| Show i r rS n no g Mia J T adb 66 If 67 J ri Ph l et S fr lIti L Cora Lai arcane s Remarkably Sudden I Change of Heart Toward the Beauty f 1 1 i I Irl k whose J II Ai 1 v t i Hr al S ti y Face r ri i Y B 4 Slapped Slapped- 1 1 Sr Sra S C z d a l I Ii Ir i r 7 r H a o 2 a 3 1 x x She Pulled F w e ARe Re- Re Rea 7 VII f i tB d x xi xe e d A ReI I a s v i 4 r rr re cent Fit Fiti i sf r e w A r oN oNA Jealous Il I r z tl i J t 4 4 k v ah q v v ibY a hr e A s Below Corn Cora La Id IdI I I 1 i I x e ih t t tift aka a a b q the once rl i ix R t o ve tc t s 's vindictive but now v 1 x e x A i d generously w P J 1 ing we j s sd ei ps i rs H t H Hyl HF F 1 F v r 5 we f l x i i a s if l lE 1 E a w r St a 1 M x y 3 r 4 it I 4 lit n 1 N cb r rr 1 t Ii I 7 3 t s 4 av r r a r qs q IR I 4 ly Tr x n m z n e r a fan 4 a iy Toward the v a y yv 3 rious duellist Came v Al n d dd a yU 1 u r tv t e d Y 8 b running two women women- vr ws yr sr c s bat KOCi de s ra Gr be rt t his wife Cora Lapar- Lapar d Ay x ba v r x i eerie and Gilda Darthy the beauty whom a ax o f t Cora hated Neither seemed to realize the thes x s r r t rk t s as 9 x others other's until they r 5 ad both shouted k n nr r j f t cA as with one breath Olt m y hero For an e 4 i 1 r i instant the wife looked as if she were t alb t y r A 3 a 1 going to repeat the pulling hair and f dra x r x Aj f ft r x f s N V v y it iti i slapping face of last spring Then sud t x xi spa alac g 23 8 11 denly she said sweetly mean i v r t A At OUR hero Cilda and folded hills r t Darthy n in n n her forgiving Dnn arms un I t tI tN I Jf N I 4 all v v i 1 PM r rv v v l Y fi v f W Wh h N N Nv v as S- S v a ol a n 4 pt vt Mlle Mile Gilda Darthy the well actress whose suspected undue interest in in Cora F r husband James is now forgiven i iF ir p PARIS MIE most moet surprising aftermath of THE the battle of words and fists which t Jacques had in the lobby of his wife's theater in tho the Rue Moga- Moga Moga-dor Moga dor with the Duke de Camastra was not it turns out out the almost bloodless duel which the aggrieved gentlemen fought a afew afew afew few days later It was aas 5 1 the forg forgiveness eness which fiche fiche- pms pm's pms pins wife Cora Laparcerie besto bestowed cd upon the beauty she had accused of being her rival for her husbands husband's love love-GIlda love Darthy the attractive and talented ac- ac actress actress tresa ac-tresa tress It K the Odeon Theater Yes the two women omen who ho did each ench other more damage than and the noble duke managed to do on the field of honor are once more the best of friends They have kl kissed sed and made up and the suit was each each was bringing in the courts to prove what hat a wicked woman the other was has been wiped off the dock docket t What Is ia most surprising Is the fact that fiery Cora Laparcerie was as the first to forgive and that the reconcIlIatIon took place on the tho very duelling ground where Coras Cora's husband had just avenged his honor by scratching the tho dukes duke's wrist t with the point of his sword Before the microscopic but very blue blue- blue blooded blooded spatter from this trivial wound had bad fairly been wiped away Cora Lapar Lapar- Lapar eerie and Gilds Gilda Darthy were In each others other's arras arms kissing each other fervent fervent- fervently fervently ly and vowing eternal love Jacques still perspiring and breathless from hIs bis successful efforts to parry tho the thrusts of the dukes duke's sword looked on in amazement Each hug and kiss each plea for forgiveness and promise of undying devotion left hIm more dumfounded to think that two once mortal enemies could cast off their hatreds In this precipitate manner theirA A Not even when a few minutes before he had feared the duke might slash II a chunk of flesh out of his plump pink cheek had he been BO so deeply stirred as he was to see his wife folding Gilds GIlda Darthy in her arms and to hear her In- In in inviting her to take tea with It It them that afternoon Can i y on ou beat fit t In all the plays in which Cora Lapar Lapar c and Gilda thy have appeared car can you iou ou finda find a more surprising a more dramatic transformation of hate into forgiveness eles than this tIIS Pat is thinks not Coin Coia La parcel ie is devoted to hei hel art but she is still more der de demoted to her hand hand- handsome handsome handsome some and talented husband a Eon ot of othe the famous French poet and t Her married life lo long ig sirce taught her that Is extremely e attractive to other women omen asell as well sell a as to herself and for years icara ea rs she he has tried hard to keep a watchful eye on him ard and at the same time give her hr art the do don clos n attention It demands A year ago now Mme time Laparcerie grew suspicious that in Gilda Darthy then a