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(TWO)


ABVBBTISEB a n d times. FBIDAY, JUDY 8, 1921.


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CARPET-BEATING SEND « P O S T C A m j R - r a W HOUGHTON, ’


WHEN THE WORLD REELED g u y TH O RN E .


, “ When I t AVns Dnrk.” ) Qvmm&ia of Installments I. to I I.- -T I10 1


opening instolmont finds Ian J lu n a y otout the deck of his steam-yacht in.Hanucli C t o u r . He is inspoedng » tn e curious


aerial wires and ’ masts which have been erected hv workmen sent down from I^ndon


by Punch Wilkinson. Ho has


iiivsterioiis communication from to hold liis yacht and himself m reiulinc^ lor a secret expedition of . immense importance,


‘punch arrives. Ho explains to the Ian wiiat thoir mission w. 1 iiueh s.a>s that


1,0- a n d ho only of .all the famous of the day—helioves th a t the extraordinarj


wciit ier changcB aro directly attributable to


Tmo maligmtnt and ' ^ ' ' ‘" 1 ) ^ 1 ' ' ' " ’* working on now scientific Unes. They s ^ m fllowlT nortliward up the coast. On tlio nRer-


nonn^of tho second day, when ing very oxcitad and is glued to his


mciits, the yacht is off a weather is perfect, the sea like a duck SiTlitaometorhigl’i. Siiddouly a t nn mstaut's


warning and utterly without precedent or


nnrellcl in England, a frightful legal storm K and- sta lke r’the ^hip Uko tm unex- iipcted blow from .an ass-assin. Hie ship is Ltterly wrecked od the rocks. She auks. Ian swims! loses cpnscioiisiie.ss ’’f ''" ''"® Punch amt all his crew are dead. Ho uwakes, bruised all over but othennse tminirt on a strip of sand a t tho foot of Monks Upek. Oicr him^is h ailing the most lieaiitiful girl ho has over scon in his life, and who whispers to him mvsterioiis words of warning. He '-s taken to' Iho castle on tlio rock and there cninfidl:. tciidml by Cleopatra, Sworn, though he is kept


a str ic t prisoner. CHAPTER 11.—(Coiitinuwl.)


then a cry raiiio from hiiii as tlie explanation fliisliud out, and ho laughed aloud. Of course: imi> «ua u


Itor a moment he was a t an utter loss, and UUU, UUU 1»W


the castlo a t tho top of Iho rock lutli the mainland. Ho had seen such things in the


. f .1.,- ......vl. ............ ~


This was a cable railway cminccting .


---- T.li -rt


Alps and in South America. Here, of coiirst was the readiita. means of cmiimiinK-.itioii iiossiblo. I t WHS just the, sort of thing an


eccentric inillionairo would be likcl> to in-


®*“ ! 'pre itv dizzy going,” he thought, " to he sailing ov'or the sea seven liiiii<lred feet up, and even lus he thoiiglit he iwrceivcd th a t he


wall, followed l.y a girl. Looking Tho little gentleman put down hts pen with


a sigh, lit a cigar and licgiin to pace up and down the room in deop tliought. Itioii, with scarcely an incii smoked, he throw the. cigiu' away and once more resumed his writing, “ Of cour.se I owe my preservation


eii’tirolv’ to the fact that my ixior friend’s yacht was fitted up witli evei-y modeni appU- ince lor sanng life, i t was a, subicct iii wliich he had long been iiitcrcstwi. Wlien tho critsh came, 1 was hurlmi into the com­ panion-way of the saloon and earned down hv a rush of water. Outside the saloon were seta of life-saving apparatus ready to liand


as if bv a miracle. In a moment or two 1 had hlow-ii out a life-saving waistcoat and addml a cork jacket. Whatever liapiioned, if 1 were not maimed or sucked dow-n with the .sliiii—fo r i w.as certain she would founder in a very few minutes—1 could not sink. For as von iiiav know, Sir Hendoreon. the great danger of a man Iksitiiig m a storm is that ho mav be drowned on tho surface. Only a vear ago. I’odrini, tho Itali.aii Officer, invent­ ed tho oxygen-breathing apparatus for use on .sea. There was one of these helmets Mtth an oxygen cylinder attached to tho wall.


j


hand, and for tho present 1 am Mr. Wood, Sea View Hotel, Scarborough 1 .am


planning out my next movements with the CTcatcet care. Meanwhile, 1 want yciu to rarry o ut the following instructions wathoiit,


a moment’s delay.


