The Sunday Oregonian., November 20, 1921, SECTION FOUR, Page 4, Image 60

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TIIE SUXDAT OREGON IAN, PORTLAND, NOVE3IBER 20, 1921
OLD MAXIM, "WAGES OF SIN IS
DEATH." STILL TRUE AS EVER
Career of Evelyn Nesbit, Who Recently Attempted to End Her Life,
Cited in Evidence Exploits of Another, Once Famous, Recalled.
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THE Wages of sin Is death.
A maxim hoary with age and
trite with usage, all will agree,
yet as truthful today at It was cen
turies ago, and which now draws par
ticular attention as a result of the
recent attempt in New York city of
Evelyn Nesbit, who went through two
murder trials to save Harry Thaw
from the electrla chair, to commit sul
olde In her apartment above the small
tea shop In the theatrical section of
the metropolis, where she had been
trying to eke out an existence with
dubious success for the past few
months.
Life was becoming wearisome to
the womtn who 14 years ago was in
oommand of millions and was the most
discussed of her sex in the entire
world. She was finding conditions
unbearable. She hated the past and
the future seemed to hold nothing for
her.
Whatever hope she may have had
for better days seemed to be blasted
when a city marshal appeared In her
tearoom with a disposses notice for
"non-payment of rent. With him were
six negroes, who started to remove
the furniture to the street. Miss Nes
bit, through her attorney, obtained a
two-hour delay of the eviction, but
at the end of that time there was still
Be sign of the money needed.
Big Polnoa Dose Taken.
The marshal was sitting in the shop
waiting Instructions, when he beard
the telephone ring. It was Miss Nes
bit calling and to one of her maids
he said:
"I have taken enough morphine-to
kill a truck horse. Tell them I don't
care what they do now."
She was saved, however. Quick med
ical attention removed the poison.
Miss Nesbit is still good looking and
still comparatively young. So she
goes on facing perhaps many years
of existence. What will they bring
to her? Time alone can tell. But an
unhappy death of tho sort which has
overcome many a beautiful girl who
strayed early In to the gilded eddy
of human existence was very close to
her.
Other women before her who rode
on the high wave of riches, popularity
and gayety, whose exploits enabled
them to hold the spotlight of noto
riety for years, were not as fortunate
In escaping the grim reaper. Once,
like Miss Nesbit, beautiful butterflies,'
their lives were finally crushed out.
Instead of burning the candle at both
ends, they burned 10.000-kilowat
torches from every conceivable angle.
But in the end they came to sorrow
and death.
Famous Beauty Recalled.
Many of our elder citlienry will un
doubtedly remember a famous beauty
who shot like a streak of lightning
across the horlion In the early '70s.
Joule Mansfield was a name that con
noted fastidious living. And yet this
same far-famed Josie was once as far
removed from gayety and high living
as a thoroughbred is different from
a selling plater.
She was originally Helen Josephine
Mansfield, New Kngland born, but
brought up la the golden west of
California. There she became the
wife of an actor named Frank Law
lor, from whom she was divorced In
1865. Following her short cruise on
the matrimonial seas she became the
protegee two years later of James
Flak Jr.. known as "Admiral Jim," of
the Sound steamship line, or "Prince
Jim" of the Erie railroad. She was
Installed in a palatial home in New
York and had everything that the
heart of a human butterfly might de
sire. Flsk literally showered her
with money. Jewels, gowns and horses.
About this time another man was
attracted by the beautiful Josie Mans
field. His . name was Edward S.
Stokes and he vied with Fisk in
Wealth and political power. Despite
the fact that Fisk and Stokes were
friends. Miss Mansfield encouraged
the attention of both men, with the
result that their friendship finally
turned to hatred. They fought each
other In the stock market and In the
courts, but the feud did not reach
a. deadly climax until January 5, 1872.
when they met on the stairway of
the old Grand Central hotel. Sud
denly the guests of that once fa
vorite hostelry heard the report of
a pistol and Fisk fell, mortally
wounded.
