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Show nc JWa Happened When the Cleveland Art Connoisseur Tried to Tell His Irate Spouse $ X 772a His (( Goings On" Were Different From Other Men's, Mario de Dominicis, Italian Diplomat and Art Connoisseur, as He Appeared in Court at the Sensational Cleveland Divorce Trial to Oppose His Wife's Complaint That He Is an Esthetic Sinner." "' " ' ' ' V f j C , . - And What Happened When the Cleveland Art j-S ( Art Connoisseur, - . " VjM Connoisseur Tried to Tell His Irate Spouse A ?-HS? -?v V (M 1 : i: 4 'f Cleveland Divorce ksiP . , :.. VaTVI x That His "Goings On" Were Different 3S v , v. t 'Esthetic Sinner." , ' . ) , v' - ,, '.-A From Other Men s, (M: M SUt f - ' ' - ' WX X "C1' . I1" "XX v , X-,, . Xv 'i , f' s ' ' ' t 1 ' ' V " ) J ' f arrested him. He begged so hard that I inter- MA yrfy . " , - - f 4 ji s ? , ' , ' ' , . ' , ' x , , !' ' ' n ! ceded, and they let him go- But 1 whipped him. VAf IAOll t s ' ' ' v X 5 ' " ' i "''" " x . ' Oh, yes. That was in Rome after he had called I VT4' N , t , " ' " V. " ' " , " s , J his mother and myself a terrible name. Hashed J i ' - , . " S ' " , i rf! ' 't 'r ' f him untl1 he knelt on 4116 f100' and asked my wXT kJsTT I - ' ' x 'y -"!'? ' f T ' ' '', forgiveness." yvt I s '-. i , ' .' ! 5 . '( ! ' " f Francesca Retail made her appearance at the VJ ISAAJllii I . " " ' ' ' ' " f i extlcal'y a pbotoeraph. Bhe was Oj zLjy f- s " h i j f " a ,- " - ' - j dressed in a bathing suit and 8ne reposed on the j LcJ I ' ,"'' s i iVI f I ' f st'' lv. -i;. ) shore of Lon Beach, where she tickled the It, pl I . " ' ' ' ? ' V ' i t ' js, , v ' t ' S aristocratic nose of the gentleman whose father rN I ' "" ' - " , ,. ' " , 1 I 1 Mil i! ' . . ' , ih i ) I " was personal seeretary to Victor Emanuel II. Kj, X -. ?' ' "'il ''' ..t"AM , He, also, wore a bathing suit. IJ iSc ' ' X " ' (i ' s ? i'tv' f'r- ! T Snapshot of She was just a good friend," declared AflLji , .. . ' - X " ' : " f , ' s - . ' k',sT Mario de de Dommicis. "And I don't remember when the J . PTJ'tS vrF Beatrice de Dominicis, y s' , . , V , f K , , i . " ' , - s " - ' Dominicis, the picture was taken. Dates are such trivial things." Otfc; l))y the I rett Optra & , , 4 , 'i,'1 Esthetic Nevertheless, he admitted that he wrote tenderly Vl Soprano W ife of Mario, , t - , ' , , - 4 TTS,nncrVr. to the coy Francesca, assuring her of his love. J yl Who tmally Soupht the Aid X , , - - y S ' v ' s . l!,',', i rt'V x?aT,n.-?i8j His moustache bristled at the photograph of the ffTF- r4 f 'j001 , 6 j Hu ' , ' f i i - ' 1 4- - - , Nose Tickled Tempie bathing costume. He made a noble VVtL Ufcr' I f ?,.k w X. . s , ,f - Im ' on the Sands at Long Beach gesture and spoke from the dignity of Olympus: 33' iO? Weakness for Other Women , , , ; . f , i j lv Nt b'r,F;T r '' "I wTote the letter so my wife could get a di- tVCf -r-5 Ebthetlf, and .-.-- 4- ,- j- - , - P35 the "Other Girl in the Case. yorce some time if she wanted one." ki 1 M liieretore, I roper. , , , . . .. , , , . 4 ... , . . , A name, "Pinkie," wound through th vapors t the court. The judge asked Mario about that. nicis does not -hit a lady under any circum- 0f esthetic sin. "Pinkie" was referred to endear- ST By WINIFRED VAN DUZER. ' ' SSm"i - "It was in Rome," he explained, where I took stances! . .. . 1 ingly in his letters; she became a fascinating ft M , . , ., , -a 4$MC my wife to give her social position scon after Oh! oh! Beatace sobbed melodiously. "He eqation in deepening mystery. But de Dominicis OjT W MTHEY were having another quarrel. ! i our marriage in 1909. I wanted to make a lady did hit back! He hit me again and again. It was was bored Vt y-v S Mario de Dominicis, art connoisseur, in- CSj-ik, of her by introducing her into my native social in New York and I ran from the house and he oh p'jne was ony Francesca's mother," J-teA 'C2 timate of Italian Kings and entrancing Old :C:. sphere. But she did not satisfy