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The Washington times., 1922-04-07
GRAF TON WROTE
LOV|NCLETTERS
To CH|LD-W|FE
Begged 17-Year-Old Peggy
Davis to Believe in Him,
Despite Absence.

NEW YORK, April 7.-Letters
v,itten by Joseph Donald Grafton
to Peggy Daris, his serenten-yedr-
old Uife, ,ohile she tCos in Man
haitian sanitariuD,, aud notes sent
to her mother, Mrs. CapitOlu p.
Laird, were obtained today by the
Hearst newspapers.
TWo letters enclosed By Grafton,
IN notes to Mrs. Laird Were sent
from Wilkesbdrre, Pa, on Monday
and Tuesday of last 1ccek.
The Monday letter read:
Wilkes Barre. Pa. Monday.
Precious:
Have just talked to our Muddie
over the phone.
Peg. Dear, Don will be back in
New York the very first minute he
can, but, in justice TO you, mus,
wait till ] have at least some Of the
money we have to have.
Muddie tells me you feel sad be
cause Of my apparent neglect, but
Darling, you mustn't be. You ought
to be absolutely sure that ! love you
better than all the rest OF the world
put together and that every minute
] am compelled to remain away from
you is torture for me.
Baby Darling, please trust Don.
know il looks bad for me TO be away
from you ut this time, but l cant
help it. Those bills must be paid
] must get the money somehow and
! am having an awfully hard time
doing 1t. But don't lose faith in me
I'll manage it. You can depend or
me to do my absolute best.
Your love is all the world to me
dear. You are my wife-my idolizeG
wite-and I have been and am near
iy frantic wi,h the grief caused BY
my inability TO be at your side dur
ing this trouble. II l thought this
affair was turning you against me
or causing you TO lose Your love ano
faith, l wouldn't want TO live any
longer. couldn't live without my
Peggy's love.
Honey, never for a second allow
yourself TO doubt the strength OF
honesty of my love for you-or yot
will do me a grave injustice. You
are my all, Peggy-the sum total OF
all the JOY and happiness this worlo
can give me-and I will deserve you
il you will be patient and give ms
an opportunity to get US out OF this
fix.
Honey Girl, God knows your Don''
heart is very full of you tonight
and has been-and always will be
1t is as natural for me to love yol
as 1t is for me to breathe. for you
are the absolute personification oi
my ideal woman. Ever since | wat
kid there's always been a picture
in my brain OF the girl I hoped som'
day to call "wife"-and it's always
been your picture. Peggy, and 1t al
ways will be.
Honey. depend on me to get there
at the earliest possible moment ano
please, dear, try not to worry-fol
Il will come out all right, sure.
with all the love OF my Who'll,
heart, your husband. DON.
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sitting with bony hands clasped 70
his knees and dim eyes peering into
the distance as the hotel orchestra
played Annie Laurie"
The impression of hawk no long
er. The mask had disappeared. You
saw only an old man. A sad old
man on the last span Of life. An old
man despite his millions and power.
The old man remained motionless
after the last strains of the Scotch
melody had died out.
Some one spoke to him. He started
in his seat and rubbed his eyes.
Pity? You are struck with the
strangeness of it, You are sitting
with the greatest financier of his
day, and your only feeling is one OF
pity.
Applauds Enthusiastically.
The orchestra played "Alohe" in
Mr.. Rockefeller's honor The million.
aire listened to the Hawaiian tune
strummed a few seasons ago by
ukeleles from coast to coast as rapt
as if a masters gem was being play.
ed for him.
He applauded enthusia stically al
the end of the number.
Beautiful" he said to us with a
smile.
Another number that brought ap
plause from him and comment was
The Song OF India"
JaZZ-sOme of il he likes. we
learned, but not on the Sabbath.
1t was Sunday evening. The or
chestra played the "Doxology at the
last and all rose and sang.
Here we discovered that John D.
I'".l;cfeller has a pleasing baritone
voice. The octogenarian oil king
sang the words in clear, strong tones
John d. 3rd, the young son OF
John d. Rockefeller, jr., who was
with him, had to find the words on
the program. Grandfather Rockefel
Ter knew them by heart.
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To DEVOTE
LIFE TOLL
HUMANITY
Woman Freed Of Staying Kin
kead Kisses Attorney and
Friends in Court.