Relief Sought In Pari.
Miss Mansfield unsuccessfully
brought a suit for $200,000 against
Visit's widow and then fled to Europe,
where she sought relief In the wild
jrayety of Paris. In 1891 over there
she was married to Robert Living
stone Reade. a society and club man
of New York, who told his friends:
"I am drinking myself to death and
only Josie can save me."
Four years later they were divorced
and in 1910 Keade reduced to poverty,
died on this si of the Atlantic. A
short while later the once beautiful
Josie Mansfield, faded and gray
haired, returned to this country. She
Is now dead. Her manner of passing
away has been enshrouded In myetery,
tor relatives having kept the detail
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of her death a secret, and now she
is only a memory.
A meteorto existence, Indeed, did
Josie Mansfield have, but not a whit
more so than that of Evelyn Nesbit.
Since Harry Thaw was committed
to Mattewan fallowing the slaying
of Stanford White, wealthy architect,
every venture which his former wife
has tried has seemed to result in
failure, all of which probably led to
her unsuccessful attempt to do away
with herself.
Not So very long ago she blamed
her misfortunes on Thaw's money,
saying that It had caused a long trail
of trouble and disaster, and that
everyone who has been connected
with, it had auffered none more so
than she.
Evelyn's Beauty Attracts.
Evelyn Nesbit was born in the
little town, of Tarentown, Pa., near
PIttaburg, on Christmas day, 1885.
Her father, a struggling lawyer, died
when she was 9 years, old. Finally
the family drifted to New York and
Evelyn, then young and Innocent,
became an artist's model. Her face
ana form attracted stieh attention
in studio circles that Stanford White,
an architect of International fame,
soon chanced ro meet her and she be
came a frequent visitor at his studio.
Broadway, ever ready to worship
beauty, soon became Interested in the
Impetuous little girl with the big
blue eyes that had a way of making
men feel dtxzy. and she was sought
after by theatrical producers. She
eventually went on the stage and
about this time Harry K. Thaw, son
of a Pittsburg millionaire and mem
ber of one of the leading society' fam
ilies of the east, was sowing "wild
oats" by the bushel along the great
white way. He met the, fair Evelyn
and the inevitable happened.
He lavished money on her, greatly
to th. objection of Stanford White,
who, although married, tried in every
way possible to break up the friend
ship between Thaw and his young
protegee. Finally the couple were
married In the Thaw mansion in
Pittsburg on Christmas eve, 1903.
Just before the ceremony Evelyn
sobbed out to Thaw the story of
White's relations with her, and the
hatred of Thaw for the architect,
borne of White's efforts to keep the
young couple apart, burst into pas
sion. Architect Slain by Thaw.
Later came whisperings that White
had seen Evelyn since her marriage
to Thaw. The whisperings soon be
came common gossip. On the night
of June 25, 190, Just two and one
half years after the wedding. Thaw
and Evelyn attended the show on
the roof of Madison Square Garden,
Thaw excused himself from the
guests at his table and walked over
to Stanford White. Without warn
ing he drew a revolver andi shot the
architect dead.
Thaw was eventually sentenced to
the Mattewan asylum for the- insane,
and Evelyn remained in New York.
Ii 1918 Evelyn gave birth to a ehild
which she ninmt Rims el Thaw, short
ly after which she became estranged
from the Thaw family and the allow
ance which she had been receiving
was cut off. In 191S Thaw escaped
and the following year was granted
a divorce from Evelyn, one month
after which she married Jack Cltfford.
her dancing partner.
Then came trouble Is the Clifford
household and Evelyn, was sued for
divorce by Jack, which action is still
pending. EveJyn then opened her tea
room. For a time things went well
there, but of late business fell off
with the result that the former
artist model fell behind in her rent
payments..
