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Jane McLean’s New Series
Girl Workers Who
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The Actress Who Kept
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By JANE McLEAN.
ER real name was Maggie Mur
[ I phy, but she had changed it to
: Bella Nertl:, She had the good
senge not to adopt too aueer a nom d
piume, put the reauisites of the siage
seemed (o demand something more
euphonious than her own name
Bella North was not ashamed of the
name of Murphy She Fad been hap
piest when she had ived at home ud
she vaguely remembered i Kind
hearted mother and a father who
used to come home tired out as night
and sit down to a hasty meal in his
shirt slecves There had been othe:
children, too, and Bella had had to
work hard, for in those da) there
hadn't heén m 1 mones
Finally she had saved up enough to
come to New York Like many an
other gir], she had wanted to see the
sights, and her father's small farm
had appealed to Lier cnly as a shelter
from bad weather Not much of a
ehelter at that, for she had slept with
two of the younger children. The Jux
ury of a single bed had been unknown
n the Murphy family
Maggie as Iris and Ui il
repartes Her braix vorked overtime
eneat the Titian hair that iried
tightly over her head. Her small sav
obs in New York were ot plentifu
Hesides MMaggie had not been trained
for any of the positions open to Zirls
! New Yorl And { finaily
ianded o thie Lage
He Irish wit übine it or
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jant face and her cro [«
red hahn ad quickly obtained her a
yvosition { e of the seaso S mu
1! comed e Her woi ‘
) i aflter e first deadiy eels
< reheg | v ¢ Mg . i ved |
10ater wit OCC isif |
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But after O I 8 D ‘
ti outside « the eater het
From the me el 1€ il‘
lunce efore the manager for 1
first time she ' determined to!
make hLerself worthy some day of a
Jace outside the choruy
Viaggie never breathed her secretl to
a dou but she treasured it closely
#44 watched and walted I she had
oniy known the long hard roud tha
must be travelad hefore one Al ob
tain a speaking part in a New Yor
roductior e would not have been
S 0 sure that she would some time
ave he wis But ghe was secure i
her fait ind happy in her ignorance
and she simply waited
It may have been due to persever
ance and a sunny disposition, or it
nay have been just a evidenes of
the fatalist's bhelief that if vou want A |
thing hard enough, you can surely |
ave | Anyway, Bella had her
ance. Her quickness to see ;ll!u‘
understand things had ittracted the
attention of the manager more t xun!
once He was a veteran in the bus - |
ess ard kne that Bella was, as he
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put it, “a good little kid |
It wasn't a great chance that came
» Bella unexpectedly, but it was a
unce to walk out on the stage and
MY Laree sentences and to sing a song
hat was what Is popularly known a
v hit. Bella acceptad the part calm
v: hadn't she always had faith? And
she did it well, very well, so well i 1
deed, that she was noticed in that
tangie of beauty and charm and music
and lights
And Bella was happ One ster
ing stone alwavs led to another. Bhe
Vas young and strong and could wait
Some day she could return to the it
tie farm In the country and tell the
sther Murphys she had made good
(The next article in this series will
be on the Telephone Giri,)
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ONG ago—oh, a few weeks or so--wae of the zone
L where the snow flies were wading walst deep in the
glisteny feathery stuff, whipping aronnd corners in
& gale, with our nose pink and our finger tips numb. And
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"The Points of
the Compass !
OPULARLY, the compass-needle
P is supposed always to point to
the North Pole. But the Ter
restrial Pole and the Magnetic Pole
are, of course, by no means one and
the sume, n
The attraction of the earth differs
in degree in most parts of the earth,
w 0 that the Magnetic North is rarely
the True North. This difference the
marinér calls Compass \’&utlon.
But the erratic little needle doesn't
fMlweys rémain faithful to its allegi
ance, aven to the Magnetic North. A\i
=hip's captain has constantly to be on |
the alert, lest the fickle propensities
of his guide lure him to disaster, ]
Sometimes the needie is deflected by
influences on board-—such as the lnl~l
terial of which the ship is built, the
funneis, cables. or even the mrgo.!
The angle to which it' Is thus lunt”
from the Compass North is called De
viation, |
Then the little firt is liable to syc
cumb to what is called Local Auneo'
tion. This is exerted by forces uot on
board the ship, but near her. Another
vessel, an fron bullding, & crane, or
some local voleanie influence, may
temut the needle far indeed from the
math of rectitude, |
. Again, the noedis responds immedi.
