Arizona republican., 1916-06-10
YOUNG ACTRESS
 WANTS DIVORCE
Former. Leading Lady for Local Movie Troupe Sur prises Friends By Asking Court to Free Her from Irksome Marital Bonds

Josephine Keith, who was Romaine Ffeldings leading woman for short time last winter is Mrs. Edmund Pen dleton Morrissitte.
 The Phoenix bachelors, as well as those on the coast, who were so at tentive to the attractive young woman will be delighted to learn that the an Enouncement is not what it implies, Mrs. Morrissitte is not a bride. She has been married three long years and is just about to be in reality Miss Keith for in her complaint for a divorce filed yesterday she asks for the right to resume her maiden name. She brought the suit on the ground of failure to pro- vide and the husband is also accused of cursing his pretty wife in the pres ence of his mother-in-law He even went so far as to call Mrs. Morrissitte vile names.
 It is difficult task to associate Miss Keith with vile names. She appeared a tiny. helpless girl when seen in her apartment at the Adams yesterday. She was ill She has not been well for nearly two weeks and all about her were those little tokens that express the thoughtfulness of kind friends fruits, flowers, magazines, books and little things that had an out-oft town look. In intercepting a glance at the latter novelties, Miss Keith blushed and at once admitted there was noth- ing to it and it had only been told as joke. And then she gave away the whole story that appeared in the Los Angeles Times last spring when her engagement was announced to Dr. liar rison B. Cabe of Dallas. Dr. Cabe was a member of the Imperial Potentate's party and when the Shriners were in Los Angeles was one of Miss Keith's very devoted admirers. "The engage ment was announced just for fun. You see my friends, except the very closest ones did not know 1 was married and just for a joke we let them think we were engaged. Dr. Cabe knew I was married"
 But after you get over being mar ried?"
 q wouldn't think of such a thing. All I want is to be divorced from man who was utterly uncongenial."
 The bellboy interrupted the conver- sation to hand Miss Keith, who was propped up in bed in a becoming pale blue silk kimona, a registered parcel
 "Oh, look" she gasped, Imagine a man selecting such a delightful pres- ent."
 In a violet velvet jewel box were two exquisite hat pins and two veil pins to correspond. The gold formed a lily and in the center of each was an eX- quisite pearl.
 Dr. Cabe." she said unthinkingly and then added, 'I was twenty -one l yesterday" She was only eighteen when she met MT Morrissitte She knew him one day when she left her home in Dallas to join a house party
 in New England. She was away two months during which time she carried
 on a lively correspondence with Mor-
 rissitte. She was home five days when
 they were married.
 We were uncongenial." she said witt
 a graceful shrug of her shoulders as
 she dismissed her unhappy married life
 from her mind.
 She spoke of her work in Arizona las DtOtIlDcl NHeh Sit dpptdTeu III lllIll' with Fielding, q was in Deputy Oar ing and in "A Romance of Old Mex ico." and I don't know what else Really do not care for pictures" As for her success as social favor ite in Los Angeles last spring wher, she was the guest of Mrs. Turner Fl mer Weatherholt and Country clul events galore were given in her homo she says: Society means very littl to me-what I like best of all in tn world is home"