NEW BILLS ATTHE MOVIE'S
fOmtlnge'l From FTryt PaifO
was prepared for the screen by June
Mathis.
The scene is placed at Coney Island,
where Lytell appears as Curley Flynn.
a Coney Island barker working at the
Widow Boland's roller coaster known
as, "A Trip to Paradise." Curley Is an
artist In his line and jaazily content
until Noraa O'Brien appears on the
scene.
Nora fills Curley with aspirations
that soar far beyond the limitations
of his Job. They get married with
the recklessness of young love and
Curler's sudden respectability makes
him irfeless for the Widow Holana s
purposes. Out of work and with a
wife. Curley grows sourly discontent
ed. He's ready to qulta Nora and go
back to the widow when he finds he's
to become a father. Desperate with
anxiety for his coming child, he en
gages In a safe-blowing exploit in
which he gets shot. Under ether he
feels himself in paradise before God's
court. His wife's prayers have won
him another chance to make good as
man. And through prayer comes
redemption.
niVOLI HAS DRAMATIC FILM
"Tho Son of Wallingford" Has
Burning Lake Scene.
"The Son of Wallingford." the at
traction at the Rlvoll this week. Is
not a crook story in the accepted
sense of the word. It was Georgs
Randolph Chester's Idea to show the
home life of a crook, and "The Son
of Wallingford" Is- the story of family
life and not a tale of crime and its
criminals. It has its moments of
comedy, its spectacular and thrilling
sequences and through it all runs the
vein of flilial love and duty.
In this story, which is by no means
a sequel to any previous Wallingford
tale, the well-known and beloved
"Get - Rich - Quick Wallingford" is
viewed from a new angle of his char
acter.
There is no semblance of crime nor
allusion to it in the story. Rather It
Is built upon young Jimm) Walling-
ford's handicap of being branded as
'Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford's" soru
Mr. Chester has introduced many
new effects and methods in screen
story telling, based upon his years of
knowledge of what appeals to the
public.
Wilfrid North. George Webb, Tom
Gallery and Prlscilla Bonner, besides
a large cast of all-etar players, make
up the list of actor to interpret the
story.
The most thrilling scene In the pic
ture Is that In which hero and hero
ine are shown rowing on an inland
lake covered with oil, which catches
fire. The flames speed along the sur
face toward the unsuspecting couple.
Escape seems absolutely Impossible.
Walls and sheets of flame are on all
sides and fierce tongues or fire are
seen licking at the sides of the row-
boat, while a pall of smoke is blown
fitfully back and forth. The climax la
dramatic
'CAMILLE" SCREEN TRIUMPH
Famous Play Modernized for Movie
Proves Success.
"Camilla," In which Nazimova is
appearing at the Peoples, has been
modernized for the screen in an adap
tation by Juno Matt) Is. who wrote the
continuity for the Rex Ingram pro
duction of "The Four Horsemen of
the Apocalypse."
In Rudolph Valentino, the, dashing
young aetor who plays the role of
Armand Duval, Nazimova has a lead
ing man of brilliant gifts who has
won much praise for his perform
ances In "The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse," as Julio Desnoyers. and
In "The Conquering; Power." as
Charles Graadet.
The story is about a young Parisian
law student. Armand Duval, who
loves Marguerite Oaut'.er, known as
Camille, a notorious, oeautiful wom
an who abandons,rer Parisian haunts
and decides to llv simply and unob
trusively with him, Armand's father,
anxious for the family honor, pre
vails on her to leave his son. Camilla
consents, returns to her cabaret night
life, but is deserted by her friends
when illness attacks her. Slowly she
sinks to poverty and neglect and at
last dies, happy in the thought that
she prevented Armand from ruining
hts chances of a career. Before she
dies, Armand has learned of the sac
rifice she made for him.
