The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-14
bEAUx ARTS IS
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ned and healthy looking.

l turned 70 one.
Where Is the temple" said !.
What temple" returned the lit.
lie girl. politely.
"why." said. 81 had heard
there was. a temple over here
where the people worshipcd q
Yoga. and went around in white
robes and few clothes"
Il guess you'd better talk with
my dad. guess you've got the
wrong place" she said.
l toilei on up a boulevard" that
was q superdusty. rocky path.
passed different" looking
houses.
One squatted In the trees. with
oloped roof. like a Swiss chalet.
Another was made OF logs. like al
cabin OF olden days. Still another
had pergolas and all the fixtures OF
Z city mansion.
visited several families in the
Village.
with all It's natural beauty. with
al its bond OF brotherhood. the
village. discovered. Is not happy
For the small span OF two years
everything was heavenly. The
Beaux Artsers met on the beach in
ensemble picnics. Good cheer and
baked beans were paramount.
And then some one got the grand
idea OF raising chickens TO cut
down the cost OF living. Because.
even II you're artistic. you've got
70 eat. And that's where the trou-
~ began.
A new clause was put into the
eharter--the village has a mayor
and : charter--which read that all
chickens must be kept tied up and
not permitted to disport along the
boulevards. After that pigs were
taboo. and cows were warned
against. and Frdo must be kept In
his own little doggie home. And
you couldn't hang clothes in the
street
Then the biggest bone OF conten-
ton came along In the person OF
Ralph De Bit, and split the village
half and half.
All because Mr.. De Bit had a
PHILOSOPHY that has been called
YoKa. II has a risque sound. The
village gossip started the ball roll
ing down the hill. and II has gained
momentum. until finally the antIs
have decided that De Bit does not
I'll the artistic bill and must be
ousted from the village.
Yesterday I met De Bit and his
wife. Mrs. Ralph Gerber De Bit. i'm
their comfortable home. Cultured
and quiet. with faint German &C
cent, she told me about her life.
A little. brown-haired. serious
eyed boy came up to me and ex
tended his hand.
II am Morris De Bit" he said.
with all the majesty OF his 7
years.
1t appeared. from what they told
me. that Ralph De Bit doesn't dash
around. clad in wild, Oriental raj
ment.
He came into the room while
was talking. He was clad in
neat dark SUIT. and. tightly clasp
ing his hand. was Marjorie. his lit
tie daughter. He had been putting
in the afternoon looking over his
ranch For he has given up his
'yogaing" now. and has become a
rancher.
talked 10 him about his family.
and his children. and the village.
The village is split. $3.50. on
proposal to throw DE Bit out. The
man from whom DE Bit rents. Il
seems, did not get permission
from the academy directors to
lease his property. Therefore. one
half the village. not having had an
opportunity to pass on DE Bits ar
fistic qualifications, wants him
ousted. and the other half. stand
ing pat for the constitutional free
dom Of a man to live anywhere he
wants to. desires to keep him.
1t Is the first time any attempt
has ever been made TO invoke this
academy rule against any resident
OF the village.
The opposition TO De Bit arises, in
part. ! found. from the "joshing"
which Beaux Arts folks undergo
when they come to town, due to
the publicity given the troubles OF
Yoga Bit and Mrs. Gerber, two
years ago.
made up my mind, after my
first visit with the De Bits, that
there rs lot In name. and espe-
ciaily in the name YOGA. Mr.. DE
Bit is courteous, well educated and
refined. He is the sort Of man
one would pick out as leader.
But because some one decided
that the name YOGA had a scan
dalous tinge OF indelicacy. the "aris-
tocracy" OF the village gathered It's
pnre-white garments close about It,
and Stunned him as they would
plague.
Which doesn't mean that De
Bit 10 completely ostrscised-
not at all.
For 6eaux Arts village isn't
made up entirely Of "arlsto-
erats." ! learned that among
the village residents are an ar
tistIc junkman, an artistic