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The Washington times., 1918-01-10
The Four of Hearts
SERIAL OF YOUTH AND ROMANCE
Cynthia Long Goes East to Live
with the LivingstOnes as Dora
>LivingstOne's Fiance Goes West
SERIAL OF YOU TIL AND ROMANCE

; I believe" with q little catch in her
voice. that whore Dad IL he knows
how good you have been to me
sincs-.hs went"
The mans eyes were suddenly
misty. God bless your he muir
INJURED. Write to me when you
care to. Remember I am always at
your service. was not only your
fathers lawyer. my dsar-but his
friend. and yours"
I know IT," the girl returned.
You have proved that"
At the door he paused and looked
back. You have the telephone
number OF my house If you should
want to ask me any questions this
evening-havsn't your"
She nodded. Al the moment she
could not trust her voice to reply.
Yet when the door had closed be-
hind her elderly friend. Cynthia
Long ala not cry. Throwing on her
hat and coat, she began to walk
rapidly up and down the room. The
long mirror on the wall reelected
her graceful figure, but she did not
even glance into It. Her thoughts
were too busy just now for her to
concern herself about her appear
ance.
Mr.. Blake had spoken truly when
he said she was attractive. Her girl
iAh figure was excellent and her
black dress nttsd her perfectly. 1t
also cast into strong relief her au-
burn hair and fair complexion. Her
eyes were Of the shade OF hazel
brown that sometimes accompanies
auburn hair. Q
Until shs smiled, she was not
actually pretty. But Mr.. Blake had
seen her smile many times. There
. fore he thought her uneommonly
attractive.
She vas not smiling now. In
stead. the curved lips were set in
. line that was too stern for such
q Eirlish face.
Cynthia Long was but twenty
two. Until her fathers death, six
weeks ago. abe had been pettsd
and guarded. for she was the emily
child Of . lonely vidower. Now her
father was gone. and his daughter
was going East TO live with her
mothers brother, Mr.. Stephen LIv-
inEstone. Of New York.
Che had sHsn her uncle occasion
ally when he had come West on a
business trip. She and her father
lived in Lake Forest. q suburb Of
Chicago. and several times Stephen
Livingstone had run out there TO
spend the night with the husband
and child Of his dead sister. He had
always been kind and agreeable.
but Cynthia did not feel that she
knew him intimately.
When he received the telegram
announcing his brother-in-law's
death he wrote at once that, when
her affairs were settled. she must
make her home in his big house.
At first. Cynthia had hesitated to
accept this invitation Then as her
loneliness pressed down more heav-
lily upon her. she turned instinc-
lively TO her only blood relatives. .
All arrangements had been made
for her by her fathers friend and
executor. Darius Blake. Now the
home in Lake Forest was closed
and Cynthia was spending the last
night before her departure for the
East alone IN a big hotel in
Chicago.
TIE Ne Csntinus1D
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
The Hidden Hand

stopped her. DON'T" he cautioned.
ut may be a trap"
Cautiously. he approached the
telephone instrument. SeizInE a Ash
ing pole to lift the receiver. Moth
ing happened. Then he began test
Ing the floor. grasping the hand
Of Doris, who stood behind him, a.
he advanced nearer the instrument.
inch by inch
Suddenly. under the weight Of his
forward foot. on which he was only
partly resting. Il seemed as II .
part OF the door underneath
sssrskin rug actually fave way.
He staggered back from a hinged
trap door. which opened. then
closed. by a spring. e It did 80.
below, the closing OF the door made
a sepuIchral echo. which indicated
that there was q hollow well or
cistern underneath
He was about to replaces the re-
csivsr on the hook. using the pole,
whom Doris cautioned him.
Perhaps that IL part OF the plot.
too" she suggested. You had bet
ter let them think that the plot has
worked"
At that moment there vas . noise
a. the doCr. al though some one was
scratching at iL They turned a. thu
door vas slowly pushed open.
4 moment later an enissary burst
tIrsuES. starting strAiEh, for DSriG
Like a Hash. Ramsay. whom he had
not sss", was or HIN. But the fell
low was powerful and crafty
5EAtsr, and even Ramsay had his
hands full with him.
The Washington times., 1918-01-10

to eat any food except that received at home. The
little boy in the picture finds the profered candy
terrible temptation. 1t Is really tLSn he is able
to nght against.
friend of mine-ths mother Of q very popular
small boy Of three-solTed tie problem by carefully
fastening small PlacsrG the back Of the young
ster. It read please give this little boy any
thing to eat" Signed. His Mother" -za- >
After that the lost appetite returned and the fire.
quent Indigestion disappeared
II Is q good rule to give anything to eat to.
neighbours children without first asking the per
mission OF the mother.
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
A Story Alive With
Romance and Mystery

