The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-03-11
Mrs. Freeman Rlssnts Tho
Presence Of Mrs. Brown"
BROUGHT BY YlaER HUSBAND,
Drudge for II Ysan-Th Distracted
wife Tells Of Her Struggles 10 Assist
Her Husband

Freeman. the wife OF DR.. Alpheus Free
man OF l23 East Seventy fourth street.
yesterday began arrangements to leave
the house which has been her home for
II years. and to which her husband has
brought strange woman, known as
Mrs Brown" to act as housekeeper
against the expressed wish OF his wife.
Magistrate Pool, when he ordered DR..
Freeman to pay his wife SO week, at the
hearing I'm the Yorkville Police court on
Thursday, told Mrs Freeman that he had
no jurisdiction over the occupants Of the
house and could not eject Mrs. Brown"
as the physicians wife requested.
Mrs. Freeman therefore decided TO seek
another home. She was engaged yester-
day in packing her clothes and other per-
sonal belongings.
White haired, worn and looking older
than her years. she told OF her long life
of drudgery and deprivation.
when DR.. Freeman and i were mar
ried," she said, she was still at college.
My mother was living then and able TO
care for me, and she did so throughout
his course at the College of Physicians
and Surgeons. After that had the money
which she left me, a small amount. which,
as ] felt called upon TO spend the prn-
cipal soon disappeared. We had four
children, all of whom died In Infancy.
COOKED FOR HER BoARDERs.
Seven years ago DIR. Freeman's family,
who had been living with us and paying
part OF the expenses OF the house, moved
away Before that time l had been en-
gagged I'm sewing on children's flannel
sacques for firm down town. When the
freeman family moved away IL was de-
cided that We should keep boarders, and
we did so for seven years.
I'm that time ] have been In turn cook.
upholsterer, fine ironer. and household
drudge of every sort 1t was too expen-
sive to keep first class cook. and so
made all the pastry and desserts used In
supplying the boarders.
I'm spite OF the fact that our house
was we'll patronized and that 1 was able
10 turn over the sum of nearly $500 a
month to DIR. Freeman, which had been
paid for board and lodging, there never
seemed to be enough money TO make
things go easily In the house. and so /
did much of the necessary repairing for
did much of the necessary repairing my
seif and found that had quite knack for
uphoIstering = I upholstered all of the
parlor furniture as well as that I'm the
bedrooms. tt.t
II rarely went out as I was so very
much engaged at home. and I'm the sum
mer i did not leave the. city. but staid
here. spending my time I'm the kitchen
preserving and canning things to cut
down the expenses OF the table in the
winter.
In all the years of my married life
DIR. Freeman bought me but one dress.
That was silk one, which he got for me
In Paris, In 1899. a memorable occasion in
my married life, for he took me abroad
with him.
ALLOWED HER IS A MONTH
'Othefwise for all my personal ex-
penses-clothes and everything-he allow
ed me $5 month. He had long before
this acquired a fair practice, besides his
work for the Presbyterian hospital, but
It did not make him the more generous.
lie was, however. kind and agreeable In
every other way until about three or four
years ago, when, l. believe. he met Mrs.
Brown.
II found that he was often away from
home, that he was constantly going out
In the evening and on Saturday with
some one OF whom he did not care 10
speak. j saw him on many occasions
walking with strange woman in the
street. He took this woman 10 theatres,
restaurants and such places. but he never
took me anywhere. / later saw him with
this woman In fiat I'm One Hundred and
Ninth street but when I reprosched him
he declared / was mistaken. Later when
accused him OF permitting this woman
to supplant me he asked me why 1 did
not get divorce. More than week age
DR. Freeman came home one day and inn
medlately walked out again.
I'm a few minutes he returned, and Mrs
Brown was with him. He said that she
was to he I'm charge of the house.
Mrs. Freeman intends TO leave the
house. She hopes TO be able to save q
little money, so as to take an apartment,
in which she can furnish table board tc
the students of the theological seminary
who have been her dodgers in the past
She says that Or. Freeman will appeal
from the magistrates decision and try tc
have the order for s25 a week reduced.