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By FANNIE HURST i
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(@®. 1921, McClure Nowspaper Syndicate )
WNU Service.
UELLA MORSE was one of those
girls who turn efficient, so to
speak, owing to the demands of
circumstance,
She had pot been educated toward
that end.
A girls’ finishing school in thie East
and a pretty sound musical training
had endowed her with the comfortable
veneer of one whose life seems des-
tined for easy places.
Luella's life, however, did not turn
out that way at all. When she was
twenty-one, satisfactorily returned to
her snug home from her smug finish-
ing school and living the busy life of
the society girl In her Middle West
city, fortune suddenly turned a cold
shoulder. Within four months
was not only orphaned, but found her-
self seated among the ruins of family
splendor that had apparently been
only papler mache,
Luella’s father, who, ever since she
could remember, had maintained a
pleasant, large household, sufficient
servants to relieve his wife and daugh-
ter of creature concern, two automo
biles at least and plenty of hospital
ity for visitors, left an estate which,
after the debts were paid and a thou-
sand undreamed obligations met, net-
ted his startled daughter just seven
hundred dollars,
It was a rather appalling situation,
because If any girl seemed unfitted
for the strenuous procedures of a busl-
ness woman's life, that girl was the
pretty and frail Luella,
She had always blended so cogenial-
ly into the pattern mapped out for her
by socially ambitious parents. She
had done just the right and normal
things for a girl in her position. She
had never been a problem; never been
one of those girls filled with myst
fying desires and unrests.
But like so many human belngs who,
under pressure, show undreamed of
possibilities, Luella responded to the
change of circumstances in a fashion
that fairly took away the breath of
the community.
After a month or two of Inevitable
collapse and bewilderment, the trou-
bl young woman, refusing wvarlous
offers of friends to tide her over the
immediate future confronting her, took
matters upon her own shoulders, so
to speak.
And of all enterprises for a girl of
Luella’s gentle breeding to enter!
Within six months after her parents’
death, Luella was in the real estate
business. Not, It is true, that she had
selected it; more specifically, it had
selected her. That Is, after weeks of
aimless searching she had finally stum-
bled across an opening In a real es
tate office where, on no salary, but
a commission basis, she was given the
opportunity to prove her fettle and her
nettle in salesmanship.
Her whirlwind career as a real es
tate promoter in a district covering
her own city and the countryside with-
in a twenty-mile radius, was one
which was to make local history.
How it all came about. how her en-
terprise, her aggressiveness and her
incredible tenacity focused themselves
on real estate values, Immediate and
future, has already become legend.
Unexplainable, least of all to her
self, except that her dogged determl-
nation to make good grinped her from
the first day of her entrance Into this
business, was the fact that within five
years the Morse “family house” had
become one of the dominant archi-
tectural features of the city.
Before she was thirty Luella Morse
was undoubtedly the foremost real es
tate promoter in her part of the coun-
try. Hundreds of modern apartment
houses, built along lines originally de-
signed by her, dominated the streets
of the city. Her fame as a soclologist
had transcended far beyond her own
state and, In making possible these
tabloid homes for families In moderate
circumstances, she was declared by
many to have emancipated the family
from many of Its creature oppressions
and woes,
The Morse homes, which were de
signed in units graduated to the needs
of families of various sizes, were the
last word In efficiency. Everything in
them was modeled along lines ealen-
lated to destroy the deadly and dead.
ening effects of household drudgery
upon women. The living rooms were
models of comfortable efficiency and
rounded corners. A minimum number
of dust-catching surfaces. Bedrooms
with disappearing beds. Kitchenettes
that were electrical marvels.
There was not a detall in modern
housekeeping that Luella Morse had
not figured out with power and sim-
plicity. She was honored not only in
her own community but the country
over. She had made possible econ.
omy, comfort and luxuries for the
middle class.
When Luella Morse was thirty she
was worth two million dollars. She
was one of the outstanding success
“stories for women of her time, and
characteristically enough, she herself
occupied a Morse home, her life nar
rowing down to the =implicilty whe
loved. She kept no servants, In a
Morse home they were superfluous,
She was the modern efficient wom-
an, all right. She had reduced house
she
keeping to its lowest terms. Woman
sald prayerful things of her; the real
estate industry bowed to her undoubt-
ed financial genius and did honor to
the service she had done to humanity,
When Luella was slightly past thir-
ty a situation, which had chiefly been
deferred by the unusual trend of her
life, arose. For the first time she
might be sald to have found time to
let the® business of living wedge Its
way into her manifold activities.
