The Washington times., 1920-04-04
CHAPTER VIII.
iContinued from Last Sunday)

IConnued from Last Sunday)
Copyright 1920 by international Featurs asries, ine
~ EADERS Of this page last Sunday will recall the
= Sent tragedy of President Shonts's funeral that
81 September day last year when the widow, Mrs.
7r in he majestic dignity Of her outraged feelings
=, sGc and only one demand-that the woman who had
aled her husband should not be present during the
,-,r, services And Amanda Thomas like an outcast,
ar,i IN the shadows out Of sight 1t was humiliat-
lose for Amanda swallow-but she dared not rlsk
t> :. 2ns carrying out her warning that If the Thomas
M n was at the church she would arise and leave the
service.
Such an act of protest Amanda knew would attract
the attention of reporters at the funeral and the scandal
might be uncovered in the newspapers Pubcity was
the one thing Amanda did not want.
But if Mrs Thomas suffered humiliation this day from
Mrs. ShontsMrs. Shonts had suffered endless humia'
tions for years at the hands Of Amanda Thomas Anu
now the tide was about to turn The hight OF exposure
was soon to strip the mask from Amanda ihomas ah"
point the finger of Shame at her.
For ten years Mrs Thomas had dominated Shonts.
She had ruled him. she had shared his apartment ms auto
mobile his check book She had insuted, ridiculed,
abused at Mrs ShOnts the wife, and the daughters
And she drove the big shops in her admirers auto
mobile and had her unlimited wants charged to the ac-
count of Mrs. T Shonts Amanda laughed at the
trudgng along the foot buying sparngy pay
ing cash from her meagre allowance AND FORBIDDElI
TO USE THE ACCOUNTS IN THE BIG SHOPS WHICH
STOOD IN MRS. T. p. SIiONTS'S OWN NAME BUT
TRESS!
We read of such situations in novels We see them
in the ovesthe richly dressed and overdressed painted
women cigarette smoking cocktail drinking vulgar and
profane i'm their coarse talk these notorious Yam.
pres outcasts nesting in their soft urs and boisterousy
enjoying the pul humiliation of the wife and children
they have wTOnged
But these people are actresses.
These ''Vampres' are decent women earning their
living III the movies.
So also the "mionairc" who draws forth his check
book aud pays the bills of the Vamp is only an actor
dressed mp initiate pretended president OF some hugc
Imaginary corporation ,
Arj everybody in the audience knows all ths-thc
;lnp" the "millicnarc,' the injured wife, tne
~ with the "titlc' all actors and actresses vi
rac ihr parts a little overdrawn we th'nk-ts all
o. enough in the movies, but supposes 1t nap
ir N real life ~
I'D vet it all did happen in this real life triangle Oh
49, Is and his wife and the Thomas woman.
The millionaire was a genuine mlllonalre-the
rcsidcr" of the company indeed the president OF
o the biggest corporations in all New YORK, the great
t'icrborough.
And the "injtrcd wife" shamefully cast ASIDE;
wife who had been the maker of her husband fortune,
herself the daughter of the Governor OF state and the
mother Of charming daughters, Of whom had married
one Of the proudest titles in France.
And the Vampire--f
How nearly does Amanda Caskie Thomas fill the role
Of Vamprei And the readers of these pages have no'
vet been told many many episodes which are more aston
i5hing than anything heretofore prmtes