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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29
Written by Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Copyright by tho Star Company.

Copyright by tho Star Company
Book Rights Reserved by Eveiyu NJ Thzw.
TT oWEVER anxious one may bs to record
RI Ons's childhood. that period of life is
the most elusive.
lived at Tarentums ON the Allegheny River,
Just outside Pittsburg. My father was a lawyer
Win" Nesbit was respected from one end Of
the country to the other. and had reputation
which extended beyond the nne Of local celeb
rty. charming, genial man. have only the
most tender memories Of him, for he died when
[ was 10, and that is an age when a child be-
gins to form the most roseate impressions Of
those she has marked down for hero worship -
My childhood was the happiest time of my
life. That is the impression l have now.
know that I was tomboy very keen on prize
fights Cof all things in the world. and de-
lighted in promoting combats IN secluded spots
between children who were very beautiful to
me. but who, in the eyes Of my outraged par
ents, were the most impossible playnates.
My mother is one of the sweetest women
have ever met. Artistic to her finger tips.
her home has ever been harmonious and beau
iful thing
l have said she was a beautiful character
She was one OF those women who had hsr
home ordered artistcally and chsrrninglv
Whether she understood me or my nature
8 Hot know l doubt very much whathar
Ssr 0SSShtew'S aspirations. It has been nv
ExpeTlenc@ thaS So son has invartablv beam
he motSSTS first SSs0, Just as the daughter
Is invariably the fathers.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29
Chapter I.--My Early Poverty; as
Artists Model; as Chorus Girl

ter my life would have run on different lines.
And, IL l express ths opinion that my brother
was the first consideration, do not do SO in
irritated or an aggr1eved frame of mind
l believe that is how nature orders things,
and am quite content TO accept such order
without complaint, realizing that, had my
father lived. my brother would probably have
enjoyed the same experience IN relation to
myself
have the fullest admiration for my mothers
character. She Is altogether a wonderful wo-
man She is one Of those sweet characters
who could not plant dry stick in the earth
but 1t would blossom; who can make the pref
test things; is eminently efficient in all her
household duties; the most perfect and dainty
OF housewives; the most trusting and be-
Heving of creatures
But she did not understand me- Today l
world offers her ! outside and beyond
the range Of her understanding. She is one
of those women who are always willing to
believe the best and quite ready to fear the
worst
can not take a convenient and lazy course
and put all the blame of the friction. which
at various periods undoubtedly existed, upon
my ancestry. My mother and l were tempera-
mentally different / made matters more i'm
possible because l was young, headstrong and
willful; filed with the sublime assurance of
youth and opposed by one whose nature was
SO sweet and so simple that / could without
any effort circumvent her most convincing
argument
l was, as I have said, born in Tarentum in
Pennsylvania, on the Allegheny River. There
is a Tarento in Italy, a corruption Of the an
ctent Tarentum, but the town manners Of the
United States were ever puFists. When l was
eight years old we moved across the river to
Allegheny, and we We're there two years
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29

always get And there we're times when we
felt the pinch very acutely; moments, indeed,
when we did not set enough to eat.
The next move, | remember, was to my
gTandmother's. We went and lived with her
| think at that time we had no money what
ever, and my earliest recollections Of Pitts
burg are almost as painful as my later recol-
lections.
Poverty is very impatient and fretful. Peo-
pie who are poor find their salvation in action,
and, since the womans sphere is a limited
one and scope for initiative necessarily small,
mother again rented house, at No. South
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29

we had with the family cat, which I insisted
upon taking with me TO our new home. Every
conductor that came aboard wanted to put
poor pussy off. 1t was a weepy journey for
me- Finally We, got to Philadelphia, and
mother and another lady met us at the depot
was between thirteen and fourteen at the
time; just old enough to take an intelligent
interest in my parents affairs I do not re-
member exactly what idea l had as to our
future when l went to Philadelphia. 1t proba-
bly, was that my mother had already secured
an appointment but l found that she was Nv
ing in one room in a small boarding house,
and that the position of designer, the securing
Of which was to retrieve the family fortune, had
not yet materialized.
Clever as she was in the making and plan
ming of Clothes the people who employed de-
signers wanted one who had practical expe-
rience on the commercial side of the business.
They wanted somebody who had been Paris,
who had studied and had at their finger tips
the latest mode, and poor mother, with all the
best intentions in the world, could not lay
claim to so large and varied an experience.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29

