Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-07-28
MORE DOMESTIC IMPLICITLY.
IL Has Practically Broken Up the Once
Happy Home OF mr.. aud Mrs Horace
w. Athelwaid

W. Athelwald
Domestic infsllcity pervsdes the home
OF Mr. and Mrs Harsce W. Athelwald.
No. S67 Washington street. They are a
recently couple who have
large circle Of friends and, but for this
intelicity, which is OF recent origin, their
cozy home il everything that could be
desired. The relatives Of tho unhappy
couple are using every means to dissuade
Mrs. AthelWald from fling a libel for
oivorce, feeling that family honor on
both sides Is at stake The young wife
however, Is a woman with a will Of her
own, and her husband has never been es
pecially noted for bis yielding dis
position. Consequently the m after may
drift iuto the Superior Court on an ap.
plication for a divorce a vinculo matri-
monii
Mrs. Athelwald's story of the trouble is
substantially as follows: She met Athel-
valid, young travelling salesman. He
Was intelligent and sgi eeable, dressed
well, was pssssbly good-looking and re
ceiving a salary which insured her all Of
the comforts Of the West Chester home
which she had enjoyed since childhood.
She loved him at first sight and a speedy
declaration of love on mis- part assured
her that the attachment was mutual and
sincere. hey were married and were as
happy and as industrious rs two wrens in
gathering about them the materials for
their Washington street nest
Mrs. Athelwald soon became affiliated
with fashionable West Side churob aud
her husband. who had neither secular
bias nor en- overstock of piety, materially
followed her. They were well received
at 6rst, aud Mrs Athelwald was per.
sueded to become the teacher of q class
OF small boys who were slowly and
tediously journeying from Genesis to
Revelations, growing in goodness and
badness by. turns The minister en-
deavored to give Mr. Athelwald a class
of small girls. Athelwald said that he
never did like small girls, anyway, but
that he was drummer and If the
minister would give him the girls Bible
class ne would feol more at homo. Mrs.
Athelwald heard of this and nipped the
project In the bud. This licensed the
young husband and he ceased TO attend
Sunday school.
He continued to accompany his wife
to church, and went through the SER
vice to her entire satisfaction Several
Sundays ago she noticed that The
members OF the congregation began to
eye him suspiciously. She became un-
easy, and blamed it ell on the girls
rible class episode The next Sunday
the chances we're perfectly whitening and
both Of them were cut dead by persons
with whom they had been on the
fri ndiest terms. They were no longer
invited out to tea and evening gather
ings, and life became a burden 10 Mrs
AthelD aid In her desperation she went
to some Of her former friends and asked
them to explain their conduct Thsy
candidly told her that they could not
associate with Mr.. Athelwald as they
did not consider him a gentleman
| When pressed by Mrs. AthelWald to par
ticularize their objections to her husband
they said that a mans linen was an in.
dication of his breeding, and the high
polish upon his collar, cuffs aud shirt
front was proof positive that he was of
low social origin A gentleman would
never be seen wearing anything but the
domestic finish.
She hurried home to Mr.. Athelwald,
explained tins situation and begged him
TO discard the high-gloss and wear the
domestic finish He flew into a rage and
said that be would see the whole con-
gregation IN the bottomless pit first
There were tears, lamentat ons, protes
tations and ordinations, but nothing
could move Mr. Athelwald He ad.
mitted that the domestic finish wal
preferable, hut he would not permit any
congregation on The face of the earth q
bluff him Of Of the path of righteousness
on such a flmsy pretext. This led to
the rupture
Mr. Athelwald admits the general linz
Of bis wife's statement He blames th'
proprietOrs Of the Manhattan Steam
Laundry of breaking up his once hsppl
home for advertising purposes, and il
walking around the streets with Ions
face and Colts revolver looking for TIT
senior member of the firm,
When Mr. Hollis was seen by al
EVENING JOURNAL reporter this morn
ing he was at the p. w. & b. station
buying a ticket.
Where are you going?' was th,
question.
ITO Allegheny City. Peneader hun
dred, Sussex county, Delaware II yol
see a wild eyed man down here looking
for ne tell him / never saw his wife anS
had no hand in the present trouble.
think could convince him if he woull
give me time, but l understand that b.
says he will shoot me first and let nj
avn loin offapvynr1o %