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HKAftST a ouiwai ajvibiviuaxv, ATLANTA, HA., SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1TT13.
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ABOUT TO LOST
Third Wife of Famous Wooer,
Declared “Sweetest of Them
All,” Files Suit.
TELLS STORY OF MEETING
Did Not Know of Long Marital
Record of Poet Until She -
Had Joined Him.
Special Cable to The American.
LONDON, Aug. 16—Dora of the
laughing brown eyes, third wife and
unnumbered affinity of Ferdinand
Plnney Earle, New York poet, artiet
and record wooer—described by him
at the time of their marriage in June,
1911, as "the dearest, sweetest and
loveliest of them all”—said to-day
that she is about to seek her freedom.
She said she actually has begun
suit in New York for an absolute di
vorce, basing her ac‘ion on evidence
she says she has obtained of Earle's
behavior on the Continent since she
parted from him in March.
’ Mrs - Earle is now only 25, twelve
years younger than Earle. Her maid
en name was Helen Theodora Sid-
ford. From her father, an English
architect, she inherited artistic tastes
and is an artist of pronounced talent
bhe is a very attractive young worn-
UL
Lived at “Earle’s Folly.”
The original story that reached
America of her relations with Earle
narrated a meeting in the fields, a
walk home hand In h d, swift and
ardent wooing, marriage within the
month and a start on a tour of the
world, which wound up prematurely
In the country home In Monroe, Or
ange County, known as “Earle’s P'ol-
fy. M
Her story to-day sets right much ->f
that early Action, for the meeting
with Earle seems to have been con
ventional.
“How did you come to give yourself
to a man of Earle’s matrimonial rec
ord?” was asked.
“I knew nothing of his past until
fjftor our marriage,” she replied.
‘Whatever his renutation in America.
I had lived in a quiet English town
and had never heard of his ante
cedents. After our marriage his life
story was cabled from America tp the
London newspapers. Clippings Vere
sent to me on the Continent on our
honeymoon by my mother.
He Softened the n l0w.
“It was a terrible shock to And that
[ had been so utterly deceived, but l
accepted the explanation and excuses
offered by Mr. Earle ana his assur
ances that I would never have any
thing of which to complain.
“After our weddim*- we spent two
months on t v Continent. In Sep
tember, 1911, three months following
the wedding, we went to America, and
lived happily at his place in Monro*.
N. Y. Our Arst bnbv was born there
in April, 1912. I remained with him
In America unt last January, and
then came here to visit my mother,
with whom I have since lived. It w|s
arranged that Mr. Earle would corn'
here for the summer.
•'At the time of my return I had no*
the slightest expectation that our r^
lation9 would go wrong. We kept ? n
constant correspondence. He arrive!
here in March, remained two days
and then went to the Continent. My
second baby was born here April 20.
Her father has never seen her.
“Soon after he went from here in
March information reached me which
left me no option except to prepare di
vorce proceedings. He has appealed
to me to abondon them, but fhat is
quite imporoible after his conduct as
disclosed to me.”
4 Mrs. Earle declined to anticipate by
publication the speciAc evidence she
Is reserving for the court. Thus the
name of the co-respondent is with
held. Judging from Mrs. Earle’s con
vincing manner of speech, she thinks
she has ample ground for her peti
tion.
Earle’s Love Affairs.
Earle’s love affairs were Arst
brought to public notice in 1908 when
he took to his Monroe horn* Miss
Julia Kuttner, and informed his wife
that the newcomer was his affinity
and soul-mate. The rightful Mrs.
Earle at that time was formerly Miss
Emilie Marie Fischbacher. daughter of
a bookseller on the banks of the Seine
in Paris, whom Earle had married in
1903 and by whom he had a son, Har
old Erwin.
Mrs. Earle departed for Fraqce.
'with a reported money settlement,
and obtained a divorce there. Earle.
Miss Kuttner and Miss Kuttner’s
mother went to Europe and domi
ciled themselves in Venice. Their de
parture from Monroe was hastened
by threats of neighbors there to pun
ish Earle without process of law.
Within a few months Mrs. Kutt
ner decided a marriage was necessary
and a ceremony was performed at the
British consulate * Soon afterward a
son was born and named Edmond
Erwin Earle. In 1910 the second wife
sued for the anulment of the marriage
on the ground that the ceremony had
taken place before Earle was free
under French law.
She also charged cruelty, especially
following the birth of the child. After
long consideration the Westchester
County Court granted the petition of
annulment and declared the child le
gitimate.
Earle had not defended either suit,
hut while the courts were trying to
dispose of the second he sailed to
Europe with Miss Gertrude Buell
Dunn, a bright-eyed /oung woman
from Chicago, who had “advanced”
ideas. It was announced that to
gether they would work out and pub
lish a new philosophy on the ideal re
lations'of the sexes. Their zeal sub
sided and they parted without scan
dal.
