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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

diately. am writing not because I want
to make excuses, but because I want you
to understand all the circumstances.
when / first met Lord Wilton ! was
very lonely and unhappy and ill, and when
he told me that he was unhappy, too. and
that he cared for me. it seemed so wonder
full to have someone to rely on and trust,
someone to whom l was a help. Also. it
seemed to change everything and give me
something to live for.
After the divorce papers had been
served on us, and knowing that had no
man in my immediate family / could 60
to, he ran away and left me to face the
publicity and unhappiness alone without
his help or advice. It was not until then
that / realized what sort Of man l had
loved and trusted, and what CHASTITY mis-
take had made.
II know 1t is too late to regret. but it
would make me less unhappy If I knew
that you understood and did not still feel
so bitter about the affair. / am often
lonely now, because I do not feel | can
trust anyone. GOGO."
The Scotch court in which the action
was brought decided that the evidence Of
the wifes misconduct with Lord Wilton
was admissible, but that the court had no
jurisdiction over the Earl, and he was dis
missed as correspondent The court grant
ed a divorce to Colonel Ross-Hume.
II is a matter OF comment that the Earl
of Wilton has very beautiful young wife,
who was formerly Miss Brenda Peterson.
daughter Of a millionaire shipping mag
nate. Whether she will show herself a
forgiving wife or insist on her legal rights
is question that is now interesting court
and society.
Sir Charles Ernest Low, distinguished
public official and Knight Commander Of
the Indian Empire" obtained divorce
from his wife, Lady Florence May Low.
The case was made remarkable by the ex-
traordinarily frank letters which Lady Low
wrote to her husband, In which she In
formed him calmly that she had gone to
a hotel with Captain A. P. Percival, and
added.
81 beg Of you to divorce me so that he
and can marry. Feeling as | do in this
matter, to try to return and live with you
under any conditions would be a travesty
OF married life."
The sentiments of the dignifed element
OF society have been especially outraged
by the evidence produced in the divorce
suit OF Rear-Admiral Hugh Francis Paget
Sinclair, Director OF Naval Intelligence,
against his wife. The Admiral proved that
his wife, a handsome but rather mature
woman OF good family, had been intimate
with Jean Nouzsret, young French prize
fighter, aged about twenty, and sparring
partner Of Georges Carpenter. The Ad'
miral's wife and the prizefghter had been
in the habit OF meeting one another at a
very gay hotel In Dieppe, the French water.
ing place.
Even from the brief cold outlines given
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-02-13

The High-Born M.rehiones. of Ansissey,
Formerly the Lovely Lady Marjorie Man
ners, Who Il Distressed by the Thought
That the Gaiety Girl, Olive Mays Son,
Must Inherit Her Husbands Historic
Title and Great Estates.
girls entire married life had been very
dignified and free from reproach. This
case Is especially interesting because Lord
Victor Paget is the heir to the immensely
wealthy Marquis of Anglesey, chief OF one
of the most historic families in Eng
Perhaps the most singular fact about the
affair is that the former Gaiety girls son
will in all probability be the next Marquis
of Anglesey. The present Marquis, who
married the famous society beauty, Lady
Marjorie Manners, has no son to inherit
his title, and does not appear hkeiy TO
have one. His next heir Is his brother,
Lord Victor Paget and after him Will come
his son by the wife who has just divorced
him. The boys rights are, OF course, In no
way affected by the divorce.
The very highest circles In British so
ciety are concerned in this computation.
The Paget family is one OF the Oldest IN
the country, and the title of Marquis OF
Anglesey is only one Of many possessed
by them. One Of the most distinguished
men OF the family in modern times was the
chief cavalry general of the Duke OF Well
ington AT Waterloo. Several OF the living
members Of the family have married Amer
lean women. In addition to the historic
fame of the house, the Marquis has great
wealth. for he owns large coal mines, I'M
mense estates and three great family seats
The present Marquis is handsome
Young man, and before his marriage was
considered the most eligible bache In
&C, 1871, International F.stur. gervic,. T..
