Evening journal., 1910-09-10
TRAPPED BY
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FAIR SINGER
Lima CaveIri Relieves Robert
W. ChanIer, AStOr'S Grand
son Of Fortune
REMARKABLE ENDING OF
ROMANTIC COURTSHIP

BY United Press Leased Special Wire.
NEW YORK. Sept. l0-His income
Of $4,000 year transferred TO the
woman he married, who now offers
him S24O year Of it to dcfray his
personal expenses, Robert w. Cham
Ter. grandson of John Jacob Astor.
politician. society man and artist, Is
to-day hiding from his friends. n
broken Respondent man, his dream OF
romance utterly shattered.
over in Paris his bride Of two
months, tho fascinating opera singer.
Lima Caveleri from whom his friends
say he Is parted forever is accepting
the attentions of the set I'm which
she formerly moved, while secure in
her strong box are the papers she
forced Chanler TO sign before she
would marry him and which Transfers
red TO her the bulk Of his fortune.
, New York intimates or young Cnan-
/ Ter, members Of the ultra fashionable
set. are aghast over the stories from
/ Paris telling OF the manner In which
/ he was hoodwinked by the opera
singer. who has been characterized as
/ the most beautiful woman IN the
D MUIIUs lMOfi NUO UANt NtfH li0
distracted man since he hurried here
from Paris arc fearful that his mind
may become affected by the strain and
the few personal friends In whom he
has fully connded are carefully
the curious public.
/ Fascinated by Singer.
Chanler courted Lima Cavalieri =
] 4. ,I t1iaf "f.
the most spectacular ever the
by spectacular Broadway, fhe new
love affairs of milhoaire
girls are hardly evenrcta,-v Mall
comment. Chanler fS maj while
the spring of 1908. 1..rer in the
close OF the opera re would he
that moment she Wa .hout the time
! in the world" for from their va
= day he was const was correct.
n He lavished gifts Uphold victims
Z took her 20 hreake'h what II has
~ park behind his shsh existed. so
Il panied her lo~ o. m. Scerned, TWO
ee she saGgfeofd. worse, -
Id c-1aSr-soulful 'ctfs 2 " ~ sss1fri ,.
~ performance he a. his close int
Id mates in the so-caled Bohemian -
is dincd in fashionable restaurants wit
70 the Diva as the principal guest.
For nearly a year this kept M
'e Chauler having eyes for no one bu
Ie the fascinating French woman. Who's
Is proud boast Il wac that no man c0uls
d resist the appeal In her eyes. Time
a and again he asked her to marry him
$ only 20 be put on with a laughpe
. refusal that but added zest 10 the
courtship.
Cavalieri all this time had another
string to her bow. Dolgouki, "a Rus
sian prince, blood relative to the Gar.
, and enormously wealthy.
That he could NOT marry her was
not known TO Chanler and a was
his lack of knowledge of Russian
court regulations that finally led him
TO hasten their marriage two months
ago.
Signed Away His Fortune.
Three days before their marriage.
on July rs. Chanler at the demand
/ OF his bride-to-be. signed over his
fortune 20 her. Just how valid this
, transfer Is Is the question bothering
/ Chanler and his relatives to-day. That
] am attempt will be made TO have it
set aside is certain aud Il Is generally
+ believed that q good part Of it may he
recovered
Mlihln rev Gays Hler their mar
riage, Mrs. Chanler. it is said. told
her husband she would allow him
$50 q month spending money. but that
7 he must go TO work and earn his own
living
A cablegram from Mrs. Chanler re-
ceived this morning reiterated hci
denial that he had separated 'be-
: cause OF money difficulty" but all o.
Chanler's friends here insists th'
separation story is true