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each exhibitor In characteristic manner.
Among the canvases exhibited are a
variety of subjects, portraits and figurc
themes by Ellen Enmet Rand, Fellcie
Waldo Howell, M. Elizabeth Price and
Eleanor Abrams harbor and shore
scenes by Jane Peterson and Harriet
Lord, flower arrangements by Anna
Fisher. Maud M. Mason. Matilda Browne
and Dorothy Weir and cloud studies by
Lucille Howard.
The sculpture includes Harriet Frlsh.
muth's "Sun DIAL" Anna Vaughn
Ifyatt's spirited bronzes of animals
Abastenia st. Leger Eberle's small
statuettes OF women and babies, the
classic figures of Lucy Perkins Ripley, q
stone bird basin by Edith Howland, a
"Bacchanale" by Malvina Hoffman and
Music" by Brenda Putnam.
The exhibitors have in many cases
been the recipients OF various awards
and medals In the current exhibitions
and all have exhibited widely both IN
America and abroad and are represented
in many important permanent collec.
tions.
1t Is planned to open In the print de-
partment of the Metropolitan Museum.
soon after May Is, an exhibition OF
prints from the permanent collection OF
the museum. The first gallery will con-
tain a selection of etched landscapes
made before 1900, among them prints
by Rembrandt, Ruysdaol. Berchem and
Grimaldi: In the middle gallery there
will be Renaissance woodcuts, by such
men as Durer, Lucas OF Leyden. Holbeln
Cranach and Altdorfer; In the third gal
lery will be shown a selection of por.
traits from Israhel van Meckenern down
to Degas. This exhibition will be con-
tinued until about October 1.
About seven hundred designs, from
fourteen States and Canada. have been
received for the prize competition and
exhibition OF textile designs and hand
decorated fabrics. organized by the Ar,
Alliance of America, and which opens
20 the public May at the Art Center
65 and 81 East Fifty-sixth street.
The exhibition will continue until May
TO- and In connection with Il the Ar,
Center has organized a carefully select.
cd display Of machine made fabrics
showing the many and varied achieve.
ments OF our manufacturers In weaving
printing and embroidering on decorative
fabrics.
This exhibition Is intended 70 bring
before the artists making designs and
hand decorated fabrics the achievements
OF mill craftsmen In creating handsome
materials useful to tho majority o.
people.
What Is described by the Society oi
Illustrators as a "Play-Time Exhibition
will be presented by that orRa MIA flor
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industry has by no means oeen eA-
tinguished by the coming IN OF
photography.
In general there are still TWO
classes Of society who must DC
painted-our prominent men and our
beautiful women. The painting OF
children is less in evidence; and the
rank and iile OF the citizenry have no
chance whatever, unless they happen
20 be on friendly terms with some
smiable artist.
TWO painters who have attracted
attention to themselves lately DO not
help their regulations much on this
accession. These are Charles Hopkln-
son of Boston and Wayland Adams
Mr.. Hopkinson's efforts to immortalize
certain of the statesmen connected
with the treaty Of Versailles won much
praise and definitely placed him as the
most likely successor to Sargent. VINO
no longer feels up to portraits. he
submits now portrait Of Charles w.
Eliot. president emeritus OF Harvard
but fails to get result commensurate
with the distinction OF the sitter.
-. The costume, which must have been
uninspiring to a painter. has appar-
emily bothered Mr.. Hopkinson com.
pletely. for It is stiff and uninteresting.
No doubt feeling convicted OF sin the
moment he had achieved the Jacket
the painter went on to the still lie
and other accessories In the same dis
couraged manner. It Is probable that
he brought all this trouble upon him.
self by posing Mr.. Eliot in double
light. At any rate the face Is confused
and lacks the precision it might have
Mr.. Adams, also. in his portrait OF
Prof. Leopold Auer. hirched a little in
doing the face. He has much IN the
picture that ia honest and direct. but
also there Is much that is common
place. But Il was the flush Of the
cheek that landed him in bunker.
George LuKs yielded to two different
moods IN his MAN in Blue" and failed
to reconcile them. Evidently he Ia
bored hard over the likeness and
painted and repainted until he had got
q hard, masklike effect, and then. as
though to relieve himself from the
strain. dashed the blue coat In reck-
lessly. 1t looks as though two people
had worked upon this canvas.
John 8. Sargent Is represented by q
full length OF Mrs. Swinton, painted
years ago. Irving r Wiles sends a
portrait Of Mrs. E. r. Thomas, which
is one Of his best works. and which
has distinct cousinship to the nearby
Sargent. Luis Mora signs an attrac-
tive small portrait Of Miss Frances
Griffin; Randall Davey is represented
by his study of the Archbishop Of New
Mexico: Ellen Ennet Rand shows @
quiet and sympathetic portrait OF q
small boy, and Victor D. Hecht submits
a vigorously painted portrait Of a burly
workman that will doubtless profit by
the sympathy that has been awakened
for his type by the Hairy Ape"
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Rumors or rare paintings ready for
sacrifice by impoverished nobility con-
tinue to haunt and vex Fifth avenue.
Almost daily some excited individual
rushes into a gallery and breathlessly
offers to undertake commission to res
cue an heirloom from Paris. Vienna or
Constantinople. He will accept trans
portation and a small commission. The
work Is registered and he can show the
pedigree and photograph. The re-
sponse consists of yawns and preoccu-
patton In most cases and the alarmist
retlres In confusion to seek n more
sympathetic ear across the way.
'Since 1916 about that number of
individuals have come TO me with the
same story" said Mr.. Martin Birnbaum
OF scota q Fovle5 the other day. 81
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not to say ghastly. Royston Nave signs
a somber study Of head. that Of Eliza
beth Yates. that has a suggestion of the
early manner Of George Luks. and q
portrait Of young woman called DE
yah" that is tumultuous In style. and
Is hard for the spectator to focus upon.
Mahonri Young submits some small
water colors that have the real. and
now rare, watercolor quality: Maurice
Prendergast sends some decorative land
scapes with figures, In the lovely color
that is habitual with him; Eugene Hig-
gins is also his usual self, with some
serious portentous idylls; Theresa f.
Bernstein is represented by spirited
paintings of throngs of people on the
beach. and Robert 1. Aitken sends por-
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cially those on the southern coast that
have been made SO familiar to us by
artists. These pines or cedars. or what
ever they are. look like immense nests
for birds. held aloft on props.
In many Of Mr.. Kotch'a landscapes
there Is hardness. due doubtless to the
difficulties of the medium, but In certain
compositions the technique admirably
suits the subjects One in which some
bare tree trunks are savagely outlined
against dark wood Is a particular
success.
Seventeen contemporary painters and
sculptors are exhibiting at the Ferargil
Galleries, GOT Fifth avenue. during May.
The group Of thirty-two paintings and
bronzes shown presents the work OF
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Worthy Show by Allied Artists Of America Portrait
Painters Hold Tenth Annual Exhibition at
4 the Knoedler Galleries
By HENRY M'BRIDE.

