The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1909-05-08
BY BONNIE WHEELER

SEATTLE, May 8.--Ciad in silk
en- pajamas, which chung to her
well rounded figure as only silk
can, "Mrs." Florence Moore, on
whom Adjutant General ortis Ham,
ilton is said to have squandered a
stolen fortune, dabbed viciousIy at
here eyes with wisp Of linen and
lace while she poured forth TRADE
against newspapers and everything
connected with them.
Seated cross-ieeeed on a Iuxuri-
Gus divan in her suite in the Butler
Annex, she had been reading the
morning papers, which, cooliy and
merclessly, gave in detail an &C.
count Of her career. wise and other
wise.
Tears and a lovely woman. Here
was chance, "Mr. cynic," for you
who have always scoffed at SCOTS
"Love is ioveiest when embalmed
in tears" to have an abrupt change
of heart. Of course, the siIken at
tire may have had something to do
with the impression, but, however
that may be, "Mrs." Moore was a
very attractive bundle of femininity
with her towsIed yellow hair and
her big brown eyes brimnlng over
with tears as she told me that Mr.,
Hamilton was nothing to her,
"reaIIy he wasn't"
81 haven't anything to say" she
sobbed, land no one to go to, and
If you want story you had better
90 to Mr.. Hamilton. don't see
why the newspapers have treated
me SO abominably," and here her
seIf-pty got the better Of her, and
again the scrap of linen and lace
was resorted to.
81 am not afraid of any conse-
quences. There's nothing to it,"
she said, dropping into the venracu-
lar. "But won't just make some
Of these papers suffer. Take it from
me, III make 'em squeaI."
Surrounded by the trappings of
luxury, with all that money could
supply, there is no question but
that "HazeI" Moore, as her former
associates call her, told the truth
when she said that she was very
much alone. The friends she ac-
quired during the palnny days just
past, when she spent with lavish
hand the wealth for which Hamil-
ton bartered his very soul, have,
like the Arabs, quietly slipped
away. And those who knew her
when she was habitue Of the I'M
derWorId, one of the numerous
army of bright moths whose wings
are singed only too soon, have
taken excellent care now not to be
in evidence as friends of the wom-
an who, at the very least, will be
questioned closely as to what was
done with the money embezzled by
Hamilton.
what am going to do about
it, and will sell my automobile
and jewels to make up the defcit?'
she repeated, in answer TO my
question. why should /? Hamil-
ton is nothing to me-" And she
stretched out one bare arm, an arm
at one time said to have been al
most perfect, now quite plump but
with good lines at that, and indi-
eating the door, "hinted" that our
Interview was at an end.
OF course, being woman, |
could not see the fatal fascination
of Florence Mqore. could judge
that she must be very attractive in
the moods she expressed this morn
ing. Anger and sorrow are becom-
ing to her, and these are moods
that are usually unattractive to a
woman. Looking at her, | marvel.
ed at the wonderful influence she
must have over a man when she
chose to exert her subtle powers
of fascination. This fascination Is
as much a part of Florence Moore
as the perfume is to some of the
exotic flowers of the tropics, whose
very breath spells death.
The spell of fascinating woman
has caused many men who have