The evening world. Newspaper, January 25, 1912, Page 3

—~ — op! NEW YORK, THE MODERN BABYLON | oS The Marriage License Bureau and the Divorce Court—First of a Series of Articles by Nixola Greeley-Smith. | Rosie Braun, and that there Braun. When she started to identify a Photograph of Hoste, Justice Bischoff stopped her, “Your Honor," said the lawyer for the husband, “we will have to ask for @n adjournment so I can take this wom- an to identify the defendant, who is sick in the charity hospital.” Por richer, “>? poorer, for better or worse NO SWEET SONG FROM THESE NIGHTINGALES. Bila W. Nightingsle, a gentle, charm- ‘ng and very attractive woman, waa the plaintiff in the next case. She sought and got scparation and alimony of #0 THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1912.' « ur. BROKE HIS SIXTY PROMISES | TO WED, SUED FOR $60,000. | | Miss Olson Kept Tab on Wiser in, Her Diary and Offers It | in Evidence. | CHICAGO, Jan, %—The diary of Mise! Marie Olson ts to figure conspicuously in & breach of promise suit filed by her attorney againet Daniel W. Wier. Miss Olson has sixty promises of mar- | riage, which he allewes were made by Wiser, entered tn her dlary. She $80,000 for hin failure to keep any of Weber 4 Heilbroner Announce their Half-Yearly Sale of “ONYX” HOSIERY AT 29 CENTS A PAIR them. She accepted him four years, go, and then kepi careful count of | eubsequent promises of marriage he made her, sho sat’. Wiser te eaid to own valuable Wisconsin lands, | @ week from Charica T. Nightingal } president of tho Empire Bottling Com: |Dany, of No, 43 West Broadway, e | Was married in 18% and ts the mother | of two grown sons. “Once when I was very ill Mr. Night- ingale opened all the windows tn the {house and the door leading into the lar 50 t ity, consisting of plain Liteka, solid colors, ok and ale mixtures and exn- broidered figures and striped effects. INCOMING STPRAMSHIPS, | DUE To-DAY. | ; “rinieimand Freie Feckonvite, nana, Catena, AT 69 CENTS A PAIR regular $1 quality, of pure thread sik, in black Wis dees na AT $1.35 A PAIR 2 quality. Best grade of thread Re she fee tat ood Gentes toes oroe day wear. away and board with friends. returned, he had changed the look on the door of my home and my key would ‘not open it. 1 climbed tn the parlor | window, | “My gon receiv Consul in China and I \tngale’s permission to accompany my | |son there, He agreed and promised to | contribute to my support. But Tt had to! borrow my passage money, and during | T received Just $100 | We have always found that “ONY X"’ Hosiery in its different grades, represents the utmost value at its full prices. Being the largest New York distributers of this hosiery for men we have had We want to add you | to our chain Me! my return to New York he sug-| of salisfied patrons. Ours is a r gested that I share an apartment with te eveglas: rice ity to . him and he took me and @ Mins Nolte | Beleest ene s aA, , an opportunity to judge. Callahan, whom he introduced ax nis! Oculists (Registered Physi These sale prices present an unusual chance of securing more than you are paying for. cians) to determine the needs of your eyes, skilled optical me- chanics to grind the lenses and practical opticians to fit and ad- Just the glasses to the contour of your face. The cost of Harris Glasses— $2.00 or rrore—would be double if it were not for the great vol- ume of our business, housekeeper, out to dinne | “When he asked me if 2 would | Beginning an Investigation of Our Institutions With Mar- riage, We Find the License Bureau in a Dingy Base- ment, Not Nearly So Attractive Quarters as Those Devoted to Divorce. ling Burgundy, but that it was pensive, Shen Miss Callahan in- torrupted and sald Mr. Nightingale was not the man to care about the price of anything, that he spent money more freely than any maa she hat ever known.” Mrs. Nightingale sald that when she went to live at her husband's apart- Pty she always did up his room her- At All the Weber and Heilbroner Stores 150 Newseu 58 Neoseu 20 Cortlandt 369 Broadway 241 Broadway 757 Broadway 1185 Broadway 42d and Filth Avenue | The regular patrons of our store at 27 New Street, which ie tem- ily closed beceuse of Gre, will Gnd thet charge eccousts ave been opened for them at all our other % One Day’s Epitome of the Two-Act Drama Which Begins With ‘“Cupid’s Alley” and Ends With the Undefended Divorce