Show r MANY GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE t Pleas for Separation That Seem of the Most Flimsy Kind — They Range in Importance from Pumpkin Pie and Dogs to Writing Poetry and Kissing the Cat XAPOLEON declared that every converted Into a chicken ranch Her man in the ranks carried in husband announced that he could not his knapsack a marshal’s afford to sacrifice his trade as a piano Vs baton Victor Newman a tuner by moving into a different neighclever English artist now in borhood The two had been married New York declares that every 15 years but Mrs Mahu calmly American girl tucks divorce packed up her personal property inpapers into her trousseau cluding the chickens and moved away Whether the analogy be Just or un- - leaving Mr Mahu to the cold comfort Just certain it is that the American of a divorce court woman proves almost as fertile in the Poodle Separated Fond Hearts matter of excuses for securing a diWilliam B Kntrinkin of Chicago ob vorce as she is in marshaling wiles Jected to the attentions showered on with which to net a husband writes a French poodle by his wife and took Anna Steese Richardson in the New it out on the poodle to the latter’s York World For while scarcely more discomfort Whereupon Mrs physical than a round dozen causes are cited Entrinkln took herself to the divorce by the law as grounds for divorce court with “cruelty" for her ope even in this country of liberal and sesame varied state divorce laws the average On the other hand Mrs Leroy Marwoman can interpret the most common cause a in hundred “cruelty” and one ways each of which will go straight to the hearts of Judge and Jury For Instance the superior court in Seattle Wash was recently asked to decide whether and “dyspepsia” "cruelty” were synonymous terms Harriet BendiokKohl was a culinary artist Aher V Kohl her husband was a dyspeptic So long as Mr Kohl tuck to a diet he was a companionable spouse ' When he yearned for some of his wife’s tidbits he would surely fall from grace and into a tantrum One Sunday he induced his wife to make waffles After eating plentifully of these floating in maple sirup he threw the family canary in Its cage through the window A batch of especially fine soda biscuit led him to stray from his diet and that afternoon he kicked the family watchdog into the neighbor’s back yard When nd! family pet was at hand Mrs the butt of his displeasure and dyspeptic rage After eating an unusual quantity of her very best strawberry shortcake Mr Kohl actually refused to speak to his wife for 48 hours Mrs Kohl urged this ingratitude for her culinary ability so effectively that divorce on the grounds of cruelty was granted Cruelty In Restricted Diet Mrs Anna M Hodge of Pittsburg Pa secured a decree because her husband limited the daily bill of fare breakfast dinner and supper 365 days in the year to sausages and rice pud He throve on the diet but ding Mrs Hodge called it cruelty and the court agreed with her Mrs J B Stetson of San Francisco In applying for a divorce from a trac tion magnate of the far west cited as "cruelty” the fact that she had to eat pumpkin pie three times a day and was denied the privilege of adding Boup and salad to the family menu Mrs Harry Maremount’s divorce from a Chicago carriage maker was due largely to a difference in opinion over sauerkraut She liked sauerkraut but her husband could not endure the smell of it When she persisted in cooking it he struck her and fled from their home in anger Mrs Joseph T Colvin of Pittsburg secured a divorce because her husband a prominent secret society man and an fellow Insisted upon supplying cham pagne when she asked for bread The court agreed that no woman could live on champagne alone Codfish Cause for Divorce In the little town of Union Bergen county New Jersey Mr and Mrs Theron C Knapp amiably agreed to secure a divorce because Knapp in a moment of extravagance brought home a box of prepared codfish Mrs Knapp had always humored her husband's fondness for codfish cakes with the brand of codfish which you soak over night and Shocked by his ex- gan of Marlon Ind secured a divorce pick by hand travagance in buying the prepared because her husband Insisted upon article she pulled his hair The rec- having his pet dog for a bedfellow ords do not show which constituted Mr and Mrs George E Abram of cruelty the codfish purchase or the Detroit Mich also parted over a dog hair pulling Each claimed the family pet as his inA Marquette (Mich) man cited as dividual property and both bought one instance of cruelty in his petition tidy brass license tags The dog disfor divorce the fact that his wife had appeared and each accused the other Invariably refused to make for him a of kidnaping dear little Bessie The lemon pie of which delicacy he was cocker spaniel later appeared as exextremely fond “much to his discom- hibit A in the divorce trial fort” the papers set forth Gottlieb Herring of Muskegon Wis Family pets have often figured in gave his wife her freedom and $126 Mrs Andrew in alimony because she insisted upon petitions for divorce Mahu of Alton 111 had 40 picked Leg- having her Angora cat share their horns which she kept at the rear of couch which gave poor Gpttlleb a Her landlord served Theresa stoutly inNher cottage ereepy feeling that his property