The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
SICK And LONESOME
Mrs. Molineux Cannot Eat or Sleep
and Is Threatened With Nerv-
Gus Prostration.
Attitude of the Divorce Colony and
Persistence Of Reporters Az
4ravate Her Condition.
Special to The Journal.


Sioux Falls. S. D., Dec. 3.-Mrs Blanche
Molineux. who is at the Cataract house
here to get a divorce from Roland Is,
Mol1neuX. Is threatened with nervous
prostrat1on. She has lost her appetite
and is unable to slep well. Her condition
is the result Of the attention she has re-
ceived as the leading member of the li-
Vorce colony. and her determination to
remain voluntary prisoner until she
passes out Of the public mind. She abso-
lutely refuses to go upon the streets.
When she arrived here few weeks ago
Mrs. Molineux was light hearted and in
the best Of spirits Now she shows the
strain OF almost constant worry. has lost
flesh and does not look like her former
self.
She Is absolutely without friend in this
town. OF course, she sees her counsel.
United States Senator Kittredge, who has
told her that it Is absolutely necessary
that she converse with no one about her
case. If she disobeys him, he has warned
her she may lose her case. Under the
laws of South Dakota she must be able to
prove above all things that she has estab-
lished. a bona fide residence. If there
should be contest the fact that upon her
arrival here she announced publicly that
she came here for the sole purpose Of get
ting a divorce could be used against her
colonIsts Do Not Like Her.
The thing which has panied Mrs. Moli-
neuX most deeply has been the attitude Of
the rest OF the divorce colony here toward
her. They resent her presence, feeling
that the notoriety she has attracted will
reflect upon themselves. They do not
want it known that they are here. The
second day after Mrs. Molineux's appear
ance here there were many vacant chairs
IN the dining-rOom, various women so
Journers suddenly deeming it wiser to
have their meals served in their rooms.
Thank God my time Is up soon,'' said
one Of the women to day to another.
when is you time up?" asked her
friend.
only six weeks meore.'
How fortunate you are. I have eight
weeks and three days yet, I do hope that
that Mrs Molineux won't get us all into
trouble"
Her Plano Neglected.
Mrs. Molineux cannot hear all that the
others say about her, but she knows that
she is the general topic Of conversation.
The day after her arrival she started out
for a walk, but turned back before she had
gone a block because Of the crowd follow
ing her. She went directly to her room,
and there she has been ever since. At first
she played en- the piano, but for the past
few days the instrument has been silent.
Landlord Emmke of the Cataract and
Senator Kittredge have been her only
callers.
You must cheer UP and 20 out and get
some fresh air. Mr.. Emmke said to Mrs.
Molineux. IT you don't you'll be sick,
and goodness knows what will happen
then"
'It is hard indeed to be confined here"
said Mrs. Molineux, "but as long as there
is a reporter in town, SO long will I re-
main in my ROOM
The vo,1pe woman aDpears q rea1ize
that she is almost without a. friend in the
world. She expected at least to be re-
ceived with open arms by the women
whose purpose was the same as her own.
But she has not been able to make a sin
gle friend, and there, IS nobody to whom
she can 3eonfide except her lawyer.
When Mrs. Molineux first came here she
sent to New York for some Of her little
furnishings and pictures to decorate her
room and make 1t as homelike as possible.
She has countermanded the order, telling
the, hotel people she did not know what
she intended doing. Later she said she
n>ight send for them again II she found
that she could remain without attracting
SO much attention.
The reports OF her luxurious living have
especially annoyed her: g., She has feared
that the reports about her automobile and
the purchase of an expensive piano might
make her friends in the east believe she
was really possessed Of wealth and that
her present income or allowance might be
curtalled. She pays So a day for her room
and board. -:-
Gossip Of "Another Man."
One subject Of much gossip has been
whether or not there Is ''another man. in
her case With the most of the women In
the colony there Is. Some bring their in
tended second husbands along. Whatever
may be Mrs. Molineuxs Intentions as to
the future, it is certain that she will be
watched in the most thorough manner.
The talk that she will 90 upon the stage