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JULY

8. 1995.

Summer Sweethearts

DEGIN HERE TO-DAY KATHARINE STRYKHURST, daughter of wealthy VICTOR STRYKHURST, 1 deeply 17 MICHAEL HEATHEROE who MIL A riding school. Katharine is discon trotel and retires under her alepmollier'a rule. Thrown from a horse, she ha taken to the home of VIOLET MERSEN, who once was in love with Katbarino's father, Violet Is drawn to the girl and they become friends, DR. JOHN KAYE, just luck from Ferope. visits the Steakhurata,

ZUE PARKER, Katharine's chiment friend. Is in love with GIBBS LARKIN, and per in ring him in spite of her parents life. tions. Katharine aka Dr. Kaye to help her keep or from eloping will be. They night elus, which has opened beautiful ix there with

take Tum T nearby. Gibb woman.

CHAPTER XV

Zoc, absorbed in the mirror of her compact, an expensive and lovely trifle, did not catch sight of Gibbs

Larkin for another minule.

By Mabel McElliott

last fall in the mountains. Zor's eyes | had the same stricken look.

"Well, who would have thought of finding you here?" Gibbs breezed on, determined to brazen the thing out.

Zoe could not find her valce, Katharine said, "We were only just going."

"Ah,"

80 soon?" buried Gilbs. "But It's a very jolly place, don't you

Such amusing people think?

"Very!" eried Zov. Very amus ing."

"Dr. Kaye took her arm. It wouldn't do to have her break here. A scene at the Blue Sky Bath Club would be material for the Broadway columnist who haunted such meeting places in the summertime.

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"Oh, Miss Zoe! 1 thought you said you weren't to be here for dinner." "She wasn't, Gerda, but I think she's changed her plans. Will you bring some ten up to her room?"

"I don't want anything," Zoe snid lifelessly,

The broad halls were in twilight s the two girls ascended the stairs. liere and there a bar of Inte sun- shine broke through the iron grilles appearing at intervals in the walls. Zoe's Tom was shuttered and cool. Silver Venetian blinda made a glim

апе Awift mering dusk here. In glance Katharine naw the overnight bing at the foot of the bed. Zoe thrust it naide and flung herself across the taffeta coverlet, sobbing.

"I wish I were dend!"

"No, you don't. What a silly thing "You take your hands off my girl," to say!" But Katharine felt the Gitibs said, very low. And now hopelessness, the utter futility of any Katharine was sure he had been drink argument.

Zoe sit up, rubbing her eyes with Jag. His eyes and a glazed, unnaturati When she did, she took it "like a look; his voice picked up the words a childish gesturg, "Du: 1 dot Oh,; little sollier," John Kaye said inter. and Inid them down again, gingerly, you don't know-

n fale dignity. Gibbs was į Her colour came up. The ghost of a with

She burst into loud weeping again. Rasp rose to her lips and was in- drunk?

Dr. Kaye looked around swiftly face downward on the coverlet stantly suppressed. Gibh had fol-

"I was going to marry him." lowed the tall. sinuous young woman There were only a few people in sight

black net in a table at the very one or two negligent waiters with she sohbet. "He said he hadn't seen in edge of the pool. He was, plainly hard, dark, foxy faces, and several her for months absorbed in the conversation. The parties of two who seemed completely yonce woman had the candidly resorbed in each other. The wonian vented figure of a show girl. Her in luck watched the little scene with

lack hair, growing in a bold widow's an odd ale of detachment,

"Don't start anything here Laritin." peak, was drawn demurely hack from

white forehand Jewels dangled Jalin Kaye said cly. "If you want

a good dusting down, come outsile. from her ears in her bare nyms.

Gibbs lurched forward, braces with agleam

"You'll settle with me here And now," he cried. The diners looked up Zoe stared. Quite frankly and interestely, whiring their guests on childishly she stared, as if in a hurrid thin stems. The girt-in block net fascination. Gibbs' sleek brad bent gave an almost unobserved signal to xo quickly toward his companion's; he hung, na waiter. It all scarcely relit

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that Katharine could

enraptured, on her every word. Katharine wanted to turn her eyes The naked misery in Zoe's face was terrible. John must have he must have heard something known, or at least believed, that Gibba could be found here! How extra-Dr. Kaye. He slipped and fell ordinary was this quiet man with the ensy voice and the supple surgeon's hands! She marvelled at him,

it when the two girls were again on the gravelled walk utside, with the doctor hatless beside them.

