The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-15
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"A1though Chanler had professed
great love for my sister and she had
been absolutely honest with him, he
was Jealous from the moment they
Were married. The real reason was
that he was from the backwoods. He
even add. He was used to paying to
have everything done for him. And he
saw that he did not compare well
with my sisters friends whom he met
best society in Paris. Chanler knew
nothing He could not talk about
anything except himself and his art.
He had talent, but he would not work.
Sometimes. before they were married,
he used to come up from his studio
and say, I've been working terribly
hard. l am all worn out. But one day
sister and / called at his studio and
found him asleep.
".Ah,' she said. This is the way you
work so terribly hard
She encouraged him to paint. She
believed he had talent She supported
him in Paris. And how does he reward
her2''
The young man made desperate
gesture. / could easily believe that
he had not eaten or slept since CHAMBERS
charges against his sister had begun
to percolate into the press.
He complains that he has been
wronged by these publications. How
has he been wronged2 They could
have ruined my sister in this country
had people believed them. / have HAD
Insomnia for the first time since these
terrible stories were printed. The
other day l took shower with all my
clothes on. l have not met him.
do not wish TO meet him. 1t is better
not" His eys flashed threat.
Il think shall wait here until my
sister comes over She has always
succeeded. She, has the stuff OF sue
cess in her. She will know what to
1o hn rufp Il n Iyn, Tf will tytit ~ Ia
her as 1t guided me to this country
to defend her when her husband has
failed her.
II Will tell you now how my sister
met ChanIer and about his courtshiP.
They met at Mrs. Benjamin Guinness's.
on Washington Square. Mrs. Guinness
had Thursday evenings at home, and
they met there several times. One day
and Henry Clews, Jr, watched re-
hearsal OF "Herodiade" at the Man
haitian opera House. Mr. ChaAler ad-
mired my sisters acting and singing.
and after that he began to pay us
visits. In less than a month from the
time they met he proposed. But IT was
eight months before my sister made
up her mind. Friends have said she
made mistake in not inqu1rinS about
character, but she knew he belong
ed to an old. family. That seemed a
sufficient guarantee
About Her Son.
II will tell you also about her son.
Alexandra. He is now sixteen, and he
looks very much like his mother. They
act alike. think alike. She is very
proud and fond of him. He is in mil
itary school in Rome. He is the son Of
a business man in Rome. The man
writes my sister sometimes, buN she
pays no attention to his letters
MY sister was not yet fifteen when
she met him. A1e told her he was not
married and he made the usual prom
Uses. 1t was the old story. My mother
was a good Christian woman. and It
nearly broke her heart. The man, it
turned out, was married, My sister
has always taken care of her child.
She told Chanler about him when he
first spoke to her OF marriage. and he
said nothing. Afterwards. when he
came to Paris, he himself, as I have
told You, offered to adopt him,
when my sister comes to this coun-
try shah beg her to divorce this man.
I will say divorce him and throw this
worthless paper into his facet But 1
do not believe Lima will do this. She
is not so hot-headed as I, and she does
rot realize all that has been given to
the newspapers by chanler or CHAMBERS
friends. He might have ruined her in
this county. But he has not succeed
ed. for the tide of sentiment is turning.
In Paris the sympathy is for my sister.
In New York It will be, now that the
facts are knOwn.n i.