The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-09
BOUNDING MRS. DEWEY.
Anonymous Letter Writers Make Her
Life Miserable.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Mrs. Dew
ey's illness, from which she is just re-
covering, is due to her receipt of anon
ymous letters of criticism and abuse.
She has bravely contended that this is
not the fact, but the members of her
family are convinced that these con-
temptible illusions have been mainly
responsible for her severe attack.
The letters have come from various
places, but most of them have been
mailed in Washington, where envious
and censorious society has been
green with envy or some other emotion
that even society" can experience.
The Admiral has intercepted many
of the communications, but many have
reached her. When the avalanche
came Mrs, Dewey was startled and
shocked, but hopeful that a few evil
minded persons having expressed their
sentiments, she would be left in peace.
| But there was no stoppage of the epis-
| tolary stream, and whom, day after
day, the mail was encountered with
THESE anonymous views, Mrs. Dewey
became exceedingly depressed, and fl
nally took to her bed Most of the
criticisms concerned that vastly i'm
pOIIdnI ldCC tudI MIS-. DOWSy re-
ceives" in the house of her mother,
Mrs. Mclean, instead of her own
house. There is no vestibule to the
doorway of the Dewey house, and the
frequent openings and closings of the
front door permitted the cold air to
Isweep through the lower floor, and
fections, feared the result to her health
oh in
But society" would not accept this
explanation and dowagers, matrons
and maids discussed the matter with
iall the zest that might have accompa-
MED gossip of first-class sub-rosa
scandal, of which Washington has
many, and society reporters were craft
: lily and 'in confidence given weighty
hints as to the marvellous topics.
1t is the belief that the massive
brains of several of the particularly
gangrened persons conceived the ideS
: of bombarding Mrs. Dewey with criti
cal letters in the hope that she woult
change her plans, but as 5000 persons
had called on Mrs. Dewey on the two
occasions she held receptions, the Sc
| lection of her mothers house, in view
of its size, seemed happy idea.
The last story set af1oat was to thu
effect that the Deweys intended t.
t leave their house snd settle in Mrs
McLean's Admiral Dewey, when aske'
today about the natter, said:
"Today for the first time since sh
s was taken i'll, Mrs. Dewey has felt en-
tirely well. We will therefore leav
lin a few days for New York to atten
D the Manila Te Deum by Damrosch, t
S he given for the purpose of raisin
r funds for the arch, for which the sur
e of one-half million dollars is required
r 1--WE expect to remain in New Yor
: for a week and during that time Wi
Q attend the numerous entertainment
It that have been planned. Upon our re
q turn to Washington we will go to on
V own home on Rhode Island avenue.
e is true that Mrs. Mclean would like
e have us live with her, but because sh
:, is very lonely in her big house wit
r none of her family about her. How
d ever. we will not 90 so, as we deem
# hest to remain in our own home-th
s, home presented by the people of tn
l. United States"