The morning call., 1891-01-11
DONNA MADIXXA,
The Actress Who Has Inherited a f.

The Actress Who Has Inherited For
tune.
The New York actress, Donna MadIxxa.
who will probably come into the possession
of $1,500.000 by the death, a few DAYS ago. of
her husband, w. b. Daniels, q millionaire
merchant in Denver, may be recalled by
Cincinnati theater-goers..
She visited this city in the winter of 1884
with the Strangers of Paris Company. aud
while here attempted to commit suicide by
taking laudanum
This tragic attempt was caused through
her Jealousy OF her manager, Eddy" Clay
burgh, and q little Spanish" beauty from
Harlem, n. y, who was playing, or playing
at, soubrette parts.
A doctor and a stomach pump brought
Donna MadiXXa back to life.
In the fall of 1881 Mrs. L. B. Abbott. a
widow, went from Boston to Denver There
she taught "elocution and dramatic action"
and among her pupils were the children Of
the 400. She introduced herself into society
through dramatic readings and recitations
at the private residences and receptions of
aristocratic mining spectators. She gave a
dramatic entertainment at the Opera House
in February, 1882. 1t was grand social
success. In the following July Mrs. Abbott
was married to the millionaire merchant
whose fortune is estimated at $4,000. 600
In very short time they separated. she
receiving $4,000 for her consent to the sep
aratlon. Then, 1t was in 1884, that the
nilionaires wife went to New York. and
decided TO assist In elevating the stage.
She took for her stage name Donna Ma
dlXXa. Said she to reporter: Donna
MadiXxa was my mothers maiden name. and
1t is pretty. and that Is why | assume it as a
stage name"
Her mother is of Spanish ancestry, but it
IS very remote. The present Donna Ma
dixxa, or Mrs. Daniels, is plain BostoneSe,
the statements of some newspapers TO the
contrary Notwithstanding.
From Cincinnati the strangers" Jumped
to Denver. That being the former home of
one OF the stars, Donna Madixxa, and the
scene OF her matrimonial and artistic sue
cesses, great ovation certainly awaited
them. But the Denyerites received her as
coldly as is their freezing climate. The
other star Miss Helen Blythe. received a
floral demonstrations were claimed by
Donna Madixxa, and also by Miss Blythe
There was a scene of dramatic action and
haiT-pullinG behind the curtain, which little
incident WAS duly recorded under "scare ("
heads in the Denver papers.
A few evenings afterward Donna Madixxa
pronounced "Madizzy'') went to her nus
bands house, and there was another scene.
She pleaded, like ManOn Lascant with
Fable des GreuX, for a reconciliation and O.
restoration of love and home. Though per-
haps as charming as Manon she was less
successful, for the millionaire Daniels re-
fused reconciliation and ordered her from
his sight. especially as her speech was not
very cOherent-perhaps from the effects of
an oyster supper.
She refused to 60 and announced that she
had come 10 stay" Some outsiders were
called in and she was taken to her hotel,
and the scene ended. Mrs. Daniels then
returned to New York, and last season
played at the Madison-square. and is at
present with some company in New York.
Her mother and married sister live in
Chicago.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.