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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-09-05

George Mccartney, Jas lakewood
blvd, shot by robber in Washington
Park. Nervous hold-up man. In
jury slight
Million yearly paid in Cook county
for alimony, according to figures of
County Clerk Sweitzer.
Mrs. Arthur Thompson, WiImette,
advertising for maid, offered carfare
to applicants. Twenty-Five answered,
some from country towns.
Helen ElIicott, II, impersonating
"cOppette" from Toronto, held at de-
tective bureau. Wanted"
Vincent Coleman suing for annul-
ment of marriage. Mrs. Margaret
Swankous Coleman neglected to get
divorce.
Anton Krubia pinched for distribut-
ing handbills calling mass meeting at
Mayfair Park to denounce capitalists.
Fined $50.
Harry Miller, 1749 E. 18th ST.,
pinched for stealing auto. Caught
after chase in loop.
Federal investigation of fire on
boat City of Chicago ended. No one
Dlan6Q.
Bandit entered saloon of John Half
ter, oath st. and Indiana av. Locked
six in rear room, Got $3.50 and
wathh.
Jas. Foley, 43s 3eth st., attacked ,
by negro robber at seth st. and Stew
art av. Missed by snot Assailant
escaped.
Jasper John dead from burns re-
ceiVed Aug. 81 in laundry of Hotel
Shersan. Crawled into washer.
Caught by steam.
Burglars got silVerware valued at
$500 from fiat of L. D. BarteIl, 62O3
Eberhart av.
Police hunting Martin Pryor of
Milwaukee. Blamed for 'DoIlar-a-
Week Club" swindIe. Got between
$4,000 and $4,000 claimed.
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SYNOPSIS

SYNOPSIS.
Hudora is left an orphan at an early age.
Her father Is killed In gold mine lie
has discovered Half an hour after learn
mother-a tlght-rope walker with a circus
is seized with vertigo, falls and is killed.
Zudora and the fortune from the mine,
Mnc STa ta'er 70 re MStR 'OPF9SI F1SS
Keene, n CIRCUS man and the brother OF
Zudora's mother. Zudora, giving promise
OF great beauty, reaches the age OF lS.
The uncle, who has set himself UP as
Hindu mystic and Is known as Hassam
Ali decides In his greed that Zudora must
die before she comes into possession Of her
him, the next OF kin. and he prevails upon
the girl to leave her money In his hands
three years longer and to say nothing to
any one about the fortune.
scheme In the person of John Storm,
young lawyer, for whom Zudora has tukun
a fancy. and he commands the girl to put
to to- ask a HSssa4 ass E' XII H' for % the % hand Of his
niece, At first the crystal gazer will not
listen TO the proposal but Zudora insists
that II she cannot marry Storm she VIII
"WeIl. we'll said Hassam All. "It you
take such stand, I'll compromise, Solve
my next 20 cases and you can marry him;
Ism n single case and you must re-
zudors, using the knowledge gained from
ASSOCIATION with her uncle, unTavels two
Storm receives a letter from his mother
who lives In the South, informing him
that her oolOred help was heeing from her
estate estates @ because on a hin back o. her house,
form Of skeleton hand with a black spot
in the palm as if made by an enGrmous
bullet, storm goes home to unravei the
mystery and writes to Zudora to come 10
his aid. Hassam endeayors to dissuade her
from going.
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BEN HUR RETURNS

"Ben-HuF," which began its ontertain-
ment in Philadelphia at the Forrest last
night. has lost none of its charm. its
thrills Of gorgeous beauty in the Is wears
1t has enjoyed public favor. II anything.
IL is even more beautiful than ever,
The romance of Ben Hur is too well
known TO 80 into it's history. Every
school girl or boy knows the romance
of Ben-Hur, the son OF the wealthy Prince
OF Jerusalem, who Is incarcerated as a
galley slave for the accidental killing
of a Roman, his fight for supremacy and
his success in the end.
The costume and scenic embellishments
of "Ben-Hur'' are more striking and beau
tiful than ever. and the scenes Of old
Rome. Jerusalem, the Vale OF Hinnon
and the Grove OF Daphne. as seen last
night, are uneNeelled.
Richard BuhIer, in the title role, takes
his part exceedingly we'll Other meme
bers OF the company are John Milton.
Walter NJ. Sherwin, Leslie Stowe, George
Sudenham. Cassius M. Quimby, Herbert
De Guerre, Charles Garfield. John Hagan,
Cecil Sully Virginia Howell Mary Con-
don, Alice Haynes. Maud Ream Slower
and Martha Boucher.
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RasvS

