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Show Around the Metropolis Interestinfj Gossip Gathered in New York War On Between Mrs. Leslie Carter Payne and Miss Norma MuHro Lillian Russell to Enter Horse Racing Game. H NEW YOHK.-Tho controversy botwoen Mrs. Lcsllo Cnrter Payne, tho actress, and Miss Normn Leslie Munro, tho roputedly wealthy dnughtor of tho late millionaire publisher, Norman Ieslla Munro, continues to exclto Interest among tho dllettanto friends of theso two womon who havo furnished moro space, continuously, for tho newspapers news-papers than probably any two other women ln Now York. Unquestionably thero Is n sentiment favorable to tho actress' sldo of tho question, for, whllo tho emotional Mrs. Cartor Payne Is not Intensely popular, tho pcoplo who havo boon acquainted ac-quainted with the career of tho two women In tho present controversy aro also conversant with tho recent allegations made against Miss Munro by Mrs. Robert Osborn of plnyhouso and shirtwaist shirt-waist fame. Mrs. Osborn's cxpcrlcnco with Miss Munro was so Identical with that which Mrs. Carter Car-ter Payno Is experiencing that tholr mutual friends and that section of tho public which has hung agapo upon tho published pub-lished accounts of the qulxotlcal lives theso people lend aro beginning to wonder If, aftor all, tho strenuous Miss Munro 1b not a "hoodoo. ' No room for doubt remains that Mrs. Cartor Payno and her recent "dearest "dear-est friend" aro at daggers' points. Further sensational developments nro promised when Miss Munro returns from liar Harbor and Mrs. Carter Payno from Shelter lslnnd to their apartments adjoining each othor ln tho building owned by tho Munroo estate. FRIENDSHIP BROKEN BY MARRIAGE. It has been known over since Mrs. Carter's T" I romantic marrlngo to tho young actor, William y'grgEESL . Louis Payno, that tho alliance was bitterly ro- fSM; sented by the exacting Miss Munro. That the two V'jaFjSSBPSft' women, once Hko Juno's swans, "together always m fpx. and Inseparable," had soparated has been known, i) II II, 'mfc lim too, for weeks to tholr mutual friends, but no ono M I flrw- Wn J .was prepared for tho shock which followed tho OWL. I 7 WJ I court action against tho actress, brought In tho F ffl JJ namo of Miss Munro's mother, who Is executrix A nSjs rf it y of tho Munro estate. vWo iJz This camo llko a bolt pf lightning from a OS comparatively clear sky. Mrs. Lcsllo Cartor yyAfipSM Payno, In arrears for rent of her apartments on JjRL jX52f w West Fifty-ninth street, owned by Miss Mt.nro'a tt mother, has been sued for back rent and Borvod r-p r- r rHP'OrTOi with papers In dispossess proceedings. Further- IP l J 15 LrJ l'cJ moro, tho only thing that saved Mrs. Payno from I u 1 Ignominious ejectment wns tho lniBte with which she paid up. Mrs. Hcnrlctto E. Munro'B claim against tho actress was for $1,593.52, tho bum of Mra. Payno's alleged Indebtedness for flvo months as a tenant of tho West Fifty-ninth street apartments. When papers In tho suit brought to Bccuro this claim wero served upon tho actress thero waB an Impromptu scpno of emotionalism worthy tho highest high-est creative art of a UclaBCo. Mrs. Leslie Cartor Payno fell Into tho arms of her youthful husband .and shrieked her denunciations of Miss Munro. When sufficient Btrcngth returned Mrs. Payno hurried downtown ln her nutc-niobllo nutc-niobllo to tho offices of her counsel, Edward Lauterbach. Tho lawyer was equal to tho emergency, and within two hours tho Munro proceedings had been dropped. Mrs. Carter Payno had settled, but Bbo did not pay tho full demand de-mand only 1825 InBUtlng that she owed only throe months' rent and defying defy-ing tho Munros to provo another penny against her. .Lawyer Henry llogert Clark, representing Mrs. Munro, thought hard for halt an hour, then accepted tho proffered compromise and dropped tho legal proceedings. As thd caso now stands Mrs. Cnrter Payno Is frco to remain In possession posses-sion for thfl time being. Uut tho matter will not rest hero. Friends of both women agfe that this clash Is but tho buglo call to battlo; that Mrs. Carter Payno will speedily proqeed to oven up matters with Miss Norma, nnd that tho latter will retallato with a bomb loaded with secrets destined to scandalize scandal-ize white light circles. RUSSELL AS RIVAL TO LANGTRY. Iniilli-1-" '''iilliiJiiIIIJiilll Speaking of nn actress brings to mind tho ''I P fact that Lillian Itussoll has decided to seek ' . A honors on tho turf this fall. Tho favorlto com- s .lIH medlcnno will not desert tho footlights but sho vfflffl I n(ls ken Imbued with tho racing fovcr and has j . : , W I decided to try her hand at tho gamo. Lillian's , -P" CW W I colors will bo carried by horses bred by herself iSmsSrl feu I IIIIII m EnK""11!