They will call me Mrs Pat. I can't stand it. The 'Pat' is the last straw that breaks the Campbell's back.
Upon being asked by a reporter: Why you are so frequently cold and unresponsive to — to our profession, don't you know? Have you any grouch against newspapers?
As reported in: Life, Volume 44 (Life magazine, Incorporated, 1904), p. 520: "Not a thing — except one," she replied ; "they will, now and again, call me 'Mrs. Pat.' I can't stand that 'Pat.' It is the last straw that breaks the Campbell's back."
