Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1911-07-05
And she is past the mark of three
score wears and ten

And she Is past the marx OF tnree-
score years and ten.
And what of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw,
around whom the threads of all this
tragedy were woven-the girl whose
face inspired every artist who looked
upon it. who came us child OF M
teen to the great city Of New York
with her pet cat In a basket. and her
only stock in trade face with CHS
eled features and long, narrow. dark
eyes that quickly changed from eyes
Of innocence to eyes that calculated
and appraised and chose to see moth
ing but the gilt and glitter of rich 30
hemia? 1t is said that she was the
sole support of herself, her mother
and brother at the age OF sixteen on
her earnings as chorus girl and ar
lists model.
Favorite Of Broadway.
In year she was the bright par
ticular star of certain set OF pleas
ure-seekers, satiated with the types
that knew their Broadway well, eager
for new, fresh face only too willing
to give itself in exchange for the
only life" that seemed worth livisg.
Broadway trailed after her and show
cred upon her the gifts 1t bestows
upon its favorites. Motor cars, jew
els and costly fare were hers for the
taking, and she paid with her beauty,
her youth and her sparkling wit.
Then came Stanford White, one Of
the greatest architects in the United
States, to "befriend" her when she
was earning SIS a week as artists
model The incidents of their associ-
alton are known to all. Then came
into the field Harry Thaw, young, rich,
spoiled, idle and ready to spend his
millions for her smiles. There are
many who say she played one against
the other, receiving favors from both
unknown to the other. There was the
notorious tour through Europe with
Thaw and the subsequent return to
New York without him, and the re-
sumption of friendship with White.
Next came the return Of Thaw and
Evelyn's marriage to him and her
stay at the Thaw home in Pittsbure.
All the world knows of the killing OF
Stanford White on the Madison Square
Roof Garden and the testimony OF
Evelyn Thaw upon the witness stand
which enveloped her in shame perpet-
ual. 1t was this story of her fall that
sent Harry Thaw to an asylum for
criminal insane instead of to the cleo
trio chair.
After the second trial various s'o-
ries were told and published as to tue
whereabouts of the girl, her mode Of
life and her ambitions. She was vari-
ously described as living luxuriously
upon her income from the Thaws and
as occupying small studio In the
pursuit of sculpture study. But she
has drifted gradually out Of the range
of public notice. AS a matter of fact
this girl, not yet past the youth of her
twenties, the center of tragedy
known throughout the world. is living
in modest fiat, unnoticed and alone.
Unfriended and Alone.
Her name, once the open sesame to
every gilded hostelry in town. has
lost its magic. 1t is not even upon her
doorplate Perhaps she has some
friends, but the gay throng of Broad
way are no longer her friends. They
have no time to remember as they
hurry along In the current. But she.
in her quiet backwater of refuge.
has plenty of time for memories. She
and Nemesis can look over a CHASTITY
trail of broken lives. Perhaps some
times she counts: Stanford White IN
his grave; Harry Thaw, wearing out
his days within the CALLING limits Of
an asylum for criminal insane. His
aged mother and sister Alice self-ex-
lied to the little village on the Hudson
where they may watch the never
fading lights in the second-floor win
dows of his prison. young million
aire sot aimlessly wandering about a
foreign land, watched by his creditors
and Stunned by his family. An old
man, once factor In the financial
life of Wall street, now broken and
impoverished. Three OF the lawyers
dead who once fought to save Harry
Thaw's life; two others whose careers
have been ended by their own discred-
table practices. Another man of law,
whose glory faded from the day Of bis
association with the Thaw case. And
herself.
The toll Is thirteen.
Who next?