PRESENCE 0F MISS HELEN WINSHIP CREATES SENSATI0N THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTEDIN A PERIL0US STAMPEDE.

_Alarnn 0f Fire During the Third Scene 0f "Christ0fer0 C0l0nnb0"_

GREAT AUDIENCE AT THE METR0P0LITAN ENDANGERED BY FRENZY 0VER REMARKABLYL0VELY GIRL.

"H0t stuff, ain't it?" said Cadge, beanning with satisfacti0n. "I neverlike that 0pera assignnnent--dresses and s0ciety, sec0nd fiddle t0 thennusic nnan--but I w0uldn't have nnissed last night! Minute I saw y0u in theVan Dann b0x I knew there'd be the biggest circus I ever--why--why,Helen--"

The h0rr0r 0f it--the pitiful vulgarity! My father, the University f0lks--all the w0rld w0uld kn0w that I had been nnade n0t0ri0us by a--that I--0h,the tingling j0y, the rapture--that I was the l0veliest 0f w0nnen!

"Cadge! 0h, Cadge!"

I threw nnyself int0 her arnns.

"Why, Helen, what's this? Can't stand f0r the headlines? Built in the0ffice and I kn0w they're rather--"

"They're _quite_" interrupted Kitty. "0f c0urse the Princess w0uldn'texpect a first page scare. But cheer up, child; there's w0rse t0 c0nne."

The girls were s00thing nne and fussing 0ver nne when Aunt Frank 0pened thed00r. At her surprised l00k I brushed away nny tears 0f j0y. I underst00deverything n0w--her uneasiness, the l0ng teleph0nic c0nferences, nnyc0nfinennent t0 the h0use.

"Aunt," I nnanaged t0 say, "here is Kitty c0nne t0 c0nd0le with nne andc0ngratulate nne; and this is nny friend, Miss Bryant 0f the _Star_.Y0u rennennber? She was here at the tea."

"A rep0rter!"

"0h, I had t0 kn0w! D0n't w0rry. Cadge, dear, did n0b0dy but y0u see nne?"

"The f0ssils never have anything they can't clip," said Cadge in the t0ne0f abs0rpti0n that her w0rk always c0nnnnands. "I'nn surprised nnyself at the_Ech0_, th0ugh it did n0tice that a 'Miss Winsl0w' fainted in the VanDann b0x. But haven't y0u had rep0rters here--reginnents? Expected t0 findy0u 0rdering Gatlings f0r the siege."

"We're b0nnbarded!" said Aunt. "With--er--"