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Dr, Wark Also Charges She Derided His Profession to Their Son andHad Her Mother Spy on Him \That she instilled in their children the principles of German Kultur” isIE* ‘t ^ 'TT \ f| ! ; i. r 1 • -* one of the charges made, by John Arthur Wark. a dentist, formerly practicing in Clifton Heights,'who is suing his wife, Minnie A. Wark, for divorce. Hebrought suit on the general grounds of“cruel and barbarous treatment and indignities'’ in the June term of Common Pleaa Court No. 1. In response to a demand bv Mrs. Wark his counselyesterday filed a bill of particulars in the Prothonotary’s office in which the “Kultur' charge and several other unusual charges are made.Beginning about the year 1909, Mrs. Wark and her parents, who were born in Germany, it is stated, began to influence and teach the children against the libellant's protests, that Germany was “the only country on the face of the globe and that her people were only to be considered.”In support of “cruelty and indignities” Dr. Viark declares after they had beenmarried only five months and continuing until their recent separation Mrs. Wark constantly nagged him, rendering him unfit to properly attend to his duties as an operating dentist. This nagging, according to the doctor, was a nightly occurrence and prevented him from sleeping on many occasions. He declares his wife falselv accused him of undue intimacy with other women. For a period of ten years prior to their separa-! *tion, in April last, the libellant alleges, Mrs. Wark neglected her household duties, often staying away from their home, until it was too late to provide an evening meal for him.£ mGave Guests Liquor jDr. Wark also alleges Mrs. Wark was in the habit of ordering intoxicating liquors as refreshments for friends in-vited to the house by her. although he* ,V'V { I ' n. • h p ) I 1 ; ■ ¥ • fdid not approve -of this sort of entertainment.Dr. Wark also said at times he felt it, was unsafe for him to eat the food prepared by his wife and she refused to allow him to hire maids.Mrs. Wark also encouraged her mother to listen at the door of his nrivate5 t ^ ( r m - f - • « p- ft v • p. \ s i | § HJTj \ Sj * ” 'office to hear the conversation between him and his patients, her husband declares. This began about one year after their marriage, he says, and continued until 1913. when he compelled his v’ifeto notify her mother to discontinue her visits to their home.Complaint is also made that Mrs. j Wark discouraged their son from studying dentistry, declaring that - it was a “dirty, low, mean profession.”On Anril 26 last Mrs., Wark caused j the arrest of her husband for. alleged de- j section and non-support, although he declares at that time they were living together and he was providing for her andtheir family.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Jul 20, 1917
Page 14
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