OF arbitrary politicai ignorance for
well-informod. tolerant, careful and
dlsinterested criticism
illustrating the tolerance OF the Ma
tional Board as compared with the strict
ness OF police caprice by few individuals
may be instanced the suppression of tho
Annette Kellorman pictures by the po-
lice in Chicago: the chopping to pieces of
the Merchant of Venice" in order not to
allow Shylock's behaviour to cast any
possible aspersions on the Jews; the for
bidding of all scenes. however gay and
farcical. that could be construed as ridi-
culing police at other constituted authori-
ties; stopping "Pagliacci' altogether, and
the practical certainty that "The Hypo-
critics" highly thought OF by the National
Board, will be suppressed in Chicago be-
cause the figure OF Truth is nude.
MARGUERITE CLARK IN THE SIS
TER OF JOSE"
Marguerite Clark, who recently made
her first appearance in motion pictures in
the Famous Players production of wild
flower" is now at the Pacific coast
studios of the Famous Players, appearing
i'm Aim adaptation OF Frances Hodgson
Burnett's play, "The Pretty Little Sister
of Jose" the former famous starring We
hicle of Maude Adams.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Vaudeville de luxe would be a East
title for the show at Keiths this week.
1t has everything that's good, from
Bessie Clayton down to Max York
and his canine pupils. "The Queen OF
Terpischore." ms Miss Clayton is Justly
called Is a show in herself With her sur
rounding company OF six players and
dancers, she provided a unique treat IN
the way of originality, too, by not per-
mitting dull moment i'm the course or
her artistic act. While she and her agile
partner were making changes, the au-
dience was serenaded by cabaret show.
which Miss Clayton carries as a side
line The danseuse was ably assisted
by Lester sheehan.
Next in the way of real honors came
the act of Sam Chip and Mary Marble
in a picture book play, "a Dream OF
Holland" by Herbert Hall Winslow.
Comedy. dancing and originality COM
bined to make this one of the best acts
seen at Keith's this season.
Johnny Dooley and Yvette Rugel. two
Philadelphlans, had what Vaudevillians
term "a hard spot" but they more than
held 1t, and their novel act, which conn
bined a little of everything in the way
of comedy and song, scored solid hit
Black-face Eddie Ross and his banjo
also a brown derby. sneaked on the stage
quietly, and In a few moments was fast
friends with all present The audience
liked him so much that they hated to let
him go. Others who scored solidly were
Louis and Crete Brunette and Harry
Stephens In q miniature musical comedy:
Jarrow, who borrowed money from the
audience and made them believe black
was white. and the Alpine Troupe. The
pictures this week are In keeping with
the show.
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CHAPTER Iv-tcontinued)

Zudora's love was like a shield. The
barb bounded Off harmlessly. John Storm
was clean man, in thought and in life.
She had not passed through this peculiar
schooling of hers without being able TO
read between the lines. She was abso-
lutely certain that love could not blind
her to any defects in John, All Hassam
All accomplished by his innuendo was to
enlarge that smoldering suspicion which
was ever In her heart.
A good many of US are near sighted
mentally. II Is easier to judge things in
the distance than close at hand. While
the general world knew that Hassam Ali
was a miser, ZudoFa was quite ignorant
of the fact, Had she definitely known or
his inordinate love Of gold, her subse-
quent miserles might have been avoided
TO some extent
Storm went South Immediately. The
home was simple and comfortable There
were two or three bits OF antique furni-
ture which had been saved from the
wreck. II was night when he arrived
The country railway station had, with
It's usual nondescript crowd OF idlers,
witnessed his arrival; and the news trav-
eled quickly. He regretted that he had
not come secretly and gone about his in
vestigations unObserved But the dam
age was done. and proved conclusively
that he was not cut out for detective.
He was greeted fondly by his PARENTS
and they repeated with Celebrations what
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"Puf's First Play"
Or Sheridan a la Shaw

