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Show Fay Tenipleton's Idea of Marriage. A New York reporter, who has been interviewing Miss Templeton in regard to her husband's (Billy West) application for a divorce, -obtained the following: "What Billy says is true," said she. "I did agree to give up acting when I was married; and I intended to when I promised, prom-ised, but I couldn't get along without it. You see, I've been brought up to it, and couldn't help it. That was the only cause of trouble between us. Some people peo-ple have an idea that he did not treat me well. That's all nonsense. There never-was a more good-natured fellow in the world, and we're on the best of terms still, for that matter. He always comes to see me when he's in town, and never goes away without a pleasant little Ch"Why did I marry him? Well, that's just what I was asking myself to-night while I was dressing. I guess I had a mania for getting married. They say it strikes girls sometimes, and I guess I was struck pretty hard. Then he was a darling dar-ling handsome young fellow, and thought a good little mite of me. When he asked me if ho could have me, I told him I guessed he could. I was starring in the South in comic opera at the time, and he was with the Barlow, Wilson, Primrose & West company. I had known him for two years, and I was three years younger than I am now, which would make me just well, never mind how old. I had trouble at home, and was tired to death of one-horse stands and cheap hotels, and thought I saw a good way to get out of it all. We were married at Nashville, Tenn., one Sunday in May, three years ftg" Was the sun shining ? Not a bit of it ; nor the birds 'weren't singing. It was raining pitchforks and I wore a little green ulster to the wedding and a dress with one of the sleeves torn out. The Nashville papers all agreed it was a grand j affair, though, and gave us a great send off. I remember that we stopped at a very cozy little hotel a perfect little gem of a place. - The proprietor could not do enough for us, and the servants were as attentive as if we were tipping them with gold dollars. You see, this marrying was a new experience for me, and I remember remem-ber all the details. I think I could describe de-scribe every piece of furniture in the room let alone the carpets and wall paper. We had a jolly time of it for afew weeks, and then I wanted to get on my stage clothing and exhibit once more. Billy protested and I concluded that I loved my profession profes-sion better than I did him. He tried for a while to get me back and then we came to an understanding. Both of us want the divorce, but I don't think we can get it in till next May, when the third year of our separation will expire. "It's been an experience to me, and not a very unpleasant one, either. - If it had not happened I might have run across some person nowhere near as agreeable as Billy. I was in forgetting married, you see, and I did it. All that remains is to get unmarried." |