The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-16
MILLIONS In MONEY
BRINGS UNHAPPINESS.
Corey, the Steel King,
Divorces the Wife of His
'south and Marries An
other whom His Millions
Cannot Make Happy.

sAAS 'e>Si Ming, lhtl pOltllS lIlOT-
al. 1t is a readable story and
The Herald reproduces it not be-
cause it is tainted with yellow
journalism and borders on the
e n t on a | but because it
is such an eloquent argument
against the general belief that
riches bring happiness. 1t is a
story from real life and is worth
the reading:
Almost any woman would be
ready to cry her eyes out with
sheer envy if she could see Ma
belle Gilman Corcy's gowns, Jew
els and the thousands of luxuries
with which her husband, the
steel king, has surrounded her.
Even the most SeriouS-minded
of women, those who usually are
not carried away by the follies and
extravagances of the rich, would
feel their hearts beat quicker if
they could wander at will through
the great French palace where
the former actress now lives and
see how her husbands wealth has
poured out the sack of the whole
world at her feet. She has money
untold; she emulateS royalty in
the magnifcence of her surround
1ngs; an army of servants wait on
her. There is not a Single wish
that money can crafty that she
has let pass unsatisfed.
Yet Mabel Gilman Corey is
unhappy. She has been unable
to buy social recognition. The
people she wants to know do not
call. She is surrounded with the
glitter of every luxury, but she is
alone. She longs for applause
and flattery from people in high
society; she would be 4 leader
among the socially elect, but they
will not look at her.
Mrs, Corey's years of life on
the stage have made applause as
the breath of life in her nostrils,
and she missesit now. Surround
ed by every magnifcence, she
finds the days dull and lonely.
She is now sure that the future
holds no promise of a change.
To her such life is as uninspir-
ing as playing a part in a bril-
llantly lit theater with not a soul
in the audience. That is why
she is unhappy, and that is why
she desires to go back to the stage,
whether her husband likes it or
not. In the theater she will find
companionship. She can be
leader iE the social set there, at
least. Her husbands money can
make her star, and that will
give her commanding position
among small coterie, which is
something that she has been un-
able to attain thus far elsewhere.
In Paris, usually the easiest
city in the world for money to
buy enjoyment and for the people
who have wealth to obtai social
recognition, she is surrounded
by swarm of parasites. True,
these leeches bear resounding
names and titles. They talk
flluently and intimately Of royal
ties and nobilities, but they have
no standing whatever except
among the army of boulevardiers
who live by their wits.
The facile f1attery of such as
these has palled at last on Ma
belle Gilman Corey. She has
learned how little it means, she |
has heard how these men and
women gibe at her when her back |
is turned, and she longs to get
back to her old life on the stage.
She knows that life thoroughly
and she feels that she will be hap
fpy there.
Only a fortnight ago in Paris
she confessed all this to an Amer
ican woman who has just returned
to New York. They met casually
at the races. To this woman, an
old friend, Mrs. Corey poured out
her tale of disappointment. She
had to tell some one, and she
craved sympathy. She :old how
it was long before she fully and
finally understood that her social
ambitions never could be realized. |
AT first she thought that there
might be little difficulty in get
ting an entrance into society, but
that the Corey millions would be
the magic key TO all that she de-