The Seattle Star Newspaper, December 13, 1921, Page 13

f* an at ibiie fet ifr Pitas E i i ise a 4 588 LT ~—T “MBER 18 . 1921, BY SINCLAIR LEWIS Copyright, 1920, Harcourt, Brace & Hewes, Ina From Yesterday) ! only b Kon ot far on y er . jow in st off re Ube about all from you! I've qmecring at this town, | and dull it ts ing to appre | fellows like Sam, I've ridiouling our cam Gopher Prairie G Pui one thing I'm not going on™ not going to stand ing seditious, You well that these rad-/ gt] ‘em, are opposed to hd ‘and let me tell you right) pow, and you and all these gen and short-haired fan beef all you want to, but to take these fellows, and trietic, we're going to (eee patriotic And—Lord [never thought I'd have to om to my own wife-—but if defending these fellows, then Bice thing appiic* to you! Next T suppose you'll be yapping free epeech. Free speech! feo much free speech an: ype and free beer and free lov i the rest of your damned | freedom, and if T had my TM make you folks live up to rules of decency even ke you~" win” Spe was not thmoroas “am 1 proGerman tf I fail to te Honest Jim Blausser, too? mare my whole duty as a } was rumbling, “The whole ght in tine with the criticiam ‘aiways Deen making. Might Anewn you'd oppose any de. ow j away” “You, all why me.” “Suppose I refuse?” “You won't!" Forlorniy, “Uh-= Carrie, what the devil is it you want, anyway?" “Oh, conversation! No, it's much | more than that. I think it's a great hens of life—a refusal to be content with even the healthiest mud.” “Don't you know that nobody ever solved a problem by running away trom | “Perhaps. Only T choose to make my own definition of ‘running I don't call—- Do you realtae how big a world there is beyond this Gopher Prairie where you'd keep me all my life? It may be that some day I'll come beck, but not tll I can bring something more than I have| now, And even if I am cowardly | and run away—all right, call it cow: ardly, call me anything you want to!| I've been ruled too long by fear of being called things, I'm gotne awa: to be quiet and think, I'm going! 1 have a right to my own | lite." “So have I to miner “wen “I have a right to my Mfe—and you're it, you're my life! You've made yourself so. I'm damned if I'll agree to all your freak notions, | but I will say I've got to depend on | you, Never thought of tpat complt- cation, did you, in this ‘off to Bo-| hemia, and express yourself, and free jove, and live your own life’ stuff!” “You have a right to me if you can keep me. Can you? He moved uneasily. For @ month they discussed ft.) the difference. That's | I'm going to take him with THE DOINGS OF THE DUFFS SAY, WILBUR | OUGHT To START To DO SOME CHRISTMAS SHOPPING AWFULLY LOW- HOW 5 AM | GOING To DO IT! emtractive work for the town| They hurt each other very much. | yours starts in™ right. AT I've done has fa line. 1 don't belong to Prairie. That isn't meant as of Gopher Prairie. my be a condemnation of ros I don’t care! 1 don’t; here, I'm going. Tm not/ permission any more. rm) “Do you mind telling | 2 im't too much trouble, how | for?" at know. Perhaps for a Perhaps for a lifetime.” me. Weil, of course, I'll be 10 death to sell out my prac. ‘so go anywhere you say you like to have mo go with fe Paris and ktudy art, maybe, Wer velveteen pants and a bonnet, and live on spa I think we can mve you that You doen't quite under I am going—I really am— * I've got to find out what i Work? Sure! with you! You haven't work to do. If you had d no hired gir!, and had the chores and separate like these farmers’ wives, wouldn't be so discon- ‘That's what’ most men like you would sa: they would explain all Mal! I want. And I shoultn’t ith them. These business om their crushing labors of im an office seven hours a calmly recommend that dozen children. As it hap- done that sort of thing. deen a good many times hadn't a maid, and I did housework, and cared for and went to F Cross, and very efficiently. I'm a good pe good sweeper, and you dare my I'm not!” ere" ‘Was I more happy when IT dreiging? I was not. I was Rot my work. ‘That's the Tak? g and unhappy. I could children. But isn't enough to satisfy BORE T EH) a! Kept for yourselves! Oh, hopeless, we dissatisfied wom. why do you want to have the place, to fret you? So your sake that I'm gotne’’ Course a little difference |and sometimes they were close | about freedom, and thru it af, her . We're} We're going to | Bogart?” | ‘em by machinery, and come| play with you men in the she tells me about the Dear Lord. | communities, we would like to know and clubs and politics you've | You never tell me about the Dear/any town of anywheres near our thing like Hugh | al th to weeping, and invariably he used banal phrases about her duties and she used phrases quite a5 banal) discovery that she really could get | away from Main Street was as sweet | as the discovery of love. Kennicott never consented definitely. At most reed to a public theory that) wartime.” She set out for Washington in Oc tober—just before the war ended. She had determined on Washing: ton because it waa leas intimidating than the obvious New York, because | she hoped to find streets in which | Hugh could play, and because in the stress of war-work, with its demand | for thousands of temporary clerks, | she could be initiated into the world of offices. Hugh was to go with her, despite the wails and rather extensive com- ments of Aunt Beanie, She wondered if she might not en- counter Brik in the East, but it was @ chance thought, sooa forgotten. 