The Washington times. (Washington, D.C.) 1894-1895, 1894-09-26
TWO BEARS FOR REMEDY.
Bear and Forbear Would Restore Har.
mony in the Household of Fred. p.
Yoiet. Whose Wife Has Left Him.


Mr. Fred voigt, of No 927 First street north
east, refuses any longer to pay any bills his
wife may make. He has taken the trouble and
expense to advertise the fact to the public.
Tradesmen need not, however, on that account
refuse TO extend credit TO her Her father, John
T. Ward, OF No 1903 North Carolina avenue
southeast, says he is good for any debt she may
contract and will cheerfully pay II. He, too is
so anxious for the fact TO be known that he put
an advertisement where he thought everybody
would see It,
Mr. Voigt is a machinist by trade, a quiets
respectable, indust Fious man, about thirty year,
old lie has spent a larger part of his life in
this city, living with his mother, Caroline Eoigt
Mr. Ward Is chief engineer at the Jail For a
number of years he lived at No. 1881 Second
street northeast, two blocks away, around the
corner, from tbs Voigt home. Ills daughter
Mamie, u bright girl, who had received
the advantage of good education in
the Washington schools, for some time
worked in the laundry at the power-house. She
and Fred Nolgt were acquainted almost from
childhood. As she grew older she became very
pretty and attractive and as he became more
mature, putting aside boyish notions and tickle
ness, he began to want 10 settle down in a home
OF his own. He wanted a wife. What more
natural than that his attentions should be
turned to his pretty neighbor around the cor
ner, Mamie Ward, of wnom he had already a
large stock of pleasant memories, gay talks, and
trips and picnics together as boy and girl, grow
I ing 10 be man and woman.
Or q year tney Kept constant company. In
three months this began TO be noticed by the
neighborhood's young folks and in six by nearly
everybody. The report got out that they were
going 10 be married, and five months ago it came
true. Mrs. Nogt would not tell n TINES re-
porter last night where they were married, but
an acquaintance of the family said he thought
they were married in Baltimore and that it was
because the Ward family objected.
There seemed TO be no particular reason for
this, but times were hard and il was not a pro-
pitious period for weddings. But the young
people were hopeful, and Fred, while he could
not get employment at his trade as machinist,
found something to do at the navy pard, and
had promise of living.
After the wedding they took a house on North
Carolina avenue, where they would be near
Fred's work and went to housekeeping Every
thing went smoothly for time, but money was
not plenty and the wants of young housekeepers
are many. The young wife finds many puZZling
questions that her mother would easily answer
and a result there is a good deal of waste.
putes over expenses grew into quarrels till hap
piness fed from their home.
From UGH a condition the young wife took
refuge at her father home. When she refused
TO return to her husband he felt he was deeply
wronged and threatened TO publish that he
feet to strengthen her resolve to stay at home.
Fred then did publish a week ago he threat
ened, and her fathers advertisement that he
will pay her bills is her answer She induced
her father to publish 1t rather against his iudg-
ment
her home, which she owns, with other property,
at No. 927 First street northeast She thinks
they are separated and the least said, soonest
mended. Neither can be very happy and re-
Cancellation is the next thing hoped for by their
friends.