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No. 2 (a) Supplement, Dec. 18 - 1913

In June, 1903, I separated from my
husband and was subsequently divorced.
During 1903 and 1904 my general health
was very poor; I was in a Sanitarium for
some time with "nerves" - no specific ailment -
and had grown very thin. Rested one year
and then began work on certain sociological
researches, still having to be careful about
overdoing. In 1906 I went through the
experience of Earthquake and fire in San
Francisco and worked very hard during the
relief period. In 1906 I married
a second time and have been exceptionally
happy and steadily improving in health
ever since. My husband is an unusually
considerate man; during the earlier months of
marriage, intercourse was frequent - two or
three times a week and as much desired by
me as by him. After that, we formed the
habit of about once a week; but if either is
too tired or working very hard, it may occur
only once or twice a month. My husband
is a literary man and when he is doing hard
brain work has very little desire for intercourse.