letter to the housekeeper ot my chambers in Jermyn Street. I f you mil, * 'tent, you tci go there and pack a kit-hag anci siiiLcaw and L u p p ly of clothes, etc. Hobbs, the house­ keeper will know exactly what to pack, f should also like the -Weblcy automatic pistol, wliich you will find in tho drawer ot my writing table. togcUicr with a supply of am- munition. The only otlicr thing J retiuire- .and this i.s iiidispon.sabIe. is a letter from tlie Home Sroretary, signed by the Home Secre­ tary himself, or the Permanent Secretary, to sav th a t tho bearer -is engaged upon conli- dcoitial Government work of a serious nature. I t may he necessary for mo to have some such letter for tho furtheriinco of my plans. “ Do not delay an instant, dear Sir Hondcr-


‘ In a separate envelope I am cnclcjsmg a „ WITH SC ThoiKloro Roboi-ts, veteran Paraiiiuiiul


actor, was in hospitiil recently for examina­ tion during his iiidlsiiosition, trom wliirli he has now recovoreiL ^Irs. Roberts ordered a pretty niir.se, ileciding th a t Mr. Iloln-rts would iimicli prefer a comely one to a sour­ faced person, .fust as ho w.as coming out of the other Jfrs. Roberts bent over mid a.skcxl, “ Which do you prefer—blonde or hriinette?" Mr Roliorts answered faintly: "Pm broad minded! either will do.”


Eoii. Yoji may ho sure th a t a t any moment now, the mysterious activities of the enemy may he rceiimod. My omi dreadful experi- emio is siifficifiit waioiiiig and indieation ol th'.' terrible power this unknown person nneld«. Like Prometheus, he has dared the gods and stolen (ire from licavcn, and like Premetluus, lie must m-.-ct witli due punish- ire a t. T pray God may gr.ant tha t T may bo the ii’striimeiit of His v iigoaiioe. I remain


dear Sir Henderson, Tours very truly,


ROBERT CAVENDISH WILKINSON.” (To he Continual.)


fittod i t on. and then maiiagoil to cr.-iwl up on deck. I won’t attempt to describe the horror of the scone. I t is enough to say tiiat m an­ other three minutes I was being llung alw it


like a cork on iho surface of the North bca. I t was inkv black.


of water overwhelmed me tinio and again, and the terrible sheets of solid r.ain which were falling out of the cloud bursts 1 c.an t doscribe to you my soiisatioiis and 1 ox|iectcrl every moment to he my- la st. Hac i t not been' for tlie oxygen helmet I would have been dead in two minutes, but this saved me-. ■\ftor a time I felt mysell moving with


“ Where tho yacht was 1 had no idea, tons . X The cliarmiiig Fox sta r. Eilec-n Percy, is


said to have the licwt role of her career in ,a now picture ’’ 'Hie Canyon Kid,” upon wlnt-h she is liard a t work at tiie Hollywinnl Studios. ’Tlio story i.s by W. E. Spencer, and deals wiih the atte iiip ts 'o f a young Hying man to c.ap. turo tho heart of a simple ranch girl. .Many amusing and exciting .sitiiatioiis occur before ho finally succeeds in Ins object. .Mtliougli Jliss Eileen Percy, is only nineteen years of ago, sho ha's miiel'i rcsponsiliility on her young shoulders. For the past eight yenr.s she has boon earning her own living, and Inis seen to tho education of her sister and three brothers. The latter are still a t school. She is firmlv convinced tha t -slm wa.s Imrii under a luckv sta r. Miss Percy lias crossed the Atlantic eleven time-.s without being sca.-ick. Her last trip was made daring the war, nnJ


? Children’s Corner. | i-aAev\.a/\.aAe\/vaA.a/s.a/wvvan.ao.waAeirwuvaA/-^


HOW MCSIC PL'TS SOI.DIEILS OUT OF STEP.


