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Show Whan It was ended Beach waa divorced di-vorced and Bettlna sdded Schuyler to her already long lint of names. Her father. Gen. Ordway, offered her an annuity of ll.OftO for life to leave the country. She went to Iondon with Schuyler, and collapsed physieally when abe made ber debut. The Laat tfcaplaa. She returned to America and went Into a private sanitarium, dissipation having so weakened her. It a In November of 1X9? that Gen. Ordway. Mr. Ordway and Mua Pedelford, Bet-tlna Bet-tlna Glrard's daughter, returned from Europe to New York. They found Bettlna lying deserted by her friends In Bellevue Hospital. The old general shook hia brad hen a reconciliation waa mentioned: but Mrs. Ordway, the mother, pleaded with him sobblngly. November II Gen. Ordway died at the SUITER AS f LASS. INCIDENT IN CAREER OF BETT1NA CIRARO. Waaae atamagaa aaa Olvareaaj Ware Oaae Ika In i.ilea. mt Tt aa Staawse Baaaaatta St .ears' of IVroef Ma. la one of the old and aristocratic houses of Denver a woman, who was ( onoe the talk of two continents. Is 1 quietly sending the summer. Her ! present name Is Mrs. Franc-la Witter, j though she la best known to the Am- , pvrican people as Bettlna Glrard. Her has been an eventful career. the la the daughter of the late Gen. I Ordway. who died in New York In ' Hoffman House. Before he passed ! away, and due to the pleading of his wife, he permitted an Interview with Bettlna. and waa making plans for a ' return to Washington with her and j reunion of the family when be died. ! Bettlna finally recovered her health ! and recently In Chicago she married Francis Witter, a youth Just entering upon a promising theatrical career. la7.aa the result of a broken heart ss much as anything else. Gen. Ordway Ord-way was commander of the militia of the District of Columbia. He waa wealthy, a club man and a social favorite. fav-orite. Bettlna. or, as abe waa christened. christ-ened. Elisabeth, waa so beautiful that when she was sent to the convent at Georgetown the nuna predicted a brilliant bril-liant future made up of Joy and lore nd well-doing. She finished her education edu-cation at a private finishing school, 'where the society women of Washington Washing-ton were educated. She played and danced, and excelled In outdoor sports. 'In addition to this, she was a splendid linguist. Her entrance Into society waa brilliant occasion. She waa the brtghtmt when a contest of wit was -on. She was the life or a dinner. She waa the one woman looked at In a ball-roo-v The summer following her debut, with Gen. and Mrs. Ordway. she went to White Sulphur. Virginias famous summer resort. At a dinner remarkable for the number of diplomats diplo-mats present, a young attache of the French . gatlon. who bad fallen deeply la love with her. clapped his hands whew a toast waa proposed to her. He had taken her to dinner. The Blipaar laelaeat, I "Ton will not l.aten to me," he said; ' "I am young, unknown. The men who j V- -X -ft 'V- a ifj i i ' -i 'ht PVlri BETTINA GIRARD. pay you court are distinguished, fa-tnoua. fa-tnoua. Mon Dieu, if fame would only come to me!" "Hlen." Iiettlna answered. "Vsleu I hall make you famous." She sprang to the seat of her chair. -Listen," she cried. "This gentle-maa gentle-maa will drink my health, and the health to fame." An.ld perfect silence she slipped off her satin slipper, filled It with sparking spark-ing champagne and handed It to the your Frenchman. Although he blushed crimson In his embarrassment, embarrass-ment, he drank It off. BVttlna snatched the alipper from him and drained an-nlAr an-nlAr health It was talked of all over the country. coun-try. Oen. Ordway and his wife, scan-daliied. scan-daliied. hastily left White fulphur, f king their daughter with them. Shortly after thla she met Arthur Padi-lford. the only son snd heir of one of Boston s wealthiest men. She married him. The wedding, which took place at St. John's church In Washington, mas attended by all of the best social set. "A g'-od thing." said her friends; "the girl will now settle down." The honeymoon was spent In Europe. Eu-rope. They wandered happily down the Rhine, arrow the Alps, went Into Italy and the wild spirit of the maiden seemed to have become tamed In the bride. At Vienna a child was born to them. It was over Jhis child that they bad their first quarrel. Padel-tord Padel-tord left her In Vienna, returning to this country. Many rumors followed him. As if to bring disgrace upon the name of PadWfnrd. she decided to go npon the comic opera stage. In her debut she shared the honors with Henry Dixey. She was only II. Marrlag aaa VHvarea. Divorced, she married a man named Glrwrd. She dropped the name of Pa-delford Pa-delford on her alvertislng matter npon the pavment of f0.000 In cash from her former husband. And then. In q-.ilck succession, came marriage and divorce, marriage and divorce. Separating Sep-arating from Girard. she married Jack Rolface, a tenor who had been stabbed nearly to death a few months before by Robert Monroe. Then she became the wife of John Harrison Wo'.ff, aa actor. Then came William Beach, another an-other actor. A divorce suit was brought by Mrs. Philip Schuyler in which she figured as co-respondent. |