Spanish Fork Press | 1906-10-25 | Page 4 | Wife Wants $10,000 to Quit Stage

WIFE WANTS 10000 TO QUIT STAGE A moro matter of dollars 10000 to bo ex actseparates Mr and Mrs M W Becton He i Is senior member of Becton Dlckerson Co I manufacturers of surgical Instruments and his wife is a chorus girl in My Ladys Maid Mrs Becton says she has a small voice and that If Mr Decton doesnt want Now York thea tergoers to hear It hell have to pay her 10000 a year which of course as Mrs Decton says Is little enough Time pair wero married In Ohio two years ago She was then VIda Mohr which name is tho ono used by her on tho stage Sho is a strikingly handsome woman with an excellent figure My stage debut and tho decision about tho 10000 a year Is all due to my husband sho said lie is parsImoniousrather very rather miserly you might put it Being a partner In a very prosperous prosper-ous business ho can well afford to give mo 10000 a year which Is moro than I asked boforo I took this step Mr Becton has thus far been unable to decide which alternative to accept and it seems as if tho case will land In tho divorce courts