The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-04
MRS. BLAINE IN CHICAGO.
she SPENDS A FEW hours IN THAT
CKTY ON HER WAR TO NEW PORK.


She WIN MAKO the whole story Pasns
Unless Mr.. niaine Publishes the letter.
THINE she HAS Bees wron9eA sat
VIII Not be BraaaeA Al AAventsress
CHICAGO. March3 Mary Nevins Blaine. the
divorced wife OF James @. Blaine. Jr.. was q
the Wellington Hotel to-day for . few hours
She Was en- route from Sioux Falls. & d. to
New York. and was accompanied BY her little
boy. her French maid. and q nurse. Mrs. Blaine
did not object to having her name ap-
pear on the register OF the hotel. but
her first movement was to give orders that no
reporters cards be sent to her apartments.
With Landlord Gage she left instructions TO
say to newspaper men that she appreciated the
courtesy Of the press. but she had n othine more
to say concerning her recent suit or OF any
matter connected.with her troubles Of the past.
Then she ordered luncheon served In her
room. preparatory to continuing her journey
eastward over the Lake Shore at $50.
After luncheon Mrs. Blaine took a stroll
about the parlors OF the hotel. and meeting q
representative OF The SuS. chatted brieny.
Illness and mental suffering have greatly
hanged Mrs Blaine. She looks at least 80 years
old. Her face is pinched and her complexion
sallow. She has BY no means recovered from
the severe attack Of rheumatism which pros.
trated her year or more ago. and there IL
perceptihle limp when she walks across the
floor. She Is unable to raise her right arm
above her head.
You must not attempt to interview me-" she
said. Il have declined to see all newspaper
men since leaving Dakota. There is nothing
for me to say. / do not want the
notoriety which I have thus far found
II impossible to escape. In my letter to
Mr.. Blaine I have said all that could
be said and have nothing to add until the
ten days have expired. II he fails then to pro-
duce tho evidence l have demanded will
publish every atom OF evidence ! possess
bearing on the case.
do not make this threat for blum. When
my divorce was granted the whole matter
ended SO far as l was concerned. did not
want it reopened. But Secretary. Blaine has
mean now to defend myself. and I will
nGi thst Mrs. Blaine had forgot
ten she was talking with reporter. but as the
thought q her troubles came to her the poor
charges. and then her indignation got the bet
It has been limited that you had tho assist
Blame lis sS"
every line OF IL myself. Within an hour after
had read Mr.. Blaine's letter / was at
work. work on my reply reply; Net living soul
any one for approval or disapproval My law
yer asked me II would reply. and told him l
IN ost certainly should. He limited at giving
me the benefit Of his assistance. but re-
fused it.
had lived In the Blaine family. and knew
better than any one else how to reply to this
most III, uneSS 5ps ATTACK oh. dear; when
ing TO endl Was it not bad enough
to he obliged to go through trial
for. DIVORCE with all its attendant no.
toriety:. Was it not cruel TO have garbled ex-
tracts Of my love letters given to the public
courted the son Of prominent manY
publish the letters I ask for but / viii
end Of the ten days. and the public
will Judge whether | am the designing
woman OF mature years who stole away q boy
and made him marry her. Mr.. Blaine Is u
great ana powerful man. but he shall not ruin
my character. No. not il he We're ten times
greater.
II will fight as hard as any one when
! am forced to do So, and shall
not stab my enemy in the back. either.
There shall be nothing that will stop me
in q course once determined upon. How can
men be so cruel? Now, will not say another
word"
Mrs Blaine will reach New York tomorrow
night. She is improving in health and hopes
to have entirely recovered before another
winter.