The Washington times., 1907-12-25

| ist They should be taught. and II !
have 10 go even into the pulpit 10 vim
dicate myself I will do so.
Mr.. Hermann has kissed me-more
than once. but It was not a worldly
kiss; il was a communion OF our spirits.
a spiritual csress. But you cannot un-
derstand that
He promised to get a divorce in six
months and marry me. II he loves me
as he says. why doesn't he keep his
promise? What IS his wife. that she
should come between us2 She has no
business prying into our AFFAIRS. Her
affection for him IS earthly Mine
Is not There is nothing worldly in our
love. and never could be. There has
been nothing wrong I'm our association
II has been purely spiritual
Il Love Ny Husband, Too
Il love my husband, too. would not
for the world do anything TO grieve or
shame him. I showed him the letters
Mr.. Hermann wrote to me. and he is
so honorable that he would not even
read them.
If a man and woman are twin souls.
why should IL not be recognized7 Why
| all this talk Of sex? All are Of one sex
In heaven. Why not on earth2
When I FIRST met MIR. Hermann he
asked me why our souls had never met
/ before. I told him Il rs because OF
something we had done in another in
caruatioa-perhaps millions Of years
ago. / freely admitted my mistake in
marrying, and told him he also had
been in error. He wanted to Ee free.
and wanted me 10 be free so that We
might wed.
The longer our association continued.
the more sure we became .nat We were
soul mates. We liked the same things.
we read the same books, we had The
same ideals ana beliefs.
''Mrs. Heraana's Prosecutions"
Even before there was a basis even
for suspicion, Mrs hermann began her
/ prosecutions. Three weeks after I en-
tered Ar- HermRnn's employ she called
up the office and told ne she vyantel
me to understand that he was n mar
ried man With children. demanded
| that she explain her motive IN talking
so TO me. but she refused any exp!a-
nation. Then 1 told. Mr.. Hermann what
| had occurred. He then and there told
me his life story and said that his wife
always had been jealous.
That was some time before he spoke
OF his love for me. One day he kissed
my hand. I objected and he said that
] some day he would kiss my lips. I said
/ he never would DO that. hut Il was opIy
| a short time afterwerd when he seized
me in his arms and kissed me again and
/ again. I could not resist; he was
| stronger than I.
! -Four times / left his employ, and he
! always insisted that I return, telling
| me that he needed me more than anv-
! thing else in the world. 7 went back tc
! help him. I knew Il was my mission
! 70 save his soul and that I must do r.
no matter what was said"
Sues for SlSnder.
! Postal cards. letters and clippings Mrs
| Stoddard believes were sent TO her By
! Mrs. Hermann, Miss Laura Hermann
| and Wallace Hermann. It IS on this
/ belief that she bases her suit against
! them for defamation Of character. Mrs
| Hermann denies that she sent any OF
! the communications or any other OBJ,
! jectionable matter.
| The Cosmos letters, from what car
be learned Of their nature and Contents
| reveal a strange contradiction in tht
| writer. They are remarkable for thelI
! fervency and at the same time for theil
moral tone There Is not the least sug.
! gestion, OF anything wrong in the as.
! sOCiatiOns Of the writer and tho one n
/ whom they were written.