say did no; lose ais suIl-liks tsnas-
ity. az re staggered from the bIoU.
but before the criminal could point
the gun which he had drawn. seized
his wrist. twisting II upward They
struggled over toward the Ar~-
place. where Ramsay managed -
make him discharge the gun. shat
tering a mirror.
Nearer and nearer the trap dosE
they struggled. the emissary fore
ing Ramsay back Doris saw the
danger and hung herself on the
floor between the trap and tas
struggling men
Ts BE Continued To-nSrrSU.
The Washington times., 1918-01-10

TvERY child loves sweet things and it is a great
II temptation to most Of us Erown-ups to find our
- way to their grateful little hearts through
their hungry little stomachs. Often these mistaken
tidbits bestowed Just before the child's dinner
and destroy his appetite for the nouShing food that
has been prepared for him at home. Often It fol-
lows the heels OF many similar gifts elsewhere and
the mother wonders what has caused the digestive
disturbance that follows
Then there is another side the bestowinE Of
goodies upon other peoples children. Many moth
try to safeguard their children by forbiddng them
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
An Abrupt Order

Have they answered: Ee AIAsd.
Yea. the receiver 70 of chs
hook"
And you lear no voice uOSi'
Nothing"
He smiled again. Then oHiy
one remains he exclaimed. turning
TO q trusted smissary. Get over
there, quick, end get tho girl
q A moment before in the cabin. tks
telephone had runS. Doris 4 was
about TO Ans<sr 1. EhSn RStnssy
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
EPISODE s.
The Slide for Life.
CorIrtEst. 1911. b, star cOupany.


EANwHILE, In the thick
MI screen of the woods. verda
A'A and the ernissaries had found
a place where the telephone line ran
from one camp TO another.
One OF tho emissaries climbed the
pole and cut In on the wires. lead
ing q connection back down the
pole to a portable telephone set.
equipped with a ringing magnet.
Then another called ths local CEN
trail IN town.
Testing the lins-rins 2os. Party
J. please" he said Elibiy.
Central. suspsctinE nothing wrong.
rang the number. while the ennis
sRry. - with the others around,
waited.
At that moment the Hidden Hand
Joined them. his face wreathsd In
the evil smile which spread over Il
whenever one of his dSvllisH plots
was being executed.
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
First Aid to Small Boys.

FOR small boys here three useful toilet accessories:
Liquid soap in stationary fixture; washcIohs labeled
for hands, and paper towels. Small hands washed with
we-lathered cloth really clean. Paper towels
easily destroyed and liquid soap displaces the soapdsh
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
By Garrett P. Serviss.

cause OF snownakes having differ
emit shapes?-J. V. A. New York"
> in our physics class we have
come across this obstacle. which I
would like to have explained: why
does water expand after IL has
cooled to degrees centigrade
until II reaches centigrade. and
Why 30 not other liquids possess
this sbility:-H. A. s., Chicago"
TT win he found that the sub
iects OF these two questions
throw some light upon one an
other Let US take them in the
order in which they are placed
above
1. Snow crystals: When a sub
stance changes from the liquid TO
the solid state, through the bring
ing Of its molecules into closer
union, those molecules may be ar
ranged heller skelter, without any
hzed pattern. thus making an
anonymous Cformless) solid, or
they may. as almost invariably
happens IL the change does not
occur too suddenly, fall into definite
rank and order, making a symmst-
RIGA; crystalline solid. having GER
tain fixed axes like skeIetal lines
upon which Il Is built up
There are q number OF funda-
mental forms of crystals. which
are distinguished by the unvHryinE
singles between their adjacent
faces. a. well as by the direction
and relation OF their inner axial
lines Different substances crys-
tslllze in different fundamental
forms, and these constitute one of
the chsracte by which such sub
stances may be disseminated. The
form followed by water is that OF
the heKlgonRl. or siI-sided. crystal
The skeleton Of a snow crystal
resen bies a SiT-rayed star. each
raw being separated from its neigh
Dor on either side by an angle OF
80 degrees Six times so makes
3sO. a complete circumference. The
fundamental plan OF structure IL
expressed by the constant repeti-
ton OF the angle Of 50 degrees,
which is found occurring over and
ever again IN the relations Of the
parts Of she crystal. from the
largest 20 the most minute
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
A Fierce Struggle.

