The sun., 1910-06-19

legaI Witnesses -lnnrkean After
Nard IN the nsls-st0Fy % Near no.
manrr of the singer and the aheriM.
,-s-H CiSs DsspaicA 10 THH sun.
P,EIs June n Robert Winthrop Chan-
.r and Mile. Lima CaValieri were quietly
married az n O'Clock this morning al the
Marie Of tho Eighth arrondiaaeinsnt Of
PARIS The witnesses for Mile. Cavalieri
usr. ths Italian painter PeEzeIla and the
s1t0lsh hasso Segirola of the Metro
n.ran Opera Company. Mr. Chanler's
v,uss.es were Me4srs. Robin and Loeb.
The ceremony was secret 10 the extent
that ,he ouly persons present. besides the
tnr witnesses. were the brides mother.
her brother. her friend MTs Baskerville
rf New York and William Chanler. After
the wedding tho party motOred 10 Bois
as Bouugue. where they had a happy
,rrhr1r a. the Pavilion Armenonville.
The plans Of the newly married couple
Lave not yet heen settled.
Nu1ut February a report got around
taa; Robert Winthrop Chanler was to
NARY lima Cavalieri, the Manhattan
uuaa House singer, formerly of the
M.r1po.itan The former sheriff was
.saed about IT, tie said he couldn't tell.
lie lad asked Miss Cavalieri. but hadn't
Lesrd from her. On April IS announce
meat was made that Miss Cayaliei had
cspled from Paris to New York TO say
she'd take Chanler FOR better or worse,
the wedding to he In New York In the
autumn. The singers cahlegTam read;
1 accept your proposition if you can
Va. un,n October. when | rsiurn to
lmerica Friendship and love. Answer
ty elesraph.'
Return uE telegraph brought this from
Slsrii Bob' Very well. ! accep, your
Iroposition Il n long wait. but wise
Ihe wait turned out to be a short wait
Rober Winthrop Chanler is a grand
son d John Jacob Astor and brother OF
former Lieutenant Governor Lewis S,uy-
,ssani Cnanler and of William A,sOr
I.aloner. Robert Chanler was divorced
iium his first wife. Julia R. Chamberlain.
b. May. IgOI, decree having been granted
Q, the wife In Paris. The news Of the
l.y1rce did not come out until almost a
,a,r later. Mrs. Chanler received the
,.,'udy u their two children.
lIa OavalieYi IA Roman by birth
She ls called by those fond Of giving
titles the most beautiful woman In the
world She u about 80 years old. She
ra French subjeot.
When oscar Hammerstein sold out 10
tie Metropolitan and some doubt existed
a. n whether Nine. Cavalieri would re-
turn in the fall ChAnler thought the cir
Clustances required urgent action he
vent 10 Paris in the middle Of May and
found Miss Cavalier ill In the mean
time she had been interviewed by Paris
reporters on her matrimonial prospects
and had said
There " nothing exciting about this
erga asement. My views On marriage
ave been expressed already. and | am
living up 70 them. Mine h not romance.
10 has taken me four months o. make up
MY mind 70 accept Mr.. Chanler. You
e.. uet / have not lost my head | am
Z scntimentally IN love with him !
Zee him and hope that ours will he
lsYiy union. believe that love i
no, essary IN marriage
.tlthoggn am not marrying with the
GrA Il divorce. I would not marry In
Italy. wheva there h NJ divorce law
open door ! shall certainly continue
singing. Marriage is no reason why I
should sacrifice my career. Tor love the
uglCra stage
Nme. Cavalieri's illness prevented her
ON Glhng engagpWeuts in Buenls Ayres
ari -. Petersburg and left her free o.
80 Alr. Chanler when he got to Paris
h" took along a number ot paintings he
had turned out while he was waiting for
h'- answer and permitted her 10 take
.ar choice. -Four days ago there was a
-suort in Paris that the marriags-was OF.
bat when Chanler was seen he said. IL
.ts no wedding bells is news 10 me
] surely would be the first to know. The
sornor the ceremony comes OF the better
u will suit me
, Nine Cavalieri was dancer In Paris !
VHau she married Prince Bariatnski of |
NH..l In isao They were separated In |
.s-s Than a year and Cavalieri got a
divorce not long aiterward The singer |
t--t appeared here in 1903 az the Metro |
g.Ifau. aud while her beauty attracted /
some attention not all the critics were
Dtg-med STE sang here again In IaJ5 /
and came here IN lg0s under an assumed /
nome. having no engagement at the |
-rHpolitan. She said sha was here for 4
o concert tour.
before the season ended Oscar Hammer
stem On "a gsd her and billed her in T halls
In.- Jed to a letter from Mary Garden 10
Hammerstein reminding him that she
'0d him she would resign the day Cava-
HrI was billed % sing her role. She did
gn IN tho letter. The trouble wa
settled by Cavalieri. who said she didn't
care about singing In -Ihais' anyhow
J. Eas then arranged for her to sing In
-I aust la BOheme" and -TOsca.
When Cavalieri came hack 10 the Man
haitian last season the critics agreed that
n-tH har singing and acting had improved.
-" made many appearances in -HerOdi-
ale and her SdlOme IN that opera was
accounted her most popular role during
To season