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il A day. I suppose we live month
on what 1t costs TO live day down
here. Up there. think I've got some
thing. YOU know. Come down here, and
rub up against some of the people and
The cars. and 1t doesn't feel like much. =
"Oh. a lot of this is bluff-dont 1901
yourself" ,,
He looked smilingly at the diamonds.
They're not fake. are they?" -.
She had a sudden impulse to tell
him how wrong he was. He took the
diamonds as the index of her. ana
imagined the rest of her living built
10 that scale. She wanted to tell him
that the diamonds were all she mad
and that the house and garden in
Schenectady. the occasional car, the
trip TO New York. now and then, seemed
wealth to her. But she didn't She
sat there in her black satin dress ana
looked rich and petted. and smiled.
Bill was certainly devoted to YOU
said Mark Wooley. Il remember how
he talked about you. and what a beauty
you were. and how he couldn't do
enough for YOU
lis eyes we're again on the diamonds
Maud could tell that he was thinking
her a luXurv-loving woman. a woman
wanting gifts and jewelry and expensive
apartments, and getting them she
hated having that thought OF her, ana
especially having this man think 1t, be-
cause of his kindness and his respect
fulnesS and the obvious innocence in
his talk, But she couldn't show Bill up
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be gone. She made a little gesture Of
defiance at her reflection in the glass,
and Alva came in, large and impressive,
and kindly, too, under her white apron.
and energetic, as she always was during
shop hours
Gentleman to see you out there,
Maud"
Know who it is? I wasn't expecting
any one"
Well hurry up and see him. and then
take that woman in the blue OUTFIT, who
looks like heavy storm. Shampoo.
clip and Water-Wave. Take her clear
through, and there may be good tip
in it, dearie."
MAUD went to the outer parlor, won
4'A dering. She thought she had set
tied that business with the lawyers
completely. and hoped nothing had
broken loose. It would be awful If the
Dudleys found out that she had sold
her diamonds to give them Bits
legacy" and had nothing left.
1t was Mark Wooley who was waiting
for her. He walked over TO her quickly
and drew her down on one of the little
cretonne-covered benches.
I've been hunting everywhere I could
think of. / went home and discovered,
after about 45 hours. that I Was coming
back under any conditions TO take my
chance You'd gone from the apart
ment and couldn't get trace OF you"
he said simply. until finally stumbled
on your lawyer and he told me you
were working here"
Why shouldn't be working here?" 49,
He looked at her. II was strange 10
find herself blushing ike that.
'Wlv did Won try tn give me the
wrong idea about YOURSELF"
Il didn't. You had it"
And you wouldn't run down Bill
Gosh. you're a good sport! But how
was to know how he'd left you9"
What did that fool lawyer tell you?"
she asked holly
Hes my lawyer. too" said Wooley.
Our lawyer. 1 hope. Oh. he told me
plenty. 1 dug it out of him. Don't
blame him
He looked down at her bare. white
hand. thin and muscular from much
shampooing. bare OF everything except
the wedding ring Bill had given her
How lovely your hand is he said
quietly
Can you take your customer now?"
asked Alva from the doorway. Shes
been waiting for long time. Mrs.
Dudley
Maud jumped guiltily to her feet.
But she's your last customer" urged
Mark. isn't she, Mauds We're having
dinner together tonight. Same place.
same time"
Same dress" she agreed; but no
diamonds"
"There1l be new one soon said
Mark under MS breath
tCopvrlght faSsl
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places on the rug. the hole in the
tablecloth hooking the rose-tree.
She felt apologize when she gave
them the few possessions Of Bills that
she had brought
He really didn't have many things,
she told Mrs. Dudley, as she brought
out the watch, the ring. the few clothes
worth keeping You know how he
was, He'd wear a thing out and throw
it away"
You breaking up housekeeping"
asked Georgia.
I've really nothing to break up. We
rented the apartment furnished
Rented your furniture?"
Yes"
Mrs. Dudley sighed.
Poor Bill" she said, almost un-
Willingly, and Maud flushed. She start
ed to tell them that Bill had wanted
it so, but it was impossible to add to
that look of distress on her mother in
laws face
1T doesn't seem real he's gone.
said Mrs. Dudley. He worked so
Maud saw their picture Of her in a
flash. The extravagant. city-mad wife,
refusing to have home, insisting on
furnished fats.
