| Show I r N N J WI O H Iy p- p z r J IR Nil II I. I Romantic Plots Made to Ord Order r in Gotham Where Nobles Ex-Nobles Become Uniformed Doormen and Archduke Goes oe t to Jail NEW EY YORK YORK Those Those millions of romantics who have let their minds run away to tho and the thc can find tho Ins Ingredients o 0 f l such lying just around a dozen corners To b bo 0 sure there will be no princes with sa sabers sabers sa- sa l. l bers r rattling a. a t t II n against their sides but but apy of or the handsomely uniformed uni un formed 1 doormen and lackeys can be i changed b by some O. O Henry magic into a a. fait fair sub tI- tI tute lute A As a a. matter of or fact out of or Cho such gold bold braided flunkies q questioned recently two turned out outto outto to lo be be- nobles ex-nobles of ot tho tIme czars czar's court and ono one was ot of Austrian ro royalty aJl The two others spoke with wide brogues and 1 were merely Irishmen n holding down Jobs jolls Countesses antI and other titled tilled ladles ladle operate tea rooms and little perfume per pcr- fume fumo a 1 famous noblewoman noblewoman noble noble- woman oman of or tho thu Russian court has been a stylo tylo lo men mentor lor for a Fifth avenue fashion mart and a a. manikin turned turne out to bo 10 the tho daughter of ofa ofa ofa a lady In S S S But if It you OU care to lo have ha your our plot thicken where in all the romantic novels no Is there a a. situation to tic tie that of or the young oun woman who for fot several years ha has ha been hl hidden about In the tho brownstone castles of or prominent prom rich folk folk I 1 I mean the thc girl who claimed sho she was AnastasIa sole survivor of ot the the- slain czars czar's family a and heiress s to vast millions which Ho In time tho Bank Dank of or England until unlit some omo settlement is made Maybe Ia bc she Is and maybe maybe- she the Isn't the royal but princess princess but In either cither in- in what a situation Sho SImo has hasI I made some Coma of the worlds world's most Important mi- mi folk toile believe bellco that thul she he Is Medical attendants at the czars czar's court have havo given testimony of at a n nI I roOf l hop hopeful tul nature Scores ot of men Olen and women h have he e rushed to her herI I cause Several Sc have hn grown almost I fanatical on tho the subject dropping their professions to devote devoto years ears to proving her claim I At least one ona of oC tho richest and ami most moat influential families In Ne V CW York hia has given lien her shelter sheller and ami lma lias i carried carriel on Oil her fight Efforts 1 have been cn mado made to deport delort her and 0 ments have o been bandied back and forth and then some new witness wilnes from abroad comes secretly Into the city and gains alms an audience and nd a anew anew new V thread is ad added cd to tho the mysterious mys rays pattern Few know where she is harbored always ruwa's it is the country place or 01 the tho city home ol ot some somo Social Rc or ot Impostor the plot weaves in and out and complicates with tho the years years' slowly plodding toward Its uncertain ending S S S SOr Or if ir you OU were to drop in for an hour at tho the Explorers' Explorers club you OU would find men gathering from all nIl the ends end of the the- earth carth each cach with strange and nd disturbing stories of reckless and valorous deeds that thiat make er a average aero o fiction stuff stuer seem stilted an and lifeless You'd find young oung m men n with the blazIng light 0 of adventure nd in their C eyes CS with the old oM spirit of or dare and do waiting for tho the chance chanco to tobo tobo tobo bo off oCt and awa away Oldsters with their tales spun and youngsters with tho the hope that there will ho bo new worlds to conquer Funny fantastic strange bits of ot background for the bl big an city city an archduke lets Jets himself go so to jail and cat eat of oC coffee and leans beans because of oC ofa ofa a n. principle Involved in involved involved In- In In a n stor story that ml might ht have come from Oppenheim's Oppenheim's Op- Op pen A a faraway story of a a. gem Sem that Xa- Xa apoleon a- a I gave savo in fn jO joy over oyer the birth of ot he who was as at once named emperor of or Homo Rome and struggled through a I puny pun l r y childhood I i a n. gem handed hand hantl- ed cd down through tho the years cars and suddenly suddenly sud Mud den denly appearing in a a. deal in a little HUla loft above e Fifth avenue Just JUt down tho the street a diamond sparkles In imm a C case se all all' allmay Olav sec see a a. gem from era the head of ot Shiva the third eye ee of ot Shiva hiva How wan many millions had ball died to protect pro 10 teet this gem And how man many raiders had sought its possession From one to another It had passed leaving lea mystery and SmI death in its wake to wind up in a shop window t Yes Yea you can get your our plot plots to er order In this mans man's town HUMBERT ILBERT SWAN Copyright ht 1930 NEA EA Service Inc |
