Show wife resents age he adopts her r court approves plan and grants legal papers st joseph mo C arentzen and Ll izabeth I 1 arentzen did not find the relations as husband and wife con genial at least Ll izabeth dl dat so they entered into an agreement to be divorced is old enough to be Ll izabeth s grandfather and she Is not riot yet out of her tier twenties i the conjugal state had existed sev leral years when hen the joung oung wife ife applied to the circuit court last week for a decree of and jud judge e IN Illium 11 II granted the petition the Arent zeus A ere in married in ba sa ian iannaci an nali mo ito la in 1021 21 and have lived to together ether in st joseph jeseph ever since arentzen who Is caretaker of a local church has reached that stage of life when allen men of frugal habits prefer preter their pipe and a seat at the fireside to the moving picture show or hie the dance hall mrs arentzen has not yet passed the age at which many women experience tender emotions at lie i lew of the sheik of the cinema find 11 nd find th the e syncopation of the fox trot und nd the two to step simply Irre slat ible I 1 longed for young friend friends al alv blie found f an old fashioned man who its en entirely satisfied with mith three meals a A day and find a soft bed beyond en burtin 0 she longed tor for association with i 1 dersons nearer her own age with last conforming more closely to her own on bo she told her husband husban iL ar etzin n loved his va wife lie and he lie could not I 1 ear to entirely give her up he ile feared if it she were mere left to her own way evil or misfortune might overtake her ue ile wals willing to release her from the obligation of wife but wanted her companionship in the home ue ne had bad accumulated come some property and waged her to have the benefit of it it she oh should outlive him which he conceded to be more than probable they laid the case before judge william K amick a former circuit judge who li to noted for hia his success in adjusting dit feren ferencek ces bet beaw een married people and he advised a da orce to be follo followed ed by bt the adoption by arentzen of mrs arentzen as bis his daughter judge amicks suggestion met with ith the instant favor of mr and mrs sirs arentzen the afes petition for dl vorce was promptly granted ae as the husband did not answer in court there was ins no prayer for alimony and no stipulations of any kind A few days later the divorced couple went ent into court ft ath their attorney to ask that the exlie ex wife be made the legally adopted daughter and heir of her tier for mer husband which was done adopted ai as daughter it was explained to the court that arentzen still loved his former wife but realized the disparity in their ages made it impossible for her tier to hold him in wifely affection furthermore he needed a housekeeper and mrs arent zen needed a home and a guardian he lie has no near ned r relatives und and wished to make her his heir mrs arentzen continues to keep the arentzen ho home me in order her stains status simply dimp being chanced changed from wife to daughter neighbors eay say she Is even more solicitous of the comfort of mr arentzen Arentz rn as daughter than she was as ai as wife slie she Is privileged to receive each such company as she wishes a and ad it in Is no ti ceable that callers at the house are ar of a much younger set than they were when she he was vins a married woman I 1 friends of the two say they swa sm happy under the new arrangement arran gemen and none have been beard to dika prove prote of it |