Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-07-28
SYLPHs OF THE STAGE.
Incidents I'm the Life of Actressei
Married and Unmarried.

From the New York Era
The marriage of actresses, especially
when they are united to men outside OF
their profession, are frequently inhar-
monious. Nor is it strange, since the
theater has a world Of its own-yery
different from the real world-and forms
views and fixes habits not likely to be
understood by persons of other training
and experience.
The fault is aot with the player, but
with her conditions, inevitably opposed
to such as commonplace matrimony re-
quires. Persons Joined in wedlock
should have much in common TO begin
with a thousand circumstances are
liable to come between them subse.
quently, even when they are favored of
the connubial gods.
A man in other pursuits who weds an
actress with the expectation of entire
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 the Times, and Miss
Henriques, who for several years was
the leading lady at Wallack's Theater
Mr.. Jennings fell in love with this
comely actress while he was correspond
ent of the London Times, and duly es-
poused her. A brief taste Of matri-
mony, and she again appeared on the
stage This gave rise to many rumors.
She played but 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 Miss
Hildreth
Rose Eytinge, who has been playing
the leading part in the highly successful
Led Astray," at the Union Square
Theater, has not been without her con-
nubial experience She was married
some years ago to Mr.. Barnes, a jour
nalist in the Times office, who finally
separated from her with entire satisfac-
ton to both parties.
George Butler, a nephew of Benz njamin,
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 the marri-
age license was then published, which
was, at least, strong corroborative evil
dence 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 impersonal
iolxr lroo,vu &c IV,d0ux Ol,a0uot H.
union, if not delightful, was certainly
brief; its duration having been varlously
estimated at from twelve hours to twelve
weeks.
THE ONCE GREAT CAMILLE.
Poor Matilda Heron, the once famous
Camille, could never have been favor.
ite with Juno, who, in the ancient mitholo.
gy,is presumed to have presided over mar
riage. Her alliance with Harry Byrne,
of San Francisco, was not divnlged until
she went there not long ago to claim
property as his widow, The court deci-
ded against her on the ground that she
had had another husband, Robert Stoe-
pei, forme erly the leader of the orchestra
in one of the theaters here. She has a
distressing story to tell of her inhuman
treatment by the musician; Of his get
ting 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. Unquestionably, she has been for
some time insane. She is poor, friend.
less, prematurely aged, absolutely bro
ken-hearted-a melancholy sight to those
who knew her in her days of pride and
fame.