member of the tho Laparcerie company she had a serious senous rival rwal for her husbands husband's love And the more she sho watched latched the young oung actress the deeper grew her JeI jei ous ous suspicion was al always alays ays throwing ing herself In Jacques way ay and finding some excuse for a few quiet words with hIm sh the she was in his vicinity she never took her magnetic eyes off him If he be chane chanced d to look in h her r direction she flashed him a smile whIch v Cora Lapar Lapar- Laparcerie cene cerie thought many d degrees grees warmer than mere Inere friendship demanded r or reasons best kno known n to herself the tho Jealous wife kept her suspicions un- un unspoken unspoken un unspoken spoken She neither upbraided her hus- hus husband hus husband band nor al accused used the young woman she he felt sure was toying with his heart But she made up her mind that another sea sla season sea season son when she had established her com corn company parry pany in Frank J Goulds Gould's Thea Thea- Theater Theater Theater ter Gilda Darthy's place in it would bo be filled by some one else I IThe The season seMon ended with no outbreak of bO A few weeks later while r Cora Laparcerie iSen was as busy wIth hr her plans for open open- openIng v r ring Ing the uth sith utha sitha a brillIant r repertory e per tor y of h t plays she heard hearda r A Aa a bred well tap at ather her ber office door v x Como Come In she said and looked up to see see- ee- ee Gilds GIlda Darth all smiles t and looking mote mOle viva Eff captivating captivating than ever over before I know to make tre- tre tre tremendous you ou are gom going a success of or the gushed the visitor before was aas fairly inside the room and I ha e como to you OU my Illy services This was aas as mOl mole moie e than Mme Laparcerie's jealousy endure The thought that this oval for her hu husbands love had the effrontery y to seek her permission to ho be benear bonear near him again made mode her furious Leaping from her chair wItha with a tOI- tOI toi rent lent oi ot the most expressive invectives she could lay tongue to sho bho drew back one hand and anil sent cent it stinging against the side of or Gilda Darthy's face witha with a force that made her reel icel Ouch I Gilda in surprise and pain pam and not a little rage But before she could get out of ran range go goor or put up hei hel own hands in defense COla Coia Laparcerie dealt the other side of her face an even more vigorous smack Not satisfied with this punishment the tho aggrieved ed wife seized her suspected rival by the hair and pulled for all she was worth north Gilda Darthy Dorthy shrieked with pain as the golden goMen strands came out by the roots and leaving Cora Laparcerie with two great handfuls of hair as liS trophies I of her victory and only a scratch or two on her arm arms amis for damage to herself But the battle did not end there Tbt next morning Cora Laparcerie haled G Gilda da Darthy into court and the latter replied with a suit SUlt fu fw i damages for the slaps in the tho face and the tile loss of her hair The suits were ere still pending trial when the night set for the opening perform perform- performance performance performance ance of Cora Laparcerie's theater theater- arrIved a few weeks ago It was as to be br ap an Ini In invitation invitation i- i tation affair and complimentary tIckets had been sent Bent to many of tho most dis- dis distingUIshed die dis distinguished persons in Pens Paris Among those who oho ho accepted invitations to be present was aas the pompous and no longer young Duke de Cam who although of an illustrious Italian family prefers to enjoy 11 Lis wealth in Franco France WIth his monocle and silk hat and the rIbbon of some noble order across hu his gleaming shirt shut front ho he looked very ducal indeed and bis his companion a 11 ayoung ayoung young woman often otten seen with him was wasas wasas wasas as alluring as he lie was WI Imposing The duke duka presented his hie tickets at the th entrance and was as guiding his companion on into the auditorium when the door door- doorman doorman man stretched out a respectful hand and barred his way Pardon monsieur said aid the theater employee but I cannot permit you to enter until you have havo gone to the box office and paid the tax on your tickets But the they are free ties tickets shouted the d duka angrily It is so printed on then lery Mery patiently the doorman explained bat hat the law required the tha payment of a small tax on every theater ticket regard regard- regardless regardless less of whether it Is complimentary or not But tho duke was not to bo be convinced n n n un Dnn Not a centime will vIll I pay he cried And planting his imposing self sel square square- squarely squarely squarely ly in the doorway so