The Washington times., 1922-02-12
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! L|PSOF BEAUTY
Modesty of Girl Was But ThinIy
Yelled at Swimming
J Party.
SOME DECENT, HOWEVER
FreckIes Barry and Jackie
coogan Are Stars Who Have
Always Lived UprightIy.

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1l.-Hol-
lywood has raised cry of pain
against the indictments of the
press returned since the murder
of William Desmond Taylor. Hol-
lywood declares the criticism of
its ways and it's morals Is unjust;
asserts there is no more immor-
atty in the movies than on the
Stock Exchange.
Some are Decent.
But in all parts OF Los Angeles
tthe question frequently put is this:
Are you married, or do you live
In Hollywood"
OF course there are actresses
and actors, too, for that matter,
who are decent, upright. four
square, ordinary people, hard work
ing, married, the mothers and faith
ers Of children they adore.
There are stars who could not
be involved in any scandal-stars
like Wesley Freckles) Barry and
Jackie Coogan.
Some of them donate to charity,
for instance, our old friend Tim
othey Mingle, he Of the Western
parts.
Mingle went up to Northern city
to do him honor. He wasn't allow
ed to spend cent. He was enter
tanned, flattered, made a hero. His
press agent got credit for columns
of space.
The theaters at which he appeared
were jammed.
Then q charity workers approach
ed big-hearted Tim and asked him
for a donation. Tim handed over
5000 and a smile-his audience was
present.
He put the item on his expense
account together with other items
of food and amusement and 'in-
cidentals."
Called Cheap Skates"
The film company which had
agreed to pay Tins expenses re-
fused to pay that 5000.
The cheap skates" said Tim.
"The ornery cheap skates"
Tim is getting only a few paltry
thousands a week.
OF course, there are decent people
in the movies; else there would be
no movies. But there are so many
of the other kind that the decent
folks are overwhelmed.
There is another luminary Of the
films about whom no salaciOus
gossip is retailed, one Bull Mon
tana, who has played ape with great
success and little makeup. But
there is gossip about him, none the
less.
sparring partner Of Jack Demp-
sey who knows 1.-The Bool' very well
was in his dressing room one day
about noon. The Bool' took from
the window sill a can of sardires
that had been exposed to the sun
for days. The actor had eaten part
of them and put them away. lie
intended to finish them.
Better not, Bool," said the boxer.
Better not" said the actor. You
want them yourself, that's what"
He Ate Them All.
Bull ate the rest of the sardines.
The doctor said it was his rugged
constitution that pulled him through.
1t is not mere unconventionalities
with which the film folks are charg-
ed. There are more evil things link
ed with the names, Of many of them;
weird, almost impossible indecencies
that cannot even be named.
OF course, there are conventional
married folk in Hollywood as well
as Divorces, and people who ought
to be married, and human cream
puffs who should be made the sub
jects of experiments with lethal gas
There is married couple in
one oil The prettiest bungalows in
Hollywood whom the magnates al
ways point out as the synonym for
marital bliss.
And yet, for years, they had just
been living together. She loved
him because he beat her. He loved
her because she let herself be
beaten. He had a wicked right"
and she had skin that discolored
at the slightest touch.
Swimming Party.
The engagement happened one
night at one of those informal
swimming parties. Everybody was
in the water except the girl, and
she stood on the brink of the pool,
towel between her modesty and
the cool night breeze. A fat
comedian plunged in. and soon
with lusty strokes was pursuing a
mermaid who g.ggled as she swan
away.
The hesitation of the lady with
the towel annoyed her husband-tO-
be. He seized her by the ankle and
pulled her in. lie did not know she
could not swim. She almost
drowned.
She lay in his arms SO Imply
when he had brought her out, and
he thought il such a game thing"
she had done to take a chance on
losing her life rather than dis
please him-that he married her the
next day.
One Of the best known of the
coInediennes-and one whose name
has been mentioned In the case
Is known for her vulgar speech, as
well rs for her pretty face and her
wonderful figure.
What She Called Her.
Once she came across an extra
girl who was crying bitterly.
What's the matter, you little
-" asked the star.
The girl told how her mother