The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1875-01-03

b 49,. "'f'"'fF w tHo alltfI
Moons poltnrlzes " Tho doorway in
lhs evening, asks everybody 10
aflhk during tho intern issi ons.
Keeps q business eye on the poslers'
objects TO hiss Towards name being
pat ~ type is always oppressed
WIN tho responsibIlll y of trunks.
no d understood 10 be an append ago
ol Miss Monlmorenei, 10 brings
her 10 tho thealer 10 tho evening
and takes hor away At midnight
ITO arranges her little dinners 10
which tho press people are invited
ana then no calls ber tiny dear and
she addresses him as "OhArles, . and
there laa most satisfactory air OF
connublal Intimacy peryAdIng the
scene, Tho most curious thing
about this IL that tho husbands OF
tho Montmorencls always dIsap pear
suddenly, IL tho Montmoi encis
disappeared also there would be
nothing arrange about II, for then
we might easily understand that tho
actress had retired with her ward,
robe and husband 10 private life.
Hut she never rellres. / do not SEQ
how the conclusion can DO avoided
--she sheds her husbands. Where
tho elegant appendago goes 10 no.
body ever knows, lilo simply dIa.
appears Ho leaves u flavor of
hearty contempt behind him In tho
drinking saloons, and among tho
burly, double isted fellows who
furnished him coaches and BACKED
his boots, They have ridiculous
theory, characteristic of simple.
minded men, that no hired his cos.
tumo 10 play the role Of husband,
and was paid u salary TO stay Ia
front Of the house,
There 10 another stage husband
who has boon married by tho star
in moment Of despair, She has
just discovered that her agent has
swindled her out OF half Of her
profits, and that tho manager Ia not
working her with tho press, Two
courses are open TO her, She can
engage another agent, or marry one,
IL is always q woman's weakness
to BELIEVE that sentiment insurcs
honesty, Mon, on the contrary al.
ways know that il imperils IL. Sho
raves for whole morning, tears
several driod bouquets to pieces,
kicks her French poodle In tho ribs,
abuses her drcssmakor, and then
throws herself into the arms of
Fitz Foogle' MeFIam.lfs aAe9a
Dearest, will you love mo and
take care Of my business 2"
"By heavens !" exclaims Fitz
Foogle, Il will protect you and your
income with every drop of blood in
my body .eas s.i.aa
"Will you be truc to me ever, ind
think of mo when the house is
counted "sH II"
will II L will think of you from
the moment the doors arc open till
the books are made up" gai
"Ah, but, darling, will you make
others think Of MOI, Can ] depend
upon you to look after the papers
and housorbilis--men are 80, 6ekle =?
Will'you cling to mo always and
SEQ that am properly billed PHI Il
"llear me, exclaims Filz Foogle,
II swear by alltho CODA that / have
but ono ambition, one desire, one
burning passion, and IT, is to be
loved by you, and to have charge Of
your business. .ysI .Ia ,IAW
Enough, says Melpomene. "You
are'mihe in the eye Of heaven till
i he end Of the, season, provided you
attend to your duties"
Registered 81 entity in tho box
Office or offered up in the wings,
who will dare to say that this VOW
is not recorded on high Only the
ignoble'souf believes that II ascends
no further than the "paint bridge"
The bridegroom thus i'm molated
on the altar oeThespis sets to work
Immediately to prove his affection.
He raises Melpomenes price from
Sl00 to 5000 Now that she has q |
stage husband she is entitled to two
benefits. Now that she is in pos
session ofapartner, her name be-
gins to be Photographed. He a:
least knows something ofthe world,
and he works it accordingly. Mel
pomenc could not so to the clubs.
She could not catch the volatile re-
porters on the skip. She could not
applaud herself while she was act
ing. She could not bully the man
ager nor ask for more than fifty
tree admissions a night. And she
sleeps souadlW On Levei that con Il
1ders all things, is overcoming the
ticket taker and the ushers. ~
so Coralia waking up some morn
ing and selling tho newspaper, dis
! ivers That Melpomene has been .iprlI
borviewed, "Ho, hor' says Coralia,
n5he must have been married yes
"a AaSAA . 0NR SO
: of course it never enters Melpo.
mene's head that. other husbands |
have a quaint, not to say queer,
way of treating hers. . They con-
verse with him about his wife us if
they were walking on-eggs. They
call her-Mrs-Ritz Feogle and Miss
NJ slpomohe ifrsspectisely~~s They
never know how much he is married
Or for how long; they put mp with
IA praise of. the actress because