While the United State« were training


g r .n i rapidity, and a t the same tiino the violence ef the rain decreased. What had h ap .in .d was this. 1 had been tloating into the" outsde rim of tho typhoon, a sort ol wliirlp;:ol, which fortunately cast me oil a t a taiiuoiit like a stoiio Hung iiiion the nm ot a rapidlv revolving wheel. J had got into a eiirent. which .n a very low mmtitos carried mo out of the zone of danger and into calm water. Through the glass ol my lielmet 1


could acluallv see Uic local tempest dis- sihvug. falling away, so to speak like some


st ,g,. illiisiiiu. ■


was to SCO the tiling in operation. ,v man caino walking idoiig the toi> ol the ,


their hoaiLs as lio was. Ian could not see the i fares of either, hut by her walk and the glint 01 gold in her h.air, he knew file girl lyis Miia Kiivveu.


“ I” " j 'Hie man eiuercel the briek


building and in a iiiomeiil or hi a Jft steam came from a pil'e in the root, simiil


taneoiisly a largo cageliko alfair “'''“"E to a plaitonii on tlie other side of tlio «a • i t wiis provided will! a couple ot seata, .iml migiit have lield lialf a doozii ix^ple. Ihis aenmil car was siispendeel by a couple ot cog­ wheels Irciii the cable, and tlm girl eiitercsl folewcd by tho man, who closcsl an t™»"o'^ door, just like the trellis door ol a lift, bm


dLstiiictly lieard the clang ns it sliot The man


ine cngo.e ......................... , ” ..w ---- , ‘ *1.^ ' semuuie. ;uuimi)Au i steam an<l the eage glided away down the ]


liiade a signal tlio I'U^iiu* nMjlU. There ^vas another pufi o of ; to sememie iiothor pul f


cable a t what .seonied to the waulier a d.an- gcrous pace. It dimiiitshed to the st/c o f . Savolling trunk, to a iH,..tago stamp, and then was nothing more thnii ii tin.\ iiawling along a lilaineiit.of its well. Ihe dull throhlling of the engine vihraicl up to


‘ I t was t h ' mast cxtraordiiiiiry sight ims- .


, Bible, and every moment 1 grew more eertaiii < of tlie real nature of tliat which had oior-


wlu'lniod us. •* I was now jihout tJin’o miles away trom


the cllfis. and the current, was bearing me rati dlv towards thorn. There was nothing to do but wait, and ns I liuiTicd .along I did


.some quick ihiiiking. • • • . " A t last; I liiiiiipH agaiii.st an outlying


1,0:1 of ro.ks. Foriiinatcly mere was liardl.v


imv -ea tboiigh in half :ni hour I had biiided on' a sandy bc:ich. great breakers wore oouitdiiig iqioii the sliore—the :iftermatli of the tvplio n. The sun liad not yet stink.


f 1 “ When I thought Umt 1 was lairly pre- although 1 had no hat.


received a scratch of any sort, ^'’Fiffid^witii ..xeitemeiit and wonder. Ian


shambleil across the room and went bed. The iiiiiiimeralilo sensations of tin last


Slcoii made his fo^


away


ii'ow long it was afterwards when he \ awoke lie could not have said, but In- awoke | witJi a start, rnstniiiiy In- wa.s in lomplcte ^ ,


into rgetfulness.


eyelids iliie


Iwssc.s.sion of all his facilities. Ho sa t up in bed.


.1


window. An intense electric brightness fiom j a cluster of lamps deiwnding Irom the roof ; m;ule everything ii- hi ight m. ( I a \ .


A heavy curtain now hniig beloro tin ori , , ,i


:iml Inoking (Imvn a t iiiin w-.ih :i i^et s tale . was tho gigantic figure ol a man.


.St;inding wmie three ynrds tnmi the 1 - h , .


. Ian hiniseir was a tall man, bn iHcside tlia, ;


one ho would have lookeil a elii d, tin .n i .stranger must linve been aiiproaebing .seven •


icet iil height. Not ojllv th a t , bin I'*' of a vast breadth of slioiilder and a widtl ol , h.sly, appr-iarhiiig corpnleiice. dreksed in


broadclotli. hhi blnek


not out. of proiKirtion tie. His Ill


a loosely-fitting su i t of hi: ek , an


heiaid was m riipioiuss.^ u.oog., to Ins gigantic


old-fashioned eiio i o i cloak


l ie «.1S; and


ii torm,


and ho was as bald as an egg. jsive lor a eliistcr of iron grey eiirks over eneli ear. n s tor his face. Ian had seen many n


coiintenance in his travels romiil aie worm. 1,111 never Olio so formidable as this.


