[187] Beginning with her New York début in 1887, Julia Marlowe’s first appearances in her various parts were as follows: Parthenia in _Ingomar_, Juliet in _Romeo and Juliet_, Viola in _Twelfth Night_, 1887; Julia in _The Hunchback_, Pauline in _The Lady of Lyons_, 1888; Rosalind in _As You Like It_, Galatea in _Pygmalion and Galatea_, 1889; Beatrice in _Much Ado About Nothing_, 1890; Imogen in _Cymbeline_, Charles Hart in _Rogues and Vagabonds_, 1891; Constance in _The Love Chase_, 1893; Letitia Hardy in _The Belle’s Stratagem_, Chatterton in _Chatterton_, Lady Teazle in _The School for Scandal_, 1894; Colombe in _Colombe’s Birthday_, Prince Hal in _Henry IV_, Kate Hardcastle in _She Stoops to Conquer_, 1895; Lydia Languish in _The Rivals_ (supplementary spring season, with “all-star cast”), Romola in _Romola_, 1896; Mary in _For Bonnie Prince Charlie_, The Countess in _The Countess Valeska_, 1897; Colinette in _Colinette_, Barbara in _Barbara Frietchie_, 1899; Mary Tudor in _When Knighthood Was in Flower_, 1901; Fiametta in _The Queen Fiametta_, Charlotte Oliver in _The Cavalier_, 1902; Lady Barchester in _Fools of Nature_, 1903; Ophelia in _Hamlet_, 1904; Katherine in _The Taming of the Shrew_, Portia in _The Merchant of Venice_, 1905; Salome in _John the Baptist_, Jeanne in _Jeanne d’Arc_, Rautendelein in _The Sunken Bell_, 1906; Madonna Gloria in _Gloria_, Yvette in _The Goddess of Reason_, 1908; Cleopatra in _Antony and Cleopatra_, 1909; Lady Macbeth in _Macbeth_, 1910. [188] For Henry IV Mr. and Mrs. Taber had to learn to wear armor. They used genuine armor, and to accustom themselves to it they wore it for hours each day in their apartments. [189] Frank Howe, of the Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia. [190] She obtained a divorce in January, 1900. Four years later Taber died, of tuberculosis, “at a refuge in the Adirondack Mountains, provided for him,--for he had been rendered practically destitute by illness--through the goodness of his former wife.” (Winter.) [191] In the season of 1895–96 during the “Mr. and Mrs. Taber” period, they had played with some success at Wallack’s, practically her first down-town engagement since the début in 1887. It was during this engagement that William Dean Howells wrote enthusiastic praise of her Juliet. [192] This memorable alliance first went into effect in Chicago, September 19, 1904, at the Illinois Theatre. It continued for three seasons, after which, during the seasons of 1907–8 and 1908–9, each again headed separate companies. In 1909 they rejoined forces, and continued to act together until the spring of 1914, when Miss Marlowe was taken sick, and Mr. Sothern continued alone. At this time it was announced that Miss Marlowe had retired from the stage for good. There was subsequently some talk of a farewell tour, but Miss Marlowe’s retirement was definitely confirmed in the summer of 1915. As everyone knows, the two stars became man and wife. The marriage occurred in London, in 1911.