Elina Rafaela Carey.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3033, 4 November 1878, Page 2

Elina Rafaela Carey.

We hare much pleasure in recording a brief iketch of the life of a very worthy young lady, well known to the appreciative public of San Francisco —one who has for some time past succeeded in pleasing them by her histrionic power. Miss Carey is the daughter of W. St. Vincent Carey, M.D., an Englishman by birth, and cousin of the late Earl St. Vincent. Dr Carey was a physician well known in London society circles, and previous to his death was for some time the only English physician practising in Chile. Many years ago his widow and an only daughter located themselves in Auckland, New Zealand, where Mill Carey first made the acquaintance of George Fawcett Rowe, who, perceiving the latent talent for the dramatio stage developing in the young lady, undertook her education, and under his kind care she made her debut before an Auckland audience. Later on she went to Melbourne and Sydney, between which cities she divided her time for right yean. There she was an immense favorite and was the recipient of many costly and valuable mementos of the esteem in which she was held. About two years ago she made fcer first appearance at the California,

Theatre, introduced by George Fawcett Bowe, wheu she created a very favorable impression. She played subsequently at the Grand Opera House and at Baldwin's, and then went East, where she had the misfortune to lose her beloved mother. Alone, she returned to take the place of leading lndy at the California—but not for long. She has made quite a host of friends in private life by her sweetness of disposition, refined manners and her spotless name—that gem of true womanhood. Among her many admirers, Mr Clarence Hubert Livingstone, of New York City, has been the fortunate winner of the young Englishwoman's hand, and last Wednesday they wereprivately married by Eev. Dr. Stebbins, at a private residence in Suiter street. The bride wore silver gray silk, trimmed with Chantjlly lace, and diamond ornaments. Miss Blanche Thome, niece of Charles Thome, who is a blonde with skin like a snowdrift, wore blue silk, and pink roses in her corsage. Miss F. McClellan wore white, with roses for a garniture, and Miss Amanda Smith, of Oakland, wore a rich silk of some dark hue, slashed with blue. These were the bridesmaids, and only a few other friends were present. Mr Livingstone has presented his wife with a beautiful home as a bridal gift, which they will occupy on their return from the East, w,*»£ge they will spend their honeymoon, them every happiness.—S. F. Chronicle.