“I TOLD YOU SO” 8 8B By FANNIE HURST § FORO BR BRGRERBR ERY ACK in the days when “elocu- tion" was « maidenly accom- plishment, Clara Balley Bunting taught that gentle art, The two parlors of the modest home she occupled with her husband, Doctor Junting, were given over to her work. It kept her busy. There were two babies, and in those days the doctor's ractice, while never destined to be a large one, was of sufficient propor- tions to keep the telephone bell con- stantly jangling. It was only Clara Bailey Bunting's perennial enthusiasm for her work that made it pos¥ible for her to carry on her fragile shoulders the triple du- ties of wife, mother, and elocution teacher. As Clara used to say of herself, when she married George Bunting, she had not forfeited her stage career, but had merely postponed it. And George who doted on Clara's recitative talents, agreed that as as the children were of a self-sufficient age, Clara owed it to herself and to her art to resume her preparation for a career that had been nipped In its very bud by her young romance and subsequent marriage to the good-look- ing physician, - And of what subsequently happened was that, as the years drift- ed, Clara became more and more in- volved in home ties—the lives of her children and the problems of her hus- band. Teaching elocution was about as far as Clara advance toward her ultimate goal—the theater, And S000 more course seemed to of her enthus- fasm remained undoused. When she was thirty, a bit heavier, her blond prettiness a bit paler, her never too robust health a bit fraller, the sweet blue eyes of Clara Bailey Bunting were still fixed resolutely vpon the destination of the theater. There was dramatic to } mmalite yet the quality something undeniably Clara Jalley Bunting: with her maturity there came a Lady Macbethian quality to her volce and manner. She deepened, so to speak; took on a new poise, and worked more indefatigably than with “her girls,” as she called them. The young girls high schools and finishing the town came in numbers to study elocu- tion with Clara Bailey Bunting. It soon became apparent, even to Clara who loved her husband, that he was not destined success in his work. And yet, because she liked the nobility of the doctor's task, she dis- couraged her husband's vallant offers to abandon his medical practice for a more lucrative mercantile position, and carried on her own shoulders the upkeep of the little home, ever from the school of for By this time their children, a palr of pretty girl twins, were of an age when they, were studying dra- matic art with their mother. And how Clara Balley Bunting worked with these girls! Into them she poured all of her diverted energies. The these twins, and spent most of his time accompany- ing them to this and that entertain- ment. No local charity event, chil- dren's festival, or community ocea- sion, was without them. Their mother was kept busy by these entertainments, arranging new read- ings, new dances, new little dialogue scenes for the children, too, doctor doted on complete About this time Clara began to pre- pare for an enterprise that had long been smoldering in her mind. To- gether and the doctor wrote a little one-act skit which was to prise three characters: she CoOm- two daughters this skit, when York. That was year that the doctor developed a.spot on his lung, The next gix catastrophic months saw this little family, bewildered by adversity, packing themselves, bag and baggage, for the more benign slopes of southern California. It was thus out of a volition not her own that Clara Balley Bunting found herself catapulted into the heart of the new art industry known as the motion plecture. Then and there Clara Balley Dunt- ing. carrying now the additional load of an Invalided husband, took up her cudgels once more, In the front par- lor of a tiny California bungalow she sought to gather unto herself a new class of dramatic puplls sufficient to enable her to keep this tiny roof over her family's heads, After an fashion ghe succeeded, Young ladies straggled into the parlor of Clara Bailey Bunting for instruc. tion In the gentle art of elocution. The twine grew older, and it was to be Clara's and her invallded husband's Joy and delight to behold them when only in their sweet ‘teens appearing as “extrns’ in the local motion ple- ture studios of Hollywood. By this time Clara herself, forty, paler leaner, tireder, was now aspir- Ing 10 character roles. In between her teaching, running the household, catering to the needs of her husband and sewing for her girls, Clara was making hurried visits herself to the studios, registering with the agencies, sending her photographs, made up for The idea was to carry completed, to New the roles of her own creation, to various casting directors. One day the twins, on one of those flukes of good fortune that can occur in the unstable world of the theater, were cast for parts in a picture that featured the predicament of mistaken identity, It was thelr opportunity. The picture scored a success and the names of Evelyn and Edith Bunting became overnight, as it were, ones to be reckoned with in the world of the cinema. From this point, the destinles of the Buntings moved forward. Success comes quickly and dramatically in Hollywood. The Buntings found themselves transported from the tiny bungalow to a charming little villa on a rose-grown hillside. The Buntings acquired two cars, a roadster for the girls and a sedan for the