Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-17

one social station nigh, be so con-
% s,i',i, ~ higher one. Rough Ian
~. sHAse by man o; cui;nre 20 his
:Nisht oe persona, Insult caicu-
lated 10 hurt her feelings seriously.
Wnetc"S me sane lansnaee used by
Mould be considered imore or less
\" Residence Term Required.
No, nNed period OF residence is re-
nu!Etd OF foreigner coming to Paris
10 seek divorce, The only delay is
oNiyIal machinery.
The question which the French
are domici!ed in France. but whether
ihcy accept The French jurisdiction.
" the parties accept the Jurisdiction
NE trench Judges have then the OPP
bona .hdc residence the judge Will, as
:u!t, accept the case without d!s-
cus.!uu.
fusa '" 10 the" Xxx "f re-
Mn'Fclh me parties had come 10 Paris
omiH lew days before beginning Of
hror.edinHN' with IN" Intention to
ItaNf immediately following the di-
Nore". The rule is that The plaintiif
~ !rtst nuts have Il bona iidu resi-
dcnce IN France.
Judges Are Not Cautious.
ON the other hand, bona iidc resi-
aehcc aucS no' necessarily mean that
Tue parties must purchase an apart
"tht or Residence. or otherwise make
themselves known as nXturcs Cen
er2i!y speaking. "A month or two IN
a motel. ar even a lew weeks pro-
n" .Timh ~ ~ given IN" semblance 81
~ ''it"nchSE' IS sufficient TO satisfy
'nc + tThvh judges.
II IN" defendant does not accept
IN jurisdiction OF the French cour,
a!tH does not appear through uttor-
IL. M
~, PA '!h proves genuine legal
i"iihciir IN France. such as would NJ.
M i,ted as dom!c!lc ~ America
! mar IS TO say. the pla!nt!n would
have 10 SHOW the abandonment, or ali
France 80
rWhsn defenaan, does no, appear
perSHnaily or by attorney the pro
ceedins is sometimes very slow.
NO particular time is fixed as 20
me period the plaintiff must remain
Wlih!n thc jurisdiction OF the courts
Divorce Hearings I'm secret
Hnt the feature OF Paris divorces
thht appeals most to Americans is the
secrecy by which under French law
they are surrounded No French
newspaper is permitted, under penalty
OF ihPriSonMcnt for the editor and il
h i.y me. TO publish even the re-
moteSt details about divorces. When
the decree Is fact they may state
as Hhuch nut as 10 why 1t was asked.
or "hei. or now, or what evidence
ton = allowed To breathe a word
Although the Law does NOT prohibit
puhiv attrndanc" 70 a divorce court.
1t is 4 fact that no one is allowed
to gc: in, Whether il Is me LAWYERS
connected with tho cusr or In. inter-
estcd parties themselves who nix
TO state definitely. Int the fact re-
mains ;hai strangers are Curily turned
away Whenever they attempt to enter
ING judges room
h, IA.
DSdcn !, Mills, daughter OF Mrs ".
~, Vanderbilt. and as much ruler
2, ne i9rty,",. IN Paris, as of the
'pHr hundred" In New York, not
a. 10 why, or exactly when. she OLE
ght,tu q divorce III Paris from her
yI,nsh"RRSGt, MI that Is known is that
mp;h carly in l4i? ana soon there
alter returned TO America-a free
EM ~ \9l even her most ultimate
N"ite was INT ndcd, for IN that event
NHuio iact~ would nave certainly be.
com" known.
similar secrecy surrounded tho iii.
yorce ~ Mre Leonard Tnn"as ~ MI
, rrk SuUrdEist and society yynrn:,'
""1 u \vd &" quietly that the fact
III, b.,.i, rS Ms not known unti
months later ia New York.
Frees "Ln,"iir,t Womun."
! W ~ ~ llg was another OF
~ ~ 'F8F f'tF.S i.NbrEytG
" 'Hci ihe convenient Paris lp,v IN
re" = details OF Hcr uUlrrr, Win hrr
.usbahd iroW being known Mrs r,t,
I.sdiE was called ny Boldini ~,
famous PAINTER for whom she pn.,d
y" ipN"llts, woman I'm Franc,
ms year however. N-T York co
Gi.1,M j" n"t r"rrescnich as FAR as is
known IN ih" uUmhcr OF coupi.s ~,
i.cht!y awaiting Their turn in ~.
fAris d!Norce min. In their st.,td 49,,
upHcnS OF the new rich, mostly f-n,,,
~" West, including not few oil
milllUnH!res. vi
Men who married 10 have rool<
out West found the same yyom;,I,
~o"id not DO Tor ii vie when oil
/ spouicd in IN" back yard" declared n
h"tth larls divorce liW ser to I'M.
| Ncrsal Service. They wanted women
VIC c"u!u wear diamonds
sometimes II was the other way
ABOUT Thcr" is a woman awaiting y
diForcc IN Paris hotel now wboiw"
S"ars ago was The humble wife Of -,
INNER Ih a tiny settlement IL, Ncw
N'N!So Last year = relative di.d
ana !e!t her small tract OF land ~
'h" legacy was read TO her Ahc 49,
cc!Ncd an offer from ii synCicnf. ..
( son outright hor holding al a large
'"' this woman va brains. shc