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Show When It comes to dividing up the 100 per cent responsibility for a picture, you can split it two ways Tou dont have to worry about anybody else. "A good director, with a good story, can make a good picture, with bum actors " Cecil deMllle declares that a director "Because is "a man who never Bleeps. if he superintends a staff of brilliant and Infallible scenario writers, temperamental stars and untemperamental actors, helpless extra people, nut cameramen, artistic artists. Impractical technical directors, excitable designers, varied - electricians, and carpenters, strange title writers, expert cutters. If be diplomatically placates the financial department and the check to signers. theIf he endeavorsthe ultimately critics, the exhibitors, please censors, the exchange men and the public, Ita a perfect cinch he wont have time to sleep r, Penrhyn Stanlaws, the declares that a director Is the limit!'' Elinor Olyn, who admits that this Is a very little subject on which she has far "I am knowledge, cays that thus forced to think the whole tribe of them are darlings and angels to neck' drees regulations THE "feet women bathers now being promul- resorts have gated at various summer aroused the Ire of Vlpla Dana, the Metro sex equalof a it who makes star, point ity. "When they make a rule, No a bathing suite for either sex, I havent word to say against It," Miss Dana exCoronado seen beach, at when plained, Cal, "but when they mdke a rule that no socks or bare legs forWromen will be permitted and the the bathing costume must extend to the neck, I object vigorously. legs, Why not force men to cover up theirmens too, if women have to do it? Surely the ae, legs are not nearly as decorative Few men can measure average warns up to the Greek god standard that they say George Carpentler sets In the matter 10-6- Motion Picture Held Factor in Worlds Quest for Romance "MOTlOlf AMERICAN Four The Journeys End PICTURES. tOOiy !?.wit,commencing all star east: Muk e tore sad Doughnuts , Sennitt comedy, Review, "Bear Buntleg in CeUforale Gordon Bretland, organist. BROADWAY Sunday and Monday. Norma Tal midge la "The Moth. aade the final chapter of special comedy. fighting rate, end Hurt le PARAMOUNT EMPRESS William S line Whistle", Paths hew. GEM Four days, commencing today, "The Mystery of the Yellow jtoxn, eitb alt star sail, . comedy; scenic. klNEMA "Lavender aad Old Lace." direction of Lloyd Ingram, beginning today; comedy, Eddie Polos "D, ot Pie." of reality; VOTJB dictionary will define romance an the opposite of fact, nothing la bo romintie X gaaza of fancy or imagination. As a matter Every full blown moon is a Everything or anything is romantic to youth. adventure, every encounter a potential separate ecstasy, everv street a thrill, task the overture to very girl a possible Juliet, every lad a possible hero, any discovery men have But the torches of fancy go out, one by one, and at middle age The word and hum drum. left only memories, and oawonal dreams romance has become the vain synonym of a transient love amir.this restore been to has t The purpose of art through the centuries pnstine quaint. charm of the novel In the amoa-pher- e w hlch he has created, and it stands They have all fallen glow of life, yet only in a degree have the arts succeeded. not with out evan In the smallest details A marWort of the goal in the degree in which they dealt with fancy, and velous cast, which includes Been Owen, Marguerite Snow and Louie Bennleon, fcAnd they did not realise that in that very fact lay the miracle' like the maxes the photoplay as fine and appealua. about bluebird of happiness, romance is not to be sought afar. It is all behind ing as the novel, which holds perpetual the charm for lovers of Intensely humanaml Men, seeking romance m the syllables of big words, looking for it of the for it in cacobhony wholesome .storieh strange brush strokes of futunst paintujg. listening con no in of the program Includes The dwells but, remainder Arcadia, modern music, have failed to remember, that it comedy, perches upon every a certain tranwiMt nestles iifevery valley, walk down every avenue, epitne Twelve Hours to Live"; the ninth sode of Eddie Polo serial, "Do or Die' , hilltop, swings from every branch. beams from every hearth fire, sings in . .. machine. the and ; the International pictorial news song of every that the greatest always Tomorrow will proclaim what today grudgingly admits: "Topics of the Day Interesting or romance from the Literary