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Poor Little Millionaire Willie
Lemp Lives in a Fairy Land
with a Whole Menagerie to
Amuse Him, but He Is Very
Sad Because He Can't
Climb on His Father's Knee
and Be Hugged—All on
Account of a Divorce.
LITTLE Willie romp, heir to the
millions o' the beer-brewing Letups,
of St. Louis, “has everything he
wants but papa."
He haa a beautiful home with n grassy
bark lawn playground, where hla pet don
kev and lamb graze contentedly, or romp
with him whenever he la In the mood.
There are shade trees and clusters of
Woomlng shrubs, a fountain, a little fish
Pond, and* birds in rages and monkeys
•winging b» their tails In other rages.
No outsider ran disturb little Willie
I.emp In his delghtful playground, for It Is
Inclosed by a high, tight hoard fence. Willie
le a ruddy, round-cheeked boy of «=eren.
with laughing eyes—only. every little
while, a shadow falls across his face be
cause of the reflection that while he has
everything else he want* he can’t have his
papa.
Not eery long ago he had his papa, too
How he lored him! What Joy It was to
climb up on his knee and be tightly
squeezed in those strong arms! What de
light to be seized by those loving, powerful
bands and tossed half way to the celling
end caught safely, “either end up with
care I**
From hfs delightful plavground. looking
across s narrow street through an office
window, little Willie Lemp can sometimes
•ee hie papa, and waft him a kiss, and re
••tve a kiss wafted back In reply -but
•hat Is not harinn one's papa And so
•here are times when little Willie hemp
wonld willingly give np his beautiful play
ground -yes. and the donkey and lamb, foi
terrier and the birds, and even the mon
keys swinging by their falls if hla papa
wonld come home to him agnln.
Little Willie Lemp doesn’t know e*artJv
what this trouble Is that keeps his papa
sway He knows his papa Is a good man.
for every one says ao: his mamma's pnpa
a.sya ao. Of course, he knows that his
mamma Is a good woman fie would
know that even If everybody was t sure
It.
Wring has lust one cine to the difficulty,
whlrh he doesn't quite understand He
overheard the cook any what a pit? it wn
that Mr and Mr* Temp both had such »
temper, and “couldn’t hit It off.” Little
Willie Is too young to divine what extreme
care bis father and mother took that no
bint of their misunderstandings should
reach hi* Innocent ears
ftmall Willie Lemp doesn’t know ft yet,
bat It la settled that a great change i«
soon to come Into bis life He Is going to
have bta papa—out day In the week; but
first—aa though he were one of the p'ioreet
hf the little boya who live In the Kt. Louis
itam#—he la going to he turned oat of bis
ion#, oat of hla charming playground.
will have to say goodbye to the
mo. Leys and the birds Hood no more
eon he strike the velvet note of his be
ored donkey, or clamber ever his patient
Me*. The lamb will grow up into a
•weep under other c/ea.
It will be a long time before William
J. Ivemp 111. will realize the full meaning
of this change soon to come Into his life
The truth is that next September Mrs.
Lump's suit for divorce will be tried. In
the meantime Mr. Lemp drops his suit for
absolute custody of his son. under an
agreement that he is to have the boy
with him for eight hours each week. But
this same agreement turns Mrs. Lemp and
little Willie put of the old home, with Its
famous playground, and sends them for
the Summer to the home of her father
in Oconornowoc, Wls.
Mr. Letup will go for the late Rummer to
Milwaukee, where he has large business
Interests, and from where he can ensllv
go once a week to Oconomowoe to .spend
the day with his boy. In September all
parties must return to Bt. Louis, where
the divorce caae will be on trial, and
where Mr. I>emp can have little Willie for
a weekly visit.
Mrs Lamp's grounds for divorce do not
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Willie Lemp and the Pet Donkey He Hae to Give Up.
