The sun., 1916-11-24
NIETZSCHB AIDTO
"L0YELESS BRIDE"
Mrs. Asche Admits She Studied
German Philosopher, but
Denies Plagiarism.
TOLD SHE Is INSANE
Young Wife Is Also q "Path0-
logical LIAR" Says
Attorney.
TOLD SHE Is INSANE

Nietsschs. philosopher and free thinker.
figured yesterday before Justice Cohalan
in Supreme Court In the suit for separa-
ton from Herman r. Ascae begun by
Mrs. Asia O'Connor Asche. authoress Of
Justice" . novelette, supposed to b
. story Of her married life.
Spectators, mainly men. who crowded
the c6urt room. heard Gustav Lanse.
Jr., counsel for Aschs. question the wife
about . work on married life by the
German philosopher. who died In .
lunatic asylum. Mrs. Asche has con-
tended in her allegations Of cruelty
against her husband that their married
life was not normal. and the lawyer
examined her with reference to the book
In order 70 ascertain her " ideas of =
normal marriage.
The book was entitled "what Nietx-
sche Taught and the attorney drew
admissions from Mrs. Asche that before
her engagement to the wealthy importer
she had studied Nietssche because she
was Interested In his works and had
even made . private glossary. not In
tended for publication. In seeking to
show that the IDEAS embodied In her
own book might have been copyrighted
a. Nietssche's the attorney inquired:
Denies PlagiaPisn.
do you remember reading a quota
ton. from Nietssche about leasehold
marriages.. or marriages for q time
oniyT"
II do" answered the young woman.
Are you in favor OF q marriage FOR
. period Of time onlyr" was his next
Quesy.
Mrs. Aschs gave an emphatic negative.
In general her replies refuted n ac-
cusation that she might have plasiarixed
from tho German In her novelette,. She
said her attitude toward marriage was
mo- exactly embraced by O passage In
which Nietxsche blacklisted the institu-
ton because, in his opinion. II failed to
show q good return on the Investment.
She acknowledged being Impressed by
the passage.
After the witness swore she was seri-
| Gus minded and loved only classic dane
ing she admitted h knew q wealthy
| Chinese student at Yale called chin.
! and enjoyed q cigarette after meals. but
maintained she was always fully dressed
| for smoking or anything else. Then DR..
| Henry c. COe was called by Iorlys Elton
| Rogers, counsel for Mrs. Asche. and In
, timated hat Mrs. Asche must have been
q marble bride"
Doctors Contradict Each Other.
During his testimony 4 new class OF
members Of tho Ananiss club was un-
covered by LANCE. Directing to remarks
by DR.. Coe on the wife's mental status
as not being expert testimony. the law
yer said I'VE will show that this
woman Is substantially insane. being
what Ia known In medical science as q
pathological liar"
Conflicting testimony was given BY
! DR.. Dennis McAuline, appointed by Jus
tee Cohalan at the request Of both
sides. who declared that his examina-
ton Of Mrs. Asche revealed nothing
| which would prove conclusively that the
| marriage Ind been loveless or out OF
the ordinary. Aside from statements
bearing out DR.. Coe. DR.. Anthony Men,
dilo of New Haven. Conn.,. gave An In
teresting sidelight or the medical pro-
fession by replying thus as to whether
Mrs. Asche was neurasthenic
IAN cases Of that COM
into q doctors office and can't be dag
nosed are usually called neurasthenia.
He said he expected to be paid by thu
plaintiff 5000 a day for testimony which
was considered to be expert. though
Lange got him to agree that "all 70,
know Is what the general practitioner
knows"
Following testimony along the sam
line for the plaintiff by Drs. FRANKLIN
A. Dorman and Emil Altman. Ella wnek
a maid in tho Asche apartment. 49,
Riverside Drive. took n q stand as tn
firsr witness for the defence and. wheI
asked how many cigarettes Mrs. Asch'
consumed. said:
she smoked one at q time" She de
clared that though h had never seeI
anything but bliss in their home. he
mistress told her three weeks after tn
honeymoon that she vas going to leav
Asche. She told Of almost daily visit
to the apartment by the young woman
mother, Mrs. Helga OConnor. who al
ways left before her son-in-law returne'
from business. a h had no affectio
to waste on hin
Lange's motion for . dismissal Of IN
suite was denied. and It was adjourne
until to-day. when the defence will b
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