The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1916-01-15

w IIC vi OWh DiOtlCi, NV
moves Every Obstacle tc
Her Hand and Then Falls
Victim to His Own Self.
Jealousy serves as the basis o.
the william Fox production
"Green Eyed Monster" starring
Robert b. Mantell, foremost o.
tragic actors, with 0eneviev'
Hamper. The scenario for thu
product ion was written by Nixol'
Daniels, author Of "DestructiOD,
and other Fox dramas, and i
may be eaid that none other thar
la woman could have gwen 81
compre henslve an expose Of thu
9 ,ui wrackirg fortunes OF one
cursed with jealousy.
The action opens at the d.
Notnay chateau in France. Raj
mond de Mornay (Mr. MaDtelD
the elder Of two sons, has secret
Nv fallen in love with his cousin
Oh ire Miss lIamper). He MAX es
40 open decI iratioD Of his love
md CLAIRE, still in her teens, Ia
ignorant Of it. Louis de MorDay,
the younger son, SENDS word that
he has b zen disch irgcd from the
navy anil il coming home TO set
tie down. Claire has express, G
4 desire TO see Louis, who went
away before she took up her resi-
dence in the de Mornay house
hold.
| 1t is soon sfter hearing that
Louis Ia to return that the seed
of jealousy Ia planted in Raj
mond's breast. With the arrival
Of Louis and bis subsequent
marked attention to Claire, the
passion increases. Louis woos
Claire before the very eyes OF
RAYMOND and is accepted by her.
They are married aud RAYMOND
is elected to serve as best man.
After the wedding, unable te
| stand the ordeal Of daily seeine
Claire and Louis together, Raj
mond leaves home and goes tc
Vienna, where he ,ndulges IN ri.
otous living Separation from
the object OF his affection avail.
nothing, however, and RAYMOND
gives way to self pity. He is
call, d home to the death-bed OF
his father. This brings hun
| gain IN daily contact with
jClaire, and when he discovers
that Louis has developed an Of.
fair with the family gOverDess,
his disrespect for his brotheI
| and his love for Claire increase
| Following his ia hers ieatb.
RAYMOND again leaves home
rhis time he goes to India. H.
is away several years when he
receives q letter from Paul, bi.
nephew, asking him TO come back
to live with Louis and Claire
Believing that he has foreveI
stifled the jealousy that once
tore his breast, Raimond returns
bringing with him various Indian
Gu rios, including q huge chest Of
odd design.
Arrived at the old family cha
teau, RAYMOND sees new evidenc.
Of the affair between Louis and
the goverDess Of Paul. He IL
thrown In daily contact with
Claire. This time the "Green
Eyed Monster" seizes him with
irre sistible force. RAYMOND K illl
his own brother and secretes the
body 10 the Indian chest. His
guilt 10 undiscovered until one
day Claire passes his room when
he is munbling druDkeDly ia
himself about what be has done.
| Claire accuses him cf the crime
and asks to see the inside Of the
chest. RaimoDds pleads his In
nocepce, bot at last In an insane
fury leads CLAIRE to the chest
and throws Il open, revealing bis
brothers body. Claire drops
dead.
Again Raimond escapes snspi
cion. Soured by years OF melan
oholic self eympstby, Raymond
forms . dislike for Paul, his ne
phew. HE reason totters until
he becomes obses sed with the
idea Of showing Paul the body Of
the lotter's father. He drags the
child 70 the side Of the Indian
chest, and throws open the mas
sive cover. A second later, after
becoming Q raviIe maniac. Rsy
mond falls dead from tbe6ig hi Of
hia hrnf he r'a n plef on