OCR Text |
Show 'Way Way 'WayBackWhen WayBackWhen 'WayBackWheno 'WayBackWhenBy ' Back o When WhenBy By JEANNEGARBO JEANNE JEANNEGARBO GARBO LATHERED LATmRED : FACL FACES IN A ABARBLR ABARBER ABARBER BARBLR BARBER SHOPIF SHOP IF YOU had walked Into a certain certainS certainS'ockllolm S Sockholm S'ockllolm Sockllolm * ' ockhoim barber shop 'way way ' back back1n backin backin 1n in 1920 . , you would have seen v . utstful utstfullittle wistfullittle Istful IstfulIttt1e Ittt1e little Greta Garbo working up a alathcr alather alather lathcr lather and preparing preparmg hot towels for forstubbly forstubbly forstubbly stubbly faces as she assisted the theloc'll theloctl thelocil loc'll locll loctl ' barber Later in 10 Bergstrom's Bergstroms Bergstrom'saepartmcnt Bergstrom'saepartmcnt Bergstrom'sdepartment Bergstromsdepartment ' aepartmcnt store you might have havetnlcen havetaken havetaken tnlcen taken a second look at the pretty prettyhttl prettylittle prettyhttk httl\ httl little httlclerk \ : ' ? clerk who sold you a hat But ButIf Butif Butif If someone SOl\leone SOl leone \ had told y ; ) ou she would wouldone wouldone wouldone one day be bc world famous in m pictures picturesfor picturesfor picturesfor for her portrayals portraY'11s portraY11s portray-us portray us ' - o of ! romance pas passlon pasSion passion slon Sion and ecstasy , itould it \ would \/ould ould Mould / hlve have hlveseemcd haveseemed haveseemed : seemcd seemed too fantastic to believeGreta believeGreta believe believeGreta Greta Garbo was WlS : born in 10 1905in 1905 in inthe inthe n nthe the mill district dlstnct of Stockholm Her Herfather Herfather Herfather father was a poor machinist machmist and andher andher andher her mother mothcr an nn uneducated fQrm farm fQrmwomQn farmwoman farmwoman womQn woman The mysterious airs and andaloofness andaloofness andaloofness aloofness of the great Garbo of to tod'1Y tod today d'1Y d1Y d ' iy arc are mtuial n'ltUial nltUial natural ' for they were truts traits trutsof traitsof traitsof , of the sensitive little daughter of ofthis ofthis ofthis this poor family Her father dlcdhen died dlcd diedwhen ' f r T TIt It . ' 3t < aa aar 3ta a , 'Jb Jb 'Jbr 'Jbx ' , r x re retihen , I } t \ when \/hen hen tihen / , she was fourteen fourtecn and nnd she went wentto \ wentto \ ent entto to work in the department store to tohelp tohelp tohelp help support her penniless penntless mother motherher , her small brother and sister The Themanager Themanager Themanager manager of the millinery depart department departmeat department ment meat chose her to model hats and andthrough andthrough andthrough through publication publtcatIon of photographs photographsmade photographsmade photographsmade made then tl-en tl en - , she shc was given a chance chancein In motion pictures Her rise to fame famew fame\\as fame as w \ \ as rapid , and the little ltttle lather girl girlof girlof girlof of Stockholm became the greatest greateste greatestexample greatestexample e example ample of movie publtcltyOne publicityOne publicity publtclty publicityOne One of her very first pictures picturesasawarded ssas ssasawarded v . \asawarded asawarded \ as asawarded awarded the Nobel prize pnze , and she shereceived shereceived shereceived received the medal of the New York YorkFIlm YorkFilm YorkFilm FIlm Critics CntIcs tor for her performance performancein performancem m in "Anna Anna " Karen Karcn na " Men fought foughtduels foughtduels foughtduels duels over her , and famous direc dIrec- dIrectors directors directors - tors , writers and actors have sought soughther soughther soughther her favor So , think t\\ice t ice trice \ \ \ Ice before beforeyou beforeiou you ou laugh at that neighbor's neighbors ' child childl1th childuith childwith \l1th l1th uith \ the theatrical ambitions Thegreat Thegreat The Thegreat great Garbo was once a lather llther : girl gn"U gnU " ! e * ' " t * . e . eMOTOR MOTOR MOTOn BOAT KING KIl.G KIlG RING ' . WAS WAB A ACATILL ACATTLE ACATTLE CATILL CATTLE HERDER nLRDrR HERDERSOMETIMES HERDERQOMETIMES : SOl\IETIME SOl IETIME SOMETIMES QOMETIMES \ : I think thlnl-c thlnl c - we place toomuch toomuch too much emphasis on the stigma of offailure offailure offailure failure A man may fail fall a at tone tonethIng one onething onething thIng after another anothcr that he at- at attempes attempts at attempts - tempts tempes , but he is never a failure failurehimself failurehimself failurehimself himself until he quits Many a for for- fortune fortune - . tune has been built upon past Plst : mls mis mlstakes mistakes mistakes takes Gar GQr Wood s father had a avlewpomt aviewpoint aviewpoint vlewpomt viewpoint something like hke that , and andhe andhe andhe he instilled mstIlled into mto bis hIS children the be belIef belief behef lIef that thlt : even though they tailed failed m in man inan inan an endeavor , they had fun in m try try- trymg trying trying - ing mg it it itGar . . Gar Wood was born in Maple Mapleton MapletonIowa ton , Iowa , in m 18/2 18 2 1812 / one of 13 chIldren chIldrenAll childrenAll childrenAll All of the children had to earn mon money money money ey early to help make expenses expensesand expensesand expensesand and Gar had hld : little formal school schoolmg schooling schooling mg ing When only a boy . , Gar worked workedas as a cattle herder tor for one dollar a aday aday aday day He loved boats and enjoyed enjoyedconstructmg enjoyedconstructing enjoyedconstructing constructmg constructing mechanically mechamcally run mod models models models els from clock parts At the age ageof ageof ageof of thirteen , his unusual knowledge II IICE CE T Tt t al 0 0I I of boats run by motors got him a aJob ajob ajob Job in Duluth on one of the first firstgasoltne firstgasoline firstgasoline gasoltne gasoline craft cr'ift crift cr'1 cr1 ' ' t to dock there As AsautomobIles Asautomobiles Asautomobiles automobIles became popular populQr , Gar GarWood GarWood GarWood Wood was hired to sell themHe themHe them themHe He obtained one odd job after an another another another other He was a teacher of elec elcc electnclty elcctricity eicctncity tnclty tricity and gasoline glsoUne : motois motOls motors in n a nntght anight anight ntght night class He ran a garage Cor for Corawhile forawhile forawhile awhile in St Paul PQul One thing after afteranother afteranother afteranother another he tried tncd , and failed faded to ad adDance advance .ance ance Dance . A le.s les less lcs : . > s philosophical man a aless aless aless less courageous man might have havebecome havebecome havebecome become stagnant But not G\r G r Gxr GrWood GxrWood GarWood " \ Wood His mindlas mind \ was \las las eras ever alert to toDCW tonew tonew DCW new opportunities in mechanics mechanicsThen mechanicsThen mechanicsThen Then he perfected a hydraulic hOIst hOIstfor hoistfor hoistfor for trud truckb trucks : : . , risked the family s 5 sa\ sa sat sa1I1gs satmgs sa\ings sa ings \ 1I1gs mgs in 111 constructing a model and andbecamc andbecame andbecame becamc became wealthy almost ovcrntghtSuppose overnightSuppose overnight ovcrntght overnightSuppose Suppose this man had h'ld hld h-id h id ' - been as asutterly asutterly asutterly utterly stricken with shame as assome assome assome some of us think thmk we might be , when whenhe whenhe whenhe he failed Called ! In n his first attempts to tomalre tomale tomake malre male a successful sUt.cessful sUtcessful . living hVIng He prob probably probably probably ably never would have had the cour tour courage tourage courage age to risk all the money he had hadsaved hadsaved hadsaved saved for Cor the model of an Invention Inventionolhels inventionothers inventionotheis olhels others told him wa was : . Impractical ImpracticalWNU impracticalWNU impractical-WNU impractical WNU . . -WNU WNU @ - -WNU WNU - Service |