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THE GEORGIANS MAGAZINE PAGE—
“THE SECRET KINGDOM’’
See the First Three Episodes of This Greatesl of Motion Picture Stories
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Produced by the Greater
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EPISODE NO. 4.
(Copyright, 1917, by the Star Com
pany. All Foreign Rights
Reserved.)
SYNOPSIS.
In Alania, King Simond the Usurp
er commisslo?s secret agents to
bring him proofs of the death of
“Lost Prince Philip,” legitimate heir
to Simond's stolen throns * * *
In America, “Peter Barr,” dying,
charges his' putative son, Philip, to
deliver at a Parisian address a mys
terious sealed packet, which Si
mond’s agents, led by .‘1":\. Victorine
Bavatz, unsuccessfully? endeavor to
steal. Meantime Phillp falls in love
with “Miss Julla Simond”—in reali
ty the Princess Julia, King Simond's
only child, touring America incognito,
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THE BRITON.
N the brisk autumn afternoon
0 he crossed the lobby of the
Hotel RBaltimore on exercise
bent-—his lustrous topper, chamois
gloves and malacca stick, his morn
ing coat, striped trousers and pearl-
Rray spats patently advertising F'mh,
avenue as his chosen walk In life, |
En passant, his eyes lanmndlyl
sought the letter-rack and discov
ered an envelope In the plgeonhole!
consecrated to his personal mall |
Whereupon he paused. A civil yolln‘l
clerk dellvered him the letter. He|
opened and scanned it, posed In un
affected nonchalance, half turned
away from the counter, the most un
compromisingly British figure to be
found In the Hotel Baltimore, that ex
clusive and unostentatious residential
establishment for the anglomaniac
which British enterprise had founded
and which British brains and taste
maintained on a street In the early
sixties within a biscuit-toss of the
avenue,
While he lingered over his letter a
young and charming lady, quietly, but
arrestingly gowned, entered from the
street and paused at the counter near
by the Briton. .
The civil young clerk was tempora
rily engaged at the telephone., On the
counter the register lay open. The
young and charming person bent over
it with an air of idle curiosity., A
specious air; long lashes velled A
“Cheating Cheaters g
By JANE McLEAN.
(Novelized from the play by Max
Marcin, produced by a. il. Woods,
and now running at the Eltinge The
ater, New York, 1916, International
News Service.)
“ 'M not thinking of sympathy,”
I said lra, trembling visibly,
“but to get away from here.”
Ruth had been quiet a long time,
Now she spoke quickly and author
tatively.
L “Now Ililnn. all of you Let's take
t sensible view of this. If we go off
wth thelr property, you couldn't
blame them for squealing and making
& deal with Ferris. If they took ours,
I know we'd go a long way to be
avenged. Remember, Ferris would
make pretty near any kind of adeal
to recover this stuff. 1 say it's up
to us to get together.”
“I second the motion,” said Tom
sagerly.
“1 am willing to consolidate,” sald
Tony, always glad to be on the
stronger side.
“I'm solid for it” said Nellle com
‘ortably.
“So am 1" said Phil
“Well then, bring up some chairs,”
taking the rest for granted and ig
noring Steve, “and we'll all sit around
this table and work out the details.
Steve dropped into a chair an!
the rest all gathered about the large
table with the exception of Lazarre,
who protested suddenly, “1 tell youl
it's dangerous, it's dangerous. 1 re.
fuse to participate.” b
Ruth was standing before theta-.
sie, taking the jewels out of the va
rious receptacles. “1 know, playing
safe again, Ira. If you want to go,
why, g 0 ahead.”
Iha seized at this chance for es
~Jhpe eagerly.
“Very well” he sald quickly.
"’3&'-'-" o aethi® sald Ste
ve.
“If you Mm .t?mfmo yourself on.l
o et ke
vapitulated and without another word
drew up his chair and sat down with
A
b r Ik® a directors’ meeting,
Wt It remarked Nellie, :
:‘;‘;’T’f;v’ !f;\ gt this tln.t_n'ch quickly,
quickly augmented brilllance in her
lprc-tty eyes when they remarked a
certain entry among the several
| made by the day’s incoming guests,
Philip Barr & valet—Red Wing,
| Ariz.—2ol,
Just then the Englishman looked
Ildly round, and with a single, swift,
sharp glance appraised the woman at
lhlu elbow, A second glance saw ev
ierything else worth the seeing in the
ilobby——that none looked their way;
that the clerk was still preoccupied
with the telephone. The envelope of
his letter dropped nolselessly upon
the register, obscuring the entries in
which the pretty lady was so indif
ferently interested.
