The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 24, 1916, Page 4

Next Week A Novel ‘The Secre! A Week HAROLD BINDLOSS Porirrininstsiitiy aageaseesasiass: i | (Continued from Our Last Issue) for tho author, he was fatrly olemn with happiness, Anne did not encounter bim all the evening, until, as ehe started to her room at the end of the lact act, _ THE SEATTLE STAR OF SCRIPPS NORTHWEST LE. )Vote for Herman Nelsen ERMAN NELSEN, candidate for county commissioner in the South saw bim waiting by her door. “Well?” she called, triumphantly; | and, gathering up her train, hurried toward him You're satisfied? With ‘Elfrida’?t” | “Satisfied? 1 say it now.” He No, I'd better not aughed unstead-| District, is the only one who merits con- [he it von ene ett he ee sideration from the independent voter in |"; ao» she sald, under ber! that district. ait otha dreatzurcem ovieate He is the anti-ring candidate, has no [Dt oPenet, and Bisle was looking “Oh, Mr, Harland!” she called. strings tied to him, is free to give honest service, and is no political ward heeler. Nelsen is a farmer, not a politician; a good citizen, not a spoilsman; free and in- dependent of the Hamilton-Lou Smith He started and looked faintly an-| noyed. “Yes. In a minuto!” he answered, over his shoul/or. | “But T can't wait!" she laughed, {and came running out, “Tell mo} jquick! How was I?" she demanded jimpetuously, “How did I 1} What did people say about me?” “Oh, you were great. Everybody was. And our star hero-—she—" gang. : “But did people like me? Did} There’s a chance to save hundreds of |they, think 1 looked nice? You) Must have heard something } “M-m-m,” he hesitated, evidently | searching his memory, “You. 1 remember I did hear a whisper! thousands of dollars to King county every year with a proper administration on the supervisor. : Vote for Herman Nelsen. for herself.” We can't dress alike, child We'd be all but indistinguishad! STAR—THURSDAY, AG, 24, 1916, i « ANNE, ACTRESS” PAGE 4, very the start the star's teception—a« necessary expedient where actor is no Widely known been drilled tw recognize a red |haired woman dressed in white There was a sound as if everybody drew ® quick breath of admiration, and then, led by the unsuspecting the applause broke in a ve. That's Killed your entrance, whether they know you or not Ellis groaned Anne nodded, her hands crushed inst her heart Never you mind, tho!” he went on hastily, patting her shoulder “You'll show ‘em who's who! Next line's your cue, ° * * Bteady now. Make ‘em ashamed!” He had to give ber a@ little push before she moved. Then she stepped out into the glare, TAWVE MS AND THA WARLD ts MOING— There the same audible breath that had greeted Elsie, but this time surprise brought it, and a silence followed. Anne stood for a second, fighting against a sense of irretrievable de feat. To make matters worse, the familiar, dreaded blackness was settling around her. Then a strange thing happened As plainly as if he stood before her, she saw Harland’s face, white and drawn, projected on the misty its Mps moving in the “My play—you won't ruir when you came on In that-—that county board. Neca Ki : Something | ; In anawerl che sumiied. ap all rn . . . your being @ winne } Dp oO Take no chances with either Lou Smith, | ere sreay i” she laughed, and then THESE POLKS HERE ARE ATTONDING fort, and beat beck the deedly . . srew 0" tfu * th dress. "O HA’ €00D Time | fain 1" ence past master in the old “spoils” system, nor {It's s0 muuch prettier and more be Tour Yeo are Deunt AND IF TF HAR | Wallace was sitting on the edge of . ° ‘ re coming than that old dark thing , | his seat, watch a rown with Jim Jones, Hamilton’s erstwhile road {1 nave to wear at first. But ANY MORE OF THIS SINGING THROUGH of enulty that ecw Jim J : mamma reserved all the lovely pale YOUR NOSE TC BReAak IT alarm, Back tn the wings, Ellis watched, too. Once and once only did he open his lips. That was when Har land, striding up and down tn a white, still fury, stopped beside him. “Listen to that Hine—not a Jaugh!” Harland said, between his teet She killed it. Killed it de iberately, because she's sore at me." Ellis spoke then, and with flay ing directness. a Anne explained, with the we ‘ * ness of many