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Introducing a Here
jE HAD geno te Londen the moment
XI he was out of uniform, nnd he get
ttere for n rcnsen typical of him.
Fer most Americans n nlnjle track
-access Is an inspiration of life; there
IT a raw meat satisfaction In hew
in te the line until nenic tree falls
ind also nn instinct for playing the
litest game. If it Is money making,
tt trade, or Industrialism, or production-efficiency,
the rank nnd file go
Banting after it until some one rings
L. n,a undertaker. I have always
thought that the source of the imeglnnr
tfen which was responsible for Peter
fijWelfc'a tastes, policy and conduct
a most difficult te uncover. The
true sense of play, net only applied
te play but te all the endeavors of life,
van these which are usually accounted
frlm-Mlke war nnd marriage Is a
Jre flower te bloom en the Ameri
can coil; it is still mere rnre n blos bles blos
tem te And growing en n family tree
rooted, as Peter's was rooted, In n bed
of money nnd only fertilized b.v that
humdrum conventional pretense of our
large cities which at latest accounts
is Btlll giving many persons the saine
eld pule glories.
This rnre flower bloomed In P.ctcr
and baved him from doing the common cemmon commen
jlaces with himself which rich young
men who have become orphaned bach
elors usually de. It made Peter a
great deal mere like these Individuals,
rare cneuRh even abroad the whimsical
Englishman, the adventurous French
man, the humorous Spaniard nnd the
nractlcnl Russian, who. though they
I be the whlte crews of their respective
flecks, exceed in numbers tne Ameri
cans who value full living above that
rather uninteresting nnd easy prize
which is called "Success."
Peter took nn Interest in living. The
common run of bachelors who nre nre-
I tided amply with millions accept the
1 alternative of going te hell or going
te business; De Wolfe s imnglnatleu
ame te Ills rescue and provided him
with a third choice, which, in his aulct
way, he seized about the tlme he left
college. It .was te live for the sake of
living.
Te some this might have meant self
Indulgence: te Peter It meant an in
dulgence of mankind. Te some it might
bare meant tads nnd whims such as
hunting big gnme from nirplanes nt
the Fource of the Jvilc; Peter would
de thnt very thing perhnpu. but It
was nn incident net half se interesting
te him as nn oil Held he developed in
Texas or n bcttlement heuse he nre-
metcd in New Yerk. He kept himself
as a ery neat, wen-denned slate upon
which life could write if it wished ; if
It failed te de se i'eter wrntn en It- n
little himself enough te .keep himself
useitn. me Mitno innn wue invented
the DeWelfe mlllmetcr nlf-e set down
trera time te time home charming verses,
and the public knew at least one cherl
lyric from the "Leaves of Argenne,"
which he wrote in the hospital before
his promotion te maier.
Dark thin, blue eyes, thin sensitive
lips, tne appearance of enp well bathed
in ice told water, the flexible lean waist
of a geed horseman, the long muscular
fingers of a geed tennis plner who had
net lest the delicacy of touch which
made him something less than a dis
tinguished performer upon 11 cello
these were the outward introductions
which made that nnrtleillnrlir nilmlrnliln
little rreup of Hrltish gentlemen officers
win ni- acquaintance se quickly.
1 ,Kiersby Uenham of the It. A. F.
oust bear the blame for the months in
which DeWelfe found his great nd
Tenturc nt a time whnr te Peti-r ml-
Tenture had become dull beyond words
mi hip minii-imnge of Himself sitting
en a N'nv Yerk pmk bench, surrounded
by engaging little foreign brats, listen
ing tu u hurdy-gurdy in the summer
dunk, was the me it exciting nnd deli
cious jiicttiic ren fumble from his re
sourceful Imagination of what u won wen
lei fill moment of life nfter a whirl
witli war could i.. Fer it was Uon Uen
lam, who only inter went home te the
eilice of the Air Ministry, nnd who
mis since distinguished himself in the
development of civil-iljing, who first
iceied I the jemig American ncrets the
rain of Uvenu Selcess.
"Are jeii (jeing buck?" asked Ben
nam. n.1!01,"0'" mh De0'ff. with nn nt
tfmia te sny the word without scnti-Bient.-
n'i1''.''! .CVess l-nii Wanes, beau
"nil high caste l'urislennes and even
tne chut mlng daughter of jour what's-ms-iiame
nt the hlnedv Peace Confer Cenfer
T?ui7"1 st.iM i'h.icl.eler! Ily the bve.
i-.i .1 ' w,mt '"'Pl'cned te your Inuv
witn the gorgeous arms nt thnt flubbv
Jiitle tnte en the south hank of the
ceiiie.
"An (.nc'iging goddess," said I)e
t!!, .' cslu '" j I'L-lieve. a petticoat
uijer. Sim tried te convert me into
the Methodist faith. These benutiful
arms nre for the neck of Heme Y. M. ('.
'"aii ,vlth gliusPd nnd n tickling
""ugh. .Sim borrowed thirty francs of
me and then went off te see n daughter
"l lltrs who in driviiii? nn nnilmtn i,
unir leMnii.
I'ebleiu."
"Yeu nie well nrmored. Peter," Hen-
hllni had sniil. pnvlm. win, , nt,-,.,.
