The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-14

EN- are worse than others. or course
there are exceptions. one or TWO
actresses have literally been made py
their husbands. A pretty little song
and dance artist came to this country
a few years ago with a few songs IN
broken English, pretty figure and a
pretty face as her entire stock IN
trade. She had had no artistic train
ing, and her vogue would douptless
have been short had it not been for
the enterprise of her manager, VINO
fell in love with her, and Ike the
woman in Mrs. Danes Defense lied
for her, about her with her, and TO
her. He became her, press agent and
invented stories that made Tody HAM
ilton of Barnums sound like a penny
trumpet-lawsuits, hairbreadth es-
capes, stolen diamonds, runaway au-
tomobiles, kidnapping, thrilling res
cues. Lord knows what he didn't in
vent for his star. He was fiend or
ingenuity and he earned the nickname
of Baron Munchausen before he stop
ped. which he didn't until she was
twinkling at the head of her own COM
pany with two hundred beauteous
chorus girls as a background. He
taught her English, coached her in her
parts and looked with eagle eye after
her business interests. In the mean
time they had married, and he had
sense enough to keep that out of the
newspapers-about the only thing
about her, from her eyebrows to her
robes denuit, that was kept out u
the papers if he could help it.
Cost Him s5O2,O0o.
Another woman had a husband who
tried to help her. but he had too much
money and too little backbone. She
was of the tropical Southern style of
Q fgI1
He knew a thing or two about the
stage. but she knew it all. She starred
and failed. He spent 100000 on her me-
teoric flight and she had the pleasure
of closing the theater whenever she
had a headache. or ringing down the
curtain if anyone talked above whis
per in the audience. She was the real
thing in twinkling tyrants, but she is
a society lady now and has given her
scenery 10 the poor, and reserves her
long speeches for her one docile sup
port She still has the center of the.
stage, I'm told.
THE concert hall and variety artists
are great on husbands. You remember
Tottie Tinkleton, who came from dear
old Lunnon to strike us dumb few
years ago? She was big and handsome
and sang solemn songs with an absurd
ly small guitar, and the Johnnies went
wild about her. But she brought her
husband with her. He was what they
call in London a 'toff,' meaning
speechlessly dignified person who al
ways wears frock coat after II m.
and evening dress at one minute after
6 o'clock He used to sit in her dress
ing room waiting for her to come off
after her turn and he carried her floral
offerings home for her, and twas even
said he wrote her songs for her. l
guess he did, too. They sounded like
he looked.
Road Husbands Don't Count.
"Of course. some of the leading la
dies like several husbands instead of
one and l frankly admit the arrange
ment is much better for the manager.
1t gives you a chance to breathe, a lii
tie pause of peace between bouts, as a.
were. An actress married to an actor
in another company doesn't come un
der these structures and observations
at all. Road husbands don't count Its
only the 'by-my side ones that bother
the managers. One of our best-known
comic opera favorites is the widow OF
bowling swell. But she doesn't ac-
knowledge her relation to the deceased,
and never did because under his
mothers will he could not inherit her
fortune if he married an actress. An
unacknowledged husband like that is
81 right" said the manager with
hearty approval 81 never managed
her. but don't think l should have
minded him at ALL
But what is the real objection, at
bottom? Does the husband influence his
WIFE
"Ah. me! tbs a long, sad tale, me
child, xsaid the ancient manager, sigh
ing gHstily, land no one has ever vet
found out what it is. Why, one famous
star had a husband she loved better
than the public, better than press no
tees, better even than gross receipts.
He was a very good actor They both
claim now that each taught the other
to act. I'm a lover of peace, so I'm not
going into that, but what l am sure
about is that she insisted on lacking
his name after her own, and had him
billed and featured in letters a foot
high. Her manager fought against il,
and said it was not the way to heaven
for a woman star The Johnnies, who
had adored her, began to drop off Thu,
matinee girls followed Even the mar
r!ed people objected to seeing two mar
ried turtle doves playing romantic
scenes together.
Now Twinkle Apart.
Finally the break came They be-
came jealous OF edcn Otner- she SAID
he was madly jealous of her He said
she hated him to get any praise. There
wasn't another woman or another man
in the case. 1t was just between their
two selves and the thing they accused
each other of doing was holding the
center of the stage too long. spelling
each others scenes, taking curtain calls
that weren't intended for them, etc,
ETC., etc. She went far away to a
green hill in Vermont and he went to
Europe, and her managers were filed
with glee. But their joy was short
lived. They made it up in the autumn
and opened their season again together
The stage manager used to stand in
the wings and pray when they had a
scene together and the members of the
company used to make bets as to
which star would outshine the other
each night. They twinkle apart now.
"a few singers and dancers have
husbands who are as useful as trained
nurses. The husband of one grand
opera prima donna designs all her Gus
TUNES for her Another writes songs
for his wife. Nicolini, PATHS famous
husband, belonged to this class. He
waited on her, superintendent her diet
shielded her from worry or. annoyance
and was at all times her devoted, ador-
ing and adored slave. She called him
When he died la petite Adelina said
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