Evening star., 1909-07-18
DENIES W|FE'S STORY
Lawyer Douglas of Atlanta
Replies to Charges.
rANSWER IN DIVORCE SUIT
Declares He Is Not the Stngy Nam
He Is Described to Be.
KISS CONTRACT REPUDIATED
Calls Spouse Backslider From tbs
Church-Drew Line on Lamb
Chops for Dog.
rANSWER IN DIVORCE SUIT
KISS CONTRACT REPUDIATED
Special Dispatch TO Tie Star.

Special Dispatch to Tie Star.
ATLANTA. Ca. July 11.-Alieging that
his wife is 'backsider' from the Bap-
tist Church. that she drank wine and
beer. that she ia OF an exactlng nature,
reads trashy novels and IL the spoiled
child" Of wealthy parents, e Lee Doug
las. the rich Atlanta lawyer. today filed
answer to his wife's suit for divorce. in
which she charged him with being the
stingiest man In the world Douglas de-
MES that he is stingy, that he charged
his wife for every meal she ate or that
he made her pay him when she enter
tanned her friends.
Mrs. Douglas petition for a divorce
was the most remarkable court paper
ever filed in q Georgia court. Chief
among its features was the now famous
agreement which she said she prepared
and which was supposed to regulate their
manner OF living. One OF its provisions
was that when one OF the two quarreled
and made up the party in the wrong
should submit to be kissed at least one
hundred times.
In his reply to her suit Mr.. Douglas
does not deny the existence Of the agree
ment, but says 1t was only a burlesque
and was never intended to be signed
Answering her charge that he ''scrutt-
niZed with microscopic eye" all her bills,
he says that he inspected them at her
request, she having no knack for figures.
He refers to the trip out west. during
which. she had charged, he compelled
ser TO ride in a tourist car to save
money. He denies that he compelled her
TO do this, but says the experiment was
made for her comfort. He also denies
the charge of infidelty, and that he ever
refused TO allow his wife to enter his
room.
Did Not Care for Baked Apples.
He also denies that he asked his wife
to pay for extra meals for her guests, as
she charged, and SO far from demanding
a baked apple pie at breakfast which
had been left over from supper. he says
| he had indigestion and could not eat
| baked apples.
Douglas files many letters written 10
him by Mrs. Douglas. In these letters
| they used pet names for each other. He
was called Jack. she Itea. In this let
ter, which she wrote him from New York.
she begins it, Dear Lord Jack" and
signs it Lady Jack D-N to- Last
night We saw a play called the Devil
play SO horrible and true to life that
have been all worked up today over the
thoughts suggested. 1t was a story OF
how temptation comes to us so disguised,
| and SO deceiving, and how even the best
and purest fight against evil all through
| life. and at last are compelled to see
that they have all along been yielding
unknowingIy, inch by inch, until they
wake up to see that they have yielded
completely to the temptation they haye
been fighting. So sou see that you used
| misnomer when you called me the merry
widow. l feel today that ] am the
| tragedy widow. Be sure and pet Skeeter
0he plaintiffs dog. and don't scold or
frighten her. Yours. Lady Jack
| One letter to him said Don't firt too
much. With love and kisses from your
wife" Another said. Take care of my
fat husband and give him lots of 1ovo
and kisses, from his loving wife. Itea."
Other letters We're addressed and signed
Dear Lord Douglas and "Old Miss
and MARS Douglas
Once a Church Worker.
| Douglas says Mrs. Douglas was once a
great church worker and abused him
roundIy for drinking bottle of beer. She
became u '.backslder," however. and
! drank beer and wine at night to make
her sleep. and said Don't be foor' once
when he refused to drink
In another letter from her in New York,
Douglas says, she wrote "Leontine and
are having the time Of our lives. We
have bought the silence Of all the Atlanta
| crowd, and that was the only thing IN
the way of our having high old time.
And | was really your first sweetheart?
Well, you can certainly be congratulated
on the Improvement in your taste In that
line. and 1 am sure by the time you
select your real sweetheart you will have
the finest girl of ALL"
Another letter from New York: I'VE
have just come in from a dog hunt: we
are going to some cafes where actresses
go. A Mr.. -, a friend of the -, is
going with rs He is an awfulIy good
fellow. ] call ii mean trick to write
SO little about DR. and the cocaine"
Douglas declares the only time he ever
objected to household expenses was when
he learned his wife was ordering lamb
chops for her dog.
Douglas is worth 100000 and HIS wife
has about the same amount in her own
right, which she inherited from her fa-
ther. The couple are socially prominent.