllty of lUrlew and West.
Zeralda takes Kendrlc te a seeret treasure-place,
"the heart of ancient Mexico,"
AMI IlUtC irr0NTIMJl!8
rpiIAT here,' at seme long dead time of
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Mexican history, had been the re
treat nf some barbaric king Kendrlc did
net doubt from the first sweeping glance
He knew something of the wny hi which
the ancient monarchs had builded
pleasure palaces for their luxurious re
laxutien, hew whole nrmlcs of slaves, I
captured In war, were k. &t a g ant
task like ether captives In elder days'
in Lgypt ; he knew hew thousands, tens
of thousands of Mich peer wretches
hopelessly te led te build with i their mis-
cry places of flowers nnd case, hew te
celebrate many a temple ter pn com-
pleted these peer ar Ice s .1 .i
ful .Processle i of hi n teds or thou
snnus as uie (iiguiiy ui un- uiU.u. ..
quired, went te the sacrifice. New.
standing here at Zernida's slde In this
gte.it still place, these thoughts winged
r. ,.!. ...i.i. I f..,. i m mraiwnt. in
felt close te t'h'e past of Mexico. I " ,"f njuch larger, high-vaulted
"What was once the country place chamber And again was Ivendric trcnt trcnt
ef Nezahualcoyetl. the Gelden King of ed te n fresh surprise.
Tezcuce," said Zoraida, "Is new the! Ah she steed In the deer nnd he
sf,i-r,i-ltn cordon of Zernldu. Fer the looked etcr her shoulder, six old men.
crrat Nc.aliunlcoeti. capuve- werh-
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, melli laboring through the days and
I ..i-i.tu f mnnv ear. builded here us
uc ee n,y friend. Here he was went
te come win
ion lie would have relief from
reTU i;,ber ncd intrigue, te shut lilm -
! pcif p with music nnu icasting
Untl
tbese he loved. Here he came, be sure, ipir ,nvhcs , ,.nlT(ls 0'f lt'zll,
.. . i i l 1 ...n . hum tin...... . " .....
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,.ith the beloved princess wmirn in-
i ra ished away from uie em leru u
Tcpeehpan
Aim tiere snu ri:uinnit;ii
nw
ewaiting him when hejeturned te the
rejnl place at '1 oKcetinco. ' Vl, Ji I,V
were paced. -130 ears age, the nshen of
the golden king nnd of his beloved prln-
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rc,s nnd here tuey rcmum- unm i"
night. "Come. Sener Amerienue : jeu shall
see something of Zeraidn's garden
which after N'eznhiinlce.Mitl came In
due time te be Mentc.umu's and after
him, (tiiatnmutzln'h "
Kendrle found himself irnwn out of
his nngiv mood of a tew minutes past,
charmed out of liimsilf by his envi
ronment, l'ollewing Zernidn. he pa-scd
tilnna n bread waiK wiuuuii; unuuiii
in,,. e.mhs mid lined en each side with
if,,rm ..times of arinus colors that
,,.,. lib,, evieW. These Dnuiuiaries weic
no doubt et choice irngmi'iiis i ""-"
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polished iJinlcedeii) and jaspir and ob
sidian; they were red and jellew and
i black and. at iigular interval-, n p.ib
exnnisite blue, which in the ias of tin
I lames were as beautiful ns tutimi--.
I Th.-j passed about a screen of dwarf
iipnn a i un lake'el
ny might 'rive honed a
I cedars and calm
., ,
neiess wl-h h a boy
- . -
-lope; ill the Miner, sprnji'i e. "
fountain that shone like nivu. wn
life-sied statue m ii.arlde lepresentuig
usliiidu. grncerul inaiden
"The beloved pnmess, whispctcd
.eraiu.i.
They went en. skirting the peel in
which Kepilne saw the stars mlrrend.
Vim mid then there was n Milush
made out a tortoise scrambling into the
water; lie caught the glint of a li-li.
They di-turhed birds that Hew from
llieii- hidden plaees in llie li-'cs; a lit
tle rabbit, like a tin ball of fur, ihet
nere-s their path.
liefeic them the central walk lay in
.. ,i. ".".. : ,- .i
i ,,,,, ,, es Kendrie came upon
ii,, ni,i, I, lnsir.l mi ns n true slcn te
recall the stiange nature of the am lent
Aztec, a
nation of leiinumeiit and cul-
tore and hideous barbarism and ci li
cit ; a nation of epicures who upon
great feast davs ate of elaborately served
dishes of human fles.li; n people who, In
it garth u like this, could find no in
c.inslstencj , no clash of discordant-.
