The San Francisco call., 1909-02-15
DANIEL FROHMAN
AND WIFE AGREE
ON PARATION
Husband of Beautiful Actress
Consents TO Plans for
Divorce
Margaret Ellington Tells of Her
Desire for a Home
Life

yer articles. and in "a silver frame was
the photograph Of a full faced. smooth
shaven young man. Edward J. Bowes
is fun faced and smooth shaven.
Would Love to Tell
II would just love to be able TO tell
you that I shall marry Mr. Bowes when
I get a divorce" said Miss Ellington
when asked concerning her future plans,
but, of course. now can not say any
thing like that
I am 10 get a divorce. I can not
say when. because can not take any
steps until I am let out of here. I
hope I shall not have to say long"
She received graciously the opinion
that she did not appear i'll, and DR..
Wilzmiiler, surveying her beautiful pa
tient with pride. declared that Miss
Ellington was doing splendidly
But I did not leave Mr.. Frohman be-
cause I wanted to marry Mr.. Bowes.
or you or any one. I left him because
happiness was impossible with him"
Miss Ellington stretched out her grace
ful hands in a gesture Of despair.
Life Hard on Stage
The stage life was hard for me- You
are very good to say that ] was sue
cessful, but the success did not satisfy
me ] was under a terrible strain. 1
had to endure the hard work of the
stage and with that / had to fight my
inclination for a home life. That is
what I wanted Ny life on the stage
was like burning the candle at both
ends I was told that if / stayed on the
stage i would be carried Off some day.
'T went on the stage first because
had talent and had 10 earn my living.
Ny father lost his competency while I
was student at the Illinois Wesleyan
university and had to earn my living.
went on at s. week and went higher
immediateIy. I stepped out of the
sweet college life into stage life.
Then I met Mr. Frohman. loved
him devotedly and under him 1 ap-
peared as a star ] was successful"
And then the pretty brow developed
2 frown behind the silky screen Of the
wayward dark hair.
Yearns to Darn Socks
From the first I told Mr.. Frohman
that I wanted a home, domestic life.
But he wanted 10 make a great star
out Of me. How I wanted to stay at
home and darn his socks"
Miss Illington's ambition to darn
socks for some one IS. symbolically,
like ParsifaTs longing for the grail.
she yearns TO darn socks with the in
rensity with which a damsel. reared IN
an atmosphere OF holy footwear, would
vearn to become a theatrical star. Miss
Ellington is the eerie type OF woman
who has no patience with the invulner-
able half hose advertised in the street
cars Tt is to be hoped that there viii
be many holes in the socks of the
future husband of Margaret Ellington
''AIr Frohman is 80 years older than
7 am declared the Young woman, her
great eyes opening sadly. i lived in
New York with him and his three Sis
ters. who are maiden ladies and are
from 25 to 35 years older than l. How
used TO envy them, as / would go TO
the theater every night and leave them
10 DO the housework and TO darn socks.
Wants Home and Children
Always / wanted domestic life-and
Cthe voice dropped and the woman
spoke wistfully) children I wanted to
lead the life OF a normal woman. The
stage life might be well for a woman
who is born 10 it, but, you know. 1t is
abnormal
Think Of it, played The Thief for
again with the memory of what seemed
agony Il played it for u months Ny
lffe was in hotels trunks, cabs, railroad
trains There was no home life, no
home duties. If I had not left Mr..
Frohman I would be on the road now,
knocking about somewhere. / would
have had a few weeks vacation and
then back to rehearsals for another
play.
when I found that Mr.. Frohman in
tended always TO keep me on the stage
my love died. ] saw then no chance of
the domestic life craved So we
parted
The pretty plump hand, creeping out
OF the siIken sleeve of the peignoir,
plgcked at the powdery blossom on the
stand.
we had no other difficulty. I adj
mire him-bUt life with him was i'm
possible. I could not stay longer on
the stage. He had other plays In con-
temptation for me-three or four dra-
matists had plays which he was con-
sidering for me. If nay family had been
theatrical I might have loved the
stsge-but unless one can love the
stage it is a terrible life. I could not
resist my craving for the domestic
life"
FrOhman's Line Shortening