The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-24
WALES AND WOMEN
List of Those Whom He Has
Made Notorious.
TWO WHO SNUBBED HIM
His HignneSs' Rule for Gentle
men Correspondents.


esting happenings have curiously enough
occurred simultaneously-the very conspic
uous attention Mrs. James Brown Potter
is. at this moment receiving from his Roya
! Highness, the Prince Of Wales and tht
| news that Mr.. James Brown Potter's Ions
| suffering patience has reached the limit
at last in proceedings for divorce.
The Prince Of Wales occupies in the mod
! ern world a position closely analogous to
that Of Paris IN the ancient.
This truth is forcibly called to mind by
the announcement that His Royal High
ness mas just conferred the prize Of beauty
on Mrs. James Brown Potter, an Ameri-
| can.
I is indeed remarkable that the universal
masculine arbiter of beauty should be
| nearly sixty years Of age, very fat and a
grandfather. As long as he maintains his
present interest in life ne viii doubtless
continue to hold his position as arbiter.
Mrs Brown Potter is the latest Of a
very long list of women of many nations
who have excited the admiration Of the
prince. She is beautiful in very origin
al, piquant and charming way. Her type
is distinctly American and quite different
from that of the others who have capti-
waited him.
Conspicuous among these have cen Ledy
Mordaunt, for whom he ''perjured himself
like gentleman" Mrs. CORVALLIS West,
VINO was only a f1irt, ut the most expert
Of her generation; Lady Brooke, the only
woman of whom the Princess Of Wales
was ever jealous, and Mrs. Langtry, whom
ba ba 6rc
There are others who have conferred a
peculiar distinction upon him. They have
refused the honor of meeting him. Chief
among these is mary Anderson, most i'm
maculate of actresses. Another is Mrs.
George Peaody Wetmore of New York and
Newport, one of the conspicuous person
ages of the Four Hundred.
Thanks to the Prince. Mrs. Brown Pot
ter is the actress most in vogue in all Lon
don. She has more than equaled the sue
cess once achieved Mrs. Langtry in the
same sphere. The two women resemble
one another in that they are both women
Of eXcellant family and social antcedents
and hav become actresses. They are also
alike though in differing degrees in that
they have brought misery on irreproach-
1t is now said that Mr. James Potter
viii at last seek a divorce from his wife
He has been in position TO obtain this
for many years, on the ground of deser-
ton; but he has refrained for various rea-
sons highly creditable to him. His wife has
finally demonstrated that she has no in
tention of ever resuming her place in his
houshold.
Mrs. Potter, It may recalled, is the
daughter Of Colonel David Urquhart of
Louisiana. She married James Brown Pot
ter, son of the late Howard Potter, who
was rother OF Bishop Potter, Of New
York
Early in her married life she Showed her
ent toward the stage Y her activity in
amateur thea tricals. Aout 1855 she Great
ed a sensation Y reciting "Ostler Joe" at
a great society entertainment in Washing
ton.
In 1887 she went to England with the
late Mrs Paran Stevens.
Soon after this the announcement came
to New York by cable that she was going
on the stage. She made her debut on
March %, 1887, at the Haymarket theatre
in London, as Ann Sylvester in Wlzie
Collins play, MAN and Wife" The
Prince Of Wales. who had previously heard
her recite, was present. He expressed in
person his pleasure in her performance.
In Company with Kyrle Below. Mrs
Potter then Travelled around the world.
playing IN America, Australia and other
countries.
When she appeared recently at Miladi in |
a version o dumas Three Muslleteerap
in London, the Prince Of Wales renewed /
his marks Of friendship in a most empha- |
tie manner. He occupied a OK with the |
Princess and aplauded enthusiastically. |
lie minated to all his friends that thew
would do well TO there, too. Consequent /
ly the theatre was filed with the rank ana
fashion Of London. Mrs Potter's fortune
was made. She displayed talent as an /
actress, but that was nothing c0mnared /
10 the Princes favor.
Two weeks ago Mrs Potter was nrasop4
at a great reception given by the Dusbass
or Deyonshire. one Of the greatest social
leaders in London. She was fnvita5 a. -,
suggestion of the Prince This is orI,. on,
OF lne many marks Of attention she has
received in English society through the
same august influence
No actress o. this generation has acbssv--
G" so great a social success in ENGLAND
Every door worth entering is omen n bs~
she Is able 10 point with tri,Iu,05 IN ,,s
declaration she made after she Ias- -
AoSoano-that she would 80 into The World
ana work and win a position for 5,s~se,e
III nes'o|lnS his patronage on Mrs. Pot
SEQ '-'v t'-lite ~ Wales shows excellent