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CHICAGO.
lLL.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 8.
1916.
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SINGLE coPIEs3cEN'r-s
‘ac.u.:a'ws-no‘ .' ‘
Qtive
The Press-Agente%dl‘i Gem
‘fright 1916 by W. D. Boyce Co.]
CHAI‘TEi't I,
VEN under the ghast-
ly light oi the mov-
ing-picturo studio
she was beautiful.
Seated on a richly
upholstered sofa.
dressed in a gorge-
ous cvening gown,
she did not need the
jewels on her hands
and at her throat to bring the focus of
all eyes upon her.
And ilelcn Hayden's smile was calcu-
lated to disarm the most Jealous of pro<
lcsslonal rivals. That smile was now
shining tor the henetit of the perplexed
, V ,
director, who was trying to remain calm
while he attempted to make several "ex-
tra" men and women understand just
what they should do in the scene of
which a picture was about to be taken.
“You see that wonderful gem at Miss
Ilayden‘s throat," the director was say-
ing to them. "Well. that gem is sup-
posed to bo worth a tortune.i'
The superintendent of the plant.
standing luck of the camera with a
friend, spoke in n whisper. "And it is
worth a fortune, too,” he said.
"And," continued the director, "you
are all supposed to be interested in it."
x
b By ‘Lloyd Thacher .
It was easy enough for the “supers"
to act this part of the picture, for they,
as well as all the rest 0! the world, had
read and heard of the fabulous sum
which the noted actress had paid (or the
gleaming thing now glistening against
the snowy white of her throat.
"And you, Grant," the director went
on, "are a broken-down society man
who has come to the end or his rope.
You intend to get that Jewel and sell
it. Not one ot the rest of you people
has any suspicions that Grant is any-
thing but all right. But you've got to
show your interest. in the Jewel. and yet
i
K
see Grant so that you'll remember that
he was there at this moment at the
story. Now, see it you all can't forget
everything except your interest in the
thing which you're seeing for the tit-st
time."
The "set" was .1 handsomely-furnish.
ed room in a mansion where a hall was
supposedly being given by Miss Ila)’-
den's mother. The fact that just be-
yond the camera's vision the exterior of
a prison cell was visible. ready to re<
ccive the villain in another picture that
was to be taken, was not supposed to
street the’ participants in this scene.
And it did not. They‘ were thinking,
rather, most ot them, whether they
would get thru with the ball scenes