,ri,-l heavy ................. and he


.............' hid the holmet, ,ork jacket, etc-., in a little liole a t the dill foot. 'I'hen J walked almut a mile until 1 found a rough and ratjier dnn- gorons path bv which I eventually nmclieil the top. I found mvself ahont two miles Iroin Whitby, bought myselt a cap. a hag, ami a few loilot iioces-nrieB, altachiug no particu- hir nltonb:oii. Then after a meal. 1 caught thii last ti.oin to .Scarhorougti and took rooms ill this hot 1. I t wn.s very lortiiiiato tlini I had my iioio case in tho inner ixH-ket. ot my


...rk iackot, etc-., in a little ...... 1 care nlly : ......


tow hours had tired him out. He inny.i* of my.storios wimli he could not make the loa-st attempt to '-xplain or niiderstand.


>oat." Already the local jiaiH-rs .are tull ot the briel stonii vestorday afternoon. I t is re- .sank | . lerivd to as ;1 cloud hurst, a lociil tornado ol I l l an xninptcd sevoriiy. ele., etc. Ihe. joiinini- nothing whatever alKiiit it. though j-,„|,g|Tneii and sailors talk of nothing (isliing boats arc missing, and i t is sutfcivd. 'I'lu'


! ^cnerail ■v 1k-!h'V(h1 that :io ■ .................................... ,. . , i . . , i r .......IT I „ .


foumUriug of tin? ‘ Kuterprisc ’ sfoms to have ontiivlv orc.iiiod notice by tlio coa.st*


guard'< and * ovoryone else. Her


wjvckixl .‘^lup. “ Vo'.i' pvTliap- you F*'o my


Ioas <d


ct ur. e. mu.st on 4 (»inc out. but il uei*** not uw'ssnnlv do s^i for .''LV(‘ral days. Not. a houl* imaginori ^that I nm a .survivor oi a


said in the earlier pan of my letler. I am hot upon the irad. 'I'lie .\geney wliieli (les-


As I


troye.l the * Enterpriso ’ i.s, ilie same malign Age a which Ini- erentoxi the reient abnor­ mal liistiirbanees in tho aornil envelope. “ I t doesu’e require a Iraiiuxl .seioiitilic ob-


s.-rvation to ikxUK-e thi.s, uioiigh yoii will agree wall me th a t there is no other explana-


[ f,.i,.ud. tom .Mnrrav—von never knew him,


coriainly point wall my ixMir


, 1,^. otlico


I drank some brandy from ilio ll.ask in the in­ flated waistcoat .niul ran aliout until J wa.s wnion and fairly dry. Bar the .shock and the efft>cts which were to come alter, 1 had not


thoir citizen.s to uiko par t in the war, thojc was an account, in rhyme, of a little boy who went to Ills father being drilled in one of the rocruiting e;rmps. IJe c«uiio hack full of his experionecs, and told his sister how The MTgeant ho cried “ Hep!” And all t!ie men but father Weiv raarcinng out of sici). .


B 'J


I I


•guggosted Uuif the level crocti


Tlio Toachcl


bo used as organised gam| Commitico pa I and tlio childJ afternoon goiJ


■?


I I


field, a point I called attontiLl


dition to the '


from all the purpose and . conunittoo h a l A decision onl Some would lifl as a playgro’l^ •worth more Diomcnt, tho . field, and aro | boon fixed! - tho planting side of the c.'' use of the nuj Tho chihlron I miserably un.-L plot, known a.'l boon \HTmiU(l


say i t ibat w^l boat the AilI ground. It I 'l •width. Ihe


tho Council narrowly c.'-c.’


poor Hixirt, ml incut has hm procedure, use tlie nu’ajl them the n*‘| is that they ' alone. At them to do tl lawn—with d |


risk life ‘U * Ii Aa a matter of fact, even Ijottor-traintHl


soldier.-, than lather get out of step, ;uul ^hoy do so under rather peculiar and unex- pOL.ted condition-s—when Uicy aro following tho l oat of tho drum. Soldiers, when they are very fatiguo<l, or


aro travelling to or from the front lino over rough roads, seldom keep niop, Imt tliat is not ail tlie .M)rt of iniRtiming tlial we moan. Su]>posc* a long eoluinn of sol<li»*rs is march­ ing to tiio lime set by the beat of a <lnim, or by th«^ repealed boat of any musical in-


strumenl. Tho solduT next to the drummer follow.-s the drum-heat exactly But ssoiind travels a t tlie rate of 1,000 ioet a .sccoir.l. or 20-5 feet in a (luarter of a sec-ond. so that a soldier 205 Ovt away from the drum hears the lieat a qunruT of a hocond late. . .Vow. .soldiers march at the rate of 120


