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EVELYN THAW TELLS HER OWN STORY
For the First Time She Bares Her Real
Life in a Remarkable Autobiography
Starts From Childhood and Car
ries Romantic Story to the
Present Day.
Bv EVELYN THAW.
CHAPTER I
j JI record one s childhood, that pe- j
riod of life is the most elusive. ,
1 lived at Tarentum, on the Alle
ghany River, just outside Pittsburg
l(j Either v.<ts ,t lawyer "Win" Nea- 1
bit was respected from on»* end of the i
country to the other, and had a repu
tation which extended beyond th
line of local celebrity. A < harminc.
genial man. I have only the most
tender memories of him. for be died
when 1 was 10. and that is an ag
when a child begins to form the most
roseate impressions of those she has
marked down for hero worship.
My childhood was the happiest time
of my life. That Is the impression I
have now. I know that I was a tom-. I
boy. very keen on prize fights (of al’,
things in the world), and delighted in I
promoting combats in secluded spots
between children who were vt r.
beautiful to me. but who, in the <*y **
of my outraged parents, were ♦he
/host impossible playmates
My mother is one of the sweetest
women I have ever met. Artistic to
liar finger tips, her home has ever
been an harmonious and beautiful
thing.
I do not know exactly In what posi
tion my father left her, but my recol
lection is that my mother had to pay
frequent visits to court on account of
my father’s affairs.
At first, as far as I remember, we
seemed to be In some prosperity, but
afterward then was a great deal < f
worry. Whatever money my mother
had was gone, and it was necessa/y
for us to rent a few rooms in the J
house to outsiders. • • •
Mother had made up her mind That
•he would leave Pittsburg and go to
Philadelphia. She was very artistic,
and she hoped to get a position as a
designer. We were sent to an aunt,
and afterward to a family which mr
mother had known In Pittsburg.
I was between 13 and 14 at the
time. Ju»t old enough to take an in
telligent Intereat in my parent’s af
fairs. I do not remember exactly what
idea I had as to our future whan 1
went to Philadelphia. • • •
It was there I mot Mrs I Mr a h.
who was an artist She was attracted
by my face, and asked m** if I would
sit as a model for her Here, then,
began the great education, an educa
tion the fruit of which was to serve
me tn such good stead in later years.
Other artists would drop Into the
studio on Chestnut street, and one
woman who came was very anxious
♦hat 1 should sit for her.
Evelyn Thaw’s story of her life, of
which the foregoing is the beginning,
will appear in the Magazine Section
of THE SUNDAY AMERICAN next
Sunday. Do not miss this most re
markable autobiographv of one of the
most interesting women of modern
times. Order your copy of The Sun
day American from your dealer to
day, or, to make sure of getting it, call
up The Sunday American. Main 100.
Gets Money Wired
To Another Man
Atlanta Man Admits He Used Fictl- I
tious Name to Collect Tele
graph Order.
SAVANNAH. Sept 2»».—N. G Darn
ly has been remanded to the City
<o>urt from Police Court. after he had
admitted having used the name of
W. B. M Atkins to obtain money
He is being held on two charges of
obtaining money under false pre
tenses. Darnly sectired S3O from the
Western Union Telegraph Company
by claiming to be Atkins and cashing I
an order for the m<»ney in Atkins |
name. He got $lO from the DeSoto
Hotel also bv using the assumed
name, and left the hotel without pay
ing his board bi!'. Darnly says he is I
from Atlanta
Vicar Rehearses
His Problem Play
London Clergyman Is Author of
’Should the Woman Tell?’ To
Be Produced Soon.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON Sei - the
Woman Tell?” is the title of ,t prob
lem playlet by the Rev A T. Web
dron. < popular London vicar, who j
ha« lectured in America.
It will be produced at a West End
music hall next month; the author is
buti y I* hearsing it.
The Xjene is laid tn the < ieigynian’s
study :Tthere are four characters—a
Aoman. two men and the clergyman
Abo i< called on to solve a subtle
problem m which aex enters.
