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amazing women. At that first
afternoon meeting, Marquise
Jeanne sat eating her luncheon
quite alone. while she watched
Helene Comtesse de Portes chat
ting with Won Ribbentrop, eX-
changing messages with Georges
Bonnet. greeting Monsieur Elan
din, Eve Curie, Or. Martel, that
great surgeon who shot himself
at the Fall of Paris because he
could not live through the shame
of a German occupation. Yes.
Marquise Jeanne saw Comtesse
Helene greet all the important
men of France who lunched at
the Club that day Then, | think,
she was impressed. Perhaps her
heart leaped up. And her mind
asked.
What is her secret? Why
can't study her and make some
thing of myself, as she has
made ?"
] don't remember if / ever
heard. who introduced the two.
But anyway, they were intro
duced And soon, when all the
men had gone back 10 their Of
fees. those two young women
were seated at the same table,
over "A second domi-tasse. Dis
GUESSING the recent news. the ter
rible news, the most surprising
news.
For now it was February 8,
1884. Mark that date. Just two
days before Premier Daladier had
been swept out Of power as
swiftly as he had been swept in.
1t was the February riots, when
he, the strong man Of France,
had called upon the soldiers 10
put down sedition. Twenty,
Frenchmen had been shot 10
death. His enemies had cried
"Daladier the Killer! And had
put him out of Office
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So this had happened. when,
gently. Marquise Jeanne talked
TO Comtesse Helene about her
power and her political interests
and how she had got launched
on her brilliant career. All, she
asked for all the story.
But come TO my house for tea
tomorrow, she finished. and tell
me so many things | am eager
TO know"
It's compliment TO anybody
To be asked for the story of his
life. 1t was even compliment
to Comtesse Portes, accustomed
as she was to many compliments.
Then she probably thought. 1T
might be a good idea. This girl
is so rich. She must have power
g.. or she could develop power. D..
through her in-laws. the Dues.
Well it might be worth my while
TO give her a little of my time"
A r ANY rate. next afternoon,
~ in the delicate gold and bro
Cade salon of Marquise Jeanne,
the two ladies sat slipping after
noon chocolate and nibbling the
delicate pastries Of Paris. And
Comtcsse dc Portes, with candor,
was speaking TO rapt Marquise
Jeanne, her philosophy of life.
Life" she said, for us wo-
men 1t is often a cold proposition.
But life can be exquisite in Paris
for a smart woman. | realized
that when | first saw the boule-
wards, as a young student of six
teen, just arrived from Marseilles.
Help yourself TO what you can
get, Helene, | told myself. And"
she laughed Il have.
Marquise Jeanne smiled, with
appreciation and yet, again, with
wonder.
Some Of my friends the
comtesse went on, thought !
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meeting that shook history. And
l wonder. as those two women
met. wonder If the gods
laughed or II within their sem
tient souls these women dimly.
wordlessly. had any premonition
of the terrific hate which they
would shortly feel for one an
other.
An. l wonder And who can
really tell? Yet. strangely. I
cannot help but feel that, except
for an unexpected quirk in
events, they might have been al
lies, even understanding. admir-
ing friends.
SO please now pardon n dis
cursive woman while she holds up
the progress of her story TO try
10 make you her readers see
and feel and appreciate those two
amazing women who had SO much
10 do with the ruin of the father
land.
At the time they met in 1884.
seven years ago, Marquise Jeanne
was twenty-eight. Comtesse Hell
enc nearly forty, though. Of
course. she would have indig-
uantly denied this had she been
asked But she was, I'll grant.
a fairly young and rather well
preserved nearly forty" She
was decidedly on the thin side:
no wonder. her blazing ambitions,
her seething plots and schemes
were enough 10 make any woman
thin.
We French have special epi-
thets for those two types of wo-
men. Marquise Jeanne we caH
a femme sexe" and Comtesse
Helene a femme fatale" We
mean. by the first phrase, that
Marquise Jeanne is a womanly
woman, TO whom satisfaction as
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should try for a place in the
Coincide Franchise. But, Bon
Dieu, / would prefer a place in
the comedie of life. The stage
of real life has always better
pleased me. Then ! asked my
self coldly. for L saw coldly...
which do you want, Helene. love
or power?'"
IF that question had ever been
asked me, would have answered
love-" softly interpolated Mar
quise Jeanne.
Bah" scoffed Comtesse Hell
enc. you outlive love. The heart
lest love 1 ever watched was
dead. completely. after seven
years. But power. dominion e.
the peculiar influence we French
women have often attained over
our public men. and so over
France-that can last till death.
Remember how Madame de Main
tenon still ruled old King Louis
XIV when she was seventy-eight
and he. that king. just tottering
into his grave at seventy-siX ="
Yes" agreed Marquise Jeanne.
II remember"
We'll. l wanted power.
wanted influence. How l asked
myself, how could make this
happen?' l answered myself, by
making the right friends BY
making concessions, playing on
mems weaknesses. making my
self indispensable TO them, And
then" she laughed. a slight,
cold, arid laugh, and then by
making myself expensive.
German fraus. Holland good
wives, English sportswomen. all
these other women of Europe sit
and watch the political game
played all about and leave 1t 10
the men. But we Frenchwomen
have a flair-a downright genius
for political intrigue-or manage
ment, call it which you will And
II was in this flair of my country
women that | chose my career"
\X/ELL- there was more Of this
w philosophy. but ! have told
you enough TO make you under
stand At any rate, near the end
of that intimate, that quiet after
noon chocolate party, those two
ledies were joining hands
IT'S Daladier." said Confess
Helene. "he is the rising man. II
is him we should win 10 our side
-. and you. my dear, with your
position, your mansion for enter
tanning, your wealth and
But" said Marquise Jeanne,
me is no longer Premier Peo-
pie say he is ruined completely
because ne called out the soldiers
TO put down the riots"
Comtesse Helen fiicked the ash
Of her cigarette into her saucer
..."Pouff He is the Coming
Man OF France. He is ever and
ever stronger. more promising,
Bigger, Adler man than that Lit
tie Chantecler- That Rooster
Paul Reynaud"
They say Reynaud may be
Premier one day"
He's not 10 be compared with
Edouard Daladier. And now
now 49,. while Daladier is under a
passing cloud
Well, the Comtesse sowed the
seed, While the eager heart Of
restless, ambitious Marquise
Jeanne beat up with an elan
Here was her career At last she
was started This clever comtesse
would be her ally They would
form a sort of woman's party
with Daladier. win him 20 them.
then help France through him.
And bask in the reflected glory
of the Premiership.
OF course the comtesse would
be the leader. But. anyway,
Jeanne thought, she would have
share And. at last, something
TO do. So she promised to use
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a woman. in love. with her hus-
band, in her home and her chill
dren. comes before all else. We
also mean a woman who has SEX
ual feeling. endowing her with
complete capabilities for love,
physical and intellectual and
spiritual I'm short an intensely
feminine woman whose entire eX-
preston is through her feminin-
ity.
But Comtesse Helene - that
femme fatale.' by that we mean
a woman who has some dread
destiny woman who. without
much conscious effort on her own
part, attracts the men; attracts
every kind and condition of man
from the doorman to the Prime
Minister.
THIS kind of woman in my
France is generally supposed
TO be rather lacking in sexual
feeling Underneath that burning
exterior. she is cold and she is
scheming, She gives herself TO
a man or to many men. almost
as routine She uses her
amazing and ineNplicable attrac-
ton for men, to enslave them TO
her Will, to enrich herself with
their money and jewels, TO boost
herself to power.
Well these are many words,
but this is my estimate of those
two, much talked about charm
ers of the two war premiers of
France. Yet ! can't go on with
out adding something else Had
poor Marquise Jeanne found hap
piness at home. | do not believe
she would ever have wanted
power, a political salon or a great
statesman for her petit ami.
But Comtesse de Portes ha -
she would have burned up in mis-
cry at home, if fate had dealt her
a life bounded only by the loves
of husband and children.
Marquise Jeanne, ! sincerely
believe, was, save for one eXcep-
ton, "A woman strictly scrupu-
lousy chaste. She had a physi-
cal and a spiritual fasudiousness
which kept herself circumspect
and choice. This showed in a
certain charm and delicacy and
yes almost in a certain jeune
file quality l always much add
mired.
But Comtesse de Portes once,
long ago. / read of a philosopher
who met woman years after ne
had first known her as a youthful
Magdalene And on her face,
that sensitive philosopher then
could read the marks left by a
hundred Haisons He asked a
question to his spirit. "ah
where, my girl, since that first
time l saw you, where have you
been since then? And with
whom? Can you remember your
self ?"
GRAVELY, solemnly, in the in
- terests of accuracy, I say this
same applies TO Comtesse Helene
What used 20 be called a female
virtue" she despised or scorned
and laughed at l large part of
her stock in trade. in fact, her
strongest weapon was the burn
ing desire with which she seemed
to put under her spell all manner
of men. the richest and the most
important in France . and
in lesser other men of other
countries. also. Yes she used
her charms to enrich herself and
extend her powers.
But gentle Marquise Jeanne,
with generous hands. and loving
ly spent her money 10 advance
the man 10 whom she had given
her heart Premier Daladier.
So. as I have said they met
at Club Interallie, those two
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Evening star., 1941-08-09
Naval Air Game AWAY
From Government
League Pennant
Whips F. B. |. in Series
Opener; Comeo Tied
For industrial Lead

