Evening Public Ledger from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 18

''n'vf tJTTSJJ WM ''W'i Vi 18 EVENING PUBLIC WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27. 1922 i BEAUTY TRIPS BLITHELY OVER BALD HE AD ROJV TO BEJEIVELED LUXURY OF OLD-WORLD NOBILITi War 's Aftermath Emphasizes Rise te Position of Many Fair Stage Celebrities Girls of the Gaiety Choruses Deff Pin Tights and Paste Gems te Reign in Hemes of Wealth and Name I Ml Mr Rffl MM Seme day I mean te wed a Duke, don't doubt me! And none will dare te hint rebuke about mc. The biggest swells will come te me On Thursday afternoons for tea, And Emperors will make their bows When I'm at Cowes. Gaiety Girl's Seng. Frem the stage te the peerage! Prem pink tights and paste gems te glittering coronets nnd ancestral pwwala.

Frem the glare of footlights te the gallantry and glamour of the British court of royalty. Net the easiest read te travel 1 But a romantic and thrilling one, trad ena which has attracted chic and gay chorines even as it has the dark fend stately ladies of Shakespearean repertoires. It may seem a far cry from mimicry te reality, but It really Is no farther than the distance from twinkling legs of alluring ladles of the chorus te baldhead row; no farther than from back stage te proscenium. Events prove It, despite the well- known antipathy of nobility te the tunning daughters of the Play. I Events prove it, because even younger sons of noble houses and fcelni presumptive have no mere erviceable defensive against a battery of provocative eyes than the veriest commoner.

Events prove it, because the little youngster with wings and quiver is no respecter of persons at all, coupling the hearts of downstairs and upstairs, of poverty and riches, of beauty and stupidity, ugliness and brains and the permutations and combinations of all these qualities. May Ethcridge, former Gaiety girl, married Lord Edward Fitzgerald, third son of the Duke of Leinster, in 1914. Today she is the Duchess of Lelnster and the first actress-duchess during the last hundred years. About a hundred years age, Harriet Mellen, famous Drury Lane star, became the fifty-year-old bride of tlif twenty-six-year-old Duke of St. Albans.

This young Pendennis lived happily with his Fetheringay until 1832, when she died. Between the dates of her death and the assumption of the Duch-essship by May Ethcridge this year, there have been no actress-duchesses. Weds the Sweet Little, Neat Little Pajama Girl But May, the "sweet little, neat little pajama girl," en the stage since she was thirteen, knew there was going te be another one seen. for hadn't she gene te an old gipsy, bark te her Rinsing. She fane at Mur ray's famous night club.

She had no one te take rare of her haby, he she carried him with her. And Oerald I was a rollicking baby. He learned te Bleep In the wnrdrebe this future duke among the umbrellas and the gentlemen's wrap. One night he te go te sleep, and his beautiful mother perched hira en the "wagon" filled with bottles of wine and champagne, and wheeled him out among the guests. He intantlv Countess Peulctt, formerly Lillian Syhla Storey, daughter of an actor and herself an actress SS7 jw, HBv Jsb1bb1sb1sb1sb1sb1sb1sb1sb1sb1sb1sb1Jbbb1sb1sb1sb1sV.

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"I'm sure you wouldn't. Stage life would be far tee serious for you. Nearly every Qalcty girl Is obliged te think occasionally." It was a knock-out, but it waB by these tactics, used many times, that the newest Marchioness, showed. In plte of the silly songs she may have once sung, she was a woman of resource and some thought nnd dignity. Scrubwoman Beauty Dens $100fi00 Werth of Jewels When Frances Belment, of Hroek-lyn, daughter of a bricklayer, played In "My Lady," shs was enst as a scrubwoman, and sang: "ll'acn Magpie Deelan tentfrn the fleer Yeu can bet the fleer is clean!" At that time, if you had told her the was going marry- Francis Dcnzfl Edward Daring, Fifth Lord Ashbur-ten, she would have laughed at you, and perhaps, basing of a merry nature, would have sprinkled you with a few eeapsuds.

