The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-06-06
GARLAND, DEAF TO BABY APPEAL
SOON WILL GIVE AWAY A MILLION
Baby's Arrival Hasn't Chang
ed Heart of Man Who Does
Not Want to Be Rich.
BY Edward NJ. Thierry.

MIDDLEBORO, Mass. Baby fingers |
are reaching out to tie again the sew
cred home bonds of Charles Garland |
and his wife. But even the baby in
fluence is not enough.
The little chap, born April "a, has
not succeeded. And he is not going
to succeed, says Garland, the million
aire hermit. philosopher whose love
clinic ut his woodland farm off the
Plymouth Road last January not only
cost him his family but failed as an
experiement.
Garland, breaking the silence of
months. told NEA Service there has
been no reconciliation; that there will
be none; that he and his family ARE
friends" only that his radical views
holding marriage vows neither sacred
nor binding are unchanged-that the
coming OF the baby son has made no
difference.
Love gone, his fortune is going soon,
too. Within a month, Garland said he
! Will have completed plans to give away
the million dollars he inherited and
which for u year be refused TO accept.
The million is going to charity, he says
but he declines to disclose the bene-
ficiaries or the method
Declares He Will Not Live With Wife.
NO, Mrs. Garland is not here" Gar
land said, coming out OF the new chick.
en- coop he has just built. What do
| you mean by reconciliation"
That you and your family will live
together it was explained.
No. we are not going to live to.
gether."
THE baby that just came--doesnt
that change things"
"No-that was not unexpected. you
know he said, gravely
Have you seen the baby?
"Yes-l have seen him"
Has ne been here? And his mother
and your little girl Margaret"
"Yes-but not to stay"
Are they coming to stay?"
NO, they are not l can say that
much"
A divorce was impending, it was
said some months ago: at that time
Garland said he wouldn't contest il.
|
replied:
Not by mer And he intimated
Mrs Garland had no such plans. add.
ing: I'VE are friends and will continue
to be. Mrs. Garland and understand
each other"
No one else is coming to live here
he said, reminded OF the old reports
about a free love colony" and the
Philadelphia girl art student who was
called his soul mate" when Mrs. Mary
"renn Garland and year.old Margaret
LETT the farm shack last winter. "I am
Iving alone. with only a man and
wife helping with the work"
Inc iarm, hidden away in the woods.
mas been "slicked up" The century.
old shack now houses Mr.. and Mrs.
l-ewen, who divide raising vegetables
and cooking meals between them. Gar.
iand has built new frame shack for
himself low structure like a camping
cottage with the name "Dighton villa"
painted on a small sign over the door.
There is also new barn.
Money Should BE Used for Common
Good.
Yes, I'm going to give that money
away soon." Garland said. 81 think lust
as did before about both money and
marriage. The marriage vow doesn't
mean anything more than before.
Money? Well, 1t should be used for
the common good"
Garland intimated he would dspose
OF his entire fortune. He had close to
a million left after settling $500 900
on his daughter when the break oc.
CURED.
VIII you settle any on the new
baby"
THAT is q personal matter" he said.
Garland is cold, phlegmatic, slow 10
anger; smiles rarely; studies every
question carefully. and answers slowly
and gravely.
lie is tall. slender and dark. still
wears his tiny trim mustache. and is
sunburned from working hatless in the
garden and about the chicken coop.