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BY Ann Lisle.
LEFT Daisy Condor with the
feeling that. somehow. I'd

LEFT Daisy Condor with the
feeling that. somehow, ia
II just missed fire in my effort
to help her. The one thing I
couldn't say was perhaps the
only thing which would have con-
vinced her of the futility of her
feeling for Tom. But can't
even now SUI how possibly
could have found the courage to
say:
My dear, there's no doubt that
Tom is in love with Irma
Warren, and she with him. You
aren't exactly in his world, after
all, and he isn't going to marry
outside that world"
At all events. I couldn't afford
to give more time to. Daisy and
her concerns. The need of the
moment was to raise the money
to pay the Star for the Derring.
forth advertising account. So
shaking my shoulders vigorously,
as II to rid myself of the burden
of worry I'd found myself assum.
ing, 1 turned toward loan office
building which Ia marked out
long ago one other day when my
fortunes were at ebb tide.
Entering gingerly i got direc-
tions from a suave and dignifled
official and soon found myself in
a line on my way toward a win
dow from which cards of appli.
cation were issued. l filled in the
minor details readily enough,
even making an unmoved state
ment Of the amount of money l
needed. But when 1t came to
name and address" l hesitated.
couldn't drag Carlotta into
his sordid business by giving her
home as my address. | didn't
wish to tar and feather my office
with the stigma of the need TO
which II was driving me. To set
down my name seemed like drag.
Ring Jim into n matter which
didn't combine very well with the
Harrison dignity. With sudden
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A TIMID ghost OF 1859 swayed
~ her hooped way down the
marbled corridor OF a mod
ern hotel. drifted gently and
cautiously down a palm lined. tap.
estry-hunE place of rendezvous and
sank with spectral rustic of silk
flounCes into a crimson divan.
The gentleman ghost of 1859 had
told her he would meet her prompt
ly there for tea II she would so far
favor him in the modern way as
10 come a few steps on her mouse
like feet. incidentally, the reason
the gallant, punCtilious lover OF
other dead days was LATE was
for very good reason, that mod
ern girl understands jam in the
subway.
Above her sleek. brown seal.
smooth head and the snowy rufflcs
and rOsebuds that framed the hair
and the heart shaped face that went
under II, was a modern mirror,
hung with tassels. Above that
hung the Elittering mass IL a
crystal chandelier like a huge ump
Of cracked ice; IL shattered the light
at its core into a shifting blaze as
of the sun through rain drops.
The grandeur. the marble and
gilt, the crystalline lights, none OF
them seemed strange to the little
ghost that waited-but the modern
mirror with its tassels, colorcd in
strange dyes like Russian opera
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THE BEAUTY SHOP
"A Sparkling Tale of Two Countries, in
Which the Versatile Hero Wins a
Bride Instead of Fortune.

and his pride forbade him to as
sumo II was because he sat in the
center of the room.
He was conscious, too. of the
rnalevolent stare of big man who
passed frequently-a big man with
curling mustaches escorting a
charming little girl whom he ad.
dressed as Coca.
He recognized her as one Of the
two girls he had seen dancing
when he first sat down. His eyes
followed the petite one as she
clung TO the arm OF the big man.
DR.. Budd sighed, rose from the
table ana walking with a majestic
step hftook himself to a small en-
closure just outside the cafe,
where rustic benches and flower
ing shrubs formed delightful spot
for a siesta.
He leaned against a trellis. and
as he leaned there came to him
mite of loveliness; she looked at
him and sighed.
Baron, feel so sorry for you,"
she said in Bolognian English.
Evidently she knew his rank. He
made baronial bow.
why the sorrow, little one?
Haven't IL lot of things coming
to me?"
Yes; that's why l grieve. You
are the last OF the Sizerellas; you
will always be the last Of the Sizer-
elias"
Her sadness was inexplicable to
the marquis.
"Of course I will; but what does
that matter so long az I can bask
in the sunlight of your smile?"
Before he could finish Anna, fol.
lowed by Briggs. interrupted the
harmony OF the duet.
why, Guardy" she cried. why
is this thus? We saw you go out
and thought you were in the bar.
Don't you feel well?"
The doctor held up warning
finger. Not a word! don't
want this to get into the society
columns. Obey me and / may lrt
you and Briggs get married. after
ALL"
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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A CRYPTIC smile overspread
IA the undertaker's face as he
4 II leaned forward. The
castle. the grounds, the cellars,
the ruins. the towers all are
yours" he whispered; but your
real Inheritance
"Ah." the doctor broke in,
"you're coming to the inheritance
tax"
Again that cryptic smile on the
face of Sobini.
