THE FEATHERS____from Eugene Wolfer's Drama by the same name WEBSTER DENISON ILLUSTRATED BY PHOTOGRAPHS OF SCENES FROM THE PLAY

Synopsis____Reynolds move into their____down balance name____Island. Dick Meade____socialist, takes____night. The Reynolds____their home, but with____Dick warns Bob____Bob's old school____of the system,____cell. Brand Hudson____president, offers Bob____position as chemist with____construction company to____for cement work____Jane overhearing____His refusal in____poverty, chills her.____a conspiracy to____the $8,000. He takes____and they are seen____conspirator's____Brand, and in the ____skimping economies____to rest ready money____moral values. The____continue. Jane____influence Bob to accept____goes to see Brand____of making him____Jane. Brand insults____of Jane's new____ ____to further chapter____on his regular ____On the heels of Bob____come Mrs.____and Brand, with ____are together____tragedy. Jane explains.____KVI Continued. ____quietly he turned to____before, but it was a____now. He realized that____that his answer would____one.____said, "If I have failed-____you what you wanted;____what you hoped for;____husband and a man, I am____worry, but that is all I____want more; more than____and want to buy it____of money that Brand____look elsewhere. It____from me. What you have is larely true. But it____the agreement. I told____have to go through it.____both knew that." ____answered, "until the____for you to help yourself.____you believed and that____some day the chance____and when it came you____.kind of a chance," he____"That was not what I____or looking for. I never____thief, Jane, and I have____be one now. I know____and though it grieves____blinded to it, it is not____against yours that____.I am thinking of you,____if I take this money all____be driven out of our____this home such as it is,____struggled for, will be____. "____find a better one." "____" he persisted firmly, but____"It won't be a better one. ____home at all. That word____four walls and a roof.____how much magnificence may____. Home is here where you have made it. Home is in our____and if we destroy the purity____and our respect for each other____nowhere. That doesn't mean,____that we are doomed forever to____particular spot. I will work on____is capable and honest and____his duty and does it, nothing____him. It is only a little wait." Wait. That was the word she would____.The lure of ready money,____of it, had trapped Jane___its ____. The little taste____was just enough to make it, as a little water drives the famished man to a maddening____for more. ____little wait. Only a little____ she drawled the words out in____monotone, and then____"Why, soon I'll be like Mrs.____with paint on my face and my____gloves to hide the seams in____wanting some liquid balm____the sordidness of it all. Now if it were necessary, Bob, I'd be willing____like Mrs. Collins, dowdy and____and it isn't. You can't take this____of escape from me. You can't and you won't. That's final." She turned and crossed quickly to____.Reynolds stood as if dumb____watching the door through where she had gone. In a moment she____dressed in coat and hat. "You're going out?" her husband____in a surprised tone. "Why____if you want anything at the store____go for you." "I don't want anything at the store,"____"I'm going farther than that.____to NEw York. But not to____" she added. "There was no____between Brad and me than between you and your employer and I____my job's about ended there, as the partnership is here." "You mean you're leaving your husband and your home? Why, you must____,Jane. I won't let you." "By what right can you stop me?" she inquired coolly. "____by the right of our love," he answered, stepping quickly to her side and putting an arm about her. "I won't let you go that way, Jane. That's____of the partnership." She drew away from his embrace____angrily, but with determination. "____" she said gently, "I love you____But I'm not going to____"

be weak enough to let you dominate me and make this fatal mistake. When partners can't agree there is but one solution and now our partnership is dissolved." She looked up at the ____clock that had told off so many

happy hours and, of late, so many sad and wearisome hours in the little bungalow. As she looked it began to strike, a dismal, lonesome note, as if the cuckoo had lost its mate and was calling in a hopeless way from its little prison. "Four o'clock," she said. "I'll be - let me see - where will I be? I don't know New York very well. Yes I'll be at the Astor library at six. If you come for me, then I'll know that I am really a partner and everything will be all right. If you don't, I'm going into business for myself; not a partnership, Bob, for I love you. But we'll see, if you let me go alone, which partner was right." She stood looking at him beseechingly, stifling back the tears that clamored for release. But he made no answer and she swept them back. Pride; foolish pride and will against will.

