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Show THE HERALD-UEPUBTJCA- SALT N, UKE CITY, UTAH, SUNDAY, APRIL 2, 1916 II II u I U ii i Ur L i a U i t- .t - yy - x - i r--- c- - MM 1 . 4' (t O rvO - - - ' , Two Sides to the Disturbing Wrangle V Over "Who Began - - , - ., u . . ' ":4 - - ' " I - A ' - . II Old Charges of Selfishness - - Without Settling IIrs. Cora Maud Clark, Who Was Called "a Vampire" in Court by tho Lawyer for John Leon Martin, Against Whom a Breach the Dispute. of Promise Jury Returned a 40,000 Verdict. By women have answered the lmputa- Hon mentally. A good many have put their answer Into words. Quite recently it has become a sort of fashion to hurl the accusation "Vampire!" But Its equivalent from feminine lip3 Is just as bitter. There is no danger of the conflict ever In quarrels there, coming Is always much cruelty. r mean What does a man when he v " applies the name? John Leon tin's lawyer declared that Mrs. Cora Maud Clark was a vampire. He be-ft- ll one-side- d. Mar-plre- sup-Mr- s. Bessie Maloney Bowdoin, Who Says Her Young Husband's People Were Shocked Into Annulment Proceedings Because She Had Been an Artist's Model. (T) Sy Jnterrt3fi0nsf f K. BARBARA CRAYDON 'HEN a man mutters Vam- pirel" and a woman screams Selfish brute!" the quarrel that Is as old as mankind has come to Its crisis. Both anathemas are' many centuries old- But In modern days the39 terms take on a special meanins. It may mean the eternal contllct of the sexes, but every age has Its own mental Images. When Sir. Kipling wrote his "Vain- he gave every man a new weapon of words. Thousands of Tit19 Service. Sly? 1. Theda Bara Posing as "The Vampire." lamptr? had been an artists' model when I met my husband," she said. "He suggested that I go to dinner with him. I yielded to his invitation and from that time we went about a great deal. "I met 3. number of rich boys and one night there must have been 24 of us in a party. "I complained that I wanted to get out into the world and see something; that I wasn't succeeding asIn-I wished, and one of those college fants you know the kind suggested that Raymond and I get married. The wine flowed and we finally went tn .Tfrsev Cit.v. It wasn t tlU 4 'nifti.fr-thnpvt "mnrnins- that we got To THE VAMPIRE w By RUDYARD KIPLING VerMt by FELICIA BLAKE FOOL there was and he made his prayer bvcn as you and I.) A in the Eternal Adjustment of Sex Interests, and How Real Life (in the Courts) Reiterates the r V It?" (With Apologies to Kipling) FOOL there was, and she lowered her pride, (Even as you and I.) To a bunch of conceit in a masculine hide We saw the faults that could not be denied, But the fool saw only his manly 6ide (Even as you and I.) H, the love she laid on her own heart's - grave ltf With the care of her head and hand. ' Belongs to the man who did not know, (And now she knows that he never could know) And did not understand. A a rag and a bone and a hank of hair (We called her the woman who did not care) Bat the fool he called her his lady fair (liven as you and I.) VtH, the years we waste and tears we waste And the work of our head and hand MJelong to the woman who did not know (And riow we know that she never could know) And did not understand. I jtJ there waa and his &ood he spent (.liven as you and I.) and faith and sure intent. (And it wasn't the least what the lady meant) But a fool must follow bis natural bent (Even as you and I.) AS FOOL there was, and her best she gave, (Even as you and I.) Of noble thoughts, of gay and grave, (And all were accepted as due to the knave,) A toil wc lost and the spoil we lost And the excellent things we planned Belong to the woman who didn't know why (And now we know she never knew why) And did not understand. ' hniri ill the stabs she hid, I I which the Lord forbid Had ever been really planned. She took from the man who didn't know whv. (And now. she knows he never knew why) . And did not understand. y' HE fool was loved while the game was new. Jf (Even as you and I.) And when it was played, she took her cue, (Plodding along as most of us do,) Trying to keep his faults from view, (Even as you and I.) JTTHE FOOL was stripped to his foolish hide . (Even as you and I.) Which she might have seen when she threw hfm aside (But it isn't on record the lady' tried) So some of him lived but the most of him died (Even as you and I.) Jy ND it isn't the, ache of the heart, or its break. That stings like a white-hbrand 'It's the