The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-10
GREEN, ROOM TALK


There is a story behind the affair
that differs somewhat from either the
! explanation OF Miss Hampton or Mr..
! Frawley. Miss Hampton, up to two
months ago. was the leading lady in
] Charles Frohman's Sowing the Wind"
company, and Miss Elliott has won dis
tinction by appearing with Miss Ada
Rehan at Days theater, New York.
| Both were engaged by Mr.. Frawley In
his company at the Columbia theater,
this city. during the summer, but be-
| cause of Miss Hampton's unkind re-
marks in regard to Miss Elliotts beau
ty, she has been dropped from the COM
pany's list.
Mr.. Frawley has a rule in his COM
pany which states that there shall be
no leading men or leading women, and
under such n contract Miss Elliott was
engaged. Then a contract was offered
to Miss Hampton to sign, and she
placed her name on 1t without any re-
luctance.
The company assembled in Denver to
, begin rehearsals prior to their western
departure, and one morning when Miss
Hampton was passing the time away
reading her contract she failed to find
any words showing that Mr.. Frawley
had engaged her as leading lady. She
is known to be young woman with
mind of her own and a temper not easy
to manage. She went to Mr.. Frawley,
contract in hand. and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION.
Il thought, Mr.. Frawley, that you
had engaged me as your leading
lady"
II have no leaing lady" said the
manager. THE members of my COM
pany are all on plane or equality and
I show no distinction"
v But you don't suppose that am go
ring to act with that woman and be on
the same Dlane with hpr2"
who do you mean by that womah?"
II mean Miss Elliott. That's who.
Don't be mistaken for a minute, Mr..
Frawley, that a woman with such lit
tie beauty as she possesses can go on
the same stage with me without some
distinction being shown. why. she's
not beautiful. She's not even pretty,
and what's more. she can't even make
up TO look pretty"
while no one Is doubling your ap-
pearance, Miss Hampton. you seem to
forget that Miss Elliott was with Daily
and has always been considered very
beautiful woman"
THAT cuts no ice with me, Mr.. Fraw-
ley. Beauty or no beauty, / am to be
leading lady or nothing
We'll. 1 guess you'll have to take
nothing"
. Then Mr.. Frawley left Miss Hampton
with the hope that she would become
more pacified and retract her words
but nothing was heard from her until
late in the day, when she returned her
contract to Mr.. Frawley with a terse
little note saying, I'm afraid, Mr..
Frawley. your idea of beauty will never
be indorsed by the public. You men are
poor judges at the best. It's only wom-
an who knows herself"
When Miss Elliott heard of the af-
fair she went to Miss Hampton's hotel,
and with something like sisterly love,
tried to reason with the angry woman.
IL was no use. Miss Hampton packed
her trunk and left for New York
Just a week after her departure Mr..
Frawley received a small letter, per-
fume and inclosed in a dainty envelope
Of pale pink. He opened ii and read
Dear Mr.. Frawley: j guess after all
that you are judge of beauty or you
wouldn't have engaged me. Suppose /
come back and continue on that lovely
trip to the beautiful West which you
propose to take? Answer
Mary Hampton
But Mr. Frawley had engaged Miss
Amy Busby of the Prisoner of Zenda"
company to fill the vacancy and left
Miss Hampton to suppose.
Mrs. Kate Stokes-Stetson, widow of
the late John Stetson. the millionaire
theatrical manager who died April is,
died at her home in Boston Monday
morning. Mrs. Stetson has been pros
trated since the death of her husband
but up to few days ago II was thought
she would recover Mrs. Stetson was
member of the well-known Stokes
family of Kentucky She had a wide
reputation for beauty, and was one of
the most daring bareback riders this
country has produced. Her father,
James Stokes of Louisville, drifted into
the circus business, although other
! M nf ia mil inf fal
and wealthy merchants. His circus
| ventures did not succeed and his
daughters. Ella Emma and Kate Qater
Mrs Stetson). took to the ring. The
latter surprised her sisters in daring
and skill, and soon became famous as
bareback rider and also for her
beauty.
During the first season Mrs. Langtry
played at Wallacks. Mr. Stetson saw
Mrs. Stokes one day coming out of the
hotel. He was struck with her beauty
and inquired who she was. Upon being
told, he sought out Mr.. Coup, who was
a friend of all the Stokes girls and
from him learned the story of her life
and her ambition regarding the stage.
Stetson told Coup IL she would con-
sent. he would give her $50 week to
prepare her for the dramatic stage,
and later would star her as the Amer
lean beauty She consented. and IL
was not long before her marriage TO
Stetson followed. She had already been
married. Her first husband was Carl
Anthony, a horse trainer. He was
kicked in the face by a horse and dan
gerously injured. Kate nursed him in
his delirium and discovered that he had
a wife living in Germany. After he re-
covered she secured divorce.
A New York dispatch says that II
John Stetson's will. when found. should
leave the estate of the millionaire TO
Kate Stokes-Stetson there will be a
very bitter contest. Adah Richmond
well-known to two generations of the
ater-goers and still handsome woman
is waiting for developments before be-
ginning suit for the property of the
dead manager.
Il was married to John Stetson in
ISL" she said. / was only a Young