New-York tribune., 1911-11-26
A Study of the Habits of Male
Convalescents Who Find
Themselves in Trained
Female Hands.

cuse masseuse. Miss Keloggs New Yort
relatives have not yet become reconciled,
although six months have elapsed.
They charged in court that undue meas.
ures had been adopted by the masseuss.
The masseuse. who sat near by at the
hearing ruddy faced. with a square. heayy
chin, and a pair OF piercing eyes with
heavy lids. snapped her Jaws together whea
the lawyer declared that she had obtained
complete control over Miss Kellogg ard
had, by fraud and coercion. driven her u
give. will or deed away her 10000 estate.
Except for this action. she appeared no,
TO care what they said
But by listening 10 Mrs. Scoville's law
yer we learn how brutal is such a chsrgs
against her He tells how Miss Kellogg
wanted all her property delivered TO Nrs
ScoviIle Immediately upon her death and
did not wish her property held up in the
courts for a long time after that event oc-
Cured" We are apprised Of how Miss Ke.
logg had asked the lawyer the best way to
accomplish this result, and he had tod
her to put all the property in deed OF
trust which was eventually done. Miss
Kellogg signed the paper. but one day,
reading over said trust deed more care
l },
not complied explicitly with her instruc.
tions but had merely created life trust
for Mrs Scovile, thereupon she request
ed the lawyer to draw a new deed imme-
diately" At last accounts Mrs. Scoyine
] was not offering 10 compromise with the
next OF kin. Neither was she talking for
publication The next OF kin were doing
that How can these things be?
I'm recognition OF her faithful services 70
me and my household" an allowance for
| life of $50 a month, cash bequest OF SW
and the use Of his residence are the pro-
visions OF the will of DR.. Daniel A. Currie,
of Englewood, n. j., in favor Of Mrs. Mar
garet A. Rowley. For three years Mrs.
Rowley constantly attended DR.. Currie dur
ing his last Illness. The physician was the
first Mayor of Englewood. An unusual
feature OF the rewards that this nurse re-
| ceives is that the will provides also for the
education of Mrs Rowleys daughter, Miss
| Dorothy NJ Rowey. at Smith College, in
Northampton. Mass.
This article is intended not for a complete
directory Of all the romantic stories that
begin In tie sickroom and frequently end In
court Speaking Of courts II should be re-
marked in passing that the cases In which
the nurse has not been victorious, when the
| romance travels as far as the courthouse
| are isolated II has even been true that
nurses who have not been remembered IN
the wills OF their patients have sometimes
collected pretty damages for the oversight
This may appear to be piling 1t on A trihs
strong. but Miss Blanche V. EytenbeL
I of this city, obtained a verdict for $50
, against the executor Of Wallace Stuart FOR
services rendered him as a nurse during
his last Illness il developed that not only
was Mr. Stuart boarding with the nurses
mother during his last illness, but that he
had left the nurse $1,000 IN his will She
did not think this was enough, and the Jury
agreed with her I,
A curious case was that Of Ralph ].
Voorhees,, nephew OF a Brooklyn politician
He married Miss Adele F. Goufton, whe
nursed him through typhoid fever. and after
he had become engaged TO Miss Faith E.
Moore Miss Moore visited him regularly
at the hospital. but the shy glances Of ad'
miration cast his way by Miss Gouftos
were too powerful for Voorhees, and they
were married secretly. Then Miss Moore.
who was the daughter OF David F. Moore
former Superintendent Of Buildings "a
Brooklyn, sued Voorhees, for 10000 dam
ages for alleged breach OF promise. History
, does not record the outcome.
OF course, you have noticed that it was
not the nurse in this case who was being
put out any. It is not on record that she
went to court, even as spectator.