Digest. The program art is the art which restores to the largest number of people the will play tne first halt of the week, endlife. Editorial in Photoplay for September. . ing Wednesday night. for four days, commencing today noon. will he aeen at undergoing a complete AFTER the role that of a JORMA TALMAbQE Wilkes theater on State Mr Hart has aa new theater for two days to accustomed man worker, street will be opened for the season, Sep- factory In Selznlck'a super the whistle of to the sound commencing Sunday "Jump tember 4, the Initial offering being Hie attempt to mete out Justice to a feature. "The Moth," end patrons are Huron L. Blyden, man "Daddy Long Legs. whose selfishness has resulted in the promised unqualified artistic enjoyment producing director, and John M Cook. death of the workers beloved child, de- - In an especially strong dramatic jdetuia Her- - two - lmle - children, Larry and a completely aatlefjing train of events Babe, have been raised entirely bywhen Mr. Blyden, who has been several as is that la norrllied conclusion nurse's to a care, and Lucy which round out years with the Pacific Theater 'corporaehe finds that they are afraid of her." distinctly compelling likes is presition. of which Thomas to- - gain their love and decides drama a She le thus seeks In powerful way every of director dent, and who was producing should satisfy the moat to abanjon her gey. butterflys career, the Wilkes theater when the Salt iAke and one that exacting Three.famoue Juvenile play- when a new disgrace fall upon her. house was opened six ears ago, said yesth ers appear In the cast. Frank Brownlee How Ehe extricates herself and wine terday that Miss Claire Sinclair, characthe heavy role. happiness she craves forma an enthrallhas ter woman, ManagerwCook and himself, ing picture. were thy only members left of the old The atory concerns Lucy Glllam, a wilAVENDER AD OLD LACE. aa 6T company that delighted eo many theaterful girl of wealth still in her teens, bea Li gWeet and clean and wholesome goers of the city In previous years The and fasenacted for reft of all parental guidance leading man of the Wilkes Players for etory as was ever written, of Cleopatra s cast that was di- cinated by the subject Salt Lake will be Alexis Luce, formerly the film by an Just at the moat ImpresThe name rected by the renowned Lloyd Ingraham, conquests. with the Seattle company. meets a man who of the leading woman for the local house la the feature attraction at the Klnema sionable age, aeLucy a solution of hie finanher marries la A woman s devotion Rehearsals theater today has not jet been divulged. from then on her la one cial difficulties snd rellminary to the opening production will the theme of the story,everwhich career is a beetle one. Traveling in the and written d 29. novels of the egln August set ot society, with an Insatiate one that has been a best seller over a long swiftest love. It la not long before this is estimated desire for GOOD deal of discontent has been experiod of years. In which ithave woman encounters, many peril young read the A pressed In Paris about the exhorbl-ta- more than 60,000,000 people which threaten to engulf her. story. for demanded the final chapter of Also on fra the bill, nee) are price (700,000 pathoe, drama and suspense the French rights of the Carpentler-Dempse- y altHumor, Fighting Fate. and a special comedy. In Lavender and Old Lace, included bad business film. With fight "the etory that will end taxes high nobody ha been found to which has been called HE MYSTERY OF THE YELLOW embodies all the . make It a deal, and there Is little chance Is ROOM today commences s run of of any business being discussed .bout this e.u?y ,? human four days at the Oem theater The story, matter until the price comes down MeanIn the photoplay, full of mystery end adventure, concern story has been lost while the Dally Mall" hat got the first the which is a beautiful piece of direction. Mathilda Stangereon, who Uvea with her of one of rather, a scientist, Innings by showing the still photosforon the Is on hi country estate. an picture It appealing the the sweetest and cleanest stories filmed Their French screen aa a substitute frequent and almost only visitor le missing movies! In a long time It depicts the devotion Robert Darsac, whose affeetton for Mato the thilda Is returned, but she declares ene haired gentlewoman unend-posof a t: DRAWBRIDGE tender asleep at hla i lov e o(silvery It depicts her girlhood. must disregard the lure or marriage in A an open fridge and a motor ing