(Taken from the New York Times, August 16, 1924, page 11, column 6)
MRS. CLARA BRULATOUR IS KILLED IN EGYPT
Thrown From Car in an Accident--She Was the First Wife of Wealthy Film Importer
CAIRO, Aug. 15
A tragic accident here has cast gloom over the visit to Cairo of passengers from the Tuscania which is making a Mediterranean cruise with Americans.
While returning last night from the Pyramids, whither she had gone with her daughter and son and an Egyptian friend in the latter's car, Mrs. Clara Brulatour of New York was thrown from the car in a collision with a tram car in the Pyramids Road, and sustained fatal injuries, dying in the Anglo-American Hospital an hour later.
The rest of the passengers were unhurt.
Mrs. Clara Brulatour was the first wife of Jules E. Brulatour, wealthy film importer. They were married in 1884 in Louisiana and lived together until 1911. A separation was agreed on then and Mr. Brulatour received the custody of their three children.
In 1917 Mr. Brulatour obtained a divorce in Kentucky, Mrs. Brulatour, by the terms of an agreement, receiving $20,000 a year. A short while later Mr. Brulatour married Dorothy Gibson, artist's model, who was the original "Harrison Fisher Girl." The second Mrs. Brulatour obtained a divorce in 1919. Pending the trial of her suit she asked for $48,000 alimony, but the court allowed her only $10,000 a year.
Mr. Brulatour married the third time in Aug. 22, 1923, when he took for his bride Hope Hampton, motion picture actress. He had been her manager for several years. They live at 1,207 Park Avenue.
Mrs. Clara Brulatour, accompanied by her son Jules and daughter, Miss Y. Brulatour, sailed on the Tuscania on July 3, on a sixty-day cruise.
(Side-note by PG: When Jules Brulatour married actress Hope Hampton they took a honeymoon trip to Egypt. In Egypt they met a "sheik" who was in the process of buying amber paste. He became distracted from the purchase of the paste and started staring at Hope Brulatour, finally approaching Jules and offering to "buy" her--saying that he would give Mr. Brulatour as much as 10,000 English pounds for her. Brulatour smiled at the sheik and told him that Mrs. Brulatour's jewels were worth more than that.)
Phillip Gowan