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AMUSEMENTS. HAT has become of “The Covered Wagon”? * A flood of publicity and critical reviews have been informing ys that it is one of the greatest pictures ever made, an epic of American history, ¥ a something that surpasses imagination and that cannot be faithfully described, and yet, although New York has been reveling in it for weeks, perhaps for months, there is no sign thus far of its being shown in Washington. Are we to fare in photoplay exhibition as we have long fared in theatrical presentations? It seems most unusual. Wash- ington is as ready now for the great epics of the screen as any other city. During the current week our population will be climbing up around the million mark. Our local exhibitors always have been among the most enterprising in the country. We have, heretofore, been used to the best, and early in the-day at.that. Inquiries by phone indicate that there are many who resent being reserved for “the second table.” ok ok ok x 1E big motion picture convention which will assemble in New York during the current week ought to be productive of material benefit to the photoplay, after the squabbling that seems inevitable subsides. There appears to be a sincere desire upon the part of Mr. Adolph Zukor m of the Paramount organization, who inspired the conference, to ac-| complish some real results, and the list of those who have been invited | to participate in it includes not only men who are pre-eminent in the art and industry, nationally and internationally, but prominent authors of all types who now contribute or who, it is hoped, may be .induced to con- tribute material for photoplay purposes. Screen production is prolific, and there is a real need of worthy material. Bickering over the past, except as it may lead to a solution of difficulties iif the future, ought to be limited to a minimum. cere, constructive contributions to the de- bates can be made to produce splendid resut. * % ok x EFORE suggesting this important conference. leaders in the picture production art set the pace for reform by doing a daring. vet an in- valuable thing—curtailing its plethora of “stars,” and sending back to the _those whase present-day greatness is attributable largely, if not e beauty, physical beauty especially, or to their fit- ¢ handsome gowns and costumes. Marriage had disposed of some of them—for a time, at least, but not beyond the possibility of a comeback. The producing organizations themselves apparently have risen to the comprehension that the ability to impersonate character, to pic- ture emotion and to lend to photoplay drama the charm that can be con- tributed only by players of talent, education and dramatic experience is quite as important as procuring plays in the language of the screen. In- deed, the two are inscparable, if artistic results are to be attained. The score or more of pretty and expressive faces. guided like mannikins by what the director does or does not know, may serve for “fillers” and “side entertainment.” but the really big results attainable are possible only with players and with plays that reflect brains, artistic talent and the skill acquired by training under a competent master. Naturally, the producer wants to make all the money he can; so does the author and so does the player, but the public is entitled to first consideration in the rév sults of their composite effort. There is a sense of justice as well as a sense of appreciation of the demamds of art to be kept uppermost in mind in framing basic principles for the government of picture production of the future. W. R L Photoplays This Week AT THE PHOTOPLAY HOUSES THIS WEEK. COLUMBIA—"Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” Shown this afternoon ¥ METROPOLITAN—"The Bright Shawl.” Shown this afternoon. RIALTO—"The Abysmal-Brute.” Shown this afternoon. “The Tiger's Claw Shown this afternoon, CENTRAL—"Why Women Remarry.” Shown this afternoon. CRANDALL'S—Pola Negri, in “Bella Donna.” Shown this after- noon. POLI'S—"Only.a Shop Girl.” Shown this afternoon. COSMOS—"The Girl Who Came Back.” Shown first time tomor- row afternoon. ———— RIALTO—“The Abysmal Brute.” | Migers Claw.” and Mr. and Mrs. Sid- e ney Drew's amusin ce a' Hobart Henley's Universal produc- | Mason. tosether wll;hc?rr\n:ldiugr};:u: tion of Jack London's story. “The of the Paths News, Topics of the Day Abysmal Brute.” will be shown at|and a delightful overture and orches. Moore's Rialto Theater this week, be- | tral “accompaniment by the Palace glaning today. Reginald Denny Is|Orchestra, Thomas J. Gennon, dic The story is one s ‘resxlng e . girl falls in love with a prize fight| jho POPUldr youns star, is & story by champion. Comedy, through the box- | Hunty anringham, directed by Joseph er's natural shwness of women. thrills | joontoeiy: WRich concerns an Amer- in prizc fight episodes and an element | 147 ¢hEineer in India who s clawed of drama_are among its elements of | tiger and nursed back to health 2ppeal. Mabel Jullénne Scott I8 piee native girl whom he decides to tured as the girl, and the cast in- out of gratitude. In the mean- cludes David Torrence, Havden Ste-|lime, however, he meets a girl of his venson, Charles K. French, Nel own race and falls in love with her. Cralg. Craufurd Kent, Irene Haisman Native malcontents, anxious to de- and George Stewart, stroy his encineering work. use his The program will include musica) Native wife as a tool, but he fights offerings, marked by the appearance | ll¥ Way to success with the aid of the of Elis Breeskin as violin soloist and | White girl. concert master of the Rialto orches- = Eva tra and his playin “Zigeunerwelsen,” with full orches. 9 tral accompaniment; an interpretative Karl Stockdale, Frank Butler, Geo: seore for the feature plcture. the | Fleld. Frederick Vroom, Lucien Melody Boys. in_a melange of pop- | tlefield and Robert Cain ular hit Roach's “Our Gang ‘Once a Mason.” featuring Mr. and Gomaedy, casunt Journey,” and|Mrs. Sidney Drew, was given & big the latest Fo d off in an opin echoed by Il- g lustrious METROPOLITAN — “The Bright| of Mecca Tempie A A 67 3" 1Bt Shawl.”” When the picture was given a pre r;lelase showing before 5,000 Hfl%les .. |of the moth . “The Bright Shawl.” first National's er temple. 1t should prove screen version of Joseph Herges- heimer's novel featuring _Richard of the most hilariou: ot iy s interest to Barthelmess and Dorothy Gish, wilk be retained at Crandall's Metropolitan |CENTRAL—“Why Women Re- Theater, this week, with a showing | 1Ty, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The sup- = INATTY. plementary features also will_con- | “Why Women Remarry” will be the tinue with the Metropolltan World |attraction at Crandall” ' Survey. the latest news events and | Theater the first four days of this Wagne “Rienzl" overture instead {weck, starting today at 3 p.m Ethel Grey Terry I8 cast as a mother of “Fanta Evpagnole,” by the or- chestra. of the slums whos - “The Brignt Shawl" was produced | Dearable by o hisee or o Hoamade un. in Cuba 'in the exact locale de-|Clarissa Selwynne appears as the wite meribed by the author and i a pic: |of a district attorney whose life aleg ture of beautiful artistry. Richard s not happy. The manner in wl:l‘ Barthelmess is cast a: & YOUNg AMer- | these two clements are Intoraonen ican who joins a struggling band of | results In a series of Interestin i Cuban patriots intent upon chaking d Milton Sills offers o gfe;l-‘ oft the tyranny of Spannish rule, He | finc:t character delineations ‘os o man. The seventh release in 19 in love with the riuter of his Cuban | polic ‘Figiting Blood" serles, based on friend. and inspires the love of La |ihe Clavel, Spanish dancer and {a\'orile"u_ Witwer's storles, and the Kino- Who re- | grams are added attractions. Alleen Pring] of the military commandan isements REAINALD DENNY Rialto - PoL& NEGRI Crondalls veals the secrets of the soldiery to|* Thursday. Frlde him until, trapped by a spy system. | Gloria Swanson will ba:dplcg:tr:;dlh’; she pays a tragic price for her perfidy. | Paramount's epic of the i From this situation is butlt & ircing | “Prodigal Daughters” a sympsens climax. » of midnight revels, - Take Your Cholce” a Christie |guy'life: nd Lonies Frornaa S pnd farce, supplies a half hour of clean- |vey the laughter in “Pest of the cut fun, o f:-"\'{'a.cyo“;nl?in 2 palpable burlesque d lof A ckford" COLUMBIA—“Four Horsemen af‘“agel‘m;_r with the 1’.(\{:;1‘5:":;::2;3 » | W. E. Th i THa Apoealyghe. | ompson’s pipe organ recitals. As its de luxe attraction for Shrine week. beginning this afternoon at 3 CRANDALL'S—Fola Negri in o'clock, Loew’s Columbia Theater will “ " offer Rex Ingram's masterpiece of Lo Bella Donna, screen darama, “The Four Horsemen | Pola Negri in “Bella Donna,” her of the Apocalypse,” a picture which i first American-made picture, will be has literally taken America by storm. |the attraction at Crandall's’ Theste 1t is based on the famous novel by | beginning this afternoon a 3 o eicty V. Blasco Ibanez, which already hadland continuing through T:-e::k The brilliant Polish star offers & created a literary “sensation on two continents. The screen production | vivid portray. yal of the super-vampire created by Robert Hichens ' {n offered Rodolph Valentino the first great role of his career, In company with the beautiful Alice Terry. The cast includes also