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to wear the darling dress so against my bet
ter Judgment gave in.
AFTER viewed the first days rashes.
ordered the scenes retaken. The dress made
the girl ridiculous instead Of appealing You
zee, II you are staging 0 scene In which wom-
an shoots her husband, the drama Of It 10 en-
HANGED II you dress her in simple black with
perhaps Q bit Of white edging the neck. That
II because you are not then conscious OF what
she wears. II you dress your girl up 50 that
she looks like Christmas tree, her sleeve Is
likely to fan into the butter just Is she takes
aim. and you'll get . big laugh instead Of .
thrill.
"The line between tears and giggles Is %
1ne that you must take into account every
chance Of laughter in Q serious moment.
"The star In this instance happened to have
o dress in her personal wardrobe that could be
substituted for the offending gown, but We
had needed o new one It could have been ready
to wear BY the time II was necessary.
az seldom concern myself with the wardrobes
Of cur male stars, Is mems clothes have little
variety.
81 TITLE attentions to players are part Of
- the game Of craftsmanship
'When they are sick, I send flowers II they
have IN anniversary, remember it. II they
are on trip, send kilograms. It costs little
but Il means much.
I'm the matter Of sets, make It o point to
consult the star vino Is to live her shadow life
there. take her to see the gorgeous drawing
room or the dainty boudoir or the shabby SIT
ting room erected for her"
one Of the most important aSdoms In the
Rogers code Is:
Never lie TO your star.
"Once your sales prospect finds you out In
Ne you are done for" he elaborated. Every
subsequent statement Of yours Is received In
now-I-wonder-if-t hat-is-true attitude. So It "a
with your star.
"Ten them the truth always-but don't ten
them the brutal truth. You can ind . way Of
conveying unpleasant facts to them without
hurting their feelings. As said before, those
feelings are easily aRected-and rightly 50.
''What makes actors such good sales pros-
poets Is the very quality about which people are
heard to complain so bitterly-temperamen
They take things to heart more than other
people do, 30 they are more easily influenced to
their own good. They are more readily swayed
into believing that tie idea you are selling them
Is really their own.
Giving the other fellow his own way when
ever possible Is good notion. Then you don't
seem % much Of tyrant when you have TO
insist on yours. .ssgsse
This works Just Is wen with my own smaN
con. Try It some time"
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fun resonance until nearly noon For this
reason, II o star prefers TO begin her work
later and remain at night to finish, we feea
that we are adding to her efficiency by per-
hitting her to do 20.
Una Claire chooses to do all her heavier
scenes In the afternoon or evening. A big scene
made at 8 am. win take three times as long.
And where Is the economy in that2
NEARLY all women think they know more
about clothes and what they should wear than
any one else, 80 that supervising the ward
robes Of stars Is o delicate matter. I think I
understand the dramatic value Of clothes and
the sort Of thing that viii give . particular
woman . good Line, so after the star has
passed ON the sketches Of the clothes she Is to
wear in her picture, they are submitted to me.
"On1y recently, among the sketches sub.
mitted for gowns to be worn by one Of our
younger stars found one designed for wear
I'm . dramatic scene. It had . round neck,
many small ruffies ON the waist and large how-
ing sleeves.
"'We can't use this told the designer.
There's too much Of It,
I'll change the neck. III make it o v,
very deep. and that win take away the effect
she promised
81 explained that thought very simple
things were best In very heavy scenes, but she
insisted that simplicity was the name for the
way the dress was going to look when finished.
You'll love it, she prophesied.
2 'eThe star came. to beg that she be allowed
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HUMOR THEM!

When they are sick, send fosoers.
II It's an anniversary, rensens-
Der il; if on a trip. send teEe-
gram.
Never lie to your star but
Gvoad the brutal truth.
II they are getting stout, or are
oddly dressed-aUoid hurting their
feelings.
Remember always that temper.
anene is .Ohat makes good sales
prospects of them.
n "temPeramentaF movie star
can often be "soIf' on an idea
sUhen she c0nnoe be buIlied.
CiUe the other feIIotU his osOn
sCoy whenever possible and you'll
usually get sOhoe yow yourself
sU0sst.
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Constance Bennett can Be "solF on
roles even if she does not like the parts
sOhen first assigned to her.
The Hollywood diplomat smiled.
The photograph Of the small SON smiled back
at him from the impressive desk. The photo
graphs Of i've lovely stars smiled down from
the ONCE walls.
An very temperamental.
(Copyright. 1882 :.
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Imagine Trying toKeep milne FiOt
Stars as Pola Negri, Connie Ben
Ina Claire, Ann Harding and I
TzveIverees But 1t Can Be
Done and Here Is the
Formula ofa Past Master
in the Art Of Finesse.

