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Show Hubby Drew Line at High Kicking Wife's Idea of Humor In. a Ballroom Did ITot Agree With. His. NEW YORK, Oct. 21. While explaining explain-ing that ho and his pretty wlto wero at wldo variance as to -vhat constituted the elements of a real Joke. Jacob Blum, a prosperous merchant tailor of No. 213 West One Hundred and Twonty-flfth street, told Justlco McCnll yesterday he was certain tho Joke was not on him, and ho -would bo fflad to take Mrs. Lillian Blum and their child back to their home. In his answer to her suit for a lepral separation, with ?50 a weok alimony, Blum testlllcd to tho joking vein that occasionally oc-casionally manifested itself In Mrs. Lillian, Lil-lian, such as kicking a hat hold abovo hor heud In tho middle of a ballroom floor; dressing up a dummy woman and putting It In tho bed of a bachelor friend, and donning man's garments horsolf and playing bridegroom at a mock wedding-all wedding-all In joke. Wife Had First Word. Mrs. Lillian had tho llrat word and may have tho last before the suit Is sottlod. Sho said that soon after their marrlago her husband showed toward her a "snubbing "snub-bing demeanor" that was Intolorablo and aroused all her natural spirit of resentment; resent-ment; that ho had mado this worso by saving he ought to havo been paid to -marry beneath his station," and was sarcastic unci nagging at cafes, rarely coming homo bnforo midnight. Complained, of Cooking. As bad as anything. If not woroo, to tho Fonslbllltles of a good housewlfo was the fact ho would frequently complain of hor cooking and say the stuff she proparcd wasn't fit 10 eat. No, that wasn't tho worst that camo when ho refused to tnko her to any placo of amusement, accused ac-cused her of being friendly with other mc-n, nnd offered her J30tt If sho would relcuse him from tho marrlago bond. Hubby's Defense. Blum put up a spirited defense. In which ho raid his wife's Idea of a joke sometimes some-times went a littlo too far. Sho always had plenty of vacation money, even It ho had to stay nt home. In tho summer of 1D02 she went to Spring Valley, where sho honinio a favorlto with the hotel guests. That was all right, but tho husband objected ob-jected to her dressing up as a bridegroom and ertprtalnlng tho guests by playing the part of a dashing and handsome mnn nt a mock wedding. Objected to Tliis Joke. Then, ho sald,whon sho was on a visit to the t'atsklllo. he took u. day olt to run up tln.Te. Evidently ho wasn't expected, as tho wholo hotel wum laughing at a joko his wlfo had played on a bachelor guest the night before. Ho said he learned 1 ' she had stuffed a figure to resemble thut jw of a woman and had taken It to the- )S guest's room when the man was asleep. ft Mrs, Blum said sho had done this in ml Joke, and Mr. Blum accepted the apol- ogy. . Hlgli Kicking- the Limit. 1 But he thought it was carrvlng a Joke too far that high kicking. Ho and his J wlfo attended a bail In a large Catsklll M hotel, and ho was pleased at seeing Mrs. wf Lillian was ono of tho prottlest and best- g dressed women there. Sho was dancing S with some young man. tho husband tes- flu titled, when her partner suddenly raised raj his hat, and Mrs. Lillian ran to tho ecu- jBi1 tor of the room, raised her skirts and w kicked above her head, sending the hat fB flying. This eo pleased Mrs. Lillian and U all the other summer guests except her j husband that sho did the high-kick Inc act several more times that night, much to W Blum's deep displeasure. However, he be- -S llcvcd it was only her Idea of a joke and A would gladly tako her back. g |