The evening world., 1907-05-14
Ben Strauss, Poetical Drum
Eler, Settles Her Judgment
Against Him.
NOPPED" IN TWO DAYS.
Then His Mother Inspected
Her and His Love Grew
Cold.

Ban strausss ''wIld. rragrant RoSo. ''
whose love proved thOrny TO the ready
t-ttsr-wr1ttng drummer. announced to-
day that the isathnr salesman had set
eled the Judgment in her suit against
him- Tue lady whom B~n5arnin II.
Strauss. tho busy writer, was wont 10
address as his Fragrant Rose" also
his wild Forest Rose" hia Big, AIT
tls Rose" ''swest. Darling Rose" and
other sndearing styles OF Roses. Is Miss
Roas Lbsh. . shirt waist designer. OF
no. sm West One Hundred and Thirty
sighth street
According to Miss IAsh. she came to
shas country looking for her brother.
She worked bard for seyen years,
boarding up enough to continue the
search for her BROTHER and started for
Chicago In January. lSn. on the train.
she aAys. q breezy drummer -moved over
and nxsd the window shade for her.
ordered the porter 10 fstoh her feOt
steel and pillow and quite won her
with his rapid attentions. She was
twenty-three then. she sayA
Her story continues that he intro
aalNA hAAAA4[AA ~ bNAAJ4AAAAA IL RAFAAHAf
OF No. al East Nlneueth streo.. New
York. q commercial traveller for B.
Frank Son. leather Eholesale-A, Of
No. 20 Spruce street Mias 4sh says
sha told her story TO Strauss and he
went with her on her search Tor q
brother. unable 10 break the speu OF
her dark ayes and hair. On learn ng
that tho brother was not In Chicago
but was either .n ChArieston. s, L.. or
New orleanh. Miss Lab announced she
MOULD -sontA--S.sS -HaFA SsEs-.%-
changed his route 80 that he mlgh.
accompany her.
courtsd Two Days; Proposed.
From the time they left Chicago the
drummer became more and more Senu-
msntAA. sAys the 'Wald. fragrant Rose. %
and sv~ntuAlly after they had travel
led two days. he proposed marriage. ao-
oording TO the story Abe told Prom
thAt time on be varied the monOtony
a. busting leather orders by writing
70 A1ias lAsh In New Orleans. The let
tara disclosed woath OF poetry in the
drummer business. Miss L4sh haa a
bale Of isttsrs which reek with flowers
Of FANCY worked in with dry business
remarks about making the nrm rAise
his salary.
After two years MiaA LlEh came on
10 New York prepared to marry her
poetic lstter writer. She said to-day
thAk ahs had purchased her trousseau
and thAy had selected their rootas
when Benjamin took he round 10 see
HIS mother. and the romance ended.
leaving her high and dTy, a. her Attor-
nsy, Moses Sachs, OF tine Pulitzer
Building. said, on the SANDS OF spin
sterhood.
Miss I1sh brought suit for breach OF
promise and a jury before Judge Has
csl- N the City Couit. awarded her
siL50o In June. isS Yesterday the
papers were signed for disoonanuAieo
~ The action.
His Fervdd Letters.
The letters Miss Lab presented as
coming from Strauss are Interesting
one from Huntingdon. w. Va. con
tAins the following.
You know fuliS how RnXiouA ! am
90 get down usere and pA ~ my lone
some RoAe 70 my bosom and make her
foTget these long months OF patient Nat
Ing. but never mind. dearest one, The
time IL not far on when you ALL see
your dear boys face oftcncr. and. may
De. a. ofien as you Wish yourself 1 am
well ANare how often you may sl4 10
see me and you may rest assured not
Ollonor than ! would. iL.tAo lsg4 4 Cau.1
see the nniah o. va both N ne saN
each other as often as we want TO How
about Il, swestheRrty Don't think for
minute ! mean somoth.uE different tHan
] write. and don't look In the mirror
right away just 20 see those lips OF
yours getting as red az IRE. I see them
nov. even from The distance and can
feel them burn ms cneel. But never
mind. IN make up Ia time. With BUSH
els OF love and kisses remain. your
own devoted Ben"
Another letter, dated A. The Seventh
Avenue Hotel, Pittsburg. refers 10 NY
Dearest Rose" a. a bird "a follows;
You ask me 10 explain what l meant
BY saying you were a bird and 10 iAAe
care OF your feathers. Well, Il Is for
tunats for you that no feathers grow
on you. 90 you need not lose any sleep
over H. But 10 help you out II Just
occurred 10 me OF comparing you with
a pretty little bird Tying In the air,
singing 30 nweetiy and hndlng every
thing around her no beautiful, loving
she Il caught and placed In a cage,
ve,toh, an course. troibles her. And one
ear see q good many OF them sitting on
thelr psrchss refusing 70 aims. and IN
despair tearing out their feathers one
by one which makes them look ugly
70 everybody who looks AZ them"
Wild Waves Were Shouting "Rose. /"
Another from Nashville tells ''Ny
Sweet Darling Rose" q dream the