Latest photograph of Evelyn Thaw, who is telling the first j
chapters of her life story for T h * Sunday American.
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*figgp.
Movies Used in Plan
To Cash Bad Checks
Young Gainesville Man Blandly Ad
mits Getting Money, and Ex
plains His Scheme.
SAVANNAH. Sept. 20.—Thurman
i- Young, of Gainesville, has been
halted by arrest in a series of elever
frauds by which he has duped Sa
vannahians out of small sums of
money. Young has calmly admitted
that he has distributed a number of
! worthless checks in the city. He says
• he has just finished serving a twelve-
I month sentence on the Hall County
chaingang for a similar offense.
Young posed as the prospective
proprietor of a moving picture thea
ter at Gainesville. It was in this
role that he succeeded in securing
< ash from unsuspecting persons. He
• would enter into contracts for fitting
up his establishment, always winding
I up by professing to be short of funds
land asking that a small cheek be
• ashed for him. In nearly every ease
| lie succeeded in getting a little mon-
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WILL TO FORTUNE FOUND
AFTER ANOTHER GOT RICHES
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON. Sept. 20.—When repairs
were being made in tin gardener’s
house on rtie estate of the Duke of
Dt v»»nsh;rv. - Chatsworth, the will
■ f .I<>hn Chester, head gardener for the
Duke, was found In the ceiling. Five
years ago Chester died and no will
could found His estate of $25,000
went tq a distant relative in Aus
tralia. |
The 1 just found bequeaths the
prtperlv to Mis- Prince. Chester’s
h<> s-keeper, who now lives in Chau
u ort h.
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Bands of Bandits
Overrun Sardinia
Son of Wealthy Victim Spends Time
and. Fortune Running Do\*n
. Slayers.
Special Cable to The American.
> MILAN, Sept. 20. bhftven of the
innumerable brigands who overrun
Sardinia are on trial at Catanzaro.
Southern Italy.
They surrounded the chateau of a
j wealthy lord of. the manor of Sisoni.
! robbed and killed him His son shot
one brigand dead, and vowing to
: avenge his father, devoted his time '
’ and wealth to capture the others.
The Government offers a reward of
• $6,000 for the capture of a brigand
band which has long terrorized the
Nuova District of Sardinia
» They have had the eonisnuerie of
Orgosolo at their mercy. for two
years. Eight women and twenty-five
> peasants were arrested for aiding the
; brigands not long ago. Next night
the band murdered Antonio Passino,
the peasant who bad betrayed them.
TTEARSTS SI MiAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1913.
' EXPERTS ■
I ID GIVE JOY ID
' FW'SK
Progressive Ideas and Modern
Equipment Make Her Lot Far
Happier One.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 20.--On the
i primitive farm the convenience and
| welfare of the housewjfe ih the last
to receive consideration. The farmer
builds a big barn and a small shack ,
for a house. The well, which is the
only source of water for both, is |
sunk near the barn. The distance the '
beasts have to go for water is mean- 1
tired in feet, while the distance the I
wife carries the house supply in a ;
bucket is measured by rods. •
It’s the exemplification of the rule;
of the savage and the Indian:
’’Let the women do the work.”
’ Qne of the purposes of the third
annual conference of the Bankers’
Committee on Agricultural Develop
ment and Education, held here re
cently. was to change that condition.
Later the more progressive farm
ers sank the well near the house, in
stalling a windmill or a gasoline
pump.. Pipes were laid from Rip well
to the’.tank at the barn. The house
wife didn’t have to go so far for the
water, but still had to carry it
into the house in a bucket. She
lifted it to the shelf; lifted it from
the bucket by dipper into the dish
pan: lifted it from the dffthpan to the
refuse bucket; then lifted it again to
empty it at the back door.
The modern Idea is to sink the well |
and install the pump or mill so the
house w’lll be between them and the
barn. Then direct the pipe
barn, which has a /small elevated
tank. In that the housewife has
only to turn a faucet for the water
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supply. The installation of a drain
in the house w ill relieve her of all the
lifting of water.