"You knocked him down, Johnny "I only brushed him aside," said "He's not hurt?"

"I'm sure he fan't. Let's get along I don't want you giria mixed up inf A waiter rame up and John said this." something to him in a low voice nuri he went away.

Zoe said, "I think I must be getting back."

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They were in the car; unbelievably, they were whirling down the Post Rond again. Za slumped between: them, limp and unpretesting.

That girl in Swampscott?" Zoe raised a streaked atul distorted face. "No, no, of course not! She didn't really matter. She was hust nothing at all. But the girl we say tonight Zoe elenched her handa Inte fists, "I hate her," he grated. "I'd like to tear her into bits?" "Do you know who she is?" Zoe fairly sorted in contempt, i of course I do, you mean to say you don't? What a little white lily you are!"

Katharine flushed.-

"Oh, I'm sorry," Zoo said hurriedly. didn't mean to be so nasty. But, oh, if you knew what I've been through! I don't care what happens

to me now"

She ground her fists into her eyrn. "She's n

e's a singer," she went on after moment. "Cissy Malotte. Surely you've heard of ber-"

il

Katharine remembered now.

The

girl who was supposed to have had a lover, the girl Gibbs had gangster known last year.

"Yes, I remember now."

"Well, I knew about her," Zor said between subs. "I throught it was- "We'll drop you at home, Johnay," just one of those things. I thought womny-wicked. Katharine said. "I'll stop with Zoe she

was an older

And did you

That was all. There was dignity in her bearing, and pride, too,

Just

you say," said Joh. "You see it once and you've seen it at her house, Tell Fertine she's not fading, all that. But now I've seen

feeling well."

her! Why, she's young! She's bean Gibbs, with his back turned, was

"I don't need anyone." Zne protest-tifal in n horrible way, somehow made aware of the attentioned. She was deadly pale.

ee the way he looked at her? of the little group. Perhaps the

"Don't let Berline telephone her Albb-" Zoe's sok rose almost to a young woman in the extravagantly mother." Katharine went on swiftly. shrink.

that She's quite likely to unless you slip "Hush, bush! You don't want the cut black dress hni told him

maids to hear you," said Katharine, Shree people at a nearby table were her." gazing at him.

fix it," Dr. Kaye looked grim, distracted at this exhibition of undis- He whirled, his rather heavy body He helped them out at the Parker guised suffering.

"I don't care who hears," Zoe cried pivoting at the waist. His eyes met driveway. He waved his hand and Zoe's. There was a sickening moment, left them, to walk the few hundred fiercely: "It's all right for in which Katharine felt the utter yards of roadway that separated them You're so calm and cool; you've never fully and uselessness of attempting from the Strykhursts. A clock in the known what it is to feel this way

to hate further conversations. Zoe had risen convent tower hoomed the Jullen in love You've never even

to her feet and John with bee. In mid-flight Gibbs met her.

"Hello, hello, hello!" But you could see the discomfort behind that inaquciant pose,

Zoe did not answer. She was, thought Katharine, ale like a doe caught in a thicket-they had seen one

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NOTES FROM THE THEATRES

you.

"He's just in time for dinner,

"Ah, haven't I?" thought Kay Katharine said, on a note of hysterical laughter. She was terribly shaken. bitterly. Aloud she said nothing.

Zoe flung hersgif about wildly, Zoe, like a doll on strings, like an

"I know what I'll do," she shrilled. automatic figure, allowed herself to be led to the house The maid, Gerda, "I'll kill myself! That will make hi camo to the door leading to the ter-surry for the way he's treated me."

To Be Continued). race, which was locked.

American who went to London to fill week-end. When Joe Morrison hears a theatrical engagement, and liked the what she is going to do, he offers to tight little isle so well that he demarry Hazel, another girl in the cided to live there. I was horn in office, although he does not love her. London, and my father's American in- The hectic climax of the film takes office fluence ceased with his death when place in the elevator of the was seven years old. I grew up as building, where Miss Twelvetrees is A true Briton, hut 3 always had an hurrying to keep her date with the

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Rudy Valles, world famous radio affectionate interest in the United boas and Morrison in hastening to his cerved with hunan joys and sorrows, GOVERNMENT HOUSE

States and things American. Per marringe. The elevator cable breaks, erooner, now at the Alhambra Thea hans I was what might be called a the ear is stalled between floors and Klorious dreams and stern realities. tre, in the latest and most preten 90 per cent. Englishman." Lawton's un ill woman putrenger collapses. tious of Warner Bros. mammoth accord American fin is "One More Within the next half-hour, Morricon,

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Sunday, June 30.-Commodore C. "Mark of the Vampire"

G. Sedgwick, R.N., called on flis Ex- River", Universal's picturisation of by a display of heroism, saves every-

"Mark of the Vampire", the Metro-cellency at Mountain Lodge.

