Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-23
CARUSO IN MAD
FIT At LOSING
GIRL SSUIT
Italian Court Orders New Trial
to Fix Damages due Rejected
Sweetheart.

ROME, June 23.-That the legal
troubles Of Enrico Caruso. the world
famous tenor. are anything but over
is shown to-day in tie decree of the
Milan Court Of Appeals which has
Just handed down a decision re-
versing the lower court which last
year denied Elisa Ganell, the Milan
shop girl. who sued him for failure
to marry her, damages in a breach
Of promise suit.
Caruso is in London preparing to
spend the summer at his beautiful
villa near Florence, and, dispatches
say, when shown the decision of the
court he allowed his temper to be-
come greatly ruffled and let off con-
siderable superf1uous energy in the
form Of epithets and adjectives, be-
tween which he stated he did not
believe the report.
The court, in handing down its de-
cision holds that the decision of the
| lower court is correct in not pro-
viding damages for the injury to the
| fair name of the plaintiff. The court
| then goes on to state that, although
| the relations existing between the
singer and the shop girl were rep
rehensible. it is of the opinion that
| the girl is entitled to recover the
money she spent in fitting herself to
become Mrs. Caruso.
Entitled to Expenses.
The decision orders that a new trial
be held for the purpose of ascertain
ing how much the young woman is
entitled TO for her pre- nuptiaI' ex-
penses. and orders that 1t be held as
soon as Caruso returns to Italy.
The suit In question was started
I .
greatly stirred opera going circles in
this country and elsewhere. Testi-
mony developed at the trial that one
week after seeing the girl in Milan
shop Caruso secured an Introduction
to her from her employer and on that
| same occasion used these words:
Come. now Signorina, put on
your hat and we will start to-
morrow. for have decided to take
you away with me. II had been
so fortunate as to make your
acquaintance Is or 20 years ago
you would have been my wife by
this time Unfortunately, owing
to my professional engagements,
] must leave now"
| After his departure Caruso bonn
| barded the girl with letters written
| from Paris and London, in which he
renewed his protestations, and in one
| letter ordered the girl to leave the
( shop to break with the common
/ people"
His little Sugar DOLL"
| He sent her many photographs of
| himself and his children and in
writings always addressed her by
such endearing names as Dear Sweet
| Thing" Little Sugar Doll and My
/ Little Treasure"
One Of his most characteristic let
ters contained the following pas
/ sages:
You will see what 1 will do
when you are my wife. How
beautiful II will be. You shall
be my little queen, and l your
faithful and devoted slave. Have
you ever accepted some other ad-
mirer? Can anybody speak i'll of
you? Have you always done as
your mother instructed you? You
assure me that you have, and now
l can think only of this-to make
you mine as soon as possible"
| After the betrOthal the shop girl
! studied French and tried to fit herself
| to be the wife Of the greatest tenor
l of his time. Caruso at times was
/ Chivalrous and generous to her. She
/ had a ChaperOne whenever she met
| him and he showered her with pres
ents, including the most costly gowns
and much actual money which she
accepted. although reluctant to do
SO. the trial developed