' THE OMAHA' SUNDAY BEE: MAY '23, 1920. '
Omaha Doctor Reveals Love
Ideas About Pretty Nurse
And -Wife in Autobiography
Relations With Surgical Assistant Who Caused Wife
Of Dr. W. 0. Henry to Secure Divorce Told by
. ' Former Omaha Surgeon From Their First Meefc
; ing in Hospital to Her Proposal of Marriage ant
His Suggestion That His .wife Relinquish Her
' Legal Hold On Him. - : -
A romantic 20th century system
of "double mating," to brighten the
drabness and jazz tincture the
tedium of the Osier years of 60 and
beyond for the tired business and
professional "man, is outlined and
advocated by Dr. VV. 0. Henry, for
mer Omaha surgeon, in his auto
biography, just published.
, The author shows no hesitancy in
offering for public perusal a' de
tailed account of intimate relations
between himself, his wife and Miss
Hazel Henderson, 23-year-old Oma
, "ha nurse, whom he says proposed
marriage to him. Dr. Henry, is t4
. and his former wife, recently granted
a divorce at Los Angeles, Cal., is of
approximately the same age.
Quotes Biblical Authority.
H quotes Biblical authority for
his proposal Jo his wife to maintain
two inates, -otic as a "mental plane
companion," and , the other as a
fleshly affinity of passion. His for
mer wffe, he regretfully announces
in .his autobiograpnic aciense,
showed "some surprise" when he
r announced the plan to her . and
voiced objections.
There is', much that is interesting,
not to say '.'snappy," in the book.
The chapter demoted to his relations
with Miss Henderson and his part-
ing from his wife is as follows:
"About this time a "little nurse,
Miss Henderson, some 20 years of
age, was just finishing her course in
the hospital, where 1 did much of
A my "work, and who-had cared for me
during a sick spell I had in the
hospital, appealed to me for help.
She was a beautiful, rosy-cheeked,
' blue-eyed, auburn-haired girl, of
I jolly disposition and had many
I beaux and admirers.
"Her patients were always very
fond of her and some of the doc
tors and her men patients, as well
as others, tried to lead her astray,
and when I found out the condi
tions and learned that her mother
had died when she was only .3 years
. ', old and that she had been driven
fl irom piuar xo post wiwi no uc uu
4 " really took any interest in .her, I
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v or help her develop a Christian
f character. " - " ,
"And when I found ' that - her
father, too, had died, and that she
had made a public confession of
faith in Christ and was trying as
best she could to follow, the Master,
knew the struggles she would have
and the trials she would meet, and
when, she appealed to me as one
upon "whom she could depend, it
was no effort on my part to decide
, at once that any proper thing I Could
do I would gladly do on her behalfJ
' Permitted No Bossing.
"Being of Scotch blood, she would
allow no one to boss her, and so had
her up and downs with any who at
tempted it. The. girl also assured
me that I was the only person in the
world who seemed to have a posi
tive influence over' her for good and
; she urged me in her behalf to exer-
, cise it in no uncertain way. '
! ', "Just before her graduation' the
i t. :t j :' . .
nuoiidi uiaugcu t lb limiidgciuciik
and its superintendent of nurses,
which worked a special hardship on
Miss Henderson, for they did not
understand her and blamed her for
some foolish pranks, like putting a
few drops of croton oil in the soup
of the superintendent of nurses,
which laid her up for a few days. I
j was forced to take very decided and
, active measures to procure simple
justice for her. After she had passed
the examinations by the state board
and had received her certificate, the
manager undertook to keep her out
' of the hospital and from doing any
k legitimate work there which wouW
naturally and properly come to !er.
" Of course, I championed her cause
. again and she won out, as she had
whenever I had helped her.
Became Office Assistant '
Being in need of a surgical nurse
and office assistant, I offered her
. ahe position, which she gladly ac-
.cepted, and became a valuable helper.