Mops a miimto. or two steps a second, or half a step in a quarter «>f a sreond. Con.'-e- <jm^itly»tho soldier who licars the heat ot a ttrum a quarter of a sicond


stop hehimi. In other words, he has his ftxit in tli(' air while tlio man next tlie dntm lias his fool on tho ground. If you look at. a long column of Miklievs on the marcli you will l»e ahle to see tho fiH't of the men str ik­ ing the ground in rcccsling waves a^s the .'»ound


falls half a


awav they are out of tih'v


pa.scies again. the music Uie lUH-r-


ari-'in Hut


down stops, tho


step witli the odilest theiiv


st(*p;


tho two soldiers,


line. at


-ollO ft'et away loading


At thing of all 2t>-» -n--v . ..... v.. or after


i.s that two


if


tiii-ee s'efoniK of .xlinffling. get nil into step together! They will eontimie to iniirch in stop without tho music, a-s if some power of mind kept them together; hut when the hanil begins ;ignin, they onoo more Io.se this perfect


nni.son —-»HH—


TOAD IN THE HOLE-HOW IT GOT THERVN-AND HOW IT GREW TOO BIG fO GKl' o u r AGAIN.


JN.SECIS TH.Vr KEEI’ CAP'ITVE TOAD.S 1U.IVE .


A minor in a Siairordshiro coliery, working


a t a seam td coal dOU fevt below tlio surlaco ami a mile from iho shalt. has brought to light a patriarchal t4>ad, wbicji a blow of bis I'cleasc'-i Irom a pocket ol clay in the coal fa(o. When taken aliove ground the toad, iliiu ami feeble, slowly improviKl in sigbu and alertness, and i-s now (pnli* well. Vow. toads are often dmml in coii! inmes


and quarrie*^, and they emerge from surpris­ ing placc.s when old tree's are cut down; and ilio ler.demy is to suggest tiiat, ns they wore <llscuvered in the coal, in the slone> in the tree, the toails mu.'it have, been tbeie wln-u tho ixial and tlio .stom^ ami tho tree liegan to form, iiUTodible age ago 'riiat, of ctuirso. is


niposed an I'lisemble which s t iu tk u a i te r- | lor, l oming ns i t did without a. somid or him- | fnll uiwii tho sonser, of one who. bin an in- i


Ilcd by heavy ims nou ..... "V slant ai£o, was sUH?pinp;.


into a hard grin. Then a voice, as deep itad , tiinefn! as a tenor hell, peelcil out into .tlie


The traplike month oiieiuxl and wideiiwl |


"^"^‘" aIi Mr. Robert Cavendish Wilkinson! | So von'are not at the hottom of the sm after I


alii” 11-


Even in tin* midst of liis sun'nso and tear i at tlio sight of this gigantic iippnniion ami


. ■


mingled with the tim.'fiil hell-liko seemed to hoar another tmiee.


CHAPTER 111.


able hotel iA Scarborough, a gentleman Rat writing. Reforo Ivim. on llie table was a Wutlo of burgundy and n box of mgars. He was Rbort. plump ami clean-shaven and wore a ^onunvhat shabby suit of na\7 iiluo. round, rather Imylsh face soeimHl lormed by nature for merriment and good humour, but as ho wrote i t wna sot and hard, and thcro wore lim^s of pain or fatigue upon his checks. llio letter wn.s addressed to Sir Henderson


In a private room of a fimnll bnl, comfort*


Coblo O.R., of H.M. Meteorological OHico. Victona Street. WcBtminster, T.ondon, S.M.