doctor, who was unable to travel in an open car. The lean years were apparently over and, for the first time in her married life, Clara Balley Bunting found her- self in a position to concentfate on her own personal ambitions, By this time the gray was frankly out in her hair and her never too ro- bust shoulders were drooping notice- ably. But the doctor's confidence In her was undiminished. opinion undoubtedly had the makings of a magnificent character actress, The girls, full of the sophistication of the studios, and wise with the cruel wisdoms of youth, opposed thelr moth- er In her ambitions. The time had come, In thelr opinion, for her to sit back and enjoy some of the good things of life. They did not subject her to the hurt of it, but between themselves they indulged In some hilarity at her obsession that she was destined for a stage career, Poor darling. lest to Indulge her and let her talk, but just fancy mother, at her age, still earrying on the de lusion, There came a time when even the doctor, who still doted on the mother of his children, came a little sadly to admit to himself what delusion It was, Sweet dear, her life had gone in service to him and to her children, and yet the vitality of her desires would not die down, Clara was visual- izing herself in mother roles by now and character interpretations of old Indies, And as the demands of her house- hold grew lighter, as the girls were able to supply more and more of the creature comforts, Clara increased her visits to the studios. There were still a few puplls, too, the protestations of her daughters to the contrary not- withstanding. At fifty, Clara mother of two actresses herself, her ambitions, Jalley Bunting, successful screen held on robustly to About that time Evelyn married one of the world's most prominent screen stars and for the next flve years, be cause grandchildren quickly, there was an additional crimp in the professional dreams of Clara Balley Junting. It became necessary to take on a larger house, more servants, more domestic mechanisms, and it de- volved upon the grandmother to super- vise the lives of the three bables of the screen star, Evelyn. When Clara Balley Bunting was sixty the white snow of gentle old age her head. And when she walked out now with the doctor, they leaned quite mutually one upon the other. And yet to the embarrassment, In- deed the mortification, of her two married daughters and even her husband, Clara still made her visits to the studios, It became a sore and sensitive point in the family, this attitude of Clara's. Her daughters never referred to It and her, hushand pretended not to notice thé obsession. But through it all, with her white head high, Clara still referred to her future In dramatic art. When Clara Bailey Bunting was sixty-one this happened: Seated with came acute office of an large motion picture con- cern, a famous director, hurrying through, paused a moment before her, her brusquely and mo- tioned her into an adjoining office, Fifteen minutes later, Clara BaMey Banting was cast for a mother role that was to make her famous the world over. The family of Clara alley Bunting Is overwhelmed at the overwhelming success that has come to her, “I told you 80.” they all argue tri- umphantly to one another. “I always knew Mother had the makings of a great actress" (2 by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) {WNL Service) World War Participants The “Allied and associated” nations in the World war were France, Great Britain, Belgiam, Italy, the United States, Russia, Serbia, Rumania, Japan, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro, Brazil, China, Cuba, Costa Riea, Guatemala, Halti, Honduras, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Siam, San Marino and the Hedjaz (Arabia). On the other side, the central powers, there were Ger- many, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria. The first declaration of war was that of Austria against Serbla on July 28, 1014, Wheat Gift of the Gods The ancient Egyptians spoke of Osiris, the Nile god, as having taught tha dwellers In the Nile valley the use of the plow. Greek and Roman mythology Is fulleof tales of gods and demigods descending to earth to teach men the use of wheat, The Chinese hold that wheat was the direct gift of heaven, and there 18 evidence to show that they cultivated this cereal 2,700 vears hefore the beginning of the Christian era. ~Northwestern Miller, Smaller City Has No Need for “Skyscrapers” citles have carried concen. too far and must begin to think In terms eof decentralization, Cass Gilbert, New York architect, re- cently told the members of the So- clety of Arts and Sciences when they presented him with the soclety's gold medal for inaugurating the age of sky- scrapers with the Woolworth building. He also intimated that skyscrapers will not last indefinitely. Discussing the problems of modern eltlies in relation to skyscrapers, Mr. C 'Ihert said: “I doubt if skyscrapers are desir able for small cities, for they reduce property values by drawing tenants from surrounding bulldings, just as they do In large cities, only with more gerious economic consequences, As to whether the skyscraper, per se, ls sause or effect, I have leave that dis enssion In the competent hands of those who discuss whether the hen or first, “Transportation is the pulse of ure han life. As transportation provides ACCESS will develop. When business develops, then land is valo- able. When land Is