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Show PAGE FOUR THE EVENING HERALD. MONDAY. MAY 17, 1826. ." " newels f -- I " At 1 fir f ' aI ' jr. i w " LJL Iffl I fu r. ''sol ' twl. the Chicago Plant ie. Surgeon Who Made His W'fe So Beautiful That lie Lost Her. i 7 he Romance of a Plastic Surgeon's ' - 1 , 7 Scalpel and the Mixup That Followed When . Rich Old Mr. Maxwell r s" ? Mr" 1 came on the t Bight: A Portrait Scene. , Study of Pretty Mrs. Ruth Femel,-Taken Shortly After Her Hushftwd Had Completed Hi Work on Her Face, Making Her Hii Ideal 4 ; 5 MM- Jf4,.fc,Si Jean Raoux's CelebraUd Painting: in v )f one of the most beautiful women in the world? he aska. Some of the letters introduced into the suit bear inscriptions Buch "Father's Loving Ideal,". !?Betty,. I)arling," "To My Loving and Adorable Child," and 'Honey Dear." One letter seems to have forecast Stents to a certain extent. It reads f "Our love and affection for each other goes with the thought and of the Hock of Gibraltar, Eowcr man attempt to put the same asunder. It is God's wish and will. "Now, child, let me explain to ; you just my reason for worrying. After talking to my law- ers and telling .them the situa ion, the only fear they have is 'that he might get his hands on , some of my. letters to you aaii OS Showing "Venus" Bringing to Life Pygmalion' ,.. K Statue of Exquisite - p, Galatea. f ... MADE her too beautiful to hold," said Society leader!, stage beauties and psofossional Dr. J. Paul Fernel, brilliant young plastic women crowded his smart ," Burgeon,- as he filed his second suit for office and kept his knife half a million dollars against David G. Maxwell, the other day, for alienation of the affections of busy. Sceptics were given his wife. one glimpse of the surt According to Dr. Fernel, the heauty of his wife, geon's wife, told that she - was --which, won the interest of the aged example aire, is not the work of nature, but the product of plastic suVgery would his scalpelc At th start she had been jusba accomplish and they made appointments.; Mlilule-age- d pratty girl,r By a spectacular series of "facial matrons gazed at dainty operations the surgeon changed her into his own .' ii , ideal of feminine beauty. She became the prize Ruth Stevens Fernel inexhibit of his handiwork and aa his wif (j the their lorgnettes, through and then begged Dr. Ferspiration of his entire career. But the beauty ? if-he had created for himself attracted others and nel to give them the his present suit is the result. mouth, or the profile or Hia tragedy is not a new one. Thousands of the dimples that he had endowed his wife with. years ago. according to legends, Pygmalion, one Mrs. ' Fernel became the of Greece s most famous sculptors, embodied all Another Photograph of Rath Stevens, Taken Before Her Marriage to" the hia ideals of a perfect woman into an ivory statue. drawing card for Beauty Doctor Who Later Made Her the Envy of All Who Saw Her, great But so beautiful was thV statue when completed business, and Men and Women Alike. , he found that his operathat the young1 sculptor fell madly in love with tion on his wife was the . ., it. He decked it with flowers "and jowels. He most profitable bit o surgfcal work probahly ' Dr. Femel had meanwhile discovered his loss, called it Galatea. Finally in answer to his ardent that embraced both thi woman he loved and the ever undertaken. Like Dr. W. Augustus Pratt, prayers the Goddess Venus gave the statue life. The sculptor married his own creation, but acinspiration to his "prof esional career. He claims pioneer .in plastic surgery, who operated on the cording to one legend, did not find hia expected girl who later became his wife, Dr. Fernel found - that h has discovered that the Maxwell had broken the hearts f many other that a work of love had become the keystone of happiness. Galatea's beauty attractfd so many., .... women before his wife, only to discard them in . his career. others that in the end Venus answered the sculp-- tfc a end. He declares that the beautiful' woman But as. time went on and the Fernels took an tor's fresh prayers and changed her back into whom he had been so proud of" would become established place in Chicago society, Mrs. Fernel's hrory. Dr. J. Paul Fernel started playing the part of charms attracted something othi-- than clients. only one of a rich man's succession of playthings, "Maxwell will discard hey, too, just like the They attracted David G. Maxwell, Pygmalioil several years ago. While in Detroit box manufacturer for the .Chicago stock he dropped into a barber shop for his usual he said. "What a fate for a beautiiul others," : grooming. He was. attracted by the appearance yards. In fact according to Dr.' Fernel's suit, . girL'L. naToTso" much' homaire tojthe sure-eon'nails. Maxwell of the" girlTPho""was" manicuring Ms fing-e" on to charge that Maxwell had went He then He saw the potentialities of the girl for dazzling handiwork, that he effectually broke up his life paid the expenses f his wife's divorce and the and stole the surgeon's professional Inspiration. beauty. A tew changes here,: the straightening Angeles to join expenses of her trip out of a line there,- a tiny lifting of the corners of According to Dr. Fernel, the first intimation his wife's divorce had been He that claimed him. of this situation cam to him from a "woman the mouth and a slight alteration of the line of . obtained by fraud. t the eyebrows, and what was then a pretty girl - scorned." He received a telephone call from a of the W.CDan-nenber- g is that It operatives beaumost charged would be transformed into one of the girl aaking'for his wife. When he informed the about that, time at Detective -Agency ' tiful of women. inquirer that his