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The Divorce Epidemic
L. Not Confined to tho
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Proved by the Fact That the ex-kaiser's
Daughter, Princess August Wilhelm, Has
Been Divorced by Her Husband and Has
Married Her Plebeian Chauffeur, Fritz
Mayer.
here it will be guessed that many of these
cases were utterly unfit to be heard BY
woman possessing even a shred Of modesty.
The most astonishing evidence Of shame
lessness was shown in suit brought by
Captain Charles William George Chetwynd.
member of a very ancient noble family,
against his wife She was pretty girl.
but far below her husband in social posi-
ton. as she was brewers truck drivers
daughter.
The husband alleged that he was enter
tanning a gay house party when he noticed
that his wife had left the drawing room.
He went upstairs and found another man
in her room. He called a woman guest to
witness the wife's conduct. and then re-
turned with the guest to his own room. He
and his wife forgave one another for their
conduct on this occasion, but subsequently
he found cause to complain of her behavior
with another man.
The Judge said that he could not credit
the charges against the wife. and that in
any case the husbands conduct had not
entitled him to relief, and he refused to
grant divorce
All standards of noble dignity as we'll
as common morality we're forgotten by
Lady Ada Wlmot daughter OF the Earl
of Lauderdale. She was married to Sir
Ralph Henry Sacheverell Wilmot, chief of
an ancient family, who died OF tuberculosis
during the war. A Mrs. Nield brought suit
for divorce against her husband, an artis-
tic decorator alleging that he had been
intimate with Lady Ada Wilmot, while her
husband, Sir Ralph, was dying. Lady Ada
called Mr.. Nield to decorate her house,
Yewdon Manor, very frequently. Later
Mrs. Nield discovered series of remark
able letters from Lady Ada to her husband.
One Of them said:
"You will never know how I feel or how
grateful am to you for all you have given
me-"
Then came some more love-sick notes
from the Earls daughter, reading as fol-
lows:
Cheer up. my Daddy. Moonsie is there
thinking Of you all the time. | dared not
make sign of any sort, but you know
Moonsie is with you all Nhe time. All my
Christmas wishes for you, my own Daddy.
Good bless darling, precious Daddy. 1 am
always yours, MOONSlE."
God bless my Daddy, my most precious
Daddy. Your Moonsie loves YOU loves you,
and cannot bear this for too long l am
yours. Daddy"
Social decentralization is by no means
confined to the British aristocracy. but has
spread more or less TO all European coun-
tries. The corresponding classes of Ger
many and Austria have been even more
adversely affected. This is shown by the
simple fact that the ex-Kaiser's second son.
Prince August Wilhelm Of Hohensollern.
has obtained divorce from his wife, who
thereupon married her chauffeur, Fritz
Mayer.
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LONDON, February 4.


THE epidemic of divorce which is
sweeping Great Britain in the high
l. est, middle and lowest classes
since the war, has greatly distressed the
clergy, the mcralists and Her Majesty
Queen Mary. OF late the courts have been
busy with the disgraceful marital delin-
quencies of some of the greatest names and
most highly placed men and women in the
British titled aristocracy.
The worrisome situation was recently
given additional emphasis when for the
FIRST time the new English divorce law was
put into effect, which permits mixed jury
of women and men. Almost Immediately
a most embarrassing situation arose which
made 1t most uncomfortable for the law
yers and perplexed Justice Horridge, the
presiding Judge.
Sir E. Marshall Hall, counsel for the
plaintiff, arose nervously with package
of letters and papers in his hands. and
glanced from the Judge to the six women
who sat in the jury box with the six men
Strokirg his face with an almost agony Of
rerplexity, the lawyer inquired whether
there were any unmarried women among
the six ladies' in the jury box. The Judge
raised his eyebrows in some establishment
at this question as he glanced at the faces
of the six ladies, and turned with curiosity
to the lawyer when 1t became known that
there were some unmarried women on the
panel.
