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Show PAGE SIX THE EVENING HERALD, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 9, J926. i Tail ft z B How Love V infest! 110 Found a ; .i a and Divorce Courts. i ft A K it; Mil - " Sir"" -- -- . ' . sTA. ? ' - -- 'H';;. HAY t A Avrl : V - ' ff! w j:y 'Si J .. llrt.' Elsis Huntington Tppin, Who DiTOrc From Finally Obtained a Raid . Lindaley Tappla AfUr n Mra, Schwnwrhorii'i Ekclusira ?, 8uit Rrwled Her Huabnad and tha Fair Dtrorcca Together. . ialn j Mrs. d iL'TO lonter n the J Sarah Schertnerhorn objectrxo being i tound with dapper Undaler Tappin V .. Uiv ffl ; much-ral4e- k', -- ttlATlH V. '. , K'if'l J(I M i la J tl Jc- A' - ."A-jp- 'ArjTjf1! 'l - . '0. Each season society ha it favorite sensation. On year it may be prise fighta, another and it k rinnrt ham.'' But the snappiest. ma thrill that society has enjoyed y fa many years was ln watching Schermerhorn romance sldd in and out of Fin divorce laws to a i avenue, through a tangle-oI triumphant.end t the altar for two ' members of the famous foursome.1 a ? e height of - The height of the seaednantf . the randaJ practlcaUy coincided and society; interest nearly reached the bursting yetnt If Mr. Mousley. the private deteetrv had called for volunteers on one of his fameu raids, he might have had the pick pi half the Fow Hundred for witness. Whea Tapptn and IchermeYhorn were popuJarlalng ttalr oaoh-Tappltf did, for according to his friends, he spent odds ' catch-ca- n method of. fighttef, wageis that time in bed under the care of his physician. were posted in all the smart elate on tat out- . It was shortly after this that society hod more " a ". t oome of the next meeting. newt .to claw over.i jMrs Schenjierhornmoved From the first, the world of Park avenue was into, an apartment of her own at No. 48 West fiehermerhorns Intrigued by the Sheppard Gandy Fifty-fift-h street She also started a" suit for Both and the Iindsley Tappins. eovples occupied her husband. against Mew "Their York a premier place in society. , .But Mr. Schermerhorn, as he had frequently ' social each been an ontatanding marriages had in the past demonstrated, was a fighter. Before event, and ftey were acknowledged leaders the suit could be brought up he had hired Harry When Utat known it was la the smart set they S..Mousle, a private detective well known for ' become and friends had Joined forces Inseparable his activities hi society. Mr. Moioley established one those looked of It was gradoua upon as himself lit an apartment directly opposite Mrs. J events for the good of society as a whole and Sehermerhom'l new home and .glued his search-- " r world in the i; a " , platonic example for general. Hghs eye to the window. Mr. Mousley found out a number of curious Tte Tappins and the Schermerhorns took facts, about Mr. Tappln's social activities. In apartments in the same palatiat hone at No. 87 ' .West 68th Street Taey Ad adjoinlcg estates fact he found that Mr, Tappiri visited - at Cedarhurst, Long Island and all four were nearly every evening and always vanished members of the fashionable Rockaway finnt Club. when opposite Mrs. Schjtroerhorn's indoors " The two couples dined, together, . danead to h 3. -- t '. rether. and kent their eveninn to common en One evenfag while Mr. Tappin' was making in Wall Street, the tw his usual reaH bnr Mrs. Schermerhorn a man's ,I gagements. Downtown men occupied the same table at lunch and were 'reach up and extinguish the 'hand was seen-tconstantly found together at., tha, excluarva lights. What happened when the lights went ' autt; . Mri,' Schemerhorh a number f his so- -. Bacquet Crab. The two; women, agreed per friends including Eckfbrd C. fectly, even as to a hairdresser, and wet slmost" .K ally prominent never' tean kpaiC".. and the private detective, rushed across ' But perhaps intimacy breeds eontemi--- )f the street to .find out Iindsley Tspftn, Whose Marriage to the Cnaratnsj did That is that " fact evidehtrortTthe marriage laws. At any rate, society. jgot its first they the Has Urs. Schermerikorn Pat an End to ed Mrs. case Ka .. was thrown fmkiing ftrto a spier ttnmtlosi tiiai gchermerhorn's , ... Mnsaaroos kUids ess Thatr Apart sssiits put of beloved foursome