Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-16
MADELINE NOT TO STAR
She Will Refuse Generous Offers From Theatrical Managers.
MISS POLLARD BREAKS DOWN.
She Is Now In a Hospital Suffering From Nervous Prostration-Women Organize and Demand That Breckinridge Shall Be Unseated-ResOIutions Passed.


 Pollard is suffering from nervous prostra- tion. She was taken to the Providence hospital, a Catholic institution in a quiet part of the city on Capitol hill, where she is attended by the Sisters of Charity. The | attending physicians say that when she has recovered from the immediate effects of her collapse, following the high mental tension at which sine has been kept for weeks, she will be able to leave the hos i pital. They do not anticipate any serious | effects from her illness.
 Sister Ellis of the Episcopal House of 1 Refuge who was the constant attendant of Miss Pollard during the trial and to whom Judge Wilson paid beautiful trib- ! ute in his plea, was her companion part of | the day. Her brother, MT. J. D. Pollard of Lexington, Ky, was also with her. Offers From Theatrical Managers. The victor in the great case has been more than ever in demand to appear before the foOtlights since the verdict was ren- | dered on Saturday. During the trial sev- l eral communications came to Miss Pollard | and to her lawyers from managers of the atrical and opera companies offering high salaries if she would appear in almost any capacity under their auspices. Acting un- der the advice of her lawyers, she has paid no attention to any of these communica- tions.
 Both Miss Pollard and her attorneys state that she has never sought newspaper nOtoriety. She has made but one newspa- per statement. Judge .Jere Wilson says, and that was when a representative of 1 New York paper came to her last summer with clippings from 100 papers giving de nials from Colonel Breckinridge and his | friends of the truth of her charges. Then she determined to present to the public circumstantial account of her first ac- quaintance with the silver tOngued orator and did so.
 Since the verdict was rendered Saturday afternoon the theatrical managers have redoubled their importunities. and several telegrams have come to Miss Pollard offer ing her astonishing sums to go upon the stage at once
 Her friends decline to give the names of the theatrical managers or to discuss their offers. saying that no attention will be paid to any of them.
 \ reporter called at the Providence hos pital. and being told that Miss Pollard was unable to receive callers he sent to her note inquiring about her plans for the future. The note was answered in person by her brother, Mir. J. D. Pollard young man of about D years.
 My sister has made no plans for the future he said, and we cannot tell you what she intends to do. She is in a very nervous condition, but the physicians do not anticipate any serious illness. It is just the result of the long strain to which she has been subjected. She asks me to say to you most emphatically that she never has entertained any intention of go- ing on the stage. Nothing could be far ther from her thoughts or intentions. It is absurd It is true that telegrams on the trNh ha,. but on{t will be paid to them. All she asks now is for rest and quiet"
 Will Miss Pollard continue to live in Washington or return to kentucky?" the reporter inquired.
 That has not been decided yet,' was the reply. she will remain in Washing ton for time of course. but has no set tied plans
 Judge Jere Wilson said that he was not surprised that his client had broken down after the trial. It was impossible for her to have sustained herself in the courtroom during the arguments, especially during he attacks made upon her character by he defendants attorneys. He said, No one can imagine the nervous strain to | which she has been subjected. WOmens Tribute to Judge Wilson. Judge Wilson's defense of the right of woman to an equal place with man in the professions was so appreciated by many of l the Washington ladies that a coterie of 1 them sent to him a magnificent bunch of La France roses. They were accompanied by note stating that they were intended IS an expression of appreciation for his | championship of the cause of woman in | the professions. One of the signers was l Mrs. Daniel Waugh, wife of the Indiana congressman. Another was Miss Louise Lowell, the stenographer who wrote Colo nel Breckinridge's love letters while he was at the capital, and another was Miss Mary Desha, sister of Colonel Breckin | ridges late wife
 | Miss Desha is prominent in the organiza- l ton of the Daughters Of thC Revolution and was one of the ladies who inspired the project of the Liberty bell recently cast at Troy, \. Y, The tribute of Miss Desha to Miss Pollard's lawyer is significant of the feeling of the relations of the late Mrs. Breckinridge toward the colonel.
 Women Want Breckinridge Unseated. Hardly had the verdict in the case been | rendered when a meeting of prominent Washington women was called to take action regarding the case of Colonel Breck-
 nridge. Representatives of several female organizations met at Willard's hotel, and after an interesting conference they adopted resolutions calling upon congress | to consider the qualifications of Represent | ative Breckinridge for membership in l that body. Some of the organizations whose representatives took part in the meeting were the Woman's Suffrage asso- riation, the Woman's Christian Temper ance union and the Pro Ra Nata. Mrs. | Sarah la Petra, the president of the local w. C. T. U., and Mrs. Ellen S. Mussey, the widow of the late General Mussey, l hNi i- acfi air loNx- i, prominent in movements for the advance ment of women, were among the leading spirits of the meeting The resolutions adopted were:
 To the House of Representatives, Washington: | We, representatives of the women of Wash 1 ington, aiming toward the establishment of a higher code of morals and against the atrocious | double standard which has cursed society so long, declare that we do not believe masculin- | ity to be a license for uncleanness, but that, | holding the same high standard for woman- hood which men demand, one equally high shall be required for manhood; therefore Resolved, That we must have chastity TOT | chastity under rule of right bearing as rig | idly in its application upon one sex upon the | other.
 From this standpoint we ask congress to con- | sider the case of w. c. P. Breckinridge of Ken | lucky regarding his conduct, so unbecoming a | legislator Be it further
 Resolved, That we, daughters, wives and l mothers of the commonwealth, express our be- l lief that types of the highest manhood are to | be found in congress.
 | Therefore we ask in full confidence that the
 house of representatives shall join in the senti- | ment now presented by us. and take some defi-
 nite action to insure the high character of our country's administration, and help the future | national councils to present clean and un- challenged body of legislators
 This meeting was the last of series 1 which prominent women of Washington have been holding since Good Friday and
 which crystallized into the formation of an organization called the Woman's Protect i've league. The object of the league will | be to combat the enforcement of that text | uttered on the witness stand by Colonel | Breckinridge that social sins injure a man,