Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-01-09


lack OF loyalty in criticizing both Thel-
ma and her husband. Miss Hale ex-
pressed doubt as to whether Mr.. Smart
would pay her the usual charges: so
spoke to him about ii, and told him
the change of nurses was better for
Thelma, because Miss Hale seemed t.
be upsetting her and making heT nerv-
Gus. and that Thelma must be safe
guarded on every quarter. He did not
say anything about that | do not re-
member how the subject Of money
was introduced in that conversation.
but he told me he had been
under heavy expenses and he
could not pay Miss Hale off
at that time, and that If
Miss Hale insisted on the sum which
she demanded. and which l now for
get, she would have to stay on, and
that he could not afford to send her
back to Paris. Miss Hale told me
that when she left Paris she had been
offered a position in one Of the hos
pitfalls there at a very excellent sal.
airy, and because of her relation to
this family and her love for the baby,
she had given it up and had come
with them here with no financial I'M
Outstanding, simply because she felt
they needed her. Mr. Smart said
that she could not go back because
he could not pay for her trip and
would not pay the amount in question
for her services. He said I'VE have
not agreed to any such thing at all.
l cannot afford to. pay her" Just a
few days after she left, Miss Hale
came into my Office to see me profess
sionally. do not think that Mr.. Smart
had settled with her then, because /
asked her on this occasion If he had
paid her and she said no. They had
subsequent meetings and then | met
her about two or three weeks after |
wards on the street and l said did |
you have any trouble getting your
money!" and she said mo: Mr.. Smart
paid me-" She understood and knew |
Mr.. Smart's loathfng to part with mo-
ney. She said "He is very close fisteo |
and hard to bargain with"
No Sympathy Between Parents. i
Elise is a very devoted little nurse
to the baby. When l made my calls |
on Thelma she had very little to say.
She was very much pressed for breath,
and any exertion in talking Frustrated
her. When she and her husband we're
in the room together you could feel
that there was no sympathy between
them. In speaking of different things /
If he stood anywhere near her she
would turn her face away. Her atti-
tude was repellant, and | frequently /
thought that they must have had some
little difference /
stated to Mr.. Smart once, That
girl must eat" He replied, What do
you want her to have?" l said, We'll,
so many eggs a day" well" he said.
Il will see that she takes them" II
did not notice any anxiety on his part
during his stay there that she should
get we'll.
When l spoke to Mr.. Smart about
Thelma's eating, did so partly with
the idea that wanted him to be there /
more. said, Cant you be there
more at meal times to encourage I
Thelma with her eating?" did that
because they told me he spent so lit
tie time with Thelma. l thought it /
would make his attitude more pleas
ant if appealed to him. told him
that Thelma wanted him to stay there
more, and asked him If he could not
stay: think his answer was IF you
want so many eggs downed, will see
she takes Them" That was not. how
ever, what wanted He was with Thel-
ma more Off N after his talk with DR..
Brown. had sent him to DR.. Brown
for his chest condition. He told me
he had had tuberculosis. l said, Very Il
well, you are subject to it, and you
had better see Dr. Brown" under
stand that he told the family that DR..
Brown told him that he must be out
in the air so many hours a day. I'll
rather felt he made that as an ex-
cuse to be away from Thelma. Mrs.
knight said he acted as if Thelma
was leper; that Thelma said so her
self; and thatshe never touched her,
never came near her, and never show
ed any affection toward her. / I'M
derstand that when Mrs. Knight was
alone with Thelma she had these vari-
ous conversations.
/ can never understand why Mr..
Smart took his wife on the trip to
Norfolk From the time he turned
down our advice not to go to Paris I
had absolutely no faith in him. UpIl
to that time had felt that he was
3 wild-headed determined youngstei
as crude as he could be. ., n
for Disease to Develop.
Before Thelma went to Paris and at
the time she was examined in San
Francisco there were some areas in
her lungs that looked like old glands
that might have resulted from grippe
Or bronchitis or some pulmonary trou-
Bile she had during her youth, although
there was nothing active. The signi-