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Don ,Esteban vsrona owned q rich planta-
ton In Cuba and many slaves; the money ne
accumulated he hid away, and with the destn
Of his wife. faithful slave. Sebastian. ano
himself. the secret Of the hiding place perished.
His second wife. Stepmother to the twins, Este-
ban and Rcsa. finally lost her life seeking tne
treasure. The cniidren are cheated out Of tne
plantation by a dishonest manag-r, Parcno
Cueto. He Informs the Spanish authorities that
Esteban Is In league With the insuffectio6 thr1'
raging In Cuba. The children are forced N
exile. and find refuge with Evauseiina, ola
Sebastian's daughter, and Asccnsio, her husband
Jchn O'Reilly, q young American to whom
Rosa Ia eaagcd. having gone to New fon 70
free himself from any alliance ther, learns OF
their danger and returns to Cuba With the ioes
Of resciing Rosa. The twins have been dnven
still further i,to the vilderness BY the spanards
ard before O'Reilly can reach them he IS ar
rested asa Spy and deported along win an-
other Amer.clp. Leslie Branch.
Weyler. the Butcher. has been sent iroAn
Spain and the e1tsrmination Of the CUBAN
begins. The varonas ignore orders to tepos'
to the cities. and Esteban, douoiy cantious'
proceeds to nd himself q his arch enemies'
Col. Cobo ard Pancho Cueto
He dynamites the ranch house at night, nm
self slays Cueto. but he and his men are en-
gagged by Cobo ard his troors. q1artered IN
the sugar mill; a despeate battle ensues in z
tunnel Esteban finally escapes, sorelS wounded.
and tries to drag himself back to Rosa.
&c On with the story.
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a mystery. And whsu she found
that she could at last shed tears,
what agony! The bond between her
and Estebsn had been stronger than
usually exists between sister and
brother; he had been her other self:
In HIN she had centered her love.
her Ipride, her ambition. The two
had never Querreled; no angry WORD
had ever passed between them: their
mutua' understanding, moreover,
had been almost more than human.
and where the one was concerned
the bther had been utterly unselfish.
To lose Esteban. therefore. split the
girls soul and heart asunder: she
felt that she could not stand with.
out him. Born into the world at
the same hour, welded into unity by
their mothers supreme pain, the
boy and girl were of the same riesL
and spirit; they were animated by
the same life-current. Never had
the one been III but that the other
had suffered corresponding symp-
toms: never had the one been SAD on
gay but that the other had felt O
like reaction. Personalities SO close
ly knit together are not uncommon.
and to sever them Is often danger-
,us.,
into R0Sa'S lif6,- however. there
had come one interest which she did
not share with her twin-that was
her love for O'Reilly. Spanish-rear-
ed women, as a rule. do not play
with love: when II comes they wei.
come IL. even though IL be that hrst
| infatuation so often scorned by old
er. colder people. So II was with
Rosa Varona. Whatever might have
been the true nature of her first
FEELING for the Irish-American, suf-
ferIng and meditation had deepened
and strengthened IL into a mature
and genuine passion. As the wise
men of old found wisdom in cave
or desert. so Rosa in her selituds
had learned the truth about herself
Now, in the hour Of her extremity
thoughts of O'Reilly acted as a po-
tent medicine. Her hungry yearn-
ing for him and her faith in his
coming stimulated her desire to live,
and SO aided her recovery.
| The day arrived when her brain
was normal and when she could
creep about the hut. But she was
only the ghost OF the girl she had
been; she seldom spoke. and she
never smiled. She sat for hours
staring out into the sunshine, and
when she found tears upon her
cheeks she was surprised. for ii
seemed to her that she must lonR
ago have shed the very last.
! Asepsio, likewise recovered. but
he. too. was sadly changed. There
was no longer any martial spirit in
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him: he feared the spsniards. and
tales Of their atrocities cowed him.
Then Cobo came into the rumuri
The valley. already well-nigh. de-
serted. was filled TO the brim with
smoke from burning helds and
houses. and through it the sun
showed like a copper shield Refu-
gees passed the bohio, bound farther
into the hills. and Asensio told the
two women that he and they must
also go. So the three gathered up
what few things they could carry on
their backs and fed.
They did not stop until they had
gained the Businesses Of the Pan de
Matanzas. Here they built q shell
ter and again took up the problem
Of living. which was now more DIFF
hcult than ever.
Asensio would not have beer.
greatly inconvenienced by the
change had he been alone. for GER.
tain fruits grew wild in the forests.
and the earth. where the spamards
had not trod. was full of roots upon
which a creature of his primitive
habits could have managed to live.
But hampered as he was by two
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women. one Of whom was as deiicat
a. a flower. Ascnsio found his tail
extremely dificuit- And it grev
daily more dificuit: for there SwSr
other people here in the woods. and
moreover. the country round aoou
wss being steadily secured by tn
enemy. who had orders 20 destro.
every living. growing thing tha
was capable OF Sustaining humai
life. Stock was butehered and lief
to rot, trees were cut down. root
fields burned. Wsyler's policy o
frightfuIness was in full sway. ans
starvation was driving its reluctsn
victims into his net. Meanwhile rov
ing bands OF guerriilas searched on
and killed the stronger and NOR
tenacious families.
40 Be Coutinued.D
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XIII
CAPITULATION.

