Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-03-25
EAMES ASKS DIVORCE
Beautiful Grand Opera Star
 Accuses Artist Husband.
BRINGS SUIT AT WHITE PLAINS, \. Y.
Julian Story, Famous Painter, Has No Word but of Kindness to Say For Actress Wife - Denies
 All WrOngdoing.

NEW YORK, March 25.-Mme. Elm ma Flames, Story, one of the most beau tiful and most popular of the grand opera stars of the day and at present singing at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, has applied in this state for absolute divorce from her husband, Julian Story, famous painter.
 She was much applauded on the boards of the worlds chief opera houses and entertained intimately in American and European society and he an artist of rare accomplishments. member of a family distinguished in art, familiar figure here and abroad in exclusive society. they have been looked upon as that rarity of profes- sional life of the stage. a well mated, happy and much envied couple.
 But the1r seemingly perfect domestic romance has reached some unhappy chapters. and Mrs. Story has applied for an absolute divorce upon statutory grounds under the law of this state, which dissolves marriage for but one cause.
 The action was begun in the supreme court in White Plains, Westchester county. and is on the calendar for hear ing in the first week in April, although action by the defense in the mean time may change this.
 The complaint does not give the names of the correspondents, nor does it state whether there is more than one
 Papers have been served and an answer has been filed absolutely de- nying the charges. This answer is not sworn to by the respondent, but, ac- cording to law. that is not necessary in divorce suits in this state.
 Though it had been a carefully guarded secret. it became known few days ago to the most intimate friends of Mir and Mrs. Story that crisis had come in their welded life and that a separation was inevitable. Even the most delicate and tactful ef- forts on the. part of intimates of either of the already practically divorced cou- pie showed the utter inutility of en- deavors to bring about reconcilia tion. Had there been mad. unreasoning jealousy. hot and bitter reproaches on the one hand," said close friend of both the principals, ''and cold. cruel, open defiance on the other there might have been some hope. The trouble, had it been hot and fierce, would have burned itself out, and human nature would have brought about reconcilia- tion.
 But the difficulty is that each is so quiet. so calm, so magnanimous to- ward the other, so to speak, that it re- fleets an utterly hopeless, fixed deter imitation to separate at once and for ever Mrs. Story is heartbroken over 1t. and while indignant in her right eous, womanly wrath and fixed in her resolution she speaks of Mir. Story in the kindliest way--except in one re- spect-and keeps saying, I hope am not doing in an unkind way that which nevertheless I must do.'
 And Mir. Story when spoken to has only the kindest words to say of his wife, critieising her in no way except that she should not have sought di- vorce here. where divorce, If success ful, proclaims man guilty absolutely of the greatest of marital sins. He would have had her bring it elsewhere were she determined to leave him"