The San Francisco call., 1913-09-02

Despite the Past His Heart Still Enshrines Her
Case Proves Mystery of Love Is Great;
Jealousy the Keynote

he wanted to believe. and because the
very greatness of Evelyns tempta
ton soothed his vanity.
1t was as If one was marrying the
favorite OF a king. and dukes have
done that.
After Harry and Evelyn were mar
ried they went to Pittsburg to live
with his mother In great, rich,
splendid. dull as ''ditchwater" coun-
try place where Evelyn was bored
to death. She, who had been the
friend Of the most brilliant men in
New York. was condemned for So
ciety to the company OF dowager
whose main interest in life was for
eign missions and a husband whose
conversation has never been described
as thrilling; she whose days had
ended in midnight supper parties
where stunts" that made even the
tenderloin sit up and take notice
were pulled on. lived the uneventful
| life where people yawn themselves to
bed at 9 o'clock. Above all. she was
in the process of being reformed.
which is always an almighty unplea-
SAINT experience for the victim of IT..
Harry watched her.
MOTHER WATCHED HER
His mother watched her with the
kindest and best intentions, OF course,
but 1t must have been grueling ordeal
for the little butterfly from Broadway.
who was accustomed only to adulation
from her world. particularly as there
Is no evidence at any part Of her
career that Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
has ever qualified for the fearful and
repentant role OF a Magdalene. How
she must have been bored. The only
way she could keep herself alive was
by tormenting Harry. by making him
jealous OF. Stanford White, and she
appears to have kept him worked
up to a frenzy on the subject at all
woman who either knew mon very
| little or else was reckless of conse-
quences.
| In stirring up Thaw's jealousy
| against White, do not believe that
Mrs. Thaw ever had the slightest In
tention OF injuring White She testi-
| fed on the stand to her regard for
him. and so far as she cares for any
one, holds him in gratitude and es-
| teem but in diverting herself she
| simply went too far. She started q
fire she could not control Practically
| every woman has had a similar ex-
perience in lesser degree. She has
! told her husband or father or brother
OF some injury some one has done her,
or some grievance she has against
some one, not really dreaming of stir
ring up trouble, and then she has been
amazed when the man has taken dras-
| tic action in the matter.
PLAYED ON HIS JEALOUSY
think that was the attitude OF Mrs.
Thaw toward Stanford White and the
responsibility she had toward his mur-
der. She amused herself by playing
| on Harry's jealousy and tanning II to
a white flame. but she had no idea
that he would harm Stanford White
and she was stunned by the fatal
shot he fred In Madison Square gar
den. Since the day he married her
Evelyn Nesbit has brought Harry
Thaw nothing but misery and shame.
She stained his hands with blood She
has cost him his liberty and most OF
| his fortune, yet he loves her still.
He Is faithful to her who has never
been faithful to him, and there are
| thousands OF good women who gfvs
| love and devotion and tenderness and
service to husbands who weary OF
| them and foreake them. Great II tho
mystery of LOVE and strange the way
tof man with maid.