The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-02-28
EASY To Be VAMP
BOuI Mich Siren Explains Art
to San FARRELL.
Just Be 'DOg-GOne Pretty"
Girls and It'll Work.
BUT REPORTERS ARE IMMUNE
Anyway, Chicago Queen Never
Was Successful.
And VampS Here to Stay
Queen of EN- All.
BUT REPORTERS ARE IMMUNE
CBY SAN JARRELLD )


Chicago, Feb 28.-The term, YAM
pire which has been much in vogue
in recent years. particularly since the
advent of Theda Bara, IAuline Fred
ericlz and other screen sirens, is as old
as the sands of time. Today the pretty
maiden who hears herself referred to
as a vamp smiles deliciously and her
bosom swells with manifest pride. But
in the centuries gone by, a vampire
was q spirit creature which cast fear
into the hearts of men. Now she is a
perfectly proper part of our autono-
nous society.
Nearly every one, especially OF the
species male, could write a book on
the subject: Vampires Who Have
Namped Ne" But when a reporter is
assigned to find a complete vamp. a
more finished real-life one than Theda
Off the cinema, he generally meets
with difficulty. Every woman. to a
greater or less degree. is a vampire
perhaps unconsciously. But it is a
rare and dangerous treat to find one
who has made it an accomplished art.
Thus:
She was seated at her drawing board
I'm a temperamentaI little studio on
BOul Mich. Her reputation for vamp-
ing is not very wide, but it is exclusive
and interesting. Attired in gray silk
smOck, her charming hair brushed
carelessly back over her forehead, she
made a delectable picture.
mistress of the art of vamping," the
reporter began. as he nervously picked
lint from his hat would you mind
telling me how YOU get that way?"
Tells Reporter How.
The artistic vamp looked up from
her work for the first time. Her
sapphire orbs flickered not one bit
when she lamped the scribe. She gave
him the uncover with a carefulness
that was at once a delight and an an
noyance.
The art of vamping." she said,
after moments reflection. lis easier
than drawing pictures for a living. l
bar them not from the cradle to the
grave. Married men are the most
susceptible" and she carelessly flashed
4 brilliant diamond which was on the
little finger of her right, but often
.staid old bachelors bite" and she
played a bit with a splendid cavalier
Il started vamping when L was
baby" she continued, her dark lashes
for the minute, concealing the deep
and shadowy depths of her eyes, and
expect I'll be at it when I'm an old
woman. l have vamped old million
aires. young heirs, cOlonels generals,
buck privates, gobs, steel magnates,
authors, opera singers, farmers ana,
since they Joined the aristocracy OF
the idle rich. bricklayers. I have not
Vet been able TO Vamp newspaper
man.
Il cannot. really describe how this
is done, but it's all so jolly, don't you
l5onwn. The modern vamp, however
does not use rouge TO excess because
it pays to look as unsophisticated as
possible. as it were. Now I'm going
10 let you in on the real, honest-to-
goodness secret of my success"
The vamp lowered her voice to a
soft whisper. In sonorous tones, the
words fell from her ruby lips as gems
from an Amsterdam diamond cutting
machine.
Yep, She Admits 1t.
ct is because" she began. as the
scribe registered expectancy, 1T is be-
cause I'm so dog-gone beautiful
A brief resume of the conquests OF
this artistic siren might be summar-
lied here if space would permit. But
It is enough. we think, that The State
journal has the first authorized inter-
view with a twentieth vamp.
Noah Webster. who possesses no
imagination whatever, declares that a
vampire is a woodworking ghost and
that the belief in sucn things was
prevalent many years ago. lie adds
that the myth is almost forgotten now.
It suffces to state that as late as 1880
in parts of Hungary vampires were
spirits to be greatly feared by the il
literate people. A lapse of nearly 200
- years followed and the world then
awoke suddenly to the fact that YAM
pires are not mere visionary phan-
toms. but flesh and blood persons far
more dangerous.
The vamp has come to stay. Inas-
much as there is no distinct type. such
as the Bara or the Nancy or the Anita,
one trembles at the onslaught. No
man is immune. The war has empha-
sized this. So. hail the vamp, the
queen of EN- ALI