father left her. but my recollection is. that my
mother had to pay frequent visits to court on
account OF my fathers affairs
At first as far as l remember, we seemed
TO be In some prosperity but afterward there
was great deal of worry. Whatever money
my mother had was gone, and 1t was necessary
for US to rent few rooms in the house to out
siders.
That seemed fairly easy method of keep
ing the wolf from the door, but, somehow ii
never worked smoothly. Mother was always
worried about the rent she had to pay. and
still more worried about the rent she did not
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29
The Poverty That Followed
Fast Upon Fathers Death.

1t was while we were there that my father
died. have only the dimmest recollection Of
the period that followed. I realized then. with
a vague sense OF childish discomfort, that 1t
was a period of trouble for my mother.
Dc not know sxaRtlK N shss R0stsiGa snx
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29
My Tribute to sly Mother,
The Best of Women.

I have brother with whose characteristics
do not doubt my mother is much better
acquainted than with mine. l DO not suggest
or one moment that there was any violent
ack VI sympathy between her and myself.
sor d SAY Ghst has Shs HHSaEssaS ne Aot
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29
Harry K Thaw, Who Still Loves His Wife.
phSto by ssrOny Evuyn.


81 have lost all that is dear to in this world feel
have lost the love of the for whom prepared do
anything. That is Evelyn
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29

81 think have answered the question of why made my
fight from Maeawan when have said that have lost the
dearest girl in the world"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-29
The Problem of the Girl
Alone With an Artist.

What little money we had began to go againTu
My brother was sent back to a convenient
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
MODERN YOUNG MAN CAN
TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF

A certain literary man. possessor Of
the learned degree of doctor, used to
take his mid -day luncheon at a we'll
known West Ind cafe in London. One
wet day the place was less fully at
tended than usual, and the miserable
state of the weather induced most of
the visitors to seek their various en-
Payments as speedily as possible.
While proceeding to follow their ex-
ample. the doctor was astonished to
find, in place of his shabby and
weather. beaten head covering, a styl-
ish tall hat, shining with sparkling
brilliancy
He could only attribute this quasi
magical change to the delicate atten-
tion of some friend and fastened to
display the acquisition, with no little
pride, to his family. The next day
young man aeeosted him at the cafe
and politely remarked:
Doctor, allow me to claim my hat
and to apologize for the apparent
mistake. The fact was, however, ]
had no umbrella. and you had one
I did not know what to do to proven
my new hat being spoilt in the rain
and as l knew yours could not be
made much worse than it is, / bor-
rowed it, and now return it, with
thanks"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08

SAN FRANCISCO. April S.-Base-
bali is doing more than bullets TO-
ward subjugating the warlike tribes
of the Philippines. according to FL
wood s. Brown. physical director 81
the Young Mems Christian Assoeia-
ton. at Manila, who arrived from the
Orient today.
Tribes that few years ago thought
of little else than an opportunity 70
slash the American soldier with
machetes are now trading their
weapons for balls and bats, and even
the head -hunters of Northern Luzon
promise to become fans
Far in the interior of the islands
said Brown. THE natives, clad IN
their join cloths arc playing the
game. Recently a company of con-
stabulary landed on Jolo island, ano
as they were making camp they
heard through the jungle an awful
uproar The soldiers believing VII
lage was being butchered, seized their
gurs and crept toward q clearing
whence came the noise.
"There they saw a thousand ma
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
CAR AFIRE GIRL.
FALLS 50 FEET
Plunges Headfirst from Trestle
to Which She Had Fled
in Panic.

