The Washington times., 1905-12-26
FORMER MRS. ELDER
SUED FOR DIVORCE
Musician Husband Objects
to Standard Oil Agent.
AER SECOND EXPERIENCE
Defendant, Now Mrs. Kofoed, Was Miss
Anita Carroll MacTavish, of Promi-
nent Maryland Family.

BALTIMORE. Dec. 2s-For the sec
ond time of her life Mrs. Anita Carroll
MacTavish Elder Kofoed. formerly OF
this city, who is direct descendant of
Charles Carroll of CarroIton, the last
signer of the Declaration of Independ-
ence. is IN a matrimonial tangle.
Her second husband Anthon Dahl Ko-
foed. a Minneapolis musician, is now
applying for a divorce, which makes the
second experience of this sort for the
wife. though she was the complainant
IN the proceedings against her first hus-
band George Howard Elder, now de-
ceased.
The story of the troubles OF the sec
ond matrimonial venture of the young
lady are described as follows:
Ship Went to Pieces
'.Anthon D. Kofoed, Minneapolis mu-
sician, is applying for divorce from
his wife, Anita. The case, so far as its
allegations and circumstances are con-
cerned, is not unusual. but because of
the speed with which the domestic snip
went to pieces and on account of the
persons implicated in 1t, it is a trihe out
of the ordinary.
1T required just thirty days for the
crash, and the rock on which their ship
is alleged TO have been wrecked was
none other than a close relative of a
United States Senator, who happens to
be the representative OF a branch Of
the Standard Oil Company in Hamburg,
Germany
According TO the papers fled and TO
the testimony introduced when the case
was heard before Judge Simpson, An
thon d. kofoed. musician, married An
fta Elder, an actress. in Baltimore, on
May 6. 1905. The happy groom took his
bride 70 the fatherland that they might
enjoy a good, long honeymoon together
and that he might show the wife to the
Husband Suspicious.
ARRIVING in Hamburg, Anthon noticed
on June l. according TO the evidence,
that his bride was taking excursions
about the country with the Senator's
son. He was not jealous at first, but
by June 6. exactly thirty days after their
marriage. he alleges that he found that
Mrs. Kofoed thought more of the repre-
sentative OF the Standard Oil Company
than OF him. Willing 10 forgive and
hoping that she would stand by him,
he decided 10 return at once TO America
Then things went 10 the bad COM
pietely. Mrs. Kofoed gave him premis-
sion to maze his way alone across the
ocean Angry letters have followed and
the husband now seeks complete sepa-
ration and asks lNat the marriage OF
seven months ago he ceclared null and
void Notice of the action has been
served or the wife and the other man.
but, they made no answer. Judge Simp-
son still has the case under advisement.
THE correspondent named In the COM
plant is Edward l.. Quarles, agent for
the Vacuum OIL Company. The evidence
charmer or the wife is a member Of
the wel-knoyn Quarles family of Wis
consin. and that the Vacuum company
-, Of - Iur co.,
pany
Of Well-Known Family.
Mrs. Kofoed was never known very
widely as an actress. and she was looked
upon by Baltimoreans as a society girl
until she placed herself under the man
agement of George Fawcett. VINO. GTitiii
this season. conducted a stock com
pany at the LyceuTn Theater. She did
some very clever work in the small parts
assigned 70 her. but her second mar
riage put an end 10 her theatrical am
bitions.
She is a member of one of the very
best families Of Maryland being
daughter of the late Francis Osborne
MacTavish, and the divorced wife Of
the late George Howard Elder. OF the
Green Spring Valley, who died soon
after the divorce was granted his wife.
Judge Robert Gilmor was a grand
uncle of Mrs. Kofoed. and through her
grandmother who was a Miss Giimo-,
she Is a direct descendant of Charles
Carroll. OF CarrolIton. Her aunt, Mrs.
= Carroll MacTavish. and her cousin,
virginia MacTavish. are prominent in
the American colony al Rome. italy. 1t
Is said that Mrs. Kofoed. at the time
OF her separation from her first husband
arranged with him to turn their only
enlio, daughter over 10 the care Of
Miss Virgins MacTavish who is
Welthy, IN order that the little one
could receive European education
Related to Cstons.
Another OF the relatives Of Mrs. Ko-
foed is Col Harry Gnmor, Of Confeder-
ate fame She IS also related 10 the Ca
tons The daughters OF RiRehard Caton
tons. The daughters Of Richard Cation
sisters were noted beauties. and were
known as the Three Graces." one of
them married the Duke of Leeds, an
other became the Narchioness OF
Wellesley. and the third Lady Stafford
Their American estates are still being
handled by a Baltimore firm.
More than six years ago she made her