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talent you do, you would find that
the mere fact of your name Deing
linked with mine would miAtate
against you, and you would be ex-
pected to show greatness from the
start"
The receipt of this letter seems
to have upset the girl great deal,
for there are Indications that siAe
abandoned herself tO riOtOus hvings
and even fell back on drugs, p vice
she seams to have acquired shortly
after meeting Valentino. The Sheilk
seemed to think that he was In
some way to blame for the girls
lapse i'm this respect, for We find
repeated references In his letters at
this stage to the matter. In ono
he says:
Dope . Terrible Craving
"Grieved am beyond measure
at what your letters suggest. and
friends arriving here tell me. Dope
Is q terrible craving, and q curse
that has destroyed many souls ana
bodies. Fresh in my mind Is the
fate OF poor ---'s wife, and beg,
il you have any thought for me
or my happiness, to cut the thing
out. Cut II out, grille, az you
would q plague scar on your body.
There can be no happiness for You
In this life IL you allow yourself
to be slave OF the evil.
81 blame myself every hour Ok
my life when j think that You
have acquired the habit through
mixing with the set To which 4
introduced you when first we met.
I did not realize then how tar
they had gone in that direction,
and even now find it difficult to
grasp it all"
just Wonderful Kid
In another letter recalling their
associations In London and Paris,
after the meeting on the Riviera,
Valentino says
"YOu are just q wonderful Kid.
You bring Joy and gladness into my
life as no one else ever did. Since
you left me I do nothing but sit
here and try to live over again
the happy hours we spent together,
warming our hands at the big fire
Of real life.
''I would give anything to live
those hours again, but always there
ID in the background the feeling
that you will come across with that
grown-up stuff, and make me feel
that I am a slave once more.
II wonder il yOu realize that the
artistic temperament cannot Live in
subjectiOn. III only I. were sure you
made no real claim ON me, / could
love you forever, and be happy
beyond measure In the thought OF
seeing you from time to time, but
II is ever so different when you
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Copyright. 1926 Editors syndicate
JOYCE GOES AHEAD - He came
up to me. "There you are" he said, as
he pulled me to my feet. "Come out
and meet the girls. Take your coat
off," / shrank from his touch. Don't
touch me-not just yet! Wait-please
don't" I stammered. Suddenly |
pulled myself together. ..'Was this the
way l was going to handle my man?"
l asked myself. Get rid of the COM
pauy," said. Continued Tomorrow
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Valentino LoUe Notes
Discount PoLa NeQri

