STORIES FROM AMERICAN PAPERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVI, Issue XLVI, 21 October 1911, Page 2

STORIES FROM AMERICAN PAPERS

TOO MUCH MONEY. Anew version of the Ibsenite problem of "The Doll's House" is occupying the attention of the Chicago courts, where Mrs,. Louis A. Bryan, wife of a'wellknown millionaire, on August 23 appeared in thei /part of a Modern Nora and aip>pLied- for a,-separation from her husband. Mr. Bryan, who is 57 years of -age, does not oppose .the application, he professes undying devotion to the young wife who has deserted hiim. "1 can only say," he testified, "that I did the utmost" to hold the love of Mrs. Bryan. When I (married her nearly a year ago I gave her £BOOO a year to spend as she chose. Sixteen motor-cars were at her disposal. I intend to indulge in no recriminations, and shall always provide for her." Mrs. Bryan, aged 27, declared that money was the- cause of thtiia- domestic troubles. "If, Mr. Bryan had been a poor man, I believe we could have lived together. I .had been a .poor hookkeeper before- I became'his first wife's companion, and he had always known the ipowe r of wealth. After he married me 'he "became overbearing. I was his doll. He wanted to -choose nyy clothes for rne and parade one before his friends. I could not endure it, so I left him." Mrs. Bryan instances as an (illustration of her husband's unbearable opulence that she lost £SOO worth of gems in a train. Instead of being angry, Mr. Bryan stopped, at the nearest town and purchased £2OOO worth of fresh jewellery to replace the lost gems, and continued 'the journey as though nothing had happened.

NOVELIST'S WIFE AND POET. Mr. Upton the Socialist novelist, sprang a surprises upon the public last month by foi/maLly announcing his intention of wringing as speedily as possible a divorce suit against his wife, whom lie- married in somewhat unusual circumstances in 1901. Mr. Sinclair once described his reasons for marriage in the following txtraordinary terms: —"When my wife and I iell in love we talked the whole; marriage business over very conscientiously. We both .hated tlhe idea of being tied together by either a religious or. a legal ceremony." We tried to make up our minds to set the right kind of example to the world. But we knew that Mrs. Sinclair's father and mother would go crazy if we did what our consciences told us was right. So to ease their minds we let someone mum'ble a few words over lis and made them happy. Marriage nowadays is nothing but legalised slavery—that is the -most polite word to describe it. I fancy the average married woman is bought and sold j.ust as much' as any horse or dog 'is bought." . Now, Mr. Sinclair declares, he received a letter from "'his wife informing him that she wished to go on the stage and be independent. Mr. Sinclair informs the public that.his wifeleft him -becauses he objected to her friendship with a young .poet. He saw them in New York, where they averred their relationship was innocent, -but he is none the less- going to bring a suit for divorce. He begs the newspapers not to molest him with further inquiries. Mrs. Sinclair has not yet made any reply to her husband's announcement.

RED INDIAN- LADY GODIVA. The sedate city of Niagara Fall® has been startled by the spectacle of a 'beautiful Indian maiden discontentedly marching in the guise of Dady_Godiva in front of a. waggon containing an aged squaw and a handsome bravo. ■ _ The singular procession had jpassed through the principal streets 'before the indignant- protests of householders reached the police.. ; When arrested-the, wrinkled squaw . calmly explained that she was merely punishing the imaiden.'in accordance with ancient tribal custom. The youthful .brave, the squaw proudly added, was her own husband, but his affections had wandered in the direction of her ipretty step-daughter, and she had accordingly adopted this stringent method of correcting tlhe evil. The police .detained the maiden in custody of the .prison ""matron and sent the handsome brave back to the Tuscarora Reservation.

BEAUTY'S AIDS. "Reduce your wants 10 per cent, below your income, regardless of. the "demands of society, even if you do have to go without the best perfume's now and then." ."'.'. Such, according to her own account, is the maxim of Mrs. George A. Trade, wife of an elderly Ohi.cago judge, and she counsels all fashionable women to imitate !her. Mrs. Trude and' her husband have agreed to differ, and during the hearing of a suit for separation she explained to the - court that a-careful society woman need not spend much on beautifying herself. '. ■- „ ~ "My expenditure is most modest, she ■Elaid, "and consists of the following items: — ■' Perfume and toilet waters-...£120 Face roowders-... : 90 Services of a manicurist ... ... : 40 . Hairdresser's bills ............. 70 Miscellaneous cosmetics 55 Annual expenditure ~....£375 "The bills of, many women in Chicago society," Mrs. Trude informed; the judge., "are imucn higher than amine. They spend/ hundreds of poundsin iperfumes,, while 1 pay only £1 10s an ounce for my • face powders." , ■ ■ Mrs. Trude insisted that she practised •jnor.fc frigid economy in all her buying, and explained Dhat she kept her s:lk •stodkdn e bill'down to. £ls a month aad never, spent more than £240 a year on hats or £35 on gloves.