The Washington times., 1919-12-28

him those artful wiles for which she was
famed, and which proved his undoing, this
raven-haired and blackeyed houri became,
unconsciously, the prototype of the modern
sirens to whom were first given the desig-
nation vampires"
For the modern vampire, like Delilah Of
old. preys upon impressionable men, Turing
him with her smiles, fascinating him with
beauty that is only hollow mask, and
weaving about him fatal spell with her
inviting eyes. And, like Delilah, she casts
her victim aside, helpless and broken,
when he has served her purpose
Although the traits of Delflah have been
recorded for US in the undying pages of
the Bible itself, and KiRling's vampire
immortalized as "a rag and a bone and a
hank. Of hair" after all it is the motion
picture audiences who know most about
vampires and their sinister, deceptive
ways II is the movie screen that has
made the modern siren familiar thing in
corners of the earth. And it is the
eie screen that has visualized her, and
sapy set her apart as never being any
e4%:l5s than a tall. sinuous, beautiful
woman with coal-black hair and
- 'sting black eyes,
Il was brunette-as were all the
Is women-and she was chosen
Samson because her hair was
her eyes the darkest, and her
'e fairest Of them all Kipling's
= was a brunette. whose beautiful
-hone like pearls, the more jewel-like
their whiteness contrasted so
Ngly with the blackness of her hair
eyes and the redness of her luscious
ID those who make motion pictures
'ollowed the fashion set by the foolish
men who have pictured vampires on the
screen and presented them in the
theatres, being entirely too slavish to the
Delilsh precedent. Mrs. Edward Demarest
Mooers, who is just out of her teens. and
yet has had. because of her position as one
OF the leaders Of the younger millionaire
set Of Southern California. great expert
ence with the society in which vampires
love to move, declares that, if the truth
were known, blondes make better vam-
pires than brunettes. And to prove her
assertion, revolutionary as it is, young and
lovely Mrs. Moores has temporarily laid
aside her social career, closed her Cali
fornia mansion, left her rich, handsome
husband for awhile, to become a vampire
herself either on the stage or in the movies
She wants to be the first blonde vam-
pire. And, incidentally, but quite as i'm
portant to her, Mrs, Mooers, who is to be
known by her maiden name, De Sacia
Saville, is going to prove that a vampire
can be a lovely, wholesome young woman,
after all.
Not long ago Southern California society
was shocked when Mrs Mooers calmly an
nounced to her friends that she was going
to close her home on Alvaredo Terrace,
forsake her clubs and her gay round of
social duties, and go on the stage. No
one could believe such thing. Her mar
riage several years ago to young Eddie"
Mooers, the heir to the great Yellow Aster
lold Mine, the richest gold mine in the
'ited States, had been a great event.
had become immensely popular in the
ie of MoOers's family friends. and was
.ly upholding the Mooers traditions.
she attracted great deal Of attention
"use she was said to be the most
ing blonde in all Southern California
e native families still display a fire.
t trace of Spanish days, when blonde
was a curiosity.
II had been Eddie" Mooers, now, who
1'osed going on the stage, or going into
)tiOn pictures, that would have been diff
ent. In his college days he Joined the
orus Of the Morning Glorles" burlesque
Jupe just for lark, and remained, quite
sctnated by his unique surroundings,
ltil rescued BY his mother And once.
when he grew angry at his college pro-
fessor, he retaliated by almost running
away with that professors daughter His
mother again saved him. But nothing OF
the unconventional ever had been dreamed
OF his charming, vivac'ous young wife
certainly not that she could do such q
u 9Sian thing as go or the stage
sui alrS. -ooers said she was tired of
seeing vampires who always were bru-
uplIes A n al yamnire has IN disoIo,, =