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"I Never Loved Him!
Never! Never!!
Never!!!" She Cried
at Least 100 Times
as the Stage Heroine
of a Divorce Play
, When the Stage
Lawyer Asked Her If
She Loved the
Stage Co-Respondent
-and the Stage
Jury Acquitted Her
'ELL," said Miss Mabel
Montgomery, when pa
pers were served upon
ter calling for her to answer to her
lusband's divorce suit la the New
Fork Supreme Court, "well, that
Mightn't to be very hard for me to
lo.
"In fact," she continued, "I shall
know Just exactly what to do.
Lawyers won't be able to browbeat
me. I won't be too much In awe at
the court and I'll know just how
to appeal to the Jury. There's really
nothing to It."
"I'll Just go on the stand. and K:
tlfy In my own behalf," she clu
eluded In a burst of confidence.
For had not Miss Montgomery a ,
peaxed time after time as the I.t
fortunate heroine, " "Peggy Adma.
ton," in? Louis Waller's successful
play of dlorc. "The Butterfly on
the Wheel," and matinee after
matinee and night after night sh
sad cone upon a stage stand In n
stage court room and had explained
away a who'le series of compromis
ing stags circumstances to the satis
faction ot a stage Jury, which had
finally acquitted her triumphantly T
She had Indeed.
"What," said MTss Montgomery to
herself, "what woman ever was so
lucky. Here I know all about just
what to say and what to answer and
what to do. For of course what
goes on the stage will go In real
life. Isn't the stage just the mir
ror of real life say way? Of course."
"Besides that," said a friend.
"What they saw about you, Mabel, .
is Just exactly almost what they said
about Peggy. So you won't have
to learn any new lines even, Mabel."
"Isn't It true? Lovely!" said Miss
Montgomery.
But the fact remains that MIsa
Montgomery or Mrs. Augustus Oer
lenbach as she Is In real life, lostl
The real life Jury didn't acquit her
at all. Miss Montgomery, It can
only be Inferred, forgot her lines.
MUs Montgomery Is a very fine
actress Indeed. She has played In
the greatest of roles and Is of suf
ficiently striking pemonallty, which
makes it all the harder to under
stand how she could forget There
was a buss of Interest ir. the New
York court room when s'iS took the
u and.
"Butterfly on the Wheel!" went
the whisper. John F. Mclntyre, the
fsmous attorney for former Lieu
tenant Becker and a figure in many
other equally notorious raes, tiad
the Butterfly on his mind too, evi
dently. MUs Montgomery bad
started oft all right, answering
readily aud with complete com
posure the questlous burled at ber.
Mr. Mclntyre suddenly changed his
line of cross questioning.
"A year or more ago you were
encaged In the play called 'A But
torfly on the Wheel.' were you not?"
he aaked. MUs Montgomery flushed
sad pnueed.
A. Yes, sir, she finally answered.
The dialogue ran on.
Q. You remember In that play
there was a court scene and a di
virp e suit, do yon remember?
A. Yes. air.
y. Aad la that divorce sceue you
played sad testified, did yon not?
A. I teileve so. I t'l remem
ber say parts vary Iocs. Mr. klc
Iutyre. I ka to study so many; I
Centrally fori ft them aa kxki as I
Bia playing then. At that Hut
1 tad to take up sura big work.
U la the p!ay of "The Butterfly
tn the Wheel yon took one of the
rt&tpl caratais la that play?
A. ). air.
Q. Amor" other thicr. you had
fesire suore or leas promiaeat'y
!u (V divorre -ce Ik at was stated
's xitt piyf
A I aiive a..
IIr Mr. Mristyre dropped tte
it;ot kat right her fcl.ee Moat-rt-r.ry
see tea tj kve fceeua ta fe
tt tee twkit la tk pur IV r
i.je Mr. Mclatyr tu. kia,ee.f
iainCed lke M m fciawtStttaery kad
Hi r foffies k i iti Mai he
t..'e4 tkl I. a ef etaleii
tir-.it k e;4 ase devepej
itu U t&asr reelects tke ivart tkst
H -a every tek ta law f
a t ran ; a-; f lrfcllrad m-Jk U.