Il wish he'd enjoyed himself more, s.
said Mrs. Dudley
Maud's clearest picture came back to
her: Bill in the tiny kitchen between
living-rcom and bedroom. holding a
cocktail shaker high, pulling off a
party
He wasn't unhappy she said gently,
truly he wasn't"
TT was only little later that she dis
covered that they thought she was
rich. Evidently, their measure of Bills
circumstances had been the rose-tree.
There vas nothing covetous in their
manner. They simply assumed that
she had Bills money. She caught
Georgia's eyes once. shifting from the
tiny diamond that still adorned her own
finger to the clusters on Maud'S hands,
and back again. in encouragement
But they asked for nothing limited for
nothing. They were dull people, but
they were fine, too.
Your diamonds are wonderful" said
Georgia, seeing that Maud had caught
her comparison.
They're a good investment" Maud
hiated.
Georgia regarded her sister in-law.
1T must be wonderful to look as
young as you do, Maud But / sup
pose that's the way you feel when a
man is SO crazy about you I think
7 could have stood 1t better II my hus-
band had just died. Kept on caring.
and died. Then I'd have something
to look back on. anyway"
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You've got Jimmy to look forward
to-"
Georgia shook her head
Whats going TO happen to Jimmy?
That's what we worry about, Mother
and 1. She's not been herself, since
Bill went"
But your mother hardly ever saw
Bill" Maud reminded her
Il know But he was there sue
ceSsful and rich, and he was hers.
There to rely on in . pinch. Shed
sort of hoped that Bill would take
an interest in Jimmy. There's not a
man left in the family now. She feels
lost, somehow"
Il know"
"Of course. you do" said Georgia
politely. But there was no pity in
her voice. Maud saw that they
couldn't pity her. because she looked
so young and healthy. They couldn't
the presumable fortune she had in New
York They had an idea that she
didn't appreciate Bill. Why" thought
Maud, Il lived with him. knew him
from A TO 2. The Bill they knew
here is myth"
Georgia was talking on.
Poor Bill" she said, and Maud had
an impulse to scream at the recurrent
phrase. II remember when he was
going to be married. He came in the
week before. just like a crazy kid. He
was full of plans. and talking about
what beauty you were, and all. /
always remember his saying to me about
you: She's not going to spend her
life in a kitchen like mother Believe
me. that girl is going to have some
time! She's going TO wear diamonds"
oh" said Maud. with a sick little
gasp, don't. please" She could feel
the tears rushing on her. That was
what he wanted to keep her from, this
down at-the- domesticity. Per-
haps it explained things, She saw the
diamonds on her hand, winking boast
fully at the sunlight.
Il didn't mean to upset you" said
Georgia. with her pale. apologize
smile. 1T Just came back to me. that's
all, what ne said. He hated the way
mother was always worrying"
she still worries, doesn't she?"
Georgia evaded: Its been o bad
year"
How do you mean?"
you see, she usually has a little
money coming in quarterly from some
stock that father left her But they
aren't paying dividends this year II
bothers her TO borrow. She hates mort
cages, and doesn't want to put one on
the house She doesn't see how she'd
ever pay 1t of. but she needs money
for this year. Now. don't you tell her
told youl It'll work out somehow
But" said Maud, very evenly. Il
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beast out OF my mind all afternoon. As
result ! gave the best performance !
had given In q long while, l suppose II
would really be to my advantage to wit
ness painful scenes frequently, but Id
rather forego that.
I'm awfully consistent and very
easily affected, / make a tremendously
good audience, weeping freely In the
theater and especially at plays about
old men, There is nothing so tragic as
an old man To me. He is SO totally
helpless. An old woman can always
looA out for herself~~even though she
be over 90 she can dust room and fry
herself an egg l am not depressed at
recollections out Of my own experience,
for l won't let myself be have q nat
urai sadness OF nature TO fight"
II never shed a tear over anything
tragic. Between being light hearted by
nature and working hard don't man
age TO ind place for sadness in my
life" declares Judith Anderson. an
actress who wept, sickened and died
nightly In a recent stage role of in
effahle pathos. Il often cry In the
presence of beauty, and~--I am afraid
of fooiishment, For example, my tears
fall profusely al the sight of people
marching behind flag Of some sort
ANY nag will do but preferably one
with which ! am familiar. When the
parade Is accompanied by ii band the
situation Ii intensified and i could sob
my heart out. Even the sight Of chill
dren on the street marching along be-
hind piece OF newspaper thrust on a
stick Is very sad to me,
"As Ear as can remember I've
known real sorrow only once in my
life A few years ago ! made a trip TO
sydney, Australia my native city, from
which / had long been absent. For
and feel Just as | used To feel II only
for a very short while, when | was a
little girl and cared nothing about
theatrical engagements, good press no.