Late on the second day after the
battle Asensio returned to his bo-
hio. Rosa and Evangelina. already
frantic at the delay, heard him cry
ing to>them while he was still hid
den in the woods. and knew tina.
the worst had happened. There was
little need for him to tell his story.
for he was weaponless. stained, and
bloody. He had crossed the hills
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Loew's Columbia - Enid Bennett. in
EWhat Every Woman Learns.

Enid Bennett will be the featured
star of the program at Loew's Co
lumbia Theater for the last three
days of this week, beginning Thurs
day morning at 1920 o'clock in ''Wha
Every Woman Learns" a splendid
adaptation of Eugene b. Lewis stor>
of the same name. directed by Fred
Niblo, under the supervision of Thorn
as H. Ince.
For the first four days of next
week, beginning next Sunday, Loew's
Columbia Theater announces Irene
Castle in a spectacular and vivid
camera version of Sophie Kerr I'm
derwood's See Saw" adapted to the
screen under the title OF The Invis-
ible Bond
1t furnishes n role for Irene Castle
of the most vibrant and compelling
force.
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NatIonaI-DTndy's New Symphony

Vincent d'Indy's new war SYM
phony will be played for the first
time in Washington at the second
concert of the New York Symphony
Orchestra. DR.. Walter Damrosch
conductor. at the New National
Theater next Tuesday afternoon at
$3.50 o'clock In addition to the as
surance of a brilliant performance
Of this new musical creation which
has excited much interest in the
musical world, DIR. Damrosch will
provide an assisting artist in Miscna
Levitzki. the brilliant young Amer
lean pianist. Tickets may be had
at the Offices of T. Arthur Smith,
1906 G street northwest.
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Mr. Leopold Is not so well known on
the concert stage here, having re-
mained in Europe since his student
days, until this country entered the
war when he returned here and went
into the army, serving in the band
masters school at Governors Island.
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Masonic Auditorium-FIor Eas-

The first of Miss Harlans series OF
evening concerts will be given this
evening by Florence Easton, soprano.
OF the Metropolitan opera company,
and Ralph Leopold, pianist. in the Ma
sonic auditorium at $50 p. nj. Miss
Easton was heard in Washington last
spring with the Scott opera company
when she made a brilliant success
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Pest.I Messenger !. . Iszie.b.

wsshinston.--A taxicab drove up I
front Of the Munsey Building and
special delivery messenger from IN
postofiice got out. filed his arms ful
Of special delivery packages and On
tered the building.
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b. f. KeIths Vaudeville.

