The evening world. Newspaper, August 20, 1912, Page 13

it Stow SAID Wy DID THEY BUILD THE OCeAN So CLoSs To THe e Do You Know wi BACK? Por? New Pl “Ready Money” First Genuine Hit of the Season. BY CHARLES DARNTON.' these pertious times of graft it is reassuring, even bracing, to see « play tm which @ peor young man with @ working capital of $20,000 in counterfeit notes gets only one night in Jailand establishes himself upon a sound financial footing the morning after. This eimplyegoes to show what ready money will Go, even when of @ “phony” issue. A tan investigation of “Ready Money,” produced at Maxine BMltott’s Theatre teet might, could not result in an indictment against the author, James Montgomery, ‘While the idea of the play--that money attracte money—1s as old as one of ‘Mark Twain's famous stories, the treatment is so fresh as to put this comedy tn the “Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford” class, Now that he has acrambled out of wreck of ‘The Aviator,” young Mr. Mortgomery needn't worry about the future. His eecond play proved exhil- rating on @ night that was hot enough to wilt the enthusiasm of an electric fan dealer. Far from eeeming counter- felt, “Ready Money” ecored the first genuine success of the season. In bringing his hero, Stephen Baird, on the ecene with only a quarter in his pocket, the author makes @ good begin- ning. Any one with only @ quarter to fondle knows how it feels, But when o genial counterfelter hands Steve $20,000, the plot not only thickens but it eweet- ens. Good or bad, $2,000 is @ lot of money to look at, and it wouldn't be ‘at all surprising {f Wiliam Courtenay, who ‘gets’ Steve to the life, finally yielded to public demand and carried that fascinating roll of bills ine glass pocket, The pride of the counterfelter in his work {s another clever touch. His fear- Jessness in proclaiming himself an artist causes Bteve to choke with terror after he has taken the money. Hoe accepts it much as a small boy would take a gun that he 1s afraid to fire. It's just for show. And it's remarkable how per- suasive the mere show of money can bel Steve, with a gold mine that haen't panned out, suddenly finds that all his @rtends insist upon buying stock. They aro keen to invest because of his seeming \prosperity. They overwhelm him with checks, and when he tries out of eheer Benesty to return them, his honorable intentions are misinterpreted, ‘Tho thrill and suepense of the criminal episode when Secret Service men enap handcuffs on Steve and the counterfeiter are as good in their way as the humor and human nature that characterize ¢he earlier incidents, The tory in its various @gpects 1s both ingenuous and ingenious. One surprise follows another in the ar- fangement of clover tricks, In thie respect “Ready Money'’ resembles “Officer 8,” and Like the piece at the Gatety it might honestly be called a farce. But, ‘call 1t what you will, it ts ively, clever and entertaining, and, above ail, es clean B8@ newly printed banknote The coun- terfelter, who makes such good monoy hat the sleuths finaly return tt with apologies, turns to mining etock in the end, while Steve finds after all that hia mine is @ real bonanza. A mine often turns out Ike that—in a play. The performance was entirely in the hands of the men tn the cast, and un- usually capable hands they were! As the down-and-out young man who was put on his feet «0 unexpectedly, Mr, Courtenay acted with a sense of comedy @s delightful as it was new. Looking #llmmer and younger than ever, he gave ‘@ performance in which an almost boy- fish charm and curlosity were @kilfully Mingled, Once he has overcome certain factal contortions that may have been @ result of nervousness he may count Joseph Kilgour played the counter- feiter as one who knew hie man, His poise was admirable once he found it, but tn tempting Stove he was a bit like To avoid remember that he ts playing in @ small gheatre, Ben Johnson geted with quiet authority as the Secret Service captain, but he would have been detter off without thet ¢op hat. Henry Miller jr., Leo Donnelly, Norman Tharp and George Loane | Tuoker all