The Cairo bulletin., 1909-08-02
HELEN KELLER
MOST GRATEFUL
FOR KINDNESS or HARRY
ThAW'S MoTHER-WRiTES
APPRECIATIvE NOTES. 4
LETTERS MADE PUBLIC
How Mother of Whites Slayer Helped
Blind Girl to Invest Her Money
In a Profitable
Manner, 4

| New York Aug Mrs Mary G.
lThaw, mother of Harry Kendall Thaw.
made public today at his request. two
lletters which She had received from
IHelen Keller, the blind author. IN
urging his mother to tais action. Har
lry Thaw said he wanted to disapprova
the assumption of many critics tha.
he elder Mrs. Thaw vas militanr,
stern and unsympatheGc.
Il have had my crushing sorrows.
and | have borne them. said the
venerable mother of the man WHO i
Fighting TO be freed from Mattewan
Il alone can know what have suf
Ifered, And yet those terrible Sob
women would come TO the trials of ms
son and write columns of my lack Of
emotion and how coldly seemed to
take everything
But | tell YOU that have suffered
II have never shown il outwardly fer
have no sympathy with those who pa
rade their feelings in public These
letters may give people little bit
better idea of what sort Of a woman
am. | do not desire to show wat [
have done for anyone. but my son has
been insistent and am gratifying his
desire
Invested Her Money.
II have always been friendly wi h
Miss Keller When the poor child
wrote her series of stories. for which
She received $4,000, $500 CT this was
invested In western mining stock
One day, when | was calling upon hor
inquired about this. When | heard
! 1t was true told those who hal
charge of her money matters that n
did not like the investment | then
told them TO send ME her next $500
and ] would send her In return a gil5-
edged security. When | received the
money ! sent her in return a Pennsyl.
vania railroad bond or stock certifi-
cate valued at 81, 100.
Il worried a great Ieal over her
| other investment, and sure enough
she lost all Had | not sent her the
bond every dollar Of that hard earned
money would have been lost
There "a another reason why I
did this: 1t Is that | wish to sound 4
warning to women not to be inveiglrI
into investing their small savings in
| plausible but unreliable projects. On
more than one occasion ha' been
able 10 save from ruin SOME poor
woman who would have lost every.
thing on earth through her poor in.
vectmcnta
The Keller Letters.
The letter which Mrs. Thaw desired
published follows:
"Wrentham. Mass, Dear Mrs Thaw
i have been meaning 10 write to
YOU for ever so long, and | cannot enl-
ploy this beautiful afternoon better
than by beginning a letter 10 you
what seems an age; hut | know that
Won have had many troubles and anx-
ieties aud whether YOU write me OF
mot. ! must let you hear from me now
and then wish could go to yod
this minute instead of sending this
poor substitute for hand.Clasp L
so difficult TO write when one does
not know the circumstances IN whicn
the letter may find ones friend
HELEN KELLER "
She also sent this letter to Mrs.
rhaw:
Dear Mrs. Thaw-Hcw dear anil
thoughtful YOU are Some kind spirit
in your heart is always prompting YOU
10 do kindness a. just the right mJ-
ment Your check was most welcome.
It came the day that / left the hos
pital. where | was obliged TO go for a
day or two to have an obstinate foot
treated. which refused to get well a.
home. That cost a good deal You
are the only friend / have wao seems
TO realize that We are not rich in This
worlds goods. Our old friends imag
inc that my books bring me a consid-
erabe income. which they really do
not, and others suppose that Mrs
Hutton raised a very ample fund fer
my support. As you know. she never
completed IT, am telling YOU this 5,
that YOU may have the satisfaction or
wac
Il do hope your anxiety about Mr.
Harry will soon be over II seems 50
hard to wait and wait | wonder how
you all have courage and patience 70
endure so much.
Il wish could see Alice again. Yea
know. We are about the same age
remember her as a oTigat. jolly girl.
Please give her my love.