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XXVIII (continued)
“Am I overdressed?” th* nrur
mured. "I did not know. ... f
thought 1 would dress as If—well,
•a If Kfia'd been invited by one of
my own friends ”
"Quit* - right. To ‘dress down’
would have been fatal. And Gora
must spend a small fortune on
her clothes. . . . But you . . . you
... I have never seen you ” -
"I anj fond of green," she said
lightly. “Couleur d'esperance.
Shall ire go
He followed her down the stairs
and before they reached the crowd
•d ropjft below he had managed
to set his face; but his heart was
poundl<Sg.h He gave Gora, who
cam* forward to meet them, a
ferocious scowl, but she was too
much engaged with Madame Zat
tlany to notice him: and so, for
that matter, was the rest of the
company. Miss Dwight’s gown
was of black satin painted with
flaming potnsSttlas, and Clavering
saw Madame Zattlany give It a
swift approving glance. Around
her thin shoulders was a scarf of
red tulle that warmed her brown
cheeks. She looked remarkably
well, almost handsome, and her
strange * pale eyes were very
bright It was evident that she
was enjoying her triumphs; this
no doubt was the crowning one,
and sh* led Madame Zattlany Into
the room, leaving Clavertng to his
own devices.
It was certainly the "distln
rutshed party’’ he had promised.
There eight or ten ot
the best-kqpuu aovejijsts and story
writers Jhe.cou.ntry,, two dramat- (
tats, several of the.-younger * pub- <
Ushers, moftt of the yoifng editors,'!
critics, columnists, and Illustrators, >:
famous in New York, at least; a
few poets, artists; the more seri
ous contributors to the magazines
and reviews; an architect, an es
sayist, ’a sculptress, a famous girl
librarian ot a great private library,
three correspondents of foreign
newspapers-, and two visiting Brit
ish authors. The men wore even
Ing Jhe woriien, if not all
patrons of the ranking “houses"
and dressmakers, were correct.
Even the artistic gowns stopped
short of delirium. And If many
of the women wore their hair
short, so did all of the men. Ev
erybody ,lu the room was reason
ably young or had managed to
preserve the appearance and spirit
of youth. Clavering noticed at
once that Mr. Dinwiddle was not
present. No doubt he had been
ordered to keep out ot the way!
Miss Dwight led Madame Zat
tlany to the head of the room and
enthroned her, but made no Intro
ductions at the moment; a young
man stood by the piano, violin In
band, evidently waiting for the
stir over the guest of honor to
subside. The hostess gave the
signal and the guests were polite
if restless. However, the playing
was admirable; and Madame Zat
liany, at least, gave it her undivid
ed attention. • She was, as ever,
apparently unconscious of glances
veiled and open, but Clavering laid I
a bet with himself that before the ■
end of the encore—politely de- 1
manded—she knew what every
woman in the room had on.
The violinist retired. Cocktails
were passed. There was a surge
tbw’ard the head of the room.
Tlavering had dropped Into a
chair beside the wife of De Witt
Turner, eminent novelist, who,'
however, called herself in print
and out. Suzan Forbes. She was!
one of the'founders of the Lucy
Stone League, stern advocates of
the Inalienable Individuality of
woman Whether you had one
adored husband or many, never
should tbat Individuality (presum
ably derived from the male parent)
be sunk in any man's. When Su-,
ttan s busband took his little family
travelling the astonished hotel reg
ter read: De Witt Turner, Suzan
Forbes, child and nurse. Some
times .explanations wera weari
some; and when travelling in Eu
rope they found ft expedient to
how tri prejudice. Several of the
Lucy Stoners, however, had re
nounce) Europe for the present, a
react iojpary government refusing
tn issue separate passports. You
took vour husband’s name at the
altar, didn't you? You are legally
married? You are? Then you’re
no more miss than mister. You
re to Europe as a respectable mar
ried wpman or you stay at home.
,“o tbsy stayed. But they would
win iu'the end. They alwaya did.
