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Comeback
WHO'S WHO IN THE BTOBV I
CBERRY MOllVX, up-te-date aul.
rich and charminu, at once irritated j
and attracted by i
DAVID 8AXatti:U, young American j
ethnologist and war veteran, amazed
hy change) in manners and customs
brought out by the uar, hut inter
ested In Cherry, ills modest lands
are invested with her lather.
JIM MOHVX, n self -made financial
leader. Toe huiy tn think uf H,
s. children lie leaves them te
URP. MOlll'X, who hai siirrei'fully j
cultivated the smial side of life.
BRUCE reVA. a moleicar satei
man, of rare-man type, of whom
Cherry imagines she m enamored.
BOlt MOUVX. son, is u typically icck-
less youngster.
GEORGE lA'CETT. cldnly rheius.
philosephl:ing as Hie story develop'.
jeiix cirtcn ester, vhem .vm.
Mehun would like te call son-in-law,
Stecrir.s a .Mr.ilKlit Course
SHC wns lu-iive. Uf lmtl nlwn.v hnil a
sense of a line qnalit "f neblllt " .
neath lier heedlessness. Strength. te
nnd clinrneter. Ter she Intel Mcerei1
a Rtralsht eenr-e. uiitmieheil l the
lgnH of vp.'iLnes that vveie nil about
her. Hut hew much strenstli hn.l -he?
Hew much i-eurnpe? lla.l sue i'iiehru
te conquer the ten.letielc". te vvliuh -"he
had been bred? tt seemed te him thnt
ihe -nultld nee.1 it all. She had made
brave derision, impressive in the cer
tainty of her Uiiir.ulmi. but he "
wire that it ni t be init in the trial
Already she had beaid the ra-i "
bitter tensuei. felt the Kn;ivv of a
heavy heart, known the naiu of lonely
llenees, but thee were only the be
Sinning of her venture. Theie would be
eme trjing moments -eme dangerous
ones. Hew was fhe equipped te meet
the bitterncs of a world whieh had
hnvvn enlv a smiling faee? He taw her
radiance nlicady dimmed, her colon
named with weariness her wartntn
chilled I'.v the cold touch of materialism
And pt was it i.et pe'-ible that
out of the M niggle which was t"
come
snmethiuz mere splendid twin
the radiant Client might emerge n u ' ceimier et I inain s f.,r a consider censider
ereatu.e Mticnt .n the re.,1 ..- J ;$ret1!U?S.
Of life, a woman et full -tatuie. Her ini- , D,.mi-. lelin" w.i net n icimui who
TierfectieiiM burnt off m the lues of aied te admit a failure in anything.,
, i . i.. ,...,il.li. in though the end of his hones with re-
me. iter mirucu-i .....
disappointment and pain? The tlower tlewer
like beauty of-her face whicti hail firnt
attracted him seemed less significant
l.y It. lie neixleil 110 sa, ,e e.s ;"-
ncic III haung advised her against
the thought of this preposterous mar-
rinse, bem out of the enormities of med-
i-rn social dogma, which tiaced their ,
origin back te the jungle where the I
...i?. .. ,.,n,. ,. rUeiipd in eat-
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tin
M ,...A ...ik liinluii. llIlle Here 1UH
te be computed in the renw'littimni a.
Alicia .Meliuu did net knew this Cherry
that Sangree knew had never known
l,crer was Jehn Chichester, with nil
his knowledge of the hnraeteristics of
tteinen of nnether sort, enpahle of pass
lig judgement upon her.
Sangree smiled grimly n he thought
of Jehn Chichester. Ten thousand dol
lars! Hew many head of cattle did that
amount represent according te the tip
tiralnnl of the jungle north of l'ertj
necend street? A shrewd device of Mi".
Mebuii's. hut paltry, uuweithy, and
net quite hiiinnn. ChWiester wanted
Cherrv but lie sjinuld net have her.
Ne, by Cied! nnjhedj but him even
r.ruce'Cewan but net Jehn Chichester!
l'aclug furieuslv 011 his wiiv home.
Dr. Sangree was in n smage mood
when he reai lied his dwelling place.
The night until at tl-e elevator was
nodding ever a newspaper when San
gree entered, but lie ruse with an "it
of Hidden awakening te his responsibil
ities, which, it seemed, had been defi
nitely challenged
I Hen t IlKe te speiiK iineur it. sir, ,
he said with a solemn air ns lie seized
the heisting apparatus of the lift, ,
"but ou must knew the rule about I
remeu here at nitlit."
Sangree boiled within, but he gev-1
rued his tongue.
"Well?" he asked.
"Thnt jeuiig woman in etir apart
ment, sir," mid (lie man coell.v . "I .
don't want te report it. but jeu ec j
I'm here te keep the rules. It won't
de te let it pass."
A Mint movement, in which ie ueciue (
Tvhether te knock the man down or te
ham! him n bank note. Sangree leststed
the first impulse, wliuli would have
nreeinitnted the car into the basement
or sent it through the reef.
"She was my sister." he lied calmly.
"She didn't knew the rule. She won't
come again."
"Oh, I see, sir. Hut of course T
have te de my duty-"
The elevator stepped and Sangree
drew 11 bill from his pockethnek.
"All right. Just forget it." he
growled.
