The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-04-04
Want Au|M0NY?
No! SHE ONLY ASKS
TO QUIT PAYING IT
Ms. Thorpe Tells of Support.
ing Husband ~ Years on
u Department Store Salary.
HER PLEA IS GRANTED.
Court Promises a Decree of
Separation Barring Thorpe
From Demanding Money.
HER PLEA IS GRANTED.

s'Alimony from htmf Heavens, no,
Judge! I want to os legally separated
from him % he can't get aiimony
from mey'
This plea made on the witness stand
BY a smartly sowned young woman
would arouse general interest. but com
ing from department store girl VINO
had supported q shiftiess husband on
her meagre eaauings for twelve years
evoked gasps Of astonishment in Jus
tice Greenbaum's part Of the Supreme
Court to-day.
Mrs. May =. Thorpe OF No. 3i7 West
Einety-hfth street. who had worked W
from a cash girl to the head Of . de-
partment since she married Albert I.
Thorpe twelve years ago. was the
speaker. Thorpe did not defend the suit.
MIS-. Thorpe's appearance indicated
that che was we'll able to provide for
herself Her gown was OF soft blue
material set of strikingly with rows
Of large white buttons. Over her blonde
hair was a picture hat and she wore
long white gloves and white-topped
shoes adorned with black buttons. Mrs
Thorpe is on the happy side CT thirty
years and was an attractive witness.
SAID SHE DIDN'T WANT TO FIND
HUSBAND.
Mrs. Thorpe told the Court that
Thorpe had abandoned her at No. 80
West Ono Hundred and Tenth street
on July 4, 1919. She made no efforts
to learn Of his whereabouts.
do you mean that you had no curl
oSlty to hear from your husband"
questioned the Court.
"Of course not; why should ~ !
have been swing him money for twelve
years. and his absence didn't annoy me
ct ALL" returned the witness.
Are you employed?" asked the Court.
Yes, sir: have boon an employee
q department store for twelve years"
"And you mean to say that you have
Asen supporting . husband on these
1arninSs for twelve yesfsr'
Certainly. He has not contributed
one cent to my support"
"what u your husbands business"
Tie was selling horses. think. when
married him"
observed the Justice.
Thorpe had been away two months
when Mrs. Thorpe encountered him on
Broadway. She babe him the time OF
day. She said he asked her for money
The Court was curious to hear what Mrs
Thorpe would say on the question o!
aItnony. Usually, ne said. wives who
seek separations do so with u View OF
obtaining permanent alimony.
WANTS A SPECIAL DECREE
AGAINST DEMANDS FOR MONEY
Mrs Thorpe unhesitatingly Informed
the Court Of her views on that par
ticular item. She asserted she would
he highly pleased II there was way
by which the Court would incorporate
q clause making 1t impossible for
Thorpe to demand money from her
"He could never pay me alimony.''
she sa!d. land want to be sure don't
hsv0 to pay him alimony. have car
ried the burden as Ions as care ~"
Justice Greenbaum said he would hear
no further testimony. He accepted the
remarkable young wife's story In full
and announced that he would give her
q decree which legally prohibited
Thorpe from further annoying his wage
earning wife.
Those who listened to Mrs. Thorpe's
amazing story had an impressive re-
hinder Of the fact that at least one de.
partment store girl not only cared FOL
herself but also her husband out OF her
WAGES,