Mabel Van Buren, Pomeroy Cannon, _Joseph Swickard, Alan Hale, Nigel De Bru- lier, John Sainpolis, Virginia Wa wick, Stuart Holmes, Wallace Beery and “Bull” Montana. The picture was presented originally at $2 prices, but this week it will be shown at the Columbia popular prices. “The Four Horsemen” 1s an epic tale that sweeps from the wide plains of the Argentine and the dance halls of Buenos Ayres through pre-war Paris into the blazing turmoil of the German Inyasion of France—a story of terror and grandeur that is shot through with the vision of St. John, who _saw the Four Horsemen—Co quest, War, Famine and Death—rid- ing on the wings of the hurricane. ern hemisphere, soon wins her way PALACE—“The Tiger's Claw.” |gocially. Stan Laurel will be seen As its special contribution to the!lalso in “Under Two Jags.” entertainment _ features of Shrine POLT'S—“Only a Shop Girl.” week. Loews Palace Theater s noes, beginning this afternoon af Fa 5 5 Shrine visitors are promised an op- 49 sags Somy 3 3 o'slock, 4 special program de luxe ¥hay, néludes Jack Holt in. *The A novel and’ subsequently rrs to the audible stage by Naimme Conrad Nagel is pictured as the hus- band and Conway Tearle as Baroudi, :t;;ex;on-l\:meg master of women. An attraction will fable, “Pharaoh’s Tomy.s, he Aesop Wednesday and Thursday ~Para- i mount's screen version of “The World and His Wife,” th egaray drama that once served starring vehi- cle for William Faversham, will be the attraction, with Alma Rubens and & notable cast. The story shows what havoe can bé brought into the lives of innocent peofle by malicious gos- sip. The climax is powerful. Eddie Barry will be seen also in ‘Family Troubles.” °Friday' and rday Alice Brady will be seen in ‘The Leopardess” a South sea dancer, who, when transplanted to the north- Miriam Coopers ~-CosmoserdStrand Latest Gossip From Hollywood DY HALLETT ABEND. Spectal Dispateh to The Star. LOS ANGELES, May 21.—Hollywood s convinced that the Pola Negri- Charlie Chaplin engagement is at an end. Pola will not admit the fact and Chaplin fs silent, but Pola no longer wears her engagemenl ring, | and it fs noteworthy that during the three weeks the tragedy queen has been resting at Del Monte Chaplin has not paid her a visit. The most that Pola will say is: have another purpose in life and mar- | riage s but of secondary importance to me. In the life of an artist love must follow, ot interfere with a career.” * H. B. K. Willis, a reporter, has dug up and written most of facts about the ori and Vi tudes of the Chaplin®Negri aff journeyed north to Del Monte for a confidential chat with the Polish actress. She talked freely. he claims, and did not impose the seal of con- fidence even when she denounced the work of her former director. George Fitsmaurice, and told her version of why “Bella Donna" was such a failure. Only concerning her romance was she reticent. As to Fitzmaurice and “Bella Donna” and the charges that she her- self, is high-handed and _tempera- mental on the studlo sets, Pola, Wil- Iis says, had this to say: “I have been painted as upstage by one critic, but I an not. I am just reserved. 1 cannot go up to & man and siap him on the back or kiss him as some Hollywood actresses are supposed to do. I just stand back and laugh: Because I wished to spare myself from having Mr. Myers and Mr. Schultz and Mr. and Mrs. what not peering at me when I was acting a scene, I had my set Inclosed. Then they called me temperamental. “I have decided upon a crusade to overcome the reputation for banality created by ‘Bella Donna.’ From now on I am going to be as bad a vamp and villainess as I can. Theda Bara and Barbara La Mar will seem Sun- day school characters by comparison. Fitzmaurice, the director of ‘Bella Donna,. and his wife, Ouida Bergere, wha wrote the continuity, made of the character the rubber-stamp type who t of cinema vampire—the good-wicked | little woman who wrecks homés and hearts by gnawing a red rose and oozing sex appeal. They made a great character into one of the cloak and suit dynasty of vamps; a ‘bad’ wom- an who.does nothing worse than vio- late the curfew law. ““The picturs was about half finish- ed and my version of Bella Donna's character led that of Robert Hichens by half a lap. Then Ouida Bergere nd Fitzmaurice put their heads to- gother, and when they finished with it the play had as much kick 2s a bran mufin. Work wae started agaln and all the what you call high-power stuft was thrown away.” Here Willis iInterpolates, in brack- ots saw the unfinished part at a preview at the Ambassador, when it Wwas run off for a convention of Jesse Lasky film peddlers, and it was all that Pola says it was. It would have assed the