The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-12-30
GOTHAM GOSSIP
(By Francis Phillips-Copyright, 1910,
by the National News Service


New York, Dec. Sold wounds
were reopened and old memories re-
kindled this week in the Supreme
Court in actions brought against
Katherine Clemens Gould, the d.
Mrs. w. Gould Brokaw, the>divorced
spouse of the millionaire yachtsman
and clubman of the same name.
Tradesmen have been unable to col
lect from them money due for mer-
chandise furnished while they were
awaiting the trial of their actions for
divorce from their husbands. When
presented with the bills, Gould and
Brokaw declined to- recognize them
as legal liza abilities, holding that they
keep of their disenchanted mates and
recourse must be had to them for
the settlement of the claims. AL
though awarded alimony of $4,000 q
year, Mrs. Gould refuses to pay the
bill and recently allowed judgment TO
be taken against her for $3,165.0S for
furs, hats and lingerie. On an APP
peal from the judgment, the Appel
late Division Of the Supreme Court
affirmed it with costs. In some re-
spects the case of Mrs: Brokaw. Is
somewhat analogous. She is receiv-
ing alimony of $4,000 year from
her husband, and, it Is claimed by
tradesmen, has refused to pay bills
contracted in her. name before her
divorce on the ground that her hus-
band is responsible for them. Efforts
are being made to locate Brokaw to
determine the question OF his liability
under the circumstances, but to date
the process servers have been unable
to locate him. Before her marriage
to Brokaw, his wife, then Miss Mary
Blair. was a noted southern beauty
and a great favorite in society south
of Mason and Dixon's line.
while on the subject of matri-
monial discord, it is interesting to
note the cheerful views cherished by
Mrs. Sterling Postley, who holds that
a. divorced woman need not cease to
be a good friend Of her husband,
though they have agreed to disagree
upon all else.
Mrs. Postley as Ethel Cook was
much sought after in San Francisco
society in the days before she became
the wife of Postley, who is member
of one of the oldest and richest fami-
Of married life the couple decided last
summer that separation was prefer
able to the incompatible existence
they had been living. While in Paris
last June. the wife, with consent of
The husband, instituted an action for
divorce, although it did not become
known until she returned here the
other day from France she secured
the decree applied for Wa1tlng Tor
her on the pier with his big touring
EAR when the ship was warped into
its basin the other day, was Postley.
with a sense of chivalry not often
observed among divorces, he gal
lantly escorted his former wife to
the machine and accompanied her
and their young son to the Hotel
Gotham, where he had anticipated
,er every wish by providing apart
nents for her. His manner and
solicitude were so unusual that they
rouId not fail to command attention.
Mrs. Postley said with some naivette:
I'VE are divorced, but I don't think
it's strange that we should be good
friends still Mr.. Postley and l never
had any real Trouble. 1t was just
case of incompatibility of tempera-
ment We simply found that we
couldn't agree and as a solution of
all our difficulties we finally agreed
to disagree"
There was but one discOrdant note
in the Christmas cheer of ]. Pier
pont Morgan The financler dlstr1-
bdeed to members of his firm and