The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-08-09
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"Po6r mother, she always laughed
1t life. And as I looked around
while the funeral was going on
and saw only those who had hated
mother [ got to thinking what
mother would say IL she could sec
all their solemn, I1tpocfitieal faces.
Then as looked saw a
woman in a floppy. wide hat and I
thought what mother would have
said could she have seen that hat
and that solemn, false face and
then something broke inside me
and III got .hysterical and began
to laugh and laugh and laugh. 1t
seemed 50 funny.
Poor nother-shs was such a
dear, good spoftp'
Mother was Mrs. Eleanor Mills,
whose murdered body was found
With that of the Rev. Edward w.
Hall four years ago.
Miss Mills is a girl OF 20, with
intelligence, poise and charm. II
MAS. very clear that she has suf-
Tered greatly from the. tragedy.
knew Everything
Mrs. Hall knew everything
about my mother and DR.. Hail."
Miss Mills went on.
Mother confided in me always.
She told me Of an incident in the
hospital when she was operated
upon for kidney trouble which con-
firms my belief as to Mrs. Halls
knowledge.
Mother said to me OF this:
"fWhen came to from the
ether I saw DR.. Hall and Mrs. Hall
bending over me, one on either side
OF the bed, and I heard Dr. Hal!
say-he was crying
Frances. If Eleanor dies / am
going to kill myself"
Miss Mills eyes clouded With
tears.
"of course, Mrs. Hall knew.
mo one has ever known my
mother as I knew her." said Char.
1otte. Mother was a good woman
one of the best there ever was.
She was quite open in her love for
DIR. Hall. He was open in his love
for her.
81 understood from mother that
DR.. Hail had asked his wife to
please let him go so that he might
go off with mother. and Mrs. Hall
said that it was ridiculous.
a Very Fine Gentleman
What did 1 think of DR.. Hall?
] think he was one OF the finest
men l have ever known. He was
gentle. He was kind. He was a
man with the heart OF boy. He
was always laughing. He was al.
ways trying to do good.
He never had any money. He
never cared fer money. He told
mother he had been forced to marry
AIRS. Hall for her money because of
the social aspirations of his own
family and because his mother
needed support.
THE thing that drew mother and
DIR. Hall together was their COM
mon democracy and their common
laughter"
Prayed About His Love
Miss Mills continued:
DIR. Hall told mother once that
when he was on his honeymoon
with Mrs. Hall he realized he had a
hard task in front of him with a
woman so much older than him
self. and he said he had gone out
on the deck of the boat and had
prayed:
"oh, Lord. give me the power
to make my wife happy. to con-
tedI IfQfD HGE the TACT tildE L no
not love her. God give me the
power to be honorable
THAT was the kind of man DR..
Hall was" said Charlotte. "He
wasn't mean. or petty, or hypocrit.
zeal. He lived his life as an open
book. / guess maybe the other
people would call him dumb-lets
ting them all see what was In his
heart.
But il he was damb-and may
be he was" the girl continued. ut
was the dumbness of man striv.
ing desperately to find the right
thing to do.
Had Little Money
''11e never got much money from
Mrs. Hall. I've known him to go
around with $40 bill for days and
then someone in need would come
to him and away would go the $40.
CDR. Hall would not go to the
social affairs his wife wanted him
to go TO. He didn't like the people
he met there. He said that they
were too small. too stuck Zip, too
little. He wanted to live a simple
life with simple folk"
Charlotte sighed.
HE was a good naan--too good