The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-09-19
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LETTER FROM ANNETTE An
DERsON TO MRS. JOHN AL
DEN PRESCOTT
MY DEAR MRS PRESCOTT:

n DEAR Mrs fhEoNgA Il
hope you viii forgive me for
bothering you. for with your fear
and grief over your fathers Illness.
certainly DO no, wish 10 add 10
your burdens In any way. But I
have 10 tell you-and may a. well
do n first a. last-that am going
10 leave Mrs. Prescott. Miss Brad
ford and cannot live in tho same
apartment.
% not know what there 4 about
that old maid. but there surely II
something that brings out every crit
lcal and unkind faculty In your
mother In laws personality.
Mrs. Prescott does not strike one
as being a woman who IL readily In
fluenced. bat in her case have
found how easy Il Is 20 appeal 10 the
worst that h in all OF US. Miss Brad
ford makes Mrs, Prescott feel that
she Is not only abused and her more
than wonderful. infallIbls judgment
absolutely disregarded. but she Is all
the time flattering Mrs. Prcsco,t's
narrow cgousm by telling her that
her opinion is much better. on ac-
count Of her long life and experience.
than yours could possibly be. OF
course do not mean this IL being
done In 30 many words. but the in
timation is clear.
have been long enough. my dear
Mrs. Prescott. with all sorts and con.
ditlons OF men and women. 10 know
that age has nothing 10 do with judy
ment a child Of i6 Is sometimes
better capable Of judging tho affairs
Of modern life than a man or a wo-
man Of 50. who has grown up in
a secluded environment and Is full
Of narrow minded preJudices.
Miss Bradford seems 20 sour all
the milk Of human kindness that Ia
in Mrs. Prescott's heart. She has
made her think that her son. thru
your influence. Is not treating her as
a son should treat his mother. r. not
deferring 20 her enough. Nothing
can do seems able 10 change her
thoughts TO something happier or
more kindly. for Miss Bradford has
succeeded in making Mrs. Prescott
think that 7 am in league with you
to curtail her importance and influ.
snce In her sons eyes.
Since Mr.. Prescott went away. Miss
Bradford has persuaded his mother
that the thing to do is 10 give your
apartment a thoro cleaning. or
course think this is only nm excuse
TO 20 thru your most private things.
but I dare not suggest this 10 Mrs.
Prescott. In fact. ] think Mrs. Pres
colt also has sneaking curiosity 70
know exactly what you have and how
you keep It.
You of course know that your cook
has Lett. I believe Mrs. Prescott
wrote that 10 you. As her son took
Sarah with little Jack. OF course your
mothcr-in-law has usurped all the
In your apartment Yester-
day when I returned from my daily
walk, found them emptying your
clothes closets, ana the rooms wcro
a sight. Trunks had been emptied.
bureau drawers turned out on beds
and sofas. and all the clothing that
you had put away in closets as we'll
as that on hangers, had been taken
out Of the closet.
Your mother had hired very or
dinagy scrub woman 10 wash down
the walls and tho floors, and she told
me she was going TO have her brush
your clothes and put them back to-
morrow. The woman was sIoyenly
in the extreme, and am quite sure
she viii never get them back in tho
places where you had them.
Both Miss Bradford and Mrs. Prcs-
colt were exciaimlng over your ex-
trayaRance in clothes.
Next week Mrs. Prescott rays she
intends 70 send your beautiful old
French desk over 10 the cabinet.
makers and havo Il thoroly gone over
and taken apart II necessary to find
the secret drawer she IL sure Is there
somewhere.
Copyright. 1924. ". y. a. Service. Incl
TOMORROW: The letter coniin.
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