1 ‘The last thing she saw on the sta- tion platform was Kennicott, faith- fully waving his hand, his face so full of uncomprehending loneliness that he could not smile but only twitch up bis lips, She waved to him as long as she could, and when | he was lost she wanted to leap from the vestibule and run back to bim. She thought of a hundred tender. eases she had neglected. She had her freedom, and it was empty. The moment was not the highest of her life, but the lowest and most desolate, which was alto | gether excellent, for instead of slip- ping downward she began to climb. | She sighed, “I couldn't do thin if it weren't for Will's kindness, his giving me money.” But a second | after: “I wonder how many women | | would always stay home if they bad | the money?" Hugh complained, “Notice me.) He was beside her on the mummy! It's | red plush seat of the day-coach; & | jens friends who appreciate her wp! boy of three and a half. “I'm tired | art.” } “Oh, not Do you really like Mre. | “Yes. She gives me cookies and | Lord. Why don't you tell me about | |the Dear Lord? Auntie Bogart says I'm going to be a preacher. Can 1} be a preacher? Can I preach about | the Dear Lord? “Oh, please walt tM my genera ion has stopped rebelling before | ADV perwenes OF EET | answers | the spirit.” What's a generation? “Its a ray in the illumination of “That's foolish.” Fle was a serious and literal person, and rather hu morless, She kissed his frown, and | marveled | “1 am running away from my bum | band, after liking a Swedinh ne'er dowel! reproves me be | cause I haven't given him religious | instruction. But the story doesn’t fo right. I'm neither groaning nor being dramatically saved. I keep on | running away, and I enjoy it. I'm mad with joy over it, Gopher Prat. | rie tm lost back there in the dust and stubble, and I look forward" | She continued tt to Hugh: “Dar ling, do you know what mother and you are going to find beyond the blue horizon rim? “What?” flatly. “We're going to find elephants with golden howdahs from which peep young maharanees with neck laces of rubles, and a dawn sea col. | ored like the breast of a dove, and a white and green house filled with books and silver teasets.” “And cookies?” “Cookies? Oh, most GerideDy cookies, We've had enough of bread and porridge, We'd get sick on too many cookies, but ever so much sick- er on no cookies at all.” “That's foolish.” “Tt la, O male Kennieott? “Hab mid Kennicott TI, and went to sleep on her shoulder. Iv ‘The theory of the Dauntless re garding Carol's absence: “Mra. Will Kennicott and sen Haugh left on No. 24 on Saturday Inet for a etay of some months In Minne apo Chicago, New York, and Washington. Mra. Kennicott con fided to Yo Scribe that she will be| connected with one of the multifart ous war activities now centering in| the Nation's Capital for a brief pe- ried before returning. Her count- a did labors with the local Red © tice or a library, or nurse of playing train. Let's play some-| realize how valuable she will be to | solitary | thing else. Let's go see Auntie Bolany war board with which he choones to become connected. Gopher Prairie thus adds another shining star to ite service Mag, and without wishing to knock any neighboring size in the state that bas such « sterling war record. Another reason why you'd better Watch Gopher Pral tle Grow eee “Mr. and Mra. David Dyer, Mre. Dyer’s sister, Mre. Jennie Dayborn of Jackrabbit, and Dr. Will Kenn cott drove to Minniemashie on Tuce day for a delightful picnic.” | CHAPTER XXXVII | I She found employment tn the Pa reau of War Risk Insurance. Tho the armistice with Germany was nigned a few weeks after her comin to Washington, the work of the bi rean continued. She filed corre. spondence all day; then she dictated to letters of inquiry. It, was an endurance of monotonous de ‘tails, yet whe aswerted that she had | no housewife attains “Oh, thank you, Mike,” exclaimed Nick and Nick and Kip, th Were ever so surprised to BS Voice beside them in the * But they couldn't see Se, The glimmer from the cat's Bo died away altogether now, SB erything was black. But ody Voice had a familiar ind then when a glow- firmed on his light unexpect Be Twins recognized their old Mike Mole n nave to Ket you right side up| mid Mye, thoughtfully, @ wondering how. 1 know the gnomes’ charms. Let's 7,14 you happen to get into whuddered. “1 can’ t fier I can’t say | nothing More can happen to h” maid Mike Mole. “ 7% Ihe.” id ‘no,’ Nancy told him Am Pim's orders.” 