The sun., 1901-03-14
ROW AMONG THE BEAUTIES.
1.-THE DUTY OF WIFE" AND WHAT
IT COST LAURA WIBLE.
she would Sing u in Her Turn. and In Turn
She Parted Forcibiy with Some Of the Ele-
ments OF beauty. TO Wit; Some Several
Hanks Of Hair. and VI .re-NO Arrests.


Laura Wyble. until very recently OF the
French Beauties. who are now at the Empire
Theatre. Williamsburg. Is just as French "a
she ever was but she Is not just at present
so beautiful by three or four hanks OF hair
and several square inches OF skin. ciawed
from her head and face on Tuesday night
by two other French Beauties who were
Jealous Of her art According to the Empire
Theatre programme the entertainment OF
the French Beauties begins with "A WELL
seasoned and delicately spiced eoncoction
Of contagious gayety called "A NiR htmare.
in which the chief desire OF each character
is TO attend the funerals OF the others
An olio follows the nightmare and then
there is "fantase entitle d I Forbidden Fruit
1t was between the nightmare and the
fantnsie that Miss wyble ceased TO be beau
tifd for the time being Although French
Beauty" ,he is listed in the clio as the "Ameri-
can Chansonettc He rturn comes fourth
on the programme She sings mother songs
and otlcr ballads Of sentiment. among them
being Tho Duty of u Wife II was that
song that caused the trouble. The Sensation
uf tho Twentieth Century" follows The
most definite Information on the programme
a. to what tn" sensation is d"scrltcs u -
"lAfm4lln W ,tson and rtnr tcrgu-@h; n,,onis ihs
ur Immediately after tn ."i-utlOn Anu way
down nj the tail end of the olIn ar" Harry
WIpht and Nclli" lNttnu. - me outsider
il seems as II the pro gramu" editor had rubbed
u IN unnecessarily by printing Hll'r their
names That's about al Bat perhaps thlts
bit II screaming mirth. A..
French Beauties, Miss Wyble,s favorite song.
"Tha putty of a wife, was also III the roper
toiro of Wright and LyttQn. She sang Il
ijret every nisht. and they had to cut ! ont.
They asked her to quit and she refused:
Then followed the JEALOUSY yharacterlstlyo OF
real artists. u unaffected Itself on uesdav
night Immediately after the nightmare
Wien according to th" story told the doctor
who was called in, woman pulled 3ut some
IL Miss Wvhlc'- hair and Scratch"d hGr iace
md drew real blood. tnd a man BSaNN
knocked Mi-- Wvble down and kicked her
and stamped on her hands. Miss NFhl' was
seriously injured before tl' n,her Ih'ihp
pr Nogt ot the Eastern llistrlCt no-pllali
who was In o." audience was clIlen h1Nnilu
g. H." stag" door; aud after he dress. u Misi and
other members II tn" company tpId it Nnsi
that she had been assaulted bv Wright anu
Iytton When asked If she was going 10 have
Would report tho ca4c to ia" White Rats.
wright l. "a White Rat
\ reporter looking for Wright found him
yesterday In front Of the theatre shaking his
rst f. the vttou woman face. "a.
iro voi Nj wight. The play actor. sir?-
askrd tlo reporter. timidly
Reautv. who ara you.ay"
Why did YOU knock Miss Wyhle down
Say. de- look lib" gent whn' would
When reminded of the fact that no had
,n-, boon ,,h'ki"s his h'' in ono woman ;
iw. 60, right to do that 70 her. She
works with me- -.
vi.. Wyhl". rotWltL standing the fact that
they were members Of the same company.