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PAGE TWO THE TIMES-RECORDER DAILY STORY Published in Installments of Two Columns Each. Copies of Back Installment Available On Application at This Office. j/ySbrnvialibed*tomanWrilcr T Gertruds Pictures, Inc. Watch for the sere Llayd with Corinne Griffith *« Cl Cooertabt I>M hr O XXIX (Continved) •"Those whom I. tried to love would soon have tired of me had I not ffiayed the game as adroitly as thamselres, and if I had r mitted them to feel sure of me. The last thing any of them wanted was depth of feeling, tragic p.i aion. . . . My most desperate affair was my last—after a long in terval. ... 1 was in my early forties. I had thought myself too utterly disillusioned ever to Im agine myself in love again. Men are gross and ridiculous creatures in the main, and aside from my personal disappointments. I thought it was time for that chapter of my life to finish. 1 was amusing my self with diplomatic intrigue. I was in the Balkans at the time, that breeding ground of war mi crobes, and 1 was interested in a very delicate situation in which 1 played a certain part. “The awakening was violent. He was an AustHan, with an important place in the Government; he came to Belgrade on a private mission. He was a very great person in many ways, and 1 think I really loved him, for he seemed to me entirely worthy of it. He certain ly was mad enough about me for a time —for a year, to be exact When be returned to Vienna it was not difficult for mo to find an ex cuse to go also. Although Zat tiany was a Hungarian, he never visited his Hungarian estates ex cept for the boar hunting, and spent his time when on leave, or between appointments, in Vienna, where he had inherited a palace— I must tell you ihat the city resi dence of a nobleman in th. Dual Empire was always called a palace, however much it might look like a house. "1 shall always remember this man with a certain pleasure and re sprapt. for he is the only man who ever made me suffer. A woman forgets the lovers she ha- dis missed as quickly as possible Thdir memory is hateful to her. ■ likeli the memory of all mistakes But this man made me suffer lioi ribly. (He married a young girl cut-lot duty to his Homo, and un < xpe-etedly fell in love with her ■ Therefore, although I r>-.-w.- I and complefely, still do I times dwell with a certait ■ ■ pleasure on the memcirv of 1 “Havc'4 you never • since?" asked Clavering o',- He had returned to his ch.or “How lone ago was that?" “Quite sixteen years ago. 1 did not visit Vienna again for several years; in fact, not until after my husband’s death, when I return- I there to live. Rut by that time I hmk lost both youth an - •atitv. Hist-wife had died, hut left him an heir, and lie showed no disposition to marrv again; certalnlv he wn-■ as indifferent to me as I to him AVe-often met. and as he resneer, d my blind and my knowledge of En roperin affairs, we talked politics together, and he sometimes asked my advice. *Rut to go back. After that was ovlgr I determined to put love defi nitely out of my life. I believed then and finally that I had not the gift of Inspiring love; nor would [ eVer risk humiliation and suffer ing again. I played the great game of“life and politics. I was still beautiful —for a few years—l had ?.»• increasingly great position, all the advantages, obvious and subtle, ; that, money could procure. My maid was very clever. My gowns. R 9„ time went on, were of a mag nificent simplicity; al! frou-frous were renounced. 1 had no mind to invite the valuation I heard applied to. certain American women in Taris: ‘eldery and dressy.’ ” ■Clavering laughed for the first time. “I wonder you ever made a mistake of any sort. I also won der If yon are a type as well as an individual? I have. 1 think, fol lowed Intelligently your psychologi cal Involutions and convolutions so far. I am only hoping you will not get beyond my depth. What was yonr attitude toward your past mis takes —‘beyond what yon have told me? Did you suffer remorse, as I am told women do when they either voluntarily renounce or are permitted to sin no more?” “I neither regarded them as mis takes nor did I suffer remorse. Every human being makes what are called mistakes and those hap pened to be mine. Therefore I dismissed them to the limbo of the inevitable. ... As your world. 1 am told, looks upon you as the coining dramatist, it may appeal to your imagination to visualize that secret and vital and dramatic under current of what was on the surface a proud and splendid life. . . . Or. if there are regrets, it Is for the weight of memories, the com pleteness of disillusion, the slaying of mental youth—“which cannot sur vive brutal facts. “I think that for women of my type —what may he called the intel lectual siren—the lover phase Is Itwvfta'ble. We are goaded not only by the imperious demands of i womanhood and the hope of the j perfect companion, but by curiosl- | ly, love of adventure, ennui; poesb j ».k« r..«> ten version produced by Frank lountese Zattlany. _X A lortrvde Atkertva ...—J I biy some more s>h-. ::re com ph x vengeance on the Im bund who lias , wrecked our first illusions on Life | itself. Bringing up. family and so cial traditions, ba' n-thing to do with it. Only opportunity counts. Moreover, we are not the ' uliict qf our immediate fori-bem-. but a thousand thousand unknown an Nestors. . . "God! True enough!" ’’Unfortunately, tin se women who hare wasted so much time on fine I never realize the trash- f-ttilitv 1 until Time himself disposes .