when the two men met m the court and her husband won a divorce decree Jn the suit that he promptly filed. But while society lobby of the apartment house, where they both . lived, t rather pneven, for JSchermer-horn. ... ... ; ; . gossiped and hinted, they never really did disbuilt In trim. a powerfully man, Both men, hi faultless evening clothes, glared good cover what the raiding party had discovered as Mr. and is - at each other. The hallboys and elevator boys, light .Tapptt. on the other hand, Supreme Court Justice O'Malley- - ordered the the with and has always been a favorite who perhaps had a better idea of what was hap't papers fat the suit sealed. dajper pening on the stairway and in the doorways titan 'Meanwhile Mrs. ' Tappln's feelinjjs .'In the Before long the angered husband began to society had ever surmised, gathered in a silent had been sadly neglected.- - And so lon, natter circle around the two men.. At first It seemed make his wrath effectual. . By the time it was as Mr. Tappin continued to live under the same that they would confine their feelings to venom- -' over Tappln's clothes were far from immac. roof rith her, she could not sue bus glances and reserve' any more seriotu en--; vlste. His eyes hardly peeped out from between For the lawyers told her that 'a wife who lives counter for a more private occasion. , the swellings. His face matched his orchid boot, with her husband after she knows he is guilty of But as Mr Tappin started to; pass. olC Mr. onniere in shade and his gums were a pulp where the offense for which, she is divorcing him, ia BcVrmerhorh stopiied hlra wii a oellow of rage; ' assumed to have forgiven him. he had lost four teeth. 4 .. " told you to keep away from mr wife and "Mow keep awayJTrom my .wife or youU get But by that time Mr. Tappin had packed up. , you havens dona uKlw.ahotiteoV- - "Fut left his wife and home and chosen an apartment more of uusf .was Mr. Schermerfaorn's final street which as bo-- .. thrust And for four days at any rata Mr. at No. 66 JVest Fifty-fift- h ... the'-Tappi- "Friends or the pair rather f imeipned that they could see . . them '.; figuratively embracing over the short gulf which separated the two apartments on Wert i-'- r i di-or- ce . i ; a- Fifty-fiftb-stre- et . .. o - -- -- fe-orr- - : Ts '. . P1J PcfttWtrhorn tnd Is N'ow tlassau.'tno 'mlftlonain livo, inr con-olete obxeuatv. Not even his cHjs. jt friends have been: able to penutrato ' '" his Tedasion cr reason him out of his" embittered view of the world. ? , All the Four Hundred know that the former leader of the ydurtger; set'Bas dreppid tu the tail of the smart prweseion. hardly: be recognized by the doormen of some of his fashionable clubs where loiTOerly he was aiiiong' the most active of- thf .hrieibbr'and-'&ffJcsrs'Tlifinancial district sees him but rarely of latei and It ia, even rumored that hj haschangod the type of some of his heavy investments to more sluggish securitie that seed leas constant .watching:. For a time society gosaipiM that the common denominator of their Tov.o trouble mig'ht onng Sheppard Candy Schermarhorn and Mrs. Huntington Tappin a little closer together. It was pointed out that in the old days of the foursome they were always the best of friends. They both are still very attractive as society rates' personalities. What might be' more likely gossiped society, than merely rearrangement of the internal structure of the foursome. Society has its traditions of good friends swapping wives, , via the divorce courts. 5 Bute the months went by and both Mrs. Tappin and Mr.. Schermerhorn remained in suciusioh as severely as when the scan oaf first broke, society's, sentimental fcopos wncd and flivlvrcd out" "Nor Is Hr ever expected that either of rUsa two, robbed by love of happiness, will ever again risk their matrimonial 'peace of mind. v. In fact so cynioai-h- a sockty- grown, that it was predicted shortly, after .the two1, divorces Mr.' thatwslnce Tappin and Jlrs. Schermerhorn had both now attained thpir freedom., they might so not b. readr.te surrender it gwnu evyn. for that love of which they had given society such startling proof. However, it "seems that neither of them have' been dannted ,by the altar. Perhaps they still believe that the'lr failures were due to' mistakes Of choico."