mmmmmmmmmmmm WW 1 jMMwmmwvM tU .' WJK?W7 ' Tffitf '.!.) W 28 yBf y'J " L ' ' ' " " I LITHESOME DOROTHY SHAW, CHILD OF WEALTH, SCORNS RICHES TO IVED IMPECUNIOUS SCULPTC ,. 'KM II v- v e M if M Wr Failing in Twe Attempts te Find Happiness, She Relin quishes All Claims te Secial Position in One of the Most Remarkable Legal Documents Ever Filed in America Vil 1 21 GoldNetHappiness, Declares Fermer Wife of Wealthy Manufacturer I SAYS LOVE WILL BLOOM IN GAY PARIS aspirations end the companionship of former friends cast in mere con ventional meld it is a pledge but here is the affidavit te speak for itself and the woman who made it: "I, Mrs. Dorethy Shaw Gibbens Mulligan, being first duly sworn, en oath depose and say that en this fifth day of June, A. D. 1922, in order that I may share in the future THE blithesome and beautiful Dorethy Shaw, child of wealth and social . position of Chicago, who became first the bride of Walter C. Gibbens, en of a powerful millionaire politician and new has wedded an impe impe junieus sculptor, four days after divorcing Gibbens, has discovered life's happiness. She finds it is net in geld. I "There is no wealth greater than a great love." Dorethy Shaw's latest romance is btill thrilling society, for she has riven herself up te the creed conveyed In the preceding sentence, contained In ene of the most remarkable legal documents ever filed in America. She had made two previous efforts te find peace, contentment and Itppiness as the bride of a very wealthy manufacturer, Beth efforts with hat man, Gibbens, wcre failures. But when she decided te take her new Insband, in defiance both of the dull tomes of law and of the tenets of the social circles in which she has always moved, she possibly dreaded the ftfht thought of failure in her mission of the heart, in her quixotic ad-Tenturc. Something of dread or doubt must hive been in the back of her mind, lay her friends, although she docs tot admit it herself, for she bound herself by solemn oath, in a legally txecutcd affidavit, te share the for tune of her new husband, te fellow him even te a hovel uncomplainingly and te help him in the battle of life te the extent of her ability. Dorethy Shaw Gibbens married Geerge Ely Mulligan, a handsome ind earnest follower of art in clay and stone. The marriage, it was frankly admitted, was illegal in the State of Illinois. The bridal ceuple found them lelves te be in the peculiar position of being liable te prosecution if they crossed the border between Illinois 8nd Indiana, in which latter State the second ceremony was performed. But this did net worry them at the time they made their vows and it is net worrying them at this moment. They arc preparing for a future in a humble studio and tiny apartment in the pay and carefree Latin Quarter of Paris. In Paris their art will thrive and their love bloom, says the bride. As the insult of her marital quest of happiness in love and love alone, Dorethy is virtually ostracized by the most prominent element in the society in which she has moved. She xas a leader in that society herself for years. Yet she proclaims her Jey ever the situation in which she new finds herself. Te show that she took the second step toward happi ness with her eyas wide open and her head quite clear, she has made in his studies and work as a sculptor than dwell in a stately mansion with its riches, suspicions, idleness, glut tony and the attendnnt evils of wealth. "There is no wealth greater than a great love. "Further affiant sayeth net." Three copies of the affidavit were made and signed, one for the bride groom, one for the bride and the third for Philip R. Davis, their at torney, who placed the original also in his effice safe as a record and as a guarantee in case of future "de velopments." Society everywhere and these of wealth and position in business and the professions have followed the brief announcements in the papers te be followed about with the eye of morbid curiosity, and they are, at the moment, in seclusion en the eve of their departure for France. "There isn't much mero I can say," said the bright-eyed and smil ing young woman, "than what I said in my little affidavit. But eh! hew I meant it, every word of it. And you'll want te knew I'm net sorry I took the leap. I have the dearest, most considerate and understanding husband in the world. What mere en earth could a decent woman want? Her Vexation and Sorrow Have New Disappeared "Everything that may be classed as trouble or vexation or sorrow dis- w&jwr; !? 'imumm i HAiPW In ffliTO a. Vawv VsSfeMS-?.-;.' 'mmst?' . ',',' 2jiAMmv, a -, xjiink. s ' i i -mIvy v m i v iBav ' r iHIBEkWvU jLHK$ WW k 1. ... ' Vf Vit J&vkkbkkkkV' ' , A '' l -'.'" sL'- X v5Sn .? "M I-1 v -.1 ""' '1Z?11 1 K V' '..