The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-04-16
ROYAL BOX AT THAW TRIAL.

1t might have been December after
noon without-nothing but snow and
bleakness in sight-while within, day
or date mattered not, it was memorable
for all 1T chronicled Of the great finale
OF the trial. Whether Thaw looked
tired, or frowned, or closed his eyes or
smiled, the inmates of the royal en-
closure disapproved. One wondered If
any mans facial expression could keep
pace with the fiuctuating demands that
crowd would have put upon it. Thaw's
smile seemed most like an unuttered
desire to atone to his family for their
sufferings.
When Evelyn smiled. the arbiters of
men decided she was calloused Isn't
il just possible that wan smile was
the rainbow reflection of grief and
strife within? Smiles so often are the
only mask our tears will wear! Jerome
was denouncing and trying" Evelyn
Nesbit-incidentally begging for
mans death; the family seemed CULVER
ing from thrusts which reeked with
prejudice; the sour visaged females in
the royal box strained their necks that
they might feed on the savory sight of
crushed bit of frail feminine Iovli-
deavors by long haired, tobacco stained
genius to whom the word groom" is
only significant as applied to horses:
saturated with the conceit that their
pitiful brain efforts and exaggerated
comments stand in New York as the
hic habet and thumbs reversals held
sway in old Rome! From somewhere
came the inspired remark: rs Evelyn
and. 1T should be the rage from now
on" Ye gods, mans life at stake
and brain force ponders over color
schemes!
+ 1t is to be deplored that Mrs. Thaw
could not have made her simplicity and
cleanliness contagious. for If cleanli-
ness be akin to Goodness. then divinity
is far removed from most of the liter
airy sycophants who attracted attention
pandering to the vanity of their more
fortunate associates, by calling aloud
names which have their little corners
in the daily papers. II some of these
people were ever cleanly. orderly and
lovable. it must have been years ago.
for only a long time could effect such
a change
1t is probable they know vast
amount worth while but It is scarcely
possible they can Judge fairly of cases
which hinge upon the wiles and witch
cries of women, or on the caresses and
passions OF men.
one female who projected herself
into evidence. bristled with approval
as Jerome, with bitter mind and I'M
clever tongue, barked of Mrs. Thaws
demure attire and one-time application
of rouge. A mirrow would have shown
this female a garish waist-costing the
price Of several plain clean ones
rendered more hideous by cheap. soiled
yellow lace. An imitation lace veil ac-
centuating a batch of hair which fairly
pleaded for water and brush; and
flesh which only neglect could have
rendered so offensive; a woman. in fact
who may have felt womanly, but APP
peared a pitifuI imitation of the
feminine creature being so bitterly de-
nounced, another symbolizing perputal
motion and uneasy lest she pass I'M
recognized, was CARRIED in an outfit
which ached with its burden Of color,
and my mind frivolously reverted to
the Irish girl who declared she wanted
nothing fashy and nothing dashy, but
Just plain scarlet" AS whole. I have
never seen more slovenly display
of garishness. while around the color
less girl gathered the passionate tones
which have scared her life till they
babe fair TO form a halo. Above all
else she seemed tired-just tired-and
a frown oft times gathered as Of
reluctant "reminiscences and protest
against unfair Interpretation Of her
acts and words She seemed as "a
bowl Of violets burning like sacrifice
on any ebony pedestal" The one surest
to be summed. longest remembered. and
seornfully condemned by the negatively
good women and the positively bad
men.-The Gadfiy
LET brotherly love begin over again