The Ogden standard. [volume], September 05, 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 13

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f HEJERRIBLE FATE I
Ii JF OF MAMAH BORTHWICK IN I
I jTB ran" y Wright, ViHk I
A new-made grave In .1 lonely
Wisconsin wood is all that Is left of
Lhe Kingdom of Love, which Frank
Lloyd Wright, world-famed archi
tect, established s few short years
ago when he threw ru-idc the con
ventions of the world, man-mad"
conventions he called them, and left
his wife and family to lie with his
"soul mate," wife of his neighbor.
it was :i5y enough five years ago
for Wright to talk of Idealism, hut
today with the new-made grave up
in the Wisconsin wood it Is a differ
ent tale. Not only does that one grave
refute his arguments, 1-ut two urns
of his soul mate's children In a Chi
cago crematorium and the other
dead deny his declarations.
The old law "Thou t'halt not covet
thy neighbor's wife," was so much
trash to Wright. It hadn' been
proven to him. and hrt could out
argue those who found fault with
his course and who Pot only con
demned him, but also condemned
Mamah F.orthwlek Cheney for leav
ing her husband nnd going with
Wrlirht Wright and Mamah Borth
wick wen- governed by a law made
by them selves They refused to be
bound by any provisions of others
.J nnd therefore established a king
dom of their own in the land of
their own, where they built their
own "Love Bungalow" and sur
rounded it with a lovely flower
garden.
Had the woman's life not been
ended in sm h a tragic manin r,
Wright still might be ..lle to argue
with his accusers, but up in tho
Wisconsin woods the people are
stern in their beliefs, nnd pclnt to
the tragic ruin of the "Kingdom Of
Love" ae tho strongest argument
that the Avenging Angel still Hied
and that the one who wrecked the
home was only another Darlui the
Mede destroying another Feast of
P.e Ish:i7.7.ar to inflict the wroth of
the gods.
j The Darius In this ac a a
negro cook. Mamah f'.irtbwitk was
high in her glory She was enter-
tainlng a number of Wright's
friends find ho was soon expected
from Chicago. With her In tho .
bungalow were her two children, B
daughter. 10 years old, and B BOO,
IZ years old. Surrounding the
I house were flowers : h h;o olanted
I herself. The world had renounced
her. but tdie cared not for the world.
Phe hr:d her two children ard she
was the servant of ner soul mas
ter. She had reproved the negro cook
Just before dinner and enraged him.
but she dismissed the incident as
not worth thinking about and led
Wright's friends into the dining
room. Suddenl a flaming rug was
thrown across the door. It was
soaked with kerosene and escape
through that way was Impossible.
Mamah Borthwick made a dash for
the window. As she came through
a hatchet crashed into her head.
Her llttb innocent sou sprang after
her without knowing what evil had
befallen his mother, He, too. w.is
struck on the head with tho fatal
hatchet A daughter Jumped. Sho
was stricken down. Then the guests
lumped through the window. One
by ono the fiendish negro struck
them. When he had finished, six
lay dead and three wounded seri
ously. Wright was notified in his office
in Chicago. Re hurried to the plat e
and found his kingdom in ruins.
s ( 1 M n is BURIED
WITHOl 1 CEREMONY,
Without ceremony the body of
Mamah Borthwick was laid to rest
In the hills shortly after dusk.
Wright burled his dead almost
alone. The only other persons pres
ent when the pine box was lowered
into the crave and .-overo' with
flowers from her own garden were
two nephews, Orrln Lln ,1 Jones and
Ralph Lloyd Jones, and Wrighfs
Son, James. There was not even
the formality of a prayer.
Sheriff Bauer organized the search
for Carlton, the negro slayer, as
SOOn as he learned of the murder.
Bosses of farmers Joined with tho
Sheriffs deputies and bloodhounds
kvcic obtained to take up his trail.
Th. men Si llrst were inclined to be
lieve that Carlton had escaped down
the Wisconsin River in a canoe.
While neighbors guarded the
grounds and the m-M with tho
hounds wen scarehlig for a deli
nite trace, Parlton crawled from
the doors of a bolkr. He was
n arly mfrocated from the heat and
appeared thorough 1 exhausted.
He said he had taken poison, but
would give no reason for the crime.
Mn Carlton, who had been em
ployed with her husband, was ar
rested shortly after the tragedy
when she was found, dazed, walk
ing along the highway near tho
house She denied any participa
tion In the affair.
The negro, who Is believed t
have iiceomo enraged at some re
buke from Mrs. Botthwick, dis
played fiendish ingenuity in the
slaughter.
'l he fire was confined to the bun
galow and, when i had been con
trolled, neighbors, mxny of whom
formerly had been bitter against
Mrs. Borthwick, joined the posse in
search of the murderer.
Il oi; E OBTAINED
r. CHENEY.
Frank Lloyd Wright, who is one
Of the best known architects in the
Central States and is credited with
being among the first to design a
bungalow In this country, was es
tranged from his w ife several years
ago, after a scandal which linked
his name with that of Mrs Mamah
Borthwick i-'liem j, the wife of u
neighbor in Oak Bark, a Chicago
suburb. Later Mr. Cheney ob
tained a divorce and Mrs. Cheney
and Wright made several trips to
gether. Two years ago Wright built
a bungalow at Spring Green, Wis,,
which was called "Live's Bungalow'
by neighbors, and the architect and
Mrs. Cheney were reported to have
made frequent visits to the house
In the woods.