"Oh, all right, sir. Hut you under
stand?" "Yes, I de. fioed night." he snnpped
and went down the "hallway. Damn
the man! He was tee civil by half anil
hid solemn nlr didn't conceal his in
lu'ting metropolitan omniscience.
eangreu turned the uey and opened
the deer. The room was redolent of
her moments of penance nnd his own
asceticism. The comedy in the elevator
cemed n cruel piece of buffoonery. He
narl lied te the. night innn nnd paid for
the privilege of the lie. Convention again
which mnde a falsehood of the most
Irreprencbable netH of existence! Tn his
moment of doubt Sangree had said that
Cherry was his sister. And yet nfter
All was net that the truth?
The Head of the Family
During thnt month Sangree saw little
et Cherry, hut her calls upon the tele tele tele
phone renssured him its te the quaility
of her courage ami without comment
he reported the success of the under
taking. He put together, from the fiag
mcntH of conversation, the scene at
the dinner table of the members of the
Mehun fnraily when Cherrv had ex
ploded her practical petard into the
midst of their hopeful hallucinations-.
Te them it must have had something
of the nature of an infernal machine.
lie did net hear until afterward what
part Jim Mehun himself had plnjcd in
the plan or what were its reactions
upon mother nnd brother, for, as San
uree knew, Cherry wuh alreadv ashamed
of her mother's weakness anil her broth
er's iniClency and meant, If it were
possible, that no one should knew of
her dlfflcultlPH in convincing them thnt
here wif nothing pIsp te he done. Upen
Beb's part he imugincd long-winded ar
guments ro-pnferccd by vague hepew nnd
vaguer premises; upon AHpIu'm tears,
recriminations nnd, perhaps, h.v stories.
In the Olympian Club he heard of the
TrtisenicntH of the sale of the con cen
ttata of both houses at auction.
. At tha club also Jie eaw Jehn
,
. . ll t..,..t.w llt llll
'" ., v.Wl taK Sealed had told Jehn Cnichester f the
.""' ". , ".' (T i, t!-i. .vliieli liml ""line "i i.iierrj s curious irieiu "Uip i
inner beau lc of Mr t 'il " Id ffif Siln,r.0 b , ,,. J,
emerge.1 into the ligl t Uip r "u eMdain J..I111 Chichester's air of re-,
He lt rtrulnt. which was evident when thc
the counsel that he lad gi en r, 0.. ju t( , , , ,, ,
knows he had no hope of bcnetitiiik , , . . .. , ,,,,,,1,, ,,t
THE HOUSE OFMOHUN
By GEORGE GIBBS
Auther
our nielher." lie said softly, "lus
O'liidieMer. but thai gentleman new
ln-MMl him by with Hiber air and ,
a mere nod of uwelmiIihim. I'min
"(Iciile Amiltage ln learned t the '
i - i .uri.i .Aieiiuu s iiemis mer
. ,.,,. ,., ,,.. -"..,:.i
..-.. ... . . ., . . niiu'i nui v in.ni i iLtili u
te him ,.fy seen after Cherry's isiti
te Saiisne's room-.. His manner puz
zled Sangree. tlieiigh it did net annoy ,
Mini. Ilt imagined, nt lust, that Alicia '
rp,,rilll.lf .....
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M ' he h.-d been inclined tc
think this one of tlie meeds of his'
"wn finnntinl jiii.feitiini;. for Chichester ,
was suthclently worldly te appraise
his associates by nn n'sessment of
,i, e....,i.,i ; i., :,. .1... tii
i"' ' imuin nil i.llii'- in inu iai
m heme. Hut liter nngiee revised
I this iqiinieu, and it seemed ti him
.that her mother would have, been the
! last person te whom Cherry would
j have confided the t-eeict of her visit
I te his looms or the nature of the roil
I vernatien which had been its object.
1 Hut he knew ts well as though Cheiry
I had tehl him that Jehn Chichester had ,
'definitely been givm his disit.isal and
, he suspected that the sale of Mrs.
Meliun's pearls had pievlded the op ep op
pertunltv ter n niilier satisfactory con cen con
ibisleu te that affali.
Jehn Chichester's friendship hr.d
been unimportant te Sangiee, his ton ten
tidenees unseuglit. ami it made 110
possible difference te him that the
elder m.in had decided net te continue
his amiable advances, but his snubs
were sr pointed new that Sangree
could net resist the Impression tat 1
some influence of which he was unaware !
was behind this rather mjstifvlng
i linnge of demeanor.
Hut. whatever it' cause. Sangree,
icgardc'l it with the Toeil-nniuicti iei-
1 r.inci
if one who has little
te lese.
If never before. Jehn Chichester new
belonged te a phase of life which San
gree rr!i(iiisheil with little 1 egret
Ilts dues at the Olvmpian were paid
until the end of the jear and. since
he letibl mi longer -ifrnrd the linmlcs.
his risiguatieti would take effect nt
th.it time when be would adapt I1I11 --
" i. the situation new demanded
bv his slender mean.
Seilal KHe
Sangree had tnkm his new point
of view with singular calm. These of
his new aequalntani es who clie.e te
fellow him into social exile could de
se if tl'ev liked, but be cherislud few
hopes of them. UN position was quite
difleicnt from that of Clieiiv, who
tnii-t, if he knew the world, luglu very
seen t feel the stings of bemlits forget. ,
lie knew thnt li w.is te suffi r acutely. ,
if she had net already done mi. In her
alienation from these who had face
been her intimates. Hut it new ap- 1
peaied that, eme having come te a
(fpcisien, Cherrv had performed her ,
duty te herself and hi r tninllv with
a precision and dipatch which leunted
net upon the opinion of the world. 1
Hut her plans, ns he later dls- I
covered, had been n.Rde less difficult of ,
accomplishment h.v strength from an
unexpected source, which lanw te
her with nil the gentleness of nid 1
from Heaven it-elf. After the talk
with her mother which hnil r 'lilted I
tn a renewal of their quarrel, it scimedi
scarcely possible for Lit te fight her
battle, alone; but, huving tnndu her de-1
cislen, bhe did net lecant, though she1
Uncommon Sense
By JOHN
PUBLICITY Is easily ncqulred, If
one doesn't care what kind of pub
licity lie gets.
