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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-10

"Here, Just Glance Over This"
what kind-and he is pretending he's
dead till this blows over and is for.
gotten
You are not going to say that in
your newspaper" Jones was visibly
agitated.
Not IL can prove It,"
IF tell you who those young Ia
dies are, will you give me your word
OF honor not to write about them till
j give my permission?"
Norton. having in mind the big
story at the end Of this mystery tam.
gle. agreed.
The elder is a teacher from a pri-
vate school; the other is Stanley Har-
greave's daughter"
Good Lord!" gasped the astonished
reporter. He never mentioned the
fact to me-" and we've been together
in some tight places"
HE never mentioned it to any one
but me-" Jones again seemed to re-
fleet. At last he raised his glance to
the reporter. Are you willing to wait
for a great story, the real story?"
III there is one," answered Norton
with his usual caution.
'On my word of honor, you shall
have such a story as you never dreamt
Of, IL you will promise not to divulge
it till the appointed time"
Il agree"
THE peace and happiness of that
child depends upon how you keep your
word"
That was sufficient for Norton.
Your master knew me. He knew also
that am not man who promises
lightly. Now introduce me to the
daughter"
With plain reluctance Jones went
about the affair. Norton put dozen
perfunctory questions to the girl. Whist
he was In search OF was not news but
the sound Of her voice. In that quar-
ter OF an hour he felt his heart dis
turbed as he had never before been
disturbed.
Nov, Mr.. Norton" said Jones
gloomily, twill you be so kind as to
follow me?"
Norton was led to Jones' bedroom.
drew the window shade. Always seek
ing shadows. This did not impress the
reporter at the time; he had no other
thought but the story. Jones then
sat down beside the reporter and
talked In an undertone. When he
had done he took Norton by the elbow
and gently but forcibly led him downs
to the front door and ushered him
forth. Norton jumped into his taxicabl
and returned to his rooms, which.
were at the top Of the huge apart
ment hotel. He Immediately called up
his managing editor.
Hello! This is Norton. Put Griffin
on the Hargreave yarn. I'm of on
deal"
but Hargreave was a friend OF
yours" protested the managing ed
itor.
Il know 1t. But you know me well
Mr.. Blair. / should not ask
the transfer IL It was not vitality i'm
portant.
20. very we'll"
I'VE sha'n't be scooped."
III you can promise that, I don't
care who works on the Job. Will you
be in the office tonight?"
II nothing prevents me-"
well, good-by."
Norton filled his pipe, drew his
chair to the window. and stared at
The great liner going down to sea.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-10
lCopyright, 1914. By Harold Macorsthl
for One Hundred Words

$4,000 for One Hundred Words
Mystery" TWENTY-FIVE consecutive
with the Thanhouser Film
possible the this
paper but also each moving pictures the Princess
solution this $4,000 will be given
by the Thanhouser Film corporation
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE CONTEST
of will be the child who
acceptable solution of the mystery from which the
last reels the motion drama will be made and the last
chapters of the story written by Harold MacGrath.
Solutions the Thanhouser Film corporation at
Chicago Thanhour Film corporation
II West Twenty street, New York City, N W time to
midnight, Jan, Ia, 1915
of three judges will determine which of the sou
The judges to be Harold
Miss Mae Tnee The judgment of
Nothing of literary nature
considered the decision given preference in the
The last reels which
acceptable solution the will presented
in possible produce
corresponding these motion pictures will
coincidenay after the
pictures practicable With the last reels will be
ing features prac
printing Harold Macrath
will show a picture of the successful contestant
the not be than 100 words long
questions mind connection with the
mystery aid to the solution:
Nc. What OF the millionaire?
2-What becomes of the $1,000O00?
No. 3-Whom does Florence marry?
No. What becomes of the Russian countess?
Indirectly with "The Million
Dollar Mystery" will be considered a contestant
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-10