"ml peihni inlschleeus smi'e across
"' Hat llehla of France with their tilled
wiuares and wisp-armed trees nnd thin
ulstsi.f dusk. "Hy the bye. I say.
iieeMi t this lnndscnpe remind one of
l-oret's paintings?"
J.'V01'0 Ki-iiined.
V What would niiike yen fall in love
V' woman?" asked Ilenham.
Almest niiMhing." I'eter replied,
tiiin ,,"'t'H ,net ",e Problem; the
fniii '"' ,s.,"''''t 'll prevent a man
ailing out?"
ti,n'!V.n"'l"u. t,"'1,'B that nny woman
innt is, win, the thing yen Americans
"in n leme-nn. geed or bad mny make
man fall in leve with her?"
mi. w" bl;''"S tl't we are all hypo hype
.1 "'" n woman would touch us
11 ufTect nny f us me, for instance.
'rnit-' ,m"(1( n,uly y n w'se nature.
"!"' ''', f"r love,' she says, nnd
?i "Vi11 bj'- l"hnm. Hut wbnt's
in 1 N" ''""pled chin should be nl nl
'ewed 10 turu.tJM. tide. Ne discourse
2 billbince chattered off like n disc
"con! in n conservatory. Ne neseful
ill i fllilt 'lnr r vi(,1,'t8 '"" eon oen een
th, Vi " ,M,re sIl0"lder nor 11 rating of
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but I
"m Imr. iMieil by tee many inspections
dimpled chins."
I70111 11 dlbcreet distance?"
I'xaetly."
,L ou wnnt mero ,lnn th- Pu'l of
"m moment or the month."
v ,ml." '.np 'N0 "P my own quarters
itn'W ?rl wl",r(, ""' " comes In
i.i iu't bltr.(' ",l,;les n'"1 y coffee.
n my jnp hrlngs the newspnper and
a? hC0f.reUcs? ' sl,0,l!(1 bB lud t0
!m" ?!'.euW trJ' itmn Sdcess."
Who?"
.Ilreiin Selcess."
1..-1 10 '." h1,,,?" ""'d Peter care
If"1 nB he tried his arm out of its
Mndage sling,
Jeu like the name?"
,'I confess " '
,,0l,rHl' s" many names of worn wern
lKl7rustm.1,,l, immes give a mnn n
jfm.i ,0!,t extraordinary! She's an
American, mi
If e Paused.
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Jen you are net Interested In women."
"Te tell the whele truth, they nre
""L enJL,ntc.rc"t except feed," Peter
Mid. "The devil of it Is that If a mnn
saw ten thousand of 'cm he didn't
want nnd couldn't leve he'd always
expect year nfter yenr until he was
ninety that the first ever the thousand
would he the one. Well, thnt'n what
lends us en. We nil say, 4Ne, thank
yiiu5 Thm the d,sh ,s passed, but we
W J0?k ..?. BC0' cvcCy ,aB Plece en the
dish Just tlie same."
"Brenn Selcess Is a friend of my
elstcr," said Benhnm. "I must sny
she tnkes the breath out of me. It's
that queer combination of beautiful
fresh youth with the flavor of all the
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The same thought made her nppear befere Peter In the hedge-walled
garden with a basket of roses en ene elbow and flower scissors In the
ether Iiand
guile nnd conspiracy of the ages. She's
11 Saint Cecilin or a Lucrczla Uergia.
But that's net bothering my mother."
"What bothers her?"
"Funny thliig. We don't knew who
she is. Frem Texas, I believe. With
some money. But why does n girl from
the United States come down te Itccon Itccen Itccon
eliire Heath and buy n curate's cottage
next te our place nnd live in n garden
nnd stay out of Londen nnd rend lying
flnt en the grass nnd see nobody nnd
evade all questions? And the leek in
her eyes ! I didn't see it nt first be
cause I wns in a funk nt the eyes them
selves." "Staring Out Over Mfe"
"What leek?" nsked De Wolfe in the
hush.
"Fear." said Benhnm.
"Fear?"
"Ics, fear. And besides there is
something about her thnt tells n per
son that she is waiting marking time
trending water staring out ever life
jusli like n watcher en the shore
btnrcs out ncress the empty sen."
"Mnjbe Hhe's thinking of nn Ice
cream t-eiln."
"There's nothing of that kind in
her." the British officer replied with
nnsltlvpnrss. "Your ice cream se.la and
millinery nnd looking-glass lady, has
a personality of 11 pink color, llrenn
Selcess is the color of firelight en the
walls of nn old temple."
"Yeu ml-rht go en te sny that she
gives the impression of (in Incn prin
cess. Seme dried mummy from the sands
of n prehistoric citadel. Bathed in some
magic liquid, her limbs expanded te the
lovely contour of girlhood, her face
warmed with n renewed coursing of
spirited bleed."
"You've seen her!" exclaimed Ben
ham. "My dear fellow, I've never seen
her; but I cenfebs thnt ns yen talk
about her I feel n llttle as if I had
known her long ace."
Benhnm said, "Perhaps you could
lift the cover "
He stepped suddenly.
"And I'd like te have, you meet
Muriel tne. She's n very decent sort of
sister. I've a mind te give jeu n letter
te my mother nnd send ou ever the
Channel te lenf around in flannels at
our plrfce in the country."
"I'm leaving Uieht tomorrow nignt
en n transport. Surry."
"Oh."
"Well. I said nothing about It."
"Afraid of farewell dinners?"
Peter smiled.
"Heme." said lie. "Bring your Ma
ter te America. She'll probably think
it n Jelly llttle unfinished country."
Benhnm clasped DeWelfe's hand and
yawned; he hed seen the American cov
ered from head te feet with bleed out
of his own nrterles when Peter had
brought him in with the aid of nn
artillery horse. It wns an intimacy net
te be befouled with demonstrations.
"Se long," said UeWelfe.
He climbed down from the broken
wall of the heuse where the English
man had been billeted and with a nod
of farewell walked nwny, leaving Ben
hnm perched up there a black figure
as if cut out of black curdbenrd pasted
en the sunset glories of the sky line.
He walked n hundred nnces nnd
stepped. He looked at u group of pens
ant children bringing in fugets, but
laughing and jostling each ether ns If
It wcre n game, (..midlioed bad been
untouched. In ene of the llttle rubble
and plaster bIiwIh a newborn calf wuu
bawling, nnd jet In Paris, ns he re-
tlected, serious men were discussing
the future of the world exactly us if
they could touch or affect its funda
mental nature.
He walked en. The trees trained
against the hteh) wall unread their
branches llke funs, edged nt the tips
with pink blossoms of n new jeur,
symbolic of the cternnl round of prom
ise, 1 run ami decay.
ic gees se seen
" Mid DeWnlfni
aloud, ami this toIce which spoke was I
jut as If sem old Mend had riven'
him counsel ns they strolled together
in the dusk. He turned.
The Englishman waved te him from
the wall nnd held one nrm aloft in a
gesture of farewell; Peter could vee
evety finger en his bnnd ns if they all
were pnintcd in sepia en the velvety
geld of the bky.
"By the bjc," called Benhnm, "the
strange lady Is half n Greek. I say ! Can
you hear? Her father was a banished
patriot a fighting professor of chem
istry or something."
Peter smiled and waved his hand.
He turned the corner of the wall nnd
stepped into the cobbled street wlieie
the endkbs wagons of some French nr
(illery maneiner were rumbling deeper
Inte the nits of war worn in the un
cicnt stones.
Only nt nlne thnt evening did he
hear mere. Benhnm called him by the
service wire of the Slgnnl Cerps.
"Baying geed -by, that's all," said
the
.uiiftiiBiiluiIll 1.1I1K KUUIV. uoeu
HICK. And I forcet te sav thnt her
mother was Irish."
"Send me that letter te your family
care of the American pert officer nt
Boulogne," said Peter calmly ufter n
moment in which Benhnm wondered
whether the line had been cut off.
1 in eir rer England tomorrow."
He put his cigarette down nnd al
lowed it te burn the edire of thn ti.tile
staring nt the wall with its maps and
blue-prints, his ejes full of wonder.
This explains, in part, why the rea
son for his going te Londen was typical
of Peter DoWelfe.
Dedicated te Being a Weman
Muriel Benlmm was savagely a
women. She conceived woman as n
species as distinct from mules as Hern
is distinct fiem fauna. The acquisition
by women of the right te vote had been
the occasion for mourning, ns Peter
found out befere Mrs. Austin Benham
had beamed through two meals first
upon her guest and then upon her lovely
daughter.
The' widow of Austin, ns DoWelfe
discovered after a week of ngreenble
neglect of the calendar, was n true
beiuner. She did net beam with the
insineere beam of affectation, but with
the beam of an expansive nature oozing
geed will and demenstratlvcness through
the crevices it could find in the walls of
a life which was like u teasel of con
ventionality, (entnlning, according te
nil the traditions of her husband's fum
ily, a liquor of precious quality, net
te be spent freely. She believed in new
things nnd in a new world, but she
binmcd upon Muriel net because bhe
agreed with her, but because, net daring
tu teiee an opinion, she could still loe
ner daughter ler Being se healthy und
se Irreproachable.
Muriel considered herself as dedicated
by duty urn! adaptability te being a
woman, nnd being 11 woman meant
that her brown hair must bu mude at
tractive anil stable for tennis a game
which she executed with u geed deal
of dash, in a costume designed te keep
freckles off a milk white skin. Even
her forearms were covered in the game
bhe took from DeWelfe, who made
rather a botch of his unprnctlccd play,
bocntiBe just as it was a womanly
weinnn's duty te be well exercised ami
in line condition for the market, se
also was it her duty te be milk white
in nn evening dress. The sumo thought
made her appear befere Peter in the
hedge-walled garden befere breakfast
clad in a pnit wispy und part Huffy
gown with a basket of roses hung en
one elbow and llewer sclssern in h
ether hand.
"Yeu de nil things se well," said
Peter with a grent delight filling bis
being, "There Is n thoroughness in
your method which positively upsets
me. I looked at the library in your
study nnd as far as I can see you have
upenc your twenty years collecting.
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thlng-hew te ride a horse, hew te
play K0lf, hew te knit, hew te cast a
? , SBsf-k-Lsr-sssMn-l 1 f
fly, hew te speak Italian, hew te grew
roses and who knows whnt else."
The English girl wns sincerely grate
ful te Peter. She said, "Te knew the
way, te practice the methods these are
tne sure steps toward results; but jeu
must net think I tnkn mvself tee
seriously, ns my brother probably told
you. I think it is nil ns nothing com
pared te the skill of being n woman
11 tit woman a woman whose one nim
is te be a woman."
