The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-05-07
DON'T MARRY
AN ACTRESS
Frederick N. Davidson Advises
Young Men From Experience.
HAPPY HOME IS BROKEN UP
Both Were Singers In The BostonIans and
Left the Stage for a QuietM
Home Lie.
HAPPY HOME IS BROKEN UP

New York. May Ito the artistic tenn
permanent Frederick NJ. Davidson. Sunday
school superintendent. sadly ascribes a
most varegated set OF domestic woes.
Telling a story OF several unpleasant
things which he says the artistic tenn
permanent led his young actress wife 10
do TO him. he advises all young men 70
be careful not to get one In the family.
Some OF the things he mentioned are
chasing him with n carving knife. throw
ing china at him. kicking him and max
ing his domestic life a reign of terror.
Don't marry an actress" is his advice.
Domestic happines can never exist
where there is an artistic temperament"
According to his wife. Nc. Davidson
himself had the artistic temperament be-
fore he turned his attention TO the more
serious affairs OF the Sunday school and
became connected with the board OF edu-
cation. When he met her they were
both singing with the "Bostonians." ne
being the tenor of the company.
Mrs. Davidson was one of three sisters,
all OF well-known stage family.
Georgia Lawrence. OF tho Casino. and
Nina Lawrence. a prima donna are sis
ters. and Walter Lawrence, stage man.
ager for the Sultan OF Sulu" company,
Davidson wooed Miss Lawrence on the
stage, and they had "A romantic wedding
in Brooklyn three years ago; II was a
love match. and they mutually agreed 70
leave the stage and devote themselves q
pursuits more in harmony with domestic
happiness. So they settled in Brooklyn.
havoc with simple domesticity. Soon
after the wedding. IL is alleged. Mrs.
Davidson showed her old fondness for
late suppers with her stage sisters. one
Davidson
until g. clock. When he reproached her
she said she could not help tilt was
the old stage training she couldn't get
over.
Because he wouldn't give her $50 a
week for expenses on trip she wanted
TO make TO Europe, Davidson says. she
few into an unsovernable rage threw
dishes at him and then chased him
through the house with a carving knife
This stirring incident terminated their
domestic career on April 21 last. and
they have since been separated.
Now Davidson says he would be in
danger OF his life II he lived with his
wife. as she has threatened 10 kill him.
He brought suit for a separation. and
yesterday before Justice Dickey. In
Brooklyn. Mrs. Davidson brought a
counter suit for separation and asked
for n liberal allowance for alimony. She
alleged that her husband is receiving a
handsome salary from the pohru OF euu
cation. that he sings in a number OF
leading churches and teaches a number
OF rich music pupils. -
She denies all her husbands STORY and
insists that Ii is he who has been guilty
OF cruelty and brutal treatment. On
one occasion. he says. he seized her by
the arm and deliberately tried 10 break
IT, In the dispute OF April 81 she says.
he knocked her down. rendering her in
sensible for over an hour. and that she
was unable TO eat for three days. Her
sister Nina Lawrence. the actress, who
was visiting them at their home. No.
Ss7 East Fifteenth street Brooklyn, cor
roborates Miss Lawrence says that.
hearing high voices. she ran into the
dining room and found Davidson choking
her sister.
Lawyer James Foster Milliken. OF Mil
liken & Foster OF No. 2s7 Broadway.
urged Justice Dickey yesterday TO grant
a liberal allowance to Mrs. Davidson.
Justice Dickey allowed her $40 a week
and s75 counsel fee pending the trial.