try to assert claims ON me. Then
the artist in me revOlts and In.
stinctiveiy ! fight for my freedom"
Arranges Allowance For Her
A moment was reached in the
association when the girl was harp
ing on the hopelessnass Of her life
apart from Valentino.
To the letters In this strain he
replies at once, reiterating the
hope1essness Of the idea that t.-ov
can be associated az partners in
any sense Of the word. He goes
on:
1T is not my wish that you
should want for anything, big eyes.
want you to have everything in
this life necessary to your happi-
ness, and you have only to say
the word and will see that these
things are yours. / have written TO
E. and he says he Is arranging
your flat and your allowance so
that yOu may never want for any.
thing.
Shortly / shall be back in Eu.
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moment at Biarritz when i thought
things might be different"
Rare are the passages In which
he dwells on his own illness, but tt
Is a mistake 70 assume that hs was
blind to the fact that he had con-
tracted a complaint that would al
timately end his days. In one let
ter, he speaks OF the pain from
which he suffers and says:
The doctors seem disposed ia
hide the truth from me, but, some,
how, / feel that the matter Is
worse than they tell me, and fear
that one day j shall take to my
bed never to rise again. navs
just been through 4 long ana tiring
day and all the while was suf-
fering agony. tried not to show
1T, but it was there all the time.
and, even now. I feel that may
have a seizure in my sleep. Not
that such a death would be one 70
lament. I feel that 1t would be q
great mercy on the part Of the
Good God were to pass like that
in my sleep.
Happy Days As PIaynlates
Only few weeks before his fatal
illness there IS = letter in which
he returns to the suggestion Of
drug-taking by the girl.
For my sake, cut It out" he
urges. 1T ID adding to the misery
Of my life when I think OF you rum
ming the risks you are. If you
value my affection for you. inn
pIore you to show it by cutting out
this canker. No good can come
Of it."
You do not understand, and
doubt IL you win ever understand, =
he says in another letter to the
girl. '"TO me the most precious
memory of all is the happy days we
spent as boy and girl pIaymail 8,
thinking nothing Of that grOWn-up
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- AAp@0 ~ 1tssA~t q s5 1 q 49, - =
stuff that seems always "a poison
the wells Of existence.
over and over again live those
days. and wish they could continue
forever. Why will you spoil them
by this talk OF partnership. Don't
YOU realize that the artistic ren1-
permanent was never made for bond
age. and the mere suggestion Of
union Of this sort suffices to XIII
the love there Is IN my heart Tor
you. / like to think Of you as my
playmate, and It Is great happiness
SO to think. Do not spoil 1t.
Didn't Want Her ia U. 8.
At one stage cf the association
the girl made up her mind TO risk
everything and come to the United
States in the hope that Valentino
would procure her q position where
she could always be near him. She
announced her decision to the Sheik
and the reply received u coucned
in the following terms:
You will spoil everything II you
60 through with what you suggest.
/ cannot have you here on any
terms. Can you not stay in Europe
and let things be? One day every
thing may be Strengthened out and
then things viii be different. At
the moment II Isl just one great
fight to achieve success, and can.
not encounter disturbing influences
without my work suffering"
In an oher letter he unburdens
himself regarding the unhappy days
Of his married life. II wonder e
you realize how much 4 have guf-
fered," he says. II set out ID the
belief that 4 had achieved union with
my ideal mate, and I thought there
be no greater happiness for 3 man
than to be united to his soul mate.
No Thought Of Wedding Pola
81 soon realized tIaat marriage and
the artistic temperament could not
harmonic, and I lived i'm he'll for
the days In which ] could not adjust
myself to the extent Of regaining
my freedom. I pray you may never
suffer as have suffered, and 1t is
because I do mot want you to suf-
fer that refuse to hear any sugges.
tion of marriage between us.
"Y0u may think it strange that,
despite the experience Of my first
marriage, / should have risked q
second one, but j was under the de-
IusI0n that it would be different, and
for some weeks everything suggested
that / was right. This Is the way
that fate mOcls us artists, and It
was not long until / realized that
the second marriage was going the
way of the first.
You can understand why I do
not think Of a third lightly. THOSE
WHO TALK OF MY MARRIAGE
WITH POLA NEGRI DO NOT
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE SAY
ING. 1T CANNOT BE, AND
NEVER WILL BE SO LONG AS ]
HAVE THE RECOLLECTION OF
THE PAST TO WARN ME OF THE
FUTURE"
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and sense the truth of situation
like that, guess I'm crazy.
Conversation Overheard
I don't know whether she saw
them herself that time, or whether
some friend reported it, or whether
las gossip has it,, certain persons
whose business it is to do such
work Were put on their trail to
watch.
Mr.. Hall agreed to meet on the
evening of September Ia, 1922,
their conversation was overheard.
OF course my opinions aren't
worth anything but I can't help
having them, nor can help want
ing passionately to see justice
done in this murder that robbed
me OF my two best friends, mother
and the man whose love she re.
turned.
Mr.. Hall was buried one day
sooner than mother. / remember
hearing that when his body was
lowered into the vault, his wife re-
manned I'm the coach at the entrance
Of the lot, and i wondered how, IL
she regarded his love "as the most
beautiful thing In her Hfe' (which
she said when questioned by re-
p0rters and Othersl, she could have
kept from watching until the very
last instant as his body was going
away from her, into the earth. The
stone under which he lies is not
marked at all.
Longed To Pour Out Heart
I often wish could go to his
grave and think about things, and
sort Of talk" to him. In those
first awful days, when they both
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rope and we can resume the old
happy days, but want you to
understand that you win spoil every
thing II you persist in this idea
Of partnership Of any kind. Think
this over carefully and remember
that our happiness Is bound up
with your answer. I have thought
great deal over this and my mind
Is made up.p
a Lover 81 Children
A quarrel followed this letter, and
the girl once again abandoned her
self to drug taking and ths life
against which she had been warned
by Valentino. For many months
they did not correspond. but ct last
the girl broke the silence and in
his reply Valentino said:
1T was good to hear from you
again, and great to feel that you
realized the folly OF taking offence
at my plain speaking. You have
been in my thoughts always since
we parted and I long for the day
when we can settle down to easier
relations"
Perhaps the most poignant letters
OF all are those in which the dead
artist lays bare his soul and speaks
Of the secret griefs that embittered
his lie. In one such letter he. says:
What You say about your atti-
tude towards children distresses me
beyond measure. TO me there is
no great happiness than to be
playing with children, and my great
grief is that this life seems to be
denied me. There are moments
when would gladly retire from
everything and settle down to a,
life Of ease. surrounded by little
ones, but somehow fate seems to
have decreed that I may not have
this happiness. 1t is the one great
grief Of my life. and there was one
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7 RESERVE OFFICERS
WILL TAKE TRAINING