repetitions, “And “Courtes: Mr. Harland wished me to wear . c y } é white in that act % DANA DURAND, whose retirement as director of cen 1 certainly did,” he said, round le sus at Washington was the basis of an attack by Mr. | )),, T'm the one responsibl | Hughes on the democratic administration, now comes to the) [nalee ato breakfast with Anne ‘ PERE next’ morning. He was in high front with a naively frank coniession euictia, tell of eradon fer het 458 Says Mr. Durand, “I resigned as a matter of courtesy) optimistic predictions about the aoe play, but there were symptoma that the long-looked for improvement in his managerial eyesight was be- when the Wilson administration came in, but my retirement was a forced one, however, as I wanted to keep my place.” “courtesy” of the spoils system; Robin Hood audience, staring from her to Elsie sy. Guess Durand would have kicked like a bay steer 7 othe me oe Sg v2 Ge seo his democratic predecessor had failed in that . ee faintly “Oh, yes, you will” SMC! But she did not say so. | The newspaper notices were very | complimentary. It was the same fn the next town and the next. The first act still dragged, tn spite of Harland’s tinkering, but none of the alleged critics mentioned Anon 4 “courtesy. prebending kindness. We feel sorry for Mr. Durand, but he is just one of a fery large and very unhappy family. bad minute the whole plece, you know. Ellis grunted. have said outright Harland’s clear skin reddened He might an well of improvements. Ger ole He can be counted on as a man of action with the eo you so! speak ym Wallace any attention to it?” he exclaimed, | kan dretsing “T think he should see it at once," Can They Can Cantu? paring to send a military force to oust Cantu, which will be) “1—r17l! mail it the first chance I/ d That such is the ultimate purpose of Cantu is no longer » denied by his closest advisors. Lower California is prosper- | ing as never before, due to American enterprise. American money is the medium in use and the only coin that goes, down| 7 * there. Cantu has influential American friends, who promise |°"\1, bg a poten em ea Rie; " to provide ample funds in case of conflict with any foe other attraction having failed Kopelaanty’ merning too early to £0 to his office, and so would iniss his mail. Late that afternoon, he| rejoined the company, and came at| derstanding glance that York Friday fuses lit claimed “Ob, fight that out later!” Insleet like them?” ESPR FPA 2 SRA 7 aM interrupted curtly. “Only take thie| ether one would have upheld her from me—we'll have « different | deciaively® but Hariand, in his in- He spoke) be w sternly, and yet with @ sort of com-| cess, You'll make| throw mine away. the beat of It, Just as we will, fan't going to queer Desides, Anne, it's Monday night—/|ing out on bis face. it. jor never,” Le added, significantly Minna exclaiming with admiration | q ® was a great sheaf of roses another from Mattie easys”—for he's hoisted many with ‘em in days of yore.| no gianced uncomfortably at Anne,|and John, and three or four others,|to make sure Anne was still be! piiusea TAL anh Oe sheriff, he'll be with ‘em all right, all right—FULL of But she could afford to be generous,| but Anne was a trifle surprised) aide him. . lia and morely naked if he intendui|and diaappoiated to find none from| “I'd swear it was you!” he whis-| _ Perkinoff and Rose } eee forwarding the notica to Inslee ‘ pered Beaumont and Arnold ‘ou don't nk he'd pay chilled and hurt, she be It was no wonder others made She had just slipped on the simple white gown of the OV. CANTU of Lower California has provided his army |she said; and Ellis seconded her| first act, when Insiee knocked at) . +t : meaningly, “As quick as you can|the door, He was in search of the 4 with brand new uniforms and is paying them $1.50 DOr vet it to him, my boy!” paleo ine PALACE HIP $ |) day in American money, according to the latest report from} Elaie tried breathlessly to put in| “I thought he'd be in here. He} | ag ts pd nh ates pr a a : ‘ a word, but for once Harland did| came back fifteen or twenty min- Ons Ates » te. tn 8 ra )} Tia Juana military headquarters. Carranza, it is said, is pre-|t ot tiston Jutes ago,” he sald. “All ready?