"Yeu have nttnincd it." said Peter.
a little light dancing in his eyes under
his heavy brews as fircllles sparkle
eenind n Hedge.
The girl tossed the ball up and caught
it in her white skirt spread from knee
te knee ns she sat cress-legged upon the
edge of the Benhnins' lawn. This lawn
began again nfter the interruption of
the square of tennis court nnd rolled
gently down te n line of tress nt the
bottom of the hill that half hides the
little town of Becen. with its nestling
red brick houses with their chimney pets
and reef tempered by the smoke of
coals en home fires.
They lived peaceably together with
out any bold assertions of individu
ality, none of them doing nny out
rage te tlie countryside, ns I'eter, con
trasting it with 1111 American town
had said. Beyond the village were
the chalk downs where grass was light
green and the heather n deeper color,
and narrow reads were as white ns
marks of ein.wiii, nnd trees standing
alone were like feathery plumes stuck
here nnd there Inte the rolling ceuntrj
by some glunt hand. Somewhere, still
further en, was the sea into which the
bright sky fell like a blue black curtain
flecked with clouds of feathery white.
Peter, with half-closed eyes, gazed
out across tills mncnlficence of unlet
spnee toward the distant backbone of
a cliallc ridge where ancient Britons
once drove their eat'le into caves anil
Druid piicsts had once held solemn
rites. He wns quite unconscious of
Muriel's attention fixed upon him
somewhat ns n faithful deg watches
a master; he Imd been in many of his
own dreams in these ten days nnd
might well be forgiven for foiling te
noiice xnai semetning et violence wns
going en within this English girl,
whose outlines, like these of n tolcnne.
were still clear and cold against the
sky, exposing nothing of the fires nnd
steam which may blew their surround
ings Inte fragments.
The most tiint Muriel had ever said
was that Peter was one of the "nice
Americans," a piilnizing compli
ment which had made htm tell the girl
and her mother that he was gratified
at that judgment expressed by "the
better type of English." Hc did net
knew that b.v the processes within th
Benhnm sister's lovely head, she had
weighed carefully his phvslcal appenr
ance, noting his high bronzed fore
head, his straight nose, his lean hard
creeks und the thin judicial lips which
had been an Inheritance of the family
eer since Justiee DeWelfe had been
iintiucd ny lepiey. ne Had judged
him ns ene would judge nn animal,
and satisfied, hnd methodically passed
en 10 inn I'leim'a,
Peter's clothes nre famous for their
charming incorrectness. Ne ene quite
knows hew he succeeds in expressing
llliuugll nimiu I'AiiviiBituiy lUblllOmiUlC
and unimnginntive tailor se much of
his own brand of distinction In dre.
Evening clothes or bnthwrnp. major's
uiiuuiiii ur luiiiiKUiK iiiiuncis, it is nl-
wnys the same; Peter's oIeHiph m,i
Peter are one. An envious broker in
New Yerk named Moero ence said that
Peter's clothes even expressed Peter's
moods they could be limp soft nnd
contented in his Idleness; they could
stiffen into fine dignity with a turn
of his thought. Muriel's father had
given attention te clethes: the hunter's
pink riding cent that still hangs in the
hnll closet lu Beconshire neath reminds
his successors of the dominant, rnre
roast beef personality of 8p Austin
His daughter, llke ether women who nrp
In the profession of being women, gnve
importance te the decorative qualities
of n m.ile ; she only forget about Peter's
fnce nnd figure nnd clothes when they
had been swallowed by his cemplete
whole a whole which defied her method
ical judgment and mndu her eyes swim
nnd began te turn within her heart nnd
body the elementary machinery that two
hundred years of Benlwun tradition had
kept locked in neutral.
"Peter, I saw you befere breakfast,"
she said, "l'l-em my window."
"Yeu saw me?" he said. "Whv
didn't you call te me nnd sny ene e'f
your cheery geed mornings?"
She lenncd se clese thnt he could
catch the faint aroma t)f the liirpn.i.Vr
which Mrs. Benham. with n beaming
face, sprinkled U the drawers, She
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said, "Bccouse I was waiting te see
what you were doing." . . .
"What was I doing?" said Peter.
"The telescope fnthcr's telescope."
"Oh yes the telescope," repeated
Peter, as if he had been accused of
stealing the squeaky old glass. I
did have the telescope, didn't I?'
He was thinking that ene could net
very well tell hosts like these two
women who hnd treutcd him ns if he
were the owner of the estate nnd of the
old stene heuse nnd even quaint Hpede
coffee cups which cntne en nt breakfast,
that he had ceme te Bccenshlre net te
see them. He wns thinking that If
tlinv lm.1 nnf MtnaAn In tnpntlen an
acquaintance ether than the rather stiff
and dull and correct persons who hart
come (e ten almost every nftcrnoen and
three or four times te dinners, saved
by the Chateau Yquem grucleusly left
by Sir Austin ns a 1-gncy In the wine
cellar, he could net very well mention
this acquaintance
Muriel Creates An Atmosphere
Furthcrmore hc hnd begun te feel
thnt Muriel in some fetronge mnnncr of
her own hnd created nn ntmosphere
of a proprietress without nny ether
Intimacy thnn willing him Peter nnd,'
upon ene occasion, dressing a cut of
a hawthorn en the back of his hand
with a peculiar tenderness mixed with
all the care of procedure that one can
find in "Whnt te De in nn Emer
gency." He shrnnlc from mnklng one
inquiry he would hnve wished te meke.