Bernard Shaw would get lot OF sat
isfaCtion out OF the Little Theatres pro-
duction this week. Not only the fun of
Laughing at sherldan's "Critlc" and re-
jolcing In the continued dominion Of Erin
over the land of comedy Shaw might
pretty justly reflect that II this first Irish
play within a play" is still true to the
atrical life 100 years after It's birth, the
induction and epilogue of "Fanny's First
Play may go on for century or two
themselves
Here is Sheridan at his Irish best.
Nothing is sacred, not even the play
wright-manager OF Drury Lane, who made
a name and fortune at 2l He is poklng
fun at himself and the risk Of sending
plays to a theatre run by a playwright.
even as Shaw starts the critics talking
about himself In Fanny" Calling that
habit which characters have of supplying
the exposition by long and Illuminating
dialogues 'disinterested curiosity" away
Sheridan goes rioting through all the pet
conventions that made up drama n CEN
tury ago and that will probably make up
drama century hence.
In spite of the considerable time since
The Critic" was last acted profession
ally i'm Philadelphia, what a very famii-
lar piece IL seems. We know IL all BEFORE
hand because VIC know what Barrie
called "the dear theatre" Managers
paper" first nights today; in the days
of "The Critic" they always filled the
house with orders to support 1t"
Maude Adams in lSnickerbockers and wig,
Sir Fretful Plaglary, playwright, made
1t a rule never to look into newspaper"
In those days every enterprising author
introduced "love interest" into the his
torlcal drama Ito supply deficiency OF
the times" Ladies', rejoicing in sort
of poetlcal second sight" described for
the audience romantic happenings ''of
stage" just as they do today
There were even ''uplifters' in those
days. people who thought that "the
theatre. in proper hands, might certainly
be made the school of morality, but now,
am sorry to say, people seem to go there
principally for their entertainment" And
there were press agents. Puh-who
turned author because OF his talent for
lying-was one. He knew the puff d.
rect-the pun prellminnry-the puff col
lateral-the puff collusive--and pun OBJ
lIque or the puff by implication" He even
practiced that most popular OF modern
arts, running play down as immoral in
order to bring out the rs. r. o." sign.
"Ay. that is always the way at the
theatre. Give these fellows a good thing,
and they never know when to have done
with it," Perhaps the company at the
Little Theatre laid on a trlhe heavily
and put in scene or two that the books
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-" Then she suddenly covered her
face with her hands and burst into tears.
Lord Arthur was painfully embarrassed.
He certainly had not expected anything
OF this sort. He was moved to pity, as
most men are moved, at the sight of a
beautiful woman In tears He said moth
ing. He merely looked uncomfortable.
~ can't tell you the truth" she sobbed
'If | could only tell you the truth you
would see how impossible 1t is that they
should ever be happy"
Come, Mrs. Travers," he said gently.
Cant you take me into your confidence?
I promise you that ] win not betray it,"
She rose to her feet. and resting her
arms on the mantelpieCe looked down at
the fire. Her shoulders quivered She
seemed to be shaken by a storm OF
emotion.
IF you know anything that my sister,
in-law ought to know" he said sternly
anything serious-lt is your duty to
speak,"
She did not answer him, but she turned
and looked at him. Her face was very
tears. 10 was impossible, he thought that
she could be acting. She was in the grip
of some terrible secret-something she
dared not tell for her brothers sake.
why don't you go to Lady Wimberley
yourself?' ne suggested. 1T Is a matter
for her ears alone-perhaps a matter you
can talk over better with a woman"
He wished to be rid of her now. wished
to put an end TO the scene. He found
1.-THE could not tell why-eXeesdingly
painful. This woman was nothing to
him, but he felt most unaccountably
sorry for her. He was sure now that
she had nothing whatever TO do with
the plot against his nephew, She was
possibly in the hands OF that scoundrel
Dick Beriet.
please go 10 Lady Wimberley." ne
said gently. ~ am sure II she knows
that you wish 70 save her from unhappl-
ness--she is Kindness itself-you win ind
Il easier 70 speak TO her than to me-"
She clasped her hands tightly together
and looked al him for a few seconds
without speaking. Then she laughed
harshly.
II will go from here, at any rate" she
said. Ill ought never to have come
II was unwise on my part-I did not see
should have TO explain. or course
ought 10 have seen that"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
(CopyriEht. lal4. BY the Associated News
papers, Lmited)
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ZUDORA
A GREAT MYSTIC STORY BY HAROLD MAcGRATH

