The Washington critic., 1886-04-05
WASHINGTON CRITIC
WASHINGTON, APRIL 5, 1885.
"D0RA DARMORE."

Among the dispatches yesterday
morning was the announcement that
Commodore William Voorhis of New
York had been sued by Mrs. Elizabeth
Gurnee, dashing widow of 40 years
for 800, 900 for breach Of promise oi
marriage. 1t appears by the dispatch
that the lady was suddenly inspired to
commence the suit upon learning tn al
the Commodore had suddenly married
Miss Dora Tichenor, daughter of the
late Colonel Y. Tichcnor of Ithaca, N
Y. The news, as wired, also con.
tains the statement that Miss TichenoI
is newspaper writer known as "Dora
Darmore," and that for several years
she edited lady's magazine in San
Francisco and had been correspondent
for several California papers, but lat
torly connected with DIR. Dio Lewis
publications. There are but few OF
the reading people of San Francisco
who were here eight years ago who
will not at once associate the name OF
Dora Darmore" with the Golden
Daton, a monthly literary publication
owned and edited by Miss Darmore, or
Mrs. Boyer, as she was known in pri
vate life.
Dora Darmore' first came to this
coast in company with her husband,
A. j. Boyer, thirteen years ago. They
settled In Oakland, and during the first
few months Of their residence in that
city a newspaper was started there en-.
titled the Daily Ecening Torchlight.
It was published by n man named
Cook, who, not being writer himself
employed Boyer to edit his paper
Boyer claiming to be able to do first
class editorial work. His first efforts
gave great satisfaction. The paper
was bright and spicy and took amaz
ingly well. Everything went smoothly
with Boyer until Cook, the owner, be
came suspicious that his new editor
was an editor in name only. He had
noticed that Boyer appeared at the
office each morning with his editorials
written, which in itself might
not have been remarked; but Cool,
had also frequently noticed tina,
whenever a subject came up during
the day which he desired to have
dealt with editorially. Boyer would
disappear for an hour, and at the ex
piration of that time reappear will
the desired article written and In per
feet shape for the printer. 1t was moi
long before Cook suspected that Mrs
Boyer furnished the brains for hi
thriving little paper. Upon becoming
convinced that such was the fact h,
treated his editor in such contempt
uous manner that Boyer soon left
After his departure from the Office i
was learned that Mrs. Boyer had no
only edited the 7orchlight, but hat
during all that time furnished from
one to three columns weekly for tn
Golden Era in this city over the non, d
plume of Dora Darmore."
Boyer was 10th to rclinqulsh hi
fraudulent claim as a journalist, an,
shortly after leaving Oakland he startet
weekly newspaper on Sixteenth
street, in this city, which he called th
Mission Mirror. Shortly after th
birth of the Mirror Mrs. Boyer, in he
own name, commenced the publication
of the Golden Da,on, which netted he
handsome profit from the date Of th
first issue. Although Boyer still ker
up the illusion that he was the autho
of the bright articles that appeared /
the Mirror, it was easy to note th
similarity of the style between theI
and those that appeared In the Golde
Dacn over the signature of dor
Darmore." The Mirror, from the dai
of its birth, was drug on the hands {
the ambitious little woman, and cor
sumed all the money she could get tC
| Uethpr from hnr p,itei1n 1itarary yyorl