In Introducing tb.it which bespoke
merciless iruelty and death, it glim
token and reminder that a king's pal
ace was a slaughter house as well, n
strange race whose ears were attuned
te ri.ishing sualns of music and vet
found no bi.uch of harmony if these
sliminz notes were piercid through with
.'the shrieks of the li.rturel djing. Just
opposite the in. t enchanting spot In
these uiidei ground graves of pleasure
was a great p.vriimidiil In up of human
skulls, thousands of them
'"I he build, i," explained 'eiaida
calmly. "These who ebejed the com
mands of the Tc.cu. un king, whemude
his driMin a le.ilit.v, who were in the
end sacrlliced here. I'lve prids, ul
tetnatllig with another live, weie un-
remitting night and day until at Inst
the ureal snciilice was co lete. The1
rcceids are there," and she pointed t
a tiMiiete ier of the garden where
".. .. .." ..
vaguely through the gieenery lie made
out stone columns; "1 huve seen them
.....1 I limn Hiniln 111V nviti futli. Vnt
less than ten thousand (iiptives expired
Here, II siiiiiu ii-iiiiiii- l ni, l lucre
wus a note of ptlde in 1mm- tone. "Loek:
ender is the great stone of nieritire."
lie drew- closer, at once tepellrd and
fnselnated
A lew- vaids from the base
of the heap of skulls wns n gieat bloc!
of jasper, pellsiieu and et a smooth
uess like glass.
Lpen this one after aiielher of ten
thousand human beings, stieng strug
gling men and perhaps women and chil
". ... i. ii.. . ii i-
irtn mil '" "V" . ".V "s . ,"""
as vulture, iieni iin-iu, wnne nnu priest
of high slull and iniinnc ciucity drove
..It.. .!-..,.
his knife and made Ii s gush and with
dnvv the anguished beaiinj heart le
held it high above lils'he.id. Agniu
eiaida pointed; en the stum. .,N the
ancient knife, a blade . ntli," eh
si.llau. a dark, translucent, ns hard as
flint, a pieduct of vel.auie liics.
Kendtlc turned fie- stu,,,. m Knifc
and humun relics and looked with
strnnge new wonder at Zeralda. She i
claimed kin with the te.valt) of this
ancient order; perhaps her claim was
Just. He had wondered If she wcre
mad; was net his answer new glven
him? Wns she net after oil that net
uncommon tiling called a threw-back, a
reversion te an ancestral type? If In
feet there flowed In her veins Uie bleed
A Tale of Adventure
BY QUIEN SABE (Who Knows?)
CcvirleM. lttt. bu Chartt Seribner'a Bena
of that pTlnccss of the golden king of
Tezcuce who could have (milled at th
whisperings of her lord ami the tender
I'ltdenees of music floating through the
gardens his Jove had made for her, while
just here Ills priests mode their sacri
fices and she, turning her eyes from his
ardent ones, new and then languorously
watched was Zernida mud or was she
simply ancient Aztec or Teltcc or 'Icz
t'tican. born four or live hundred years
after her time? Her slew smile new ai
she watched htm, and no doubt read at
least- portion of what lay In bis mind,
was hauling; he might htive been look
ing back through the long dead years
upon the Tezcucun's princess; In her
eyes were tender passion and n glint
that might have been n reflection of light
from the sacrificial knife.
Speculation aside here was ene point
which Zeralda herself had vouched fer:
since girlhood she had been accustomed
te coming h?rc. It would appear Inevi
table thnt the atmosphere of the place
would hnve deeply influenced young
fancies; that what she was new was
lnrgely due te these conflicting Influ
ences. What wonder that she saw noth
ing unlikely in her drcamlngs of herself
as quern of a newly created empire?
All that Zeralda was, nil that she did,
all that she threatened te de, the pas
sion and the regal manner nnd the leek
of a naked knife in her eyes, was but
le be expected.
