The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-14

AASA@A@F 49, -" 49,"
cheerful letter from him, written soor
after landing. cannot imagine why hs
committed suicide. for certainly he iefi
here sans. we'll man.
''The reports that he committed suicide
because I forbade his marriage with Mrs.
Chartrss, do mo cruel wrong. as
you not to allow su Oh a stigma 10 rest on
me. IL would be criminal Ia justice to a
loving father. My son dtd have on affair
with this woman. but broke It on Of his
own accord. 10 cut him deeply at the
time, but his recent visit had, think.
made him strong again.
~ cannot 10 any better justice to bis
memory than to lay before you his own
papers, including his Inst will, which he
left with me-
Rabbi Samuel produced his sons VIII,
dated October % last. in which Mrs.
Charities Is mentioned as follows;
III longed for love. companionship and
= quiet home life. with books and music
to carry out my ideals, met this wom-
an, who promised all these, and looked
to the future with happiness. But she
has proved a perfidious woman and this
is ended"
samuel evidently reversed q previous
will and cut Charities on. The Rabbi
continued:
II did, in a measure. oppose my sons
marriage with this woman, but left him
TO lind out the truth himself, which he
did; therefore II ma ins me deeply to hear
the accusation that was the cause Of
my sons death. ID
81 went to New York last summer and
met this lady. she is clever, fascinating,
but unsorupulous. she had ens,aved my.
son. He had spent thousands OF pounds
upon her, neglected his business and was
running himself; but breaking with her
was his own voluntary act. The truth
lies before you in this viii which have
Just opened tonight.
"He loved her, he wished to marry
her, but he discovered her peffidy. That
was but few weeks ago. Now he Is
dead. 1 do not know why"
SAMUELS AND MRS. CHARITIES.
The New York papers do not agree in
all particulars as to the relations Of
Samuel with Mrs. ChaItres. The sun
says: Sydney Samuel, the exporter who
shot himself in Portland, Neon Sunday
was the defendant in suit for damages
brought against him last summer by Mrs
Anita Vivanti Chartres, the playwright,
musical critic and novelist. who has had
some vogue both In this country and in
Italy as a lite rary woman. The suit was
brought In this city. 1t never got further
than the service OF the summons and
complaint, being settled by tine payment
to Mrs Charities of sum of money. In
this action w. NJ. X. Oloots was the at
torney for Samuel, ana j. Oldrin Salter
was the attorney for Mira. Charities. Ii
was said yesterday that the action
brought by Mira. Chartr es was for breach
OF promise to marry, but this statement
when made public was the cause of great
surprise to aoauaintances Of hers and of
her husband, John Charities.
None OF them who could be found last
night had ever heard that the Chartreses
had been divorced and they did not un-
derstand how she could sue for breach OF
promise unless a divorce had been
granted to her or her husband.
The Herald says of Mrs Chartres:
For q local periodical (Town Topics)
Mime. Charities wrote many short stories
ana ohare cter sketches. She used the
signatures "Cosmopolite," "Anita
Vivanti . and "Chartrss.' Her stories
were always bright and full of wit. but
were erotic, so much SO, In fact, that she
was finally requested to change her style
of writing or resign her position. With
out hesitation she acc spted the latter
alternative.
Anita Vivanti married John Charities.
an Englishman OF French extraction,
about seven years ago. MIR. Charities was
connected with various newspapers In
this Ity. He is now believed to be In
Mexico.
Chartres and his wife never lived hap
rily together. Both are Of quick temper,
and clashes were frequent. Mime. Char
tres, it Is said by her friends, il, when
aroused, OF SO violent temper that IL
amounts to mania. Emotional to an ex-
IRENE degree, her anger quick ~ leaves
her, and she gees to the extreme of peni-
tencs.
She lived for several weeks last summer
at the Fifth Avenue hotel, where she
registered from Italy. She was accom-
panied by a maid, and lived luxuriously.
She spent money freely, thinking little OF
spending q thousand dollars on one shop
ping expedition.
10 BE SENT TO MONTREAL.
Undertaken Rich received directions
to ship TO Montreal last night the body