The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-19

Carl August Fennell was adjudged
Insane last week and taken to the in
sane ASYLUM at Rochester. Se'Seraf
weeks ago Mrs. Carl August Ftnnell
brought an action for divorce on the
charge of nonsupport. Her husband
painted beautiful landscapes, but he
refused to trail in the dust of COM
mercial strife the art that to him was
sacred While be painted she did odd
Jobs for neighbors and friends. He
scorned to part with any of his master
pieces for filthy lucre. She humbly
accepted the pittance that was doled
out to her by those for whom she
worked.
This is the history up to date of the
matrimonial life of the Fennells. But
it has a sequel Today Carl is pa
tent in the Rochester insane asylum.
His wife is facing the prospect of a life
of labor to keep herself and children
fed and clothed.
Ebert Hubbard, whose wife has just
obtained divorce from him, says no
woman should marry genius unless
she is willing to efface herself. Mrs,
Fennell never objected to effacing her
self, but she had a prejudice in favor
of food and clothing. These her hus-
band would not or could not provide.
In five years he gave her Sc. That
averages just $1.20 a year. Even those
kindly creatures who fill columns in
the newspapers telling anxious CORE
spondents how to present an elegant
appearance on practically nothing a
year would be "fioered," to use the
argot of the street, We're they called
upon to apportion adequately $1.20 be-
tween Mrs. FenneL and her little ones
for one year.
Yet Carl was not altogether a bad
husband. If he was too proud to sell
his works of art he was not above
.wiping the dishes for his wife or help
ing her with other tasks about the
house. When these tasks were COM
pleted he was in the habit of picking
out sunny spot, where he sat and
penned new masterpieces, or else he
would stretch a big piece OF canvas
and start to paint a new picture. When
it was finished, if it were satisfactory,
he stored it carefully away. If it dis
pleased him he destroyed it. If his
wife evinced any disposition to find a
purchaser, he destroyed it anyway.
ONNctolOIldlIy CdII dppSdI6U III Tic
municipal court on the charge of yon-
support. This was the wife's final re-
source when her patience became eX-
hausted. And when Carl appeared in
court the men who were there on bust
ness and the hangers-on saSv mild
looking young fellow of apparently re-
fined habits terribly crushed by the
shame of having to appear in a munic-
ipal court in answer to such a charge.
There was just one thing that Carl
ihated more than appearing in court.
That was selling his landscapes. For
municipal court judge is not apt to
he soft heapted. He is not apt to show
soft heart at any rate, to the man
who is charged with nonsupport, espe-
cially when there is poor, little over
worked wife to give testimony. In
such a case a municipal judge fails
nearly always to make any excuses Mi
genius. He was always pretty hard
on Carl.
But having him arrested for nom
support worked no cure in the poor
but proud artist. So Mrs Fennell took
steps to get a divorce. This was an
other terrible blow to her husbands
pride. His sensitive soul recoiled from
the publicity that such a suit would
involve. Even his beloved painting