The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-02-07
SECRET SINS LAID BARE BY
EVELYN NESBIT THAW

| GO do likewise. but mother said 20.
white said he had had teeth fired
fof nearly All the girls ~ "tiorp-
dora
Attended Studio Party.
when did you see White agalnf'
Il received note inviting me %
PARTY and was told IN the note
that a carriage would be waiting
for me ta take me a. ny deallnn-
ton. on The might Ia question I got
into the carriage and was driven e.
Madison Square garden. whore
White had studio. Two other per-
SONS we're there. White said At the
PARTY / was not 70 have more than
one glass OF champagne. and that
must set home early 10 my mother.
he took me home that night. right
to the door OF our apartment
Mrs. Thaw said there we're other
parties ln the studio. White, she
said called Oh her mother several
times and proposed that she take
trip to PittnburE to see her friends.
She continued. white said De would
take eaIa OF me. and that that
would be all right Mamma went
away. white came fof me iu q ear
riage. We drove to the studio on
Twenty second 81 Two other men
we're ihsre and one was a photog-
rapher. white brought out a beau.
tiful Japanoas kimona and l posed"
Tells Of Downfall
Then" continued Evelyn. white
dismissed the two men and I went
into the dressing room. where !
changed 10 street clothes white
knocked on the door and asked II
needed any help. I told him no. I
went out, ate a little lunch. and he
took me home"
Evelyn then told 81 another Wait
90 the Twenty fourth ~ studio.
NO one was there this time" said
the pretty witness. except White,
and I told him I thought ! ought 20
so home. lie said had better re-
main and have supper. After sup
per he told me that as ! had never
seen some rooms Ia the studio. hs
would show me around. In one
room was a plane. which ! played
In the rear OF the room was a bed
room. Whsre 1 sat down. White
opened a bottle Of champagne and
he prevailed upon the 70 drink Then
came q humping IN my ears About
two minutes afterwards things
seemed 10 grow black around me.
and 90 round and round When !
awoks my clothes uere pulled off
me, and I screamed
Warned 70 Keep Secret
Il sat up and saw White. IN.
dressed. sitting on the edge OF the
bed. screamed again. sat up In
bed. and then there was music all
around the room"
Tbs gin wept as khe told the
story. and tears fell upon her dress
in streams Harry held a handker
chief 70 his eyes during the re
cital o. his wife's shame.
4 screamed again and again. and
White told me 20 be quiet" said
Evelyn. Then white said Il was
all over. tried 20 put on my
dress. but could hardly accomplish
a. We Eat up all night In that
room he said 20 me that all poo
pie did that. and that was all peo
pie lived for. lie further said that
he liked young girls thin. and that
must never set tat Re told me
never to tell anyone. not even
mother
Ths~ Rsneus Proposal
Did Thaw renew hls offer Of
marriage after hearing Of that
asked DelmaK
Not that night" replied Evelyn
He said Was 4 poor unfortunate
Kfrl. but that he didnt think any
the less Of mo than be did before >
Evelyn, with her face hnfhed In
tears. said that two months after
the first proposal. Harry Thaw re
nowed the offer. She said.
4 told him that. II he married
me. hts friends might laugh AZ him.
a. | thought theY would catch on
and suspect matters a. they we're
AZ this time IL vas already said
ia the open among the theatrical
people that WAS going with Stan.
ford White. I told Thaw that had
met him In Pfftshurg n would
have been all right. but that nov
should 80 back 20 the stage"
Evelyn then told Of her early life
Ia Pittshurg.
Holman Came 70 the Rescue.
She said her father. who was a
lawyer. died early and left the fam
| lis in siraiteuNd circumstances
The family resources became more
and more impoverished until the
sheriff posted a dlsposscssion no
tice upon the door
When Holman came 10 the res
cue" went on the girl lie paid
our debts and we went 10 phlladel
phia when ! was Is. There I first
became an artist model"
She said she posed IN Phiindel-
phia for several artists ard a mum.
Der Of magazines.
When I started for New York. !
carried a letter Of introduction to
Carol neckwith.s she continued.
"and the money had earned gave
10 ms mother After we came to
New hNIha MAMA hfAt mt
back 10 get nay brother, Howard X
Nesbit. who was then In the eoun.
try"
Mrs. Thaw detailed the life Of the
family IN a back room In New York.
and continued.
4 called on neekwlth and he ar.
ranged that ! pose for him two
mornings weekly. Beckwith thought
was too young TO wander around
New York asking for engagements, /
aud said be would give me "A letter /
10 certain artists Of reputation. I
which he did. ! posed for many in
1901 ! made about 81 per week
How did you come TO go ON the I
stage first" asked Delmas
First Meeting With Thaw.
Finally I got a letter 90 Fisher
a theatrical manager, as l thought |
n could DOUBLE my earnings by 1
working nights on the stage When /
I went to the thcater somebody told !
me that thcatcrs We're not baby /
farFae aud IL they took me they !