Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-25
DIVORCES GRANTED
five WOMEN; One.
NAN ON SATURDAY
Star Case That of Mrs.
Briggs Whose Husband
Objected to Face Powder
and Perfumery.


Because her husband was radically
opposed to the Masonic order. Chris
tian Science and to the use Of perfum-
eryy, powder. face lotions and every
thing else used by women for personal
adornment. Myrtle Briggs. 3s, secured
a divorce Saturday from John l..
Briggs, 81, upon the grounds Of ex-
treme cruelty.
The couple were married in Iowa 81
years ago and the wife testified that
while her life with such an extremist
had been an unhappy one, that for the
sake of her child, she bore it until
their boy. now 20 years of age, was
married, and then concluded she would
seek freedom from his abuse.
HABiTUAL NAGGER.
The complaint cites that besides the
defendants prejudices, he Is ha
bitual grumbler, nagger and fault
finder. which caused the plaintiff many
hours Of anguish and mental suffering.
On one occasion, according to the
complaint, the plaintiff used some face
cream because her face was badly
chapped and the defendant upon dis"
covering it after she had gone to bed.
demanded that she get up and wash
her face, which she refused to do,
which so enraged him that he threw
her perfumery bottle into the back
yard.
The woman also recited to Judge
Davis that on the occasion OF the
dS,th of her father, the defendant who
did not like him because he was Ma
son, did not want her to go to his fun
eral, declaring he was no good while
living and there was no use wasting
- 1ao@
In granting the decree, the court
gave the woman $500 which was in
the bank and the defendant was given
full interest in a contract for the pur-
chase of two resident lots in Boise.
CRUELTY ALLEGED.
Upon the grounds of extreme cruel
ty Theora Perkins Jones was given
divorce from Richard F. Jones. The
pla intiff was awarded the custody of
their minor daughter, while the de-
PENDANT was accorded the privilege of
visiting the child during reasonable
hours.
Neglect cruelty, failure to provide
and for the further reason that her
husband was found guilty OF having
intoxicating liquor in his possession.
gave Nora Chrisholm a decree of di-
vorce from Fred 8. Chrisholm yester
day afternoon. The couple were mar
ried at Emmett, Feb. 20, 1915. The
plaintiff was given the custody OF
their minor child and restored to her
maiden name of Nora A. Crabtree.
FOR FAILURE TO PROVIDE.
Judge McCarthy's court last Satur-.
day included three divorces, the first
being that of Della e. Lewis from
Frank ]. Lewis on the grounds of
failure to provide. The plaintiff tes
titled that her husband had never pro-
vided her with a home and that-for
number of years had failed to provide
for her in any way although he was
good cook and earned sufficient wages
The couple were married at Caldwell,
July s, 1914.
Mary Ann AWAITS, who came here
from Canada to throw off the matri-
monial yoke, secured a decree from
Jake AWAITS. upon the grounds of de-
sertion. The complaint Cited the
plaintiff had been a resident of Idaho
for more than six months preceding
the filing of the complaint. No ap-
pearance was made by the husband.
CHARGES REVERSED.
Although Nellie Wilson brought suit
In the district court for divorce from
her husband upon the grounds of
cruelty, fate gave the defendant the
decree upon the same grounds upon
his cross complaint. The cross-com-
plant alleged Mrs. Wilson was
scolding, nagging wife. Following the
cross complaint by the husband, Mrs
Wilson did not appear In court. She
gave as the reason for her non lap
pearance that she was unable to Sc
cure her witnesses to prove the allie