"SIMPLE LIFE" DIVORCE.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 24 August 1907, Page 3

"SIMPLE LIFE" DIVORCE.

THE DISIUUSIONAIiSNT OF AN ; AIiOJtIDUJiE. Geneva, June 27. Eerr Leopold wolfliug, formerly Archduke Leopold Balvator of Austria, was granted a divorce by. the Swiss courts today. ilia wife, for whom he renounced his rank and fortune, was Mle. Adamovitch, the daughter of a postman, and an actress. lie claimed a divorce 011 account oi the remarkable eccentricities of his wife, who persisted in living "tlie simple life" with a strange sect at Ascona.

I Neither the ex-Archduke nor his wife attended court during the hearing. The I ex-Archduke held that it was not consistent with his dignity, and his wife declined to recognise the proceedings. | It is.stated that the ex-Archduke will now re tun to Austria, and appeal to the Emperor to permit his reinstatement at Court. M. Lachenal, who represented the Archduke at the trial, considerably amused the auditors by the story of the troubles of his royal client, lie stated that lime. AVolfling adopted the "simple life" soon after lier marriage. She wore only one gauzy garment, had her hair down her back, took sun batha all day, "discarded" all cooked food, and gave her husband roots and wild berries to eat. ■ She compelled her husband to follow her manner of living, and there were continual scenes.