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,.THE private hail in II apart.
mcnt.' said Mr.. Flatiwcller.
lis very long. and elbow
shaped. l'lO~ the entrance door,
which IS ut the extreme rear, it oN-
tends past several bedroom doors -
a>room at the front Of the house.
wNerc It makes a right angle turn. cN-
tending thence past the doors &C soy
eral other rooms and ending ut the
duur of the kitchen.
THE first leg Of this hall. from the
entrance door 10 the angle. measures
t%hirty-tiye feet, from the angle To the
kitchen door the distance is ~thirty-twp
feet. 81 here We have a hall of a
total length of si>ty-scNen foot, and
having IN II one sharp turn.
'Fyom the very start we recognized
that that ha'l would he a source of
trouble To MS. II, for instance, some
body should ring II hal! door bell
while W. wcr" in the kitchen 1t wou'd
take u long time for us TO get to tho
door, with resulting impaticncc on tho
part Of thc ringer, or Il might even
10 that some visitor would 20 away
! before We could get there. thinking
there was nobody home,
: We would hurry and scurry
along the hall ns fast as we could go,
. We haze rags ~ the floor, hall rum
ncrs. and AZ first. go,uG around the
bend, We uscn to sip un ga" III ti"s",
hut If course We soon learned -
s'nckcn speed thrr" and thus get -
the door without falling down sin
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'hese were part or the instrucuohe
gwen me by the directors OF the pic.
thre' rd"ih ;. Porter n ftuGh foFo.
Houhus IKE the rawlings OF n mahiac'
doesn't TX
But TO 60 back. While l wao
STRUGGLING INTO the rags or the pauper
and smudGing my face with grease
paint n charcoal the camera man ana
my directors were standing before the
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Of the country seats at Greenwich
(which took place about l7i5l two
small settlements Of Il humber sort
were formed on the shore of the North
River in that region one of these,
known as Lower Cir enwich, was At
the foot of Brannan lnow Spring !
street, and the other. known as Upper
Greenwich. was at the foot of what
now is christopher street, and then
was the skinner road.
"Of this. latter an entire block still
r~emains-the row of low wooden
houses on West street between Chris
tocher and Tenth, of which the best
view Is from Wiehawkcn street IN the
rear"
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- UAINT and strange in appear.
n the oldest row OF houses
~ In New York stands as n re-
minder of the ctty's pre-Itevo-
%lutionary life-not OF the grand life OF
Colonial days. such as found a centre
in the old Van Cortlandt mansion, but
Of the life Of the common folk who
made up the bulk Of the city's people,
They were persons Of the latter
sort who resided in what Is now New
York's Oldest row Of houses. There
are single detached buildings which
antedate the ancient structures in
Weehawken street, but. SO far as dill.
gent research can ASCERTAIN. these
houses form the oldest existing row.
Where is Weehawken street? Nine
hundred and ninety-nine In a thousand
New Yorkers-among them too some
men who pride themselves on their
knowledge, OF the city--do not know.
But a good nap Of Manhattan shows
II, for all that. It's a short, buried
thoroughfare which runs from Chris
topher street to West Tenth street,
one block from the North River.
Both the street itself and the three
little houses which form the row have
an indesCribahly quaint appearance
like survivals OF a past hat liz Ions
gone and forgotten. Just how old the
houses are no one In the neighborhood
seems TO know. Even the oldest In
habitants" Of old Greenwich Village,
in which the houses are situated, say
vaguely, 1.-THE houses were here Ions
before our time" And they look II.
Many years ago. II IL said, the river
washed the foundations Of the cot
ages. They front on WechaWken
street, and their backs are hidden by
the shops on West street. All the
land between the eastern side Ut West
street and the piers IL Allied In ground.
Near Weehawken streets old houses
stood, in days that are now long gone
by. the State prison that was the pred
ecessor Of Sing Sing. The ancient
cottages were there first. The prison
was erected toward the close OF the
| eighteenth century, % that the date
| Of the building Of the row must he put
hack probably to before the Revolu-
ton.
I'm Old New York." by the late
| Thomas A. .Janvier, says this Of the
| ancient Weehawken street houses;
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been perfectly bare when We let here
1T vii, be noticed in the picture
which shows Mary Pickford acting tot
Poor Little l'eppina' hat the s,ruG-
ture OF the set is shown in some detail.
At east, II Will give n general idea Of
the construction of the scene, For
purposes of making the still picture.
however. II Was necessary to set the
camera a !ittlc out of alignment.
When the actual moving picture was
being taken the camera was If Sursc
set IN front II the centre of the set
and its range only TOOK in the centre
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process is fast beins brought to a high
degree OF efficiency. one of the hest
examples of this form of picture was
recently demonstrated IN The Prince
and the Pauper" after Mark TwaR's
famous story in which Marguerite
Clark acted both roles.
A word " two concerning this
double exposure work vii, not be
amls~. There are probably "A great
many persons who do not understand
il. or course everybody realizes thai
when the same person appears in tive
different roles on the screen stimuli
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Some of the Tricks of the Camera That
Accomplish Seeming Impossibilities
When Shown on the Screen

