New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-19
Surgeon Says He and Dark
Skinned Girl, Accused by
Wife, Are Innocent, but
Cannot Disprove Evidence
Culls Reply From Book
Physician Refers to Chap
tiers Written by Him on
Woman's Jealous Mind
Fron, a Staf Correspondent

is suing him for divorce, appeared be-
fore Supreme Court Justice Joseph
Morschauser this afternoon, but offered
no defense. He was scheduled to APP
pear tomorrow, but asked that the case
be put forward to allow him to perform
an operation in the morning.
The correspondent, not named, is de-
scribed by William Yates, one of the
witnesses. as "dark-skinned girl, with
brown hair, feet 2 inches in height
and weighing about 1875 pounds
Yates is guide who swore he &C.
eompanied DR.. Morris and the girl in
question on alleged expeditions in
northern Ontario. Misconduct is al.
legged in the Algoma region of Ontario
and on a farm near Stamford, Conn.
In accordance with his custom. Jus-
tice Morschauser insisted on the de.
PENDANT appearing in court. DR.. Nor.
rls came to Poughkeepsie this after
noon on the same train as Chester
Stiles, of Macklin, Brown, Purdy e. Van
Wyck, attorneys for Mrs. Morris. He
admitted that he had received q COPY
of the complaint and summons in the
action. Upon leaving court he said he
was returning TO New York to hold q
consultation with his attorney, John
w. RueH, of 43 Cedar Street, as to
whether or not he should contest the
suit.
Decision Expected Within Week
Justice Morschauser is weighing the
evidence and, aside from the possibility
Of new move in the case in the shane
OF defense, he will render decision
within week
DR.. Morris is handsome, we'll pre-
served man Of fifty years. He is
professor of surgery at the New York
POSTGRADUATE Medical School and Hos
pital. His Office is at GIG Madison Ave
nue., New York. Mrs. Morris, who is
said to be too i'll TO appear on her own
behalf. is living in small town ir
Connecticut. They were married in
1898. The surgeon has written q num-
Der OF books on medical and philoso-
phical subjects. He has dwelt at
length on his theories of love and their
relation to health. His best known
books are doctors VS.. Men" "Microbes
and Men" and "a Surgeons Philos-
ophy."
He had his wife in mind when he
wrote the last mentioned book he told
reporters here to-day.
Il am innocent" he said. "And the
young lady in question is as innocent
as !. 1t was simply case of going to
the Canadian wilds with young in
valid. am sorry the innocent have
been forced TO suffer, but there is
the evidence presented Nothing |
might say about my wife would make
any difference | cannot make any
statement other than that I had her in
mind IN chapters I wrote on marital
morbidity' in nv book, A SURGEON =
Philosophy"
Dr.. Morris unfolds his theory of
marital morbidity at length in this
book, describing the jealousy that
grows in woman's mind.
Extracts From Doctors Book
Extracts from the book follow:
"a woman with the jealous type OF
mental disorder does not differ essen
TALLY from a man in the general range
of her symptoms, excepting in two par
ticuaars. man is apt to have an un.
dercurrent of sense of shame remaining
when his psychosis has passed beyone
control by his reasoning faculties, anc
he confides in no one.
"A woman, on the other hand, who
is suffering from the jealous type oil
mental disorder seems to have littl,
sense of shame. She seeks the compan,
of sympathetic women CONSIDERS, eacl
one of whom in turn confdes the secre
in the ordinary course of the customar,
run of neighborly calls.
"a second characteristic of jealous
morbldity in woman is the demand
for extreme and exaggerated attention
times amounts to a well-dehned mania
She attempts to exercise control owe
his every movement and turn it t,
some account for herself.
"a victim of the jealous type of NOR
bidity may retain control of high facul
ties of the mind well enough to pas
for a quite normal and agreeabl
interesting individual. know one yer,
beautiful and talented woman, mos
charming conversationalist who drov
her husband to distraction, ruined hi
business and finally obliged him Il
desert her completely.
Women are not so gregarious a
men, and for that very reason do no
understand in their inner natures tina
need for companionship with variet
social elements The desire of 8 ma,
to leave his wife for the purpose O.
going to enjoy himself with other PEG
pie for an evening, or for a day, or fol
q week, Is something wholly out of hel
ileld OF experience, and she feels hur
because she herself would not leave
him for any such reason.
Need of Exercise by Men
"Then again, men need a great dea
more physical exercise than womcr
require. 1t may be almost q matter OF
life or death with them to run off anc
play golf or to go on shooting or fish.
ing trips.
None of these things seem to be
really necessary from the point OF
view of the young wife"
The two witnesses in the case are
Yates. the Canadian guide. and Peter
Belowiycy, gardener employed at
Brock Meadows, Stamford, Conn. the
country estate of Dr. Morris.
Yates swore on the stand that he
was farmer by occupation and thai
he had known DR.. Morris since July
1920, when the surgeon visited a camp
conducted by him in the Algoma region
of Ontario.
Il was engaged to act as guide for
hin. on trip up through the White
River district" said Yates. eve start
Il |-c1 Bass Wood Lake, Leferly
ontario, about the second week in July
1920. There were three persons in the
party, including myself, the defend
ant and young woman companion
The young woman was of medium
build. weighed about 1875 pounds. was
about five feet two or three inches tall
and was inclined to be dark skinned
with rather brown hair"
Guide Tells of Trip
Yates said that Dr. Morris referred
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