The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04
WOMEN ano SOCIETY
e FAME WORTH THE
 HAVING TO A WOMAN
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HAVING TO "A WVmANs Two women have recently lsit the stare and the glare o1 it's footh9nts Two women, too. woo are w~ ~ Naraarst Ellington, famous ae beautifui actress. in the zenith oi her power and popularity, and wife oi D.n iel Frohman, manager and pisy"rsn.' and Mrs. James Brown Potter Co's Urquhaft of ours. .vs Narrarst Ellington. having Worku her wey up from obscurity to pso" nsnce. has grown tired oi the @ eharn shd says: "I am leaving the staee b>oause the life of an actress iA ap- normal: crave domesticity, home ire children; want to darn socks. Al vays I wanted domestic life ana cnh- Aren. 1 wanted to lead the hre or normal woman"
 C,n ths other hand. Mrs. James Brown Potter is leaving the stage, broken neryous wreck after having saerinc1o for the stass. husband, home and chii- 1rsu. sll that should have satisned the nersnsi woman.
 New Orleans. of a generation ago can ven rem membsr the astonishment that came over us when we learned of the sensational articles appearing about Ars. Potter.
 Tskinx part In a fashionable enter tainment in which only society people appeared. she gave reading or os1ier modern standards. set by press and theatres, this poem seems of milk and watery consistency to have aroused the storm that suddenly burst around Mrs. Potter. All at once she was the target for diatribes from press anu pulpit and wherever people gathered to talh.
 Then there came f distinct break with her husband and we were petri- ned with astonishment, to learn that she had deliberately given up the high eminenoe of her social standing, to be-
 staudarda at that time. were vastly different from today and stage people were not given social recognition. now accorded.
 Of course 1t was always different in New Orleans. for our warm,heartea people never forget "who folk are, and Mrs. James Brown Potter was al- ways Cora Urduhart' when she came to us.
 She was simpiy dear Mrs Richard sons niece coming to her girlhood home and warm was always her welcome. Those of us who remember her hrst New Orleans appearance as an actress can recall her personation Of Cleo patra, or was 1t Juliet?
 We had seen other great actresses m same role and Mrs. Potter's rendition seemed crude in comparison. Howev- CT, New Orleans fiocked to see the wo- man daring enough to make the break with society--and her classic arms that she used in her elocutionary dramatic way, and her red gold hair remain vivid picture to those who witnessed her New Orleans debut.
 nrla kind and the press joined in predicting for her a brilliant future, but after passing Of years those who have always loved her can truly never claim that she was . great actress.
 Like many other women, she thought she possessed genius--sacred ire and for the ignus fatuus of caress, she gave up all that really counts in wo' mans life. Today, nervous wreck she has gone to her daughter.
 What has the glamor of the stage brought,to her? Nothing but sham in exchange for a life. Who will no say, that of the two, Margaret Hing ton is the wiscr7 Retiring now In hel youth and beauty. grasp the substanct for the shadow. .' - she left the stage in the full flush o success for the role of the happy wife and mother.
 Alter all. what is fame to woman
 And pity to the woman who counts fame the greatest thing the world cal give.
 There Is q time of youth and beaut, when one counts everything well lost | only fame can come. But when thu years of sober maturity steal unwit tingly and fast that youth and beauty for what does fame count for a wo man?
 Does it satisfy the starving heart Never
 The woman who has experienced thu joys of the sheltered home life, wh, has felt the ciinging tender touch O little children has really lived.
 Yes! She has really lived the fullnes of life, even though she has onl. served as faithful mother and wife ii the humblest of homes.-New orlean Daily States.
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