Not Defended.
A FORM OF ABSTINENCE. COUNTESS IN COURT. [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press -Association.] London, July 14. Countess Russell was granted a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights. When her husband wrote saying he would not live with her again, she declined to take him seriously, aud replied: "Regard your action as a form of self-denial. You left on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Would really advise you to try a milder form of abstinence like the boy who determined to give up soap during Lent!"
THE EARL'S ATTITUDE. (Received 8.35 a.m.) London, .July 14. Earl Russell will not defend the Countess's successful claim for restitution of conjugal rights. His age is 64.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 71, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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116Not Defended. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 71, 15 July 1914, Page 5
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