did good work as ambitious young business men, while James Brad- bury was amusing an a dry old codger, Scott Cooper recalled George Faweett his convincing portrayal of @ hard-headed mine owner. The women were con- Eisen only for the clothes they wore. Those lurid dresses looked as though they had been bought at a fire sale, Otherwise Manager H. H. Frazes's produc- ‘tion te in Good taste, And, dest of all, “Ready Money" rouses the roady laugh. The Day’s Good Stories Joseph Kilgour as Jackson Iv And timely things; says the Cleveland Leader, Hie housebold was blessed with @ charming daughter, The Last Straw. gman took the only straw remain who grew up tall and beautiful, oom. ne adiuiration of all who aaw ber, Oue sald to the good doctor “Doctor, your daughter grows more ch Why, she's a regu’ ning day by day t © right Oieveiand Viain turalng to the doctor asked: “My dean, Going Further Back. : Was Fully Qualified. MAN we msn be py ghee H ERMAN PERL! musical Atrector and =, pel ine com yone ing @ phiiharmoni 7 eri lrybed 2 wae ee orchestra and had enlisted ‘the services of t T an Italian acquaintanes, Among the tnetru. mentalliste he procured @ very old man with an od flute fom which he was able to get a wheezy tone now and then, THE OCEAN Too CLOSE ‘TO THE SHORE, CouLD THEY MOVE’ THE SHORE, BR Moved. THay ARE STATIONARY, NOW RUN AWAY WHILE A NAP : OF, Pete, CAN You Beat 't! NO. 16—FISHING coves uo a were S Mb Y bigs “Oupia was the only one who made @ catch that day, THE OCEAN STAYS. WHERE '7 18 AND THE SHORE STAYS WHERE IT 15 THEY CANT. ?P TANES <3 By Eleanor Schorer Auttie WHILE LATER ‘THe TIDE (Copyright, 1912, by the Outing Publishing Oo.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALMENTS. @e teeny rw ty io°the oat irwn of fry Bottom seeking «gunman to th ti eth loot het Solider with ve tall ; ithe oot he collides rater. The latter tntrod.tcew ‘hmscit as Jim ‘echt ‘and commande ste everyoodd im the place. to ink wiih, in, All comly, except jobs fon Die qua on the =] re We "ulp stranger" cod whuspenos "Tm oa CHAPTER V. (Conttaaed. The High Card. HT man's tps tightened; Gates saw the muzzle of owing upward. Gates grinned deprecatingty, die face whitening. wrike Jookin’ T he eat; “it'e (oo sure—for you, ‘Whe I'm wantin’ you for t @ hire you. man which can take care of himecif to make things intereatin’ ¢or Qfilier.” ‘The man’s eyelide flickered, “You're payin’ two hundred! he qucstioned stendity, “You ain't been able to get any- thing on this man—Miner, you say?’ Gates grimaced. “No,” he eaid,s‘an’ I'd Uke mighty well to do it. Hee been etealin' my cattle, an’ lately I've had @ quapicion that he'd lke to steal my daughter—the durn sneak!" ‘The man's lips wreathed into « faint, whimetcal emile. “Bo he's tryin’ to eteal your daughter?’ he said. “Well, now, that's mght moan of him.” He laughed slightly, “I reckon I'll take a run down to your place an’ try to straihten things out. I'm etartin’ morrow.” Arinkin’'?” he tnvited. thankin’ you," returned the ‘ve had enough." He rose, ng mildly, ‘fee you eome time to-morrow," he @ald. Ho strode to the door, stepped down eyes, “You ba The Hello Girl As a Heroine By Sophie Irene Loeb Vincent’s Advice Her Parents. ke oa Copyright 1918, by The Prewg. Publishing Oo, (The New York World). got police to tho| sitions, Maybe you don't think it takes T In that are A Glimpse HE buyers abroad and the advance mod Into the street, and waa gone, Gates saw him mount a pony and ride rapid- ly_up Three Mile Slope, Gatos turned to the bar, ‘Te’ @ cool one," he said, haif aloud. The proprietor ught his worda. “What? he @ald, ‘Cool one? I reckon he 16.” “Baar to the questions return lates : the proprietor, “Comes in here sometimes—not sayin’ much. Bova don't bother him « heap. Plum quick with a #ix. Reckon if Co ling had knowed him he wouldn't have bathered him ether, Drinkin’ ?”