wife was at the movies, the raided Sirs. Fernel's apartment in the fashionable - Ruth Stevens became interested in the excited voice over the wire very sarcastically Teame back, . It Cherokee Apartment Hotel in Los Angeles, ideas of the young surgeon. She gladly assented "Oh, no, you will find her at David Maxwell's is said that they found David Maxwell there in . to the operation that h outlined. And the re, apartment." the company of Mrs. Fernel and that he admitted sults were mure than perhaps either the surgeon lie at first paid no attention to such an inhis love for her. At any rate, Dr. Fernel insti- ,. sinuation against his beautiful wife. But shortly or the girl had ew- - hoped for. tuh-i- t aunit ftminst Maxwell in Los Aneeles. He Inrf act, such extreme eharnrtlid" RutlrStevenafterwards, UpoiTTeturning "from a medical charged him with alienating the, affections of his held in New York, he asserts that he show by the time Dr. Fernel had finished with dollars, in wife' and asked a half found his wife cold to all signs of affection on his her thatthe youngr surgeo forgot his academic damages, j interest in the patient He followed Pygmalion's part. Dr. Fernel has a great bundle of letters which At about that time Mrs. Fernel took a brief example and fell in love with his own handiwork. . They were married, they moved to Chicago and he declares were written by Maxwell to his wife to Detroit. There she sued her famous hus- trip " : the young beauty doctor set out to do unto so- before her divorce." He claims that he was. ofband for divorce, charging cruelty. Shr worf the thousand dollars for the letters. fered twenty-fiv- e suit and then departed for Los Angeles, where ciety as be had done by his wife. Maxwell had transferred most of his business.' But what is that sum compared to the possession ... He succeeded beyond his wildest expectations.T I 3 , would Be hell, providing he stf.rr.; a r.iit against me for alienating your affections. "It is easy enough to keep track of jusl how - many you have received and to know - any of them got away. "They asked if you could trust your sisttr asd mother. They also, said you must keep on. lo good side of your mother and when you get ready , to come here, borrow the money from her or some one else for your transportation. So you'see, my child, every step must be taken carefully and well. be too We can't cautious." guarded Dr. Fernel's allegations cite Mrs. Fernel's di- vorce and trip to Los Angeles as the act that "ended a long and clandestine campaign on the part of. David MaxwelL He alleges that the multimillionaire wooed Mrs.' Fernel by almost daily messages via the mail, telegraph and long distance telephone. These messages were couched in words of affection and were written ''maliciously with Intent to belittle the plaintiff in the eyes of his wif e," the Doctor's complaint re- . 'S scales?" , multi-millionai- re v r multi-millionai- re ... i$ "t to-Lo- s I it ' r - -- con'--venti-on i- H -i t ?"" ' ! . f V 4 " v,v I' 'r; t .f- :!s- :1"H ' - - - ... - yV . B . . - Krmpaptt Ftm Smlre: MH. m cites, ' ' ' One of the iletters,, according to Dr. Femel, beI gan, "Honey, am'iust crazy about you, that is i all, and how can I help it?" Dr. Femel admits purloining the letters, on which he is basing his suit, from an apartment lfflrs." FerneL rented in. Detroit. He gives as his " reason the fact that he discovered that his charming little wifo was being entertained by the multimillionaire, David Maxwell, in the capitalist's luxurious suite in the Parkway Hotel, Chicago. He " then felt that any step was fair that might help him to recover his wife and route his enemy. "I have never lost my love for Ruth," says the dapper little doctor.. "She was my first and only love. That sounds like the assertion of some flaming youth. But hang it all, why be a coward and hesitate when your life's happiness is in the n- r 1 that , multi-millio- - Dr. W, Augustus Pratt, a Pioneer of Plastid Surgery, and His Bride, Whom He Married After Making Her His Ideal of Beauty. However, In spite of Dr. Fernel's best efforts Maxwell managed to avoid service- - of the "suit in Los Angeles. He has already had some slight experience with the courts, pack in 1913, while he was living with his wife in Chicago, ho was faced with charges brought by two little girls, living; in the stockyards district. The case was tried and resulted in the complete exoneration of the millionaire," whtf is now about sixty years old. . ' : Not discouraged, however, Dr. Fennel recently filed .a seeond suit against Maxwell, for the same amount and for the same reason; bttt this time in the Chicago courts. In that city Maxwell still retains large real estate holdings, according to report, -- and it4s these that Dr. -- Ferae! .hepes- - to attach if the suit goes his way, Meanwhile Mrs. Fernel sepm to have picked up a few. of hex former husband's business ideas as well as beauty secrets. ; while Maxwell was being sued for a seeond time by Dr. Femel for alienation. of affection, Mrs. Fernel started shit . She against Maxwell for $300,000, heart-balclaims that Maxwell wooed and won her about 1 a year age. Recently, she states, she 'discovered that he was already married and that 'she could not hope to be' the' millionaire's wife. For her i blighted hopes she asks nearly a third of a million ' dollars,, not a- large sum when Maxwell's income is considered, she claims. , .David G. Maxwell how faces suits for $800,000 from the sculptor f flesh and his wife. It is a high price for one woman's beauty. . If both the Fernels win their eases Dr. Fernel can consider' the operation with,' which he created the, beauty of his wife, one of the most costly ever per- wm ' formed... v., , m w |