; e wts u $Uyug la aclsei
i a.
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On the other band, It Miss Mont
gomery had recalled the lines of
Louis Waller's heroine and had de
livered them In court as she hsd
once delivered them on the stage,
who can say that the. real Jury
might NOT have been Influenced by
her eloquence on the stage Jury had
been? Aa Interesting question Is
left up in the air.
Many of the t answers which
"Peggy Admaeton" made la the play
would, for Instance, not only have
been entirely appropriate aa an
swers to questions which Mr. Mc
lntyre put to her In the real court
scene, but the chances are they
would have been more effective than
the answers Miss Montgomery
actually made.
When, for instance, Mr. Mo
Intyra hurled at. the defendant the
following question; "Eloanor ssvs
thst she saw you and Mooney (the
co-reapondent) kissing on various
occasions. You say to the Jury that
she does not speak truthfully?"
Miss Montgomery's answer started
off all right, but It lacked the fine
dramatic quality ot "The Butterfly."
"It la absolutely false." was all
she said. .
Not ao abort waa Peggy in the
play when Sir Kobert r'yfee, the
cross-examiner, suggests that a cer
Uln meeting with the ro-reapondent
which Peggy had explained as acci
dental was deliberately arranged
between them, Peggy takes the bit
in her teeth, and the following col
loquy takea place:
'Poergy: 1 tell you thst all those
suggestions are absolutely false.
Titers la not a rag of truth la anv
of them. You may think you can
make black while and white
black, you may suborn spies, tam
per with railway servants and
waiters
"Judge: Mrs. Admastoa!
"Peggy : And do all the rest of
the degrading work which seems
inseparable from this court
"Judge: Mrs. Admastoa, you
niual not Speak like that.
"Peggy: And what right have
they to treat tus like this? An I
to be treated na guilty saerely b
rauae I fcsve reliably courted
temptation? I don t know what I
re said. I don't fcaoe? what I
skall ay In-fore ibis torture Is
complete, but I an seuatble enouga
la know I have ao rbanc siatnet
all this horrible Inelnsatloa whua
I it every kit of krla and
(rta folly late some vtroe sad
talrs tra. I cas t keew autet
under tt I te! yew H ell
A I.I, Ur..4-atMag kt IJf.S!
And wfca. la the real court aeewe.
Mr Mclnir put this eueatioar
"tkkoas dtj rare Ike nu-ft f.w.
Voraey -T yr-tr fcuknd? kliaa
V;tr"ery asaaered: "It Is aet l
k-a euaarel "
Aad Later ee. wke Mrlntye ymt
Ih.a eev.s: Ya werw pretty
faan.ar U'4 ekakfemrf M;
U -'tf a wared "Svi fswU
Ur. a -."
la ike clay. aVewever, wkea ir
ryOnlyfi
"V.
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Jee 5 wri(
His Mabel Montgomery, Whose
Robert Fifee started a queetloa
tkus: "Now, Mrs. Asmaetoa. do you
state that yoe sad your lover
Veiy burst out with the foitoelag
tsd'snaat aaswer:
"!: flow dare jew eus feat
that kvs was ay lover? I tell yo
that I hate keter loved hioa. aeer.
. NHW.H: ka4 ed
klas 4 yu tkiak I wo:4 k kere
ar I er axMiUs as 1 ssoata ke
kfe4 aad eaut4 as If Ut
avt hakd dMtwve sve ee Uat I
ro.id avarry aan. It I had leei
k!. d yo ttiak that I vo.J
laate fared tkta keevUte I
iste eee Ued kls. I kave tee a
l Ui I Lave toted kta aiaUrmv
twa. kse played wttfe Crw.