me socially She chased me. A crowd gathered and a policeman he said, priclring the bubble of expectr fJ (l K World figure, shouted debonairly while the waxed h hS humiliated me. She broke my nose In a fit n&S!rX. ancy. "Se introduced me to her datigh- fd UP . JWhyd.dn'tyouh.therbackrhewas ' MH ytlnV -NJ Ml' prSiftwJ0 Nin'MfeN Ite'said, owijhng suavely, "A de Domi- XA ' ""gf M figure of undisturbed tragedy. According to the CnU3' -Aif ' CfW. - . V W f?v jwbble over anal things I In Europe rKi mCS? storv that came out in court she berated him rH?S. f'-iK. jlttiW CSHk f e are more ptolowph.CBL .You eee J W f' somewhat in this manner: '-- -J 9r7 A " J$t IL.. HV': "'y humor here in all this. But my J. V "You haven't been true to me! You've basely TpV t' . W'." A ' pople would see the deep tragedy that l ii' broken your marriage vows! And for what? The :t.:-i?OSy I SJ ,(f,f , ) f'- 4V in the hearts of my wife and myself ( Ml H rA 'Sinful lure of the flesh! Over and over. Sin!" . . 'SMC A f v- 1 Amh' NU ' A Wki.H "".('j' Ty t8' .If -T '!! Vil "Ah, mv dear Beatrice," mumbled the husband "He reached -"NWV f - " ' ! yWaW ( f i U A ,.!' V Wi. . fi l Kk to d'vrce her I 1V8 lilt H lichtorilv. "you say 'sin.' But" and his. the whip first I fE? a Q jK H v V hf , beautiful, ardent affeo W I s lx. -Ion-.', c ever hands scooped the air "Esthetic that time and , , ( 3k.7 L. ,, i fl tion that I felt toward her when I was Vl sin! Thc.c is a difference You see? Sin is one with a gleeful ' j l j K f"5 5 0 -J i, W V. . t"- ft0T .bef?.re our marriaRre. She ll SgU, CV'Xhin,- Rnt- i --. esthetic sin ah1" roar wrapped it ' j JJ ''v VtlK. ' w . i i " . v i " T a good girl. . Her nobility of sentiment wUj ""Srht S hu-pon'thetgh register with vicious.,. j ' &i V v I J i; I I feIK,,,dell.S 13 b1?ti'u1' 8he !3 ef ffi p liUle dramatic trills and broken scales! She kept around m, l 1 1 f AW'T TT XX T I t-. I .nS " ?d "ST. "MlM"h5 iWS A repeating ' -.in" as if it were nart of an anthem shoulders," said l , - H " P X I W R j-ft ! Hvl wfth W! 1 F. fv a"d finallv demanded the mean.,.- of "esthetic Mrs. de If BV5VVlt I 1 1 v k t 1? -V iVflX "Ar.d T tlilnV ,W ' BUT lf tv. a hT Dominicis. Ml tfi if T :J U fl ? - V ?f aif l demeaning of esthetic sin? But ht 1? f It X BljTB M the mist of P luscious, transcendental crimson lashed right a.-., left while he o v , v . - , !, Jr a Jool scrubb.r of ffoorR,dJnU P. VTfr LKXt merged with the chill mauve of high intelligence tried to scurry out of her way. oV- ' ' f " " 1 Bu t " floors upon occasion. , X(1 H to form the regal shadows of infinitude. It is It was the final one of these X-A V W ' " 5 ' ' ' t.N ' She dropped into profound meditation while 'KJU the pnvih-ge of the truly great The gen. us mind. scenes that eventually landed V I W ' - V . "V - s the ludo-a m fixW ,-Li (Tl I Mt The dwelier of Olympus. Sin, you say? But, yes the de Dominicises in tne Cleve- ' 'V ' . 1 ? 3 Snblw she was -Z.JK thc esthetic sin! land divorce court, where the art author- M . ' s XV 1 t enixrna hL T W V "Never, cara mia, never accuse me of car- ity, who was official representative of ,W ' ) ,7' h ' ' ' . XX - nnl T. W?,P "P.'9 " buman nality. To be the esthetic sinner is to fraternize the Italian Government in the World LJ AVI - ' . STJ had o TnfndA ' g6nt """" Iff I with the gods. And such, only, has been my War, failed to obtain a divorce when ha i"- I Vf ' ' ' -k -V ' ft TfS. "i i .t J 1 ' W J practice in this studio my temple of esthetic expounded his theory on esthetic sin. !U , , . V,. ' J tv S.,tf,rve n?" ort Move set apart for ttr , l',7 In the court, however, the transcendent-d ! " n'"'1 ' ' to aff Tl" k. "! VlA lJl Beatrice warbled something that sounded like crimsons became agitated and rolled aside suf- . , t "1 ,4., S,., mJ. Z ' T X ?Ur vi,bU1w S3W ' kl'W) "appl-saucc" and, white with anger, dashed ficiently to reveal certain figures. One was a I . 11 ' X ..