Show TIm Th d l l ll l l p oo I A Popular French Novelists Novelist's Aston Aston- Astonishing AstonS Aston S fishing Picture of New NewYork Ax York as a City of i Incredible Dissipations nsw B Jf- Jf bons Lovely but y Heartless Women and Business Schemers Who Maunce whose novel of if enormous American success life is is in la m having pans Pate anT an T T l ra lf IC in in eE e T E Everything BB h he Ing e From Wars to Innocent Virtue N NI NEW W french writer Maurice Maunce A has written a novel no of New York Yolk life which is enjoying II IIA an enormous success s in m Paris rans as a d bril- bril brilliantly bril brilliantly true Ic of persons and things as a they really arc in m the Amen Amen- can m lr It is entitled Mon lion lon C ur au winch which may ma ba be freely translated The Heart Slowed Io It paints a n New Ne NewYork NewYork York of incredible dissipations 10 1 but heartless women business schemers i who ho traffic in everything er e from wars to omens women's prodigal drinks and genel general al sh ness Preposterous most Americans sell will will-ay ny ay on reading this boo boo The Thc r I wings of a crazy Frenchman who ho spent three weeks in m New ew e York But Dut after all may there not be an inspired pel of some come strange phases of American life m in inthe inthe the authors author's delirious dIatribe is a Frenchman of good fain fam- V fam-V Gel Ily-Gel ily ily ard Deh who Dc Dc ler who ho has bas I turned LImed himself through wine inure women omen gambling and nd the usual Pall indulgences AI- AI Ar mot A moot moat penniless he takes passage in the steerage of or a Atlantic trails liner Imer to New l New ork lork where here lie he finds refuge at first in I a wretched lodging house in Tompkins Square on the East Lat Slue Side s with Ith ith longshore- longshore longshoremen longshoremen longshore men night workers and slum dwellers d The unhappy unemployed Gerard finds occasional in m a waterfront U bar kept bv by kind hearted hike Miko Sullivan an who ho fOI formerly sold cheap whisky lu ky made from flom the distillation of corn old lags sacs barrel banel ban el staves and dead cats ow 0 under prohibition he is supposed to serve only fruit dunks made e ively from coal tar tir and ice cream eream pI cpa red from old turnips and artificial cream The bar is open all night and much fa fa- fa favored fn by longshoremen men night taxi duvets cla el ets and ami other all nIght workers t I like informs the Frenchman th-it th he a man who ho ma may help him out of hIs troubles Gerard endea endeavors to than thank him in his hi hl courteous manner but Mike J interrupts him hiir- hiir Shut your your our mouth frog cater eater You Youcan Youcan Youcan 1 can than thank me later The ne newcomer comer proves to be he a strange black haired black marble faced marble faced man lUan who ho passes appropriate appropriately in m under underworld ord 01 cir ur circles cles des as Mr Black Diack Subsequently he turns out to be Count an Ital Ital- Ital Italian Cr 0 ian ran nobleman who combines all the un unscrupulousness unscrupulousness unscrupulousness S scrupulousness and cunning of Machia- Machia Belli the Borgias the an and other well 11 known nearly early Italians with Ith a thor thor- thorough thorough ough familiarity with Ire present ent New York YorkI life Count great object In n life IS to heck cheek the inroads of Ism into his beloved Ilal Italy to uphold the sa- sa sacred sa sacred cred creel cause of Fascism and Benito Denito Mus Mussolini fus- fus and generally to stem item the ad- ad ad ad of triumphant democracy march march- marching marching ing to universal ruin rum under the leader leader- leadership lender ship hll of brainless orators The Count conceived the idea that with Ith his title and pIcturesque personality he could win m in one of the colossally rich women omen with Ith whom horn America abounds and otc devote her millions to furthering his patriotic purposes but buthe buthe buthe he has met some ome discouraging difficulties The Count briefly ascel tams flom Gerard that he r is an accomplished socIety man can make male love lo unscrupulously dance gamble and drink and is Willing willingto to do an anything and ever everything thine to sa saso sae e himself front flom starvation Call on me mc at 10 o'clock Tuesday sine sine- eve evening ning nang at my house 1558 1555 West Vest Eighth Street near arar Washington Square and I Iw Il w will ill give gise e you you ou cur Instructions con con- concludes on- on eludes clude the Count the Uhe he Frenchman keeps the appointment and finds behind a II plain exterior a house supplied with Ith butler valet alet and cry eory luxury Jury At the Counts Count's Count orders the valet salet dresses I im hen in evening e clothes clothe of perfect cut and a manicure completes complete the transforms transformation ms mation h ion Aa This evening e Ea rays tays s the Count your our address will null be at the Ritz Carlton Cailton I 1 have resen reserved cd a suite for you you ou there un- un under under un under der youl your Prince name name Prince n Why am I Prince Sehl 1 n inquires the Frenchman trying to conceal hIs wonder onder I 1 Because answers the the parchments and COM of old Europe arc are highly valued In AmerIca Throw Throw a coronet into a sewer se and a