And that all means relief to the
drudgery of the farmer’s wife.
Its through the farm expert, or the
county agent, as he is called in many
States, that the improving of living
'conditions on the farm is expected.
He n» to be the farmer s business
agent. He is to spread the gospel of
improved living conditions as well as
better crops.
BEAR CHASED FROM TOWN
BY BEVY OF STREET DOGS
<TtftEW. WASH.. Sept. 20.—With
the usual Saturday afternoon crowd
of shoppers Curlew was visited by a
largo brown bear. He walked leis
urely into town on the main road un
til within a half block of the post
office. when he was seen by a rancher<
driving in. A bevy of dogs turned
him away in haste. The town was
temporarily depopulated, as people of
all ages started in pursuit of bruin.
Be soon made his escape and quiet
wafc restored.
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WALKER ASKS AID OF U. S.
FOR BRUNSWICK HARBOR
BRrXStVp’K Sept. 20.—Efforts
are being made by Congressman
Walker, of the Eleventh District, to
have the Government deepen Bruns
wick's harbor.
The Congressman has met with
considerable encouragement. and if
his recommendation* are carried out,
Brunswick’s harbor will be one of the
best on the 6uulii Atlantic Coast.
11. S. SURGEDNS
THINK THEY'VE
CUREDLEPROSY
< a.
(Two Patients in the Philippine
Islands Recover From Most
Dreaded of Diseases.
i
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—An ap
parent < ure for leprosy has been
found lf\ surgeons of the Public
Health Service at the leper colony in
| the Philippines—in fact, so much of
| a ( ure that two patients who showed
; riistim t signs of leproby w hen they
| were admitted to the institution have
j been discharged as cured. However,
j there seems to be uncertainty rfs to
: just which of two treatments effected
the <'iire —a vaccine treatment or
chaulmugra oil taken by mouth and
hy podermltally*
The patients who were discharged
were given both treatments, but there
are said now to be in the hospital a
number of other esses which have
shown “negative" for the past twen
ty-two months, and these received
only chaulmugra oil treatment.
Surgeon Victor G. Heiser, of the
Public Health Service, chief qua ran*
rne officer and director of health of
the Philippine Islands. In reporting on
•the two cases w’hich were discharged
says:
"Two patients who had been con-
I fined to the San Lazaro Leper Hos-
I pltal <»n account of leprosy, have been
pronounced apparently cured and dis
charged from that institution on pro
bation.
’The first case was that of a male
Filipino, aged 27. who was admitted
to the San Leper Hospital.
Manila. May 29, 1909. On admission
the case clinically showed thickened
reddish spots on the nose and thick
ening and discoloration of the lobe
of the right ear. He received vac-
Ine treatment at intervals, beginning
in August, 1909, but at the expiration
of one year no change was noted in
his condition. From September, 1910,
to November, 1910, crude chaulmugra
oil was given by mouth in increasing |
doses. •
“The case showed evidences of im
provement. November 10. 1910, chaul
mugra oil. combined with oil of cam
phor and resorcin, was* given hypo
dermically. By May 6. 1911, the le
sions above described had disappear
ed and leprosy bacilli were not found
in repeated microscopical examina
tions.
”On June 11. 1913. a most careful
clinical and microscopical examina
tion was made of the patients, which
resulted negatively for leprosy, and
as ♦he patient had now’ been appar
ently cured for a period of over two
years, he was discharged on proba
tion.
“The other case was that of a
Filipino woman, aged 22. who was
admitted to San Leper Hos
pital, Manila, January 7, 1910. Clin
ically this patient presented a 'Suf
fused countenance, due to generalized
Infiltration.
“Upon admission this patient was
placed upon a vaccine treatment for
a period of five months, but at the
enc of the first month after her ad
mission crude chaulmugra oil by
mouth was given in addition to the
\ accine.
“After the second month the pa
tient began to improve rapidly, and
on May 0. 1911, leprosy bacilli could
not be found on microscopical ex
amination.”
