The Omaha morning bee., 1922-10-30

hyaterioal bravery Sbf laughed, fl'll
Idig u liits farther down IN the sock
and added Tho irltH old brtVuryi
l"Checr up' The worst II Yet ~ come.
With "a fcw dollars from l<Yas
waning resources Mem took the uHin
10 Palm springs. her one remaining
hope being the confidence that when
she returned size would fna a letter
from Nj Tlrrey saying that she was
engaged
sha reached Palm Springs Ia time
Ia have iltilo talk with Mrs nark
who was cluHinR cut her business and
good Will az wnaherWainan aud
preparing "a take her boy Terry n
the golden city II Los Angeles This
WAS Il Rnmhle. indeed and Mem WAS
frightened by what she hnd net on
ling AA having her advice nc
cepted Che Ind not realized what an
army ~ chldren was already quar-
iteros IN Los Angeles.
iiy working ali the time and never
spending much MrF. Dack had af-
lcumulnled a pittuncu that looked Hike
a fortune 10 her She would nnd that
Los Angeles prices were not scaled 10
keep retired lnundrosncH I'm luxury FOR
'nn extended period. But that was
for the future.
She md her boy md Mem stood on
the platform. Whiting for the up
train. and when Mrs. Steddou dropped
m ~ steps Mem put her right back
on npaln. Che ran forward aud per
sunded the baRR1Remun 20 carry
Mrs Steddon'g trunk an 70 Los An
gnleH II was only when the train
wns fyiHg once more through the
desert thnt she and her mother found
a chance for real greetings and then
they were restrained by the presence
Of other passengers.
4 AZ least Mrs steddnn was restrain.
ed. Mem was stimulated.
This simple. familiar matter u n
lmOthcr and daughter meeting again
after long n1rtlnR revealed tho
gulf between them. Mem han crossed
the gulf She had dwclt In the blnZ.
ing sunlight. in u bright n Raudy
bungalow with noisy frienrs. The
house WnA made 10 look well from tho
street. The toll of all the inhabitants
Was toward publication, the entertain.
mcnt ~ tho public. MEMS new ambl.
ton Was 10 parade her emotions be.
4 fore the world and storm the worlds
4 emotions. There WAS far, far more
1 IN this than mere cOncoit or ostenta.
ton. She wanted TO help mankind
by educating and exercising It's
moods, aa even the most ardent evan.
! Peliai In not without anxiety FOR pub.
lie attention. for the meckcst has his
pride and hls greed Of notice from his
] GnI ~ mot frDtft Ita ,tffI,Itn
| so now Mem felt that II would be
Ia shame 10 Jet these strangers think
she did not love her mother tremen.
dOusly. She deyourcd the little old
woman with kisses and caregscs. ana
she did not keep her voice inaudlble
That was her new IDEAL ~ devotion
/ She waB advertising her love n little
but no more than religious people
/ haunt their creeds
Nra Steddou was no less aglow
With JOY in the recovery ~ her lost
limb. and no less aware Of the
audience, but she felt quelled by II
and under an obligation not 10 disturb
Iit by her personal emotions.
At home che lived in o. duh old
I house AZ devoid Of architectural frip
peries as Of graees. Tho blinds were
always down and the ideal Of that
4 house was that the neighbors should
never know Of its existence. Good
/ houses were geen and not heard.
/ She was troubled by Mems yoIu.
bic enthusiasm. her warm clothes her
careless rapture. her demonatratiye
affections. She did not mar the festl.
val by rebuking her child, but she
grew pit more quiet and reserved.
~ IL to give hint, or at least 10
lower the average
Mrs Steddon's body had Travelled
Thousands Of miles but her soul had
not budged. She was just what Mem
had left in the village. looking. indeed.
q bit more village In her bonnetcd
shabblness than before. But to the
mother Mem was altered almost be.
yond recognition.
Her spiritual wardrobe had been
enormously enlarged and the clothes
upon her body were Of another world
Los Angeles has fashions of dress
that are all her own. Many Of the
moving picture people are conspicu.
ous anywhere by their sartorial DIFF
ferences. Even the wax figures in
the shop windows of Los Angeles
have a challenging spirit unlike any
other waxworks. The dummies at
titudinize, beckon, and command at
tention by their uncanny vivacity,
where the indoleut wax figures Of
shops Of other cities are content to
stand still like clothes racks and
make no effort to sell their wares
Mem had acted role In makeup
before cameras. she had learned TO
dance and swim ana ride. 70 compete
with young men I'm athletics. bust.
ness, repartee and Irritation. Her
body WAS no longer a hateful shroud
OF the spirit, but finely articulated.
galloping steed for the soul 10 ride
ana put through PAGES.
She was so changed outside and In.
from colffure TO footgear, that at first
her own mother had not recognized
her IN the young actress who had
swept down upon her, flung hor back
on the train, and treated her as n
freshairfuud waf Later she re-.
allied With embarrassed admiration
thnt this brilliant butterfly was what
had come out ~ the dun ehrysalis
ihat she had named Remember she
had loved the cmld but had never
suspected her of being So capable ~
SO many mcDmOrphose-
The sWift journey from the noun
alns and through the desert into the
ufahEe gafdens WIS repeated Tor her
lh The journey she made now With
Mem suul
The glHH hfsf questions were eager
demands for NEWS from home. Eut
ih@H hrf iHlk had turned all tn ber.
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