please God that he may!" said the
butler. with genuine piety, for he had
loved the man who had gone forth in.
to the night SO bravely and SO strange
~. "This is your room. Your father
spent many happy hours here prepar-
ing 1t for YOU"
Tears came into the girls ewes
again, and discreetly Jones left the
two alone
what shall do. Susan? Whatever
shall / do?"
BE brave as you always are. I
will never leave you till you find your
father"
Florence kissed her feryently.
What Is your opinion of the butler?"
I think we may both trust him alb
solutely"
Then Florence began exploring the
house. Susan followed her closely
Florence peered behind the mirrors
the pictures. in the drawers of the
desk. in the bookcases.
What are you hunting for, child.n
"A photograph of father" But she
round none. More. there were no pho
tographs OF any kind to be found in
Stanley Hargreave's home.
When Norton awoke, he naturally
went to the door for the morning pa
pers which were always placed in a
neat pile before the sill. He yawned,
gathered up the bundle, was about to
climb back into bed, when a head
line caught his dull eyes. Twenty-one
minutes later. to be precise. he ran
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
THE FIRST LOVE.

o Jesus, who on Easter day
From death to life didst rise in
might,
Grant me Thy grace my vows to pay,
And Thee to worship day and night.
o Christ, who madest all of naught,
Dear was the price Thou paid'st for
me,
Knit my heart close to Thy heart
thought,
That severed we may never be.
Wind Thou Thy love into my thought;
o Jesu, lift my heart to Thee,
And make the soul that Thou hast
bought,
Thy loving one for aye to be.
Now, Jesu Lord, bestow Thy grace,
That, if it be Thy holy will,
| may so come into Thy place,
That there l stay abiding STILL
o Jesu Christ, Saint Mary's Son,
By whom the world was worthy
wrought,
Finish the work Thou hast begun,
Dwell in this soul and cleanse my
thought.
Jesu, of Whom all goodness springs,
Whom all men ought to love by
right,
Bid me and make me, King of Kings
To do Thy will with all my might.
Christ Jesu, will of plenteous grace,
All-pitiful, all-merciful,
What sin is mine do Thou efface,
And grant forgiveness plentiful.
Jesu, to love Thee is the love,
My heart desires, for Thee long,
o make me love Thee more and more
That of Thy love may be my song
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man to give the required sum; and
henceforth aims flowed in. Still nov
ices shrank from so severe life. A
pestilence carried off monk after
monk, and Stephen fearing that his
strictness was displeasing to God,
babe one, who was dying, return if
possible to enlighten him. A vision
treasured him, and before long there
stood at the gate of the convent the
young st. Bernard and thirty noble
youths, begging admittance as novices.
The trials of CiteauX were now over;
Affiliations went out far and near, and
Stephen came, with st. Robert, CO.
founder of the great Cistercian Order.
He died A. D. 114S.
In the Cistercian abbeys nothing
was allowed to interfere with the al
lotted portion of manual labour. The
priest on finishing Mass exchanged
his chasuble and stole for the pick
axe and spade st. Bernard broke
off one of his sermons on the Can
ticles because the monks must go to
work. The choir-monks cultivated the
lands near the church, and the lay
brothers the distant farms. When
the bell rang for the Office, the latter
knelt down in the fields, and said
such vocal prayers as they knew by
heart So acceptable to God was their
lowly service that, as ST. Bernard was
preaching on the Feast of the Assump-
ton, angels brought him tidings of
the humble lay-brother who in lone
ly farm was repeating the Ave Maria
with extraordinary devotion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. STEPHEN HARDING

After a pious education at Sher-
borne Abbey in Dorsetshire, Stephen
entered the Benedictine house at
Molesme in Burgundy, then in all
the fervor of new foundation. But
with the increase of aims the obser-
vance relaxed; and Stephen, having
in vain protested against the grow
ing remissness, followed st. Robert
with twenty-one monks to Citeaux.
There he became abbot, and strictly
carried out the rule of manual labour
and poverty. No industry of the
monks, however, could supply the
necessary food. When only threepence
remained, Stephen babe brother go
and buy three wagons laden with pro
visions. His faith was rewarded. The
monks starved looks moved dying
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18
cHRISTIANITY-No PUZZLE.
Bishop Heating on Private Judgment

