The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-24
EVELYN PINES FOR THE WEST

New York Special to the Pittsburg Sun. IN an interview given out today Mrs. Evelyn Thaw, wife of Harry K. Thaw, says she wants to live on ranch in the far west and go "broncho- busting"
 'when Harry is eventually acquitted, as he certainly will be-" she said in her apartments in the Hotel Lorraine, T want to go way out west and live on a ranch, where can wear short skirts and sweater and can forget tho ever lasting dress, dress, dress that Is neces- sary here"
 When it was remarked that she was looking much better than at any time during the trial, she replied: Yes, l feel much better, but I can't eat any thing yet. The only time can eat with a relish is when I am with Daniel o'Reil- ly He is so funny that he just makes one eat without knowing 1t.
 You notice that did not like to cry much. The man who wrote that last criticism of me said that I did not cry enough on the witness stand to be sin cere. He did not know how fought with myself to keep from crying. l had to clench my fists until my finger nails tore through my gloves into my flesh to keep from crying. But I like to have good cry now. It does me so much good, and sometimes I come up here to my room, throw myself down on the bad with my face buried in a pillow and have a good old-tme weeping bee all to myself. You know I have so much to cry about and I don't want sympathy, so I can't cry where everybody will see me.
 You see, I have to keep busy all the time, and even now I am keeping diary Oh, I did not mean to tell that, and l suppose now I'll have to keep the thing under cover or some one from the district attorneys office will be up here to search for it. have kept this diary since the day of the tragedy and I am going to keep it right up to date, no matter how long it lasts.
 Speaking of keeping busy l always have to do something. During the long waits in the. witness room I kept busy drawing sketches. l drew pictures of May Mackenzie, of the other witnesses and the reporters at the trial. Pictures l drew of myself I always labeled '"rhe Pallid Chee-ild.' Yes I have some of those sketches now, but I'll not give them out yet.
 My first memory is of the Johnstown flood. We were living at Tarentum, Pa. which is near Johnstown, and l remem- Der having seen potatoes, floating on the water that flooded our cellar. Then I re- member being in boat I was only years old then, but those recolections seem vivid. It may be that they were made so by subsequent discussion and not by the events themselves.
 My father and I were great chums. He used to give half an hours lesson in German every morning. and he had me so to a German school because he was anxious that I should learn the language. Then he died and we became very poor. My father had always made baby of my mother and as a result she was helpless. She used to sit and cry, and hard as she tried to get along we were not successful.
 ''The chance came for me to pose and earn money that way after we went to Philadelphia. At first I posed only for
 
 women artists. like Jesse Wilcox Smith and Elizabeth shippen Greene. Then we came to New York and I met Carroll Beckwith. He was very good to me and gave me letters so that I would not have to go knocking at studio doors.
 Some of the artists were very generous to me. Every time J. Wells Champney sold picture for which I had posed. he would give me 8 extra. Sometimes they took me to lunch, although I don't think any of them guessed how badly I need ed it.
 Tn the trial MT. Jerome said I was great actress. I wish he could have seen me during my first rehearsal. Certainly If he had he would not have ever made that statement. The stage has no attraction for me now. If l had to earn my living again.