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

corridor. A beiIboy ana detective
separated them.
A few DAYS later. on July 30. Sidney
samuel and Mrs. Charities went to the
oilice OF ex-Judge W. NJ. X. Oicott, at
l49 broadway.
Judge Olcott is tine counsel for the firm
Of samuel Bros, and he had been asked
to arrange an nmicable agreement. He
was empowered TO offer large pecuniary
considerations to Mrs. Charities, but she
again declined to accept money.
Long and earnestly sidney pleaded with
her that she must Mt lsast be reimbursed
for her expenses In coming to America
to marry him, and what money she had
spent on her trousseau. lie insisted on
giving her draft on his father, the
rabbi, for 5000, which was paid through
Brown Il Co. of this city.
AS Sidney and the woman were about
to part forever. in the office OF his lawyer
the lover broke down and wept piteousiy.
The woman was greatly affected by his
grief. Their parting was fearful ard sor'
rowful in the extreme.
Mrs Chartres remained at the Fifth
avenue hotel until August 5, when she
departed. 1t was said she sailed 70
europe, and that she is now in Paris.
Sidney Samuel then became mere
shadow OF his former self. Where once
he had been all alive to the business In.
tersets OF the firm, he now showed an
apathy that led him to absent himself
nearly alt .gether from the ofhcs.
he haunted Battery park, and for hours
alta time gazed moodily out upon the
bay over which Mrs. Charities had sailed
away from him. Sidneys relatives had
watched him anxioufly, for they feared
he would do something desperate.
1t was then they engaged a body guard,
whose duty II was to see that sidney oio
not leap from the sea wall, as 1t was be-
lieyed he contemplated doing. Montagu
Samuel was almost always with Dis
trother, outside of business hours, yet ali
he could do seemed to have little effect IN
cheering Sidney.
Judge Olcott, when asked by
reporter for information regarding the
parting of Mr.. samuel and Mrs Char
tres, asid that he would not say word
about the case, that be was merely re-
tanned by Samuel Bros. as their business
counsel, and could not discuss the private
affairs OF Mr.. Samuel
At the Office of Samuel Bros Montagu
samuel refused to be seen. He sent WORD
that he mad nothing TO say about the sui
eide of his brother. Montagu Samuel has
a fine residences at 1871 Richmond terrace.
S. l, Mrs. Samuel said that sidney, her
brother-in-lsw, was graduate OF the
University OF London. ana was noted In
the family for his artistic and literary
tenn permanent.
John Charities, the former husband OF
the brilliant author, is an Engiishman.
When she accom- panisd him to New York,
after their marriage in London, she
wrote a story for the Cosmopolitan maga-
zine called Perfect, which was pub
Iished In December, 1896.
She later contributed serial story, the
theme OF which was the wooing away OF
a man from business by clever and
accomplished woman. For brief time
she was a member OF the Casino company.
AubO0A0 aha 4AoA'tSA -
a difficulty and she left.
Mrs. Chartres then wrote . play for
Clara Lipman and Louis Mann. She
next wrote play called THAT Man"
which was presented at the Herald
Square theater in January, 1859.
1t was produced under the management
OF Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer, and Mrs. Charities
z..s..taixad ~ chan0as vvnirh Mr. Pal
mer had made IN the text.
She obtained an injunction against the
management restraining the production,
and Mrs. Palmer brought counter suit
for 5000 damages for defamation OF
character Both suits were compromised
and the play nassed into the possession OF
Mrs. Palmer and Reuben Fax. 1t Is now
being played by MIR. Fax in the West.
Mrs. Charities most noted work, and
the one which gained her fame when she
was still a girl, was LA Rosa Azzura"
C"Ths Blue Rose"), which she wrote for
EIeanora Duse. The famous Italian
tragedienns produced the play in Bologna.
Queen Victoria of England WITNESSED 1t
later and asked that Mrs. Chartrss be
presented 10 her. The queen expressed
herself as charmed by the wit and beauty
OF the author.
ssAirs. Charities was born In Venice. Her
father was a friend OF Garlbaldi, and
served with distinction In the war for
Italy Independence. On her mothers
side Mrs. Chartres is a niece OF Paul
Lindau, q German playwright OF note.
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