‘Kneeless Stocking’ Arrives
Fair Wearer Defies Hot Weather
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Men’s Socks Adorn Girl’s-Ahem
Miss Bunee Wyde, pretty actress at Forsyth last week, who
shows how comfortable she is in new “kueeless stockings.”
Miss Bunee Wyde Is Bold Apostle of New Style
and She’s a Good Proselyter.
Miss Bunee Wyde said she should
worry. Everybody else was swearing
at the beastly weather whose heat
| left no peace in mind or body.
“You see?” sh e said naively, and
hoisted her skirts a wee bit beyond
the conventional height. She was
wearing half hose. Men’s socks.
She had brought to Atlanta a new
fashion. Very frankly she announced
her belief that the short socks are
good to wear, much, ever so much,
more comfortable than the long stock
ing; allow much, ever so much, free
dom of the limbs, and ar e altogether
desirable. And to her very best
friends she minded not a bit to show
them that she indeed wore them.
Everybody in Atlanta laughed at
Miss Wyde and with Miss Wyd e at
the Forsyth Theater last week, where
she played with Franker Wood in a
little act, “Good Night.” Nobody
picked her for the bold apostle of a
TOWN BLACKLISTS 85
DEMON RUM’S SLAVES
new fashion in wearing apparel,
though. But she is, and a pretty
good proselyter at that. She talked
the new fad very generally in Atlanta
while she was here.
She calls them the “kneeless stock
ing,” though. “Half hose” has a cold,
unfamiliar, masculine tone to it. And
she makes the prophecy that the
kneeless stocking will be popular.
“Garters?” said she. “Certainly
not. I don’t need ’em. Up New York
lots of the girls wear silk garters
or men’s hose supporters with these,
but under certain desirable physical
features, you won’t need anything to
hold them up. They just stay.
“Of course you couldn’t wear these
with a slit skirt, and some might
blush to put them on with a tight
skirt that clings when you mount a
street car or even a sidewalk curb
ing. Still, there is nothing immodest
in wearing kneeless stockings. They
are comfortable and convenient.
“Well, you needn’t look if you don’t
want to,” she pertly adds.
CHESTER, PA.. Aug. 16.—Beading
citizens of this city are lauding the
blacklisting of habitual drunkards,
w hich prevents them purchasing in
toxicants in saloons, as a far-reach
ing temperance victory. The list con
tains. according to the police, the
names of 85 person- who have made
no effort to free themselves of the
drink habit.
Dog Carries Mail 10
Miles for Master
Evidence Found of
Prehistoric Dentists
Faithful Canine Postman Prefers
Making His Trips between
Sundown and Dark.
Archaeologist of Columbia University
Discovers Ancient Skulls With
Gold-Filled Teeth.
COVINGTON. IND„ Aug. 16—
Charles Keller, south of this city,
owns a dog which carries letters from
Mr Keller’s home to Philip Keller’s
home, ien miles. When Mr. Keller
wishes to communicate with his fa
ther he fastens the letter on the dog’s
neck and instructs him to deliver it.
The trip is always begun between
sundown and dark, as this seems to
be the time of day that the dog likes
to travel best. The following evening
the dog will return to his master with
a reply.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—Apparent
evidence that dentistry was a pro
fession in prehistoric ages has been
disclosed by Professor Marshall H.
Saville, archaeoligist of Columbia
University, who returned here to-day
from an exploring expedition in South
America. Human skulls containing
teeth filled with gold were among the
interesting discoveries made in Ecua
dor.
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IN FAILED
For Twenty Years Efforts to Put
Woodland, Colo., on the Map
Were Useless.
WOODLAND PARK. COLO.. Au?
16.—The women of Woodland Park
have started a movement to put the
town on the map of Colorado’s sum
mer resorts.
Twenty years ago the men of the
town tried it and their efforts ended
a few years ago in the best building
lots selling for taxes.
When the men of two decades ago
thought the town offered great in
ducements, they voted $20,000 in
bonds and built a water system and
an artificial lake in the center of the
town.
There were bandstands built in the
woods around the town, and a bard
was maintained for two or three sum
mers. Then the bottom fell out.
The other day the waterworks bonds
became due. The men who had been
the prime movers in the boom of
twenty years ago were discouraged
and their daughteJs and wives took
up the affairs of the town.
They organized the Woodland Park
Improvement Association. The asso
ciation succeeded in having the bond
ed indebtedness compromised for
$6,000 and the town now has the
money to pay the bondj and improve
the water system.
The women have decided to have a
series of “tag” days and entertain
ments by which they will rp.i«e funds
to put in street lights street signs,
lights at the Colorado Midland sta
tion and other improvements.
Predicts Dancing Is
To Be Part of Church
Dr. G. Stanley Hall, President of
Clark University, Declares Grace
Should Be Encouraged.
Earl W. Butler, of Canton, II
Seeks to Escape Penalty for
Banking Methods.