Court, Where There Is Much Merriment. She said thia £0 angered him that he would burn sulphur in the room on Ms 2 Z leaving it in the morning. She ran Oculists Opticians | | the house on an allowance and her rth “I am the Mayor of Modern Babylon.” A | husband never communicated with her | bit oan bale ered | So the chief executive of New York defined his job Z Dureau oe wale the Tultowtite scnntue | G4 West 126th Bt, near Lenox Ave. | n @ speech made at Albany last week. aA fered in evidence: . | focenee ares Oe Sader i Babylon, the ancient, so the prophet Jeremiah Z Gath tie Wille ic One aon id MSIRSLnceerueas ot tells us, was “a golden cup in the Lord's band that iA [to ‘emoke, oranges to eat, cl-thes | 1000 Broadway, near Willo’by, Bklyn | made all the earth drunken.” yy Dreswed. Juno 22, 1911." | 489 Fulton St, A. &8., Bilyn All this in June, the month of rosea | —the month of marriage Hcennes. H For many years New York has held up a glit. McGibbon & Co. 67 Broad St, near Huahne’s, Newark MUST TRY AGAIN TOFD HUSBAND Man Identified by Mrs. Lena} Gene Proves He Never | : Married Her. | Mrs. Lena Gene of No. 1819 Third ave- nme, who in the Court of Domestic Rela- tlons yesterday identified Samuel Zicker of No, 127 East One Hundred and Second Mreet as her long missing husband, | tering cup of lurury and riot to the Weatern continent, the modern Jeremiahe tel! us. And the Mayor's comparison was apt, not only in the Babylonian spirit of the town he governs but also; RIXO! to its physical aspect. “Oh, thou that dwellest upon| GREELEY* SMITH any waters, abundant in treasures!” applies just as well to moderna as to ancient Babylon. + Many strangers have come from over seas to study modern Babylon and its institutions, and, going home, have made bright the arrows of their wit and sharpened the spears of their indignation, presenting queer, dis-| torted pictures of us to other cities, or at least the pictures seem queer and | distorted to us dwellers in Babylon. ‘We have heard from the clergy that-im tem years’ time Mew York will be a territory for foreign mis- sions, 20 heathen are its ideals and its pursnits. ‘We have been told that the lives of our mem are given to the pur- eult of dollars and that the strug- gle is so ruthless that when For- tune is attained the man is merely @ broken captive chained to the band's favorite anecdotes away from} him the moment he starts to tell them 4nd finishing them in her own style. There are many husbands who have Never uttered a complete sentence since the day they were married, and there Were several young men in tradning for the same fate yesterday afternoon, these elbowing, self-1 8 young men, whose august pres: completely filled the license win- enc terday was Singer versus Singer. % was Nightingale versus Night Ingale— which ‘The Evening World's court reporter classified as @ bird of a story. The word nightingale always brings | to my mind those exquieite opening lines of “Parisina”: It ts the hour whea from th ni The sightingal h te ln henna At is the hour when lovers’ vows Seem aweet tn every whispered word. ANOTHER KIND OF HOUR IN ANOTHER PLACE. | But it was not that sort of hour yes- during the hearing of Night- ingale versus Nightingale. | ‘The plaintif in this case, which | Was am undefended suit for separ- | ation, wae the only litigaat I saw | yesterday who seemed to have any perception of the tragic sordia- ‘Resp of the situation. | All the other plaintifs—husbands A ROSENBAUM &Co. 10 & 12 WEST 23RD STREET Extraordinary Announcement FOR FRIDAY O DOLLAR SALE OF © ices eset LINGERIE AND MARQUISETTE! Have remeved to 1 and 3 West 37th Street Near 5th Avenue. Our friends and patrons are invited to familiarize themselves with the many unequalled advantages and con- veniences of the new store and as an inducement to that end a special 10% JANUARY DISCOUNT has been placed in effect in all de- partments until the end of the month. HOUSEKEEPING LINENS BLANKETS AND BEDSPREADS WHITE DRESS GOODS HANDKERCHIEFS, LACES y to, appear in court WMOR) Cugriog wheels of his wife's trl [dow. Now and cen one saw the micok | Seeking to divorce thetr nusbande— : FINE EINGERIB AND! NEGLIGEES : Nttle nose of the plain and durable W9F® @@ afr of ill-concenled eager- LACE CURTAINS AND BED SETS eens HRA ra all ‘We have heard that the extrava- [und xrateful pride peering over the| 2088, Of