I In new hnd the chance te mnke
this inquiry, because Muriel said, "Yeu
were standing there under that beech
tree. I thought "
"What did you think "
"That you wcre looking through thu
glafs across the fields toward that
place under the big trees the plnce
we call the Curate's because one used
te live there."
Peter might have spoken then te ask
who new occupied the llttle gabled
heuse with Us guardian trees. It wns
the opportunity te hear a name he
had net heard since he hed heard it
from Colonel Benham's lips: Peter's
"harncteristie perversity, that often
ninde him allow life te set Its own pace
nnd bring events nt its own whim,
added nt this moment te his disin
clination te dlsclcbe one of his reasons
for idling under the Benham's reef.
It prevented hiin from spcnklng. The
sun wns wnrm, there was; n fntnlistic
nssurnnce that he would hear the name
seen enough, nnd there wns the pos
sibility that n leek of pain would tome
into Muriel's fnce and he would hurt
n girl for whom he had acquired a good geed
natured, companionable nnd nlmest pa
ternal affection.
He only smiled, nnd Muriel's pink
fingers being nenr upon the grass, he
touched them lightly. After n long
pnuse, he said, "I was looking around
the country."
"I de net bulleve you," the girl
nid, jumping up with startling sudden
ness. "Where are you going?" he asked.
"Inte the house. I have a head
ache." She hnd often Insisted thnt she never
hnd headaches, as if net having head
aches wns a part of n proper program
for a woman who intends te marry
correctly, hnve children correctly and
be correctly buried with n correct bus bus
bend's tenrs. Pcrhnps this came into
her mind, for nt the vine-covered por
tico she turned, put her arm against
one of the ancient pillars and, making
n pretty picture with her high color
nnd her lenn young body, she cnlled
out, "De veu want te walk this after
noon te Besmnn Weed "
I'eter nodded his assent vigorously,
nnd when the ran into the heuse he
threw himself back into the crass nnd
through hnlf-clescd eyes watched the
ever-changing patterns in cottony
clouds and the flight of wheeling mar
tins. Muriel began that nftcrnoen wnlK
with great gayety of spirits, ns if, per
haps, she had found 11 triumph ever
some difficulty, n victory nt the end of
twenty-one years of preparation for
victory. As seen ns they had struck off
across the downs she threw her arms
toward the sky and sang into the
wind nn old hunting 6eng of quaint
and cngnglng melody.
"Let s learn the song together," she
said te Peter. "Loek ever there en the
edge of the horizon. The squnrp tower.
That's Saint Dunstnn'H the very tower
In which the fox sought sanctuary in
the song the old song, written six
hundred jenrs nge, they sny."
Peter, with his usual adaptability.
acquired both words nnd music. He
sang. He danced upon the rolling green
plain. And at last belzing Muriel's
waist around the belt of her sporting
coat, he swung her nlmest off her feet
and together they whirled mcrrilv two
tiny tops spinning upon the va'st ex
panse. When they stepped, the girl
almost dizzy, ami breathless, clung
for a moment te his cent nnd looked
Inte Peters ejes. iJe could feel her
warm breath upon his chin.
Continued 011 Tuesday
HOUSE KILLS $360,000 SEED
BILL FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT
Annual Appropriation for Political
Favers Lest In Committee
Wiislilntrten. Dec. 23 rvnr-i-ea'
annual Chrlstmns gift te itself free
seeds for distribution among faithful
and prospecthe constituents was re
fused by the Heuse yesterday for first
time in years. An nnicndmeiit by Rep
resentative Lnngley, Republican, of
Kentucky, te insert In the Agricultural
Appropriation Bill nn appropriation of
flHM.OOO for the seeds, was defeated
in committee of the whole by n vote of
71 te 71.
Uncommon Sense :
Hy JOHN
GOVERNMENTS ceme and go, but
always with every chnnge there are
efbcinls thnt stay.
An assistant Secretary of State for
the United States, A. A. Ailee, held
his vosltleu through eeven Admlnlstru-
tiOHH.
Ter, In the ofllce of the 8tat Depart
ment, there had te he feiub one with
continuing exuerience, some one who
knew nil the precedents, some one en
whom the Incoming eucratarles could
lenn. Adee was that mnn.
In Industry an well as In govern
ment there nre Indlsponsible men, who
held their positions because they knew
the reutine of the business.
These nre the men who are kept
threURh "hnrd times," nnd are nil
vnnced while ether men Btend still.
They nre the men who, when part
nershlps are te be Riven out, nre most
likely te get thcra.
P!)K without tuklng n living Interest
In the business, nnd without having
n sincere desire te see it prosper, they
could never have lcnriicd ns much nbeut
It ih thev have lenrned.
The clock wiitchers. nnd the tlme
wnMern nre never in the otlice long
enough te knew whnt is gains en.