Seven reserve Army officers will
report today at the Army War Col
lege here for course Of training
in personnel and mobilization Of
from four to six weeks, according
to the War Department.
The funds available during the
current fiscal year will permit the
detail of 81 reserve officers to at
tend the college for short courses.
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Under The Knife

A MAJOR OPERATION TO-
save the remaining leg of George
E. Brennan, Democratic nominee
for Senator from Illinois and 3
Nationa wet leader, was per-
formed I'm q Chicago hospital to-
day. One of Brennan's legs was
aInputated many years ago. He
was badly injured i'm q recent &C.
cidnV1f
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MRS. HALL KNEW ABOUT
LOVE AFT AIR, MILLS
GIRL FEELS SURE
BY CHARLOTTE MILLS

pcsyheht by Famous
Terrible terrible days Observation-Disclosures days that still
haunt me.
cannot write what felt when heard that the bodies OF
my mother and Mr.. Hall had been foundmurdered! And
fghfuy brutally cruelty with mothers throat
and her face marked not only with blood but by being
The doctors think the cutting had been done
after death which is little grain Of comfort to
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were gone, I would have given any.
thing in this world for someone ]
could have talked with and poured
my heart out to.
People were kind to me, but no
body can ever be like those two
or take their places.
T0mOFrOw-CharIOtte Mills re-
Iates her mothers philosophy Of
death. She tells, too, how the
heartacI1es and humiIiatiOns fol.
lowing her mothers murder were
tempered by offers Of assistance.
At least so men wanted to marry
her.
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DELROY CALLS HER, was still
undetermined what to do when Delroy
phoned. Last CALL" he said, stake it
or leave it." I'd play the game. I'd
fight my battle. I'd win or lose-same
as the rest of them. / needed his in
fluence, but never, never would COM
promise with my own resolutions. Half
an hour later sat waiting for Delroy
in his apartment. Irene and Cutie
were already there.
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Longed To Pour Out Heart

often wish could 60 to his
grave and think about things, and
sort Of talk" to him. In those
first awful days, when they both
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THE HIGH HAT, as once
worn by the smart riding set Of
London, Is staging a comeback,
according to latest fashion ad-
vices. This rare treasure from
the family album shows Lady
Randolph Churchill, as she ap-
peared In the equestrienne's ac-
cepted headpiece of yesteryear.
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IRENE'S COUNSEL Delroy had
started toward me. Irene followed
him. you've been talking so loud I'm
sure she's heard every word you said"
she told him. you're not in condi-
tion to put girl exactly at ease. You
don't want her to dislike you, do you"
He glanced at me. "Oh," he said,
"stick around a minute and make her
feel at home. will you2" Irene agreed.
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WILL .IAMS
WINS BIRD