devotion over a span of yeara In order to remain with and assist her for bloaaome and a romance buds which father. One evening Mathilda la stunned crashing Into the inky waters below; child a scream and a mans brave plunge all tut she who held to her devotion by a blow from a blunt Instrument In the to the rescue! from girlhood until death Throughout Yellow room, the door of which is found This Is one of the smashing scenes In the atory te Intensely Interesting, because barred and windows secured, when her and father comes in response to her shrieks. The Whistle a picture produced by It Is intensely human Theof charm the etorv There appears to be no possible exit outWilliam 8 Hart and written by Lambert sweetneo? and humanness of side of the barred doors and windows feelings In thesndbreasts tlrs up render Hlllyer who also directed it. The origimatter-of-fahow the assailant got In nal etory Is by. May Wilmoth and Oltn even the most materialistic The mystery lovers adored is It and by persons, and out of the house Rouletabllle, newsLyman. In this new Paramount offering, which of sentiment assigned to cover the reporter, Director Ingraham has retained the paper will be shown at the Paramount-Empres- s theory and with Frederic Larsan, a noted odetective. he conducts an investigation at the chateau, which results In hla stayDarsac is ing there to watch events. suspected and arrested. Rouletabllle returns to France after months ot abeam On the day of Darxac a trial, when appears that he must surely be convicted, the reporter gives the correct solution of the affair, establishes the prisoner's Innocence, exposes the Yellow room secret real erunlnal.s identity. and reveate-t- h ... ' THIS WEEKS BILLS y all-et- ar best-love- nt WW ft" In hi humorist, who wrote the tltleo Marion atylo. striking epigrammatic atneo Fairfax, noted playwright, who formed her own producing company, , adapted the story to the screen. artist-directo- ! one-pie- picture comedy of th future. In A1 opinion, is going to be the one that tell a funny story, with no situations that are not possible In real life. "That why we Ilk to take a young married couple and weave a story about them, said Mr. Christie. "Love Is the best and biggest thing In life, after onall, a baaed and for thi reason the picture couple who are wildly in v Is likely to be th most popular "The beet recipe for a laugh In picture comedies la Just thia: Take a boy and make them love him. Take a girl and make them love her. Then make them love each other. Then try to keep them THE 1 apart." thousand e Thirty-fivcomprised the mass of mate , as rial from which J. Parker Read, Jr three sisted by three judge, has chosen his in national scenarios prlxewlnnlng ' 65000 motion picture etory contest; The noted producer. In hi search for screen stories suitable for Louies Glaum, was aided by C. Gardner Sullivan, great-eof scenario craftsmen and himself author of many successful Louis Glaum magasin conplays, and Bradley King, and cinema author. tributor, playwright award 2500, went of First prise, an to Mrs, France White Elljeh, a Chicago society woman now residing at theforAr- a lington hotel In Santa Barbara, story entitled The One Man Woman. serein experience she hae extensive Mlaa May takes pride In the fact that he doubled for Mary Pickfdrd In "The Little American-- . She le five feet two inches In height and weighs 11? pounds. She has golden hair and brown eye and la a splendid horsewoman and enthusiastic baseball fan. The Last Walts," the IN presenting work of Oscar Straus, composer of The Chocolate Soldier, th Messrs Shubert achieved what might be termed They in these days a daring enterprise. determined to put an end to the trtumpn an had of jazs which enjoyed 'nlntJr They derupted career for many years. - an opercided to produce an operettato etta which, in tradition, harked back of The Dollar Printhe glorious Soldier cess and Tha Chocolate what la more significant, they planned to label the production operetta. They dared Broadway to scoff, to call the presentation out of spirit with the full retimes Broadway, attending Inrefused to galia and numbers however, take the dare. Broadway welcomed the finer artistry than the glare of the footThe screen actor hae more to lightsover. get estimate of the The contemptuous art Is softening under the Sounger being applied to the screen drama. is etlll Admitting that panning pictures" a popular pastime much in the same fashion that the automobile was the conventional Joke, the silent drama la undeniably making rapid