Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-01

had always kept house there for the
FUN OF it, At first ner friends were
only too glad to go and see her and
congratulate her on taking rest. But
gradually they saw that something was
the matter beyond the physical disease
ca tumor) that had been troubling
her. Day and night she was thinking
of the strange fate that had spoiled
life for her. she gradually became
so Ill she was removed to Sanford hall
in the hope that rest and quiet might
restore her.
She has been there a year, and now
II is seid that the end IL very near;
that, broken in body and heart, she Is
about To die. The man In the case IL
stlll alive. a prosperous factor IN New
York business life. The divorced wife
has gone her way. What they think
about this tragedy may not be known.
Georgia Cayvan was born In Maine
in 1883 When no more than 6 years
old she showed marked dramatic tall
ent. She was fond of reading out
aloud. and so much feeling and action
did she throw into the work that even
as child people enjoyed listening to
her. She was graduated from the
Boston School If Oratory when mere
girl, and her first appearance on the
stage was as Hebe in the first Pima
fore" company organized In the United
States.
From the time she was IL years old
she supported her sister and mother.
and at the time the Teal scandal over
whelmed her had saved enough money
to be protected from the needs OF old
age. This her terrible experience took
away from her Prllr to the Teall
- l.. l.. Ia
purest women on the stage. Her pri-
vate life was as blameless as her pub
lie one
She appeared first in New York az
Dolly Dutton In Hazel Kirke" and
scored success. Her next success, In
May Blossom" gave her courage to
make the stage her profession Until
1896 her dramatic progress was one
euccession OF triumphs She was act
ing at the Lyceum in 1892 when she
met oliver Sumner Teall. the man to
whose divorced wife she IL said TO owe
her present condition.
Mr.. TEAL was introduced TO her be-
hind the scenes by an actor after the
play, and II is natural TO believe that
he admired the actress who charmed
everyone by her manner TEAL was
rich and popular. He had graduated
from Yale and then gone west and
roughed It. At one time he was a
| porter In San Francisco store. He
went TO New Mexico. became cow
hoy, organized cattle and mining
company, sold the bonds In New York
and became wealthy He was a law
yer by profession, but did not have to
| practise.
After his introduction to Miss Cay
| van he met her through the succeed
| ing years as other men did. He was
; Invited to her home. he dined with
| her family. and was treated with the
| came genial unaffectedness that al
ways marked Miss Cayvan's manner.
| As for him, there has never been a
scintilla Of evidence that he at any
| time conducted himself toward her
differently than any gentlemanly and
| admiring acquaintance would.
Miss Cayvan continued with her
| stage work. Frohman made her his
leading lady. tid In Sweet Lavender -
Squire Kate" "The Wife" "Trilby''
| and "The Amazons," she revealed tho
| diversity OF her talents and her wide
| sympathy with and deep intuition OF
| the lives OF other people. In London,
where she played. she was as much
| thought OF as In her own home. and
nothing touched her more than 20 hear
| stranger say. why there's Georgia
Cayvan," when she was In Paris ono
| day.
The embodiment Of health. natural
| grace, refined tastes, she influenced all
who met her. II was largely through
h. that the Lyceum became stock
company and increased It's importance.
| In the midst Of this deserved happi-
ness and good fortune fell the blow
that wrecked her life. When dAposi-
lions were being taken Teall went into
court with a blacksnako whip and de-
fed Mrs. Tealls attorney TO mention
Miss Cayyan's name. Ever, effort was
made TO shield her honor.
But this was not TO be. wife
struck az her AMI the blow told. Her
punishment has been vicarious. Her
story Is one of the most. pitlful Of the
many known TO what we are pleased
to call ''the stage" The cup or sor-
row was hlled to DER brinAning for
Georgia Cayvan.
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