William Rock and "One Two
Three. Four. Five Girls - and Two
More" his new dance production
will come here for Thanksgiving
week. The extra added attraction
will be the demure and dimpIed
coincidence Of syncopated song
Istyle, Ruth Roye. Stone and Hayes
should prove a big win in their car
nival episode. Green Goods" Other
features will be Altman and NaIly.
in Vice Versa" George ROLAND
and company. presented by Billie
Burke. in Fixing the Furnace"
Jack Lavier. in "All in lest" the
Koban japanese troupe, Jose tsson's
Original Icelandic "Glima" natives
in their astonishing performance ::
Topics OF the Day" the kinograms,
and the usual house inclusions.
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Next Week at Theaters

Avery Hopwood. will continue the
chief ATTRACTION at CrandaI's Met
repolitan Theater throughout the
remaining days of the current
week. with May Allison at her best
in the laughable role OF 'Blanny"
Wheeler.
Beginning next Sunday afternoon
and continuing the principal photo
play feature throughout next week.
will be shown for the first time in
Washington the perturbation o.
Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's celebrated
play. The Gay Lord Quex," with
Tom Moore filmed in the title role.
Leading the subsidiary camera pro-
ductions will be the newest OF the
Sunshine comedies, The Yellow
Dog Catcher" \
Moore's RiaIto - ssrhe Teeth of the
Tiger"
Teeth Of the Tiger" the thrillin:
Paramount-Artcraft photoplay of Ar
sene Lupin's adventures, in which
David Powell and Marguerite Courtot
are the featured players. will continue
to be the chief attraction at Moore's
Rialto Theater through Saturday Of
the current week.
Next week. the attraction at
Moore's Rialto will show how a mod
est girl with a captivating smile
! lured a Manhattan Insurance Com
pany into a workshop of lovelorn
wretches. The story forms the basis
for the next Constance Talmadge
picture, "A Virtuous Vamp" based on
Clyde Fitch's play. "The Bachelor" Z"
John Emerson and Apita Loos are re-
sponsible for the adoption.
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National Burton Holmes.

Burton Holmes Is to begin his an
nual series of travelogues in this
city at the New National Theater.
on Sunday night. with Belgium as
his topic. Last summer Mr.. Holmes
and his assistants motored through
Belgium. to Brussels. Antwerp.
Bruges. Ghent, -Ostende. Zeebrugeo.
Liege, Dinant. Ypres. Dixmude. and
other cities the names of which
filled the pages of the press for the
duration of the war. ana his pictures
will fully cover the scenes of dew
astation as we'll as show the coun-
tryside where Belgium is raising
her crops. The travelogue will be
repeated on Monday afternoon at
i:30 p. m.
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CraudalI's NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Feet Four,

Today and tomorrow CrandaIl's
knickerbocker Theater will pre-
sent a double feature bill of
unusual strength. The chief photo
play offering will be the Fox super
production. six Feet Four" in
which the stellar role is taken upon
the screen in faultless fashion by
William Russell. The secondary fea-
ture of the bill will be Squads and
SQuabbles." On Saturday only. June
Elvidge and Montagu Love will be
pictured in the co-stellar roles of
The Steel King"
Next Sunday and Monday. the
Knickerbocker will present as ito
piece de resistance, The Gay Lord
QueX." an elaborate perturbation of
the famous play of the same name
by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. with
Tom Moore in the title role. On
Tuesday and Wednesday. Wallace
Reid will be seen as star of The
Lottery Man" Saturdays bill will be
featured by Mary MacLaren. pic
tured in Bonnie, Bonnie Lassie."
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Cecil b. DeMille's latest Para
mount-Artcraft superspecial. Male
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BeI..e.-.My L.sy Friesd..'