NEW YORK, April freed
by jury of the charge of killing
Ellis Guy Kinkead, former cor
poration counsel Of Cincinnati,
Olivia M. P. Stone declared today
she would devote the remainder Of
her life to the Service Of hu-
manity" in her chosen profession,
nursing.
Crowd Liked Verdict.
II can hardly breathe for my
great happiness" she said.
Expecting to be reinstated In tho
Graduate Nurse Association. Miss
natl and enter the Cincinnati Cen
eral Hospital.
mot guilty, your =" was
as far as the foreman Of the jury
could go when he was stopped by
tumultuous shouting. The cry was
taken up by the huge crowd out
side the court room.
Miss Stone at first was motion
less. Then she sprang up, kissed
her attorney, Edward ]. Reilly,
and grasped the hands of well wish
ers who surged forward.
When order was restored, Justice
Aspinall officially proclaimed the
woman free.
Crowds of men and women surged
about her and cheered and clapped
as she threw kisses at them while
Withdrawing from the court house.
Last night. for the first time
since she was locked up in Jail last
August s, Miss Stone slept in a
'real bed. in a real room with real
comforts"
I'm the happiest woman in the
world" said Miss Stone today. I'm
q free woman at last. At last the
suspense is over. I can go where
/ please. 1 only know that it's a
good world after all and that God
Is just"
The defendant. in contrast to her
highly nervous condition through
out the trial, received the verdict
calmly.
When the verdict was announced,
Justice Aspinall said:
THE laws of the State OF New
York provide in all criminal actions
the jurors are the sole judges of the
fact Of the crime. The jurors must
receive the law from the court and
apply 1t to the facts. You accepted
this law and applied It to the fact
and under your oath of office as eI-
elusive judges you have found this
defendant not guilty of murder in
the first degree. This court must
bow to your wishes and accept your
verdict. You have performed a
great duty.
Justice Aspinall then turned to
Miss Stone and asked her to stand
up.
Miss Stone" he said, "you have
been accorded a fair and impartial
trial. have endeavored to hold the
scales Of justice equally balanced
between you and the people of this
State. Twelve reputable citizens have
said you are not guilty under the
law. I, therefore, discharge you and
you are now a free woman"
Miss Stone was led to an ante
room by her attorney and two
matrons Of the Raymond street Jail.
She looked ten years younger than
she did when she appeared on The
witness stand a few days before.
Women spectators in the courtroom
showered her with flowers.
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MOTHER LOCATES SON
AFTER 2O-YEAR SEARCH

OTTAWA, Ontario, April 7.-After
a twenty-year search extending 10
all parts of this continent. Mrs.
Louise f. Lesueur, of Boston, yes
terday found her son Everett, now
a member Of the Canadian mounted
police. here.
Mrs. Lessueur said her son had
disappeared from home more than
twenty years ago and that she had
sought him in every large city in
the United States and Canada since
that time.
Lesueur has been wanderer and
adventurer over half the face of
the globe. having joined the mount.
ed police in 1919.
His mother traced him after she
had seen his name in a newspaper.
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ALIEN THINKS CANNON
is PRESIDENT OF U. S

SPRINGFIELD, H.. April t.
Uncle Joe Cannon is President OF the
United States. II you doubt II. asl;
Mike Donna, of Staunton, who Is ap
plying for citizenship papers.
who is the head man OF tha
United States?" asked Frank G.
Christy. naturalization examiner a:
the Federal building here.
Me thinks he is Uncle Joe Can
non, but I'm hardly sure" replied
Mike.
Mike was told TO polish up his
knowledge OF Governmental affairs
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out the century mark

