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Show BTUllSUilll: HIGH TUESBftY Charm, a beautiful girl, becom'es engaged, en-gaged, to Valor, a youth of noble family fam-ily and deportment. They pledge their troth to each other in the garden of the girl's parents, Commerce and Pride, leaders in society. The boy's father and mother, Finance and Display, Dis-play, when told of the match, show their entire approval, and preparations prepara-tions for the wedding start at once. i But in her elaborate boudoir in "The House of Heavy Hours," a beautiful woman known as "Madame Jealousy," sits brooding and musing, and the happiness in the voices of the lovers is gall and wormwood to her soul, j 'Calling hor handmaiden, Mischief,; Jealousy sends her, after the wedding, j to thb home of the newly married couple. Here, Valor had promised to take Charm to the opera, but through tho j efforts of Mischief, a trivial accident to his car makes him late. Charm is annoyed and listens the more eagerly to Jealousy when she steals into the room and whispers that perhaps there is i reason for his tardiness. Taking Charm for'a stroll through the Garden of Other Days, Jealousy shows Valor' there bidding goodbyo to Forgotten, an old sweetheart. Thus, when Valor finally does arrive, ar-rive, Charm refuses to listen to his explanation and Valor, in great distress, dis-tress, leaves her. Charm, imagining all things, becomes a victim to ten thousand fears and afterwards, although al-though Valor seeks to distract her, Madame Jealousy is ever near and Charm becomes sad and silent. Urged on by Madame Jealousy, Charm tells her mother and father, Commerce and Pride, and the boy's father and mother hear about it also. They decide it must be the girl's fault while Commerce and Pride are equally certain it is tho fault of Valor. Jealousy Jeal-ousy sends Mischief to Valor to whisper whis-per evil tidings of his wife, and so it Is that when Jealousy herself comes to tho husband, he falls a willing victim vic-tim Jo her charms and keeps her ever with him. Madame Jealousy next suggests to each of the parents that perhaps the others think them not tbclr social equals, and later calls in hr-r faithful servant. Treachery. Between Mischief and Treachery, the parents and the two young peopie are goaded Into bitter hatred of each other. Madame Jealousy next per-sudes per-sudes Charm to accept her handmaiden, hand-maiden, Sorrow, for her personal attendant, at-tendant, but Charm grows daily paler and lonely through this companionship. companion-ship. Through Jealousy, also. Valor goes tho downward path until he is seen in a roadhouse accompanied by Madame Jealousy and one of her girl friends, Reckless. They are having a wild orgy, and when Finance, the father of Valor arrives and attempts to get the boy awaj' from the wild companions, there Is u scene of violence, during which Valor strikes his father down with a wine bottle. Thereafter Valor is ever followed by Remorse. Treachery Treach-ery next causes wild rumors of financial finan-cial failure to Commerce and Finance, and terrible riots ensue. |