BeI..es .My Lady Friends."
Emil Nyitray and Frank Mandel,
authors Of the latest farce comedy.
Ny Lady Friends" which Is coming
to the Shubert-Belasco Theatre next
Sunday evening. have written some
thing new under the sun" The piece
is entirely original as to plot and II
differs from most rstarring vehicles
in that all the ten characters are Of
the utmost Importance. Chief among
the fun makers Is Clifton Crawford.
who will be remembered for his clever
work In Three Twins.'' The Quaker
Girl' and Her Soldier Boy" The
play Is in three acts and has been
written for laughing purposes only.
NatisnaI-The Ed. Wynn Carnival.
B. C. whitney will present the Ed
Wynn CarnivaL-a musical revue In
q prologue of two acts and twelve
scenes at The New National next
week, beginning Monday night, with
matinees Thanksgiving and Saturday.
Ed. Wynn appears in the stellar role.
For this. his FIRST appearance at me
head OF his own organization, he has
selected . supporting cast of unusual
brilliancy. chief OF whom are Edna
Whistler. Maria GambarilH. Lillian
Fitzgerald. Ray M1lier's Melody Boys.
Frank Ridge. the Four Mayakos, ].
Harry Jenkins, and Regal and Moore
4 chorus Of stylish girls will add
beauty and gorgeous garmentry to
the production
shsbert-Garriek- at s,45."
The presentation by william A.
Brady, Lid. OF AT 1.-The meIo-
p drama Of mystery. marriage and mur-
der, by Owen Davis. at the Shubert-
Garrick, for one week commencing
next Sunday night. will be an event
Of unusual interest to theatergoers-
Mr.. Davis, one OF the most success
full and prolific OF our native play
wrights. has written a play of tense
cumulative interest and thrilling
climaxes. Mystery. romance and hu-
NOR are the elements which Mr.. Da-
Wis has deftly woven together in a
story that IL repiete with surprises.
Appearing in AT 9:l5 will be Marie
Con, Kenneth MacKenna, John Crom-
we'll, George Backus, Edith Shayne,
Idalene Cotton. Mildred MacLean, Ed
win Caldwell, Louis barclay. Frank
Dawson. Frank Hilton, Blythe DAILY
and Robert Thorne.
PoH's--Busfness Before PIeasure.s
Business Before Pleasure" returns
to Washington next week at Poli's
Theatre with a holiday matinee on
Thanksgiving Day. In this comedy.
the third OF the Potash and PERL
mutter series, Abe and Mawruss are
in the motion picture business sur
rounded with movie actors and a vam-
pire- As usual the sayings and bicS-
erings of the partners are excruciat-
ingly funny.
Montague Glass and Jules Eckert
Goodman are the authors of the
comedy. Jules Jordan has the role
Of Abe and Harry First known to
Washington audiences as Mawruss.
will be seen as the quarrelsome
partner.
Mny of the players in Business Be-
fore Pleasure" are known from former
productions in which Potash and Perl
mutter were the principal characters.
They are Lizzie Wilson. Jane Fearn-
ley, Lillian Breyer. Gladys Kingsbury,
Walter Petri, Robert Kenyon. Charles
Stanton John c. Hickey. Edward c.
Davis. Jack Grey and Z. F. Hill.
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"The Tempters.-

The Tempters'' is the name of the
attraction at the Lyceum Theatre next
week The principals are top notch
ers in their particular lines and the
list includes such well-known bur
lesquers as Jim McInnery. Margie Hill
ton. Sidney Rogers, Bert Bertrand,
Joe Curley and Gertrude Ralston.
The scenery consists of a carload and
IL comprises some of the most unique
and novel effects ever attempted
Zach Of the chorus Of 20 promises to
be a rare combination of singer,
dancer and beauty.
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Loews Pnlaee-MarEuerite Clark, In
sInck In Pawn

The remainder of the current week
at Loew's Palace Theater will be de-
voted to first Washington showings
Of Luck in Pawn" the splendid
screen adaptation Of Marvin Taylor's
stage success which brings Margue-
rite Clark to the Palace screen as the
featured player.
For the full week beginning next
sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, Loew's
Palace Theater announces as It's fea-
tured production, 1T Pays to Adver-
tise." a flashing hit OF romantic sa-
tie. which brings Bryant washburn
to the screen as the chief player "It
Pays to Advertise" Is the story of
Rodney Martin. a. B.. who faced the
world at an early age with nothing
but dads millions. thirty suits of
clothes and two bull pups. The pro-
duction will be amply supplemented
by musical and photoplay attractions
Of unusual appeal
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Cosmos-yaudeyilIe.