The different boarding houses where
: ' " : she lived proving very unsatisfactory.
after talking with mjr . wife.we .de:
cided to give her a room in our home
v .'. and let her be our little girl (for we
. . never had any children) and so she
came to, live witn us. ;
, "She was neat and tidy in her per
', son and in her room, so Mrs. Henry
once said to me, Miss Henderson
is the neatest and least troublesome
person we have ever had about the
house.' This is saying a good deal
for one of my sisters had lived with
. us quite a while, and my brother
had lived with us while visiting, and
we had given a home to other young
teachers and other highly esteemed
Christian women. ,
r "In the meantime Helen, for this
was her given name, was always
thinking of my comfort and trying
to forestall my wants and meet
rvrrv need in advance.
"She spent her evenings with us,
either doing fancy work which Mrs.
Henry taught her, or at church and
' entertainments witn us, and was de
veiooine. so tar as l could see, a ae
: lightful Christian character, so that
; Mrs. Henry and I were proud of her
and pleased with her deportment in
i every way.
Then Comes Proposal.
"And now comes the startling and
tragic part, for suddenly, without
warning she with the deepest sim
plicity, said she wanted to marry
me. I found myself in a most deli
cate situation. I had undertaken to
be a kindly father to her, a friend
' and helper in 'the very things she
most needed for this life and the life
'' to come. Her 'soul, the immortal
' rart was the orize while training her
v tor time and eternity-as God gave
me life, I had become her ideal for a
husband, her sweetheart' and lover.
v "She had refused two good matches
from a worldly standpoint be
' cause both men loved her and were
. well able to provide her with a good
liAni, nTithir man wst a f hn.
tian and neither could or would help
her in Christian character building.
''XfeS fjrij one. I jathjft advised
her to refuse because of his lack of
good character, althought he took
well before the public. ,The other
on was very wealthy and I am now
ashamed to say I rather encouraged
her to accept his offer of marriage.
But he, too, she' refused, not being
a Christian man, in fact being quite
worldly, I should not have encour
aged the engagement, and she was
wiser than I for he could only have
hindered her Christian life. I did
not know much about the other men
she turned down and took no part in
the cases.
"No man worthy of the name but
would feel" proudly moved with this
little girl's pleading. All of her little
kindnesses, her thoughtful attention
and evident affection were things I
had all my life pined for, but never
having had any children,, had been
denied them. I have been of an af
fectionate, tender nature, but could
never secure my wife's co-operation
in the tender and affectionate ca
resses whjch I thought should go
with married life.
, Wife Lacked Affection.
"Mrs. Henry was a very fine
woman, a good housekeeper, a
pleasant ' " companion, intellectual
above the average, and a most loyal
friend. But, like many girls and
women, she was not of a deeply af
fectionate nature, and her training
had never brought her to see that
the scriptural idea or marriage both
in the old testament and in the new
as taught by Jesus and His disciples
meant oneness of flesh.
'"They shall be no more twain,
but one flesh,' said the Master. So
that no matter how much two per
sons might become alike in religion,
politics, science, culture, or what not,
when they become one in flesh, one
body, then alone are they married, or
real husband and wife. So that she
was not so much to blame and moth
ers should by all means teach their
daughters this true meaning of mar
riage if they would have them happy
and properly willing to take their
places as wives, and able to hold
their husbands through fife as real
lovers and sweethearts.
- Scorned What Didn't Want
"She was wise enough to refuse to
marry the men she did not want
even although in a worldly wise they
have been- desirable and then she
courageously went to the man who
was her ideal and asked him to
marry her. .....
"Every woman has just as good a
right to choose and, ask for the one
she wants for a life companion as a
man has and our false and foolish
customs have deprived good women
of home and happiness and giv
en evil homes and no homes. It
was a brave thing for Miss Hender
son to do but it was the right thing
whether she was rejected or ac
cepted. 5 '
"So I said to Tier: 'If you really
love me, and need me, there is only
one thing we can do. I must explain
the matter to Mrs. Henry and she
can get a divorce so that we can,
marry,' under the laws of this state
and then Mrs. Henry can come and
live with us as a real member of the
family and I will take care of her
and you both, and we will be just
as nice and fair to her as possible,
and both'of us will do all we Can-to
make her happy.' This is the only
scriptural thing we can do and yet
obey the laws of our country. Now
if you can do that, I will marry you.'