| |] Otte Adion ® Co. te France, Brea Staniey ‘arden, Zoeller Trie Now give it to ‘em from the start | resisted. That, as soon as that force hears of the new uni-| get.” he promised | firat scene seta the pace, re-| Feature Photopiny and Selig- ? e 50, of real money, per day, it will go over) 7° make doubly sure, Anne sent) member He shook hands, hast abe forms and th $1 Ord wit “ P ) GO OVET! wet a copy herself from the next but heartily, and was gone, | pes masse to Cantu, is also claimed town, and then she settled back The overture had begun, and the — = Lower California is headed for independence and a sep-| comfortably, knowing Insleo would| first act people were nearly all as ie arate government do the she could not|sembled and waiting in the wings ULL BROS. know was that suld leave New| It was the last minute. The guns o to speak, were trained and the Anne took It all in with one un- net her eyes| figures { hopelossly,| emerging from the hall that led to) If Ellis or Inslee had been there, “Don't be more a fool than you © been. It’ not & woman fn a million who'd _ Now that’s real pathetic. He wanted to “keep his place”| ginning. After declaring that the ‘enue Tuesday night” | experience, hesitated. 2 ‘o. P4 . a . doce was & wonder, he tasted his But Monday night The-—the| And while he wavered, the over ‘ait wal, but “courtesy” forced him to resign. The same kind had bers eee eee opening? Anne stammered ture ended, there was a sudden| #04 If she gets thru it alive ‘courtesy which has forced thousands and thousands of worthy that 1 gem ge reel oy oe “It will have to go as it is. | rustle followed by a hush, and they a Tarlene jerked away ‘ ment employes—lots of them women—to tear up their| drae ‘te the middle “| won't risk a change, There ten’t!| heard « volce from the stage. Lemmy! sage ag _ ee oe meal tickets when a republican administration succeeded a! “Jus Pou enue cn—thaty| Oe 10 Gee D Soy women ant ae a few seconds later Sdemocratic administration, and vice versa, ever since the poli- te 4 part of it," he sald. “Did Net went pay with ere was no denying that ans first recognized the potency of the federal patronage|’°AJna nodded. She knew it was Lisle! It's sulciie—" That settles it! ad na club. the two or three minutes when the Rot! You've got to.” Wait!” Anno halted them per as a scene well could. When Y it’s the . , wn II won't do it!" she repeated|emptorily, as they sprang toward|*h® made her exit, there was not even @ ripple of applause, and she stood for a moment in the wings, looking about dully. She stiffly to her room. Minna drew her inside and closed the door, try- ing to disguise her alarm. “I can’t sea I can't hear the cues. It's no use to try,” Anne whispered. “I think—Minna! I think I—I'm dying.” jan entrance together. “You may) ling to risk your own suc Mr. Harland, but you shan’t I refuse to go| One| on.” “You won't go on?” He stared And,}at her stupidly, perspiration break- “You'd make us ring down? Now? Because. you don't Itke somebody's drees?” nor referred to the cause, which } } : : | CHAPTER IX “Don't like’ it? Ask Inslee © lurched forward, but the * bee evide poug ‘ol around the state, whispering here, aotiae es. ona mgr Fallure lwhat he thinks! Ask Ellis, Ask/Strong arms caught her and laid soft-pedaling there, Sen. J. W. Sutton, who joined the) women together for the first time.| “So the great night ‘s here!” Dr.| anybody ffi ily tb goer pd sant Sales redbey jae snee,| ‘ ' eno h J ‘oe he the c t at ce . poze gang in 1913, when he voted for a bill to legalize pre Wednesday, Inslee, sure now that| Wallace said ood sail edly ths aang ered age ay ror gpd Hho | i be had a success on his handa,| Anne nodded. Her eyes were all, but made up like that-—a duplt p p fessional prizefighting, is now pretending to be the only can-/p 04s long telephone contereation| almost too bright, and there was|cate of me—! Oh, w I can't life was the first one there. He didate who is dry. with somebody in New York, and|a feverish splash of color in elther/argue!” She waved it aw ; with ted oon pr Ahan one ties her The truth is that every one of the eight republican can-|took the next train East cheek ai op ANS |<. comatang wee oe ral | didates, even including George A. Lee, who worked