ninth Allied Artists America is
open the Fine Arts Building Ftyssvenh
society brother to the Academy 1t was
when their pictures which
finally discarded by the
practical method Of calling them
public exhibited since about THIS
special principle " art They merely
hold Of the public.
this desire the seems willing to help them and
requires drastic attitude the
32 paintings have been hung hng all
gallery to what 10 called nuO
nature and not too costly
painting special distinction IN this throng 10
Gallery Harry Watman which s
succeeds than usual too with
study formidable duel. and Edmund Greacen
sends Waldo Howell shows clever picture
Singer and MT Bower well repre-
portrait Of Mr. Btton that s
however full Of character interesting study OF
a landscape IN southwest
The sensational picture Lghs RECKONING in
all sorts Of hands stretched
the shadows OK them appealing some
but all pointing his former misdeeds
The exhibition Of the National Association Of Portrait
es ia now galleries Of NJ Knodr Co., and
this country who have distinguished IN
line Of quality the portraits
hgh not possible insist that Of them
Is he product Of sheer genius
question
frequently shall paint portrat7 Portraits
no but the
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Brooklyn Artists Show
In Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Society OF Artists have
included in their exhibition In the
Brooklyn Museum q memorial show OF
works by the late Hamilton Easter
Field. who was president OF the society
and who had devoted much of his time
In recent years to It's interests. The
works shown cover most of Mr.. Fields
career. including landscapes made In
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Notes and Activities
In the World of Art