Naval Air Stations ball team finds
itself only one game from the United
States Government League cham
pionship, title which would give
it a spot in the city series, the win
ner of which will be eligible for the
national championship tournament
Tied with F. B. I. for the second
half crown, Naval Air won the first
game of a playoff yesterday, 6-l, and
will attempt to clinch matters when
the clubs meet again on Monday.
The Airmen already own the first
half flag.
Cameo Furniture at one time had
a commanding lead in the Industrial
League second-half race, but three
successive defeats have dropped il
into first-place tie with Little Tav-
ern. It's latest defeat came yester-
day when O'Donnell's Sea Grill nine
showed Cameo around, 8-3, on the
Ellipse. Pitcher Bill Helmer was q
big help in checking the Furniture
men, limiting them to four hits.
Colesville Cardinals have proved
unstoppable while en- ter a ming
Washington teams on week ends, but
Palace A. C.. of the Washington
Virginia League thinks it can do it
Colesville has won II straight and
last Sunday took Palace into camp
81. This was such a tight game
that an encore is slated for tomor-
row at 3 o'clock at Colesville. Lefty
Mcintyre probably will pitch fol
Palace.
Evening star., 1941-08-09
lass Action Urged Obtain Improved Golf Facilities for District
Sara Moore Returns
To Old Form 10 Win
Tennis Tourney
Beuts Charlotte Decker
For First City Crown
Since Heydoy in 81

