New-York tribune., 1922-06-27
Too Much Soup,
Wife of Doctor
Seeks Divorce
Mrs. Fairbanks G harges
Physician, Who Did Cook
ing, Drove Her Away in
Hunger and Disgust
One Menu 3 Times a Day
Also Asserts Husband Was
Noi Legally Freed From
First Wife When Welded

Nys Nargarctfa Gcncvivr faitphhkh'
4, .ui,r DR.. Clark Vernon FAIRBANKS
for an annulmcnf % their marriage
which took place IA May. 1919, does ho'
sav IN her complaint that no wife ever
has suffered greater ditillusiohm' MI
~, ne hut she scts for'h some state
nen,s NJ her own experiences thht IN
dicatc her state Of mind. =
No, only was she the victim :"
f,.udulcnt statements hy hr. f"f-
hant. who was in the medical corps
~ m. army during the war, ~ 10 ms
6nancinl and social status. hrs. fAit,
hanis alleges. but she wns compciicn
10 leave him in hunger and disgust
bccnu.e the physician. acting hs tn'
family cook. led her on pork soup mace
of old pork and old fish. which accord
INC 10 the wife. was tho menu three
times q day.
Another charge by the vife Is that
DR.. Fairbanks had another wifc lring
a. the time she married him. lie on
famed a divorce from his hrst VIE
saws Mrs Fairbanks, but the decree
was not a valid one and, therefore h'
had no right to marry again.
An Amateur in Kitchen
In telling about her physician hus-
hands culinary efforts Mrs. Fairbanks
explains that she did not cook because
ehe Ind never learned how. Her Ire
has been devoted 20 music and not
Kitchen work and. the plaintih says
she studied with some Of the most DIS
tinguished pianists OF Europe where
she Travelled extensively. She also en-
gagsd in war work. Before the mar
rage OF Dr.. ard Mrs. Fairbanks, me
wife relates. he promised that he would
take her 10 Europe and they would
have n glorious" time and also he
would let her continue her musical
studies. And after the marriage ne
would not even let her play on the
piano because il annoyed him.
They first met In January. 1919. He
vas then an officer "a the Medical
Corps and he proposed soon after thor
FIRST meeting. DR.. Fairbanks. u Is al
legged. represented himself as n man Of
wealth. with practice OF $4,000 20
$4,000 q year. Mrs. Fairbanks vas
living with her mother in this city
after being educated abroad and. as
she says, all her lie was aceustomed
TO decent food. decent clothing and
LtAtHl tIh bteAAhg AA'AttAttlr'f
was in this same manner that the
physician promised TO provide for her,
says Mrs. Fairbanks.
Took Hotel Linen, She Asserts
Mrs. Fairbanks asserts that it was
on their brief wedding trip thai she
learned how false we're the statements
that induced her 10 marry. She then
began discovering some OF the alarm
ing ccecntr.cities OF the defendant
At hotels where they stopped, IL is al
legged, Dr.. Fairbanks took away linen
and other articles belonging TO the
hotel, (which was greatly shocking 70
the plaintiiT" And his moods. sc-
cording 20 HE wife. kept her IN such
a state OF uneasincss and fear ttnt
she returned to her mother, while DR..
Fairbanks went back to his military
duties.
As 10 Dr.. Fairbanks's first marriage
md divorce. his present wife says he
married Miss Charlotte Elizabeth
Showers. at WnddinRton, y. y. in lsOs
and IN 1910 sued his first wife Tor
, divorce. in Northumberland County
Pa. on the ground Of deseriion. ne
obtained a decree. but the wife. who
ia suing. alleges that the decree wa,
not valid because Dr. Fairbanks had
never been a resident o. Pennsylvania