Show THE TROUBLES AND ROMANCES OF A WIL ROSE did fate ever aver play such pr pranks ank s any group of young women as with gay garden of beauty in this curiously famous stage piece HW EW YORK the ali e marriage man luge of edlia goodrich and nat Good while still the echoes of ada coulso lonsdalen Lons Lon dales stales breach of promise sult bult against blaine E elkins were reverberating rever berating through the theatrical world recalls in it a rather st startling artlin way the production pio of tile the wild rose hose rt the knickerbocker thea theater terAn hi 1902 for it adds D one ZI e more e to 0 o tile the sti strange ange blos blossoms sonis in that thai garden of romances mances lo tragedies ind and scandals which has grown up tip round around the lie nien men and women of the wild rose hose production it seems as it some fatality roust must have hung over that company of actors and actresses and that it has pur aceil sued them inexorably ever since those lays daya when they were arst assembled together true a few of the romance roman cea nave have the pure and the sweet savor of the lie wild roge lose from which they sprang but they are rare bright spots in a wild ivald rank garden jn in which there aie fow few roses that have not a cankerworm in their heart A wonderful human bunian rose bush was that production and blossom after blossom has since borne fruit in dramas of real life evelyn nesbit thaw the ilie theatergoing theater going world saw her at her prettiest there may mackenzie ada louise lonsdale mazle follette edna goodrich hattle forsythe marguerite dark clark and irene bentley can call you picture fairer blossoms fro from living american beauty rose bush and gardener of that parterre the manager of this aggregation of charming worn wom en n george W V lederer even he fell under tinder the spell which marked I 1 the wild rose as the bush from which grew matrimony divorce and sometimes the trail of sin which in more than one instance led to criminal 4 courts made trouble for manager angered by the attentions lon paid by tier her husband to the chorus girls of the comic opera mrs lederer sued him orical circles by marrying tile hie theatrical then tri manager mana gei george IV lederer Leder cr a few hours after tits his i cleave release from former marital fetters for many years scars the Leder ers safely sailed tho the domestic doi sews seas steering clear of matrimonial breakers bica kera in fit the form of chorus girls while mrs mis loderer managed matil mony air lederer managed many a musical show chorus girls would conic como and chorus girls would go as far as george letterer was concerned until lie he found himself tending this wild rose bush and was bewitched by the spell of its uncanny beauty tife the world at large laigo was not long in learning that the manager of the sue musical comedy had fallen a victim to the strange influence exercised by tile the wild rose and through thi ough tits his connection with it had earned only a divort divorce e decree says the now york world praised by stanford white the brunette beauty of edna good rich was one of the richest blos blossoms of tho the wild rose and while in that company she attracted the attention ot of the famous architect stanford Stan foid white he was a good judge of roses and he spread lie he fame faine of the he beauty from the ranks of show gli gills Is edna goodrich was soon plucked by nat goodwin goodwill who wore her as it were in tits his buttonhole as a leading lady those who went to the theater to scoff remained it if not to pray at least to gasp at the beauty of this leading lady who had tripped the light fantastic in the wild rose not content with becoming a leading lady edna goodrich Goodri cli again stepped into the international spotlight by playing wa th e leading ri a tria triangular riku love affair while buying a trousseau in paris at the close of the last theatrical season presumably to become the bride of a millionaire mine owner named mcmillan the ex chorus girl led nat goodwin a love chase from paris to san francisco the world looked laughed and gasped again when with perfect equanimity A frig fog dr divorce naming evelyn thaw as me he of 0 the co respondents some nine years adelo adele ace ce a baltimore beauty of note had manhattan and southern thea the fickle footlight lady broke her engagement ga tp the man of the mines at tho the same time that the noted comedian was divorced from americas most beautiful actress maxine elliott EI llott nat goodwin and aass ss goodrich were mar ried fled and presumably the former show girl Is blessing tho the wild rose bush from which she bloomed into tame fame and fortune beautiful mazle follette the effervescent spirits 0 of marlc F ollette follette who now occupies an acknowledged position in the ray gay world attracted masculine attention when first she shone in the wild rose company by the bouquet of beauties who wore were destined to aln avin notoriety or fame faine mazlo jouette follette was looked upon as a gelI genial joyous young voting thin and her rare good spirits led her into many a daring escapade I wen iwen as an obscure chorus girl she acquired fanie fame for her nim nimbleness bieness and grace and inability to make her eyes behave brought her to the front from being an bre e bud in the chorus of the wild rose she has blossomed out into the position of danseuse dans puse she came conspicuously into the limelight when at the famous thaw trial it was reported that she had bad turned against