Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1874-06-26
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SYLPHs OF THE STAGE.
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF ACTRESSES
s MARRIED AND UNMARRIED.

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INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF ACTRESSES
T. MARRIED AND UNMARRIED. .'f
The marriage of actresses, especially
when they are united to men outside Of
their profession, are frequently inharmo'
NOUS Now it isnot strange, sincethe thea
tire has world of it's own-very different
from the real world forms views and
fixes habits not likely to be understood
by persons of other training and expe-
| rience. l4 HtH Hd lH Fl
The fault is not in the player, but with
her conditions, inevitably opposed to such
as common place matrimony requires.
Persons Joined in wedlock should have
much in common to begin with; a thou
sand circumstances are liable to come be
tween them subsequently, even when they
are favored fttheiconnubiaI gods. - 1i4
A man in other pursuits whosweds an
actress with the expectation Of entire con
cord,t is generally as Iunwise as she is to
accept him. hopingito make him happy by
her self.bestowal! pa Fi-H 4@lia9A .is'asit
f. AIease in point is that of Louis Z .sJe, :
Iings, now of the My. 'Times.' and Miss
Henriques, who for several years was the
leading lady at Wallack's Theatre. Mr..
Jennings fell in love with this comely ac-
tress while he was correspondent of the
London esTimes,'' and duly espoused her.
A brief taste of nnatrimony, and she again
appeared upon the stage. This gave rise
to many rumors.j She played but short
time, when she retired permanently
Though still engaged, she has lost much
of her, freshness and beauty, as it is natu-
raj she should, since she is the mother Of
four children. ii s'i-e t,l{ - "a
The redoubtable Ben Butler chose his
consort from the stage. She was Miss
Hildreth. .@.,U Is. s.,a.g.4 s-a H aH
Rose Etynge, who has been playing the
leading part in the highly successful "Led
Astray,'' at the Union Square Theatre,
has not been without her connubial ex-
perience. She was married some years
ago to a MI. Barnes, a journalist in the
Times" office, who finally separated from
her with entire satisfaction to both par
ties. "''D ~
George Butler, a nephew Of Benjamin,
also became her welded lord just before
he went as Consul General to Egypt. A
paragraph to that effect was printed in the
city papers. Butler denied its truth, and
the marriage license was then published,
which was at least, strong corroboratlve
evidence of the fact The newly appoint
ed official then asserted that he had no re-
collection OF. the performance Of the cere-
mony---an, indication of his intimate ac-
quaintance on that occasion with very
popular though impersonal lady, known as
a widow Clicquot. The union, if not de-
lightful, was certainly brief, its duration
having been variously estimated at from
twelve hours to twelve weeks. ~ r.
2a 4 THE ONCE GREAT CAMILLE. 'is'''
d. Poor Matilda Heron, the ouce famous
Camille, could never have been a favorite
of Juno, who in ancient mythologyis pre-
srlmed to have presided over marriage.
Her alliance with Harry Byrne, Of San
Francisco, was not divulged until she
came there not long since to claim proper
ty as his widow The court decided against
her on the ground that she had another
husband, Robert Stoepel, formerly the
leader of the orchestra in one of the thea
tres here. She has distressing story to
tell of her inhuman treatment by the mu-
sician; of his getting possession of all her
property; of his outrageous abuse of her,
and of his driving her to the verge Of dis
traction. Those claiming to know, say
her story is true. Unquestionably, she has
been for some time insane. She is poor,
friendless, prematurely aged, absolutely
broken-hearted-a melancholy sight to
those who knew her in her days of pride
and fame &'iT t'H
y. JEAN MARIE DAVENPORT. ilJ "a
During the war, Jean Marie Davenport
and General Lander were made man and
wife. Their happiness did not last long,
for he died of a wound received during the
second year of the rebellion; while she
served the Union most zealously. going
into the hospitals at Washington, and
giving her time and money thereto. She
so impaired what was once a han dsome in
dependence that she was afterwards com
PEELED to return to the stage, where she
has been nearly as successful as in he1
early days. l.'.,'..'
FANNY MORANT. M
Fanny Morant, at present member OF
the Fifth Avenue Company, is really Mrs.
Smith, and has been such for some time
her liege being a geod-natured easy-going
Rhode Islander. Clara Jennings, now a
part OF the company at Wallack's, adopt
ed the profession because she had been left
a widow with two childrenAnd no means
of support. Miss Agnes Ethel, who gain
ed much fame by representing Fou For
Fernando, represented the histrionics Of
clothes, making it part of her profession
to appear in each act in an entirely new
gown. Conjugal disharmony was the
cause of her adopting the stage, in which
she has had extraordinary prosperity
though interrupted by the unfinching res
olution Of a Mr.. Tracy, a rich lawyer Of
Buffalo, to convert her into Mrs. Tracy
He succeeded, and again Agnes is burie(
in the tomb of matrimony. Mrs. John
Wood, who used to be a vivaclous ant
pleasant actress of the burlesque school
cured all her admirers during her last visi
to this city, having become decidedly pro
sale and cOOrSe-narhanS from lOnp dwell
ling in England. Hardly any one eve