The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-12-21
THINGS l NEVER KNEW TIL
NOW ABOUT WIVES

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wife for talking too much. tBut
It improved her figure 80 much that
ell the women wanted thet1lJ ... I.
Guthrie McClii1tic calls his wife,
Katherine Cornell, miss Kitty !. !.
Alice Roosevelt became Nicholas
Longwortt's wife because, one stii1l-
mer. she pushed him into q SWIM
ming pool with all his clothes on,
and he didn't get mad about II -.
James Madisori's wife, although she
never read book, always came
down the stairs Of the White House,
during the years her husband was
President. carrying q book closed
over her fingers y Helen Jepson,
the opera star, Is the wife Of O
flute-i,Iayer Eddie Cantor met
his wife when both were kids on
the sidewalks Of New York. Ida
always used to laugh at Eddie's
Jokes, so he married her. '
Calvin Coolidge used 10 enjoy go-
ing on shopping trips With his wife
and help her select her dresses, hats,
shoes ana wraps u. II. q. Wells
met his wife when he was o BIZ
ology teacher. She was o student
IN hts class . Among the war
riors Of Tungo-besch In Central Az
RIGA, q wife who Is caught cheating
isn't divorced. (She's simply beaten
to DEATH In Alabama, O hts
band Is legally responsible for his
wife's conduct, and the law auth
orizes him to beat. her If necessary
to keep her under control. Out he
mustn't use o stick thicker than his
thumb Disraeli was very fussy
In picking a wife. He was engaged
twenty-one times before he finally
made I'D his mind and married
Mussolini's wife was q waitress be-
fore he married her. He met her
while she was working OF his
fathers inn.
]. p. Morgan, one Of tie richest
men In the world, regularly dons
overalls and tends the garden on
his estate himself. His wife, VINO
died over ten years ago, and whom
he worshipped, belonged 10 O
garden club which required It's fn6frs
bers to cultivate garden With their
own hands. Since his wife's death
Morgan has been keeping Up her
garden Akbar, the Great wrote
In his will Every man should have
four wives: Hindu 10 bear chile
dren, q Persian for conversation, afI
Afghan 10 keep house, and Turk
TO beat up as All example 10 the
others In South Africa, rs
soon as woman becomes O wife,
she loses her adult citizenship and
becomes minor. with her husband
as guardian tShe cant own prop
ersy and she can't work for money
without perfnissionD Major
Doves became Interested III show
business because OF his wife, Mar
garet Ellington, who was a p5pti-
lar stage actress. Before nc mar
ried her, he was real estate OPP
erator) Oscar Wilde's advice.
mo man should have q secret from
his wifc--she invariably finds u
out"
Claude Rains, one OF the stars Of
Warmers -Four Wives, has had
four wives IN real life. His pres
cnt wife Is Frances Pepper. and his
former wives were Isabel Jeans. Ma
RE Hemingway and Beatriz Tf0i1-
son Madame dc Maifitan6fi,
Louis x1V's morganatic wife, had
herself bled twice weekly. 30 she
wouldn't blush at the stories told
al Court Thomas Fuller's eyni-
cism. Next 10 no wife. q good wife
Is best" Leslie Howard wears
O iocket around his neck al all times
and never takes II off. His wife
gave " 10 him when they we're
married All the ties that Jainos
Cagney, star OF "The Fighting 69tf"
wears are made by his wife. t6he
also makes Skolsky'sl Carrie
Nation. whose second husband was
a pastor. always sat In the front OF
the pulpit and when she thought nc
had preached long enough, she'd
get up and loudly announce. THAT
will be all for today, David" (Af1d II
he didn't stop preaching lfnmedis
ateiy, she went Up 10 the pulpit
shit the Bible, handed him his hist
and ordered him hofneJ
President Rutherford D. Hayes
wife taught her children 10 save
their pocket money 10 buy gifts fef
less fortunate children ... Acc
cordlng TO Billy Wilkerson. Tyrone
Powers wife Afnabeila, met Clau-
dette Colbert In the powder room
Of q Hollywood night spot recently
and gfoafied, Tyrone II such q poor
danCerp TO which Claudette cpl
grammed. Husbands aren't stip-
posed 10 be good dancers" 49,.
Nine. Marie olivier Of Hordsefo6te
Flanders, who committed bieafDy
was sentenced 10 wear two pair Of
pants around her neck for life ~
Tolist6y's wife was 80 jealous that
she even drove her own daughter
from her house. And then she
ran into Tolst0ys room and shot
at the girls picture with al sir rifle
-. President Andrew JohnsGfi's
wife wasn't happy about her hts'
band being chief executive. (She
said she was far more content when
he was q tailor) =. Eleanor Eo0se-
welt always wears the watch that =,
y. n. gave her a. a wedding gift
Half OF the girls III tie u H.
become wives by age Of "a When
IRA Cershwirs wife IL introduced
to people az MRS. cersiiwiiir they
usually COMMENT hat they didn't
know George 0erstwin had been
married. She explains, I'm 11e Mrs
Wrong oershwi1"
slfie wives OF several writer's, In
GLIDING Mrs Ring Lardnef, Mrs
0rantiand Rice and Mrs. Join
Wheeler. have q luncheon club
called The Nuts and Berries, They
meet at a restaurant once a month
and read excerpts from the Eng
fish classics viii Rogers was
introduced to his wife Betty Blake
IN this manner: viii had q new
bicycle and, when ne saw Betty
aff}fesa 80 ftAW front fs6fNIs SHINING