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prised when after a weeks acquaint-
ance he told her that he loved her.
That Saturday night was the last
Sophy spent In the Isle of Wight.
for when Sunday morning came and
Sophy's agitated mistress made i'm.
quiries she discovered to her horror
that Sophy had eloped with a gen
tleman of the name of Frank Evans.
an officer In the navy.
The elopement was the first great
adventure in life that was destined
to be crowded with sensations.
London is the place for me-" she
exclaimed, excitedly, to her lover,
when they walked down the Strand
in search of a hotel where they
might lodge while preparations were
made for their marriage.
She was. therefore. quite unsus-
picious when one evening the hall
porter at the hotel handed her a
bulky envelope. Opening 1t she
found ten fifty-dollar bills in It and
a slip of paper. and she was Groom
ing with delight at the acquisition
Of so much money when she caught
sight of the message and realized
that 1t was from Frank Evans, who
briefly, almost CURLY, explained
that his parents had persuaded him
that he must part from her, and
that he was sending her five hun.
dred dollars because he would not
see her any more.
A few days afterwards the keeper
of a small school for young ladies'"
was surprised by a visit from a very
pretty girl. who asked how much
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
BY La Belle Otter,

Dowager Queen Of European Beauties
FIFTY years Of being made love
TO by imbeciles Of all nations
leaves me still In doubt N to who u
the greatest lover.
have had small experience with
Americans, but from what do
know of them I should certainty
not partake the enthusiastic
sentiments of Miss Claire Sheridan.
However, one never knows. Ny
experience has been that even
the cold scotch-and soda bringing
Englishman can become wonderfully
ardent in the hands of the right
woman-providing he has been
suitably supplied with liquor re-
freshments and is sure nobody is
looking.
I can remember several sweet
hearts who at the time I believed
to be the greatest lovers in the
world. On was an Italian, one a
Russian and one a Swede. I think
OF tho three the Russian had a
shade the best of II.
Frenchmen make good lovers, but
they are so vain. They think they
have only to make eyes at a woman
to have. her at their feet. Italians
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
BY Polaire,
Styled the 'UEliest Woman o
Earth"

Styled the 'UEliest Woman on
Eaxth.'
TN going to America next year
and I'm not going to make my
self unpopular by disagreeing with
Miss Sheridan, who seems to DO a
very wise young woman with . keen
Idea for the right sort of publicity.
I don't believe I ever had an
American mako fiery love to me.
but several looked as though they
would not need much encourage.
ment.
They seemed too self-conscious,
however, and gave you tho impress.
sion that they thought you were a
sort Of god.
Americans should forget to blush
when they remember that a woman
Is only q two-legged animal like
themselves!
But. frankly, like them for the
very qualities which make their
temperament seem SC strange to a
Frenchwoman. They are polite,
diffident, eager to please. And they
also send one such delicious choco-
lates!
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large fortune she knew he had left
her In his will.
Sophy protested against her ar
rest in dignified terms, and did not
get hysterical or behave melodra.
matically. She was confident of
acquittal, and said so, and It is
proof of her great social position
that she should have been able. in
spite of her record, to obtain re-
lease from goal before her trial.
When the latter event took place II
was at once seen that the charge
was trumped-up one, and that her
enemies had tried to have her muir.
dered Judicially, and her acouittal
was In the circumstances a triumph.
1t was her intention to leave the
bulk of her fortune to her husbands
niece, but before she could sign the
will which her lawyer had drawn
up for her sbe passed away in her
sleep, and II WAS during the subse.
quent law suit I'm connection with
the disposal of her estate-nuw val.
ued at over $500 ,000-that the
world heard of the remarkable life
story Of Sophy Daw.
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Sophy Daw. Father used to be a
fisherman. but he met with an acct
dent. and had to go into Newport
workhouse. / lived there, too, until
farmers wife engaged me as kitch-
en- maid"
I'm help you whenever you find
yourself in a difficulty. Sophy," he
said, kindly. IL am generally to be
found somewhere about here of an
evening between and T."
She did not quite understand what
he meant. but she felt so happy in
his society that she was not sur
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But the time was bound to come
when Sophy, mercenary though she
was. would be overridden by the die
tates Of her heart, and that moment
came when she realized that she
was in love with Adrian Victor,
Baron de Feucheres.
IT love you. Adrian" she whis-
pered, clinging to him. Don't let
anyone part us;
"Have no fears" he said quietly,
and kissed her passionately.
That night after dinner Sophy
bluntly informed tho Duke of Bour-
bon that she had accepted Adrian
Victor, Baron de Feucheres. To her
establishment he exhibited neither
anger nor surprise. for the truth
was the Duke had grown tired Of
her and her extravaganza.
MARRIED AT LAST!
you are clever enough to know
best, my dear" the duke remarked,
quietly. ALLOW me to congratulate
you. You will be worthy of the ia
nous house of De Feucheres. 1t
has served our family for 400 years.
1 haven't the smallest doubt that
you'll be a success as head of
great French house. willingly
give my consent"
The marriage took place In Lon
don. and after honeymoon in
Switzerland bride and bridegroom
set UP housekeeping in Paris. They
had a small house In the fashionable
quarter, and for a year they spent
money freely. and Sophy. who had
once been a kitchenmaid at a wage
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
WHO MAKES THE BEST LOVER? PARTISAN BEAUTIES DISAGF
AMERICANS COLD AND TOO POLITE, DECLARES MILE SIP

