The San Francisco call., 1898-06-26
DOMESTIC TROUBLES
 OF MARIE BARNA,

H RETTY and talented Marie Barna \ and handsome Jack Smith of Boston are about to separate, she to reveI in the glory of her musical
 education he to return to America and endeavor to forget the whirlwlno
 through which he had passed during the last few months.
 Marie Barna is a wel-known Oakland girl. daughter of Judge Barnard. Last season she scored a big hit with the Mel
 ba company in the East. Subsequently
 she went to Paris, where the suit for d. vorce was filed.
 In the cafes, the clubs and even in the
 drawing-rooms of the ultra smart set
 centered in the American colony of gay
 Paris the pet morsel of gossip just now
 is the estrangement of MT. and Mrs. Jack
 The pot of trouble has been steadily boiling for nearly year, but 1t was only last week that the bubbles began to burst. That was when Marie, or, more properly Mrs. Jack A. Smith of Boston, U. 5. Al
 applied through the proper trlpunaIs 9I Jack A. Smith, also of Boston, U. S A In her bill of complaint for separate maintenance Mrs. Smith prays the court to release her from the brutality of her husband, who, she alleges, has dallfed too freely with the wine when it was not only red, but white, yellow, green ana every
 In addition to this barbarity, Mrs. Smith further alleges that her husband has been
 reveling In the society of certain strange creatures to whom she refers as grisetteS.
 Furthermore, she swears that Jack has
 raised the Old Harry on numerous occa-
 Sions, during which he had smashed the furnishings of their pretty apartments al 19 Rue de la Van, and caused her untold misery and apprehension for her own per
 On the other hand, Jack says but lit tie. He will not oppose the divorce and
 will even consent to his wife resuming ha mo first they met in Boston, three short years ago.
 bracing breezes of the New England coast came Miss Marie Barnard. in 1894. Her father, the Judge, impressed with
 the mellowness of his, only daughters
 voice, decided to send her to an Eastern l conservatory of music, where she would
 have all the advantages of modelling her superb power after the fashion of the 1 greatest American masters.
 Quite naturally the place selected was 1 attended by two servants. The dainty l little Californian, with her golden brown general favorite at the conservatory. This | popularity was perhaps enhanced by the 1 lavish manner in which the new conner | entertained her newly formed girl friends 1 in her coZy apartments in particularly | select portion of Commonwealth avenue. | A brief six months close attention to l the elementary studies of vocalism and Marie was ready to take her place among l the world of songsters-at least, that is
 what she told her professor. She wanted | to go to Paris, for she was quite certain
 that with a few finishing touches of the 1 French system she would be the heralded
 star of the world. Then came dashing | Jack Smith.
 MT John A. Smith, gentleman of leis-
 ure. with decided penchant for delving l into musty old books, which occupation l entrusted strangely with his handsome l face and manly department, met the win 1 some lass from California and imme-
 diately fell head over heels in love.
 Two weeks after leaving the conserva-
 tory Marie Barnard became the wife of l Jack Smith. The good people of Boston | were shocked the doting mothers threw | up their hands in dismay while the dear girls. in the privacy of their little tete-a- | tetes, avowed that no good would come of such a match. and all because Jack
 weeks from the day they first met and l loved
 In the natural order of consistent
 events Jack and Marie journeyed across l the Continent to make their peace with
 stern old Judge Barnard.
 The attendant sensation, incident to the 1 arrival of Mir. and Mrs Smith in Paris,
 was another choice morsel of gossip for l the newspapers. Many friends of both of
 them were quartering in the American l colony, and it was only natural that the l gossips would talk.
 Then came the restless genii of adven- i ture-both grew tired of the monotonous go abroad-and after brief interview l with Judge Barnard 1t was decided that | the newly welded couple should go to Paris, where Marie could finish her mu- l sical education
 1 In the French conservatory Mrs, Smith | had entered her name as Marie Barna
 and as such she was known to the mu-
 sical circles to which she quickly found | admittance through the wonderful qual- l ity of her beautiful soprano voice. Then came the monster jealousy Yes, Jack will let Marie have her di-
 vorce. She can take back her playthings
 and she can even attain the admiration of
 the whole world with her beauty and her
 voice, but Jack doesn't care.