Show K I T j jM I now HOW an h r American Opera era Singer Tested the a u B of Her lIer A Fiance Aviator viator y t It A l r rd 4 t J i dil If J. J Bettina d FreeMan Free Free- Man Believe That Tier Suitor Robt Rob Rob- fir t Thorpe Was 1 Untried Lifes Life's s Tests then He Would I eve His Worth love Enlisting in the eri an Aviator a in n France France- I Did and 1 reby Won a 1 respective Bride t Well ell as the theon ell f on Medal b Ion men I- I In Verdis Verdi's opera Forza Torza del had Its American premiere WJ olo IO of Lenore W was S sung by mss Miss Freeman T. JIlt e Freeman Is a distinguished I g soprano with all the tho talent requisite for tor suei sue euc- i In opera lint success Is not nl nl- i Ii s conditioned upon these essen j Sometimes the state of mind ides and n great groat deal depends on onI II I state of mind In 31 Miss Free S D shall l work I st one thing tiling Is certain It will be bo bomely mely emely emotional Hut But whether ext ex- ex Imply tat t or despairing calculated to Iner In- In oher er audience or depress depross them I pendent dependent on one condition That l Impendent don n is tho subject obJect of this y 1 fo F F. course 1 if this were fiction you would scoff ecott and say that the thep p DC for tor such heroics was done But Dut it ct CL and must be oo o accepted Ina Freeman did send her love K e e. e front not because she consid- consid 1 it his lils duty but because she sho want want- test his devotion tho the famous lines ol ot I bard and Lovelace in which ho dobes dotes do- do foes tes the tho ardor of his affections not love Theo thee dear so mu much M tved ed I not honor more moro iss Freeman evidently ape apel ap ap- ire e el Richard Lovelace Hero Is t sho he wrote to her lover could find it dt more easy to marry ul i I i V rT r rJ f 1 y i I j I-j N r x rF-x L She Sho Sh almost almot re rev rec revs s s' s lV f greta grata having im imposed imposed im- im r c posed a trial by fire firer r It at Verdun upon her 4 i 4 love now m r f that h hb 11 has won tho the k 1 legion medal modal for his f ti uT part in bringing i down a Taube For i he he too might have fl been brought down 4 r Q you she said it if you had done somethIng something something some some- thing heroic In life And Robert Thorpe took her at her to Verdun Sent to his hia death you say MY Well WeB It could hare havo amounted to that But Dut why emphasize these unpleasant pos pos- The lady has hns suffered Guttered sum sum- Robert Thorpe of New York is a n. n well-bred well well up vigorous young man with a taste for aviation and an anId Id idealistic turn of mind It was his aesthetIcism that took him one evening to tho the Royal Opera Covent Garden London where a performance of was in progress Miss Freeman was singing tho part of Elizabeth And what an Elizabeth she was Even at her least exalted moments Miss Freeman is lis beautiful beautiful- a n. tall haired fair largo-eyed largo girl with all tho the dignity of a young Oung goddess and all tho charm cham of a very human soul As Elizabeth she ISho was ravishing To Robert Thorpe she might bo said to bo be devastating Ho lie had como comp for lor a casual evenings evening's I pleasure only to find himself caught in tho the most serious business of his life me Robert Thorpe was accustomed to achieving his wishes and now ho found that they were centring round Just ono one object object to to meet Miss Bettina Bet Bet- tina Una Freeman Through mutual friends they mot met They found much in common They were both Americans to begin with both exiles In tho the English city They v II IJ X w II I f V I r I 1 Me anything else said slid Miss Freeman Froeman rashly when they were once 1 more safely on earth cIrth but never again n k Ie l r rn n n fly i it t r became fast last friends or so it seemed to Miss Freeman Robert Thorpe however entertained toward her a a. feeling f far tho mere Pla Pla- tonic But Dut being being a man of ot action rather than of words he ho lacked the necessary eloquence to to to- express his sentiments Would you care taro to ride in my aeroplane aeroplane aeroplane aero aero- plane he ho asked the lady offering as he thought the choicest favor et ot his command She was reluctant which he took a as positive proof that she had no desire for his company Ho lie insisted She consented And they went for the ride A fine opportunity to put Dut the important important im- im question thought Thorpe far faraway faraway faraway away from Interfering eyes But Dut though Miss Freeman was WM accustomed to emotional al altitudes she felt little at home in tn the upper regions of the air When his machine had reached a height only ordinary to Robert he noticed a grayish pallor overspreading her her face and in despair ho he descended Ask mo me anything else said Miss Freeman rashly when they were once more moro safely on earth but never again ask me to fly And Robert taking her literally asked her ber to marry him Marry him The idea was novel to Miss Freeman She had never taken this young