The evening world. Newspaper, February 7, 1911, Page 15

a] This was going it a bit too strong! 4 The N ew Plays “Our World’’ ; Very, Very Bad | in Every Way. mY CHARLES DARN TON. T was the night of the biizzard—b-r-r-r! Above the shriek of the storm came \ “the call of the blood.” At first st was vague and tndistinct, a mere whisper that seemed to come from the ghost of an unguarded past. It trembied on the summer breeze at Stamford like a butterfly fluttering hither and thither and thither and hither. But reaching New York it grew into a wild, hungry cry, end blind staggering Hope—she had been drinking too much—Hope, whose hear- | ing Was very good indeed-—followed it until she all but stumbled into “the pit. | Such was “Our World,” as revealed at the Garrick. Seriously—it Walter Hackett's tainted play can be taken seriously—the theory of heredity ts an inter- erting one. It may be made to run through a play like quicksilver, For example “the greatest example—take Ibsen's “Ghosts,” which makes it as plain as day, imple as di » Mr, Hackett makes it as lurid ag the scarlet letter, But here, at any rate, is a young author with an idea, Apparently ne is able to think, though incapable of thinking convincingly for four acta, 1s Was by no means a bad idea to call in @ doctor at the beginning, for a Goctor ought to know what he is talking about when heredity is the subject. There could have been no objection to Dr. Morley if, in discussing the proposed Marriage of his son Herbert and Hope Sommers with the mother of the girl, | he had hot talked in a solemn, labored strain that threatened to kill the play befove it was an hour old. it was the sins of the mother In this case that threat- ned to be visited upon the children, for Mrs. Sommers had run away from her heuvand and lived with Hope's father without a second marriage certificate to hername. And as all this was known to the doctor, he suggested that Hope be Put in the way of temptation before settling down to married life. He hoped for to hy but he had @ sneaking notion that New York might bring out the worst | Ir Tt did. Also tt brought out the worst in the play. “Our World” became very, | ery way. Herbert was the first to show the evil effects of New He lunged into the second act with a load two-parts alcohol and one-part Hope's interest in Arthur Railton had driven Herbert to drink, for Ratl- ton, it seemed, was a menace to women, That very night he was giving @ supper to a Russian dancer, who, it appeared, did not live for her art alone. This was said so plainly that the Russian lady's reputation was smashed with a single hard word, Herbert was extremely frank on the subject of the dancer's moral character. But Hope merely smiled in her sweet, girlish way and sald she wan going to cance. AS a matter of fact. she went to Railton’s supper and came back in prisingly short time with one of the quickest Jags on record, When her ther asked for further details Hope uttered a boozy cry of horror, looked her mMotier straight In the eye and then waiked tnto her room and slammed the @oo" A moment later Mrs, Sommers discovered that her impulsive daughter had gone out into the night again, whereupon she dropped to her knees and threw up her hands, The children of parents who sinned must ain." So {t seemed! Hope went back to Railton's rooms. But before she could tell him all of her troubles the butler announced “The President of the Southern Railroad,” and Hope was no Sooner out of the room than her mother appeared on the scene, Years before, ft developed, she had escaped Railton and he had never forgiven her. He was very sensitive. But now that she had come to him at last, would she stay !f he sent the other woman away? There was only one answer to this question | The Evening World Daily Magazine. Tuesday, February 7 ———————— ° 19112 Copyright, 1011, by The Pros Publishing Co, (The New York World), | — <== EN ns aia ee MURDER By ARSON! | { MY UMBRELLA ( ThouenT 1 REARD TueRe Goes THat#8oo ) > \must HAVE