The sun., 1916-12-29
WANTED NO FAMILY
50 WIFE SUES him
Romance Of Lincoln Hard
Lopez Shattered After Two
Months Of Matfim0ny.
NET AT CHARITY RAIL-
Young Bride Complains That
Husband Failed to Provide
Her with Shoes.

1he wtthdfAwai before Supreme Court
Justtss Blur Of motion papers asking
fop aiimony and counsel fees submitted
by Mira Alafie u. LOpcr. who n suing
fos Q separation from Lincoln Hard
Lsosr, vice-president Of the Independent
Electric Light and Power Company.
1887 Broadway. revealed q romance
wAtca started out on high with an auto
mseiie and then skiddcd after two
msaths Of matrimony.
AoeordiAa 10 the papers In Mrs.
iAesr's suit, which still goes on unim-
peAeA. the upset followed her husbands
edsst that he wanted no addition 10 his
fa0liy, whereas she had been looking
Toward But don't let's run On too
fHAL
ne whole thing started when she irst
beGnsne acquainted with Lopez thrUush
q clarity aseociation-and every one
kneWs that charity Is akin 10 the Grand
pasSisn. After she met Lopez ut a
charity ball given at the Rits-Carlton
eaAy IN 1914 by the society Of Which
she was q member, Mrs. Lopez. a Tor
meF pupil IT the wadieish High School.
Nv Loper began occupying chair space
II ~ home or many occasions.
0sly ~ ~ Tise.
Though she was only 10 At the time
anI he va sixteen years older che sus-
p1cted his intentions were matrimonial.
especially. as her AFFIDAVIT points out. be-
cauDs ne professed to have more than
fritadly feelings toward her. His devo-
tion toward her was 10 needless OF the
cash cost, 40 her story goes. that he
bought an automobile for her {make not
~tnSntioned) and took her In this 10 the
thsatfe ana 10 the best moonlit regions
In the city.
After going through the appropriate
STAGES - proposal, acceptance. &C. he
wanted an early marriage. she says. and
when she demurred he suggested that as
the silver wedding anniversary Of hef
parents would fall on December 30. 1918.
thet should have their own little per.
Torrance on the same day. thus provide
ING . double bill for the relatives.
This suggestion. says the plaintiff. fall
Ing in with the general holiday spirit,
haA "the psychological effect" on her
and she gave her consent to h wed
ding. They were married In the morn.
IuR 2Uu rtdTteu vi VII tttVtI VI w
without losing time. 30 h missed TIN
silver anniversary celebration at night.
Her disappointments. according to heI
statements. began ~accuntulatine on the
honeymoon trip. despite her husbands
ardent protestatiohs In the earlier chap.
tiers OF their romance. h had objected
TO . hasty marriage because she lacked
time TO harvest the necessary trousseAu
but Lopez, she said. had assured her be.
fore relatives that they would just rur
down to Palm Beach on their honeymoon
and he would buy her the regulation
Sutat Of q newly welded bride.
No shoes, she Says.
But ne failed TO maine good. her All,
davit continues. taking her to Old Poin'
Comfort. Va. for a day. then to Atlanti,
City for six days. and finally finishing VI
the honeymoon In this city. While the,
were living At the Hotel Apthorp, Ninety
fourth street n broadway. she says HI
save her no allowance except an occa
sional - or 80. and failed to provide AMI
CLONES or shoes. without which a younl
BRIDE somehow feels at q loss.
she says she 'felt too bashful TO as'
for any" and had to appeal to he
mother for all her apparel and even 70
the payment of a bill for SIS which he
dentist presented. Her husband. she says
TOOK to remaining away from home from
II A. N. to q p. NJ. on Sundays. tellinl
her ne visited his mother. but Mrs. Tope
says she In quite certain his visits o.
these occasions were not 10 his mother
home"
Finally he Informed her he was quIt
satisfied with the current sise Of his fam
iiy. But. "a Mrs. Lopez says, 81 toll
him one Of the things I looked forwar
to in married life WAS TO rear a family
which I thought would bring happlnes
both 10 the defendant M myself"
Following this he declined to speak I
her, she says, inc on March Is last sus
eested that she could retreat in goo
order to her mother. She o his ad
vice. according to her affidavit. went
her parents homo at 100 81. Nichola
avenue and there acquired strength
bring q suit for separation.