The Standard Oil magnate Is
watching the career of Henry Ford.
Mention OF the automobile maker,
who is said to have supplanted him
as the richest man in the world
arouses his deep interest. The aged
Wall street power expressed admira'
ton for the Detroit multimillionalre.
Always keep plenty OF money on
hand" is the advice the great oil
financier once sent the younger
money king.
The two most picturesque finan
cial figures in Observation-Disclosures
and Ford-have never met.
Talks Little Of Riches.
The man whose riches have made
him a figure of legend on two
hemispheres talks little of money.
Wealth cannot buy happiness. he
will tell you.
Money brings happiness only
when spent usefully and wisely
he says. Wealth should be re
garded merely as an instrument to
make the world better and happier
At eighty-three, what is his ambi
ton?
ITO live usefully," he answers.
The billion-dollar prisoner!
Here in this beautiful little Flor
ida resort the billion dollar pris
oner" is free of his prison and
radiates friendliness under the
warming sun.
No inaccessible fences and armed
guards to keep him from the public
as at the great Rockefeller estate In
Tarrytown. n. Y.
Rockefeller, the wall Street
wolf" the money king, cold and
aloof," Ormond does not know.
II is on neighborly terms with
John d. Rockefeller, a pleasant gen
tleman, who works about his garden
In his shirt sleeves like Grandps
Smith.
Plain As An Old Shoe.
The aged multimillionairc roapis
at will. He chats will bellboys, the
grocery man, and the butcher.
plain as an old shoe-a nice ole
man." say the Ormond folks. The
rich man whose name spells might in
the financial marts of the world
takes simple delight in simple things
Golf. the birds, the flowers. and
the trees in his yard-these are sub
jects on which the great John d
diIIObl WdAtG lOl SclllHE
to be thrifty Of words.
Music is one of his great pleasures
His favorite pieces?
tIe mentioned one to us-'A Aloha
Oc."
During the season the train run
ming to Ormond Beach stops in front
Of his house.
He stood in his yard last Monday y
afternoon watching the last of the
seasons train draw out--a spare
figure with round shoulders, wear
ing a gray suit and in his shirt
sleeves.
Mask-like-smaH keen eyes with
out expression-thin lips tightly
drawn. The lips so thin that the
mouth seems merely a slit in the
mask.
That is John d. Rockefeller's face
as it appears to you on first glance
Portrait Well Drawn.
The portrait Of the Standard Oh
King painted by the famous Sargent
shows the face hawk.like. A hawk
YOU get the impression the portrait
conveys when you meet the aged OF
ldng.
But here's a greater picture, one
conveying the pathos and dreams Of
old age-John ID. Rockefeller as W,
saw him the other night.
An old man In immaculate eve
ming clothes that seemed too large be
cause of the spareness Of his figur,
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By MILDRED MORRIS.

international New. servieel
ORMOND BEACH, Fla, April John D. Rookie
feller plans to live 100 years.
"The world is full of interest must live a
long life to get it ALL he says.
Here's the Rockefeller recipe for living to ripe old
age:
Don't worry, eat simply and moderately, live a
Christian life, and play golf"
BY following this regimen he he hopes to round
out the century mark.
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day. asked to use the phone and
then stood waiting and listening.
'Whatll ] tell him he finally
asked and then admitted he'd neevr
used a telephone. He thought a
station house was a good place to
take a lesson"
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CALLS ON POLICE TO
LEARN HOW TO PHONE

LANCASTER. Pa, April o.
"yep. we get queer birds IN here"
said poliCcmnn NJ headquarters
YESTERDAY. "buv came Ia lhs Olhei
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TO LIVE TO BE 100 YEARS, IS
Ohm DIS BIG CONCERN NOW
~sore " ssysssAuoaa.

