Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-06-15
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turned quickly as she broke the silence
win don't want to be interviewed.
w,s, can ! say that would be Oh IN
.w,rest--really ..
serSsSWbr," ft was suggested. what do
-, think Of Mr.. Stillmanf'
Her Analysis Of Stillman
halo Of the head. Another pause.
- 'tS 't.houoht. Two children homeward
More fror somewhere--one about
bounu ,rr, IL might be guessed--toddled
Guy ne .to ddewalk far out at the edge
siong 'MV 'Mack's we'll trimmed lawns. And
o. Mr rat;,lman, for the second time since
Mrs. .so became public property, was
talking. AZ sti,lman as I would
sick man in a hospital. He
ook nS om admirable qualities. but he Is
ms snnni-Slike nni SO many Wall street
abnoimf TO- remember. Mr.. Stillman 10
msp ;be only one Of his kind--not by
long shot. ,,o ,,;.,, +bo ,;rov
ieod down there. The constant
wy. ue.ur,c for power, power, more power
sssss;l, more power--that is the life of
anu s' ~ the men in the street. The
pn pnoi mania for making money. 1t is
~ no,rer complex In such men that
t. .ns tbem away from their equals in
.h.;r .a.;h ,roments of rest from business, in
.he;r moments of relaxation.
.ar'bev turn to their interiors because
x.v want nothing to do with persons
rbo consider themselves their equals in
.nrtbinu, SO It was that Mr.. Stillman
.nynsd TO that poor Mrs. Leeds and
Sl,ed his yacht with women. Was 1t
eirht or ten OF them! -,
"He would have nothing to do with
Ma own family. Such women as those
have spoken Of are mere monographs
for the expression of certain emotions
Of such men.
Tried to Destroy Own Home"
"Just consider; Mr.. Stillman's eldest
son refused to shake hands with his
father after hearing of his way Of liv-
ipg. Think Of that. Doesn't it show
that there was an abnormal condition
Of mind in Mr.. Stillman? For surely
this was not normal family condition.
''Then Mr.. SHllman tried to destroy
his own home, to demolish 1t and fling
the wreckage all over the world. I
mean IuSt tHuIi 1or IL W0uC III over the
world. Why, 1:had letter from japan
on this matter.
"A man Of great wealth and power
strikes at his own family and the foun-
dations Of his home. If the home ana
family can be crushed to fragments in
such fashion, what 10 to become of the
State, and Of civilization itself, can
almost say, II 1t does not seem to be at
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sslfi
II think that what l am passing
through is Of value to the worlds
women and to society. in its broadest
sense, for if this thing that Mr.. Still
man is attempting can be done. it will
give endless encouragement to the So
cialists and anarchists of the world.
ALREADY they, the radicals, are
pointing to us as people of high posi-
ton and asking what Is to become of
them IL we are allowed to wreak our
wills on the world regardless of the
laws Of morality which we are supposed
to uphold.
Worse Than Bolshevik'
80 feel that Mr.. Stillman is worse
than Bolshevik in what he Is doing,
and It convinces me that he is an ad-
normal person. as l have said. feel
keenly what all this means. I can ap-
preciate the feelings Of those socialistic
people who would stone us for permit
ting these things to be. But it is not
Of my doing.
"Yet l could scarcely blame any one
who did attack us In the circumstances.
"And remember, again, that Stillman
Is not the only person indulging himself
In such reckless fashion. He is not the
only one in New York-not by a long
shot"
"As a matter Of fact, Mrs. Stillman,"