The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-17
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Mrs, Clarence Lyman Coll MS Granted
an Absolute Divorce.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-:'ilaii tbs an
nouncement was made, i week ago, that
Clarence Lyman Collins had discontinued
! Rosalba Beecher Collins, the impression
prevailed among their friends that re-
conc.liat on had been effected 1t was said
that Their days Of estrangement were
past, each having agreed to forgive and
forget.
Instead Of ths: being the case, Mrs.
Collins has now obtained q divorce on the
ground of dsserticn. and under the laws
of the State OF PENNSYLVANIA, where she
formerly lived and where she preserved
her .jI,risliction;.l right to sue. each Is
privileged III marry again, though Il is
not known that either has any intention
of making another matrimonial venture.
Mr. Collins who is better known as
..Pr nee CIarry' has been prominent
figure in New York club, business and
society life for many years. He has many
! friends, VINO Will be sorry to learn ihat
during his domestic trouble his health
has rapidly failed. He is now suffering
from dlatation Of the heart. and, while
he s able to give some attention 20 his
I business affairs. his condition is serious
! enough 10 warrant n,uch alarm.
Dir. Collins has twice reSOrted TO the
divorce court TO obtain matrimonial free
dom. His first wife was Miss Louise
Clark 4 granddaughter of the late Com
mot;ore Cornell US Vanderbilt.
Their daughter Edith. inherited an in
come OF about $lC0,631 and became the
ward Of Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew,
whom. X was said az one time, she wotild
! marry While abroad five years ago she
met Count Czaykowski. then attached TO
the Turkish Legation in Washington. and
their marriage followed not long after
ward.
JOINS OLDER SET.
Cornelius NanlerD 1t. to the great sur
| prise Of society. has taken Il house for
the winter not in upper Fifth Avenue or
III one Of the side streets near Contra
/. Park but in Washington Square North.
where the Older set makes its home.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has leased from Mrs
Charles G.. Franckly'n. No. Is Washington
| Square North. adjoining the west corlle~
Of Fifth Avenue and the square. where
the residence Of Mss Serina Rh,nelander
stands. The house is. a fine brick front
building, With 4 marble entrance in the
| ""'a''al erv'c II has 4 frontage of forty
twp feet and IS scvenrv-ti,:e feet daeo. Or
the rear OF the iot. which IS 167 feet deep
/, is the private stable beiongns to the
| hose.
f, There ara more than thirty rooms in
/ the house. pfl'ch IS handsomely furnishes
( in a dfstnctivelv English fashion Tn
/; drawing room is very wide. ard extends
I the denth q the house-seranty-tive feet
! and there is also fine dining room. The
dwelling is peculiarly well fitted for en-.
! terrain nS on a generous scale
| The house was occupied last winter by
! Mr. and Mrs. George S. Scott, WHO gave
! many dinner parties during the season
j 1t is said Mr.. Vanderbilt will pay about
j $1,000 rent for the winter
| PALACE. TO BE DISMANTIED
! Six hundred dollars was offered yester.
[ = LEA '.ar how
materials for the marie pa'nce at the
! northwest corner Of Fifth Avenue and
! Thirty-fourth Street, which cost the late
/. a. T. Stewart more than million dollars
!. to build
The new owners OF the poverty. the Bar-
+! lleS-She,don syndicate, treated the BID as
! a joke Ind asked less ilunlorousiy inclla-
{: ed dealers for proposals
/ Within a few days now the contract for
| tearing down the famous mansion and
J grading the site to the street level will De
/! awarded and the work OF demolition WI
/ be Immediately begun. This should not
| luke many weeks, although the marbles.
/ many Of them imported especially from
| Italy. and other cut from tiaWiess blocks
/ at Tuckahoe. will require more care in
handling than is usually bestowed on the
! raz'ns' Of cd structures.
| When the land mas been cleared II VII
J be offered for snle as. q whole OF IN four
| separate plots. The plot comprises 2l,l0o
| square feet, Or nearly nine city lots. It
has a frontage on Fifth Avenue of Ills
/! feet, on Thirtyfourth Street OF 10 feet,
and on Th.rty-ifth Street Of p feet
i! Final contracts for the transfer OF the
! property We're signed YESTERDAY. out ute
to It Will not pass until Fepruas.S 9TH
Tt.e selling price. it IS said IS oe.Ween
| sl.Sc0,G00 md Sl.3350.oao. r chard " Mont.
! eomery IS the broker VINO c!oseu eiis Us
Z deal.