--'1'. 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"But all my life I bad studied and loved art and the lure of it was still In my bleed Still. 1 only dabbled with it until I met Dorethy. "It was then that my old dreams and ambitions came Heeding bark te me. I developed a new energy, a d termination te win my way te the Cry topmost peak of artistic achievement, and some how I Ime a ery strong feeling new that, with Dorethy's encouragement, I pball reach the success I um thriving for. "I felt the urge that ramc from her !oe even before it was pe--ihle for us te marry, and ven befure it had been pe.-,.ble for me te breathe my aspira tions te her. New I have her. thank Ged, and I am sure that the way lies open." The beautiful, clear-eyed Dorethy mediocre piece of work I felt m my cu" N 'l ' ,; ch ,un 00Pp hiii fhn, T iimi fnmrvi nnr 'Plum acrev tiiu rtMiiuiant table at ner .L. , ,, ... ,. . At. nf mr himlirrnff , win! a ie.iv et rapt auornuen, bam: nothing cl-e matters, and the rest of the . ' . . . t, "Ye,, (ieerge, the wa will be open world can go bang. Se I smashe.l w.th a ' or jeu and I'll be w.th you alwajs as "Pelks who reaUy love each ether V" Gibben and told him I could net lenS i are as geed and as kind as in this day and age will usually get , r- '"ViV ?? J i V Mm J J." ". and if you were net, I along, tee If they are true and brave' nn,, thnt . ,in,. ,,, ln r slieuld Mmplv wjnt te crawl off some- Dorethy Shaw Gibbens Mulligan and that he would bae te cet tome one else te execute it for him nnd alert one can help the ether and they will always win out iu the end. Leve Is normal and wholesome, nnd all the substitutes for it, including money, seen peter out, according te my obier ebier obier vatlens and convictions. ' Meant Her Affidavit as Rebuke te Seme Men Mrs. Mulligan indicated In manner nnd gesture that her "little affidavit" was meant net only as her creue lur domestic bliss, but that she meant It as a rebuke te men, and te one par ticular man, who may still think that anything can be bought with geld and held with geld. Ne romance bound between the covers of a popular novel ever contained mere elements of the bizarre and unexpected, mere delicate nuances of devotion, mere tender mastery by man, mero sacri fice by spirit of woman, however, de fpite the binipliutv of the bride's ex pressions, than this Shaw-Gibbens-Mulligan love .tiiy new written Inte the records of the law. The bride of the sculptor ii the daughter of n Georgia publisher nnd she was one of the belles of Atlanta, when she met Walter C. Gibbens, who was then in the I'nlted States army. He courted her w-ith the familiar ardor of military levers. With the fleeting glamour of war in the air, their romance moved toward the altar In double-quick time, for that was a period when Mars did net wiit en Cupid. Soen nfter, the young man's father, Harry It. Gibbens, treasurer of Cook County, Illinois, multimillionaire man ufacturer and widelv known in national political councils, died. This left young Gibbens the heir te a great fortune. With his beautiful and vivacious bride from the Seuth, the young man went te llve in the family mnnslen' In the fa mous Sheridan read of Chicago's North Side. Hut before long reports of marital disagreements were passed along the "Geld Coast" by mutual friends. They were net violent reports, nor did they contain any suggestion that might prej udice the reputation of either the hus. Dinn or tr.e wite. 'ine domestic situa- ' al.i d. .;..,,, r'.. -ration was bared te nn extent when the ' several Prominent Couples bride tikd a plea for separate main tenance. She declared that "cruelty" was ths basi3 of her complaint, but added frankly trat the cruelty was "mera mental than physical." A formal hear ing was hi Id and the wife was granted the desired decice. where anu curl up and die. That was r ...itlcr... .. U I .. HAn .....i .:... 1 11 .. I.T -1 . , .. .. .1 ... 1 & LUt II allll till. 11I..I,' ;lll HlVlini I fill I. i. non i minu saying Hint at inac , ,7,,, v, r ; ; -- : -: -- stage I felt a bit guilty, perhaps. At '"le tt,?"le,t- w,ante1 .veu always te any rate I hoped against nope that ".w '" had n, powerful main Mrs. Gibbens would pass out of my ' spnng behnd the works that make you l.r. t t ji.i . ' i, i,i ..r go round, and the pretty bride nceled lining Ir. ! l.t. ..!. ' .tt I "tT lUUghtCr and I tried te stifle' the theugnt. j Turumg te the uewepaper person she "Yes, we shall be happy ever there in Dinner Party Was Real Start of Remance "It was after this t:iat Mr. and Mr. Gibbens separated Wc met .igam one t-vening at the home of a mutual friend at a dinner partv. As we thought it eer and disciiseil it atten.ard, it ap peared thnt en that night we wi-ir simplv