censors, because it would ave 1éft them unconscious. The way Pola belabored the emotional bass drums of her audience had Lasky’ tired business men taiking to them. sclves. Pola was Incarnate; the vanip of the type that h: made famously infambus” certaln ladles who are well known to history. I hear that the film peddiers, wi they came to, were .scared—hence the retakes.” wp | Then Pola, continuinz., prbomised | that in her next picture, “The Spanish Dancer.” she will play the part as she | thinks ‘it should be played | _“The public, 1 feel and hope, wants Pola Negri, the actress, in _sincere work, wood vampire. I shall do my best and hope to make them forget the Gisappointment of the ‘Bélla Donn flasco. Frankly, it bored me to death, admitted al the close of the inter- chard Travers, film f{dol of four years ago, has résumed his picture career unde | Rendezvous.” William Collier, jr., will be seen in | Frank Borzage's next film. - | Lillian and Dorot Gish are to co- | star in George Eliot's “Romola,” with ‘LflHln in the title part and Dorothy | as the little Italian girl whom Tito he | loves. si- | John Currie, colored, who Was born and reared a slave in Georgia, 18 en- | feminine | tering motion pictures at the age of | 104 years. He has been given a char- |acter part in “The Day of Faith.” | which Tod Browning is directing for Goldwyns. the family of M: Atlanta. Charles Ray announces that the first showing of the “Courtship of Miles andisa” will be made next October at Springfield, Mass., to the delegates of the National Council of Congrega- | tional Churches. Roscoe E. (“Fatty”) Arbuckle, who | has been directing comedies here for | several months, is in Chicago on a gold Gardens for eight weeks at §2,500 a week. 4 Evelyn Brent, brought here from England to play a lead for Douglas Fairbanks, has given up her contract. “I have already waited six months to start work,” she says. “I know the salary is nice, and some people may like to be paid for idleness, but I can- rot afford to be absent from screen releases for eighteen months. The public will forget. So I am regret- fully leaving the Fairbanks' studio.” Hollywood is interested deeply in the new policy announced by Jesse L. Lasky. The number of productions planned for the next year is fifty- two, as against some eighty-odd re- leases for the last year. The day of stars % done, Mr. Lasky declares, and reafter Paramount will give up ‘program pictures” and will make all-star super-productions.” After saving this, however, he an- nounced the signing of Douglas Fair- banks, jr., an untried boy of thirteen. at a salary of $1,000 a week, and said the youth 1 be made a featured star. Thi 's father has made no comment, except to say that he is sorry his son is being put to work before he has finished school and gol- lege. Doug, jr. is in custody of his mother, who has remarried since she obtained her divorce. Nell Craig has begun work as Mary Todd, in “Abraham Lincoln.” For the first time in their screen careers Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Wash- burn are co-starring in “Mine to eep.” Hal Roach has reorganized his pro- ducing compan: given up active maenagement and.placed the conduct of affairs in the hands of Warren Doane, Harry M. Walker and Tom K. Crizer. Norma Talmadge's “Ashes of Ven- geance” has suffered a change of name and will be released as “Purple Pride. Universal's $1,000,000 productio “The Hunchback of Notre Dame, will be completed by June 10. (Copyright. 1923, in U. 8. #nd Great Britain by North American Newspaper Alliance. Al rights reserved.) _— second only to that of Jackle Coogan this week in “Only a 8hopgirl,” the photoplay: shown at Poli's Theater, with Josephine Addir in the principal juvenile, part and co-starring with Miss Estelle Taylor. Little Josephin Just in her eighth year, made & hit in her-first fllm, “Mare to Be Pitied,” and it was for her acting in that pic- ture that Edward LeSaint chose her for “Only & Shopgirl.” Wallace Beery, one of the big char- cters in the “Four Horsemen” and in urricane’s Gal’”” and Claire Dubrey also have leading parts. Miss Du- brey's work will be recalled in_“The Voice from the Minaret”: Mae Busch and Tully Marshall round out the cast of “Only. & Shopgirl,” which will be $rom 10 agm. uatil Il p. COSMOS—“The Girl’ Who Came Back.” The Cosmos Theater today, start- ing at 8 p.m., will bring to & close its regular vaudeville season with an ideal bill of entertainment including “The George Primrose Minstrels” and fine offerings of varied types of vaudeville, together with a big photo- play program including the feature picture presenting Frank Mayo -in “The Bolted Door,” the story of a man who won his wife's love after