The Washington herald., 1912-06-09
MRS. ANDERSON
IS CRITICISED
Wife Of Minister to Belgium Cen
tral Figure in Unique Story in
Paris Newspapers.
PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTS
ARE THE CAUSE OF CENsURE
Woman Well Known in Washing
ton Society Said to JsOpardize
Morals of Girls.
spcs.I csblo 10 The wnshingtOu Herald.

SPECIAL Gable 10 The washington heIala
Paris. June S-The Paris Midi In It's
latest issue announces and denounees the
fact (the Midi assumes It is q faco that
Mrs. Larz Anderson. wife Of the Amerl-
can Minister to Belgium and noted in
America at the time of her wedding as
the SI7, 900, 900 BRIDE" is about to try the
unique experiment Of thrusting poor
working girls into houses Of luxury and
whisking them out again TO see what
they may do. The article in the paper Is
as follows:
There is at the moment q woman with
a tendency TO commit real crime, and be-
cause this woman occupies q high social
position is no reason why such 'aberra-
tions should be allowed to pass without
protest.
Mrs. Larz Anderson, multi-miIlIon-
aire American lady and wife Of the
United States Minister to Brussels, has
decided 10 devote her time to practicing
psychological experiments on young girls
Of the poorer classes. She chooses a
group of twenty little working girls, who
are making an honest living, and trans
plants them suddenly TO her princely
castle in Massachusetts Therefore, In
ten days these poor girls are changed by
a magic wand into princesses and lead
a most luxurious existence. Servants,
horses, motor cars, ravishing toilets,
and ladies' maids are at their command.
EXQUISITE food is served TO them, and
they enjoy all the delicacies and amuse-
ments which an immense fortune can
command.
GO Back to AtticS.
Then on the tenth day. by a watt
of a malicious fairy this phantasmagoria
comes to an end. The heroines Of this
deIectable dream awake in their attics
as poor as ever.
Mrs. Larz Anderson tells why this
experiment with the life OF the rich will
raise the ideal OF young working girls
and stimulate their ambition. We fully
Believe her, but what is the good Of
giving them an ambition which is impOs-
sIble of achievement? 1t will make them
always unhappy girls and they will
henceforth have a distaste for their mo-
notonous work and for their humble
homes, for to have once known lawn,
linen and silk stockings will have de-
prived them for all time Of that inno-
cent vanity which prompts the acquisi-
ton OF a collar Of imitation lace or rib
bon for fifteen cents.
u Pity the honest young employees
who will marry them: moreover, in all
probability they will drift into vIce-a
splendid result surely for Mrs. Anderson
The experiment is very amusing and
doubtless she will enjoy the emotion OF
young souls when brought into direct
touch with luxury, and I don't doubt
that the study OF their subsequent re-
grets and cruel deceptions must be
strangely fascinating. 1t remains to be
seen If at the very moment when at
tempts are being made to put a stop to
vivlsection We are going to allow II to
be practiced under a cloak Of psychology
on the human heart, in order to give
pleasure to fine ladies who are feeling
bored"
Well known in Washington.
Mrs Larz Anderson was Miss Isabelle
Perkins, Of Boston, daughter of Capt
George Hamilton Perkins, U. S. N, and
granddaughter Of the late merchant
prince. William F. Weld, from whom
she inherited S17,O00, COO.
Since her marriage she has been Law
ishly spending her immense income. She
and her husband have entered largely
into social life in the nations Capital
They have a magnificent mansion, sur
rounded by immense gardens. at Brook
line. Mass, ard also maintain a home
in Cincinnati, Mr.. Anderson's native city
Washington.
Of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth for
years.
Mrs. Anderson writes fairy stories as
an avocation. Ond now apparently She
is going to make fairy story situations
out OF real living characters and actuol
events.