The Washington times., 1921-01-10


grants who arrive at our shores. The
men OF education and resources who
come here from the continental Euro
pean countries need to be taught
American ideas OF marriage and
womanhood and American moral
standards.
"Pierre was not exactly a fortune
hunter, but he had peculiar ideas
about what q wife ought to do for
her husband. Almost from the time
we were married he told me that /
had no rights; that through marriage
was a French citizen. He told me
would have to bear half the ex-
penses of our Establishment.
after Pierre had proposed to me
and I consented to become his wife i
was supremacy happy" Mime. Tartoue
said. ri was living In a dream which
never msterialized.
| .EvEN COOKED FOR HIM,
II found Pierre a very difficult per
son to please. indeed. He did not
seem able to concentrate his attention
on any one thing. even his art. for
any length of time. He constantly
asked ma for money. I gave him all
mad In order that he might be free
from hnanaal worries SO that he
could devote MIS- time to his art.
ITO save him the expense OF models
posed FOR the hands and gowns OF
many people no painted. even
cooked his meals IN our studio SO he
would not have to 70 out to eat. I
had never dono any domestic work
before, but l was willing to do any
thing to help my husband ] obtained
money from my family FOR him until
the patience of my mother was ex-
hausted.
pierre made money WIT he never
even suggested that he uN some of II
to reimburse my family. pHo never
bought mo clothes. He gayt mo little
money to spend. On OCCASIONS
even had to borrow to pay tie rental
of our studio and to pay our living
expenses. Pierre seemed to aemand
everything from me and expected to
give nothing in return. After time
he even ceased to manifest the same
affection toward me that he did for
a time after we were married"
With a sigh Nine. Tartoue recalled
the honeymoon days which she and
her artist husband spent before ar
tistic temperament, financial worries
and eccentric conduct on the part OF
her husband began to spoil her Utopia
PRIZEFIGHTs LAST STRAW.
pierre was so peculiar at times.
! felt that my devotion was wasted,
she said. when we went to the NOV
| ing pictures and saw the cowboys, he
wanted TO be a cowboy. When he
went to prizefights he came home
| afterward with his romantic brain de-
luding him he was a prizefighter and
| he wanted to practice on me.
"One of the reasons I departed from
my home in the middle of the night
was that Pierre, much against my
| wishes had gone to see prizefight
| ] objected to his attendance there be-
cause knew what 1t would mean to
me afterward.
81 begged Pierre to devote himself
| to his art" she continued. 81 told
! him he was a great artist and that he
! would be highly successful IL he would
only cease deyoting his attention to
matters which were unimportant.
"Pierre would promise me to do bet
ter. Then he would break his prom
| Use by talking about selling gold mine
stock or by becoming too Interested in
the Wall Street stock quotations.
"I used to demonstrate with Pierre
! and tell him he could not neglect his
| duty toward me, and he would laugh
at me. He told me nobody would be-
| lieve what said, and when told him
/ would have to resort to the courts
| in order to protect myself from q
continuance OF abuse and to make him
support me, he laughed and told me
to go ahead"