George J. Kotch Is showing Californian
landscapes. executed in tempera, at tho
Babcock Galleries. One thing may be
said at once for Mr.. Kotch and that is
that he undoubtedly gets the character
of the California landscape. AS soon a5
one enters the gallery one recognizes
the unrnistakable Californian trees. espe-
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exhibition studios M. Knoedler
shatnstn made the portrait Of Miss Fair
Mrs Charles Boynon of 27 West sxyseventh street member OF
Relief
received the different enterprises for Russian relief
She a in Cleveland
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Woman Famous for Her International Work for tht
Blind to Be Married to Rufus Graves Mather.
Miss Winifred Holt.

Later Miss Holt turned her attention
to the blind in Italy and interested the
King and Queen. Again her proficiency
speaks Italian fiuently. Queen Elena
opened the Light House in Rome. which
was founded through the efforts of Miss
Holt. A year ago she went to Poland
on q similar mission with Prince Lu-
bormirski who had been the Polish Min
lister to Washington, where her knowl-
edge of the language OF that country
helped greatly.
Mr.. Mather is The son of Frank Jewett
Mather. a distinguished member of the
Connecticut bar, who was a friend of
the late Joseph H. Choate, one of the
men who aided MISS Holt in her work
uated from Williams and played on the
varsity eleven. He devotes himself to
research work especially in Italy. Prof.
Allan Marquand dedicated his book on
Della Robbia to Mr.. Mather. whose re-
searches in Italy mad greatly aided Prof.
Marquand in preparing 1t. He Is de-
scendant of Cotton Mather and also OF
the first president of Harvard.
During the war he was at the head
Of the Rome district of the Red Gross.
Like Miss Holt. he is interested In the
welfare of the blind and speaks four
continental languages. The wedding viii
take place in New York this winter.
Mr.. Mather is now visiting Miss Hollis
sister, Mrs. Joseph Colt Bloodgood. in
Baltimore.
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Mr. and Mrs. Henry Holt of SO East
Sixty sixth street and Fairholt. Bur
lington, VT, announced yesterday the
engagement of their daughter. Miss
Winifred Holt to Mr.. Rufus Graves
Mather. The news will be of inter-
national interest owing to the work of
Miss Holt for the blind in this country.
France, Italy and Poland. Through her
efforts there was founded the institu-
ton in East Fifty-ninth street known
as the Light House, the headquarters of
the New York Association FOR the Blind,
where they are taught to be self-sup-
porting. She Is Naffectfonately called
the Lady of the Light House.
Soon after the war started and me 4
blinded in battle were being brought
from the fronts Miss Holt turned her
attention to Europe, where with the
assistance of friends in this country
ard France she founded. In Bordeaux.
lie Phare. which is French for llgh.
house. The official name Is lie Phare
dc, Bordeaux pour les Matelots ct Sol
dats Aveugles sur lie Champ d'Honneur.
Miss Holt speaks French fiuently and
personally taught many blind soldie.s
and sailors to use typewriters, and 70
make many articles which relieved their
despair at being cut off from light.
She was assisted by the Princess de
Polignac and many French women of
distinction as well as by Americans who
had for years lived in France. She
was awarded the Legion d'Honneur and
other markS of appreciation by the
French Government.
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THOMAS HITCHCOCK'S
AIKEN HOUSE BURNED
Mon Repos Destroyed as Fam
lily ArriUes.