that none of the theother theother theother other invited guests who were crowding the lobby could enter he launched into a 11 vigorous denunciation of the theater managements management's attempted atten robbery Jacq Jacques es who is 15 managIng the business end of his wife's theater whIle she attends to the acting heard the row and came hurrying flam his of- of of of fee He was annoyed annexed and disgusted to have this gala opening night marred by such a scene The tax on your tickets is only a 1 few centimes he ha said sal It If your grace has not that small amount In hI hie pocket I shall be delighted to loan it to you That set the dukes duke's rage flaming hot hot- hotter hotter hot hotter ter than ever Probably not even the smearing of his immaculate shirt front with witha a mush mushy chocolate eclair could have made hm more wrathful He lIe shrieked an epithet that al always alays ays means war oar ar in France and banged hanged Riche Riche- Riche pins pins pin's partly kId b ld head bead with hI his heavy walking stick The theater manager maniger reeled under the blow but recovered yn n time to shout an even worse insult and send his fi fit fist t flYing into the dukes duke's face The police interfered before the men could do each other any more damage went back to his o office ce to bathe hIS aching head and the duke dule haughtIly escorted his young oung beauty out into the street Of course according to the code of honor that still prevails among European gentlemen this meant a 11 duel The duke sent his challenge early the next morn morn- morning morn inn lug ing and promptly accepted T The o combat was set for tor the following pay It proved a pretty tame sort of duel Both tho the men were short of breath and generally out of condition For several minutes it looked as if they would fall down from exhaustion before either could succeed in pricking the other with his hia sword At last the duke blinded by the tha drip drip- dripping dripping ping perspiration stumbled and grazed his wrist ever so 10 o slIghtly against the pOInt of his bis opponents opponent's weapon The watchful seconds saw that the scratch had drawn only blood blood only a tiny drop It is true but enough eno to satisfy both mens mena honor and and they d declared lared the duel over Jacques Cora Laparcerie's husband The real thrill of the morning came a afew afew afew few seconds later when aben v hen the wounded duke was being led away by his friends and the breathless perspiring was being congratulated by his Toward Jacques from oppoSIte opposite opposite site directions came running two women omen It was his wife and Gilda Darthy Some Some- Somehow Somehow Somehow how both had managed to find out the time and place of the dueland duel and had come com separately and hidden themselves awa away to await its outcome Cora Laparcerie seized one of her hus hue husband's bands band's arms and Gilda Darthy grabbed the other Neither seemed to realize the tho theother's theother's others other's presence until they had cried as wIth one voice olce Oh my hero For an instant the wife gazed at her her her- suspected rival as if she might be going to repeat the hair pulling and face slap slap- slapping ping of last spring Then suddenly her heart already overflowing o 1 with ith joy md and pride at Tier her husbands husband's victory also I overflowed o ed with forgiveness for GIld Gilda Darth Darthy I You mean OUR hero hero Gild Gilds Gilda she said s To Jacques Intense sur surprise prise the two women flung themselves ti into each others other's arms and exchanged kisses and the most earnest farnest pledges of love and forgiveness Some cynical conical Parisians suspect that the duel between bet the duke and the thea thea- theater theater ter tu manager may not have been a bona bonafide bonafide bonafide fide affair but only a clever scheme to at at- attract at attract tract attention to the th Theater Whether it was as or not thero there is no doubt whatever as to the genuineness of the reconciliation that follo followed ed between een th the one on time one bitter enemies Gilda Dar Dar- Darthy Darthy thy took tea that afternoon with Cora Laparcerie and her husband in their apartment The next day both women visited their lawyers and called off theIr respective suits Now It t remains to be bo seen whether Cora CorlL will carry her forgive forgiveness ness to the extent of taking Gilda Darthy back into her company And if she ehe he does will Mile Mlle Darthy be careful to behave toward Jacques in a way that wont won't stir his wife wife's jealousy again It is one of the most interesting and unusual potential potential lore Ion triangles triangle Paris has had to watch in a long time and everybody is wondering hat the tha G out obi outcome como come will wUl bo bo |
