The sun., 1916-01-20
WIFE SAys ELWELL
won 100000 IN A
NIGifI, AT BRIDGE
Whist Authority Earned S18,-
600 One Summer Teaching
Game. She Ayers.
MONTHLY ALIMONI
or 5000 ARRANGED

.. =, a.plication yesterday by Mrs.
., a., pcrhy t.lwell of 157 East Eighty
a.. .irs.t TO compel Joseph X. Elwell.
- ,uthot.tV and writer on bridge
,tt., ~ 1875 West Sevcnty-second street.
-, hc~ 5000 a year alimony pend
, sut for separation on the ground
.HL,f.torncrt she told supreme Court
,,s,tr, NeNburger that her husband
s1rr,d SIS 900 in one summer teaching
h,,d-, whis, and that he won 100000 nj
IA. ,u "A single night She said he fire.
ousrt,y Won from $1,000 To $4,000
night til, 49,. ,,,s,,,.
When the cise was called by Justice
~.,nurr.r II was announced that the at
,o-,.ys hal agreed on "A payment OF s2OO
. r,o,,,h TO Mrs Elwell. of which SO
"o.,b was for the maintenance of their
40, Richard n. Elwell. until he is or
scc and an extra payment of $500 TO
Mr., Elwcu to aid her In paying her
dch',
tnrn r Mcintyre. who appeared FOR
Ui,,eu nut ig no tfiidaviis in answer to
those og Mr~. Elwell hut he said her
..fiirt', ot her husbands income from
ps hook. an whist and from lessons is
.,..t'y ,Nlgcr~ated. He submitted a
.,,t.men, from the publisher to show
,b.r the ROYALTIES from five books were
no, more than $500 last year. He said
i.,i IN. differences between Mrs. Elwell
and her husband were entirely tempcra-
mental and that no charges OF iniidelity
had been made by either husband or wife.
The EHweils were married IN 1900.
N-, Elwcu said her husband told her in
April 1914. that he intended leaving her
10 lI,e alone and he then left her apart
ncnt aud abandoned her. She was
.97.tigns aud f4ffhFu1 VI 70 and
tho aha!donment was without justifica-
tlou. snr .s.d. He continued paying her
f,r' until the lease expired and paid her
$50 4 month for herself and son at
,'.t bat gradually reduced the amount
TO il7l.
"E,er since my husband abandoned
ne have been kept In a nervous and
unsettled condition by reason OF the fact
tra' I didn't know at what time my al
loNarrc would be reduced or whether IL
xol,I hc paid at ALL" said Mrs ElNell
81 ". Uj, bm letters complaining Of the
fedu.uuu- he made. and received 10 an
sser believe he intends 20 quit pay
lng NJ altogether
Nj, l,W,ll said that this feeling was
induced 10y the fact that "A real estate
broke. recently asked her to join in the
oXecIt ON ~ deeds to thre. parcels OF
fNtl estate owned ny neT nu~Dtnu, WNltn
>ns didn't know he had. She said the
broker told her it would l." greatly to
hey Disadvantage II she refused TO sign.
imply * that her alimony would be cut
- Shc refused to sign and then
brought the separation proceeding. She
Intended TO sue in 1912, she said. but
her husband induced her to accept $3.50
month and drop the case.
Ire plaintiff said that when she lived
wit ter husband their expenses ran
from 10000 to 100000 a year. They
live .. the summers AZ SOUTHAMPTON.
l. i o' tt Newport. She now pays s55
month for an apartment ana does her
ON work. while her husband pay :
500 & year. has servants and enter
t4.- freely and lavishlv" He has a
,,.uNr automobile, She said.
Ni> E'wcll said that when she lived
H.'h h,r husband his books brought IN
i.Npu 90 5000 a year and in one year
n, .e.suus in auction bridge brought in
attr'y $4,000.
My husband speculates in stocks aud
horI- aul makes large sums said Mrs
Eiws'. iic Z an expert card player
and successful one. have know n him
10 NAH, from $1,000 to- $1,000 u night
! know of his winning $4,000 in one
reA' Jm informed and believe that
he ,'.' continues to play heavily and is
m.-' "a .r"~>iul"
M ElwcIl said her husband is a
member ~ the Apawdmis Golf. tn,
S,uI and " hist clubs Of New Yorl
az 'r" Travellers club OF Paris anC
,Ht' .' spends large sums IT. entertain
~ a tiles, clubs