Qh CRASA, CHESTER, VASE THe PARKES U | supped! u sintianiecine | (Copyright, 1910, by Doubleday, Page & Oo.) AYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS, Haron 4’ Ha tn aid invalid. is found mur Jered He use utiful bot wil, mi * lon “ me ay Gave us $ m) Wife WONT po & ‘ Taine To Me! ! tries to Meatity timate friend, aa ti for Hoimlock Shears, the @r friend W irteously, th up the mysiery and have Luylu imprisoned wikia (en days, «Conunued) Holmlock Shears. OURTEOUS bows were ex changed, as between two ad versaries on the fencing: ground who bear each other no hatred, but who are con na ves 5 ay! strained by fate to Ment to the death You KNow, | Wish on Ves, Its VERY oLd very! 1 by ° death Been An ARTISTS ¢ JUST NoTHeR SAYS You CAN TELL How / And Laypin took my arm and drags Sel a up Te Sy Re daneue? | Mivbat do you say to that, old. tel vates er THRO ee . 4 aid 4 low There's a cinne that will be worth describing in your memoirs ot Ho closed the door of the restaurant jand, stopping a little way off ‘Do you smoke No, but no o do you, surely.” No more do t Ho lit a cigarette with a wax match which he waved several times to pu. tt out. But he at once flung away the arette, ran across the road and joined two men who had ¢ from the shadow, as though sumt « nat. He talked w minutes on the opposite pavement and then returned to me “L beg your pardon, but 1 shall have | my work cut out with that cont a | 8 TL awear, however, that he has not done with Lupin yet. * ¢ ¢ By u r, IN show the fe stuft } tm o4 of! ¢ jood night © 6 © The unspeakable Wilson ta right | 1 have not a minute to lose Ho walked rapidly away | ‘Thus ended that strange evening, or at least that part of tt with which I had to do, For many other Incidents oceurred during the hours that fol- lowed, events which the confidences of The crude, bald play almost sickened @ at this point. And ft went from bad to worse when Katlton ordered his butler to keep Mrs, Sommers locked up for an hour and then send her home. Fut she managed somehow to break out when Hope's voice reached her, and then the charming gentleman let the family cat out of the bag and Hope heard ei! about her mother, But Herbert was waiting for her in the last ect, and by tls time the doctor's bellef tn God was stronger than his bellef in heredity, s0 <d Was as bright as the morning sun. 7 ridt us play died by its own hand. Its theory was forgotten tn the wh of Its coarse, crudely sensational incidents, You were giad to get away | n tt | Miss Dorls Keane made Hope seem Itke a spoiled child wno wanted to ‘see! e* and the “world,” but she had her good moments. Vincent Serrano was | essiy bad In the part of Railton, and Campbell Gallan was little better a Morley. But Miss Amelia Gardner played the mother so well that she tri 1 over her {mpossible speeches, She was much too good for “Our World.” under the circumstances, so Mrs. Sommers was shut up in another room. | | o Betty Vincent’s Advice to Lovers Love and Selfishness. + Vv dear young people try not to be selfish when you are in love, I mean selfish toward persons other than the one on whom you have centred your affec- ton, Maybe you do not know just what I mean, so I shall explain. No matter how much you are in love ft 1s selfish to go to some party or dance and then not pay the slightest Attention to anyone present with the exception of you beloved. If you feel that you cannot be courteous and interested in everybody at @ social gathering of any kind you should stay home. Time and again I have een a young couple at some Just for Fun, ‘qgn't {t shocking to think of the butic;’ and thert was lots of the doy hundreds of citizens in that Ohio that could » that, 1 e tell you have been fined for buying - may! wate i “M ousin, Corney, out In the coun- Yes, and they have been fine on try s asked vi e to si and sp doa evidence that would not be consid week of two with her,” sald Mrs, Laps: for one moment by a@ Senatorial investi- ling and I'm going +. aA it, After you've been