The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-05-30

OF letters asking information
about the convention facilities of
the Illinois capital.
Roman finished and fashioned to rep
resent rose leaves.
Haltingly she repeated the story
told by the housekeeper and Nc
Eirath, but could add little to II, due
to her lack Of English. In answer to
the question, do you still care for
Mr.. White In any way?" She
shrugged her shoulders, smiled and
said:
But why do you ask?'
WHITE TELLS OF MARRIED LIFE.
UP the road half mile the report
ers found White. He was lying on
his side on q homemade white birch
sapling swing. Nearby was william
Sanger. husband of Margaret Sanger.
birth control advocate. Sanger said
he was merely a visitor seeking in
spiration for my art" As the re-
porters approached him, White pulled
white silk handkerchief from his
pocket and quickly fastened II around
his neck. Long. red blisters still
showed. however. but White said II
was merely Dunburn."
wife. and as he gingerly raised him
self in a sitting position. he smiling
ly remarked.
ats sII true. ! guess. you boys
ean 20 the limit. It's simply that the
French and Americas marriages don't
turn out we'll. It's . different tenn
permanent. It's . different strain
| they don't turn out well. Thirty
three per cent Of these war marriages
don't turn out we'll, 20 what does Ii
matter II one more failsf
Last winter l went. to Paris to
study peasant pottery. / am inter
ested In IL and 1 expect to import
some to this country. j met my wife
there-Oh. / met her at a bazaar. A
mutual friend. a widow. introduced
US. Ii was . case Of love At Arst
sight. and In addition to my affection,
I really believed that I could elevate
this girl, ny wife, TO . higher plane.
But / failed, II seems. It's plainly
! another instance of the inability Of
the French and American tempera-
ments to get together. Really, ] think
there Ii a whole lot OF good in the
girl. this wife of mine. I hope that
in present case she wouldn't do any
thing to darken herself In order to
shield me.
DENIES HE WAS TARRED.
eyes, told her that ! Wa. nm aGf-
tntor, hut don't really believe i
made her fully perceive my commit
ment to the cause OF social recon-
struction. i am not . Bolshevist. I
am not an anarchist and I am not q
Socialist. am merely seeking . re-
adjustment of conditions along
Christfan iines-
Then White denied that he had
been tarred and feathered. and de-
MED that he had ever used force
against his wife. He admitted that
-four or Ave men, city toughs and
not typical crowd" had hauled
him out OF bed and had abandoned
him near Newburgh. But. he con-
tinued, they had not tried violent
methods on him because he had
talked to them"
He admitted that he had sought
to transfer some of his ideas to
his young wife. through tutors from
the intercollegiate Socialist Society.
Among those he named as enlisted to
teach new idess to the French girl
was Miss Louise Adams Govt. None,
he said. had had success.
The annulmeHt proceedings. he
continued. would not be contested.
and he was perfectly willing that
the former Miss simon return To
Paris at my expense" A. for hts
own future. he said he intended TO
rest a while "in my Wonastic re-
treat" and when the time was ripe
.emerEe and deliver message
which will And an audience" He
denied that he had ever told his
wife that he considered himself "the
\
deIusion of hers inspired by his
fore every meal"
HEARING SET FOR SATURDAY.
Another angle of the former clergy
mans predicament came from Harry
| G.. Harper, city statistician of Pough-
keepsie, an attorney appointed guard
( ian ad litem for Mrs. White. He
said:
"She has no friends or relatives
here and wants to go back to France.
She IL twenty years old and has had
a very unhappy experience in her life
with White. He made her acauaint-
ance on the street in Paris under ro-
mantle circumstances. He bumped
into her in a crowd. He stopped and
apologized She smiled and he began
a conversation.
"Their troubles began Immediately
after the marriage. because of her
husbands peculiar ideas. Mr.. white
wanted her to help him In his reSoiu-
tionary work, especially In hts writ
ing. He gave her q copy Of kingsiey's
sHypatia' to rad and told her he
wanted her 20 he his hyatis.
81 am uncertain as to what the
next step In the matter will be, but
there Is a hearing on counsel fees
and alimony scheduled in the Supreme
Court at Poughkeepsie for next Sat-
urday."
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