The evening world., 1911-07-22

ness OF a woman TO whom
casual incident OF life.
You know. perhaps. that upon the
,ury's verdict Of acauittal ION the ground
OF insanity which sent Harry Thaw TO
the Matteawan Asylum. his mother
gave up her home. the proximity or her
other children and her position as the
leader OF Plttsburg society to live near
her youngest boy. For years Mrs. Thaw
has occupied a house at Fishkill-on-the-
Hudson-within a drive OF twenty MN
utes from Nattea wan-and there. almost
at the gate Of the grim asylum, this
OF nearly seventy years OF age
lives out her life.
BELIEVES SHE AND HARRY WILL
SOON De GOING HOME.
IT took the house furnished" she ex-
planned to me, land l have as few or
my own possessions there as possible
don't want to have a feeling or per-
to create my inanimAte tss
that would make me lose sight for a
momen Of the faca that one or later
WE are going home and I bide the
time she added brightly.
When Mrs. Thaw says I'VE" she a
Harry Thaw and herself You soon
learn this in talking TO her. But the
first thing you observe about this re-
markablc woman is her calm serenity
her benign optimism.
She was dressed IN n travelling gown
o. dun black silk and an embroidered
white shirtwaist and underneath the
brim of her rather large black bonnet
with It's draped lace wells was a sort
white ruching which brought out the
~vlvidness OF a still rosy complexion and
pair OF blue. smiling eyes. Not at all
the right picture. Is It. of the woman
whom we have all imagined was smut
of by vast wealth from the woes oil Inc
world till her sons misfortune made her
one with the poorest mother in Israel|
Il am not a weeping willow-l do
not care for the weeping willow type
OF woman" Mrs. Thaw said. as though
she felt the necessity OF offering me
some explanation Of her hopefulness.
PREFERS BEING ABUSED TO BE.
ING oushED OVER.
IT think ! would rather be abused
than pushed over, though I assure you
7 am not hankering for either abuse
or compliment. During my son trials
many things were written about me
tina. gave me great pain. but | have
~endeayored 10 forget them. There was
one woman who. speaking or my APP
pearance on the witness stand. SAID
something about my being compelled
20 drag the family skeleton from Us
closet. The Thaw family has no sins
70 hide and no skeletons to exhibit
she added proudly. 1T seemed 10 mi
then that all those writer's a beer
set on us like a pack Of wolves. There
was 80 little that was moderate oil
temperate written about us. 1t wal
either groundless abuse OF hysterica
compliment.
"You are temperate In your writing
Mrs. Thaw was kind enough TO add
and We. even you wrote OF me th'
other day 40 sitting at the gates o.
Matteawan.'
Perhaps" shs added smilingly' 'yo'
are not as sorry as you ought 10 ne
for Il was your expression which lee
me TO break the rule ! have maintained
for years OF never giving an interview
Ny secretary brought the article TO me
She said il was unfair that the worl'
should have the impression that ! ga
waiting and little more, IF people onl'
knew how hard YOU work here the
would no say such things ] wish
could tell them she exclaimed.
And 80 she wrote you a little acc .
Of my busy life at Flshkill aud 20
came 20 see me. Except for the lee
essary REIMBURSEMENT OF my socis
life.' Mrs. Thaw added. my DAYS a
Fishkill are as full and busy as the
were in Pittsburg.
SPENDS MUCH TIME EVERY oA>
WITH HER CORRESPONDENCE
AT $50 o'clock every morning | az
at my desk debating to my secretary
and from then until 1870 We are oC
cupled with my correspondence whict
because OF my Interest in a number O
philanthropic institutions. is necessaril
extensive. Perhaps you had better sa
I begin my work at Q o'clock Mr.!
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