The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-07-27
CAY DEcENERs,
THESE CAAUFFEuRs
Leave Their Wives, Who Now Ask
Secretary of State to Help I
Locate Hubbies.

NEW YORK. July Eff a society
of gay deceivers is ever formed, Secre-
tary of State Koenig says he knows
the names of three or four dozen OF
eligibies. They're all chauffeurs.
Just how many have run away from
home, leaving their wives, isn't
known, but it looks like a whole lot,
Every mali which Koenig finds on
his desk in the morning has at least
five letters from wives to whom the
sound of a honk Is like a groan OF
sadness. There must be something
about an auto to make a chauffeur
forget home and slippers. some OF
the unhappy women have sent pic
lures of their dereiict bubbles to the
State official asking that he help IN
getting them to come back. In nearly
every case all will be forgiven.
One woman wrote that her husband
had become a JOY rider before he had
been a chauffeur three days. He ac-
tually drove his machine by her
apartment honking "Fare YOU well.
my Mary Ann
II send you his picture wrote the
deserted wife. That mark on his
forehead / can explain. He came
home with a gay party in the machine
one night and asked them all in 10
dinner. I didn't know one in the
bunch. When he asked me to get up
something aHe for them to eat Il IA
a good cook, II 1 do say 1t myself,
] took skillet and made "a swat at
his map. II landed.
Hasn't Seen George since.
The party broke up after that and
I haven't seen George since. IL you
find where he is and will nip me of
I'll give five-spot to the Home for
Incurahles. 1t will be worth that
much at least TO lamp him
Another woman, who said her
home was in Fifty-ninth street. sem
word TO the secretary that her hus-
band objected TO the apartments he
told her that he made at least $50
day in tips and shakedowns and that
being a man OF money, ne wanted
to have things doled up like the ready
money bunch She didn't understand
what he was driving at and told him
SO. And what do you guess he said
to that" asked the wife. He turned
on his heel and. waving farewell, said:
Take six months in the Broadway
school for Language. The Summer
term is now on. I'll be back in time
to see Louis werba put on his first
musical comedy.
Lacking in style.
The wife OF a Franch chauffeur
wants TO get her hands on the little
French devil who deserted her while
The Little Cherub" was playing on
Broadway. She describes him as be-
ing about the size OF a Mr.. Yea ana
saws that ne always considered him
self a ladies' man. But" she adds,
hes got no more style than por-
ton of Brie frontage"
Still another woman suggests that
tt would be a good thing for all the
deserted wives Of chautYeurs to form
a club and sprinkle tire puncturers
along Broadway every night as a
means OF getting hold OF all the men
who drive cars. In that way she
thought that some of the deserted
wives might pick their husbands out
of the muss.
The secretary Of state, who lives IN
this city. Is trying all he can 10 help
the unhappy wives. but he doesn't see
how he can round up the haways
without a detective bureau annex to
his office II any runaway chauf-
feur feels that he has done wrong
and is anxious to return 10 his wife,
the secretary OF state promises TO
do what he can to make things easy
for him.