WEEHAWKBN, y. j., April Sin
The panic that occurred when the pas
sengers of a Bergen Line trolley CIR
discovered it to be on ire W lie on .
trestle over the railroad ar eks be-
tween the ferry and The palisades
Miss Annie e. Eekert last night fell
headfirst fifty feet TO the ground.
With many bones broken and internal
injuries the young woman is dying in
The North Hudson Hospital
The car was ascending the trestle
about $50 o'clock when there was q
flash of parti-colored flame and a
dense smoke due to short circuit.
The passengers, in their fear and eX
element, as the motorman stopped
short, broke windows and clambered
out upon the trestle. Those nearest
the doors forced their way out.
Among these was Miss l1ckert, who
lived at 40 Thirteenth street, West
New York.
She lost her balance, fell across the
trestle and went head first through
one of the openings with q scream.
Those injured and taken to the hos
pital are Louis Schepper, of 5l5 Tenth
street; Adam Meyers, Of 564 Thir-
tenth street: Charles Ahlers of 499
Nineteenth street, and Bruno Leh-
man. of 500 Eighteenth street, all of
West New York.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
WOMAN PRESENTS NEW
WILL OF ETTLINGER

NEW YORK, April S.-A second
will of Benjamin 3. Ettlinger, which
gives the larger part Of an estate
valued at about $4,000 to a friend.
Miss Minnie Council, of Paterson, n.
J., instead of the entire estate to u
brother, was filed for probate yes
terday.
Mr.. Ettlinger died on July, 81, 1911.
The viii filed on August "a. 1911, was
made four days before his death.
Joseph Ett1inger, 4 brother is made
sole legatee and executor. BY the
will filed yesterday, dated June 10,
1910, one third Of the estate goes to
The daughters of Mr.. Ittlinger, Ceeile
and Dorothy. of Long Branch, n. j.
1t is to be held in trust by Arthur
Council, OF Patterson. n. ]. The
residue OF the estate goes Ito my
dear friend Minnie Council"
Mrs Rite Ettlinger, his widow, is
not mentioned in either document,
but she has filed notice that she will
fight the Wills. She is now a resi-
dent Of Long Branch. ~ j.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
ROOTS PANAMA TOLL BILL
AGAIN BEFORE CONGRESS

WASHINGTON, April S.-The Pan
anna canal toll has reappeared in
Congress. Senator Root has reintro-
duced his bill of last session for re-
peal of that provision Of the new
Panama canal law which would per-
init American coastwise ships to en-
joy freedom from toll charges.
The measure has been referred TO
the committee now headed by Sena-
tor O'Gor1nan, Of New York, who led
the fight in the last Congress against
the Root proposal. 1 is expected
that the tolls question will be forced
upon the attention of Congress at an
early date. in an effort TO once more
try tG repeal the free toll provision
before the canal IS opened for traffic.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
VETERANS PLEA RESCUES
NEW Works. WAR FLAGS

ALBANY. April S.--Standing be-
meath battlenaes, under which, as a
York Volunteer Regiment. he had
marched and fought during the Civil
War, and with his voice broken with
emotion, Senator Abraham ]. Palmer,
of Milton, the only State senator who
was a participant of that struggle
last night made an eloquent appeal
for the preservation Of the Civil War
battlefiags Of the regiments Of the
State.
At the conclusion of his plea the
Senate, without a dissenting vote.
PASSED his bill appropriating $4,000
for the construction of fireproof and
Theoretically sealed cases for the flags
of the 167 regiments of New York
that have been deposited with the
State.
Consideration Nof the measure has
been made a special order of bust
ness for last night, it being Senator
Palmer's birthday.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
ENDS UNSICHTLY
ITCHING HUMORS
Resinol for IS Years a Success
in Treating Eczema.

Thousands of people who for years
hadn't really enjoyed a days freedom
from the tornents of eczema, whose
nights had been nightmares of itching
and burning. and whose lives were
made miserable by the embarrassing
Disagreement. have had perfect skin
health restored by Resinol Ointment
and Resinol Soap, quickly, easily, and
at little cost.
Where some treatments hardly af-
ford q moments relief, Resinol stops
itching instantly and clears away the
eruption for good and all. This is
simple statement OF fact. You can
prove it's truth yourself at our ex-
pense. Send to Dept. SIS, Resinol
Baltimore. Md. for liberal trial of
Reslnol Ointment and Resinol Soap
free, by parcel post Every druggist
sells Resinol, because doctors in every
corner of the United States have pre-
scribed it regularly for eighteen years
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
DOG HELPS POOR GRINDER
SHARPEN HIS KNIVES

Philadelphia has one-legged knife
grinder who is particularly proud of
his dog, and no wonder, for the in
telligent animal aids him greatly in
his daily toll. 1t was formerly the
mans custom--his crippled condition
preventing him from working the
pedal-.to pay stray youngsters to
turn the wheel for him.
This. OF course, greatly curtailed his
profits. SO he set about training o
Newfoundland dog to do the duty.
The canine pupil was apt and is now
installed as the grinders regular as
sistant.
The grindstone is a very small one
and. by standing on a box, the dog
is able TO reach the handle and turn
itfast or SLOW, as his master desires.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
Makes Most of bad Bargain
and $4,000 a
Year.

