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THE MAGIC EYE : By John Goodwin

6sDIcTURE starts at $780," said
4 Quinn. az think you ought
TO be there. Frank"
'The case and the picture hang
together. look to see things
move quickly now. And I've
done my best. but I won't proph.
ssy; ! only say-hope. Keep q
stiff upper lip"
When he had gone, Frank
thrust his hands deep in his
pockets.
Owen" he said bitterly, "this
thing is a failure, and Quinn
knows 1t. You can see il in his
manner. He doesn't really hope
ct all. None of the others be-
lieve in 1t any longer. not even
Di."
He walks across to the old
piano. II was months since he
had touched 1t. The once Wanted
opera Of the Alley lay on a
shelf. Neither Of the brothers
had any heart for it now. But
there was solace in the old vel.
low keyboard all the same.
Frank began one Of Chopin's noe
turnes, but presently the chords
softened and dissolved into much
simpler and older music, "Sally
in Our Alley"
Owen closed his eyes and lay
back in a reVerie; he had never
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heard even Frank play quite like
that. artist in music though he
was. When the song ended Owen
looked up.
Frank had left the piano. He
was leaning on the sill of the win.
dow, his face buried in his hands.
Owen was beside him in a no
ment and laid an arm on his
shoulder.
What il it," ne asked.
Nothing" said Frank YEARLY.
Owen led him away from the
window.
Fps it about Maffie?" ne asked.
Frank was silent He
had meant to say nothing. but he
had reached the breaking point.
He turned to his brother, white.
faced.
Owen" he said suddenly. I'm
in hell! don't know how I stand
it. But there, I'm talking like a
fool"
mo, you're not" said Owen.
you're talking sense at last"
"Sense?" said Frank, turning
away. I've no right to be speak
why did Di ever come back"
. he said. IF we had never seen
her again. I could have stood it
better. Two months ago moth
ing seemed to matter much, and
drifted into this--I don't know
how. But Di-"
LOT course, I've seen it all
along" said Owen. I'm not
blind"
IL have loved Di all my life,"
said Frank slowly. "It began,
believe, when we were Back home
in England and she was going to
school there. / know Di is the
only woman in the world that
matters to me, and, though she
might never have cared for me
anyhow, the thought of being tied
up to anyone else is just a tor
ment! don't suppose. even IL
i were free. she could care for
me like that"
Face the Music
Don't your" said Owen. and
paused. "Well, face it. What's
the way out?"
There's no way out. A man
does not go back on his word. I"
do you want my advice?"
There's no advice you can
give. I'm going to end it. I've
asked Mafalda, would she marry
me at the end OF the week, and
she said. Tomorrow, II you like,
Frankly That's the only way.
When a thing IL done and settled,
then zyOtI Cmu facA u That. tIa
way I'm made. anyhow. II we
| drifted on, ] don't know what 1
should do. We shall be man and
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seemed to catch and hold the
heat. Once lizard scurried away
through the dust.
But when they returned to the
hotel Betty knew no more than
she had when they started their
walk. She was baffled. but not
beaten. as she walked upstairs to
the second floor room and flung
herself across the bed exhausted
by the heat.
Jared glanced over at her. but
continued to write steadily on
what appeared to be a letter adj
dressed to Betty's father.
The heat Of the day subsidized
fast at shutdown and soon a cool
breeze swept across the desert.
Freshened by the rest she had
taken. Betty was ready and eager
to attend the dance as Jared had
promised.
They took dinner together in
the hotel dining room. but nons
Of Jared's mysterious acquaint'
ances appeared on the scene to
worry her. Afterward as dark.
ness fell she heard music in the
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nice, since it Is economical,
keeps well and does very good
service as a substitute for fruit
cake for afternoon tea.
Two cups brown sugar, 2 CUBS
water, l teaspoon cinnamon,
teaspoon cloves, Il teaspoon ALL
spice, Il teaspoon nutmeg, 2
tablespoons shortening. cups
chopped raisins, 3 cups flour, /
teaspoon soda, u teaspoon salt.
Boil sugar, water and spices
together for five minutes. Re.
move from fire and add the fat.
Add the raislns and cool. Sift
flour and soda together. Mix
we'll and bake in two creased
loaf pans in a moderate oven
$3.50 deg. FL from three .fourths
20 one hour.
