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EVELYN THAW TELLS HER OWN STORY
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For the First Time She Bares Her Real
Rife in a Remarkable Autobiography
Starts From C ildhood and Car
ries Romantic Story to the
Present Day.
Bv EVELYN THAW.
CHAPTER I
HOWEVER anxious onr tn.o be •->
record one s childhood, that j. ■-
Hod of life is th most elusive
1 lived at Tarentum, on th# Alb-
Chany Rivt-r, just outside Pittsburg
My father was a lawyer. “W in” Nt -
bit vs as respected from nn» end of the >
•■•unlit to ■ r-
tation which extended beyond in
line of local celebrity. \ charming,
genial man. J have only the most
tender memories of him. for I p di* <1
vs hen I was 10, and that is an au •
when a child begins to form th*- m »st
roseate impressions of those she has
marked down f<w hero worship.
My childhood was the happiest tim*
of my life. That is the impression I
Jjave now. I know that I was a tom
boy . ver' ’• . fight (of • ■
things in the world), and delighted
promoting tombats in secluded spot®
between children who were ver. ,
beautiful to me but u ho. in the ev >
of my outraged parents, were *h“
most impossible playmates.
My mother is one of the sweetezt
women I have ever met. Artistic to
her finger tips, her home has ev«*r
been an harmonious and beautiful
thing.
• ♦ •
I do not know exactly In what posi
tion my father left her. but rnv 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 1 remember, we
seemed to be in some prosperity, but
afterward there was a great deni • f
worry. Whatever money my mother
had wns gone, and it was necessary
• A?
for in t<» rent a few room? in the ’
house to outsiders. • • •
Mother had made up her mind th«t •
■ tie would leave Pittsburg and go to (
Philadelphia. She wag very artist!-,
and she hoped to get n position as a
designer. We were sent to an aunt,
snd afterward to a family which mv
mother had known in Pittsburg.
I was -between 13 and 14 at the
time, just old enough to take an in
telligent interest in my parent’s if*
fairs. T do not remember exactly what
idea 1 had as to our future when 1
went to Philadelphia. • • •
It was there 1 met Mrs Dara’h.
who was an artist. She was attract’?.!
by my face, and asked nr If 1 would
sit as a model for her Here, then,
began the great education, an educa
tion the fruit of which was to serve
me in such good stead in later years.
Other artists would dron into 1 ?
studio on Chestnut street, and one
woman who came was very anxious
that I 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 Ficti
tious Name to Collect Tele
graph Order.
SAVANNAH. Sep: 20 —N. G. Darn.
iy has been remanded to the City
■<»urt from l’-’i • Court, after he had
:< droit ted having used the name ot
\V. B. M. Atkins to obtain money ;
He is being held on two charges of ;
obtaining money under f:ds» pi*- I
tenges. Darniy ured from the.
Western Union Telegraph Company ’
bv ( ’aiming to he Atkins and cashing !
an order for the money hi Atkins j
name He gut sin from the DeSoto
Hotel as*. hy us ng the assumed ’
name, and left the hotel without nay. |
Ing hi* board bit Darniy says he s *
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. Sept. _■ ' > <ndd :>e
Woman Tell?” is the tit:e •>' a ir<»b
'.cm playlet bj the Re\ A. T \\
dron. a .popular London vicar, w <
hgi* lectured in Atneri* .«
It will i-o prod u •'» a t ■ W< st En
music hall next month. the author is
busily rehearsing it.
Ti e scene is laid in the clergyman’s
study:., '.here are four char ters a
woman two men and the clergyman
who v died on to solve subtle
problem jn which itx enter*.
l-.itot photograph of Evelyn Thaw, who i> telling the first ,
chapters of her life story for Th- '' unlay American.
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Movies Used in Plan
To Cash Bad Checks
j Young Gainesville Man Blandly Ad
mits Getting Money, and Ex
plains His Scheme.
s\\ A N NAH Sept. 20. Thurman
K Young, of Hainesville, has been
halted by arrest in a series of clever
frauds by- which be has duped Sa
vannahians out of small sums of
tii-mcy. Young has calmly admitted
! that he has distributed a number of
! worthless cheeks in the city. He says
‘ I HOI v .ng a t w «*lve-
£ent< i • on ihe Hall ('ounty
! chaingang for a similar offense.
Voting p»»sed as the prospective
j proprietor of a moving picture thea-
I ter at Gainesville. It was in this
jr.de that ba succeeded in securing
j » ash from unsuspecting persons. He
would enter into contracts for fitting
I up his establishment, always winding
' up by professing to be short of funds
and asking that a small check be
. ash* I for him. In nearly every case
; he succeeded in getting a little mon-
I ex .
