The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-27

THIRD WEDDING
WILL BE FINAL.
UHL DECLARES

RY ]. A. HENRY.

He Says.
BY ]. A. HENRY.
Consolidated Press Correspondent.
Copyright 1922, BY The Argus)
New York. N. T.. Oct. 27.-
There's this much to be said about
marrying the same persons three
times: you are marrying the same
set Of faults. You know exactly
what you are doing. There are no
surprises"
1t is with this cheerful philosophy
that Jerome Uhl, painter and opera
singer, sails tomorrow for Rome,
where he will marry for the third
time Mrs. Elizabeth Norris Uhl,
from whom he has been twice di-
vorced.
Their first marriage took place
in 1903 when the bride, as the
granddaughter of the man who sold
the locomotive works to Baldwin,
direct descendant Of the man for
whom Norristown, Pa, was named,
was a leader in Philadelphia So
ciety. Eleven years later Mrs. Uhl
obtained a divorce because she
thought her husband paid more at
tention to his paintings than he did
to her. In 1917 they encountered
each other in Santa Barbara and
were married again. Two years
later Jerome Uhl went on the con-
cert stage and Mrs. Uhl, deciding
that il one talent was bad two were
worse, obtained her second divorce
in California.
Hears Song; Love Revived.
A few weeks ago Mrs. Uhl while
in Greenwich heard her former hus-
band sing. She congratulated him
and apparently decided that a man
with a voice like that might be for
given even if he devoted quite LOT
of time to it, and if dinner Was al
lowed to get cold when he prac-
ticed, which was the chief cause
for the second divorce. According.
ly Jerome Uhl sails Saturday fol-
his third, and he says his last ad-
venture in matrimony.
This third will be positively the
last" he declared today. shouldn't
dream Of marrying anyone else
We've always married each .othel
and divorce seems to Ne the wors
habit we have. After all, divorc,
is not such q bad idea. Often it i
the only thing that proves. hov
strong a couples love really is.
! am sure my hride-to-be-again an,
myself would never have known ",
could get along with each other i
we hadn't got along without eacl
other a couple Of times.
~Most Charming Woman.
"She's the most charm-...g womal
in the world, Mrs. Uhl. l am yer!
happy to know that l am going Il
marry her once more. It's some
thing of a compliment, too. that ;
lady who >has been divorced from
you twice is ready to be your wifi,
a third time. @
This third marriage should b.
the happiest of all. A first mar
riage is full Of readjustments.
! second is full of exasperations bu
the fact that you go. into a thir'
! marriage with the same persol
proves that the readjustments ar
all made, the exasperations all OBJ
liberated, and you're both set for
successful life together.
People ought to 60 into mar
riage, l am convinced. with the sol
emn resolve to remain married for
ever. Let them get divorced If the,
will, but let them marry each othe
| again after a few years separation
and live happy ever after"
Quarrel Was .Fifty. Fifty.
| Friends of the couple insist tha
their difficulties were about 50-5t
Mrs. Uhl. wealthy in her own right
could not see her husband workinI
SO hard as to neglect her. Jerom
Uhl, earning q good incom
couldn't see why he should idl
away his time in society. However
he refuses to censure his wife
again-to-be. o.
I'm full of temperament" h
said. mo doubt l. am awful unit
l get my coffee in the morning. Blu
our experiences should teach u
forbearance, broadness and tha
sort of thing. We will not be u
in the clouds now. expecting tn
impossible. My daughter Marion
now is, has had . great deal to d
with bringing US together again.
want my wife, she wants me an
Marion wants us both.
"As soon as I reach Rome "
shall be married. I'll stop onl
long enough to buy the weddin
ring. What's that? Oh, yes!! :.
new ring every time. 1t signifies
new deal"