The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-06-28
TITLED ACTRESSES.
Stage Celebrities Who Are Members OF tn
Nobility OF Europe.

Stage Celebrities Who Are Members OF the
Nobility OF Europe.
1t is a fact to be noted that many
celebrated prima dome, actresses and
dancers have become BY legitimate
marriage members Of the nobility Of
Europe. At the head OF those still
living is to be placed Madame Ristori,
the Marchesa del Grillo. and Madame
de Lagrange, who Is the widowed Com
tesse de Stankovitch. CRISIS second
husband Mario being the third) was
the Comte de Melcy. The famous con-
tralto Albani was the Countess Pepoli,
though she exchanged her title, after
her husbands death, some years ago.
for the less euphonious name Of Mad
anne Zidler. The great dancer, Tag
lioni, married Count Gilbert des Vol
sins The Baronne de Caters was tho
daughter OF the famous Lablache, and
was originally educated for the stage
Madame Marie Hebron. the French
prima donna who created Massenet's
Nanon, became the Vicomtesse do la
Panouse. Henrietta Sontag was the
Countess RossL Pauline Lucca Is the
Baroness Won Wallhofen The charm
ing Adele Dumilatre, the leading dam
seuse some fifty years ago at the Grand
Opera, married in 1S4S the Count del
Castillo. Mademoiselle CODY, Of the
Vaudevilles, Is the Comtesse de Lou
vieres. Firg1nie Roisset the accom-.
plished circus rider, is now the Prin-
cesse de Reuse The Vicomtesse vi
gier, Of Nice, was originally Made
moiselle Sophie Cruvelli the prima
donna Of the Grand Opera Alix Bres-
SAINT, daughter Of the famous actor OF
the Coincide Franchise, Is married to
Prince Kotchubey. The favorite tragic
actress of Vienna, Charlotte Wolters,
is the wife OF the Count Sollivau. The
present Marchioness OF Ailesbury was
Miss Dolly Tester, Of the London opera
bouffe stage. Miss Elise Hensler, the
American prima donna, married the
late King Consort Of Portugal, the
father of the present King. Therese
Elssler, the sister of the celebrated
danseuse Fanny Elssler, became the
wife Of the Archduke Adelbert of Ba.
varia- And no one will have forgot
ten, / think, that Madame Adelina
Patti was once the Marquise de Caux,
and that Madame Christine Nilsson is
now the Comtesse de Casa-Miranda.
On the Partisan stage, moreover,
ladies and gentlemen Of noble birth
are occasionally to be met with who
hid under their stage names their real
and genuinely aristocratic appella.
lions. Thus the beautiful Nine.
Prelly, who at one time was the star
of opera bouffe company at the Folies
DramatiQues, was born De Pommey.
rae and was the wife OF the Baron de
Presles. The still lovelier Mile. Clery,
OF the Vaudeville. who created the role
Of the Countess Olga in Fedora" re-
joiced in private life in the name oil
Julia de Pistinorino de Clery. Nine,
Marie Laurent was born De Luguet.
And NJ. Feraudl, of the Coincide
Franchise, is really the Vicomte de
Feraudy. l have omitted the major
ity Of the best known cases of ennobled
English actresses, as most of these be.
long to period too remote from the
present day Gas. for instance, Miss
Polly Bolton, Miss Kittie Stephens,
etc. to possess any special interest.
Not to be forgotten. however, is Mis-:
ONeil, the finest Juliet ever known tc
the British stage. who became Lady
Becher, and Miss Victoria Bale, after
ward Lady Thornton. Cor. Phil.
adelphia Telegraph.