The record-union., 1898-03-13
MATRIM0NY VS.. STAGE.
UPS AND DOWNS OF THE GREAT
STELLAR CONSTELLATION.
Marriages Among the Stage Feo-
pie Blessed With Happy Re-
suits, as Rule.
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married couple cannot act together IN
j his company, and despite the further
fact that Daniel Frohman has followed
| in his footsteps and laid down the same
/ rule for his Lyceum Theater Company,
| the matrimonial boom in the dramatic
world is constantly on the increase.
When it was learned recently that
James X. Hackett and Mary Manner
| ing, who were seen on this coast this
sumner, had been married d whole year
before the truth was known, the news,
papers throughout the country devoted
much space TO speculation, commenca-
! ton and explanation of the wisdom OF
the move Hardly have the critics
time to arrange their ruffied feathers
when the announcement is made that
; Edward j. Morgan, another favorite OF
the ,.yceuEl Company. has been mar
. ried for six months to Miss Adelaide
Cpshman, an actress, but deemed it ad-
visable heretofore TO keep the matter
! a secret People are wondering now If
the Lyceum Theater is q matrimonial
bureau, and doubtless many old-ma;d
! actresses DESTROYS of shaking off Their
spiGsterhood viii be clamoring for ad-
| mission into the charmed circle of this
/ matrimonial company. Daniel FrOh-
man will doubtless deny this imputa-
ton, tor since the marriage of Edward
Sotharn and Virginia Harmed which
marked a change of prosperity for this
young actor, Frohman has declared
/ that he would allow no more marrying
in his companies.
1t is notorious that the Theatrical
Trust refused to book Julia Marlowe if
. her h3tch1nd Robert To i1pr remained
her leading man, so she was forced to
accede tc their wishes and he, unable TO
find a suitable play to go a-starring,
has been exiled in England, where he
played the part of Alexis in Henry II.
| wings Peter the Great"
And yet there are a number of COM
panies in which man and wife have
been successful Mr. and Mrs Kendall
| long have been examples OF domestic
virtue as have Fanny Davenport ana
her husband, Melbourne Macdowell.
| THE Man From Mexico" Willie Col
lier, and his wife, Nita Allen, who have
just departed from this coast. have en-
| joyed professional success, and we have
all admired Joseph Grismer and Phoebe
Davies when they have appeared be-
fore lis in melodrama Robert Mantell
after a stormy first marriage, was de-
voted tc Charlotte Behrens who has
just died. and Rose Coglan and John t.
sullivan have recently appeared in The
| White Heather" in New York
Among the playwrights, Bronson
| Howard, David Belasco. Paul Potter
Franklin Fyles, Augustus Thomas, Clay
| Greene sydney Resented. j. ]. G. Clark
and Charles Henry Meltzer have each
been married and are happy Henry
| Guy Carleton however has been mar
ried thrice and, it is to be hoped, for
| the Last time.
Among the composers Reginald de
lKoven, John Philip Sousa and Gustave
Kerker seem to be content While
among the managers Augustine DAILY,
A. NJ. Palmer Rudolph Aronson, Thee
iore Moss. Maurice Grau. Walter Dam
rosch and Henry C. Miner are devoted
husbands.
Mary Anderson has demonstrated
that an actress can make a good wife.
as has also Minna Gale. Helena Mod
jesl1a has been devoted to Count Be-
zenta. and is now enjoying a big sue
cess at the Fifth Avenue, New York,
where she has been appearing in Mary
Stuart" 'Magda," Measure for Meas
ure'' and Camille" Robert Downing,
retired from the stage, and his wife,
Eugene Blair. toured successfully for
many seasons. the latter still appearing
in emotional plays
De Wolf Hopper and Edna Wallace
Hopper have found marriage a failure,
and it is said, will separate profession
ally and domestically next season. &.
j. Radcliffe also found matrimony a de-
fusion, and is serving a six months
sentence in New York for cruel treat
ment to his alleged second wife.
Lillian Russell has made three grabs
into the matrimonial lottery, and drew
blanks each time. as did Margaret
Nather who a year or so ago was sep
arated from young Pabst. the million
aire brewers son. Ellen Terry is said
to have had four husbands. while Helen
Dauvray, once called the California
rough diamond" has been married
twice. Katharine Florerfee and Fritz
Williams. formerly both of Frohmans
Lyceum Company. have been kept
'asunder by the transference of the lar
ter to the Empire company John
Drew. Henry Miller. Joseph jefferson.
Otis Skinner, William Faversharn
James r. Powers-all favorites = are
models of marital bliss and decorur.
Among the opera celebrities, Nordica
has been married twice, her present
husband, Herr Dolme, being 81 singer
of some repute. Patti also had two
husbands, and has lately become u
widow through the sad death OF Nic0-
lini Emma Eames and her husband,
Julian Story live happily together, as
do Lille Lehman and Paul kalisch.
the famous Wagnerian interpreter.
sarah Bernhardt and E,leanora Duse
haze been married but once. and Yvette
1suilbert, who recently added to her
conquests by creating furore in BeT
lin. waited until she had gained rep
Ggation and wealth before making the
fatal plunge. Mrs. Langtry was mar
ried but once. Mrs. Leslie Carter. ia
nous as Maryland Calvert in The
Heart of Maryland and heroine Of
Belascos famous suit for her training,
is noted divorcee. Cora iTrquhart
Potter is still the legal wife of James
Brown Potter, although they have lived
apart for over fifteen years Nat Good
win and Maxine Elliott. both recently
divorced, have been married and are
starring together. Louis Mann and
Clara Lipman are excellent partners.
One might so on indefinitely recount
ing the various matrimonial ups ana
downs of the great stellar constellation
which wrinkles in our dramatic firma
ment From the foregoing it is appar
ent that in over half the cases mar
riage has been blessed with happy re-
suits. and hence has become popular.
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