Whistler nine said that a man who
dcsliM te be widely known in Londen
need only te remove his shoes at n
reception new nnd then.
Soen he would be known ever the
world of fashion as the man who re
moved his idiecs.
A baseball player in America or a
cricketer in Knglniid who appeared at
an important game wearing Mewing side
whiskeis would seen be talked of in
every country In thu world.
Net long uge a jeung man who
wanted te be famous walked up Fifth
avenue in New Yerk every afternoon
wearing only n white bhlrt, trousers,
shoes and stockings.
People viewed him curiously for a
day or two, and then forget hira.
Side whiskers, which used te be no
common ns te occasion 110 surprise,
would linp gained him mere celebrity,
rpiIK desire for public notice is se
J- general as te he pathetic.
These who have no hen tn pain u
with their brains and lack the dtte
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of "Youth Triumphant" and Othtr Successes
Copyright, 19S1, D. Applcten . Ce.
been tring te make ou marry Jehn
faw nothing short of violence as ap
alternative te yielding te lipr mether'n
!Uii"'.'it threats nnd tpars. It had been
a dreadful morning nnd she sat In her
father's room thinking of the last dis
turbing interview thnt she had with her
mother. Jan.es Mehun was upright
near her 'n his Meri Is chair, where
he new spent most of the day in the
sunlight by lu window overlooking
the stieet. She thought that be was
dozing, but some Impulse made her
turn te leek at him. His sa?e was
fixed en her a calm, untroubled leek
"like thnt of a child which has just
awakened," ns she expressed it. Me
almost teemed like somebody that -he
didn't knew, or rather like the father
she scarcely reniembeied in the past,
when she, wis a child, bel'nie the
family came te New Yerk; when tiny
had lived in the old house nt I.eiper I.eiper
vllle: for theie used te be time then
for Jim Mehun te romp with l!ob and
CliM-ry In the evenings before bed
time. It was the leek that he had
in his eyes when he tucked Cherry in
to bed. She couldn't understand nl
brst. She had beiome se accustomed
te the shadows of vverty that had come
when thej had moved te New Yerk.
New It seemed ns though the Illness
which had struck him had Midden v
gene, fnking with it nil the pain which
had been Its cnuse. leaving his mind
and body quite placid and undisturbed.
His speech, tee, was distinct, cle.irei
than it Jiad been since before the
stroke. It almost seemed as- the'igh
for sen.e purposes of hi- own. iintii
that moment, he might have been ( is
simul.iting. "New. Cherry." lie iaid te her
gentlj, "tell inc. .
And then, as she pietested, be went
en vry falnily: "Tell me exneth. 1
I new a great deal. I have heard. 1
h.iven't slept nlvva.vs and the dems have
net nlwajs ben closed." Me snllnL
.it her again, but he seemed te knew
exaetlv what he was nlsjtit, and whet:
she tried te evade him lie cornered her.
"Your mother," he said seftl.v . with
a glance nt the deer, "bns been trv
inb te mnki) you n.arry Jehn Chichester
te save our fortunes. I knew that
Yeu don't want te nuny him and
.veu've refused. T knew that tee. I'm
gild." He leaned forward nnd patted
her shoulder. "I was afraid that von
might ngne en niv ncreunt but I'm
gl.nl that veu wouldn't !"
Sin- aught his linnd In hers and
kissed it, because he had made her
vi rv happy
"nverjthlng's Keen All Wrong"
"Kverv thing's been nil wrong wi'h
us.' be went en calmly. "Yeu sec,
I've been putting the cart before the
horse all these jenrs. I was tr.ving
for something for all of us tint we
could Lave had all the time without
tr.ving happiness.
"It was at home it ought te have
been at home." He paused and frown
ed. "Cherry denr, I don't think I
wanted the money for myfcelf be much
as for uh all for what it would give
3011 that jeu wanted.. But no matter
hew much I made we always teemed
te need mere "
"Oh. Daddy don't!" nhe whispered
painfully.
'dh. I'm just telling you this be
cause I'm glad you haven't made the
same mistake that I did. Yeu can't
buy happiness that way. And it would
have been worse for you, living with a
man you couldn't love "
He seemed te feel by the touch of
Cherry's hand hew happy he was mak
ing her.
"Sometimes I wished te Ged I'd never
left Lelperville. We were happy there,
Cherry, and we didn't have any tee
much "money. But she didn't under
stand Muzzy didn't. And hhe never
It LAKE
What Is Fame?
te de outlandish thing In order te
attract attention fteek by cultivating
the acquaintance of important people
te get n little second-bend celebrity.
Mevie actors, politicians, even fa
mous criminals, have followings of nee.
file who think that reflected glory or
infamy is better than none.
Imputation of the right kind is much
te be desired. But it must be earned
honestly te be worth nn thing.
If it is only-n reputation for hon
esty or fair dealing it is better than,
the kind of fame the humnn fly gains
by standing en his head en the cornice
of a skyscraper.
TO BE famous without being fan
tastic requires a combination of tal
ent and Industry which is rare other
wise it would bring no fame.