TGs SIaissAry siude5 him ana be-
fore TIC detective could seize him
again. picked up a chair. which he
smashed ever RNnssy'E AsaA. Ram
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
BY Arthur B. Reeve,

nystsry stories. which apDeaT ez-
eiusiVely In Cosmopolitan Magazine
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
By BRAN sTOKER.

II A Ii. is dark. hear water
n swirIing by. level with my
ears. and the creaking Of
wood on wood. Cattle low
sa- on There Is another sound, a
aueer one like she stopped and
Erew white, and whittier still.
Go on; go on Speak, | command
you" said Van Helsing in an sEon-
fed voice.
Bile RISING SIN DISPELS
1AN HELSING's POWER.
At the same time there was despair
~ his eyes, for the risen sun was
-eddening even Mrs. Harbrr's pale
FACE. She opened her eyes, and We
al started as she said. sweetly and
@esmingly with the utmost unconceTn:
oh, professor, why ask me to do
hat you know ] can't uon't re
.,Ok Of smazemenJ on our faces. she
aid, turning from one TO the other
~ It'll troubled look:
What have I saidss What have !
5One7 know nothing. only that 7 was
'iains here. half asleep, and heard you say
go on. speak, command you"
81; seemed so funny 10 hear YOU
order me about, as II were a bad
chiid.1
"Oh. Madam Nina" he said. sadly.
1T is proof, II proof be needed, OF
how 1 love and honor you, when a
word for your good, spoken more
earnest than ever. GAN seem 80
strange because Il is 10 order her
%hom 1 am proud TO obeyr
The whistles sre sounding; We ars
The Washington times., 1918-01-10
This Day in Our History.

THIS the anniversary of the passage of the famous
Stamp Act in 1885, which ultimately led 10 the revolu-
ton of the colonies and resulted in the birth of the United
States. When it to 60 into effect. November l.
bells were toled and flags put at hsnasl It was
peaed in 1866
The Washington times., 1918-01-10

II A Ii. is dark hear water
"A swirling by. level with my
ears. and the creaking Of
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
ding Without a Crisis
How Hartley Manners Manipulates the Intrigue
of His New Play
By ]. Alexander Pierce

Cv CCH is the fshlike lassitude of rT~H
~ Philip Chandos, the idle rich l.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

Mrs. Widdimorc: had my suspi-
cions
Michael: see it now; you kept me
here on purpose, and 7. like a blind
idiot, thought that-yes, YOU planned
it! But why?
Mrs. Widdimore: Frances and Ed
ward would have been wretched to-
gether.
Michael: Shed be thousand times
happier with him than with vagabond
like me.
Mrs. Widdimore: Nonsense! You'll
be ideally happy-because you are diff
ferent. There are two kinds of people
in the world, my friend. l call them
after the poem in "Alice in Wonder
land"-W Walruses and Carpenters The
Walruses are you and I. The Carpenters
are the plain, practical, conventional
people. Frances is one. Edward is an
other. That's why they must not
marry. But you-do you remember
the poem? 1T goes: "Thc Walrus and
the Carpenter were walking hand in
hand" p
Michael: But it doesn't
Mrs. Widdimore: On. we'll, of course
it doesn't. But it ought to-. The only
happy marriages are where a Walrus
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Michael Leaves "The Gypsy Trail'

Tucked away in the whimsical dia-
logue of "The Gipsy Trail" may be
found much quaint philosophy. Wheth-
err Robert Housum, who wrote the COM
edy, really believe hi sown dicta, or
whether he has made his characters so
very lifelike that they have developed
their own philosophers, is question
that none but he could answer. Michael.
the adventurcr, and Mrs. Widdimore.
who loved Michacl's grandfather, speak
together:
Michael: Good Lord, What have l
done?
Mrs. Widdimore: You've got your
self engaged-and very quickly, too.
How did it happen?
s, Michael: | don't know. How do
those things happen? I had no more
idea of marriage; I was dreaming, that
was all; dreaming aloud OF an ideal
sirl-comrade. who-and then woke UP.
Woke up and found myself engaged TO
DC married. Why, I'm as surprised as
you are,
= (Nlrs. Widdimorc turns to hide sly
and triumphant smile, but Michael sees
{, It and Starts.)
You're not surprised. You knew it
was coming all along?
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Goes to Theatre
To Keep Warm
Man Occupies Seat in Bal
cony Every Night at
Comedy Theatre