"All the treasures your ances-
tors once possessed" Sobini went
on. diamonds. rubies. priceless
laces, tapestries, wines, acres on
acres OF Spanish onions-all these
are as nothing to the gem Of the
collection"-
Don't go on" said the doctor;
.you've said an earful. II l can
get all the little trifles you've
enumerated I'll pass up what's
coming-I1l make a present of it
TO you. old dear"
Sobini shook a positive mead in
a negative shake. mo, Excel
Iency. all the trifles have enumer-
ated are gone"
"Gone?" echoed the doctor.
Flown - squandered - annihi.
lated-but the gem of the collection
remains-thank the good Lord,
no Sizerella could not give that
away-it is entailed, as 1t were"
- I'm all on edge" said the doc
tor; spill it,"
The feud between the Sizerellas
and the Maldonados-it is yours,
Excellency-yours till you die"
II beg your pardon. .Soblni, but
would be offending your Spanish
ideas OF courtesy If l remarked
that have an aversion to feuds?"
Fear not" replied Sobini; 80
long as you are here the feud is
yours-you have come into your
own, and the beauty of 1t all is
that It will be with you till you
die. However, don't take it too
seriously: we couldn't think OF let
IIng you return until you get all
that's coming to you-Spanish hos
pitality demands that of us" So
bini arose and strode away, the
picture of gloom.
For a moment DR.. Budd was left
alone with his thoughts, but only
for a moment. He was conscious
of being the center of attraction,
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|IIIIIUIIlIlllllIlIIl

your medicine and finally induced me
to try II. now feel fine and can do
my housework without any trouble at
all. You can use this letter for the
sake Of others If you wish. " - Mrs.
WELDON G. HATFIELD, r. R. 3, Sc
tsna, Ohio.
Housewives make a great mistak
m allowing themselves to become 8;
weak and nervous that it is well-nigt
impossible for them to attend TO Their
necessary household duties.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetabl.
Compound should be taken when yo,
first notice such symptoms as ner.
vousness, backache, weakness and ir
regularity. II will help you and pre-.
vent more serious trouble.
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Mysteries
of Space
Revealed
BY Garrett P. Serviss,
Eminent Astronomer and Authority
on subjects Of Scientific
Interest.

why the endless discussion
as to whether time and space
are or are not infinite? They do
not exist; they are mere con.
ceptions, are they not? 1t can
never come to pass that things
shall not stand out from one
another in the way Of distance,
or events precede or succeed
one another in the order. Of oc.
currence, and that is all that
time and space mean. is It not?
They are thoughts, not things.
ID. G., Brooklyn"
A S I look out Of a window
"A see: First. the window
l. u sash. ten feet away; then
some tress across the road; then
a field OF grass; beyond that
trees again: finally blue sky with
white clouds. Since / do not per-
ceive the air or the window glass
they might as well not exist as
far as my sight is concerned.
What is II, then, that separates
these various objects so that they
lie. as have learned to know
through other sense impressions,
at different distances away? II IL
space. II there were no air and
no glass in that space, would the
space cease to be? Manifestly no.
II there were pothing whatever.
not even the medium called "the
ether" occupying that space and
conveying the light by which ]
see the various objects so that
they would be as invisible to me
as the air and the glass. would
the space then cease to be? To
common sense manifestly the re.
ply should again be no. for the
space would continue to be ther.
even II no material thing what
ever occupied IT. II is. as YOU
say, a conception. an abstraction.
and is not supposed. in itself. to
have a physical existence. like a
mass OF matter. But il is per
fectly comprehensive, neverthe
less.
We have got to have these
purely mental things-ab distractions
Mental life cannot go on without
them. They lie at the basis Of
physical science itself The con.
ception Of mass, for instance, is
an abstraction of this kind. Poin-
care. the great French matnemati.
clan, defined mass simply as "a
coefficient which II is convenient
to introduce into calculations. He
would try not to make any physi.
cal representation OF It, though II
is fundamental in physics. So
space Is a conception that must
stand on its own feet.
In the sense that we ALWAYS
connect mass with matter we
also conect space with matter. and
so perhaps we should be justified
In affirming that there is no space
where there is matter. This is
the basis Of our inability to grasp
the conception Of infinity.
Whether or not anything Is
really gained for clearness of
thought by linking time with space
under the name Of a fourth dlmenr
sion, the idea may be justified, as
that Of mass" Is. by it's mathe
matical convenience. But surely
there is nothing novel in treating
time as an extension, and our
thoughts about II in many ways
resemble our thoughts about space.