could not be sisted that her cat — plus the alimony vt ” —was worth a thousand Gottliebs Justice of the Peace William B Williams of Montclair N J tried in vain to make peace between a couple whose names he refused to divulge but who were separating because th wife Insisted on kissing her cat goor night Differences over the site of their home have led many a couple to the divorce court In Chicago Willis Howe manager of the Palmer houue for 20 years and later manager of the Virginia secured a divorce because his wife refused to live in Chi cago and he refused to leave the Windy City She said that after Vien ua and Paris Chicago was cruedy Her husband dubbed her actions “desertion" and both' won their point— divorce Too Many Kisses Kisses though quite within the matrimonial law have been known to as Poor Arthur Kehr a pass cruelty Chicago musician sued for divorce because his career as a bread winner was interrupted by his wife’s appetite for kisses “I could not elude that constant cry of ‘Arthur kiss me’" he said in his complaint “I was a The prisoner at my wife’s house week I was there I earned Just I had to run away and after 16 days diof I applied for a vorce" On the other hand Mrs Henry Rodgers of Hasbrouck Heights N J applied for a divorce on the ground that her husband who holds a prominent position with the United States Steel trust no longer kissed her on leaving home and returning Garrison of Jersey City dismissed the complaint because “the wrongs complained of are of a senti- - schools of Cincinnati secured a dt vorce because his wife having borne him ten children refused to have any further additions to family Mr and Mrs Charles' Neuman ol! Loa Angeles had made an agreement that they were to have no children Mr Neuman after a feW years changed his' mind on the sub Jeet but Mrs Neuman did not and returned to her own home and mother Mrs Hamilton Fries of Stonetown N J thought her husband ought to walk the floor with the baby when the latter so desired especially after Hamilton declared that nightfall after covering 750000 miles of carpet in the wee small hours he was Justi fled in striking Mrs FrleB and the baby decided that papa must either walk or lose ’em Papa lost But Rudolph Bartzat Jr of Lincoln Neb thought bis wife was going some when she sold a $20 baby buggy for one dollar In order to buy a ticket for a theatrical performance He said be did not mind having her sell an occasional article of furniture to buy a new gown but he drew the line at her selling what he had given their Another case of home and baby mother for hers The most innocent pleasure carried to excess may be counted as an exhibit in a divorce case Mrs J W Smith of Bellefontalne O sat up in bed at night to roll and smoke cigarettes and her husband secured a diMrs Grace C vorce Markell of Scranton Pa secured a divorce because her husband would not permit her to dance with other men and talked out loud about it too thereby cruelly embarrassing her in public Released from “Fire Fiend” Joseph AJCuntz a Bronx brewer is what the professional firemen call “a buff” He lived opposite the fire house and no matter what hour an alarm rang he followed the engines This disturbed the Blumbers of his wife who after enduring the excitement of four years applied for a divorce George G Genereaux of Oakland Cal entertained his men friends at poker in the family woodshed When his funds ran low he stepped into the house and borrowed of the family His wife said this cut off exchequer the supply of household delicacies and she secured her decree without trouble Jules Joseph Moquette and his wife of Newark N J split over Socialism and his wife said she would not be kept awake nights listening to his tirades on the subject Mr and Mrs Victor Johnson of St Louis split because he wanted to do the housework and let her seek a Job "downtown” She said she wanted to make the biscuits and broil the steak herself Charles F Healy of Chicago must have been a person because when his wife was ill and her doctor said that the divorce decree which she wanted would be a sure cure he yielded without a murmur Then she regretted the act and on her recovery he demanded that the decree be set aside HORNED TOAD TOO REALISTIC Prevailing Fashion Has Not Found vor with All of the Gentler Sex Fa- “Will you look at that woman’s shoulder!’ “I don’t Bee anything un — Oh! Isn’t that queer!” The third woman turned around to look as she asked what it was ' When she saw she exclaimed: “Why it’s one of those new ornaments arhorned toad" mental nature and the court of chancery has no Jurisdiction" r When Mrs Frederick W of St Louis begged Judge Hough to grant her a divorce on the grounds that her husband cruelly refused to kiss her the Judge was incredulous for she was lovely and altogether kissable but when he learned that the refusal to bestow the longed-fokisses was the outward and visible sign of an Inward and almost perpetual grouch the Judge decided that here was a case of cruelty indeed Children and Divorce Children often appear in petitions as reasons for divorce Prof George W Burns a teacher In the public AIDS DAINTY T-- TO APPETITE ON TOUCHES MEAN MUCH TABLE Effective Garnishing of Dishes More Matter of Taste Than Money-Flo- wer or Leaf for Finger a Bowl Have you ever stopped to wonder how tomatoes