But such is the level of general lazi
npps thnt any one can gratify a normal
deslre te shine n little, simply by doing
his work n little better thnn the next
man, nnd being n little mere earnest
about getting uhend in the world.
The kind of fame conferred by side
whiskers en nn nthlete seen grows as
inconvenient as the whiskers them-iflvei.
Chichester te sae our fortunes"
could have been contented batk there
ngnin with the cast-iron deer en the
lawn." He laughed quietly, "Yeu
remember these deer, Cherrj ? .'Jwa.vs
standing waiting, listening, watching,
when 1 came up I'lem the station. I
liked 'em. Thej were home. I wonder
it thej'ri' still there."
Cherr.v had never known that thing!
like that could mean se much te him.
She murmured something and he went
en in a moment. "I'm counting en
ou, Cherrv. I've nlwajs felt that
I could count en .veu in a pinch. The
pinch has come. Kveti the house nt
I.eiperviiie will be sold. 'We're com
pletely ruined. There's nothing nt nil,
of leurse, but the lurniture nnd jour
mother's jewels."
lie made the statement passively,
almost with the nlr of one who remuiks
upon the misfortune of nnether. It
v nil te Cheiry Unit if he was with
out passion he was also without regiet
--as though his air of abstract Ien was
a part of his illness in which the world
had forgotten him -md he the world.
"Of t nurse, iiij dear," he went en
calmly, "we will have te change our
whole mode of life."
"Ye. Hitddy. I've planned that."
And she told him of David Sangree's
offer of the house in One Hundred and
Highty-seeend street.
He listened sebeilj. nodding his head
in approval,
"Thnt i geed," he said, repealing
the word "goeiL vei.v K0,j- UI
then, with another glance at the deer,
"And jour mother?"
herry moved her shoulders help
lessh .
"She still hopes for something out
of the wreck. Se does Heb. But
they'll ngice. They must."
He nodded bis head sagelv,
"cs, they will agrtv." he lepcated.
"They must."
Cherry glanced at him in disquietude.
His tone was Se unlike the one thnt she
had known se gentle se colorless.
Ter a moment the thought came te her
that his mind might have been enfeebled
b.v his illness, but the leek In hia ejes
icasstiied her. Their g.i.e was keen,
untroubled, nlniest judicial in its calm.
lie seimed te be seeing all things with
a clearness which came from some new
inner vision thnt hnd been granted him
during the period of his unconscious-
nc
tiieaily leassu'ieil. and responding te
his questions, Cliiir.v b-gan telling him
what nit.- planned te de the sale of
the furniture even her mother's pearls
if necc.-sary. He nodded slowly, but
cbfinitelv. Yes, eien that, he ngreed.
When she had liuishid he was silent
for a long while, looking out of the
window, and Cherrv thought that bhe
hud talked tee much.
But as she moved In her chair, he
spoke again, very quietly.
"Will jeu please tell jour mother
te come te me here, Cherry dear?" lie
asked.
She started up, dismayed. "De jeu
think jeu'd better. Daddy?"
"Yes, my denr If veu nlense." he
said firmly, "and at once."
He was still looking out of the win
dow. She. felt that Ills words were 11
Command such as he hnil never issued
before. And, ns she still hesitated, his
voice was mero calm but mere insistent.
"Yeu will de what I nsk, Cherry
It you please."
What happened in that room after
her mother hud entered it, no one but
husband nnd wife were te knew. Alicia
Mehun, pale but dry-eyed came out
and moved like u sleepwalker down the
corridor te her loom, where she re
mained alone for the remainder of the
day. Later Cherry stele silently into
her father's room. He wns still in his
chnir by the window. He wns quite
motionless and his pyesvere closed,
se, for fear of disturbing him, blip went
out and up te her own room, wondering
nt the mlrnele that hud been accom
plished se quietly.
She Did Net Call en David
Though David Sangree had placed
himself at Cherry's disposal for any
task thut she did net care te nrcemplish
herself, she did net call upon Rim. I'er
haps she took pride in being able te
attend te the details of reorganization
hcrsplf -or, perhaps, she did net wish
te intrude upon his busy hours un
necessarily. He hud n feeling that
when she really needed him she would let
him knew. But just the same lip
couldn't conceal an anxiety en her be
half. He hud never been able te forget
that, in spite of her air of self-sufficiency,
she had net been trained te
responsibility such as this.
When he met her nt the house in
One Hundred and Ulghty-sccend street
te mnke the final arrangements before
the Mehun family moved in, she seemed
te be in n btntn of nervous repression,
Intensely alert mentally, with a cheer
fulness which wns 11 little tee deter
mined In be quite nntural. He (bought
her thinner, her motions mere abrupt,
her short laugh mere frequent, her com
ments mere frankly ironical. She gave
him the impression of one riding ut
Are Flapper
a Bad
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Painted?
Arc
Jaxz-Beus
Ail Limb
of Satan?
high speed along unfamiliar rends, some seme
wjmt miraculously passing all hazards
without 11 mishap. But it was obvious
that hpr experiences, if they hnd con
centrated the forces of her character te
the definite: focus of her will, had nl
ready taken from her some of the graces
of cxtibprnnce which had been nineng
her cerplem charms. And while her
manner vaguely disturbed him. he asked
, eci 00 questions as te tier tnttictiities.
preferring te wnit until she chose te
tiiAntlmi ,lin. It i .11 f 1 ....... ..Ill
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The thought thnt constantly recurred
Ie him was that she had accomplished
1 loe much. D wns net her health but her
j pence of mind of which it seemed some
how te be the expression that caused
him inquietude. He could net believe
thnt this nervous obsession of dtitj'
for it seemed nothing less could be
permanent. The spring wns coiled tee
I tlghWy. The pendulum had gene be
1 ynnil its leisurely nrc nnd, obeying a
natural law, must some time swing
mr 111 me opposite direction.