are more sensible but at the Same
time more Of nuisance--they
never will take no for an answer
but keep on until they nearly drive
you out Of your wits.
Germans have never impressed
me much. They classify women
with their cows and pigs. A per.
feet wife to q German is'a woman
who will have a great many chill
dren and who never burn the sauer-
kraut. Still, once knew a Munich
musician who talked like a phono-
graphic record OF one of Hugo's
letters to his other wife. He spoiled
1t all one night by insisting on
drinking beer at the Cafe de Paris.
Spaniards make good lovers. but
they are too Jealous. and besides
they look on their wives as so muck
furniture. A Spaniard often goes
to the theater with q woman. but
he never takes his wife. No wom-
an respects a man who illtreats his
WIFE
Rumanians are fiery but unstable.
There was once q Rumanian prince
but I'm not writing my memoirs.
When do let the world look out!
Scotchmen are ideal lovers. but
strange to say they never discover
1t until they reach Paris. They all
have a little Bobby Burns in their
makeup.
Norwegians and Danes are proud
and reserved. especially II they are
Of the better class. They unbuckls
quickly in their cups, however. and
one of tho most fascinating things
to watch in the world IL the meta
morphorsis Of a Copenhagen aris-
tocrat on his first visit to Mont.
ma tire,
haven't answered your question.
because the plain truth IL I don't
know.
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OF $50 a year, gave dinner parties
in honor Of royalty.
The parting took place when De
Feucheres accused Sophy of being in
love with the duke. She indignant.
ly denied the truth Of his statement.
but he was madly jealous. and would
not believe her.
Il shall leave you today" he cried
in a passion. THE duke is too pow
erful for me to fight, and so must
abandon an unequal struggle"
About two years after parting
from her husband she drove one
morning with the duke to the offices
Of his lawyer. She did not know
what his business there was, though
she suspected that 1t was the MAX
ing Of a new will, but she was too
busy with a fete she was arranging
In honor Of a famous English states
man and his wife who were visiting
the British ambassador in Paris to
have time or inclination to think
of wills.
The affair was to be a splendid
one, and after leaving the Duke of
Bourbon she drove back, for the
entertainment was due the follow
ing night. and she wished to be as
sured by her servants that all was
ready.
THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
But 1t never. took place, because
early the following morning the
duke, while in the act of dressing.
collapsed on the floor of his bed.
room, and died. Sophy was heart
broken when she was told, and all
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
POLAIRE.

Moreover. american" IN such q
large term. His father and mother
may have been French. German.
Italian. English. Russian, japanese
or Mexican.
All Of these people as lovers have
something to commend them-I
speak only by hearsay. But my
ideal American Il Anglo-Saxon-
with Just enough study abroad to
warm his blood q little bit.
I would not. for instance, expect
to find q great lover in Kansas
City. But II a Kansas Citian came
to Paris and lived here a year I
wouldn't 10 surprised at any
thing.
Americans are such an adapta-
BILE, astonishing race.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
BY Cecile Sorel,

