Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-06-07
sYLPHS OF THE STAGE
Incidents I'm the Life OF Actresses,
Married and Unmarried,
Vol

4 their prO1eSSlOu, are frequently lundr
monious. Nor is it strange, since tn
theatre has a world of its own-yerl
different from the re world-ant
forms views and fixes habits not likely
to be understood by persons of othel
training and experience.
The fault is not with the player, bu
with her conditions, ineyitably opposed
to such as common place matrimonJ
requires. Persons joined in wedlocl
should have much in common to begin
with; a thousand circumstances are
liable to come between them subse
quently, even when they are favored o.
the connubial gods.
A man In other pursuits who wedi
an actress with the expectation of en-
tire concord, is generally as unwise as
she is to accept him, hoping to make
him happy by her self-bestowal.
A case In point is that of Louis j
Jennings, now of tie Times, and Miss
Henriques, who for several years was
the leading lady at Wallack's Theater
Mr.. Jennings fell inlove with this come,
ly actress while he was correspondent
of the London Times, and duly es.
poused her.. A brief taste of matrimo-
ny, and she again appeared on the
stage. This gave rise to many rumors
She played but a short time, when she
retired permanently. Though still en-.
gagged, she has lost much of her fresh.
ness and beauty, as it is natural she
should, since she is the mother of -four
children.
The redoubtable Ben Butler chose
his consort from the stage. She was a
Miss Hildreth.
Rose Eytinge, who has been playing
the leading part In the highly success
fol Lied Astray," at the Union Square
Theater, has not been without her con-
nubial experience. She was married
some years ago to a Mr.. Barnes, a
journalist In the Times Office, who
finally separated from her with entire
satisfaction to both parties.
George Butler, a nephew of Benja-
min, also became her welded lord Just
before he went as Consul General to
Egypt. A paragraph to that effect was
printed at the time In some of the city
papers. Butler denied its truth, and
themarriage license was then published,
which was, at least, strong cOrrobora-
tive evidence of the fact. The newly
appointed official then asserted that he
had no recollection of the performance
of the ceremony-an indication of his
intimate acquaintance on that occasion
with a very popular, though not imper-
sonal lady, known as Widow Chcquot.
The union, if not delightful, was GER
tainly brief It's duration having been
variously estimated at from twelve
hours to twelve weeks.
THE ONCE GREAT CAMILLE.
Poor Matilda Heron, the once fam
GUS Camille, could never have been a
favorite Juno, who, in the ancient
mythology, is presumed to have pre-
sided over marriage Her alliance with
Harry Byrne, of San Francisco, was
not divulged till she went there not
long ago to claim property as his wild
ow. The court decided against her on
the ground that she had had another
husband, Robert Stoepel, formerly
the leader of the orchestra IN one of
the theaters here. She has a distress
ing story to tell of her inhuman treat
ment by the musician; of his getting
possession of all her property, of his
outrageous abuse of her, and of his
driving her to the verge-Uf distraction.
Those claiming to know, say her story
is true. She is a sad wreck of what
she was. PROFESSIONALLY, she has been
for some time insane. She Is poor,
prematurely aged, absolutely
broken hearted melancholy sight to
those who knew her in her days of
pride andfame.
JEAN MARIE DAVENPORT.
During the war, Jean Marie Daven-
port and Gen. Lander were man and
wife. Their happiness did not last
long, for he died of wound in the Sec
ond year of the rebellion; while she
served the union cause most zealously,
going into the hospitals at Washing
ton, and giving her time thereto. She so
impaired what was once a handsomein-
dependence that she was afterward COM
PEELED to return to the stage, where
sh has been nearly as successful as in
her early days.
Fanny Morant, at present member
of the Firth Avenue Company is really
Mrs. Smith, and has been such for
some time; her liege being a good ma
tured, easy-going Rhode Islander.
Clara Jennings, now part of the CON-
pany at Wallack's, adopted the pro-
fession because she had been left a
widow with two children and had no
other means of support. Miss
Agnes Ethel, who gained niue b
fame by representing Frou Frou
Fernando. Agnes represented the his
trionics of clothes, making it a part of
her profession to appear in each act in
an entirely new gown. Conjugal dis
harmony was the cause of her adopting
the stage, in which she has had extra
ordinary prosperity, though interrupted
by the unfinching resolution of a Mr..
Tracy, a rich lawyer of Buffalo, to con-
vert her into Mrs. Tracy. He succeed
ed, and again Agnes is buried in the
limb of matrimony. Mrs. John Wood
who used to be vivacious and plea
SAINT actress of the burlesgue school,
cured al her admirers during her last
visit to this country; having become
decidedly prosaic and coarse-perhaps
from long dwelling in England. Hardly
any one ever heard of Mr.. John Wood,
who was probably dead and embalmed
in his wife's name. She has recently
taken a new husband in the person of
Stephen B. Fisk, f.Imerly of the Herald,
and now editor of the Hornet, in Lon
don, where he has resided for four or
five years.
ADELAIDE NELSON,
from the fact of being rather comely,
has been quite successful on the stage.
She is Mrs. Lee; Mr.. Lee enacting
the part of travelling companion and
locker after baggage. He is said to be
a good sort of fellow, but so thorough
ly English, and, of course, so ignorant
of America, that all sorts of jokes are
played upon him by native wags.
/ wonder why husbands of his order
do not take the stage names of their
consorts for the sake of preserving their
indemnity.
1t is said that an admirerof Nelson,
calling on her one day, was introduced
to Mr. Lee. and failed to form an ex-
allied idea of the gentleman.
The next day the admirer made an
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