As foij tha husbands, they were
amenable. Whether they really
approved of feministfes in extenao,
or wety merely good-natured and
itt-i tgent after the fashloL* of
Anuridan husbands, they wera at
-••••• ir>»!n*ntd Qwjoeal,
br. t ,ut lyuunj married woman who
were “doing things," however,
were not Lucy Stoners, advanced
as they might be In thought. They
were mildly sympathetic, but rath
er liked the matronly, and posses
sive, prefix. And, after all, what
did It matter? There were enough
tiresome tumors to scale. Heaven
knew. This was the age of woman,
i but man, heretofore predominant
; by right of brute strength and hal
lowed custom, was cultivating
subtlety, and if he feminized whils
they masculinized there would i>«
the devil tp pay before long.
Miss Forbes was a tiny creaturx
wholly feminine In appearanc*.
and in spite of her public activi
ties, her really brilliant and Initia
tive mind, was notoriously depend
ent upon her big burly husband
for guidance and advice In all
practical matters. When they took
a holiday th* younger of his chil
dren gave him the least trouble,
for she had a nurse; he dared not
give his wife her ticket In a crowd
lest she lose it, far less trust her
to relieve his burdened mind of
any of the details of travel; nor
even to order a meal. Neverthe
less, he Invariably, and with com
plete gravity, introduced her and
alluded to her as Suzan Forbes
(she even tabued the Miss), and
he sent a cheque to the League
when it was founded. His novels
had a quality of delicate irony,
but he avowed that his motto was
live and let live.
Miss Forbes was not pretty, but
she had an expressive original lit
tle face and her manners were
charming. Janet Oglethorpe was
a boor beside her. It was doubt
ful if she bad ever been aggressive
in manner or rude in her life; al
though she never hesitated' to give
utterance to the extremest of her
opinions or to maintain them to
the bitter end (when she some
times sped home to have hysterics
on her husband’s broad chest).
She was one of Clavering’s fa
vorites And the heroine of the com
■>«tty he? so- far rejected:
4 She viijt a,(Cigarette rsiths music
fij}iahe4,aad pinebed it imp a hold
er. pearly .as long as her face. But
even smoking' never Interfered
with her pleasant, rather depreca
tory, smile.
“It must be wonderful to be an
authentic beauty." she said wist
fully. glancing at the solid phalanx
of black backs and sleek heads at
the other end of the room “And
she’s ravishing, of course. k The
men are sleepless about her al
ready Do assure me that she Is
stupid! Nature would never treat
the rest of us so unfairly as to
.-■pare brains for that enchanting
skull when she hasn’t enough to
go round as it is. 1 believe I'd
give mine to look like that.”
"She's anything and everything
but stupid. Ask Cora. They’ve
met already.”
"Well, there’s something.” she
said wisely. “Law of eftmpensa
tion Although any woman who
can look tike that should have a
special dispensation of Providence
Are you Interested in her. Clavey?”
"Immensely. But I w;ant to talk
to you about another friend of
mine.” And he told her something
of Anne Goodrich, her ambitions,
her talents, an- 1 her admiration ot
the new aristocracy.
Suzan Forbes listened with smil
ing interest and bobbed her brown
little head emphatically. "Splen
did! I'm having a party on Thurs
day night. Be sure to bring her.
She’ll need encouragement at first,
poor thing, and I’ll be only too
glad to advise her. I'll tell Tommy
Treadwell to find a studio for her.
I've an Idea there's one vacant in
The Gainsborough, and she'd love
the outlook on the Park. Witt can
help her furnish: he’s a wonder
at picking up things Mother can
furnish the kitchenette Do you
think she’d join the Lucy Stone
League?"
“No doubt, as she was brought
■up in the most conservative atmos
phere in America, she’ll leap most
of the fences after she takes the
first. But I don’t think she’s the
marrying kind."
“I shall advise her to marry.
Husbands are almost indispensable
In a busy woman's lltet and there I
are so many new ways ot bringing |
up a baby. D’you like my gown?"
It was a charming but not ex
travagant slip of bright green chif
fon and suited her elfishness ad
mirably, as he told her.
