The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-29
COOP
ST @ P P E D
BY WIFE

New York, Dec. 2S.-When Mlss
Jeanette Cook, n beautiful 19-year-old
Girl from Stathearon. England, came
tripping down the gang plank from
the deck OF the steamship Oceanic To-
dav there rushed forward TO greet
her TWO persons. One OF the welcom-
crs, Mrs. Squire Coop, wife OF the
professor OF music Mt the University
OF I'tah. shc was not expecting, and
she rushed past her with slight
flush of color TO spring Into the arms
of her other welcomer, Professor
Squire Coop, whom she had arranged
by letter and cable to meet her at the
dock
Mr. and Mrs. Coop had arrived at
the steamship landing separately and
by different routes. As IL was learned
aftcrward Mrs. Coop's presence re-
suited from the intercepting OF let
ters that had passed between the glri
and her husband The result OF the
triple meeting at the pier was a scene,
I'm which Mrs. Coop finally convinced
the immigration authorities that they
ought to resclnd their action, already
taken, in Issuing pass for the girl
10 come here, and instead ought 10
remove her TO Ellis island for exam
ination.
In support Of her claims. Mrs. Coop
who herself is young and pretty, hand
ed the immigration authorities
bundle Of letters and cablcgraTns eN-
changed between her husband and the
girl. If | were old and sad. she
said. perhaps he could be forgiven
for turning TO another. but ! can't let
him do IL. 1t strikes at everything
my pride and rest"
Pretty Arrival Detained.
Tho INSPECTORS after reading the
letters. detained Miss Cook from the
armg OF the professor of music and
sent her By the first boat 10 Ellis
island. where she will have hearing
tomorrow. Mrs. Coop declared that
she would insist on seeing Miss Cook
who Is her niece, returned TO her rela'
lives In England If 1t was possiole
for her TO do so.
The story of her domestic ditficul-
ties. ms she told 1t, was one OF where
the niece was brought across the AT
Iantic at her own suggestion as
little girl In short dresses, After the
death of tho child's mother, when the
former was fifteen years of age, Mrs.
Coon planned to adopt her. But the
little girl grew up and after two
wears had passed the wifo began TO
omen her eyes wide and to grieve.
Mrs. Coop paused and sobbed,
"Should j tell the things which VIII
spoil his career?" she asked, "lt was
such a career. With music he could
do everything. When it was an
nounced he was in charge of the or
chestra the people always came, AZ
first. when We were both strangers
In Salt Lake City-he a stranger 10
the people as finished musical artist,
while perfectly familiar to them as
former ncighbor. and l little French
rirl who hardly knew the language at
alive lived together very humbly.
I'VE had a little studio up three
flights of stairs in one of those old
buildings the early settlers erected,
near the Deserct National bank, on
The corner of Main and First South
streets. When we were very poor,
SQUIRE Coon would get up concert
and I would sing.
Then success came. The uniyer"
sity made him just an assistant In
structor at first. Some of his early
pupils, pupils ne ndu lduShl peloiS
going abroad TO finish his education,
returned home with great laurels and
paid tributes to him as their first
teacher. That made him widely known
and when he had been at the uniYer'
sity a term or two, they began TO
advance him in pay and position Just
now he has this full professorship. 1t
is the greatest thing in his life
Less than two months ago Squire
Coop filed a suit for divorce from his
wife In Ogden. Mr Coop alleged in
hls complaint that his wife had de-
serted him about year ago and set
forth the alleged desertion as ground
for legal separation from his Wife. IL
was claimed by Coop that his wife
had gone back TO New York and en-
tered the theatrical business and had
remained away from him.
AT the time of the filing OF tho
suit it was intimated that incompata-
bilitv OF artistic temperament was the
cause of separation Of the two. 1t has
been rumored recently that Mrs. Coop
flght tho cnit