THE BEE: OMAHA. SUNDAY, APRIL .". 1921.
Stillman Case Brings Up
Question, 'Are Divorce
Tend en cies Inherited ? '
Separations la a Number pf Proud and Wealthy
American Families Seem to Bear Out Theory.
Daughters Likely to Seek Same Solace From
Marital Unhappiness As Mothers.
Creighton Glee Club Returns to Omaha For Concert April 14 At Brandies
Ilubbv Cooks As
Wife) Works Bui
Plan Is Failure
She Just Couldn't Stand to
See Him Walking Around
With Baby in One Arm,
Milk in Other.
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By MARGERY REX.
New York, April 2. Many moth
ers leave their daughters an in
heritance of beauty or charm. Others
bequeath jewels and old lace.
Some women relinquish wealth to
their daughters, sonic a proud name.
Is it possible for the tendency to
divorce to he left as an inheritance
from mother to daughter?
The story of the Stilhuans is now
common property. As prologue to
the unhappy drama is the life story
uf the beautiful and accomplished
mother of Mrs. Anne L'rquhart
Stillman. She is Cora Brown hot
ter, divorced by a stem husband
who did not approve of her espousal
of a stage career.
Now "Fili," her -daughter, is under
going much the same experience, ex
cept that James A. Stillman makes
charges of a nature entirely different
than those upon which the Potter di-
voice was secured
mat ca-.t.
abandonment. .
tendencies run through families,
i."--
hcr.tcd it one were to juage i y
,on,e noted examples ot lam.ly
groups, in which marital happing
av I illi t Hi .Jv.n3i u iv, av.iuv v.
Disposition Can Be Inherited.
While the actual desire to divorce
would not, of course, be inherited,
nevertheless the disposition of char
acter that would demand freedom
from an unpleasant situation could
be transmitted from parent to child.
We know that certain diseases
which are supposed by many to be
"inherited", positively cannot be hand
ed down from parent to ottspnng,
But a predisposition can be trans-
milted from a mother to her chil
dren.
People may say, for instance, that
in such and such u family they have
all "inherited" a certain malady, but
the fact probably is that from one or
the other parent the children have re
ceived a tendency to develop such a
disease, and perhaps living in such
conditions as fostered the disease in
the parent, have, themselves acquired
it.
It is quite likely that a tendency to
social disease, divorce for example,
might be present as well as the dis
position to develop a bodily ill.
Powerful Force of Example.
proud and independent spirit
which would make a mother break
away from marital bondage, when
irksome, might be transmitted to a
daughter. The daughter, in turn,
might find life so unpleasant with her
husband that her high-strung nature
would prompt her to get a divorce or,
in the event of her leaving such 4'
husband, might cause him to. divdrce
her. . .
Added to such a spirrtcd nature
there yould be one of the greatest
forces ii the world,' the force of ex
ample. The mother's example will always
impel a daughter. In a moment of
doubt she will -be very apt to do as
her mother has done in a like
quandary.
Daughters of divorcees, deep in
Creighton Has
For Medics'
Part of Professor Schaefer's Manageric.
Pigeons, rabbits, frogs, lizards, ' makes the experiment seem less in-
nllio-atM-c o-iiinru titer; rlno i nnfl t
"n"-"- ...... i i - - - o - " -- -
cats ordinarily make up the men-
ageric of Professor M. A. Schacfcr,
of the biological department
at i
Creighton university
At present
however, the collec- j
lion ,s not so complete, owmg to
the fact that many of the specimens j
have already been used up in the ;
laboratory since school has started.!
I his menagerie -is located m the at-:
tic ot the Arts and .Sciences C0
lege.
is not for vivisection, dissec-
non ot living creatures, tnat tnese
animals are used
Animals Put to Death.
T! iihysiological functions are
not here much considered but are
later studied in detail in the medical
college. Hence morphology, which
is the study of the form and struc
ture of animals, is studied insijad.
The animals are first put to death
by means ot" anesthesia and then the
forms and structure, of their bodies
are studied.
However, as morphology is based
on comparative anatomy, "Professor
Schaefer has also a varied assort
ment of embryos and animal skele
tons. But comparative anatomy and
embryology involve development not
only in individual organisms but also
in that of the different classes. Con
sequently heredity and evolution con
stitute an important problem for the
biologist.
Confirms Theories.
For this reason Professor Schaefer
does not confine himself to structual
studies of his animals and embryos,
but also uses these fot confirming
and disproving prevalent theories
concerning heredity and evolution.
