Evening journal., 1911-08-30
NOT LONELY
SAYS "UPPIE"
Says he is New York Resi-
dent, and Doesn't Like
the Publicity
NEW PLAY WOULD GIVE
WIFE AND KEMP CHANCE

yesterday afternoon, Upton Sinclair, !
the Socialist author. who on Monday
filed a suit for divorce from his wife
in New York, issued the following
statement. which he said was final:
Il count it a cause of infinite pain
and humiliation that in order to set
tie my domestic problems it has been
necessary for me to take measures in
volving so many newspaper interviews
for all parties concerned. All that
can say is. that ! have done nothing
but what the law requires me to do,
and have acted by advice of counsel
in every step that took. But l have
been continually shadowed by re-
porters. my private kilograms have
been sold to the newspapers as tips.
and in other ways it has been made
impossible for me to keep my affairs
to myself. Yesterday, having to dis
cuss with my wife the important
question of the future of our little
boy, l sought to meet her in private.
] was afraid to 90 to the place where
she was living, because l assumed
that that place would be watched. ]
appointed a meeting in the ladies'
waiting room of a hotel, where neither
been conversing more than an hour
before the lobby was filled with re-
porters. refuse to give interviews
and got away as quickly as / could;
but nevertheless / find that | am ex-
tensively quoted this morning upon
the subject OF the marriage laws of
Utopia have gone to my country
home to rest and recuperate; | have
nothing further to say upon the sub
iect of my divorce suit or any ques-
tion allied thereto"
New York His Home.
Sinclair claims that the people Of
Arden have had enough of him for
awhile at least He has declined TO
make an address before the Esperanto
class on Monday next Professor Harry
Hetzal, of the University of Pennsyl-
vania. requested him to speak but be
told Hetzel that his Esperanto was
rusty. When asked If he was to par
ticipate in the pageant on Saturday
and Monday he said mot If l know IT, .
The author appeared to be in a
happy mood concerning the statement
issued by Harry Kemp, the Kansas
poet, and he read il with interest At
the close he said: THE English does
not sound like that of Harry The story
was written by some bright newspaper
man
When questioned about his residence
in New York he said he has lived in
over fifty different places, and perhaps
a hundred. since he was married
eleven years ago. For several years hs
has kept apartments at No. AZ Clare
mont avenue and previous to that he
resided on West Min ty-second street
The papers were filed at the request ol
his attorney, George II. Gilman.
But suppose it should be brought
out that your resid ence in Delaware
for the past two years makes you Q
citizen of this state?" he was asked.
"That is for the New York court tC
decide Should my citizenship there
be ruled against me l will institute
divorce proceedings in Delaware" he
replied.
All Alone, Not Lonely.
Sinclair said he was not lonely as
the result Of his wife leaving and he
declared that she will not return tC
Arden Mrs. Fuller, her mother, who
spent several days there also return eC
home on Monday. When asked where
the son David was, Sinclair replied
Here, and after the divorce suit / an
going abroad with him. / will place
him in school in Germany while ! visi
friends throughout the Continent anC
In England I will leave in October Ol
November and will be gone a year"
What Sinclair appeared to talk mos
about was a three-act play entitled
"The Convict" This was inspired bl
his eighteen-hours' stay at the Work
house. Two of the acts have been fin
ished and he declared that those wn'
had read il in New York declared i
the best he ever had written for th'
stage Whether it is being written 70
Mrs Sinclair to star in when sh'
makes her professional debut is
question that has occurred to many
"The Convict" His Play.
There are eleven characters, the
being Norman Carbody. the convict
Mill Madden, a lifetimer; Mary Boyn
ton. an heiress; Adelaide Eustace
an heiress; Dick Atherton and Bo
Eustace, two college fellows; a chauf
feur and an attendant, sheriff an
horse.
The first act opens in a forest Il
the Blue Ridge Mountains where tn
auto party are taking lunch and il
which scene the love making of Bo
and Mary pl< an important par
Just as they are making preparation
10 ledNes a ldIutI dlpIOdCntc du
asks if they saw two convicts VIII
had escaped from jail after killing
guard. Upon receiving a reply in tn
negative he leaves and Carbody an
Madden crawl from a log where the
had hidden and order the party
throw up their hands.
After ascertaining that they hav
no weapons, the convicts inform th
autoists that they are going to escap
4 in the machine and that they wi
shoot the woman if any attempt
made to betray them. Just as the su
is setting the start is made.
While going along the road throug
the forest Carbody reveals the faC
& that he had overheard a conversatio
between the two girls about job
Penniman, who Adelaide was going
marry for his money. In the NEAR
time Dick, who had gone in search {
the Sheriff in another automobile, II
turns to the camping spot and dii
covers their escape in the machin
The Silent system" of which Sin
clair complained at the Workhous,
81 comes in for its share of criticisr
when he tells Bob and the women {
VI his life. Bob had asked what Madde
q was serving time for, and was told c
Bill hitting a policeman on the hea
when he was being arrested fo