The evening world., 1905-08-02
MY FAULT IS
I'M TOO MUCH
OF A WOMAN |"
Wife, Whose Husband De.
clares She's a Man, Says
She Still Loves Him.
By Emneline Pendennis.

Abraham Lci;ln, the tailor of No.
19l Chrystie street who sues for dl
vorce from his wife Dvoski, deserves
a medal for his amazing Ingenuity in
the selection Of a suitable pretext
Husbands, tired Of their wives. have
heretofore displayed marvellous skill In
showing cause FOR sepdra ton from their
helpmeets-almost as much. in fact, rs
the helpmeets themselves with the
tables turned
But Abraham Leakln Is the past mas
Ter of them all. He sets forth in his
suit for divorce that the woman whom
y. married eleven years ago and has
since lived MIN continuously IS mo
woman" And, In case that be not
sLiiiclent cause. Laakln adds that his
wife IS sick; and can a man be com
pelled to live with a woman like that?"
The sad part of it is that an aTec-
t!onate w1mn1, energetic and self-sac-
rihCiae. should be compelled, through
i.er blind devotion, TO slave for a self
fish cad For the eleven best years o.
her life. Cniy to b. denounced by him
;n the end as "a man. no woman
For that has been the sorrow of the
tail. Eaunt woman who told her plain
tive story yesterday in her little fiat
at M. 80 Jackson street.
She Has Been Slave for Him.
80 he says 1 am no woman?" l
am not in beauty, perhaps: the hard
work lost me that: nor in strength. for
the long days have robbed me OF my
youthful vgor. But my heart Is full
OF womans love for Abraham yet.
MY fault was that / was TOO much
II cd
my husband so much that it broke me
down and took my health.
NO: l am no man. DO l look like
No; Mrs. Leakin assuredly does not.
strength Of character drawn there in
FPda Pn v1mng snSeras and assp as nes ss it. Aes aS
figure is that of the east side drudge.
but much wasted away, with the bones
OF her big frame painfully prominent.
Has Neiehbors' Sympathy.
''she lost thirty pounds in the last
three weeks worrying over her WORTH
less husband" put IN a solicitlous neigh
Dor. demonstrating with her arms her
friend 5 once striking circumference.
DO you believe that II l had been
man he would have married me and
lived with me all these twelve years?
For II was twelve years ago, in kieV,
Russia, that Abraham wooed and wei
me. He was a young cavalryman then.
tNc:, y -otENt Years oIu, ana WIS lWo
years younger
1t was the old story OF the gay cava-
l.er:
a lehtsome eye, a soldier. mien.
feather Of the blue.
A doublet o. the Lincoln green.
No more OF ms you knew.
nv love, no more OF me You knew.
But, unlike that heroine of the poem,
Mrs. lcakin had eleven years of her
lover before she heard the
Adeu for eVermprc. my love.
And adieu for evermure.
Happy in Her Love.
"Life has been hard but happy until
now Three weeks ago ! lett my hus-
band. and l suppose l shall never get
him back. He has grown tired of me,
perhaps. II Is a way men have, but
when YOU love one you believe he will
never tire while you care. was wrong.
And now to pay me for my love and
care he tells hi'eous lies about me.
But for him to put the doubt upon
my w0manhcnd puts the same doubt
m his manhood Is It n mans work
to wrong his wife falsely7 | say no.
=. III wives were wise" said the neigh
Sbor. they would make their husbands
slave for them. Men whose wives will
not work think them queens"
81 am not wise" said Mrs. Leaktn,
"hut that is because | am a woman
II Is not nn9rC habo that l.cakn
hopes TO substantive his statement