The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-12-12

] to leading outlaws.
| Abandonment is made a very good
| ground for divorce in Oklahoma, and an
| implied promise to be home from read
ing the election returns by ] / p. Ii. and
been declared by the court TO be aban-
donment within the meaning of the
| statute. (See McSwatt versus McSwatt,
First O. T. Reports, page 81. Also
| Mandy versus Mandy, same volume.
page 1913, whereas Epworth, G. j., held
that defendant refused to return from
her mothers to plaintiffs home until
money was sent her for railroad fare and
sleeping car ticket, the court declared
that after three weeks the charge of
abandonment set up by plaintiff was
good and valid Again, in McNutt
versus McNutt, where defendant was
charged with deserving the table repeat
eddy prior to the dessert, leaving plaintiff
alone to face her own pie, the court held
that this constituted desscrtion within
the statute.
These cases merely suggest how wide
open, free ard gladstone is the life in
Oklahoma
Alva has 2,O0O inhabitants, mostly
jurymen.
Oklahoma is indeed the Mecca for
the married yet minated. 1t has a more
gentle climate than Dakota, and a man
can go there as late as December and
get divorce in his duck trousers with
out discomfort. Correspondents are fire.
quently seen at Alva making New Years
calls in their shirt sleeves.
Viva Kersykes-Vernon, nee Miggs,
says that she will bet her alimony for
six months that better climate never
grew outdoors than there is in Ok
lahoma. She was one OF the Messrs.
Prickett & Dunn's clients, class Of
'93, and says she never felt better in
her life.
Divorces are procured without pain
or publicity.
One client writes to the Messrs. as
follows:
Before I got my divorce suffered
the perils of the id. was ostra-
cized from good society and had TO live
in New Jersey. went to the United
States consul there and begged him to
let me return to America. ! had sharp,
darting pains up and down the spinal
colyum.
"All at once ! got permit to go to
Oklahoma, where heard that you were,
but unfortunately could not raise the
ready John, if You will pardon little
lapsus lazuli on my part.
II then heard that clients who wish
ed divorce could be treated at dis
lance through the aid of your valuable
home treatment. / bought two of them
and was soon again free man. So was
my wife. We are the best of friends
and as happy as the day is long. On
long winter evenings ! run over there,
and we play dominos for the alimony.
Sometimes we play to see who shall
have the custody of the children.
1--WE both feel that we owe you so
much. Go on. go On, you dear, sweet
things, is what we both say.
"We are to have double wedding
Thanksgiving day. My wife will marry
a gentleman friend, and Twill marry his
dear old mother So we shall be again
related by marriage-wife and L Won't
that be jolly?
"Your climate is real good toe"
Alva is ON the A. T. and S. F. r. R.
and but IL hours from Kansas City. IL
is the county seat of Wood county and
is a sort of what was once called the
Cherokee outlet. 1t is right plumb in
the heart of nature, and / have taken
the liberty Of writing a few lines in
verse, touching ON her great beauty and
freedom. / will put them in here if /
hear no objection:
o Alys. down In Oklahoma
Can it be you do not know mef
Hearts so sad and tore up
That staid at home from Europe
All that might go and see
You and Oklahoma 7. lChorus-l
SECOND VERSE
Seems 70 me little coarse
To do nothing but divorce,
Or become too passing fond
OF the wicked correspond.
The best people have met
Look upon this with regret
So, unless YOU desire that should 1
write poetry about you, Alva, please try |
20 inaugurate an additional industry as ]
soon as You can.
Arkansas had the reputation Of being /
a singers retreat, but she has wiped /