Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-03-13
Gotham Gossip.
. New York, March s, Is

New \ ork, March 8, 1901.
Public attention has again been di
rected to the divorce mill, principally
by three facts, the arrest of Ambrose
R. Purdy, and the CHASER and Kinds
hey suits. Mr.. Purdy is well-knowr
LAWYER, who served with merit in tho
army, is known as good fellow and ;
smart man, and also earned distinction
in the Legislature That he should be
mixed up in the bogus divorce proceed
ceedings carried on by Munro Adams
was surprise to most Of his comfreres,
as well as to his non-professiona
friends, but at the same time when one
thinks of the loose way such litigations
are in the habit of being conducted
and the temptations of big fees, one
need hardly be surprised that practl
toner may associate his name with
doubtful characters, even if he should
not carry out their intentions. Purdy
is no doubt in an awkward box, but it is
to be hoped that he will be able to SET
himself right.
The kindsbey divorce suit ought to
open the eyes Of parents to the dangers
to which young fellows are exposed
even in their daily avocations. The
young husband against whom the suit
is brought, is the son of very fine
family in Brooklyn. His wife was a
waitress in a restaurant in Thomas St.
and there he made her acquaintance
She was like other mattresses, always
on the lookout for \ capture. Young
Kindsbey was nice fellow, he was not
shy, and they became intimate. Final
ly she was ostensibly seized with re-
morse and shame and prayed to be
made an honest woman of, in the eyes
of the world. So Kindsbcy married
her, not secretly but publicly, and
even introduced her to his parents, whc
received her as daughter. A quiet
life, however, did not suit the damsel
She wanted excitement, and then oil
course there came doubts as to her fl
deity. In fact the young husband had
what he thought sufficient proof that
she entertained more than simple
friendship for friend Of his. Under
these circumstances he left her. Now
she brings suit for alimony, claiming
that she is poor and has to exc out a
scanty subsistence with her needle
The husband on the other hand claims
to have proofs that she has missed but
few balls and other winter entertain
ments worth attending; that she has
silks, sealskins and jewelry, and that IN
fact she spends more money than an
honest needlewoman could possibly
earn. The matter is now under con.
sideration in the courts.
This waitress business is not one that
deserves encouragement. OF course
proprietors of diaries and cheap restau'
rants find it to their advantage to EN-
ploy girls. If the food i, bad, the re-
cipient of it will not find fault as Wig
orously before pretty girl as before q
male waiter nor is the proprietor like:
" to lose the custom of man who
pay what he will, can never get decent
piece of meat. Hence this business
puts premium on cunning, and the
girl, finding that it serves her master
begins to work on her own account
With woman instinct, she can see
whether she arouses interest herself in
any of her customers, and she gradual
ly manages to find out all about him
If desirable she is not averse to going
to theatre with him and accepting
presents of all sorts. An intimacy is
thus begotten, and where it may lead
to is best shown by the adventures OF
Kindsbey and his wife.
The Chaser divorce case is another
one that shows the power of woman s
vile. 1t is brought by the wife on &C
count of her husband systematic bru-
tality and because he left her repeated,
Nv for another woman. Chaser no doubt
is brute at heart, but his wife is a
silly little fool in her goodness and her
fondness for HIM. They lived happily
together for number of years until
the husband fell in with woman who
became infatuated with him, and he
with her. Several times they were
caught by his wife, and he always prom
ised to reform, but somehow the woman