"And then my job Is to persuade her that
destruction Of the sister-p persons part will
seriously injure the picture and that poor pic
lures win XIII the stars popularity much more
surely than the giving away of q few scenes.
Sometimes Q stars self-interest Is more
carefully concealed. She may come to me and
say: 7 wish you wouldn't cut out that scene
between the father and the wife,
"'But you aren't In that scene object.
"So, but liked It. think 1t would be good
for the picture to leave 1t in. It's sweet little
scene. People viii love it.
ST wonder why she has suddenly become 30
impressed with this bit Of action. The picture
Is too long and must be cut and this scene
seems more or less irrelevant. Considering 1t,
realize our star Is 30 eager to have 1t retained
because It builds up sympathy for her In the
scene that follows. Maybe feel she shouldn't
have too much sympathy here Maybe think
1t slows up the action or breaks the thread
Of the story. Whatever the reason, have TO
be salesman enough to persuade her that !
am right and she IL wrong.
"As O rule IN o case such as this, we take
her to . preview Of the picture, 30 that she
may Judge the audience reaction for herself.
or II the preview has been held, we give her
the written records Of how the picture was
received"
4 AosT stage stars who come to pictures md
WI the greatest hardship in getting to the
studio for an early call This, insisted upon
arbitrarily on most lots, results In Hardness.
sulkiness loss Of time and tempers.
"Some stars cannot get into good voice In
the morning." said Mr.. Rogers. from long
habit their voices seem not to settle down to
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s temperamental IS . movie
star" has come to be accepted
as meaning some one who Is
very, very hard 10 handle, who
releases emotion at the slightest
provocation and who never by
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will get to see plenty Of them, although
only 10000 or $4,000 will be allowed
leave at q time.
Today numerous fighting craft of the
Scouting Fleet we're clustered aleng the
Balboa docks, others were on the At
lantic side awaiting transit through the
canal, and along the entire route Of
the great waterway could be seen others
passing through to Pacific waters, where
the maneuvers will take place.
In the meantime the great naval
dirigible, the Los Angeles, is tied up
most of the time to the u. S. s. Patoka,
her mast ship, awaiting her part in the
defense of the canal, and the Battle
Fleet is on its way from the Pacific
Coast to simulate attack upon this i'm
portant world waterway.
When all are here there will be ap-
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SUIT ON Boulevard
PROPERTY SETTLED
Fairfax Jury Fixes $160 an
Acre for Highway Right
of Way.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, February "a jury
In the Fairfax County Circuit Court
ratified a viewers report in a con-
domination suit brought against the
heirs Of Fred Foote, deceased, by the
State Highway Commission. the
viewers appointed to set a price on the
approximately 8 acres OF land In FANS
Church district, between the Leesburg
pike and Arlington County line which
will be taken for the new Lee BouIe-
ward, recommended $3.50 per acre.
Frank and Forest Foote and their
wives, Virginia Foote Jackson ana ner
husband and the other Foote heirs pro-
tested this compensation, claiming the
land worth more than $3.50 per acre;
The jury viewed the land and oroereo
the State Highway Commission TO pay
81 ,292.80 to the heirs.
In the case of Alfonso Ponziello
against William Kriz, the court sus-
tanned the verdict of the justice OF the
peace and gave judgment for $49.5O.
Frank K. Logan was awarded Juog-
rnent of $20.08 against P. 5. CreWe.
James King was ordered to recover
from william Creighton $466.5o.
Allowed Money for Education.
Joshua McClane was authorized to
spend 500 for the support and educa-
ton of Fulton Augustus Bond and $ZO
per month for education. Wilson M.
Farr was substituted as trustee LOT u
Vernon Ford, deceased.
Swift q Co. were ordered to recover
$416.77 from G.. A. Hatton. A. l..
Ludlow, suing Frank c. Gillingham,
was awarded damages OF S28.5o.
The report Of John M. Whalen IN the
suit of Frank Bell ct al. against the
Iaajrc ~ Dandy Poll deceased.
was confirmed. John w. Rust was ap-
pointed commissioner to sell nine acres:
The divorce petition brought by Pearl
Champ against Moses Champ was re-
ferred to John M. Whalen to take
testimony. The suit brought by
Margaret Elizabeth Harrell OF Mclean
against Benjamin Franklin Harreu OF
Washington, was also referred 70
Whalen. Suit brought by Richard l..
Morarity against Beatrice H. Morarlty
was referred to Paul Brown, special
commissioner in chancery.
Absolute DEGREES of divorce were
granted to David Franklin Gray from
Clara Callinger Gray, who were mar
ried in Prince William County Decem-
Der, 1919; James McKeaver from Daisy
B. McKeaver, whose last known address
was in Washington, and to whom he
was married in Arlington County May
~, 1SU0, 10 harvey Lee OOhnWCh 4AOaAA
Bessie Virginia Slingerland Cornwen; TO
Mary r. harrington from Charles Ed
ward harrington for desertion: to Euna
Witherspoon Lewis from Joseph Lewis
for desertion.
AlimOny Ordered.
In the divorce suit brought by Lillian
q. Tuley against Rowan B. Tuley, the
divorce was granted to the defendant
In the suit for divorce brought by
Dorothy Marie HFardin Pearl by James
Hardin, her ne&U friend, against John
Joseph Pearl, the defendant was
ordered to pay 81 per week as tenn
porary alimony for the support of the
wife and child until further notice.
In the suit brought by Martha Eliza
beth Albrecht, through Mary M. Sin
clair, her next friend, against e. Or
vile Albrecht, the cross bill field by the
defendant, and the answer by Martha
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birth control teachings to licensed
medical circles.
The subcommittee includes Senators
Gillett, Borah of Idaho, and Bratton of
New Mexico. Legislation against birth
control information was enacted in
1873.
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tify ct = congressional hearing on the
subject Cf her speciality.
Before a subcommittee Of the Senate
Judiciary Committee Friday, Mrs.
Sanger will urge approval of the bill
introduced by Senator Frederick H.
Gillett of Massachusetts, authorizing
dissemination of birth control informa-
ton by licenced physicians, hospitals,
clinics and medical schools. The Ma
tional Committee on Federal Legisla-
ton for Birth Control, of which Mrs.
Sanger is chairman, designates the
legislation as the doctors bill" because
it aims to conflne responsibility for
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OTTAWA CHURCH BURNED
$25, 900 Gold Altar Buined in
$500, 900 AuaAa- Z,

