New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-07
Woman Who Divorced Curator
of Birds at New York Zoo
Now the Wife OF
Robin Niles.
HUSBAND NEAR NEIGHB0R
DR.. Beebe Attributed His Sue
cess in 10000 Mile Trip to
Study Pheasants to Help
mates Skill in Deal
ing with Natives.

Mrs. Mary Rice Blair Beebe, who di-
vorced DR.. c. William Beebe. curator
of birds at the New York Geological
Park. on August %. at Reno. New. is
now the wife OF Robin Niles. al No.
2265 Sedgwick avenue. The Bronx.
Or. W. T. Hornaday, director Of the
Geological Park, is authority for the
statement. Where the marriage took
place is not known to Or. Hornaday,
and members of both families refused
10 discuss the subject.
At the Niles home. on sedgwick ave.
nue.. Julian 3. Niles. brother Of Robin,
would neither admit nor deny that the
marriage had taken place. W. w.
Niles. of No. III Wall street an uncle,
was equally reticent. maid at the
sedgvick avenue house said Room
Niles was in Boston.
c. William Beebe would make no
comment.
His Fight Formally.
Mrs Robin Niles obtained her di-
vorce from Or. Beobe by testifying that
she had been neglected and treated
with cruelty. DR.. Beebe filed only a
formal answer through an attorney.
denying the charges. lie made no ac-
tive fight against the suit.
Mrs. Niles's first marriage took place
at dawn in Coles Ferry, Va. on Au-
gust s. 1902 In 1909 she left New
York with her husband and made an
exploring trip that attracted great at
tention. Or. Beebe was in search Of
pheasants and information about those
birds. and he and his wife covered a
large section of the wild parts OF the
earth. To Mrs. Beebe her husband at
tributed his success in a great meas
ure, paying particularly strong compli-
ments 10 her diplomacy in handling
savage persons with whom IL was nee
essary 10 deal.
More than nifty thousand miles were
covered in the journey. which embraced
parts Of Asia. Africa and other lands
in which women Of the Caucasian race
arc almost as rare as pheasants in
Broadway. There were thrilling ad-
ventures in plenty, and Mrs. Beebe's
record was such as 10 attract notice.
She did her husbands clerical work
until her eyes failed.
Among the charges Mrs. Niles made
against DR.. Beebe were Jealousy, the
threat Of suicide and the displaying Of
a revolver by him.
Mrs. Niles is about thirty-three years
old. Before her first marriage she was
Miss Mary Blair Rice. Of Virginia, a
noted belle and beauty. Robin Niles is
the son Of Robert L. Niles, broker, of
No. 20 Broad street, and is twenty six
years old.
Or. Beebe. besides being connected
with the geological Park. is writer OF
note, and is now preparing to publish
book on phessants which is not only
expected to be one Of the most valuable
treatises Of its kind but one Of the
highest priced books that have come
from the press. II will cost about 500
a copy. according 10 Charles Beebe, his
father.
Recently Or. Beebe praised Mrs.
Niles's work so strongly that her action
for divorce came as a surprise 10 the
friends Of the couple. and her quick re-
marriage is an equal surprise. The
Niles and Beebe families are next door
neighbors in Sedgwick avenue and
have been acquainted for some time.
Where Robin Niles and his bride are
now is not known outside a very linn
tied circle, and they are not talking.