Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-07-10
ROMANCE COMES
TO UNHAPPY END
Mabel Hite. THE Telephone Girl
Sues HamIin for Divorce.
A DISAPPOINTED GIRL.
A Sentimental Dream Has a Dread-
fully Prosnie Awskening-Her Hns'
band said 60 be Lobster,

When the "Telephene Girl company
came 10 SAN Lake d few months ago
one Of the articles that came along
with It was Edward Ellis Hamlin
whose love for little Mabel Hite, the
belle OF the company had caused him
to come from Denver where the fancy
first struck him. Salt Lake people wei
remember the absorbing little romance
which cast a roseate hue over the city
for several days and eliminated In a
wedding, Mrs. Hamin now has law
yer In Chicago suing for divorce for
her on the grounds Of desertlon, ana
IIamlln who said he was the son OF a
rich Chicago merchant, now turns our
to be a commonplace young man win
a very megre supply Of legal tender
The interesting story appears as tol-
lows In the Denver Post.
Mabel Hlte, the Telephone CIR
soubrette. wants divorce from Hllls
Hamin. She has instructed a Chicago
attorney to file papers. The romance
begun at the Tabor just three months
ago and christened IN small Denver
restaurant with champagne by the
case. has ended I'm San Francisco with
Mabel forced to borrow money 70 pay
her hotel bill, and Hamln stranded IN
bakersfield CAL trying 70 borrow Slo
10 pursue his way toward Chicago.
When the Telephone Girl held the
boards at the Tabor Miss Hlte was
about the most chic mOrsel that had
danced and Kicked behind those foot
lights in many a day. Young Hamlin
was earning the reputation in town
OF being sport He gave 1t out that
his papa was a partner In Marshall
Fields big Chicago store, and through
mining deal he made $1,000, which
he spent like a nabob He cut vide
swath in Colorado Springs associating
win Frank Hamilton, who afterward
was tried In Minneapolis for murder.
Coming TO Denver he managed TO be
introduced into Capitol hill society and
was playing havoc with the hearts of
several captivating Denver maldens
when Mabel Hite, IN abbreviated skirts,
lloated before his vision as he occupied
a front seat at the Tabor, He bought
Mabel champagne that very night. The
next night he bought more OF the stuff
OF which certain kinds Of dreams are
made and showed Mabel his bank book
with n few thousand 20 his credit. He
also poured into the lonely creatures
ears tales of wealthy father and dia
monds galore. The last night Of "The
Telephone Girl" Hamilton promised TO
meet Mabel In Salt Lake,
He kent his word Less than a week
after Hamlln shook the dust OF Dem
yer and also The hearts OF several con-
fding Denver society girls and sought
his amorata In the Mormon city. After
the show that night the couple tried to
find the high places and eOodly sum
from Mr. Hamlin's bank account was
transferred 70 s9lt Lake dealers In the
Injuries OF life
After a hilarious evening preacher
was called In, and Mabel had a hus-
band. together with dreams Of dla-
monds. palaces and lloatlng seas OF
champagne
Notwithstanding her profession as
s0ubrette she was proyldent miss. for
Il Is said that as soon as her new-made
spouse started TO sleep off the effects
Of too much Of the vintage that cheers
she proceeded TO the hotel clerk and
secured her husbands pocketbook and
yaluables.
A week later the company arrived IN
San Francisco 20 mi a two weeks en-
gagement az the California theatef, and
Mr. and Mrs Hamlln seemed 70 be the
happlest young couple on earth. He
declined to be interviewed, but she free
~ told the reporters that she was the
most contented woman In the world.
why shouldn't / be-" she said. "My
husband is Young and tall and hand
some and wealthy and he loves me de-
votedly. Just as soon as my contract
with The Telephone Girl expires | will
retire from the stage and live with
George in his palatal Chicago home
His father you know, Is one Of the
main owners Of Marshall Fields store
aud has money TO build bonfires with.
He Is very fond OF George, and cordially
approves Of our marriage.
For a time there was no reason TO
suspect that Mabel had 0verdraWn her
roseate picture. but before THE Tele-
phone Girl" had ceased hellolng al the
California Il became apparent that she
had laid the color too thlckly. Her
husband acquired the reputation Of a
lobster" by his conduct He borrowed
small sums from the theater attaches
and when he went out with the boys"
he failed to hold up his end as a pur-
chaser OF wet goods. Then came n ru-
NOR that his parental relative, instead
Of being member Of the firm Of Mar
shall. Field q Co.,was a meager-salaried
clerk with a large family to support,
and that his son had neither a dollar IN
his pocket nor In sight, Mabel denied
these reports. but the circumstances
belled her denial Hamlin never re-
fused drink and was never known TO
pay Tor one. and all the money his wife
earned was squandered by him at the
races.
THE CRASH CAME.
The crash came before the company
left San Francisco. Manager Jake
RosenthAl. from whom Hamlln had bor-
rowed SO. refused 20 advance any more
money 10 his Leading sbubrettc, and she
was forced Ito confess that her trunks
we're held az the California hotel for
quite a large bill in which liqnd re-
treatments figured rather conspicuous
Is. So the manager cleared the indcbt-
edness and gave the woman $3.50 TO pro-
vide her husband with transportation
10 Chicago. The couple separated here
the wife going with the company to
Los Angeles and the husband starting
eastward over the Central Pacific.
In her petition for divorce Mrs. Ham
lin saws that from Bakersfield, Cal. she
received a telegram that her husband
had lost his pocketbook and must have
more money 20 pursue his homeward
way. She also complains that he played
the races beyond his means and drank
forty-seven glasses Of whisky In one
day. but at whose expense she does
not state.
Hamlln's Denver romances We're not
the only ones He was said 20 be en-
gagged 10 Miss lou Martin. the daughter
~ a.