BAlf-suppressed exhilara- WAISTS | a : UPHOLSTERY MATERIALS erat aiiseey ae ee ecnscn vat] aut demands of our women cause | young man's shoulder, But in fact ana| tom ( : wih , 3 witnesses to testify Goldschmidt, former Twenty-Seventh +s: had married Mrs. Gene, Wicker was not the for him. Rev. B.y derman of the! y district, who; testified that! meu to stake their souls upom the ([!n spirit she was as much and as per- Manently in the rear as if they had been buck and squaw. All the applicants for llcenses seemed extremely young to me, though the Clerk of the License Bureau says the! wheel of fortui If all che thing: against modern Babylon a ft is merely a question of time w assume the image and like- “Gee, whis! I'm glad I'm free," ex- claimed an overcandid young woman | upon receiving her decree the other | day. The same feeling, tempered by fear that a ail they may fail to obtain Suitable for Present & Early Spring Wear COMFORTABLE ART FURNITURE ORIENTAL AND AMERICAN RUGS BRASS BEDS AND BEDDING id 2 o we #1 | DEPENDABLE FURNISHINGS FOR SELECT HOMES Hundred nat whe | uses our painted ancestress and} couples are mainly from twenty to| thelr freedom, was, with one exception, | witnessed — the Mrs. | shall become, even as ancient Babylon | thirty, on the face of every appitcant for « P Gene, also swore tha not the husband. Harris he had times and last n ne a r a fo »hus-| As pudlic spirited Babylonians we He : |e: divorce drama ts very simple. i and Sixth street and d avenue she critics, But what do we know as In-)% © t teonrakaveun Garvine sk thirty-five, (estiies to tae fact and date | pointed at a man who Was ¢ ing an! qiyiduais of the institutions they} srar of 1 too, and of her marriage, and that she hus not| fee cre w#tore and said hus | on: . “ wky beauty of twenty. 2 condoned the oftense of the husband. band, She smiled at t nd made ‘uarrlage, the founding of a| The process of getting a iicense 1814 tetend of the husband ten 5 4s though to take hold of him but the would-be-fce-creann-ea ny “Ie sae of No. 189 Bast | r v y » everywhere else, 8 pr “ : ; Louls Gene, or Ger in mod Bavylon a. veryw si ; es — Seay tis One Hundred and stx'h street, said be) MARRIAGE A “NECESSARY PRE- began Hl Rat ivan aerated was duly verved by iin with the y ft piles ne sband, | a“ n rain f wag a brother of the meene iimcons| — LIMINARY TO DIVORCE.” — asic, and you hand your examination | MY ha cate, uble by cintt e { ed re-| papers in at the window with @ dollar] , RASS U IRS UrSUbLe Byectal ITS BRIRa| <A AWGIIAR OS RAE ee bill, If you and the bride visibly | ‘The milly of the gods grind quickiy— FAVORITE "Fae police say Mos. Gene has com: !° TAGs. yen she answered nonchal-| more than eighteen yeurs of age, and If when it comes to divorce suite, GneAKtasy breakfast fuel bill. pralned to then. against if MEM) gnuy. Sy think 140, It's still a neces- | YOu have mace out t piieation cor | Owing to Justice Iixehoft's recent rul- FOR 30 We cook H-O oatmeal Thom she identified as her missing use | SREY.) BUNT to ince, fsn't It?” | reotly, you pass, and wet your degree or | !nk that the delinquent defendant can- bend, After Matening to the witnesses and; looking at a photograph which Zicker produced of thimsel! a a and procested to discuss ‘he missing husband with al! who would listen, N Muy i} ov ed h vies ; , Dorwits of No. ome street, who | Clty Hall, a long room fille a wita fables) ts dingy and gray and o14, ip the | UePPer. | ry wollronved young fel High or Saves you monty ci-rences your 8 he said was soon to be bis bride, the and with a partition at one end, bridal smile, All the young women [i August, 100). ‘Then middle-aged Dutch nec bra a ut ouny ne Magtetrate honorably s.scharged’ tie /regohed byw dark corridor und @ ae ye ae the Marri-go Bicense | wownan took the stand and told how models, long | a brea man. | gloomy stairway—at the Clty Hall they window, and it is radiant and gay Rosle Co bad @ room from or short nutritious properties of choicest Just before court edjourned Mrs, Gene | eat tne dark corridor “Cupid's Alley”, i Romie Conan ind : inv ofc apprates Hetcre 2ianistrats iiartie and dee it Jeads to the Marriage Id-| enough to Mumine darker places Mine on ah | irislous properties * vented astonished that Zicker had been Ke Pra Wabvionians | then the basement of the Gity |* hd beable discharged. She insisted et go when they want to