Ately to the slightest list of the ship.
The more acute the angle at which
the vessel leans, the less is the com- |
pass to be depended ou for an honest
indieation of her course. This the
cuptain calls Heeling Prror,
| Finally, If the littie needie is on its
‘best behavior, proving, for once in &
way, adamant to all wiles, even then
the navigtagr dare not trust it ime
plicitly, Often a ship's frothing wake
will show that she is falling off con
siderably from her compass course.
She Is making what ssamen call Lee
way, and the captain, comparing the
angle of the wake astern with the
Course ha is steering, must correct the
latier accordingiy.
Thus it will be seen that. though
ltba sallor trusis his litte friend to
gulde him over the trackless deep. he
trusts it with considerable reserva«
tlon. The course he actually steers
e calis the Compuss Course, Cors
revting that fur Deviation wid Lees
NEY fw arrives al Magnetic Course
Anether correction Mor Vasiation—
and theoand not upmiil then--ithe
Jmariner fnds his Troe Course
The Heart of Wetona
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i Novelized from the Froiman-Be
lasco production of George Scarbor
ough's play, now running st the lLy
ceura Theater, New York. Copyrigiit,
1916, International News Service.
| By ANNE LISLE.
‘6 HIZ whole journey’'s going to
I be just like that night for us,
We'll waltz our way and hand
in hand we'll do a minuet through
cternity! A, little Princess, I'm play
ing true<-1 mean it—l love you-—I
want you-—-"
And Wetona gave hum ler lips.
Then a moment later the eternal
Eve within ‘her stirred. Man takes a
moment of love for what the moment
is worth, but woman always wants to
muke a moment last forever. “When
you take Wetona with you?” asked
the girl, with woman's matural in
stinct to assure the future.
Full of Protests.
And Tony drew away, « liitle dis
concerted, but insisted suavely that
thut was exactly what he had come
to talk over. Then Weiona kissed him
Guickly, flereely, almost we if she
were parsuading herself, and then es
caped from his arms stiddenly and
demanded that he sit acrees the room
and tell her his plan. -
Tony nwn‘y with all sorts of
;»rau:‘u. ¥ ‘}n wmmn in ‘bo’-
ora he got bhalfway t ugh, and it
was quite impogsibie to h:o him or
ényone elss into their confidence vet;
and, besldes, it wouldn't be safe to
tuke sn; definite step while still the
Comanches were 8o angry at a white
man for having won her.
Al that protected Hapdin was his
'"»'.‘.'s"'" uh::l mcr. And Tony n‘n
in u . ons umnl quite
as -mrmlr as he begun it
“T've t & better plan-we can talk
.v.TS.'. over at our leisure and not
bie m&l if you'll just listen to
me "
“What s 17 demanded Wetona,
suddenly,
There was a moment's pause, and
[then Tony glanced around the room
' nlmost lmgm~. “1 like this old
’huun a lot, you® BEverything
except that roem-It's Hardin's room.
plen’t 117 And Mr. Wells indicated
the center door.
“No: that guest room,” returned
Wetana, inpocpntly, “Since I've been
in house he very kind and sleep in
room wav arovnd at end of gallery.”
Tony crossed aver toward the other
fAoor, which omened off the sxtreme
ot cornar of ‘thq remy. “Funny
trolom of lasptioan—l think I'd have
Y Aan in here' l
“Oh daen’ g 0 in thee!™ oried We.
i'.\'- Aafongilels as Tony started 'n‘
cpen the door Tony closed it agan
we wore comforts of fur and worrled about the apple
blossoms in our too precocious Spring honnet. No wad
ing now of any kind--we walk abroad and twiddle our
thumbs and are bewildered - but we dream of wading to
come—heavy greeéu sea-water—with the foam like the
ind smiled. 1t wad exactly as he had
expected—though he had noy dared
hope all he suspect. H's voice had a
little tone of war nd pleased in
sinugation which We a did not quite
fully understand. *“Oh, it's yours; 1
beg your pardon . 1 wasn't sure, * ¢ *
You dap't keep thi¢ door locked
nighte?”
*“No,” returned the girl, simply.
“Don’t lock it tonight.”
“Why not™
¢ Wetona Thinks Again.
“Eardin's excess of Kentucky hos
pitality. has caused him to invite me
up Lo spend the night--did yvou gfr
see such luck? 1 accepted the. i
tation.” '
Wetopa thought aloud. “But Mis
ter John go ‘to Chickasha on the 10
o'clock train tonight.” .