CANTON, ILL., Aug. '16—Earl W.
Butler, the boy banker, whose career
in frenzied finance wrecked two
banks in Fulton arid one In Peoria
County in 1910, and ended by landing
Butler in the Joilet penitentiary with
an Indeterminate sentence of from
one to three years, again is making
strenuous efforts through his attor
neys and friends, to obtain his release
from the State # Board of Pardons.
So far the boy banker has not
made much progress toward getting
his freedom, because of the position
taken by former State’s Attorney W.
S. Jewell, under whose Incumbency
Butler was convicted of embezzlement
in connection with the Ellisvllle
bank, and who is supported in his
view of the matter by the present
State’s Attorney, M. P. Rice.
Butler was convicted in the Fulton
County Circuit Court in October. 1911.
over a year after his three banks
closed their doors, and he was taken
to Joliet in November of the same
year. He has served nearly two
years in the penitentiary and has an
other year to remain there, if his sen
tence is carried out to the limit. In
addition to imprisonment, the verdict
in his case Imposed a fine of $2,800,
but it is the expectation that he will
try to schedule out of this obligation.
GREEUEY. COLO., Aug. 16.—That
dancing is one of the best forms of
I exercise that is possible to take and
that eventually it will become a part
and parcel of the church when the
grosser, forms of It have been elim
inated, was the statement made by Dr.
G. Stanley Hall, president of Clark
University.
“Dancing in itself as practiced in
ancient times is what kept the Greeks
and Homans healthful and graceful.
The dances of those days were far
different from the kind which are
popular now and made strong men
and graceful women.
“Rhythm is the basis of all physi
cal movement, and I am convinced
that this form of amusement, under
the proper supervision, will become
not only an adjunct to the church,
which is proper and right, but to the
schools also.”
Trees of Ice Age
Found in Illinois
Species Have Been Preserved
Through Thousands
of Years.
CHICAGO, Aug 16.—Members of the
International Phytographlc Society whp
made studies among the hills and cliffs
about I>aku Bluff this week discovered
there species of trees and shrubs that
have been retained in the region since
the Ice Ago This species, the Europeans
found, have been preserved through
thousands of years.
The poplar arfil creeping Juniper, ex
amples of the Ice Age flora, rarely found
in this part of the temperate zone, were
seen flourishing vigorously beside the
beech, birch, oak and maple, which fol
lowed them In the normal succession,
l^ake Bluff is said to be “farthest south”
for the creeping juniper.
ELIS VICE DID
Visits Omaha Stores and Secures
Evidence for the Grand Jury.
Made Up Like Tramp.
OMAHA, Aug. 16.—In order to more
effectively carry on war against vice
of all kinds, the Rev. A. E. Hess,
pastor of the Hirst Memorial Young
People’s Church, of this city, has
been disguising himself as a “rough
neck” dope fiend and scouring the
haunts of the denizens of the under
world for proofs of laworeaking to
present to the Grand Jury,
His latest tour was through a num
ber of drug stores suspected of sell
ing “coke.” For hts disguise he se
cured the services of a professional
costumer, and so good was his “make
up” that he now has in his possession
a hatful of little wooden boxes, each
containing a few grains of cocaine—
each labeled with the time and place
of purchase, and in many cases the
nazne of the clerk who sold it.
*'l was never so scared in my life as
when I started out for the ‘dope’ drug
stores,” Mr, Hess. “I was ’made
uf>’ like a dope fiend tramp and I was
afraid I would be recognized and
quizzed.
“At the first drug store I entered
twice before I raked up enough cour
age to ask for the cocaine. The first
time I merely watched the traffic; and
that was terrible enough. I saw a
woman fairly weep in her plea for the
drug she craved and for which she
had not the purchase price.
MOTHER IIP 8 IS
ENIBLEDTOSEE
Although 66 Years Old, She
Travels From Home to Hos
pital All Alone.
CHICAGO, Aug. 16.—Fifty years
ago a little girl was stricken blind.
She was 16, and never had seen
the man whom she later married. In
her home at Hillsdale, Mich., she be
came the mother of eight children.
The father died a little later and
they went out into the world, but the
mother never had seen their faces.
The woman, now bent and feebl®.
Is Mrs. Mary J. Welsh, and Is back in
her Hillsdale home, her sight re
stored. Mrs. Welsh during the last
month has been in the Wesley Hos
pital here The operation that gave
her back her sight, surgeons say,
was one of the most remarkable on
record. It consisted in the removal
of a cataract of fifty years standing.
A chaplain of the hospital, the Rev.
M. W. Satterfield, delivered an au-
dress in Hillsdale several months ago.
He told of the charitable work done
b the hospital. The white-haired
blind woman heard him. She groped
her way forward.
“Can you do anything for me?” she
asked. “I only want to see my babies
before I go. I have been praying.”
A month ago the Methodist congre
gation took up a collection which
made it possible fbr her to make the
trip to Chicago.
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