Commodore J. A. V. Morse, .C.N he keurd in a half dozen catchy songs the John Galsworthy drama, which one in the car. He wins back the love

Goldwyn-Mayer mystery drama is written especially for the production.

comes to the King's Theatre on of Miss Twelvetrees and a radio con-

Tuesday, July 2-Lady Southorn now on bill at the Queen's Theatre. paid a farewell call on His Excellency. Dvorak also sings and dances in Wednesday with Diana Wynyard in tract from one of the passengers who

Directed by Tod Browning, its ciator- spectacular numbers. Still another the starring role.

had heard him sing. And Hazel goes ato cast includes Lionel Barymere, altended a Bridge Drive organized on songbird who will be heard in the

off on a date with a soda clerk while Bein Lugoni, Elizabeth Allan, Henry behalf of the Ministering Children's Hershult and League at the Peak Club in the after- picture is Helen Morgan, famous torch

the bons goes down to the country-Wadsworth, Singer who de ruch hit in "Show i

Wednesday, July 3.-Lady Southorn with his wife. Directed by Ralph Mur. Donald Meck, to mention only those o Yankees appear in the picture us does: Life at the bottom of the eccan,phy, the picture features songs and in the principal roles. The story is

strange

lyrics by Sam Caglow, Lewis Gensler

the Girl Guides held at Government hinself against which will dispense redhot tunes, growing things and odd creatures and Le Robin. They are "A Little delective mystery, in wheik the presided over a Committee Meeting of The music and lyrics were written by rarely seen by the human eye is one Angel Told Me Sa and "Me Without electivampire cult to solve a crime. House.

Mrs. Tyrrell lunched at Mountain creatures three of the most fantous song teams, of the features of "Helow the Sea"

"un-dend" strange Warren and Dubin, Dixon and Wra- the Columbia picture scheduled as the

from the grave stalk through an old Lodge.

Thursday, July 4-lis Excelleney bel, and Fain and

Kahal. The nic next clinnge at the Queen's Theatre.

nunted eastle-work sinister attacks ture, which carries a definite plot if The story, an original by de Swerling, filled with romance, dranu and concerns a hunt for galt entombed in In "Ramance in Manhattan", to-day on livng people-and bats fly at presided at a meeting of the Execu Later is Exellency received re biberious comedy. It is the story of a sunken submarine and it gives the at the King's Theatre, Hollywood has night to change to human forms.vo Council. young college boy who organizes a cameraman a grand opportunity to seat to the screen a beautifully acted This fantastic background provides

Captain W. J. R. Cragg, A»DC,‚rc= band and makes gourd its i erooner and get some marvellous shots of the drama of bitter-swee, romance, touch- thrills against, which an amazing de presentatives of the Press.

fective plot is unfolded. It wouldn't orchestra lender ir the big night Wonders that exist below the waves.ng pathos and the struggles and

six do to tell you, the story-it would presented His Excellency at a recap clubs and over the radio. He falls in Through the windows of the diving dreams of two of New York's love with a beautiful dancing girl and bell he ground away at the unending millions who face life's eternal pro- spoil the suprise of it. It's enough tion tiven by the American Consul- to any that if you like creepy chills General at the American Club in helps her up the ladder to success al-variety of inhabitants and fantastic bleus a bit afraid but with sunny

with a little mystery, a romance and honour of the American Independence

Day, though she thinks he is jealous of plants and flowers, and the result is optimism. It is a picture that must

In the afternoon His Excellency and her and is trying to ruin her career. presented in the picture in their appeal to all ages because of its vivid comedy blended into them, don't miss

is a large and talented cast beautiful natural colours. This fa human theme and it stirring, lifting this picture. Guy Edere, author of Lady Southern, attended by Mr. J. H. There playing in support of Vallee, with just one of the features of the fila, spirit of courage, highlighted with "Werewolf of Paris" and Berardi. Lee, were present at the Prize Din- Like "Dracula", and "Franken Stanley. The prizes were distributed Miss Dvorak as his leading Indy, which includes a thrilling Aght with a episodes of delightful humour. Fran- Schubert concocted the breath-taking tribution at St. Stephen's College, Helen Morgan plays herself, a blues, vicious octopus and numerous under- cis Leiterer and Ginger Rugers play inle. singer, while others include

manoeuvres. The romance is the young lovers whose romance even- stein" as well as other thrillers of