Beauty, Called Last Of the Great
Lovers"
I Owe is the noblest quality on
earth. and Rere in France it has
generated into 4 formula, a phrase!
am leaving shortly for America,
where expect to study tho Amer
can Psychology on the spot. But 1
have known many Americans. Man =
great Americans have been my
closest. most intimate friends. and I
can affirm. that only in America is
the real definition Of love under
stood.
1t sometimes seems to mo that
here in Europe We are slipping back
to primeval times, when man Lived
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delicious warmth invades our con-
seriousness, II antagonism vanishes
apd we feel a thrill at the thought
Of final submission, then that
mans fate is sealed
THRILL MAY BE MUTUAL.
Sometimes the thrill is mutual
and comes at once. and then It Is
called love at first sight. 1t is in
reality an exchange Of the psychic
flow, a sort of interchanging hyp-
nosis-for love after all is merely
the telepathy of souls-and il met
with far more frequently when both
the man and the woman are Of
Latin blood.
In America and England propin-
guilty breeds love; here In France IL
far too often Stays It. This I can
only explain by the theory that
hypnosis is inseparably bound with
temperament-and by comparison
with that Of the Latin the tempera-
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Of affection outweighed with them
the sentimental.
There are poets in America, I
believe. but to be poetical there is
a sort Of stigma. Every French
man in love II q poet!
When was in America I was
amazed at tho nonchalant way
Americans made love. They left
mo cold. They always had a twin
bed effect in their speech. Be-
sides. they were so poiitel
Fancy being polite when you are
In love!
Imagine stopping to raise your
hat before crushing your one
woman to your brees
But that's what Americans call
love-that and eugenics. ugh!
The Washington times., 1921-12-04

Captain Evans. r. N, surveyed
the young beauty in mingled amaze
ment and admiration. He had never
seen such perfect specimen of Eng
lish loveliness before. Her dainty
figure was the least of her attrac-
tons, and he did not know which at
tracted him most-her dark. lus-
trous eyes, her creamy complexion,
or her rosebud mouth.
How old are your" he said, after
pause. during which she had stood
before him with averted eyes.
Fifteen, SIR" she replied, looking
straight At him. MY name ID
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
'SIriShman is Most Low
able Creature ON
Earth," Signs Mile.
Mistinguett;: While
Polaire, Who Posed as
UglieSt Woman, Is
Guarded i'm Her EX-
preston.

In trees and sought his mate with a
Ratchet. and when love was merely
an expression OF animal instinct.
Today love should mean 30 much
moro than that!
When a man says 1T love you" in
France he means just what his an
cestor, the true lover. meant. II 10
his brutal instinct talking. and net
his brain or~heart.
But when a man says IT love
you" In America he means that he
considers You mentally, morally and
physically his perfect being: that his
soul 10 attuned to yours. that he
loves you with respect and not mere
~ with tho primal desire Of the
flesh.
A declaration of love by an
American IL q wonderful honor. for
II means that not only has your
beauty attracted. but that your
mentality il q suitable partner to
his own.
But when a man says IT love" in
Paris 1t Is far too often an insult.
There Is no respect, no reverence in
his tones. Only desire!
In forty years we in France have
slipped back two centuries In moral
DEVELOPMENT. Politeness has dis
appeared from our streets and con-
sideration from our homes.
Tho original Pilgrim Fathers took
only one woman to America Com.
petition was 30 keen for her smiles
that every man set himself out to
raise himself to the imaginary level
on which he placed her.
Since tho Americans have never
taken tho American woman from
the pedestal on which those Pilgrim
Fathers placed her. they have
learned to be considerable. careful.
kind and unselfish In dealing with
their womenfolk. They make of
their wives co-partners in tho home
instead Of chattels in the kitchen.
When 1t comes to real love the
European must go on his knees to
America and learn how!
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
By Spineny,

international Comedy Favorite.
A MERICANS-great lovers? That
depends on what you mean by
lovei
American love-making In AZ cold
as their language. When they
dropped the second person singular
out Of everyday conversation they
demonstrated that the practical side
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
BY Mistinguett,

Famous Musical Comedy Actress.
Who Has Returned from . Third
Visit to the United States.
THE best lover7 That depends:
II you measure him by his as
siduity. his accomplished manner.
his savoire faire. then the French
man tops the list.
II ardor and passion are the prime
essentials. then the palm goes to the
Italian.
II consistency, fidelity and last
ing tenderness are requisite. the
Enslishman has much to COM
mend him.
II tempestuous wooinE, combined
with humor. largeness of view and an
airy disregard Of petty sin are taken
into account. the hishman il the
most lovabls creature on earth.
once knew a mar who had
French mother and an Irish father.
He was my ideal lover! But-hs
never made love to me!
The American man a. a whole Is
tho most accomplished flirt in the
world. and knows better than any
one else how to say and do the lit
tie nothings so dear to a woman's
heart, but he Is not a great lover.
Americans vaunt the fact that they
place their women on q pedestal.
Imagine loving a woman on a pedes-
tai! As well declare yourself to q
statue!
What most Americans take for
love 10 merely worship.
And any woman would ten times
sooner be loved than worshiped!
The Washington times., 1921-12-04