The affairs Of the Wright and
Cheney families first became pub
lic In 1909. when Mrs. Cheney and
Mr. Wright departed for Europe,
where they remained until early In
1910. On their return Mrs. Cheney
did not go to her home in Oak
Park, where she had left her chil
dren with her husband. Wright,
however, went to his family and re
ports of forgiveness and reconcilia
tion wer current
A wall separating the Wright
home into two apartments was
erected. Mrs. Wright occupied one
and Wright the other. The children
spent part of the time with ea. h.
After a month o-' so, a reconcilia
tion was effected and the dividing
wall we torn down.
Cheney brought suit for divorce.
Charging desertion, and August 5.
1911 an absolute decree was (grant
ed. Mrs. Cheney made no defense
to (he SUil and Wright's name was
not mentioned. Her maiden name,
Mamah Boulon Borthwick, was re
stored.
Shortly before Christmas It was
learned the bungalow at Spring
Green was nearly completed and
Just before the holidays, terming
their trip a 'spiritual hegira," Mrs.
Cheney and Wright left together for
WiSconsm. During Christmas week
Wright is.sued many public state
ments defending his ei urse In leav
ing his Oak Park home.
Mrs. Wright, however, took no
si. ps toward U divorce and. with
lo r children, the oldes: of whom Is
now a srrown man. remained at
home in the Chicago suburb.
Cheney was romarr'ed in 1912.
About the time of hLs marriage tho
two Cheney children, Martha and
John. Joined Mrs. Cheney at the
Spring 'Ireen home and since have
lived there.
Carlton, the cher accused of the
murders, had been employed in
Chicago until fur months ago at
lhe home of John A Vogelsang, Jr..
cafe owner. The negro was rec
ommended to Wright ;ls hi excel
lent and honest workman.
The slaunchest advocate of the
afflnit) Ides was Ferdinand Plnney
Earle, whoso wives cue after an
other sought relief In tho dlvorco
ITI'rMflv I.L'HT Mamah
U Borthwick Cheney.
Upper right Frank Llovd
Wright.
ourta He set his opinions against
the opinions of centuries and de
cided that if it was not good for
man to live alone. It was decidedly
better for him to have a lot of
company. How Earle fared he
never told the world, but the
women took action against him and
declared him to be a cruel tyrant.
Merc fresh in memory' is the
story of FMoretta Whaley. who
eloped to San Prancisco with
1 New York clergyman, Jere Knode
Cooke, Jt was many years before
Cooke's first wife would release him
from the yoke of marriage, and she
did it for the sake of the two chil
dren of Cooke and Florc-tta Whaley.
because they were not to blame
and she wanted to give tbem a
mother.
Quaker Speech.
At a Friends' meeting m Pbil-
l
adelphla the other day several
speakers expressed regret that ths
distinctive Quaker speech, known
as the "plain language." was going
so rapidly out of use. It was as
serted that the gentleness that dis
tinguished it made It e-..., 1. ilto de
sirable and effective and that the
influence of Friends was in a meas
ure decreased by its abandonment
Doubtless this view is correct.
The Quaker speech, now so rarely
heard, was always much liked by
people not members of the sect be
cause it was associated with calm
ness and serenity of manner. Prob
ably this serenity was a quality not
dependent on tho language used,
but was a matter of temperament
and habit, but It seemed an essen
tial accompaniment of the gentle
"thee and thou" and other peculiar
forms of adJress. As useel, this
Quaker speech was not strictly
grammatical "thee is," for exam
ple, being open to objection If any
one ever thought of It in a critical
way. Nevertheless, "thee is" had its
oharm.
Tho passing of tho Quaker cos
tume was sJso spoken of with some
regret, yet those who lamented Its
disappearance wen- not insistent on
Its readoption. Apparently they BBs
saw no especial connection between JBl
the plain garb and the plain lan-
gunge, yet there undoubtedly is one. HBl
The speech is expected Irom wear-
it the distinctive costume the HHl
Iraight, severe gowns and the HHl
' lose fitting bonnets, and loses its fl
rteotiveness when it comes from HHa
the Hps of a woman arrayed in HHl
ishionable attire. The change in
dress was urged bt the young gen
eratlon of Quakers on the plea that
the old fashions set them apart
from their neighbors and were z
hindrance.
Linoleum Germ Proof.
3n testing for germs it Is often
found that such substances as "tone.
v I, procclain, glass, etc.. are
sterile. A number of years ago
Privy Councilor E. Fischer made
the observation that on certain
building materials disease germs
Qui) kly die. L. Bitter has shown
that germs perish within one day jH
on the surface of linoleum.
As f r back as 1901 Jacobowlts
proveel that the germ-killing effect
of the much-acclaimed "disinfect
Ing wall paints" was due to the
hemic al effect ot the linseed oil
used as a binding medium. Since
the essential constituents of iinole- H
lira are cork and a large quantity H
of linseed oil. Its disinfecting cS- ;H
pacity is not to be wondered at. But iH
In the Of the disinfecting wall M
paints the sterilizing power wears
off in a few months because the lln
lei l oil li ies, while linoleum has a 'M
lasting effect. jH
Heme linoleum operates to kill
the majority of the micro-organ- H
isms brought in on the shoes. Fre
quent moistening accelerates this 1
disinfecting property. Hence all dls
rms which do not form .M
spores quickly die on a linoleum. 'M
Weeping a 1 WeOSmga
Why does every girl weep at a 1
wedding?"
"jjecauso it isn't her wedding, il