WILL TO FORTUNE FOUND
AFTER ANOTHER GOT RICHES
Spec al Cable to The American.
LGND<>N. Sept 2*< W hen repairs
?jv\*-r« being mad*' in the gardener’s
( house on the cstat* of the Duke of
Devons ■ • it 1 worl
• f .1 cu <'host* r. head gardener for the
I Duke, was found in the celling. Five
’ y» . rs ago f’h* ster died and no will
* I could b»- found His estate of >25.00’1
(went |o a distant relative in Aus
- tra’ta.
i| The*wiil ju*t toum bequeaths the
> * Prin Chester’s
■ '■ • ep. :. who now livt s in Chats
* u r»rr h.
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Bands of Bandits
Overrun Sardinia
Son of Wealthy Victim Spends Time
and Fortune Running Down
Slayers.
I
I Special Cable to The American.
MILAN. Sept. 2u. Fifteen of the
innumerable brigands who overrun
t Sardinia are on trial at Catanzaro.
] Southern ltal\
Thwy surrounded the chateau of a
[: wealthy lord of the manor of Sisoni.
i robbed and killed him. His son shot
■ »»ne brigand dead, and vowing to
; j avenge his father, devoted his # time
P i and wealth to capture th*' others.
| The Government offers a reward of
- ' >O.OOO for the capture of a brigand
1 band which has long terrorized the
. Nuova District of Sardinia
• i They have had the conisnuerie of
j Orgosolo at their merry for two
| years. Eight women and twenty-five
I peasants were arrested for aiding the
brigands not long ago Next ght
the band murdered Antonio Pass’n ».
the peasant who bad betrayed them
HEARST’S SC.XOAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA. GA.. SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1913
EXPERTS BBS 11. S. SURGEONS
TO GIVE JOY TO ITHINKTHEY’VE
MEETS M CURED LEPROSY
Progressive Ideas and Modern
Equipment Make Her Lot Far
Happier One.
KANSAS <ITY. Septi 26. On the
primitive farm the convenience and
1 welfare of the housewife is the last
•to receive considerfitioji*. The farmer
| builds a big barn and ii small shack
for a house. The well, which is the
only source <»f water f<*r i>oth. is
I sunk near the barn.. The distance the
! beauts have «» go f<»r writer is rneas-
I ured in fe*-t. while the distance the
wife carries the house supply in a
bucket is measured by nmis.
It’s the exemplification of the rule
of the savage and the Indian:
“Let the women do the work.'
One of of die third
annual conference of the Bankers’
I'ommittee on Agricultural I/eveiop
ment and Education, held here re
cently. was to change that condition.
Later the more progressive farm
ers sank the well near th.e house, in
stalling a windmill or a gasoline
immp. Pipes were laid from the well
to the tank at the barn. The house
wife didn’t have to go so far for the
water, but she still had to • airy it :
into the house in a bucket. She :
lifted it to the shelf; lifted it from
i the bucket by dipper itßlo the dish
pan; lifte<l it from the dmhp&n to the
' refuse bucket; then lifted it again to
I empty it at the back door.
The modern idea Is to sink the well |
i and install the pump or mil) so the
house will he between them and the
barn. Then direct the pipe to the
barn, which has a fitnall elevated
tank. In that wey the housewife has
only to turn a faucet for the water
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X; s* »r
supply The installation of a c *ain
in the house will relieve her of all the
lifting of water.
And that all means relief to the
drudgery of the farmer's wife.
It s through the farm expert, or the
county agent, as he is called in many
Statqg. that the improving of living
■onditions on the farm is expected.
’He is to be the farmer's business
agent. 11*' is to spread the gospel of
improved living conditions as well as
better crops.
BEAR CHASED FROM TOWN
BY BEVY OF STREET DOGS
CURLEW. WASH . Sept. 20.—With
the usual Saturday afternoon crowd
of shoppers Curlew was visited by a*
large brown bear, lie walked leis
urely into town on the main road un
til within a half block of the post
offive. 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.
He soon made his and quiet
was restored. •
' WALKER ASKS AID OF U. S.
FOR BRUNSWICK HARBOR
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I BRUNSWICK Sept. 20.—Efforts
• i are being made by Congressman
I Walker, of the Eleventh District, to
f ’ have the Government deepen Bruns-
* w lek s harbor.
»< The has met with
' considerable encouragement, and if
; hi* recommendations are carried out.
. . Brunswick’s harbor v 111 be one ot the
’ best on the South Atlantic Coast.
Two Patients in the Philippine
Islands Recover From Most
Dreaded of Diseases.