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dale and the day may come when
I'll be glad to feel that the men of
the newspaper and advertising
world know and believe IN A. l..
Harrison as well as her business
office
Go Be Continued Saturday,
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"SdhIlebS anu IT.
regularity. / was
weak and nervous
and could hardly
stand on my feet
long enough to
cook ameal. Twas
this way for about
q year and had
tried severalm
icines and had a
physician, but to
no avail. My sis
ter was taking
The Washington times., 1922-05-11
This Day in History

THIS is the anniversary of the death, in 1778, Of
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, the staunch friend
of the Colonies who declared that he were an Amer
can he would not submit to unrepresented taxation.
The Washington times., 1922-05-11
MRS. HATFIELD
SAB|NA, OHIO
In Pitiable Condition When She
Began Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Sabina, Ohio. II took Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable COMPOUND for
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READ THIS FIRST.

l. DIR. Arbutus Budd, proprietor OF
"The Beauty Shop" trades a dozen
bottles of perfume for a uniform
belonging to the Duke OF Sizerella.
He uses his own face and the head
gear thus acquired as a trade
mark. This trademark is recog-
fiized in Bologna. Spain. as bear.
ing the crest of the Sizerellas.
Panatella, a hotelkeeper; Sobini,
an undertaken. and Maldonado. a
nobleman, want a sSizerella in Bo-
logna. Sobini goes to New York
and persuades the doctor to claim
the Sizerella estates. Budd. with
his manager, Briggs, and his love-
ly ward, Anna, arrive in Spain
with Sobini.
c'Tbe Beauty Shop" the play by
Claiming Pollock and Rennoh
Wolf, has been created INTO q
phOtoplay by Cosmopolitan Produc.
tions, direction of Edward Dillon.
scenario by Doty Hobart. 1t Is re.
leased as a Paramount PictureJ
Sc~ee71 Version NoDeLized.
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Jupiter, Saturn and the "Vrgin"

! ABOUT D. M Jupiter and Saturn are high in the
N center of the southern part of the sky in the
constellation Virgo, the Virgin" jupiter is about
ten degrees east and south of Saturn and brightest
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A CRYPTIC smile overspread
IA the undertaker's face as he
Il n leaned forward. THE
The Washington times., 1922-05-11
BY Jane Mclean.

Screen Version Novelized.
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with many opera stars know what might
be called kisses of temperament" and
these, believe me, are very different from
the kisses which spell danger and the d.
vorce court
DR.. Rosenthal is not an expert on
kisses. He attaches too much Importance
to the kiss Mr. Diaz gave his wife. DIR.
Rosenthal was stirred to jealousy which
would be more fitting for Turkish Sultan
than the husband of a vocal artist, which
Mrs. Rosenthal really is.
IF | caught a man kissing Mrs. Fehr
In cozy-corner, tete-a-tete, that would be
a reprehensible kiss. But l have enough
confidence in my wife to know that she
would never permit a secret caress. The
Kiss in the ballroom of the hotel was a
perfectly frank. open thing. 1t had no
significance any more than a handshake
"A kiss Is sometimes a safety valve"
continued Mr.. Fehr. philosophically. "A
temperamental tenor admires a pretty
woman. She Is flattered by his admira-
ton. A kiss Is like the flashing of the
lightning from one charged cloud to an
other. Let 1t fash and the emotion evap-
crates. Suppress 1t and you can't tell
where it will lead. If 1t is Open public
prudes may gasp. Othellos may go mad.
but men of the world will smile and
charge 1t up to the artistic temperament
Mrs. Fehr was wellknown concert
pianist when | met her. She was accus-
toned to applause and admiration. To be
admired makes her happy. 1t is not the
first time she has been kissed by another
man in my presence. When Caruso set
sail for Italy from which he was not to
return, we went to the ship to see him of,
When in spirit Of bravado Caruso sang
one long, high note, Mrs. Fehr dubbed
over and kissed him; he kissed her back.
| did not object to that"
So, while DR.. Rosenthal made no secret
OF his furious indignation at what he re-
garded as an insult and a humiliating
familiarity, Mr.. Fehr found reason to be
pleased and rather fattered. Mr. Fehr's
happy smile which likened a kiss to the
fash Of lightning harmlessly playing be.
tween one charged cloud and another did
not explain what would happen II one OF
the clouds concerned in the lightning fash
happened to be charged with powder.
