The San Francisco call., 1910-10-13

into the imaginative and conjure up
visions of love in such fancies and
shapes as please him and which he
believes will please his publishers; and
if he chooses to do so in diary form.
we'll
Chance for Escape
Therefore, ne strums his guitar and
sings love songs, in his castle home.
Let the worst come to the worst. and
if ultimately the little gods should so
will il that the diary should be hailed
into court he has a large 1oophole and
may conveniently duck from under. II
IT contains records of meetings with a
woman not his wife. may it not be but
the rough draft of a modern problem
novel; II therein are found passionate
utterances in Greek, what more nat
ural than for scholar OF astairmeuts
than TO thus amuse himself? II be-
tween the pages are discovered love
verses. strange and inexplicable. may
they not be for publication in modern
monthly magazine2 In effect. he says:
You may have the diary, but my kind
friends-cherchez la femme"
This diary is bound in mystery. It's
contents none know save the immedi-
ate persons to the trouble and their
respective lawyers. Mrs. Lummis re-
fused to discuss the subject. but would
not deny that she had it in her posses
sion.
ITO discuss that matter now she
said. would be tantamount to lighting
my case out of the courts. and do not
want TO do this. 1t is absolutely i'm
material what Mr.. Lummis has to say
regarding the daryl refuse to dis
euss il. II it should be necessary TO
bring all this matter into law court
that would put different complexion
on the situation and I would not have
any hesitancy in explaining the cir
cumstances. Until then, however. I
think it would be best to keep silent
regarding them.
Friend of Doctor Moore
There is one point which I would
like denied, and that is in connections
with DR.. Dorothea Moore. For SOME
time past there has been a persistent
story TO the effect that I was married
from her home and that she attended
me when my first child was born. and
this is untrue. Mrs. Moore and myself
have been warm friends for a long
time. but l was not married from her
home and she did not attend me pro-
fessionally."
Continuing. Mrs. Lummis declared
that the trouble between her husband
and herself had gone too far to allow
for reconciliation These are her views
and Lummis does not seem to care.
Accordingly the expectations are that
the matter will be arranged as quietly
as possible and divorce proceeding.
eminentIy respectable. proper and con-
servative. instituted
On one point Mrs. Lummis is decided.
and that is she will get the three
children Two of them, Eva. the eldest
daughter. aged 16. and the youngest.
Harry, years old, are with her at
the Hotel Victoria now, but another
boy of IL is with the father In Los
Angeles.
Demands Children
Il have every right to the children"
she declared Il have done my duty as
wife and mother and the separation
has not been brought by any action of
mine. The rights of this case are rec
ognized by both Mr.. Lummis and my
self. He may say and do whatever he
pleases. but he knows full well that
this trouble is due to his conduct
Though married to Mrs Lummis for
almost 90 years the writer has spent
much of his time away from home in
his research work and on scientific ex-
petitions
Aided Her Husband
Much OF his success. his wife said.
has been due TO her efforts. At the
time he married her he was a news
paperman. she said, but lacked the con-
centration and ambition necessary to
lift timsef ant az the Tut. Shs also