The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1874-06-24
SylphS of the Stage.
1ECIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF ACTRESSES,
MARRfFr AND UNMARRIED.
fFrom the New York E,n.1

[From the New York E,a.1
The marriage of actresses, especial
ly when they arc united to meu out
side of their profession, are frequent
ly inharmonious. Nor is it strange
since the theater has q world OF it,
own-very different from tho real
world-and forms views and fixes hab-
its not likoly to be understood by
persons of other training and expert
ence.
The fault is not with the player,
but with her conditions, inevitably
opposed to such as common. place
matrimony requires. Persons joined
in wedlook should have muvh in
common to begin with thousand
circumstances are liable to come be-
tween them subsequently, even whom
they are favored of the connubial
gods.
A man in otter pursuits who weds
an actress with the expectation of en-
tire concord, is generally as unwise
as sho is to accept him, hoping to
make him happy BY her self:bestow =
al
A case in point is that of Louis j.
j ennings, now of the Times, and Miss
Henriq ues, who for severa! years was
tho leading lady ut Wallack's Thea
ter. Mr.. Jennings fell in love with
this comely actress while he was COR
re>pondert Of the London Times, and
duly espousod her. A brief taste of
matrimony, and she again appeared
on tho stage. This gave rise to
many rumors. She played but Il
short time, when she retired per.
mantly. Though still engaged, she
has lost much Of her freshness and
beauty, as it is natural she should,
since she is the mother of four chill
dren.
The redoubtable Ben Butler chose
his eons.rt f.om the stage. She was
q Miss Hildreth.
Rose Etyngc, who has been playing
the leading part in the highly sue
cessful "Led Astray," at the Union
Square Theater, has not been without
her connubial experience. She was
married some years ago to u Mr..
Barnes, a journalist in the Times
office, who finally separated from her
with entire satisfaction to both par
ties.
George Butler, nephew of Bon
Jamin, also became her welded lord
just before he went as Consul Gener-
al to Egypt. a paragraph to tina.
effect was printed at the time in some
of the city papers. Butler denied its
truth, and the marriage license was
then publisho |, which was, Mt least,
strong corroborative evidence of tho
fact. The newly Appointed official
then asserted that be had no recol.
lection of the performance Of the
indication Of his init.
mate acquaintance on that occasion
with very popular though imperson.
al lady, known as widow Clicauot.
The union, if not delightful, was GER
tainly brief; its duration having
been variously estimated at from
twelve hours to twelve weeks.
THE ONCE GREAT CAMILLE.
Poor Matilda Heron, the once ia.
nous Camille, could never have been
n favorite OF 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 "a his
widow. The court decided against
her on the ground that she had had
another husband, Robt. Stocpel, for.
merly the leader of tho orchestra in
one Of the theaters here. She has
a distressing story to tell of her in.
human treatment 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 of distraction. Those claiming
to know, say her story is true. She
is sad wreck Of what she was. Tn.
quo stionably, she has been for some
time insane. She is poor, friendless.
prematurely aged, absolutely broken.
heartcd--a melancholy sight to those
who knew her in her days of pride
ana iame' y}jo4ia 'noio. ) ..,.n a.,
JEAN MAMIE DAvENroRr. a.
During the war, jean Marie Dav-
cnport and General hinder were
made man and wife. Their happiness
did not last l1Dg. for he died Of
wound in the second year Of tho
febellion, while she served the
Union cnuBo most zealously, going
into the hospitals ut Washington, and
giving her time and money thereto.
She go impaired what, was once
handSome INDEPENDENCE that she was
afterwnrd compelled to return to the
stage, whore she has been nearly as
successful as in her early days. -. +.
Fanny Morant, at present q men,
ber Of tho Fifth Avenue Company, is
really Mrs. Smith, and has been
suoh for }some time e, her lego being
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