cooped up tn a flat for six tng committee gett — mont s noth! that does you so arence, you spend all your money | mich to go to the woods fn having a good tim Why don't you nd ru ea wh follow your Uncle Christopher's e i } ‘ e ate ple? He's always helping other p Ps lysses had put out t ave of Po! He'd rather do that than eat phemus, the Cyclopean glant, with ‘I know it, That's why he does it. fire nM and F He's the most self-indulgent man I ever ‘There is nothing to hinder him, . sald, “from replacing it with @ eaw!” | 1 could spell ‘em all as fur ws antiscor | coal chimneys, = SE es case Ene lew oak little gathering of their friends in the evening seek a secluded corner and sit and talk In undertones until it ts ume io xo homes M dears, do not behave in this manner. Keep your demonstrations of affec. u u you are one togethi When there are hers around it ts discour- tevus nothing more not to pay any atten mn. only make him dislike you tf you de 4s Changeable. | erately tried to attract } G man who rigns his letter) He Has Reformed. A >. HL" write : + F ambi loverwith.e cai oaiié GIRL who signs her letter "R. B. to marry her. 1 think she tes yet she is very changeable “Lam in love with a young 1 5 she seems to dare far me,| Who, before I knew him, used to Imes she treats me with cold-| ble a id tak. Nave. he. je) completa) be Ge ei go back to his forme bad habits. Do Provably the young lady does care| You think he will keep his promise?” ee be aver wey bee 16 young man if he has kept hls pro enn moods, The next time sho treaty 1 fn 2 erat you. with coldness why not ask he We for any pa ot quite trankly why she does so, influence C eet, ona. woman, Have Quarrelled, | ; Q _ | Mother Disapproves. C 1, who signs her letters "E. M GIRL who signs her letter “G. B," * write aly ‘Lam In ve with a nen " By Patt lt 5 chan @ho has always pald a great deal ofl ii. to a certain your eee attention to another girl, Now they ; MIR RBEASRT EEL Bl have quirrelied and no longer spe me no reason for and I want you to tell me how I ma shall 1 dom" Be win bin.” pwetfully to give "h If the young man ts not ested approval of : E quit school when I was fourteen, but | burnt out by the cinders trom the soft | Year” Mrs. De Style, the Fashion Fiend Copgrignt, 1011, by The Press Put were present at that enabled me to the others who dinner have fortunately reconstruct in detail. (RAO ry moment when Lapin left miock Shears took out his and rose tn his turn “Twenty to nine. At 9 o'el to meet the co t and count ratiway station.” “Let's gol” erled Wilson, tossing off two glasses of whiskey in succession. ‘They went out. “Wilson, don't turn your head—we may be followed; 1f ao, let us act aa though we don’ are whether we are or not. e¢ © Tell me, Wilson, what's your opinion: Why was Lupin in that res taurant?* ‘Wilson, without hesitation, replied: “To get some dinner.” “Wilson, the longer we work together the more clearly 1 perceive the constant progresa you 4 making. Upon my | word, you're becoming amazing. | Wilson blushed with satisfaction in the dark; and Shears resumed: 1a he went to get some dinner and then, most Ikely, to make gure if I am really going to Crozon, as Ganimard says 1 am, in his interview. I shall leave, therefore, #0 ax not to disappoint him. But, as it is a question gaining time upon him, I shall not leave.” “Ah!” gaid Wilson, nonplused. “1 want you, old chap, to go down thts street. Take a onal, take two cabs, three cabs, Come back later to fetah the bags which we left in the cloak room and then drive ua fast we you can to the Diyeoe Pal e ‘And what am I to do at the Elysee lace?" ‘Ask for a room, go to bed, sleep the sleep of the Just and await my instruc- tions."* Wilson, By Hy Gage ok Tam 3 at the shing ¢ rk World), veEE-OW' 850' now r CAN GET THAT #20 HAT AND HAVE #30 To THE GO00! aa SWELt CHANCE TVE GOT To BUY THIS HATS IM eiat!