After she hnd gene ever the house,
making suggestions as te changes of
furniture te suit the needs of the family,
she dropped wea'rily into n chnir in the
room which hnd been selected for her
fntllfir ami irne .lf Iinw it mi.nlli. ...,.
T,I - ,WV. Vllb lll I.I,IIII.IIU ...lOU.
The moment for confidences hnd come.
1 want 10 taiK te you, Nlemescs,"
she said, "I haven't hnd 11 chance be
fore. It teems ns though I have been
driven from one unpleasant duty te nn nn
other with no time te think for myself."
"It has been a terrible responsibil
ity," said Sangree with feeling. "I've
thought of you often."
.. ''!'" Bhid you have." she said.
1011 knew" and she laughed "I've
felt us though some devil were chasing
me that I'd have te keep going te
prevent him fiem catching up. I must
Keep going. I need a skid te my wheel
that s certain."
Sangree frowned. 'Yeu need a rest,"
he said severely.
.J'?0'" snp wc"1 en llckly, "I don't
think T irnnt n tviel r'll .u .M.4U!
'rnJ??Pid f J,,y Jf J Hl.1 ,,0,vn en'1 hlnl-
1 mum 1 ip mm n nine tee much nil
at once lliMf's nil li'u n
twisted somehow. I can't quite find the
iviinuii ier 11 tup whole thing Is like
u death In the family with any fu
tiernl te go te. I could understand that.
en could grieve, go in mourning, nnd
luive it ever with, hut there isn't nny
end te trouble of this kind. It just
gees en and en. without any end in
sight. I've had bitter moments, un
happy ones, but none of them is.se bad
as the indifferent ones, when I don't
care what happens."
!'Tm"i1s l',,,,i',h." lie broke In.
'lhanks. 1 knew it. And I wanted
.veu te tell nn. se liv ..,i-.,-.:
somehow. leu see. Hnnieses," she
finished with a grin, -it's jeu who have
been the skid te niv wheel."
;n, nave 1 r
"YeS. Mill I llnn.l .... .,.... ,..
., . - '.-' ' vim iiiiuv ernice
or something. I'm it. a tunny mood.
I guess I've nlwajs ! ,,. 0ttll wn. t00
much. 1 never had te think about any
body but mjjjcir. Tliis thinking for
. , , ' ",,p "' nu- H "us a
Mild of advenliii-.i nt il.i t 1:1 .1
nil rcljlng en inc. I jed mkiK the
being useful-n sort of a neveltv. But
I den t mind telling ,0u tmit j.m
rather tiled m it nil."
.-sne toen a ,,. ,,,iffs of her cigarette
watching li(.r keenly.
vemT't ,l!i0U,,.,J,t l 'V11 ,llc ""1' 'e
jeu.' I miss the machines, Tnv run-
about especially. I ,s, ,m" crowd
tee. nicy used te come 1 milling after
me-Gleria. Vi. Svlvin, 1'hncb.phen-
ing every day. New. nobedv does
except t'l-nie. I've been bu'sv when
icy called. Ged knows I can't blame
them! I haven't been mm I, (un llt!n
1 have seen them l".i,.,i - .1
..vi. , fiiiiiu( uiPV
se,. y reason why thej should get
...,,... .. iin-ii- j,ii-k nisi because 1 nlu,
I wouldn't, eithertif I were thev The
bejs have been all lighl but somehow
1 liuvcii t felt much like .seeing the
boys. And nobody likes te be hearing
hard-luck stories all the time. And
se. of course, things ntc going en with
tlieni 111 the same old way parties
IMA, jeu ides. It hurls inn a little
Hint they can jog en without mo me
duli t jeu see?"
"Hut jeu could go out new, if veu
Wanted In. Win .1...,', ; I. ....,,
I , , ." 1. .mil. 11 VMIIIIU
j de j mi geed "
i "0. Tllilll-l. ,11 n ,.l.r.n .. .1 .- I
,, , -" " .' e SOIIICIIOIV ,
M011 t jeu suppe-e I feel it?" she broke
111 quickly. "Te go with thnt crowd,
veu ve get te go with llieiu nil the
(me. And besides the im W..I :,...,. t...
the teal things have storied cnmlng I
even te Muzy. She feels the slight I
iiorrieij. jsne would, jeu knew. It s
just iih though we were all alreadv dead
imd buried. And I guess W(. nrc, se
far ns ever going about ngnin is con
cerned. Oh. I don't cue bt t10 in-
v II at ions It H tin gleet of one's
friends thnt hurts the most and then
the careless nods of acquaintances."
She laughed bitterlj. "H m 1 y,,H.
tcrdav I Passed the lltiln f n,.r.,,i.A.u
snip mi the street jeu' knew il,
prehteer Carruthers' and she cut me
Imagine it !"
"Is her nequnintanee valuable te
you.'"
"Ne. But I've nlwajs been nice te
her. Hnnieses," she said, rather pathet
ic ally.
Te be continued Monday
Little Benny's
Nete Boek
By Lee Pape
The Park Ave. News
Weather; Hum.
