The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-09-27
ETD ORGIES FREQUENT
NOTORIOUS IN FILMDOM
.o,crO AFFAIR RECALLS
|'rv SENSATIONAL "FETES"
At LOS ANGELES.
BORN ON IN OPEN MANNER

...r+s in Many Social Affairs
I'4 !p'd 10 125 Members of Holly
~ Colony. Midnight Funeral
i Imposing Spectacle.
4 ANGELES, Cal.-The tragic
~. orpv at the Hotel St. Fran
' c"n francisco, resulting in the
NJ Virginia Rape, comes as nc
I. 10 Los Angeles people, espe-
r.sidents and home owners II
L.hrrbs OF Hollywood, who, FOL
4. have complained to the police
|nor,I efficiency commission and
and federal authorities concern
]. osrties staged in the southern
(I,,ia metropolis and environs.
|,.,sive Investigations have been
4 out BY the authorities into the
4 II these orgies, of which one is
4 10 have been held while mem
i tbe police department vice
looked on. Prominent motion
stars, including actors and &C
n,bo are idolized by movie fans
/ mid over, have been arrested as
|sprt Of a police raid on one OF
rites and it is known further
growing out of another "socia.
q we're impending when the Ar
s case broke" and for the hrst
he'd the exposing light upon the
n tbe San Francisco "celebra-
which is declared to have had
,ntecedent affairs in Los An
arrests have been made as a
one party, which in its orgies
ID color Of the most gorgeous
affairs, Los Angeles authorl-
re not obtained a Single con-
due it is declared in one case,
lct that all OF those arrested
bail amounting to thousands
g and in other cases because
4 essential to the prosecution
ught off and told to take a
or refuse to testify.
svortings at one affair, in which
an hundred stars of the>silent
Participated, are now the talk
bwn," and in the unwritten an
this celebration is blazoned as
mpassed midnight funeral. "
ICED in Palatial Home.
scene was set in the palatial
one OF the heroes of the 50,-
Sim fans of the nation. The
bus and spacious living room
esidence, laid with carpets and
with parlor furniture the cost
runs to a fortune, was the
the festivities for the film stars.
arty gained early Roadway, its
pts enjoying entertainment
Volstead refreshments, which
lavish hand of overweighted
an provide. Weird oriental
ue the send-off for the eve
he line of amusement, watch
Rmpestuously applauded by
ghteous heroes and demure
Fng heroines the hlnr fans
well.
the heroines of the silver
contest apparently was raging
Ch Of them had been success
ectlng an evening gown most
IN its decollette. 1t was re-
be an all around draw by the
Oh pitch of the revels was
ith the approach of midnight.
parations for the big show
rogreSs guests who had tenn
leparted for the numerous
were summoned back to
Eminent hall.
and tomtoms were passed to
oIage now seated close to the
be hall and as the orchestra
lamenting song of oriental
Sc were beaten in measure
nuSic by the guests.
PdlelightS were doused and
conferred upon the scene
cllmaxing high jinks stunt
performed.
J and with measured tread
ar6ed in drab black evening
red, bearing aloft upon their
crepe-hung coffin.
bearers came to a grotesque
the bright and colored
pc Spotlights, depositing the
a table in the center of the
ABOUT IN a packed mass the
Coterle of stars we're gath
y OF their number, CARRIED
Of a minister, with a book
'uaI held in hand, proceeded
over the "obsequies."
aSed" a Young Boy.
lo0k at the deceased" was
S ii at the cue the lid of the
ll'ed solemnly. Within the
M lined coffin, a black cloth
body to the chest, hands
oqe holding a white lily,
was badly frightened by the
o Vi who grabbed him and
~ y MN about the floor.
UT me lad from his co-heroes
"orId the host placed him
Platform, where he was
while the orchestra struck
oriental song.
Inc ritual came an orgy
Z, sFed to be without equal
y OF America.
were made, as the details oil
'S e.. unknown to the police
MA nad been staged. An in
e TaS pressed, but material
NJ m,5 9nobtainable and pros
saGfaI officials entered in
t fa'lons to find the sources
u me i hosts of the lavish tin
nj 'a l unlimited supplies
e,a narcotics which they