score cole of pretty women omen will Jump m in after it t Offer them a fine Intellect m in a bo bowl I of violets and they will pass It bRead by b Read this tIlls and louwill ou ill III under understand tand more The Count hands him i New York ne newspaper spa per containing the following para para- paragraph para graph Among the passengers who ho recently cd on the liner La France was a personage traveling traveling- incognito He lie is m in reality Prince Although un- un unknown un unknown known n in III New York Prince n IS ISone isone isone one of the most I om figures of the ancient European The so EO i of a beauty h I ud at d the 1 religIon to marry an Austrian n prince Prince Seliman Sellman com com- combines combines bines the wit It of his Austrian parentage vuth Ith the exotic charm tharin of his m tern 1 We arc are sure that the advent of this dl distinguished guest will III create a sensatIon in m the most fashionable cIrcles of N New e York society The is a trifle coined at atthe atthe atthe the thought of giving up all personal lib lib- lib elt eity The Count Court reproves lepro him You have hale been been- living Wing in a d land cf faIry tales There is only one LIbel Liberty t left on earth carth She stands in m New ew York Harbor is feet high has a heart henrt of bronze and a stairway ay in m her intestines intestines The first appearance in m New New oik loik OIk society I ib is made at the fairylike fair r roof of garden of the lovely 10 widow Ido Mrs frs Edgar Turner on Riverside RI Drive Edgar Turner was as the American Sewing Se Machine Kung King HIs Ills colossal fortune increased fabulously during the war ar when hen he ho found that he could make more machine guns than swung sewing mar mat ma- ma maA r t i tr j ji jn i n y yAV AV jp f I ll A Russian wearing little besides a live boa constrictor danced to amuse e the fashionable guests of Americas America's Celluloid Collar King Kine chines When the war ar I ended he died ched of grief at the thought thit he hc could sell n no more guns The lo elv lovely Mrs Tur- Tur Tur Turner ner nor is described as a Semiramis speaking through tin the nose Her blond hair was as adorned with a diamond hamond that shone with Ith candle PO power er She could have performed a tIght rope dance on her pearl necklace Her pale pink dress re revealed a e figure Her III aims ms were ere cowered covered with Ith sIc s l le e eve e v e s of diamonds Three hundred karats protected her Iler against the inclemency of the thew then w Bather cather 1 the he fashionable as assemblage as- as on the roof a great business Tile magnate The bid Collar a lung King Spanish dukes duke a Democratic Demo Demo- Democratic Democratic cratic candidate for the 1 I 7 1 a r yF t S d doc oc w p I 3 L J Ji i dc 8 li A ea aJ 9 i f fg l lj g j v vi vM rd i M r I rd l I Ii IA i A 1 Ii 1 g MN r A Ar r 1 i I 10 I i Il I Il l I la F 0 I F 0 I Th e The opium den 1 which is frequented by Evelyn Turner the fashionable New York society beauty and where the hero of M story finds her It is described as a salon lined with coromandel lacquer the walls spattered with blood and hollowed out with gloomy cells furnished with cushions tables and the agencies of madness residency Presidency of t the e lJ United States State and a host hoot of others The roof root had Iad been trans trans- transformed transformed transformed formed into nto a y Eldorado placed on Aladdin's magic carpet Cal pet A bewildering be variety of entertain entertain- entertainment entertainment ment was as offered cd the guests including a dance b by the Russian artist t h anoff who ho was as gilded head to foot and wore ore little o e an immense boa con con- constrictor constrictor coiled round him 11 Mrs rs Turner was as al ala always a s guarded by her private ate detective e an original t type pc from flom whom hom the Prince learned that the late multi millionaire had had numerous romances and a pre previous wife one Dillee Billee Swanson a chorus gut gill who flirted with men as a Chinese Juggler pIa plays s with Ith knit es Coming home unexpectedly from fromE E Europe rope the eminent millionaire discovered discovered ered his 1115 wife Ife undraped as 15 Phryne and intoxicated with gin gm in III the arms ofa of a former prizefighter who ho had been smoking smoking mok ing a pipe of opium opium The first Mrs 1 UI ner was also accustomed to enter enter- entertain entertain entertain tain her friends b b br swimming S as nature made her in a bo bowl boI I of crystal Mr Turner divorced dl his first beauty and married again agam To his Ins second wife he confided the care of the lust fust ones one's daughter a fascinating girl who bo runs a nickel and yellow ell ow racing auto auto- automobile automobile mobile and frequently smokes opium in a Chinese opium den enjoying enJO Ing complete ImmunIty from the police The remarkable millionaire was as so BO exceptionally kind kindhearted kindhearted kindhearted hearted that he planned before hIs death to facilitate the sec sec- second sec second ond and marriage of his widow A pretty young oung girl like my daughter Evelyn will find It easy to marry marry marl he said For Tormy my wIdow it will not be so aim SIm- SImple sim pie Therefore I will leave tenths tenths nine of my colossal for for for- for my widow