Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1900-04-26

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never met Julia Arthur until the busi-
ness arrangements for her first tour
under his direction were made, and she
returned to this country from Eng
land TO begin her rehearsals.
Mr.. Cheney is said to have under
taken to supply the funds for Miss
Arthur's tour in quite an unusual
way. Fer brother was at one time the
clerk in hotel which Mr.. Cheney
| frequently visited. He had contrib
uted money once before, without pro-
fit, to theatrical speculation, and it
was through the Intervention of her
brother that Cheney's interest was
overcome and he decided to advance
Miss Arthur enough money to enable
her to crafty her ambitions to become
star, in which capacity alone she
had vowed she would again return to
this country. She is the wife of a
more than quintuple millionaire, and
that ought to compensate her for the
disagreeable features of her first few
seasons as star.
Georgia and Amy Busby were two
clever New York actresses, and de-
cidedly pretty girls, who made very
lucky marriages. Amy Busby got a
divorce from Aubrey Boucicault be-
fore she became very well known on
the stage. Pretty soon she met Eugene
H. Lewis, New York lawyer of con-
siderable wealth, and retired from the
stage.
Georgia Busby made her stage de-
but in one of Marie Wainwright's
productions, and later appeared in
many companies at Broadway theaters.
She was playing with Herbert Kelley
and Fife Shannon in A Cat of Many
Colors, when she met and fell in love
with Walter Sandt, one or the most
popular members of the New York
Produce Exchange, one of the big
guns of the seventh regiment, and the
military and other uptown clubs. With
his father he also owns the Octagon
hotel at Seabright. Like her sister,
Georgia Busby retired from the stage
Immediately after her marriage.
Kuehne Beverage, the sculptress,
miniature painter and pet of society,
has had an experience with stage life
to which she does not revert with
pleasure. Miss Beverage was at one
time the wife of Charles Coghlan, the
actor, who died recently in Texas.
They were divorced Sept. 81, 1894.
Miss Beverage had won consider
able reputation as a sculptures before
she was IL years of age. Her busts
of Grover Cleveland and Joseph JEFF
ferson were classed as works of art.
Then she developed fondness for the,
stage, and after appearing in Charles
Frohman's company, playing All the
Comforts of Home, she Joined Charles
Coghlan's company, then playing
Diplomacy. Mr.. Coghlan's attentions
to Miss Beveridge' became marked, and
Oct. 25. 1898, at midnight, they were
married in the Bates house. At that
time he was So years old, she IS.
Later it was discovered that Cogh-
Ian had deserted wife and daughter
in England. Then came the divorce.
Miss Beverage is the granddaughter
of former Gov. Beverage of Illinois,
and daughter of Philo ]. Beveridge
Her mothers second marriage was to
the Baron Won Urede in Germany.
Clara Bloodgood, who is now with
Frohman's Surprises of Love company
is the widow of Wall Street banker.
She was Clara Stephens. Her mother
was Miss Sutton, sister of Mrs. Lloyd
Aspinwall, Mrs. Ely Goddard and
Walter Crosby. When II years old
Miss Stephens eloped with William
Havemeyer, an ex-mayor of New York.
They were divorced within a year.
Her marriage to Jack Bioodgood fol-
lowed not long afterward, and was an
affair Of much social Importance.
Bloodgood suffered financial reverses
mainly through illness, and soon after
the marriage both he and his wife re-
tired from society. There reverses
finally prompted Mrs. Bloodgood to
go on the stage. She made her profess
sional debut in Charles Frohman's
production, The Conquerors.