The evening world., 1908-03-13
ETHEL s WALK IN
PROSPECT PARK
SPOILED HER GAME
Matrimony Was So Attractive
She Thought Two Hus-
bands Better Than One.
A TWILIGHT MEETING.
Now Geraldine (Her Other
Name) Has Lost One and
SoonOtherWill Fade Away.
TWILIGHT MEETING.

only Yesterday Ethel Geraldine STAN
ton. one Of those youthful poster-pieture
girls. clad in furs and feathers as she
appeared in Brooklyn court to-day.
/ rad two husbands TODAY she lost
one. and ere the week closes the other
will be gone.
Exasperatingly vivac!ous is the way
both husbands described her N court
Nothing seemed 10 worry Ethel they
said She surrendered her heart and
hand to each of them after only
SLIGHT struggle. and both lived in bliss
rul ignorance OF the others claims IN
til a short week ago. Here's the scene.
unfolded In ones suit for annulment
OF marriage:
prospect Park-Twilight in one OF the
lovers lanes. Oscar Goldsmith seen
walking under the overhansins
branches OF the leatless trees Win
Ethel whom he had just married.
Enter William H. Rives. a broker,
of No. 20 Seventy third street Much
excitement.
Rives. throwing off coat and roll
ing UP sIeeves-What are you doing
with nv wife, you wrecker?
Ethel gazing fondly at Oscar
in apparent surprise-Who can this
stranger be. oh. save me. Oscar.
save me.
Oscar-By the fates, beware you
mnatic. This is my wife. I'll have
none of your tom:oolery' Besone.
ere the top Of my boot finds ie5t-
ing place on your poor carcass.
My Wife! My Own Wife!
Rives-By -, you're the man
that's got 'em. She's my wife, my
own wife. waom l married not two
months ago. Didn't 1, Ethel?
Ethel--See, see, he calls me Ethel.
Let's away, quick.
Oscar-Are you entirely buggy,
man? What mean you? Her name
is Geraldine.
Rives-Ha. ha. and yet another
ha. ma, and a te-he. Mol's her other
name So she got you, too? Poor
boy. Let's talk 1t over. tRives and
oscar 10 left.l
Ethel-Alas, discovered. It's all
off. Confess? Nev-vah.
oscar (whispering)-Tell me, old
chap, tell me all. I'm almost crazy.
Rives-Nothing TO say; no, not a
thing, except that l married her
some time ago. The Rev. DR.. h II.
Wellman. of No. 2o5 West Ninety
fits, street, Manhattan, did the job.
That's all there's to II. Then she
married you. of course
Please Take Me Home, Billy.
Oscar-She's such an exaspetating-
ly beauteous thing that l can scarce
believe II. How appearances deceive
poor mans trusting eye I'll see my
LAWYER tomorrow. exit to right
in haste)
Ethel-Oh. Billy. won't YOU lake
me home, please take me from here
If only to the street car Won't
you forgive me?
R.y.s-Nix with that gush stuff
Ethel: I'll take you home. of course
but why did YOU do this thing?
Ethel don't know. l can't say.
Don't ask me. A woman's reason
oh, anything. but get me away.
away. please. (Both eXeuntJ
Before Justice Crane both men
showed marriage documents proving
that Ethel had married them both
Goldsmith sought an annulment on the
ground that Ethel was already married
'lue Justice granted his plea. Then
Kives announced tuat he would sue fov
A ulVurCe aL once.
Miss stanton is about twenty-five
Years old. English in tvpe of beauty
and extremely pretty. She listened at
trntively and even when confronted
vita the evidence of bigamv, did not
d,sniav any alarm Her smile never
wore Off. but won the good will of many
Of the spectators.