Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-26
dllGBSUl|IED
BY B|RTH0F SON
Eccentric Millionairs's Love
Triangle Reported to Have
Been Broken Up
WITH WIFE At HOSPITAL


love and all-around eccentric. and his
wife, Mary Wrenn Garland. The status
Of Lillian Conrad. Philadelphia artist.
who was one OF Garland's 'soul wives"
in his free-love scheme Of things, re-
mains unknown.
Neither Garland nor his wife has
made any statement concerning the
reconciliation. and the wherea bouts of
Miss Conrad are unknown.
The one fact that is known IL that
Garland and his wife have been re.
united and that the coming Of the lit
tie stranger was the cause Of the recon.
ciliation.
Garland was present in the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital here when
the baby was born. The little one is
the second child Of the Garlands, the
first being a daughter.
Garland is said to have returned to
his wife weeks before the birth. but il
was the arrival of the child that brought
the fact of the reunion Of husband and
wife to publ, attention.
IL was more than n wear ago that
Garland first sprang into the limelight
by refusing million dollar legacy and
undertaking to explain why he did 1t.
Refused = Million
The explanation was not satisfac.
tory. 1t did not seem to satisfy any
one to whom it was made. and Garland
himself did not seem to be satisfied,
feeling sort of inarticulateness---a
sort of inability to put his own thoughts
and feelings into words.
s;on ne GENERAL luea was that the posses.
Ja'lr,' 81 nucn ih'hes was wrong ana
,ouoH !, wrong wnen one mad not earned
n,r "'nse", ns M was more money than
ans .r one neeoed anG' therefore. more
cal nnI an! o?dS snould morally possess.
,;",, '"h LII '",s'u .ne who,e general ques'
nf T,, mooIti, 0i set he'rr se.aied; OF morality
", Weaith. lie was called by some
Socialist, Socialist. by some n philosophical
'"Irvn,sa. Tni, =! al! sort OF crank.
conmS nouSanus , Sl persons suggested to
u,,1". tn"t ne accept thc legacy ana
o, pem" ., =. III au'anc",s ms IDEAS. what'
W 'ne. We'e' OF III advancing other
schemSs Tor world betterment. But he
was opGurate.
EVERYBODY gave UP trying to change
nis mihd' ana he was pretty thoroughly
iorsotteh'
Then the Triangle
Then he sprang back into the limo.
liyht all over again nv .ccentiro Tho
legacy and doing M for the amazino
reason that he needed II to s,,nnort Li,
wife and other women who were neces.
sary to make his life complete. One ~
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. John s. Con.
rad, of 2l34 North Ubcr street. Pbila.
Gelphia.
This was last January. Miss Con-
rad had been secretary to Garland's
mother. After she left that positiop
Garland had taken her into his own
home to live with him and Mrs. Gar.
land in a sort Of homogeneous system
There were no other. women living
there. but Garland quite frankly wanted
others. 4, .. -. 49," =
After several months Mrs. Garland
objected to Miss Conrad's presence and
to the whole ARRANGEMENT. Miss Con.
rad left and Garland left. Garland said
he did not wSnt to leave his wife. and
| so far as is known. he continued to
support her. But she insisted on his
| living with her alone. and, since tber
could not agree. he left.
i Miss Conrad went to her norents
home. A few weeks afterward Gar.
land and his wife paid a brief visit TO
Philadelphia They did not make known
the object of this visit. Whether they
visited Miss Conrad or her parents IL
known only 10 the persons themselves
At any rate. the triangle love nest
seemed broken up.