strides. It should; .there la mom 'for Improvement, is an obvious retort. Granting thia, too, the fact remains that It Is. Pictures, relying so much upon mechanic, have progressed only ae the science and of photography, electrical lighting Years phjeical arrangement permitted. have been spent In developing the tools of the art. It Is natural therefore that there should have been a striving for spectacle and effects" to tha neglec of the drama Itself. But today the pictures are swinging back to th "story" with dramatio values given their proper relatione In the progressive pyramiding. And to visualize the drama a new school of acting and diThe rection is coming to the screen. first idea that there must be action, action! la giving way to the demand for musical comedy world, stagnated so long by the pools of syncopation. There 'was considerable anxiety before pro the opening of the ductlon To announce the work ae an in three act" appeared hazardoperetta ous. But the risk was taken. And the Messrs. Shubert, paving tha way, will ba followed next season by other, anxious to return to the favorite dances and musical styles of a calmer period. There are three waltzes In the new Straus operetta, all of them written in the characteristic melodloua and ambitious vein of the composer. And all of them are received with enthusiastic approbation on the part of the17 audience, one from which the operetta takee Its name. Here Is a musical num-b- y which la easily the most popular In the score, notwithstanding that there are several song composed In th popular t. p and the tempo of the ture makers themselves have more confidence In their own ability to portray instead of diagram. Good ploture quality stories ar the keenest need of the screen. The screen literature may not" hav kept pace with the development of the mechanical and acting branches I believe that the expansion of stag flay of th ie nearest to ths solution at present. This has been proved were machines rJIHB earliest picture the Fantoscope. Klnetoscope Eden Muse and Edisons Vltascope The ran moving picture sb an outstanding music hall Blale Koeter while feature, had picture SI a zpeclal .attraction- - In its vaudeville bill. Lumlers Cinematograph was the first foreign machine to of in this country, exhibiting "But It Isnt on aesthetic grounds that show pictures Union Square. , I object principally, although one should at Keiths Its on the IAUL the beautiful alwajs consider and tell director, Goldwyn BERN, when comfort. Surely, basis of health It comes to athletic exercises, one should Mr. Newrich My dear, guests are have all of tha physical freedom possible. comingT for dinner. Hurry and i8t Personally. I have found that for swimsuits are to be preferred, ready ming. Mrs. Newrich- - (In a flurry) "Shall I but If men are to be restricted In this put on the percolator?" as a woman, I waive my protest." drese up? Shall IThere regard, Isnt time. Wear Mr. Newrich: on. big fUm treats promised for what you have ONE of th fall la Marshall Keilan's most first moving picture studios were ambitious production, The Lotus Eat- THE roofs of New York office buildings er," just finished In Hollywood. Life of an American Fireman was in the production of this picture Mr. "The made on th roof of No. 41 Eaat Twenty-firNeilan has enlisted the services of faand at the same time Biomous stare In the worlds of fiction, drama graph street, Its first studio on the roof and screen. The result offers the com- of the opened building at Thirteenth street and bined efforts of a director who has not Broadway, near Union square. had a failure In two years, on of the American actors, greatest of present-da- y famous MANSFIELD always looks a authors, two Internationally an enviable Broadway stunning, hut she outshone herself playwright with star at a recent wedding when she wore a record and four Individual screen who appear in th supporting cast. severely plain gown of black eat In emJohn Barrymore, Idol of theIn American broidered In an Egyptian pattern of cut the title steel beads to the screen drama, returns role of thia film. Marshall,. Neilan, dl rector of Dinty," "The River End,' SCREEN censorship Is likely to disturb Go and Get It. etc, personally handled of the comedies that are based lt the direction, thereby realising a long-fex an ocean of scenery and a ambition to etage JUBt such an en- on full of bathing suits Film Smiles. terprise. From the literary field, Mr. Neilan has I ORIS MAY was bom In Seattle, Wash., drawn the services of Albert Payson Terhune. th