Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-20
TALES OF GOTHAM.
Men and Women Seen in the
Great Metropolis.
THE HUSBAND OF AMELIE RIVES
A Typical New York Club Man Who Cares
Little for the Slanderers.
Or. PaIton's Rush of Words-The Passing
of the Rendals-Plenty of Women
shopltftsrs--A Cheerful and
Merry Criminal
THE HUSBAND OF AMELIE RIVES
Special Correspondence Of the Gazette.

Special Correspondence OF the Gazette.
NEW YORK, March ia typical New
York club man is Mr.. J. A. Chanler, the
husband of Amelie Rives. He is not a
dude, yet he is exceedingly well dressed,
carefully groomed, and has the ease and
manners Of one who has seen much of the
world and profted well by the experience.
! saw him for moment the other daY in
his rooms at the Everett house Mrs. Chan
Ter wass somewhat indisposed, and so was
not in her parlor when l called. Her hus-
band, however, acted as a charming host.
A grateful fire blazed on the hearth and was
very welcome, for the day was raw and
cold. There were bright pictures on the
walls. A pretty writing desk was Uttered
with dainty note paper, newspapers and
magazines ana other paraphernalia of a
writer. Mr.. Chanler rose to greet me. He
is a slim young man between thirty and
thirty five years of age, with a clean-cut
face, piercing eyes, broad forehead, firm
mouth, light mustache and hair. His pat
ent leather boots had evidently been var
uishCd by an artist. His trousers were
creased TO perfection. A dainty black satin
scarf encircled his high white collar and his
cutaway coat had just come from the tail
ers hands.
We talked for a moment or two upon a
variety Of subjects until finally Mrs. Chan
ler's literary work was mentioned. Then
my host became enthusiastic as well he
might When l asked him why it was that
MS wife had over replied to the malicious
falsehoods so often told about her and her
methods in theunewspapers he very calmly
replied that she had arrived at point in
her life when the evil people spoke of her
caused her no sorrow, although like every
body else she is anxious, of course, that
she may be thought well of.
There was a time" Mr. Chanler said.
when we were both exceedingly annoyed
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papers about US, for l may say to you
frankly that I have not escaped the assaults
Of vltuperatiVe writers. Now we have
learned better. OF course, we care very
much, but if we were to attempt to follow
up all the fctions that are printed about
oul lives, we should be very busy people,
so busy, in fact, that we should have time
Tor nothing else. Thus it comes We have
made a new rule. We pay no attention now
TO scurrilous reports, and go along in our
own way, contented and at peace with all |
the world"
Thus, it will be seen, Mr.. ChalSer is
something of a philosopher. He sloke |
without any resentment of those who have |
maligned his wife and himself, and, on the |
other hand, he had many pleasant things to |
say about reporters, editors and reviewers |
who have been truthful in what they |
have printed.
I'VE are only here for a short time, - he |
continued, as rose 10 90, ''anQ are making |
the most of our visit. Mrs. Chanler has
not been very well, and so we have been pre-
vented to an extent, from going about.
But we shall see all the good things at the
theaters before we leave, and have some |
pleasant conversations with friends. In |
fact we are looking forward to a royalty |
good time by ourselves, in which we hope |
to escape public observation and newspa-
per nOtOriety.n
I may add, for the benefit of Mrs. Chan
ler's friends, that she is now engaged in
what she considers the best literary effort
of her life. When well, she devotes some
portion of each day to writing, some time
10 painting, of which she is very fond. and
the remainder of her day to reading, visit
ing and seeing her friends. She has more
offers for work than she can keep track of,
and as she is comfortably off in this worlds
goods, there is no reason why she should
hurry in her writings. Contrary to many
reports that have been circulated, she is
perfectly happy. Indeed, may say know
of no woman whose life is so pleasant in
both public and private. Unlike most of
U.s. she found the philosophers stone-con-
tentment-verV early in life