New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

OVERLOOKS CHILDREN, TOO
Her Life was a Dreary One,
She Says, So Now She
Will Go Back to
Father.

Afontclsir. y. J.. Aug. :4--Mrs. Dor
othy c. Marcus. wife Of William Elder
Marcus. ir. son of William Elder Marcus
head Of the jewelrv firm OF Marcus a Co,
of Fifth avenue. New York to-day closed
her house at No 9S Llovd Road and left
Montcair Mrs. Marcus went out of
town without saying goodby TO her nus
band or her two children Her departure
was apparentlv tho deliberate elimination
Of q plan 10 abandon a life which she de-
clared had become so irksome that she
could no longer endure II.
The husband and children are az the
home OF Mr. Marcuss parents. No. 200
Upper Mountain avenue. where they nave
been since July .. last when the young
wife interested Montclalr by leaving her
home and sending note 10 her husband.
VINO was out OF town on a Weekend vaca-
ton. saying that she mad decided 10 live
apart from them Mrs. Marcus vanished
| for three days. On Thursday, July %.
! she reappeared al her home in Lloyd
! Road. and explained that her return Wa
! only for a short Deriod and that she
would leave Montclair as soon as she had
! settled her business affairs, which includ-
cd the sale Of her horses, the sale and
storage OF household effects and the es-
| tablishment Of her dear little dogs IN
homes where they would be well cared for
All these details had been completed
/ this morning when a reporter saw Mrs.
4 Marcus. The house had been denuded Of
, its artistic furnishings. and Mrs. Marcus
was preparing 10 depart in a public cab
al her own traps being out OF commission
/ for the first time since she came here az
a bride.
II am going away to-day" said Mrs.
/ Marcus. "to avoid further annoyance. 7
4 intend n go abroad as soon as can do
/ so. and in Europe 7 will Join my father
/ George 3. Cooksey. whom have not seen
/ for several months. II is probable that
! will stay with him FOR a while, but even
/ that 7 cannot state positively.
rs there any possibility or reconcil-
iation between my husband and myself
! wish you would not ask that question,
! for cannot ansW.. o. At present all
can say is that my mind 80 the Same
as Il was when returned from California
( last spring and told VIII that I couldn :
I live with him an longer
Mrs. Marcus denied that her husband
had sought % bring about 4 reconcilia-
ton. She admitted that he had made A
visit % the house within the past two
weeks. but that ne merely cane 70 ar
range for the transfer OF some vegetables.
the growing OF which has been = hobby
with Marcus who is a graduate OF Yale.
/ Mrs Marcus discussed the separation
i with her husband and children dispas-
/ sionately II was apparent that as far
as her husband was concerned. there was
absolutelv no regret that she was leav-
ing Apparently she regarded him a.
B negligible quantity When the children
were mentioned Mrs Marcus remained
drv eyed Il know that Linda ann Jane
/ viii be- we'll cared for az the home Of
/ Mr Marcus parents said the youns
woman go why should I WORRY about
/ leaving them here have affection fo-
them. but It is not great enough 20 pre-
/ vent me from going away from here
IL had been proposed that the children 3
nurse should bring them 20 the Lloyd
Road house before she left. but the
mother refused this last opportunity 10
see her children. 1T can do no good, 3"
/ she said.
/ The chief reason for Mrs. Marcus 3
action she says. s. incompaubility. She
and her husband were az variance IN al
most all matters that related 10 their lifr
/ IN Montclair. The fact that Mrs Marcus
is the possessor OF . fortune while her
young husband is wealthy only in pros
pect. increased the dissenslon. The young
Hudson. June O. ls0s after brief court
ship.
When Mrs Marcus left her house IN
| Lloyd Road to-day she went 10 the homo
4 OF a woman friend In Midland avenue
There she remained for dinner. and this
evening left for New York.
Mrs Marcus is the granddaughter OF
the late David Dows. OF the firm Of David
/ Dows & Co. OF the New York Produce
Exchange She was born at Irvington-
! on-tne- Hudson. and when she was seven
years old her family removed to Santa
Barbara. Cal In the West MIS-. Marcus
/ developed a great liking for outdoor life.
which was reflected In her practice OF
riding and driving as much as possible
while she lived in Montclair. Her mother
died when she was young girl. after she
/ had entered a boarding school IN Boston
/ she met Marcus while returning from a
! trip 20 Egypt. and their marriage FOL
lowed shortly after MIS- Cooksey had
made another trip 10 Egypt
Since has wife left him. July ., MI.
| Marcus haa made no statement about the
case but II Is believed that al the end
Of two years H. will seek divorce
charging desertion by his vile. Unless
Mrs. Marcus changes her mind she Will
not contest the suit