Te them It niiikea no dltferenc
whether the concern gels a contract or
DECEMBER 23. 1922. . , . . . ? ,
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THE MOVIE'FANS
LETTERBOX
By IIENRY M. NEELT
Lady Jane writes: "Penrhyn Stnn
laws just suits me te a 'T' with some
of his criticisms. But gee, wouldn't jeu
think peer Nerma had looked upon the
wine when it wns red from whnt he
says? But Gleria! My goodness! I
nlwnjs thought as he says. I wonder
who Is his 'perfect tjpe.' Knte Price. I
hope, ns that's my style.
"If Betty B. hns 'horse nostrils' then
N'azimevn must hnve been blowing her
nese nnd he couldn't see hers for the
hnnky. I won't sny another word, ns
I don't wnnt te take your time, but
please, Henry, wade in and slnm back
because there ere borne of our favorites
there.
"I enn hnrdly believe this about our
friend W. It., but I feel te sorry for
the peer boy no matter what the cause
of his breakdown, nnd de hepe hc re
covers. His pictures were ulways clean
nnd everybody could enjoy them even
if they were net deep stuff, nnd I knew
I always wns glad te go see him nnd
came away feeling mere cheerful ; nnd
ns you said one time 'he had n bejish
leek and a smile in his ee' nnd that
! one of the main reasons I liked him
and can hnrdly credit the news. I bnve
a brother, n very successful business
man, in bis forties, who hns thnt same
leek nnd he will nlways get by with me
en account of thnt.
"One time, during the summer, T
think Eugene O'Brien wns injured in
New Yerk. Did he recover? 1 wns told
he died, but I don't remember if he
did or net.
"De jeu knew among the old
favorites my choice wns Arthur Jehnsen
nnd Hareld Lockwood nnd Carly-de
Blackwell. I sure think Hareld could
knock the ears off this argument nbeur
Rudy, although I liked Rudy in a
couple of pictures.
"Mnrjerie Rnmbeau's 'Fortune Teller'
is showing In our neighborhood this
week nnd some members of our family
who did net nee it before ere going be
en use I said it was se geed and then
jeu boosted it in the letter box. But
sny, don't you think this fashiennblt
'Overbroek section' of Philly wants te ;
get busy and have mero up-te-date 1
films shown?" i
(There's no reason for me te shim '
StnnlnwH. His own stntenietit ia the
worst blam any one could give him. But
Stanlaws is an artist and he's entitled
te queer notions.
Eugene O'Brien didn't die. He's en
the stage new in a piny called "Steve."
Felly Keppy writes: "One of the
penalties of fame Is publicity of one's
private affairs. Regardless of tlie
thousands of narcotic ut-crs In everj
walk of life, the c.i-e of peer Wnllj
Reid will be broadcast in every land
where the films Dicker.
"Hew mnnv of his admirers that were
will new held the handsome actor in
ceutempt following the icvelntleu of
his miserable plight? The fans aie
fickle nnd turn their thumbs down
readily when tluir here takes a flop.
But I'll nlwnjs think of this clean
cut jeuth the per-euitlcntinn of the
American 'here' ns the Wnllv whei
wns before he succumbed te tlie de
grading cxhllarant that saps one's vi
tality nnd warps the mental pteec-scs.
"I hepe with all mj heart he re
covers his pristine henlth and iger.
And I fervently praj he conquers the
habit.
"Why did the world have te knew
the cause of Wnlly's breakdown? Many
things are hushed up. But fame, as
I hate paid, unhnpplly is a mistress
who considers nothing sacred nothing
secret.
"lteld took te drugs te ebtnln re
The Man Who Knows
nLAKK
net, or bells n pnr..culnrly profitable
bill of goods.
What thej nre nfter is their pay,
nnd they want te give for It just as
little of their time and attention tin is
possible.
Decnuse there ls nlwnyH a shertnge
of men who knew, these fellows mnv
held their Jobs for their lifetimes, anil
even gain promotions.
But thev never go cry fnr. And
they nre always subject te ilUmlstnl
when chnnge of business conditions
brings nbeut n decrense of prellts, nnd
n ucccssnry curtailment of expenses.
rnO KNOW n business any business
i. n mnn must study it, nnd think
about It, nnd interest himself in it.
"he does that, he equips himself
for his work, nnd the fnct thnt he is
n valunbla mnn in ene firm makes him
always desirable te the tlrm's rlvnls.
Leng yenrs of experience are net
nccessnry te such an equipment. Hut
Intensive study is. It is the man who
lias enough interest in himself te be
interested In his work, and te knew
It, who keeps his Jeb till he gets u bet
cp jine, mill who is likely te keep en
Retting better ones till he either owns
tnat.urm or gcla n wilury which numly
compensates him for working for It.
i Coturieht, in i
Will Rogers
Mounts a Burre
This Isn't the hind
we're ac-
seeing
Will Rogers mounted
but he leeks as
If he'd get there just
the same. He rides
this little burro In
his new comedy,
"Fruits
Faith"
lief following an lllnebs which greatly
enervated him, if we are te believe
what we read. Just se did Coleridge
nnd De Quincey become drug nddicts.
The former took te it because he was
tormented by u nervous nfflictlen and
hnd rend thnt u drug would cure it.
De Qulncey's habit grew out of a mere
trifle; he fell nuleep with his huir nml
fnce wet, awoke with neuralgia and
took nnrcetics te ease the pain.
