Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-02
THAw 1MPAr1ENT.
He Is Anxious to Know His Fate, It is
Said.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. February 2-Harry Ken
DAN Thaw sat in his cell within the gray
walls Of the Tombs today. glad that the
tiresome ordeal Of jury selection was ended
and perfectly content with each one OF the
twelve men who have been chosen as his
judges.
II am glad that's over" the young pris-
oner sighed late yesterday afternoon, when
Bernard Gerstman. manufacturers agent,
had been accepted and sworn In as the
last member Of the trial panel. And with
the same buoyant spirit of confidence which
has been SO consistently CHARACTERISTIC of
the man ever since he shot Stanford White
to death on the Madison Square Roof Gar
den that fateful night in June, Thaw walk
ed across the Bridge Of Signs as tho twi-
n light a.s shadows Of misty, stormy day out
This being Saturday, there was again
no session Of court, an adjournment having
been ordered yesterday afternoon until 1890
nected with the trial. with perhaps the
exception Of the defendant and the twelve
turymen, are glad of the rest which the
Saturday and Sunday break in the weeks
be judged. The jurors are impounded and
will remain in state of captivity until
they have rendered verdict in the famous
criminal cause OF THE People Of the State
They. too. are anxious for the trial to go
speedily forward, and probably would be
glad to yield up even the Sunday outing in
court session on the Sabbath. But the
judge, the lawyers and the Woodworking
squad Of reporters are glad to get the two
days vacation.
It is worthy of note just here that the
Woodworking reporters are at last about
to win out In their Titanic struggle with
the sympathy sellers. the wielders Of weep
when they hand it over to the city editors
of the papers with the rainbow editions. 1t
Is no longer a question of what these sheets
print; the public simply waits with wide
color of the next edition. White green and
a pink that Is always treading on the heels
of red are the favorites SO far, but there Is
great rivalry, and almost any old color can
editions has already won an appropriate
title. It's known as the lemon"
Reporters of Passion.
The Thaw family continues to be persist
entity unkind to the reporters Of passion.
The ladies refuse to cry, they converse daily
and In most friendly way with little Eve
Ign Nesbit Thaw and Mae Mackenzie, and
continue to act in a way so safe, sane and
conservative that the specialists in news
paper spellbinding have been at their wits
ends for week trying to keep in touch
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Of all is the way the women Of the Thaw
family continue to wear the same dresses
in which they appeared on the first day of
the trial. Society editors galore and fashion
SharpS by the score had their pencils handy
and sharp ready to describe to the minutest
details the gowns to be worn from day to
day by the principal figures in the Thaw-
White episode. More than ordinary gowns
were expected. especially of the Countess of
Yarmouth. In fact, several of the news
papers had already had their staff artists
draw imaginary pictures Of the countess
creations" But all to no avail. She con-
tinues to appear In the dark green suit,
with the plainest of coats falling just below
her hips and a skirt whose severity Is re-
lieved only now and then by the simplest of
pleats. Her hat is tiny bit Of velvet and
feathers of green that harmonizes with
her suit. On stormy days the countess
wears an ill-fltting English great coat of
gray cloth lined with gray and white fur.
Since the artists were banished from the
court room the countess unveils soon after
entering the court room and surveys the
spectators with the greatest of interest.
Mrs. William Thaw, who never wears any
thing but black, also unveils now that the
artists are gone, and Mrs. George Lauder
Carnegie wears her cloud Of brown chiffon
only to avoid the curious eyes that stare
from the throngs gathered about the GRIM
inal courts building each morning and after
noon when it is time for the Thaws to ar
rive and depart.
Mrs. Carnegie's brown cloth suit, trimmed
come an old story to the fashion reporters
and she has been dismissed from their Wis
ion of hope.
May Have drudge Against Mrs. Thaw
Both artists and newspaper modistes are
likely to hold an everlasting grudge against
Evelyn Thaw, however, for she not only
persists in wearing the long-coated suit of
dark blue which has become so familiar to
those following the trial. but has never
once, even for the briefest Of instants. rails
ed either the white or the dark blue wells
veil is worn on stormy days and the white
when the sky is fair. II little Mrs. Thaw
ever cries in court the tears are hidden
behind the heavy chiffon and as they fall
are absorbed in it's meshes.
From head to foot her costume Is simpler
and more modest as to fashion and fabric
than that Of the better class Of New York
working girls. The hat is a small black
velvet affair which appears to have been
made at home. Its plainness Is rather in
tensified than otherwise by the small bunch
of violets clustered to the right Of the fat,
round crown. From this hat hangs the
veil, either OF blue or white, according to
the barometer. The suit of a rough dark
blue cloth does not fit its wearer any too
Of the ready made shops. The coat, which
Is generally worn unbuttoned, reaches
down to the knees and hangs in folds that
are anything but graceful. The skirt Is en-
tiCAy pain anu VI Whining leIlSlu buIluS
the first days Of the trial Mrs. Thaw wore
a rather mannish looking collar and black
bow tie. Lately she has worn a fat white
linen collar such as little boys often are
seen in. and her tie is a small Windsor
effect. The gloves are a light, tan castor
and the shoes high cut gun-metal, usually
fncased in gondola gums, as an English
reporter calls them. Around her left wrist
Mrs. Thaw wears a leather bracelet on
which tiny watch Is mounted.
Plea Of Insanity.
AS the prisoners wife comes into court
carrying big black bag, which Is cramful
OF good things for luncheon, some Of which
she sends in to her husband, no one would
ever associate her with the butterfly Of the
studios or favorite of the footlights. It
Is when one looks long and hard and at
last penetrates the veil that the beauty Of
her face, the careful mold Of her delicate
features and the wealth Of glossy black
hair tell the story of the popularity that
has been hers.
May Mackenzie furnished the sensation
alists with materiaf for several days, but
she, too, has been relegated to the rear.
The ranks of the ready regiment of real
writer's OF Notwithstanding pathos have be-
come decimated, and the actual events Of
the trial are at last getting place on the
front page Of the evening pink uns." The
hard-working brigade of newspaper writer's