— SAY! some FOOL JOKER OROPPED A Bas! G/OEARIE,1'VE JUST SKETCHED THAT STYLISH HAT, OVER THERE) GET ME ONE JUST LIKE 17 | | proud of the important task ted to him, went off. Holmlock rs took his ticket at the railway #tauion and entered the Amiens express, in Which the Comte and Comtesse de Crozon had already taken their seats. He merely bowed to them, Jit a second pipe and smoked it placidly, standing, in the corridor. ‘The train started, Ten minu he came and sat down beside countess and asiced: “Have you the ring on you, madame? “Yoo.” “Please let me look at it. Jie tovk It and examined it: Asi thougut; t ls a fake diamond.” “Faked?" "Yes, by a new process which constati tu subjecting diamond-dust to enormous DONT BELIEVE T LIKE THIS HAT BABY! THEYRE BEGINNING TO WEAR STRAW \SO vOu'D BETTER GET, \me_A STRAW ONE yt MR DESTYLE, Pu) TROUBLE YOU TO RETURN MY BAG Containing #50 You FOUND! { HM! GO AHEAD T must HAVE IT ves WE'RE OUT OF THOSE NOT IN STOCK #20 HATS eres BUT T'tt MAKE an \" TO ORDER or #50 ter, the y beat until tt melts * * © whereupon it| Lips f je wimply reformed into, @ single dia- Sky Piecest!? i mond. Why, but my diamond ts real’ Yes, yours; but this ls not yours" “Where is mine, then?" | "In the hands of Arsene Lupin.’ And Uns one Tile one Was put in CREATIONS *20 uP its place and 1 into Herr Bielonen's tooth-pow- | flask, Where you fuund tt" chen ‘It's wn imitation?” “Absolutely.” Nonpiused and overwhelmed the countess said nothing more, wh b ad, refusing to bh turned the Jew She fi ve the state- ver and over ia 2 by etammer- is fingers. ing out ut it's Smpossible! Why didn’t they nply take it? And how did they Silhouette Sayings » me t's Just wha ver.” At Crozon? "No, 1 shall gat out at ¢ and re turn to Paris, That's where the game be tween Arsene Lupin and myself must be played out, The tricks will count the same, wherever We make them; but it is better that Lupin sould think that 1 um out of town sun ¢ ¢ “What difference t 1 anean to uy to madame? The mond, 1# 1% ne Yes “Well, set your mind at rest. ¢ ‘ Imtle ° 4K uve a w will be ni keep. On the word of train slowed n He put the atlon dian ed the cariluge do the “Take care; that's the wrong “Lupin will lose side ny tracks this way, “The scoundrel wanted to buy my vote!’ | Hobo (of 1920)—No use going to that house for a handout. You couldn't No," sald Uncle Jerry Peebles, “I| Hesides, he thought It was more merci: “What did you tell him?” eat it. if hes having me shadowed. Goodby: 4 ol ° z < > his : D0 oteated. The Engl an never claimed that I could spell all the | ful tu the big fellow to douse his “| sald it wasn’t for sale. 1 can make more by renting It out by the Tramp (of same vintage)—Why not? A porter protested. ‘The inglishman words in Webster's spellin’ book, ‘cause | at one blow than to have the eye slowly or > offic Hobo—A new married cour = Ing to cook. re and the husband's just learn: a whten & + ater he Jumped inte @ cught nim back (o Paris py |e A New ARSENE wow * LUPIN Story “The Blonde Lady” By Maurice LeBlanc ttle before midnigh: He M across the station Into the fe freshment room, went out by the other oor and sprang into a cab. ‘@ to the Rue Clapeyron.” aking sw t he was fot ed he stopped the cad at the neement of the street afd bega make @ careful examination Of (he house in which Maitre Detinaa ved and of the two adjoining houses. He paced off certain distan and hoted the measurements in ois med orandum book, Now drive to Avenue Henrl-Martin.”® He dis cab at the corner of the @ the Rue de la walked a ¢ pavement to and went through the same perform- hea in front of the house which Barom had occupied houses by which it w resp and caloulat- th of the ie gardens im t of the houses * enue was deserted and very «under its ir rows of trees, amid Which an occasional gas jet seemed to truxgle vainly against the thickness of the gloo Une of these lamps threw 4 pale light upon a part of the house hears saw the notice “To Let® on the railings, saw the two walks that encircled the mim. 1 the great empty wim ha ." he thought, “There en no tenant since the Barows Ab, if I could Just get has