The Washington times., 1909-03-26
SON HASTENS HOME
WHEN TOLD OF DEATH
Mrs Lonards Tragic End Causes Sorrow in New York,
She Preferred Quiet, Studious Life, and Was
Fond of SociaIistic Investigations.

NEW YORK. March 26.-Pierre LoriI-
lard, third, was at Tuxedo Park. which
Pierre Lorillard. his grandfather. found
ed quarter of a century ago. when
news Of his mothers sad end reached
him by telegraph. The young man, .
great favorite in the Tuxedo colony,
jumped int" an automobile and was
driven at high speed to the railroad sta
ton. lie just managed TO catch the 40
p. m. train to Washington.
Young .Lorillard only returned a 1eW
DAYS ago from Texas, where he en-
loved an. extensive hunting trip with
mis- chum Rio lard Talbot he Is tWen-
ty-fOur wears old, and tor years held
the tennis championship at Tuxedo
\ year ago he was seized with pOltl-
cal ambitions and made an unSucceSS-
fuI race for election to the assembly
Mrs. Lorillard's death was distressing
Eews to the fashionable tuxedo c0lohS !,
The Lorillard house in tuxedo ~ one
of the handSomest and most preten-
tious in the famous colony OF magnih-
cent homes. 1t has not been open Tor
two years, the Lorillards spending ali
of their time either abroad or In wash
ingtOn. Young Mr.. LorillarG lived az
the clubhouse whenever he came to
Tuxedo, or stopped at the homes OF
some one of his many friends there.
Mrs Emily TAYLOR LoTillard, widow
of the late Pierre LorillRrd and mother
in-law of the suicide, heard the news
at the Hotel buckingham, where she
has made her home for the past six
months The elder Mrs. LoTllard was
ali but proStrated by the tragic end OF
her daughter-in-law and begged TO be
excused from talking about II.
Mrs. LOTillard, who is now dead, had
not figured to any extent In the doings
OF New York society for more than fif-
teen years She was never ccnsplcu-
ously Unidentified with the smart set, be-
sra,- rrrrr Of lind
and caring nothing for the butterfly life
OF the society woman. She and her
husband maintained a home in Tuxedo
Park. but il is many years since they
had a residence in this city.
No Longer New Workers.
Their liking for New York was never
pronounced, and il ceased altogether
after the summer Of 1901, when Pierre
Loriuard, father of her husband, came
back here from Europe To die, and the
scandal of his twenty years friendship
with Mrs. Lillian Barnes Allen OBJ
tanned wide publicity. Since then Nj
and Mrs LOrillard had divided their
time between London, Paris Washing
ton and Tuxedo.
London. and there Mrs. LOrinard was
regarded as Tecluse- She seldom
mixed in the gayeties of the American
colony. preterrng the quiet companion
! a
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorillard We're married
in 1881. She was Miss Caroline J. Ham
iltCn, her father, George HamlitOn, Ue-
ing q Scotchman. Her mother was
daughter of the Rev DR.. Phillips. q
widely known clergyman in mis- city
two generations ago.
For q time after their marriage they
lived in the old Lorlllard home al
! Thirty street and Fifth avenue
al that time one of the CenIers Of The
] 4uS SlrE 10
/ Mrs Lorillard speedily tired OF the
l whirl OF society. She was ambitious tt
/ shine In literature and wrote Eumbei
Of stories for circulation among hei
/ praise that she went further ana wrote
4 the novel Those Pretty St Georg'
/ Girls, which earned her some iam
! back in the middle eighties
! OF late years the serious bent OF Mrs
| Iorillard's mind made her an arden
| and thorough student OF the teaching
! OF socialism. Some eight years ago
while abroad for her health, she becam'
the devoted friend Of Nine. SeveTine, th'
distinguished French Journalist ant
philanthropist, whose writings attracted
1 her attention.
I ance she FIRST took up the study o
| socialism and at one time she declared
she would devote. her wealth and IN
| fiUence 10 promoting the cause or 50
/ cialism among society women.
Planned Sanitarium
Another plan which she decided upoi
at that time was the erection Of an i'm
/ mense sanitarium on the Riviera, 70
consurnptive American women who hat
not the means 10 90 there for thel
health
At this time-Februsry, 1901-Mrs. Lor
illard's health was the cause OF worr,
TO her family and friends. Her huS
band, Who was at that time an office
of the Continental Tobacco Company
was in this country. Questioned regard
ing the philanthTopic plans OF Mrs LoT
ilIard, he said MS wife was on the verg
/ OF nervous prOstratiOn. He intimate
that when she regained her norma
health the sOcislisttc schemes she ha
, devised would nOhonger appeal 10 her.
I During the past year she took kee
interest in the woman suffrage move
ment and Joined with Mrs. Clarenc
Nackay. Mrs. Egerton Winthrop, Mrs
Francis Cabot and other society wOme
for the enfranChisement Of women.
/ Pierre LOrilisrd, the husband, is IN
I eldest son Of the late Pierre LOrillarC
who did so much 20 spread the fame 0
( the American race horse all over ia
I world.
For a number OF years Mr.. LOrillar
followed in his fathers footsteps a
the active head of the LOrillard To
baccO Company. which has kept tn
1 family i'm the millionaire class for man
| generations. Finally when the tobacC
trust was perfected. he retired frOr
I active control Of the business.
/ The scandal which came TO light JUS