Special Dispatch TO THE NEW YoaK HrsALp.
AIKEN, s. c., Oct. 21.-Mon Repos the
winter home here of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Hitchcock. was almost entirely destroyed
by fire to-day. Servants In preparation
for the arrival OF Mr.. and Mrs. Hitch
cock, who came In this evening, had
started hearth fires. The loss is esti-
mated at $4,000. Many oil paintings
and other articles were saved by firemen
and citizens.
Mr.. Hitchcock said that mckily none
of their sport trophies or valuable art
works were destroyed, these having
been put In vaults before the family
went TO Westbury last May.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hitchcock are stopping
with Mrs. Josef Hofmann until one
of their several cottages can be made
ready. They will rebuild.
Mon Repos was formerly the Phoenix
House. and covered about one acre
OF land.
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BANKER LEAVES 5000
TO OLD FAMILY FRIEND
Mrs. Watson of Hobokcn Gets
Legacy in Condit Will.

A fortune Of $4,000 outright and a
life income from a trust fund Of an adj
ditional $4,000 were bedueathed to Mrs
Fannie Watson Of GA Bloomfield street
Hoooken. in tho will OF the late William
l.. Condit. secretary of the Hoboken
Trust Company. The instrument was
filed for probate in the surrogates Court,
Jersey City. yesterday. Mrs. Watson
was described by the testator as my
friend and companion"
To Mrs. Watsons ttiirty-two- ycar-old
daughter. Mrs Myra Condit Watson
Darrow. OF the game address. was left
$500 cash. Provision was made that she
receive the principal of the trust upon
her mothers death.
Mrs Watson, IT was said, was n
friend of the Condit family of years
standing, and Mrs. Darrow ha5 been
named after Mr.. Condlt's wife.
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Dukes and Bride
! Will Line With
s. .- Mrs. Vanderbilt
Sir Paul and Lady Dukes to
Reside Here-Married in :
Nyack.

PARIS. Oct. 2l CAssociated Press) -
Sir Paul and Lady Dukes. who was for
inerly Mrs. Margaret Rutherfurd Mills,
are at the house OF her mother here.
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt. who warmly
greeted them wnen they reached here
last night on their honeymoon trip from
New York.
MRS. Vanderbilt is simply overjoyed
over our marriage and she wants us to
remain with her IN her Paris house just
as long as VIC possibly can Sir Paul
told the Associated Press to-day Il
have decided to make rny~home in the
United States. and my wife and / have
! accepted Mrs. vanderbilt's Invitation to
1--we with her in New York.
II love the American people. They
have been wonderful to me. Soon we
will visit England and then 60 for some
holidays in the south OF France. We
will probably return to New York the
first of next year. After that my wife
will accompany me on lecture tour"
A motor boat which Sir Paul had at
Nyack, N. Y, last summer, he said, was
a factor In the romance which led to
his sudden and secret marriage, October
3. He did not say what part the craft
had played.
i II met my wife at the home Of friends
was visiting he asserted I'VE i'm
mediately fell in love and arranged to
marry. Suddenly l decided to come to
England, and as my fiancee wanted to
accompany me we married quietly at
Nyack and sailed on the Berengaria, ex-
pecting to make a forual announcement
of the marriage when we reached Paris.
! cannot understand how it became
known as everyone who knew was sworn
J to secrecy," s.t
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NI'BRIER-wILLIAMs.

Miss Geraldine Elizabeth McBrier
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Merton
MoBriers of South Mountain avenue,
Montclair. M, j.. and Mr.. Charles
Washington Williams, Jr, son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Charles w. Williams, also OF
Montclair were married this evening
at the new Central Presbyterian Church
oy Bishop Joseph f. Berry Of Phiia-
delphia. Miss Kathryn Lois McBrier
was maid of honor. and Mr.. Alfred ID.
Williams was his brothers best man.
The bridesmaids were Mrs. Stanley
Phillips. Miss Dorothy Cert. Miss Mary
Dodd, Miss Helen Morton, Miss Julie
Chamberlain and Mrs. Donald Geery.
The ushers were Messrs. Morton Good
speed. Wentworth Collins. Carlton Cox.
Jack Redfield. Seymour Horace Knox.
William Meekins. Rutland Thompson
and Kennedy Hamill.
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IN M E M O RI "A M