\ bill of real excellence at the Cos
mos theater next week promises two
especially fine headliners In Jack
Levy and his -Four Symphony Girls" "
a Galaxy of musical artists of the
first rank and the Six Imperial Kat
suda Japs, a famous Oriental troupe.
Bruce Richardson and company will
bring a laughable sketch called Nov
ing Day; Ward. Bell and Ward, a
circus novelty entitled Under the
White Tops; Jessie Reed, who is ia
nous for her Bits Of Ragtime Jazz:
Frank Farron, monologist, will bring
a new grist of funny things in song
and story. and Nevins and Mack.
blsekface laughmaker called bill, the
Bruiser.'
| Harry Houdini's picture. The Grim
Game" will be the added matinee at
traction.
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and Female" will hold forth at
Moore's Garden Theater all tihs
week. This masterpiece Is a pic
Irritation Of Sir James M. Barrie,s
celebrated play. '-The Admirable
crichtcn." ''Everywoman." a third
superspecial of this character. will
follow Male and Female" on the
Garden screen. Just when this lat
ter subject will be definitely an
nounced however. Is problematical.
Moorc's Strand - aYankee Doodle In
Berlin.1
Yankee Doodle in Berlin" with
the Mack Sennett bathing girls in
person and in film, Mile. Nadje, ex-
ponent OF physical culture. and Ten
Eyck and Weiiy. classical dancers
Of note. continue to hold forth for
capacity audiences at Moore's
Strand Theater this week. the run
closing Saturday.
An excellent musical score ac-
companies all showings. which to-
gether with other short flm sub
jects of merit. complete one of the
finest mixed bills offered this sta
son. -
No announcement has as yet been
made as TO the Forthcoming attrac-
ton at the Strand.
Crandall's-@A Girl In Bohemia"
Continuing the chief feature Of the
bill through tomorrow at Crandall's
Theater will be shown the latest ana
concededly the most interesting pho
todrams in which Peggy Hyland
ever has been presented upon the
screen. "A Girls in Bohemia" On
Saturday only, June Elvidge will be
the pictured star in The Woman of
Lies"
For the first three days of next
week Crandalrs will present The
Gay Old Dog" with John Cumber-
land. Beginning Wednesday and
continuing the major attraction
through Friday, Eastward Ho." in
which william Russell is the star.
will be shown. On Saturday Monroe
Salisbury will occupy the stellar po-
sition in His Divorced Wife"
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.CdaII's NctropoIitHn-.Fair ans
warmcr.,

"Fair and Warmer" the delight
fuIly amusing film version OF the
famous farce Of the same name by
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Gsyety-aFoIIIes OF the Day.

Barney Gerard's "Follies of the
Day" a musicl revue of current
topics. is next weeks attraction at
the Gayety Theater. A feature will
be several burlesques of popular
broadway theatrical productions. such
as East Is Wet" Going Up," Polly
With Past" and Business Before
Pleasure" The case is made UP of
such favorites as Harry Welsh, George
+. Hayes, Evelyn Cunningham. Sam
Green, Al H. Weston. Gertrude Saffin,
1rene Young. Al ii. West. Robert
Toiliyer and Mildred Laurie, and a
chorus of twenty beautiful and gor-
geously costumed girls forms an ade-
auate background for the many musi-
cal numbers.
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WHAT Has GONE BEFORH.

