from motives of jealousy another Russian girl
to whom she had been devoted from childhood, and then fatally
shot herself. The relations between the two girls had been very
intimate. "Our love affair is one purely of the soul," Anna
Rubinowitch was accustomed to say; "we love each other on a
higher plane than that of earth." (I am informed that there were
in fact physical relationships; the sexual organs were normal.)
This continued, with great devotion on each side, until Anna's
"sweetheart" began to show herself susceptible to the advances of
a male wooer. This aroused uncontrollable jealousy in Anna, whose
father, it may be noted, had committed suicide by shooting some
years previously.

Homosexual relationships are also a cause of suicide among women.
Such a case was reported in Massachusetts early in 1901. A girl
of 21 had been tended during a period of nervous prostration,
apparently of hysterical nature, by a friend and neighbor,
fourteen years her senior, married and having children. An
intimate friendship grew up, equally ardent on both sides. The
mother of the younger woman and the husband of the other took
measures to put a stop to the intimacy, and the girl was sent
away to a distant city; stolen interviews, however, still
occurred. Finally, when the obstacles became insurmountable, the
younger woman bought a revolver and deliberately shot herself in
the temple, in presence of her mother, dying immediately. Though
sometimes thought to act rather strangely, she was a great
favorite with all, handsome, very athletic, fond of all outdoor
sports, an energetic religious worker, possessing a fine voice,
and was an active member of many clubs and societies. The older
woman belonged to an aristocratic family and was loved and
respected by all. In another case in New York in 1905 a retired
sailor, "Captain John Weed," who had commanded transatlantic
vessels for many years, was admitted to a Home for old sailors
and shortly after became ill and despondent, and cut his throat.
It was then found that "Captain Weed" was really a woman. I am
informed that the old sailor's despondency and suicide were due
to enforced separation from a female companion.

The infatuation of young girls for actresses and other prominent
women may occasionally lead to suicide. Thus in Philadelphia