Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-05
TOM MOORE
And the Actress He Married-Ihe "o-
men Whom Forrest, BoucIcauit,
Kean and Chanfrau Welded.
The Wives Selected by the Booths, ION
HambHn and Maeready-Aetors
in First.CIass Society.

| Theatrical nerformers generally marry II
| their own profession. This occurs not only
| among stock actors, but ALEC many sIsrr
| The marriage of Charles kean and Ellen
| Tree was favored, but on the other hano
Boucicault and Agnes Robertson were an III
starred couple, and have at las. been ruPt-
| ured after long and expensive htIgsuon.
more united couple ia found IN ChanIrau an an
his wife. who are both clever players. Ed
win Forrest married theatrical character
Miss Catherine Sinclair, daughter OF pupIlc
singer of some note in London. 1t may be
remembered that after she had beaten her
faithIess husband in the divorce case, she
went on the stage, but did not COL
tinue IN the drama. Tom Hsmblin mar
ried Mics Medina, who was an accomplished
writer of Iarces and small dramatic pIecer:
Ed1in Booths first wife was native Of
Troy, an excellent actress, and for his second
he married the daughter Of theatrical
manager. For a long time the union
was happy. Dark clouds, however,
overcame Booths path, and there 10
reason to believe that the breach
in his family was due TO de-
rangement on the part of his wife, whose
death is a matter OF recent memory. his
brother, Junius Brutus Booth, married an
actress, and i might refer to other lllusira-
lions Of this peculiar fact. It is very reason
as the parties are constantly thrown INTO
each Others society, and at the same time
excluded from that Of outside circles. Star
players of good repute may enter hrst-class
society, but the number thus admitted Is
Giss-s3S-- l<ea-.f tsrrsa nt7o
Mscready, Edwin Booth, Jenny Lind and
Nine. Nilsson may be mentioned among the
small list of favored names. Hence the pro-
iession is, TO large degree, shut up to itself
for society, and intermarriage follows as a
natural result. Garrick married an actress,
or rather a member of the ballet, OF Germs an
BIRTH This union continued thirty years,
and was so happy that his widow never re-
covered from the blow occasioned by his
death. Boswell says that for mere than two
years Mrs. Gsrrick remained IN secluslon,
and that he and johnson attended her first
reception of friends after this bereavement.
"She looked WELL" says he, "and talked
well, and while she cast her eyes upon her
husbands portrait, which hung over the
chimney-piece, said that death was now the
most agreeable object to her," She lived,
however, forty years in widowhocd, and died
in 1922, being then ninety eight years old.
Speaking of actresses, it may be men,
toned that Tom Moore married a young
actress, much to the disappointment OF his
parents, who expected that SO brilliant a
man would certainly marry fortune.
hand, was not only poor, bat she never won
even name in her profession. She was
charming creature, however, and the poet
had learned by experience that
There's nothing half so sweet in life
As loves young dream.
What makes this match the more surpris-
ing is the fact that the poet was thirty-two
at the time it occurred, and had not only
been for some years in the best London So
ciety, but had visited America and had pub.
lished some of his best works, and was one
of the most popular poets OF the age. The
following verses illustrate his feelings, and
hence deserve place in this connection:
Sweetest love, I'll not forget thee.
Time shall only teach my heart
Ponder warmer to regret thee,
Lovely, gentle as thou art.
Farewell Bessy.
We may meet again.
Yes, oh yes, again we meet, love,
And repose our hearts at last;
OH sure twill be sweet, love,
Calm TO think on sorrows past.
Farewell Bessy,
We may meet again.
Yet feel nv heart is breaking
When think stray from thee
Which fear is not for me.
Farewell Bessy,
We may meet again.
The MARI age took place in London on the
May he wrote his mother: "There is per-
son you little dream of, but whom shall in
iroduce 10 your notice next week." The
whole affair was thus kept secret several
weeks. Bessy and the poet lived in great
b armony, and Moore makes frequent mem
lion Of her in his letters, always speaking of
her in the tenderest manner. She, however,
vent into society, aud feeling sensitively the
difference between the rank her hush and's
aleufs claimed and her own lower cssfe sha
passed her whole life in retirement. Moore
speaks in one of his letters to his mother of |
iBessie's democratic pride" She would not
De "patronized," and fell back on the dignity |
If her Own character. Moore was general |
avorite in the highest circles, and as his |
wife wished HIM TO enjoy the best social ad- |
Iantagep, he mingled among a class Into which |
he never entered. She ministered faithfully |
o his declining years, and eventually re-
eived that honor as tie widow OF Thomas
Moore which had been withheld when she was |
lis wife.