her erstwhile chum and was threatening to aid the prose prosecution cullon by telling all she knew since then mazie fol lettes fill arlous escapa escapades dew have often entertained bohemia boh emla where it is commonly said that her lively personality was first developed in her wild rose d days ays but the most famous of all the young oung women ion who bloomed upon the wild rose bush is evelyn nesbit thaw it was not a beautiful flower that grew from her connection with that company blood and shame were on its petals sorrow and dishonor ate out its heart while posing behind the footlights of the knickerbocker evelyn nesbit acquired the fascinating which since have sent one man to his grave and another to a madhouse for it was in those days that slie she formed tre the acquaintance with stanford white which led at last to tits his shooting by harry thaw stood by evelyn nesbit stand standing ing in the light of 0 reflected notoriety Is may mackenzie the chorus girl chum of evelyn nesbit who occupied a prominent place at the thaw trial as the dally daily companion and stanch friend of tho the defendants wife for the sake of the wild rose days when the two shared the same up lip pencil and borrowed boi rowed each others powder putt may mackenzie unconcernedly braved notoriety to tighten lighten the dark ho houssin haars ursin in the life of her afflicted friend frien d her name was on every up her jaunty appearance causing almost as much comment as that of the angel child and again this sprightly little person has appropriated the limelight now being hailed as the possessor of cy the wickedest wick edest eyes in new york not ot that may mackenzie really likes to have her orbs arbs thought naughty dear me no its dreadfully distressing because as she plaintively ex birdne 1 I cant just make my eyes behave but metropolitan by theatergoers it is readily remembered that in the wild rose days those eyes were not of the unmanageable brand and it is only since she budded in that garden of scandal that may macken bles optical organs have become the wickedest wick edest in all ali now york A little wisp ot pt a girl with a tiny 1 face enormous eyes eyer and a lithe figure incased encased in a cadet uniform sang a aoi der song in tile tho wild and caught the publics public s fleeting fancy she bho was marguerite dark clark the dainty comedienne whose child ilko charin chaim has endeared her to 0 o tile ho hearts of 0 theater theatergoers goers before her advent in the wild rose hose actress had appeared appealed in several road load compa corn pa nies whose tours loins invariably ended disastrously but once under tho the peculiar charin of that rose lose garden fame faine gayo gaye the little girl alil a helping hand which she found to hold fortune as well veil the small petals of tile the inconspicuous soubrette etto have hae kion grown into tile tho full bloom of a musical comedy star and who ho shall say sa that tile the wild rose 51 A 67 k left fo t N aa g was waa not instrumental instrumental in margueri tit clarks success lift left the stages blitter success but or of a slightly different kind has c crowned the career of rattle forsythe whose charms have bedoit the toast of parts paris london and nevi nev york since her appearance as a show girl in the wild rose hattle blattle for rise has been rapid and radiant and her brilliant beauty has not shone shon behind the footlights for several years instead palm beach paris and the riviera have gaped at the gowns and jewels of the forni former r show gird alic has won admiring attention of princes pi luces italian counts and rich amerl cans to several persons of high degree miss For engagement hag been rumored and it Is reported that lie her latest assiduous admirer is a young son of the philadelphia drexell though hymen has thus far railed failed to ensnare hattle forsythe irene bentley has been busy changing partners in the matrimonial bouquet while playing a leading role in the wild rose company the golden haired actress met its librettist harry clarry D B smith whose prolific pen liar has produced numerous successful musical coin bedics lie he was married and so was wal she but the divorce nulls mills obligingly ground out the desired decrees and wedding bells soon told the world that the mystic wild rose had uni 1111 ted its leading lady and its co composer ada lonsdale and elkins last but not least tonies t onies ada I 1 louise lonsdale who recently startled not only Wa washings shingi n and new york but italy as well y bringing a breach of promise suit against blaine elkins son of the virginia sena senator torand and brother of the reported fiancee of the dure duke of the abruzzi to tile the wild rose must be credited tits this latest sensation for it was while playing a minor part in that piece that the young actress who belonged to a good family of memphis tenn first became interested es t ed in 16 blaine elkins Elk liis then ft a college youth when on january 28 last young elkins eloped and married the daughter of the late senator R kanna crina nothing was heard from his former sweetheart ada louise lonsdale however she choso chose a psychological moment when the announcement of another international engagement was expected and startled the world at large a rge hy by the suit but the suit la Is said to have been dropped when miss lonsdale recently disappeared the tongues of the gossips were let loose and they began counting uy up the sensations that have already bloomed from that wild rose rosa bush |