hand-in-| | That night ther | played | the aan * aes” ‘ “Whiskey! And a doctor!” he with the wets in 1914, is today “dry.” Every one of (iter deciared boldly ‘naxt das} “Oh, yes. Yes, I think go,” she| As she turned away, he caught] ordered s has given the pledge that he will stand for no interfer-|against the presence of two red-| said, vaguely, at her hand desperately. As they wheeled, ther met Wal- i ibiti A is| headed wore h mé ¢ ‘Anne had telegraphed Wallace| “Anne! You wouldn't ruin my/lace, with Mattie just behind. Be. ‘ence with the prohibition law by the legislature, unless it is headed women ia the same com-| Aun. hed teegta Eee ing | play? The opening night? After| fore they could speak, he pushed J sy he * came he chang n a“ - ° to make the law easier of enforcement. ne Ne Loe ly hose one came land he had anawered promptly|—after everything? Inslee, too! | past, drawing @ medicine case from | There is no more reason to expect a better enforcement the second ared, we sat up that he would be on hand. ee oe weed ak oe ood bs Sere ly be raised Anne’ d w from a promoter of prizefighting than one| rub» ue wondered if} Back on the stage, there was|sweat running down js cheeks! exterously he rais nne’s ay wtd ‘ a tik Geo. A Lee . . ae mone me bie. yr i uncanny orderliness and serenity/now, he begged and implored in| head, poured a drop or two of at Sat “ggg we i By alii ves “a4 ” ks to) expected tha a8 £0 rem the hush before the storm. Wal-| broken, incoherent whispers something between the lax, rouged ut Sutton is shrewd. y talking “dry,” he secks to a PF ‘i go rat Chay Hat be he Meanwhile, the act was progress-| lips. 4 “ ; 7 ; able must have something to do| lace left her at her dressing room| | ' divert attention from his unsavory record in the legislature.) with the plot, and wh found | door. ing relentlessly, bringing her en-| They looked at Anne, Incredu- It didnt. we’ felt. Cheated -ntinh|. The room was good-sized, dain-| trance nearer and nearer. It was|lously, but with a faint, preposter-| & 5 was bad for the piece aud the/tily furnished, and all but Iined| maddening how fast and how in-/ ‘ A Man of Action star,” it said, with a directness| With mirrors. Just now it was full|exorably speech followed speech lA MUSEMENT s| 4 MILTON” i f acti let tt t that’ made Anne's heart yearn|of the smell of flowers, and there} “Oh, all right, all right! Have I SE] | xf 6s AFE HAMILTO} ee man of action : et there be no) | tefully over the unknown writer,| was Minna, in hor bis white apron por] your own wey too S nne ispute about that. e is full of action when there “Dear me! Little Mr. Know-it-| busy setting out the dressing-table| sald, at Ine os | go on " . 7 - “e ls to divid I th allt hat correspondence : Hon with freshly cleaned and polished| But whatever happens, remember ILKES PLAYERS Bre political spoils to divide up, when there are commissioners 4, yo. So araitientna |etlet extintes I've warned you! PUOTRQ UT. Of rivers to appoint, when there are superintendents of county from?” Msie jeored when she ee CoThere’s some boxes come.| He darted off after Elsie, and Ge 4 i ’ i but Ha n ® sic Flowers, I guess,” she said, her|she went mechanic sit mers #0 appoint, aie sa — ye ok —_ = ggg Wiehe pei the atat on wal tee glowing. “And seo all the| way thru which she was to ¢ By Gnas Puch He is a man of action when a brick road, costing a quar-| | The carly train, and tt happe letters and telegrams!” Ellis appeared from somewhere,|| summer Prices—10e, 200, 300 ter of a million, is to be built to his home at Des Moines, inet they, with Anne and Eliis,| “Boxes first Jand stood near her. It was only|| ,. 4. Matinee Saturday. 2:80 while dangerous grade crossings don’t get a penny’s worth! stood in a group by themselves, || They opened them together,|@ minute or two later that Elste’ mnder ONOW cue came. As sho stepped into view, Ellis gasped. and looked around, as if NEW PANTAGES And Five Other Great Mats, 2 r Acts the mistake, The ushers and cer-| and tain discreet helpers who were to Just Printers 1013 THIRD MAIN 1043 Hundreds Are taking advantage of the spe- cial cut rates offered by the her just} How to Judge a + than the United States. jthe Mohawk theatre had been of.