- lilUllPiffiR I I When Miss Hussoll wont abroad moro than a ' UK1 II cnr aK 8,10 0XPectcd to stay ln Europo for two I 111 11 1 1UI 1 or tnrce years at least, and It was then that she 1 1 InlWlii v XUliiU 1 concluded to becomo a rival of Mrs. Langtry for IP vl racing honors In England. 8hs wanted to raco lrsL horses of her own breeding and John S. McDon- f o izs waB commissioned to buy a number of high- ' V55-- S: bred mares. JV- Tho purchases wcro made early last year and I I -UTts- I majority of tho mnroB now havo foals, thero being threo colts by Carblno ln tho lot, Tho entlro list of marcs and foals will be shipped to this country this autumn, probably ln October. Tho marcs will bo sent to a farm, probably to Kentucky, Ken-tucky, whllo tho foals will bo reserved for rnclng year after next unless thoro Is another change of plans ln tho meantime. ATHLETES ARE POOR HU8BANDS. Sclcnco has como forward with a now and striking statement, Joining a fresh link to tho fpr) C1 chain of Indictments ngalnst athletics carried to (-Xlim00 I pfw an Immoderate dogreo. Onco boyond tho bounds iml&&syCrf, of moderation, physical exercise and physical EjjLlV l training, so this now statement says, not only mXC CCl ir) wenkon tho heart for n lifetime, predispose to HuB &JJM pnoumonla, cause pulmonary tuborculosls, and Ttf mmmT mako oxtra posslblo a dozen othor Ills, but they fyMu f L unfit a man for a liusband. IW j Um "It will bo found," says Dr. Robert E. Cough- jxjffiw ,Ui SBl lln, ot Mrooklyn, In a Borlcs ot papers ho has Jm? m written on tho use nnd nbuse of athletics and tho Owf mil lfLP deaths of athletes, "that comparatively few nth- I mJ Hr lotes marry. Of thoso that do, a small porcentngo i havo children, and a very largo porcentngo nre divorced by their wives." Mr m Dr. Coughlln has bcon collecting statistics I mil following tho careers of athletes for years. "In regard to tho benofit derived from nthlotlcs," ho says, "ono has only to remomher tho physiology of oxerclso to becomo convinced of tho fact that oxorclBo, per so may bo very bencllclal. Tho point to bear In mind 1b to ndvlso tho perBon to atop before fntlguo becomes ovldnt. Wo can do this readily when tho athloto Is Interested In gnmes for tho moro oxerclso, but such ndvlco cannot bo offored when his ulm la to excel ln an nthlotlc contest. Hero la whoro nthlotlcs do great harm, and It would bo n safe rulo to ndvlso against all forms of nthlotlcs In tho nnturo of n contest. Athletics may bo said to bo beneficial until tho heart begins to bo markedly enlarged; this Is tho danger signal." WEDDING MAY FOLLOW DIVORCE. iDivORCE CQURTlll I w,t" tno announcement that Mrs. Annie M. . - lijp-l D A. Stownrt had oUalned u dlvorco In Sioux Falls n4mi I froin wl"lln HISiolnndcr Stewart It boenmo V TilTks 1 cur,cnt Kosslp at onco that Mrs. Stewart would vfifasth1 vf It 11 I 800n 1,0 tllo wIfo of James Henry Smith, kuown us 5SwAjrr---iJk I "Silent Smith," whoso fortuno 1b estimated any- fmsr 1 nlB I wnoro irom Jio.ouo.ooo to sioo.ooo.ooo. 1Mm.HJ Tho dlvorco decreo gives Mrs. Stowart tho mWwr-famWL custody of her daughter, Anltn, until tho latter AwUn CwW becomes' or ago. William Uhluelandor Stownrt, mLJijy'i; Jr., Is given Into tho custody of tho father. WL-SsjSC Tho troubles between tho Stownrta reached l HP-f"' nn ftcut0 "'"Bo Bomo tlmo after Miss Anita Stow-p? Stow-p? YJ1 Jl art inndo her debut nt a dinner dnnco given by UaP) C-m H'O hUBbaud nnd wlfo In their town homo on Weat Z,r23 3vfc Fifty-seventh Btreot In Junuary, 1905, This was ?:r' Z. ' the last social function given by tho couplo. YtZt Z 1 Mr. Stewart, who la a man ot CI, Is now nt liar Harbor. Ho la studious and serious, and he has novor cared much for tho frivolous sldo of life. Society to him was a boro, and ho figured little In tho entertainments where his wlfo was always prominent. When Mr. Smith purchased tho old William C. Whltnoy mnnelon at Fifth nvonue nnd Sixty-seventh street and began to play a prominent part In tho doings of tho "Four Hundred," Mrs. Stownrt aided him lu tho many costly entertainments ho gavo. Sho managed his dlnuora nnd dances, nnd Just prior to the final separation of tho Stewarts tho millionaire bachelor and Mrs. Stownrt woro often togothor. Tho fact that not a slnglo restriction Ib placed on. either husband or wlfo places them hath In position to marry again It thoy so chooso. Thoro was no montlon of nllmony In tho decrco, and hero It la believed that a monoy Bet-tlement Bet-tlement was effected boforo the suit for dlvorco was brought. Mm. Stowart charged desertion In her suit and It was not opposed. |