BEAVER. Esther In sacred and everiast.
ing memory or my dear mother. ho passed
away October %. 1851. Bowling 70 HIS
viii. God In His infinite wisdom. took her
70 her eternal rest. mourned by SONS
daughters and grandchildren.
COHEN. .--Sadye. beloved wife OF David
Cohen and mother OF Seymorr and Morton
departed October cl, 1918. Her memory IL
always cherished.
CONAN. N.-Thomas In memory OF Thon,ss
Conan, who died October -. 1909, Arni-
vcrsary Mass will he celebrated on Mon
day. October =, In the Conan Memorial
Church, oxford, Conn.
COMAN.--In loNiEg memory OF my father,
Thomas Conan. who died October o.
1909. Ada Conan Courtsnay.
SUGAl8MAN.-in fond memory OF a devoted
mother and loving sister, Stella Sugar
man. who departed this earth October %.
1905.
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MANY CHURCH WORKERS
AT FUNERAL OF GILLIES
Delegations From Bible and
Missionary Societies Attend.

The Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
was crowded yesterday afternoon at
the funeral service for Edwin J. Gillies.
who died last Wednesday. The service
was conducted by the Rev. DR.. John
Kelman. pastor of theN church. The
burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. In
the congregation were delegations from
the Bible Society. the City Missionary
Society, the Junior League and OF the
employees OF Mr.. Gillies.
The family was represented by Mr..
and Mrs. James H. Schmelzel Miss Flor
ence A. Gillies, sister OF Mr. Gillies !;
James II. Schmelzel, Jr.. and Miss
Ethel Schmelzel.
The honorary pallbearers were James
NJ. Stuart, Charles +. Darlington, DR..
Silas r. Hallock, DR.. Joseph Moorhead.
Henry r. Sutphen. Henry Schniewind.
Jr.. w. l.. Hope Simpson, Cornelius r.
Agnew, Senator George 3. Agnew,
James A. Edwards and Henry A. Todd.
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Mr.. H. G. Disbrov
Weds Daughter of
Baroness SerdObin
Marriage in st. Thomas's Fol-
lowed by Reception at
Brides Home.

In the chantry of St Thomas's Church
yesterday Miss Olga Sonia Ssrdobin.
daughter of the late Baron Paul Michael
Serd obin of Russia, and of Baroness Ser
dobin, was married to MIR. Samuel Cowan
Disbrow. son of Mr.. and Mrs. H..
Grinnell Disbrow of this city. by the
Rev. DIR. Ernest NJ. Stires Her uncle,
Mr.. Lawrence Williams, gave heg In
marriage.
Mrs. Russell MacGregor was matron
of honor. and other bridal attendants
were Mrs Chandler Bates, Mrs Carlton
James. Misses Helen s. Gould. Peggy
White. Lily Robertson and katherine p.
Turck ~ y
Mr.. Francis Mott Disbrow was best
man The ushers were Messrs. Chand-
ler Bates. Louis Effingham de Forest.
Carlton James, Henry Heller and w. IL.
Dannati Pell. A recer.ion for relatives
and a few friends was held at 262 West
Eighty-third street, the home of the
BRIDES mother.
me brides gown of white satin was
emoellished with some cid point applique
lace than had been worn by her father 8
inother, and her veil of point applique
had been worn by her maternal grand
mother. Her bouquet was of lilies OF
the valley, white sweet peas and bou-
vardia. The matron of honor wore a
gown or orchid colored chiffon and
satin, with tulle turban of correspond
ing shade. The other attendants all wore
gowns OF periwinkle blue chiffon and
lace hats OF the same, colors. They all
carried clusters of various flowers in
pastel shades When Mr.. and Mrs. Dis
brow return from their wedding trip
they VIII live at sS Park avenue.
The brides father. Baron Serdobin,
came here from Russia many years
ago, and engaged in business. Her
mother. who was Miss Estellc williams
OF staten Island. is a sister of Mrs.
wizard s. Brown. Mr. Disbrow is a
member OF the Society of Colonial Wars
aHo = former member Of Squadron A and
OF Company K. Seventh Regiment
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Miss Florence Antoinette Brecken-
ridge. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Karl s..
Breckenridge, and Mr.. William NJ.
Sperry I'd, son of Mr.. and Mrs Joseph
A.. Sperry, were married last evening in
the home of the brides parents In Gran
ford, n. j.. by the Rev. Willis Holcomb.
The brides sister. Mrs. Willard fowler.
was matron of honor. Mr.. Joseph 3.
Turner Jr.. of New York. was best
man. The ushers were Messrs. Austin
Dohrman and Willard fowler.
The bride was a member Of the class
OF 1918 at Smith. The bridegroom was
graduated from Cornell in 1912 and lis
practicng law In New York. He is a
veteran of the Seventh Regiment. and
served overseas as a lieutenant of in
rantry,
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JEwETT--sNIFFES.