The rabbitry forms the major part
of his menagerie. Just now he has 50
rabbite, mostly. Belgian hares. It is
with rabbits that Professor Schaefer
has conducted many t)f his experi
ments on heredity, for instance, the
Mendelian principle of hybrids.'
There are big rabbits and small
ones, pure Belgians and hybrids of
varying degrees and appearance.
fuctance, not unmixed with a bit cU
sentimentality, xo experiment www
dog. A rabbit, he says, serves the
purposes - practicaljy, as well and
l marriage difficulties, will be likely to
decide upon divorce themselves.
Many in Family.
Die .''Fashionable Frcnchs." of
New Vork and Newport, exemplify
one case in which a mother who was
divorced bad two divorced daugh
ters, a divorced aunt, and numerous
other matrimonial complications
throughout various branches of her
family. '
Mrs. LcRoy French in 1914 di
vorced Amos Tuck French. Mrs.
Julia French Geraghtv, one of her
daughters, in 1919 divorced Jack ;
ueragnty, ner cnautteur nttsoanu.
Mrs. Polly French Wagstaff, known
as the beautiful Pauline LeRoy
French, divorced Samuel .' Wagstaff.
iw June. 1920.
On March 11 last Mrs. Wagstaff
was married to Donald Oliver Mc
Rac, a clerk employed by the Cen
tral l.'nion Trust company, five years
her junior.
But the first ot the French family
1 10 see a divorce was tt oveiy s,
I ter of Amos Tuck French, Elsie, who
j niarried and later sought freedom
irom the late Alircd anderbilt
In!1
919 shr ve d s,Iock ,
I ,,,c suddenI marrio j a av ,
, () VMrs hcr juni p , Fit2.Si
One of the great difficulties, so it
is said, in the problem of the Huhns
living amicably together was the fact
that both had been niarried before.
Hulin's children -by a first marriage
did not like the idea of Ethel Hubn,
the child of the second union, inher
iting any of the Huhn wealth.
Bailey-Huhn Romance Shattered.
Then came little Ethel Huhn's ro
mance., Joseph W. Bailey, jr., in a
training camp met Ethel not long
j ng0 when she was a debutante. Bailey
was the son of a former senator from
Texas. The affair was called a "per
fect story book romance." The two
were married, but last fall , it was
rumored that the young .people iiad
separated and that a divorce action
would be begun.
Family heartburnings and money
wrangles are said to have separated
the parents of pretty Ethel. Is it sur
prising, then, that when her own mar
ital problems became troublesome
she thought of divorce? ,
Huhn's daughter by his first mar
riage also followed in her parent's
footsteps when she decided to be
come divorced from Andrew J. Car-
ty. of Philadelphia, with whom, ac
cording to statements made to
friends, she became "frightfully
bored." A son by that first marriage
of Huhns is also separated from his
wife, who, -cfuses, however, to di
vorce iv.m.
.Tit a famify tnat has never known
Ac pangs of the legal rending apart
that constitutes divorce it seema a
strange and terrible thing. It looms
up as a devastating, scandalous af
fair, something to make every mem
ber of the family hang his or her
hed in shame.
JJut. once experienced, this legal
process docs not seem so terrifying.
When a daughter of a divorced
mother is herself suffering from un
happy marital experiences, is it sur
prising that she seeks the solace that
she knows divorce gave hcr mother?
Menagerie
Experiments
tlUmatl.
Meet Their Doom.
The star members of the profes-
which were donated by a friend last
; year, but which have already met
' lf ,r G00m on L u ssec"S raoic.
an(1 lizards sti rpmain but wJU bc
no more before the school year is
over.
Cats a,e "s,llal'-v disposed of as
ti)CV n)ust be segregated or -else they
r.-rv nn a mntiimal warfare. Manv
ja deadly battle has been. fought in
,ilff nA Ut- ',.n or more
cliues unti the result was the same
as that, of the celebrated Kilkenny
cats.
The most indifferent and unsuspect
ing members of the group are the
pigeons, which strut about in their
cage cooing to each other.
HTi ... t . i t ..
uge British Aircraft Has
.Berths for Ol) rassengers
London, April 2. The first civil
airship (R-3o), with sleeping accom
modations for 50 people,, will shortly
be in commission.
The ship will be the first to come
under the control of the Civil Avia
tion department.