One man saw the current bill Of The
Washington Square Players five times
last week. He was the first man to
enter the Comedy Theatre every eve
ming, when the head usher threw open
the doors. He was the last man to
leave the theatre, every night. Of
course, rs he sat in the second balcony,
it took him longer to reach the door
than those who sat in the orchestra.
But there was another reason than
walking down the stairs which account
ed for his being the last to leave.
The head usher. being of curious
disposition, as we'll as imbued with the
spirit of The Players; friendly, in
innate atmosphere, asked the man
which play or which player it was that
interested him.
ooh, like all the plays we'll enough,
and the actors and actresses, too," he
said "But it isn't because Of them
I've been coming here every night.
came once and I might have come again
next week or some time, perhaps, but
y
is because it is cheaper to keep warm
in this theatre than it is to try to keep
warm at home. You see, buy twenty
five cent seat in the second balcony nov,
and I'm warm and comfortable all eve
ming. Now, for twenty-five cents /
can't get enough fuel to keep me warm
at home all evening. If this cold keeps
up, I'm going to try another theatre.
/ may have to pay little more for nv
seat, but then I'll get to see another
show. hope you don't mind, miss,
It gets monotonous seeing and hearing
the same thing every night. Why, 1
know all these plays by heart now. So.
hope you won't mind if next week
] go too -"
Then tho house lights went out
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

(N JCH is the fishlike laSsitude of
~ Philip Chandos, the idle ricl
young man in Hartley Manners's play.
Happiness" that his reaction to tho
severest shock Is scarcely more than
futter of the gills. Consequently,
when Jenny Wreay, the modiste's mes
scngcr, charges him in the presence
of the lady he is courting with re-
scmbling her missing father it is i'm
possible to say whether he spprehends
: the damning implication OF her words.
he may be repressing the most violent
emotion, or only somewhat paincd at
tho unconventionality of the gutter
snipe. Thus is the purpose OF the
playwright served, of deferring tho So
luton and engendering suspense.
The situation is pregnant with DOS
sibility, and later it is keyed to
higher pitch, although clearing the
gllded youth OF personal responsibility.
The probability that the death Of Mr..
Chandos's father explains the disap-
pearance Of Jenny's delinquent parent
is subtly insistent. Tho audience, in
fact, is predisposed to accept the in
nocence Of the young man. But the
finger of irony raises its horny nail
when he volunteers to clear up the
mystery of Mr.. Wreay's disappearance.
Herein, we submit, is the indubita-
Bile germ Of story. Now. a story is
something with beginning, middle and
end. The beginning may be vague, the
middle indeterminate and the end too
far from the conclusion, but, provided
all three of these faults are not CO.
existent, the story is there SO a play
establishes its claim to the distinction
CT having story when it depicts the
rise OF young girl handicapped by
poverty and receives an old mystery
OF her fathers fate. The theme Of
Happiness" as developed indepen-
IDENTIFY Of the story Of little Jenny, has
no story whatever. The affairs OF the
bored rich people who attain salvation
through their efforts to help jenny.
her mother and her sweetheart remain
to all intents ard purposes stationary.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
A Serial About the War

n you do not know the Whartons
Leopold and Theodore, it is because
your sight has not been sufficiently
keen 10 read their names after thew
have been set in type small enough to
suit the producing companies for
which they were producing. It VA,
perhaps. because Of this lack o; an
probation that Leopold and Theodore
decided to produce for them selves.
They are row engaged on big new
serial written by william j. Flynn.
chief Of the United States Secret Ser
vice. and this picture will give to tn.
American people the true story Of the
activities of Imperial Gcrmany's plots
and plotters in this country.
King Baggot and Marguerite Snow,
two oldtime favorites of the movie
roles, and John P. Wade, Paul Ever
ton. Bertram Marburgh and William
\. Bailey have been engaged to Great.
the parts Of Count Won Bernstorf
Captain Boyd, Captain Won Papen.
Wolf Won Igel and other notorious
hirclings Of the Hohenzollerns.
The serial will show the various in
cidents in this incredible plot to
frighten the United States out Of al!
idea OF joining the Allies by creating
a reign of terror in this country
through the debauchery Of politics, the
bombing of merchant vessels, the
blowing up Of munition plants, the
burning Of food stores and the crea-
ton Of warfare between the United
States and Mexico.
Courtney Rylev Cooper is collabo-
rating with Chief Flynn in preparing
this material for the screen, and #
tic production equals the stark dra
matte quality of the bare facts in the
case, the result should be the most
thrilling of all serial thrillers.
And right here is where the Nhar-
tons come in They have determined
their end of the contract shall be car
lied out to the letter, that "Ths
Eagles Eye shall eclipse all other
serials ever attempted by them. And
being men who have yet to register
failure in the serial market, such a
denouement can almost be banked
upon as a foregone accomplishment
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

