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EVELYN THAW TELLS HER OWN STORY
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For the First 7 ime She Bares Her Real
Life, in a Remarkable Autobiography
Starts From Childhood and Car- '
ries Romantic Story to the
Present Day.
3/ EVELYN THAW.
CHAPTER I.
HiWEVER anxious one ma;. be to
d ones hlldhood. that |. - i
riod of life is the most elusive. ,
I lived at Tarentum, on the Alle
ghany River, just outside Pittsrbur r. :
.My father was a lawyer. “Win" Nes- i
bit was respected from one < nd of th« 1
ountry to the other, ant! had a repli
cation which extended beyond th 1
line of local celebrity. A charming,
genial man. 1 have only the mqit
tender memories of him, for he died
when 1 was l'\ and that is an ae
when a child begins to form the m »st
ro»?ate impressions ~f those she has
marked down for hero worship.
Xly childhood was the happiest time
of my life. That is the impression I !
have now. 1 know that 1 was a tom
boy, very keen on prize fights (of all j
things in the world), and delighted in
promoting combats in srchided spots !
between children who were v»-r I
beautiful to me. but who. in the eyes |
of my outraged parents, were tic j
most impossible playmates.
.My mother is one of the sweetest
women 1 have ever nif t. Artistic to
her finger tips, her home has ever
been an harmonious and beautiful
thing.
1 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 chairs.
At first, as far a*» 1 remember, wc
seemed to be in some prosperity, but ’
afterward there was a great deal • f |
worry . Whatever money my moth- r I
had was gone, and it was n» < < ssar.v ’
, ' 'Tul
"w 1
fur* u.< io rent a fvw rooms hi * ii.’- •
nouse to outsiders. ♦ • •
Mother had made up her mind th t
<he would leave Pittsburg and go to •
Philadelphia. She wav very artistic. •
and she hoped to get a position as a
designer. We were sent to an aunt,
and afterward to a family which inv
mother had known in Pittsburg.
1 was between 13 and 14 at the
lime, just old enough to take an in
telligent interest in my parent’s af
fairs. I do not remember exactly what
idea 1 had as to our future when 1
went to Philadelphia. * • •
It was there I met Mrs. Dara 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,
begun the great education, an educa
tion the fruit of whi. h wan to serva
me in such good stead in later years,
other artists would dron into he
studio on Chestnut street, and one
woman who came was very anxious
t 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 autobiograph’ of one of the
most interesting women of modern
times. Order your copy of The Sun- |
day American from your dealer to- 1
day. or, to make sure of gett ng it. call i
up The Sunday American. Main 100.
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Gets Money Wired
To Another Mani
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Atlanta Man Admits He Used Ficti
tious Name to Collect Tele
graph Order.
ja AVANNAH. Sept. 20. N. G. Darn-; 1
i\ has been remanded to the City 1
Court from P<- >Court. after he had 1
admitted having used the name ot
\C. P. M. Atkins to obtain money : 1
il»* is being held on two charges of I 1
obtaining money under false pre- '
tenses Darnly s« ■ ur»-d ?3u from the ' 1
efiern I’nlon Telegraph Company 1
.’aiming to be Atkins ami cashing !’
•? orden for the money b Atkins |
•me lie got $1" from the DeSoto I
Hotel aso bv using the assumed
.me. and left the hotel without pay - ;
. - his b- ard bill. Darnly s-ays he s
'r-.m Atlanta
Vicar Rehearses
His Problem Play
London Clergyman Is Author of 1
’Should the Woman Tel!?’ To
Se Produced Soon.
Specia' Cable to The American.
LONDON. Sep 2 ‘Should the
Woman T*dl?” is the titie of a prob- ;
lem playlet by the R>o A. T \V». ji
•iron, a popular London vicar, who j <
has lectured in Am-riea
It will be produced at a West En . ’
musi<> bah next month. the author is
busily r« hearsing ii.
The scene is laid in the clergyman’* I
study there are four characters- a
v* omaiQ two men and the clergyman j
"'-o >. ailed on to solve a subtle i
problem in which sex enters. i
Latest photograph of Evelyn Thaw, who is telling the first
chapters of her life story for The Sunday American.
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Young Gainesville Man Blandly Ad
mits Getting Money, and Ex-
* plains His Scheme.
SAVANNAH. Sept 20. —Thurman
R. Young, of Gainesville, has been
halted by arrest in a series of clever
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
be has just finished serving a twelve
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
• ::» by professing to be short of funds
and asking that a small check be
• ashed for him. In nearly every case
i:e succeeded in getting a little mon
e y.
WILL TO FORTUNE FOUND
AFTER ANOTHER GOT RICHES
Special Cable tc The American.