learning to know that she raised a gpd, And bent her head to kiss the rod, For the one who could not understand. A (Seeing at last she could never know why) And could, never understand. ot Bition!" The Famous "Vampire" Poem of Rudyard Kipling and One of Many Answers Giving the .Woman's Point of View. this description by an- HOUncing that Mr. Martin was JUSt a "boob." Twice the jury lisagreed as to the accuracy of these descriptions, but at the third ,trial awarded Mrs. Clark 540,000 damages in ner Dreacu of promise suit against Martin. Mrs. Clark is the ';booful baby" of the wonderful love 'letters said to have been written to her by John Leon Martin, the New York broker, whose father left an estate of plemcnted $1.-f.00.00- 0. 3 John Ellis Roosevelt, Who Sought an Annulment of His Marriage. if' 1 'JI V - Some of Martin's "boob'; letters, character as hv as thev - hern characterized, from Palm Beach and various citiesjn Europe were read in court. One Df the most interesting of the "booful baby" letters began as follows: 'Dearest Precious Just received n sweet letter from my baby doll. Oo is my boo-fbaby. I only wish 00 were hero and I would tell 00 how boo-fand sweet 00 Is." , ul ul Another one said: "Lonesome ia no name for It. sweetheart. I am simply lost, t love you so much. I walk around like a stray doff, not knowing what to do m the most lonely .with myself. human beinpr In the world. Sweet-liearshould never be separated." 'Vampire and Boob. In summing up the case tht attor ney for the broker called Mrs. Clark a vampire, whereupon her eyes flashed indignation. He also referred to his own client as a "boob." at which Martin blushed in humiliation. "It is a sordid dollar and cents continued Martin's counsel. They ere engaged to marry and the engagement was broken, Martin says. He went to a Salome ball and again met Mrs. Clark. If he hadn't gone there he would never have had T ts this suit "Mrs. Clark wants to coin the sit- uation into dollars. She told him nhe was a good woman and this poor 1001 oeuevea 11, maaiy infatuated a he was with her. She used his let- ters as a club over him "She told him a lot of fairy tales and the poor boob believed her. "Martin has seen enough of life to know that the Great White Way Is not what it's cracked up to be. Since then he has lived the simple life. "I will not be unkind'to tho worn- nn. L,et us draw the mantle of mercy wuu uas ofen uex u cuuw. Immortalized by pcetry. painting and ;iven by Theda. Bara, r the antr-PRMartin said he knew Mrs.' Clark had had "other affairs" with men, and that he would have married her "if she had quit her foolishness." "Did you not tell your folks about her?" he was asked. "My father had me followed by detectives and found it all out," Martin pxplained. "That was the cause of the whole trouble. I had quite a few talks with my mother and she strenuously objected to the woman." It was reported that young Martin lavished about' $300,000 on his "noo'ful Baby" and "Dear Ittle Dirl" before he married Miss Clanda s - field of New Rochelle, N. Y. A Prosaic legal proceeding minfRtfir. i,pr that I was an artists' model she began to think all sorts of things about me you know how folks look at an artists' model, with posing in the nude and all that? After she got over the shock she said: Tm through with you. You must consent to have that marriage annulled. Think of thedisgrace! Oh, I'll lose my social po- 1 mUT it isn't the shame, and it isn't the blame . That sting like a' white hot brand "Mt's coming to know that she never knew why f "The next morning we got up early and went to New York and were driven straight to the Bowdoin home. Raymond's mother met us. She didn't know that my folks were not world beaters iu the society game. "Raymond's mother wanted to know all about me, and when I told But the fool would never her folly save, (Even as you and I.) H, the OR . - n: asking 5?r the PPntment of a guardian for Raymond of Jaraes Rullivan B,owdoIlli "nd nected with the firm of .I. p. Morgan &- Co., nnd a separate demand for the " aPPItment f a guardian for BeSSie Wifp' Ma,one' !?onJ8, reveals to ray mind some circumstances somewhat similar to those of the Martin-Clar- k "vamnlro as the principals and boob" were caued by Martin's lawyer. Result of a Wine Glass Dare. Here is the rich youth and tha poor artists' model and chorus girl, A dare over the wine glasses and Ra5'mond and Bessie eloped in a big motor car ne marriage done and in the, wee hours followed a wedding breakfast of champagne and ham and eggs, McanwWle two equally astounded families one in a flat bouse where the dim gas jet3 are not sufficiently dim to hide the faded carpets in tinnauways; tne otuer ma norae wnos hallways bold rich tapestries, mar- bles and things in bronze. And then trouble and lots of it! But listen to young Mrs. Bowdoiu's - Ray-case.