The Sins of Hollywood ()

. How the - ETTY had aspirations to be somebody. Early in life she learned that if a girl cannot be good she must be fairly careful. This grew to be her motto. Born in a Western state where men see fit to provide for more than one wife—brought up among these strange surroundings the girl had talent in more ways than one. She learned to play the piano at first, then she took up the violin. When fifteen years of age she sought and obtained a position playing for dances with an orchestra. Thus she was able to purchase the baubles and dresses which appealed to her as the greatest pos- sessions a girl could acquire. But Letty was young then—only fifteen. She is older now—and wiser—much wiser. The Past has a baleful look to her—a saddened, chastened look. A forbidding Memory haunts her, taunts her. And this is the story: | Growing into a fairly pretty girl who knew how to wear clothes, a winsome expression, an innocent face, with a simulated poise that was always on tap, Letty heard of the movies. She had played in a theater where pictures were shown. The lure of the