tees, had press notices or anything like
that had been III, and all during my
recuperation homesickness was gnawing
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<lX YOU'VE got your diamonds,
80 NJ Maud" said Alva. They
ought to keep you easy in
l. your mind"
Maud looked at her hands.
Eyes. I've got them" she agreed.
I've always admired that cluster
With the Is cut stones. Not that the
solitaire isn't beauty. and the others,
too. And the bracelets. Where's your
bar pin?"
Maud pressed her bosom.
Inside" she said. reaSsuringly. But
you haven't ordered, Alva. The club
luncheon here is good. Try that pud-
ding"
Alva considered.
II guess I will. You know" she add
co confi6entially. its Just as cheap
here as anywhere, isn't Il? Consider
inS the service snG all
Absolutely. It's So near to the
apartment that Come here, OF and
on. Gets gls out ! don't cat any
breakfast I don't COOK much any
more There's s lol q places where
you can set Socd dinner reasonable,
too
No wonder y31 kccp your looks
without breakfast You LOOK Just
about 20, Maud
I don't feel =,
OF course. YOU wouldn't, Just vet
with the shock SAL lis good SIX
months since Bill died isn't IT. You
Still living II that spsrinen;2
Couldn't set re Of i" said Maud,
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AMBASSADORS PRIVILEGE.

WHILE today In every civilized coun-
w try the person OF foreign
ambassador Is held TO be inviolable, the
law of the land being powerlesS TO
touch him for any offenSe. In days gone
by before his immunity became 81
perfect, he frequently found himself
in hot water
In Eli2abeth's time the Spanish
Ambassador. Mendoza. was proved 10
hare taken part In conspiracy which
had for its object the Reinforcement Of
the queen. and he was st once arrested
and kept In prison, High legal opinions
were taken upon the validity OF this
proceeding. and in accordance with
them the Ambassador Yves liberated.
but forthwith sent out Of the country.
Count Gyllenhorg, the Swedish am
haSSador to England in iil7. WAS ar
rested for having been concerned IN 4
plot against the Hannverian dynasty,
and besides this the British government
went to the extreme of seistng his
private papers st the embassy and
breaking open his safe. The excuse
given for this action was that II was
necessary to the peace Of the state,
Through the meditation Of foreign
powers. which protested to be very
shocked at WHAT naU tAACn piACCs no
was released.
Immunity from arrest extends also
to am ambassadors servants and the
members of his suite. There IL. how"
ever. one case of record in which an
ambassadors assistant was really
executed. and that was III Great
Britain, This was In 1888, and tina
victim was Pantaleon Sa, who was tho
brother and one OF the train OF the
Portuguese Ambassador He quarreled
with an acquaintance over business
matter and wounded him. the life OF
the party attacked being saved only
by the intervention Of the hyStanders,
Hut the next night pantaleon. with SO
OF his friends. sought out his enemy
with the intention OF killing him, They
were all armed to the teeth, There was
desperate struggle, and one per-
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Bill certainty was good TO me-" she
said.
Mark suggested a theater, but that
was one sign of mourning she had
pledged herself to in the oblivious city
staying away from shows. the amuse-
ments Bill had loved best. So they took
a taxi and let down the top. though
Mark was Solicitous about the peSSi-
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wv actors and actresses OF the
mauVe decade as to their
personal reactions TO tragedy.
In the hope OF divining through their
answers the secret of their power Of
calling forth tears from their audiences,
they received for reply some sad, mys-
FERROUS smiles and knowing shakes OF
the head. With eyelids duly damp and
fiuttering, tragediana OF yore intimated
that all life was catastrophe and that
they unfailingly sobbed through private
life at POLITICALLY secret sorrows.
Times have changed In the theater
Frankness has crept into the attitude
Of actors toward the public. Now We
are TO learn that no more cheerful per-
son than the professional tragedian
exists and that the pose OF eternal
achrymosia went out Of fashion with
attacks OF the vapors.
