Evening star., 1932-04-24

tween them, which finally caused the Senator
to resign his seat in Congress and accept a
diplomatic post in Peru where he took his
wife, hoping, doubt things would take
better turn if the environment were changed.
That did not prove to be the case and soon
we find Mrs. Christiancy back in Washington
and the press giving their difficulties special
attention.
The Star has this to say on the subject
March IT, 1890:
SCANDAL IN HIGH LIFE.
MINISTER CHRISTIANCY'S WIFE.
"For some time past there have been rumors
that Hon Isaac P. Chrstiancy, our Minister to
Peru was not perfectly happy In his family
relations and that the return from Lima of
his young wife, formerly Miss Lugenbeel, an
employe in the Treasury Department, was not
altogether owing to the war between Chilli and
Peru but that there was also q domestic war
between and wife. arising from incom-
patibility of temper and the disparity of their
ages. Since her return here some months ago
she has resided in the neighborhood of Fourth
and D streets northwest, and recently the state
ment published that she had been called
to Maryland to be at the bedside of sick rela-
tons . ."
DEN: PERLEY POORE tells us that mod
- ern intery iewing began during the Sum-
FOR the Cincinnati Commercial and so far as
the writer knows this may be true. However
whatever the date may have been, and just
who interviewed the first person, means little
here, except that The Star could not have
been far behind in this method Of news gather
ing, for the next day after the article of March
II appeared we find a Star reporter interview
ing Mrs. ChriStiancy on the difficulties of her
married life, resulting in the following write-up:
Mrs. Senator Christiancy was interviewed
last night touching the reputed marital troubles
between herself and husband. The lady lives
on D street with her mother who keeps a
boarding house. When shown the paragraph
In last nights Star, which was the first init
nation she had of the publication she did not
express much surprise. She said that within
month after their marriage the Senator
treated her badly, and subsequently went so
far as to strike her. She says that when she
went to Peru this bad treatment was contin-
ued, and that she left the Senator of her own
volition. She says, too, that the Senator had
told her that his position was such that he
could crush her out. and hence she expected
just such scandal she alleges has been
heaped upon her. She says that she has taken
the step to procure a divorce. ."
A 3 President Roosevelt might have said
there was considerable ck-raLdng in the
charges and counter-charges made by Senator
and Mrs Christancy. However, to save the
feelings of both parties, these were not given
as the grounds for granting the divorce, as
we shall see by The Star of September 20, 1880,
which says:
''The suit for divorce brought by ex-Minister
Isaac P. Christiancy, which had occupied the
attention Of the courts and the public for the
last two years, was brought to an abrupt end
about noon today in the Equity Court Judge
Hagner presiding. The court simply said while
olSposlng OF the case, that after careful review
OF the case, he had decided to grant decree
OF divorce on the grounds of desertion and it
was not necessary to enlarge on the subject.
he said that in disposing of the case he, did
not take into consideration the dispositions of
MT Chr1stiancy. Neither Of the parties was in