The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-31

/ Stenton, Philadelphia. and the cause was
| Signor Peruginis objection to his wifes
/ friends.
! The company had no sooner opened in
! Philadelphia than Perugini in i'll humor
| at attentions bestowed on his bride by old
/ friends, made the general announcement
/ that, he, as husband, would decide who
/ and when she should entertain. He
| would select her friends ard mold her
/ life He made it distinctly clear to
| Messrs. Digby Bell. Freeman, Piper and
/ others that in marrying him Miss Russell
/ Cancelled all old friendships or he would
/ know the reason why.
| QUARREL AT POKER GAME.
| So when Miss Russell invited her lead
/ ing comedian and her stage manager,
| with several others, to a little poker
game in her rooms after her performance
one night there was lively quarrel be-
| tween bride and groom and a stampede
/ by the astOnished guests.
Then came the scene in the domestic
| tragedy. Several misunderstanding at
/ least one we'll known New Yorker, anx-
| ious to honor the newly-married. but ill
mated pair, rendered them an elaborate
dinner 1t was served in a private par
Tor of the Hotel StentOn. Miss Russell
was present. but the bridegroom failed
to appear. No one was apparently more
surprised at this than Miss Russell. Ex-
IuSlAlB utL SElls she went 10 EIteIE ICOIlS IN
search OF the truantA husband and found
! him.
Whatoccurred at that meeting might
never have been. fab v known to- the out
side worlds but for Peragini himself
Miss Russell did not return 70 the dinner
table, but half hour later Perugini, pale
with excitement, appeared ia the hotel
cafe, where Messrs. Bell, Freeman and
Piper were seated. ..t...
AsTrr, or tyrc .1N-r,r-cr,
"They invited me 10 their dinner" he
is reported to have said, but i returned
this answer: My wife's friends are not
minen But I viii be the master. DO
you see these finger nailsl' he asked in
as fierce voice as his constitutional gen
tleness would allow
The gentleman present scrutinized the
extended hand and noticed that the elab-
Orately manlcured points which formerly
graced each nail had disappeared They
had been broken off, as Perugini pro-
| ceeded to explain.
I've shown her that am the master"
he cried II took her by the wrists and
| threw her down. Then with one blow
I-I'-Perugini suited the action to the
! word and danced around the cafe before
| the astonished hearers, who could hardly
| credit their ears.
| This was told to me yesterday with
! elaborateness of detail by Mr. Freeman
and others, who say they were present.
! IL IS the assault mentioned by Miss Rus
| sell in her public letter, and resulted in a
! separation then and there.
| Perugini's singer nails left four deep i'm
! prints on Miss Russells neck, so she her
self admits, before they broke under the
| unaCCustOmed strain.
! The wounded and indignant songstress
! ordered Perugini from her rooms and
| formally announced their separation
complete and for all time-to her com
pany.
The eliminating event in the trouble
was preceded by an incident to which
| Miss Russell's friends point as finely
| illustrating the signor's manners and ego
tism. 81,
1t occurred in the main restaurant of
the Hotel StentOn on the night of the
| company's arrival in Philadelphia. Peru
| GIN and his wife were dining with Digby
! Bell and others when something was said
of call for morning rehearsal.
wen, shant dress, remarked the
signor in that excessively gentle tone OF
voice for which he is famous.
80, yes, dear, " replied the prima donna,
~ must, and so viii you, We are all in
the same boat"
''Nos really / simply -shan't 90 through
the eXertion," persisted Perugiui
surely, Jack, said his wife, "if I, the
star, can take this trouble YOU should
not object to do likewise y 81
'StarH' qneried the tenor, with an up
ward curl of the lips. yes, so are Lolita
Chauncey Olcott and others"
But, Jack was the wife's hurt replv
''you surely think that am an artist
mo. Oh, dear, no" coolly remarked
the agreeable husband. ITO be sure, YOU
have voice, but l am the only artist II
the company. Really, you must relnem
Der that | supported Patti Don't please
don't expect me to appear at the dress re
hearsal.n