The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-23

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4Eues ssae hen, 4lE@ = true actress sac
AS e~arri~i amay - q enso&s8n -
r. own ART That s2s when
giving that thrilling. shocking
arcsuut ~ stanford "HA1"
i ~srg aagnE an account wIa#h. tF"*A
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Fiction asi.tl ny ART.
rbgs much every p--r@1o WHO na<
--aa H. reports oC the trsai ~housd
understand fnai the assault AF~'at
r.e3yn N@<bit b. stanford "h3at
when she NaS under the *nna*0sr ~
a drug was . bis OF p"tr ntf5sr,.
s4r.a ultn truly mastery arr AhethFr
Starrar White wa- ar Was hot h"f
FIRST lover. ~ never conquered net lh
an. eneh manner Is n described on
the witness stand For. 0"t stats :
fhere no drug the action ef ~hach f'F
RESPONDS IL her alleged *NprFs
on tn. night wheD n says mat
sanford White took her after thv
theatre - ne Tweuty-fourth street
uiace-a date Nhich she had absolute
IL and definitely fixed ~ the pictures
taken on the previous daf-At Wa
giving a dinner party IN Madison
Sossare Tower whlch lasted Til ! a
"a Tnfs j. well known - the district
attorneys Office. There are witnesses
II character and reputation @ho were
present and a4c ready - swear u tt
but. under the ruleS r. eNit,"hcf
Mr.. Jerome could not bring
mis- out That il why ! say ll4At
Evelyn T-haw temporary collapse-
when she came TO this part Of the
story did not arise from any sense
Of real grief or shame II w.t- puFelt
an Intellectual emotion. enutne "nlN
a. a tribute - her y hIstTiohlc
ability.
What. then. Was the relation be
tween the beautiful young model and
Stanford White None that was non
arsble Ia him. certainly. Eut between
The Dragging and running Of an lhh"-
cent child and the purchase III III"
open market OF AN offered article
there is q wide gulf. And Evelyn
Nesbit was pat on sale like 2 slave
yes: and skilllully exploited and ad-
VtrtiSed. 50 hat she might bring the
highest ~attaiEable price. That Is the
bare, brutal truth OF the matter. Mel
that she WAS an unwilling victim: ne
does that appear That dnII
insensitiveness Of soul saved her here
from the penalties OF her sex.
Apparently in the carrying out or a
bargain, the girl-wife insisted through
out her evidence that her had
been othin worse than careless and
foolish in ~intrusting q woman-ehild Of
fifteen to stanford Whites guardian
ship. The inference is that Mrs. $eS-
bit refrained from coming 10 New
YORK to tell the real triple relation
between White. Thaw, and Evelyn
Nesbit. Little enough she gained by
that bargain. for none can fail to read
between the lines of Evelyn's story.
Had Evelyn Nesbit Thaw had al her
command a fgment OF living flame-
III could have achieved nothing more
dreadful than. on the pretense Of con
.ealmcnt she bodied forth in her word
picture the Portrait Of 4 Mother
Both Knew Sting of Poverty.
The partnership Of the two from the
time they came to New York until
Evelyn, through her increasing indie
pendcnce and self-Will. ceased to be 4
profit-Droducing enterprise to her
mother, is significant of a certain
phase OF fast life. Evelyn Was fifteen
when they arrived in New York. Her
mother. perhaps thirty-two or thirty
three. vas q woman lthOu beauty
If face, but Of good figure and with a
certain flash attractiNeneSs Of man
ner and courage. The Two women
had known the sting OF poverty and
had experienced glimpses Of luxury.
appetities were whetted. Evelyn,
having sat as 4 model in Philadelphia,
had been admiral and praised for
her beauty. In New York, her moth
er thought, the opportunities would
be the best. So they came. n the
child To the theatre. TO dinner. on
the best artists in the city: men OF
character and kindness who. knowing
the perils that beset Il beautiful girl
in EVelyn'e position. would have. so
far as lay in their power, safeguarded
her path.
Soon abroad in TcndcrIOin.
Dut these were not to her taste.
Very early she was abroad in the Ten
derloin, 50 hat people in the fast
restaurants would stare in astonish-
ment at the child in short dresses and
with her hair down her back. who car
ried herself with such clf-possession.
BY some means Mrs. Nesbit got Eve
lyn's picture published in one Of the
Sunday papers then in n Of the
lesser magazines. That was the ad-
vertisement. Swift came the response.
Men made the acquaintance of the
lovely little model-theatrical men.
FOUNDERS" and a few "high-rollers''
with money TO spend. They took the
child to the theater, to dinner, on
yachting parties. and in general made
her free Of the towns night life.
Few Of these men met with Mrs.
Nesbit's approval. They We're. from
her point Of view. detrimentals. Will
ing enough 10 spend their money on
the girl, they did not extend their pc
unfair attentions to her. One. in
yachting trips, found favor in her eyes
for a time. but there We're objections
TO him. He was tied up in the divorce
court. his income might be seriously
impaired; in a word. he was not up
10 the standard which Mrs. Mes
bit had set. She wouId loOk
higher. Evelyn. il appears. proved
recalcitrant here and. il is said. there
was q very pretty quarrel between
mother and daughter over the lattcr's
refusal to give up the yachting ex-
cursions Immediately, but presently
Garland disappears from the scene.
she Meets Stanford White.
Through the kind offices of one of
he ac~quaintances who had been at
tracted by the published picture. the
girl was now on the stage. 1t was
through another chorus girl that she
met Stanford White. The mother also
met Stanford White. Perhaps she
made L Il point To do so. In any case
as the acquaintance between the elder
~ roue and the u girl ripened. !
Mrs. Nesbit was persuaded to leave
New York and go to %Pittsburg for a |
visit. What the nature of the per
suasion was is suggested by the fact
that after her return she was in re-
ceipt Of weekly checks from White |
ranging from $50 to 500.