- the stage." Probably the lawyer referred to Kipling's poem, "The Vampire,' Burne-Jones- 's ' painting of the same story: and the r.ame. delineation of this "I was working as a hat model and - a perfect ass and yet, I tLink I tried my best not to be. I really don't know when I became engaged to her. The same as most of these things, I just drifted into it. At the start 1 don't think I had any serious inten- tions, but it grew upon me, such was her influence." Ways of the Worldly WUe. I wonder what Henry M. Deniston, a millionaire of Pittsburgh, is thinking now that Miss Nettie M. Richardson Is suing him for $500,000 for breach of promise. After making a million and more in steel, Deniston abandoned his role of recluse, bought an automobile and proceeded to learn the ways of the worldly wise He met Miss Rich ardson, who was cashier at a hotel, and she claims he asked her to marry him. Will Deniston's lawyer classify his client as an "old boob" and Miss Richardson as a "vampire''? "You're a cheap skate," Miss Sidonie Seipel said to Morris Vogel. a New York jeweller Avhom she sue for $25,000 damages for breach of promise of marriage. "Yes, I am," promptly acknowl- edged Vogel. "I am worse than that. I am a big boob." Perhaps Vogel's frank admission may have had its influence' on the jury. At any rale, not a dollar's worth of heart balm was awarded to Miss Seipel. 1 "The first that I knew that Raymond was suing was when bis best friend came to see the show, sat in The Mercenary Type. A well known writer says that this "vampire question" brings into unfavorable prominence "the bold and indiscreet girl of the day, who makes 'boobs' of men by leading them on. "A phase of this subject," says this writer,, "is the pursuit of men with money by young women, presumably respectable. "Parents are wrong who bring up daughters capable of such conduct. The mercenary standards of some -mothers spoil the sweet young W Niv. ? II ' v ill womanhooa of their daughters before the character is wholly formed. - 711 There are mothers who bring up ' s t 9 their daughters with the Idea that fine apparel, motor cars and frequent appearance at public entertainment are important factors in life; more important than absolute discretion, modesty and a spotless reputation. "Young women who allow their John Leon, Martin, Whose names to be associated unpleasantly Mrs. Clark admirers are usually merCalled with rich Lawyer is a result of wrong This cenary. a "Vampire" and Him education. a "Boob." "This kind of a girl adds selfish- ness ana vanity to ner mercenary a DOX anJ threw me flowers. Inside qualities. She believes that 'money the bouquet were tucked the papers talks,' and that once she obtains all in the case, and that is how they that rich admirers can give her, she puts on a bold front to live down or were served on me." But all such cases are not confined defy public opinion." to the follies of jouth. Old age is The "Pritchard Millions" propconcerned as well, which is Indicated cases. two erty, which led to the recent raid the following of docuJohn Ellis Roosevelt, first cousin on a burial vault inis search now at valued evidence, mentary of Roosevelt, sought an $20,000,000, and includes 1000 annulment of his marriage to youth acres vof freehold land, properties ful Mrs. Edith Hammersley. He at Rhyl and Abergele, tea planta wept in court while testifying regard- tions in India, and mineral rights in Denbighshire and Flintshire, ing his "zero b ide of two years." , She was a bride, he said, in name Eng. only. In broken, halting tones, he There are seven Bibles in the related the failure of mating youth world theKoran. of the Mohamand age ptg is 62 years old and his medans; the Eddas. of the Scandiwife, as nearly as be could learn, he navians; the Tripitaka, of the Budsaid, is about 30 years old. dhists: the Five Kings, of the Chi"I've been foolish." Mr. Roosevelt nese; the Three Vedas, of the Hinwent on. "I've been a perfect ass! doos; the Zendavesto, of tho PerI suppose everybody thinks I've been sians, and the Christian Scriptures. ,y by f a c - N |