In the passenger car there will be
folding beds, curtained off, and w ash
basins. Tables will be provided for
meals. '
The intention is at first to make ex
perimental flights in passenger and
cargo carrying, and it is propscd to
send R-36 on a round trip to Egypt
and back in the near future.
Bay Rum Bares Haircuts
And Shaves Stolen by Trio
Atlanta, Ga., April 2. Three ne
groes broke into a barbershop here
during the night and gave each other
a haircut and shave, face massage,
hair tonic rub, etc., etc. What a case j
tor a Sherlock Holmes. The hair
on the floor, the hair tonic odor,
etc. Out went the officers with a
sample of the bay rum tonic. And
in a jiffy three negroes, cleanly
shaved, with hair cropped close and
simply reeking with hair tonic, were
landed in jail, Marvellous, , V-
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First Row Robert Fitzsimmons, incidental artist; Joseph Kealy; Grattan Fitz
Gibbon, secretary; Harry Burkley, business manager; J. Clifford Young, president;
Charles Kruger, librarian; Elias Camel; Matthew J. Severn, bass soloist; Claude J.
' O'Donnell, violinist.
Second Row Fred Wachtler, Joseph Moylan, Adrian Zeman, Louis Barkmier,
Theodore Serr, Joseph Grace, Robert Burkley, Harry McGlone, Julius Berger, William
Klemm. .
After a concert tour through the
western part of the state, the
Creighton university Glee club will
return to Omaha on April 14 for a
World Air Center
Is Now Located
i If) firPllPIl I AWN
M.M.M. M 1,11C1I 1. U T ! 11
Miles of Landing Fields
Flanked by Almost Un
broken Lines of Landing
Fields at Le Bourget.
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Tribune-Omaha Be
Xwi Service.)
Paris, April 2. Le Bourget, to
the northeast of Paris, lays claim to
being the aerial center of the world.
Color is given to the assertion that
at this field is to be- found aviation
in its most advanced and well or
ganized form by the suspension of
the last British air service between
London and Paris, and by the ap
parent reluctance with w hich the
congress of the United States comes
to the support of aerial development.
France, with the liberal aid of its
parliament, is making an extraordi
nary, effort to obtain the aerial
supremacy of the . world, an effort
with which only Germany at present
could compete, and Germany is re
strained bv the aerial clauses of the
treaty of Versailles.
Just as its geographical position
has always made Paris the logical
hub of the French railway systems,
so Le Bourget, situated about three
miles outside of the portc de la Vil
lette, is ideally located to become
the center of the French aerial pas
senger, mail and freight routes.
Hundreds of Hangars.
Mile after mile of perfect landing
ground is flanked by an almost un
broken line of ' hangars, " and while
the ground is higher than the city
the average wind is moderate.
Figures were made public recently
to show the recent progress of
French civil aviation and to justify
the faith of parliament in its future.
Recent reductions in French pas
senger fares and freight rates have
put the British companies out of
competition. The government sub
sidy has helped in this, but there are
other good reasons.
According to these official statis
tics the establishment and main
tenance of air linep, including de
parture and landing grounds, hang
ars, and repair work shops, cost 10
times less 'than for railways 20,000
franifs per aerial kilometer, com
pared with 200,000 francs "per kilo
meter for railroads. i
The rapid increase in passenger
and freight traflic promises to re
duce the running costs proportion- !
ateiy.
Twelve Hours in Warsaw.
The main French services all uf
Avhich connect with Le Bourget
arc Paris to London, Paris to Brus
sels, Bayonnc to Bilbao. Toulouse to
Casablanca, Paris to Cabourg. and
Paris to Warsaw via Strasburg, the
last of which began a few weeks
ago.
The number of complete journeys
in 1919 was 1,173, while in. 1920 it
was 4,428; distance flown in kilo
meters in 1919 was 354,115. and in
1920 a total of 1,582.835; paying pas
scnge.rs numbered 729 in . 1919 and
0,679 in 1920. . ; ...
.By the new line to' Warsaw the
jouney is reduced t-0 12 hours com.
pared with three days! and two
nights by train, .while the fare, 1,000
francs, is the same as for a railway
ticket with sleeping car.' accommo
dations. . -. . " , . 1 '
' HE PPODICjAL .PETUPNS -
WELCOME ;
MnEPPODlCiAL PTU(?NS I , ' Hi' lyw X
formal concert at the Brandeis the
ater. This wilt be the first appear
ance of this musical organization
since the wart disrupted its activi
ties. The members of the present
He Reporter Finds Much Is Bared
In Women's New Spring Styles
The charm and beauty of woman's i
i v. taring apparel is never fully appre- j
dated by man, especially when out- '
lined arid described in the style !