IF Mr.. Fehr was jealous | should be
very unhappy" Mrs. Fehr observed. ale
Is glad to have men admire me, because
that corroborates his own admiration
And Mr.. Rafaele Diaz, the handsome
tenor of the Metropolitan forces, whose
sunny Texas complexion was damaged
that night in the ballroom, had only this
comment to make:
Hereafter l shall have to get a GER
tifcate Of husbands approval when any
lady tells me she is from Texas"
And the editor, as he finishes reading
this article, wonders how the readers OF
this page would answer the question:
Should husband be hattered or fsri-
Gus II another man kisses his wifs,"
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any discrimination knows the difference
between a compliment and liberty. A
compliment, like courtesy. is appreciated
by myself as well as Mrs. Rosenthal. But
anybody with the instincts of a gentleman
and the advantages that come from good
breeding knows where the dividing line
lies between courtesy and familarities.
81 am old-fashioned in my ideas, per-
haps. | know that some husbands and
some wives in this modern day seem to
live under a free-and-easy code which Is
to me undignfed, abhorrent snd danger
Gus to sturdy morality. l have no fault
to find with men who feel fiattered when
strangers fondle and kiss their wives,
either in private of in public. That Is
their affair. But any man who attempts
familiarities with my wife will be taught
a lesson In good manners promptly"
Il might be mentioned at this point that
the doctors wife is studying music and
has vocal ambitions. In fact, Mrs Rosen.
thai had an appointment to have a test
made Of her voice at the Metropolitan
Opera House the very next day. Mrs.
Fehr was to have gone with her as her
accompanist.
But that appointment for the test of
Mrs. Rosenthal's voice was broken. DR..
Rosenthal, In the light OF what he had
learned about the artistic kiss" of the
grand opera stars, refused to allow his
wife to keep the appointment.
When Mr.. Fehr was seen in regard to
the ballroom episode, and asked whether
a husband should be fattered or furious
If another man kissed his wife, he said:
at all depends on the kind, quality,
place and circumstances Of the kiss. am
a Judge OF kisses. know the kinds and
qualities and significance OF various vari-
eties of kisses. Being we'll acquainted
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rived at the right spot at the right mo-
ment to receive on his own head punch
number two, which was intended for Mr.
Diaz's sunny Texas complexion.
Friends gathered up the disheveled
tenor and moved him to a place of safety
in another part of the hotel, while Mr..
Fehr and other friends held the able fists
OF the doctor until he had Gained down.
And then, as the news of the little
tragedy spread through the great ball
room, thee momentous question passed
from lip to lip:
Should a husband be battered or fur
ious IL another man kisses his wife,"
The reader of this page will already
have decided his or her answer to this
question. no doubt, but ii is interesting
perhaps to hear the point of view Of the
various actors in that little drama on the
ballroom floor the other evening at the
Commodore.
ITO me, the affair at the Hotel Commo-
dore is not a pleasant subject to discuss"
said DR.. Rosenthal. But | will say this
| was Inundated beyond measure to see
Mr. Diaz take such liberty with my wife.
I regard II as the height of impudence for
any man, whether he is an opera singer
or not, to believe that my wife could be
pleased and complimented by his promis-
cuous and idly given kisses. That this
man kissed Mrs. Rosenthal openly. pub
licly on r ballroom floor, simply added to
the insult to both OF us.
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on the grand opera stage. He has been in
love scenes, in murder scenes, in duels
and In fist fights. 1t Is necessary in play
ing these various grand opera roles to
seem to take thumps, punches and sword
thrusts and to fall as IL injured or killed.
But on all these occasions on the stage
Mr.. Diaz knows exactly what is coming
for and arranges his stage fall in q be-
coming manner.
This time. however, the flying fist was
not down on the programme. Mr.. Diaz
didn't know that a very solid blow was
coming through the air to land on his
Texas complexion. He did not even know
who the man was who owned the fst. He
had no time to practise q graceful, artis-
tic fall.
Bang! went the fist, as already men,
toned
"Ouch!" groaned the handsome tenor
as he crumpled up in a perfectly natural
but not at all artistic bundle on the floor
of the great Hotel Commodore ballroom.
As the astonished singer CROPPED to his
knees and turned upward a bewildered
face he beheld the menacing ist of Dr.
Harvey Rosenthal, Of Riverside Drive, and
heard these words of explanation:
I'll teach you to insult lady-you
kissed my wife! Get up and I will finish
your lesson now and here!" said the doc
tor as that awful fist slowly drew into
position for another sledgehammer blow.
Well, Of course, It was tragic situa-
ton. Mrs. Rosenthai stood petrifed with
surprise, Mary McCormic's pretty jaw
dropped and Mrs. Fehr. who had been the
innocent cause of the tragedy, covered her
eyes with her fan to keep out OF her
vision what she was sure would be muir
der.