• pp*«r T.rjr .übattnttal. Th* *nurt ha#
or.|»rM the Itw/.r. for Mu. I.»rnp to
• peclfj- p.nr) name. In the
»l!e*„t‘on thet t.*inp r«l|,rl hie wife op
probrlo m no roe.: that he aiked her
whether I.’OOOO or (200.000 would Indue*
her to get a dlrorco; that h* counter
orah.lei) her order, to the .errant., and
that on one oecaalou h* told her In the
preaen-e of the butler that ahe had better
learn fable maanera; th«) when one* ahe
returned about ID p m from a reeeptlou
at the borne of her mother he locked her
out h that aha bad to autntnot. tha aer*
ranta and enter !>/ tbo hack door; that
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l.e was Jealous, examined her private
receptacles and that at a Summer garden
once wb«n n gentleman wa* gazing at
her pcra'stentlj he told her he would have
a screen bull* around her
The situation In Which MLemp wa ♦
plnce«l before the a bore decision was »ir
f lved at, after a lengthy conference bo
tween the attorneys ©f Mr. and Mrs. Unp.
was a unique one.
The window In Mr. Letups private of
flee In the brewery building fared hla
handsome old residence, located nrroes t»i**
street, and he for mntfy months looked
out of the window while at kit (leak and
saw his little son play on the spnrlotia
grounds, when the weather permitted him
to play out of doors The Letup home
/round* extend down to the corner of the
*trrer and the bouse Is some distance
"k In ttu yard The ard Is terraced,
and In Spring and An turner, when vege
tnr.oo is green. It is a delightful play
ground for the child.
Hut neither frit her nor eon ever crossed
' stieet It was a barrier between
Uiern
Occasionally the imy would gee hla
father and wave his small hand, and an
» s verlng wave of the hand of the million
aire wonld come tick. Then the father
w mid xu back to t»u work again.
The clerks fn the brewery offices conld
also see fit** u,y at play and see the oc
casional sigr.u.s that ha waved to hla
father
Before the marital difference* between
the father and mother became so strained
the boy used to visit hla father and -climb
up Into his lap.
About a year ago these visit* ceased.
*nd Mr*. Lemp would not permit the son
to visit the father, and the father made
no attempt to go contrary to her wlahes,
although his hear! ached for the hoy’s com
panionship.
The peculiar feature of this remarkable
situation la flint up to the time of the HI
lug of Mr. Letup's suit hi* separation from
the child was entirely voluntary, though
1t cost a tremendous effort on hi* part, lie
had asked that the child tie permitted to
cross the street, but its this permission
was withheld, he made no effort to sen his
son against the wishes of the mother. Mr
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W. J. LEMP, JR.
Lemp could have stepped across the street
In a moment, but contented himself with
watching at the window.
The reason why tha Islfs to th# father
wire denied, the mother said, wns because
the mother claimed the father told the bo?
that If he would 'ornc to him and leave hi*
mother, he could rifle the donkey again
lII* motiicr said that every time a visit to
tb" father mi* made by the boy he became
r ' ,, - , b-*. and she further said that the boy
d.'d not said to *## hla father
Mr Len.p raid, however, that he anew
fb* boy loved him and wanted to sec him
at I If was only because the mother would
tio? permit hla visit# that he did nut come
Mr. I*rnp sabl hi# chief reneon for
d“Hiring the cijrtudf of hi*» son w»# that
be could aupervlse the education of the
child# lie wants the little fellow reared
very carefully and given a complete and
thorough education, a* elaborate, ns ex
haunt Ive. ns finished ns a millions!ru’n
purse and a father's loving Interest can
make It.
“I want the boy to have an unbiased and
unprejudiced chance to develop I tie lovs
for tne that he «hould have," said Mr
I emp, “and If. after n fair trial, he shows
an aversion to me. ! shall look within my
self for the cause of that aversion."
William la seven years old lie l* a
sturdy little fellow, with light hair and
big marry eyes He la affectionate and
bright and boyish. He haa * contagious
hugb and enunciates Ms word* with a
quaint childish lisp From his birth hla
parenja Idolized him and lit* every wish
mi* gratified
Mr. and Mrs Lemp were married In
October. Mrs Lemp was a Miss
Tfandfan, and wns known all over the
West #t* “The Lavender Lady.'* because
she always wore that color. They sepa
rated In October. IPOO
Friend* of Mr and Mr*. Lemp say that
the flr«t three years of their married life
«ere happy, and discord did not make its
appearance until the last four year* they
lived together.