Zeralda led en nnd he followed. Their
way led through the stonework be had
ft Jmnn?. room ed building,
w(llIs rcllv carTC(, ,me rccerds of au.
cicnt fwuta am, Blerics battles and
triumphs. They passed In through n
idp cntrnnce. .ithill tll0 wnUs wcr0
, , iiardwoe(8, the panels
vh ,, ,- , , ,
, Uoers , r, ,lt nnd ,cft
am Rhpa e am-
. , . , . . ... ,
"
""
nJ
inrlcnf fleths; there were chnlrs and
eble.s nnd lirnchcs nnd chests. Zeralda
with un. Mnucui niiciid nnu le me uoer-
.. . . ; ' . . '
"ldcntly awaiting her arrival, bent
themselves almost te the fleer in a rev
erentinl nesture that evnresscd creetln
erential posture that eprcsscd greeting
i nnd adoration. Again Kendric's fancies
were ilninn linel- Intn niipienr MeTlen
. xhev were loose cotton robes; their
I ,intirle fnlt ni ,1ml. ni-A.1 tirnnutfi In
u,4 ,ilnt th .n,.rifi.,jni stone.
rp(l lnsi, ilave been the old priest
,. i, ..,! .i e.. .i n'.., ii,i-
who sacrificed for the Tezcucan, their
PXlstPncPS ,,roielli;P( ctPr
an atmosphere of ant .quit
,
feraida spoke and they
mnlly here in
strnlchtcned.
and one mnn answered. ICendric could
net understand a word. Then, shuffling
their sandaled feet, the six went out
through it deer at the side.
"I thought jeu said." said Kendrie.
'thnt .-into jour father's death no linn
hail entered here?"
"And de the-e six leek as though
they had cenn here recently from the
eiit.side world?" she retorted, smiling.
"Tin jeungesf of them, Sener Jim.
hr-t ciinif le Nraaliiialcoyetl's garden garden
meie than .sixty jears age. When he
was less than a jenr old. hence bring
ing with him no knowledge of any
ether place t hull thi-."
"And jeu mean that they have nevct
gene out from here?"
Would they thru-t their heads
t ii riiii,!! wiiliil viw,k
Would they tn-ul'
ui.,,.' .nrrtiliipu ..ni'iiiii.i.l tilth ImiL'i
Would thev glow wings and -ear te the
" ........, .,.....
mitn-p,,,,, out :'they de net se'mueh h"h
vm ,,Il( ,Prp ell ttile te Be te."
tats up then
Net only have the
"Hut jeu come te thci.i !"
'eraidn lauglnd.
.....i j ... . j it
a goddess te
worship, the one who has alwais been.
,P p,nvP. ,mt orc-iitetl this "spot und
tiieni-eivcs:
The ate captives and caretakers of
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n sort?" he supposed. "But when they
nre dead? Who then will keep up jour
elaborate gardens?"
"Walt. They arc returning. There
Is your answer."
The six nnclents filed back. Each
mnn of them led by the hand a little
child, the eldest net yet seven or eight.
All boys, all bright and hnndserae; all
filled with worship for Zeralda. or
they broke nwey from the old men and
ran forward, some of them carrying
flowers, and threw themselves en their
knees nnd biased Zeraidn's gown. And
then witli wide, wondering eyes they
looked from her te Jim Kendrlc.
"Peer little kids," he muttered. And
suddenly, whirling wruthfully en
Zeralda: "Where de they ceme from?
Whose children ure they?"
"There nrc mysteries and mysteries,
she told him coldly.
"Stelen from their mothers by your
lnmneil lirlunnds 1" he burst out.
She turned blazing eyes un him.
"Be careful, Jim Kendrlc!" she
warned. "Here you are in Zeralda s
stronghold, here you nre in her hnnd
Is net of hers te be questioned by you?
She made a sudden signal. The six
little heys withdrew, walking backward,
Zerlda pointed; en the stone lay the
ancient knlfe a blade of lUtll
their round worshipful eyes glued upon
thelp r-eddess. Then thev were cone.
the old men with them, n heavy deer
closing behind them.
"Again I did net lle te you," said
Zetaida. "Since though these have come
recently, they urc net yet men. Fellow
me again."
They went through the long room nnd
into another. This time Zeralda thrust
a-idc a deep purple curtain, fringed in
geld. Here was u smaller chamber,
ah-elutely without furnishings of any
Kind. But Kcudric did net miss chairs
or table, hi- interest being entirely
civ en te the three jeting men standing
hefete him like soldiers nt attention.
Heavy limbed, muscular fellow the
were, chid only in sherl white tunics,
each with n plain geld baud about his
forehead. In the hand of each wus a
gtcat, two-edged knife, horn handled,
n. long as a man's arm.
"These came just before my father
gave his kejs te Zoraida," the girl told
him: "There nre three mere of them
vvlie sleep while Ihe-e guard."
Again Kendrie saw in the eyes turned
upon them a sneer wersiup ei ,erai in,'
ii wnlliliT at him. Zeralda lifted her
hand; the three ueweq low . rne spese
settly ami tuej v.uiuii'ew siewiy ie tne
,'fuither wall, walking backward us the
'cliildtcn had done. Then one of them
lifted down the tne liars across a uoei
ciiiple.ving a tilde key from his own belt.
