The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-16
SAYS STILLMAN
IS WORSE THAN
THE BOLSHEv vIK
Wife ExcOriates Her Millionaire
Husband During Interview
WALL STREET MEN FREAKS
Made Abnormal BY Mania For
Money Grabbing and Quest
For Power

Urquhart Potter StilImany who is wait
ing at the home OF John T.. Mack
here for the resumption of the hear
ngs tomorrow in the divorce action
brought by James A. Stillman, told
reporters to-day that Mr. Stillman
was worse than a Bolsheyik," that
he is abnormal" and that she looked
on him as "she would on a sick man
in hospital"
She made these characterizations of
the former banker in the course Of
a long interview, in which was dis
cussed her case. expressing the opin-
ion that her husband was victim
of the Wall street mania for money
making.
Mr.. Stillman has many good quail
ties she said but he is abnormal.
like many men in Wall street. He is
not the only one of his kind not bv
long slot The only fault appears
to me to lie with life they lead down
there. 1t IS the constant struggle
for power, the eternal mania for max
ing money 1t is this complex power
that turns these men away from their
equals in their moments of rest from
business, in their times of relaxation.
Photographs Of Emotions
These men turn to their interiors
because they want nothing to do with
persons who are their equals. 1t
was thus with Mr.. Stillman. That is
why he turned poor Mrs. Leeds and
filled his yacht with women--was ii
eight or ten?-and would have moth
ing to do with his own family. Such
women as these are mere phono.
graphs for the expression Of cert
ain emotions Of such men.
Mr. Stillmans eldest son re~
fused to shake hands with his father
after learning his way OF living.
Just consider that Think of it,
Does not that show that there was
an abnormal condition OF mind in Mr..
Stilman? Surely this was not
normal family condition. Then Mr..
Stllman started out to destory his
own home to demolish it and to h.ng
the wreckage all over the world. /
mean what ! say, because / have had
letters Of sympathy from as far away.
as Japan.
This is not a pleasant thing for
me to say but it is true and that is
why | say it, A man OF great wealth
strikes at foundation OF his home II
the home and the family can be crush
ed to fragments in such a manner
what is to become of the State-what
is to become Of civilization? Despite
everything, | think t5at what | am
passing through will be Of value to the
women of the world, and to society
in the broader sense, because if this
thing that Mr.. Stillman is trying to
DO can be done it will give en-
couragement beyond measure to the
radicals of the world.
Effect Upon Public
ALREADY people are pointing to us
as people Of high position and they
are asking what is to become of them
il we are allowed to wreck our wills
on the world reardless of the laws OF
reardleSs OF everything that
we are supposed to uphold. When |
consider what Mr. Stllman is try
ing to do, the thought comes to me
worse than a Bolsheyik. It also con.
yinces me that he is abnormal, as |
have said before.
Il feel keenly what all this means.
1t is not hard to appreciate the feel
ings Of those Social.stic persons who
would stone US for permitting these
things to be. 1t certainly is not of my
doing. Yet | could scarcely blame
any one who did attack us, under the
But remember that
Mr.. Stillman is the only person who
is indulging himself in such a reck.
less fashion,
Two photographers appeared as Mr.
Stillman talked on the front porch
of the Mack home and she posed for
them One of them had u moving
picture camera, and at his request
Mrs. Stillman ordered her automobile
and the entire party motored to Wap-
pinger Falls, twenty miles from Poue
hkeepsie There the cinema man ob.
tanned the out of doors and camping
background against which he desired
to photograph Mrs. Stulman After
the picture had been taken she sat on
a stone wall an continued her con-
One Of the reporters asked
her if she considerd that she was
really fighting for her children
Young People Her Favorites.
Yes" she replied q have always
loved children, and they seem to love
me. The young people of society, as
t is called in a narrow sense, always
were my favorites. | was always the
champion of their rights.
THE children of the rich, you
know, really do not have such good
time. They have no individuality
trey do not have an opportunity to
develop themselves. As | think Of it
| am more and more convinced that
the rich are not really happy; they
cannot be.
This last statement appeared to
arouse some doubt IN the minds of
one or two Of the reporters, and Mrs ,
Stllman was asked for a fuller explain
alton. She said.