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The Boston Post - Monday, May 20, 1895
NEW YORK, May 19. - Mrs. Frank Leslie announced to some of her friends yesterday that she had given up her business and was going to Europe to stay until fall. There had been rumors that Mrs. Leslie was going to England to spend several months with her friend, Lady Wilde, who is greatly broken up over the scandals regarding her son Oscar.
"I do not make this change because I contemplate retiring from business," said Mrs. Leslie yesterday. "I find it necessary to make an extended stay abroad just at this time. I had a chance to profitably lease my business in this manner, and took it. Yes, I intend to spend much of my time abroad with Lady Wilde. She has bravely borne these scandals and public falsehoods about Oscar Wilde. She has arisen from a sick bed to struggle for him against his traducers, and she has the utmost confidence in him, as have all those who knew him so well, and love him for his charming personality and his great accomplishments. I think it my duty to comfort Lady Wilde all I can in this time of trial.
"There is no truth whatever in the newspaper rumors that Mrs. Oscar Wilde will get a divorce. She and her husband are now living together at a quiet resort in England.
"Do I expect to see my former husband, Willie Wilde? Why, I think I shall see him. He is with his sister now, I believe. It will not make any difference. Why, yes, I should like to see him. You know, our marriage was nothing more than a mistake. There is nothing save the most friendly feeling between us today. We know now that we were not fitted for each other, although I still have the deep respect for his genius that I always had. Willie is only a wayward boy, and our little mistake does not interfere with the friendship that will always exist between Lady Wilde and myself."
Mrs. Leslie expects to sail next week.
The Boston Daily Advertiser - Monday, May 20, 1895
London, May 18. -- Oscar Wilde will appear in court on Monday for his new trial very much improved in health. His wife joined him immediately after his release, and since that time both have been staying in seclusion at Kensington, seeing only the few friends who still believe Wilde more eccentric than guilty. It is said that he is hopeful of acquittal.
New York, May 18. -- Mrs. Frank Leslie has given up her business and is going to Europe to stay until fall to spend several months with her friend, Lady Wilde, who is greatly broken up over the scandals regarding her son Oscar.
"I do not make this change because I contemplate retiring from business," said Mrs. Leslie yesterday. I find it necessary to make an extended stay abroad just at this time. I had a chance to profitably lease my business in this manner, and took it. Yes, I intend to spend much of my time abroad with Lady Wilde. She has arisen from a sick bed to struggle for him against his traducers, and she has confidence in him.
"There is no truth whatever in the newspapner rumors that Mrs. Oscar Wilde will get a divorce. She and her husband are now living together at a quiet resort in England.
"Do I expect to see my former husband. Willie Wilde? Why, I think I shall see him. Willie is only a wayward boy, and our little mistake does not interfere wit the friendship that will always exist between Lady Wilde and myself."