| Show BETTINA GIRARD DEAD 1 Former Favorite of Washington Falls a Victim to Pneumonia Pneumonia monia I Now Kew York Jan Girard the tho actress daughter of General Ordway 0 I Washington D C hos hospital pital today Notice of o her death was I given to the tho coroners fice which begun began an In Investigation The woman was wa re moved from her n apartments on on Wes For Street Saturday and at tile lios lOS pital the n name am cot of ElIzab Elizabeth th Witter te r was gIven It was stated tonight thAt her har body was claimed under the name of Orti Ord W way The c cause u of t d death th Is believed is h have been acute The body hody It is understood will be taken to The last engagement of Bottles Girard was i In The Marriage of Kitty corn com comay under tho management t of Jules u Murray ay which e showed ho af in the t went a At Decatur Ills MIss vir rd left the com coat company pany suddenly Her first appearance on the stage was In 1585 In The Seven Seen Ages In l 1 she appeared at and later with wIth in Adonis Washington Jan Miss s Girard WitS ws the daughter of the late GeD General ral Albett Albet Ordway for tor some somo time commanding lUng 0 of firer or of the national guard dt df the Die Dis or of Columbia She had luul b been 1 on the stage for Cor about twe twenty t years and had played In light f ht opera melodrama and vaudeville In re recent tnt years ears for three seasons she had taken the loading role in ln In 01 Old 1 Kentucky Kentuck H Her r mother and anda a earold daughter reside in hi Washing ton Some time a ago o marrIed a man by the name of Witter When hen admitted to the hospital she was as asIh Ih a very N serious cO condition Less than three s ago Bettina Girard was seen on Broadway She Sho told tod her friends that she never felt bettor better In bar er life Ufe Since her return front Decatur lIss Girard has bas not seen by any or of her old friend She had been marrIed seven times and andon andon on various within the past I seven years ears had been a in the ho hospitals of thi city suffering from rom troubles due to her er mode ot of life From a convent n Georgetown In her early life she he sent sont to Mrs Burrs finishing school in Washington She was wasa a musician and linguist could ride with the host and excelled in ill all outdoor sports The Tho career ot of Bettina Girard was one or of contrasts Her Hor life began amid the refined surroundings of a wealthy wealth and din family In Washington She was 3 35 years of age Soon SOGn after her d do but in Washington Arthur a member of a wealthy Baltimore Ca family ro II slat mot hr her and following a short wooing they were married The They t once wont abroad and three months later lator carne came the tho that In Austria the tho young bus hus husband band had applied for Cor and obtained a dl vorce orce Soon afterward she went on the stage The list of husbands Bettina Girard had is interesting They were g Arthur J a a millionaire j jJ John JohnJ J Raffael a singer Harrison J Wolfe an actor William G Beach Booch an actor Philip Schuylor Schuyler the well known theatrical agent Frank Turner a vaudeville per performer performer former md and Francis C Witter vaudeville performer Mr Witter her husband Wa with her ber berat herat I at her death By his direction the bod body was sas sent to Washington for tor burIaL |