The nutrition of our bodies, the
reproduction of the species, the exer-
else of our various senses and the op-
erations of the brain, are all scientific
processes, too subtle for human COM
prehension, invented by the Infinite
Wisdom, writes the Bishop of North
ampton, the Right Rev. DR.. Keat-
ing, in his Lenten Pastoral. Yet each
function is fulfilled without labor, oft
en- without advertence, by the rudest
savage. Is it unreasonable to sup
pose that God has provided similar
faculties to secure our religious in
stincts in the due performance of their
proper functions? We know that sal
walton is not easy. But ought it not
to be simple?-so simple that only
those can fail who wilfully or by some
sad accident are in ignorance of the
elementary knowledge which God
meant to be in reach of all?
To the average Englishman, the sal
walton of his soul, so far from being a
simple affair, appears to be appalling
~ I1S 1C0IS hCCuIy Lis
religious needs: the need of dogmatic
certainty to guide him, and the need
of moral strength to sustain him. But
where can he hope to fine Providen-
tial clutch" to connect him with the
Divine sources of light and vigor? Or
spiritual apparatus analogous to
the smooth automatic processes of his
bodily organs? His religion, based
upon private judgment, exacts con
slant personal effort, and is condition
ed by personal qualities. If man has
ability and leisure, he studies his
Bible and constructs his own theory
of what he imagines Christianity was
intended to be. If he is busy or un
lettered, he attaches himself to {
church or chapel where the services
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that there is curse on the place till
they send for the Lord again and
welcome Him to the place where He
was treated like dog. But the man
had no luck. They said it was be-
cause he lost his money that he killed
himself, but I know it was the curse.
You can't fool the Lord, l always
said"
That's real Irish fairy story,
Martin" said Mr.. Merritt. "All that
harmonizes well with your beliefs;
but you couldn't expect a man who
didn't believe in such things himself
Continued on page o.
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It is a very mistaken notion that
Christian young men have not really
good time. They are, in fact, the
happiest young people on earth. They
carry about with them a good con-
cience.
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well, that night she died, and the
maid, that was Protestant, said it
would take tear from stone to
hear how the poor woman called for
a priest; and that man that said he
loved her wouldn't send for him.
But what has that to do with the
curse, Martini"
eff you were a Catholic, sir, you
would understand. The Lord came
to that house and they turned Him
away, just as the Jews turned Him
away. And said then, as I say now,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-04-18

The Sign of Hope Above the Grave
We treasure up each tear He shed
We dearly love His keepsakes
His blood, His heart, His mother
We feel too we'll how dear Brother
He has been, and is, not to turn with
reverent affection to the peerless Vlr
gin whom He, her Son, loves most il
Heaven. Thus, with the actual liv
ing Christ living within our daily
thought, beating within each heart
heat of our life, we live again in His
Resurrection, and I'VE glory in the
hope of the glory of the Sons of Cod
Our future is assured. Before us the
star which we had seen in the Eas'
shines brightly, and I'VE rejoice witt
exceeding great joy" for, we know
it is bringing us to the spot where We
shall meet the Christ. His revelation
is plain before us with all its cleal
light shining upon our pilgrim pain
leading our steps through every ditfi
Guilty of intellectual doubt or prac
tical principle. His love is dwelling
within our hearts; for His spirit |:
poured out into our hearts by thu
HOLY Ghost who dwells within us. Th'
Resurrection of Christ is an abiding
fact within the Church. This Church
of His Resurrection has always with
in it His Divine Power OF ra1sln;
again to life a dead nation, dea'
home, or a dead heart. Will TIT
world accept its resurrection? Il
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
By GARDNER MACK.

ceedingly simple. In a recent maga-
zine article on the subject, a mov-
ing picture authority said:
I'm a general way there are three
methods of obtaining illusions by
means of the camera; first, by
periodically starting and stopping
the camera in such a way that GER
tain acts are performed by the
players of the objects being filmed,
during the time that the camera is
stopped; secondly. by reversing the
routine on certain portions of the
film in relation to the remaining
portions of the same film; and.
thirdly. by making two or more
superimposed impressions on a sim
gle film.
The method by which dummies are
substituted for real players in some
hair-raising scenes is practically the
same. The players carry out the
action called for by the scenario
until the climax is reached. when the
director calls Hold it, and all the
players stand rigidly in position with
out moving a muscle. Then a
dummy. constructed to resemble ex-
actly some leading player, is sub
stituted for the living man, and
when the camera is again started the
audience is fooled into thinking that
is is still looking at the living player.
The dummy is then thrown over the
cliff, drops from a lofty height, or
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
As Fate Willed.
(Victor.)
(Vlctor.)
(Featuring of Warren Kerrigan.