Raisins have brought into popu.
larity the old = fashioned brown
bread than which there is moth
ing better for sandwiches at sum.
mer picnics.
One and one-half cups flour, 2
cups graham flour, n cup corn
meal, "a cup brown sugar, 2 tea.
spoons baking powder, tea
spoon soda, / teaspoon salt, u
cup chopped nuts, / cup seeded
raisins, II cup molasses, 2 Guns
sour milk or buttermilk.
Mix and sift all the dry in.
gradients excepting the gre ham
flour. Use this without sitting.
ADD the other materials in the
order named. Put in two small
creased pans. Let stand Is min.
utes and then bake in a moderate
oven (S6O deg. F1 tor 40 min.
utess
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NEW WAY OF USING RAISINS
BY Hannah Wing

HAVING taught us that we
IL need raisins in our daily
diet as one of the important
foods that supply US with the
iron that makes good red blood
and wards off anemia, the raison
people now wisely come along to
tell us some of the simple things
that We can do to make it easy
to cook with raisins.
Seeded raisins of exceptionally
sweet and distinctive flavor can
we'll be used in place of cnrrants,
and since they are prepared
under tine cleanest of conditions
and properly cleaned before
packed in dust-proof packages,
they do not need washing. If
they are to be used in uncoOked
dishes, however, it will be we'll
to plump them by steaming or
simmering in water a few min.
utes before using. But drain
them we'll before using. In cakes,
bread. ETC., the wise ones know
that raisips should be dredged
thoroughly with flour and added
to the mixture after all the other
things are well in. Those who
insist upon using seeded raisins
will find that they can be cut
most easily with scissors and
that If the scissors are dipped
occasionally in flour or hot water
the raisins will not stock to the
blades. incidentally. even If
small chopping bowl Is used, the
blade Of the chopper should I've
dipped in flour. otherwise the
raisins will be mangled as we'll
as cut.
On the recent raisin recipes
this spice cake 10 particularly
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NoW Continue

FINALLY, for she wasn't entire
" . child. Betty began to won
der wksre all the money came
from, and whether ne was really
using the proceeds from the nnys-
terlous pearls Uncle Billy had
mentioned.
Back in the hotel room Betty
was Onfs' too eager to change
from her flimsy dresses to the ro-
mantle attire of a Western girl.
While she changed. she kept up
. running string Of questions fer
Jared to answer. He answered
them with an amused smile on his
face, while his bride Of a day,
totally lacking in self-conscious-
ness. changed completely from
her futile frocks to the weIl-made,
substantial dress Of horsewoman.
When she had finished she
stepped over and pirouetted before
him like q fashion model. Lhen
he laughed aloud and pulled her
20 his lap, while she blushei
furiously as her self consciousness
returned.
What ia like to discover" he
told ners Is now anyone can nelp
falling In love with yOu.'
She got Up then and went to
the window. Across the road,
lounging against a tree stood her
friend OF the night before. Uncle
Billy had come through l,n the
same train and seemed to have
mace himself at home. She started
to tell Jared. but thought better
of 1t. Here was q wedge into the
secret and she meant to make the
best use Of &c she could.
Stepping before the panel mirror
IN the door, Betty surveyed her.
self from head to foot admiringly.
The big soEnbrero framed her face
just right, and she made = real
picture.
Jared" she said, "Id like to
20 to a dance in these"
Her husband stood thoughtfully
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brand new forgery. caught Uncle
Billy's attention. He showed the
man he had been talking to
toward the door of the inn be.
hind him. but not until Betty
had recognized the man she knew
only as Mac"
She pursed her lips and nodded
sagely. THE clan gathers, it
seems" she told herself grimly>
as she took Uncle Billy by the
arm and asked him to walk with
her.
Betty's walk with Uncle Billy
was not productive of great deal
of information. She was aware
of the amused glances of the
passersby. but after the first few
minutes she began to enjoy the
attention she attracted in her
new clothes.
The city stretched out over a
rather large territory. larger than
she had dreamed. Nothing seem.
ed crowded. Even the stores ap.
peared to have taken plenty OF Ell.
bow room. The sun was scorch.
ing hot and the cement walks
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distance, and a few minutes later
she left her cares behind as they
approached an open air dance
pavilion.
Pleasure Seekers
The music was exhilaratinR.