♦ Copyright in United States of America, 1 1-


nothing. I t you can rememher nothing else, j ^ riumMiilwr th a t.”


l.xpiain | , i


; imtneiis:' aclvantage this giv.„ ....... ,. qq,,.


thev wi.sh to remove from though all un-


siisp-et...! bv them. What is more. I am in lios'cs-ion (if ovidi nee wliicli will shortly en­ able me to get to the centre of the my.stery or die in tlio attempt.. 'Hie [.riro that this advantage* ha.s cost is tiK. terrible to con- templato. but evervtliing must he paid for in this world, and tho livc.s and Inippiiiess ol iniilioiis of pixiple may pinsthly Is- sinad hy


ti,,,,,, w to i l is more. I am in


ih* doafi ot mv gallant trioiul, ..Murray, and „ ^


^ emotional m.aii ns ,vmi know,


^ i,„t ,i,ii is not an ordinary letter. I tell yon, avenge tho dead,


wtirld of uuparnlick’d di.sju*5toir. ^ How serious .1


the prospect before us i.s. von Sir Hemlei-son. know ns wi-ll as T <lo. Neither of us Imd any iUnsioiK nbrmt i t wiien T starte<l. Wo boMi agreo th a t one of the greate.st scmnlibc iv.wers^perlmps the greatest—th a t history hn.s over known, is a t work Rocretly and that if not checked in its derilish activities may swiltlv become the dominating power of tho world'. Vo Var>oloon, not oven llio aw*ful inoiijico of the Rrussinnn in tho Great. War, was imU' so fraught with the disaster to mank’nd.


f,.p , ,i,o com,try and iierhaps the .. _j_ ».„r___ lo Cif 111t


meaas in vonr power to discover tho leakage in the Omco. At any rate. 1 know yon will bo particnlarlv careful to keep my letters to YOU an ab.soluto secret. I should not oven trust them to the Office safe, for- i t ia im- pemtivo tha t no one who miglit be in touch


** T tnmt th a t yon nro still using every


tificaly years ago Ho i>ut toads into bloi ks of lime.stone, saiuLt-oue. and into the W4>o<l ot a living apple-tu'o and scaled each prison Si'Lurely. At the end of a year all tJic toads in tlio air-lght sandstone wore dead: thos<' in Hho porous linustOno were aliyc; and lie came to the conclusitm that., if denied air aiid food, toads die within a year; bm* tha t with air. as tlicy would get in liimstone, they may live for a yt*ar. Hut the second year hrouglit von tlio lime.stone Imlgers to their oml. Frank Uucklnml. tho dean’s son, rt'fus*Hl


nonsense. Dean lluckland tosttxl ilii.s ipn'i^iion .‘iiion-


to believe that a toad (xnild live for two years witlimit foiKl. and he lind a susiiicion tha t there may have Irvii hidden openings into i\n^ limestono, olir^ugh which tiny insecib


creiit. 'rliat-. is aiimvst certainly i\iiat hapi>ens.


The-e itiads are not mnlMsbled in the actual material: tliey are in crevices. The only things tlint had life wlien the coal and stone began t<» form ar«' now fossils.


E IL E E N P E R -C Y TURKCT1014 V/H-LIAM FOX


feet filo-s


the ship was in constant danger from cmniy submariacs. On anotlier occasion she w.is aliout to embark on the ill-l'au'd " 'l i ian ic .” bSu was prevenUxI trom sailing at the l.ist moment. She is one of tlu.' best-known uf screen acrr-*ss.«s, a.s be:* i>bol.igrapli has udonu'd tin* fnmti covers of .several ot the foremost American Magar.ine.s. IWfore .slio eiitoi’til motion picturi's slie posed for many famous artises including Harrison Fisher, for whom slm was the sulijecl, of lii.s beautiful picture “ Dad’s Girl.” After she liccamo a mombor of the Fox studies her work ia stwcral pnaUiciioiLS as h*ading holy nveivctl much fai^iur.ible coium«-*nt*, ICvt ntually site realised lier ambition l>y lieciuning a star, since wbon her jKipubirity witii tiio picture-


'goiiig pulilie lias incroaso<l by leaps ami bounds.


mount Seniv'tt Goim.Hlit'S, achieved fame with ills eyes. His face sussistctl in ibe procot^, but only .as a base for the most rt'niarkablc cyt* manoeuvres in tlie lii.story ot motion pic­ tures. Ho i.s of French desivnt and was Inira


Ben Turpin, tlie funny man of tlm Para­


i.n Vow Orleans cn 1S71. 1*- b.cn in that year al.so that, lus eyes dtelarLHl war <m each other, for they havo never simv


a g ro ^ to an armistice. Tliey do tho team work on record. They roM. and they an* .sentimental, and .someUmes one is senti­ mental ami tin* otlier angry. l‘>-s:inny was


making pictures in a barn, and Ik'u got a


job sweeping up tho iloor. *1 trusted to movti s<*enery. and fmally ms eyes hvpuotiscd tho Director, and thaf.s how be l*ocam*‘ a picture come-.linn. lb* was one voar iviih Charlie Chaplin, and has Ixvn with Mack Rennett for nmre tlian five years.


