South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-16
Wife Denies Bill
Of $4,000 Year
To Get Cosmetics
Spouse of ST. Paul Banker
Tells of Italian Tutor;
Wants Divorce.

NEW YORK ATril 1o.-Ailadin
or some OF the good mixers IN Ara
bian night life had magic rug. Al
an the tentmaker called him. could
squat on a merry old Administer
concentrate on his wishbone and
ssil for the Bahamas
Now an IS or - floor covering in
. modern American home may be
quite useful rs an incentive 20 travel
Out northwest. where winds ruffle
gopher praries. there are the Twin
cities
Hrs Adele Bloss Montfort, who
married a banker OF St Paul, viii
tel you that the amenities OF polite
life are AZ stringent there as any
where In April. 1905 the very day
OF the San Francisco earthquake
the granddaughter OF Benjamin
Gorham BIoss. New York million
ARE married Prank d. Montfort,
whose mother was a social leader
iva ST. Paul
$500 a Year In Cosmetics
IT'S been an earthquake ever
since" Mrs Montfort admits now
separation and increased allowance.
In answer 20 her suit Mr.. Montfort
Astates that his wife speat $4,000
'Syear on cosmetics and that he once
was constrained 20 spank her.
At the Hotel Lucerne. her pres
eut home. we talked with Mrs. Mont
fort and inspected her medicine
chest
DO those look like the appoint
n1ents OF a woman who spends So
500 = year on cosmetics -" she
laughed. "A few necessities, so
won't have 10 run out 10 the drug
store every time I cut n finger or
feel badly
Fred was always penurious. and
81 has been evident for some time
Mrs Montfort discussed Count
Napoleon Ponzo. the Italian tutor.
who taught her daughter Clair cur
ing their visit TO Naples Mr.. MC-t-
fort asserts his wife admitted en-
tertaining a mental affection" for
the teacher. Clair, a pretty girl OF
IS. was present.
The tutor" said Mrs MOntfort.
was indispensa bic TO my husband.
lie knew places 20 20 and all about
paintings and sculpture And dur
ing our stay in Naples my husband,
who was afraid Of being cheated out
OF a nickel. depended on our COM
pa Mon 10 save his money. always
his great worry.
Like Taft and Teddy
Marrying Frank and presiding
over his house in St. Paul was like
Mr.. Taft following Mr.. Roosevelt
into Office / was supposed 10 keep
in his mothers footsteps and main
tain the prestige Our home had
|seventeen rooms. five baths and five
servants
TN our parlor We had an Is by
IS rug
We had TO give up that rug later
when We moved 10 New York
We'll. We came 10 New York and
tried 20 cut down expenses. We got
su apartment at 116 Riverside Drive
with ten rooms and three baths. We
still had the Is by IS rug. We had
two rooms and a foyer hall made
into one room 10 accommodate the
rug
Last September owing TO the
rate or exchange Fred got the idea
We could live cheaper in Italy. When
his mother died he got half her
fortune. and he expected me 10 do
a. well en- half as she did on the
whole or it. Every month we had
a battle about the bills
As far as oug Italian guide and
tutor was concerned. ne was a good
friend 20 US.
Had Thrcc Moods
MY husband had three moods in
1taly-the wild. mad mood: the one
when he said ne would like TO jump
into the Bay OF Naples-he was al
Ways talking about doing that-and
the silly mood. when he would sing.
Il m a merry little mountain maid
Frank used 20 ask young men 20
take me out places so that I could
have a good time I said. Won't
reople criticize me- To this my
husband replied. I'D like TO see
them; II 7 say its all right, then
it's all right.
| DO I feel happyier alone 7 have
gained ten pounds since I have been
away from him.
Fred nagged me all the time
about two cents or some small thing
lie got in a dispute i'm a ST. Paul
hotel because he mad 20 pay IS
cents for a breakfast orange. lie
argued with the hotel manager and
ssid we would move right out. and
We did
The marital difficulties eliminated
IN Italy last Fan. though the couple
have been married sixteen years