their marria 3 Tomorrow afternoon the Cosmios will open its summer program series of all picture entertainment, inelud- ing & G Who Came Bacic” and s number of added attractions, including a two- -yeel Jaughmaken news pictures, Marshall Neflan in “The | ot Pola, the denatured Holly- | Currie once belonged to| . James Comer of | | | | 'om_Forman production, “The | “Passion.” | musteal ‘comedy contract with Mari- | rk | of a cast of celebritie: | bled * MiLToNn S1Ls Central . Roporer- VALENTINO Columbia Stars Are Getting Serious REVOLUTION is gojng on in film- dom! Not a death struggle between pro- ducer and exhibitor; not a cash cul tomer's revolt against the ubiquitous War tax; not an attempt to dethrone Wil H. Hays, but a complete chan, of working poliey on the part of the stars who register thelr charms in celluloid. It was customary, a few years ago, for a star to establish herself as the supreme exponent of a single type of character and let It go at that. y Pickiord, the originator of the tem, has now stepped to the fore as the first definitely to overturn it. No longer proud to be known mersly-as “Our Mar; with _the wonderful “golden curis* Miss Pickford has set about it to find a vehicle that will Wwrite her name down among the truly great actresses. The firat 8tép was to import Ernst Lubitech, producer of “Deception,” “One Ara- blan Night” and other colossal pic- tures that took this country by storm. Herr Ernst is expected to transform Mary into an emotional glantess. Constance Talmadg: another who is devoting her abilities to more sub- etantial material than the genial fri- volities with which her name w: sociated prior to her production of “East Is West.” Phyllis Haver, also, indelibly linked in memory with the olden “days of the Mack Sennett athing beauties, is playing serious roles in pictures as remote from bur- lesque as “The Christian,” for ex- ample. of the little Liméhouse Fury,” was the screen's champion hoyde: ment in any of her work, and D. W Griffith, in making public reference to her on a certaln occasion. charac: terized her as “a little devil.” Good naturedly, of course, and largely as a tribute to her efférvescence. In “Fur; however, the Gis ity to depict character marked a change in all this. “The Bright Shawl” &lso, in which she appears opposite Richard Barthelmess, makes Dorothy Gish scarcely recognizable ax the little vixen who formerly was gatisfled merely to romp through her cenes. In her work in it many of her admirers perceive a sudden blossom- ing of true art in one who was ex- pected always to be a low comedi- enne. Thus it is, “the world do move, and frivolity, sooner or later, must &1ve way to serious purpose. Fame 18 not earned with fun. abil- et e scenics and educational films, “The Girl Who Came Back” b eldom asse in one picture. It includ Miriam Cooper, Gaston Glass, Kenneth Harlan, Fred Malatesta, Joseph Dow- ling, Ethel Shannon, Mary Culver and Zasu Pitts. Its story concerns an unsophisticated country girl who ought her fortune in the big city, aw its tempting lights and.listened to its alluring jazz, only to find her- self linked to a husband who was ar- rested almost at the altar as an auto thief. From this on the story has an exciting trend, full of suspense, punc- tuated with thrills and after many ups and downs ultimately leading to a happy climax. 5 L. Such {s the ventilation system at the Cosmos, the management an- nounces, that those who prefer may smoke in the balcony without fear of discomfort or annoyance to_tho: seated in the auditorium below, where the decorum maintained will De Such as befits the presence of adies. - Apollo. Today and’ tomorrow.' Théodore in “Grumpy,” and comedy, “Dog Bense”; Tuésday and Wednes- Glot Swanson, in “Prodigal Daughters.” and Paul Parrott, in “For Art's Sake": Thursday and Friday, Helene Chadwick and Richard Dix, in “Quicksands,” and Lige Conley, in “Hold _Tight”; Saturdwy, Clara Kim- ball Youns, ' in_ “The man of Bronz and “Our Gang” comedy, “The Cobbler. Avenue Grand. Today and tomorrow, Gloria Swan. son, in_“Prodigal Daughters” and Lyman H. Howe's “Speed Demons"; Tuesday and \Wédnesday, Theodorse Roberts, in “Grumpy,” and Aesop's Fables, “Pharaoh’s olb"b Thursday, Clara Kimball Young, in 4The Wom- an of Bronze," and Paul Parrott in “Por Art's_Sake"; Friday, Lulu th, in Willlameon's “Wenders ot the Sea™; George O'Hara, 1 ight- mg Bloo%ciound five, and Lige Con. 1ey, in out.” Caroling, - Today and tomorrow Pols Nesgri, in “Bella . Donna”; Tuesdsy, Msarshall Neilan's “Strangers Banquét.” also Harold - Lloyd comedy; ‘ednesday, Wesley Barry, In-“The¢ CTounty Fair,” also Pathe News and Literary Digest Topics; Thuraday, Eileen Porcy and Buddy Measenger, in “The Flirt”: ¥'ri- 3 Peéters, _ in' _“Human Holirts® Batarday, e Kenthoky, Derby,” also Pathe New: Y Darty WS and Aesops Chevy Chase. Today and tomorrow, Pola in “Bella Donna". “Family Troubles and Interrational Negri, Eddie Barry, in il Aeu;v’ud}‘nhle- News; Tuesday a; Wedneésday, Charles Chaplin, 1n “The Pligrim”; Katherine MacDonald, in ‘The Woman Conquers,” and Interna- tional News. Special matinee, Tues- day at 3 pm. Thursday, Florence Vidor, in “Dust to Dawn O'Hara, in “Fighting Blood, four, and Buster Keaton, in * L Friday, Douglas MaoLe: +Bell Boy No. 18"; Stan Laurel, in White Wings," and “Oregon Trail," No. 12: Saturday, Walter Hiers, in Billings Spends His Dime”; Baby | “Plunder," No, g, cor Whlte, In Today and tomorrow, “Might: ’ 2_Ro Tuesd! Colleen ngrul‘ }; “The Nth Commandment’; We 2;5. gl:ool’:l . “;{,""g:. in * dnc} Ho: ursday an Pola Negri, in “Mad Lover also oo’ edy: Saturday, Helen Chadwick, Rich- Dix, James Kirkw Lewis, in "The Gin Flosa- 0d Raiph Dumbarton. Betty Compson, In “Ths White wer”; tomorrow, “Kingdom thin; Tuesdsy? Katherine Mac- onald, in “Refuge’; Wednesday, Miiton Bills, in “What a Wife Learn. ed”; Thursday and Friday, ‘€he Commandment”; Saturday, John Gil- bert, in “The Love Gambler.” -Empire. nd_tomorrow, Billis. D annm’,-in “All the B‘remo-" also Topics of the 4 Wednesday, Glenn Agtor, in <The Bec- . in *The Eown Bean: % a ody; “ia Phato Frank 2ave ?:“g‘nfl:‘zi Sead | h 1so “Thé Social- uemx:‘:olr..fl (matines only). < Elite. T and tomorrow, Richard Di anam,un Bush, ‘tn “The Christian’ Tuesday, u;u 8tons, in “The World's A Tola;:l o Today. and Lon Were Vi Day; Tu Hunter and ond dle, Glas L™ Fris Neal urday, hY Dorothy Gish, up to the time of her | There wasn't a serious mo- | (e, scorntuily, and hiniseif dashed out | at’ the front door joniy to find it locked on the inside. | tained | the glass at a point high enough to| THE MYSTERY GIRL | A Thrilling Detective Story BY CAROLY’N WELLS. (Copyright. by J. B. Lippincett Co.) BYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS INSTALLMENTS. and scholar, bas Just won the Notly contested election to the preaidency of Corinth college, o veetabis New pgland seat of learning. Before his inaug he plans to. marry Eily Bates, cultured widow. ~ With his life ved a Tosy future assured, t's Desitation before he ative her question: “Are uration, answers in thie affi you éatirely happy?' Tnto this quiet college town comes “Miss Mystery." Further than giviog her uame as Acita ‘Austln, she refuses to divalge any fu- formation regardiog herself or her busioess in Corinth. 6he_ghows, however, a matked in- terest in Dr. Waring, and ia seen covering his . s at_the ‘Waring bousehold, consisting, besides Dr. War- 188, of Mrs. Peyton, his housekeeper. her daughter, Helen, and' Gordon Lockwood, Li secretary’ Upou meetidg the “Mystery Girl Jobo Waring Is visibly affected, but he a sures Emily’ Bates that he Las mever before Seen of met Anil ‘That night, Dr. Waring retires, usus his stidy Early the wext morning Ito, Japanese butier, awakens Mrs. Peyton ‘with | the néws that the study door remains locked and that John iog 18 still seated at his | desk. Lockwood in immediately summoned | and trles to still their fears by telling them that the doctor is merely lecp. His toue, Nowever, carrice Do couviction. . to nis Where Is Nogi? Mre. Peyton well knew Gordon Lock- wood's disinclination to. show any emotion, and, In spite of his calm, she was almost certain he shared her own belief that John Waring was not merely asleep. “We' must get to him,” Lockwood sald, after a moment’s pause. Can you get through one of these win- dows, Ito, and unbolt the dvor “No, sir; these windows do not open | at all Not open? Why not?" Save to remark the beauty of their color and design, -Lockwood had never before noticed the windows, éspecfally, and was genuinely sur prised to’ discover that they could not be opened at ‘all. “Of what use are they?" he mused, aloud; “They give very little light.” “They were outside windows be- fore the study was built,” Mrs. Peyton told him, “und when the stained glass was put In, it was merely for decora- tion ‘and the panes were not made movable. “Well, we must get in,” sald Lock- | wood, almost impatiendy. “How ‘we do 4t? You, Ito, must know No, 8ir, thers is no way. Unless, the long window is unfastened.” The long French window—really a double door—was on the other side of the &tudy, exactly opposite the useless high windows that gave into the diTing room To reach it one must around the house “It 1s & very bad snow—" shrugged. “You heathen!" go out and 1to Lockwood exclaim- uround to the side of the house. Mrs. Peyton started to follow, but the secretary