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Show Former Springville Girls ' "Man and Wife" For Years Masquerade Revealed When Los Angeles Officers Arrest Pair on Suspicion of Mann Act Violation. . , , , . . v; Years ago Catherine Wing and Stella Harper slarled chumming together to-gether in Springville and Mammoth, Mam-moth, Utah. They rode the hills together on their cow ponies. In their h days they shared secrets and spent TeiXgtng for adventure together to-gether has landed them behind the bars of the Los Angeles county jaTon a suspicion of violating the-Mann the-Mann act. Was Girl Barber Catherine was a girl barber by trade in Utah and Stella was w.th her as much as possible. The two began dreaming of Can fornia and the romantic lure of this country. They decided to com , and try their luck. But two girls traveling together rufmtc 'll sorts of difficulties .they realized. Yet they wanted to be t0fteseemed a glorious idea to Catherine Cath-erine to pose as a man. She so-cured so-cured several suits of young mens clothes, well tailored. She was larger and five years older than her girl chum and decided de-cided she would pose as, Stella s hus- bawith a slouch hat pulled well down over he eyes, she passed very well for the good-looking young husband, "Bill Wing," who sheltered and protected "his" young W When they arrived in Los Angeles Ange-les the two girls we're still enjoying their ruse of playing man and wife. Catherine started on a search for a barber shop and finally started m business at Pico and Figueroa streets. , , . She figured that a man feels that only a man can shear the bristles of a whiskered face in the correct manner, so she kept up the impersonation. imper-sonation. Successful Impersonation During the1 days and years that followed, Catherine wore trousers, a white barbered apron and talked baseball, politics and business to her customers. Little Stella kept house- in the .rear of the barber shop and cooked the meals for the two. But the strange impersonation which grew out of the friendly companionship of the1 two girls was brought tq a close as the arm of the law locked the doors with the girls inside the jail. Tho outcome t of the unique case is doubtful. |