Mrs. Van R.C. King , whose 2 year old divorce , just told , is a mystery to everyone .
Just why the divorce of Col. And Mrs . Van Rensselaer C. King of N.Y. society was kept a secret for 2 years is not known . The decree was handed down April 19 , 1923 in a Pennsylvania court , ending a romance that began in the World War . Mr. King was a Colonel of Engineers in the AEF while she , then the divorced wife of John W. Minton was a war worker .