She read the superscription on the
envelope and started ever so slightly.
Fon, Fuston Axenham,
Hotel Baltimore,
New York—U. 8. A.
The woman looked up with a sly
little smile of perfect understanding.
She said rapialy, with a strongly in
dicated accent:
“Ben jour, Monsieur Oxen'm—'ow
do vou do? ‘'Ave you forgotten me,
Madame Savaran?”
“Forgotten you, dear lady? Impos
sible!"
Punctiliously the Honorable Eus
ton clicked his heels, bowing from the
walst over the daintily gloved hand
to which he touched his lips—a cour
tesy so cosmopolitan, so continental,
80 reminiscent of her beloved Paris
that the woman's smile became more
than ever warm with approbation.
“But ‘ow delightful, to meet you
like zis—mos' especially when I am
begin’' to feel so desolee!”
“You, madame, desolate?"
“I search for my friends, Monsieur
et Madame Dupont, who' ave arrive
by ze Rocheambeau zis morning—and
no place can I And zem, not even
‘ere!"
“Tried the Plaza by any chance?”
The woman's eyes narrowed
thoughttully,
‘“Ze Plaza? And where might zat
be?"
The Birton's look grew more shrewd,
The woman's words meant nothing,
her manner everything. To his un-|
make this remark. "You'u a law
yer, Ira. What's the first step In
forming a combination”
“Yes, let's do it legally,” said Nel
lie eagerly. |
Capital $750,000. |
“It would seem to me,” -ucuted‘
George, “that the first thing to do
would be to ascertaln what each
side has to offer.” He took up the
wallet containing the Stuyvesant
Jewels as he spoke. “Now, 1 con
sider these to be worth two hundred
and fifty thousand. What do you
consider those to be worth?" point
ing to the Palmer jowels.
“Halt' o million,” wsald Tom
promptly,
“That makes our contribution
worth seven hundred and fifty thou
sand,” said George, dropping into a
chair and looking around for appro
bation. “Now what have you to of
fer? looking at Tom.
Tom was dazed for a moment, then
he began to see the issue. George
‘was suggesting to the Brockton gang
that they hold the Palmer Jewels as
Apoils of war, and count thelr value
in with the Stuyvesant stones, It
was a clever idea, but it wouldn't
work
- "“Why, we're putting them in" sald
‘Tom, purposely misunderstanding to
see how far George would go. |
“You're putting them in?" sald
Steve, snatching one immediately,
“You've got a nerve. Them's ours!”
“Of course they are” satd George.
“They were ours from the day we
went after them!” sald Nellfe.
“Aw, say, cut out this kidding,” from
Phil, who disliked this triendly badi
nage. “That's our stuff. Ofve it to
me” As he spoke he r.hod Nellle
out of the way and made a gradb for
the case,
“Put ‘em down,” said Steve, cover.
Ing him with a gun, and Phil obeyed.
“Walt a minute,” sald Ruth iater.
posing. “We'll never get anywhere It
we're going to have dissension!™
“What are you lrfl’oto do? sald
Nellle, pushing Phil wn into his
chair. “Disrupt the combination al
ready ™
“From now on” sald Ruth coldly,
looking at Bteve, “we'll eut out the
gun play. Steve, give it to me.” hold
tng out her hand for the gun
teve complied sullenly and Ruth
drzsv-d it into her bag.
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derstanding she had sald more plain
ly than were possible by spoken
words: "
“I must see you alone immediate-
Iy, T have something important to
communicate!"™
- He sald quietly: “The Plaza's Just
Novelized From the
bbb vt B Kodene S il
Broadway Success.
Bt 1. O o s
“Yes,” sald George, “if this is going
to be a gentleman's agreement, let's
all act like gentlemen.”
George was clever, but Ruth was a
match for him.
“All right, George,” she said dryly.
“I'l take yours” And George gave
his own up reluctantly, Ruth snapped
the bag closed and pushed the bag
under the table. v
A Sound of Splintering.
“Now, we'll proceed with the pre
liminaries in a decorous way,"” George
sald briskly.
