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The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-21
SOULS for SALE
tConiinued rmm Yesterday,
BY RUPERT HUGHES.

W.
palm tree, a pepper tree, few trucu
lent cactlIscs, grass, and fountain
Along The walk stood row " palms
/ thor trunks studded or lupptd In
\ many facets whore fear stalks had
been cut Off a gorgeous vine oi
\ bougainvlllen was flung up over the
cOrnlce, with the effect ~ vast cur.
hlyal shawl
Leva wna not ~ home. a servant
who opened The door said that "sbo
would not gil hack from the stoOdlo
ht fo' six or happast
Mem asked permission TO walt,
knowing nowhere else 10 turn; she
studied The bright rooms AZ II they
were chambers IN falryland. sho
could hardly comprehend the patio,
and The walls ~ concrete (shc did not
realize that she could almost have
poked her thumb through them. the
garden built into the house, the frau
and many.tintcd furniture, the photo.
graphs Of famous paintings that she
had never heard Of. The whole spirit
Of the place was foreign 10 Mem,
n looked Renle.built.
The servant was glnd to relieve her
loneliness with chatter. She explained
that Miss Lemairc lived there with
three other ladies', all Of them IN the
movies. and none Of them getting their
pictures took
They lived here with no more
thought Of chaperonage than "A crowd
OF bachelors Mems greatest shock
was the abrupt arrival In world
Where the enjoyment Of life was made
it's chief business. She had been
brought up TO believe In duty first
In selfdcnlal. abstention, modesty, de.
murlty, simplicity. meekness. prayer.
remorse. Here people worshlped the
Sun. flowers, dancing, speed, hilarity.
laughter and love.
They worked hard. but at the man.
ufacture OF pretty things, OF stores,
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-21

not fret much over the uneonyenll0n
aliiies " Rgpsies
AZ first sho nupposed that AZ Lon
Angeles was Hollywood But she
would learn that a. q large portion
1 u tho clty's population The word
/ Hollywood" was Il synonym for riot.
Gus outlhwfy, q plague spot. Kind ~
sbondthrin slumH. Ana IL Hollywood
! Itself she would find n large, Old
fashioned village element dazcd ~ "a
~ pslos Furthermore, The citY. which
her father had damned With such
Wholesale horror. WIS niuesientlis
composed Of mid Weaietncfs ill.e him.
seif, people who h1d brought their
churches and churcblness with them
There were hundreds " thouHaDds Of
IoNanB, MiaaOurlans, kansnns there,
ana they held picnlcs constantly
enormous reunions which differed
from tho camp meetings and barbe
eGes ~ she midwest only IN the fact
that the groves were not ~ maple
and oak ard hickory, but Of eucalyp.
tue and palm and pepper.
Whether Mem bud come to her
t1inatlOn Or her redemption, she had
come 10 u new world. Before she
learned how freely. with what masou.
line franchise. these women conducted
their lives, before she could rccoll
from sueh perl1ous associations, she
was entf1ppcd in their cordially
their yiyaeity, their lavish kindllness.
Leva, the third one home, wclcorn.
cd Mem ~ II she were returned
pr0dlgal sister instead or passing
acquaintance met IN the desert. She
would listen 10 nothing but the IN.
lacking of the ruitcagc and the ac.
ceptabce Of little bed covered with
q gaudy Navajo blanket. There were
flowers at Mems plate IN lavish
head. And u big basket of fruit was
set in her room. Californians are
prompt and frequent with gifts Of
flowers
The other women cane in various.
~ One walked. One drove her own
car up into o garage just n little
bigger than the car. one was set
down by big studio touring car that
delivered It's passengers Of nights and
them up again Of mornings,
for Los Angeles is a city Of fnallflcent |
distances. Every place IL Sabbath !
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-21