i death ¢ @ @ in and make a preliminary visit!" The dea no sooner passed through than he wanted put It inte n. But how to manage? The f the gate made it impossible for Lim to clinb it. He took an eled tri tern from his pocket, as well as & skeleton key which he always care ried. ‘To his great surprise he foun@ that of the doors of the gate wes standing ajar, H pped | into the ¢ t te | close the gate behind him. not gone three steps when h glimmer of light had pi | Of the windows on th And the glimmer passed along & eo ! ond window and @ third, while he wae avle to cee nothing but @ shadow out. * lined against the walls of the rooms. And the glimmer descended from the second floor to the first, and for a long ~ time wandered from roo.a to room, Who on earth can be walking about at Lin the morning in the house wh Baron d'Hautrec was murdered? thought Shears, feeling immensely inter- ested. There was only one way of finding’ out, Which was to enter the house hii: self, He did not hesitate. But the man must have seen him as he crossed the belt of light cast by the gas Jet ant made his way te the steps, for the glim mer suddenly went out and Shears did not see it again, 4 He softly tried the door at the top o@ the steps. It was open also. no sound, he ventured to darkness, felt for the knob of th ter, found it and went up one floo: same silence, the same darkr tinued to reign. 4 On reaching the landing he entered | one of the rooms and went to the win- dow, which showed white in the dim ght of the night outside, ‘Through tbe ; window he caught sight of the man, who had doubtless gone down by an { rcase and out by another door now slipping along the shrubs, on the left, that lined the wall sepa- rating the two gardens: “Dash itt exclaimed Shears, “He'll escape me!" He rushed downstairs and leapt iste the arden, with @ view to cutting off the man's retreat. At first he saw so | one; and it wae some seconds before he | distinguished, among the confused heap |of shrubs, a darker form whieh was | not quite stationary, | The Englishman paused to reflect. Why had the fellow not tried to away when he could easily have so? Was he staying there to spy, is hia turn, upon the intruder who hed disturbed him in hie mysterious em | rand? “In any cas not Lupin, Li must be one of his gang.” ‘ Long minutes pagsed. Shears stoed- motionless, with his eyes fixed upon the adversary who was watohing him. 4s the adversary was motionless tee, (and as the Englishman waa not the man to hang about doing he felt to see if the cylinder of his revolver worked, loosened his dagger sheath and walked straight enemy, with the coot contempt of dan, formidable. A sharp sound: the man was ing his revolver, Shears rushe@ the shrubbery, The other bad no time to turn: the Englishman was | There was @ violent and that to draw his knife, But Shears, otime lated by the thought of his tory and -by the flerce longing te * lay hold at once of this aceomplice @f + Arsene Lupin, felt an in strength welling up within himself, threw his adversary, bore u| with all his weight and, holding down with his five iingers clutching at his throat Ii claws, he felt for his electric lantern with the Hand © that was free, pressed the button aad threw the light upon his prisoner's tac | “Wilson!” he shouted, In terror. “Holimlock Shears!” gasped @ hollow, atifted voice, . . . . . . ie They remained long staring at ¢ other, without exchanging a word, dumfounded, stupefled. The air was by the horn of a motor-car, A eath of wind rustied through the ves. And Shears did not stir, his fixed tn Wilson's throat, nued to emit an ever fainter .Shears, overcome w friend, but only to selze ulders and shake him 1: doing here? Answer are you here for? you to hide in the ateh 2 Wilson, ‘ou."* © you here? I “Bur 4 {0 0 to sleep."* > business to wake up” vt letter he letter from you which @ come missionatre brought me at the hotel? ¥ “A letter fro! You're madi" ‘ L assure yc ‘ “Where is the letter?” ; | (fo Be Continued.) % pis a