New-York tribune., 1886-04-02
THE SOLOMON FAMILY RENT.
LILLIAN RUSSELL AND EDWARD ARE OUT.
TROUBLE OVER TRUNKS THAT AN OHIO HOTEL
KEEPER HOLDS FOR BOARD.

TROUBLE OVER TRUNKS THAT AN OHIO HOTEL
KEEPER HOLDS FOR BOARD.
The machinery of q certain alleged
opera in production at an uptown theatre
has creaked audibly OF late. 1t has been
obvious to tho most superficial observer tnat
something with the supposed automaton that
plays tho title role, otherwise known as Miss Llian
Russell Tho music OF the piece composed by her
husband, Edward Solomon and certainly there shouid
be harmony when loving husband leads the music Tor
his wifes songs All the trouble comes from the ract
that although Lillian may be an automaton ON the staee
she has the ordinary fangs of humanity of "the
boards" and while going about the world as Mrs Ed
ward Solomon. Though shs may go with crank when
before the fooght follows only the dictates OF her
own sweet will when in the privacy OF the home circle
There has been war in the solomon
family, and thi, is why the WORKS
Of the girl with tho glass eye creak In the ears OF
the dear public. When mean horrd man" in the
orchestra waves the baton willing band while tho
wife OF h. BOSOM who hasn't looked at him or spoken
10 him for week. MARBLES in her artless Japanese way
behind the said footGbs 1t should not excite wonder
II the accompaniment occasionally takes the bit In its
teeth and runs away when it should retard or grows
suddenly tired when it should trip more lightly.
Tho story OF tho Solomon family jar though less thrill
ling than the history Of the Morgan peach-bow vase,
still has ITS interesting points As related by intimate
friend OF the is this Sometime in the dim ana un
certain past, before the alleged opera dawned upon the
theatre going public. and the money began rolling into
the Solomon exchequer. tha Solomon Penaes were set
up in hotel in Chic. SO long did the household
goods remain in this hostelry that when the family
wished to leave the hotelkeeper had amorgage OF 5000
on the said goods and refused to let them 30 out OF
Egypt Time. were hard, the solomon family went
forth into the cold world leaving trunks and all behind
theB except the precious baby who cut such an mpo-
tant figure in a recent divorce suit When manager
was found to produce soomons opera, saith the nar
rator he advanced 400 TO the composer 10 pay up
some his pressing debts with the understanding
that that gentleman should work out his salvation
receiving no more cash until his percentage OF the re
ceipts exceeded that amount The fair Lillian however,
was get 81 900 month salary, and this, with small
weekly allo the head OF the house. Kept the Wolf
from the Solomon Last week there came note
from polite hotekeeper in the state OF Ohio, saying
that he would settle his little bill for fifty cents on dol
lar; that s $500 down. in default. would sell the
baggage at auction. The said baggage consisted OF
some old dresses beonsngto Mrs solomon. wlch sne
was willing 70 let co. and many musical scores and n
belonging TO her lold and master which be
2 gqt of Tnf h ass e ei eight es Work At @
unpleasant turn of affairs little MI Solomon went TO his
vance OF $500 on salary and take the long forsaken
Penates out ofpawn Mrs. Solomon did not see 1t in
that light She earned her money and she thought she
was entitled to the fulness thereof The affair culm
mated good old fashioned family quarrel last satur
the matter and ugged her and the baby of her Donrd
ing house at No 81 East Ninths leaving the unhappy
precous manuscripts TO IaDgulsh In lhe
grasp of the nfeeng OHIO hOekeeper. SO this why
the girl glass doesn't work as smoothly as
q we'll regulated automatOn ought to. .
The manager has been out OF town. but while on MS
way back from Chicago he teegraphed TO Mr. Solomon
ou Wednesday to keep "stif upper lip, as he would
be in New York Thursday. Ii was said at the Dox
evening that he had not yet returned About
the same the bereavcd husband wrote the hard
hearted Lillian a letter asking her to come back and All
would he forgiven, etc., etc.. but at last
accounts she remained obdurate When they pass each
other ia the theatre II is Excuse mel and beg par
recognizes the others existence III any
less distant manner Tho chorus girls have taken sides
In the matter and while the altos cleave unto Mrs Solo
mon the sopranos: think she is Just too mean Tor any
thing openly espouse the cause OF the dowptrodde
composer OF merry Jingles ,, ,..,.
The assistant manager didn't want to talk last night
He said il was private matter and he didn't know any
thing about IT, but ho knew Mr. Solomon was Ia The ght
of H. He would neither affirm deny the statement
that the had advanced solomon 81 400 At
Office law firm which does business Tor Doh
Mr. and Mis-. solomon 1t was said that there woud pe
divorce because there grounds Tor divorce
It was family quarrel growing out OF money matters
aud aggravated by case Of mothcr.lD-law IL was
thought that the principals would make IL all up sooh
and love each other more than eyor.