celebrated author who era In that city. Despite her youth. sted the story, and George Ade, famous one-pie- st ivr pill-bo- 1 Tells How You Also May Have One motion picture industry THE French suffered a great lose through the M. Carpentler death of M. Carpentler was one of the pioneer of the moving Ill 1896, he In Franca. picture Industry placed his scientific laboratories and workmen at the disposal of the brothers Lumlere, and together with them placed on the market the first apparatus specially designed for the projection of animated pictures. This model waa tha prototype of all those which were Invented between 1896 and 1900 . current Bookman magazine contains an appreciation of the past season on Broadway, In which the writer, Kenneth Andrews, praises the work of our native writers Saye he: "Best of all. there are Indications In this remarkable season that we are not Incapable of satire with the healthy proviso that It bs our own native kind of satire. We have always been regarded. In the theater, aa about the most sentimental people In the world. Satire fa vorite sport le ripping open our cherished sentimental Idols and showing the saw dust Ineids them. It applies common sense and reduces to the absurd prejudices which all nice people should take on faith We havent liked that In the theater before. More than that, ae good Americans, we have actively resented It. Yet thia season we have had The Bad Man,' by Porter Emerson Browne, 'The Tavern, adapted from the - Cora Dick Gantt play by George M Cohan, and Bernard bhaws Heartbreak House. Each ha found a big public Each haa made monev. Of couree. In the moat successful of these. The Bed Man. the satire le a bit wavering, a bit furtive, but even so It Is far and away the most signifiIt does something that cant because hasn't been done In the theater before. It raises a skeptical eyebrow and shrugs en irreverent shoulder at pur own sacred 100 per cent Americanism." HE OFfOTHY toTON New York When Miss Dorothy Dalton, th beautiful actress, who waa selected for the leading role In that mammoth was New Y'ork production, "Aphrodite questioned as to the secret of her phenomenal tuccese she unhesitatingly said, When aiked further "My complexion. details, she explained- - "Every one of my friends always ra ed about tha texture and coloring of my skin, and I hate no doubt but that my first engagement waa made possible through the reputation I had acquired for a beautiful complexion. Managers are like ordinary mortals, they admire a beautiful ekln as much as anyone, and In selecting their rants tney naturally prefer Ithose whose complexions think the beat asset any are attractive. girl or woman can have Is a beautiful skin and complexion. It is easy to have this if one will spend only a little time In taking care of the skin. A girl may have irregular features, but if she possessesat-a beautiful complexion she will attract I am always glad to tention anywhere tell any girl or woman juat how she may possess a skin Ilka mine. Here is tne recipeNight and morning cleanse the skin first with warm water, tnen apply a good cold cream (Llska cold cream I have found to be the best) after massaging It Into the skin take off the superfluous cream with a soft cloth. Then before going out during the day or evening I applv Derwlllo, a elmpl toilet preparation which can b purchased at the toilet counter of anv drug or department store. The first application of this wonderful Derwlllo, will astonish you. It - Imparts ainstant beauty to the skin and makes complexion everyone will talk about It I find It excellent In all kinds of weather That why I prefer It to all other toilet and am neter without It. Nowpreparations that short sleeves are In vogue you will want beautiful hands and arms.. There Is nothing like Derwlllo for this purpose. Many of my professional friends to whom I have recommended Derwlllo use It In preference to all other face powders or beautl-fter- s " Just try It once before going to the theater, dances parties or an afternoon call and note the favorable comments of your friends Derwlllo Instantly put a lifelike tint on your cheekt which defies detection. It takes the place of face powder and stays on until you wash it off. Perspiration doe not affect it, nor will It rub off on clothing; it also prevents the nose and face from shining Its wonderful for a dark, sallow, rough skin, blackheads, rears pores, ollv skin, freckles, tan and for the instant beauty It Imparts. Over 690, OW girls and women ar using It. to the most sensiIt's