New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-28

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ceedincly careful as to whose invita-
tions / accept and whose | refuse, and
{ I ALWAYS know when ] can go out with
man.
al don't see how Antoinette could
possibly say that / had broken a
luncheon engagement, considering I've
never done such thing. She asked me
10 lunch with her at the Ritz, just
/ after got back from Paris. J went.
! Size asked me then TO go TO Windsor
for week end, and / accepted. Then
! got sick, and 'phoned and wired that
] could not go because ! was in bed.
She never answered word or asked
how | was, and then | got your cable,
which simply could not make out.
Your last cable, saying about the cot
tage in Huntington, has absolutely
taken my breath away. can hardly
understa Why rent a house now
Dinky, what else are, you going TO do
with a house? You first buy enc, then
you rent one-Dinky, you must be
house crazy
Tells of Ship Acquaintance
Another letter, introduced to indi.
cate that Mrs. De Saulles had learned
something of the ways of the world
after leaving her English convent. told
of ship acquaintance who had proved
useful" 1t was written on Christ
mas Eve Of 1914. Immediately after
striving in New York after visit TO
London.
In it Mrs. De Saules said:
Fowler was very nice and attentive
l.in.J go oH Tho hnat aud before
landing he introduced me to Mr. Dow
ney (who was the same as Mr.
Sprague), and he was perfectly SPLEEN
did, and not even a strap or anything
on my things touched. Dudley was
there with Louise, too. Mr.. Downey
said: 1T isn't always we have passen-
ger such as you, and although we all
know who Mrs. De Saulles is, we have
not all the honor of knowing her. 80
! told him that he was perfectly SPLEEN
did.
ut was bitterly cold, and VIC had
10 wait some time for my case OF sill
yer to come out Of the hold. SO | said
it was a shame he had to wait so much
and he answered that he would not
mind waiting every day of mis- life Ii
he were to see me. So | said ! would
not mind arriving every day If could
see him. The result was everything
was expedted--no questions asked.
4 shook hands when | said goodby.
I told him he must come to see us,
( etc, etc. OF course, he was in the
seventh heaven of delight. You know
better than any one what saying that
means to people Of that class II was
all very amusing and very useful.
~. Y. seemed 80 bright and cheer
full coming up, the streets so lighted,
and when I got home to my Toode boy
my heart almost burst with joy. He
threw his arms around my neck and
Rugged me and kissed me, and it
thrilled me so that it almost made me
cry. IL was the first homecoming
ever really had-to my own little
/ home.
"Dinky, if you had been there,
should have died--my happiness would
| have been SO complete"
No Stranger to Strong Drink
/ In letter dated from London on
I January 3, 1915. Mrs. De Saullcs told
more Of her good times in London.
Also this letter contained the first in
I timation that the young mother was
not a stranger to alcoholic drink.
II read a. follows:
My Darling Dink: This is the first
letter ] write this year. and the first
wish is for YOUR welfare and your
success. | think of you all the timee
and am so anxious to know how you
are getting on. You are lazy Dink;
/ you ought to write to your wife.
| New Years night we went to the
missed you dreadfully. Maurice was
/ feeling splendidly. He came off the
wagon for the occasion. Louise and
/ had every one at our feet, and We
! danced till we had none left to stand
oil. Fowler went with US.
Maurice called for those funny
punches that you likcd-thosc South
ern things that taste like dirty water
and look like diluted milk and we
drank them TO your health tried to
drink mine. but all | could do was
to taste il. Charlie came 20 say good
by this afternoon; he is going out West
again. ! am enclosing a letter that
opened, thinking it was a bill, the en-
velope looked so formidable. am
sorry. Jack gets more wonderful every
day. but he needs his daddy very badly
so as to keep him from being a molly
coddle. He is beautiful. fat, lazy
thing. and what he likes is to have me
pet and love him. Who does he take
after Please write, Dinkie, even il
IT'S a card. Send Us cards with sol
ders.
Lots and lots OF love and many
wishes for a wonderful wear from your
little wife. BLANQUITA."
When questioned about the seeming
discrepancy between her claim OF "a
broken heart and this description Of
\ /
lifted her eyebrows and placed fingers
TO lips in indication of suppressed
yawn.
"Oh. was bored to DEATH she said
81 went home shortly after midnight in
order 10 get away from it,"