"Emil Junnings Henry VIII. in my
opinion, wns superior te Lyn Harding's
enactment In 'When Knighthood Wns
in Flower.' Harding's Henry lacked
the vitality with which Junnings in
vested the role. Harding wns superb
en the stage. His impersonation of
the splay-footed 'bluff Hal' stands out
even mere vividly in my mind than
Beerbohm Tree's Welsey In the Shakes
pearean play. I missed Harding's res res
ennnt baritone.
"Romantic fevers possessed me when
I glimpsed Leis Wilsen in 'Man
slaughter' recently. She strikes agree
ably en my retina. Here is beauty
without artificial adornment. She
makes me feel comfertnble. I Imagine
I hear soft Ljdian strains, und mv
ears nre titillated pleasantly. Anil
these soft melting dark eyes net only
disturb me I am devastated ! A lovely
woman, nobly planned, ns another
Henry enid. She acts without any
fuss.
"Leatriee Jey is of tee neurotic a
tjpe. tee tense, and her beauty of the
'hard' type te make her easy te leek
tit, se far ns I nra concerned. She
is n premising actress, with obvious
limitations.
"Who played the rele of Julie's
father in 'The Four Horsemen'? He
wns the outstanding actor in that pro
duction. I think.
"De you knew whnt hns become of
Mnx I'igmnn and bis wife. Tjelitte Reb
ertsen, who used te provoke me
mirth in dajs bygone?"
te
S1T, v? Iest trnek of Flsninn
and Miss Robertsen. Jesef Swicknrd
men " I M ciVl.l,,; ,i ir. m
t .n. i ..i-.-i.V Tm1 """""B
I nt"" I Ml110"? l cnn,:t-
mini. I thought it n burlesque,
;iu .111110 s latlier in "Four Hnr
rnoTei'ivYs
u SS,!1 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 'f'A.'VT ?rRT
... .. SFCIAI- QST 'in
"LURE OF THE ORIENT'
APOI I O r,'D & THOMPSON STS.
rl VlIw MAllSUi; IJAILY
EARLE FOX
'" "THE KAN SHEJBROUOHT BACK"
ARDiMORF J-A-AhTUK PIKE.
-ILHIV11 AllDMOUK. I'A.
COLLEEN MOORE nnd RALPH ORAVE9
"COME ON OVER"
ASTOR
KIUIITII & (JinAIlD AVE.
MlTIMIi: DAILY
n...,rI.RS.LSH0WIN0 UPTOWN
"THE WOMAN HE LOVED"
AND VAUDEVILLE
BLUEBIRD
lJrMil A. fumiuelianna
imttnjeiw a until 11
BETTY COMPSON
, In '-THE BONDED WOMAN"
COLONIAI Uln Manhood am.
Dorethy Dalten and Jack Helt
'" ON THE HIGH SLAS '
FAIRMOUNT Mt$??tlXV'$tiZ
FRANKLYN FARNUM '"
ln'JTHEOOLD GRABBER.,"
56TH ST T"HATHli lKlen MiVuce
JV 1 i 1 J I . .MATIN TL, DAII.7.
HM i ALIOEAKE in
murc te ee rinea lhan Scorned
GREAT NORTHERN.
iirTTNTSTTeT -Mi'
.111 11 n te 11
WILLIAM FARNUM
in "WITH0UTC0MPROMIBE"
1MPERIAI ,ieni A wai Nuf5fT
uviririAL. Mati, L. 30 v(rt . -
ANITA STEWART
ln"HER MADBjJlOAIN"
LIBERTY IIU0ABA?j?.v
OE?,1?.E.i5JJ:I'7.ORD'B PRontTPTieN
"BURNING SANDS"
1,1, l Ml
orient Wuu?i' --:3j:
St
MARY MILES MINTER
In "THE C0WHQY AXIl mr LADY"
OVERBROOK """""S!?
BEBE DANIELS
In "PINK OODS"
PAI M rAMvKOHl) AVK A
V:.-.. NOIHMS STREET
BETTY COMPSON
REGENT MA"feEI.sr!vT7
.fiFILAl r!ART 'n
"AFFINITIES"
RIALTO "'-''"ANTOWN-AVUNiJl
unuiw vr ti'i.pi:hecm:n h
HC
TOM MIX
ln "T93 iUO 1TAKF8"
3AVUY '-M MA"Kin htiu:i t
HARRY CAREY " " sM
In "OOOnMFMAwn TR1JF."
333 MARKET btuklWikathb
Vi?JL. . i"" l " "".111' 11.
MIRIAM COOPER1 '
la "KIKr- ( t- THE DU8T'
i ." THE DUBX"
i
Jannlngs. en the ether band, gtv t
n masterpiece.) '
. J
The Prejudiced Gentleman wrttMl
"Bacheler Meditations en Twe YeUnj
Ladles: (n) Miss Constance TnlmadM
ultrn-sephisticatcd and mero ebvlbuMi
cosmopolitan thnn nny ether America!
movle actress, has chosen te portray thJ
hereine of Jehn B. Hymcr's Innocent
little comedy, 'Enst Is West,' net be!
cuiise her personality is suited te thj
role, but evidently becnuse she cn
manipulate n wad of chewing gum wltj
grenter dexterity thnn nny ether livlni
female. I sny this net nt nil sltirrlnglyl
In truth, the picture entcrtnlncd m
much mero thnn I expected It would.
