New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-26
Everything Would Be All
Right if | Could See
Her." Artist Pleads.
WILL NEVER RETURN,
HER VEHEMENT REPLY
Painters Smile Sympathetically
Over Craftsman's Case-Say
There's No Escape.

Malcolm Athorton Strauss, the artist
whose wife is suing Mrs. Arthur R.
Seligmann, the young Philadelphia
bride, for alienation Of his affections.
wants to get his wife back, but unfor-
tunately he has not the least idea how
to reach her.
Tf could only sec hex he said
yesterday, cor even write her, I am sure
everything would be all right This un-
certainty is almost driving me mad. l
am so worried about her that ] have
not been able 10 work or get a whole
nights sleep for months
Tho artists domestic trouble. began
about three months ago, after his VIE
discovered that he was painting the
portrait Of Miss Gladys Snellenberg,
the daughter of "a wealthy Philadel-
phian, in spite of his promise not 70
complete his contract. According 10 Mr..
Strauss, his wife has been accustomed
10 pay an annual visit TO her aunt IN
Pittsburgh, and when she left on
November 30 he expected her 70 re-
turn in about ten days. She did not
come back, and frantic letter from her
husband brought the cool reply that she
had placed the entire matter IN the
hands of lawyer and intended to
sue him for separation.
Wonders Where Wife Is.
Mr.. Strauss thereupon made several
dying trips 20 Pittsburgh, but always
failed 10 find her, until now he IS
beginning to doubt whether she has
been with her aunt. Mrs. Augusta
Helmold, in Pittsburgh at all, or
whether she is hiding in New YORK:
AZ am quite sure she still loves me-
said the artist anXiously. Il know
I still love her Just as much as ] ever
did. Just think, have only seen her
once in the last three months.
This meeting. according 10 the lonely
husband. was far from pleasant. lie
was permitted TO see her for few
moments at the Bar Association IN the
presence of several lawyers. Under
The circumstances he couldn't tell her
how he felt, while his wife could only
say very firmly that she intended 10
prosecute her suit and then lapse into
tears. Since then he has written her
dozens of letters hundreds az he
puts it-and has not had word from
her.
"Find my wife for me- Mr.. Strauss
continued. THAT is all that | ask. |
know that 81 / saw her and could ex-
plain il to her. she would not believe
the absurd stories she has heard about
nv relations with Miss Snellenberg.
If the suit is actually brought to trial
the falsity of the whole rumor VIII be
proved"
Jealous, Says Artist.
The artist, who has painted the por-
traits of many stage celebrities, met
his wife when she was q chorus girl
At the Winter Garden. She was living
with her mother at that time and was
one of his models in the winter before
their marriage in June, 1914. They
were happy together until she became
Jealous OF his acquaintance with Miss
Snellenberg. he says, but he denies in
dignantly that he has ever accused her
of going with another man. as Is stated
in her suit against him. or that he has
ever given her any real reason Tor
Jealousy.
Several artists, when asked about the
case, smiled sympathetically over Dir.
Strsuss's predicament.
"All artists wives are jealous said
one with conviction. There's abso-
paint women now and then for llV-
Ing, and our work demands that We
must have model. We get used TO
thinking Of them i'm the terms Of our
profession, just as a business man can
forget the sex Of his stcnographcr but
there's no use trying 10 convince a
woman Of It, especially If she is your
wife"
Mr.. Strauss himself was equally firm
on thi. point. "Whcn ] paint a wom-
ans portrait" he said 81 think OF her
exactly a. if she was a bit OF landscape
or stuffed form. You have to, II
you are an artist
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Pittsburgh. Pa, March % FatiGucd
in mind 80 well as body from the strain
attending the preparation of her d.
vorce suit and the 100000 suit against
Gladys Snellenhure, of Philadelphia, on
a charge Of alternating her husbands
affections, Mrs Katherine Mcdonald
Strauss is back in her old home town
with relstives. rccupcrating for the
ordeal Of the trials which will come
up in a Few weeks.
Despite the fact that her attorney
had sdsised her not TO talk Of her
troubles, when seen at the Wilmar
Apartments, she took occasion 20 deny
some Of the artists accusations.
81 am tired out" she said, "and
need rest. The worst strain Is coming
IN tksse trials. do not want that
wonsn's money. but cannot sit
quietly under the grief she has
brought upon me- She has destroyed
my Gath. Hy illusions and my happi-
meas. Ny husband and ] were happy
before he knew her.
Never Drank. Wife Declares.
n never drank q drop Of anything
alcoholic. ! have no interest in IL. ]
can. understand how Mr.. Strauss
coula have made such a statement lie
knew that he had nothing on which to
bass surh an unkiud remark
Speaking Of her husbands alleged
friendship for Miss Sncllenburg. Mrs.
Straps said: ar my husbands feeling
for Der was simply p,atonic and OF a
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