The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-23
HER DRAMA OF DIVORCE
Katheryne Letter Will Preach
From the Stage.
SLOANE CASE THE BASIS
Has Written Her Own Play, Which Is
Founded on the Notorious New
York Scandinavia Be An
Object Lesson.

Il IJnffr
who ha,,a i.e hi'.s iieilni'
oeeh Watching with interest
her career since she became a member
| of the rich and socially eminent Letter
/ family. will find added in+aras+ IL tho
/ o,,t,i,,o - = ~
+. ou'iiiie ol her stage ambition written
by herself for the New York Journal
The paper introduces her with numer-
Gus nicturas nc che .nn.ors :, 1,.r,-
as she appears IN war;
GUS gowns and costumes, and says OF
her.
KATHERINE Letter If the lannon's
|
"et.e' lanilly OF Chlcaso' cousin VI
Lady Curzon, Vicereine of India, OF
| Daisy Letter. reported engaged to the
| Ear, of s,efo,,, ,na - 1osa,, letter.
- - az ~ . ~ ,.at
Mno attempted 70 corner me Wheal
/ market q the word last year, mas
eolie ~ VIEW iork 70 90 On .le sea ~
snrs. Letter Is known as one OF Inc
l.oa. oeaulilul socle!y women VI SIi-
Iaso, ana sue mas written ner own pay.
/ Al, her ci,a.aelets anu an me scenes
MI ps lahe1 aclually from me holo-
r ..,I ooaHe- beln,ohl dlvorce case. She
! WI 80 eetilpe " ~ Oh tue Stage WHAT
fro1,e a. I'd ,,1, uohe me pass tMo Me .s
lesson nf thn d d li,olal ooJeos
| H. aaxna1 .ne uaiiseis u uiVorces aha
1 ca,, son;o+ uesi aud'lo VI Aiiisii
| ~ sao;at' io i!i, heI own hnoWieuse
| ,,ix,; au1 ~ she WI, present the pay
/ ~ .tue ~ al oetalls, ana SNOW
| s iieai 'ieas society Woiuan as she
- 10 MIS-. Letter taxes TINS step
suppolt net huspaho IN sickness.
, Wi,ie III neall4 ne supported hef IN
tuAuIy. MIS-. Letter mas written Tor
me SUNDAY journal the outlines OF her
uialila 81 dlVorce.
me dramatls personae or the pro-
poseo pay are as tollows: Mrs. Harry
Stohe' leaoef OF the 4oo; Henry
9.one, multl-mllilonaire merchant;
alerre beaumont, bachelor clubman;
Sapt, berlie bertle, brush army ON.
~. aailcia oMilt, lli.rouucer y
| sociely, Mrs. ocnuyler-ocnuyler, So
c1ety dlvorcee; mr., Hyde, MIR. Patten'
WI. Jones, fashlonaoi attorneys;
irene schuyler, Amel1e stuyVesant, de-
putante daughters OF divorces; White
ciolt Whiteheao, mutual lrlenu: Llz-
ette' Frenen malai Ihomas DAVIS, put
ler; tommy Jagsers, messenger BOY;
Denms brennan, Felix Curran, private
aelectlVes, lawyers clerks servants,
1 postlneh, capfheh' m1lllnef' DOCTOR
aila Parsoh. ,-.,.-...
WIS Letter writes OF hef intentions
and hopes as follows:
Il nope to make my dramatic debut
/ m society play written by myself
whicn VIII serve as an OBJECT lesson
OF the evils OF divorce and the degra-
datlon OF American society as l have
lounu az IT, taxing my characters from the
r p, me uIalila VI the notorious sloane
beel emo case
4 w eanlol coiipel ,.ile5 feal actors
IN tnese society tragedles TO go upon
~ ne NJ a,iu ac. ou. before the pun
NC tnelr 1ollles ana thelf SINS.
IL we Gou1u ia, only nave laws TO com
~, ,ue III ne lilooe5h s.ase theil
MS iilsht We VIC. tne oiu lasl4oHeu PHI
ING eish VI the scallel zleltel. " What
puillsn .4a eouio ne ihore stihslhs or
"ioIe JUS.
Lel me liian VINO mas invaded ana
ueseei oteu d nuiiie appeaFs on d puolic
| osaSs' uliuei tiie Aiiilic SURROUNDINGS
u ~ ~, plaees .nae ne mas aisllonoreu'
anu anu lleIe iehearse the lhtfigues pefofe
Inc pupiic.
Lel me woman VINO mas been faith-
less TO her husband be made to really
play pefore the whole city her deceitful
par1!
would the poor children have to be
dragged on to this stage pillory, too?
Ihat would be the pity OF 1t!
/ ;, ms ldea OF mine or turning our
theateIs INTO prisons and exhibiting
the prisoners pefore the public will
aouptiess impress many people as be-
ing somethlng quite droH.
GU may thlnk / am passing jest.
MOI SO.
am IN earnest. Ihere is no law of
society or IN the legal code that inter-
leres win my plan. can make peo-
PIE win nlcutlous names do on the
stage VIVA. real people nave done IN
real Ire. ana am gong to do it.
Behlhd my puppets you Will see real
persons.
40 not want TO shock people. But
ilust SNOW thlnss as thev really are
nus. SNOW soCiely women tlppIhS
~ private ana drinking stronger things
III tHeli yea cups imam Tea IN pubic.
-, nus a., not oIly snow the early morn
ani ulsslpatIohs Oh paflles or fashlon-
a ave men anu women winch pass po-
1 ICY py .He naihe OF theatef suppers,
! ou. " ne sillcere, must snow the art
ernoon iuhcheohs, where the hostess
p 81, Miel tne husband is down
Nv, ~ Mlele az the servants are pan
isiieu anu oiiis young pachelors are the
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| IHSot are SCtHeS where are SOWH