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-. April S.-A
few years ago Robert Smith was a st.
Louis workingnan, bringing home a
workingman's wages and despairing
of making both ends meet. Like lots
Of other city men Robert Smith got
the "baclS to The lane fever; got 1t
bad.
Today Robert Smith Is the most
prosperous cave farmer in America.
When the bacll-to-the-soil fever
got the better of Smith he went to a
real estate dealer and bought a 2G-
acre farm Ia the OzarlIs, a few miles
from Springfield. The farm he
bought was considerably worse than
was Ozark mountain farms. which. in
many cases, are bad enough for farm
Eng purposes. however great they
may be on scenery.
In plain language Robert Smith
was stuck for a poor rocky farm.
He was Just q city Teller and didn't
know much about buying farm land.
So the seller thought The Smith
family moved down from st. Louis,
and when Robert found out he
couldn't make a living working the
top of the land he had bought he be-
gan farming underground.
On his land was big cave, particu-
larly fitted for cellar garden It
was large, we'll aired, had an even
temperature, standing at 60 winter
and summer: had no cold. damp
drafts, and was moist enough and
not TOO dripping wet.
So, instead of raising corn and
fruit and other farm products as
Smith had intended, he raised mush-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08

lake, using the rocks taken from the
cave for embankments. A stream
running into the cave from the lake
outside which is the playground for
the bullfrogs Smith raises with his
other cave crops-also serves as a
road, or rather, a canal.
Smith goes to his cave farm III a
fiat-bottomed boat and hauls out his
produce in the same way.
He can work in his farm DAY or
night. lie has to carry a lantern at
either time.
When the frogs are wintering and
there's no celery to bleach, Smith
uses part of his cave farm for stor-
age plant and keeps his neighbors'
sweet potatoes during the cold
weather for fifteen cents bushel. At
one time he had 5000 bushels of sweet
potatoes in the cave.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08

rooms, rhubarb, celery and bull
frogs.
Last year he cleared nearly $4,000
on his cave farm.
The rhubarb is started outdoor and
is transplanted in the cave, where it
grows an inch a day. He sells it at
10 cents a pound long before his sur
face farming neighbors can get theirs
cut of the ground Three crops of
mushrooms are raised each year. A
square foot of ground produces more
than pound of mushrooms, and
Smith sells them to st. Louis hotels
and restaurants at 80 cents a pound.
Celery is transplanted in the cave
for bleaching. where 1t attains a per-
lection of wilderness and tenderness
and attracts high prices.
When Smith first learned that he
couldn't farm his place like a regu-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
FILIPINO 'SAVAGES ARE
NOW PLAYING BASEBALL

tiyes dancing about and yelling Their
hardest. A little brown man was run
ming madsy toward a palm leaf that
marked first base. and another after
ward identified as a chief was teiilhS
the crowd that the hit was faif.
"Only few years ago this chief
had given the eonstabulary lot Of
trouble. A visit to his shack showed
that among his prize possessions
were the photographs of some OF the
big league players.
'The entire younger generation Of
the Philippines is baseball crazy,
The American soldiers who intro
duced the game in the Islands did
their country a great service.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
SWINDLERs GOT HUNDREDS

WINNIPEG, Man, April S.-Five
former members of the Mabray gang
of swindlers were arrested here late
yesterday. following complaints by
several citizens that they had been
swindled out of hundreds of dollars.
Those arrested are: Henry L. Web
Der, Charles Halliday, Charles Webb,
John L. Roberts and John L. Lane
Edna Holmes. an alleged accomplish,
was also arrested. According to the
police the men had fitted up offices
with fake telegraph instruments and
backboards and We're giving alleged
horse racing returns.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
DISFIGURED FOR LIFE,
JURY GIVES HIM $3.50

