The Washington herald., 1915-01-24

mother-in-law The maid then endeaV-
ored to force her out again, while the
older woman repeated refusals for the
child to be seen by it's mother, and the
maid pulled out HER (daughter-in-law 81
hair while trying to obey her mistress.
Anyway the policemen, possibly be-
cause the daughter-in-law looked more
harmless, possibly because they lived
closer to the older woman, possibly be-
cause they didn't know what else to do,
asked Mrs. Keith Donaldson if she would
come with them. And she said certain
ly," and the police record and the cell
followed as a regular part of such pro-
ceedings.
So she spent the six hours there and
then telephoned her lawyer, procured her
release. and started a suit against the
high-spirited mother-in-law for 100000
for unjust arrest and all the degradation
and damage that went with it.
MY hair was pulled" the short-time
prisoner declares, 81 was put in custody
of policemen; l was locked in a cell,
regular common cell; and l have had to
suffer decided damages-all because l
tried to do what had an absolute right
to do-exercise a mothers right to see
her child. Someone will suffer for this"
The prisoner furnished her own bail
bond and was released after Mrs. w. Z.
Donaldson had refused to push the case.
But the release did not make her feel her
injuries any the less severely.
Nor have real or sure proposals OF
matrimony which have been brought to
Mrs. Donaldson by the story of her arrest
had the effect of softening her heart to-
wards those who were the indirect aud
unintentiOnal means of adding these ex-
ira scalps to the belt of the already sew
eral-times-proposed-tO lady.
THE world seems full of friends"
Mrs. Donaldson declared a few days after
her experience behind the bars" Several
gentlemen have asked me to marry
them.
And it is doubtful if anyone can
produce a truer test of friendship than
this"
But however much comfort there may
be in proposal of marriage, particularly
when It comes at a grievous moment,
according to the beautiful young divorcee,
it does not make up for everything.
And, so Mrs. W. f. Donaldson and
Miss Fanny Blanc, the maid, have been
summoned to appear to defend them
selves because of the hair-pulling and
generally discourteous treatment on their
jail. The elder Mrs. Donaldson is being
represented by David ]. Smith. and the
younger member of the Donaldson family
by John r. K. Scott.
In the meantime, Mr.. Scott, who. as
Congressman-elect, is learning diplomacy
as rapidly as possible, is limiting at a pos
sible adjustment of matters. He says
Keith Donaldson, the divorced husband,
who seems to have been pretty we'll for
gotten in the general rumpus, has talked
with Mrs. Donaldson's New York attor-
ney and seemed willing to give her i'm
mediate custody Of Dorothy, the child in
the case. Possibly he is looking forward
to the time when Dorothy, too, will be
a grown woman and there will be one
more feminine factor in the line OF tenn
pestuous possibilities.
On the other hand, Mrs. Keith Dom
aldson has explained that her husband
Is amiably inclined generally.
I'VE crossed on the boat together the
last time came from London to New
York and had very pleasant visits to-
gsther," abe saya