The Washington times., 1910-09-10

na0 leIt ner bedroom ne went 70 hear
her sing every tine she appeared at the
ManhattOn Opera House, and then took
her 10 supper every night after the per-
Torrance
There was nothing the singer express
ed a desire for that Chanler did not
Try 10 move heaven and earth TO get
For twelve months the millionaire
courted Cavalier She played him along
now senOing him 10 the seventh heaven
of rapture now plunging him to the
lowest depths OF despair Many an af-
teTnOon she would go 10 his studio on
Fifth avenue and. while ChanleT would
pretend TO work on his mural paintings
Cavalier would sit at the piano. pa
and sing TO him. OF would lOll IN ar elSv
chair BY his side, watching him work
Between sips she would purr soft Moth
1nEs to him IN such a manner that he
would forget work, time and evervt
side.
Another Ardent Sutton.
All this time Prince DoIgorouki, one
OF the richest nOblemen in Russia, was
an ardent suit0r Of Cavalier. Con-
siderably over SIX feet tall. strikingly
handsome, practiced in all the arts OF
attracting lovely woman, he was just
the kind OF a man who would take by
storm the heart of caBrlcIOuS beauty
Because OF his dSsidUOus attentions
Cavalier blew hot and cold for Chan
Ter As day after day he asked her
TO marry him, she put him on. Ia king
care not TO decline him, but not want
1Gg to accept him when there was "A
possibility that she would land the
Russian whom she Is said TO have
loved as much as Chanler loved her
Then, IN March OF this year. with
other famous grand opera singers
Cavalier sailed for Europe, having
promised Chanler she would decide on
April . whether or not she would
marry him
on that day ChanIer walked around
with his head in the clouds He had
received the following cabsCgram-
Paris. April l.. 1910
Robert Chanler. New York
VIII accept your proposition OF
marriage on my return &c New YORK
next season Much friendship and
love Answer by cable
LINA CAVALIERL
CEanleT, beside himself with JOY, sent
the following in reply:
Nine. Lima Cavalier. Paris:
j accept your proposition 1t Is a
ROBERT W. CHAMBER
Gives Bachelor Dinner
That niEht ChanIer gave q bachelor
dinner al the Alps Restaurant. sixth
avenue. near Fifty-eighth street, 10 CeIe-
brate the engagement Among his
guests were Henry CIeWS. IT. Peter
Cooper Hewitt, i. =. HeTZoE. Robert
MaCCamerOn and Richard lel5alileuue-
But Nine Cavalier had not decided
she would marry C'lanier until she was
satisfied she could not marry Prince
DOlgOruuki. Soon AFTER she arrived in
Paris she went 10 St Petersburg The
object Of this trip was not generally
known until a few weeks ago, when il
was learned BY friends in Paris TO whom
the Indignant ChanleT told t.
Il Is against the law for TUncr1ODarleS
OF the court Of the Gar or Russia 10
marry without the consent OF their I'M
per1al master Prince DolgOrOukI has
an enormous fortune beside which the
fortune OF Robert Winthrop Chanler
looks like mere pocket money II ne
married without the consent Of the
Gar all Of this fortune would be for
feited, One-third 10 the imperial treas
EIrv and the other tWO-thirds TO his
family. Although she is said to have
loved the handsome and Uoble Russian,
the fair Lima did not love him well
enough 20 take him without his money
Gar Refuses Consent.
SO she went 10 St Petersburg To Try
90 get the consent OF the Car a. the
vreddIng. She did no. succeed Through
nar beauty and the influence OF Prince
DoIgOrOukI she got the ear OF high
officials and they tried to persuade the
Gar to give consent But the aut-
crat Of the Russians was o5durate- The
fair Lima and the handsome prince were
the principals in = heart-r-1ldIuS SDd
fearful parting, and she returned 10
Paris On April i, as she had promised.
she CabIed ChanleT that she would marry
him
Within less than a month Chanler was
on his way 10 Paris Arriving there he
list no time IN getting to the home or
the rair Lima IN the Champs EIySeeS
neigh bOrhOod and embracing her with
all the rapture OF a successful lover
Then Chanler began II count the min
UfeS Wnen the great priua donna would
share lis usJme anG fortune. little think
ing that W hin a very few months she
II Z
have possession Of every cent Of it
Madame Wanted Settlement.
It was not many days before the in
fstuated American artist, sheriff, diet
tante, and politician began to talk about
setting a date for the Wedding Now
Nine Cavalier may have the artistic
temperament, but her business sense
and acumen IS beyond question. The
talk Of the wedding naturally brought
on negotiations concerning the amount
that would be settled on madame
y French notary and an English so
Hector, Cavaliers representa- ttiVeS,
called on ChanIeT and BEGAN To ply him
with questions concerning his financial
standing At their beheSt he went into
details concerning his fortune telling
them Just how much property he had
" here II was situated and how certain
portions Of 1t were tied up in trust
funCS. be explained to them that he
and his first wife had been divorced
and that enough Of mis- inheritance. had
been made into a trust fund to give her
al1mony Of S20s00a a year Then he
showed that he had about S30000 a year
left The French notary and the Eng
ltsh solicitor went away
Told Story Of Her Life.
About ten days later four DAYS he
fore the wedding, which occurred on
June Is, Madame Lima sent for Chan
Ter Then she made with him one OF
the StranEest pre-0UptiaI arrange
ments ever heard Of
In the FIRST place she told him the
story Of ne- We In detail she re
lated to him all the experiences Of
her childhood. how as her girTish
pTettipsss developed into womanlv
beauty she became the Det OF certain
men Of the great world or Paris. the
leader of the demi-monde. dfSnuti0e
the title only with cleo de Merode
Then she told Of her life In the Paris
half-World. Of the gay bachelors the
dashinE married men and arfstocrats
who had wincd her and diued her and
had loaded her with jewels fine
gowns. costly hats, expensive lingerie
and the thousand and one things so
dear to the heart OF a professional
beauty woman who must .Eet rich