The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-04-04

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appealed to, by number of friends
who had been discussing the question
in the social circle, to give the "exact
ages of Miss Mary Anderson and
Fanny Davenport, the actresses This
is asking impOssibilities the 'exact +"
age of any woman is something "no
felleow can find out"---after she passes
the first quarter of her century. But
we have CLEANED from theatrical pa
pers, of fair authority, a few items
that may be of interest. Miss Ander
son passed her 10th birthday nearly
twelve months ago. Miss Davenport
was said by her father, the late f. l..
Davenport, more than a year ago, to
be past 2S; SO that if we put 3,
and an ., together, the 0-ty secret will
stand revealed. Still. even 80 is very
young for lady with her reputation.
Let us glance at the ages of some of
her cOmpeers
Miss Maggie Mitchell Mrs. Paddock
and very rich, is 55. Miss Adelina
Patti (Marchioness of Caux. recently
divorced), is 80. Adelaide Ristori,
(Marchioness G. Del Grillo) is "a. Clara
Louise Kellogg is 36. Lydia Thomp-
son. Mrs. Aleck Henderson, is A.
Lotta Charlotte Crabtree) is 81, and
has made a neat fortune. Charlotte
Thompson, (Mrs. L. Rogers is sc. Mrs.
F. S. Chaufrau (aee Henrietta Baker,
is 80. Miss Katie Putnam Mrs. j. j.
Sullivan, more's the pity , is 30. Celia
Logan, Mrs. Kellogg is 26. Olive
Logan, Mrs. w. Sykes is 80. Miss
Rose Eytinge is AZ. Her first husband
was an Albany printer. Her present
husband is Col. Geo. II. Butler.
nephew of old Spoons, and somewhat
notorious in recent politics. Mrs.
Maggie Lander is A., the widow of
Gen. Lander, who was killed in the
war.
Mrs. Scott -Siddons is 81 She mar
ried an English youth named Canter.
old man Canter refused to allow his
sacred cognomen to appear on the
stage, so young Canter, by law, took
the name of his mother, Mrs. Scott.
Right here his wife arched her verte-
brfe, and declined to give up her name.
So the compromise of Mrs. Scott
SiddonS was agreed upon.
lima Di Murska, when behind the
! bed-curtains, is Mrs. Hill-at least that
| is the name of her present husband {;
but as he is her fifth, nobody knows
| what may happen next year. 1t IS
/ right funny to note how people are de-
| ceived by high-sounding names. Who
| would be half SO much taken with
Nine. Janauschek, if her real name
Mrs. Fred. Pillow-were printed on the
! play-bills? Or, how would it sound to
! print, instead of john t. Raymond,
the real name-Johnny O'Brien: Be
sure there is something in a name :"
and, though "the Rose by another
name may smell as sweet" we could
fancy the charming 50 Miss Rose Tenn
pie much more readily than if her
true name-Mrs. Bob Jones-were be-
fore our eyes, in large type.
A few more names and we conclude:
| Mile. Bonfanti is Mrs. Hoffman. Ade-
laide Nelson is Mrs. Lee. Clara Nor
ris is Mrs. Fred Harriott. Pauline
Lucca is Baroness Won Walhofen.
Kate Claxton, recently divorced from
Dore Lyon, Is now Mrs. Stevenson.
Lucille Western is Mrs. Meade. Miss
Marie Wainwright niece of the Bish-
OPP is Mrs. Slaughter but will soon
be divorced. Christine Nilsson is Mrs
Rozaud. Eli Perkins is NJ d. Landon.
Marie Roze is Mrs. Mapleson. Barney
Williams is Barney O'Flaherty. f. a.
Sothern is Douglas Stewart. Biiou
Heron is only l3, and already cele-
brated.