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Show PAflTED ON HONEYMOON. It has Just become known at Water-bury, Water-bury, Conn., that Jennie Elton Stevens Mayo, wlfo ot Commodoro W, K. Mayo, U. 8. N retired, of Washington, D. 0 had applied for divorce a few days ago In the superior court, New Haven. Decision De-cision was reserved. Tbo commodoro was reported by counsel not to oppose the petition. It Is said, but only to ro-duce ro-duce the alimony to as small an amount as possible. Commodoro Msyo. In 1892, even then grown gray tn the service, and retired lecauio ot age, met Mitt Btovena In the Whlto mountains. moun-tains. He soon came to Waterbury upon a visit and again met Miss Stevens, a belle ot tbo city, who at 10 was still hcart-freo. Bho was the COMMODOItE MAYO. dauihter of Onrllle H. Btevcni, ajead-Ing ajead-Ing manufacturer, who had held evsry offlce In the gift of his townsmen, ox-cept ox-cept that of mayor. Through her mother. Miss Stevens was related to thi Eltons and Waylandi, two of tho "most dlillngnlshed and wealthy Water-buh Water-buh families. Society Xk-nm ,om..., .,..,, . , beif ot uor engagement to the veteran commodore. The wedding was In every way the most olaborato the city bad ever known. Everything pointed to a happy futuri ,,e,plt0 lh(J da. pa1. i? H ot th contracting parties. The bride drovo away laden with elegant Jewels, gift, of hor bus- Si I m Pr,nU W11 h "'D1-The "'D1-The bride and bridegroom expected to ' I ,?n wedlln trip and then to permanently locate nt the homo of tho commodore, 2J Iowa circle, Washing- ton. nt!rC.Lng .N,w Tork' '"ere was a ?. " ""Jo's hotn, Washington, m. i WM Pf'tf'ted. She was UB,.,. "i,"? "a lnfl "oddlng Tf!tfr.r,b.eba.lm4 Un """'"a "' ?B J'.P" tta"l'- The ro-" ro-" idM ? 0,"""", b7 " 1,000 Invitation, had been glvon. Mrs. lZ Sown""1 "", Wrt "' h""" "" br0 ,nnu cora"Iete'r. and Iho exclto-ment exclto-ment only served to make ber prostra-Uon prostra-Uon more complete. frost At the request ot Commodore Mayo, Mr. Stevens, tho bride's father, went to Washington, three weeks after the wedding, and aeelng hta daughtsr's condition, brought her home at once. The trouble so weighed upon the mind of Mrs. Mayo that the waa sent to a Litchfield sanitarium. Much surprise was caused on Feb. Zl, 1891, when the commodore advertised adver-tised that be would pay no bills of his wife's contracting, Her family asserted that ha had never been asked to do so. In tho samo year (1894) Mr, Btevena died. Tho reason for ber separation from Commodoro Mayo during their honeymoon honey-moon haa never been made public |