"To this she. readily agreed, and
said this would make her. perfectly'
happy, and as she was already very
fond of Mrs. Henry and appreciated
her so much she would be glad to
have her in the family and treat her
as a nieinber of it.
"I took the matter up with Mrs.
Henry and had a very frank and
kindly talk with her. Although she
was somewhat surprised and no
doubt, keenly disappointed, yet she
said she had been -treated most
royally be me all these years and if
she could not hold my love it was
but fair to let another try it, and
if I would pay her enough money
so that she could be independent
she would give me up to Helen.
"An Unwilling Wife."
"As for coming to live with us.
she feared people would talk about
it and make it unpleasant for us all.
As a matter of fact, while Mrs.
Henry has been so true a companion
in many ways, she has ever been an
unwilling wife and for some time
not a wife at all from a Scriptural
standpoint, as I have, shown in my
pamphlet on this subject, so that in
every real sense I was without a
wife, and free to choose one at my
discretion in a way to violate no law
of state or God. And she could still
be to me, and I could and would be
to her, all I had ever been a good
provider, loyal protector, and faith
ful friend.
Couldn't Co-Operate.
. "She deeply regretted the training
or, lack of training and instruction
which mothers gave to their daugh
ters on marriage' relations arid sex
problems, but she did not feel called
upon especially to help in public en
lightenment which I felt we could to
gether give by my proposed plan for
us three. " " '
"After viewing the matter in .as
careful a way intellectually, scien
tifically, religiously and prayerfully
as I knew how, I had no doubt but
God had given me as positive and
distinct a callto preach and teach
these truths to the world as he had
given to Jonah to. go to Nineveh
and 'Preach unto it the preaching
that I bid thee,' and I hoped Mrs.
Henry would help me in every pos
sible way. ' .
ihe knew- my life, my work, my
studies, my experience and the in
most motives .of my soul better than
any other human being, and I there
fore had strong hopes that her laith
in me and .loyalty to me, when I
was trying to do my Master's will,
would not fail and leave me in a
very embarrassing position without
the one human help that could have
made it fairly easy.
"I will do her this credit though,
I believe that if she could have
stood the taunts of her friends and
fully real'ed the truth that I had
not deceiml her and that I had not
intended njr tried in any way to
bring the situation about, she would
have stood by me.
"In other worda, I feel that if she
had been .able to fully realize the
truth of the situation she would have
been loyal to me and to the word of
God.
Agree Upon Settlement
"We then quietly agreed upon a
settlement in which I gave her the
bulk of my fortune that she might
be independent and go where and
when she pleased, but assured her
that my new home would always be
at her disposal and anything I could
ever do for her would be done with
the greatest pleasure.'
"We parted in the most friendly
way, and after cne year she applied
for a divorce on the ground of de
sertion. I may say, too, that even
Helen showed her good sense and
real love for me by urging me. to
provide well for Mrs. Henry and
that she 'herself would go out nurs
ing if need be, for it was me and
not my money she wanted."
Hero Chaplain Dies as '
. Congress Medal Comes
New Bedford, Mass., May 21.
The Rev. Father John B. De Valles.
hero chaplain of the One Hundred
and ' Fourth United States infantry,
died recently in St. Luke's hospital,
where he was being treated for ill
ness resulting from being gassed in
the war.
Death came" shortly after Father
De Valles was told that the War de
partment had approved, the award to
him of a congressional medal . of
honor. He had already received the
distinguished service cross and the
Croix, de Guerre. Before the war
he . was head ,of St.' James parish
here. ' ,-.-,.
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; A Business Talk by J. Hayden
Omaha, Neb., May 22, 1920. , ''
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