The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-21
nEMTTCT DR.. A. E. BUCHANAN
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ADJUSTMENTS.

who has largely assisted Fanny Davenport
in adding to her fortune during the past
eight years, arrived yesterday with Miss
Davenport, Melbourne Mcdowell and their
big company on a special train from Louis
vile. The aggregation that registered at
the different hotels last night is nearly as
large as an operatic company. a chorus be-
ing carried for the Cleopatra production.
After her first production of cleopatra"
eight years ago. Miss Davenport played the
Egyptian Queen for five years The pro-
duction was seen only once in this city. five
years ago, and since then the much-admired
light effects have been changed from gas
10 electricity. which is said to have greatly
enhanced the beauty Of the spectacle. "Cle-
opatra" will be given tonight and Tuesday
night at English's. La Tosca" being the
Wednesday night bill.
Manager Ben Stern is authority for the
statement that this season is the worst the
theatrical business has known since the
panic. Companies have been returning to
New York Gin droves." said Mr.. Stern last
night, and there is more open time" at
theaters throughout the country than ever
known before. Mr. Stern says nothing but
first-class attractions are making living,
the people turning out for nothing but the
big SHOWS Inc VICE Sas raneiaS this
year has made theater-goers cautious, and
the generally good shows suffer with the
worst unless their merits happen to be well
known.
Henry Jewett, the well-known Australian
actor, who made hit the first year he came
to this country and was Immediately re-
tanned as leading man for Julia Marlowe
until she became Mrs. Tabor, is here with
Fanny Davenport's company Mr.. Jewett
plays the character of the slave in "Cleopa-
ira" and will be seen as Mario in La
Tosca."
Fanny Rice's Washington birthday mat
inee at the Grand tomorrow will open her
one-day return engagement here. "At the
French Ball. is now in its third season and
still wears well.
phil Peters and James f. Green are at
the head of the Peters & Green Comedy
Company, which will appear in "Finnigans
Fortune" to-day at the Park
.erhe Gay Masqueraders' return to the
Empire to-day for three days.
Nat Goodwin Marries Maxine Elliott.
CLEVELAND. O., Feb. 2O-Nat {. Good
win. the actor. and Miss Maxine Elliott, the
leading lady of his company, were married
in this city at 1 o'clock this Afternoon. The
ceremony was performed in the Darlor of
the bridal suite at the Hollenden, Rev. DR..
8. p. Sprecher, pastor of the Eucl-c-avenue
PRESBYTERIAN Church, officiating. The only
witnesses of the marriage were Miss Ger
frude Elliott, sister of the bride; Manager
Appleton, of the Goodwin company MIS-.
Appleton and Manager L. A. Brobst, of the
Holenden. Immediately after the ceremony
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodwin were driven, to the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Boardlnan on
TucIid avenue where they were enter
tanned at dinner. Three weeks ago GOODWIN
received official notice that his former wire
had secured a divorce from hlm IN New
York BY the decree he was prohibited
from marrying again during the HE or MS
divorced wife. This prohibition, whlle legal
in York has effect IN
this State.
IT was taken as foregone conclusion
after Mr. Goodwin took Maxine Elliott to
Australia to supplant Blanche Walsh as his
leading woman that the great comedian
and the beautiful Miss Elliott would be
married sooner or later Before sailing for
Australia Nat Goodwin applied for divorce
in San Francisco. Miss Elliott had just.
secured divorce in the same court from
George A. McDermott. New York lawyer.
from whom she separated when she went on
the stage to earn independent living.
AS she called it. Mr.. McDermott did not
oppose the divorce. The then Mrs. Good
win, however. opposed Gcodwin's divorce,
and after the Australian trip Goodwin
withdrew his case. Then Mrs Goodwin
filed one of her own in New York, naming
several women as being responsible fer fur
nishing her the evidence necessary. This
evidence was kept secret in New York, and
the names of the women were not mace
public II was stated on one occasion that
Miss Elliott's name was not in the list.
This is Nat c. Goodwin's third plunge
into rlatrimony, and it promises to be his
most successful venture. He has finally
won a good woman, who is talented and
against whom there has been no charge or
scandal Eliza Weathersby, his first wife.
made her first New York appearance with
lydia Thompson'S famous company IN 1862.
Eliza Weathersby died in 1887, and there
came the unfortunate affair when Leila
Farrell, the soubrette, sued for breach OF
promise. In 1888 the comedian married Mrs:
Pease q Buffalo society widow. who had
been divorced the year before from Edward
Pease with whom she had eloped two years
before that. Two years after she became
Mrs Goodwin she began to cost the COM
edian a pile of money. and they never lived
together afterward. Nat Goodwin and
Maxine Elliott are said TO have fallen in
love or first sight in San Francisco two
years ago. and il was reported that it cost
ISraWlev contract to go TO Australia. She
made her debut with T., S. Willard in 1891.
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