The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-02

PARIS, Dec. 1.-MlSS Sybn SanderSon,
the opera singer, was quietly married here
to-day to Mr.. Antonio Terry. Immediately
after the ceremony they left for Italy.
Sybil Sanderson, in addition to her fame
as an opera prima donna (resting largely on
her reputation in Paris and st. Petersburg
for she was not accepted in this country
two years ago., has furnished almost as
many columns of newspaper scandal as the
Princess Chimay. Among her ill-advised
and devoted admirers, or rather lovers"
she numbered the present Car of Russia
and Massenet, the great composer. She is
said by many to be one of the most beauti-
full women in the world. Her dark beauty
has caused more than one man to forget
home ties A few years ago columns were
being written about the attentions a stran-
ger was bestowing upon her while in New
York When she left he followed her, even
refusing to allow the seas to separate them.
1t afterward became known that the
stranger was Antonio Terry, son of the late
Cuban sugar king, who died leaving 800 000,-
600. Terry was a married man, his wife be-
ing Grace Dalton Secor of the prominent
Secor family of New York. Miss Sander
sons name appeared in Mrs. Terrys petit
ton for divorce, filed In Paris, along with
several other correspondents
The first Mrs. Antonio Terry died at her
residence in Paris on Sept IL last, while
her divorce case was pending. Mr.. Terry
married her in New York in 1876. She was
an orphan, eighteen years old, at the time
of the marriage and of remarkable beauty.
The bridegroom had not attained his ma
JOr1ty. Five years later a daughter was
born and four years after that Mr.. Terry
went to Paris and the first Mrs. Terry be-
gan her proceedings for divorce The first
dismissed Ia h9 nd
agreed to make his wife an annual allow
ance, but Mrs. Ferry began divorce pro-
ceedlngs In Paris last winter, to which her
husband answered with a cross suit.
me prodigtous success of Sybil Sander
son in Paris has been commented on very
generally by the American press. She APP
peared at IOpera Conique, In the French
metropolis, in Massenet's "Esclarmonde,"
ard opened the French eyes and tickled
the French ears by performing the unpre-
cedented feat of -,rking G. in alto Her
contre SOL will go down in history with
the celebrated Tut" upper @ of Tamber-
Xix. The music-loving Gauls christened
Miss Sandersons the Esiffel tower note
oSybil Sanderson was born in Sacramento,
Cal, twenty years ago. She is the
eldest daughter of the late Judge S. w.
SanderSon chief justice of the. Supreme
Court Of the State Miss SYPHILIS early child
mood was spent in her quiet home circle at
Sacramento, her education being intrusted
to goVerness and private tutors. When
not more than eight years old the future
prima donna became impressed with the
ticnal career. Her recitals of her childish
dreams of ambition are still recalled with
smiles by those who knew her. She used
to cover her fathers Aegal cap with mys-
FERROUS scrawlS, WihtGllys her graveIy, assured
her parents were original musical compo-
SltiOnS.
Her figure is rather petite, her complexion
beautifully clear. She has great expressive
eyes and a wealth of dark-broWn hair,
which never fails to attract attention, while
her VlVacious manner and neVer-failing
flow of animal spirits makes her a great
favorite in society. Years ago she was taken
to Paris by her mother, who placed her in
After her failure with the Metropolitan
opera Company, in New York, two years
ago, there was said to be quarrel between
SandersOn and Terry, on account of a Bos-
ton admirer of Miss Sapderson. Terry went
to Brazil and the prima donna back to
Paris, saying she would never set foot in
America again. The story was now printed
that Sybil found herself out of a job and
threatened by debt and insomnia, so she
carried her deSolatiOn to the feet of her old
lover. Massenet, and begged his Spurned af-
lection back again. But MaSsenet looked
coolly on the PROSTATE Sybil and deplOred
the fact that he had unexpectedly made
different arrangements with his wife.
Then SybiI went out into the dynamic
Partisan air and stealthily got her to a gun
little pistol with four bullets in it some
where and chic ivory handle Once at
home she attired herself in her most peer
lessly wastless dinner gown, wrote a note
to Massenet saying that she would be life
less by the time he read the note, and then
pointed the fetching suicide machine at her
lovely bare shoulder She, of course, did
several things not in her carefully ar
ranged plot. In the first place she shot
herself which was quite unintentional, and
in the second place, instead of bringing
down Massenet she brought out Terry, and
then everybody implicated except the COM
poser strenuously denied the whole story.
Since that time it is said Sybil and Terry
have been inseparable.
She is still considered one of the greatest
beauties in the French capital, the palm
having been awarded her by popular vote,
but two women, Cleo De Merode and Wan
da De EoneZa, led her in the newspaper
connection