OTTAWA. Ontario, February Q, tE.-
Fire OF undetermined origin early yestef.
day destroyed st. Jean Baptiste Church.
Loss is estimated at s40o. 900, including
a $4,000 gold altar entirely ruined.
No one was injured.
The blaze was discovered by priests
who were at their devotions. In less
than two hours only the walls remained.
A short time later a business block
at Hornepayne, 300 miles north of Sub
bury, was destroyed by fire.
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Elizabeth Albrecht through Thomas r.
Keith, guardian ad Item, the court or
dered E. Orville Albrecht to provide
home for his wife and infant child and
to support them. The case was con-
tinued to the next term.
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MARGARET SANGER
COMING TO SENATE
Birth Control Advocate Will Urge
Dissemination Of In
formation.

Mrs. Margaret Sanger, international
advocate Of legalized birth control
teachings and practice, will arrive in
washington tomorrow morning to tes-
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NAVY ASSEMBLED
At PANAMA CANAL
$780, 900 Sailors in Zone Re-
gion Preparing for Annual
War Games.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PANAMA CITY, February S.-The
fleets in and Panama City's narrow
streets were thronged today with crowds
Of white-clad American sailors as the
first thousands came to this town on
shore leave.
Nays annual war games end late next
month there will be approximately $780,
600 sailors in this region and Panama
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Construction of 80 miles of railroad
into the state forests in Lemberg. Po-
land, is expected to open a great lumber
district in the East Carpathian noun
tainS.
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proximately 100 craft Of warm other
words, all of the United States Fleet
except the Asiatic squadron.
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E. P. Ripiey,s widow Dies.

