The Washington herald., 1907-09-05

New York. Sept. AIRS. Ferdinand
Pinney Earle, who for a few weeks OF
months viii continue TO be the wife OF
the Monroe artist given TO views on
prenatal marriages, sailed for France with
her baby, Harold, on the holland-America
Line steamship Ryndam this afternoon.
It had been announced by Mr.. and Mrs.
Earle that so perfectly were they in ac-
cord on the matter Of a separation that
the farewell would be in the shape of
happy little pier party. Instead Of this
fdealistic denouement Of the artists stage
play. there was vulgar crowd of the
curious, a clamoring squad of pho
tographers. and village joker from
Monroe at their pier TO make the de-
parture Of the lonely woman a thing of
sordidness and modification.
The artist. who has led his wife TO
assent TO his theories on the heaven
welded union Of aflnities, even while the
woman ne is 10 marry was living under
the same roof with her. came down to
the boat with the white faced wife and
the chubby two-year-old boy TO give both
the dispassionate kiss of the PhIlistine.
The promise he had made to his wife and
given out q newspapers that Miss Julia
Kuttner, the recently discovered affinity
whom he is to wed as soon as his wife
shall have secured a divorce in France.
would be down at the pier to add her
kiss TO the ensemble, was not fulfilled
Miss Kuttner left Monroe on a later train
than the artist and his wife. but she die
not come TO the Honand-America pier.
Village sCut-up" In Evidence.
Earle and his wife. a maid and the baby
arrived at the Jersey City station of the
Erie Railroad at 1O:40 o'clock. With them
came the village joker Of Monroe, who
has made one or two jokes in New York
also. and is proud OF them. The joker left
the train before the artist and his wife
and hurried over TO the cabman. He
warned them that a big man with Whis-
kers who would ask for a cab. had just
recovered from smallpox. That was 1T
ting Joke for the occasion, thought this
humorous villager Of Monroe.
When Earle sought a cab. he could find
none that would take him. So ne and his
wife. the maid and the baby had TO board
car. When that car turned the corner
they had TO stand in the rain in front of
a saloon and wait for another car. The
big husband, with the George Bernard
Shaw whiskers and the poets eyes. stood
helplessly in the drippings Of his UNI
brella, with steamer rolls and handbags in
both hands. He wore hat IL compliance
with the conventions Of Hoboken.
Once on the pier, Earle and his wife
hurried up the gangplank and to state
room No. 81, which was that engaged for
his wife There the baggage and the baby
were deposited. and the artist excused
himself, saying that he was going to see
friends for an hour.
Besieged by Photographers.
Mrs Earle was besieged in her cabin
by the army OF black-box men. She had
to pull down the shades 10 prevent fash
light powder from being thrust through
the cracks OF the shutter. She sat alone.
holding her baby on her lap, until Mr..
and Mrs. Victor Earle q brother OF
Ferdinand Earle. and his wife came down
the pier in a carriage They pushed their
way through the black-5ox men and
locked the cabin door behind them
Even while Mrs. Earle was receiving
the words OF farewell from her husbands
kin In the absence Of her husband. the
Monroe joker was trying to induce the
stolid Dutch band to play NO Wedding
Bells for Ne" This again was a fitting
ebuIliton of his native humor, as he saw
It, The crowd Of curious folk were en-
tertained by the mans coarse wit
When Earle reappeared and asked his
wife to step out on deck the ca. era
squad began 10 hum about diligently The
shrinking little woman in the gray suit.
whose face appeared beneath a heavy
veil, all blue eyes and tUmbled hair. tried
TO hide behind the shoulders Of the man
who Is her husband
Persuades Wife to Pose.
Earle persuaded her to climb the ladder
10 the hurricane deck and pose for the
photographers. Then he gave out his
statement TO the newspaper men.
my wife is bearing the strain Of the
ordeal nobly. said he.
After that Earle and his wife retired TO
her cabin, and stayed there until the last
warning whistle blew The crowd OF Wis
itors tro0ped down the gangplank. and
last of them came the tan artist He
wiped his nose and his silken beard with
handkerchief. and pocketed it just as
he approached the group Of reporters. The
man hurried to his brothers carriage, aud
with Victor Earle and his wife drove off
rapidly. The ropes were thrown of, and
the steamer, bearing the French woman
and her boy back TO Paris, slipped down
the river.
Mr.. Victor Earle. the brother Of the
Monroe artist, revealed the name Of the
woman whO,as Ferdinand Earle's affinity
has displaced the wife now on her wav
10 Paris. He also told something Of the
friendship that had grown up between
his brother and the young woman he is TO
wed
Miss Julia Kuttner whose name ba5
been guessed as Cutler by some Of fba
artists friends. is a German-Americsa
twenty-five years old, said Victor Fsrlo
whose home is in Bethlehem. Pa. She
was educated in New York and after
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