“l hope he does. If he don't go--
why, we'll have to be a little carefu)
and wailt till he and Nauma have
quieted down-—!t's safe and m’mple."l
oy :ltr.pod the gir!, ~ 1
Tony Wetls did not realize what
# far toad he had traveled and
what sirange gods he had come to
worship. Perhups " even his own
seasuous, emotional, seifish nature
might have balked at what he was'
planning to do if his feelings had
not been tinged with a cureless
scorn for the man who made hood
winking him so easy. ~ . |
It s alwuys a dangerous thihg to
let & man of primitive emotions
despise you. John Hardin knew that
well, m& when it came to deal-
Ing‘ with the Indians, but it looked
A bit as if he had miscalculated when
he permitted Tony Wells to think
him a doting husband who was al
most clamoring to be decelved. Not
even Wetona's littie exclamation of
horror could stop Tony now. Ile
had given his emotions full sway.
There was a riot of love to set hie
rht- beating. e had never denled
fmse’? uonhln. He could not deny
himself what he wanted now. His
ROYAL.
BAKING "59’DER
~nleet 1o beav (ne blood into our cheeks—no sleeves, ne
fur, no Spring bonnet to worry about, but a free body and
a warm skin in the sun. We are just at the uncomfort.
able, awkward space that lies between sports.
. ~NELL BRINKLEY.
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Tony Plans to
Betray T'wo
voice took on a note of mastery: “It's
a wonderful night for musie and
dancing and love—that's .why you
mustn’l lock vour door., After Har
din's gone to Chickasha at 10 o'clock,
and Nauma goes to sleep, it's barely
possible that I might come back that
way.” He Indicated the door whlch‘
opened the garden. “That's why
vou mustn't lock the door.”
But Welona was going through a
strange reaction. She had a mo
nfent of revelation, a moment in
Ahich a sudden flare of homor called
rall her spirit of fair play into re
ivolt.“‘ She was utterly heartsick .“Oh
~Tony—l so sorry—and ashame.”
“Sorry I love you?” ecried the man
that Wetona could question him.
She had accepted his viewpoint so
implicitly that he never for a mo
went doubted she would continue to
acceptadt, 5 g
A Bit of Illumination.
l “It almos’ make me doubt if 3‘0«1
do.” cried the girl.
Wells' tone was lordly. “You don't
think I'd risk my life and reputation
to come here and see you if [ didn't
love you? he asked in a flare of
anger,
“Please go now-—1 sorry you come
at all” Wetona was weary, It al
ways hurts & woman like that when
she loves a weak man and comes lin
ane flash of nlumlrum\ to see him wr
he 8. But Wétona did not know
what it was that had come te her;
she was groping vaguely in the dark.
Love may falter at sight of the truth,
but love as complete as hers @n not
be destroyed all in one moment.
Tony would not give her up so
easily. If he had blundered he meant
to retrieve it. “Ah, now, littie girl,
listen to Tony—l'd much rather my
self that we could just take another
one of those wonderful rides in the
mlbls_\!' instead—on little Nano and
Wetona started suddenly. In a mo.
ment of repulsion she hated the mem-
ory of those muunli(l}lt rides she had
taken so long. ago—when she was
young—and happy. :
But Tony thought 1t caution which
made her start away, from him, and
‘he blundered along., “But I know
iwe'll be seen. I've got so many things
to talk to you about. I'm doing the
best 1 can to arrange it. But it ma
be several months yet before we can
get ready to marry”
“Months?” asxea the girl,
“l can't see you safely any other
wx'. darling—it's only because I
love you"—-
“No, no. I only wan' you to come
10 see me houorable. Please go
way till you can.” i
To Be Continued Tomorrow. I
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A Serial Every One Should Read
The Struggles of
e 4 Wife 2
| Myra Is Scolded by Grace for Being Late in Gettim
i 4 Home.
By Virginia Terhune Van De
Water.
CHAPTER XXV. -
(Copyrighf. 1916, Star Company.)
A YRA WEBB had never been
M jealous of her husbar’u]. Nor
had ke ever given her cause
to be: jealpus. .
So today she felt no indignation at
his having lunched withh some young
woman. She simply wondered who
the perspon was and how it happened
that Horace hLad taken her to Du
quesne’s.
But she was disturbed lest he might
Qu?llion her as to her presence down
town whien he had supposed her to be
safe at home—for he might express
disapproval of her course of action.
