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Show I ONCE A lEiLE I . NQWJJERM1T II MR8. MARIE A. BIEDESELLE II DWELLS ALL ALONE .IN BIG II 8ANTA ANITA CANYON. II SUBSISTS ON FRUIT ALONE 1 1 Books and Piano Are Her Only Com- I pantoni Dresses In Simple Garb II and Declares Hers Ideal Exit Ex-it Istenee. l Los Angolcs, Cal. Tucked away In II a soqueatered nook of tho Dig Santa II Anita canyon, whoro sho la living tho II Ufo of a hermit, 1b Mrs. Mario A. Rled- II esollo, who at one tlmo was consld- I jj 'ored ono of tho most beautiful of Now I York's long line of handsomo women. Iji The onco famous beauty now sleopB II on a bed of plno needles, which she II religiously gathers fresh every day. H Her food Is fruit and borrles that she I gathers fromHrecs and bushes around lli hor hermitage. 1 1 When seen by a roportor recently, II the hermit was at first reticent, but llj finally was Induced to talk about hor I I cxlstenco In her lonely canyon. She I would not relate tho circumstances I which led to her going Into Bocluslon m and firmly refused to talk about hor I husband. I "I spent seven .years In Alaska," I she told the reporter, "and those eov- at cn years were the most miserable of .11 my life. I endured hardship after I " hardship, and the only frlonds I could I claim for my own were tho dogs. I When I left Alaska I could not bear I to leave them. I could not ship them out of the country, so I had them killed and Bkinncd." Sho showed a numbor of Eskimo dogskins, which carpeted tho floor of hor cabin, as proof. I "Out, then, you want to know how HI I camo to bo an Inhabitant ot this H lonoly canyon. Woll, I just camo hero, H that was all. I live on fruits and bor- M rlcs nothing thnt Is cooked and J sometimes I go for days with nothing H mora than an orange to. sustain mo. HI "Then, too," she explained, "I am a Hi great believer In fasting. I went 23 H days In Juno without moro than a Hi drink of water at a timo, and last H winter I fasted for 20 days! Ot Hj course I lost much flesh, but still I "My Life Is Life." kopt on with tho fast and now fool llko n now woman altogether. "You must not expect to seo much of a homo hero In tho canyon. Everything Every-thing I havo hero Is hand-mndo, except ex-cept my piano, which-1 saved out ot nil tho things I hnd In tho east. "I supposo you wondor why I llvo nut horo all nlono. It does seem strnngo, but, nil, this Is. tho Ufa to IM live It la tlio Ufa of a freo woman, M unchecked nnd freo from tho trammels tram-mels of n sordid civilization which binds Its dovotccs to tho potty conventionalities conven-tionalities or llfo. "My llfo Is life. It Is noL a moro cxlstenco. I hnvo something to llvo for tho birds nnd tho trees, nnd tho Bimllght. Some day I am coming out of my sholl nnd proclaim tho real Joy of living to tho world. "Thrco years ngo I was thought to bo dying. Now I nm healthy and robust. ro-bust. I havo studied to gain montal control over my body and I havo accomplished ac-complished that aim right horo. "During my hormltngo I havo road all tho authors," sho assorted, point- ilng to a library In a cornor of tho room. "I lovo Plato and Shakespeare nnd all tho rest, but tho author whoso works havo been of tho most uso to me. Is Socrates." That sho walks about 15 miles a day and lives entirely upon uncooked foods Is tho reason Mrs. Reldosollo gives for hor remarkable hoalth, She .shows evidences of having been a wonderfully beautiful womnn In her day and s still handsomo In a II tho, slnuourway, Sho speaks with tho clear onuncla-tlon onuncla-tlon of a well-brod woman and hor -f conversation Is rational and strikingly to tho point. Her tasto In clothing runs to tho simplest of garbs, A shirtwaist shirt-waist and skirt aro hor usual costume. The hermit lo unlquo In hor modes of Ufa and views on living, but oven ber practical explanation of why sho likes tho out-of-doors existence loaves ono to bollevo that there Is a deoper and perhaps moro romantic reason for her absolute seclusion, Her llfo Is a romance in itself. 4 , |