Following three intimate Of John
D. Rockefeller, mutinlonGre oil king In the Florida
like Grandpa Smth"and he live to be
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Another absorbing instalmcnt Of
DOrothy's diary will appear in The
Washington Times tomorrow.
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making.
JUNE -, 1919.
I'm sleeping out of doors this
summer, where can hear the ocean
waves and breathe the salt water
and think about the absent Herb.
JULY 8. 1918.
Saw Herb in Smashing Through:
1t is the best ever. 1t brings me into
closer contact with him.
JULY II. 1918.
While at my dramatic lesson to-
day ! met Karl. He and Marshal
Stedman husband OF Myrtle Sted-
mani are apparently great friends.
JULY 90. 1918.
Ny palm was read and she"
said / am going to divide million
creative, artistic, and when ! rm
older I am going to visit a city in
which will see a great deal of life.
Here will spend so much OF my life
that they will call me "Aunty.'
II I were a man, I'd be good
lawyer. ! have strong mind, and
some day some one will take some
, thing OF mine and I will discover II
I md my mind will he so strong that
they will give IL back TO me. My
domestic affairs will not run very
smoothly. When | am older I'm
going TO have an accident. | am not
going to be hurt very much, but
will be sickly after 1t. I'm going
to travel to France. Europe and
Egypt. Some fortune!
JULY 30, 1918.
Moved back to the city. 1t is as
| hot as blazes. / am reading the
! life OF Queen Elizabeth. She al
ways told people where to get off
at. She never said no and yet
was careful not to offend. The way
she managed Spain was admirable.
AUGUST 1S. 1918.
I went to Echo Park with a
bunch OF girls. We went out row
| ing. Echo Lake is quite beautiful,
with the weeping willows overhang
ing the banks The low stone
bridges are effective.
AUGUST l.. 1918.
| Mother SAYS, Put your thoughts
into your diary, Dorothy, not your
actions"
| But it's easier to remen n ac-
tions than thoughts. You 40 less
than you think.
AUGUST -. 1918.
So sick Of resting. I'd almost
sell newspapers-anythi - rather
than this sluggish life, vacations,
stupidity-no Herbert.
OCTOBER 20. 1918.
| No parties because of the flu. All
the big stars have It. Everything
is closed up tight.
NOVEMBER |. 1918.
Knitting Herbert a scarf for
Nmas. It's brown khaki, mostly
full OF holes. The holes he 90 ~
breathe through when he rolls the
scarf around his face and nose.
NOVEMBER 8. 1918.
Mother is now nursing Lillian
Gish. who has the flu. was out TO
see Lillian. She looks very sweet
in bed. Her room was all in pink;
very dainty and feminine. She has
such pathetic face. back of which
Is a tragic life because of a beauti-
full love which can never truly
blossom. Perhaps some day the
world will know about the tragic
hopelessness OF her love. The man
loves her so, too,
NOVEMBER 4, 1918.
Dorothy Gish went to the hospital
for a rest and to avoid catching the
flu from Lillian.
NOVEMBER S, 1918.
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JAN. 2. 1873.
seem TO have a life of preparing
for the future. but I'd like to pre-
pare for NOW. II ! should die now,
look at all the wasted time. How
many other folks. | wonder. are in
the same boat, ] have one cheerful
thought: All my studious prepara-
ton will help me to be the woman
want to be--a good. pure. true
woman. one who can always earn a
living or boss a maid, just as the
future holds.
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JAN. 81. 1919.
Herbert takes up three-fourth OF
my thought. ! only hope he loves
me three.fourth as much as | love
him. Men don't know as much as
women how to love,
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FEB. 4. 1919.

FEB. 4. 1919.
My Japanese play. which ! wrote
for the Stand Together Club. was
produced was author. producer.
leading woman and I had TO tell the
players their lines behind my fan.
Whew,
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NOVEMBER ~. 1878.
To make each day pearl--thls
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MARCH 10. 1919
I'm fourteen today. I'm getting
old. Long dresses soon.
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MAY S. 1919
Sometimes 7 sit and wonder what
viii become Of all the stars when
their day is over. Where do they
go from here? Stars live but for
day in the eyes of the public,
and that day is short and sweet.
They play hard, they work hard,
but mostly thev play and drift
What thought they may have
for tomorrow is soon forgotten in
the thought, What shall | do to.
night"
They go out nights and show up
late the next day on the set" but,
because the public wants them for
a time, they can get away with it.
The stars are Clannish. Every
one knows some inside stuff
about everybody else. Even rivals
who hate one another cant tell
what they know. Not a soul in
Hollywood can afford TO throw
stones. Most all of them live in
glass houses.
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JAN. I, 1919.
ILfe is going on the same-quIet
and peaceful, except when mother
, thinks I've left some dirt on my
neck.
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April, 10 1919

