The Washington times., 1911-08-23
THAW PICTURES IN
BEULAH B|NFORD'S
GAY SCRAPBOOK
Love Intoxicates a Man, "
Sentiment Penciled on
Fly Leaf.

CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE,
Va, Aug. 3.-"Love intoxicates' a man
marriage sobers him up, believe me-"
This sentiment is penciled on the fly
leaf of Beulah Binford's scrapbock.
Below it is a pencil likeness of Henry
Clay Beattie, jr. Not such a very good
picture either, but bearing enough re-
semblance to the original to be easily
recognizable.
"Beattie would just die If he should
see the picture l drew of him." laughs
Beulah, when she shows her handiwork
to visitors.
On the next page are two more pencil
sketches. One is of Evelyn Thaw,
whom she calls the other woman in
the case" Evelyn is resplendent in a
long opera coat and a big picture hat.
The other picture is of girl with
blond hair bound around with band.
The picture-girl with the blond hair
wears a shockingly low cut dress Both
the band and the dress are crudely col
ored in water-Color paints, and the
checks and lips of both girls are painted
pink.
Beneath the girl in blue is the line:
"Beulah Binfords idea of herself"
Girls In Bathing Suits.
Turn the page over and there is another
crudely colored sketch of three girls
in bathing suits, sitting on a beach
looking at young man who approaches
in the distance. THAT isn't Henry-be
live me- He'd be afraid to venture out,
lust one lone man, where there were
three girls. 1 see his finish from here"
The scrapbook, which is a big one, is
filled with pictures that have been cut
out of newspapers-aIl bearing on the
Beattie case. Some are cartoons, some
are sketched, and some are photographs
more or less resembling the principals
in the tragedy. Beulah has Colored the
cheeks of every one Of the pictures of
herself with pink paint. She has colorcd
the lips, too, and in one case she mas
painted the hair a bright yellow. Then
there are some more pictures, too, one
copied from a picture post card called
the kiss" There is one of diving
girl. and another drawing Of Evelyn
Thaw. She seems to be especially fond
of pictures of the heroine of he last
big murder trial that parallels so many
ways the present one in which her name
is linked. There are some good fashion
plate drawings, all colored.
Beulah Binford's art is crude sTd
elementary. though 1t shows signs of
talent, and It is quite possible that uncer
proper instruction she might Cevelop
into an artist of no mean ability. Ste
admits with pride that once she drew
Southern newspaper, but she ;aNs to
divuIge the name Of the journal in
which they appeared.
Likes Serpent Cartoon.
The book is a hodge podge of all the
newspaper mention that she has been
aulc to accumulate that bears on the
case Nearly all of the notices carry
screaming headlines. There is one car
foya I
represents her as a serpent, winding
her coils about Henry Clay Beattie, jr.
The artist drew his inspiration from the
well-known group of the LAGOON.
There are hundreds Of other pictures
some good, a few passable, and many
Of them undeniably bad. She laughs
with free, happy laugh OF a Child
when she shows them to her visitors.
With the most profoundly confiden-
tial air in the world she tells every
body that she intends to give the scrap
book to whoever buys the diary that
she has been keeping since her i'm
prisonment. She assumes business
like aid that is quite at variance with
her appearance and actions when she
discusses the potential purchaser Of this
document.
You bet I'll not let you see what's
in my little book" she laughs. Il
won't tell anybody because am going
to sell it if l can get money enough for
it. / will not tell you what's in it
either, for you'd put it in the paper and
then they wouldn't buy the book when
1t is published. Besides, people have
laughed at me enough already
Has Accepted No Offers.
You can take it from me that have
accepted mn offer from any moving pic
ture firms nor from any theatrical mali
ayers, and I'm not going to until get
cut of this. l have had dozens of Of
fers, but have not said yes to any Of
them
Whatever she intends to do with her
life, 1t is pretty certain that Beulah
Pinford has not yet made decision as
to her occupation in the immediate fu-
ture That she has been approached by
several theatrical and moving picture
show managers is no secret, but wheth-
er she will accept their Offers or hold
out for more Ih.nAy is question yet 10
be decided. She is & girl that has been
we'll schooled in the unsentimentaI
scholar ship Of taking care of No. l. She