The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-05
SLAIN MODEL
BRANDED HIM
'SPINELESS'
Book Tells Of Passion
For Robert Flower,
Man She Married

plying contempt for her father.
These are the revelations OF
Ronnie Gedeon, as disclosed today
in a new series of excerpts from
the art models little brown diary
of life, love, laughter and despair.
In these latest excerpts IRE
made public for the first time the
girls opinion Of her upholSterer
father, 54-year-old Joseph Gedeon.
With acid brevity, she wrote of the
man whose nerve was unbroken
by 80 hours Of police grilling:
February Is, 1933-Daddy
came over. We had a big pow
WOW. feel SO sorry for him,
even II he is spineless and ire
spOnsible. He Is my father"
That was all-but enough to ex-
plain the bristling relations OF
father and daughter, which existed
to the day when death Stilled their
mutual diStrust forever.
Reveals Passion For Bob"
But this relationship was not the
dominating motif of Ronnie's girl
hood emotional life. In tortured
condolences to her diary she
poured out the passionate 1nten-
Sity Of her feeling for Robert
Flower, the youth she loved, mar
ried and left.
On February 1, 1882, she set
down in round, adolescent hand
writing this lament.
II can't be without him
and / can't be with him. l
hate him and 1 love him. I
cry when he is not around
and fight when he is. What
should do? Sleep and for
getfulnegs. Saw him and saw
Ladies Of the Big House. 1t
was swell. 1 love Bob"
On the next day-February 2
her love for Bob had risen to
a pitch Of frantic possession and
she no longer recalled-or cared
that she had said she hated
him. She wrote:
Dear God, If he were only
mine for keeps. Also for ages
and ages, I would be happy
MY first love and also my last.
II am disappointed in this,
my whole life will be shat
tered, also my heart. I'd do
anything for him. He didn't
call and said he would. Is it
great to be in lOve?-NO!"
TRIED TO MAKE HIM JEALOUS
Only four nights before she
evidently had tried to make him
jealous. The episode was thus
recorded:
January 20, 1921 went
to o dance and had every
dance with q different boy.
Walked home all alone in the
rain. Because wanted to
think about things. Bobby
came home alone why not
nOw?"
There must have been a quar-
rel. The entry for January 30
read:
"B. loves himself and no
body else. 1 saw him tonight.
Is this infatuatiOn or love?
think it is the latter. Who
could help it? We had q
fight, as, usual. I wonder If
he will call tomorrow. If he
doesn't / will"
There was an entry for Febru-
airy 7, 1882:
went to q party and got
drunk as hell. 1 wanted to for
get Bob for q moment, but
couldn't. / went completely out
on IL drinks straight (she was
Is years old at the time). When
was out I kept calling for my
Bob. Jean put ice on my head,
she told me after"
REBUFFED HIS ADVANCES
On February 8. 1882. Ronnie
wrote:
went to a dance. Chow mein
with Jean and two fellows. Tried
to give me q good night kiss;
said no, he took it. Tried to get
fresh and / took his new derby
and pushed it in his face. ! ran
like hell. Bob will be home soon,
thank God. I'll be so happy
when he comes back to me-"
From that point, the new ex-
cerpts skip almost year, and this
cryptic entry was made:
FEB. 7, 193S-BObby came
over, we have been getting far.
So long. Use requested"
Five days later, comment was
as follows:
"Feb. IL, 193S-WeIl, got rid
of Joe and Chuck. think Chuck
is the most spineless thing in
existence. Just a parasite"
Bob came into the picture again
on February 81, 1888, and there
was more liquor.
saw Bob, went to his house.
Got drunk with Jean. Nearly
but L. I didn't know what / said
for about 10 minutes. But was
all right when walked into the
Pine Room. Never again; /
didn't get thrill"
The fly-leaf of the diary is in
scribed, MY Five-Year Diary"
and is signed Ronnie Gedeon. The
first entry is of January !, 1882.
She writes:
Dear daryl am crazy
about a certain boy named
Bobby. Last night he was
drunk. Do I have to stand for
that?"