, 1923-02-18

rent from-We own cur own home
now, or will soon when n few more
lnsta!lments are And the prices
here!-my dear! oh dear! But he said
that friends of his who had rented
their homes to move people Why,
would you believe It? some of those
cowboys-one day on the ranch, next
day earning a thousand dollars a
and buying jewelry on credit-wr!st
watches with split diamonts for crys.
tals-and they rent a nlco house and
ride q horse in the dining room and
shoot the china right off the It's
a fact! and stme h women-little
pink ninnles that don't know enough
to come in when it-they get for
tunes for just making eyes at the
camera, and they rent nice respacta.
Die hombcs and hold-well, orgies is
the only wo-d-org!es is Just what
,hry ara.
IT'S c sin and a shame. and II
something .sn't done about it Why,
young girls flock there in droves and
sell their souls and bodies for It's
skGply terrible.
" "a gent'man who claims to know
was telling m'usband - and he told
me-that there isn't one decent wo-
man on the one. Would
you b'Iieve It? Every one of them has
to pay the Price to get there at tall.
He says to m'usband that it's h
regular thing. Before a girl is IN.
gagged she has o Those directors
NNsb,v ,n,r tNR-att,r rfrt ,u1,N T., ,,-Ef1K-t
to lose her immortal soul can get a
chance II she'll only And if she
won't-why. they turn her away.
II declare It makes my blood run
cold just to Don't it yours?'
II don't believe IT," said Mem.
She had heard a vast amount OF
gossip, but she had not heard Of any.
body paying such an initiation fee.
She had seen a great deal of joy and
some of it reckless, but with q child
tsh recklessness. She had seen no
vice at all.
Mrs. Sturgs Jared up. There Is
nothing one defends more ~zealously
than ones pet horrors.
Jul l DeileNe lt ell, t1at S only
Because your n - inn 1con.. your.
self-speaks well for your bringing
up-so strict n all. You naturally
wouldn't believe folks so depraved
but II you'd heard what I've Why,
it's true as gospel! My husband had
1t from a man who knows whereof
he speaks. They sell their souls for
hood -..l -. A.. Ttls- - 49,
feet lay hold on-well, you know.
Any girl that's too honest to pay the
Price don't get engaged-that's all
she Just don't get engaged. OF
course there may be some decent
ones. Ole ladies that play homely
parts and-but IL a young girl wants
TO succeed in that business she's just
got to Oh, dear! that's my car.
There's not another enc for half an
They run out to our place only every
Goodby. 1 hope to see you again
soon. Wait! Hay! HayT'
And she was gone INTO the infinite
purlieus Of Los Angeles. She caught
her car and 1t slid off. gong bang.
Jig, and hunted a passing automobile
? out of the way with much crumpling
OF the fender and the vocabulary of
the driver, but no fatality. Which
was unusual.
Mem did not regret the abrupt de.
parture of Mrs. Sturgs. She was
glad of the woman's GREATNESS gar.
Iullty.
It had not only left her with Sc.
crets intact, but It mad given her a
hint. Mrs. Stures had substituted
faith for facts anG had spoken with
that earnestness which is more con.
vincing than evidence.
Mem accused herself Of blindness,
instead of charging Mrs. Sturgs with
scandal. She felt that the alleged
wlckedness had escaped her notice be.
cause she was too stupid 10 recog.
nize it.
But Mrs. sturgs' accusations had
the same perverse effects as her
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