The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-02-27
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Whiie Evoyn NcSoit, tnen well
short .cf eighteen ycafs od,. was at
Mrs. DcNElla school in Pompton,
IN. J. II is, Of course, between the
lines aud in the light OF what the
girl had sccn and been that the
brief extracts must he read. So
tchstdercd, they bccdanc an exposa.
tion df character, more complete
than tho Writer Of the lines her
seG coMld have realized.
I A world worn dillctantc of Iifes
experience might be speaking IN
these words 'of n sevcntccn.year-old
child. 1t seems tp me veritablc
wonder .of intellectual detachment.
this aloof consideration of herself
in the role OF an ''innoccnt young
person. and tho underlying mock
cry wit which she grcets the
Image. Then cnsues more serious
tone. The real Evelyn gets 10
think things over to contemplating
/! her strange alteration OF circum-
stances and the alien creatures so
like her IN years and Immediate
purposes, so utterly alien in cx-
pcricncc and eventual outlook who
E,eoplcd the little boarding school.
Hence these reflections of Il girl
philosopher. ~
"Whcn one gets into q regular
swing and docs certain things at a
certain time and learns something
each time, one thinks there Is lots
| in life after all. A girl who has
always been good and never had a
fword of scandal brcathod about
I her. is fortunate IN moro ways
than ono. !"
More sclf.analysis follows. the
|self-analys,s Of one who kcnw her
own opportunities and her own
strength and who is quick to grasp
at the chances Of advancement.
|"Ge course, couldn't live here
all the time, but ] could enjoy
(cnd,np) it for two years at least.
II often wonder at myself, how
quickly | have gwen up aud for
gotten all those people. Every
body knows that some people have
strong moral characters, while 9th
crs are susceptible to their sur
roundings. ain one of the sns-
ceptiblc persons and if stay here
long enough. expect to be a noblc
character before l get out"
Very touching and simple, this
seems. an evidence Of repentance
dad resolve to do better. But the
sardonic devil that lives somewhere
within the girl woman was laughing
i'm his sleeves all the time. One
touch Of his on the pen and by the
addition of three exclamation
marks followed by a sketch of
nun, the seeming picty is trans
formed into q bithc egnicism. Not
often is ii given TO any W put
an autobiography in q sentcncc; but
Evelyn Nesbit may have. written
iM1th history and prophecy when
she pcnncd that last entry.
it was Evelyn Thaw's last day
on the stand. AT the close of the
ordeal which she has undergone,
with an iron will foritude, un-.
oqralcd in the experience Of any
Of the lawyers who have watched
her. she appears as strong aud
rfear headed as at the beginning.
There Is, perhaps a trace OF hag-
gaidness in the beautifully nodded
face, hut tho mind is as alert, the
carriage MS confident and the voice
as clear and steady as at any time.
Harry Thaw, too, had good day
yesterday, appearing composed and
easy.
Tho. ono other feature of her
testimony was tho matter OF fact
manner in which she testified as to
Mrs. liolman's attitude toward
Thaw, White and other bencficient
institutions which kindly Prov
idcncc had established for her prof.
it. Portrait Of mother by one
who Knows this part of the tes-
tilnony rrigbt be entitled. At no
time was the picture an attractive
Que, and there were some singular
ly umlovely. lines about il.
There Is reason FOR believing that
young Mrs. Thaw has agreed TO
stand by her mothers character,
and this she is doing in letter,
though hardly in spirit. For she
steadfastly insists that she blames
Mrs. Holman for nothing more un-
worthy than lack of judgment; vet
tue facts she readily reeites make
out IN their total a damning indict-
ment Of her mother.
At the very close Of the dav
arose difference OF opinion
among counsel for the defense thai
may well reopen the breach. Mr..
Jerome wished a stipulation entered
upon the record regarding some
|ottcrs which had been sent for
Although Mr.. Hartridge had al
ready given informally, the assnr-
ince mquircd, Mr.. Dclmas refused
70 lot. 1t be entered.
~ dnn T. think MIR. Delmss INIT.