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Real life Divorce Suit Turned
Stage One.
never knew that ike law --man's
Uw ao difference belwtea
the opportunity t do wroag aad
the gtvlsg way to It. cVso day
raea who kaow wuotea wtll stake
Mker laws, bat sosae i4 as rit
have nr Ue brokea Brat la
tke fa f tke tUeM, ao ssaa
wuw 4 be.le me. wkatever I say,
ut I swear ke.'u U4 I kave dw
avatllsg wet ftf eotMag tit Sv
wi.l e awe a !
The aa araiaat M. Moat
geasery waa Wae-t k-a kef frvead
aa Hh Jacea Movwey. ter c.a.f
fear It artwarrd Ikal after aie af
kef kaabaad ka4 sevwrwled. eke k4
SUrted Mooaey la lk f aav4ea leat
e dec re4 tUrf M was
" e--,. t-e;: ;
I . f - " J- ' t . ..- vi v , i.
adn't lor&otten Her
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A
X
Out So Differently from Her
purely a bua!neas relatlos that
ei haled betweea her aad "Jlasay"
they wa.w bualaess partser.
The l it of teetinosy browekt est
to show hew closely their rtlatloa
aktp brouM MUs MostfOBcry as 4
Jlxmy tga'.ker was not very aal.ke
tke teeUaoay ta tke play lo show
lial Pesfy aad tke eor4eal
wet pwaaKeate:y U love w Ol eaa
Ctker.
la tie P ay. teat, the wke'e e
S(atiw l'sv waa f.4 wsa aa
latUeai wat k Uiti kev asd lao
rrtfweBt. t'wi..aK4. tr iee
ta I ar e knL Petir eia.'aa4
iku lUl UUet was aa arrt4al.
Iter kwiiatl pewdared tn tS
tlaioay ta a&ew M was datae4
i
Hi4 t ?l
The Famous Courtroom Scene
in "The Butterfly on the
Wheel," the Divorce Play in
Which Mis Montgomery
Starred and Whose Incidents
Were Afterwards Reproduced
With Startling Exactness in
Her Own Real-Life
'Divorce Case.
After her cross-examiner had
brought out all the facts In connec
tion with this incident, be put the
following question:
"Well, does It not strike you, Mrs.
Admaston, that anyone would have
good ground for supposing that the
accident which brought about the
last of this series ot innocent and
pleasant reunions was in reality not
an accident but deliberate design?"
And Peggy answered: "L see what
you mean, but, whatever anv one
thought, it WAS an accident!"
A similar situation was brought
out in Miss Montgomery's real di
vorce case.
Here Is the testimony:
Q. Before the night of the raid
did you have Jimmy stay out wkh
you over night?
A. I remember one night. I was
trying to hunt up a dressmaker, and
she lived some place away out near
Canarsle, and we had a great deal
of difficulty In finding her. and I
was out very late that night.
Q. When you apoke to Mr. Cert en
bach i concerning that visit to Ca
narsle, did you tell Mr. Gertenbsch
the truth?
A. I did.
The Most Humane Way
of Breaking a Setting Hen
By JOHN T. TIMMONS,
The Distinguished Horticultural
Expert.
ALL sorts of methods have been
sdvanced and tried for break
ing a hen ot her delre to set,
and some have been fairly auccessful,
but none has proven as humane and
aucressful as the method employed by
a poultrynian in eastern Ohio.
Certain breeds of poultry are more
leti-rtuiued to ct than others, and
it aevms almost impMlbie to break
the bent and reuse them to retura to
laying again.