; WASHINGTON. Sept. 20. — An ap
{ parent cure for leprosy has been
| found by surgeons of the Public-
Health Service at the leper colony in
the Philippines—in fact, so much ot
a cure that two patients who showed
distinct signs of leprosy when they
, were admitted tu the institution have
I been discharged 3b cured. However,
’ there seems to be uncertainty as to
just which of two treatments effected
the cure—a vaccine treatment or
chauimugru oil taken by mouth and
hypodermically.
The patients who were discharged
were given both treatments, but there
are said now to be in the hospital a
number of other cases 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 quaran
t‘ne officer and director of health of
the Philippine Islands, in reporting on
the two cases which were discharged
sfiys:
“Two patients who had been < on-
I fined to the San Lazaro Leper Hos-
I pltal on 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 Lazaro 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-
I cine treatment at intervals, beginning
in
of one year no change was noted in
his condition. From September. 1910.
to November, 1910, cruck* chaulmugra
oil was given by moutlrln increasing
doses.
"The case showed evidences of im
provement. November 10. 1910, • haul
mugra oil, combined with oil of cam
phor and resorcin, was given hypo
dermically. Ry 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 s 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 w oman, 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
cm of the first month after her ad
i mission crude chaulmugra oil by
i mouth was given in addition to the
I vaccine. •
I "After the second month the pa
tient began to improve rapidly, and
on May ♦». 1911, leprosy’ bacilli could
not be {ound on microscopical ex
amination."
SECRETARY REDFIELD LEFT
A BIBLE AS LEGACY
PITTSFIELD. MASS.. Sept. 20.
The family Bible and the stand on
which it newts is the legacy left to
Secretary of Commerce*W. C.‘ Redfield
in Mrs. Mary A. Redfield, his mother,
in her will.
THIS rjKVJ .5 MAWEES -TUESDAY,
WEEK AH THUR WAY, 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 Cast of Metropolitan Players, Magnificent Production
NEXT WEEK—“SOLD FOR MONEY”
THIS WEEK I BIJOU I
Fifth Successful Week of the
JEWELL KELLEY COMPANY
Presenting the Great Scenic Melodrama.
“THE CXLL OF iHF WOODS”
A Story of the Canadian Woods.
MATINEE in p Qnf | Ofip Night Prices
Prices lUb dllU Zlb 10c, 20c, 30
ALKAHEST
LYCEUM COURSE
*-
AT BAPTIST TABERNACLE
SEASON 1913-14 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. RIHELDAFFER-GAiLEY COMPANY.
BENJAMIN CHAPIN IN "LINCOLN." THE DUNAWAY COMPANY,
FRANK DIXON. ORATOR: SID W LANDON. CH A R ACTE RIST; SHUN
QOPAVEY. INDIAN MAGIC.
SEASON TICKET SALE SEPT. 29 TO OCT. 4 AT CABLE
PIANO COMPANY. POPULAR PHICES St 00 TO S2.CO
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, w here he refused to see
i any’ callers.' The plans of the Greek
j monarch were so well guarded that
there was 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
; and the reverse of cordial.
h is generally conceded now that
Emperor William •and King Constan
; tine blundered v en the. attempted
io pit the Prussian training against
I French tuition
Tile King will lunch w ith President
Poinraire on Sunday, and it>lß ex
pected he will make some effort to
undo the mischievous impression cre
ated by his subsidiency 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 other 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 psge, however, is the
reflection that “observant travelers
< say that modesty among many of the
savage tribes goes hand and hand
with nakedness.” And, anyway, he
finally rejoices. "Physicians have
made every effort to convince wom
en that their clothing was unhygienic
if these much-needed changes
can be'brought about in the name of
fashion, why cavil?”
Forest Rangers
Are To Be Named
i Examinations for Positions Will Be
Held at Blue Ridge and
Clayton October 21.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 20.—The
United States Civil Service Commis
sion announces an examination for
Assistant Forest Ranger bn October
21 and 22. In the Eastern States the
examination will be held at Blue
Ridge and <’layton, Ga ; Gorham. N.
II.; Andrews. Highlands and Marlon
N. C ; Etow ah. Johnson City and
Townsend. Tenn : Abingdon. Harri
sonburg. Natural Bridge and Wood
stock. Va.. and Eikins, \V. 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 \.
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
against protests of the assessors. Oth
er charge's include removals in vio
lation of civil service rules and the
swearing to the truth of incorrect
assessments.
iIUSBAND MAKES
NEW RECORD IN
ASKING ALIMONY
Boston Man Enters First Claim
Ever Known to Courts of the
Bay State.