1 remember,” nodded Uf you said ‘no’ ai) you have 0 way ‘yes’ and you'll be all right agnin.” “Yes,” cried Nancy, at once, with out losing any time. “Yes, yen, yes!” Instantly Kip and the Twins found themselves standing upright lagain in the passage. | “Oh, thank y Mike,” exclaimed | Nick. “T' » much better But what did you mean z that the chimney-sweep maker would have to be | “Just what I said,” answered Mike. hey, too, are prisoners in Gnome village, The gnomes will keep them | there until Christmas ts over,” Nick thought for a moment, | | "I wish we had our Green Shoes again. We'll not onby have to help Mr. Pim Pim dig the glittering stuff \for the Christmas toys, bnt we'll | have to rescue the chimney-sweep to out chimneys for Santa sweep | Claust “and as for the toy-maker, why, | he might be at work we'll have to rescue him, toot (To Be Continued) | (Copyright, 1921, by Seattle Star) now. len all over the country, found “real work.” Disillusions she did have, She dis- covered that in the afternoon, office routine stretches to the grave. She discovered that an office in as full of cliques and scandals as a Gopher Prairie. She discovered that most of the women in the government bu reans lived unhealthfully, dining on snatches in their crammed ments, But she also discovered that business women may have friend. ships and enmities as frankly as men, and may revel in a blise which a free Sunday It did not appear that the Great World needed her inspiration but she felt that her letters, her contaet with the anxieties of men and wom: were a part of vast affairs, not confined to Main Street and a kitchen, but linked with Paris, Bangkok, Madrid. She perceived that she could do office work without losing any of the putative feminine virtue of do- mesticity; that cooking and cleaning, when divested of the fussing of an Aunt Bessie, take but a tenth of the time which, in a Gopher Prairie, it is but decent to devote to them. Not *« to apologize for her apart to | thoughts to the Jolly Seventeen, not to have to report to Kennicott at the| end of the day all that she had done or might do, was a relief which mada up for the office weariness. She felt | that she was no longer onehalf of | marriage but the whole of @ hu man being. 1 Washington gave her all the gra-| clousness in which she had had faith white columns seen acrons leafy parks, spacious avenues, twisty al leys, DOWN AND OPEN AND OUR FINANCES ARE | an ACCOUNT WITH SOME OF THE Store OW, ILL PIX “THAT = I'M GOING. WILBOR IN TOWN EVERETT TRUE r “A worser storm, Davie? Did the ship be wrecked?” Perry's eyes were big and frightened as she asked the questions. “You and see,” David answered, feeling very big and old because he knew the whole story. “Yea, it was a much worse storm all right. The waves kept getting higher and higher and that queer pull of the tide kept getting stronger till It looked as if the steamer would be pulled to pieces. “Higher and higher and higher, and angrier and angrier and walt angrier grew the waves, and they pushed hard against the steamer to drive her on, “But stronger and stronger and stronger blew the wind and all the time the wind was driving her back, waves washed over the hur. ricane deck and carried every- thing with them, SEATTLE “‘Captain? the mate shouted, Stel STAR Christma. HOW Do You DO SIR = 1 WANT ‘TO OPEN A CHARGE ACCOUNT WITH THIS STORE IN MY NAME - DO You OWN ANY PROPERTY DUFF - OR CAN You GIVE REFERENCES FROM ANY BANK, MR. DUFF P ‘te rattle ar i2: Page “STEADY, BOYS? 545 to be heard above the roar of the wind, ‘She's sinking, Nothing can euve her? “Teegy.” David sald, dropping his voice a littl, “I'm awfully iad I heard the captain himself tell this story, why the man would obey him and not be so afraid that they couldn't do what he said. “Just think how you'd feel ff you were on a boat in a storm like that, and the waves were washing clear over the decks, “Put the captain was sure of his boat and he belleved in his men, and I guess he prayed, too, but he didn’t say so, and he said: “‘Steady, boys, steady! Hang Hold the wheel steady ‘cause I can pee on to her. three houre—aa long as school lasts in the morning, they fought like that just to hold their course and it took them that long to of water. at was a Janual giggled at a thought. “I guess,” Zephyrs don't belong ry. Don't you know in and fairy stories sxephyrs ways belonging in the sum- mer and spring. storm,” sndden he maid, out in dialed a courtyard behind it, and a tall, car: ondstory window thru which a woman waa always peering. The woman was mystery, romance, a story which told itself differently every day, now she was a murderens, now the neglected wife of an amba It was mystery which Carol lacked in Gopher Prairie, tained sador had most house with a hint of magnolias and where every person was but too easy | to meet, where there were no secret gates opening upon moors over which one might walk by moas-dead. ened paths to strange high adven tures in an ancient garden i} As she flitted up xteenth Street jafter a Kreisler recital, given late in the afternoon for the government jclerks, as the lamps kindled in Daily she passed # dark square | where every house was open Lo view,! spheres of soft fire, as the breeze] | to the “eighth art. | with 8s Worrics NO,| DON’T OWN ANY PROPERTY EXCEPT A SET OF DISHES - You worK USE oP ‘You DON’T GET CREDIT FoR IT DOESN'T MEAN VERY MUCH - PAGE 12 BY ALLMAN WORKIN’ IF ? BY BLOSSER Confessions of a Movie Star (Copyright, 1921, Seattle Star) CHAPTER XXXV—OFFERS FOR LEGITIMATE COME I waa to wear a nimple white drens tm the country exterior, The pale | blue lawn would be perfect for my part, The “pure white” frocks worn by the heroines of the shadow world are never white in reality. White fab- jrics reflect so much light that they | wipe the expression from an actress’ face, therefore the bridal splendor in | the movies is either pale pink, pale blue or a delicate corn color, And the shirt of the groom ts soft- y tinted. And the virgin whiteness of the bridal veil has been sacri- ficed in the dye pot. And the mar velous orange wreaths and snowy bride roses are pink. And the wed-{ ding breakfast is served on magnifi- cent polished linen—dyed a pale blue! In the property room T have seen freat clonets filled with the finest mask, bedding and curtains which looked as if the laundress had spilled the bluing. And in the wardrobes, 1 have seen heaps of clothing for ex tras to wear in mob seene—cut in odd fashion out of red canton flannel which would photograph black. The movie star must acquire a |,.The high cost of her career ts far | from ended when ber shopping teurs jare done. | Besides the servants required to keep my apartment running smooth- lly, 1 must hire a private secretary, a | dressmaker to live in my home, a chauffeur and a wardrobe manager jother than my personal maid. Often the trials of keeping up an establishment tempted Motherdear and me to give up our home and live the year around in a hotel. But we thrust the easier way aside, If we didn’t work for our home, what would we work for? Money? More money to buy more |olothes, to wear in more parts, to earn more money to buy more slothes fox more parts? An absurd cycle! Motherdear and I must have our own home. Moreover, my delight in acting for the movies was very great. Some times when I was on location or when T had @ sympathetic role, the pleasure of doing my part was tre- mendous Once when working by the sea my soul was stirred by the eudden rev. elation of the immensity of the uni- verse, I was but a tiny atom of hu- store of novel information peculiar manity lost between ocean and sky. In space, in time I counted for noth. Jing. My own little bit In the fife of potas Was so minute, so unimpor | tant! Then why not enjoy it and make the most of my pleasure in it? No living creature except my mother had a right to interfere with what L | so enjoyed. More than once I had been offered {ihe lead in the speaking drama, bot after my terrible fluke in stumping I was not tempted. I had observed, however, that spoken drama has many advantages. A speaking star seldom has more than one role to learn in a season. I had a new one every five or six weeks. The speaking star changes, improves, modifies, eliminates busi- ness in succeeding performances, profits by suggestion, grows with her part, makes it grow with her. She has only one wardrobe to prepare, and pay for. But her sister in the movies has but one bite at a cherry, whatever its size, Her act must be the best | the first time she tries it. Too many retakes—-and she would cease ‘to shine, Offers for the legitimate continued to come to me but I coukin’t give up my chosen profession, | lowed into the street, fresh as prai- | rie winds and kindlier, as she glanced | up the elm alley of Massachusetts Avenue, as she was rested by the | integrity of the Scottish Rite Temple, | she loved the city ax she loved no Hugh. She encountered | negro shanties turned into endion | orange curtding pots of | mignonette; marble houses on New Hampshire Avenue, with butlers and limousines; and men who looked like fictional explorers and aviators, Her days were swift, and she knew that in her folly of rufining away she had found the courage to be wise, She had a dlepiriting first month one save of hunting lodgings in the crowded city. She had to roost in a hall-room in a moldy mansion conducted by an indignant decayed gentlewoman, and leave Hugh to the care of a doubtful nurse, But later she made a home. (Continued Tomorrow) Full course dinner, Tbe, at Bolit's Served 6 to 8 p. m.—Advertisement. Men’s Two-Pant Suits $35 HATS, SHOES, FURNISHINGS One Price—Cash or Credit 1427 Ve Chas. & ‘| Fifth Ave,’ Todd, Mgr. 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