Film Fun (Jan - Dec 1919)

24 Vacation Aftermaths By Emma-Lindsay Squier THIS is the time of the vacation aftermath. All the stars have had their vacations and are back on the old jobs, and some of them are willing to be frank and tell how vacationing is not unmitigated bliss. Some of them, I say; a few stick to the old story that everything was perfectly lovely, including spiders, bumpy beds and fever blisters that won't heal. There's Wanda Hawley, for instance, who went up to Big Bear for a much-needed "rest." She and Friend Husband had a cottage which, they hoped, would insure peace and privacy. The first night there was a dance in the pavilion which lasted until midnight ; then I"""" '" ' ' " ' ' ' ' the stage came in at two | a. m., with horns tooting | and cheerful tourists | shouting. At four a. m. | the fishermen in the next f cabin got up to go fishing j and told the world about | it. And, to make the | night perfect, a skunk j wandered into the camp | and got frightened at | something. At six-thirty § the next morning a gong f was pounded until every | one was awake ; at seven | thirty it was pounded § again to announce break | fast and to thoroughly | arouse those who had | dropped off to sleep after | the first alarm. They | had ham for breakfast | and went, out fishing on | the lake. Wanda had a 1 thirst and wanted to J come into shore, but hus | band had a bite and f wouldn't. They both | got sunburned, and | Wanda was chased by a \ temperamental cow. It | was a wonderful rest — [ she told me so herself. |, , „ ,„„,„ „, , , , , „„„ „„„ Wallace Reid spent his vacation back in St. Louis, where he was born, and he telegraphed that he was enjoying every minute of the time. Now that it's over, however, he can be induced to tell the truth about it. This is what happened. On the last lap of the journey, there was a train wreck. Wally, with his usual luck, escaped unhurt; but as the collision happened at night, he found himself minus his daylight wearing apparel. The Mayor of St. Louis and a Reception Committee were waiting to receive him, but Wally, not being exactly in a receiving condition, sneaked into town via a taxi and Won da Hawley on vacation-location got into a hotel. Not without being recognized, however; and it wasn't but a few minutes that someone carried the word to the Reception Committee at the station, and the R. C. was on its way to do its duty. Wally was told of their arrival when they were outside his door, and he, being immersed in a tub of hot water, threw a Turkish towel about his manly form and received the Mayor and his gang with as much dignity as the costume permitted. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Desmond planned a sort of honeymoon vacation on Catalina Island, and to make it more exciting, arranged to fly over from Los Angeles Harbor in a hydroplane. The start """""" '" ' ' ' "" ' ' " ' '""I was beautiful ; but about [ half way over something | happened to the engine, | and the pilot had to deI scend to the water. Now, j drifting around in a hyi droplane on a calm and 1 glassy sea is very well ; | but when the sea is nei| ther calm nor glassy, | when it is, to say the [ least, choppy, drifting 1 around loses its charm. j Add to that, a dearth of | edibles and drinkables, a | high wind and a steady 1 course for the open sea, | and you will have a pic| ture of a happy couple — 1 not. The damage was | finally repaired, and the | plane landed at Catalina | fourteen hours after it | had left Los Angeles | Harbor. And when I | asked Mrs. Bill about the | vacation, she said it had I been perfect! Mr. Bill | told the truth about it. j Priscilla Dean was I literally "up in the air" | on her vacation. She j went up to Canada as n , „„„„„„„„„„„ „„„„ , ,„„„ „„; , , ;„„„,„, j the guest of the Canadian Aerial League, and the fair Priscilla christened the plain — T mean the plane — Priscilla, and was taken up in it to do all sorts of stunts, zooms, nose dives, tail spins and double loops. She had three proposals, two escapes from drowning, got lost in the woods and had a wonderful time. Up to date she's stuck to the same story. Douglas Fairbanks went up into the mountains for a week's "rest and relaxation," with a Ford, a camping outfit, two friends and his Japanese valet, Naka. The latter went ahead of the party to make camp and put up the tent.