Their

15 delightfully acting

past have broken all box-office re Jenkins, Alice White, trang, Alienwald by Ralph Bellamy and Fay tually blossoms despite trentendous the Tod Browsing type, which in the fresh, natural and touched with the cords, Bark of the Vampire" is skilful brush thorn, Al Shenn, Phillip Reed. William "ray..

genius. Nover strange, creepy, dramatic, mystifying

A newly-born Chinese baby girl, son Richards. Sceres of beautiful The ageless question, "Should a has Lederer, the dashing Continental and only in the last scenes do you

rollet in a blue cotton jacket, and girls are seen in the dance numbers girl marry her millionaire sweetheart matinee idol. been more convincing learn the solution.

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ying in a rattan basket, was found and spectacular ecreubles which were or her penniless sweetheart?" is given and fascinating than na the ambitious, directed

Bobby Connolly. Alfred a deft and pointed answer in Para Joyous Immigrant to whom even the

screen by police on the side of the. Castle The crying need for E. Green directed the production from the screen play by Jerry Wald, Carl Late's dramatic comedy, "One Hour luins of America, are translated into

With Joe Morrison, Helen beauty by his ofen radiant spirit. personalities is being answered by Peak Main Road near Ki Lun Wal,

surpasses the attractive character-Joseph B. Schetick and Darryl unclaimed, and was sent to the Kow. Erickson and Warren Duff, based on Twelvetrees and Conrad Nagel in the nation whic'), ho Wald's original story.

principal rojes, it comes to the Alham-it of Happines," in "The Pur- Zanuck, who has introduced in their loon Hospital. The baby was not bra Theatre on Wednesday. In "One

Ginger Rogers now 20th Century Picture, "Broadway more than two weeks old, Hour, Late, Helen Twelvetrees Is the gives a sparkling, appealing portrayal Thru a Keyhole," some personages --- "One More River"

girl who is forced to make a choice of the smart-cracking. sympathetic whom screen fans are meeting for the

A Keyhole" he is Russ "I have always been glad of the between wealthy Conrad Nagel and chorus girl who befriends the long first time. Russ Columbo is familiar way Thru opportunity to come to America", re-improvident but cheerful Joe Merri-immigrant. In the supporting cast to the multitude through his valco. Columbo's rival for the affections of

Gingor's small As a radle crooner he is playing his Constance Cummings. It's a sym-.. cently aald Frank Lawton, well known son. Morrison, it seems, has a re- Jimmie Butler, as

pathetic role-and Kelly

gota It! sidered this country my other home." to plod along at his filing clerk job his natural characterisation of the and proving that he can act as wall

J. Farrell Mac- as he croons. Ho niso has a definite the fun and excitement in "Broadway Lawton

will be seen at the King's Instead of seeking a radio audition New York newsboy.

donald as Officer Murphy, & Road acroen

personality. Another now Thru a Keyhole," at the Star Theatre Theatre on Wednesday in the lead- and "making something of himself." dorted Now York cop, furnishes & comer is Paul Kolly, a Broadway stage to-day, are Texas Guinan, Abo Ly- ing, malo-role of Ona. More River" na Miss Twelvetrees phrases it. Dis-

Helen Ware, Elly York success in "Bad Girl," the same Gregory Ratoff, William Burgose, C. Universal's John Galsworthy drama couraged with her attempts at re-sparkling comedy touch. Others in favourite. He scored his big Newman and his bane, Frances Williams, presenting Diana Wynyard in the making her boy friend Miss Twelve the cast include starring role. "My father, Frank M. trees jumps at her boss' offer to take Malyon, Lillian Harner and Arthur stage production which brought Spivin Henry Gordon and Helen Jarome Lawton", pursued the actor, "was an her down to his country home for the Holri. The story is a simple one, con- Sidney to screen notica. In "Brond- Eddy. It's a United Artists release.

Robert

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"One Hour Late"

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more

Friday, July 6. Mr. C. W. Bick-

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English actor, "I have always con markable singing voice; but prefers/brother, eaptures high honour with fret romantic role in this pictu! other noted personalities adding to