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Show Composes Verses After Wife Divorces to Marry To -j bacco King (By International Nev.'s Service.) NEr YORK, -May 1M. The cool philosophy with which Grant Clark t?, song writer, agreed to give up his wife to Walker P. Inman, stepson or James B. Duke, the tobacco millionaire, is told by Mr. Clarke himself. His e:c-wifo e:c-wifo was married to Inman at Pough-kccpslo Pough-kccpslo April 2S. unknown to the bridegroom's family. Clarke says he has dedicated his newest song, entitled "Tired of Me' 19 Mr3. Inman. One stanza runs: Tired of me, tired of me, f- a Sorry iB all you say; Just like a toy, children enjoy, Loved and then thrown away. Somebody new looks good to you, Happy I hope you'll be. C I love you still, 1 always will, Wm Though you grew tired of me. Clarke met Garnet Helen Patton, a Kokomo, ind., clergyman's daughter, five years ago in this city and mar-rled mar-rled her a year later. Telling of their married life lie said. "Wo came to New York, but our blissful happiness was short-lived. H Picayune arguments grew into larger ones, and then for the first time wo were separated. That was about a year after the wedding. "Then followed reunions and separations separa-tions so fast that I can't remember ! them alL ' , " "It was over a year ago -that Helen i- met Inman. She 'was not living with mo at that time, so I do not recall Just how or where they were intro-, intro-, rf duced, although I think it was at a ' (-,' party. I think the attraction was very . strong from the beginning. rtffe "Later, on several occasions, I saw lir v"- -, lnem together In Broadway restau-f restau-f lL opr" rants, and on one of these occasions JT7 I was introduced to him. He seemed i, to be a nice, quiet sort of chap, and ' appeared to be very much devoted to j3n Helen, V "I knew Helen would like to marry II him. I knew, loo, that we could never Iuo nappy. "When Helen started her divorce s proceedings last Juno I did not begin a contest, for I did not want to stand i in tho way of a Joyous marriage. The decree was granted In September." A Poughkeepsie wedding in April was the outcome of Inman's courtship. court-ship. Mrs. James B. Duke received no notico in advance and was not present at tho ceremony. The runaway marriage of Inman and the former wife of a song writer recalled to many tno spectacular marriage mar-riage of Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen and ' an obscure American girl, also tho former wife of a song writer. Like Inman, Sir Hugo is also a leader in the tobacco world. He was , married in 101S to the former wifo of pi "Monte" Brice. i Not only did these two prominent JJ nien in the tobacco world wed beauti- Iti rn fuI young brides whose first husbands gl7' followed the same profession, but both CI girls wero staunch companions before! ig the.ir Second alliances and with-their .f!j song-writer husbands, formed an in fill separable quartette. JlW nn . |