Sophy DaW Was Child of Sluns, Yet She Learned
the Ways of a Mercenary World, Studied Great
Ladies' and Their Manners, and FINALLY WON a
Baron for a Husband, Later Inheriting Mill
lions From a Duke Who Was Under Her Spell
for Years.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04

shod and correctly clothed. but the
man who dresses carelessly, who
affects the flowing tie and the un-
kempt hair and the badly brushed
trousers, must have a mentality to
excuse his makeup. Otherwise, he
Is a fraud and a poseur and no
woman with the courage of her
instincts would spare him a second
look.
Next we-by a haphazard remark
or two-sound him out, to find
whether he is fatuous or insipid.
two qualities that mean falseness
in the long run. A man soon re-
veals himself for what he IL under
the skillful lead of an experienced
woman. What he does not say Is
often more important than what
he does say, and instinct may be
trusted to be a right-hand aid to
observation and perception.
1.-Two me ten minutes WIN any
man and I will guarantee to tell
you his haracter-whether It Ii
mean or extravagant, narrow or
broadminded, petty or large. hon.
est or dishonest, vicious and cruel.
or considerate and kind.
The women who are deceived
are the women who ignore their
instructive summing-up and let
themselves be hypnotized into TAX
ing a man at his own valuation.
A wise woman never does that.
Finally-and this is the supreme
test. the one by which the man
must stand or fall-we try to
imagine ourselves in his arms.
II tho idea revolts, let It be
even the tiniest bit. then that man
may as well turn around and walk
right out Of our livesl He has
failed in the most vital test Of all!
But, If on the contrary . sort Of
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
By La Belle Dorainne,

Cndraped dancer ut the Casino de
Paris, for whom an American,
Tod" Morgan. once attempted
Suicide.
A MERICANS are generous. affec-
tionate. kind. considerate. and
faithful.
Only one other quality is needed
20 mako a great lover-and who
ever says Americans are not pas
sionats has never known one real
ly well, as have.
share Miss Sheridan's view.
The American Is the worlds great
est lover-but only when he wants
to b.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04

ment Of the American Is as the cold
sparkle of a diamond to the mys-
teriously tender glow Of a ruby.
During and since the war I have
come in contact with many Ameri-
cans-many Of them grea, in your
stage and political worlds. And-I
regret to say it. but you have asked
me and must tell the truth-not
once have I ever conceived myself
as lying submissively within the two
arms of any one Of theml
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
OUSE BRAT WON WAY TO PEERAGE BY HER WIT AND BEAUl

Naval Officer Who Fled on Eve of Marriage Left
Her Five Hundred Dollars to Start Life Upon.
Girl Went to Fashionable School and Spent
Her Entire Capital Acquiring the Mannerisms
of Mayfair-Then She Faced the World
Confidently.
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
BY NAZARIENE DAAN KANNIBELLE.

THE girl in the tattered dress and shabby boots hur
edy turned away her face when she heard footsteps
her. but not in time prevent the handsome naval
officer noticing that her cheeks ar-sained
''Hello! What's the matter9' he asked with breezy
sympathy in his tone that gained confidence at once
The Washington times., 1921-12-04
1.-The Greatest Lover is
the Latin" Asserts
Cleo de Merode.
"American Lovemak-
Ing Polite; Fancy BE-
Ing Polite When You
Are In Love!" Ex-
claims One.

