Show Valentino's Valentino sOwn Own Story of Life for Mcfadden cn I I leans I tic Copyright 1926 by New Nw York GRAPHIC All rights reserved For Instance the th episode that came most sharply to my mind was the th generous occasIon upon which I Initiated Maria Marla Into the charm of smoking corn I thought myself very grand crand And up grownup grown quite the tho peer or of o Al- Al Alberto Al berto Al-berto berto or any other of the tho older lads And I strove mightily to Impress Maria larla with my cence cence 11 I didn't succeed very well She Sh I quito quit disdained my silk corn-silk ma- ma ma mo maneuvers And cn c when I 1 had been able abl to save av up five cen- cen cen centimes times limes and bought some omo VirinIa to puff splendidly be- be before for be-for tore fore her hr In the th dim and re- re remote re remote mote moto recesses of o the barn even then I 1 failed tailed of ot the th Impression I so ardently desired to make It If II a a male falls fal sits to fascinate a woman with his prowess he ho wilt will go to any ends however des des- desperate desperate des desperate to attain results I verily believe that there Is no stimulus to to a I z man quito quite as aa potent as ns the desire to have ha some special mem morn member member ber of ot tho the opposite sex with awe ntA and n l admiration A rrt I fl t tor Mm him Men Wen commend him and the commendation Is warm and pleas pleas- pleasAnt pleasant ant alit But Hut mans man's most coveted au- au audience Audience au Is a woman Her ap- ap approbation approbation ap approbation probation Is the ultimate laurel wreath And so with me mc as a 0 bo boy Marta was the audience I strove to Invoke It was wa my desire to I appear great treat before b foro her that led me inc Into one of my renowned pranks The corn silk and the dearl dean dean- bought Virginia both having tailed failed I bethought one me of a daring darlne move By wa way of a a preliminary ex- ex explanation ex explanation I must record that my study was yit a sacred acred sacred and Inviolate spOt My mother had dearly Instilled Into all of us a JI wholesome awe and respect of I this sequestered spot My fathers father's study must be bo re- re respected respected respected and no Intrusive foot set within It un bid rim THI FORBIDDEN PIPE PIlE In his stud study seen oen only on for for- formal for formal mal occasions there thero was amon among other curious objects a 0 a long long- stemmed lone stemmed Imposing looking pipe o a II pipe surely as only a aman aman aman man of undisputed parts might smoke To smoke that pipe pip non non- nonchalantly nonchalantly nonchalantly and at case Inhaling prodigious mouthfuls and lung lung- fuls fuls of dense dens smoke slowly ex- ex expelling cx polling them as I had seen my father do not without reverence there most emphatically most certainly would be a feat teat that would bring brine the he Maria abjectly to my kingly feet teet Then certainly would I have asserted by dominance my right to allegiance respect and even ever would become becom on II a servility I stroke the master of or my small following I schemed with cunning and also I will now admit with con con- foreboding tore boding Well Veil I knew what my lot would be b If itI J I were discovered In this double TIn sin In THOUGHTS OP OF TRIUMPh But Dut the delicious thought or of orthe tIme the capitulation of Maria Marla was stronger than my fear of conse conse- consequence consequence consequence quence It I had had to walk past the tho most mo t hideous dragons of the Italian fairy tales tale I believe I would havo dO done don e ao so In in the tho strength of oC Imy my desire I told Maria what ehat I waa wu about to do She Sh didn't believe me She even derided me one a ft little as a It if to say I 1 would never daret darel The tinder to the I waited a II day when my father tather should have havo gone gono ton out and my mother be safely occupied In itt some omo other portion of the house That day came and came and dragging the tho reluctantly admiring Maria Marla back of me one I 1 Invaded the th study There as aa It if tor for the specific purpose of or temptation lay the thelong thelong long and sinister apPearing pipe 1110 on my study table I picked It U up readY for tor lighting lit It and lolled back In the th chair by the table In the most approved and masculine or of fashions All was going as I had iad dreamed and planned I 1 Inhaled d the pro pro- pro pro of smoke I ox- ox expelled x them thorn again halt balf closing my eyes the tho while as It if this little act was but a usual Inter Inter- interlude Interlude lude with me In an n otherwise Im- Im Im Importantly busy day I had trans trans- transfIguring trans figuring plea pleasure ure of knowing that Manias Marlas eyed eye were wro upon me one the whole while while Intently begrudging begrudging- begrudgingly ly ly iy according me II a a slowly forming admiration I began beean evolving sundry small tyrannies which I would put Into effect the th Instant I should have hare quitted the when room room when butmore more anon Natacha anon Natacha Informs me ma mawe wo we have hav a II caller caller- caller CHILDISH l PRANK RA Upon rereading the last words jotted down In my any diary I find myself In cheek glee glee Ele- fully tully recounting a childish prank shared as WM was wa the th Immemorial childish prank with my beloved belo little sister Maria Jarla I left myself i In grandiloquent pose smoking my fathers father's for forbidden forbidden for tor- bidden pipe and trying tobe tobo to- to be bo bevery very ery much the man of at parts andor and of or the world Maria Marla was regarding me mc the slow light of a II new Interest and respect daWnIng In her Iler eyes etes I who had striven to mightily so many times In vain to achieve Just that look And then and then and then then-A- then A floret Dont miss tomorrows tomorrow's Install- Install |