Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-02-15
So Margaret Ellington Is to
Divorce Daniel Frohman.
STAGE is HATEFUL TO HER
To Make Home for E. J. Bowes
When Free to Marry Again.
NO SCANDAL, BOTH DECLARE
Out of Sympathy With Husbands
Scheme to Make Her Famous, and
He Is 80 Years Her Senior.

| SAN FRANCISCO. February 15.-Be-
| cause she Graves home life is the chief
reason why Margaret Ellington is seeking
a legal separation from her husband.
| Daniel Frohman, according to an inter-
| view which she gave out at the Clara
| bon Hospital in this city, where she is
| taking the rest cure.
| The actress does not deny that she
will marry Edward j. Bowes. a wealthy
real estate operator, here when she has
secured a divorce from Frohman.
Miss Illington's Statement.
Miss Ellington made the following
statement of her reasons for seeking a
separation from her husband:
II am to get a divorce from Mr.. Froh-
| man and would love to tell you that l
am to marry Mr.. Bowes when I am free.
| But l can't say that now, you know.
| But l did not leave Mr.. Frohman to
| marry Mr.. Bowes or any one. l left him
| because l could not be happy on the
| stage.
THE life of an actress is abnormal. I
| crave domesticity, home life, children.
l want to darn socks.
From the first told Mr. Frohman
| that l wanted a home, domestic life.
| But he wanted to make great star out
| of me. ] wanted to stay at home and
| darn socks.
Thirty Years Her Senior.
Mr.. Frohman is thirty years older than
I am I lived in New York with his
three sisters. who are maiden ladies from
| twenty-five to thirty-five years older
| than l. How l used to envy them as /
would go to the theater every night and
leave them to do homework and darn
socks.
always I wanted domestic life and
| children. l wanted to lead the life of a
| normal woman. The stage life might be
well for the woman born to it, but you
know 1T is abnormal.
Ihlnk of it! l played The Thief for
fourteen months My life was on rail-
| roads. in trunks. cabs and hotels.
When | found that Mr. Frohman in
tended to keep me on the stage always.
| the domestic life l craved. SO we
parted.
Yes. Mr.. Frohman knows Mr.. Doves
and admiFes him highly" said Miss Hing
| ton. concluding the interview.
Mr.. Bowes' Statement.
When Mrs. Frohman first came out here
she went to the home of John H. Spring.
| a partner of Mr. Bowes. where she stayed
| until few days ago. when she went to a
sanitarium. Mr.. Bowes says:
Miss Ellington is woman Of ideals
entirely different from those of her hus-
band. She is fond of home and domestic
life. Mr. Frohman is a man OF affairs,
! whose time is occupied in his theatrical
ventures. The couple have found that
they are unsuited to each other. and a
separation has been decided upon"
When asked if he would marry Mrs.
Frohman after her divorce he declined to
discuss it.
Frohman's Story of Trouble.
NEW YORK, February 15.-Daniel
Frohman, the theatrical manager, and
his wife, Margaret Ellington. who until
recently, when she retired from the stage
| was a star under his management have
separated, and, with the consent of BOTH
divorce proceedings will soon be begun.
| This was made known last night in the
following formal statement issued by Mr..
Frohman from his home, 159 West 18th
street:
"Mr. and Mrs Daniel F'rohman have
| decided upon separation. with view to
a divorce. This rumOr came from San
Francisco yesterday where Mrs. Froh-
| man now is, and 1t was confirmed by Mr.
FrOhman, who said:
." Mrs. Frohman and I agreed to this
| step recently. She desires to live perma-
nently in California. where the climate
has always agreed with her and where
she has always been WELL even when act
ing.
No Scandal Involved.
"'She has retired from the stage per-
manently. She will remove her parents
to the coast and reside there with them.
There is no scandal involved in our dis
agreement: no man or woman figures in
it. The arrangement is amicable rather
than hostile.
"'Mrs. Frohman is now resting at
health resort in California. She came to
New York a few weeks ago, but, finding
again that the eastern weather did not
agree with her. she decided to return and
live in California permanently.
1--we have been married nearly six
years But our friendship l am sure will
continue
There is nothing to add to that state
ment.' said Daniel Frohman. 1T con-
tains all the facts.
1.-The statement speaks of AN ultimate
divorce VIII you Mrs. Frohman bring
such prOceedngs?' was asked.
Mrs. Frohman will bring the suit"
was the reply.
Then the suit will be brought in the
west. where divorces are obtainable on
scveral grounds, such, for instance, as de-
| sertion?"
1T will be brought in California or
| some other western state on the ground
Probably, OIL ueSeTIlOI. MS, you under
stand. is wholly an amicable arrange
ment."
Retired Last December.
Last December Mr.. Frohman announced
| his wife's permanent retirement from the
stage He said then the reason was that
| her health had been wrecked by 1.-THE
| Thief" in which she had been appear
! ing a co-star with kyrle Belew.
| Her role in 1.-The Thief had been most
leXacting. 1t was In Boston that Miss
| Illingtons health gave way, according to
| her managers. An understudy finished
the performance in Boston and Mr.. Froh-
man brought his wife to New York.
This was the statement that Mr. Froh-
| man gave out at the time:
| Mrs. Frohman-she is Mrs. Frohman
not Miss Ellington, now-will never act
again. That is final We have reached
the decision only after due deliberations
| 1t is a disappointment to us both. but her
health will not permit such strain as
acting, and / shall never risk again such
| q state of affairs as followed in Boston
| "She is improved in health now. but any
strain would bring on prOstration. so she
will hencefOrth do the family marketing
and become a prosaic 'Hausfrau.'
Her Stage Career.
Daniel Frohman married Miss Ellington
Cher real name was Maud Light in No