| the company's dreasing-rooms, One Stn mark by “ery Woman by Her Hair Carranza has a man’s-size job before him in bringing pe ei 4 bh oe than his| was ae hey fe coe mal ‘ Tt i tt 1! “alifornia c ct provided, and oj ig | Star vunderstruck, and then here. are always the well-| Lower California back into the fold. too tempting for a ane ae shaking with anger, swept out to! ? known and semi-humorous meth ager to resist. “The Victory” was| meet them ous ods, such as saying brunettes are to open there on the following Mov Elsie! That dress! Go and qulek-tempered. But there is real day, practically only twe days later, | change it! sttevinea >T ATH common § e in just noticing 4 “Did you get my note?” Anne| Elste smiled indulgently. Instead cane PR elo Fokeg ett onl whet the hair is well kept to He shook his head blankly, and| sown, she was wearing tho ono in-|f MS ine ot thet, parake }are one of the few who try to] VIA THE she took the clipping from her bag| tended for the third—a dainty mull] itis All work positively pain. || ™ake the most of your hair, re and handed it to him witnout a| affair, so faintly green that it was|| [oe member that it is not advisable to| word, His puzzled frown deepened | practically a replica of Anne's, and . |wash the hair with any cleanser 6 99 into a scowl! of anger and anxiety| Harland himself frowned with con (NOTE.—To any one present- || made for all purposes, but always |as ho read sternation as he looked from one |} ing this ad, we will clean their ]|use some good preparation made : bk aa : sf * So that’s \6 the ic eae a |] teeth free of charge this week [expressly for shampooing. You what alled the first act. And it can't dearest,” she said, swee' ty, can enjoy the very best by ae “ Every day until September 30th took a tank’ fepctier th abo nes | ly. “1 tore the other, putting f on, || °" ssdke cantnvox foe aol Geek He looked up, his blue eyes stecly,| And there's not time,” é All work guaranteed 15 years. }/ and dissolving a teaspoonful in a A Free optional side trip over the Shadowy 8t. Joe, Weil, | hope you're eatisfied—you| “The curtain can be held. Tell ‘ , cup of hot water when your sham America’s highest navigable river, is offered between two. You conned me Into engaging| Ellis, Mr. Harland, Elsie—" Positively painless methods oo is all ready. After its use the Spokane and St. Maries to holders of transcontinental that girl when I was too sick to| But Elste stood plactdly still and hair dries rapidly with uniform tickets. Also side-trip from Butte to Yellowstone Park know better.’ argued, She couldn't dress in a UNION able, DRRdtith engea UAiloken at small additional cost—a short night's ride to Yellow- Not I!" Anne's voice waa high|burry, And what did tt matter, |dirt are dissolved and entirely dis st dina cota hone gn ah intact “Rel En DENTISTS | /'''0:" sesh tt Information and Literature Bas eb alae this. I tried to pre ms mater ene. ee fi od bi th ' it will look much heavier than City Ticket Office, Second and Cherry, Elliott 4812 J, “™s» Houghton!” Harland ex-|jook like twins and are dressed | ara ee ee ets THe Aye. dint dulight yon, ite the eeimclay ed sealp gains the health which in Over Owl Drug Store sures hair growth, y Juliet G. Sager Copyri«ht, Frederick had) herself she's kill-| walked | | | | | A Novel A Week 1913, by A. Btokes Co. ous hope quickening their blood “In time for what?” “Why, her next goes on again in five minutes on again?” Wallace and faced them i slowly up, with @ terrified look of recol lection “Oh! I remember!” she gasped “No, no! She pushed his hand away and got on her feet unstead fly, “I haven't made a walt? got time yet? Minna, fix my hair “You're able? You will go on? Inslee cried; and Harland join in entreatingly, “Anne, you will “Ot course I will, * * hinder me, Doctor Jim. help me! I must.” “But, Anne!” he begged, far more ‘pias ae 28. ‘ Mi she was, “Listen life!” agitated than It's risking your | Her eyes were open now and fixed| lon Wallace in bewildered recogn! ton. “Doctor’—Inslee’s voice was im perious “you'll get her on her feet tn time?" Tance, She I've; * Don't! Help me,| COLYUM BOMETIMES IT 18 8O HARB FOR A FATHER TO GIVE Hig with repressed impatience} DAUGHTER IN MARRIAGE THAP a HE GETS DISCOURAGED If TRYIN