[Illustration: AGE 3.
_From a Photo. by Chalot et Cie., Paris._]
[Illustration: AGE 5.
_From a Photo. by Chalot et Cie., Paris._]
Madame Jane Hading, the well-known French actress, was born at
Marseilles, in 1863, where her father was popular as a leading actor,
with whom she appeared when only three years of age as little _Blanche
de Caylus_ in "Le Bossu." At the age of thirteen she began work in
earnest, having won "le prix de solfège" at the Marseille Conservatoire,
and her talent having come to the ears of Mr. Plunkett, the director of
the Palais Royal, he engaged her for the Palais Royal in Paris, where
she created the part of _La Chaste Suzanne_, by Paul Ferrier. Giving up
comic opera for comedy, Jane Hading went to the Gymnase, where she
created the part of _Claire de Beaulieu_ in "Le Maître de Forges."
London had the opportunity of seeing her in that and "Prince Zilah," by
Jules Claretie, later on, and fully indorsed the Parisian verdict. These
conspicuous successes were followed by others almost as notable, and her
subsequent tour in America won her golden opinions, and was so
successful that it was extended some months. Her latest Parisian success
was "Le Prince d'Aurec," which added greatly to her laurels, putting her
in the very front rank of great artists.
[Illustration: AGE 15.
_From a Photo. by Fabre, Marseilles._]
[Illustration: PRESENT DAY.
_From a Photo, by Reutlinger, Paris._]
_The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes_.