Then, Your Lordship," said Lawyer
Hall, my duty seems to be plain. l have
here In my hands letters and documents
which. l regret to say, 1t is my duty to pre-
sent as important evidence of vital bearing
upon the merits OF this divorce action. But
7 cannot endure the thought of laying be-
fore the maiden ladies on this panel the
unspeakable things which this unfortunate
but vital evidence contains. There are
revelations and Will Your Lordship
Kermit me to suggest that you peruse, for
instance, this document here, and then de-
eide whether It is proper for even the
married women In this panel to be COM
PEELED to see and hear this most unpleas.
ant testimony"
Justice Horridge read the letter with
Gardening brow, fixed his gaze upon the
women in the jury box, turned sadly to the
counsel and said
"This Is a most unfortunate case to be
the first heard before mixed jury, but
cases must be taken as they come. Such
evidence Is too terrible for women to see,
especially those who are not married"
Justice Horridge then paused In deep
thought while counsel. witnesses and es-
pecislly the jury, awaited his next utter
ence with interest and alarm.
N was finally decided that the law re-
ouired that the evidence must go into the
record. but that IL the counsel for both
sides would agree that II would be salts
factory II only the six men we're allowed
10 see the distressing documents. then the
women, both married and unmarried.
might be spared. And so the case pro-
ceeded.
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England He was extremely devoted to the
beautiful and charming Princess Patricia
OF Connaught, and society expected a we'd
ding but the King did not think that the
most popular Princess in the royal family
should marry a man not of royal birth. At
the same time the Princess's brother,
Prince Arthur of Connaught, was very
much interested In the lovely Lady Mar.
jorie Manners-but this union was frowned
on for the same reasons.
II the same marriages we're proposed to-
day the King and royal family would well
come them on account of the changes
brought about by the war. But then they
seemed impossible. and the Marquis after
a time married Lady Marjorie Manners.
Their only child is daughter who cannot
inherit the marquisate.
The Warehouses of Anglesey. the former
Lady Marjorie, must now be contemplate
ing the narrowing prospect that her hus-
bands historic title and vast ancestral es-
tates will pass to the son of Olive May, the
former Gaiety girl, whose original name
was Olive Meatyard. The very name calls
up visions of a family of plebeian Meatyard
relations playing around in some obscure
corner of London.
Strange to say, society has already heard
reports Of the prospective engagement OF
Lord Victor Paget and the noted American
society beauty. Miss Mary Hoyt Wiborg.
It is necessary to refer to the already
familiar fact that two dukes have recently
been divorced to show how high the cpl
demic has spread. One of them was the
Duke Of Marlborough, who bears what is
perhaps the most historic title in England
and the other was the Duke Of West
minister, the richest peer. The latter case
was particularly distressing to Queen Mary.
because the Duke OF Westminster's aunt
married her brother.
Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, was
long known as one of the handsomest and
most serious leaders of British society.
Her husband, the Duke. the largest. land
owner in England, died just before the war.
During the war and just after her hus-
bands death she married.a Major Fitz-
gerald. but they soon disagreed and OBJ
tanned divorce. The former Duchess has
now married a Mr.. Halves.
Other divorce cases in the peerage have
occurred within few weeks, and others
are still awaiting trial. The Earl OF Will
ton, head OF a very historic English house,
has been mentioned in a particularly dis.
tressing divorce case. Colonel Alexander
Ross Hume, a very gallant aviation officer.
brought suit against his pretty young wife
on the ground Of her misconduct with the
Earl of Wilton.
The colonel was severely wounded while
fighting in France and incapacitated from
further service. He learned that while he
was recovering from his wounds his wife
had been too friendly with Lord Wilton.
He accused her of II. she wept, admitted
Il, and later wrote him this pathetic letter:
Dear Alec-You will know, Of course,
that have had to withdraw my defence.
and understand the case comes on imme-
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jurymen from the worst documents, yet
after the case was over one of the married
jurywomen was emphatic in expressing her
opinion that enough had been unavoidably
produced in evidence so that she believed
no young woman should be impanelled on
jury.
The British public has received unmis-
taxable limitations that Queen Mary, as
well as other modest members of the COM
munity, is seriously distressed by the d.
vorce epidemic.
About year ago the Queen issued an
order that no divorced woman must apply
for presentation at court unless she could
prove that she was absolutely innocent
end that there was no reproach whatever
against her. The notice added that di.
vorced women had better not apply at all,
as the process of investigation would be SO
lengthy that they would have little chance
OF appearing at court. Now the divorce
epidemic has spread so far in society-ex-
tending even to the Queens own relations
by marriage-that Her Majesty is begin
ming to doubt whether there will be any
women left qualified to adorn her court.