had been recounted to him in the letter.
1t was downright serious, no laughing
matter. The help were declaring that the
mystic hand was the warning OF the
worlds end. Not n few of the poorer
class of white folk were accepting the
hoax as a serious affair. Some of the
negroes were even going SO far as to
kneel down to the hand 0rom a safe dis
tance) and lntone prayers.
''Humph!' muttered Storm. 1T want a
good look at this thing. And some one is
going to get a rattllng good kicking be-
fore / go back to town Why the dick
ems should they pick out our hill for their
tom-foolery?'
Father says it's because some one has
grudge against the family" said his
mother,
"Pinle"
IAN imaginary grievance" she added.
who could possibly have a grudge
against you two, who have done every
thing to make life decently worth while
to the help?''
''You never can tell" said old Mr..
Storm, digging into his pocket for his
pipe.
what time does it generally APPEAR"
20, any time between sundown and
midnight"
IAN right. I'll take a shotgun and go
Storm declared wrathfully.
But he wasted his time; also the night
following nothing came of his vigil The
third night he was called to the door I'm
time TO see the hand flicker for moment
and then vanish. He rushed toward the
hill, but found nothing. He began to
grow very angry. He admitted. the little
time he saw II, that ii was grewsome
enough. II was eight or ten feet In
height, with a shadow in the palm. like
an embedded bullet. Subconscs iusly he
seemed to recognize something vaguely
familiar about the shape of the hand
lie did not 90 into the village. but
prowled around In the vicinity where the
hand appeared most frequently There
Was no evidence of phosphorescence, no
footprints except those made by the
negroes some two or three hundred yards
below the hill. John was puzzled and
irritated at the same time. This Joke
was being perpetrated by some one who
had brains, Meanwhile the crops lay
ungathered and were beginning to rot In
the fields. Something must be done In
hurry slse he would be compelled TO send
10 the city for emigrants. who would
doubtless take to their heels after the
same manner as the negroes. So he tele-
phoned for Zudora.
And Zudora came
(Coatinued Tomorrow
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ADELPHI-"Suzi" witr J,.-. .Inins and
Tom McNaughton and an excellent cast
musical comedy OF vionnese origin More
tuneful than brilliant. but well acted and
pleasing
BEOAD-"Diplomaw with william Gillette,
Blanche Bltes, Mario Doro and strong
cast; sardou's famous old play 'modcrnized',,
bN Mr.. Gillette, end good deal lcngthCned
and diluted Good acting compensates.
FoRREST-'Be -Hur" The familiar. spec
tacle e the perseouted Jew. from Lew
Wnllace's novel. The chariot race remains
It's big scene.' Sec above.
GARRICK-" Potash and Perlmutter.' Mon.
tague Glass popular stories OF the clothing
trade nude over into the seasons most
heartily amusing comedy.
KEITH S-BessIe Clayton, Sam Chip aud
Mary Marble add diversified bill See
above.
ssIira m fhe rehearaai of n noetic drama
See above.
WALNUT The Traffic" by Rachel Marshall.
Another white slave play Of the familiar
pattern. Second and last week.
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don't record. But It was all too good fun
to cavil over. Mr.. Payne enjoyed himself
hugely as the unctuous author, and added
such really delightful touches AZ tie
names Of his own company In the place of
those whom Pun was supposed to be-
boosting" They deserved Il, even down
TO Ida Hamilton, as "Tllburina, stark mad
In white satin" reciting the following
joint product OF Ophelia and Gertrude
Stein:
The wind whlstles-the moon risos-ses
Ihey ovsso have killed my sauIrrel n nh his eese
y whales bird7 Hal Did you call, my ievo7
Then the scenery which Dansle and
Sheer applRuded from their box while the
audience roared. Even q German couldn't
object TO the turnipy grand dame who
ruled the waves Britanicaliy on the cur
tain. As for the back drop. with its
painted cows and stationary smoke, the
Drury Lane artist must have had fore
warning that the scene painter for "Suzf"
was going 10 show Philadelphia real paint
ed sailboats the same night At the
Adelphi
All this talk about the foibles Of sherf
dams day and our own, this roaring bur-
lesque OF poetic tragedy that ends with a
parody OF our own pageants just as much
as OF lingo Jones masques--the River
Thames, with his two banks In green
"one crowned with alders, and the other
with villa; what a vision II gives YOU
OF the long procession OF the drama.
Back stretches the Oldest OF the arts. past
knlckerbockers and powdered wigs, blank
verse and mad Ophelias, conhdants and
heroes, like Don Ferolo Whisl4erandos.
hangers-on who puff and hangers-on who
sneer, mock heroics and heroic moekeriea,
and the audiences that worshiped It aii
one. two, 20 centuries ago as they do
now. wonderful art, the theatre'si It
can withstand sheridan's jibes, even its
own stagnant reality, and still keep the
thrill that touches n thousand hearts
whenever that fourth wall rises.
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CHAPTER V1I-(ContinuedJ