I sheets. The writers, all of feminine i
gender or type, use so many tech-!
meal phrases m describing miladv s
gowns that'it is all Greek to mere
....in. man uauau,y lily s lui IMC
pretties of women it is only just that
be know what he is paying for and
that he be forewarned what is to j
come. That they may fully under
stand the styles for women, for 'i
spring and summer, the styles have '
been investigated and written in he ;
language.
We will suit with coloring. Of '
course villtt color woman is like i
the rose without its fragrance. Col- j
ors this season will be riotous. Dis
pensing with all Greenwich Village '
titles the colors are wearing this year
and speaking man fashion, we find '
the predominating colors will be blue,
robin's egg blue, box car brown, bar- I
ber pole red, turkey and in some
instances, "Chicken red, battleship
gray, high browi low down black,'
purity white and bathing beach tan.
Can't Agree.
' Starting with hats, and going
down.
The hats will bc of no set style.
It -appears as though' all the millin
ers met in convention' and couldn't
come to any agreement as to the style
of headgear they would popularize,
for 'many of the milliners realized
man had been imposed upon long i
enough
After a long discussion which led
them to nowhere, a milliner from
St. Paul, Neb., settled the argument
by delivering her ultimatum.
"Vouse guys can go your way an'
I'll go mine."
This tip was followed by the whole
tribe: of hat designers t with the re
sult that styles vary, considerably. . '
The hats will be soft -this year,
that: is, the material will bc, chif
fonesquc and mosquito bar effects
being used as the principal material.
The men will be hejrd when they
get the bills. There will bc no more
hard crowns, as most of the hats
.Events of the Week in Omaha
OfA VLV -QW- SPECULATING
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club have been preparing for the
tour and formal concert during the
past two school years -when the club
was reorganized under the direction
of Professor Henry Cox, who is
have no crowns. However, women j
who suffered sunstroke last summer
from going without crowns will j
wear them this year. ' . '
At Old Sol's Mercy.
.The brims are large, shading the I
face from the hot sun. Thfs does
not need to be bad news for for the i
purveyors of freckle cream and tan
! lotion. There will be more than
1 the usual demand for them, because'
ithe neck, 'way down, arms, knees I
; and ankles will be at the mercy of j
Sol as the. length of the skirts has 1
; been shortened.
! The hats are of various shapes, ;
sies, colors, textiles and prices. :
j Pearl gray for the misses and battle- ;
i ship gray for the sophisticated, will.;
bc the prevailing modes.
Among dresses the evening gown !
is discussed first, because it is the !
i most swagger and hardest to under- !
; stand. These dresses or gowns arc i
j usually worn at theater parties, balls !
! and parties. . , j
! These social functions have lone i
been the means of getting people win wcar tailored suits thus de-better-
acquainted. . fyillg thp dements as well as man.
Answers Conjectures.
Men, knowing little of their neigh- j
bor's wife or even their own. can
: come away irom a social function !
feeling on most intimate terms with j
them. Thus evening dress fills a ;
long-felt want and proves an answer !
to many conjectures made at ran- '
1 doin. "
The prevailing colors will be i
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white! pearl and fleMj. ' '
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of a Hastiims (eb ) mndiX I
This modiste declared, on intrn- i
ducing her first flesh-colored gown
that by popularizing flesh color, in
quisitive men could be entertained
during the .evening with other than
what was on the program.
They could amuse themselves by
making bets among themselves as to
whero the material left ,off and the
flesh began. ' . t t ; ;
Place for. Arms and Head.
Sin evcry-day wear organdie is a
very popular material for afternoon
and evening wear. ' '
There' isn't, much to the waist
Just a place to stick the head and
Third Row John Otte, Bernard Stone, .Harold Downing, J. Sterling Maddox,
John J. Foley, Brendan Brown, Paul Koehn. . '
Fourth Row George Koehn, Julius Humphrey, Ralph Svoboda, Sidney Barson,
David Kavanaugh, Willard Kranz.
Back Row William McTaggert, Frank Diedcrich, Vernon Edwards, John Vasko,
Charles Rain
well known in musical circles
throughout the west.
An attractive program is being
planned for the evening's entertain
ment, including a number of instru
arms through, set off with a few
ruffles. The waist or belt line is
very decided and the skirt is full,
falling to the knees in a series of
tucks and gathers.