There was another witness to this tragedy, but it was not Dick. He had slipped away. There was present that silent cynical figure who laughs unheard and scoffs unseen when man and woman stand stubbornly at the parting of ways.

"Jane," her husband said sadly, "If you feel you have to go, good-by; but you are casting love and happiness out of your life and tempting fate. Please don't."

Jane passed out alone. CHAPTER XVII. Playing the Game. Young Mrs. Reynolds lounges before a log fire In the Reynolds' new home. A cheery fire that casts bright rays about a scene of comfort and ease. Something of the joy of living seems to have some into the life of the Reynolds. Why not! For Bob has taken a hand and is playing in the game. Their house is in the fashionable north shore suburb, not far from the Brands. Less pretentious than their

benefactors, for Bob is a pupil and Brand a past master of the system's ways. But a year has passed and, judging from appearances, young Reynolds is doing very well. By the light from a handsome electroller he is perusing the market page of an evening paper. "Bob dear," his wife reminded him, "you must dress, The Brands will be here any minute in their car." He had laid down the paper and looked at her. "Always their car," he answered, petulantly. "What's the matter with ours?"

"Nothing, dear, but you know the limousine is better. The nights are getting cold. Besides, if we sit in their box, why shouldn't we go over with them?" "Sure, why not? Bran'd box, Brand's car, Brand'd money. Why

not?"

Mrs. Reynolds lifted some folds of silk and lace and got up. She put a bare soft arm around her husband's neck and caressed his cheek. "Why honey, you're almost cross tonight. What's the matter, did you have a bad day?" "Oh, not particularly, but why can't we leave the Brands out of it for once in a while? It's Brand this and Brand that till it gets on my nerves." "Well, dear," she replied, "we'll have a little party all our own tomorrow night, but when we go to the opera we can't ignore their box. You wouldn't have me sit anywhere else with this on, would you?" She courtesied and paraded before him to show the bird in all its glory. “No." be agreed, "you are well worth looking at and I'm sure I don't want to hide you. But l wish I had a box of my own. What are they singing tonight?" "Manon Lescaut." "Another of those gruesome tragedies. Don’t they have anything pleasant in opera? Somebody's always dying or stealing another man's wife, or trying to and it gets tiresome; makes me feel like a drink to get cheered up on, and I think I'll have one now." He pressed a button. "Frieda," he ordered, "bring some brandy and ice." It was the same but a transformed Frieda. Flaxen braids are curled and crimped and the gingham apron is no more. Dress black and tight firring with a low cut "V." Short enough to show silk stockings and a pair of pretty pumps. And no more the slovenly shuffle, or the "yessum" and "yessir." She moved____like a human automaton and brings Bob's liquor without a____"I don't like____

"How beautiful you look tonight, my dear." "Do you like it?" Jane inquired. "I'm so glad, because I had it made over four times, and I'm almost satisfied myself now." Jane put her arm around her neighbor's waist. She look easily at Brand. "Your wife never lets me forget that she is five years my junior," she said. "But it's sweet of her just the same." And with this strictly feminine paradox the exchange of ____ceased. They heard Bob's step on the stairs. He shook hands with both. "Awfully sorry to have kept you waiting," he said, "but with two such

charming ladies I guess we won't mind entering a little late, eh, Brand!"

