Show f f T L ayr y aa f f MANY GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE 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 declared that every man in the ranks carried in NAPOLEON his knapsack a marshals baton victor newman a clever english artist now in new york declares that every american girl tucks divorce papers into her trousseau whether the analogy be just or un just certain it la that tho american woman proves almost as fertile in the matter of excuses for securing a dt vorce as she Is tn marshaling wiles with which to net a husband writes anna steese richardson in the new york world for while scarcely more than a round dozen causes are cited by the law as grounds tor divorce even in this country of liberal and varied state divorce laws the average woman can interpret the most corn mon cause cruelty in a hundred and one ways each of which will go straight to the hearts of judge and jury for instance the superior court tn seattle wash was recently asked to decide whether dyspepsia and cruelty were synonymous terms harriet bendack kohl was a culinary artist aher V kohl her husband was a dyspeptic so long as mr kohl stuck to a diet he was a companion able spouse ahen be yearned tor some of his altes tidbits he would surely fall from grace and into a tantrum one sunday he induced bis wife to make waffles after eating plentifully of these floating in maple 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 ho kicked the family watch dog into the neighbors back yard when no family pet was at hand mrs kohl was the butt of his displeasure and dyspeptic rage after eating an unusual quantity of her very best strawberry shortcake mr kohl act bally refused to speak to bis wife tor 48 hours mrs kohl urged this in gratl tuder for her culinary ability so effectively that divorce on the grounds of cruelty was granted cruelty jn restricted diet mrs anna M hodge of pittsburg pa secured a decree because her acus band limited the dally bill ot fare breakfast dinner and supper days in the year to sausages and rice pud ding tie throve on the diet but mrs hodge tailed it cruelty and the court agreed with her mrs J D stetson of san francisco in applying for a divorce from a trac alon magnate of the tar west cited as cruelty the fact that she had to eat pumpkin pie three times a day and was denied the privilege of adding soup and salad to he family menu mrs harry 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 colvan of pittsburg secured a alvo ce because her husband a prominent secret society man and an all round fellow insisted upon supplying cham 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 bew jersey mr and mrs aberon 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 bus band a fondness for codfish cakes with the good brand of cod fish which you soak over night and pick by hand shocked by hla ex trava gance in buying the prepared artcle she pulled his hair the rec do not show which constituted cruelty abo codfish purchaser or the hair pulling A marquette midi man cited as one instance of cruelty in bis petition lor divorce the fact that bit wife had invariably refused to make tor him a lemoc pie of which delicacy he was extremely fond much to his biscom fort the papers set forth family apts have often figured la petitions for divorce mrs andrew mahu of alton had 40 picked lt g horns which she kept at the rear of her cottage her landlord served no alce that his property could not be converted into a chicken ranch her husband announced that he could not afford to sacrifice bis trade as a piano tuner by moving into a different neighborhood the two had been married 16 years but mrs mahu calmly packed up her personal property in eluding the chickens and moved away leaving mr mahu to the cold comfort of a divorce court poodle se fond hearts william D of chicago ob to the attentions showered on a french poodle by his wife and took it out on the poodle to the latter B physical discomfort thereupon sirs took heiselt herselt to the divorce court with cruelty for her open sesame on the other hand mrs leroy mor gan of marion ind secured a divorce because her husband insisted upon having his pet dog for a bedfellow mr and mrs george E abram of detroit mich also parted over a dog each claimed the family pet as his in property and both bought tidy brass license tags the dog als appeared and each accused the other of dear little bessie the cocker spaniel later appeared as ex hibit A in the divorce trial gottlieb herring ot muskegon als gave his wife her freedom and in alimony because she insisted upon having her angora cat share their couch which gave poor gottlieb a creepy feeling theresa stoutly insisted that her cat plus the alimony was worth a thousand Gottl lebs justice ot the peace william B of montclair N J tried in vain to make peace between a couple whose names he refused to divulge but who were separating because the wife insisted on her cat good night differences over the site of their home have led many a couple to the divorce court in chicago wallia howe manager ot the palmer house for 20 years and later manager af pf the secured a divorce be cause his wife refused to live in achl cago and he refused to leave the windy city she said that after vlen na and paras chicago was cruelty her husband dubbed her actions de bertlon sert lon and both won their point a divorce too many kisses kisses though quite within the matrimonial law have been known to pass as poor arthur kehr a chicago musician sued for divorce because bis career as a bread winner was interrupted by bis wife s appetite for kisses I 1 could not elude that constant cry of arthur alsa me he eald la his I 1 was a prisoner iri at my cifes house tho week I 1 waa there I 1 earned just 4 20 had to run away and after 16 days 0 over kissing I 1 applied tor dl vorce on the other hand sir henry lodgers of JIas brouck heights N J applied for a divorce on the ground hat her husband who holds a prom anent position with the united states steel trust no longer hissed her on home and returning vice chancellor garrison of jersey city dismissed the complaint because the wrongs complained of are of a beitl mental nature and the court of chan aery has no jurisdiction when mrs frederick W masch meyer 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 in credulous tor she wag lovely and al together kissable but when he learned that the refusal to bestow the longed for kisses was the outward and visible sign of an inward and almost per letual grouch he judge decided that here was a case of cruelty indeed children and divorce children often appear in petitions aa reasons for divorce prof george W burns a teacher in the public schools of cincinnati secured a dl vorce because his wife having borne him ten children refused to have any further additions to the family mr and sirs charles of los angeles had made an ante nuptial agreement that they were to have no children mr neuman after a few years changed his mind on the cub eject but mrs neuman did not and returned to her own home and mother mrs hamilton fries of stonetown Stone town N J thought her husband ought to walk the floor with the baby when the latter BO desired especially after nightfall hamilton declared that atter covering miles of carpet in the wee email hours he was justl hed in striking mrs fries and the baby decided that papa must either walk or lose cm papa lost but rudolph bartzat jr of lincoln neb thought his wife was going some when she sold a 20 baby buggy for one dollar in order to buy a ticket for a theatrical performance lie said he 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 baby another cise of home and mother tor hers aba most innocent pleasure carried to excess may be counted as an ex in a divorce case mrs J W smith ot 0 eat up in bed at night to roll and smoke cigar ettes and her husband secured a dl vorce mrs grace C 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 A kuntz a bronx brewer is what the professional firemen call J y 7 r a buff he lived opposite tho house and no matter what hour ai alarm rang he followed the engines athla disturbed the slumbers ot ahli wife who after enduring the excitement of lour years applied tor fi dl vorce 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 tho family exchequer hla wife said athla cut off the supply of household delicacies and she secured her decree without trouble julea joseph and his of newark N J split over socialism and his wife said she would not be kept awake nights listening to hla tirades on the subject mr and mrs victor johnson of st louis split be cause he wanted to do the housework and let her seek a job downtown she said she wanted to make the bis cults and broil the steak herself charles F kiealy of chicago must have been a good natured person be cause when hla wife is as and her doctor said that tha divorce decleo which sho wanted would be a sure anre he yielded a murmur then she regretted the act and on her recovery he demanded that the decree be set aside |