New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-07
Child Question
Vexes Farrar
And Tellegen
Separation Suit to Come
Brings 1t Out Diva Felt
Motherhood Would Harm
Her Career as a Singer
Both Maintain Silence
Friends of Actor Declare
Songstress Was Unreason-
ably Jealous of Husband

Geraldine Farrar's jealousy and the
placing of her art above mothe rho cd
are the reasons that led to the separa-
tion suit brought by her husband, Lou
Tellegen, friend of both parties said
last night.
Neither Nine. Farrar nor Mr.. Tellegen
could be found yesterday. At the for
lner's residence, 20 West Seventy-fourth
Street. servant who answered the
bell said her mistress was out of the
city
The erstwhile leading man for Sarah
Bernhardt after luncheon left the Ritz
Carlton, where he registered Friday
night, to visit friends and had not re-
turned to the hotel late last night. Pre-
vlously he had refused to see any call
ers or answer his telephone.
While the separation suit, which will
be filed in Westchester County within
few days, mentions deserton as the
chief cause of the trouble, the events
that preceded Mr.. Tellegen being
barred from his home are the real
reasons for going to court.
When the couple were married in
1916 it seemed a love match, pure and
simple, despite the we'll known views
OF the diva on matrimony.
About two months ago a change ap-
peared in their domestic relations.
ones, though they never reached the
breaking point.
Wanted No Child
Nine. Farrar is quoted by friend
who knows her intimately that she
had decided she would not be bothered
with children, as they would inter
1ere with her operate career.
Then it was noticed that when the
couple were dining in public the song
bird kept watch on her husband and
resented his observation of other
women. Tellegen's friends declare this
Jealousy was absolutely unwarranted.
Matters eventually grew worse, it
was said, until Tellegren decided to
visit friends on fishing trip at West
End, Long Beach, L. I. Accordingly he
left his home in this city in the earlv
days of July and went to this nearby
resort.
1t is known that his wife visited him
there on several occasions, the last
time being July %. Then Tellegen
received a letter from Alvin Inter
myer, counsel for Mrs. Tellegen, in
which the attorney requested the actor
to communicate with him in an en-
deavor to have the matrimonial diff
culties between his wife and himself
adjusted
He Regrets Force
"Mr. Tellegen, instead of complying
with this request" said his intimate
friend last night, returned to his
home at once, and as you know found
the lock on the front door changed
and entrance barred. He at once con-
suited his lawyer, and the latter told
him that he could break down the door
and force an entrance, as the law
would be behind him.
"Tellegen was too much Of a gentle
man to carry out his lawyers sugges-
ton, even when his sole desire was to
see his wife. Instead of taking men
with him and breaking down the door
he decided to enter suit for separation
in dignifed way. I can assure you
that the complaint will make interest
ing reading when itais made public
1t is said that Tellegen will not give
out his side of the case until his wife
brings a countersuit, which her attor-
ney admitted would be done, and pub
fishes her version of the domestic
break.
Nine. Farrar was served with the
papers in the separation suit Thursday
night, through ruse on tho part Of a
woman process server. She drove up
to the Tellegen home at about $3.50
o'clock, and saw two automobiles
standing in front of the door.
Five minutes later Mrs. Telleeen
hurriedly left the house, followed by
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