The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-10-18
JULIA KUTTNER'S
STORY OF LOVE.
Graphic Recital of Part She
Played In Earle Separation.
TRIED HARD TO MAKE PEACE.

Have Considered II Growing Glory
of Her Life to Have ReconciIed Earle
and His Wife--Latter Would Not
Consent and Urged Marriage.
Found in her retreat in the noun
tains of Orange county, n. ", and in
the protection OF her brothee Alfred,
Miss Julia Kuttner. the .soul affinity"
of Ferdinand Pinney Earle, the artist
who sent his wife back to France that
he might marry Miss Kuttner, told to
a correspondent OF the New York
American q remarkable story of love,
suffering, sacrifice and exalted IDEAL
ism, declaring she had tried to reunite
Earle and his wife and would gladly
his wife would consent.
II am not an interloper," Miss Kutt-
ner said. Il have not come between
this man and his wife. Mrs. Earle Is
not a martyr This day / would glad
+ give him up for duty's sake, al
though he is the only man have ever
loved, il the wife would consent, but
she will not. 1t was she who urged
me to fiji the need In his life which
she admits she has been unable to
meet.
II tell you honestly and in all ear
nestness that when l went to the home
of the Earles. when | accepted the hos
pitality of this mans wife, my object
was absolutely this-to effect a rec
onciliation between the two. I knew
they had not been happy. He had told
me so He had revealed the situation
to me in its every aspect. l came over
here from Europe with the express
purpose Of accomplishing a reconcilia-
ton. / changed my plans-came over
month earlier than had intended
simply to bring them together.
In spite of the fact that this man is
SO dear TO me / would have considered
it the crowning glory of my life had
been able to bring these two into a
perfect understanding. The highest
form of love is unselfishness. would
have gloried i'm performing this high
est of all loves Offices"
Miss Kuttner was utterly over
whelmed by the notoriety that had
come to her.
Why she said, with a gasp, lit
seems incredible that all this storm
should be raised over an affair that is
purely private and absolutely no ones
concern but our own. To think that /,
who always have stunned publicity
and who dreaded notoriety as most
deadly thing. should be compelled to
is unfair. Why, no one knows the
true story-no one really guesses the
real facts. Come out under the trees,
where we can talk freely. I want to
tell you the TRUTH want you to give
the real situation Just as tell it,
She turned and led the way to a
large fiat rock under big spreading
tree. Motioning me to sit there, she
flung herself on the grass, schoolgirl
fashion, with her hands clasped about
her knees, and faced me with straight
forward, candid eyes. Her brother,
following threw himself down beside
her. Here is a picture of this young
girl about whose strange beliefs and
unconventional attitude the whole
world is talking as she looked when
she told her story:
Al clean cut, high bred, attractive
face, losing none of its feminine
charm because of It's intellectually.
The eyes-clear, unflinching, absolute
ly candid in their gaze---are gray
blue in color, with lashes OF brown.
The brcws are darker than her hair.
which Is of that indefinite brown
which defies exact classification. She
wears it brushed back from her fore
head in low pompadour that escapes
severity because Of Its loose waves
Her forehead is one OF her most at
tractiye features. 1t is peculiarly ex-
pressiye and bespeaks temperament
as well as earnestness of thought.
Miss Kuttner's face Is long oval, the
cheeks round and girlish, the chin
sensitive, the nose straight and come
", the mouth pretty and turned up at
the corners She has even white teeth
that CLEAN delightfully."- when she
smiles Her plump figure, girlish In
outline, was attired for mountain
tramping.
Her physical characteristics are not
noticed so much as her manner, her
facial expression and her voice, which
IS exceedingly lovely-soft. well modu-
lated and cultured. She Is twenty two
years Of age. but she has the mental
ity and poise Of much older woman.
Continuing. Miss Kuttner said:
II would never come between any
man and his wife. This proceeding Is
something 10 which Mrs. Earle not only
agrees. but Of which she Is glad. She
regards my friendship for Mr. Earle
as 4 blessing to them both. as the
means by which she shall secure free
dom frosa IN unhappy alliance and q
chance for happiness for herself In the
fnture''
ssYou mean Mrs. Earle Intends to
marry again ~
''sl.e certainly will marry asain Y