Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
DRAMA BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
With Edwin Booth and His Wife in
 the Leading Roles.

A New York dramatic paper pub l1shed an account of the separation of Edwin Booth from his wife. On the night the formal parting took place MT. Edwin Booth did not finish his performance of "Othello." The story, as told in the Dramatic ISq,1es, is as follows:
 A short time ago MT. Edwin Booth went to reside at the Brunswick, on Fifth avenue, with his daughter Ed wlna, leaving the Windsor, where he had been residing ever since his return to this country. At the same time Mrs. Edwin Booth left the Windsor, with her mother, Mrs. J. H. McVicker, and her stepfather, Mir. McVicker, to live with them at the house they have rented on Fifty-third street, near Sixth avenue. 1t is the house owned by MT. Henry c. Jarrett. Some of those who see Mrs. Booth most frequently say that she can- not possibly survive her illness. Yet others, who know her we'll, say that she IS much better, and will live, and that the reports of her dying condition are printed for purpose. They point to the fact that on several occasions lately she has been out driving in the Park.
 MT. Edwin Booth is almost heart broken over this separation, which has been brought about by other people, who seem to have an interest in foment- ing trouble between man and wife. MT. Booth has always been a devoted hus- band. They were pointed to as the model of what marriage should be. MT. Booth himself has had two idols for the past few years-his wife and daughter. Mrs. Booths love for her husband has been touching and sincere. e.itnoo ns2 | E Arrangement began about a year ego or more, and in that unaccountable way for which there seemed to be no explan- ation. "A 'coldness sprang up, which was added to by soi-distant friends. MT. Booth during ali this time was af- fected beyond description. He is of a highly sensitive, nervous organization, and what he endeavored to avoid only seemed to come on with double force. In the midst of it the5question of will came to add full flame, te what was only 8 smouldering fire. :, Hseems that years ago MT. Booth had deeded to. his wife property in Chicago. During the be- ginning of her illness! she made a will. leaving this property to her mother .
 We do not care to go into the details of what was, and still is, purely family matter. MT. Booth thought, and still thinks, he is right, and his love and devotion to his wife bear witness in, his favor. Mrs. Booth, on the other hand, and probably with the obstinacy that often accompanies serious illness, con sidered that she was acting for the best. Nothing like dispute ever occurred between them. MT. Booth, ever watch ful, ever tender, never so much as al- luded to what he considered 8 wrong.
 They came back to this country and went again to the Windsor Hotel. Here MT. Booth continued to reside. MT. Booth and his daughter had one suite of apartments, and MT. and Mrs. McVicker and Mrs. Booth another. MT. Booth saw his wife constantly, but her suffer ings naturally precluded him from the attendance which naturally was the province of a woman, and, best of all, mother. One day they had some con- versation, and Mrs. Booth told her hus- band to leave her. He said he would, but be always near at hand, and, when called for, would come. Since that time, some two weeks ago, they have not spoken.
 And so MT. Booth determined to go to the Brunswick, where he would be near his theatre. He could not, un- der the circumstances, go to the house of his father -in-law, to whom he barely spoke. The wife decided to go with her parents. Thus, for time at least, they are apart. -~,.-