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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 /o**' 'tax* <****•"»**,. 7%, ijSkt f it Ih 4 vEK '•} m WvtML L' J§ \u '-"“f W— ~ " ** ja l. 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 i laneson - III In Li ,11 [li» i lillirM- —' 11"' ‘IIHIIIIIIIII 1111111111 I “ ■ I 1 1 f.V-,; ( Jf(~ ' ' j : william J. lcmp m. J w 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 Ic % I fe ■ \r 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#.