The New York herald., 1922-09-07
WIFE IN BABY MIXUP
WARNS NEWLYWEDS
Says Brides VIII Seek Amuse-
ment Outside if They Don't
Get 1t at Home.
NEED LOVING ATTENTION
Mrs. Tiernan Discusses the
Case Questioning Parentage
of Her Child.

Special Dispatch to The New YORK HERALD.
| SOUTH BEND, Ind. Sept 6.-Mrs. Tier
nan, wife of Prof. John p. Tiernan. pro-
fessor Of law at Notre Dame University.
who charges Harry Pouin with the par
| entage of her youngest child. to-day dis
cussed the situation in which she finds
herself.
Sometimes she said. although
Young husbands love their wives de-
votedly, they are apt to give to their
work a more apparent devotion than
they concede to their wives. Or perhaps
they have interests that require atten-
tion to the exclusion of the young wife.
Naturally young wife feels piquea
when this is the case, and unless she Is
more than ordinarily strong of will she
will seek amusements elsewhere that she
should seek with her husband"
Mrs. Tiernan has borne two children
for her husband in the several years OF
their married life. The children came
about a year apart. In the periods be-
fore their arrival, and for time AFTER
ward, Mrs. Tiernan was kept busy about
the home. She loved her home. she says
and she loved her husband and children
But last winter when the children be-
came old enough to require less atten-
tion Mrs. Tiernan began to realize that
she desired relaxation after she was
through with the days work. She asked
her husband to take her to social gather
inas She asked him to accompany her
when she went to places of amusement
But he was engrossed in the compila-
tion of a new book.
Il dearly love dancing, SAID MIS-
Tiernan. MY husband and / were at
dance one night I met Mr.. Poulin there.
Il eaf-ti an n y -
press himself upon me--he was just
another acquaintance. ] did notice at
that time that he enjoyed dancing. and
that since his wife was unable to dance
because of recent operation, he was
dancing all evening with other women.
/ even spoke about this to Mrs. Poulin
and she replied, Yes, Harry does so
love to dance
1--WE met again in perfectly formal
manner, and then met again and again
\ friendship began and grew between
our two famlies-a friendship that ulti-
mately became an intimacy. Mr. Poulin
paid attention to me. | had no one to
go anv place with me, and / responded to
his attentions. ] have found out since
that he did not love me.
"a loved my husband. I still have
the same regard for him that | did when
We were married. We were very happy
when we were married and all the time
afterward until this came up. Naturally.
during that time ! lost some of my
regard for him, but after finding out
what sort of man the other was I real
lied that my husband was the only man
for me-"
Poulin. Mrs. Tiernan says. was given
an opportunity to accept his RESPONSE
bility without the necessity of airing the
scandal. She was anxious to have the
matter settled without recourse to courts
of law she said. but when there was no
other way out, when she realized that
misdemeanor against the established
order of things had been committed she
consented to legal steps
In pointing the lesson for young mar
ried people in her tragedy she said
young wives. sometimes. after
period of semi-imprisonment in home,
where they meet only the, same people
day after day, where they go through
the same old routine Of baking, cook
ing, making beds and polishing furni-
ture, feel that they are entitled to
little relaxation.
"Tt cir husband. sometimes are not
socially inclined, or, If they are, they
have their clubs. their men friends and
the ever present. change Of their occu-
pations to interest them.
sometimes Iney ran 70 rcallZe the
conditions under which their wives live
And when their wives meet a young
man. of good appearance, a man who
seems to take a more than average in
terest in them they very naturally seek
the company of the man who interests
them more than their husbands do
Perhaps they love their husbands as
devotedly as ever. Undoubtedly they do
not realize 1t. sometimes, until some sort
of calamity brings the realization home
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