Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-27
TOLD ABOUT MARY ANDERSON.
worth NearIy Half n MILLION, very
Economical and Not Fond OF
Rich Food.

Letter from st. Louis: Mary Ander-
son is said to be worth nearly half mil
lion dorllars in her'own right; and this
does not entirely represent the savings
from her earnings in the ten years during
which she has been before the public, as
her stepfather, DR.. Hamilton grimm,
dnrinp the first two or three years oil her
starring career is understood 10 have or
nearly equally divided the profits with
her. The Doctors wealth is in Louisville
real estate, and just what its amount Is
nobody can tell, as it seems to be mixed
in with legacy that the old gentleman
acquired, whose exact proportions are
NOT known. The arrangement that now
exists between Miss Mary and her step.
father is secret but the impression had
bv those who think they ought to know
is that the doctor gets real nice and
healthy percentage for lending his dignity
and surgical attention to the show. The
percentage comes out OF Mary's 5000
night, which she receives from Mr.. Henry
f. Abbey, her manager. During the
week Just closed at the olympic the re.
ceipts have been about $4,000, out oil
which Miss Anderson and her pa receive
s2 800 dollars, the Olympic management
twenty-five percent, the English com
pany and English attaches $1,000, this
being the salary list OF the organization,
and Mr.. Abbey takes the remainder OF
the amount, and after paying railroad
fares, advertising, ETC., and the interest
on his Indebtedness, pockets what is lett
as profit. A young lady who can earn
SO, 900 a week, and has no extravaganza
habits that are not profitable, such as the
boarding Of diamonds and the purchase
of bonds and real estate, should be an
attractive creature, and ought to have a
string of admirers as long rs an Eastern
potentate's list of titles. The Ohio girl
who has feet nineteen inches long and
seven inches wide, and whose father OF
fers So 900 and farm to the man who Is
courageous enough to marry her, has
some hopes; then why should not our
Mary, with all her wealth and beauty
and symmetry OF physique, who is lust
now occupying plane away beyond the
reach of matrimony.
Mary Anderson's personal expenses as
she goes through the world are not very
heavy. She carries with her her step
father, her brother, and Miss Bartlett
who is at once her maid and companion
During her stay at the Southern she had
suit of four rooms on the fourth floor
three sleeping rooms and one sitting
room, at a cost of $25 per day. Wher
Mr.. Abbey's representative, Marcus May
er, was here two weeks ago, he engaged
four rooms for Miss Anderson on the par
lor floor at a rate OF $32 per day. The
layout included the bridal chamber
When DR.. Griffin reached here anC
learned about the arrangement he go
very excited and said there was mis-
take he did not want to pay $32 day
After considerable bartering, he consent
ed TO go two stories higher and pay $2t
day.
Miss Anderson confines herself almos
religiously to these rooms. She has beer
out to the Sherman's for reception, ant
has been entertained by Mr.. John w
Norton; but apart from these social occa
sions has left the hotel only for her morn
ing walk, or for the theatre at night
She rises daily at about 8 o'clock AM
breakfasts an hour or SO later in he
room, where meals are served. DurinI
the forenoon she takes long walk, attn
ing herself in plain dress, and is cover
ed by gray ulster, a small round hat
and dark veil to cover her face. Thu
arrayed, and with her maid by her side
she makes tour OF the principal streets
and nobody ever suspects that the tai
(. pedestrian with long strides, whose gra
ulster is her predominant feature, is Mar
. Anderson, the American tragediennt
The simple dress that she wears on he
walks is characteristic of her taste an
: the limited condition of her wardrobe
! She wears the plainest cloth dresses 9
q all times, and hvs no jewelry except tina
n which she wears on the stage. Sh
a spends her days in reading useful books
and has no inclinationf for novels or froth
/ literature. She is said to be well read i
q the history OF this and Europern cour
:. tries, has Plutarch's lives at her finger
ends, and is thoroughly posted about Il
/ the characters and countries connecte
. with the plays in which she appear
n She dimes at three, and at five takes
= nap. This afternoon nap is n part of til
. daily routine OF her profession. Actol
: and actresses who study their own int
9 est, make rule to sleep an hour and
a half or two hours before going to III
( theatre. This little sleeprefreshes then
: and sends them on the stage with mine
q free, and bodies vigorous and supple (,
+ their work. She is at the theatre
v seven every evening.
4 Her food is of the plainest kind. I'll
= cooks have no cause to complain OF he
, She has no taste for wines, and the on
n thing she drinks is hot gin sling no
i and then, which she prefers to mix he
9 self II is charged that she smokes ciga
q cites, and Mary has not yet denied IL
q mild impeachment,