The evening world., 1894-01-20
LAST EDITION
WILL they MARRY?
Lillian and Perugini Haven't gu
preme Court Permission Yet.
But That May Be Obtained at Any
Time Before the Ceremony.
Cruel Suspicion that the Cantatrice
Wanted All cad"

Supreme Court Justice George c. Bar
rctt this morning informed an Evening
Nurld' reporter that an Informal APP
pltcation had been made to him by Law
yer Abe Hummel, on behalf Of Miss
Lillian Russell, the Casino soprano,
setting forth the facts of Miss RusseiI's
recent two matrimonial ventures, the
divorce secured by Harry Braham from
her on statutory grounds and her mar
riage to and divorce from Teddy Solo,
mon, and asking. IL in the opinion of the
Court. such facts constitute suficlent
ground for an application to the Supreme
Court. for it to grant permission for
Miss Russell's announced marriage to
Sig. Pc ugini to be celebrated to-mor-
row In this State.
To this statement Justice Barrett said
he had replied that he had grave doubts
II such an application, IL made, would be
granted on the facts presented.
Justice Barrett also stated that permis-
sion for Miss Russell to marry in this
State could only be granted by O Su-
preme Court Justice. 1t was not neces-
sary, however. to make such application
to any one special Supreme Court jus
tice. 1t could be made to any one OF
the Justices of the court. AS a Supreme
Court Justice is always In chambers. tho
application could be made at any time
ana in any place.
Under these circumstances Miss Rus
sell may find some Supreme Court Jus.
her matrimonial affairs, and IL she does
her union with Perugini may take place
tomorrow at her residence. 3S West
Seventy-ninth street.
should she, however. be unsuccessful
in this, her marriage need not necessa-
rily be declared on. except as far az
and P%erugini need to do to be married
is to go over to New Jersey, y State
where more leniency is shown to enaW.
ored couples who-Sehemently desfre -
wed.
Whether after marrying in New Jersey
Miss Russell would lay herself open to
legal h%arshness IL she returned to New
York to reside Is a legal point not at
present settled by precedent.
Miss Ilussell's difficulty with the law
lies in the fact that after marrying
on the statutory grounds in the Supreme
marry again in New York she must
demonstrate to a Supreme Court Judge
that she has lived a uniformly good and
moral life" for five years. OF course. II
Braham were dead, which he Is not, no
application would be necessary. On such
demonstration satisfactory to the Court.
permission to marry again would given.
Her marriage with Teddy Solomon cuts
no figure in the present case, for. al
| tnOuGn divorced III the superior court
OF New York. she married him In New
Jersey. .
1t was reported that Superior Court
Judge McAdam. who divorced her from
Solomon. would retie the nuptial knot
tomorrow. but he may decline to act
under the present circumstances.
Full preparations for the wedding had
been made at Miss Russelrs home and
a dinner In the evening arranged, to
which Mrs. Cynthia Leonard. Miss Rus
sclls's mother: her sisters. Hattie Leonard
and Mrs. Westwood. professionally
known rs Susie Russell; Mr.. and Mrs.
DAILY, Col. Henry Savage. f.. b. Piper.
and Father Ducey have been invited.
Perugini. who is singing with Miss
Russell in The Princess Nicotine" a.
the Casino, is reported as ready to go
to New ~Jersey-even to Hohokus-or
anywhere SO long as the marriage takes
place.
Even though no marriage result. be-
cause of the legal complications, Miss
Russell will probably be somewhat con-
soled by the immense advertising boom
the incident has given her. The agonlz-
ing effect produced by seeing on the
stage two loving, burning hearts that
would throb and palpitate as one but
for the cold cruelty of the separating
law, VIII prove a dra wins card that
no country and few city audiences can
resist.