SANTA BARBARA, Calf, February
9 CP).--Mrs. Frances E. Ripley, widow
of Edward P. Ripley, former president
Railway Co., died at her home here
yesterday Survivors include two sons
Robert H. Ripley, Chicago, and Fred G.
Ripley, Los Angeles, and a daughter
Mrs. Nelson w. willard, Chicago.
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Old-age pensions totaling $174,700,-
600 were paid to 1878. 1871 persons in
Britain in the last fiscal year.
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tCOpyrIsh. ~ yrsdsrist a. stokes CO..

self extradited to America and returned
for life to the jail whence nao
Departing swiftly and safely from the
silent house. I walked to the railway
station, but only entered 1t when, IN
the distance, saw an approaching
train.
The same afternoon, BY the means
latest letter, / made my way, at the
luncheon hour, into the great PARK
that surrounded the monastery nurs-
ing home, crossed the grounds and gar
dens nonchalantly, and sat awhile on q
seat in q shrubbery near the house
At half-past one-after carefully
studying williams sketch plant
crossed q wide lawn, apparently unseen
by any, and stepped over the broad
low window-sill Of the open window OF
what correctly supposed to be the
doctors consulting room.
II had been my intention, In the
event of such success as had achieved.
to sit me down in an armchair light a
cigarette, and recline at my ease until
such time as Charters should enter his
consulting room.
I did not carry cut this program in
full.
I had seated mystelf in the deep and
comfortable armchair which faced his
desk. when glancing idly round the
beautiful old room, my eye fen upon,
and promptly noted. the great heavy
velvet curtains which hung on either
side Of the window by which had
entered.
An impulse urged me to conceal my
self behind one Of them, and study my
man before he saw me.
Exactly what I might gain by this
did not know.
Probably the idea was the result and
product Of Williams training, and Of
the years spent in the atmosphere and
environment of crockdom. did not
so much argue. as feel, that 1t would
be q sound thing to do. probably giving
me some advantage over my victim. or
rather the man whom hoped would be
my victim.
Rising from my chair and straight
ening its cushions. 1 stepped behind
the curtain that was nearest to the
desk. settled myself as comfortably as
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word with untrembling hand-I came
face to face, say, with my daughter
Rosemary -.
Rosemary" gasped In utter
amazement, utter incredulity.
Had I become insane indeed7
For the girl, sitting and smiling OPP
posite me, was Rosemary's self aS Pose
mary must have been had she lived.
had not seen her face when she
was IN the consulting room, for ] had,
at that early moment, feared to move
the curtain. and did not cut the tiny
slit until she had gone out OF the room.
This was . girl who might be Of any
age from 10 to 81 or "a, and 90 amaE-
ingly, so miraculously like Rosemary
that, at the age Of IL. she must have
been Rosemary'ss indistinguishable twin
and double-or as I say, had Rosemary
lived. thus must she have been to the
last detail.
Almost / went to her and took her In
my arms.
Almost-and for the first time since
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could, and draped the curtain in front
fortunately It vas not only volllni-
nous but hung from o curtain-pole That
stood out q foot from the top OF tne
window.
. I was comfortably ensconced. COM
pletely hidden, both from within eno
see nothing. This disability remedieo
later, by taking out my pock&knife and
cutting small slit In fold OF the cur
tain, where 1t bulged in toward me-
when Charters was out Of the room.
Yes, reflected, undoubtedly my i'm
pulse had been sound one. mlgnC,
II chose. hide in the house until real
air of mystery would surround my as
covery: might, If lucky, by remain.
ing where I was, overhear with benenl
to my plans, conversation between
Charters and Machado or Gryde;
might, by waiting and listening, Ie1rn
which Of his female STAFF were Frisco
Fanny and Louie the Lady. believed oy
his sons wife.
And at least could choose my own
dramatic moment for confronting him
and starting that reign of terror which
hoped to tnaugurate.
According to his daily custom, ex-
actly as williams H. William had told
me. the man Charters hustled into the
room and set about his afternoon
work.
Nor was 1t long before / was listen
ing. with breathless interest, and boiling
indignation. to what was obviously 9
plot between him and the relative OF
one of bis patients, for the murder OF
that patient.
Not for nothing had I associated with
listened to and watched some Of thu
worst and wickedest criminals in the
world.
These two-the faces of both of whom
could, now, thanks to the cut in the
curtain, clearly see-understood eacf
other and their conversation was q
marvel Of concissness and compression
When the woman scrubbed something
on a scrap Of paper and Charters. hav.
ing glanced at 1t, crumpled it ane
threw it into the waste-paper basket.
knew that ! had the key to whatever
otherwise cryptic, cipher 1t might con
tain.
Gate that night / recovered it and
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POISON ACCIDENT FATAL

CONCEPTION, Tarlac. p. l.. May 4
R9.-Three members Of the prominent
Dixon family died and eight others were
In Q serious condition today after eat
ing food poisoned accidentally. Those
fatally poisoned were Jacoba Dixon, IS
years old; Gonzalo Dizcn. IS years old
and Maria Dixon, 9 years old.
The poison was sprinkled in the food
by a member Of the family, who thought
Il was baking powder.
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CHAPTER XL.
DoRsoN's NEMESIS.


