The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-12-13
TENOR'S DELICATE
NERVES SHATTERED.
Mime Nordica's Artistic Husband
Quite Overcome by News of
Wife's Divorce Suit.
RETIREs TO A sANITARIUM.
Suit May BE Settled Without Il
Hard Fight in Court-Meibas
Name Dragged Into Public
Discussion of the Case.

EEI'i Bi.iC SPECIAL.
New York, Dec. i2.-Zoltan poeme, Nine
Sordisa-s husband. having risen to the
.-xertion of filing an answer 10 his wlies
.,ui, for. divorce. is now an inmate of DOC
tor William Bulls private sanitarium al
No - East Thirty-third street, his deli
ate Hungarian nerves entirely shattered
hy the shock of learning that his wife
has doubted his fidelity.
Herr Doeme cannot slumber nights with
out the aid of Il sleeping potion.
To-day Edward Lauterbach. who has
charge of the tenor's case, called at the
sanitarium to see him. Said Mr.. Lauter-
bach: Herr Doemc IS a very sick man.
He is n victim of a great injustice. He
has a sensitive nature. the nature OF th'
artist, and ii cannot take calmly a charge
81 enormous
Mr.. J.auterbact's close associa ton with
the firm of Tracy. Boardman S Solely,
counsel for Mine. Noriica. amounting al
most to an intimacy. has led the musical
world to believe that the divorce proceed-
fncs will be conducted without any great
opposition from Herr Doeme.
LETTERS TO MELBA.
The name of Nine Melba having been
dragged into the proceedings by the para
.rapher of local society paper. Nine.
Nordica yesterday wrote the following
letter to iler friend, which the latter I'M
mediately instructed her lawyer to make
public. The letter is as follows:
My Dear Nellie: You have doubtless
seen the unfortunate story which has been
published, connecting your name with my
divorce suit Some very considerate friend
has taken the trouble to place you in an
unfortunate position in the Town Topics
report.
II cannot imagine how this silly rumor
started, and i hasten to write to you,
fearing that II may be the cause of em-
barrassnent to you. OF course. there is
10 foundation to the statement that you
are In any way concerned in my domestic
affairs. and l am sorry this ridiculous
rtImor has been spread.
Il know that when the facts are made
public there will be no doubt that we are
Still the best of friends.
Again regretting the turn taken by this
unfortunate affair, i am, Nellie. with love,
very sincerely yours.
LILLIAN NoRDICA."
1t is limited by friends of Nine. Nordica
that Herr Doeme's extravaganza and
sporting proclivities have quite as much
10 do with Nine. Nordica's dissatisfaction
with him as his alleged attentions to GER
tain unknown" women. Herr Doeme
liked to gamble. and his devotion to the
race tracks is well known, and a few hun
treds on the turn of card he never re-
,;arded as an extravaganza for the hus-
land Of woman who got several thou
sands "A week for warhling
NORDICA IS THRIFTY.
Nine Nordica is a thrifty woman. Like
Nine. Mantalini she held tight to the
purse strings until her husbands persua-
s,ons became too much for her. and then
loosened up
There are other points Of resemblance
between Herr Doeme and Dickens's queer
little character. Mantalini. Mantalinfs
artistic nature could not brook any dis
cussions of such sordid things as money.
When the little London dressmaker would
not loosen I'd, Mantalini would seize a
knife and threaten self-destruction. 1t is
recalled that in the end the artistic Man
,alini was divorced by the dressmaker.
married a washerwoman to keep from go
ing to work. and ended up as a crank
turner at his wife'S mangle.