Connecticut western news., 1884-09-10
BEBE vINING's SAD ROMANCE.
TelIin R the Story of Her WronRs-A Penti-
 tent Letter From De Wolfe.

bEbE flNlN6'S SAD hOMANCEs
 TelIinR the Story of Her WronRs-A Penti-
 tent Letter From De Wolfe.
 
 Tired looking and pale, but withal as pretty as a picture, Miss Bebe Vining, the young comic opera singer, who was recently married to Harold O. De Wolfe, the son of a wealthy New Yorker, came down to the parlor of cosy little house in the upper suburb of New York, to tell Times reporter the story of the wrong inflicted upon her by young De Wolfe. It was only with great effort that she summ oned up courage to tell her story.
 "I first met MT. De Wolfe," she said, ''during the first part of last June, in the room of Miss Alice Hosmer, in West Twenty-second street, where he came to call while l was there. He was very hand some, and talked wonderfully we'll. became interested in him then, and ap. parently he was attracted by me. After that we met on several occasions, and he paid marked attention to me, sending and bringing me flowers at the theatre in which was singing in Brooklyn, af- terward at the Cosm opolitan, and at As- bury Park and Newark, in both of which places we played. From the first I un- derstood that he was 8 married man, but had been divorced, and when he finally asked me to marry him I con- sented, for I imagined that there was nothing in the world, as far as he was concerned, that could possibly interfe re with our union. I loved him and know he returned my affection. And here let me say that up to the time l arrived in New York, never dreamed of there being anything wrong about him, except the cause of his arrest in Montreal, and it was solely for the pur- pose of helping him out of that that I left him and came on here. l had always supposed him to be rich. and that his father, Dr. De Wolfe, was very rich man-worth almost million. So Har- old had always told me and my friends. He never seemed to lack for money, and spent it lavishly. don't know exactly what I shall do yet. I am so ocompletely dumfounded over these terrible dis closures that I can hardly think of any thing"
 MT. Henriques, the father of Dc Wolfe's first wife, called on Miss Vining, and expressed his entire sympathy with her in her trouble. He is anxious to avoid publicity, and will probably take no steps toward the punishment of his quondam son-in-law.
 A letter from De Wolfe, written in Montreal, reached Miss Vining. He is held in Montreal on the charge of swim ding. He wrote very penitently. saying that he had no intention of doing her any harm by marrying her, and hoped that she would forgive him.
 The history of Bebe Vining is pecu- iarly sad one. She is one of three daughters of Dr. Girard Beatty, former ly of New York city. Her mother, a Miss Colby, member of one of the best of Southern families, married the doctor in New York city where she was visiting, and for a time they lived in New Jersey. One daughter was born to them, and then Bebe was born in New Orleans. She was reared in luxury in her fathers home in Forty-second street, where he had bought a magnif- cent house, until she had attained her sixteenth birthday-four years ago. Then, through some unfortunate busi- ness reverses, Dr. Beatty lost all his money, and very soon afterward was taken suddenly ill and died. His fam ly-widow and three children-were left almost destitute, and, to make enough to support themselves, their mother and grandmother, Bebe and her elder sister, Bessie Gray, went on the stage They secured minor positions in local theatre-Bebe more for her beauty and Bessie for her voice and gen. erally good acting. They rented little flat at No. 422 West Fifty-eighth street, and there have lived ever since. Two years ago the two sisters "went on the road" with Grau's opera company, still playing small parts, when, by some lucky accident, Grau's prima donna was taken suddenly ill, and Bessie Gray was selected to fill her place. She did so well that she has kept her place from that time. Bebe remained in the same company with her sister, and was spoken of as the "beauty of the show" Last winter, while the sisters were playing in Texas, Mrs. Beatty, their mother died of cerebro spinal meningitis, and, the distance being so great, the girls were unable to get to New York until some months later. Jamie, their youngest sister, and their grand mother remained in New York city, but last spring the youngest girl also went on the stage, playing with Grau's con- pany in Brooklyn, New York, Asbury Park, and Newark.
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