The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-09

will that 1t was his intention to exclude
Mrs. Potter from any benefit in his es-
tate. Bishop Potter, the uncle of James
Brown Potter, took occasion to declare
recently that he had never been In q
theatre in his life.
The change in Mr. Potter's attitude to-
ward his wife occurred, curiously enough,
when she had severed her partnership
with Kyrle Bellew, and won the admira-
ton and the friendship Of the Prince Of
Wales. and had become at last q really
successful actress.
Cora Urquhart is a New Orleans girl,
belonging to an excellent family which
had suffered reVerses When barely
twenty years of age she captivated and
married James Brown Potter, son of
Howard Potter and nephew of Bishop
Potter, of the diocese of New York, in
the Episcopal church. His father was one
of the heads of the famous banking firm
of Brown Brothers 81 Co. He therefore
belonged to one of the best known and
most honorably distinguished families in
New York. His young wife was very
pretty, with slight. girIish figure, regu-
lar features and a wealth of copper-col-
ored hair, which was her most charming
feature. She has not only retained her
early attractions, but has developed into
really beautiful woman. and as such
has received the appreciation of the
Prince of Wales
Young Jimmy" Potter as his friands
call him, was in the coffee business when
he married, and was making an income.
1t Is said, OF $1,000 or $4,000 year. HAY
ing rich father, he would never have
had any difficulty in getting more
money If he needed it. In view of these
facts Mrs. Potter's complaint that she
suffered the degradation of poverty on
her husbands income will not excite
much sympathy. This was actually one
OF the reasons which she recently adj
Vanced for leaving her home. The newly
married couple had sufficient means to
Keep handsome house at Tuxedo and q
charming apartment in Washington
square, and to take advantage Of the
social relations of the husband. Mrs
Potter while going to all kinds of social
festivities, was an especially enthusiastic
amateur actress and became the leading
lady of band of fashionable young
amateurs very conspicuous at that time
They had a daughter who bears the
name OF Anne Urquhart Potter, but is
more commonly called Fiji Potter. She
was introduced to society last year. Mrs
Potter frequented the houses of the AS
tors, the Vanderbilts and the pick Of
the social register. She was q guest
at the most exclusive dinners, balls,
coaching parties and so forth But all
the time she grew more and moro de-
voted to amateur theatricals, and less
and less in love with domesticity. The
fatal point in her career was an enter
tainment in Washington by Mr. William
Z. Whitney then secretary of the navy
1t was a very large, semi-pubIic affair
for the benefit of charity. Mrs Brown
Potter recited "Ostler Joe," that stirring
poem by George r: Sims, In which a
stableman explains why he took back
his erring wife. The subject was bv
Hannod fOa
ton by very young matron moving In
the best society, and Mrs. Potter was
severely handled at the tea tables
A rev months after that she announced
to her husband and the Potter family
that she was going on the stage. They
were aghast. They implored the young
mother not to break up her home but
she was obdurate. In the first place she
was thoroughly sick of the monotonous.
If luxurious, surroundings of society life,
more especially because she thought her
self In the position of a Door depepdent
or some Of the enormously wealthy peo-
In the second place she was convinced
that she had sufficient talent as On nc-
tress to win public applause She spelt
her art with a capital A. The glamour
OF the stage was upon her
At this point she went to Europe on an
ostensible pleasure trip, in company with
Mrs. Paran Stevens. the late autocrat of
society. While she was in London a ca
blegram announced, that she had signed
a contract with theatrical manager of
that city. She made her debut in the
Haymarket theater on March 90. 1887. as
Anne. Sylvester, in; ~Wilkie Collins MAN
and Wife" The Prince of Wales was in
box and personally congratulated her
But she did not make an artistic success
She then returned to New York and
made her American debut as Cleopatra.
This was one of the most sensational emf
sodes of her life. Her recent rupture
with the Potter family brought many
scandal mongers, fashionable and other
wise TO the theater. The costumes which
Mrs. Potter wore as Egypt's immorta1
queen were splendid but yet more re-
markable for transparency In the last