bulld- ings will arise, “The architects for 30 the adequate Large tration egg came business valuable, years have development of for the future foresnw, Trained than to construct, r the need, but only he public begun to awak- been advocating city whi to plan they { recently en to clearly more Combine Planned for nization of building congresses, itects, bhullders, and rs. is to he n the committee on Industrial of the American Institute of Arc! daring 1081, according to the report of the Ham Orr Ludlow, is i nt of nssocl for ' try in distinguis! } between financials iy responsible and 3 irresponsible firm is also pre bulidie in bulging 1 erly recognize vary oof par " the \ continue its efforts tion of superior craftsma The committee tion to inform the nship, relieve unemployment public of the advantage of costs are from 15 cent below 11:0 ne bullding ow, while now, to 20 per normal, Modern City Planning Today we would not be with a city planned wholly by an en gineer: it might be an efficient city, but it would not he beautiful. Beauty is a i factor In our lives than efficiency, and that applies to radios and automobiles as well as cities and reg! more important People buy radios and automobiles for their beauty as well as for their efficiency: people move out of cities, because of the seanty of the surrot ings. They would rather spend the train and live In country than 15 minutes each day live In the Areas arous vide pleasant places In which to lives and if our citizenry is to develop in a vay we must see to It that the areas best suited for homes maintained exclusively for that pose. The plans should provide reservations, hours on and normal v fnre pure for parks, parkways, soning and rail transportation. —Exchange, Garden Worth While It cannot be denied that plants are what we desire In a garden, plants arrayed In such a manner that they enhance the design. So It is that we may look to “modernism” in the garden: design In new forms, but wit the same old plants, What will these new forms be? A garden magazine recently pub lished sketches for a garden in the “modern” style, designed for a house in the modern style. An article ac companied the illustration and In this it was explained that thare are three principles which make the modern gar den essentially different from any ever designed before. These three prin ciples are simplicity, unity and low cost of upkeep. most Effective Campaigning The time has come to stress road side beautification as much as safety. ns the Pennsylvania Federation of Garden clubs and the Council for the Preservation of Natural Beauty have been doing for a long time, The wom en of this state deserve every encour agement In their campaign for the elimination of roadside signs and the furiher benutifiention of the landscape hy planting flowers and trees along our main highways, Organizations of motorists, civie elub; and other groups are ulso participating In this good work, and thelr efforts must eventual ty prevail—Philadelpila Record, Preserving Roadside Beauty Nevada is the only state in the Union Laving laws regulating the eree- tion of signboards, No permit is Is sed for signs that will measurably mur ‘he roadside beauty, or obstruct Tiews, Constr "Bett OF {Prepared by the Mational Geographle Boclety, Washingion, | } King Pra- the United is one of the few impor now IAM, whose sovereign, Jadjipok, Is States, tant ruled by an absolute jut parliament visiting independent countries monarch despite the fact that there Is and ways a strikingly alr mali ed successfully graph offices number and some 600 post offices serve : every city and rural center. Wireless serv- ries, Two kinds of American visit bad 1 one gut romit rominenii Francl 1 » the kingdom's new § Bowes Sayre, the son's son perity. fri. ln w SRA States bureau of fisheries, are staunch aids to am. The former hea ied a nission which secured treaties foreign nations that removed : from : 1 restrictions: Doctor Smith now the l development of Siam’s The unwelcome the lovely but “Florida weed” The blue hyacinth of Florida, brought to th~ East & flower, has become a cause the queen of American visitor Is malicious water Indies ns curse. De Siam brought the first specimens for her garden from Java it is often called Java weed, but out in the country it creates a nation- al problem by clogging the Irrigation canals, It has earned the name, “blue devil” Siam, jungles, heavy rainfall are three ideas closely Why, then, must Siam build irrigation dams and canals? The answer is that the Jungles are In the mounta associated, bor. Us plain re. all. Because the Siamese grow must have 2 wealt irrigation, The Prasak project, with a barrage type dam, completed in 1024, serves 488.000 acres. The Subhan project, about completed, will have three times celves an 11 rice, are under way or have been planned Railroads show equal promise, Siam, by its position, is a natural railroad center of the world's densest popula- tion area. Bangkok, the capital, and Sinmese metropolis, Is the inevitable major railroad junction for all south and east Asia, Railroads Are Important A hint of the importance to Siam of her rallroads, all built since 1803, is contained in the recent report of an American agricultural expert. “I was told," he writes, “that a trainload of rice goes south daily for export to Malaya and the Dutch East Indies” Rice is to Siam what cotton Is to the Bouth. In some superficial aspects it would seem that Siam is several laps ahead