man so seriously She asked for tor time How flow much She was uncertain She would go homo and think it over OTero I ISo So to the tho home homo of her mother Mrs I Leopold Freeman at nt No 15 1 West fourth Fifty Street New York she came leaving Robert still sun In London But Dut distance proved no bar to Roberts Robert's adoration of her With every mail mall came an urgent letter breathing love and asking her to name namo the day What did she sho find in him to object to What could she find Ho lie was handsome and healthy wealthy and very much in love What more could I a a. reasonable girl ask Yet sho she wa was not satisfied Finally Miss Freeman decided upon a course courso of or action Was her lover as heroic as ns she sho might wish Ho was young oung immature untried in lifes life's tests testa He lie must must find some somo way ay to prove himself the tho hero of ot her dreams IP f 4 L 1 CHRISTY FINDS THE IDEAL 9 CHRISTY CRISTY GIRL F t s f 3 k k 9 I II I I 1 tT I I 1 I I Fl e 1 r y L r i T I A 1 r a. a a k F e I I 1 i f i i 11 I f. f 1 4 t f iI i 5 t i. i f ii d V f I l f. f r J. J Il v j i L i i i t. t 4 w 4 wr t t t r v t f f L x xe e r C y fr o 1 4 f t. t Z a l rh fw 1 f t t 0 tJ t J t hl I S j i AI OWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY declares he his has found the ideal Christy Girl She Is hs Virginia Lee aged fifteen The J I f HOWARD j t truth is Mr Christy did not find her she found herself Miss S Lee was was- born In Mexico City and 2nd educated in New flew ew Of a 4 Orleans Like others she admired Christy Girl pictures Then it gradually dawned on tier her that there was something some some- thing about them that of that the self-assurance self that reminded her of herself Out grew she represented either cither the com com- composite j or possibly the ideal Christy Girl So accompanied by her mother and sister she went to New York and met the j artist lie He engaged her er to pose for or his Christy Girl pictures He lie calls her my most marvellous model Virginia Vir Vir- I 1 ginia Lees Lee's artistic qualifications Mr Christy says amply Justify his expert opinion She is five Ive feet three inches In height f j t slender but well formed She has bas golden hair fair skin and blue eJ eyes To quote Mr Christy when posing she can expression and hold it it all she is at rt the studio the S express Most important of always at hour appointed she is ever I tired L and aId she never loses tier lier temper So she wrote him to that effect Just a a. couple of ot weeks before the war Robert obert Thorpe received that let let- ter The hostilities he considered providential provIdential for himself Shall ShaIl I join tho the American Aviation Corps In Franco came his cablegram cablegram cable cable- I gram in the first week of August Yes came the prompt reply How was she sho to know that war and death were almost synonymous In her reading rending tho the right man always alway came back Then began the tho lists of casualties men Den cut down by br the die thousands the ther r f- f best aviators killed in the con conflict lct And Robert training hard bard to fit himself himself himself him him- self for tor the fray tray And his letters Full of his work and his ambitions his hopes of an early call to the line There could be no doubt of it it-he it ho was literally following In n the footsteps footsteps foot fool steps of the tho famous Lovelace Ills I lady was falling far behind his honor Was she happy By Dy no DO means moons Was I Isho she sho In love Jove ove with him She Sho was All her ber doubts had dissolved into thin air Came Camo a day when Robert received his s summons He lie was to take part In Inthe inthe the aerial scouting around Verdun E There followed a n long silence and then thenan an occasional postcard telling that so far he W was S safe Finally the tho great fight It was In Inthe Inthe inthe the early days of ot October of this year Thorpe flying over the tho German Girman linos I came into conflict with a Taube Tho The enemy airman was sent to earth ClUth with his machine but In tho the encounter Thorpe was almost brought down as na well Tho The details details of the tho fight are few tew but for his part in It n the young oung aviator avla- avla tor received the tho legion modal Please announce our engagement ho cabled He W was 6 to come home bome as na asI I soon as ns ho he received his furlough But Dut he ho r return turn That is the great question which Is agitating Miss Misa Bettina Freeman Will his furlough be so as to allow lor for such BUch a CL journey journey journey jour jour- ney Will wm his desire for his lady lady- lovo love be bo greater than his desire for tor glory s sNo No 0 I wont won't let him him go back says ays Miss Freeman I wont won't Cron let him fly again Miss Freeman has lost all Interest In heroes Now ow sho ho ho merely wants Robert Robert Robert Rob Rob- ert Thorpe as husband If It he ho arrives bolero before that performance to-morrow to night Lenore may be sung by a bride |