* are returning from now gradually appearing HOULD a | young man ROM Buttalo comes word that Miss, lined and not allowed to “answer|in the shops are giving the women shop- | 4 et en S continue to F Lillian Hanwenbeck, a telephone| back.” The breaking of such rules|pera an excellent tdea of coming! way eget ® Jay for gs Ag pay attention to a operator, by her presence of min4| would practically cost them thet po-| fashtons, | nering blur sirl against the Hats combining matertals are promt-/of dazzling white wishes of her par- home of some peo- | “nenrly a hero” to be @ telephone girl. |nent 'n the new millinery. For prasent| heat. ‘The gray so ents? ple ona four-party) Of course, there is the OTILAR aide—| wear there aro felt hats with tagar dreoped It seems to mo Une and saved) perhaps the Inattentive girl who doesn’t | brins and chip crowns with felt brima. | that that qnestton, two lives wet your party | times the felt hat tae an unde: . Uke the other one The girl who an-| But you have recourse, You can PUS-} of hemp, and then again t " of marrying with swered a call from| PORT her, She doesn't report you.|! at may be of fe +" melee te the whine out the parents’ this line heard a| And tho wise telephone company, hay-|add the touch of sun the form| Only the hardy “4 permission, must be woman cry “Po-|ing M9 ear f hemp trimmings wh later on at decided by ¢ireum- eS" and no| knows tho vo replaced by fall trimmings, My r) stances, If @ girl more It seemed) SATY to ma To Wear with the white street dresa a day & F . and ts under age and that the woman! ‘Thug the requirem: she bo in| that ts now so fashionable there are a Oe fone living at home, sho {s likely to be m: had been dragged| food health and not less than five f ata made up entirely of sinall white are Bers ppy by the persistence o! trom the telephone| tall, must have @ grammar schoo! elu-| feathers. Some of these lave mercury 4 weleome to her nts. On by an intruder, _| cation, be able to read an@ write rap-| wings perched at coquettish angles, and Agwling ado hand, {f ahe ts self-supporting | The girl devoted|ttiy and have no defects of aight or{others have huge wings placed tn the 4 Dot G26 over twenty-one ia, despite Nerselt to the call, And though there| hearing) are potnts well taken fn nlao-| thshionadle backward slanting postions 1 Miller nad ope Bieri eey ‘ yar was nothing to show immediately which |ing this galaxy of girls on the firing Thess hate can be had In thy turban as ni nd In America parents have perhaps too} telephone on the line was open, from her | line of your call well asin neat medium lapes and are bye AB in regard to thotr ohildren’a| records #he quickly learned that all) So that when you hear “Number,| very pretty, One «offering ar And {na case where) four wires were in one locality, She| please!" just ptoture that Kind of a girl |excriient line at prices from $9.76 nan y do determine to raise ob-| telephoned an alarm and in less than |on the other ond. Patience ts one of her | to $17.00. chances are that these >-| three minutes the police automobile was | virtues, op whe has much talk to listen! Tehine os figure to t se one worth consideration even jon the # e. to, Thou da of que 8 ane is askel!! season's f. p rosid . ie th from an infatuated young woman. No MEDALS are awaiting the young! to answer, such as you know the they more tn evi than 4 ore nas couste op. D/" writes? “A young man haa|¥oman, nor does she EXPECT any. Bhe place to take my dog Fido, who wear Thero are heelx compos daria AB AcoU been calling on me for three months, | feels aho has just done her duty, as one has the pip?” or, “What tm the best rail- of them and buckles scintillating with When ad but be has not yet @poken about love.| HUMAN to r. Certainly It wan|road to take to MHedgovilie?” or, ind | brilltants, and now there are vamps) tho cre My parents think he should have de-|Ret her DU in the strict sense, to! Mr, John Jonen'’s stster's aunt's souslan | made up of rhinestones and held to-| drew her 1 2 Io | act the part of the female detective, yet | whose address I have forgotten.” gethhr by an unobtruatve chain mes. | Miller 1 clare ntentiona by this time, clared hin 11 ne by i tg gr i ‘willing to put up the @ralution tha! sour Adam,"—Lippincott's Ma priasolt'e Mass s Not on His List. late Rev, Horatio Sicbbins of Fran. ‘@leco was @ man of largo and noble powers, But more familiar with the world of intel- (4 coholastio iokereats shan mith tziyia} “Take him away!" ordered Pertet after the ul. “Ie can't play the flute,** ‘Thata man can't playa da Qutel"* pu da beat his breast in indignation, “Why, ¢hate man fighta with Gartbaldi!'"