Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-08-03

e,,s the San Francisco H'd"''"s' j"
o.. York letter the domestic affairs
20, w. man are always Of much in
',, and no one can deny that James
Incl, IS until Mr.. Fiizsimmons OF
-. else defeats him, truly great.
- time a story told by the vile OF
~ who is acknowledged to be the
.si.', living fighter is OF value. 1t has
..r,,r interest at this time, because
y, ,if. is suing her husband Tor abso'
~, divorce upon statutory grounds
ws1. Mrs. Cofbett was staying in
~ Work and living very quietly, in
J..l she read in the papers that Mrs
co,be,t was travelling with her husband,
~ ,bs, the energetic and enthusiastic
,s.,pon which they were bestowing up
=, zach other was adding much to her
,,sglsHty. About that time the real
N. Corbeit thought /, was time to dis
abuse the public mind aud assert her
sL
rmsy be said in the beginning that
.e men have received as much attention
s.p women as Corbctt. Ever since he
became famous as a fighter they have
uo ,0ef him. and bestowed upon him
most extraordinary adula,on. There
reno doub, many hundreds Of foolish
vomen AN over the country who would
Ike to be the vile Of the able fighter.
IL ough, to 20 a long ways toward con
,olng these uuwisc women to read the
experience Of the puglisrs wife.
To those who know Mrs. Cofbett It
may be said that just now she is looking
better than she ever has in her lite. She
weigh, more than she ever has and 1t
becomes her Moreover she SAYS that
she no longer cares for Jim and she is
no, making herself sick worrying about
him.
She became Mrs. Corbett before he
was famous man. She happened TO
be born In Amsterdam, New York,
while her patents were visiting relatives,
bu, she was raised in Santa Cruz, Cal.
She had a childhood like most girls.
She decided that she would become a
teacher, and she was graduated from the
State Normal school at san lose. secur.
ing a teachers certificate when she was
only eightecn--a hrst.grade certificate.
She was the youngest in a class OF
thirty.,wo, and only four passed. This
teachers certificate IS now one Of the
mos, priced possessions Of the prize
lighters wife.
II never had an opportunity to take
advantage Of that certificate said Mis-.
Cofbe,t today She was sitting IN her
home at no west eighty'eighlh street,
4hefe her father lives with her. 81 cN-
pecied to begin to teach In the iall, but
iha, summer Jim came to santa Cruz
and that changed everything.
He was big handsome boy then,
met him one night at an entertainment,
and he began to pay attention to me at
once. We used to 30 to hops and drive
together, and had lovely times. lin
was one of the best dancers ! ever knew.
lie was q buokkeeper IN the Nevada
Bank then. was fond Of him from the
very first, ] did not know that he was
a boxer OF course ! heard that he was
one OF the Olympic Club, but that Is
fashionable, as well as athletic, club In
San francisco.
Before the summer was over We be-
came engaged" Mrs. Corbctt continued.
'Ny father and mother did not like Il at
ah They did not have any particular
objection 10 Jim. but they thought that
We were too young to think OF getting
married. During the winter my sister
went 10 san Francisco to study music.
went up there to visit her, aud / saw
good deal OF lin, lie used to take me
around. lie took me TO the Olympic
Club aud ! saw him box. That was the
hni knew that he was a boxer. did
not object 10 these exhibitions very
much
NV atheri was so opposed to my
marrying Inn that he brought me east
The next summer TO get me away rom
him. linn wrote to me 10 come back
and get married. lie told me that he
vas offered q position IN Virginia City
atan enormous salary and he wanted to
gei married AZ once. lett sick bed
90 The east and went to him, without
letting my father know where ! had
gone met Jim IN Salt Lake City and
we were married there lust one year
lacking two days from the time we first
met The ceremony was performed by
"eofEe PIPER who was al that time city
polge lWucr') jim gave exhibitions in
SNl Lake City ] did not ike II much,
pun ] was 20 much IN love with him and
NE was $40 fond Of me II did not make
much difference. lie told me that he
had resigned lrgm the bank. lie thought
lg could make more money as a boxer
ll.s ialher heard about his giving cxhi-
b'N0Hi and he came TO Salt Lake City
aug took us back to san Francisco.
For two or three months we did not
90 anything. We lived with his father.
,or part VI The time ! worked In the
nan Of Records. earned $ or sga
week, was glad TO do Il for nim. That
was The only time IN my life that ever
worked.
We all persuaded lin to give up the
toNng. lie secured a place M the
ahBio'Neyada Insurance Company.
men Wr went TO live in little Hat. At
lNa' time / think Jim received 500 a
month. know ! did my own work.
10 was not long after that when he
WIS offered The place OF instructor m the
Ogmpc Club at larger salary than he
NN selung' ! was rather glad that he
..gN'l have that, because he was fond
OF boxing, and thought he would b.
',lel happier In a place like that linn
alN'ls had the greatest confidence In
"lNla v, lie used to say: Il will be
great lighter some day; feel it. don't
nuo" mat shall make a name, but
KNOW that | shall be prratn And 1 400