BOSTON. Sept. 2»>. Broke?) teeth,
attack® with utensils ranging from
rolling pins to hot flatirons, poison
threats and a variety of otner com
plaints were embodied in the suit for
divorce, with alimony, tileu yesterday'
by Edward A. Biakeney, against his 1
wife. Mary A. Blakeney, of Ran
dolph.
Mr. Blakeney's-suit, unique alone
in the fact that for the first lime 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 place® an attach
ment for $2,000 on the Blakeney’
house in Randolph, which he charge®
was bought w'itb his money and
merely placed in her name.
Though Mr. and Mrs. Blakeney’
were married in March of lfiß3. her
"acts of cruelty” did not Begin until
1900. according to his bill of specifi
cations. His charges indicate that
then they begafi 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 bam.
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
hi* face, but cut his ear as it whis
tled by.
VV hen a building on the estate on
which they' were living was destroyed
by fire, he says, .she accused him of
burning it. and inter 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 Idm, but on this
occasion also her aim was poor. She
had better luck, he claim®, w a i
beefsteak be brought home, for it hit |
him in the neck.
Look Who Is Coming! ITI AMT A
Bright Times at the A I LAIi I A
Thursday, Friday, 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 SINGERS
Under the personal direction ot PAUL LaLONDE
PAUL LaLONDE. the English Basso JACK M’SHANE. the Irisn Tenor.
W. H. HALLETT, the American WALTER SHERWOOD, the Ameri-
Baritone. _ can Tenor.
JACK RICHARDS, the Welsh Tenor. G ma n V Ba N rito^e ßGGßUN ' 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—2O
PRICES—Night, 25c to $1.00; Matinee, 25c to 75c.
Seats Monday.
Monday and Tuesday
lames Montgomery’s Comedy of Love and Thrills
READY MONEY
A Play for All Who Are Married or Expect to Be.
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
Another HENRY W. SAVAGE Success
“Little Boy Blue"
With OTIS HARLAN
And a Company of 65 —Mostly Girls
Augmented Orchestra of 15
Nights, 25c to $2.00. Seat Sale Sept. 27.
r lICeS Matinee, 25c to $1.50. Mail Orders Now.
fyi I EM f* H and Saturday, Oct. 3-4
w w!vl iniVXBB Matinee Saturday
THE de KOVEN OPERA COMPANY
IN
“ROBI N HOOD”
WITH
EN R ICA DILLI
Owing to the magnitude of this production, which comprises 80 Grand
Opera Singers and their own special orchestra, the management will re
ceive subscriptions by mail 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 opens
September 30.
HfflST BRITISH
PUBLICATIONS
BEMUSE
SIOO.OOO Contract With Hall v
Caine Amazes Literary World, *'
Says Manager of Cassells.
NEW YORK, Sept. 2o. —Arthur
I Spurgeon, managing director oa Cat.
i sell’s, London, arrived here oil the
; < unard liner Caronla en route Ao au- j
i dress the Toronto Press Club in To
' ronto on October 5. He said press
censorship of books was needed in
l England, but thought from
: had ro;»d <>f American hook -
1 on :!.ut . • r.>.>r va -
sa r * v -
H. Wdlia n Randolph
l.cd T, ; ;,d»-- .i j.ronoum-. <1 ini pres
w.r’i liis publ:< ations in England.
w;t.< cin’dy
t d< t between Mr. Hearst and
• pine at SIOO,OOO a year for
\<ais. during which time the novel is
will probably produce two books
year.
"The enterprise of Mr. Hearst com
pels the admiration of all publish- 1
ers in Europe.” he said. "But I think
r.n English publisher would hesitate J
a long time before emulating it at
that figure.
Regarding plays criticised in New
York. Mr. Spurgeon said they could
not be tolerated for a moment in
England. A play that has to do with
consanguineous diseases he consider
ed beneficial.
"It will come to pass.” said Mr.
Spurgeon, “that this country will
have tu have a Federal commission to
regulate the matters with which that
play deals. In India regulations ha\«
caused a striking decrease in dis
ease in the army."
BROTHERS TRAVEL 2,000
MILES IN A MOTOR BOAT
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 20.—After ,
traveling 2.000 miles ot a trip
to cover 7.000 miles in a 30-foot mo
tor boat. George C. Hensler, accoin- •
panied by his brothers. Thomas E.
and John E. Hensler, all of Great
Falls. Mont., arrived here to-day.
Tlie brothers have made the jour
ney in the Missouri River from Fort
•Henton. Mont. Their destination i«
Florida, which they expect to r-a<• ■
by the way of Missouri and Missis
i sippi Rivers and the Gulf of Mexieo.
I They have been on toe way a year
' and a month.