The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-02-23

Vertruoe Anterior
bly, some more obscure com plex-
vengeance on the husband who has
wrecked our first illusions-on Life
itself. Bringing up. family and so.
cial traditions. have nothing to do
with It. Only opportunity counts.
Moreover. we are not the product
OF our immediate forebears, but OF
a thousand thousand unknown an.
cestOrS. T.
God! True enough!"
Unfortunately. these women who
have wasted 50 much time on love
never realize the tragic futility
until Time himself disposes of
temptation. and then 1t is too latsk
for anything but regrets Of another
sort. The war may have solved
the problem for many q desperate
spirit
my own case has assumed an
entirely different complexion. With
my youth restored I have the world
at my feet once more. but safe
guarded by the wisdom of expert.
ence-in so far as q mortal ever may
be. The bare idea OF that old game Of
prowling sex fills me with ennui
and disgust. The body may be
young again. but my mind. re-ener.
tgized though It Is, is packed with
memories. very Book of Life.
When ! found that my beauty waN
restoredT thought of nothing less
than returning to the conquest OF
men In the old manner. although
quite aware OF its powerful aid In
the work have made up my mind
to do In Austria. OF late. OF
course. i have thong ht OF little else
but what this recrudescence OF my
youth means to you and to myself.
But-please do not interrupt-this
I shall not discuss with you again
until Monday-if then.
But once more I wish to i'm.
press you with the fact that In.
dulge in nothing so futile as re-
grets for my past 'Sackcloth and
ashes provokes nothing but smile
from women Of my type and class.
Moreover, I believe that my educa.
ton would not be complete without
that experience-mine. understand.
I am not speaking for women Of
other temperaments. opportunities. +
OF less intellect. of humber chart
acter, weaker will. And II
I had, persisted in virtue at that
time I should probably make fool
Of myself today, an even moro
complete foof than women do when
they feel youth slipping but still
are able with the aid of art and
arts to fascinate younger men,,
"That almost standardized char
ter renowned peremptorily. M.
pride was too great to permit NJ
to be foolish even in the privacy
my mind over men half my age. No ?
did make any Of the usual franti
attempts to keep looking young.
had seen too much OF that. laughe,
at it. too often. Nevertheless.
hated the approach Of age. the &.
cay of beauty, the death of mag
netism. as bitterly as the stiles,
woman I had ever met.
Some women merely fade: lost
their compilations. the brightness,
Of their eyes and hair. Other,
grow heavy, solid: stout or fabby;
the muscles Of the face and mech
loosen and sag, the features alter
I seemed slowly to dry up-wither
There was no flesh to hang O,
loose skin to wrinkle. but 1t seem
ed to me that I had ten Thousand
lines. I thought It a horrid fate
l. could not know that Nature
to be cruel, had given me
the best chance for the renewal o!
the appearance as well as the fac,
Of youth.
Il suppose all this seems trivial
to .vou--this mourning over lost
a.s
mot at all. II must have been
hell to woman like you. AS fol
women IN general-they may make
more fuss about it, but l fancy
they hate 1t less than men"
ayes, men are yainer than WON
en-" said Madame Zattiany indif.
But l have yet to waste
any sympathy on men.
II suppose only fully realized
that my youth, my beauty. my mag.
netic. charm. had gone when men
ceased to make violent love to mo.
They still paid court. for I was
very important person. my great
prestige was q sort Of halo, and
had never neglected my mind.
There was nothing Of significance
had not read during all these
years. was as profoundly inter
ested In the great political currents
Of Europe. seen and unseen, as any
manor as any intelligent woman
II European society. Moreover. I
had the art Of life down to a fine
point. and had not forgotten that
even in friendship men are drawn
to the subtle woman who knows
how to envelop herself in certain
mystery. And European men are
always eager to talk with an &C.
woman. even II she has I
no longer the power to stir their
cacile passions.
when | realized that my sex
power had left me adopted an en-.
tirely new set Of tactics-never
would I provoke a cynical smile on
the faces Lonce had the power to
distort! With no evidence of re.