Evening star., 1923-08-26
Dream of Thrilling .
Romance Comes True

in the game Of destfnies. often bring
ing disillusionment and discourage
'aent when the gallant Sir Galahad
arms out TO be just an ordinary man
who eats three meals day. snores
occasionally in his sleep and wipes
Ais razor blades on the guest towels.
The knight who comes a-riding and
takes away HIS lady love to a land of
romance and perpetual honeymoon is.
OF course. handsome. with eyes and
Hair according TO taste. The first ideal
- sure to be an Adon!s OF indescriba-
p-e charm and manlinesS
hen the frst dream OF perfect
suitor acquires a puncture or two the
deal Sort of changes color, so to
speak; He need not be human re-
production OF collar advertiseme mt.
but ha must have some degree Of am
h!tion and tendency 10 earn salary.
Another year or two and the ideal
makes another change. So long as he
: clean and keeps his hair cut his
personal appearance doesn't matter.
out he must have brains enough to
make good living.
And so the ideal undergoes process
ot evolution from the handsome lover
sage until he graduates into the class
OF good husbands.
Here is one girl. however. whose
youthful dream OF thrilling romance
and a handsome knight In aTmor has
come true. She is Mrs. Herbert L.
Pangburn, formerly Miss julia Glen
Ian Cudden. whose home was in near
by Virginia and Maryland urtii her
marriage nearly TWO years ago. This
Young miss was tall, so the ideal
suitor must be taller. Also he must
be proprotionatelv broad. He must
%ome from afar. and he mus, be
He did come from afa-, for his home
was in Idaho. The world war brought
him TO one Of the eastern training
amps. and the romance began. It
'asteds through the months when he
was acQuitting himself handsomely
at Chateau Thierry. Belleau Wood. the
-Argonne and st. Mihiel.
he wedding was set for late in
1921. and as the time drew near
plans had to be changed because the
brave knights business would not
permit him TO come east 10 claim his
bride and have time for a honey,
moon. too. so early in December the
Baltimore to Salt Lake City where
the ceremony was performed, and
after a honeymoon in the golden
west, they settled down to house
town Of Jarbidge. New.
Gold was discovered In this com
muntty in 1911 and since then the
population has grown to about 800.
THE town is seventy miles from the
nearest railroad point and the only
dences" are built of logs. chinked as
tight as possible. and lined with can
vas to keep out the biting winter
winds. But the, SHOWS sift In. even
with these precautions. and II is quite
the usual thing on winter mornings
to find the floors decorated with little
mounds Of snow
The BRIDES new bungalow con-
tained four rooms. with a curtain par
tition run through one of them 70
the only fuel, and wood stoves the
only heating plants. Electric con-
duitS bring current from plant
many miles over the mountains.
Jarbidge boasts couple of good
stores which supply the daily neaes-
sites Of food and dry goods. All
r"a! shopping. however. has TO be
done by mail. There is one delica-
lessen and candy store and COM
mcrcial club. the latter lending it's
auditorium one night a week for
Il motion picture show. The show is
given under the auspices Of the club
and is run on a nonprofit basis. It
costs so much, however. to obtain
GOOD films and the population is SO
small that II is necessary to charge
SO cents admission to meet expensrs
Wednesday night is motion picture
night-if the mail stage gets in with
the dlm-and nearly everybody goes
An arrival from the east would be
sure TO know what the newest and
best productions were, so Mrs. Pang-
burn was urged TO make suggestions
as TO some good films to request
Pretty soon she was prevailed upon
to take over the management Of the
theater, and she has been, serving
in that capacity ever since. She has
built VI for her own Information and
guidance veritable library on af-
ttairs in the camera world, keeping
lose tab on what has been. Is being
involved a janitorship also. and for
some months Mrs. Pangburn did the
sweeping and cut wood for the stove
at a Salary Of IS per month 4
regular janitor has been employed
now. and the lady managers services
are rendered gratis. ..-..
Singularly enough the wild west
shows are the favorites, with COM
edies running close second. Wall
street dramas take fairly well. but
favor. Most of the audience which
saw ElSle Ferguson and Wallace Reid
appointed.
ern girl busy and happy. For in
stance. the mining. .ronpany's ste
noerapher and bookkeeper was,
,'tricken with pneumonia and she was
aSked 10 help out in the emergency.
4 new YSnan was sent for and urged
20 come as soon az possible. He ar
rived on the evening stage-and left
with the same stage next morning.
Offered the position permanently. Mrs.
I'angburn accepted unde! protest and
on tho condition that she be allowed
to adjust the work so her entire time
wou Il not have to be devoted to it.
In short order she had Il worked out
to three days a week. In this Job she
han to serve as court reporter in
claims cases.
Mrs, Pangburn tells of the promise
she exacted from her husband that
after they were married he would ac-
company her to church. Solemnly he
pledged, and on her arrival In Jar
},idge she found there was no church
II any denomination. She found
ouple of ladies. however. conducting
a Sunday school class of about fifteen
10 twenty pupils. She Joined forces
with these ladies and each Sunday
tkey teach the regular lesson In the
International course of studies.
Dances. picni,s and hikes are the
tavorite recrea.iCns. To walk four
lilies over the mountain and cook
breakfast is delightful pastime-
and sure means Of creating a
healthy appetite for a morning meal.
Mrs Pangbu"n and her husband
motored from jar dge in June,
making the trip In thirteen days.
They are now visiting friends in this
city, Alexandra and Baltimore. and
carly in September expect to motor
back home.