Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-06-15
REMARKABLE AGREEMENT WHICH
DOUGLAS ASKED WIFE TO SIGN,
so SHE SAYS In DIVORCE PETITION
This Agreement Each Was to Share Expense CT Housekeeping
and Either Had Visitor Must Pay Extra-Msunder-
standings Be Followed BY Apology and Penalty of
100 Ksse-onthly Financial Statements Were to Be Made
BY Each.

/ the other. under a forfeiture or penalty
Of making an humble apology. either
public or private, as the offended party
shall elect and also submit to be kissed
by the other party 100 times, or less. at
option of said party as to time and place.
Fifteenth. The management of the ser
I wants shall devolve upon the party of the
second part. but IL shall be for the mutual
interest and enjoyment and comfort OF
both, and the party of the first part shall
render his aid whenever necessary or
proper
Sixteenth. Either party, upon making
suitable provisions for the care and COM
fort of the other. and by mutual agree
ment, may take a trip or be absent from
home reasonable time but letters shall
be written frequently to each other in a
cordial and loving spirit and in no other
; Seventeenth. The enemies of the one
snail be treated as the enemies of the
other, and the friends likewise as friends
of both
Eighteenth. No conversation shall be
had by either party with any other per-
son whatever concerning or affecting the
other party hereto, without the consent
of the party affected. If consent cannot
be obtained before, owing to circum-
stances, then as soon thereafter as prac-
ticable. the other party shall be apprisei
of such conversation, and If any Injustice
has been done the other, a suitable pen
atty shall be imposed. and paid promptly.
Nineteenth. Gifts shall not be expected
but If given, shall be such only as are
intended to give pleasure and shall be
accepted as intended. cheerfuIly and cor
daily, but shall not be returned
Twentieth. Neither. party shall cate
chtse the other with the intention of
causing pain or. embarrassment. No
Joke SHAH be perpetrated upon one by the
other No person shall be spoken of by
the parties, in each others presence
which may cause pain or embarrassment
to the other, under penalty named in
paragraph H.
AS MANY LIGHTS AS NEEDED.
Twenty-flrst. The said housekeeper
may burn as many lights as she may
deem necessary. or proper.
Twenty-second. This agreement is
made for the further cause Of avoiding
discussions of finances, between the par
ties hereto, which may lead to harsh re-
marks. and also to prevent misunder-
standings.
Twenty-third. Either party shall have
the right. Notwithstanding the terms of |
paragraph is to talk freely to proper
persons about his or her own affairs |
though same may remotely affect the |
other; that is TO say, it is not the in |
tention TO cause constraint when in con-
NSISdlIoh upon q proper SUBJECT.
Twenty-fourth. This agreement is to |
be strictly personal and private. and |
when shown to or made known to any
other person, then ipso facto, 1t becomes /
void to the benefits Hereunder to /
such party causing the breach of this
Twenty-ffth. The practice of unset
fshness and the golden rule, In honor
preferring one another, is specially
agreed upon.
BE to her (or his) virtues very kind:
Be TO her Cor his) faults a little blind
Practice forbearance. patience and if
in doubt, do not act or speak. wait till
the clouds roll by
After the defendant handed plaintiff
his document" the petition recites he
with little or no explanation. went upon a
rip of six or eight weeks through the
west. Before he left however, he re-
,eived plaintiffs letter in reply to this
written proposal, in which the plaintiff,
u course, declined TO agree thereto.