- And they have now found the Inevitable correct motet. y " Mm Schermerhorn moreover;;- haa" always shown signs of' a great'-dea-l of vitality and il initiative. As Sarah and, she was mair' at an early agi to Colohch Wflliani HaywarC. 'It - was. alter she envorcea .nmv that ; she v marriedi Saahpard Candy Schermerhorn. - f vAt about that Ume she.', conceived the . bria:ht aLbnsineei out career for herb'sif carving ideOf as a number bf sociay omefl were doing. She enjoyed shopping so wRy should she "not 'chop " . -- i'. i.v -- : ' : A ' ' Vi r' - 4 .'f 4.i'ss-- 4 - Society MatMn ar.-- l io.mpr Wife of Csilonel ViMat n.w-r- d, 'Aveitue- - r??V'JvJ VJ JLtlii- "";?r " " nV J JV-"- ? r,' '.V .."'V' - -- tr,vc " . alr.jTacplB var aralB go round the bWck . TO avoid meeting r ult. cciicrBicm4u For lore will find kilng four more teeth. even through two divorce courts, and the wai marrlara of Lindnle Tapcln and Mrs. Sarah Sohemierhont waa - neenuy reported in Rich- ' ' J-?.::- : r for-divor- ' j.. h Fifty-fift- 1 , street" ciety soon learned was just three doors from Number .48, where Mrs. Schermerhorn was still .:' living.-- ' Friends of the pair rather 0111 imagined that they see them figuratively embracing Over the short gulf which separated, the two apartments. A report was even current that a view of Mrs. Schermerhorrt's living room - was obtainable fromi Mr. Tappln's kitchenette, if the owner should care to crane his neck. At any rate Mrs. Tappin decided, any. cheating,., of the 'minister would, afford. surplus for alimony. ; . So she in turn engaged that popular man about town, Mr. Mousley,-- the detective. . Once more he stationed hjmself at the window of an apartment across the way. And he soon learned that Mrs. Schermerhorn had failed to learn her lesson in failing tft draw the ,bHnds tightly. ,': . v t. - So one evening whetf Mrs. Schermerhorn wns visiting Mr. Tappin andthe lights hf.d gone off as usual, Mrs. Tappin gathered a handful of ' friends and led by" the undaunted Mr. Mousley, hurried across the Btrect. The door of the apartment was forced open and society, received -- f another thrill. ' . i , - - 1 . , " bala-- ; . Mr. Tappin was attired in pajamas and robe.' Mrs. Schermerhorn. was seated on a, couch Beneath .the 'drtss, aceordjhg ln'f a iousedress. io some of the ladies presenef&ould be diycorned a glimpse of slim bare ankles and a lew incn.es of what appearedJto be an even ess,ponventional. 'costume. Mrs. Tappin lost no time in suing for a divorce and it was granted. Mrs. Schermerhorn and Mr. Tappin were both free at hat from iheir raatrir monial bonds and whatever restrictions society had placed on their conduct .. - Nobody knows just how this , split-u- p of the foursome has affected the life of Mrs. Tappin . since her divorce. As the former Elsie Hunting- - ton, daughter of the famous portrait paintor, she has an assured place in society. But jhe now lives in .exclusive dignity ," her cnief interest in life being her eon, Jghn Lindsley Tappin, who is . ' finishing ms course at Princeton. . - Mr. Schermerhorn has also deserted the so-ciety that was so ready to snicker at his trembles. . In. a small room in the inconspicuous Hotel . " , on buy law thousand-doll- ar lots instead of picking.ont an occasional dainty opened a hat garment So Mrs. West shop. je'areet and,,unlU;e many such society excursions into the world of commerce, mnde Bji very profitable affair of it. She-haalwa.vs been able to hold her own with society even during the height of its interest in her romantic affairs. She smiled as life turned into ona raid, after, another on her apartment she remained unperturbed as hs'r name f was coupled with Mr,Tappm's on the the society wits, and r through wiles ot newspaper space. And "fl"w at lftsho Is said fo be happy. She has won W man shev suffered forr and told her Intimates Jhat he is well worth the '.-- ,' trouble. SciiO-mcrhor- Fifty-3vent- ' lt ips-.o- she-ha- " !BBHWKBSs . -'- .1 tjWv-1--- J.- - V ' - i: i - . .:,...,,:. -, " ' - -- . . U '. ' V ' , r- ,j , , - " -- . " " '.,.. . ' " .. .;. ' - """"v - . . . - . "5 - - . - v ' jr ' , " ' - I A . ', ' ''' ..rf - f V"', S : t 1 ' 1 . ." "' 'I , " s |