The Washington herald., 1916-01-30

haunted her as she sat alone with her
husband. Flashes Of her farewell to the
prince as he sailed for Paris to join the
French army a few months before and
then of her speeding a wireless message
to him in mid-ocean, telling of the suit.
And after the Princess the Woman un-
dulating toward the stand; the woman
who leaned to the prince over the thin,
gold wine. A title first ITO Vindicate
Herself" and then Jane Hathaway, of
Cleveland.
She Of the gypsy charm, the flashing
smile and the cobra eyes, on the stand
to tell the story of the prince, which is
her story. Only the grooming voice
heritage Of Spanish ancestors-not to be
reproduced in the Silent Drama.
She would be attractively garbed in
a seal-trimmed street suit with white
spats and gloves and the type of hat
that so few women know how to wear
Under the steady fire Of embarrassing
questions she keeps her graceful poise
The play really would be quite tascinat-
ing through here. As the attorney for
the prosecution asked questions and the
witness began to answer, the scene
would shift and in its place come that
of which the witness was speaking. First
there'd be the deck of an ocean liner,
and somebody shrouded ip mist because
the witness could not remember whether
a man or woman introduced her to the
prince Then the lobby Of the Wander
bilt hotel backgrounding for an accident
al second meeting and the line inserted
Won't you call?"
Then the story turning to Jane HATH
aways personal past; picturing Alfred G.
Hathaway, building contractor, and MS
death a year ago, and her divorce from
him before that, when she was a society
woman in Cleveland.
Afterward the story would wind back
to her friendship with the prince.
Did he call at your apartments!
would be asked. And the answering
picture of his automobile standing al
the curb before her home.
Did you receive gifts from him.!
Flowers, tangles of yellow roses, heart
shaped bon-bon boxes and cases OF wine
on the screen. Finally the table under
shaded lights, With the prince holding his
monogramed cigarette on one side, and
opposite, pointed chin on pointed fingers,
the woman of sinuous charm, who was
the woman on the witness stand. Many
times the picture repeated, as she told of
their meetings; many times the record OF
the prince in the unfamiliar room which
had haunted him as he sat alone with
his wife; the unfamiliar room her nome,
and she receiving him there. Then pic
ture-a night picture-of the steamer
which runs along the HUDSON river Do
tween New York and Troy. The prince
boarding the boat and the witness fol-
lowing: table in a stateroom and thin,
sparkling wine in thin, sparkling glasses.
And the concise declaration of the wit
ness: "It was not Improper" She would
leave the stand sinuously, smiling with
confidence.
The prince would be recalled, Of
course, to tell Of the stormy interview
with his wife when she heard OF the Al
bany trip. And he'd produce letters said
to be written to her by F. J. Swift, law
yer and club man, prominent In the
courtroom. The letters, on the screen
would read like this:
Have been waiting for my good
morning note. Well, perhaps IL viii be
here tomorrow Tell me how YOU are
your hand, your nerves. The doctor
must not take too much care OF you.
What a shame this wonderful after
uoon-and you away down there-snt