Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-05
MRs. BLAINE, Ja., IN CHICAGO.
shs spends . Few Hours In Thss City Oh
Her Way to New York.


Marv NevIns Blaine. the divorced wife
of James q. Blaine. Jr.. was ct the Wet
lington Hotel TO. day Tor rev p9nrs' saw
s,n Ehe was en- rvus from Sioux Falls,
q ID. TO New York, and was accompanied
bv her little bow. her French maid, and
nurse. Mrs. Blaine did not object 70
having her name appear on tne
register OF the hotel. but her hrst
movement was to give orders that no
reporters cards DO sent TO her Apartments.
With Landlord Gage che lett Instructors
10 say to newspaper men that sne applc-
ciated the courtesy OF the press, W. Sn as
had nothing more to say concerning nei
recent suit or of any matter connected
with her troubles OF the past. Then sne
ordered luncheon served in her room, pre-
naratorv 10 continuing her journey Gust
ward over the Lake Shore at 5:D. =
After luncheon Mrs. Blaine took stron
about the parlors OF the hotel, and, meet,
,ng representative OF the sun, chse.su
briefly. Illness aud mental suffering nav
greatly changed Mrs. Blame. one iooAs
ieast 20 years old Her face IS plnched aou
her complexion sallow. She has by, no
means recovered from the severe attack OF
rheumatism which Frustrated her yenI
or more ago. and there IL perceptiVie
linn when she walks across the floor. one
il nrable TO raise her right arm above her
head. .v;.w
me.n she said. II have declined 70 sec
ali newspaper men since leaving psAo.a
There is nothing for me to say. 10 ~.
want the notoriety which nave mus , ,s
found IL impossible TO escape. In my ie.,
tor 10 Mr.. Blaine have said all that could
No said and | nave nothing TO add uhtn
tbe fen DAYS have expired. II he falls then
TO produce the evidence have deInahued
| will publish every atom OF evidences
possess bearing on the case.
no BLUFF ABOUT 1T.
81 do not make this threat Tor biun.
When my divorce was granted the wnoi9
matter ended so far as i was concerheu. l
did not want it reopened. But SECRETARY
Riaine has seen ft to attack a sick woman
through the press. LIE o,d
will not conceal one single thing; L.,
IL was evident that Mrs. biaihe n,u
forgotten she was talking with reporter,
but as the thought of her trouoies cs .le
10 her the poor girl could not help tne
on,hreak The tears stood IN her eyes as
she recalled Mr.. Blaine's charges, aha
then her Indignation got the better Oh ner
sorrow. H.. , bod tho
aas;stance of some one in writing the let
ter YOU addressed to Mr.. Blame concern
ing his personal statement"
at is untrue. and you may say So
wrote every line of 1t myself. Mithin an
honr after / had read Mir. Blaines ietter 1
was at work on my reply: NoI n.ins
soul assisted me; neither did | submit II
~ anyone for appoval or dIsapproval. My
LAWYER asked me If / would reply, and
told him l most certainly should. lie
hunted at giving me the Deneht or MS as
sistance, but | refused 1t;
~ had lived in the Blaine family. and
knew better than any one else how TO reply
TO his most unexpected attack. Oh, dear,
when ia this heaplng Of abuse on me going
to end? Was 1t not bad enough to be
obliged to 20 through a trial for diyorce,
with all its attendant notoriety! was IL
not cruel to have garfield extracts Oh my
love letters given to the public and to be
branded as an adventures who courted
the son of prominent man! -,
mir. Blaine, I see. declares he Will not
nublish the letters 1 ask for but l will do
exactly as | said would at the end OF the
fen DAYS. and the public will judge
whether / am the designing woman OF
mature years who stole away boy and
made him marry her. Mr.. Blame Is
great and powerful man, but he shall not
ruin my character. No; not If he were
ten times greater.
- 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 a course, once
determined upon. How can men be SO
cruel? Now. will not say another word. "
Mrs. Blaine will reach New York to-mor
row night. She is improving III health
and hopes to have entirely recovered be-
fore another winter.