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


socially prominent Philadelphia
banker and wife OF Joseph W. Bailey, Jr..
son OF the former Senator from Texas has
separated from her husband and intends
10 begin divorce action this Fall, comes
as n decided shock to all those Economically
inclined who revealed in what has become
known as 1.-The perfect story book romance"
If tho divorce ia granted It will make
the record OF this branch OF the HUM fam.
ily uniquely complete. For Mrs HUM
once known rs the most beautiful woman
in Philadelphia-wa twice divorced-once
from her first husband. Thomas Iasagi.
member OF the old Boston family. and
afterward from Mr.. HUM. Mr.. HUM was
also twice married. The daughter by the
FIRST union married Andrew j. Carly, a
coal dealer in Philadelphia with no social
ros!tion az compared with that OF his fash
'onable wife. She divorced him because.
she told her friends. she became fright
fully bored with him" A son by the
same marriage, William. has long been
separated from his wife. who, however, re.
fuses to consent to divorce.
Nothing could have been more whole
somely romantic than little Miss Ethela
wooing and wedding. Up to Philadelphia
one day came stalwart Joseph ". Bailey, Jr.
He had just won his commission at one
OF the training camps and was preparing
10 sail for France. Miss Ethel was hardly
more than debutante,. but already che
had taken the lead in what was known as
the advanced fashions" club Of Phiadel-
7Mias fashionable society. When bobbed
hair first came into fashion she had been
The first to startle the conservative ele-
mont by appearing at one of the exclusive
halls with her beautiful black hair very
much bobbed. Her skirts. when the decree
FOR shortening went into effect, were al
wsys just q little ahead OF anybody else.
This fact is important frivolous as It
may appear, as will be seen later.
Little Miss Ethel was truly very petite
and in her short skirts looked oftentimes
itfe child In pinafores. She had inherited
from her mother taste for dogs and auto
mobiles, gay times, bizarre parties and
the sparkle OF lite AS her father is one
0f the wealthiest men in America and was
never anything but liberal with her, and
always had halfdozen or 80 OF tho
speediest and most expensive automobiles
at her CALL she never had any trouble In
fulfilling her desires.
The vivacious damsel captured at once
the heart OF the Senator's son. He was
IS' SSoSl oppobite. StuulOub very MUCH
in earnest in everything, not at NIL rich, he
bad cut short his college career to go into
Uncle Sans service when the war swept
this country in. 1t is trusm that unlike
poles attract, and the pempered. gay little
Ethel was as powerfully attracted by the
studious soldier as he was by the short.
skirted heiress.
Love is blind-at least before marriage.
So the dissimilarities in dress between the
object OF young Bailcy's heart and those
OF his own set In Texas presumably passed
unnoticed.
And here then are two perfect story
book characteristic heroine Just the kind
the fiction people like to evolve; the stern
and studious Texan just the kind they like
to have as the hero
And, 10 and behold, everything went for
time just as ii would in story book
They had known each other only few
weeks-indeed, it was said that they had
seen each other only five times-when
young Mr. Bailey proposed and Miss Ethel
accepted him!
Everything WAS being arranged for a
most elaborate wedding, when suddenly
the bridegroomto-be received orders to 20
abroad at once. 1t was sad--it was tragic!
Miss Ethel had set her mind upon having
Just the most gorgeous of weddings
wedding which would make all her girl
friends, married and unmarried, look on
with delighted envy. But IL she was to
marry her Joe before he went away she
could not have this kind Of wedding! It
was tho first thing that she ever wanted
In her life that she would not be able to
get unless she waited until after the war
was over and Joe came back-that is. II
he did come back