As you may know, Herbert was younger by a couple of years from Carrie. I read some letters from the trunk where he always would sign off with "Your boy, Herbert" whenever he was away on business to the Twin Cities. He faithfully wrote every day when he was away, is my understanding. As a deacon of the church in Amenia he was beyond suspicion as anything other than the most devoted of husbands.Several months after Carrie returned to Amenia from the Titanic's sinking experience, a wooden crate arrived from Europe with the the unusual address of the Corporation's office in Amenia rather than to their home, which was the case with every other parcel shipped home, of their trip's purchased mementos. Inside this crate was a beautifully carved marble statue of the winged Cupid holding the toga-clothed Psyche, one bare breast on her and no loin cloth on him. It had been purchased without her knowledge in Italy. Everything else they had purchased in unison.

It was meant to to sit on a fireplace mantle, so it was on a semicircular base and stood about 18" tall. Carrie was concerned enough about the statue that she hired a private detective who eventually uncovered the fact that her conservative, devoted husband Herbert had a girlfriend in Minneapolis housed in a home that he had bought for her on Lake of the Isles, then one of the choicest spots in the city. Big bummer for Carrie, I'm sure.

Submitted by George Faltico Leish, 2013

This story was related to me by my grandmother, Dorothy Chaffee Stroud Langworthy, who owned the statue. G.F.L.