The evening world., 1911-04-17
THREW EGGS
WHEN He SCORED
'NT|DY KITCHEN
That's What Price Says; Wife
Alleges 81 Varieties of Cru
city, and Then Some.
HE CALLS HER'"LEMON."
But She Declares He Kicked
Her, Beat Her and Tore
of Clothes.
HE CALLS HER'"LEMON."

A suit was begun to-day in Jersey
city FOR divorce on the grounds OF
cruelty In which the bill Of particulars
OF alleged cruel acts surpassed In
minuteness Of detail anything along the
same lines that has ever been heard in
a New Jersey court of law.
Mrs. Ada Price was the alleger ex-
traordinary In this unusual suit. Henry
II. Price was the defendant. and let IL
not he thought that he does not do some
little alleging on his part In a counter
suit to his young wife's action.
Price liz a clerk In the employ
OF thu Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Mrs. Prices allegation No. 1 Is that
Henry's salary is 357 a month, and that
such has been his stipend since they
were married and set up housekeeping
on June 10. 1909.
Some Of the "~crueitieo."
"out OF this 81 a month" said Mrs.
Price, The gave me 81 a week to keep the
house going and then kicked because !
bought tough steak and eggs that were
no longer young. lie not only kicked
with language but with heavy boots.
He slapped my face, he boxed my ears.
he pulled my hair. he pulled my ears.
he gouged me with his elbows. he
slammed me about. he knocked me
down. he grabbed me by the throat. he
choked me. he throttled me. he pulled
me about BY the hair. he thwacked me,
he mauled me and he was altogether
Trough about II.
'On June /, 1909, i asked him for 81
TO have my shoes stretched.
Never he cried. and rushed at me.
He grabbed me by the throat and
wrenched me about. l waited till he
slept and went to his trousers. l took
81 from them. had my shoes stretched
and It cost me only 90 cents. | thought
1t would please him to return :he
10 cents. ] gave 1t to him. Instead OF
pleasing him 1t made him wild. lie
wedged m head between his elbows
and rasped my ears.
In the following June he took "a
gouging me In the side with his cl.
bows. lie gouged my ribs awfully ana
would not let me send for a doctor.
In that sams month he noticed marks
on the dining room table, charged ME
with mutilating 1t and seized me by
the hair. Holding me thus he dragged
me round II round the room.
I'VE were living in a house he owned
at No. 2i Danrorth avenue, but lie
suddenly decided to rent 1t and went
away. When the tenants came l had
TO 20 home to mother. Sometimes he
bit me"
Prices Denials.
In hia .ntptar snit IInpry Drtcn aantaa
in categorical detail the alleged acts OF
cruelty. He denies that his salary Is
s' "a month. 1t - only $3.50. He
charges that his wife is a poor house
keeper and lazy. tina: she has no idea
OF econom and Is ~extravagant. She
couldn't save anything out OF the 81 a
week ne gave her TO ran the house and
she had the nerve, he declares. TO COM
plain that she had no pin money.
80 | raised her allowance to $40 a
week" he announces. and told her
she could have s. to spend on herself.
Naturally ! was peeved when she asked
me for 81 to have her shoes stretched.
| did not strike her, though. / merely
chided her and asked what she did
with her 81 allowance. She went up
III ~ ui NJ NhiS NV NOIt ut me,
"She was a lemon as a cook and she
couldn't market for a cent. One day
| WAS In the kitchen rearing to cook
eggs She couldn't cook them to suit.
She came In and ] asked her wiz she
didn't keep the kitchen tidy. She picked
up an egg and said. repeat that |
repeated II and We let go q egg. IL
hit the wall. sac threw another egg
II hit the ceiling. She threw half a doz-
en- eggs oil aronnG the kitchen and II
cost me 81 to have the kitchen painted.
I did not strike her. however, merely
talking at her"
Mrs. Price does not mention the eggs.
except to state that upon her allowance
she was unable 10 purchase the first
quality. She alleges that her husband
Is a wonderful economist, owning a
house and having Sl,Co0 out on bond and
mortgage on q salary of $57 a month.