~ WI NiNf
Tragedy ended tile romance u Rene N.
bgf Btedd0n. daughter ~ the Rev Or
sttddvn ~ TIE iltilu Town 81 cntyTrly
when her l0fer Was fua doWn aud Killed
w 90 automobile Ahg faced tho world
Ffiff.sfTicken and with secret III her
Night she turned 70 the nmily physician
ttnfesaed thtre W. 10 10 babS gud ap.
paslad 10 him fof help a cough from
hich she had been Suffering, furnished
tho doctor an excuse 10 order trip 10
me houtliwsHt There, be suggested, Mem
was ~ arrange AZ imaginary marriage
sud then let her Imaginary husband die
upistly" Nnm told bar mother the Re-
frot " the expected bhhy and her father
WnA Induced 70 approve the TIP as neces-
'afy for her health
In Iettors home she described attcn-
on paid her on the Train Ny an imaginary
Mr. Wo0dfille" and later wrote her
nrsnls she had become Mrs. WDodgille."
Needing money, she started IRON Yuma.
Aflz. 10 ranch near Palm springs, a
aosert oasis. 10 take job as y servant.
railroad station 10 Palm springs shs
CHANGED upon Tom Hobby, famous motion
picture actor aud his company out on To-
alton. Ilotby adinirng her beauty IN.
dueed hor company director 20 give her
rhance ~ an extra ~ tho sand8turm
rcepos they Shot" that day. She was a
speeen N shedding tears 10 ono close
But shs decided against attempting n
nrfih career ana remained ns "A servant
IN n Palm springs htnily She box the
final step Of becoming d wldOw writing
home that Mr. Woodvle" rad pefisbed
Wv tho desert while looking for Loaf
mine. as4.
Then came an event that changed al.
~ her plans while on walk into the
mountains near Palm SPRING. Gho nuf-
fefed serious fall. Afterwards tbs
physician called 70 attend her told her
ler hopes Of motherhood never would
10 rcslizod
lruaRled back TO health. there came a
litter from Leva Lemalre. one Of the
movie company she had met In the desert,
urging Mem to come TO Los Angeles. She
accepted the Invitation and planned TO
seek opportunity IN tho movies
This was Leyas homei She had
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-21
Common Sense
What Are You Going 10 Give Mother
far lhelsfuass


N your father aud mother are Nv
INK sou are fortunate, and you VIII
soon be- thinking about what 10 kft
them for Christmas this year
N you are like most Sous ann
daughters you Will think ~ homtthlnt
Of an individual nature for father ara
something IN home furnishings Tor
mother.
But why not plan 10 give mother
something for her own personal ussl
Give your mother AN "lndividunl
present. Why noti
OF cOufHd she loves 20 have her
home moro comfortable and more
beautiful all fhe time, but she would
also love 10 have a kit which az
preAses Individual thought for her
Father does not set as many pres
ents ~ mother. but what he does get
he does not have 10 divide with others.
Let your mother. this year, enjoy
eift which expresses your thought for
her ana your remembrance ~ her par
tloular taste and personality,
Let your mother, this next Christ.
mas, be- surprised by the keen inslgh'
you possess ~ her rarely expressed
likes and iisllkes
Why not put all the Joy you car
into your gifts for mother and fnther'
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-21
Omaha Mining Interests
Prospecting in Black Hills

Lead, +. "a OF 70 Especially -
Tile Barton Interests If omaha. which
own the Richmond sltting Bull mine
near Galena. have force Of men 1T
work doins prospecting under the ~
rection u itDtert soholt, a wtllkn0wn
mining expert u the Black Hills. The
work " said 70 be showing some very
rich ore and the mine ugaln prom
ises 10 produce ms u dld IN tho early
days ~ Black Ilills mining. when
hg productions ~ highgrnde silver.
load ore .na taken from The mine
The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-21
Parents Problems

should children be taught that II IL
wrong 10 have "faY0rite" sister or
bruihef7
children should be- taught that Il is
right 20 love each and every sister
and brother equally, ~ the sense of
being loyal 20 one rs 10 another and
~ ready 10 serve one aa the other.
s fay0filo' sister or brother II not
10 much one who il loved more than
another, bat one who IL enjoyed more
This Is n matter ~ temperament and
must he left 10 take care ~ Itself.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05
INCORPORATED 1869

times: Fire is a good servant but a bad
master" Considering the universally of
its use, 1t is. hard to lind any adequate ex-
cuse for those who mishandle it.
We've all heard it said, also, that a
man is not to blame for what he doesn't
know. That is not quite true-at least
not when put just that way A man
ought not to be blamed for not knowing
that which he can't find out But he rs
to be blamed for not knowing the simple.
everyday facts of nature, which are as
clear and self-evident as the nose on ones
face. The man or woman who doesn't
know that fire burns, or that a blaze
started in dry grSss or leaves will spread
before the wind-weh, such a person is I'M
fit to be allowed to have matches. or a flint
and steel and Undertook, either
There's no apparent cali for any more
law on the subject. But there is call for
a campaign of education regarding out
door fires.
I don't recall the figures of fire losses in
this country. But I remember enough to
know that they run up to many hundred
million collars every year. And three
quarters of all this loss-perhaps more-is
dueeto the cafelessness or reckIessness OIL
stupidity of human beings.
The Boy Scouts are being taught wis.
dom in the matter of campfires, ETC., but
there is more need of the teaching among
| grownups. 1t is we who are old enough
and big enough to know better who mos
! deserve birching. If our foolishness only
resulted in the burning of our own wood:
or barns it would not be so bad Bu
when we endanger other by it we're com
ing perilously near the line which divide.
mere nurIbskulls from actual enemies Of
society. THE FARMER
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05

