Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-12-07
GIRLS GEORGIA
F!ANCE TELLS OF
DASHED ROMANCE
"Brewster's Millions" Blamed For
Sweethearts S Head Being
Turned Away
SAYS HE LOVES GIRL YYET
Story of Tangled Romance One
OF Deceit, Ending In
Altogether Lost Love

NEW lOhh, i.--AllHoSC SOIh-
plete darkness had descended upon
the Brewster-Palmer imbroglio when
there burst from the darkening sky
flash which Illuminated the ro-
mantle career of Corliss Palmer and
spread its record upon the news
screen as wildly as though score
of kleigs had suddenly responded to
the directors call of lights"
camera"
Such was the effect when there
came to light one Richard Middle
ton, of Hazlehurst, Ca, who until a
few weeks ago considered himself
the fortunate fiance of Corliss Pal
mer, of Macon, Ga, now or Norman
die Heights, Morristown, N. j., where
she and her mother share Eugene
Brewster's hospitality. There is
more peace there than there was
at Roslyn3 when Brewster had Miss
Palmer assa a staying guest gin the
same home with his wife, who finally
threw Miss Palmer's, things ont and
locked the door against her husband.
Middleton is q genial, brawny son
of the South who takes the Palmer
Brewster situation very seriously and
with cause. He arrived in New York
City few days ago and at once tried
to get in touch with Miss Palmer,
but with discouraging results, as his
story shows. he was much averse
to talking about his engagement to
! Miss Palmer and his cbivalrous feel
ing toward the Macon girl were
strong in evidence. an
Il have known Miss Palmer since
1916" said Middleton eve soon fell
very much in love with each other
and in 1918 when we were both at
Macon, we became engaged.
"To say that / felt shocked when
l read in the newspapers of the
Brewster affair and realized that |
had been Tilted, would be putting
the matter mildly. | think Mr..
Brewster has done me great in
justice and l intend to tell him SO
in no uncertain words, if l get with
in hailing distance of him.
"Pd tackle any man who treated
NE as this Brewster has apparently
done, whether his name was Jack
Dempsey or just Eugene. He must
have known that Miss Palmer-Cor-
! liss, | always call her-and | were
to be married. l had hoped the we'd
ding would occur this winter, before
or shortly after the holidays"
Our engagement has never been
broken. After Corliss reached New
York she wrote me constantly, often
twice day. She wrote of her pride
and delight that she had won her
beauty contest, adjudged the pret-
tIest girl in America, and by hokey,
, was proud, too. Who wouldn't
be, to think he was engaged to the
most beautiful girl in America?
Then one day last September |
read a narticle in Macon newspa-
per of a visit to Macon of Corliss,
and the headline, / remember, was
Macon Girls Romance Like Fairy
Tale
81 read in it about Brewster being
with her in Macon and reports that
ne and she We're married or going
to be. The papers had it both ways.
when | got here, found the
papers full Of it. 1t was like bolt
of lightning to me when | saw the
papers of Saturday. And Sunday
morning | called Corliss on the tele-
phone.
That settled it, and settled me,
for I've felt heart-broken ever since.
Corliss told me she only cared for
Bruce .as she called him. She had
given him her heart, she said, and
my place in her affections was gone.
She was sorry, she said, and asked
me to come out to see her, that /
might as well know the whole truth.
Then this Brewster himself talk
ed to me. He told he had read all
my letters to Corliss. She had Civ
en- them to him to read, he said. And
ne said he was sorry for me, too, but
that great love had come over him
and Corliss, and that her affection
Tor me was only passing affair,