Show I 1 LL I CAN I I I Q Gaby Money Is Womans Woman's Only Deslys Bulwark Against the World f Copyright 1911 American I modern philosophers have said that the most honest woman is SOME never honest enough to t tell ll the tho truth about herself Gab Gaby Deslys tho the Parisian beauty who cost King Manuel l his throne today loda tolls tells at nt least part of ot the truth about herself herselt In this astonishingly f. f candid statement sho she admits the charge of pt being mercenary and boldly justifies herself against the world I Mile Mlle Deslys who Is appearing at the Winter Garden Ne New York IB Is writIng writ- writ Ins Ing exclusively for tor this newspaper during her American tour L f F. BY GAUl GABY TAM r I called mercenary your mercenary your Alan uan AlanI I I Dale h has baa said that all aU I love is the j dollar and all I think of ot is Js money I t They say too that I cannot love that t. t I am too hard too tou fond of at money to tot t love I ICAM A I mercenary I DO love money i i I take all I can and I keep all I get I give dve nothing backi back i t That hat Is because I am Just Just to toI I myself which Is the highest form torm of ot Justice There is no justice In that foolish sentiment which prompts some somo women to sacrifice themselves es I sacrificed what arc are they Slaves or f It Jt Is a weakness I can love lore Jt t Is In me to have the J grand passion but first I must make m my fortune When I have havo all aJl the money money monor mon- mon ey or I want then I will marry and when I marry It will be for all time Gab Gaby i t Deslys will never figure In a divorce i The Tho world will nm take all a woman hast has tt t and will give her nothing In return if Jt she asks for tor nothing But let her fix her price and stand b by it and the world will give her all she wants ants and andS S asks to give her more There Thero Is IB nothing noth noth- I ling ing in the world arid that cannot be bought and there Is nothing If It you rou fix the Ole price for it and can make the world worl think it wants It It that you ou cannot sell seU I made a straight mark and at the end of ot it I put money and I said to myself I will never ne never step aside from that mark and I never have Everything I do has hns been bean with one thing In view view money I move straight ht ahead to my mr goal to my fortune Other Oth 1 er women waste time In going a zig-a- lag zag ag In a circle they never nc reach their goaL To make ake a a. success In this world a a. woman MUST lUST fix her mind on one Idea she must make maine everything bend to it My I one Idea has been to make lots of mone money as much as I can to make e the world pay many thousands s of ot dollars to see me I do it I am earning many man many thousands thousands' o of dollars but oh I have to spend I mone money I do this as an Investment My Iy gowns man many of m my Jewels my I t splendid mansion in Paris Pari are arc all In InI Investments In- In I vestments I i Men Ien of at the world sa say that I am coldI cold cold- r I blooded No o no rio no that Is not so I am amt t cold-blooded cold because I dont don't dance to their piping Cold-blooded Cold because I Id d demand mand my price When hen youth routh passes when beauty goes oe mona money Is th time the only thing that helps a n. woman against tie the world Money Ioney Is a 4 greater grenter protection than M greater than an arm army t J Men do not ask k of ot mone money what they demand of ot poverty The rich woman has a natural bar bar- ncr between en hor herself cl and tho the world r Men pay more mOTe respect to my pearls than to m my beauty or my talent i J It is very rare for Cor a French artiste t to save mone money She spends all she gets and more Most Moet women do this thi They are fools tools None of ot that Is for tor mc me An artistes artiste's vogue soon passes Other favorites cast her to one side She has saved aed no mone money She has not gotten gotten gotten got got- ten the tho worth for tor what she has been She has perhaps been dazzled with generosity No woman can afford to tobe tobe tobe be generous with the world The world laughs and saye what says what you yoi 1 0 caUSt call caU It St here here Easy Easy thing A woman n who Is generous with the world Is a a. fool fool fool- and the world orld knows she is a fool tool and strips her Men Ien say sa I am ani beautiful I ar am ani mag mag- It may be true If It it Is 18 then let mo rile