Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-06-10
BllLYs BRIDE.
The Wedding Of Billy West and
7sf Miss Fay Tsmpiston.
How the Graceful Minstrel Won the
Beautiful Little Light Opera
Winsome Warbler. 30

The fact that sBilly" West, the min.
strel, went frSm Detroit to Tennessee and
married Fay Templeton last Sunday, was
noted last. week. There was dash OF 70
nance about the love affair OF the merry
minstrel aud pisuant bouffsr, and the COS.
sips OF the profession have had great deal
10 say about it during the past year.
Miss Templetoa has been on the stage
since she was i've or six years old, and be-
came an enormous fayorite in the South.
She was beautiful and precociods child.
An cla-fashioned photograph, which hangs
in the green room Of the theatre st Etttle
Rock. Arkansas, shows her to have seen
slender 5aA Delicate.
with great earnest black eyes, exquisite
features and head crowned with ro<liish
little curfs. Her father, John Templeton,
a typical Southerner, with long black heir
ana sallow features, and her mother, Aice
Vane, a sparkling little Southern brunettes
who, now ar 10, is as supple and winsome
as the daughter, were for time the only
support of the infant pheaomenon. When
affairs became prosperous Ellis Ryse, the
big basso. and a centralte singer were Sc
cured. But Fay" was the grand attrac-
ton, as she sang and danced in little farces
and operettes, and many were her tri-
umpbal tours through the Southern cir
cult, and even away down into the West
Indies.
The Child Prodigy
developed into charming young woman.
The thin limbs grew round and symmetri-
cal: the big eyes blacker and saucier, and
the crisp little curls became a wealth of
raven ringlets, which, when uncoDtined, as
in THE Mascot" tumbled in bewildering
profusion about plump shoulders and
trim little waist Her voice was rich and
mellow contralto, not very we'll cultivated,
but good enough for the requirements OF
the light opera In short, Fay at eighteen
was a sumner, and when Mr.. Billy West
first saw her head reclining on ''Pippos'
breast, and heard her softly join in the
"Gobble, Gobble" duet he was, 10 use the
comprehensive professional phrase, par
allied"
When Miss TempletoD went to the
MinstrcI's Matinee,
and M. West, with his partner, Mr.. l'rim-
rose, tripped lightly forth and began their
genteel song and dance she knew that her
hour had come. The red velvet coat, the
knee breeches which revealed the gentle
curves of Mr. Vests shapely calves, and
the big diamond which sParkled on the ex-
pansive shirt front, made him simply raw
ishing in her eyes. Her infatuation was
complete when Mr.. West, shaved very
smooth, dressed very sprucely and with
the burnt cork carefully washed out of his
ears obtained an introduction through
member of her company.
Ii Was Mutual Mash.
and the elder Templetons soon took alarm.
Their love for the girl was almost idolatry.
Nothing was too good for her, and no de-
privation was too severe il it could add to
her comfort. They had deprived themselves
a.! their lives. and lavished everything up.
on the girl. They had bent all their ener.
gies to her professional advancement, and
had placed her at the hesd of the well bal
anced comic opera company.
She was becoming tremendous tayorite
everywhere, and
Her Prospects Were Very Bright.
1t was evident that the time was close at
hand when there should come golden re.
ward for the years OF anxious waiting and
severe privation. The girl was young,
beautiful, accomplished, and would soon
be rich. There was no limit to the bril-.
liancy of the future which they pictured
for her.
But it las been the old story over again.
The prayers Of the parents have been I'M
needed, the prospects for the future disre-
garded, the bouncing Fay is now the min
strel's bride, and the old felix's are discon-
ISOLATE.