While she was playing this energetic and very capable scrubwoman, Lord Aphburten was Ambassador te the United States. lie was helping direct the affairs of the world, while Frances scrubbed the stage fleer and delighted the hearts of jaded business men. Nevertheless, strange things are bound te happen when strange things are net anticipated. Frances Dclment was se seductively beautiful that nhn was placed In the famous "Florodora Sextet" In 1001, and, as did each one of that sextet of beauty and rollicking gaiety, she became known the world ever. A year or se previous te 1000 Lord Ash burten was presented te her, and In 1000, at Papsy, the two were married, And It was a brilliant marriage, the like of which had, net been seen for many years.

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And one nlshr kin' met tlm twntv- one-At'iir-eld I ri IMwunl, I linn lieu-tenant in the Iriili iStiurds. Me was I jKxir, lie wnHii'l likely te rarry en his father's title, but Cunld didn't i givu a hang about that It un.s hi Id le be a lae of hue at tlrst wslit--ciT-talnly the "jiujnina girl" wn net d. Ilberatn'v "out" after a title, nnd rcr-talnly l.ieiitenniit Kltrgernld wasn't fceekliig a heavy dn ry. Ills parents HtienuniiIy ehjerteil te their meeting each ether, kidnapped their son and took him abtead. He as allowed te rt'tuni te Lonilen, however, when ln premised te Iticiik his fiigagement with May.

ItenchitiL' Iin- den, he derided all li fair In love and war, anil tan nwuy with tils singing ctress. They hone) mooned In Canada, lived in a woodman's hut, and returned te England with but little in the family Mchequer and war Just peeping ever the horlren. When the Hermans swept across lie! Lily Langtry, wife of Hen. Huge de Rathe vV mZBEm mn 'A 1 ftvr- Ml I beraree a fn vet lte almost as great an I attraction as his talented mother this little ililld who will one dnv he Puke of Marquis of Klldare, Karl of Offal y. When Gerald was one year old he wan made an honerarv iiii'tiiber of the club.

And Iiih Introdti'Mien wnn attended li a uniqiti' celebration, heated en a bellewered high rlinlr, he ba'iy looked in emul upon a worshiping audit nu with bilm and milk beltlep rentaltiing Miiuethiug a little Htrengcr then milk; In fact Hnnetbing mi dell-cleus that It Is new known as "Gerald's milk puneh." Th" of Lelnster died this veir. filu. tint title fnll te r.enl IMunril. tint nirlcil with It no wealth. And tint.

nw and Durness have learned 'hat Last year, a merchant and the Duke overheard him declared that a meter- fir couldn't Iwat the fast Great Nerth-ern KrpreHS ever the rJ'J miles fieci Londen te Aberdeen The Duke In-fisted that It could, ami said 1m was tiling te preve It. Daredevil Duke Wagers en Race and Wins $15,000 Dander up, the merchant wagered Sl.VKW that it couldn't done. The J.ilke of Lelnster took Mm up, wen Ills run- and the stakes Shortly after, the dnredell Duke published the fact that for round sum I 'his singing "pajama glrT' aa one of 'heir own. But she li net the only pureju) Gaiety girl who la new a woman of Infinite charm and distinction among ths titled heads of Europe. In 1008, Sylvia Lilian Btereyf daughter of ed Storey, actor, dancer and srene painter, married William Jehn Lydston, seventh Earl of Peulett.

She was seventeen and he twenty-four, and they married In spite of vigorous dhj. approval. fhe was playing In "The Gay Goreons" when the Earl met hr. He wnsn't at that time an EarL In fact, his succession te the title was dlspated by the notorious "organ-grinder EarL. whose story was gesslpea in two continents.

William's father, the sixth Earl, when he was a young man, was "wild-eatier" than hts son. One night, while intoxicated, he lest an Important bet, nnd his penalty was te marry the first woman be met after leaving the victor. Meeting Elizabeth Lavlnfa Newman, daughter of a pilot, he married her. Their child become the "organ-grinder Prince." The sixth Earl later would have nothing te de with the pilot's daughter. There was a dlverre and he remarried twice.

