Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-09-13
FASCINATED.
KyrIe Bellew Throws a Spell About MIS-
James Brown Potter.
The Actress Yields to His Wishes and Throws
Up Her American, Engage
ments.

NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-According TO
three or four men, who are concerned ID
the tour of Mrs. Potter and kyrle BEL
sltw, there is q very curious story under
living her sudden determination to- give
ND her season in America. Two OF the
men in question have recently returned
from Europe. and they are thoroughly in
touch with the condition of affairs be-
tween Mrs. Potter and Kyrle Bellew.
The facts seem to be that BelleW has
gained an ascendeRcy over MIS-
potter which is a decided novelty |
for her. Heretofore she has Deeh
notable as q woman who under no Cir
crmstances allowed herself 10 NC
thwarted in anything that her Wish hSiu
been centered upon. Neither heF IaIhel
her husband, nor her children preNeHI0U
her from going upon the stag9' AL" u"
inor her first season her manager had an
infinite amount of trouble III holding neF
down to ordinary business methods. one
yras headstrong up to the very last so lar
| as the rest Of the world was concerned
! bu+ after the first few months or heF
travelling tour with Mr.. Bellew IT De-
| came evident even to the ordinary mem-
hers of the company that his ascendehcy
| over her was complete
KyRLE WAS SCARED.
The Sun says that 1t was no seoiot
among BeIlew IS acquaintance mere Iua'
tbe scoring he received from the uahf
nress after his revelations ABOUT MIS-
| Garter and other women whose names
had been mixed up with his rather IrlSht-
| ened him. The matter was seriously
| considered in dramatic circles, TOO, Loi
Tnonogers watch the trend of public
opinion carefully so far as actors are On
cerned and the talk about BelleW was III
the nature of a heavy business blow.
II may be remembered that ne
eoid everything that should not nave
heen said on the occasion Of the trial.
he was disposed just before he went
ahroad to, bid goodbye to America LOT
o. and the ambition which
hos all his life been fore
most with him to make sue
cess in London itself has grown con-
stantIv. Ae has apparently converted
Mrs Potter to his way Of thinking, TOT
,,rivate telegram which the sun fsa"
yesterday makes it reasonably certain
that both Bellew and Mrs. Potter %Ih
oDnear in London in November. MIS- {.
DLot+er,e enracement is a certainty and
6onht but that the long-hared and DOW
/ Iogged leading man, who has been SO
nmch talked about here, has succeeded
} in bewitching Mrs. Potter with the be-
lief that if is to her interest to play ID
London instead of America
~ WHAT Ais AMERICAN ACTRESSES!
A weII-kuown theatrical manager sug'
oested Yesterday that board OF inquiry
ennbt TO be established by congress Il
6nd ont what mysterious malady ha
found IFS Uav into the ranks OF American
actresses. ,tb,
r .eSomething's up, - he SAID, ou
what it is, no one can tell. II may u
q nervous strain and hysterla, puE no Oh
KNOWS the cause as YET. LOOK at the us
e far moment! 4 few months ago TIM
= 10. booked throughout this country
= oomnanies engaged, scenery and cos
tI,rnes designed and everything prepares
y sar +ba tours of Grace Hawthorne
" ZIarv Anderson, Helen Dauvray
:, Ms lanes G. Blaine, Jr., Mrs. Pot
= ~ Mrs T,eslie-Carter and Mrs. Lang
- These are seven famous or motto
AZ rious women, as you choose 10 use III
- -,ord All OF them are known from on
n and of the country to the other MOT
, ~ loss Each one is supposed TO rep
- ro.ou+ a numerical value OF seVera
, ruo6red thousand dollars, since SUE
nessfnl tour of any one of these wome
- means q profit of from fifty to one hun
-. dref7 thousand dollars year, to be q
IS x-idad between manager and star. I
- tbe whole bevy not one of them Is gol1
out to play from present Indications.
Thousand rumors are afoat, but no OIL
can tell exactly where they begin an
end and at what point the truth Greer
re in. .;, 4ho+ No,
Anderson cannot play if she chooses Il
Rut if is an indubitable fact that she 90
u not choose to play here the coming SCI
X SON Helen Dauvray had fully decide
on 70 90 on the road. Her company was 81
goged and every arrangement made I
Jill The tour. Now the large number OF cap
he hIe actors who had expected to go WI
her on this occasion are thrown OUT
ed a,nnlovment, and Miss Dauvray sits
m the bench at the Polo grounds WatchH
IT, her handsome husband pushing the Ne
mt York 5 up to first place.
us The entire legitimate stage OF Amer
ed &c lett to the Youngest aspiTant Tor the
IN honors, Julia Marlowe. Whether she
be the mysterious fever for striking work
l not is not known. but if she does go ou
i'm ssbe9zvilI have he field practically to ne
r.sa3 SELF. --.,