At the beginning of the year there were
1880 divorce cases awaiting trial In Enh
land alone, not including Scotland and Ire
land. Most of the parties belong to the upper
classes, as divorce is exceedingly expen-
sive in England, and many OF them are
dukes and duchesses, earls and countesses
The number of cases continues to grow
daily with surprising rapidity. Only one
ground for divorce Is admitted in England,
and Ii is significant fact that both men
and women admit the offense without the
least appearance of shame.
Some ultra-conservative critics assert
that the recent prevalence of marriages
between noblemen and actresses has some
thing to do with the weakening of the old
standards of family life. But, strange to
say, the proportion OF divorces among the
peerand-actress group has been less than
in the rest OF society. and the suits involv.
ing actresses appear to be less shocking
than the cases where both parties we're
originally Of similar social rank.
For instance, Lady Victor. Paget, who
was originally Gaiety girl, has Just OBJ
tanned a divorce from her husband. II
should be remarked that her noble husband
was the offender and that the former Safety
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-19
GOVT
By II. AddinqtOn Bruce


TNHE antiquated notion that govt is
caused by uric acid is still widely &C
cepted, I find. Even an occasional
medical writer urges it, on the ground prin-
cipalIy that govt is especially likely to devel-
Op after unwise indulgence in foods to pro-
duce an excess Of uric acid in the system.
What these same foods do however, when
eaten to excess or by persons with whom they
peculiarly disagree, is to lower the resistance
to the action Of disease germs. And it is to
the action of certain germs, operating on
body tissues of uncommon susceptibility, that
the best modern authorities attribute govt.
To quote from the latest treatise on govt,
most detailed study ky DR.. Jones Llewllyn:
Neither uric acid nor it's precursors can
be held responsible for fever, local inf1amma-
tions, and constitutional disturbances in govt,
being as they are, practically non-toxic
Uric acid must be viewed in it's proper
perspective as a concomitant or sequel of
equity inflammation, the essential cause of
which must be sought elsewhere"
And. relative to that "elsewhere:"
1.-THE onset, clinical phenomena, and course
Of acute govt, and no less the life history CT
the disorder as a whole, are emphatically in
dicative Of the intrusion of an infective ele-
ment in it's genesis
AS to the source of such intrusion, DR..
Llewellyn recalls that students of govt long
ago noted the occurrence Of equity teeth,
''gOutV tOnSllS, equity pndTynSlIIS, ISSolo-
ing these as conditions produced by govt. in
reality, present-day observation and expert
ment go to show, govt is the product and they
the producers.
Theoretically therefore, treatment to clear
away dental, tonsillar and throat infections
should if successful, put a STOP also to at
tacks of govt. In actual practice 1t often
does this
But it does not always do it. And the
reason is found in the unfortunate fact that
the germs, first localizing in throat, tonslls,
or teeth, do not always remain in the portal
of entry On the contrary, they have the
habit of migrating to establish themselves IN
less accessible parts of the body.
Hence the Importance of also combating
govt by dietary and other measures aiming
to keep up tho natural resistivity to the &C
ton of germs.
These hygenic precautions may indeed, not
suffice if the climate tissue peculiarltles, OF
which DR.. Llewellyn speaks, are exceptional
L. present. But they should and do con
tribute to lessen the frequency and severity
of equity attacks. .
So does the cultivation of as happy, optl-
mistic a mood as possible-this, too, being /
recognized means of upbuilding the body re-
sistance because of the energy-deVeloplng
power of pleasurable emotional states.
And, as suggested, early remedial action
against seats of infection that are readily &C
cessible may of itself effect lastingly the
much to be desired conquest of govt.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-19
THOUGHTS THAT SPOIL
Bv DR.. Frank Crane

By DR.. Frank, Crane
Have you ever .-oticed how thoughts feel
inside your mind? Some are satisfying as
bread, some fiery as pepper, some refreshing
as water, some heady as wine, and some
and these are they am going to treat Of
lie in the minds stomach heavy as lead, pain
full, nauseating, and making one sick of life.
