Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-02-24

A series of rules for the conduct
of wife formed part of the evidence
introduced in the trial of the suit
for divorce by Charles Z. Leach
against Jessie NJ. Leach, now being
heard before Chancellor Stew
ems.
These rules, read into the record
by Maximilian NJ. Stallman, who.
with Jerome T. Congleton, appears
for Mrs. Leach. were identified by
her on the stand. She testified that
Mr.. Leach drew them up and after
ward made her take his dictation,
keeping her at q typewriter for hours
at time.
Mrs. Leach testified she now lives
at Riverdale, New York city, and
that she is employed as secretary in
the Riverdale Sanitarium.
Before Mr.. Leach became addicted
to the use of the cocaine bearing
'menthol powders" she said, he was
neat and careful about his dress and
appearance. After using them for
years he became slouchy in appear
ance, and the drug had most dis
agre sh'e effect on his personal ap-
to buy the ,ders for
I'M. s4fu Mrs. Leach M reply to a
| question, but did not know for
many years that they contained
habit forming drugs. 1 know that
often expended as much as s25 or
S35 a month for powders We bought
them because we believed that they
relieved his trouble
Mrs, Leach also testified that while
her husband was under the influence
of cocaine, he would stand over her
bed while she was in it and growl
like an animal and grind his teeth.
A number of times while she was
preparing drinks for him, he would
snatch the glass from the table or
from her hand and dash it against
the wall.
One of the series. of rules which
Mrs. Leach declared she was COM
PEELED to write at her husbands die
tation, is as follows:
Don'ts.
Don't urge me to do anything.
Don't ask me to '1et" you do any
thing.
Don't say can't 1--WE" turn over
new leaf.
Don't fail TO step lightly.
Don't make it necessary to call
you even once. Stick to your hus-
band in his houf@of need.
Don't say you didn't intend to. !
know 1t.
Don't remain silent when forced to
hear me describe what has evidently
been torture to me.
Don't remain silent when say you
injure me.
Don't say well, | understand now,
and we will do better tomorrow" It's
horrid dose that you did not under.
stand before. And everybody knows
that tomorrow never comes
Don't argue with me or contend
with me in the slightest degree on
anything under the sun, no matter
what the provocation.
Don't forget that neurasthenia is
real disease, terrible In its effects
and extremely apt TO cause death un-
expectedly.
Don't do thousands of other things
that will readily suggest themselves.
Don't forget that mental and ner-
vous diseases are now alleviated and
cured exactly this way and no other
Exactly like a cold, neurasthenia
must run it's course. Be afraid OF no
apparent cure.
Don't be afraid to pretend for my
benefit occasionally If you cannot
agree or accommodate me honestly,
at least pretend for my sake occa-
sionally.
Don't say "I thought you wanted
me to-"
Don't say "You told me to or not
to do it,"
Don't be unrestful or unquiet in
speech or deneanor.
Don't forget that man returns
battle-scarred and weary at night. If
In poor health he cannot stand much
more.
Don't make me tell you such things
as this.
Do YOU know any other mans wife
who cannot construct such rules as
this herself?
More Advice.
Another set of directions, prepared
by Leach himself and printed In
Roman letters with lead pencil
called attention to his wife's short
comings. and offered advice as to
what she should do. The arrange
ment of rules on the paper is unique,
the separate inJunctions being on one
side of the sheet in indented form
and the elaboration on the other.
They follow:
JESSIE DOES NOT
,.sGo To Church
"Yet she should. by all means,
for certain important reasons all
people know.
go Calling
mot haphazard. not in selfish
regard for herself, but to q very
carefully-selected list in the in
terest of her family. 1t is her
plain duty to consider expediency.
To a wife and a mother, benefit
ing the interests of her family
are paramount. If husband or
son are prominent at all she has
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