I'D AXIS, Dec. 3.-Was Claire
Sheridan. English sculptress,
right when she startled and
shocked London society with tho
opinion that American men made
tho best husbands?
MARRIAGE was left out OF tho
question, but here Is what the most
famous women Of France-home Of
rOmance-answered to the question:
'Who makes the best lover?"
BY Cleo de Merode,
Morganatic Fiancee OF Leopold I
Of Belgium.
A MERICANS may appeal to the
cold. reasoning sensibilities Of
IN English woman. trained to rep
resent her natural feelings and to
shudder at passion as at something
unclean, but no French woman will
ssree with her.
The greatest lover is the Latin.
AL the great lovers of the world
have been Latins--in blood IL not
In name. Conjure up but three
names. Hugo, Maupassant and Ma
poleon! Has any American ever
loved as these men loved?
And in our modern day, there
still remains one man who under
stands love AZ love was understood
. century ago--when 1t waseart and
before 1t became q science. / mean
Gabriel d'Annunzio. Who has read
d'Annunzio's works without feeling
herself scorched with the ardent
flame that lies beneath his genius?
once sat at the same table with
q great American who had been
President Of the United States, and
who came through Paris after
shooting lions In Africa. His was
. wonderful personality-virile, in
tense, egotistical, cordial and withal
severe. without hearing him speak
ono knew that there vas q great
parsonage. q man who had hewn
deep the mark he was destined to
leave on the world.
FRENCHWOMAN'S VIEWS.
But IL, who thrill In my senses
At the touch of a stxong man-was
left cold. Statesman this man was;
hero I knew him to be-soldier.
genius, scientist: a chief of hundred
chiefs, q man among a million men.
Seemingly the woman honored by
his courteous smile should have
been overwhelmed to the depths of
her sensibilities.
Yet I was left cold. This man Of
men was lacking-lacking in the
sublime sixth sense which would
have made him a god to me. And
could not help thinking: IF only
this magnificent creature had Just
q drop of Latin blood in him, how
perfect he would be-
You want to know how q French
woman sizes up q man? / will tell
you. It is no secret. but It Is tho
sort Of confession one of your own
women-or one OF the sensitive
English womsn--could never bring
herself to mako.
First. We take . swift look at
the ensemble: We notice his dress.
Not that our IDEAL must be neatly
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-19
MORE EVIDENCE
IN LIQUOR CASE
Two Co. Seat Men Charged
With Directing Removal
of Stolen Liquor

NEWARK, November 19-That
David, "Curley'" Moon and Fred
"Chick" Bauries, both of New Bruns-
wick, who are charged with conspir-
acy with four other New Brunswick
men in connection with the theft OF
$4,000 worth of whiskey and al
crhol from the Pennsylvania Rail-
roads freight yards at Newark, No
vember IA, 1920. directed the re-
noyaI of the stolen liquor to a farm
house in Franklin township, Somer-
set county. was told by government
witnesses yesterday in the trial be
fore Judge Lynch n Federal Court.
John Anderson. a farmer. living on
the road to the Raritan Arsenal,
said trucks with liquor were kept in
his barn for several hours the morn
ing following the robbery. Ander-
son said there were several men in
the party. but he was unable to
identify any of the defendants.
1t was Mrs. Barbara Erhart, wife
Of Frank Erhart, on whose farm in
Franklin township the government
says the empty containers were
found, who connected Moon with
the theft of the liquor. She said
'Curley'' arrived at the farmhouse
with two trucks, but was unable TO
say whether the autos carried liquor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-19
AND SUPPER
FOR W0MAN'S GUILD

The Woman's Guild of st. Peters
parish will hold a fair and supper
Thursday, December 1, in the Parish
House in Rector street. Prepare
tions for the event were begun and
committees appointed at a special
meeting of the guild yesterday after
noon. The women are planning to
serve q real New England supper
under the direction of Mrs. w.
Northey Jones, chairman, Mrs. a. ii.
Boughton. Mrs. Charles Paul, Mrs.
Fannie Booth, Mrs. Chase, Mrs.
Charles Ullman and Mrs. James
Warren, members of the dining
room committee, and Mrs. L. 5.
Garrison, chairman. Mrs. r. l..
Preston, Mrs. John Shoe, Mrs. oscar
Schroeder, Mrs. John Bergman,
Mrs. Walter McHose and Mrs. Baker.
members of the kitchen committee.
The fair will include two booths, a
miscellaneous booth under the direc-
ton of Mrs. William Peck, chair
man, Mrs. Boughton. Mrs. Charles
Paul, Mrs. Walter Van Schoick,
members of the committee. and a
candy booth to be in charge of Mrs.
Harry Armstrong and Miss NJ. S.
Armstrong.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-19
RETURNED CHINA NURSE
GIVES PLEASING TALK

Miss Bertha Dingeiacher, a former
resident of this city. and recently
returned nurse from the Presbyterian
Hospital in China. received a hearty
welcome at the meeting OF the FOR
eign Missionary Society of simpson
NJ. T.. church which she addressed
in the lecture room Thursday night
She told some very interesting phas-
IS of her efforts as a nurse ana as
an evangelistic worker and the mem
bers of the society were not only
glad to hear Of her c but glad
to have her present once more IN
the lecture room OF the church where
she spent so much of her time IN
Sunday school work some years ago.
The numbers on the musical pro-
gram. a duet by Miss Mildred West
colt and Harvey Dey,'a piano solo
by Miss Helen Wa1d and a vocal
solo by Mrs. Robert Macan. were all
greatly enjoyed and at the oonclu-
sion of the evening. Mrs. Schuyler
Pew. chairman and her committee
served homemade cake and cocoa.
The attendance at the meeting was
unusually large.