make maIns tho the most of ot It Jt These are things of worth If It I give men menthe mentho tho the pleasure of bf them men must pay for Cor them Beauty goes boes magnetism falls fails Money Ioney alone remains if It you are arc careful Men en expect me to tc give them my timo for nothing The They expect me to sup with them to dine with them My time is money Any man who has hat a hundred two hundred dollars in his pocket thinks he can invite me to supper supper supper sup sup- per per I laugh If It I want supper I can bu buy It for myself I refuse They sneer and sn say The say The The little miser Them Tho The m mercenary 3 e ry There are arc few tew men whose company could compensate mo me for tor m my loss of ot time I am tm reminded Before I loft Paris two New York men came to the des cines Tho They sent their cards and a letter letter letter let let- ter of ot Introduction b behind tho the scenes to me They asked mo me to have supper with them I sent them a. a reply that I would be delighted to sup with them them for for fifteen fifteen fifteen teen thousand francs franca the worth of or my time The They did not reply See They would not pa pay for tor their pleasure They would have sat proudly while friends pointed them out saying Such saying Such men of or the world See they sup with Gab Gaby of or tho Lilies When the they re returned returned returned re- re turned to America they would have boasted We Wo took Gab Gaby of ot the Lilies to to sup They would have gained honor prestige And tho they would not pa pay for forit I It it Such Is not for Gab Gaby of ot the Lilies Money Ione makes every difference to the world So long as I have bave my establishment establish ment m my motor car m my pearls so 60 long longI longas as 29 r hold m my head high tho time world both I men and arid women will never affront meI me inc I am too proud ever to give up one ono of at my advantages one of ot m my luxuries The world which places women on the tho defensive which makes life tire bitter for women must be m mad maile e to pay pa pay pa pay And AntI so I pass aside love and pretty prett and make maIne money m my goal coal And EO so I 1 keep all I get I give nothing back When hen I arrived In New Nev York 3 a. a man InIn who lives in itt Fifth avenue sent me a avery avory very vory big big baskot basket of ot American Beauty roses It reached from the floor to th the ceiling It must have cost a hundred two hundred dollars I did not know I Give Nothing Back Baek j r s Ii h- h tm lL k Tr I The There c are few men mell whose company would compensate me for formy my time i ij hIm aim Io did j n t know me met mel I saw supper sup- sup per per dinner written on every rose leaf leat Foolish man Did l I sOn adud them back bach No but no I keep all I get I give nothing back Have Havo I received anything but flowers Tutu Xo No I am ann waiting In Paris Palls I 1 have my establishment It costs many thol thousand francs to l keep e p It up I r entertain there royally I have my servants Ex Exquisite furniture clothes which make On York ladles ladies ver very sad sadi I must have all aU these all m my lICe I think th n n. n of oJ how much money J must make And all by m myself Five hundred thousand rans 1 l spend pend a t. t yearl It Is not much to your millionaires millionaires millionaires million million- aires but It is very cn much to me when hen henI I must make It myself I must do it to command the world The world orld would not look took out for tor me I r. Took look out but for m myself s 's f. f While m my mys s lasts I will Kill catch in all the tho dol dot lars Jars I can defying the world which has always Its hand against woman no matter how It purrs And the world looks at my pearls sees s that they are not pa paste te and sends mo me Invitations to supper I look hook about me mc In America I have heard much of ot the tho hc mane money ma madness of ot Americans And yet t these same people criticise mo me I read rend of ot gentlewomen marrying beasts of or men because o of their millions of at mothers selling their youthful daughters to lo flagrantly bad nd men for millions I look 1001 at ms myself lr earning m my fortune demanding eman largest prices rIces and I say sayto sayto to myself Money fOneY Is the best shield against I I take lake all an I can and keep all I t pet get et I give Ive nothing back The Tho world orld always takes you OU at your own val valuation ua lion |