The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-26

eouFtoOus eErocmonk Tor tho sake OF
tho children cnn never exist with you.
SHOULD sho aBrco to such q life
sho would novor DO abio to koop Auoh
an nSroemont, bOing OF too rlolont u
temperament, too accustomed TO get
tho upper hand by rioient means. Thor
sho Ia too rude. too upscrupuious te
understand tho harm she Is doing the
children.
II ami absolutely convinced 1t Is quite
doluBion on your part to want to die.
pute with her about the children In
your common life, for you cannot have
them sufficiently under your care
Again, you must place yourself In open
hostility with their mother about then,i
which is very disagreeable.
You can exercise your Influence on
them usetully only SO far US you sue
coed In Withdrawing them from the
family life. This is absolutely my
opinion. y badly constituted fnmtly.
in which discord rcigns, is certainly
more harmful place for children than
for them to DO with strangers. Even
to leave your children when they are
quite young principally to their mother
and her family would DO still less
harmful than TO give them the duly
example of Il fumiiy Mt open war.
i am more anu more convinced that
IT a separation be made, your wife
would very soon grow tired of looking
after the children, whom she is inca
Fable Of managing. who worry her. ane
CT whom you would gradually resume
tho management under circumstance!
III which you would no longer be con.
stantly opposed by n hostile element
Briefly. dear Paul. you have moi
only your children to consider There
is yourself your future in the ecien
tific world. your moral and intellectual
life. All this has been In great dan.
ser for some years past
Hia Friends Alarmed.
'Ali your friends know this, al
though they do not know tho reasons
You know what Perrin thinks. All
those who love you-Pcrrin, woIss
Bernard, Urban-huve been uneasy
about you for years. Your college pu-
pills speak with evident alarm of your
state of fatigue. visible to every one.
You must take oil this into consid-
Grafton. You can neither live. breathe
nor work IN tho atmosphere you have
madc for yourself. You were recently
unable to work except when your vile
was at the hospital. / speak OF the
work of preparatory reflection for the
trea tiso you wrote in August.
Your family Is the centre OF an
irresistible treatise and destructive
power. and 1 believe quito exception
ally So You cannot live in this ram
lily without being cnSulfed for its own
use. contrary oven TO the interest OF
the family itself, which should be Ia
utilize you with more disccrnment.
t"four children even become in this
environment an instrument Of oppres-
sion as regards yourself and in no
way as regards their mother, who Is
far too selfish TO allow herself to be
imposed upon.
1T is certain your wife will not
easily consent to n separation. for she
hasn't the interest to do so. She has
always lived seeking her own udvan-
taSe at your expense. and she will not
find another SO advantageous a sit
uation. Further. 1t is In her character
to remain il she supposes you wish
her to so.
You must, therefore. decide. how
ever painful this may be for you. to
do all In your power to render life in
supportablc for her.
You must deprive her of all her
pleasures and distractions or the he
lief in the possibility of AN agree
ment. and the first proposition made by
her to separate. taking the children.
you must accept without hesitation to
might attempt
In this respect it sufficcs for the
present that Jean remain boardcr
at school, and that YOU live in Paris
at the school. You can go to see the
other children at Fontcnoy or have them
brought you at Perrin's. Tho change
Will not be SO great as you think. 1t
will be surely better for everything.
we will continue the same precau.
tious as hitherto to see each other
until our position is assured. Better
that the proposition comes from her.
but 1t Is TO be feared IT will be q long
time.
Threw Bottle Mt Her.
why did yon not accept after that
affair of the bottle the separation she
then proposed?"
Professor Langcvin threw a bottle
at his Sife's head at Nine. Curic's suE-
gcstion. NOW it will be harder.
IF she requests you continue avoid
ing me. this can be granted. as she
will give you up easier II She hopes
you Will be deprived of all affection.
Matters could afterward be arranged.
and 1t would look better for outsiders
who would disapprove your leaving
your wife for another.
Frankly, 1t is better to leave her
for the reason OF incompatibility OF
temper.
do your best to hasten matters. Us