"They look good to me," the millionaire agreed. "Let's go." Mrs. Brand was, as Jane had said, five years her junior. Just how this

fact over came to be openly

established is one of those mysteries that must go unsolved. Of course the one

the one never referred to it. And the other never forgot it. But it existed and it served as a sort of balance wheel to

their respective attractions. For Jane was of a type to which a few years one way or the other neither add nor detract from beauty. If the discrepancy had been the other way it might have been the other way it might have been noticeable. Mrs. Brand was a blonde and a beautiful one. She was nearly as tall as Jane and slightly more robust. Blue eyed and fair

skinned, with cheeks that drew their color from a perfect constitution, not from the embellishing tough of rouge. No lady's maid in all New York had an easier task than Mrs. Brand's and no modiste's art was better rewarded. than hers. In the clubs where it was common talk that Brand's patronizing

hand had raised Reynolds out of obscurity

this striking beauty of the millionaire's wife served as a sort of antidote to gossip. At least, men urged, it was a toss-up, and if Reynolds lost he was a tool. From point of____they

were a wonderful pair and in the respect their husbands were not far behind them.

At the opera or among the first nighters there wasn't a quartette in the city that attracted more attention. Brand was fairly popular in the clubs, although he spent but little time in them. Reynolds, the new comer, was more so. He was a natural mixer and, whether he felt it or not, he maintained a cordial attitude toward new friends that made him welcome. Time did not press on Bob, either. He had declined Brand's offer to go into the millionaire's firm and he

drew his living from the street. Brand

had made good as a prognosticator. Money did make money. From the time Bob buried his conscience and hurried over to New York after his wife and went from her to Brand, he had no cause to complain. Forty thousand dollars was a good grub stake and with Brand's assistance he had doubled it. Only one thing worried Reynolds. His wife's mania for money was insatiable. "Jane," he had told her a few weeks ago, "we've got a fortune. Do you realize it? Eighty thousand dollars. Eighty thousand dollars and a fifteen thousand dollar home. Let's quit and go away. With the rent from this place we'd have an income of seven or eight thousand and we could run all over the world on that. You know how we used to hope and plan for the day when we could see something of other places. Not London and Paris and Berlin, but something really different. I'd like to go down into Africa and India after some of that big game. Why, I never shot anything in my life larger than a rabbit and I'd rather kill a lion than get all the money in the subtreasury. Come on, what do you say? You love the outdoor life and we'll have the time of our lives." But Jane demurred. "Let's wait a little while, Bob. We've only just begun. Look what Brand's got and he isn't hunting lions." "No," he said resignedly, "he isn't hunting them and he couldn't hit one if he did. You got me into Brand's class to some extent, but you'll never make him my model of a man. I can cross his bridges but I've got some of my own that make him stop and look. He found that out at school." He wasn't boasting. There was more of sadness than arrogance in his tone, but Jane noticed it; she held her peace. IT was from that day that the bottle with the silver casing needed much refilling in the Reynolds' home. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Not on the Menu. Prospects of a good meal were not bright, but the fly-blown eating-house was the only thing of its kind in the neighborhood, so Johnson had no choice but to enter and try his luck. Entering the dingy dining room, be seated himself at a table covered by a stained cloth. A depressed waiter sauntered in eventually, and nearly fainted on beholding a customer. "Have you got any cold pie?" queried Johnson. "Er-no, sir!" "Any chicken?" "Er-no, sir!" "Well I suppose I can have some beef, can't I?" "Er-no, sir!" "What on earth have you got in the house, then?" Er-the sheriff, sir!" - Child's Unconscious Humor. A tiny girl had always taken her milk from a silver mug. Being allowed to drink from a tumbler one day, she thereafter demanded the privilege of drinking everything from a "hand glass." The same little thinker, enraptured with the candles on a Christmas tree, explained to a comrade; "You light them with a match, and you light them out this way," snapping her thump and forefinger together to impersonate a snuffer.

Evening Clothes Easy to Fashion A pretty velvet cap bordered with fur, and a muff to match, are easy to make and therefore interesting to those who like to undertake such things for themselves. With them are pictures of a lace evening cap and a small cape edged with marabou which also belong among those modish accessories of evening dress that the home dressmaker may undertake with every chance of success. Marabou is made in all colors and in white and black. It is sold by the yard, and is inexpensive trimming about as effective as fur. It is liked best in the natural taupe color, but for evening wear white and the varied

light colors are available.

