The San Francisco call., 1909-10-25
Revival of Rumor That Actor
Will Marry Mary Mannering
Seems UnWarranted
I'urfmen Appear to Favor Flor
ida Over California for
Winter Season
By c. c. CARLTON
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Rialto theatrical people discussing
the divorce suit brought in Chicago by
Mrs. Robert Taylor Bien against her
husband, who is known on the stage
as Robert Warwick, and who is well
known in San Francisco as a former
member of the Valencia stock company.
Coupled with the report that the actor
offered no defense, but made the divorce
| path easy for Mrs. Bien by not respond
ing to the courts summons, is the
! further interesting fact that the suit
of Mary Mannering against her actor
husband, James K. Hackett will not
be dropped, but will be pushed to
/ conclusion.
/ A London cable stating that a recon
ciliation had been effected between the
Hacketts, chiefly on account of their
affection for their only child, has since
been emphatieally denied by Hackett
through his attorney.
1t will be recalled that Warwick was
at one time leading man in one of Miss
Mannering's companies and that she
! held the actor in high esteem. This is
probably the only basis for a rumor
that a wedding may follow the two
suits now pending.
! While the suit of Mrs Bien is for
| divorce. that of Mrs. Hackett is for a
separation merely. The evidence will
! be sifted by referee. Under the laws
of New York state it is well known an
on statutory grounds, so 1T is not quite
clear how further obstacles to another
/ wedding could be removed unless Mrs.
Hackett should sue for an absolute di-
vorce in some other state where di-
vorces are easier to secure. 1t is re-
called that Warwick was subpenaed
as a witness by the attorney for Hack
EFT, but no one here ventures an idea
as TO the nature of the evidence which
! Bien Cor WARWICK was expected to
! give. Hackett was reticent on this
point.
1t is said that Warwick is in ithis
| city, but inquiry at the Brady offices
and elsewhere failed to disclose his
whereabouts There was rumor on
! Broadway that he was with a friend
/ in Westchester and that his exact
! WHEREABOUTS was being kept secret.
Mrs Bien is in Oconomowoc, Wis. War
wick was last seen an a William A
Brady production, The Dollar Mark
which made big hit and had a long
run in Los Angeles, and later had a
successful run in eastern cities.
] Mrs. Bien married the actor in Chi
cago March Is, 1902. 1t was on the
day OF the fifth anniversary of their
marriage that Warwick, as stated in
the divorce papers filed by Mrs. Bien,
deserted his wife.
Although her father, Ferdinand Peck
! of Chicago, is a millionaire, Mrs. Bien
set forth in her bill that she was poor
and had no means to support herself
and her daughter. Rosalind, who is
years old. She asks either alimony or
Aside from his editorial work for
Golfers VIII Irwin finds time to write
a few books. His most recent is en-
titled THE Confessions of a Con
Man" This is the record of con
hdence man" as related to Irwin by
the individual himself
! John Mcknight, after a sojourn of
nearly two years in Europe. with Jo-
seph Pulitzer, came back to New York
just in time to preside as POSTMASTER
at the Portola jubilee banquet, where
he had an opportunity to get many
of his California friends. Wednesday
he left for ST. Louis on business for
Pulitzer He is yet in the employ of
Pulitzer as confidential man, and it
may be that he will decide to remain
In ST. Louis on the editorial staff of
the Dispatch.
McNaught says tnat Pulitzer Will
not establish the school of journalism,
conceived and endowed by him. That
is to say, the school will not be
established during Pulitzer's lifetime,
but after his death. Two million dol
lars will be devoted to that purpose.
A movement is ON foot here to give
Young Corbett theatrical benefit.
Corbett is popular in New York, where
fights
the square.
Although Tom Williams at the Wall
dorf-Astoria tells his friends that he
thinks there will be a good attend
ance at Emeryville this winter, Flor
ida promises to be the objective point
| of eastern racing men. Jacksonville
and Tampa are within easy reach of
New York, which means plenty of
patronage from the racegoing COM
munity of this city.
| The promoters of racing in Callfor-
MIA are making attempts to stem this
Florida tide That Oakland alone will
! give a racing season meets with very
/ little favor among horsemen or race
goers The great expense OF shipping
a carload of horses from New York to
Oakland and the cost of railroad fares
to San Francisco Is SO great tnat TURF
men. fearing the antibetting law
which will confront them in Cali
fornia, are making arrangements Tor
the Florida campaign or for that at
| JuareZ.
Altogether the prospects for betting
at the Oakland track are not so bright
as many here would like to see them.
|
Although r. F. Carman will spend
the winter in Europe, Carman the
Younger will take his string of racers
| to Jacksonville.
The Carmans this week added
| number of horses to their stable by
purchasing the entire establishment of
James Blute. trainer for E. H. Jen-
nings. including Arctic, Sir Cleges,
Campeon. Billiard Ball and two maiden
year olds.
Carman also purchased Calypte from
Harry Knapp after the fleet mare won
q race Tuesday. Carman paid for her
| with the money he won on that race.
i David Belasco is nearly recovered
from the attack of pneumonia with
which he was stricken about two
weeks ago.