CHAPTER Nli-(Contlnuedl
S'shall light up, my lord2' said Bar
ker,
Yes Amy news7"
mo, my lord OF course, my hands
are tied, in a manner of speaking. l
can't do much while I'm brushing your
clothes"
You can be dismissed any time you
like, Barker"
Well, think the day after tomorrow,
my lord"
Lord Arthur left the window and seat
ed himself before the fire. Barker turned
UP the electric Hight and drew the blinds
and curtains.
he queried.
Told him what?"
lf"rhat his sister is a friend of Mr.. Dick
Meriet's, and that she was living under
another name-until quite recently"
.tNo, Barker. ] don't quite ses-well, to
tell. You the truth, I'm afraid OF doing
anything to worry his slster-in-law-un-
TILL am quite certain that this Mrs
Travers is up to mischief"
Barker shook his head.
I'm afraid" he said very much
Yes. but we must have proof, and
even then you know that / wish 10 avoid
telling Lady Wimberley that her son has
been In any danger She would never
have another moments happiness or
peace OF mind"
"Stlll, my lord, / think-you'll pardon
me saying sO-that II would be best to be
quite open with her ladyshlp. And don't
vow think It would be better to persuade
her to take the young gentleman away
from Harptree?"
Impossible, Barker, unless we have
something definite against Mrs. Travers
Besides we can look after him better II
he's at HarptTee."
but think of the woman's opportuni-
ties, my lord-the sister of the headmaster
able TO stay in the house as long and as
often as she likes. Then there's that man
Nertigan. I'm not at all satisfied that
he's not an old friend OF Mrs. Travers."
Lord Arthur laughed. you jump al
conclusions he said "You made in
quirles and found out that he only came
10 see Mrs. Travers to find out her
brothers address and that he telegraphsd
To Erleigh in the morning"
Yes, my lord-that's true enough-still
lone never hnds out anything unless one
has theories
There IS a great deal too much theory
about this business for my taste. The
only facts we have at present are that
an attempt was made TO kldnap my
nephew three years ago, and that Mrs
Travers happened to be at st. Paneras
Station at the time. From what have
seen Of Mrs. TraYers / should say that
she Is not at all the sort of person to
be mixed up IN any criminal enterprise"
Barker laughed Appearances are de-
eeptiYe, my lord" he said, ''but still I'll
admit
There was a knock at the door. ana Mr..
Purvis, the landlord, entered. He was
stout, and tall and clean shaven-a retired
butler who had saved a good deal OF
money
"Well. Puryis7" said Lord Arthur as
the man came forward with a solemn
face. Whats the tFouble2"
"A lady TO see you. my lord"
well you needn't look so worried
about H." laughed Lord Arthur WHO
Is she2'
Name OF Mrs! Travers, my lord-no
eard-Says she wants TO see you on most
Important business"
Very Weil PurYis, show her up
The landlord turned. his face express
ing Obvious dsapproval. His tenant was
not IN the habit OF receiving lady visitors
in his ehambar4
What does this mean, Barker? querled
Lord Arthur
Can't say, my lord. a fresh move in
the game, ] suppose"
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SALLIE CRUTE
OF the Edison Photoplay Company.

Writing in HHrper's Weekly, of whicl
he is the editor, Norman HapgoOd com
ments thusy on Morals and Movies:
Moral questions are best handled by
puolic opinion. They are bungled by
politicians. A vast new art, with di-
rect appeal to millions, must involve
moral influences. The moving picture
is the most amazing art-form of our
time. In impress upon national life,
the movies arc comparable TO the
school and the newspaper.
In 1909, Mayor Mcclellan. OF New
York city, suddenly shut up all the
moving picture houses. He took this
course on no stated principle OF what
was allowable and what was not;
simply on an impression Of harm be-
Ing done. The big manufacturers who
send films all over the country acted
promptly, They saw their business,
national in its scope, certain TO be
ruined II it were to get out of key
with American morality. and thereby
to be constantly interrupted by police
power. after millions were invested.
They went to Charles Sprague Smith
and John Collier OF the Peoples Insti-
tute. as men prominent In popular edu-
cation, and asked them to decide,
before films were sent out, whether
they were permissible. Hence arose
the National Board of Censorship. II
is a stirring example of successful
voluntary cooperation between vast
business and the ethical sense of the
public. It has grown in life with the
growth of the business, II has not
been eXacting, The business has pros
pered and the public has been pro-
tected.
A threat to the continued success of
such cooperation Is offered by the
buttlng in of p0liticians. Ohio put
into practice last September a law by
which three paid employees undertook
for that State the work done by about
l45 representative citizens for the Ma
tional Board of Censorship. A repeal
bill will be presented next month.
Three political appOintees, examining
500 to 500 films a month, after a large
and especially competent national
board has passed the films, represent
a wanton and absurd ofiielaldom
How little the National Board. after
ive years OF cooperation, now needs
to interfere with the manufacturers Is
shown by the figures for October.
"Eliminations" are nearly always
comparatively slight ana changes in
expensive