In addition to Rudo'.ph Valentino,
Naslmova's supporting cast includes
Independently Qwned
OPENS AT
9 O'CLOCK
IN THE
MORNING
A Chaperon Usher
OlMCBE
Independently Operated
CLOSES AT
4 O'CLOCK
FOLLOWING
MORNING
Always in Attendance
Today and Tomorrow Double Attraction
"TO PLEASE ONE WOMAN"
Come and tee!
The eternal lure
of the daughters f
of Eve, glowing f
with life on the
screen!
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Also I Also
"The 1921 OJ Pathe
Pendleton ' L VVA t NeW5
Round-Up" - ' ,1 Mutt and
Admission
to This S' COME!
Special r r--e.-r"?!
Programme
Sunday '"j 7
Monday fXV
Edward Connelly, Rex Cherryman,
Arthur Hoyt. Zeffie Tillbury. Ruth
Miller, Consuelo Flowerton, Mrs.
Oliver and William OrUmond.
Ray C Sma.llwoid, associated with
Naztmova in all her recent produc
tions, directed "Cam! I.e." Rudolph J.
Bergqulst photographed It and Na
taeha Rambova had charge of the art
direction.
A feature of "Camllir- Is the man
ner in which the stage settings have
been designed; they follow the mod
ern school tn evoking the atmos
phere and mooda of the plot.
MISS DU POXT AT MAJESTIC
Film Star Seen in Picture. "The
Rage of Paris."
"The Rage bf Paris." starring Miss
Du Pont, Is at the Majestic.
The p'cture is a screen adaptation
of a magazine story, "The White Pea
cock Feather," by Du Vernet Rabell.
The scenario was written by Luclen
Hubbard.
"The Rage of Parts" Is a narrative
of a girl's -struggle between love and
her mother's selfish desires, fihe re
linquishes her lover and marries the
man of her mother's choice. He has
wealth and good looks bat she
loathes him when he proves himself
a despicable cad.
She has been cheated out of life
and she determines to leave her hus
band. She goes to Paris, takes np
dancing and scores such a tremendous
success that she becomes "the rage of
Paris." In all the glamour and fame
she still craves the love of the man
dented her by a selfish mother.
The working out of this Intensely
Interesting drama carries the story
from the night life- of Paris to the
sands of Arabia.
Supporting the star la a cast of such
notables as Jack Perrln. Ramsey Wal
lace. Eva Southern, Leo White. Elinor
Hancock. Mathilda- Brundage. J. J.
Lanoe and Freeman Wood.
Jack Conway directed the picture.
'AFFAIRS OF ANATOL' AT STAR
Genius of Cecil B. do Mille Seen
at Its Best In Production.
Cecil B. de Mille, one of the fore
most motion picture producers tn the
country, displays his genius at Its
best In "The Affairs of Anatol which
is at the Star. From every standpoint
investiture. Its all-star cast, sump
tuousness of settings, brilliance of
directorial execution, richness of cos
tumes, quality of story and general
artistry, this picture marks a distinct
epoch in screen production of the
decade. The story, wrlten by Jeante
Macpherson, and suggested by the
famous play by Arthur Schnitzler,
deals with an Impressionable young
man of wealth who finds time to in
terest himself in the affairs of others
and who learns by practical experi
ence that It pays best to attend to
one's own affairs and let others do
the same. The cast Includes such
stars as Wallace Reld, Gloria Swan
son, Elliott Dexter. Bebe Daniels,
Monte Blue, Wanda Hawley, Theo
dore Roberts, Agnes Ayres and Theo
dore Kosloff. Their portrayals are
artistic and add vastly to the value
of the production. The photography
by Alvin Wyckoff and Karl Struss is
beautiful.
VAMP PICTURE AT CIRCLE
"To Please One Woman" Showing
Today and Tomorrow.