of ultra-modern America. Knicker bockers still attract attention when worn by American women [nn eity streets, and bobbed hair only a few years ago was frowned on in some of our conservative business and social circles. Yet the Siamese woman wears the knee-length panung, as does her brother, and for generations she has refused to be bothered with long hair. She has a freedom that has developed a shrewdness and Independence In contrast to most oriental women, though she is apt to be unlettered. Bangkok, capital of Siam, is in loen. tion the New Orleans of the East. It is in the delta of the Menam river =*the Mother of Rivers"-—and domi. nates that stronm as the Crescent City dominates the Mississippi. In a sense It may be said that “Bangkok is Riam” much more truly than Paris may be said to be France or Buenos Alres to be Argentina. In a country af 11,000,000 inhabitants it is virtually the only city. lis popula. tion is nearly three-quarters of a mil lion, so that It in roughly midway In size btween Pittsburgh and 8t. Louis and has more than twice the popula. tion of Seattle. About it lie Biam's richest rice lands; to it come on the one hand boats laden with the prod. ucts of the country, and on the other | ocean-going vessels to unlos | and load exports: and from {t in turn the for the The are gdom Is equal to Bangkok, the Capital. In Bangkok the and of the government. The are distributed interior. i about king and his court the rhiy there {8 operated ma- ints 1g cen- country’s bi has and POW. been it in 3 4 odern ral capital king wnvenient, n cleaned, wn pa streets s ann it arasols Half a century was called “The Venice of the East” and fully deserved the title, for all transportation and m al the city bout numerous ago Bangkok a ens svat fimost ovement was by the lateral river or canals. Even and highways bridges const the now, though have been Tireels built, and tramways laid, the waterways are still of transcendent importance In the life of the city. Perhaps scene is the water market tiny boat with its cargo of a little lamp. The market he midnight until early during that period the structed the most whe food bears are srning market from And land with The high has a contrast in conditions of other parts of try. per Slam tea is pickled instead of being used as a First the leaves are i then they are steamed to rid them of tannin. Next they are i for fermentation, 8 process suggestive of the German preparation kraut. substance placed Inthe mouth until are removed. The appearance of the individuals with the balls in cheeks forms a never-ending source of amusement for travelers, Famous for Lacquer. The capital of Chieng-Mai, famous for lacquer ware and center of the teak trade. This region Is a land of boats Water routes form virtually the only lines of communication upper and lower kingdom. in eastern Siam a pleateau and a plain support a population its glimmering civilization extreme he coun t Curious customs abound. In beverage, sun dried, welghe The upper Siam Is its between rainy season to higher elevations which are barren and stony. Hence iving conditions are most primitive, The month of May marks the be. ginning of the all-important rice planting In Siam, King and cdurt and thousands of subjects turn out for the Rak Na or plowing ceremony. Be fore the vast crowd the minister of agriculture, dignified with a hat lke a spire and gorgeous gown, guides a huge gilded wooden plow drawn by two gaily decked bullocks, After the plowing various seeds and graing are spread before the bullocks, Oriental still in wpirit, Siam acquires modern occidental appointments of great variety, Phe government runs on a budget and Siam, too, has been passing through an economy program, The king, by way of example, cut his royal allowance by 3.000000 hahts The metric system has replaced an clent measuring units and became compulsory in 1030, Civil and com mercial codes have been published: there are 38000 Doy Scouts: the Red Cross has been organized. Chulalong: korn university, named for the mon. arch who, during his reign of 42 years, began the regeneration of the king dom, enters its fourteenth year, strong and growing. A, MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION “In fact, little lady,” the eminens doctor concluded, paternally, “you are not at ail well” The sweet little soclety flapper tear fully agreed. “Our nerves are entire ly wrong,” added the emineat one “and our stomach Is seriously out of order. In fact, we shall have to diet.” The poor child's big blue eyes filled to thelr “W-w-what color, doc tor?’ she asked, anxiously. —Stray Bto- ries. brim, LOVE FOR MUSIC The Artist—One devoted to music who is sincerel; must not love Miss Sweet] | scale of prices for frors the every big perform- ance. 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The boss was studying at the same time how to cut down ex- penses.”™ Guess His Nationality Movie Manager—What was the tron ble with that man? Ticket Seller—He has only one eyo and he insisted on my selling him a ticket for half price Unfinished Enterpprise *1 have discovered 8 new planet.” exclaimed the enthusiastic astronomer. “That's no' the hard part,” com mented the woman with a chilly veice “Now go ahead and discover some thing to do with iL" Violent Measures “id you sell for help when you were held ap? “} started to, but the bandity told me that if 1 dido’t shut up they'd call the police”
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