(cedtulluR OF w WdIIQu heIIlS1u.
~ ICHARD LEE, young and
~ wealthy, is a good catch" !"
Inez Carringford, petted and
pampered, sets her cap" for
him. Marion Stearns. daughter Of
an ex-convict, meets Richard and he
falls in love with her. Marion. low
ing Richard, but fearing exposure
Of her fathers past. fees. Richard
is unable to find her. Inez, aided by
her mother, induces Richard to take
her for an automobile ride. On the
ride Inez compromises Lee. To save
the girls reputation, Richard asks
her to marry him.
The engagement is announced in
the newspapers. Marion's father
sees it, and decides to rob Richards
home while the latter is attending
hall given by Mrs. Carringford. Ma
rion's father forces her to be his ac-
complice in the burglary. Richard.
in love with Marion. forgets to go
to the ball. AS ne remembers his
hrst meeting with her. Marion Is
compelled by her father to enter
the house Richard is aroused from
his dreaming by the advent Of the
burglar He lies in wait, sei2es Ma
rion, and tears away her mask. She
begs for mercy. Richard clasps her
in his arms and tells her of his love.
Meanwhile. alarmed at Richards
failure to attend the ball. Inez sends
her father in search of him. He
sees the forms of Richard and Ma
rion, clasped in each others arms.
silhouetted on the window shade.
He summons Incz. In a rage, IneZ
takes Oft her engagement ring and
gives II to Richard. Richard works
out the solution of his dilemma when
Marion tries TO flee from the house by
capturing her and forcing the dis
carded engagement ring upon her
finger
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
Picture Men With the
Warships at the Front

Camera men on two ships of the feet
at Tampico and a special yacht on the
way TO Mexico are two signs that the
Hearst-Selig News Pictorial intends to
be right at the seat of trouble in Mexi-
co. Two crack camera men ore on
board the Minnesota and the Tacoma,
and a private yacht was Immediately
chartered when the first sign that hos
tilities might be imminent was given.
Facilities have been secured for rush.
ing the pictures taken by the operators
at the front back TO the United States
SO that they will be shown in the
Hearst-Selig releases with newspaper
timeliness
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

Tabby and Tottie and Miss Flax.
who had been out for the day. came
% home. Everything looked ship
shape. Tom had closed the pantry
window again. and 1t did not look as
II anyone was in the house.
They were all tired and in half an
hour from the time they had come
home were in bed. Miss Flax and
Tottie slept soundly in their rooms,
but Grandmother Tabby kept hear
ing the funniest kind of a noise.
1t seemed to come from under
her bed. "NSooooo-naw-woo
raw" until her hair began to
stand straight up. She was almost
afraid to get out of bed. but final
ly gathered herself together and
with great big hop-landed out
in the middle of the floor. Her
night cap was on crooked and her
nightie was all tangled up in her
feet. She got to the door az fast
as she could and called Miss FLAX.
There Is some one under my
red." she gasped and coughed.
Are you sure?" said Miss Flax in
a whisper and HER hair began to
feel tight on her head and her
bisque knees raped together like
two sticks. Suddenly Tottie ap-
peared. "Whawhawhat's the mat
ter" she asked. whimpering.
But no one answered her.
Grandmother Tabby had handed
the broom with a long handle to
Miss Flax. Vow, just poke under
the bed as hard as you can and
you will find out for sure who is
under there" she whispered.
Miss Flax stepped up softly.
bent down, shut her eyes tight.
and gave two pokes under the
bed. She touched nothing. but
gave one more jab. and Tom, who
had fallen asleep. and had been
snoring for two hours. jumped out
with scream of terror that could
have been heard bv a dead cat.
Everybody jumped. but Tom
jumped highest and yelled the
loudest So he was the one who
was frightened the worst after all.
His grandmother did rot spank
him. hut sent him right home He
had to hang on Totie's arm. for
his knees were still weak from
fright.
Tottie was kind little girl.
but she could not help laughing
at him.
What a Joker you are. 70 be
sure. Tom," she said with a
Cigele.
And Tom could only wine his
eyns> and beg that she would not
tell the others
The Washington times., 1914-05-12
THE BEST
Photoplay Department in
WASHINGTON
Ho1U Cartoons Are
Brought to
Life on the
Screen.