The present Earl Is Issue of the third rasrrlsge. King's Wrath Is Visited I en Pretty Resle's Hubby Fourth Marquis of Headfert, Lieutenant Geoffrey Themas Tayler, quar-' reled with the family, reslgned his lieu tenancy In the rasnienanie rirsi iiie Guard and Insulted King Edward for the sake of Resle Roote, of the Gaiety Theatre. The twcnty-two-year-eld officer sat In a box one evening and Resle, singing "Mal.ie, Malzle, you're a daisy," walked ever toward lilin and showered him with her graces. lie succumbed, hint In his card, and was charmingly received. The courtship (leveleped rapidly, ges kMr vVc i- J'frS dBBBBBBBBVBBBBBBBbxV-" jK; Sa4 sbbbbbHbIbbHbBbIbHbIsbH '''''BBbBIPBBBV IBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBKBmBBK mz- cm r-7 ''x 'BBBBHBBBSS' 'Z -BMBBS'JIi ivmrTxam' 7 i itit iW.tfi S.AiSi iV J.

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He played Indifferently under the name of Jnmcs Ersklne, and his first matrimonial venture was with Beatrice Irwin, member of the same company. Hut they were shortly after divorced and Enrl Reslyn ventured a second time with the American actress, Anna Robinson, of Minneapolis. In 1005 Anna Robinson was a household name. Originally she had been nn artist's model, and then she wnt en the stage. Her Inexpressible Wennty nnd her ability wen her net only fnme but nn Immense fortune, which she Js said te have spent lavishly.

Her life was one of excitement and overwhelming adulation. Old King Leepold, of Belgium, had been one of her most Intense admirers, and it is told hew he showered her with Jewels. In 1005 she met nnd married Earl Reslyn. In 1007 she divorced him. "I didn't marry him for his title.

I married him," she declared, "because I couldn't get rid of bun. He is one of the most persistent men I hare ever met. And it was most difficult even te get rid of him through divorce proceedings. He wouldn't work, he gambled nnd he was demlneerlns." Anna Robinson's career certainly did net end with her divorce. She lived fervently, and spent her geld ex era vacantly.

When the wnr came en, she lest most of her fortune, and she died In the Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane, in 1017. Her broken life the descent from the heights of admiration, wealth, society te her ultimate loneliness and shattered reason In a madhouse furnishes one of the most tragic stories In the annals of stnge history. Mabel Scott Found Title Wasn't Werth Trouble The eccentric Lord Russell, who later manled the woman who wrote "Elizabeth and her German Garden," met and married Mabel Scott, a Gaiety girl. In 1800. Mabel said that she married him for his title, and then left him after four months.

According te Mabel, the tltle wasn't worth the trouble. She said her husband forced her te net as his valet, beat her, locked her in her room without leaving her a stitch of clothing, was rtnfalthfal, eresl i her pet cat, and niggardly witi d. rettea. "He would only allow me six a day," she said. The trial was ena of the most travagant in recent years, and if MsS get no alimony, she certainly get of publicity, "I lows her and she leres me the excuse the Honorable Henry LrTJ burst Brace, son and heir of Lord Aims dare, made when he married Cmi Clifferd, of Bosten, jSE She was a statuesque blonde, bernH OhrlsUanla, Norway a children's ibsi up te her fifteenth year, Bhe steemi te America.

The Honorable Henry wu wealthy in his own right, and he cool ngeeqsly opened a public garage. 11 met Miss Clifferd while she played la tk 'Trince of Pllsen." Immediately after their marrli which -was very quiet and nnassumS the husband took his new bride te v3 his father. And that irate gentleaj slammed the deer in their faces When the war began, Lady Brw' husband joined his regiment and slain at tpres. She tried te east It bitter less by plunging into war servlei nursing the wounded, making banduS nnd doing the thousand and one etC kinds of work that were open te nebl women, during the world conflict fS gained the love and respect of her Htl! neighbors. There are many ether examples of ft union of stags and peerage.

ViseeS Torrlngten, a former page of honor and KlD Edward, mt rled Miss Eleaner Cpuray, a mZL comedy actress. Miss Rachel Estelle Berrldge. new fc Obnntesa of Cleninell, who en the its before her. marriage was Denlse OrS starring In the "Hen'ble Phil," ia iSn married Captain Jehn R. Yarde-BuHsi eldest son of Lord Churaten.