Spenrts: Last Sattldny Benny Potts
and Siil Hunt found a peece of upe.
nnd went ei round looking for 11 a'ler
te show them hew te tie some dlffrent
netts. which jest wen they thnwt thej
undent going te find one they found
one nnd he red he would show then,
tlie Sinmeez nett nnd he took the rotie
nnd tied them together with it by thu
legs nnd then he went nwny lafflng and
they eeuldent get theirsclvcs undid and
they started te nsk men going pant if
thev had 11 pen knife, wleh about the
IStli one did. '
Slssicty: Miss Loretter Mincer can
stand en her hands, tern n enrt whiel
nnd is practicing the split but she still
gels sink less than half ways down. She
wijm she cant make up her mind whe
ther te go in the movies or be 11 lied
Cress netse.
Peem by Skinny Martin
I once gave a birthday party
The invitations scd Ne presents please,
And all the guests took it serious,
Mnjbe I vvasent disappointed holey
gecz.
Utter ! Hey lest! Sid Hunt's little
brother Bert get lest for !( hours hist
Wensduy nnd nil the fellows was look
ing for bin nnd hoping for n reward
but he found himself unci get home
jest in tiniB for Mipplr.
Ter Sale Cheep, Full set of carpenter
tools consisting of one bnvv eny i)eed
ing 11 slile sharpening nnd half a new
handle, one partly loose screw driver,
one hammer with an exter blieit con
venleiit handle mid a jellv glass full
of nssettul mixed nnlcM nnd screws net
nil ruMy. See pud tf In kins.
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like te knew that it is a replica of the President's mansion in Buenes Aires. If. the camera had been tilted a
bit higher you could have seen the ropes nnd lights nnd all of the paraphernalia incident te the making of this
scene, which' was built in the Lnsky studio
THE MOVIE JAN'S LETTERBOX
By IIKNHY
M. E. I j. writes: "Of all the disap
pointments l've ever had 'The Yeung
Rajah' was nbeut the worst. The
whole thing spelled CHL3AP with capi
tal letters and that impossible Wanda
Hnvyley ! Peer Rudy I If nothing else
it serves ns geed evidence te show what
the producers wcre tr.ving te de with
him. They seemed te think thnt nny
thing would de se long as his name wns
tagged te it.
"Yes; they are right te some extent.
In the promenade, 1 heard such remarks
ns these: 'Wasn't he adorable?' 'The
best I'lc seen jet'.' 'Better than the
book,' etc. (because he doesn't die I
suppose), unci jes, the llappeis were re
joicing because ills hair wasn't combed
funny.
"Well. I was glad some could enjoy
If. I ceuldn't: 1 simply felt like crj ing.
that's nil. After stelng 'Bleed mid
Sand' I was looking forward te some
thing if net ns geed nt least pretty
near it and le, beheld ! I sut there as
Hum as a rag, having visions, tee, of
Hodelph being slowly led te slaughter.
Such material te such u personality!
Of course, they figured, while tliey had
him why net make ns many pictures us
possible with the least expense nnd de
lay, rush him through ; 'he won't .be
nny geed nfter we're thieugh with
"I certainly nm glad be escaped thorn
nnd 1 de hdpe he will win with nil my
heart for Kudy. se much se thnt J
wetldn't miss n incline of his if I had
te crawl en all fours te get there."
t
A Prejudiced Gentleman writes:
"The exquisite daintiness of tlie fairy
tale prelude te that recent ntreelty,
'Singed Wings,' gives me new hope
Hint some day, in the net tee distant
future, a producer will commission one
of our nrtist-dirceters te film nn un
adulterated fairy story. There is 110
doubt that that step will math the be
ginning of mi era of liner tilings for the
scieen. (Hew like Merlen thnt sounds.)
"But seiieusly, the subject is re
ceiving no small amount of thought by
mere than one famous director. In a
recent address nt Temple University.
Ileibert Hrenen confessed that the
supreme ambition of his caieer was te
film some of the fantasies of Giimm
and Andetsen.
"And why net? Of 1 nurse the thing
is a gamble en the faee of it. but would
net the perennial bit of Peter Pan in
nil of ns he awakened te sin li u degne
that n commercial nucccss would result''
1 11 nt nlniest ufiiild te hope for it, but I
heie is m j choice for the staff of artists,
whose united effeits would ileate 11
wonderful fuiry steij : !
"Prnihjn Stanlnws nnd Herbett
Hrenen. directors. . . ... 1
"I cidiiiiind Piniiev i.niie nun war
ren A. Newceiube. ail directors.
"William Hiter mid Lejnipnu Ililler,
pholegiaphet-s.
"Pessihlj' a case of tee manv cooks,
but wouldn't we have n let of fun wait
ing for it?"
(Yeu couldn't have mnde a better
choice of personnel. And 1 believe that
sue Ii stories, done by such men, and
sincerely treated or else let nlene bj
the pieducing executives, would be tre
mendous popular successes. Speed the
in :) ... 1
June Westen writes: "Hegnrding
Mr. llincs' letter 1 don't see where
girls nre nutty for being Redv Val Val
entieo udniireis. I nm one ami I think
he is one of the best ever put en the
screen.
"Mr. Hincs wrote something about
one of Bedy V'h pictures being 'Mud
mid Sand.' T nm most sine that
was called 'Bleed and S.ind' imii as
for 'Bcvend the Recky Mountains' that
one was called 'Bcvend (he Reiks' nnd
U'nllv I don't think Spain throws bulls,
but thev have quite! n let of bull lights.
"I think it is n bhmne te let jcul jcul
eubv ruin n person's character. I
reallv de think they had 11 grudge
ngniiist Reily when they made him die
in most of his pictures."