bade her go back lest she take cold. He reached the French window, He could not see in through its cur- panes, and impulsively raised his foot and kicked through allow of his putting in a hahd and turning back the latch He went into the ruom. and after the briefest glance st the man by the desk he went on and unbolted the door to the hall. Helen had joined her mother and Ito, and the three stood cowering on the threshold. “He is dead.” Gordon Lockwood said, in a calm, unemotional way. “But not by a stroke—he has killed himselr.” “How do you know?" Mrs. Peyton cried, her eyes staring and her face white, “G6 away, Helen” Lockwood said; “go back into the living room, and stay away.” And willingly the girl obeyved. | “Come in, Mrs. Peyton.” Lockwood | want on. “You must see him, though | it will shock vou. Sce, the flow af blood is dreadful. He stabbed or shot himselt.” Conquering her aversion to ght, Mrs. Peyton, from a sense of duty, drew nearer, and as Lockwood had said. the condition of the body was terrible indeed. Wounded. apparently in the side of | the head, Waring had fallen forward | fn such n way that the actual wound was concealed, but the fact was énly too apparent that he had blad to death. The blotter on the desk and many of the furnishings were crim- soned and’ there was & large and| dnrk stain on the rus. “Ha iz positivelv dead.” said Lack- wood, in cool. even tone. “so T advise that we do not touch the hody hut sénd at onca for Dr. Greenfleld. He will know what hest to do.” “Oh. you c¢6ld-blonded wretch!” Mra, Pevton burst forth. uncontrollably. “Have you no feelings whatsoever? You stand there like a wooden imace, | when the best man in the world lies; dead before you! And vou. Ito!” She turned on the awe-struck butler, “You're another of thows impassive, unnatural creatures! Oh, T hate you Dote housakeever ran from the room; and was soon closeted with her daugh- ter, who at least showed: agitation and grief at the tragedy that had oc- S he two gehe had called impassive | stood regafding one another ;Who did it [master?” inquired the| ese. calmly. Je'v;nnsmfl it™ Lockwood stared at/ “TWhy, he did it himseif, Ito.” immovable. the orlental shook his head in dissension, but Lockwood was already at the tele- phone, and heeded him not. Dr. ‘Greenfield consented to come over at once, and Lockwood, going to the living room, advieed the Peytons him, Otherwise o |in have break there was a :2rr|ble ordeal ahead of them. “Shirley of the C\rcus"a; day, Ethel Clayton, in _“Can &‘:m:'n Love Twice?"; Saturday, “Hunting Big Game in Africa.” Mason, in Favorite. v, Jackie Coogan, rt, “Thorns _and rsday, Constance Talmadge. in Tha *Yrimitive Lover: Friday, Gladys Walton, in “The Town Scan- dal,” and Saturday, Johnny Walker, in “The Fourth Musketeer. Home. d tomorrow, Colleen Mogre, lnT‘o"g;Z {gth Comimandment"; Tues- day, “The Red Trail’; Wednesday and Thursday, Betty Compson, in *The White Flower"; Friday, Nell Shipman, in “The Grub Stake”: Sat- Y, ‘Hoot ' Gibson, In “Single- aéa.” Orangé Blossome’ ,’ Hippodrome. > y, Rodolph _ Valentino, in " ‘and Sand”; Tuesday, Wallace AT “Clarence' Wodnesday, . ii_“Faming Hour": B ay Mabel Ballin, in® “Married People”; Friday, Wallace Reid, in “Thirty Dayw'; Saturday, Ethel Clay- ton, in *Can a Woman Love Twice? New Truxtom. and tomorrow, Priscilla Dean, lh‘l‘.":l‘dh.:Flme of Life; Tuesday, Jack in “The Marshall of Money- dnesday, Charles Jones, in Thursday, Florence Supreme’ Passion”; Corinne Grifiith, ‘in=“Divorcey tutday, Frank Mayo, fo egree.’t the 1 = & some coffee with you, if he went on. “Brage up. Helen, 'it's pretty awful for you, but You must try to be a brave girl.” A graterul glance thanked him for the kindness, and Lockwood returned quickly to the study. “What are you doing?’ he sald. sternly, as he saw Ito bending over the dead man. 4 “Nothing, ~sir,” and the butler straightened up quickly and stood at attention. “Leave the room, and do not re- turn here without permission, Serve breakfast to the ladles. Whers Nogi?" ‘He is gone, sir.” ne where?" “That I do not know. he was here. Know no more.” “You don't know anything. is Last night Now he is gone. I Get Yes, sir.” U to himself. Gordon Lockwood gazed thoughtfully about the room He did not confine his attention to the bent figure of his late employer. nor even to the desk or its nearby surroundings. He wandered about looking &t the windows, the fgor, the turniture, One chair, standing rather naar the des he look at intently. An ex- pression of bewilderment came into his face, followed by a look of dis- may. Then, after a cautious, alfnost fur- tive, glance about him, he passsd his hand quiokly over the plush back of the chair, rubbing