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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 25, 1924 Prince of Wales Sees New I York Night Life Disguised In Mustache, Knickers Eludes Reporters and Detectives As He Accompanies Toe- Dancer Through Bright Lights of Gay City BY STEPHEN HANNAGAN NEA Service Writer (Copyright by NEA Service, Inc.) NEW YORK, Sept. 25.—The of Wales, clad in knickers and l>nif-.j.i>ose, wearing a Charlie ChapftfeMustacne to disguise h ; s ideawy, eluded reporters, Scotland Yard men and secret service opera tives to see night life in New York with Miss Virginia de Lanty, a toe dancer, whom he had met in London, and Major Edward Dudley Metcalf, his aide and secretary, the actress revealed today. W’hile the Prince frolicked, Long Island society thought he was kept, from its presence by an accident to his motor car. He flitted about the gay spots of Greenwich Village, looked into queer shops and, rubbed royal el bows with other excitment seekers, without once being recognized. It accounts for one of the even ings the Prince did not spend on Long Island during his historic visit to New York. The tale would have been success fully locked in the memories secret chest of the pretty show girl, had it not been for a lost pocketbook—the ro-m! .wallet of H. R. H., being tend i ed by his secretary, who spent his fast evening in New York making a ( tour of supper clubs with Miss de Lanty. Found the Pocketbook When the major discovered he had lost the princely pocketbook, with a list of the prince’s “things to do tomorrow,” the police were called. They hurried to the apart ment but before they arrived the missing pocketbook was found on the floor of Miss de Lanty’s apart ment. behind a radiator, where it had dropped when Metcalf took off his topcoat. Had the pocketbook not dropped from the secretary’s pocket, this intimate story of the prince’s even ing out might n?ver have been told. “I was presented to the Prince two years ago in London when I was playing the ‘Tip top’ with the Duncan sisters,” tells Miss de Lanty her dark bobbed hair shaking a ges ture and her transparent hazel eyes flrwhing, “we taught him to relish the great American breakfast dish of h-im and eggs. “Then he came to visit New Yo’’k and I had no hope of seeing him again. .But unexpectedly, at a din ner party one evening. I met Major Metcalf, whom I also had known in London. “Just Too Funny for Words’ “Shortly after I attended a polo game and after the contest the' WE HAVE RECEIVED ANOTHER SHIPMENT.OF FLANNEL AND JERSEY-. DRESSES Our previous advertisement brought A us such splendid results on the of Jersey and Flannel Dresses, that we were forced to re-order im- . 1 mediately. This new order has been I I i / received this morning, and we are displaying another assortment of « A ■< Il fsi Flannels and Jerseys at the extreme- ' l| ly low prices of $lO and $12.00 | each. _ , IX Don't miss this opportunity if you J didn't get in on the last lot, for these 1 are real values that are offered. SIO.OO and $12.50 J Milady’s Fall Hat ! Silk Velvets and Panne Hats for ydu! Very attractive, chic, and smart. And the price—well, it means a great saving -for you. '* $3.50 We invite the ladies of Americus to come in and inspect our showing of the new Fall Hats. You 11 be delighted with the styles, and pleased with the prices, too. PEARLMAN'S Lamar Street , . u ~., . Americus, Ga. JVI ■ TOMB oli J ■ WhK | sHHnHy VIRGINIA DE LANTY _________ Prince, Major Metcalf and I drove in to New York. We decided to make the rounds of the Greenwic i Village places. The Prince had sev-‘ eral engagements on Long Island with people socially prominent, but he said ‘I guess I will have to use a broken-down car as an excuse to remain in New York this evening. ’ And he did. “We went to my aprrtment and then started the tour. Instead of taking the Prince’s private car, which would be easyily recognized, we went in a taxicab, with repor ers and guarding detectives on our trail. But our taxicab drive was successful in losing them and they never again caught up with us. “The Prince looked just too fun ny for words in his little disguise mustache. We went from place to place but nobody suspected the identity of the Prince. He gave me his wallet containing all his money and I paid all the bills and gave the tips. The Prince doesn’t know much about American money He thought half-dollars were dimes. “He doesn’t. talk'much. He is shy and unassuming. He is a good listener though and asks many ques tions that lead to long explanations. The Prince called me ‘Dutch’ be cause of my haircut. ‘I think you’re awfully cute,” he told me, and when I asked him 'why’ he replied, ‘Oh, just because —you look like -a Brownie,’ “When he was at my apartment he was .very much interested in a number of hats in my collection He especially liked a small, blue one —I guess tjiat is his favorite color “I danced a lot with the Prince. He likes to fits-trot best, but he is a miserable waltzer. And I thin ■ Major Metcalf is a far better dan-? er and more interesting. “Your Lps tell me no-no, but there’s yes-yes in your eyes’ is the favorite piece of music with the Prince. He asked me to hum it many times,” Likes American Boys Best The Prince paid a high compl’- ment to American girls. “I think there are many more attractive and well-dressed girls in America than in England, but there are more re-ti ly beautiful girls in England,” Miss de Lanty quotes him as saying. She is 20, and comes from Los Angeles. “I don’t think the Prince is hand some,” the actress confessed, “but he is cute and interesting and would be even if he weren’t a Prince, bit' I like Major Metcalf better. Ame rican boys, however, are far more thrilling than either of them.” For all her thrilling experience, Miss de Lanty is sad. rier real boy friend—the one to whom she is engaged—is out of the city. She knows he will be d.s pleased when he returns. The Prince and Major Metcalf are gone —but her sweetheart is returning. That’s the scene that worries her now. INJUNCTION BLOCKS 3-CENT RATE ORDER MONTGOMERY, Sept. 25.—The Alabama Public Service commission was enjoined Wednesday from fix ing a three-cent passenger rate in Alabama in thecase of the Louisville and Nashville railroad. 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Forget for a few minutes that you have been looking at it year in and year out. Ask yourself if it would appeal to you as a place in which to trade —then make the necessary corrections, and bring it un-to-date. Are you allowing your next door neighbor to get more business than you are getting? Is he doing more advertis ing than you? Are you telling your friends and customers about the merchandise you have on your shelves—how are you telling them about it? Printers’ ink will carry your message far and wide, and in the most economical man ner. Americus has a potential trading territory of not less than 25 miles in a circle. This 25 miles takes in NINE COUN TIES! How can you possibly reach less these 135437 people that reside in this territory? Have you realized the fact that there is a potential spending power represent ed in these nine counties of many millions of dollars? Are you getting your share of this money? Have you and ether Americus merchants been going after this business? Or, have you allpwed competitive merchants in other towns to get your business? • Stop, just for one minute, give it serious thought. Con sider just how Americus merchants can bring this vast amount of business to Americus—and have the flow of life-blood into Americus veins jof trade! z The Times-Recorder is ever willing to co-opera!te with all the merchants of Americus, in helping them to go after Sumter county business, and the business that is represent ed in these great eight adjoining counties. ** Phone 99 today for an ad man to call on you. Lets All Put Shoulders To The Wheel And Pull For A GREATER—-BIGGER-—BETTER AMERICUS. THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER * * . PAGE SEVEN
