The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-12-04
MRS. MOLINEUX ILL.
Has Lost Her Appetite and Cannot
Sleep Well.

04CCR W OAAs
Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. Mrs. Blanche
Molineux, who is at the Cataract House
here to get a divorce from Roland B.
MoIineux. is threatened with nervous
prostration. She has lost her appetite
and is unable to sleep well. Her condi-
ton is the result of the attention she
has received as the leading member of
the divorce colony, and her determina-
ton to remain voluntary prisoner I'M
til she passes out of the public mind.
She absolutely refuses to go out upon
the street. e4=1 af RI
When she arrived here 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 a friend in
this town. OF course, she sees her coun-
sci, 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 established bona
fde residence. If there should be a con-
test the fact that upon her arrival here
she announced publicly that she came
here for the sole purpose of getting
divorce could be used against her.
The thing which has panied Mrs Moli-
neux most deeply has been the attitude
of the rest of the divorce colony here to-
ward her. They resent her presence,
feeling that the nctoriety she has at
tracted will reflect upon themselves.
They do not want 1t known that they
are here. The second day after Mrs.
Molineux's appearance here there were
many vacant chairs in the dining room,
various women sojourners suddenly
deeming it wiser to have their meals
served in their rooms.
Thank God my time is up soon.' said
one of the women today to another.
That is the way these women talk
about their stay here, just as a prisoner
does m the penitentiary.
when is your time up?" asked her
friend.
only six weeks more"
How fortunate you arei I have
eight weeks and three days yet. do
hope that that N rs. AIoliIieux won't get
US all into trouble
Yes, it's a shame put i ma new
conner, TO think, after my serving here
four months and two weeks, that now 1
might be exposed at the very end, just
because of that woman from New
York.
Mrs. Molineux cannot hear all that
the others say about her, but she knows
that she is the general topic of CONVEX
sation. The day after her arrival she
started out for walk, but turned back
before she had gone block because of
her room. and there she has been ever
since. At first she played on the piano,
but for the past few days the instru-
ment has been silent.
Landlord Emmke of the Cataract and
Senator Kittredge have been her only
callers.
You must cheer uo and go out and
get some fresh air. Mr.. Emmke said
to Mrs. Molineux. IF you don't you'll
be sick and goodness knows whatli
happen then
ut is hard, indeed. to be confined
here said Mrs. Molineux, but as long
as there is a reporter in town so long
Will l remain in my ROOM.
The young woman appears to realizs
that she is almost without friend III
the world She expected at least to be
received with open arms by the women
whose purpose was the same as her
own. But she has not been able to maks
a single friend. and there is nobody to
whom she can confide except her lawyer.
When Mrs. Molineux first came here
she sent to New York for some of her
little furnishings and pictures to deco
rate her room and make it 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 might send for them
again If she found that she could re-.
main without attracting SO much atten,
ton.
The reports of her luxurious living
have especially annoyed her She has
1CdI LlldL Int ISt3UFtS dDOul l6T dQ-
tomobile and the purchase of an expen-
s1ve5 piano might make her friends III
the east believe she was really possessed
of wealth and that her present income
or allowance might be curtaiIed. She
pays 80 a day for her room and board.
One subject of much gossip has been
whether or not. there is another nan" in
her case. With most AZ the women in the
colony there is. Some bring their intend
ed second husbands along. Whatever may
be Mrs Molineuxs intentions as tc the
future, it is certain that she will be
watched in the NEST thorough manner.
The talk that she will go upon the stage
mas been revived.
For the distasteful attention bestowed
upon her these women declare that Mrs.
Molineux has none to blame but herself
They say she should have waited at least
a couple of weeks, If not month. after
her husbands acquitta1 before starting for
Dakota. They declare that her almost i'm
mediate departure from New York and
4 her arrival here in the very week her hus-
t band had been liberated from prison ny
/ the jury's verdict have been the cause Of
all the worry and hardship she has to
| endure, and that she could have avoided
I all this if she had waited 6 month or two
instead of rushing here at almost light
ming speed.
Sioux Falls is the headquarters of the
divorce colony because it has one of the
most modern hotels in the Northwest
Any other place in the state would do.
| but nowhere else could the comfort be
found that Sioux Falls offers