The evening world., 1920-06-08

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zone yellow, one small white one
large white, one blackt-4real lace pill
low. silver toilet sets, bonbon boxes,
clocks, and six linen sport shirts.
90 According to, Mr.. Reid, he is not in
possession of. the articles listed in
= Schedule B-which is so fortunate, for
il they were tied up with legal red
tape they'd be all out Of style before
anybody could use them. The list of
them throws an interesting spotlight
on what a -millionairess wears g..
or part Of it.
For instance: Seventeen pairs OF
shoes, eighteen lace night dresses, two
wooDen night dresses, fifteen evening
gowns, fifteen sweaters, twelve petit !.
coats-linen and silk-nine pairs new
handmade stockings, three dozen silk
stockings, all colors, nine pairs white
cashmere stockings, eight afternoon
trocks, two sport dresses, ten tailored
suits, six crepe de chine skirts, twelve
real lace and embroidered waists four
dozen eighteen-button French gloves,
six cluny lace underwear sets, six
bdbe lace underwear sets, nine coats
of all descriptions and six dressing
In all conditions, new and old.
But Mr.. Reid, like Cousin Egbert OF
Red Gap, "can be pushed Just so far"
In Schedule c he itemizes the prop
erty which, he asserts, is his own. 1t
includes all table linen, am silverware
and much household furniture; two
automobiles, each worth $4,000; two
$1,000 clocks; n lamp With a shade Of
jade and embroidery valued at $25, 900;
Gobelin tapestry worth SIS 900; SIR
Thomas Lawrence portrait, 100000;
two large chairs, $25O0 each; also one
Pekinese dog-these little trihes, ac-
cording to the Tin Plate. King" be-
long TO him. They all Are claimed,
however, by Mrs. Reid, and her law
yer will not even agree to n referee to
decide who is to get the $4,000 lamp
and who the PelkineSe.
What should a husband give back
to his wife when she divorces him2
Is there any general rule?
When no maTies her, of course, he
, endows her with all his worldly
goods" But she. also makes certain
promises, and when n marriage
reaches the divorce court all vows
are off.
It's easy to decide that each should
keep his or her personal property-
clothes, gitts, family heirlooms. But
really. who has the better claim ID
the leatner-cushioned Morris chair, tht
golden oak set in the dining room
the embroidered sofa pillows? Row
husbands and wives, when they come
TO the parting OF the ways, need tC
fight over the possession Of 81, ,O0C
cars or $4,000 tapestry.
The wife might base her Superior
right to them on the ground that, be-
ing a woman, she would maintain q
home and need its furnishings, while
her divorced spouse could live at hiI
club. But suppose HE also wants q
hOme-Nwith Wife No. 2, Themes.
pecially II he knows anything about
the present price of tables and table
cloths-he's going to hang on 20 what
he has.
leave the question Of which
husband or whfe--owns the Frencf
clock, the sectional bookcases, the
bouillon cups, the Ice cream freezer
to Evening World readers am not
enough OF a Solomon to decide 1t. But
I'll tell anybody who wants to cut
the divorce rate that the easiest way
to do 1t is TO make all house fur
nishings the inalienable property ot
the HUSBAND Why, Because most
divorces are got by women, And
to many a woman giving up a mere
husband partakess OF the nature OF
farce-cOmedy. but giving up her Irish
linen tablecloths and her Ch'ppendAlt
chairs Is trsgedy not tc be bornsl