The Washington times., 1909-03-14
Famous Prima Donna Is
Today on Verge of Merry
Gus PrOStration.
WROUGHT UP AT
MENTION OF NAME
Is Afraid of Being Misunderstood
by Public and Misquoted
by Press.

CHICAGO. March 4-Through a
friend OF many years standing, Mime,
Emms Fames has made for the Mum
scy News Service a statement relative
10 the suit for limited divorce broaGh1
in Brooklyn by the wife Of Emilio De
Gogorza, the Operatic baritone into
which suit the name of the famous
prima donna has been introduced
This friend sought out Nine Eames
in her apartments in the Auditorium
Annex, and found her in a state Dor
dering on nervous collapse. She was
much wrought up over the fact that
The baritOnes wife had dared to men
lion her name in connection with that
or SignOr De Gogorza, but mad for two
days refused herself TO all reporters,
and there had been scores of them
men and women.
You owe it 10 yourself said this
friend, addressing Nine. Eames. 'te
make a statement of your position to
The public. If you do not make it clear
just where and how you stand on this
matter. you are sure to be terribly
misunderstood, not only by your
friends, but by the public as we'll
Fears Being MiSquoted
= know it; I know IL, said Madame
Eamcs- but I am so afraid of being
misquOted and misunderstood"
II have been taxing my strength, oh,
so hard on this trip. I have made a
saccess artistically with Signor GOgorza,
have worked hard. and now. like a
bolt of lightning from clear sky,
wholly without any fault on my part,
comes this blow and sweeps me into
The deepest of grief. Do YOU wonder
that 1 am Overwrought?
My side Of the case? How absurd I
lave no side. How can there be a side
10 something that does not exist? / do
not even know the woman who has thus
trsduced my name with her very vague
suspicious
There are only two. Either she is
gaboriug under a halluciation or there
has been a wllful Misrepresentation,
done for some purpose that / cannot
explain OF even imagine
Knows Nothing of Case.
why should the Signora de Gogorza
draw my name into her afairs?" Nine
EaInes continued. Il DO not know what
her differences with her husband are.
Tt IS all very unjust. not only TO me.
hut 70 Signor De GOgorza. They say
we are planning TO 20 to Europe to-
gether. ] am going To Europe. i have
booked my passage for May Is. ] am
going home
Now Signora De Gogorza's lawyer
has a wild theory that De Gogorza is
going with me 10 Europe, This is not
a fact II is a lie. and it is as black
a he as ever passed anyoue's lips
Mime. Eames had become little calm
e. by this time. With a weary little
gesture, she continued her recital
Don't YOU see how aTtfuIy il was
al done? There was no attempt made
TO charge me as being the cause Of
any Of the family differences of the
De GOgOrZaS. There was no ATTEMPT
made 20 cite any facts. because there
were none 10 cite The whole matter
IS summed up iu the charge that the
lawyer makes that I am going TO Ey-
rope. and that he believes that Slgnor
I'e Gogorza IS going abroad also.
Woman DefenSeless.
"I have been before the public in all
parts OF the world for good MANY
wears. Ny name has never been men
toned in n case OF this kind before.
And still, youscan see. how utterly de
fenseless a woman, no matter who she
U.s. who she may be. no matter how
cjrcumSpec - he may always have bccYl
no matter low blameless her life The
woman IN case Of this kind IS ab-
solutely defenseless- This makes il al
the harder"
Nine Ealues paused A moment ''Is
lAere nothing elseZ the friend asked
There is much more that I might
say she answered. but I cannot see
the good Of it ALI"
Don't you see hOtw uufOrtunautc 10 is
thar the man is the one with yb, m,
must travel. with whom 3 have ire y
eled, with whom ! must sing iu public
can You see the rositiCn i'm which
~ places me in The eyes OF the world.
rs is not even as though we were in Il
hiS opera company, where ray comDsr-
lons could be the witnesses Of the