New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
Will Drop Suit

she is sure art viii give to him.
Will Drop Suit
All of which is one way of pre-.
senting the fact that Nine. Claudia
Tartoue, who was Claudia Windsor,
former California girl, has decid-
ed to drop her suit for separation
against Pierre Tartoue, the French
portrait painter, rather than tell
her story to the courts and thereby,
as she contends, ruin his career.
"Pierre's art has meant as much
to NE, and more, I sometimes think,
than it has to him." said Nine. Tar
toue when she made known to the
writer her decision to drop all ac-
ton against her husband for the
present unless, and she made this
point quite clear, She refuses to stop
making unpleasant and unfair rep
resentations about me and also to
stop doing such ungentlemanly and
unnecessary things as dragging my
friends and my family into this af-
fair of ours
The former California girl, who
came to New York to study music
and who forsook her career to marry
the young artist, who was then
breaking into the public prints as
the painter of the "God of Hap
piness, which is now the property
Of Alfred 1. du Pont, had just re
ceived clippings from Western
newspapers when she was found in
her apartment, where she is living
quietly with her mother while await
ing her husbands next move.
The clippings told of her hus-
bands journey to the West for the
avowed purpose Of investigating his
Wife's "past life," her relatives and
her friends, and also of his efforts
to get a commission to paint
memorial in Pendleton, Ore, where
Nine. Tartoue lived for short time
as girl. The writer's of the stories
IN the West Coast newspapers made
considerable point of the fact that
the artist took advantage of his
journey ito kill two birds with one
stone" in that he not only announced
in Pendleton that he was investigat-
ing Nine. Tartoue, but that he ap-
piled for the opportunity to paint the
memorial, making a bid of 10000
Tor the work.
His Wife Indignant
ut was bad enough for Pierre to
oelittle himself by trying to belittle
me" remarked Nine. Tartoue after
reading through the clippings. "but
to think that he would take advan-
tage of the publicity resulting from
his visit to make money! That is
almost the last straw.
An along, ever since first we met
and before we were married, have
trled to make him realize that his
art must not be commercialized.
was willing to do anything, sacri-
nee anything to help him get ahead,
because was sure it was in him.
AND now | am making the move
mat think is right with the same
motive in view.
i am dropping my action against
Perre Tartoue that his name, which
is becoming known, and justly, in
tne art world, may not be blurred in
Ihe eyes of public bound to be
influenced by such story as must
come out should the case get into
court.
1T is not without considerable
tnought as to the consequences that
nave taken this STEP Ny suffer.
ing has been great-very hard t.
oear-because my idol and my ideal
nave been shattered. But if his art
is not knocked off the pedestal have
'sied to help him place it upon
snail be amply repaid for the tears
ana even for the jeers that he ha.
oeen Influenced to cause me to suffer
Calis Him a Big Boy
For, after all, Pierre is a great
0'g boy-a ehild-man-easily guided
ana as easily misguided. He ha,
oeen led away from me and at thu
same time away from his art. Fol
NY love was not the selfish sor
winch drives art away. If it hac
N0' oeen for the cruelty of those VIII,
posed as his friends, of those. VIII.
Had promised to boost him to hi;