The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-11
THE CHANLER DIVORCE
HHY ANELIE RIJEs sEPfRafID
FROM MIR HUsBfND.
The Proceedings Not suspecfed'n |"g'hia
and the Ruinors of lncompa'iphi'y
Were Not Credited.

between Mrs. Ameie Riyes-Chanier ana
her husband, j. Armstrong Chanler'
The FIRST news Of this state of affairs
was conveyed by the dispatches IN TO-
days papers. No proceedings were at
TEMPTED in tie courts here. There have
been at times mild rumors OF incompau-
bility, but they were given very little
| creIence. They were In most cases class
ed as improbable aud put in the list WIN
! tie hundred or so foolish statements
| that have been made about hrs. thah-
| ler She Is at Castle Hill. sixteen miles
from this city, and has not been seen
| since the announce ncnt OF the divorce
naE MARmAGf.
Mrs Amelie Rives-C -Chanler was mar
| ricd 10 John Armstrong Chanier. of
New York, AT Castle Hiii, her Albemarlc
| home, June Is, 1855
The bridesmaids were Miss Gertrude
and Miss Daisy Rives, sister Of the bride;
| Miss Margaret Livingston ChaHler. sister
| Of the groom. Miss Lelia Page ana Miss
/ Louisa Pleasants The marriage cere-
mony was perl0rmerd by the Rev. f.
L. Goodwin in the parlor Of ihe family
| mansion
Mrs Chanler. who has a. large con-
! nccti0n aud many friends In this city, IS
! fhe granddaughter of William g.. iHNes,
who was representative. senator, ana
| Minister TO France during the early part
] p.
| Louis Philippe i'm whose reign, and Whlle
| Mr.. ltycs Was Minister. his eldest daugh-
| ter was born. As mark OF distinguished
| favor queen AmeIc bestowed her name
on the little baby.
This was the aunt OF Mrs. Chanler
| whose name she bears. Colonel Alfred
| Langdon Bives. her father, WAS also born
| ia Paris, General Lafayette being MS god
| father.
Colonel Rivcs returned 10 Virginia after
me completion OF his education and m
| beauty and granddaughter OF Bishop
Moore OF Virginia.
BORN w mcHMosD.
Mrs Chanler was born in Richmond
thrty-two years ago. She was terseiy
| described several years ago as pocket
Venus. She is. said the Epoch, speak
| ing of her in ibsS, the year Of her mar
riage "diminuuyc I'm stature ana sylph-
! ike in form. with bright straw-colored
| hair. which she ties i'm a Psyche knot;
sollt Hloitl eyes uh1ti ,aWttpnie. 'p"I-
black lashes. and @ veritable Cupid's bow
! of Il mouth"
The New York World says: The am
! nounccment OF the divorce win take the
public completely by surprise, as there
! las not been the slightest inumaiion
| that either Amelia lNves or john ARM
| strong Chanlcr was dissatisfied Win
| the marriage into which they entered un-
der such happy circumstances nine years
| aeo this fall To the acQuaintancas or
| Nr Chanler and his famous wife, the
| news OF the divorce viii he a surpr.5r'
| but the divorce itself viii be almost thr
| happening OF the expected. Ana tle
! announcement brief as it ls, tels lne
| exact h-incOmpatbiAty OF trinpcia-
| sac1t nc reflection on either OF ~.
! narffee As John Armstrong ChailDi
| Is fhc Mr. Chanler Of Chanler, Max
well & Philip, the divorce hoiiiiia,ly
| Granted 10 Mrs Chanler. takes ON me
| form of a mutual agreement to separate
MADE FAMOUS BY NOVEL.
