Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-01
FAIRFAX ON
ne CRAZE FOR NOTOR|ETY
ANGUS Woman Writer Discusses
kgtho Things That This Craving
sE Leads Us to DO.
fTEs CASE OF HERosTRATUs
tetyYas the Gentleman of Ephcsus
aSYho in 800 Is. c. Fired the Dome
in Order 20 Obtain Publicity. but
}sthcrc Arc Others Like Him Today.
a. ny BEATRICE l'AlRFNN.
Pho Occupies u Unique Position in
the Writing World rs an Author
3. lily ON The DrnllcIns of l,lrIs.

rder. as he confessed ON the rack, tc
Gain notoricty.
III found this bit OF information
1 ltze that the days of publicity and
s3ublicity- like the poor. have
Yer been with US.
The center OF the stage has al
sYays seemed desirable To human be-
anES, Getting into the public eye Of
Sers n magnificent satisfaction TO thC
9lumop ego. II means glorificatior
sf self-a chance TO have crcryone'S
stttention focusing on one little in
p,ividual And most OF us like that.
st Even the modest, shrinking violet
1yho hides away and seeks to avoid
attention is cmpha sizing the desire
or publicity 10y going 10 the othcl
extreme and trying so hard TO avoid
49, IicrostrntuS Case Extreme.
N Tho case Of Herostratus is bit cX-
RENE. however. Setting fire 10 Il
siodde ss--SccmS about rs far as one
sluny individual can 80 in his cf-
Sorts to asSer; his Importance III the
tcheme or things and 10 demand that
sither folks notice him and it.
N Not for spite, not because he was
sipholding a rival cult and felt re-
,gious fcrvor against the Temple of
Diana, but out OF sheer hunger Tor at
ention, this ancient and notorious
sncendiary made his effort TO destroy
me of the worlds beauty spots.
vi He has numerous lircal descend
ftnts. Haven't you visited some won
sler spot and found IL dcfaced with
siuman initials carved or SCrawlcd III
K he midst Of human grandeur? Go
( Trough Ausahle Chasm and i'll some
moment OF sheer magniiiC"nCc after
you're been Looking down at the
Rolling torrent below or across at the
tray magniiiccuce of cliffs you turn
;our head to the sheer walls at Your
,wn side and find some such i'm
,ortant name as Garlic Warren Gull
tert" there engraved.
A far cry from Hcrostratus OF
sphesus to the men who dcfaCe
ieauty by whiting their ugly names
Upon her serene face. Not so far a
Try perhaps from that cravcr of pub
icity ut any cost TO the folks today
Who seem 10 feel that any sort OF
iotice is dcsirablc-cvcn If it's scorn-
ul notice.
l% Winters "AInn I'm White"
x Think OF the man who parades
tbout in nidwintcr coatlcss and hat
less and spotieSS. too. in white
That's harmless publicity; but II the
lame amount of ingenuity he de-
Used to good purpose how far II
night carry him.
!isThink of the woman who IS never
Teen without three or four silly lit
de poodleS playing about her Smartly
Had figure us she Tolls back IN the
limousine where she might take so
many poor and sick and manned 10
Idle. II isn't that she loves animals
ind wants 10 give them - happy air.
ng.
Il It's that she knows her regular
performance will catch the public
ye. She's q seeker after notorIety
and she vcrSes on the brazen
russies tmale or femnTe) whom wC
teedn't stop 10 describe or cEume-
tate.
Honest publicity IS one thing. y
,awdry seeking after attention is an
other. There are many people in tho
public eye who need to make a poln;
II being properly represented.
Z There are workers ~ certain fields
sho have TO be kept before their
public in order 10 seem successful
Sor them publicity" is needed. Ru:
II must be OF the carefully thought
opS, mopeymakirg, success aiding
sort under the direction OF some one
Who understands just how much re-
nindins The public needs 10 keep /,
Interested In its favori,ies
sui eHags Grated lttl" hats Tilted