The Washington times., 1909-08-08


ing. From the great city of New York
the cane has been transferred to the lit
tie town of White Plains. The roar OF
elevated railways. of an endless process
SION of trolley cars and teams, the dust
of thousands of feet scraping hard
psvements. the crowd pressing against
lines of policemen. have given way TO
the general stiffness and occasional sur
prise Of noise Of a village with one
business street
Strange Array
Fills Court Room.
The courtroom. with its classic deco
rations SIN sharp in their newuess, is
crowded But there are no thousands
here-only $50 at the most And while
even the townspeople Ia the seats for
The public reflect the fashions II
Gotham, the gathering wholly lacks the
sharp drawing Of Broadway, the Tam
many copper the grissette, the life
or the tenement.
Some Of the onloOkers have come from
Canada Some from as far south as
Mississippi Some from round the cor
ner. There are women of apparent re-
spectability and feminine fneness of
feeling. who come early every day in
order TO hear testimony which makes
hardened lawyers and reporters squirm.
A dozen alienists sit behind half-a-
dozen lawyers. Bailiffs and tipstaves
move about with smilable self-import-
ance. The jury box is filled with news
paper correspondents. most Of them
fully appreCiatiVe OF the honor of rep
resenting the journals Of New York
And the attention Of every one Of these
persons is focused on the arrival Of
Harry Thaw
He IS al his seat almost before one
realizes IT, There is a stir among those
in the doorway young man, unez-
pectedly tall. walks fast down the aisle
Under his arm are half a dozen buck
ram volumes-bound typewriting from
the four earlier trials 10 FIX the degree
OF his freedom. His clothes are fairly
well made of brown w0rsted He walks
with a long stride and rather an eager
step. While half way into his chair, he
reaches out with his books and places
them on the table before the chair of
his counsel Then, crossing his slender
legs without any effort 10 ease his
trousers over his knees. he looks up.
Eyes and Mouth
Are First Impression.
Great round spectacles and a heavy
mouth are the first things one sees.
The lenses are 50 shaped as 10 give TO
the face a peculiar expression OF wild
ness. OF eyeballs showing a great deal
OF white. Something Of this is notice
able even when the head is seen IA pro-
fle: but IL is marked when you look
directly al the glasses The mouth is
not only heavy, but sensual and weak.
The upper lip is long and prorrudes over
the lower by perhaps half an inch. The
nose is broad and thick. with something
OF a ball Al the end. The cheeks and
chin are uneven. The hair is some what
carelessly brushed, and one notices with
surprise that IL is filled with gray. The
complexion Is that Of aNlnan too much
indoors
Yer the effect is not unpleasant The
face is after all a likesble face. There
Is a boyishness about it. quick smile.
and q steady look through the big
glasses that explain. though they do not
excuse. the frequent newspaper refer
ences to this man Of thirty-eight years
as boy.
You Ike the eyes as you look into
them The color Is brown, with gray
curl0usiy mixed The wildness disap-
pears as you accustom yourself 10 the
glasses, and you find yourself talking
through them 20 the eyes behind with
the comfort OF being heard frankly.
There is little intellectually in the face,
and none OF that revelation which
shines from the countenance of every
human being whose life is lighted
S1Sh q great purpose. II u a