Miss Beatrice Sniffen, daughter Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Lewis Sniffen OF AZ
Montgomery place. Brooklyn. was mar
led to Mr.. Freeborn Garrettson Jewett %
IF PHILADELPHIA yesterday in the Church Of
the Messiah. Brooklyn. by the rector. the
Rev. st. Clair Hester. Miss Helen Leen-
ing and Miss Kathryn Hagerty were
tho brides; only attendants. and Mr..
Shreve Cowles Badger of Chicago was
best man. The ushcrs were Messrs.
Ralph !. Farwell. James R. Ingham.
Mcclure F'ahnestock and Charles w.
Gamble. MIR. and Mrs. Jewett will live
In Radnor. Pa.
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MYERS-OVERTON..

and Mrs.aFrank c. Overton of 27 Ma1i-
son avenue. Montclair. n. j., and Frank
Brenner. Myers. son of III. X. Myers of
Lancaster. Pa. were married this even
ing in the First Congregational Church
by the Rev. Archibald Black, assisted
by the Rev. Charles @. Burd. The
matron of honor was Mrs. Carlton E.
Overton and the bridesmaids were Mrs.
John M. Richardson. Mrs. Gordon Sar-
stedt, Miss Christina Stevens. Miss Cor
nelia Head. Mrs. Wilfred Congdon. Mrs.
Harold Stoker. Mrs. Joseph Rebwicx
and Miss Ruth Simmons. Barbara Pate
was flower girl. Mr.. Oscar Player of
Erie. Pa, was best man. The ushers
We're Messrs. Robert Myers, William
J<inzer, Edward Weaver. Bradley Gray,
Wilfred Congdon and George Ohphant.
the latter of New York. 3,
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VICOMTESSE AT 20
ASKS PARIS DIVORCE
Vicomte Yves de BecdelieUre
Cold, Says Wife.

Special Cable to THE NEw York HERALD.
Copyright, 1899, bv THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau.
Paris. Oct. 81.
Usual efforts at reconciliation having
failed, the tribunal OF the Seine will
hear the final pleadings In the next few
days in the divorce suit brought by the
Vicomtesse Berengere de Becdelievre.
nee de Cholet, against the vicomte Yves
de Becdelieue, who is prominent In
Partisan society.
The vicomtesse. who Is only 90, de-
clares that as soon as they were mar
ried in January. 1921. her husband
showed a peculiar coldness toward her
that shocked her. They were then liv-
ing with her husbands parents. When
the young wife attempted to induce him
to start housekeeping in an effort TO re-
gain his affection. the Vicomte refused.
Last August the Vicomtesse was re-
fused admission into the United States.
but the Department Of Labor sustained
her appeal from the decision of the Ellis
Island board. However. she returned
with her maid and the latters child to
Paris. The vicomtesse is the guest OF
Miss Alice Reynolds of Brookline, Mass