The Washington times., 1920-06-16

went shopping that afternoon and lost
the manuscript in a store. / had to
go back and recover II to make an
onslaught on another firm.
my husband allowed me to submit
the books under his name-I wanted
to make him famous. l did, / think.
Later he thought other people should
help him write the books. / didn't
know enough then, but they show
they are not as good as the earlier ef-
forts.
"Mr. Eiwell was very quick to learn.
He improved. although he hated me
because / was able to correct him. He
never forgave my superiority to him.
Men find that hard. But the superior
woman will eventually win out.
"He was crude. as i have said. And
his speech showed that to every one.
There was one word he could not pro-
nounce correctly for long time.
That was ridiculous
'Ridikka-luss' was the way he
said Ii. That showed right away his
lack of breeding. And / had to coach
and guard lin against such breaks
and also rotect him from people who
we're frank enough 20 openly laugh
at him.
POKED FUN AT HIS ERRORS.
"I often heard people mimicking
his errors to disconcert me, but
pretended not to notice II, for only
one thing mattered to me. his ulti-
mate success.
zone time in my presence woman
engaged him in conversation such
that it would tend to make him use
the word he fell down on so often.
Sure enough. he said 'ri-dikla-
luss' again. l looked at her steadily
and said determinedly, My husband
will never be ridiculous
"You may well imagine II was not
pleasant to be openly taunted like
that. But Mr.. Elwell advanced rap
idly in the social graces, and he had
me as social booster
HE always dropped his final fnEs'
on participles. He couldn't master
the correct use OF Tie and lay or
the use Of come and go But |
kept after him about It,
LOVE MADE HER PROMPTER-
"only my great love and ambitions
for him urged me on to be the
prompter behind the scenes.
But a person who cannot read,
who doesn't love books and culture
is not fit companion for any Ihink
ing person. In the first riush OF
youth and love, how little we dream
OF the sort of thing that makes Ire
together a congenial one.
THE 'Rubaiyat' of Omar Khayyam
was my favorite poem. Its beauty
and philosophy were comforting to
me always. One afternoon Mr.. Elwell
came home when I was reading II.
He asked me what that book was ]
always had in my hand. ! gave II to
him to look at.
".Humphr he speered, this IL all
about drinks
THAT was typical Of him. saw
the poetry In it-he saw only the
wine.
@The Jug Of wine - the lonf OF
bread were nII he cnred for in life.
81 wns the thou beside him I'm the
wilderness of his Wild living.
BECAME ART CONNOIssEUR-
Through me. though IL seems hard
to believe, James Bovine Elwen be-
came a connosseur of the arts. r
Judge OF fine porcelains. We bought
heavily and soon had an exquisite col
lection. He soon could talk of Ming
dynasties as glibly as any art dealer.
THE value Of our porcelains was
several hundred thousand dollars.
His sudden decision to move them out
OF my home was. therefore, a great
shock. But I was helpless. I asked a
lawyer about my rights in the matter
and found l had none. was able to
keep but a few pieces out OF II all. a
few bits OF luxury that have cheered
my lonely life during the past eight
years.
"Town and country houses finally
came into our list OF possessions, and
[ realized my efforts IN Mr.. Elwelis S
behalf were not in vain. He moved
gracefully in the best circles, thanks
to me.
THE OTHER WOMAN
at Newport gossip reached mt
concerning his attentions to a young
! woman in that colony was at
nrst blind to his derelictions, but a
society journal there, commenting on
the affair, was kind enough to say
that his interest in the woman was
unaccountable since was better
looking than she.
II am not vain woman, but know
| then had some looks. had
bright red hair and a complexion that
was the envy OF many society women
But even with that he couldn't for
give me my brains.
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