Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-19
GAY MR.. GARRISON.
aE BROKE HIS YOUNG wIFE's nEAR1

The Sensation that h Asitatine Fsshion2-
bio Society In Philadelphia-Div0rco
proceedings In High Lilo.
In Philadelphia Louisa Frances Garri
son, the young wife of Walter Gillingham
Garrison, has applied for divorce, charg-
ing her husband with adulterOus practices
and ipfidelisy. Young Garrison is we'll
known in the most fashionable circles OF
| the CITY as a gentleman possessed Of ample
means. with NO business to interfere in
his enjoyment of all worldly pleasures.
The couple were married February 5. 1879.
and for nearly eighteen months following
their r,arriage Mrs. Garrison was one of
the happiest of wives. On their return
from the summer s0jOurn Of 1881, and
getting comfortably settled in their hand
some residence at Twenty second and Wal
nut streets. prepared for the winter
gayeties, young Garrison, it is averred,
began to associate with fast women. He
has been seen driving through the park
| with one Of his mistresses instead OF his
devoted wife. When the news OF her
| husbands conduct reached Mrs. Garri-
sons ears she refused to believe her in
formers, and it was not until the young
| wife's brother assured her of Garrison S
conduct that she could be made;tO believe.
Mrs. Garris0n's little girl, born in the
spring of 1880, engrOssed the mothers at.
tentiOn great deal, and she did not dis
cover until too late her husbands misbe
haviOr.
Garrison's favorite for long period, it
is claimed on the wife's behalf, was one
Annie Rodgers. Fashionable society
looked on askancc, but said nothing.
| Things went ON in this manner until the
| wife, stung by jealousy and heartbroken
| at his Inconsistency, resolved to live with
Garrison no longer and on the 18th day
of last February, after being married two
years and ten days, she gathered her little
one in her arms and went to her father for
protection.
Since the date of Mrs. Garrison's S leaving
her husband she has been living with her
| parents, on West Green street, endeavOr-
ing to find consolation for her woes in
| deep affection for her child. At the time
of their marriage Garrison was receivin"
from his indulgent father, David Il. Gar
| risOn. the lumber merchant. an income, it
! is said, of three thousand dollars a year,
besides which the old gentleman had
bought and furnished for his son and
daughter-in.la law a handsome residence.
Since his marriage the son is said to have
squandered several thousand dollars 4 year
more than his income. The young man is
about "a years old, prepossessing in ap-
| pearance, and with handsome blonde
mustache. He is most fastldiuus i'll taste,
| in dress and equipments. His horses were
always of the swiftest that frequented
Fairmount park, and the carriages that
held him were of the latest English pat
terms. He drove one Of the first tandem
teams driven to a 6og cart seen III the
| city. During his bachelor life he was to
be found in the drawing rooms Of the Elost
exclusive fashionables. He was member
of several clubs, being president of one OF
the most noted.
Mrs. Garrison is young lady oil beauty,
talent aud refinement. Her maiden name
was Miss Louisa Frances uerst. Going
| into society before she was out of her teens,
she met young Garrison, and was made to
believe that he was all that could be de-
sired for husband. When Garrison an
nOunced his engagement to Miss Herst his
family were considerably displeased with
him, as they did not think the young lady
was of as blue. blood as he. His relatives
and friends did much to discourage the
match, though no one thought Of advising
her as to the condition of his morals. The
young lady's father is Mr.. Philip Herst, OF
the firm Of II. Herst s. Son, hat mauufac-
turers, No. 21S Arch street.
Last spring the elder Mr. Garrison
bought his sou a large cattle ranch in Col
oradO, with the intention OF drawing his
boy from tue maelstrom of dissipation and
trying to interest his mind in stock-raising,
but the young man soon tired of the
novelty.
The case is one of peculiar interest to al
fashionable Philadelphians, aad the pro-
ceedings will be watched with the great
est interest by tho friends of the interested
parties. 1t is understood that an effort
will be made to effect a reconciliation by
the young man's parents under, the con
dition that he will fOrsake his old habits
and begin life anew.