.Mid when ue nnu none se nun stcppe.i
, aside Zoraida with her own kejs In
I five different heavy steel locks opened
'lliewaj. rue swung tne uoer open nnu
i Kendrie followed her. As in the adobe,
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heuse here was n place where a cnrM '
beyond the doorway hid from anv rifil '
eyes what might lle In thin room ei!
when the deer wns again hnV I
locked did Zeralda push th? cU?1 '
nside. Anether match, another btiTii!.11 '
llghted-nnd Kendrlc needed no teihn? '
that he wns In an ancient trS
chamber. nri
There wcre long gleaming.teDI)fti
tables of hardwood ; there wcre ffl
sltcly wrought and embroidered fhVu
covering them ; strewn across the tM
wcre countless objects of Incstlm.w!
value. Vases and pitchers and n.ti!
of hammered geld golden goblets , 2
w lth rich stones ; ropes of silver ; vewi.
of many curious shapcj, some as sm, 1
ns wahiuls. seme a Inrirn n. ...,511
pitcher, but all of the precious nS v
knives wit I blades of! obsidian and W.
dies of geld ; mirrors of selected ebdj.
Inn, bound around In geld ; necldX
coronets, polished stone Jars heaped wltk
gelddust. One tnblc appeared te
heaped high with strnngo-leoklne benVi'
nnclent writings, Zoraida told hi'
a cregiypns en the mangucy that la ,
like the papyrus of the Nile.
"And leek," laughed Zoraida. "Ifcri
is something thnt would open tie etnA
eyes of your friend Barlew." '
ane opened n cedar box and penrnl
forth the contents. Pearl, pearls b
the double handful, such ns she had
worn thnt night at Ortega's garablinj
house, many times In number thesi
which Barlew had declared would null
Kendrlc's twenty thousand dollars "loeJ
sick." In the lamplight their soft cf"
fulgence 6tirrcd even the bleed of Jin
Kendrie. ,
"When the great Tzln Guntame knw
thnt he would die n deg's death at tit
hands of the conquerors," Zeralda stld
"he had as much of the royal treasurj
ns be could lay his hands en breucbl
here. The Spaniards guessed and a
manded te be told the hiding place,
Gunlametzln locked his lips. Th(j
tortured blm ; he looked calmly back inh)
their enraged eyes nnd locked his lip
the tighter. They killed him, but hi
kept his secret."
She hud mentioned Barlew, nnd Juv
new Kendrlc's thoughts had mere t(
de with the present nnd the immedl&tj
future than with u remote nnd legendatj
history. .
"Se," he said, "while Barlew and j
made our long Journey, south, scekltj
the treasure of the. Menlczumas, jeuWj
ready had had it safe under lock anj
key for Ged knows hew long!"
"Choeso whnt pleases you most
Sener Jim," she said. "That I maj
make you a rich gift."
But though for n moment the glow
ing pearls, the geld nnd bllvcr trinVett
held his eyes, lie shook his head.
"It strikes mc," he said bluntly,
"that you and I nre net Ruch friend!
that rich gifts need pass from one t
the ether of us."
"Theti net even nil this," and will
a quick gesture she indicated all of tit
wealth that surrounded blm, "can moil
jeu? Are jeu man. Jim Kendrlc, ii
a mechanical thing of levers and sprlnfl
set into a man's form?" ,
"I hnve never hnd the modern mae
ne. s of lusting for geld ; that h all," ht
told her.
"Net entirely modern," she retorted,
"since here nre ancient beardings; net
jet entirely land, since it is pure wl.
dem te put out n hand for the suprcra
lever of worldly power. ou arc I
strange man, Sener Jim!"
"I am what I nm," he said slmplj,
"And, like ether men, content with
mj own desires and ilrcaiuings."
She studied him, for u while in eped
perplexltj, then In us frank a glewinj
adinirallen. Thnt he should -et nsidt
with a careless hand that which meant
se much te her, but made of mm it
,,. njPj Hert f Miperman
--riie thing te de," -nlil hemlrll
, ntit of n sheiT silence, "is In (inni inni
,ioer- and let me go hack te the States,
.... . ...-. . .....,...,...
i ,.n1(. nrr,. looking for treasure trove)
our claim antedates mine aim I an)
no higliwajinan."
.erniiln seateii hersclt In a lug carrti
,.,nr by the long table whereon lay tlji
aneienl writing.-, lelded like fans anl
pretei ted between leaves of decorate!
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