it hard, with a scrubl & motion. Then he looked about the room even more eagerly and carefully, and finally sat down on®the same plush chair, to await the doctor's arrival. Helen Peyton came timidly to the door to ask him to come to Lreakfast “No, Helen,” he answered. ‘“My | place is here until the doctor comes. Eat vour breakfast, child, and try t throw off vour distress. It will You no to brood over it. You can be of real help if you keep brave and calm, but it will be quite other- wise if vou get hysterical.” Heé did not ee the adoring glance she gave him, nor did he realize how much tffect his words had on_her subsequent behavior, for Helen Pey- ton was suffering from shocked nerves, and only Lockwood's advice would have been heeded by her. § réturned to the dining room, sayi quietly, “Gordon will com after a while. Let us eat our break fast, mother, and try to be brave and strong.” It was not more than fifteen min- utes later that Lockwood joined them He took his seat at the table, and there nosr. was stabbed, the inStrument W inted—not fiat, like a He ' asked Helen, wide- t must have been suicide, Helen . as you know. the room -was locked. How could any one get in or out?" “But how absurd ‘to think of Dr. Waring killing himself!” The girl 100ked more amazed than ever. never killed hi stated Pevton. “Why, you know that ad evervthin, ve for! Just married, just about to be f the col 1L of 1ife onsense ! hat the doc- now ypurselves all locked up.” go. 1Ito, leavé th tor said. room w that's Peyton spoke sharply to the, who was quite evidently ation. she isap- about © Nogl belng wood, suddenly. Mrs. Peyton sald, . n't. understand it don think he'd stay, he didn't like the du- ties at all—you know he's just learn- ing to be a butler—but queer he went Off like that. His wages are due for three weeks." “He'll back then surmised Lockwood. “Now, what. shall we. do first? The fac must be notified of this ‘tragedy, also ~ Mrs. Bates ich of you two will s about it?” be " said her .mofhér moment's thought “I ought ere to look after the house, . anyway, deur, you can do it wisely and gently. Mrs. Bates likes you, and, after all, it can be soon told.” “Oh, T can't!” cried Helen, dlsmay- ed at the thought of thé: ewful ." and Lockwood look- firm kindli rou . don't you, Helen? Weil, here's one thing you can do that will ‘be of great assistance to. vour to me. For on us two most of the sad duties of ed at her w want t6 be of day. < “But what can I say? tell her?” “Just tell her the facts as far'as you know them vourself. She wilt Ruess from your own agitation that something has happened. And then you will tell her, as gently as you can. Be a true woman, Helen, and remembér that though your news must break her heart. vet she'd far rather hear it from you than from some fess sympathetic messenger.” “I'll do it." sald Helen, struggling What can 1 | bravely to keep her tears back. “That's a good girl. Run right along. now, for ill news flies fast, and rumors may get to her before’ you réach there” “Now about that N sald, thoughtfu please, Mra. Peyton.” “When did you see Nogl last retary asked of the butler. “When I came home last night, sir Sunday is my holiday. I.returned about 10, and, as I found' Nogi with his duties properly done and at his post, I went to bed. I found this morning that he had not been' in his" bed at all. His clothes are gone, and’ all his belongings. I think he will not come back.” (Continued Tomorrow.) " Lockweéod ‘Call, Ito back, " the Olympic. Today and-tomorrow, Priscilla Dean “The Flame of Life"; Tuesday, Etbel Clayton, in¥Cam 2 Woman Love Twice'” Wednesday, Milton Sills, Henry B. #val- thall, Tully Marshall nad Irene Rich, in “The Marriage Chance”; Thursday, Constance Talmadge, in “A Veiled Ad- yenture”: Friday, Violet’ Heming, in “When thie Desert Calls,” and Larry’ Semon comedy; Saturday, Betty Comp- son, in “The 'White Flowet™; Stan Laurel, in “White Wings,” and “The Jungle Goddess,” No. 4. Prince! . Today and tomérrow, Elmes Clif- ton'® “Dowhn to the Sea in Ships™; Tuesddy, Johnny Hines, in “Sure Fire Flint"; Wednesday ' and .Thursday. Gloria' Swanson, in “My American Wife”; Friday, “Man of the' Forest"; Saturday, Walter Hiers, in “Mr. Bjll- ings Spends His' Dime. ; Raphael. n” “Poar trow, Nazimova. Tuesday, Walter , Hiers, in “Mr. Billings Sp#nds His Dim Thursday, Charles -Ray,. in “The Girl I Loved”: Friday, ety Compson, in “The Whife Flower”. Sat- urday, Hoot Gibson, in “Kindfed Cour age.” Regent. .. . i Today and tomoxrow, Betty Comp-, son_and Bert Lytell, in“To Have and to--Hold"; Tuesday, Lauvette Tayiord in “Peg ‘o' My ": Wednesda Alice Brady, in Thursday,. H: B _ Sheik of Arabia”; Law"; slumugi He Kirkwood, ia 4