Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-08
Copyright, 1912, by George Nj. cohan.)
BY BERTRAND RAecock.
PART

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rors, which had reflected many smiling
even many a leering face. had been re-
moved from the walls. and their places
taken by cheaper ones Of American made
glass But as most of these mirrors were
to be seen but dimly as vistas through
tiny forests Of maidenhsir ferns, glowing
smllax and potted plants, the substitu
ton was more real than apparent.
1t was to such far sighted vision and
psychological penetration that Henri
Speary owed the comfortable fortune
that had followed the spreading of the
knowledge through Manhattan that at
speary's lone could enjoy ones self and
even be-a little-boisterous."
"A leetle rough house." contided NJ
Henri to his head waiter "a leetle rough
house, but without waste"
SO it was that the supper or dinner
parties whose members wished to sfatter
NJ. Henri's mirrors did so without other
consequences than that the astute res
taurateur added to their bill the cost
of the Venetian glass which had reposed
during the storm in mis- store rooms
a TYPICAL COMPANY.
The company which this night had
seemed to NJ. Henri to warrant the sub
stitution of the mirrors was typical Of the
larger body which in five years had made
Jackson Jones broadway" About each
Of these gded youths VINO seek the
fountain of life beneath the lights of the
serpent way there clusters and circles a
myriad Of human insects, some with the
beauty of the butterfly. some with the
annoyance Of the plain house fly and
some with the sting Of the MOSQUITO
So tonight it wGs as though each Of
these elements of the life the youth OF
Is known as broadway chose. had
selected its delegation to represent ii at
the dinner with the punch" Broad
way" himself would have told you that
he knew every actor, every chorus girl
every newsboy. and every wine agent on
Broadway He had bought the knowledge
and the acquaintance with the only coin
current on the thoroughfare So repre-
sentatives OF some of these castles were
in Speary's. But there were also pres
ent certain of those whose position is UNI
defined amphbians-hal in the pool OF
Bohemia and half or the dry land of a
more regular society. There were il
the private room, too. certain of the rea
| friends Of the youth whose cut was car
: RED in stock in all the newspaper of
J, fees which delighted in white light
stories"
One of the latter, Bob Wallace young
advertising man, sat next to the malicious
Mrs Presbrey, and smiled slightly at he1
: cutting remarks, without more than oc-
easionally replying TO them
Il wonder what the particular punch is
which will finish this dinner" said Mrs
Pr.aG fyrHs
was ginrikishaws filed with chanpagne
in which the men wheeled the wone,
down Fifth avenue at o'clock in the
morning"
: SURE TO BE STARTLING. .
Depend upon it," said Wallace. good
naturedly, 1t viii be something equally
il not mores tartling. DO you see how
thoughtful Broadway is He's meditat-
ing something"
Mrs. Presbrey looked and il was as
! wallace had said. The head crowned
with darkly yellow hair was slightly
bowed and about the alert. rather Celtic
FEATURES OF the youth credited in the
newspapers with the squandering of mil
lions. there vas a CLEAN. accentuated bv
smile which an alert novelist might
have called sad.
But il Broadway Jones head was low
them was depth of calculation, a little
resentment and again settled determine
ton. From the little table al which he
sat with i've or six babblers he was look
| ing across TO another small table at
WElch The most striking figure was a
woman Mrs. Beatrice jJames) Gerard
was no longer young. She might very
well have indeed passed for a very eld-
erly mother OF Broadway, but she was a
) widow, and it was said that she had IN
herited at least three millions from each
Of her three husbands. Upon her cheek
was a scar which malice said had been
made when she was undiplomatic enough
to interrupt with q hatp.n the saving of
; the last Of her husbands
But despite the scar Mrs Gerard
money was perfectly genuine and she did
not lack for friends and even a sort OF
stending in the circle which she was af-
fecting at The present moment
1t was al Mrs Gerard that Broadway
was staring with one hand partly thrust
into his lower waistcoat pocket. Broad
way waved aside 8 sort Of resolve he had
formed while to himself he mumbled:
IF size were Eve divorce would have
come into the world with Adam"
A PERTINENT NOTE.
But Mrs Gerard apparently was not
aware of the continued scrutiny of the
youth, for in a moment more waiter
handed him note IN her cramped and
angular fist. He read:
''Why do you stare at me so?
"BEATRICE GERARD"
"One moment" said Jones to the waiter
while he hung over the note with eyes
that seemed about to bulge from their
sockets as the overwhelming force on an
idea which had come to him. From the
richly embossed menu, a copy of which
every guest had found az his plate, he
tore a partially blank page. He wrote:
Because / love you.
BROADWAY i"
As he watched the man glide back to
the place in the rear of Mrs. Gerard g
chair he was visibly agitated. His hands
trembled, his foot neryously tapped the
floor and great drops OF perspiration stood
out on his forehead. II did not seem the
agitation Of the lover. but rather that OF
a man who has stalSed all that he has
and much that he has not on the turn OF
a card. But the dinner had nearly APP
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