The Washington herald., 1921-07-19
DOCTOR IN DIVORCE
SUIT WROTE BOOK
Oa;WOMAN'S MIND
Fam8us Surgeon Pictured
Wife in Chapter, He
Declares

rottlHKEEPsIE. N. Y. July Is.
Just as the absorbing Stillman
divorce case here was delayed un-
: Gil October, a divorce suit involving
notables and with Canadian back
ground, made its bow today.
The new case Is that OF Mrs.
Aimee Norris against DR.. Robert I.
Morris. a noted surgeon of New
York Cffy: Instead of Indian guide
~as correspondent. a young woman
is named Whatever the Norris
ease lacks in youngsters paternity
Is offset by DR.. Morris amazing
writings of recent years in books
on nsEriase.
Dark Girl Involved.
Ls.iEse Morschauser today with
held decision. saying he would rem
der Judgment in about a week.
The~ eharges of the wife involve "a
sh1rt.-dark- haired girl" in incl
dents in the wilds of Canada and
the more placid setting of a farm
neAr Stamford. Conn.,
Two witnesses testified. They
VIDE William Yates, farmer and
grftde. who lives in the Algoma dis
trtS Of Ontario. and Peter Belo-
m5E gardener. employed at
Drs morris country place. Brook
Meadows. Stamford. Conn. The Ca
madam guide told of a trip by the
phfsician and tha correspondent in
july. 1920, up into the timbered
codntry north Of Eastwood Lake,
Lofetly. Ont. The gardener de-
sc4hed a visit of the pair TO the
coSfary place while Mrs. Morris was
aSfy
br. Morris told newspaper men
thst.he was innocent and that his
yoauK woman companion on the
trIp ~fnto the Canadian woods also
waS innocent.
Ehen ne was asked about his
wite@ the physician said that when
hef wrote the chapter on Marital
Mdf6idity" in one Of his books-"A
Sutaeon's Philosophy"-he had his
w1e- in mind.
some Of the passages from the
bdsR follow:
IA woman with jealous type OF
nentaJ disorder does not differ es-
se3tially from a man in the general
rasRe of her symptoms excepting
in two particulars: A man is apt
toy have an undercurrent of sense
Off shame remaining. when his
psyohosis has passed beyond con-
tro by his reasoning facilities, and
he eonfides in no one.
How Gossip starts.
"a woman, on the other hand
WHO is suffering from the jealous
type of mental disorder seems 20
Of
seeks the company of sympathetic
wdfnen CONSIDERS, each one of whom
nttnrn confides the secret in the
ord nary course of the customary
TuP of neighborly calls.
IA second characteristic of jeal-
Gus anorbidity in a woman is the
demand for excitement and exag-
Eerated attention from her husband
This symptom sometimes amounts
to "a weIl-defined mania She at,
teEnpts to exercise control over hi,
every movement and turn il to some
aeSonnt for herself.
Tells of One Case.
az victim of the Jealous type OF
morHdity may retain control OF
high. faculties of the mind well
enough to pass for a quite normal
and eagreeably interesting individ-
uak knew one very beautiful and
talented woman, a most charming
conversationalist, who drove her
husband to distraction. ruined his
buSiRess, and fiLally obliged him to
desert her completely.
SWomen are not so gregarious as
men and for that very reason dc
not understand in their inner nat
urs that need for companionship
ieh- varied social elements. The
desire of a man to leave his wife
for. the purpose of going to enjoy
himself with other people for ar
evening, or for a day, or for a week
is Something wholly out of her
fieh of experience, and she feels
hurt sbecause she herself would not
leate him for any such reason.
Then again, men need grea'
deal more physical exercise thar
women require. II may be almost
. matter % life or death with then
to run of and play golf or to e
on Shooting or fishing trips.
None of these things seem to bt
really necessary from the point oi
view of the young wife"