The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-05-22
FRISKY DIXIE HAYGO0D.
SHE GETS HERSELF MIXED UP IN
A MATRIMONIAL STEW.

as Her Husband-A Denial of the
Marriage-Prof Malette Tells His
Experiences With the Georgia Won
der-Dixie Gets in a Pet Because Sa-
vannahians Dad Not Give Her an
Ovation During Jasper Festival
Week.
Mrs Dixie Haygood, the Georgia electri-
cal wonder. seems to be getting her share of
newspaper notoriety. Not content with
one husband, she is said 10 have made a
second matrimonial alliance since she went
upon the stage She SAYS that T. L. Embry,
young Albany, Ga, hotel clerk, married
her at Memphis, Tenn. Embry and his
friends, however, deny it.
Mr.. Dixie Haygood was in Savannah
during Jasper Festival week, and gave two
entertainments at Odd Fellows Hall, which
were inditferently attended, and the third
nj hts performance, owing to the number
of empty benches, was abandoned alto
gether.
Prof Mallette, of this city, was one of
the discoveries of the Georgia wonder, and
talked very entertainingly to q MORNING
News reporter yesterday about his eXpe-
rience with the Dixie Haygood Company.
The professor said that in January last lie
was at Macon, and was rehearsing and
drilling an amateur opera company but
that Thomas B. Blackshear a photographer
of Macon, who had heard of Dixie Hay
good. set his wits to work to dsorganize the
opera company, so that he could put Dixie
on the road, with Prof Mallette as advance
agent, stage manager and for vocal parts
at the different entertainments. As
result, the prima donna of the amat ur
opera company declined to sing, and then
another of the voca!Ists dropped out. Prof.
Mallette said that Biacksnear denied that
lhe had anything to do with it, and then
Imentioned Dixie Haygood as a drawing
card, and with whom some money might be
made.
DIXIEs DEBUT AS A WONDER.
Dixie Haygood had given some public ex-
hi5itions, in an amateur way, of her eectri-
eel powers, at her home in Miledgeville
and her unexplainable feats of strength
were nine day wonders. Prof. Mallette said
that her husband was an ardent anti-pro-
ihibitonist, and in a shooting ARRAY grow
ing out of the prohibition fight up there, he
was shot and killed. He had some insur-
tance on his life, and left wife and two or
three children. Homes were provided for
the latter, and Dixie Haygood's first debut
upon the stage under the Blackshear- NAL
lette management, was at Milledgeville, and
was financial failure.
From Prof. Mallette's statement the lady
was in bad humor the first night, forming a
dislike for her stage manager, which cul-
minated at Savannah by his withdrawal
from the company. 1t appears that the
professor was encored, and when he came
forward To sing a second time there was no
pianist. Dixie had the pianist behind the
arras scold'pg him for having repeated
some gossip picked up in Milledgeville which
the electrical wonder was very much out of
humor about, and when the Professor
called the pianist to account for the dis
hQ dir Trfn ffAo Il
affront. The Professor. however, thought
no more about it, and came South fixing
dates at Savannah for the week before the
Jasper Festival. and from here he went to
Brunswick, Waycross, Valdosta, Thomas
vile, Albany and Americas Meantime
Dixie must have wanted to take in the Jas
per Festival, or imagined she would draw
better that week, and Blackshear cancelled
the Brunswick dates and changed the
Savannah dates 10 Feb. p, % and a.
THE WONDER IN SAVANNAH
Prof Mallette came back TO Savannah.
and On the first night came forward. sang,
was encoTed, as he always l.. re-appeared and
after another vocal rendition brought Dixie
HaygoOd On the stage and introduced her
She was in a great pet, and between the
acts declared she would not carry ont the
programme. Prof. Mallette said that he
insisted that she must keep faith with the
public, and she complied, but with poor
anu NtlAS she QlQ EdFTF out the pro-
gramme, she did IT in a spirtless way The
next day the professor said he received the
following note, which was sent to him at
the Screven House:
Prof AaAette:
shall not appear on the stage with Won
again, or have anything 10 do with you after
tonight. DIXIE HAYGooD.
TIE professor said that he coulI not ac-
count for her strange action, except that
he had insisted she should keep faith with
the public. He appeared Thursday night
as before, sang and introduced the pouting
beauty, who did no better that night than
the previous one. Then, he said. while she
was going through her part of the pro-
gramme he circulated among his old friends
in Savannah. who were among the audi
euce, and this seemed 10 add fuel TO the fire
for Blackshear hunted Mallette UP the next
day and told him that Dixie vowed that she
would not 90 on tie stage at all Friday
night If Mallette even entered the hall
PARTED COMPANY WITH DIXIE.
As a result, the professor says be severed
connection with the company, and he
added that Blackshear said he would not
M the other engagements, but hurried
back to Macon, the Friday night entertain
ment failing to draw at all. There were a
few persons at the hall, but even the alb
sence OF the professor was not wanting to
keep the electrical wonder from the stage.
AT TINS point differences between Black
shear and Prof. Maette sprang up. The
company left the professor stranded at the
Screven House, but he says that it did go
on and fill the Waycross, Valdosta, Thorn
osville, Americas and Albany dates, which
We're financially successful Prof. Mallette
said that he was to receive one-third of the
profits, and he has never received u cent,
but he received yesterday dun from Black
shear for SOS 3 for costume ard cash ex-
pended in arranging the advance dates.
The professor intends going to Macon TO
canvass for his new book. about 10 issue
firm the press, and while there he proposes
70 ask for a settlement.
Returning TO Dixie Haygood, it was on
the trip in question where she formed the
acquaintance Of T. L. Il nbry. Enbry was
the youthful, blue-eyed and popular clerk
Of the Arteslan House at Albany, and he
fell victim to the electrical glances of the
electrical wonder.
A LA FREDDY GEBHARDT.
When Dixie left Albany, Embry, who
was an embryotic lover, so 20 speak, resigned
his position and bhndly followed the
magnet on her Western trip, and back to
Atlanta, where he tired Of her. Accord