The Washington herald., 1911-10-07

conversation it was made plain that she
will not seek the winter gayeties of the
Capital City, but will remain in seclusion
with her aunt and uncle.
Too Much MOther-in-Iaw.
Concerning her suit for separation.
Mrs. Dram is very reticent. She has ap-
piled for separation. she stated last
night, and as the affair concesns only
her husband and herself she does not
see why "Vox Popur" and Constant
Reader should take any interest in it.
She has nothing to say of her mother
in-law save that she did not care TO
live with her-and this is made quite
plain by the suit she had filed.
Since she voluntarily gave up position.
wealth, and social fame to become a
typewriter clerk in this city-the city of
social achievements OF her girlhood-Mrs.
Dram has been the wonder and delight
OF the other feminine employees of the
typewriter store. Though her salary is
not monumental. she appears at work
each morning in the fine patrician garb
OF other days. pair of workman's pa
per cuffs surmount silk sleeves of finest
texture. and the small bits OF jewelry
mutely deny that their pretty owner was
born TO the desk OF clerk.
Nevertheless. Mrs. Dram is cheerful.
AS soon as word reached this city yes
terday that Mrs. Dram had filed supple
mentary proceedings against her hus-
band. and would remain in Washington
pending the decision OF the court, a
Washington Herald reporter began the
search for the erstwhile society belle.
She was met just as she was leaving
work.
Twice She Bowed.
Mrs. Oram?" faltered the reporter.
Mrs. Dram bowed charmingly and
waited.
You have filed supplementary pro-
ceedings of separation against your hus-
band, have you not?" she was asked.
Mrs. Dram bowed again.
Why did you give up your former
life and begin work?''
Purely out of personal reasons" re-
piled Mrs. Dram. Il desired to return to
this city. l did not wish to be idle while
l was here
Your husband states that he had moth
ing to do with the visit of his mother to
his home. Is that true?"
My action against my husband" re-
piled Mrs. Dram, ''is a matter relating
only to him and to myself, and therefore
not COuCeTn SUD-
seQuent replies are OF no interest to me.
will remain in this city until the de-
cisfon Of the courts has been rendered"
DO you enjoy your new duties?" she
was asked. Mrs. Dram was already
gliding away from the interviewer. She
paused, nodded, and disappeared.
Her Employer Reticent.
The manager of the company showed
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that Mrs. Dram was Mrs. Dram or that
she was not. She was an efficient en-
ploye. he stated.
Those residing near the Schneider
home declare that Mrs. Dram has been
holding strictly to the idea OF seclu-
sion. She Is rarely seen, save when she
is going to or coming from work, and
she Is known only by name to half a
dozen persons.
Well known in Capital.
Mrs. oram's husband. WHO with Ernest
FIagg constructed the chapel at the
United States Naval Academy when that
Institution was rebuilt, and who was the
of construction of the
Naval Hospital, Twenty-third and E
streets, is a Washington high school
graduate, and is we'll known in WASH
Ington. Mrs. Dram, daughter Of one OF
the best known physicians on Capitol
HILL who died a few years before her
marriage, before leaving Washington
with her husband was one Of the most
popular young women of her set.
Mrs. Dram, in the Brooklyn Supreme
Court yesterday, through her attorneys,
asked Justice Garrettson for permission
to discontinue her separation>suit against
her husband, so that she may enter an
other one. The court reserved decision.