It. D. II. writes: "Yeu v. ant te
knew the fans' opinions of 'Nere.'
Well, 1 for one, think that it was a
very geed picture. The scenery was
splendid nnd the acting wns gieat.
"The two best actors in i'. 1 think,
were alvlnl nnd the fellow who played
Nere. I cannot recall his name.
"Snlvinl is n geed, sincere actor and
has great ability. Really, he ranks
high in my opinion. Norn ulse did
some excellent acting. 1 did net think
much of the ucticsses.
"Are jeu ready te give us jour
opinion of 'The Yeung Rajali' jet. If
jeu meant thut for the worst picture
jeu ever saw, I must say you and
I differ greatly in our opinions.
"As for Valentine's acting, lie acted
the dark, mysterious Indian prince
very well. In fact, I think his next
best nfter 'Bleed nnd Sunt!.' Of
course, the story wns unreal nnd pry
fuiitUHlicnl and you could never sit
back nnd say, '1 believe it,' but neither
could jeu say that le the 'Letus Hater'
nor te 'Dr. .lekyll and Mr, lljile.'
Still jeu didn't think they wcre se
bad. did jeu?
"Well, let me tell you, I for one
would never support liny enci who was
trying te dish (pxuuse fxpiessleu).
seme one else out of his hnrd-e.irned
popularity. Yeu say we should be fair
te this Frenchman, ns tlie peer v
didn't knew vvhut be was doing. That
is n very easy thing for him te sa,
mid, furthermore, .Mr, N.. no nuiiicr
bevv much jeu try te dlsgulsn tour
(rue feelings, we funs arc net te dull
AN INTERESTING BIT OF REALISM
M. NRELY
that we can't see thnt you are against
Valentine and, although jeu say veu
arc strong for him, you never )ec
time te slam him in a clever way.
"I don't believe you hove taken nny
trouble te be fair in your views te Bedy,
therefore, why expect us te be fair
te the Frenchman who doesn't deserve
It?
"This is one mere letter for the waste
basket, but I just had te let you know knew know
hew you hnve hurt our feelings."
Your letter didn't go te the waste
basket, did it? I'm printing It because
I nm curious te see whether ether lend
ers think my attitude toward Vnlontine
has been hostile. Oddly enough, the
letter 1 hnvn iut rcieived from his
attorney which 1 have icferred te
elsewhere begins. "1 urn very init'-h
impressed bj jour fulmess in inviting
Mr. Hodelph Vnlcntine" but then, of
course, jeu fans nren't interested in
what I have invited him te de.
Old Timer w rites : "Thanks te 'Iiene'
for mailing jeu that letter from the fan
magazine; nNe te jeu for insisting that
wc; have' clever people writing te our
column; we de, lets of ''em; but net. me.
If I were I sure would be cashing In
nt it.
" 'Cause if there is one thing we need
in our family nt present it's jobs. Don't
need nn old, dignified lady for a mes
senger girl, de you?
' " "' '".;,"? n "T v lx' '"
,'' " " h' "! nt that Nerma gets
"J en her cjes alone. I could name a
1 wish te take exception te K, T,
half dozen girls en the screen tedav
mat, teatuie for fenture, are much mere
perfect than she beautiful eyes and
nil but they never held their nudlcnce
as she docs.
"Why? Because they lack that very
neee'sary quality personality that is
something thnt can never be defined in
words. One cither does or does net have
It, nnd our one and only Nerma sure
has.
"And that quality, coupled with leeks
and ability, would get nny one bv with
colors Hying.
"Once heard Nejs.i McMcin sny that
rilOTOl'LAYS
The following theatres obtain their pictures through
the STANLEY Company of America, which is a guarantee
of early showing of the finest productions. Ask for the
theatre in your locality obtaining pictures through the
Stanley Company of America.
ALHAMBRA 'W
REX IHOItAM PRODUCTION
"The Prisoner of Zenda"
ADOI I r &-0 & THOMPSON fiTS.
trJL.l-J MAllNht: DAILY
VERA GORDON
tn "VOVR BEST FMEND"
ARDMORE"
LANCAhTKll PtICB.
AWIVtOlllJ, r-A
BEDE DANIELS unit JAMFS K1RKWO0D In
PINK GODS"
ASTOR
UIUUTU . lilltAHD AVE.
MAIIMT. PAIIA
DAVID BUTLER
In "THE MILKY WAY"
AND VAUnEYILLL
151 I IPRIRri Hrnad & "Susqiimann
DL.KJ E.DlllA Continuous 2 until It
CULLEN LANDIS
ln"MAN WITH TWO MOTHERS"
COLONIAL "1"' 'f ?$
PRISCILLA DEAN
In "UNDER TWO TLAOS"
, I
C A IDt!r"M IMT -0th nn.l tllrftrd Ave.
i -Mivivivyvji-n i matim:i: daily
TOM MIX
In "FOR 310 STAKES"
56TH ST.
TIIIIATKK hclun Snruc
MATINl'.i: DULY
RICHARD BARTHELMESS
In "THE BOND BOY"
GREAT NORTHERN "Wiy-fifiSft
PRISCILLA DEAN
In "UNDER TWO TLAOS"
IMPFRIA1 U0TH "'AIA'UT STS
IlViJ L.JAI-I Mai. 2 an. Kvisi. 7 . ;i
MIRIAM COOPER
In "KINDRED OF THE DUST"
I.IDCP. 1 I MriM'K IiVtt.Y
MARY MILES MINTER
Jn "THE COWBOY AND THE LADY"
ORIENT w,sVilM?ft st'
DOROTHY DALTON
In "THEBIREN CALL1;
OVERBROOK M10UD
LIONEL BARRYMORE
In "THE FACE IN THE FOO"
PAI M I'HANKIOIll) AVI! AND
r-L.ivi Nenius smnm
THOMAS MEIOHAN. LEATRIOE JOY, LOIS
WILSON In C-ctl B. n. Mill-.'. M-,orniece
"MANSLAUGHTER"
REGENT
Market Ht.
