New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-06
Actors Lawyer Says No.
tice of Separation Suit
Has Been Served, but
This the Diva Denies
Husband Charges
Lockout at Home
Letter From Attorneys
for Wife Reminds Him
of Certain Differences

Papers in an action for separation
have been served on Geraldine Farrar,
one of the foremost grand opera stars,
according to Harry N. Steinfeld of 14O
West Forty-second Street, attorney for
Lou Tellegen, Miss Farrar's husband.
Neither Miss Farrar nor Mr. Tellegen
was to be found last night.
Miss Farrar's attorney, Alvin Unter-
myer, asserted last night that no
papers whatever, either in a separa-
ton suit nor in any other proceeding,
had been served upon his client. She
had been far too lenient with "this
arrogant man." said Mr.. Untermyer,
and Mr.. Tellegen's countenancing of
this fake proceeding" would alone
Justify her in having nothing more to
do with him.
ut is not true," said Mr.. Untermyer,
"that Miss Farrar has been served With
any papers whatever in an action for
separation or otherwise, nor have
received any such papers for her.
No Statement From Wife
The fake proceeding in which Tel
lHQulHlng
will alone justify her in having moth.
ing further to do with him. Miss Far
rar does not purpose to try her case
IN the newspapers and regrets the ne
cesslty which compels me to make this
statement in her behalf.
She has been far too lenient with
this arrogant man, as every one will
realize when her side of the story ia
told" 40
Mr. untermyer declined to say what
steps Miss Farrar had taken or in
eended to take. He said he would add
nothing whatever to his statement.
Mr.. Steinfeld said that the naners h ~
not Deen filed yet, but would be filed
IN IN Westchester County. In that county
.here Is no definite period within which
ene complaint in an action must be
MED. II the action had been brought
IN New York County, papers wonld
nave had to be filed within three davs
OF the date Of service.
Notlce OF the action contemplated hv
her husband is said to have baen served
upon sbo MISS Farrar Thursday evening as
fmo stePPeo from an automobile in
fa faon. OF her home, 20 West Seventy
louTtn street. She was not to be found
at that address last night, and memhars
or her household asserted that sha ha !
peeh out of the city for several davs
Husband Locked Out
Lou Tellegen, who is said tn have
oeeh @ locked out of the house on Sew
en'y-1o4reh t Street, has been staying
at the Rltz-Carlton Hotel, but s. was
said there last night that he was not
IN and was not expected in before
to-day. D0Aoie
According to their friends, the breach
between the two has been widenina
Tor several months and appears to be
due to conflict between art and do
mesticity. Mr.. Tellegen's action is said
to be based upon the ground of deser-
ton. His contention is that if mans
wife locks him out of their home she
most emphatically deserts him. That is
just what is said to have happened to
Tellegen.
He went down to Long Beach last
several weeks. Several times during
his stay there it is said that his wife
went down to visit him. On July 25
he is said to have received visit
from a representative of her attorneys,
Guggenheimer, Untermyer e. Marshall.
Wife Employs Lawyers
The visitor brought letter, said
to have been signed by Alvin Inter
nyer, of that firm. The letter advised
Mr.. Tellegen that Geraldine Farrar
had consulted the law firm concerning
Certain differences" which had arisen
between her husband and herself, and
asked Mr.. Tellegen to call and discuss
the matter at his earliest convenience.
"Under no circumstances" it was
said, "are you to enter Mrs. Tellegen's
house or approach her in any manner"
Mr.. Tellegen's vacation was ruined
He didn't see Mr.. Untermyer about it,
He tried to see his wife. AS soon as
he had read the note he packed grip
and set out for West Seventy-fou nth
Street. AS he ran up the steps of the
five-story house he noticed that the
shades were drawn and he thought he
detected movement of one of them as
though some one was watching him.
He drew his keys from his pocket
and inserted his latchkey in the lock
1t didn't unlock it. Heretofore that
key always had worked we'll. This
time it wouldn't work at all. Thinking
he must have used the wrong key, Mr
Tellegen tried another. He tried all
the keys on his ring. None of them
would unlock the door, Then he no.
ticed, it is said, that the lock was q
| new one, put on since he started on his
vacation.
Doorbell Brings No Response
That was almost as great shock as
the letter from the law firm. Mr.. Tel
legen remembered that there was q