Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-11-14

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meet with pTofe ssional difficulties he
relaxed the curb on himself, and dis
played his arrogant aud despOtic ten
denotes at home as well as abroad. Then
arose jealousiss between us, and fault
finding, with criminatiOps end recrim-
nations, and the storm that troubled US
alter sevel years duration, broke out in
all its fury"
"At the end Of these seven years of
storm your separation was by mutual
consent, was it nOt?"
Yea; we parted tn prevent constant
quarreliug. Mr.. Forrest took me in q
carriage to the residence Of our mutual
friends, Mr.. and Mira. Parke Goodwin,
and left me there AS we were leaving
The house l spoke to him about por
trait If himself which he had psinti for
me- He said that belonged to me and
[ should have il. 1t was placed in the
carriage and carried it away with me
and have it yet. Yon6er it is nOw'-
indie itiDg the portrait hanging on the
wall, at was painted at the tune when
he was at his test, in the prime OF his
life, when he was at the hight of his
fame and undistuIbsd by rivalry, and at
q time, too, when he was enjoying lit
tie respite from his profes 5iOual labors. /
cOnsittr it the finest portrait Of him that
ever was painted. 1t has kindly ex-
preston AID amisbiliiy about it that no
other picture | have ever seen of him
possesses, and which wholly disappeared
from his ccuntensuce later in life l
love to. remember him just as that pic
ture represents him"
"DuTing this separation he main.
tanned you, did he not?n
| ESVpa ha continued IN maintain me-
until the beginning of our litigations."
'This was in 1850, believer"
| ayes; our litigation began in 1850,
| but it was rot until 1852 that I secured
verdict against him, granting me full
! divorce, with three thousand dollars a
year alimony, subsequently raised to
four thousand dollars. During this pc.
riod he refused me any support; and
when the verdict was obtained he APP
pesled against it, Withholding the ali
mony ard contesting its payment at
every point and on every legal bubble,
| through all the courts aud up to the
court of appeals. 1t was not until 1862,
ten years after the verdict, that Sc
cured the final and unanimous opinion
Of the court of appeals in my favor. 1t
| is a great satisfaction to me to recall
that through all this protrscteG litiga-
ton there was, at no stage OF it, sim
gle decision adverse to me. / was sue
cessful as well on the minor issues
raised as on the general and final result"
Then at the end of the twelve years
of legal contest the alimony that had
been withheld was paid to you in buik?"
eyes, it WAS all finally paid; but not
until l had obtained judgment against
Mr.. F. RESTS sureties, and fought them |
through all the courts, as l had preYi- |
ously fought Mr.. Forrest"
"Did you ever meet Mr.. Forrest, or |
have any communication with him, |
after this litigationw
al never saw him afterWard, and |
never communicated with him. In his
will ne utterly ignored me, not even |
mentioning my name"
"You put in a claim for q dover in his
estate, believe"
"Yes, and that was decided in my
favor. 1t is but just to say that his eX-
ecutOTs Treated me with the greatest re-
spect and cOnside, alton. OF course they
could not admit any claim without the
action OF the courts Of Philadelphia
But when the orphans court of Phila-
delphia, which had jdris fiction in the
matter, decided in my favor, they made
no further resistance"
"What was Mr.. Forests estate
worth?n
at was worth from one million two
hundred thousand to one million five
hundred thousand dollars. Some of his
was in lands, which could only
be disposed o. to advantage by taking
time and watching the opportunities.
Instead Of dOwTy, compromised with
the executors, resigning my right Of
dover upon the payment to me OF an
absolute Gum. They paid me ninety
five thousand dollars 10 money acd Sc
curitie5. The balance of estaie goes
10 the benevolent purposes for which he /
ievised it."
"AEs Sinclair, will you kindly give ,
ne your estimate of Mr.. Forrest IS an !
lctor?"
"He was very great artist. In some !
hipgs do not think he ever had an
quail; certainly not in my day. l do :
lot think his king Lear or his 'Othel- 3
D were ever surpassed. Some parts, Of :
course, I did not like so we'll. 1 never E
liked to see him in Hamlet. OF the parts 8
cot Shakespearean think his Virgin i
u.s. was the finest. He made s great o
lit with that in London; and Sheridan .
Knowles, the author, urged him to play +
st his benefit, promising to take the q
econd part himself Mr.. Forrest con- n
ented, and Mr. Knowles kept his PROM n
sc. 1t was a great compliment for an n
u!hor to bestOw. The represen tstiOn .
vas a great success. IcOnsider that Mr.. II
Forests great characteristics as an act I,
r were power and naturelness." O
"Wilt you give me your estimate of Fl
i'm as a MANI" n
IL would rather not; 1 do rot think it n
7ouid be becoming in me to enter into h
hatu n
"You were not yourself originally ed a
Gated for the stage, belieyew b
ooh, no, never entertained any idea 81
professional life until my sepa alton d
ON my.husband. Pending that sepsra- Ii
on, and before began my suit for di- "
orce, foreseeiDg that might be thrown ii
pom my Own resources, l prepared N.Y. bt
slf for the stage, studying diligently n
uring those two years. / made my | "
ebM under Mr.. Brougham's manage N
lent, as Lady Teazie,' in the Cd Ivy CO
cum theater in New York. L played NJ
lat and other characters with great sue a.
sss during an engagement of thirty a
Ights, aud then travelled through the hi
)untry filling star engagements until l By
ent to California. in 1853 Alter play b
4 |
nj the American theater through that liz
lmmer, opened the Metropolitan the nc
er, at Christmas, and continued us til
for eighteen months. 1t 90
as very successful enterprise until | Pr
to bring out Italian opera, til
Id that, with the failure of the banks kr
Id the financial panic that fol- en
wed, terminated my success in that ciI
ty. During the first year Of my man tfs
CEMENT OF the Metropolitan my ex- BU
were four hundred and nine ly
ousand dollars, and my income four hi
inbred thousand dollars. / spared no pc
peIss in the effort to do justice to the tn
anna and please the public-the two ty
jects fer ". ich lsbored. While man OF
ing that thester 1 employed the best gr;
lent aud the most eminent stsr5 that SIC
uld be procured. Mr.. Forrest was to
en- famous, and l went go far as to ste
crifice my own feelings and made de
ertures to him, Of course through a m,
ird party, to visit CsliforDis. As an vii
iucement T him to come, offered Of
reliDquish, temporarily, my manage to,
emf, promising to absent myself from wa
e city while he should be there. But VIC
would not listen to the proposition. IN
ON San Francisco went to Australia OF
q starring expedition, thence TO EGG he
I'd, where played portion of two in
.sous at the Haymarket theater, meet ere
, with good success. Then the con. it s
ion of my litigatiOns called me bach Tea
New York. An application bad been he
Lde to the court for temporary ali oul
my, which was granted, and my PFC
lnsel suggested that it would be nit
ter for me TO retire from the PFC
ge, which l did. l have never gu
ce resumed the profession "p
After your first separation from your KIN
sband, Mrs. Sinclair, were LO efforts mu
de TO secure reconciliation? ant
Our original separation was very mu
jiness like affair. We mutually ear
eed to live apart in order to avoid the diff
, which our ineom Datlbility seemed Ne
occasion when together MIR. Forrest ira
de provision for my separate support, qua
/ used frequently TO call upon me, and beg
good degree OF interest in as
welfare; but mutual friend busted gin
nself, ostensibly in trying to effect q ma
ter relation between us, but really in led