>( i temptation, and then ft is too l;ue | for anything hut regrets of another ; sort. The war may have sole d 1 the problem for many a desperate > spirit. I "My own case has assumed an , entirely different complexion With I my youth restored I have the world , at my feet once more, bin -i(-- guarded by the wis.dom of experi ence—in so far as a mortal ever qiav be. The bare idea of that old sa.ttr of | prowling sex fills me with,'ennui and disgust. The body may be young again, but my mind, reeimr gized though it is. is packed with i memories, a very Rook f. Life When I found that my beauty’ was j restored I thought of nothing less I than returning to the coniine" of I men in the old manner althoiif! quite aware of its powerful a’d n j the work I have made un tnv mi" 1 i to do in Austria Os hate j course, I have thought of tittle et; j but what this recrudescence of mi youth means to yon and ' > mv Rut—please do not interrupt ihi« i 1 shall not discuss with you at.-iin j until Monday—if then “But once more I wish to fin ’ I press yon with the fact that I n dnlge in nothing so futile as r< • i grets for my ’past.’ ‘Sackr 'ot.h ■■ ashes’ provokes nothing but .a «’ni!i from women of my type and ebiss Moreover, I believe that mv - ' tlon would not be complete withot that experience-—mine, understand 1 am not speaking for women of olhbr temperaments, opportunities of less Intellect, of humbler h-T actor, weaker will. . And I! 1 had persisted in virtue nt that time I should probably mnV n foot of myself today, an •v< ■ « -tore complete fool than women !■■ .'hen they feel youth slipping hut ‘'till are able with ’he aid of erf and arts to fascinate younger mm “That almost =fa"d’trdized chan ter I renounced poromp’orilv Mv pride was too great to permit mo to lip foolish even in t!m n-iva- o' | my nSind over in- n half • .-r did I make any of th a! r—t• t‘c attempts to keep lohldn 1 -’ voimv I , had seen too much of that, laughed at V too often. Nevertheless I i hated the approach of age, the d'- cav of beauty, the death of mas I netism. as bi'teriy as the s’llie-t | woman 1 had ever met. "Some women merely fade: lose their complexions the brightness of their eye. and hair. Olliers ' grow hdaiy. solid stout or llabhv: the muscles of the face and neck loosen and sag. the features alter I seemed slowly to dry up wither There was no flesh to hang or loose skin to wrinkle, but it soom ed to me that I hud ten tlin->s-tnd lines. I thought it a borr'd fate I could not know that Nature, moaning to be cruel, had given mo the best chance for the renewal of the appearance as well as the fait of youth. i'T suppose all this seems trivia! to you—this, mourning over lost. ; youth ’’ “Not at all. ft must have boon hell to a woman like you. As for women In general—they may make more fuss about it, but 1 fancy they hate it less than men." “A’es.’men are vainer than wom en.” said Madame Zattlany indif ferently.' "Rut I have yet to waste any sympathy on men. . . . “1 suppose 1 only fully realized ’ that my youth, my beauty, my mag netic charm, had gone when men ceased to make violent love to me They still pain court, for I was a very important person, my great prestige was a sort of halo, and I had never neglected my mind. There was nothing of significance I had not read during all these years. I was as profoundly inter ested In the great political currents of Europe, seen and unseen, as any man—or as any intelligent woman of European society. Moreover. I had the art of life dow'n to a fine point, and I had not forgotten that i even In friendship men are drawn i i to the subtle woman who knows f ‘ how to envelop herself in a certain I mystery. And European men are I always eager to talk with an ac complished woman, even if she has no longer the power to stir their j facile passions. “When 1 realized that my sex I power had left me I adopted an en tirely new set of tactics—never would I provoke a cynical smile on I the faces 1 onre had the power to j distort! With no evidence of re gret for my lost enchantment 1 re mained merely the alert and al ways Interested woman *,of the ■worl4. to whom men, if sufficiently j entertaining, were welcome com- 1 ' panlons for the moment, nothing j more." (T» Bs Continued), I 1 NEVADA BISHOP IS CALLED‘PAG PICKER; Collected Cdds and Ends Rugs Which Wer*t Made Into VVa.m Covering RENO, ev. Dec. 12.