It isn't necessary to fit this dress.
As long. as the waist is plenty tight
everything else is k. o., for in a
slight wind the 'dress will fit any
figure like the paint on the kitchen
wall. Organdie is a very blowable
The stockings in most parts, match
the dresses. Plain blues, " tans,
whites, grays. Most of the stock
ings are clocked and will bear watch
ing. Sixteenth and Farnam on a
breezy day is the best place for this.
With organdie dresses a woman is
at a great disadvantage as only the
most militant will attempt to wear
! them in the sun. This will keep all
feminine traffic on the shady side ot
xt,. ..,.,.irf
Might "Prove Fatal.
There will bc a great many waists
and skirts worn this spring and sum-
mer- lne waists are nimsy anairs,
vvhieli, if worn alone, might prove
,:ilal t0 tl,c wearers troni sunstroke,
15cie woman's ingenuity again proves
her protection. Beneath these waists
a brightly colored .bandlike affair
which reaches, from the waist to the
armnits is worn, lhc band, usually
l"f ?on'c so'k,1 color makes a fitting
background for the little waists anil
acts" as a very efficient chest pro-
tec'.r- . . , , f ...
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colors. They are of various patterns
and of sufficient thickness to be
worn in comfort in the s.un, shade,
on the golf links or tennis court.
Purchase & Gnash has a line of
beautiful silk goods on display. Most
of them are solid colors, black, red.
vdnite, orange and green. The orange
and green are displayed side by side,
but this doesn't matter, since St.
Patrick's day has passed.
Gingham is very 'stylish, made so
by-the many heroines of popular
tongs, who wore gingham. It is much
more stylish, for the young. th?n silk.
mental and solo numbers. Mr.
Harry Burkley, jr., is manager of
the club and J. Clifford Long, a
member of the' Creighton foot ball
team, is president.
Chautauqua Shiny
To Be Produced
In British Isles
Mark Ijwain's Cousin to Carry
Hawaiian Troupe to Lug
land to Start Move
ment There.
Lcmdon, April 2. The "Chautau
qua movement" has at last spread to
England and another link has thus
been forged in the bonds uniting the
British Isles with its dominions and
America. (
Miss Mildren Clemens, cousin of
Mark Twain, is 'the American lec
turer," wlio has decided to bring the
''Chautauqua' to the attention of the
British people. In discussing its
venture, Miss Clemens said:'
Is Forerunner.
"We are anxious to introduce the
Chautauqua movement into Eng
land and elsewhere, so that all Eng
lish speaking peoples may be
brought into closer relationship.
"My little show is not exactly a
'Chautauqua,' but it is its forerun
ner. I have toured with it all over
America, Canada, Australia and New
Zealand, and 1 hope it will prove
the beginning of a great inter
change of speakers throughout the
United States, the British Isles and
the dominions.
Meets Prince.
"My miniature Chautauqua con
sists .of the presentation of 'Happy
Hawaii.' 1 have six native assistants
who .sing and dance in the native
fashion and I show a number of
moving and still pictures illustrative
of life in the islands.
"My cousin, Mark Twain, visited
the islands 50 years ago.' It was a
great pleasure to me to follow
where he had been.
"I met the charming prince of
Wales in Honolulu. I never found
anyone more truly democratic. He
s a great sport."
Shape of Boy's Hands May
Win Grandfather's $130,000
A little boy's hands may win his
grandfather a $130,000 legacy the
estate of the late Jolin O'Connor,
Hastings shoemaker-recluse, who
died August 16, 1913.
I lie little tellow is Harold, Kirk-j
man, o. grandson ot John t Nirx- ;
man. 1538 North Sixteenth street. A
curious undcrlapping of the little fin
ger on each hand, asilfustratcd in the
picture, is relied upon to establish
whether he is of the same line as
O'Connors
Kirkman claims O'Connor was
rcallv Matt Kirkman of Grecnboro,
X. C, his father.
Hands as Evidence.
The hearing, originally set for May
in Hastings," has been postponed un
til the fall term of court, notice came
this week, according to S. A. Har
ris of an Omaha law firm, which is
handling Kirkman's case.
Fully 50 photographs of hands and
feet of members of the Kirkman
family, exhibiting a family trait of
crooked little fingers and extraordin
ary long thumbs and great toes, will
bc introduced in evidence.
The late O'Connor was distin-1
guished by the same peculiarities, I
Hastings menus will testily, i rac
ings of his hands to show this, will
be introduced.
