The Washington times., 1922-10-22
HALE ANA[YzED
As LACKING IN .
LOVERESP0NSE
Soul Probe Reveals Slain Rec.
tor as Unworthy Of Woman.
Expert Says.
BY ANDRE TRIDON.
,mous IT. rench PsychO-Analyst and Au'
thor % "Psy cho- 4 molly sls and Love"

thor o. "PsychO-AnOlyhi ana Love
Copyright. l922, by Cosmopolitan
News ServiceD
NEW YORK. Oct. 21.-A human
being lacking absolutely in any
ideal. in any aim, in any ambition.
in any sort of tenderness-such Ii
the psychological picture ! draw to
love letters. as published in The
Washington Times to Eleanor
Mills. his choir singer.
Self-Centered Man.
Self centered to an abnormal
degree. he never thinks for one
moment Of the risks his sweetheart
might be taking. He never inquiries
about the possible unavoidable com
plications which their doubl: life
must have introduced into her exls-
tence. He never wonders whether
her writing to him daily. his writ
ing to her. do not create clouds in
the home ATMOSPHERIC, AS long as
worshiping notes from Mrs. Mills,
he is satisfied. Yet the husband
had been grumbling and the girl,
Charlotte. was watching.
Nor DID he make any plans for
her, for her futuye. for greater
happiness than that meted out to
the wife oE,a little janitor. sexton.
She gratified his physical cravings
and further than that he probably
| never looked. Yes, he would spend
a day with her in New York and
perhaps take a trip with her, II
perfectly convenient, but this is
his only response to her expressed
yearnings for flight into u land
of dreams. She had the soul of a
| poet. this little self-educated woman:
| he had no soul whatever.
Enjoys Adulation.
A new Brunswick church seemed
to be the ultimate goal Of his am
hilton. Snug and complacent. he
enjoys the adulation OF woman a
little below his cultural level. though
noticeably finer than he, because
he can easily tower over her, con.
| quer without struggle the cheap
recognition for which all the neu.
rotiCally inclined and the trashy nor
mai beings are so hungry.
And what lack OF tenderness: In
| heir physical union what does he
! .re? A chance to snuggle into her
arms. to satisfy his gypsy" de
SireS, to let her sOothe his aching
head. He, the robust, earthy-lOOk-
.ng man with the large, heavy face,
the materialistic mouth and thick
lips.
| But there she is. small and frail.
and uiling. \ real lover would have
conjured up p ctures OF all the pet
ting of the child-like caresses where.
with 10 allay the pain racking her
vody
He. matter Of fact. coolly settles
the matter of her aches. The SWIM
she took and the ride home on a
cool day did II. Sorry for his sweet
hearts IN health? He doesn't state.
A famous French woman writer.
hearing that her daughter had a
severe cold, dropped her a famous
note, In which she said: II ache in
your chest" The pain in Eleanor
Mills kidney caused no sympathetic
twitch in Halls substantial frame.
When Mrs. Hall filings remarks at
Eleanor Mills, which Hail charac.
terizes as foolish, instead OF trying
to soothe his friends wounded pride,
Hall coolly stated that he cannot
blame her for resenting those re-
marks, and that is all. The remarks
did not hurt him: hence why drama.
tize them? Here again a lover might
have promised to heal the wounds
with kisses.
Revealed Weak Character.
The extreme superficiality of the
mans character is well revealed by
what he writes of the way in which
creed different from his provides
for divine worship. They do no.
love as we do" he says OF the rival
Christian sect, although admitting
that they probably are Christians
too. In a simple church he cannot
find God or words to worship Him.
He must derive his inspiration from
the appointments OF the building.
The tragedy of the discrepancy be-
tween what he appeared to poor
Eleanor Mills and what his letters
reveal him to the unprejudiced oh.
servers! She thought she was his
physical "inspiration." and that ne
was above all "the priest" She WAS
merely his alluring toy, the pet
grey wolf" he loved to play with,
whose passionate outpourings broke
up the monotony of his Maine vaca.
ton and filled his otherwise idle mind
in his hours of relaxation.
~ "HdI eNtSIlt ne NeO 10 neT,
what efforts he may have made to
keep up with her lyricism. we do
not know, but we suspect that much
Of his great longing" when away
from her. and his pretended nervous.
ness on his trips to the postoffice
were introduced for effect. Those
who saw him in Maine noticed how
affectionate he was to his wife and
added that he never seemed to shun
her company. on the contrary. His
summer friend, Kemmer, confirmed
The impression /, have derived from
reading Halls letters. that besides a
physical craving voiced openly, Hall
experienced a very shallow form of
love for Eleanor Mills when he told
OF the behavior at Isleford OF the
pretended >heartbroken and love-
lorn "babyltins."
Not Real Lover.
III II is true that he carried on
such relationship" Kemmer said
In an interview, 'he is the most
remarkable mun have ever known,
for ht appeared as natural and un.