The St. Louis Republic., 1903-05-24
Dresden China Soubrette Seeks
Divorce From Singer of SBelle
of New York" Fame.
W0OED BY BALTIM0REAN.
"When We are Married, What
Will You Do?" She Sang
With Carleton-A Waning
Romance the Sequel.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Boston, May 23-Tiny Toby Claude is
seeking a divorce from big WIFI Carleton.
The DresAen China soubrette has brought
suit in New York and hopes to get a de-
cree soon.
Miss Claude was singing Fiji, the candy
morsel in the Belle of New York." when
she met Will Carleton and married him.
Now she is singing Fl Fl in "a Chinese
Honeymoon" in which part she is said to
have captivated James E. McShane. a
wealthy Baltimore man.
The devotion of the new suitor is in
tense and constant
Toby Claude is a diminutive Irish girl,
the daughter of Richard Kavanaugh, a
Dublin merchant Her mother was Ange-
lima Claude, an English burlesque actress.
Along in 1899 Toby Claude was playing
a small part In 1.-The Geisha'' in London
VIXEN George w. Lederer. who made Edna
Nay famous. went there with The Belle
of New York" He saw Miss Claude and
brought her to America.
When Toby Claude first made her ap-
pearance on Broadway in January, 1900
ton OF one. OF the Graces. She came to this
country with 1.-The Belle of New York.
after its long run in London, and on the
psy Of fp s tbe the s Of
The ill-fated role of F'ifi Fricot fell to the
diminutive little actress 1t was the one that
contains the song:
When We are married what will you dot
IN I, be as as sweet sweet as , ! can ,,,M 10 you:
When am saer msrried eda sweeheaf sti ee to you
That same song had already raised havoc
IN ihs the curing its run
sung it SO often and looked it SO seriously
that she came to believe. it and trouble in
her domestic affairs and divorce from
Harry Davenport resulted.
But no such tate was expected for Toby
Claude The Johnnies mustered in long
room was buried in flowers. but each night
Miss Claude, who was diminutive to the ex-
tent Of four feet six, tripped out of the the
ater on the arm of her stalwart husband,
William 2. Carleton. who is immense to
the extent of six feet four.
They had been married the preceding year
in London, and It had been love match.
We sang SO often" said Miss Claude on
the opening night, that We fell in love
with each other and decided to get married.
Little Miss Claude. and her big husband
were conspicuous wherever they went on
account of the disparity in their sizes. He
iealousiy guarded her comfort and welfare
One night during performance of THE
Belle Of New York he attempted to whip
Casino. because of some fancied insult to
her. AT another time Mr.. Carleton refused
a lucrative engagement because his wife
could not be in the same company.
Finally the couple got separate engage
ments, Miss Claude continuing to appear
in Casino plays, and also at the Herald
Square. Her last engagement in this city
was for the low-comedy role in "A Chinese
Honeymoon at the Casino. but Katie Bar
ry sang it. although Miss Claude continued
to draw her salary.
Miss. Claude said that she had brought
the suit in New York.
Miss. Claude was irritated when. inter-
viewed, tossed her little head and said:
"Oh, well. after l get divorce 1 am
going to Europe to marry title"
1t is said that William 7. Carleton. the
barytone, and father of Miss Claude's hus-
band, Is anxious that the separation take
place