APRIL 10, 1919.
Mother left to go East on a nurs-
ing case and I am staying with
friends in Hollywood I'm working
at the Morosco. so 7 can take care
of myself financially. OF course.
that's nothing new. won't miss
mother awfullN much because ]
have lots of friends and compan-
ions
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NOVEMBER 4 1918

ANoN 1870
Lillian Gish sent her car for me
to go to my dramatic lesson. She
Is so sweet and dear! She deserves
more happiness. She gives so much
pleasure to people in her screen
work. Why, oh, why, must her own
life be 70 pitiful? Why can't things
go right in this world just as easy
as they 10 wrong7
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NOVEMBER 4, 1918.
Dorothy Gish went to the hospital
for rest and to avoid catching the
flu from Lillian.
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DEC. 25, 1918.
Recovered from the flu. Received
telegram from Herb, and fountain
ren. Lillian Gish gave me the first
grown.up piece Of underwear I've
ever had. Silk underwear can make
any woman happy.
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is the thought that runs through my
mind somehow. Not a pearl in the
sense OF a tear-Out as a beautiful,
perfect expression. Has this day
been a pearl that | can add to my
memory string?
DEC. s. 1918.
Kiss or Kill" is Herbs latest
picture Priscilla Dean is support
ing him in this picture. OF course |
went to see II. Even though he is in
New York. and has been for nearly a
year, follow all of his pictures.
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DOROTHY CLARK
TELLSO INSIDE
LIFE IN MOVIES
Some Live in Glass Houses
Everyone Can Tell Tales"
She Pens in Diary.

The fourth installment OF Dor
othy Clark's diary is published to-
day. She Writes of Herbert Rat0-
iinson, screen-actor, Uhom her
mother is suing for 5000 900,
charging he attacked her. The
girl denies it. She is only seUen-
teen notU. The other day she mar
ried a piano sdlesmdn IN Nashua,
N. II. She collapsed on her honey
moon.
copyright, 1929, by the Boston Daily
AdvsrtiserD
APRIL rs, 1918.
Herbert wrote me, Keep a stiff
upper lip. Dorothy Because i miss-
ed him so much. I'll try.
MAY II, 1918.
Moved to Ocean Park for the sum.
ner. 1t will be very pleasant for
Inc down here, as / like the water,
having been born on it.
Enter June. month of roses and
sun.burnt noses
JUNE 10. 1918.
Oh. what a party in Nat Good.
wins cafe. Is is a ship on the water
at the end Of a pier. II is gray in
color. All kinds Of dancing, and
don't suppose everyone was sober,
either. We all wore evening gowns,
Of course. The TalmadGes were
there, and everybody was there at
the spree.
We had bubbles and caps and not
much formality. We went from
table to table. mixed in on all
parties. Folks came in small groups.
but they all went home mixed up.
The authorities are talking of
closing the cafe, but the picture
people are fighting this move. They
like this place for a holiday now and
then. I'm too young to mix in
much. but ] enjoy watching their
laughter and dancing and free merry.
making.
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JULY 30, 1918.
Moved back to the city. 1t is as
hot as blazes. am reading the
life Of Queen Elizabeth. She al
ways told people where to get off
at. She never said mo" and yet
was careful not to offend. The way
she manag ged Spain was admirable.
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AUGUST IS. 1918.
went to Echo Park with a
bunch OF girls. We went out row
ing Echo Lake is quite beautiful,
with the weeping willows overhang-
ing the banks The low stone
bridges are effective.
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DEC. L., 1918
have the flu, which breaks the
monotony of nothing 10 do. For
now ! have to take medicine, at
least.
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JUNE -, 1919.
I'm sleeping out of doors this
summer, where ! can hear the ocean
waves and breathe the salt water
and think about the absent Herb.
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JULY II. 1918.
While at my dramatic lesson to-
day l met Karl. He and Marshal
Stedman husband OF Myrtle Sted-
mani are apparently great friends.
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JULY 8, 1918.
Saw Herb in Smashing Through:
1t is the best ever. 1t brings me into
closer contact with him.
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