The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-27
&c! Never Loved Him!
Never! Never!
Never ~" She Cried
at Least 100 Times
as the Stage Heroine
of a Divorce Play
When the Stage
Lawyer Asked Her If
She Loved the
Stage Correspondent
land the Stage
Jury Acquitted Her

" Montgomery. when pa
" pers we're served upon
her calling for her TO answer TO her
husbands divorce suit in the New
York Supreme Court well. that
oughtnt to be very hard for me TO
do.
'In fact" she continued. II shall
know just exactly what TO do.
Lawyers won't be able to browbeat
me. | won't be too much in awe OF
the court and I'll know just how
20 appeal TO the jury. There's really
nothing to IT,"
"Tll just go on the stand and tcs-
fifty In my own behalf" she con
cluded in burst OF confidence.
For had not Miss Montgomery ap-
peared time after time as the in
fortunate heroine. Peggy Admas-
ton" In Louis Walters successful
play Of divorce. The Butterfly ON
the Wheel" and matinee after
matinee and night after night she
had gone upon a stage stand In
stage court room and had explained
away a whole series OF compromis-
ing stage circumstances 20 the salts
faction OF a stage jury. which had
finally acquitted her triumphantly?
She had indeed.
What" said Miss Montgomery to
herself. what woman ever was so
lucky. Here know all about Just
what to say and what 10 answer and
what to do. For OF course what
goes on the stage will go in real
life. Isn't the stage just the mir
Tor OF real life anyway? OF course"
Besides that" said a friend,
What they saw about you. Mabel.
is just exactly almost what they said
about Peggy. so you won't have
10 learn any new lines even, Mabel"
Isn't It true? Lovcly!" said Miss
Montgomery
But the fact remains that Miss
Montgomery or Mrs. Augustus Ger
lenbach as she Is in real life, lost,
The real life Jury didn't acquit her
at all. Miss MONTGOMERY. It can
only be inferred. forgot her lines.
Miss Montgomery IS a very fine
actress Indeed She has played IN
the greatest o. roles and 10 OF SUI.
fclcntly striking personality, which
makes Il all the harder 20 under
stand how she could forget. There
was a buzz Of interest Co. the New
York court room when Sc took the
stand.
Butterfly on the Wheel" went
the whisper John r. Mcintyre, the
famous attorney for former Lieu.
tenant Becker and figure en- many
other equally notorious cases. mad
the Butterfly ON his mind too. evil
IDENTIFY. Miss Mon tg I'm cry had
started on all right. answering
readily and with complete com
posture the questions hurled az her.
Mr. Mcintyre suddenly changed his
line OF cross questioning.
a year 1r more ago you were
engaged in tho play called a But.
terhy on the wheel. we're you not 90
he asked. Miss Montgomery flushed
and paused.
a. Yes. ur. she finally answered.
D. The dialogue ran on
q. You remember in that play
there was a court scene and a d.
vorce suit do you remember
s. Yes. Hir
q And Iu that divorce scene you
played and testified. did you nOtg
a. I believe 90 ] don't ramsm.
Der my parts very long Mr. Nc.
luiyrc. 7 have tU study 20 many. I
generally forget them as soon az
finish playing them. 81 that tIua
] had fD take Ip such bic work
@ To The play OF The Butterfly
on the Wheel vIT took one of the
principal Characters l1 that pIayg
4. Yes rr
2. Among other things son had
Co figure more 0r lraa prominently
iu The divorce scene 'HHt was staged
in that play7
s. 7 believe co.
Here M-. Mcintyre d-upurF tho
subject but right hero .NIsa Mont
E1mary seems fH have begun fu far.
90 utr coaching SOD Too PLAY Per.
hap7 Nr Mcintyre vas rImaaff
satisfied thar Mics NuHfFrmarg had
really forgotten fhr Ila. HAD Ns
pursued This limo r' rrqu.rnffr7
further no would have favoT1pff
that In many respects Che part tHat
Miss M0utEluarv took boz Tho play
was practically Identical with ne
ore she was then playing On actual