The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05
ONCE MAR R|ED
ST I'LL T R |E ND.S.
American Divorces See No Rea-
son for sulking
About It.,
s45 TELEPHONE LOVE TALK
French Girl Breaks Record for
Expensive "Nothings'
on Wire.
NY CHARLES P. NoRcnoss.

by CHARLES P. NORCROSS.
| Especial Cable to Tho Times -Dlspatch.l
London. Juno 4.--The Savoy Hotel
has been the scene of highly amusing
domestic comedy, which might we'll
furnish material for dramatization, IL
Illustrating as it does the highly friend
| ly feeling existing between American
Divorces. The leading participants in
| the play are Judge F.. p. Coyne and
/ his beautiful ex-wife. Mary Gatins,
some time OF New York, but for eight
months a member OF the quick sep
aration colony OF Reno.
| Judge Coyne arrived on Sunday
night from Chile with O bundle of
! financial good tidings which he had
brought back safely in his pockets
contracts for sa0,ooo.oo0 railroad ana
other comfortable things in the shape
| OF concessions which made him a
millionaire. He left London last jan
uary to straighten out the tangle
which James Jeffries- Williams, whose
exposure lle accomplished, had wound
around the Chilean deals. The judges
| personality successfully won him the
| friendship OF the Chilean President,
| whom the Judge considers to be a
| great and solid statesman. 90.
| Another packet of news which was
i not so pleasant was the receipt OF
the Information upon his arrival that
his wife had successfully divorced him
| in Reno. the decree becoming effective
on May 6.
Ex-Wife ut the Same Hotel.
The Judge was sitting in the srnok-
| ing room Of the Savoy on Wednesday
afternoon when a friend entered. and
said
Hello. Judge; who do you think I
have been having tea with?'
| The judge stopped a moment from
| his constant talk OF praising Chiles
| President and exclaimed:
Cant imagine"
"Why," answered his friend. "your
former wife. She is here. She arrived
| from America early this morning and
is staying at this hotel. She is en-
| tirely unaware that you are here; she
thought you were still in Chile. and was
| tremendously surprised when I told
| her you We're also stopping at this
hotel"
what did she say2" anxiously in
CURED the Judge.
why" said tho friend. "she ex-
pected to meet her mother here. but
hasn't. She said that though divorced
she hoped you and she would be good
friends. and that as she Is feeling lone
some she hopes you Will tako her to
dinner tonight"
The judge thoughtfully rubbed his
chin with his hand for a moment Then
the humor of the situation struck him.
and he said:
"By George. If can postpone an
important dinner with certain finan-
ciers l will. She mustn't be alone In
this big city"
$40 Love Talk over Telephone.
Tho manager of a West End Hotel.
though Injured to the extravagances of
Americans. nevertheless received q
shock to-day through the action OF a
beautiful French girl. who established
a new record in expensive love-mak-
ing.
She called up Paris on the telephone
the rate of conversation between that
city and London being a. dollar min
ute Leaving the door of the telephone
booth open, she commenced sweet
some conversation, consisting OF
"Deary buckles" soft nothings. Don't
you love me?" NO you don't: am
sure you don't" etc.
After twenty minutes of this the
hair of the nearby manager stood on
end. Thirty minutes passed and still
the beautiful miss continued. BY this
time the number of those interested in
the extravagant love conversation had
Increased to small crowd. Finally,
after forty-five minutes. with some
thing like the smack of a kiss on the
receiver she hung it up.
Forty-five dollars OF duckying,
cooling. over 200 miles of wire Is the
record Of the season. Tho man at
the other end was probably satisfied,
particularly With the telephone kiss
which ended the chapter.
King Alfonso Is Worried.
King Alfonso has decided not to
accompany Queen Ena when she goes
to visit her mother, Princess Henry
OF Battenberg, next July, The King
is very greatly worried about the gem
eral political unrest in his country,
and is said to be much grieved over
the Queens premature accouhement,
which was due to shock caused by
King Edwards death.
There Is n large superstitious body
of middle-classers In Madrid who alb
solutely believe that the t. elder
royal children are deaf and du.nb. and
look upon tho birth OF the stlll-born
child as confirmation of this belief.
The summoning OF three Journalists to
the palace to talk to tho children and
see for themselves had directly the
opposite effect which King Alfonso
intended.
The Queen Is reported to be de-
pressed and nervous. She Is never
told when bomb outrages occur in
various parts Of Spain. These out
RACES never find their way into print
in Madrid and even In London the
newspapers ignore them.
1t Is stated that Queen Ena Will
spend a month with her mother In the
Isle Of Wight seeing no one except the
members of her family.