Through her work she met a soclo-
logist in a local university named El.
mer Brown and fell in love with him.
He was a man about thirty-eight, a
dreamer, an idealist and imbued with
much enthusiasm for the achievements
of Luella Morse, An enthusiasm
which had not to do with her financial
success. He frankly regarded her as
a sort of Messiah to women. His re-
spect for what she had done was with-
out limit; and he loved Luella.
They were married.
The Morse home by now has become
@ national Institution. Indeed, it is
spreading to all parts of the world.
The work of Elmer Brown has long
since transcended the confines of his
university and he now joins his wife
in propounding their fine and human-
izing schemes.
Meanwhile, the Elmer Browns have
time to gtve thought and consideration
to their own lives,
They live in a beautiful old farm-
house which they have bought on the
outskirts of the middle western city.
It has fourteen rooms and its upkeep
is Intricate and exacting.
Luella runs the elaborate household
herself. Its cares press upon her. Its
complexities disturb her. Its servant
problems are endless.
Privately, between Elmer and her-
self, they have decided it 1s worth It.
Ancient English Castle
of Historic Interest
Excavations at the anclent royal
castle at Berkhamsted have revealed
many Interesting details of Its early
construction. For many years thick
undergrowth and a forest of trees have
smothered the crumbling walls and
crowned the foundations of the keep.
From the embankment of the rail-
way station, which overlooks the ruins,
writes J. Dixon-Scott In the London
Dally Telegraph, you can now recon-
struct the character of the old fortifi-
cation, with its unusual double moat
and large shell keep, which stands
against a background of bared trees.
You also may regard with some doubt
the defensive value of a site over-
looked on the north by higher eleva-
tions. With the Introduction of ecan-
oon In the Middle ages its position as
a fortress must have become unten-
able.
Before that time the castle had been
the scene of events of historical im-
portance, It was here that London
made Its submission to William the
Norman. The conqueror’s half broth-
er, the ear! of Mortaigne, to whom
the castle and manor were presented,
greatly enlarged the old Saxon strong-
hold. In the Domesday book the cas-
tie was valued at £16. The Inventory
included two arpends of vineyards, an
unusual feature, all trace of which has
long since disappeared.
In the reign of Henry II the castle
and manor reverted to the crown, be
coming an occasional royal residence.
Edward II1 and the Black Prince held
thelr courts within its walls. Here,
too, King John of France, the lustri-
ous captive of the Black Prince, spent
some time of enforced leisure. Rlch-
ard II1 died at Berkhamsted, as did
his mother. the duchess of York, In
1408,
A variety of military accouterments,
coins, broken pottery and glazed tiles
have been dug up. Of these tiles,
which are reminiscent of Fourteenth
century workmanship, the most Inter
esting are those depicting designs of
the fleur-de-lys and one showing the
Lion of England.
Historic St. Male
Brittany, the “Land of the Sea” 1s
one of the oldest lands In the world,
and its Gruild stones of colossal size
date back thousands of years before
the Christian era, and like those at
Stonehenge in England are visited an-
nually by thousands. St. Malo on the
const has the appearance of a large
ship at anchor. It stands on s* rock
peninsula and is surrounded by mas-
give walls, which were built in the
Sixteenth century as a defense against
the French and the British. The
town is named after a Welsh monk
named St. Malo, or Maclou, who held
a bishopric here In the Sixth century.
“Thought” in Lower Animals
Some psychological laboratories
nowadays look like Noah's ark, for
many mind readers are trying to dis-
cover whether, or how well, different
} species of animals think, One trouble
with such methods is that animals
behave unnaturally In cages. The
way R. L. Garner studied animal
psychology was better. Instead of
putting animals in cages, he caged up
himself with a tame chimpanzee In a
Congo jungle for 120 days and ob-
served the behavior of the creatures
that stared In at him,
Vast Wealth of Tibet
“The Tibetans have so much wealth
in their country that If they choose
they could wipe off an empire's na-
tional debt, by handling them the
lump sum 4n gold,” sald a traveler,
recently returned from Tibet. His
opinion Is that there are vast aluvial
deposits of gold in “the land of the
Llamas,” and that they represent un-
told wealth. The Tibetans did not do
any mining, but just picked the gold
up from the soll, There were also
large deposits of silver and coppegy in
Tibet, all awaiting exploitation,
(Prepared by the National Geographic
Society, Washington, D. C.)
ARLY spring weans carnival in
Nice, capital of the French
Riviera. To this region crowd
thousands of visitors to take
part In the annual playtime.
But to enjoy it one need not become
a participant In this somewhat stren-
uous though good-natured huriy-burly.
