The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-08-02

opened her eyes on the future ~ssn,
port Of success"
IL NO happened that Linna's fash9
was none other than the Hon G.
w. Young. Of sturdy pioneer hes1t
age. and prominent in the early -
iiucal life OF the state. In the Ioug
winter evenings the tiny girl played
about tho family fireside. or. mae
often. cuddled on her fathers knoa
listened intensely to tales Of InHna
lore. Of tho Seattle that was, al 4
her childish way. Dreamed ~
dreams Of tho Seattle that vas b
be.
When Lima was SIN . child -
went TO live In the far Klon6yhs
regions Of the North There. IN 1
log cabin. amid the frost and sncus
and brilliant aurora boreAlis. she a.
covered . new world and drsaaed
dreams Of her own For lack Il
other companionship she used 10 tell
her thoughts 70 the strange fnhabt
tanss Of the North woods. the friend.
~ Mzlamute and even the big trsea
Then. one day. she wrote . posmL
She wanted ether people 10 know
what she was thinking. 70 she sent
IL to a magazine down In the States
So happy was she when back came
copy Of the magazine containing
her poem. also a letter from the
editor thanking her. And more. EzA
Wheeler Wilcox had read the poem
IL impressed her 20 deeply that she
wrote the little girl in the North.
compiimenting her on her originality
and advtsing her 70 always preserve
her original spotaneity. After that
Lima spent most Of her spare time
writing.
STUDIED Play Writing
Later. Lima. with her moehef.
went down into the States to nva
where she finished her grammar snd
high school education. and attsn1sd
the University Of Nebraska ana n
ciiffe college. where she studioo =
become a playwright After leaying
college. she went 70 Boston, New
York and other large citiea, end
wrote . number Of plays But she
never forgot the Indian tales and
her fathers ambitions for . biegef,
better Seattle. Eventually they In.
PEELED her to visit her home town,
and she beheld her fathers dreams
come true-the humming Terminals
the harbor alive with trzda, he
canal the Smith building. towering
over all. Then came the big impulse
OF her lfe-to put the wonder story
before the world, the transformation
OF the Indian camping sites into the
busting city. teeming with the 70
nance OF the West She began witt
ing a motion picture: but II was
never finished
Along came tho year 1917. and the
war. Lima beheid her relatives and
friends disappear into the ranks oe
khaki and blue. She laid away the
precious manuscript and answered
the call. too. In a woman's way. Shs
donned the uniform Of the Red Cruss
and since that day, In May. 1917. has
worked tirelessly. enthusiastically.
without vacation. as assistant treas
urer OF the Red Cross.
Wrote Pageant
The war ended. but the important
work OF the Red Cross goes on.
stitching little garments for naked
refugees and war orphans, assisting
returned wounded men and replacing
them into the machinery OF civilian
life. In her work. Lima Young
Flemming met an old friend. Mrs
Haskell. wife OF Col Haskell on
Gen. PcrshinG's staff. Mrs. Haskell
IL chairman Of the Girls War Camp
Community Service, and was looking
about for some one to write . p.
geant.
You are Just the person." aid
Mrs. Haskell to our little Red Cross
worker. and she was engaged on the
spot That night Mrs F7emming
went home and unroiied the sheets
OF the motion picture manuscript.
She conceived the plan Of writing it
over In the form of a pageant. but
she could not he induced TO give up
one moment of her Red Cross work
to devote to the new work. Each
evening. for several months, after
her duties Of the day were disposed
of. she rewrote the story of Seattle
into the pageant. Seattle. the Sea-
port Of Success" which the Girls
War Camp Community Service will
stage mt the University campus sun
day evening. August 8. Seattle viii
turn out en- masse to view this latest
work Of Lima Flemming. for all Sc
attic knows her. II not by name. by
the sweet face. and 1.-THE form that
fits here and there. day by day.
where her work calls. and Seattle
loves her and appreciates her