would taste if they were not such a pretty red or if French creams would tempt us if served in the form of hash? ' It takes a little more trouble to serve a meal in dainty form but how much better the plainest food tastes? The shining linen and silver the sprig of green on shining meat platter and the neat rice mold with tomato sauce all serve to transform the pickup wash-dameal Garnishing is more a question of taste and time than money Through most of the year a few leaves picked from shrubs or trees and tucked in on the edges of a platter of meat or fruit enhance the appearance of the dish While for the other months parsley can easily be raised in a window box Most people will garnish their meats with a few sprigs of green and neglect all other dishes Fruit looks much more Inviting if it is set in a bed of green or has clusters of foliage put among it As far as possible use the natural foliage Grape leaves are excellent for large fruits as cantaloupes and the nasturtium leaves and tendrils are effective on salad that is not set on lettuce hearts A touch of color always lpoks well combined with the green thus the small sweet peppers or cherry tomatoes should be raised in every garden even if one has but a small vegetable patch in a city yard Carrots beets cucumbers lemons in slices or sections eggs and the tiny yellow tomatoes all lend themselves to garnishing Candied fruit is equally effective but costs more than the average housewife can afford Oysters are improved by sections ol lemon and sprigs of mint through the ice Indeed cracked ice may be used artistically Instead of merely as a chiller rAw oysters or grape fruit may be just as cold to the palate if they have been set in the refrigerator for hours and served without ice but it certainly will not be so attractive to the eyb as when passed in a bed of shaved ice A finger bowl should always have a few flowers or a leaf floating on the surface of the water Rose geranium leaves and lemon verbena are delicious while a few nasturtium blossoms give a charming touch of color Do not think such garnishing is unnecessary for the simple family meal it adds a refining touch that goes a long way toward making up a scanty menu Polenta Dabs Scald a pint of white Indian meal in boiling water Mix together one tablespoonful of butter two beaten eggs two tablespoons of cream and Stir into the a dash of salt l beat well for a few moments and drop from a spoon into the buttered pan Bake in a moderate over until brown Oyster Shell Scraper An oyster shell is the very best thing to scrape saucepans and kettles when once you have used them you to a knife spoon or will never return a link dishcloth they (the oyster shells) are sharp and lend themselves — “Little Helps” in thi to all corners National Magazine “Not a real one?” asked the woman who- had first noticed the decoration with some anxiety “Ohi no That is not a live one but The Italian Polenta real one once One of the greatest dishes of thi It has been metal-izeThat’s the newest fad in orna- Italians is "polenta” They often ments The real flowers that were serve It to guests but it is nothln had their turn and now the ani- more than cornmeal mush one of thi mals are having theirs Horned toads dishes of our forefathers yet alwayi are most effective so they are most one of the best in the winter A good many persons be popular lieve that these little lizards are poiJelly Making sonous and wouldn’t wear one for anyJelly is made from the juices of thi thing but you see how stunning they fruit only with equal parts of sugar cerlook” The metalized horned toad The modern method of jelly making tainly did look weird He was at least is to boil Juice first until almost done four Inches long his tail curled up then add the sugar which has bees outnaturally and his sharp claws were made very hot in the oven The Jelly stretched his small body Is just allowed to boil up after sugai Is added By this method larger quanglowed with irridescent green and nobby tities of jelly can be made at a timi “They may be but excuse me!” was the ultimatum o( and still keep its taste and color the woman who had been inquiring so Conserving is done by cooking frull until transparent in a thick boiling anxiously about the decoration syrup' then drain roll in crystallized When England Had Lotteries sugar and dry It was not until 1826 that governRemoving Clothes from Boiler ment lotteries were abandoned in When washing to avoid scaldlni For the 30 years preceding Britain an average annual profit of over fingers in catching the clothes up ovei the clothes stick in removing thi 1725000 had accrued one contractor alone spending $150000 in advertise- clothes from the boiler use a pinching Catch clothes with thll ments in a single year The money clothespin thus raised was usually for a particu-a- r and throw up over the stick purpose such as the improvement of London the purchase of Tompkins' 8avory Cheese Patties Butter 12 water biscuits then pul picture gallery or the repair of various harbors a good layer of cheese over the but From the seventeenth century to ter which should have been spread the reign of George IV the crown re- very thin Dust with paprika and set peatedly drew considerable revenues in the oven until the cheese melt from such sources Serve very hot X ' i - |