Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-20

'In all the troubles that you went
through" continued Mr.. Jerome, .'you
never thought anything but that your
mother showed lack of Judgment"
mo"
What were in the letters Ted Marks
| wrote your
can't remember everything. He said
he had seen my pictures in the papers and
would like to place me on the stage
Mrs. Thaw could not remember whether
1 there was more than one letter from
Marks She first met Marks at the Grand
| Opera House at a Sunday night concert.
She could not remember what Marks talked
about, but he said nothing about the stage.
She had an ambition to become an actress
| before she came to New York. She did not
remember how long she was with Marks
| that Sunday evening. She remembered 60
| Ing to restaurant with Marks, but did
not know whether it was that night or
not. The restaurant was near the Grand
| Opera House; the witness did not remember
the name.
Mr.. Jerome asked what Mrs. Nesbit
/ thought about her daughter going on the
stage.
| Show All Right.
Mamma said ought not to go out with
| out her" replied the witness. "She said
the show was all right, but she ought to go
| along
"At this time did you know Frances Bel
month"
| mo"
"Or Edna Goodrich?"
! mo"
| COR James A. Garland?"
| "No."
| Mr.. Jerome next asked the witness about
a man named Hoppe Hopley. He pressed
her closely about this man, and wanted to
| know If he had not lived at the same
| house with her.
| Not while 1 lived there" she said posi-
! lively.
Have you seen him since those days in
1902"
Il may have passed him on the street,
Il don't mean that way"
NO" said Mrs. Thaw with a stamp Of
| her foot.
! The BABY Farm.
Mrs Thaw, under questioning, went
| through the story of her visit with her
| mother to the Office of Mr.. Fisher a the
| atrical manager. They had letter from
! Marks. 1t was on this occasion that Fisher
said he was not running baby farm"
He finally agreed to take Miss Nesbit with
the understanding that her mother should
| go along with her.
How long did you play in Fishers
! 'Florodora?"
| After several weeks in the chorus I
went into the cast. That was early in the
| summer of 1901. Late in July went with
| the 'Geisha."
| Your mother came for you every night %
| Yes, until 1 met Stanford White"
"Who introduced you to White?'
Edna Goodrich"
Where did you meet Miss Goodrich?'
AT the theater.'
| :She was playing in .Florodora?
| Yes"
| You and she were friendly?'
| Yes"
Did you see very much. Of each other?"
| Not much"
When Edna Goodrich introduced you to
stanford White was that the first time
| yes"
During the time you were in the Flor
odora, company had you ever been out?''
with whom?"
Mother Was Pleased.
with mamma and Mr.. Garland-Mr.
/ James A. Garland"
| Where did you meet Mr.. Garland"
AT the boarding house on 3Sth street"
| Did you ever write any letters to him ?'
| Il don't remember. I might have"
Your mother was not pleased with Mr.
| Garlands attentions to your?
r "Yes-she was pleased"
You had no quarrel with your mother
about him?"
| mo"
He was a married man
| Yes
You went yachting with him?'
yes. Mamma and 1 went on Satur-
Your mother was not pleased with
| that?"
| "Oh, yes-she was just seasick."
| Getting Unruly.
els it not true" went on Mr.. Jerome.
reading from paper, that in the spring
| of 1901, so far your relations with
| your mother were concerned, that you
| were getting unruly, that your mother
| still stuck by you, that a married man"
| At this point Mr.. Delmas interposed an
objection to Mr.. Jerome reading from
what he termed statement by Evelyn
Thaw's mother.
IF the district attorney wants the
mothers testimony in he should produce
| her on the stand" he said.
| I'D like to, but you know that it is i'm
possible You know where she is,' said
| Mr.. Jerome.
The question regarding Evelyn becoming
! unruly was allowed to stand.
No she answered, decidedly.
| rs 1T not true that the married man
| was James A. Garland, and that he was
getting divorce, and that you and your
| mother frequently quarreled about him?'
| No, indeed" Mrs. Thaw drew herself
| up Indignantly and stamped her foot.
| No Other Guests.
| us 1t not true that you went alone with
him on the yachts?'
| Mamma and I, yes.''
| Were you made correspondent in Mr.
Garland's divorce suit?'
Mr.. Delmas objected. The record, he said,
| was the best evidence.
Mr.. Jerome withdrew the question
| WHO was present on the yacht besides
your mother, Mr.. Garland and yourself?'
| mo one. The men who worked the
| yacht were there; no other guests"
You went on the yacht almost every
| Saturday.
mo; but we went several times"
This was when you were playing in
| 'Florodora'?'
| yes"
| did George w. Lederer have ANYTHING
| to do with your going into the 'Florodora'
| cast?"
mot that know off,
During this time did you ever pose for
/ an artist in the nude?"
| Never