sitting rooms and all such things.
With ordinary sized sets We are able
here TO operate about twelve scenes
at the same time. On occasion the
whole area Of the studio Is sometimes
given over to the production Of q
single set. notably as in the big ball
o Genes Of Diplomacy which we
recently produced with Marie Doro in
n Of the leading roles"
Turning suddenly around a corner
and coming upon what looked at first
glance like the inteSior Of ONE kind
Of railroad train. Mr.. Ford continued:
This is a scene which has been
worked out with the utmost care as
TO detail. II is the inside OF a caboose.
E%.erythinG has been copied to the life
from the actual article. Note the little
coal stove and wen the old piece Of
sandpaper for scratching matches.
I'VE first shoot the engine flying
along At top speed outdoors and then
fash to the inside OF the caboose. The
ina gination Of the person who sees the
engine will Immediately adjust itself
to the caboose when II IL next seen.
The term shoot. I might add. Is q
shop phrase for taking a picture. For
instance We a shoot from here or
there. meaning the angle at which the
object is to be photographed.
lover there" said Mr.. Ford. point
ing to another portion OF the room
where rich rugs were laid upon the
floor and heavy tapestries were hung
on the makeshift walls, "is an average
interior scene OF a room. 1t Is so
arranged that i; can be photographed
from almost any angle.
Most of the scenes placed about
here are OF course used only for a
small, part of the picture In which they
are to figure. The II OF door pic
lures are taken elsewhere. When Miss
Pickford. for instance. gets through
with her interior sets here she goes to
various parts Of the country for the
outside work.
Miss Clark. who recently COM
pleted a picture called Out Of the
Drifts went to Ithaca. y. Y. for one
posed to represent a Swiss village In
| the Alps. and "A miniature village was
! erected on the spot. We used also q
number Of ST. Bernard dogs to get the
necessary atmosphere. Arather funny
! thing about the trip was that just be-
fore the party arrived n heavy thaw
set in and there was hardly enough
real snow to take the picture with,
When Miss Clark got back to New
York again there was nearly a foot OF
snow on the ground. although It had
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of the scene and did not show the top
of the walls where there was no
ceiling.
We are very busy here AZ all times.
Something is going or almost every
minutc. For instance, one oi our stars
may spend a week in tn" interior film
studio and finish III all the inside sets
before going outside to undertake the
others. When the picture is finally
finished the various scenes are pieced
together in the proper order and the
finn Is ready to be shown on thu screen.
y corps Of electricians and carpenters
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Janvier, careful and indefatigable in
vest!Sator, and lover of New York old
and rev, spells the name of the street
with an /: hut the street sig has Il
thus, "Wcehawken." And it is no
longer true that the best view of the
old houses is from West street. The
erection of the shops of West street
has spoiled that view,
Janvicr goes on to say:
The houses were standing certainly
as far back az the year 1896, as "a
shown on the commissioners map 10y
the lndcntatiou to accommodate them
upon the State prison property ac-
quircd in that year, Probably they
are the houses indicated on he liatZen
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MxmM jack pe@d H MIS- pMrM%%d Miss "ps%G nma % Assistant assistant Direct . %w T TS%.~ camera ""

are working all the time to keep the
sets in order, constructing new ones
and studying the details OF all the
scenes"
TO shift the subject from the on
struction and operation Of the picture
studio. not the least important phase
81 the movies is found in the tricks
which are accomplished by the eN-
perienced amer man and director.
One II the most interesting Of these il
what is called the double exposure. In
which the actor appears as a dual
personality in the same picture. The
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map as standing at this point 1877
years ago"
LAWYERS book was published in 1894,
so that. according To him, he Wee
hawkcn street houses will celebrate
their sesquicentennial in 1917. On"
hundred and fifty years is a good ripe
old age for houses in New York re-
moved not so far from busy streets,
Near these old wooden houses stand
the massive United States Appraisers
Stores.
There is mention OF the Weehawken
street row in "Nook and Corners Of
old New York" by Charles Hemstreet.
published in 1879, aHd in "A Landmark
History of New York. by Albert u
mann. published in 1901. Ulmann does
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-11-18