“I paid for ft myself. I pay for
all my gowns, as I think ft can
sistent. but I can’t afford the ex
pensive dressmakers yet. At least
1 think I've paid for it. Witt says
■I haven’t and that he expects a
collector any day. But I must
’have, because I told her to send
the bill at once so that it wouldn’t
get lost among all the other bills
on the first of the month. Your
column’s been simply spiffing late
ly. Full of fire and go. but rather
—what shall I call it—explosive?
What’s happened, Clavey?”
"Good of you to encourage me,
Suzanna. » I’d thought ft rotten.
What are you working at?’’
‘T’ve just finished a paper on
John Dewey for the Atlantic. I
was so proud when Witt said he
hadn’t a criticism to make.**
(To Be Continued) -J ‘'
'CITIZEN W URGED
AS NATIONAL DEFENSE
IN PERSHING'S REPORT
Reduction of Civil Training Hint
ed As Disastrous By U. S.
Staff Chief
TRAINED OFFICERS NEEDED
Would Increase Present Armed
Force To 150 000 Men and
13,000 Officers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7.—Condi
tion of the national defense system
■presents a serious problem winch
should receive thoughtful consiu
eratio nfro mevery responsible citi
zen,’’ General Pershing declared
today in what will he his last an
nual’ report as chief of staff of
the army. By the time the next
report is due, the former command
er of the American Expeditionary
forces will have reached the retire
ment age of 64.
"We have mad,e progress in the
organization of the framework of
a great citizen army,” he said,
“but the total number of individ
uals under military supervision has
decreased by 15,000 during the past
three years. This decline presents
a serious problem which should re
ceive the thoughtful consideration
of every responsible citizen.”
General Pershing devoted his re
port largely to the question of “the
creation in time of peace a corps
of officers to instruct our men and
to lead them in battle.” Basing
his statements on the results of the
time he devoted during the year
to inspection of summer training
camps, he reported that reserve of
ficers had exhibited readiness to
make personal sacrifices in order
to fit themselves for duty but that
the War Department had been able
to give them little assistance, "the
truth being that we have neither
personnel or funds sufficient for
this purpose.”
There has been “temporary dis
ruption” in the regular army as
was to be expected, he continued,
due to reorganization under the
national defense act. He added,
however:
“With a full appreciation of the
need for economy, I urge that the
regular army be brought back to
the strength of 150,000 enlisted
men and 13,000 officers; that it
be suitably housed and enabled to
conduct dnartnewres on-ta
moderate scale; What Oft natioi® I
gqard b$ given t£e support "nec®-
sary to.pern.it jts piw're.-sive j
velopmefit towHßr a strength op‘;
25(1,1100;' that the. ikelqjM orgaSM'
zation of the W
adequately maintained; that the
funds appropriated permit reserve
officers to receive an average of
15 days training in each three or
four years; that the reserve offi
cers’ training corps units be ftu-.
then developed, and that)
be made for a Biciea.se InJ
the number accommodated %nnu!l- ;
ly in the citizen miltary training
camps.”*
The officers reserve corps now
consists, General Pershing said, of
approximately 77,000 officers of
whom 50,000 are war veterans. An
nual replacements of at least 7,-
000 second lieutenants must be
provided to maintain the corps, and
this year only about half that num
ber were commissioned from the
reserve officers training corps and
other sources. During the last fis
cal year there were about 92,000
regulars and 160,000 national
guardsmen in continental United
States, or a decrease of 30,000
from the strength of these two ele
ments of the army that edsted in
1921.
Due to lack of funds, the report
said, enlisted personnel of the reg
ular army “has had to be exploit
ed in performing non-military du
ties in preparing and maintaining
camps of instruction.” It added
that housing had been poor for the
troops but that “fine morale and
cheerful spirits” was exhibited by
both officers and men' even under
these conditions.
“Present appropriations,” said
General Pershing, “have provided
only for the living expenses of the
military establishment and have not
adequately cared for the upkeep,
nor for its progressive development.
War stocks of supplies have been
utilized to the maximum advantage,
and many articles are now exhaust
ed. The temporary shelter built
during the war has in most instan
ces become unduly expensive to
maintain and is unfit for occupan
cy.- Essential measures for the de
fense of the Panama Canal and our
overseas possessions have been held
in abeyance, although a number of
years would be required for their
completion.”