—Nevada has a I’ishop who glorie' in the ~t- ; ;,■ it; r I taker of Reno. He is the Rt R'-'V George Coolidge Hunting D- D- Episcopal Bishop the State, historian and curator of it- museum of history, carpen te ■ brickla-. cr, paintei and mechan ic’ it was ,e, who a short time ago bought a defunct -aloon and dance hall for 523.75 and promtply converted it into a chute 1 :. lie harks back to the good old days of Nevada ae.i is one of the staunvh friends of Tex Rickard. It may haw* 'leet ’torn Rickard that the Bishop got the prowess which, •twenty years ago, when a town I tilly announced that he was going t,> shoot Hunting on sight, enabled th,- future bishop, with no weapons but his bare hands, not only to beat the bully into subject in. but to make a life long friend of him. But with regard to the Bishop as "Chief Rag Picker of Reno,". A report has just been. received from Eagle. Aiasxa. of the receipt there of 375 quilts made by 45 Indian women of the Pahute tribe, who S THE LIST aMHCE!! | ■ THE SILLS STOCK i Must be Closed Out by December 24th Regardless of Price mg Oil Come and get your share of these Won- H W derful Bargains before it is too late M Men s Work Shoes C 9 Men’s Ribbed Union Suits SPI All Solid Leather For $2.50 Values; Special at $1.09 pfe-j 1 Children’s Flex Welt Shoes 49 Men’s Fleeced Underwear $2.45 and v Sold For $1.25 Everywhere .. ••'f' I Men’s Silk Plaited Sox ,j(| p Men’s Pajamas; Beautiful 41 OQ d, ,4 75c Value; All Colors Christmas Gifts, at .... $1.69 and ; 1 Leonard, Shaw & Dean and Bion 04 OC L)ne Lot Leonard, Shaw & Dean (PQ A A F. Reynolds Shoes; Close-Out Price <P*«*'*l Shoes, Special at ( Men’s Overalls 41 4Q One Lot Ladies’Black Kid Strap GC Extra Heavy, Best Quality <pl» iU Slippers; $6.50 Value at .. $1.93 a “ Men’s Dress Shirts 419 ft Men’s Silk Four-in-Hand Ties $2.50 and 3.00 Values sl.£J SI.OO Quality at Only 49C Bwi fe OTHER VALUES HERE. We are closing *3! out the entire stock. Do not pass up this ‘lffl ■lg| great opportunity to buy your Christmas Lm goods for less money. iwd I H. S. WALKER & CO. W THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER • I ate located on the Pyramd Lake Reservation in Nevada Diocese. The story about these quilts is sim- ■ pie.. The Woman s Auxiliary of the Episcopal church is in charge al 1 yramid Lake, Nevada of 45 In dian women. Word came from l- ; i;-l,op Rowe of Alaska that blan- 1 kets were needed by the mis-, sionaries up in that country. Bishop Hunting was intorme I that t'.e i i lihute women at 1 yramid Lake , i id nothing to do and would make the quilts if he would provide the | material. When this olfer got toi ■ the Bishop he began scouripg Reno I lor all sorts of odd and ends of i dress goods, etc., which could be | converted nto quilt material. Dis- ( ' ri gat ding racial, religious and otn-| ' r ties, he nl de a h,, u?( . tl) house I : canvas, poked into all sorts of nooks and corners, and, in a short time ' I had several automobile loads of as- 1 I parted tags toiling up the trail to! 1 Pyramid Lake. The 375 quilts made last year ; year were the first result of the , Illsh °r>N activities which brought to ' him the sobrquet of". Chief Rag I ■ Picker of Reno,” tnat ne now proud i ily carries. He is at work now to j rectoulble the output. | Hubby Really, Ethel. seven pounds for a hat is the height of iextravagance! ’ . Well, my dear. I simply have to (look nice when I am with you; you i ary so distinguished looking.— I Passing Show (London.) DR. WOOD ASSISTS IH IP RELIEF WORK Sailed With 16 Trunks Os Nec essities To Be Used In Campaign > i , SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 12. , T: ving with him 16 huge trunks tilled wtih dotting, bedding, blan kets, table linen, vestments, com munion silver, service books, altar j linen, everything from prayer books’ to victrola needles, including two ’ moving picture machines and fifty | reels of educational films and many ! .Christmas presents donated by rela-' lives and friends ranging from i worn garments to Christmas cards, ] for missionaries and other work- i ers who lost all their belongings in t the earthquake, Dr. John W. Wood, ! Executive Secretary of the Depart- ' ment of Missions of the National: Council of the .Episcopal church, j sailed from Seattle for Tokyo Ja-1 pan last week, to assist the church ! authorities n Tokyo in the disposi- ! tion of the Emergency Relief Fund of $500,000 which was started by the Episcopal church in America, ini-1 mediately after the earthquake, and | to which there has been contribut ed to date more than $400,000. Dr. Wood’s parting words were | an appeal to the people of the | church to continue th;.'; i fund so as to enable him to an nounce its successful completion at the consecration, in lokyo, on De-, cernber 7, of the Rev. Dr. Motoda ' as Bishop of the Diocese of Tokyo, a Diocese with practically all its I church properties in ruins and its clergy, workers and people beggar- j ed by the catastrophe. The Rt Rev. Thos. F. Gailor . President of the National council, sailed- with Dr. Wood, for Japan and will be the chiet ( onsecrator j of Dr. Notoda, and also in Osaka, 1 on December 10, of the Rev. Dr. > Naide, Bishop-elect of the Diocese I of Osaka. Bishop Gailor and Dr. Wood are commissioned by the Na tional Council to investigate the whole problem of the reconstruction of the properties destroyed, the probable cost of which his estimat ed at more than $2,000,000. MORE OVERALLS NEEDED Our friend, Tom Asbury, says “The trouble with the country today is that too many people are wearing Sunday clothes avery day." Tom is right to a ,ertain extent. Many people do very lit tle work when they are dressed up, and no 'doubt if they would | return to the old fashion of wear ing working clothes during the week and saving their best suit for Sunday, conditions would soon greatly improve. At any rate, it’s certain that work will improve the average fellow’s financial con dition quicker than anything else. 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