—Saturday Evening san weatiteattittetatten sa ag TREC) arrangement to that effect, : > u Though talk ls cheap, cheap tatk 14) These are $12 and cun w at he 1 yuld give him a hint?*| she did not prove def be sewn on any 2 now | here, Da , yee Wink? LE AY ae ante | arhia in only one record of MANY, ana|telephonttis, And many are afitoted! slipper. An exaulsite pair of eatin allp rir Beg peg = A for a comparatively brief period, ana|'t not the only herolam that these|with the disease, Of course you willeay|pers with these r tone vamnps has! yawned above. Probably. thinks he has yet no right| Mello girls are callod upon to perform. |that it 19 her DUTY and ehe 1s PAID | the upper edge oui the wamo| “Dan grinned | apa pear For they are confronted with you and| for it, Jowela and can be had to order at $18| reckon you're t Jee all the time. And tho times without| However, it would behoove ua to be al Something new in allverwaro that] fil,’ he returne “m, §." writes: “Is it proper for alnumber that we snappily tell them just| bit gracious to the hello girl ia the| would make a nice pr for the Adtalrati ah ’ everyday, For who knows when the} b’ day may come, or the night, perchinos, when & signal of distress from you wtil sot all her wits a-quiver to give you outuide service? Indy who has been invited out for tho} what we think of them, In an impationt | day on an excursion to the seashore| moment, take no little heroism to COM- to bring lunch? BAT. Not unless thei For, mark you, this army of sfrt many thousand strong, are well ise’ has been some ride is the pierced allver frame with signed especially tor holding a pa of the werved In the pack Disoult Jago semen es. ih PAS a th PR ICES ISas Sa MCW a AMIE OCA al AGE AS Dh a eA lit TOA, vet biscult holder, It handlos, al! dust that covered It. You are always saying that she flashed’ back at him, shooting @ quick glance at him from under lowered eye that are directed to be . These are $2.99, 4 re oes Triangle Cupid, By Charles Alden Seltzer Author of “The Two Gun Mant” An Adventure Romance of the Big West’ Gates rose, eattsfaction fighting his tised Man?’) ; lashes. ‘But I'm not bose—yetl™ ‘The young man’s grin widened, “t's your fault that you te returned with seeming grat y vite told you that we could light cet ‘ Dry Bottom an’ get married atone Graney could hook us up propen I'm ready any time you say the T'd sure be some tickled to be hitesed Gouble if you was my runnin’ ‘We could go back an’ straighten up with your dad.” He leaned Uttle, his eyes flashing with eager Hi the atx Drenently “% ain't wantin’ none of your game,” you t ghe closely. “He tanks ome added, skting always turned eventy. eald, I thi mot going s lugubrioasty. “That he a gow. you tick KF es bay Bh fore tong ‘walt. Mobbe I'll never get you.’ — young Woman (ear gt a) eaid evenly, ‘When father apole te ee last night ¥ made an agreement with him. I promised to wait e menth, If ot te and 96 te ee raster @ Te Lp hey B ~ : to give you ay” Rh Yonge ts hi a “Why don't yom he demanded. “One lone han deen defying the whole of County, Ninny nts BS ee Dut no one ween the ‘were @ man end confronted condition that confronte — bit ouGten flash eyes; board her atartied ory. = A z 5 z 5 siderably shat ute she stood breathless with his about her, her Nps white, her heaving against his shoulder, With @ purely involuntary movement fhe brushed the dust from ner and he could fe her trem’ ae began to realize that she had really escaped all injury. Something has happened to the ead dio xinth,” she said, turning @ flushed » to him, her eyes flashing defiance ¢ th a mass of dishevelled Jed bewitchingly in the ofore T thought T ipping tor had ee had made an examinat D, e leather stralghten- fn’ to hold ane Jamond Det,” Init want to trumt nty of time, You go Vm Sein’ but he wes think of am a40 an o! om, and she the slope, a « from beneath Its