Evening journal., 1907-02-18
STRIKING CONTRAST
IN TWO MOTHERS
Mrs. Holman Has Deserted Daughter,
While Mrs. Thaw Surrenders All
For Son.

While Mrs. Thaw surrenders All
For Son.
NEW YORK Feb. lS-A striking
contrast of the TWO mothers in the
Thaw case is painted by Ada Patter-
SON. She says.
"Mrs. Charles j. Holman, II her
daughters story be true. was, viewed
! in the most charitable light possible,
criminaiy careless Of her daughter.
"'Mother thought Mr.. White was a
grand man.. she said. with an appeal
ling look from her brown eyes and The
odd awkward little nod that accom-
panies all her statements.
Mother went to see Mr.. White
when he sent for her, aud he gave ner
the address OF a dentist Tie tOlJ her
10 go 20 the dentist herself and take
my brother apd me. Mother said she
didn't think She would go % the dem
lists He said certainly she should
go. She asked him If that was not
very unusual. ana he said no, i, IS
not at an Unusual send him a great
many people who so there to get their
teeth fixed"
"rhc court chronicles snow that
Mrs. Holman did as she was told.
There is a class of persons who do as
they are told without question A
comic opera prima donna sang a sor-
lmonizing little bNlad, the last line
of each stanza 1ains i always d. as
I am told of course disas'er fol-
llowed Disaster always dogs 'he foot
lateps OF those who indiscriminataly
do as they are told. I.amertably,
though, the disaster overlook the
daughter.
"Why don't you 20 to Pittsburs FOR
a vistg the architect asked Mcs. Hol-
man.
"I should like to. but
"I will provide the funds
"'But / don't want TO leave Evelyn
alone.
"1 win look arlcr her You notd
not feel anxious as sou would 4 ]
were not here
"T3 this strans argument Mrs. Hol-
man succumbed She aid as she was
told BY the irony Of life she after
warl appealed 10 Stanford v Vhite to
save her daughter from another and
younger and more honorable man.
And-shades of hypocrisy Stanford
White tried to reclaim" Evelyn Nes-
bit.
when her daughters story OF the
studio incident was rotated to Mrs.
Holman by long-dlstance telephone
from New York TO Pittsburg she Is
said TO have sobbed and tainted. New
ertheless Howard Nesblt is permitted
to remain I'M New York, with lance
couched and a courtroom chair for a
lRosinanto, to perform his Qulxotic
mission. ! had hoped that after that
black Thursday I'm the courtroom,
which every woman win remember
with a clutch at her heart until she
dies some message would come from
q Pittshurg TO Harry Thaw's wife
"Mrs Holman remains aloof guard
ing her own reputation at the fur
ther cost OF her child's And htte
Howard Quixote Nesbit sits every day
in the courtroom ready to hurl nis
puny lance.
Whatever else the merits of the
Nesbit Family, IN, final primal grace of
the bond Of blood to ica-h does not
exist
"On the other hand, Mrs rhaw has
arrayed In solid phalanN her family
i'm support OF the SON ON whose hands
are the stains OF murder Harry ThaW
had not been a source of uncoasine
10Y to his mother. He had been err
ratio and ungovernable ana defiant
More than this Mrs Holman does no.
, say of her daughter
b "But n the strange, sad tableau of
. the two fam les Mrs. Thaw stands
for surviving love. And by the token
Z of the nohlest of an 'hc scntirents
] Mrs. Thaw Is the noblce figure.
"Mrs. Holman was careless af hci
lmotherly duties Mrs Thaw was ever
tender in hers. Had she been an.
bending IN her detcrmipafic1 10 catr,
out the provisions Af hcr husband
viii. providing their son with S250l
y q yoar forcing him 20 face The neccs.
y sity OF earning the Injuries ~ sh )u',
+ enjoy bringing into permanent nolt
- the man material that is in him. Harry
r. lThaw's fate might nave been far other
% wise But She rolentcd She gave hin
n $4,000 "a year. She fixed upon hin
"a the gives Of gold that should enfeebl
- and unman him. For a time she ne
4, sisted his wish 10 make Evelyn Ncs
N bit his wife But she Yielded and h
+. his desire TO protect his wife Harr!
{ Thaw committed that which the pro
, secutlon calls murder and the counso
!. for the defense iustihablc homicide
prompted by temporary insanity.
o "By the world-old law Of huna
!, accountability for individual mistake
! each mother Is cxpiating her weakness.
!, But in the vast heart OF the publ
there Is profound sympathy for ON
:, and little for the other For Mr..
= Thaw stands for love triumphant AM
= Mrs. Holman for hatred unnatural
- Weakness OF either organ is regret
table, but TO weakness OF tho hear
much Is forgiven
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