There are several patterns by which the velvet cap may be made. A straight band about the head with a scant puff forming the crown is simple and satisfactory. The band is made of crinoline or buckramette, covered with velvet and lined with silk. The crown of velvet may be supported with crinoline, if necessary, but is often merely lifted with silk. The marabou edge is sewed to the band about the face. Foundations for caps in other shapes are to be had ready made at the milliners. In any of them the band or brim about the face is to be covered with a bias strip of velvet and a soft puffed crown, of scant fullness, set in. The muff is made of puffs of velvet, wide but not full, shirred over small cord. Readymade muff-beds (and ready lined, if desired) are sold in the dry-goods stores for the benefit of milliners and other women who make use of them. With the introduction of fur-cloths and velvet in muffs they are in great demand. The ends of the muff of shirred velvet are finished with a fringe of fur. A collar of the same fur finished the neck of the loose wrap. It is high and square at the back and at the front will roll up about the throat.

The pointed evening cap Is made of white satin that is brocaded with silver figures end edged with silver braid. A frame of fine wire is needed as a foundation for this. These frames are to be had made of a silver or gold-colored wire, and It Is not neccessary to cover or conceal the wires

when the cap is made.

The short, full cape, trimmed with marabou, is made of a soft satin. All the standard pattern companies furnish patterns tor these simple garments. which are usually lined with satin to a contrasting color. In many of the fascinating accesories that make evening dress alluring the chief expense lies in the making - not in the materials. JULIA BOTTOMLEY

Velvets and Furs Fashion always revels in the use of rich velvets, rare furs, wonderful brocades and gorgeous embroideries, and in fashioning regal evening wraps she has achieved her greatest success The capes of the past season have been transformed Into sumptuous capes, which totally envelop the figure. Chiffon velvet of tangerine yellow, white, black, midnight blue, bordeaux red or beige, lined with a brocaded silk of a contrasting tone, are the combinations most in evidence. Fur invariably trims the evening wrap, whether it be a cape or a cloak. The Shirt-Waist Holder. Made In white, gray or black are shirt-waist holders which are really narrow belts, fastening with three clasps and attachments of rubber. They obviate the necessity of holding the shirt waist with pins. However, many women will recall that when a firm offered a prize a short time ago for the best fastener tor a shirt waist, nothing was found to be so seccure and satisfactory as the common safety pin used in quantity.

Sweet Peas and Other Ribbon Blossoms The ribbon rose still reigns triumphant among simulated flowers as

well as in the garden of nature. After in the the violet, just now, divides honors with the sweet pea, which is a novelty in the field of flowers made of ribbon. A clever copy, quite faithful as to colors and sufficiently so in general appearance, is made of narrow satin ribbon in all the light colors. The blossoms are mounted on wire stems,

very fine and flexible, and a big bunch of these light-colored blossoms in bouquets makes about the loveliest decoration for the corsage that can be imagined.

The ribbon daisy, made of a very narrow white satin ribbon, and small flat rosettes like them in pale colors are worn on the laciest lingerie. The daises roses and zinnias, mounted on long stems, make fine table decorations, and with the exception of the rose are the best choice in ribbon flowers for that purpose. But the makers of ribbon flowers and ornaments are so ingenious and have become so daring that today's favorites may be displaced tomorrow by some new arrival from the land of pretty things where all these tempting

novelties have their origins JULIA BOTTOMLEY Delicate Fabrics Sheer fabrics, such as chiffons, organdies, dimities and all other materials that are too delicate to take starch, will gain their original crispness if three tablespoons of sugar are added to the rinsing water. This is also the proper treatment for all veils. A good way to wash white silk is to take lukewarm water, make it quite blue and to each quart of water add two tablespoons of pure ammonia. Use a good white soap, rinse in water prepared the same way, roll up and iron on the wrong side with an iron not too hot. Cleasing white silk in gasoline is also a satisfactory method. This should be done outdoors.

