The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-09
BETlINA GERARD DEAD
LIFE OF ACTRESS ENDS IN NEW
 YORK HOSPITAL.
Daughter of General Albert Ordway Of washington, Whose Escapades Were the. Talk of Two Hem-
 ispheres.

New York, Jan. 8.--Bettina Girard. the actress. daughter of General Ord way of Washington. died in Roosevelt hospital today. Notice of her death was given to the coroner's office which began an investigation. The woman was removed from her apartment on West 41st Street Saturday, and at the hospital the name of Elizabeth witter was given. It was stated tonight that her body was claimed under the namo of Ordway.
 The cause of death IS believed to have been acute pneumonia. The body. 1t is understood, will be taken to Washington.
 The last engagement of Betr,na Gi- rard was with the Marriage of Kit ty" company. under the management of Jules Murray. which showed in the South At Decatur, H.. Mss Girard left the company suddenly.
 Her first appearance on tho stage was In 1S9e in The Seven Ages" In 1.'92 she a )peared at NiblOs and later with Henry Dixie in s'AdonIs.'
 When admitted to the hospital. she was In very serious condition. Less than three weeks ago Bettina Girard was seen on Broadway. Miss Girard then told her friends that she never felt better "a her life. Since her re- turn from Decatur, Miss Girard had not been seen by any of her old friends.
 She had been married seven times. and on various occasions within the past seven years had been patient in the hospitals of this city suffering from troubles due to her mod. of life.
 From a convent at Georgetown, in her early life. she was sent to Mrs. Burr's Finishing School In Washing ton. She was a musician and linguist, beautiful of face and figure, could ride with the best and showed excellence in all outdoor sports.
 The career of Betina Girard was one of contrasts. Her life. beginning amid the refined surroundings of wealthy and distinguished family in Washing ton, one week upon the stage showing and form little impaired. she would ap- pear only to be found next week i'll.
 Bettina Girard was 35 years old Soon after her debut in Washington Arthur Padelford, member of a wealthy Baltimore family. met her and, following short wooing, they were married. They at once went abroad and three months later came the report that in Austria the young husband had applied for and obtained a divorce. Soon afterwards she went OH LHe StdBes
 The list of husbands Bettina Girard had is interesting. They were: Ar thur J Padelford, a millionaire; I Raeffel, a singer; Harrison J. Wolfe an actor; William G. Beach. an actor: Philip Schuyler, the well known the- atrical agent;l Frank Turner, a vaude- vile performer, and Francis c. Witter vaudeville performer.
 Mir. Witter. her husband was with her at her death. By his directions the body was sent to Washington for burial Coroners' Physician Weston made an examination of her body and decided that the woman had died of acute pneumonia.
 General ordway died in 1897 in this city.
 Betlina Girard was the daughter of the late General Albert Ordway, for some time the commanding officer of the National Guard of the District of Columbia. She had been on the stage for about twenty years and had played l in light opera, melodrama and vaude- vile. Tn recent years for three sea sons she had taken the leading role in Tn Olj Kentucky" Her mother and a 17-year-old daughter reside in Wash ington.