II you want To portray tragedy on
the stage" counsels Helen Hayes. whose
poignant performances have been eaus"
ing Broadway hearts TO break In pro-
fusion during the past season, you "lii
find IL great help never To have been
touched by tragedy IN your own lie.
The recollection OF personal Tragedy
! binders your imagination, because you
will be tempted In your stage role only
to re-enact your own behavior as 1t was
at the time Of your sorrow. Ihat
wouldn't do al ALL you know. for II
wouldn't be dramatic enough. Really,
people under stress Of actual sorrow
don't act dramatically "A bit. On the
stage, Of course. they do and must. elsr
there would be q call for money back
from the audiences pretty promptly.
OF all the tragediennes OF today. per-
haps no one Is more sensitive TO pathos
than Pauline Lord. Unlike her CO.
temp0faries, too, she finds this aensitiv"
ity Of benefit 10 her afttstIeally,
Il remember once | saw some one
cruelty abusing horse just before !
entered the theater for matinee,
says Miss Lord. Il could not get the poor
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| should think the money that Bill left
would help out there. Or isn't it
/ enough?"
Bill left?" asked Georgia dumbly.
What did Bill leave mother"
1T was about $4,000. wasn't it?"
asked Maud. Il think 81 900 for your
mother and $4,000 for the boys educa-
ton. He told me about it. There's a
memorandum or something thought,
of course, you knew. She'll hear about
it soon. 1t takes so long to get things
Strengthened around, with those lawyers,
you know"
Jimmy came into the room with Bills
smile. on his face, and she met it
| bravely.
Didn't you know your uncle left
money for you to 60 to college," she
asked. He expects you TO be a fine
man, Jimmy. You're not to disappoint
| him."
IN the third booth in Jensens beauty
parlor in the Hotel Morocco, a very
pretty girl, with a model sningle.
| shifted from one foot TO the other. It
was funny, she reflected. how soft you
were, after being out of work for 10
years. This standing all day did Ger
tainly get you
Aren't you burning it a little?" asked
| ner customer crlsply. Seems TO me l
smell something"
Il don't think So said Maud. looking
at the face of the woman whose hair
she was working on She had never
seen her before, and she never wanted
| to see her again
When I was in Chicago last week.
mad a hot OIL the customers plain
ave voice went on, the best I ever
mad. Now, they always say New York
is so far superior to Chicago. and I
say, why can't they have as good hot
oil shanpoos? I don't feel rested after
this one today at all"
Neither do l." thought Maud hit
teriy, and went on making curls in the
Scanty hair OF the woman in her chair.
pay after day they came, this mean
ingieSs stream OF people. in and out,
IN ana out. No permanence, hardly
a race that grew friendly or familiar
IN the long line OF customers. she
thought OF the shop on Seventy-eighth
street. that neighhorly. pretty place She
nad meant to establish. and tossed the
thought angrily out of her mind.
is that right?" she asked the lady
deferentially.
That wave, the second from tn,
top should point downward, instead OF
up. You see what / mean. It's more
becoming to my face. However. I can't
wait now. 1t will have to dol"
Maud unpinned her, as one takes the
olo on cross child. and let her 60
She stood looking at herself in the
mirror. Three months she'd been at
thlS, and there were already signs of
fatigue in her face, already signs that
one OF these days the freshness would
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American tat Scottish foot bah game
why don't they Starte They ought
70 have kicked of half an hour aec'
Scotchman ~- Az. something serious
has happened,
Amerscan~~Not a player taken OF ille
Scotchman ~~ Ne. worse than that
They Gamma md the penny they tossed
up With.
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DIAMONDS

thought I'd take her the few personal
things Bill left"
THE subway express shot violently up
to them. opening its doors to swal-
low Alva, and was rushed away on the
instant. Maud went up the steps and
turned toward Fifty-third street ana
home.
The apartment was on the third
focr. A colored elevator boy took her
up 10 that level and she opened her
door 10 stiffness. 1t had been like that
every since Bill had gone, very still.
Orange curtains at the windows. the
big davenport and chairs that Bill hao
loved, several tables glasSeu DOCK
case. with some of the books Bill mao
bought on trains behind its doors
those were the furnishings they mao
rented for three wears The only signs
az their occupancy were the stray
books. a few ash trays and magazines,
I. was q fragment of an old house
this apartment. and between the living
room and the bic pantry was an alley
made into q kind of buffers pantry.
