The Washington times., 1910-09-10

NEW YORK. Sept I0.-Nevy Yo-lr,s
10 the ultra-excIusfve set Of r,,Y7;ts
millionaire aristocracy. over which NJ
"liliam Astor ruled for years with =
rod OF iron, today Is joIted TO is ve-v
foundation by sensational reports fror,
Fsrls purporting 70 detail the dupfur of
the Iormer society queens GRANDSON
Robert Winthrop ChanIer, bv tbs
woman he married but little more than
Two months ago, Lima Cavalier. sivz
and premier professional beauty OF tha
world.
Married, stripped OF his fortuns- con-
temptuousIy tossed aside for \ forna-
lover, and sent back to Arrlerscs- hroKeu
N parse and spirit TO hide his head IN
shame from the friends amoEg whom he
carried II 50 high but q few weeks azo
n announcing his forthcoming marrfazs
70 the beautiful sonEstress ne had
courted 50 long and lavishIy-8his Is fHs
brief, hUmiiiatinS history Of the bril-
liant and petted Bob sportsman. Eoof
fellow, and delitsnte politician.
Chanler a Pensioner-
According to this report. ChsnIsr "a
now a DensiOner living on an allotment
OF go month allowed him BY his wife.
whereas one year ago he could COM
mans millions The former sheriff OF
Duchess county is now living in seclu-
sion IN this city, and what steps he IS
preparing 70 take. II any, TO regain his
foTsIne. are held in ssle utmost secrecy
II is reported that one OF the couple
viii seek legal separation, which one
IS not known at this time
The most remarkable part OF ths
Paris story relates to a confession
which Cavalieri is supposed 10 have
manhood, she was the pet Of the rich
men Of the continent. living in lux
Ury and ease and dIsputing with Cleo
dc MerOde the title Of queen OF Frensl
beauty.
Then she told OF her life in the
Paris half-woTId, Of the gay bach
eloTs, the dashing married men and
the arNAOcrats who winez and 65ned
her and loaded her with jeWelry and
costly gowns. rich lingerie Gnd a
thousand and one other things so
dear TO the feminine heart especially
90 the heart OF q professional bezuty-
To Acknowledge Her Child
Nine Cavalier coudded TO 1Ir. Ckan-
der, so the story SUns. that the father
Of her sixteen-year son was
known but to a few persons. ans she
stipulated that her ardent suftor
could onls c=owp his courstship with
success by acknowledging himself as
the father Of the boy. Not even the
son himself knows the Identity Of bis
father
And than, upon the third day before
the marriage, a French lawyer. rep
resenung the singer, approached Mr.
Ckanler with a formidable array OF
legal documents fors sigma lures At
this same tiTle Nine. CaValisTf's
brother and the beautiful singer her
self entered the room
Nine CavS5ieri threw her arms about
the peck Of her prospective husb=Sd and
begged him 10 sign the papers, explain
that they would transfer ali his PROP
erty 10 hsE, but she would take the
greatest aare Of II.
Swept onward by his love for her,
Chanler did as he was asked, transfer
fund for his first vie to Nine CaNszIierz
The Awakening of ChanIer-
Then came the wedding and then the
awakening The accepted suitor OF
Nine Cavalieri now is Prince DoIgo-
rouki, a Russian nobleman OF colossal
wealth and high standing in the caIen-
dsr of nobility The prince is a SOL
dierly Kan os six feet height and broad
shoulders, who invariably wears a uni
form sprinkled with medals
George Christian, an ARTIST friend Df
Chanier, stated tOdar that be was under
the impression that Azr. Chanier us11Id
soon meet his wife IN this coUTtry-