Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-07-02
THE GLOVE FITTED HER.
How a Difficulty That Began in Washing
ton Was Settled in New York.

How a Difficulty That Began in Washing.
ton Was Settled in New York.
From the New York journal.
"Gracious.'
"Why, what's the matter?"
"Oh-er-nothing, I-er-I was only Just q
bit surprised
"About what?''
Whenever mind. I just saw something that
startled me, that's ALL
Lawyer Abe Hummel increased his legs,
| looked at his fair client a moment, glanced
about his Office, and then looked again at the
| beautiful woman. as he remarked:
81 don't see anything so wonderfully
startling"
.weil, never mind just now" replied Mrs.
Stlckney, as she became more and more ex-
cited, I'm so happy, oh-h-h, 80 happy" and
| then she burst out crying.
| Mrs. Stickney. Mrs. Edward Springer Stick
| ney or Miss Ethel Adams of Washington, d. c.,
but recently of No. 302 East 30th street, had
just entered Lawyer Hummels Office yesterday
morning when the above conversation took
| place. She had called to see about commencing
suit for a divorce, which it is likely will never
| como to court.
Mrs. Stickney il only twenty-five years Of age.
| a sweet, petite little affair, whose ewes are big
| and black, hidden by long lashes and q form SO
slight and pretty that it always attracted atten-
| ton, while her feet and hands are the cutest
| imaginable.
Mr.. Hummel had taken an unusual interest
| In his fair client, as usual, but more especially
| 80 this time because she was so petite.
She called on him last Monday and told Dor
ton Of the old, old story, about the cruel nus
| band who had deserted her for another woman
| She wept and went on just as a woman twice
her size would do under the same circumstances,
but at first stoutly refused to tell just what the
| vital point of her story was
| She said her maiden name was Ethel Adams
| and that che was born and brought up on the
| west side Of town by a maiden aunt. both her
| parents having died while she was quite young
| Her aunt had some money and sent her to q
| boarding school in Washington.
While there she met her present husband,
Mr.. Edward Stickney, treasury clerk, and
after a winter of lovemaking. under the most
difficult circumstances. decided to make him
| her husband, although her aunt objected
For two years Ethel and Edward continued
to make all sorts of promises of fidelity to one
| another, and the maiden aunt, seeing the case
was useless, told her ungrateful niece she could
| choose between her home and the young treas
ury clerk. Ethel loved Eddie and as he was
| willing to marry her, said goodbye to auntie
| and started out to find minister.
clergyman was found over in Jersey CITY
| and the wedding ceremony performed What
became of auntie Ethel is at q loss to know, but
thinks she still lives somewhere on the West
Side, though it's impossible to attempt to find
her, as she was always moving about.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Springer Stickney went
to Washington to live and all went well for the
first year. Among other things Eddie presented
to his wife on their first wedding day was q pair
OF riding gloves. She didn't 60 riding very
much, but then they were handy to have in case
Of emergency.
About a week after the first wedding day one
OF these emergencies arrived, but Ethel couldn +
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back in the bureau drawer all right and Ethel
inquired about their strange movements.
Mr.. Stickney knew nothing about them at
first, but finally told his wife that he had taken
another girl driving and took the gloves along
to prove that his wife's hands were smaller
than hers.
Then there was war, and though Eddie prom
ised never to do SO any more petite Ethel
watched him more closely. She found he did
not keep his promise, and after long delibera-
ton, according to her story, decided to leave
him and go on the stage, just as other poor de-
serted wives had done.
The day she made up her mind to 20 away
forever she packed up all her clothes, but failed
to find one Of the riding gloves. She cleared
out OF her little home in K street and came to
New York. She YVES unable to find her aunt,
but she did find q friend or two, and finally Sc
cured an engagement with Hallen d Harris
Later On" company to go to the Pacific slope.
She went to the other side of the continent
and gazed at the Pacific ocean. She also kept
the one glove and wondered again and again
what had become of the other. She had ex-
pected to be rapidly advanced from the very
small part she played to something that would
pay her, soy, $500 or $500 q week or more but
she wasn't. 30 when the company reached Dem
yer on the way back she resigned and went di-
rect to Washington to find that other glove.
Mr.. Stickney had resigned from the Treasury
Department and had gone to New York was all
she could learn Of her husband, SO she decided
to come back to New York and get a divorce,
Still she couldn't find her aunt.
Ethel waited until her money was almost gone
before she went to Mr.. Hummel. In fact she
didn't have heap of evidence except what she
heard and what she thought and the glove-if
she could only find woman with hands small
enough to fit the other one.
When she had told her story to the famous
lawyer he told her not to feel bad a. her hus-
band might still be true, despite all she thought
and heard.
Yesterday morning when she entered Mr.
Hummels Office for q final conference she was
moro determined than ever. Mr.. HummeI told
her story which made her laugh and cry both
together. She admitted she still loved Eddie,
thought he still loved her, and when Eddie
walked in from the outer Office permitted her
self to be fondled in his arms while he declared
bis unfailing love for her, and picking up the
other glove from Mr.. Hummels desk, said he'd
found it under the bed after she ran away two
years ago and kept it ever since until he hap
pened to meet Mr.. Hummel, told the story and
was informed the lawyer thought he knew .
lady the glove would fit