The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-03-22
BFLlELONDON IS
AN ENTERTAINER
She Has Prominent Salt Lake Leaders in Club Work and
Society Guests at Her Home on North
Washington Avenue.

The following story is from the
Deseret News of last Saturday, and is
presented for what IT Is worth. The
story has Ia do with visit OF promi-
ncnt ladies of Salt Lake TO Ogden 4
day last week:
With astonishing boldncss and stu
pendous hypocrisy. Belle London is
| now endeovcring To make herself ap-
| pear as the essence oi virtue and the
incarnation OF social righteousness.
For several weeks past. while quietly
weaving the meshes OF clever tactics,
MIS-. Dora Topham-othcrwisc known
In the notorious west side "stockade'
history as Belle London-has been
| sGmmoning up all tho hypocrisy OF
| peculiarly winning personality. for the
| purpose Of ingratiating herself In the
| respect and esteem OF certain promi-
nent citizens engaged in public better
mcnt work
Indeed. the mistress-maDagcr Of the
! infamous Salt Lake .'stockade" and
Ogden Electric avenue. now. with
dramatic duplicity, pOses as the savior
| of degraded womanhood In general
and fallen girlhood in particular.
Il am the greatest woman reformer
In the world" declared this female
syndicator OF sin last Wednesday aft
ernoon In conversation with 4 party
OF prominent Salt Lake women. who
mad beon prevailed upon to visit this
notorious demmondaine in the pala.
! tIal apartments of her own home.
1t all happened In this way;
Several weeks ago Belle London
| 10 .GA nnnh1-
scending invitations to urging re-
! with Alexander McMaster, judge of
the juvenile court OF Salt Lake City.
Failing In this. for the refinement Of
the judges moral nature could not
find time for such thing Belle Lon
don then succeeded in getting at least
four interviews with other prominent
persons. the last of which occurred on
Wednesday OF this week
AS Special Guests.
On this last occasion, in response
| 10 "A cordial invitation. a party OF
| prominent Salt Lake women spent the
day in ogden as special guests Of
| Belle London. One OF the ladies' was
the wife of very prominent Salt
Lake minister of the Protestant faith
| Another was n well known woman s
club worker The identity of all has
not yet been learned. An effort has
! been made to keep the entire affair a
close secret
! 'T want You ladies TO feel that you
are most heartily welcomed TO receive
my most cordial hospitality while you
| are with me today. and any other time
| that YOU give me the pleasure of your
company"
Thus with wlnsome smiles and
! gracious manners did Madam stock
ado London exhibit all the social
| graces and cleverly winning phrases
| OF superficial culture With queenly
bearing and friendly mien. this mis-
| tress OF satanic vice almost hypno-
tized her curlosIty-bound guests by her
spell OF pleasing deceit and almost
beautiful hypocrisy.
Notices on the Walls.
Christ is all. was the surprising
motto that attracted the eyes of the
ministerial spouse on one wall, but
then she was Mortified 10 see on the
opposite wall a life-size painting OF
nude female.
"A true friend is one who knows all
dDOut you anu ltl cares lbl SOu
was another motto very appropriately
exhibited on third wall of a hand
Ssomely and luxuriouSly furnished re-
ccption room
1T is easy to be misunderstood and
msrcpresented In this world contln-
ued the hostess with the witchery of
her specious reasoning, land no wo-
man In the world was ever more
wronged In this way than have been
in Utah When you know me and the
grand work OF reform that I am doing
you will hold me high in your cs,
teem."
In this charming way the visiting
women were led through all the old
stock arguments frequently set forth
In defense OF legally supervised un-
derworld.
At the same time the utmost curlos-
ity OF earthly women was fully gratl'
fed by the gracious hostess answer
ing every conceivable question asked
and conducting the visitors through
ont her entire mansion. from garnet
TO wine cellar. introducing them TO
both men and women callers who hap
pened TO come during the day and
taking them through The cribs and
paror houses whose shameful earn
ings pay for the luxurles ot her own
life.
OeT With Americans"
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