The Washington herald., 1908-06-08
DE SAGAN'S HOSTS
MUST PAY FOR FLAT
Owner Determined to Col
lect for Damage Done.
RECALLS NINE. GoULD'S VISIT
"LOOks Like work of Cyclone" Says
Mrs. Thomas, When She Views
Home Rented Furnished to Tyler
Morses-Declares Chairs, Carpets,
and Walls All Suffered.

New York. June Mrs Amanda c.
Thomas, daughter-in-law OF Orlando F.
Thomas, the banker whose skyrocket
financial operations. in company with r
R. Thomas. helped precipitate the recent
panic, r. determined to get complete
satisfaction from Tyler Morse. the
wealthy clubman, who occupied with his
wife. her beautiful apartment in the ex-
elusive Wyoming apartment house from
last December until June
Mrs. Morse is the divorced wife of
Harry S. Black, head Of the Fuller Con-
struction Company. which built the Flat
iron Building and other skyscrapers.
Mrs. Thomas has attached Mr.. Morse's
bank account in the New York Trust
Company to cover damage she asserts
was done her apartment by the Morses or
somebody else during the time she leased
1t. Prince Helie de Sagan and Nine. Anna
Gould. friends Of Tyler F. Morse and
his wife, used the apartment for their
billing and cooling before fitting back to
that dear France.
Some One Kicked Chairs.
II is Of no especial interest TO Mrs.
Thomas whether it was the prince who
kicked and chipped her Louis Quinze fur
niture. rubbed the nap off her splendid
carpets, and spilled champagne over the
rose-pink decorations of her pet boudoir
but somebody she said, very decisively
to-day. must settle for the wreck. and
she has put it up TO Mr.. Morse About
! $1,000, Mrs. Thomas thinks, Will enable
her to get her apartment into presentable
condition again.
why" said Mrs. Thomas to-day. 'the
place looked as If a Populist convention
( had been in session when / returned 10
/ II from the Hotel Lorraine. You never
saw such a sight in your life. l sat
/ thoughtlessly upon a chair. a chair that
was we'll and strong and in excellent
health when left it in December What
I happened? Would you believe that the
chair gave discouraged sort Of groan
and collapsed under me?''
Beautifully Fitted Up.
! Mrs. Thomas had gone to great care
and expense in fitting up the apartment.
| importing some of the more beautiful art
objects and decorations from London and
/ Paris. There are eleven rooms and three
bathrooms All the furniture was of the
most costly gilt upholstered in silks The
tapestries were Of velvet and silk and
! the carpets Of plush. Bric-a-brac and art
works that had cost Mrs. Thomas many
dollars added tone to the apartment. and
were left there, she said. when the Morses
moved in on December l last.
1t was in March, while the Morses
were in occupancy, that Prince de Sagan.
that persistent suitor. began to meet Nine.
] Anna Gould in Mrs. Thomas apartments.
both being friends of the Morses. There
were a number Of dinners given at which
the prince and Nine. Gould were the
guests Of honor. and rumor had it that
the dinners were very gay. indeed, and
that the bottled laughter of the peasant
girls of France flowed like Indiana spring
water.
Put Ii on the "Pazaz.,
Be that as it may. something happened
to put Mrs. Thomas beloved home on
the "pazaz" She said to-day that a
young and ambitious Kansas cyclone sud
denly released to have all the fun il
cared between four walls couldn't have
mussed things up worse.
Mrs. Thomas is known among her
friends as a very determined young
woman and a fighter. and Mr. Fuller
left her something like s6.0OO,0OO to bat
tie with. If she cares for that amuse-
ment.
'As soon as l recovered from the
shock, she continued. Il sent for an ex-
pert who had valued my belongings when
IL turned the apartment over TO the