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ibli370plyjatiheen-bleingthe;er-fchethsffiebeip-hat'ly.rtyhehecant.oilheng;anrs,letngghAllhislinestityof.hondis,mtofat-tondDirhis)ir30,■ty»utitb aP-w,ldveis11-mis-edinUytoheofsdli-naterantotre'■g,TTUo Woes of Spri^htlf Actresses*It is one of the known misfortunes of good looking actresses that they are greatly pestered by young men of inferior intelligence, who desire introductions to them with a view to ultimate matrimony. It frequently happens that they select one of tho most attentive, and casually tho most wealthy, of these suitors to be their husband; retire from the stage, and try domestic life for a time. Then they have trouble, and a divorce, more or less scandalous, terminates the contract. It will be remembered that a Mr. Taylor, of Boston, allied himself in this way with a pretty actress, and found himself saddled not only with “pa” and “ma” —“pa” having a curious affiliation for gin and “ma” regarding her lovely offspring with more than ordinarily zealous care—but also with a large number of newspaper and other Bohemian friends of the family. Mr. Taylor subsequently suffered divorce and relapsed into the obscurity from which his alliance raised him. It is not known, however, that an actress, who is known to be “vivacious” and “sprightly,” wealthy and popular, is afflicted with the matrimonial plague in an even more distressing form, and that, too, without the least offense on her own part.It seems, however, from tho statement of Miss Crabtree, popularly known as Lotta, that she is constantly accused of being somebody’s wife. Lately an item of news was published in the morning papers to tho effect that a gentlemanly ’longshoreman of the San Francisco sand lota claimed tho honor and profit of being on3 of Miss Crabtree’s husbands. His name is Zapf, and he tells the world, through his alleged attorney, that he is supporting three of his wife’s children; that half hor estate belongs to him; that ho will waive the dower interest in her fortune for $4,000 cash, wherewith to support their interesting family, and that he will or will not, for that trifling consideration, obtain a divorcefrom her as .she may choose. To-day Miss Lotta’s account of the transaction is published, and from it the world learns that Mr. Zapf, of San Francisco, is not by any means alone in his olaim. Several other persons have announced that they are secretly married to the vivacious and sprightly actress. It is even affirmed that a youug mau of Brooklyn, an actor, confidentially whispered to about eight thousand of his most intimate friends that he, too, had the felicity of being Mr. Lotta. He was young and fair to see, we are told, but even that in a city once noted for the beauty of its male actors gives ns no clue to his identity. Had he publicly assumed his new matrimonial title tho tender young misseB who sigh for pretty professional husbands would have known better than to waste their longings upon him. This particular Adonis, however, had an eye to business, and accumulated a handsome collection of debts on the strength of hio new relation. We blush to think that anybody who had habitually read the Eaglb, as a Brooklyn actor must have done in order to see what was said of his beauty and genius, could do such a thing, but it only goes to show how often the good seed falls upon stony places and bears no fruit. Two other young men of San Francisco discounted Mr. Zapf’s performance, however, by obtaining board and clothes on the representation that they were married to Miss Lotta.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Thu, Dec 11, 1879
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