The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-12-28
Sympathy in the New York So
eiety Scandal
Is With Mrs. SIOane-Many So.
ciety Women Call.
SCENE AT THE OPERA
Husband Finds Occupants. of
His Private Box
Not to His Liking and Orders
Them Out,


New York, Dec 2s.-The friends of
Mrs. Sloane desire to announce that
the disagreement between her and her
husband is for the most laudable of
reasons to be adjusted privately though
not amicably.
It Is declared that the sympathy of
New York society-as expressed by the
women--is veering around to Mrs.
Sloane, who is confined to her bed.
Many cards were left at her house yes
terday and many of her friends called.
A statement in connection with the
case that is of long standing refers to
jewels alleged to have been given to
Mrs. Sloane by Mr.. Perry Belmont.
1t was first published in Town Topics,
without any names. The vague state
ment was made that a certain rich man
had given a married woman certain
family jewels. The meaning was made
quite clear. Mr.. Perry Belmont was
the man meant, and Mrs. Sloane the
woman.
The jewels were a very valuable set
of emeraIds, inherited by Mr. Belmont
nom his mother. 1t was then proved
that the emeralds were in a safe deposit
vault, where they had been deposited
at Mrs. August Belmont's death, and
The name Of the writer in Town
Topics was obtained by Perry Belmont,
and the writer issued a signed state
ment to the effect that the story of
the emeralds was an invention and a
libel.
The writer, who is a woman. and
whose name need not be published left
the city in consequence Of the pubIica-
The famous emeralds constituted one
OF various sets of rare jewels collected
by the late August Belmont, including
diamonds and pearls, and left to his
four children.
1t would seem from the present state
mehts OF both sides that Mr.. Sloane
ana MS wife have parted permanently.
Out that, luckily for their peace of mind
and for the cause Of public decency,
there viii be no airing of the disagree
able details in the courts.
one of Mrs SlOane's adherents said
yesterday that there would be an equit-
aole division of great wealth among
Iather, mother and children, an agree
ment that the children shall divide time
between their parents, and then society
time
Two or three months ago, after the
periodical reading of the riot act by
her husband, Mrs. Sloane signed, at
mis- 1nsiStence, a. document in which she
promised to eschew wholly the society
of one at least Of her men acduaint-
ances, a man well known In New York
1nclPied in this agreement, too, was a
provision that Mr.. Sloane should have
the privilege of editing, as often as he
wished, the list of men whom Mrs
Sloane wished to receive socially or
even hold converse with
IhlS broad concession suff1ced to keen
the peace for time, but it was broken
as all the others had been.
The final rupture, which resulted in
the transfer of the property to Mrs.
Sloane, the publication of the story and
the decisive conference of yesterday, &C
curreu at the Metropolitan Opera House
on the night OF Sembrich'S debut Mrs
Sloane was in her box, No. SO, radiant
IN fine raiment and sparkling with
jewels which have made her envied by
every woman in the "Seventy-ffve
There were many visitors to the Sloane
oox, but the most persistent attendants
quality. both Of them among the NUMBER
Whom MI Sloane had blue-penciled from
At rather late hour Mr.. Sloane himself
aLLIlNeu. 1here had been the customary
which drives music lovers to anger ana
drink-but when Mr.. Sloane came it grew
the gilded folk in other boxes 1t was
NE lmpuIsive talk Of men in hot blood.
MI UT. sloane cried: What are you doing
He had no soft answer to turn away his
You have been forbidden my house"
ne ne . SAD What right have you to come
The attention Of the audience was with
uIaW1 from the performance altogether,
and left the place. with the remark that
place where such language was used
was no place fer her.
Returning home, she sent for her bro
ther, MIR. Robbins. He came promptly
ana a regular row took place between him
and the irate husband. The climax was
near at hand when Robbins told Sloane
ne was cad. That is a title set in full
raced raced type in society's dictionary of fight
And on the heels of that the brother
said that things had reached point
Where any subsequent communication Mr.
q will
you'd have to be made through the me
Either you or She he cried, must
leave this house now''
Mr. Sloane, habituated his wife's friends
say to going out under such circumstances
went, and took suite at the Waldorf
astoria Thenee, five weeks later he re-
October q, he has remained.