Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-31
WINS SILVER CUP
But LOSES WIFE
CAPT. GREIN OF CRACK TEAM
SUED FOR DIVORCE
BOTH PROMINENT IN FRATERNAL
WORK
Military DriIImaster Gets Severe Case
of Lodge Habit and Is Accused
of NegIecting His
Home

Just as Capt. w. L. Grein of the win
ming Fraternal Brotherhood drill team
at Shriners' auditorium accepted sill
yer cup on behalf of Hermosa lodge
| Friday night he was notified of divorce
proceedings brought by Mrs. Mamie
| Grein.
Flushed with vicory in defeating foul
other lodge teams was the shock OF
surprise accentuated possibly by the
fact that one of the issues to be made
much of by the wife in her suit is thai
the lodge team had weaned Grein from
| home; that he won the silver cup at the
expense of wife's broken heart.
Mrs. Grein is the leader of the
woman's drill team of Hermosa lodge
but under brave smile she has con-
cealed deep sorrow, eliminating last
Monday night in street scene after
the lodge in which Mrs. M. e. Burns
Grein's mother-in-law, demanded that
he support his wife and give her a
home.
Mother and Daughter Collapse
Mrs. Burns owns an apartment house
and until her nerves gave way recently
due to her daughters domestic
trouble, she says-was on the fair road
to fortune, having become interested
in a number of profitable realty deals
She laid aside her business plans, how
ever, and put herself completely in
her doctors care. Her daughter, too
has collapsed under the strain and is
now in hiding with friends.
Grein, it is alleged. promised to re-
turn to his wife after the street scene
but merely registered her at a nearby
hotel, it is now claimed, left word that
she should be awakened early in the
morning and disappeared. This action,
according - the women, was the last
straw. They consulted an attorney next
day and swore to a score of complaints
bristling with woes.
Seven years ago Miss Burns was a
belle in an eastern city, just out of
school and not yet 49, Her uncle said
to her playfully one day he had found
a husband for her. introduced her to
Grein, and to the surprise of all nup-
tials resulted. Cupid did not linger long,
however, and after two years the couple
decided to come to California to make
a fresh start, Mrs. Burns coming, too.
Gets Lodge Habit
Grein had served in the Indiana mill
tia and took up fraternal drilling work
as soon as he came here and saw the
enthusiasm of our drill teams. 1t be-
came a passion with him. growing more
ruling year after year His wife de-
INJURED at first at his frequent absences
from home, then concluded that one
way to fight the habit was to do drill
team work herself. and she did. The
octet of Hermosa lodge Of which she
became the leader is one of the best
organizations of the Pacific coast.
Enthusiasm over lodges, however
turned Grein into a poor breadwinner,
the wife alleges, and she had really to
depend upon her mother for support.
Appeals to Brotherhood
At times mother and daughter spoke
to officials of the uniform rank of the
Fraternal Brotherhood asking them to
use their good offices, but 1t seemed to
help domestic matters but little.
Then Mrs. Grein tried new tactics.
She obtained a position at a Spring
street store several weeks ago and
served In the bakery department. None
of her coworkers knew she was mar
ried and she kept her trouble secret.
Last drill night crisis came. Mrs.
Grein asked her husband on his return
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