Show MABEL BOUTON'S FATHER SAYS LIFE OF BEAUTIFUL ACTRESS MAY BE SAVED I Letter From New York Brings Glad Tidings and Anxious Parent Obtains His First Nights Night's Sleep in Weeks ti L r ifs t i iI I I a SrN r r i r t D MABLE ABLE BOUTON J LAST NIGHT FOR THE FIRST time In several weeks ks I was able to sleep said Eald J. J M M. r Bouton tat father her of or Mabel Boulon outon the beautiful young oun actress ac- ac tress treES who now lies lles at the point of death In the alcoholic ward of a New ew York Charity Charlt hospital to The Telegram to toa to- to day a Ever since I received the news of 01 m my daughters daughter's terrible I had not closed my eyes In sleep bu but yester yesterday ay I rec received a letter leller which partly relle relieved d the terrible strain upon m my mind Young Actress May Recover of or m my wife who lI NeWY York and and city said that Mabel way was slightly Improved J and that thai she might recover reco We c had ball almost given up hope of or ever seeing our daughter alive again and the news of oC an nn Improvement In her condition ai at first seemed In Incredible I understand that a benefit has been given en for m my daughter at one of oC the leading theaters In New ew York and that the proceeds s from rom the sale ale of the seats will be used in sending Mabel to a private ho hospital where she will get the best of or care Father of Mabel Bouton His Ills daughter dying In a New V e York hospital and he suddenly reduced to poverty and unable to lo assist her such Is the trying position of J J. J M. M Bouton Boulon who conducts a little store at al State Slate street streel Mr Ir Boulon Bouton ou lon Is the father of three daughters all of whom have achieved fame Came upon the American stage He was wa formerly a 00 well to o merchant In n Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- eado e- e vada ado and each of ot his daughters re received received received re- re a lI goo good education All of or them were talented talent musicians and were anxIous anxious anxious ious to lo go on the sta stage e One b by one the three daughters left their home and joined different theatrical companies One Daughter a Baroness The eldest daughter Is s now Mrs Cia Clay Elmer and Is starring with a company compan on the Pacific coast Madeleine Boulon Bouton Bouton Bou Bou- ton lon formerly leading lady of or the Frawley Frawley Frawley ley Stock company of San Francisco Is Isnow Isnow Isnow now the Baroness Van Tan wife of oC ofa a n. German Baron and lives lI In luxury In Berlin Mabel Bouton outon left her home several years a ago and after singing in th the chorus In man many big New York productions productions productions was given hen a leading role roJe In the Little Christopher company compan It was In Inthis Inthis inthis this production that Miss Bouton Douton first attracted the attentIon of or New cw York theater goers Girl Becomes Despondent She was given the leading role In several other productions but was not so 0 successful with her new ventures She became despondent and started to lo drinking A few weeks ago uso her father recel received d word that she he was dying of alcoholism m In a New ew York hospital Strong drink and the use of narcotics had undermined her health Mr Ir Bouton Douton heard nothing more about his daughters daughter's daughters daughter's daugh daugh- ter's lers condition until Saturday when his wife received a letter leller from Mrs rs Oliver Doud Byron Dron of ot New York slating stating statIng stat stat- ing that the girl was Improving and antI that thai her chances for Cor recovery were good On Sunday Sunda Mr 11 Bouton Boulon received a letter leller from Om Charles harl r K E. Chapin city editor of ot the New York Herald conveying conveying con con- the Information that Mabel was Improving MABEL BOUTON TELLS HOW SHE BECAME A ASLA SLA SLAVE VE OF STIMULANTS Mabel fabel Bouton from Crom her cot at Blackwell Island New York has hns issued the following appeal to young oung women BY MABEL MADEL BOUTON I am n a victim of consumption so my phy physicians say Induced b by drink and dru drugs drug I My I life mu may be almost ended I am living on the charlt charity of or a great city I am nm abandoned by my friends X I am nm sick I am alone I nm am In the slough of despond In to the deepest depths of ot despair late lat late no eo 0 late but hut we can cnn enter still Too late Into Too late Y Ye cannot enter Oh how this despairing wall rings In my head My ly young ounG life lire la Is spent All AU my lily hopes are ore withered I J cannot turn turnback back It H Is 18 too lute late too lute bite But Bul It Is not too too lute lat for tor you OU to whom I am nm talking talking all nil you OU women who In may take a few moments to read ny my poor POOl little sermon Bermon which I J preach to you ou from this prison bou house e- e eor of or tears tear you women and young girls fc 1 who o arc nrc Just beginning to take an nn occasional glass because you ou think you ou need It t because you are arc tired or blue or discouraged discouraged dis dis- coura cd or Just want n n. little Innocent Innocent innocent Inno cent fun tun and think it will do you good Good If IC I could only burn Into your our souls what evil It will do do what what awful Irremediable evil Dying at Blackwell Island Perhaps I r can preach my sermon best b by the simplest method method my my myown own story of how I came to lo be here at Blackwell's Blackwells Island dying I have heard them whisper when they thought I could not hear ear Dying At Blackwells Blackwell's r Island land I was born at Reno No Nev My Iy sister Bister Madeleine and I were always told we were pretty prell and clever We e were told too that the place for Cor beauty beauly and cleverness clev clev- erness If Jr a n. girl must earn her living Is the stage I came to New York and Joined a n theatrIcal com company pan and we wc traveled In the West and South We Q had many one night stands and after after atter af at- ter two or three years ears of or this trying life lIro lIroI I got ot discouraged ed I came to New York er e every every- summer and tried to get set other engagements tried engagements tried to lo better myself It was hard for the amateurs who will work for tor almost nothing crowd what we e call the professionals The time came often orten when