She laughed an she used to when
trying to create thrills for her.
guests; only now in strange sur.
roundings she was a bit more
timid. She had a peculiar fore.
boding that something untoward
was due to happen and kept
glancing about the floor nervous
ly. The electric light bulbs shed
an uncanny glow over the crowd
of pleasure seekers. as they NOV.
ed about. There were clerks.
farmhands. schoclboys, and work.
ing girls in the crowd, and here
and there a soldier from the
nearby barracks. 1t was in it's
way a cosmopolitan crowd, in.
GLIDING the less desirable element
which fingered near the entrance.
Betty had danced twice with
Jared when Uncle Billy appeared
on the scene and demanded a
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: a moment looking at the floor.
guess maybe you can" he
said. "If there's q dance tonight
Wen wait over and get an early
start in the morning. You may
as well get used to those buds
as Wen have to check the rest
weeks until we get backYs
Betty looked at her husband
moment as though she were
going to rebel, they asked:
What will people think ii, I
wear these on the street?"
"That you are a tenderfoot
and think it is the thing to do"
THAT will be horrible. They'll
laugh at me-"
At that Jared took her by the
shoulders and swung her face
around toward him.
Look at me-" he said. Have
you never been ridiculed?"
She shook her head vigorously.
Then I think you shouldn't
mind it even il it happens more
than once. What are these people
to your
Betty started to take off her
sombero. but changed her mind
when she remembered seeing
Uncle Billy. She must go to
him and start getting to the
bottom of this thing.
I'm going for a walk" she
told Jared poutingly. I'll be
back before dinner time"
The Letter
Jared watched her go without
4 word. Then he sat down at
the desk and addressed a letter
to her father. For an even hour
he chewed at the end Of q
pencil and started letters only to
throw them away. 1t was not
going to be easy to write what
he had in mind.
In the meantime, Betty, skip.
ping across the street in her
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huge poster. lit by a ring Of Grim
son and white electrics. 1t was
a portrait of Mafalda Seaton her.
self. a reproduction on an inn
nense scale Of the sketch that
Owen had made Of her. 1t was
by far the most striking thing in
the display: 1t gazed over the
heads of the crowd with that
queer. fatalistic smile that was
Mafalda's favorite pose.
Frank caught his breath and
stared at it. fascinated. It had
it's message for him. It was as
though the half.closed eyes spoke
to him. As though the eyes Of the
monstrous thing said: Observe
me. / am the puppet whom mil
lions will be flocking to see, and
in five days / shall be your wife"
Maffie's fingers closed on his
arm.
The lights were already going
out and the orchestra struck up
as they took their places-two
seats near the front Of the bal
cony.
The house was packed to over
flowing; there was not a seat
vacant. A series of newsree1 pic.
lures appeared and was disposed
of, followed by q piece of antics
of a comic dog. Then there was
a pause and a hush. thrown on
the screen, against a background
of misty WharVes and shipping
and black, gliding water: 1.-THE
Magic Eye"
Frank stirred in his seat, and
Maffie's hand stole quietly into
his.
Not far from them sat Detec.
tive Quinn, we'll satisfied as he
observed how full the house was.
There was one far more eager
and anxious than any of them; a
GhadoWy figure that sat next to
a. flapper and her sailor escort,
who were sharing chocolates out
of a box. 1t was Jake Giotto.
nerVously twisting a programme
between his fingers.
The cast Of characters was
thrown upon the screen, and
held there long enough to be
read by the audience, who scan
ned it amid growing murmur
Of comments.
The play opened, character
istically, with Mafalda herself as
a little milliner in the obscure
dressmaking establishment of
Madame Estell in Greenwich
Village. The setting was excel.
lent. and simple though the part
was, Mafalda' on the screen,
gripped her audience imme.
diately.
Then entered upon the scene
Terry Parker. quickly detected
by the audience under his alias
Of Adam BroUncksr." The part
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wife in five days. That's my
safeguard"
Owen urged him to wait. But
Frank was past reasoning with.
And Owen could find no comfort.
''Maffie will never let him co."
he said to himself. "If Pete were
only free. She'll never release
Frank for any other man living"
He looked up, as the door
opened, and Maffie swept into
the room.
Mafalda was alert and radiant.
She brought an effect Of magnet
ism with her that dispelled the
gloomy atmosphere brooding over
the garnet.
