The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-14

n ONDON, May 13.-High-kickers
have danced their way into
many exclusive places since
Salomc amused King Herod. The
big social prizes in the world s beauty
mart often gravitate to footlight
queens, either OF the vaudeville stage
or the legitimate drama. They are, in
fact, the chief competitors of Ameri-
can hclrcsscs; and 1T must be admitted
at once that the infusion of both
strains of blood is strengthening the
British aristocracy.
Every actress of outstanding beauty
or ability has Il coromct within the
grasp of her fair hand, Just as every
French soldier is supposed TO have the
sack. Seymour Hicks is often in de.
spair about the way in which his prct-
tiest girls forsakc his theatrical COM
pany. He puts it this way: "When
my ladies forsakc the stage for the
peeragc, people say, @Oh, Hicks likes
IT., Hicks doesn t like it, He is very
sorry. When he has bought a lady of
his company Il $3.50 gown, he receives
note like this: Dear Mr. Hicks-I
am awfully sorry to leave you, but |
was married today 1t is not IL pleas.
uAc W HlG W htlON lUdI lUfN HdNC DC
come duchesses in IA hurry. | want
serious minded girls who will take up
the stage as a calling,
First to Defy Custom.
Several times within the past few
months the green room has proved 1T.
self once more an annex TO the eX.
elusive drawing room. Viscount Tor
ringtop, who married Miss Souray the
other day, is tho twentieth British no.
bleman TO make an actress his wife.
The first peer to break away from
matrimonial tradition was the hero Of
the Pcninsular war. Charles, third Earl
of Peterborough. He was an old man
when Anastasia Robinson, the night
Ingalc of the London thcaters. brought
him 10 his gouty knees.
The next star TO capture a noble
man was sprightly Lavinia FeDton,
daughter of a Charing Cross coffee
house keeper, who consented TO run.
away match with Charles Paulett. third
Duke of Bolton and constable Of the
Tower.
Thirty wears after the death of this
stage duchess, Mary Catherine Bolton
danced down the defcnses around the
heart OF Edward second Lord Thurlow,
and became his wife, Later Elizabeth
farren, who had chance of marrying
luN iehlbNs IDilbt NUdIi'S JuUlCS
Fox, preferred TO give her band 10 Ed.
ward, twelfth Earl of Derby.
Made Popular Peeress.
The great grandmother of the pres
eut head Of The Craven line, Louisa
Bguntou, the daughter of country
actor. was Il fay Noritc footlight queen
in her dag, and us the first Countess
of Craven. was most popular person,
age in another sphere. Later still, a
greater impetus WAS given TO unions
| between the stage aud the pceragc. by
the marriage Of Tie late Duke of Cam.
! bridge--of the blood royal-iu lS45 to
Louisa fairbrothcr.
raratr'ralv mrlinc' prtrS Of late
have gouc mostly to the musical com.
! edy stagg for their wives. rs the vo,
tarics Of dance aud song who make
fortunes for George Edwardcs and
Charles F'rohman are the pretticst and
! livellcSt nf the whole bunch of foot
| light fairies. WIIcu Rosie Eootc be
came the MarchioYcs3 Of Hcadfort
some aristocrats did not disguise their
opinion that the Young MARQUIS had
been reckless as ever, But the erst.
while Gaicty favcrite deyeloped sucn
4 capacity for b"sincss after her mar.
riagc that she rut his house in order
and the estates upon a sound, Financial
| fuoting. Rosie, rs her friends still
call her, is very popular with certain
set. though the older school of aristo.
Gratis still light a little shy OF her, Her
chief aids are the pretty ways of her
only son. the little Lord Bective,
"Maisie the Daisy
So direct in methods IS to be az.
cuSed sometimes Of lacking social tact,
she has nevertheless social courage and
plenty of brains. and is quite as grace.
ful as a dancer as when she used to
sing .'Maisie, she 5 a daisy at the
Gaietv. The only difference today is
| that hcr audience is more select
Another peer who ycntnred n plunge
in the matrimonial lucky bag of the
| stage is the Earl of Clancartv who,
as Lord Dunlo. married Belle Billion,
though on her death, two years ago. he
chose wife from more prosaic
sphere. Lord Rosslyn, who as an actor