absolutely harmless once snd you will tive skin Just try It need no further argument to convince vou Is there that nothing just ae good, "better," or just like it.' Insist on Derwlllo, then you will not bs disaprosy-whi- te la a motion picture director? all have a general, traditional Idea a domineering sort of a chap with en everlasting grouch, racing about 'in puttees and bawling through a megaphone. or seated on a camp chair bearing hii name In gilt lettering But. Is that all? There must be something deeper to the creators of great photoplays A questionnaire was sent outk bv Photoplay Magazine, asking the themselves for. a definition of a director. The replica are laughable, earnest, and For Instance, all of them Illumining pointed. King Vidor earnestly says that a "Dit j channel which pic le rector the through NOTE Dni(lte end department store reach the ecreen." , ery where eell Derwlllo with the fuirentee that turee Will saye Rogers If you dont like It too get your money beck. No, "The director is the whole work It le the one beeutlfter that gtree eatlefaetloa at all aeaaoue of the year Tou can secure It I'll take that back, becauee the director It's about has to have a good story. at ell toilct coupler la this city- - t WHAT film-fol- t by the notable successes based upon and the. remarkably high adaptation prices that have been paid for picture to footllght classic Olivey rights S o. at ilOPKlNS, th leading wILLIB sculptors of this Contemporary on of country, haa been engaged by Douglas Fairbanks to do ths modeling for "The Three Musketeers" and Is working under the supervision of Edward M. Langley, living in New York art director for ths Fairbanks company. AN Englishman a just received a .letter from brother In England In which the latter AFTER a long term of Inactivity, Salisbury will star himself In a said he had a letter from a friend In Australia urging him. If he ever wentMo-to new picture to be produced by hla own the states to see "The Bat" at the company. The play will have a Spanish rocco theater, New York. And that exand Salisburys representative is the setting, now In Mexico gathering data. plains why "The Bat" Is nearing exIts completion of the first year of run. Incidentaltraordinarily successful MANON has gone tn for ly, It might be well to make a note of MARCIA activities. Recently her the fact that "The Bat will he seen husband presented her with a saddle here next season. and last weevr she was on of mount, the honor guests at a southern California GOLDWYN Is putting a number of work. Both Frank Lloyd horse show. pal snd Wallace Worsley are to start new Chadwick, Goldwyn screen stories. E. Mason Hopper is working on a script and Paul Bern is now directing says that women should make "The Man With Two Mothers, In which a study 'of perfumes, and that a blonde Stars are to should never use exotic fragrances or a Cullen Landis Is featured. be eliminated from this companys pro brunette sweet clover, lily of ths valley gram. It Is declared. or perfumes of that kind. books, says Thomas beat FILMS He rp HE OLD NEST,"for Rupert Hughess . proved this to his satisfaclatest Goldwjm. which tion ten years ago, when he taught a class wdll bs seen Inpicturefall. Is an ths adaptation of children science with motion pictures novel of the gams Teachers agree with Edison, says a by the author from . his title. , for writer In the July Mentor Magazine, In every they are uetng motion pictures States. ARY MAC LAREN, on of the youngtwentieth school In the United est proven stars ot ths screen. Is STANDING, the veteran to play the Important role of ths queen H1ERBERT Allc with who In "The Three Musketeers with Douglas appears English actor, ,, Lake In her newest starring vehicle, Ths Fairbanks g Infamous Miss Revel!. was Is latest from ths Metro studios In Hollywood ths DAUGHTER arrival at hs reflected, being And the moon, limit, can get full outside ths three-mil- e Peters, and has been named Peggy House when it pleases. The Peterss have one other Peters. son. a child, NEW home in Hollywood hae been who plays ths GERtRUDE NORMAN, presented it to her parents as a wedding witness In the murdeaf In She is her again gift. anniversary make-u- p and playing In a new Harold der mystery of A Voice tn the Dark," a Goldwyn picture, toured England with her , Lloyd comedy. own company for eight years. more of the actor require WHICH HE BRANDED FOUR" and "Th or th stage? With the Branding Iron are title that between acting growing discrimination and action, I believe that the searchlm Indicate