The Washington times., 1922-07-23
PAIR REUNITED,
/. MADE HAPPY
BY AD|vORCE
William Seabury Now Shares
Studio With His Ex-Wtfe, =
Miss Billie Shaw.
Actors Name On His Ex-Wifs's
Door Bell so Mailman Can
Easily Find Him.
BY MARY MAMIE.

By MARY MAMIE.
Married. they just couldn't get
along in the same fiat!
Divorced, they are friends for
eVsri
That epitomizss the regenerated
romance of Billie Shaw and William
Seabury, OF musical comedy fame.
The studio OF the Shaw-Seaburys
In at lOg West Forty-eighth street -
the happy ex.home OF the couple, as
you might say, although It's hardly
ex, II you want to be exact.
Miss Shaw still lives there. and
MIR. Seabury almost lives" there.
and what marriage wasn't up to do
ing, divorce has done, they say.
Divorced q short time ago In Chi
caro-, the Shaw -Seaburys now live In
peace. Mr.. Seabury has q cot In his
wtte's living room. 30 that ne can
feel perfectly at home. Miss Shaw
In again happy in being his inspira.
ton, but Is glad she Is no longer his
wife,
A Piquant Blonde.
seabury's name Ii on his wifs's
doorbell, 90 that the mailman can
find him, In an emergency. Miss
shaw, who is a piquant blonde. with
umpid grey eyes, explained:
They considered the possibilities
carefully. They needed each other
as friends very much.
1--WE felt that we must continue
being friends, no matter what the
cost. We needed eac hother In our
work"
So they divorced.
The post divorce relationship was
seen In all it's possibilities at the
Jointly shared studio yesterday. Sea-
bury was there. and his mother was
there, and there seemed nothing TO
find fault with in the arrangement.
"I am glad ! am divorced. l ike
% be free" Miss Shaw said. can
work better; and II you are not mar
ried, things don't hurt you.
But I couldn't let go OF Seaoury
altogether, and neither could ne OF
me. We worked 80 many years to-
gether-we were married aimost
seven years. And we both felt that
once we were divorced. we could be
friends again"
And 40 they are. Seabury sat
down, literally at the feet Of his
nrettv ex.wife, and looked at her ad.
miringly, not too possessively, oit
admirfn1ly. and they teased each
other saucily.
"I don't blame Seabury for the
things that brought on the divorce,
said his ex.wife. ITS much harder
for a man to keep single.hearted on
the stage than for q woman. You
NAV smile, But there, / mean IL.
Really. the temptations for a man
are much greater"
Real Kind Of Marriage.
"Iu tell you why marriage doesn't
work with people. and this applies
to all sorts Of people" said Seaoury
seriously.
cts got to be the real kind OF
ma rriage. such as ordinary people
live. or IL doesn't work at all. Mar
ried people Shouldn't separate. or
thew grow apart. We were an ideal
married couple for five years. be-
cause we had always worked to-
gether UP to that time and were
always together. once you separate,
trouble sets in. AS soon as you 60
separate ways, all the sacredness
that made marriage flies out OF the
window"
In Chicago, where the divorce was
granted. Mr.. and Mrs. Seabury gave
acrid reasons for the divorce. II was
granted on a charge Of desertion, but
Mrs. Seabury had a supplementary
story on The side.
She said that hubby" had gotten
to that stage in a husbands devel-
opment where a wife was just some
one to use as a convenience, some
one so well.known and taken for
granted that hubby" could tell his
love affairs to her.
His Loves!
IT heard them for over a year, and
then I rebelled," Miss Shaw said yes.
terday II could understand every
thing pretty well and make allow.
ance, but didn't want to any
longer There is a time when a
woman feels that she has done too
much.
Now we are working together
beautifully" added Miss Shaw, and
we give each other the proper re.
spect. I know we'll remain friends
for life" "
I'VE started into the new horizon
of a homogeneous divorce. Possible,
anyway-and why not?
please don't malign u.s." said the
ex-Mrs. Seabury. 1T was the only
right thing to do In the circum.
stances. We needed each other as
friends, even though marriage had
become hateful. After all, why NOD
face facts?"
Mrs. Seabury, senior, is very
friendly with her former daughter.
| in-law She also practically "liyes''