"The fact, however. Is this: Wnl
ene sees Censtnncc Tnltnndge en tht
screen he associates her with the nti
mosphere of Forty-second und Bread
way, n smart town enr, u Pemernnlal
nnd n Jeweled clgnrcttc holder. 8h 1
the very essence of the big city's smart
est jeung maidenhood the nbselutt
peak of civilization und bearing ns till
standard gees in our young women el
today.
"Every shepgirl, whether she werki
in Mncy's or the Elite Emporium iq
Kulpvllle, Knn., has, some tlme in bcl
life, longed te be ns 'classy' ns Con Cen
stnncc Talmndge. She thrills nllke the
men. With the exception of some of th
specimens thnt still indulge lu red u
dcrshlrts und celluloid cellars, the tvMr
legged white man docs net llve whs
(were he given the chance, of course)
would refuse te psrert Cennie te luncb
nt the Ritz, send her orchids, buy hei
diamonds in bbert, blew his bankroll
en her.
"She la at ence n geed fellow, a geed
dancer, n swell looker nnd n sport
nil in the typicnl American manner.
Cennie is just this nnd nothing else.
She does net need n Beudcl gown ti
create the impression It penetratci
even the barriers of n Chinese wig and
n heavily embroidered mandarin ceatj
te say nothing of the trousers te match)
"All of which bells down te the faej
that Cennie has net yet created any
character except her own inimitabh
self, nnd from nil ncceunts never will.
'Pelly of the Follies' remains Pelly in
the kimono of Ming Tey just ns surelj
ns she would remain Pelly in the rebe:
of an nrchbisbep.
"(b) Miss Barbara LaMarr (threugl
her pictures, of course) becms te be Jusi
us intoxicating te these old eyes ns i5,
round of Daiquiri cocktails used te b
te this new timorous old stomach. 3
confess, thnt In nil my years of travel
nnd research I have never befere beei
swept off my feet by n female crcaturJ
us I have by this one.
"Really, words nre inadequate. 1
me she combines the womanliness e
Pauline Frederick with the physlcc?
beauty of Betty Blythe; the- eyes of
Anna Held, with the vamping nbillt!
of Thedn Bara : the deportment of Ethcj
Barrymere with the histrionic pewcif
of Ben Turpln.
"But probably that is a bit crue'J
Perliapw she hasn't hnd her chance
nnd then we can't have everything. Jut
te leek at her is feed nnd drink te m
She is (or will be, or should be) t
every normal young man, te sny nethiu
of the old ones, the very same thin
that Redy Valentine is te the lltt
snub-nosed Dappers nnd slxty-ycar-el
'fluppers' in every nook en corner
this bread nnd movie-going notion. Tl
girls de net expect Redy te act the
expect him te make love nnd he doe
I don't expect Barbara te net I ex
pect her te mnke love nnd she does.
"The mnin trouble is she mnkea len
to Ramen Navarre nnd Lewis Stenef J?
and net te me. And that's what maC'
them have te put me in n cage nt tlmei
"I thank jeu."
Jee Make: "Deformity" ls a nas
word te use about nny one. T sheu.
net call these cars "deformed." Tin
I "" "wv.Br. et catlMiictery te the J
I ncr nnd the services of u beauty an-
ciulist w"rt requisitioned te muke tl 1
i mn stand clese te the head.
were, however, net satisfactory te the
rilOT(H'I..H
ff The NIXON-NIRDL1NGER M
UgJ THEATRES fgf
NIXON'S
AMRASSAnnR sethABit
WILLIAM TARNUM1'
in "WITHOUT COMPROMISE"
BALTIMORF MfiT "ai.timeri
ALICE BRADY
. 'I "ANNA ASCENDS"
BELMONT
tin Aiievn MAiuur
1 M0 A 1 II .Ifl (nil 11
RODOLPH VALENTINO
In "THE SHEIK"
CEDAR C0VinL cj:DAn avdnui
"V 1 30 nn.l .1 T und u 1'. il
LOIS WILSON
In "BROAD DAYLIGHT"
celiseu m rnw
HOOT GIBSON
In 'THE LONE HAND"
JUMBO "E.T , HT "lAHn AVI
jwimuw Jun.be June. n Kmnkfert "U
2:a.&&.S? nineERs' story
"FIFTY CANDLES"
i LEADER 4'hT LACABTEn A.VI
eknest lubitsch-s rnnnuoTTev
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LUVti Ur PHARAOH"
LOCUST Ktl. AVn WHNT HTIlEST
THOMAS MEIGHAN
In "ir YOU BELIEVE IT IT'8 80"
NIXON
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CULLEN LANDis
In "THE MAN WITH TWO MOTHERS"
RIVOLI
till A SANhOM BTS.
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SHERWOOD ",ilAu.7,K7-J
RICHARD DIX ' j
In "A GLORIOUS TOOL"
69TH ST. rt"-t"'- ?n "w T.rmi.
IRENE CASTLE ' ' "
ln6Lm BHOULDERB"
STRAND """""""n aJ. tv.n,,;,
ALICE.BRADY '' "
In "ANNA A80END"
AT OTHER THEATRES
MEMBERS OF M.P.T.O.A.
GERMANTOWN 6R1,, YCM'rA
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A fa.
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