St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-05

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SSNSA p E& actress 1t was the
SE<N3eI%M biggest social sensa-
M(At ANN ton of the dav.
llkiK VA -hTlht Judge Clark was
Ak(R VMJCy" 5k/ an eminent lawyer
MN\ III and filled a high
llMS III judicial position on
URH>@ the TENNESSEE
ttl bench. and had been
the American consul at Naples He had
the best blue blood of the South in his
veins. His mother was Randolph. OF
Virginia. and a grand daughter of Presi-
dent jefferson, while his father had de-
scended from the Clarks of revolutionary
fame Judge Clark'S first wife was MISS
Morgan. the belle of the Blue Grass state,
and a sister of the father of the late Gen.
Morgan. the noted rebel cavalryman. BY
this union he had two daughters who grew
up into beautiful womanhood, and at the
time of their fathers escapade were the
bellies of TennesSoe's capital.
1t will be remembered by the old-timers
that in those days one of the leading theat-
rical attractions of this country was Kate
Fisher in ''Mazeppa." Kate was beau
tiful young woman with lovely form and
bright intellect The great Tennessee law
yer became infatuated with the stage
queens beauty and notwithstanding the
DISPARITY in the social relations. he married
her. The cost of the marital sacrifice was
the loss of social position, professional dlS-
tinction and repud alton by friends and
family. He cheerfully surrendered all IN
his love for the Star-eyed Goddess OF the
Stage. He accompanied her in her starring
engagements throughout this country and
Europe until his death. which occurred
eight or ten yeaIS after the mari iage. Soon
after her husbands death Kate Fisher went
to Italy. where she became the manager OF
d theater at Milan. American tourists re-
member her in that capacity, and II was
also well known that she had accumulated
a large fortune at the business. For some
years she had disappeared from public view,
and il was only recently that her name was
recalled to the American pubic ID
connection with some important litigation
respecting title to the valuable Clark estate
in Nashville A couple of months ago
Nashville paper stated that the widow and
daughter of the late Judge Clark were in
the city looking up their interest in the
Clark estate. and that suit would probably
be brought which would effect the title to
some of the most valuable property in the
heart of the city. The fact that child had
been born to Judge Clark and Kate Fisher
a wear or two after their marriage seemed
to have escaped the recollection OF those
who were interested in remembering IL.
The supposition was that the child had
died. as nothing was heard of it after the
Judges death. But thereby hangs tale.
The child was not dead. She is living and
a right lively kicker she is, judging from
recent performances on the stage OF the
Grand opera house in this city.
The young lady whose name appears
on the bills as Zeta Gaines,
and who last week played the role
of the Little Tycoon is no other than the
offspring of Judge Clark and Kate Fisher
When two years ago she made her debut Ill
New York in Italian opera as Zeta Games,
her ariStocratic relatives in the South did
not suspect her true identity. Her Zeal
name is Zeta Gaines Clark. When small
child she was placed at the Packer ScnOo1,
in Brooklyn, where she remained until her
mother took her with her TO Italy, While
in Italy she was educated for the opera
stage by Lamperti, the instructor of SO
MANY of the stars whose names have IL
Illuminated the opera. She had the mlstor-
tune to make her debut in this country just
as Italian opera was on its last legs. and
consequently had to abandon it and take
position in English opera. She is now
permanently engaged with the Temple
theater in Philadelphia. Mrs. Clark is
now travelling with her daughter, and was
seen by a GLOBE reporter at the Windsor
hotel Yesterday afternoon. She is a
well-preserved woman, retaining all the
style and much of the cOmelineSs OF for
mer years when she appeared in the dash
. ing act of being laShed to the bare back OF
an untamed horse. When asked as to her
purpose regarding her claim to her late hus-
bands estate, Mrs. Clark stated that she
was in correspondence with her Nashville
attorneys concerning the matter and that
she was advised she had valid claim. She
was not claiming anything for herself. but
she would prosecute claim for all that her
daughter was Justly entitled to. She stated
that in consideration of the arlstocratic
relations Of her husbands friends she had
uniformly refused TO play in Nashville, as
she did not wish to subject them to the an
novance of social gossip which her appear
ance in that city would provoke His two
daughters by his first wife had married Into
aristocratic circles and she thought il would
be a species of petty persecution on her
part if she was constantly putting herself
In their way ''If have been an actress L
have as keen a sense of the properties OF
life as anybody else. l know the world
has drawn the social line on those i'll our
profession, and yet l feel that L am an
honorable woman and can lay claim to as
blue blood as my husbands family. My
narents were pure Castilians and the best
blood of Spain flows in my Wins Still
| respect the conditions that American
society has imposed upon me and
propose to keep within the limits
of the artificial! sphere which has been ere
ated for our profession. But II American
blue blood counts for anything my daughter
is entitled to it. While disclaiming recOg-
milton for myself. do intend to assert
il for her. [ have a good home in New
York and a comfortable living. But
earned it and am in no way indebted to my
husbands family for it. Neither my hus
band nor myself desired TO have Zeta go or
the stage, but as she approached woman
hood the professional instinct grew upoT
ner. and | being a mother. could not deny
nv daughter the right to follow the same
promptings that governed me in childhood
DAYS. Zeta is a Clark-the very picture OF
her father" At this point the daughter
who had been an attentive listener to the
conversation. Joined in with the remark
Eyes. am Clark. but do wish that
had been another Kate Fisher in appear
ance. If l had mammals good looks
would win professional promotion with less
labor Beauty goes a long ways in making
a stage artist popular"
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