The nar rlage was kept secret for some tlan. hi when the news leaked out, peerage quite ready te receive the actress. One of the catches of the seassa 1006 was Jack Southwell BasM twenty-fifth Baren de Clifferd. iA owned 18,000 acres In County Mue Ireland, and ether large estates. Tmb tr-one-year-eld Era Oarrlngten, a sk feet-high beauty, played at the fete In a comedy called, "The Catch el sV Season." It was a oelnddsac, but Mlas In really caught the catch.

She was nst i very geed actress, the critics aver, she waa beautiful te an unusual fe gree, and the Lord de Clifferd quite willing te have her renounce rs stage for his drawing room, 'i he would cress the Atlantic Ocean sin- sip flourishing, and their betrothal gle-hiindeil in twelve. tun ketch, hutiltiiall) ns sealed. The Marquis' family before he had opportunity te select his hit tlic celling. He declared stoutly that egghhell of a bout, internal tieublea, he would marry the girl, nnd his mother, In Ireland broke out following pence i Hip Dowager Mnrrhleness, locked him A'd the Duke, who Iiuk tried bin he Joined the army in his room I.V Uv I nt number of join, decided llui i inn irisn rc niiue Wby Just come, In the month of Mej, honorariums would cumc He is new tightlng, and his wife waits sm ui nurn win emnu w. with mat x-lak.

19 wiiu ncr sturdy little boy WWIIHl I f.l I I.I. il, r.m,I.M. h.Ip lte Il'ven titled folk ran I ve solely en love wife sorrowful! there was little Lady Ashbuiten, ne Just Frances Dennelly hts attachment te hts King. Bui he did It unwisely. He wrete: "The lady I am about te rearrv Is Miss Resle Boete, of the Gaiety Theatre, who doubtless is known te your Majesty." Whether the Marquis Intended it or net, the Implication In the letter disturbed the King.

King Edward was a rather lively young man himself years before, it Is reported, and the subject wns a delicate one. The Insinuation in the letter seemed te him te be crass effrontery. And he let the young Marquis realize it. The King declared that If the Marquis married Hesle Boeto, they both would be lcllms of a most complete and telling kind of social ostracism. The note that shocked a king brought forth, tee, vituperative denunciation of the "mtwilllnnceH between the peer-ate and cheniH girls." But the Mnrquls was determined, and se was Resle.

Since shn was a Catholic and the Marquis a Trotestent. she ob tnlned a special dispensation te marry hlrn. and she did. In 1001. Today, the Marchioness, mother of two golden haired sons nnd a daughter, is a devoted parent nnd nn honor te the peerage.

But she had difficult time living down the coolness of the society, te which her title gave her carte blanche. It Is reported that en one occasion, at a ball, a fashionable and profoundly titled woman, lifted her nrched eyebrows a little iiigber nnd purred ire iinuersinnu you were en the ij4 brftvaly, May mobility England has learnsd, te lert fill I VMII. ,1 11 lifflcei-H' mens instated that he was ntnun't" wrecking his career, and he resigned the "IVn," replied the chorus girl-Llfe Guards, marchioness, "1 wits wlmt was called OourWeus always, as sent notice, of I a Gaiety Girl." aw W. bSr i' wa: i mti: ir I'HrBHBaBBHsiBWBlSBHlr' nBDHgraansBllIeHr. v- J-WbbMbebbheBBSISwibV' u-vreKmrmKm.

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When Sir Henry de Bathe lew" that his twenty-elght-year-eld Honerablo Huge Gernlde de Hatne, ass married forty-sevcn-year-ehl wg Itngtry famous en the stage ns Jersey Lily" or "Mrs. Lily Lanrtrf. although her name was Eml Is 0W lette he threw all his son's cWMjm of the window and refused him i J1 sien te the house. That was In 181W. But he repented.

Mrs. Langtry considered most beautiful wow" In the world." Her Lady Macbeth, Rosalind, were milestones by mark the history of the best that a tnc theatre. a. Fashions of women throughout world followed her lead. T3! Langtry hats.

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