“I guess that means you two
thieves,” sald Nellie, looking mean-
Ingly at Tom and Phil. And Tom
rose impatiently,
“What's the use of wasting time?"
he sald excitedly. “I move that we
proceed on a Afty-fifty basis. Are
you all willing ™"
Everyone rose at this and began to
argue. For a moment pandemonium
reigned, and the discussion waxed
fast and furious. Suddenly there was
& sound of splintering wood, the crash
of a door suddenly broken in, and
then a crash of glass as someone
broke through the conservatory win
dow
Lazarre was the first one to speak,
and his cry roused the rest to action.
There was a quick, Instinotive rush
for the doors, but it was too late, the
Httle band was surrounded.
Two plain-clothes men stepped
through the broken window and cov
ered the gang with their guns, and at
the same moment three others en
tered from the doorway, and one, who
was evidently the leader, sald
quickly: 9
“Throw un your hands and don't
make any bustaway! The house is
surrounded and my men have orders
to shoot to kill. Now, line up over.
there, the whole lot of you.”
The gang, with their hands held up
over their heads, moved over as di
rected and stood in a line,
“Keep your mouths shut, every.
body,"” was Lazarre's last warning.
“Remember, anything you say may be
used against you "
The men passed carefully down the
Hine, investigating back pockets for
possihle guns, Ilfl*'n Ruth had re
moved them all a few moments ago,
there wore none to be found, Holmes,
the leader, sneered at Lazarre's re
mark, .
(To Be Continued Tomorrow,)
Then fortune chose to favor Mr. Barr for a little while.
around the corner, you know. If you
don’'t mind, I'd be charmed to show
you the way."” |
“'Ow nice of vou!”
“SBo they strolled away together, su
perficially as attractive a pair of well
bred folk as might be seen on the
SUFFRAGE
NEws«Cof I
Edited by Mrs. Emily Me.Dougald
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED. ‘
HE annual election of officers
| of the local branch of the
Equal Suffrage party took place |
January 9 at the new headquarters,
No. 111 North Pryor street. The fol-i
lowin’ were chosen: |
Chairman, Mrs. Murray R. Hub
bard; first vice chairman, Mrs. B. M.
Blount; second vice chairman, Mrs, |
Hugh Lokey; treasurer, Mrs. H, A,
Smith; secretary, Mrs. Haynes Mc-
Fadden, and press agent, Mrs. Emily
MacDougald.
Plans were discussed and decided
upon for the work of the new year.
The question of ralsing funds to meet
Georgia's assessment of $5.000 was
felt to be most important. With Mrs,
Beaumont Davison as chalrman of the
WAys and means committee the great.
est confidence is felt in the abllity of
the local organization to contribute
ity quota of the $5.000,
The meeting Indicated Ereat opti.
mism over the outlook for 1917. It
Was agreed that this had been a
merry Christmas for the suffragists,
because of the unprecedented progress
which suffrage has made during the
last year. For the first time all po
llmml parties have declared unequiv
ocally that women ought to vote. For
the first time a woman has been
elected to Congress, whose high char
lulor and ability will do honor to her
constituents and to her sex, and for
the first time the woman's vote Is a
large and Important factor In a Kreat
national election. Durln' 1917 great
prograss undoubtediy will he made
toward Mtlmz -:am;a.o.
FARMING WOMAN NEEDS VOTE.
It is hw time to correct the state
ment often made that the rural
woman does not care for the vote be.
cause she has not Informed herself
upon that subject sufficintly to realize
*he needs 1t If this were true, why
has suffrage been Indorsed by the
Natlonal Grange and the Natlonal
Farmers’ (‘o:fna‘.' These farmers
feel so strongly the importance of it
that at their last convention they
passad resolutions urging the passage
of the Susan B Anthony amendment
At once No one knows better than
the farmer that he would not he able
to earry on the farm work without
hin wife. She cooks three meals n‘
day. keena the house, milks the cows,
makes the butter, bakes the bread
aflnn the oges. makes the soap and
| A score of other things, besides
caring for the children,
avenue on that or any other after
noon. : |
But their destination was not the
Plaza. Once out of the lobby, out of
the range of other ears, freedom of
speech was possible. The woman
chattered volubly, the Englishman lis
’ The woman in the country needs
the vote in order to obtain better
schools that her children may be
properly educated at home and given
A& practical and up-to-date education.
