The Washington times., 1923-03-29
HART HAD
GALLERY Of
GIRLS
Miss MaccauIley Describes
Evenings Spent at Apart
Inent Of Film Star.
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Bill Hart. There were pleasant
hours--many OF thenl--honrs that
were. filled with rare charm and
delight.
II have to laugh through my
tears when ! think OF the many
hours spent sewing and knitting
in Bills apartment at the Rex
Arms. After my first visit there.
usually took my sewing with me
when ! went there to spend the
evening with Bill.
"BilI appeared to like to watch
me sew. He would stretch out in
his big easy chair and place his
slippered feet on a footstool and
sit there and gaze at me and my
work sometimes for hours at
time. He seemed to be facinated
by the constant stitching OF the
needle. He would sit there and
lust stare and stare and stare.
Fond Of His Pipe.
II often used to wonder just
what was going on in his mind dur
ing those hours. He would suck
away on his old pipe in the most
peaceful way and never say a word
sometimes he would not speak for
more than an hoQr at time. !
wondered at IT. AZ first. then de-.
cided that If he liked silence he
cnnld have it. was content to
aft there and sew without talking.
eat times he would shift his won
derfuI eyes from the sewing and
seem to concentrate on me. He
seemed to be trying to look right
AR
At times / used to imagine that
Bill was trying to hypnotic me.
You know how those eyes of his
look in q movie closeup. Well. inn
agine what they are in q real close
up when they are glued on yon
for an hour at a time. Maybe he
was trying to hypnotic me. / am
not so sure yet.
"That room made wonderful
setting for the tragedy that, was
being enacted there. 1t was a won.
derful room. Bill likes things that
smack of the wild and woolley
West. He had hunting trophies.
skins and furs and antlers and all
those things on his walls. There
were hunting pictures and pictures
Of wonderful horses. There were
guns and knives and oh. so many
things Of that sort. There were
beautiful and expensive Oriental
rugs on the floors. The room was
a little paradise.
Pictures OF Girls.
But to me the most interesting
decorations In the whole room were
the pictures Of a dozen young and
beautiful girls. which hung in
string just above Bits easy chair.
Every girl was a beautiful crea-
ture. Some were blondes. some
were brunettes. All were charming
to the highest degree. Just an
even dozen OF Bill Harris conquests.
"On every photograph the sweet
girls had written tender words Of
love and endearment. Oh. il was .
wonderful collection. Trophies ara
what ! call them now. just plain,
ordinary conquests. But they were
beautiful girls; so young and pure
looking. Il
"All twelve of them hung there
and smiled down out Of their frames
on that great. big. commanding
brute. / wonder now how many
OF them smile when they see Bill
Hart on the screen or when they
hear of him and his marital
troubles? / imagine that there are
twelve pairs Of tear-filled eyes when
Bill Hart is mentioned or even
thought Of.
Knowing Bill Hart as l know
him now, feel that those darling
creatures Of beauty must have suf-
fered as I have suffered.
ut is funny as / look back on
those evenings with Bill that 1
never associated those girls with
Bill In any but movie fan sort
OF way: He was proud OF that col
lection Of young girls. He seemed
so happy and contented as he sat
beneath them and gazed over at my
sewing. Sometimes used to ask
Bill who the girls were. He would
smile in a satisfied way and merely
answer: Admirers"
He Liked Young People.
"YOu know Bill liked young
people. He always liked girls with
the blush Of youth on their cheeks.
He never seemed TO think that he
was not youth himself. Knowing
his preference for young girls /
sometimes wondered why he liked
me. / did not know that he did
not like me. 1 was just overcome
by the glamOr Of II all. | sailed
along happily, never dreaming that
Bill was merely adding another con.
quest to his string.
i know you must think me a
perfect fool. l know l should have
known better. ] with my education
and training, should not fall into
the traps that ensnare the young
girls who have much beauty but
no training.
Il wonder if Bill still has that
string of pictures over his chair. /
wonder II he has added to the string
since l sat there sewing. bet
ne has not added my photo to that
dozen. 1t would sort of spoil the
charm of the thing now that all
this has come out.
What change from that peace.
full room was mine. Instead Of
sewing on and on with Bill sitting
in his comfortable arm chair gazing
at me j have had to fight Il lone
battle to keep my secret from my
relatives and friends. While / have
wept bitter tears in the quiet of
my own room, / have had to laugh
and be gay in the presence of my
friends who would be shocked to
death II they had known.
While was eating my heart out
to have my darling little son with
me ] had to be separated from him