The Washington herald., 1922-12-09
Letter Written During Court
ship Tells Of Ambition
to Make Her Leader
CALLED HIS "INsPIRATIoH"
Bares Hope to Give Her Salon
RivaIing in Rich SpIendor
Those of Second Empire
BY Universal Service.


(Reproduction Prohibited.)
NEW YORK, Dec. S.-When
Eugene v. Brewster formed the
purpose to mold Corliss Palmer
into a great film star it was not
the first time he had shown am
dition to shape a woman's career.
In courting his second wife,
Eleanor Van Voss he planned to
make her q great social leader,
This is shown by a letter obtained
exclusively today by Universal
Service and the New York Amer
lean.
CALLED INSPIRATION.
This letter was written to the
second Mrs. Brewster in their
courtship. Dated simply Thurs.
day" it was composed in the sum,
mer OF 1916. After meeting Miss
Van Voss at Saratoga, Brewster
married her in the fall of that
year at Stamford.
In the letter, Brewster refers
70 his belief that with Miss Van Voss
millions through his enterprises
hC ACNNCA AohO"S-
My Queen:
Your mothers sweet communi-
cation came to hand this morn
ing and l hasten to reply. 1t
may not be altogether according
to Hoyle that / should make my
reply to you. But we are as is,
and poor excuse is better than
none for what we want to do.
II is unnecessary to add that /
shall accept with pleasure your
mothers kind invitation for Sun
day dinner.
LOOKS T OFEAST OF JOY.
Delightful anticipation OF that
happy event will make the in
vening hours seem like years.
How / live across the days which
bridge the period to that feast of
Joy? The transport of ecstasy
with which / look forward to the
happy hours to come are like the
bliss Of a remembered pain.
May I be permitted to tell you
that your regal figure moves
through the perfumed place of my
dreams. My days have been busy
ones. people in and out of the
office. editing and preparing ar
ticles. selecting pictures and gen.
orally gathering together the ends
OF my business that went WOOL
gathering on my last trip out n
town. For. as told you, l am
man Of many interests and a null
tiplicity Of affairs.
You have affected me. rare. in
a most strange manner. have
to be busy with many practical
matters. conferences. orders, ar
rangements. contracts and the
like. Since l have met you these
very real things seem like the
shadowy substances Of dreams and
my absent Heavens Masterpiece
as the only reality.
EMPRESS OF HEART"
have not been sleeping well. 1
toss feverishly and fitfully. Ny
friends think I have been work
ing too hard again, but l know
the truth. | cannot sleep because
Of you.
In my dream palace you move
In royal raiment as the empress
Of my heart. The splash of frag-
rant fountains plays a soft obli-
cato to your silvery voice. Proud
peacocks preen their plumage In
your shadow. There I am satis-
L1eO 10 DE lIle SuDIIllooiNc Cdpl4NC
OF your charms.
/ know you are a true aristo-
crat and that you have the
bluest OF colonial blool In your
veins. But my name, Eugene.
means well-born. born Of good
stock, and YOU are aware, I am
sure. that the name Brewster is
q famous one in history.
1t is too bad did not meet you
sooner. and then again II may
all be for the best. Well-born as
was / feel since l have met
you that I have been born again.
I have slOughed off all the scars
and worries of my past struggles
and hard experiences like a ser
pent sheds its skin. / am young
again. full of life and ambition,
since you came to illuminate my
life.
There are many things that /
can do for YOU il YOU will only
let me. A woman like you should
he the head of n salon, You
should hold a royal court. About
you there, should be gathered the
leaders in the great worlds of
science. the arts. literature and
great industries.
EMISSIONS GREAT SALON.
You should have great sculptors
and painters. celebrated states.
men and authors, distinguished
musicians and mighty financiers
crowding your halls and dancing
attendance on YOUR charms.
envision for YOU a salon
Of such splendor that those of
the second empire would pale
Into insignificance. You have the
culture, the intelligence. the rare
charm for such triumphs.
i can help you to reach that
proud Dosition. nv guiding star.
I should be satisfied to have the
world know and remember me
the ladder on which you climbed
TO such an eminence. My enter.
prises will furnish the material
means for your social supremacy.
With your inspiration they viii
become veritable mints Of Midas,
yielding gold uncountable to feed
your entertainments and sustain
your imperial court.