New-York tribune., 1921-03-23
Pah1ow Not
Ousted for
Wife's Talks

w HC = 4 dlkS
tcent'rued from pase ere)
sped down Princeton Drive, the main
street of the town, to the home Of The
Hullfshes. - ''s
:. iheir coming had been expected
Many students of the school. as well
as large number of others here.
llned the sidewalks of Princeton Drive
as the Pahlow car went past A crowd
swarmed around the front of the
Hutinsh home when the car parked
outside, and the throng waited until
ffro1essor and Mrs. Pahlow emerged
rom the house about an hour after
entering 1t. The statements were given
TO newspaper men shortly after thew
! reached the Hullfsh home
when they left the house the Pah-
lows walked slowly down Princeton
Drive. They both were smiling and
appeared to be in good humor. Mrs.
faniow, wearing red coat, a short
skirt and becoming red hat. was =
trim and attractive figure Her hus
nand carried cane and twirled it as
ne ne walked. When they ventured on
the edge of the school campus thev
were met by Croasdale. He told them
they'd have to keep off. Thev With. With.
drew smilingly, and Professor Pahinw
turned to the group of newspaper men
at their heels and said:
iheres fine story for you"
Croasdale Admits Mistake
Croasdale went to the home of Major
ABBOTT and met the Pahlows several
minutes later. "A mistake has been
MADE, ne said. "Dr. Abbott says you
may go on the campus if you do not at
tempt to have groups Of BOYS around
YOU"
Two newspaper men were selected to
accompany the professor and his wife
IN their visit to the home of Maior All
oott After Major Abbott had greeted
ms visitors the former member of his
faculty said -''
II have come to ask you, DR.. Abbott.
why you did not deny that nv wife
was as the cause of my being dismissed 2"
Il was instructed not to talk" said
the headmaster.
AS gentleman, Dr. Abbott" per
sisted Professor Pahlow, "dont YOU
think 1t your duty to make a statement
regardless of your trustees
Mrs. Pahlow," said Major Abbott
lis not the cause of your dismissal ?
Pressed for further statement he de-
clared that he had nothing else to saw.
The Pahlows left short time later
IN an automobile for Princeton to at
tend the Lawrencevile alumni meet
ing.
Said She Was Mother" to Bows
In statements attributed to her in
Sundays interview Mrs. Pahlow de-
clared than she had been mother and
sweetheart to boys at Lawrenceville
that many of them had come to her
for sex instruction and that she had
received letter from one of her for
mer pupils about to be married in
which he told her that he was grateful
for the advice she had given him on
sex matters. She was quoted further
as saying that Major Abbott had criti-
cised her through her husband and
that the headmaster had told him that
discussions on questions of sex were
to be left to the physical instructor of
the school.
In her statements issued to-day
Mrs. Tan,ow said:
"In the first place, I desire to re-
pudiate the alleged interview with me
in last Sundays New York Tribune A
young man of very pleasing appearance
came to me at my fathers house, where
had gone with my children after our
sudden departure from Lawrenceville,
and began to ask me questions. ! told
him | could not give him an interview
and he said that he would not ask for
one, but merely wished to verify his
dates concerning my husbands connec-
ton with Lawrenceville and his dis
missal. These ] gave him.
"He then told me that he had been
in Lswrenceville for two days and that
rumors of scandalous nature about
my husband and me were af1oat there.
foC bo
them Indignantly. He then promised
me again, in the presence of my
mother, to print nothing, and went
away, remarking. Finding you the sort
of woman I have has spoiled good
story for me- The next day his paper
appeared with complete front-page
story, purporting to be an interview
with me, in which | was made to ap-
pear in most unpleasant light. Ex-
cept to disavow this interview, and to
announce my intention to 60 to Law
renceville with my husband (who was
then staying in Princeton), have said
no word for publication until now
My husband and | were down to
Lawre melville nearly ten years ago,
largely by the facts that we had no
children and felt great need Of them.
and that the house life, which is the
great outstanding advantage of that
school, offered US in its intimate every
day association with the boys a sub
stitute for parenthoed that was almost
as good as the real thing. For sew
eral years we had one Of the small
schoolhouses with nine small boys, and
here we had the life of big, happy
family; we used to have parties Satur-
day nights and make candy in the
chatting dish Sundays, and | read to
the boys every night after dinner and