SECRETARY REDFIELD LEFT
A BIBLE AS LEGACY
PITTSFIELD. MASS., Sept. 20.
The family Bible and the stand on
which it rests Is the legacy left to
Secretary of Commerce W. C. Redfield
by Mrs. Mary A. Redfield, his mother,
in her will.
Fthis nrrj .1 r JS matinees -tuesdayT]
WEEK I THUR-DAY, SATURDAY.
From a Successful Run at the Broadway Bijou Theater, New York
THE PLAY THAT STARTLED ALL NEW YORK
THE CONFESSION
By James Halleck Reid
A MODERN UP-TO-DATE PLAY
A Superb Castof Metropolitan Players, Magnificent Production
NEXT WEEK—“SOLD FOR MONEY.”
THIS WEEK | BIJOU |
Fifth Successful Week of the
JEWELL KELLEY COMPANY
Presenting the Great Scenic Melodrama.
“THE C*kLL OF FHF WOODS"
A Story of the Canadian Woods.
MATINEE in p Qnf i nn p Night Prices
Prices lUb dllU ZUb 10c, 20c, 30
‘ * 2.
ALKAHEST
LYCEUM COURSE
AT BAPTIST TABERNACLE
SEASON ISI3-14 WILL PRESENT
10-TEN CELEBRITIES-1O
KNEISEL QUARTET AND FRIEDA SIEMENS. SENATOR ROBERT
M. LA FOLLETTE. DETECTIVE WILLIAM J. BURNS, CHICAGO
GLEE CLUB MALE QUARTET, Rl HELDAF FE R-GA ILE Y COMPANY,
BENJAMIN CHAPIN IN "LINCOLN.” THE DUNAWAY COMPANY,
FRANK DIXON. ORATOR SID W. LANDON. CHARACTERIST; SHUN
GOPAVEY, INDIAN MAGIC.
SEASON TICKET SALE SEPT. 29 TO OCT. 4 AT CABLE
PIANO COMPANY. POPULAR PRICES SI 00 TO 52.00
Greek King Keeps
Under Guard in Paris
Expected That Monarch Will Try to
Undo Impression Made
in Germany.
Special Cable to The American.
PARIS. Sept. 20.—King Constantine
i of Greece arrived in Paris last night
under an almost impenetrable incog
nito, and was driven at once to the
Hotel Lotti, where he refused to see
i any callers. The plans of the Greek
1 monarch were so well guarded that
: there w as no opportunity for the or
* ganization of any public protest
against him. owing to his recent
speech in Germany. However, his re
ception. such as it was. was unofficial
j and the reverse of cordial.
Tt\i* generally conceded now that
Emperor William and King Constan
' tine blundered when they attempted
H<» pit the Prussian training against
i Fren t tuition.
The King will lunch with President
Poinrafre on Sunday, and it is ex
pected he will make some effort to
undo the mischievous impresjjjon cre
ated by his subsldiency to (Germany.
Doctor Gives M. D.’s
Credit for Slit Skirt
Campaign of Medical Men Against
Unhygienic Dressing Results
in Present Styles.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20. —The editor of
The Chicago Medical Recorder, tak
ing note of slit skirts, diaphanous
gowns and dther new fashions, con
fesses in the current number that “one
does see astonishing sights, much that
Is startling, more that is ridiculous."
On the same page, however, is the
reflection that "observant travelers
sa.v that modesty among many of the
savage tribes goes hand and hand
with nakedness.” And, anyway, he
final! j’ rejoices. "Physicians have
made every effort to convince wom
en that their clothing was unhygienic
—and if these much-needed changes
can be brought about in the name of
fashion, why cavil?”
Forest Rangers
Are To Be Named
l Examinations for Positions Will Be
Held at Blue Ridge and
Clayton October 21.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—The!
United States Civil Sendee Commis
sion announces an examination foi
Assistant Forest Ranger on October
21 a<d 22. In the Eastern States the
examination will be held at Blue
Ridge and Clayton, Ga ; Gorham, N.
