| Show V I 1 1 aY M. M l J T J ve 1 vs s f r fn f J U n 4 ro N r lr aL r J 9 P r v r k kr A 3 0 J r y l l y f r fr 3 L f fl l I Sr da daf Ji i i rv t y c N n J 3 f VJ rJ ui i E s 1 The Countess de I y above at the left is the r widow of George Lauder Science S. S ClenCe e e E El l e th t d 1 K Carnegie Thaw sister and heir of Harry to a x r. r I y substantial part of th the Mad Infatuation of i yr 4 Thaw millions Nw J a l l li Young Victor Modica r i n j Emanuel Emanuell Modica odi a his wife a a h i t t u 9 W 4 charges lost his heart tot to lS V r 0 L y kz the Countess de Per g y for the Countess Roger de and Mrs l Modica lodica shown 1 a above at the right is la n e 7 T asking damages Named d Defendant D. 1 f ame elen d ant Modica lodica is twenty six and y l y f k many years the junior of 1 by b y Girl rYe l Bride Bed rl e in ZU e I OO Countess de 1 1 Alienation Suzett f g Nowadays it seems seem t to b be W do I look inquired Countess il Roger de do as she pirouetted ted in front of her newly newlywed wed wed husband in inthe inthe inthe the rose-lit rose drawing room of her hotel in New York City one evening recently Adorable responded the Count with enthusiasm That Spanish Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish costume is amazingly becoming to you What do you think of me as a toreador Always yours to command and whimsically he swept off his flaring chapeau and offered his bride his arm Quite spiffy ol old dear the countess replied obligingly But lets let's hurry we weare weare weare are rather late I am tired and will be glad when Thursday comes and we will willbe willbe willbe be on back Paris PariS' our way to So the honeymoon pair who were married mar mar- married ried recently chatted as they descended in inthe inthe inthe the elevator and burst in all aU their dazzling dazzling daz daz- dazzling splendor upon the gay throng who crowded the hotel lobby during the after- after dinner hour murmuring in soft polite voices little bits of this and that to the accompaniment of the subdued strains which filtered through the pa palms ms from a hidden orchestra N the Count and Countess appeared appeared ap ap- ap several friends hurried forward forward forward for for- ward to greet them and compliment the Countess on her ravishing appearance Suddenly a a. rough rude man broke abruptly ab ab- abruptly into the group and addressing the Countess said The Co Countess I believe Yes These are for you he announced d and thrust into her trembling hand a abat bat batch h of papers The Count would have protested buthis but buthis buthis his bride whispered a command and making excuses the pair hurried to their motor which was waiting at the door to whirl them away to a masquerade ball which was being given in their honor So it was that Countess widow of George Lauder Carnegie sister sister sister sis sis- sis sis- ter of Harry K Thaw and heir to a a- substantial sub sub- sub substantial part of the Thaw millions learned that a humble little wi wife of an ana a companion alleged companion in many mad yesterdays yesterdays yester ester days had suddenly come to the surface and branded her as a love thief demanding demanding demanding demand demand- ing as payment for a broken heart The plaintiff in this amazing action is a demure little woman twenty-three twenty years old and in the papers filed by her it itIs itIs itis Is alleged that the Countess de before her marriage to the Count won the affections of Jf Emanuel Modica a r dashing chap t tb e years older than his wife vire The rho were obliged to cancel Q off quite a fad for young men mento to prefer older sophisticated y 2 3 v. v yr L 4 Gated women for their afT affaires af- af n. n fa faires ires d d' d a am amour m 0 our u r or f for r you young g girls t tV to T V steal the baldi bald- bald r i r headed middle middle- i L JV r. r dy x F oH a aged ed husband o of f t j j i. i I j nc gig some other woman 4 r r a f y J. J fx 3 S. S Y L. L L Wr y q F o i 2 W. W y r. r 7 N s 's r i.- i. b g A f a 9 a a N i N v t tr r n r kg 44 R r r n. n 4 i J rL J. J N fr t y JL L r. r l d Ns J Jda da C CG r C G i 1 Y il i. i ll I i d dA A conspicuous example of love between a boy and a woman is furnished by the case of Burton S. S Tucker j sixteen and his bride who was Mrs Susan 0 O. Simpson Simp Simp- son fifty wealthy and owner of a New aNew York hotel The youthful bridegroom has declared that he loves his elderly wife devotedly their reservations for Paris but when Judge Crosby gave out a decision that the Countess would not be obliged to undergo an examination at the present time the couple speedily purchased tickets tickets tickets tick tick- ets for the small smaIl uncomfortable steamer Duilio Duilia bound for a Mediterranean n port and eluded further servers server r- r Men Ien at the meridian of life have frequently married women much younger than themselves and little comment is made Beauty charm and youth are always sufficient t reasons for marriage a-marriage like that of Hope Hampton and andr OJ r Jules Brulatour Nowadays it seems seems' to be quite a fad for young men to p prefer efer or have affairs with women older than themselves Inthis In Inthis Inthis this instance the Countess is forty-eight forty and the young man twenty-six twenty and it is but a few weeks back since the courts were busy with the tho case of Burton S. S Tu Tucker ker the year sixteen-year-old lad who married a year old widow Other Othe similar cases have ha kept cropping up q quite ite frequently inthe newspapers In the two cases mentioned many may assert that there was an obvious solution solution solution tion to the problem of why these young men fell for the blandishments of middle-aged middle women since both women were immensely wealthy But the sees sees' far beneath beneath be be- neath the surface and doesn't dismiss