A FTER a couple of minutes Of
~ listening for any sound in that
II silent house. I crept across and
4 \ entered the room, and. I ad-
nit with shame, sat for a while
and gloated upon the hideously dis
torted face of the first Of RoSemary's
murderers to receive his punishment.
And the wicked Joy Of my heart was
increased appreciably by the thought
that 1t was in punishment Of that very
crime-and not Of one of his myriad
others-that this enemy OF mankind
met his fate.
1t was over my diamond that they
had quarreled. and that he had been
murdered. and 1t was through their
theft of my diamond that Rosemary
had died.
Number One" / whispered. Mum
Der One, you reptile" and kicked him
with all my strength / confess 1t with
deep shame and contrttion. :.
But in these days I was not really a
sane person.
And now for Number Two.
Evidently Chink Dorson had made q
search--presumably for the diamond
a. the floor in front Of an open safe
was Strewn with scattered papers.
Picking up. in my gloved hand, one
Of these, of which the back was blank,
and taking a pencil from my pocket, /
wrote In block capitals:
80 PERISH ALL WHO DOUBLE
CROSS CHICAGO CHINK.
SIGNED, CHINK DORSON."
This document I attached to the
lapel Of Spider Schlitzs coat, by means
Of the stickpin from his tie.
Surely this would put the British
Scotland Yard in communication with
the American police and would, in con-
junction with Dorson's flngerprints and
the anonymous letter that I would
write to Scotland Yard, put the halter
about Dorson's neck.
Meanwhile l must get secretly and
safely away from the scene OF the
crime. for. were to be arrested on
suspicion. I might be identified, and I
well might, even though / proved my
Innocence of this crime, hnd my
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night abe vas slain, robbed Of jewels
and disngllred under the wheels of q
admitted he had accompanied her on
an automobile ride q week before
Sheriff S. Grant Young reported
George Edmonds. a mechanic. said Ne
recognized the mining man IS the
driver Of her autoniooile the night she
was slain He said Peter was accom-
panied by Mrs. Moormeister and af1oth-
er man.
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PROMOTER ARRESTED
IN MATRON'S Staying
Charles Peter, Salt Lake City, Held
on Murder Charge in Probe
of Moormeister Death.

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY. May 4.-CharleS
Peter, mining promoter, was held today
on a warrant charging frst-degree
murder in the Staying Of Dorothy Dex-
ter Moormeister. Salt Lake City matron
on Q country road more than a year
ago. She was the wife Of DR.. Frank
Moormeister. q physician.
Peter said February 81, 1880, ths
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found that the woman had merely writ
ten upon IL the figure one, and four
nolghts. Ten thousand. The price OF
q girls life, as knew from what I'd
heard. And It was then that thanked
the impulse-or the power-that had
sent me, mechanically play-acting
II you will. behind my curtain.)
Later, when Charters was alone, his
face turned from me, his eyes covered
by his hand, stepped silently from
my hiding-place and, as he looked up,
was between him and the window.
To the hour of his death he must
have believed that I had that moment
stepped silently into the room from
the lawn without.
thank God that It was not so.
The morning after my arrival at the
Monastery, entering the dining room to
display myself to my fellow-p patients.
| and to play my chosen part of per-
son irresponsible and eccentric to the
20 Mt of lunacy. came face to face
, and even new can scarcely write the
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King George Take. Motor Rid.

WINDSOR. England. May 4 lP-
King George for the FIRST time since his
recent illness. left Windsor Castle for p
motor drive today In the company OF
Queen Mary.
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The famous collection Of orchids Of
the late Lord Melchett were sold at aug
ton in London for So. 400, some Of the
buyers being Americans.
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Rosemary died. broke down and lost
control Of my voice and lips and tears.
Rosemary -.
A lift for . sOuIl Compelling n the
exchange Waye hnds tomorrow has
shaped his Iife-but vengeance struggles
on.