Evening star., 1901-04-16
Romance in Real Life eliminates in
a Marriage.
ACTIVITY IN YACHTING CIRCLES
Actors to Make a Demand for
Better Dressing Rooms.
FOR DOG LEGS


NEW YORK, April Is, 1901.
AS a climax to romance which owes its
origin to the Pan-American exposition. held
In Philadelphia in 1898, Miss Helen Louise
Mclaughlin, the daughter of a retired
Philadelphia merchant will on April "a, be-
come the bride of Enrique WIlf, consul
general here for Bolivia. This will be the
second marriage to be solemnzed for 4
South American representative in this city
within four months. Arturo de Brigard,
consul general for Colombia here, set the
example January . last, his being the
first marriage recorded in New York for
any representative of southern republic.
While the Philadelphia exposition was in
progress. Miss Mclaughlin made a visit to
that city. Enrique Wulff, who is now
twenty-sx years old, had just been ap-
pointed consul general for Bolivia. In his
honor there was banquet given in Phila-
delpha. to which Miss Mclaughlin was in
Vited. Mr.. Wulff and Miss Mclaughlin
We're mutually impressed at their first meet
ing, and their cOurtship sped swiftly to the
eDga cement. of which wedding announce
ment is the result. After the ceremony, at
which several members of the diplomatic
corps in Washington, d. c., are expected to
present there will be reception in the
nome of the brides parents.
Activity I'm Yachting Circles.
Yachtsmen in this vicinity row dis
playing great interest in their chosen
sport, and while 1t is true that Saturdays
only have been allotted as racing days by
the Yacht Racing Association of Long
Island sound there is every indication that
the number of entries and the keenness of
competition will be greater than over be-
fore. The coming of Sir Thomas Lipton's
new Shamrock is not alone responsible for
the increased interest displayed in the real
sport OF kings this spring, although the
races for the treasured Americas cup will
form g prominent chapter in the years
history of yachting. From present appear
ances the increase of enthusiasm in the
sport will be most noticeable among the
younger men. those whose bank deposits do
not permit of the expenditure of half a
million more for a summers enjoyment.
Decoration day is the one that marks the
formal opening of the yachting season,
and already elaborate preparations for the
lifting celebration of the beginning Of the
season are being made. All the clubs in
the vicinity of this city and along the
coast will send their cOors aoft for the
first time this year on that day, and after
salutng the flag in fitting style will con-
duct races for various classes. The carly
races have already been arranged; IN TACT,
all of the important organizations have
published their entire schedule Of dates for
the entire season. and the program of
aquatic events is wider in range than has
been given in & decade.
Actors Want Better Dressing Rooms.
The Actors Society is seriously consd-
erng the plan to ask managers of thea
ters to furnish better dressing rooms 1t
is said that the health of many in the
profession has been impaired solely from
impure air, drauShts, etc, in the dressing
rooms. Says a prominent actor the
subject:
THE present season has been the most
disastrous in the history of the stage as
regards the mortality among the players.
Never before has there been anything like
the epidemic of illness that has hefallen
almost every company on tour. and in
this connection let me say that the dress
ing rooms of the average theatcr, in the
big and little cities alike, responsible
for much Of the serious illness now pre-
Nailing in the profession. The theater
dressing rooms are d delusion and a stand
ing advertisement for pneumonia. They
are accountable for most of the deaths
from lung trouble in the profession. To
enumerate list of those who have con-
traCted fatal illnesses from dressing rooms
in past seasons would take too long. Ro-
land Reeds last Illness which resulted in
his death a few days ago, was brought on
from this source Olga Nethersole, who
was obliged to close her season several
weeks ago and hasten to London for an
operation, received her injury from a fall
on q rickety flight OF stairs leading to her
dressing room. F. II. Sothern remained In
a Baltimore hospital for two months early
in the season. James X. Hackett was so
i'll in st. Louis last week that he was
tliged to retire for the remainder of the
season. Nine. Bernhardt disappointed two
immense audiences in Pittsburg recently on
account of the grip. Nine. Melba and
Nine Sembrich and Jean de Reszke are
similar sufferers and have by their alb
$ence from the cast ruined the prospects
FOR the spring season of grand opera in
New York. Every theater i'll New York
city has been obliged to substitute under
studies account Of the rayages of the
grip. The profession in body should
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lect for ordinary comforts in the theater
dressing rooms"