The Washington times., 1921-03-24
HANDSOME YOUTH
.CAL[EDUP0N flo
Nurse Who Attended ''Mrs.
Leeds" Will Aid Mrs. Still
man in Suit.

famous stiilman divorce drama,
entered yesterday new and fascinat-
ing figure.
She Is Miss Florence Erickson. a
plump. blonde nurse. Of Norwegian
ancestry, who attended "Mrs. Flor
ence Helena Leeds" in September
1918. shortly after the birth of little
Jay Ward Leeds" reputed son OF
James A. Stillman and the former
chorus girl
ance of sincerity, Miss Erickson told
apartment. No. 43. in the Elmore
Court, No. 541 West One Hundred and
Twenty fourth street. ~
She admitted that she. together with
Misses Mason and Farney. nurses. had
attended Flo" Leeds In September,
1918. at No. "a East Eighty-sixth
street and that she, at least. had
| recognized the broad-shouldered, part
ly bald, middle-aged Franklin Harol
Leeds admitted father OF little "Jay
Leeds') as James A. Stillman, inter-
| nationally known financier.
She said that she and Miss Mason
have been enlisted In the army of sup
| porters. of. Mrs. Stillman. She added:
81 don't remember the full name of
Miss Mason. She knows, however.
| that Stillman is Leeds She recently
became a reporter for q morning
newspaper. and, I understand. is in
| Lakewood now doing everything she
can to help Mrs. Stillman.
BOTH TRYING TO HELP.
TN fact. both of us are doing all
we can to help Mrs. Stillman. Miss
Farney? Oh, she's out West. but
we hope to get her to help Mrs.
Stillman. Now. don't print the fact
that live up here in apartment 43-
you know, I expect to see Mrs. Still
man tonight or tomorrow. Where? ?
Well, never mind"
Just then the telephone rang and
Miss Erickson. hair streaming down
her back. hastened to answer 1t. She
made an engagement to attend re-
vival of Romance" and. after ten
| minutes conversation. returned to
her subject She said:
Yes, I was mentioned Anonymous
ly in a morning newspaper yester-
day.
Il told the young lady who came
to see me yesterday that I knew
positively Stillman a. Teeds.' Ger
lAinAJ oI0s AAA0 oih pAop@AOu w ~
testify for Mrz- Stfllman. am will
ing to do this because MrA StiilmAn
Is . woman in distress. and I an
always willing to hefp . woman.
did DR.. Ogilvie-Dr. James Ogil-
vie-hire me? Oh. no, indeed 1 was
called professionally to go to No. a
East Eighty-sixth street But II
wasn't Ogilvie who summoned me.
Nor did he call in Miss Mason. He
may have recommended Miss Far
ney-I don't know. But just say that
Mr.. Stiliman called Miss Mason and
me to assist his wife
EKPDCT1eD ANOTHER
~oh, yes-Nrs. Leeds expected an
other child . year or so after little
Jay. Jr.' was born. This time she
almost died. An emergency call was
sent to the Scully-Walton ambulance
service and she was rushed to the
Sloan Maternity Hospital. Outside
specialists were called in--I dent
think Ogilvie was called.
"As near as 1 recall this was in
1919. Her condition was unQuestion-
ably serious. She was at her worst
one night when the Prince OF Wales
who was visiting her. was to have 4
who was visiting here, was to have q
operation-necessary to save her life
ION the night in questionable
night of the Prince Of Wales recep-
tion-she- was very low. We almost
despaired of her life. The Stnlmans
were invited to the reception. Mr..
Stillman had his car stopped near
Sloan Maternity and he rushed In
side and upstairs to sec his wife
Afterwards she said to her nurse:
at had hoped he would marry me.
but I am afraid he never will. He
could not introduce me to the people
he is with tonight
The only visitor she ever had was
a TAN, well-groomed. handsome young
man. He called twice while I was
there. Whether or not he was re-
lated to her I don't know. She
room of the apartment. He always
remained with her in her own room
for the length Of his call
What first made me think Mr..
Leeds was Mr.. Stillman was Mrs.
Leeds habit of clipping everything
in the papers that mentioned Mr.
Stillman's name. She had quite q
bookful of clippings about him.
Another odd coincidence made
me certain of the identity Of Mr..
Leeds as Stillman. Once Stilfman
engaged a. chauffeur to work for
Mrs. Leeds One morning he asked
me IL knew who Mr.. Leeds waA
answered In the negative and
asked him why he asked such .
question.
"well,' he said, "A while ago I was
| offered a job to drive a car for Mr..
StiIlman. of the National City Bank.
/ turned the job down because I would
have to go to Canada The next offer
1 got was to drive a car for this TMr.
Leeds and he Is the same man who
wanted me to go to Canada to drive
a car for Mr.. Stillman.'
PARENTS HEART-nROI1EN.
IT knew by that time that Leeds
was Stiliman, but I did not tell the
| chauffeur. / have read in tho papers
that E1oreuce IawlDrss Darents ha ve