The Washington times., 1922-09-06
DISCOVERS
HERSELF
DR|F TING
Furious, She Turns to Cornell
Youth for Defense Against
World.

Epelvn Goodwin, Kentucky society
miss, t0ds launched on q series of
adventures. She passed through
ardent courtships and auds led into
a marriage to q man 10ho made
Lore an impossible reaction on her
part. She sought happiness, strug-
gled against the letters of corsVe,l-
ton, and couldn't e1chdnge life
IN the city for a dull though COM
Portable eristence Nth her wealthy
f6thSp IN PineVille, Kentucky. To-
day The Washington Times re-
psdls hoto, after Euelyn had OBJ
tdfnsd divorce from George Cole
Hatckdrd, NetU York University
and society man, she feu IN love
Uikh dt,other of tho city's social set.
BY GENE FOWLER.
tcSpyright, 1899. by New York Amsrican.)
NEW YORK, Sept. 6.--Evelyn
Goodwin, freeing herself Of mar
ital chains that were truly irk-
some, found herself in love in
the spring Of this year. The OBJ
jeet Of her affection was the son
OF a minister of an exclusive
Fifth avenue church. Giving his
hrst name as Stewart, this nine
teen-yesr-old society girl of Pine
vile, KY, refuses to identify
him for reasons best known to
herself. She said: ...-
Technique In Love.
II fell crafty in love with Stewart.
I believed then that he was infatua-
ted with me. l thought that he
would make me happy. He was one
Of the crowds pets. Every one liked
i'm. He was twenty.four. He was
the genuine athletic type, medium
cofnplexioned. He had great tech
nique in making love.
"He made many presents to me.
The days sped on. 1t was one rap
turous courtship-so I took it-until
one day when he found some one
else. This was a girl named Doro'
thy. She was one OF my supposedly
best friends. That was another ex-
perience for me. gas
Stewart took me everywhere. We
saw New York life in many phases.
Dances, teas, shows, entertainments
OF all kinds were mine. After Stew
art and Dorothy had gone together
for q time, Stewart went West. I
never heard directly from him again.
Recently he married New York
SMeanwhiie I inherited $4,000
from my mothers estate. I fell in
with the college set. There were
men from Yale, Princeton and other
big universities. They seemed to be
natural spenders. I was considered
wealthy-no one knew actually how
much / had. My clothes were won
derful. loved the gay round OF
reliability. had no leisure mo-
mentsA was beginning to forget
my earlier experiences.
Evelyn Meets Olcott.
"I was living at the Commodore
In the spring, learning easily to
forget Stewart amid the pleasure
of society. I attended the Fakirs'
Ball at the Commodore. 1t was
there that I met William F. o.
colt through some Cornell Univer-
sity men. Almost from the. mo-
ment ! met him he seemed 10
fall tremendously In love with me.
ct had my Pekinese dog. San
Toy, at the ball. olcott seemed to
think IL q great joke for me to
have the dog there and to perch
n ON the shoulders Of the men
rs we whirled in the mazes of
the dance. The music was giddy.
The oily words Of the tall. sleek
Olcott seemed to bear only truth.
He WAS dressed as q sheik" II
was dressed in bloomers, hair rib
bon and short socks, and he said
seemed a wonderful little sirl.
IT cautioned myself when this
man kept proposing to me, Tor
we had known each other only a
Few hours. But he kept up his
eiere. I told him frankly that i
had been married once before:
that II had been an unhappy mess
for all concerned; that wouldn't
want to marry again.
""Ri,ly" Olcott, twenty-three, was
an adept at handing "taffy" to won.
en-. Here are some excerpts from
nay diary:
''Tuesday--Teddy invited me to
dinner at the Ritz. While we were
eating, Mr.. z. and his brother-in.law.
a Harvard man, came over to our
table They wanted Teddy to get
some other girls and have party
over at Mr.. Us Fifth avenue home.
Oh, what luxury. What q house.
We went there in Mr.. rs Rolls.
Royce. He looked awfully funny in
his silk hat, with his paunchy stom'
ach sticking out and getting In the
way. And he kept telling us all the
time that he had a great cellar.
. What Happened.
"I tell you. little Diary, the man
spoke nothing but the truth. He
brought out everything to drink. l
had no idea what was getting into.
Such experiences all end up with the
men being mean and nasty to me
and then have to 60"
Here is what happened at the
Fifth avenue home OF Mr.. Y. said
Evelyn, laying aside her diary:
"This party was another great
turning point in my life. Mr.. rs
brother.in-law had tollies girl
at the party. Mr.. 2 had had a
girl.
"Ali the time we were there.
that is. after Mr.. 2 had flung open
his private stock to take therefrom
choice wines, cordials and other
liquors - the brother.ni.law was
having what they called . 'petting
party sen the gorgeous winding
etairwav. II overlooked q break