provided she marries before my daughter but the daughter shall hae hay ha e a the larger share if II the she marries first This ingenious idea started an exciting race to marry be- be between be between tween the two women The Machiavellian Count AI Al- Al Al wooed Evelyn n Turner with Ith the object of winning her fortune for lor Fascism She re- re re rejected him because e she the loved a younger man In revenge he lured her into the web eb of Ilou Hou the opium king Under the influence of the drug she cared for no man and thus left the matrimonial field clear to her stepmother 1 courted the mother but w is s rejected with Ith contempt cont Then cra crating Ing mOl more e revenge re he lured lu the Frenchman to win WID her under a stolen title of Prince Prince Seliman sees n Turner n the opium den a salon lined with Ith coro coro mandel the walls sp with Ith blood lood and hollowed hollo out with Ith gloomy cells fUI furnished with green cu cushions and tables bearing the agencies of madness On each table burns an opalescent lamp by bv n II silent Chinese boy who moves like a bodiless shadow The second Mrs Turner is the daughter ofa of a bartender of Scotch bIrth who ho bestowed upon her the pretty name While WOI working as a stenos stenos- she captured the the eminent multi multi- multimillionaire multimillionaire millionaire The cocktail so gl greatly en- en enJo enjoyed en enjoyed Jo joyed ed edIn in New Yolks Yolk's fashionable cIrcles was named after her lind she usually carrIes on her seductive e person persona a Lit flat bottle containing a quart of gin gm for use in m I restaurants e where here the real stuff may be lacking The Prince progresses wonderfully m in hIs wooing of Mis lilts Turner although a supposed American business magnate Montague Chambers has entered the therace th lace race before him A villainous attack on L II T III IIIi i rl z IlA IlAc c 1 j bt i 2 i l II I p I If IA f A matron of New Yorks York's wealthy smart set threatening to kill killa a young man unless he marries her daughter daughter-as described in M remarkable novel The Heart Slowed Down Foo Inc I the morals and memory of the late Mr Turner TUI ner leads Ie ids the PI Hlee to visit an eminent emment New York la er who ho has m- m inspired in inspired the assault There the Prince learns s that Montague Chambers is really a bankrupt and is the paul paid agent ofa of a S Syndicate qUIte a common American form of or- or organization or organization which pa pays s his expenses on onan n nan an enormous scale in m order that he may y maywin win III Mrs Mis runner furner and her When he has done that he will bo be obliged by contract to repay the syndicate all ItS outlay with 1000 per cent profit The Syndicate consists of the five mag mag- magnates ma magnates nates notes Two obese Yankees a coffee colored hIdalgo from Mexico le a d bookmaker in it a horse blar blanket ket with Ith a II nervous affection of the Il left t side of his fa fare fae e and and the apostle of fc b new religion The named list named an emulator of the famous Do DoIe Ie had founded a sect called and hiv hiving ing IlIg made a hand handsome ome fortune out of hIs disciples has been spending most of Ills his time in m a country where here life de is more JO joyous ous The Syndicate has discovered that through the success of the Ponce wIth Mrs Turner the t e suit of its candidate Montague Chambers is hopeless but it the Princes Prince's title is bogus There There- Therefore Therefore Therefore fore the spokesman of the group announces to him Sign this contract to pay us the profit on your our marriage wIth Mrs TUI Turner Tuiner ner which Inch we e ex- ex expected ex expected to win by financing Mon Mon- Montague Mon Mon- Montague Montague tague Chambers or we will ex- ex expose expose ex expose pose y y ou as a bogus Prince The Prince wins urns 1115 the lively Mrs Turner and enjoys enJO'S a de- de delightful delightful de delightful but delirious honeymoon honey honey- honeymoon honeymoon moon For instance the faIr wIdow has the caprice of enjoy enjoy- enjoying enjoying ing a band of gypsy mUSICIans to play all night under her win win- windows windows dows by the waters water of the blue Danube The fair GrIselda remains the whole night her heart beating in harmony with Ith the rhythmical spasms spam of the musIc Count by thea the a stay has thoughtfully paid the genuine genuine ine me Prince Seliman Sellman a fantastic rume ruined n nobleman who ho lives in a corner of hen hii hl vast palace in YI Vienna nna attended by byan byan byan an old woman oman and a black cat catto to transfer his Ius title to the French bridegroom An amazing a adventure l en- en entangles en entangles tangles the Prince in m ParIs Billie Swanson the first wife 0 of the millionaire re Turner is In a music hall there She comes to him and tells him she is heart heart- heartbroken heartbroken broken because her young oung daughter has become an opium fiend The girl fellin fell In Inlove inlove inlove love with Ith i the he Prince while he lie was as visit visit- visiting visiting ing mg her stepmother and he alone can save sa her from her slavery Cry to the wretched retched drug habit Marry my mS daughter or I will III k kill l lyou you sa says sais s Billee Swanson rho fhe Frenchman politely explains that |