H.; Andrew's. Highlands and Marlon,
N. C.; Etowah, Johnson . City and
Townsend, Tenn.: Abingdoti, Harri
sonburg. Natural Bridge and Wood
stock. Va.. and Elkins, W. Va.
Candidates must be able-bodied
men between the ages of 21 and 40.
capable of enduring all the hardships
of outdoor life.
Milwaukee Ousts
Socialist Official
Tax Commissioner Is Accused of Re- '
ducing Bank Stock Valuation
in Report.
MILWAUKEE. Sept. 20.—Louis A. I
Arnold, Socialist Tax Commissioner,
a hold-over official, is to-day removed
from office by vote of the Common
Council upon charges of malfeasance
in office and other charges. The
Council by vote of all except the sev
en Socialists voted for removal.
The most serious charge was that
the tax roll as sworn to contained a
reduction in tax of the Second Ward
savings bank stock valuation, made
againsj protests of the assessors. Oth
er charges include removals in vi »- I
lation of civil service rules and the
sw r earing to the truth of incorrect I
assessments. /
HUSBAND HES
NEW RECORD IN
ASKING ALWIY
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Boston Man Enters First Claim
Ever Known to Courts of the
Bay State.
ROSToN. Sept. 20. —Broken teeth,
attacks with utensils ranging from
rolling pins to hot flatirons, poison
threats and a variety of other com
plaints were embodied in the suit for
divorce, with alimony, filed yesterday
by Edward A. Blakeney, against his
wife. Mary A. Blakeney, of Ran
dolph.
Mr. Blakeney’s suit, unique alone
In the fact that for the first time In
the history of Massachusetts courts
a man sought alimony from his wife,
proved the more unusual because of
the specifications which he detailed
to support his charge of cruelty on
the part of Mrs. Blakeney.
To secure his claim for alimony.
Mr. Blakeney also places an attach
ment for $2,000 on the Blakeney
house in Randolph, which he charges
was bought with his money and
merely placed in her name.
Though Mr. and Mrs. Blakeney
were marriefl in March of 1883, her
“acts of cruelty" did not begin until
1900. according to his bill of specifi
cations. His ctiarges indicate that
then they began in earnest.
In Randolph, he alleges, she threw
a carving knife at him with such
force that its handle was broken
when it hit the wall behind him
Later in the same summer, he says,
she struck him in the face and forced
him to sleep in the barn.
Less than a year later, he claims,
she aimed a hot flatiron at his face,
which struck his shoulder and
scorched his clothing. The next
event was at supper time, when she
chose a saucer, which again missed
his face, but cut his ear as it whis
tled by.
When a building on the estate on
which they were living was destroyed
by fire, he says, she accused him of
burning it, and later abused their
son, and insisted that he “lick” him,
so that they had to leave.
Early in 1903, he sets forth, she
threw a bottle containing a "very
heavy substance” at him, but on this
occasion also her aim was poor. She
had better luck, he claims, with a
beefsteak be brought home, for it hit
him in the neck.
Look Who Is Coming! ATg AMT A
Bright Times at the h i LAim s M
Thursday, Fnday, Saturday
SATURDAY MATINEE
AL G. FIELD MINSTRELS
65—Monarchs of the Minstrel World—6s
New Novelties—“ Beyond Compare”
BERT SWOR, The Comedy Reflex of American Minstrelsy
BILLY CLARK, the Droll
JOHNNY DOVE, the International Minstrel
WEST AVEY, the Uncle Remus of the Minstrel Stage
JOE McCARTY, EDDIE SIMMS and AL G. FIELD
THE SHEET ANCHOR OF MINSTRELSY
THE SING ERS
Under the personal direction ot PAUL LaLONDE
PAUL LaLONDE, the English Basso JACK M'SHANE. the Irish Tenor.
W. H. HALLETT, the American WALTER SHERWOOD, the Amen-
Baritone. can Tenor.