When the day of separation came It was
the little bov who «a* uppermost In Mr
I etnp's mind He said he had striven to
? rc*er« e hi* home life, but had found It
Imnosslhle and that for the sake of little
William he bud gone a wav so that the
child would not have to witness the quar
rel* and bickering* between the 'mother
and father It was the child all thought
of It 1 vi*•- for little William’* sake that
•M* / feat a ten was taken. If was because
<* llflle William that the deepest regret
’ntbeFashionabl® "400"
(Con tin tied from !• receding t'njge.)
apt lo Ignore such shadowy and fnsubstan
t al things a* d ad and gone ancestors
The*- grasp rattier at the tangible, mate
rial things of Die glided present
Ootid Brokaw’s "Inter, Mrs Preston P *pa
kafferwhlte, has always had a faculty for
gathering about her pink shaded dinner fable
a rare lot of beautiful women Beauty of
face Is a passion with her. Hhe enjoys It
a* she does a beautiful picture Vo wonder
then that she Immediately realized Mr*.
Handrldge Hpotswood'a great charm, and
was • ie its the first women In society to
welcome her.
It was at a dinner parly given bv Mrs
Hitt* /white when site was Mrs "Jimmie"
W if* that Mrs Hpotswood wore a pair
" r v **> raven black * perched In her
►f.ibiy golden hair T • »et the
fashion for Oil* pnrfletiL Lorm of colff ire
decoration For all tl*j women present
• oted and ndmlrsd and promptly w*nl
and Imitated
Hut unfortunately not always with tha
and grief ?ni felt over she need of tb«
separation.
It was for 111 tic William’s sake that tha
separation did not occur sooner than It
did, some friends of the parent* any.
It 1* known that on one occasion, *om«
time before the actual e*trangement. mat
ters reached a Crisis In the I#emp house
lin'd and Mrs Lemp'* father was called 1n
hr hi* son In law. The young couple were
talked to. but bis efforts soon proved
fruitless.
At the time of the separation Mr Leiup
made a statement for publication. ITa
said:
Mr wife and I have not been getting
en for some time a* husband and wife
should If these conditions had effected
me a', ie I might have continued to bear
with them But thev also affected ons
little son. William I bad him and hla
welfare In mind when I left mv home.
It Is verv detrimental to a child to llv#
In an atmosphere such a* hae pervaded
mv home of late rear* In removing my
self from mv wife’s presence 1 consider
that 1 remove the first Impediment to be?
happiness "
The brother of Mrs Lemp. E W fland
• 'aid nt the time:
“It sa* a matter of temper, and it la
bard to tell which 1s more to blame Mr.
mn has led no exemplars life. nut
when people ran no longer live happily to
r-ether It Is best that the? should separ
ate. **
It f* seldom, however, that * mtsundey.
standing between a millionaire and hla
wife, when It I* necessary In bare It to
the world I* made known with such dig
nity «od absence of *en«atlonallsm as has
characterized the Lemp case Mrs Lemp
ha" refused to speak at all. and Mr Lemp
never has referred to her In terms other
than the most courteous.
What has pour little Willi# I.emp don#
that he should b* turned out of hi* de
lightful playground?
same results For Mr* gfg»t*wnod’* hatr
Is of a peculiar shade, a glowing ch'uimcy.
Ing fairness of many shade* rs gold, fr< m
the old “fJulnen gold” r,i our grandni'V'll
ers* days so the d.ep orarifrc gold of soiiit
of the new /irt Jewelry Only one or two
women fn society have anything nearly
approaching It In color
M» a Kpotawood Inst Winter wore th#
Bsvche knot, much fluffed up In t/nnt
But In the portrait of her by WtV
helm Fork her hair la piled In shining
masses nn top of her head, quite un
adorned save for the golden light which
shimmer* from It
This quite remarkable painting haa cre
ated much comment. In It aha lean# fo##
ward, chin on hand, looking Inquiringly at
you from the frame. The whole plrtur#
-cein* bathed In mellow light, aa from th#
setting sun Tht draperies are fawny, th#
fold* of her gown reflect yellow light*, has
< ye* are clear, uu»liadnwo<J pale brown.
Only a glow of rich Oriental coloring comgfi
from the scurf thrown around her ahoul
darn, arid the long pendant diamond ear
ring* imike poluts of white light l« few*
Mr#.