The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-01-12

lOsls rs did ms sister, than an .inIant
child Of about the age Of three months,
and that members Of the family Of the
said Richard Smart's father have been
likewise so afflicted.l'a 81,
Second Professional warning
The affidavit Of DIR. Emma X. Viii
lets, the physician TO whom Smart was
referred and who Is an old family
friend, having known Thelma since her
childhood, shows the extreme pains
taken 10 impress upon Smart the dan,
ger 10 his wife of his proposed ''joy
ride" to Paris. Arter having had
X.ray plates made TO demonstrate the
lung, Doctor willets argued against
the Paris trip, n -
81 told them that IL was a very un-
wiEc thing for them to make this
trip, - she says, which advice she re.
peated in an effort to force Smart to
appreciate Thelma's condition.
As Physician and friend
"'They, of course, went ahead with
their preparations and went, to Paris
Just as they had at first planned. The
result was exactly what / feared it
would be. spoke absolutely plainly
to them, and as earnestly as would
speak to any patient. It was my con.
viction that Thelma e life was in dan.
ger, and told them il was a very
great risk. made IL as plain as pos
sible, and advised them in the strong
est terms | could. / was not o1ly
Thelma 4 physician but her friend, and
was very fond Of her. told them
lll =. l.. Il y. osI
knowing the conditions of the East
aud the conditions she would have to
face in Paris, they were taking great
risks" " "a
"It was necessary for her to have
every bit of strength that she could
obtain for her confinement. Her pow.
er of resistance should have been in
creased instead Of being lessened.
Smart a Boor In
81 first saw Mr.. Smart in the Isl.
ands before he married Thelma. Be
fore that had heard that Thelma had
met him on the steamer and that quite
ar attachment had sprung up. On
meeting him ] was not favorablv i'm
pressed with him, for no special reason
that I know. 1t is just as one sometimes
forms an unfavorable opinion! / sim
ply did not care for him. At that
time they were not married. Mrs
Knight was very much disturbed
shortly afterwards because she realized
the trend of affairs, namely, that they
were going TO get married soon. ~
"She felt that Thclma Is social ex.
pericnces were so meager that she
ought not to make decision without
knowing n little bit more. Mrs. Knight
came in to me one evening tremendous
" upset and disturbed. a. f..
Snart's influence ,,s s... s.~ D.
"She said that she had exacted from
Thelma n promise to come back to San
Francisco with her and then be mar
ried. She had gone out, however,
with Mr.. Smart and in fifteen minutes
came back and said TO her mother,
we are going to he married in July. ;
Mrs. Knight felt the influence of tho
man over Thelma. She was very much
| staggered, and after that had absolute
| ly no power with the child She said
TO me, sJust think Of my baby giving
| me her word and in fifteen minutes
coming back and saying that they
wonld be married. The effect of this
incident son my mind was to substan-
tate my opinion of Smart which had
formed in the beginning. I felt that he
had dominating personality, to define
it more clearly.
An Uniformed. Girl ..,...., %......
| 81 knew Thelma before her mar.
riage as an uniformed girl She was
always directed by her mother. She
always impressed me as being Of a
rather plastic nature and very re.
| served. m
4" Tholma had a few intimate Friends
among the girls of her own age, and
I think she was faithful and constant
in her friendship. If she disliked any,
one such dislike would be expressed
by Indifference towards that person.
Rude and Uorllnnered -. Z
81 understand that at the hotel in
Honolulu before the marriage there
were some stormy interviews betweey
Mrs. KNIGHT and Mr.. Smart, and il al
ways ended in Mrs. Knights utter de
feat. Mrs, Knight used to come int
the room crying and tell me and Mrs
Winch, who was at the hotel. whai
she had said to Mr.. Smart. The is
sue was always the question of an early
marriage. She said that Mr.. Smar
was exceedingly rude and disrespectfu
to her. g..
"Thelma was in Mr.. Smart's com
pany every day while | was there. Hi
attitude towards her seemed to b,
that of just casual acquaintance.
looked upon. him as n very uniformed
III hammered boy. He did not exer
else the little cOurtesies that ever,
gentleman would. For instance, /
Mrs. Knight came into the room b.
never used TO rise, and he was YER.
crude. You felt innately that he wa
not gentleman. | made this remarl
to Mrs. Knight and Mrs. Winch whel
they were criticizing him, and said
u think he knows no better. He ha
not had any social experience.
Selfish Indifference
81 feel now, however, that he di'
know better. and that thcv were RICH
, and | was wrong. Mr.. Smart SCENE
absolutely indifferent to his wife's r.
lati0ns. lie absolutely lacked SOCIAL
; bility. Ny first opinion was that b
} might be IA hoy that has been br0ugh