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CHE FOOT WAYNE SENTINEL.TAKE QUEER VIEW Of MARITAL liftMan and Woman Say Lfcw is Not Binding If Love j is Elsewhere.DIDN’T HOLD THEMChicago. Kcl. 2G.—Form® are not sacred. The spirit alone is. There i» one tliiog of greater importance than the home of Yesterday, ami that is the houic of tomorrow.Thus is epitomized by Frank Lloyd Wright his philosophy or lire. Iu perfect accord with his views, he tays, is Mamah Boutoa Bortbwick, erstwhile Mrs. Edwin 1L Cheney.Living up to his words, Wright has quit hid wife and six children. The marriage lie still bind* him legally, to the woman and mother in Oak Park. -Mrs. Cheney whs divorced by her husband last Auguat. Later she won a court's permission to drop the name Cheney and revert to that oi her maidenhood. She has left her three children to the car* of the man who used to call her his wife. Frank Lloyd Wright ami .Mamah liorthwick are living u new Jifu in a bungalow nearHillside, Wls.Sorrow Not Noticeable..Mrs. Wright suys she will not sue for divorce. ' Mr. Wright says he will provide for her ami for the six children in future as he has done in the past. Christmas was a gay festival in the Oak Park home of the Wrighls, though the husband and father was not there. The Cheney children and their father made merry about a radiant yulctidc tree, while the mother and (he one-time wife was in tbo Wisconsin bungalow, six hours away.Everybody directly concerned iu this drama of real life seems to be eon-lent with things us they are. All wear i he signs of happiness as n new year begins. One tiling 'right, the archi-lee I. craves. lie would have Mm. Wright. .Mr. Cheney anil Mamuh Horlhwiek say to the world over their signatures that what lm has .written ubunt putting off the old and putting mi the new in jpnt anil true. There is reason to believe Mamah Uartli-wirk has given it tacitly her hearty indorsement. .Mrs. Wright is silent about her intentions. Mr. Chcnev says it is a closed incident.In lhe bungalow near Hillsdale there is a building for the future. Wliat the neighbors sec is the gradual unfolding of a beautiful home, with fountains, court of flowers, a duck pond and other sellings that n landscape nrList turns from drcani6 into realities. .Mr. Wright says there is something else building—diameter, artistic ideals, unfettered selfhood, spiritual communion, sweetness, fidelity to the higher code and a broader service to humanity.Neighbors Are Puzzled.The plain country folk around Hillside and Spring Green say they dou’t know what to make of it all. Many of them are the kin of Frank Lloyd Wright. Others have known him since ho was a little hoy.Mrs. Cluney is n beautiful woman. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan. She lias read much, traveled far and associated with men and women of culture. Clever in speech and fluent with pen in expressing lier--clf, she is a woman fitted intellectually and other ise to hold her own in any drawing mom or gathering.For years tlm Wrights and Cheneys were neighbors and intimate friend3 in Oak Park. ■ Mrs. Wright and Mrs. Cheney were both members of the Oak Park Woman's club. They moved iu Hu* same s.ocial circles. Each watched with interest the (lowering of the other’s family. The two''fathers were friend*. rejoicing when the other dem-uiisli.i ted some1 new evidence of suc-ee?s ami prugrcss. The onlooker might have opined that hero was the quintessence of ncighhorlitiess and loyalty. To the Cheneys the door oi the Wrights always was open, anil vice versa.-Insidiously the divergence began.. The principals did not suspect it themselves at first. “Temperameat” was the leaven at work, if the architect is right in his analysis. More and more .Mrs. Wright devoted herself / to her home and her growing children. Morq and more Mr. Wright closeted himself with Jiis work and gave himself up to his architectural dreums. When lie nought recreation, diversion, communion of spirit, ho found 'them less and less in the companionship ot Mrs. Wright, hi* said.Harmony Is Discussed.Then he discovered that Mr3. Cbcuoy wn» more nearly on his plane of thought, that sihc sympathized the closer with him, shared his dreams and ideals, appreciated his efforts and gave him the inspiration for work which, he complained, he could not draw from the companionship ..t his own fireside. Thus, thought Mi. ’right, both fate and the law were against him and his normal development.Then cahic the disclosure tllat stirred Oak Park society for weeks. Uvows was brought from Europe that Mr. Wright and (be then Mrs. Cheney were touring the continent together. That was late in 1^09.The two did not go to Europe together. The architect led the way. Mrs. Cheney at that time was in Colorado with iic.r children. One day she wrote Mr. Cheney, asking him to come and get the children. When Mr. Cheney reached fiis destination his wife already had gone. She had beard the rail of her soul mate on the other side of iho Atlantic and she responded. f Mrs. Cheney spent part of her time Inking a course of study in Leipzig. •She interested herself in the old and new philosophies of living and found what w:m to her a justification for the “spiritual hegira..Mr. Wright came hark from Europe alone. He settled himself in the Oak Tark home and for a time harmony scmied lo dwell therein. Then the neighbors learned of the building of a dividing wall straight through (ho Wright resi'lenoe. On the one side Mr«. Wrigiit. lived with her children, and on I'm* other her husband, lit August. Ill 10. .Mr. (.'lietiny, notOh! You Dress Alt;ories• See them—ue our guest. Every \ conics to a customer. The new Crystal, Silk Frii.gcs and Handings. The new . the new cluiiv Laces and Bandings, Baby Irish Laces, the new All-Overs, the lowest.THEIMYERSAll Windiscard that of her husband, Oak Park I began to look upon the whole affair iis-a closed incident. Then came the word from Hillside, Wis.,. that Mr. Wright and Mamah Borthwiclc were together in the'$10,000 bungalow.WFive dollars down and $5 per month will buy the most' expensive English baby cab 1°' in our store.'FOSTER FURNITURE COThe international stamp exhibition will be licbl in the royn-LJiorlicultuval halls. Westminster, London, from October 14 to 11). It is being organized, by the Junior Philatelic society to mark the jubilee of philately. 'The fourth philatelic congress oF Great Britain will meet ai. Margate. England, seventy miles southeast of London, on May I, 2 and 3-w:No Grounds• Made in the Cup# Every particle used. Concentrated coffee in powdered form. Three-quarter teaspoonful and n cup of hot water makes the moit delicious coffee. Alwayft ready, a child can make it.30c. and 85c.—at grocersB*WPL£ ON ntOUESTG. WASHINGTON COFFEE SALES CO.79 Wall Stxcet. New York.1)SfceltiorSOOIuia;hasJIrai \ thr beei up« ■Buijdre ; tra ; im? i\Va ahi ! I ‘ ten ; am .of1• lieFuAnA 25c BOTTLEOF PAREGOLfalling in with the “spiritual hrgira nnfjrtn. wa? giron an nb?olu(c divorce. Mrs. Cheney did not contest the ease. After Mrs. Cheney was given court permission to use. her maiden name and loWhen Mixed With Sugar Syrup Makes“BTiiTEiCaONE PINT COUGH SYRUPMoney Refunded If Not Satisfactory.Get a 25c bottle of Paregol uom your druggist, lake it home, add plain sugar syrup according to directions on bottle. You will have a Cough Syrup that has proven beneficial in COUGHS, COLDS. HOARSENESS, Croup and all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs. If your druggist will not get Paregol for you, send 2sc to Paregol Co., Fort Wayne, Ind., and a bottle will be sent you prepaid.vcth7)1“Ir\\cTnTry Sentinel Want Ada.
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Fort Wayne Sentinel
Fort Wayne, Indiana, US
Mon, Feb 26, 1912
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