-'k V hVy&SfcT", "S4, '"T """f11 . V toward the end of the room where an object lay woman's ring not Beatrice's, however. Another R,Kt. MarIo . I Jk " t X SrTushv nlin !Sl , ? li 1" jrgeQi? TC fT, upon a bracket under the mantel. She was little was a smashed nose, and that belonged to Mario. l'S.h- ' . , 'C ter of the wh ion Itei and quick and lighter on her feet than her digni- And a third was the exciting grace of Francesca a"d Beatrice . , ' . rtf0 T.mnl.Pf Ftwf c' T 8 tel . V f'td. n.iddle-aged husband. But with her move- Retail, dancing girl, recipient of certain letters, de Dominicis, j . . vour shoulders ,l th! Jit IX iu" abUt RTOk ttm - ment he, too, wliirled about and the two raced and one time lorelei of Long Beach sands. When First fs - . " - - - - , Sve bocmw i Z, ij ' '' .cl11 Mvl V.. neck and neck. The ring belonged to a girl called "Reuta" and Married, and ! . , . ' S purple em ' And iw.v ihnr 0S sXaS- According to the evidence this scene was not it was lost, mysteriously, in the Temple of Mari. with ' ' ' 'V - - 4 3 n! Td h y' ,h?' ' W nt all unusual in the de Dominicis household. Esthetic Sin. A letter introduced into the evi- Mar'- Vltn , ?. S. wht BIH,. n ?U, ? mt? 'f,fnCT AT IAAV Indeed there was something almost routine about dence indicated that she had taken seven mystic a Broken , , , 'I know oatilco de Dominicis would like to V K-iA it Tliey slipped and scrambled over the rugs trips to the temple to recover it Nose. Grten ' ' ' Hnfnro v.-j . , . ! vr on the polished floor, stumbling against furni- "But it was difficult," explained de Dominicis. to Him, He , t' to . K ""f. 11 0ut8be was given . g ture, tripping each other and clawing toward "My wife carried it away from the studio one s b 1Ua . , , . o be nt 1 i. '',re .!fref WM,,;,u' rvJ! bvTv. the object on a bracket above the mantel. day when she came to remove certain articles on w,fi - ' ' her hushand f i ocallM. f th 'ovo wiitch fTvAVii. K'l'Vr The object was a long, l.-ather whip! which to raise money. She pawned the ring. I 'vue- v- 1 . fr h Ml fhenshes and perhaps because l.U iMlir The scion of Italian nobles reached it first, had trouble recovering it." .... t, .- .-.a n d'srp"d' ?RUdA. .ert,, 1 X'091",,'1 B ;i-r that time. With a glee ful roar he wrapped it He then claimed ownership of the smashed . -..-- . . "'' egaru sundry ccrtuin considerations, and -twS yfA. . .1.- V ..t I...- TU. H . A.,r.A .r , mi.rt .Utmn'.nl, S. Uln -OlUm .tO tlCT, CSthotlC Sllinorl" STI'T - - - arrested him. He begged so hard that I inter- ( ( ceded, and they let him go. But 1 whipped him. VAI Oh, yes. That was in Rome after he had called j his mother and myself a terrible name. I lashed jV him until he knelt on the floor and asked my wXT forgiveness." AUiiL Francesca Retail made her appearance at the of7 trial exotically via a photograph. Bhe was Cj dressed in a bathing suit and Bhe reposed on the 1 ( shore of Long Beach, where she tickled the lT' aristocratic nose of the gentleman whose father Xr was personal seeretary to Victor Emanuel II. He, also, wore a bathing suit "She was just a good friend," declared AWwj. de Dommicis. "And I don't remember when the iJfyV picture was taken. Dates are such trivial things." IhtT Nevertheless, he admitted that he wrote tenderly OL to the coy Francesca, assuring her of his love. Jr His moustache bristled at the photograph of the ViVt Temple bathing costume. He made a noble ,wli gesture and spoke from the dignity of Olympus: 3fc"5Q "I wrote the letter so my wife could get a di- T'VVl vorce some time if she wanted one." k r A name, "Pinkie," wound through the vapors Bpr of esthetic sin. "Pinkie" was referred to endear- ! ingly in his letters; she became a fascinating VI . equation in deepening mystery. But de Dominicis Vrjji was bored. yjfi "Oh, Pinkie was only Francesca's mother," 5fck " ' l ? I X X Snapshot of tt' Mario de x X ? 