Even as a spectacle, the carnival is
amusing. What the French ean't think
of—Iin the way of great cars topping
the roofs ; mounted groups impersonat-
ing anything from a knightly tourney
to a set of chess men; ludicrous fig.
ures of carrots, cocottes, Catherin-
ettes, and monocled men about town—
the Itallans, to whom Nice belonged
when the first carnivals were held,
add In the way of human Interest
The carnival occupies scores of
artists and hundreds of workmen for
months. Miles of silks and satins are
dyed In the official colors of the year.
The business as well as the appear
ance of the center of the city is trans
formed for weeks. Tourists accus-
tomed to the best are forced to humble
themselves before haughty conclerges
and reception clerks who but a month
before were obsequlious,
Carnival spreads his fame up Fifth
avenue, and along Cockspur street, so
that winter sallings show a marked In-
crease and a place in the Train Bleu
is worth a fight. For it a big comite
peace of mind
against and unsettling
weather which mocks at prearranged
schedules. Far into the night the com-
mitttee plans how to prevent two per
sons from occupying the same chalr at
the same time and still keep from re-
funding money once lured into its
coffers, .
All that Is stagecraft and manage
ment, as lifeless and dull to the out.
sider as thg back-stage gridiron or a
rack of numbered and lettered tickets
What makes a carnival is not the
elaborate plans of professionals, but
the touseled-haired amateurs, thelr
arms around girl companions, galvan-
ized into motion by the blare of third-
rate bands and adding to the formal
skeleton of scheduled pleasures the
meat and substance of vulgar, but in-
offensive, fun.
All Innocent Fun,
Strange as It may seem, the frivoll-
ties at carnival time on the Riviera
are as innocuous as “Needles Eye”
and “Post Office” at a donation party
in the little white church.
For a vapid dummy, Old King Car.
nival is a merry old soul. But it is
the free guests and spontaneous lollity
that furnish a spectacle worth seelng
and an experience that makes boils
terous revelers of stald visitora
However unconventional It may be,
he Riviera has its hidebound, brass
facked, three-ply conventions. At bac-
carat, win or lose, one must look
bored. “What does it matter?” Is the
expression to wear while sums for
which men have murdered or mar
ried, stolen or slaved, are tossed neg.
ligently back and forth,
King Carnival knows no such re
striction. “Do as you please” is his
motto. In the proclamation which he
issues to his subjects, Including the
police force, there is no mention of
the fact that “liberty does not mean
license,” or that “true freedom Is
freedom to do right”
Yet there are conventions, even amid
confett! showers. The masker must
disguise voles as well as face, and
preferably assume the costume of the
opposite sex. This leads to some
coarseness. But when some uninitiated
town lad discovers his Junoesque
curves slipping, hls safety-pin, safety.
first efforts are so sincere that one
forgives embarrassment, of which he
so evidently has the major portion,
The home town of Massena, Garl
baldl. and Catarina Segurana Is a
hulking place, a combination of ugll
sess and beauty, of industry and idle
unsettiod
Ness, an city whose
tlong Independent of the tourist horde,
vumbering a quarter million visitors a
year, just as the Palllon flows unno-
ticed under the Casino, the Place Mes.
sens, and the perennially beautiful
gardens,
Why It Is Best in Nice,
Its very size Is what gives the Nice
festival precedence over the carnivals
of Cannes, Mentone and Grasse.
nival here has a popularity
vivacity of its own,
dance to his piping, flutter about his
bright lights in gay masquerade, and
Valley or Kalamazoo.
“Foreigners” come and go.
India,
burst into polychrome brilliance above
dark waters
pups from a wide area.
sues Its wonted way
old town, in the Industrial
of St. Roch and Riquier, or in
business centers.
Yet Nice pur-
districts
the
But let King Carnival issue his revo.
lutionary manifesto, doff his tricorne,
and shoulder his Gargantuan way
infant, rushes to the show.
velers keep thelr heads Wine flows
freely, but drunkenness 18 not com-
mon.
followers are strangely absent.
serious exception can be taken.
Confetti and Flowers.
