The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-09-11
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SALE
A ,Sirik.g Story OF a Girls Ini-
tiatlon Into Moyieland and Her
Eventual Successful Appear
Serislly in The Morning Bee.
BY Rupert Hughes.
CHApTER 1

lHAfIER !
Los Angelesr the sneering
preacher cried. as Jonah might have
whinnied. "Nineyehl" aud with equal
Scofn The Spanish missionaries
may have called II the City Of An,
gels but the moving pictures have
changed is name 10 Los Diablos'
For il is the central factory oil Satan
aud his miuious. the cHcmy OF our
homes. the corruptcr OF our young
ncn aud womrnth the school OF
crime. Unless il reiorms-and soon.
surely. IN Gods good time. the
ocean will rise and swallow H."
Though he was two thousand miles
or more away-as far away, indeed.
as the banks Of the Mississippi are
from the Californian shorc-thc Rev
crend Doctor Steddon was SO con-
yinecd by his own prophetic ire that
he would hardly have been surprised
to rtgd in the Monday mornings pa
per that a benevolent earthquake had
taken his hint and shrugged the new
Babylon off into the Pacific sea.
But OF all follies, next to indicating
nations, cursiup cites is the vainest
And Los Angeles lived on, quite I'M
aware that It's crimes were being dc.
nounced in the far-oit town OF Cal
verify. The SIN itself took two hours
10 make the trip. and though II was
black night outside the little church
in Calverly, il was Just sunset III Los
Angeles.
There was scarlet fire along the
ocean OF oceans, whose lazy waves
slroked the coast with lakclike calm.
Over the wide -sprawled city was a
smooth sky all OF banana yellow,
save for a stain OF red grapes at the
hem where the sky went down be-
hind the sea wall OF the Santa Monica
Mountains. ..
Among the multitudnous gardens.
along the palm-pluned avenues, the
twilight lcafed. The day seemed 10
be entangled in the jewel-hnng cit
ruses, the fig trees, the papyrus
clusters. the hedges, foaming with a
surf OF Shasta daisies, the spendthriit
waste OF year-long roses. and the
smother Of vines rolling up white
walls in contrary cascades and spill
ing a froth OF flowers along the roofs
OF many colorcd tile.
To the north lay Hollywood, the
particular IIadcs OF the cinemaphobes.
but curiously demure and innocent in
the sunset.
From certain surfaces there and III
Culver City the light was flashed
back with photographic brilliance--
from acres on acres OF the glass walls
and roofs OF huge factories, strange
workshops where the enslaved sun
and the chained lightning wrote
stories in photographs. Millions OF
miles Of tiny pictures were taken at
a rate OF thousand minute. Tons
OF spooled romance went rolling all
over the world. so that the girl and
boy who embraced before one camera
were later observed by coolies IN
Shautung, by the Bisharin OF Egypt,
and the sundry peoples OF Somalil-
and, Chilkoot. Jedda, and Alexand-
ropol-where not? Wherever the
sun travelled and the moon reigned
they could watch this reeled min
strelsy cleaning for the delight and
indignation of mankind
Even when the sun had lett this
capital OF the new art, some OF the
studios would glow on with man
made day OF their own, But most>
OF the factories were closing now,
since the toilers had begun betimes
in the morning and were scattering
homeward for rest or study or mis-
Chief. Los Angeles, the huge Spinner,
was finishing another day OF its
traffic in virtue. vice, laughter, love-,
aud its other wares.
Even Doctor Sttddon ii he could /,
have seen the realm he ohiurgated !
would have confessed that the devil !
had a certain grace as gardener and /
that his minions were a handsome, I
happy throng. But Doctor Steddon
had never seen Los Angeles and had .
never seen moving picture. lie 4
knew that the world was going 70
wraek and ruiu-=as usual=and he .
laid the blame on the nearest novelty .
az usual.
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the blame in previous years on other .
activities. She wished he wouldn, .
Ru, then she had mo-, escaped /
hame herself. and she WAS 10 4 NOR
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