New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-02-01
Hearth" "The Bookmaker" and "The
Made Hit in London

Made Hit in London
In London, in 1889, he played ."The
Bookmaker," taking the part of an Eng
another failure, but Mr. Goodwin had
been perfecting himself in the voice,
slang, accent. dress and manners of
typical "cockney." He was encored to
the echo, and the next day the London
critics pronounced him a wonderful
character act.
After winning applause in ga Gilded
ROOF and In Mizzoura,' he attempted
the part of David Garrick, but realized
element as Sir Luciiu O'Trigger in
The Rivals" In 1899 he appeared in
the character OF Nathan Hale with sue
cess later playing TO enthusiastic audi
ences, English and American, in can
American Citizen,' and when We
were Twenty In 1901 he essayed
the part of Shylock. In later years he
appeared in vaudeville sketches and
monologues and in moving pictures.
Goodwin's matrimonial adventures,
begun when he was twenty years of age
with his marriage to Miss Wethersby,
burlesque actress, were hardly less
varied than his stage mplishments
The first Mrs. Goodwin died in 1887.
Her loss WAS a great blow to Goodwin
81 was STRIPPING when | married
this beautiful creature,' he wrote in
his Matrimonial Memoirs" 81 was
unreliable and, I confess, unapprecia-'
tive of what the fates had been SO kind
to bestow upon me. | may have neg
and during the ten years Of our mar
ried life there was never discordant
note"
Married Society Woman
In 1889 Goodwin married Mrs. Nellie
Baker Pease, young Buffalo society
matron.
"she was DESTROYS of entering the
theatrical profession" wrote Goodwin,
and she asked me to introduce her TO
Steele Mackaye. During week in
Buffalo ! was introduced to her mother,
brother and husoand The brother
must have emanated from the same pod
as the husband, Peace. ] met Mrs.
Pease in Boston. She told me he was
suing for divorce and in few days
| was served with papers from the
husband, who charged ne with alienat-
ing his wife's affections. When the
summons came she took it as joke. !
failed to see the joke and suggested
she furnish the answer. realized the
publicity and scandal that would come
and | put the question directly to her:
What shall do?' Marry me, she re-
pied. Your mother has become quite
fond of me. | am passionately fond
OF art and ! think you are the most
charming of men | fell for this.
What else could an American do ?"
The second Mrs. Goodwin left the
actor IN 1891 fnd, in 1898, he married
Maxine Elliott, whom he had met in
California and taken on tour as his
leading lady in Australia. In 1908 he
instituted suit for divorce at Reno and
obtained q decree. The disagreement
was outlined by Goodwin thus:
Wine Wasted by Third Wife
During my marriage to Maxine Ell
lott she purchased a house in London
without my knowledge. / had previous
~ placed my furniture in a storehouse,
together with the contents of my wine
cellar, which she quietly contiscated.
did not mind the furniture so much.
but to tickle the palatcs of hex English
friends with my expensive ST. Emllion
and Neuve Cliquot was, 20 say the least,
rude. Besides, | was never invited to
the house. After / had tried so hard
to entertai.- her at lakewood, my Eng
fish home, think her conduct was
most 'ecNurte0us."
In 1909 Mr.. Goodwin led Miss Edna
Govo--~l4, + lo4ouOra glr., to the
altar. She divorced him in 1910. MY
errors of my life," explained Goodwin
in his Memoirs. II fell in love with
her while trying to save her from q
scoundrel."
Miss Margaret Moreland, an actress,
became the fifth Mrs. Goodwin in May,
1913. Her devotion to me is worthy
OF crown of rubies. 1 only wish l
owned one to place upon her brow"
Such was the actors tribute to her The
divorce came a few years later About
a week ago Mrs. Moreland Goodwin was
married in this city to a lieutenant in
the United States army.
Name Used in Copper Scheme
In 1910 Nat Goodwins name was
used by George Graham Rice and
Barney Fl. Scheftels in the promotion
OF the Rawhide Coalition COPPER nine,
IN undertaking which later was investi-
g g, and stopped by the Feder4l au-
thoritles. Goodwin showed that he had
broken his connection with the Scheftels
Arm IN 1909. Thereafter he abandoned
All mining, declaring his intention of
sticking to his profession
Here is Goodwin's recipe for "Suc-
cess on the Stage:
TO beginner should advise one
Oh Two Things. FIRST, he may join
good stoc kcompany if he can lind one
IN the woods anywhere and remain a
member of it for about forty wears.
ny that time he will have so worked
himself up as to receive living sal
aS' support stars and be prs<ared for
. testimonial on his fftieth anniver-
sary, whacking up with the manager
OF course. This reward of merit vir-
tualy amounts to half clear benefit
every fifty years. If healthy and sue
cessful an actor can catch two of them
and die.
Second, If the beginner does not
fancy this way, he can join some var
!cty show. purchase a comic song. have
l. set to music, get somebody to write
a plot around the song and he Will be
engaged for a forty weesk' season at
a high salry. If the beginner takes
the second course, he must neye~ adj
mt success was easy. find that all
the really great actors who have been
boosted to the top of the tree lx
chance, notoriety or money, are fond
o. referring to nights of toll and
struggle. have had tolls and strup
giles but it was generally after tho
performance was over and | might
nave better been home and in bed"
JOHN O. PALMER
John Osborne Palmer, son of Her
bert 5. and Ella Osborne Palmer. of
~ High land AVenua Clo, p;Auo ia