The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-19
Mother of Elaine Elizabeth Bar
ton, Daughter of the Lord
Inserts Advertisement.
POVERTY FORCES HER ACTION.
Little Girl. Who Is Thirteen
Years Old, Has Talent for the
Straightforward of Her
Fathers Record.
EEPrBLic. SPECIAL.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. Dec. is.-"Tor Adoption-A
family to adopt good. bright, cultured
talented girl OF i3; highest reference. Ad-
dress Mrs. Barton. l3S Columbia Heights.
Her fortune !..ssipated b. her husband.
the notorious Lord Darlington now an
der sentence of death III St. Louis for the
murder of James P. Mccain, his bene-
factor ami finding it impossible to sdu-
cato her child. little Elaine Elizabeth Bar
ton. Mrs. Barton. who was Celeste Eliza
beth Miller and VINO is now housekeeper
for Joseph White. a wealthy resident OF
Brooklyn, has inserted the foregoing ad-
vertisement in the nope that some we'll
to-do person may become Interested and
provide hcme and instruction Tor the lit
tie girl.
Mrs Barton. refined and educated, Is
almost heartbroken at the prospect OF
losing her child. but shs believes il will
bs for the les; interests OF the little one
II she can find lor her good home, ana
perhaps patron that Will enable Elaine
to finish an ,.iucation aarly tsguu with II
view to fitting her Tor the stage.
ELLEN TERRY SAW HER.
"
or six years ago little Elaine danced. sang
and recited before her and Miss Terry
was so Impressed with the child's talent
self in the character o; fort.a. an! pre-
dicted that some day Elaine might be ;;S
great an actress az herself.
Miss Terry words spu:red tho mother $
ambitions ana her life mas been one Of
sacrifice ior her cnild. With no one to aid
her. however. lie mad been a series cl
constant struggles and some tine ago she
VAS forced TO take service 1T Mr.. White :
home.
Elaine's bent toward the stage vas
shown when. as d llspinE toGdier. fne
used 10 arrange her colla ana speak pieces
for them as If they had been real actors
older, she heard much Of Miss Terry and
when years old she told her mother
that she intended one day 10 be like Miss
Terry So attached d!I she become to the
English actress that when Miss IerrJ
came here q few years ago, Mrs. Barton
took Elaine to see her and readily OBJ
tained an audience.
Elaine las never known of her father 5
died in England.
THE MOTHERS MARRIAGE.
1t was in 1855 that Celestine Elizabeth
Miller, then 20 years old. daughter in a
well-to-do family. met George Frederick
Barton. whose four decades of swin1lins
and crime in almost every country of the
world ended with Il sentence Of death
IN st. Louis.
lie was Lord Darlington then, or
Lieutenant Colonel harrington. of the
bluest blood of England. and with dis
tinguished military record.
Disillusion came within few months
Her fortune gone. her husband arrested
for selling moctgaged furniture, and she
practically pennileSs. Mrs. Barton. Tor
barton IS the mans real name, returned
to America
With the remnant OF her fortune. she
had set up a hand laundry at No. lsg1
Futon street. Brooklyn. Barton was snot
and arrested while roboinS house next
door to the hote. in which he was posing
as a Lieutenant Colonel Of the army.
Barton is supposed to have had many
wives. He married Canadian woman in
1852 and deserted her after two days. He
L arried Wilhelm,na Grace Cochran in ST.
Louis in 1893 and a week Later was sent
to prison for six months.
Then came his arrest for the murder OF
his patron, James p. Mccain. and for
this crime he now awaits execution in the
Clayton jail. near ST. Louis