When a dark-eyed beauty who
knows men from shoestring to collar
button Invades a small town with the
avowed intention of "vamping" the
best-looking male in sight, things are
bound to happen quick. "To Please
6ne Woman," showing at the Circle
theater today and tomorrow, proves It
The woman In the case ia one of
those dainty, selfish creatures for
whom lots of otherwise sensible men
give up e very thing. In this case the
man is a young country doctor who
is loved by a nice girl, but gives her
up when the "vamp" comes to town.
Their shattered romance Is just one
sample of the selfish woman's In
fluence. Others are vividly given. In
the end, of course, true love wins out.
"To Please One Woman" was writ
ten and produced by Lois Weber, who
Is said to be the first woman to In
vade the ranks of the photoplay pro
ducers. Claire Windsor, Mona Lisa,
Edward Burns, Edith Keesler and
George Hackathorne are the chief
players.
Trout Fry -Plentiful In Montana.
MISSOULA, Mont. Thousands of
trout fry have recently been dlstrih-
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A lifetime's experience with
these two famous characters
condensed into one splendid
story. It covers a lot of amus
ing incidents when the son
tries to decide whether or not
he should "follow the dear
old dad."
SALVATORE
SANTAELLA
directing the big
Rivoli Concert Orchestra
in the finest music ever of
fered in any theater on the
Pacific coast.
Program of Concert Today
at 12:30
'Poet and Peasant," Overture (re
quest) Von Supps
"Badinage" Victor Herbert
"The Only Girl." selection
Victor Herbert
"Melody in F," paraphrase
Rubensteia
"Second Hungarian Rhapsody"
Frans Liszt
Wkir Coaeert.
"Second Hungarian Rhapsody"
. rans i.isit
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uted in the streams of western Mon
tana. The fry were hatched and
reared at the state fish hatchery at
Anaconda. Mont. Greater care la be
ing taken in the planting of the fry
this year than in the past, according
to William F. Bossier, of the state
fish commission staff. In the past, he
said, the young fish have often been
the prey of larger fish. Suitable
spots are being picked 'out this year
where the fry will be free from enemies.
ship in the club must either submrt a
working model of a radio set or de
liver an explanatory address on wire
less telegraphy.
Elk Becoming Plentiful.
MISSOULA. Mont. Elk are becom
ing plentiful along the Maud river In
the Bitter Root national forest, ac
cording to J. B. Clark, a fire ranger.
The animals are protected by the
very nature of the country. It would
take a hunter three days to bring an
elk out on horsi-bark. Clark said.
"There is nothing I could wish bad
tnough for a hunter who would go In
and kill an elk for head and teeth.'
declared Clark.
Ninety million liters of wine arc
lying in cellars In Portugal because
there Is no forrljtn markrt.
Montana Schools Teach Wireless.
GREAT FALLS. Mont. Members of
the Tech club at the Great Falls high
school are experimenting with wire
less telegraphy with a view to estab
lishing a radio communication serv
ice between the high schools of Mon
tana. Four members of the club
have wireless sets with which they
have picked up messages from the
Pacific coast and from the Great
Lakes. Every candMate for member-
First Return of "The
AFFAIRS OF ANATOL"
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Cecil B. DeMillesH fi i
Latest and Most ' I J I
Production fV' i
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Lavish
Cast Includes
Wallace Reid
Gloria Swanson
Elliott Dexter
Bebe Daniels
Monte Blue
Wanda Hawley
Theodore Roberts
Agnes Ayres
Theodore Kosloff
Polly Moran
Raymond Hatton
Julia Faye
TODAY!'
Amateur Night
Every Friday
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the intense drama
who for & certair
strange reason cast
love to th winds anj
became the most
talked-about woman
in Europe
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CECIL TEAGUE
At the Wnrlitxer and In Ton
eert Today at 1:30 P. M.
rKOCBAMMEt
The Fral Berth
The (tardea ef Mr Heart. Ball
Three Twins. Selection
HoM-hos
Alfte tn a remarkable render
Ins ef "In bunny Teane
see" Hub?
COMEDY SPECIAL! ?
BEN TURPIN
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