The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-22
A LADY In DISTRESS.
THE STORY OF a YOUNG ACTRESS.
Thrown Out Of a Situation by the Dhbandlrg OF
Dramatic Company, and Robbed Of Her
Salary By n Dhhontsi Employer, shs
H." TILES 10 sell her Hair IN " Wheeling,

Yesterday morning tho IsrxLuoxycEE con,
sa'hed brief paragraph concerning young
lady who had been thrown out Of situation
at Claysrille q few evenings before, and lei,
without money or friends In this neirhbor.
hood, by The dlsbandia. OF the Ashton
Comedy Company, u dramatic organization
which had been giving performances Ia The
smaller towns OF this part Of The county 70,
several weeks. Her story Is an Interesting
one, portions OF 1t sounding like romance,
md Atrkinsly illustrating The yicissi.udes o,
II dramatic career. The young laly's name
ID Oeriic Madjgan. lIer home Ia In Cleveland,
and her parents IRE worthy people In mod.
etaie circumstances. Miss Ger.le Is but six.
teen years old.
i.nl ! THEATRICAL FAMILY. .
She belongs to family well known in
dramatic circles having three sisters and a
brother OH the stage, aud another brother
connected in n business capacity with Bertha
Welby's zone Womnn's Lilo" Company,
Two Of the sisters, one OF then, the Young
lady who was In Whcelinsycsterday, sang In
the chorus OF the Hest Comic Opera Company,
which presented ''Fhc Aiascotte" here iast
season, aud they have all visited tho city in
The past as members OF various dramatic or
musical organizations.
She was offered several positions In travel.
ihs companies at the opening OF the present.
dramatic season, and ncceptcd one us mem.
berof the Ashton Comedy Company, because
IL ufNtliRpn utnJ IL t., Al.
exercise OF her talents and the graft tication
OF her tastes than any OF tho others. This
company, Of which Miss Minnie Ashton, was
the star began It's season under promising
auspices, and was composed of actors and
aCtFcsscs OF more than theuverage ability IN,
companies playing IN AS small towns. II
started from Cleveland, and truverspd Ohio
meeting with good success until Youngstown
was reaehed. ~ !
''MAsnEp' OK TIE srAn, i.
Hero u man named Kent, travelling sales.
man for one OF the large eastern factories
saw Miss Ashton, and was impressed by her
beatty, etdiug by falling in love with her,
ana giving. UP his situation to accompany the
troupe. u iss Ashton, who Is Il widow, but
calls herself miss" Tor business reasons, IL
desert bed as woman OF more beauty than
bFa'ns, more ambition than talent, and
more vanity than principle When the
company reached CGdix she yielded 10 the
solicitations Of Kent and eloped with him.
leaving the salaries Of the company unpaid,
mud taking all tie funds in the treasury
The parents Of Miss Maligan heard
Of the affair, and telegraphed their
daughter To- come home, hut she was
offered the position vacated BY the departure
Of the star, and tho chInce being one That
she had long co'eted, concluded 10 accept the
Offer and remain with the organization. The
businesxuf thu conipary was bad from this
on. AtSt. Clalrsville, where they.were hill.
ed for Il one nights engagement, III, audi.
encc vas so small that no performance wax
given, and OH Las. Saturday the company
passed through Wheeling, theif next stop.
ping place being Claysyille, Pennsylvania.
TIE BREAK ur.
The arrangement OF the route had been
very bad. Claysvile not having sufficient
population to give q company Of much less
r1etcnsions IA paying house. The struggle
was here given up by The members and The
company disbanded None Of them had any
money to speak Of Miss Gertic
Ind small sum, enough 10 bring her
TO Wheeling, and here she came. The cost
OF her dinner Oh the dry OF her arrival
consumed almost all the remainder, and she
was left stranger in Il strange land,
frfendleSs and renhiless.
Her pride made an application 10 her par
ents for aid distasteful to her and she had
left her valuable warirol,e at C,nysyille in
pledge for her unpaid board. Asalast re-.
sarl she went TO a number OF merchants on
Main street and attempted to sell her hair,
HER GROWING GLORY.
Either she did not call upon the right per.
SONS, or those 10 whom she offered to mike
The sale recognized " hat shame it would be
TO rob her OF SO rare l-profusion of woman's
most coveted charm, and declined TO pnr.
chase although In one place she begged them
10 pay her only five do!lnrs for it. She was
Justly proud OF her hair, which in two brads
reached foot below her waist, and the OK.
tent TO which woman's pride will urge her
was illustrated by her preference of such II
sacrifice to making known tn her father and
mother her situation. Failing, however, in
this attempt, she was driven TO what seems
tl.eeasest and proper course, and telepruphed
TO her father for money. Even then She was
60 avcrsc TO doing this that II was with bitter,
binding. tears that she handed The telegram
to the operator. Her evident distress
touched the operators and clerks ut the West
crn Union office, and j few kindly inquiries
by Mr.. c. L. Tracy, the manager, led to
her making known her situation. The
entire force ut once volunteered any aid they
could extend, but she rejected all offers, and
1t was only after considerable urging that she
consented 10 80 to Il hotel, the generous mau-
uger guaranteeing her board to the proprie-
tor. Late in the evening n teIesrup!ic
money order arrived, and yesterday forenoon
Tie Young lady left for her bone in the
Forest City, II wiser and q much happier
girl. ~,
The worst feanture OF the desert:on Of the
company by its principal member is the fact
that she left i'll destitute circumstances her
daughter and little son, who are not only
penniless. hut without u home to 20 10.
Several other ladies and gentlemen OF the
troupe were also left at Cluysville when the
organization went to pieces, literally wlthou,
cent
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