Show I LEAVITT LEA VITI WILL fiGHT DIVORCE Bryans Bryan's Son Law Decides to Oppose His Wife's Suit After Reading the Charges Made Against Him WILL VILL LEAVE FOR AM ERCA WITHIN A SHORT TIME The ie Artist Recounts His Correspondence Correspondence Correspondence Corre Corre- With Mrs Leavitt Leavi Leav- Leav i itt tt and Bryans Bryan's Letter Asking Ask Ask- ing That He Agree to Divorce HE IE DENIES DEMIES THE CHARGES I i By Vance Thompson Paris Feb 6 William G. William H. H Leavitt the artist saw v forthe for forthe forthe the first time today the charges made against him by his wife Ruth Bryan Leavitt in her suit for di di- divorce divorce vorce as outlined in dispatches dis- dis dispatches dispatches dis dis- patches from Lincoln Neb Leavitt therein is described as an improvident Bohemian and it is said that Bryan found Ruth and the children in absolute want vant in Denver The description of Leavitt as a Bohemian aln amuses ses his friends in Paris Ever since his marriage he has kept up upa a studio at Newport where his wife refused to live fearing fearing fear fear- ing that her residence in the city of millionaires might injure injure injure in in- jure her fathers father's political chances for the Presidency In Paris he moves in the best social and artistic d to ap Lert ra t 1 1 to Every Ever ono one of ot the charges charge given out Ruths Ruth's letters lettel's let lot from rom Lincoln are arc lies lIel an anti and it her fathers father's prove tel's Lers to me and tOlla today I intend to lO no nohe now he said salt contest this stilt HUH and they may be sure suro will fight tight to the end One that I dont think I is IR that I must say BUY thing brought bLought by Ruth of or her the suit was in influence In- In tree will There Is IB undue own others of or the fluence nc upon the part understand perfectly well that I am ann I In which the o odds ds tight fight Into a going for tor the suit Is to be are R against me brought In Nebraska Wife Has lIns I Politico Political help Uncle has her Ruth For lawyer lower chairman of the tho Democratic DemocratIc Dem Dem- Is la who Allen AHen state committee and his partner part part- Talbot who holds a similar position position po po- ner nor the can slate state committee com com- upon In the justice ButI But 1 I shall shan get end ond the have dropped i tha that they I see ace That is well for of or desertion charge knew that it would not stand for fora they evidence the face race the of-the of or the a moment a-moment in support non-support Is The C charge of I have baseless lie It Is a 0 lie he too another found Ruth In that Mr Bryan Dryan ever had She has bas always want wont In tn Denver I 1 and ond on January 21 from rein me rae money allowance allowance allow allow- sl six months months' usual her sent as Franco Ameri ance a 0 draft upon the Tho of Paris for 2600 bank can they do not statement says L they had to serve my address adrus so know This is another notice by publication V fols falsehood hood wrote me weekly Bryan Brynn Ruth address when ho he wrote and had hod my to consent to a 0 snapshot snapshot snapshot snap snap- wrote me mo witnesses from Denver Denver Donver Den Don divorce My shot a avery avery aI will give Sl from N New w Orleans and rom ver different account of this mat mat- I very against Ruth nuth Until Un Un- ter I say nothing corre corro- correspondent correspondent Republican The til I 1 to said a word In I I have never reply to all the rumors and ond allega- allega Continued ni un i T o. u LEAVITT TO FIGHT DIVORCE Continued Continual 1 r- r from Page lage One line but I shall not stand for tor any anymore more For th the sake of ot my son and daughter laughter and ana for tor my own sake sako I can cannot cannot cannot not permit this unjust divorce to be granted on grounds both false falso and slanderous u Tho Im Last IaH Supper I Leavitt would have hu left Paris Parit by 1 Saturdays Saturday's s steamer had he not been forced to stay over a row few days to complete complete com com- arrangements for the French salon in America of which he Is president dent dont Five hundred pictures of ot leadIng lead- lead leadIng leading Ing French painters will b be bC shipped next week and the French salon ealon In America opens March 4 4 in Washington Washing Washing- ton In the meanwhile Leavitts Leavitt's big canvas canvas can cau- vas the tho The Last Supper has been packed for tot shipment to England It will be bo exhibited at the Walker Art gallery galler in tn Liverpool and afterward In III the municipal galleries at Glasgow I I Belfast Manchester Dublin and other I cities before being beins taken to New York Leavitt will attend the opening of his exhibition in Liverpool Tuesday and then sail the next day for New NewYork York After a n conference with his I lawyers he ho will go direct to Lincoln I Neb Nob |