The herald., 1895-10-20
FLIES TO THE MAKE-U BOX
Lady ShoIto Douglas to Appear
Again on the Stage
BUT NOT IN SAN FRANCISCO
For That Jay Town Was Very Mean
to Her
Lord Douglas Offers No Objection and Lady
Douglas Is Fond Of a Theatrical Life.
What She Says

Lady sholto Douglas will return to the
stage. 1t IS Altogether probable that in a
short time she will appear as one OF the
stellar attractions at local tkeater doing
turn just as she did in days of yore be-
fore she wooed and won the youngest son
of the Marquis of Queensbury, a peer of
Great B Britain.
"You see the stage always did have
attractions for me.' said Lady Douglas
last evening to Herald representative.
Lord and Lady Douglas are still living
IN pretty little cottage on J street. Pico
Heig hts. They bad been in the city
shopping during the day and in mo-
mcnt of thoughtlessnes Lord Douglas had
left the keys to the cottage on the bar
gain counter. Therefore every door to
the place was locked when the reporter
called last evening but he was invited to
enter through the window.
Lady Douglas was not at all averse to
talking about the resump ption of her stage
career, nor did Lord Douglas object to her
relating the little details.
"Why We have bsen dickering with
managers for some time but nothing has
been close! as yet," said Lady Douglas
in a very business-liks way. 81 think
that l will open in Los Angeles. | like
Los Angeles and l don't like San FRAN
cisco. They are so mean up there. In
fact l don't think that | shall go to San
Francisco at all. can get along without
them. l think we will go east after we
are all done here. No, we will not stay
east. We will come back to Los Angeles.
s"Why, of course, my husband will 60
east with me. What put the idea into
l. hat In Mt,
band does not object to my going back to
the stage. It's y rather hard life, bu. 1t
is pleasant in many ways"
Lady Douglas emphalically denied the
story that she and her husband had had
any little breach OF marital happiness
the vaudeville stage. She intimated that
she did not care whaG his relatives in
England thought about it, although OF
course she would like TO please thsm if
she could.
During the interview Lord Douglas
maintained a discreet silence, only occas.
ionally interposing word or two. When
he was told that stories were current
that he and his lady had had warm and
acrimonious discussion about her going
before the footlights once more, he
smiled, hut was not moved to any wild
| hilarity.
They get out lots OF stories, don't
| you know" remarked Lord Douglas, in
knowing way, but you can't believe
half you near"
Lady Douglas declined to state what
salary she would receive or even what
she anticip pated. That, she said, she
would keep to herself for the present at
| least.
Even love in a cottage cannot be kept
up without coin. and it is intimated that
Lord Douglas has not received antici.
pated remittances from England. This
being the case, the money market has
| become tight for the Douglas family
Even the quiet pastoral life which the
couple have been leading cannot be
maintained unless there is an income
from some source, and it is said that it
is quite essential that it should COM
mence at no distant date. A local theat-
rical manager already has a contract pre-
pared for Lady Douglas to sign. This
she agreed to do, but has as yet fail cd to
turn up to fix her signature to the docu-
ment which is essential to her engage
ment. However. it is quite probable that
she will shortly appear before the foot
lights for the edihcation and amusement
of one Of Los Angeles critical audiences.