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were commodities and steddon stock
change as the demand for it rose
and fen. as the bidders for It in
creased or diminished.
She could not add to her artistic as
sets by mourning moral lab lIties. II
her sins were discreet or picturesque
they would not effect the public es-
TEEN. II they were unlucky sins
she might find herself suddenly bank
rupt closed out. shut down
Up to now she had met no more
OF those compliments which are
called ~"lnsuits'' than any girl is Ike
" Il meet with as h goes her way
through any community. Her mother
lad been with her almost all the
time when she was not on the lot.
and tho lot was full OF mothers Of
little children and young stars,
Claymoro Ind been chnperoned by
the company and his own reverence
for discipline. But now she was cut
side his authority. Both were out
side the Bermond Enclosure.
The picture was finished. Clay.
more could offer her no more scenes
no more advantages, no more roles
not even the little tributes of spe'
cial clese-ups or flattering lightings
or tire tonder privilege OF being shot
through gauze'' or out OF focus.
And now they were as helpless to-
gethor as any other twain whom
nothing Restraints or separates in the
un 1ertow OF passion. They were two
emotional people without a barrier.
Among the countless things writ
ten and said about the hows and
why's OF women's surrenders one mo-
tive seems to have been too much
ignored. though 1t must Fave exerted
a vast influence on countless women.
must exert an increasing Influence as
women go moro and more into the
worlds of business, of art, and of free
dom with only themselves for their
guardians.
Good craftsmanship. a hatred of
smuggery, n contempt for too careful
self-protection, a disgust for q ho.ier-
than-thou self esteem-these are
amiable attitudes of mind that make
for popularity. To be a miser Of
ones graces, n hypochOndr.acal cod
der OF ones virtues, is TO be unloved
and unlovable.
So many a mar will gamble, break
a law. risk his areer his health.
his life. get drunk. steal, slay, and
play the fool rather than face the re-
proach thai he is a mo!lycoddle, n
Puritan, a prig. a Miss Nancy, a cow
ard, n Pharisee.
AnG many n woman who would not
yield for passion or for luxury, must
have consented for fear of seeming to
be overproud. stingy. cold, prudish,
disoblig .ng. superhuman. subnormal,
unsportswomanly.
Mem had been swept onco beyond
the mornings by a summer storm OF
devotion to young Fnrnaby. her first
love. Now she was to feel her an.
chors cut adrift by the gracious ges-
ture Of good fellowship with a col
league.
Claymore called his last ''cutr' at
4 o'clock that Saturday afternoon.
The last shots had taken less time
than had been foreseen. Mem had
told her mother hat she might be
kept at the studio til late in the
evening.
The members of the company bade
one another farewell ms after a pleas
ant voyage. Mem hurried to remove
her makeup and put on civilian
clothes.
As she came 6own the steps from
tho long gallery of dress ng rooms
she saw Ciaymore coming from hia
office on the ground floor. He smiled,
"Othello's occupations gone. I've
got an idle afternoon OF my hands,
Why don't we take a little motor
ride and get a bit OF fresh air?"
I'd better go home" Mem faltered
Invitingly.
"Ah, you ear always go homo.
Schools over. Let's play hooky."
IAN right" she cried. with a child.
lsh eagerness for mischief.
She went with him to his OAR
where it was parked outside the lot.
He helped her IN with a manner OF
possession. of capture. He sent tho
ar spinning out along Washington
boulevard toward Venice. By wind.
ing ways they reached the vast
amusement huddle anc. passing the
annals that gave 1t its name. pushed
m to the pleasure streets of cheap
md noisy merriment.
They loitered awhile on the sand.
but II seemed a little late for a swim.
and Claymore ensily persuaded her
70 drive farther along the sea read
after an early dinner at the Sunset
Inn.
When they had finished their cof.
fee the sun was low and huge. 1t
blazed like a caldron simmering
with molten gold, soaring the eyes
and inflaming h sky about it.
Tho Santa Monica mountains
marching down to the sea grew Law
NICER with the twilight. Tho Ocean
Drive stretched along a forest OF
palms ike huge coconuts dark
against the gaudy west. Then the
road dropped in a long U down San
Ia Monica canyon and put again-a
canyon divided between strange
neighbors. n Methodist camp-meetins
ground and the paradise where the
Uplifters club gives les outdoor fes.
tivais. pageants OF rara beauty. the
forest deeps uncann.ly illumlned with
Tuning mists OF many-coiored smokk.
As they turned out again at the
oceans edge the sun fell into the
WHO sea and was qucnched. leaving
akng tho west only n glow OF powd-
cred Reranium peeais, though che
wet sands were a burnished kettle