The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-14

When I first met Mr.. Mayo he was
very poor. He had just arrived in
Scranton from tn" South and working
hard. thought him clever and when
I've told me of his unhappiness and the
death Of his wife, my heart was filled
With sympathy for him. They say pity
is akin to love. Well. il was but a step
from sympathy to love. was young
and h" wOoed me so ardently that |
yielded To him and We eluped. That was
in 1880 two wears after / met him.
For n few brief weeks We were happy
hut we wcr" poor and We had hard work
TO manage. Then our children were born.
hut with their coming my husbands love
began tn wane- lie wanted to go out to
places of amusement. bat there were the
babies to be cared for. Besides we did
not hav" enough money to engage help.
TIL" result was my husband used to leave
me and go out nights alone. | never
knew whore he was
Then his absence. became longer ana
more frequent. He would go away for
weeks at a time. For my babies sake
suffered in silence. Pride kept me from
returning to the town Of my girlhood
and my parents. hut at last things be
came unhea ra bic
When he sacrificed his wonderful on
portuniti"s down in Wheeling W. Va. I
could stand il no longer and I taxed
him with his foOishness. He has a VIC
lent temper and we quarrcIed. Then
came his desertion. had long thought
that he was interested in some Othp7.
woman. hut he denied il all along. But
when he left ! was sure. AS long as W.
were SO terribly poor nc did not do much
harm. but as soon az he got some money
the worst came to pass.
Il returned to my parents home The
humiliation and suffering endured 7
leave to YOUR ina ginatinn. I got a posi-
ton. My children and my work were
the only things that kept me from losing
my rcason I believe often felt that l.
lik" poor little Miss Cook. did afterward
would have to end il all. but then the
thoughts of my children came to me and
gave me strength.
IF their father deserted them. il
was up to their mother to make It all
up to them instead of deserving them
by dying, ! decided.
Then came my parents death. 7
was crushed. but once again my chill
dren pulled me through. They were
growing up. and soon Carlotta and
Dorothy helped by taking positions in
a commercial school I changed my posi-
ton for a time and worked for the Globe
Warehouse. but went back to the school
after few months.
Pities Mrs. Dudley. Too.
Il do not know Mrs. Mayo. of New
Haven. nor do | know Mrs. Dudley.
read that Mrs. Dudley said her chill
dren were all she had. Poor woman,
She. too. must depend upon her babies
to keep up her courage. Mr.. Mayo's
daughter. Virginia, I understand. Ia
married to an artist named Kerr and
lives at Pelham Manor.
Il have engaged Frederick F.. Scott
to represent me and shall begin an &C
ton at once to protect my rights.
cannot say just what the nature of the
action will be.
Il do not think could stand a
journey to New Haven or New York
My family would never allow me to
see Mr.. Mayo again. even if l were
willing. which ! am not. l hope shall
never have to see his face again The
misery I suffered through him is too
terrible for me ever to forgive.
Il have not received a cent from him
in years While / have been working
my fingers of to support my children
he has been living in luxury in New
Haven and maintaining another luz
urious establishment in Brooklyn
While his children were walking
through the rain and sleet to business
he was riding around in automobiles
Via. No Drinking Excuse.
No: drink never played much of a
part in our unhappiness. / never know
Mr.. Mayo to drink to excess Even the
excuse, i was drunk when I did it is
denied to him. II was just that he
was fickIc. Every new face attracted
him. and as h" was smooth talker
he could win almost any woman"
~ years old. Her most attractive fea-
turc is her eyes. They are dark blue
and very expressive. Her brown hair.
streaked with gray. is parted in the
middle. falls in soft waves about her
face and is caught in a loose knot at
the nape of her neck. Yesterday she
had on a simple house gown of white
linen. She was very pale and worn
looking and showed plainly the strain
under which she has been laborinS for
years.
Frederick T. Scott. her attorney.
says he has not taken any definite
steps against Mayo because of Mrs,
Mayo's condition. He says he consid-
cred it advisable to wait for a day or
so. 1t is thought. however, that she
will sue for divorce and aIimony
The fifth woman in the case. for Lillian
Cook may he regarded as the fourth. is
Susie VI. Wahlers. of New Haven. a
former employe in the Mayo Radiator
Company. who declared that her 2-year-
old daughter Hazel is the child of Mayo.
The story Of Miss Wahlers is somewhat
akin to that of Mrs. Dudley Miss wah-
lers remained in the employ of the firm
until shortly before she was to become a
mother. Mayo then provided for her
and her little one.
MY afther and mother and 7 are going
to talS over the matter of suit" said
Miss Wahlers last night. Il met them
this afternoon. and we decided that
something must be done 1t is only ius-
tice to me and to Hazel
1T Is untrue that Mayo gave me more
than $780," continued the young woman
who is about IS years old. She is rather
tall. with plenty of colorless hair, pale
blue eyes. a small mouth and none too
strong chin. He promised me SIS a
week il ! would go to live in a cottage
Of my own. as Lois Waterbury did, but
/ wouldn't do II. / don't believe the
rumors that he gave my father between
81. 200 and $2.cOo. They're not true"
She told in more detail the story sh,.
gave yesterday of how Mage sent her
500 from Buffalo so that she might 20
TO Brooklyn. where her child was to he
horn. She gave the name of the doctor
i'm Brooklyn. whom. she said, Mayo sent
her to see, and repeated that she decided
to return to New Haven for the baby's