make frame houses shake to their sills.
Evidently a brush or forest fire had started
somewhere nearby to the northwest of
me. And the gale was Blowing straight
from the same northwest. Directly in its
path and extending for over three miles
in north and south course, rises a steep
hill covered with forest. With north
west wind blowing, a fire starting under
the northern end of this hill was liable
to sweep it from end to end. All my own
wood and timber is on that hill. Natural
ly, the sight of those smoke clouds rolling
over it made me anxious. Though l am
past taking any active part in fire-fghting,
l hurried out my 1ivver and started UP the
road running parallel with the threatened
mountain to see just what was happening.
When got within sight of the fire, though
its fury and swift spread were daunting
enough l took some courage. For the
alarm had gone wherever a telephone wire
reached and already hundred and fifty
men were fighting it,
1t had swept over about twenty acres of
brush and grass land and. when a sharper
gust Of wind came along, the flames
would seem to leap hundred feet at one
jump. Fortunately for US all, however.
the area which was burning was bounded
by roads on both the southern and eastern
sides. The f1refghters, conscious that no
work Of their could extinguish or even
stay the course of the fire in the brush
had wisely formed on these roads and es-
sayed nc more than to prevent its crossing
them. It was nervous quarter of an hour
for at least one on-looker as the swirling
line of smoke and flame bore down on
them, temporarily shutting them quite
from sight. But they stood their ground.
The roadway stepped the creeping ground
0a- h7-a,o :,
ried across it were promptly extinguished
before they had time to set fire to any
thing.
In fifteen minutes the danger was over
that is the danger to the several thou
sand acres of mountain forest which lay to
Ieeward of the fire. Before nightfall if
has burned itself out in the area to which
It had been restricted and all the watchers
had to do was to go over it ard extin-
g1iish small blazes in stumps or fence cor
ners.
Investigation showed that some people
just moved in from the city had chosen
| that windy day to burn some rubbish in
the pasture back Of their barn! And Of
course, what they had started as mere
bonfire was roaring over five acres of
brush and small woods in about five min
utes after they had nonchalantly scratched
the match.
In the last thirty years I have either
alone or with neighborly help, put out four
woods fires on that mountain. One was
caused by lightning striking a dead pine
tree around whose base had been thrown
a heap of brush from some woodcutter'
job. The other three were all due to care
Iessness or recklessness or ignorance
was this last one of two days ago.
One of the three was started by the
"wad" from an old-fashioned muzzle-Ioad-
| ing shotgun, which fell in some dry grase
| and lighted a blaze which the hunter
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05

coolly ignored, going on as If it were no
concern of his. This finally necessitated
the hard work of seven men to stop It, and
then not until it had burned over several
acres Of brush and young woods.
A second was due to the earelessness
of some one unknown who built a small
fire, evidently to warm his coffee and then
went on without extinguishing it, leaving
it to spread or go out as luck might
chance.
A third was due to a combination of
carelessness and stupidity. A farmer on
the other side Of the mountain, burning
some brush in a pasture, lost control of
his fire and it got into the woods. He sum-
moned help and in about four hours
hard work got the fire out, after it had
burned over some thirty or forty acres.
Nightfall came on, and ''chore time" call
ed The volunteer frefghters gave the
woods final hasty look, and unanimously
departed, went home, did their chores
and went to bed. That night about nine
o'clock two of us, on this side of the hill
discovered that the fire had broken out
again We climbed UP to it. Luckily for
us. there was no wind and the two of US
finally got it out by midnight. Then we
organized two-man patrol and went all
around the fire lines, old and new. The
result of this inspection was the finding of
three big, old pine stu1nps showing no fire
on the outside, but literally a mass of
smouldering, half-rotten punk within, aft
er the outer shell was torn off. It took
US nearly two hours more to extinguish
these, each one of which had in it the start
ing CT new blaze on the invitation of any
wandering gust Of wind.
1t is stated that the second outburst OF
the big New Jersey fire. which did more
damage than the first, was due to q
smouldering stump which the fire-fghters
had left, thinking it couldn't start any
thing.
Well thinking over these and many 9th
er woods fires, can't help but see that {
great majority of them were not only pre-
vcntable but inexcusable. They wer,
either the results Of human carelessncss
which is always a form of selhshness-ol
Of reckless a-damativeness'
or of dunderheadedness-o of simple
sheer stupidity.
used to hear the old people say, some
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05
HEBRON