ee THe HEAD “Don't | move, Anne!” he added, as she sat | g | The head is » long structure . ‘ommend ude of the hema ‘lime the record framework! It just acts as « knob to kemp the i heads are used as ‘The only uni place fer ® that comes “What of it?” She brushed by of the majority of heads is hair. |him, and then paused, struck by|,,t50 fet ‘Ronke, tems” benas” Se |the agony in his eyes. all right now. It won't kill me | And if it should, I'd rather a thou sand times—” “Anne!” Harland, at the door, and Inslee ond Ellis in the wings were beckoning. She ran out | CHAPTER X “Why, U'@ | wreetiers. You really couldn't call it head with any of the above; it's | kind of blemish on the shoulders, Phere | they're not using ‘em for that ‘|any more. Hapecinily se is the case with the clowned heads of Europe. When waste |gets caught in the gears, you knew— | bloole! | “Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth” “ee Anne went thru the play, but) NO MATTER HOW GREAT A when it was over was no r©| PHILOSOPHER A MAN MAY | ception in the star’ Ing-room fast into| no Visiting friends to exclaim over) HOW HE | ber triumph. Anne went home without even waiting to change into street clothes, and Dr. Jim followed her to her hotel as soon as he had taken Mattie home. | Wallace saw Anne a few minutes! he went to his rooms, and reuade her to go to bed, declared whe could: not g the papers contain ing the critics’ notices of tho play She w near hysterics that finally he deristed and left her to Minna, who was to stay all night. but she without #6 Minna, good soul, tried in her) nurgiar in your home, I sw Can't you see that? There's turn to keep the papers from Anne! you went downstairs after him. until morning, but with the first do what she’s doing for you now, | call on the street, Anne insisted upon having them up. They were all alike—praise for! 9 BE, HE CAN'T FIGURE OUT HAPPENED TO GET MARRIED. with Minna eee “WANTED—Waltress, lady pre ferred.”—Waterloo (Ia.) Courier, eee The class was studying weights |and measures. “Why is it,” said jone pupil, “that the avoirdupois stem, unlike the troy system, has no scruples? “Because, boy,” said the pro- fessor, who was a married man, “it is used to weigh coal and ice.” oe | “When you found there was a “No, I didn't. I stayed in bed.* “That was cowardly.” “No, it wasn't. I didn’t want to a murderer out of the bur- the play, blame for the star. But) gtar, one went further than that. The 2 eenente “Recorder” critic the most feared and hated in the whole United| When Alex Olaf Olsson’s mother. States, a smartaleck with the|In-law took the stand and testified humor of a street urchin and a|to his good behavior, Superior vicious en—gave the finishing|Judge Busick, of Sacramento, Cal. touch to the whole dismal andjsaid further testimony was unnec- heart-breaking batch. The “Victory” had pleased him. Also the o nd Elsie seemed to have taken his fancy particular'y His commendation was not the sort a dignified writer would have given, but in his scathing sentences concerning Anne's failure, he sug- gested Elsie for her place. (Continued in Our Next Issue) THEY’LL HELP SETTLE MEXICAN TROUBLES Here are the three men appoint ed by the Mexican de facto govern: ment to meet three American com: sioners to adjust differences be. tween Mexico and the United States They are (top) Ingeniero Alberto 1, Pani, general manager of the jconstitutionalist railways of Mex ico; (center) Luis Cabrera, presi dent of delegation, and secretary of finance and public credit, and Ig. nacio Bonillas, sub-secretary in charge of ministry of communica- tions and public works, essary to qualify him for examins- tion for citizenship. “When a man’s mother-in-law testifies to his good character, it is enough,” Judge Busick said. THANK YOUR if he asks you to try a canof KC BAKING POWDER Hewants todo you a favor— Make Many Millions Honestly? That's the question that troubled Ruth Osborne, daughter of a millionaire. She could remember when her father was poor. Her aunt held that a man can't acquire millions honestly. Ruth was troubled. She was in love with Jimmy, mate on a Pacific liner—or was she Anyhow, Jimmy figures importantly in “The Secret of the Reef,” next novel a-week in The Star, | m4