The woman in the country is just as
‘much interested as the man in better
‘markets, better freight and express
lratu. that a larger share of the prof-
Its may return to the farm. The
lwoma.n in the country is Interested in
an increased sociul life. This means
Dbetter roads, better trolley service,
more libraries and meeting halls, and
the right to use those ure’ly exist
ing for social purposes. Suéh whole
some amusements would keep her
children at home on the farm both
satisfled and lmerut»‘d.
- .
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
If the Democratic party is wise, 1t
will give women the vote. No per
son of sense doubts that women are
going to get the vote, and no per.
son of sense doubts the gratitude that
women will feel toward the party that
enfranchises them. Now is the time
for the Democraty to show practical
political wisdom and to press the
passage of the Federal amendment.
Those Representatives in Congress
who oppose the suffrage amendment
on the ground of State's rights are
willing and eager to have Congress
pass amendments on other subjects
involving State’s rights and make no
outery,
The suffrage States cast 20.23 per
cent of the total votes in the 1916
elections. They contributed 29.37 per
cent of Mr. Wilson's gain over 1912,
To the voting women is due the fact
that for the first time in 80 years a
Democratic President has been elect
¢d to succeed himself. This last elec
tion has made sweeping conversions,
even among men who did not like the
outcome, and who fail to see the jus
tice In having the women of the Kast
debarred from a right possessed by
the women of zln.w:at.
MRS. MEDILL McCORMICK.
Mra. McCormick, former chalrman
of the mngnalnnnl committes of the
National oman Suffrage Associa.
fion, will address the Richmond
County Bqual Suffrage Party at their
Headquarters, In Augusta, on Thurs
day evening, January 11, Mrs. Me-
Cormick and her family are oapmdln(
the winter In Alken, 8, C. She s a
l"? 'hwaoc‘um and ':?um:' woman,
and s&= Intellect as father,
Mark Hanoa
’ 1
By Louis Joseph Vance |
Produced by The Greater Vitagraph Co. from Scenario by Basil Dickey i
tened attentively, till they had turned
a corner. Then a flourish of his stick
summoned to the curb a cruising tax
icab,
“But, George, you mus’ not let me
impose on your good nature!”
“My dear Victorine!” protested the
Men vs. Clever Women
“YOU are 90 per cent human and
only about 10 per cent men
tal and you might as well
acknowledge it,” said the Very Clever
Man to the Attractive-Girl.
“Of course I'm human—but I like
the mental aspect of my humanity
better than the physical one; and
so I expect people who really care
for me to lilke the ME I like,” re
marked the Attractive-Girl.
“That's all right. You wouldn't
hold a fellow very long if you hadn't
brains—but he wouldn’t be much in
terested in those brains It they
weren't hidden away in a mighty
pretty head,” returned the Man, eas
ily.
Is he right?
Do men like woman because she is
Interesting, clever, brilltant in con
versation and mentally on a par with
them—or is all this incapable of
charming provided the possessor of
the brain lacks beauty?
Of course some of the most fas
cinating women in the world have
lacked beauty—but they are histori
cal characters and thelr fascination
may be overestimated In the telling,
or the bemuty may be underestimated
and velled by a haze of memory,
It s very difficult for a woman
to get at the actual truth of the mat.-
ter; men are so ltkely to tell us what
they think we want to hear or what
they choose to say for the effect it is
going to produce or what may be
for the moment true—but only for the
moment,
I think men do llke feminine men
tality—but they love feminine charm!
After all, what we Ilke best in men
is force and power—the strength
which completes our own natures. So
why s It particularly startling that
nature’s sense of balance should ap
ply to men, too, and make them like
the sweetness and fineness and deli
cate coquetry which they must lack
if they are truly virile?
The woman whose brains are of the
vivid, forceful, aggressive type that
Is characteristically masculine can not
appeal to men as much as she can
interest them. And the Ifttle, cuddiy,
kitten-person with brains as flufty as
the wool her protoype llkes to tangle
dhluuwnmyn»ulu-u
From Scenarios Writtey
by Basil Dickey
The Stars in the New Romance,
Charles Richman............ . Prince Philip ‘
Dorothy Kelly ............Madame Savatz
Arline Pretty ...............Princess Julia
Joseph Kilgour . .......The Prime Minister
Read the serial here, then see this week’s episode
in motion pictures.
gentleman whose name appeared to
be George rather than Euston. “I am
a most selfish person—you have a
way of making little agentlons to you
80 pleasant!” e
She offered no more objection; they
entered the cab. A ' twenty-minute
ride set them down in front of a
dingy, demi-reputable hotel on a dead
street just east of Union square.
