New-York tribune., 1908-01-22
LADIES B0UNTIFUL."
Esod in Marriages of MagRates scith
actresses

r-,rr-irs. iaos hy the brentwood Company.l
-x-nre much has been said and written against
carriages Of members of the titled classes in Eu
-o,e with footlight favoTttes it cannot be denied
Asf these unions have had the result. often direct
.-5 sometimes indirect. Of bringing immense sums
~ money into circulation for purposes Of philan-
-s-opv Of religion and for public good This is
once more exellpltaeG in connection with the re-
csnr death OF Lady Pearce. whose demise has
,lsre5 Trinity Of the Oldest and best colleges
~ ire University OF Cambridge in possession of
heouext Of g sOoooo. be applied educational
-u-7oses- Lady Pearce formerly the stage
ss Miss Carrie Coote. created the role of Irene in
-hA tragedy Of "Clito." which Wilson Barrett
brought out twenty years age IN London; won
great successes while stin younl girl Eva in
-I-ncle Toms Cabin" and spent several profes-
sionaI seasons in America. principally at waIlaoks
--bssIre, in New York About TWO years ago she
married Sir William Pearce, second bsronet OF his
Ire. who owed his great fortune to the Fair
=sld Shipbuildiug and Engineering Company, Of
which re the head. and which had been ere
sred by his father Sir William died about eighteen
months ago leaving everything his wife, and il
l. Il pursuance OF what she knew 10 he his wishes
1as5 she has bequeatf1ed far and away the
largest slice or his fortane 10 his alma mater al
Cambridge
Lady Pearce's death and the useful and philan-
tlropic manner in which she has distributed The
wealth which sne inherited from her husband re-
calls the OF Mrs. Lyme stephens, OF Lyafofd
Hal IN NortoIkshiTe. who on her demise some
fifteen years ago. zas found 70 have dispersed IN
re- viii among Charitable and religious institu-
-7ops Of one kind and another the remainder OF
1hs great riches which she hso inherlted from AeE
husband. When she passed away al an advanced
age few remembered that she had more tnah ha4A
6 century previously been Of the most famous
bsIlerines OF Europe. under the name OF Louise
1.vernay the formidable rival Of that o1heF
premiere danseuse Tagiioni. who died as princess
Wia6ischsraetz. Old files OF The Illustrates A@'4i-
don News" and OF the Partisan illustrated papers
FoIF1
ssaa ~ her successes before the footghts ana OF
the Juror she create IN London when oailosIs & |
spanish cachuca IN The Sleeping N-s
Tlrsrv lane. She disappeared tToth al
,,4-ra-e- ~ marrying the great county HiaeHo'
-.s-,t.-z 7,--A srapnens High Sheriff OF HoTloiA
r. : -,rr,be- Of years He died after sixteen
.esrs Of unclouded marriage leaving ever l--1e -
rs wife and from that tine On ulul heI uea'i'
--o-e nan thirty years afteTward, she osNo-u A7i
.slf n GOOD works. giving among other things
-eerfv 81 0sosoo for the erection OF Roman cain
r1f~ church 81 Cambridge. while her oonalons 10
,ne various hospitals and public charities or The
United Kingdom were on an equally n'@s'''leenI
scale
--s -Tor-~ Cour-s the banker. left al his money
= MS second v7te who had figured On the stage
= Harriet Mellon Size gave away m0ch 0lrIng
fa- lifetime anc ~ her death uegueataed II al 90
f-e- sreorranddaughter. who had been associated
- ber in al her charitable work. who knew
sr H-~ wishes and Of Ter views. and whom sAe
made speri=s Of trustee OF her great fortune
How vel this stepS-aadda lighter. Angela BurdeJt'
fulfilled thz MISSION condded 10 her by the actress
Harriet aTs-I5--vro after marrying Tom Coutts
- his second wife, died as Duchess OF St Aloans-
,rs-- F4 seen by reviewing the career of the late
T.s=v Errde-t-CoLtIs-
MANY ether instances could be cited here. but
t=se vii 20 show that matrimonial alliances
rz-uee- The stage and the very rich and titled
s9seses have their advantages For while life on
t-e stage hzs its drawbacks. il certainly broadens
Ire s-u1athies OF the members cf the theatrical
profession acqusinIs them in very special degree
rcr oufv win the glamour but also with the mis-
e-ee Of human existence. and softens their hearts
toward suffering Theatrical people as n profession
have q vel deserved reputation for open-handed
sazr-v wherever suffering Is brought 20 their no
rce. Hneu its members marry into the rich ana
--ad classes they. nine out Of ten inpar1
--Es greatest Of all virtues. namely. charity 10
-ne- husbands.