Catherine Calder's Cave-Man Hubby

NZ Truth, Issue 1079, 29 July 1926, Page 1

Catherine Calder's Cave- Man Hubby

Matrimonial Troubles Of A Dental Nurse

Refused To Give Up Her " Undesirable " Male Friends

/ ■ . „ . (From "Truth's" Special Christchurch Representative.) TT would appear that Catherine Ellen Oalder, of Christchurch, is more than a little fond of the society of the male sex. One man— her husband— does not interest her sufficiently to "cleave only unto him."

CHE likes to have a little coterie of admiring. male friends about 1 •her, but as she refuses point-blank to give them the go4)y, the Magistrate has peremptorily refused to grant her a maintenance order. .The case closed suddenly and dramatically against her.

THIS is Catherine's • second attempt? * to get a legal hold on her husband's purse, and both have failed. Catherine is a very much worried and wronged woman — in her own estimation, and her affairs have been three times before the. public within the past year. HE was the heroine in the cave-man drama last May, when her outraged and indignant spouse, Chesterfield Morton Calder, soundly thrashed Warwick John Dawson, the Christchurch - dentist, whose interest in his wife Calder strenuously objected to. Dawson failed badly in his subsequent action for. assault, and for a time the stormy matrimonial seas of the Calder's abated their. fury. But the gale of trouble and discord has blown .again with renewed vigor, culminating in a hurricane of woe this week. • Like all hurricanes, the storm petered out with dramatic suddenness, and Mrs. Calder left. the Court, which bore the full brunt of the blast, a chagrined woman. Catherine, half-way through her evidence, refused point-blank to renounce her male acquaintances. "All right," remarked Magistrate Lawry, "the information will bo dismissed." And it was.' Thrashed By Hubby • A quick and unexpected ending, and nobody seemed more surprised than Mrs, Calder, who was just getting into her stride when the curtain fell. The comedy, however, had run sut* ficiently to . afford some interesting sidelights' oh' Mrs. Calder and 'her gentleme.n, friends, who.: -were -described —for the most part — oy her husband's counsel as .."undesirable." .' , Such a one who evidently comes tinder counsel's category is Dawson, who will long remember his' severe handling at the hands of Calder. Another, who was named by counsel, was Prank iLew'is, 'Hvho is now sitting at ' the back of the Court, your worship."

Lewis also knows the weight of Calder's fist," which has connected with" his features more than once. "Yes," said counsel, "Lewis has J been soundly thrashed by Calder j on three occasions and all over the j same thing — his association with Calder's wife." It may be said at once that any man who seeks the friendship of Mrs. i Galder is looking for trouble. Dawson and Lewis, who, it would appear from what cams out m Court", have been attracted by her somewhat faded beauty and charm, have dis-j covered all the trouble they, were looking for. Pleasure m her company they have. found, but m Calder's hefty right they discovered a potent argument, against continuing with the friendship. And there was no evidence that Lewis ever put up his hands to protect himself. No doubt he. went out for the count.. . . . . .... After the reennt breeze with. Dawson. Mrs. Calder said she left his. service, m which she had been employed as nurse. His. Birthday Gift She returned home and there sht was visited' on several '. occasions by Calder, who came m now and again to see the children, for whom he is paying maintenance. He had stayed some nights as late as 3 o'clock m the morning, and on her birthday had given her a present. When asked if she had aesri Davvsofi at her house, Mrs. Calder began to grow; very excited and denied it vehemently. | "Certainly not; I • have had nothing ■ to .do ■ with him," she almost shouted. And the same, she said, applied to Frank Lewis. , She had made no appointment wiih Lewis to meet at. the Court that, day "Why, I never knew he was coming to Court," she declared. On;the Saturday night preceding the hearing of the. case, she said . her .husband had taken her to the I pictures, and on the following day he was a.t the house, all day. He had never complained to her about Lewis or anybody else.

i Under cross-examination by Lawyer, Cuninghame, Mrs. Calder began to lose control of herself somewhat and indulged m sharp passages-at-arms with counsel. She admitted, after pressure being brought to bear, that Mr. Wyvern Wil- , son, 5.M.,, had made her promise to give up the male friends her husbaiid had objected to. "But why did he not hear. my sister?" she demanded. '; After the first' maintenance proceedings her husband hud come back to. her, but later Mrs. Calder met Dhwsod and further trouble was set m train. The climax of that friendship : has already been told fully m "Truth." . ' : On two occasions Mrs. .Calder- was? pulled... up, sharply, by the magistrate; who told, her plainly that she would have to behave herself and answer the questions properly. .. , : ■ 1 Catherine's Outburst "No, I have nothing to do with Dawson or with Lowis," she piped shrilly, and then m another : fiery. outburst of indignation she demanded: "Why doesn't he • (Oalder) /let jjjy bistei alone?" ; Mr. Ciiningbame then made a her- ' culean effort to/get the issue' dpyvn to bedrock. "Mr^s. Calder,,".'-. 'he. asked smoothly, "will you give an , .assurance now that you will give up these male friends?" . The light of battle and defiance blazed m Catherine's eye, and she hit.elied her fur coat about 1 her shouldtrs and jrliued lit' counsGl. '■'■ After dodying tlie {|uestion for a few moments sh? broke out dettanOy. "Iso," she said loudly and conclusively, "I Avon't give up my friends." The magistrate reached for his pen and wrote m hla book, and then turning to Mrs. Calder he! ■ abruptly ended the case. "All right, the information Is dismissed." " : WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS GINS "Bpls" Special Silver- top Dry Gin and Holland Gin (m stone jars), have set the standard .throughout the world 4ince 1575. Please your guests by giving them-; th?e. best ,pf- all Gins or Liqueurs— "Bols." l Famous for 350 years. "Bols" ' Stono Gin is strawcolored by age.* ■"'.'■' ..'. £40 Gramaphone for £15 15s if you huild it yourself. Write. Ask us how. Superior Products Co., 19 Bltxii^Street, Wellington.*.