The Washington times., 1920-04-25
CHAPTER XI.
iCont;musd from Last Ssnddy)

(Continusd from Last Eunddy)
Copyright 1870. BY international Service. Inc.
IVY HEN Amanda Thomas adjusted her own life to
~ the companionship Of Theodore p. Shonts she
incidentally, entirely changed the lives Of Mrs.
s and the two daughters, Theodore tthe Duchess de
ihan'es) and Marguerite mrs. Rutherford Bingham).
s,os the president of New Yorks traction lines
a curing the business year he kept the usual office hours
q. nc head of grcat-corporation. aeR
Hlt il in the Sumner in the vacation that
AIR Shonss relations with Mrs. Thomas left his family
face to face with complete and dismal change
In the early years Of their marriage Mr.. and Mrs.
Shonts looked forward eagerly to their Summers and
they planned their vacation fun with much anticipation
Shonts then the president Of the Chicago Alton
Railroad and also president Of the Clover Leaf railway
system and he always had private parlor his dis
posa When shons travelled his happy wife and chill
dren travelled with him. and they travelled in style-pri
vate car cook porter and maids If they not rav
cling they uxuriously summerng in cottage at
attractive resort Mr. Shonts afectionae and
indulgent, and he provided horses, automobiles and
yacht And the recollcctions Of the delightful trips out
ns and vacations Of the happily united family among
the pessanest memories the widow and the children have
Of Mr.. Shonts.
Burial this came end with the domination Of the
old traction magnate by Mrs Thomathe vacations did
not to and the private trips did not end and the
travels did not end: but my friend Amanda crowded
the wife and children Of the private yacht and
cottage and and installed herself in their
place. All over the United States into Canada, across
che ocean, throughout Europe Shonts and Mrs Thomas
have travelled in the past ten years. Is told further on
in this page to-day
The wife and children not provided any longer
with private They were not even told what Mr..
Shontss plans were Like outsiders, they watched the
newspapers and in odds and ends Of ways learned Of
Shonis and Amandas journeyings and outings. Often
the them they read the printed notice
that Mr and Mrs Theodore P. Shonts arrived here
there their private Thoroughly and forever they
were crowded out by Mrs. Thomas.
The earliest happy recoecons Of the Shonts daugh.
when little children they taken on their
e- .ons Of what to thep the big world" by
their dotng father and mother They were fhen eight
and nine years old Mr. Shonts put aside his business in
teress for months telling his little that he wanted
to take them a "long play time.
And long, glorious and happy outing it was for
they went to far away Alaska They travelled far
the in their father private After two months
In Alaska the family back to the States and visited
Yellowstone Park Little Theodore fell In love with the
camel at the Park and cried when he father said he
couldn't get it for her. He promised her something nicer
than camel when she grew up and this molfed her
especially her father had persuaded the keeper to let
her ride the back every morning before breakfast
From Yellowstone Park the family went to Coronado
Beach, in California Coming back from the West Mr..
Sbonts took his wife and family in their private to
Natural Bridge, Virginia Old Point Comfort st. Angus
tine and many other Southern points Of interest