The Sentinel=record., 1909-11-14
AMENITIES ID BE FORGIVEN FRIENDS OF F. L. WRIGHT AND MRS. E. H. CHENEY SAY THEY
 WILL RETURN.
Say Mental Sympathy of Oak Park Society Woman Drew the Noted
 Architect to Her.

elements in their natures that drew Frank Lloyd Wright. noted architect and Mrs Edwin H, Cheney, Oak ParK society woman, together, and the struggle they experienced before final ly leaving their homes and families to face disgrace, friends of the couple now travelling in Europe sympathized
 with them today and predicted that they will return to their homes soon
 and find welcome awaiting them. l Mrs. Cheneys mental sympathies
 with the responsiveness to the artistic impulses of Wright, Charles E. White, IT,, close personal friend of Wright,
 says was what drew the two into 1 close and, 1t was proved, dangerous friendship. After they found intellec-
 tual communion the struggles to re- sist their growing infatuation ended
 in their elopement. according to MT. White.
 They will return and all will be well again." said Mir White sadly.
 He was sitting in the quaint little studio in Lake street, Oak Park, in which he and Wright had often dis cussed architectural designs together. He will be back in two or three
 months, and so will Mrs. Cheney. It ! is all unfortunate, but it will come out
 right in the end.
 Only those who have known and have been associated with Wright can
 realize what genius he is. When he has been dead ten years the world win recognize his art He has not
 had many friends because of his sen sitive nature. Most persons appeared
 harsh to him and responded little to | his ideas.
 Wright is man of keen sensitive
 ness; his mentality is strong, his i'm | agination wonderful He is highly
 strung. He demands sympathy and in
 most cases received knocks instead
 of that for which he craved. small. wonder then that Mrs. Cheney, won derful woman of marked personality. intellectually and attractiveness, with full appreciation of him. should draw him to her. This does not mean
 that Mrs. Wright did not understand and sympathize with her husbands ar. tistic cravings.
 Theirs has been great struggle.
 Up to the end they tried to keep apart, but at the last moment, I be- lieve. they found themselves lacking in strength and took the jump, so to speak. Wright is man of wonder ful genius and naturally he has the Tagaries and eccentricities of a gen ius. His wife accepts his action in this light and will forgive him.
 MT. Cheney, I have heard is not bitter toward his wife. This is no news to him. Neither MT. Wright nor Mrs. Cheney has tried to deceive any one. Wright confessed to his wife and Mrs. Cheney confessed to her husband. l do not believe that either Mrs. Wright or MT. Cheney was sur prised at the outcome of the affair.
 They are both creatures of i'm pulse, but l want it known that Mir. Wright has never been mixed up in anything like this before, and any in- timations that he has are false. Mrs. Cheneys reputation has always been the best.
 This will be bump for Wright. Perhaps he needed one. He will miss his wife. his children, and his home. He will hate the scandal. He will find that the woman with whom he has eloped has not come up to his ex- pectations. He will yearn to return, and his wife will make his home coming as easy and happy as pos sible." / Friends of the eloping couple did not utter one word of reproach or criticism of their conduct They gather felt that their elopment was in the natural course of events. It was pointed out that all men of marked genius had departed from the con ventional paths at one time or an other during their lifetime.
 Emphasizing her faith in her hus- band. Mrs. Wright said:
 Frank Lloyd Wright is as clean as my baby He is the soul of nobility. He would not do wrong thing for the world. You don't and can't un. derstand the man. do. He has made me whit am lie is now hav- ing struggle with himself He win come out of 1t all right and will come