Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-20

Husbands and wives. canaries ana ca
mines. hiyycrs and furniture, divines and
divorces, judges and J. P.s.. mixed
In marvellous matrimonial mclange
In Indianapolis this week. and then
Strengthened out again with the ultimate
result that two discordant couples were
broken up and reassembled Into two
happy ones.
AT the completion OF the compiicate ted
process Bert Sanders, electrician. 1898
West Twenty Eighth street, and Leroy
Green, city fireman at Engine House No.
%, Tdell and RAIDER streets, had traded
wives, the women had traded hus-
bands, or somebody had traded some
thing. Al all events Mrs. Maude Green
had become Mrs. Bert Sanders and Mrs.
Bert Sanders had become Mrs. Leroy
Green; the four remained the very best
Of friends. the CANNES had entered no
protests az to their change in ownership,
the Gagged canaries chirruped cheerily,
the iyver kept perfectly timed since the
new arrangement and all was peaceful
along the matrimonial front in North
indianapolis.
ders. who, when seen with his new wife
last night, seemed to be about the hap
piest man on earth, unless 1t was Green
started about FIVE weeks before Christ
mas, complete and detailed plans for the
divorces were made at a Christmas din
ner attended by the two couples ane
everything was carried out according to
scheduled plans.
CUSTODY OF
CANARIEs SETTLED.
In making arrangements for the trans
fer Of husbands and wives no details
were overlooked. Green agreed that his
wife should take all the furniture and
two canary birds, while Mrs. Sanders
was to get the household furniture from
her home and two Alredale pups. The
Sanders nivyer WAS to remain In the Gus
tody of Sanders.
Chronologically the affair ran, ac-
cording to Sanders, on the following
schedule:
November. 1921. Green tells Mrs.
Sanders she Is the most beautiful
woman in north Indianapolis.
November. 1921. Sanders covers
more territory and tells Mrs. Green
she is the most beautiful women In
the world.
Christmas day, 1921. Arrang gements
for divorce and remnrriage made by
Green and Sanders.
May 4. 1929. Mrs. Sanders granted
divorce by Judge Arthur r.. Robin
son In Superior Court, room 4.
May IS, IL o'clock a. m. Green
granted divorce by Judge Harry
0. Chamberlain In the Marion Circuit
Court.
May 18, 5:15 p. m. Sanders and
Mrs. Green No. married by Isndor
WuIfsOn. Justice of the peace.
1915 p. m. Green and Mrs. Sanders
No. ] married by the Rev. Frank l..
Hovis, pastor of st. Paul NJ. e.
Church.
ALL GOOD
FRIENDS TODAY.
I'VE are all happy and the best Of
friends Sanders said last night,
land both Roy and myself are looking
for houses to set up housekeeping again.
Wouldn't it be funny If we happened to
strike on the same doublehouse?' he
said laughing
1T all came about this way he ex-
planned Beatrice who Is Mrs. Green
now and / were married eleven years
ago. Roy and Maude, my new wife, were
married eight years ago. For the past
eight years all of us have been good
friends and have been seeing lots Of each
other. Along in November Green told
my wife she was the best looking woman
in North Indianapolis, and / am not say
ing just what / told Maude, but I COW
cred a lot more territory than that
We'll Christmas we were down at the
home of AIaude's sister, Mrs. Thomas
Hoover, 1922 Schurman avenue, for a
big Christmas dinner and we just decided
to trade all the way around and call 1t
square. All four of us were satisfied
and we got busy right away.
Before the end of the year the girls
left US, went to live with relatives and
Beatrice. that was my first wife. and
Green fled suits for divorce.
We had 1t al liked up 20 there would