some new tortures Inflicted by Film Smiles. movie. the machine deman rays of the projecting fox-tro- one-ste- Helene moon-gazin- T Hodklnson release, after being privately shown to members of the trade and fan papers, has been everywhere ac claimed aa ap epooli:maklng picture,, and there has been nothing but unanlmoua praise for the acting, the photography, the direction, and the story Helf The on element of crlticlnm had to do with the length of the picture But "The Journeys End" wee purposely shown In Its entirety, aa Mr. Bal-I- I n wanted the critics to have the opporon every minute portion tunity of passing to be of t'1i p t imnn,t,wi drama ned absolutely without titles Slnis the private showing, however, Mr. Halil n has personally supervised th cutting of the picture, with the result that the footage has been reduced over In Its finished form thousand feet The Journey's End comes to the American theater for four days commencing today. --h-ut st 1 Beautiful Actress Attributes Her Wonderful Success to Her Famous Complexion ds though st firsthe suspected me as Gaunt s friend, I oversym-n- y came his hostility with most genuine friend. . . . W In time, . . sre. now what girls his And then, with troubled eyes snd Anface drawn nJo It perpetual scowl. tonio if that was Indeed his name I would generalize Shout women, and would counsel patience and give him If I found what encouragement I could. became imthis difficult at all times, heit told me that when on the day possible Bianca, had disappeared, though neither no dead nor spirited away, she was it was unsafe to ask longer at home, andhad of her. become her mother what My unhappy friond fancied for a time somehow swooped that Gaunt had the night air and borne her away through In his talons, bur I could tell him with confidence that he nerd fear no rivalry from a man who replied to an invitation from me by saying, with leas than his usual irony or polish, that he inmight Lampl-teil- o come to stay with me life was so uncertain that only a fool would prophesy or bind himself by prophesy oaths but that he would both go to and swear that he would sooner return the nethermost pit of hell than memoand for an hour to the shadow ries of my studio. 1 never saw Blanca again. Befora loQF. aa Antonio discontinued his calls, I ceased even to hear of her, and, if Gaunt at his I should death had left her anything. He himnave bees puzzled to trace her. Ufa were self and all that chapter of hla a received I when mind fading out pf an letter in which Sidney I Macebridg. known had by English collector whom name for many years, asked whether he pictures. might come and see my In our "Ws have a bond, he added. He 8ve me Gaunt. Marshall friend, poor 1 have but a letter of Introduction to you, and had no opportunity of using it before, hi death hope that ou will not feel that tt invalidates welcome I replied that I should always and. when Maceany friend of Gaunts: charmed was I sufficiently bridg arrived, to Invite him to stay with by hla address me. He seemed s widely read, well found boand much traveled man. a little of acathhemian. very much of a bachelor, a olic connoisseur, and a fastidious critic. It waa Inevitable that our conversation ehould begin with a discussion of Gaunt, Macebridge could but I soon found that not already know; tell me little that I did table of a dinner the at met they hed up the friend, Macebridge had followed Vale Maida at the enoounter by celling of a proGaunt heard when and studio, an volunteered jected tour In Italy he had v Introduction. He used to stay with you every year, I gather." Macebridge added. "As a rule. 1 answered. "Last year I think he was be broke his rule I mlas a little tired ot the place. him." somehad I time first Now for the one elss staying with ms I realised the more poignantcf my loss. and. greatness s broken ly, the needleze waste of Gaunt life If by the merciless, misunderstandwere friend my ing canons ofposterlty artist, and. perdismissed ae a third-rat- e he e I second-ratfelt that man, haps, a had as good a right to life, liberty and of the pursuit of happinessto as most he tie; did anyone If he did little good Conscious hai m to none; there we nothto excite knew I ae It ing In hie career, the jealousy of the gods by overweening Inpride or to prompt their vengeance by expiable crime. bachelHe was a normal, middle-age- d or- selfish but kindly, rl Icing, timid in practice, but but bv temperament; If he had adventurous Indeed suffered from a romance in boyhood I knew almost nothing of It, but