The Washington times., 1914-08-10
The Theft of the Cameo Necklace
By GARDNER MACK.
Times Today.
By IRWIN S. COBB.

the garage the stranger picks UP the
4 handkerchief and rides away.
| He goes directly to an east side tene-
j ment, mounts three flights of gloomy,
twisting stairs and lets himself into
room that is furnished beyond all CO.
| relation with its sordid surroundings.
/ Then he whistles softly.
/ Instantly a huge dog. wolf-like in Its
| appearance, and yet gentle as the pro-
verbal lamb. bounds into the room
i The animal is a German sheep dog and
once served as a member of the Berlin
police department. 1t is one Of those
\ highly trained, sensitive police dogs
| that European police officials have
made SO efficient in the detection and
capture of criminals.
| Ami, smell this Pick II up, Ami :!
| the stranger commands.
And the dog plays with the handker-
! chief and finds IL again and again. no
matter where her master hides It. Thus
is he training her to follow the scent
of the handkerchiefs owner. Tor Ami
is the newest and. because the method
is new and as yet undetected. the most
dangerous of all thieves-a police dog
trained as a thief.
Meanwhile Margaret. left alone. found
herself bcset with strange longings and
vague ambitions. To herself she was
saying that when a girl reached the
mature age of eighteen II was high time
she set about some serious lifework.
Thoughts of a career, an active career.
! filled her mind. What should she be?
Why not an actress. or. at least. why
not taste of the life of the theatrical
profession? No sooner had the idea
popped into her head that she was NOV
ing toward its accomplishment. First
she telcphoned to her conf1dante and
friend. Madge Travis. to Join her at a
congenial rendezvous. Then she set
about making suitable toilette for out
doors. She had hats-hats galore-but
on this particular morning none of them
exactly suited her.
So she went first to a modish bonnet
shop. At this point. for a short space.
must let the competent camera carry
the burden of its own tale.
Let us rest content with the siupIe
statement that on this occasion Miss
MarSaret secured. after much irving
on OF designs, hat that wGs fetching
~ simple in every detail except the
companied by Miss Travis, who hal
Joined her, she headed next for that
section of the Broadway district popu-
larity called the Rialto. where booking
office shoulders up against theater and
GramaIC agency elbows producing man
ayers domain. In the paper that morn
ing Margaret mad seen references TO
the activities of the booking agency Of
Bunk & Bilker. To be sure, these are
not the real names of the gentlemen
here because-well. because they are
on the whole rather appropriate
They had come to zee the PLAYERS.
Now II was their good luck to see \
play. For filling the hard benches OF
the anteroom was fairly complete
assortment of those plucky. struggling
actors and actresses who have pursued
the theatrical profession from the
Crosstie up-the unknown heroes and
hcroines of the one-nGht stand, the
road tour and the bargain matinee.
For only a little while Margaret and
Mad-e peeped I'm on this little human
drama with its humorous side and it's
pathetic side. the latter. to one who
looked below the surface OF things. its
dominant characteristic: and then, feel |
ing that they We're in the wrong place. /
they quietly slipped away
81 know where Wen go" said Mar
Caret, well go to see Daniel Froh- |
man. the famous manager. Ny aunt
knows him.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow