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e THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1929, REUNIONS FEATURE MESIS| o e PALAIS Rom e Sentiment Mark Disposition of Alimony Cases. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 25.—Pathos - and quivering lips, sad-eyed humor and sentiment that held over the years, all| % crept appealingly into the Christmas| ; eve session of Judge Joseph Sabath's! ‘ Divorce Court. 3 First of all. 12 occupants of the county jail's alimony row were given o their freedom. One of them, Silas Dillenbeck, owed i » his first wife, Martha, $1,300 in back | alimony. He was penniless, but will- ing—even eager—to work. “Have you money to get home?" the court asked. The pathetic figure hung his head— | there was no answer. The judge reach- | ed for his pocketbook, but a woman, unnoticed before, came quickly to the man’s side. She pressed a $5 bill into a grimy hand. It was Martha, the first wife. Another,William Deritz, protested his | release because he would have no Christmas dinner. His wife, to whom he owed $500 or so, was in court. 5 “Will you prepare the dinner?” Judge Sabath asked of her. “I wish I could; but there is no food . in the house.” But a crisp $5 bill as-| sure the couple there would be. { Another couple—the man just freed | from alimony row—faced the court. “You had better forget your differ- | ences.” the jurist pleaded. The couple | left the court room arm in arm, crying. Christmas time in a divorce court! SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. ARRIVED. Dorlo—Liverpool .. Tl 3 Caracas—Maracaiso ™. Velt— President Rooseve en; o8 Fort 8t. George—Bermuda. ... Deccmber 2] ‘Western Prince—Buenos Aires..December 7 DUE TODAY. . ‘ Madison—Norfolk ... ....December 24 ; s oo un Sat Met nt : 0 _ % This is our way of designating the last six days e asie a of the year—a year which your confidence and DUE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29. p gt S patronage has made quite successful.. As a Amenian e ondan - ecsmuer 2 . thank offering to you we have set apart this 53d bLnEt E week to repay you in the only way we can—by December 17 o ok SR Bremeer2s. g i offering you such outstanding values on every- ? Teno—Valparaiso . December 11 Transylvania—Glasgo! December 21 DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. Antonia—Liverpool Antonio Lopez—Cadi S Cristobal thing you need that the savings will be in the nature of a dividend on the great business you ov:uomuu mn. : . have given us. Bants Maris — Kingston, Cristobal, Carta- gena, Puerto Colombia and Santa Marta. Lempira—Puerto Cortez. BAILING TOMORROW. iean X : &m’x‘:'rfim—-s.':'?hm and Santo Domingo ’ . . xuroi"mv-n-, Canal Zone, Callao and Val- | HivanaoHavana. Progreso and Vers Crur. EE3 Falcon-San Juan, La Guayra, Puerto Ca- bello and_Maracaibo. Executive—Beirut Py Fxporter—Constantinople. Saguache—Helsingfors. Broompark—St. Thomas. SATLING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27. et A week of exciting clearances in Carmania na snd Nassau. 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