Yet she did not want to deceive him
about this affair, which was, aftenall,
her own, and perfectly proper,
Moreover, he h&d\ undoubtedly seen
that-the person seated opposite her at
the little table by the window was a
man.
Well, it made no differencé whether
Horace had seen her,companion or
not-—she must tell :f;im tife truth.
Would he be displedsed:at what she
had done? £
He had no right to be displeased,
she told herself defiantly. Had he not
done the same kind of thing himself?
Ahd she, liig wife, did not resent this
fact. = Very well, then—what was
right for him was right for her.
At alls events, ske decided® she
would not introduce the subject. If
any questidnse wlre to be asked, he
must ask them.,
It happened that on this eftening
Grace wag to dine at the home of one
of ner friends.
She had invited tc her house only
such young peonle as could not enter
tain so elalborately as to make her
fee! out of place in their midst. And
she was/learning the great truth that
wealth and refinement are not always
synonymous, \
4 - Scolded b\ Grace.
Some of the girls who had been
mere acquaintances of hers at college
were now becoming her friends. They
were not poor ‘girls-—in fact, were in
better circumstances than was she-—
but they were not of the rich set
whom she shunned nowadays. And it
Was-one of these gicls 10 whose home
Grace was going this evening.
She had returned from school and
was correcting exercises when her
mother reached D‘ome.
“Where under the sun have you‘
been, mother?” she called, as Myra
entered the door of the apartment. “
“Downtown,” the = mother sald
briefly, going on into her own room.
If Grace was busy she would not
have time to ask inconvenient ques
tions, Myra reflected. Of this she
was ’hd‘
But she was destined to disap
pointment, for in a mbment her
daughter appeared on the threshold
of the bedroom.
“Really, mother, you ought to know
better than to go out on such a day!”
she exclaimed. “If you are not more
\c;retul we will have you sick on
our hands. It's storming fearfully.
Why did you go out?”
“I had business to attend. to,” Myra
replied. . -
“Business that could not possibly
wait?’ the girl demanded. Then, as
the mother did not answer immedi
ately, she added: “It is poor busi
ness, or economy, or whatever yvou
call it, to 80 downtown {o see about
sélling some story or article when
yYou make yourseif so ill that your
doctor’s bills will come to more than
the price of the manuscript——evm\'
supposing you find a market for it.”
“Oh, Grace!” the mother exclaimed, ‘
a note of exasperation creeping into
her voice, “please, my dear, don't be
S 0 positive!” « F |
“Excuse me,” the girl said stifly,’
“I only spoke because I do not want
you to be ill. I realize that it is no
affair of mine, and that you have
every right to be as imprudent as
you wish, even though, if you are
ill, I will have to take care of you!"
She Plans to Aid.
She turned and left the room abh
ruptly, and the older woman stood
stiil, battl}ng with the indignation
that made her long to give vent ta
the torrent of impatient words that
rushed. to her lips,
But instead she took off her coat
and hat, changed her shoes fory a
.pair of slippers, and then, with hes
temper in good contro!, crossed the
‘hall and knocked at her daughter's,
door. '
| “Come in!”
~ The tone® “'a‘s not inviting, and the
eyes raised to meet the guother's wers
| hostile,
\ “Dear,” Myra said. gently, 1 spoke
fretfully and peevishly just now, and
l! am sorry! Let us forget it, please.
I was very impatient, 1 fear.”
t “Oh, that's all right,” Grace re
| joined. *“I only meant to protest
[against your imprydence—hut, as I
said then, I ought not to have done
sO. If I did not care about you, how
ever, I would not worry when you
risk your health.”
“I know, dear,” the mother forced
herself to respond affectionately.
“And it was very good of you to
;thinli of my health., I went down
town to see about a plece of wo-."(
that, I hope, will gnean Some money,
and I do not want to defer making
arrangements about it. You know
one likes to get such matters set
tled.”
“The arrangements could prebably
have waited until the sun shone
again,” Grace observed practically,
“But let us talk about something
else. 1 am wondering what to wear
to the Dakins' to dinner this evening.
‘Oh. dear! I wish I could manage to
Squeeze out enoygh money from my
salary to get a new dress.”
+*“l wish you could, dear:” the
mother echoed, ~
In her heart she was already won
dering if she might not use a littie
of the money she hoped to get from:
her next story toward a new e\'enlyg
gown for poor Grace, .
She tried to be happy in planning
things for her child, and not 1o
reflect on how uncongenial she and
Grace sometimes were,
(To Be Coninued.)