The Washington times., 1927-06-27

the weeping, or course, IL q
fair enough and obvious enough
guess. I have no hysterical con.
vulsions, but I admit do shed
a few tears. Great grief, haven't
/ cause enough? When / think OF
what am and who / am and
where / am and whittier I am
headed; when / think Of my daugh.
ter and my mother; when the re.
morse Of repentance OverwheIms
mel weep, yes-and / am not
ashamed Of IL. I wish could
turn loose enough tears to wash
away the blood and the other
stains.
AS for being fed too much is ridicu-
lous. The reporter who wrote
that must have just finished too
hearty dinner, and, running over
in his mind what would give q
human body the most distress, came
on what was nearest himself.
Her Hair Is Turning Gray
Now, as to my cosmetics
There are hundreds Of snapshots
in existence of me from childhood
up. They show I was always dis.
tinctly and decidedly blonde. When
I was q kid my playmates called
me "cotton-top." I had long vel.
low ringlets that my mother spent
hours making with water around
her fond fingers. Ny hair was
never naturally curly there, I'll
throw that tidbit to the wolves,
and maybe they'll stop picking on
my hair.
IF fhey ra.lIv want IN lruow What
color my hair il turning, il Is not
black or brown-it IL gray!
My whole life has turned gray.
(You can spell 1t with either q
capital or small IetterD
AS for powdering my face-for
whom? have had no visitors here,
as said, except the one reporter,
my lawyer, and three members OF
my immediate family. i scarcely
feel in the hunor or do / suffer
under the impulse TO exercise my
widely discussed sex.appeal ON them,
Uses Face Powder from Habit
I have face powder. ] dab it on
daily IS \ matter Of lifelong habit,
/ use IL as i do soap. stiIl brush
my teeth, too, II anyone is in
quisitive enough to want 'sinside
information" Perhaps the neces.
sity for preserving my teeth is moi
as pointed Is It once was, and as
1t would be to you, my gentle and
unCOnfined readers and reporters,
but cleanliness happens to be my
nearest and maybe only approach
to goodness.
Ny menu Is about the same
strange to say, as it was at home.
Since never INDUCED freely in
cocktails or highballs, those items
which are barred here. leave nc
gap in serving my inner desires.
Now that these momentous topics
sufficiently absorbing to occupy
space in powerful metropolitan
dailies between Indy and Levine
are disposed Of (subject, of course
to the usual crosS-examination OF
all accused persons daring to ties,
ttfy in their own BEHALF may I say
q Few lines. also. about the per.
sistent rumor that my daughter has
repudiated me-may I. please?
Hopes Mother VIII Get Lorraine
1t is matter closer to my own
heart, believe me, than my liberty,
my life, or anything less than the
salvation of my immortal soul. be.
fore which all earthly things. even
this, must bow.
The secret is this:
The courts are to decide whether
my baby is to be given into the
custody Of my mother. who adores
her. whom she adores. and who
raised her more than I did; OF
whether she is to go into the
custody of the Snyders. relatives
Of my late husband.
With all affectionate regard and
unreserved respect for the Snyders
am still inexpressabIy eager
praying, hoping. that Lorraine shall
remain with her grandmother.
The Snyders were not OutwardIy
hostile to me during the dark hours
Of my trial. Their silence was elo