Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-09
An MONOGRAPHS nALLEr.pANcpe,
How morlaocht snuhbed jim Ni,k ana
Married scout-iier independence.
New York World

HoN moriaccht anuhbeu Jim irisk ana
Married "a Scout-iier independence.
New York World
Last Saturday week ago died In a M.
tie New England town ballct.daucer
whose life in great measure answers the
oft-repeated question about CLAWS OF
women whose profession Is popularly held
to be Que OF exposure.
Guiseppna Morlacohi was celebrated
IN her time, and as she was born In lst8
that time was not so long ago. WHY, n
was only SO far back as 1869 that she sp-
neared at the Grand opera.bousa here in
the famous production of ''The Tcmpoe,.n
which turned Clifton Tayleure's hair gray
and made the Engllsh stockholders az
Erie shares squtal. Then She was A stage
queen. In the height OF her beauty and
the flush OF her power sho had every
path Of a successful stage queen open TO
her.
ilnd that the record and the traditions
agree as TO her exemplary character, hor
exceptional probity, her marked lndivld.
uality aud her rare sonse Of honor and
Justice, Isn't this delicious 10 ballet
dancerg
Among the herd OF admirers while she
was playing at tho Grand opefa.house
] NWN WV kNhNANNNf ANNhlNnH anu SOMEWHAT
| tilhby Jim Fisk, the afior. Mlkado OF
West-sldu Ssturnalla He had everything
but his own murey TO be Cfmsus, He
only lacked discretion to be A Macmnas.
One night he went 20 Moilaoch as ahe
was waiting TO go on ana slipped dia.
mond ring on her finger. After the per.
formaucc she sent for him and handed
the ring back 20 him,
| "Oh, IT'S roallh said Fisk "Oh, both
erl You know IT'S the Arst water aud
worth S5000.n
''Bahlh said Marlacohi, with shug;
81 can earn that with one OF my toos.r
! The confused Mikado went TO the front
OF the house, and running across Clln
rsyleure he remarked, whom he had got
| his breath "lhere'a good woman that
a bad man can fight forn OF course. hs
meant bad man who had the oonrape
to tlght This was before he was colo.
mel.
when "rho Deups Auction was pro-
ducod here she was tic chiei attraction.
In 1869 she made "rhu Midsummer
Nights Dream at Selwyn's IN Boston.
Thun, against her own Wishes, che played
"rhe French Spy,h aud IN 1871 with the
Majiltous.
Il was IN Chicago that shc arst met
Texas Jack and fell In love with him,
This strange alliance appe0rs 10 have
been the result OF genuine Affection, and
the premiere who had CENTRALIZED Turin,
| Genoa, Lisbon and held the gil1ed youth
OF London at bay fell into the arms of the
American scout, They were married,
aud on her part ~ least the relationship
Is said 70 have been one OF unwavering
devotion and fidelity. The eccentrlclty
aud irregnlarlty Of her husband cost her
many pang, but she chung 10 him, When
he died In 1881 In Leadyllle she was there.
She put up with every discomfort; left
comfortable home, roughed Il and stood
by HIM all through tho troubles which
ended In his sickness and death, and hers
were the hands that closed hls eyes.
Alter that she retired 10 q little Now
England town and lived out her widow
hood In quiet aud unobseryed way.
Some OF the stories OF her independent
character are both refreshing and curious.
On one occasion, when playing ina spec.
tacular piece, she saw the property man
carelessly break one Of the bullotglll's
helmets, for which she was charged 81.
and the management deducted II from the
girls salary, Ia spite OF her protests In.
dignant Mile. Morlacchi sent for the mum
ager aud told HIM She had seen the prop
cry man offhk tnu Dtltncb. one luslhlcu
that the girls money be refunded. When
the manager refused, she threw up her
engagement aud, leaving the iheRtcr, took
the girl with her.
During the Fisk regime NJ the Grand
opera-hOnse all the efforts 60 entrap her
into the Bohemian orgies utterly failed.
To all the polite invitations 10 supper she
Invariably sent Il polite declination She
saved her money, Invested II careful ~,
aud when her husband died she retired
on u competence Of her own, With clean
record Mr.. John M. Burke, who was
for long time her manager, went 10 Rll
lcrlca TO Attead the funeral last Monday
He tells us that the entire town turned
out. In the church whore The services
we're held were the Methodist, Baptist
and Catholic Glergymen. Some OF the
stores were closed. All denominations
mourned her. Tho community nonored
her memory.
This N pretty good for bailet-dancer
IN New England town, ebY
II seems that she managed somehow ~
live the prejudice 10 pieces. She must
have done Il, | suppose, with her charac-
ter instead Of her ability. lbs remark
able I've tried Ia clumsy way 10 make
Il monumental.