Carnival and paper confettl,
a happy combination. Carnival and
Notre Dame or the walls of Carcas-
sonne,
Those who know
and dress in cloaks with a raffled
hood to protect the ears; but the
splendid white horse ridden by the
marshal, in his red hunting jacket, has
to stand the pelting without benefit
of armor. Plaster confetti] 1s the size
friable enough to become chalky dust
beneath one's feet,
In a flower battle, Nice puts the ac-
cent on the battle instead of on the
flowers. It makes the concession of
forbidding the throwing of bouquets
tied with baling wire, and of selling
nosegays rescued from the mussy
street, but the promenade is as crowd
ed and disordered as for a Corso
Carnavalesque,
A minimum decoration, consisting
of sickly bouquets tied to the lanterns
of an ordinary carriage, will enable
its driver to rent It to those who don't
know any better, and to occupy a
place in the parade. Bowers of beauty
are sandwiched In between rheumatic
hacks, which, in obeying the letter oi
the law, have exhausted all spirit
whatsoever,
These obstructions are filled with
deluded folk, who spend the morning
picturing themselves In the heart of
a flower battle and the rest of their
lives wondering why they ever tried
to compete in a beauty parade with
those whose chariots are completely
hidden by choice blooms,
For flowlr battles, one does Setter
to go to Cannes, Cagnes, Grasse, Men.
tone or Benullen, where the event is
a sort of family affair, where the am-
munition Is sweeter, the carriages and
cars more uniformly dainty, and the
spirit more cognizant of the fact that
a flower should be a graceful tribute
rather than a missile.
TALES...
of the TRIBES
By EDITHA L. WATSON
The Cheyenne
A band of Cheyenne in full panoply
must have been one of the finest
sights of the
plains, We can im-
agine them ns
they rode along:
War bonnetted,
armed with their
deadly bows and
arrows, lances, and
stone-headed clubs,
carrying eircular
buffalo-hide
shields, and above
all, every part of
their outfit, even
to hoods on the
Cheyenne, ponies’ heads, rich-
iv ornamented with
beading, quillwork, and feathers.
A Cheyenne village, too, must
conleal ti
have
of
ip
for the 8
were painted with scenes of battle or
ree
kept nearby for fear of raid-
a perfectly
horses,
no doubt
Although typical of the plains tribes,
the Cheyenne were not always horse
Indians, hunters of buffalo.
that they once lived in Minnesota and
on the Missouri river, where they
however, be
gan to press the Sioux, their neigh
bors, westward, and the Sioux crowd.
ed the Cheyennes until finally they
found themselves upon the plains, and
their lives to the changed
The travois aided them In
travels: a network lashed on
poles, which were tied to a pony and
dragged behind on the ground.
must be crossed, the
of buffalo hide stretched
race, who found
necessity die
were a versatile
means of doing what
Now, however, a change came upon
them. Drifting west and south, they
came to a fork of the Platte river, In
where they settled
Perhaps, had they stayed there, they
culture and pottery making, to modify
the nomadic, hunting life they had
In 1832 however,
established on the Arkansas river In
Colorado, and a large part
tribe decided to move into the vicinity
definitely by
treaty, and became the Northern and
prond, contentious, and
The Ki-
owa, who resented the encroachment
of the Southern Cheyenne, fornished
this branch with foes for eight years,
when peace was finally declared. In
Mexico,
they
as to make a rald into
this ended disastrously, as
far
but
among their warriors. The Chiving
ton massacre and a battle with Custer
further weakened them, and
the outhreak of the southern
tribes In 1874.5, they surrendered, and
homa, In 1901-2 the lands of the
does not agree with them.
The Northern Cheyenne have had
joined with the Sioux
ull, and were active in Custer's last
hattle the whites under Mack.
enzie caused them to surrender. They
were sent to the reservation in Okla-
homa, but they were unhappy there.
The “fighting Cheyennes” were not
fond of peace, although bound to ob
serve it, and, too, that part of the
country was strange to them. They
made several attempts to escape; In
the winter of 1878 a band composed
of some 98 men and 146 women and
children made a desperate effort to
get away. They were pursued almost
to the Dakota border, and in the fight
lost about 40, mostly warriors, includ.
ing one of their leaders. The captured
runaways were taken to Fort Robin.
son, Nebraska, and here they made a
second attempt, In which 32 more of
thelr people were killed, Little Wolf,
one of the leaders of this enterprise,
managed to get away and about 60 of
the Northern Cheyenne followed him,
They were never content with their
Oklahoma homes, Let the Southern
part of the tribe accept them-—the
Northern division would still fight,
After much unrest they were finally
moved to their present home in Mon.
tana, where they are slowly increas
ing and seem to be content.
(B. 193), Western Newspaper Union )
While many people believe that the
Indians originated In Asia, there are
others who claim them to be the Lost
Ten Tribes of Israel, or descendants
of a Welsh colony, or from Greece,
China, Japan, Phoenicia, Ireland, Poly.
nesin, or Australasia, ‘Thelr real
origin 1s still In doubt.
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