uimule te re.st one anethir We were pew erics in meshes thnt were stronger thin our will power. e cen-fes'-eil our lee for each etiier. "Well, the duerrc came along net a great time afterward and wc were mar rlc I ns seen as possible." The smiling bride glanced up at this point in iue interwew ami interpesed: "Yes, it was just like that." Thcv explained te the interviewer that thcv hail been married at Valpa raiso. Indiana, and that the name of the town, translated from the Spanish into English, "Vale of Paradise." doubtless had something te de with their whimsically sentimental section of it as a place in which te begin their wed ded happiness. This was only the fourth day after the decree of divorce had been granted in such fast time as nearlj te consti tute a record. Judge Jeseph Sabath heard the tea timnnj in the casp at twenty minutes te two o'clock in the afternoon en Mav 20. lf)22. Within sixtv minutes the evidence had been transcribed en a Tans e are going te have a cute little studio out Montmartre way, net far from the far-famed mountain it-, n'f that loe;v down en historic Paris. It is the atmeiphere of lee and art and aspiration and nKe if is awfully geed fun. I -l all work l.ird "h. se hard, te 'Op Inn 'ii knew I'm eung and I rung aid ful of Miu, Mger and utabty. Saus Washing Dishes Is Doing Her Let of Geed "I'll cook and sew and wah dishes nnd e(tthing. I mil eiy retcntly it had b' i n u long turn- since I did any I real wmk thnt is te spt.ik of and it'a doing me a let eg geed iuw . Seme time when li.'ere has no model, or has no uieiiet i hire ene, perhaps I cau pese for lnm. We are going te h.iM a carefree, Bebtmian life and wi'll trael. tee. I want te i--it all of Etuepe and learn a whole ler about ir. I don't cure three whoops for money. I m sick of the stuff. I'm tired of being a cute little petted buttciliy. I want hue, even If I it is in a garret. And I am sure that , ni husband is a great genius and that he will make enough inenej before long that we wen t have te hi. in a garret if wc den t want te." i Mr. Mulligan has achieved the gpeat , est measure of his success in America I through his portrait ntudtes of slim, tasmonaeie women of society, lie had typewriter, the decree had been sltmed Awl M.a flA.A.l... l!U.n r-lUI 1 1 1 "' ;i" "nJZrZ. " "u""""n: """ been an art student at the Chicago Art u-ntmm nn mn ! ' '"" , Institution for several cars under the The Valparaiso marriage, as has been explained, is illegal under the statutes of the Mate of Illinois, and oheuld the couple attempt te live in Illinois they mav be prosecuted . but their marriage is legal in Indiana or in ether States or countries. Geerge K. Mulligan, hem child of wealth wed four days after obtaining divorce e affidavit that Mie signed after the Indiana ceremony. ne of Most Remarkable Affidavits Ever Filed The affidavit is a voluntary re velation of wealth and the hope Alth, a casting away of social of my husband, Gcerge E. Mulligan, j concerning the discovery of this doc with perfect understanding, I take I ument, pledging leve against pov pev this opportunity te renounce for nll.erty if necessary, with keen alien time the thought or the hope of the lien. The leve caicer of the bride acquisition of riches. and sculptor bridegroom will be pur- "Fer I would rather lim in a Mied with interest wherever they hovel or n garret in the Latin Quar- may B tier of Taris and assist my husband The couple has no desire, however, appears in the warmth and friendli ness and comradeship of leve be tween an understanding husband nnd an understanding wife. They don't even have te tnlk te understand each ether. "I don't enre particularly whether I'm se terribly ehlu or smart. Geed taste should rule in woman's dress any wjr, net the abselute mandates of fash, fea. I don't want te rtarve and there that has te be neught, Isn't fit te be a wife te start with. "I've had the money nnd nil that gees with It, nnd I knew from personal experlence what I nm talking nbeut. Where there Isn't renl, downright leve for n woman thcr Is no life, merely nn existence. A craving for luxuries, or wnicii one seen tiies atterwind, can be easll) satisfied in a row months' ex perience with them they seen pall en the man or woman worth while. Hut n craving for real love can only be satis fied with love. When you get that, Startled Society When She Returned te Hubby But just when society was speculat ing whether divorce proceedings would fellow 1 Mrs Shaw Gibbens Btartled her friends bv leturning te the man sion of her husband. He thereupon made the announcement that a recon ciliation had been effected. The reconstructed romance did net endure for long, however weeks nnd even befe aware that the ceu mentnl disagreement. Mrs Gibbens