Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-10-14
ACTRESSES MARRIAGES..
Noteworthy Cases Recalled b, George Gould,

eAiS SSoss0 was very low, ana With the
single exception of the Duke of Bolton.
who married Miss Fenton, the famous
Polly Meaehum, there were no mar
riages OF stage ladies into families Of
prominence. But early in this century
there came a revulsiou of this feeling
OF apathy on the part OF titled gentle.
men, and peers sought their wives on
the stage. Early in the teens the
twelfth Earl OF Derby, for whom the
Derby Stakes at Epson Downs were
named, married Miss Elizabeth Farrep,
the daughter of an Irish apothecary,
an actress ofsurpassing beauty. There
was an cutlery from outraged $50
Getty, and caricaturists lampooaed
the earl numerically, notably
IN that picture of DARBY and
Joan" but the countess remained
happy. Ten years after Miss Farren's
marriage Miss Louisa Brunton, a cele-
DRAFTED actress, became the wife OF the
first Earl OF Craven, and the ancestress
OF the present Earl. The next actress
to make q brilliant marriage was Miss
Harriet Mellon, whose origin was so
humble as that her mother was the
Irish wardrobe woman of a company
OF strolIing comedians. She wandered
about with her mother, picked up a
smattering of education in a rough
school, became an actress and was
introduced to no less person than
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, whose
Lydia Languish she was allowed to
play in q distinguished company, in
Guiding Mrs. Siddons and Charles
hemble. She was not great ac-
tress, but was very beautiful, and
she became one OF the glories of the
old Drury Lane. Thomas Coutts, a
wealthy banker married her,
gave her Holly Lodge, High
gate, for a residence, and finally,
died leaving her all his property
to distribute among his children. Aft
erwards, in 1927, she married the
ninth Duke OF st. Adams. Miss Marie
Foote was an actress who became the
Countess of Harrington. Capt. Beck
err married the enhancing Miss o 'Neill,
and she became the mother of a bar
onet.
The most celebrated marriage in
America of an actress with a man not
IN the profession was that of Miss
Julia Dean to DIR. Paul Hayne, of
Charleston, s. c. 1t is tradition OF
the stage. Miss Dean was one OF the
most famous women on the stage
thirty years ago She acquired prom
lnence as an actress before her 10Th
year, and when only 10 made great
success as Julia in the "Hunchback,"
at the old Bowery Theater, New York,
filling the house to Overlooking for the
then unusually long time of thirteen
nights. Her marriage with DIR. Hayne
occurred IN Louisville, KY, in 1855. He
was n man ofhigh social standing. being
n member ofone OF the first families of
the South, and son OF Senator Hayne,
whose great debate with Webster is
one OF the great episodes OF American
history. But while he was "blooded"
he was poor, and the course of her
stage career was notinterupted by her
marriage. He Travelled with her, but
they did not live happily together. He
was Jealous, and she unhappy under
his restraints. She made California
tour with the most triumphant sue
cess. in 1865 she was divorced from
Hayne by the Salt Lake City courts,
and in 1867 was married to James
Cooper, of New York She died in
1868, in New York City, and Hayne
isnow practicing medicine in San Fran
cisco.
Miss Jean Margaret Davenport was
one of the early actresses of distinc-
ton, and an interesting fact in con-
nection with her is that she was the
"Infant Phenomenon" whom Charles
Dickens invested with such extraor-
binary powers in the company OF
CrumneIses in Nicholas NIckleby,"
her father being the original OF
''Crummels" also. Shecame to Ameri-
ca very young, and when only made
her debut as Little Pickle in THE
Spoiled Child" Afterward she per-
formed the part OF Richard Ill. with
great eclat. She introduced Camille
to Americans, and her career was a
great one i'm America and Europe. In
1860 she was married to Col. Freder-
ick w. Lander, an officer in the Fed
eral army, and retired from the stage.
Her husband was killed in battle in
1862. In 1865 she made her
re-entree INTO public at Niblo's
Garden, in a play of her own trans
lation, called "Mesalliance She is
now in Washington living happily at
the age of &c. She Is described as ~
well -preserved woman, erect and full
in form" Her cottage at Swampscott
was made out of a stable, and 1T is
said to be very interesting place for
summer abode.
Anna Cora Mowatt was another
well known actress with welded expe-
rience of the stage. She was a favor
lite in the forties, q tragedienne OF rare
power. Her first husband, Mowatt,
was wealthy when she married him,
but he met with reverses and became
penniess She was compelled to re-
turn to the stage to support him, and
he died in England while she was star
ring there. She afterward married
William Richie of the Richmond En-
ouirer, about 1853 or 1854, and end
ed her days in retirement.
Mrs. John Hoey, the celebrated Miss
Shaw of forty years ago, has had a
career, and was, before Miss Kingdoms
marriage with Gould. perhaps the
wealthiest lady who had ever been
upon the stage. Her first husband
was an actor named Russell, after
whose death she married Mr.. John
Hoey, now the principal man in the
Adams Express company, the owner
OF Long Branch, and the possessor OF
great wealth in New York. This mar
riage occurred before the war, and has
been very happy one. Mrs. Hoey has
PLAYED at Waliack's one or two sea-
sons since her wedding. To her the
American public is indebted for the
magnifcence OF the system OF dressing
parts on the stage, as she first intro
duced it here.
The great Fanny Kemble's married
life was most unhappy. She married
Pierce Butler, a very wealthy business
man OF Philadelphia, who also owned q
large plantation in Georgia, where
they sometimes lived. In 1S43 they
fell out, and their relations were such
that, although they lived in the man
sion together, they occupied separate
apartments and rarely spoke TO each
other. In 1S45 she left her husband,
went to England and reappeared on the
stage. In 1913 she returned to Ameri-
ca and sued for divorce, but after q
long trial the case was decided in favor
OF Mr.. Butler. 1t was case Of in
compatibility of temper, caused by
the difference in her stage acquired
tastes from his inclinations. He died
in Georgia in 1867, she having con-
tinued on the stage ever since their
separation.
The career OF Adah Isaac Menken
and her peculiar welded experiences
are prominent in the annals of the
stage. Her real name was Adelaide