Perhaps the best evidence of the
lack of limitation of the photoplay,
So far as action is concerned, is the
manner IN which trick pictures are
made, either for tine purpose of
working out a thrilling situation or
making a person or a piece of fur
niture perform some impossible feat.
Once in a European theater We saw
a ballroom full of people dancing
on the ceiling, upside down, but
with perfect composure and no dis
arrangement Of costume. At another
time a series of pictures was ex-
hihited showing a table full of
dishes filling and emptying them
selves, just as dishes would be
filled and emptied during the course
of a dinner Still another film
showed a man cross a body of
water By calmly walking through it.
In some places It was way over his
head, ami his course could only be
traced by air bubbles and--a long
package held over his head.
The most wonderful of the trick
pictures are those which show draw
ings of people and animals that
move, as though they had life.
These drawings are simply pen and
ink sketches, but they have all the
action of real people or animals on
the screen. The work of making
these pictures is one of the most
tedious an artist can do. When
you remember that there are sixteen
pictures to the foot in reel of film
and that some of these reels run as
long as 100 feet-requiring, there
fore, 1000 pjctures-you can get an
idea of the task the artist who
essays to make one of the pictures
has before him.
II is necessary, also. to remember
that each Of the I6.oO0 pictures only
varies from the next one II 1t hy a
slightly different arrangement If the
lines, when trying 20 .'stirnate the
emount of work the artist Is called
UpoE TO do. Each must he Just like
its fellow excepz that the position
Of the arm or the leg or the head is
changed slightly. In the pictures
whch show artists drawing car
toons it is only necessary to draw
one picture. the photographs from
which the film is made being taken
at intervals in the drawing and the
reel run off rapidly.
1t is not So much to this class Of
work that we wish to call attention,
however. The purely trick films
are, some of them, most complicated
affairs-and some of them are ex-
The Washington times., 1914-05-12

r ? ERE is Tottie Tabby at home
~ again with her kitty broth
ers and kitty sisters. after
they had had the measles.
While Betty. the doll. and Fluff.
the little kitty girl, were staying
at the home of the only and orig
inal Easter Bunnies. the Tables
had gotten all we'll again. Tottie had
been staying at her grandmother's
so that she would not get the
measles.
So one evening Mrs. Tabby went
out on the front step and called
Tom Tabby. Tommy" she said,
after supper you may go over to
your grandmmother's house and get
Tottie. I know that she will be
glad to come home"
That is rather good news" said
Tom as he hurried in to wash his
paws and face before his supper.
All of the other children were de-
lighted
We haven't had anyone to pick
up our toys and tell US stories since
Tottie went to Grandmother's,'
said Binkie.
She will be home tonight, then"
Mrs. Tabby. Hurry with your sup
per. Tom, and get off as quickly as
you can. | do not like to have you
children on the dark roads at
night. There are so many of those
terrible motor cars abroad now.
And they NOW down and kill little
kitty girls and kitty boys like a
lawn mower cuts down grass
Tom hurried through his supper.
and put on clean clothes and
slcked hi: whiskers back, put his
hat on stiaight, and went down the
road making the most beautiful
noises way down in his throat
He walked and ran so fast and did
not stop to play along the road
(Which was very unusual for Tom)
by's inside of ten minutes.
But the house looked empty and
deserted. All Of the shutters were
smut. They did not look as IL
Grandmother Tabby was at home.
The bench was turned upside
down against the wall That did not
look as If Grandmother Tabby was
at home. There was no sign Of Miss
Flax at any of the doors or win
dows. or in the garden. And THAT
surely was a proof that Grand
mother Tabby was NOT at home.
Tom sat down on the front step
and thought
Now. they will be back in a few
minutes" he argued to himself.
II know that the pantry window
is open. I'll just slip in there and
oh. what an idea. III hide under
the bed in Grandmother's room and
scare the life out of her,''
He flashed around the corner of
the house like a streak and was un-
der his Grandmother's bed before
you could wink
In the meantime, Grandmother