The Washington times., 1921-01-10

NEW fOhk, Jan. ~. - When
Pierre Tartoue, the famous French
painter, begged Claudia Windsor,
whom he acclaimed ''the most beau
tlful girl in America" to marry him,
she held back her answer until she
asked his first wife. Alma Dodworth,
what manner of man he was.
WARNS BRIDE-TO-BE.
The disillusioned wife. who had
divorced the artist. expressed sym
pathy for the prospective bride and
warned her that NJ. Tartoue was &C..
centric and temperamentai TO the
nth degree Nine. Dodworth Tartoue
expressed the hope that IL she ac-
cepted the artist they would ind the
happiness In marriage that she had
sought in vain.
Love dazzied Claudia Windsor's Wis
ion and the dashing personality Of
the Parisisn painter blinded her to
the warnings OF his first wife.
She married him In an excess of
amotion, she confessed. and this H.
what confronted her after. the cere-
mopy: -.
Temperament. once described as
temper and still more temper" which
ensiavd her spiritually and physically.
:. Egotlsm. through which NJ. Tar
toue by sheer force of suggestion
created himself an omnipotent heroic
ngure playing many parts and COM
peliins her to'cater to his every whim
When he saw q prize fight, he fancied
himself the Champion. and came home
to practice on her,
3. Domestic sertdom for herself. by
which she voluntarily forced herself
to cook her husbands meals and per-
\ form, nfhar pnnnial
time and trouble OF leaving the
studio. t
4. Loss OF Money. as a result of his
plan by which the bride Was com
PEELED to pay half the expenses of the
household and then hand over to the
artist whatever she had left.
! 9. Service As a model for hin SO
that her beautiful hands and nEsre
might be transferred to canvas "a
assure the sale Of portraits to womev
less favored by nature.
NOW SHE REPENTs.
So Mrs. Windsor Tartoue, after &
year Of II, has rebelled and is suint
her emotional husband for a separa
ton. She was a California girl. de
scendant of an honored old Englisl
family. Her mother Is Mrs. r. Bengu
Barnett, daughter of the eminen
French surgeon. DR.. Raoul Bengue.
At one time Miss Windsor was re
ported betrothed to the president o
a South Aperican republic. She Il
twenty-five. and the beauty of he
face and form is unmarried by he,
exciting matrimonial experiences.
Tartoue 10 thirty-thrce, picturesau'
in. appearance, and of uDquestione'
talent. He came TO America origi
nally to paint the family of Chaml
Clark, Speaker Of the House OF Rep
rcsentatives. but delayed returning 4
execute commissions for portrait
from Cardinal Farley. Mrs. Hamilton
Gould, General Pershing. Admira
Sims. General Organ, tho DE- Pom
family and others.
The painter married Alma bod
worth. the daughter of T. George bod
worth. of New York. in 1919. Aftei
tanned a divorce in Maine on grounds
of cruelty and non-support.
A TEMPEsTUOUs wOoER.
| Almost Immediately he laid siege t,
Miss Windsor's heart and carried it
as she admitted last night, by storm
They were married in his luxurious
studio at zoo West Fifty-seventt
street. Process servers spent week.
trailing him before they were able &c
serve the separation papers on hin
last week.
The artists bride left the studio
abruptly at midnight with a woman
friend, several weeks ago. and has
been living with her mother in seclu-
sion since. Recalling her romance
| with the painter last night. she eI-
pressed deep regret that she lacked
| the wisdom to follow the warning OF
his first wife. and added:
Alma found out precisely the
same things about Pierre that
learned. Our experiences were al
most identical Before she obtained
a divorce from him, he got all he,
money and all the funds she couie
get from her family. He never sup
ported her. He never attempted to
| support her.
when Alma told me that she
| hoped I would have happier time
than she had l did not realize clearly
what she meant / understand 1t now
| of course. When he urged me 70
marry him. something told me to
hold back and I did delay, reluc-
family.
COULDN'T REFUSE HIM.
| But even after talking to Alma
| could not refuse him. I let my
love master me. a woman will do
anything for the man she loves. But
continuance OF the conditions which
I faced in marriage became unen
| durable.
my family was not anxious 70,
me to marry Pierre. My brother
Lewis, disapproved of the match, but
| when he saw how much ] loved
| Pierre, he no longer voiced his OBJ
jections.
Indeed. on ono occasion when
| Pierre threatened to kill himself, un-
! less ] would consent to marry him,
my brother followed him into another
room and took weapon away from
him. 1t was that night that l gave
Pierre my consent"
After 7 was married a short time
many girl friends told me they envied
me-" Nine. Tsrtoue said. They told
me they thought il must be wonder
full to be the wife of q French artist.
I agreed with them for a time, but |
soon found out that I had taken a
difficult task upon myself.
Marriage, according to the Ameri.
can idea, which to my mind, is the
right one, Is a co-partnership. The
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