Mrs. Chauler. known altogether to lne
| public as Amelye kiFts, "as illlie g. ,rf,
! country. the President or the tmlt1
| states hardly excepted. II was in Aill'
lNs, that Lippncotts Ma Mafa1nSea f1,aaSar b1g- png
lished The QmcK OF the ~ tIie
ms the name under the ute oi 'i,5
| sr-o1iree novelette, was Au.elie RiFes, ail
the world stra.ghtway wanted 10 h"o"
| who she was. t NOD ,
! voung woman less tnan tweniy-t1iee
! wears old. the daughter OF "a pfouo A
| einia family, brought w J." ,a,,i,e.l
| s,nqzenent. Everything that Couid pos
| slhv he said OF a book, Whelhei il
| praise or in blame. was aalu rtii-
| book AS 10 was peculiarly ot'n 10 -
| Guile. it was made the suplect OF Jo"
! without number, OF parolles' even ~
| burlosqucs.
.Hr QUICK ASD THe DEAD.
r. yv,s the story Of a young widow
| w. pomfref and of her mental
! t,ri. .hinss bctWe,n her love Tor H'I "''N
| husband and her love Tor ltai ~
! lover. AZ great enthusiasm and a aehfHl-
! f,l 6ov 81 language and kisses. in-
! L.,k from beginning TO end WI "H
! v5hirl Of passionate love, OF KISSES "i
t n..,ra.ns of umultrous emotions. III
/ v.9e the first OF that IONS series 'l ere
| n~-,+t,.a ,oveIe written by women.
! whereof the end is not yet although per-
| haps near at hand
| Miss Rivcs was denounced az q Wickel
! and puiisni writer Also. she was i'.,. iNu-,'
/ as the pOrtrayer or the nesn ana itF,l-
/ rriri, love of youth and beauty. lf
/ rnalifv The book, calmly considered, - as
I "a rather crude but fairly Iaithihl, ai
! tiro. almost stem lgfarhic. port OF the
! courtship of d romantic young man anu
| , rofuonffc Young woman. A tcM months
! after it's appearance came the annouhce-
! ment that M.ss Rives was 10 marry
| John Armstrong thonler Cne or the
| ricb rreat-rraudchildren OF John Jacob
! Nst0r And tlcn 10 was discovered thal
! tlle hero Of 'ffhc Quick or ire Deal
! bore Il striking resemblance To youhs
! AIR. Chanlcr-tO quote from me picture
! es1uo fcs, ripton of the BOOK.
! "ThCrc was the same curling brown
| hafr above "a square. strongly moucucN
7 forehead. eyes the color or autumn pooi7
| I'm sunlight: the determined lut OF the
! nose. the pleasing uncvenncss in the
! crowded white teeth. the fine jaw when
| bad that curve from ear to tip Nke inc
! PROV Of "a cutter"
/ This fairly describes Mr.. chan'er. as
! ne would look % young woman Mhp
/ Was extremely partial to him. Anu
| when the m0rnilg came, there was "a
| good-humcred blessing from the whole
American people and - sincere, 1T rutltf
humOrOusly expressed hope tnai Aihs
! Rives would realize an the whirlwinds or
JOY which she had forctold.
NOVA. y. fAof uscayrnFn FEn
| Before the publication Of THE Quick
| or the DeadY' Hiss Rives had written
several stories which had won fame Tor
| her and flattcrine predictions IN mar
| row but select circle. Her cousin.
! Thomas Nelson PAGE was her c!scOv-
| erer Fron early childhood she had been
| wiring She lived al the beautiful 81
| home castle Hill in Albemane county.
Va Tho county Of the Oldest families
| ana the blucst blood. Her father was
n famous engineer Colonel Alfred Rives.
Her arandfa ther was United states Min
| Ister 10 France, and her mother was a
! famous beauty ana a famous amateur
This young woman. born I'm 1853. was
beautiful. peculiar child. She was
| wild. tempestuous iVi OF strange iancies
| n dreamer. a rOmaDcer. And. when pGGe
visited her fathers house i'm 1875. he look
| 81 over the bundles Of manuscripts this
girl had produced, and az last said in a
| line that made his sincerity beyond doubt:
'.Why this is a genius"
And soon afterwards Thomas Bailey
AlIrlth. t.e editor of iha Atlantic
Monthly, IN accepting her FIRST story,
| "a Brother to Dragons" confirmed
pf ee's diagnosis Several short stories
ANA poems increased her fame. The
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