The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-06
DIVORCE SUIT is
A CAUSE CELEBRE
American Colony Looking For
ward to Some Domestic
Sensations.
FIGHTING FOR FOR TUNE
Mrs. Harris Phelps Hopes to
Save Her Money From
Husband.
FIGHTING FOR FOR TUNE
nY VANCE TnoMpsoN.

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| Especial Cable to The Times Dispatch.1
Paris. November 5.---Herbert Pell,
grandson of Mrs. James Kernochant
and nephew Of Mrs Harris Phelps. has
| come over to help out his aunt in he'll
divorce suit against her husband. ThS
! case comes up tllig month, and will hs
4, 4 cause celebre In the American col
1 ony. It is safe to gay that not since
the divorce suit Of Hartuppe Mckee
and pretty Constance Teyis has thA
colony looked forward to trial WITH
such absorbing interest.
/ Meanwhile. Herbert Pell asd Farrit
/ Phelps, Jr,, have constituted them
selves bodyguard for Mrs. Phelps
The reason why Harris Phelps became
a French citizen about six years agS
/ has now become plainly evident Il
his wife's family. He has long bee1
contemplating forcing his wife to gel
a divorce, and has been making his
/ financial preparations accordingly by
becomingia French citizen. Mrs. Phelps
has more than lighting chance o.
securing half of her big fortune. which
is placed at over s20.00o,0 900, and which
1. came from the Pell estate. AT tho
time of his marriage Phelps had moth
ing. AS Frenchman he may claim a
division OF the property according to
French law, unless there is special
contract Mrs. Phelpss friends say
that such a contract exists. but Phelps
has procured large sums from her for
which he cannot as Frenchman ne
made to account.
ii In her plea for divorce Mrs. Phelps
charges cruelty. including threats with
, a revolver. reckless extravaganza with
, | her money and extreme eccentricity.
, When in society Harris Phelps never
allowed his wife to answer a question.
, II any one put a question to her he
answered 1t himself
|
/, Thinner and more beautifully ugly
= than ever since her return from Amer
lea. Mile. Polaire is drawing large au-
diences to the Moulin Rouge at
. salary of 1000 francs per perform
: ance and 10 per cent. OF the profits.
~ Mile. Polaire is very enthusiastic about
her American tour, and expects to
lie return to New York for ten weeks
9 ensagement beginning in January. She
y has new play with which she is sure
Is to please Americans. She also ex-
a poets to- play return engagement
J. in London soon. Mile Polaire recounted
of how during her last engagement at
al the Palace IN London. the Prince of
Wales. now King George v, sent word
=. after the performance that she had
~ made more profound impression on
A. MIN than any, actress he had ever seen
~ Mile. Polaire is very proud of this
IS royal praise. but she Is greatly SUR
ID [ prised that she did not receive an
81 offer of marriage while In America.
- ANYHOW. She says she prefers her
Al liberty. which permits her to devote
= herself entirely to art. She explained
"a to your correspondent that she Is
a no longer the ugliest woman in the
!. world. When she began her career
= she consented to become the ugliest
woman to advertise herself But now
;, that her reputation Is established there
:, is no need for that, and she insists
that she is not ugly at ALL
AS to the American press she
said. IT just takes the cake. There.
that is the best English I have learned
Good night"
Seven Picturesquc old Men.
Seven of the most picturesque men
. In France assembled the other day at
FAMOUS rest urant to eat fsh and re-
vive the mem cries of thes'lays of 1870
IheS were Senator'S Antoine Dubost
who is three-score and SIX; Baron
!. MacKait, eighty years of age, and
VINO mas been an ardent Bonapartist
since 1866: Emile olivier. eighty,
5 years old, who was Prime Minister
when the Franco-Prussian War was
. declared, and Henri Rochefort, editor
=, OF La Patrie, and now past eighty, and
who Is called the lighting journalist"
{ Next to him sat Henri Brisson. Pres
ident OF the Chamber OF Deputies, and
seventy-fve years old.
r Others present We're Alfred Narguet.
n i, u
! France, and NJ. Magnin, governor OF
the Bank of France. Rochefort was tho
q most interesting of this group of dis
tingu1shed old men. When he puts on
I, his war paint he says and does ex-
: actlyias he pleases. He calls his col
: leagues simbeciles and dubs. General
Picuuart, he styles the piano player:
General Andre, the "od drunRard";
president Fallferes. Sour natural par
= doner. probably because OF the many
= criminals the President has saved from
the guillotine. and en- President Loubet
Panama the First" When he takes his
war paint off Rochefort is most loy-
able and gentle. and no one seems any
y the worse for his outbursts
Bopci HELMS Out AIascasni.
Mascagni's work on 'Ysobel" is Nir-
e tually done. Another page or two ara
: all that remains for his final revision
r Ills star, Miss Bessie Abbot. sailed
to-day on the Philadelphia for New
(. 1ork Throughout the summer and
& autumn she worked with the CON-
i, poser.
n Mascagni is enthusiastic over his
a interpreter Most of the company a.e
:, already In New York. The last three
r /, engaged by I.iebler's manager. Ralph II
g Edmunds, sailed With Miss Abbot.
= These are Maria Boazi, young nlezzog
i, soprano. already famous in Italy:
: Elena Tarcanoff. young Russian SO. n
!. prano, and Grace whistler. an Amer
lean girl With q wonderful soprano
voice. She is a niece OF the late
!. James AlcNeill Whistler. America's
. greatest painter.
!, 4 Mascagni, with Edmunds, will prob.
: ably sail on La Touraine; meanwhile
), the score has gone over on the Kron-
: prinzessen Cecilie. It was rushed
!, through from ITALY. AS there was no
= time to secure special messengers to
. take II over, Bonci, who was on board.
J, kindly consented to take caarge OF the
y precious score. II
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