The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1916-11-23
An Episode
In the Smart Set
How a Divorced Couple
Met and Mingled.

BBT a. MICHEL


IoRfien il 81 he mixing ~ families By
divorce Indeed within c.ticr - these
charmed t.urs o. hive he,u divorce
As quite feather 10 oUe serial cap
one day Mr EieEanl iuisifcr a gen.
fieman whose I3llir. were cut ~ the
latest london iasHHu. tumed or of
FIN avenue Meas York and entered
a restaurant in4uentc1 by the creme
de Ia creme IL s9eieit Handing his
hat aud cane a. Tie attendant ~ the
coat room. h. entered the dining room
and was shown tablc. IL which. bav.
ing seated himself be- ordered lunch.
con.
Al table ncar him sat lady the
brim OF whose bal eacircliug her head
presented fine representation u the
planet saturn The rest of her costume
was In keeping and especially adapted
for the noon hour She was about 10
raise o little neck clam to her lips on
the prongs OF tiny fork when the
motion was arrested by her eyes hay-
ing lighted on the gentleman at the
neighbOriug table. At the same. mo
ment, while dipping a radish in'salt,
the gentleman espied the lady
These two had been married FIVE
years before, when Mr. Pulsifer was
twenty. three aud the lady nineteen,
Two years later they were divorced,
On the day the decree was granted the
ex wife married Everett Quimby. Pull
sifer went abroad and spent the most
OF his time hobnobbing with the smart
set OF London.
IL may seem singular that these two
should thus meet on the first day after
Pulsifer's return 10 America, and yet 1t
Is not so strange after all. Both need
ed refreshments, and there was but
one place In the city worthy Of their
patronage Under the circumstances
their meeting was quite natural.
Mrs. Quimby on seeing her former
husband changed color, lowered her
fork. and TO conceal her cmbarrass-
ment raised glass OF wine TO her lips,
slipped the wine, set down the glass
and drew napkin across her mouth.
Mr.. Pulsifer on seeing his former wife
left the radish on the table, drew back
slightly, then resorted to the same
means OF relieving his emotions as
his former wife, raising his wine glass
10 his lips.
Mrs Quimby's embarrassment did
not compel her TO leave the restau-
rant That she should thus be con-
fronted by the man she had divorced
was certainly contretemps. Whether
IT was painful or pleasing, she alone
knew. As for Mr. Pulsifer, his coun-
tenancc as he continued to east glances
at Mrs Quimbv indicated admiration.
Each took care that their eyes should
their minds what course to adopt with
reference 10 a recognition or ignoring
each other. Finally Mr. Pulsifer de-
cided the question by directing the
waiter TO I'LL glass from his bottle
the wine was champagne-fo Mrs
Quimby
The lady. though she kept her eyes
before her. saw enough Of this act TO
understand II, especially when the
waiter set glass near her on the Ia
BILE and. filling it, said
"Mr Pulsifer's compliments"
Mrs, Quimby looked al the wine,
then turned her head at her former
husband. faint smile stealing over
her pretty lips
These two had both been brought up
AS are persons usually IN society
where alliances were formed To en-.
nance estates to consider that they
must marry. FIRST I'm their own set, and
I'm the second, money The match had
been made principally on the latter
consideration pulsifer's estate was
worth three millions, and the lady's
more than equaled e. Both were fond /
OF what in America IS called flirting
there Is no corresponding word IN any /
other language and since they were 4
marrying merely 10 unite two fortunes /
there was no reason why after mar +.
rage they should not indulge IN such
a pastime AZ any rate, that Is the
way they looked AT H.
Ms. pulsifer had not objected 20 her
attentions 20 other women.
nor had he objected 70 her receiving
the attentions 81 other men until he
took up with n bitter enemy Of hers.
when there was trouble at once Mrs.
pulsifer did not act through jealousy.
for she WIS not IN love with her hus-
band, and there was no marriage be-
tween them except a legal union But
the WIS scaudalized that her enemy
should have the name Of taking from 4
her the attentions ~ any man what.
ever The consequence was a divorce
between Mr. ana Mrs Pulsifer Not
having been really married they had
DO children. and there was nothing har.
rowing 20 any ane III their separation.
Both had improved during the inter.
raj that they had been apart and since
hey had seen each other pulsifer had
leycloncd BIRTH mentally ana rhyslc. !
lily Though he lail leen Tor several /
rears q London swell lie had been IN. Z
crested ln Intellectual pursuits. ami j
Intellect very soon gives east 70 ones {
ountenance His cx wife's beauty had
-rown from a maideniy excellence to s