The San Francisco call., 1909-01-13

Margaret Ellington, the wife of Dan
iel Frohman, declared last night that
she would never appear again on the
stage Like Mary Anderson, she will
retire in the height of her popularity
and will devote herself to domesticity
Miss Illington's health is the cause of
her retirement, she says, as her nerves
are too demoralized to permit of her
acting again.
She is a guest at the st. Francis hotel,
having come west to recuperate after
a nervous breakdown, and last night
made the announcement of her with
drawal to private life.
NO one will believe that I am de-
termined to give up the stage" she
said, because I have been successful,
and they think it simply will be I'M
possible for me to exist without it
but they are mistaken. / will never,
never act again. My nerves are still
in such state that / can not even
think of 1t.
UNABLE TO STAND STRAIN
81 worked so hard and my plays
were of such q type that / was abso-
lutely unable to stand the strain. l am
feeling much better out here, however,
as this beautiful, glorious California is
doing a great deal for me-"
Daniel Frohman, her husband, wrote
a friend in this city recently that his
wife had said that she would never
return to the stage, but he hoped that
she would reconsider her decision, as
he felt she was an actress of such
talent that her retirement would be a
distinct loss to the public.
When playing in Boston last Oc-
tober, Miss Ellington collapsed at the
end of the second act of her play and
was unable to appear again. She was
taken to a sanitarium and remained
there several weeks under the care of
physicians and nurses.
SIMPLY WENT TO PIECES
New York is too awful in the win
ter" she said in telling of her ILL
ness. $50 I was ordered to go to a
milder climate. There I was unable to
go out or>ride or do any of the things
they wanted me to, so l came to Cali
fornia, which I love very much, and
here / am enjoying every minute of
the delightful winter.
"Rut no matter how strong I get. I
will never be seen on the stage again.
I know my nerves will never stand it.
Oh-and her hands went out in a
quick, nervous gesture-you can't
imagine how l felt. | simply went all
to pieces
Rumors had been Heard to the effect
that the handsome actress had come
west to secure a divorce, but this she
characterized at once as absurd.
DIVORCE STORY DENIED
.It is the most ridiculous thing /
ever heard of to say that I am going
to leave my husband. l have never
thought OF such thing. 1 came out
here simply because / was SO i'll and
had TO leave New York. I thought OF
going to France, but / didn't want to
cross the water, because it makes it
seem so much farther from him. Out
here YOU know, it is only five days. and
that isn't far. 1t is absurd, and there
is not one grain of truth in the story.
r. is lust started because 1 am an
actress.
"If / were just any one else nothing
would be thought of my coming here
for the winter, but because am a sort
of nublic character they immediately y
start these rumors-
people always think that theatrical
neople want to remain together about a
wear and then get divorces. We e1have
been married for five years and moth
ing of the kind was ever said about
Mr. Frohnan and myself, because
have always stayed at home and
worked. Why, have just had a tele-