Alarm locks wbUru would ring a
bell every minute f r a long time,
aad dollar watches with a loud tic
were uel with mre r Iras Bui-re's,
sad chestnut burrs with very sharp
thorns were p.a4 ta th ats with
gol effect. The Utter were R4 roo
sltrrevl liii mi se. however, bnauae ef
tUe ery traJer s.la a t hrtset ef
tSe arttlcg tea. A mora buaaae
ssethmt wss deal re-1. aad to Cad out
Jjtt 1)4 Wt BBetho4 a nuaSrr cf
dtfferewl klais wf c? er rtanas
were Vii:t. aal atttsf aeas wwro
rea f se-l le swwrisla wKick way wss
lh avtet eTi !i e.
arter a siawr 4 Is'artiaf te.ts
4 roof ee vat ae 1 It as
pata e4 awar. w.tk a r tut
aJ at-e-t tke fa la. It La fa
a.stteJ si W wttj B f we ava-l af
very aarrew ml a k f lack
a art. la per at a f;o ctrn. 4t.a of
Line2
But "I Don't
Understand the
Question," Was AH
She Had to Say in
Her Own Real Life
Divorce Case When
the Same
Question Was Asked
Her by a Real
Lawyer and Almost
Exactly the Same
Court Room
Situations Confronted
Her and a Real Jury
Found Her Guilty
Q. Or didn't you suppress the
truth?
A. Why, he was there to meet ms
when I came home.
Q. Did you tell James not to tell
that, or something like that?
A. There was nothing not to tell.
Q. I say did you tell Gertenbach
all the truth?
A. Yes, I tried to explain to him,
as I remember. Just what it was.
Q. What time did you get home?
A. It was quite late, I know, be
cause it was after I put the chil
dren to bed. We started very late,
and I had no Idea of the distance
we were going. The weslher was
frightful and the roads were in a
terrible condition. I know we got.
out of -the wsy which led to Ca
narsle. We bad no Idea the dis
tance was like that when we started.
Finally it was so far that we could
not locate the road."
A number of witnesses testified to
Incidents at the Gertenbach home.
Which seemed to indicate unusual
familiarity between Miss Mont--gomery
and her chauffeur, but Miss
Montgomery endeavored to explain
them all satisfactorily. The most
damaging evidence produced against
her, no doubt, wes that of witnesses
who testified to a raid upon her room
after she had separated from her
husband, at which time Mooney was
found in her company.
The Jury brought In a verdict of
guilty and Gertenbach was granted
a divorce.
Whether or not the lines ot the
play might have brought about a
different result if Miss Montgomery
had recalled and used them is. of
course, problematical, but Miss
Montgomery herself is inclined to
believe that the case was hopeless
(or her anyway, in view of the testi
mony brought against her.
"It wss my word against that of
others," she declared, "and you can
never tell how a real jury will de
cide.' No ir..tter how much perjury
is committed, a jury may not re
gard it as such, ind then the right
eous will suffer and the wrong pre
vail! Peggy was Innocent and thj
jury believed her. I was innocent
and the jury didn't believe me.
That's all!"
air through tho coop, and beneath
the ben if she decided to set on the
floor of the coop.
An ordlnsry board gathers the best
from the body of a setting hen. and
It only requires a few minutes for
the spot where the Is setting to be
come warm. With the open crsks
between the Bsrrow strips the beat
frm the hen escape, end the wind
coming up through the openings In
the floor of the coop reduce the de
sire to set.
To get the beat results the little
prison should be p!s-el on four legs
at least two feet from the fCud
Boor of the poultry houe, permitting
a fre circulation ot the cl air
broes'h the B.r of the coop cob
tslatag the bens that want to set
A'toal exirlra-o show tt wtll
take much !e-s time to convert a
setting bra Into a laying one la sock
a tWvW thaa la aay other f fta tt
rop. or by tke aa f aay ef the
asaerows aad very aalqo wsye et
gwttlag tke k'a oat ef the aotkm she
sswat set.
Oae ec the eeereta U trewk'g a
set tit j kea Iks ta tsk.ag adiaatac
sa early sUfC If ake t tr-ka
v lb deeUe II wt ).n ii a a
se k'.as to c sl a..as a
W4 i rtaala a tte teat. i.e wi .
Uy stwfe tn ta a giaa ls.a U-a
U sk U Uaea Uur. Tie aat:4
ep eex? a-i wu slj U Ut X
d J Ilea
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