The evening world., 1913-01-22
WIFE SUES KEEFER
FOR SECOND Time
WITHIN one YEAR
First Divorce Action Was
Dropped When Friends
Urged Reconciliation.
WEALTH OF HER OWN.
Mrs. Keefer, a Talented Musi.
clan, Often Heard at
Charity Concerts.

Oe0etv was shocked 70 learn to-day
~ Mrs. oraos N. Ksefer. Q leader in
phiianthropic and COLLEGIATE entertain.
msnts. was again at ODDS with her hus.
sao4 David Holcomb Kssfsr. q mem.
sr Of an old Atlanta. Ga, family. xr.
keefsr has AmaRed Q fortune Al n
hrsopsr ana IN the promotion of street
railway enterprises.
~ mas been no secret mat Mr.. ana
M. Ksefsr were not on the bast Of
tssu,s. and In fact . little more than q
year ego their friends thought they had
bRDksn for good and al. But ths
trouble was patched Up. Not until this
morning. whom the records In the
County Clerks once revealed their
Differences. aid ther friends know
definitely that for the second time IN
len than . year and . half Mrs. Keefer
vas seeking for a meaSure Of LEGAL
freedom and the custody Of their two
ct1idrsn.
LEARNED TO sPEAk FIVE Ian.
oUAoes IN EUROPE.
Mrs. Kesfer IL tire daughter Of DR..
Charles W. Sanders Of No. 50 East FIJI
ty-third street. with whom she IL now
living. She graduated from vassar in
the Class Of 1880. AZ q pianist her talent
has been recognized by Patcre wsiti. and
her rich contraito voice has made the
held to raise funds for some charitable
or educational project.
shortly after her gradua tion she
married John Hicks Macy. the active
head OF Josiah Macy q Co.. oil
merchants. Three children were born
to them. Mr.. Macy died. leaving his
wife a substantial income and . beau
,iful home At Port Chester. n. r.,
where she stili spends much Of her
time. The shock Of his death caused
nervous prostration and for months
she was seriously III.
when Mrs. Macy became GONZALES
cant she toured Europe gaining pro-
nclsney in ave languages.
She returned in 1905 and the next year
was married to Mr.. Keefcr. For about
a year they lived At Mrs. Keefors Port
Chester home and then moved to At
lanta. A year after they went South,
MrS. Keefer charges. Mr.. Kesesr began
TO absen, himself for months At a time
in New York. pleading business engage
ments.
Mr.. Keefer's plea Of business. sus.
hced until their two baables werc old
enough to he left alone with Q nurse.
Then various matters were called 70
Mrs. Keefer's attention and % aroused
her Ouapicfons tirat she determined to
60 North herself to investigate.
She remained In New York only long
enough to lay the result of her re-
searches before Arthur II. wtokwife.
IN attorney. and then ned back South.
avtvtng IN Atlanta on Oct a. 1911. The
following day Mr. wickwire Med q suit
In her behalf, askinS for . divorce. In
haS complaint Mrs. Ksefer charged that
fren June. 1911. Mr.. Kesfer had been
far more attentive to . certain young
srabls than to his wife,
DIVORCE PAPeRe eERvgo IN
DRAMATIC FAeHioN.
ne manner in which afr. KSsfsr was
served with the papers IN the divorce
aot5en was unusual enough to cause
quite Q ripple aiong Broadway. He was
VtandinG in the midAt OF An exhiiaRate
group IN tho cafe Of the Hotel Rector.
telling an anema&sd story. when DR..
nders and three detsctives efbowed
cir way into the Srouo.
why. r-Sn-law'-- began Keef.
wAsn the doctor out him short with
asrs take these papsrs." and stsak ID
-.
Mr.. Kee6ers friends OF ths CATE wsvs
solinsd to many wtttioiGns At their
sssts' expense when they read the head
n: Action for absoiuts divorce"
ksefer fced stout Denial Of HE
rtfs's charges. Next her attorney came
into court and asked Justice Ford for
axmony pending the trial. Mr.. Ksefsr
rstorted that his wife's income. Left her
By Mr.. Macy. waS far greater than his.
Incidentally Mr.. Kssfsr LAID his
homo troubles at die door Of the med
6ins' Of DR.. and Mrs. Sanders. and %
hitter did the controversy threaten to
become that their friends stepped IN
and besxed them 20 effect some sort OF
reconciliation. Mrs. Ksefsr withdrew
hsf suit
The patched UP accord OF the KesSeR
household went to pieces nearly four
months ago. She asks the Court to
award alimony. pend.ng trial OF the
suit.