Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-01
NO RECONCILIATION.
!. NO DIVORCE, SAYS
MRS. ANNE ST|LLMAN
Fought Battle for Baby Guy
and Mothers of World, She
Tells Press.

Three Rivers, Que, Sept. 30
There never can be reconciliation be-
tween herself and her husband, James
A. Stillman, Mrs. Anne o.. Stillman
said Saturday on learning of the deci-
sion handed down Friday In Carmel,
N Y, finding her son. Baby Guy Still
man, legitimate and charges of mis-
conduct made against her by her hus-
band not established.
Mrs. Stillman received the news OF
her victory from a correspondent of
The Canadian Press as she was hurry
ing by yacht down the st. Maurice
river from the Stillman camp at Greek
Anse TO summon medical aid for Baby
Guy, who is said to be seriously i'll at
the camp.
The correspondent boarded the
yacht from q tug and handed Mrs.
Stillman news dispatches reporting the
finding the referees decisions. Mrs.
Stillman was plainly overcome by emo
ton.
Asked il a reconciliation might be
possible, Mrs. Stillman replied:
.sThere is a French word which will
be my answer, jamais' (never).
"Why 'jamais' you may ask. Be-
cause the father of my son is dead
mot really, but theoretically. The
French said at verdun: lis ne passe-
rout pas 1t was in this spirit that
i waged my battle and it Is this spirit
that conquers."
what do you intend to do in the
case of the agents of Mr.. StillmanE'
she was asked.
"I will leave to my children the duty
to deal with them. Stupid tales were
imagined to injure my good name and
TO hurt me and my children
But thank God, the simple and 10y
al people of Quebec cannot be brought
against a mother rising IN despair to
avenge the honor of her son. They
that by trampling the body of child
under their boots they could gag me,
but / was upholding the rights OF all
mothers and the spirit Of the mothers
gave me the strength to go through the
Dirt of the courts and to face the abus-
es of my prosecutors. The good peo--
pie of this country have understood
that and the way they stood by me
showed they realized that l was not
fighting for myself alone but that /
was rising to protect my son.
II have received thousands of letters
from mothers sending me their most
precious encouragement. Mothers of
all races and religions have sympathaz-
ed with me, and few days ago, re-
ceived a touching letter from the
Mother Superior Of the convent of
Mount Hope, Sister Catherine, telling
me she was praying for me every
night.
IAN mothers understood that I was
waging their own battle together with
mine and now the victory has been
won the victory of mothers.
Mothers have stood by me because
maternal love was trying to conquer
intrigues. They have stood by me be-
cause a mother who does not fight
for her child is not worthy of the
name of mother. A man who does not
acknowledge his own child is an out
cast Mr.. Stllman is not really as
bad as one would think: he has been
ill-advised by bad friends"
Mrs. Stillman said that she would
not institute proceedings against Mr..
Stllman for divorce because by so
doing, she said, he would be able to
legitamize the children of Florence
Leeds, which would be to the detri-
ment of her own Children.