The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-01-20
A FAMOUS WRITER
WANTS DIVORCE
Richard Harding Davis and
His Wife Have Agreed
To Disagree.
BOTH ENGAGE ATTORNEYS
AND SUIT WILL De BROUGHT IN
SOME WESTERN STATE
coURTshlP AND MARRIAGE OF
COUPLE ROMANTIC.

New York. Jan. N-Mrs. Richard
Harding Davis. wife OF the war cor
respondent has engaged counsel to
represent her in the matters relating
to the conditions under which Mr.. aud
Mr. Davis will live In the future. This
fact has become known definitely, al
though there was no intimation Of the
nature OF the turn the personal af-
fairs OF MIR. and Mrs. Davis would take.
Mrs. Davis has retained the law firm
OF Jerome \ Rand to give attention to
her part Of settlement that has been
considered as inevitable for some
months. II has been known that MIR.
and Mrs. Davis have been living apart
for almost three years
There has been no announcement as
to their plans. Apparently aware Of
the action o! his wife in retaining
counsel. Mr.. Davis. il WAS learned last
night had intrusted his side of the case
to George Young Bauchle.
Wife . Chicago Girl.
The separation OF Mr. and Mrs. Da-
Wis ends romance that began with
the days of childhood. She was Miss
Cecil Clark. daughter OF John N. Clark
of Chicago. ex-presidcnt OF the Chicago
Telephone company. Miss Clark was
one OF the popular younger girls OF her
debutAnte days. She IL a brunette Of
striking type and many accomplish
ments.
Mr.. Davis was an impetuous sutton.
Detained in England at the moment
when he had planned To give his af-
hanced her engagement ring. he en-
ployed a messenger in England and
sent the ring to her in this country.
Their marriage followed May I. 1874.
at st. Gabriers chapel. Marion. Mass.
Miss Ethel Barrymore was the bride
maid and a distinguished company at
tended the ceremony. After the we'd
ding their honeymoon by the sea be-
came a romantic topic.
Mr.. Davis was born in 1864. His
father. Mr.. Clarke Davis, was an edit
or Of note and the younger Mr.. Davis
was born into an atmosphere Of letters.
He did his first work while a student
at Lehigh. Life published hts first
verses and he said once that he earned
his first s. writing the story OF = cane
rush. After q course at Johns Hopkins
university Mr.. Davis went to Phila-
delphia. where he engaged regularly
in newspaper work.
He went to the Philadelphia Press
for two years. and then to the Tele-
graph. New York then dawned upon
his horizon. and he came to this city
and became a member Of the staff Of
the Sun.
He developed a marked ability as a
magazine writer. and his nrst success
in this field was followed by his selec-
ton as managing editor for Harper's.
a post he held for three years. When
he left his desk he devoted himself ex-
clusively to his chosen work as q writ
er.
Becomes . War Correspondent.
A number OF books Of adventure. Of
travel. and OF novelistic interest came
rapidly from his pen. In the Spanish
American war he went to the front as
a correspondent. making the entire Gu
ban campaign.
The Boer war next engaged his at
tention. He went to South Africa as
a correspondent for the New York Her
aid and sent many graphic stories de-
scribing the operations At the front.
The advance on Ladysmith was one OF
his notable descriptive articles.