The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-30

line is the interesting case OF Mrs.
Johanna Husselmann, who obtained
an award OF $500 from her daughter,
the wife Of DR.. Wilhelm Becker. In
this instance the calendar seems 10
have been the william. Mrs, Hussel-
man was 46 when she married DR..
Becker. He was 81. She had q
daughter Of 26, Daughter came TO pay
a visit. Mothers divorce followed
Then daughter obtained one, for she,
also was married Finally she mar
ried her stepfather and came across
to mother.
In New Jersey two years ago cool
and practical jury estimated that the
affections OF Walter Mayer, chauf-
fcur were worth precisely $500. |
can't help wondering why they tackled
on the odd $500. Mrs, Mayer waS far
more complimentary to her husband.
She asked a good round $4,000 for
his love, which, she asserted had been
stolen from her by Miss Eleanor Nc
Gill, wealthy young woman who
employed the husband.
Love Worth Only 500.
Finally there is the case Of James
Murray Mitchell, a one-time Wall
street broker. One always hears that
the street" has no use for pikers.
Yet it is a recorded fact that in a
courtroom a Jury passed upon the
value Of Mr.. Mitchell's love TO his
wife and found it worth precisely $500
no more, no less. That is all that
Ruth Austin, an artists model, was
asked to pay for the precious COM
modify of Mr.. Mitchell's affections
His wife. however. asked for damages
of $4,000,
II is notable that the persons who
want recompense for lost, strayed or
stolen love nearly always ask for more
than they receive. About two years
ago there were alterations suits in
the supreme court OF New York to-
falling in all 100000. OF course not
a quarter of that sum will ever be re-
covered by the claimants, which sug-
gcsts that the person who really wants
q treasury equivalent for the lost fairy
gold Of love should take out an in
surance policy in the regular way, in
stead of going to court.
Women More Often Win.
More women seem to be awarded
financial compensation for the loss
Of Husbands then men for the loss OF
wiyes-presumably on the male jury's
ungallant theory that it's easier for
forsaken husband to find consultations
Of Cupid than for his wife
Twice in three months Max Fred
erick Kleist lost the suit which he
had brought against his capitalist
father-In-law, Edward Breitung, for
the alienation OF the affections OF
Juliet Breitung Kleist. Max was at
one time a chauffeur and cOachman
in the employ of Mr. Breitung and
sued for a quarter Of million.
Half a million was the sum asked
by lebanon Cuyler, a New York law
yer in a suit which he brought
against his mother-in-law, Mrs. lsa-
bella T. Barton, widow Of the founder
of the salt trust. Cuyler charged that
his wife's California divorce was the
result of his mother-in-law's inilu-
ence over her.
The affections Of at least one wife,
however, have been definitely price
marked by Jersey justice. George D.
Wilder, a broker, Of Morristown,
brought suit against Dr. George Stuart |
Willis described by opposing counsel
as the Baldheaded Lamb Of Love- for
the theft of the affections of Mrs. Wild
err. Her husband estimated her lost
love at $4,000, but the jury locked
one cipher and assessed the alienatcd
affections as worth precisely $4,000.
In this business of cashing in love
you ask all you dare and take what
you can get.