The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-05-12
ARTIST WIFE
CETsDIV0RcE
|NRECORD TIME
Mrs. Freeman, Known PROBES.
sionally as Racia Woods,
Also Given Son.
HER IDEAS OF VENUS.
The Classic Milo Too Fat, She
Says-ldeal Is Slender
and Svelt.
HER IDEAS OF VENUS.

Mira Raeis Freeman. known In the
studios and In art magazines - the
pocket edition" Of Venus a. Mtio. won
. divorce from hG husband. Dudley
Freeman. manager Of Broadway cong
hatchery. In exactly elk minutes In
Justice Newburser's court to-day. Fro
man failed 10 defend the suit
Mrs. Freeman 10 . painter Of note, her
landscapes winning praise from several
distinguished artists at Q recent sxhi-
billion ct No. ~ Madison avenue. She
sketches under the name Of Racia
Woods. What amused the critics vs.
the Information that Racia Woods never
took An art lesson IN her Me and BEGAN
painting only two ysars ago whsn
troubles with her husband aross. she
IL Q petite. graceful. dark-eysd womsn
and she wore trim blue suit which &C.
centuated the lines that artists cay hksn
her to Venus De Milo.
The facts Of her divorce case are
these; Mrs. Freeman's maid. Mamie
Finnesan. and jerome c. Baum. . de-
tsotivs. traiisd Freeman to the old 81.
Brandon's Hotel In Harlem on the night
Of Nov. .. 1919. They found him with
| a blonde.
When Mrs. freeman and her friends
reached the hotel thsy were puzzled ~
TO what part Of the hostelry Freeman
had gone. A. she scanned the registry
she saw the name o; "Dud willard"
"Thore he is." shs exclaimed. Tina
10 his old stage name. The nervs!"
Freeman. who was moderately pron,!
nsnt on tho stage some years ago
acted" under the name Of Dud willard
II was an actor that Rac.a Woods ME
her husband In Canada seven years ago
She was country xtri At the time aat
nvcd at Windsor. The lilo OF her chiid
hood Ia reprsse ntcd In her paintings. III,
scsnes being mostly the buco.ie sights 0
Southern Canals.
! As Rsaia Woods Mira Freeman recent
iy inquired Ia All art controversy, tht
subject OF which was that Venus q,
Milo was . supsrplumH madame Of
some thirty-eisht years and that tn
classic lines o! the famous statue tina
made Heinrich Hsins burst Into tear
are not at all the classic lines o.
modern Venuscs. To- prove her asser
ton. Mrs. Freeman submitted her line
and curves to the artists eye and
tape. with the following results:
AGE. twenty.six years: weight. 1875
pounds: height. s feet 2 inches: chest.
" inches: waist. u inches; hips. u
inches; around arm. II inches: wrist.
6h inches: calf. IL inches; ankle. ~
inches: neck. I'm inches. and head.
eih inches.
THE small and graceful woman. tn
svelte and rsedllke woman. whose stat
are accus,oms Itself TO our housei
theatres and our liInou.Ines. instead Cd
the towering venuses. nre the c'assI
venuses. The Firth avenue type 10 b
long o1os superior to tina fat venu,
No one wants TO no . fat Venus" quo.
she.
with tho verdict OF the Jury whic
awards Nr. Freeman = decree. Leo
Brll!ss. Mrs Freemsn's attorney. IN
also q provision inserted giving her II
custody OF her son. Morton Harold Ere,
man. The chiid's father contested the n
tlon up until the moment OF the trial. a
attorney ihterraptiag the case when
was called last Friday with q rogue
Tor an adjournment until to-day. ...