Here l ann she said. Frank,
want you to take me to the
Amphitheater for the opening
we've only just time. Get a move
on, dear!"
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; was brilliantly played by one OF
Ross best actors, he came into
the life of the little Greenwich
Village work girl like = being
from another world, the world of
wealth and consequence, and the
audience watched, spell-bound,
the unfolding Of Maffie's first Sc
rious love affair, and her unfail.
ing eye to the main chance.
In Mafalda, Parker met his
match. He was fascinated with
her, obsessed by her, desired her.
But her price was marriage. The
marriage was shown, then the
quarrel and the parting.
An interval Of twelve months;
occupying just thirty seconds on
the screen. The setting changed,
and the subtitle was:
I'm PARADISE ROW"
Paradise Row was The Alley,
Maffie and her gentle little sister
named in the cast Joan Sey-
mour," but at once obvious to the
public as Jill Seaton-are living
together in the old alley in Green.
witch Village.
Maffie keeps her secret to her.
self; the man who deserted her,
and whose name she does not
even bear, IL only shadowy in.
cident that has fitted past.
And here enters into the play
a new character-one whom the
audience does not recognize,
either by name or personality.
His part Is skillfuliy played, and
he intrigues the house as the
scene unfolds, for he appeals to
their sense OF mystery. He is the
Unknown. His title on the cast
is:
eel GRECO"
He appears as a man of about
27, good-looking. a little inclined
TO stoutness, except as to the
face, which is clear-cut and mo.
bile. He wears a short black
moustache.
GiOttO is Anxious
Jage Giotto watched this char.
acter with an anxiety from which
the general public was happily
free. Giotto felt his hair stirring
and the palms of his hands grow.
ing damp. He was intensely and
painfully interested.
Ell Greco Is presented as a
flashy but somewhat needy fel.
low: a small.part actor out of
work. AS an actor he has a re.
nance and IL fascination for little
flappers who work in dressmak.
ing establishments. and ne sets
about the agreeable task OF fasci.
mating Mafalda-
Ta BE Continued Monday.D
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"I'm ready" said Frank obedi.
emily.
Maffie slid a supple arm around
his neck and kissed him. Then
she turned to his brother.
What about you. Owen?
Won't you come, too?"
me" said Owen. who for q
month past has avoided the Ross
Studios as though they were
plague-stricken: II have never
set eyes on the thing since It
started, and never intend to.
Nothing on earth could make me
gow
Maffie shrugged her shoulders.
X y
Hyams Ross had planned the
publicity scheme for the Seaton
film with an efficiency that no
other movie magnate could have
surpassed.
High over the entrance was a
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No wonderI That little fellow
doesn't think them extraordinary.
He has seen them all his life.
Children play in the streets
ana scarcely look for their own
safety at the great trucks. that
whiz by. They never think of
marveling at the gigantic cranes
hosting great steel Orders up
over their heads.
The one.piece bathing suit, the
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turn. Thinking 1t a great lark
she nodded and flung q kiss to
her husband. The old man was
light on his feet, surprisingly
light. and swung her through the
steps of q fox-trot as though he
had been doing it all his life. He
even tried his hand at flattery
until she. blushed.
When the music stopped he left
her standing alone for a moment
while he went to find her hus-
band. Jared had evidently stepped
out, for she stood alone several
minutes. There was more or less
excitement among the group at
the door as she continued to
stand alone, so Betty started to
20 outside. The loungers parted
to let her through but two OF
them followed. Once outside. she
glanced about and. seeing neither
Of her recent partners. started to
walk down the street.
Unfortunately, frightened by the
two men who followed. she was
walking away from the main
thoroughfare instead Of toward it..
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and they took this az encourage
ment. But she paid no heed and
one OF the men turned back when
the music started again.
The other one followed q little
farther. then heightened his tribe
and overlook her.
wait a. minute, cuties," he said
Whats the hurry? Coin some
where?"
Betty paid no attention, but fur-
ried on. so he took hold Of her
arm.
"Come on, kid, be reasonable"
he said. "Can't you dance with q
fellow? Amt I as good ~ the
old geezer?"
''I don't know you" she said,
drawing away. please let me
alone"
The man reached for her again,
but as he did shadow appeared
from behind q tree and dragged
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snappy revue, the hectic litera-
turs Of this day do not shock
the young.
