Evening journal., 1906-08-17
HUSBAND FACES
SUIT FOR DIVORCE
Wife Accuses Jones Of Neg
IeCting Her For His Bel
eian hareS
PLAYED POKER. SHE SAYS

CHICAGO, Aug. 17-Belglan hares.
night-caps and draw poker were some
OF the subjects delt with in divetlng
fashion by Mrs. Grace Jones when
testifying in her suit for divorce
against Fred r. b. Jones, Chicago
manager Of the London, Liverpool and
Globe Insurance Company. A decree
was granted on the prosaic ground OF
desertion.
Mrs. Jones reused crowded audi
ence before Judge Kavanaugh TO great
laughter She said that her husband
paid more attention to his hares than
he did TO herself She wanted his af-
fection, but It seemed that nearly all
Of It was for his pets The witness
was sure that the hares alone offered
good grounds for a divorce. But II
there possibly could be any doubt on
that score then take Mrs. Joness
trials and tribulations in persistent ef-
forts to have her husband wear a
nightcap.
The young woman said that against
her urgent pleading her spouse insist
ed on sleeping with his head uncovered
Mrs. Jones was distressed at this. She
NkIOOu
lnightcaps were made for nothing else
than to wear, and therefore it followed
that her husband should incase his
Uranium when he slept II appeared
that there was quite a wrangle between
the couple over the nightoap question.
Jones was not afraid Of vagrant drafts.
He did not care. even II the window
was all the way up or If the wind blew
steadily all night and smote him full
on the top Of his head. To Jones's way
Of thinking 10 wear a hat was enough
Of "A nuisance but a nightcap-neveri
Such things with their tucks and
lfrills. belonged exclusively I'm the mind
Iof Jones. to unreasonable wives. fussy
old maids, or all women past the time
when their hair shone with its virginal
hue. and a nightcap gave the comfort
ing thought that for the time being
hateful gray hairs were hidden from
lview Mrs. Jones would not be per-
lsuaded. and there was a quarrel Just
how the crisis looked TO the wife may
he gathered from this statement Of
hers: "Fred positively refused to wear
the nightcap and considered that just
lawful, for every man should have his
Kavanaugh listened with evident relisi
to the nightcap evidence. but he dit
not touch on II in his decision
Then there was the poker problem
This was one the fair witness sai'
that wrought her great distress. He
husband. she avowed loved TO linge
over the green-covered table. The rat
tie OF pocker chips was music in hi
ears Mrs Jones gave the impression
that she was sure her husband wal
fascinated by the national card game
There seemed to be something in poke
that lured him on. There was salts
faction in filling a straight flush tha
appeared to afford more than solac'
for any scolding by his wife. Poke
meant late hours. but tears, both o
entreaty and wrath, did not chang
the man. He liked his little game ant
Mrs. Jones said II helped to throw
them apart She wished 10 go regular
ly to church. but poker interfered. /
was question II poker was not
greater trial than the nightcap
This is not the first time the Belgial
hares have figured in the marital woe
Of the couple. In a recent suit agains
his wife, Jones charged that his wifi
had been too friendly with a man h
3 employed to care for the hares. Thi
the wife denied, and also the allega
ton that she had been absent fror
home in all seventy nights, and tha
on these separate occasions she ha
consumed much wine.