LoNDON. Sept. 2 ,( . When repairs
« re being m ide in the gardt nd >
‘ ouse on th' » siat- of the Duke of
Devonshire. <r Chatsworth. the will
■ ' n Cht ster, head gardener tor the
D . was found in ti e ceiling, Five
yt »rs ago Chester »; td and no will
■mi l be found His cj»’. of $25,000
w»nt tn a distant relative in Aus
tra Ila
Th* Aill jus? found bequeaths the
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ho”- -<rer. who now ivts in Cnats
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Bands of Bandits
’ Overrun Sardinia
Son of Wealthy Victim Spe'nds Time
1 and Fortune Running Down
' Slayers.
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Special Cable to The American.
MILAN. Sept. 2b Fifteen of Lie
■ innumerable brigands who overrun
t Sardinia are on trial at Catanzaro.
Southern Italy
They surrounded the chateau of a
J wealthy lord of the manor of Sisoni. I
robbed and killed him His son shot ,
one brigand dead, and vowing to ,
G avenge his father, devoted his time
r and wealth to capture the others.
The Government offers a reward of
•'56,000 for the capture of a brigand’
• hand which has long terrorized the
. » Ntmva District of Sardinia.
• I They have had the <• nisnuerie off
I Orgusolo at their mercy fur two .
| years. Eght women and twentv-f«ve •
p asants were arrested lor aiding the .
• brigand i not long ago. Next mgii: ;
I the band murdered Antonio Passhio.
the peasant who |»ad betrayed them
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1913.
ffiBTS HK
18 lit JOY ID
FILM’S MFE
Progressive Ideas and Modern
Equipment Make Her Lot Far
Happier One.
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 20. —On th«
primitive farm the convenience and
welfare <,f the housewife is the last
to receive consideration. The farmer
builds a big barn and a small shack
for a house. The well, W’hich is the
only source of water for both, is
sunk near the barn. The distance the
beasts have to go for water is meas
ured in feet, while the distance the
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:
the women do the work."
One of the purposes of the third
annua! conference of the Bankers’
Committee on Agricultural l>evelop
rnent 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 the well
t<» the tank at the barn. The house
wife didn't have to go so far for the
water, but she 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 dishpan 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 will ln» between them and the
barn. Then direct the p»pe to the
barn, which has a small elevated
tank. In that way the housewife has
only to turn a faucet for the water
1
go /Sg
supply. The installation of a drain
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 maViy
States, that the improving of living
•onditions on the farm is expected.
’He is to be the farmer s business
agent. He is to spread the gospel of
unproved living conditions as well as
belter crops.
BEAR CHASED FROM TOWN
BY BEVY OF STREET DOGS
CURLEW. WASH.. Sept. 20.—With
the usual Saturday afternoon crowd
of shoppers Curlew was vi.-ited by a
large brown bear. He walked leis
urely into town on the main road un
til within a half block of the post
office, when he vas seen by a rancher
driving in. A bevy of dogs turned
him away in haste. The town was
emporarily depopulated, as people of
ill ages started in pursuit of bruin.
He soon made his e-vape and quiet
»\ as restored
WALKER ASKS AID OF U. S.
FOR BRUNSWICK HARBOR
BRUNSWICK. Sept. 20.—Efforts
e’e heinu made by Congressman
i Walker, of the Eleventh District, to
have the Government deepen Bruns
wick's harbor.
The Congressman has me with
onsiderable encouragement, and if
is recommend.l ‘ ionF are carried out.
T ; runsv. •». k s hiuboi 4|ill be uie of the
' Lest on the South Atlantic Coast.
IJ. 5. SURGB
THINK THEHE
CURED LEPROSY
Two Patients in the Philippine
Islands Recover From Most
Dreaded of Diseases.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20. —An ap- *
parent cure for leprosy has been I
found by surgeons of the Public!
Health Service at the leper colony in
the Philippines—in fact, so much of
a cure that two patients who showed
distinct signs of leprosy when they
were admitted to the institution have
been discharged as cured. However,
there seems to be uncertainty as to
just’which of tw o treatments effected
the cure—a vaccine treatment or
chaulmugra 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, t hies quaran
t‘ne officer and director of health of
the Philippine Islands, in reporting on
the two cases which were discharged
says:
"Two patients who had been con
fined to the San Lazaro Leper Hos
pital 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
cine 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 the 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 Tatzaro 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
end of the first month after her ad
mission crude chaulmugra oil by
mouth was given in addition to the
vaccine.
“After the second month the pa
tient began to improve rapidly, and
on May G. 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.
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Presenting the Great Scenic Melodrama.
