The Washington times., 1928-12-19
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NEW YORK Dec. 10
I.N.S. "A tangled matri-
moniaI triangle came to light
here today when Mrs. William
Preston Gibson, fourth wife Of
the author and playwright, re-
ported to be establishing resi-
dence in Reno preparatory to
suing for b divorce.
Theodore q. Stegmaier, member
of d wealthy PENNSYLVANIA family.
who won divorce last June from
Mrs. Alice SteganaIer, naming six
CORRESPONDENTS, Is in New York and
According to rtilnor. plans to marry
the fourth Mrs. Gibson when she
gets her decree.
Stegmaier Difficulties
Mrs. steIxmaier entered no de-
tense to her husbands suit, con-
tending that the decree was void
in Pennsylyania and promising to
have Stegmaier arrested for nom
support IL he ever returns.
She filed a 5000. 900 alienation of
affections suit In New Cork against
Stegmaier's mother, Mrs. George
Stegmaier. In which she charged
the elder woman with becoming Ilrl-
friendly to her because she failed
to attend reception to Mrs. Ed
ward Il. Doheny in Los Angeles.
MnchIy- Welded Chap
Gibson's first wife was Minna
Field, a niece of Marshall Field,
of Chicago: his second, Miss Grace
Mcmillan Parvis. granddaughter of
the late Senator James Mcmillan,
and his third, Mrs. Beatrice Benja-
min Pratt. divorced wife of Aler.
ander Dallas Pratt
Gibson is prominent in society
circles Of Washington, d. c., Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Paris and Lon
don.
William Preston Gibson might
easily be called ''Washington's play.
boy His escapades have pro-
vided gossip for the highest So
ciety circles for years.
Gibson is the youngest son of the
late United States Senator Randall
Lee Gibson of Louisiana, and was
born in Washington in March, 1879,
while his father was a member ct
Congress. His paternaI grandfather,
of Revolutionary stock. was a Vir-
ginian, allied by marriage with the
bluest blood of the Old Dominion.
Gibson's grandsire married a Miss
Louisiana Hart, of Lexington, KY.
member of an equally distinguished
kanflIRkU fa aY1ilI fofhaH
noted as a statesman and a scholar.
and it was to him that Paul Tu-
lane turned when he wished to es-
tablish his great university in Louis
lana.
Quite a. Figure
After an early life spent here
and in Kentucky, William Preston
Gibson entered Yale University in
1897, passing his entrance examina'
ton brilliantly, and at once became
prominent in football. baseball and
literary work.
He contributed to the Yale Daily
News and the Scientific Monthly
and was a member of the BerZelius
Society.
He continued his interest in ath.
letics after leaving Yale. being a
VI lIiC @ICNN AUdS0 N~ihO
here and of the National Steeple'
chase and Hunt Club, of New York
He wss largely instrumental in
arranging charity contests between
the Chevy Chase and Metropolitan
clubs here and was captain of the
Newport R. ~ baseball team for
several years in its charity contests
against Navy teams.
He early showed an aptitude for
writing and in late years made it a
serious profession, turning out many
plays presented in some of the
largest houses in the country.
Charlotte Walker, Nine. Nazimova
and Miss Laura Burt, once Henry
Irving's leading woman. appeared
in some of his plays. "The Turning
Point ran an entire year at the
Belasco Theater, New York.
In addition to his baseball and
football activities, Gibson also shone
as a swimmer, a daring rider. and
an aviator. Showing another side,
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