Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-11-01
tmk MAUls OF SIN.

Wa Nh we treasures ~ lifc, ~ 80
beautiful that We would fcrget those
hulslnue events which transpirc with
w the shadows, whore all thlngs are
mrhh and uncican. put sometimes a
hamel nashlns at tho head of a news
pulumn brings 10 mind tho happen
ihhs ~ Srsterycar, which stand forth
Va sueh awful contrast TO the facts
~ to-day that one h Inclined to say:
"look--end sec n vice pays dividends. .
ausi a little while aso. IN those hal
,'oh pfe.war DAYS. woman was the
iuasl ~ Broadway A dainty sprite
ef plrl, with flashing eyes and
aaury smiles and charming ngure. she
was the most popular chorus siri in
'he ranks ~ tho midnight lamp trim
mets, 70 deshlnr wns she that one
milliehalfe 81 artistic impulses de.
eldea that his cultured wife did not
understand him, so be took under his
wins the charming fay. hut the
weman wanted more than friendship
she wanted money, and a home that
would he more than a mere love nest.
70 she married a fatuous member OF
soeletts uold Crust when he dis.
roeefed mat she had lurid past he
vent a'eunnins, ana shot to death
hef turmer admiror. BEING "A multi
mhllofnire, ne did not suffer any
fteai penalty liis family was care
ful 10 see tina, be was wen cared for
fui me woman, of course. was cast
adflfI
fhen heeen the ray ne again. Men
who should have known better mar.
fiel men and others. sought her fav-
ora hhe wna lovely, ana one greatly
- ~ desired But she wanted more
than the love % many men. she
wanted fame rold. ana mastery. some
klnd person starred her IN her own
show hut she vas a dismal failure
Another kind person tried 90 make
hoe into = movie heroine. but failed
a''mallf' nut che was s,m young
beautiful, and could summon 10 her
'lae ~ the mere crooklnr of a finger
aht ono - hair hundred members
q the Gold Crust Crew. who he
hstcd with her IN a shor, llfs--ana
ah all'hred merry one. Money was
hers for the asking--so long a. the
Kisses of spring hlushod upon her
cheeks 80 Ions a. tho curves ~
h'huiy flashed through her clothes.
hui the years passed. and the k,sse.
l'aled away The woman began 70 get
"'d other daurh,ers ~ the midnish,
candle bsEan 20 attract those hlss.
non who could pay Tor their plea
sufea. nut shc made a superhuman
EFFORT % reEain her throne. Jys,
~hen she was about 70 regain h.r
place oahy Dcslys. most beautiful o,
French oourtesans. and one-tirne mar
amour ~ a King came and dazzl.a
i'foaaNnNs idle milionaires The
woman was pronounced has been -
leafH PASSED and she disappeared
hom view. Then she came 10 LIGHT
~ the dancing partner o. a vaude-
'''''an ~ sorts playing on the cheaper
Theatrical circuits. Then ne threw
her aside. she was setting old IN
deed.
hut hope springs eternal in al
'''fi' The woman thought that she
mirhi capitalize her scarlet tact-
siound. She opened a tearoon IN
New Works fashionable district Ry,
'he patrons would never return after
ihe nrs' visii. There was only her
name 70 atiraet--and that Wa ,ar.
niahed Rents came due. The Woman
could not meet them. Time and aeai,
Hh' failed in her payments. Came the
a"t when she had 20 pay $500 back
rent or b. eficied. Ten years before
sht could have raised $50 600 IN loss
'''h 'h'fiy minutes. Far more than
mat had been spent upon her by ad-
h'''ns FOOLS But now. with age
'ts7sins her face. aud nothing bur Tho
a'usFiaf's synthetic beauty ON her
''ihfhfd checks. she could not procure
$500 from che entire United states
- she attempted suicide shout
hN after she had swallowed mor-
rhlhe' Now ! don't care what Won
ao'' quick action By an ambulance
'''s'on brought her back 70 lifo. she
NhR Ni'en three days 10 pay her hills
"asN' she paid--maybc she didn't
We would no, imply that the men
VINO danced me devils quadrnie with
nee dld not suncr Far from IL One
wac Ahoi @ death because Of her
'"''' another II stiu being housed
- an asylum for the mad. IL is even
'p"'ofea That several respectable foll.