The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-18

And after Calling MT. Rainey to
Come to Her 1t the Plaza Hotel,
She De Iivered Her Message,
Whatever II Was, and Hoped on
Steamer and Went Back to EngIand.
. high mountain top in Mexico, fell nadIy
in love, and became engaged "a ! vulgar
woman Of burlesque show. The sub
Unity Of the altitude touched the coarse
soul Of the actress 50 that thousands 81
feet above the clouds she seemed like
beautiful lady, worthy to become wife
Then the travellers started down. AS they
descended, the world pressed nearer, and
the manners Of the actress became more
common. TIL, at the foot 81 the mountain,
she went into cabaret, started to dance,
barefoot, and ended By getting hopeIessly
drunk.
You were diferent-far among the
clouds, 2 the lover told the actress You
were fine sublime up there. But here
You are impossible. renounce our en-
gagement will never marry such Il
common thing Is you.
Similarly, Mrs. Manners may have had
her doubts iii London She may have re-
called that exciting evening in Ihe
African jungle when Rainey proposed.
She may have told herself: 81
He was handsome then. He rested
on his gun. The last lion we had Just
shot between us. His cheeks were flushed.
He was-then-every inch q man. 1kmd
he said tonne, Darling. be mine Darling,
when saw how straight You could sheet
] knew you we're the woman for me.
Let's get married and wen hunt together,
forever. |" ssls<s5sy
Mrs. Manners, doubtless, in her London
drawing room, re-lived that exciting hour
as women always relive their triumph,
and their defeats. Then she may have
wondered. sd
''Yes-in the African jungle-Paul's
superb" she may have told herself.
but marriage is serious matter.
know, because have been married Be
fore. What sort of figure, wonder,
by the fireside? After all, we cant
always hunt in Africa-not, and keep
house,
And, if this is the reason, then when
Paul Rainey met Mrs. Manners in their
last interview at the Plaza, she may have
spoken something like this:
Dear Paul, just one minute-wait-
wait-don't be too haSty! Now, my
darling, know how you can shoot CT
know how you love a lion. But, my
dearest, since am to marry you, | want
you to assure me, once and for all, that
will always be first in your affections.
That, in short, no lion will ever come be-
tween III" sgAr
Did she ask him to give up his rowing
life in the wilds-perhaps the one thing
ne could not bring himself to promisee
So they parted. Mrs. Manners re-
turned. perhaps Borrowing, to England;
one knows where. Because, as all. the
smart world learned long ago, whenever
Mr.. Rainey has lost his betrothed, he has
always gone hunting to forget. Thus,
after his seige of Miss Marian Fish, he
went to Labrador After Mrs. George
Law, he ranched in Texas; after
Nathalie Schenck, he sought the frozen
lce-felds of Alaska; after Gladys Mills,
he studied the Sphinx, beside the ancient
when Miss Gwendolyn Burden made lit
very plain that her name was no longer
to be linked, matrimonially, with his,
Rainey chartered the ship Boethic and
set out on an all round the world cruise
with Harry Payne Whitney rsw
So, again, he has gone away, travelling,
hunting, exploring But, who the next
fiancee will be, or whether he will ever
pay court again to woman, he never said.
Since, one Of the most remarkable things
about Mr.. Rainey's six engagements. aid
six reflections, is that neither he, nor the
fancee in question-ever, ever told what
was the exact reason which made, at
least the lady, sure that he and she were
haprier parted than we'd.
What does the reader of this article
shink Marion Manners came 5000 miles
% say to Mr.. Rainey? sr