The morning call., 1890-10-15
4" DEAR WEE WEE. "
Some Interesting Letters Read
in Court.
A New York Divorce Suit DiSClOSSS a Pc
CuliaF State Of Affairs.
The Plaintiffs Admissions 10 the Woman
She Charges With Winning Her
Husbands Affections.


NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Some very peculiar
letters from Mrs. E. E. Porter to Mrs Louise
j. Smith, who is suing her husband, Clifton
Otis Smith, for limited divorce, mainly be-
cause of his alleged intimacy with Mrs.
Porter while Mis-. Smith was in California,
and some equally peculiar letters from Mrs.
Smith in California to Mrs. Porter in this
citv, where Mrs. Porter was Sub-letting the
Smith apartments at 361 West Twenty
second street, Mr. Smith retaining room
there. were put in evidence yesterday at
the trial in the Supreme Court. Mrs. Por-
ter was a widow, and Mrs Smith seems to
have been playing grass widow ON the Pa
cific Coast. The first letter introduced at
the trial was from Mrs. Porter to Mrs.
Smith. After describing poker party in
the New York flat Mrs. Porter wrote:
Now, dearle, stay at home, beautify yourself
You have such lovely face, eyes. hair, lips aud
good hgure. Say to yourself, III Clinton does
not love me, will at least teach him 10 be proud
of me In days to come" 1t would be more lian
folly 10 gIieve or bemoaG your fate, hard and
loVeless as 1t IS. Do you think II 10 the first four
years OF your married life, while faith, hope,
youth, love aud all the glamor OF passion was
only being unfolded TO your lives; do you bs-
lieye, If you were not happy in those days. that
when six, eight, ten, fifteen or twenty year had
come and gone you would have climbed any
nearer the golden summit of loves own joy?
Alb DO indeed. association dullS The liner feelings
and bunis the edge of the suaye potteness 4
lover gives his sweetheart. You have all the at
tributes TO charm and bring scores of people
about you. Go out 10 walk, drive, play, read and
when you next see my Lord" lie will find you q
attractive and courlly as when first he knew you.
Your devoted friend, LILLIAN E. NJ. PORTER.
Mrs. Smith, a grass widow in far-away
California, seems not to have been altogether
sad, as shown by her answer:
Los ANGELES March g. 1899.
Ny Very Dear Friend L am very happy here.
Last week l had company-my beau. He Is
bringing or sending me something every day.
He has invited HE TO 90 out to the beach and
many other places ana buys me delicious fruit
and candies. How love TO be cOurted very
handsome gentleman called the other day. Now
l know he Is all broken up on me. Oh, dear l
have more than can manage. LOUISE.
A few months la,er Mrs. Smith again
wrote to Mrs. Porter:
Los ANGELES, Aug 8. 1889.
Ny Dear Good Friend: You ask me about
my beau The one l wrote about is an Eastern
man, handsome and w0r from $4,000 to
100000, about 80 years old, beautiful teeth
and soft musIache, very Intelligent and has
Travelled all over the world. You say you are
pracIciGg all you can on The guitar. am de-
lighted to hear il. Clifton said in his letter you
played nicely, and you entertained him much.
/ am sure that's very lovely OF YOU when he loves
music SO dearly. LOUISE.
Here follows letter without a signature,
but proved t. be in The handwriting oil Mrs.
Porter:
October 1S, 1889.
My Dear Zee Wee: 1 told you as far as l
could what my experience with Cliitous DISPOSE
tiOn has taught me. Simply he must pc humored
petted, cajoled, sympalhlzed with, ana ali little
things, Ike pins on his cushion, etc. must be Ie-
liglously looked after; IN fact, treat him Ike
spoiled child. You must Danish all your aches
ana pains, loON bright aud pretty aud smile.
"Sme anu be Villain still" His is a pc cullar
temperament. and one must study, study II, 10
know how 10 be sure TO please him.
In this letter also, Mrs Porter rlainly
tells her Dear Wee Wee that it is hope
lees for her to expect ever to win back
"Cliftou's" love.