New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-18
IDA ROGERS PITIED
AS ERRING GODDESS
Women Friends Defend
Acts Liberty Gone
Wrong" They Say,
HEALTH AND LOVE,
HER LIFE MOTTO
Poison Victims High Ideals IN
DAYS of Adversely Barred
BY Companion.

a Goddess Of Liberty gone wrong
That is Ida Suifen Walters. 80 the
minds Of some OF her girl friends to-
dav. such was the power OF her per
sonal.tv over those who knew her ihat
they remember her even row with ad-
miration and affection. Size was the
Goddess OF Liberty type. they say.
Her tragedy. In their opinion IS that
she forgot tha. even this type cannot
he entirely free IN modern community
life
To was four years ago. after she hso
left Arthur ". Walters and was trying
q make bread and butter through arr
that she lived az the lrowmart nm
hotel for business women, al AoinGuon
Square ana 18th 81 She was known 10
tho Girls as "Nrs Walters they tooA
IL FOR granted that she was a WIDOW,
4 fev, DAYS ago the inn jewellers woke
ND n the fact that their former idol
was the Mrs. Walters Rogers or Leo-
anon Hospital Since then the house
has scethcd with excitement. One OF
those who knew her best told story
20 The Tribune yesterday which throws
new light on her personality.
"She was enc OF the most splendid
women / ever knew said this tuend,
who has moved away from the Inn and
now lives on Washington Heights. We
were tremendously fond OF her when
We finally succeeded IN getting &C
ouaintcd. She seemed 20 be woman
Of high ideals, always spurrmG US on
20 dc our best. She would never loier-
ste anything vulgar or common. Nne
was terribly poor. but she retained tne
manners Of an aristocrat. Perhaps that
was why she never could sell ner a4'
works.
Art Unkind TO Ida Walters.
"Sbe used 10 start out Up Fifth Ave
nue. irving 20 sell her little place cards
and calendars 20 the smart shops, and
She never diG sell any. They were good
cards. too. AZ this time she was so
moor ] remember she had only one
waist. which she used 20 wash every
night and hang ln the window 10 airy.
Finally she was so hard up and Art
paid so badly that one o. the girls 90
her a position as saleswoman 10 &c
rsrtment store. She was IN me mll-
i;nerv department. They said she was
great success. with hef stunning
looks and charming manners. She was
,be kind Of salcswoman who could
charm q person into buying any hat
she held out T. would be the rlGhf
hat too. She had artistic sense enough
for that. IL nearly killed her TO work
iu a store. though She was too proud.
one Of the girls criticised her for
snobbishness. ] don't think u was tnat'
She really was superior 10 her "ork'
and she knew IT,
..I don't know why she left the store.
J must have been away on Vacauon'
for don't remember saying goodoy
10 her. / presume that II was at the
time she vent 20 Virginia for her
he.itE The next we heard OF her was
whom some one said Mrs. Walters had
5abv. We supposed. of course, she
was married 90 Nr. Rogers. and that
this friend had spoken Of her as Mrs.
Walters simrly because that was the
name or which we had known her
"Ob. vcs, We knew all about Mr..
Roger She was simply lad about
him. There were three large photo
C-qphs OF him in her room. and he
used 90 call al the Inn 10 take her out.
His entrance always created a Juror
because he was so good-looklnC. The
new girls would sneak around 20 look
~ him and wonder whom he had come
20 set. Mrs. Walters's friends all took
10 for granted tnat she Wou4d marry
ham.
Rogers House Hunting Trip.
II remember they went house hunt
irc once up near Spuyten Duyvll They
looked az 4 real house not a fiat
which he talked OF buying. ! remem-
Der this because when she came back
she told me the sorry OF Spuyten Duy-
vii. which I had never heard before
She always knew Interesting things
Ike that. for she was very we'll read
Her standards in literature we're high
as they were in everything el .. She
used 20 like 10 20 10 the New Theatre
and { good lectures with Mr.. Rogers
'If he only had married herl Every
thing would have been all right. They
were made for each other, and she was
made 20 be a mother. ] suppose she
w so mad about him she didn't care
ev,n II he didn't marry her. She was
a very afectionate- almost said yo-