The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-04-16
''EARLY MARRIED LIFE.
VERY, VERY HAPPY"
---MRS. BARNhISEL

MRS. BARN hISEL
| him in 1897. when abe was rs
years OF age. Rev. Barnhisel nc.
eepted the pulpit Of the Los Gatos
church shortly afterward at sal
airy OF $500 per year. AT the
time OF their marriage, neither
of them was possessed of any
worldly goods. she said. and nc
first they lived In . boarding
house.
She did her own Homework for
the first year, she said, even 10
the washing Of all the lighter
household articles. Katherine
Barnhisel wAs born In 1900,
became iii shortly afterward
and was givon the care Of . spo.
cialist and a nurse when Il was
found that her Illness was serious.
Her "maid," referred TO By Rev.
Barnhisel i'm his testimony, she
said was a 1i-year-old girl from
childrcn's home, who worked
for her board.
At the time of Towards birth,
In 1900, Mrs. Barnhisel said she
received 480 acres of cultivated
land from the estate OF her faith
err. When Howard was born, he
was 30 frail and weak that ply
sicians despaired OF his recovery,
she said. She went to q sani.
tarium, and had nurse. This was
the time that Rev. Barnhisel first
broke her heart by writing q let
ter to her saying that her own
Illness was purely imaginative
and that she should return home,
she testified. Later she was forc-
ed to go to San Francisco for an
operation. she said, and the opera
tion was so serious that Il was
performed ut her hotel Rev.
Barnhisel accompanied her.
WAS the operation ssrious,"
asked her attorney.
Nothing could be of more SER
ious consequence to any woman"
replied the witness.
Mrs. Barnhisel testified that
after her partial recovery she
mortgaged part of her ranch for
$1,000, on the understanding that
the money was to be used to de-
fray the expenses of her illness.
She said that she gave the money
to her husband, but that SOME
of the bills have not been paid
even at the present time. +
Testlfying Of her early rela.
lions with her husband, Mrs.
Barnhisel said:
AT first, we we're very, very
happy. Mr.. BarnhiseI made II
understood when he married me
that his wife was his wife, and
not an accessory to the church.
When he was hired in the church,
he announced that II was he
whose services were paid for and
not his wife,"
At this point recess was taken
until p. IN.
HOME IDEAL.
Mrs. Walter Harvey was the
first witness this morning for
Mrs. Barnhisel. She said that
she had known Mrs. Barnhisel for
10 years, that her home was furn-
ished simply and In good TASTE"
and that Mrs. Barnhisel dressed
simply and showed no indications
| OF extravaganza. She said that
Mrs. Barnhisel had apparently no
other social aspirations than to
conform with her husbands life.
Mrs. Harvey said that during
their residence at Interlaaken
Rev. Branhisel showed q passion
ate desire for dancing, and that
she assisted in teaching him to
dance.
Mrs. Ii. l.. Skewis OF the Inter-
laaken colony, declared that the
Barnhisel residence was "a per-
feet home" and that tho children
were .'ideal." Mrs. Barnhisel,
she said, was ian excellent moth.
en-"
PROFESSOR TESTTFIES.
Professor B. s. Pulford Of the
DeKoven Hall testified that How.
aiu DdihhA5ci was mOO6k puf
pill" and that he showed absolute.
ly no snobbishness or attitude OF
belonging to the aristocracy. Miss
Adeline Flagg, 1902 Prospect St,
a teacher in the Jeife rson school
said that she had taught Howard
and that he was democratic and
'just like other boys"
MADE THREE TRIPS
TO CALIFORNIA.
Mrs. Amanda Lindoe, formerly
maid in the Barnhisel home, tes-
titled that the family lived har.
moniously and unostentatiously.
On cross-examination she admit
ted that she had made three trips
to California with Mrs. Barnhisel.
all her expenses paid by Rev.
Barnhisel, and that she had once
made the statement to her en-
ployer that ''she never knew of
a woman who had so many useless
things as Mrs. Barnhisel."
Among the witnesses for Mrs.
Barnhisel who testified yesterdny
afternoon were Mrs. r. w. Trxg-
20, Mrs. August Waboland, Mrs.
Edward Simpson, Mrs. BeIle Ia
Dor. Charlotte Dewey and Mrs. w.