The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-01

In tbla night and age, when divorces roll or tho
knives " our best folks and wives gather no moss.
tho riddle takes on tho importance Of a vital qucs-
tion When the present wtc Of a man meets tho
former wife Of that man. shall sho
hang her head or shall she put her
nose In tho air2 Ah-that Is, IN
deed quandary. almost a d.
lenma
To tho one woman tho husband
ia peach Melbn. or he would not be
her husband, 10 the other he Ia
apple sauce, he would Btlll be
her husband.
II Il were n fur coat there could
be no issue. The woman who had
II nrst and traded II In for hair
net could vociferously sneer at her
who might try to put the dog ksBzyssS
In n hand.me.down Hut husband
differs In many decisive respects ~
from fur coat For example, no n
pays alimony.
The emotions OF wife trying to
he pleasant to the woman whom
her husband Keeps with alimony
must not be too soarchngly dis
cussed since the police In Phlla.
delphla raised the row about "The
Hairy Ape."
The emotions OF a wife who
the man she once lmbecilo enough to marry
knows. yamped and hooked him by foul means or
he never would have married again, have no place
In any but scientific works
Therefore everything was serene and adorably
gorgeous when Martin Meadows. motoring up the
path to the clubhouse with Gloria Meadows, his
new wife. ran across Helene Meadows. his wife
that.was
Helene had divorced Marty Meadows In Paris,
as is now the smart fashion No except Helene
and Marty knew Just what had caused tho divorce
probably not even the Judge who signed II. There
had been no vulgar naming OF correspondents, II,
indeed, Helene had been IN position to name any.
There had been charges Of cruelty non
support or desertion or crooked cricket or
drunkenness or playing the ace on his partners
trump.
Helene couldn't read French very ntelligenty.
she did not entirely know herself what the
grounds were. That was q matter for the lawyers
to grieve about
But she knew that Marty had consented to her
sailing and suing. and had agreed that she should
have enough money. a stipulated amount, each
month until she married again. The stipend
considerable.
She cablod Marty when the decree became efec.
tive and she read few weeks later that he had
married Gloria rrivers, one of the girls in her set
in TRUTH pal OF many ons' standing At that
time Helene was up to her bobbed hair In having
aIppy time at Deauville, hut she was not pleased
over the news
How Marty could marry again was to her In.
eSpcahle. How he could ever have married Gloria
was to her ununderstRndable How Marty had
ever married Helene was at about that time a
mystery TO Gloria.
Presently Helene came back 10 this side and she
gravitated In the several conoentric circles which
had har Gha and Mart had
been members OF the Country Club. She was
beautifully miffed when she waited In there
again and courteously informed she would
have to get a guest card Guest cardl Wasn't
she n member? No she was not Mr.. Meadows
and Mrs. Meadows were members but that
veil, since
Helene promptly filed a new application anC
Joined, She reserved the decision that she would
make MIR Marty Meadows step some for that little
job, or course, Marty couldn't help it-he could
have only one Mrs Meadows as a contender. A
man could scarcely divide his card with two wives
now, could he? Helene knew that but she was
certain that he shouldn't done so outrageous
thing.
Marty and Gloria were off on a motor trip at jus
that time, But they returned duly, and the yer!
frat whir 20 the club they ran smack agans
Helene.
Helene felt herself jump the very lttlest bi
when she behed Marty, her hadbeen-h hubby, hesid
Gloria, her had been crony. the two in her hadbee
roadster with her hadboen dos. Scamp.
One thing she saw. though, caused her almost L
break into "A laugh. Gloria at the wheel!
Women drive as well as men and it is an enjoy
able recreation. But, somehow, there Ia somethin
henpecked looking about man who lets his wifi
drive him, especially In gasoline car. In an ee,
trio man looks foolish enough anyway, and on
makes allowances that It is his wfe's and that h