Ev@ypersons arch is different
They vary In length, height, shape and
location Of high part In the ordinary
metal plate arch support the location Of
the high part Is fixed and can t be shifted
back or forward TO ft the shape Of the
wezrer's arch. They actually force the
arch into new and Abnormal shape and
change one bad condition into a worse
one. The Wizard l. different. The ar
rowspOint 70 the high part ofeach arch and
show how the Wizzrd Adjustable Arch
Acknowledgements thesediEerences.
MzARD Eoor ARRLI
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and crowded up against her knees. Then
he laid the letter in her lap.
Her expression became inscrutable as
reading it there was color in her cheeks;
after she had read it there was less.
81 see not necessity" she said to His
Highness-'I see no necessity for his go
ing. I think ought to tell him so. :.
He Overestimates the Importance of a
matter which does not concern him. l.. {.
He is sublimely self-conscious, a
typical man. And if he presumes to
believe that the hazard of our encounter
is of the slightest moment >. to me :.
The dog dropped his head in her lap.
81 wish you wouldn't do that!" she
said, almost sharply, but there was a dry
catch in her throat when she spoke, and
she laid one fair hand on the head of
His Highness.
A few moments later she went down
stairs to the great hall, where she found
Colonel Hyssop and Major Brent just
finishing their morning cocktails.
When they could at last comprehend
that she never began her breakfast with
a cocktail, they conducted her solemnly
to the breakfast-room, seated her with
empressement, and the coffee was served.
1t was delicious, old-fashioned, coun-
try breakfast-crisp trout, bacon, eggs,
and mounds of fragrant flapjacks.
"Langham's gone off to the West
Branch; left duty's compliments and all
that sort of thing for you," observed the
Colonel, testing his soffee with an air.
His Highness, who had shifted the
bacon, got up on chair where he could
sit and view the table Moisture gath
cred on his jet-black nose; he licked his
jowl
"You poor darling!" cried his mistress,
rising impulsively, with her plate in her
hand. She set the plate on the floor. It
was cleaned with a snap, then carefully
polished.
'You are fond of your dog, madam"
said the Major, much interested.
Hes a fine one" added the Colonel.
"Gad! took him for Langham's cham
pion at first"
She bent her head over the dogs plate.
Later she walked to the porch, fol-
lowed by His Highness.
A lovely little path invited them on
a path made springy by trodden leaves;
and the dog and his mistress strolled
forth among clumps of hazel and silver
birches, past ranks of alders and Indian
willows, on across log bridges spanning
tiny threads of streams which poured
into the stony river.
The unceasing chorus of the birds
freshened ike wind in her ears. Spring
echoes sounded from blue distances; the
solemn congress of the forest trees in
session murmured of summers past and
summers to come.
How could her soul sink in the pres
ence of the young worlds uplifting?
Her dog came back and looked up
into her eyes. With a cry, which was
balf lo,,1bfar che roced Nth him aI00rS
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An old man in leggings and cOrdurOys
came stumping along the path; His
Highness heard him coming and turned
his keen head. Then he went and stood
in front of his mistress, calm, inquisitive,
dangerous.
'Mornin', miss" said the keeper; 81
guess you must be one of our folks.''
81 am staying at the clubhouse" she
said, smiling, and sitting up on the grass.
Pm old Peter, one O. the guards" he
said. Fine mornin', miss, but leetle
bright for the fish-though l amt deny
in that small dark fly'd raise 'em; nom.
If l was sot on ketchin' a mess o. fish, I
guess hare's-ear would do the business;
yes'm. I jest passed Mr.. Langham down
to the forks, and seed he was a-chuckin'
hare's-ear; an he riz 'em, too; yes'm."
How long have you been keeper
here?" she asked.
How long, IN? WAL, 1 was the fust-
est guard they had; yes'm. live down
here a piece. They bought my water
rights; yes'm. An they give me the
job. The president he SEE to me, Peter
he SEE, jest like that-Peter, you was
raised here; you know all them brooks
an rivers like a mink; you stay right
here an watch 'em, an I'll do the squar'
by ye,' he seq, jest like that An he
done it; yes'm."
$50 you knew the president, them"
she asked, in a low voice.
knew him?-him? Yes'm"
The old man laughed a hollow, tooth
less laugh, and squinted out across the
dazzling river.
''Knew him twenty year, 1 did. A
good man, and fair at that. Why, I've
seen him settin' jest where you're settin'
this minute-seen him hundred times
a-settin' there"
"Fishing?" she said, in an awed voice.
Sometimes. Sometimes he was a-drink-
in out o. that silver pocket-pistol o. his'n.
He got drunk a lot up here; but he didn't
drink alone; nom. There wasn't stingy
hair in his head; he"
"Do you mean the PRESIDENT" she said
incredulOusly, almost angrily.
"Him? Yes'm. Him an Colonel Hys-
sop an Major Brent; they had good
times in them days"
you knew the president before his
marriage" she observed, coldly.
"Him? He wasn't never married,
miss!'' said the old man, scornfully.
"Are you sure?' she asked, with a
troubled smile.
'Sure? Yes'n. Why, the last time he
was up here three year come July
Fourth, seen him a-kissin' an a-huggin'
of old man Dawson's darter@"
She was on her feet in flash. The
old man stood there smiling his senile
smile and squirting out across the water,
absorbed in his garrulous Renaissance.
"Yes'm; all the folks down TO the vii
lage was fond o. the president, he was
that jolly and free, an no stuck-up city
airs; nom; jest free and easy, an
a-sparkin' the gals with the best o.
them
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Towards evening Langf,am waded
across the river, drew in bis dripping
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5IO.ls 10 U d-ll II -ssl7I ply III 2 ny
friend, went Down to east her vote. It
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quist Cracker and Confectionery GO.
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Az soE q tee COPY OF oz book,
OrshopEaxy Of the soots q treat
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-17

