Evening star., 1935-10-30
MRS. CHEWING
PLANS DIVORCE
Senator Couzens' Daughter,
Who EIoped in 1880, Re-
veaIs Separation.

Rumors Of her impending divorce
have been confirmed by Mrs. Margo
Couzens Chewing 26-year-old heir
William Jeffries Chewing. jr., then
a bank teller. was sensation of the
social season in 1880.
Mrs. Chewing was quite frank
about the separation and approaching
divorce when interviewed late yester-
day in the palatial home Of her father,
Senator Couzens of Michigan, at 1850
Woodland drive.
1T is true my husband and have
separated" Mrs. Chewing said. Il
have taken an apartment in Washing
ton, for no definite length Of time,
for my own plans are indefinite"
Mrs. Chewing, the mother Of two
children, Billy. 4. and Margo. II
months, was wearing a smart blue
suit and small hat, set off by red
ascot tie.
She talked in a straightforward
manner in an effort to avoid. as she
explained. the publicity which attend
ed her elopement.
There are no plans yet for the
divorce" Mrs. Chewing continued.
I'VE will have to reach an agree
ment about the children. which I
feel sure will be made amicably.
There is nothing to say further
except that We were Incompatible
isn't that the word? 1t Is too bad
this had to happen, but since it did
the thing to do is get it over as quickly
and quietly as possible"
Before their elopement and mar
riage at Baltimore on February /.
1880, Mr. and Mrs Chewing had
planned a "love-in-a- cottage" exist
ence They were going to take one
room, kitchen and bath apartment
and live simply.
The wealthy bride and her bank
teller husband, however, soon altered
their plans to fit more elaborate
scheme of things. Young Chewing.
whose marriage to Margo Couzens
came as surprise to her father. was
finding favor in the eyes Of Senator
Couzens, the richest member Of Con-
greSs.
Instead of the small apartment, they
moved into spacious and fashionable
accommo odationS on Massachusetts,
avenue, where there were servants to
prepare the meals the bride had
planned to cook with her own hands.
The arrival of the children were
new ties between the young husband
and his father-in-law. Senator Cou-
zens was said to have outdone the
usual grandparent in his fondness for
the newcomers.
Mrs. Chewing admitted yesterday
that the question of the custody of
the children was still to be settled
between herself and her husband.
Soon after his marriage Chewing
left his teller's job at the West End
Branch of the Washington Loan g.
Trust Co.. and took a position with
the Mayhower Hotel. He also de-
voted much of his time to managing
his wife's estate.
Recently he received an appoint
ment with the Federal Deposit Insur-
ance Corp, and was stationed at the
Richmond headquarters of the Vir-
ginia district. Chewing is the son
of DR.. and Mrs. William Jeffries
Chewing of Fredericksburg, Va, who
were a bit bewildered by the public
notice which came to them in the
wake Of their sons brilliant marriage,
Mrs. Chewing said yesterday she
and her husband had been separated
for some time. Prior to the separa-
ton. the couple lived in nearby vir-
ginia..
Last Spring the police stationed a
special guard about the Wesley
Heights home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chew
ming after Senator Couzens had re-
ceived telephone call implying that
his grandchildren would be kidnapped
or harmed.
Mrs. Chewing, one Of the most ac-
complished horsewomen in the city,
has been prominent competitor in
society horse show events here for
years.