JACK RICHARDS, the Welsh Tenor. G - ma n V Baritone R ° GRUN ’ tKe G ' r "
WILLIAM ARGALL. the Australian HARRY FRILLMAN, the American
Tenor. Basso
BIRCH LOGAN. Lyric Tenor. BONNI MACK, the Coon Shouter
20—AND A MALE CHORUS OF TWENTY VOICES-20
- PRICES—Night, 25c to $1.00; Matinee, 25c to 75c.
Seats Monday.
Monday and Tuesday
James Montgomery’s Comedy cf Love and Thrills
READY MONEY
A Play for All Wha Are Married or Expact to Ba.
WILLIAM A. BRADY COMPANY OF CLASS
SEAT SALE THURSDAY. PRlCES—Nights. 25c to $1.50;
Matinee, 25c to SI.OO.
Wed. and Thurs. Oct. 1 & 2 Thursday
Another HENRY W. SAVAGE Success
z “Litt!e Boy Blue*’
With OTIS HARLAN
And a Company of 65 —Mostly Girls
, Augmented Orchestra of 15
D*>irA« Nights, 25c to $2.00. Seat Sale Sept. 27.
■ riCeS Matinee, 25c to $1.50. Mail Orders Now.
r* AM iiy fill Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4
Matinee Saturday
THE de KOVEN OPERA COMPANY
IN »
“ROBIN HOOD”
WITH
ENRICA DILLI
Owing to the magnitude of this production, which comprises 80 Grand
Opera Sinners and their own special orchestra, the management will re
ceive subscriptions By mall In advance. Blanks for this purpose have been
posted to many of the regular patrons. If you have failed to receive one
and wish to secure choice seats in advance, make application for blank at
box office. The prices will be 25c to $2.00. No higher. Regular sale onens
September 30.
iIHSimSN
I PDDLICffIBD
' Him®
i SIOO,OOO Contract With Ha'l
Caine Amazes Literary World,
Says Manager of Cassells.
NEW YORK. Sept •«.—Arthur
1 I Spurgeon, managing «.h ecu»r of < a
1 , sell’s, London, arrived here on the
- . ‘ unard lin< r Caronia en route to :ol
i' < resx the Toionto Press Uhib in To-
ronto on October He taid press
•| < ensorship of books was needed in
. | England, but thought from what ho
i had read of American book prochic
| t’on that censorship was unneces
? sarv.
! He said William Randolph Hearst
Lad made a pronounced impression
5 with his publications in England.- Ho
• was especially interested in the con
s tract bf: wi ■ n Mr Hearst and Kall
I ( wine at SIOO,OOO a year for four
1 years, during which time the novelist
will probably produce two books a
“The qhterprisA of Atr. Hearat com-
• pels the admiralior of ill publish
« er.s in Europe.” he said. “But 1 think
i cn English publisher would hesitate
a long time before emulating it at
>' that figure.
r Regarding plays < ritielsed in New
1 York. Mr. Spurgeon said they could
■ not be tolerated for a moment in
t England. A play that has to do with
consanguineous diseases he consider
ed beneficial
i “It will come to pass.” said Mr.
i Spurgeon, “that thik country will
have to have a Federal commission to
regulate the matters with which that
1 play deals. In India regulations have
caused a striking decrease in dis
ease in the army."
i | BROTHERS TRAVEL 2.000
MILES IN A MOTOR BOAT
I.
KANSAS CITY. Sept 20 - After
traveUng 2,000 miles <»f a trip planned
1 to cover 7,000 mil* s iu a 30-foot mo
-1 tor boat, George <’. Hensler, accom
’ panted by his brothers. Thomas E.
r and John E. Heusler, all of Great
. Falls. Mont., arrived here to-day.
The brothers have-made the jour-
J noy in the Missouri River from Fee :
’ Benton, Mont. Their destination is
’ Florida, which they expect to rem 1
? by the way of Missouri and
i i s’ippi Rivers and the Gu.f of Mexi« ”.
L | Tlley have been on the way a \ear
and a month.