filed an application for diveice, demanding also the custody of her child. Shirley Anne Gibbens. Her meeting with Geerge E. Mulli gan, the sculptor, had taken rlaee at a time previeuslv, when she and her husband were still outwardly devoted at least. Here is what Mr Mulligan him self snld te the interviewer in regard te their sentimental meeting Have Been Prosecuted Mere than one person of mere, con spicuous status than the Mulligan-- h-ive been prosecuted, after growing careless with the pnssage of time, for infringing tee far en the marriage laws of n sov ereign State The dimrce deetec spe cifically forbids the remarriage of either party te it for n period of one Tear. At thft end of the stipulated period as another evident e of the travesty of individual State divorce law-. Mr. and Mrs. Mulligan may return te Chicago, if they desire; hut tbev must firt pass through the formality of a second wed ding ceremony. The Indiana marriage was solemnized in secret, and the bride , nmdavit, dated from Cook County wis evidenr-e thnt guidance of his late father. Charles J. Mulligan, who was known throughout art rcles of Amerua and the Con tinent. the elder Mulngnn, who had his own ideas nbeur artistic achievement, de clined te extend te his own son the com mendation thnt the .veuth wen from ether sculptors nnd from studiets that worked beside him It was ns though' the lather feared the son's head might be turned nnd that undue praise might impair his future premise of great things Hut the time came when the senior sculptor was giving a private exhibition of his own works in the rooms of the Arr Institute, mid the son suggested: Father, suppose I exhlbl. tee." The aniared parent retorted : ' Impossible! Win, jeu are only a fir-deling, n mere beginner in art. The public would laugh nt jeu"' But Yeung Artist Astounded Father This rather stung the but he was und Hinted. jeung artist, He secretly ever. Iteieiu many the couple defied the law and slipped prepared tluee "t his best portrait stud- 'fore friends were back te the big town for n few days 'e and submitted them, unknown te pin were again li without apprising their friends either his fathr, te the Committee if Judges. , Mrs Gibbens filed of their coming or of their new rela- F.verv one of them was accepted and a U .!... . Iiiillnn .. n.". A.lilkl.n.l ...- 4 .h I UM- Mini: nmmra - m- ;Aiiuatuu uuav tv of their coming or of their new tienshin. Beth legal and eeclal ostracism forced ' tee T-erK et ms miner them at first te take up their tempo- Mr. nnd Mrs. Mulligan sy that they rary residence ln Indiana, but tbev are' de net intend te make their permanent new in the East and preparing sebn te home in the French capital, for already sail for Europe se thnt the suilpter mav thev nre planning whnt they shall da resume his btudies nnd his work nt the nfter the bildegroem s studies are com cem com Ecelo des Beaux Arts in 1'nn. where pleted. his career had previeuslv bien hi sud-l Their plnn3 imludn a ( hlcnge tesl denlv checked hv the wm Mr Mulll- I must cenfe.-s first of all that I , gan had joined the American fen-is nnd feel deeply in love with Dorethy at first sight. 1 had known Mr. Gibbens nnd he had given me n commission te execute n portrait study of las wife. She. is but perhaps I'd better tell the facts first! "I made the portrait study, but somehow- it failed te satisfy me Had it been of nny one else, pcrlnps, I would have been qu te content Iu junket m fee und feiget about it. "But this Ibis commission some some hew seemed te be different! I um afraid there was something besides art mixed up in my feelings ever the oecerao n lieutenant et artillery iu a Chicago regiment. It is of Interest te note that the French Government will meet the ex nenses nf Mr. Mulligan's tuition nt the celebrated nrt school, under the terms of a schelnrshii which he wen when h! was studing at the Ait Institute ef1 rhicnge. In making tins fnt public Mr Mulligan Hjieki' ceiitidentl) of the futuie: i "Leve Is n power iu an nrlislic ca reer. The ruusiciil maistres of old Eu tope say thnt no woman, for instance, can. make a great singer until bhe has leni-e ' Ihev nre going bai k te brata the social lien nnd Mrs. Grundy. The .voting brld groom's linnl words te, the interview were: "I am ready for greater and neww things new that Dorethy is part of my life " And the plqunnt bride observed : "1 have glwn ut what F once theajht was ever thing, but I don't cnie. for t love blni mid I knew new that love It cveijthi.ig." And the words of her nffidnvlt cant bn k : "Theio U no wealth greater than ntleve." un- iVnd the lucky Mulllgaua hart It. til 1 i . M ?7 1 . r . iiUj -jJ..A,J j - ji i ' Jinil. ...-jXiiltittiiz :
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