“THE C'l L <>- HI W'>OOS”
A Story of the Canadian Woods.
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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 ,
j 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
any’ callers. The plans of the Greek
monarch were so well guarded that
there was no opportunity for -the or
' ganization of any public protest
against him. owing to his recent
i speech in Germany. However, his re
‘ ception, such as it was, was unofficial
' and the reverse of cordial.
ft is generally conceded now that
i Emperor William and King Constan
tine blundered when they attempted
to pit the Prussian training against I
French tuition.
The King will lunch with President
Poincaire on Sunday, and it is 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 page, 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 l
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
Examinations for Positions Will Be
Held at Blue Tlidge and
Clayton October 21.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—The
United States Civil Service Commis
sion announces an examination for
Assistant Forest Ranger on October
21 and 22. In the Eastern States the
examination will be held at Blue
Ridge and Clayton, Ga.;. Gorham, N.
H.. Andrews, Highlands and Marion, j
N. C ; Etowah, 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 A.
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 charges include removals in vio
lation of civil service rules and the
swearing to the truth of incorrect I
assessments.
HUSBAND MAKES
NEW RECORD IN
ASKING ALIMONY
Boston Man Enters First Claim
Ever Known to Courts of the
Bay State.
BOSTON, Sept. 20. —Broken teeth,
attacks with utensi.s ranging from
rolling pins to hot 11 itirons, 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 married in March of 1883, her
“acts of cruelty” did not begin until
1900, according to his bill of specifi
cations. His charges indicate that
then they began in earnest.
In Randolph, he alleges, she threw’
a carving knife at him with such
force thaX its handle was broken
when it nit 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.
L«ss than a year later, he claims,
she aimed a hot flatiron at his face,
which struck his shoulder and
scorched his clothing. The
event was at supper time, when she
efiose 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 'Cays, 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 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.
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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 A VEY, the Uncle Remus of the Minstrel Stage
JOE McCARTY, EDDIE SIMMS and AL G. FIELD
THE SHEET ANCHOR OF MINSTRELSY
THE SINGERS
Under lhe personal direction ot PAUL LaLONDE
PAUL LaLONDE. the English Basso JACK M’SHANE, the Irish Tenor.
W. H. HALLETT, the American WALTER SHERWOOD, the Ameh.
Baritone. _ can Tenor.
JACK RICHARDS, the Welsh Tenor. G - man V Ba^ltone ßGGßUN ' th * G ' r '
WILLIAM ARGALL. the Australian HARRY FRILLMAN. the American
Tenor. Basso
BIRCH bOGAN, Lyric Tenor. BONNI MACK, the Coon Shouter
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Seats Monday.
Monday and Tuesday
lames Montgomery’s Comedy of Love and Thrills
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WILLIAM A. BRADY COMPANY OF CLASS
SEAT SALE THURSDAY. PRlCES—Nights. 25c to $1.50;
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Wed. and Thurs. Oct. 1 & 2 Thursday
Another HENRY W. SAVAGE Success
“Little Boy Blue”
With OTIS HARLAN
And a Company of 65—Mostly Girls
Augmented Orchestra of 15
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WITH
ENR Io A DJLLI
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ceive subscriptions Dy ma.l In advance. Blanks for this purpose have been
posted tc many of the regular patrons. If you have failed to receive one
and w sh to secure choice seats -n advance, make application for blank at
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September 30.
HEARST BRITISH
PURLICATIONS
REM PRAISE
SIOO,OOO Contract With Hah
Caine Amazes Literary World,
Says Manager of Cassells.
NEW YORK. Sept. 20.—Arthur
Spurgeon, managing director of Cas
sell’s, London, arrived here on the
Cunard liner Caronia en route to ad
dress the Toronto Pr*s Club in To
ronto on October 5. He said press
censorship of books was deeded tn
England, but thought from what he
had read of American book produc
tion that censorship was unneces
sary.
He said William Randolph Hearn
had made a pronounced Impression
with his publications In England. Ho
was especially Interested In the con
tract between Mr. Hearst and Hall
Caine at SIOO,OOO a year for four
years, during which time the novelist,
will probably produce two books a
year.
“The enterprise of Mr. Hearst com .
pels the admiration of all publish
ers in Europe,” he said. “But I think
an English publisher would hesitate
a long time before emulating It at
that figure.
Regarding plays criticised in NWw
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 to have a Federal commission to
regulate the matters with which that
plav deals. In India regulations have
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 of a trip planned
to cover 7.000 miles in a 30-foot mo
tor boat. George C Hensler, accom
panied bv 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
Benton. Mont. Their destination is
Florida, which they expect to rea
by the way of Missouri and Missis
sippi Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico
They have been on the way a year
and a month.