THE handling of the aforementioned
l. incidents IS clever enough to
arouse keen expectancy. Growth is
undeniablc, and the turns Of the plot
create surprise. In the third act, how
ever, 1t becomes apparent that no ccun-
terstroke of irony is to materialize
Tho possibilities within the grasp of
the playwright have been exhausted
His ingenuity may have failed. or he
may have been too easily satisfied.
Like one of those Australian rivers
which pour down from the hills only
to shrivel away and disappear in the
plain, the action attenuates to the
vanishing point, but is dissembled in
pleasant places.
defence may easily be found Mr..
Manners would probably say that he
avoided mere technical preciosity to
give fuller scope TO the sublmatcd in
terludes with which Miss Taylor fills
the remaining time. 1t Is interesting,
nevertheless. TO speculate as to what
such master playwright as Paul Her
vieu would have done In his place.
Possibly NJ. lIervieu would have made
a different beginning if he had under
taken to develop the original one~act
piece into full length play, but it is
certain, had he accepted tho first two
acts of the present version, that he
would have sought some new expedi-
ent, growing out of the premises in
the form of reaction or counteraction,
that would have afforded true dra-
matte climax.
There could scarcely be sharper
contrast in methods than between
those Of Mr.. Manners and Paul Her /
vieu. Tho work Of the former exhibits |
the unm stakable influence Of the Eng
lish novel, and, without disparagement !
be it said, especially that of the Vic /
torian era. NJ. Hervleu, on the other |
hand. brought to new perfection with |
the instinct Of dramaturgical Luther |
Burbank tho flower Of the Gallic school |
Of intensive plot forcing In addition
to the influence of Mr.. Manncrs's lit
erarv heritage, he was under the ne
cess!ty of providing a starring vehicle
for Miss Taylor.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06
Enter "War Wiyes'

Are we sighting the seventh wonder
of the twentieth century-the war wife
Since we have war~bread, war-fuc
and other war-necessities, why not the
war-wife?
The ideal warwife, according to Sgd
ney Shields, would be the woman who
believed so implicitly in her husbands
devotion and fidelity, that when Mrs.
Smith, just across the way, whose hus-
band was fighting in France, needed an
escort for some charity dinner or
bazaar, the war-wife would come for
ward and offer her husband for the
evening.
"That is what | would consider
patriotism to the nth power Do you
think we will ever see this stage in
evolution ?" and Miss Shields
pretty mouth dimplcd humorously.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

Spending my evenings quietly at
home playing checkers, listening to
the VictroIa, reading "The Atlantic
Monthly"?
(Mrs. Widdimore nods.)
Gong down TO business every single
morning at $3.50?
Mrs. Widdimore: Only here they 20
down at $3.50
Michael: | wonder if could!
Mrs. Widdimorc: Love can do Won
dcrful things.
Michael: Can it make man over?
And If ! tried. and failedo You don't
know what it's like--the bitter home
sickness tor some placc-any place but
the place you're in. It's in my blood
you said it yourself I'm like nv grand
father.
(And like his grandfather before
fim Michael runs away from the girl
he loves, for fear that love will hold
him back from adventure. Just how
his mind changes is SO subtly shown
that his return in the last act. prepared
to surrender wholly to convention for
the sake of the girl he loves, is entirely
logical. Perhaps Mrs. Widdmore half
expected the surrender, because of her
own philosophy; but to Frances Mi
chacl'S changed attitude is surprise.
Frances: didn't want you to come
Michael: Do YOU suppose I wanted
to come? came because | couldn't
help 1T. | swore I'd forget you; swore
1t sixty times day. and the harder
sWorc the more clearly I saw YOU.
tried to put the ocean between us-I
even sailed for Europe but when we
dropped the pilot at the Narrows
came back with him. I've been coming
back to You ever since. fighting against
If every inch of the way; but you've
dragged me back to you, and at last
I'm here. belong to you. You belong
TO me. And you're coming with me,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-06

and Carpenter walk hand in hand
Your grandfather and I were Walruses
and we both married Carpenters
That is the law.
Michael: l am an anarchist. | hate
laws; and, besides. this law of yours is
not true. Think what a sheltered life
she's always led. Think Of it mo-
ment, and then think what my life is
like, and then imagine her sharing it!
Mrs. Widdimore: You could give it
up.
Michacl Give up my life? DO you
suppose | could?
Mrs. Widdimore nods.)
Can you imagine me settled down?
Mrs. Widdimore nods.)
Taking her to church every Sunday
morning? In frock coat?
(Mrs. Widdimore nods.)