my purse was empty My My First Temptation I kept on seeing managers and agents er e every day being snubbed by some of or them and Insulted by others It happens happens hap hap- pens to be an nn uncertain life Ute A A. few succeed but there are man many more who fall tall and are forgotten Every ery summer the old anxiety of getting gelling get an un engagement engagement engage engage- ment for next season must be lived over again But ut this Is only a little pre pre- Sometimes I had a 00 good en engagement sometimes not It means a lot of or sacrifice sacrifice sacrifice sac sac- to save rove a any y money for an actress actress actress ac ac- ac- ac tress even more than limn any other woman woman woman wo wo- man must dress lire prettily It Is her stock In trade She dare not go before a 00 manager gel shabbily gowned Now ow to tom tomy tomy m my own story One evening e when I had had no work for months and my spy money was all gone sone I layon laon the bed In my little hall room Toom crying A ri d Jn th the thi some pome cheap theatrical house boarding 1 came In to chat hat with me What hat Is the matter malter she said Nothing new nen I I Ian an answered Cred I 1 nm am blue and discouraged ed She went to her room and come ome back backwith backwith backwith with a small glass with a bright brown liquid In it Drink this she said kindly I 1 al- al ways WaR take it when I feel teel like that It will do o you ou good Her First Drink Is It medicine I asked and Innocent In n be I was waa very CI young those days das Yes she said the best kind of ot medicine for Cor the blues blues' It Is sure Hure to cure Take It it It is only a R glass of ot sherry sherry- I drank It and It did seem to lo do me good It drove awn away the chill and numbness It warmed and comforted me I sat up and leaned a against the foot of ot the bed and thanked the woman had brought ht It to me Your eyes ees are arc bright ht and your our color cotor Is coming back hack she said Take another another an nn- other glass I did dad and a again ln that sense of ot warmth crept over me The miserable little room looked less bare hare I forgot things It made me std sad to remember My l friend laughed when she saw the the- Hush flush rise to m my face I r laughed back and we had a merry evening e I did not dread the next day as I had Before she left lett she suggested to me meto meto meto to drink one more glass It will make you ou say T I I dont don't care and mean It too she said sallI And she was right for that evening Became Victim of at Liquor The next day was a trying one No Noe engagement e ement No prospect of ot one I looked Into other discouraged ed faces Caces on the streets on the stairs and In the offices Some of ot them looked as disconsolate disconsolate discon discon- as I felt elt Others looked as though they didn't care I wondered why they didn't care and I remembered remembered remembered what had comforted me me- methe the nl night ht before I sent for some sherry and drank It before I could go o to sleep p. p It Is a short stor story From sherry I began to drink cordials when when- I could get gel them Then anything after that- that whatever would bring that delightful glow of or warmth and amI forgetfulness soonest and keep It with me longest I got sot an nn en engagement ement at last Jast and when I went on the road again I al always always al al- ways wn's carried something in a n. bottle with me I needed It when It was cold coil and when I 1 was tired and when I was depres depressed ed And when I was waR happy happ it seemed to tomake tomake make muke me happier It was an escape from my sad moods and it Increased my gay one ones Of Ot course counte there was waA a reaction afterward afterward after neter- ward and I hated the stuff fora little while but not long I ne needed it then I thought more than ever Friends Drop Away The friends who have taught you to drink drop away when you learn too well The woman Toman who brought me mo the sherry that evening e In n New r-ew York beban began began be be- gan ban to avoid me Other friends asked me If I were III m. Somehow I 1 was left alone more than I had lead ever e b been n In m my life lire One day the drink would not warm wann me It IC could not make mo me forget forlet There Thure was a man In the house who smoked opium ollum Sometimes when I passed gassed the room a sickening s sweet t smell would come to me the through the open door I sent him u IL note I 1 told him ilm I had neuralgia la an und and I craved sleep Bleep I begged him to give an opiate Ho lie rent font It 11 to lo me with a note In n an an- If It you ou have ha smoked before no matter natler he said eald Jf It you haven't ha dont don't The opium did what liquor had re refused reused re re- re used fused to do I had been very cry cold and I Continued on Fago Pago Q Mabel Bouton's Father Continued from fromn Page 1 it warmed me I had been wretched and It made me forget I was content Take Taka Mo as an Example But soon after they took me to Bellevue Belle- Belle vue I was cured and discharged But ButIn ButIn ButIn In a little tittle while they brought me back Then th they y sent me to the Island and rr from m the way the they whisper behind the screen of or my bed the nurses and the doctor I know it is nearl nearly over o Take me a as an example Remember m my stor story when you are tempted to take that first gla glass s because you ou are tired or blue or because e some ome one says sas It will make you ou feel better It will vIll for fOI fora fOIa a second or 01 a moment but lut In the end ou arc are protected b by riches it may bring bring- you where I have ha told you OU I am And I am in the dreariest most forsaken for for- aken place on earth the earth the e of or the greatest city In the modern world world- I and all alone I Dont Don't drink because you are arc lonel lonely or I sad That first drink is is- only the beginning beginning be be- ginning of or a long loneliness and a lasting last last- In lag ing sadness Oh how easy It Is to be begin ln a bad habit and oh how hard it I Is to stop Learn to conquer trouble within yourself Conquer It by work b by philosophy by rell religion ion through h lo love love love- anything but hut drink For as sure as aR I Iam Iam Iam am lying here waiting helpless for m my release In the end drink will conquer you ou |