The evening world., 1913-09-25
Coming Home to See Why
"Bertie" Shut of Her
$500 a Month.
HAS BEEN ON STAGE.
Played Col. Fewclotlles in Lon.
don Revue and Gave So
Ciety a Shock.
Ny word.

MY Nord'
And now. ,gh; IL the midst o. Al, this
atmosphere. with the Atlantic being
used as a means o. transportation, and
apples selling FOR slxpence . throw In
New Jersey. comes the report that Mrs
Albert Ga'latin Wheeler, the well known
society leader. who has a reputation for
her wonderful 'olet,es and for being
the wife Of the man, who assisted Yerkes
In the building OF the London tubes, has
mad her Income cut
Isn't It beastly?
1re report comes from London. and
IS In the form o. letter. written In
haste. by Mrs A. q. w. TO n friend
And the letter IL wet. too. Not with the
salt or the ocean, but with briny tears
nice tears, tears that have been wept
In sorrow. wrung from heart IN pain
For Mas. Wheeler can shed s.ch nice
tears when She really wants to. It's
enough to MAKE any one tea. 10 have
,.e.r allowance GU, IA ha;. especially
Nnen tHdt sun dai'eu to tae tune %.
Sl.oS - month. Rignto. And It's worse
when yoi don't know why its been CIT.
MRS. WHEELER DECIDED TO GO
ON THE STAGE.
MIS-. Wheeler has mad rather a .oery
;'!ne % II ever since she went 20 l.oHdol !.
When she arrived there ste created
cute sensation b Joining he London
opera House revue. snd then-: otae.ed
onions.-she caused society e. shade
Its eyes by appearing as tns Colonel o:
tao liassars. 1t wasn't Ma: there was
anything Asdins; the Colonel, bl, the
person who carried this role had 10
have the Maud Allan idea OF clothes
And Mrs. Wheeler admitted later that
she caught "A the first nigh, she ap-
peared as tho Colonel. and never cot
over It unit, she left the company and
put on clothes.
Her excuse for going on the stage.
she declared. was because she was sick
OF society: her reason for leaving the
stage was-now. l know what you're
going to say-that the sta ye was sick
OF her But she says It wasn't At any
rate. q few days after she left the re-
vue she was seen wsding through the
fog up to the stage door 81 the Hippo.
drome. and when she emerged later he
brought q report with her that she was
to take Ethel Levey's part in 'Hullo
Ragtime" while the latter was on her
vacation. But Fate seems to have had
other things in store for Mrs. 4. q. W..
and there was nothing ragtime about
her.
TROUBLE is SHE HAS TOO MUCH
MONEY.
The whole trouble with Mrs. A. c. w.
is she has too much money. 81.
doesn't think so. especially now. hat
nevertheless 1t is the sad truth. IT'S
true; It's pity; pity tits. It's true"
She has I'd Der been content to wear
the gowns furnished by her managers.
but, ON the other hand. has insisted tina
she purchase them herself. The resul,
is that she has about 81. worth OF
| gowns now In the moth balls. This.
quite naturally. has created disturb.
ance among the other members OF the
company-especally the feminine sec.
| tion-who strongly objected to woman
possessing such wealth az Mrs Wheeler
being In their midst. They argued she
was taking the money needed by some
poor girl. And to make matters worse.
Mrs. Wheeler lived at the Hotel Curzon.
one OF the most fashionable west end
hostelrles In London. and admitted her
salary. which was in the neighborhood
OF three figures ar half was quite
ample for tipping the boys Ia ;he
motel.
And then, right IN the very m!ds. Of
all this fog and dreary English atmos-
| phere, came the announcement from
| her lawyers that "Eertie" had cut her
income, or alimony money or whatever
you choose to call it. For you know
she has been hitting that grass trail
for sometime now.
so she's coming back. And her watery
way Is bhny indeed. She's been weep
| ing ever since the news reached her
that her income was being cut. so there
you are.
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