DISHES THAT ADO ATTRACTION TO TABLE

Possible to Make Them in Almost Any Color Desired - Orange Salad One of the Particular Favorites

Yellow.—To make a yellow salad at this time of year use the yellower heart leaves of lettuce. On them pot diced orange pulp, dressed with French dressing, and sprinkled with chopped walnut meats. Or else scoop cut the centers of small yellowskinned apples and fill them with a mixture of orange and apple, dressed with mayonnaise made with lemon juice for thinning and flavoring of mustard Green.—On green but tender leaves of lettuce, put a little mound of spinacj which has been boiled and pressed through a sieve and mixed with French dressing. In the center of each mound, concealed by the spinach put a spoonful of chopped hardboiled egg. Green and White.—Peel and boil tiny white turnips of equal size and hollow out the center of each. Fill, with cold boiled peas and mayonnaise and put on green lettuce leaves. . , White.—Celery, potato, chickenwhite meat only—whltefish. blanched asparagus—any or two of these may be used for white salad. Dress with French dressing or with a white mayonnaise. to which the beaten white of an egg has been added soil which has been thinned with vinegar. Red.—Scoop out the insides of tomatoes. Save the slice removed from the top for a cover and replace it on the tomato after filling It with a mixture of celery and nut meats, mixed with mayonnaise. Place each tomato on a white leaf of lettuce. Pink.—Strain tomato juice and into it with equal quantity of white stock —veal or chicken. Thicken sufficiently with gelatin and harden in molds.. Serve on white lettuce leaves, with mayonnaise that has been colored with a little cranberry juice. Orange Salad.-Make mayonnaise with much egg yolk in proportion to other Ingredients, and thin with cider vinegar. Dice tender carrots and arrange on lettuce leaves, dressing with orange mayonnaise.

ALL AROUND THE HOUSE If your soup is too salty try adding a few slices of raw potatoes and cook a little longer. The potatoes will absorb the surplus salt.

Before stuffing a chicken with____ inside and out with_____. Sausage instead of stuffing____ is an agreeable thing. A generous piece of____

crumpled Into ridges acts as an efficient drain to all croquettes, fritters, doughnuts and bacon. Rubber bands are Inexpensive and are of great use in preparing lunches to fasten the waxed paper around sandwiches, cakes, fruits, etc. When running dates or figs through the meat chopper add a few drops of lemon juice to prevent the fruit from

clogging the chopper. Kitchen scissors for cutting raisins

and figs, lettuce, parsley, and so on, are exceedingly handy.

Individual Cocoanut Pies

Beat together the yolks of two eggs, one cupful sugar, three tablespoons of flour and pinch of salt. Add one____ boiling milk and stir briskly until it thickens smoothly. Remove from stove, flavor with vanilla and add three-quarters cupful shredded cocoanut. Pour into individual shells that have been previously baked. Make a meringue of whites and two eggs and a tablespoonful of sugar and drop on pies. Brown in quite hot oven. They

are truly delicious.

Macedoine Vegetables Here is a way to use cold____ which may be new; Melt____ tablespoonfuls of butter, add____ tablespoonfuls of flour and____ gradually 1 1/2 cups of milk. When____ add one cupful each string beans, peas and cold potatoes cut in cubes. Season with____ and paprika and let stand____ over hot water before____ this calls for other vegetables____ help to use up the leftover____

Coffee____ Put two ounces of____fresh roasted coffee in____with its____finely____boil, then leave it to____to a pint of____on the yolks of_____sugar; let____custard thicken____eggs____work into a____and a half whipped cream; freeze the mixture then fill the mold and keep on ice until the time of the serving.

More Comfortable Shoes.

Paste a round piece of black velvet inside your low-cut shoes when they begin to stretch, and you will not be bothered with them slipping up and down.

To Prevent Tam-o'-Shanter Shrinking When washing a child's tam-o-shanter hat, if you dry it over a dinner plate it will not shrink.