5 ' i Dominicis, the 1 ' X "Esthetic t r Sinner," 'l i - "t Having His , a y -f 1 Nose Tickled f , on tne Sands at Long Beach, Miti!"" I New York, by Francesca Retali, .S the "Other Girl" in the Case. nicis does not hit a lady under any circumstances!" circum-stances!" i "Oh! oh!" Beatrice sobbed melodiously. "He did hit back! He hit me again and again. It was in New York and I ran from the house and he chased me. A crowd gathered and a policeman the court. The judge asked Mario about that "It was in Rome," he explained, "where I took my wife to give her social position scon after our marriage in 1909. I wanted to make a lady of her by introducing her into my native social . sphere. But she did not satisfy me socially. She humiliated me. She broke my nose in a fit of temper. (,why di(.n.t you her back?" he was asked. He said- owuling suavely, A de Domi- he said, pricking the bubble of expectr f; A j ancy. "She introduced me to her daugh- wX ter. She also lent me some money.. ikV. "Ah, you Americans!" His anguish Tv Jj flared intolerably and dropped into a . S&' dull ash-of-rose tinge. "How you AVi quibble over small thingsl In Europe jM,Vs5 we are more philosophical. You see rj v only humor here in all this. But my . people would see the deep tragedy that 71 J tf 3s in the hearts of my wife and myself A ft j "For I am in love w nth my wile. ',iu I W Even though I seek to divorce her I love If her with nil the beautiful, ardent affec- vi TS tion that I felt toward her when I was kff. her suitor before our marriage. She i BsjCi a good girl. . Her nobility of sentiment W&j ' is grand. She is beautiful; she is cul- tured. She is a good woman and she iftlW" i holds all my affection. But I couldn't ffXx I live with her! , BlSv "And I think " the ash-of-rose llNvT brightened a little as if it perhaps might . U ,. V disolve in mists of luscious transcen- Vi I dental crimson, "I think that I've been r I . a good husband! Am I not a good tiVf washer of dishes. 'Rpnfrio' nA "He reached the whip first that time and with a gleeful roar wrapped it viciously around my shoulders," said Mrs. de Dominicis. sniV Beatrice de Dominicis, y JI the I'rett Opera , Soprano Wife of Mario, '" Who Finally Sought the Aid X , of the Court hen Her . Husband Explained His : w:- ( '1 Weakness for Other Wromen 4::; .: "Sy s "Esthetic" and TXVX Therefore, Proper. Sr Ey WINIFRED VAN DUZER. ' HEY were having another quarrel. vVyl- S Mario de Dominicis, art connoisseur, in-,7y in-,7y timate of Italian Kings and entrancing Old World figure, shouted debonairly while the wraxc.l y tips of his moustache pointed straight up and vibrated dangerously with every word. VN) J); But his wife, who had been a coloratura so- , VH,' prano on the operatic stage, was a charming OvT figure of undisturbed tragedy. According to the y story that came out in court she berated him y) somewhat in this manner: ''V "You haven't been true to me! Y'ou've basely j-. 7v broken your marriage vows! And for what? The fH V sinful lure of the flesh! Over and over. Sin!" ''ll? i'U "Ah, my dear Beatrice," mumbled the husband t "V; x lip;hto(ily- "you say 'sin.' But " and his. J s. lSXi Iop.u.-1". ciever hands scooped the air "Esthetic VX-l 5'n' Thcic is a difference. Yojj see? Sin is one ,?rA thing. But esthetic sin ah!" i"r hysteria hui. on the high register with Ts. little dramatic trills and broken scales. She kept VJ repeating '-'din" as if it were part of an anthem HaSa Gnd finely demanded the meaning of "esthetic ll i-v-i sin." Her husband's moustache went up and U V V down, and he roamed the studio as he talked with 1 ecstatic gestures. I "You ask me the meaning of esthetic sin? But l no wonder so few are given to understand! It Wvfjp is the deep purple of all human emotion. It is IaC the mist of luscious, transcendental crimson Wyfc merged with the chill mauve of high intelligence to form the regal shadows of infinitude. It is 'fSsiu the privilege of the truly great The genius mind. IKS V The dwelier of Olympus. Sin, you say? But, yes S'a "Never, cara mia, never accuse me of car-rft car-rft nality. To be the esthetic sinner is to fraternize hi ll w'tn tne pods. And such, only, has been my I ISj j-j practice in this studio my temple of esthetic 1 Ay il sin!" 