A. r. ''Bill" Williams played
enough golf in the cold weather to
win himself big fat turkey at
the expense of the indian Spring
Club members. Williams topped
the field of players who turned
out in the Thanksgiving sweep
stakes event at Indian Spring. and
by handing in a card of 50 for
low gross, he captured first prize.
A tie resulted for runner.up prize
to the low gross when Basil Manley.
J. v. Brownell. and r. w. Diggs
each had cards of So Rather than
play another nine holes. the players
tossed for the chicken and Digs
won.
Low net turkey went to C. b.
Allen whose gross score 80 and
handicap 10 gave him q net 70. A
tie also resulted for runner up
to low net between John McCor-
mick. with 81. Is, u. and c. l..
Hudson. 90, IS, ~.
The mystery prize awarded to
the man who took the largest num-
Der Of strokes at the difficult sew
enth, where the tee shot must he
played over McCormick's famous
lake. was won by John Sherrier who
registered nine strokes.
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1 to b. Then Palace got busy and
there was scoring a-plenty until the
count stood 3 to s.
Elmer Riplsy broke che tie with
i fancy shot from the side Of the
court and ( ON then on PhiIade.
phia was always trailing. though
the boys III the plain trousers
threatened early IN the second half.
At ha1f.tirne Washington led. "a
to 10,
The second half started slowly but
picked up speed shortly and soon
Philadelphia was marching mp and
down the floor and the fans began
worrying lest Palace be nCsed ut.
However, Manager Kennedy held =
huddle In the middle Of the court
and apparently the word came ~
show something for thereafter the
home guard played rings around the
visitors. In the last five minutes
Wasnington's brilliant passing had
Philadelphia completely puzzled ana
Kennedy, Saunders and Ripley were
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GIRLS
PLAY HOCKEY
By GERRY" Martin

TIL intercity field hockey tourney
win be held at the Merton Cricket
Club in Philadelphia. beginning on
Wednesday afternoon. This tour
nament will be of special interest
to local enthusiasts since there are
four Washingtonians on the 3al-
timore team which, win compete,
The tourney will be round.robin
aft, T. this year Heretofore the
team which lost it's first game was
Immediately eliminated Since 1922
the Quaker City team has >sopped
tn" championship and II is hoped
by many that the top honors nay
be collected by the Washington.
Baltimore team this year.
Flevens from New York Phila.
delphia, Boston. Fairchester. and
Baltimore will tussle for the Eastern
championship
From these teams. the North
eastern line ups will be chosen to
face the Western eleven in the
lntersectional tourney which Will be
played at the Baltimore Country
Club on December 3, 4 and S.
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DETROIT IS
NEXT FOE

Just enough work to keep the boys
at top form is the program for the
Georgetown Hilltoppers this week
following their one-sided victory
over Fordham at New York, 80 to Q.
Coach Lou Little is confident thai
his squad needs no more preparation
for its final game OF the campaign
at Detroit next Saturday against
Detroit University.
Detroit is coached by Gus DOrais,
former Notre Dame star. 1T was
the forward passing Of Dorais 20
Roclzne that first brought Notre
Dame to the front in football and
Detroit is expected to have plenty of
passes in the air all the time next
Saturday However. the Hilltoppers
stopped the fine passing of Jim
DeLany. the Fordham halfhack, and
have no fears of what Detroit may
do along this line.
The Fordham game gave Coach
Little an opportunity to see some
of his second string players shine.
This applied especially to McCabe,
Don Elavin and Parker Scott, all OF
whom viii very likely see action at
Detroit.
Light drills will be in order for
three days beginning tomorrow,
Thursday evening the squad viii de.
part for Detroit where the final
workout of the season will be staged
Friday. Injuries were II ; minor
caliher at New York and Trainer
Harry Crowley promises to have
every Hilltopper in perfect fettle
this week.
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So many former caddies of the
Fairview Country Club in West
chester county, New York, have de-
veloped into prominent golfers Of
today. that 1t IL planned to hold
a tournament Of those erstwhile
caddies who have turned profess
sional
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It is possible. though doubtrul,
that the Naval Academy or Military
Academy has at some time been re-
presented By stronger team than
this seasons. but It Is certain that
never have both reached 80 high
) : plane ID the same year.
The Naval Academy has defeated
all Of its opponents. among them
Purdue. Princeton. Colgate. Michigan
fand Georgetown. The Military
Academy has won from Syracuse,
Yale and others. and been defeated
Z 70 o. by Notre Dame.
II was hoped that both service
teams would have clean records,
% that. for the first time In the
history Of the series, the result
would practically settle the inter.
collegiate supremacy. This aitua-
ton was prevented by the loss
OF the Notre Dame game BY the
Army.
However, it is felt that . victory
by the Navy would make II Inn
possible for any team to claim 3
higher place. In view Of the terrific
schedule 1t has completed success
fully. OF course. should the Navy
defeat the Array by q higher score
than Notre Danes victory. there
would be some ground for claiming
precedence over that team.
Officers OF both services are
greatly pleased that the game is
assuming an Importance from the
athletic standpoint that it long has
held from other sfandpoints.
For years the game has at-
Gracfed greater attention than any
other and the tickets Of adTnis-
sion have been sought with the
greatest eagerness.
For years only the greatest ath-
letic grounds in the country could
entertain the crowds attending the
game with any degreee OF comfort,
and the officials Of the two services
will look for fields Of the same kind
next season, 100000 seats being re-
garded as the minimum number
which can be considered.
Even then. the officials are find
INK HtOEG 1AIA AAALNNA@S 40
meeting the legitimate demand for
tickets.
The Naval Academy team Of
This season has many close ties
with the Midwest, the section In
which the game is being played.
80 that the selection Of site this
year was an Opportune one.
Comdr. Jonas H. Ingram. director
of athletics and football. and his
brother, Navy Bill Ingram. field
coach and active head Of the coach.
Ding staff, are from Indiana. and
Comdr. Douglas L, Howard, repre-
sentative of the Navy Athletic Asso'
citation for football. and Frank j,
Wickhorst, captain and left tackle OF
the team, are from Illinois.
Rip Miller. line coach, Is from
Ohio and also played tackle on the
great Notre Dame team Of 1924
Hamilton, fulfnack. is from Ohio
Born. right guard, from Wisconsin
Osburn. center, from Indiana
Goudge, quarterback, from Ne
braska, and many of the principal
substitutes are also from that Sec
ton.
The other members of the team
represent the nation generally. every
section being represented among
the varsity players and substitutes
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Aloysius Athletic
Program Set For
Tonight

