Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1859-04-20
MalanoholY Close Of Life.

Il will be remembered that about three years
ago, a young woman passing by the name Of
I.oursE RrRDfR, appeared In this city in con-
junction with George Jamison, the actor, and
played q somewhat lengthy engagement at
Decksps Hall, when Mr.. Griersons company
was here. The New Orleans Delta, Of last
Friday, 18th, says that this cratic genius died
10 that city few days before from injuries re-.
ceiyed by the explosion Of a camphene lamp.
Hr suherings are represented to have been
terrible
Having some knowledge Of this unfortunate
woman, we will observe that there is something
10 her history and fate which is full of warn
ing and instruction TO the young, giddy and
dissipated Of her sex, especially Of that class
Of stage,struek damsels, who, without regard
to their capacity aud talent, and relying upon
the effects of personal beauty aud a vivid lmag.
ination, force themselves into profession for
which they are not adapted, and where distinc'
tion can only be won by great devotion, labor
and constant study. In not few cases their
ihtruslons are due TO a certain pruriency Of
mind, an ungovernable desire for applause. a
love Of intrigue and an impatience of those
healthy, social restraints, in subiection TO which
woman finds her chief happiness and her pro.
per sphere Of usefulness. These unguided
aud i'll disciplined females bring discredit aud
shame upon an honorable profession, and usually
terminate their careers by too frequently illus .
trating on the worlds stage that vice whose
"deformity" it is one of the great aims Of the
Drama to hold up to scorn and detestatlon.--
The unfortunate young woman, whose untimely
decease we have now TO chronicle, was early
drawn from the sphere of life which she was
admirably fitted to adoln, by this insane passion
and these corupting influences, into one where
even htt high talents, great endowments Of
mind and person, only served TO render more
conspicuous her unfortunate choice and her
graceful, witty and talented wrote with n
certain wild ygor and earnestness, conversed
with an inexhaustible flow of felicitous ideas
aud reckless wit could demean herself with
dignity and modest propriety, and yet put no
bounds to her capriciousuess her passion for
dress display and admiration--her love of ex.
citement, and her reckless disregard Of the
wholesome exactions which our society imposes
upon women, were her undoing. Twice mari
ed, she soon wearied Of what, to her imagina'
ton, seemed a commonplace mode of life, and
contributed largely to precipitate the ruin Of her
husbands. One Of them-who, three years ago,
entered upon the possession and enjoyment Of a
handsome property, bequeathed TO him by his
father, (an eminent physician,) who devoted a
long life to the accumulation Of Rn estate, which
within few months after his death, was
squandered In dissipation and vice-is now an
inmate of the Penitentiary for heinous crime
But we need 90 no further with the details
of a career which has just closed in SO distress
ing and yet impressive manner. It is consol.
ing to know that the poor woman 5 last hours
were socthed, the bitter memories of an i'll,
spent life, Of misaPplied talents were assuaged
by a sincere penitehce and the consultations Of
religion. May her life, her fate, her sorrowful
end, be terror and warning to all young wo.
men who are induced to abandon the walks Of
domestic life ahd yield TO the allurements Of
dissipation and vice, to the appetite for display
and parade, the love Of excitement, and the
ambition to command the homage of gross and
sensuous minds