The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-29
MRS. HERON SAYS LITTLE
SHE, HOWEVER, CRITICIsEs THOSE
WHO ARE ABUSING HER
FORMER HUSBAND
REMAINS MISS RAND's FRIEND
So Far as the GrinneII People
Are COncernet, She Thinks
They Should Have
Spoken Before.

COLUMBIA, S. c., April 2S.-Mrs. Her
ron, who recently secured a divorce from
her husband, Rev. DIR. George G. Heron
of GrinneH, To-, is now domiciled at
Tyrone, n. c., at the foot of the Blue
Ridge mountains, town that harbors
celebrities from every quarter of the
globe. Mrs. Heron was approached in
regard to her recent divorce suit which
has been given much publicity in New
York on account of the refusal of Dr.
Newell Dwight Hills to appear Monday
night as one Of the speakers at a din
ner given by the "Get Together Club os
Brooklyn.
Mrs. Heron fatty refused to say any
thing in regard to the facts of her di-
Vorce suit She firmly denied an answer
to every question regarding that matter,
but talked more freely concerning DIR.
Hills refusal and the protest against Dr.
Heron which has been sent out from
Grinnell his former home She said she
was grateful to DR.. Hills for his well
meant effort in her behalf, but professed
to be ignorant of any reason why she
needed defense. AS. to DR.. Hills re-
fusal, she pronounced it "silly.'
'It is nonsense she said for those
people to refuse to sit down to a dinner
in Dr. Herron's honor. II they approve
his views they should have no objection
vate life should have no effect on the
value of his views DR.. Hills several
months ago expressed hearty approval of
a speech of DR.. Herron'S, and DR.. Her
ron's views have not changed since then.
If it was right to approve DR.. Heron
then, it is right now
Mrs. Herron's attention was called to
the statement of Prof. Parker, of the
University of Iowa, in which he scored
.oIx1
said: "Prof Parker is a venerable old
man who means well, and 1 appreciate
his efforts in my behalf, but I think his
objection to Dr. Heron is more on ac-
count of his politics."
When asked if she knew the signers
of the Grinnell protest she replied that
she knew some of them in trade" It
was evident that Mrs Heron is in SYM
pathy with DR.. Herrons views as to So
cialism. When Mrs. Heron was asked if
Miss Rand, the wealthy friend and
patron of DR.. Heron, were the cause Of
the divorce she refused a reply, but said
that for eight years Miss Rand had been
as intimate in their home as if she were
the sister of herself or DR.. Heron. AS to
a prospective marriage between DR.. Her
ron and Miss Rand, she said that is their
affair." If she said, 1.-The marriage takes
place the public can draw its own con-
same is true
Continuing Mrs. Heron declared that
neither DR. Heron nor Miss Rand had
a better friend in the world than herself
She expressed no resentment or hostility
toward her Former husband or Miss Rand
Returning to the statement of the Grin
nell citizens, Mrs. Heron remarked that
it was rather late in the day for these
people to be saying anything, for they
have known for several years all that
they know now. They Should have spoken
out before, she said but instead of do
ing that they had waited until she made
the matter public. She would say moth
ing about the divorce, except that it be-
came necessary for DR.. Heron and her.
self to separate, and she had applied for
a legal decree, which Or Heron did not
resist.
Mrs. Heron is woman Of ordinary
appearance With her mother and four
children, she is stopping at select
boarding house in fashionable Tryon, and
expects to remain there some time A
sister of Mrs. Heron denied in positive
terms that the divorced wife had received
S10o.000 or s50,o00 from Miss Rand She also
declared her sister and Or. Heron en-
tertained the same religious views