Evening star., 1907-09-04
EXIT ONE MRS. EARLE
ANOTHER WAITING READY TO
TAKE HER PLACE.

NEW YORK, September 4.-Mrs. Ferdi-
| nand P. Earle. the wife of the artist In
Monroe. N. Y, who says she has agreed to
| step out of her place in her husbands
household and get a divorce in France. in
| order that he may marry another woman.
, who is already a guest in the house. came
| to New York from Monroe yesterday and
! spent several hours here completing ar
rangements for her departure today for
| Europe on the steamer Ryndam. In the
evening Mrs Earle went back to Monroe to
| spend the last night under her husbands s
roof.
Ferdinand Earle and the woman he is to
| wed drove to the station with Mrs. Earle
in the morning. Mr.. Earle attended to the
checking of mis- wifes trunks. When it
| came time for her to take the train he
| lightly kissed her farewell. The future
Mrs. Earle waved her handkerchief
The steamer Ryndam sails at o'clock
| this afternoon from Hoboken. and there,
according to the statement of those who
have entered into mutual happiness COM
| pact. will take place the final farewell
The artist and his prospective bride will be
on hand to bid Mrs. Earle bon voyage
Considerable speculation is indulged In by
| friends of the Earies as to the identity of
the woman who has been living in the
artists home for the last week or ten days,
and whom he is to marry eventually. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle refused to divulge her
name.
MIR. Earle belongs to a family which is
well known in this city. His father was
once the proprietor of the Normandie in
Broadway. and also OF Normandie-by- the
Sea Ha irfi
Is. Hill.
Earle remained aboard with his wife and
little son until the boat sailed The "af1in-
lty was not IN the party. Before boarding
the Ryndam Mrs. Earle said: It's all for
the best But her voice and face belied
her words. and it was with difficulty that
she Kept back the tears. She looked down
at her infant son. and fondling him. said:
Il loved my husband and still love him. but
d! have agreed to give him up, and I will
keep my promise. though it breaks my
heart. 1 shall try to forget and center my
love and interest In my child"
The identity of the young woman who is
to become Earfe's second wife was made
known today by Victor NJ. Earle, the art
lists brother. who has a real estate office
at 200 West I'D street
Julia Kutner Is the name of the woman
who Is to be my brother. Ferdinand P.
Earies, second wife," said Mr.. Earle.
Separation Long Contemplated.
There have been so many different YER
sions given Of her name that 1 think II
would do no harm to give the right one.
do not know much about Miss Kuttner.
1 met her only once. It was at the pier
| some weeks ago. when she and my brother
returned from Europe. His wife and met
the pair of them as they landed.
Miss Kuttner Is, believe, a resident of
Bethlehem, Pa. She is German American
girl about twenty-five years old. Her
mother and brother Alfred are living She
went to school. while the family lived in
New York city. at the Veltin private school
for girls in West I'D street. Since leaving
school she has travelled and done some set
tlement work In New York city. In the
course of which she must have made the
acquaintance Of many people with socialist
&c beliefs. though 1 cannot tell You whether
she is herself an out-and-out socialist
Victor M. Earle today told the history of
the eccentric courtship which is to result in
the supp.anting of his brothers first wife
by another. The intention Of MIR. and Mrs.
Earle to separate, he said. was not caused
first of all by the mans interest in another
woman. Months before he had met with
Miss Kuttner, man and wife had consid-
cred plan to separate because they found
that they were out Of sympathy and up-
happy together.
This agreement, according to the brother,
existed even before the birth of Harold.
the Earles' little boy. His coming mad
the thought of separation less easy. 1t
was not until few months ago that cir
cumstances changed.