Evening star., 1922-11-18
|W0ODH0USE SHONE
IN ROLE Of Lover
But He Failed at MAKING a
Living, His Wife De.
'clares.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
BURLINGTON, VT, November 49,
However great failure Charles
Douglass Woodhouse, millionaire's q
son, has been at the prosaic business
OF earning a living, he was mo
slouch" at the Job OF making love,
according to testimony given In Chit
tenden county court by his beautiful
young wife, MrA Dorrtt Vanduesen
Stevens Woodhouse.
The latter,s appearance upon the
witness stand was the greatest SEN
.stion .;aL to date IN the sl.ooo.ooo aAsna-
tion action which the former Bur-
ltngton belle is bringing against her
wealthy parents-in-law. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lorenzo. Woodhouse. She charges
that they used their money and their
parental authority to bring about the
separation Of herself ana her hus-
nand' their son. who is now at Reno.
somewhat trembling voice the young
plaintiff gave the details OF the ar
dent wooing Of Douglass up to the
time when she claims their romance
was shattered by the interference Of
his wealthy parents.
An Ardent Lover.
Mrs. Woodhouse said she first met
Douglass at q dance At the University
OF Vermont in 1912. He Immediately
began counting her.
Asked to tell the details of her
courtship. she said that from June to
September, 1915. Douglass visited her
every morning before breakfast and
before he went to work at his fathers 8
bank, whore he was employed as ex-
change clerk at a salary of $19 q
week. He telephoned to her between
1890 and II every morning. and after
returning home for lunch would stop
at her home, q short distance from
the Woodhouse mansion. to smoke his
after-lunch cigar.
In. the afternoon. she said. he again
telephoned to her from the bank.
came to visit her whom his bank
duties were over and passed every
evening in her company.
''He always supplied me well with
flowers. candy and music" she said.
"and took me anywhere I cared to
CO."
Her marriage. Mrs Woodhouse said.
was delayed until Douglass should
get his commission as second iieuten-
ant in the American Army. The cere-
New York. The bridegroom was sta
toned at a New Jersey camp, and
he took his wife to Long Branch to
live temporarily.
1t is her claim that Douglass Wood.
houses earning capacity was by no
means equal to his ability as 4 lover,
and she alleges that his parents took
advantage of his dependence upon
them to make him abandon his ro-
nance.
Pawned Engagement Ring.
A few days before their marriage
on September 20. 1918. she received
her engagement ring by mail. 1t was
this ring, a large platinum solitaire
ring. valued at $4,000. which. her
husband admitted, she had been later
forced to pawn to meet her living
expenses.
The elder woodhouse did not come
to the wedding. September 2s.. 1918.
but their daughter-in-law claims that
the December following, Douglass
yes sick then and his wife alleges
tnat she was ignored or snubbed by
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodhouse, ST.. when
they came to visit the hospital.
The appearance of the young plain
tin upon the stand was hastily herald
ed about the town. and the court.
room was jammed full in the after
noon Tor one hour before the fury
was to show up for roll call, Hos
pifable sher'ffs brought extra seats,
but the incoming crowds soon over
nowed to window lodges. aisles and
all available places which offered
standing room. Acrobatic youths
perched themselves precariousiy upon
guard rails of the big wood stove, and
other late comers ventured far for.
ward to take spare seats at the press
table p'eo'
Many OF the stores of the city were
locked up and cards in windows said,
lack after court is over.''