The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1909-01-12
HEROINE Of WEEK
TRIAL MARRIAGE
ADMITS AFFINITY
But Mrs. Caldwell Says It's
Simply a Union of Intellects'
and Shocking for a Job.
ELOPED WITH MR.. MILNE
Carried His Locket When She
Went to the Altar With
Rich Kentuckian.
ELOPED WITH MR.. MILNE

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some Kentucky woman who tried a
trial marriage with Charles A. Cald-
well. OF Eminence. Ky. admitted to an
Evening World reporter, who found her
at . clearinghouse at No. n West
Seventeenth street to-day. that. after a
marital experience that began on
Christmas Day. she eloped the day after
New Years with William Milne. the
head Of the sales department Of the
lace firm Of Clough, Pike & Co.. Of No,
IS White greet. this city.
Milne is all elderly Scochman with a
wife and children in Haworth. n, j.,
but that didn't make any difference
when he me; the dark-eyed kentucky
beauty In Cincinnati a year before she
to Caldwell, who keeps a department
store and is a raiser Of booded stock.
A, the boarding mouse Mrs Caldwell
was registered-she declares by a
strange mistake-as "Mr and Mrs. ]. C.
Parks. OF Kansas CITY" The landady.
when The Evening World man imputed
for Mrs. Caldwell and finally Identified
her as Mrs. Parks" said that Mr..
Parks" "hne.looklng elderly man
viii, a gray mustache and gray sprin-
killed. hair" had left the house a short
time before.
"A Union OF lnteIlects."
Ridiculous" said Mrs Caldwell, or
Miss Parks. as she Insists she,shall now
be called. Il am stopping here alone,
Mr.. Milne7 Well, yes. I'll admit | love
him, but ours Is a union OF intellects-
you understand There is nothing
coarse or worldly In II. His wife under
stands It perfectly.
perfectly.
MI. Milne did send me . telegram
asking me TO meet him In Cincinnati
after / had written him that my mar.
ried life Of a few days was miserable
with a man to whom could never be
wife. hut since we came TO New York
| have not seen him more than twice,
when l dlned with him.
You see, he promised to get me
some sort OF life work here A nurse
or q newspaper woman, or something
like that. Some sort Of career. Picture
me-" and Mrs. Caldwels dark eyes
flashed the wife Of country store
keeper"
Mrs. Caldwell is In appearance any
thing hut the typical wife OF country
storekeeper" she says her husband
wanted to make her. To-day she wore
a dark brown silk gown Of pronounced
directoIre cut. on which, in appropriate
places, flashed diamonds in various set.
tings, The diamonds she admits were
the gift Of Caldwell, but she says he
can have them back II he sends her
twelve trunks full Of clothes
"A Soul Above Groceries"
You see only married Caldwell
after he had psstered me for more
than a year" she explained Il met
him about the same time as Bill,
Milne, but loved Billy and never
loved CALDWELL. I had soul above
groceries lad dry goods reckon
Caldwell was go persistent, and
my sister with whom 2 was living in
Cynthiana, q few miles from Em,nenc.
kept telling me what a good match II
would be that finally v,o,ded m,
NJ. hec,m. enp,sed Az ,h,, ~. A.,
raKement was broken three tImes be.
tore we were married nm chr,.,no,
day. in my sisters home. All through
the ceremony kept tight hold ~ a
,I,ua locLe, that pn,v Ia atrs, 49,
'''"' 100. - ' ""u s''e" me-
and that nad MS picture and mine In
IT,
"r vh,s,ersa "a raIdws, vh,,o .o
y, WING we
were oeihs married. i can never be
wife to you; love another man. He
on,v Ia phed and said. .Tha.s vorr .sn.
49,. 800, = 49, w..
tiHen' D" now guess ne th'nKs dit-
ferent.'
Mrs. Caldwell laughed a rIppllng lauet,
a. .ha .roL. a, no. r,,,,,.l 10.
'"e 'po.s y, "e' ''a.''ea ny
hao NO Love 10 give Him.
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