A fighting heart, for which she
long has been noted, plus her best
exhibition of tennis since her starry
days of 1887, were responsible for
Sara Moore holding her first local
championship in five years today.
No better than a 13 choice against
top-seeded Charlotte Decker in the
final of the Women's League tourna-
ment at Rock Creek yesterday, Miss
Moore rallied from a 2-5 deficit in
the second set to take the title In
straight sets, 6--3, IS.
Playing brilliantly at the net and
covering court effectively, Miss Moore
appeared determined to win from
the outset. Miss Decker was not at
her best, but 1t is questionable
whether even a so per cent improve
ment would have enabled her TO
beat Sara yesterday, so well was the
former District champion playing.
The loser, with Willie Herbert, was
stymied by darkness in her attempt
to win the doubles championship in
a match with Peggy Smith and
Frances Rowan, for the latter came
back strong to take the second set,
6-3, after Charlotte and Willie had
won the first by the same score.
Because Miss Decker was leaving
town today. the contestants agreed
TO wait until her return in two weeks
| to play of the stalemate.
Evening star., 1941-08-09
Nv the Associated Press.


RYE, N. Y, Aug. e.-One look ut
Don McNeill, national singles tennis
champion, IS enough to convince you
that he has plenty Of chin to take
it on. And, 50 far, Don has been
taking it.
After he won the title at Forest
Hills last September McNeill went
on a long good-will-tour to South
America. Coming on top OF a big
season that almost was too much
for him, as a result he has been
getting nothing much but beatings
since then. There were some who
contended he had lost his nerve
and the fury was gone from his
attack.
When he stepped into semifnals
Of the Eastern grass court tourney
yesterday, McNeill went a long way
toward disproving that contention,
and ne gets another and better
chance when he plays Frank Ko-
vacs today. They're the only seeded
players left in the mems singles
division. Wayne Sabin and Bryan
(Bitsey) Grant, both former first-
ten stars who weren't ranked for
this tourney, clash in the other semi
final.
In overwhelming young William
Talbert Of Cincinnati, IS, 6-3,
McNeill looked like the lanky Okla
homan who swept through the ma
tionals last fall. He trailed, 1-3,
in the first set as Talbert, hard
and accurate driver, nicked the base
Evening star., 1941-08-09

