New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-07
Divorce Cost Hartje 100000.

Divorce Cost Hartje 100000.
Hartje lost his case and his wife at
ence instituted suit for divorce and
won. receiving S256.OOo. Andrew car
negie is said to have been one Of those
who provided money to enable Mrs.
Hartje TO fight her husband in the
courts. The case is said to have cost
Hartje 100000.
In little bungalow at No. 5I3 North
Lake street Mrs. Hartje Howard, NOTED
for her love of luxury and brilliant
manner Of living. was found to-day
washing dishes.
She is following the Simple life" AS
vet she has no servants. With ler in
her new home are her two children,
Scott and Mary, whose warm friend
ship for their young stepfather first
brought Mrs. Hartje and Howard to-
gether.
yes, we are married." said the
bride. Il said when | got my divorce
that l would never marry again. but
chat was because | was very unhappy.
Now am perfectly happy. 80
My maid is on her way to join me
from Pittsburgh; but | enjoy this--it is
SO novel. We are living simply. but
/ we are young and we intend TO get out
and have a good time"
No honeymoon trip followed the quiet
wedding ceremony performed secretly
by the Rev. Matthew Hughes at the
/ First Methodist Church Of Pasadena.
Only the brides children were present.
Mrs. Hartje met young Howard at
Allentown, Penn. where she had
summer home and where Howard's rel
atives lived. Their acquaintance
ripened into love. and when Mrs.
Hartje and her children came here
month ago from the East Howard is
said 10 have arrived on the same train.
Howard and his stepchildren are warm
friends.
\ quiet wedding was agreed upon and
the marriage license was secured Sc
cretly, Mrs. Hartje using her maiden
name. and giving her age as thirty.
Howard also gave his age as thirty.
| Then came their visit 10 the home of
Or. Hughes, in Pasadena, their quiet
wedding there and their intention to
make Pasadena their home.
Howard, it was announced to-day.
will enter business in Pasadena.
Divorce Suit Lasted Five Years.
The marital troubles Of the Hartjes
were aired in the Pennsylvania courts
| for nearly five years and Hartje was
even charged with trying to get bill
through the state Legislature TO aid
| him i'm obtaining a divorce decree.
! Charges were made against lawyers
connected with the case but we're
never pushed. \ prominent Pitts
burgh lawyer failed to win the Office
Of District Attorney as a result of his
connection with the case.
Hartje himself was Stunned by
Pittsburgh society after he accused
| his wife of intimacy with a negro and
many prominent men offered her
father large sums of money to aid her
! To fight Hartje in the courts.
! Mrs Mary Scott Hartje and her
children were guests at the Hotel Mar
seille here until shortly before last
| Christmas. Stanley Howard. who
| lived with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
| Floyd Howard. at No. 100 West l3oth
street, was a frequent visitor to the
! hotel.
The announcement Of the wedding
was received with surprise at the
hotel. as it had been thought there
! that Howard was attentive TO Mrs
/ Hartjes daughter Mary Louise
Hartje The children are almost as
old as their stepfather
Howard and Mrs. Hartje's son. Scott
we're classmates at Princeton, and II
was through Scott HartJe that the
couple met
The Hartjes were married IN 1871
the year Howard was born, and lived
together until 1906.
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