10 A. M
HhIew 17th
te 11 r. u.
JEWEL CARMEN
tn "NOBODY"
RIAI TO UKHMANTOWN AVHNUH"
GEORGE ARLISS
In "THE MAN WHO PLAYED OOD"
SAVOY u'u MAKjfr htiiect
OtWKJl f, A, vi , MMnlglU
JOHNNY HINES
In "HURE FIRE FLINT'
nnn n n A'ntni ut,
WESLEY RADdv 1
WESLEY BARRY
In "KAUH te Kiem:i"
fZimZAXtii
all she wanfed was thnt. if she' mnde a
second appearance en this earth, she
would come back looking Ilk0 Alhe
Joyce. Well. 1 hope I comp back look leok loek
ing like Nerma. 1 can think of notli netli
ing which could be 'whicher.'
"Our friend 'Heitie'' snjs that if he'
resigned ns District Attorney he could
easily land a job at $8000 'per annum '
(The last, with npolegies te Ring Lard
ner.) New, Henry, vc all knew thai
If we wcre nn cx-D. T. (gee, that's
funny looking; hope Velstead doesn't
see II), the way these jobs ero played
these days, we would never need another
job for 11 long, long time.
"Must grab my lint nnd dash mndlv
te my favorite neighborhood theatre te
see 'Grandma's Bey.' Wilt report en
It later If jeu will allow me in ngnin
seen."
(Your postscript which I'm iiu
printing Is a well -deserved rcpieacli.
J knew I'm rude. But I did uppreclnte
it mid I de tlmnk jeu. Things hnve
been somewhat hectic lntelv and I
haven't Imd time even for' ordinary
manners.
If I did need mi "old. dignified" mes
senger, why should that inteiest jeu?)
m:ilirS lfV- V "H.tes: "' wnalnly
liked It. N. L.'a letter very much.
Somehow or ether you just seem te get
the spirit while looking at Rudy's pic
ture of 'Bleed and Sand.' Mr. N'eely,
nevv don't be thinking I'm one of 'em
se-enlled flappers 'cnuse I'm net.
Being 11 mother of three- kiddies mvself,
when I saw Rudy play the part of the
mischievous Hey, I certainly did chuckle
.cnuse I knew hew 'tis mvself. The
best of them need a spunking once in
n while even if they nrc all grevved up;
p'raps jeu knew. tee.
"As for Dee Reach being 'RudvV
rivnl, nu! nn! II. M. N., net much. 'lie
may be able te net (thnt is left te In
seen), but here in Americn it isn't enlr
ncting that counts, but charm and per
sonality, and 'Rudy' has nil that, and
then some mere.
"I hope for the. time when, perhaps,
we shall see our dear Nerma play with
'Rudy.' Then we will sit back con
tented, heuve a great sigh, and sav,
'Ain't Leve Grand!' Yeu knew hew
'tlz. At last our movie dreams will be
realized, se I'm just gennii keep en
wishing."
rilOTOPLAVS
J he NIXON-NIRDLINCER
w
THEATRES
MXU.V'S
AMBASSADOR '"t ti
UfcURGE ARLISS
"J'THEMAN WHO PLAYED OOD"
BALTIMORE V ai.tJmem
n.n2!i. Eve. 0. 11). St. MiU
DOROTHY DALTON
taOM THE HIOH SEAS"
BELMONT t,-? AiieTirTtXiiKET.
w" ' 1 '30 A. H ;it .in loll p. Jt
I GEORGE ARLISS
1 In "MAN WHOPLAYED OOD"
CEDAR ,r'2F "bin "aVENM
TOM MIX
III "JUST TONY"
COLISEUM Marl''t '-(. sain 67
LOIS WILSON
; "BROAD DAYLIOHT '
JUMBO r'S f;T'"& fWAIlD AVI!
V A TLiri..'.J 'I"'-' "n'l'rnnl.ferd "L"
KATHERINE MacDONALD
in "JIER SOCIAL VALUE"
LEADER 11Sr & '"VNCAHTER r.VK
DOROTHY DALTON
in-T.?LiL2L0K SEAS"
LOCUST Mf'-,'' AND t.l)0lJ.ST STltlJKTI
WALLACE REID
In "OLAREMnryi
NIXON l-0 AND iUHKBT STS.
. a 13. 7 md
, RICHARD DIX
'" "ALL'S FAIR IN leyr"
RIVOLI "D ft SANSOMBTST "
.-,,' 1)30 A3: 014.1 loll P. L
RICHARD BARTHELMESS
In "SONNY"
KATHERINE MacDONALD
STRAN0ERJ2TAN FICTION"
69TH ST 'nW Oup. "I," rraliiiJ
" ' 2:30. 7 A (I P. JI
, GEORGE ARLISS
- In "MAN WHO ITlvcn r,nn
STRAND "uuntuu Avp. nt Venial
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.aUi u ,1(( (0 u ,, ilt
WALLACE BEID
in "NICE PEOPLE"
AT OTHER THEATRES
MEMBERS OF M.P.T.O.A.
GF.RMANTOWN
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