the subject so lightly Dr A. A A. A Brill Ph D D. who is an internationally known psychologist as aswell aswell aswell well as physician has some very re- re re remarkable views on the situation What is the that reason there are so many of these odd love affairs these days doctor was asked for a starter Are there any more than usual b he be e answered with a question Have you u any statistics showing r that there is a an n b Ledger Z Ier Compu I J alarming Increase 1 he mimicked And why do you call can it unnatural for an old woman to love a young man an old manto man manto manto to love a young woman or vice versa versa It isn't unnatural it unnatural it is actually natural Every boy first falls in love with an older woman woman often often with a woman old enough to be his mother Tl This s has been the case since time began The first love of a a boy is always the echo of mother love and the boy usually picks out a a woman woman who is the type of his mother As he grows older and meets meats girls girls of of his own age this attraction fades and he picks out a mate from Omon Limon his contemporaries There are many cases of course where boys and girls of of the erotic type are so attached to their parents that they choose mates who are re of the age of the parents aswell as aswell aswell well as the type But these are exceptional exceptional exceptional naturally There are many cases that I know of where the young man first wooed the daughter and later lafer married married married mar mar- ried the mother This also accounts for many of the squabbles between en the young husband and his mother in He lIe sees in her herthe herthe herthe the image of his mother and as he re represses represses re- re presses this love as unnatural he grows to hate her We are discussing cases which are erotic you understand Or he may come come to hate his mother-in-law mother because he sees in her the image of what his fresh wife is to b become come it is the foreshadow of old age Similarly Similarly Similarly Simi Simi- the- the mother-in-law mother dislikes the you young g husband for having taken hers her daughter away TT IT T WAS recalled to the attention of the tho professor that in the case of tho the Co Countess do and the young automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile salesman the latter had passed the first stages of love and was married to a beautiful young girl girl whom he be adored before he met the wealthy widow Wasn't this simply a case where the young man saw a chance of shedding responsibility re- re responsibility responsibility re re- and having a gorgeous good time with Broadway Montmartre and Paris as the playground And on theother theother the tho other hand the wealthy widow of George Lauder Carnegie besieged by suitors in her own station why did she stoop to the youthful Modica Just what the attraction that the two persons you mention had for each other it would be impossible for me to say say without meeting them and asking a great many questions but it is ridiculous to jump to conclusions I couldn't say whether th the attraction was a biological or a psychic one these one these things are not on the surface So far as middle middle- middle aged aged women falling in love with young men is con con- I J. J ce ed that is simply y nature making alast a alast last g gasp sp for maternity You have seen an old apple tree with all the branches dead except one and this is covered with t fresh young blossoms It is a parallel paral leI lel case And in the case of young girls who marry old ld men do you really believe it itis itis itis is possible that these love th their lr old bridegrooms it was asked Certainly he replied I know many cases And these marriages last No marriages last Dr Brill replied emphatically After the first flare of passion has died down the groom realizes realizes realizes real real- izes that his bride is not a Greek goddess god god- dess and the bride brido discovers that sh she really hasn't married a perfect Apollo but if they have many tastes in common common common com com- mon and are social equals they usually decide to make the best of it and do so without making too much fuss ances on the other hand dont don't turn out so well WHEN asked whether he thought that the idle lives of the rich didn't have havo havea a lot t to do with their various erotic liaisons lial liaisons sons the doctor gave another emphatic denial I find just as many cases In the clinics clinics clinics clin clin- ics on the lower East Side Only who is interested in the Toms Dicks and Harrys of the slums slums' Nature knows no distinction of class when it comes to such matters Some people are predisposed to these thesa erotic tendencies and they should b be b. curbed at an early stage by switching the patients patient's mind onto some other tangent tangent tangent tan tan- gent so that his energies can have another outlet It is only natural for old people to like young people people people-it it is instinct A man feels approaching death in old age the body is old but the tho mind strives to delude him with visions of youth There Is nothing unnatural in n this horror of old age it is supremely nat nat- ural The majority fortunately accept it philosophically as a thing that simply must be and so suppress all aU unnatural attempts of rejuvenation WHEN jHEN the fhe st story ry of an unfortunate infatuation is learn learned d thoughtless persons are re very apt to dub the elderly lover as an an old fool unconscious of the tha I fact that what they really resent Is the tho prophecy that some day they too willbe will willbe willbe be too old for the loves and joys of youth Theres lots beneath the surface In all aU these affairs they affairs they are not amusing stuff for the fabrication of interesting news yarns they ar are stark tragedies I |