There was an electric stove there and
a sink and above them many glasses
and an incomplete set OF dishes.
Every one had always said that 1t
was great Arrangement for parties.
Maud could almost hear Bills voice
shouting Jokes 10 the guests Bits
friends. They had fallen away like
shadows-not in unkindnesS, but be-
cause it was Bill vino had gathered
them tosether. not Maud.
Poor Bill. with bis sense OF living
high. while you had it, and his sense
Of height Of living taken out In food
and theaters and parties and automo-
biles Well, she'd got rid OF the car,
anyway No more payments on that,
and she'd lust about broken even on
the resale.
She turned on the light over the
mirror in the bedroom and looked at
herself According to Alva. 10 years Of
marriage had worn lightly on her, but
Maud wanted to be sure. 1t wasn't that
she hegrudged those 10 years. Only,
she'd have "a start all over again now.
as she had at 20, when she married
Bill,
He was IS then. and so big ard
honest that she had expected to have
a home and all the rest Of II. But ii
didn't work out that way. You couldn't
do it with Bill. He was city spoiled
He didn't want that kind of thing. and
Won couldn't put 1t over on him.
He'd fallen for her. all right, All
the clothes she wanted, all the theaters,
the silk lingerie and expensive apart
ments. He did make money, But
where was it now?
There was enough health and youth
TO begin with. thought Maud. AS well
as the diamonds. Four thousand dol
lars worth. according 10 every ieweler-
enough to take care Of the beauty
parlor investment. even without Alva
II told YOU TO follow me-" Bill used
to say proudly. every time he bought
her a new ring or bracelet, and
you'd wear diamonds I told YOU so
when I married YOU. baby. didn't II"
Maud played the game his way. since
he wouldn't play it as she wanted to.
Suddenly the bell Of the telephone
tangled.
rs Mr.. Dudley thereF" asked a
voice.
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BY RUTH KEENAN,.

w YHEN newspaper reporters ques.
n toned celebrated emotional
wv actors and actresses Of the
mauve decade as TO their
Il CT to fna Dr.
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PLAY PREMIERE
CAST ARRESTED
Mae Vests Pleasure Man
Cast Charged With In
decent Performance

New York, Oct. 2.-(R-Mae
West, actress and author. who
served 10 days in Jail last year fol-
taking part in IN indecent perform.
ance, was again arrested early to.
day after police raided the Broad.
way Premiere Of her latest play
Pleasure Man."
Fifty-five men and women com.
prising the plays cast were loaded
in patrol wagons at the close of the
evenings performance and taken tc
: police station = block away where
after several hours they were re.
leased on bail.
Miss West, who is author Of the
play but not . member Of its cast
was arrested 1t another theatre
where she is starring in Diamond
Lii" She posted $500 bail for I
hearing. All were charged with pro,
ducing or taking part in m indecent
performance.
Miss West was released unde,
bail furnished by . professional
bondsman. Bail for the members o1
the cast was furnished BY tho Actor
Equity association. Frank Gilmore
secretary Of the association, declared
the arrest a the cast was . "dis'
grace"
Miss West, who gave her. age :,
3, was appearing in play callet
Sex" of which she also va til
author, when she was arrested Las
year. She carried her case TO tria
and was convicted, being sentences
70 ten days in the workhcuse an,
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Romance Speeds Swiftly
For Gene and Sweetheart
4 Gotta Drag a
Play in Two Acts

Chicago, Oct. 2.-(R-William de
Simon, %. discovered caroling on .
street corner. Police officer runs
up to see what the riot is all about.
Officer (heavy brogue): II arrest
We in the name Of the law"
De Simon with hauteur): "You
can't arrest me-"
(Officer arrests him.
Act 2. courtroom. De Simon,
Judge Padden, bailiffs, and merry
villagers in spectators seats.
Judge: "What did you mean by
telling the officer he could not ar
rest you? Are you a member of
the I Gotta Drag club. or some
thing?"
De Simon: II am a comedian on
the stage, your honor. ! was lust
having my little joke =
Judge: v'Pay the clerk IS and costs.
Now laugh, Pagliacci. laugh"
(Exeunt merry villagers, hilari-
ous.