The Washington times., 1933-07-26
GOES To HOTEL
ON REACHING
BALTIMORE
III Can't Understand Him At
AII," She Says of Dave
And His Cruelty Suit

BALTIMORE, July 26 U.N.S0
Her blond hair waved by the ships
barber, and attired in a new dress
brought to her by airplane from
Los Angeles, Sister Aimee Semple
Mcpherson Hutton, pastor of An.
gelus Temple and originator of
the -Four Square Gospel" de.
barked here today.
Helped by her attorney Willedd
Andrews; her daughter, Mrs. Ro-
berta Semple Smythe, and a
nurse, Bernice Middleton, the
evangelist made her way slowly
down the gang plank.
Awaits Process Server
She was assisted into a waiting
automobile and was driven to the
Stafford Hotel, where she planned
to remain for several days as the
guest of the management.
A process server, who was ex-
pected to serve her with David
Hutton's complaint for divorce,
1d1leQ 10 SHOW up.
Aimee said she would welcome
him. In fact, she told her nurse,
she might even "kneel down and
pray" with him that the Lord
stay the hand and enlighten the
hearts of those who seek to harm
her and her work.
Far into the night, she sat in
a blue negligee, in her staterocG1
aboard the Baltimore mail liner
City of Havre, while a heavy elec-
trical storm ragged over the Chesa-
peake Bay, discussing the expected
meeting of the process server
either aboard the vessel or at the
dock.
Receivers From Collapse
A photographer stuck his head
in the doorway, halted the discus
sion and invited the evangelist to
pose. She did.
She had recovered from yeSter-
days trying ordeal, when she COL
lapsed after small army of news
papermen, photographers ana
news reel cameramen hurled ques-
tions at her, posed her, had her
walk across the deck and make a
sound scene.
After taking a "shot" Of the
evangelist in negligee, the photo
grapher left and Aimee resumed
the conference with her attorney.
No decision was reached of how
and when she is to proceed to
Los Angeles.
Still a Puzzle
But on one subject, Sister
Aimee was definite and firm. To
her, she said, David Hutton's sud
den determination to sue for
divorce is still puzzle and al
ways will be. She said:
II can't understand him at
all. David processes his love
for me, calls me Darling and
Honey and Sweetheart and
everything else, insists / go ON
a sea trip for my health, writes
me endearing letters with such
phrases as Sweetheart am
counting the hours until you re-
turn and then suddenly he
files a suit for divorce charging
cruelty. Oh, it is all so vague,
so unreal. 1 can't seem to un-
derstand.''
Dave Torch Singer
Unlike her husband, Aimee
said she had turned down a fat
vaudeville contract. The con-
tract, she said, called for six
weeks booking at $4,000 a week,
and the offer was made by a
New York theatrical agent. She
said:
Il am an evangelist Of
Angelus Temple. The tenetS
of my church do not permit
me to appear on vaudeville
stages, and at any rate, l
would not give up the church
because the work Of the Lord
is my work"
She continued:
''David said he was a child
of prayer and wanted to labor
in the vineyard. But now, it
seems, he is to become a torch
singer, singing ballads of un-
requited love.
HER LIMIT
''T gave him everything my
heart and nurse possessed.
loved him when I married him,
I loved him when I went to
Europe. Went to Europe, you
understand. with his love and
blessings. And loved him
even until now. But there is a
limit to what a wOman'S love
can bear.
"Why David did this thing
to me without the slightest
warning is something I cannot
exp'ain. I doubt if he can. All
in all, it is that I tried to be a
dutiful wife. and loving one.
"I wanted to find in him a
mate in whom I could lean in
hours of sorrow and miSfOr-
tune. That dream has vanished,
and it seems that happiness Of
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