II tcopyrsht BY Harper Brothers. PubiahersJ
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Nainbow' $ End
A Nevel By REX BEACH

San.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-08
TREATY FIGHT TOREACH |
SENATE FLOOR IN WEEK
Versailles Document Is Expected to Have Right of Way
Over All Other Measures-Fina Enactment of
Prohibition Bill May Come in Few Days.

speaking tour, both from the Senate
floor ana in other cities.
Definite arranscm,ntS are to be made
this week for tho congressional well
come 10 General l'crshing. Congress
probably VIII honor the eNpeditionary
The general Investigation into Mcxi-
can affairs will l.. opcnc | tomorrow
by the senate Foreign Relations sub.
committee. uf which senator Fall, Re-
publican New Mexico, is chairman
The inquiry Is expected 10 cuntinuc
New York. of the League of Free Ma
lions. has been called az the rrst VIII
urss scheduled.
Prohibition enforcement legislation
enters its final stage this week with
conferences between Senate and House
is expected by next week. The Cum
minis railroad bill, proposing private
ownership and operation under Federal
control. with strikes ana lockouts
Drna iizcd. will bc taken up Tuesday
by the Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee. The House committee
will continue it's hearings on similar
lcsisla ton.
Disposition of legislation designed TO
reduce living costs IS somewhat In
doubt. While the House is expect ed
20 pass the departmental appropra-
ton measures after pruning the S4o.-
100000 requested. other legislation is
tood-controi law 50 as To give tho De-
rHrtment Of Justice more power to
prevent protitcC-inS is on tho Senate
calendar. but because Of tho peace
treaty its prospect OF immediate pas
SAGE is uncertain. The House Aer-
this week bill 10 regulate cold stor-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-08
MANY RESOLUTIONS READY
FOR MINERS CONVENTION
Over Six Hundred Await Delegates of
nited Mine Workers when They
Gather In Cleveland.
IRv A.sociatet g.

CLEVELAND, sept, 7-Resoiutions
against compulsory military service in
the United States and demanding am
nesty for political prisoners" con-
Nicted under the espionage act. freedom
for Ireland, non!nterference IN Russia
the formation OF national labor
party, and action on various other
political questions find place with pro
posals Tor the nationa liZation Of coal
mines, modification OF wage scales and
hours OF labor improved sanitary con
dit!oES and facilities AZ the mines and
other particularly mining topics In the
budget of over coo resolutions await
ing action before the convention Of
the United Mine Workers, which opens
here Tuesday.
Leading officials and members OF i'm
portant committees are already on the
ground, and many delegates are ar
irving. and decided trend in favor
Of affirmative action on the political
amnesty. anti-conscription. Irish and
Russian resolutions is already evident
The resolutions committee may also
report out resolution on the league
OF nations. Sentiment in regard 10
the nationa !izaiiOn OF coal mines ap-
pears div lded. some delegates doubling
It's immediate pract!caDilit!.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-08
STRIKE SETTLEMENT FAILS
= TO SATISFY MANY ACTORS
Players Give Voice TO Protest in VIC
tory Meeting Held at Lexington
Thcatcr.
tpy Universal SoryicoN

NEW YORK Sept. /. The victory
meeting Of the Actors Equity Asso-
citation in the Lexington .Theater to-
day was disturbed by cries OF steam
roller. and protests against the Sc
crtcy OF the officers of the association
regarding tho terms Of the settlement
with tho managers. Paul Turner.
counsel for the association, who was
the principal speaker at the meeting.
said II would serve no good purpose to
reveal the terms OF the settlement at
present.
one actor, who climbed to the stage
after the meeting had been adjourned,
said to Frank Gilmore. executive Sec
rotary OF the association:
What have l gained by this strike
j am back in my old job. at my old
salary. and with the cnmity of my
manager. But the Fidoes tmembers Of
the Fidelity League In the same cast
have got raises in salary. What was
the use OF striking il we arc not to
be protected against discrimination by
managers"
All that will be answered at strike
headquarters tomorrow" said Gilmore.
Everything will be taken care Of
Just have Il little paticncc''