PHI KAPPA NEW
GEORGIA CLUB
ATHENS, Dec. 7.—lnstallation
of the Phi Kappa Phi fraternity, a
new honorary organization, has
been perfected at the University of
Georgia. The charter membership
of the new organization amounts
to thirty-five persons, and is com
posed of members of the faculties
of the university proper, the State
College of Agriculture, and mem
bers of last year’s senior class at
the University who were among the
petitioners.
THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER’ h (
TIFTON CITY OFFICIALS
ELECTED; NO OPPOSITION
TIFTON, Dec. 7.—The general
election held in Tifton Wednesday
to elect a city commissioner and a
member of the city school board
was a quiet one, only one person
offering for each place. W. B.
Bennett was elected city commis
sioner to succeed M. E. Hendry,
whose term expires January 1. He
received 72 votes. Mrs. Maud B.
Smith was elected to the city school
board to succeed- T. A. Mitchell,
whose term expires January 1. She.
received 74 votes.
GOOD ELECTED NEW
CEDARTOWN MAYOR
CEDARTOWN, Dec. 7.—John 1
W. Good was elected mayor of
Cedartown over C. B. Chapman by
a vote of 537 to 311 hi the primary,
election here Wednesday. The gen
eral election will be held next Wed-I
nesday, officials assuming office
the first of the year for two years.■
Col. Homer Watkins retired as
mayor.
W. A. Cason defeated J. C. Bushy
as alderman from second ward,
143 to 53; A. L. Bridges defeated
S. J. West as aiderman from the
fifth ward 85 to 60. G. ,M. Norman
was elected aiderman of the first
ward without opposition, W. T. Ed
wards, W. K. Holmes and R. F.
Lowther were re-elected to .he.
school board without opposition.
Election for aidermen from the oth
er wards will be held next year.
FEARING ACTION BY MOB,
ACCUSED MAN IS MOVED
COLUMBUS, Dec. 7.—Fearing
violence after his arrest Thursday
on a warrant charging a statutory
offense, county authorities Thurs
day afternoon rushed Otis McFar
land, 21, of 206 Ninth street,
Phoenix City, to the jail in Opelika,
Ala.
The warrant for McFarland’s ar
rest was issued upon the allegations
of an 8-year-old Phoenix City
who was declared to be in a seri
ous condition. McFarland was ar
rested by a member of the Colum
bus police force and was turned
over to Chief A. E. Gullatt. He Was
placed on the afternoon train with
Officer Carey Willis and taken ,to
Opelika. McFarland steadfastly
denies his guilt.
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DE BOUCHEL- CANDLER
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$5C0,000 Breach of Promise Ac
tion To Be Heard During
January at Atlanta
ATLANTA, Dec. 7.- The suit for
$500,000 brought by Mrs. Onczima
De Bouchel, New Orleans society
leader, against Asa G. Candler, Sr.,
Atlanta multi-millionaire, alleging
breach of promise, has been tenta
tively set for trial on Wednesday,
January 30, it became known
Thursday morning when the calen
dar for the United States district
court for this district became pub
lic.
The date will be definitely fixed
when Judge Samuel H. Sibley hears
motions for changes in the calen
dar on January 17. A dispatch
from New Orleans Thursday night
indicated that the prosecution will
not seek a postponement.
The suit was filed on February
17, but the January calendar is the
first to include the case.
Mrs. De Bouchel in her petition
alleged that Mr. Candler broke
their engagement to many after
refusing to furnish her with the
names of persons who are alleged
to 'have given him information
which was derogatory to her repu-1
tation.
GEORGIA IS AUTHOR
BIOLOGY BOOKS
ATHENS, Dec. 7. John D. .
Wade, associate professor of Eng
lish at the University of Georgia,
formerly of Marshallville, Ga., is
the author of a new biography, “A
B. Longstreet: The Progress of Cul
ture in Georgia and the South,” to
be published soon by a New York
house. The book is said by critic?
who have read the manuscript to
be one that will be read with keen
interest by people through the
South and especially in Georgia.
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