'i. of


"lepo an<l ‘ delinquents.□ jiratin;: :


citir.ons of to of raising hc;i Ihoro's lu tl: British gaiiu sooner the P" for iho yeui '


Cm -l


fro*' troin pcTJ the sHOUvr wr tip.


Has ihc S j


For tbaT matp with raising ■ in L'linlavp of either ge’| L*onotaph. I' the gronnd l | word. Meal taken the oi|


Of^tatc. H the acquisiiij


ihey wuikU wisdom, ar- the t iiy T’l


I t is b ^ ' \ I of doing tb'J iixittiingr


gone and llie winu r action hfin I will be r November *.


trea.sure it CasUe i*> bf the iHK'pb- volopmenT ' bad but :a | tlie l ank. Irt.'cn si>* nt jK)talo tb'b f*r tl'.e une|


And w)i


jK'fpic ''i! tlu'IUSflV' r..


«:recu.'“ and |


And if we a bandstan| paib.s—one '


School AVooi;e-ian*'|


nil ini'olvinf by men n‘)\'| oniN'. It work wi'uki Commit’' e .| enco!


Coma iltc pickuig l.|


hcratt him:- tbere bav-


it was .'-’m li.imi i-o'ie working i have coin readily


help. I And wl;l


thing in t |


ALICE UIL\DI)Y. Itoalaii. Star, li.ts ju.st Arnvtxl in Ixmdon.


1 Now Yorker by birtli. Slie ynys id slie lioing S to make a film in Irolnnd in wltn;h II ■ . j Ciuitlo iinil Killaniey will fie»*<‘ I'loinmoiitn.


Tlio titlo of Tom Mix’s lato.st prod"'>«') baa boon changed from ’’ llio hornet .s i ‘


—..t-Jt-i—


alwav.e a holo fo r'tb e toad’s prison, ami tin* toad creeps into it when small, and grows so


lliero is


lliat. it cannot get out Finding their way somehow down tho mine,


tliov hide in some hole or crevice a t the foot of tlio scsim of C4inl. and come out. from lime to time to fce<l npin such life as they can find in the pit. They grow and the time comes when they are too hig to leave thoir hole: food then must go to them if they are to live. Tt may be Hii'o or otlior iaseets. just enough *o sustain existence. The idea tha t these toads have lived from


time immemorial actnally in tho coal is a superstition as old ns tho .story of the jewel til.' toad Carrie'S in his head, and i t is pwt ns istiipid. There are no miracles in Nature, ami tho fact th a t tho tend ran fast for long poriods is wondorful bnongh in itsolf. without, .^coking fantiwtic explanations in myths and fables.


to that, of “ A Riding Romeo. interest i.s nttaehed to this inctnro ti\ fact tJiat Mix himself was rosi«nsiole toe •story.


Few men in motion pictnns have bad v — HH-— toe


variwl exporienco of Charlie ■""''''‘1 '’g^nnoti the, iirinepal comerlians of the Mael^ Conicdios. He was born in Laurel,


1872. and bad a stage career of i " ’’"'-'


the country with musical comedii*s oi own. M u r ray ,


Mack .Scnnelt, who was then iictmc first time before the seixien. ns


startcil with


W. Griffith. Jt.ary Pickford and nro now leaders m tho profession. ‘


went with Mr. Sonnott and has him ever since ns tho featured com • j. tho cotnediee: He lives in Hollywix^. fornia. near the Mack SenncU Studios.


' r


with Ollio Mack, under the Murray and Mack. Tliey aniinally touro^


the j,


” ik, A« aniuiuncixl la.sl. week Mi.as linul> ii; *^


TiiPic is t.ivat ilu' ub-liiy. r c | l. .4iK*S o!" charing g.Mu: al 1 unn * if T B fore I” the Talk i


There is pa g'-nvd .vport-^ T m.


If a da


Castle ai: j-f-itate to I —the Co begin to *1 was th n t f va led npj


happily, tour of L | nothing tho news j question montioncj time to will iiov’l tbo forml


not n d<l Tho r» I iTTiT b


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