THE EX-WIFE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17147, 2 January 1930, Page 11

THE EX-WIFE

LET HIM MARRY AGAIN MATRIMONIAL COMEDY NEW YORK, Dec. 26. The consent of his wife and character testimonials from the son of his second wife and bis own mother were necessary before a wealthy broker, Prentice (Strong, could obtain a license to marry a third time. it all made the business of matrimony complicated for him, but lie succeeded. •Strong applied last week for a license to wed Miss Ruth Curtis Hi11,..a society girl of Worcester, in her home town. Tlie -Massachusetts authorities turned bis application drfvvn. They recalled the New York .State law stipulation that the defendant in a divorce cannot marry during the life of his former mate. So Strong dashed back to New \ork and obtained the signed consent of his ex-wife No. 1, Mrs. Helen Strong. Ills attorneys, however, told hint that fie also nullst have character witnesses, so fie obtained affidavits from Rockwell du Moulin, a stepson by bis second,marriage to Mrs. .Ethel tin Moulin (who died last year); and from his, own mother, Mrs. ' Margaret, Strong. Armed with these, lie faced Justice Tompkins, and induced him to void the stipulation in the decree granted Strong’s • first wife that her husband could not marry during her lifetime.