the that bs paid for a youth In which pries women had played Uttle part was an onfrom which he could slaught of love nor recover when youth neither escapebehind him. And so thia had larged of middle age had man harmless, average been set alight, maddened driven to the and finally allowed to verge of suicide, no cool painfully to extinction through In creation; woman or fault oi; any man ... ... aelf-eac- I ... no fault of hla, no fault of Blancas. Blind, fumbling destiny waa snd the scorching touch of Its responsible, fingers had not seared onlp Marshall Gaunt; a decent, trusting peasant boy, mild eyed as he was rough tongued, placid, and bewildered as an ox on hla way to slaughter, d had been by an unseen, hand. Bianca the ugly little savage with the streak of sophistication had disappeared with no more trace than such images as I might choose to make of a human animal stimulated to passion and robbed of satisfaction. Her portrait hung In my collection, where I at least knew its shadowy niche; and, 'whenever the afternoon light crept round the walls and shone on the canvas, I saw Blanca brought to life as a startled wild thing, struggling with me for possession of her murderous knife snd proclaiming that her body waa sacred. From that I saw her as a barefoot, starveling creature, wolfing sweetmeats or tearing her bread In lump and sopping It In her wine. Wherever she had hidden since strolling away from Gaunt, I, trusted .that ehe was at leaat not hungry and that her body at least waa still sacred. Was Gaunt In Rome shortly before hla asked.- Macebridge with a death? llttler smile. Not aa far aa I know pis sister said nothing of It," I answered. O! , , . Its a curious thing; a most amazing coincidence. When you come tq think of It. Have ou ever seen that before ? Like a conjurer at th climax of his beat trick, Macebridge whipped from hla pocket a cumbrous, schoolboy's knife with a couple of blades, and a small saw, a spike, a corkscrew, tweezers, and a steel hook. On one side was a silver plate, and through ths tarnish I could read, "M. GAUNT." "That was Marshalls, I said. "HoW In the world do you come by It?" 'I bought It for one lira. "In Rome?" "Yes. I was thinking of Gaunt at tha time. It was the night I arrived there, and Id been running through my Introductions and picking out those I wanted for Rome While I was on the job, I thought Dd put the others In order, and Gaunts headed the list for the time when I left Rome, Marshall Gaunt. , , The name stuck In my head, and I suddenly found myeelf turning this knife over and staring at the M. Gaunt But where did you find it? I persisted "I bought It from a woman. In the square outside my hotel. The stub of my clgaret got Jammed in the holder, and I asked her If she could lend me a pin. ghe offered me this knife. I dont want to do the poor girl an Injustice, but I am afraid she .thought this trick on my part to get Into conversation with herF had tha utmost difficulty in getting rid of her. In the end I gave her a trifle-- rat her more than she expected and she told me to keen the knife. Ot course, I refused. . . . Then I saw ths name and offered to buy It from her at her own She suggeeted a lira, and w price clinched the bargain, . . . And you way you recognise this"' Do you remember at all Perfectly what the girl was like? Macebridge' sigh was lees convincing than the laugh which followed it. "The conventional type that you find wandering round the streets of every capital at eleven oclock o'nlght. "Pretty Quite the reverse, so far aa I could see Bianca's portrait was within reach of my hand As Macebridge crossed the room to fetch himself a match I slipped It out of sight from some pusillanimous feeling that I did not want to hear ths truth too securely established "And youre sure you've dlagnpeed her rightly?" I asked. She may only have wanted a meal he conceded "U was one thing or the other, though " "A'nd not a very happy chblce either wav. . . , Now, if youd car to see my pictures before the light goes , . (Copyright, 1921, by th Chicago Tribune i ... pole-axe- - -- untn-tendl- TIZ FOR BURNING FEET II mye-terlo- Goodbye, burning feet; swollen, tender, tired feet. No mors limping over No more standing day after day on with your feet on fire. the tightness, ,limping with pain. Tiz draws ont com-oraching feet. No mors shoecause puffed-oploisonous exudations that burning feet. What gladness, rest when foot misery ends. Get a box of Tiz now, at any drug or department store. 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