Show ARTISTIC EA I 1 at I 1 C temperament p j EW JEW YORK the rhe artistic afe temperament as an un named yet cogent ground ua tor for divorce has once more Till tilla 1 startled bobial and artistic circles this time it la is said to a be no the ghost which stalks behind the decision of the richard harding davisel to go 50 their separate ways evor ever sinco inen men and women have written books plays and poems interpreted dramas composed music and painted pictures the artistic temperament haa hat been blamed reely treely tor for domestic infelicity in the days when writers wr itera players and artists were regarded as graceless vagabonds of bohemia strangely gifted b aba gods the artistic temperament was considered inevitable and it was forgiven tho the woman who became the wife of a maker of rhymes or a painter of at canvas eb was considered a brave woman and her future was darkly drawn by prophetic friends but in time ganius seemed to spring from a dir different ferent class artiste artists writers and players came from conventional fr tallies tho the making of boods plays and pl pictures aures became a or profession fes sion as well as an art and the th e world declared that such being the case the artistic temperament would disappear men and women would be able to do the artistic thing to carry tho the stamp of genius and still live the conventional life but the tee history of at art literature and the drama brought strictly up tip to date proves this theory a failure the artistic temperament la to still doing business at the old stand which in this day of modern thought ie to the divorce court the dispassionate almost business like announcement of separation made by mr and mrs richard harding darls da Is perhaps the most astonishing statement ever made to an astonished toni shed public romance in marciago Marr Mar laga riago the romance on which the davis marriage lage was built was the talk of two continents mrs davis was miss cecil dark clark daughter of john M cark of ot chicago who aliso also had a country place at marion marlon mass she was wait a young oung woman of pronounced opinions and great independence of thought and action she waa was said to be the first chicago girl to maintain a kennel of english and boston bulldogs and to wear the short coat of mannish cut which later became famous in the illustrations lust rations of mr davis novels an athlete a good judge of horses and an artist of considerable talent she seemed the very bride for the picturesque young novelist nov elst who had just scored hia his success with soldiers Sold lera of fortune evidently be te agreed with the public on this topic and with all the dash and snap which characterized hia his novels of adventure he proceeded to make a new record as a wooer being detained in england at the time he had bet set tor proposing pio posing g to a miss dark clark he be cabled bis his proposal and the cable brought back to him her answer the single word yea yes after reading this laconic laconi dAut joy giving cablegram cable eram mr air davis sum boned a london me ne saenger boy in hia his band hand he held a ring that had been in the davis family for years here boy take this ring to no 1801 prairie avenue chicago U S SA A beggin your pardon sir air cost a undred pound gasped tho the amazed young briton but just the same the lad and the ring eventually reached chicag U 8 A and tho the etory story un us increased the salea of davia davis novels enormously the wedding which was celebrated in 1899 wae was a charming outdoor at af fair in a meadow at marion marlon with miss ethel barrymore now mrs colt acting as bridesmaid prom from that time titue on the richard hording harding davis etar star seemed to be in the ascendant one book followed another rapidly ind effectively and it was said that the young wife was vas u great inspiration to her husband wife tiree of her part but ot at recent yi irs all this has changed and dame rumor had has been whispering that acting as an inspiration for stirring novels ov I 1 can pall oven on a clever on D that it Is one thing to read a picturesque picturesque tale of adventure and another thing to live with its author in the making of it for weeks the telegraph wres have aung sung a melancholy talo tale of r much artistic temperament in a certain corner of ot the art acid ft id long occupied by mr air and mrs howard chandler christy and the end Is not yet charges and counte rcharLes rumors of reconciliation cil lation and then lecal legal antan clements have marked this case but behind oven even the most sordid details related to a crowded courtroom at toledo 0 Is written in id naming flaming letters the ubiquitous phrase art artistic temperament tho the Chri christas like tho the Davi davisel ses have been married more than a decade mrs christy was mabelle thompson a woman of striking appearance who was popularly supposed to have in as well as sat for many of her husbands pictures for years they were considered a model couple and it seems but a few brief mouths months since the dally daily papers told of the de to the artist during a siege with pneumonia in their new york home one hundred and thirty sixth street and riverside drive seemingly inevitable break then like a bolt from the blue came the domestic break followed by mr air remarkable night flight with his little daughter the pursuit by mrs christy and finally the unhappy meeting before an ohio judge mrs air chris ty alleged that liquor and too much conviviality with an after dose doaa of christian science had come between her and her husband mr christy alleged too much interference Interfere uce on the part of his mites family his ills own desire to live on an outdoor simple life la in ohio and ani his fond neti for the and gayety of now yorks night life but between the charges and the was sandwiched the reading ot at a letter from front wife to husband which betrayed the fact that the man was not the only member of the partnership tc possess tho the artistic temperament this letter said in