JERSEY CITY. y. j., April S.
In Judge Wallis branch of the Hud-
son County Circuit Court yesterday a
jury awarded $3.50 for injuries to Paul
L. Lyons. T. years old, of Harrison,
as the result of an automobile acct
dent in Harrison last August.
John Lyons, the boys father. sued
Francis \. Meyers. of Someryille,
who ran down the boy
Testimony showed that the boy was
crossing the street when Meyers's
automobile ran over him. causing
painful injuries that are said to have
disigured him for life.
The smallness OF the of the verdict
has caused comment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
GIVE $4,000 TO FLOOD AID

WASHINGTON, April s.-The sum
of $4,000 was appropriated for flood
relief work in the Ohio and Missis-
sippi valleys by the national board
of directors and supreme officers Of
the knights of Columbus, and an
appeal goes out today to members Of
the order all over the country to
contribute to a special fund for relief
work. The funds will be handled in
the various localities through local
committees appointed by the Knights
themselves. The officers, after =
quarterly session lasting three days,
adjourned late today to meet in st.
Paul, Mimi.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
Flee Hotel Fire
in NightclotheS


DUBUQUE, Ia. April 3.-The Julien
Hotel and a number of other build
ings adjoining were destroyed By
fire early today. All Of the 200
guests and employees escaped from
the hotel. but most of them lost
everything. Many Of the guests ran
into the street in their night cloth
ing. A few were slightly injured by
jumping from lower windows and
lower parts of fire escapes.
The total loss viii be something
more than 800. 900. The loss on the
building and furnishings is S250,O00.
Other losses We're: Powers building,
$4,000; Union Electric Company, $780,
000 The balance Of the loss is on
smaller buildings.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
Reasonable Request.

The congregation of c little colored
church down South had received a
new preacher. a college graduate.
After much disputing with his flock,
he had induced them to buy an organ.
But in some minds there lurked the
idea that it was sinful TO desecrate
the church with such things.
SUNDAY morning the preacher
opened the services by playing
when the Roll Is Called Up Yon-
der" on the little organ, after which
he called on Brother Simmons to lead
in prayer.
Nav said Brother Summons,
"dat ting's done sung de hymn; now
let it pray dc prayer. Chicago
Record Herald.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
TWO SULZER STOCK
EXCHANGE BILLS PASS

ALBANY. April S.--Two of the
Levy Stock Exchange reform bills
recommended by Governor Sulver
passed the Senate last night without
opposition. They now go to the gov
ernor for his signature.
One of the bills is destined to pre-
vent wash" sales by making it
felony to initiate or depress the price
Of stocks by means of fictitious pur-
chases.
The other bill would make more
stringent the present law against
bucketshops.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
HITS MAN; SPEEDS ON
Ispecinl 10 ihc newark star.l

NEW BRUNSWICK, y. J., April s.
Edward Heferty, a plumber, living
on Throop avenue, was struck on
Georges road last night by a speed
ing auto and Knocked senseless. He
was taken to st. Peters Hospital in
an automobile and is believed to be
injured The auto driver
did not stop, but sped on toward
Trenton, and Prosecutor George s.
Silzer is trying TO capture him.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
HE CAN BEAT MAILS
IN CROSSING ATLANTIC

LONDON. April s.--Lawyer J. d.
Bedle, of New Jersey, Who was
among the crowd Of Americans arriv-
ing in London tonight by the Kron-
prinzessin Cecilie's boat train. is on
a flying trip He will return to
America from Southampton by
Wednesdays boat.
lie says he prefers crossing the
Atlantic for an hours talk with cor
respondents to waiting for belated
mails.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-08
chill DREN SCREAM AS
CYCLE RUNS DOWN GIRL
Especial TO the Newark start

= PATERSON, n. j., April S.-The
shock of being run down by motor
cycle may cause the death of Teresa
Edleston, H. The child was struck
just after she left her classroom in
School No. 8. Many of her COM
panions saw the accident and
screamed in terror.
The rider of the cycle was Joseph
B. Werner, of Passaic. The girl suf-
fers from conclusion of the brain, a
fractured shoulder and serious
bruises.