cepted gravely, with matching brief ress that could not hide a surge of tri- umph.
 She rode with him that day until he told her that it was time for her to turn back. With Ragtime standing quiet, she laid her face against his and complained that he had promised her she should never be allowed to go more than arms length away from him once she was his.
 saThis is the last time," he told her in a voice vibrant and low. "This Is the last time-for you and me-"
 He held her closer for moment.
 "You will be ready when I come back"
 She bobbed her head.
 "Ready-and waiting" she said.
 The next night, in the cabin up river, after Miriam had left them alone tc what she termed their complacent si- lence, Garry Devereau and Steve sat a long while before the former raised a face alight with his rare mirth-
 sWell, here we are," chuckled Garry -aI, poor, but honest, already in the totis of matrimony. and you, a pluto crat in sudden danger of a government investigation, I'm told, and lowering on the brinkw
 "Here we arer' echoed Steve.
 And that was as close as either of them came to outspoken emotion. With a lightness somewhat self conscious. Garry had alluded to the property which Caleb Hunte- had turned over to Steve. There was a trace 1 like humor in the latter's reply.
 q certainly am oppressed with the cares of sudden wealth." said he. Only her father and Miss Sarah and Caleb were present when they were married. And then, and not alone be cause she knew he wished it, but be. cause 1t was the dearest wish of hel own heart, they turned their faces to ward the cabin on the balsam kpoll. He dismounted and lifted her to the ground, for suddenly she wanted to ge the rest of the way on foot.
 She let her weight lie against him the top of her head scarce higher thar his chin, and sighed little.
 Hired Y' he asked with that gentle ness he saved for her alone.
 The bright head shook.
 ".HappyT he asked again as gently
 She swung around and clung to hin then.
 'Tm 70 happyr' she whispered. 'Dt you suppose that any one will ever b. as happy againT
 There was ineffable content in he question, Whimsically her own phras' rose to his lips.
 Maybe" he said. maybe some tim, lin booksT
 She lifted her face then. He had tn dusky glory of her eyes
 Maybe" she echoed. her voice trem ulous-"some time-but this time fl real life too"
 THE END,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-17

