Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-09-22
Ecarlate
A Mans Dream Ma
terialized.
! BY CLARISSA MACKIE


When Dacre married his friends said
of him that any woman who allied her
self to him would not be able to hold
him. He was man about town,
clubman, a man who was always well
come behind the scenes at the, thea
tiers and was very often found there,
especially when the chorus and ballet
girls were pretty. Some declared that
the girl he married was one of thou
sand; lust the woman, In fact, 60 hold
such a man as Dacre. One who was
familiar with his makeup replied that
IL she did hold him she would have to
do It In gauze and tights.
Dacre before the wedding made all
sorts of promises to his flancee. He
would eschew theaters-that is, he
would never go behind the scenes. He
would cut oil his old friends who were
fast" In short, he would make
model husband. devoted to his wife
alone. That he loved her she did not
doubt. What she feared was that some
one would steal him away from her
through his senses.
To every ones surprise, Dacre kept
his promises. For n year he never
went to the theater except with his
wife. Then when the baby came and
she had new being to look after he
was left occasionally alone of an even
ing. One night to pass the time he
sought amusement In what for him
was a dangerous place. The queen of
the ballet captured him. and from that
time forward he was devoted to sue.
cession OF dancers. At last the pre-
dictions of those who knew him best
had come true. His wife's life waa
changed from happiness to misery.
Then came the peerless Ecarlate.
Shortly before her coming Mrs. Dacre
had exacted n promise from her hus-
hand that no would abstain from nm
acquaintance with anv more women
OF the stape. He kent his promise hut
every night that Ecarlate danced no
WINS I'm his accustomed sent I'm the
theater He had been contivated nv
tho noetrv of motion and could NOT
look upon the dancer except with n
mad tcmptation to break his word 70
the woman he really loved
One night when Dacre was nj tho
theater lust before the dancer came on
tho staae the lights were lowered and
tha orcbaatro softlv n,avad draam
waltz Then como n change
Tho vioIina suddenlv a1yent into n
Ieoato movement ana M ~ trading
lightly on tho deIicota neosura a small
acarIet clad Form awovod on 10 tho
darkened staee and auttered there nm.
~ the cold circle of the snot light
searched and found her.
II held her there ou,vorIno Gran.
tura op fontoIizing mvsterv n I'm fI,no
airy thing of midnight boir glorIoua
avas and unknown feoturoa for ncor.
late was oIwova moskod
Above tho black velvet moslx sbou.
ed n white foraheod with tho ooft
hIacL bo,r hondod With toyo,s poIou
n tbaro yvoro rose rod Inns curvad IN
tondor smIIos ana dimnIod white
chin Tbrougb tho sI,ts IN tha nasL
her ovea ,vorlod dIsoster
Tho rovstorv ~ nor upLnown ,oo.
.uros onIy oddod 90 hor ohor,, g., ,ho
oyos ~ mo-, asnoc,olIv rocIr Dooro
nocro LEANED with b,a oIhoUa ON Tho
roIIIno ~ tho hox and ouI,a ob,,v,ous
N aioni0cont CHANCES bo watched tho
dancer Uo stared ot bor until bia
heart ocbed with hanging that the nosk
might no lifted 90 that no could feoat
b,a evea ON the lovelInoaa which ba had
never vet aeon
Hts evea never loft ber wbi,a aba
danced OccosIonolIv sbe dashed n
melting GLANCE toward tho hoy where
no alwovs SAT when she danced and
then her head wos tnrned aside 90 that
be might see that she wore bIs nightly
offer,ng n scarlet coctus gower tucLod
I'm the duskIness of her wonderful hair
CIV .corIo, hoout,,p, no muttoro1
restIesslv n. sbe swovod I'm the d,11v
mozes oS her fomous butterav dance
scarlet sba woa from tho aowar In
ber hair % tho fins Of bor tIpv soun
sIIppers.
With snowy arms she lifted the scnr.
let chiffon wings OF her fllmv skirts.
her head Fell back ana sbe molted
into tbe rhythm Of ona of nor cbaroc.
ter dances
When II wns over she Withdraw. her
nrms loadcd with flowers. her ewes
smiling nj Dncre's frownine face.
With her departure Jack Docre went
AWAY. For him the performance had