The Washington times., 1922-10-30
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decision over breakfast and lunch.
The ideal was not thin and anemic.
1t was robout, well rounded, lacking
nothing.
Billie realized the necessity for
background and atmosphere, elo-
ments which do not come as
premiums with Bond street clothes.
He began to read. Assiduously. he
read the English classics. studious1y
mastering their intricacies. He took
up the tudy Of French.
Succeeds I'm Journalism.
Native ability. his studies and his
almost inexhaustible legion of ac-
quaintances, made his advance in the
field OF journalism matter OF
course. Better jobs and better sal.
aries came. With them, better
clothes and more meals. In this
stage the meals were not so i'm.
portant. because the press entire. for
titled by a naive and charming per-
sonality, was getting Billie luncheon
and dinner invitations which helped
out q lot.
Especially was he a favorite in the
youngetr society set. III maculate.
| always courteous and considerate,
but withal dashing. the debutantes
of the National Capital asked no
better escort. There was a success.
sion of those little affairs which
would have given Guy de Maupas-
SAINT something to write two dozen
! volumes about.
For instance, when the parents OF
one beauteous damozel took exception
| to Billie's attention, they forbade
| him their house and instructed the
butler that no one there ever was
at home to Mr.. Corcoran. But
prejudice is no match for romance
| and there are more marvellous and
| mysterious methods of communica-
tion than radio.
On evenings when the old folks
had driven to the theater or else
where in their limousine. Billie
scaled the wall Cf their Massachu.
| setts avenue mansion, with the aid
| of the vines. and entered an up
stair window.
Dempsey Has Nothing on Him.
The splendor OF Billies attire,
draping so slim and appa ren,ly
fragile frame. was constant
| provocation to the ruder sort Of
young men. Sometimes the phrase
willie boy" would be dropped as
Billie passed. No man ever made
such a remark twice. Physically.
Billie was a combination OF sky.
rocket and tiger. He never
stopped to parley. The offender
would be on his back splitting teeth
before he knew what hit him. One
one occasion. Billie garbed in n dress
suit, dispatched three single handed
| and in the space OF a minute.
When the war came Billie went
into machine guns with a lieutenants 3
| commission. The gas got him and
| although. when he returned to the
| United States. his uniform-even his
raincoat-showed they had been
made by some hand more dexterious
! and fastidiOuS than any army con.
pretty we'll deprecated.
Bore White Mans Burdens.
After a brief interval OF news.
| paper work at Washington, he
Leonard Lewery happened 10 run
across him in Calcutta To tvc
Billie CorCoran In white lin"us and
NTH helmet. slipping brandy and
soda 81 the Eastern capital was 10
' know what il meant by form and
dash. according to Leonard.
! When he walked through the
streets of the Indian city, nabobs,
! gaekwars. nahara Jahs. II you
please, stepped aside. No one. says
Leonard. ever bore the white mans
burden more jauntilv.
| People in Washington who have
been following the evolution of the
Corcoran Legend for the last decade
see, every little while. in the
American press, a cable dispatch
from some rart OF the world re-
porting how William Warwick Cor
coran Of Washington has figurad
in some extraordinary happening.
The most recent one reported his
election a. First Whip OF the lie
Toquct Hunt Club. From baker =
boy and Navy Yard mechanic to
First Whip of one OF the most fash.
ionable hunt clubs on the con.
| tinent!
His Riding Here Helped.
| What helped in that election,
doubtless. was Bllie's riding in
| Washington. Rather early in the
development Of the legend he per.
ceived that the horse was the thing,
and Joined the Equestian Order.
| Billie could not afford to keep a
horse. His expedient was to huy
one, so the legend went. insure it
as heavily as possible and feed It
nothing. Sooner or later the horse
would starve to death. Collecting
the insurance, the operation would
be repeated.
| But don't believe that story.
Fables get wrven into legends along
wit hthe underlying warp and woof
OF fact and the embroidery Of
romance.
| The Chevalier Corcoran Is return.
ing shortly to Burlogne-sur.Mer and
1t is an even bet there will be more
cables.
The London Daily Telegraph
started the absurd game of beaver,
which now is rampant In England.
You are walking down the s.~eet
with a friend. Both keep a sharp
lookout for bearded men. II YOU
see one, you say Beaver" That
counts fifteen points. The object
is TO see the poilu and cry out
before your companion does. You
CT mark, say 200. Whoever
reaches that mark first wins. aoI
he loser buys the-well, whatever
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