Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-04-01

Rosina volkes, Che youngest OF that
talented family who were the first Ia
add lustre TO the name OF the Union.
Square Theatre. Her husband, Cecil
Clay. is also her manager, and is one OF
the incest fellows in the theatrical bust
ness. Mr.. Clay ia brother Of the we'll
known English composer and musician
OF the same name, and the artistic III.
stinct shows itself in him though in q
different direction. He is always in q
good humor, and takes the rough with
the smooth with surprising equanimity.
The only thing which seems at any time
TO worry him is the occasional lapse into
invalidism of his wife.
ROSE coGHLAN.
Few bits OF news have surprised the
New York theatrical world so much as
did the announcement of Rose Coghlan's
marriage to Clinton Edgerly, the son OF
a we'll known Boston man OF affairs. MIR.
Edgerly is a young, good looking man,
who by profession is lawyer. Soon
after his marriage to Miss COghlan that
actress left the stock company of Wal
lacks. where she had been for many years.
and essayed q staring tour under her
husbands management, which though
artistically was not altogether pecuniari-
" successful Since the close Of that
tour and the return of his wife to Wal
lacks Mr.. Edgerly has resumed the prac-
tice of his profession. During the sum-
mer months the Edgerlys live tho
roughly rural life on a small farm they
have leased near Yonkers.
Agnes Booth, who holds perhaps the
foremost place in her profession, is no
longer Mrs. Booth, though she still re-
tains that name on the stage. She was
originally a Miss Rockies and married
Harry Perry, a well-known and highly
successful actor who died in San Fran
cisco in 1862. Mrs Perry afterwards
married Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., and
after his death che became the wife OF
John Schoeffel. Henry Il. Abbey's part
ner. During the summer Mr.. and Mrs.
Shoeffel pass their time at Manchester
on.the sea, where they conduct in a sim
gularly successful fashion n charm
ing summer hotel, which belongs to
them. In personal appearance Mr.
Schoe6'el is a tall, well-built man with q
fair moustache and an infectious hearth
ness OF address. He is devoted to his
wife and is naturally wonderfully proud
of her talent as an actress. | think one
of the pleasantest sights Of theatrical life
/ ever saw WAS one Sunday not long ago,
when, as L walked up Broadway, 1 met
this pleasant couple jogging to church
and looking as though the feverish un-
rest of their profession had never been
known to them. The Schoeflels through
the winter live in pleasant house up
town, the cares of which occupy the
clever actresses time when she is not on
the stage.
M0DJEsKA.
No one who has ever been brought
into contact with Modjeska is likely to
be oblivious Of the existence of Count
Bozenta, her husband. A nervous, ex-
citable, energetic descendant of the race
which has for so long been ground under
Russia's heel. he has since ModjesRa's COR
tract with Daniel frohman expired been
her sole manager. though be is materially
assisted by the superintendent brains
of clever little Fred. Stinson. Iall, thin,
dark, with piercing black eyes. perpetu-
ally rolling or smoking cigarettes, Be-
zenta is always on the rush and manages
in his vehement manner to get through
an immense amount OF work during the
twentv-four hours. He is a wonderfully
well-bred and well-educated man.
Fanny Davenport, whose production
Of Sardou's unpleasant play OF LA
Tosca has recently caused so much and
such varied comment, is in private life
Mrs. Price, and, as in SO many cases, her
husband, Edmund Price, is also her
manager. They have been married for
some time, and Mr.. Price is at least
energetic in the manner in which he
looks after the affairs OF his wife.
Minnie Madden, who knowing ones
say has great future before her, is Mrs.
White of the stage, though she and her
youthful husband have been separated
for more than a year. Young " hite is
to be seen almost daily on Broadway,
and in one way or another gains his
living out Of the theatrical profession.
Miss Annie Russell, whose perform
ance of Elaine was the chief and most
popular feature Of the successful run of
Rathrop Z Edwards's adaptation of Ten
Dysons idyu at the Madison-Square
Theatre, is Mrs. General Presbrey.
Presbrey is probably the eleverest stage
manager on this side Of the Atlantic,
and has for several seasons superintended
the Madison-Square Theatre productions.
He is q clever water-color painter, the
writer of more than one good play, and
on occasion a conscientious and Ca
pable actor.
Miss Marie Burroughs, whose recent
work has surprised the critics, and who
bids fair to become one of the most adj
mired of our leading actresses, is the
wife of Louis Mason, a member of Ar.
Planners company. Mason is delight
ful fellow off the stage, always overflow
ing with animal spirits, and his CHEEKY
voice and ready jests have lightened
many dull day on the road or evening