----- --s----.s-- --------
 sDtsyer
 II was only . w1sp cf . sound -an nching, throbh1ng bit of tenderness llsnter evsn than the breath that bore t.
 ~etsvef' she breathed again.
 But thereupon, win | headlong little tush that scattered spopas Qf bandages hnd rolls of lint and set the bottles upon h4s tabls 5insling dangerously, phe fsW to him and came somehow. Into has akma ~
 They had not told i1m-at nrst he esuld not speak Dumbly he sat. his 1kco bowed upcn ,that brown head pil- 1oWe0 h haD~ arug. ehc had told her ell that sho waesa woran -now-yet 1se Arat woeds vspe all.SizL
 Ten ne inst once thaS I'm pretty. Gho QuavsRsd ~eav tAaE sm still ha3f boy-tD.yo9r
 His toaeue unstsad1Sd with joy, he eold her agn1n, as ha had told her on that other day, and, watching. the olG. . pd wonder ofhsr grow-in his eyes, she 1lstcned e thsugh she were taking the Nussas, one by snA. from his tbs. But shsre was nothing boyisA in the, crook - littlD arch of her mouth th-nothing &oy1sh In ths depths of her dark and bElmmfng eyes. She remembered his winxizy si11e5dr tAen. Her arms crept higher about hhs neci- And now her fAcc was upldftaA and there was no sDcre need fer vosds.
 AffsTward when tAag spoke of Big Lou1s slss loved him moro for the sor- Sow which he did not try to hide. From Eat Joe he had already learned ! u Big Louie's last derelictaon- Out o1 . deeper silence Steve spoke gravely- n epitaph tor tho man to whom he lnnd been unfaninS1y Kind.
 's1Eogt any kind ef . failuEe can live" " he said, .'but 1t takss . uGn-to smile md de"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-17
On Firing Line.

"Have you ever been on the firing line?'
 Sure! Only last week my boss stood us all in line. and was the first one he fred"
 "And were you ever rewarded for braveryT'
 "Oh, ya-as."
 'sDid you get the iron crossT Nope"
 "ThesVictoria crossf"
 '.Naw I got the maltese cross" "How could you get the maltese cross?' q stepped on her tail.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-17
lnxsntion of Sod. Water.

Invention or Soda water.
 Soda water is an older beverage than Thackeray would have us believe. After an overdose of punch at vaux- hall Joseph Sedley slakes his morning thirst with beer. "Soda water," says Thackeray, twas not invented yet. Small beer was the only drink with which unhappy gentlemen soothed the fever of their previous nights pota- tions." As a matter of fact, in 1815- the year in which the opening scenes of "Vanity Fair" are laid-soda water had been known for close on fifty years, the exact date of its invention being 1767. The oldest bottle of soda water in the world is one retrieved from the wreck of the Royal George, which foundered off Spithead in 1782. When sold by auction some years ago this bottle realized 251a guineas.-Lon- don Standard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-17
iecontinuisd.S

CCnntinusd1
 Nim Sarah ordered a week or un. 6roken quiet and rest for her patient, md Steve, and not Barbara, proved the al0cult one to manage during that pc Elod. For. with rstucning strength there came to .hlfh recollection. of many th1ngs which required, his attention. Ho fretted oyer his work; he swore- hu1ncrousay at Eat Joe. who, coming to make daily reports as soon as Miss eerah realized that the good in such viidts far exceeded the benefits of sleep end solitnde, assured his chief that thay had accomplished much, unham- pefed . they were by carping author 1iy.
 But he lay and brooded, no humor in hl1 eye when he was left alone. Fat 1ct had assured him that she had htought him home, but Fat Joe, who VI ever averse to anti-climax, had told hfm no moro than that. His ef- 66rts at entertainment were only the Hiore spontaneous those days because Y the soberness of his friends face. lxnA thsn the same day that Joe raised 1Am aga1nst the pillows 90 that he 2aght watch string of fat cars, high pnsd with logs, roll into the yards. they 1ut her % to him
 M G6eVo waS listening to the shrfn sa- 1at, of the whistle which he knew was 3lcIean's pean of victory; he was smil- lng little wistfully over the memory which, with Mclean, always recurred to him. when he turned and saw her sanding on the threshold. She had oqns on dIndent. mouselike feet. She VI watching him. And before he be- l1oved t really was she. Barbara fal- ootDd h1s name.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-17
odd Way to Rsst.

There is nothing, says a medical jour nal, that will rest you so quickly as to sit on a straight back chair and, lifting the feet from the floor, push them out in front of you as fur as possible. stretch the arms, put the head back, open the mouth wide and make your self yawn.