'ly Beatrice warbled something that sounded like "apph-sauce" and, white with anger, dashed Jry toward the end of the room where an object lay ImT" upon a bracket under the mantel. She was little and quick and lighter on her feet than her digni- 1uS fied, middle-aged husband. But with her move IrVvC ment he, too, wliirled about and the two raced vXVyV. According to the evidence this scene was not at all unusual in the de Dominicis household. tA yS Indeed there was something almost routine about Ajl it. They slipped and scrambled over the rugs ! on the polished floor, stumbling against furni- ' Hl I ture, tripping each other and clawing toward rVj!: the object on a bracket above the mantel. K I 1 W- object was a long, leather whip! kKWJ X The scion of Italian nobles reached it first, tiat t'"10- With a gleeful roar he wrapped it ZYlyY about the woman's shoulders. The thong shrieked 1 1 I as it cut the air, but she caught its descent and wrested it froni his hands. Then, with her bacK to the wall, she lashed right ar.. left while he tried to scurry out of her way. It was the final one of these scenes that eventually landed the de Dominicises in the Cleve land divorce court, where the art authcr ity, who was official representative of the Italian Government in the World War, failed to obtain a divorce when ha expounded his theory on esthetic sin. Right: Mario and Beatrice de Dominicis, ' When Tirst Married, and Mario, With a Broken Nose, Given to Him, Ho Says, by Ills Wife. "Yes," crooned Beatrice. "And you even are ( W5H a good scrubber of floors upon occasion. jjUsT But " 'rxl She dropped into profound meditation while RSll the judge was fixing her alimony and counsel TJ fees. Probably she was attempting to solve the V violet enigma, the deep purple of all human Y&i emotion. How does high, Intelligent mauve form Iff regal shadows of infinitude? In I Is there a special sort of love set apart for lit n the "truly great" and who are the truly great? . j Jf How are you going to know, when vour husband ' 5- emits raucous, peculiar roars and -lings himself Affl here and there whether he Is driven by genius v r"C. or just by plain cussedness? And the little mat- j kJ ter of the whip on the bracket over the mantel .Jlfc in the Temple of Esthetic Sin. Curling about MI? your shoulders, is the sting of the lash less cor- B J rosive because a man wields it out of a deep viv purple emotion? And, anyway, what is purple h XtY- emotion? And why Is mauve intelligence? mt lhats what Beatrlco de Dominicis would like to Ii V know. Before she had figured it out Bhe was given p to understand that tho divorce decree waa not T, to be entered at once. Bocauso of tho love which fNW. her husband still cherishes and perhaps because A. I U of her own love for him, it is possible tlnvt -he W-UJJ will disregard sundry ccrtuin considerations, and -iWi roturn.to her "esthetic sinnorl" NJ I 1 i - i In the court, however, the transcendental crimsons became agitated and rolled aside sufficiently suf-ficiently to reveal certain figures. One was a woman's ring not Beatrice's, however. Another was a smashed nose, and that belonged to Mario. And a third was the exciting grace of Francesca Retali, dancing girl, recipient of certain letters, and one time lorelei of Long Beach sanda. The ring belonged to a girl called "Reuta" and it was lost, mysteriously, in the Temple of Esthetic Sin. A letter introduced into the evidence evi-dence indicated that she had taken seven mystic trips to the temple to recover it "But it was difficult," explained de Dominicis. "My wife carried it away from the studio one day when she came to remove certain articles on which to raise money. She pawned the ring. I had trouble recovering it." He then claimed ownership of the smashed nose of which a passport photograph was shown |
