Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-08

what effect did your refusal have on
Thaw?"
Mr. Jerome objected to this and the
question was changed as to what Thaw
did after the refusal.
"He came over to me and said he
| loved me and wanted to marry me.
told him | could not. He asked me
why He said: Don't you love me? |
said yes Then he said: 'Why?' I said
Because But tell me Why he said.
Give me a reason 1 said: Just be-
cause
He came over to me and put his
hand OH my shoulder and looked
straight at me and said: Is it because
of Stanford White?' / said it was
What was Mr. Thaws manner
toward YOU at the time he asked you
the question:
He was kind and nice and looked
| straight at me. ie said he would new
er love Q" marry anybody else
What G!d you do?'' Il cried
Did ycI tel 3!r. Thaw how you
first met Nh V me" Yes, | told him
chat at nc the,t.,., = Sirl lamcG Ed
ia Goodrich
Mrs. ThtW was admonished not to
Use any other names than Stanford
Whites and ThaW's.
This young woman said she Wanta
me To go 10 dinner with some friends.
L said my mother would not let me.
| she invited me again a few days later
but my mother refused. Then III"
young woman ard her mothe" came
and asked me to so TO luncheon. The
girls mother said tie people giving thu
luncheon We're III New York society and
! we're all right or she would not let her
laughter go with them. My mother
consented The young lady called for
me in a hanson. My mother had
dressed me-
How old were you?" sixteen"
When WAS this?" In August.
1o0l"
| When | got into the hansom.' re-
&umed Mrs. ThaW. Il remember wish
ing we would go to the Waldorf, for |
had neve" been there. Instead. we drew
lon West oath street and the cab stopped
in front Of a dingy looking house.
was terribly disappointed but got ont
when the young lady told me. We
went up two flights Of stairs ana
through two doors which seemed to
open by themselves. | hesitatcd but
the young lady said 10 come along
and up d third flight of stairs. I heard
a voice say. hello
Did yoL see the man who said hello"
''Yes, when we got to the head of the
IStairS.'
who was he" stamford White"
we went into a ROOM" she contin-
lued, where there was a table spread
Tor four. The room was very pretty
With rugs and pillows. Mr. White was
VERY big and I thought very ugly.
Mrs. Thaw told ir much detail of the
| lrnchcon and what followed The two
girls went with White to an upper room
| where there was red velvet SWIM,
above which was a large Japanese UNI
| hrolla on the ceiling.
Tho next time she heard from White
was when he wrote her mother to call at
j." Fifth avenue She went and White
| tried to get her let him pay for getting
Evelyn's teeth fixed.
Not long after that Mr.. White sent
NE a hat. u feather boa and a long red
cane. Mamma had made me a new dress
and sent me q note one night Mt the
theatre saying that / had an invitation
to party. After the theatre I went out
with the new dress, hat. cape and bon
and Stanford White was waiting for nc.
/
and went up in the tower with another
man and girl. L was n very pleasant
party. I remember ! had chocolate
| cellars. Mr.. White said this little girl
| can only have one glass OF champagne
Gnc must not stay up late but must go
lack to her mother and he took me-
home"
Mrs. Thaw said there were a dozen
/ mar N q arIl t1,.,-
all entirely proper
zone day Mr.. White called on my
mamma and asked her if she did no:
| want to go to PittSburS and gee her
friends. but she said she could not go
and leave me alone in New York He
said that was quite right. But later he
came and said that it would be all right
ard that she could leave me without any
trouble. that he would take care Of me.
50 She went. The next day Mr.. White
sent a carriage for mo and T went TO
studio i'll East I'D street to have photo
graphs taken. Mr.. White was there and
Il photographer | knew ard another man.
Mr.. White told me to put on a very gor-
| gcous kimono and [ had many photo
graphs taken.
Il was very tired and when it was all
over he sent for some food but he would
only give me enc glass Of champagne
| Then he sent me home
The next night" she continued. 'I
Lad a note from Mr.. White asking me
10 party. He sent a cab for me after
| the theatre and ! went to the 24th street
| house. When I got there there was no
| one there. / asked him where the party
| was lie said. What do You think
| they've turned us down I said oh
| Is 50 sorry, row there'n he no party
| fut he said would eat alone and w
| did. After supper Mr.. White went out
fpr frw minutes but came back Then
| | said it was time for me to 20 homo,
| but h SAID there a part Of the house.
| lad never seen and he took me to Sc,
| it, II" told me to sit down and he pour
| ed out glass Of champagne which he
| told me to drink 1t might have been
| Il minute or two minutes latcr when
| something hc@an hummiug in my cars
| ana the whrl" world seemed to whirl
| around AMI thcn everything cot black