The brick walls, flve stories in
height, were painted a sickly green,
and lettered in black—
HOTEL DU SUD.
Plate-glass windows, sadly in want
of washing, disclosed a dreary lobby,
wherein a handful of swarthy guests
lounged unhappily, smoking black to
bacco cigarettes—apparently Latins
to a man: Cubans, Mexicans, Span
ish, South Americans—that ilk.
Behind the lobby skulked a restau
rant, strongly fortifled with a reek
compounded of garlic, alcohol and
stale cigar smoke. It boasted A num
ber of small tables covered with wine
stalned cloths. At one of these Vic
torine and George (as they now ad
dressed each other) established them
selves, and, when they had been
served by and haa dismissed a mel
ancholy Itallan walter, entered upon a
prolonged confabulation, the woman
doing most of the talking, the Briton
attending with profound interest and
confining comment, for the most part,
to monosyllable interjections.
Ultimately madame produced and
offered in evidence a cable message.
“And zis matin,” she sald, “I re
ceive zis.”
The Honorable Mr. Oxenham read,
very tenderly even though they would
not discuss with her anything more
serious than whether the “toddle” is
going to be a popular dance or not.
Brains judiclously handled may add
tremendously to a girl's populakrity.
But unless she has tact and sympathy
and a humorous understanding w{ the
big boy qualities Inherent in men, the
brainy woman repels nine out of ten
masculine persons.
Let me {llustrate. At a recent small
dinner there were seven average per
sons, a wonderfully successful bank
er and two “clever” women. Sudden
ly the company found itself plunged
into a discussion of woman in busi
ness. ‘
" The banker didn't belleve she ought
to be there. In flerce onslaught, the
first clever woman attacked his every
argument. Violently and forcefully
she went at him, meeting him at
every point, but failing to defeat him
because he had greater force In ham
mering home a point and greater bril.
lHaney of diction. He literally talked
her down.
And her intellect repelled him and
filled him with scorn.
Then the second clever woman took
up the cudgels. “Do yau know, Mr.
X., I love a chivalrous attitude like
yours,” sald she. “If only more men
had your deferential respect toward
us it wouldn't be so hard for women
in the business world.”
Mr. X, who was far more brutal
than chivairous, turned and beamed
on the woman who had gotten under
his guard by telling him all in one
breath that he was fine and strong
and noble, and that the woman In
business was a pathetic little creature
needing the sympathy of such won
derful men as he.
After five minutes of flattering and
cajoling, this woman convinced Mr,
X. that she was a very charming per
son and well worth listening to. She
did not convince him that woman be.
longs In business—but he is sure that
she was forced there, that she is a
very special case, and that she s al
together brilllant and charming, The
other woman talked to him as man to
mah and he didn't enjoy the performe.
ance, 1
Men admire feminine efclency In
beneath a Parisian date lins, the fol.
lowing. communication:
“Savatz,
“Hotel Du Sud, New York
“Ramon sails tomorrow on Lafr.
ette. Pending his arrival, make every
effort to obtain sealed packet, Al‘
last resort see Julia. Warn her Phi.
ip is importor, pretending to myl
throne. “SIMOND.
“Interestin’,” Mr. Oxenham com.
mented—‘very!"”
"Zen I may depend upon vour ‘elp,
Gearge—yes?”
. “Assuredly, my dear.”
“And you advise—"
“You say this chap Barr regisiersd
at the Baltimore today and drew
room 201? That makes it almost too
easy. My own room is 301, directly
above; the fire escape connects our
bedroom windows.” The Fngllshma
dropped a reassuring hand over that
of Mlle. Savatz. “Don't fret, m deapy
before morning this precious seald
packet shall be In your hands!
“You make me soo 'appy!” the wom
an sighed, with a demurecly promising
look Into the eyes of the man. “And
now please tell me ‘ow (o keep zes
infatuate’ young person apart— "
“Nothing easier, Victorine Arrang
to have this superfluous Philp Bar
decently buried.”
“But ‘ow?”
“Leave that to me. This is New
York, you know, whers a indred
dollars will buy the destruction of
anybody you care to name with neat
ness, secrecy and dispatch
“'Ow can I ever thank you?”
“I'm sure you'll find a wav to make
me happy,” returned the Briton, with
a slight but most significant smile
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
By Amn
Lisle
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never be so at a lose out
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of life one had best
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