The Washington times., 1920-06-25

The Frenchwoman--a brunette.
slight and vivacious-talked with a
reporter In the Office OF her counsel.
Edward j. McOressin, at No. lao
Broadway. after Justice Donnelly had
signed an order directing Mrs. Reid.
divorced wife OF the tinplate mag
nate. to show cause tomorrow why
the case should not be reopened.
Nine. Georgette seeks an opportunity
to vindicate her good name.
| In her attorneys office Nine. Georg-
ette said
"The first I knew that had been
so shamefIily aspersed was when !
read in the newspapers of February
4 26 that Mrs, Reid's servants had testi-
ned against me. / was never named
as correspondent in the divorce suit,
and so. OF course, l had no notice
that had any interest in II. other
wise. you may be sure, ! would have
been represented In court.
TELLS OF SUFFERING.
! 81 am absolutely innocent OF any
wrongdoing, and ! want the court TO
give me a chance to set myself right
before the world. I have no words
to tell you how / suffered when i read
the newspapers and saw that i had
been accused. The damage to my good
|
BILE, but i am confident that the court
will give me a chance to defend my
self"
On the trial Tillie Olsen, Amanda
Gunnison, Mrs. Reid's personal maid,
and Vivi Sandstrom, a waitress In the
Reid household at No. 907 Fifth ave
nue., testified that Nine. Georgette as
sumed Mrs. Reid's place in the house
hold during Christmas week In 1918.
Mrs. Reid had gone to Atlantic city.
Miss Olsen said Nine. Georgettc en-
tered Mrs. Reid's suite and ordered
water drawn for a bath. Then she
told Amanda Gunnison to bring her
some of Mrs. Reid's lingerie, accord
/ ing to testimony Vivi Sandstrom
and Nine. Georgette slept In Mrs.
Reid's bed.
Mrs. Reid's maid testified that one
day Nine. Georgette complained OF
feeling i'll. When a physician was
suggested Nine. GeorAette said, so the
witness testified
mo. Call Mr.. Reid"
| When Mr.. Reid came in. wearing
dressing gown, the witness said, Nine.
Georgette began laughingNand later
sat in his lap.
| Nine Georgette mentioned this
testimony yesterday and denounced
the servants. She said the household
employees all hated her because Mrs.
Reid had asked her to institute some
discipline below the stairs.
~She said she found the servants
wearing low necked gowns and fancy
hosiery and footwear, and she recon-
mended black taffeta gowns buttoned
I'D to the chin. The uniform gowns
were ordered, but the servants said
they wouldn't wear them. Then de-
yeloped the violent antipathy to that
| IFrenchwoman," as they called her,
according to Nine. Georgette.
In an affidavit Nine. Georgette said
she was a frequent guest for lun-
cheon and dinner with the Reids.
She was always treated as a friend.
she declared. She had no intimation
that any charges were to be made
against her because of the visit OF
Christmas week, 1918. AS late as Oc-
tober 1919 Nine. Georgette said she
visited Mrs. Reid at the Hotel VAN
derbilt, taking models with her. Mrs.
Reid was most cordial and made a
large purchase of gowns and other
| articles.
Nine. Georgette said a prominent
society woman first brought Mrs.
Reid into her shop in September 1913.
She made some purchases, and there
after became a constant visitor and
| regular patron. She manifested a
| friendship for the modiste and made
her many small gifts. Mrs. Reid gave