The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-11-20

Under q vast umbrella and benin
shields ~ black flats called ringers
the battery ~ camera men stood az
ranging focuses and lights Two %
them used lenses thht would max
oloaeups. while the others caught IN
long shots. for there would bo NJ
chance ~ taking special oloreups.
After an hour or more Of narrowing
deiny ihr army was ready for the bat
tie. Mem climbed up the seaffoldlni
back II the palatial front door an,
porch The assistant director ~
planned the signal he WIS 20 relay
from the director. and the storm WA
ordered % begin
A gentle rain Zen from the pipes
! The fire hose, aimed up In The air
added 10 ils volume. The wind ma
chine set up itH mad chatter. The rain
became q doluge of flying water and
the lightning fllicd Il with pbattcrins
! fire.
Then Mem was called forth She
clutclidd her cloak about her and
thrust into The tempest II WIN Ike
driving through slightly mrefled
cataract. Hhe hardly reached the pill
lar N the edge 81 The porch. elutchod
II for moment, caught a quick
brenth and flung down the steps. And
that wns that All this preparation
for one minute ~ nction--aayo for a
brief return 10 the porch 10 pose FOR
sllll photographs
Sho was dripping md 50 lost that
she ran into one Of the property men,
who checked her. Ksndrlck came 10
her and gave her an nceolnde u Hp.
prevail lie pntted her sopping shout.
der and said:
Fine. But IN the next scene hold
your elopk about you little tighter.
The wind w1s 40 stormy and your
clothes ~ wet th1t there wasn't nuch
Of you left 10 the imagination. IN some
states the ceneors may cut The whole
scene out, But We won't reiake H."
When two days Inter. Mem mw
the PUSHES IN the projection room, she
could hardly believe that the storm
was m1tter ~ rucb clumsy nriiflcr.
The reality ~ II fnlrly terrified her.
The rain swept porch and tho fury
~ llghtnings about the pillars gave no
hint u human devlsipg
She felt n surge ~ pity NJ The BRAY.
cry Of the little figure che made plung.
ing Into The wrack on her errand Of
rescue. The gale dung her cloak aud
skirts about her IN flecting sculptures
~ GreclgD beauty But when she
paused ~ the edge Of tho steps and
staggered under the buffetn ~ the
wind, she was agb0st 10 see herself
modelled In the least detail like tho
clay Of statue, all the more nude for
the emphasis ~ few wrinkles In
framing drapery She felt her first
sympathy for Miss Beyans' prudery
and blushed In the dirk projection
room She did not nj all approve the
grogn Of the director.
Wonderful. It's like an ivory statue
on an ebony background. To think
that the dirty-mlnded ceneors viii
call II indecent, the blackguards"
Mem hoped that the compony's own
consors would exclse II before the out.
side world saw II; but she said moth.
Ing She belonged 10 her art, body
an dsoul
But this revelation was for a later
day. For the present, the directors
caution 10 keep her cloak about her
was 8larning enough
She was taken TO a warm room and
wrapped In blankets while the next
scene was prepared This WIS q mat
ter Of another hours delay. Rain
pipes had already been erected, but
the lights had 10 be trnndled into
place, the cameras placed and pro.
teeted and u hundred details made
ready before rhe was called out again.
Hobby and kcndrick were solcItious
for her and asked II she was chilled.
She laughcd. The adventure kindled
her youthful arteries.
II WAS not 80 pleasant 10 stand still
and have the fire hose lifted above
her. She was supposed to have run n
long distance between the porch steps
and this scene, and che must enter 1t
wet.
She had bit Of chill In this shower
bath and there was hitch IN start.
Ing. At length che got her signal and
went forward again. head down into
The wild storm. The propeller ran too
fast and she could not proceed. The
blast carried her cloak entirely away
and she had no protection from the
ruthless scrutiny Of the lightning or
Tho uneditod records Of the cameras.
The noise was 80 appalling that the
director ripped his throat In vain lie
had 10 run to the wind machine and
,heck II. The picture had to be taken
1ver. Mems cloak was recovered. and
he mud washed from 1t, Then It was
aid clammily about her icy shoulders
md she made another try.
This time tho result was better. and |
'he returned 10 the room and her |
blankets for another hour. She could /
not seem 10 get warm. Her bones !
we're like pipes in which the marrow |
roze.
When she went out again Kendrick |
asked her how she was. Her teeth !
,hattered together as she said, "AIl |
'ight.t.t." He looked at her with sym
lathy and admiration, and he decided
o cut out one of the moe promising
Genes, lest II overtax her strength.
During her absence telephone pole .
md tree had been brought down
" the storm and photographed as
hey fell. II was her business now 10
lamber across the pole and push
through the branches OF the tree, and
10 fight her way out OF the picture.
The rain pipes had been brought
onward and set up In a new position.
rhe cameras were aligned. Next 10
hem stood a truck containing a great
un arc Next that was the lightning
machine. abreast OF Il the wind ma
hine.
In the preliminary tests II had been
lard TO find the right angle for the
ale 10 blow from, and the wind ma.
hlne had been shifted several times.
The wind man in his confusion for
'ot to notice that the property men
lad forgotten, IN their confusion. TO
et up the fence before the propeller.
I was after midnight now and every
'ody was numb with cold, drenehed
with the promiseous rain and little
Their working day WAS
lroady hours ola aud Il would DC
u least five hours more
The spectators who had gathered
% watch the first scenes had been
riven from the lot by the cold their
hlrk eloaks ani oyercoats could not
vuFcome Tom iiolby had been pho.
rssrass oh a. .aFta..N fass gHss q