These last are thoughts that ferment and
do not digest. I once ate spoiled ham sand
witch at a railway lunch counter. l found no
relief until the physicians had made use of a
stomach pump, and I did not recover from
the effects for a month. There are certain
thoughts that act precisely the same way IN
the brain; they cause mental gastritis."
In the minds cellar everything must be
kept sweet and clean If we do not want to
breed spiritual fevers. AS soon as an idea
begins to work and spoil and sour out
with it.! 1t Goes not pay to go about this
bright world with something yeasting and
seething in our souls.
1t is the very best of foods that spoil the
most quickly, such as cream, beefsteak, and
butter. The cream, beefsteak, and butter OF
the soul are love, religion, and laughter
So it is these things we must watch most
carefully Love, the very milk of life, is
worth all that poets have written and fond
and foolish heads have dreamed of it. But
if love thoughts are going to keep" and not
play havoc within us, we must air our hearts
often and keep them clean and be on the
watch for the insistent microbe that dearly
loves to multiply in a love couture"
Laughter is good. 1t may not save our
souls but it often saves our lives. 1t pre-
vents insanity. But it is lille = liter. 1t
must be fresh; likewise clean; also spread
not too thickly over the bread of serious bust
ness
No one can eat solid butter, unless he be
an Eskimo; and no one, outside madhOuse.
can laugh all the time. Some of the saddest
Saople I have known have been those whose
only business was to find something to amuse
them.
And religion. This is mans greatest pas
sion and privilege; hence, also, his greatest
danger Sometimes it i, a blessing, ana
sometimes it seems to make us morose and
dark-souled, narrow and bigoted, contentious
and even cruel. AS was said of liberty. so 1t
may be said of religion, What crimes have
been committed in thy name!
Clean up or cast out every termentlng
thought whether uncleanliness or dlstrust'
the memory of wrong or the apprehension
of disaster Feed your mind on clean, sweet,
wholesome thoughts. Above all, do not IN
dulge in self-pity, most horrible of all mental
toad6toOls!
keep thy heart" said the wise man
with all diligence, for out of it are the
issues of Iife"'
Copyright, 1921, bby Frank Crane)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-19
The Cotton Acreage

p 7 0 prudent person ever hazards a re-
VI mark on cotton without a plentiful
supply of ifs, butts, stills and how
eveTs. With all these and other needful res
erVations understood, we venture to point
out the interesting result of an inquiry re-
Gently conducted by the New York Journal
of Commerce concerning reductions in the
South's cotton acreage for 1921.
From the reports of some eighteen nun
dred special correspondents dated for the
most part around April the tWenty-seVentn
that conservative and dependable paper es-
Inmates a curtailment of tWenty-eight and
two-tenths per cent as compared with last
years expansion of two and three-tenths
per cent. Georgia is represented as little
below this average, her reduction being
given as twenty-siX per cent. Alabama's, &C
cording to the Journal of Commerce report.
is twenty-four and seven-tenths per cent
South Cardinals twenty-five and fVe-tenths,
North Cardinals twenty-seven and seven
tenths, Mississippi's thirty and n1ne-tenths,
Louisiana's thirty-tWO, in Arkansas thirty
two and seven-tenths, Missourps thirty-fVe,
and Texass twenty-seven. The reader is
cautioned, however, to remember that the
planting season is about week behind, as
compared with last years belatedness OF
more than fortnight so that accurate in
ference must wait upon further information.
There can be no doubt that the .best jUdg-
ment in agricultural, mercantile and bank
ing circles alike has advised rigorous conser-
vatism in the planting Of cotton, along with
liberal production of foodstuffs. To ignore
such counsel, based as it is upon both science
and common sense, would be to risk mis-
fortune if not disaster. Whatever else the
South can afford to do or to leave undone.
she needs must produce the bulk of her
food necessaries if she is to prosper in times
like these. For Georgi this means, as the
State College of Agriculture has plainly
shown, that there must be substantial and
in some items great increases over last years
output-increases which will be impossible
if time and labor are absorbed by an eX-
cessive acreage of cotton.