The Washington times., 1921-01-25
WIFE
TELLS OF PAST
,Tartou Knew OF Her Two Per-
vious Marriages, She Says.
Spares Him.

Pierre Tartoue painted the eyes Of
1.-THE Goddess of Happiness" the
canvas which is said 10 have cost
/ Alfred du Pont $4,000, he won the
plaudits Of the New York art col
\ ony and soon afterward, in October,
\ 1919, a bride, Claudia Windsor Cal
ifornia society girl who was in New
York studying music.
WIFE TELLS HER STORY.
The eyes OF the Goddess of Hap
lpiness" are the eyes of Claudia
Wind sor now Nine. Tartoue. She
ssid yesterday that because her
husband has tai,en IL upon himself
to deive into her family Erairs 10
lhrrt her because she has started an
action for separation. sho probably
will be forced TO tell the entire
story of what prompted he- TO re-
Tain Joseph Spencer. an attorney, 10
represent her in her martial inhar-
money.
Nine. Tartoue. who Is young and
as pretty as the many pictures
which have been made OF her. was
found at the Hotel Plaza, where she
is stopping with her mother
The artist had been reported as
speeding home from the West armed
with statements regarding "the past
life" OF his bride OF a~-little more
than a year and data regarding her
'''I "~" PRE- =. MARRIAGE.
Nine. Tartoue' said;
why Pierre should consider 1T
necessary to go out West to get all
this can't understand. He knew
that had been married before, and
Ito save him from embarrassment /
promised him when / married him.
latter he had been divorced. that i
would say nothing about the past
He said that II society persons
knew l had been married they would
stay away from his studio.
II told him all about my marriage
: when was sim schoolgirl to
Louis Roth, Cleveland boy. also
dead. Because of the objections Of
our parents that marriage was an
nulled.
II also told my husband before
our wedding about my marriage to
George j. Busch, of St. Louis. That
marriage, too. was annulled as soon
as I learned that he had a wife and
Now, that is my past and he
knew all about IL without going to
my home, where all he could do. per-
haps, would cause the embarrassment
of my family. several of whom have
lent me money since ] met Pierre.
II do not want to hurt Pierre. And
I don't intend to tell the real story
behind all this unless he forces me to.
My lawyer agrees with me that moth
ing is to be gained by telling things
that would hurt my husband in his
profession.
WANTED A HOME.
"All my life, ever since / played
with dolls, / have longed for a home
and love. i tried marriage twice be-
fore I met Pierre, and both times
was disappointed. Then l tried again.
believing that l could not lose a
third time.
II might have known better. how
ever. Two social climbers had taken
Pierre under their wings. and also
were planning a society marriage for
him. The arrangement was to re-
Quire two years, and then wealth and
position were to be his. Then came
the time when he got the idea that
he ought TO do a memorial to the
French soldiers to be placed in some
conscpiuous place in Paris. General
ORyan and Admiral Sims were in
who were attempting to guide Pierre's
destiny took it upon themselves to
persuade certain society women who
had performed noble work in the war
to pose also. Then Pierre ran out of
funds.
eve had met at a ball at the Ritz
Carlton and had fallen in love. Those
who were trying to push Pierre up
the social ladder tried to dissuade me
1 NhnN t=n
tried to influence Pierre. I told him
then that IL our marriage was to in
terfere with his career we would
give up any idea OF matrimony.
HE INSISTED, SHE SAYS.
"I also told him I didn't want him
to commercialize his art and that 1
would help him in every way that
could. He insisted that I marry him,
as / had promised, and so in his
studio we were wed by Magistrate
william A. Sweetser. / was very ha o.
py. / had the dear little home that !
longed for and / loved Pierre and ]
am sure he loved me-"
Nine. Tartoue refrained from men
tiotioning the fact that only a short
Nime before her marriage Pierre Tar
toue had been divorced by Alma
Dodworth Tartoue, daughter of T.
George Dodworth. The divorce was
obtained in the supreme court Of
waldo county, Me-. the grounds as
reported being nonsupport, desertion
and cruel treatment.
The artist and his new bride, the
present Nine. Tartoue, went to South
America on their honeymoon and
braved dangers in the land OF head
hunting Georgia Indians to collect
specimens OF birds. ...
On that trip Nine. Tartone was
stricken with fever. The artist and
) his bride brought back thirty-three
specimens of tarpiale, ten Of which
Nine TartOne has with her AT the