New-York tribune., 1907-09-28
PA GILMAN PRESS AGENT.
His Little Team of Dancers FOll07C-
ing an NabeIte's Footsteps.

..Daughters as an asset might have been the
title of the talk contributed yesterday by Charles
Henry Gilman. father of Mabelle Gilman the
wife of William Ellis Corey, president of the United
States Steel Corporation and famed the Pitts
burger who divorced the mother of his children TO
wed the dancer. Papa Gilman became known 10
the public time OF the Corey-Gilman we'd
ding but he has this second time burst into print
because he called at the Corey home. No. slS Fifth
avenue and was told by the steel man that he
could not see his daughter.
Ali this-except the publcity-was awfuiy, a"tuly
hard for Mr. Gilman bear His solace though
was the knowledge that this renewal of 'steen
column headlines and half-tone layouts' would
serve TO advertise his two daughters, Eunice.
fourteen years old. and Pearle. seventeen who are
haIf-sisters of Mabelle For they are following IN
her footsteps-or dance steI1s-since they are al
present doing vaudeville turn in the Unique
Theatre at Los Angeles Yes, Papa Gilman is
their manager, and he is trying TO book them for
a turn in New York. due prominence TO be given in
the notices and paper that they sisters OF
Mabelle Gilman Corey wife Of the steel king
He is staying temporarily at the Astor House
and on his arrival there last Sunday signed as
charles Henry" It was while under this alias
that he began negotiations TO see his daughter and
was approached by man who conducted nm 10 the
office of a man who said he was Mr.. CoTeys per
sonal counsel No proposition to pay him money
to keep himself and his two vaudeville daughters
ont of New York was discussed, Mr.. Gilman de-
clared. After several conferences and after the
I,ear-, broken father had forced his way into the
Corey home, only be told by the master thereof
that NabelIe wouldn't him. he signed his full
name on the register and ready 10 receive
reporters and talk about his wrongs and the stage
careers OF his daughters.
Yes" said Mr.. Gilman. my two little daush-
ters are mighty clever I'm going play EN- all
along this coast and then take 'em to Paris and
London. I'm negotiating to have the neat little
team open right here in New York. One manager
offered a place them in a week, but l don't
want to book them short of three weeks from now.
And I'm standing high rates Why if they're
worth s400 a week, say, they are, they're worth
a mighty sight the sisters Of Mabefe Gil
man Corey. OF course / amt playing his
pame-this miiiionaire-but II a manager asks il
they're sisters Mabee. of course there's nothing
10 tell but the truth. and then, of course, the
manager uses it and the papers il, and the pub
lie turns like coyotes in front of prairie fire.
And lust think Of all that the papers have printed
a Mabelle Tine publics all tuned up TO see
Eunice and Pesrlie.
when | called at the Corey house Corey acted
like a little tin god on wheels. He's cold propo-
sition but / come from the West, where don't
care about mans front I'm not through with
that steel man yet. He can't give the gO-by
in that way. I want my daughter and I'm
going to- I've been doing some private detective
work and l believe he's bossing Der too much
What action will you take against him. was
asked.
That" said the little man jumping up is some
thing wen see about"
He said that he wouldn't call his daughter
again, but would write her and arrange a meet
ing. He hadn't called Mr.. Corey his Offices,
No. IL Broadway, and didn't think he would. A
Tribune reporter told at the steel mans cta-
del that Mr.. Corey has nothing to say.