wed. And) gen, | and and demanded must 6 e : | ‘The Magisirate told her to go|most Babylontans do want to wed 0 “When are you going to be marr! ery: home, She went ns fir na the corridor | think they do-once In @ lifetime, anys i. one of the stereotyped questions asked | That Cough (vy the Hicense cles | ein | “This afternoon!” ie very generally the | jf She, old reliable, most } JEALOUS HUSBAND GONE, AFTER STRANGE STABBING, as tinge now to modera | ands 1: to the wir! ttn hia gi a | pylon, you can get @ marriage | peams at the young man, meat the| Investigation in Hoboken, to-day, tert for the asking and @ dollar = yense clerk, beams on the whole world, Of Horehound and Tar threw some light on the stabbing last) yi), but df you want @ divorce you and they walk hack through the @ingy oothes and heals sore throat, hoarse- niitht of Dante! Wagne a foreman for tho Albany Tee Co, at Sixteenth street plead guilty to one, the cold and sparkling air of Babylon, | Bold by érus; and Third avenue, while he wasin the! joey, ing and the end of {that does not know oF care that they | oa by Grunginta. ompany of a woman Who described |artage in New York furnish extremely {are just going to be married and live rrzave Flore: ce Sullivan, a tele- So. 131 Grand street, sken, Was s he was stabbed scnan he never saw before, who epped up to him on the street and elf as perator Witted the assault without @ word! oi en inypassive, important | spirtt of a divorce urt would be som- TIES and other VALUABLES ‘ Fy “ty Bellevue Hospital, where Wagne |! jthat | eg rowenta the tact thar ||| MEW AND MOST MODERN 'S Y | collapsed. Ite wax given prawn treat et was posaiole| Perhaps Cunld rivents the tet tut ||| © ABSOLUTELY FIRE AND MEN'S WOMEN'S Ince snd. but | recover, al fe and will f saw his as- companion sald sie neve window which Would prove the |quarters in a . iyy) | 4 medium and round toes Gallant before and descrlued the man|cvagtor spirit of the fut Pavement, an apleas ‘|| SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS cher style, in several OED BPS Tahoe jaae | Begin weerione DlAPw.aversoet aad Sleraity the youas man. Boe age aT ee itcn ee || mullt within, our enerstery toe shapes, included, | t © Bulliven, It apneare, is welllvee @ tng out et one of the menyipiaye.on § ns. bank building! $ | $ | REAL iG Hoboken. Duy she Gore NOt | atte crowded. b e brides and | ow, laughing Capid | Boxes from $5 per year and up| se | . | Lattin oN che tse martieg (bNdegroome. Bu ral instance riy so nice a home as t fj | be of an oxtr los disposition. git! Would showider the boy away from | the suoulder | i 1 4 could not be found tos the Window and would answer for both \ hea eu D WwW fia ns who know him say hejof them, 1 could see that girl as al terday | 8th Ave. and 34th Street | ANDRE ALEXANDER ew York jaat night became a dwelling place for dragons, an tonishment and « hissing without an inhabitant. SOME ARE NEVER TOO OLD TO) GET MARRIED. ad one old colored man here re- “We very simp! ting forth certain facts concerning your- of life You fill out 4 blank set- household, the real beginning license. ‘The only beautifal thing about the Marriage License Bureau, which The typical marriage in Babylon ts a play in two acte-the first takes place in a dingy room dn the basement of tl divorce I saw yesterday. DIVORCE DRAMA 18 SIMPLE AS WELL. to his knowledge of th an's {niidellty. Then ‘That's ai—next case! hot be identified from a photograph, the case of Israel vs. Hosle Cohen waa wud- denly huited yesterday, Israel was « dapper, fuiriy well-dressed young fel- way. second act takes place less than @ in Part 11, of the Supreme undefended divorce | ck away the en the License sol- | Halt Court, where Danes jemnly a must commit a orime or at least corridor called “Cupid's Alley." out tnto happily ever afterward—or else wind up lin Part II. of the Supreme Court. You would think that the atmosphere of a Marriage Lioense Hureau would be \merry as & 7 and that the teresting spectacies, Yesterday 1 sat wide the Marniage License Bureau and watched at leust one undred couples who.c tor licenses, The t invariably way and wwe ube from aces peerin Maghted, warruloues of lady, \eking ei) ber Bus- No, o on the undelsnded calender the time he} 9, | nv ter ale’s Honey reeable remedy, Rees, dryness and all irritation. 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