part 1 I annoy you and you are miserable with nari me so why not end our relation ship reth some of the sweetness with which we began it lifo life is too short to harbor malice personally I 1 hold only the dearest thoughts of you I 1 can only remember tho the beat of you somehow and I 1 am glad 0 to o forget the heartaches 1 I am tired tired of neglect tired of living without love and caro care and I 1 want it I 1 cant tako take good care of myself somehow I 1 feel like a little child tonight to night all worn eat with play and I 1 want somewhere to lay my head and aud cry it all out I 1 want warmth and light the darkness frightens fright eus me A veritable tragedy was the recent separation of mr and mrs james ILL PL barrie and one in which the possessor of the artistic temperament has not yet been located mr barrio author of peter pan pawl and cuter beautiful and lim I 1 plays anc books blood stood in the vory very front rank of modern english writer iu in 1894 he married mise miss mary hary ansell an actress who played in his first dramatic offering winning her away fron train gilbert G libel t cannon cannan whom bo he then re carded as a mure more boy author Happl neis neLs disturbed nut but mere boye boys have a way a of growing up vip and cannan apparently never forgot his early love for when after starting arting at life as n member of the london londea stock exchange ha he brai branched ched into dramatic literature he once me manifested bis his affection for the love of hie his youth ahn it was announced that mr tic barrio was suing bla his wife for divorce alleging misconduct with gilbert cannan social and literary circles or twe con continents wre were convulsed at AL first it was believed that barrie do alred to secure his freedom in order to wed chase then playing in I 1 peter pan but the actual trial of the tho case shortened by a judge who refused ref f toed to hear bear urther further salau salacious tous testier ony ny brought out the fact that barrio had been forced by his ilfe mite to tako action that he had her to return to biro him offering to nettle settle upon her II 11 she would do so and when ehe she finally refused providing amply for her future and extracting troia from the co respondent gilbert cannan a solemn promise to many marry her aa as eon son aa as the decree should permit since that day when J M barrio walked out of the courtroom a broken man it Is eald said ho he has never written a line hie ills creative faculty seems bo benumbed and all literary london la asking wat wait bis his the artistic temperament the case of the leavatts tir k the separation of william homer leavitt and ruth bryan leavitt stirred art circles in paris Parl sand and political circles in america yot o 0 ia leavitt painted the portrait of william jon jett aings ilayan aej nn won tho the throe three time candi candidates datos daughter at one and the same time father bryan was opposed a young woman from leavitts Lea vilta native town in rhode leland island threatened 1 a rk breach of ault but both obstacles were wyent abide aside by the two determined young people and lu in due duli time they were married and went to paris parts for the husband to pursue hia his art career in an incredibly abort short time word came across the seas that mr leavitt was engrossed in what bo he hoped to make hia his masterpiece tho last supper while hia his wife accompanied by their two children waa was traveling ay as far and as fast as eho she could from the artistic atmosphere for which she had once yearned at any rate despite denials from both sides there came a day when tho artist brought his masterpiece to america to bo be exhibited but his wife was not among those who he came to see and admire she was as extremely busy in denver american stronghold ot of the suffragist securing her divorce tho the judge called it cruelty insomuch as an lu in thia this case the wife alleged that the artistic temperament caused her much mental anguish her hua hus band laconically remarked that it was not painting but cash or the of it which had broken up hia his happy home lie ile mado no coun jee es but let lot jhb caso case go by default which shows that at least tho the artistic tern po knows bow to dodge trouble A partial explanation A new york man of recognized talent if no not genius who Is living apart from his bin wife though no legal separation has been announced offered this explanation the man who Is doing big creati creative vot things ought to live in a madhouse or while working out aidy thing new and eee see his wife and family only in the rare interludes of sanity seriously I 1 realize that I 1 made it as hard tor for tuy wife as she mado made it for me I 1 must draw my inspiration from people sometimes when people interested me I 1 remained with them until daybreak that a group of men could sit around abou arou id a table discussing matter mattern of common interest and nol not get into mischief was something my wife could not appreciate she became jealous then as my reputation grew i was asked not a A ix roan man but as a performer to abe homps hoi comps is of certain social leaders whose influence nce as ns abala abl abb my wife wae was not invited sho resented my going without her sho could not understand that this was not r snub for her merely business when I 1 went homo tired I 1 head hea d only reproaches I 1 knew know that I 1 could not make her happy I 1 can do only what I 1 ana am doing and cannot do thia this and alter my ray mode of living I 1 want her to be happy and and some time a man who can give her his undivided attention after working bears will make her happy the artistic temperament la Is often called general cusat I 1 ness moral laxity and similar hols in the bajo ot of creative genius it la a the call ot of work which the worker cannot refuse and with which h domestic ties will Inter intorcio fero the man of artle uc tic temperament or the woman makes a delightful dinner din nar or supper companion hut but la in not ad eal rable life alf partner |