The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-12-01
SOCIETY BOYCOTT
ON MRS. POTTER
WOULD FORCE HER OFF STAGE
lF SHE ENTERS FIELD or
VAUDEVILLE.
is FRIEND or ROYALTY.
Refuses Bribe Of 100000 Declaring
She VIII Give UP Stage For
$25o,ooo and Not One
Cent Less.

i New York, Nov, 30.--"A sociat,
boycott Is threatened against Mrs
/ James Brown Potter, actress, beauty,
friend Of royalty and coming dr.
| brtante into the vaudeville field in
Jthis city.
4 IT. as has been sannounced, she an.
pears In vaudeville house here In
January, very powerful interests will
/ be brought to bear to induce society
to stay away from her performances
and To make her engagement, II pos
Isible, a failure.
Mrs. s.sotter's business representa-
tiyes, who are responsible for these
declarations, said today that every
possible influence had been used to-
make the famous society actress
give up the stage Even an Inn
mense blibe was offered her, they
said 100000
Falling in this, her wealthy and
socially high up relatives tried to Id
dsco her to change her name, or at
least to use the name OF Cora Urque-l
hart Potter, and not use the name
OF Mrs, James Brown Potter, which,
another uses now.
Friend to Royalty.
Mrs, Potter has disregartleJ ait
offers and is determined to make her
scheduled appearance In vaudeville. !
Here are the reasons Mrs. Potter's
relatives have for not wishing her to
have her name blazoned throughout
tho country.
Her former husband. James brown
Potter, after he secured a. divorce
from her, married Miss May Handy.
She, OF course, became Mrs. James
Brown Potter But the first wife aal
made the name 80 we'll hnawna
thfc ugh her career on the dramatic
stage and through her ffiendsh u
with the Prince and Princess of
Wales, now King of England. that
he second wife found herself almost
obscure.
When her name was on a hotel
'egister or appeared AS that of
'uest at public or semtpublic func.
ions, every one thought 1t was the
irst and famous Mrs. James Brown
'otter and sought her out. When
hey learned of the mistake they did
10. tarry. II
Angry at Daughter. II
Then there Is the case of the first |
ils. Potter's daughter, Annie Uruue.
art Potter more popularity known [
6 "Ffti.' She married James A. r
son of the head OF the Ma a
Ional bank and of the great Rocke. n
sller interests.
Young Mrs. Stllman. of course :
oes not wish to view from her SO.
luded position of wealth aud ex- !.
usiyeness her mothers name In
lectrio lights over vaudeville u
heater. So she. and through her Il
nc Stillman Rockefeller interests
as allied herself with the second Il
rs. Potter and her father to pre-. "
mt. or at least To boycott the &C.
ess' vaudeville appearance. Young Is
rs. Stillman and her mother have +
1t been on speaking terms for sev. II
al years. Mrs. Potter sought a re.
meditation, but "Fif" refused. ol
According 10 Mrs. Potters repre- lot
Col Samuel r. Honey. r..
wyer was sent 10 London In 1906 T.,
Mr. Potter TO offer Mrs. Potter +.
10000 If she would give up tho
age or would assume the name az "
iss Cora Urquehart. "
Wanted s25o,ooc. ~
The name is trade mark. No
luable asset and she is entitled 10 az
her solicitor replied. she will m
rc IT up for $3.50 ,J05; nothing else. " ha
This the Potters refused TO nav. tn
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