National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-01-12

Meloy. who Doth affrml assisted in writing the
real Giro letters, says positively that the letters
published were not the genuine letters.
Mrs. ChriStianey, in acknowledging the pub
lishedfletters hers before reading them did very
foolish thing showed herself in fact not wise over
much She was asked questions by reporter,
and prattled away as unguardedly as though she
was talking to confidential friend who would not
carry the conversation beyond her b0udoir. Ill IN
body and distracted in mind, she was not In
proper condition 20 talk about her own Affairs,
and yet she did so in manner so free, so un-
guarded and so childish as to be absolutely ptia-
ble considering she was committing herself In the
eyes of that great terrible something called So
ciety, as having written damaging letters which
she had not yet read, but supposed to be hers.
Regret" the perfect lady, who advises poor.
little Mrs C. III the Star says: II IS simply unpaf-
dOnable that she so far forgot herself as an ex-
Senator's and Minister'S wife as to allow travel
ing agent to become her lover. The sin lcoad hare
chosen peer Of her hlS5Giid." This travelling
agent" then, is the sorrows crown of sorrow, .
the cap sheaf of the sin. Evidently the worst of
the crime, if crime it was, was an error in taste
and yet on second thought, perhaps Mrs. c. really
believed Giro to be the "peer" of the i'll old man
who amused himself in his leisure moments by
pinehing and choking her, but, as it turns out
Giro is not the peer" Of anything else that wears
pantaloons.
Regret in her wonderful card says (referring
to Mrs. c.: "It is true she not born i'll the
purple, which should have made her all the more
anxious to maintain creditably her newly-won
honors AID position Here again Regret" is
almost too much for me, but viii suggest timidy
that was not aware that any American child was
" born in the purple" since no American family
can trace itself beyond two or three generations
without running some of its branches into soap
tubs, tan-vats, or something equally unsayOry.
So far as can learn, Mrs. ChriStiancy's family,
the Lugenbeels, are quite good as the Christi
ancys, save that old Mr.. Chrisdancy has managed
to get into better positions than old Mr. Lugenbeel
No, Regret in the language of Elizabeth Brown
ing, we are ali one flesh and need one flannel,
one mantle of charity to cover the sins of men and
women, which are so nearly common sins
In regard TO the little woman who is now i'm
paled upon the savage point of public opinion,
God only knows how the wise and virtuOus men at
whose hands she must be judged will decide: but
have heard no man speak of Giro who thinks
him less than a Scoundrel who would peTjure him.
self for money or for revenge and really enjoy the
act. Yet he does not claim that there was any
criminality between himself and Mrs. C., save Oh
Christmas Day year ago at the ST. James Hotel;
while Mas. Christiancy's family say she was not
absent from her home at any time during that
day, and Mr.. HOlschuh clerk at the ST. James, who
testified that Mrs. ChriStiancy occupied room
with Giro on Christmas, 1880, because he was told
that the woman was Mrs. Christianey, was obliged
TO say, on being confronted by Mrs. ChriStiancy,
thatshe was not the woman who occupied the room
with Giro.
The summing up of the case, then, US it stands
now, is that Giro claims no criminal intimacy
with Mrs. ChriStiancy save on Christmas Day of
1880, at the st. James Hotel while her family say
she was not out on that day and the hotel clerk
says the woman with Giro was not Mrs. Christiancy
somewhat mixed to be sure, but / hope the little
woman viii be given a fair chance, even though
her husband has more influence, more money,
and more patronage than she. NJ. c.