The body of O'Connor was ex
humed after two j-ears' burial iu or
Baltimore, Md., April -'.This
story has to do with a wage-earning
young witc who, alter swuenmg jods
with her equally young husbanu,
balked and. kicked for better food.
One meal cooked by hcr husband
was enough, according to Mrs. Mary
Sheldon, 21. and she repented her
agreement and quit.
Mrs. Sheldon afj.'cd in court De
Ure Justice Joseph Kanft to go to
work and make a living tor me
family if her husband, F.dward Shcl
don, also 21, would stay home, cook
and take care of the baby.
After seeing her husband walking-
rbout the house with an apron tied
around him, the baby on one arm
and a bottle of milk in the other
well, she just couldn't stand it.
Must Have Food,
t A . few hours after the Sheltons
had returned to their home follow
ing'their interview with Justice Rant't
the young husband started in on
supper. Right there when they sat
down to that meal t6gcther Mrs.
Shelton repented her bargain and de
termined she would not. go on with
it. 1 he voiinsr wife, forthwith mint
ed up Mayor William F. Broenin?.
wi m,.- win;,,,, l." Ut-,iiiiti7.
it his home. To the city's-'chiei
xecutivc she unfolded her troubhs.V
"I said rook," she told Major
ai
exc
Broening, in the talk with '"his bon
er, to whom sne hurried trom tne
supper table. "You just ought to
have seen what he gave fe to cat.
If 1 am going to go out and make
the living I've got to have food,
not the kind of a meal he gave me."
vereinently declared the young wile.
She Tries 'Em.
"And I just couldn't stand tic
sight of him contented to walk
around with an apron tide around
him and the baby on one arm and a
bottle of milk in the other. I iui
can't go. on with it and 1 came :o
you for advice." '
J he mayor sent .Mrs. Sheldon u
the state's attorney's office and
there she saw Assistant State's At
torney Herbert O Connor. Mr.
O Connor has the spirit of concilia
tion in large measure. He believes
that a man and his wife should agree
if there is any way in the world to
manage it.
lry his meals a little while lone
er," suggested O'Connor.
Mrs, Sheldon s eyes got big ami
her mouth opened.
Mrs. Sheldon s mouth shut again
without any sound. She'd follow his
advice. The expression on her face
indicated she'd wait before she did
anything further in the matter of
prosecuting her husband, nut she
wouldn t eat his meals. Ao; she
wouldn't do that.
"If vou don't agree we'll . find a
man's job for him," O'Connor as
sured her.
"Ma3-bc women are allowed to
vote," interrupted Mrs. Sheldon in
answer to a question. "But that
hasn't got anything to do with it. a
This is an upside-down arrangement,
and I am not going to stand it. He
says a woman in a house has a
'cinch' and that he wishes he could
spend the rest of his days in such a
soft berth. Well, he won't," came
with some evidence of defiance from
the young wife.
Jus't 12 hours after Mrs. Sheldon
made the suggestion that she grt
a job and support the family while
her husband did the housework Mrs.
Sheldon had exercised the woman's
prerogative and changed her mind.
A. quarrel took place and the young
husband packed up his clothing anj
departed. Edward, "the model house
wife," was later arrested at the homi
of his mother, and again faced Jus
tice Ranft, who held Sheldon in $300
bail.
Thus feminist metaphor, model
1921, was shattered.
der that photographs might be taken
These photos bear a striking resem
blance to the Omaha claimant.
Two other photos, said to hav
J been part of O'Connor's effects, wil
;' have an important bearing in tin
case
Principals Dead.
One is the photo of a woman anl
child. Kirkman claims the womar
is his mother, Matt Kirkman's-wife
and the baby ts himself. He mad
a vain trip to Greensboro in an at
tempt to locate a duplicate of th
photo among his relatives. The othet
i photo is that of a bearded mar
! whom the eastern relatives identify
as "Bush" Edwards, husband of Nan
cy Kirkman, Matt's .istrr. All thcs
principals are now dead.
The Omaha Kirkman, former presi
dent of the Omaha Auto Body com
pany, is spending his all to establish
his claim of relationship to O'Connor.
Matt Kirkman, a shoemaker, de
serted his wife, Mary Trickman
Kirkman and his son John, when the
latter was four years old.
Boudoir Bag Is the Latent
London, April t.The boudoir
bag is one of fashion's latest novel
ties. Quaint-shaped bags of silk
brocade or crepe de chine in color
to match that of the whole toilet
are now all the rage.
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