Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14
NAN PATTERSON IN
HER FATHERS HOME

thing her ever going away again. but.
she sighed. Il suppose she will have to
do that some day.
II want to try and forget that I was ever
in prison" said Nan; " 1t was an expert
ence 1 can. of course. never forget. but If 1
can drive even little of the thought from
my mind it will be such relief Oh.
can't tell you how much of relief
When she expressed a hesitancy in talk
ing 1t was suggested to her that. according
to the recent estimate of the director of the
census. there were "a 600 900 of people In
the United States. and that the majority
of them were Interested In her, she smiled
and replied:
Yes? Well. think they all tried to get
Into the court room during the trials, toe"
1t was related to her that she is said to
have had fnnumerable offers of marriage,
and that she Is at the present time engaged
to a newspaper man whose acquaintance
she made during her Imprisonment.
NO. that is not so. she said; "at least
l mean 1t Is not so that / am engaged to
marry. 1t IS true that there have been
many letters come to me from men who
said they wanted to marry me. but those
come to nearly every woman who Is brought
before the public eye in strong a light
as l have been. I have never considered
them seriously. but merely thought of them
as the tribute L must pay for my misfor-
tune.
There have been literally hundreds of
people here, interjected Mrs. Patterson.
ana they all wanted to Mamie OF
course they didn't all see her She has
been very tired since she came home, and
needed a rest, and we want her to have all
she can get"
Yes said Nan. land just after I had
Kissed mamma I happened to say 1 hadn't
been kissed for year. and was going to
ado by my mother, when man almost
!eaped at me and they had to actually hold
MN pack: l never saw such queer man
IN my life. and l didn't know him-had
never seen him. in fact"
Mrs. Patterson Described.
Mrs. Patterson smiled, a little YEARLY,
and nodded her head In Endorsement. She
is very fine-looking elderly woman, with
a mass of snowy hair which she wears
tastefully dressed. and into which Nan had
woven wreath of pink rosebuds which she
had gathered In the yard.
Il gave mamma the roses" she said
Aren't they becoming?"
Yes. dear" said her mother. land l hope
you will always be here to give them to
me-"
During the conversation in which both
of her parents joined a little niece Olga
Lowell, came up and took her hand she
caressed the child and the picture as they
sloou on the lawn. fine old pine tree for
a background. was certainly a domestic
one. 1t was suggested that she have her
picture taken with the little child at her
side, but to this her mother vigorously Oh
Jected' saving that If Mamie had to have
the notoriety she hardly thought that it
ought TO be forced upon the child, who did
not understand her position 1t was agreed
ina. ina. the point was we'll taken. and then
Nan agreed to pose for The Star 81 tbat
Its readers who, she was assured 49,
deeply interested in her, might see inst
what she looked like In the setting Of her
own home VI nei
Posed for Her Picture.
She took a position at the steps leading
TO the porch and the photograph was made
Just as the photographer was adjusting his
instrument she CRIED
"Oh! don't take 1t yet; want to fix my
skirt Don't make me look like tramp"
Her sister arranged the garment to her