Members of the Aloysius
Club will hold their first stag
of the season tonight with an
interesting program Of athletic
events arranged Jy frankie
Mann. The program will begin
at 8 b. m.
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The Kenilworths and Hartfords
PLAYED through four tough quarters
without q score. with Roberts and
Cady standing out for the Kenil-
worths, and Kiatta, Sullivan and
Fitzgerald shining for the Hart
fords
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WEST POINT HAS EDGE
OVER M|DSH|PNEN l
ON GR|D|RON y

The football game between the eevens Of the Naval and
Academies Chicago Saturday. Will be the
tween The teams of service schools
twenty-eight played, the Soldiers nave won
twelve, while the other have been ties NO 0tne
shows by its record that the contestants nave oee
% well matched. ~. f;..+ -
Atlantic seaboard, and IS
ss aditd that both reached high standard
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Forward Pass Wins

A forward pass. Captain Mcdonald
20 Birckhead, scored a touchdown
that gave the Northerns 7.to.0 vic
tory over Chevy Chase.
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ST. Stephens Wins

The st. Stephens team, which de
4eated the Nationals, 20 to 0, has yet
to be defeated this season. More vic
Tins are sought. Manager Weaver's
: phone Is West sos.
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forever taking DOT shots Il tie
Washington deserved la- victory.
It shot 70 goals from the floor
% four for lts rivals. willie
GIascOe alone failed % cage
at least one goal, but De was
kept bus. intcrCepting shots and
covering his own man. He did
b mastery iOb, too.
Saunders. Ripley and Kennedy
each got three field goals ana
the Washington manager nailed
eight ont Of Ills nine tries from
the foul line. Kennedy led both
teams n scoring with - points.
PIucl<y Pony
Weighing only $50 pounds, Mars.
the little son Of Man O'War nd
Christmas Star. u practically q
pony. but he has beaten horses
twice his weight through sheer
garnenesr and despite heavy i'm.
posts.
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liminary, the youngsters showing q
fast brand Of basketball. But the
real excitement came with the big
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philadelphia had stretch" Nee
nan to be sure but Ray Kelnydy
had a team ON the floor. Nattir.
ally the tear won. Better physi-
cal condition and more practice
had much to do with the Palace
victory and toward the close Of
the contest Philadelphia seemed to
be hoping for the final gun. The
visitors had had quite enough.
Soup Campbell put his team
ahead III the opening moments with
& field goal and Chick Passon added
couple OF points from the f0u
line giving Philadelphia the lead
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leaguers.
Look at Stretch was heard
on all sides as the Philadelphia
center hoped out upon tie floor
His six feet seven inches lowered
over every other man and the fans
kept looking at him all night. E11ie
Miller ran himself ragged trying to
keep the ball away from his lanly
opponent and hasn't succeeded vet