Mr.. Fehr. who had stood close to Daz
during the three artistic kisses, realized
that DR.. Rosertha was thoroughly in earn
est. Instantly springing between the be-
wildered tenor and the Infatuated husband
Of the last.kissed woman, Mr. Fehr ar
tCl 100, hx Ar.,,c., u~-Ltx A.
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And then the young Metropolitan tenor
clasped both hands of the Chicago singer
and planted kiss upon her enraptured
face-an artistic kiss" they called it.
Mrs. Fehr, the hostess. is woman OF
quick mental action. Instantly she real
lied that the secret key to the treasure
chest Of kisses OF the opera star lay in the
magic word Texas" Mr.. Fehr grasped
the situation, too, and touched his wife's
arm. Scarcely had the tenor withdrawn
from the gentle embrace and Miss Nc
Cormic recovered from the delicious thrill
of the unexpected attention when Mrs.
Fehr pressed close to Mr.. Diaz and said:
''Oh, Mr.. Diaz, am from Texas too"
or course. the tenor did the gallant
thing. Fixing his eyes upon the expect
ant face of Mrs. Fehr he advanced a step
and planted an artistic kiss where II was
hoped for.
Mrs Fehr is bighearted, generous
woman. Her guest, Mary McCormic, had
been favored; she herself had received a
priceless token-were there not other
friends of Mrs. Fehr within reach who
might be gotten In on the kissing while
the kissing was good?
At that instant Mrs. Fehr's eye behed
her friend Mrs Minna Rosenthal, a few
PAGES away on the ballroom floor.
"Minna, Minna, come over here a min
ute, want you to meet Mr.. Diaz," she
cried.
And as Mrs. Fehr brought up her friend
to the presence of the great tenor and
they clasped hands she spoke the magic
words:
and Mrs. Rosenthsl is from Texas, too,
you should know"
Again the handsome tenor arose to the
bait and planted an artistic xiss where he
thought It belonged. A lcok Of surprise
spread over the face OF Mrs. Rosenthal
when
SMASH!
A sturdy fist shot opt from somewhere
and landed squarely IN the rosy Texas
cOmplexioned forehead OF the tenor.
Now, Mr.. Diay has played many parts
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TT was in the crowded ballroom of the
Hotel Commodore In New York the
. other evening that something hap
pened suddenly, Unexpectedly, which
raised a question which is not easy to
answer.
And the question is:
Should husband be flattered or furious
when another man kisses his wife?
1t was after the conclusion OF the pro-
gramme of the concert given as a charity
benefit for crippled children that the
patrons, guests and distinguished singers
split into little groups for supper and then
strolled into the splendid big ballroom for
dancing.
In that ballroom were many wellknown
New York men and women of fashion,
wealth and phanthropic impulses Sew
eral distinguished stars Of the Metropoli-
tan Opera House galaxy had generously
volunteered their services, and among
them was Mr.. Rafaele Diaz, the handsome
young tenor of the Metropolitan.
Miss Mary McCormc, the charming
singer of the Chicago Opera Company,
happened to be in town and went along
to the concert as a guest Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis White Fehr, the lawyer and musi-
cal critic. Mr.. Fehr's wife is also we'll
known in the world of music as Elizabeth
Mandelkern Fehr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fehr know everybody OF
musical importance in New York and Chi.
cago, and 1t was the most natural thing
In lie world as Mr.. Fehr's party stroled
across the ballroom for Mrs. Fehr to pre-.
sent her guest to Mr.. DiaZ, the popular
tenor Of the Metropolitan's forces
Fhe two musical artists, Diaz of the
Metropolitan, and Miss McCormic of the
Chicago company, are both young and at
tractive and 1t was real pleasure to each
of these artists to meet.
The young tenor is not ashamed of be-
ing called good looking and makes no OBJ.
lection il somebody mentions his fresh,
glowing complexion. Mr.. Diaz has Span
ish blood In his veins and his ancestors
moved up from Mexico into Texas, where
young Diaz lived his boyhood in the open
life of the out-of-doors, which he still loves
to think of. Texas. with its endless miles
of unbroken grazing acres, was a joy to
him as a boy, and is still a bond of com.
mon interest with anybody else he meets
from Texas.
ut is a great pleasure to meet you. Miss
McCormic," said Mr.. Diaz. with such a
charming natural face, figure and COM
plexion, surely you need none OF the
articles of makeup when you sing your
lines"
1t was a very pretty speech on the part
OF Mr. Diaz and Miss McCormic smiled
sweetly at the compliment and tried to
think rapidly for something equally pleas.
ant to say.