Rev. Howard Champe. Randall Ten
nant and Warren Thayer attended the old
er boys conference in Rockville Friday
and Saturday.
The c. e. society is to hold a social al
the home of Mrs. Gertrude Hough Friday
evening.
When Hebron grange met Tuesday ev-
ening the first and second degree was con-
ferred on a class of six.
A social and dance was held at Am
ston hall Saturday evening.
Rev. Mr.. Kelley, of Wilson, Conn
preached in the Congregational church
Sunday morning in exchange with the
pastor, Rev. Howard Champe
The Willimantic c. Z. union is to hold
its spring meeting in Gilead church Sat
urday May 9Th, with services at and Z
o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Craig. Mr.. and Mrs.
Harold Belcher and Mrs. Hanna of South
Manchester were the guests Sunday of
Mr.. Craig's daughter, Mrs. Frank Ray
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05
LIBERTY HILL.

Miss Bessie Sheffield, of Worcester,
Mass, was week end guest Of her cous.
ms, Mr.. and Mrs. John Clarke.
William f. Harvey of Norwich spent
Sunday with relatives here
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cochran Of Web
ster, Mass. visited Mrs Cochran's sis
ter, Mrs. Winthrop D. Davol over the
week end.
Mrs. E. A Moves ACCOMPANIED by her
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs
George A. Trotter arrived at her home
here from Needham Heights, Mass. Sat
urday afternoon. Mr.. Trotter went Sun.
day to his parental home in South Man.
chester to visit his father and mother
Mrs. Trotter staying with her mother. who
expects to spend the summer here.
Sut9t. and Mrs. F. A. Verplanck 81
South Manchester were guests of Mrs. E
A. Noyes Sunday.
Rev. William S. Woolworth's household
goods have arrived and were unloadet
and put in the parsonage Saturday.
The c. E. society is to have socia
at the church rooms Thursday evening
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05
written soecjalv for me Bulletin)

written Specially for The Buletin)
I suppose you've read about those New
Jersey forest fires which have just swept
several thousand acres of that rather
densely populated state, doing damage
variously estimated at from three to five
million dollars. It was little surprising
al me to learn that there was forest left
IN that crowded commonwealth capable of
FEEDING a FIRE eighteen miles lrng and five
WIDE Or that there was so much as five
million dollars worth OF standing timber
IN the whole state.
Fer, you see. though dressed lumber is
held at almost ceak-Of-war prices still
standing timber isn't worth as much either
acre by acre or board-foot by board-foot
as II was a dozen years ago. If you want
20 buy, whether hundred thousand feet
or a single board for pantry shelf. you'll
And the market price roosting on Iain-
bows high above any tree-tops, but IL you
az a farmer wart to sell a few hundred
thousand feet Of standing timber in your
Eods. you can't get as much for it. now,
as You could have got twelve years ago.
For instance: Twelve years ago sold
few thousand feet to a portable saw-mill
which was working on q lot adjacent to
me and wanted a little more than that LOT
furnished to make up an order I was
paid So a thousand for what was taken
on the stump. The saw-mil operator of
fered me $3.50 a thousand for all 1 had
on sixty acres CT forest-clad mountain
Just as 4, stood Today that timber is
rtill standing, bigger and better than ii
was twelve years ago. AID the boards
ana beams which can Se sawed out Of il
sell fer more than doIsAle what similar
lumber sold for. twelve years ago. Bu- !
owner and wouid-be seller OF the raw ma
terlal, can get no offer of over IS thou
sand for it-s1.50 a thousand less than
was actually offered a dozen years age
when sawn lumber sold for half what il
TOW fetches
Now, It takes quite few acres of pref
" good standing timber to come to even
one million dollars, at SIS thousand on
the stump That there should have beer
90 much lefs is state like New Jersey
which enc thinks of as mostly made up Of
suburbs to New York and Philadelphia
was matter for surprise.
Anyway, it's not there, now. The fire
has wiped it out. The burning was a
real disaster. Yet it was only one of the
dozen or more forest fires chronicled in the
daily papers of that same week. 1t was
the biggest and most destructive Of any
but the damage done by all the others
combined must have come close to equal
ling that caused by It. And. as l thought
about the waste and loss and suffering
caused by " oods fires, year by year and
year after ear. my memory went back &c
certain experiences OF my own wish
smaller outbreaks in my immediate neigh
bCrhood.
Why. only day before yesterday, my nj
tent.cn was attracted to dense clouds OF
smoke which began pouring over the ridge
northwest Of me. 1t was blowing a gale
with occasional gusts strong enough e
whip stout limbs off growing trees and
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05
SALEM

