The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-03-24
MRS. |l.I!|llN
POE / WILL PROVE
BOY IS bANKE
=. Phelps Clawson, Buffalo
Millionafres Son, Had Good
Times with Her His
Verses to Her Are Barred.

New York, March 2I-And now
the troubadour in the Stillman mar
ltal tangle AS the songsters OF. the
courts Of olden days. stringing their
instruments to delight the ladies fair
ana the courtiers bold. learned the
ms and outs of all the social inter-
lscings thus comes a lyricist id the
stillman DRAMA poet-who bids
sair to prove an important fact be-.
sore New York has heard the last
sf its ruling sensation
The troubadour is FL. Phelps Claw
son, society man of Buffalo and inti-
mate friend OF the Stillmans and
their eldest child, Anne Stillman.
Universal Service has already called
attention to poen ne had written
eulogizing Fred Beauvais. the Indian
guide at Three Rivers; QuehAc. who
Is named by Stillman in his action
against his wife and his son, Guy.
The verse is written in the peculiar
French Canadian dialect of the
northand and throughrits meter the
guide is referred to as "a mans
man." and "First and Always LIE
&entlehomme."
ITO A. U. s.
But Clawson wrote also. another
poem entitled ITO A. u. S." and these
letters, 1t will be nQsed, are the in
itials of Mrs. Anne Jrquhart Still
man, the bankers vtfe The Buff
falo man was a great admirer of Mrs.
SULLIVAN and alwayg referred to her
as mother"
he nP
the verses to Beauvais and Mrs. Still
man occur is dedicated to mother
and is entitled First Poems by H.
Phelps Clawson." Part of the poem
ITO A. u. S." follows:
Those ones who boast their ancient
As # a fathers wealth could give
=, them birth
Show me bat one whose breeding all
Who loves the simple things, the
wealth of the Garth
You who have seen their children with
out youth.
Not proofs OF love, but rather proofs
of sh.tme-
Who never knew a mothers love In
Snow ma woman worthy of that
namei
You cannot, Wei. then let ME show to
you
a home where hearts are-warm. afrec-
tion :nies.
From Whefa all meaness flies where all
is true,
Ind love is valued more than prices
less Jewels.
And so at last perfection is attained.
The soul energies glorious TO View
you've gained.
Is known to your Creator--and to you.
May Be Chief Witness.
1t is believed that Clawsoa will be
the chief witness to establish the
legitimacy of young Guy Stillman
He is said 10 possess facts which will
virtually tear away the ground work
Of any attempts on the part of the
banker to prove that the 2g months
old boy is illegitimate.
Gug was born in November 1918,
and it is known that Mr.. and Mrs.
Stiiiman lived together for some
months after the birth of the infant.
Stillman. to establish his conten-
ton that he is not the father Of Guy,
must prove that he did not live with
his wife for nine months to a, year
before the birth
ta.:i;: & is SAX. tt:;::: the Buffalo mar,
viii! offer proof that the banker did
live with his wife nine and 10 months
before Guy saw the light OF day.
rs And Long Her Admirer.
During that period 1t has been
established. Clawson, was a guest Of
the Stillmans at their country place
at Pocantico Kills. N. Y. He was
there in January, 1918, and while n
guest Of the Stnlmans he was strick
en- with pneumonia, making 1t neces-
sary for him to prolong his visit.
Clawson. WIN is 25 and long an
admirer Of Miss Anne Stillman wrote
letters home to mis- mother in Buffalo
in which he described the good
times" he was having with the bank
er and his wife and the substance OF
those letters, it is declared, indicates
that Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman not only
were living as ,uan and wife, but that
there was not evident indicat ton of a
breach at that time.
Clawson isstae son OF a millionaire
Wholesale dry goods merchant of