The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-31
HUT SAYS FATE
is AGAINST HIM
Wcll-l<nown Artist and Illus
traitor Is Ill and in
Debt.
WIFE SEEKS SEPARATION
Only Assets Arc Paintings on
Hand and $3.50 in
Bank.
WIFE SEEKS SEPARATION
lSpccialto Tho Times-uisr,t,t

/! Especial to Tho Times Dispatch
New York, December 30.--tiarry Hut.
artist and ILLUSTRATOR. is i'll. In debt. and.
20 add to his misfortune, has been un E.
aple 10 dispose of several paintings
| hhh drawings that he has created for
nhsazine and book illustrations.
In addition to this burden. Mr.. HUT
has wife whom lie once praised as
more beautiful than Venus" but who
Is now separated from him. to whom
nc must pay Sl25 q month ;,linony.
Richard Henry HUT, his sevcn-ycar-
old hoy, is now with his mother, and
Is dependent upon his futhcr's income.
rhc predicamcnt In which HUT finds
himself was made known to-day by,
papcrs filcd In tho Supreme Court. lIc
stated In petition to have tho all
inony order modified that he has hon
ostly and faithfully tried" to obey the
mandate OF the court, but that fat.
has been against him
HUT attached to his papers n half
dozen rejection" letters from leading
publishers of this city and elsewhere,
IN which they declined with much cour-
tesy the, production offered. One, pub
Usher even suggested in q kindly way
nat HUT might huve gone stale n
bit. 5;
intt stated in his petition that he
has been seriously Ill since October $
last. and that his physician has advised
him that II will be at least three or
tour weeks before he can set around
10 do any work.
lie. suggested that he be allowed four
weeks after his recovery of health
within which to raise the money 10
pay the altmony that might then bc
hue, and that thereafter tho alimony
be reduced to 800 Il month. He cx-
pressed his willingness to earn as much
as he could 10 comply With whatever
order is in force. When the motion TO
modify tho order came before Justice
Blur IL was marked off the calendar
satisfactory arrangement was made
without the aid Of the court.
HUT started In his petition that his
Hutt stated in his petition that his
lures lie has on hand and $3.50 In a
bank. lie says that he owes about
$4,000. and that his sister paid the
nurse that attended him part of her
wages.
Mrs. Edna Garfield Belle Tore Iutt,
the wife of the artist is suing him for
Il separation. She claims that while
she struggled as che good angel of her
husbands inspiration and artistic crca :
ton 10 guard him against harm. tho
balcful influence OF his companions
countoractcd her good efforts. She
mentioned b. Cory Kilvcrt, George
Clark, publisher. and Harrison
Fisher and Pcnrhyn Stanlaws as como
OF her husbands intimate friends.
Mrs HUT accused her husband of
| INDUCING too freely In intoxicants
and named acts of cruelty" HUT, in
| his answer, said:
My 'wifc'a habits of incompetence,
violence and extreme cruelty consti-
tutc perfect defense to her action
The Hutts were married in 1908.
The young husband was then Just com :
Ing Into his fame as the creator of
HUT girls" and his drawings were
In great demand by all publishers.
His wife was his model. and in her,
he frequently said. he saw moro beauty
than In the models Of classic art.
Since 1910, when he and his wife
separated, HUT has been living In his
studio apartment, and his wife and her
son have been with her aunt