Heurich Brewers, District cham
pions last year and favorites to re-
peat in the city series coming up the
latter part ef this month, will be up
against top-fight opposition Tues
day night when they invade Ballston
Stadium for q nocturnal game with
an all-star team selected from clubs
in the Washington Virginia Night
League.
Proceeds from the game. which
was rained out a couple Of weeks
ago, will be donated to Pat Murphy,
Arlington Maccabees catcher, who
suffered . broken Jaw and the loss
Of several teeth when struck On the
face By . foul ball during batting
Evening star., 1941-08-09
Net Champ McNei|rs Showing
In Rye Tournament Disproves
Charge Game Is Slipping

lines. Then McNeill fought back
with deep drives and perfectly
placed volleys that brought the
match completely under his control.
Kovacs went the other way in
whipping 10th-seeded Ted Schroeder
OF Glendale, Calf. 80, rs. The
Nations third-ranking player slipped
from security into carelessness. He
won five games in row in the first
set, then let down as Schroeder, who
had been playing pat-ball, suddenly
became aggressive. Kovacs finally
applied more pressure and won out.
Grant and Sabin won semifinal
berths Thursday by upsetting Frank
Parker and Bobby Riggs, respec-
lively.
The womens final today brings
together Pauline Betz of Los Angeles
and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke of
New York, seeded first and second
Miss Betz just managed to make ii
yesterday after a great struggle with
stocky Dorothy Bundy of Santa
Monica. Calf. She won out, 0-6,
6-3, 8-6, after Miss Bundy twice
had been just two points from VIC
tory.
Today's other match is a doubles
semiflnal, sending the national
champions, Schroeder and Jack
Kramer, against Sabin and Gardnar
Mulloy Of Carol Gables, Fla. Riggs
and Gene Mako won tbeir Npo,
bracket yesterday. downing Ed
Amark and Robin Hippenstiel, young
California duo, in four sets.
Evening star., 1941-08-09
Bennion and Underwood, New
ToD.C. Tennis, Even Choices
To Rule City in Doubles

Their presence in the title match
served as a shot of strychnine to
the ebbing tournament. which Is
about to end tomorrow on a too
familiar note. Whoever wins in
today's semifinal meeting between
Lynch and Leavens, novelty will be
conspicuous by Its absence in the
Sabbath finale, for Welsh will be
the other finalist and has licked
both Leavens and Lynch without
trouble. Tomorrow's match Is
scheduled to start at 2:30 o'clock.
Lynch has been conquered by
Leavens in two prior semiflnals.
but supporters of the former were
not conceding his third straight
setback at the hands of the Cali
fornian. Leavens beat him in
straight sets in The Star tourna-
ment in June, but Lynch forced the
issue to the limit of five sets in
their clash in the Middle Atlantic
tournament. Neither has dropped
a set in the current tournament.
Welsh reached the final yester-
day by routing Charming, So,
6-3.
Evening star., 1941-08-09
Costello Post Defeats
IAN-Star Nine From
It's Own League

All doubt regarding Costello Posts
right to the American Legion Junior
Baseball League championship is
gone, with the nine proving itself
not only better than other teams
in the loop which it defeated during
the regular series but even better
than an all-star combination from
the others.
With Bill Carroll hurting a three
hit game, Costello set back the
League All-Stars, Al, yesterday at
Grifhth Stadium. The losers only
run came In the last inning when
Charley Hines connected for a
homer.
Another game between the two
was slated for this afternoon at
Grifith Stadium. On Monday Cos
tello will leave for the regional
Legion playoffs at Albemarle, N. C.
Evening star., 1941-08-09
Mid-Ahantic Crown
Consoles 0rioIe
Sofiba|I Teams
Beaten frequently Here,
Toke Title From D. c.
For First Time

Washington softball teams have
been defeating Baltimore represent
atives fairly frequently this season,
but large measure OF consolation
goes to the Monumental City now
with Overnight Transportation Club
holding the Middle Atlantic softball
championship. first time the title
has been away from Washington in
the three-year history Of the tour
nament.
Broad-shoulder Larry Karpook
again was Overnight's outstanding
player. as it defeated international
Business Machines, 1913, last night
at Ballston. Pitching for the third
time in the tourney, he gave only
five hits and famed TO- running his
string to AZ in the three games. He
also had a major part in the third
inning uprising which netted Over
night seven runs, hitting homer.
Billy Hoban, left fielder, also was
a big gun in the winning assault in
that frame, coming to the plate
twice and hitting a double both
times.
In an exhibition game, yellow Cab
upset Senate Beer, 10, in eight in
nings.