They only know things as they
are.
Do you ever stop to think into
what miraculous age the youth
OF today Ii born? With q radio
they can hear the President
speak from Washington. They
can dance to the tunes OF an or
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him down. The man let out an
oath and fought like wild - he.
was pummeled not BY one. but
two other men. Betty didn't wait
to see any more but turned back
the way she had come and
travelled as fast a. her feet would
take her. When she reached the
main street again she paused only
long enough to determine which
way led toward the hotel. Then
she started to run again.
1t seemed TO her that millions
OF devils were chasing her. What
the fight meant she could not
guess but intuition told her that
her place was in the hotel.
Ten minutes later Jared came.
in. He was disheveled and putt.
ing.
To BE Continued Monday.l
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up with what is going on all
around them.
They are not really rude and
thoughtless, but have not the
time to waste on unnecessary
words and motions.
That they say in three or four
snappy words what our Rrandpar.
ents said in long winded floWsry
speech does not mean that they
feel less.
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chestra played in q city miles
away.
They think nothing of people
flying to the North Pole or
around the world. A trip to Eu-
rope is now q ferry ride across
the bay.
No wonder the youth OF today
is so bright-eyed, alert and on
its toes every minute to keep
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The Story of Woman Who Placed Her
Whole Future in the Scales of
the Goddess of Love.
The Story Thus Far

life her eighteenth birth
parties, hrchasing
midst
the table
parents lakeside cottage happened
glowing optics Of D0Od
suddenly
naetH
the cottage When
tie re.ned Her heart He
dunsn jewellers mock them. Terrified She
closer EITHER
here With Betty decided not to face the music II love
S9h vas her burning 1--we for this poeriu! stranger She wrote
1oe TIE return q her lover Ten ecocOn four hours mc
sr g her c1refEee letter Of elOpemen Betty Jared
srd entered INTO conversation with mysterious whom he called
A they westward
Cd desert rat" whom they dubbed ncIe Billy"
Pc Play IN important role In Betty's life.
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By Fay King

TNHE other day, strolling down
1 the street. I heard the IA
miliar sound Of aeroplanes in the
air. Looking up I saw a forma-
tion of five planes skimming
across the sky like great birds.
Only one quick glance did the
newsboy near me give them and
then went on selling his papers.
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Books Made of Brick

British considerable number OF books
oyster Shells bricks ties bones ivory lead ron
"copper" sheepsk WOOL and palm leaves Many date lar PACK
into antiquity.
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When there were few books.
few magazines, travel was diff
cult, and there was not much
else to do but dine and talk
everything was slow and floWery
to fill up the time. But in this
day when there Is 50 much TO
see, and read, and know. and to
do, one can't waste time on any
one thing.
This il en- age Of action not
pose!
Evening star., 1926-03-28
APPEAL FOR ANTIQUE FURNITURE
BY MRS. COOLIDGE is FORECAST
Mrs. G. H. Lorimer Says Nation Will Be Asked
to>D Donate Rare Articles TO Give White
House Colonial Simplicity.

and historical organ1Za tons, II VIII ne
directed chiefly to individuals. Each
piece will have to meet the approVal OF
a committee appointed to pass upon II.
Articles accepted would be labeled IN
conspicuously with the name of the
donor. so that future generations may
feel they have u definite interest in the
White House.
one breakfast room in the White
House has been completed. Other
rooms are to he refurnished as the
articles are received.
Plans for gradual acquisition Of pc
rod furnishings suitable for the
White House have been worked out
by a volunteer committee of 10 art
connoisseurs, which was provided for
by Congress last year. This commit
tee has made an initial study and de-
cided upon a plan of Encouragement,
with some eliminations, such as pic
lures, which already have been re
duced from nine to four in the green
room.
The committee met last June for
the first time, but has held no recent
meetings and none is believed to be
in prospect. 1t has received some of
ferings of period furniture. but there
have been no acceptances thus far.
Members of the committee were re-
luctant TO comment last night on the
story related in Philadelphia today by
Mrs. George Horace Lorimer, presi-
dent of the Republican Women of
PENNSYLVANIA that Mrs. Coolidge was
planning a. Nationwide appeal for
gifts of antique furnishings for the
White House While they believed
the committee would be asked for ad-
vice before such an appeal were made,
none had thus far been sought, they
said.