Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-07

Il forced myself to speak lightly az l
made some casual excuse said that probably
Mr.. Lehr was not feeling WELL that he was
tired after the ceremony.
"A few moments later my husband came
into the room His face was very pale the
laughter had left his eyes Something in
their expression made my heart stand still.
He sat down facing me
There are some things I must say to
you, and it is better that 1 should say them
now at the very beginning so that there can
be misunderstanding between US. You
have just heard my orders to the servants
L presume?
Il nodded My lips were too dry TO speak
We'll l intend that they shall be car
red out for the rest of our life together In
public l will be TO you everything that a
most devoted husband should be to his wife
You shall never have to complain of my
conduct in this respect. l will give you
courtesy respect and apparently devotion
But you must expect nothing more from me
When we are alone l do not intend to keep
up the miserable pretense, the farce of love
and sentiment our marriage will never be
a marriage in anything but name. do not
-l6tc-y yeti, can never love you l can school
myself TO be- polite to you, but that is ALL
The less we see of one another except in the
presence of others the better
But why did you marry me?' The
words were scarcely above a whisper. He
laughed and there was such bitterness in
the sound that I shrank back Involuntary
Dear lady, do you really know so little
of the world that you have never heard Of
people being married for their money or did
you imagine that your charms placed you
above such fate? Since you force me to
do so. l must tell you the unflattering truth
that your money is your only asset in my
eyes
Surely this little ultimatum by the man
who made everyone else IN the Four Hundred
laugh but his wife must have set some
kind OF an all-time record for plain speaking!
The indomitabe Bessie Lady Decies re-
ports that she was heartbroken by these
words from the she had married for
love and on whom she had already settled a
large, annual income. But the stiff-necked
pride of the Drexels came TO her rescue. For
the more than % years that Harry lived she
presented brave front to the world She
too. played 20 perfection her role Of happy
wife IN the little farce.
But by 1910 it was only too obvious that
the social world TO which Lehr was Jester
was changing az swift and reckless pace.
The first World War wrote "hnis" TO the only
world TO which Lehr could accommodate
himself Under its impetus, the Four Hun
dred mushroomed into the 10000 and the
very thing Lehr had helped TO create. Cafe
Society took over to his despair.
Bv this time, Lehr and his unhappy wife
had permanently transferred their home 20
Paris and left the wreck of the Four Hundred
TO strew itself along American shores
Soon after the World War, the brain
tumor which eventually took his life, began
20 have its effect on Lehrs specifically bril-
liant mind and conduct
Even the animals for which he had once
loved to give elaborate parties. including the
late Joseph Letters pet monkey Jocko, a
white donkey Lehr christened Senior Burro"
for the sake of a garden party. Mrs. Lehr's
dog Mighty Atom" for which ne gave a
luncheon, and the parrot ne used 10 carry on
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