The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-12

~ YHEN little Dorothy Russell was
EA In st. Paul few weeks ago
les said, upon the reputation
of her mother" she was exercising her
youthful mind over the same great social
problems which have figured conspicu-
ously In the lives of her female ances-
tors.
She was sueing her boy husband for
divorce. and lodging him, fearing she
would meet with violence at his hands.
Her mother. Lillian Russell, known as
the Queen Of Comic OPERA" has been
divorced from three husbands.
The mother of Lillian Russell was d.
vorced from her father.
Under these circumstances 1t would be
quite strange if Dorothy Russell did not
follow in the footsteps of these who had
gone before her and seek relief from
the gall and NORWOOD of matrimonial
bondage.
And that Is Just what she is doing. The
divorce suit was brought in Chicago and
the defendant is Louis Einstein, son of
Benjamin T. Einstein, q well known New
York lawyer. Dorothy Russell is but 10
years old, but at the same age her
mother had already been divorced from
Harry Brahman, her first husband. In
rapid succession Lillian Russell was mar
ried to Edward Solomon, Dorothy's ia
Their. and Signor Perugini, and after
brief but eventful periods of matrimonial
life, divorced from both.
But as the mother had her troubles
with men. finding from experiences that
she could not live IN domestic felicity
with the sterner half of creation. she de-
creed that the life of ner daughter should
be vastly different from and happier than
that Of her own. After she had disposed
Of her husbands and was reigning SUI
preme in the domain of comic opera
beautiful as ever and holding within her
hand the power to sway strong mems
hearts and bring them to their knees
with professions Of undying loye-she
declared that she would devote her life
work to her daughters happiness. Dor
Othy Russell was sent to q convent In
the shadows of the great city of New
York. Under the strict and never Sleep
ing eyes of the sisters she was educated
While she was there Dorothy Russell
was student of books, and not of men.
She left the convent with a diploma and
four gold medals strung about her neck
medals which she had won in competi-
ton with the other bright girls in the
convent-medals which attested her de-
votion to her studies. She was a beauti-
full little girl. On her cheeks was some
Of that glow Of beauty which had made
her mother famous. She was demure and
shy. and had been taught to look upon
man as an evil spirit. Lillian Russell
had had her day-and she did not want
her daughter to experience any of the
heartaches that had made her matri-
monial life one Of turbulent unrest
When the INNOCENT child emerged from
the convent. knowing little OF the outer
world and still less of the wiles and i'm
pulses of men, she was a demure little
creature-fair to behold and sweet-faced.
Her mind was upon her studies and her
music. She had good voice, which the
sisters of~the convent had cultivated. not
for the stage. but for the home and So
ciety. Her vacations at home with her
mother had been singularly free from
any influence Of the stage. A mothers
Jealous eye guarded every footstep The
Fair Lillian" was making sure that no