Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-13
MRS. STORtR TALKS
DECLARES SHE HAS TAKEN A
HOUSE HERE.
Reiterates the Statement That the
President Was Fully Cognizant
of Vatican Matter.

the following interview with Mrs Bethany
! Storer, accredited to it's Cincinnati corre-
spondent:
This matter" said Mrs. Storer, "has
/ gone much further and has had much more
notoriety and publicity than We ever dream
ed would be given it, but l feel that Mr..
Storer was thoroughly justified, and We are
satisfied that position has been abso-
| iutely and fully explained. 1t is a question
of the truth of the Presidents allegations as
against ours.
1.-The king can do no wrong but think
that when the last word has been said, Mr.:
Storer will have been proven right in this
matter. He has in no way suppressed or,
misstated facts as the President charges.
To the contrary. he was tod the truth so,
absolutely and so fully that it has hurt.
and, despite the labofed explanation of the
President Mr.. Storer's statements remain
intact. We are satisfied. at all events,
said Mrs. Storer smilingly.
Ready for a Social Battle in Capital.
1 had hardly gotten seated in the big
library before J. discovered two things,
namely that Mrs. Storer is convinced that
President Roosevelt's answer has in no way.
harmed them in the position Mr.. Storer had
taken in his pamphlet and that she has
with indcmitable courage-one of her
strongest Observation-Disclosures to try her
dent and his coterie this winter in Washing
ton a situation which will doubtless be a
most interesting one to diplomatic circles of
the capital city.
Yes, we have taken a charming house
right next to the French embassy, and we
are looking forward to delightful win
ter
washington? Are you going there for
the winter" 1 asked, somewhat amazed.
The big brown eyes, finely intelligent,
bright. good-natured mirthful. twinkled, as
she added with a smile, why of course,
Washington is big enough for us all. You
see we always spend our winters there and
our summers abroad and / shall not
change our plan this year. That accounts
for the disorder you see here for we are
hurrying out as fast possible as we have
leased this place.
The big Grandn road mansion was filled
with expressmen and movers carting up
carved furniture, trunks silverware. and
exquisite -ric-a-brac. That Mrs. StOrer
had herself been busy experimenting the
moving and arrangement of furniture was
evident, for she was dressed in a short,
black cloth skirt and silk blouse. Her
manner and bearing. her interesting and
intelligent face. cave her despite the SIM
plcity of her attire. the grande dame air
of the women of the "old regime"
1t is perhaps because she has spent so
many years abroad among people of diff
ferent tongues and nations that Mrs. Storer
has lost the essentially American charac-
teristics, without, however. acquiring the
ultra-snobbish air often found in American
women who have lived much in Europe. On
the contrary, she is most simple and cor
dial, a most likable and amiable woman.
Her voice is finely modulated, sweet,
resonant, with no semblance of Yankee
twang. t'-
She is nearer fifty than forty, and while
she does not look old, there is no artifice
apparent in Disgusting her years. Her
hair is peculiarly shaded. She wears 1t In
a naturally wavy pompadour that is al
acly rxyhi1 cd xyhi to and
streaks are to be found at the temples.
No Cynical Lines.
Her nose is well formed, full. but straight;
her mouth mobile and youthful, with no
cynical lines.
In fact, Mrs. Storer impresses one as a
woman whose life has been spent in pleas
ant places, and whose tendencies have been
along artistic and intellectual lines She
Is too voluble-perhaps too amiable-to be
diplomatic, but for those reasons she is a
more agreeable woman socially.
Hasn't the publicity of this thing been
exceedingly disagreeable to you, Mrs.
Storer?" 1 asked. Aren't you afraid that
some of your friends will not stand the fire
test'?"
ooh of course ii was unexpected--this
publicity-but it had to be borne, as any
crisis in life must be. 1t something
we did not bring upon ourselves, but some
thing which President Roosevelt's attitude
will lose no friends by it. am sure" added
the ex-ambassador's wife confidently. ITO
the contrary, we owed the explanation to
our friends.
rs it fact that Mr.. storer has begun
search for the Meran letter in which he
explained to President Roosevelt his visit
to the Vatican as he alleges, but which the
President claims never to have received?'
Better Begin Search in Washington"
THAT letter was sent to President Roose-
welt; why should my husband search for it
in Europe. Better hunt in Washington"
tersely added Mrs. Storer, with peculiar
significance.
will you bring any more proof through
the making public Of other letters in your
and Mr.. Roosevelts correspondence?' 1
asked.
There is really no need to do so; the
whole matter rests far as we are con-
cerned. Is 1t not sufficient that President
bishop Ireland? While 1 would not like
to have this letter published you are most
Welcome to show it to any one you may
see fit.
THAT, it seems to me, proves beyond
anything We could do or show that Presi-
dent Roosevelt wanted Archbishop Ire
land to be advanced to the cardinalate and
was willing that we should make his wish
es known in Europe to the proper persons
THAT other matters came up to change
his attitude later is business of mine
Wnat ne WlShed done at that time and
told us we were privileged to do regarding
the Vatican matter was done with his ap-
prevail. Any one with any understanding
can read that in the letters which Mr..
Storer was forced to make public"
l asked If the trouble between the Presi-
dent, herself and Mr.. Storer had caused a
GOODNESS between them and the Mick"
Longworths or her mother. Mrs Storer
replied: Not in the least. Our family is
on the best Of terms and will continue to
be. The trouble has in no way caused un-
pleasant feeling either between my mother
and myself or between her and my nephew
In Washington"
Converts Of Ireland.
CINCINNATI, December 13-The inter-
est which Mr.. and Mrs. Bellamy Storer have
shown in the advancement of Archbishop
Ireland is explained by the fact that the
prelate converted both to his faith. Their
zeal is better understood in this city than
anywhere else. The archbishop has visited
their home on Grandin road, and because
of his interest in them Mr.. Storer has been
conspicuous In Catholic circles.
Mrs. Storer was one of the leaders in the
movement to establish the Catholic Cathe-
dral In Cincinnati on the hill tops She Of
fered Archbishop Elder her beautiful home |
for the church. The agitation following