A large crowd attended kitchen
dance at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tim
othy Dixon Tuesday evening, May 2.
Guests were present from Norwich, Yam
tic, Bozrah, Fitchvflle, Colchester and
other surrounding towns. Sandwiches,
cake and coffee were served by the
hostess. An enjoyable evening was spent
by all.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05

Danbury.-Sunday was a nctabie day
in the annals Of st. James Episcopal
church because Of the dedication Of the
new parish house and gymnasium and
the conservation Of the beautiful Banks
memorial chapel
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05

Danbury-The merchants annual
spring Bargain day occurs May IT.
Norwich bulletin., 1922-05-05

mond.
Dr. and Mrs. Pendleton Of Colchester
were in town Saturday.
Evening star., 1922-06-27
Diary of a Professional Movie Fan
Marion Davies Says That Girls
Don't Change.
BY GLADYS HALL.


Day before yesterday I went up to
the Cosmopolitan Studio to see Marion
Davies I didn't want to go very much.
because / dislike going to studios and
trying to hear ones self think and some
one else talk to the anvil chorus Of
carpentry. How the stars manage to
emote as they do, under said carRen-
terish circumstances. is something I
have never been able to fathom. Most
Of US have to have sun, moon, stars
and sea before we can conjure up a
decent love scene. But the young cinema
actresses can all but die of love under
hammer and nail. Such. methinks,
is art!
Besides, I haven't seen Marion for
two years. and I wanted to talk with
her. and l did. / can't complain-much
as I should like to. For Marion has
charming, secluded little apartment. all
right in the studio, where tween scenes,
she retires for friends. questions and re-
freshments: There is large and airy
kitchen, too. -
In and about the studio I saw For
rest Stanley and Pedro de Cordova and
others.
They were finishing When Knight
hood was in Flower" Marion says
she read the book long time ago and
has always wanted to do 1t for the
screen. 1t is a bully story. I love
it, too. 81 love the character of Mary
Tudor" Marion said, you know, she
was just a medieval flapper, after
all. I've read her life story in every
version l could find and collected all
the data available, and / feel that I
know her pretty Intimately She was
full of life, and she wanted to have a
good time. and when she fell in love
she was carried away by the romance
of ii all. / don't believe that girls
change much from age to age. l
think there have always been flap
pers-only today they're sensible
Evening star., 1922-06-27
A Fashion From the Orient
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

The dressmakers have found a way
to persuade women to wear white In
part, if not in whole. They use
white slip under a dark one. They
reinstate the fashion for sleeveless
garments in order that the ornate
white sleeves can attract attention.
The sketch shows this idea carried
out in an attractive manner. One
material is dark blue crepe de chine,
the other is white crepe. There are
dark blue roses strung on blue stems
to adorn and brighten the solid white
underSlip. Strange, isn't IL, now
these fiat fabric roses continue their
popularity?
The skirt of the dark blue over
garment is slashed in front. which
is quite trick this season: the bod
ice has a deep cut-out design ar
ranged across the front so the white
underslip may catch the observers
eye.
1t is not a difficult combination to
achieve. 1t is in keeping with the
many yfrockS-in-one movement which
was sponsored by French dressmak-
woman makes the white undertook
complete. carrying a muslin or China
silk lining, so that she may wear 1t
on hot days and completely ignore the
upper garment.
The latter can be put over any
kind of a slip. Its dark blue tone
goes admirably with biege. with
mauve, with blue-gray 1t borrows
the adapta bility of a coat.
Well-dressed women have slight in
tention Of keeping one costume to-
eether these days. 1t disintegrates in
their hands and does the kaleido-
scopic trick of grouping together in
various formations. This scheme
might puzzle the lethargic woman or
one whose mind moves in a groove.
Unless one likes to tax the ingen-
uity. unless one has an excellent
sense of color and line, these gar
ments. which are easily spoiled. may
be dangerous playthings. They easi-
ly go wrong under wrong manage
ment.
Possibly the best Of these costumes
that can be disintegrated and form
another group is the pleated skirt
and the short, loose coat. The Amer
| lean is more accustomed to managing
these two garments. She does not
balk at building up various combi-
| nations through the summer. 1t has
been her way for decades.